Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!voder!pyramid!decwrl!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: cia-b Message-ID: Date: 11 Sep 90 03:59:40 GMT References: <5172@uafhp.uark.edu> <1990Aug31.000652.27385@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> <14242@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1990Sep7.090650.2931@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> Organization: Drew University/NJIN Lines: 26 In article <1990Sep7.090650.2931@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> edp367s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.ae (Rik Harris) writes: > It is _guaranteed_ to make this software break on future models of the same > machine. People whine that Commodore, or Atari, or whoever has made their > machine incompatible, when it is generally the software producers who can't > be bothered making their software use the documented addresses and routines. What can a company do to prevent this? Do any other computer companies enforce their rules? How? It would be great if you could run a program, insert a disk, and have a thumbs-up or thumbs-down icon appear depending on if the program is judged "well behaved" or not. This, of course, is impossible. Maybe the tools that are provided (most require an MMU, but not all) should become more accessible to the common people [Fish Disk?]? I don't know if C-A would do it; but I would think it would be a good idea. -Tom P.S. I know that certain software houses would HATE this idea. Imagine their customer support lines being tied up with "Hey, I ran MemMunge while running your program and I found the following bugs..." -- Tom Limoncelli List addresses in a .sig? Yeck. If "reply" doesn't work my other addresses won't work either. Aww heck. Try: limonce@pilot.njin.net