Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!hollie.rdg.dec.com!sievax.enet.dec.com!jamie From: jamie@sievax.enet.dec.com (Jamie Badman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: GODS demo posted to ab20 Message-ID: <1991Apr29.092342.10224@hollie.rdg.dec.com> Date: 29 Apr 91 09:23:42 GMT References: <8805@crash.cts.com> <1991Apr25.094718.905@hollie.rdg.dec.com> <889.2817fd72@vger.nsu.edu> Sender: news@hollie.rdg.dec.com (Mr News) Reply-To: jamie@sievax.enet.dec.com (Jamie Badman) Organization: Digital Equipment Company, Reading, UK Lines: 117 In article <889.2817fd72@vger.nsu.edu>, manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes: >Path: >hollie.rdg.dec.com!pa.dec.com!decwrl!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uak >kari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!haven.umd.edu!uvaarpa!v >vger.nsu.edu!manes >From: manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) >Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games >Subject: Re: GODS demo posted to ab20 >Message-ID: <889.2817fd72@vger.nsu.edu> >Date: 26 Apr 91 14:14:10 GMT >References: <8805@crash.cts.com> ><1991Apr25.094718.905@hollie.rdg.dec.com> >Lines: 60 > >In article <1991Apr25.094718.905@hollie.rdg.dec.com>, >jamie@sievax.enet.dec.com (Jamie Badman) writes: >> In article <8805@crash.cts.com>, uzun@pnet01.cts.com (Roger Uzun) >> writes: >>>There is no excuse at this stage for software that does not >>>support all standard amigas, programs written in 1985 do it. >>>To ignore accelerated machines, is pure laziness. > >AGREE! > >>> >>>-Roger >>> >>>UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd ucsd nosc}!crash!pnet01!uzun >>>ARPA: crash!pnet01!uzun@nosc.mil >>>INET: uzun@pnet01.cts.com >>> >> >> No, the platform they are writing for is the basic Amiga 500; the >mass >> market. In Europe the majority of Amigas sold are A500 machines. >They >> are in business; why should they spend their time making the games >run >> on all the possible configurations of the machine if they stand to >make >> little, if any, extra income from doing so ? I guess a reasonable > >Uh, because that will increase their market?? Uh, perhaps there is >no real reason for it not to run on A3000s except laziness? > >I dare anyone to say "They had to write code that would only run on >the >68000 -- to release the real power of the Amiga". > >It doesn't wash. There are _no mysteries_ when writing software for >all of the Amiga platforms. Ignoring the accelerated Amiga is very >very stupid. > >> assumption is that the more powerful an Amiga configuration the more >> likely it is that it's owner is more interested in using it for >serious >> purposes. The basic A500 user is interested, on the whole, in games >and >> that's what the Bitmaps deal in. >> >> Sure, it would be nice if the software ran on everything, but these >guys >> are trying to make a living. >> >> And all this doesn't detract from the fact that this entire >discussion >> stemmed from a misunderstanding, on your part, from my initial >> statement. > >And this coming from a fella that works at Digital, where they pride >themselves on having ONE software platform called VMS... > >> >> >> Jamie. > > -mark= > > +--------+ ================================================== >> | \/ | Mark D. Manes "Mr. AmigaVision, The 32 bit guy" > | /\ \/ | manes@vger.nsu.edu >> | / | (804) 683-2532 "Make up your own mind! - AMIGA" > +--------+ ================================================== > > OK So I'm wrong! Christ I've only had my Amiga for 3 weeks so I wasn't aware of how similar the A3000 was to the A500 (I still don't but I assume (perhaps incorrectly? Dunno) that you guys know what you're talking about). But I'm suprised that even here people feel that they have to resort to snide comments in with otherwise very reasonable postings. "And this coming from a guy who works for Digital who pride themselves on having ONE software platform called VMS". Snide, below the belt, uncalled for and completely and utterly WRONG. If you're going to hurl cheap insults at least hurl the right ones! Oh yeah, and in case you hadn't realised, I don't represent the company and its policies; I simply work for them. I mean I could just as easily respond to your posting by saying something like "and unresearched and knowledgeless statements like this from a guy who works at a University!". But I realise that would be stupid, so I won't bother! Anyway, hot fiery stuff over, if it's really easy to write stuff for all the Amiga configurations and it doesn't cost any more time to do so then fine. If it costs time then for a game, which I see the main users as being A500 owners, I don't think it would be worthwhile. I should have said that in the first place; that's really what I meant. ...and to think that all this came from a misquote! Cheers, Jamie.