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- From: csg019@cch.coventry.ac.uk (-~=Zaphod=~-)
- Subject: Re: New hardware reference guide?
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- References: <1992Nov5.184916.17436@sth.frontec.se> <1992Nov10.135706.383@ugle.unit.no> <alien.00ze@acheron.amigans.gen.nz>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 14:45:27 GMT
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- In article <alien.00ze@acheron.amigans.gen.nz> alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz (Ross Smith) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov10.135706.383@ugle.unit.no> mortene@Lise.Unit.NO (Morten Eriksen) writes:
- >>>Can you give me the names of 10 advanced demos which all work on the full
- >>>range of Amigas (A500, A500+, A600, A1000, A1200, A2000, A3000, A4000)?
- >>>
- >>>No, I didn't think so either...
- >>>
- >>So, please give us the names of 10 great democoders which all have unlimited
- >>access to all the computers you mentioned.
- >>
- >>Nope, didn't think so either... ;)
- >
- >You've missed his point! The whole point of using the OS instead of hitting
- >the metal is so that you can write a program that runs on every Amiga
- >*without* having them all there to test it on! A demo-writer who writes
- >something that only works on the particular machine(s) they have is guilty
- >of exactly the sort of thing C='s "no more hardware docs" policy is intended
- >to prevent.
- >
- >I think C= have got this one right. Don't let the programmers access
- >machine-specific hardware, and we won't have anywhere near as much
- >frustration with programs that don't work on new machines.
-
- We also won't have anywhere near the quality when it comes to games or
- demos.
-
- Just try to imagine what 'Fire and Ice' or 'F1 Grand Prix' would be like
- if they used the OS, they would be completely unplayable for anyone without
- an Amiga 4000.
-
- Face it, some things just can't be done fast enough using the standard OS
- routines.
-
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