Amiga Forever 2009

antonvaltaz · 30 June 2009, 23:27

This was launched today... I know there's not a whole lot of love for Cloanto from some quarters but thought I'd ask... Anyone downloaded / tried it? From their website it seems a fairly minor update from 2008.

prowler · 30 June 2009, 23:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by antonvaltaz

From their website it seems a fairly minor update from 2008.

I dont know, it seems like there's a fair amount of new content for 2009.

antonvaltaz · 01 July 2009, 06:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by prowler

it seems like there's a fair amount of new content for 2009.

But a lot of that content was already there in 2008. Apart from the 'one-click AmiKit / AmigaSys integration' (whatever that means) it's not clear to me what is in 2009 that wasn't in 2008.

Paul_s · 01 July 2009, 06:56

If you look at the header on the index of that 'what's new' page it still says Amiga Forever 2008!

skateblind · 01 July 2009, 13:55

ahh, the old repackage and sell trick, I have my eye on you Amiga Forever.

Paul_s · 01 July 2009, 14:32

yeah the only update is the number 9

Harrison · 02 July 2009, 17:23

Not surprised.

Whereas if you download the completely free latest version of WinUAE you will have a lot of new updates and bug fixes.

antonvaltaz · 02 July 2009, 19:28

Amiga Forever is based on the current latest version of WinUAE, and they have a software updater thing which lets you know when a new version of WinUAE is available. I guess for me the main attraction of the package - apart from the legal ROMs (I still feel a bit queasy about downloading these as I don't own an Amiga anymore) - is the frontend.

I really did quite like the frontend on Amiga Forever 2008, but you couldn't add your own games to the list - you're just stuck with what they give you. You can load up ADFs or whatever by double-clicking on the file icon, but they don't stay in the game list after you shut the program down.

02 July 2009, 20:12

I was planning to buy Amiga Forever 2008 yesterday, and what do you know... there was a knew version out. I was able to upgrade for $20 (since I already own the 2006 version). The first thing that I did was boot from the CD into the Amiga emulator available via Linux. I was impressed by it. I didn't mount any games or anything, but still, it WORKED. I've always found it weird that you could boot a working operating system (Linux) from CD and now I find it even stranger that you can boot a working Linux that seamlessly and automatically boots an Amiga emulator.

After getting over the "boot into Amiga from CD" happiness (was that available in 2008?) I installed the program and tried a few included games. Cool-- it worked. I had some trouble getting my hard drive files to boot but someone helped me in another forum to get that to work. So, basically, today I have my PERSONAL Amiga now on my PC. My PC is getting on four years old now, but the emulator works okay.

I have no complaints about Amiga Forever, and I was surprised that some people don't like Cloanto. I've always thought that they did a good job with what they sell. Apart from the actual emulator I think that the best part of Amiga Forever are the DVDs available in the Premium Edition. I have the 2006 versions of these, and I guess that the 2009 version uses the same DVDs. If you haven't seen 'em, then you should!

Adam

skateblind · 02 July 2009, 20:16

</fanboyism>

prowler · 02 July 2009, 21:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by atrionfo

"Boot into Amiga from CD" happiness (was that available in 2008?)

Hi Adam,

That feature has been available on every version since at least AF 6.0 (2004, IIRC).

11 July 2009, 12:08

wot's new is the rp2 manager

still playing with it, cloanto not exactly flooding us with knowledge on this...

prowler · 19 July 2009, 20:56

An interesting letter appears in this week's Micro Mart (Issue 1064, 16-22 July 2009):

Quote:

Any Windows XP user who finds they can no longer install Amiga Forever to their HDD should check if they added SP3 since they last succeeded.
MS slipped in a sneaky prohibition on the optical drive writing to anything but the current logged-in user. If you can spare it, remove SP3 and it all works.

Ken West

Viceroy · 19 July 2009, 21:17

I have amiga forever on facebook and there was an update patch mentioned !
This is probably why !

Viceroy · 19 July 2009, 21:19

amigaforever: Working on 2009.0.4.0 update (free for all 2009 users). Will refine a few rough spots and introduce some changes...

TCD · 19 July 2009, 21:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by prowler

An interesting letter appears in this week's Micro Mart (Issue 1064, 16-22 July 2009):

Read : We have an installer that doesn't care about security restrictions, but before SP3 it worked! So downgrade your XP, because we won't fix it.

prowler · 19 July 2009, 21:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Read : We have an installer that doesn't care about security restrictions, but before SP3 it worked! So downgrade your XP, because we won't fix it.

Well, maybe they are fixing it...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viceroy

amigaforever: Working on 2009.0.4.0 update (free for all 2009 users). Will refine a few rough spots and introduce some changes...

... or perhaps the fix will be included in 2009.0.5.0 update...

pmc · 20 July 2009, 08:33

Out of interest, has anyone been able to actually get the AF2009 front end to successfully download and install either Amikit or Amigasys?

Whenever I try ---> fail.

13 August 2009, 13:09

I have it, havn't (yet) been able to get it to work "properly".

I had a decent (enough) configuration running under version 4.0, but trying to run that under AF2009 is "proving to be problematic".
This is on an AMD based laptop running 64 bit Vista, the same machine that ran 4.0 quite well.

This is my second attempt, when I uninstalled it from the first fiasco it wiped out my WORK: and SYSTEM: volumes from the 4.0 installation as well, so I had to resort to back-up.

Right now my guess is that the display settings for WinUAE are colliding with the prefs settings in the emulator, with the laptop's display settings, etc.
I just get gray screens no matter what I set for displays, or it flashes the screen and quits.

Maren · 14 August 2009, 14:26

I bought Amiga Forever for the videos and never touched the software

30 June 2009, 23:27	#1
antonvaltaz Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Oxford, UK Age: 43 Posts: 511	Amiga Forever 2009 This was launched today... I know there's not a whole lot of love for Cloanto from some quarters but thought I'd ask... Anyone downloaded / tried it? From their website it seems a fairly minor update from 2008.

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01 July 2009, 06:56	#4
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,334	If you look at the header on the index of that 'what's new' page it still says Amiga Forever 2008!

01 July 2009, 13:55	#5
skateblind Village Idiot Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: UK, England Age: 38 Posts: 580	ahh, the old repackage and sell trick, I have my eye on you Amiga Forever.

01 July 2009, 14:32	#6
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,334	yeah the only update is the number 9

02 July 2009, 17:23	#7
Harrison classicamiga.com Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK Age: 50 Posts: 155	Not surprised. Whereas if you download the completely free latest version of WinUAE you will have a lot of new updates and bug fixes.

02 July 2009, 19:28	#8
antonvaltaz Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Oxford, UK Age: 43 Posts: 511	Amiga Forever is based on the current latest version of WinUAE, and they have a software updater thing which lets you know when a new version of WinUAE is available. I guess for me the main attraction of the package - apart from the legal ROMs (I still feel a bit queasy about downloading these as I don't own an Amiga anymore) - is the frontend. I really did quite like the frontend on Amiga Forever 2008, but you couldn't add your own games to the list - you're just stuck with what they give you. You can load up ADFs or whatever by double-clicking on the file icon, but they don't stay in the game list after you shut the program down.

02 July 2009, 20:12	#9
atrionfo Posts: n/a	I was planning to buy Amiga Forever 2008 yesterday, and what do you know... there was a knew version out. I was able to upgrade for $20 (since I already own the 2006 version). The first thing that I did was boot from the CD into the Amiga emulator available via Linux. I was impressed by it. I didn't mount any games or anything, but still, it WORKED. I've always found it weird that you could boot a working operating system (Linux) from CD and now I find it even stranger that you can boot a working Linux that seamlessly and automatically boots an Amiga emulator. After getting over the "boot into Amiga from CD" happiness (was that available in 2008?) I installed the program and tried a few included games. Cool-- it worked. I had some trouble getting my hard drive files to boot but someone helped me in another forum to get that to work. So, basically, today I have my PERSONAL Amiga now on my PC. My PC is getting on four years old now, but the emulator works okay. I have no complaints about Amiga Forever, and I was surprised that some people don't like Cloanto. I've always thought that they did a good job with what they sell. Apart from the actual emulator I think that the best part of Amiga Forever are the DVDs available in the Premium Edition. I have the 2006 versions of these, and I guess that the 2009 version uses the same DVDs. If you haven't seen 'em, then you should! Adam

02 July 2009, 20:16	#10
skateblind Village Idiot Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: UK, England Age: 38 Posts: 580	</fanboyism>

11 July 2009, 12:08	#12
sweed Posts: n/a	wot's new is the rp2 manager still playing with it, cloanto not exactly flooding us with knowledge on this...

19 July 2009, 21:17	#14
Viceroy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunderland Posts: 946	I have amiga forever on facebook and there was an update patch mentioned ! This is probably why !

19 July 2009, 21:19	#15
Viceroy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunderland Posts: 946	amigaforever: Working on 2009.0.4.0 update (free for all 2009 users). Will refine a few rough spots and introduce some changes...

20 July 2009, 08:33	#18
pmc gone Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: completely gone Posts: 1,596	Out of interest, has anyone been able to actually get the AF2009 front end to successfully download and install either Amikit or Amigasys? Whenever I try ---> fail.

13 August 2009, 13:09	#19
Reg_B Posts: n/a	I have it, havn't (yet) been able to get it to work "properly". I had a decent (enough) configuration running under version 4.0, but trying to run that under AF2009 is "proving to be problematic". This is on an AMD based laptop running 64 bit Vista, the same machine that ran 4.0 quite well. This is my second attempt, when I uninstalled it from the first fiasco it wiped out my WORK: and SYSTEM: volumes from the 4.0 installation as well, so I had to resort to back-up. Right now my guess is that the display settings for WinUAE are colliding with the prefs settings in the emulator, with the laptop's display settings, etc. I just get gray screens no matter what I set for displays, or it flashes the screen and quits.

14 August 2009, 14:26	#20
Maren Banned Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: * Posts: 567	I bought Amiga Forever for the videos and never touched the software

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