| From: | Leon Davidoff |
| Date: | 24 Jan 2000 at 05:57:10 |
| Subject: | Re: Deficons44 and chip mem |
From: Leon Davidoff <leond@paralynx.com>
Hi J,
On 22-Jan-00, J & J Wasilewski wrote:
JW> From: "J & J Wasilewski" <John@Wasilewski.co.uk>
JW>> From: "Gary Beeton" <gbeeton@home.com>
JW>>
JW>> On 21-Jan-00 22:25:03, Michael M. Rye wrote:
JW>>
JW>>> Then, change the "LoadWB" line of your startup-sequence to
JW>>> "LoadWB SIMPLEGELS"
JW>>
JW>> What exactly does that do? I can't find any reference to that
JW>> parameter in the OS3.5 documentation. And I can't see any obvious
JW>> difference that it makes to my system.
JW> Do what Michael advises, Gary. There are dozens of us out here who
JW> struggled for days (weeks?) to make WbCtrl 3.51a work on an FBlit-ted
JW> AGA system without dumping/leaking good memory. People were all going
JW> back to FBlit2.63a (much-bugged compared with 3.51a). One or two
JW> people seem to know what SIMPLEGELS is. Most of us don't have a clue.
JW> But the result is an AGA system that never runs out of ChipMem /AND/
JW> runs a deal quicker on formerly ChipMemBound tasks.
JW> Do it m8.
JW> Don't ask why.
JW> John.
Sounds like good advice for AGA users. What about us folks who run CGX/Cybervision64D and don't use WbCtrl/FBlit?
Another question. As far as I know FBlit is only for systems that don't have graphics cards. Does WbCtrl do anything to help out graphics card users?
Leon
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