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- MiNT is Not TOS: A Multitasking Operating System Extension for the Atari ST
-
- Copyright 1990,1991,1992 Eric R. Smith.
- Copyright 1992,1993,1994 Atari Corporation
- All rights reserved.
-
- THE MiNT EXECUTABLE CODE IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, AS IS. ATARI
- CORPORATION AND ERIC R. SMITH MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR
- WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THIS CODE, AND IN PARTICULAR
- SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
- MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. USE THIS
- CODE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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- Here is the executable for the newest version of MiNT. This binary
- may be redistributed, subject to the conditions in the file "copying".
- Please read the notice in "copying" carefully. This code is completely
- unsupported; you use it at your own risk.
-
- Instructions:
-
- (1) To upgrade your existing MultiTOS installation:
- Look in your AUTO folder. You should have a file in there
- called either MINT.PRG or MINTNP.PRG. Rename that file to
- MINT.BAK or MINTNP.BAK (so that you can recover if something
- goes wrong). Copy the file MINTNP.PRG from this distribution
- into the AUTO folder.
-
- (2) To run MiNT without MultiTOS:
- Copy MINTNP.PRG into your AUTO folder. Generally it should be
- the last thing in the AUTO folder, although this is not
- absolutely required; some experimentation may be necessary
- to figure out where the best place to put it is.
-
- (3) Now reboot. The new version of MiNT will run. If you have software
- that knows about MiNT (e.g. MultiTOS's GEM.SYS program) then you're
- all set. Otherwise, you won't notice much difference; your system
- will be capable of multitasking, but unless you have a desktop or
- shell that can launch multiple programs, you won't be able to
- take advantage of that fact. There are many freeware shells (such
- as BASH, TCSH, and TOSWIN) that can let you multitask when used
- with MiNT.
-
- OK, those are pretty slim instructions. Sorry. If you have trouble
- using MiNT, I'd suggest you get a pre-packaged version, e.g. MultiTOS,
- or the MiNTos distribution, or something like that.
-