AmigaOS4 FE update 3 incoming from Amiga40 Germany

@kas1e

Is there any possibility Amiga OS 4.2 will be focused exclusively on AEON/ACube products, new Mirari ppc board and (maybe) old PowerPC Macs?

I doubt classics and first generation PowerPc Amiga boards will be supported, so I hope there'll be an hotfix for Pegasos 2 boards..

@flash
Dunno, but i didn't see anything pointing that os4.2 will skip support for any HW which we supported now, imho make no sense while it all powerpc still.

@jabirulo

I have AmiDVD from Enhancer Software 2.2 and it does not work. No GUI, no error messages, no crash. As far as I can see, none of the Enhancer classes/gadgets were deleted or overwritten by Update 3, so in theory everything required by this version of AmiDVD is still intact.

Perhaps AmiDVD checks some AmigaOS libraries for version info.

redfox

@Maijestro

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Hmm, maybe a little. I seem to recall I was previously getting around 40-50 MB/s, now fast.com reports 80 MB/s. Still a fraction of what a PC on my network can achieve. It's a pity I don't run Linux anymore, I can't do a like-for-like comparison on the same hardware.

The update was hassle-free using AmiUpdate. Thanks to all involved!

@redfox
Quite possibly, AmiDVD contains a check for the Kickstart version, or the version of some other system component(s). Licensing reasons I guess.

@redfox

AFAIK it should be fixed on Enhacer v2.3, but dunnot when it will be out.

Yes, according to another Amiga forum, it's indeed a licensing issue.

That's why AmiDVD no longer works.

And for Candi, you just need to replace the old version of Workbench.library in libs to get it working again.

@skynet
Quote:Costel's pirate copy of AmiDVD (and several other of my software), for example the ones included AmigaOS 4.1 FE without permission, shouldn't work any longer.
Probably the same for the os4depot.net versions of AmiDVD, which might be even older.
But the A-EON Enhancer Software versions of AmiDVD should of course still work, provided the rest of Enhancer Software is installed as well. It doesn't need all of it, but the Enhancer Software BOOPSI classes are mandatory, and AmiDVD doesn't include any error output if those are missing.
I'm not sure if the Enhancer Software 2.2 version of AmiDVD still works, there were several updates of it later, which might only be available to Enhancer Software beta testers currently, and should (have been, several years ago already) available via Updater and/or an Enhancer Software 2.3 update/release.

The update installed fine. Thanks to all involved!

Just updated my X5000/40. Everything seems to work. It replaced the Enhancer Time preferences, which is fine. The Enhancer Time was buggy.
With the new USB stack it recognized my wireless headphones, but I'm pretty sure it needs AHI drivers. It also recognized my ESM 9110 Wireless Game Pad.
I could make it do stuff in Amiga Input, but not in any games just yet. So, got some more learning to do!

Okay, 3D stuff seems a lot more zippy and responsive now. Doom3 Demo clocked in around 21 fps. I think before it was hovering around 16-17 fps.
That's a pretty big improvement. It's almost playable now. Too bad I don't really like the game.