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From: dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Apple System 7.0
Message-ID: <11276@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 11 May 89 03:32:30 GMT
References: <17148@usc.edu> <47846@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <17152@usc.edu>
Reply-To: dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke)
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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In article <17152@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>Interesting.  My spreadsheet, database and comm program support both clipboard
>and AREXX. I can fire up my comm program from the database phonebook, 
>include downloaded data in the spreadsheet or database, while I am editing
>something else at the same time.

  But it's their own clipboard protocol, not a standard OS protocol.
Speaking as someone who worked for a company that tried to port a popular
Mac product to the Amiga this lack of a standard posed a real problem.
BTW:  I can do all of the above under Multifinder, so it's really no big
deal.  You can launch Excel, SmartCom, MPW, and MacWrite and have a download
going on in Smartcom while doing something in excel.

>You mean THERE WILL BE, right?  Shipping to developers in late 1989, means
>shipping to users in 1990 or 1991.  Happy waiting :-)

  So what *will* there be on the Amiga in 1990 or 1991, still going to be
stuck with WordPerfect??  At least it's planned, announced and supported.
Apple's moving forward with the OS addressing problems and limitations while
trying to maintain compatibility with over 5000 S/W packages.

  I used to own an Amiga, got sick of playing catch-up with the MacWorld
software wise, and no labs at school, and no Amiga's at work :-(
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