AmigaOS 4.x to support about 180 Graphics card chips

[KennyR]

If you want an original answer from me, teotwin, show me an original thread. This is just more pseudo-news to keep us following until they finally do release, and you and I both know it.

[ikir]

A very good news, great job! :-o

But we need OS4 now   :-(

[Hombre]

with full 2D acceleration on more than 180 graphic chipsets.

It's good news, but it's 2D only...

Anyway, we will able to display OS4 and apps without 3D with a *WIDE* range of graphic card now !

 :-D  :-D  :-D

@KennyR

Man, if this don't get your old Amiga blood pumping, I'm wondering if you're still alive!

Maybe you're a zombie...
Walking through this mangled up world with no hope of ever seeing light.

Wow!!!

[hnl_dk]

@Hombre

have a look at the News item from Hans-Joerg http://amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44011

PS: It's my post you have to look at ... there is a link ... interesting ;-)

[KennyR]

All my enthusiasm for OS4 recently ran out. Maybe it's because MOS and PC solutions are stealing away Amiga users by the day. I want OS4, I always wanted OS4, but forgive me if I'm a little cynical after almost 4 years of useless waiting and staring in the face of another year of waiting.

Hey...

Check this out dudes.

What is SciTech SNAP Graphics Architecture? This particular specification deals with graphics controllers and is called the SciTech SNAP Graphics Architecture. This document defines a complete Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) for modern graphics controllers, including support for features such as 2D and 3D rendering, video acceleration, power management and Plug and Play operation. The following is a brief list of some of the features provided by this specification:

·   Standard application interface to graphical user interface accelerator devices.

·   Operating system neutral high performance 32-bit loadable device driver.

·   Support for Plug and Play and multiple independent controllers in a single system.

·   Support for bus mastering (i.e.: PCI and AGP bus interfaces)

·   Support for hardware video acceleration.

·   Support for 2D hardware acceleration.

·   Support for 3D hardware acceleration.

·   Support for standard and extended text modes.

·   Support for pixel depths from 4 bit to 32-bits per pixel.

·   Support for all 16 ROP2 mixes.

·   Support for all 256 ROP3 mixes.

·   Support for off screen memory management for bitmap storage.

·   Support for multi buffering for flicker free animation.

·   Support for virtual scrolling for large desktops and arcade style games.

·   Support for refresh rate control.

·   Support for stereo liquid crystal shutter glasses.

·   Support for DPMS Power Management

·   Support for I2C Serial Control Interface


It's like that old Barry Manilow song...
Trying to get that feeling back again.

I think I've got it.    

 :-D

[Hombre]

Great !!!

But i guess we won't see the result within the 10 next monthes (they have so much things to do, like MesaGL...)

May i be wrong, here !

I don't care when it comes out now.

Some things are worth waiting for, and this is one of them.

Please....
Nothing go wrong from here on out.

Finally ....
Just maybe....

I'm gonna get away from Bill Gates.

Woooooottt!!!

Great news !!!

 I'ts official.... Scitech news  :-o  :-D

!8O)

/Spaceman

[MarkTime]

@mountain_myst,

maybe next year when you are feeling a little down about OS 4 delays, they can announce that they are planning support for over 360 brands of mice and keyboards, and all those blues can be erased.

its time to stop seeking out new partners, and deliver the product.

hey I've got an idea, why don't they redo the kernel based on QNX...imagine the instant technology partner in qnx....and then they can scrap that and go with the linux kernel, imagine all the drivers of linux running on amiga os....

and so it goes.....another change of direction, another excuse for delays...

same old same old.

yeah....

Yeah...

ok Marktime....


Go play with your butterfly or something.

Leave me alone when i'm in extasy.

[downix]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!!

What a pathetic statement!

"We just got 100+ video chips supported!"

Take a look at this statement a bit closer:

SciTech Flagship product, SciTech SNAP Graphics, is a robust display driver solution, with full 2D acceleration on more than 180 graphic chipsets.

You read that right, 2D.  SNAP's vast majority of support is for 10+ year old VGA, EGA and CGA chip solution!  Way to go Hyperion, you just evolved AOS4 to support chipsets that can't even match OCS capabilities!

Hahahahahha...

yeah, and if you'll go to the top of this page, you'll see it includes 3d along with much more.

Hahaha...

That was pulled straight from SciTech's site.

Hehehahharrrrhohohooo

[MarkTime]

no Ben Hermans on ann.lu said it does not involve 3d, but they intend to work with SciTech on 3d on certain chipsets, if they have the documentation and they are modern...

in other words, they haven't even started and the 100+ chipsets has nothing to do with 3d drivers.

[MarkTime]

@mountain_myst

Go play with your butterfly or something.

well its good to have a hobby....and when is someone going to ask me about my avatar anyway?  sigh...I call it:  how to throw a bird into the mouth of a bear.....

no butterfly on it yet, but it would look cool with a butterfly.... :-)