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- From: ersmith@netcom.com (Eric R. Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Multi-tasking
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.183040.25395@netcom.com>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 18:30:40 GMT
- References: <1givnuINNir@katmandu.solbourne.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
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- In article <1givnuINNir@katmandu.solbourne.com> stevem@solbourne.com (Stephen Matson) writes:
- > Is MiNT the defacto standard for multi-tasking on the st?
-
- It's not only the de facto standard for multitasking, it's also
- the de jure standard (i.e. the official one). Or perhaps more
- accurately I should say it's "going to be" the official standard,
- since MultiTOS when it is released will use the MiNT kernel to
- provide multitasking. (MultiTOS will also provide a much enhanced
- AES and desktop which will have extensions to support multitasking).
-
- > I've heard that GFA-Basic programs don't work under MiNT. Is
- > this true?
-
- Many GFA Basic programs don't work properly with any multitasking
- system. This is partly due to bugs in GFA Basic's memory management,
- and partly due to the somewhat cavalier attitudes towards following
- the "rules" that some (certainly not all) Basic programmers have.
-
- Regards,
- Eric Smith
- ersmith@netcom.com ersmith@atari.uucp
- I may work for Atari, but I sure don't speak for them!
-