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From: acs@amdahl.UUCP (Tony Sumrall)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Questions from a New Amiga buyer
Message-ID: <3063@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 24-Apr-86 18:21:43 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 24 18:21:43 1986
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References: <1888@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> <243@intelca.UUCP>
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In article <243@intelca.UUCP> cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:

> 
> For most people having two disk drives is *essential* for development
> work. However, it is possible to write code on just one but very 
> difficult (is that a strong enough suggestion to get the extra drive?)
>
I recently acquired the Manx compiler and, with 512K and 1 drive, don't
find it difficult in the slightest!  Judicious copying of commands to RAM:,
the use of the RAM-disk for my source and c.lib, a slightly modified
version of the shipped C disk (volume 1) to include the 32-bit libraries
and exclude a number of the commands that I don't need (since I'm not
booting the C disk) means that I do 1 disk swap to compile/link and
another to return to my boot disk.  Admittedly, I haven't really gotten off
on anything really *large* (e.g. MicroEMACS3.5) but the things that I'm
working on (2-4 source files per "program") don't cause me any bother at
all.
-- 
Tony Sumrall                    ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,seismo,sun}!amdahl!acs

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