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Re: [MiNT] What's in, what's out?
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- Subject: Re: [MiNT] What's in, what's out?
- From: Michael Schwingen <rincewind@discworld.dascon.de>
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 21:59:26 +0100
- In-reply-to: <m11ssui-0000hzC@kermit.dialup.becom.net>; from Torsten Lang on Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 08:26:12PM +0100
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On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 08:26:12PM +0100, Torsten Lang wrote:
> >
> And that is important: Signals ARE documented at least in the Atari Compendum
> revision I possess. Breaking official documentation is bad style. Remember
I would not consider the Compendium 'official documentation' when MiNT is
concerned. There is first-hand programming documentation for MiNT, and
*that* should be regarded as official. The Compendium is only a second-hand
source, with additional errors in it.
> the old Vortex harddisks that interpreted a simple SCSI Inquiry command as
> format command? I think everyone who killed his data because Vortex thought
> they had to break offical documentation will see these kinds of changes very
> critical.
I think we are not even talking about signal changes that would break
compatibility.
cu
Michael
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