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Forum: Amiga scene Today, 04:45
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Posted By grelbfarlk
All this power and style comes at a price–the...

All this power and style comes at a price–the $1,799 iMac is a far cry from a sub-$1,000 consumer Mac for the masses.
In 2002 that's $3,924 NZD.
Forum: support.Hardware Today, 03:43
Replies: 5,498
Views: 1,045,659
Posted By grelbfarlk
Just as a general question, has anyone ever run...

Just as a general question, has anyone ever run MacOS on MAME?
Apparently recent builds of MAME support emulating some Quadras and crashy, semi working PowerMac 6100 support.
Forum: support.Hardware Yesterday, 04:49
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Posted By grelbfarlk
Basically a PowerQUICC II board, like the Killer...

Basically a PowerQUICC II board, like the Killer NIC PowerQUICC I.
RAM appears to be an SO-DIMM on the top.
The Marvell chips looks to be for the ethernet ports.
The next step after the PMC...
Forum: Amiga websites reviews 16 April 2024, 02:28
Replies: 52
Views: 35,449
Posted By grelbfarlk
Did you use the datafiles from the OS4 version or...

Did you use the datafiles from the OS4 version or the 68k version?


The WOS version is based on the OS4 version, or at least that's the dataset that it was tested against.
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 14 April 2024, 23:01
Replies: 24
Views: 1,622
Posted By grelbfarlk
For SonnetAmiga equpped machines: The Amidog...

For SonnetAmiga equpped machines:

The Amidog versions of MAME run quite well on a Sonnet 400MHz/1M, frameskip of 2 usually so 30FPS or so, without sound skipping.

Warp Emulation Suite (aka WES)...
Forum: support.Hardware 14 April 2024, 04:49
Replies: 5,498
Views: 1,045,659
Posted By grelbfarlk
That looks great. If you don't mind soldering...

That looks great. If you don't mind soldering some SMT resistors you can overclock the Apocalypse to 500MHz and beyond.
Forum: support.Hardware 29 March 2024, 03:23
Replies: 70
Views: 5,145
Posted By grelbfarlk
I submitted a DMCA takedown request based on the...

I submitted a DMCA takedown request based on the following offenses:
1) No DSP emulation benchmarks on this primitive accelerator
2) No hardware DSP benchmarks for sound decoding from A3000 SCSI...
Forum: Amiga scene 29 March 2024, 02:51
Replies: 160
Views: 10,103
Posted By grelbfarlk
Somewhere between a Draco Cube and a Walker.

Somewhere between a Draco Cube and a Walker.
Forum: Hardware mods 28 March 2024, 04:01
Replies: 57
Views: 4,309
Posted By grelbfarlk
No it isn't. If you want an 060 you can find one...

No it isn't. If you want an 060 you can find one for around $250, look on Amibay. Maybe in 20 years it will be $1500.





I'm sure that someone would easily donate a 50Mhz 060 to you, or...
Forum: Amiga scene 27 March 2024, 03:59
Replies: 3,784
Views: 506,180
Posted By grelbfarlk
Yeah, but how much does a whole system cost? ...

Yeah, but how much does a whole system cost?



From 14 March 1994
https://tidbits.com/1994/03/14/power-macintosh-prices/
I don't vouch for the accuracy of any of this, but this sounds about...
Forum: Amiga scene 27 March 2024, 03:29
Replies: 397
Views: 59,300
Posted By grelbfarlk
That looks very nice! Including...

That looks very nice!


Including apparently an AHI enabled 16bit sound card, is that doing hardware decoding of MP3s or something?


Or/is that with an MHI driver?
Forum: Amiga scene 26 March 2024, 23:41
Replies: 3,784
Views: 506,180
Posted By grelbfarlk
May 30th, 1994 ...

May 30th, 1994
https://websrv.cecs.uci.edu/~papers/mpr/MPR/MSB/0807msb.pdf
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 26 March 2024, 03:40
Replies: 143
Views: 8,034
Posted By grelbfarlk
It is a surprise to no one, that many people who...

It is a surprise to no one, that many people who talk about Amigas seriously are in fact looneys in this year of 2024 in the third phase of the Amiga interregnum.

That being said, I am surprised...
Forum: Coders. General 20 March 2024, 22:03
Replies: 5
Views: 444
Posted By grelbfarlk
The usual one is AmiTimidity...

The usual one is AmiTimidity http://aminet.net/package/mus/midi/AmiTiMiDity
The PPC executable here is just for converting the output to WAV, and the archive is broken so that doesn't work. But...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 20 March 2024, 03:45
Replies: 143
Views: 8,034
Posted By grelbfarlk
https://i.imgur.com/IGZPFiT.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/IGZPFiT.jpeg
Forum: Coders. Releases 18 March 2024, 18:29
Replies: 129
Views: 55,936
Posted By grelbfarlk
The latest version of Dosbox WOS was in post 100,...

The latest version of Dosbox WOS was in post 100, two pages back.
https://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=1334920&postcount=100
Forum: support.Hardware 17 March 2024, 18:11
Replies: 70
Views: 5,145
Posted By grelbfarlk
Ever wonder what the "96" in Picasso96 stood for?...

Ever wonder what the "96" in Picasso96 stood for?

There was the Karate game for Opalvision, which was awful, but one of the few 16-bit or 24-bit games ever made until the RTG platforms CyberGraphX...
Forum: Amiga scene 17 March 2024, 02:16
Replies: 18
Views: 1,189
Posted By grelbfarlk
There's a guy on Amibay that sells the filter...

There's a guy on Amibay that sells the filter media from time to time but it's not framed or cut to shape, so there's a little DIY involved.
Forum: Amiga scene 16 March 2024, 02:27
Replies: 18
Views: 1,189
Posted By grelbfarlk
It had better specs than the A3000 and those...

It had better specs than the A3000 and those riser slots like an A4000, and room to fit a 1 1/2 HP blower motor. If you wanted air filtering you'd have to like waste one Zorro slot, but it's not...
Forum: Amiga scene 13 March 2024, 03:27
Replies: 18
Views: 1,189
Posted By grelbfarlk
Well, it begs the question, why don't we have...

Well, it begs the question, why don't we have some kind of Universal Suction Bus to access on the Rpi for attaching vacuums to?
Forum: Amiga scene 13 March 2024, 03:21
Replies: 18
Views: 1,189
Posted By grelbfarlk
What, you don't have cords over there, is there...

What, you don't have cords over there, is there like some kind of cord shortage?
Forum: Coders. Releases 13 March 2024, 02:58
Replies: 64
Views: 4,821
Posted By grelbfarlk
Well, it seemsta me there's an issue. Like...

Well, it seemsta me there's an issue. Like ScummVM or various other apps that you can load a CDDA track and it's very slow or stuttery, and we use an MP3 or OGG version and it sounds fine.
I think...
Forum: Coders. Releases 11 March 2024, 18:37
Replies: 64
Views: 4,821
Posted By grelbfarlk
That's pretty good, all things considered. ...

That's pretty good, all things considered.
But in a normal config with CSPPC <=233MHz, that's going to be about half that or into unplayable range, with BPPC about half that into slideshow mode....
Forum: Amiga scene 09 March 2024, 16:49
Replies: 18
Views: 1,189
Posted By grelbfarlk
No if Commodore built the Walker in 1991 with...

No if Commodore built the Walker in 1991 with AA+, a tray loading CD and a high density floppy and a bagless vacuum, then people would still be using them today.
Why they'd be so good at cleaning up...
Forum: Amiga scene 09 March 2024, 05:43
Replies: 18
Views: 1,189
Posted By grelbfarlk
Could you imagine if Commodore released the Amiga Walker with a 1 1/2 HP Motor

+ Power issues would be gone, running the Amiga would be like worrying about the backlights on a panel of buttons
+ You could play Shadow of the Beast in the woods and in that idyllic environment,...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 06 March 2024, 04:53
Replies: 24
Views: 1,622
Posted By grelbfarlk
I managed to build MAME2003 in Retroarch for...

I managed to build MAME2003 in Retroarch for WarpOS without really too much trouble.
I had never tried MESS much other than Amidog's version of it, so I don't know about that. Final Burn Alpha...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 March 2024, 04:42
Replies: 81
Views: 6,440
Posted By grelbfarlk
What if ID made Doom in the Shadow of the Beast...

What if ID made Doom in the Shadow of the Beast engine.
+So many more frames of animation for each character.

+You can just shoot things instead of limply punching them.

+Will run at a high...
Forum: Coders. Releases 29 February 2024, 01:04
Replies: 64
Views: 4,821
Posted By grelbfarlk
No yeah, I didn't necessarily think it would fix...

No yeah, I didn't necessarily think it would fix it, I was just wondering if it was possible... because maybe some people might have Warp3D drivers that might have v5 support in them.
I'm not...
Forum: Coders. Releases 28 February 2024, 04:28
Replies: 64
Views: 4,821
Posted By grelbfarlk
So is the Warp3D v5 stuff in the source too? ...

So is the Warp3D v5 stuff in the source too?


Could you theoretically build it with that, and I don't know maybe people testing things could Forceversion=5?
Forum: Coders. Releases 26 February 2024, 15:54
Replies: 64
Views: 4,821
Posted By grelbfarlk
Oh you're right, somehow I thought Payback came...

Oh you're right, somehow I thought Payback came first but it was actually a GTA clone. I seem to remember a legend that Payback was on the Amiga first, but that is clearly incorrect.


But...
Forum: Coders. Releases 26 February 2024, 04:35
Replies: 64
Views: 4,821
Posted By grelbfarlk
GTA 2 seems to run pretty much perfectly. Which...

GTA 2 seems to run pretty much perfectly. Which is funny because Payback on the Amiga is the predecessor and it has better graphics at higher resolution. The radio is better in GTA 2 at least.
Forum: Coders. Releases 23 February 2024, 05:05
Replies: 64
Views: 4,821
Posted By grelbfarlk
I'll donate, I know somebody with rich uncles. ...

I'll donate, I know somebody with rich uncles.


And this can free up Wrangler from doing the WarpOS AHI library, so he can dedicate his time to SPE decoders. And C2P. And scalers.
Forum: Coders. Releases 22 February 2024, 02:37
Replies: 64
Views: 4,821
Posted By grelbfarlk
Nah it was Warp3d, it was named fpse_w3d.exe at...

Nah it was Warp3d, it was named fpse_w3d.exe at least, and with compiler mode, when it ran it was definitely playable, with no sound and no controller support.


When I first tried building FPSE10...
Forum: Coders. Releases 21 February 2024, 22:38
Replies: 64
Views: 4,821
Posted By grelbfarlk
There are already ports for MOS and OS4. Aside...

There are already ports for MOS and OS4.
Aside from RPi equipped Amigas, 68k would just be a slideshow anyway.
And if you have an RPi you can just run it under Linux or whatever native OS you have...
Forum: Coders. Releases 21 February 2024, 13:23
Replies: 64
Views: 4,821
Posted By grelbfarlk
Yeah I did years ago. Hedeon said it needed...

Yeah I did years ago. Hedeon said it needed FORCEVERSION, also it was looking for a 15-bit mode, promoting to a 16-bit BE mode seemed to work or running in a window, but there were still a lot of...
Forum: Coders. Releases 21 February 2024, 00:20
Replies: 64
Views: 4,821
Posted By grelbfarlk
Awesome work guys! This is probably stating the...

Awesome work guys!
This is probably stating the obvious, but under the old Amidog version of FPSE to use Warp3D we had to set that variable to force Warp3D version 3. Also it required a BE mode if...
Forum: support.Hardware 03 February 2024, 19:50
Replies: 177
Views: 33,580
Posted By grelbfarlk
What is the PCIID of the Soundblaster? Is it...

What is the PCIID of the Soundblaster?
Is it ven_1102&dev_0006?
Forum: Hardware pics 02 February 2024, 05:09
Replies: 93
Views: 59,368
Posted By grelbfarlk
The drive attached to my WarpEngine seems to have...

The drive attached to my WarpEngine seems to have decided to eat itself again for the sixth time. I have given up trying to explain why this keeps happening but I maintain that the WarpEngine SCSI...
Forum: support.Hardware 30 January 2024, 00:07
Replies: 177
Views: 33,580
Posted By grelbfarlk
But the Ratte driver still works without Warp3d?

But the Ratte driver still works without Warp3d?
Forum: support.Hardware 28 January 2024, 04:18
Replies: 177
Views: 33,580
Posted By grelbfarlk
Is it possible to backport the AHI6 EMU10K driver...

Is it possible to backport the AHI6 EMU10K driver to AHI 4.18 (the gooder one)?
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