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Offline wawrzon

Re: Classic Amiga for Web Browsing
« Reply #29 from previous page: November 10, 2012, 11:50:12 PM »
in the meantime aros owb (not osyssey by fab but the previous fork) loads already on 68k. on my a4000/060 it currently takes 2 minutes to load. it has taken ages but i removed all ttf font sets from fonts save for one. it doesn display any pages yet thoug , since there are apparently several endiannes problems (one located for what i know).
http://aros-exec.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7724&forum=4&post_id=75523#forumpost75523
 

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Re: Classic Amiga for Web Browsing
« Reply #30 on: November 11, 2012, 03:19:48 AM »
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Where do we donate?
Seriously, that would be so awesome.


Thanks but it's not money I need but spare time ;)
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Nice Ports on AmiNet!
 

Offline gigogne

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Re: Classic Amiga for Web Browsing
« Reply #31 on: December 07, 2012, 11:20:57 AM »
Really good news
 
Thanks Chris and NovaCoder this descent new browser will give a new breath for our Amiga.
Personnaly i use my Amiga to read my mail, speaking friends with SabreMsn, surfing amiga sites not only for Games.
I love "your challenge", i understand that's a lot of work though, keep us informed please.
 
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Re: Classic Amiga for Web Browsing
« Reply #32 on: December 07, 2012, 12:14:42 PM »
Novacoder, I think some bounty money for asian hookers, liquor, meth and coke would help alot. Whatever it takes you keep you happy and coding.

Looks damn fast on that atari... Dammit an atari really can do something better than an amiga after all?

NO!

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Re: Classic Amiga for Web Browsing
« Reply #33 on: December 07, 2012, 12:22:04 PM »
NovaCoder...you are one of my heros! ;) Keep on and accept some donations!
 

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Re: Classic Amiga for Web Browsing
« Reply #34 on: December 08, 2012, 01:51:13 AM »
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I've been running Amiga through emulation for ages and would like to return to hardware.  I'd like to build up a 3.X-ClassicWB machine capable of running Netsurf.  Would an A1200 with the recently released ACA 1232 fit the bill?  If not, would one of the workstation models be better for this scenario?

I'd like to run a 500 or 1200 wedge if at all possible, but I will use one of the workstation models if that's what it will take to get a decent browsing experience.  I'm fond of the old A500 chassis, but I assume it would could not be made powerful enough for something like netsurf even with an accelerator.

I have not been able to get Netsurf working through emulation without enabling Picasso so I assume any hardware solution will need to support this.  Is this something that an accelerator will take care of?

Cost isn't really an option; I can afford a powerful accelerator provided it can be found.

Thanks in advance.


I used my A4000T 060 with dial-up back in the day for web surfing and sniping Ebay auctions but that was when Ebay had pretty much first started and High Speed internet wasn't really the norm in most if not all households yet.  But with todays web content I would be interested in how a classic holds up to current web pages.  060 minimum if you are using a 1200.  I honestly wouldn't even bother with the 500 unless you just want to see
if it can be done..

just my opinion..

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Re: Classic Amiga for Web Browsing
« Reply #35 on: December 08, 2012, 04:06:44 AM »
I used internet with my 50mhz 68030 1200 with ibrowse. Browsing was painfully slow on most websites even with a high speed internet connection, but it was still so useful for emailing myself files, modarchive,aminet, irc, telnet bbs systems and more...

Eventually, I set up a file dump for myself on my webspace, so I could easily transfer files to and from the amiga. I suppose if I had usb capability on my 1200, I could have just used a thumb drive, but I didn't so hey this worked...

The internet is a vast and huge resource and can still be taken advantage of by amiga computers, even if it means no watching youtube videos or really
high resource demanding pages...
 

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Re: Classic Amiga for Web Browsing
« Reply #36 on: December 08, 2012, 05:14:52 AM »
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OS 4.1 speed (browsing and most other things) is fine; I only notice "stuff" because of my ISP speed and with programs written for AmigaNG machines.  Granted I am running OS 4.1 on a CSPPC at 200/50 and there is a difference between a BPPC and a CSPPC (603 vs 604).

As for browsing speed in OS 4, Ibrowse is quick; AWeb, OWB & NetSurf use more memory but are more "modern" in they way they handle current pages.  In OS 3.x, none of the browsers -- to the best of my knowledge -- use the PPC for rendering, but Ibrowse and Voyager work well.  An RTG helps not just with colors and resolution, but also with rendering speed.

If my opinions are wrong, feel free to comment, but please to call me an "idiot" or otherwise embarrass me in the forums.

BPPC V CSPPC

BPPC overall has the upper hand here. CSPPC has CPU power,but BPPC has 256MB of very high speed memory access which can match or outperform CSPPC.

BPPC PCI bus standard has also changed along with Bvision sgram.

If timberwolf memory is kept low expect this to work on BPPC.

NOTE: you are going to need very high speed memory access and meet the minimum specification set out below,but some or all modifications is not available as some modification has not been tested on OS4.x due to software support.

CPU power minimum specification is also set to change no overclocking and its not a 603e.
I can confirm BPPC has already set a world record on classic amiga for dram bandwidth to further increase its memory performance over CSPPC.

 http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=3692
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Re: Classic Amiga for Web Browsing
« Reply #37 on: December 08, 2012, 06:25:55 AM »
Who is this masked man NovaCoder, who can leap the AGA chipset in a single bound, who can consume terabytes of data in a split second.  

Some say he codes with his eye's shut, others say he has mind control over the infamous guru.
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