#: 9419 S1/General Interest
    06-Feb-91  19:43:47
Sb: #9413-#New to OS-9 LII
Fm: Hugo Bueno 71211,3662
To: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 (X)

~ If you want the ASM assembler, then yes you have to get OS9 level I.

Os9 Level II comes with Basic09, but the assembler is not included. If you want
the RMA assembler, then you need to get the Developers Pak which is supposedly
hard to find these days.

As far as GIF under Level II, I'm not aware of any decoders that use VDG type
screens, so maybe it's true that you need at least the GRFINT driver available.
WINDINT, which comes in the Multivue package, is an enhanced GRFINT.  There are
DECB GIF viewers available, but I don't know any details.

From your statement that you can't use disk drives and your modem at the same
time, I assume you are using an RS232 pak or DC modem pak.  I highly recommend
that you obtain a real terminal program.  Anything less just makes for needless
frustration.

Finally, I feel that Multivue is important, if not for the GSHELL program
(which uses WINDINT), for WINDINT itself.  Many coco programs require WINDINT
and you may be limited to what you can run in the future as more WINDINT
dependent programs become available.

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