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- Short: AIBB Module for Apollo 1240/40MHz and FastExec
- Author: tpomar@jet.es (currently disabled)
- Uploader: tpomar@jet.es
- Type: util/moni
-
- This module for AIBB 6.5 has been done with an Apollo 1240/40MHz with SCSI
- module, 8 Meg FAST RAM, and (VERY IMPORTANT) FastExec installed.
-
- Compare it with the original Apollo_1240_40.lha archive uploaded by
- Thorsten.Schneider@t-online.de. Because of a "bug" of the Amiga 1200, the
- Supervisor Stack Pointer (SSP) remains in CHIP memory even when you have
- true FAST memory. Because the FPU of the 68040 uses A LOT the Supervisor
- Stack Pointer, the FPU intensive programs run a lot slower on the Apollo
- 1240 than they could.
-
- With FastExec installed (util/batch/Fast_Exec.lha by Harry Sintonen) the
- BeachBall test runs 3 times faster, and FPU intensive programs (like
- Lightwave and Imagine) run between 2 and 3 times faster. Quite nice just
- for a 960 bytes patch. In fact, compared to the actual speed in the Apollo
- 1240, Lightwave runs only 30% faster in the Blizzard 1260 with
- Cyberpatcher installed (and this is TRUE, since I had to make a
- comparative report between M-TEC 1230/42MHz, Apollo 1240/40MHz, Apollo
- 1260/50MHz and Blizzard 1260/50MHz for my job :-)
-
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- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 1760 728 58.6% 16-Aug-96 22:03:16 A1240_AIBB_Patched.module
- 1261 705 44.0% 16-Sep-96 00:44:14 A1240_AIBB_Patched.readme
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- 3021 1433 52.5% 16-Sep-96 22:27:46 2 files
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