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09.Oct.2021



Accelerator board: TerribleFire TF1230 available
Retro32 wrote on its website: "We’re delighted to announce that the mighty TerribleFire TF1230 is now available from our store.

This epic Amiga 1200 accelerator card offers both great performance and value and IMO is the best Amiga 1200 upgrade for your money. With a 50MHz at your disposal and up to a whopping 128MB of Fast Memory on tap, the TF1230 offers speeds over 7 times faster than a stock 1200.

At present, we only have very limited stock of these cards available but hope to offer more stock as availability improves."

According to the website, prices start at 170 British Pounds (about 200 Euro) for a TerribleFire TF1230 equipped with mit 64MB RAM. (dr)

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08.Oct.2021



Video tutorial: Assembler coding course
Formerly the demo group RamJam released several Amiga demos. Between 1994 and 1996 the member Fabio 'Randy' Ciucci wrote the assembler coding course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi". In 2016, with Ciucci's permission, RamJam published this course as book. On the website there is also a two-disk version as well as an Italian-language pdf document of the course. 'Prince', the founder of the former demo group 'Phaze101', currently streams it on Twitch in English and then uploads the videos of it to YouTube. Yesterday eposide 15 was published, dediacated to chapter six of the book. (dr)

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07.Oct.2021



A2000 motherboard in E-ATX form factor: New revision 2.0 announced
At the end of July the developer 'jasonsbeer' fixed revision 1.2 of his replica of the A2000 motherboard in E-ATX form factor, 'Amiga-2000-ATX', as production candidate. Now he has recommended all users who are going to build such a board to wait for he "expects to assemble and test the next revision (2.0) of the Amiga 2000 EATX board by the middle of November. The revision 2.0 board will have additional features that many will find attractive." Detailed changes:
  • Supports both Agnus 8372A and Agnus 8375 (A500+/A600 variety) on the same board
  • Added external floppy drive header
  • Support for two real-time clock options
  • Moved Zorro bus termination
  • Cleaned up the schematics
(dr)

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07.Oct.2021
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Dungeon Crawler: "The Shadows of Sergoth" available for pre-order
At the end of 2018 the Dungeon Crawler "The Shadows of Sergoth" was announced for 2019. So far only a playable demo was released. From now on the game is available for pre-order from Doublesided Games: For 14,99 Euro for the disk version or for 39,99 Euro for the boxed edition. The game is supposed to be released on 13. November. "The Shadows of Sergoth" runs on any graphics chipset (OCS, ECS, AGA), but 2MB Chip-Ram are required and a faster Amiga is recommended (A1200 or accelerated) to activate the 3D movement effects and enhance the gameplay experience. Content of the boxed edition:
  • Glossy Cardboard Box
  • Three 3"1/2 Floppies
  • Instruction Manual
  • An actual compass to find your way through the dungeons (or in real life)
  • A D20 die, to make sure your rolls are perfect
  • Dungeon inhabitants stickers
  • Digital download (ADF)
(dr)

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06.Oct.2021
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Dock bar: WBDock V1.26
Thomas Rapp has updated his dock bar 'WBDock', similar to Toolmanager oder AmiDock, for AmigaOS 1.3. WBdock can now load custom images for icons, supporting icon and IFF ILBM files, without color remapping. (dr)

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06.Oct.2021
Amigans


AmigaOS 4: MediaVault 1.4.1 (Update)
MediaVault is an open source application for AmigaOS 4 which can be used to discover online radio stations. An external player like AmigaAmp and the jansson.library v2.12.1 are required. For the first time now Podcasts also are supported. The author George Sokianos wrote:

"I just released the new version of MediaVault 1.4.0, which brings one of my favorite features, and I am talking about the podcasts support.

MediaVault uses PodcastIndex.org to get data for the listed podcasts and episodes. It has more than 4.2 million of podcasts in it's database, making it one of the biggest online sources. I am sure you will find your beloved podcasts in there, as well.

MediaVault is the first native application for AmigaOS 4 that brings podcasts at the tip of your fingers. And I am sure that you will love it as much as I did developing it.

For now, MediaVault returns only 100 podcasts based on your search criteria, and only the latest 100 episodes of the selected podcast, but I am sure, until you listen to all of this content, the next version will be ready, bringing unlimited access.

The new version can be downloaded from the project GitHub page. If you already use the previous version, there is a self-update process, which you can find at the application menu. This can be used to update to the latest available version automatically.

I would like to thank all of my supporters for helping me develop MediaVault, adding new features and making better and better."

Detailed changes:
  • You can now search for podcasts based on their title, see info and their avatar and a list of the latest 100 episodes.
  • By selecting an episode and clicking the play button the audio is loaded to the player and starts playing.
  • Changed the way the avatar images are downloaded, which is now faster and solves a lot of errors with network access, which resulted connection error messages to appear.

Update: (05:01, 11.10.21, dr)

Meanwhile version 1.4.1 is available. You now can choose your favourite player. With regard to playing Podcasts it seems that the 'Emotion' media player developed by Entwickler-X is most suitable. It can be purchased directly from the developer or e.g. in the Alinea Computer Shop for 25 Euro. Detailed changes:
  • Added an error message when podcast response is not a successful one
  • Added scripts/start_player.sample script. This can be used to set the preferred player. This needs to be renamed as start_player to be used. The reason the file is named like that is to avoid replacements in future updates. The file includes configuration for different supported players, but more can be added.
  • Added Trending Podcasts search based on category and/or language
  • Added radio station bitrate and codec information in results list and at the right sidebar.
  • Changed the about window to add more information.
  • Fixed the error of not finding the texteditor.gadget on start
(dr)

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05.Oct.2021



Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 11.7.0 Update for Raspberry Pi 4/400
Version 11.7.0 of the Workbench distribution AmiKit XE for the Raspberry Pi 4/400 increases performance and security and provides program updates. Changes:
  • Amiga side changes:

    • ADDED: host-multiview 1.0 by Dimitris Panokostas. It allows you to open Amiga files with default Linux app!
    • UPDATED: ADiffView 2.0 by Uwe Rosner (with a code from M.Hertel)
    • UPDATED: AmiSSL 4.10 by AmiSSL Open Soure Team
    • UPDATED: HippoPlayer 2.47 by Kari-Pekka Koljonen
    • UPDATED: Infinite Module Player (IMP) 3.28 by Pawel Nowak
    • UPDATED: JFIFdt44 44.15 by Henryk Richter and Gunther Nikl
    • UPDATED: MCC_BetterString 11.36 Open Source Team
    • UPDATED: MCC_NList 0.127 by Open Source Team
    • UPDATED: MCC_TextEditor 15.56 by Open Source Team
    • UPDATED: MCC_TheBar 26.22 by Open Source Team
    • UPDATED: RapaGUI 2.0 Hollywood Plugin by Andreas Falkenhahn
    • UPDATED: RNOPDF 1.4 by jPV^RNO
    • UPDATED: SnoopDos 3.11 by Eddy Carroll, Thomas Richter et al.
    • UPDATED: UnRAR 6.02 by Alexander Roshal, Amiga port by Marcin Labenski
    • UPDATED: VirusZ 1.04Ăź by Georg Wittmann
    • UPDATED: xvs.library 33.44 by Georg Wittmann
    • FIXED: Initialising of YAM theme works now
    • FIXED: If you're experiencing sound glitches, in new Amiberry increase the sound buffer to 8

  • Linux side changes:

    • UPDATED: Amiberry 4.1.5 by Dimitris Panokostas, the emulation engine of AmiKit, now with MANY bugfixes and increased performance including Fast Copper too!
    • UPDATED: Game Controller and WHDLoad databases
    • UPDATED: Linux updates (included with new image only; for existing installation simply run "Update Linux" from start menu)
Besides, 3 music tracks have been added in memory of Paul van der Valk who recently passed away. (dr)

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03.Oct.2021



Aminet uploads until 02.10.2021
The following files have been added until 02.10.2021 to Aminet:
SonosController_MOS.lha  comm/misc  2.3M  MOS Control Sonos speakers with y...
SonosController_OS3.lha  comm/misc  2.0M  68k Control Sonos speakers with y...
SonosController_OS3fp... comm/misc  2.0M  68k Control Sonos speakers with y...
SonosController_OS4.lha  comm/misc  2.8M  OS4 Control Sonos speakers with y...
SonosController_WOS.lha  comm/misc  2.4M  WOS Control Sonos speakers with y...
sedna2.lha               demo/aga   1.5M  68k 'Sedna2' by Venom (AGA)
speedmachine.lha         demo/aga   521K  68k Speedmachine (AGA)
vice.lha                 demo/ecs   189K  68k Vice
victory.lha              demo/ecs   237K  68k Victory
breakdown.lha            demo/intro 52K   68k Breakdown! (AGA)
broken_eyes.lha          demo/intro 51K   68k Broken Eyes (AGA)
Snow_Ninja.i386-aros.lha demo/misc  16M   x86 Demo from SSEP 2012
WakeUp_MOS.lha           demo/misc  8.6M  MOS Invitation to CAFe'2022
WakeUp_OS4.lha           demo/misc  8.9M  OS4 Invitation to CAFe'2022
F1GP2021Carset.lha       game/data  18K       2021 Carset for F1GP
MunchDude.lha            game/misc  6.2M  x86 An OpenGL game in the style o...
AMICUBE.adf              game/think 880K  68k Rubik's Cube for classic Amiga
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.4M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.6M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   4.8M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
UniDOS-Cartridge-68k.lha misc/emu   2.0M  68k Create Amstrad Plus UniDOS ca...
UniDOS-Cartridge-MOS.lha misc/emu   2.3M  MOS Create Amstrad Plus UniDOS ca...
UniDOS-Cartridge-OS4.lha misc/emu   2.7M  OS4 Create Amstrad Plus UniDOS ca...
xiffview.tgz             misc/unix  32K       IFF ILBM picture viewer for L...
MMV8_Complete.lha        mus/edit   1.7M  68k MusicMaker V8 Version 3.0 (Co...
MMV8_Player.lha          mus/play   33K   68k MusicMaker V8 Player
RNORadio.lha             mus/play   3.5M  MOS Internet radio player
GF4RSID8.zip             pix/misc   83K       Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
ASE2019_1.60.lha         text/edit  143K  68k Text editor
guideml.lha              text/hyper 189K  OS4  HTML converter with GUI
Alltests.zip             util/misc  286K  68k Automated Amiga Test Program
EjectADF11.lha           util/wb    38K   68k Add Eject commmand to OS 3.2 ...
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03.Oct.2021



OS4Depot uploads until 02.10.2021
The following files have been added until 02.10.2021 to OS4Depot:
sonoscontroller.lha      aud/mis 3Mb   4.1 Control Sonos speakers with your...
wakeup.lha               dem/sce 9Mb   4.1 Invitation to CAFe'2022
oo.lha                   dev/lib 1Mb   4.1 Bring easier programming to C an...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
whdload-to-uae.lha       emu/uti 207kb 4.1 WHDLoad to E-UAE
nmtm-solution.lha        gam/mis 9kb   4.0 The solution for the game No Mor...
pixy.lha                 gra/edi 7Mb   4.0 Pixel editor new generation
witchcleaner.lha         net/mis 2Mb   4.0 Clean temp data from OWB and IBr...
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03.Oct.2021



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 02.10.2021
The following files have been added until 02.10.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
RNORadio_1.3.lha          Audio/Players             RNORadio is a GUI based...
SonosController_1.1.lha   Devices/Speakers          Control your Sonos spea...
AmiArcadia_28.21.lha      Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
UniDOS-Cartridge_1.1.lha  Emulation                 Create Amstrad Plus Uni...
NMTM-solution.lha         Games/Adventure           This is the clues and s...
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03.Oct.2021
Amiga Future (website)


PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 125 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. (snx)

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02.Oct.2021
amigaworld.net


Video tutorial: Installation of AmigaOS 3.2 under AmigaOS 4.1
In his latest YouTube tutorial Roman 'kas1e' Kargin has demonstrated how to install AmigaOS 3.2 under AmigaOS 4.1 on his AmigaOne X5000 via EUAE with JIT enabled. After installation, AmigaOS 3.2 is running with a screen resolution of 1920x1080x32. Additionally he installs also diverse hacks and patches. (dr)

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01.Oct.2021
Technology Blog


Programming: 'Rust'-Support for Motorola 68000 announced
As Golem reports, the Rust programming language has received experimental support for the Motorola 68000 CPU architecture and processor family for the first time, thanks to a LLVM port. The associated code has been contributed to the main branch of the language's open source repository.

Golem further points out, "Currently, the Rust port to the M68k architecture is still considered experimental and is arguably not complete. In addition, the compiler test suite is not tested by default and the team makes few guarantees that the port will work. For native builds, those involved currently recommend using Debian's M68k port in the documentation, as well as old machines with the CPU such as the Atari or Amiga.

Supported and mainly supervised the work on the LLVM port to the processor architecture, which is now about 40 years old, by a small team of volunteers. The most important goal of the work here is to support the retro computing scene with the work on the compiler. So, together with the Rust port, it will be possible in the future to run other modern software written in Rust on the cherished old computers." (dr)

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01.Oct.2021



Amiga-Emulator: Amiberry 4.1.5
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch.

After relasing several 'release candidates' (amiga-news.de reported), today version 4.1.5 was released providing several big fixes, improvements and among others also support for AmigaOS 3.2 ROMs. Detailed list of changes:
  • fixed pipeline typo
  • Added distro information to pre-compiled binaries
  • Removed more unused code
  • Speed up Fast Copper
  • More removal of unused code
  • Removed inactive code from custom.cpp
  • Updated whdload_db to latest version
  • Added RPI3 64-bit pipelines (inactive for now)
  • Updated Readme to reflect Makefile changes
  • Updated Azure Build pipelines with new platform names
  • Split rpi3/rpi4 64-bit builds to fix -mcpu wrong flag
  • #843: Don't change GUI Window size if we are in Full Screen mode
  • Reverted default sound mode to Push with increased bufffer. Pull caused glitches in some cases
  • Fixed bug causing full-window mode to always show as windowed
  • Fixed bug where if the GUI window was maximized and emulation started afterwards, the emulator would shut down
  • Fixed ShowMessage window would always change window size (it shouldn't if it was maximized)
  • Merged DrawBridge and GUI updates from dev
  • Added support for Kickstart 3.2 ROMs
  • #782: Brought back multithreaded drawing
  • VS project cleanup
  • Don't resize window if it's maximized
  • Changed "default_fullscreen" option to "default_fullscreen_mode" and made it into an integer. It now controls 3 states: Windowed (0), Fullscreen (1) or Full-Window (2).
  • #454: Added Warp and Quick Save State functions in Custom Controls
  • #501: Implemented Warp mode for SDL2 (End + Pause to trigger)
  • #821: Added default option for sound pull mode in amiberry.conf
  • Added copyright and license info in About panel
  • #841: Added label to show timestamp of selected savestate
  • #841: Increased Savestates to 15
  • Updated Remote deploy/build settings
  • Fixed #824: Dispmanx would show black screen if loading another config with different screen dimensions
  • DMX: initialize variable
  • DMX: Remove unused function
  • #805: Renamed and fixed Menu to Guide button, in Custom controls
  • #805: Don't hardcode the controller Guide button to open GUI always
  • #822: Use menu button from mapping instead of hardcoded SDL2 "GUIDE" button
  • #827: Improved navigation in HDD panels
  • #827: Implemented scrolling with controller/keyboard in master
  • #827: Reduced width of Serial Port group
  • #827: Get rid of horizontal scrollbar in Misc panel
  • Fixed #823: Controller in Mouse mode didn't trigger Retroarch Quit combo
  • Fixed select button reading would pass wrong Joy ID to function
  • Don't attempt to read from non-existing joysticks
  • Set Input Mouse/Joystick autoswitch to disabled by default
  • Added generic Cortex-A9 32-bit target
  • Ensure hotkey_pressed is reset after it was triggered to enter the GUI (@mrfixit2001)
  • Added CDTV as a command line option in --model
  • Change default sound buffer properly
  • Revert "Changed default audio buffer size to 4KB instead of 16KB"
  • Retroarch: Change button mapping loop to fixed value instead of depending on external variable
  • Changed default audio buffer size to 4KB instead of 16KB
  • Updated pipelines from dev
  • Updated build pipelines
  • Removed VisualGDB solution from repo
  • Retroarch: Fixed crash on startup when parsing controller file
  • Revert "Retroarch: Fixed crash on startup when parsing controller file"
  • Retroarch: Fixed crash on startup when parsing controller file
  • Cherry picked recent updates from dev branch
  • DMX: Don't remove blackscreen_element during subshutdown
  • #825: back-ported improvements to master branch
  • #827: Navigation cleanup in Floppy panel
  • #827: Fixed Sound panel navigation glitches
  • #812: Backported fix to master branch
  • Backport fix for #825 to 4.1.4
  • Retain version information in optimized builds also
(dr)

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29.Sep.2021
exec.pl


m68k assembler support: Plugins for JetBrain and Visual Studio IDEs
Recently we reported, that Chris 'platon42' Hodges is developing a (e.g. USB-Stack Poseidon) Plugin for the integrated development environment (IDE) of Jetbrains (e.g. CLion and IntelliJ for Windows, Mac OS and Linux) providing support for m68k assembler. It equips the IDEs with syntax highlighting and code refactoring capability for Motorola's instruction set.

This project also is available on GitHub and meanwhile the plugin is available as version 0.7 providing the following changes:
  • Bugfix: 'btst' with pc-relative and weird immediate mode was missing (courtesy of Yann).
  • Bugfix: 'movem' with pc-relative mode was missing for weird immediate mode (courtesy of Yann).
  • Bugfix: Special registers for address mode matching only worked with lower case register names (courtesy of Yann).
  • Enhancement: Assembler syntax with implicit immediate 1 for shifts and rotations no longer cause syntax errors (courtesy of Yann).
  • Enhancement: Documentation for instruction with special register shows specific register expected.
  • New: Added documentation provider info for global labels. Shows directives and comments above.
  • Bugfix: Fixed BNF for labels with preprocessor statements.
  • Disabled: 'END' detection was breaking parsing, causing havoc.
  • Full changelog available at Github project site.
There is also a second, similar approach of the JetBrains employee Yann Cébron. However, there is no public version yet.

For Microsoft's IDE Visual Studio (among other supporting Visual Basic.NET, C, C++, C++/CLI, C++/CX, C#, F#, SQL Server, TypeScript and Python as well as HTML, JavaScript and CSS), there is also an extension providing support for Amiga's assembler language. (dr)

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28.Sep.2021



Controlling Sonos speakers: SonosController 1.1 (OS3/4, MorphOS)
Known for his workbench simulation TAWS, Michael Rupp had released his first Amiga program at the beginning of August, which is used to control Sonos speakers: SonosController (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has released version 1.1 for his program written in the programming language Hollywood, which for the first time is available for AmigaOS 3 in addition to AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS and includes the following changes:
  • NEW: first release for AmigaOS 3.x besides 4.1 and MorphOS
  • NEW: lots of performance improvements to make it usable on a 68060 cpu, resulting in being blazingly fast on PPC-Amigas.
  • NEW: MUI 3.8 compatibility (instead of 5.0)
  • NEW: zones (= rooms) are now saved in the config file so when starting the app the next time no network scan is necessary, resulting in a much quicker startup.
  • NEW: to save on network traffic and CPU load, loading of the current queue can now be deactivated in the Preferences.
  • NEW: network scan can now be cancelled and it's no longer possible to start a second scan while one is already running (this led to speakers being listed multiple times in v1.0).
  • NEW: queue lists are now cached in memory and are only reloaded if a change has been reported by the according UPNP event.
  • NEW: various zone values are now cached in memory and are no longer reloaded when switching between zones.
  • NEW: loading of album art for radio stations
  • NEW: timeout for UPNP subscription has been increased from 10 minutes to 1 hour (same as with the original Sonos app).
  • NEW: added progress in percent while loading a list in the music source
  • NEW: added the possibility to cancel loading a list in the music source
  • NEW: "Settings" menu to accomodate the menuitems "Preferences..." and "MUI..."
  • NEW: "About MUI..." menuitem to follow the MUI styleguide
  • CHANGED: shortcuts for "Next" / "Previous" from Ctrl-LEFT/RIGHT to Alt-LEFT/RIGHT because on an Amiga keyboard the Ctrl key is quite far away from the cursor keys.
  • REMOVED: browsing the music library by song: it was useless and took ages, it's much better to use the search instead.
  • FIXED: renewal of UPNP subscription as well as unsubscription
  • FIXED: TV input is now handled correctly.
  • FIXED: improved handling when clicking like mad into the track position slider.
  • FIXED: disable play button if action "Play" is not available
  • FIXED: lots of minor bugfixes
(dr)

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27.Sep.2021
Jörg 'Torque' Klopsch


AmigaPortal.de: Relaunch of website
In June 2019 the blogger, YouTuber and Amiga fan Jörg 'Torque' Klopsch started the Amigaportal.de. After it was not available for quite a while due to various problems, it has now been relaunched and now offers the possibility for discussion and talks. (dr)

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27.Sep.2021



Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga 1.1 Beta 3
At the end of May developer Dirk Hoffmann released version 1.0 of his Amiga emulator for macOS. With the release of the first betaversion for version 1.1 he continued the development. Now beta version 3 is available, with the following changes:
  • Compatibility enhancements:
    • Fixed a bug related to reading the BLTDDAT register.
    • Fixed a bug related to the computation of the DDF window.
    • Fixed a bug related to dropping register writes when DMA is performed at the same time.
  • GUI:
    • Fixed a display bug in the Denise debug panel (BPLCON2 showed wrong values)
  • From now on, vAmiga distinguishes two OCS Agnus revisions (A1000 and A500/2000).
  • Fixed a bug that generated erroneous bitmap blocks on disks created by importing single files or directories.
(dr)

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26.Sep.2021
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BASIC compiler: AQB 0.7.2
By his compiler AQB, Günter Bartsch aims to implement a modern, clean, Amiga compatible and future-proof BASIC that is geared to, but no clone of Microsoft's AmigaBASIC and QuickBASIC, respectively.

In version 0.7.2, besides further function calls and bugfixes, an online documentation in AmigaGuide format has been added and the Auto-Format feature fine-tuned. Most formattings and spellings of identifiers are preserved now. Keywords are still recognized and turned into upper case letters, indentations are carried out automatically and folding is also still supported. (snx)

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26.Sep.2021



Text editor: Amiga Source Editor 1.60
By releasing version 1.2 (2019), at the end of the last year Alain Fontanin has resumed the development of his "Amiga Source Editor" (ASE) which originally started in 1989.

The author constantly develops his text editor further and now has released version 1.60 with the following changes:
  • AmigaOS version 3.2 is correctly detected at launch;
  • Taking into account of the thousands separator in the display of numbers (locale.library);
  • First version of the 'Configure PFKey' functionality: visualization of the PFKey configuration;
  • Possibility to configure the TAB key to insert spaces;
  • Ability to automatically decompress tabs when reading a file;
  • Addition of 4 new ARexx functions (PrepareCancelLines, GetSelCharLine, GetSelCharStart and GetSelCharEnd);
  • Removal of menu shortcuts using French characters (eg: é, ç, à);
  • Correction of a bug preventing the entry (except ASCII or PFKey functions) of the characters [] {} and not taking into account the numeric keypad keys associated with the SHIFT key.
  • Possibility to define the unit associated with the clipboard;
  • Management of DOS comment for files;
  • Management of recent documents (last 10 open documents).
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Aminet uploads until 25.09.2021
The following files have been added until 25.09.2021 to Aminet:
AmiGemini.lha            comm/net   72K   68k Gemini protocol browser
aqb.lha                  dev/basic  204K  68k A BASIC Compiler+IDE for Amig...
F1GP2021Carset.lha       game/data  18K       2021 Carset for F1GP
nblood.lha               game/shoot 1.0M  68k Blood
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   3.2M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
MMV8_Complete.lha        mus/edit   1.7M  68k MusicMaker V8 Version 3.0 (Co...
EP_MMV8.lha              mus/play   15K   68k MusicMakerV8 player for Eagle...
imp3.lha                 mus/play   28K   MOS Do stuff on Amiga!
MMV8_2_PCM.lha           mus/play   9K    68k MusicMaker V8 to PCM converter
MMV8_Deliplayer.lha      mus/play   5K    68k MusicMakerV8 Deliplayer for D...
MMV8_Player.lha          mus/play   33K   68k MusicMaker V8 Player
UADE_MMV8.lha            mus/play   15K   68k MusicMakerV8 players for UADE
Nifty3.2.lha             pix/misc   25K       A new mouse pointer preset fo...
TestProgram.zip          util/misc  123K  68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
usbdevs.lha              util/rexx  373K      Vendor and product of USB device
VirusZ.lha               util/virus 112K  68k VirusZ III 1.04ß - Antivirus ...
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OS4Depot uploads until 25.09.2021
The following files have been added until 25.09.2021 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
nmtm-solution.lha        gam/mis 9kb   4.0 The solution for the game No Mor...
pixy.lha                 gra/edi 4Mb   4.0 Pixel editor new generation
witchcleaner.lha         net/mis 2Mb   4.0 Clean temp data from OWB and IBr...
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AROS Archives uploads until 25.09.2021
The following files have been added until 25.09.2021 to AROS Archives:
boingdemo.i386-aros.lha      dem/int 5Mb   A recreation of the Amiga Boing ...
dwitvs.i386-aros.lha         dem/int 162kb 4K source intro
hogwagen.i386-aros.lha       dem/int 171kb 4K source intro
jylam.i386-aros.lha          dem/int 147kb 4K source intro
newvox.i386-aros.lha         dem/mis 193kb Voxel-style landscape SDL render...
antiryadgx4_9_install_2.zip  dev/uti 290Mb 2D/3D Game Engine
nmtm.lzx                     gam/adv 16Mb  Point and click adventure game
africa.i386-aros.zip         gam/boa 299kb Conversion of 3W board game
framebuild-0.5.zip           gra/mis 39kb  Builds list of selected .jpg fil...
doboing.i386-aros.lha        gra/ray 111kb Generate Boing Ball 3D objects
simplemail-0.37-aros-i386... net/ema 842kb IMAP POP3 Client Email
arsfsdoctor_v1.zip           uti/fil 87kb  SFS Recovery Application
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 25.09.2021
The following files have been added until 25.09.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
IMP_3.28.lha              Audio/Players             Play modules from inter...
SonicCD_RSDKv3_1.3.0.lha  Games/Platform            A Full Decompilation of...
Wayfarer_2.7.lha          Network/Web               Wayfarer is the latest ...
Witchcleaner_2.10.lha     Network/Web               A little and easy progr...
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26.Sep.2021
Amigaworld.net (forum)


Game: Point'n'click adventure CyberSphere available
CyberSphere is a Point'n'click-Adventure sold as boxed game for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS/x86 (as well as Windows, Mac OS and Linux; amiga-news.de reported), in which you have to traverse a city, its underground and outskirts to find out what has happened to you in the previous days after having awaken in your apartment with a headache and missing memory.

Languages of the game are Italian, English and French, required are 512 MB (2 GB for AROS) RAM and 100 MB of free space on the hard disk. (snx)

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25.Sep.2021



Puzzle game: Crazy Columns 1.03
Jochen Hoffer keeps on working on his port of the Sega classic 'Columns' (Video) and has released version 1.03 (amiga-news.de reported).

In the new version the input in the highscore has been revised. Now the input is not terminated when pressing the fire button or the corresponding keys. Only at the last position of the name, the input is completed. Once you have entered a name in the highscore and confirmed the entry, an Online Key will appear on the screen. This can now be entered in the online highscore.

Furthermore the online highscore can be downloaded now to see the rankings even on the Amiga. This file highscore.dat can be copied on the disk or HD.

Direct download: CrazyColumns.v1.03.adf (880 KB)
(dr)

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24.Sep.2021



Music: C64 & Amiga Game Music Remade as Epic Film Scores
The independent video game developer Prismatic Realms has officially started its Kickstarter website for financing the very special music album 'Epic Action Vol. 1': C64 & Amiga Game Music Remade as Epic Film Scores. The following Amiga games will be used:
  • Lost Patrol
  • Dune - Ecolove
  • HeroQuest
  • Nicky Boom
  • Shadow of the Beast
  • Turrican II - The Desert Rocks
  • Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
  • Another World
A first impression you can get by listening to five samples via Soundcloud, among others 'Lost Patrol' and 'Dune'.

About the background of the project the initiators wrote:

"Epic Action is our fantasy music album project that focuses on melding two genres together that we believe are a perfect fit: Classic Video Game Music and Epic Hollywood-style Action Film Scores.

Growing up, we were blown away by some of the music that classic computer systems were able to produce. Since you are here, chances are you were too! Rob Hubbard, David Whittaker and the late Ben Daglish (among many others) were prolific composers on the C64 and Amiga scenes. So much so that their game music tracks are still listened to, remixed and remade to this very day.

At the same time, we are a big fan of Hollywood action films. John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Alan Silvestri and many others are responsible for helping turn great movies into experiences that are bigger than life by scoring riveting masterpieces that leave you on the edge of your seat.

The idea behind this album is to deftly combine those two worlds. We've brought together talented and hard-working folks to turn this concept into reality. It is our hope that you find this project as interesting and exciting as we do and we thank you for your support!" (dr)

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21.Sep.2021



MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 2.7
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has updated his web browser Wayfarer to version 2.7: Changes:
  • Worked around random crashes that may have been observed in 2.6
  • Significantly improved performance of various threading checks across WebKit
  • Worked around an issue in objc runtime that caused Wayfarer to stall during download notifications. Do note that notifications must be reconfigured in Magic Beacon as some keywords have changed.
  • Improved handling of websites that constatly request http auth credentials instead of caching the state
(dr)

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19.Sep.2021



Jackal: Second demo version available
Recently NeesoGames had announced an Amiga port of Jackal, originally released in 1986 by Konami (amiga-news.de reported) and also released a first demo version. Since yesterday a second demo version of the game is available which is developed with the Scorpion Engine. This still is a WIP and described as buggy. New features:
  • fixed jeep movement and collisions
  • added jeep skidmarks
  • secondary weapons mapped to joystick button 2
  • added rescueing powerup prisoner
  • implemented player death and respawn with weapon reset
  • added wip mission start music
  • added secret bonus (+1 life, same position as on the NES)
  • some graphical improvements...and more!
(dr)

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19.Sep.2021
Günter Bartsch (Autor)


Amiga QuickBasic Compiler: Version 0.7.1alpha1 released
Developing his Amiga QuickBasic Compiler, the developer Günter Bartsch is going to create "a modern, clean, Amiga OS-compliant, future-proof BASIC that is tailored towards modern Amiga application development. Recently we have reported about the start of the project and the author has got a lot of feddback which encouraged him to continue working on his project. Now he has released version 0.7.1alpha1.
  • Improvements:
    • "Run" menu added
    • PATTERN RESTORE (ACE) statement added
    • runtime/ide: detect and handle CTRL-C breaks
    • ide: handle workbench startup + argument
    • ide: create icons for source code files and binaries
    • compiler/runtime: String concatenation implemented
    • compiler: SLEEP FOR statement added
    • runtime: workbench startup code added
    • runtime: auto-open WINDOW 1 on first text output in debug/worbench startup mode

  • bug fixes:
    • compiler: for loop floating point step fixed
    • compiler: SINGLE -> INTEGER const conversion fixed
    • runtime: restore all non-scratch registers on premature program end (END / EXIT statements)
    • ide: SELECT CASE autoformat fixed
    • ide: Editor line join folding fixed
    • ide: Preserve floating point literals when auto-formatting
    • examples: 3dplot fixed
    • compiler: CLI return code fixed
    • compiler: handle varPtr in BinOp expressions
    • compiler: reset compiler options on each compiler run
    • ide: do not crash if non-existing file is specified as cmd line argument
    • ide: fix refresh while program is running
    • runtime: fix _aqb shutdown crash
    • runtime: fix INKEY buffer handling
    • runtime: fix TIMER nullpointer access
Direct download: aqb.lha (188 KB)
(dr)

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19.Sep.2021
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


Hollywood: APK Compiler 4.0 released
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to announce the immediate availability of Hollywood APK Compiler 4.0. The Hollywood APK Compiler is an add-on for Hollywood that allows you to compile your Hollywood scripts into stand-alone apps for Android, ready to be distributed via the Play Store!

Hollywood APK Compiler 4.0 is a major update which now supports compiling Android App Bundles (AAB) as well. Starting from August 2021, new apps uploaded to the Play Store must use the AAB format which is why the Hollywood APK Compiler supports this format now too. Of course, it's still possible to compile APKs because those are really useful for sideloading or distribution outside the Play Store. Another new feature in Hollywood APK Compiler 4.0 is support for the final version of RapaGUI 2.0. Everything in the final version of RapaGUI 2.0 is now supported by the Hollywood APK Compiler as well!

The update to Hollywood APK Compiler 4.0 is available free of charge for all existing customers and can be downloaded from the restricted download area. (dr)

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Aminet uploads until 18.09.2021
The following files have been added until 18.09.2021 to Aminet:
agitation.lha            demo/aga   4.1M  68k Agitation!
dwitvs.i386-aros.lha     demo/intro 162K  x86 4K source intro
dwitvs_os4.lha           demo/intro 180K  OS4 4K source intro
hogwagen.i386-aros.lha   demo/intro 171K  x86 Lollipop hogwagen
hogwagen_os4.lha         demo/intro 175K  OS4 Lollipop hogwagen
jylam.i386-aros.lha      demo/intro 147K  x86 4K source intro
jylam_os4.lha            demo/intro 165K  OS4 4K source intro
newvox.i386-aros.lha     demo/intro 193K  x86 Voxel-style landscape render ...
vvg_intro2.lha           demo/intro 4.3M  MOS VVG intro 2
prowokacja.lha           demo/misc  4.5M      PROWOKACJA
aqb.lha                  dev/basic  188K  68k A BASIC Compiler+IDE for Amig...
healthcare_hwp_1.0.lha   dev/hwood  198K  MOS Hollywood  plugin for garmin ...
Africa-AROS.zip          game/board 299K  x86 Conversion of 3W board game
slotgame.lha             game/wb    238K  68k Slot Game
doboing.i386-aros.lha    gfx/3d     111K  x86 Generate Boing Ball 3D objects
doboing_os4.lha          gfx/3d     106K  OS4 Generate Boing Ball 3D objects
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.3M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.6M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   4.8M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
MixTape21_Side_A.mp3     mods/anaki 12M       System of Sound MixTape21 Sid...
MixTape21_Side_B.mp3     mods/anaki 12M       System of Sound MixTape21 Sid...
AmiKit_XE_RaspberryPi... pix/wb     758K      AmiKit XE for Raspberry Pi
IconLib_46.4.lha         util/libs  1.1M  68k free icon.library in optimize...
SuperGlue.lha            util/misc  21K   68k Exe file linker/unlinker
cranker.lha              util/pack  355K  68k Amiga executable and data cru...
RxEnv.lha                util/rexx  36K   68k ARexx development tools
xvslibrary.lha           util/virus 93K   68k External Virus Scanner Librar...
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OS4Depot uploads until 18.09.2021
The following files have been added until 18.09.2021 to OS4Depot:
dwitvs.lha               dem/int 180kb 4.0 4K source intro
jylam.lha                dem/int 165kb 4.0 4K source intro
oo.lha                   dev/lib 1Mb   4.1 Bring easier programming to C an...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
nmtm.lzx                 gam/adv 17Mb  4.0 Point and click adventure game
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 18.09.2021
The following files have been added until 18.09.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
prowokacja.lha            Demoscene                 prowokacja.lha
vvg_intro2.lha            Demoscene                 vvg_intro2.lha
HWP_Healthcare_1.0.lha    Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood  plugin for g...
AmiArcadia_28.2.lha       Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
NMTM_14.09.21.lzx         Games/Adventure           A game concept demo of ...
Wayfarer_2.6.lha          Network/Web               Wayfarer is the latest ...
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19.Sep.2021
Amiga Future (website)


Print magazine: Issue 134 of Amiga Future readable free of charge
German and English issue 134 (September/October 2018) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" is available free of charge now at the magazine's website. Published as image files of the individual pages, remainders of the physical issue as well as PDF files at a higher resolution are available at the publisher. (snx)

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18.Sep.2021
CDTV Land (Twitter)


CDTV: New ROM version 2.35 announced (update)
The website CDTV Land is about Commodore's home multimedia entertainment and video game console CDTV which was launched in April 1991. It has now announced the new OS-Version 2.35.

The update will be available for free and "fixes a couple of long standing bugs which have plagued CDTV owners for many years and it throws a couple of small improvements into the mix for good measure". Changes compared to the last known original Commodore ROM release (2.30) from 1992:
  • Support for systems with 68030 CPUs
  • Support for systems with 32-bit Fast RAM
  • Memory card support restored for CDTV players
  • CD+G functionality restored for CDTV players
  • Buffer overflow bug fixed in bookmark.device
  • CD-ROMs will now boot even without CDTV.tm file
  • Ability to access the CDTV title screen when a harddisk is installed
  • Option to force exit CDTV title screen
  • OS build target device ID on CDTV title screen
  • No error screen when no disk drive connected to CDTV player
Regarding the availabilty the website wrote: "CDTV OS 2.35 is about to move from alpha to beta testing (by late September 2021). This means the feature set is locked and I will only be fixing bugs that arise during the beta testing phase. Depending on how the beta testing goes, I foresee a release version for the classic CDTV player (CD-1000) before the end of this year. ROM releases for the A570 and A690 CD-ROM drive addons for the A500/A500+ will follow shortly after that."

Update: (16:50, 19.09.21, dr)

In a separate article the developer of the new ROM has written about technical and legal issues. (dr)

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17.Sep.2021



Retro 7-bit: Firmware update for keybiard adapter 'Sum' (update)
Sum adapters sold by Retro 7-bit enable connecting USB HID keyboards to the Amiga. They have been designed for installation inside Amiga's casing. Sum is based upon 16-bit Microchip microcontroller. Formerly the adapters were also offered for the CDTV and the CD32 but currently are only available for Amiga 600 and Amiga 1200. Changes of the new firmware:
  • rewriting new firmware
  • added support for "composite device"
  • added support for several keys pressed simultaneously
  • added F11 option in adapter settings - displays software versions

Direct download: Sum_20210923.7z (29 KB)


Update: (07:12, 25.09.21, dr)

The developers have released another update. The download link was updated to this new firmware version. Changes:
  • fixes related to better cooperation with keyboards
  • unlocking F10 option in adapter settings (function displays keycodes)
(dr)

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17.Sep.2021
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Dealer: AmiGang Store offers Raspberry Pi 4B with AmigaOS 3.2
Yannick 'Papiosaur' Buchy, known by the MorphOS distribution Chrysalis as well as the Aminet alternatives MorphOS-Storage and Amiga-Storage, does now also offer a webshop called AmiGang Store at the title link.

Primarily sold is the mini computer Raspberry 4, model B - depending on the variant chosen also with AmigaOS 3.2 pre-installed (other configurations are possible on request). Promised is the emulation of an Amiga with Motorola 68040 CPU, 1 GB Fast-RAM, a resolution of up to 1920 x 1024 pixels at 16 bit and a network transfer rate of 1 GBit/s. (snx)

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17.Sep.2021
Amiga Love


Pac-Man port: Pacman 500
As the author Jean-François Fabre wrote, Pacman 500 "is a (successful) attempt by jotd to create a 1:1 port of the famous arcade game on Amiga 500 using 100% 68k assembly. The display is 4:3 so scores, lives, bonuses are on the side rather than on top/botton (YouTube video).

Features:
  • original visual & sounds
  • original ghost behaviour & speed
  • 50 frames per second (PAL) even on a 1MB 68000 A500
  • all levels & bonuses & intermission sequences
  • original intro
  • joystick controlled (port 1)
  • can run directly from shell or from whdload (fast machines/complex configurations)
1MB RAM is required (could be reduced to 512k with lower quality sounds). The source code is available on GitHub. (dr)

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16.Sep.2021
Individual Computers (ANF)


Individual Computers: Pre-ordering of Indivision ECS V3 started
From today on it is possible to pre-order the Flickerfixer/Scandoubler 'Indivision ECS V3' produced by Individual Computers. Some notes of the developer:

"Indivision ECS V3 will replace Indivision ECS V2. Although very unusual for iComp, I had to make a re-design without actually adding new features. The main reason why a new design was required was the global chip shortage that you've surely heard about in the media. Two rather low-cost chips, and the main FPGA were either wildly expensive, or not available at all. I was lucky enough to find a small quantity of FPGAs on the free market for a moderate premium of "only" 160%, but could not find the right footprint part for the H/V sync driver and the data drivers. Instead of the SC-70 package for the H/V driver, I found a slightly bigger part with the same functionality. Luckily, that part of the board had enough space.

The data drivers were a single 16-bit chip on the V2 design. This became unavailable these past months, so I replaced it with two 8-bit drivers.

Instead of soldering the male-to-male adapter directly to the board, I decided to solder a socket to the circuit board, where the male-to-male adapter will be inserted. Background of this decision is a few service cases where pins of this adapter broke off, and it was very tedious to replace the part. The improved order of parts makes V3 much more servicable, as the adapter can now be exchanged without soldering. I'd expect that most useres can replace the adapter on their own, so shipping the flicker fixer to us for service is becoming less likely to be required.

Another thing that got hard-to-find was the IC that I've been using for the 25MHz oscillator. I wasn't too worried when the distributor told me that the lead time for this part is just over 50 weeks, as we've had complaints from A600 users that the crystal conflicts with the RTC module in some cases. I have therefore decided to buy 25MHz integrated 3.3V oscillators. While this is considerably more expensive, it is only a small contribution to the overall price increase, and has the added benefit of being much smaller than the HC49S-sized crystal of the V2 design.

One thing that is truly different from the V2 design is the output stage. On a component level, it does look almost the same as V2, but went through an expensive CE approval process, and vastly improves picture quality when used on problematic Samsung monitors and similar models that use the same input stage.

The new output stage uses high-frequency transistors as drivers, allowing much sharper edges at higher drive strength, eliminating "ghosting" that was described with certain problematic monitors.

Another thing we have improved is compatibility with motherboards that have a mouse/joystick multiplexer chip from Mitsubishi: While V2 had trouble dealing with the extremely long propagation delay of this chip, the CPLD of the V3 design deals with this problem without the need to adapt to a specific Amiga main board revision. This CPLD code can also be applied on the V2 design, so we now have a solution for existing V2 customers as well." (dr)

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15.Sep.2021
Amiga Future (website)


PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 125 (italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time.

Download pages:
italienisch (key: QerVYTJgNQTZvcUkZmtCnY4VU-T7vyaGE-_E_EB4pdI)
englisch (key: IrtuK02qmjJMccpLi7_I_OvEqcLoJZugTNDhiT9-gyM)

You can also read the latest issue in the browser. (snx)

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15.Sep.2021
Thorsten Mampel (ANF)


Event: Amiga-Meeting Nord 2021 in Neumünster (Germany)
From November 5-7, 2021, the next Amiga-Meeting Nord will take place. Address is the hotel "Kiek in!", Gartenstraße 32 in 24534 Neumünster, Germany. Registration will be possible at the title link, further details are available in our german news-item. (snx)

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14.Sep.2021



Boing Attitude: Interview with Gianluca Girelli (GDG-Entertainment)
In July Boing Attitude, among others publisher of the quiz game Ask Me Up XXL and the file manager Dir Me Up, had published issue 1 of its French-language Amiga magazine Boing. The included interview with Gianluca Girelli now is available in an English-language translation on the website of Boing Attitude. (dr)

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