#: 6531 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    05-Sep-90  16:09:40
Sb: #6508-##pt68k & herc graphics
Fm: Jack Crenshaw 72325,1327
To: Ed Gresick 76576,3312 (X)

Ed, thanks for the info.  I had that already, tho.  There's a book out that
describes the Herc card pretty thoroughly, and I have that.  What I was really
looking for was C-code examples.

You have to approach all of this pretty gingerly, because of that warning you
quoted.  As far as I know, the IBM PC is the only computer system ever designed
in which a software bug can and will destroy the hardware.  Ain't progress
wonderful?

We used to say, when teaching neophyte programmers, "Don't be afraid to try
things or to make a mistake.  Nothing you type is going to hurt the machine." 
When you're programming the CRT, though, this is definitely _NOT_ the case,
anymore.

Jack



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