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- From: terry@helios.UCSC.EDU (Terry Ricketts)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: WB 2.1.
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 16:16:02 GMT
- Organization: UCO/Lick Observatory
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- Well... after doing some rummaging around in my old news files I found the
- old posting describing the WB 2.1 changes. So here it is for those of you
- who are curious.
- Terry
- ---------------------------------begin old posting-------------------------
- Article: 348 of comp.sys.amiga.announce
- From: zerkle@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.announce
- Subject: AmigaDos 2.1 technical specifications
- Message-ID: <17107@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
- Date: 17 Sep 92 02:10:21 GMT
- Sender: usenet@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu
- Reply-To: zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle)
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis
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- Approved: zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu
-
- [ This is another spec sheet I picked up at WOC. Note that ]
- [ James Dionne promised at the keynote address to have this ]
- [ available in 60 days. -Dan ]
-
- The sheet has a picture of the packing material and a medium-sized
- paperbound manual. It also has a screen shot. The screen shot
- shows a slick 8-color Workbench, with different colors for the
- background and a drawer window. A preference editor has a map of
- the world where you can pick out a time zone. It also lets you
- pick out a language and a country. Another window is a PostScript
- printer driver preference editor. It lets you pick out scaling
- and dithering methods. There's also a calculator, a clock, and
- and an 8-color icon editor.
-
- There's a bunch of semi-informative hype on the front. It
- mentions the international configurability (including multi-
- language message strings), HP printer driver improvements
- (including the Bubble Jet), and the sophisticated installation
- program.
-
- The rest of this post quotes the spec sheet verbatim.
-
- AMIGADOS RELEASE 2.1 FEATURES
- ======== ======= === ========
-
- o Dynamic localization of programs to different languages and
- locales
-
- o Includes CrossDOS for easy transfer of MS-DOS and Amiga files
-
- o Includes PostScript printer driver
-
- o Professional look, three-dimensional, point-and-click user
- interface
-
- o Updated printer drivers for most popular printers
-
- o New preferences editing
-
- o Supports multiple serial and parallel printer preferences
-
- o Includes installer and screen mode requester
-
-
- TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- ========= ==============
-
- NEW FEATURES
-
- o Dynamic localization of programs to different languages and
- locales
-
- o Includes CrossDOS for easy transfer of MS-DOS and Amiga files
-
- o Includes PostScript printer driver
-
- o Supports Multiple serial and parallel printer preferences
-
- o New preferences editing
-
- o Motorola 68040 compatible
-
- o Screen mode requester added for selection of screen mode or
- video mode
-
- FONTS
-
- o Supports Agfa Compugraphics Intellifont scalable typefaces
-
- o Includes CG Times, CG Triumvirate, and LetterGothic typefaces
-
- o Supports scaling of bitmap fonts
-
- o Better control of font rendering for Desktop Publishing
- applications
-
- AREXX PROGRAMMING
-
- o Includes ARexx, a powerful inter-process communication language
-
- o Can be used to control applications which support ARexx
-
- o Allows the integration of different applications which support
- ARexx
-
- o Ability to launch applications from within other applications
-
- USER INTERFACE
-
- o Professional three-dimensional look
-
- o Improved ease of use and consistency
-
- o Extensively configurable through preference editors
-
- o Standard file and font requesters
-
- o Supports scrolling screens larger than the monitor
-
- o Select locale/country by clicking on World Map
-
- o Keyboard selection in input preferences
-
- WORKBENCH FEATURES
-
- o All files are accessible from the Workbench
-
- o Files are accessible by name or by icon
-
- o Drag selection of multiple icons
-
- o Includes the NEW DRAWER command
-
- o Easier cleanups and positioning of icons
-
- o Icons can be "left out" on the Workbench backdrop for easier
- access
-
- OTHER FEATURES
-
- General purpose installer added with installation activation of
- kymaps, monitors, printers, and DOS drivers
-
- o Select keyboard from preferences editor
-
- o Printer drivers for popular printers added
-
- o Spline animations on blanked screens
-
- o Support for European monitors
-
- o Enhanced reliability even under low memory situations
-
- o Faster and more reliable floppy disk access
-
- o Improved Icon Editor
-
- SHELL ENHANCEMENTS
-
- o AmigaDOS commands are faster, more powerful and require fewer
- key strokes
-
- o New commands handle environment variables and links
-
- o Cut and past in shell windows
-
- o Extended wildcard capabilities
-
- o Backtick feature allows embedded commands within commands
-
- o Shell windows have a close gadget
-
- o ARexx scripts can be run directly from the Shell
-
- ECS FEATURES
-
- Enhanced Chip Set required
-
- o 640x480 non-interlaced productivity mode (requires a 31-kHZ-
- capable monitor)
-
- o 1280x200 and 1280x400 super-hires modes
-
- o 800x600 requires Multisync
-
- o New genlock features
-
- HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
-
- o Requires any 2.0X ROM-ready Amiga 500, 600, 2000, or 3000 series
- computer
-
- o Amiga 2500, A2620, or 2630 requires rev-06 or greater ROMs on the
- accelerator card
-
- o ECS features require optional Enhanced Chip Set
-
-
- ORDER INFORMATION
- ===== ===========
-
- AS215 AmigaDOS release 2.1 software upgrade
-
- o 6 disks
-
- o 3 manual set
-
-
- AS216 AmigaDOS release 2.1 ROM and software upgrade
-
- o 2.0X ROM
-
- o 6 disks
-
- o 3 manual set
-
-
- Contact nearest Commodore reseller for details
-
- Commodore Business Machines
- 1200 Wilson Drive
- West Chester, PA 19380
-
- 1-800-66-AMIGA
-
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- | Terry Ricketts | Internet: terry@lick.ucsc.edu |
- | Senior Electronics Engineer | loel@lick.ucsc.edu |
- | UCO/Lick Observatory, Electronics Lab | Phone: 408-459-2110 |
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