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OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« on: March 31, 2008, 10:02:29 AM »
Just wanted to let u know that there's an initial version of OWB web browser for 68k Amiga, here:

http://strohmayer.org/files/OWB_m68k_1.1.lha


Although it's very limited at the moment, it's a GOOD NEWS nonetheless.

Please, if u're at all interested in it being further improved, show your appreciation by sending an email to the author (j_s AT gmx DOT de) !


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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2008, 11:51:16 AM »
I just tried this on my A3000 040/40 MHz and A1200 060/50 MHz setups. It looks really sweet and promising ! But it's not usable at the moment. I hope Jörg can eliminate SDL dependencies and switch to Amiga native libraries in time. It can be a really usable and perfect browser then !

For the interested, this port needs 15+bit screenmode, so if you don't have a gfx board & Cybergfx/Picasso96 installed, do not bother.

Keyboard input doesn't seem to work yet, so I just strolled around in google. Also there are no adress bars/ scroll bars and stuff. But it works, and it's great :)
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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2008, 11:54:16 AM »
Although this is great news I dont think that most people Amiga's could cope, seeing as on the A1 side they need about 128MB of ram to run it (and even then ive read people saying its slightly slow) and as far as I am aware only Blizzard Accel boards will allow you to have that much memory.

Dont get me wrong it is great for us 68K users and if my 1200 was active and connected to the web I would use it instead of AWeb.
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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2008, 11:55:31 AM »
@ countzero.

How much Ram are you running it under?
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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2008, 11:59:44 AM »
A3000 has 80mbs, A1200 has 128mbs. It uses about 10-15mbs on startup, and increases to 30-35 mbs. Though I just browsed google news and stuff, and it may get worse ...

At the moment it takes about 20-30 secs to fully render a page with some images (google news). Google entry page without any images takes about 5 secs or something.(hmm actually there's an image there, the google logo)
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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2008, 12:07:38 PM »
Great news!

Its a start and with a little improvements if will certainly make a very nice browser for new 68k systems.
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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2008, 12:38:11 PM »
This would be great for UAE/Amithlon users, and would probably be usable on a 060/graphics card system with 128mb of Ram
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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2008, 01:33:15 PM »
Hi,

This is my first post, so apologies in advance if I'm not following protocol!

I stumbled across this version of OWB last night and tried installing it on my A4000D. On first go I got an error message telling me I needed Ixemul.lib Version 48. I duly downloaded the 48.2 060 version (I have a cyberstorm MKII, 060 with 128MB ram) from aminet and installed it. I tried running OWB again, but still get an error message (a different one) and it doesn't go any further.

Any ideas, anyone?

I have an A4000D, Cyberstorm MKII - 060, 128MB Ram, CV643D(with scan doubler), X-Surf, OS3.9, 3.1 Roms, 85MB IDE HD, IDE DVD-RW, Scsi Iomega 100MB ZIP & Scsi Iomega 1GB Jaz.
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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2008, 01:54:19 PM »
I used this version. Note that there are actually two libraries to install. 'ixemul.library' and 'ixnet.library'.
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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2008, 02:35:02 PM »
@countzero,

Did there seem to be much difference in the speed of the 1200 compared to the 3000?

Just wondering if it could theoretically run on 64MB Ram and remain responsive?
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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2008, 02:35:26 PM »
@Tumbleweed

Welcome!
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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2008, 03:13:11 PM »
I didn't notice much difference. they were both slooooowwww ...

64 mb should be ok I guess. but responsiveness more relies on the processor I think.
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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2008, 03:59:35 PM »
OK Great news FOR APRIL THE FIRST!!! , have emailed the author!

Now to try it on my 256mb BPPC 060 60mhz A1200
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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2008, 07:40:18 PM »
Thanks countzero.

I tried that - error message I get is EMT Trap - OWB??

Any ideas what EMT is ? Looks like an error trap of some sort to me.


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Re: OWB 1.1 for 68k amiga
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2008, 07:58:36 PM »
I got it working! It didnt like MuFastRom and MuFastZero,
taking them out of my user startup fixed it.

As for OWB its slow but the rendering engine appears to
be robust. However as there is no keyboard input I've
only tried it by clicking through the links on the google
home page.

Worth donating to the author via PayPal for more updates.

So far so good.

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