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From: wes@wsccs.UUCP (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Multi-Bashing
Message-ID: <299@wsccs.UUCP>
Date: 12 Mar 88 06:56:48 GMT
References: <8803060401.AA21207@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <1350@alliant.Alliant.COM>
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Summary: Nope, no GEM under Minix

In article <1350@alliant.Alliant.COM>, rosenkra@Alliant.COM (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?

I can't speak for OS-9, but Minix won't.  Hopefully never.  Perhaps a port 
of X-windows, which is the industry standard (hehe) windowing system for
Unix (and VAX/VMS, too) could be done?  X isn't the fastest system in the
world, but it does have some nice features.

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