13 October 2016, 13:45 | #1 |
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Official update to OS 3.1 from Hyperion
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13 October 2016, 14:19 | #2 |
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oha. the changelog reads overwhelming. most prominently replaced genuine copyright notes and logos, who knows, maybe there is some funds to be made that way again. well worth ten euros.
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13 October 2016, 15:26 | #3 |
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It doesn't even support >4GB disks, isn't it ? What's the purpose of that useless update ? Cloanto already did 3.X for that purpose...
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13 October 2016, 15:31 | #4 |
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Its probably to remind everyone they hold the license. A new 3.1 branch seems pretty useless considering all that was done on 3.5 and 3.9... And as already mentioned, the Cloanto fixes...
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13 October 2016, 16:52 | #5 | |
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It was nice to boot it up and see the updated logo though, . |
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13 October 2016, 17:00 | #6 |
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Seems it's Ratte's boing ball... available on Aminet since 3 years.
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13 October 2016, 17:33 | #7 |
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if thats what this update is for, then i must admit im rather convinced with the genuine stuff. never understood boing ball fetish, except it apparently isnt guarded by any exclusivity or licenses, so anybody can use it for what he likes.
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13 October 2016, 17:48 | #8 |
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I thought Cloanto had the rights? There are two 3.x rom sources now?
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13 October 2016, 17:50 | #9 |
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I extracted those facet coordinates and replaced the checkmark image with it, back in April 1998 (no functional changes). That variant had one limitation: it assumed a square pixel aspect ratio. It also had a few more bugs, which were not fixed until it was rewritten in 'C' for AmigaOS 4.0. The version in the new Kickstart ROM is an updated version of the 1998 assembly language variant. The "strap" module update was needed because the copyright text had become significantly longer than it used to be, and the position and the layout of the printed text needed to be taken into account. I also couldn't resist adding the missing, proper pixel aspect ratio scaling for NTSC displays |
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13 October 2016, 18:38 | #11 |
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Very nice work Olaf!
I know you put in shitloads of hours to get this to compile with todays tool chains. I hope this is just the beginning of something wonderful! It would be awesome to see wb 3.1 be taken forward the right way! |
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Commodore replaced it with the rainbow-coloured checkmark image, which likely was intended to hint at the capabilities of the machine, as opposed to what the competitors at the time (this being the black/white Apple Macintosh and the Atari ST) could do. With Commodore gone, the Boing! ball was revived. It was after all the original Amiga logo, when Amiga was still independent. |
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13 October 2016, 19:40 | #13 |
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I do hope its the start of a new batch of AOS 3.x updates. Im quite happy with my current 3.9 setup (after tons of guidance from Mech+trial and error), but having a readily available ISO purchasable and downloadable would be nice.
Having to hunt high and low to get your AOS 3.x set up is a pain, espesially for returning users that have forgotten everything. A Workbench Update feature to retrive new patches would be bliss, so you get a heads up each time a new library or whatever is made available. So there is defintly a market for this. |
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13 October 2016, 20:08 | #16 |
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This update brings NOTHING worth a purchase or update. I don't want my Amiga displaying a boing ball even less their filthy names.
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13 October 2016, 20:26 | #17 |
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I like the checkmark better
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13 October 2016, 20:35 | #18 |
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@Olaf, was there any kind of dialogue between Hyperion and Cloanto before this was done?
I think a lot of ppl will agree its confusing to have two parallel official, but slightly different distributions of OS 3.1 Skickat från min LG-H850 via Tapatalk |
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13 October 2016, 21:07 | #20 |
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Yup, same here
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