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Offline Damion

Re: To buy or not to buy...
« on: December 04, 2007, 11:41:47 PM »
Yeah, an emulation layer for the 68k would have been tits. AmiJoe would have been exactly that, had it been finished.

Anyway, this is essentially how MOS works on classic PPC hardware today. F.e, a lot of demos run much better because of the 68k emulation (faster than any real 68k as I understand it), yet they still have access to the AGA chipset. Pretty cool. Must be the only way to watch Starstruck on classic hardware without stutters. :-)
 

Offline Damion

Re: To buy or not to buy...
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2007, 03:32:29 AM »
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-D- wrote:
F.e, a lot of demos run much better because of the 68k emulation (faster than any real 68k as I understand it), yet they still have access to the AGA chipset.

Is that true? I know that Trance (the MorphOS 68k emulator) can be faster than a regular 68k but do the majority of games and demos even run with it?

I dont know, I dont have a PPC.[/quote]

Yeah, such is the word on morphzone. I'm not sure about compatibility, but I've heard mention of several demos running this way, and running a little smoother due to the increased 68k (emulated) horsepower.

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The demo you mention is a very late demo, 2006, and may have been written with MorphOS in mind. Not that I am saying it was... it just might have been.

Curious.


AFAIK it was intended for real 68060 and AGA, but you never know. I imagine it would run better that way since it seems it needs a little more CPU.

@TiredOLife

I have yet try Starstruck above 50 MHz, but it does seem to bet a bit choppy here and there at that speed. I'll have to to some more checking sometime soon also, maybe there was something else about my config it didn't like. I'm hoping it does run better though, as I bought my last 1260 card almost exclusively to run some recent TBL releases, LOL.