Workbench ßeta v0.7 (27.3), 0.9 (29.2) |
| ßeta phase: August 1985 |
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Features:
- Came with some unusual commands in the c: directory:
DiskEd - AmigaDOS Disk Editor version 3.2, binary disk editor
Download - download version 2.1, Sun->Amiga transfer utility
DumpObj - Displays executable hunks in hex
Frags - Displays free memory size distribution (fragmentation)
ObjDump - See DumpObj (appears to be an identical copy--oversight?)
ReadPrefs - Load preferences data from :config/preferences
SetPrefs - Preferences editor (similar to 1.x), "Edit Pointer" is ghosted
Wack - Wack version 27.001, debugger, marked "For Internal Use Only"
- Included narrator.device and translator.device, but no means for end-user produced speech (i.e. "Say" command)
- Bundled with the first Electronic Arts demo for the Amiga, which crashes horribly a few seconds into the demo since this demo is known to be incompatible with the A500/A2000).
- Included printer support for the following drivers:
alphacom_pro101
brother_hl-15xl
cbm_epson
diablo_630
diablo_adv_D25
diablo_c-150
epson
epson_jx
mps_1000
okimate_20
qume_ltrpro_20
- Came supplied with Textcraft development version 1.5 (6/24/85), and GraphiCraft V27 release 06 by Arktronics Corporation (see screenshots below).
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| Screenshot:
| GraphiCraft (0.7) | Textcraft (0.7) | ABasic (0.9) |
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CLI (0.9) | Image Editor (0.9) | Workbench (28.2) |
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| Hidden messages:
Timo Weirich found the following message in Kickstart v0.7 (27.3) at offset $010055:
"The Amiga Wizards bring this power to you"
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Notes/comments:
- Rodney Hester notes: "I know for a fact that Electronic Arts showed their Amiga demo running on two floppy drives on AmigaDOS 27.4 (this is the mysterious 'it-only-runs-on-a-1000' demo)."
- Workbench was still unfinished at this stage, as loadWB, workbench.library and workbench.task were non-existent. This was CLI only (the contributor tried LoadWB from v1.0, and it failed with "Cannot find resident tag for workbench.task").
- Only sample available for study is Kickstart v27.3/AmigaDOS v27.5
- Released in 1985 (Consumer Electronics Show only?), 256k ROM.
- The only default assignment is SYS: (i.e. no C:, DEVS:, L:, LIBS:, etc.).
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