wao@aluxz.UUCP (William Oswald) (09/17/88)
I've been reading about TOS 1.4 on the net for awhile and it sounds good to me but I would like to ask Alan and Roy a question. This might have been covered already but --- can we expect a multitasking version of TOS in the future? Bill Oswald known as wao@aluxz
good@atari.UUCP (Roy Good) (09/18/88)
in article <948@aluxz.UUCP>, wao@aluxz.UUCP (William Oswald) says: > > I've been reading about TOS 1.4 on the net for awhile and it sounds > good to me but I would like to ask Alan and Roy a question. This > might have been covered already but --- can we expect a multitasking > version of TOS in the future? > > Bill Oswald known as wao@aluxz Possibly, but not in the near future, from Atari. The TOS 1.4 clean-up gives us the source baseline for near-future processor-line expansion. Resources will address that issue first. Multiuser operating systems in the form of UNIX System V.3.1 (tm's for AT&T) for 32-bit products, and the already/imminently available OS/9 and Minix for the 16-bit. Roy Good/Atari
rogers@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Bob Rogers) (09/22/88)
What changes does the new version of TOS include? Will it be useful
without the blitter?
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Bob Rogers rogers@StPaul.NCR.COM
NCR Comten, St. Paul, MN {backbone}!ncrlnk!ncrcce!rogersapratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) (09/24/88)
In article <747@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> rogers@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM writes: > > What changes does the new version of TOS include? Will it be useful > without the blitter? We have already enumerated the changes here on the net. There are a new features on the Desktop, and performance improvements in GEMDOS. Most notably, the "40-folder limit" has almost gone away, Malloc has been vastly improved, and some disk I/O is much faster. (Ever say "show info" on a 16MB partition? Takes ~10 seconds, doesn't it? Now it takes less than one, and even less if the FAT is already cached.) ============================================ Opinions expressed above do not necessarily -- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp. reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else. ...ames!atari!apratt