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03.Jan.2018
Vinnny (ANF)


Amiga emulator: WinFellow 0.5.7
Version 0.5.7 of the Windows-based Amiga emulator WinFellow exclusively fixes bugs.

Changes:
  • Floppy code was updated to use a track limit > 80; it will output random data beyond track 80 - fixes Outrun/The Games: Summer Edition; also added missing checks for disabled drives, fixing Winter Olympics 94
  • Fixed a bug where unexpected pixel format flags besides RGB stopped DirectDraw initialization
  • Several bugs in the screenshot code were fixed; standalone screenshots were not saved correctly in D3D mode, and used with Amiga Forever raw screenshots were missing screen areas due to faulty initialization of the internal clipping areas
  • Fixed screen area mismatch when Amiga Forever region/size settings are both set to auto; auto clipping is still not supported
  • CPU instruction fixes:
    • Fixed a signed bug in 64-bit division
    • Minor timing adjustment for btst
  • CIA event counter changes according to documentation
  • The project files were updated to Visual Studio 2017
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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03.Jan.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Individual Computers: Buddha IDE again available from January
Press release: In the past months, we've had a lot of requests for buying a Buddha IDE controller from us. This high demand, combined with the fact that even 20-year old controllers are traded for more than twice the original price on auction platforms, made us put the controller back into production.

The new controllers got a small technology update and a vast extension to the included software. We're accepting pre-orders now, and will ship starting late January 2018. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.Jan.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Sam440ep: UBOOT 1.3.1f with reworked updater (false news)
Note from staff: the BIOS update mentioned in this news item has been released a year ago. We're sorry for the inconvenience. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.Jan.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Emulator: Preview to WinUAE 3.6.0
As usual Toni Wilen, the developer of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE, presents a short preview to the changes of the next version. WinUAE 3.6.0 is supposed to be released in January and will provide the following improvements:

Core emulation updates:
  • 68030, 68040 and 68060 full instruction and data cache emulation, with or without MMU emulation.
  • 68030, 68040 and 68060 EC model partial MMU (transparent translation registers only) emulation.
  • 68030, 68040 and 68060 MMU emulation performance improved (added extra translation caches).
  • STOP-instruction CPU model specific undocumented behavior emulated when parameter does not have S-bit set.
  • 68020+ DIVS/DIVU CPU model specific undefined overflow condition N and Z flags emulated.
  • Undocumented 68881/68882 FMOVECR values emulated.
  • Optional Toshiba Gary slow (chip ram like) Z2 IO and/or ROM space access speed.
Emulated hardware expansion updates:
  • Added Cubo CD32 later revision hardware support, PIC copy protection, touch screen, NVRAM and RTC emulation. (TODO: Coin and ticket dispenser support, no hardware information available)
  • Cubo CD32 is now expansion device, added DIPs, PIC game ID/language and expansion device enable options.
  • A2090 Combitec and MacroSystem 3rd party ROM update/adapter supported.
  • DKB 1230/1240/Cobra and Rapidfire flash rom writes emulated.
New emulated hardware expansions:
  • Ashcom Addhard (SCSI)
  • Evesham Micros Reference (SCSI)
  • FastATA 4000 MK I/II (IDE)
  • Gigatron Arriba (IDE)
  • Kupke Golem HD3000 (OMTI)
  • Reiter Software Wedge (OMTI)
  • Sprit Technology InMate (SCSI)
  • Music Master dongle
Direct3D 11 support implemented:
  • Requires Windows 7SP1 and later. Windows 7 requires KB2670838 (Available via Windows update as an optional update), Windows 8 and later does not need any extra packages. Ancient DX9 redistributable is not needed.
  • Requires hardware level 9.1 or higher, which means most Windows 7 capable GPUs are supported.
  • All Direct3D9 mode features supported (overlays, masks, custom shaders)
  • Variable sync (G-Sync, possibly also FreeSync) supported in windowed mode.
  • Many D3D9 custom shaders are supported automatically, some require manual modifications to work in D3D 11 mode.
Other new features and updates:
  • Simple box art/screenshot config file support.
  • If Wait for Blitter is enabled and blit size makes no sense, don’t wait. Fixes long delay in Vital / Mystic.
  • Added “CIA 391078-01” advanced chipset checkbox. This CIA revision has a bug in IO port output mode, reading output mode port will always read output mode data state. Other models, including original DIP 8520, 391078-02 and Akiko internal CIAs read IO pin external voltage level as documented. This can affect “bad” mouse left button/joystick fire button reading code (not working or stuck button). Used in A600. A1200/A4000 can have -01 or -02 revision.
  • Added ATAPI Tape drive emulation.
  • CD SCSI emulator READ CD-DA and READ CD-DA MSF commands emulated.
  • Expansion device GUI changes are now activated after hard reset.
  • uaehf.device hardfiles/harddrives unit number is now user configurable.
  • “Include CD and FMV Audio” and/or sound mode change on the fly when CD or FMV audio is playing is now supported.
  • Debugger assembler support (a) and some other misc debugger updates.
Bugs fixed:
  • It was not possible to override Z2 RAM board autoconfig data if board had built-in manufacturer/product ID defaults
  • It was not possible to change existing path with Select Directory/Select Archive or Plain File buttons.
  • Fixed 64-bit version random crashes that usually happened with some shell extensions.
  • Z3 RAM in manual mode was completely broken.
  • KS 1.2 autoboot hack didn’t work without extra reset if UAE autoconfig board wasn’t first board in autoconfig chain.
  • 68030 data cache emulation corrupted data if write was cached, write size was word or long and address was odd.
  • ECS Denise BPLCON2 ECS-only bits (for example KILLEHB) were masked unless AGA was also selected.
  • Obsolete IDE FORMAT TRACK command fixed.
  • GamePorts panel custom mapping incorrectly parsed joystick autofire state from config file.
  • Directory filesystem ACTION_SET_DATE failed to change datestamp if file was read-only.
  • 68020 memory cycle exact CPU speed slider is again partially working, CPU speed can be reduced but not increased.
  • GamePorts panel custom mapping incorrectly parsed joystick autofire state from config file.
  • uae-configuration joystick port (joyportx) modification only queued but didn’t apply changes.
  • uaeserial.device crash fixed.
  • Fixed uaegfx VRAM size check, some modes that almost filled whole VRAM didn’t appear in resolution list.
  • uaenet.device didn’t close low level ethernet handles when Amiga was reset, causing duplicate packets.
  • Bitplane overrun condition triggered incorrectly in rare situation where bitplane DMA is enabled after DDFSTOP on OCS
AVI recording bug fixes and updates:
  • First avioutput recorded frame was sometimes partially corrupted.
  • When saving state with avioutput active: last frame before state save was not recorded.
  • Number of avioutput frames buffered (waiting for compression thread processing) counter was reset periodically which caused lost frames (and leaked memory) in recorded video if CPU was not fast enough.
  • Delay initialization until first display frame or sound buffer recording request comes, previously “before filtering” option may have used wrong display size in some situations.
  • Uncompressed video selection is not forgotten anymore.
  • First frame was not rendered (and also not recorded) if statefile was restored when emulation was already running.
  • If emulator state was changed (debugger breakpoint, statefile save etc..), last frame before state change was not recorded.
  • File splitting (2G limit) flushed sound buffers causing random sound glitches.
  • Added -max_avi_size <bytes> -command line parameter to set split size.
  • If recording was started and GUI was never opened in same session, sound recording rate become 44100Hz, causing syncronization issues if real rate was not same.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.Jan.2018



Operating system: NetBSD 7.1.1
NetBSD "is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system" and now is available also as new Amiga version 7.1.1. The update does not provide new functions but fixes security holes and bugs. The official announcement lists the most important changes. The Amiga port can be downloaded under ports/amiga. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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02.Jan.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Developer tools: vasm 1.8b and vlink 0.16b
Frank Wille has released updates for the modular assembler vasm and the corresponding linker vlink.

Changes:

vasm 1.8b:
  • Option -noialign disables the automatic instruction alignment.
  • m68k: New Apollo Core instructions (core >=4035.jic), provided by Henryk Richter.
  • m68k: Referencing absolute-short labels and optimizing labels into absolute short addressing mode is allowed, when the label resides in an absolute ORG section.
  • jagrisc: Fixed MOVE PC,Rn instruction.
  • oldstyle-syntax: Internal symbol __RPTCNT can be used as iteration counter in the inner repeat loop.
  • oldstyle-syntax: Numeric absolute symbol expansion is supported for macro parameters of the form \<symbol>.
  • vobj-output: Ignoring internal/local symbols does not work. Now we create and use section symbols as a relocation reference.
vlink 0.16b:
  • New option -mtype: merge all sections of the same type (code, data, bss), ignoring name and attributes.
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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31.Dec.2017



Aminet-Uploads until 30.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until December 30th, 2017:
dizzytorrent1.0b5.lha    comm/tcp   1.8M  68k Amiga 68k BitTorrent client
gopher.lha               comm/tcp   27K   68k Gopher client for AmiTCP
gcc-mos2wos.lha          dev/gcc    4.6M  MOS Make MorphOS GCC output WarpO...
ElseWeGetMad.lha         game/2play 1.2M  68k new fight Amiga game for 1 or...
ARLB.lha                 game/race  2.5M  MOS Show AmigaRacer highscores in...
CustJo2Songs.lha         mods/cust  12K       2 Modules composed by Jesper ...
CustJoAcon.lha           mods/cust  12K       A Module composed by Jesper O...
CustJoScrooge.lha        mods/cust  12K       A Module composed by Jesper O...
backupsongs.zip          mods/kicko 1.2M      Backup of my hdrec and TnF tunes
DeliTracker234.lha       mus/play   39K   68k module player, minor update
AmiTimeKeeper.i386-ar... util/cdity 103K  x86 Keep your time right
pixman_lib.lha           util/libs  294K  OS4 Pixman-1 as an AmigaOS shared...
tzdev.lha                util/time  691K      Time Zone Database and Librar...
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31.Dec.2017



OS4Depot-Uploads until 30.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until December 30th, 2017:
amos2ascii.lha           dev/lan 60kb  4.1 Convert AMOS token files to ASCII
amosextension2ascii.lha  dev/uti 60kb  4.1 This command designed to extract...
pixman_lib.lha           lib/gra 294kb 4.0 Pixman-1 as an AmigaOS shared li...
amosextension.library... lib/mis 376kb 4.1 AmosExtension.library load AMOS ...
mplayer-mickjt.lha       vid/pla 28Mb  4.1 A powerful multimedia video and ...
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31.Dec.2017



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 30.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until December 30th, 2017:
Envy24HT_5.15.lha         Audio/Drivers             Binary for Envy24HT AHI...
BeebAsm_1.08.lha          Development/Cross         Assembler with BBC Micr...
mos2wos_0.2.lha           Development/GCC           Make MorphOS GCC output...
HWP_XAD_1.0.lha           Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for xa...
HWP_ZIP_1.0.lha           Development/Hollywood/... Read and write ZIP arch...
Vim_8.0.1422-src.lha      Development/Sources       A highly configurable t...
AmiArcadia_24.66.lha      Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
UAEmremover_1.2.lha       Emulation                 Remove junk files creat...
Vim_8.0.1422.lha          Files/Editor              A highly configurable t...
MCE_10.09.lha             Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
StoWaSta_0.8.lha          Games/Misc                A stop watch software. 
AmigaRacerLeaderBoard_... Games/Race                Show AmigaRacer highsco...
Chromium_0.9.16.1.zip     Games/Shoot 2D            A vertical scrolling Sh...
CrispyDoom_4.3.lha        Games/Shoot 3D            Crispy Doom is a limit-...
PushOver_0.0.5.lha        Games/Think               Port of PushOver 0.0.5 ...
SlotMachineSAGA_WArMUp... Games/Think               A slot machine game to ...
GrafX2_2.5_WIP.lha        Graphics/Draw             A quick compilation of ...
SacrificioPagano_1.30.lha Misc                      A special app to people...
RNOWidgets_1.1.lha        System/Ambient/Commodi... Desktop widgets applica...
AutoVisible_1.2.lha       System/Ambient/Screenb... All sbars visible on Au...
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31.Dec.2017



WHDLoad: New installers until 30.12.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installer has been added until December 30th, 2017: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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