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From: stephen@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Steve Whitney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re:  G-Dos
Summary: You need drivers and fonts too!
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Date: 7 Mar 90 22:04:34 GMT
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In article <Z8-#%}|@masalla.fulcrum.bt.co.uk> jvt@its.bt.co.uk (John Trickey) writes:
>In article <17476@boulder.Colorado.EDU> MILLER TODD C writes:
>> You can get AMCGDOS.ARC from terminator.cc.umich.edu (35.1.33.8).
>>> This seems to be a PD version of GDOS.  ....
>
>I am very interested in obtaining a PD version if possible.  However
>I do not have ftp access to terminator & none of the archive sites seem
>to have it in their catalogs.  Anyone tell me how I could get hold of a
>copy or do I have to buy G+Plus?
>
>:- John
>

I've seen a number of these requests and replies, but it seems that no one
has yet pointed otu the difficulty involved with GDOS clones.  In order to
_use_ GDOS for anything other than screen fonts, you will need device
drivers and fonts.  The device drivers are not public domain, and are not
provided with G+Plus.  (I don't know if AMCGDOS has GDOS driver clones or
not, but I would _guess_ that it doesn't.)  If you just want to draw fonts
on the screen, you just need GDOS or a clone and fonts, otehrwise, you'll
still have to buy a commercial product in order to get any use from it (just
to get drivers).

If you knew this already (as many of you undoubtably did), sorry for repeating
it.

		--Steve


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