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From: iwml@eagle.ukc.ac.uk (Lambert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Multi-Bashing
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Date: 8 Mar 88 19:13:04 GMT
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In article <1350@alliant.Alliant.COM> rosenkra@alliant.UUCP (Bill Rosenkranz) writes:
>regarding Minix, OS-9, etc. do these OS alternatives still support GEM
>AES/VDI calls or do they puntaes() (or equiv) during bootup? can i still
>execute the gulam equiv of "gem mygem.prg" from them? this seems critical
>(i apologize if i missed a similar discussion).
>
>-bill

If the PC-version of Minix is anything to go by, don't expect to run
*any* current ST software under ST-Minix. The whole point of Minix is
that it completely replaces the OS in the ROMS. It comes with a c
compiler, but don't expect to find any TOS or GEM calls in there.

Unless ST-Minix is going to radically change from the design decisions
made in the PC-version, don't expect to run any commercial ST software 
under it.
Any comment from the authors?