RE: [MiNT] MiNT and MetaDOS

[Martin-Éric Racine <q-funk@pp.fishpool.fi>]

On 2000-5-2, Julian Reschke <reschke@medicaldataservice.de> wrote:

> > Stop playing with words.  MetaXBS might be a cut-down version,
> > but it is still a MetaDOS clone.
> 
> It's not a MetaDOS clone, it's a subset of MetaDOS. 

AAARGHHHH!!!!  VITUN HÖLMÖ!!!!

It is still derived from 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?  
Is there _any_ reason to keep a BOS loader in the auto folder?
Does anything else besides SPIN! use BOS drivers, nowadays?

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Martin-Éric Racine  http://funkyware.atari.org/  Atari TT030 FAQ
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