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- From: davereed@wam.umd.edu (Michael Robert Bromery)
- Subject: Re: HostileTakeOver of Amiga OS
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.195731.28359@wam.umd.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan14.191948.5082@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <mcTJXB5w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:57:31 GMT
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- In article <mcTJXB5w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us> rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy) writes:
- >Hamish.Macdonald@bnr.ca (Hamish Macdonald) writes:
- >
- >> >>>>> On Thu, 14 Jan 1993 17:12:22 GMT,
- >> >>>>> In message <1993Jan14.171222.7437@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>,
- >> >>>>> spc@pineal.math.fau.edu (Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner) wrote:
- >>
- >> Sean> Hardware programming is not inherently _EVIL_ (it's MY computer,
- >> Sean> I should be able to use/abuse it as I see fit), it's only when
- >> Sean> MAJOR commercial programs hit the hardware unbeknownst to the
- >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>
- >> Try "any program one buys".
- >
- >Man, I am _really_ tired of this stock claim. _Name these programs_,
- >other than games, that hit the hardware! I have repeatedly asked for
- >names from everyone who complains about this point, and none have been
- >provided. I want to _know_ who writes non-game stuff and hits the
- >hardware. The only answer I ever hear is, 'Well, C= thinks there were,
- >so C= must be right.' Uh huh. Sorry for my lack of faith, but I need a
- >little more. Like names, and examples of code. Otherwise, people should
- >give up this point.
-
- I haven't used alot of those types of programs, but it wasn't too hard
- to find one. ScreenBlankers often hit the hardware. A couple of StarBlankers
- come to me already on that one.
- .
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