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From: cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Colin Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: LEMMINGS -- 750,000 bytes & Rising -- Take it to .advocacy! Re: Lemmings - a tutorial Part IV
Message-ID: <1991Apr5.030730.28921@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
Date: 5 Apr 91 03:07:30 GMT
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In article <1991Apr4.231416.9809@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>
>Aww...Poor lame lazygame programmer, can't even manage machine resources.
>Any FAST ram is an advantage because you can run calculations
>in parallel with blitter in nasty mode, and lots of screen bandwidth
>without ANY slowdown. Buffering data in fast ram is a PLUS because
>its faster. Ok so you only have 400k chip free when the OS is running,
>so what? PUT THE EXECUTABLE IN FAST MEMORY. It's a waste to put it in
>chipmemory. If you'd use the damn OS, your code would be relocatable.
>

Who cares about the small market that actually has fast memory.
Even an expanded 500 to 1 meg doesn't have any. Cater for the
market...

> With all do respect. F*ck Shadow of the Beast. It's nothing more than
>a slide show of moving graphics with no design or playability.

Sold a hell of a lot!  That's all that matters for a game programmer.

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Colin Adams                                  
Computer Science Department                     James Cook University 
Internet : cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au               North Queensland
'And on the eight day, God created Manchester'