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From: protcoop@leibniz.uucp
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Subject: Denise/Paula/Agnus/Gary/Portia
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Date: 3 Aug 89 16:30:04 GMT
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Something has been on my mind for the last while and I want to bring it
to the net community to see if my theory is plausible.  Let us *suppose*
that the Amiga 3000 did not use Commodore's custom chips but used some
'off the line' parts by other companies, for example the TI 34000 (?)
blitter.  Let us further suppose that all of the system software looks
the same to the programmer, i.e. all of the function calls are the same.
Would it not be possible for current software to work on both the new
hardware and the old hardware?  The way I see it is that in my programs
I have to open libraries to call routines.  If I am on the current Amiga
then the library I get is one that supports that machine.  If I am on
the new Amiga 3000, then the library that gets opened is one that
supports the new hardware.  The programmer (at least in 'C') need never
know what hardware is being used.  Is this the way it would work?
If not, why not?
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