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Title: New A1 Firmware Released
Post by: ikir on March 05, 2005, 06:55:10 PM

Leuven, Belgium - 3. March, 2005

Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a new AmigaOne firmware update for registered customers of AmigaOS 4.0. New features in this release include

- Improvements in the x86 BIOS emulator
- Reworked IDE/ATA-Code with better support of multiple IDE controllers
- Preliminary support for the Catweasel Mark IV controller by Individual Computers
- Ability to choose graphics card for booting
- Multiple bugs fixed, including a wrong IRQ assignment for AGP graphics cards (Vertical Blanking interrupts should now function correctly)

The update can be downloaded from the file area on Hyperion Entertainment's website.


Download from
http://www.hyperion-entertainment.biz/

More informations (in the commets) on AW.net
http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2138%3Ca%20class=

It is needed by Warp3D.

Title: Re: New A1 Firmware Released
Post by: Matt_H on March 05, 2005, 07:32:04 PM

Hooray! I'll install it next weekend when I'm near my A1.

Do the Catweasel improvements solve the instability problems under OS4? Or is that an Exec issue?

Thanks, developers!

Title: Re: New A1 Firmware Released
Post by: Rogue on March 05, 2005, 07:51:42 PM

That was a kernel issue. The next OS4 update will cure that.

Title: Re: New A1 Firmware Released
Post by: Matt_H on March 05, 2005, 08:39:32 PM

Cool. Thanks for the info.

Title: Re: New A1 Firmware Released
Post by: weirdami on March 06, 2005, 07:46:28 AM

Since when did Amiga get IRQ's? Did we take a step backward?  :nervous:

Title: Re: New A1 Firmware Released
Post by: EntilZha on March 06, 2005, 10:37:35 AM

IRQ is just an "interrupt request". On the old Amiga hardware, they used to be called just "Interrupts". This is neither a step forward or backward, it's just another name.

Replace the text with "including a wrong interrupt assignment for AGP cards" if you like that better...

Title: Re: New A1 Firmware Released
Post by: Rogue on March 06, 2005, 10:40:58 AM

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Since when did Amiga get IRQ's? Did we take a step backward?

On the Zorro bus, there where only two IRQ lines. Now we have PCI and this has four IRQ lines. In how far this would be a step backwards is strictly beyond me - all those horror stories you might have heard about IRQ conflicts are based on bad drivers that do not check correctly if the interrupt they got is really their own or someone else on their IRQ.

The classic Zorro bus had much more potential for such problems so the drivers are prepared for that.

Title: Re: New A1 Firmware Released
Post by: Zorro on March 07, 2005, 11:40:55 AM

@ Rogue

QUOTE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The classic Zorro bus had much more potential for such problems...
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Hey ! I am the Wonderful Zorro and have MUCH MORE potential for ANY problems !

  :-D

Title: Re: New A1 Firmware Released
Post by: Rogue on March 09, 2005, 10:23:25 AM

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Hey ! I am the Wonderful Zorro and have MUCH MORE potential for ANY problems !

Now, don't tell me you want to show me your IRQ's :-)

Title: Re: New A1 Firmware Released
Post by: Zorro on March 11, 2005, 03:57:21 PM

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Now, don't tell me you want to show me your IRQ's

Doh !!!

 :lol: