Re: [MiNT] FW: WCOWORK vs WINDOM for components

[Maurits van de Kamp <maurits@bassment.nu>]

> I not agree, Mint is not only an extension of TOS,

Not only, indeed. And by now almost a full replacement. But that was not the 
point.

> without this, there is no contradiction in it. It's well know that Magic
> was able to run more old software (perhaps badly write too) than Mint and
> Multitos.

Not that I know. And in the case of badly written software, that doesn't have 
anything to do with TOS-compatibilty. All multitasking AESes have hacks to 
deal with MT-unfriendly software, and maybe MagiC had a bit more of them.

> A multitos slow and never finish,

That wasn't the point.

> even never put on computer as  
> the official system by Atari on the falcon,

But supplied with it. Besides, MagiC wouldn't even run at all on a Falcon 
before 5.x and didn't really get stable on a Falcon until 6. There's 
compatibility for you. Albeit slow and unfinished, Multitos worked on a 
Falcon even with MiNT 1.12 and AES 4.0.

> if it was Atari will put it in 
> ROM.

That has nothing to do with it (they did supply it on disk with the Falcon 
though). The point is that there were several specs (available and in the 
making) for a multitasking AES and MagiC made up its own, violating existing 
specs (and not bothering to synchronize any developments with Atari, still 
the owner of MiNT and developing AES4). It doesn't matter that Multitos 
wasn't put in ROM (thank God it wasn't), but AES 4.x **IS** TOS so whereever 
MagiC differs from it, it's incompatible.

I know you prefer MagiC and compared to AES 4.0 you have every reason to, but 
it is NOT "more compatible to TOS" than MiNT+AtariAES. For new AES features, 
ASH couldn't be bothered to even TRY and be compatible; they just saw MagiC 
as the future and they made up the rules. By now the deviating trail that 
MagiC took is dead, so let's stick to the AES4 branch for current and new 
development.

Maurits.