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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.0m2l@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
- Message-ID: <paulk.2y93@terapin.com>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 17:54:02 PST
- Organization: BBS
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- > > > or controlling the display registers and also trying to use the
- > > > OS for double-buffering may be out of the question
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- > > Why try to mix both approaches at once? That gives you no
- > > advantages of either approach.
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- > So you're advocating not using the OS for double-buffering?
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- Where did you get THAT?? I'm un-advocating the use of hardware
- banging mixed with otherwise OS-friendly stuff.
-
- My whole position on the hardware-manual issue is that I don't want the Amiga
- to be "crippled by compatibility". I want programs that we write NOW to work
- on future incompatible hardware.
-