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joberreu@SEATTLEU.EDU (Jesse Oberrueter) writes:
>        I am please to say that I am VERY happy w/ my upgrade!  I was a
>bit bummed when I realized the 68340 had no MMU, but upon doing the math,
>for what I wanted to do, the 340 could emulate an MMU faster than the 070
>could provide it.

Yeh the 340 flies doesn't it!

>        Gifshow and iffshow are broken now ... probably a memory mapping
>problem?  If someone wanted to send me the source, I might be willing to
>fix them.  All of my direct screen write code still works!

I haven't tried iffshow, but gifshow works fine on my system. I had a few
problems with pallettes at first, but got a new windio and now all is well.
Did you get the new windio? It will likely fix your problems.

>        The new ROMS try to boot from my HD before it is ready (Maxtor
>128meg), a slight delay would help :).  Break is also broken!  Any
>explanation?

Hmmn, on my system, I keep wishing it didn't take so long looking at the
floppy before checking the hard drive. I had had problems once or twice
before I upgraded where my hard drive hadn't spun up enough by the time
it was accessed and stange things would happen, but not now.

>        Gcc really zips along!  Now if only the l68 defs libraries weren't
>brain damaged, it would be as fast as our Sun!  Fix the linker, add
>hardware scrolling, and this thing would really blaze!
>
Yeh, there really is a noticible difference with the 340. On mine, I have
the speed down a couple notches from optimum due to slow memory and it still
really cruises. Boy, watching OXM read in messages left in my mailbox is
really impressive. And keep in mind that at work, I use a 68040 OSK box that
is REALLY fast. If my MM/1 still seems to be doing good after using that,
you know it's an inprovement.

>--
>Jesse Oberrueter (KB7PSG)
>joberreu@seattleu.edu
>kb7psg@n7hfz.wa.usa.na
>
>"For the world is hollow, and I have touched the sky!"

Scott

"There are creatures in the universe who would consider you the ultimate
  achievement, android.  No feelings, no emotions, no pain.  And yet you
  covet those qualities of humanity.  Believe me, you are missing nothing.
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    -- Q, "Deja Q", Stardate 43539.1




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