Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!n8emr!lwv From: lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: ShrinkIt v1.0 Message-ID: <920@n8emr.UUCP> Date: 13 Mar 89 15:43:15 GMT References: <8903122201.aa08297@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Reply-To: lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) Organization: Ham BBS, 614-457-4227 (1200/2400/19.2 telebit,8N1) Lines: 15 In article <8903122201.aa08297@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> ART100@PSUVM.BITNET ("Andy Tefft 862-6728", 814) writes: -->Ah, but shells such as ecp8 are not real convenient when using floppies... Have you tried it on floppies yet? I have to admit, I first used ecp8 on 5.25" and it wasnt the easiest to use, but on 3.5" floppies it works fine as does APW and davex. In fact, ecp8 is the primary way I use my IIgs. Perhaps if I ever buy a hard disk for my GS I will begin using ECP16 or one of the other shells, but for the time being, ecp8 has most of what I need (except for editing of the previous command... sigh . -- Larry W. Virden 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817 75046,606 (CIS) ; LVirden (ALPE) ; osu-cis!n8emr!lwv (UUCP) osu-cis!n8emr!lwv@TUT.CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (INTERNET) The world's not inherited from our parents, but borrowed from our children.