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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:48566 comp.os.386bsd.questions:3906 comp.windows.x.i386unix:2577 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!usenet.ufl.edu!usenet.cis.ufl.edu!caen!uvaarpa!murdoch!livia.acs.Virginia.EDU!jeg7e From: jeg7e@livia.acs.Virginia.EDU (Jon Gefaell) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: 486DX2/66 for Unix conclusions (fairly long) Message-ID: <CADHLA.9Fz@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: Security and Technology Planning, ITC/UVA References: <21k903$3q4@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU> <JOHNSONM.93Jul12091953@calypso.oit.unc.edu> <1993Jul12.182304@informatik.uni-kl.de> <ig25.742571041@fg70> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1993 18:19:58 GMT Lines: 15 In article <ig25.742571041@fg70> ig25@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig) writes: > >Of course, swapped - out processes better had not be interactive, or >users will complain very loudly about response time. An operating >system which does stuff like that had better distinguish between >interactive and batch jobs; I'm not aware of any UNIX variant which >actually does so. I know MVS does, and I'm pretty sure VMS does, too. SVR4 knows of three classes of processes, batch, interactive and real time. -- ______ \ \ / Jon Gefaell, Computer Systems Engineer | Amateur Radio - KD4CQY \/\/ Information Technology and Communications | -Will chmod for food- \/ The University of Virginia, Charlottesville | Hacker@Virginia.EDU Any opinions expressed herein are not intended to be construed as those of UVA