Re: MegaDemo Rom03 Fix on ftp.cco.caltech.edu

[spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article m_spect@vega.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) writes...
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>	Your right, it doesn't work, although I have a different problem
>after installing the patch. The scrolling stars/text in between demos is
>slowing down! I think it turns on some kind of interrupt to recognize the
>second disk, the scrolling text is very jerky and the stars as well. I've
>also noticed the music will sometimes slow down now (more interrupts). This
>is _only_ a problem during that "intermission" screen, the diskette with a
>gun, robot, spaceship, scrolling stars and text.  

	Disregard that, I later cold-booted my GS and the demo has run 
fine ever since. Using the patch Ninja Force has supplied (available on
ftp.cco.caltech.edu) "Mega Demo" works *perfectly* from a ROM 3 now! 
Well, almost, I still have to use that OA-CTRL-ESC trick to bypass the 
speed test and what I mentioned below.

>	One other flaw I've noticed (before I installed the patch), when
>you run a demo, then quit back to the Main Menu, the music becomes very
>distorted. It guess it's not properly doing RAM-to-DOC swapping because 
>something else eats that memory space. :/ Well, now that I've seen the
>whole demo straight through, I have to admit it reaches new standards in
>the GS world! At times I felt as if I were watching a current day Amiga
>486 demo! :) 

Mitchell Spector
m_spect@pavo.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca