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borgen@stud.cs.uit.no (Boerge Noest) writes:
: In article <1993Jan10.110720.14311@umiami.ir.miami.edu> dlk0ms9s@umiami.ir.miami.edu writes:
: [...]
: If your Falcon does 95% then I'm tempted to suggest that you come from
: another planet. I'm not saying that it is impossible, but I have a hard
: time accepting it.
: Most problems comes from the fact that
: - self-modyfying code blows up with caches (turn them off)
: - the stack frame is different (no hope for these shitty programmers)
: - it runs faster and timing depending on the processor speed blows up. This
: is especially bad on custom loaders (more shitty programmers)

Then again, most games don't use self-modifying code (ok, perhaps some of
the games from former demo-coders), the stack frame isn't particularly
interesting for games either (Can't think of any serious reason, this
should only give vector-bending software a hard time), and the timing
won't be so much of a problem either, because 1. most games run in the
VBL (so the speed depends on the display frequency), 2. those which don't
won't run THAT much faster, since the Falcon is only 4-5 times faster
than the ST in the ST modes... :)

: A very big number of Amiga games have been done on the ST by the same
: programmers so you'll have your share of crashing games.

Well... Actually I don't think the old games are so important - except
a few good ones (Dungeon Master ...) there isn't anything that will
look or feel particularly good after you've seen some real Falcon games...

: Programs that use the OS give the OS writers a chance to help them even if
: they screw up in some way. Of course, some are beyond all hope.

I agree... 

: >[ Mark Santora                                                       ]
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