[iyonix-support] Re: 5.14 and ImageMaster/DPlngScan and a 5M JPEG

On 30 Apr at 0:39, Andrew Pinder <Andrew.Pinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <mpro.kivxoj0001e3o08m9.tim@xxxxxxxxx>
>  on 30 Apr 2009 Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I had soft-loaded 5.14 into my Iyonix which I had to use as VARPC
> > would not handle a 5M JPEG which DPlngScan converted to a Sprite of
> > 41 M or so, probably busting the 28M limit on VARPC.
> 
> > Anyhow on the Iyonix I could load the JPEG file OK though somewhat
> > slowly, then tried to rotate it through 90%.  This took well over an
> > hour, grinding along very slowly, but did complete OK.  Then I tried
> > to save the file and ended up with the Iyonix completely crashing.
> 
> > The Iyo restarted in 5.13, loaded the JPEG at the expected fast
> > speed, it then rotated it pretty close to greased-lightning and
> > saved it with no trouble at all.
> 
> > My suspicion is that there is something unhappy between 5.14 and
> > DPlngScan.
> 
> I'd just downloaded 5.14 and flashed the ROM when this arrived.  I
> couldn't be bothered to softload it.  As an aside I still need to find
> the part of the Boot sequence where I was softloading individual
> modules I had previously downloaded.
> 
> I scanned and saved an image as a JPEG (72MB sprite, 1.2MB JPEG).  I
> then attempted to rotate it through 90 degrees.  After about 20 s the
> hourglass was still showing 00% so I aborted it.
> 
> My recollection is that DPlngScan was always very slow at some
> operations.  I use PrivateEye for preference for displaying JPEGS.
> When I tried rotating it, it complained at a lack of memory - with
> 342268K free!  The task display lists Geminus JPEG Workspace as 2704K.
> The presence of Geminus may be relevant.

(Apololgies first for not snipping but any diagnostician might find all
of this useful.)

I can confirm that I use Geminus too.  What I have a spare few moments,
I might turn it off (and try image rotation again) as I'm not using the
Iyo's double screen facility currently.

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Tim Powys-Lybbe                                           tim@xxxxxxxxx
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