04.Aug.2020
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Mount disk images on Workbench: GoADF! 3.0
The Shareware (7 Euro) utility "GoADF!" mounts floppy disk images on Workbench. Changes in version 3.0:
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04.Aug.2020
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MorphOS celebrates 20 year anniversary
André Siegel from the MorphOS team reminds us in a morph.zone announcement, that the PowerPC based clone of AmigaOS has been available to the public for 20 years now: on August 2nd, 2000, the team initiated public Betatests. At that time, the target hardware was still an Amiga 1200, 3000 or 4000 with a PowerPC expansion from Phase 5 - the 'Pegasos' was first mentioned in December 2000.
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[News message: 04. Aug. 2020, 15:46] [Comments: 0]
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03.Aug.2020
Generation Amiga (Webseite)
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Amiga emulator for Mac OS: vAmiga 0.9.10
Dirk Hoffmann's 'vAmiga' is a new, "user friendly" (quoting the developer) Amiga emulator that emulates a A500, A1000 or A2000 computer. Changes since our last news item:
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[News message: 03. Aug. 2020, 19:52] [Comments: 0]
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03.Aug.2020
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Arcade game: Atarenium Falcon (demo)
In 'Atarenium Falcon' (Video) the player has to collect pieces of coal and other items lying around in the screen-sized levels and then head for the exit. The early demo version that has been made available now does not seem to feature any enemies other than the static meteorites that should be avoided.
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[News message: 03. Aug. 2020, 19:33] [Comments: 0]
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02.Aug.2020
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Aminet uploads until 01.08.2020
The following packages have been added to Aminet until 01.08.2020:
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02.Aug.2020
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OS4Depot uploads until 01.08.2020
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until 01.08.2020:
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02.Aug.2020
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AROS-Archives uploads until 01.08.2020
The following packages have been added to AROS-Archiven until 01.08.2020:
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02.Aug.2020
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 01.08.2020
The following packages for MorphOS, which operating system celebrated its 20th birthday yesterday, have been added to MorphOS-Storage until 01.08.2020:
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01.Aug.2020
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Jump'n Run: Smarty And The Nasty Gluttons
'Smarty And The nasty Gluttons' (Video) is a Jump'n Run that was intended for a commercial release in the early nineties but never finished due to the collapsing market. With help from members of the active Amiga scene, the original coder has now revamped his old code and added the missing functionality. Graphics and sounds had already been completed decades ago, which is why the full version of the game is now available for download.
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[News message: 01. Aug. 2020, 21:38] [Comments: 0]
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01.Aug.2020
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Reading Amiga disks on a PC: ADF Drive 1.110, ADF Copy 1.130
With the USB adapter 'ADF Drive' and its accompanying copy program 'ADF Copy', Amiga floppy disks can be read using a standard PC floppy drive under Windows, Linux or Mac OS. Since our last news item, both the adapter's firmware as well as the frontend were updated several times: Several bugs were fixed and the User Interface was redesigned. Additionally, the software can now react to packet loss caused by a slow USB connection.
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31.Jul.2020
Martin 'DaFreak' Rebentisch (ANF)
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The Dork Web: Crash And Burn - The Amiga ST Story
Under the title link Steve Lord in his 14. issue of "Tales From The Dork Web" has written about the beginning of the Amiga and also has a closer look at the interdependence between Amiga and Atari.
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[News message: 31. Jul. 2020, 20:14] [Comments: 0]
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31.Jul.2020
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TF360: Prototype of a 68060 accelerator board in the CD32 (video)
The 'TF360' developed by Stephen Leary is an accelerator board for the Amiga CD32 which provides a slot for a 68060 processor as well as 128 MB Fast-RAM. A video now shows the prototype. Using an additional angle plug, providing a classic Amiga monitor port as well as a port for PS/2 keyboards, the card can be installed within the CD32.
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31.Jul.2020
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Unreleased commercial game: 'Dragon Slayer' will be completed
'Dragon Slayer' is an arcade-adventure game similar to Barbarian (Psygnosis) in which the hero has to fight through hundreds of rooms in a fantasy setting. The game originally was meant to be released as commercial game in 1990 but was never completed.
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30.Jul.2020
Generation Amiga (Webseite)
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Selfmade project: 8-Bit sampler 'Open Amiga Sampler'
Sampling like in the year 1988: Under this motto Brendan Ratliff has published a detailed manual for making a parallel-port sampler for Amiga computers on Github. His 'Open Amiga Sampler' digitises in 8 Bit (mono), has a typical maximum sampling rate of about 52 Khz and offers an input amplifier with variable gain. The device has been successfully tested with severel classic Amiga applications like ProTracker and AudioMaster III.
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[News message: 30. Jul. 2020, 19:03] [Comments: 0]
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30.Jul.2020
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Desktop Publishing: RNO Publisher for all Amiga systems
'RNO Publisher' created with Hollywood is a simple DTP application: The user creates one-page or multi-page documents and there can place text boxes, pictures and other graphic objects as well as links - the result then is exported to a PDF file. An example PDF created with the program is available on the website of the developer.
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29.Jul.2020
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Arcade classic: Super Wormy - The Worm-Like Snake 1.1
Unlike many other games, the levels in "Super Wormy" (video) are bigger than the screen. Therefore the screen is scrolled and the player is informed about his position by a little radar. A level editor also is included.
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[News message: 29. Jul. 2020, 16:48] [Comments: 0]
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29.Jul.2020
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: X11 environment AmiCygnix 1.6
Edgar Schwan's AmiCygnix is an Unix environment for AmigaOS 4. It is not an emulation but all programs has been compiled for AmigaOS 4 (screenshot). AmiCygnix provides a directory and data structure similar to an Unix installation.
Additional to other changes, updates and bug fixes, now version 2.24.32 of GTK+ is used. Therefore future software packages will require AmiCygnix 1.6.
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