Title: OpaqueMove Requirements


Requirements

Requirements for OpaqueMove 2.1
Requirement Description

68030 or greater CPU Since OpaqueMove is not practical on slow systems, it
has been compiled for 68030 or greater CPU's and will not run on 68000 or
68020 based systems. A 68060 is best, and a 040 usually sufficient.

AmigaDos 3.0 or Greater OpaqueMove makes use of some features which are not
present under AmigaDos 2.04.

MUI 3.2 or later OpaqueMove uses the MUI object library. MUI is the best UI
technology on the Amiga, and perhaps on any platform.

AmigaDos Shared Libraries OpaqueMove requires the following AmigaDos shared
libraries:

   o dos.library
   o locale.library
   o commodities.library
   o graphics.library
   o layers.library
   o intuition.library
   o utility.library
   o muimaster.library
   o iffparse.library

Fast graphics card Although not technically necessary, running AGA in any
reasonable number of colors, such as 256, is unbearably slow and really not
suited for OpaqueMove use. A graphics card is almost mandatory for acceptable
performance with modern environments using 256 or more colors. A graphics
card such as a CyberVision 64 or GVP Spectrum is suitable. Zorro-III is
better than Zorro-II.

In addition, a fast CPU and graphics care are recommended. Opaque window
movement, an especially opaque window sizing, requires very rapid window
redraw speeds, and standard Intuition windows can only operate at these
speeds using low bitplane depths, such as single or double plane screens.
There is nothing in OpaqueMove which requires an accelerated graphics card
and CPU, but it works much better with one. Furthermore, there are many other
conditions which can create situations in which windows cannot be moved
opaquely at acceptable speeds. OpaqueMove tries to allow control over when
windows are and are not moved or sized opaquely.

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