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Archive 06/2022

24.Jun.2022

Magnifier tool: Lupe 2.0 for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS
Matthias "UltraGelb" Böcker wrote: "'Lupe' continously magnifies an area of the screen and displays it in a window. The window can be resized and the scalefactor can be dynamically changed. Per default Lupe follows the mouse pointer and magnifies the area sourrounding the pointer, but it is also possible to have it magnify a freely setable fixed area. It can show colour values of the current pixel under the mouse pointer and also its coordinates. Additionally a grid can be enabled. Furthermore it can save the current window contents as IFF or PNG image."

Minimum requirements are AmigaOS 3.0 for the AmigaOS/68K version and MorphOS 3.0 for the MorphOS version. Saving images in PNG format needs additionally the zlib.library V3.2. Changes of version 2.0:

Created MorphOS specific PNG icon and def_icon.
Reworked the original documentation and made AmigaGuide files from it.
Shows size of scaled area in window title now.
The about window is now asynchronous and won't block Lupe anymore as long as it is open.
Now has a proper $VER: version string.
Added MagicBeacon support to the MorphOS version when an Image has been saved.
Supports screennotify.library now and no longer blocks Workbench/Ambient when these want to reopen.
Lupe can install a DOS notify on its icon in order to reload its tooltypes/config when the user changes some options there. Use ICONNOTIFY if you want Lupe checking its icon for changes.
Added support for MorphOS extended window border gadgets 'Jump Screen' and 'Iconify'.
Added GridColor argument to set the colour for the grid. The argument accepts a hexadecimal number in the format $RRGGBB or 0xRRGGBB. On MorphOS it's possible to also specify the alpha value like GC=$AARRGGBB.
Grid rendering was completely broken on MorphOS. Fixed.
Added PNG saver and respective menu option. PNG saver will save in 24 bit and won't save any alpha channel.
Fixed true colour 24 bit IFF saver. Always only saved first 8 rows, failed on certain widths and didn't allocate bitmaps properly.
Now uses wbmessage instead of Cli() to determine where it was started from.
Added mouse wheel support to adjust scale factor.
The Lupe window can be resized now by a fixed size step (the initial innerwidth/height is used) by pressing CTRL + cursor keys.
Removed CurrentDir() stuff from saveiff(). Just using complete filename for Open() now.
Some internal changes to argument parsing.
Added IgnoreLupeWindow option. When enabled the Lupe window itself won't show up in the scaled bitmap anymore. This option requires MorphOS and Compositing enabled.
Lupe won't try to jump to screens with no default title and no screen title anymore. Fixes the problem with JumpToActiveScreen and MorphOS blanker not being able to close its blanker screen when lupe jumped onto it.
Added BeginRefresh()/EndRefresh() fixing the refresh problem with window borders on MorphOS after resizing the Lupe window.
Pubscreenlist traversal could access illegal memory. Fixed.
Ported C source code to E.

(dr)

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24.Jun.2022
Passione Amiga (ANF)

Italian Print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 8
The Italian magazine 'Passione Amiga' is available in digital (3 Euro) or printed (7,50 Euro, Amazon) form. Its current issue consists of 36 color pages and includes the following topics:

COVERDISK: World Premiere Playable Demo of SNAKY - The Mysterious World!
Many videogames reviewed: Riamel Black Prophecy, Atarenium Falcon, Flappadiddle, Emotiworld, Blockman Gets, Mr Poo's Journey
Collectibles: some useful tips
Special: Ocean Software
Interviews with: with Renee Cousins the vampire slayer and Luca Stradiotto
And also: Games & Tech News, Demo scene, New Talents, Mailbox

(dr)

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24.Jun.2022 AROS x86: Update of ABI-v0 developer branch to version 20190416-2
AROS developer Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has released the new version 20190416-2 of AROS ABIv0 for 32-Bit systems (amiga-news.de reported). It includes about 1000 new changes added between April 2018 and April 2019 as well as upgrade of GCC to 6.5.0. This closes the 20190416 release cycle. The full change log is available under the title link. (dr)

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23.Jun.2022 Short video tutorials: Programming with AMOS Pro (update)
Retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' has published two short tutorials on YouTube demonstrating basic steps of programming with AMOS Pro: In part 1, he shows how to use the 'INPUT' command to capture data entered by an user and display it on the screen. The second part is about validating the data captured in the first video and showing errors to the user if necessary.

Update: (25.06.2022, 21:48, dr)

Meanwhile, the third part has been published, showing how to save the data collected in the previous videos in a Random Access File. (dr)

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23.Jun.2022 Announcement: 'PiStation ITX' board
The store 8bits4ever, which already offers various FPGA solutions for retro enthusiasts, plans to soon offer a board that is designed to accommodate a Raspberry Pi 3 or 4 in a mini-ITX case. It features a DB15 connector for outputting VGA/RGB video signals to CRT TVs and monitors. A USB hub and two DB9 joystick ports are integrated.

The image output via the DB15 port requires a Linux distribution, such as Recalbox. Among other things, this distribution also supports AGA Amigas. Alternatively, other Raspberry Pi distributions can be run that use the HDMI output. (dr)

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22.Jun.2022

AmigaOS 4: Audio editor Rave 1.1
For about a year, Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka has been introducing the audio editor 'Rave' in status updates on his blog, today not only the recent blog entry on Jedlicka's project was published, but also the first public version was released.

Jedlicka describes the main features of the program as follows:

A modern, configurable graphical user interface (GUI).
A tabbed environment for managing multiple projects from within a single program window.
Asynchronous operation: performing a task in a project doesn't block the other projects.
Support for multiple clipboard units.
Modular design with an object-oriented plugin system, which makes the program easy to extend.
A wide range of supported audio file types and formats.

Rave requires AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 2 as well as A-EON's Enhancer Core. (cg)

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22.Jun.2022
Twitter Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.2 (AmigaOS 3/4)
The open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been updated to version 5.2 and is now based on OpenSSL 3.0.4, which was released yesterday. (dr)

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22.Jun.2022

AmigaOS 4: FTP server 'ZitaFTP' 1.33
Hans de Ruiter has released version 1.33 of his commercial FTP server 'ZitaFTP'. He wrote:

"I'm pleased to announce that ZitaFTP Server v1.33 is out now, and available for download. As usual, it's got one major new feature, and fixes for a bunch of niggling little issues.

Users can now get and renew their SSL certificates automatically via Let's Encrypt and ZeroSSL. Both will let you create free certificates for your server, provided that it's visible over the internet (on the standard HTTP port 80).

You'll also need a domain name, and probably a Dynamic DNS (DDNS) service. Dynu is the one I used for testing, and you can get a subdomain from them for free. Other changes:

Server settings UI wouldn't allow the maximum number of clients to be set to 0 (infinite). FIXED
Server settings UI wasn't showing error messages immediately. FIXED
Fixed a rare "SSL routines:ssl3_write_pending:bad write retry" error that could cause HTTP requests to be cut off
Now recognizes HTTP proxy headers, so it won't treat proxy connections as local
Local peer detection wasn't working properly for HTTPS connections. FIXED
Fixed a possible SEGV fault if a receive error occurred before the start of an HTTP message (e.g., a client tries to establish an HTTPS connection on an HTTP port)
Fixed a silly bug that flipped the HTTP port number's endianness."

A single license of 'ZitaFTP Server' costs around 47 Euros. The program can be tested free of charge for 30 days. (dr)

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