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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Response to "bugs" in Stanley Chow's facts!
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Date: 26 Dec 89 12:05:32 GMT
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A comment from Dave H. re: the ``DeciGEL'' genesis prompts this posting.

The program's name is a pun on the ``DiGel'' (tm) antacid remedy.  For
more details, browse the ``MC68010'' directory on Fish Disk #18 in which
you'll find the DeciGEL source, the DeciGEL executable, and my reprint of
Motorola's Technical Note regarding replacing 68000 CPUs with 68010 CPUs
along with my docs on how to open the A1000 and exchange the CPU chips.

If you don't have access to FF#18, here are the first few lines from the
DeciGEL program's source code for your perusal:

	;***************************************************************
	;                                                              *
	;       DeciGEL (Relief from MC68010 pains on the Amiga)       *
	;                                                              *
	; Copyright 1986 by Scott Turner                               *
	; Program may be copied and used for non-commercial uses only. *
	; Requests for commercial use should be directed to:           *
	;                                                              *
	; Scott Turner                                                 *
	; 12311 Maplewood Avenue                                       *
	; Edmonds, Wa 98020-1115                                       *


Sadly, there are still Amiga "developers" who controvert Amiga Programming
Guidelines issued (in print) ever since the May 1985 DevCon.

As many know, I and *MANY* others used to buy EVERYTHING that came out for
the Amiga until we got burned once too many times by ill-designed or ill-coded
software.  Today I either port stuff over from my UNIX boxes to use on the
Amiga or I write my own tools ... I simply CANNOT trust many so-called
"professional" and/or commercial houses/developers to do their job correctly.

A sad commentary on what I perceive the present Amiga software market to be.

At least *MY* Amigas stay up for months at a time and experience NO gurus.

I still do my "part" by featuring one of my office Amigas front-and-center
during the once-monthly Advanced Software Seminars I teach at my primary
company for my clients; it's the only "tool" that will do the job of driving
robotic devices, a plotter, display Tektronix graphics, and demonstrate audio
intermodulation effects simultaneous with my FFT demos using one of my software
products (not even my 3B UNIX boxes can do THAT much at one time! :-)

Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]