Tales from an AmigaOS 4.1 Developer…

[Karlos]

TL;DR :lol:

[Karlos]

Woohoo you're out of the proverbial closet now, prepared for the back lash?

I don't think it was much of a secret, was it?

[Karlos]

nice read, thanks Karlos !

will the new warpd3D version and new permedia2 driver be released only for AOS4 or will classic warpos will also benefit from your expertise ?

Well, the current driver is for OS4.1, but I can't really see any technical reasons why it won't run on 4.0.

As for OS3.x/WarpOS, I have an unreleased driver from way back when. It's not quite as developed as the current one, but it was fundamentally the starting point for the big refactor that led to the performance gains for vertex array drawing.

However, it isn't as compatible with existing software as the original 4.2 driver. The present driver likewise has problems. Certain applications don't play nice with Warp3D, calling functions with broken arguments or just poking internal structures directly.

I am not sure what the deal is with that. I signed the necessary NDA at the time to be able to work on it but releases aren't up to me and Warp3D 4 is no longer supported. I could always ask though.

[Karlos]

Cant believe you do AOS4.1 Coding.

Well, we all have our vices. I'm a total amiga slut; I'll happily do red, blue, black and the original all in the same night and I'm still back by morning :lol:
 

MorphOS is the only AmigaNG OS worht bothering with.
 
Im taking you off my friends list

I wanted to get a decent spec PPC mac for that but the missus is likely to slay me in cold blood if I get one more machine

[Karlos]

ya of course but she does know that there's room for the new X1000 right;)..I mean the A1XE in your sig needs a new replacement soon

You have to be kidding! Buying a cheap second hand mac would be bad enough as it is, buying yet another machine that actually costs some serious wedge also, will not end well :roflmao:

[Karlos]

well since we're dealing with women this may be true...you can try to use logic on her like telling her that a new X1000 will always hold it's value in the market and that you surely can get some good money for your A1 etc. but then again..women!

Now now, she's perfectly right. I don't really have space for another rig. Having a large PC, 2 fully towered A1200's and one wedge permanently set up (an A600 and another A1200 wedge in storage and a second PC awaiting a rebuild), with all the associated peripheral devices is clutter enough. Also, being a scientist, she's not easily swayed by that sort of dubious logic

[Karlos]

Karlos, what exactly do you do for a living? I always assumed, partly because of your statement "i solve practical problems", you worked in networking or tech support? Exactly what do you do? Just curious...

^ what adz says...

[Karlos]

While I think Karlos is wasting his time and talent on OS4, I do have to say that if the majority of the OS4 community and dev team were more like Karlos that would go a long way towards making OS4 less unattractive.

Thanks, er, I think :lol:

I think that the problems you are alluding to are somewhat exaggerated in each camp; usually by a handful of zealots. Personally, I've found the that developers (from each platform) are perfectly normal, friendly human beings in all my exchanges with them.