Hello Matt

On 31/05/2009, Matt Hey wrote:

> I have done some further bug testing...

> 16 bit big "endian" modes and 32 bit TrueAlpha modes both have wrong
> colors and distorted pointers. The problem occurs with just one screen
> open so it's NOT corruption from incompatible formats.

> The black background bug can be consistently produced here by saving
> SYS:Prefs/ScreenMode WorkBench setting to an 8 bit mode. After a
> reboot, run OpenScreen from the examples directory of the P96Developer
> archive. After closing, WorkBench will have a black background too.

> There are bugs in P96 that keep OpenScreen, BestModeID and
> WriteTrueColorData from working. There are updates to P96 files that
> fix these problems in this archive...

> http://www.haage-partner.de/download/Amiga/AmigaXL/AOSXL-Update1.lha

> A discussion about the bugs can be found here...

>
http://utilitybase.com/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=3&topic=1697#14

> There is also a P96 bug fixing patch on Aminet...

> http://aminet.net/driver/video/RTG403994p.lha

> My P96 related file versions are now...

> Libs:Picasso96API.library 2.310
> Libs:pci.library 6.8
> Libs:Picasso96/emulation.library 40.395
> Libs:Picasso96/fastlayers.library 40.48
> Libs:Picasso96/rtg.library 40.3994
> Libs:Picasso96/Voodoo.card 4.28

> My Amiga seems stable with the new files. It would be helpful if anyone
> else can verify these bugs or know any workarounds. Thanks.


Hello Mat, and mediator user,


Thanks for investigating the problem and given the usefull link on
utilitybase:

http://utilitybase.com/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=3&topic=1697#14


I invite all the read, even elbox, and now wawa have asked about some
problems to Elbox and ELBOX answered to wawa the use of the AOSXL update:

http://www.haage-partner.de/download/Amiga/AmigaXL/AOSXL-Update1.lha


I have an older Picasso96API and emulation.library and now replaced by the
ones provided on the archive. Thanks for providing me the informations
about AOSXL and for participating on the utilitybase forum with wawa and
bernd :-)


To elbox:

I would like to contact the P96patch author about problems on P96 68k and I
really want to know (because I'm not a coder) a list of P96 problem maybe
you have and know and add the bernd one. Do you have a list and possibility
to share with us (or me) ???????



BTW, Mat, I have tested the test program by bernd before remplacing the
files provided on the AOSXL archive and have a good result for the
Screenmode ID.


To all,

With the development of ffplay - ffmpeg (68k) and ixemul - sdl (68k)
interesting development are made by wawa and bernd and for example, bernd
arrive to use the hardware accelerated to run at 10 fps on 060 Defpengui on
640x480x16 RGB (internal version)..

Unfortunalety, a bug on.... P96 or elbox driver ???? open on 16bit PC the
game launched with a wb on 16bit RBB, that give a slow result speed (more
or less the same as loaded on 32 bit screenmode a nd not a better speed).


The goal is to have speed for ixemul and SDL for 68k (SDL 68k games and
programs like ffplay) but on mediator or with P96, problems are to not give
actually good results all the time (things could be better) :-(



this thread is also verry interesting:

http://utilitybase.com/forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=201&topic=1706


Regards
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