Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!jade!ucbvax!hplabs!well!ewhac From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga serial questions Message-ID: <4676@well.UUCP> Date: 9 Dec 87 09:13:56 GMT References: <8712080543.AA20025@cory.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Organization: The Leo Schwab Home for Wayward Computers Lines: 25 In article <8712080543.AA20025@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes: > Your [sic] joking, right? (A) it uses 100% of the CPU, (B) it has been >done before.... ON A COMMODORE PET!! That's right, in a tight 6502 loop >you could create custom characters on the screen. You remember that program, too? Gee, that was many moons ago. It came on a Cursor tape, as I recall. I disassembled to try and find out what was going on. After about an hour, it dawned on me what he was up to. What a hack! The neatest part about it was that, when you were listing a program on the screen, and it was scrolling away, the "hi-res" window remained in place. First-generation layers :-). >There are more >dirty tricks on the Amiga than you can shake a stick at! Look at RainBench, >WaveBench, Viacom, etc.... try doing that on an Atari. > Your prejudice is showing.... _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape ihnp4!ptsfa -\ \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: dual ---> !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor