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From: kdd@well.UUCP (Keith David Doyle)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Convenient Kickstart
Message-ID: <1247@well.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Jun-86 18:30:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: well.1247
Posted: Mon Jun  9 18:30:42 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Jun-86 00:39:13 EDT
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Reply-To: kdd@well.UUCP (Keith David Doyle)
Organization: Whole Earth Lectronic Link, Sausalito CA
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In article <1241@well.UUCP> rogue@well.UUCP (L. Brett Glass) writes:
>
> [ May this line give you indigestion: !@#$%^&*()#@$%^&*$^&^^&%&(*&*( ]
>Whether it be through EPROM, EEPROM, or just a more integrated disk format,
>I think that it is very important to get rid of the necessity for a separate
>Kickstart disk.
>For a machine this sophisticated not to be able to boot without shuffling
>of floppies is a travesty. How about it, Neil?

Let it be known that I cast my vote for KEEPING the Kickstart to WCS
concept.  This provides for a LOT of useful features that are not possible
(or at least convenient) otherwise.  I thought that I had heard that 1.2
provides the ability to combine a Kickstart and Workbench disk so that
complaints like the above are answered.  If 1.2 beta2 has this feature
tho, I've seen no reference so haven't the faintest idea how to accomplish
this.  Still, I have a feeling that some of the Los Gatos Gurus between
meditations, are working on a few examples of features that utilize the
Kickstart to WCS abilities.  Utilities to cut and paste WCS resident
libraries, fonts, etc. would allow one to customize a Kickstart/Workbench
disk for various special applications.  An OS-9 or GEM or MacFinder
Kickstart disk(s) would be great too.  I've considered putting a
Forth OS on a Kickstart.  Be nice to have a hard disk driver there so
when my developing program crashes, I don't have to boot as much off of
disk to recover, but I don't know what kind of hard disk I might have, or
whether I will have a optical disk driver, etc. hooked up someday.
The way things are now, I only have to boot kickstart
once when I power up, which I don't find at all objectionable.  Once
kickstart/workbench combination disks have been implemented, the only
objection I can see to this technique is completely eliminated.

BTW, anyone figure out what it takes to modify the default 'topaz' fonts
yet?

Keith Doyle