Just want to say the amount of amazing work that goes into this project is fantastic. They've taken the original Digital Research x86/PC GEM/GEMDOS sources and.. reworked them to basically duplicate all the work Atari did back in 1984/85 on their ST/68k port. Plus bug fixes. Plus pretty much all the feature work Atari did after that. Plus modernizing the code generally. Plus their own new features. Plus making it work on ColdFire systems (eval boards & the Firebee). Plus making it work on the Amiga and other 68k systems. All the while keeping it compatible, fitting in a 192k ROM.
It started as a ROM image for ST emulators (hence the name) but has actually become an excellent open sourced GPL'd GUI operating system for 68k computers, obviously especially the Atari ST.
It's a labour of love and the project maintainers do a great job. It's better than Atari's original ROM TOS while still maintaining absolutely excellent compatibility.
It started as a ROM image for ST emulators (hence the name) but has actually become an excellent open sourced GPL'd GUI operating system for 68k computers, obviously especially the Atari ST.
It's a labour of love and the project maintainers do a great job. It's better than Atari's original ROM TOS while still maintaining absolutely excellent compatibility.