Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!johnhlee From: johnhlee@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Vince Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: My AmigaDOS 1.4 wishlist (one among thousands!) Message-ID: <16245@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 12 Aug 89 20:57:16 GMT References: <8908060117.AA03288@jade.berkeley.edu> <945@corpane.UUCP> Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU Reply-To: johnhlee@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Vince Lee) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 29 In article <8908060117.AA03288@jade.berkeley.edu> 451061@UOTTAWA.BITNET (Valentin Pepelea) writes: >John Sparkswrites 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