Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!pmsmam!wwm From: wwm@pmsmam.uucp (Bill Meahan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Gemini on old STs Message-ID: <1990Mar20.233950.3630@pmsmam.uucp> Date: 20 Mar 90 23:39:50 GMT References: <9003191155.AA17336@freya.math.dmswwu> Reply-To: wwm@pmsmam.UUCP (Bill Meahan) Organization: Ford Motor Co EFHD Ypsilanti Plant, Ypsilanti MI Lines: 32 In article <9003191155.AA17336@freya.math.dmswwu> ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET (Julian Reschke) writes: >In article <2880@gos.ukc.ac.uk> David Clear writes: >> >> If some code was written to replace TRAP #13 (BIOS) with something that checke >> for character I/O function numbers and, if found, jumped through these new >> vectors (the vectors would, of course, initially point to the BIOS routines >> (or other routines which then called the BIOS)), would this allow GEMINI to >> work or is there more to it than that? >> >This COULD be done. But this would unnecessarely slow down the system. So >why support this evil old TOS from the long-gone dark days? >___________________________ cut here _____________________________________ >Julian F. Reschke, Hensenstr. 142, D-4400 Muenster, Phone: ++49 251 861241 >eMail: ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET, "Julian Reschke" @ MAUS MS (++49 251 80386) >____________________ correct me if I'm wrong _____________________________ Because most of us still don't have anything newer than 1.0! Seriously, why not a 'separate' version with the software emulation for the 'oldies' out here? A few #ifdef's would allow a common set of source and those with the newer ROMs could take full advantage of them while those of us who can't upgrade now could still get the advantages of Gemini albeit with lower performance. BTW, I REALLY LIKE the idea of merging something like Gemini with RTX or some similar multi-tasking system. Sigh, just think if we could have X11R4 ... -- Bill Meahan | UUCP: uunet!mailrus!umich!pmsmam!wwm | snail: 128 Factory St., Ypsilanti, MI 48197 #include | voice: +1 313 484 9320 /* witty */ |packet: wa8tzg @ wa8ooh.mi.usa.na