Forum: Amiga scene
20 April 2024, 11:36
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Replies: 69
Views: 2,444
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Forum: Amiga scene
19 April 2024, 12:20
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Replies: 3,803
Views: 508,360
It absolutely has to do with modern operating...
It absolutely has to do with modern operating systems being more complex - but that runaway complexity is itself a huge problem, and one with no easily attainable solution in sight.
And yes,...
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Forum: Amiga scene
19 April 2024, 12:09
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Replies: 69
Views: 2,444
This, 100 times over.
Also, having a...
This, 100 times over.
Also, having a reliable way to send a window to the back. (Middle-click-on-the-titlebar does this on some Linux WMs - unless of course the window uses client-side...
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Forum: Amiga scene
01 April 2024, 12:07
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Replies: 8
Views: 457
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Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware
29 March 2024, 17:32
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,463
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Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware
29 February 2024, 00:37
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Replies: 6
Views: 508
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Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware
10 February 2024, 16:22
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,979
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Forum: request.Modules
03 February 2024, 20:42
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Replies: 2
Views: 466
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Forum: Amiga scene
03 February 2024, 18:13
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,607
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Forum: Amiga scene
15 January 2024, 11:22
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Replies: 871
Views: 66,607
16-bit would have been relatively easy, since...
16-bit would have been relatively easy, since each DMA fetch can be twice- or four-times as wide - you "just" need a wider data register for each channel, and to adjust the audio state machine to...
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Forum: support.Hardware
12 January 2024, 18:23
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Replies: 44
Views: 3,944
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Forum: support.Games
20 November 2023, 20:10
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Replies: 42
Views: 5,437
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Forum: Coders. General
10 October 2023, 10:44
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Replies: 1,572
Views: 551,864
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Forum: Coders. General
09 October 2023, 22:09
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Replies: 1,572
Views: 551,864
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Forum: Coders. General
09 October 2023, 20:05
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Replies: 1,572
Views: 551,864
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Forum: Coders. General
09 October 2023, 17:51
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Replies: 1,572
Views: 551,864
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Forum: Coders. General
09 October 2023, 14:26
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Replies: 1,572
Views: 551,864
I think meynaf just means that the example was...
I think meynaf just means that the example was stripped to the bone from a more complex original program, and that the original code wouldn't work if refactored in that way. (The final case depends...
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Forum: Amiga scene
06 October 2023, 12:50
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Replies: 90
Views: 11,835
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
06 October 2023, 12:26
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,968
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
06 October 2023, 11:35
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,968
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
06 October 2023, 10:39
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,968
Sort of.
A few months back I was trying out...
Sort of.
A few months back I was trying out some extremely memory-hungry software on Linux (https://github.com/openXC7 - it uses many Gb of RAM while compiling its chip database.)
It ate all the...
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Forum: Amiga scene
05 October 2023, 12:49
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Replies: 90
Views: 11,835
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
04 October 2023, 19:55
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,968
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
15 September 2023, 09:37
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Replies: 50
Views: 4,330
That's certainly the "correct" system-friendly...
That's certainly the "correct" system-friendly approach - but very few games and demos do it that way - they mostly hit the hardware.
If you're going to take over the hardware, however, you do...
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
08 September 2023, 00:23
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Replies: 50
Views: 4,330
The difference is just that in your case the...
The difference is just that in your case the number of actual pixels is close to the number of pixels the monitor expects to see.
Here's what I see on my Dell U2311H when I feed it a scandoubled...
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
07 September 2023, 09:34
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Replies: 50
Views: 4,330
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Forum: support.Other
10 August 2023, 10:43
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Replies: 2
Views: 401
Baking soda and superglue is very useful for...
Baking soda and superglue is very useful for small infills (for instance, I've used it as a quick-and-dirty way to fill the slot on a guitar nut) but be very careful about using it on larger repairs...
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Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware
04 August 2023, 21:50
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Replies: 338
Views: 387,936
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Forum: Coders. General
04 August 2023, 14:34
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,467
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Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware
04 August 2023, 12:16
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Replies: 338
Views: 387,936
Awesome, thank you.
Thanks for...
Awesome, thank you.
Thanks for confirming - I'd have been very surprised if that hadn't been the case.
Interesting - with current WinUAE that particular demo does display the splash...
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Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware
04 August 2023, 11:24
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Replies: 338
Views: 387,936
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Forum: Coders. General
26 July 2023, 10:25
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Replies: 1,572
Views: 551,864
I suspect the main reason C lacks rotation is...
I suspect the main reason C lacks rotation is simply that it depends too much on the machine's register size to allow for any degree of portability.
For most operations if a particular machine's...
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Forum: Coders. General
23 July 2023, 18:04
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Replies: 1,572
Views: 551,864
And is it still baremetal when the target...
And is it still baremetal when the target architecture doesn't exist except in virtual form? Could JVM bytecode be baremetal? Inform Z-machine code?
(Not saying there's a right or wrong answer,...
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Forum: Coders. General
23 July 2023, 11:00
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Replies: 1,572
Views: 551,864
The interesting question it raises is can you...
The interesting question it raises is can you still be "close to the metal" when that metal doesn't actually exist, except as an abstract virtual machine?
I guess the real problem with the...
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Forum: Coders. General
16 July 2023, 12:00
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Replies: 1,572
Views: 551,864
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Forum: Coders. Releases
13 July 2023, 01:09
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Replies: 4,416
Views: 454,943
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Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware
09 July 2023, 00:28
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,105
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Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware
08 July 2023, 19:54
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,105
Question about overscan and sprites
I have a question for the Amiga hardware gurus, if you'd be so kind, please:
I'm currently looking at the MiST/TC64 Minimig core, trying to fix a few glitches and issues, and currently...
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
07 July 2023, 00:13
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Replies: 88
Views: 9,653
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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion
06 July 2023, 12:17
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,144
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