#: 8071 S15/Hot Topics
    07-Nov-90  23:39:31
Sb: #7890-OSK Software
Fm: Mike Knudsen 72467,1111
To: Ed Gresick 76576,3312 (X)

OK Ed, good message. There is a nationwide (worldwide) Coco mailing list forum
out of Princeton U. where we have been discussing many aspects of the OSK
grafix interface, at the basic system level, having already decided (like you)
to leave the user interfaces for later.

Kev Darling is involved in these ongoing discussions, and I think we're getting
to the point where we'd like to see the same ideas and standards ported over to
your VGA grafix system.  We're trying to make it very platform-independent,
both for future "KMA" boxes and for backward compat'ly with Atari and Amiga.

I got the idea at the Fest that you weren't into the new OSK windowing and
grafix "standards", but if you're interested, great!

Since Kev is essentially defining the standard, with lots of our input, you
should stay in touch with him directly.  I think he should write screen drivers
for your VGA, and thus be prepared for OS9000 on the 386 PClones.

Since both IMS and FHL will be using his grafix system, it seems that what you
most need from a "consortium" is to join in the fray with Kevin and see what
he's doing/proposing and make your own views known. There's already a sort of
consortium -- jump in and get your say.

Do you have access on any academic or industrial host machines to BItNet or
UUNet or the like?  Then you could get on Princeton's net.