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- From: Jesse_Michael@matrix.rain.com (Jesse Michael)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Going to the metal
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <Jesse_Michael.02zm@matrix.rain.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 00:43:53 PST
- Organization: The Matrix BBS
- Lines: 60
-
- In a message dated Thu 21 Jan 93 23:55, Mctaylor@mta.ca ("michael C. Taylor
- wrote:
-
- MCT> been better, had it work. (:-)) Hardware-bashing only works for
- MCT> knowledgible
- MCT> programmers on their own machine. The problem is that my set-up is
- MCT> most likely
- MCT> different than yours and I don't know about $dff180 and what to put
- MCT> there. So
- MCT> your bashing works on your machine, but don't try to wavier the fact
- MCT> that it
- MCT> may not work on mine or anyone elses machine.
-
- If the program that uses "hardware-bashing" only works on their own
- machine, then they ARE NOT "knowledgable programmers".
-
- It's NOT difficult to write "hardware-bashing" programs that work on all
- setups.
-
- In all current Amigas, $dff180 is color register 0. Yes, there are a
- couple complications with AGA, but it is still basically the case.
-
- MCT> Commodore has promised that if you follow their standards, your
- MCT> game or
- MCT> whatever will work on my new A10000 and I'll buy a copy, and you'll
- MCT> see more
- MCT> profits. Now do you see why many people complain about hardware-
- MCT> bashing? It
- MCT> hurts them in either making a smaller market to try and hit with
- MCT> their program
- MCT> that _will_ run on my new A10000 or they can't buy that new
- MCT> "Lemmings Fly In
- MCT> Wing Commander VII" because it won't run on anything other than the
- MCT> one config
- MCT> on the box (A9999 w/ 1M of DoOp RAM availible from FlyByNite Inc.
- MCT> and a
- MCT> PaddlePusher joystick with a crack in it and the hack shown inside
- MCT> the box
- MCT> and add silliness )
- MCT> Hope you never try to sell me a program that uses that sort of
- MCT> coding, it
- MCT> just may not be safe.
- MCT> Remember Amiga fans practice safe programming when playing with
- MCT> your amiga.
-
- It's a problem of catering to the largest market (1 meg A500), and making
- the game the best it can be with those requirements.
-
- If they didn't use "hardware-bashing" and went strictly through the OS,
- then very few people would buy the game because it would be unplayable on
- the system that the largest part of the market owns.
-
- -Jesse
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