[comp.sys.atari.st] Faster TOS upgrades?

JOE@rcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Joe Rohde) (01/04/89)

This is just a thought, and I'm in the mood to beat a dead horse.
But what would be the problem with a translator application.  Atari
says (or do they?) that many things could be enhansed and speeded up if only
so many programs did not depend on illegal tricks.  Well most of the mod's
i saw were the removal of time consuming things, and the like.  Why not
write the code to enhanse TOS, then after you find out what was removed
or changed, write a short application with a file selector box.  that
application could clear out memory and do whatever else the old operating
system used to do.  It may not be easy (or maybe it is), but it certainly
is not impossible.  Remember the various translators of old that made
an XL operating system into a 400/800 OS?

Joe Rohde
rohde-j@eng.ohio-state.edu