11.Nov.2023
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Diagnosis software: Amiga Test Kit 1.21
Keir Fraser's "Amiga Test Kit" is a software-based solution for checking diverse components of an Amiga. The download archive includes a bootable disk image as well as an executable file which can be started from the harddrive (amiga-news.de reported).
In the recent version 1.21 new video test cards have been added which are used for calibrating displays (usually CRTs). The new test cards include full-field colours for colour purity, colour bars, greyscale bars, and dot and hatch fields for convergence and linearity respectively.
Direct download: AmigaTestKit-1.21.zip (194 KB)
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11.Nov.2023
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Dungeon Crawler: "The Cthulhu Project" (DevLog 1)
Maurice Doerr is not only a photographer, but has also been a passionate Amiga user since 1987. Over the years he has owned several models such as the A500, A600, A1200 and the CD32 and programmed in Assembler, AMOS, Amiga E and Blitz Basic. After a long break and separation from all hardware, he returned to the Amiga about a year ago and started programming his first "Dungeon Crawler Oldschool" game based on the Lovecraft universe in AMOS PRO.
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11.Nov.2023
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Platform game: Update for Amiga port of Electro Man
Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch is porting the game Electro Man, originally published in 1992 by Polish programmers Maciej Msik and Janusz Pelc for MS-DOS, to AGA Amigas (amiga-news.de reported). This update adds the fifth level, refines game controls slightly and fixes graphical errors in level 2 regarding lasers and minimap.
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11.Nov.2023
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Arcade classic: Super Bagman (beta version)
After Bagman, Jean-François Fabre is now in the process of porting the next arcade classic for the Amiga, Super Bagman from Stern Electronics (YouTube video) and has released a first beta version.
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10.Nov.2023
MorphZone
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 6.6
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 6.6 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS. As the author explained, this version updates WebKit to WebKitGTK 2.40.5 (and is likely the last update before Wayfarer 7). This build also works around the issues with PayPal and improves performance on websites that abuse DOM timers (especially with throttling enabled in settings).
Download: wayfarer.lha (35 MB)
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10.Nov.2023
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Amiga Tool Jam: GoVars
GoVars written by Krzysztof Donat (bitplan) for the Amiga Tool Jam in Amiga E is an easy-to-use Amiga Environment Variables editor.
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10.Nov.2023
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.6.3 (update)
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400.
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09.Nov.2023
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MorphOS: PolyOrganiser 1.25
Frederic 'Polymere' Rignault's PolyOrganiser is a 'Personal Information Management' tool that features a calendar, an address book and ToDo lists. Changes since version 1.22a:
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08.Nov.2023
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Amiga Tool Jam: DrawerGenie V0.4
For the Amiga Tool Jam, Rob 'daedalus2097' Cranley has written the commodity "DrawerGenie" for AmigaOS 3.5 or higher (amiga-news.de reported) and updated it once again. Among others, DrawerGenie allows you to add simple toolbars to the Workbench drawer windows. Changes of version 0.4:
- Added Sort by Type option
- Added support for popup items to be used in main toolbar
- Changed OS version check from exec to workbench to suit some hybrid 3.1 / 3.9 installations
- Fixed occasional misalignment of gadgets in drop-downs
- Adjusted layout in preference and toolbar editing windows
- Added *experimental* option to adjust windows to accommodate toolbar
- Added HELP: to documentation search path
- Added workaround for icon-only files preventing file operations (fallback method using ARexx added)
Direct download: DrawerGenie.lha (163 KB)
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08.Nov.2023
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Video: Installation of a ZuluSCSI
In the first part of a video series (with English subtitles), the French YouTuber 'stephbb75' introduces the ZuluSCSI-RP2040 card, which makes it possible to operate SCSI drives on an SD card, and shows its installation using the example of an A4000T. In the second part, he sets up the SD cards.
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08.Nov.2023
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Desktop widget: RNOWidgets 1.6 for MorphOS and AmigaOS 4
RNOWidgets combines several utilities (widgets) in a single application and is available for MorphOS and AmigaOS 4. RNOWidgets contains widgets for calendar (ISO), analog clock, digital clock, notes, pictures (local and net), RSS feeds, sticker, and weather. Changes of version 1.6:
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07.Nov.2023
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AmigaOS 4: CompareDirs V1.12
Using CompareDirs the directory structure of two directories can be compared, including all files. The result window shows the files with size and date. Alexandre Balaban's tool can be controlled either from the shell or via Reaction GUI. Version 1.12 was released at Micro Alchemie VII which took place last weekend. Changes:
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07.Nov.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP: Boxed version of Boxx 4 released
Press release: APC&TCP is pleased to announce that the boxed version of Boxx 4 online shop is available today.
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07.Nov.2023
Michael Rupp (ANF)
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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.36
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 FE for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey). Any kind of feedback the author Michael Rupp would very appreciate. His work can be supported by a little donation from inside TAWS or via this link.
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06.Nov.2023
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 12.3
AmiKit has released version 12.3 of the workbench distribution AmiKit XE. Among other things, handling of ADF files has been simplified and diverse software updated. Detailed change logs for Windows/Mac/Linux and for the Raspberry Pi 4/400.
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06.Nov.2023
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Do it yourself: Revision 4.0.1 of N2630 expansion board for Amiga 2000
Parallel to his project of a replica of the A2000 motherboard in ATX form factor, "Amiga-2000-ATX" (amiga-news.de reported), the developer Jason 'jasonsbeer' Neus has another one : the N2630 is a further development of the original Commodore A2630 expansion card, offering an Amiga 2000 a 50MHz Motorola 68030 CPU card with additional RAM and IDE device connector, and is installed in the CPU slot (amiga-news.de reported).
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06.Nov.2023
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Do it yourself: RGB to VGA adapter AMI-RGB2VGAULTIMATE
The RGB2VGAULTIMATE is an adapter for the RGB output of the Amiga 500 to 4000, which is designed to prevent vertical lines on LCD screens and take impedances into account, is double buffered and offers a choice of four filter settings.
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06.Nov.2023
Simon Adolf (ANF)
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Event: AmigaWinterTreffen 9.-11.02.2024 in Großensee (Germany)
Details about this event, taking place February 9-11 in Großensee, northern Germany (federal state Schleswig-Holstein), can be found in our german news-item.
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06.Nov.2023
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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Event: Interface XXXVI in Kiel, 25.11.2023
Details about this event, taking place November 25 in Schwentinental, near Kiel in northern Germany (federal state Schleswig-Holstein), can be found in our german news-item.
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06.Nov.2023
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Amiga Tool Jam: AmiAuthenticator V1.1.0
AmiAuthenticator was also written for the Amiga Tool Jam and is a 2FA (two-factor authentication) code generator for the Amiga that is compatible with many websites that use 2FA. It generates TOTP (Time based one time passwords) codes with SHA1 or SHA256. Similar (non-Amiga) applications are Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator and FreeOTP. These codes can be used to secure access to various websites, e.g. GitHub, LastPass, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 1.1.0:
- Added 'Copy' menu item to copy the current values to the Clipboard (05-Nov-2023)
- Added clarification of the SHA type (SHA1 is the standard default option used by 2FA TOTP)
- Allow spaces in the secret
- Internet time not always read correctly
- Minor UI bug fixes
Direct download: AmiAuthenticator-1.1.0.lha (79 KB)
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06.Nov.2023
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.28
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.98, which allows the development of games from various genres (see short tests of two Redpill games). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial. Changes of version 0.9.28:
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06.Nov.2023
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Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.7.5
Bartman', member of the demo group 'Abyss', provides with 'amiga-debug' a 'Visual Studio Code' extension for "compiling, debugging and profiling Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 13.1 with the bundled WinUAE/FS-UAE and GDB." (YouTube video). Changes of version 1.7.5:
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05.Nov.2023
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement in the last two months. Readers willing to help out with translating articles into other languages are asked to contact David 'Daff' Brunet.
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05.Nov.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 165
The English and German issue 165 (November/December 2023) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Content of the current issue includes, besides various reviews, a preview of Roguecraft and a show report about Amiga38.
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05.Nov.2023
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Aminet uploads until 04.11.2023
The following files have been added until 04.11.2023 to Aminet:
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05.Nov.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 04.11.2023
The following files have been added until 04.11.2023 to OS4Depot:
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05.Nov.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 04.11.2023
The following files have been added until 04.11.2023 to AROS Archives:
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05.Nov.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 04.11.2023
The following files have been added until 04.11.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
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05.Nov.2023
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Racing game: Rally Cross V1.0
Developer and Resistance member Alessio 'OzzyBoshi' Garzi released his Amiga version of Fabio Antoniazzi's PC shareware racing game Rally Cross at Flashparty 2023 and has now made it available to the general public.
Direct download: rc.adf (880 KB)
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05.Nov.2023
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Weather data: AmiWeatherForecast V1.2
AmiWeatherForecasts is a weather forecasting application that provides the latest weather information for any location. It was written in the C programming language under Amiga OS 3.2 and uses data from OpenWeather (amiga-news.de reported). Changes in version 1.2:
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