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From: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: What DON'T I need on a Workbench disk?
Message-ID: <1133@spice.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 11-Feb-87 20:48:14 EST
Article-I.D.: spice.1133
Posted: Wed Feb 11 20:48:14 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 12-Feb-87 23:07:17 EST
Reply-To: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi)
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If you want to strip down your Workbench disk, you can do the
following:

	* If you don't use the workbench, trash loadwb and all .info
	files.  Kill all instances of Trashcan and its .info files.

	* get rid of all the demo programs like lines, spots and dots.

	* go to the System directory and trash things there you're not
	likely to use, like IconEd.  I kept Diskcopy, Format, Setmap,
	GraphicDump and moved Preferences to the System directory.

	* go to devs/keymaps and trash all the keymap files except
	usa0 (the 1.1 default keymap).  Keep usa2 if you want dvorak.

	* go to devs/printers and kill all printer drivers except for
	the one you're using.

	* go to c and trash Ed and Edit.  Replace them with a decent
	editor like Emacs, MED or TxEd.

	* go to fonts and remove the directories and files
	corresponding to the fonts you won't be using.  I still have
	my fonts, until I really find a need for them to go.

	* go to utilities.  If you have an aversion to the Calculator
	or the Notepad, kill them.  I still have both, but I'm
	thinking about nuking Notepad so I can have Matt's Shell and
	Perry's RRD around on my Workbench disk.

	* If you have no need for speech in your programs, get rid of
	devs/narrator.device and libs/translator.library.  I keep
	these around because I like to play Reversi every now and
	then, which talks.

Following these suggestions, you can free up about 256K-300K on your
Workbench disk for other things.  I load that space up with mg1a,
vt100, shar, arc, the uu twins, and other handy utilities.  I still
have the full complement of AmigaDos commands at my disposal as well
as full use of the system libraries and devices (which you shouldn't
touch unless you're sure you don't need them).
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