[ALLY] Rebol View on an Amiga
From: gord::raboud::home::com at: 25-Aug-2000 12:53
Hello Rebols;
>program that's made me think I really need an extra 16Mbs. That
>said, there's still plenty you could do with View on an 18Mb Amiga,
>as long as you keep the fancy graphics to a minimum and don't expect
>to run too many other programs alongside it.
Very true. I ran some tests:
Startup time for rebol_view with demo off: 18 secs (68040 - 25mhz. Not timed
on 68060 DraCo.)
Memory used: 2.48 MB (no 'demo'), 5.65 MB (with 'demo' on).
>As to speed, I consider View to be quite fast on my machine, given
>it's running on just a 50Mhz 030. In fact I'm as pleased as punch
>something as modern and as potentially useful as REBOL's been made
>available for the 68k Amigas that there's no way you'll catch me
>complaining to RT about its speed on them. I'm just too happy to
>have it to play with. (:
I certainly agree. Just to clarify; I didn't mean to complain, I was just
trying to come to terms with the reality that Rebol View's use on a standard
Amiga, (no PPC with faster memory, faster SCSI), may have limited use. The
'Demo' screen looks plain enough and I was kind of hoping that because I was
using a 256 color screen that the memory consumed would be similar to what a
web browser uses to diplay a page of the same size. Rebol View seems to be
using a different and what appears to be a more powerful method, (alpha
channel support, multi-layers), for displaying graphics and this power comes
with a price, (in terms of memory used). I have yet to explore this to see
what can be done.
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Yours Truly
Gordon Raboud
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