iComp confirms ownership of P96 - Page 6

Worfje · 30 March 2020, 19:36

That's good to know, thanks!
Ordered and payed. Keep it up Jens!

E-Penguin · 13 April 2020, 19:18

It appears my downloads have "expired" - I thought I had ten but now I see it's limited to 12 months. Do I need to buy it again?

AMike · 13 April 2020, 19:23

Jep, if you want the updates you have to pay it again.

Overmann · 15 April 2020, 13:23

Well, actually, after 12 months you cannot donwload any version, present or previous. So it's not only if you want to keep getting updates. I was unaware of this and ended up missing 3-4 updates, which was pretty annoying.

So it's x number of downloads or 12 months, whichever comes first, and you're out.

E-Penguin · 15 April 2020, 16:52

Yes, I thought it was restricted to a number of downloads, rather than a timespan, so I was saving them until I was ready to rebuild my WB installs.

Jens very nicely updated the expiry to let me download the latest version.

nogginthenog · 15 April 2020, 20:19

I didn't know there was a new version. Thanks for the update. 7 downloads remaining.

Thomas Richter · 11 August 2020, 19:21

Ah, yes... some news on this. A 2.5.0 of P96 is currently under beta testing. Current release date is not yet clear (does not depend on me), but there is a tiny little extra feature that will become available, so I'd rather share a screen shot.

That's for the graphics cards that are currently under active support and part of the package, thus anything that is based on the Cirrus or S3 chips, and probably (but untested) for the NCR and Tseng Labs based cards.

The driver interface is backwards compatible, so we don't loose any third party drivers, though you may ask their vendors for an update to support the new feature, the new API is already documented.

There are a couple of restrictions that arise from the limitations of the legacy VGA standard this is based on, the most prominent one being the amount of graphics memory. But other than that.... well, it's working.

Again, please do not yet ask about a release date, we will see how it goes, but as far as my work is concerned, I'm already pleased.

malko · 11 August 2020, 20:07

klx300r · 11 August 2020, 20:40

@ ThoR

coldacid · 11 August 2020, 21:21

Sure would be nice to be able to buy P96 but I can't log into the shop to do so.

UPDATE: I'm an idiot, disregard above. *facepalm*

Thomas Richter · 11 August 2020, 21:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by coldacid

Sure would be nice to be able to buy P96 but I can't log into the shop to do so.

At this time, the 2.5.0 is not for sale yet, so no worries. Other than that, contact Jens about the issue: jens@icomp.de

Overmann · 11 August 2020, 21:43

That's fantastic! No such feature for the ZZ9000 though, or is that "emulating" one of these chipsets?

nogginthenog · 11 August 2020, 21:44

Awesome

Thomas Richter · 11 August 2020, 21:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Overmann

That's fantastic! No such feature for the ZZ9000 though, or is that "emulating" one of these chipsets?

Not that I am aware of, but Lukas is "in the loop". Please understand that I do not want to make promises in his name. The feature the chip/FPGA needs to support is a "line compare register" that resets the raster memory pointer and panning registers to 0 at a particular image line.

This is entirely different from what Os 4.x does which instead clips and moves bytes around. However, our 68K is too slow for this idea.

This technique also explains the restrictions: Only two screens at once which also must share the same pixel layout (i.e. both 8 bit CLUT or both HICOLOR). As VGA chips do not have a copper, the palette cannot be changed mid-screen either.

dschallock · 11 August 2020, 22:57

This is so awesome! I can’t wait till this update comes out. I have missed this feature for so long. Truly epic news!!!

coldacid · 12 August 2020, 01:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomas Richter

At this time, the 2.5.0 is not for sale yet, so no worries. Other than that, contact Jens about the issue: jens@icomp.de

I just wanted to buy it because it's still in development and I want to support that. My problem was that the store uses different accounts from the forums and my brain was too damaged from work to realize that at first

gulliver · 12 August 2020, 04:27

Great work Thomas!

A very welcomed addition.

Storm · 31 August 2020, 16:58

I'm always updating these drivers for my Picasso IV when available. Never sure what improvements there are, but I do it anyway. I'm an upgradaholic

MrDBUG · 07 September 2020, 00:31

ARE YOU KIDDING ? Screen dragging ??? :-D :-D Well I have bought it twice now so this rocks ! I hope I will be able to use it on the Chameleon MiniMig AGA core ! (p96 function in beta, very experimental apparently but anyway nice) Anyway screen dragging is one of the features most iconic for Amiga GUI.

spudje · 06 October 2020, 10:07

Cool, great development continues. I'll wait till 2.5.0 is released before I renew my license

30 March 2020, 19:36	#101
Worfje Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 125	That's good to know, thanks! Ordered and payed. Keep it up Jens! Last edited by Worfje; 30 March 2020 at 20:05.

11 August 2020, 19:21	#107
Thomas Richter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Germany Posts: 3,214	Ah, yes... some news on this. A 2.5.0 of P96 is currently under beta testing. Current release date is not yet clear (does not depend on me), but there is a tiny little extra feature that will become available, so I'd rather share a screen shot. That's for the graphics cards that are currently under active support and part of the package, thus anything that is based on the Cirrus or S3 chips, and probably (but untested) for the NCR and Tseng Labs based cards. The driver interface is backwards compatible, so we don't loose any third party drivers, though you may ask their vendors for an update to support the new feature, the new API is already documented. There are a couple of restrictions that arise from the limitations of the legacy VGA standard this is based on, the most prominent one being the amount of graphics memory. But other than that.... well, it's working. Again, please do not yet ask about a release date, we will see how it goes, but as far as my work is concerned, I'm already pleased. Attached Thumbnails

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13 April 2020, 19:18	#102
E-Penguin Banana Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Darmstadt Posts: 1,213	It appears my downloads have "expired" - I thought I had ten but now I see it's limited to 12 months. Do I need to buy it again?

13 April 2020, 19:23	#103
AMike Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: near Vienna/Austria Posts: 389	Jep, if you want the updates you have to pay it again.

15 April 2020, 13:23	#104
Overmann Registered User Join Date: May 2014 Location: Norway Posts: 379	Well, actually, after 12 months you cannot donwload any version, present or previous. So it's not only if you want to keep getting updates. I was unaware of this and ended up missing 3-4 updates, which was pretty annoying. So it's x number of downloads or 12 months, whichever comes first, and you're out.

15 April 2020, 16:52	#105
E-Penguin Banana Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Darmstadt Posts: 1,213	Yes, I thought it was restricted to a number of downloads, rather than a timespan, so I was saving them until I was ready to rebuild my WB installs. Jens very nicely updated the expiry to let me download the latest version.

15 April 2020, 20:19	#106
nogginthenog Amigan Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: London Posts: 1,309	I didn't know there was a new version. Thanks for the update. 7 downloads remaining.

11 August 2020, 20:07	#108
malko Ex nihilo nihil Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: CH Posts: 4,856

11 August 2020, 20:40	#109
klx300r Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,593	@ ThoR

11 August 2020, 21:21	#110
coldacid WinUAE 4000/40, V4SA Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: East of Oshawa Posts: 538	Sure would be nice to be able to buy P96 but I can't log into the shop to do so. UPDATE: I'm an idiot, disregard above. facepalm

11 August 2020, 21:43	#112
Overmann Registered User Join Date: May 2014 Location: Norway Posts: 379	That's fantastic! No such feature for the ZZ9000 though, or is that "emulating" one of these chipsets?

11 August 2020, 21:44	#113
nogginthenog Amigan Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: London Posts: 1,309	Awesome

11 August 2020, 22:57	#115
dschallock Registered User Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Northern California Posts: 174	This is so awesome! I can’t wait till this update comes out. I have missed this feature for so long. Truly epic news!!!

12 August 2020, 04:27	#117
gulliver BoingBagged Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South of nowhere Age: 46 Posts: 2,358	Great work Thomas! A very welcomed addition.

31 August 2020, 16:58	#118
Storm SYS64738 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Australia Age: 50 Posts: 118	I'm always updating these drivers for my Picasso IV when available. Never sure what improvements there are, but I do it anyway. I'm an upgradaholic

07 September 2020, 00:31	#119
MrDBUG Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Larvik, Norway Posts: 125	ARE YOU KIDDING ? Screen dragging ??? :-D :-D Well I have bought it twice now so this rocks ! I hope I will be able to use it on the Chameleon MiniMig AGA core ! (p96 function in beta, very experimental apparently but anyway nice) Anyway screen dragging is one of the features most iconic for Amiga GUI.

06 October 2020, 10:07	#120
spudje Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,406	Cool, great development continues. I'll wait till 2.5.0 is released before I renew my license

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