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From: claudio@ethz.UUCP (Claudio Nieder)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: AmigaDos w/o Directory in AmigaDos
Message-ID: <327@ethz.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-May-86 18:52:17 EDT
Article-I.D.: ethz.327
Posted: Wed May  7 18:52:17 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 14-May-86 01:31:52 EDT
Reply-To: claudio@ethz.UUCP (Claudio Nieder)
Organization: CS Department, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
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I think it is funny (?) that this sort of (non-)directory is implemented
on a machine like the Amiga where most program will implement an OPEN
command which shows up the directory so that you can select which file
you need. On a UNIX or MSDOS computer you are free to type in the
filename if you already know it, and you don't have to wait for the
directory. On Window/Mouse-oriented programs on the Amiga you have to
wait until the OPEN command has collected all filenames. Therefor I
think the actual implementation of the file system (directory) is 
unapropriate for the Amiga.

					claudio