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Forum: support.Hardware 12 July 2020, 16:18
Replies: 43
Views: 2,433
Posted By Hewitson
Whether you use the RGB port or not is...

Whether you use the RGB port or not is irrelevant. Setting an NTSC Amiga to PAL does NOT cause the machine to output a PAL signal. It's a 60 hz NTSC signal.
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 09 July 2020, 17:50
Replies: 2,741
Views: 456,126
Posted By Hewitson
I've asked this before but didn't receive an...

I've asked this before but didn't receive an answer. Is there a technical reason you can't reset while running X-Copy, or was the programmer just an asshole?
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 09 July 2020, 17:44
Replies: 124
Views: 7,135
Posted By Hewitson
To someone with an electronic background, there's...

To someone with an electronic background, there's nothing fascinating about Paula from a design point of view. In fact the SID was a far more impressive design.

There's just something about the...
Forum: Amiga scene 09 July 2020, 17:17
Replies: 54
Views: 5,907
Posted By Hewitson
A PS/2 "Amiga" keyboard which doesn't have an...

A PS/2 "Amiga" keyboard which doesn't have an Amiga layout and doesn't plug into a real Amiga? I'm sorry, but like several others have said, I just don't see the point. It doesn't even look like a...
Forum: support.FS-UAE 09 July 2020, 17:09
Replies: 3
Views: 813
Posted By Hewitson
First google hit is a link to the WHDLoad slave?

First google hit is a link to the WHDLoad slave?
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 09 July 2020, 16:46
Replies: 27
Views: 3,558
Posted By Hewitson
So did the Indivision. It can't even scroll the...

So did the Indivision. It can't even scroll the screen smoothly.
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 09 July 2020, 16:26
Replies: 225
Views: 26,854
Posted By Hewitson
No. You're wrong. Play a few Japanese shoot em...

No. You're wrong. Play a few Japanese shoot em ups from the same era. Thunder Force IV, for example.
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 09 July 2020, 11:45
Replies: 225
Views: 26,854
Posted By Hewitson
Sorry, but it's still a pile of shit :)

Sorry, but it's still a pile of shit :)
Forum: support.Hardware 07 July 2020, 15:36
Replies: 80
Views: 7,474
Posted By Hewitson
You hardly need to be an expert to tell that this...

You hardly need to be an expert to tell that this isn't a quality product. Look at it.
Forum: support.Games 07 July 2020, 15:19
Replies: 37
Views: 3,752
Posted By Hewitson
I've said plenty of positive things about the...

I've said plenty of positive things about the Amiga.

Quite simply, anyone saying the Amiga version of MK2 is good is wrong. It's not a matter of opinion. It's fact. The game sucked, and the fact...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 06 July 2020, 17:19
Replies: 225
Views: 26,854
Posted By Hewitson
If the game slowed down when things got "hectic"...

If the game slowed down when things got "hectic" that would be one thing. But the fact is that the game runs like a slideshow even when absolutely nothing is happening. It is honestly one of the...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 July 2020, 21:21
Replies: 225
Views: 26,854
Posted By Hewitson
From a programming perspective I'm not qualified...

From a programming perspective I'm not qualified to say what they could have done better.

As far as I'm concerned there is absolutely no excuse for the framerate. Games like Hybris and Apidya...
Forum: support.Hardware 05 July 2020, 21:03
Replies: 80
Views: 7,474
Posted By Hewitson
Wow. What a terrible product. Poorly designed,...

Wow. What a terrible product. Poorly designed, overpriced, and just simply ugly.
Forum: support.Games 05 July 2020, 19:13
Replies: 37
Views: 3,752
Posted By Hewitson
Just because a game was "AAA" on other platforms...

Just because a game was "AAA" on other platforms doesn't make it so on the Amiga. Yes a game like MK2 was certainly AAA on the SNES, the poor quality Amiga port was far from it. Ugly graphics, poor...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 04 July 2020, 10:57
Replies: 12
Views: 1,847
Posted By Hewitson
This is something I've been experimenting with...

This is something I've been experimenting with myself recently.

I have coded simple players using FMOD, SDL2_mixer, and MikMod in order to compare playback quality. The MikMod replayer definitely...
Forum: Amiga scene 02 July 2020, 16:24
Replies: 1,220
Views: 100,183
Posted By Hewitson
This is honestly one of the biggest loads of...

This is honestly one of the biggest loads of rubbish I've ever read on here.
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 24 June 2020, 23:09
Replies: 35
Views: 2,964
Posted By Hewitson
Simply because it's such a bad game. I'm sorry,...

Simply because it's such a bad game. I'm sorry, but I just cannot believe that anyone could possibly like it.


Compared to the shooters Toaplan were making back then, it is completely unplayable...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 24 June 2020, 18:18
Replies: 35
Views: 2,964
Posted By Hewitson
I'm well aware of the Arcadia system, I didn't...

I'm well aware of the Arcadia system, I didn't realise Xenon was available for it though. Probably the reason it was such an epic failure, if you'd actually paid money to play Xenon you would be very...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 24 June 2020, 17:32
Replies: 35
Views: 2,964
Posted By Hewitson
Bloody Xenon or It's sequel debate

Mod note: Some posts moved to a new thread, coming from the The Wall - Saucy XXX Amiga Breakout Secret! thread:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=102838...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 24 June 2020, 16:32
Replies: 9
Views: 1,271
Posted By Hewitson
I did have a compilation disk with the adult 6...

I did have a compilation disk with the adult 6 levels. I always assumed it was a hack of the original game.


Phalanx was the very first game I ever saw on the Amiga. A far better shoot em up...
Forum: Amiga scene 21 June 2020, 12:27
Replies: 13
Views: 1,222
Posted By Hewitson
Doesn't look like a great quality product....

Doesn't look like a great quality product. Massively overpriced.
Forum: Coders. General 21 June 2020, 12:08
Replies: 16
Views: 3,280
Posted By Hewitson
If a Hello World would require 10s of MB of RAM,...

If a Hello World would require 10s of MB of RAM, then it's obviously not a great language at all...
Forum: Coders. General 19 June 2020, 20:14
Replies: 16
Views: 3,280
Posted By Hewitson
I disagree. You've almost got to be a rocket...

I disagree. You've almost got to be a rocket scientist to code in C#. C and C++ are simple, elegant, and easy for anyone to learn.

Yet another attempt by M$ to make something unnecessarily...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 18 June 2020, 22:13
Replies: 25
Views: 3,758
Posted By Hewitson
Rob Northern was my favourite. I still laugh...

Rob Northern was my favourite. I still laugh about that occasionally.
Forum: Coders. General 18 June 2020, 22:08
Replies: 16
Views: 3,280
Posted By Hewitson
Who on earth would prefer C# over C++?

Who on earth would prefer C# over C++?
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 17 June 2020, 18:05
Replies: 104
Views: 13,028
Posted By Hewitson
It doesn't exist in Australia either, but very...

It doesn't exist in Australia either, but very good quality RGB to YUV converters are available.



Well, that would be my other question. Why play a PS1 on a modern TV?
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 17 June 2020, 16:14
Replies: 104
Views: 13,028
Posted By Hewitson
Why do you guys make life so difficult with all...

Why do you guys make life so difficult with all these converters, upscalers, etc? Get an RGB SCART cable. Job done.
Forum: Coders. Language 17 June 2020, 15:57
Replies: 15
Views: 2,942
Posted By Hewitson
Depends on the application. I remember once...

Depends on the application.

I remember once doing a programming assignment in C, because that's what the teacher said we must use. I spent hours on it, the code was fine, I still to this day don't...
Forum: support.Hardware 17 June 2020, 15:30
Replies: 50
Views: 2,959
Posted By Hewitson
Yep. Looks like quite a few tracks to the...

Yep. Looks like quite a few tracks to the immediate right of the battery location have basically vanished.
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 15 June 2020, 01:58
Replies: 23
Views: 3,351
Posted By Hewitson
Uhh, it's actually you that doesn't know how to...

Uhh, it's actually you that doesn't know how to comment. Your code will fail to compile on almost any compiler. It's not valid C code.

I asked my question politely, there was no reason for such a...
Forum: support.Hardware 14 June 2020, 18:49
Replies: 8
Views: 491
Posted By Hewitson
It's a nice little adapter, but probably overkill...

It's a nice little adapter, but probably overkill in most cases since the drives can usually be modified very easily. There's instructions for many different models available.
Forum: Coders. General 14 June 2020, 18:40
Replies: 5
Views: 1,361
Posted By Hewitson
Are you running anything that could be...

Are you running anything that could be interfering with it? Maybe try running it without the Startup-Sequence.
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 14 June 2020, 18:29
Replies: 23
Views: 3,351
Posted By Hewitson
I've never seen semicolons used for comments....

I've never seen semicolons used for comments. Which compiler accepts that?
Forum: Coders. Contest 14 June 2020, 13:31
Replies: 1,800
Views: 191,766
Posted By Hewitson
mcgeezer, is it the fact that someone is selling...

mcgeezer, is it the fact that someone is selling the signed, boxed copy of the game, or the price that they're asking for it that you're annoyed about?
Forum: Amiga scene 11 June 2020, 16:41
Replies: 22
Views: 2,104
Posted By Hewitson
This is a feature, not a problem. A virus checker...

This is a feature, not a problem. A virus checker that only worked on 3.5/3.9 would be useless.
Forum: Amiga scene 11 June 2020, 16:39
Replies: 1,057
Views: 175,991
Posted By Hewitson
People said similar things about TOS/GEM. ...

People said similar things about TOS/GEM.



Ok, you've lost what little credibility you had now.
Forum: Coders. General 11 June 2020, 16:16
Replies: 7
Views: 959
Posted By Hewitson
Check out the C64 conversion of Power Drift....

Check out the C64 conversion of Power Drift. Honestly, one of the best arcade conversions ever in my opinion.
Forum: support.Other 06 June 2020, 13:53
Replies: 1
Views: 918
Posted By Hewitson
Any chance of a picture of the inside of one of...

Any chance of a picture of the inside of one of these units? Or a screenshot from a scope?
Forum: support.Hardware 03 June 2020, 16:21
Replies: 11
Views: 452
Posted By Hewitson
Hi Mafoo, the best thing would have been to go...

Hi Mafoo, the best thing would have been to go into Early Startup and boot with no Startup-Sequence so you could remove the offending line(s). There was certainly no need for a format and reinstall.
Forum: support.Hardware 02 June 2020, 21:05
Replies: 4
Views: 432
Posted By Hewitson
My point is, using budget capacitors is going to...

My point is, using budget capacitors is going to produce an audible difference on a high end piece of audio equipment. On something like an Amiga, which is outputting very low quality sound, even the...
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