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Subject: Another "Way to Go, Commodore!"
Message-ID: <283@bacchus.MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 2-Mar-87 16:45:25 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  2 16:45:25 1987
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I was just going through and cleaning up some (really) old mail and came
across this.  Notice how many of these complaints/problems/suggestions were
addressed in 1.2.  Thank you C-A for listening and improving.  Actually, some
of these have also been fixed by PD software (PIPE:, for example), but it's
great to see how far we've come.

:Message-Id: <8601101219.AA24350@caip.rutgers.edu>
:From: ncsu!jcz@caip.rutgers.edu (Carl Zeigler)
:Subject: Amiga Questions
:Date: 8 Jan 86 14:46:40 GMT
:
:We have several questions that we would like Commodore to answer:
:
:1) When using the SER: AMIGADOS device driver, is there any way to
:   specify that either no or a specific amount of buffering is to be
:   done.
:
:2) Are there any plans to implement a PIPE: type device driver and even
:   command piping under CLI?
:
:3) Is there any way to catch the calls to the AMIGADOS Execute function
:   so that a user written CLI can process all commands instead of the
:   ROM CLI.
:
:4) What are the possibilities of implementing a form of path searching
:   for commands.
:
:5) Is there any light in the crystal ball as to when we might see a way
:   to specify the current directory in a file name.  
	(incidentially, this was already possible, just use a null string "")
:
:6) What are the possibilities of implementing LINKS in the filing system?
:
:7) Are there any provisions for tuning the system performance when
:   it comes to reading the disks?
:
:8) Is there any plans for releasing the BCPL compiler?  
:
:That is it for now, we see the AMIGA as an excellent development
:environment and are just looking for ways to improve productivity using
:the machine.  We would appreciate seeing these answers over the NET as
:everyone should benefit from the information.
:
:Thanks,
:    John A. Toebes, VIII       +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
:    Jack J. Rouse              +++ Opinions expressed here are +++
:    Jeff Polzin                +++ not necessarily that of our +++
:    Ken Howell                 +++ employer                    +++
:    Phil Julian                +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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