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Re: 16-Bit Overflow in Dillon UUCP

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From: Dr. Peter Kittel
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 22:48
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In article <aTmosh.1bx3@amiga.ow.nl> aTmosh@amiga.ow.nl (Thomas Tavoly) writes:
>In article <peterk.0mf6@combo.ganesha.com> peterk@combo.ganesha.com (Dr. Peter Kittel) writes:
>> In article <mbs.4apj@adastra.cvl.va.us> mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith) writes:
>> >
>> >[newsreader]
>> 
>> No problem here, I'm using a self-written one, yes, in AmigaBasic :-).
>
>Ack! You must be seriously kidding..

Not kidding, seriously. Though I have a bit different AmigaBasic than
you perhaps have experienced... I run my newsreader in interpreted
mode and it runs completely up to my demands, also speed-wise (on a
normal 25-MHz A3000).

> AmigaBASIC was one of the slowest and
>buggiest programs I ever used on the Amiga. Which figures, as it was the
>usual MS standard rushjob. I even found the C=4032's BASIC 4.0 better (which
>is MS too, BTW)..

Oops, I have worked with this version for several years day and night
(ok, there were some breaks :-) on my own 8032, but AmigaBasic really
has some features going for it.

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Best Regards, Dr. Peter Kittel       //    Visit  http://www.amiga.de
Private Site in Frankfurt, Germany \X/  Email to: peterk@combo.ganesha.com
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From: peterk@combo.ganesha.com (Dr. Peter Kittel)
Subject: Re: 16-Bit Overflow in Dillon UUCP
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