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Forum: Amiga scene Yesterday, 11:52
Replies: 66
Views: 2,227
Posted By Locutus
For things like super nice file path...

For things like super nice file path navigation/completion, try Fish shell, ofcourse no UI that pops up, but the navigator it uses for file/directory completion is brilliant. ....That and all the...
Forum: Amiga scene Yesterday, 10:37
Replies: 66
Views: 2,227
Posted By Locutus
I think this the only one in this thread that i...

I think this the only one in this thread that i actually really agree with, this would have allowed for an even nicer CLI UX not just because of more consistent implementations of command interfaces...
Forum: Amiga scene Yesterday, 10:17
Replies: 66
Views: 2,227
Posted By Locutus
You can either inspect processes inside your own...

You can either inspect processes inside your own user's process space or run as root and inspect system wide, this is a feature.


Security separation is a thing, i wouldn't want parts of the...
Forum: Amiga scene 20 April 2024, 11:35
Replies: 66
Views: 2,227
Posted By Locutus
...Ehh strace?

...Ehh strace?
Forum: Amiga scene 18 April 2024, 22:44
Replies: 3,785
Views: 506,325
Posted By Locutus
Last computer i bought that felt 'Impressive' to...

Last computer i bought that felt 'Impressive' to me was my AMD 3950X with 128GB memory.

With that amount of memory i could finally run complex transaction and data streaming applications i work...
Forum: Amiga scene 09 April 2024, 20:06
Replies: 63
Views: 5,820
Posted By Locutus
I'd say...satisfying, but we all know how...

I'd say...satisfying, but we all know how Timothy's legal necromancy skills are.
Forum: Amiga scene 09 April 2024, 17:50
Replies: 47
Views: 3,703
Posted By Locutus
Pfooh, i don't want to disparage the technical...

Pfooh, i don't want to disparage the technical achievements involved, but as artistics works these are all pretty bad.

...Coder-graphics supreme :)

Still, interesting to see when certain things...
Forum: support.Hardware 09 April 2024, 09:29
Replies: 12
Views: 524
Posted By Locutus
An FTP server on the Amiga side is the way to go...

An FTP server on the Amiga side is the way to go if you want to do this via TCP/IP, to smooth this over from your editor experience you'll need to script up something from the client side of course....
Forum: Amiga scene 08 April 2024, 09:38
Replies: 3,785
Views: 506,325
Posted By Locutus
It uses the DSP-1 chip.

It uses the DSP-1 chip.
Forum: Amiga scene 07 April 2024, 22:33
Replies: 3,785
Views: 506,325
Posted By Locutus
Remember, the very first game with an enhancement...

Remember, the very first game with an enhancement chip was a delayed launch title, Pilot Wings!


If it's a money gauging idea, i wouldn't go that far. But it did help significantly with making...
Forum: Hardware mods 28 March 2024, 19:15
Replies: 57
Views: 4,312
Posted By Locutus
Not just a chance, the oldest Amiga fans are...

Not just a chance, the oldest Amiga fans are already dying already off. Time will move on and the younger ones of us will also be gone.


After that, alas the Amiga is a historical footnote in...
Forum: support.Hardware 28 March 2024, 15:38
Replies: 16
Views: 847
Posted By Locutus
Oh! I did not think about soft-core SATA being a...

Oh! I did not think about soft-core SATA being a thing, now i feel stupid :-)
Forum: support.Hardware 28 March 2024, 14:07
Replies: 16
Views: 847
Posted By Locutus
The problem is that almost all SATA host...

The problem is that almost all SATA host controllers require a PCI-e, PCI or USB bus to connect to.

(One could argue that IDE>SATA adapters are SATA host controllers with 16bit ISA interfaces,...
Forum: support.WinUAE 27 March 2024, 22:28
Replies: 45
Views: 10,584
Posted By Locutus
No, it fails somewhere in MMU setup last i tried...

No, it fails somewhere in MMU setup last i tried (...years ago).
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 26 March 2024, 20:45
Replies: 33
Views: 1,374
Posted By Locutus
The thing is, the Reform does all the hard parts...

The thing is, the Reform does all the hard parts of making it into a laptop. Screen drivers, battery management, keyboard/mouse integration, case, etc.
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 26 March 2024, 15:57
Replies: 33
Views: 1,374
Posted By Locutus
To continue on that MNT Reform fancy, it seems...

To continue on that MNT Reform fancy, it seems they already have a board in progress for something like this:

https://source.mnt.re/reform/reform-kintex-som

So then the question is mostly would...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 26 March 2024, 14:57
Replies: 33
Views: 1,374
Posted By Locutus
I'd imagine that if you really want to, it's...

I'd imagine that if you really want to, it's probably doable by making a custom board design that fits the MNT Reform case (from the same developer as the Z9000 RTG cards!).
Forum: Amiga scene 13 March 2024, 11:44
Replies: 18
Views: 1,190
Posted By Locutus
Don't despair, It's going to be a long cord to...

Don't despair, It's going to be a long cord to Olkiluoto, but Sisu can do it.
Forum: Amiga scene 12 March 2024, 09:19
Replies: 30
Views: 3,054
Posted By Locutus
Why not whet developer appetite with some draft...

Why not whet developer appetite with some draft API docs so one can think about what they can do with it?
Forum: Amiga scene 07 March 2024, 14:17
Replies: 20
Views: 1,598
Posted By Locutus
Oh Jope, please stop hurting me by flaunting my...

Oh Jope, please stop hurting me by flaunting my dreams and their impossibility :(
Forum: Amiga scene 01 March 2024, 10:56
Replies: 3,785
Views: 506,325
Posted By Locutus
A very similar case is Silicon Graphics, which...

A very similar case is Silicon Graphics, which got featured in Jurassic Park (also included Thinking Machine!) and Twister.

In both cases they provided complete pro-bono work to 'make it do...
Forum: Amiga scene 29 February 2024, 12:32
Replies: 34
Views: 2,271
Posted By Locutus
The Linux drivers will require a lot of kernel...

The Linux drivers will require a lot of kernel infrastructure, DRM, KMS etc, A simple wrapper is probably quite a understatement :)
Forum: News 19 February 2024, 13:55
Replies: 30
Views: 2,236
Posted By Locutus
The DraCo emulation was interesting to see, and...

The DraCo emulation was interesting to see, and quite neat to see how it actually worked. Not super useful, but thanks for feature and the development thread on it!
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 15 February 2024, 17:54
Replies: 28
Views: 1,595
Posted By Locutus
That's fair and i didn't know that.

That's fair and i didn't know that.
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 15 February 2024, 12:53
Replies: 28
Views: 1,595
Posted By Locutus
Comparing to the level of many of the side...

Comparing to the level of many of the side scrollers on the Neogeo, this honestly feels mediocre.
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 14 February 2024, 09:27
Replies: 127
Views: 8,302
Posted By Locutus
AW is a prime example of a game that was...

AW is a prime example of a game that was architected from the get go for portability between different platforms.

The whole game runs in a custom runtime, a fun writeup of which can be found here:...
Forum: Amiga scene 08 February 2024, 14:09
Replies: 871
Views: 66,394
Posted By Locutus
That sounds like how NeWS and NeXT tried to...

That sounds like how NeWS and NeXT tried to envision this using Display Postscript, where the host applications generate Postscript to describe the graphics out and the presentation device can be...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 08 February 2024, 13:55
Replies: 14
Views: 1,089
Posted By Locutus
I would like to have a play with one of the pdp11...

I would like to have a play with one of the pdp11 based soviet home computers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronika_BK

My hope would have been to get BSD2.11 to run on one, but i fear that...
Forum: Amiga scene 08 February 2024, 09:15
Replies: 871
Views: 66,394
Posted By Locutus
After reading the interface design for the TIGA,...

After reading the interface design for the TIGA, i wonder if it was designed to support a graphics system like X11 with a X server running fully on the Ti chip.


It'd be interesting to see how...
Forum: Amiga scene 06 February 2024, 20:01
Replies: 871
Views: 66,394
Posted By Locutus
The reference to quadrilateral rendering hardware...

The reference to quadrilateral rendering hardware is kinda fun though, in a sense a distorted quads pipeline like the Sega Saturn is something of a final logical conclusion of a soft-sprite/blitter...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 February 2024, 13:11
Replies: 56
Views: 4,280
Posted By Locutus
That sounds familiar, i actually have my Amiga...

That sounds familiar, i actually have my Amiga setup for the CLI to be rendered as the backing of the default pubscreen, effectively making it the wallpaper on the workbench.
Forum: Amiga scene 03 February 2024, 09:36
Replies: 56
Views: 4,280
Posted By Locutus
Not at all, i loved in the Amiga as a computer...

Not at all, i loved in the Amiga as a computer platform back in the day, I learned programming in C and Assembler on it and in doing so it gave me a career for life.
Forum: Amiga scene 31 January 2024, 12:45
Replies: 56
Views: 4,280
Posted By Locutus
Confession: I never found Amiga games all that...

Confession: I never found Amiga games all that interesting and mostly crap, early 90s PC games aged better.
Forum: Amiga scene 23 January 2024, 12:17
Replies: 76
Views: 4,583
Posted By Locutus
I still have a A3000 with a 68060 and RTG, and...

I still have a A3000 with a 68060 and RTG, and realized i haven't even plugged it in last year.

Guess i should consider just selling it, the few times i want to hack at something Amiga WinUAE does...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 18 January 2024, 21:20
Replies: 3,422
Views: 822,298
Posted By Locutus
'Logical drives', exists in a couple of other...

'Logical drives', exists in a couple of other operating systems that have a concept of distinct user visible disks (ie, not unix style single directory hierarchy).


VMS (and RSX-11 before it) has...
Forum: Coders. General 30 December 2023, 12:23
Replies: 49
Views: 7,257
Posted By Locutus
There's a bunch of open source TTS engines, some...

There's a bunch of open source TTS engines, some of them rather old and originally targeted at slow hardware in the same performance bracket as a =>030 Amiga (Mbrola was for VAX, eSpeak RISCOS...
Forum: Coders. Releases 23 December 2023, 18:06
Replies: 5
Views: 639
Posted By Locutus
awesome! It's great to see this being...

awesome!

It's great to see this being properly pushed upstream, too much Amiga porting efforts never do and just vanish.

Thanks, now i need to figure out some REST API client i want to build...
Forum: Amiga scene 21 December 2023, 12:51
Replies: 3,785
Views: 506,325
Posted By Locutus
The NeXT 'port' exists because at the time it was...

The NeXT 'port' exists because at the time it was the platform with the best development tools (insert Symbolics saying hi).

And this makes perfect sense when you want to iteratively develop and...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 18 December 2023, 17:02
Replies: 3,422
Views: 822,298
Posted By Locutus
The Sun-2 was probably the biggest selling series...

The Sun-2 was probably the biggest selling series of machines with the 68010.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-2
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 15 December 2023, 09:55
Replies: 21
Views: 2,400
Posted By Locutus
Is this its own Amiga emulator implementation or...

Is this its own Amiga emulator implementation or derived of UAE?
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