| From: | Richard Friend |
| Date: | 1 Jun 2001 at 00:53:46 |
| Subject: | Re: O/S 3.9 what's good and what's not? |
Thanks for all your replies, I'll try to be brief with all of them!
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Mellor <egroups@utumno.freeserve.co.uk>
> Hi Richard, on 30-May-01, you wrote:
>
> > Is installer NG worth installing?
>
> I don't think so, it seems to cause a lot of incompatibilities. Best
> to stick to the one provided with AmigaOS, in my opinion.
>
Point noted. I installed it the other day but can't say that I notice any
difference yet, I seem to have a high failure rate installing ANYTHING so
not much change so far! I'll remove it and go back to the standard Amiga
installer and persevere.
> > What does Vince Ed do? (It's already installed and it says it's a
> > con and raw handler)
>
> That's what it is (in other words, it's a shell enhancement). I
> uninstalled it and installed KingCON instead, but use whichever you
> prefer.
>
> > Doesn't Happy Env do that?
>
> No, HappyENV assigns ENV: to the same place as ENVARC: which saves you
> some RAM, and speeds up boot time because your startup-sequence isn't
> copying lots of little files to RAM every time you boot.
>
> > Does Happy Env work with 3.9?
>
> Yes.
>
Good! I like happy env and it does save chip ram.
> > Can anyone recommend anything to save chip ram?
>
> A graphics card :)
>
Nobody likes a smart arse! <ggg>
Richy
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