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From: sah@ukc.ac.uk (S.A.Hill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AMOS
Message-ID: <5483@harrier.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 18 Sep 90 09:58:02 GMT
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Reply-To: sah@ukc.ac.uk (S.A.Hill)
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In article <90260.092159GIAMPAL@auvm.auvm.edu> GIAMPAL@auvm.auvm.edu writes:
>It is damn fast IMHO.  I saw some really amazing things done with it.
>However I wouldn't buy AMOS because it takes over the machine and has a
>really goofball interface.  It looks like a C64 hack or something.  I
>understand the need for speed, but not to take over the machine ALL THE TIME.
>I don't understand the need to write programs like they do.
>
>--dominic

This isn't true.  AMOS can be successfully run in conjunction with
other packages.  You can switch between the AMOS interpreter/editor to
the workbench at the press of AMIGA-A.

I normally run it using runback, and keep a cli window open for fiddling
about.  AMOS does however impose quite an overhead on the machine.  It
can also be memory hungry, so many people opt to close down the workbench,
and run AMOS alone.

I'm not sure what is so `goofball' about the interface.  It has a menu
driven screen based folding editor (not the best - not the worst - certainly
an improvement on most BASICs).  Maybe you are refering to the fact that it
doesn't use intuition.

Steve Hill.