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Article #28028Re: TOS ROMS -- BLITTER VERSION
From: Curt Mayer
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1987 06:30
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1987 06:30
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In article <8708210113.AA20730@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> goertzel@DCA-EMS.ARPA (Herbert Goertzel) writes: >I downloaded the following from a local ST Bulletin board. It was attributed >to Neil Harris and was supposedly downloaded from Compuserve. >TOS ROMS -- BLITTER VERSION > > The 1987 revision of TOS is scheduled for release in conjunction with >the new "blitter" chip. The new TOS has been upgradd to include support >for the hardware blit as well as retaining the software blit functions for >full compatility with older software which relies on hardware timing (a >definite no-no). > > Changes in the new ROMs are: > >RS232, CLOCK, STARTUP, DESKTOP, CART, AES, MOUSE, DMA, FLOPPY, VDI, >BIOS, BLITTER, REGISTER, MEMORY, VARIABLE and alot of detail. but it does not mention one of the ugliest things in the current TOS roms: FIX THE DAMN TRAP HANDLING SO I CAN USE A 68020! come on guys, we are looking at a few lines of code that will give my ST a much longer effective lifetime. curt
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!unisoft!curt From: curt@unisoft.uucp (Curt Mayer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TOS ROMS -- BLITTER VERSION Message-ID: <522@unisoft.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Aug-87 02:30:31 EDT Article-I.D.: unisoft.522 Posted: Tue Aug 25 02:30:31 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Aug-87 06:31:38 EDT References: <8708210113.AA20730@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: news@unisoft.UUCP Reply-To: curt@unisoft.UUCP (Curt Mayer) Organization: UniSoft Systems; Berkeley, CA Lines: 25