Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!boulder!news From: millert@anchor.colorado.edu (MILLER TODD C) Subject: What is MetaDOS? Message-ID: <1991Jun26.172507.23898@colorado.edu> Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet) Nntp-Posting-Host: anchor.colorado.edu Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder References: <1991Jun21.104233.24151@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <3300@krafla.rhi.hi.is> <1991Jun26.124900.5744@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1991 17:25:07 GMT Lines: 11 In article <1991Jun26.124900.5744@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> csbrod@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod) writes: > >TOS is making its way in just the direction you're pointing at; it is >becoming more modular. MetaDOS essentially replaces GEMDOS. GDOS is >disk-based and allows for external screen drivers. (NVDI is such a >GDOS/screen driver combo.) In fact, TOS is quite modular in itself due >to the hierarchical architecture. Excuse my ignorance, but what is MetaDOS? - todd