Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccivax!rb From: rb@ccivax.UUCP (rex ballard) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga,net.micro.6809,net.micro.68k Subject: Re: Info on OS9 Operating System Message-ID: <294@ccivax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 21:56:50 EDT Article-I.D.: ccivax.294 Posted: Thu Oct 3 21:56:50 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 6-Oct-85 04:24:20 EDT References: <347@wlbr.UUCP> <272@ccivax.UUCP> <815@lsuc.UUCP> Organization: CCI Telephony Systems Group, Rochester NY Lines: 18 Xref: watmath net.micro.amiga:315 net.micro.6809:536 net.micro.68k:1197 > >Since I haven't got a GEM guide handy, maybe someone will tell me if > >there is something BASIC can do that GEM can't? I would guess that > >GEM could be called instead of a run-time library. If GEM can do more, > >great!! > > Huh? GEM isn't a language. > > > > -- > James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto > ihnp4!utzoo!lsuc!jimomura Let me clarify this (sorta). Basic for the Coco has some nice graphics routines (plot, line, fill...) as part of the ROM, could Basic-09 call Gem routines, or are their equivelant VDI routines available in OS-9. By the way, thanks for the list of application software.