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- From: marc@aargh.incubus.sub.org (Marc 'Nepomuk' Heuler)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Demo/game to OS frien
- Message-ID: <9874y*9qa@aargh.incubus.sub.org>
- Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 14:51:53 CET
- Reply-To: marc@aargh.incubus.sub.org
- References: <4e8h9k$mp8@sinsen.sn.no> <4e8q90$o22@serpens.rhein.de> <929.5475T1263T2655@earthlink.net>
- <YDN2y*soa@aargh.incubus.sub.org> <4ff2i7$jid@maureen.teleport.com>
- Organization: Data Design
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- In article <4ff2i7$jid@maureen.teleport.com>, Stephan Schaem writes:
-
- > Marc 'Nepomuk' Heuler (marc@aargh.incubus.sub.org) wrote:
- > : In article <4f1tvk$k09@maureen.teleport.com>, Stephan Schaem writes:
- >
- > : > When new HW comes out and the OS do a poor job at using its ability
- > : > there will be valid reasons to get that HW tech info and banging it.
- >
- > : Not a good reason to bang it directly! It's a good reason to write a
- > : better (replacement) driver, to have _all_ software profit from your
- > : knowledge and effort (except of course those that decided to bang the
- > : expansion directly - they have disqualified themselves for enhancements).
- >
- > replacement? driver? How do you expect to write new scsi or gfx driver
- > without hitting the HW? The amiga as no low level HW interface, so
- > you need to 'hit the metal'.
- >
- > But I was talking of software that need to get something done, where the
- > HW is capable of, but not the OS (And the OS provide no low level interface
- > of expansion).
-
- You misunderstood my posting.
-
- We both want the same - expand the OS by replacing the suboptimal driver
- with a better one. If you instead had inserted the better code directly
- into your app/game/demo, _only_ your program would profit - and wouldn't
- from future enhancements made by others.
-
- The same by the way also applies to the standard Amiga chipset, not only to
- third party expansions.
-