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13.Nov.2015
indieretronews.com (ANF)

Amiga-Emulator: WinUAE 3.2 emulates PCI-hardware and bridgeboards
For the first time, version 3.2 of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE can emulate a lot of additional hardware extensions. Besides, the 680x0 JIT and the PPC-emulation are now 64-bit compatible. WinUAE now requires a processor with Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (Pentium 4 or later).

New features:

64-bit compatible 680x0 JIT
64-bit compatible PPC emulation
PCI bridgeboards
Commodore PC/AT bridgeboards
A2410 RTG Zorro II board
DCTV video port graphics adapter (Partially)
Genlock "emulation", including transparency and ECS genlock features
Directory harddrive and hardfile KS 1.2 and older full autoboot support

Initially emulated hardware:

Accelerator boards:
- DKB Wildfire
HD controllers:
- 3-State Apollo 500/2000
- A2090 previously missing ST-506 support
- Elaborate Bytes A.L.F.
- Kupke Golem Fast SCSI/IDE
- Mainhattan Data Paradox SCSI
- Multi Evolution 500/2000
- OMTI-Adapter
- Spirit Technology HDA-506
- Tecmar T-Card/T-Disk
- Vortex System 2000
- Xebec 9720H
Commodore x86 bridgeboards:
- A1060 (A1000 Sidecar)
- A2088
- A2088T
- A2286
- A2386SX
x86 bridgeboard expansion devices:
- AT IDE HD controller (A2286 and A2386SX)
- XTIDE Universal BIOS compatible IDE HD controller
- ISA VGA display card (Cirrus Logic GD542x based)
PCI bridgeboards:
- G-REX
- Mediator 1200/4000
- Prometheus
PCI bridgeboard compatible PCI cards:
- FM801 sound card
- ES1370 (SB128) sound card
- RTL8029 network card

Other changes:

CD and sound card emulation audio output quality improved
68020/030 prefetch emulation improved
High DPI display support improved
AGA subpixel scrolling emulated
Support shortcut paths (.lnk) in command line
More undocumented chipset features supported
Right control = right Windows key option
Memory accesses only -cycle-exact mode
UAE devices (uaeserial etc) are compatible with KS 1.2 and older
Improved compatibility with very old A500 config files

Fixed bugs:

WinPCap network mode didn't detect any devices
68030 data cache emulation fixes
Custom to/from RTG mode switch didn't check for filter changes
JIT on/off on the fly change (outside of GUI) was unreliable
Keyboard layout changed (B/C only) during device re-enumeration
D3D9 non-shader mode forgot scanline texture when switching modes
Audio wave recording created huge broken wave files
It was not possible to select HDF PCMCIA SRAM and IDE options
Flash ROM and RTC file dialogs didn't allow creation of new files

(cg) (Translation: dr)

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11.Nov.2015

Defender of the Crown - Extended Collectors Cut
In a limited edition of 500 pieces, the current holder of the Cinemaware rights is going release the classics of the software developers. The first game is "Defender of the Crown", which from now on is available in the online shop. In December the game will be delivered.

The "Extended Collectors Cut" is available for about 45 US-Dollar and includes:

all released versions of "Defender of the Crown" as ROM or disk images on CD
an extended version for the Amiga with an additional comic-intro. This version can be played on Amiga CD32, on an Amiga with CD-Rom or on a Windows PC (using a stand-alone emulation). MAC and Linux support is currently tested
printed manual
2 CDs - for PC and Amiga CD32.
Soundtrack on the CD
3 postcards with motifs from "Defender of the Crown"
Poster
Printable labels for collectors who are going to create disks from the ADF-images on the CD
Sticker

Rocket Ranger probably will be the next which will be released and will be available in February. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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11.Nov.2015
amigafuture.de (Webseite)

Renaming picture files: Exutil 0.4 (AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS, AROS)
The MUI-based Exutil which was written with Hollywood, renames picture files using the date of recording saved in the their EXIF-information or the date of the file. Changes in version 0.4:

new: original file name extension gets conserved
all kind of files can get renamed now
new: file time optionally part of the new name
new: content of entire drawers can get renamed

(cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Nov.2015
Patrick Nevian (ANF) New Blue Metal Rose EP with remix by Barry Leitch
The latest EP written by Blue Metal Rose partly was composed using OctaMed Soundstudio. Additionally the new release includes a remix of the song "Drei Töne" provided by Barry Leitch, who is known from the soundtracks of several Amiga game classics. On CD the EP already is available in the shop of Blue Metal Rose, a digital download will be avaiable on 11.12.2015. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Nov.2015

Hyperion selling promotional items
Various dealers are now offering promotional items from Hyperion. Apart from a poster featuring the recently released RPG/strategy mix Gorky 17, all products are AmigaOS related:

From left to right: sticker (diameter 9.5 cm), poster (size A1), notepad (size A6) t-shirt (various sizes), poster (size A3). (cg) (Translation: cg)

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