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Article #766Re: inappropriate postings [was Re: VGA, Retraces, and DMA]
From: Kirk Baum
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 06:11
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 06:11
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It is true that other topics should and may be discussed in this news group. However, these topics are obviously important to many people. All discussions come and go. If you don't like what is being discussed then start something else instead of whinning about the current discussion. This news group has always dealt with all aspects of games, this may include hardware specific things. There are many fun games that do not require knowledge of VGA, DMA, or interupts but the latest and best games that people are interested in do. I have learned a lot from these topics and so have many others. As the topic becomes old people won't respond as much. I do agree that a lot of people rehash the same idea but that's what these news groups are all about. Technical books don't even come close to teaching most of the topics discussed here. The best way to learn is from people that know already. I rarely hear any discusion about games on other platforms besides DOS. Either they don't need as much help or they go elsewhere. It may be that there are just a lot more DOS based machines than other types. Kirk
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Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!t-kirkb From: t-kirkb@microsoft.com (Kirk Baum) Subject: Re: inappropriate postings [was Re: VGA, Retraces, and DMA] Message-ID: <1992Aug18.061128.25408@microsoft.com> Date: 18 Aug 92 06:11:28 GMT Organization: Microsoft Corp. References: <1992Aug11.130002.9779@zooid.guild.org> <1992Aug11.112004.58060@cc.usu.edu> <11AUG199215265646@acad3.alaska.edu> Sender: Kirk A. Baum Lines: 19