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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Picasso II on MKII??
« on: January 11, 2017, 12:59:00 AM »
Quote from: punkyclown;819492
Okay, Picasso 96... So how do we get it to run on the MK II card?

AFAIK no one has written drivers to run P96 on an Indivision Mk II, yet.  The AGA models are a whole different beast from the Indi ECS (and in some respects the ECS unit is the more sophisticated).

FWIW, here's some additional videos of mfilos running P96 on his A600:

http://www.mfilos.com/2012/04/a600-picasso96-via-indivision-ecs.html

And info in this thread:  http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?28349-Is-it-fair-to-call-the-Indivision-a-quot-graphics-card-quot

Maybe try dropping him a line if he has any further updates or news on this?  :)
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Picasso II on MKII??
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2017, 01:40:53 PM »
Quote from: Rotzloeffel;819514
Never! Only the design of Indivision ECS allows using this driver. The first plan of Jens was to use two indivision ECS in your Amiga and get a two-Monitor setup, this was never released, but allows to use this drivers... be warned, it is realy alpha and a little bit tricky.... you should absolutely know what you are doing :D


I own three Indi ECS's and would've liked to give that a try, but I looked high and low for the drivers a few years ago and couldn't find them.

IMHO I consider this a broken promise by Jens, because the ability to stack them and use dual monitors was featured prominently in the advertising and marketing. :(
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Picasso II on MKII??
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2017, 05:29:38 PM »
Quote from: Rotzloeffel;819530
Not realy....the guy who did the driver for Picasso96 (simplex) had no time left to do the job.... he was the guy who was responsible for this project... jens never did software....

I don't disagree with what you're saying, but for example this advertisement on AmigaKit website clearly states that the units are stackable for dual monitor support.  It doesn't say anything about "pending release of a software driver that may never become available".

AFAIR something similar happened for folks who bought the AGA models of Indivision.  Certain promises were made (publicly) about new & improved setup software, which never wound up becoming available.

...Not that vaporware is anything new in the Amiga market (and it really doesn't surprise me), just don't like that certain features are shown in the advertising which will never, in fact, become available.  :(

...and on a similar but likewise annoying note, why are they still selling it with 1.01 firmware, when 1.10 firmware has been available for like the past four years?  :p
« Last Edit: January 11, 2017, 05:32:46 PM by Oldsmobile_Mike »
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