ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET ("Julian F. Reschke") (08/04/88)
And now for the latest rumour: Is it true, that GEM will be ported to the 68030 machine to run as front end for UNIX. If true, will it be GEM/3? Will there be multitasking extensions to GEM as a 'Multi-Desk'? Mr. Good, any comment? Julian F. Reschke
good@atari.UUCP (Roy Good) (08/06/88)
in article <8808040927.AA18322@ucbvax.berkeley.edu>, ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET ("Julian F. Reschke") says: > > And now for the latest rumour: > Is it true, that GEM will be ported to the 68030 machine to run as > front end for UNIX. If true, will it be GEM/3? Will there be > multitasking extensions to GEM as a 'Multi-Desk'? > Mr. Good, any comment? > Julian F. Reschke No comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy J. Good Product Development, Atari Corporation Views expressed are my own. Atari may agree or disagree; they have the right. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
jdonsbac@cvbnet2.UUCP (Jeff Donsbach, Display & Devices, x4365, 5-2 2415) (08/10/88)
From article <8808040927.AA18322@ucbvax.berkeley.edu>, by ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET ("Julian F. Reschke"):
> And now for the latest rumour:
>
> Is it true, that GEM will be ported to the 68030 machine to run as
> front end for UNIX. If true, will it be GEM/3? Will there be
> multitasking extensions to GEM as a 'Multi-Desk'?
>
> Mr. Good, any comment?
>
> Julian F. Reschke
That would be a pretty stupid move. No one else in the UNIX world uses
GEM for there machines. X11 would be the way to go. But, this is Atari
we're talking about isn't it? :-)
Jeff
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Internet: jdonsbac@cvbnet.prime.commaverick@Portia.Stanford.EDU (Steve Whitney) (08/10/88)
In article <168@cvbnet2.UUCP>, jdonsbac@cvbnet2.UUCP (Jeff Donsbach, Display & Devices, x4365, 5-2 2415) writes: > From article <8808040927.AA18322@ucbvax.berkeley.edu>, by ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET ("Julian F. Reschke"): > > > > Is it true, that GEM will be ported to the 68030 machine to run as > > front end for UNIX. If true, will it be GEM/3? Will there be > > multitasking extensions to GEM as a 'Multi-Desk'? > > That would be a pretty stupid move. No one else in the UNIX world uses > GEM for there machines. X11 would be the way to go. But, this is Atari > we're talking about isn't it? :-) > I don't think it's stupid at all. It means you could run a large number of ST programs. That would be a big plus in my opinion! Assuming you could make it coexist with UNIX and still run without recompilation. Also, regarding my request for blitter information posted earlier (from a different site), I made a reference to the number an article had in comp.arch on our system. Obviously (now that I think about it) the number may (and probably will) be different at your site. Thanks! --Steve
cfw@aplvax.jhuapl.edu (Chuck Waltrip) (08/16/88)
In article <168@cvbnet2.UUCP> jdonsbac@cvbnet2.UUCP (Jeff Donsbach, Display & Devices, x4365, 5-2 2415) writes: >From article <8808040927.AA18322@ucbvax.berkeley.edu>, by ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET ("Julian F. Reschke"): >> And now for the latest rumour: >> >> Is it true, that GEM will be ported to the 68030 machine to run as >> front end for UNIX. If true, will it be GEM/3? Will there be >> multitasking extensions to GEM as a 'Multi-Desk'? >> >> Mr. Good, any comment? >> >> Julian F. Reschke > > > >That would be a pretty stupid move. No one else in the UNIX world uses >GEM for there machines. X11 would be the way to go. But, this is Atari >we're talking about isn't it? :-) Actually, I thought that Mr. Reschke probably was referring to providing GEM on top of X11 which, I believe, would be a very nice thing to do for existing Atari developers who would have a reasonable shot at porting their software to the new machine. Mr. Reschke's suggestion about a 'Multi-Desk' is probably a good one also (would be nice for the ST series now) but is probably unnecessary since the various X window managers already provide this functionality. Even so, a real desk top window manager designed for use with GEM and other pure X window programs would be a very nice touch. Actually, it sounds like Atari is on the right track with the software they are planning for the 68030 box. I am more concerned with the hardware. Will they include memory parity? a large, high-resolution monitor? And, finally, of course, I am concerned with whether it will be available in the U. S. in a decent timeframe. The rumored personal VAX is supposed to be announced next month. Those of us who have purchase decisions to make will soon have some attractive choices in the $4k-$7k price range. Will Atari be there? >Jeff >========================== >Jeff Donsbach, Computervision Division, PRIME Computer, Inc. (CV' :-) ) >UUCP: {decvax | linus | sun}!cvbnet!jdonsbac >Internet: jdonsbac@cvbnet.prime.com ______________________________________________________________________________ Chuck Waltrip (expressing only his own views)