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- From: rchan@terapin.com (Ronald Chan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: POWERDOS ???
- References: <1jjtacINNmat@rs2.hrz.th-darmstadt.de>
- Message-ID: <rchan.3f12@terapin.com>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 14:52:25 PST
- Organization: BBS
- Lines: 35
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- In article <1jjtacINNmat@rs2.hrz.th-darmstadt.de>,
- cbvetter@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Chris Vetter) writes:
- >I recently stumbled upon a file, called POWERDOS.ZOO, while I was ftping...
- Well
- >, I unZOOed it and read about multitasking stuff, POWERDOS
- >would do to my Atari ?!
- >
- >Before it will smash my HD and my nerves, can someone tell me please what's
- this
- > all about ?
- >
- >sincerely,
- >Chris
-
- Don't worry about it smashing your hard disc. It simply replaces all the
- slower GEM disc access routines with faster assmebly language ones. You'll
- love it since it turns your hard disc into a speed demon. It also eliminates
- a lot of the TOS bugs like the infamous 40 folder limit.
-
- The multi tasking is really just a potential. It provides the pipes and speed
- needed for effective multi tasking. Software that takes advantage of this is
- supposed to allow multi tasking.
-
- The only problem I had with PowerDos is with programs that like to be at the
- top of RAM (like CodeHeads RAMdisc). PowerDOS won't let these load after it,
- so you will have to put any programs that must be at top before running
- PowerDOS.
-
-
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