Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!vm.epas.utoronto.CA!MEGGIN From: MEGGIN@vm.epas.utoronto.CA (David Megginson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: ROM disassembly for TOS Message-ID: <8909091247.AA16274@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 9 Sep 89 12:39:35 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 14 I agree with Atari that program developers should KEEP THEIR HANDS OFF anything to do with a ROM disassembly! With very little work, it is possible to write a program which will run on any screen size, resolution or future TOS. Why hack around? I'm sorry, but except for the case of OS patches (FATSpeed, etc.) I have little respect for programmers who fool around with undocumented calls, because they are cheating both themselves and their users. All said, I would still like to see a disassembly of the ROMs, so that some brilliant company could rewrite it and market a cheap, multi- tasking TOS (for those who want it, of course). If you're not willing to do it at Atari, let someone else have a go at it! David Megginson