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From: Developer Support <dev_support@interactive.sony.com>
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Subject: Re: Bad demos: blow.gz and chrome.gz
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 09:57:37 +0100
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Ken Lam wrote:
> 
> >>Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 14:04:06 +0100
> From: Developer Support <dev_support@interactive.sony.com>
> Ken Lam wrote:
> >
> > The demos "blow.gz" and "chrome.gz" seem to be bugged : (
> 
> With the chrome demo it looks like the TMD isn't loaded. From SIOCONS
> press F3 then type auto<CR>.
> 
> Stuart
> <<
> Can you confirm that "chrome" is not faulty and does run properly?
> 
> As you can see from the SIOCONS output below, the TMD file has been
> loaded, but it still doesn't work :(
> 
> I've also just tried 3d.gz and I've had the same kind of problems : (
> 
> Ken Lam
> ESP Software
> 
> siocons -B115200 -p0x2f8,3 auto
>  I/O addr = 0x02F8, IRQ=3(vect=0x000B,8259=20)
>  BAUDRATE = 115200
> start log append into "log.txt"
> texture.tim  address:80090000-800a1188 size:011189  011189:   16sec.
> torus.tmd  address:800a0000-800a2fd3 size:002fd4  002fd4:    2sec.
> main [ .text] address:80100000-80100b8f size:000b90  000b90:    1sec.
> main [ .data] address:80100b90-80100cdf size:000150  000150:    1sec.
> main [.sdata] address:80100ce0-80100d5f size:000080  000080:    1sec.
>   PC=801009d0, GP=80108ce0, SP=801ffff0
> 
> >>goResetGraph:jtb=8004829c,env=800482e4
> ResetGraph:jtb=8004829c,env=800482e4
> GPU CODE 00H not assigned.              (lots of these)
> 
> non supported code 0 800a016c           (even more of these)

I've checked them both out and they do work on my machine.

One thing I did notice is that in the 'chrome' demo texture.tim and
torus.tmd overlap, a bit of an oversight on my part. You could try
altering 'main.c' so that #define torusTMD (u_long *)800a0000 is changed
to #define torusTMD (u_long *)800b0000, and then alter 'auto' so that
dload torus.tmd 800a0000 reads dload tour.tmd 800b0000.

One other thing, when I loaded the demo on my machine the texture was
loaded from 80090000-800a021f and the torus from 800a0000-800a2fb7,
which is a bit strange.

Anyway, try the changes and let me know if it works. If it doesn't,
could you give me the file sizes for torus.tmd and texture.tim from DOS.

Stuart