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From: csbrod@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod)
Subject: Re: requirements to use VDI
Message-ID: <1991Jun24.105122.17153@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Keywords: VDI ttp appl_init
Organization: CSD., University of Erlangen, Germany
References: <1991Jun19.112606.20682@convex.com> <1991Jun19.161901.1808@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <1991Jun20.124043.8248@imada.ou.dk> <10278@star.cs.vu.nl>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 10:51:22 GMT
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hvaalde@cs.vu.nl (Aalderen van Harold) writes:

>And how should we treat GEM programs that take parameters?
>Only way to get the desktop to ask for parameters is to change the extension
>to TTP

That's the reason why Atari came up with a new program type with extension
GTP in TOS 2.x and 3.x. Nonetheless, your point is valid. This is a real
problem in the old TOS versions.

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