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- From: breese@monet.imada.ou.dk (Bjoern Reese)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: New hardware reference guide?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.153451.7469@imada.ou.dk>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 15:34:51 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.134939.8521@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
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- Organization: Dept. of Math. & Computer Science, Odense University, Denmark
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- In article <1992Nov19.134939.8521@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
- mlelstv@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst) writes:
- > In <1992Nov16.130752.18379@imada.ou.dk> breese@monet.imada.ou.dk (Bjoern
- Reese) writes:
- > >with or without a Guide, they will try. So I say, it is better
- > >to release a new Guide, in order to set guidelines and to
- > >prevent fatal errors.
- >
- > Why ? The only thing a new hardware guide will do is speed up the rate
- > of programs that use the hardware directly in a way that seems to work.
-
- Yes, but if C= doesn't release a new hardware guide, someone out there
- will release some kind of docs based on their experiences (including
- their errors.) This will speed up the banging rate too. So IMHO C= has
- the choice of controlling the madness or let anarchy rule.
-
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- Bjoern Reese | Email: breese@imada.ou.dk
- Odense University, Denmark | Voice: +45 65 932 182 (private)
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