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From: lbl@druhi.UUCP (LocklearLB)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: Multi-tasking
Message-ID: <1077@druhi.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 30-Sep-86 16:52:02 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 30 16:52:02 1986
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In article <15693@mordor.ARPA>, ehj@mordor.UUCP writes:
> 
> In article <791@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul
> Higginbottom) writes: 
> >...
> >I couldn't resist replying to this one.  The ST computers are GREAT
> >machines but they need a multi-tasking O/S SOOOOO badly.  The ...
> 
> This reminded me of an article that was posted some time ago by Bruce
> Holloway from Digital Reaserch:
> 
> |>Date: 20 Feb 86 17:17:36 GMT
> |>...
> |>In article <409@ccivax.UUCP> rb@ccivax.UUCP (Rex Ballard) writes:
> |>>
> |>>VDI and AES are re-entrant right?  What about BIOS and XBIOS?
> |>
> |>VDI and AES are reentrant, wrong. We at DRI are currently rewriting both
> |>to be reentrant and multi-tasking; whether or not Atari picks this up
> |>is up to them. Look for a Multi-tasking GEM sometime this year. But bug
> |>Atari to make sure they buy it from us!
> 
> Is Atari going to purchase and release this??
> 
> -- 
> eric h. jensen        (S1 Project @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
> Phone: (415) 423-0229 USMail: LLNL, P.O. Box 5503, L-276, Livermore, Ca., 94550
> ARPA:  ehj@angband    UUCP:   ...!decvax!decwrl!mordor!angband!ehj

Unfortunately, Bruce then posted a followup article stating that multi-tasking
GEM would not be released this year and he should not have mentioned anything 
about it.  Apparently, they are working on it, but have no firm time schedule
for its release.  

I hope that Atari will purchase it and release it when it becomes available.  
If not, then DRI would be smart to release it themselves, since the market 
for it would be HUGE!

Barry Locklear
AT&T Information Systems Labs
Denver, CO
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