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From: hah@mipon3.intel.com (Hans Hansen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Input from keyboard in startup-sequence
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Date: 3 Mar 88 02:29:04 GMT
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In article <3397@cbmvax.UUCP> schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS) writes:
$In article <820@umbc3.UMD.EDU> ken@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Ken Spagnolo ) writes:
$>Hopefully, this is not a dumb question (I can't find the answer anyway).
$>
$>I would like to have an if-then-else structure in my startup-sequence
$>that would prompt me to see if I wanted to load up certain files (or
$>whatever).  But I don't know how to get it to wait for input from the
$>keyboard during startup.  Even EXECUTE needs to see the args on the 
$>command line that calls it.  Anyone pull this off?  Thanx.
$>
$  Why not use the "ASK" command? If you combine it with "IF" & "ELSE"
$  you have exactly what you need. Here is a quick & dirty example:
$
Probably because WE don't have 1.3 software yet.  BTW when will 1.3 hit
the stores???

Hans