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Forum: Coders. General 09 February 2024, 00:56
Replies: 5
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Posted By admiral
Use gdb, radare, ghidra and other such tools w/o...

Use gdb, radare, ghidra and other such tools w/o running anything special in the Amiga side.

Furthermore, there is nothing on the way to stop me from abstracting other Amiga debuggers, or writing...
Forum: Coders. System 08 February 2024, 14:50
Replies: 28
Views: 2,635
Posted By admiral
:agree

:agree
Forum: Coders. System 08 February 2024, 13:59
Replies: 28
Views: 2,635
Posted By admiral
There is a correct way to do it. But as I...

There is a correct way to do it.

But as I already told you: You can indeed do whatever you want. :D
Forum: Coders. System 08 February 2024, 04:59
Replies: 28
Views: 2,635
Posted By admiral
You can indeed do whatever you want (esp. if you...

You can indeed do whatever you want (esp. if you pretty much take over the system), but what I explained is the "correct" way, as documented here.
...
Forum: Coders. General 08 February 2024, 02:44
Replies: 5
Views: 649
Posted By admiral
SAD is much more usable than RomWack for...

SAD is much more usable than RomWack for machines, with its binary interface. Much less overhead, too.

RomWack allows direct human use; It is possible to just attach a terminal to the serial port....
Forum: Coders. System 05 January 2024, 02:50
Replies: 28
Views: 2,635
Posted By admiral
If you take the clean path (i.e. allocating...

If you take the clean path (i.e. allocating memory properly) and you're never going to return to the bootblock after your code runs from elsewhere, why not free it?

Letting the system do it by...
Forum: Coders. System 05 January 2024, 02:10
Replies: 28
Views: 2,635
Posted By admiral
If the concern is that you need your code to run...

If the concern is that you need your code to run from a certain address, yet the bootblock will be loaded by strap into a non-predictable location, a solution is to put your code wherever you want,...
Forum: Coders. System 05 January 2024, 01:48
Replies: 92
Views: 35,471
Posted By admiral
Topic name mentions "open source" but this is not...

Topic name mentions "open source" but this is not cleanly written from scratch or under an Open Source license, but rather, using old proprietary AmigaOS code as a base?

If so, perhaps "open...
Forum: Coders. System 05 January 2024, 01:43
Replies: 28
Views: 2,635
Posted By admiral
Why not just return from the bootblock? Then...

Why not just return from the bootblock?

Then you get to tell the system where to jump (generally dos.library init routine but can be anything you want), and the memory the bootblock used is...
Forum: Coders. System 04 January 2024, 23:50
Replies: 23
Views: 2,238
Posted By admiral
I am already using a 1M kickstart :) Lots of...

I am already using a 1M kickstart :)

Lots of room in there still.
Forum: Coders. System 04 January 2024, 15:35
Replies: 23
Views: 2,238
Posted By admiral
I meant patching the kickstart ROM itself i.e. an...

I meant patching the kickstart ROM itself i.e. an image of the rom, to then burn.
Forum: Coders. System 04 January 2024, 07:28
Replies: 70
Views: 9,229
Posted By admiral
Perhaps more on the startup process. e.g.: how...

Perhaps more on the startup process. e.g.: how does doslib know where to boot from? How does this change across versions?
Forum: Coders. System 04 January 2024, 07:09
Replies: 23
Views: 2,238
Posted By admiral
These copymem patches... is there a kickstart...

These copymem patches... is there a kickstart patch as an alternative?

I don't see why you wouldn't want them on most of the time.
Forum: support.Other 25 December 2023, 11:02
Replies: 26
Views: 4,485
Posted By admiral
:great

:great
Forum: support.Other 25 November 2023, 21:55
Replies: 12
Views: 2,535
Posted By admiral
Maybe try good old (latest version is not that...

Maybe try good old (latest version is not that old actually) sysinfo.

Most likely, you have a rev6 Amiga 500 with ECS Agnus and OCS Denise.
Forum: support.Other 18 October 2023, 13:02
Replies: 62
Views: 4,582
Posted By admiral
I am mainly not a fan of using reset-resident...

I am mainly not a fan of using reset-resident modules all the time.

Which would indeed include workbench and iconlib from the first time they are loaded.
Forum: support.Other 17 October 2023, 01:04
Replies: 62
Views: 4,582
Posted By admiral
Sadly do not have my pcmcia/cf adapter, and won't...

Sadly do not have my pcmcia/cf adapter, and won't for a few months. (but will eventually)

Burning ROMs is a pita, thus why I wanted to use the fancier one, and even added NoClick. The burning will...
Forum: support.Other 15 October 2023, 23:06
Replies: 62
Views: 4,582
Posted By admiral
Furthermore, I copied the RAT into a new one,...

Furthermore, I copied the RAT into a new one, added NoClick module, and confirmed via winuae that it does the job.

(but only after dos.library starts... strap still clicks)

:cool
Forum: support.Other 15 October 2023, 04:13
Replies: 26
Views: 4,485
Posted By admiral
From another discussion: ...

From another discussion:

https://aminet.net/package/driver/media/CFD133

https://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/fat95

I was then able to build the RATs.

It'd be good on the Capitoline end to...
Forum: support.Other 15 October 2023, 04:11
Replies: 62
Views: 4,582
Posted By admiral
All good. Aminet is back up, I got the files, and...

All good. Aminet is back up, I got the files, and I was able to build the RATs, getting matching CRCs.
Forum: support.Other 13 October 2023, 22:06
Replies: 62
Views: 4,582
Posted By admiral
Thank you. Now to wait for Aminet not to be...

Thank you.

Now to wait for Aminet not to be down (it sure is a lot lately) :lol
Forum: support.Other 13 October 2023, 04:22
Replies: 12
Views: 4,472
Posted By admiral
In my experience, they can be softkicked w/o...

In my experience, they can be softkicked w/o issue.

blizkick worked for me.
Forum: support.Other 13 October 2023, 04:21
Replies: 26
Views: 4,485
Posted By admiral
From another discussion, they are...

From another discussion, they are 'compactflash.device' and 'fat95' respectively.

But I still do not know where they come from, and thus can't complete the RATs. :(
Forum: support.Other 13 October 2023, 04:18
Replies: 62
Views: 4,582
Posted By admiral
I finally know that: add "$0xad35cdaa" ...

I finally know that:


add "$0xad35cdaa"
add "$0x0cd1bd9c"


Are 'compactflash.device' and 'fat95' respectively.

But where do these files come from?
Forum: support.Other 10 October 2023, 23:28
Replies: 26
Views: 4,485
Posted By admiral
Got Capitoline up and working, with my old...

Got Capitoline up and working, with my old Amiga's rom dumps, some blobs from Remus, and some Hyperion roms and ADFs.

I notice that most RATs for 1MB ROMs fail to build, with these errors:

add...
Forum: News 05 January 2023, 02:40
Replies: 11
Views: 2,411
Posted By admiral
Restored 68k support is very welcome. Got a...

Restored 68k support is very welcome.

Got a git repository up somewhere?
Forum: support.Hardware 07 December 2022, 00:47
Replies: 63
Views: 10,675
Posted By admiral
I hope not too much changed in how it works, so...

I hope not too much changed in how it works, so that the open source people can easily support it soon.
Forum: support.Hardware 04 December 2022, 23:30
Replies: 63
Views: 10,675
Posted By admiral
Not listed in: ...

Not listed in:
https://gitlab.com/DavidGriffith/minipro

I'd try and get a version that's supported by the open source tools. Chances are you don't need whatever fancy new feature this new model...
Forum: support.Hardware 29 November 2022, 22:13
Replies: 63
Views: 10,675
Posted By admiral
Before giving up on them (and before attempting...

Before giving up on them (and before attempting anything else), try -z to test there's good contact on all pins.
Forum: support.Other 23 October 2022, 14:22
Replies: 79
Views: 19,936
Posted By admiral
The crash method (as documented here...

The crash method (as documented here (https://www.rvalles.net/bootstrapping-an-amiga-without-a-bootable-amiga-floppy.html)) forces 9600bps for safety reasons; People shouldn't have to rely on it more...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 06 September 2022, 10:08
Replies: 11
Views: 2,823
Posted By admiral
I use Ghidra. It is intended for reverse...

I use Ghidra. It is intended for reverse engineering. It is no reassembler (although it has gained some patching abilities recently).
Forum: Coders. General 06 September 2022, 10:06
Replies: 113
Views: 48,674
Posted By admiral
Looking forward to next asmtwo.

Looking forward to next asmtwo.
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 22 August 2022, 05:59
Replies: 9
Views: 3,104
Posted By admiral
Reminder the mini is neither a real Amiga, nor a...

Reminder the mini is neither a real Amiga, nor a good emulator.

If you can't have the real thing for whatever reason and desire a very accurate emulated experience, use WinUAE.
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 08 August 2022, 06:21
Replies: 14
Views: 11,914
Posted By admiral
This might be useful:...

This might be useful: https://github.com/nicodex/HelloAmi

The hello world part is unnecessary, but it does get all the way to workbench w/o the floppy image including any non-MIT code.
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 30 April 2022, 00:59
Replies: 18
Views: 6,543
Posted By admiral
For pihole I'd dedicate a rpi2 (very reliable,...

For pihole I'd dedicate a rpi2 (very reliable, lowest idle power draw).

For amiberry, rpi 400 or 4.
Forum: New to Emulation or Amiga scene 19 March 2022, 03:45
Replies: 35
Views: 8,074
Posted By admiral
I'd say a serial null-modem cable, a passive...

I'd say a serial null-modem cable, a passive Amiga to VGA dongle and an OSSC for a start.

Maybe a good trapdoor expansion (1.5 slow + 512k chip + rtc) and a SpitFire 500 sometime later.
Forum: support.Hardware 04 January 2022, 02:44
Replies: 31
Views: 3,648
Posted By admiral
AmigaXfer doesn't use serial.device. It uses the...

AmigaXfer doesn't use serial.device. It uses the kickstart rom debugger, which has its own implementation of basic serial i/o at 9600. This debugger can be triggered by e.g. selecting...
Forum: support.Hardware 03 January 2022, 17:40
Replies: 21
Views: 3,419
Posted By admiral
Any RGB to SCART or RGB to VGA will at least...

Any RGB to SCART or RGB to VGA will at least work. Most likely, work really well.

Timings and such, there's [this wiki](https://junkerhq.net/xrgb/index.php/OSSC), with a lot of information for...
Forum: News 02 January 2022, 18:47
Replies: 61
Views: 11,746
Posted By admiral
Bluetooth to TTL serial adapters exist. Very...

Bluetooth to TTL serial adapters exist. Very cheap, too.

That with a max232 would give you a remote serial port via Bluetooth. Or that's the theory. I haven't personally tried these yet.
Forum: News 02 January 2022, 18:32
Replies: 61
Views: 11,746
Posted By admiral
For transferring floppies? Sure. But how about...

For transferring floppies? Sure. But how about copying files from/to RAM or HDD?

And if you look at current git code, I can access HDDs too. I even have a NBD server; I can see the remote Amiga's...
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