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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1074 |
Party compo machines
We're busy getting everything ready for DATASTORM, and one of my tasks is to provide good machines for the compo. Of course one 6581 and one 8580 machine is needed, and they both need to handle VSP. I'm a little unsure about a few details though:
* Should the 6581 be of a specific revision (R4/R4AR?), or is any fully working 6581 OK?
* The entries will be run from a 1541 Ultimate, unless someone absogoddamnlutely needs a genuine drive. But which 1541U firmware should be used? I currently have 1.7b from the homepage on my rev 1.
* Should the graphics entries be displayed on an old VIC, with its softer display, or on a new VIC, with its sharper display and clearer colors (but with banding and gray pixels in d021, etc)?
If you have super specific needs, please contact me in advance. I will try to make the compo machines available for testing on friday and early saturday, to avoid nasty surprises. |
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gregg
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Registered: Apr 2005
Posts: 56 |
I'm with Frantic here. Don't overdo it; you can't please everyone and sometimes you also can't avoid that stuff goes wrong, no matter how well you are prepared. |
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SIDWAVE
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Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2238 |
Just remember to unplug RR cart, then all should work :D |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11360 |
"Just remember to unplug RR cart, then all should work :D"
you love to share your sympathy for certain products do you? :o) that doesnt change the fact that this is bolloks though :o) |
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Krill
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2969 |
Quote: I've powercycled the machines in between tests, and I've used three different VSP routines. I'll be running more demos on them in the following weeks, but it should be as safe as it gets.
Interesting about 8580 samples, I'll try a few sids on it.
One demo featuring VSP that has crashed on me particularly often is Arcanum/Xenon, the big scroller part which i believe uses 2 or 3 DMA delays per frame. |
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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1074 |
Thanks, I'll add it to my test suite.
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