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From: 01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: TOS 1.4 vs NEODESK and UIS-II
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Date: 14 Mar 89 19:06:00 GMT
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One net user replied to my original posting as follows:

<Date: 11 Mar 89 02:57:44 GMT
<From: rochester!rit!ultb!clf3678@cu-arpa.cs.cornell.edu  (C.L. Freemesser)
<Subject: Re: TOS 1.4 vs NEODESK and UIS-II
<To: info-atari16@score.stanford.edu

<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.

DISKFREE = 1K
UIS-II   = 23K
NEODESK  = 28K (shell while an app is running)

While I'm not sure of overhead, these TSRs take < 50K or RAM. I use them on
my 1040 (equal to your 520 upgraded) as well as my Mega. Memory is not a
problem and no excuse for not getting these codes in lieu of TOS 1.4.

Even when I use MULTIDESK and go way beyond the 128K or RAM for ACCs I have
no memory shortages on my 1040 and I run apps like Timeworks DTP, dbMAN,
LDW.....