NeOS (tested on Scorpa)

Monday November 30 1998 14:04, Roman Petrov wrote to Renat Mamedov:
RP> I have a random window scrolling.
RP> So... If you have any suggestions on how to speed it up, give them here. STACK
RP> DO NOT OFFER!!! This is a system, not a demo or gibberish!

If you would have thrown the scrolling source, you might have thought ;)

Stinger

On Monday November 02 1998 Kirill Frolov wrote to Roman Petrov:

RP>> speed up - give them here. STACK DO NOT OFFER!!! This is a system, not
RP>> demo or gama!
KF> Such approaches are not applicable on the Spectrum. Stack-rulez!
Are you by any chance a demomaker? If yes, then your statement can be understood. Otherwise...
You can understand that it is IMPORTANT for the system THAT IT TAKES AS LESS
SPACE AS POSSIBLE!!! So that the user has more of this space for drivers.
It looks like you and I will never come to an agreement.

Bye, Kirill! With the best wishes, Megus of Brainwave.

[Team ZX-Spectrum] [Team NeOS] [Team Rock'n'Roll forever]

RP>> speed up - give them here. STACK DO NOT OFFER!!! This is a system, not
RP>> demo or gama!
KF> Such approaches are not applicable on the Spectrum. Stack-rulez!

RP> Are you by any chance a demomaker? If yes, then your statement can be understood. Otherwise...
RP> You can understand that it is IMPORTANT for the system THAT IT TAKES AS LESS SPACE AS POSSIBLE
RP>!!! So that the user has more of this space left for
RP> drivers.
this is a weak excuse for using a stack.
A much more compelling argument: if you use the stack (no matter where, even in the most tattered screen-clearing utility, etc.), then you can forever forget about interruptions, which are the heart of the system. Interruptions from the screw, modem, timers, etc. can come at any time, remaining unprocessed.
And if they also use NMI... goodbye, system! ;)

With the best, Denis Dmitriev.

... I’ll buy a moonshine still. intermediary phone number 02.

On Friday December 04 1998 Alexander Ageev wrote to Roman Petrov:

RP>> DO NOT OFFER STACK!!! This is a system, not a demo or a racket!
AA> If you had thrown the scrolling source, you might have thought ;)
Andrey Isaev has already decided to start optimizing. Let him pick and choose. Then maybe I’ll upload an optimized version of it. Can anyone come up with something else?

Bye, Alexander! With the best wishes, Megus of Brainwave.

It was 04 Dec 98 and 07:39:44, Roman Petrov wrote to Kirill Frolov
on the topic of NeOS (tested on Scorp)
Not seeing a moderator nearby, I decided to insert a word:

DD> A much more compelling argument: if you use the stack (no matter where, even in the most shabby screen-clearing utility, etc), then you can forever forget about
DD> interrupts, which are the heart of the system. Interrupts from the screw, modem,

You can combine the stack with interrupts! But not always of course... :-(

DD> A much more compelling argument: if you use the stack (no matter where, even in the most shabby screen-clearing utility, etc), then you can forever forget about
DD> interrupts, which are the heart of the system. Interruptions from the screw, modem,

KF> You can combine the stack with interrupts! But not always, of course... :-(

you know, I am inclined to think that it always does (in reasonable cases,
that is, where they persistently suck something with a stack in open loops in order to
increase performance).
come up with a case where it’s low - I’ll be interested.

All the best.
Dmitry.

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