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Re: ProDOS...



In article <ssr9rf4rkkv258@corp.supernews.com>, "Arkain"
<rwking@usa.nospam.net> wrote:

> Well, I could revive my old AEOS(Apple Extended OS)project and GPL it.
> 
> Note: This is one of the few cases where I consider the GPL appropriate.
> 
> AEOS was an idea to have a keyboard or mouse driven DHGR GUI interface with
> what amounted to cooperative multitasking. The cooperation was virtually
> ensured by requests to draw to the screen and key fetches. Screen draw
> requests were required since the running program may actually be in aux
> page2+. The only problem with this OS was that it required a 256K enhanced
> IIe or better. That memory requirement was too steep for most of the users
> that I knew so I dropped the project.
> 
[snip computer requirements]
> 
> Should I revive the project? Unfortuntely I lost the original source code to
> the almost completed OS 12 years ago, but I still remember it's design quite
> well. Let me know.

Sure! Why not? Most people have the required hardware now.

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