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10.Aug.2022



ACube Systems: Production of Sam460LE boards finished by the end of September
In March, ACube Systems has anounced the begin of the production of the Sam460LE boards in a press release (amiga-news.de reported).

Today the company has announced, that by the end of the September the boards are supposed to be finished. Please read the original press release:

"Dear customers,

We would like to share with you an update about the production of the new Sam460LE. Well, to be short...the boards are expected to be ready by the end of September - yes, THIS September, just in time for AMIGA37 event (HINT: ACube will be present in Mönchengladbach, Germany...so connect the dots...).

We had to overcome many issues that slowed down the production, but now - finger crossed - we managed to fix them all.

Everything is progressing well and the factory will ship the boards at the end of September. We plan to start shipping to our customers shortly after.

Thanks again everyone for your patience and interest.

See you at Amiga37 in Germany!" (dr)

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09.Aug.2022



Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.5.0
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). A few moments ago version 1.5.0 has been released providing the following changes:
  • FIX: fixed WinUAE-crash in savestate profiler for non-68000 CPUs, and non-bogomem memory configs
  • FIX: savestate controls improved, debug output
  • FIX: screen/resource zoom window now clips to document
(dr)

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09.Aug.2022



AmigaOS 4.1: Enhancer Software 2.2
Six years after the release of the first version of the "Enhancer Software" (amiga-news.de reported) version 2.2 for AmigaOS 4.1 by A-EON Technology has been released today. Existing customers of version 2.x can get it for free via the updater tool. For first-time customers, the digital version is available from AmiStore for about 90 Euro and on CD from AmigaKit, among others, for also 90 Euros plus shipping.

The "Enhancer Software" adds and partially replaces system components in AmigaOS 4.1 to provide more functionality: from basic 2D graphics drivers to a modern 3D graphics subsystem, more advanced utilities, tools, classes and gadgets.

In parallel with the current version 2.2, work has also already begun on the next version, V54, which will represent an even greater leap forward in development. Several components developed for it are already included in the present version 2.2. First and foremost is "Warp3D Nova V54". This upgrade reflects more than a year's worth of development work and provides important new features, speed improvements and bug fixes. It is an essential prerequisite for many new 3D game ports with full shader support, such as Doom3 (amiga-news.de reported). Also support for the soon to be released NovaBridge software has been added, which can be used to run old Warp3D games (amiga-news.de reported). This release will be chargeable. br>
The OpenGL ES library has been updated to version 3.3 and contains many rewritten and optimized parts which are also required for new 3D applications like SCUMMVM, SDL2 and GL4ES.

The RadeonRX 2D graphics driver has been updated to include GART- support, which provides additional 3D performance as well as many additional optimizations.

In addition, numerous programs, datatypes, classes, preferences, commodities and commands have been updated. In the past time the sense or nonsense of new versions for commands or classes was discussed and partly ignored by the users. As Matthew Leaman from A-EON explains to us, there is a basic distinction to be made:
"The classes are mandatory to install and are crucial for running the applications like X-Dock, MultiEdit, Multiviewer, Power Prefs, etc. They are extended versions of the AmigaOS 4.1 classes. For example, the Tabbed Gadget class supports draggable tabs, while Hyperion's Clicktab does not. The Toolbar Gadget class has many advanced features that the old Speedbar Gadget does not." Since there is no reliance on Hyperion's classes being updated and released regularly, "we developed our own gadget classes. We want to be able to develop our applications independently with the building blocks (classes) that give users the most functionality."

The commands included in AmigaOS 4 are from Commodore source code that is part of the third-party legal dispute. The next version of Enhancer Software V54 will be a self-booting distribution. It will require a set of native commands to achieve self-boot. As Matthew continues, "we have spent the last 3 years developing these commands from scratch. When we intiially released them, some bugs were found and we have since rapidly resolved every bug report that users have given us. We have got to a point now where these commands are mature and work well - with the added bonus of not being tainted by legal issues."
An added advantage, he continued saying, is "that the same command code base is now running for Classic Amiga's. The commands work very well with even Kickstart 3.0. They also offer many advanced features over the standard commands. So we have achieved development Commands set for both PPC and Classic which share the same code base and provide up to date features."
The changes in detail:

Classes
  • InfoWindow Class v53.15 (updated)
  • ListViewer Gadget v54.25 (updated)
  • MediaDeck Gadget v53.9 (updated)
  • Tabbed Gadget v54.455 (updated)
Commands
  • AddDatatypes v54.10 (updated)
  • AddBuffers v54.6 (updated)
  • Assign v54.7 (updated)
  • Copy v54.11 (updated)
  • Dir v54.5 (updated)
  • dt2ico v54.1 (added)
  • List v54.15 (updated)
  • MakeDir v54.11 (updated)
  • SystemReboot v54.1 (updated)
  • Version v54.15 (updated)
Commodities
  • Exchanger v54.4 (updated)
  • InfoWB v53.43 (updated)
Datatypes
  • AK-BMP v54.4 (updated)
  • AK-ILBM v54.16 (updated)
  • AK-JFIF v54.16 (updated)
  • Sound Datatype v54.14 (updated)
  • WAV Datatype v54.14 (updated)
Kickstart
  • RadeonRX v2.11 (updated)
Libraries
  • Datatypes Library v54.15 (updated)
  • OpenGL ES 2.0 Library v3.3 (updated)
  • RadeonHD_drv_video Library v1.11 (added)
  • RadeonRX_drv_video Library v1.11 (updated)
  • VA Library v1.11 (updated)
  • Warp2D Library 1.5 (updated)
  • Warp3D Nova Library v54.16 (updated)
  • Warp3D Nova GCN Library v54.16 (updated)
  • Warp3D Nova SI Library v54.16 (updated)
Preferences
  • Notifications v54.5 (updated)
  • Power v1.7 (updated)
  • Sound v53.33 (updated)
  • Time v53.22 (updated)
System
  • CLI v54.5 (updated)
  • Format v54.13 (updated)
  • NotificationServer v54.5 (updated)
Utilities
  • AmiDVD v1.53 (updated)
  • Archiver v53.26 (updated)
  • Calendar v53.31 (updated)
  • Clock v53.31 (updated)
  • InfoWindow v1.4 (updated)
  • MultiEdit v2.17 (updated)
  • MultiViewer v3.18 (updated)
  • TuneNet v2.18 (updated)
  • X-Dock v2.54 (updated)
(dr)

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09.Aug.2022



Aminet uploads until 06.08.2022
The following files have been added until 06.08.2022 to Aminet:
LuettjeBookholler.lha    biz/misc   1.7M  OS4 Little Personal Finance program
ign-addon-ods.lha        biz/spread 209K  OS4 ignition addon for access ods...
TilesScrollDemo.lha      dev/amos   206K  68k A simple tiles scroll demo
RescueLander.lha         game/actio 45K   68k Land on Earth, Moon or Mars t...
F1GP2022Carset.lha       game/data  14K       2022 Carset for F1GP
MCE.lha                  game/edit  3.3M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  3.8M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
rcross.lha               game/race  8.6M  68k RCross - RC car racing agains...
StefADV.lha              game/text  52K   68k Little italian text adventure
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.9M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   3.4M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
IntsyPX.lha              text/bfont 5K        A complete 8pt font. 
NAFCYI1991S1-B07.zip     text/bfont 2.4M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B10.zip     text/bfont 2.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B19.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-07.zip      text/pfont 2.0M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-10.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-19.zip      text/pfont 2.0M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
avalanche.lha            util/arc   89K   AOS ReAction unarchive GUI for xf...
patchas.lha              util/boot  21K   68k Fix a bug in AmigaStart
VATestprogram.zip        util/misc  1.5M  68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
dintwm.lha               util/wb    27K   68k Dynamic Intuition Window Manager
perciman_68k.lha         util/wb    1.5M  68k manage contact and other info...
perciman_AROS.lha        util/wb    1.7M  x86 manage contact and other info...
perciman_MOS.lha         util/wb    1.6M  MOS manage contact and other info...
perciman_OS4.lha         util/wb    2.0M  OS4 manage contact and other info...
(snx)

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09.Aug.2022



OS4Depot uploads until 06.08.2022
The following files have been added until 06.08.2022 to OS4Depot:
libpcre.lha              dev/lib 276kb 4.1 PCRE (Perl-compatible regular ex...
libpcre2.lha             dev/lib 263kb 4.0 PCRE2 (Perl-compatible regular e...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mednafen.lha             emu/gam 8Mb   4.1 Mednafen Emulator
scummvm.lha              gam/mis 101Mb 4.1 Run supported classic adventure/...
scummvm-src.zip          gam/mis 169Mb 4.1 ScummVM Source
mce.lha                  gam/uti 4Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
speedtest-cli.lha        net/mis 157kb 4.1 Measure you system download and ...
luettjebookholler.lha    off/mis 2Mb   4.1 Little Personal Finance program
ign-addon-ods.lha        off/spr 209kb 4.1 Ignition addon for access ods-files
avalanche.lha            uti/arc 89kb  4.1 Simple ReAction GUI for xadmaster
avalanche_deu.lha        uti/arc 11kb  4.0 german catalog for avalanche 1.7
avalanche_ita.lha        uti/arc 5kb   4.0 Italian translation for Avalanche
scummvm-tools.lha        uti/fil 3Mb   4.1 A collection of various tools fo...
scummvm-tools-src.zip    uti/fil 2Mb   4.1 ScummVM Tools Source
perciman.lha             uti/wor 2Mb   4.0 Person Contact and Information M...
amitube.lha              vid/pla 1005k 4.0 Direct stream and download YouTu...
(snx)

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09.Aug.2022



AROS Archives uploads until 06.08.2022
The following files have been added until 06.08.2022 to AROS Archives:
perciman.i386-aros.lha       off/mis 2Mb   manage contact and other informa...
(snx)

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09.Aug.2022



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 06.08.2022
The following files have been added until 06.08.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
ScummVM_2.6.0.lha         Games/Adventure           2D Point-and-Click adve...
OpenMRac.lha              Games/Race                OpenMRac is a split-scr...
PerCIMan_0.7.5.lha        Office/Organizer          A program to manage con...
TinyGL-Update-2022-08-... System/Update             First public MorphOS Ti...
(snx)

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09.Aug.2022



WHDLoad: New installers until 06.08.2022
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 06.08.2022: (snx)

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09.Aug.2022
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Virus Help Team: Amiga Virus Encyclopedia updated
Last week Virus Help Team made a major update of the Amiga Virus Encyclopedia. (snx)

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09.Aug.2022



AmigaGuide magazine: Issue 6 of 'WhatIFF?' published
WhatIFF? is an Amiga magazine in AmigaGuide format. Unlike other magazines or journals, WhatIFF? does not deal with games, but is mainly intended for users who want to be creative with their Amigas (amiga-news.de reported).

Now issue 6 is available providing these topics among others:

Reviews:
  • Amiga Lightwave 3D book
  • Infinity Music Player is on the
  • AmiSSL 5.1 for classic Amigas
  • TheA500 Mini
Tutorials:
  • ADF's with AmigaOS4.1
  • 5th eposide about LightWave 3.5
  • 5th episode about Brilliance
  • Pros and cons of using floppy disks Gotek drives
  • Installing an FPU onto an Amiga 1200 motherboard
  • Tutorial on ARexx
(dr)

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09.Aug.2022
itch.io


Jump'n Run: Duckstroma V1.01 released
The Amiga version of Duckstroma was released at the end of June. Here, as duck Aura, you have the task of delivering eight floppy disks to a customer. To fend off all kinds of hostile enemies, you can jump on weak opponents and lay an egg to reach higher places (YouTube video). Version 1.01, which is now available, fixes a few bugs and also provides a manual. The game requires 1MB RAM and can be purchased for about 3 Euros (or more). (dr)

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08.Aug.2022



Emulator: vAmigaWeb v2.1 beta5
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator for MacOS vAmiga.

In the current version the developer 'mithrendal' has integrated the latest vAmigaCore2.1b5. Likewise, it is now possible to load the old Snapshots game saves with a new vAmigaCore version. This has been solved by the fact that vAmigaWeb can now hold several versions of the vAmigaCore in parallel. Via the settings you can now reactivate vAmigaCore versions already installed in the past and continue playing the saved games. Detailed changes:
  • supports parallel installation of different versions of vAmigaCore; from now on old snapshots can be run by switching back to an older installed version of vAmigaCore
  • updated to latest vAmigaCore version v2.1.beta5
  • supports ECS denise (SuperHires modes)
  • improved memory managment ... support for hdfs with a size of 256Mb (e.g. classic_wb project)
  • introduced df0/dh0 eject buttons
  • fixed a severe bug where vAmigaWeb stopped accepting any adf or hdf file
(dr)

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08.Aug.2022



Sprite/Icon/Map editor: Raster Master V1.2 R61 for Windows 10/11
Raster Master is a sprite/icon/map editor for Windows 10/11 which generates RayLib-, PutImagedata and Map code for gcc, AmigaBASIC, Amiga C, Amiga Pascal, QuickBasic, QB64, Quick C, Turbo Pascal, freepascal, Turbo C, Turbo Basic, Power Basic, FreeBASIC, GWBASIC, BASICA, and PC-BASIC (YouTube video).

Since our last news item, the author has focused on the Amiga, especially in the version 1.2 R61 released today, and among other things added Deluxe Paint ILBM/IFF format as well as support for Amiga QuickBasic (AQB). Detailed changelog:

R61
  • new Deluxe Paint ILBM/IFF format
  • new Amiga QuickBasic (AQB) support - right click over thumbnail view to select export options. use RES Text Export
  • fixed some issues with select tool - will not allow you to select out of work area bounds now!
  • fixed QuickPascal bug not outputting correct palette array constant
  • Added Overwrite file prompt - it would overwrite files without telling you they exist
  • Added prompt when selecting exit/close button - just in case you clicked on by accident
  • RES Text Include drop down list allows you to select various extensions (c,bas,h,pas,inc,bi)
  • grenade constants for Amiga formats c/basic/pascal
R60
  • R60 brings QB64/Freebasic RGB/RGBA formats - with auto loading into _NewImage/CreateImage variables
  • some bug fixes - I think i was generating basic labels for all the languages instead of just basic in RES Text Export - fixed!
  • Created QB64 as separate option now. Use this to use the RGB/RGBA formats, use QBasic\QuickBasic to use PUT for legacy screen modes (CGA/EGA/VGA)
  • Freebasic also has 2 options now. Freebasic QB mode - use this when in QB compatibility mode. Use Freebasic for RGB\RGBA modes
  • -Map Editor export options has QB64 and Freebasic as options now. This was done because Freebasic needs variables defined prior to use and no period "." in variable names when not in QB mode. So both modes of Freebasic use under scores to sperate fields. eg. Imagename_Width = 16
R59
  • Fixed Clip Scroll Issue when top left of work area is clipped and scrolled right
  • QB64/Freebasic export of RGBA now properly displays ImageName.Size variable, also added labels for images
  • QB64 users see example on how to load RGBA/RGB for _putimage using the the RayLib RGBA/RGB export options (you do not need RayLib for this)
  • Sprite import now allows JPG/BMP and ICO files. These are already part of Lazarus runtime anyway (zero cost feature)
(dr)

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