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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1433
Total number of notes:10312

877.0. "A multitask version of GEM ???" by PRSUD1::PICQ () Tue May 29 1990 13:46

Hello,

	I have heard about a multitask version of GEM in shareware.
	Does someone know where I can find it or have some information
	about it ????

	Thanks 

	Thierry.
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877.1Any RTX users out there?VAOA01::JSTEWARTRMS is a LAYERED PRODUCT...Wed May 30 1990 02:2419
    Could you be refering to RTX? ... there was a short description
    of it in STREPORT.620.  The contact point for RTX is:
    
         BECKEMEYER DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
         P.O. Box 21575
         Oakland, CA 94620
         (415) 530-9637
         BBS: (415) 530-9682 (login as 'bbs')
         CIS: 74236,625
         GENIE: D.BECKEMEYER
         UUCP: {ucbvax,uunet}!unisoft!bdt!david

                                                         
    I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has used RTX as
    well...
    
    						js
    
    	
877.2I've got itSMURF::COUTUHe who will not risk, cannot win.Wed May 30 1990 14:5614
    I've gotten the RTX distribution and taken a look at it. It is
    basically a programming library which you then have to use when you
    compile your programs which are written to use it. You have to use
    calls to the library functions and design your code in such a way as to
    make effective use of RTX. You don't just get something already written
    which will give you multi-tasking and it isn't a substitute for TOS.
    
    Only an application written using RTX will be multitasking, other apps
    will not be. Naturally one of the best applications to write using it
    is a command line interpreter (or shell) and that is exactly what
    Beckmeyer did with it. He sells the MT-C Shell through his company,
    which is a fully multitasking implementation of a UNIX type C shell.
    
    Dan
877.3Multi-tasking GEM DOSBAGELS::FELDMANJerry Feldman DTN 227-3279Wed May 30 1990 17:316
    Digital Research has demo'd a Multi-Tasking GEM/GEMDOS on the Atari. I
    have not heard any info as to when (and if) Atari would ever
    incorporate it into the ST. If Atari is going to support the ST line,
    it really needs to announce a multi-tasking version. Knowing the
    Tramiels, they are probably trying to get DRI to pay for putting it
    into the Atari.
877.4... still interested...VAOA01::JSTEWARTRMS is a LAYERED PRODUCT...Thu May 31 1990 01:058
    Dan:
    
    	I am still interested in RTX.  Since it is touted as shareware,
    would it be possible for you to put the kit in some network visible
    place so that I can get a look at it?  

    							js
    
877.5Here you go...SMURF::COUTUHe who will not risk, cannot win.Thu May 31 1990 20:3710
    Okay, pull it off my ULTRIX workstation.
    
    vermnt::/usr3/atari/micrortx/MICRORTX.ARC
    
    or if you prefer I've unpacked the arc file in that same directory. If
    you're only used to VMS remember that ULTRIX is case-sensitive so you
    must specify the case exactly as I have it above in order to get the
    file.
    
    Dan