Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!columbia!topaz!louie From: louie@trantor.UMD.EDU Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga system arrival Message-ID: <3806@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 21:24:25 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.3806 Posted: Thu Sep 26 21:24:25 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Oct-85 10:10:28 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 34 From: Louis A. MamakosJust an update - I received my developement system software and documentation a few days ago. The manuals are done pretty well; being bound in 5 or 6 different volumes. I think that I'd prefer loose-leaf to install manual updates, but what the hey... I didn't receive the ABasiC manual or the demo-software disk. The Introduction to the Amiga manual was omitted. I called Commodore and asked them about it and they said that the plan to replace the AMIGA ABasiC with real Microsoft basic in the coming weeks, and that they didn't want developers to write any software using the existing BASIC. If I wanted the other manuals or disk, I should just send a letter requesting it. Hey, I don't care *what* BASIC they provide, I'm using Lattice C for my software. I have to agree with what someone else said earlier; the CLI interface is sort of ugly. It doesn't have the feel as being as well done as the lower level ROM (er.. RAM) kernel and the Intuition software. The argument specification is particularly obtuse. Happily, Lattice C uses UNIX like option specifications. The CLI really needs a PATH variable or something like it. You can ASSIGN a logical name to a directory containing the executable commands, but only to one directory (on ONE disk). It would be nice to give a PATH or the convention that the 'C' directory on each disk be searched. Does anyone know how to reogranize the Workbench, and save the organization? When I made a working copy of the WorkBench disk, the icons are somewhat disorganized. I can select the CLEANUP menu item to fix it, but when the window is closed and reopened it is the same as before. I wonder if this stuff is documented in the "Introduction to the AMIGA" manual that I didn't receive? Louis A. Mamakos WA3YMH University of Maryland, Computer Science Center Internet: louie@trantor.arpa -or- louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU