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Subject: Re: Easy Assigns for IBM/Amiga Imagine?
Date: Fri, 13 May 1994 14:09:36 -0500
From: ceverett@prairienet.org (Chris L. Everett)

Andrew P. Vogel wrote:

[stuff deleted since you've all seen it by now...]
>It seems that the common directories necessary between IBM & Amiga would 
>be the PROJECTS, OBJECTS, MAPS, EFFECTS, and TEXTURES. Bearing in mind 
>IBM's limitations, I'd like to propose this:
>
>	PROJECTS:	becomes	P: for Amiga & IBM
>	OBJECTS:	becomes O: for Amiga & IBM
>	MAPS:		becomes M: for Amiga & IBM
>	EFFECTS:	becomes X: for Amiga & IBM
>	TEXTURES:	becomes T: for Amiga & IBM
>This way, Amiga users can simply ASSIGN the letters above, and IBM users 
>just define LASTDRIVE in config.sys to X, and use the letters as devices. 
>This will work on the IBM, won't it?
>
>Let's talk about it!

Umm...using 'T:' for 'TEXTURES:' would cause a problem on the Amiga, 
since 'T:' is already used by the operating system.  Other than that, I 
don't see a problem.

- Chris


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