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Article #23390Re: The compatibility story (Falcon & A1200)
From: Boerge Noest
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:02
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:02
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In article <1itud1INNg96@life.ai.mit.edu> psteffn@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Paul Steffen) writes: >There is no way to disable the new AA [AGA] functions in the 1200. Say what? You can chose OCS, ECS, (or best) (O=old,E=Enhanced) to make old software work if it craps on the new registers. > Software >that changes the wrong bit in the bitplane control registers can still cause >problems. It's ironic, though, that Commodore threatens never to release >another hardware manual, though. They want people to program "cleanly" but >this be counterproductive. I think it is very wise of C=. Then there will not be any way for programmers to crash when the chips are upgraded. Of course, this depends on good (and fast) support from the OS. >> | David Oakley, ASTRAsoft shareware producers. |\ -- |/// borgen@stud.cs.uit.no (Boerge Noest) | Amiga B2000 \\\| |// Box 218, 9001 Tromsoe, Norway | Remember to :-) when needed \\| |/ The worlds northernmost university | Life is worth living. \| #Disclaimer: This university and me does not agree.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!aun.uninett.no!news.uit.no!borgen From: borgen@stud.cs.uit.no (Boerge Noest) Subject: Re: The compatibility story (Falcon & A1200) References: <1993Jan10.171538.26344@news.uit.no> <1993Jan11.120754@cs.bham.ac.uk> <1itud1INNg96@life.ai.mit.edu> Sender: news@news.uit.no (USENET News System) Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:02:21 GMT Message-ID: <1993Jan12.180221.507@news.uit.no> Lines: 23