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Article #32774Re: Clipboard (was: Light and Smoke (was: The Right to Flame))
From: Friesen
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 1988 21:43
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 1988 21:43
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Peter da Silva writes:
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>>I think that a 'clipboard'-type interface (like the mac) would be a
>>welcome addition
>Well, we've found that the clipboard isn't used much on the Amiga.
>Scratch files in RAM: are just as useful and a lot more wersatile.
>Think of them as named clips.
I have never needed a clipboard file (I find that I basically use my
ramdisk as a clipboard) on the mac or Atari (or any other computer I
have used!). However, there is a clipboard program (available on Genie,
and probably other places) that lets you install a clipboard on your ST.
I downloaded it, but havn't used it yet so I can't comment.
Aric Friesen
Addresses: Genie: A.FRIESEN ARPA: Friesen%PCO@BCO-MULTICS.ARPA
"Lenny, ya durned fool, ya bought an Amiga!" "Gee George, I squashed the
mouse!"
---"Of Mice and Men"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!andante!mit-eddie!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA!Friesen From: Friesen@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Clipboard (was: Light and Smoke (was: The Right to Flame)) Message-ID: <880604214323.513087@HIS-PHOENIX-MULTICS.ARPA> Date: 4 Jun 88 21:43:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Friesen%PCO@BCO-MULTICS.ARPA Organization: The Internet Lines: 26