[GEM Development] GEM not going forward... Comments?

[Gerhard Stoll]

> Is this the same on Atari GEM? For some 32 bit processors this is non-
> optimal and a portable 32 bit GEM would have to take that into account.

Mmh, I am don't know what you mean, but for many years I wrote a program and
compile this sourcecode with Turbo C [1] for Atari und the same code with Turbo
C for DOS (GEM/3) without any changes. There was only some small thing because
the Atari-GEM or PC-GEM don't have some function. For Example:
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VOID beep (VOID)
{
  if(ring_bell)
  {
#if GEM & (GEM2 | GEM3 | XGEM)
    v_sound (vdi_handle, 550, 3);
#else
#if GEMDOS
    Bconout (2, BEL);
#endif
#endif
  }
}
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Gerhard

[1] Yes, there was a version from Turbo C for Atari from Borland.