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From: roger@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Input from keyboard in startup-sequence
Message-ID: <3668@cup.portal.com>
Date: 5 Mar 88 03:53:01 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

Funny, MY 1.2 WorkBench disk has ASK on it.  In the C subdirectory.
It is even documented in the manual.  But then this 1.2 disk came with 
my 2000.  It was not on the 1.2 disks that I got with the Enhancer 
Package that I bought when I still had the 1000.

Still, I too would like 1.3 (and 1.4 and 1.5... :-).  I was at the 
December F.A.U.G. meeting and, I believe it was, Dale Luck who stated
that CA had gotten 1.3 "months" ago.  He didn't have an explanation
for the long delay, other than to say that CA had a really involved
quality assurance (testing) program.  This got a good laugh from the
assembled masses.

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