Re: [MiNT] New MiNT distribution is n.. ..project

[Yann Lossouarn <lossouarn.yann@free.fr>]

    Hello !

On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:02:44 -0800, <strads@tmisnet.com> wrote:
> If I remember correctly, the "operating system" allows the computer
> to communicate with peripherals such as parallel ports, serial ports,
> MIDI ports, etc.  AES (Desktop) and VDI (Graphics) are part of an
> environment that sites on top of the OS.

    From a technical point of view, I really don't know where is the line
between the OS and the environment, but from a user point of view, I guess
everyone wants to see a user-friendly GUI on his/her computer, and if we
want to get a TOS-like OS run on the RioRed, it would be good to have such
a GUI... :-)

> the old call remained and the new
> call used an unassigned ID number -- that's compatibility at work!!).

    You're right, compatibility rules ! :-)

> A modular evnt_multi would be wonderful, as would direct calls to the
> joystick / joypad / mouseports.

    I guess a USB manager would be useful : in a near future, you won't be
able to find non USB joysticks / pads / mice / etc.

> A new manager ("GemNet", maybe)
> providing calls to ease machine networking would also be nice.

    Perhaps porting SAMBA from Linux would be a fair idea ?

> The VDI is already an independant graphic system ... when fully
> implemented,

    What I meant when speaking about "creating a hardware independant
graphic layer" was to make drivers for modern graphic boards easier to
create : if a full port of the VDI is needed each time we want to run a new
graphic board, 90% of the available programmers will have to work on VDI
porting... :-)

> Phenix machines run SCADS faster!

    Sadly, I guess the Phenix will never appear... :-/

> Good ideas!

    Fine... :-) However, very few subscriber to this list answered to the
RioRed related messages. I'd like to know why : are MiNT gurus uninterested
in the RioRed project ? Are they just "waiting'n seeing" for the RioRed to
come out before speaking about it ? Are they working in their secret labs ?
;-)

Best regards !
Yann