25 December 2016, 01:30 | #1 |
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Best method when changing RTG card?
I currently have a Picasso II running P96 RTG software in my A4000T. I'm replacing the Picasso II with a Cybervision 64/3D+Scandoubler and was curious about the the proper/best method to change the Amiga over to the new hardware.
Is it just reinstalling P96 and selecting the Cybervision 64/3D and when completed, shutdown and swap cards, or would it be best to select a native Amiga mode, swap cards then reinstall P96? Or more extreme, uninstall the P96 software, remove the Picasso II and install the Cybervision 64/3D and then reinstall P96? The Picasso II will be installed in my Amiga 4000D with an Indivision AGA MkIIcr handling the native modes. |
25 December 2016, 01:54 | #2 |
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Pricipally you just need the CV64/3D monitor driver and attach settings to CV64/3D board - it can show everything that is set in the P96 settings for PicassoII - and with 4 MB memory and higher pixel clock you can create more (higher) modes
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25 December 2016, 02:19 | #3 |
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Great. Yeah, I'm looking forward to the greater memory and higher pixel clock, I'm a tad spoiled on Amithlon with my 1680x1050 @ 32bit workbench that is blisteringly fast, and the Picasso II is okay for 1280x720 @ 8bit......but I'd like more color depth. I'm hoping the Cybervision will give me a usable 1280x720 @ 16bit.
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25 December 2016, 03:34 | #4 |
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I see I'll need the CVision3D.card file and the S3ViRGE.chip files in LIBS:Picasso96/ but I'm not seeing a CVision3D monitor file in the Picasso96-2_1.e.zip archive I have like I see a PicassoII monitor file in DEVS:Monitors/ on my Amiga.
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25 December 2016, 03:39 | #5 |
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The monitor files are merely the file Picasso96 in devs/monitors/ renamed to the card name.
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25 December 2016, 04:05 | #6 |
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Sweet, thanks.
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