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From: nj@magnolia.Berkeley.EDU (...)
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Subject: Re: Assembler File Requester?
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Date: 1 Nov 90 07:53:34 GMT
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smp@myamiga.UUCP (Steve Palm) said:

> DSC> >>   Instead, why not use the standard file requester in OS 2.0?

> DSC> >Great, and die on all the 1.2 and 1.3 systems that are "out there".

> That is the same attitude that would land us with the routines only found in 
>1.0, right? 8^)  

"Oh, you need a file requester?  Well, wait [an indefinite amount of
time] until 2.0 comes out for your machine, then use its standard file
requester."  This is not particularly helpful advice for people who
own a 500/1000/2000 and want to write code NOW.

In any case, to answer the original question, there are a number of
freely redistributable file requesters out on the Fish disks.  There's
also the req.library which was recently posted to comp.binaries.amiga;
I've had some trouble using some of its functions under Lattice, but
the file requester seems to work, is easy to use, and is quite nice.

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