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From: acm131@eric.ccs.northeastern.edu (Craig Scott Lennox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Hooks and ladders
Message-ID: <4299@nigel.udel.EDU>
Date: 17 Nov 89 02:52:31 GMT
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One of the aspects of the Macintosh that make it a favourite amongst
hackers is it infinite customisability.  There are numerous hooks
built right into the OS design which allow you, with sufficient
documentation, to change the desktop to suit *your* tastes.  Except,
of course, you can't make it multitask.

Enter the Amiga.  A true multitasking computer which gives you more
of what you use a computer for.  But what my hacker friends all want
to know is:  Does AmigaDOS, Intuition and the Workbench have the same
kind of open architecture and design hooks as their beloved Mac OS?
Will they be able to hack all sorts of neat patches like Windowshade,
Black Box, and BackDrop into the Workbench?  Will they be able to have
their 16 zillion fonts and DA's around for calling up at moment's whim?
Can you cut and paste between different windows of different applications
on the Amiga as easily as on the Mac?  Can you store digitised graphics
and sounds as resources and use them in programs as you can on the Mac?
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Being rather new to the Amiga world, I don't know the answers to these,
as these answers come only with experience.  I'm trying to advance the
Amiga as the hacker's computer, but I need to know if the Amiga will
appeal in these ways to the Mac enthusiasts I know.


				Thanks for any and all help,


					Craig.