13 June 2015, 00:56 | #1 |
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MS-DOS doskey.com pendant ...
Wasn't there a DOSKEY.COM pendant on the AmigaDOS 1.3 OS that lets you retype the complete last command with the Cursor-Up key?
I can't remember it. Any help is very much appreciated. Regards, Marcy |
13 June 2015, 08:11 | #2 |
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No, it was intoduced in 2.x+. Its quite annoying when going back to 1.3 and you have type your commands back in evertime, .
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13 June 2015, 11:38 | #3 |
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Are you really sure? I never used anything beyond AmigaDOS 1.3 and I am quite confident there was a small program, that lets you repeat the last entered command with cursor keys.
Anyone else? Regards, Marcy |
13 June 2015, 13:50 | #4 |
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I am pretty sure this shell replacement runs on 1.3 and will let you do exactly what you want.
http://aminet.net/package/util/shell/Conman Here is another one that does say works on OS 1.x http://aminet.net/package/util/shell/bsh |
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In the Workbench 1.3 Shell (not to be confused with the CLI) you can cycle through the previous commands with the cursor keys, if that's what you're thinking of?
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13 June 2015, 15:47 | #6 |
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No, I was talking about the CLI. Might give 'bsh' a try, but I suppose it was something different.
Actually, I don't see any real sense in the Workbench 1.3, do you? I was used to boot AmigaDOS 1.3 from my tiny internal 20GB Gigatron Arriba 2,5" HDD, there I mostly used GFA-Assembler to code my System stuff. The Workbench wasn't very useful to me, I hardly ended up there! Anyone else? |
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Yes, Workbench 1.3 is more or less useless. Almost everything was started direct from floppy disk. So, starting WB first just eat mem and time. If you have a harddrive then it might be more usefull. But back in the time I had only floppy and may software need a reset at the end. :/
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Yes, the Shell was introduced in 1.3. You have to use the Shell (Sys:System/Shell or NewShell), not the CLI. CLI and Shell were merged in 2.0. |
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Hello thomas,
so far I was unable to find Sys:System/Shell or NewShell. Is it part of Workbench 1.3 ? Regards, Marcy |
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At least you can find the command "NewShell" in C dir of WB 1.3.
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Both the Shell and CLI are command line interfaces, they have the same look but with different functionality, and I think the Shell is probably what you remember using. |
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When you guys talk about Sys:System, do you mean DF0:System e.g.? I know Sys: just from the network operating system NetWare.
Really, I can't remember opening a new shell and closing the CLI. Maybe I found a DOSKEY.COM pendant on a special floppy at those time. Who knows! Anyway, when I find newshell or shell, I will fire it up to see, if it helps me. Regards, Marcy |
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SYS: is a logical device (a.k.a. assign) which points to the boot disk, no matter what the volume name of the disk is or in which drive it is. It is only DF0: if you booted from DF0 and the disk is still in there.
I just checked. The Shell is in the root directory of the WB 1.3 disk. It's almost impossible to miss it. |
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"SYS:Shell" on the WB1.3 floppy is just an empty file with an icon (typ: project) which contains "SYS:System/CLI" as default tool. So "SYS:Shell" just starts "SYS:System/CLI".
The "SYS:C/NewShell" command is used to open a new Shell window. So you can open a new Shell from a Shell or CLI or script. Further it has some options for window specifications. |
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Hello again,
had some time to check your advices. I can confirm that the Shell icon on the Workbench 1.3 opens a new window with command line history but that doesn't work from AmigaDOS, it just opens a new window without command line history. It must have been an additional program to 'setmap' or just a replacement. I couldn't find a replacment so far, so I have to re-type every command again and again. Annoying! Regards, Marcy |
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maybe you should describe what you do in AmigaDOS.
however, once you are in your command window without history, just type newshell -- in the new window you can do whatever you want to do with AmigaDOS plus you got the command history. if you start the workbench 1.3 disk without startup-sequence you have to type this in the AmigaDOS window: mount newcon: newshell i've been looking for a doskey.exe kindof tool, but i had no luck so far. |
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Mounting newcon is not enough, you must also make shell-seg resident. Look in the startup-sequence of an original 1.3 disk.
Conman was a popular CLI extension in the 1.2 days. |
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Wshell was quite popular in the 1.3 days. It also offered tab replacement and much more, being made by William S. Hawes of ARexx fame.
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