Re: A85: music relived! =)

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Subject: Re: A85: music relived! =)
From: Will Stokes <wstokes@vertex.ucls.uchicago.edu>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 22:36:49 -0500 (CDT)
In-Reply-To: <341A4B3D.54D3@algonet.se>
Reply-To: assembly-85@lists.ticalc.org

I understand and kinda agree with what you're saying Jimmy, but before I
utilized relocation in Mega Racers simply recompiling the game for usgard
(.95b) sped the game up at least 2 times, probably 3 times faster. I
dunno, all I know is that I ain't complaining.

On Sat, 13 Sep 1997, Jimmy Mårdell wrote:

> Will Stokes wrote:
> >
> > (b.) You are missing one MAIN feature of USGARD that has never been
> > stressed enough, SPEED!!! I know my programs have already been sped-up at
> > least 4 times, probably more. Add that to a smaller shell, smaller
> > programs, I think the decision is obvious.
> 
> I wouldn't say that Usgard speeds up games THAT much. Games which uses
> a lot of calls to subroutines becomes faster (and sometimes that
> speed increase is necessary) - but I don't believe 4 times faster...
> You have to use a LOT of calls then...
> 
> -- 
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> mailto:mja@algonet.se         there are so many of them to choose from."
> http://www.algonet.se/~mja    
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> somewhere!"
> 


				Biya! =)

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Re: A85: music relived! =)

From: Jimmy Mårdell <mja@algonet.se>