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From: steveh@tharr.UUCP (Steve Hamley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Latest version of GDOS (Was Re: Line A Considered Harmful (
Message-ID: <1545@tharr.UUCP>
Date: 30 Dec 90 13:37:10 GMT
References: <2790@atari.UUCP> <1166@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> <2791@atari.UUCP> <37373@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: steveh@tharr.UUCP (Steve Hamley)
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In article <37373@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>Allan Pratt writes:
> 
>>If you're desperate for something faster than GDOS 1.2, you could try
>>G+PLUS, which is a GDOS workalike from Germany (I think); it is faster,
>>but not complete, so it's possible that not all drivers and programs
>>will work correctly with it.  This is not an endorsement of G+PLUS from
>>Atari; I just happen to know about it.
> 
>G+PLUS is a commercial product of Codehead Software, written by
>Charles F. Johnson and John Eidsvoog... (I can only hope Charles doesn't
>read this...  :)

I assume Allan meant AMCGDOS, the GDOS replacement from Germany. This was
originally written as a faster version of GDOS and is now, I think, supported
by Atari Germany. It has a few enhancements over the Atari GDOS,
such as support for Intel and Motorola format fonts. I've not come across
any incompatabilities myself, using it with the Epson FX and PostScript 
drivers supplied with Timeworks 1.12 and a variety of programs - Degas,
EasyDraw, Timeworks, and assorted others. Using the Quick Index program,
it results in only a small deterioration in speed. This is compensated for
a bit by its speeding up of the open / close zooms.