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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: lsvleisure on May 05, 2007, 04:13:23 PM

Title: I have a few A1200 Q's I need answering................Please?
Post by: lsvleisure on May 05, 2007, 04:13:23 PM
Hi All,
       Right here we go...

1) How do I know if my A1200 is AGA?? It was released in the Desktop Dynamite Pack and the packaging says it has the "AA" Chipset, is that the same thing?

2) Do I need Kickstart 3.1 ROMS for the AGA to work?

3) I have installed a Blizzard '030 Card with 128MB Ram, it regesters in WorkBench as "Other Memory" but it seems that it's not using it, how do I get the miggy to use it instead of using up all the graphics memory, as I find I have to re-boot the system everytime I wanna run a game?

I think that'll do for now  :-)

Any help would be great!
Cheers Miggy fans!!
Title: Re: I have a few A1200 Q's I need answering................Please?
Post by: doctorq on May 05, 2007, 04:16:11 PM
1) All A1200s have AGA
2) No
3) Keep your Workbench as simple as possible. No background picture is a place to start.
Title: Re: I have a few A1200 Q's I need answering................Please?
Post by: lsvleisure on May 05, 2007, 04:24:49 PM
with regards to number 3)
 If the card is'nt gunna be used for what I thought it would do is there much point in it? (not trying to be rude, just getting the whole jist of it lol) Or does it require additional installation software to make the miggy work with it properly, as I got it on eBay and didn't get any disks or anything, just the card?..

Thanks again.
Title: Re: I have a few A1200 Q's I need answering................Please?
Post by: doctorq on May 05, 2007, 04:33:20 PM
If you run out of chip ram rather quick, you have to many visual add ons installed. Try typing avail in a shell window, and you will see that the fast ram is used. If you remove the accelerator you will run into the wall much, much faster than you do now.

What game is it you are trying to run? If it needs more than 1.8 MB chip ram, then you might run into problems. How much chip ram is free when you have loaded Workbench?
Title: Re: I have a few A1200 Q's I need answering................Please?
Post by: Framiga on May 05, 2007, 04:35:29 PM
@lsvleisure,

the RAM added by an accelerator card, is FastRam.

The ChipRam (gfx ram) stay with the size you have installed onto the motherboard.

Theres a tool called FBlit that force to use FastRam instead of ChipRam.

on Aminet (http://aminet.net/search.php?query=fblit)
Title: Re: I have a few A1200 Q's I need answering................Please?
Post by: lsvleisure on May 05, 2007, 04:48:25 PM
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doctorq wrote:
How much chip ram is free when you have loaded Workbench?


About 1.9 meg, it's with pretty much any game, Monkey Island 1 or 2 (the graphics doesn't seem to "line up" together) and sometimes Theme Park..

I haven't any picture on my WB (as I haven't figured out what format the picture needs to be in for it to be read yet) and the only Icons are the Hard-drive Partitions and the RAM drive, p.s i'm running 3.0..


@Framiga
I'll have to look into that I guess, but I dont have a floppy drive on my PC so i'll have to get one of those first lol..
Title: Re: I have a few A1200 Q's I need answering................Please?
Post by: Framiga on May 05, 2007, 04:55:25 PM
1.9 megs are enough (if in a unique block)

Type in a Shell:

avail FLUSH

to see how much ChipRam do you have actually free.
Title: Re: I have a few A1200 Q's I need answering................Please?
Post by: doctorq on May 05, 2007, 05:07:58 PM
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About 1.9 meg, it's with pretty much any game, Monkey Island 1 or 2 (the graphics doesn't seem to "line up" together) and sometimes Theme Park..


Better install the games with WHDLoad instead then. I have never had any problems with Monkey Island 1 or 2.
Title: Re: I have a few A1200 Q's I need answering................Please?
Post by: lsvleisure on May 05, 2007, 05:10:12 PM
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doctorq wrote:

Better install the games with WHDLoad instead then. I have never had any problems with Monkey Island 1 or 2.


I already have MI 1&2 installed as they came with an install program on the disk's..
Title: Re: I have a few A1200 Q's I need answering................Please?
Post by: doctorq on May 05, 2007, 05:14:01 PM
I know they are installed on harddrive, otherwise the chip ram issue you seem to have wouldn't be there. I was suggesting a new installer for the games, as found on www.whdload.de. It's installers made for games, allowing them to run on expanded systems, and often there are fixes included in the loading files.