Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!overload!dillon From: dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Information on Amiga Technical Reference Seri Message-ID: Date: 21 Jun 91 19:50:47 GMT References: <3118@public.BTR.COM> <22582@cbmvax.commodore.com> <3137@public.BTR.COM> Organization: Not an Organization Lines: 33 In article <3137@public.BTR.COM> valentin@public.BTR.COM (Valentin Pepelea) writes: >In article <22582@cbmvax.commodore.com> andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy >Finkel) writes: >> >>>Since I am the one wrote the parallel device, would you mind telling me >>>what side effect you are claiming is being depended on? I cannot write a >>>valid reply without that information. >>> >>>In your opinion, was this side effect taken advantage of because I had access >>>to the source code, or because the documentation was unclear? >> >>Since the cia resource dependencies involved are *intentionally* >>not documented, the conclusion I reach is that use of the source I'm not sure what this particular discussion is about, but I have had NO trouble using the cia or misc resources to allocate and use the parallel port myself. The only problem with the parallel.device that I have had is that it insists on hanging on to the resources until flushed instead of mearly closed. I use the CIA autodocs and hardware reference manual. This is related to the ParNet code. -Matt -- Matthew Dillon dillon@Overload.Berkeley.CA.US 891 Regal Rd. uunet.uu.net!overload!dillon Berkeley, Ca. 94708 USA