AmiDevCpp Version 0.9.5 available

[Heinz]

Version 0.9.5 of AmiDevCpp is now available.  AmiDevCpp is a Integrated Cross Platform Development Environment for Windows, that helps you to comfortable develop C/C++ Applications for the AmigaOS (m68k), AmigaOS4 (PPC), MorphOS(PPC) and for AROS (i686). In the best case, you can just select another Compilerset and compile the same program for different Platforms.

AmiDevCpp Version 0.9.5 available

Changelog:

Aros (x86) Compiler:
Actual SDK with a lot of improvements for ZUNE (MUI)
C++ support finally works.

common:
Now there are some example projects for different platforms
in the examples Directory.

There is a poll on the Website.

http://amidevcpp.amiga-world.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55


I wan't to find out which CrossCompilers
are not used at all.
This will be replaced in the next version.


AmiDevCpp

[Louis Dias]

What?  No AROS-PPC?

[Heinz]

you must be joking !
I don't think that anyone is using AROS-PPC.
I also would not know where to download AROS-PPC or a CrossCompiler for it.

[Louis Dias]

hmmm... who would want AROS-PPC???

Power-Up owners...
future Ack/PowerVixxen owners
Classic Mac owners...A1 owners possibly..

Oh and even possibly Gamecube and future Revolution, Xbox 360 and PS3 owners...

[Heinz]

hmmm... who would want AROS-PPC???

Power-Up owners...
future Ack/PowerVixxen owners
Classic Mac owners...A1 owners possibly..

Then please tell me where to buy one of these for a reasonable and competitive price compared the current Aros (x86) generic Hardware ...

And then please tell me only one reason,
why I should work with old and slow Hardware, when I can use cheap and fast stock Hardware instead.

Oh and even possibly Gamecube and future Revolution, Xbox 360 and PS3 owners...

And what kind of programs do you want to use on these platforms ?

Text processing ?
Painting ?
CD-Burning ?
Development ?

Are these Platform delivered with Mouse and Keyboard ?
Is it even possible to connect them ?
Is it possible to connect a USB stick to them ?
Or a scanner, printer, < insert any hardware you like > ...

[Louis Dias]

Revolution, 360 and PS3 all have USB 2.0 ports.

Revolution has 2 SD card slots.
Gamecube does via an adapter.

All have broadband capability and some wirelessly as well.

There's a fairly large homebrew scene for the Gamecube (www.gcdev.com www.gc-linux.org) and the Gamecube does have an "official" keyboard as well as ps/2 keyboard adapters.

The Revolution will be equally exploited via it's 100% hardware compatibility with the Gamecube.

One forum member here is making an attempt at porting AROS to the Gamecube (JLF65).

What I like about Revolution and GC is that they are small and can be thrown in a car for "auto-computing" vs. portable...just wire them in an indash LCD and mount them in a modified glove box.

The Gamecube can boot from standard DVDr discs formatted with the joilet filesystem with a $15 drive-chip.

Yes, x86 is fast and cheap, for that matter, Windows can fulfill all our needs, let's just give up and forget about Amiga, Mac, Linux and everything else too.  :crazy:

Here's the beauty of consoles: fixed hardware for 5 years so no driver worries.

What kind of programs do I want to run?  Browser, email and games.  I'm not planning on doing photo editing, music editing or DVD copying in a car, for instance.

As SD card are the new floppy disks, you can save your settings to an SD card then stick them in your main PC(AROS) and synchronize.

Also they can act as a media player.

[Heinz]

Yes, x86 is fast and cheap, for that matter, Windows can fulfill all our needs, let's just give up and forget about Amiga, Mac, Linux and everything else too.

I wonder for how long people will clinging on

x86 = Windows = EVIL !

weird and expensive proprietary hardware = GOOD !
 

Here's the beauty of consoles: fixed hardware for 5 years so no driver worries.

Choose a PC board with a particular chipset, nforce if you like.
Choose a gfx card (nvidia or ati) and you will have your fixed hardware.

And what do you think is easier ?
Writing some new drivers every year or porting the OS to a complete new proprietary hardware every 5 years ?

[Louis Dias]

Well, if the "OS" was programmed right, you're only re-writing the HAL, not the entire OS.  And that's the driver issue again.

You can release specs for the minimum capabilities of a HAL and let people write their own then submit them to the OS i.p. owner and get back a working package.

If all OS's were written this way, then any OS could run on any hardware that anyone wanted without it taking 6 years to "rewrite".

I never said Windows=EVIL, please don't put words in my mouth.  However I will say: CHOICE=GOOD!

I don't like all the "wonderful built-in features" that Microsoft told me I can't do without.  Why is it that on identical hardware, Windows XP needs 512MB to run at the same speed as Windows 2000 with 256MB?  Where am I benifitting there?  I can't see any features that makes me want XP over 2000.  If I was fine without that crappy "firewall" that XP has, why do I suddenly need it now?  (Yes, I know I can turn it off...)  The list goes on...  But that's not the topic here AROS is.

More importantly, you missed my point of why the console application is convenient...  Imagine having an OS on DVD like AROS-MAX and having an SD card or "memory card" for personal information.  Supposed 20 people you know have [insert console of choice].  I can take my OS DVD, stick it and my memory card in there console and check my mail or show them some animations(or or any other datafile) I copied over that I worked on with my main PC running AROS.

Do you get it yet?

Let's say AROS was ported to Rev, PS3, 360.  All have USB ports.  I stick my AROS disc in any one of those and plug in my USB flashdrive and it doesn't matter where I am I can check my mail or whatever.

[Steady]

Hey, thanks for this Heinz. I tried it out on the weekend and it seems to work well. Could be just what I'm looking for. Good to have something integrated that helps cover all Amiga and derivative platforms, even if it is on Windows at the moment.