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From: higgin@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: What DON'T I need on a Workbench disk?
Message-ID: <1380@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Feb-87 09:07:17 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1380
Posted: Mon Feb  9 09:07:17 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 10-Feb-87 04:49:18 EST
References: <352@esunix.UUCP>
Reply-To: higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom SALES)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <352@esunix.UUCP> bpendlet@esunix.UUCP (Bob Pendleton) writes:
$[]
$...about desire to start developing and the need to strip down a workbench
$...disk.
$My question is this; How much of the stuff on the workbench disk can be
$junked? I want to build a workbench disk that has emacs, a compiler (TDI
$Modula-2), and the TDI and Amiga libraries needed to compile and link a
$program.
$
$I know I can junk the device drivers for printers I don't have. But what
$about fonts? Can I dump all the fonts? Or, must I keep at least one. What
$about the system commands? Most of the system commands look like they can be
$dumped, I can always load a different disk if I need something other than
$cd, dir, or delete, right? How wrong am I and what have I missed?
$               Bob Pendleton
$               Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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$I am solely responsible for what I say.
$---

The minimal workbench disk:

directory c
	cd dir delete rename copy (maybe a couple of others...I don't even
have any of these, I use a shell) AN EDITOR which DOESN't need an 'empty'
directory or whatever.

directory s
	startup-sequence (mine starts at least 2 CLI's and gets rid of
the original so the new ones have sizes/names of my pref).

directory devs
	printer, serial, parallel
	system-configuration

directory l
	ram-handler port-handler disk-validator

fonts: NUKE the entire thing unless you use notepad.  The fonts you THOUGHT
you needed are in Kickstart (topaz 8/9).

That's about it.  You might want preferences, but usually, once you set it
up, you can forget it.

Note - change your startup-sequence so it doesn't "loadwb" because in
general, you don't need this for development, and if you do during your
sessions you can just type in loadwb yourself.  I blow away all the "echos"
too because they just slow down power-up.

If you have spare ram - use it!  This may mean copying some commands into
ram and setting your path to look there first, or making your compiler
put its temporary files there, etc.  Such tweaks can greatly improve
productivity.  If you have a hard drive, the above becomes somewhat of
a different story.

My development system consists of an Amiga 1000 with 2Meg on the side, plus
MicroForge (ain't as bad as the critics say... I wish the driver were
updated to 1.2, but the company's history as I understand...) 20Mb hard
disk, and I use Perry's recoverable ram disk to make reboots quick.  With
that lot I can really cook.

	Paul.

Disclaimer: I work for Commodore but opinions expressed are mine only.