Re: GEOS file format, assembly, etc.
Billy Tanksley <tanksley@fallbrook.csusm.edu>
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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 94 12:17 PST
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From: Billy Tanksley <tanksley@fallbrook.csusm.edu>
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Subject: Re: GEOS file format, assembly, etc.
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On Sun, 30 Jan 1994, John D. Mitchell wrote:
> >By the way, could you give me some info on the Geos file format?
>
> What do mean? What do you want to know about them that isn't in the
> documentation already?
>
I want to create a file by hand, and I can't find the file structure. What
chapter is it in?
> >And any details on Geos assembly? The SDK docs are miserable on those.
>
> The Object Assembly language is not yet documented in the GEOS SDK since
> the vast majority of GEOS developers have stated that C language
> development was much more critical. Geoworks has stated that completely
> assembly language development support will be forthcoming in the SDK
> (though they are vague about when so it's probably safe to assume that it's
> something that will gradually appear). Is there something that you're
> trying to do but can't seem to in C (GOC)? Do remember that the GEOS SDK
> is still in BETA.
>
That's right. Any info? By the way, I'm not just talking Object-Assembly,
I'm talking Object-Machine code :). I want to know how they do it.
> Hope this helps,
> John
>
Well, to some extent...
-Billy