@3VILC

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Great that you've got it up and running.

USB devices can be a bit hit or miss with OS4 machines in general. I've never tried booting off USB (I installed the OS using the DVD drive).

Hans

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@Tuvok

Nice list! And nothing too complicated. I'm thinking that a couple of your items might be accomplished with ARexx like "move selected files and drawers to a new drawer" (did I get that right?), if maybe a bit less elegantly.


@all

I've thought about the funding problem too, and don't know the answer. I gave @TheMagicSN a good laugh once when I stated that Hyperion managed OS4 development through the sale of Mac game ports. No, Hyperion managed development by cheating developers and running up huge debts.

For any film buffs, I'm reminded of the scene in Citizen Kane where a young Kane is confronted by his accountant that the newspaper lost a million dollars last year. Paraphrasing, Kane agrees and says they'll probably lose a million this year and the next year, too, and at that rate they'll be out of business in 60 years, but it will have been a good run. We need a few more Trevors.

If I came into a large sum of money, making amends with the various OS4 developers and "getting the old team back together" would be at the top of my list, as there aren't that many skilled Amiga developers to begin with, and we shouldn't be wasting time by reinventing technologies that work, like Joerg's CDFileSystem. I keep hoping there's a method to the madness...

A little bit late, but this was solved over 3 years ago when I talked to @cygnused.

AmiCygnix was using the same version of SED as the one from the SDK, but it was compiled with a different C library and so the underlying implementation was different and thus causing the difference.

I now always ensure to prefer the SDK's binaries over AmiCygnix - not because one is better than the other, but just for consistency.

@Tuvok

Thanks for the heads-up.

I think maybe my firmware is already 1.0.077 or more, because the buttons seem to already function like that for me. Now that you mention it, I remember reading something about it before.

At some point when I get time, I will try checking my KVM switch's firmware version and also update it to the latest firmware, but that will probably not be until some time in the new year.

As for why it works so strangely on your X1000, I don't know. I don't see such behaviour on mine. But I'm no "Voodoo master" .

Best regards,

Niels

@Tuvok

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Good luck with your next attempts!

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No worries: it was not a single case but 35, and not downloading is not a problem - in other words, it wasn't you ;)
Just for the record: they were not hacking attempts.

A new Life of Tech post:

https://life-of-tech.blogspot.com/2025 ... ioasis-g3-mp3-player.html

@tao

here another one:

- add a reverse option for "Clean up by type" in Workbench. It is easier to sort the "Tools/Apps" to be the first icons.

@Tuvok

That's the plan but it's all about timing too

@HunoPPC

Thanks for the game!

@328gts

Use the shield, I thinks that's how walkero does it!



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@nbache

Be aware of some changes in the way your KVM operates If you update the firmware of your ATEN. In some models they have changed the behaviour of the front panel buttons:


https://www.aten.com/nl/nl/products/re ... te&type=firmware&eid=2574

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at the time of writing the latest firmware for our cs1784a is v1.2.111 (2025-03-11).
Said FW did improve the compatibility with my mechanical keyboard.

@OldFart
@nbache

I tried my luck with the ones you mentioned, but CFE does not want them.

Unless I connect the KVM to a different USB port, the amiga will not boot.

I read the error code in the Serial-output but can't remember the exact wording now.
It seemed like there also was some typo in the error message. When I saw the error message I had the feeling that there is maybe some simple error in the CFE source code. Some forgotten quotation mark, an extra CR, something small like this.

The funny thing is, once AmigaOS 4 has booted once, then CFE will not stop the booting process in subsequent hard-resets.
To clarify:

Test 1:
- connect KVM to the keyboard USB-port of the X1000
- turn on X1000
-> Boot process halts, nothing will move the X1000 to boot. No resets using the computer case reset-button will help. Only disconnecting the KVM from the port persuades the X1000 to boot.

Test 2:
- connect the KVM to any other USB-port of the X1000
- turn on X1000
-> boots to AmigaOS4
- connect KVM to the Keyboard USB-port of the X1000
- use your favourite method to "hard-reset" (e.g. Workbench->Shutdown->Restart Computer)
-> Keyboard is available in CFE to select menu entries or typing
-> X1000 boots to AmigaOS after menu-timeout

This can be reproduced every time.

So my conclusion is that AmigaOS4 must do something to the CFE USB stack.
It writes to some register, don't know.

I wonder if it would be possible to set a CFE-env-variable that does whatever Voodoo AmigaOS4 is doing.

There is a "Set hid max" variable to be set in CFE, I played around with it, but to no avail.

@TiredOfLife

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I tried after reading your comment. Hower it does not help. In the manual of the KVM the manufacturer says no hub should be connected to the dedicated keyboard port.

Also, now that I tried ,I can confirm the explanation in the user manual that the keyboard-switching shortcut does not work with an USB hub in-between.

it was worth a try, thanks for your suggestion.

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Yeah, I knew exactly where it was! I haven't managet to get to the same level again. Yet.

p.s. by the way a while back I read a thread of yours about some hacking attempts on your itchio webpages. You mentioned someone paid bud did not download. That particular thing might have been me.

@Elwood

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The exact same ideas came to me too.

It would be nice to have Joerg on board again. Or at least to find a way to flush his negativity he really appears to have a set on Hyperion.
I think the one responsible for the non-payments is gone. Maybe Joerg could start working with the people who are there now. I guess they have not been paid either.

Unless we can engage Elon Musk to pay the debts, I see it unlikely that someone could afford to pay the overdue engineers level salaries for all the people who have contributed.

Crowd funding could mitigate and alleviate the pain maybe?

But then so many people have been scorched here by "early-bird" "pre-payment" that little may want to contribute.

Even if OS3.3 seems to take big steps forward. OS4 is really worth saving. It is so much better in so many ways!

@tao

My minor Suggestions:

in Workbench:

- Select files and drawers, then create a new drawer with the selected icons from the context menu.
- Workbench screen title bar: add formatting options such as aligning screen title format items to the far right.
- Workbench Screen title bar: add the option to be able to add more "widgets" (like in OS3.3)
- Workbench Screen title bar: It would be beneficial if an area of the screen title bar could be reserved so that items such as the clock or widgets would follow to other screens and remain visible even on the Workbench if a different programme is active.
- Add the possibility to add keyboard shortcuts (for the ones missing in Workbench, e.g. Resize to fit, Snapshot Window, Snapshot all) and maybe the option to personalise them. Some appear a little illogical to me.
I dislike it so much when some apps use "RAmiga-Z" and other "RAmiga-U" for the same command, or "RAmiga-A" and and others "RAmiga-M" for "Select all".
- I think it would be rather nice if the shortcuts in the menu reflected the letter they represent, like 'RAMiga-Shift-v' being 'RAMiga-V'. I imagine it might not look great to everyone! ;)
- When copying files to an external drive that does not support file notes (such as a USB or network drive), a file named 'Files_Info.txt' is generated in the destination folder. This file contains all the file comments and protection bits of the files copied into the folder. Prior to copying a requester could also ask the user if he wishes to copy the file notes. Maybe it would be feasible to save the filename in the icon file?
- Fix the keyboard shortcuts in RAWBInfo
- General keyboard support could be improved. Take the "Execute..." command in Workbench; once I entered something in the text field gadget, I cannot quit from the string requester using the keyboard. "Return/Enter" executes the string, "Esc" quits the requester altogether. So what is the use of the keyboard shortcuts "e" and "c"? This behaviour is common to many requesters and gadgets. Maybe "Alt-enter" could be implemented to "exit" a string gadget?
- Rework WBStartup-Preferences so that
- the list can be sorted by "Name", "Start Priority" and "Path".
- Select more items at once to enable/disable them
- option to edit an entry (to not have to remove and add it again)
- This might be just personal to me: Add an option in Input prefs to reverse the scroll wheel direction. I kind of got used to the macOS natural scroll direction it is so much logical!
- Add an ISO-8601 locale format.
- Adopt the modern nomenclature for byte units: so that 1 Megabyte is 1000² and 1 MiB is 1024².

@tao

I'm happy to see I suggested this new thread
You are right, at some point people have to think what they want about OS4.x and organize a way to make this happen (crowdfunding?).

Never think it's not possible.

Even finding a solution about UDF support is possible.
I see 2 alternatives:
- pay Jorg (depending on how much he wants)
- recreate a new CD Filesystem

@NinjaCyborg

You're entitled to your opinions, none of which have been moderated in this thread. All we're asking is that you remain polite and don't call people names.

You'll have to live with the fact that Amigans.net is a moderated forum. If you don't like it, there are other places to discuss your hobby - the choice is yours.

@tao

It might have been fun to see some more suggestions.



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