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gulam's "mem" command will produce nonsensical results, since it looks
at the GEMDOS memory list directly, and according to GEMDOS all the
computer's memory is allocated to MINT.PRG. "mem" crashes under TOS 1.4
anyways, so this problem is not new.
Turtle reports an error in memory configuration; yet the configuration
printed out looks perfectly fine. I don't know whether this one is
turtle's fault or MiNT's. (Probably turtle's: the problem has also
been reported on newer versions of TOS.)
GFA Basic programs often (usually?) try to use memory they don't own.
Needless to say, this can cause problems under MiNT, ranging from
bus errors to a system crash.
A lot of programs don't act very nicely in a multi-tasking environment.
Programs that redefine the keyboard (eg gulam), run in supervisor mode,
or steal interrupt vectors can cause problems. (Programs in supervisor mode
tend to hog the processor, because MiNT won't pre-empt them -- this may
be excessively cautious of MiNT, but it serves to avoid any problems with
device drivers). If you're only running one program at a time under MiNT,
these problems don't arise.