@Amiga4000

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What operating system(s) does the PiStorm32 with Emu68 + RPi 4B run?

AmigaOS

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What operating system(s) does the Buffee run?

I assume AmigaOS too

@NutsAboutAmiga

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its not my job to sell it..

Remind me who's job that is again? Hence I asked out the equivalent of the X1000 teaser website! We now seem to operate on a, "build it and the fanatics will buy it!" marketing strategy!

What became of System54? What's the road map for future AmigaOne/AmigaOS 4.x development? More questions than answers IMHO!

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@BigD

System54 is Enhancer, (its libraries and commands, made by AEON), that’s installed on top of Hyperion’s Operating system. It’s also AEON backup plan if things had ended badly in the legal system with Cloanto. Or if Hyperion is unable to ship product. It’s far from a complete operating system of its own.

There are many produces like that for 680x0 AmigaOS,
like BetterWB, CalssicWB, AmiKit, sorry don’t remember them all.

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For all intent and purpose, Enhancer is an essential package, you can’t skip, it has all video driver’s with full functionality, where standard installation of AmigaOS4.1 typical has only a demo version of the drivers, with limited functionality. You can skip parts of the don’t want during installation, but as user you just don’t know about dependencies, and if new features are required by something.

I do skip parts when I install it. (like AK DataTypes)

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@michalsc

BTW will it run Aros 68k too in future?

Jes so now we old users get a new OS for the expensive XE too in this case finally with bells and Browsers+printing at least;)

Dusting it off. Can Thank me for support later.

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@ppcamiga1

'Amiga community need something better than graphics from C= to keep up
with changed sizes of decent tv/monitors.
a1222 may be nice better retro. '

Well I have no 4K TV's or very up-to-date monitors so you may have a point. However in my experience with 1080p screens I would say, with the right converter (if you need one) games look much nicer than on my Amiga 1438S … no horrible scan lines (that some people strangely like)!

My next Monitor (when its ready) will be a Checkmate IPS screen from Steve Jones; its worth checking out if you have a Classic & no screen that works well with it.

There's obviously no doubt the A1222 will produce great results on modern screens without any converters/upgrades unlike Classics & with OS4.1 you have a more modern capable 'retro'. So there's no denying it has its good points.

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@OlafS25

Haven't tried recently but it should...
sorry for OT

@NutsAboutAmiga

I am in too.

@ppcamiga1

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ppcamiga1 wrote: pistorm is emulator. there is no reasons to use this shit. Just use pc with winuae.

WinUAE can use Drawbridge which can read Amiga floppy disks. I do have operational AmigaOS 4.1 FE Update 2 with +1 GB Fast RAM and Voodoo 3D on WinUAE.
AMD FreeSync / NVIDIA GSync enables 50 hz refresh rates.
WinUAE can use X87's FP80 hardware to match with 68K FP80.

AmigaOS 4.x PPC uses UAE for "kick the OS" Amiga 68K games. AmigaOS 4.x also includes an inline 68K emulator for OS-friendly 68K programs. Look in the mirror.

PiStorm is just the gateway adapter board.

Emu68 is the software for CPU translation, attaching LPDDR3-3200 (for RPi 4B) system memory to AmigaOS's AutoConfig Z3 rules and subset 68040.library requirements e.g. don't cache chip memory address range. Emu68 translates the entire 68000 to 68060 instruction set despite self-reporting as "68040". Emu68 FPU is up to FP64.

Emu68's approach is similar to Transmeta's Code Morph.
Read https://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs6120/2019fa/blog/transmeta/

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Similar to Intel Pentium Pro (P6), AMD K5 / NexGen 5x86 (RISC86), and IBM PowerPC 970 / POWER4 CPUs, the ARM Cortex A72 has 3-wide decoders (translation) that can break up three ARM instructions into five micro-operations at the dispatch stage.


https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/MC68060UM.pdf
The MC68060 variable-length instruction system is internally decoded into a fixed-length representation and channeled into an instruction buffer.

Fixed format instructions are dispatched to dual four-stage pipelined RISC operand execution engines where they are then executed.


Fixed-length instruction is one of the major RISC concepts.

Both the 68K and PPC Amiga market help with the revenue bottom line for Hyperion and Cloanto / Amiga Corporation.


I still have my old MSI Gaming X Trio Radeon R9 290X 4GB PCIe for any future neo-Amiga PPC. I have an incoming Radeon RX 7900 XT 20 GB to replace my RTX 3070 8 GB.


PS; I'm aware of A-Eon "Enhancer Software Release V54" branch.

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@Amiga4000

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Amiga4000 wrote: @Hammer Soooooooooory, another question if I may... What operating system(s) does the PiStorm32 with Emu68 + RPi 4B run? What operating system(s) does the Buffee run?

1. AmigaOS 68K.

2. AmigaOS 68K.

Both Emu68 and Buffee target Amiga 68K CPU requirements. Atari TOS 68K / MacOS 68K campers are concerned about fast 68K compatible R&D having Amiga bias.

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@Hammer

pistorm is emulator. you change you amiga into worth nothing shit.
custom mouse and keyboard connector to rpi running emulator.
this is expensive and stupid beacause amiga mouse and keyboard was copied from pc 40 years ago.

i try many scalers. It gives nothing.
decent tv/monitors are two or three times bigger than good old 1084s.
pixels are too big. amiga games looks like c64 games.
amiga games looks good only on CRT.

to have the same pixel size as 30 years ago
resolution have to be changed to 640x480

and of course graphcis conversion is useless waste of time,
people that use LCD which is digital 24 bit device
should use graphics card in amiga.

@ppcamiga1

I'll bite.
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ppcamiga1 wrote: @Hammer pistorm is emulator. you change you amiga into worth nothing shit.

Wrong. PiStorm is just the gateway adapter board.

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custom mouse and keyboard connector to rpi running emulator.

Wrong.

With Emu68, C='s Amiga silicon is still connected to the C= Amiga keyboard, mouse, and joystick C= ports.

Emu68 provides CPU translation, C= Amiga Zorro 3 Auto Config compliant Fast RAM, and a subset 68040. library. Broadcom video adapter remained 68K AmigaOS P96 driver.

PowerPC neo-Amigas has a PC-like subsystem that includes legacy X86 VBIOS support.
Look in the mirror.

AmigaOne does NOT include legacy (retro) C= Amiga I/O chips while modern PC UEFI Class 2 still includes support for legacy (retro) IBM PC compatible and VBIOS.

From AmigaOS 4.1 FE Updates from 1 to 6, there are specific subsystem updates for various AmigaOne hardware.

AmigaOne didn't attach the clone Amiga chipset as its Southbridge functions.

A1200 with PiStorm32-Emu68 still includes legacy (retro) C= Amiga I/O chips acting like Southbridge. Audio remained C= Amiga Paula.

Minimig VER 1.97itx with PiStorm-Emu68 still includes cloned legacy (retro) C= Amiga I/O chips like Southbridge. Audio remained C= Amiga Paula clone.

Modern PC UEFI Class 2 still includes support for legacy (retro) IBM PC-compatible functions in Southbridge.

A1222+ has I2S digital audio which originated from foreign 1986-era Philips Semiconductor (taken over by NXP Semiconductors).

Look in the mirror.
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this is expensive

Wrong, it's low cost.

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and stupid because amiga mouse and keyboard was copied from pc 40 years ago.

Amiga mouse has two-button operations which Windows 95 followed. Hint: This is against Apple's legal threats. C= Amiga mouse/joystick ports are based on Atari VCS.

A1222+ can connect with modern PC's USB keyboard and mouse standards.

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@ppcamiga1

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ppcamiga1 wrote: i try many scalers. It gives nothing. decent tv/monitors are two or three times bigger than good old 1084s. pixels are too big. amiga games looks like c64 games. amiga games looks good only on CRT. to have the same pixel size as 30 years ago resolution have to be changed to 640x480 and of course graphcis conversion is useless waste of time, people that use LCD which is digital 24 bit device should use graphics card in amiga.

1084S's 0.42 mm dot pitch is low-end. The 1084S and most early computer monitors have the slot mask or in-line type which was also commonly used in TV CRTs throughout the 80s.

Read https://blog.johnnovak.net/2022/04/15/achieving-period-correct-graphics-in-personal-computer-emulators-part-1-the-amiga/#phosphor-and-shadow-mask
1084S shadow mask can be emulated on modern flat-screen displays.

When connected to a triad-style dot mask typically used in PC VGA monitors, Amiga-generated 4096 (12-bit palette) color pixel shades are closer to VGA (18-bit palette) instead of EGA or Tandy Graphics Adapter

My recycled VGA CRT monitor for A3000 didn't have an in-line type mask.

Some flat-screen displays have a 6-bit color (18-bit) with dithering instead of 8-bit (24-bit), 10-bit (30-bit), and 12-bit.

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@OlafS25

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OlafS25 wrote: @BigD Bundling licensed software with it makes it even more expensive

It's not about cost, it's about value.

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@NutsAboutAmiga

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NutsAboutAmiga wrote: @BigD I think it’s pretty clear, that this hardware is not for everyone, ...

That's putting it mildly.

The X5000 is a machine that's not aimed at everyone, but the A1222 was actually supposed to be targeting every Amigan who hadn't bought an X1k or X5k, or a SAM.

You AmigaOS 4.x on PPC apologists are something else: At this point, AAA could deliver you just a bare board and a bag of SMT components and you'd think it's cool that you get to find your own electronics workshop with a big-enough reflow oven, and tweeze the parts on it like it's some 2,500 piece jigsaw puzzle on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

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Did I misread or is this really going to be in the ballpark of 1000 euro?

Its freaking bizarre.
Seems everyone else is capable of producing low production run hardware, even when more custom than this at much, much cheaper prices, so I can only assume absolute incompetence or huge profit margins are the reason for this.

The age old (in OS4 world) argument of low volume is the reason for the extortionate prices simply doesn't hold up. Yes, vs mainstream there's going to be a considerable premium with low production runs, but *these* prices? No.

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The X5000 is a machine that's not aimed at everyone, but the A1222 was actually supposed to be targeting every Amigan who hadn't bought an X1k or X5k, or a SAM.

its kind assumed, developers need faster computer then everyone else, X5000 be that faster computer.. that’s of course not true, everyone needs a fast computer not just developers, X5000 is for everyone…. If you have the money.

Generally buying a slow computer is bad idea, unless it offers something different, if so its trad off, sacrifice speed for special features. And that’s exactly what Vampire4 standalone is.

Sam460 and A1222 does not exactly fall in that category, its just less expensive computer, that has some issues. The issues on Sam460 are less of problem in general.

The issues in A1222 are strange, it effects one program but not another. But is totally fixable if you fix it yourself, its not because it’s better for developers. It’s because you need some developer skills to recompile and fix it. Unless someone happens to fix it for you. (Actually, nothing wrong with the computer, it’s just we are trying to make a CPU do things it was not designed to do.), but because I’m not fortune teller, and don’t know to what extent the OS4 core developers will improve FPU emulation, or optimize parts of the OS in order to get better at doing things it was not design to do, its impossible to recommend it, to anyone is not willing to step up to the challenge.

Hope that makes things clear.

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You AmigaOS 4.x on PPC apologists are something else:

You can go back early announcements about A1222, I was even more critical about it back then, then I’m now, never been major support of the CPU they picked once I found out it had incompatible FPU.

but with all that, the thing is will be no other low cost option with AMC460 CPU being discontinued, that’s the end of the Sam460, what is available now of last batch is last production run of that Computer, so with that… if want a low end AmigaONE computer and you can accept it for what it is, then go ahead buy it A1222.

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@agami

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At this point, AAA could deliver you just a bare board and a bag of SMT components and you'd think it's cool that you get to find your own electronics workshop with a big-enough reflow oven, and tweeze the parts on it like it's some 2,500 piece jigsaw puzzle on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

I had to read this twice, what we’re trying to say, it made absolutely no sense to me, what had that to do with AmigaONE’s? that’s not how they delivered..

What you are describing is reproductions of A4000 and A1200 computers, or recapping of old Commodore computers, that’s exactly what your describing here. If you’re into that kind thing then knock yourself out, I have never ever, talked shit about it. but that’s what takes to keep old computer running when you have rust and acid damage on your PCB. You can pay person to do that for you for lots of $$$, believe me it’s expensive. and end of day computer is slow as was back when it was new.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVXg-A4-mac

I never had that kind of nostalgia for Commodore hardware, and I stopped believing in superiority of commodore chipset along time ago. I think better if old games and demos and source was updated to support higher resolutions, and dependency on legacy hardware removed.

If that’s not an option, I say commodore chipset for legacy software only, can make sense, but stuff into a FPGA, and I probably go with the minimum. the stuff that’s slow, and stuff and things that are timing critical, go with a low cost FPGA.

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