NetSurf 3.2 68k released

[chris]

Test results are from that old build wich you made for someone who asked.

IIRC that was the one where I built GCC using a "no FPU" switch which wasn't documented anywhere to say it would work on 68k target, and nobody told me whether or not it worked without an FPU, but I got the impression it still needed one.  God knows what that was doing.  The current build is soft-float still, but without that iffy switch.

[chris]

Chris - any chance you'd have an older non-FPU version on hand?  I don't need the latest, just wanted to play around a bit..  Greatly appreciated ..

August 2015: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cdyoung/tmp/netsurf_os3_old.lha
Feb 2015: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cdyoung/tmp/netsurf_os3_feb2015 (executable only)

They may or may not work, and they will almost certainly be horrible.

[utri007]

Could you you consider to get rid of friend bitmap and AGA version would need some love too. There is a problem with png pictures with invisible background, but just with AGA.

Those fixed only bigger thing to do is find memory leak / fix fragmention?? Am I right?

[chris]

Could you you consider to get rid of friend bitmap and AGA version would need some love too. There is a problem with png pictures with invisible background, but just with AGA.

It uses a 1-bit mask.  I believe this works, but it's not ideal.
It's a shame guigfx doesn't support alpha blending.  render.library does, but it's not feasible to blend everything in raw ARGB bitmaps, and I think reading the render BitMap into a memory area, blending across and re-writing to the screen will be too slow (not to mention a lot of hassle).  I might try it at some point.

Those fixed only bigger thing to do is find memory leak / fix fragmention?? Am I right?

Yes.

[utri007]

I forget, aga has that "red problem", like white and red are swapped.

[chris]

I forget, aga has that "red problem", like white and red are swapped.

That's not an AGA problem, it's an 8-bit mode problem.

I thought it might be a colour byte order problem but I tried all plausible byte orders and none of them were better.

If it's working in 32-bit modes then that would suggest the byte order is correct, and there's something wrong with guigfx's pen selection instead.

I'd be surprised if there was that obvious a bug in guigfx/render.library but you never know...

[Xebec]

August 2015: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cdyoung/tmp/netsurf_os3_old.lha
Feb 2015: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cdyoung/tmp/netsurf_os3_feb2015 (executable only)

They may or may not work, and they will almost certainly be horrible.

Horrible is OK

Good news and bad news --
It looks like it'll open without requiring a FPU.
However, it wants AmigaOS 3.5 or higher (I have 3.1), as it asks for "Diskfont.library v0 not found" which I think means v40 or higher.  I see the 'release' version on Aminet says Amiga OS 3.x.. but maybe not the case for this older version.  Thanks so much for sharing though Chris!

[utri007]

You are confusing two different versions. You have read Arthur's fork's readme. That is based to sdl and framebuffer version of netsurf. It is OK with emulated enviroment, but not with Real amiga.

[chris]

However, it wants AmigaOS 3.5 or higher (I have 3.1), as it asks for "Diskfont.library v0 not found" which I think means v40 or higher.  I see the 'release' version on Aminet says Amiga OS 3.x.. but maybe not the case for this older version.  Thanks so much for sharing though Chris!

All of my builds need 3.5+

[Xebec]

All of my builds need 3.5+

Got it!   Comprehension after reading is a good thing

[apj]

Hi there,
my version works without FPU.
Homepage is here http://ami-soft.blogspot.com/
There is no FPU version of 3.5.
It works on all 3.x oses.

[Xebec]

Hi there,
my version works without FPU.
Homepage is here http://ami-soft.blogspot.com/
There is no FPU version of 3.5.
It works on all 3.x oses.

Thank you

This seems to get a lot further -

"Unable to Init SDL:  No available video device
Unable to initialise framebuffer"

I'm running an A1200 with 68020@ 28 mhz, 33MB of fast ram (+2MB chip ram, Indivision DVI AGA), using Miami and a pmcica ethernet for TCP/IP.  

I've looked through the docs but not sure if there is something else I should install?  The SDL library looks useful for compiling this myself only.  

I've tried the desktop at (highgfx - 1024x768x16 color/256 colors, and also PAL interlaced high res 16 and 256 colors).

[apj]

You need aga version.

Maximum resolution is 640x512.

No SDL library required.

[Xebec]

You need aga version.

Maximum resolution is 640x512.

No SDL library required.

AGA version requires the FPU though unfortunately

[utri007]

Thank you

This seems to get a lot further -

"Unable to Init SDL:  No available video device
Unable to initialise framebuffer"

I'm running an A1200 with 68020@ 28 mhz, 33MB of fast ram (+2MB chip ram, Indivision DVI AGA), using Miami and a pmcica ethernet for TCP/IP.  

I've looked through the docs but not sure if there is something else I should install?  The SDL library looks useful for compiling this myself only.  

I've tried the desktop at (highgfx - 1024x768x16 color/256 colors, and also PAL interlaced high res 16 and 256 colors).

Arthurs version would not work with your system anyway. It requires more memory than you have.

You should consider update to OS3.9

[Xebec]

Arthurs version would not work with your system anyway. It requires more memory than you have.

You should consider update to OS3.9

I can go to 63 MB - would that be enough ?  (Aca1221).

I just want to see it work and hit basic sites like aminet .  

Guess for now I'll wait for the vampire a1200.