lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac) (07/06/87)
Sometime last week, someone had asked about the new Amiga 500 Workbench. Here
is something I picked up off a local BBS that might interest some people.
(Except of course CATS, after all they know this stuff already :-)
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NEW WORKBENCH FOR THE A500 AND A2000
Differences documented by Thad Floryan, BBS-JC (415/961-7250)
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The AmigaDOS Enhancer 1.2 release has versions:
Kickstart 33.180
Workbench 33.47
The AmigaDOS accompanying the A500 and A2000 has versions:
Kickstart 33.180
Workbench 33.56
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Following are the additions for Workbench 33.56:
:c/Ask
Single-command/program for question text output and user input
during EXECUTE scripts.
:c/SetClock
Reads the A500's or A2000's internal battery backed clock and sets
the system's date and time.
:System/InitPrinter
Causes printer to abide newly changed Preferences settings.
:System/NoFastMem
Allocates all of any expansion RAM to prevent its use by incorrectly
written programs.
:System/SlowMemLast
Adjusts the free-memory list so that the internal slow-fast RAM is
allocated after any truly-fast expansion RAM.
:devs/Keymaps/ch1
Very unlikely this is Chinese; may be Swiss or Czech.
:devs/Keymaps/ch2
Very unlikely this is Chinese; may be Swiss or Czech.
:devs/Keymaps/usa1
???
:s/Startup-Sequence.hd
Mount of any existing hard disks. Otherwise same as the usual
:s/Startup-Sequence script.
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Following are the differences between Workbench 33.47 and 33.56:
:System/SetMap 33.47 size is 6692 bytes
33.56 size is 4500 bytes
Only apparent difference is that the newer version has had all its
debugging symbols stripped.
:devs/Keymaps/usa2
Sizes are the same, but a number of internal byte code changes.
33.47 size 33.56 size
---------- ----------
:devs/Printers/Alphacom_Alphapro_101 3384 3384
:devs/Printers/Brother_HR-15XL 3336 3336
:devs/Printers/CBM_MPS1000 4788 4836
:devs/Printers/Diablo_630 3288 3288
:devs/Printers/Diablo_Advantage_D25 3248 3248
:devs/Printers/Diablo_C-150 5460 5480
:devs/Printers/Epson 5364 5396
:devs/Printers/Epson_JX-80 5928 5960
:devs/Printers/generic 1088 1088
:devs/Printers/HP_Laserjet 6228 6332
:devs/Printers/HP_Laserjet_PLUS 6244 6344
:devs/Printers/ImagewriterII 6956 6656
:devs/Printers/Okidata_292 5348 5256
:devs/Printers/Okidata_92 5476 5512
:devs/Printers/Okimate_20 5848 5800
:devs/Printers/Qume_LetterPro_20 3260 3260
Those whose sizes are the same have anywhere from one or more bytes
changed in the driver. EVERY printer driver has been changed.
:devs/Mountlist
Added hard disk and SPEAKER: device Mount examples.
:devs/parallel.device
WB 33.47: 1.904 KB, 33.7 (18 Jun 1986)
WB 33.56: 1.940 KB, Version 33(rev 8)(Fri Feb 27 09:10:19 PST 1987)
:devs/printer.device
WB 33.47: 18.676 KB, Version 33(rev 131)(Thu Sep 25 11:02:50 PDT 1986)
WB 33.56: 18.768 KB, Version 33(rev 132)(Mon Feb 9 13:09:02 PST 1987)
:s/Startup-Sequence
Version in ECHO command usage suffixed with "*N".
Use of new SetClock program for A500 and A2000 only.
:libs/version.library
Version number changed (internally) from 33.47 to 33.56
:Utilities/Notepad
by Andy Finkel and Steve Beats.
WB 33.47: 54676 bytes, V2.0
WB 33/56: 54572 bytes, V2.0
:Clock
WB 33.47: 17448 bytes, V2.0
WB 33.56: 19660 bytes, V2.15, 2 digital clocks; title bar clock
:Preferences
WB 33.47: 59844 bytes
WB 33.56: 58152 bytes, no apparent differences.
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Not sure about the EXTRAS disk accompanying the A500 and A2000 (re: a new
Xerox_4020 driver, etc.)
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--
"Truth is false and logic lost..."
- Neil Peart
(who at the time didn't realize he was talking about RU)
lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu <--------OR--------> {seismo|ames}!rutgers!topaz!lachacneil@ers.UUCP (neil) (07/07/87)
In article <13160@topaz.rutgers.edu>, lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac) writes: > > :devs/Keymaps/ch1 > > Very unlikely this is Chinese; may be Swiss or Czech. > > :devs/Keymaps/ch2 > > Very unlikely this is Chinese; may be Swiss or Czech. > Almost certainly swiss since the international auto sign for Switzerland is CH, short Cantonica Helvetica, scuse my latin roots. One of the really nice things about Commodore is its international approach to things. Gee I wish IBM would adopt sensible date formats, either universal yymmdd or ddmmyy or ddmonyy, but mmddyy is just plain stupid, but I suppose it's kept for hysterical reasons. Sorry folks, this is one of my pet peeves, hence the flame, don't take it too seriously. (Except to change from that format yourself ofcourse!) Neil
foy@aero.UUCP (07/08/87)
In article <13160@topaz.rutgers.edu> lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac) writes: > >NEW WORKBENCH FOR THE A500 AND A2000 > >Differences documented by Thad Floryan, BBS-JC (415/961-7250) > > >Following are the additions for Workbench 33.56: > >:c/Ask > > Single-command/program for question text output and user input > during EXECUTE scripts. > > >:System/InitPrinter > > Causes printer to abide newly changed Preferences settings. > >:System/NoFastMem > > Allocates all of any expansion RAM to prevent its use by incorrectly > written programs. > >:System/SlowMemLast > > Adjusts the free-memory list so that the internal slow-fast RAM is > allocated after any truly-fast expansion RAM. > My Kickstart 1.2 is in rom. However I would love to get the WorkBench 1.2 described above for my 1000. Is this possible. How much? Richard Foy
eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton) (07/14/87)
In article <122@ers.UUCP> neil@ers.UUCP (neil) writes: >In article <13160@topaz.rutgers.edu>, lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac) writes: >> >> :devs/Keymaps/ch1 >> >> Very unlikely this is Chinese; may be Swiss or Czech. >> >> :devs/Keymaps/ch2 >> >> Very unlikely this is Chinese; may be Swiss or Czech. >> >Almost certainly swiss since the international auto sign for Switzerland >is CH, short Cantonica Helvetica, scuse my latin roots. Swiss is correct. Because multiple languages are spoken in Switzerland two KeyMaps were requested for this country: ch1 (Swiss-French) and ch2 (Swiss-German). -- Eric Cotton Commodore-Amiga *======================================================================* *===== UUCP: {ihnp4|allegra|seismo}!cbmvax!eric =====* *===== FONE: (215) 431-9100 =====* *===== MAIL: 1200 Wilson Drive / West Chester, PA 19380 =====* *===== PAUL: "I don't find this stuff amusing anymore." =====* *======================================================================*