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From: scoile@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Steve Coile)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: TT TOS (and operating systems in general
Keywords: TOS OSs carts???
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Date: 6 Jan 91 22:30:08 GMT
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   Regarding the disk-based TOS, why not put TOS on cartridge???  For
that matter, why not just base all operating systems in cartridge?
Think about the advantages!!  Upgrades would be a simple matter of
bringing the old cart in and exchanging it for the new (plus a small fee
I suppose).  Changing operating systems would just be a matter of
changing cartridges.  A cartridge based OS wouldn't take up an RAM (as
would a disk based), nor would it take any time to load (again, as would
a disk based OS).  From what I understand, carts can hold a LOT.  The
Lynx cards (for those who have seen them) hold upwards of 2 MEG!!!!!!
If they can hold that much, just think how much of an OS you could put
in one cartridge!!!  By way of price, the physical aspect of the cart
doesn't cost THAT much (carts for most game machines cost between $30
and $40, and SOME of that has to be for the software).  Can anyone tell
me why this ISN'T a good idea???

-Steve "Stevers!" Coile   SCOILE@GMUVAX.BITNET  scoile@gmuvax2.gmu.edu