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Archive 02/2016


25.Feb.2016
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


PDF-Magazine: REV'n'GE 49 (Italian/English)
The PDF-magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.

Download sites:
Italian
English (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.Feb.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)


USB-Adapter: Firmware update for Ryś MKII and Ryś USB
The Ryś MKII adapter can be used together with USB HID devices like mouses, joysticks and pads to connect them as input devices for Amiga computers. The latest firmware update for this adapter as well for its previous variant Ryś USB adds the following devices:
  • iBuffalo Classic USB Gamepad
  • SNES pad with USB adapter
  • elektronic switcher 2in1 DB9 (mouse/joystick)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Feb.2016
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Interview: Fernando 'Retrofan' Martin (Real AmiKit)
The blog of the English-language podcast Amicast has published an interview with Fernando 'Retrofan' Martin, who is the author of Real AmiKit, which is an adaption of the Workbench distribution AmiKit for real Amigas. (snx) (Translation: dr)

[News message: 24. Feb. 2016, 19:32] [Comments: 0]
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24.Feb.2016
AROS-Exec (Forum)


AROS: A week in AROS (from 15.02.2016)
Weekly Krzysztof 'Deadwood' Śmiechowicz summarizes the latest progresses and developments of the AROS-programmers.

Week of February 15th:
  • A crash in TLSF memory manager has been fixed (mschulz)
  • Amiga.lib no longer depends on C library (neil)
  • AvailFonts function of diskfont.library now supports NULL parameter (mazze)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Feb.2016
Kris (ANF)


MiST: FPGA-AGA-Core 1.2
For the Atari/Amiga clone MiST (amiga-news.de reported) an update of the emulated Amiga with AGA-support has been released which further increases the compatibility.

Changes in version 1.2:
  • Initial implementation of programmable display modes
  • OSD HRTmon enable/disable switch is working (ON – F11 acts as NMI and enters HRTmon; OFF – F11 is HELP key)
  • Proper handling of CPU access to Chip-RAM & custom regs – CPU waits for free slot when turbo option is disabled
  • Fixed playfield 2 color LUT offset when playfield 2 has priority for OCS/ECS modes
  • Some IRQ changes
  • Added support for undocumented Agnus/Denise behaviour when BPL=7 in ECS/OCS mode (fixes demos like SushiBoyz by Ghostown, Sliced&Diced by Dekadence etc.)
  • Blitter line mode fixed (fixes demos like SushiBoyz & Sunglasses by Ghostown, Vectorize by RSi etc.)
  • Bitfield instructions fixed, barrel shifter implemented by Till Harbaum
  • Fixed colortable for sprites (bplxor) – fixes Alien Breed 3D (and probably many others)
  • Fixed keyboard rate
  • Kickstart-ROM is also uploaded to mirror position (E0)
  • Fixed reset problems & Fast-RAM disappearing
  • Added CPU CACR cache control, fixed reading CACR reg
  • Added scanlines for non-doublescan config
  • Fixed video dithering – both spatial & random dithering weren’t working properly
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Feb.2016



Kickstart switcher: A500Flash
A500Flash is a Kickstart switcher allowing Flash-memory reprogramming. The device should be installed inside the Amiga A500/A500+/A2000.

The design of the Flash memory enables loading another Kickstart image by running additional software on the same Amiga computer and subsequent switching between available ROM images by holding down CTRL+Amiga+Amiga keys.



The A500Flash is available in two versions, either for 512 KB or 1 MB ROMs:

A500Flash 5k
  • Designed for Amiga A500/A500+/A2000 models
  • Comes with 512kB of built-in Flash memory
  • Support for 512kB ROM images – only the primary ones
  • Switching between available Kickstart images by holding down CTRL+A+A keys for about 3 seconds
  • Original ROM chip required
  • PCB boards installation in place of original ROM and Gary chip
  • Flash chips programming using native Amiga OS software
  • Included software requires Amiga OS 1.3+
A500Flash 1M
  • Designed for Amiga A500/A500+/A2000 models
  • Comes with 1MB of built-in Flash memory
  • Support for 1MB ROM images - standard and extended ROM images
  • Switching between available Kickstart images by holding down CTRL+A+A keys for about 3 seconds
  • Original ROM chip required
  • PCB boards installation in place of original ROM and Gary chip
  • Flash chips programming using native Amiga OS software
  • Included software requires Amiga OS 1.3+
(snx)

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23.Feb.2016
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Web-Browser: NetSurf 3.4
Chris Young has updates his AmigaOS-4-port of the web browser NetSurf. Additional to improvements (websites now are better displayed) and bug fixes, now the Duktape Javascript engine is included. It is disabled by default because the support of Javascript still is incomplete.

For users of AmigaOS 3.5 or higher, there is also a new beta version. The author asks for feedback to improve this version.

Download:
netsurf.lha (6 MB)
netsurf_os3.lha (3 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

[News message: 23. Feb. 2016, 18:52] [Comments: 0]
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23.Feb.2016
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


Event: 3D videos and pictures of 30th Amiga anniversary party in Mountain View
During the 30th anniversary party in Mountain View, Alex Carmona took stereoscopic pictures and now has published them under the title link.

The photographs are available in Multi Picture Object format, while the AVI-videos have two channels (A/B) and use the MJPG-codec. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Feb.2016



Printed magazine: Amiga Future 119 - preview and extracts
Today some coloured extracts and previews have been published of issue 119 (March/April 2016) of the Amiga Future. Highlights of the issue are previews of Spielwiese, Spice Obsession Mod for Dune 2 and Amiga Racer as well as an interview with Pascal Papara. The cover CD contains PD-software as well as some full versions. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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