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Archive 08/2022

`19.Aug.2022`	Blog Epsilon's World: Checkmate 1500 Mini with RPI4B and Greaseweazle After restoring an Amiga 2000 (part 1, part 2), Epsilon has already started his next project: in his blog 'Epsilon's World' he now reports how he installs a Raspberry Pi 4 into a Checkmate A1500 mini case and then running it with AmiKit XE including a Greaseweazle V4 floppy drive solution. (dr) [News message: 19. Aug. 2022, 18:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Aug.2022`	Music Tracker: MilkyTracker V1.03.01 MilkyTracker is an open source, cross-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the DOS application Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2.x/3.x compatibility. Marlon Beijer is in the process of porting the tracker to the Amiga platforms (OS3.x, OS4.x, WarpOS, MorphOS, AROS) and adding new features. In the new version now available for AmigaOS 3 first, the "Vamped Edition" has been included. The features included herein had been added by Neoman from the Titan demo group and are: Native Amiga support, but still needs RTG (we support P96 and CGX) Native 4-channel 8-bit output support on Paula/Commodore Native 8-channel 16-bit output on Arne (Apollo-Core) (16 channels are planned with a future core) 16-bit PiP display on SAGA (Apollo-Core) GadTools based setup dialog to choose the resolution and audio settings Titan's Magic Toolbox MilkyPlay based console player This means that SDL is no longer needed in the AmigaOS 3 version. The following is planned for the future: AmigaOS 3 Native AHI-driver for software mixing (this part was handled by SDL before) AGA 8-bit display via C2P OCS/ECS display (not decided enirely on route taken here yet) ASM optimization of drawing routines and primitives MIDI In/Out AmigaOS 4, MorphOS The features we deem useful for PPC too will trickle down from M68K SDL-1.2 support removed, and both MorphOS and AmigaOS 4.x will utilize SDL-2.0 instead Fix these targets since they broke somewhere along the way Allgemein MUI based replacement UI for a more native look and feel (probably performance improvements as well) (optional) MUI based music player, taking advantage of the music replayer of MilkyTracker (dr) [News message: 19. Aug. 2022, 13:12] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Aug.2022`	Preview video 5: Jump'n Run "L'Abbaye des Morts" The developer 'UltraNarwhal', among others Duckstroma, has released another recent recording of its in development extended port of "Abbey(s) of the Dead" (amiga-news.de reported). Like Duckstroma, the Jump'n Run is written with the Scorpion Engine. (dr) [News message: 19. Aug. 2022, 10:29] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Aug.2022`	Video review: BFG9060 accelerator board for Amiga 3000/4000 'Wrangler Amiga' tests in a YouTube video the accelerator board designed by Matthias Heinrichs for the Amiga A3000 and A4000(T) (amiga-news.de reported). (dr) [News message: 19. Aug. 2022, 07:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Aug.2022`	Boot Selector for Amiga 600 / 1200 (update) With a boot selector it is possible to use an externally connected floppy drive (or Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator) as boot floppy. This is made possible by making the Amiga believe that the external drive is DF0:. To avoid soldering and fiddling with wires, there are ready-made solutions of various kinds, but they basically all do the same thing: swap two address lines. Gotek Retro has now designed its own solution for the Amiga 600 and Amiga 1200 respectively: According to Ed, "the traditional boot selectors for the old(er) generation Amiga's do not fit as they still used a CIA on a socket where they would be installed between the socket and the chip. The Amiga 600 and the Amiga 1200 have exchanged that socket version for an SMD version that requires much less space, but is also not easy to remove / replace. The principle is very simple , you don't change the data lines ON the CIA itself but on a different location. The bootselector for the Amiga 1200 (And A600) consists of 2 interfaces , one internally between the internal floppy drive and the floppy cable, and the other one externally, connected to the floppy port on the back of your Amiga. The only thing you need to do is bring 2 wires from the internal interface to the external interface." The boot selector is available in the store for 25 Euro plus shipping. (dr) [News message: 19. Aug. 2022, 05:49] [Comments: 1 - 19. Aug. 2022, 20:41] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Aug.2022`	Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.5.3 (update) Bartman', member of the demo group 'Abyss', provides with 'amiga-debug' a 'Visual Studio Code' extension for "compiling, debugging and profiling Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 11.2 with the bundled WinUAE" (YouTube video). Yesterday versions 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 have been released. Changes: Version 1.5.1 FIX: profiler: Custom registers at start of frame FIX: screen: display window when not set during frame FIX: DMA: ignore fake copper DMA after COPJMP Version 1.5.2 FIX: copper: don't crash when hovering over NO-OP instruction NEW: display BPL1MOD, BPL2MOD as signed values NEW: screen: support FMODE (AGA) for bitplanes NEW: profiler now shows 32 and 64 bit wide DMA transfers NEW: resources: support FMODE (AGA) Version 1.5.3 FIX: fix missing cycle timings in assembly view (was broken since 1.4.7) NEW: memory: switch between byte .B, word .W and longword .L display NEW: smooth scrolling for custom register/CPU opcode tooltip windows FIX: assembly: handle 0-cycle trace instructions FIX: kickstart symbols now include mathieeesingbas.library NEW: disassembler: support FPU (68881/68882/68040/68060) NEW: profiler: blitter-tooltip: show BLTDAT if DMA for channel is disabled but is used in minterm CHG: BPL1MOD, BPL2MOD as decimals Update:* (20.08.2022, 21:09, dr) Version 1.5.3 has been released today, changes added. (dr) [News message: 19. Aug. 2022, 04:24] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Aug.2022` Andreas Magerl (ANF)	Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 158 - preview and excerpts Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 158 (September/October 2022) have been published online now at the title link. Contents include reviews of Duckstroma and AmiBlitz as well as a preliminary report about the Amiga37 event. Amiga Future magazine is available as an English and a German printed magazine and can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers. (snx) [News message: 18. Aug. 2022, 19:55] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Aug.2022`	Editor: MUI-Vim V8.2.4424 for AmigaOS4, AROS and MorphOS MUI-Vim is a port of the editor Vim for AmigaOS4, AROS and MorphOS. This editor is intended for editing programs as well as plain text files. Multi-level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history, block operations and scripting are some of the features. Ola 'sodero' Söder has now ported VIM 8.2.4424, fixing the following bugs: AROS graphical glitch fixed MorphOS DOS script filetype detection fixed (dr) [News message: 18. Aug. 2022, 08:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Aug.2022`	AmigaOS 4: C runtime library clib2 v1.0.0 beta 6 Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmate has created a fork of the official clib2 library, included in adtools. This library is exclusively for AmigaOS 4 to make it easy to maintain and to be able to add all the missing clib2 functions that are hard to add on 68k Amigas. The goal is to make it POSIX compliant and also fix any C++ problems that exist with newer compilers (amiga-news.de reported). Yesterday he has released the sixth beta version with the following changes: Added scandir to dirent Fixed with some hacks termios functions and now ncurses works correctly Fixed a problem on CTRL-C that was not stopping the program anymore Some small internal changes (dr) [News message: 18. Aug. 2022, 07:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Aug.2022`	Programming help: Creating demos with AProcessing (video) The very busy 'Phaze101' - among other things Amiga Assembly For Beginners: Let's Make an Amiga Game or Assembler Coding Course - has started a new video series: together with its developer Alessio 'Ozzyboshi' Garzi, he explains AProcessing, assembler routines for creating Amiga demos. (dr) [News message: 18. Aug. 2022, 05:47] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Aug.2022`	MorphOS: Starfield Blanker V1.0 Das #amigazeux team has released version 1.0 of the Starfield blanker. It draws a zooming, moving, rotating and spinning star field with and without warp speed like effects. TinyGL and at least MorphOS 2.0.0 are required. (dr) [News message: 18. Aug. 2022, 05:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Aug.2022` Reddit	Interview: Alfred Faust (BarsnPipes) The news service tarnkappe.info has re-published an interview with BarsnPipes developer Alfred Faust from the year 2007. (dr) [News message: 17. Aug. 2022, 06:50] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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