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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).
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