Maybe someone has entered SLOW mode?
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stardot running slow?
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Re: stardot running slow?
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Re: stardot running slow?
Hello 0010 all,
Anyone else noticed that at the moment *. is slow again
Anyone else noticed that at the moment *. is slow again
Gr tings, Louis
May your wires be long and your nerves be strong
May your wires be long and your nerves be strong
Re: stardot running slow?
Sorry about the blip a few moments ago, was investigating the issue whilst it was ongoing. Restarted now and should be back to normal speed. For now.
Re: stardot running slow?
You're excused
Nice to know it's not forgotten
Gr tings, Louis
May your wires be long and your nerves be strong
May your wires be long and your nerves be strong
Re: stardot running slow?
OK, so after some debugging over on the Stardot Discord, we've possibly found a solution*. Fingers crossed it keeps running smoothly, but I'll be checking frequently.
*no it wasn't
*no it wasn't
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*RMFaster BASIC
Re: stardot running slow?
As long as it isn't that weird MEMC-related system call that people sometimes sprinkled into their 32-bit software to squeeze out a couple of extra frames per second, reliably hanging machines like the A3000...
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See "MEMC nibble mode ROM access / ROM emulation". It gets a mention in "Top reasons games stop working past RO3", although it is unclear to me now whether the hanging effect occurred due to improper use or some fundamental architectural issue. Rick Murray mentions it in some recollections as well.
Knowing the precise name of the call (OS_UpdateMEMC) yields search results in magazines of the era. For example:
"Rapid ROMs", Acorn User, May 1989.
There are plenty of results from Archive, RISC User and even New Computer Express, showing that this hack did the rounds a few times.