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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Big mistake - A compromise (of sorts)
- Message-ID: <alien.0233@acheron.amigans.gen.nz>
- From: alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz (Ross Smith)
- Date: 23 Dec 92 09:01:25 GMT+12
- References: <1992Dec18.211223.29630@clipper.ingr.com>
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- Organization: Muppet Labs
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- In article <1992Dec18.211223.29630@clipper.ingr.com> kontos@clipper.ingr.com (Thorne Kontos) writes:
- >
- > Since I believe I started this thread, let me put forth a compromise
- >solution. There are two classes of people who will continue to write
- >software for the Amiga. The professional programmer who is attempting to
- >create a piece of software that may become a viable commercial product
- >is one of these. The other is the hardware hacker/demo coder who writes
- >"demos" for fun. The obvious solution given that Commodore does not wish
- >to release the AGA specs, is to release code that will allow the hacker
- >to bang the hardware, yet return to the normal OS when the demo is
- >finished. A generic piece of code that covers all Amigas (regardless of
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >configuration) would be perfect. In this manner, the demo coders can happily
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >bang the hardware all they want, but by using this snippet of code, the
- >computer can be returned to its "normal" state, without having to do
- >the three finger salute and reboot the machine which is so prevalent among
- >the current demos that I have seen. So what do you think?
- > IMHO, this solution works well, and satisfies all. Commodore does not
- >have to release the AGA specs. Demo coders will be able to continue to code
- >demos, but they will be OS friendly demos. Professional programmers can and
- >will continue to use the normal OS function calls.
-
- The whole point of the pro-OS argument is that, since C= want to be able to
- change the hardware in whatever way they please (IMHO a Good Thing), "a
- generic piece of code that covers all Amigas (regardless of configuration)"
- would be *impossible*.
-
-
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- ...... Ross Smith (Wanganui, NZ) ...... alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz ......
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