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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: FB_mach2 on November 30, 2004, 08:40:21 PM

Title: Strange problem when launching games from HD
Post by: FB_mach2 on November 30, 2004, 08:40:21 PM

Hi!

I have an A1200 with an IDE hard disk and some games installed.

I have a strange problem: when the game is accessing the disk to load datas, music is interrupted and display diappears. Is it because the IDE interface is unbuffered??

Nota: if the game is launched from a floppy it works well. So it is really related to hard disk...

Does someone know about that?

Thank you for help!

Title: Re: Strange problem when launching games from HD
Post by: itix on November 30, 2004, 08:44:23 PM

That is normal. It happens with some floppy games too (i.e. in Settlers).

Title: Re: Strange problem when launching games from HD
Post by: FB_mach2 on November 30, 2004, 09:40:21 PM

Thank you for information

But it seems unbelievable to me that the amiga isn't able to play music and display graphics when loading a game level. For me it looks like a DMA sharing problem...