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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (somewhat lengthy and hot stuff)
Message-ID: <3068@sugar.uu.net>
Date: 8 Dec 88 13:59:06 GMT
References: <5866@louie.udel.EDU>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX
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In article <5866@louie.udel.EDU>, BRENNER_%DULRUU51.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes:
> GET YOUR FIRE EXSTINGUISHERS READY - QUICK!

Flamethrowers on "stun", Captain.

> Now all that talking about programming clean and orderly and all those
> people dooming games authors for taking over the machine and copyprotecting
> their games made me really angry.

That's nice. Your article kind of pissed me off too.

> So something like "F*CK the OS" and "The Amiga sure is fast
> if only this stupid grapics library weren't in the way!" was debated
> thru the "Szene" as the hackers are called here in Germany....

Sorry, dude, but given two games: one that takes over the machine and one
that lets me keep working, I'll buy the latter one any day. Even if it's
short of flash.

> Speaking of myself, I too was full of
> joy when my first Text scrolled smoothly over the screen without ANY
> flickering that was ALWAYS present when ScrollRaster or things like
> that were at work.

So write a replacement for ScrollRaster and let EVERYTHING benefit. Don't
be greedy.

If you want to program a C=64, the Atari ST is always there. It hates
multitasking.

I remember that first crop of German games. I used to go down to the store
and play around with them. Wouldn't buy a one, though...  not after seeing
how they screwed around with the machine. I've got a couple of PC-ware
products now, but I hardly ever touch them. Too much trouble to boot...

> Sure there were great programs from USA that were nice to play (Shanghai
> for example) but Shoot-em-ups were terrible when using the OS.

Have you seen Tracers? Info gave it 5 stars. Commodore User gave it an 8.
Lots of sound and speed... and not a single interrupt routine or a line
of assembly. It's ALL written to run through the O/S. That, gentlemen, is
the difference between a programmer and a hacker.

While I was typing this I grabbed one of the review copies, stuck it in
df1:, and typed:

	cd df1:
	copy fonts sys: all	; Yes, it needs its own font. It's a nice
	tracers			; 6 by 6 lo-res uppercase font.

> you should never mix serious software with arcade games...

I'm doing it now. My buddy Karl writes good music... I'm listening to Tracers
running in the background while I'm typing this. "Song" set to "TCP/IP".
-- 
		    Peter da Silva  `-_-'  peter@sugar.uu.net
		     Have you hugged  U  your wolf today?

	          Disclaimer: My typos are my own damn busines#!rne