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#M2Amiga: Some comments.

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    18-Dec-87 10:54:38
Fm: Art Steinmetz 76044,3204
To: Steve Faiwiszewski 74106,425

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You know, the thing that impressed me most about the Benchmark package was the 512K "mini-system" boot disk. Shove the disk in the slot, nerve pinch Amy, up comes Emacs, loads "Hello World" and you're modulating! Press F2 – compiled, F3 – linked, F4 – runs. Someone who didn't feel like futzing around or only had 512K could be content right out of the box. Of course, I started customizing all over the place. Even there the Benchmark package is very thoughtful with the "Quickload" library modules. Saved me the trouble of using MakeACV on 'em. The little touches are usually a good indication of the overall "welldoneness" in almost any endevour. Benchmark bears that out. — Art