Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!unido!horga!nathan!ue From: ue@nathan.ruhr.de (Udo Erdelhoff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: requirements to use VDI Keywords: VDI ttp appl_init Message-ID: Date: 22 Jun 91 05:47:13 GMT References: <1991Jun20.124043.8248@imada.ou.dk> <1991Jun19.112606.20682@convex.com> <1991Jun19.161901.1808@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> Reply-To: ue@nathan.ruhr.de Distribution: comp Organization: Cyberspace Lines: 18 X-Version: HERMES MMAIL 0.96 Rev. Apr 15 1991 X-Software: HERMES GUS 0.96 Rev. Apr 15 1991 In <1991Jun20.124043.8248@imada.ou.dk>, Klaus Pedersen writes: >csbrod@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod) writes: >>There are good reasons why TTP programs are meant as non-GEM programs. >>You shouldn't use VDI or AES calls in a TTP program. >Can you give me some of these good reasons? - and why not? Ok, here' is one: Did you ever use Gemini (or any other cli)? If you start a .TOS (or .TTP) using VDI, you'll have a lot of garbage on the screen. Not to speak of using these programs (TOS with VDI calls) in a multitasking environment (MINT, MultiGem) /s/ -- Udo Erdelhoff smart: ue@nathan.ruhr.de Am Westheck 170 Fido: Udo Erdelhoff on 2:245/52.1 W-4600 Dortmund 12 (FRG) Maus: Udo Erdelhoff @ DO Please keep your replies short - I have to pay for recieving mail