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From: schweige@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: (Video) Hardware Idiots ?
Message-ID: <2365@aldebaran.cs.nps.navy.mil>
Date: 10 Jun 91 21:54:39 GMT
References: <1991Jun10.034118.17541@marlin.jcu.edu.au<
Reply-To: schweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger)
Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA
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In article <1991Jun10.034118.17541@marlin.jcu.edu.au< cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Colin Adams) writes:

<Look stop flaming Marc when he is basically right!  C= will take at
<least 2 years to get device independance working, considering their
<limited resources and the amount of time 2.0 has taken.  Changing the
<graphics library to handle chunky pixels is hard work, and I feel most
<of the the calls will need new ones, with old software using the old
<calls for compatibility.  C= will take a LONG time to do this!!
<
<Especially when they must be working on updating
<layers/intuition/workbench/graphics for the new graphics chips which
<hopefully are at least close to prototypes by now...

<I really am sick of people flaming Marc whenever he says something
<negative about the rubbish C= chip set, or points that the OS is
<missing something (like any MEMORY PROTECTION AT ALL, and seemingly
<none planned).  I'll let you all get back to your worship of C= ....

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

Colin - 

People are not flaming Marc for the content of what he says, but rather, for
the way that he says it.  Presenting one's opinions as if they are fact tends
to generate flames on this net.

Even registered developers are only given access to the information that
they require, and then they are under non-disclosure.  The only people who
know for sure what Commodore is or is not doing do not post this information
to the net until it is officially released.

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