@Raziel

Yes, its much better isnt it? But for some reason I've never installed SFS on my boot partition. I had used SFS for everything else.

My SYS: partition (using FFS2) crashed the other day. I had a backup handy and I was able to correct the problem easily. (I had a week old backup on BACKUP_SYS:, and as luck would have it, I had a 1 hour old backup on DVD+RW).. SYS: was corrupted and wouldnt revalidate or boot, so I booted on my backup drive, then went into Media toolbox and killed two birds with one stone. I set the partition to SFS/00, and in the process it wiped it clean for me (it didnt want to reformat without locking up). So I changed the filesystem, saved the changes, did a warm reset, did a quick format, then copied the contents of CD0:dh0/ back over to SYS: and was done in 20 minutes.. easy.

But anyway.. today, I had to do a job with Abiword. Previously, it would take around a minute for it to startup. But I noticed that it now starts up in around 10 seconds like on my friends A1! I wonder if SFS on my SYS: partition made the difference? I didnt think there were many x11 files used on SYS:..

I just thought you guys might find this interesting. :)

@thread

http://wookiechat.amigarevolution.com ... /wookie_nicklist_leds.png

The graphics are square cos I cant work out transparencies.. if you dont like them, you can make your own and copy them over! Of course, you can switch these on and off on the fly.

Also, heres the latest entry from the changelog:

- Tried to fix history (using cursor up/down). It seems to function perfect now. The problem was that I have a list of channels, with a pointer for traversing the list, and a pointer for the currently viewed channel at all times. It seems I wasnt performing the sanity check on the right pointer. Also, I fixed the problem where it wouldnt display the last entry. This is yet another example of code I wrote years ago when still learning that has been redone better, now that I'm getting better at programming.

(I havent gotten it to crash now).

EDIT: She's so beautiful!
http://wookiechat.amigarevolution.com ... chat/beta/wookie_shot.png

@abalaban

There are new strings to be translated, and I will email all my translators when the time comes. Might be a week or so.

@Mikey_C

This is whats in BETA 5 (unreleased) so far.. it still needs a bit of work here and there. I need to fix up the clipboard hook a bit for multi columned display..

- Leaving the mouse pointer over the top of the topic string gadget will make a help bubble appear with the channels topic inside. This feature is useful when you want to read the topic and its longer than the width of the string gadget.

- Graphical Smilies implemented. Go to "Main Settings > Server" and tick the boxes. Make sure you have gif or png datatypes installed on OS3 systems. The following smilies are currently hardcoded: :P :D :) ;) :/ :(

- I've now labeled the Download Path field in the Incoming Transfers window. I thought the window looked neater without it, but many users could not figure out how to configure their downloads directory without it! so its there now!

- You can now choose an External Sound Replayer for CTCP SOUND requests. Go to "Main Settings > Sounds"

- The brackets around nicks is now gone in the MultiColumned display mode.

- The space on either side of the separater bar in the muliticolumned display is now larger (8 pixels instead of 4), and looks nicer IMO. But it can now be configured as a power user function. Save your settings, and edit settings.txt. Look for the "DELTA" line.


EDIT: Oh, P.S. BenderIRC had graphical smileys years ago! But I couldnt get that to run very well under OS4.. havent tried it recently though. :)

@Mikey_C

I think the lucky ones who have an A1 should be trying to stick it out for the time being.. I'm definitely not going anywhere! Enjoy the software we have. Skinnable Tunenet is coming out soon, and if we're lucky we might have x11 firefox and/or Sputnik soon too. Dont you love using Amiga apps? and getting stuff done under your favourite OS? dont sell up, man!

@kvasir

I have my workbench partition set to FFS for some reason that I cant remember.. but all my other partitions are SFS. and you're right, SFS is so much faster, its awesome. I really noticed it in SimpleMail. I wonder if someone can answer your question.. I'm curious now too. :)

@jahc

Just joking btw. I like ZAmi, i just wanted an amusing thread for my SIMOAMI propaganda. :)

Thanks chip. :P

SIMOAMI is better!

jahc's SIMOAMI workbench #1
jahc's SIMOAMI workbench #2

I modified this theme slightly, made the ghosted buttons a bit lighter, less dark greyish..

@spotUP

Re: USB adapter..

I've been very lazy, and maybe a little too busy as well.. but anyway, I was lying in bed last night until 2am thinking about my x-arcade sticks and the tests I need to do on them to formulate a more complete review. So.. I finally jumped out of bed into the cold, and tried the Tank Stick with the A1 using the USB adapter (again).

I left my PS/2 keyboard plugged into the A1 (my old one got fried 2 days ago somehow), and plugged the stick into the USB. Now, it booted. I was able to type fine in a shell, but I pressed the buttons on the stick, and.... it didnt work! I was gutted! But then about 3 seconds later, a window flashed up and disapeared on Workbench.. I caught a glimpse of "X-Arcade" in the window.. then I started pressing my buttons, and like magic it started printing text in the window! So it appears the USB adapter works EXACTLY like the PS/2 adapter! It turns the x-arcade stick into a KEYBOARD DEVICE in other words.

So, we configured X-Men Vs StreetFighter and me and my brother had a bash.. but unfortunately heres where the bugs started to creep in.. it appears that when we're bashing the controls at the same time, every now and again the XMAME screen goes to the back and Workbench pops up to the front. So I have to switch back to the XMAME screen repeatedly... It seemed to happen when me and my brother tried to do our special moves at the same time, which require all 3 punch buttons to be pressed at once... so we were sending about 6 keyboard events to the machine at once. But before I could do any further testing, my machine acted up and needed a reset (it seems to do that sometimes when its extremely cold or extremely hot).. and it was very early in the morning, so I put off any further tests.

Now, I gotta try and reproduce the problem for my article. But at least we know the USB adapter works on the A1. I'll find out if its compatible with my solo player stick, and test that too.. I'll see if the workbench popping to front problem exists with that setup. It's never done that before using the PS/2 adapter.

One last thing.. it appears my PS/2 interface on my Tank Stick doesnt work properly. It could be two things.. 1. its fucked. 2. the computers I've tried it on cant supply enough power to both the tank stick and keyboard (it states in the manual that this might be a problem).

@bean

How goes the progress? I'm waiting for the version with better sound quality that doesnt tie up the audio hardware.. also the GUI system will be sweet.

I did tests with x11 today. When scrolling windows in x11, SimplePlay would be very jumpy. Tunenet didnt jump once!

Damn.. I couldnt get the tank stick to function on my A1 with either PS/2 or USB.. and then when I plugged my A1's keyboard back in after a while, it doesnt work properly anymore.. so I'm using another keyboard I found in my junk. :) I used the tank stick with USB on the PC though. It's great. The weight makes it perfect, it doesnt move while you're playing. $350 nzd and I'm already sick of it 1 hour?later?(hehe). I just need to find some better opponents maybe. I dominate my brothers. :P I have to admit I'm slightly unbeatable.

@rwo

Re: USB adapter

I only got the PS/2 adapter. BUT.. I've decided to shell out the money and get a Tank Stick, which has built in USB functionality. So I will attempt to hook that up tonight somehow. I'm going to pick it up in 2-3 hours. I'm not looking forwards to this, because I had problems with AmigaInput under Update4, let alone hacking the files together and using it under OS4 Final. :(

I've got a few computers in this room, The A1 is MY machine, so I'm going to keep the 1 player stick connected there, and hook up the Tank Stick to one of the PCs which the kids use. However, I will try and check out AmigaInput compatibility sometime! Then I will update the Review accordingly. :)

http://www.amigans.net/modules/AMS/article.php?storyid=19

This is my entry for the article writing competition.. hope you like it. It has subtle humour and good technical information. Also, its not too long so even people with short attention spans should be able to get through it okay. :)

Mikey's got gas!

@COBRA

Is it correct that you're working on DVD Menu support?

@Mikey_C

klesterjr's banner looks a lot nicer... I'd make this the default if you can.

@Helge

Quote:
Tell me, which one of Amigadev India's products will replace the products that are licensed from Tao?

@Helge

Quote:
Theres mentions of AmigaOS on their new site. They just did a complete redesign and could have chosen to left it out, but they didnt.

http://amiga.com/about/history/?t=os

@pjs

If you're making a data cd, with files and drawers from your hard drive, you should be using the ISO Builder.. which is the MUI page on the left. ("Data/Audio Tracks" is on the right).

You should use the "Data/Audio tracks" page if you want to create music cds with AIFF/WAV/MP3 files, or if you download an .iso file, and you want to put it on a cd.

P.S. It might be a good idea for you to buy a cdrw disc, so you can play with Frying Pan until it works, and not waste any more discs. In fact, these are handy anyway so theres less waste.