trouble with FastExec29, WBAllocFast and FastRAD11

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I'm using an A1200hd desktop with a Viper 1260/50, 64M fast RAM which was running very slowly (I've heard that isn't uncommon with 68060's).

I've tried FastExec29 alone, which seems to work, somewhat.  It is currently installed in C: and called in the first line of S:startup-sequence, as directed.  But it eats chip RAM and keeps most of it tied up.  EG: When WB3.9 opens it has 1.364M chip RAM.  I open IBrowse and it drops to about 1M.  Closing IB only returns about 20,000 bytes.  With IB open, if I open a drawer on WB Chip RAM drops below 1M.  With a couple of drawers open, IB slows to a crawl or rolls over and plays dead.  I also get strange multi-colored lines horizontally across the WB.

With WBAllocFast, alone or with FastExec, if I open IB and another drawer, then try to close anything, the A1200 freezes and crashes.  It also displays the same colorful horizontal lines as above.  I tried placing it before IPrefs, as instructed, and as the first line in startup-sequence, before FastExec.  It does seem to retain some chip RAM, about 200,000 bytes.

I do not remember exactly what FastRAD does, just that it did not work.

Without any of them, the 1200 is very slow and seems to want to redraw screens several times, blanking and redrawing.

Does anyone have some suggestions?

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[Doobrey]

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I do not remember exactly what FastRAD does, just that it did not work.

Without any of them, the 1200 is very slow and seems to want to redraw screens several times, blanking and redrawing.

FastRAD patches RAD: to use fast memory. If you don`t have RAD: mounted (its a recoverable ram drive) it doesn`t work..

As for the other problems, it sounds like you haven`t got the right/any 060.library installed.
Maybe there`s a couple of gfx patches installed too that are trying to do the same thing ?
 

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Howdy, Doobrey.  Actually, I may have partially solved my problem.  I had left off the final ":" in
C:WBAllocFast >NIL:  It works better, but still responds slowly, tho keeping more chip ram.  It didn't crash when I tested it, but I haven't tested it much yet.

I have installed the 040 and 060 libraries which came with the Viper.  Is there another which is compatible with the Viper, or are all of them compatible?  Is there a best one?  A worst one?

Thanks,
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