21 August 2008, 18:36 | #1 |
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2MB+ ChipRAM
Hello,
Someone knows if there is any way to increase ChipMem above 2MB? I want to display some photos in my amiga but all I get is the "Out of Memory" error Thanks |
21 August 2008, 18:40 | #2 |
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There is no way. It is a physical limitation of the chips in the Amiga.
If all you want to do is view pictures: Resize before transferring to the Amiga. Use a decent picture display program. (One that uses Fast RAM for decode and scale) Get a graphics card. How much RAM do you have? What CPU do you have? |
21 August 2008, 19:35 | #3 |
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Buy an Atari TT...
...sorry AR, maybe a bit of a 'low blow' there. |
21 August 2008, 20:53 | #4 |
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21 August 2008, 21:07 | #5 |
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21 August 2008, 21:54 | #6 |
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I may add that WinUAE is capable of a vast amount of RAM *ducks* yay up to 8 meg of chip but if want more than 512 meg of fast better ask windows nicely or the bitch won`t let you have it |
21 August 2008, 21:59 | #7 |
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True but 512 MB should be enough to view a photo Maybe Shoonay with his l33t Vista 64 bit can tell us if he managed to set more than 512 MB of Z3 fastmem
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21 August 2008, 22:05 | #8 |
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how much mem he got then as toni reckons it got to be contiguous or how ever you spell it
I got 2 gig but can conly get max 512meg, I personlay want to hear of some one havein a gig of fast ram its off no real use but hey if it can be done why not do it |
21 August 2008, 23:39 | #9 |
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Thanks for your replies. Alexh I have a Blizzard 68040 with 32MB.
I was thinking if there would be some way to use FastRam as to emulate ChipRam by hardware or software.. |
22 August 2008, 00:02 | #10 |
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@AlfaRomeo
what you need to get your hands on i think is FBlit, this will store as much in fast ram and only move small chunks to and from Fast to Chip. have a look on aminet |
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After all a single 256 colour 640x256 picture cannot take up anymore chip RAM than any other! |
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22 August 2008, 10:38 | #12 |
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Thanks Zetr0 I will try FBlit.
alexh: As I has a problem with my old 1GB HD and lost everything for the momment I´m using MultiView |
22 August 2008, 10:44 | #13 |
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Multiview? The program bundled with AmigaOS? If I remember correctly this is a datatype aware viewer. So what determines the RAM usage will be the datatype you are using.
You could try more upto date datatypes specially for AGA. You could try SView5 Last edited by alexh; 22 August 2008 at 10:49. |
22 August 2008, 11:36 | #14 |
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I was some years out of amiga scene and when want to start with my miggy again my HD was broken and now I´m still try to remember what are the progs I used to work with Now when Zetr0 spoke about FBlit I remember that was in my startup-sequence some years ago. I will try SView5 and thanks for the tip alexh
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22 August 2008, 19:02 | #15 |
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@Alexh: I think Sview5 a bloated software. But too much heavy for a simple image viewer.
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22 August 2008, 19:12 | #16 |
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rkauer: do you know any free image viewer more "light"?
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22 August 2008, 19:53 | #17 |
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SviewII was the program I used when I was a kid. I bet it's not that hard to fathom.
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22 August 2008, 21:59 | #18 |
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I still use Viewtek (on A600/500/2000) and multiview with akDatatypes on 1200(T).
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Hi CyberDruid,
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Using latest WinUAE, can select 1.5GB Z3 ram with the slider, but it doesn't appear to get that much: No Idea if this is a Windows bug , or WinUAE limit. Red |
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