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Agnus got fat (then fatter and super-fat), Denise turned super, Paula remained true to herself :D
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Amiga Emulator: WinUAE 5.2.0
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Re: Amiga Emulator: WinUAE 5.2.0
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
You have it wrong - The assertion that Cloanto harbored concerns over potential market loss to Hyperion's AmigaOS 3.2 for use in emulators doesn't hold up when considering Cloanto offers ROM images at a nominal cost—essentially a dollar—whereas AmigaOS 3.2 is priced significantly higher, making the former a more accessible option for enthusiasts looking to legally emulate. It's important to correct a misconception he…
Thanks for your insight, you are more knowledgable on this than I am. I guess it speaks for itself that I don't tend to see the Amiga community strictly taking sides, and most are just tired of seeing this happen at all.
Yep - you summed it up best. We're all tired of the bullshit and many missed opportunities.
It's sad to see what the Amiga has become, but despite everything, the Amiga spirit is experiencing a renaissance, with more activity and passion than we've seen in a long time. Interesting things are happening.
Re: Amiga Emulator: WinUAE 5.2.0
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for your insight, you are more knowledgable on this than I am. I guess it speaks for itself that I don't tend to see the Amiga community strictly taking sides, and most are just tired of seeing this happen at all.
Yep - you summed it up best. We're all tired of the bullshit and many missed opportunities. It's sad to see what the Amiga has become, but despite everything, the Amiga spirit is experiencing a renaissance, with more activity and passion than we've seen in a long time. Interesting things are happening.
Have you taken a look at "The Amiga Documents"[0]? It's all about the legal disputes, but I have no idea if its accurate or not.
Re: Amiga Emulator: WinUAE 5.2.0
#24WinUAE is an outstanding emulator. Amiga is already such a complicated machine before you even consider that there are ~10 official models, hundreds of peripherals, and thousands of different configurations. Toni Wilen has been involved with WinUAE since the late 90s and has been the lead developer for ~20 years [1]. It's one thing that he's still at it now, but it's crazy to think that he first got involved at a tim…
WinUAE being Windows-only (strictly speaking that's not true, there's Wine which is actually better than running the native "ports") is also one of its greatest strengths. It has allowed Toni to maintain his razor-sharp focus on fidelity and led to an end-product that oozes quality.
To understand how bad things could have been, look at the Linux "ports" (e.g. UAE, FS-UAE and amiberry) which are plagued with audiovisual glitches, are nowhere near as compatible as WinUAE and have essentially thrown fidelity out the window. Part of the reason is the stability of the Windows graphics/sound APIs and the disastrous / ever-changing state of such APIs and implementations/drivers on Linux.
Re: Amiga Emulator: WinUAE 5.2.0
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yep - you summed it up best. We're all tired of the bullshit and many missed opportunities. It's sad to see what the Amiga has become, but despite everything, the Amiga spirit is experiencing a renaissance, with more activity and passion than we've seen in a long time. Interesting things are happening.
Have you taken a look at "The Amiga Documents"[0]? It's all about the legal disputes, but I have no idea if its accurate or not. https://sites.google.com/site/amigadocuments/home
Based on our current understanding, the Amiga documents appear to be accurate, including the identification of the individual funding Hyperion.
Their actions have caused considerable frustration. For years, they lied to us, fostering a climate of animosity and even hatred.
What Amiga could have been if not for their greed.
Re: Amiga Emulator: WinUAE 5.2.0
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Re: Amiga Emulator: WinUAE 5.2.0
#27WinUAE is an outstanding emulator. Amiga is already such a complicated machine before you even consider that there are ~10 official models, hundreds of peripherals, and thousands of different configurations. Toni Wilen has been involved with WinUAE since the late 90s and has been the lead developer for ~20 years [1]. It's one thing that he's still at it now, but it's crazy to think that he first got involved at a tim…
WinUAE being Windows-only (strictly speaking that's not true, there's Wine which is actually better than running the native "ports") is also one of its greatest strengths. It has allowed Toni to maintain his razor-sharp focus on fidelity and led to an end-product that oozes quality. To understand how bad things could have been, look at the Linux "ports" (e.g. UAE, FS-UAE and amiberry) which are plagued with audiovisu…
>To understand how bad things could have been, look at the Linux "ports" (e.g. UAE, FS-UAE and amiberry) which are plagued with audiovisual glitches, are nowhere near as compatible as WinUAE and have essentially thrown fidelity out the window.
UAE is the original, back then it was the UNIX Amiga Emulator (got renamed to ubiquitous). WinUAE was a port of that to Windows to begin with.
The problem is, winuae completely abandoned UNIX support, and had more development than the original.
>Part of the reason is the stability of the Windows graphics/sound APIs and the disastrous / ever-changing state of such APIs and implementations/drivers on Linux.
The rest of the comment is just Linux FUD, easily disproved by Steam Deck.
These emulation accuracy issues have nothing to do with Linux graphic APIs unless proven otherwise. My guess (as Amiberry comes up) is that you've been trying to run these emulators on ARM, and these are ARM porting issues.
E.g. higan is a 100% accurate snes emulator, and runs well on Linux.
Re: Amiga Emulator: WinUAE 5.2.0
#28WinUAE is the emulator used inside of Amiga Forever. I bought that, thinking I would do that instead of buying a A500 Mini. But then the A500 mini was on sale, so I bought one of those as well. I hope the makers of Amiga Forever support WinUAE and also that they will bundle new versions like this in future Amiga Forever upgrades. I know there has been some controversy around the company behind Amiga Forever in the pa…
Commodore owned the rights to the Amiga's OS, which had a ROM-resident part named "Kickstart", the rest came on software disks and was called "Workbench" (also the name of the graphical "shell" the Amiga used). You generally should have both, but at minimum you need Kickstart ROMs to do anything [0] When Commodore died, it sold rights to Amiga Inc, who then made these licensing deals: * Cloanto got the right to sell…
>How does this affect you? Well, you can use _any_ means you like to run an Amiga emulator.
But whatever you do, please do not feed the crows.
Piracy is a suitable alternative to supporting the mafia[0].
Re: Amiga Emulator: WinUAE 5.2.0
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Commodore owned the rights to the Amiga's OS, which had a ROM-resident part named "Kickstart", the rest came on software disks and was called "Workbench" (also the name of the graphical "shell" the Amiga used). You generally should have both, but at minimum you need Kickstart ROMs to do anything [0] When Commodore died, it sold rights to Amiga Inc, who then made these licensing deals: * Cloanto got the right to sell…
The situation surrounding Amiga's legacy and its preservation is significantly more complex than it appears at first glance. Cloanto, holding a sincere desire for the Amiga's continuity, possesses the rights for the emulation of version 3.1. On the other hand, Hyperion Entertainment, which holds the rights to AmigaOS 4, opted for the PowerPC architecture over x86 to protect its niche in game porting, fearing that a t…
>Cloanto, holding a sincere desire for the Amiga's continuity,
>integrity and commitment
>He's a good guy.
Please.
You don't have to step in to defend someone who's keeping AmigaOS source code tightly locked up. Nevermind open source; it's not even available for preservation.
But I still agree Hyperion is most evil.
Re: Amiga Emulator: WinUAE 5.2.0
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Gave a hopeful click, was disappointed.
I expected to see all chip revisions (the multiple agnus, denise, gary, buster...), with any known differences they have.
Instead, it's just a list of custom chips, not covering their versions.