Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!psuvm!cunyvm!ndsuvm1!mtus5!ldshaner From: LDSHANER@MTUS5.BITNET (Leon D. Shaner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Multi serial/parallel ports Message-ID: <90296.130035LDSHANER@MTUS5.BITNET> Date: 23 Oct 90 18:00:34 GMT References: <52508.656318355@atronx.UUCP> <2521@ucqais.uc.edu> <6873@sugar.hackercorp.com> Organization: Computing Technology Services, Michigan Technological Univ. Lines: 23 >I don't know about Commodore, but I refuse to use ARP because it violates >all sorts of interface standards Commodore had set out (mainly, wildcards... >but I installed it and then had to keep backing out because the ARP versions >of commands broke scripts). If ARP took an NIH approach to Commodore, is it >any wonder Commodore reciprocated? AMEN!.... I wish more people thought like you, Peter... I walk into a friends room and try to use his machine and so many things do not work as specified by CBM, I just hate ARP commands... If they had just re-written the commands to be more efficient, but still support the exact command syntax that CBM uses on the standard commands, it would have been a more useful replacement project... I can live with the wildcard changes because they are somewhat consistent, even though I prefer the CBM version... I don't mind having programs that use the arp.libarary for things like file requestors and such, but I hope these go away with the advent of 2.0's req.library... +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | LEON D. SHANER :BBS: AMIGA BITSWAP CENTRAL DISPATCH: | EE UNDER GRAD. : (906)482-8248 DIALOG PRO! BETA : | MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY : FREE! -24 HOURS -80 MB -2 LINES!: +------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+