Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!greg_labrec@interactive.sony.com
From: Mikel <hs@xmission.com>
Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.beginners
Subject: Re: Direct Hardware Access?
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 13:28:21 -0700
Organization: Ecks - Meeshun
Lines: 36
Message-ID: <345CE265.1F51@xmission.com>
References: <345B83BB.404E@xmission.com> <01bce7b8$3712a9e0$6ebf43ce@wkwerner>
Reply-To: hs@xmission.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: dissent.users.xmission.com
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I)

> 
> Mikel,
> 
> We've been down this thread in the newsgroups before...
> 
> Sony says no.  Direct access is for the Professional Developers.
> Yaroze is a hobbyist console and the NY library is the supplied
> interface to the hardware.  I know, I know,  I would like access
> to the hardware info myself, but I get the feeling that Sony
> isn't going to budge on this issue.
> 
> Wayne K. Werner
> wkwerner@con2.com


   Thats odd.. I would assume the opposite would be true, that they
would stick the hobbyist developers with just a faq of the hardware, and
say "good luck", and would give all the fancy libraries to the
blue-boys.. Frankly, I would enjoy the first option much more.. Maybe
sony needs to create another level of developer, one which says "he's
got a yaroze, but he gets all the info".. I'd rather give up all hopes
of support, and get the hardware info.. It seems to me, that sony would
have less support questions (atleast from me) if they released their
hardware info.. That way, if i run into a problem, it will be with my
own code, which i can diagnose rather easily, on the other hand, if i'm
stuck with their code, i have an extremely VAGUE idea of what is
occuring behind the scenes, and that is where 'support' is required.. 


   To me, the idea of restricting knowledge, after $750, is a joke.. If
anyone at sony is reading this, consider the option of releasing the
hardware specs. I am not as concerned with losing my 'technical support'
priveledges, as I am with writing some killer games.. 

							Mikel Negugogor	
							hs@xmission.com