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From: doug-merritt@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Open your eyes (Was about Hyper'Card)
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Date: 19 May 88 18:36:36 GMT
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Wayne, it is very difficult to understand quite what you mean,
or in some cases why you think so.

Your overall point seems to be that Amiga folks should improve various
things about software. I think that's true on any computer, and there
certainly are lots of specific examples on the Amiga. Likewise, many
of us here are doing exactly that anyway (e.g. Matt's Resource project),
so what's the point?

As to your specific gripes about speed, exactly what are you referring
to that is slower on the Amiga than on the ST? And if you've been programming
both for the last year, how come no comments about how you've written
faster code on the Amiga than what you otherwise see? Since you're not
referring to anything specific, it's hard to know what you have in mind.

And as far as hardware goes, 12 bit planes would be nice, but is just too
expensive. We'd *all* like 12 bitplanes if we could afford them. But
currently, that's out of the question. The Amiga has more plain-jane
bitplanes than the ST, so again the comparison is confusing. The
HAM and extra-halfbrite modes are yet more icing on the cake...yes,
they are more inconvenient than plain bitmaps. But the *only* alternative
is to leave them out altogether; how would that help?

And as far as special purpose hardware like the blitter is concerned,
why complain that it exists? People in the ST world have been waiting
for one for ages; I've seen their comments in the past. If you don't
think blitters are a good idea, even ST fans would disagree!

If you're going to keep arguing these various points, I would like to
see you get more specific about why you have those particular opinions.
It's hard to deal with generalities.
   Doug
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