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In article <1993Jan12.180221.507@news.uit.no> borgen@stud.cs.uit.no (Boerge Noest) writes:
>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.


Is this done at the hardware level??  Meaning if I select OCS at bootup
and set bit 6 of bplcon0, would the Amiga <STILL> kick into SuperHires
mode?  I don't own an A1200 so I don't know.


>
>>  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.

It doesn't matter whether the hardware manual is published or not, people
will still get the information by disassembling the libraries.  You know
this!  Isn't it smarter for the information to come from Commodore?
Whether Commodore or Abacus publishes the definitive hardware reference 
manual, it's completely up to Commodore.

Personally, I have a better idea of how Commodore should upgrade the 
Amiga's video hardware next time..  LEAVE IT AS IT IS!!  Create a completely
new set of custom chip registers and modes independant of the old design.
The original chipset architecture is practically topped out with the new
AGA modes so why bother?  The design of the AGA is roughly akin to Intel
32-bit architecture in that the same basic design was updated. It seems
to work for the Falcon, anyway.

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Paul Steffen
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