Path: utzoo!telly!attcan!uunet!tronsbox!bleys
From: bleys@tronsbox.xei.com (Bill Cavanaugh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: board<>3000 RETRACTION-NEAT NEWSGROUP
Message-ID: <2725d0e1-3089.2comp.sys.amiga-1@tronsbox.xei.com>
Date: 24 Oct 90 22:02:00 GMT
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Dave Haynie says:
>Ommitting the DOS manual with the A1000 was a mistake, which they corrected
>with the 500 and 2000.  I'll give you that one...

Just as an aside, I bought my A500 in early 1987, and the only manuals it
came with were Amiga Basic and an introductory book.  I quote here from page 
7-3:

	"Since this manual serves merely as an introduction to the Amiga,
rather than present CLI as a volume in this chapter, we'll just review
some frequently used AmigaDOS commands in typical applications.  Reading
this won't make you a programmer, but it will give you a feel for using
AmigaDOS with the CLI.  More in-depth CLI information and reference
material may be found in the _AmigaDOS User's Manual_, from Bantam
Books."

Since I couldn't find the Bantam book for months after I bought the
machine, I was reduced to falling back on MS/IBM DOS experience and
experimentation.  TransAmi (RIP) and Amazing were extremely helpful in
getting over this hump.  The cry of, "Why didn't they make a deal with
Bantam and give us the manual with the machine???" went out through the
land...<chuckle>


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