Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc! From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Accessing the Chips directly Message-ID: <2205@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Date: 9 Nov 90 20:17:59 GMT Lines: 28 Return-Path: To: van-bc!rnews In , mt87692@tut.fi (Mikko Tsokkinen) writes: > > I must say my .02fmk worth. If commodore really moves registers in hardware >area like BLTSIZ or COL00 that means NO programs without OS interface will >work (as well as old OS revisions). That's about the size of it. If you go directly to the hardware, or to the ROMs, or in any other way, bypass the system supported methods of doing things, you will have only yourself to blame > This means they actually can call the new >machine for example NEXT because amiga programs will not run on it. It will still be an Amiga as long as Amiga programs run on it. The designers of the hardware and OS do not consider ill-conceived hacks and kludges to be Amiga programs. CBM has laid down the rules you need to follow to remain compatible, and if you decide to ignore them, your program will break. SImple. -larry -- It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+