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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 05 April 2024, 14:13
Replies: 143
Views: 8,096
Posted By activist
Why, as a self appointed Jesus spokesperson, do...

Why, as a self appointed Jesus spokesperson, do you blindly assume everyone has the required life experience, spiritual evolution or are even in a position or be open to your 'good news' at this...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 27 March 2024, 20:03
Replies: 143
Views: 8,096
Posted By activist
thank you for sharing, enjoy those dev projects

thank you for sharing, enjoy those dev projects
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 26 March 2024, 14:25
Replies: 143
Views: 8,096
Posted By activist
I like the sound of this. What else have you read...

I like the sound of this. What else have you read apart from the bible. Just to give us some more clues.

Great thread btw OP, this one is really surprising given that it's on a website dedicated...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 19 March 2024, 18:04
Replies: 143
Views: 8,096
Posted By activist
Yes. All of it, every single bit, is a waste of...

Yes. All of it, every single bit, is a waste of time.

But it doesn't matter in the slightest. No one can either speak on your behalf or give you some sort of affirmation.
If there's something...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 March 2024, 14:53
Replies: 41
Views: 2,167
Posted By activist
It's a great story indeed, good job Steve ...

It's a great story indeed, good job Steve

edit: was it Octamed (ie the classic version) or SoundStudio you installed? Just wondering
Forum: Amiga scene 18 January 2024, 12:35
Replies: 871
Views: 66,585
Posted By activist
You're assuming an A500 and A1200 were mutually...

You're assuming an A500 and A1200 were mutually exclusive.
You're assuming a A500 successor - released early with an improved chipset, would have had the same reception as the 1200 did mid 1992....
Forum: Amiga scene 18 January 2024, 11:11
Replies: 871
Views: 66,585
Posted By activist
Couldn't agree more. Especially the KS1.3 point. ...

Couldn't agree more. Especially the KS1.3 point.
A1200 was fine. Just far, far too late in the game.
Undeniably the A500 was the cash cow and your PC could not compete with what the Amiga 500...
Forum: Amiga scene 26 July 2021, 23:00
Replies: 3,799
Views: 508,035
Posted By activist
Have to disagree there. Banshee is overrated....

Have to disagree there. Banshee is overrated. Visuals are v nice but the gameplay and pacing is not quite right at all. Battle Squadron, Mega Typhoon, Hybris wipe the floor with it gameplay wise. The...
Forum: Amiga scene 03 April 2021, 00:15
Replies: 543
Views: 80,445
Posted By activist
the design brief for the A600 was something to...

the design brief for the A600 was something to replace the C64. The 64 was still in production in 1994 as you know.



it was designed small so as to appear 'console like' and cater for the C64...
Forum: Amiga scene 30 March 2021, 13:49
Replies: 543
Views: 80,445
Posted By activist
the consensus seems to be then the Amiga failed...

the consensus seems to be then the Amiga failed because it wasn't a PC. And there was only room for two platforms in the market. Apple or PC.
What did Apple do exactly ( that Commodore and Amiga...
Forum: Amiga scene 22 March 2021, 22:50
Replies: 543
Views: 80,445
Posted By activist
possibly add Amiga software piracy to the why...

possibly add Amiga software piracy to the why didn't thrive list. Commodore happy to shift a mountain of hardware on the back of pirated software in 89/90. Commodore, being hardware only, don't do...
Forum: Amiga scene 19 March 2021, 13:31
Replies: 543
Views: 80,445
Posted By activist
Well Commodore certainly had a sort of 'stab' at...

Well Commodore certainly had a sort of 'stab' at the business/office productivity market. And licensing someone to develop software for your hardware when you have none yourself is a valid strategy....
Forum: Amiga scene 18 March 2021, 18:19
Replies: 543
Views: 80,445
Posted By activist
I think you are overly sympathetic with the...

I think you are overly sympathetic with the Commodore defense. Sure they did some good work but given what they had (the A1000, or even 2 years later) Commodore should have been at least been able to...
Forum: support.Hardware 28 February 2021, 02:32
Replies: 42
Views: 5,474
Posted By activist
that sounds great, thanks. How are you getting...

that sounds great, thanks.
How are you getting cdda + amiga audio out/mixed with that setup?
Forum: support.Hardware 27 February 2021, 02:26
Replies: 42
Views: 5,474
Posted By activist
Great. Can you describe your cd rom setup? I...

Great. Can you describe your cd rom setup? I would like to try and get that running.
Forum: support.Hardware 22 February 2021, 23:32
Replies: 42
Views: 5,474
Posted By activist
The CD32 version of Disposable Hero sounds 10...

The CD32 version of Disposable Hero sounds 10 times better than the 1200 version (win uae). So if I could emulate that version on my real 1200, with all the audio, with an external CD drive, I'd be...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 25 January 2021, 12:43
Replies: 61
Views: 20,498
Posted By activist
Sorry to post in an old thread but, has anyone...

Sorry to post in an old thread but, has anyone saved or have these video tutorials anywhere? Part 2 & 3 are gone from the channel unfortunately. Part1 is still there thankfully. Thanks
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 09 August 2020, 23:00
Replies: 94
Views: 28,103
Posted By activist
Have you an example .gdbinit file ? Seems to...

Have you an example .gdbinit file ?

Seems to work ok on command line.

e.g. On the target (amiga), type 'bgdbserver helloworld' I get 'Running GDB server on port 2345'.
Then on host (windows 7...
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 29 June 2020, 12:43
Replies: 94
Views: 28,103
Posted By activist
No. When I start the debug server on Amiga and...

No. When I start the debug server on Amiga and then, from Eclipse, select Run/Run History/<my remote application debug profile> it says:

'Connection closed by foreign host.'

Excuse ignorance...
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 25 June 2020, 00:04
Replies: 94
Views: 28,103
Posted By activist
I realise this is not stackoverflow.com but...

I realise this is not stackoverflow.com but getting same as @rocho08 trying to debug the Hello World ANSI C Project on windows 7 64-bit.

Debug seems to start well:

Process helloworld created;...
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 04 February 2020, 14:16
Replies: 10
Views: 3,689
Posted By activist
Nice work. Just wondering if you tried any of...

Nice work.
Just wondering if you tried any of the cross compiler solutions with this ?
Forum: Coders. C/C++ 31 January 2020, 18:23
Replies: 10
Views: 3,689
Posted By activist
thanks for that. Nice example, easy to follow. ...

thanks for that. Nice example, easy to follow.

These kind of ones are very good for beginner imo. At least you go off then and reference the RKRM if interested and need more info.

If know any...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 26 September 2019, 15:36
Replies: 261
Views: 83,250
Posted By activist
another noob question with winuae with rtg...

another noob question with winuae with rtg enabled.
When run a blitz game demo from workbench sometimes the native screen the blitz game runs on is hidden. I can hear game sounds, but no video....
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 19 September 2019, 11:38
Replies: 28
Views: 11,033
Posted By activist
No worries,thank you and fair play for sharing...

No worries,thank you and fair play for sharing all the code so far.

Question. Do you know of any examples of old school pseudo 3d 2d driving game in blitz. Doesn't seem to be much out there. Am...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 10 September 2019, 23:11
Replies: 261
Views: 83,250
Posted By activist
Thanks, copied the installer from: ...

Thanks, copied the installer from:
http://aminet.net/package/dev/basic/ubbinstall
to the ultimate bb cd and ran that. 2 assigns - blitzlibs and blitz2. No errors or issue running compiling or...
Forum: Coders. Blitz Basic 10 September 2019, 17:00
Replies: 261
Views: 83,250
Posted By activist
software failure

New to Blizbasic, and playing about with some of the code on the ultimateblitzbasiccd e.g. triplanes.bb2 in Examples/tedsdemos folder

However, when compile and run, they run fine but when I exit...
Forum: News 10 September 2019, 14:37
Replies: 200
Views: 74,509
Posted By activist
Thanks. Turns out I didn't wait around long...

Thanks. Turns out I didn't wait around long enough to see it boot. Takes about 5 mins using a 68040 uae configuration. Eventually it renders but the screen refresh rate is so poor I wasn't able to do...
Forum: News 20 August 2019, 23:49
Replies: 200
Views: 74,509
Posted By activist
Does the AROS-68k.hdf work with fs-uae ? Gave...

Does the AROS-68k.hdf work with fs-uae ?
Gave it a go with fs-uae 3 with the roms,hdf and uaegfx configured.
No boot, no error. Just grey screen. Get the Aros boot screen (the eyes) if eject the...
Forum: News 20 August 2019, 16:59
Replies: 200
Views: 74,509
Posted By activist
Shit sorry my bad

Shit sorry my bad
Forum: News 20 August 2019, 16:23
Replies: 200
Views: 74,509
Posted By activist
Sorry unable to unpack AROS-68k v.1.1.rar after...

Sorry unable to unpack AROS-68k v.1.1.rar after download using winrar/7Zip. Says corrupt.
Do you just rename the .rar to .hdf ?

thank you
Forum: News 14 August 2019, 18:19
Replies: 137
Views: 43,741
Posted By activist
Doh, spotted a note in the manual about a backup...

Doh, spotted a note in the manual about a backup smb-handler in Storage/L. That one works fine. So all good.

Ps miraculous work to get Aros/Icaros that far to that level and working so well....
Forum: News 12 August 2019, 15:46
Replies: 137
Views: 43,741
Posted By activist
just the link...

just the link (https://amiga.thewetmachine.net/en/2016/11/25/troubleshooting-icaros-2-1-3/) above said 'solution: You must get the L:smb-handler from icaros 2.0.1.'

so if could copy the file on...
Forum: News 12 August 2019, 14:00
Replies: 137
Views: 43,741
Posted By activist
yes after more testing seems to be no difference...

yes after more testing seems to be no difference whatsoever between vmware and vb.

Wasn't able to get shared folders from my windows7 host working in icaros desktop light vm but got samba shares...
Forum: News 09 August 2019, 10:51
Replies: 137
Views: 43,741
Posted By activist
Thanks, using vmware player instead of virtual...

Thanks, using vmware player instead of virtual box seemed to resolve all issues.
Any video on how to share a folder from the host to AROS ? Using windows as host.
Thanks
Forum: News 07 August 2019, 17:54
Replies: 137
Views: 43,741
Posted By activist
Thanks for the links AMIGASYSTEM (and info in...

Thanks for the links AMIGASYSTEM (and info in other threads).
So installed icaros desktop light 2.2.8 on virtual box/windows7.
V impressive, no doubt about it, but just wondering about stability....
Forum: Amiga scene 26 July 2019, 15:04
Replies: 3,799
Views: 508,035
Posted By activist
noone said that. Apart from swinkamor12.. ...

noone said that. Apart from swinkamor12..



I think was Doom he said. Not Quake
Forum: Amiga scene 26 July 2019, 14:11
Replies: 3,799
Views: 508,035
Posted By activist
yeah, sure. But emotion sets in when it comes to...

yeah, sure. But emotion sets in when it comes to Amiga


'Only OK' was good enough and one or two 'AGA only' games demonstrated that. That said AGA 2D driving games convinced me the 2D capability...
Forum: Amiga scene 26 July 2019, 12:17
Replies: 3,799
Views: 508,035
Posted By activist
watershed game at the time which altered the...

watershed game at the time which altered the landscape. No surprise it get's mentioned a lot



yes write that letter. Complain that if they had only added slightly better exhaust header and...
Forum: Amiga scene 19 July 2019, 13:04
Replies: 3,799
Views: 508,035
Posted By activist
sure. Go to 19'40" here: ...

sure. Go to 19'40" here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daQNJMZblZ8&t=1182

the question was "Is there anything you would have done differently to Amiga before it was released".



Was...
Forum: Amiga scene 18 July 2019, 17:02
Replies: 3,799
Views: 508,035
Posted By activist
I think the argument was by having pixel mode and...

I think the argument was by having pixel mode and planer mode it would have made the incoming fps games easier to port and you would have seen much better 3d amiga games sooner which would have knock...
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