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From: erk@americ.UUCP (Erick Parsons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Problems with GVP Bootroms
Message-ID: <0742.AA0742@americ>
Date: 16 Jun 89 12:04:32 GMT
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In Message<421@accsys.UUCP>From:wizard@accsys.UUCP(Christoph Brand)writes

:-(I use a GVP Hardcard with a Quantum 40 drive including autobooting.
:-(Since I installed the autoboot roms, I have troubles running some
:-(software, e.g. TurboSilver3.0 by Impulse. It is no more possible
:-(to play the created animations, there are always *horrible* graphics
:-(distortions that can't be described in words (they are too ugly).
:-(Has anybody the same problems?

   I've got the same setup on my 500 (Hardcard) and have had compatibility
problems with only one program... B.A.D. a floppy disk , hard disk optimizer.
The program when run simply hangs up forcing a reboot to get your machine 
back. The authors of B.A.D. told me that there is an update that works around
a problem in the autoboot roms. They also told me that the problem is with the
way a certain message port is (or isn't) communicating with the rest of the
system when the disk access is sped up. Don't ask me to explain it's just
what I (think I) heard. Maybe Turbosilver is using these same or similiar 
routines to speed up disk access ??


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