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- From: accolyte@sydney.DIALix.oz.au (Troy Till)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Demo/game to OS frien
- Date: 23 Jan 1996 02:18:38 +1100
- Organization: DIALix Services, Sydney, Australia.
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- Peter Elzner (HAWK@blanker.ruhr.de) wrote:
- : mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst) wrote:
- :
- : > >So what's the point in using the OS?
- : >
- : > I am tired to explain this again and again....
- : >
- : > If you use the OS then your program will run on a large variety of
- : > machines. It will also run together with other programs on the
- : > same machine. You do not have "degrade" your system to run a game.
- : > You can run it from HD. You do not have to reboot afterwards.
- :
- : Even more important: If you use the OS instead of hacking direct hardware
- : addresses, your programs will work on future machines with different
- : hardware.
-
- At the expense of not running so well..
-
- : Peter Elzner [Hawk@blanker.ruhr.de]
- : ---------------------< neXus support center >------------------------------
- : Diamond Caves - the ultimate Boulder Dash clone
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- I still think BaldersGrove kicks it's arse in terms of speed, gameplay,
- and likeness to the original.
-
- Troy.
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