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Re: Upcoming Mirari PPC motherboard

Posted on: 1/3 15:33 #1

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@Skateman

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I have shipped all boards sofar with an 8GB Ram module. And if possible i will try to do so.

At least we don't have to worry about DDR5 prices. In August 2023 I paid £86 for a 32GB dual simm kit and today Crucial are selling the same kit for £379.

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Rob

Re: New to Sam460ex

Posted on: 12/9 16:14 #2

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@Rob
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The Radeon 6570 will be useful for installing the drivers from the Enhancer package before switching to a newer card.

I forgot to mention that you can create a modified ISO with the Radeon RX driver so that you won't have to switch back to the 6570 if you ever need to recover or re-install OS4.1.

The modification you need are covered by these threads.

https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/ ... id=135388#forumpost135388

https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/ ... id=144267#forumpost144267

The current version of AmiDVD doesn't work with 4.1 update 3 so it's advisable to create you alternative ISO before installing update 3.

Alternatively you can use MakeCD to create the ISO, which can eiter be burned to disk or copied to USB.

https://www.estamos.de/makecd/

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Rob

Re: New to Sam460ex

Posted on: 12/6 19:21 #3

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@3VILC

Radeon RX550 and RX560 are good cards to pair with the Sam460, with both 3D accelerattion hardware video decoding. Manufacturer and model shouldn't matter but user with said combinations to advise you if you want to be sure.

The Radeon 6570 will be useful for installing the drivers from the Enhancer package before switching to a newer card.

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Re: Upcoming Mirari PPC motherboard

Posted on: 12/6 10:43 #4

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@MazinKaesar
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What is the video card used in your tests? We will still need to buy the Radeon Driver package?

Probably an X1950 or similar under MorphOS since anything above that still doesn't have 3D support, although efforts are being made in that direction.

You'll still need Enhancer for the Southern Islands and Polaris based cards (or any other PCIe Radeon for that matter) when running OS4.

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Re: Upcoming Mirari PPC motherboard

Posted on: 2025/11/15 19:54 #5

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@Skateman

Is a 2081 version still plaanned?

The prices seem to vary quite a bit but I can't understand why Arrow are asking such a low price for this part number. It might be a good idea to buy all 120 before someone else does.

www.arrow.com/en/products/t2081nsn8ttb/nxp-semiconductors

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Rob

Re: AmigaOS4 FE update 3 incoming from Amiga40 Germany

Posted on: 2025/10/19 15:07 #6

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@ddni

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One big shock was to see it running on a Mac Mini

Is it the version that was leaked in December 2007 or has there been further development more recently?

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Rob

Re: The Settlers II Gold Edition Comes to Amiga – October 18, 2025

Posted on: 2025/8/14 21:12 #7

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@TheMagicSN

Just pre-ordered my copy of Settlers II.

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Re: The Settlers II Gold Edition Comes to Amiga – October 18, 2025

Posted on: 2025/8/14 20:52 #8

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I'm not asking for a free update.

I'd be willing to pay for an update that requires the original discs from the 2000 release to install the game. Half the price of the full release would be acceptable.

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Re: The Settlers II Gold Edition Comes to Amiga – October 18, 2025

Posted on: 2025/8/14 6:45 #9

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@TheMagicSN
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@utri007: The Heretic 2 Licence does not allow digital sale.

Pity there isn't an upgrade option for people who bought the original release back in the day. I already have a presentation box and manual and can't justify £55 when I just need the the OS4 executable.

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Rob

Re: AmiBrowser: new modern web browser

Posted on: 2025/8/10 19:32 #10

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@vagappc

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Why Amigakit has written this application only for Amyberry and ignore us.

Probably because there was a greater necessity to use a solution like this on a 68k platform, and the hardware to do it was already there.

Maybe they'll do something for OS4 once they've got a feature complete browser.

Edited by Rob on 2025/8/10 19:57:24

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Rob

Re: G-Wars

Posted on: 2025/6/25 21:57 #11

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@LiveForIt

The only tooltypes relating relating to vsync in the monitor driver are for setting the minimum and max. Both are set at 60 on my system.

If a game uses vsynch it it should just lock the frame rate in relation to the refresh rate of the monitor. It more about maintaning a consistent frame rate than limiting the speed at which the game itself runs.

If you compare my video to NovaCoder's own video you can see there are issue beyond the speed at which the game runs. The game scrolls or jumps beyond the boundaries of the gamneplay area and object are also drawn beyond that boundary.

Black listing the game so it runs using interpreted 68k emulation makes no difference, well maybe a few more seconds before the game over message is displayed.

MorphOS user have reported it to be running fine on their systems although one did have a problem with the player ship not being drawn correctly.

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Rob

G-Wars

Posted on: 2025/6/23 21:50 #12

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I recently spotted this game from NovaCoder at EAB.

https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=119350

The game requires a high end 68k system i.e. PiStorn and uses RTG and AHI. It can be found below.

https://aminet.net/package/game/shoot/G-WARS

I gave it a try on OS4.1 on my X1000 as it should in theory be compatible but the results are not as they should be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHRxqHyVO5E

I wonder if anyone else can test on other OS4.1 systems to see if they have the same issue.

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Rob

Re: Pegasos2 with RadeonHD/RX via bridge

Posted on: 2025/4/17 22:43 #13

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@Estrayk

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When you recommend the ‘pericom’ bridge, I see on startech.com that they only have a model that converts PCI to PCIe (short) so how the hell do you connect an HD/RX there?

PCIe x1-x16 adapters are fairly inexpensive.

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Or is it that there are graphics cards in PCie (mini) HD/RX ?

The Radeon 6450 seems to have been the last card available in PCI or PCIe x1 versions.

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Rob

Re: Open sourced NVIDIA GPU driver

Posted on: 2025/3/29 23:02 #14

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@sailorQuote:

It makes more sense to upgrade a little current Radeon drivers, for example have RadeonHD v.5 for A1222+ and Sam440ep-flex and H.265 decoder for Polaris cards. And - if there are enough time and power - slowly develop driver for more modern AMD.

Southern Islands and Polaris cards also have VCE ASIC which isn't utilised in Amiga OS. I don't know if it's part of A-EON/Han's to create an API and drivers to enable hardware video encoding.

Hardware video encoding support brings the possiblity of more capable video editing software or SRec (screen recorder) having VCE support.

Supporting additional cards brings new headaches for no real gains in terms of new system capabilities.

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Rob

Re: Amiga 1222: Catweasel MK4 and a graphics card at the same time?

Posted on: 2025/3/16 16:34 #15

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@FirstNinja

The Catweasel Mk2 can be connected to an IDE port. AmigaKit did sell a cable and drivers so it could be used with the X1000's IDE port. In theory it should work with a SATA to IDE adapter, Epsilon has this setup so maybe he could test it with his A1222 to confirm.

Catweasel Mk2 shouldn't be anymore difficult to find than the PCI versions. I'm sure if you contact Amigakit (best to PM at amiga.org) they'd be willing to supply the required cable and drivers.

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Rob

Re: EntwicklerX: Super Star Blast for AmigaOS4.1 released!

Posted on: 2024/12/20 16:51 #16

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@mdr

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Having a proper session down in AmigaLand - Transplant rocking on the A1200, and Super Star Blast going on my X5000.

You just need to get hold of Seek and Destroy now. There's an Amiga version for your A1200 and enhanced DOS version for emulation on your X5000.

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Rob

Re: Why not use the second core for chipset emulation?

Posted on: 2024/10/10 0:02 #17

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@NinjaCyborg

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Which brings me to the idea I posed in the title. On the PowerPC machines that have an extra core that isn't used, could it be feasible to use that core to run a chipset emulator? If it's never preempted, it should be easier to keep timing, albeit it has to emulate several different chips, but none of them run at clock speeds close to the core's real clock speed.

The question would be how much additional and useful software would be able to run directly in OS4 with such a solution. I sold my BPPC before OS4 was available for it so I've never been able to make a comparision between PPC hardware with the chipset and hardware without. I do know that WHDload is fundamentally incompatible with OS4, so the vast majority of games that require the chipset simply cant be run without resorting to UAE.

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Rob

Re: AmiStore purchases and downloads

Posted on: 2024/10/9 23:34 #18

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@Hans
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You mean get users to sign a pre-authorization agreement on an Amistore website which then enables them to purchase from the Amistore with one click?**

Yes, I think that could be done.

I think that would be the optimal solution for most users and alternative payment options from within the Amistore app for users that want to use a different payment method.

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Rob

Re: AmiStore purchases and downloads

Posted on: 2024/10/7 20:14 #19

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@Hans

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AFAIK, there's one big road-block in the way of achieving this: payment processor APIs require a working modern web browser. For security reasons credit card numbers need to be sent directly to the payment processor (PayPal, Stripe, etc.). That way only the payment processor needs to have a PCI DSS level security.

What if Amistore only transmitted non-sensitive data such as your username and a code for the product you wish to purchase, and your card details were saved in your account on the Amistore website. On the server side it would reference the product code and username and charge your card accordingly.

A continous payment agrement (CPA) provides the framework for the merchent to charge your card as and when for a non-predetermined amount

My question as someone who isn't a web developer is, can an automated payment be prompted from an external source in this way?

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Rob

Re: AmiStore purchases and downloads

Posted on: 2024/10/5 0:50 #20

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@kas1e

I haven't suffered any bugs when using Amistore but I don't like the clunky payment system and the fact that Paypal charges aren't factored into prices displayed on Amistore.

I'd rather it if the server side could deal with card payments directly from within Amistore. Having to open a browser, or more likely get a link emailed so you can complete the payment using another device isn't the greatest experience. If Amigakit want to sell the A600GS to a wider audience they really need to focus getting a payment system more in line with users expectations based on the experience of app stores on other platforms.

Lastly, software not compatible with 68k systems needs to filtered out as standard so, if not outright excluded so as not to cause confusion and dissapointment.

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