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Offline Benjamin LumenTopic starter

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Amiga Forever multi-core
« on: June 11, 2010, 08:22:36 PM »
Okay so I hate Windows, but..
 
What if they took Amiga Forever and modified it to where
it could run multiple instantiations of 68000 series uProc cores??
 

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Re: Amiga Forever multi-core
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2010, 08:33:36 PM »
You'd have to update AmigaDOS to take advantage of multiple CPUs, else you'd just have multiple emulations running separately (which you can already do).
 

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Re: Amiga Forever multi-core
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2010, 08:46:44 PM »
It would add a lot of complexity but I often wondered whether or not the graphics and sound hardware emulation could be implemented in a multithreaded way to get better performance from multiple cores.
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Re: Amiga Forever multi-core
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2010, 11:14:10 PM »
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It would add a lot of complexity but I often wondered whether or not the graphics and sound hardware emulation could be implemented in a multithreaded way to get better performance from multiple cores.


This question seems very familiar somehow :lol:
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Re: Amiga Forever multi-core
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2010, 11:29:01 PM »
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This question seems very familiar somehow :lol:


I think it goes around and around :)
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Re: Amiga Forever multi-core
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2010, 01:33:58 AM »
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Okay so I hate Windows, but..
 
What if they took Amiga Forever and modified it to where
it could run multiple instantiations of 68000 series uProc cores??


I think you mean WinUAE.....Amiga Forever is just some ham fisted production from a money grabbing clueless and technically inept company who's only contribution to the contents of the Amiga Forever disc is to make it LESS capable/flexibility ;)

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Re: Amiga Forever multi-core
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2010, 02:53:12 AM »
If it is, don't complain.  It is the only legal way to get new Amiga Kickstart and OS licenses.
 

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Re: Amiga Forever multi-core
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2010, 03:10:13 AM »
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If it is, don't complain.  It is the only legal way to get new Amiga Kickstart and OS licenses.


I agree Cloanto at least tries to make a contribution.  However, with Amiga Inc. dead I'm not so sure you could say with 100% certainty that just downloading a rom and disks is an illegal act at this point.  Can't say with 100% certainty it's legal either I suppose.
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