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From: kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Setting the seek rate
Message-ID: <1579@atari.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jun 89 04:22:33 GMT
References: <8906191106.AA27714@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher)
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <8906191106.AA27714@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET ("Julian F. Reschke") writes:
| Is there a officially approved method to determine wether the TOS 1.4-
| enhancements to the AES are present

Yes, use the AES version number returned by appl_init in the first word
of your application's `global' AES array.

| (knowing that there IS an
| implementation of GEM 2.1 from a dutch company, that doesn't know
| about wind_new and fsel_exinput)...

We are not, nor can we be reasonably expected to be, responsible for
third party replacements for parts of TOS.  It is their responsiblity to
"follow the rules," not vice versa.

| Equally, IF one day there is an Atari-GEM <= 2.1, will it have the
| enhancements from PC-GEM (menu_unregister, Accessories with menus etc.)?

TOS and PC-GEM are divergent as of the first release of TOS.  Of
course we shall endeavor to be as compatible as we can with the newer
GEM versions, but TOS is not PC-GEM.  It is mostly compatible in terms
of the programming interface - but TOS has some enhancments over PC-GEM
and vice versa.  We shall continue to do our best to add whatever
enhancements ST users request, within reason.

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   |||   Ken Badertscher  (ames!atari!kbad)
   |||   Atari R&D System Software Engine
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