Things I'd Like to See
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There are a few utilities I've been used to over the years in the CP/M world
which I haven't seen the likes of for the Amiga. Now, this may be because the
latter system's too complex to implement these things for, but I'd like to
mention 'em to see what responses I get. 1) A program called FIRE in CP/M
(stands for FIle REstore); unlike B.A.D., what this program does is allow you
to set up a file which describes which files are left in place, which are
de-fragmented and restored in alphabetical order, etc. What this means is that
if you want to keep your main binary program file as the first one on-disk
while de-fragmenting and re-ordering other files, you can specify that the
program do so. I've found on both systems (Amiga and CP/M, IBM as well) that
the very first files written to disk are accessed the fastest; I've constructed
work disks by hand on this basis that run like the wind on both systems
(Amiga's a little trickier 'cause you got to figure out whether/when various
directories, libraries, etc. are going to be accessed and how often; then put
*those* files sometimes ahead of the main command file). FIRE basically lets
you automate the process for CP/M; is there *anything* in Amigaland like that?
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