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IMPORTANT
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This archive contains a preview of rtgmaster PPC (Version 30) for developpers.
You need the base archive rtgmaster_dev.lha for Developpers first. This preview
is not completely done and does not yet contain real docs. Please notice this
and:
1. rtgmaster PPC does not speed up rtgmaster 68k programs. They will just stay
the same. rtgmaster PPC differs from the 68k version in the way, that it
supports additional functions that are only usable when a PPC is present.
A 68k program simply does not use these functions. A 68k programs only
uses the 68k rtgmaster functions. This is the best way to make use of the
PowerUP Board. An automatic acceleration is not possible, because 68k<->PPC
Switches would cause Contextswitches. Use the PPC Functions in PPC Code.
Also the acceleration of the PPC Functions probably will be much faster,
when the Cybervision/PPC arrives, then currently. Currently there will be
a speedup, but due to Zorro Bus, not that much like you might expect.
2. rtgmaster PPC runs on both PowerUP systems and "normal 68k Amigas". The PPC
Code of course only runs when a PPC is present. The PPC part of the library
will simply not be executed, if no PPC is present.
3. This is, as no PPC programs are coming with this, only interesting for
Developpers (asides from that it provides the latest rtgmaster Binaries...)
4. Developpers should get rtgmaster_dev.lha from Aminet too. This is only an
Update for Includes/Docs/Binaries. Includes are provided for StormC and SAS/C.
ASM Includes are found inside both the directories for StormC and SAS/C
Includes.
5. To use the PPC Features you need StormC, StormPowerASM or pASM (using it
with EHF Format, rtgmaster PPC does not work with ELF Format PPC
Executables).
6. There will be a better documentation as soon as possible, also rtgmaster
will get updated with more complete PPC Support and maybe some new c2p
modules (For PPC-c2p currently always the PPC c2p module from Sam Jordan
is used... the c2p modules in libs:rtgc2p are 68k only).