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From: kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Bug in 1.3 SPEAK: device
Summary: an echo by any other name ...
Message-ID: <d6UOjd7Wkl1010DreeU@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 24 Nov 88 22:51:16 GMT
References: <5009@garfield.MUN.EDU> <13640@oberon.USC.EDU>
Organization: Amdahl Corporation,  Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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In article <13640@oberon.USC.EDU>, papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
> In article <5009@garfield.MUN.EDU> john13@garfield.MUN.EDU (John Russell) writes:
> >When writing to SPEAK:, the last byte appears to be getting lost. To see this
> echo >speak: <a single letter>" and
> 
> echo >speak: hello
> 
> work just fine for me.

I take it that John is using the Dillon/Drew "shell".  Seems there is a problem
with the built-in "echo" command.  Try "Echo >speak: hello", and it should
work (or try it from a bare or AmigaShell CLI).  Of course the external "echo"
command must be in your path.

I dunno if this is a problem with all versions of shell ... I'm using v2.07M,
which is one of the Steve Drew variants, and the "o" in "hello", etc. does
indeed get lost.  Your milage may vary with other shell versions ...

/kim

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