Classic AmigaOS On Modern Hardware - A Critical Analysis

[Thorham]

I wouldn't actually want to run AmigaOS 3.x or even 4.x on my PC

I  wouldn't run 3.x on my Amiga if I didn't have to. 68020+ can do SO much better than AOS.

[Thorham]

Everything is a file

Really? Sounds awful.

[Thorham]

To TeamBlackFox:

Your example is about normal file access. Where's the 'everything is a file' thing in that? If that's what it means, then it's not true. Everything is a file implies EVERYTHING, and that's why it sounds awful.

[Thorham]

what the hell makes this a bad thing?

I wrote that it sounds bad

It just seems odd to me that you'd make things that essentially aren't files, files. Inter-process communication is one such thing: Why not just send a message? Why have this work through a file system?

Perhaps it's time for me to use google