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From: Daniel_Roedding@fiction.ms.sub.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Quitting GEM
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Date: 16 Mar 91 15:28:32 GMT
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adamd@rhi.hi.is (Adam David) writes:

> Indeed the
> MiNT docs warn against killing GEM dead, but it should be possible if the right
> precautions are taken. What is necessary to do first so that GEM can be
> successfully removed without trashing the system?

GEM installs a lot of interrupt routines without allowing a legal
deinstallation of them. So I think it is *not* possible at all to
deinstall the Graphics Manager.  (BTW: You'd only win 40 K -- not
more, I don't think that this small amount of memory is worth the
effort)

Daniel