CompuServe Messages

There was a time when I would have thought Unix on an Amiga was the ultimate dumbness. Unix is an anachronism dating back to the days of 110-baud TTY's, while AmigaDOS has many elegant and modern design features. However, as I try to actually use AmigaDOS I'm rapidly coming around to the conclusion that, while the concept of AmigaDOS may be elegant in the extreme, I'd love to have ANYTHING else … I'd even love CPM68. My complaint is the speed. With all the power of the 68000 chip, there has to be a faster way to do a DIR! At the moment I'm consoling myself with the reminder that I was also pretty unhappy with CP/M when I first began using it. Times have changed there … partly because I got smarter and learned how to use it better, and partly because I no longer use any of the CP/M utilities. PIP, ASM, DDT, ED, STAT have all bitten the dust. I don't even use the builtins, DIR, REN, ERA, and TYPE anymore. No doubt that day will come for the Amiga, too. I pray that it's soon.