RE: [MiNT] MiNT and MetaDOS

["Julian Reschke" <reschke@medicaldataservice.de>]

> From: owner-mint@fishpool.com [mailto:owner-mint@fishpool.com]On Behalf
> Of Martin-Éric Racine
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 10:39 AM
> To: MiNT List
> Subject: RE: [MiNT] MiNT and MetaDOS
>
> > It contains all you need to load .BOS drivers, while the
> > GEMDOS parts (that do not play nicely with MiNT and MagiC)
> > have been taken out.
>
> OK, fine.  You still haven't answered the question:
>
> Why not put everything inside the XFS itself?

To have a modular system? To allow you to use other people's BOS drivers?

> Is there _any_ reason to keep a BOS loader in the auto folder?

Is there _any_ reason to take it out?

> Does anything else besides SPIN! use BOS drivers, nowadays?

For instance the MagiC XFS, and DOS drivers when you run on plain TOS.