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`17.Oct.2014` (ANF)	68020-compatible CPU: TK68020 The US-American developer Tekmos specialized in "Drop-In Replacements" for older microprocessors. Since lately a clone of Motorola's MC68020-CPU is offered. In a blog entry the company described the development of the processor. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 17. Oct. 2014, 16:19] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Oct.2014` Amigaworld.net (website)	Individual Computers: RapidRoad USB starts shipping on October 20 Press release: The new High-speed USB host controller "RapidRoad" by Individual Computers will start shipping on october 20th, 2014. RapidRoad uses the USB Stack Poseidon, which we have purchased as a source code license back in october 2011. Now we're making use of this license and fill a huge gap in the market of Amiga hardware that has existed for a few years now. RapidRoad is based on a High-speed USB host controller chip that has not been used for the Amiga before. Although the ISP1763a can be considered the "little brother" of the chip that has been used on the fastest USB controller to date - Deneb by E3B - it can keep up with its performance: If the X-Surf 100 is operated in Z3 mode and a high-end accelerator is used, transfer rates from USB mass storage devices can exceed 7 MBytes per second. RapidRoad can also be used for the "smaller" Amiga models, which replaces the famous "Subway" controller by E3B. Many older Amiga models are showing timing glitches on the clockport interface when larger amounts of data are transferred, so we had to develop a special interface that can safely deal with these timing glitches. This development has consumed lots of time and money, so we've decided to offer RapidRoad in a cheaper version that has the clockport interface deactivated: This version can only be used on the X-Surf 100 networking card. Starting today, RapidRoad can be ordered in three different versions with different included cables. Please mind that if you want to pay with PayPal, you may get an error message where no real error has occured. Before you try again, please check your PayPal account: Most of the times, the order went through OK, and only the instant payment notification from PayPal did not reach our server. If the transaction is shown in your PayPal account, everything has worked out right. We're already working on a solution to this problem. (snx) [News message: 14. Oct. 2014, 09:32] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Oct.2014` fs-uae.net (Webseite)	Amiga-Emulator: FS-UAE 2.5.19dev Frode Solheim's FS-UAE for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD is based on WinUAE and can be completely controlled with a joypad. Since the last stable version released in March (2.4.1), so far only developer versions have been released. If you use FS-UAE for emulating a PPC-Amiga, you should also update the plugin to version 3.3.0qemu2.1.0. Changes in FS-UAE 2.5.19dev: Restore kickstart ROM when CSMK3/CSPPC/BPPC maprom is disabled. New PPC lock implemented, fixes occasional PPC lockup. Fix crash during PPC reset (missing lock when memory regions were updated). Stop PPC CPU before resetting Amiga. Floating point fixes for PowerPC hosts. New options cpu, fpu, mmu, changes to how CPU is configured. Defaults for fpu, mmu, cpu speed, cpu accuracy, blitter mode now automatically depends on specified (or implied) cpu option. Example, cpu = 68040 will automatically enable 68040 FPU (and MMU), set fastest possible mode, less compatible CPU and enable waiting blits. A3000/A4000 models now use waiting blits by default (was immediate). Fix reset problem while PPC CPU is active. Workaround for Hexagons Joystick Adapter (name is a single non-ASCII letter). Workaround for SDL 2 XInput Controller names with #x in the name. Recognize --version and --help arguments. The bitmap fonts are also now loaded from fs-uae.dat. Don’t add RTC module on stock A600, A1200 (exp) defaults to MSM6242B. Fixed loading CD into drive from CD image list (full path wasn’t resolved). Added new boolean option uaenative_library. Updated emulation core from WinUAE 2900b19. Fixed launcher net play GUI (broken in dev versions since the move to QT). FS-UAE Arcade: Fixed bug when using two identical joystick devices. FS-UAE Arcade: Fixed bug preventing joystick hats from being usable for navigation. FS-UAE Arcade: Added quick workaround for configuration of “XInput Controller #x”. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 13. Oct. 2014, 19:17] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Oct.2014`	Magazine: Interview with Acube In its fourth issue, the Greek printed magazine "Retro Planet" includes an interview with the Italian hardware provider ACube. The English-language original of the interview has been also published on the website of the magazine. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 13. Oct. 2014, 07:23] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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