How to make Deluxe Paint use FAST RAM?

Amiga1992 · 14 June 2010, 04:49

This is absolutely retarded!!!

I have 64MB of Fast RAM yet Deluxe Paint (neither version 4 AGA or version 5) wants to use it.

How can I configure it to force it to use Fast RAM?

Hewitson · 14 June 2010, 12:54

FBlit should do the trick, but I'd be amazed if DP 4/5 didn't support Fast..

whiteb · 14 June 2010, 13:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hewitson

FBlit should do the trick, but I'd be amazed if DP 4/5 didn't support Fast..

Dpaint is CHIP hungry......

Amiga1992 · 14 June 2010, 15:21

I have FBlit running already. (I'm a NewIcons user).
There must be a way to do this. I am wasting my computer resources!

(can somebody fix my thread title by the way?)

Amiga1992 · 15 June 2010, 02:19

Hello??? Someone?

gulliver · 15 June 2010, 02:53

Hello

Solution:

FixHunk 2.1

This program will modify executable files to allow them to run
in fast memory. Get it from http://aminet.net/util/misc/FixHunk.lha

I hope it helps

Amiga1992 · 15 June 2010, 18:31

TE PASASTE !
Thanks a lot, I will try this! I hope it fixes and not breaks DP :P

Hmm, quick look. The software is old, 1989, might not work on my machine.
Second, it might allow the software itself to run in FAST RAM, however, Deluxe Paint will still load all the data in Chip RAM, so this is pretty pointless

;(

I WISH I KNEW ASSEMBLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gulliver · 15 June 2010, 19:02

Have you tried with WBAllocFast?
It redirects all Chipmem allocations to fastmem

Get it from http://aminet.net/util/boot/WBAllocFast.lha

Amiga1992 · 15 June 2010, 22:03

You are a Workbench encyclopedia!
I will try this too.
Thanks!

This might also work too:
http://aminet.net/package/util/misc/Fakemem

gulliver · 16 June 2010, 03:56

Let us know what ended up working.

Amiga1992 · 16 June 2010, 17:10

I will try it tonight if I have time.
I had to finish a t-shirt design and I had to use grafx2 on the PC

cv643d · 16 June 2010, 18:07

You use DPaint to do your T-shirt designs? Got any pixxors?

You could always run Dpaint2 on a PC (MS-DOS), I used it for quite a few years back in the 486 days.

Frog · 16 June 2010, 20:21

I might be off topic but if i can help i don't care, i think PPaint has a better memory management. It use fastram

Amiga1992 · 16 June 2010, 21:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by cv643d

You use DPaint to do your T-shirt designs? Got any pixxors?

Can't post yet or the people that will make and distribute them will kill me. Soon

Quote:

You could always run Dpaint2 on a PC (MS-DOS)

It just doesn't feel the same, specially the mouse. I need to use an Amiga. Call me lunatic.
The closest I have gotten is grafx2. I really like that proggy, but the keyboard shortcuts are all messed up. Newest version lets you change them though but they are so many it's a mindfuck.

Frog: I do not want to use another software. Deluxe Paint is the superior pixel pushing program for any platform.

Echo · 17 June 2010, 03:03

Dpaint is uber for bitmap work, but for t-shirt printing you need something vector, end of.

(CorelDraw is my personal preference

)

gulliver · 17 June 2010, 03:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Echo

Dpaint is uber for bitmap work, but for t-shirt printing you need something vector, end of.

(CorelDraw is my personal preference

)

Just to keep it Amiga, why dont you try DrawStudio 2

T_hairy_bootson · 17 June 2010, 03:24

Deluxe paint is like an old pair of shoes that you have worn in. Sure they are torn and no longer waterproof. But damn it they arent the most comfortable pair of shoes you have ever owned...

Amiga1992 · 17 June 2010, 03:58

T hairy: damn right!
However, I do believe it has features I can't just replicate with other raster graphics software.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Echo

Dpaint is uber for bitmap work, but for t-shirt printing you need something vector, end of.

Oh yeah I have been doing my job wrong all these years

If one wants to use Deluxe Paint, it can use Deluxe Paint!
There's nothing wrong in delivering a bitmapped file to a printshop.

(For the record, the t-shirt involved mixed technique, and I do the pre-print finish always in Adobe Illustrator. Corel Draw? What is that?

)

Spent my day separating the color in layers for the printshop, now I have some time to test these programs.

BEE ARR BEE!

Amiga1992 · 17 June 2010, 04:41

NO PROGRESS

WBAllocFast corrupts NewIcons (maybe because it conflicts with FBlit), but more importrantly, Deluxe Paint keeps eating up Chip RAM for storing the bitmap you work on. I think it's fucking retarded.

Bamiga2002 · 17 June 2010, 08:19

How about TUDE or Allocator?

14 June 2010, 04:49	#1
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	How to make Deluxe Paint use FAST RAM? This is absolutely retarded!!! I have 64MB of Fast RAM yet Deluxe Paint (neither version 4 AGA or version 5) wants to use it. How can I configure it to force it to use Fast RAM? Last edited by Amiga1992; 14 June 2010 at 15:20.

15 June 2010, 22:03	#9
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	You are a Workbench encyclopedia! I will try this too. Thanks! This might also work too: http://aminet.net/package/util/misc/Fakemem Last edited by Amiga1992; 15 June 2010 at 22:25.

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14 June 2010, 12:54	#2
Hewitson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3,772	FBlit should do the trick, but I'd be amazed if DP 4/5 didn't support Fast..

14 June 2010, 15:21	#4
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I have FBlit running already. (I'm a NewIcons user). There must be a way to do this. I am wasting my computer resources! (can somebody fix my thread title by the way?)

15 June 2010, 02:19	#5
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Hello??? Someone?

15 June 2010, 02:53	#6
gulliver BoingBagged Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South of nowhere Age: 46 Posts: 2,358	Hello Solution: FixHunk 2.1 This program will modify executable files to allow them to run in fast memory. Get it from http://aminet.net/util/misc/FixHunk.lha I hope it helps

15 June 2010, 18:31	#7
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	TE PASASTE ! Thanks a lot, I will try this! I hope it fixes and not breaks DP :P Hmm, quick look. The software is old, 1989, might not work on my machine. Second, it might allow the software itself to run in FAST RAM, however, Deluxe Paint will still load all the data in Chip RAM, so this is pretty pointless ;( I WISH I KNEW ASSEMBLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

15 June 2010, 19:02	#8
gulliver BoingBagged Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South of nowhere Age: 46 Posts: 2,358	Have you tried with WBAllocFast? It redirects all Chipmem allocations to fastmem Get it from http://aminet.net/util/boot/WBAllocFast.lha

16 June 2010, 03:56	#10
gulliver BoingBagged Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South of nowhere Age: 46 Posts: 2,358	Let us know what ended up working.

16 June 2010, 17:10	#11
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I will try it tonight if I have time. I had to finish a t-shirt design and I had to use grafx2 on the PC

16 June 2010, 18:07	#12
cv643d Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 762	You use DPaint to do your T-shirt designs? Got any pixxors? You could always run Dpaint2 on a PC (MS-DOS), I used it for quite a few years back in the 486 days.

16 June 2010, 20:21	#13
Frog Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,385	I might be off topic but if i can help i don't care, i think PPaint has a better memory management. It use fastram

17 June 2010, 03:03	#15
Echo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: South-West Wales Posts: 382	Dpaint is uber for bitmap work, but for t-shirt printing you need something vector, end of. (CorelDraw is my personal preference )

17 June 2010, 03:24	#17
T_hairy_bootson Workbitch 1.3 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 2,084	Deluxe paint is like an old pair of shoes that you have worn in. Sure they are torn and no longer waterproof. But damn it they arent the most comfortable pair of shoes you have ever owned...

17 June 2010, 04:41	#19
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	NO PROGRESS WBAllocFast corrupts NewIcons (maybe because it conflicts with FBlit), but more importrantly, Deluxe Paint keeps eating up Chip RAM for storing the bitmap you work on. I think it's fucking retarded.

17 June 2010, 08:19	#20
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	How about TUDE or Allocator?

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