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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 20 April 2024, 20:16
Replies: 15
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Posted By phx
I use E-UAE on MorphOS and NetBSD, which didn't...

I use E-UAE on MorphOS and NetBSD, which didn't receive updates since many years. But it's sufficient for some testing/debugging.
Forum: Coders. System 20 April 2024, 16:55
Replies: 5
Views: 961
Posted By phx
Always did the same for vbcc. Even if I knew...

Always did the same for vbcc.
Even if I knew that including the NDK was perfectly legal, I would probably decide against it now. Most developers already have the NDK installed somewhere, so you...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 19 April 2024, 14:51
Replies: 15
Views: 438
Posted By phx
Depends on the rest of your project. Is it all...

Depends on the rest of your project. Is it all absolute code?

org should suffice. AFAIK load is only required for AsmOne-family assemblers to load the assembled code to that address in memory - at...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 18 April 2024, 17:35
Replies: 10
Views: 572
Posted By phx
There is no difference between absolute symbols...

There is no difference between absolute symbols and relocatable symbols (labels). The only allowed operation is symbol + addend (where addend can also be negative or zero).
Forum: Coders. Tutorials 15 April 2024, 11:06
Replies: 120
Views: 31,374
Posted By phx
Two hours later I fixed a similar bug with...

Two hours later I fixed a similar bug with offsetting a symbol defined at section start (replacing SECSTRT_n). Make sure ira_2.c has date 13:58 CEST. I reuploaded the archive.
Forum: Coders. Tutorials 14 April 2024, 12:39
Replies: 120
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Posted By phx
Fixed it. I have to use LabelAdr2[r] instead of...

Fixed it. I have to use LabelAdr2[r] instead of label.labelAdr[r] in CatLabelAdr(). Update with the beta archive from the previous link. ;)
Forum: Coders. Tutorials 13 April 2024, 21:10
Replies: 120
Views: 31,374
Posted By phx
Confirmed. I missed that you use that option,...

Confirmed. I missed that you use that option, while trying to reproduce it.
It happens when offsetting a label (like LAB_xyz+2).
Forum: project.Amiga Game Factory 13 April 2024, 01:41
Replies: 56
Views: 3,746
Posted By phx
Ohh... the game which defined my name in the...

Ohh... the game which defined my name in the early 80s is finally coming to the Amiga. The circle closes. I loved playing the Atari VCS version! :great
Forum: Coders. Tutorials 12 April 2024, 18:30
Replies: 120
Views: 31,374
Posted By phx
I would guess this is a problem in your private...

I would guess this is a problem in your private ira compilation, as I saw exactly the same problem in your still secret project and sent you a screenshot. I don't see it with ira under NetBSD or...
Forum: Coders. Tutorials 12 April 2024, 13:37
Replies: 120
Views: 31,374
Posted By phx
It's still the same URL we used previously in...

It's still the same URL we used previously in this thread:
http://sun.hasenbraten.de/~frank/TEST/ira_211beta.lha
Forum: Coders. Tutorials 10 April 2024, 16:09
Replies: 120
Views: 31,374
Posted By phx
Absolutely! I can only agree. Although I use IRA...

Absolutely! I can only agree. Although I use IRA under AmigaOS/MorphOS and NetBSD I never noticed the problem, as I'm always working with files in my current directory only.

Fixed and updated the...
Forum: project.EAB 04 April 2024, 17:19
Replies: 3
Views: 335
Posted By phx
Yes. Including the login-process of course! :) ...

Yes. Including the login-process of course! :)
But anonymous reading of the forum should never need https.
Forum: project.EAB 04 April 2024, 12:49
Replies: 3
Views: 335
Posted By phx
Enforced https

When did that change? I can no longer choose to connect with http but will be redirected to https! :sad

I know many sites do that, but shouldn't that be my choice? Especially if I use retro...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 22 March 2024, 20:06
Replies: 23
Views: 976
Posted By phx
Correct. But even then it would rarely help you. ...

Correct. But even then it would rarely help you.

I doubt that. :)

What you would achieve here is that a section's load-address is added twice to the 32-bit addend stored at a specific...
Forum: Amiga scene 12 March 2024, 20:18
Replies: 68
Views: 4,737
Posted By phx
A track loader started out of startup-sequence?...

A track loader started out of startup-sequence? That's brave! I hope you are always aware which blocks are used by DOS and which by the track loader. ;)

BTW, I tried 512k+512k with standard...
Forum: Amiga scene 10 March 2024, 20:32
Replies: 68
Views: 4,737
Posted By phx
I like it! Visually absolutely impressive. Good...

I like it! Visually absolutely impressive. Good choice of pallettes. Looks like the next Amiga game highlight! :great
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 28 February 2024, 14:48
Replies: 5
Views: 378
Posted By phx
-sd is not meant to merge sections. Sections...

-sd is not meant to merge sections. Sections named __MERGED are always merged by any real AmigaDOS linker (like blink, slink, phxlnk, vlink, etc.), sorted by type (Data first, then BSS). Confusingly,...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 11 February 2024, 15:07
Replies: 127
Views: 8,299
Posted By phx
As it was already mentioned before: I would say...

As it was already mentioned before: I would say it's Turrican (or Turrican 2)!
The first game which exploits nearly all of the Amiga's custom chip capabilities, has great music, nice game play and...
Forum: Amiga scene 10 February 2024, 00:57
Replies: 56
Views: 4,280
Posted By phx
Same here, I have to confess. And I still never...

Same here, I have to confess. And I still never bought any Amiga game. My brother got a few in the past, and I cracked them so we could play them both. It was simply too easy to swap with friends.
...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 29 January 2024, 01:24
Replies: 9
Views: 1,131
Posted By phx
No. Most games we did in the 90s have never been...

No. Most games we did in the 90s have never been finished. The source I checked for the 4-player adapter was M.U.L.E. 92 (only intro and player-selection exists): https://night.owl.de/index.php?id=56
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 27 January 2024, 12:08
Replies: 9
Views: 1,131
Posted By phx
Correct. I bought a 4-player adapter in the 90s...

Correct. I bought a 4-player adapter in the 90s and started to write some games using it, so I could check my old sources.

The directions are:


bit 7/3 : right
bit 6/2 : left
bit 5/1 :...
Forum: Amiga scene 25 January 2024, 13:49
Replies: 76
Views: 4,582
Posted By phx
Mainly for software testing and debugging in my...

Mainly for software testing and debugging in my case. Although I do cross-development, I must run the software on real hardware every few days. To make sure it really works as intended and to have a...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 25 January 2024, 11:26
Replies: 76
Views: 4,962
Posted By phx
The Commodore-way was indeed typical for Germany...

The Commodore-way was indeed typical for Germany (and probably for Scandinavia as well). I rarely saw Spectrums or Amstrads (which were called Schneider here, IIRC) in the shops, and I didn't know...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 25 January 2024, 01:25
Replies: 5
Views: 653
Posted By phx
Does anybody know if the 68ec000 does a...

Does anybody know if the 68ec000 does a breakpoint acknowledge bus cycle? I would expect that. Otherwise there is no reason to document that the bkpt instruction is available on the 68ec000, but not...
Forum: Amiga scene 24 January 2024, 15:39
Replies: 76
Views: 4,582
Posted By phx
Yes. Perhaps on the next local Amiga meeting in...

Yes. Perhaps on the next local Amiga meeting in spring or summer...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 23 January 2024, 21:40
Replies: 5
Views: 653
Posted By phx
vasm doesn't differentiate between 68000 and...

vasm doesn't differentiate between 68000 and 68ec000. Maybe it should, as there are some more instructions which are 68ec000 specific, like move from SR.

EDIT: Checked the whole PRM, but BKPT...
Forum: Amiga scene 23 January 2024, 20:46
Replies: 76
Views: 4,582
Posted By phx
Selected 060, but since the last two or three...

Selected 060, but since the last two or three years both CSPPCs (in A3000 and A4000) are no longer reliable, and may only work for limited periods after some warmup. I cannot deny that it negatively...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 19 January 2024, 15:22
Replies: 18
Views: 1,214
Posted By phx
Is your project still structured like shown...

Is your project still structured like shown above, i.e. with a main.s source including file1.i and file2.i? Then it is no suprise that assembling file2.i individually fails...

You can also...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 19 January 2024, 13:46
Replies: 18
Views: 1,214
Posted By phx
Similar is that you cannot do any arithmetic...

Similar is that you cannot do any arithmetic operation with a relocation symbol. Acessing a label, even when known, generates a relocation (to make its address relocatable by the linker or the...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 19 January 2024, 13:08
Replies: 18
Views: 1,214
Posted By phx
I cannot follow you at this point. Above you...

I cannot follow you at this point. Above you wrote "the files link together", so you must have already assembled file1 and file2 individually. How else could you get two object files, file1.o and...
Forum: Coders. Tutorials 18 January 2024, 17:33
Replies: 120
Views: 31,374
Posted By phx
It's a little bit tight, but I tried to put it...

It's a little bit tight, but I tried to put it there. Source is updated.

That's not so trivial and would require some more time to do - which I currently don't have, being focussed on other...
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 18 January 2024, 00:42
Replies: 7
Views: 381
Posted By phx
Because a function with with a __section...

Because a function with with a __section attribute shouldn't match a previous function declaration without one?


I guess that was something which needed improvement. :p
It seemed like a good...
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 17 January 2024, 22:04
Replies: 7
Views: 381
Posted By phx
It is. Might look stupid in this case, because...

It is.
Might look stupid in this case, because you specified the correct registers for the ABI, but I guess that the parameter check is done by some general code in the compiler core, which doesn't...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 17 January 2024, 21:52
Replies: 9
Views: 695
Posted By phx
By default vasm should only enable optimizations...

By default vasm should only enable optimizations which are absolutely safe and without any side effect. Otherwise it is a bug (please tell me)! ;)
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 17 January 2024, 21:39
Replies: 7
Views: 381
Posted By phx
Hmm. It shouldn't. I cannot check your exact...

Hmm. It shouldn't. I cannot check your exact example, because I neither know PPCFUNCTION nor PrivatePPCBase, but the following simple test definitely works with the last release vbccppc:
...
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 17 January 2024, 16:26
Replies: 4
Views: 653
Posted By phx
Correct. And good that you remind me about it,...

Correct. And good that you remind me about it, because I had completely forgotten.
The code from m68k-amigaos cannot be used, because it depends on timer.device UNIT_ECLOCK and the ReadEClock()...
Forum: Coders. Tutorials 17 January 2024, 16:08
Replies: 120
Views: 31,374
Posted By phx
The EXT-symbols are equates and no labels, but...

The EXT-symbols are equates and no labels, but why not? Ok, I updated the beta source archive.
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 14 January 2024, 18:54
Replies: 2
Views: 424
Posted By phx
I guess I switched to the full absolute path to...

I guess I switched to the full absolute path to make debugging on the Amiga work from any directory. Otherwise you have to start your debugger from the project's compilation directory.

But for...
Forum: Coders. General 14 January 2024, 14:18
Replies: 2
Views: 2,256
Posted By phx
Should be ok. The "song arrangement list" with...

Should be ok. The "song arrangement list" with all pattern-numbers is indeed at offset 952. Those are constants which should never change, so you can read them any time.

Although there is a...
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 13 January 2024, 15:21
Replies: 21
Views: 2,288
Posted By phx
Exactly. That's why I don't recommend my player...

Exactly. That's why I don't recommend my player for system friendly software. Maybe I should add support for it, some day, but I never needed it myself and nobody has beaten me to it yet. ;)

...
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