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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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