04 July 2019, 23:32 | #1 |
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Workbench 3.1.4 icons to fastram ?
So I been reading the Workbench 3.1.4 FAQ. It states Workbench will use FastRAM whenever possible for displaying icons, but quite the contary is happening - open a drawer full of icons and it eats chip ram like its going out of fashion.
I would use LoadWB SimpleGels with Stephan Rupprecht's WBCtrl but I don't think that will work... Workbench Prefs program has no option to render icons to "other" memory (unlike AmigaOS 3.5's Workbench Prefs program that has such an option. Any other ideas I can try to save on chip ram? Desktop is in 16 colours with HighGFX driver (1024x768) with Indivision Mk2 AGA scandoubler / flickerfixer. I never had this sort of chip ram usage under AmigaOS 3.9 and ClassicWB. |
04 July 2019, 23:37 | #2 |
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Replace the OS 3.1.4 Icon.library with Icon.library by Peter Keunecke
http://aminet.net/package/util/libs/IconLib_46.4 Last edited by AMIGASYSTEM; 04 July 2019 at 23:45. |
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05 July 2019, 00:07 | #4 |
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Strange the Icon.library 020 by Peter Keunecke should consume much less Chip Ram.
An RTG system definitely solves the problem |
05 July 2019, 00:27 | #5 |
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My Workbench 3.1.4 test system is running under WinUAE via a PFS3 formatted CF card. Maybe that why... I guess I'll know for sure once I take it out the card reader and boot the A1200 with it.
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05 July 2019, 07:31 | #6 |
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you can have a try with CyberbugfixAGA : http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=175372&postcount=24
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12 March 2021, 20:03 | #7 |
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Was this solved ? I have the same problem now :-( Chipmem is eaten to lunch..
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12 March 2021, 20:12 | #8 |
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If you are using OCS/ECS/AGA graphics WILL need to go to ChipMem that is how the Amiga chipset works.
As suggested above, adding a graphics card will attempt to redirect everything to other memory. Alternatively you may use Picasso96 + the "Native" driver or the Cyberbugfix hack to fool the system in that the Amiga chipset is a sort of framebuffer and save some ChipMem in the process. |
12 March 2021, 23:07 | #9 |
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To be able to load icon images into FastMem you need either FBlit or a gfx-card driver like P96 or CGX (never use them together with FBlit).
FBlit also needs Libs:fblit.library and an ENVARC:FBlit.cfg file either for Workbench 3.0/3.1 or for 3.1.4/3.5/3.9 which can both be found in my icon.library package under ThirdParty. P96 can be used with a gfx-card or with the "Native" monitor driver for the Amiga chipset. The OS developers prefer it as a more system friendly solution, but it's also slower than the older FBlit "hack", which works just fine for me. |
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Yeap as Peter says, in all my non RTG systems I use his library and FBlit as well as Ftext and my chip ram doesn’t go anywhere. I have 3.1, 3.9 and 3.1.4 systems, all running with more 1.7 chip available on my A1200. PM me for FBLit configuration if you need.
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