History and Variants MagiC
1 history , variants
1.1 atari st
1.2 mac
1.3 pc
1.4 clone machines
history , variants
atari st
magic released mag!x in 1992. @ time, tos featured limited multitasking in form of desk accessory programs, simple programs accessed desk menu , multitasked using cooperative task switching. in contrast, magic offered preemptive multitasking, giving ability run multiple (well-behaved) gem applications other non-graphical software.
the name changed mag!x magic release of version 3.0, added many improvements , significant amount of mint compatibility. version 4.0 added support atari falcon, , in 1995, version 5.0 brought significant addition of loadable file system support along implementation of vfat long file names, , number of other improvements gemdos layer including threads , signals.
the latest atari version 6.2
mac
atari slow improve hardware of systems, , apparent in mid late 1990s apple mac superior hardware platform. given 2 shared similar user interface, mac logical upgrade many atari users , in 1995 variant of magic known magicmac released, allowing atari users run well-behaved software on newer mac hardware. later versions of magicmac offered improved integration mac os , allowed well-behaved atari software access native graphics modes offered host machine, in addition emulations of standard atari screen modes.
with release of mac os x, original versions of magicmac no longer run operated @ low level within mac os in order function. in 2001, new version of magicmac, magicmacx, released use on mac os x; updated in 2004 , more in september 2009, , universal binary, running natively on both powerpc , intel macs.
pc
in summer 1996, version released, magicpc, time allowing atari users run software on top of microsoft windows.
clone machines
magic versions 6.0 through 6.2 released use clone machines manufactured medusa computer systems in late 1990s. include significant enhancements such support fat32, increased mint compatibility , support newer processors , hardware found in clone systems.
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