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- From: Ronald@noblehouse.xs4all.nl (Ronald van Eijck)
- Subject: Re: Walker = 1970's 8-Track Player
- References: <4in47b$4qf@kaon.kuai.se> <DoKtxz.A2y@cix.compulink.co.uk>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 96 23:18:08 CET
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- In article <DoKtxz.A2y@cix.compulink.co.uk> jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph") writes:
- > > It's about time ppl start doing things through the system just as
- > > the reference manuals and programmer guides says you should do it.
- > > I hardly belive C= really told ppl to bang directly on the hardware.
- >
- > They published the Hardware Reference Manual. It has a chapter on how to
- > access the low-level disk interface. If that isn't telling people it's OK
- > to use it, what is?
- >
- > Jolyon
-
- The hardware manual also has examples on how to create a copperlist at
- a fixed addres that displays a screen at a fixed address that has never
- been allocated. So Commodore said this is OK?
-
- BTW: Didn't you visit Cebit? If so 'Do not hit the hardware directly' should
- ring some bells.
-
- C'ya,
-
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- * Ronald van Eijck
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