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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: >>>>>>> The Future: Amiga goes P
- Date: 6 Jan 1996 16:50:16 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4cm5no$29v@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <john.hendrikx.4224@grafix.xs4all.nl> <4cdu3u$rd4@maureen.teleport.com> <judas.0h7a@tomtec.abg.sub.org>
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- judas@tomtec.abg.sub.org (Th.Huber) writes:
-
- >Amigas demoscene is a great potential of programmers, probably the reason
- >for that much good shareware available for Amiga.
-
- Actually no. Really none of the c00l c0d3rz that write demos have anything
- written that is useful. How could they ? Their programs do not work on
- most Amigas. Their programs do not work together with other programs
- either.
-
- >The Amiga should be expandable without loosing compatibility. Due to the
- >lack of standards like RTG, expanding is allways a step off compatibility.
- >(I own 3 gfx boards an know, what I`m talking about =)
-
- Well. C00l c0d3rz wouldn't benefit from RTG anyway. Any RTG scheme
- is incompatible at the hardware level.
-
- >Dox are hard to get.eg: Where is the hardware guide for AA ?
- >CBM released none, but all AA games use those "non official" registers.
-
- That's a pity.
-
- >Cybergfx seems to be a nice option, but until now, only a few gfxcards
- >are supported and no docs available. (...like allways on Amiga.... )
-
- No docs to access hardware... but that's what RTG schemes like Cybergfx
- are supposed to provide.
-
- For using Cybergfx developer documentation have a look at Aminet ...
- and the Rom Kernel Reference Manuals.
-
- >longer carry the name "Amiga", but .. perhaps they`re called "BeBox" ???
-
- BeBox isn't revolutionary regarding its hardware (it's mainly a standard
- Motorola application). The software might be revolutionary but from
- what I have read its design isn't that impressive.
-
- --
- Michael van Elst
-
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