If you'd like to readup more on the Atari ST architecture, GEM, AES and
DRI's role with Atari and TOS, go to the Atari History Museum Technical
Documents Archives, here's a link directly into the Atari 16/32 bit Systems
section:
http://www.atari-history.com/archives/tech_docs_16bits.html
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Smith" <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 12:30 PM
Subject: RE: GEM-OS
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gene Buckle [mailto:geneb_at_deltasoft.com]
>
> > > Atari is the major exception (in that TOS is actually based on
> > > CP/M...
>
> > Huh? AFAIK, TOS is the ROM code that was the Atari
> > equivalent to the PC
> > GEM AES (application environment services) as well as some
> > other low-level
> > support routines.
>
> Well, this comes from reading, and not from first hand experience,
> so I could bw wrong, as always. (Not that I'm always wrong, but I
> could be... ;)
>
> I thought that they were supposed to have used a good chunk of CP/M
> source in creating TOS, though.
>
> Chris
>
>
> Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
> Amdocs - Champaign, IL
>
> /usr/bin/perl -e '
> print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
> '
>
Received on Mon Apr 08 2002 - 12:40:56 BST