#Showiz DL problems
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Joel – Thanks for the reply. The machine Showiz doesn't work on is a standard
Amiga 2000, with a CSA 020/882 20 MHz, CSA DragStrip w 4MB 32 Bit Ram and 3MB
16 bit CBM Ram. The program doesn't Guru, but when invoked, from either WB or
CLI, it starts, the screen fades properly, and then you are just returned to
the WB or CLI screen. I also tried turning the CACHE off on the 020 card and
that did not help either. Thanks again, and let me know it there is a fix.
. Stan
Stan:
I have the CBM 020/mmu/881 board with 2 megs of 32 bit ram, the CBM old-style 2
meg (16 bit board) and the standard 1 meg from the Amiga 2000 itself. Showiz
runs fine on this system (& I have SetCPU invoked to run the ROM in 32 bit
RAM).
?|^] Ray Lewis
Ray – Mabey it's the goofy CSA Dragstrip that is screwing things up. I'll have
to try it on a plain ole 2500 this week and see if it reacts the same.
. Stan
Must be nice to call an A2500 a "plain ole 2500" ! [grin]
chris
Chris – it's just one of the horrid things you have to put up with, having to
keep a variety of different machines and configurations going to make sure the
software and hardware works on all of them.
. for a sizeable investment you too can become an Amiga developer!
. Stan
Well if someone were to look around our offices, they'd probably would think
that we were Amiga developers and not an end-user. [grin]
'course there isn't an A2500 here, yet!
chris
Stan,
Let me know what you find out about ShoWiz and the 2500. I'm collecting the
comments and sending them to the author. He may not be able to do much about
it as I believe he is still on an A1000, but at least he'll be able to consider
the problem.
Ofrgive me for asking the obvious but having made similar mistakes myself
before…. when you invoked ShoWiz, were you in the directory with picture
files?
wmc
Wayne – Thanks for the help with Showiz. I tried it both ways on both
machines, from it's own subdirectory on a HD and from a floppy, and the results
were the same. It works just fine on the 1000, and doesn't at all on the
modified 2000. <–Stan
Stan,
Very bizaar about ShoWiz not working on the mod'd 2K. It likes mine fine, but
I've got no accelerators or coprocessors or flicker masters… just 2 meg and a
GVP SCSI hd.
Curiouser and curiouser…. wmc
Wayne – DOn't know what the problem is. I have to assume it's the CSA
Dragstrip. But I'll check it with some more machines this week.
. Stan
Wayne, I already gave all the ShoWiz comments posted here (and in
AmigaTech) to Jeff. (I talk to him pretty often either in person, by phone, or
modem; he's the Prez of our local user group.) Ray Lewis says it works fine on
his '020 Amiga. But do send him any comments or suggestions you feel
appropriate anyway. The more comments he receives, the more inclined he'll be
to keep adding & improving ShoWiz. He did tell me he's much more inclined to
consider suggestions when accompanied by money. 🙂 (I've already given him my
donation and told him I'll give him some more if he adds support for color
cycling and super bitmaps.)
-Joel
Joel,
When I talked to him, I couldn't think of anything to add or change since the
script and calls to other software give about all the flexibility I can use.
However, I have yet to run into one of the superbit maps you referred to and
have never tried to use color cycling stuff in a presentation.
wmc P.S. Did they tear down
all those wonderful old buildings on Nebraska out by the Jai Alai fronton (or
was it a dog track) in Sulphur Springs?