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From: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TOS 1.4 vs NEODESK and UIS-II
Summary: Better off with Tos 1.4
Message-ID: <418@ultb.UUCP>
Date: 11 Mar 89 02:57:44 GMT
References: <8903100344.AA03075@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser (709ITP))
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Information Systems
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Why would you want TOS 1.4 instead of UIS or NeoDesk?

Because it is in ROM, and doesn't take up 300k like ALL the other
hundreds of programs you need.  If you have a Mega 2, memory concerns
aren't as great as us folks with 520's and a meg upgrade.

I'd KILL to have TOS 1.4 in my machine to fix all the nasties I've got
now.  But I will never see it in my machine (assuming Atari's track
record for upgrading older machines doesn't change).

That brings up an interesting point.  Why doesn't Atari put out a
daughterboard so that all of us who have older machines can enjoy 1.4?
It only seems fair.  We spent our money on Ataris just like you guys
with the Mega 2, only we spent it a few years earlier.   :^)

If the size of the program is too big for the 256k chips we use now,
Atari could:

1) Put out a smaller version (if this is possible) to fit into our
   machines.
2) Write the ENTIRE thing in Assembly (as it should be) to conserve
   space and speed things up.

I'm not ragging on anybody/anything, but it just annoys the heck out of
me that I can't get all these new things for the machine I prefer to
own.  Just be glad you have the POSSIBILITY of getting TOS 1.4!

=cf=