Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!cornell!batcomputer!braner From: braner@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (braner) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: Re: OS9 mudules to run in GEM Message-ID: <1138@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> Date: Wed, 1-Oct-86 14:16:09 EDT Article-I.D.: batcompu.1138 Posted: Wed Oct 1 14:16:09 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Oct-86 01:37:07 EDT References: <8609300312.AA02344@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: braner@batcomputer.UUCP (braner) Organization: Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Lines: 10 Summary: Why not use the graphics routines in ROM? [] I don't see why an ST implementation of OS9 couldn't include access to the GEM graphics routines (VDI, and perhaps parts of AES). These are in ROM anyway, might as well use them, or allow OS9 programs to use them. (Portability? Ever tried running a graphics program on an 'IBM-compatible' just to find out you've got the wrong graphics card? 'Compatibility' is a myth!) - Moshe Braner