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Offline kolla

Re: A600GS Updates
« on: January 17, 2024, 05:22:15 AM »
“Amiga console”:  there have been several reports that they are not able to reveal the underlying operating system of the Amiga according to the 2009 Settlement Agreement.

Eh? What reports? The underlying OS is Linux, they never kept that a secret, they also came around to set up git repos for their open source components as well as WHDLoad setup at https://github.com/retro-games-ltd - I take it for granted that the THEA500Mini just uses the ordinary requirements of WHDLoad, typically an old 1.x A500 kickstart and a 3.x A1200 kickstart. And the licensing is here: https://retrogames.biz/legal/

"CBM 8-Bit ROMs © 1977-1984 Cloanto® Corporation. Amiga ROMs © 1985–1993 Cloanto Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Furnished under license from Cloanto® Corporation. Cloanto is a trademark owned by Cloanto Corporation throughout the world and registered in the United States and internationally."

If there's anyone here not revealing the underlying operating system here, it is you guys - no mention of operating system, no mention of what emulator that is used.

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So that maybe a reason it is referred to as a console and not a computer.   It would be awful to refer the Amiga as a console in any instance. It was never a toy.

Ever heard of the concept "FUD"? You're sometimes full of it - Amiga was _also_ a toy - in fact, that's largely what it was, and today even more so. It's just crazy diehards like me that use Amiga for "real tasks", most people - apparently you included - mostly just care about games, games and more games. And a shiny desktop with icons from where games can be launched. You haven't even bothered to answer the simple questions - what do you do with all the PPaint filters etc that rely on ARexx? Which version of DOpus? What's the purpose of a 4GB version when the emulated system only can use well below 2GB - to run several emulated envs at once? Which version of OctaMED are you shipping it with? Will it do MIDI and if so, how does one connect to it?
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A3000/060CSPPC+CVPPC/128MB + 256MB BigRAM/Deneb USB
A4000/CS060/Mediator4000Di/Voodoo5/128MB
A1200/Blz1260/IndyAGA/192MB
A1200/Blz1260/64MB
A1200/Blz1230III/32MB
A1200/ACA1221
A600/V600v2/Subway USB
A600/Apollo630/32MB
A600/A6095
CD32/SX32/32MB/Plipbox
CD32/TF328
A500/V500v2
A500/MTec520
CDTV
MiSTer, MiST, FleaFPGAs and original Minimig
Peg1, SAM440 and Mac minis with MorphOS
 

Offline kolla

Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2024, 06:01:18 PM »
What do you do with all the PPaint filters etc that rely on ARexx?

Maybe it’s a special release PPaint 7.4 that has all ARexx support removed?

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Which version of DOpus?

Check! 4.14 is an very specific choice, neither original 4.12 nor 4.16+... any particular reason?

(And why not Magellan as desktop (like "the others") for advanced users?)

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What's the purpose of a 4GB version when the emulated system only can use well below 2GB - to run several emulated envs at once?

The screenshots have shown just 128MB of Fast RAM, what’s with that?

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Which version of OctaMED are you shipping it with? Will it do MIDI and if so, how does one connect to it?

Ah, latest SoundStudio, interresting. Good luck with MIDI (timing and emulation)

Still no answers to what actual (host) OS is, and which emulator is used.
« Last Edit: January 17, 2024, 06:02:04 PM by kolla »
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A3000/060CSPPC+CVPPC/128MB + 256MB BigRAM/Deneb USB
A4000/CS060/Mediator4000Di/Voodoo5/128MB
A1200/Blz1260/IndyAGA/192MB
A1200/Blz1260/64MB
A1200/Blz1230III/32MB
A1200/ACA1221
A600/V600v2/Subway USB
A600/Apollo630/32MB
A600/A6095
CD32/SX32/32MB/Plipbox
CD32/TF328
A500/V500v2
A500/MTec520
CDTV
MiSTer, MiST, FleaFPGAs and original Minimig
Peg1, SAM440 and Mac minis with MorphOS
 

Offline kolla

Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2024, 05:56:09 PM »
some sort of New Monitor drivers that emulate the Alice?
You mean Lisa.
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A3000/060CSPPC+CVPPC/128MB + 256MB BigRAM/Deneb USB
A4000/CS060/Mediator4000Di/Voodoo5/128MB
A1200/Blz1260/IndyAGA/192MB
A1200/Blz1260/64MB
A1200/Blz1230III/32MB
A1200/ACA1221
A600/V600v2/Subway USB
A600/Apollo630/32MB
A600/A6095
CD32/SX32/32MB/Plipbox
CD32/TF328
A500/V500v2
A500/MTec520
CDTV
MiSTer, MiST, FleaFPGAs and original Minimig
Peg1, SAM440 and Mac minis with MorphOS
 

Offline kolla

Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2024, 09:56:43 PM »
Clock and Calendar. Next up - the Weather applet.
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A3000/060CSPPC+CVPPC/128MB + 256MB BigRAM/Deneb USB
A4000/CS060/Mediator4000Di/Voodoo5/128MB
A1200/Blz1260/IndyAGA/192MB
A1200/Blz1260/64MB
A1200/Blz1230III/32MB
A1200/ACA1221
A600/V600v2/Subway USB
A600/Apollo630/32MB
A600/A6095
CD32/SX32/32MB/Plipbox
CD32/TF328
A500/V500v2
A500/MTec520
CDTV
MiSTer, MiST, FleaFPGAs and original Minimig
Peg1, SAM440 and Mac minis with MorphOS
 

Offline kolla

Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2024, 07:27:21 PM »
It wasn’t sarcasm - are you suggesting that the next fluff you’ll show off isn’t a weather app?
What then? On screen post-it notes?
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A3000/060CSPPC+CVPPC/128MB + 256MB BigRAM/Deneb USB
A4000/CS060/Mediator4000Di/Voodoo5/128MB
A1200/Blz1260/IndyAGA/192MB
A1200/Blz1260/64MB
A1200/Blz1230III/32MB
A1200/ACA1221
A600/V600v2/Subway USB
A600/Apollo630/32MB
A600/A6095
CD32/SX32/32MB/Plipbox
CD32/TF328
A500/V500v2
A500/MTec520
CDTV
MiSTer, MiST, FleaFPGAs and original Minimig
Peg1, SAM440 and Mac minis with MorphOS
 

Offline kolla

Re: A600GS Updates
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2024, 11:24:43 AM »
Obviously it uses Linux for tcp/ip and wifi, UAE provides bsdsocket.device to the Amiga.
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A3000/060CSPPC+CVPPC/128MB + 256MB BigRAM/Deneb USB
A4000/CS060/Mediator4000Di/Voodoo5/128MB
A1200/Blz1260/IndyAGA/192MB
A1200/Blz1260/64MB
A1200/Blz1230III/32MB
A1200/ACA1221
A600/V600v2/Subway USB
A600/Apollo630/32MB
A600/A6095
CD32/SX32/32MB/Plipbox
CD32/TF328
A500/V500v2
A500/MTec520
CDTV
MiSTer, MiST, FleaFPGAs and original Minimig
Peg1, SAM440 and Mac minis with MorphOS