Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ll-xn!cit-vax!amdahl!acs From: acs@amdahl.UUCP (Tony Sumrall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Initial Opinion of Amiga Message-ID: <4559@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Dec-86 09:24:30 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.4559 Posted: Fri Dec 12 09:24:30 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Dec-86 03:38:33 EST References: <939@blia.BLI.COM> <3917@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU> <1317@hoptoad.uucp> <1740@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <3311@curly.ucla-cs.UCLA.EDU> Reply-To: acs@amdahl.UUCP (Tony Sumrall) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 19 In article <3311@curly.ucla-cs.UCLA.EDU> ucla-cs!cepu!ucla-an!remsit!stb!michael@ihnp4.UUCP cc1@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU (Michael Gersten) writes: > In article <1740@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> mwm@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (Don't have strength to leave) Meyer) writes: > >The AmigaDOS "clean display" code has the virtue of preventing the > >interleaving of input and output characters in a single line. I also > > But it also STOPS output, and stops any program that is trying to do > output. This is what I dis-like; it effectively kills type-ahead. > It doesn't kill type-ahead for me...I just end my line with a CR and it gets queued up for the next read from the console. Not only that but, *because* of the "clean display" code, I don't have to try to figure out what it is that *I* typed in as opposed to what the *system* typed back at me. I'm like this feature a LOT. -- Tony Sumrall ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,seismo,sun}!amdahl!acs [ Opinions expressed herein are the author's and should not be construed to reflect the views of Amdahl Corp. ]