Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!utah-cs!atwell From: atwell@utah-cs.UUCP (Bart L. Atwell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Re: Hard disk questions Message-ID: <4135@utah-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Jan-87 20:39:59 EST Article-I.D.: utah-cs.4135 Posted: Fri Jan 2 20:39:59 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Jan-87 21:52:26 EST References: <1982@ptsfa.UUCP> <503@atari.UUcp> Reply-To: atwell@utah-cs.UUCP (Bart L. Atwell) Organization: University of Utah CS Dept Lines: 17 In article <503@atari.UUcp> apratt@atari.UUcp (Allan Pratt) writes: Since this problem is not a showstopper -- you are able to use your machine -- we don't feel that fixing it alone warrants a new ROM release. In addition, this problem reaches to the very core of GEMDOS, and fixing it (and other GEMDOS irregularities) entails a complete rewrite. Adding blt (blitter) support, for example, does NOT entail a complete rewrite (just the conversion of software-blt code in the LINE-A interface to hardware-blt). Does this imply that the ROM release with the blitter will not correct the internal GEMDOS problems, but will just provide the necessary changes for blitter operation? Bart atwell@utah-cs