Re: [MiNT] Trans.: Re: Questions about 68040

[Odd Skancke <ozk@atari.org>]

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Petr Stehlik wrote:

> V Pá, 09. 07. 2004 v 15:44, Konrad Kokoszkiewicz pí¹e:
> > > I didn't see a problem here. Even Line-A should be
> > > supervisorprotected (on
> > > Milan this is so done for example).
> >
> > Not to mention that Atari Corp. stated in 1992 (along with TOS 4 release)
> > that user programs should not use Line-A anymore. I think then that 12 years
> > is enough time for this information to be spread among everyone interested
>
> But they (the corp.) haven't provided an alternate way for say changing
> the system font or generally working with the screen from TOS app so
> this statement is useless.

 Working with screen from a TOS app? I thought this was the difference
between TOS and PRG/APP, TOS apps are supposed to be text-based while the
others work under a GUI. And changing fonts under these conditions are not
a concern of the TOS apps. So I think the statement is very much valid.


-- 
 Regards,

 Odd Skancke - ozk.atari.org - http://assemsoft.atari.org