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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: AddIntServer + VERTB strangeness
- Date: 23 Mar 1996 00:51:03 +0100
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4ived7$65c@serpens.rhein.de>
- References: <199603201423.OAA59524@poseidon.bfs.unibol.com> <4ipim0$gf8@serpens.rhein.de> <584.6655T808T1819@gramercy.ios.com>
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- larrymb@gramercy.ios.com (Pacarana) writes:
-
- >>Playing outside however prevents that you use OS services (like HD
- >>access or support for third party hardware). That's why the only acceptable
- >> solution is to obey the rules set by the OS specification.
-
- > You can turn the OS back on
-
- No. You can't.
-
- >whenever you need to load data off of the HD
- >and does Shadow of the Sasquatch really need to access say an Ethernet card?
-
- It doesn't have to access the Ethernet card. But what happens when that
- card causes an interrupt ? The game crashes because it doesn't know how
- to handle the level 2 interrupt.
-
- >I hope you realize that if all programs were forced to use the OS, the games
- >would have been so bad that the Amiga wouldhave gone under years ago,
-
- Just in your imagination.
-
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- Michael van Elst
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