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Here are some other key features not mentioned so far :-

DOS files systems can be mounted just like any other filesystem (for example, DOS floppies or DOS partitions on your hard disk).

A fast tempory filesystem is provided - very useful for /tmp & /var/tmp.

The kernel supports the ability to do CPU tasks when waiting on I/O - thus improving system performance (yet again!).

An emergency recovery system is provided. This consists of an emergency boot floppy set (menu driven) and emergency recovery tape(s).

A binary level debugger can be very useful to do both developers and IS teams, Truss will take control of a binary program and print out what system calls are being made.

An IS team can easily add to do the desktop. As well as simply adding new icons for new applications, IS can write small applications using the graphical scripting language wksh.

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