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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Walker = 1970's 8-Track Player
- Date: 26 Mar 1996 00:29:29 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4j7a8p$38l@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <4j0a86$bbm@serpens.rhein.de> <Dou4u3.2FB@cix.compulink.co.uk>
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- jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph") writes:
-
- >> That's another point against the c0d3rz. There was much more
- >> documentation than the Hardware Reference Manual (it is the smallest
- >> of the books) and it precisely says that these examples just show you
- >> how the hardware works. These are not examples that show you how to
- >> write programs.
-
- >Bullshit!
-
- >You really think they published a book purely to show people 'how it
- >works', and not examples of how to write programs?
-
- Obviously. The examples show you how to program the hardware and not
- how to write programs. Programs are required to use the OS for
- arbitration and have to adapt to the various machines and configurations
- and this is not described in the examples.
-
- "[...] The operating system functions for requesting and receiving
- control of parts of the Amiga hardware are varied and are not withing
- the scope of this manual. Generally such functions, when available, will
- be found in the library, device, or resource which manages that portion
- of the Amiga hardware in the multitasking environment. [...]"
-
- "If you are programming at the hardware level, you must follow
- hardware interfacing specifications. All hardware is not the same. Do
- not assume that low level hacks for speed or copy protection will work
- on all drives, or all keyboards, or all systems, or future systems.
- [...]".
-
- There is more of this all over the book.
-
- --
- Michael van Elst
-
- Internet: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de
- "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
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