Author: Mr. B.B.C. (pD9E886D2.dip0.t-ipconnect.de)
Date: 11-20-2002 12:59
Adam Klobukowski wrote:
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> Yes, there are still people that write
> programs for Atari, including me.
But are there groups out there, comparable with Sourceforge ?
> If you dislike original hardware or
> clones becouse of speed
It's because you shall be able to buy new TOS computers. Even Atari STs may break some day. And then there are no replacement parts, noone who can repair it and no computers to buy.
> Lots of assembler things has to be
> rewritten too.
Parts of (T/t)he OS must be C. Assembler may make too much work.
Older programs have to run in an emulator - smart emulators, so old MC68000 GEM applications may behave like native GEM programs.
Old fullscreen games instead may run out of the ST disk images in a normal emulator.
Some program-binaries may also be convertable with some kind of re-compiler, but only if they are not directly using special hardware features.
Thanks for completing the list of TOS/GEM sources.
Interested in UniverC on TOS ?
http://www.univerc.org
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