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Re: inappropriate postings [was Re: VGA, Retraces, and DMA]

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From: Kirk Baum
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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References: <1992Aug11.130002.9779@zooid.guild.org> <1992Aug11.112004.58060@cc.usu.edu> <11AUG199215265646@acad3.alaska.edu>

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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.
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