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Article #3459Re: 2.0 Specs
From: Brian J Syme IE88
Date: Sat, 05 May 1990 15:42
Date: Sat, 05 May 1990 15:42
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I'm not "In the know" but as far as I can gather...
In article <101@nic.acc.stolaf.edu> hopp@thor.acc.stolaf.edu () writes:
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> Is there now resource tracking?
Doubt it. Basically incompatibe with "the way things are done now".
> Automatic detection of a 68881/68882?
Has been since at least 1.3 (by the math*.libraries's)
> Is there still such a difference in being started up by the workbench as
> opposed to the cli?
Almost certainly, though the WB supports the notion of automatically
launched applications, and allows programs to create icons/menu options
that appear to be part of WB.
> What exactly happened to the dos.library?
Completely re-written in C, and with loads of new functions
such as symbolic links (multiple directory appearances of the
same file) and "notification" i.e. applications can be notified
of changes being made to a file/directory, allowing automatic
preference updates by programs, and file-requester updates (for
example.)
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>How about it? We could wait for the new RKMs, but if anyone is already in the
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And I'm sure we will.....
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!strath-cs!bsyme From: bsyme@cs.strath.ac.uk (Brian J Syme IE88) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: 2.0 Specs Message-ID: <3587@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> Date: 5 May 90 15:42:30 GMT References: <101@nic.acc.stolaf.edu> Reply-To: bsyme@cs.strath.ac.uk Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Scotland. Lines: 41