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- From: Philip Chung <ee95pyc@brunel.ac.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Nemac IV on CV64
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 10:13:17 +0000
- Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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- Lee Huggett wrote:
-
- > >> I've just tried the Nemac IV demo (from Amiga Computing) with my
- > >> CyberVision card and it seems to run very very slowly, slower than
- > >> native Amiga screenmodes. Could this be something to do with a memory
- > >> shortage? I have an A4000/030 with 6Mb. RAM, a 2Mb. CV64 and 15" smile
- > >> monitor.
- >
- > I've got a A4000/060 with a CV64 and 26 meg of RAM, and its still slow...
-
- Well I've just got the latest demo from Aminet and it runs on a 320 x 256 CGX
- screen quite speedily - just as fast as a native Amiga mode - I accept that a
- 25Mhz 030 is not going to be particularly fast.
-
- > Apparently is got something to do with the authors using non supported
- > insreuctions.
- >
- > I think the instructions are only supported in the 040 and (I think) the 68882
-
- Yes, I think this is for the FPU functions. The authors are recoding the 3D
- engine for 68060 though.
-
- > I don't know about the revision E tho...
-
- I think this has the same problems for the 060, but certainly works quicker on my
- system.
-
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- __/\_\__ Philip Chung
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