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- From: mforget@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget)
- Subject: Re: Gem List
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 12:24:48 -0600
- Precedence: bulk
-
- Hello Daniel,
-
- >>I'm truly getting annoyed here, and I apologize to gem-list readers for
- >>having to re-iterate myself due to Dan/Ken's posting of vastly
- >>incorrect and unchecked `information'.
- >
- >I don't quite think you know what you're talking about at this point,
- >Warwick.
-
- Ken, in this case the mistake was clearly yours. You stated that
- the GEM++ library was nearly 500K. Warwick corrected you. Leave
- it at that, huh?
-
- >Besides, I thought this conference was for discussing standards, and not
- >arguing over stupid little piddly crap like this.
-
- It is; we've gotten off topic, and we should start drifting back to where
- we should be.
-
- >Simple: Get cookie "MiNT" and check TOS version. Or, you can use the
- >GemParBlk to find the global[1] variable which tells you if it can multitask
- >or not. -1 = Multitasking, 0 = Not multitasking.
-
- You need to do both, I would think. MiNT can exist without MultiTOS,
- so the fact that MiNT is present really does not mean much, except that
- the system is most likely MultiTOS *IF* global[1] == -1.
-
- >> 3. How do you detect the presence of Geneva?
- >Check cookie "GNVA"
-
- Actually, it is "Gnva". For Mag!X, it is "MagX". MiNT is "MiNT".
- Universal File Selector is "UFSL".
-
- >> 5. My compiler (Lattice C 5.6) has full support for MultiTOS... what do
- >> I do about Geneva?
- >
- >But it and get the header file and developmental docs.
-
- But it? You mean, bu[y] it? (Ken keeps correcting my spelling, so I
- could not resist this opportunity.)
-
- Not everyone can afford to buy every third-party OS enhancement, so I
- think his question was valid. To make a program that works with
- Geneva, you just need to program for MultiTOS. Geneva has a few
- quirks, but for the most part you can just write for MultiTOS. I
- seem to recall that Gribnif offered at one time to test new products
- with Geneva. You might want to ask Rick if the offer still stands.
-
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