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From: curt@unisoft.uucp (Curt Mayer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TOS ROMS -- BLITTER VERSION
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Date: Tue, 25-Aug-87 02:30:31 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 25 02:30:31 1987
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In article <8708210113.AA20730@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> goertzel@DCA-EMS.ARPA (Herbert Goertzel) writes:
>I downloaded the following from a local ST Bulletin board.  It was attributed
>to Neil Harris and was supposedly downloaded from Compuserve.
>TOS ROMS -- BLITTER VERSION
>
>     The 1987 revision of TOS is scheduled for release in conjunction with 
>the new "blitter" chip.  The new TOS has been upgradd to include support 
>for the hardware blit as well as retaining the software blit functions for 
>full compatility with older software which relies on hardware timing (a 
>definite no-no).
>
>     Changes in the new ROMs are:
>
>RS232, CLOCK, STARTUP, DESKTOP, CART, AES, MOUSE, DMA, FLOPPY, VDI,
>BIOS, BLITTER, REGISTER, MEMORY, VARIABLE

and alot of detail. but it does not mention one of the ugliest things
in the current TOS roms:

	FIX THE DAMN TRAP HANDLING SO I CAN USE A 68020!

come on guys, we are looking at a few lines of code that will give my
ST a much longer effective lifetime.

	curt