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- From: rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Hardware/Amiga 1200.
- Message-ID: <RXN5VB5w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 05:21:02 EST
- References: <378@cbmswe.se.so.commodore.com>
- Reply-To: rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy)
- Organization: Lakes Public Access
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- hjalmar@cbmswe.se.so.commodore.com (Peter Hjalmarsson Sweden) writes:
-
- > Here in Sweden we have just had a demo competition. We received almost
- > only "euro-style" demos, but with a twist: As a rule we stated that all
- > demos had to give back all resources, be stoppable by the right menu
- > button (can you say button B on the CDTV remote), be harddisk installable,
- > and more.
- >
- > So although much of the effects in "euro-demos" might be impossible to
- > do without "taking over", there seems to be no problem to make demos
- > that at least runs under the OS well enough. All it takes is some
- > incentive, like the A3000 that was first prize...
- >
- > A world-wide compo like that, but for AGA instead might be a good idea...
-
- Except that, without the hardware man for AGA, it will _remain_ an
- idea...
- But I will confess to being somewhat curious as to just what _can_ be
- done through the OS as far as demos/games. Certainly, _my_ future
- purchasing decisions will be based largely on the impression I have to
- such beasts.
-