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From: johnhlee@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Vince Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: My AmigaDOS 1.4 wishlist (one among thousands!)
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Date: 12 Aug 89 20:57:16 GMT
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In article <8908060117.AA03288@jade.berkeley.edu> 451061@UOTTAWA.BITNET
(Valentin Pepelea) writes:
 >John Sparks  writes in message <927@corpane.UUCP>
 >
 >> The reason I don't use arp is because of the pesky arp.library that has to
 >>be
 >> around. I always seem to get into a situation where I need it but the arp
 >> program can't seem to find it. It's more a hassle than anything else.
 >
 >God! Did you not know you are supposed to put the arp.library in the LIBS:
 >directory? There is even a program, ArpInstall which will do everything
 >easely for you!
 > 

What on earth are you talking about?

I'm sure EVERYBODY knows where the arp library goes.  That's not the problem.
I have arp, and I stand by it, but I cannot recommend it for everyone until
the arp.library is in ROM.  I can't count the number of times when I have 
been given a self-booting demo of some type which fails in the startup 
sequence.  Ok, I say, I'll just put my workbench in the other drive and 
use its commands to type the startup-sequence out.  RECOVERABLE ALERT!
Oh, gee, I forgot I have to re-assign the libs: directory first... Wait,
my assign command is an ARP command too!!! SH*T!  Where is my original
WB disk????

Get the picture?

-Vince