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- On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, Laurent Sallafranque wrote:
-
- > Hello World,
-
- Well, hello, Earthling ;-) !
-
- > Many people here speak about a fx card to boost the Falcon.
- >
- > Is it hard to install ?
- > ----------------------
-
- It's not very _difficult_ to install, if you're careful. That's not
- the problem with FX. The real problem lies in its configuration.
- FX is currently very tricky to set up, and requires a lot of patience,
- if one doesn't belong to the few lucky ones who have a Perfect Falcon.
- This not only requires fiddling with software, but (unfortunately)
- also some minor hardware modifications in some cases. Again: not too
- difficult, but a lot of work. It's worth it, though, I think.
-
- > is it compatible ( demos, utilities, ... ) with a basic Falcon ┐
- > ----------------
-
- It's virtually fully compatible, once you get it to work correctly.
- It runs anything I throw at it, and even the few problem childs
- can be handled by forcing them to use ST-RAM instead of Fast-RAM.
- It's very easy. I use a CPX-module for that: "File-CPX".
-
- > Is there a switch to come back to the basic Falcon ?
-
- You don't have to. But if you do, just boot without the FX-driver
- (easy with a boot selector). The only thing that cannot be turned
- off is the DSP-accelerator. Hasn't caused me any trouble ever, though.
-
- > Is it expensive ? ;-)
-
- Not at all =) !
-
- > Is there a better card in the same prices ?
-
- Certainly not !
-
- > Please, answear in my mailbox instead of in the list, coz this message
- > isn't a Bad Mood based question. ;-)
-
- Well, MANY people are probably interested in FX, so I think these
- questions puzzle many of us...
-
- > Laurent.
- >
- > PS : I know I should ask this kind of questions in comp.sys.atari, but
- > as people here use this card, I thought it would be better to ask them.
- > I want to know the compatibility with demos. ( Will mine works ? ;-)
-
- I think, if some demo doesn't work with FX, it won't work in any
- accelerated Falcon, and contains some "illegal" code. I may be wrong,
- but...
-
- Cheers,
- Tommi
-
-