AGA integration in Apollo core : work in progress

[emufan]

it was ment to be a salute to Jari Eskelinen - for creating a workaround.
at least there is a way to use fpu demanding software.
we have to see how it will evolve.

#1) Jari is the author of the SoftFPU - scroll down a bit to see his posting.

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GOLD3 bring-up - Slam Tilt AGA

An Amiga 600 with the Vampire 600 V2 accelerator board. Audio and video are played through HDMI.

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[meynaf]

Nice. Would have loved to see multiball in high-res...

[pandy71]

Originally Posted by grond

I'm not pushing for anything and pushing doesn't have any effect on this project, haven't you noticed?

Nope.

Originally Posted by grond

Obviously a full second core is better than a HT virtual core but it's something like 15,000 LE for a second core vs. 400 LE for the HT one.

And? You need more speed then you need use more resources and this mean you need to pay for this - very simple - it works in PC world from years.

[Amiga1992]

Originally Posted by Locutus

Skip to 1:16, that looks painful

Man, that demo looks like a slideshow.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by Overflow

GOLD3 bring-up - Slam Tilt AGA

An Amiga 600 with the Vampire 600 V2 accelerator board. Audio and video are played through HDMI.

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The video recording was made by the HDMI output or directly from OS3 (what I believe impossible)

[kolla]

Originally Posted by meynaf

Nice. Would have loved to see multiball in high-res...

I was thinking exactly the same

[kolla]

Originally Posted by Akira

Man, that demo looks like a slideshow.

Imagine the SoftFPU being 10 times faster

[Mr.Flibble]

Give it time and it probably will be.

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Sound and native resolutions over HDMI

AGA games:

- Street Racer
- Aladdin
- AGA Gloom
- Slam Tilt
- Super Stardust

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[demolition]

Originally Posted by Locutus

Skip to 1:16, that looks painful

Not as painful as a guru.

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Dirt by Mystic (AGA)
release date : october 1994
release party : Intel Outside 1994
http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=12460

[Locutus]

Originally Posted by demolition

Not as painful as a guru.

True, and a SoftFPU is definitely a great thing for compatibility. Enough applications might just use FPU code in some non-performance critical areas that its fine.

One use case that many people want a 060/AGA setup for is watching Demoscene productions, and for that Vampire wont be that great :-(

[demolition]

Originally Posted by Locutus

One use case that many people want a 060/AGA setup for is watching Demoscene productions, and for that Vampire wont be that great :-(

It isn't now but it might be in the future. After more development, the SoftFPU should become significantly faster and maybe even fast enough to run 060 demos at a decent speed.

[kolla]

I would be happy if I could just watch a fairly modern PDF properly.

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Originally Posted by kolla

I would be happy if I could just watch a fairly modern PDF properly.

OMG! I agree with Kolla! That one time of the year

Anyhow; Yeah, for a day to day use, I know I personally go thru alot of PDFs in addition to Spreadsheet usage.