Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!fps.mcw.edu!myamiga!smp From: smp@myamiga.UUCP (Steven M. Palm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: What's the difference between Fat/Fatter Agnus? Message-ID: Date: 3 Dec 90 02:35:24 GMT References: <1990Nov29.221638.28294@ucselx.sdsu.edu> <92928@aerospace.AERO.ORG> Lines: 65 >In article <92928@aerospace.AERO.ORG> huebner@aero.aero.org (Robert E. Huebner) writes: >In article <1990Nov29.221638.28294@ucselx.sdsu.edu>, >maxc0849@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Human1 ~InnerTangent~) writes: >|> Bad thing about fatter agnus chip? some software incompatabilities? >|> Game don't work? > >Some. Very few though. Wayne Gretzky's Hockey comes to mind. Some games >run better (kinda) For instance - my old version of Balance of Power, which >(due to stupid programming) has trouble with fast mem works without the >nofastmem patch on a 1mb Agnus system. There are a lot of british import >games (if you're into such things) that require the computer to be in PAL >mode lest the program crash. > >There is also a utility called KillChip that will help in those rare cases >where 1 Mb Chip is a problem. (again, I don't know of more than 1) I had posted this before, but I am not sure if it got out. In any case, it has direct bearing on this discussion so I will post again. I have heard the rumours go on for quite a while that Wayne Gretzky Hockey and other programs would simply not work with the Newer Fat Agnus installed. I was frustrated. I found that the following two programs will allow me to run it without a hitch. KILLCHIP NOFAST {Re-Boot with W.G. Hocky in DF0:} This is the version of KillChip I used. I know there are several floating around, so I feel it necessary to post the one that I know worked for me. ---------->8-----------v cut here for killchip v--------8<--------- begin 644 KillChip M```#\P`````````"``````````$````_`````0```^D````_,_Q```#?\)HLH M>0````1![@%"(%!*D&<``'8B:``*(`EK\`R10VAI<&;H#*@`"````!AEWB0\4 M`!```)2H`!@B/``(``"2@B)H`!`@"="I``1*D6<.#(``"```9```,B)18.B3F MJ0`$DZ@`''`(2$`M0``^D((A0``8<@!![@`B8-----------^ cut here for killchip ^---------8<--------- And here is the version of NoFast that I used. I found that NoFastMem would not have the same results. ---------->8-----------v cut here for nofast v-----------8<--------- begin 644 NoFast M```#\P`````````!``````````!````$0``#Z0````0L>0````1.KO]J3OD`` '^``````#\@``M `` end size 52 ---------->8-----------^ cut here for nofast ^-----------8<--------- -- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~myamiga!smp@fps.mcw.edu~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ --- {rutgers,gatech,ames}!ncar!asuvax!stjhmc!myamiga!smp --- smp@myamiga --- \_________________________Or_FidoNet_1:11/16_________________________/ Although the Amiga may not be the perfect system, just remember.... "In the land of the blind, the one-eye is king." [Aposolius: paroemiae VII.xxiii]