03.Mar.2021
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 149
The English and German issue 149 (March/April 2021) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed today. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Among others this latest issue includes an interview with Stefan Vogt and reviews of Akiko32 und "Tristam Island".
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02.Mar.2021
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Tetris clone: Crazy Columns 0.98 (beta)
Jochen Hoffer has released the new beta version 0.98 of his clone called "Crazy Columns" of the classic Sega game 'Columns' (video). Now it is possible to play all four modes which are impemented.
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01.Mar.2021
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Illustrated book: 'Demoscene - The Amiga Years' available
Last summer it was announced as Demomaker - The Amiga Years. Meanwhile the illustrated book 'Demoscene - The Amiga Years' has been successfully crowd funded and published. It can be ordered from the French publisher for 35 Euro (review).
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01.Mar.2021
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the french Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- January/February 2021 news
- Old articles from Joystick 16 to 18:
- News: Rebirth of Activision
- Interview with Philippe Agripnidis
- Review of Bard's Tale 3: Thief Of Fate
- Review of Cohort: Fighting For Rome
- News: Full fire on Virgin Games
- Interview with Richard Joseph
- Review of Cybercon 3
- Review of Quest For Glory 2: Trial By Fire
- Interview with Frédéric Raynal and Frank Girolami
- Review of The Secret Of Monkey Island
- Review of Cadaver: The Pay Off
- Review of F-15 Strike Eagle 2
- Interview with Éric Luczyszyn (Amiga Impact)
- Interview with Perry Kivolowitz (ASDG)
- Interview with Kim Lemon (Lemon Amiga)
- Review of Boxx and Boxx 2
- Review of AOrganiser 1.2
- Hardware: KingSpec Industrial Disk On Module IDE 4 Go
- File: Amiga Games List (update)
- Tutorial: How to program a game in assembler (1st part)
- Practice: Exploitation of a relational database with SQLite on MorphOS
- Practice: MorphOS Shell commands
- Special quiz about the year 2020 on Amiga
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28.Feb.2021
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Aminet uploads until 27.02.2021
The following files have been added until 27.02.2021 to Aminet:
AExplorer_Update.lha comm/net 113K 68k Cloanto Amiga Explorer Update
KONEY_TAKE_EM_IN.lha demo/sound 316K 68k KONEY: TAKE'EM IN Techno Musi...
argparse.lha dev/c 18K MOS A command line arguments pars...
mandel_dsp.lha gfx/fract 48K 68k Mandelbrot generator for DSP3...
lha-114i.tar.gz misc/unix 223K Archiver for .lha and .lzh fi...
Palace2021.lha mods/misc 2.1M Palace 2021 4ch Lv5 by HKvalhe
MMULib.lha util/libs 724K 68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 719K MOS Multipurpose utility
Mu680x0Libs.lha util/sys 376K 68k MuLib aware 680x0 libraries
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28.Feb.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 27.02.2021
The following files have been added until 27.02.2021 to OS4Depot:
slotmachinewarmup.lha gam/boa 2Mb 4.0 A easy slot machine game
viewstl.lha gra/vie 351kb 4.1 An STL (3D Model) viewer (MiniGL)
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28.Feb.2021
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AROS Archives uploads until 27.02.2021
The following files have been added until 27.02.2021 to AROS Archives:
arsfsdoctor_v1.zip aud 87kb SFS Recovery Application
antiryadgx_4.9.tgz dev/uti 288Mb 3D/2D Game Engine
slotmachinewarmup.lha gam/boa 2Mb A easy slot machine game
angband.i386-aros.zip gam/rol 3Mb SDL version of classic role play...
new_drawer_icons.zip gra/ico 43kb New Colored PNG Drawer Icons
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28.Feb.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 27.02.2021
The following files have been added until 27.02.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
argparse_1.02.lha Development/C A command line argument...
FinalBurnNeo_1.0.0.1.lha Emulation FinalBurn Neo, an Emula...
Zatackax_1.0.lha Games/Action Zatacka X is a modern, ...
ScummVM_2.3.0git.lha Games/Adventure A collection of various...
Hurrican_1.1.lha Games/Shoot 2D A Turrican game clone
OpenTyrian_2.1_SDL2.lha Games/Shoot 2D An open-source port of ...
SlotMachineSAGA_WArMUp... Games/Think A slot machine game to ...
Sam460cr_UserManual.pdf Hardware/Sam460cr Sam460cr_UserManual.pdf
Sam460ex_UserManual.pdf Hardware/Sam460ex Sam460ex_UserManual.pdf
ReportPlus_8.02.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ...
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28.Feb.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 27.02.2021
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 27.02.2021:
- 2021-02-27 improved: Combat Air Patrol (Psygnosis) fixed crashes, SMC removed (Info)
- 2021-02-26 new: Super Gem'Z (Software 2000) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 2021-02-25 improved: Burning Rubber (Ocean) New RawDIC imager (game needs to be reinstalled), Patch for enhanced version redone with same features as standard version, keyboard support for route selection screen added, new install script, more trainer options added (Info)
- 2021-02-25 improved: Elfmania (Terramarque/Renegade) keyboard support in all places, 68000 quitkey added (Info)
- 2021-02-24 improved: Shadow Warriors (Ocean) early version fixed (Info)
- 2021-02-24 improved: Tiny Bobble (Pink^aBYSs) uses less memory, selectable button configuration added (Info)
- 2021-02-24 updated: Shadow Warriors (Ocean) new imager, another version supported, protection fixed, uses fast memory, 68000 quitkey added, trainer enhanced, access faults removed, manual and icons added (Info)
- 2021-02-21 improved: Switchblade 2 (Gremlin) added 2-button/joypad controls, trainer fixed (Info)
- 2021-02-21 improved: Darkmere (Core Design) fixed memory allocation, SMC fixed, blitwaits optimized, trainer added, uses fast memory, added joypad controls (Info)
- 2021-02-21 improved: King's Quest Enhanced (Sierra) fixed crash when saving on 68000, MT32 direct support, keyboard layout selection (Info)
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28.Feb.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Shadow of the Beast II - The Crystal Caverns
- A Final Hyperbase (Enigma from Scratch mix)
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27.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Preview video: Mr. Mochi's Delivery Service
Additional to the release of a new preview video, now the game was given a proper name: 'Mr. Mochi's Delivery Service'.
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27.Feb.2021
amigaworld (Webseite)
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Timothy de Groote no longer a director at Hyperion
Last summer, there were hints that Ben Hermans had sued Timothy de Groote and rumors about the latter's departure as a result of that. In the last few days, this became official: Belgium's company register now lists only Ben Hermans as a Hyperion board member.
But in contrast to Costel Mincea and de Groote, who were listed as "Besturders" (directors), Hermans' position is that of a "vaste vertegenwoordiger" (permanent representative) of the actual director. The latter position is held by Ben Hermans CVBE ("Coöperatieve vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid", a limited liability company) founded in 2011. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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26.Feb.2021
Iris Webseite
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MorphOS: EMail programm Iris 0.113
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's "Iris" is going to be the standard e-mail client for MorphOS. It supports IMAP and is able to display as well as create HTML e-mails.
Since our last nes item, several changes has been made. These are the most important ones:
- Improved the email address suggestions when typing in To fileds, Iris now learns and ranks suggestion by the user's choices when writing emails
- Adds the signature when creating a message via 'Forward as Attachment'
- Implemented advanced search
- Added a button to view all attachments at once
- Implemented a glossary
- Tweaks and improvements in the text editor
- Implemented MDN (read receipt) support, both requesting and sending a receipt
For feedback to the author, the corresponding thread at MorphZone can be used.
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25.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Dungeon Crawler: Black Dawn Rebirth as free download
'Black Dawn Rebirth' is a Dungeon Crawler similar to Dungeon Master. Since October 2019 the game has been commercially distributed but now is available on the website of the project as free download. You can make a little donation before the download ("pay what you want").
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25.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Tactical shooter: Second preview of 'Project Horizon '
'Project Horizon' (video) is a tactical shooter similar to Chaos Engine or Alien Breed. This second preview the author called "bug fixed preview" and is available as ADF and HD version (with sound).
Project Horizon requires ECS or AGA and 2 Megabyte Chip-RAM (based on the used graphics). The game will finally also require a hraddrive and provide a map editor for creating new levels.
The engine itself also runs with less Chip-RAM. The sorce code of the engine as well as the editors and tools will be released for free together with the final version of the game.
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25.Feb.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 119 (Italian/English)
Besides its original language, Italian PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The reviews of classic games compare their ports to different platforms available at that time.
Download sites:
Italian
English (snx)
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25.Feb.2021
amigaforever.com (ANF)
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Network solution: Amiga Explorer 9
Press release: Cloanto, Amiga software developers since 1986, released today version 9 (9.0.7.0) of Amiga Explorer, the Amiga-PC networking software that first saw the light in 1997.
New features include:
- Protocol extended to support additional file system operations (random read and write, append, etc.)
- Protocol extended to query additional server-side system properties (platform and branch, RAM, ROM version and CRC32, various date and time attributes, etc.)
- Added "Virtual Files" folder to the namespace root (contains disk images and other virtual files)
- New option to automatically set the Amiga clock from the Windows side
- New features in the Properties dialog: show or hide the Amiga icon under the "This PC" namespace, enable or disable the crash reporter, Changelog tab, etc.
- New Setup Wizard to transfer the Amiga side
- Enhanced data extraction when reading disks with errors
- All file and directory property dialogs now contain an edit control to rename the file or directory
- Numerous other fixes and enhancements (see the Changelog)
Several new protocol features are the result of ongoing collaborations with open source developers, including some who are working on GNU/Linux Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) drivers.
The "AE" tool, which gives Windows command-line access to Amiga Explorer configuration and data sharing features, has also been extended to support the new features. Type "AE Help" to see a list of command-line options.
Upgrades are free to all Amiga Explorer and Amiga Forever Plus Edition customers. Amiga Explorer is also free to try under a shareware license. Registration is appreciated, but many features, including the command-line mode, are fully functional in trial mode.
Traditionally, updates to the Amiga (server) side of Amiga Explorer have also been made available on Aminet. This file too has been refreshed, and is now able to patch any version released since 1997 to the latest 9.0.7.0 build. As the new Amiga version includes functionality to support updates originating from the Windows (client) side, Amiga-side patch releases like this one could become less necessary in the future.
The full Amiga source code and the Windows "core" source code is available to a closed group on GitHub. Windows core features include the data exchange features and the command-line user interface, i.e. everything that is needed to implement, study or support the full protocol, including the buildable Visual Studio project used for Cloanto's distribution. The Windows namespace extension and its installer are not currently part of this set. The plan remains to extend the open source availability as certain milestones in the data exchange protocol are met.
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24.Feb.2021
English Amiga Board (Webseite)
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AROS distribution: AROS One 1.4 (x86)
The new version 1.4 of the distribution 'AROS One' based on the 'ABI v0' trunk is available. It integrates the update of the ABI-v0 trunk recently released and offers some new features like dual PNG pictogramms.
The creator of the distribution recommends to test it first on a virtual machine, especially VMWare. He also provides some video tutorials to to help newcomers and exisitung users get started:
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24.Feb.2021
aGGreSSor (ANF)
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AROS x86: Update of ABI-v0 trunk
After a break of four years, the AROS developer Deadwood has ported back the changes made to the "ABIv1" trunk to "ABIv0". He named this project "AROS ABIv0 20170402": the date refers to the ABI-v1 code which is the base for the release.
The update includes 27 new functions, 14 new components and 26 bug fixes. Among others the virtual machines 'VMWare' and 'Virtualbox' now support USB 1.1 and USB 2.0. An updated version of the distribution AROS One based on the ABIv0 trunk has been updated as well.
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23.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Playable demo: Point'n Click adventure 'Wilcza Buda' in HAM6 mode
'Wilcza Buda' is a classic point'n click adventure. The secon demo version now runs in HAM6 mode (video). Wilcza Buda runs on Amigas equipped with Kickstart 1.2 and higher and can be played from disk or harddrive. It requires 2,5 MB RAM (thereof 1 MB Chip-RAMm) or more.
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22.Feb.2021
Timo Kloss (ANF)
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Adventure: 'Ermentrud' will be released (programmer wanted)
Timo Kloss wrote: The point'n' click adventure "Ermentrud" originally was developed between the years 2001 and 2004 for Amigas equipped with a graphic card, but then abandoned. It was placed in a medieval world and offered an absurd plot and absurd humor. And the hero had a horse made of paper maché.
This year the game will be finally released. All the original graphics, sounds and music will be included but the plot will be reworked.
So far only a German version is planned. If there will be additional localisations is still not clear. The game will offer gaming fun of at least one hour and will be available for free.
The current level of development
- All old scripts have been repaired and extended and the game can be played through. A rework of the dialogues and texts is planned.
- A completely new engine based on SDL2 was developed which is 100% compatible to the old one. The development has been finished and the game runs on macOS and Windows.
- Besides, the game still always runs on the old Amiga engine.
Amiga programmer wanted
Unfortunately the old engine does not run that stable and has graphic problems in emulators and on OS 4 (probably on MorphOS as well). I would like to release the game for Amiga systems as well therefore I am looking for a programmer who can help fixing the problems. It is C-Code but not that clear. Alternatively the mpdern SDL2-based engine can be also used. Please contact me if you are interested!
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21.Feb.2021
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Aminet uploads until 20.02.2021
The following files have been added until 20.02.2021 to Aminet:
gfalist.lha dev/basic 150K MOS Reads tokenized GFA BASIC ver...
dsp3210.lha driver/oth 44K 68k DSP 3210 drivers and tools
Mattonite.lha game/actio 976K 68k Arkanoid like PAL game almost...
labyrinth64.lha game/misc 129K 68k Port of Commodore 64 game Lab...
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...
ASE2019_1.25.lha text/edit 116K 68k Text editor
AmiTimeKeeper.lha util/cdity 716K MOS Keep your time right
gcr10.lha util/cli 19K 68k Display CLI/Shell window res....
drawing_dt.lha util/dtype 215K OS4 Structured art superclass + D...
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 605K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 767K OS4 Multipurpose utility
Pi_Demos.zip util/shell 6K Calculate PI in an AMIGA shel...
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21.Feb.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 20.02.2021
The following files have been added until 20.02.2021 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
thewidow-solution.lha gam/mis 10kb 4.0 An Amiga guide with the tricks a...
acidwarp.lha gra/mis 711kb 4.1 Eye candy program which displays...
pythonssl.lha lib/mis 103kb 4.1 AmiSSL 4 based Python SSL Module
reportplus.lha uti/mis 767kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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21.Feb.2021
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AROS Archives uploads until 20.02.2021
The following files have been added until 20.02.2021 to AROS Archives:
antiryadgx4.9.tgz dev/uti 288Mb 3D/2D Game Engine
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21.Feb.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 20.02.2021
The following files have been added until 20.02.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
FrozenLiquid_1.1.lha Audio/MIDI Soft audio synthetiser ...
MilkyTracker_1.03.lha Audio/Tracker An XM/MOD tracker by th...
gfalist_0.01.lha Development/BASIC Reads tokenized GFA BAS...
SDL_2.0.12_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL2 with...
SDL_2.0.14_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL 2.0.1...
MorphOS-SDK_3.16-20210... Development/SDK The MorphOS development...
Iris_0.113.lha Email New email client suppor...
AmiArcadia_26.9.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
TheWidow-solution.lha Games/Adventure Solution of the game Th...
Chess.lha Games/Think A simple Chessgame
Chess_FR.lha Games/Think A simple Chessgame
WitchCleaner_1.60.lha Network/Web A little and easy progr...
AmiTimeKeeper_1.14.lha System/Ambient/Commodi... A small program which k...
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21.Feb.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 20.02.2021
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 20.02.2021:
- 2021-02-20 fixed: Wiz: Quest for the Magic Lantern (Mutation Software) music/sample were played too fast (Info, Image)
- 2021-02-20 improved: Darkseed (CyberDreams) screen fixed for NTSC, access fault fixed, new CD32 Slave (Info)
- 2021-02-19 improved: King's Quest (Sierra) uses real files, keyboard patch added, better protection fix (Info)
- 2021-02-18 improved: Elfmania (Terramarque/Renegade) uses fast instead chip memory, trainer added (Info)
- 2021-02-18 improved: Darkman (Ocean) 68000 quitkey added, trainer enhanced, new imager and install, manual added (Info)
- 2021-02-17 improved: McDonald Land (Virgin) supports another version, support for second button added, trainer enhanced, new icons (Info)
- 2021-02-14 fixed: Tiny Invaders (pink^abyss) startup bug (Info)
- 2021-02-14 new: La Storia Ancestrale (Holodream) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 2021-02-14 improved: No Second Prize (Thalion) supports more versions, 68000 quitkey, uses fast memory, improved highscore handling (Info)
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20.Feb.2021
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Turn-based space strategy game: Imperium Terranum 2.808
For a while the source code of the turn-based space strategy game Imperium Terranum 2 is being ported from Pascal to C and adopted to graphic cards. In version 2.808 some minor bugs have been fixeed:
- Image Cache Handling war falsch (Memory Leaks)
- Speicherstrukturen für "freie" Schiffe ohne Planetenbezug (z.B. Maques oder Ceborcs) wurden nie freigegeben (auch im Original nicht)
- Speicher für Medplayer-Module wird nun von der API der medplayer.lib wieder freigegeben
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20.Feb.2021
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amiga-news.de: Translators wanted
Had amiga-news.de's news-items been published in a couple of languages in the past (besides German and English also in Danish, Flemish, French, Japanese, Polish, Spanish and Turkish), eventually just the english version proceeded. In July 2000, our editor Daniel Reimann joined our team of translators, remaining as its sole member for twelve years already.
For Daniel's relief as well as for enabling him to write more original articles himself, we are looking for additional translators of our German news-items into English language. In case you could imagine to join our honorary, independent news-site, please let us know by writing to our e-mail address team@amiga-news.de. (snx)
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19.Feb.2021
Aminet
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Text editor: Amiga Source Editor 1.25
By releasing version 1.2 (2019), about two months ago Alain Fontanin has resumed the development of his "Amiga Source Editor" (ASE) which originally started in 1989.
By the support and the feedback of our readers, the author now has released version 1.25. Changes in detail:
- Significant improvement in overall performance
- Significant improvement in the processing speed of a document containing lines of more than 4,096 characters (even on a 68000!)
- Integration of the German localization
- Integration of cursor movement management, 2 modes available:
- Free mode: the cursor can move anywhere in the document and tabs are treated as a series of spaces
- Non-free mode: the cursor follows the text and manages the tabs
- Possibility to customize the size (4 or 8) and the saving of tabs
- Processing of the 'DEL' key (oops on Mac it is not present as a physical key!)
- Ability to set a default location for documents
- An ASE2019 installation script
- The documentation is divided into two parts: French and English
- New examples of ARexx scripts for ASE2019
- Use of the screen font, instead of 'topaz-8' for the menus
- Fixed some shortcuts to stick with the Amiga standard
Do not hesitate to contact the author if you encounter a bug or if you have an idea of evolution.
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17.Feb.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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7-bit: Wicher installation disk 2.5
The driver disk for the Wicher expansion cards developed by 7-bit has been updated. No detailed information on the changes version 2.5 are available.
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17.Feb.2021
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US trademark: "Amiga" now registered by Amiga Corporation
Last autumn, Hyperion had withdrawn its opposition against Cloanto's registration of the US trademark 'Amiga'. According to current paperwork from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) the mark is now properly registered.
The document still lists Cloanto Corporation as the owner of the mark. We are told by Mike Battilana (Cloanto, Amiga Corporation) that this is caused by the USPTO's slowness when adding results from the assignment queue to the public database. He points out that the the mark has already been assigned to Amiga Corporation back in January and that he expects the USPTO database to get updated accordingly in the next few days.
Note from staff: Since the USPTO is already pointing out a "likelihood of confusion" of the US marks Hyperion applied for (AmigaOne, AmigaOS) with the 'Amiga' mark, we assume that these attempted registrations will be denied in the near future now that the latter has been registered. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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16.Feb.2021
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Scene World Podcast Episode #107: Demoscene - The Art of Coding
Demoscene - The Art of Coding is an initiative to enlist the demoscene as the first digital culture on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage. AJ and Joerg (er, Derision and Nafcom) talk to Dedux, Flopine, Kudrix, and Unjello about why this is important and how we can all help move the initiative forward. (interview begins at 10:00). (cg)
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16.Feb.2021
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 149, preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of the Amiga Future 149 (March/April 2021) have been published online now under the title link. Its contents include an interview with Adrian Cummings and reviews to AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition - Update 2 and the FPGA computer MiSTer.
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.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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16.Feb.2021
MorphZone (website)
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MorphOS: Software Development Kit 3.16 (February 2021)
Press release: The MorphOS Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the MorphOS 3.16 SDK, February 2021 release. This update includes a greatly enhanced GDB, with TUI, syntax highlighting and shared library debugging. Two new profiling utilities were added. EventProfiler may be used to instrument a applications and generate Chrome Debugger files that may be loaded into Wayfarer for analysis. Koprofiler is a sampling profile that can be used to record a selected thread. Several GG packages were also updated, including git, wget, nano and perl. Updated OpenSSH now comes with ssh-agent.
Our new SDK requires MorphOS 3.15 and about 2 GB of free disk space and can be found in our files section. As usual, a separate source package is available for download as well. (snx)
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15.Feb.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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MorphOS: MIDI soft synthesizer FrozenLiquid 1.1
Antoine 'Tcheko' Dubourg's FrozenLiquid is a "small Shell tool" for MorphOS playing MIDI sounds without having to have the required hardware. CAMD and Reggae are required. The soft synthesizer is based on FluidLite.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Feb.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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VirusZ III: Bootblock file updated
In December the Virus Help Team reported a new bootblock virus (amiga-news.de reported). A week ago a new bootblock file was released to use with VirusZ III v1.02. The team wrote: "Some of the bootblock viruses we have added to the VirusZ_III.Bootblocks, will make checksum changes with each mutation, that means that every time the virus infects, it change code. So there is absolutely no guarantee that the new viruses, we have added it will be reported as a the virus, because the virus could have mutated and changed it's code. But we will add as many mutations as we possible can."
The team also explained under the title link: "VirusZ is still the classic antivirus software for Amiga computers. Virus Help Team have made this VirusZ_III.bootblocks file, because there is nothing else we can do, no one from Virus Help Team knows anything about programming and can't make an antivirus program and Virus Help Team does not have the scource code for the xvs.library by Georg Hörmann. So that is why we think this is better than nothing, at least now VirusZ III can find bootvirus unknown to xvs.library."
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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14.Feb.2021
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Aminet uploads until 13.02.2021
The following files have been added until 13.02.2021 to Aminet:
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 2.1M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
spatch.i386-aros.lha dev/misc 55K x86 Clone of SAS binary file patcher
TheMaestrix.lha driver/aud 30K 68k The Maestix: Reloaded! Using AHI
dsp3210.lha driver/oth 44K 68k DSP 3210 drivers and tools
soliton-2.2-os3.lha game/think 322K 68k Klondike & Freecell card game
soliton-2.2-os4.lha game/think 368K OS4 Klondike & Freecell card game
Dungeon2021v2.lha mods/8voic 18M Dungeon 2021 v2 5ch by HKvalhe
dme.i386-aros.lha text/edit 566K x86 Text editor from 68k DICE pac...
rman-3.3.i386-aros.lha text/misc 221K x86 Converting man pages to many ...
tree-mos.lha util/dir 161K MOS Display a tree view of direct...
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 1.0M 68k free icon.library in optimize...
AmigaMapPing.lha util/misc 50K 68k Shows your Amiga on live.amig...
aibb_furia.lha util/moni 1K 68k AIBB 6.5 Module for Furia 68e...
Callmonitor.lha util/moni 57K Display incoming calls w/ +49...
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14.Feb.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 13.02.2021
The following files have been added until 13.02.2021 to OS4Depot:
fallingtime.lha gam/act 4Mb 4.1 Fun and addictive endless faller...
sdl2.lha lib/mis 10Mb 4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 2
rman.lha uti/tex 250kb 4.0 Converting man pages to many for...
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14.Feb.2021
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AROS Archives uploads until 13.02.2021
The following files have been added until 13.02.2021 to AROS Archives:
spatch.i386-aros.lha dev/mis 55kb Clone of SAS binary file patcher
antiryadgx4.8.tgz dev/uti 271Mb 3D/2D Game Engine
shisen-seki.i386-aros.zip gam/boa 24Mb Mahjong matching game.
dme.i386-aros.lha uti/tex 566kb Text editor from 68k DICE package
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14.Feb.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 13.02.2021
The following files have been added until 13.02.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
MilkyTracker_1.03.lha Audio/Tracker An XM/MOD tracker by th...
AntiryadGX_4.9_install.7z Development/Engine 2D-3D Antiryad Gx is an unifi...
FluidLite.lha Development/Library Very light version of F...
Iris_0.108.lha Email New email client suppor...
Fuse_1.5.7_sdl2.lha Emulation The Free Unix Spectrum ...
Tree_1.8.0.lha Files/Dir Display a tree view of ...
Zatackax_1.0.lha Games/Action Zatacka X is a modern, ...
Breaker_2.1.lha Games/BrickBreaker Breaker 2.1 port by ACE...
Chess.lha Games/Think A simple Chessgame
Blockrage.lha Games/Think BlockRage port by Ace. ...
NinjaSiege_0.5.lha Games/TowerDefense A Towerdefence game, co...
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14.Feb.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 13.02.2021
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 13.02.2021:
(snx)
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13.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Two other Jump'n Run games announced (Scorpion Engine)
Currently two other games are being developed using the Scorpion Engine: The first one is a classic jump'n run (video) which has been tested on several Amigas - specific requirements are still not available. The second game (video) is more a "fly'n run" for the player controls a owl.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Arcade classic: Amiga Space Invaders, beta 3
"Space Invaders" (video) written in Blitz Basic is supposed to be quite an authentic port of the arcade classic with the same name released in 1978. The new beta version fixes minor bugs. Additionally, the game now also runs on an A500 with full speed. A new background picture was added as well: By pressing the 'B' key you can change the background picture, the '1' and '2' keys change the colour of the overlay.
Direct download: Space Invaders.adf (880 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Feb.2021
English Amiga Board (Webseite)
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Game engine: Antiryad Gx 4.9 (AmigaOS 3, AROS, MorphOS)
Antiryad Gx is an engine for 2D-/3D games available for different platforms. After a registration also commercial games can be written using the free version. Changes in version 4.9:
- Fixed: Bug found in dynamic library loader in some drivers
- Renamed and enhanced gx_bitmap::bakediffusenormal() to gx_bitmap::bakediffusemap()
- Added new kernel object:
- gx_kernel::ginstall()
- gx_kernel::start()
- gx_kernel::stop()
- gx_kernel::updatecallback()
- gx_kernel::getexternplugin()
- gx_kernel::setexternplugin()
- gx_kernel::getmachinetype()
- gx_kernel::getmachinename()
- gx_kernel::gethardwareserial()
- gx_kernel::getdate()
- gx_kernel::isconsolemode()
- gx_kernel::getznearlimit()
- gx_kernel::getzfarlimit()
- gx_kernel::screensetmode()
- gx_kernel::screensetdefaultmode()
- gx_kernel::applypalette()
- gx_kernel::fastapplypalette()
- gx_kernel::screengetsizex()
- gx_kernel::screengetsizey()
- gx_kernel::screensetsize()
- gx_kernel::readinput()
- gx_kernel::screenflush2d()
- gx_kernel::screenflush3d()
- gx_kernel::getexecutablefilename()
- gx_kernel::setexecutablefilename()
- gx_kernel::printconsol()
- gx_kernel::printint()
- gx_kernel::printhex()
- gx_kernel::printfloat()
- gx_kernel::printvoid()
- gx_kernel::printstring()
- gx_kernel::inputconsol()
- gx_kernel::messagebox()
- gx_kernel::inkey()
- gx_kernel::installkeyboard()
- gx_kernel::uninstallkeyboard()
- gx_kernel::getfasttimer()
- gx_kernel::gettimer()
- gx_kernel::gettimercount()
- gx_kernel::sleep()
- gx_kernel::sqrt()
- gx_kernel::cbrt()
- gx_kernel::memalloc()
- gx_kernel::memdealloc()
- gx_kernel::memrealloc()
- gx_kernel::convertnametofilesystem()
- gx_kernel::convertnamefromfilesystem()
- gx_kernel::fileopen()
- gx_kernel::fileread()
- gx_kernel::fileisasyncready()
- gx_kernel::filereadasync()
- gx_kernel::fileasyncstop()
- gx_kernel::filewrite()
- gx_kernel::fileseek()
- gx_kernel::filetell()
- gx_kernel::fileclose()
- gx_kernel::filekill()
- gx_kernel::getfirstfile()
- gx_kernel::getnextfile()
- gx_kernel::closegetfile()
- gx_kernel::getfirstdirectory()
- gx_kernel::getnextdirectory()
- gx_kernel::closegetdirectory()
- gx_kernel::getfirstvolume()
- gx_kernel::getnextvolume()
- gx_kernel::closegetvolume()
- gx_kernel::getcurrentdirectory()
- gx_kernel::setcurrentdirectory()
- gx_kernel::setrootdirectory()
- gx_kernel::setparentdirectory()
- gx_kernel::createdirectory()
- gx_kernel::deletedirectory()
- gx_kernel::setstartupdirectory()
- gx_kernel::getcurrentvolume()
- gx_kernel::setcurrentvolume()
- gx_kernel::getspecialdirectory()
- gx_kernel::memorycardload()
- gx_kernel::memorycardsave()
- gx_kernel::openlibrary()
- gx_kernel::getlibrary()
- gx_kernel::closelibrary()
- gx_kernel::execute()
- gx_kernel::run()
- gx_kernel::exception()
- gx_kernel::exit()
- gx_kernel::issoundenabled()
- gx_kernel::soundinit()
- gx_kernel::soundreset()
- gx_kernel::soundplay()
- gx_kernel::soundstop()
- gx_kernel::soundupdate()
- gx_kernel::soundpause()
- gx_kernel::soundresume()
- gx_kernel::soundmixer()
- gx_kernel::soundgetstate()
- gx_kernel::soundgetpos()
- gx_kernel::soundgetvolume()
- gx_kernel::soundgetpitch()
- gx_kernel::soundgetpanning()
- gx_kernel::soundinitdoublebuffer()
- gx_kernel::soundwritedoublebuffer()
- gx_kernel::soundresetdoublebuffer()
- gx_kernel::threadgetnbcore()
- gx_kernel::threadcreate()
- gx_kernel::threadrelease()
- gx_kernel::threadpause()
- gx_kernel::threadresume()
- gx_kernel::threadgetstate()
- gx_kernel::threadswitch()
- gx_kernel::threadlock()
- gx_kernel::threadunlock()
- gx_kernel::networkinstall()
- gx_kernel::networkuninstall()
- gx_kernel::networkisenabled()
- gx_kernel::networkserverconnect()
- gx_kernel::networkclientconnect()
- gx_kernel::networkdisconnect()
- gx_kernel::networkgetaddress()
- gx_kernel::networkgetaddressbyname()
- gx_kernel::networkread()
- gx_kernel::networkwrite()
- gx_kernel::networkgetstatus()
- gx_kernel::dspfill32()
- gx_kernel::dspfill64()
- gx_kernel::dspfill128()
- gx_kernel::dspmove8()
- gx_kernel::dspmove16()
- gx_kernel::dspmove32()
- gx_kernel::dspmove64()
- gx_kernel::dspmove128()
- gx_kernel::rotatepts2d()
- gx_kernel::rotateblendpts2d()
- gx_kernel::rotatepts2dfix()
- gx_kernel::rotateblendpts2dfix()
- gx_kernel::rotatepts3d()
- gx_kernel::rotatepts3dfix()
- gx_kernel::rotateblendpts3d()
- gx_kernel::rotateblendpts3dfix()
- gx_kernel::rotatenorm3d()
- gx_kernel::rotateblendnorm3d()
- gx_kernel::morph3d()
- gx_kernel::render3dinstall()
- gx_kernel::render3duninstall()
- gx_kernel::render3dstart()
- gx_kernel::render3dstop()
- gx_kernel::render3dshader()
- gx_kernel::render3dbegin()
- gx_kernel::render3dvertex()
- gx_kernel::render3dend()
- gx_kernel::render3dclearscreen()
- gx_kernel::render3dclearzbuffer()
- gx_kernel::render3dsetstaticcamera()
- gx_kernel::render3dloadstaticgeom()
- gx_kernel::render3dunloadstaticgeom()
- gx_kernel::render3ddrawstaticgeom()
- gx_kernel::render3dloaddynamicgeom()
- gx_kernel::render3dunloaddynamicgeom()
- gx_kernel::render3ddrawdynamicgeom()
- gx_kernel::render3dloadmaterial()
- gx_kernel::render3dunloadmaterial()
- gx_kernel::render3dgettexturesize()
- gx_kernel::render3dscreencapture()
- gx_kernel::render3dupdatematerial()
- gx_kernel::render3dscreentomaterial()
- gx_kernel::extrun()
- gx_kernel::extgetint()
- gx_kernel::extgetfloat()
- gx_kernel::extgetlong()
- gx_kernel::extgetvoid()
- gx_kernel::extsetint()
- gx_kernel::extsetfloat()
- gx_kernel::extsetlong()
- gx_kernel::extsetvoid()
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11.Feb.2021
Jochen Hoffer (E-Mail)
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Tetris clone: Crazy Columns (demo) 0.95
Jochen Hoffer has released a new version of 'Columns', a classic Sega game (video). Now you can set up the controls of how the colours rotate or the "Tetrominoes" immediately dropp down.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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11.Feb.2021
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Print magazine: Issue 128 of Amiga Future readable online
The English issue 128 (September/October 2017) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can be read online on its website. You can also purchase a pdf version with a higher resolution or a printed version in the shop.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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10.Feb.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Pre-order: A1100 - A new motherboard for Amiga-1000 housing
The 'A1100' is a new motherboard for an A1000 housing. A video shows the hardware. The boards has the following specifications:
- CPU: Motorola 68020 with 14 Mhz
- OCS-/ECS compatible, up to 2 MB Chip-Ram (Paula, Agnus, Denise not included)
- 64 Megabyte RAM
- IDE-Controller(44pin)
- Support of two different Kickstart-ROMs. Compatible to OS 3.1.4
- Flickerfixer and ScanDoubler. Internal ports for RGB, Cinch, SVGA
- Expansion ports for A1000 (86pin) and A1200 (150pin) cards
- Connector ATX PowerSupply
- Fast A1200 clockport connector
In a Spanish forum (automatic translation), Carlos 'Estrayk' Del Alamo is going to identify the need for a small-batch production of the hardware. If you are interested, then contact him. Del Alamo cannot tell what the price will be. But it is explicitely a non-commercial project.
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10.Feb.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Java-based graphic tool: ham_convert 1.8.1
Sebastian Sieczko's Java-based 'ham_convert' converts modern graphic formats into the HAM format of the Amiga.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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