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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.games
- Subject: Re: AT UK redundancies
- Date: 18 Jan 1996 00:36:01 +0100
- Organization: dis-
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- Martin Leslie Baker <mlb@rekab.demon.co.uk> writes:
-
- >specs. Some games publishers were _furious_ that AT were pointing the
- >finger at them, countering they said that it was AT not sticking to the
- >previous specifications of drives.
-
- Fancy, isn't it ?
-
- From the specifications (HRM p242:).
-
- "Figures 8-7 and 8-8 show the timing parameters of the Amiga's floppy
- disk subsystem with a Chinon drive. Keep in mind that this information
- can change with floppy drives from other vendors. To ensure compatibility
- with future versions of the system, you should avoid using this information
- in applications."
-
- Is that precise enough ?
-
- >C=, AT, nor any other computer company can expect Software publishers,
- >especially games publishers to put their wares out on unprotected disks.
-
- Oh. Tell me then why PC games rarely use disk protection ?
- Copy-protected disks are a thing of the past.
-
- >There were several instances of games not working on Amiga and Atari STs
- >because the disk protection relied on tracks outside of the specification.
- >On some drives they would work on others they would not.
-
- One reason against copy protection.
-
- >That's what specs and tolerences are for. If the publishers go outside of
- >the specs then it is their fault. If the manufacturer change the specs
- >then the responsibility should lie there.
-
- Read above.
-
- >It was estimated that early AT A1200s could only run about half of the
- >Amiga back catalogue of games. That is *more* than lots. Ok the early AT
- >machines probably didn't reach state side, and the problem is now
- >reportedly fixed giving 98% compatibility.
-
- It is kludged.
-
- >Some A4000s are reported as not
- >being able to run Pinball Mania supplied with the machine.
-
- Which is for a completely other reason, no ? Like c00l c0d3rz not
- listening to specs ?
-
- --
- Michael van Elst
-
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