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From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: BIOS re-entrancy
Message-ID: <767@atari.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Jun-87 13:41:30 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 25 13:41:30 1987
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in article <955@eneevax.UUCP>, iarocci@eneevax.UUCP (John Iarocci) says:

> I'm writing a multi-tasking kernel, and trying to find
> a safe way ...
>
> | Bill Dorsey          'Imagination is more important than knowledge.'

You sure are imagining...  There are no safe ways to do *anything* with
the current GEMDOS in terms of a multi-tasking kernel.  If you want it,
buy Beckmeyer or write your own OS.  It can be done (we're considering
it) but it ain't easy, and it is IMPOSSIBLE to force this on the current
GEMDOS.  How did Beckmeyer do it?  He wrote his own OS.  Sorry, kids. 

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