#3DS2 lockups
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I'm still getting the occasional system lockup or reset on 3DS2.
I have the Targa+ device driver 1.13 dated December 91 installed as well as
the Lyon-Lamb VTR controller driver, which dosen't seem to have any effect
– I get lockups with or without it. I don't have **it** working yet,
either.
I've looked at my 3DS.SET file and here is what I've got:
DRIVER-PATH = "drivers" but I use full pathnames in the SET commands
TEMP-PATH = "temp" BACKUP-FILE = ON INPUT-DEVICE = MOUSE actually a
trackball with MS mouse emulating driver RENDER-DISPLAY = RDPADI
DEFAULT-HARDCOPY, MAIN-DISPLAY, and MATERIAL-DISPLAY are commented out
SAVE-LAST-IMAGE = YES TGA-DEPTH = 24 I'm on a Targa+ 16/32
RENDER-FIELDS = YES TURBO = ON I wondered what that
high-pitched whine was! VTR-DEVICE = VTPADI
Does any of this make sense in light of my lockup problem. Just today it
locked up while I was working on one of the "New Stuff" tutorials. When I
set up the coil in groove in cylinder object it locked up when I switched
into the materials editor.
Help!? Chris
Your comment about it locking up when you went to the Materials Editor is
very telling. Whenever you switch to Medit and have an RDPADI device
installed, the program hits the ADI driver, which causes a whole bunch of
Pharlap stuff to happen within the memory management code. If you have an
IO port conflict or memory segment conflict within A000-E000, you'll see
those kinds of lockups. D000 is probably the most likely place to look,
since Pharlap lives there.
Do you use QEMM? If so, try using the "nvr" exclude statement to knock
your VGA up into high memory, and then move your Targa down into C000.
If you don't have QEMM, you should definitely pick up a copy. It's a
lifesaver.
– G
Gary,
Just a comment: I have never used the 'nvr' option in QEMM. I just
set the page frame for E000, Exclude D000-DFFF for the Targa+ (letting the
TARGAP.SYS driver know it), and that should do it. Chris should obviously
see if anything locks up while only running 320×200 VGA for the Renderer,
rather than the RDPADI.
Kevin Krell – Computer Support Associates
I think that the "nvr" option is a macro-ized "overkill" method of solving
the problem. Your technique is a much more surgical approach.
– G