Tom Claydon: ASTLC@alaska.bitnet;, (11/16/88)
In the Vol. IV, issue 5 of ROBO CITY NEWS, pg. 28, John Foust talks
about AmigaDOS 1.5, and says:
"AmigaDOS 1.5 is planned to be a complete
rewrite, and technicians are making dibs on
the parts they want to fix. This rewritten
version of AmigaDOS means that all programs
will break, and that programmers will have new
concepts to learn in order to program the Amiga."
Anybody want to give me a clue as to how the new OS will be structured?
Will it lean towards a more CLI-type enviroment rather than a Workbench
enviroment?
Thanks again to Boing, Inc.!
Tom Claydon University Of Alaska Anchorage
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"Amiga? Is that an IBM-compatible computer?" - local electronic store dealerdillon@HERMES.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) (11/17/88)
Tom Claydon <astlc@alaska.bitnet> writes:
: version of AmigaDOS means that all programs
: will break, and that programmers will have new
: concepts to learn in order to program the Amiga."
:
: Anybody want to give me a clue as to how the new OS will be structured?
:Will it lean towards a more CLI-type enviroment rather than a Workbench
:enviroment?
Huh? I dunno, but I doubt all programs will break, certainly not
those that use the dos.library ... at worst, the device drivers would have
to be rewritten but since this is the first I've heard of it, and you too,
it seems, there is no point in speculation.
I.E. lets not argue about these rumors for another year, ok guys?
-Mattjimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) (11/18/88)
In article <5463@louie.udel.EDU> Tom Claydon: ASTLC@alaska.bitnet;, writes:
)
) In the Vol. IV, issue 5 of ROBO CITY NEWS, pg. 28, John Foust talks
)about AmigaDOS 1.5, and says:
)
) "AmigaDOS 1.5 is planned to be a complete
) rewrite, and technicians are making dibs on
) the parts they want to fix. This rewritten
) version of AmigaDOS means that all programs
) will break, and that programmers will have new
) concepts to learn in order to program the Amiga."
My good friend John is ... misinformed. There is no plan that I have
been clued in on to create an incompatible release. I have some idea
where this rumor might come from, but it ain't so. All effort is on
V1.4, and the only talk about V1.5 is about things we aren't doing in
V1.4.
However, we hope that there will be new concepts to learn in each software
release. I guarantee it for V1.4, but only if you want to try new things.
) Anybody want to give me a clue as to how the new OS will be structured?
)Will it lean towards a more CLI-type enviroment rather than a Workbench
)enviroment?
I would sincerely hope that we continue to merge the two concepts, rather
than favor one.
)Tom Claydon University Of Alaska Anchorage
I like a guy who attributes his rumors, even the false ones. Thanks for that.
We'll try real hard to make reality interesting enough to talk about.
jimm
--
Jim Mackraz, I and I Computing
amiga!jimm BIX:jmackraz
Opinions are my own. Comments regarding the Amiga operating system, and
all others, are not to be taken as Commodore official policy.peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (11/18/88)
In article <5463@louie.udel.EDU>, Tom Claydon: ASTLC@alaska.bitnet;, writes: > In the Vol. IV, issue 5 of ROBO CITY NEWS, pg. 28, John Foust talks > about AmigaDOS 1.5, and says: [AmigaOS 1.5 will break everything] I thought 2.0 was when they got to break everything. -- Peter da Silva `-_-' peter@sugar.uu.net Have you hugged U your wolf today? Disclaimer: My typos are my own damn business.
jfoust@well.UUCP (John Foust) (11/20/88)
jimm@cloyd.UUCP writes: > My good friend John is ... misinformed. There is no plan that I have > been clued in on to create an incompatible release. I have some idea > where this rumor might come from, but it ain't so. All effort is on > V1.4, and the ... Oh well. We must keep in mind that I write these Robo City articles far in advance of their actual publication, because of slow production schedules for that magazine. Plus, as I recall, this article was doubly late, it being a post-post Dev Con summary. Because I wrote this many months ago, I certainly don't remember exactly what I was writing about in this paragraph, but I do remember someone of some credibility at the conference stating that things were going to break in the release beyond 1.4. If you've got a clue as to who might have been spreading a rumor like this, maybe we can spark my memory further. I vaguely remember some dispute/discussion about this, as to whether it would be called 1.5 or 2.0 or something else. John Foust