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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Gav on December 10, 2005, 07:02:43 PM
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Hi just wondering what things i should add to computer as in software for best performance?To get the best speed really..
My computer setup is in my signature,cheers...
Gav
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What kind of '060 are you running (Apollo or Blizzard)?
Are you already using Blizkick/Remapollo with all Modules?
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It is a blizzard board ive got here,no i aint running those?Where do i get them?
I do have the software disk if they were on there but im sure there is new versions now??
So any other things i should use?Cheers
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@ Gav
There are 2 big "patches" that would be good for your 060 based miggy.
One is Oxypatcher - this is/was comercial so you may not be able to download it and im unsure where you can get it from.
The second would be Cyberpatcher which you can download but it is not as good as Oxypatcher.
I cant remeber properly what they do but the do give a good performance benefit when installed.
Thanks,
AmiBoy
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Unfortunately, I can't tell you too much about Blizkick, since I have an Apollo, but Remapollo is quite similar in what it does.
It copies your Kickstart ROM to the Fast-Ram on your Blizzard, speeding up system operation.
I also use it for copying several modules to fast-ram, such as Noclick and most updates which are included in BB2 ROM-update.
I guess this is the authors website:
http://piru.dyndns.org/~p/sw/
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It's http://www.iki.fi/sintonen/sw.html btw ;-) (reason for this anality being that the website has been hosted on various locations before. Even when the url changes the iki.fi url will always redirect to correct location)
Anyway, I'd recommend at least BlizKick, CyberPatcher, NewCopyMemQuick060 (NewCMQ060) and NewPatchMult64.
I'm sure there are others... It has been a while I had a real 68060 system running...
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I think this site (http://www.geocities.com/Area51/1739/1260.html) also has interesting information on the Blizzard 1260.
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Piru wrote:
It's http://www.iki.fi/sintonen/sw.html btw ;-) (reason for this anality being that the website has been hosted on various locations before. Even when the url changes the iki.fi url will always redirect to correct location)
Anyway, I'd recommend at least BlizKick, CyberPatcher, NewCopyMemQuick060 (NewCMQ060) and NewPatchMult64.
I'm sure there are others... It has been a while I had a real 68060 system running...
Going to try CMQ060 and NewPatchMult64 here but not sure which is the best place to put them in S-sequence and u-startup...any idea? :-)
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@AMIGAZ
They can be in user-startup or after setpatch in startup-sequence. The reason for putting them into startup-sequence would be to get the speedup as early as possible during the boot process.
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gonna try CMQ060 and NewPatchMult64 .... I did not know about them... :roll:
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Both installed just after setpatch on my '060 A4000, no crashes yet, hehe
This is the fun part in using Amiga's, patches and stuff
Like tuning a car :lol:
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any benchmarks amigaz? is there any perfomance gain?
piru? :-D
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Didn't use the test tool before I installed the stuff but I got a feeling it feels a bit faster but nothing huge.
Haven't fiddled enough with her to see what happened..got stuck at Wincustomize.com after finding some new candy there for my Object Desktop :crazy:
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Urgh why are so many amiga patches confusing?lol yeah i'm talking of blizkick btw.Yeah i know there is a read me but there is so much in there it drives me nuts.
Ok can anyone help?Id like my amiga not to reset three times or whatever it does when i switch it on with 3.9
So i copied blizkick to the "c" directory and what else do i need to do?Also what line do i add in starup sequence???
Thanks...
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@Gav: take the latest 060 softwear from here: http://phase5.a1k.org/
and this is the hf-mathlibs if you indresting for render speeds: http://www.hsmathlibs.de/index_e.html
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end there are a tone of patches for update/solve broblems for amiga os/hardwear in varius aspects in aminet as i think you already know :-)
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I'd agree with AmiBoy. Oxypatcher is the one to find if you have an '060 board as it is the best at converting the old 68030 FPU instructions into a format the '060 can deal with (programs that used the 68881/68882 slowed down on '060).
Cyberpatcher comes free on the installation disk for Blizzard/Cyberstorm accelerators. This does what Oxypatcher does but not as good. Oxypatcher got an Amiga Format 96% Gold Rating if I remember correctly.
With regards to BlizKick - I'm at a loss as to what exactly it does. The Blizzard 1230-IV-1260 already map Kickstart into FastMem (you set a jumper on the 1230-IV) and with an 8.5 ROM on the SCSI kit you won't need it there either. The documentation says half the patches don't work or are unstable and in my opinion it's a good idea to prune as many hacks from your system as possible (especially if you have a lot of hardware connected such as CD-burners etc.)
Make sure you have all the latest Phase5 libraries, give your board a good 60ns FPM and keep your Workbench palette below 32 colours, that's my advice!
:-)