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- From: flex@kuai.se (Anders Karlsson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Hardware Banging (Was: Walker = 1970's 8-Track Player)
- Date: 23 Mar 1996 08:59:17
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- X-FTN-To: Jonathan Gapen
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- In a message of 20 Mar 96 Jonathan Gapen wrote to :
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- JG> Well, I've got a copy of the AMIGA Hardware Reference Manual (ISBN
- JG> 0-201-11077-6), written by Commodore Business Machines. It's the one
- JG> from the AmigaDOS 1.1 era, and it documents just about everything about
- JG> the hardware. I've also got the Intuition Reference Manual written by RJ
- JG> Mical, and I get the distinct impression that he viewed using Intuition
- JG> as an option, with direct hardware programming the other option.
- JG> I also get the impression that when the A1000 came out, they viewed
- JG> it as a cool piece of hardware, which happened to include a nice
- JG> operating system. The mere existence of the AMIGA Hardware Reference
- JG> Manual, and the tone of the Intuition Reference Manual certainly condone
- JG> hardware banging, as the OS of the time didn't take full advantage of
- JG> it.
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- That was something I didn't know. My HWRM is from the 1.3 era and I
- never got real deep into it. But the impression I got from it was that
- if it was not absolutely nescesary, use the system before going straight
- to the hardware. :-?
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- JG> I've heard that Commodore really didn't have any firm programming
- JG> rules until the AmigaOS 2.0 era, perhaps because the A3000 made it clear
- JG> that the hardware would change? In any case, Commodore did at one time
- JG> tell programmers it was okay to do hardware banging. Of course, there's
- JG> no excuse for it these days, when we know that the PowerAmiga is in the
- JG> works.
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- The I guess we have to live with programs that won't work and a lot of
- people whining about AT and that their own "homecoded" stuff doesn't
- work on a pal's newer Amiga. I guess that 5 years was not enough for
- old coders to learn that it's about time to do things through the system.
- Not that I really care since the most programs that won't work will be
- games and trackloaded demos. Neither is of any interest to me. :)
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- JG> Bread in, toast out. How does it DO that?
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- Hehehehe.. =)
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- Anders Karlsson Dedicated Amiga User.
- flex@kuai.se PGP-key available on request.
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