1.1: What is GNO?
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This article is from the Apple II GNO FAQ, by Devin Reade with numerous contributions by others.
1.1: What is GNO?
A#1.1: GNO is a UNIX-like multitasking environment for the Apple IIGS.
GNO provides:
1. Pre-emptive multitasking.
2. A shell that takes full advantage of the multitasking provided
(i.e., job control), and 'regular expressions', and a simple
programming language.
3. A powerful programming environment. All the calls needed to
control processes, support Inter-Process Communication (IPC),
and other tools necessary to support multitasking are
available to the programmer.
4. The first completely consistent method for accessing serial
and console I/O on the Apple II. This makes such things as
attaching terminals to your GS, multiline BBSes, remote
dial-ups, UUCP or SLIP that doesn't take over your computer,
as well as countless other applications a possibility.
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