Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!micor!latour!atronx!rwm
From: rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: A590/NoiseTracker bug
Message-ID: <61203.667286018@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca>
Date: Fri Feb 22 23:13:38 1991
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
In-Reply-To: GHGAEEM@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be

In a message posted on 21 Feb 91 13:28:25 GMT,
GHGAEEM@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be wrote:
G>users.  Ok, there are no bugfree versions yet, but will there ever be ?  By
G>not giving the 'old' Amiga fans the posibility to run Kickstart 2.0, you are
G>spliting up the Amiga world ... One of the problems I have to handle on my 500

Actually, to a certain degree, I agree with you (IE: Splitting things up) This
is why I was dis-apointed to see the A3000 running 2.0 for the average Consumer.
I, as a developer, constantly get 'harrassed' buy A3000 users who want to get
'the latest update' that fixes such-in-such problem that the copy of Kickstart 
(Usually one that they should not have anyways) seems to have a problem with.

  If Commodore had of released the first version of 2.00 that the A3000 came with
originally out to the public, 2.0 would probably be a DEAD issue by now in
the consumers minds, and there would be NO possibility of getting people
to upgrade in the future.

G>there's no problem, on his 3000 he can use Kick 1.3, but for me there's no
G>legal solution yet ... I'm stuck with a powerfull machine who's memory banks

Do realize that the 'kick 1.3' is going away, and won't be available (Without
hardware hack (IE: Installing both Kickstarts) to <A2500 machines. Also realize
that it is really only BUGGY software that has problems with 2.0 anyways, but
unfortunately all too much of the software didn't follow the rules (From what
I understand, the Manx compiler ITSELF generated bad code, even if the
programmer was writing things that were legal).

G>         So, that's my point of view ... I hope C= will release the new Kick
G>2.0 for the 500 and 2000 in the near future |  Never-the-less I'll stay an
G>Amiga freak for ever (at least until there's a better computer |)

When there is a ROM, it will be available.  Until then, shipping 'Zkick' to
Consumers would be ludicrus!

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