Rain TBL - A1200 + 030 50Mhz

[NovaCoder]

Hiya,

Can't seem to get this sucker to run at more than 1mph on my 1200...anyone managed it or does it really need an 040/060 to perform?

Thanx

[NovaCoder]

It appears I'm not the only 030 owner who can't run it linky...it looks like the best bet is to get it WHDLOAD'ed.

[extralife]

its a 060 demo u are trying to run there man!

[extralife]

look at this discussion http://www.pouet.net/topic.php?which=2212

[s4m]

hi all,

i've tested this demo on my old 1240/40 terc a few years ago and rain worked properly, but without the nominal speed, it ran but slowly
I've recently tested "rain" with a 1260 and there is no comparaisons.

Rain is designed only for 060 boards !! definitively...

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by s4m

hi all,

i've tested this demo on my old 1240/40 terc a few years ago and rain worked properly, but without the nominal speed, it ran but slowly
I've recently tested "rain" with a 1260 and there is no comparaisons.

Rain is designed only for 060 boards !! definitively...

Yep I came to the same conclusion, it has been compiled for an 060 chip and therefore runs like a dog on a 030 (I'm actually suprised it runs at all). This is a real shame because it's an awesoem demo and it doesn't look much more demanding than their earlier 030 demos.

Anway, I've sent off a request to get it WHDLOAD'd, maybe than can recompile the sucker for us poor 030 owners

[coze]

yeah right ... they'll recompile it just so that you can run it on yer 030

making 060 demos run on inferior hardware is not whdloader's biz. what they do is patch older stuff (pre 040-060) run on 040-060. they certainly don't recompile stuff.

[Amiga1992]

Hey man, how's that FPU cooking? Did you stop having issues with it?

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by Akira

Hey man, how's that FPU cooking? Did you stop having issues with it?

Hiya,

No I don't think I was having any issues with it after all, I think the problem is trying to find some 030 code (eg AGA demos) that actually uses the FPU

I'm still glad I brought it though because I can always compile my own stuff to use it

[StingRay]

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

Yep I came to the same conclusion, it has been compiled for an 060 chip and therefore runs like a dog on a 030 (I'm actually suprised it runs at all). This is a real shame because it's an awesoem demo and it doesn't look much more demanding than their earlier 030 demos.

This demo was made for 060 ONLY so if you try it to watch on 030 and it runs slow there is nothing much that can be done about it. You wouldn't buy a VW Beetle and expect it to run as fast as a Ferrari F40, would you?

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

Anway, I've sent off a request to get it WHDLOAD'd, maybe than can recompile the sucker for us poor 030 owners

As Wepl has forwarded your request to me I'm gonna have a look. However, I'll only fix the timing (a.s.o) bugs of the demo. To make it run faster on your 1230 isn't just a matter of "recompiling the demo"! It would require the effects to be totally recoded as 030 and 060 require totally different optimising techniques! To cut a long story short, if you want Rain to run smooth, watch it on 060, as simple as that!

[extralife]

whohoho hold your horses now mr stingray, as far as i know u are tied up in another whdload fix lol anyways rain is 060, BUT I did seem to remember some strange lha packed version floating that didn't do so well and one lzx (is that what's after the .) that worked like a charm, might be my foggy 512k of mem playing tricks on me though anyways bottom line, maybe a badly packed version is out there, but either way this is 060 only for full pleasue, as most newer ami demo's are........sadly

[StingRay]

Originally Posted by extralife

as far as i know u are tied up in another whdload fix

Sure but I need to do something different from time to time otherwise it gets boring

[extralife]

good enough for me, means it's still on and it seems u got yourself a challenge nice to hear Hope to see u find time to do some neat little trickery for this years BP, rumours on ada says jamie/skarla might be back with something, guess that would keep u and loaderror on your toes, since blueberry and slummy have gone kinda silent it seems
Looks like we might have a fine, fine amiga year in 09 if things go well, like 08 was indeed for c64 ........sorry for hijacking there

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by StingRay

This demo was made for 060 ONLY so if you try it to watch on 030 and it runs slow there is nothing much that can be done about it. You wouldn't buy a VW Beetle and expect it to run as fast as a Ferrari F40, would you?

Well I guess I need to add an 060 to my shopping list then, it's a pity as this is a great demo. It's also strange that a demo coding specifically for an 060 even runs on an 030...weird

Apparently it doesn't even run properly on an Apollo (needs a Blizz).

[Damion]

Apparently it doesn't even run properly on an Apollo (needs a Blizz).

Actually, it runs fine on Apollo 1260.

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by Damion

Actually, it runs fine on Apollo 1260.

Cool, good to know

[Leffmann]

Originally Posted by NovaCoder

Well I guess I need to add an 060 to my shopping list then, it's a pity as this is a great demo. It's also strange that a demo coding specifically for an 060 even runs on an 030...weird

It's just optimized to run optimally on the 060, the code doesn't need to make use of any exclusive instructions for that.

[StevenJGore]

optimized to run optimally

That's a high degree of optimisation!

[Leffmann]

Haha yeah maybe I should start read through what I write before I click the post button, but hey at least it's clear what I mean hmm let's see everything here looks fine.. ok safe to post!