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From: forgeas@swinjm.UUCP (Jean-Michel Forgeas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Games vs. OS
Message-ID: <18e6c18b.ARN0c4c@swinjm.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 91 08:53:31 GMT
References: <1991Mar28.001944.7281@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
Reply-To: forgeas@swinjm.UUCP (Jean-Michel Forgeas)
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Organization: The Software Winery
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In article <1991Mar28.001944.7281@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>, Ross Bogue writes:

> [...].  If I start a VLT download
> which I know will take at least an hour, or a simulation which will take
> several days, I will flip screens and fire up a game from my hard disk.

Well I don't understand this. When I work, I work. When I play, I play.
I cannot work and play.

>     1)  Keep your fool hands off my operating system!

So one day you or somebody else will complain about the speed/scrolling,
etc... to be of bad quality. You are not a lot to want that.

>       The sole reason for buying my Amiga was the OS.  If I had wanted
>       a dedicated game machine, I would have bought one.

You have bought the two machines in one. But to be good, some games
require a one machine in one.

>     2)  Don't mess with devices you have no business messing with.

I agree. If a game wants to leave the OS alive, it has to manage
resources correctely.

>     3)  Don't assume you need all the CPU cycles.
>
>       My 25 MHz 68030 has plenty, thank you.  And even if game response
>       does degrade, that's my business, not yours.

Again, you may think that's your business, but people who does and sells
the game may think that it is his business too: he wants to have good
articles about his game in magazines for example, because this represents
more money.
Think that the game have to be very good on a 68000 machine first.
Sorry for your 68030 ;-)

Effectively if all people had a 68030/68040 to play with, my arguments
would be different. I think all people want a 68040 but majority
can buy only a 68000.

> Ross Bogue

Best regards,
    Jean-Michel
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