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`12.Sep.2024`	Video: Compiling the Menace source code, part 1 In a first video, the YouTube channel 'Dave Poo 2' presented the commercial Shoot 'Em Up Menace, which was released in 1988. The source code was later published in several issues of the British Amiga Format magazine. In the current video, an attempt is made to assemble the source code and then compile it. (dr) [News message: 12. Sep. 2024, 10:20] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Sep.2024` heise.de Newsticker (ANF)	Heise article on Andy Warhol's Amiga graphics (German) As reported some weeks ago, one of the two art prints with Debbie Harry's portrait is for sale. Now Heise has also published an article about Andy Warhol's work with the Amiga at the title link - and adds that a sales price of 26 million dollars is being speculated for the picture including the signed floppy disk. (snx) [News message: 11. Sep. 2024, 13:04] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Sep.2024`	Image editor: PyDPainter 2.0.1 for Windows, Linux and macOS The image editor PyDPainter (new YouTube video of version 2.0) is inspired by DPaint and according to its author Mark Riale an attempt to create a usable pixel art program in Python using PyGame that can handle low resolutions and limited colour palettes and which can be as easy to use as possible (amiga-news.de reported). Version 2.0.1 fixes the following bugs: more ... (dr) [News message: 11. Sep. 2024, 06:20] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Sep.2024`	MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris 1.34 Just under a week ago, Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek released version 1.34 of his e-mail client Iris for MorphOS. The changes in detail: Fixed a crash during update check on some configurations Fixed a crash when editing a message in a locally mapped folder Fixed not to duplicate messages when editing a message in locally mapped folder or local storage Increased mail filter string length limit Updated WebKit and associated libraries Shows a popup window w/ progress bar when downloading an update (dr) [News message: 10. Sep. 2024, 15:25] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`09.Sep.2024` Amigaworld.de (ANF)	Amigaworld.de: Alternative riser cards for the A604n memory expansion Press release: AMIGAworld is pleased to announce the availability of two alternative riser cards for the A604n memory expansion for the Amiga 600 from Individual Computers (photo). These new riser cards are designed for WiFi (PicoWyfy) and USB (Subway/Freeway/RapidRoad) expansions, which can be used in the Amiga 600 by simply plugging them in without a cable. The cards can be ordered for private use as a DIY project at the title link. (snx) [News message: 09. Sep. 2024, 09:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`09.Sep.2024`	Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.42 RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.99, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill (YouTube video) 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. more ... (dr) [News message: 09. Sep. 2024, 09:30] [Comments: 1 - 10. Sep. 2024, 15:39] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`09.Sep.2024`	Preview video: Amiga port of arcade classic Elevator playable In addition to an Amiga port of Galaga, Jean-François 'jotd' Fabre is also working on a conversion of Taito's arcade classic Elevator Action (amiga-news.de reported). The video now published under the title link shows that, apart from a few graphic errors and inaccuracies, the game logic works completely. (dr) [News message: 09. Sep. 2024, 08:33] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`09.Sep.2024` Fabio Falcucci (Mail)	Developer log: First map of the game "The Gate" completed At the beginning of October last year , we introduced the AMOS game "The Gate" by Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci, a mixture of "Impossible Mission" and "Project Firestart" with his own ideas and concepts. The developer reports on his progress on Patreon, but has kindly summarised the current status for us: "I spent the last 2 weeks working on the first map (Mastodon screenshot) and I have also fixed several bugs I saw only during the map testing phase. I also added some missing functionalities to the engine to make easier for me to create and handle the game contents, here is a list of the most important things: I've completed the 5 door types available in the game, If I need to I can add more types, nothing is hard coded anymore. I've optimized the game especially using graphics blocks to clear areas instead of using the slow drawing commands (BAR for example). I've started to work on a game editor: the initial idea was that this would helped me to create the game contents faster, but I soon realized that this would take up a lot of my time and I was anxious to see if the engine worked well, so for now I will continue to create the content manually. Terminals and dialogues are using a scripting language created from scratch by me, it supports strings and numeric variables, but they were local to the currently executed script. I needed some persistent space to store stuff so I implemented Map Variables (which are reset every time the map is loaded, but I can share values between map-scripts) and Global Variables (which are reset at the game beginning and can share data between script on different maps). In the Terminal scripting language I also added a JUMPSUB/RETURN pair of commands to recycle repetitive code sections and make the scripts smaller. I've adjusted all the graphics I have to make it proportional with the character's size, I've enlarged all of them manually to make pixel perfect (at my best). I fixed a nasty bug in my script parser: empty lines was causing dead loops blocking the program flow. Dialogue definitions now supports actors declaration, this means that dialogs executed by triggers can be between several actors (and not just 2!). Some bugs related to the secondary weapons/devices are fixed, as well as the damage computation of the hit enemies. I'm very happy because when I finished the first map and started testing it, everything worked as intended: Dialogues followed the programmed branching, triggers worked, animations worked and most importantly, the terminal simulator worked too! I am happy about everyone who supports my work on Patreon." (dr) [News message: 09. Sep. 2024, 08:24] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Sep.2024`	Aminet uploads until 07.09.2024 The following files have been added until 07.09.2024 to Aminet: more ... (snx) [News message: 08. Sep. 2024, 09:12] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Sep.2024`	OS4Depot uploads until 07.09.2024 The following files have been added until 07.09.2024 to OS4Depot: more ... (snx) [News message: 08. Sep. 2024, 09:12] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Sep.2024`	AROS Archives uploads until 07.09.2024 The following files have been added until 07.09.2024 to AROS Archives: more ... (snx) [News message: 08. Sep. 2024, 09:12] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Sep.2024`	MorphOS-Storage uploads until 07.09.2024 Die folgenden Pakete wurden bis zum 07.09.2024 dem MorphOS-Storage hinzugefügt: more ... (snx) [News message: 08. Sep. 2024, 09:12] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Sep.2024`	WHDLoad: New installers until 07.09.2024 Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 07.09.2024: more ... (snx) [News message: 08. Sep. 2024, 09:12] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Sep.2024` Holger Ahrens (ANF)	Video: The year 2038 problem hits the Amiga - but not until 2046 (German) The world will end on January 19, 2038 - at least if relevant 32-bit systems are still using the "UNIX timestamp" format then to measure time by every second. Similar to the Bismarck quote about Mecklenburg, the end of the world will not take place on the Amiga until 2046, though. (More precisely, its time calculation ends on January 19, 2046 at 03:14:07, amiga-news.de reported.) At the title link, Holger Ahrens takes up the topic on his info portal on the year 2038 problem. In the video, Dennis Pauler from the retro channel Virtual Dimension explains the reason for this - namely that the Amiga only starts counting time on January 1, 1978. But as soon as all the bits are used up, trouble can no longer be avoided: Anything from minor glitches to constant Guru Meditations could then happen. Due to the complexity, a permanent and comprehensive solution to the problem is not to be expected. (snx) [News message: 08. Sep. 2024, 09:11] [Comments: 1 - 09. Sep. 2024, 00:08] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Sep.2024` AmiKit (ANF)	Workbench distribution: AmiKit 12.6 The Workbench distribution AmiKit is now available in version 12.6 for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, PiStorm and Raspberry Pi - but not for Vampire. Changes consist of updates of files and emulation; furthermore the Make060 command and two demos have been added. (snx) [News message: 08. Sep. 2024, 09:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Sep.2024` Amigasystem (ANF)	AROS distribution: AROS One 2.6 (x86) The "AROS One" distribution based on the AROS binary interface ABI v0 is now available in version 2.6 for x86 computers. It can be downloaded as a DVD ISO file or as a USB flash image at the title link, where video recordings can also be found. The VHD image can be used as a hard disk in virtual machines such as VMware, VirtualBox and QEmu. If you have already installed the previous version, you can now update your system as an alternative to a new installation. To do this, the "Aros-One 2.5-Fix" file must first be executed to remove files that are no longer required. more ... (snx) [News message: 08. Sep. 2024, 09:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Sep.2024` Andreas Magerl (ANF)	Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 170 / raffle The English and German issue 170 (September/October 2024) 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 interviews with Jennifer Diane Reitz and 'Tigerskunk', previews of Krogharr and The Lost Pixel as well as a workshop about HAM games. Furthermore there is a raffle with prizes by Look Behind You. Also non-readers of the magazine can take part, one has just to send an e-mail. (snx) [News message: 08. Sep. 2024, 09:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Sep.2024`	Video tutorial: Using the AMOS command "Get bob" In another video in his series of tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows how to use the Get bob command to grab images from AMOS screen to use as Bobs in a program. This is an alternative to using the Object Editor built into AMOS Pro. The source code for the program in this video is available for free on his website. (dr) [News message: 07. Sep. 2024, 16:34] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Sep.2024`	Amiga-MOD tracker in Javascript: Bassoontracker 0.5.0 Bassoontracker is a classic 4-channel MOD tracker written in Javascript and therefore runs under the title link directly in the web browser - including the possibility to load, edit and save existing MOD files (YouTube video of version 0.5.0). The current version now supports playlists and favourites. You can create links for your favourite songs. And there are now also tooltips to make your work easier. Minor improvements to the user interface and the program round off the changes. (dr) [News message: 06. Sep. 2024, 22:04] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Sep.2024` Howard Price	Reverse Engineering: Aira Force 0.8 for Windows, Linux and macOS "Aira Force" is a tool for the reverse engineering of Amiga 680x0 software (amiga-news.de reported). It enables the disassembly and examination of binary files (YouTube video of version 0.8). Thanks to the major update to version 0.8, Aira Force now also functions as a 68000 source level debugger. The 68000 command emulation has also been improved and very simple Amiga hardware emulation (chip, fast and slow RAM and ROM) has been introduced. Complete changelog: Add: Add Pointer dialogue Add: Crash log file AiraForceLog.txt written on internal error Add: Syntax highlighting works with internally generated disassembly Add: Source-level debugging of Amiga load modules Add: Source-level debugging of raw binaries Add: Source Code windows, with basic navigation features and Ctrl+G popup Add: Debug Symbols window Add: Debugger can be used independently of Analyser Add: RAM reset behaviours: Leave, clear, randomise Add: 68000 execption generation and processing Add: 68000 interrupt support (not hooked up to Amiga yet sorry) Add: Load Amiga ROM Add: Amiga ROM overlay (OVL) Add: Fast RAM, Slow RAM and ROM address ranges Add: Very basic Amiga playfield hardware (DIWSTRT/STOP, BPLCON0, BPLxPT, COLORxx) Add: End-of-frame Amiga video image generation Add: Emulator video window displaying end-of-frame generated video image Add: Latest vasm and vlink executables for all platforms Add: "Select config TEXT area" to disassembly window context menu Add: Amiga window link to hardware register docs Improve: Labels can be added at any address Improve: Disassembly export options (lowercase, formatting, export from RAM) Improve: Status window displays binary diff count Improve: Expose ira -compat=b and -compat=i options Improve: Serialise find options Improve: Analyser code region detection Improve: 68000 instruction emulation (passes all 680x0 SingleStepTests) Improve: 68000 emulator fetches directly from memory Improve: Memory window shows all regions Improve: Internal 68000/010 instruction disassembly Improve: CPU Window UI improvements Improve: Find searches source code Improve: Logging of access to unimplemented hardware registers Improve: Inform user when HUNK_OVERLAY encountered (not supported) Fix: Pointers can be defined in data and immediate operands Fix: Slowdown when there are many potential data actions Fix: Disassembly Window scrolling crash Fix: Offset jump tables when relocating ira config Fix: Workaround label name generator crash caused by duplicate ira labels Fix: Instruction Window branch destination calculation bug Fix: Default window docking for windows with dynamic names Fix: Amiga modules are debugged in user mode by default (dr) [News message: 06. Sep. 2024, 06:43] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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