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In article <1givnuINNir@katmandu.solbourne.com> stevem@solbourne.com (Stephen Matson) writes:
> Is MiNT the defacto standard for multi-tasking on the st?

It's not only the de facto standard for multitasking, it's also
the de jure standard (i.e. the official one). Or perhaps more
accurately I should say it's "going to be" the official standard,
since MultiTOS when it is released will use the MiNT kernel to
provide multitasking. (MultiTOS will also provide a much enhanced
AES and desktop which will have extensions to support multitasking).

> I've heard that GFA-Basic programs don't work under MiNT. Is 
> this true?
 
Many GFA Basic programs don't work properly with any multitasking
system. This is partly due to bugs in GFA Basic's memory management,
and partly due to the somewhat cavalier attitudes towards following
the "rules" that some (certainly not all) Basic programmers have.

Regards,
Eric Smith
ersmith@netcom.com	ersmith@atari.uucp
I may work for Atari, but I sure don't speak for them!