Odyssey 3.0 Alpha vs 1.23r5

@Maijestro


Skethblock supports extmem.

@Maijestro

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Certainly not "solved"; more like, "alleviated".

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No no no, it's actually very easy to use! I got it working in Rave without much hassle. Any developer can contact me if they'd like to give ExtMem a try.

Whether an application can benefit from ExtMem is another question. Basically, it's good for storing any data that doesn't need to be accessed at a given time, or very frequently. Like undo data, for example. Or game assets not used in the current level.

@trixie

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Is there a simple test case or test program that uses this function?

I would like to see more than the usual limited 2 GB of AmigaOS 4.1 being used. Maybe someone could write a small test program with ExtMem support.

We are straying from the actual topic, and I apologize, but Exec Extended Memory is really interesting to me, and I wanted to learn more about it.

@utri007
NetSurf? Next to useless (of course better than AWeb, and in some cases maybe even better than IBrowse), unless some huge improvements were added to it since the last time I used it.
JavaScript: Is it supported now in newer versions, and even if it is: With a PPC JIT Engine? If not: Useless.
A PPC JavaScript JIT, there were some alpha versions of it already but nothing usable yet and not included in OWB, might have been enough at the time I ported OWB to AmigaOS, about 15 years ago.
Nowadays even a PPC native JavaScript JIT wouldn't be enough anymore, you additionally need WebGL, WebAssembly, Rust, etc. support for any usable web browser.