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Article #7246Mac/Amiga likes/dislikes
From: Steven D. Litvintchouk
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1986 22:50
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1986 22:50
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> The 2nd thing I like about the MAC is the clipboard. Unless I
> just haven't found the thing, there is no equivalent on the
> Amiga. I know there is a clipboard.device but I don't know
> what it's used for. The closest thing to a clipboard that I
> know of is the Notepad and that's just another word processing
> application.
The Amiga could have a great clipboard if only the software vendors
agreed to use it for their cut and paste commands. Since most Amiga
software today follows the standard IFF format for data, an Amiga
clipboard could store music and sound as well as graphics and text.
Steven Litvintchouk
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!linus!sdl From: sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac,net.micro.amiga Subject: Mac/Amiga likes/dislikes Message-ID: <315@linus.UUCP> Date: Sat, 4-Oct-86 18:50:54 EDT Article-I.D.: linus.315 Posted: Sat Oct 4 18:50:54 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Oct-86 23:13:20 EDT Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA Lines: 23