Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!modcomp!srp
From: srp@modcomp.UUCP (Steve Pietrowicz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Shareware request
Message-ID: <133@modcomp.UUCP>
Date: 6 Oct 88 14:11:58 GMT
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I'm posting this to the net for Joel Swan, who mailed me this request on
People/Link.
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Here's a challenge to the great Amiga programmers out there.  Many of
us know of the infamous AREAD and AWRITE commands and what a pain they
are.  (For those who don't, they are clumsy MSDOS commands made to
transfer data files between the Amiga side and the IBM side via the
bridgeboard.)  I think everyone would rather use a nice intuitionized
program rather than a bogus MSDOS command on the "CLONE" side of their
Amiga.  Here's the idea.
Imagine a program similar to UtiliMast or ClickDos or Diskman in
concept (preferably ClickDos; simple, efficient).  One window is any
drive (device?) on the Amiga side and the other window is any drive
(linked or physical) on the Clone side.  You could have a gadget that
would be set for a /B switch, etc.  I've had people ask me "why can you
only transfer files while on the Clone side of the Amiga?"  They have a
good point.  The amiga is a great machine, why not access the Clone
files from the Amiga side?  Is the information regarding the interface
between the two sides not available?  I suppose it would be difficult,
but I suspect it would be VERY popular (I'd pay $10 shareware :-).
I recall seeing a few programmers asking for project ideas so... thanks
for the ear.
                    Joel E. Swan   PLINK: Amiga*Joel  CI$: 74746,3240
                    15933 Grove Ave.
                    Oak Forest, IL  60452
                    312-687-4876
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