Forum: Amiga scene
Today, 12:07
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To be fair, the OS has had this functionality...
To be fair, the OS has had this functionality included since OS 3.9. You can specify an icon, and a matching program to open it with, for any file without its own specific icon, and files can be...
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
Today, 11:30
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Replies: 6,441
Views: 1,266,591
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Forum: support.Hardware
Yesterday, 16:43
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Replies: 2
Views: 79
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Forum: Amiga scene
27 February 2021, 19:35
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Replies: 139
Views: 3,677
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
25 February 2021, 15:04
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Replies: 11
Views: 494
Hmmm, is the window too big for your screenmode...
Hmmm, is the window too big for your screenmode maybe? Try setting the X and Y coordinates to 0 instead:
Window 0, 0, 0, 200, 200, #WFLG_DRAGBAR|#WFLG_CLOSEGADGET|#WFLG_DEPTHGADGET, "Test", 0, 1
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Forum: Amiga scene
25 February 2021, 14:56
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,269
Indeed, but usually with a slightly cumbersome...
Indeed, but usually with a slightly cumbersome implementation, or requiring a patch or add-on, or the use of a particular desktop, or faff with config files. MacOS does have a similar level of...
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Forum: Hardware mods
25 February 2021, 13:41
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,682
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Forum: Amiga scene
25 February 2021, 01:52
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,269
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
24 February 2021, 16:58
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Replies: 15
Views: 435
Well, great that you figured it out anyway :)...
Well, great that you figured it out anyway :) It's an easy enough mistake, which is why the Syntax addition to AmiBlitz is so handy - it'll tell you as soon as you try to compile that something's not...
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
24 February 2021, 15:56
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Replies: 40
Views: 2,002
Yeah, you need the * to make it a pointer....
Yeah, you need the * to make it a pointer. Otherwise it's a variable of type module, which contains lots of sub-fields and can't simply hold an integer like 0. The pointer points to a structure, but...
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
24 February 2021, 14:00
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Replies: 15
Views: 435
pt needs to be a .l type for it to work - Blitz...
pt needs to be a .l type for it to work - Blitz defaults to a .q unless you specify others, which will corrupt pointers. But the OP said it's already declared elsewhere as a .l so that shouldn't be...
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
24 February 2021, 10:42
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Replies: 7
Views: 532
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Forum: support.Hardware
24 February 2021, 10:39
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,162
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Forum: support.Hardware
24 February 2021, 01:19
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,162
Fair enough, I prefer using native hardware to...
Fair enough, I prefer using native hardware to emulation. But who mentioned Windows? If your issue with emulation revolves around the big names like Microsoft and Apple, there are plenty of other...
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
24 February 2021, 01:12
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Replies: 40
Views: 2,002
Ugh... Might be my fault (again), typing from...
Ugh... Might be my fault (again), typing from memory in a hurry. Try something like this instead:
tempString$ + chr$(Peek.b (*modulePointer\_mt_data + offset + i))
Yeah, it *should* always...
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
24 February 2021, 01:05
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Replies: 7
Views: 532
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
24 February 2021, 01:02
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Replies: 15
Views: 435
Okay, that is odd, because Banks are just a...
Okay, that is odd, because Banks are just a wrapper around the standard OS calls. You can easily use Allocmem_ instead, just remember to free the memory before you quit the program or it will be lost...
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
24 February 2021, 00:57
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Replies: 11
Views: 494
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Forum: Amiga scene
23 February 2021, 22:14
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Replies: 91
Views: 3,420
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Forum: support.Hardware
23 February 2021, 21:30
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,162
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
23 February 2021, 17:52
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Replies: 20
Views: 961
For me, the big difference comes between the...
For me, the big difference comes between the likes of Lotus, Crazy Cars etc., and F-Zero & Mario Kart and the likes. The former make no attempt to be actually 3D - all you have is a road that shifts...
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Forum: Hardware mods
23 February 2021, 17:23
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Replies: 277
Views: 58,474
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Forum: Hardware mods
23 February 2021, 11:41
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Replies: 277
Views: 58,474
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
23 February 2021, 01:27
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Replies: 15
Views: 435
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Forum: support.Hardware
22 February 2021, 22:47
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,162
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
21 February 2021, 19:13
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Replies: 11
Views: 494
Okay, for Blitz 2.1, you'll need to use a...
Okay, for Blitz 2.1, you'll need to use a different value to 0 for the Dim statement - large enough to contain the maximum number of items you might want to show in the list. And you must make sure...
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Forum: support.Hardware
20 February 2021, 22:59
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Replies: 38
Views: 1,333
Yeah, that's probably the primary reason these...
Yeah, that's probably the primary reason these days, other than for the nostalgia of actually using the media - much like floppy drives in that regard.
As for titles using CDDA - it depends on how...
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Forum: Hardware mods
20 February 2021, 22:30
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Replies: 209
Views: 30,449
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Forum: Hardware mods
20 February 2021, 18:17
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Replies: 209
Views: 30,449
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Forum: Hardware mods
20 February 2021, 17:58
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Replies: 10
Views: 455
That's pretty cool! I've never heard of one for...
That's pretty cool! I've never heard of one for the Amiga, but then again I'd never heard of the Game Boy one either. There's no reason it couldn't be done in a similar way to an audio sampler, but...
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Forum: support.Hardware
18 February 2021, 21:18
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Replies: 21
Views: 995
The V5 is much slower - the V6 is the one that...
The V5 is much slower - the V6 is the one that you want from a performance point of view. SCSI is a chain by nature, and another key rule is that it's a single chain - no branches. I'm not sure what...
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
18 February 2021, 16:19
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Replies: 11
Views: 494
Ha, that's my code on AmigaCoding.com, probably...
Ha, that's my code on AmigaCoding.com, probably from the same test code as I pasted there. I think I see the problem though - the example on the site is missing the list variable type. Sorry about...
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
18 February 2021, 14:27
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Replies: 11
Views: 494
Here's a working example, but bear in mind that...
Here's a working example, but bear in mind that you need to do a GTChangeList command to detach and reattach the list to the listview whenever you change the list, otherwise bad things will happen....
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
18 February 2021, 14:03
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Replies: 5
Views: 531
Yeah, a higher level library that contains an...
Yeah, a higher level library that contains an additional layer for dealing with things like this might be a good thing to have alright. I guess they just stuck relatively closely to the actual OS...
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Forum: support.Hardware
17 February 2021, 23:27
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Replies: 21
Views: 995
SCSI is awesome, like a different league to the...
SCSI is awesome, like a different league to the onboard IDE. It can do many times the speed of onboard IDE with a fraction of the CPU time. But peripherals and cables are much more expensive and it's...
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
17 February 2021, 16:46
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Replies: 6
Views: 257
There's nothing wrong with a Gosub (or even a...
There's nothing wrong with a Gosub (or even a Goto, for that matter) if it's used responsibly and with good reason ;) They're a bit old skool and can lead to difficult to debug situations, weird bugs...
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Forum: Nostalgia & memories
17 February 2021, 16:18
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Replies: 6
Views: 536
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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic
17 February 2021, 11:12
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Replies: 6
Views: 257
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Forum: support.Hardware
16 February 2021, 00:49
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Replies: 21
Views: 995
I've never tried such a setup, but I believe it...
I've never tried such a setup, but I believe it should be possible. Picasso96 supports multiple cards. However, the Radeon RAM will be very slow compared to the RAM on the Blizzard. You can fit 256MB...
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Forum: support.Hardware
15 February 2021, 13:26
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Replies: 16
Views: 801
Even without the RTC fitted, the A604n doesn't...
Even without the RTC fitted, the A604n doesn't fit the trapdoor space properly, and ends up being bent up at a bit of an angle when the door is shut. Fitting an RTC probably just stops it from being...
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