Carl Sassenrath wrote EXEC, and Dale Luck wrote the graphics library-all three very early employees. RJ spent a lot of time with his girlfriend/wife Caryn who also worked there. Tim King (Metacomco CTO and developer of AmigaDOS) notes that: 'RJ Mical, last heard of by me at Electronic Arts, was/is a larger-than-life character who did Intuition 'his way' and it didn't follow the 'official' Amiga guidelines for example intuition.h was huge, and the guidelines said to keep header files small and to the point. Media information: Descriptions and Part Numbers (ROM address FE09DA, v34.5): 'Brought to you by not a mere Wizard, but the Wizard Extraordinaire: Dale Luck!'.

The following messages can be found at the given addresses in the Kickstart ROM: The following message appears, if a disk is removed or inserted while one of the above key combinations is pressed:

F10 Moral Support: Joe Pillow & The Dancing Fools.

F8 Chips: Jay, Akio, Glenn Edwin, Mark & Dave.

F5 CBM Software: Andy, Barry, Dave & Eric.

F4 LG Support: Caryn, Dave, Victor, Terry, Cheryl & Nancy.

F2 Graphics Software: Dale, Bart, Jimm & =RJ=.

F1 System Software: Carl, Neil & Kodiak.

Note: To view the messages that appeared in the titlebar, and still have enough time to note them/make a screenshot, just select 'Last Error' from the Workbench menu. The following messages appear in the titlebar of Workbench, if the given keys are pressed together with both Alt and both Shift keys: If you click on these buttons in series-starting at top left to bottom right-(four times each for a total of sixteen clicks), then go to 'Change Printer' and highlight 'Custom' (or 'Generic', I forget which one), then look at the title bar for a hidden message. On the top right of the 1.3 Printer Prefs screen are two mouse buttons: one for speed, and one for delay. There were separate preferences icons which jumped to different parts of the preferences program.Īll icons were redesigned, with a not-2.0-yet-3D-look.

Fixed: The bug in AutoConfig TM (see Notes/comments section).Īn Amiga user's summary of the changes is also available.Ī lot more software was included on this Workbench disk, and the disk had a new, colorful icon.

Added: The recoverable RAM: drive, called 'RAMB0:'.

Added: Memory AutoConfig TM 'Addmem' commands no longer needed.

Added: Autoboot from hard disks, and other non-DF0 media (except CD-ROMs).

Officially entitled the Amiga Enhancer V1.3, its new features included (see the full list):

Media: New ROM (256 KB, or Kickstart disk for A1000) and software Shipped with: Amiga 500, 2000, available as update Workbench Nostalgia: The history of the AmigaOS Graphic User Interface (GUI): Release 1.3 Workbench Release 1.3, versions 34.20, 34.21 (Kickstart version 34.5)

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