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Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 24 March 2024, 20:45
Replies: 12
Views: 917
Posted By E-Penguin
You might want to force them into chip ram too -...

You might want to force them into chip ram too - you can do this in Amiblitz3 with the chip keyword before the first sound entry. An alternative is test the address and copy into a chip buffer if the...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 15 February 2024, 09:14
Replies: 11
Views: 3,005
Posted By E-Penguin
It's funny how all languages eventually converge...

It's funny how all languages eventually converge on C, one way or another. Except LISP, which is nuts.
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 06 February 2024, 15:24
Replies: 25
Views: 1,471
Posted By E-Penguin
Modern languages like Java and Python sort out...

Modern languages like Java and Python sort out the freeing of resources for you, but you need to keep an eye on things with Blitz. It (apparently...) frees things on program exit but if you stop it...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 05 February 2024, 10:09
Replies: 25
Views: 1,471
Posted By E-Penguin
You can put a breakpoint everywhere you create a...

You can put a breakpoint everywhere you create a window, then see how it's getting there.

Also, as a coder with nearly 30 year's experience - you can't beat putting "print" statements everywhere...
Forum: Amiga scene 03 February 2024, 09:20
Replies: 56
Views: 4,279
Posted By E-Penguin
Confession 3, just in. I prefer modern displays...

Confession 3, just in. I prefer modern displays to CRTs. I have a fairly mint Amiga branded monitor (1081 or something) and I can't manage the flickering. So I've put an IndivisionECS in my A1000 and...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 02 February 2024, 16:31
Replies: 25
Views: 1,471
Posted By E-Penguin
Taking a value from the CIA timers is a good...

Taking a value from the CIA timers is a good idea. Or mouse x, y position, or something else that's not predictable
Forum: Amiga scene 02 February 2024, 08:07
Replies: 56
Views: 4,279
Posted By E-Penguin
Confession 2 - I never (and still do not) see the...

Confession 2 - I never (and still do not) see the point of directory opus or any of the other file managers
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 01 February 2024, 23:04
Replies: 25
Views: 1,471
Posted By E-Penguin
The problem is that emulators now are so good...

The problem is that emulators now are so good that they produce repeatable "random" behaviour. It impossible to have a genuinely random number in software alone. If you have the same starting...
Forum: Amiga scene 30 January 2024, 13:20
Replies: 56
Views: 4,279
Posted By E-Penguin
I feel seen.

I feel seen.
Forum: support.AmigaOS 25 January 2024, 13:43
Replies: 30
Views: 3,651
Posted By E-Penguin
*bump* - would love to see a modern-ish SSH...

*bump* - would love to see a modern-ish SSH client on the Amiga
Forum: Amiga scene 25 January 2024, 13:26
Replies: 76
Views: 4,581
Posted By E-Penguin
SysInfo screenshots with big numbers

SysInfo screenshots with big numbers
Forum: support.Hardware 18 January 2024, 23:47
Replies: 3
Views: 389
Posted By E-Penguin
You have to remove the SD64 monitor from...

You have to remove the SD64 monitor from dev:monitors and use the one from the gbapii+ drivers package. The you should be able to connect the P96 prefs app and run the various tests
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 17 January 2024, 17:33
Replies: 185
Views: 65,919
Posted By E-Penguin
I've put examples here: ...

I've put examples here:
https://github.com/E-Penguin/blitz_ptplayer/tree/master/example
Forum: News 17 January 2024, 14:11
Replies: 29
Views: 6,939
Posted By E-Penguin
Happy to do so, I think the concept is really...

Happy to do so, I think the concept is really good. Let me know once the V2 arrives and I'll upgrade the blitz libs accordingly.
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 17 January 2024, 12:14
Replies: 185
Views: 65,919
Posted By E-Penguin
Use MTPlayFX, you can set the channel in the sfx...

Use MTPlayFX, you can set the channel in the sfx structure:


; Request playing of a prioritized external sound effect, either on a
; fixed channel or on the most unused one.
; Structure...
Forum: News 16 January 2024, 23:49
Replies: 29
Views: 6,939
Posted By E-Penguin
It can now, I just wrote a wrapper library....

It can now, I just wrote a wrapper library. Example code, etc, included.
https://github.com/E-Penguin/blitz_pretracker/tree/main

Discussion thread here (not that there's any discussion):...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 16 January 2024, 23:41
Replies: 0
Views: 344
Posted By E-Penguin
PreTracker v1.5 library

Hello,
I've been meaning to create a wrapper around Abyss's PreTracker for a while, and have finally found a free evening.

Source & library can be found here, along with an example of how to use...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 06 January 2024, 00:13
Replies: 10
Views: 2,066
Posted By E-Penguin
OK, so this works in AB3, which has the "chip"...

OK, so this works in AB3, which has the "chip" keyword to force the section into chip ram. Tested on A1200, WB3.1, 8Mb Fast, and A500, 1.3, 500+500kb.

If just sets the pointer to the "wait"...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 04 January 2024, 16:58
Replies: 10
Views: 2,066
Posted By E-Penguin
From the Amiga reference manual, there's a hint...

From the Amiga reference manual, there's a hint of how to do in for WB1.3:


/* data for a busy pointer.
** this data must be in chip memory!!!
*/
UWORD __chip waitPointer[] =
{
0x0000,...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 04 January 2024, 14:01
Replies: 8
Views: 817
Posted By E-Penguin
There was some sprite multiplexing bb2 code that...

There was some sprite multiplexing bb2 code that I've seen, as a library. MSprites or VSprites or something like that? I can't find it now but I'll have a look when I get home.
Forum: Amiga scene 02 January 2024, 10:54
Replies: 13
Views: 1,324
Posted By E-Penguin
I'll get this for the Mrs, she's into puzzle...

I'll get this for the Mrs, she's into puzzle games. Trying to get her into Amiga :D

Any cheat code / whdload trainer to give her infinite lives would be great
Forum: Amiga scene 11 December 2023, 16:40
Replies: 86
Views: 68,459
Posted By E-Penguin
Many years ago I was going through some low-level...

Many years ago I was going through some low-level code in a spacecraft control system and I found a line with just printf(), surrounded by "DO NOT REMOVE" comments. "Pah," thought I, knowing better,...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 21 November 2023, 15:32
Replies: 66
Views: 5,734
Posted By E-Penguin
I don't think I ever bought a full price MD game,...

I don't think I ever bought a full price MD game, nor did anyone else I know. Certainly didn't read magazines or collect imports, just went down to the local games exchange and see what they had...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 09 November 2023, 10:48
Replies: 33
Views: 2,413
Posted By E-Penguin
If I was doing this in C, I'd use an array of...

If I was doing this in C, I'd use an array of function pointers and avoid the case statement entirely. I guess this is more or less what's going on here. I don't know if it's possible to do function...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 08 November 2023, 14:20
Replies: 67
Views: 7,572
Posted By E-Penguin
Did ARP not have suitable replacements? It seems...

Did ARP not have suitable replacements? It seems to cover most things
Forum: Amiga scene 31 October 2023, 21:51
Replies: 61
Views: 7,120
Posted By E-Penguin
Shoutout for the Parceiro II!

Shoutout for the Parceiro II!
Forum: Amiga scene 31 October 2023, 21:48
Replies: 37
Views: 10,998
Posted By E-Penguin
I do like a fully referenced article in IEEE...

I do like a fully referenced article in IEEE citation style.
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 22 October 2023, 14:20
Replies: 7
Views: 866
Posted By E-Penguin
If your array can live in chipmem then you can...

If your array can live in chipmem then you can use the blitter to clear it very quickly. Asm code here but you can call it from blitz...
Forum: Amiga scene 21 October 2023, 00:27
Replies: 16
Views: 1,728
Posted By E-Penguin
I heard it through the grapevine ...

I heard it through the grapevine

https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?t=2519
Forum: Amiga scene 20 October 2023, 17:24
Replies: 16
Views: 1,728
Posted By E-Penguin
Check out the "parceiro ii" memory + SD +...

Check out the "parceiro ii" memory + SD + kickstart expansion. I think there's even a "ii+" now that has some sort of accelerator.
Forum: Amiga scene 20 October 2023, 15:41
Replies: 725
Views: 130,869
Posted By E-Penguin
My kid's favourite game is Brian the Lion (AGA)...

My kid's favourite game is Brian the Lion (AGA) on the CD32. He's not fussed by anything on the Megadrive. He's 11.

He also loves The Settlers, as do all right thinking people.
Forum: Amiga scene 20 October 2023, 15:35
Replies: 23
Views: 3,070
Posted By E-Penguin
Fake news. RCA connectors don't exist.

Fake news. RCA connectors don't exist.
Forum: Amiga scene 19 October 2023, 16:23
Replies: 23
Views: 3,070
Posted By E-Penguin
It ran better on octo-core 486 PCs of the time.

It ran better on octo-core 486 PCs of the time.
Forum: support.WinFellow 12 September 2023, 18:36
Replies: 2
Views: 1,653
Posted By E-Penguin
It's great to see this is still getting updates!

It's great to see this is still getting updates!
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 05 September 2023, 16:48
Replies: 185
Views: 65,919
Posted By E-Penguin
I'll take a look and see if I can merge my...

I'll take a look and see if I can merge my changes with yours, better than maintaining two different-but-similar libraries.



Which order would you like? :D
Forum: News 05 September 2023, 16:42
Replies: 49
Views: 10,257
Posted By E-Penguin
I have an European A1000 (German) with...

I have an European A1000 (German) with daughterboard and English (US) keyboard layout. The monitor (A1081) seems to show a lot of flicker so I suspect that's an NTSC monitor fiddled to run at 50Hz so...
Forum: News 04 September 2023, 11:23
Replies: 53
Views: 6,703
Posted By E-Penguin
I should have put money on there being a comment...

I should have put money on there being a comment like this somewhere in the thread :D
Forum: support.Hardware 21 August 2023, 15:13
Replies: 56
Views: 5,043
Posted By E-Penguin
Is there any chance of supporting a usb cd/dvd...

Is there any chance of supporting a usb cd/dvd device? I don't have an ide interface on my A500 (I do have clockport via an aca500plus) so I think this is my best shot at getting a cd drive somehow
Forum: News 16 August 2023, 17:17
Replies: 10
Views: 1,726
Posted By E-Penguin
Put the link on your MySpace

Put the link on your MySpace
Forum: News 15 August 2023, 23:43
Replies: 10
Views: 1,726
Posted By E-Penguin
Next stop Threads?

Next stop Threads?
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