The MK84 tar files contain the sources for the MK84 micro-kernel. This is the first version of the micro-kernel to contain real-time support. This version of the kernel is somewhat unstable under a normal workstation workload so it is not replacing the default tar files which are MK82. To enable the real-time functionality you need to build with the "realtime" option added to your configuration. e.g. CONFIG=STD+WS+realtime.