Re: A85: Shell usage


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Re: A85: Shell usage




On Tue, 12 May 1998 19:38:33 -0700, you wrote:

>
>The way I see it, programming for Usgard or some other "advanced" shell
>is kinda like designing a web page for a specific browser, such as NS4
>or IE4; you can do a lot more cool stuff, but it just annoys people who
>don't have the required client to use it. I'd personally never heard of
>Usgard until I got a computer link, and few of my friends have. There is
>the added difference that the 85 has limited memory, and as such a small
>and compact shell is more likely the way to go.
>

the only flaw to that logic is that anyone who sees the cool
non-zshell game on someone else's calculator also has immediate access
to the shell.  (except for those who delete "patch rom" for usgard...
rigel has the ROM update code within the shell.)

-mike pearce


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