From: terry@helios.UCSC.EDU (Terry Ricketts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: WB 2.1.
Date: 23 Nov 1992 16:16:02 GMT
Organization: UCO/Lick Observatory
NNTP-Posting-Host: helios.ucsc.edu

   Well... after doing some rummaging around in my old news files I found the
old posting describing the WB 2.1 changes. So here it is for those of you
who are curious.
					Terry
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Article: 348 of comp.sys.amiga.announce
From: zerkle@toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.announce
Subject: AmigaDos 2.1 technical specifications
Date: 17 Sep 92 02:10:21 GMT
Reply-To: zerkle@cs.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle)
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis

[ This is another spec sheet I picked up at WOC.  Note that ]
[ James Dionne promised at the keynote address to have this ]
[ available in 60 days.           -Dan                      ]

The sheet has a picture of the packing material and a medium-sized
paperbound manual.  It also has a screen shot.  The screen shot
shows a slick 8-color Workbench, with different colors for the
background and a drawer window.  A preference editor has a map of
the world where you can pick out a time zone.  It also lets you
pick out a language and a country.  Another window is a PostScript
printer driver preference editor.  It lets you pick out scaling
and dithering methods.  There's also a calculator, a clock, and
and an 8-color icon editor.

There's a bunch of semi-informative hype on the front.  It
mentions the international configurability (including multi-
language message strings), HP printer driver improvements
(including the Bubble Jet), and the sophisticated installation
program.

The rest of this post quotes the spec sheet verbatim.

AMIGADOS RELEASE 2.1 FEATURES
======== ======= === ========

o Dynamic localization of programs to different languages and
locales

o Includes CrossDOS for easy transfer of MS-DOS and Amiga files

o Includes PostScript printer driver

o Professional look, three-dimensional, point-and-click user
interface

o Updated printer drivers for most popular printers

o New preferences editing

o Supports multiple serial and parallel printer preferences

o Includes installer and screen mode requester


TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
========= ==============

NEW FEATURES

o Dynamic localization of programs to different languages and
locales

o Includes CrossDOS for easy transfer of MS-DOS and Amiga files

o Includes PostScript printer driver

o Supports Multiple serial and parallel printer preferences

o New preferences editing

o Motorola 68040 compatible

o Screen mode requester added for selection of screen mode or
video mode

FONTS

o Supports Agfa Compugraphics Intellifont scalable typefaces

o Includes CG Times, CG Triumvirate, and LetterGothic typefaces

o Supports scaling of bitmap fonts

o Better control of font rendering for Desktop Publishing
applications

AREXX PROGRAMMING

o Includes ARexx, a powerful inter-process communication language

o Can be used to control applications which support ARexx

o Allows the integration of different applications which support
ARexx

o Ability to launch applications from within other applications

USER INTERFACE

o Professional three-dimensional look

o Improved ease of use and consistency

o Extensively configurable through preference editors

o Standard file and font requesters

o Supports scrolling screens larger than the monitor

o Select locale/country by clicking on World Map

o Keyboard selection in input preferences

WORKBENCH FEATURES

o All files are accessible from the Workbench

o Files are accessible by name or by icon

o Drag selection of multiple icons

o Includes the NEW DRAWER command

o Easier cleanups and positioning of icons

o Icons can be "left out" on the Workbench backdrop for easier
access

OTHER FEATURES

General purpose installer added with installation activation of
kymaps, monitors, printers, and DOS drivers

o Select keyboard from preferences editor

o Printer drivers for popular printers added

o Spline animations on blanked screens

o Support for European monitors

o Enhanced reliability even under low memory situations

o Faster and more reliable floppy disk access

o Improved Icon Editor

SHELL ENHANCEMENTS

o AmigaDOS commands are faster, more powerful and require fewer
key strokes

o New commands handle environment variables and links

o Cut and past in shell windows

o Extended wildcard capabilities

o Backtick feature allows embedded commands within commands

o Shell windows have a close gadget

o ARexx scripts can be run directly from the Shell

ECS FEATURES

Enhanced Chip Set required

o 640x480 non-interlaced productivity mode (requires a 31-kHZ-
capable monitor)

o 1280x200 and 1280x400 super-hires modes

o 800x600 requires Multisync

o New genlock features

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

o Requires any 2.0X ROM-ready Amiga 500, 600, 2000, or 3000 series
computer

o Amiga 2500, A2620, or 2630 requires rev-06 or greater ROMs on the
accelerator card

o ECS features require optional Enhanced Chip Set


ORDER INFORMATION
===== ===========

AS215 AmigaDOS release 2.1 software upgrade

o 6 disks

o 3 manual set


AS216 AmigaDOS release 2.1 ROM and software upgrade

o 2.0X ROM

o 6 disks

o 3 manual set


Contact nearest Commodore reseller for details

Commodore Business Machines
1200 Wilson Drive
West Chester, PA  19380

1-800-66-AMIGA

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