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- From: paulk@terapin.com (Paul Kienitz)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Attn Commodore: You are making a Big Mistake (Hardware Manual)
- References: <jbickers.0loi@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
- Message-ID: <paulk.2wmm@terapin.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 10:10:03 PST
- Organization: BBS
- Lines: 35
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- > > About the only "contraint" I can think of that you have by going
- > > through the system is that copperlists can't be as fancy.
-
- > You have all sorts of possible interference with the resources you
- > need to use.
-
- Well if the user tries to run the demo at the same time as something
- else that needs the same resources, give an ERROR MESSAGE. Duh.
- Lots better than obliterating whatever else is going on regardless of
- consequences.
-
- > may be in use, or controlling the display registers and also trying
- > to use the OS for double-buffering may be out of the question
-
- I should think so. Why try to mix both approaches at once? That
- gives you no advantages of either approach.
-
- > You may also want to try and make it harder for people to rip your
- > graphics or music.
-
- You're talking about a kind of copy protection here, basically. Like
- whoeveritwas said, the object of copy protection is to allow as few
- people as possible to run your program ... this is basically having
- compatibility problems just for the sake of compatibility problems.
-
- > This whole thing about trying to make demo coders use the OS is
- > akin to trying to make all painters use crayons, IMHO.
-
- All I said was that the alleged "constraints" that some say make
- demo-like stuff impossible through the OS are largely mythical.
-
- I don't mind demo coders doing whatever they want in their own
- circles. I just don't want that kind of stuff supported for
- commercial developers whom the rest of us then have to end up staying
- compatible with.
-