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Forum: request.Apps Yesterday, 18:51
Replies: 64
Views: 15,690
Posted By arcanist
Very cool! I tried to install 2.5 from their...

Very cool! I tried to install 2.5 from their website a while ago. The series of patches on top of patches became quite unwieldy and I gave up.



:D I'll buy Amiga Future to support the effort,...
Forum: project.EAB 17 April 2024, 17:11
Replies: 28
Views: 1,294
Posted By arcanist
If the discussions went like that I might...

If the discussions went like that I might actually read them. :D
Forum: Amiga scene 05 April 2024, 22:27
Replies: 66
Views: 5,322
Posted By arcanist
Ah, that's the stuff. Never change, Amiga scene!...

Ah, that's the stuff. Never change, Amiga scene! :great
Forum: Amiga scene 05 April 2024, 18:55
Replies: 66
Views: 5,322
Posted By arcanist
I'm not too surprised by the use of ML in...

I'm not too surprised by the use of ML in contemporary demos. Expectations grow every year while the free time of its participants dwindles with age and responsibilities.

Over the years it led to...
Forum: request.Old Rare Games 03 April 2024, 05:47
Replies: 39
Views: 1,410
Posted By arcanist
Theme Park Mystery...

Theme Park Mystery (https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=1346) - I love the atmosphere of this game. Had absolutely no idea how to beat it as a kid and I still don't today. :D

Wizkid...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 26 March 2024, 20:13
Replies: 143
Views: 8,034
Posted By arcanist
In my younger years I veered wildly between...

In my younger years I veered wildly between gaming excessively and programming obsessively. Neither was healthy, looking back, but both held invaluable lessons for the balance I'd eventually strike a...
Forum: Coders. System 25 February 2024, 04:41
Replies: 21
Views: 1,810
Posted By arcanist
Try adding -DNO_INLINE_STDARG, or (better)...

Try adding -DNO_INLINE_STDARG, or (better) #define / #undef it around the <proto/intuition.h> include.
Forum: Amiga scene 10 February 2024, 06:00
Replies: 56
Views: 4,279
Posted By arcanist
I own full price boxed copies of Rise of the...

I own full price boxed copies of Rise of the Robots AGA and OCS. I have about an hour's combined playtime between them.
If you offered me my childhood dream Amiga, a fully decked out A4000T with...
Forum: project.EAB 07 February 2024, 16:22
Replies: 47
Views: 2,866
Posted By arcanist
There are several posts I once found through...

There are several posts I once found through Google which are no longer in the 'keyword site:eab.abime.net' results. I recall they disappeared a year ago or so.

Google's index of EAB is quite...
Forum: support.WinUAE 23 January 2024, 18:20
Replies: 12
Views: 917
Posted By arcanist
Now it's perfect. :great

Now it's perfect. :great
Forum: support.WinUAE 22 January 2024, 22:19
Replies: 12
Views: 917
Posted By arcanist
Well... the flag is now set, but all the numbers...

Well... the flag is now set, but all the numbers on the NEWTABLET events have gone crazy and the pointer doesn't move. :D

IESUBCLASS_NEWTABLET: SX=16384 SY=2204 SXF=16398 SYF=14014 TX=16255862...
Forum: support.WinUAE 22 January 2024, 21:00
Replies: 12
Views: 917
Posted By arcanist
Yes, this build does work. The pen moves...

Yes, this build does work. The pen moves correctly. My input handler still shows IEQUALIFIER_RELATIVEMOUSE is not set on the RAWMOUSE events, if you intended to set it.

I tested this build on 3.1...
Forum: support.WinUAE 21 January 2024, 20:35
Replies: 12
Views: 917
Posted By arcanist
I didn't see any POINTERPOS events (or...

I didn't see any POINTERPOS events (or NEWPOINTERPOS except NEWTABLET subclass) with the previous build. The current build (I added ? to the URL to be safe) behaves the same.

Here's a log of the...
Forum: support.WinUAE 21 January 2024, 20:00
Replies: 12
Views: 917
Posted By arcanist
That's odd. I checked the Intuition events and...

That's odd. I checked the Intuition events and you're right.

With my change the RAWMOUSE ie_xy fields are always zero. This works. With your change the pointer warps to a position exactly...
Forum: support.WinUAE 21 January 2024, 04:17
Replies: 12
Views: 917
Posted By arcanist
There are no other input events at the time. ...

There are no other input events at the time.

I've managed to track this down some way. I wrote an input handler to dump the events Intuition sees and this is happening:


While the pen moves...
Forum: support.WinUAE 18 January 2024, 00:17
Replies: 12
Views: 917
Posted By arcanist
Pointer warps on click with tablet emulation

WinUAE 5.1.0, Wacom Intuos tablet, tablet emulation enabled, mousehack enabled. OS 3.2 with RTG and 3.1 with native.

This configuration almost works perfectly. When I depress the left or right...
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 12 January 2024, 03:24
Replies: 21
Views: 2,288
Posted By arcanist
This is the current version on VBCC's website: ...

This is the current version on VBCC's website:

$ grep -r Supervisor vbcc_target_m68k-kick13
vbcc_target_m68k-kick13/targets/m68k-kick13/include/clib/exec_protos.h:ULONG Supervisor(ULONG...
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 11 January 2024, 16:19
Replies: 21
Views: 2,288
Posted By arcanist
I don't see a minimum version note in the...

I don't see a minimum version note in the Autodoc. The prototype is in VBCC's m68k-kick13 target too.

I guess try it and see. :D
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 11 January 2024, 04:11
Replies: 21
Views: 2,288
Posted By arcanist
Here's my implementation:...

Here's my implementation: https://github.com/amigageek/modsurfer/blob/4bdebbdc6162cc79af394c3caee40d5867808401/system.c#L391
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 07 January 2024, 03:42
Replies: 9
Views: 935
Posted By arcanist
Dark Reader...

Dark Reader (https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh) works great on EAB, and on every other website as a bonus!

I don't think I could browse the...
Forum: support.WinUAE 31 December 2023, 19:51
Replies: 8
Views: 975
Posted By arcanist
I've only tried full-window (non-exclusive...

I've only tried full-window (non-exclusive fullscreen) mode.

I had trouble getting the Denise C64 emulator to work with VRR in windowed mode, while it worked fine in full-window. That might depend...
Forum: support.WinUAE 31 December 2023, 02:29
Replies: 8
Views: 975
Posted By arcanist
VSync should be disabled for GSync (and...

VSync should be disabled for GSync (and Freesync). The screen refresh rate should also be higher than the target refresh rate. 144Hz is fine.

The feature needs to be enabled in both the driver's...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 07 December 2023, 03:10
Replies: 15
Views: 1,065
Posted By arcanist
I've found this explanation...

I've found this explanation (https://ada.untergrund.net/?p=boardthread&id=890#msg8382) useful for calculating the right values.
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 02 December 2023, 23:17
Replies: 16
Views: 1,770
Posted By arcanist
Do they still make motherboards with non-USB...

Do they still make motherboards with non-USB serial ports?

My hardware synthesizer project has both parallel and USB ports. The parallel port is for Amiga hardware. The USB port implements a CDC...
Forum: News 20 November 2023, 00:29
Replies: 188
Views: 33,666
Posted By arcanist
Really happy to see iBrowse still actively...

Really happy to see iBrowse still actively developed. :great

The 2.5 key I bought two years ago ("IBrowse 2.5 [68K/PPC] New License") works with 3.0.
Forum: Amiga scene 09 November 2023, 15:38
Replies: 145
Views: 15,428
Posted By arcanist
You know the computer you've always dreamt about?...

You know the computer you've always dreamt about? Well, stop dreaming! You're getting the A600 instead. :D
Forum: Amiga scene 04 November 2023, 15:45
Replies: 145
Views: 15,428
Posted By arcanist
Here you go: The Crimson Diamond...

Here you go: The Crimson Diamond (https://www.thecrimsondiamond.com/). There's a playable demo on there.

It's been in development for quite a few years. The developer is active on Twitch and one...
Forum: Amiga scene 03 November 2023, 16:57
Replies: 145
Views: 15,428
Posted By arcanist
I played all of the Sierra and Lucasarts games on...

I played all of the Sierra and Lucasarts games on an A600 with no hard disk. My sister was in charge of taking notes and disk swapping. :D (I offered to let her play many times but she preferred to...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 18 September 2023, 23:24
Replies: 50
Views: 4,572
Posted By arcanist
This sub-forum always seemed a bit odd to me. You...

This sub-forum always seemed a bit odd to me. You can quite reasonably do hardware programming in C. And system programming in assembly.

Learning the language, hardware, and operating system are...
Forum: Coders. System 14 August 2023, 18:02
Replies: 70
Views: 9,210
Posted By arcanist
It looks really useful. I'm not sure why but...

It looks really useful.

I'm not sure why but the PDF is very slow to render in Chrome and Okular/Poppler on Linux. I installed Texlive and rebuilt the PDF. It's 4x smaller and renders almost...
Forum: support.WinUAE 08 August 2023, 21:36
Replies: 26
Views: 2,967
Posted By arcanist
What does your monitor overlay show for the...

What does your monitor overlay show for the refresh rate in PAL mode?

On my monitor you have to enable Freesync in its settings, then the option in NVIDIA settings (there's also a second one for...
Forum: Coders. General 30 July 2023, 19:06
Replies: 13
Views: 1,838
Posted By arcanist
My cross compile Makefile builds programs...

My cross compile Makefile builds programs directly into a folder mounted as a drive in the emulator. The IDE tooling (code completion, live linting in VS Code) makes cross-compiling my go-to option....
Forum: Amiga scene 19 July 2023, 16:00
Replies: 91
Views: 9,122
Posted By arcanist
Did the Spectrum Next gain any traction? I...

Did the Spectrum Next gain any traction?

I bought one but just for the 48K/128K modes with a nice case and keyboard. The "Next" part always seemed a bit pointless.
Forum: Coders. General 30 June 2023, 22:11
Replies: 3
Views: 806
Posted By arcanist
I've done it in a 512 byte intro to save space....

I've done it in a 512 byte intro to save space. Easy enough to poll on the vertical blank interrupt and reprogram the bitplane pointers.
Forum: Coders. General 28 June 2023, 15:32
Replies: 1,572
Views: 551,628
Posted By arcanist
I'm not sure if my employer got lucky but we've...

I'm not sure if my employer got lucky but we've had a few great embedded hires over the last couple of years.

Part of my job is maintaining the microcontrollers in GPUs. Until last year these were...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 28 June 2023, 01:05
Replies: 115
Views: 19,153
Posted By arcanist
I have a crusty old copy of AF issue 1 which has...

I have a crusty old copy of AF issue 1 which has been thoroughly crushed by the weight of AF issues 2-136 stacked on top of it. It's been read on the toilet many times over the years. :D
Forum: News 27 June 2023, 02:03
Replies: 161
Views: 24,556
Posted By arcanist
If you're open to alternative formats then...

If you're open to alternative formats then AmigaGuide -> HTML converters are available. You could style it to look like MultiView with CSS, even with classic Amiga webfonts.

But understand if you...
Forum: Coders. General 26 June 2023, 15:21
Replies: 1,572
Views: 551,628
Posted By arcanist
I'd say it's worse on modern CPUs, not better. ...

I'd say it's worse on modern CPUs, not better.

Compiler developers have been trying to improve autovectorization since the dawn of SSE and GCC still does a terrible job of it. Where ALU throughput...
Forum: request.Apps 26 June 2023, 03:16
Replies: 22
Views: 7,658
Posted By arcanist
Bumping this thread to add some notes for future...

Bumping this thread to add some notes for future Googlers.

There is a V3.5 manual link on the FTP at /TOSEC-PIX/Commodore Amiga - Manuals - Applications/Real 3D User Manual Version 3...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 24 June 2023, 18:24
Replies: 115
Views: 19,153
Posted By arcanist
Half of it was advertising, to be fair. With...

Half of it was advertising, to be fair. With their circulation AF had no trouble attracting advertisers. Although my younger self still enjoyed looking at the expensive toys I couldn't afford.
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