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- A.I.B.B.
- Amiga Intuition Based Benchmarks
- Program Release Version 6.5
- Copyright 1991-1993 LaMonte Koop
- All Rights Reserved
-
- Program System Requirements
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-
- AIBB is designed to operate on many different platform arrangements,
- but there are a few requirements which are necessary for proper program
- operation. These are as follows:
-
- -- AmigaOS 1.2 or greater is necessary on all systems except those
- using the MC68040 as the system main processor. AmigaOS 2.0 is
- required for proper operation on those systems. Users of AmigaOS
- 1.2/1.3 with accelerators must be sure to be using the latest
- SetPatch routines for those OS versions ( SetPatch v1.34/v1.38 ).
- Among other things, SetPatch corrects a problem with FPU code with
- these OS versions, and is necessary for proper operation of AIBB.
-
- -- AIBB will function with a minimum of 512K of memory, provided very
- little else is loaded to use any of that space. However, AIBB will
- most likely be very limited under such an environment, and a lower
- limit for proper operation is more realistically 1 megabyte of RAM.
-
- -- MC68040 users should have a math function emulation library such
- as that supplied by CBM or accelerator manufacturers to properly
- emulate the MC68881/MC68882 hardware-implemented transcendental
- functions. AIBB will look for the presence of one, and if not found
- will not allow the use of the 68881/68882 FPU-related test functions.
- 68040 specific math code option functions will still operate however.
-
- -- AIBB uses a shared library for its file requester functions. For
- this reason AIBB requires that one of the following shared libraries
- be within the system LIBS: directory:
-
- 1. kd_freq.library ( library version 3.0 or greater )
- 2. req.library ( library versiopn 2.0 or greater )
- 3. asl.library ( AmigaOS 2.0+ systems only )
- 4. reqtools.library
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- AIBB will search for these libraries in the order given, stopping
- when it is either able to open one, or none are found.
-
- -- It should be noted that although there are no restrictions placed on
- the type of system AIBB can be operated on, this program was never
- really meant for use on unaccelerated systems. On such platforms,
- AIBB may seem to operate somewhat sluggishly, although no operational
- problems should exist.
-
- Please consult the main documentation for further information.
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