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- From: mwm@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us (Mike Meyer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: New hardware reference guide?
- Message-ID: <mwm.2mpt@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 20:10:11 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.125922.1445@sth.frontec.se> <1992Nov13.083504.58455@qut.edu.au> <mwm.2mi5@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us> <Bxnx67.D6K@cck.coventry.ac.uk>
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- In <Bxnx67.D6K@cck.coventry.ac.uk>, csg019@cch.coventry.ac.uk (-~=Zaphod=~-) wrote:
- > In article <mwm.2mi5@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us> mwm@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us (Mike Meyer) writes:
- >
- > >> And don't forget that demo coders don't get any wonderful Developers info.
- > >
- > >For that, they have no one to blame but themselves.
- >
- > Wrong.
- > There are a few reasons that demo coders don't get developers info.
- >
- > 1. Most good demo writters come from European countries, and don't even know
- > what a "registered developer" is. Are we to blame if we don't know about
- > something? Perhaps if C= got pulled there finger out in Europe, instead of
- > concentrating on the US all the time, then we would better informed.
-
- So, if most of the demo writers don't know what a linked list is,
- that's not their fault, right? Or if a driver doesn't know where the
- brake pedal on a car is, that's the fault of the manufacturer, right?
-
- Sorry, but I don't buy it. If you fail to find out what resources are
- available to you, it's *YOUR FAULT*.
-
- > 2. If being a Registered Developer means paying large amounts of cash for
- > information about your machine, then your average demo code is not going
- > to be able to afford it.
-
- I think what it means depends on the country it's in. I suspect that
- in most countries, there is an option available that doesn't involve a
- large amount of cash.
-
- <mike
-