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P96 and/or CGX4 on PicassoIV
« on: April 19, 2003, 10:48:17 AM »
Ok.

Let me preface this in advance. This is NOT to become a "RTG war"... that's not the purpose. Just info.

With that out of the way, let me state for the record I've got a PicassoIV. I've had it for years now (about 5) and have been using P96 (naturally, since it comes with the card).

When I asked which RTG software to use back then, I was told by the card's prior owner that there's really no reason to bother with anything other than P96 for the PIV. However, these days I've grown more than merely curious about CGX.

Is there anyone here that owns/owned a PIV, and has tried BOTH (either separately or at the same time, since I'm aware even that can be arranged, via careful S-S editing), that can give me an accurate assessment about whether or not it'd be worth it to me to even bother trying CGX?

If you need more details about my system, feel free to ask.

L8r...
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Re: P96 and/or CGX4 on PicassoIV
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2003, 06:55:20 PM »
All: Thank you for the replies. :) Now for a few of mine (not in order)...

Roj: I'm extremely careful about setting up screenmodes, so that's not even a problem. In fact, the best way is to do it on paper first, the fine-tune the horiz/vert positioning using whatever "Test" mode buttons P96Mode/CGXMode has. :) Or your suggestion of P96Mode->paper->CGXMode to move the settings from one to the other.

And I know EXACTLY what you mean about ImageFX. Even with simple refresh, it's a dead-crawl. Oh, is that util to move files around avail on Aminet somewhere?

Karlos: If you could ask your pal about it, I'd certainly appreciate it. :)

AmiDelf: It runs fine here, but crawls on some things (see Roj's ImageFX example). Also, it's CGX emulation is WAY old and not entirely supported anymore (A/NES CGX, a lot of CGX demos). I'm basically trying to push myself into testing CGX myself without losing any current speed P96 gives me.

Kronos: My P-IV's naked as a jaybird. :) Besides, the Paloma wouldn't do much for me, as the NTSC tuner software sucked and didn't fully work - if I recall correctly. Guess it was the European response to the Video Toasters being NTSC only. [shrug]

Anyone else with firsthand experience they'd like to share?

TanZyr
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on...
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