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- From: perrym@amioz.apana.org.au (Perry Mowbray)
- Message-ID: <30f69b2e@amioz.apana.org.au>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- X-FTN-To: mike Redrobe
- Subject: Re: WB on multiple public screens?
- Date: 12 Jan 96 11:32:30 GMT
- Organization: AmiOZ BBS Australia <UUCP<->Fido gateway>
- X-GateSoftware: AmiGate 1.3a (24.3.95)
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- In a message of 08 Jan 96 mike Redrobe wrote to All:
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- >> A long time ago, back in the deep, dark past of the Amiga, there was a
- >> hack available to run Workbench on multiple screens at once. This was
- >> quite useful since if you iconified an application, it wouldn't be
- >> iconified to a different screen. Also, you had all the workbench
- >> functions available in every screen instead of having to flip through
- >> until you found the "real" workbench.
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- >> I think this thing, whatever it was, stopped working in OS3.0. Does
- >> anyone know if something equivalent exists now?
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- >> - steve
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- mR> erm..did you ever actually use such a thing?
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- mR> I'd love to try it ;)
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- mR> Anyway I think a wb rewrite is long overdue .at the mo its a bit of a
- mR> weak point (multithreading anyone?)
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- And why doesn't Workbench have an AREXX port?
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