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- From: njh@ukc.ac.uk (Niki Hemmings)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: AGA Supporting Games Programming
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 15:41:54 GMT
- Organization: University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
- Sender: njh@ukc.ac.uk
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- Message-ID: <14381@gos.ukc.ac.uk>
- References: <1981.6595T1189T2071@rhein-neckar.de> <4e44bp$5l7@serpens.rhein.de> <14337@gos.ukc.ac.uk> <4e6102$9g6@serpens.rhein.de>
- Reply-To: njh@ukc.ac.uk (Niki Hemmings)
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- In article <4e6102$9g6@serpens.rhein.de>,
- Michael van Elst <mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de> wrote:
- >njh@ukc.ac.uk (Niki Hemmings) writes:
- >>Crikey Mikey, that chip on your shoulder's so big, it's blocking your
- >>eyesight now! He just clearly stated that he didn't want to hack AGA
- >>registers!
- >
- >Oh, sure, nice big and blocky letters that he doesn't want to hack
- >AGA registers IF POSSIBLE.
-
- Yes? So what's your point? He doesn't want to hack AGA registers IF
- POSSIBLE. It *IS* possible NOT to hack AGA registers isn't it? So
- that's what he's asking about. Now I feel that I should be sighing too..
-
- >That's why he asks wether he should learn
- >hacking ECS registers and then use the inofficial AGA documentation
- >from Aminet to write AGA programs.
-
- And your answer to that should be: No, use the operating system, it's
- really easy, you can get docs from here, here, here etc.
- As opposed to: <paraphrased> Damn you c00l c0d3rz, you shouldn't be
- let near a computer!
-
- It's ridiculous to assume someone's intentions beyond the answer to
- their question, which is what you're doing. Isn't anyone allowed to
- even ASK anymore? If someone asks whether they should use the OS,
- this does not automatically imply that they don't want to.
-
- Nik.
-