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Offline AmiKitTopic starter

Beta-testers needed
« on: July 01, 2005, 05:00:30 PM »
Hello!

I'd be very happy if I could find 4-5 people willing to test the brand new and free "all-in-one" package for WinUAE... (similar to AIAB or AmigaSYS).

Requirements:

Fast PC
Fast feedback ;)
Plenty of time for testing (mainly in second half of Jule, beggining of August)
Experience with WinUAE
Experience with AmigaOS3
Ownership of AmigaOS3.9 CD
Fast net connection (to be able to download 100MB of data)

Here are the current screenshots:
http://is.muni.cz/de/66477/AmiKit_shots/AmiKit1.png
http://is.muni.cz/de/66477/AmiKit_shots/AmiKit2.png
http://is.muni.cz/de/66477/AmiKit_shots/AmiKit3.png

Please leave me a message if you're really interested! Thank you.  :-D

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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2005, 05:11:47 PM »
I meet the requirements.
PowerMac G5 dual 2.0ghz/128meg Radeon/500gb HD/2GB RAM, MorphOS 3.9 registered, user #1900
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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2005, 05:19:55 PM »
I don´t. My ***** pc is probably fast enough but I really don´t have much time. The screenshots though look very very nice !!!!!  :-)

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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2005, 05:39:44 PM »
I shall give it a go if your stuck for people :D
WinUAE Only... OS3.9 with 512mb ZIII ram ;)
 

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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2005, 06:17:09 PM »
Hi glwxxx
  I can do it no problem, pc is an amd 2800+ 512mb with a geforce 5950 ultra 256mb, not the fastest but should be fast enough! , i'm using a 4mb broadband connection, i have os 3.9 cd and time every evening, so it'd be a pleasure to beta for you, just let me know!
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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2005, 06:59:20 PM »
AmiKit - good name man ;)

It's all looking great - certainly prettier than AmigaSYS; nice choice of icons and start-menu too, lol.  That brushed steel background on iBrowse is rather plush - I'll have to look into adding patterns to MUI once again ;)

Ooh, and you're using the latest AmiStart beta too; good to see my requests and suggestions aren't benefitting just myself! ;)  Hey, is that NiceBar running in the top left?

Your VisualPrefs theme (or is it Ken's?) needs a bit of work though - the magnifying glass pop-up gadget looks a little out-of-place ;)  I had a few problems remaking the OS4 theme for visual prefs, however this is what I eventually came up with, it's not perfect, but is reasonably close:



Anyway, I would offer to help test, but I've got enough things on my plate at the moment - looking for a new job over here, whilst working on preparations for a school festival!  I'm hoping to get a more polished AIAB update out the door at some point too.  One thing I would ask though is that you atleast credit me for any scripts or similar functionality borrowed from AIAB; I remember booting AmigaSYS for the first time and was more than a little cheesed off...

Well, good luck with the release! ;)

Cheers,
James
 

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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2005, 09:44:14 PM »
Looks cool
would like to help but i`m only 56k...


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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2005, 11:08:39 PM »
I could probably have a good look at it after next week.

I'll hopefully have some free time after my sis gets married :-)
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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2005, 09:51:43 PM »
@jmbattle

I've sent you a mail to the address found at your page...

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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2005, 12:29:24 AM »
Thats a lovely setup there wish my UAE looked that well  :-o
Tell me if you run short on testers i will give it a go if so..

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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2005, 01:40:47 AM »
Yup, you should have recieved a reply ;)

Actually, one thing I overlooked to mention in the email was the idea of integrating AIAB and AmiKit; as I wrote, I don't have the time to spend on AIAB anymore, and would gladly pass on the project to someone with a similar interest in Amiga emulation and a flair for interface design.  AmiKit is the first Amiga distribution I have seen that looks visually appealling (ClassicWB is excellent, but doesn't really count, as this is more geared towards the classic Workbench desktop).

I'd be interested in the opinions of other Amiga folks...

Cheers,
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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2005, 04:51:12 AM »
I'm willing to help out.
It'll give me an excuse to finally install 3.9. Not to mention see how it compares to AIAB.
 

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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2005, 01:28:23 PM »
This looks very promising. Thanks for your hard work. I have a nice self built athlon 2.2ghz rig w 1mb dsL I could test this out on. If interested please PM me.

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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2005, 01:35:15 PM »
By 'eck, that looks gorgeous!

Pity my PC would die a death :-(
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Re: Beta-testers needed
« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2005, 02:26:15 PM »
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Your VisualPrefs theme (or is it Ken's?)


No -- my OS4 VisualPrefs theme IS "perfect" -- of course, I had an unfair advantage!  Heh, heh. ;-)