NEW OWB version for 68k available !!

[wawrzon]

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Is this still being developed? I say because now there is a better SDL

no, in fact it has never been developed for amiga (68k), the compiles here were only meant as a blatant demonstration that it would not work or work so poorly that it doesnt pay to bother.

in the meantime the development has been given up also on os4 where the port originates from and the sources are locked away, so that none can do anything about it.

as actually working alternatives for amiga there are two possibilities so far: netsurf port by artur, which is available from aminet and aros owb which is also based on sdl, while actually working and providing a simple but complete user interface. to run it you have to run aros68k though.

[Retrofan]

Thank you. But here there are three posts saying it was working and reasonably well for emulation, that's why I've asked.

[Iggy]

This is great news for UAE/future Natami users. I hope they keep it up. They will probably have triple the users of the OS4 version when its really usable.

Future Natami users?
You are SUCH an optimist.

Future FPGA based Amiga users, sure.

So basically all Amiga OS3, OS4, and MorphOS users will be using related web browsers?
Cool.

[matthey]

Future Natami users?
You are SUCH an optimist.

It's a necro thread dug up from the grave. The Natami looked very promising in 2008 as the MX board was doing well in testing.

[Retrofan]

But what I want to know is does it work or not? Because some were saying it works, that's a simple question. If it works I would like to try it with a fast emulation with PPC that we've got now.

[Iggy]

It's a necro thread dug up from the grave. The Natami looked very promising in 2008 as the MX board was doing well in testing.

Necro thread, good description.

Living dead threads, what next.

Oh well, other FPGA projects proceed, albeit slowly.

[wawrzon]

But what I want to know is does it work or not? Because some were saying it works, that's a simple question. If it works I would like to try it with a fast emulation with PPC that we've got now.

this is a thread from 2008. what do you think, when none is posting about this in the meantime? right. it doesnt work satisfactory. i was one of the first to try, it especially on actual amiga, as i usually do. i did even have some communication about it with joerg afair, so far its applicable. but none stops you to try for yourself seven years later.

btw. ppc emu under uae doesnt speed up your 68k. except you run os4 which is anyway slower, because it emulates 68k itself. hope you realize.

[matthey]

But what I want to know is does it work or not? Because some were saying it works, that's a simple question. If it works I would like to try it with a fast emulation with PPC that we've got now.

As I recall, I had it working mostly and slowly (it is slower than NetSurf). I believe it doesn't like some versions of ixemul.library (latest version from Bernd was best?). There seems to be a problem with the CPU being busy constantly, even at idle. It was beta quality at best and not worthwhile. Try NetSurf for the most modern 68k Amiga browser.

[wawrzon]

i doubt it works with any of bernds ixemul libs. probably its geared towards 48.0 or 48.2 i dont remember...

[Retrofan]

Ok, so it's obsolete in any case. Thanks.

Yes I know a BPPC doesn't speed up things on WinUAE, I don't know why I said that example, it was just the config I was trying.

[chris]

as actually working alternatives for amiga there are two possibilities so far: netsurf port by artur, which is available from aminet and aros owb which is also based on sdl, while actually working and providing a simple but complete user interface. to run it you have to run aros68k though.

There's also my alpha NetSurf with a proper UI, but it's slow and unstable. I've fixed some bad startup crashes, but I'm getting mad graphical corruption (flickery screen, complete crash) which I need help with, along with fixing an optimisation bug. I'll post a new download at some point, I'm waiting for the current JS work to stabilise.