HELP!!!!
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Greets to all!
I've got a really big problem here and perhaps someone more versed in AMiga
error codes can help me out.
I have an A2000 with a progressive 040/33 mhz with the full 64 meg of ram, a
icd trifecta ide/scsi controller with 6 megs of ram, megachip 2000, 1 512 meg
fujitsu ide hard drive, 1 105meg sysquest ide, and one 1.2 gig scsi drive and 1
88meg sysquest, and a new toaster.
I spent most of this weekend working on a animation project, building models
and such… the entire imagine project is probably about 20 megs, with several
1 and 2 meg objects and a 4 meg object. I can load the entire scene in just
fine and manipluate things, but when I try to render it I get an error message,
ERROR: 8000 0004 Task: 08080A80
Does anyone know what this is or how I get rid of it ??? My machine is pretty
useless as long as this continues….
Help!
James, I have developed the exact same problem on my A2000, Progressive 040/28
with 16 megs, GVP Series II scsi controller. I get the problem only when
rendering in Real 3D. I did not have trouble with this hardware set up for
over a year until now. Tell me, what software package are you using? I
temporarily fixed the problem by rendering to RAM:. There seems to be a
problem when accessing my hard drive. I think I have the latest ROMs in the
GVP board. I have tried different setpatches and 68040 libraries and I haven't
licked it yet. Rendering to RAM: may be an option for you.
John
Hmmm… perhaps it is a problem in the PPI040 library. I have tried several
setpatch versions, it seems that there is some problem looking out at the scsi
controller.
And, I think I posted wrong, I have the Progressive Zeus 040/33 mhz with the 64
meg. I thought that perhaps the Zeus scsi controller was the culprit but it has
a different id than all my other scsi devices. I am now convinced that it must
be a problem with progressive's software…
wich version of 68040.library do you have ??? Unless you have a version > 37.10
the data transfer DMA between RAM and HD can be seriously bad. Look for a
SetPatch 40.2 and 68040.library 37.30 (you can find it in the set040 archive
from nick wilson.
Thanks Massimo,
I will look or it right away… I hope it's on CIS, any direction on where I
might find the thing ?
I don't know where, but his name is SET040.lha.
Bye Massimo Brogioni MB-)
James:
Have you tried disabling the various caches (Data, Inst, & Copyback)?
Try disabling them all. If the prolem goes away, you know it's one of
those three settings. (This fixes alot of stuff on the Mac, so it might
also work on the Amiga.)
Erik Flom
Thanks Erik,
I tried all of the possible cache combinations and I still get the problem this
only began recently… I'm really frustrated and lost on this one.
BTW: I received my copy of the compilation video today! It is very good and
there is some impressive stuff on it. I really enjoyed your work. That arcade
sequence was HOT!!! You had me running to my machine to get back to work….
only to have it guru on me…
🙂
Hmmmm, I had the 80..04 guru alot until I removed one of my old background
programs. (Oh yeah, it was an old sound player used to do a startup-sound)
Once I got rid of that, my problems went away.
But, I think your problem is more closely related to the software.
Since I don't have Imagine, I'm not much use, am I? :^)
Thanks for the kudos on the tape! There was some nice stuff on it. My
section could have done w/o the sequence of stills showing LW3.0 effects,
but at least the arcade section made up for it. :^)
I just wish I had your hardware! I'm STILL waiting to ORDER my T4000
upgrade. (SOB!)
Erik Flom
Well, last night I used ICP + and converted my imagine objects over to
Lightwave and gave it a shot there and sure enough the same darn problem
occured! So I am just about 100% certain that something with the progressive or
icd drivers is going afoul!
I even tried to render to ram: and got the same error message! This is very
puzzling…. So I may have the toaster 4000 but it's pretty useless to me
right now…
Sorry to hear that. Could it be the Toaster causing problems?
BTW, I used ICP+ to convert Carme Rizzolo's Enterprise object to LW, and
it came out looking beautiful. (Anyone want to buy a copy of Pixel3D
'Pro'? Cheap! :^)
Good Luck,
Erik Flom
I gotta agree with you on that! ICP + is ten times better than pixel 3d pro at
conversions. I have to thank John for getting me a copy of it in one day!
Saturday delivery no less!
Too bad I can't do anything with the great models it creates….
🙂
Hey, I'll take that T4000 off your hands? I mean if it's just serving to
frustrate you, I'd hate to see you continue suffering….:^)
Erik Flom
You know…. I hate to say it but if that 4000 doesn't get here soon I may
just get rid of this whole system!!! I've got a new PAR board that I haven't
done a thing with yet, since I don't have the drive, and a new toaster that I
can't use since I get these funny guru errors!!!!
I went ahead and ordered the 2.1 operating system today, I don't know if it
will help or not but what the heck…
When is the next animation tape ??? Maybe by then I'll have something
working!!!
🙂
Well, good luck getting your system running! (Though you won't get much
sympathy from me. You have BOTH a T4000 AND a PAR?!? I'm Jealous! :^)
I don't know when the next animation tape will be compiled, but six months
sounds like a good number to start with.
Erik Flom
What exactly was the arcade scene created for ? Is this for a customer or for
your next great adventure ?
And how on earth did you manage to do that underwater scene ??? I got seasick
just looking at it….
🙂
The arcade sequence is the intro to the 'arcade' in an interactive cable
system that is being developed by ICTV in San Jose, CA. (They have some
_very_ interesting plans.)
That underwater scene was done almost a year ago. There are a numer of
glitches, the worst being that the sub ripples were attached to the sub,
not the World Coords, so the texturing on the sub is kinda screwed. (It
looked much better before I 'improved' it. :^)
Thanks!
Erik Flom