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- From: stelmack@eggo.tmc.edu (Gregory M. Stelmack)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Attn Commodore: You are making a Big Mistake (Hardware Manual)
- Keywords: hardware reference manual
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.221116.15921@ariel.ec.usf.edu>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 22:11:16 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.000037.27562@wuecl.wustl.edu>
- Sender: news@ariel.ec.usf.edu (News Admin)
- Organization: University of South Florida, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
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- Except that Commodore has already stated they have more chipsets in the pipe,
- and third party companies are releasing graphics boards like crazy. Software
- written to be published has GOT to start following the OS, or it simply won't
- work on many machines. Look at the fits we went through finding games that
- would work under 2.04 / 68030, and that is only now getting straightened out.
- If you want to publish commercial software, you shouldn't be going to the
- hardware any more (at least past ECS), and Commodore is providing a
- sufficiently optimized OS to reduce the need for direct hardware banging.
- If you don't want to publish, but just tinker, then you'll probably be able
- to figure enough out to do what you want, and don't need to know the rest.
- Just don't try to sell it to me...
-
- I for one support Commodore's decision NOT to release a new Hardware manual.
-
- --
- -- Greg Stelmack (stelmack@eggo.csee.usf.edu)
- -- FullTime Grad Student, PartTime Amiga Salesman, PartTime Amiga Developer
- -- Author of: Spades, Pro Port Analyzer Plus, more to come...
- -- DISCLAIMER: The opinions reflected here are mine and mine alone.
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