RE: GNO Questions ...

[glyn@cs.UAlberta.CA (Reade Glyn Devin)]

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In article <1993Apr20.133524.14822@seq.uncwil.edu> caroon@seq.uncwil.edu (Craig Caroon) writes:

>Is GNO really trun multitasking?  

Yep, preemptive in nature (_there_, I said it _for_ you, JB :)

>Could I, for example, download
>files with kermit in the background while I was busy doing something 
>else?

Apparently so, although I usually hear about zmodem.  I haven't actually
done it.

>2)  Where can I get it?  Phone Number or Address or ...

bazyar@cs.uiuc.edu  <-- Jawaid Bazyar of Procyon; author of the kernel

I find the biggest bonus is not actually running big programs in the 
background (since the CPU takes performance hits) but rather:

1.  Relative ease of porting unix programs, and the ability to use
    processes when writing your own, and

2.  When executing a command from the shell that might take 45-60 seconds
    (egrep/fgrep comes immediately to mind), I can background it and carry
    on doing something else.

3.  If I had a modem that liked sz/rz and Telcom, I think I would use
    Gno for background file transfers, but I have an internal AE 2400
    and the current versions of Telcom and sz/rz don't like internals :(
    This is also (apparently) being fixed.

The console I/O has a problem right now (redirecting to files doesn't always
work) but I hear that is fixed in v1.1, which should be released pretty
soon (it's in beta-testing).

All in all, I find it one of my favorite purchases over the past few years.

Disclaimer:  I am in no way connected with Procyon, I just like Gno!

--Devin Reade		glyn@cs.ualberta.ca