10.Sep.2002
Korodny (ANF)
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Interview with Thomas Frieden: OS4 questions and answers
Korodny writes: A few weeks ago, the amiga-news.de community collected a bunch of questions related to OS4 and forwarded them to Thomas Frieden, in the hope that he may answer some of them.
Guess what? Not only did he answer all of them, he even answered them in English, for you poor souls outside of Germany ;-). The interview in German.
1. ExecSG, 68k-Emulator, WarpUP
Amiga-News: Please describe the Memory-Protection implementation and how this works with pre-OS4 software?
Thomas Frieden: Free memory will always be protected against reading or
writing. Some critical memory areas, like the base page
(address 0) will also be protected, to allow software
to find NULL pointer bugs (which is an extremely common
form of bugs).
Old software (68k programs that are emulated, and old
PPC software) will run in a different MMU setup. This
will not protect anything else but the stuff mentioned
above, so even if the program behaves badly, it will be
allowed to do so.
New software, OTOH, will have to be written in such a
way that memory protection will work. Initially, the
protection will be minimal (see above), but with later
revisions, we're moving to completely isolated address
spaces.
Exec SG already provides for this possibility.
Amiga-News: How is Virtual Memory implemented? What has been changed in the implementation compared to your original
plans?
Thomas Frieden: The original concept was similar to VMM, i.e. a
partition mapped into memory, leaving the original
memory system untouched. However, the new plan is to
include a virtual addressing scheme at the core. This
will allow lots of additional features such a different
memory allocation schemes, automatic stack elargement
etc.
Amiga-News: I don't like Virtual Memory, can I disable it?
Thomas Frieden: You can turn of swapping of memory to disk, yes.
However, there's actually no need to do that. It seems
a lot of people are judging virtual memory by it's
implementation in Windows. Windows uses it's swapping
feature even though there's physical memory available.
OS4 will not do that. Even if you have swapping turned
on, you will not notice it if enough memory is
available. However, when you would normally get a
requester telling you that you ran out of memory, the
pager will kick in and free some memory. That's all. As
long as you do not use enormous amounts of memory, the
pager will not become active, and no swapping will
occur.
Amiga-News: Are there up-to-date Benchmarks from Petunia (68k emulator)?
Thomas Frieden: You will have to check that out on the authors website...
Amiga-News: Is Petunia completed now (all CPU commands, FPU, MMU emulation)?
Thomas Frieden: FPU emulation is being finalised right now. MMU
emulation is not planned and is really of quite limited
interest.
Amiga-News: Is Petunia already integrated with Exec SG?
Thomas Frieden: No, not yet. The integration of emulation into OS4 is
one of the reason why we are going for a virtual
addressing scheme.
The emulation integration concept is already designed
by an expert in the field and is about to be
implemented.
Amiga-News: When will there be a new scheduler (as already announced)?
Thomas Frieden: Hmm, I don't think this was announced.
ExecSG uses the same scheduling scheme as the old Exec,
that's a prioritized round-robin scheme. It's one of
the most efficient schedulers, and most of all, it
allows near-realtime behavior. This near-realtime
behavior is a critical point in the whole Amiga design:
it ensures the responsiveness that we all like about
the Amiga. Other schedulers have been available for the
Amiga in the past, but while for example 'nice' type
scheduling is suited for applications, it isn't suited
for drivers.
What we *will* add in future version is real threading:
Right now, the only possibility for threads is to use
multiple tasks, but this limits the usability
(especially since an application consisting of 30 tasks
will receive a lot more time compared to an application
consisting of just one task).
Amiga-News: When will the GCC cross compiler be available for 68k Amigas (as a Linux cross compiler already exists)?
Thomas Frieden: We're currently working on that, with low priority,
though. The compiler is also not available publically,
because we want to be able to change certain aspects of
the ABI on short notice yet.
Amiga-News: Will there be "Gurus" again?
Thomas Frieden: Probably.
Amiga-News: How much faster will existing PPC applications be under OS4?
Thomas Frieden: We don't have numbers yet but the PPC is already a lot
faster when the 68k CPU is turned off. Context-switches
will also be substantially faster.
Considering the fact that key components of the OS will
be PPC native, we can expect a nice performance gain.
Amiga-News: Will games like WipeOut 2097 or Heretic II run under OS4?
Thomas Frieden: We want to have full WarpUp compatibility, so
theoretically, they should work. It has to be tested,
though.
Hyperion will remaster all of its titles for OS 4 for
superior performance.
Amiga-News: In theory, it should be possible to catch direct access to custom chips registers and emulate
the custom chips using UAE code, right?
Thomas Frieden: In theory, yes. However, it's doubtful that this is
actually something that would be beneficial. UAE will
do a good job emulating old stuff, and with UAE, you'll
have full control over the environment, i.e. the CPU
used. As most programs that directly access the chipset
are unlikely to work reliably in an environment so
completely different from old Amigas, I'd say that UAE
is by far the better solution.
Amiga-News: Will there be something like "PuhDerBaer" für OS4?
Thomas Frieden: Uh, WTF is PuhDerBaer?
2. Boot process, File systems, AmigaOne BIOS
Amiga-News: Will the annoying "Disk not validated"-Problem be cured with the new implementation of FFS?
Thomas Frieden: No.
Amiga-News: Can I press both mouse buttons to enter the early startup menu?
Thomas Frieden: Yes.
Amiga-News: What will be in the early startup menu?
Thomas Frieden: It will remain the same for now, maybe some additional
options (for selecting the kernel configuration...)
Amiga-News: Early startup menu is in no way related to the motherboard BIOS, correct?
Thomas Frieden: Yes.
Amiga-News: What about filesystems? Can I connect my Classic Amiga HD to the A1 and access the contents? Will we
still have an RDB or will we get that "trendy" MBR?
Thomas Frieden: The disk format will not change. Definitely no MBR.
Amiga-News: Will it be possible to boot from external sources?
Thomas Frieden: This might be possible, but is not planned right now.
Amiga-News: What will be the boot time?
Thomas Frieden: Similar to what it is now, hopefully faster.
Amiga-News: What will be the floppy disk format? Will the AmigaOne be able to read my 880k Amiga disks?
Thomas Frieden: No, that's a limitation of the floppy controller used
in the A1. The Amiga has much more control over it's
floppy, which is not available in non-custom
controllers.
Amiga-News: Will OS4 automatically recognise if a floppy disk gets inserted?
Thomas Frieden: As this is not yet implemented, I can't really say.
However, floppy support is becoming more and more
unimportant right now, so I don't think too much energy
will be wasted on such a dead medium.
Amiga-News: How will a Classic Amiga boot OS4? A classic Amiga can't boot from a PPC filesystem,
how will that problem be solved?
Thomas Frieden: As there's still a 68k on the classic (which can't be
removed due to some signals that are still generated in
the 68k), the first boot wil always be done using the
68k. There's no reason why the file system structure
can't be used from 68k and PPC alike...
3. Supported Hardware, USB, Firewire
Amiga-News: What hardware will definately be supported by OS4 (Gfx,Sound,NICs,USB,etc. ...)?
Thomas Frieden: All of the above.
Amiga-News: What USB drivers will be available?
Thomas Frieden: Currently, the most important things to cover are
keyboards, mice, and HUBs. Other drivers will follow
later. Third parties like IoSpirit already have access
to our USB stack and will provide for support for
devices such as scanners.
Amiga-News: What will the USB stack look like? Will it have a GUI?
Thomas Frieden: With a limited GUI.
Amiga-News: Will OS4's USB stack be compatible with "Poseidon"?
Thomas Frieden: Doubtful.
Amiga-News: What about drivers for printers, scanner, CD-ROM etc.?
Thomas Frieden: This will remain in the hands of third parties for now
with the exception of the CD-ROM drivers.
Amiga-News: Are you working on a driver for PCI-Firewire?
Thomas Frieden: No. Firewire is low priority. It's scope is rather
limited, therefore it's not considered an essential
feature. Support will probably follow later, but it's
our firm believe that right now, other stuff is far
more important (USB, IDE, SCSI).
Amiga-News: Do you have access to documentation for the 'All In Wonder' Radeon 7500 and 8500 too?
Thomas Frieden: The chips on these cards are practically the same as on the other variants.
Amiga-News: If yes will there be drivers supporting the additional functionality of these cards?
Thomas Frieden: No, at least not initially.
Amiga-News: Would there be AHI support for the audio functionality of these cards?
Thomas Frieden: See above.
Amiga-News: Will 3D drivers for ATi Radeon 7500 be shipped with OS4.0?
Thomas Frieden: Not initially. The idea is to release OS 4 for the
Cyberstorm PPC first where there is no need for such a
driver (These boards are AGP only, AFAIK).
Amiga-News: Will 3D drivers for ATi Radeon 8500 ship with OS4.0?
Thomas Frieden: This will need to wait for the new version of Warp3D.
Amiga-News: Does OS4 run on the Pegasos?
Thomas Frieden: We don't have a Pegasos. Theoretically it would be very
easy to get OS 4 to run on the Pegasos considering the
very limited technical differences between the AmigaOne
and the Pegasos.
Amiga-News: What about hardware companies supporting OS4 (wrt scanners, printers)?
Thomas Frieden: None confirmed yet. However, we've been approached by
hardware manufactureres about support for OS4. I can't
tell any details yet, though.
Amiga-News: Will the BlizzardPPC be supported?
Thomas Frieden: Most likely.
Amiga-News: Will the BlizzardVision / CyberVisionPPC be supported?
Thomas Frieden: Yes.
4. Other OS4 modules
Amiga-News: What's the finalised feature list for OS4?
Thomas Frieden: See Amiga's web page.
Amiga-News: What new features will Intuition have?
Thomas Frieden: I'm sorry, but that question is too complex to answer
within the scope of this questionnaire.
Amiga-News: How much of the new features is finished already?
Thomas Frieden: The new intuition is about 95 % finished, last I
heard...
Amiga-News: What's IBrowse's status?
Thomas Frieden: Ibrowse 2.3 has been in beta-testing for a while now.
Amiga-News: What's the status of MUI 4.0?
Thomas Frieden: We have built a complete version of MUI using the
latest source-code.
Amiga-News: Will there be a new Ed?
Thomas Frieden: No, no new Ed. There are people that use vi, and there
are people that use emacs. I use GoldEd. Most people
have their favorite editor already. The system's editor
is meant for small changes, like changing
startup-sequence... most user will still want to go on
using their existing editor, though...
Amiga-News: How much is DOpus Magellan integrated? Will it be just an external Tool?
Thomas Frieden: That has not yet been decided.
Amiga-News: What new shell commands will be available?
Thomas Frieden: There will be a new shell, yes. This isn't really the
place to start listing individual shell commands.
Amiga-News: What's ARexx's future?
Thomas Frieden: Arexx will be preserved but we are looking at alternatives as a replacement down the line.
Amiga-News: Will there be multi-user support? Password protection?
Thomas Frieden: No, at least not in the initial version.
Amiga-News: Will Screen-Dragging be possible (again)?
Thomas Frieden: Such a feature is technically "challenging" on anything
but the classic hardware. If you run OS4 on a Amiga
native mode, it will be possible. But different
resolutions at the same time on a standard graphics
chip are impossible.
Amiga-News: Will OS4 stay video compatible? Will it still be possible to display the Workbench
on a TV (as long as the gfx card has TV-out)?
Thomas Frieden: If the driver supports it, yes. After all, this is just a matter of the driver.
Amiga-News: How secure is the TCP stack? What about Firewall software?
Thomas Frieden: I think a firewall is integrated. There's also the possibility for IP forwarding, which requires some firewall functionality...
Amiga-News: Will openening a Workbench window (and rendering the icons) still block the rest of the system?
Thomas Frieden: Sorry, don't know. AFAIK, this wasn't even the case on
the latest Workbench. but I could be mistaken...
5. Misc. Stuff
Amiga-News: Could you explain the various delays? What difficulties did you encounter? What unexpected
problems had to be solved?
Thomas Frieden: It would take us too far to discuss all the reasons for
the delays here. The main reason is that we decided to
fold most if not all of the functionality originally
planned for OS 4.2 into OS 4.0. Plus there's the fact
that we needed to develop the AmigaOne Bios after the
original development company (completely unrelated to
the Amiga market) failed to come up with the goods.
Amiga-News: What will we have to pay fo OS4? Will OS3.5/3.9 owners get a discount?
Thomas Frieden: Pricing has yet to be decided. No price-cuts are
planned for OS 3.5 and 3.9 buyers. OS 4.0 is the most
comprehensive OS update since 2.x to 3.0 and the
targetmarket is quite small. This leaves little room
for discounts.
Amiga-News: How can I become beta tester?
Thomas Frieden: Beta-testing will initially be carried out by selected
and trusted individuals who are known to the 30+ OS 4
developers.
Amiga-News: Will there be real manuals as PDF,HTML and AmigaGuide documents?
Thomas Frieden: Time permitting.
Amiga-News: Who will handle customer support (bug repots, requests)?
Thomas Frieden: This has yet to be finalised. Let's start with actually
releasing OS 4.
Amiga-News: What are the long term plans (AmigaOS5)? Will AmigaOS become CPU independant or run on multiple
CPUs (IA32, IA64, MIPS, SPARC...)?
Thomas Frieden: Sorry, you'll have to ask Amiga about this. Hyperion is
currently only interested in moving OS 4 forward and
ensuring its survival on a new and modern hardware
platform. Basically, the system has been "cleaned" a
bit of CPU dependencies.
However, I don't really see a good chance to run on
little endian CPUs... this doesn't only affect the
system, but all user code as well, and I would
definitely think that a lot of code will fail. Apart
from that, chances to run on IA64 are much smaller than
anything else (32 bit systems do no port well to 64 bit
systems, at least not when you want to use the extra 32
bits...)
Overall, all code working on a system wich also
includes little endian CPUs will have to take care
about the endian. This is not a problem in itself, but
I'm willing to predict that a lot of people will not
care about this. They will code for one specific CPU,
and this will lead to a real mess.
Amiga-News: What are the chances to get JAVA for AmigaOS?
Thomas Frieden: Better than before when AmigaDE can run hosted on OS 4.x.
Amiga-News: When will Quake2 be available for AmigaOS?
Thomas Frieden: Hopefully soon.
Amiga-News: Will there be Easter Eggs?
Thomas Frieden: If I'd tell you, I'd spoil the fun ;)
(ps)
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10.Sep.2002
Markus Heinemann (ANF)
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New website about the Amiga by 'Redhorse'
Dear Amigans!
I want to present my new website: http://www.amigatoday.de.tf. The site is extended regurlarly and new ideas are welcome, send an email to me.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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10.Sep.2002
(ANF)
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Music: New Up Rough Release Out
Super Sharp Shuriken EP feat. Samuel aka Substance & Nasley is out!
(This is a music disk!). Four jazzy d'n'b tracks. This one also includes
a brand new and STUNNING paperdoll by Royal.
Get your copy today here. (ps) (Translation: gf)
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09.Sep.2002
Amigan Software
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Game: Worm Wars version 7.2
Version 7.2 of Worm Wars has been released. The game requires OS2.04+ and
PAL/DblPAL as well as an MC68020+.
Download: WormWars.lha (625 KB)
(ps)
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09.Sep.2002
Elwood on ANN
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AmigaOS4 Status Update
As shown at the French Amiga show this week-end, here is the
status update of the AmigaOS4 project.
- Exec will be finished this week.
- Ramlib is done.
- DOS is done.
- Intuition is 95% done. The new sys-i class still needs to be added.
Work scheduled for completion end of the month. The prefs program
is done at 80%.
- Graphics is done.
- Layers is done.
- Utility is done.
- Iffparse is done.
- cia.ressource, audio.device and timer.device done at 99%.
- keyboard.device done at 99% (a few lines of ASM code left)
- input.device done.
- keymap.library done.
- lowlevel.library done.
- utility.library done.
- clip handler
This is the very first release of the cliphandler, i.e.
the CONCLIP: device, that provides clipboard support on
the level of the dos stream I/O. It also provides a
simple library for applications that cannot call the
dos.library directly.
- Queue handler done.
- Shell, features added, bugs fixed.
- CDFS is done.
- FFS2 is done. Plugin feature added allowing (plugins can be added
to some partitions for encryption, caching, mirroring....)
i.e. you can write a plugin that allows you to encrypt automatically all files copied into a partition.
- AmiDock is done. One of the so many features are the Dockies. These are plugins that allow the user to
add active content into the dock like a running clock or a lens that displays the area under the mouse
pointer, or ... whatever you want ! Who will write a demo in a Docky ? :-)
- GhostScript is added. It allows to create/display PostScript or PDF. Also a port of xPDF will be added.
- USB stack (with Subway/Highway/Thyclacine support)
- Soundblaster Live drivers!
- MUI
- IBrowse 2.3
- PPC native datatypes
- Reaction (95% finished)
- MediaToolbox
- PartitionWizard
- ft2.manager, diskfont.library. You'll now be able to open all sort of font formats...
Items still outstanding for OS 4:
- SCSI driver
- Remaining Intuition/Reaction work (5%)
- Roadshow GUI completion
- 2D driver completion (5% remaining)
- 68K emulation integration
- AmigaInput (nearly done)
Best regards,
Ben Hermans
Managing partner Hyperion Entertainment
(ps)
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09.Sep.2002
amos factory
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Programming language: Mattathias becomes Open Source
Mattathias BASIC, a programming language written in ANSI C, has become Open
Source under "GNU General Public License (GPL)". After six weeks of
planning and checking, there is already a first pre-alpha version. The official
project pages and further information can be found at
Sourceforge.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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09.Sep.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 11.09.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games you only can play on disks on your
hard disk. The following games are added or updated:
- 11.09.02 new: Static Chaos (Silents) done by Psygore
- 11.09.02 new: Garfield: Big, Fat, Hairy Deal (The Edge) done by Codetapper
- 09.09.02 new: Pro PowerBoat Simulator (Codemasters) done by Codetapper
- 09.09.02 new: Coala (Empire) done by JOTD
- 08.09.02 new: Giddy (Phil Ruston) done by Codetapper
- 08.09.02 new: Thug Life (Essence) done by Psygore
- 08.09.02 updated: Dogs of War (Elite Systems) loader optimised
- 07.09.02 improved: Chromagic (Dual-Crew Shining) interrupts fixed for 040/060 processors
- 07.09.02 improved: Sonic Attack (Dual-Crew Shining) interrupts fixed for 040/060 processors
- 05.09.02 updated: Axel's Magic Hammer (Core Design/Gremlin) supports another version
- 04.09.02 new: Axel's Magic Hammer (Core Design/Gremlin) done by Codetapper
- 04.09.02 improved: 4D Sports Boxing (Mindscape) various improvements
- 03.09.02 new: Drip (Art Skiles) done by DJ Mike
- 03.09.02 new: Steigar (Screen 7) done by DJ Mike
- 03.09.02 new: Multi Megamix 3 (Kefrens) done by Psygore
(ps)
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09.Sep.2002
Jürgen Schober (E-Mail)
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Event: Pegasos and AmigaOne at O.A.S.E.
For the first time in Austria, Pegasos and AmigaOne G3SE will be shown at next weekend's O.A.S.E. in Graz.
The Pegasos will be demontrated by DYXS GmbH, a Thendic France partner.
The current AmigaOne G3SE Board has arrived at the organisers PointDesign
already in Rev. B, so at least they'll be able to show a current version of the
BIOS.
Besides MorphOS on the Pegasos, parts of AmigaOS 4 will be demonstrated.
Furthermore the USB cards Thylacine and Highway will be presented with USB
devices. You will also be able to see the Norway Ethernet module, Mirage 4000T,
and much more.
For the first time in Austria: Linux on Playstation 2, as well as 2 Gamecubes
with current games for the gamers.
The O.A.S.E. Open Amiga Southeast Europe Show will take place on 14th and 15th
September 2002 in the Hotel Europa in Graz, Austria. Further information about
this event can be found on the O.A.S.E. web site.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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09.Sep.2002
Andre Pfeiffer (E-Mail)
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Tool: TWINKICK-GENERATOR / Amiga1000 Kickdisk with OS1.3 and OS3.1
This tool from Andre Pfeiffer generates a Kickstart-Disk for the
A1000-Amiga with OS1.3 and OS3.1 on 1 Disk.
Download: twinkick.lha
The tool requires a disk with two files:
- OS1.3 (V34.5) named "KICK13.ROM" (A500/A1000/A2000)
- OS3.1 (V40.063) named "KICK31.ROM" (A500/A600/A2000)
- (You can generate this files with the "GRABKICK"-Tool from Aminet)
- Don't forget to rename the files!
Execute the tool "TKG.EXE" and follow the instructions. That's all!
Turn on your A1000 and insert your new Kickstart, during the boot process
you will see a short instruction.
IMPORTANT:
This Kickstart requires an A1000 with 2MB or more FastMem
located at $200000 (works with AutoConfig and NonAutoConfig-Expansions).
(Does not work with more than one external MemoryExpansion!)
EXTRAS:
- OS3.1 works with NonAutoConfigMemory
- OS1.3 includes a "Game-Mode", better PAL-Check, Virus-Checker and
some bugfixes
(ps)
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09.Sep.2002
WinUAE.net (ANF)
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Emulator: WinUAE 0.8.22 Release 1 (08.09.2002)
Since yesterday, the Amiga emulator WinUAE 0.8.22 Release 1 by Toni
Wilen for Win95, Win98, WinME, Win2K and WinXP has been available in the
download area of the WinUAE home page. (Unfortunately, winuae.net currently
seems to be down, please write any known mirror addresses into the
comments!).
The following changes have been implemented:
- UAE 0.8.22 merge, bumped version number (but most changes were already included in R4)
- 68000 CHK-instruction fix (Days of Thunder) and exception 3 handling update
- real 68000 prefetch emulation ("100 most remembered C64 games" and more)
- some custom chipset fixes (sprite-playfield collisions, graphics corruption)
- keyboard fix (some key presses were missed when pressing multiple keys)
- A1000 emulation fixes
- AVIOutput update (Sane)
- input-tab updates
- vsync works properly in interlaced screen modes
- sound updates/changes (DirectSound, uses UAE timing in non-JIT/vsync modes and more...)
- filesystem bug fixes
- CD32 pad numeric keypad emulation works again
- fixed joystick bugs in compatibility mode
- fast RAM state save fix
- bsdsocket fix (Stephan Riedelbeck)
- disk emulation fixes
New features:
- full harddisk image support (hdtoolbox, RDB, custom filesystems, SFS and PFS3 confirmed working)
- uaescsi.device improvements, confirmed compatible with CacheCDFS, AmiCDFS and AsimCDFS
(disk change support added and use of direct scsi-mode is not needed anymore)
- Action Replay 1 support (but breakpoints don't work)
- CPU idle (tries to detect use of STOP-instruction, may not be complatible with all Amiga software..)
- floppy speed slider is back
- new AHI code and driver (Bernd Roesch)
- Amiga <> Windows clipboard support (Bernd Roesch)
- on the fly switching between OpenGL and DirectDraw mode
- on the fly switching between vsync and non-vsync mode
- compressed Kickstart ROM image support
- build-in screenshot function, shortcut key: F11 (Sane)
- experimental (and much slower) cycle-exact cpu and blitter emulation mode.
WARNING: requires at least 50%+ more cpu power than "regular" mode.
Athlon XP/Pentium IV + DDR/RAMBUS RAM highly recommended!
WARNING2: Frameskip must be set to 1.
WARNING3: very experimental, timing is quite far from perfection.
- wkeykill.dll support (disables Windows-keys)
- OpenGL scanline brightness slider added
- and more..
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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09.Sep.2002
CD32-Allianz (ANF)
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CD32-Allianz web site temporarily inaccessible
As some might already have noticed, the home page of the CD32-Allianz is
currently inaccessible. The reason for this is not that we are giving up, but rather
that we have exceeded our server space, and have thus been shut down
(Arcor has halved the web space to 25 MB).
Some cover scans have now been deleted, and we hope to get activated again
soon. Of course there will be another announcement on amiga-news.de when that
happens! Regarding the increasing need for web space we will then think of a
solution.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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09.Sep.2002
ANN
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Instant-Messenger: AmiComSys V2.3
On 8th September 2002, Håkan Parting has published version 2.3 of the
instant messenger 'AmiComSys'. This version contains a.o.t. various bug fixes
and introduces some new features (see readme).
The program works similar to the well known ICQ (Who is online? Private chat.
Public chat. Posting of files.).
AmiComSys needs AmigaOS 3.0+, CPU 68020+, amarquee.library V54+ (included) and
MUI.
In addition to the AmiComSys archive, the MUI custom class NList V20.106+ is
required.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Sep.2002
Markus Lunk (E-Mail)
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ComputerPartner: Amiga reports back
ComputerPartner Nr. 35 of 5th September 02 writes on page 16:
'Amiga reports back - namely in the form of a software platform for the
newest Smartphone by Sendo. The english mobile phone manufacturer will provide the "Z100" with "Amiga Anywhere". This will contain among others
Amiga games - new as well as well known ones. Furthermore the mobile phone will
offer business applications and messaging services.
www.sendo.com.'
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08.Sep.2002
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Event: Pictures of Alchimie 2 and Amiga Expo in France (Update)
Martin Heine writes:
According to first reports, Thendic demonstrated 10 Pegasos computers with the
current if not yet finished version of MorphOS.
On show were a.o. 'Ambient' (the MorphOS workbench), which sports a.o. 24bit
PNG icons and a lister a la Magellan 2. (sd)
Update 09.09.2002:
here you will find
other picture von this event.
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08.Sep.2002
Carsten Schröder (ANF)
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Magazine: AMIGA aktuell 09/2002 published
On 9th September 2002, Carsten Schröder has published the German language
September issue of the magazine 'AMIGA aktuell': This issue contains a.o.:
- a review of the new internet strategy game 'Tales of Tamar',
- a review of the likewise new economic simulation 'Software Tycoon',
- an extensive special on the game 'BabeAnoid',
- the fourth part of the workshop about using Ghostscript 6.50,
- an article about programming a monthly calendar in PHP,
- a summary of the newest announcements by Thendic-France,
- (alas) an explicit word or two about the lack of participation,
and much more
AMIGA aktuell 09/2002 can be read as well as downloaded in HTML or AmigaGuide format on the
web site.
The graphics are located in a separate file:
'Aakt0902GFX.lha' and belong in the same directory as the Guide version or in
the 'img' directory within the HTML version.
Download:
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08.Sep.2002
A.D.A.
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A.D.A.: Kheshkhash (PPC demo)
On 8th September 2002, the PPC demo 'Kheshkhash' has been added to the Amiga
Demoscene Archive (A.D.A.). This demo was created in cooperation of Encore and
Scenic and ranked 5th on the Mekka Symposium 2002. It is presented with 29
screen shots on its A.D.A. page.
System requirements: PPC, graphics card (8MB or more), WarpOS, CyberGraphX,
Warp3D, StormMESA, AHI.
Download: scenic_encore_-_kheshkhash.zip (8.3M)
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Sep.2002
Amiga Future
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Mailer: SimpleMail V0.17
On 7th September 2002, version 0.17 of the eMail client 'SimpleMail' has been published. The following changes have been made as compared to the previous
version:
- New: Now shows user@popserver in show single account submenu.
- New: Recipient's address may be entered later.
- New: Added search function.
- Changed: When closing the message composition window, the message is now
not saved instead of deleted.
Download: simplemail.lha (390K)
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Sep.2002
Amiga Community
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Mac-Emulator: Basilisk II for 68k Amigas
On 7th September, SixK published his port of Macintosh emulator 'Basilisk II'
for 68k Amigas.
According to SixK, this emulator is currently not as fast and compatible as
Shapeshifter.
It has been successfully tested with MacOS 7.0.1. On SixK's Amiga it didn't run
with MacOS 7.6.1.
This port has so far not been tested with MacOS 8.0.0.
Download: BasiliskII-1.0.lzx
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Sep.2002
AMIGAplus
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Amiga-Emulator: UAE V0.8.21 for 68k Amigas
Already on 30th August 2002, SixK published his port of version 0.8.21 of the
Amiga emulator UAE for 68k Amigas.
This version is a bit slower than version 0.8.8 beta 1 by Sam Devulder, but it
runs games like Speedball 2, and, according to SixK, seems to have better
sound support.
Further information about this port is available through the title link.
Download: uae-0.8.21.lzx
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Sep.2002
AMIGAplus
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Spiel: Space War 3 by Inutilis revised
On 6th September 2002, Inutilis have published a revised and AGA compatible
version of their own action game
'Space War 3' (of 1995).
Download: spacewar3.lha (399K)
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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08.Sep.2002
GFX-BASE
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GFX-BASE: Workbench competition
In the course of the workbench competition, three new screen shots have been
added to the WB-Gallery
on GFX-BASE. So now there have been 27
workbench screenshots received.
The competition is running for a further 5 days until 12th September 2002.
First prize will be 'Earth' or 'WipeOut', and second prize 'PuzzleBOBs' (all
games support graphics cards).
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