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'''TOS''' was the operating system used on the [[Motorola]] 68k based computer systems released by [[Atari]] in mid 1980's and early 1990's, the ST, Mega, TT and Falcon systems. An official explanation for the acronym was never given by Atari, but it is often said to simply mean "The Operating System", or perhaps "Tramiel Operating System", after the owner of Atari Corporation at the time, [[Jack Tramiel]].
'''TOS''' was the [[operating system]] used on the [[Motorola]] 68k based computer systems released by [[Atari]] in mid 1980's and early 1990's, the ST, Mega, TT and Falcon systems. An official explanation for the acronym was never given by Atari, but it is often said to simply mean "The Operating System", or perhaps "Tramiel Operating System", after the owner of Atari Corporation at the time, [[Jack Tramiel]].
== Characteristics ==
== Characteristics ==
As Atari abandoned MultiTOS, Smith persuaded Atari to release the MultiTOS code onto the internet, to allow further community development. Atari agreed, and MultiTOS and MiNT ultimately swapped roles, MultiTOS becoming the foundations for a new generation MiNT operating system. As open source and third party development of Atari-based hardware developed, the bottlenecks imposed by the Falcon hardware were mostly overcome, and MiNT has been able to develop increasingly sophisticated features, incorporating advances from both other TOS projects as well as the [[Linux]] world.
As Atari abandoned MultiTOS, Smith persuaded Atari to release the MultiTOS code onto the internet, to allow further community development. Atari agreed, and MultiTOS and MiNT ultimately swapped roles, MultiTOS becoming the foundations for a new generation MiNT operating system. As open source and third party development of Atari-based hardware developed, the bottlenecks imposed by the Falcon hardware were mostly overcome, and MiNT has been able to develop increasingly sophisticated features, incorporating advances from both other TOS projects as well as the [[Linux]] world.
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[[Category:American Inventions]]
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[[Category:Operating Systems]]