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- From: fritsch@fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de (Lothar Fritsch)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Attn Commodore: You are making a Big Mistake (Hardware Manual)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.162811.2863@coli.uni-sb.de>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 16:28:11 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.000037.27562@wuecl.wustl.edu>
- Sender: news@coli.uni-sb.de (Usenet news system)
- Organization: Fachschaft Informatik, U of Saarland, FRG
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- amc@wucs1.wustl.edu (Adam Costello) writes:
- : Amiga can do things other computers simply cannot do, but only if
- : programmers know how the machine works.
-
- lots of games don't work on my A2000/A2630/1MB Chip because some stupid
- kids like self-modifying code and assume the computer to have 512k Chip
- and 512k fast ram. Sad for all those people having newer machines than
- the 1.3 Versions of the OS, isn't it?
-
- : to use it for capability. If both are documented, the programmer has a
- : choice. It's a trade-off that is best evaluated by the programmer on a
- : per-program basis, not once-and-for-all by Commodore.
-
- As long as I have to pay for a program, i want it to run on my Amigas.
- I can't imagine a company taking back a program when I say it doesn't run
- on my Amiga. I haven't seen that there's a label "not for accelerated Amigas"
- or "for KS1.3" or "for AGA" only.
-
- : If Commodore fails to document the hardware, lots of Commodore's paying
- : customers will suffer. They may even desert.
-
- You mean those people still hacking out demos on an A1000? Do you think
- they all go A1200 or A4000 because of the documentation?
-
- : have a chance to know what they're doing, and Commodore can make some
- : money from books sales.
-
- This is a true point.
-
- Yours,
-
- Lothar
-
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- Lothar Fritsch, Student der Universitaet des Saarlandes, Fachb. Informatik
- e-mail: fritsch@fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de phone: (ger) 06821-72562
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