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From: csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Tick-tick-tick-CRASH! is not dead in TOS 1.4
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Date: 16 Feb 90 10:12:45 GMT
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bammi@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.Edu (Jwahar R. Bammi) writes:

>> Since we have recompiled GEMDOS and BIOS source code, but no AES and
>> VDI source code, the only people to solve the problem are ATARI US.
>> 
>	Who is "we". the reason i ask is that atariUS is refusing to
>distribute source code for gemdos/bios here like they used to with the
>developer kit. i am curious if atari germany if distributing it to
>developers there.

"We" means: There are some German ST users who delved into GEMDOS and BIOS
very very deeply. Among them are Alex Esser, the author of a series of
articles on GEMDOS in the German magazine "ST-Computer" (can be reached
via FIDO), and Andreas Kraemer, author of a book called "TOS intern".
In this book you'll find a completely recompiled listing of GEMDOS
(taken from TOS 1.2). The book has quite a few bugs, but it serves well
to gain some general insight in the workings and in the failings of
GEMDOS. It is available from Heise Verlag, Hannover. (If you are interested,
I can find out the complete address.) I know that some other German hackers
have extracted parts of GEMDOS, some others have done the same for
VDI and AES but this work is not completed yet. BIOS source code is
available since 1985 as commented disassembler listings in severals books
here in Germany.

ATARI Germany definitely doesn't distribute any GEMDOS source code.
 
Claus Brod