#: 6567 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    07-Sep-90  04:30:41
Sb: #6562-##pt68k & herc graphics
Fm: Jack Crenshaw 72325,1327
To: SCOTT HOWELL 70270,641 (X)

That is good news, Scott.  Most of the people I know who are using the PT68 use
it only as a glass TTY ... Unix-oriented folks, mostly.  It's always bothered
me that we haven't done more to explore the graphics-oriented aspects that the
H/W is capable of.  As soon as I got the -K2, I got a book on the Herc board
and set out to find out how to use its graphics capabilities.

But somehow, it all fell by the wayside, in favor of more pressing matters like
how to get a screen editor that worked, to replace EDLIN!!!  Or a linker.  I've
spent two years, off & on, with SK*DOS.  Those are the kinds of things we have
to worry about with it. I really like the general concepts of SK*DOS ... I've
referred to it as the CP/M of the 90's.  That is, I prefer simple, small, OS's
that let me get to the hardware with a minimum of fuss, and upon which I can
build the rest of the pieces I need.  But SK*DOS hasn't done much lately, and
the user base that you need to get public-domain programs floating around just
isn't there.

I'd love to see what the -K4 can do with VGA.  My guess is that, given the
speed of the processor and the large amount of RAM the CPU can hold, it could
be spectacular.  Who knows, maybe mice and icons are only a (shudder!) step
away.

Jack

Jack



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