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From: DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: MFM coding/protection.
Message-ID: <90339.161058DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 5 Dec 90 21:10:58 GMT
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In article <1990Dec5.114110.26904@cck.cov.ac.uk>, csg019@cck.cov.ac.uk
(-~=Zaphod=~-) says:

>karma!), or write a fast loader or anything else a it technical.

By the way, I've yet to see a "fast loader" that's even slightly noticeably
faster than trackdisk. (In fact, some of them that wait for the index are
SLOWER!). I wonder why some smart programmer doesn't write a really really
fast loader? I'll tell you why: it's not possible! The loading time is
dominated by the rotation speed of the disk (200ms), so the decoding and
other routines that make a loader unique are almost totally irrelevent to
the loading time!

People still make custom loaders though, because the OS is usually eliminated
(another story).

Another retorical question: Why can't the people why know how to program the
Amiga properly (taking advantage of all available hardware, for example) get
together with the people who know how to bang on the hardware to get great
arcade games?! Will the two ends ever meet? All you people writing text editors
and terminal programs: why not write a game instead just to please me?? :-)

(This is not a flame - add smileys until it makes sense).

-- Dan Babcock