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- From: mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
- Subject: Re: Hardware...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.222759.688@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
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- References: <makiVB1w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 22:27:59 GMT
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- In <makiVB1w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us> rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy) writes:
- >Indeed it does include games. The point, however, that because some
- >games are incompatabale, or that many demos only work on 500's, will
-
- read: quite a many games are incompatible and quite a many games are
- annoying because you can't install them on your harddisk and risk
- damaging the only disk you have (since they are copy protected).
-
- >don't. There is no evidence to show that it would decrease sales in
- >hardware as long as there are vendors who sell working software.
-
- Correct. It decreases hardware sales _when_ there are less vendors
- that sell working software.
-
- >You say it as if it's something we should be ashamed of, Mr. van Elst!
- >;) Or have you never done it yourself?
-
- I'm ususally hardware hacking on my DSP multiprocessor, thanks..
-
- >Facts not in evidence. There is nothing to show that, because people
- >exploit machine specific hardware, future machines will suffer in
- >sales. On the other hand, there is plenty of evidence to show that
- >programs exploiting present technology catch people's eyes.
-
- I think that currently there is no choice. Todays software that
- 'catches people's eyes' isn't OS-compliant. There is a reason for that,
- hardware-banging vs. OS-compliance is not this reason.
-
- >>No, they hurt those that need software which runs on their machines.
-
- >Where do you find any evidence of this? People buy what they want.
-
- If they have the decision. If they want compliant games then they
- must not buy 95% of the games.. currently.
-
- >software I buy take _full_ advantage of my limited hardware resources.
-
- provided that your are a god-like programmer :)
-
- >Don't buy games from companies that do this. It's a much better
- >solution than denying hardware information to _everyone_ on the basis
- >that _you_ can't run Ultimate Lame Game III on your 3000.
-
- What is if 95% of the games are of that class ? Do I have to buy
- an A500 _and_ and A600 (for 2MB chip memory games) _and_ an A1200
- (for AGA games) _and_ some future machine... ? Games are expensive
- enough...
-
- >Without the hardware specs, the only thing the 1200 will be changing
- >is places with an IBM clone. Count on it.
-
- I fear that. It's so much easier to go the IBM world and make lotsa
- money.
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
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