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- @^
- @f02@t4@cQuality coding
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-
- @t5@f00No, this small article is not about
- ideas in demos. It's simply about the
- fact that coders don't think when they
- program their demos. Most coders have
- an A500 with 1/2 meg fake fast-RAM so
- when they code they only try it on
- their own computer. But the A500 is
- not the only computer around since an
- increasing number of A2000 and A500+
- are sold today (let's forget about
- A3000, turbocards etc. - we are
- talking about standard computers).
- And there the problem appears since
- they both have 1 megabyte chip-RAM
- which does not at all work like 1/2
- chip + 1/2 fake fast (though there are
- no advantages with fake fast but the
- @^
-
-
-
-
- @t5@f00adresses are different). Just at THE
- PARTY 91, 2 of the best 8 demos
- (Upfront: "Plastic Passion", Anarchy:
- "Seeing is beliving") didn't work on
- an A2000. Dan/Anarchy even knew that
- it didn't work since a text is
- displayed if you try to run it. Can
- it be so hard to find out on which
- computer the demos runs and then
- change some minor things so it can
- work on all Amigas?? I doubt it but
- maybe most coders are just too lazy?
- The most ridiculous is when the demos
- are supposed to run on 1/2 meg chip
- and they still don't run on 1 meg chip
- - arggghh ! And mostly the "1/2 chip
- - 1/2 fake fast"-demos don't even run
- @#
- @^
- @t5@f00on a A500 with 1/2 meg chip and true
- fast-RAM either.... There is nothing
- more irritating than having a good
- demo which you can't see just because
- the coder didn't spent a little more
- time on "cleaning up" his code.
-
- So dear programmers: please do
- something about it. Thank you!
-
-
- MR. MOUNT / CULT
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