star@fluke.UUCP (David Whitlock) (10/14/85)
Michigan is on line with AMIGA - Source STROM Computer in Plymouth, Michigan... They are getting a shipment of 20 every other week and only require a $25 deposit. I have not received my development kit yet so I am just playing around with Workbench and ABASIC. However, I do have a few questions to ask of any other Amiga owner out their with respect to the editor and ABASIC itself. 1. Can someone post a listing of all the Commands used with ED and or EDIT. The manuals are far from being complete and since these programs are the only interface to real world programming a command listing would be most helpfull. 2. How do you exit ABASIC and return to Workbench... I've used the 'system' command, which exits ABASIC, but the ICONs for the disketts loaded in my drives do not appear back on the screen... Only solution so far is to reboot. 3. How can one set the date and time from CLx. 4. In ABASIC, is their a way to change the screen width so that more than 40 characters appear on a line for editing. 5. Since the DOS manual is not shipped with the units yet (really make life frustrating), can someone tell me how to get an selection ICON to appear in a DRAWER for a program that I just created. I hate to look at all thoes empty Drawers! 6. What would I have to do to modify the startup command file in directory 's' to load an ABASIC program, run it, exit it, then return to the Workbench Menu. 7. I notice that when I move the drawer ICONS around, that they loose their orientation on the screen and I am always forced to use the Workbench pulldown 'CLEAN UP' to get them back in a readable position. Is there any way to get around this (what does snapshot do?). All in all after 3 Days, I'm impressed, except for the manuals, being a software developer for ATE (Automated Test Equipment) the Amiga Challange is on. As far for the Amiga Discussion Group, I've been a subscriber since inception and now that I am an owner, I would like to say, keep posting tips.... believe me, this data bank will come in handy when you get yours. David Whitlock Senior Systems Engineer - Detroit John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
granvold@tymix.UUCP (Tom Granvold) (10/18/85)
_ In article <2781@vax4.fluke.UUCP> star@fluke.UUCP (David Whitlock) writes: > > 1. Can someone post a listing of all the Commands used with ED and > or EDIT. The manuals are far from being complete and since > these programs are the only interface to real world programming > a command listing would be most helpfull. I posted such a list a couple of days ago, hopefully you have seen it by now. > > 2. How do you exit ABASIC and return to Workbench... I've used > the 'system' command, which exits ABASIC, but the ICONs for > the disketts loaded in my drives do not appear back on the > screen... Only solution so far is to reboot. I have had no problem with this, 'system' worked find for me. > 3. How can one set the date and time from CLx. For the date and time at which I am writing this: 'date 17-Oct-85 15:15' > 7. I notice that when I move the drawer ICONS around, that they > loose their orientation on the screen and I am always forced > to use the Workbench pulldown 'CLEAN UP' to get them back > in a readable position. Is there any way to get around this > (what does snapshot do?). I have had the same problem, in addition when I tried to use 'SNAPSHOT', I begain to have problems with that disk. I don't know if this was because of 'SNAPSHOT' or somthing else unrelated. 'SNAPSHOT' saves all the currently selected icons (& windows) so that when that disk is again selected these icons will be shown and selected. >All in all after 3 Days, I'm impressed, except for the manuals, being a >software developer for ATE (Automated Test Equipment) the Amiga Challange >is on. The only trouble with having the developer's manuals is that there is a lot of material there and it takes a while to digest them all. >David Whitlock >Senior Systems Engineer - Detroit >John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. Tom Granvold ucbvax!allegra!oliveb!tymix!granvold