@Joerg

P96 is a dead end in development terms. For years the RadeonHD and RX drivers have their own resource which bypasses many of the constraints of P96 and the original graphics lib. The RadeonHD and RX drivers are not simply drivers.

There are other solutions now that are much better than being locked into the old P96 API.

@Joerg

Yes A-EON purchased it from the original developer some years ago along with SP-Engine. Partition Gadget Class was also purchased by A-EON.

@Kas1e

PCIgraphics.card is owned by A-EON as well as ATIRadeon.card- most of the 2D drivers except for Voodoo etc

The old graphics lib with P96 cludged on is based on 1980/1990s code and cannot be worked around any longer. There are alternative solutions.

This is also applicable to Workbench. This is why we have used our own solution, AmiBench, in the A600GS.

Key components of OS4 are owned by A-EON and other third parties. For example, A-EON owns most of the 2D graphics system, Warp3D, MediaToolBox etc.

A substantial amount of components have been developed from scratch replacing files which could be tied up in yet more legal entanglements. This work has been done over the last 6 years in anticipation of this event happening.

Full changelog since last public release:

Version 5.20 2023/05/25
- Fixed a potential crash in the find card code when the card is already in
use

Version 5.19 2023/04/18
- Fixed an infinite loop in code to get PCIe speed capabilities, which would
trigger if the parent PCIe device isn't the root controller

Version 5.18 2023/02/14
- Disabled GART for the Sam460 again (was accidentally enabled)
- The usleep() threshold for using the timer device was broken a while ago.
FIXED
- Rewrote usleep() so it no longer needs to open/close the timer device
every time there's a longer delay (lowers overhead)

Version 5.17 2022/11/18
- Now skips attempting to initialize the card altogether if the card is
already in use

Version 5.16 2022/11/17
- Fixed a potential crash if initializing the driver failed

Version 5.15 2022/10/18
- Enabled the UVD interrupt (trap handler)
- Fixed interrupt handling for the Sam460. Caching on PCIe reads from VRAM
was causing the interrupt handler to read stale data, resulting in missed
interrupts which, in turn, causes a complete freeze. Added fallback and
workaround code (#917)

Today the following public releases have been made available to download on Updater utility:

RadeonHD v5.20 (Sam 460)

@kas1e

Our developer is going to write the developer docs to accompany the new Picture Datatype and AK-ILBM. These documents will be uploaded to the offical Wiki. There are months of development to cover in these documents.

One nice feature of the AK-ILBM datatype introduced this week is that it supports byterun2 decoding for the Atari ST variant ILBM forms. Saving (DTM_WRITE) is now also enabled.


@Maijestro

All the changes to the 68K version are made to the PPC version and vice versa. They essential share the same code base.

Some good development work in the last few weeks on AK-Datatypes: AK-ILBM updated, Picture Datatype updated and Datatypes Library updated in their PPC (V54) and 68K (V46) versions.

We are upgrading these ready for the forthcoming Enhancer Software V2.3 and also the A600GS.

AK-ILBM Datatype V54.19 / V46.19
Datatypes Library V54.24 / V46.24
Picture Datatype V54.9 / V46.9

@AmigaOldskooler

No, AmigaKit FR is getting ready for general sale. First stock arriving is for Early Adopters very shortly. A date for non-early adopters will be added to the webstore in the next week or so.

@livebyfaith74

When you launch AMIStore and login, please click the key symbol in My Purchases window next to AmiPhoto. It will reveal your serial key code.

Thanks.

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Very interesting, we will be keen to look into this. We test it with AK-Datatypes which is also included on the Enhancer Software.

@Futaura

It is distributed complete without modification of any docs/licences under the third parties "Packages" tab. There is absolutely no assertion it is developed by either AmigaKit or A-EON.

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Going forward A600GS version could benefit from some native ARM code optimisations

@Maijestro

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All A-EON X5000 and A1222+ users have Updater utility preloaded on their systems. This is the official way of Updating their system software from A-EON. So it makes sense to also support and help third party developments such as AmiSSL etc.


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The A600GS uses AmiBench Release V46.1. This is compiled from the very same codebase of the Enhancer Software components. It features all the Command set that has been developed for the Enhancer Software over the last few years. It features some gadgets, classes and of course the full AK-Datatypes package. Our new Datatypes Library and Picture Datatype classes are included. It also has AmiSphereServer ready to use Updater tool and AMIStore. It is compatible with OS3.x.

@kas1e

AmiSSL is opensource package distributed on Aminet, OS4Depot, GitHub and many other sites. There is no reason it cannot be made more widely available to the many hundreds of users who use Updater tool. It is both convenient and useful for end-users.

Going forward, Updater utility will also be distributed with the soon to be released A600GS and there will be an even wider audience who will be interesting in updating to the latest AmiSSL package.

Today the following public releases have been made available to download on Updater utility:

AmiSSL v5.14

Some exciting news: the feature most requested for OctaMED is now working. After 28 years AHI support has been added! No more hacks to get it working with sound cards.



Some additional bug fixes have been made. It now uses some Enhancer Software classes. More GUI development work will be done going forward.

Expect to see OctaMED 8 debuting on the A600GS in two months time and then on general sale as a boxed product and digital download.

@trixie

"Pretty useless shoebox" ?

That includes a full licence for the Enhancer Software V2 which is worth that price alone, along with all the other software and peripehrals included...

Perhaps its worth researching before posting..

@Maijestro

Updater tool uses our Amisphere server for it's downloads.

@khayoz

The blank lines should not be in the Updater tool. Are you sure you are using this to download the software purchases or are you using Amistore itself?

If you are using Amistore try Updater utility to download your past purchases. Go to My Purchases tab and they should all be listed:

Today the following public releases have been made available to download on Updater utility:

AmiSSL v5.12