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%e 9\&i{ Young
:Fab[e
h.iCe writing tft.e
ongina! Magic
;,' : t :;;: :rru
f
l(g,yGoan{ & mouse ariver.
%is was rea£[y karc{, ana I
struggCea over tft.e aesign for a Cong
tirru. ProGCem was, on tft.e Mac,
tft.e mouse was run airect{y Gy tft.e
68000 via interrupts, coming
tkrough. tft.e see ch.ip. On tft.e S'L
tft.e mouse is run Gy tft.e l(g,yGoara
microprocessor, wh.ich. perioaica£[y
interrupts tft.e 68000 to te[[ it
wft.ere tft.e mouse movea to. o/ery
aifferent . .5illio, on Goth. units, tft.e
l(g,yGoara was run Gy a stanaafone
microprocessor, ana tft.e coaes
returnea were tota{{y aifferent.
I areacfea cfoing th.is. I saw
proGCems on top of tft.e proGCems.
Interrupt confCicts, mouse
reso[ution, l(g,yGoara mapping . .. J
cfia many Coads of aish.es, cCeanea
up tft.e office severa{ tirrus, went
for wa{kJ, ana sti[[ couUn It figure
my way th.rough. tft.e proGCem.
Inter{zufe 'Two
It s a kara feering, k.nowi.ng
tkat you Ire past tft.e ecfge of tft.e enveCope,
ana wkat you want to cfo
may not even Ge possiGCe!
ifina£[y, I Gegan to aream of
l(g,y60arcf coaes ana es LOCI(
I(g,YSj J'a Coacfea my Grain to tft.e
Grim with. a£[ k.nown information.
In aesperation, I reacft.ea far
Gack.into my Gag of programrrurs
trickJ for tft.e oU a;d.om: no pain,
no gain.
J "Cogica£[y invertea" th.is to:
If pain, gain.
'We{{, it s Cogical, righ.t?
So I Cool(g,a th.rough. my recora
correction for sorruth.ing th.at
wouU Ge true pain. Jtna I founa
it: :J..&i{ Young, five in concert. Off
I(g,y, trem6[y voice, songs wh.ose
eyries wouU aepress a h.yena.
I put on tft.e recora prayer on
automatic repeat, turnea it on, ana
set to coaing.
'Iirru seeming[y fCew Gy. :J..&if
waiCeC£ aGout Sugar Mountain,
smokJng your first cigarette,
friencfs coming to h.im for arugs
ana tft.en aying, tft.e massacre of
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