Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar) on August 5, 2014 2:11 pm wrote:
> vvid (no.delete@this.thanks.com) on August 5, 2014 9:51 am wrote:
> > Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar) on August 4, 2014 8:01 am wrote:
> > > Being able to run processes on two different CPUs
> > > at the same time won't be easy, but perhaps the fact OS X uses the Mach microkernel would make
> > > this slightly easier than it would be for Linux or Windows to attempt such a thing.
> >
> > Funny, even on Amiga500 I used both AmigaOS and DOS simultaneously (with 68k+286 dual processor board)
> > Nowadays you could just push fat executable in the store for any supported arch (Windows is not here yet)
>
>
> I was thinking about them both running on the same kernel (i.e. the VM running
> Windows is just another process on OS X) That's not what the Amiga was doing.

Why? DOS was just an another process of AmigaOS. 68k and 286 shared the same memory, mouse/floppy/hdd(hardfiles)/ports was "virtualized".
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/atonce 286
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/goldengate 486

You could see both systems running simultaneously by dragging AOS screen down (Amiga style screen-multiplexing)

Exactly the same experience as typical VM =) (despite of very limited RAM)