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by cmrdporcupine 347 days ago
Later iterations of OS extensions on the ST got memory protection support, albeit a bit inconistently and with likely backwards compat problems. FreeMiNT I think supports MMU + protection on 030 machines.

Achilles heel for classic MacOS, too. Sins of our fathers.
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TheAmazingRace 347 days ago
Pretty sure MultiTOS (which was derived from MiNT IIRC) fully supported preemptive multitasking back in 1992 or so when it came out. This, plus the fancier graphics support, a proper 68030 instead of the rather cut down 68EC020, and addition of a Motorola 56K DSP, meant the Atari Falcon was superior to the Amiga A1200, at least on paper. I certainly adored mine when I owned it not that long ago as a part of my small collection.
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cmrdporcupine 347 days ago
Yeah I have two Falcons here. Not that I ever use them, but they're amazing machines for the time.
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