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From: gmb@iclswe.icl.se (Grahame Budd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: In need of specific info on Deluxe Paint III
Message-ID: <1990Nov27.093738.5195@iclswe.icl.se>
Date: 27 Nov 90 09:37:38 GMT
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culhane@vis.toronto.edu (Sean Culhane) writes:

>   Amiga 1000, 512K, *one* floppy drive, composite monitor.

>Can somebody please tell me with certainty whether Deluxe Paint III will
>run on such a system. 

Yes it will, but...

1. Animation won't work, the menu will be un-selectable.

2. DPIII forces "swap" mode. Some functions and all requesters will only be
   loaded on demand. This is slow and requires the DPIII disk. 

My version of DPIII states "1 Meg only" but it seems that the code is very good
at adapting to memnry shortage. However the disk swap between data and DPIII
disks is a big problem. A cheap 1/2 meg upgrade solves most problems and even
allows DPIII to run with only one floppy drive.

( BTW: My main system is 2 meg but I still run out with animations :-)