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One interesting turn on the ST side was the creation of from-scratch GEM implementations. Not just the EmuTOS stuff which is itself amazing. Commercial ones (n

One interesting turn on the ST side was the creation of from-scratch GEM implementations. Not just the EmuTOS stuff which is itself amazing. Commercial ones (now open sourced!) like MagiC but then XaAES and so on. http://xaaes.gokmase.com/ http://xaaes.gokmase.com/ You can even run MagiC on Linux now: https://gitlab.com/AndreasK/magiclinux https://gitlab.com/AndreasK/magiclinux

lproven 6mo ago
> One interesting turn on the ST side was the creation of from-scratch GEM implementations. Oh yes indeed. I was on the edge of the FreeGEM project: I did some bug-fixing, documentation, translation, and stuff like that. I ended up learning a lot about the history of ST GEM, and one aspect was how its cleanly-layered design let people just re-implement bits and plug them back into the original. Which is what led to FreeMINT and TOS 4, and the desire for a FOSS distro of that is what led to AFROS. > You can even run MagiC on Linux now Oh! I knew he'd open-sourced it. I did mention MagiC in passing in my follow-up to Nemanja's history: https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/96552.html https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/96552.html I didn't realise there had been recent activity. I must try it. Thank you!
- cmrdporcupine 6mo ago
  Being in the North American sphere and distinctly post-Atari by the mid 90s, I didn't really know about MagiC until much later. It's pretty amazing what he built! Too bad it's 100% assembler. Though very nicely written assembler. Hm. I have a Firebee downstairs untouched. I am tempted to point an LLM at the MagiC sources and have it port to Coldfire :-)
  - lproven 6mo ago
    I was an Archimedes owner and user so I didn't get to use an ST until the 1990s and an Amiga until the 2000s. > Hm. I have a Firebee downstairs untouched. :-o > I am tempted to point an LLM at the MagiC sources and have it port to Coldfire :-) I would be interested to see a video of the result!

lproven 6mo ago

> One interesting turn on the ST side was the creation of from-scratch GEM implementations. Oh yes indeed. I was on the edge of the FreeGEM project: I did some bug-fixing, documentation, translation, and stuff like that. I ended up learning a lot about the history of ST GEM, and one aspect was how its cleanly-layered design let people just re-implement bits and plug them back into the original. Which is what led to FreeMINT and TOS 4, and the desire for a FOSS distro of that is what led to AFROS. > You can even run MagiC on Linux now Oh! I knew he'd open-sourced it. I did mention MagiC in passing in my follow-up to Nemanja's history: https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/96552.html https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/96552.html I didn't realise there had been recent activity. I must try it. Thank you!

cmrdporcupine 6mo ago
Being in the North American sphere and distinctly post-Atari by the mid 90s, I didn't really know about MagiC until much later. It's pretty amazing what he built! Too bad it's 100% assembler. Though very nicely written assembler. Hm. I have a Firebee downstairs untouched. I am tempted to point an LLM at the MagiC sources and have it port to Coldfire :-)
- lproven 6mo ago
  I was an Archimedes owner and user so I didn't get to use an ST until the 1990s and an Amiga until the 2000s. > Hm. I have a Firebee downstairs untouched. :-o > I am tempted to point an LLM at the MagiC sources and have it port to Coldfire :-) I would be interested to see a video of the result!