Re: New OS for 520ST??

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2 total messages Started by Rand Huntzinger Tue, 24 Sep 1985 17:53

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Author: Rand Huntzinger
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1985 17:53

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Don't be too sure the Atari folk are totally disdainful of the IBM-PC
compatable world.  TOS (or GEMDOS) used in the Atari is essentially a 68000
version of MS-DOS, and there are little things like using IBM key scan codes,
an IBM-PC compatible disk file structure, etc.  If you can write a software
emulator for an IBM-PC which runs on the Amiga, you should be able to just as
easily write one for the Atari ST, especially considering the above.  Of course
you could just put a 8086 or 80286 in a box on the side for that matter.

I'm not too sure what the folks at Atari have up their sleeve, but I doubt
they've missed anything so obvious as the position the IBM-PC has in the
market.  Neither have the Commodore people.

Re: New OS for 520ST??

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Author: Bill.Stewart.4K435.x0705
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1985 21:35

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> Don't be too sure the Atari folk are totally disdainful of the IBM-PC
> compatable world.  TOS (or GEMDOS) used in the Atari is essentially a 68000
> version of MS-DOS, and there are little things like using IBM key scan codes,
> an IBM-PC compatible disk file structure, etc.  If you can write a software
> emulator for an IBM-PC which runs on the Amiga, you should be able to just as
> easily write one for the Atari ST, especially considering the above.  Of course
> you could just put a 8086 or 80286 in a box on the side for that matter.
> 
> I'm not too sure what the folks at Atari have up their sleeve, but I doubt
> they've missed anything so obvious as the position the IBM-PC has in the
> market.  Neither have the Commodore people.

Presumably th e reason for porting the British Operating System to the 520
is that it was easy to do quickly, and gives you access to a reasonable
software base in a hurry.  Porting MSDOS may not be difficult, if your
comments about TOS<->MSDOS similarity are correct, but getting a 68000 to
run machine code from the braindamaged 808[68] micros in realtime is
difficult..
-- 
## Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs

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