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- From: mi93142@ios.chalmers.se (Daniel Sevo)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: re:Software trouble with the Blizzard 1260
- Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 09:43:20 GMT
- Organization: Dep. of Computer Sience and Business Administration
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- WARNING! IF YOU DON'T OWN A 1260 (OR DON'T INTEND TO BUY ONE) THIS
- TEXT MIGHT SEEM UNINTERESTING!
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- > Just got my Blizzard 1260...I installed the cyberpatcher and all that
- >but I've experienced more trouble than I anticipated. Programs that don't work:
- >Worms (!), Delitracker, DSS8+ and lot's of (new) demos and some other stuff...
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- Actually the card was set for MAPROM (although the manual said that it
- wasn't set by default). When this was disabled a few of these worked.
- DSS8+ now works. Delitracker still refuses to work (complete lock up
- when started). Worms works if you disable all caches (making the 060
- as slow as an 28MHz 020). The Breathless demo now runs, but slower
- than hell, about 2 fps. Also there's something strange with the AB3D 2
- demo. In 1-1 reolution it's slow (about 10 fps) but in 1-2 it flies
- (at least 25fps). However in 2-1 it's back to 10 fps. !?!
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- > Imagine 4.0 seems to work fine but when 'solid' or 'shaded' redraw is selected,
- >strange things happen..The mouse pointer seems to freeze for periods of time
- > and it doesen't get any better unless you (with great effort) change back to wireframe...(or quit the program).
- >AB3D.....What can I say, I used to own a Blizzard 1230/50 and it ran fine but now...
- > OK it works, but the frame rate varies from about 3 fps to 40 fps making it completely unplayable...
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- Works fine now without MAPROM, although a little to fast.
-
- >Anyone remembering 'RISK' (on the Amiga made by Brinkstein-Zirkel Softworks (or something like that))
- > well the game is from 1988!!! It's HD installable and runs perfectly on my 060...
- >No cashes need to be shut off, nothing...
- >Compare that with WORMS wich I bought in december 95'...It refuses to work both from HD and Floppy...
- >So now I have to disable the 1260 card and play the damn game from floppy...
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- Well, it works now without the caches .
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- >Anyone else experiencing similar problems?
- >Feel free to add to the 'No, this isn't working on the 1260 either'-list...
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