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Re: Does this mean we'll have to be nice to each other?

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From: Michael
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1988 07:58
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In article <2063@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk> pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Smee) writes:
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>fire it up.  It loads, has a look around, works out which of the two machine
>types it has been turned loose onto, and does the right thing.  They say

AWK! Consider:
The only way the same program can load into both machines is if it is
loaded at boot time (file systems are different, so loading by dos is
not possible). 

This means you have to reboot to use it. Thats fine for a single tasking
computer like the ST, but a no-no for the Amiga.
-- 
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From: michael@stb.UUCP (Michael)
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Subject: Re: Does this mean we'll have to be nice to each other?
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Date: 21 Jan 88 07:58:48 GMT
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