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From: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Source to OS (Was Re: Information on Amiga Technical Reference Ser
Message-ID: <22451@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 14 Jun 91 14:48:21 GMT
References: <3034@public.BTR.COM> <91164.020625DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu>
Reply-To: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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>In article <3034@public.BTR.COM>, valentin@btr.BTR.COM says:
>>I recommend to everybody to seek out Markus Wandel's disassembly of the Exec
>>if they wish to understand the inner workings of the OS.
>
>I second this recommendation!
>-- Dan Babcock

I would like to recommend that you ignore any disassembly of the ROM,
throw away your hardware manuals and treat the OS as a black box.
I know this is not possible in some cases, but doing so will provide
maximum compatibility with future versions of the OS.  If you rely
on ANY undocumented details, then you make it much harder for
Commodore to upgrade the OS.

Please follow the documentation.  Don't assume what unused bits do.
Don't test values to see what happens.  If you have a problem which has
no documented solution, ask!  If you find a bug in the RKMs, report it.
-- 
Ken Farinsky - CATS - Commodore Business Machines