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#KS on HD, fan?

    20-Mar-88 10:47:02
Sb: #KS on HD, fan?
Fm: Bill Christens-Barry 75475,1674
To: All
Several questions regarding setting up an environment on my A1000: 1) How can I determine which AmigaDOS files can be deleted from my startup disk safely? I'm sure that most of the commands never get exercised but I can't be sure. Is there a straightforward way of examining software to see if it invokes any AmigaDOS routines? Should I take a trial-and-error approach? 2) If one installs a hard drive, is it possible to have the KickStart code as well as the workbench code boot from the hard drive? How else can one set up full autobooting without installing one of the various sets of KickStart replacement chips? 3) Using a MacIntosh I find it very easy to copy and paste bitmaps between applications, either thru use of the clipboard or the scrapbook. How can I facilitate similar graphics transfers between applications on my A1000? Typically I would like to grab a chess diagram from ChessMaster 2000, copy it to a DPaint II for sizing and touching up, and then paste it into a word processor. I don't have any specialized desktop publishing software for doing this, but am in search of a generalized way of accomplishing this. The ability to do universal copy and paste operations on the Mac constitutes perhap he only real advantage on gets using the Mac (I 'spose getting results on paper works better there as well). I've seen a PD utility which allowed copy and paste of text between windows and apps, but I've not seen a comparable Amiga pgm for graphics.