Re: Cheers for GoGo.

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> 
>  Chris,
> 
>  although it looked a bit scary to start with, what with nasm and so on,
> however, it was dead easy to compile.
> 
>  GoGo is taking advance of both processors...all I need now is a faster
> version of cdparanoia.
> 
>  Cheers!
> 
>  Baz.
>  

Nay probs :)

I'm still using cdda2wav to rip CD's...haven't found a need for cdparanoia 
(though I know people that use it swear by it). As for speed, I don't really 
need a faster version of the ripper...my Plextor SCSI can do 24x CDDA...nice 
:)
All I really need is a faster processor so I can create a MP3 of an album in 
10 mins or less :)

Regarding Nasm, if you want support for the Athlon advanced instructions, 
according to gogo you need to patch nasm and rebuild...by default gogo comes 
with support for Athlon instructions switched *on*, and standard nasm falls 
over straight away during the gogo build (as I found out after deciding to 
ignore the instructions, and try it anyway :)

One thing gogo proves: assembly is still the most effeicient thing to code 
in, if you're up to it...now I've got nasm, I'll be taking a peek and the 
asmutils package, and considering going back to 80x86 coding. :) [against 
assembly language: "did someone mention they wanted portability? don't make 
me laugh :)"]

Chris...



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