Re: GS/OS, Ensoniq+65816

[jmk3@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell)]

>From: philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)
 
>Is GS/OS (and support for the Ensoniq) portable? That is, is
>there any reason why GS/OS must run on a 65816? If not, then
>is there something unique about GS/OS which one can't find in
>other micro OS's?
 
GS/OS is written completely in assembly. The code is not portable, but the
concepts are.
 
GS/OS has no file system. FST's, which can be added, interpret disk structure.
The concept is great, but breaks down a little. Not all file systems fit neatly
into GS/OS. How to store resource forks on MS-DOS? HFS type and creator's don't
fit well.
 
I think the Mac now has a modular way of using foreign file systems. OS/2 and
Windows NT will have new file systems, plus read MS-DOS. I don't know about
other OS's.
 
GS/OS has no support for the Ensoniq chip.
 
  --Jay, jay.krell@cornell.edu