68060 some questions

[matthey]

I've correct libraries etc

Dummy 040 library named to 68040.library and latest 68060.library

Latest 68060.library from C=, P5, or Thomas Richter (Mu)?

Make sure that all caches are turned on. It will help a lot if the ROM is in fast ram on the accelerator. Also, what accelerator do you have?

Setpacth is lates etc.

Latest AmigaOS 3.9?

Ffplay, is there better guide for it som where? than readme from aminet?

Not that I know of. The 68k version is pretty new and isn't really friendly or polished yet.

Clickboom 060 quake is 20-30% faster than with my 040 40mhz, should it be faster? Difference is like mhz vs. mhz? 40mhz vs. 66 mhz

It probably should be faster. A 68040@40MHz with fast memory is no slouch though.

[matthey]

@ami_stuff

It might be nice to add an icon (with iconx script) that would open a file requestor for the files to play with ffplay.  I could make you a script.

[matthey]

Which is considered the best 060 library to use? (C=, P5, and Thomas Richter's were mentioned above).  I had either heard or assumed that the P5 was the best.  Is this correct?
Dan

That depends. They have different advantages and disadvantages...

C= version is slowest but it's generic nature makes it fairly compatible. It is not updated or supported anymore but I don't know of any glaring bugs.

The P5 version is much faster than the C= version but it does some hackish things for P5 accelerators and maybe more. It is still compatible with a lot of other accelerators and is easy to install. It may have a bug or 2 left also.

Thomas Richter's library is very well written and tries to do the least number of hacks and everything by the book. I have found it to be mostly bug free and as fast as the P5 version when configured for the fastest speed. It is also one of the most compatible and flexible when installed and configured correctly. However, it's by far the most difficult to install correctly. An mmu is required also. Thomas is still supporting and willing to fix bugs despite his hardware being flaky. His latest Aminet upload did include an older version of the mmu.library but he has been contacted about that already. Hopefully he will get it straightened out. I use Thomas's 68060.library.

[matthey]

@ami_stuff

Nice! Will we be able to click on FFplay and get a file requestor to select files to play also?

[matthey]

@ami_stuff

I got the requestor to work also with the "tool" icon type and Start from shell. I had to un-check Prompt for input. I learned something new. Thanks.

[matthey]

@AmigaMance

It's no longer necessary to use the patched setpatch that loads the 680x0.library. The newest AmigaOS 3.9 BB2 setpatch loads the 68060.library directly and that is all that is needed. This is from a recent e-mail with Thomas Richter...

Matt Hey (me):
> "You should probably know that the 68060 is detected and the 68060.library is started directly now by the latest AmigaOS 3.9 BB2 SetPatch. This doesn't cause any problems but the 680x0.library is not started first in this case."

Thomas:
"Sure I know. I urged Heinz to do that. The 680x0.library does nothing, really.
It doesn't install a patch or that, it just loads the proper code. Latest SetPatch is smart enough to do that itself."

Use the latest AmigaOS 3.9 BB2 SetPatch V44.38 with Thomas Richter's 68060.library and 68040.library.

Thomas' Amiga was broken but he has managed to get it working for now. He has become interested in the Natami project...

http://www.natami.net/knowledge.php?b=6¬e=11879