26.Dec.2020
commodore.news (Webseite)
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Print/PDF magazine: Komoda & Amiga plus #17 (English/Polish)
"Komoda & Amiga Plus" is dedicated to retro gaming mainly concentrating on Commodore's 8-Bit computers and Amigas. Among others the latest issue includes reviews to 'Smarty and The Nasty Gluttons', 'Fred`s Journey' and 'Tapper', a report on ASCII Art on the Amiga as well as a survey on Lucasfilm Games on 8-bit Commodore computers.
The magazine is available as printed version for 8 Euro erhältlich (plus 15 Euro shipping). The related cover disk costs 5 Euro. The digital version is available for 1,50 Euro. Previous issues of the magazine are available for free in the archive.
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25.Dec.2020
AmiKit (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit X now available for free
Version X of the Workbench distribution AmiKit, released in May 2017, has been made available for free now. AmiKit is aimed at emulators, supporting Windows, Mac OS and Linux. (snx)
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25.Dec.2020
OS4Welt
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ACube Systems: New batch of Sam460cr boards
Press release:
ACube Systems is happy to see a new update for AmigaOS and MorphOS. We would like to make a small party with Amiga users in these difficult times. We then decided to make a small gift to the Amiga and MorphOS Community.
To celebrate the recent release of Update 2 for AmigaOS4.1 FE and MorphOS 3.14, we built a small batch of Sam460cr boards that will be available with a Christmas bundle of the following games:
- Gorky17
- Descent Freespace
- The Secret of Middle City
- BOH
The whole bundle will be at 489 Euros. OS 4.1 FE is included in this product.
We will be ready for shipping in january 2021. We are also preparing a new shop that will be up to the standards. Available soon so stay tuned!
Hint of the editors:This is the so called cost reduced version replacing the Sam460ex boards.
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24.Dec.2020
RedBaron (Forum)
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Virus Help Team: New Bootblock virus Game Over
Again a new bootblock virus was found, called "Game Over". The Virus Help Team describes it as dangerous "due to no antivirus program can find it" but also because the virus injects its code into different places "where there is room on the host disk, so it does not overwrite any data".
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24.Dec.2020
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: FinalBurn Neo 1.0.0.1
FinalBurn Neo is - similar to MAME - an emulator for diverse arcade, consoles and computer systems. Additional to the ROM files, SDL2 are required.
Download: FinalBurnNeo_1.0.0.1.lha (12 MB)
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23.Dec.2020
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Hyperion: Update 2 for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition available for download
Press release: Hyperion Entertainment is proud to announce the immediate release of update 2 for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition. Update 2 is by far the largest update ever released for AmigaOS and includes more than 200 updated components with hundreds of bug fixes, improvements and new features and six completely new OS components. The update is the combined effort of four years of AmigaOS development and will bring AmigaOS4.1 Final Edition to a completely new level of stability and usability.
The complete list of updated, improved and new components can be found in the changelog that also contains a list of the major bugs and issues that has been resolved. Some of the highlights of update 2 are:
- New kernel (exec) version 54.28 with many bug-fixes and stability improvements
- Improvements and bug-fixes in the graphics.library, workbench.library, dos.library, application.library, elf.library and many other essential libraries making them more robust, bug-free and future proof
- Bug-fixes and improvements to the USB-stack
- Many bug-fixes and improvements to console.device, ram-handler, appdir-handler and env-handler
- Many bug-fixes in all reaction classes, datatypes and device drivers
- New OS-components such as the append dos command, an OS4.1 version of DiskDoctor from Olaf Barthel, SataControl, appdir-handler, ssh2-handler
- Many, many more bug-fixes, improvements and new features
Update 2 is free to registered users of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition and can be found in the download area.
This update is the result of the continuing effort of a dedicated group of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition developers and beta-testers. Thank you!
AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition update 2 prerequisites
We strongly recommend that you install update 2 on top of a fresh install of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition update 1. If you decide to update your existing installation you should back it up beforehand!
Operating System: Installed AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 1 Hardware
Compatibility: AmigaOne XE & SE, MicroA1, AmigaOne 500, AmigaOne X1000, AmigaOne X5000, Sam440, Sam460, Pegasos 2, Amiga Classic PPC.
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22.Dec.2020
Floppy (Forum)
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AROS: Icaros Desktop 2.3 released for everyone
Just a couple of days after the pre-release for supporters (amiga-news.de reported), version 2.3 of the AROS distribution Icaros Desktop has been released for everyone today. (snx)
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22.Dec.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Deluxe Edition of Black Dawn Rebirth available, expansion pack announced
Purchasers of the Dungeon Crawler "Black Down Rebirth", released in Autumn 2019, now can download the "Deluxe Edition" for free which fixes some bugs of the original versiont. Additionally a map editor as well as the full source code are included.
For 2021 the expansion pack "Black Dawn Rogue" was announced which replaces the existing story mode by a mode of randomly generated levels similar to Rogue.
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21.Dec.2020
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood plugin: hURL 1.1 for several file transfer protocols
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working elves in Christmas business, are back on your screen with a major update of hURL - the ultimate multi-protocol data transfer plugin for Hollywood which allows Hollywood scripts to transfer data using all kinds of different network protocols including full SSL support. Version 1.1 is a major update as it now includes full support for SFTP and SCP. Furthermore, this version contains a very important bugfix in the MorphOS version which is why MorphOS users should definitely upgrade to 1.1.
hURL supports an incredibly wide range of transfer protocols, e.g. DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, Gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, Telnet and TFTP. As with all Hollywood plugins, hURL comes with extensive documentation in various formats like PDF (over 300 pages!), HTML, AmigaGuide, and CHM that contains detailed descriptions about all functions and methods offered by the plugin. All of this makes hURL the ultimate data transfer tool for Hollywood that contains everything you need to send and receive data via almost any transfer protocol on the planet.
hURL is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal. Thanks to Hollywood's cross-platform plugin system versions for AmigaOS3 (m68k), AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, Linux (ppc, arm, x86, x64), macOS (ppc, x86, x64), Windows (x86, x64), Android (arm, arm64), and iOS (arm, arm64) are provided.
Note that on AmigaOS and compatibles, AmiSSL 4.x is required by hURL for SSL transfers. Since this isn't available in a native MorphOS version yet, you can just use the 68k version of AmiSSL 4 on MorphOS. It has been verified to work fine with hURL.
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21.Dec.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Pistorm: 68k emulation on Raspberry Pi as processor replacement
Under the title link Claude Schwarz has published his project called Pistorm, which at the end of October he had introduced on twitter by presenting a video. Since then several new tweets followed.
He also succeeded in building a combination of Raspberry Pi and the A314.
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21.Dec.2020
EAB (ANF)
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Christmas game: Santa Run
Santa Run is a free Christmas game that was created in seven days. As Santa Claus you have to leap from roof to roof and deliver presents down the chimneys (video). (snx)
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20.Dec.2020
Amiga OS4 (Kommentar)
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FreePascal: Docker container to develop for AmigaOS 4 / LCL for AROS64
Development of FreePascal software within a Docker container (amiga-news.de reported) is now also possible for AmigaOS 4. Besides this, Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has compiled the Pascal-based Lazarus Component Library (LCL) for the 64-bit version of AROS as well - still containing a few bugs for now, though. (snx)
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20.Dec.2020
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Aminet uploads until 19.12.2020
The following files have been added to Aminet until 19.12.2020:
ACME.lha dev/cross 670K MOS Crossassembler for 6502/65C02...
LSEGSave.lha disk/misc 8K 68k Saves Executables from RDB
PFSSalv2_FR.lha disk/salv 7K French catalog for PFSSalv 2.3
f1champ.lha docs/misc 72K Statistics of Formula One 195...
Mattonite.lha game/actio 972K 68k Arkanoid like PAL game almost...
F1GP2020Carset.lha game/data 28K 2020 Carset for F1GP
labyrinth64.lha game/misc 125K 68k Port of Commodore 64 game Lab...
dogma14.zip mags/misc 44M Ukrainian magazine, HTML (01....
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 4.7M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
ASE2019_1.2.lha text/edit 101K 68k Text editor
Textra120.lha text/edit 193K 68k GUI-based Text Editor Written...
Vim_8.2-i386-aros.lha text/edit 12M x86 The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.2-ppc-amigaos.lha text/edit 14M OS4 The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.2-ppc-morphos.lha text/edit 13M MOS The ubiquitous text editor
CopyMemAIO.lha util/boot 47K 68k Speedup your programs & workb...
AmiSSL-4.7.lha util/libs 5.9M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
ViNCEd_Boot_Shin.lha util/shell 10K 68k Use ViNCEd as boot console
AnalogClock.lha util/time 38K 68k Analog transparent clock for ...
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20.Dec.2020
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OS4Depot uploads until 19.12.2020
The following files have been added to OS4Depot until 19.12.2020:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
aya.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Access wolfram alpha answer mach...
witchcleaner.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Clean temp data from OWB and Way...
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20.Dec.2020
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AROS Archives uploads until 19.12.2020
The following files have been added to AROS Archives until 19.12.2020:
vim_8.2-i386-aros.lha dev/edi 12Mb Vim
installerlg.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 120kb Commodore Installer replacement
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20.Dec.2020
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 19.12.2020
The following files have been added to MorphOS-Storage until 19.12.2020:
ACME_0.97.lha Development/Cross A crossassembler for 65...
SDL2_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL2 with...
FBNeo_1.0.0.1.lha Emulation FinalBurn Neo, an Emula...
AmiArcadia_26.82.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
FBNeo_titles_1.0.0.0.zip Emulation Titles pack - PNg backg...
AskYourAmiga_0.4.lha Misc AskYourAmiga_0.4.lha
WitchCleaner_1.55.lha Network/Web A little and easy progr...
AmiSSL_4.7_68k.lha System/Library/SSL OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...
Vim_8.2.2148.lha Text/Edit A highly configurable t...
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20.Dec.2020
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WHDLoad: New installers until 19.12.2020
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 19.12.2020:
- 2020-12-19 improved: One Step Beyond (Ocean) fixed an access fault, uses less chip memory, trainer added, added joypad support, new install script (Info)
- 2020-12-14 improved: Video Kid (Gremlin) joypad controls added, fixed gfx glitches, quitkey on 68000 machines, protection removed, trainer added, uses less memory, new imager (Info)
- 2020-12-14 fixed: Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis (Lucasfilms Games) workaround for wrong iq points file size (Info)
- 2020-12-14 improved: Defender Of The Crown 2 / Verteidiger der Krone 2 / Défenseur de la Couronne 2 / Defensor de la Corona 2 / Difensore della Corona 2 (Commodore) made working on 68000, splash window options added (Info)
- 2020-12-14 improved: Bundesliga Manager Hattrick (Software 2000) all AGA version supported, protection removed on most of them, memory adjusted (Info)
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19.Dec.2020
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AROS: Distribution Icaros Desktop 2.3 for patrons and beta testers
After a longer beta phase, Paolo Besser has released an update of his AROS distribution Icaros Desktop. As main new feature the developer has mentioned a highly reworked "HostBridge" (allowing to start Windows or Linux applications from a hosted AROS). Additionally diverse included applications have been added or updated, e.g. the spreadsheet application "Leu 0.08" or "SilkRAW", a RapaGUI-based front-end for dcraw. If you are going to support Besser on patreon.com, you will get immediately access to this new version 2.3. Otherwise the new version will be available for everyone after a while.
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18.Dec.2020
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 148 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of the Amiga Future issue 148 (January/February 2021) have been published online now at the title link. Its contents include reviews of "Wiz: Quest For The Magic Lantern" and "vAmiga" as well as an interview with Jacek "jacadcaps" Piszczek (Wayfarer).
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.
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18.Dec.2020
Github
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Encryption protocol:: AmiSSL 4.7 (AmigaOS 3/4)
The open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been updated to version 4.7 and is fully compatible to IBrowse 2.5.3.
Changes:
- Updated OpenSSL backend to full compatibility to latest OpenSSL 1.1.1i (08.12.2020) version, which brings security and bug fixes.
- Updated root certificates to latest Mozilla-based bundle
- Fixed OpenSSL command and https developer example not having execute file permission bit set on OS3
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16.Dec.2020
Aminet
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Text editor: Amiga Source Editor 1.2 (2019)
The "Amiga Source Editor" (ASE) is a text editor written by Alain Fontanin. He started to develop it in 1989 but stopped it in 1991. When Fontanin watched the documentary "Viva Amiga" last year, he was reminded "of this beautiful time". Since he no longer develops anything on Mac, he decided to "carry out this personal project and redevelop ASE".
Unfortunately he could not find any of the source codes except the "linked list manager (GLC) which had been published in 1991 in "le Petit Amiga Illustré". Additional to the source codes, he also lost the ASE distribution disks which he is looking for. They were distributed in France at Free Distribution SoftWare (FDS) with the number SH 1064. If anyone finds or has it please write the author.
ASE is a "multi-document" text editor: "You can open as many documents as your activity requires or your machine allows (especially in terms of memory and CPU power). The theoretical limit of the number of lines per document is 4.2 billion! The theoretical limit of the number of characters per line is 4.2 billion! ASE2019 has 1 level 'undo' function and Select / Copy / Cut / Paste editing functions." According to the author the editor runs on Amigas equipped with Kickstart zwischen 2.04 until 3.1, higher versions he could not test under FS-UAE. But we can confirm that ASE2019 also runs fine under OS3.9
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16.Dec.2020
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.84
RedPill developed by Carlos Peris is a Game Construction Kit written in AmiBlitz2, which can help developing games of diverse genres - see our little review of two games. Recently a preview video of the forthcoming game "Putter" has been released being also developed with RedPill. RedPill is compatible to AGA and ECS, the "player" requires a total of 1,5 MB RAM.
Changes in version 0.84:
- Pipeline fully moved to Amiblitz 3.8. Libs are now from this version.
- Input key functions replaced to be compatible with ApolloOs.
- Auto slice fixes to allow bigger sprite areas, stack reviewed.
- In Sprite Sheet screen now the start frame and end frame of the sheet is displayed.
- Added some more checks to auto slice.
- FIX: Start shape was badly calculated for sprite sheets bigger than 2.
- FIX: Only first sprite sheet was exported.
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15.Dec.2020
Twitter (ANF)
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Self-made projects: New Gayle adapter for Amiga 600 and Amiga 1200
On amigaworld.de new layouts of the Gayle adapter for A600 and A1200 have been published which now also have a buffered clockport requiring adapted drivers. The board layouts are published under a Creative-Commons licence.
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13.Dec.2020
ANF
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FreePascal: Docker container for developing software on Amiga systems
Docker (Wikipedia entry) provides containers which "are a standardized unit of software that allows developers to isolate their app from its environment".
Such a container for Docker, Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow now has created for the Pascal compiler FreePascal as well as for the Pascal-based Lazarus Component Library (LCL) in order to being able to develop programms for AmigaOS 3.x, MorphOS and AROS. A VNC server is used for accessing the container. Due to some problems occuring if LCL is tried to compile for AmigaOS 4, this operating system currently is not supported.
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13.Dec.2020
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 1.8
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.8 of his web browser Wayfarer.
MorphOS 3.14 and 1 GB RAM are required. A processor with at least 1,5 GHz is recommended. For giving feedback please use the corresponding discussion on morphzone, the integrated crash reporter or send an eMail to wayfarer at wayfarer.icu.
Changes:
- Added jpeg2k support via OpenJPEG
- Reports browser locale based on system locales
- Added a Translation service support w/ settings
- Added session quicksave hotkeys
- Improved wheel scrolling and mouse cursor code
- Adjusted page/wheel scrolling deltas to be in-line with WebCore's suggested values
- Scrolling page content is now possible with mmb pressed
- Esc key deactivates the WebKit container, instead of being swallowed
- Improved the cURL thread loop
- Various UI improvements in the Printing Mode
- Improved shutdown times
- Linked against latest OpenSSL 1.1.1i and cURL 7.74.0
- Fixed RMB to not select word under cursor if there already is a selection in editable components
- Fixed pasting text into editors handling paste via JS/DOM Events
- Fixed a crash in FavIcon loader
- Fixed a crash when logging into AppleID
- Fixed a crash when closing a window with tabs that are pending website load
- Fixed early startup issues where OpenURL could send OPEN commands before Wayfarer fully initializes
- Fixed a race condition in curl cache handling
- Fixed a use-after-free when closing a window or loading a session
- Worked around a bug causing some localized strings to be empty
- Download name scheme is stored when a download begins, so subsequent settings changes won't affect it
- Page reload actually skips curl caches now
- Command keys are no longer eaten by webkit
- Loader now catches all ObjC terminal errors
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13.Dec.2020
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Aminet uploads until 12.12.2020
The following files have been added to Aminet until 12.12.2020:
AmIRC_FR.lha comm/irc 22K French catalog for AmIRC 3.62
NewsCoaster_FR.lha comm/news 21K French catalogs for NewsCoast...
AmiTradeCenter_FR.lha comm/tcp 16K French catalogs for AmiTradeC...
NetPrinter_FR.lha comm/tcp 8K French catalogs for NetPrinte...
TankGL.lha demo/misc 346K MOS TankGL - simple OpenGL Demo
KONEY_CRIPPLED_CYBORG... demo/sound 240K 68k CRIPPLED CYBORG Hardcore Musi...
HWP_Polybios.lha dev/hwood 22M MOS The ultimate PDF tool for Hol...
libpsockets.i386-aros... dev/lib 150K x86 The part of AROS-stuff (POSIX...
libpsockets.mos.lha dev/lib 69K MOS The part of AROS-stuff (POSIX...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 2.1M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
QuickBackup.lha disk/bakup 5K Simple Backup Script
SWSyncTool_FR.lha disk/bakup 6K French catalog for SW-SyncToo...
LSEGSave.lha disk/misc 6K 68k Saves Executables from RDB
VieIII.lha game/misc 95K 68k A GUI Game of Life
BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 49K 68k Create your own backdrop patt...
MathX_FR.lha misc/math 14K French catalog for MathX 1.32
MUIMapparium_FR.lha misc/sci 7K French catalog for MUIMappari...
SoundBox_FR.lha mus/misc 9K French catalog for SoundBox 2.9
AmiModRadio.lha mus/play 2.7M 68k Play modules from Internet so...
DAPlayer_68k.lha mus/play 541K 68k Digital audio player mp3, cdd...
Vim_8.2-i386-aros.lha text/edit 12M x86 The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.2-ppc-amigaos.lha text/edit 14M OS4 The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.2-ppc-morphos.lha text/edit 13M MOS The ubiquitous text editor
UnRAR_FR.lha util/arc 11K French catalog for UnRAR 5.90
AssignManager.lha util/boot 59K 68k GUI for making assigns. V1.24
ToolsMenu_FR.lha util/cdity 6K French catalog for ToolsMenu ...
FileMaster2.2.lha util/dir 59K 68k Powerful file manager, free v...
SysSpeed_FR.lha util/moni 9K French catalog for SysSpeed 2.6
OpenParent.lha util/wb 7K 68k Open Parent Drawer
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13.Dec.2020
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OS4Depot uploads until 12.12.2020
The following files have been added to OS4Depot until 12.12.2020:
basiliskii.lha emu/com 2Mb 4.1 Macintosh emulator runs MacOS7 a...
hwp_polybios.lha lib/hol 22Mb 4.1 plugin for Hollywood to easily c...
zitaftpserver.lha net/ser 11Mb 4.1 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
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13.Dec.2020
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AROS Archives uploads until 12.12.2020
The following files have been added to AROS Archives until 12.12.2020:
libpsockets.i386-aros.lha dev/lib 150kb the part of AROS-stuff (POSIX So...
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13.Dec.2020
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 12.12.2020
The following files have been added to MorphOS-Storage until 12.12.2020:
DAPlayer_1.13.lha Audio/Players Digital audio player mp...
HWP_Polybios_1.3.lha Development/Hollywood/... The ultimate PDF tool f...
libpsockets.lha Development/Library The part of AROS-stuff ...
FileMaster_3.1.lha Files/Manager Multitasking directory ...
AskMeUp_XXL_Robotics.zip Games/Think AskMeUp_XXL_Robotics.zip
TankGL_1.0.lha Graphics/3D TankGL - simple OpenGL ...
Wayfarer_1.8.lha Network/Web Wayfarer is the latest ...
Vim_8.2.2121.lha Text/Edit A highly configurable t...
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13.Dec.2020
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WHDLoad: New installers until 12.12.2020
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 12.12.2020:
- 2020-12-08 improved: Pinball Fantasies (21st Century) re-added support for an AGA version, corrected skip intro custom option (Info)
- 2020-12-07 improved: Final Assault (Epyx) supports another version (Info)
- 2020-12-06 improved: Treasure Island Dizzy (Code Masters) joypad and 2-button joysticks controls improved (Info)
- 2020-12-06 updated: Pinball Fantasies (21st Century) fixed crash introduced in 3.0, fixed possible froze, skip intro added (Info)
- 2020-12-06 improved: Globdule (Psygnosis) added quitkey for 68000 machines (Info)
- 2020-12-06 improved: Elite (Mr. Micro) supports another version, more compatible blitter wait routine, fixed music replay (Info)
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[News message: 13. Dec. 2020, 07:53] [Comments: 0]
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12.Dec.2020
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Fix for incorrect date of real-time clock on Starboard 2
The memory expansion Microbotics Starboard 2 also provides a real-time clock. But at the end of 2017 it leaped back to 1. January 1978 refusing to display a correct date. Now a user has writen a little program which is launched by the startup-sequence and which pushes forward the date by 40 years.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 12. Dec. 2020, 23:58] [Comments: 2 - 13. Dec. 2020, 19:26]
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12.Dec.2020
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Patch: Kickstart 1.3 with support of HD drives
An user has written a patch which provides support of HD drives for Kickstart 1.3 (version 34.5). The patch program generates either a new Kickstart disk (for A1000) or writes the patched Kickstart image in a file. The HD drive - the developer uses a Chinon FZ-357A - is a replacement for an existing drive and is connected to the motherboard or put into a case of an old, external drive.
In order to add the new code into the Kickstart, the support of 5,25 inch drive was removed. Additionally, the trackdisk.device no longer warns if some of the required system ressources are not available for initializing it.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 12. Dec. 2020, 23:50] [Comments: 0]
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12.Dec.2020
commodore.news (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: Lotek64, issue 61 (German)
The German magazione "Lotek64" covers old and alternative computer systems. Amongst other things. Among other things, issue 61 includes a review on the multi platform adventure "Curse of Rabenstein".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 12. Dec. 2020, 22:09] [Comments: 0]
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11.Dec.2020
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Quiz for AmigaOS 4/MorphOS: "Robotics" add-on for AskMeUp XXL
Jérôme 'Glames' Senay's "Ask Me Up" is a one to five player quiz game for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Windows featuring now 2226 questions. The free add-on "Robotics" provides 50 new questions, such like: "Who used the word "robot" for the first time ?" and "What is the world's best-selling humanoid robot ?". This add-on was done in partnership with the magazine Planète Robots and his publication editor, Frédéric Boisdron!
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[News message: 11. Dec. 2020, 20:26] [Comments: 0]
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11.Dec.2020
Alinea Computer (ANF)
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Alinea Computer: Own hardware extensions and spare parts for Amigas
German Amiga dealer Alinea Computer now also offers smaller hardware and spare parts from its own production. Items sold at the title link include replacement capacitors, clockport expanders and a remake of the Amiga B2000 Rev. 6.2 board. (cg) (Translation: snx)
[News message: 11. Dec. 2020, 15:55] [Comments: 0]
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11.Dec.2020
RELEC (ANF)
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Vampire 1200 also available in RELEC shop
The Swiss trader RELEC has announced that the first batch of Vampire-1200 accelerator boards will be delivered to purchasers around the turn of the year. The first purchasers should have been informed to confirm their orders. RELEC will offer V1200 and V500(+) boards as well as V600 (soon).
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 11. Dec. 2020, 00:51] [Comments: 0]
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10.Dec.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Network port and SD card reader for Amigas with SPI interface
7-Bit offers a combined Ethernet controller (MINI ENC28J60) and MicroSD card reader which can be used with all devices equipped with a SPI bus - and thus mainly with RAM expansions and "Wicher" accelerator boards.
There are no detailed information about drivers available. The products of 7-bit can be ordered from diverse traders.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 10. Dec. 2020, 22:00] [Comments: 0]
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10.Dec.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Wicher 1211: 11 MB memory expansion for A1200
7-bit offers a memory expansion providing up to 11 MB RAM for an Amiga 1200. Additionally the card has a real time clock and a SPI port:
- 11MB FAST RAM for AmigaOS (used 16MB SDRAM memory)
- RTC clock
- SPI controller
- PCMCIA compatible (4MB + 1,5MB)
- MAPROM and BootROM function
Kickstart 3.1 is recommended. The products of 7-bit can be ordered from diverse traders.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 10. Dec. 2020, 21:54] [Comments: 0]
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10.Dec.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Preview video: 'Putter' - a Jump'n Run like 'Soccer Kid'
In August for the first time the Jump'n Run game developed by Third_Knight / Czorny was introduced and now was named 'Putter'. A new preview video of the game which was inspired by Soccer Kid shows the title screen as well as the first five levels. A release date for the game which is developed with RedPill is not yet set.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 10. Dec. 2020, 21:47] [Comments: 0]
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09.Dec.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Preview videos: 'Scourge of the Underkind' and Doom clone 'Dread'
"Scourge of the Underkind" is a tribute to games like Gods, Chaos Engine and Alien Breed, is developed in assembler and will offer 16 levels devided into four worlds. A new video shows latest level of development. 'Scourge' will be available in two different versions: A "Special Edition" will be sold together with the Amiga 500 cases announced by a1200.net. Shortly afterwards the standard version - providing different levels and bosses - will be also sold.
Dread" is a Doom clone written for an Amiga 500 equipped with 1 MB RAM. In the latest preview video the developer shows the creation of the ingame menu as well as of the title screen and the problems which had to be solved for it.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 09. Dec. 2020, 23:30] [Comments: 0]
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09.Dec.2020
Pär Boberg (ANF)
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Liste of "Famous Amiga Uses" updated
"Famous Amiga Uses" is a list of well-known companies and institutions which used an Amiga. Now the list has been updated again. By updating the list, "Famous Amiga Uses" celebrates its 20. anniversary.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 09. Dec. 2020, 22:04] [Comments: 0]
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09.Dec.2020
Diverse (ANF)
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Kickstarter campaign for Amiga inspired case in MiniITX format
In 2018, Stephen Jones financed a case inspired by an A3000 by crowdfunding and revived his brand "Checkmate" for that which he used 30 years ago for an A500 desktop case. In late summer the "Checkmate Mini" was announced which is much smaller and is meant for motherboards with mini-ITX form factor. Using an adapter kit, the case can also host the FPGA emulators "UnAmiga" and "MIster" und since yesterday it is crowdfunded by Kickstarter.
For about 180 Euro you get the standard case. There are also a "Deluxes" version available for 220 Euro which e.g. includes additional panels for disk and DVD drives as well as diverse combined offers. So far about 37.000 of 55.000 Euro has been financed.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 09. Dec. 2020, 21:59] [Comments: 0]
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08.Dec.2020
amiga.org (Webseite)
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ACube: Firmware update for Sam 440ep (flex) - U-boot 1.3.1g
For its PPC motherboards Sam 440ep and Sam 440ep-flex ACube Systems has released a firmware update which can be downloaded for free from the corresponding website. Radeon-HD and Radeon-RX- cards now can be used with a PCIe adapter:
- Improved support for Radeon HD and Radeon RX graphic cards.
Now you can use a Radeon HD / RX via a PCI to PCI Express adapter. On the Sam440ep flex motherboard, it is recommended to use PCI slot #1 for maximum performance. Please note that full support for Radeon RX is still under development and for this reason, with many models of gfx cards, U-Boot does not show any output, but the card works fine once the operating system is loaded.
- Introduced a new menu entry to change the x86 gfx BIOS emulator accuracy.
If your graphic card show some visual problems on startup, try increasing the x86 BIOS emulator accuracy.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 08. Dec. 2020, 00:02] [Comments: 0]
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07.Dec.2020
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Polybios 1.3: Hollywood Designer 5.0 can import PDF pages
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working elves in snow business, are proud to present Polybios 1.3. This is a major update which makes it possible to import PDF pages into Hollywood Designer 5.0. Furthermore, it also adds full support for treating PDFs as vector animations in Hollywood and there are some bug fixes as well.
The plugin Polybios 1.3 is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal. Thanks to Hollywood's cross-platform plugin system versions for AmigaOS3 (m68k, m881), AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS (x86), Linux (ppc, arm, x86, x64), macOS (ppc, x86, x64), Windows (x86, x64), Android (arm, arm64), and iOS (arm, arm64) are provided.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 07. Dec. 2020, 23:37] [Comments: 0]
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07.Dec.2020
Amiga Ireland (ANF)
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Online competition: Commodore Creative Competition 2021
The "Commodore Creative Competition" is organized by the "Amiga Users Ireland" every year. In January in a meeting of the group the winners of the categories "Mod/AHX", "Pixel Art" and "Raytracing" will be elected. This time it is going to be a virtual meeting. You can send a competition entry using the upload website as well as take part in the vote. You can reserve tickets for the virtual meeting on Eventbrite.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 07. Dec. 2020, 23:36] [Comments: 0]
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06.Dec.2020
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Aminet uploads until 05.12.2020
The following files have been added to Aminet until 05.12.2020:
twittAmiga.lha comm/misc 5.2M MOS Twitter client
ddns_check_v2.2_web.lha comm/tcp 318K retrieve public IP and web se...
streamer.lha comm/www 356K 68k Play MPEG/RealAudio internet ...
asm-kurs4.lha dev/asm 780K Assembly course, German
vbcc_bin_amigaosppc.lha dev/c 2.6M OS4 Optimizing ISO C compiler, PP...
vbcc_bin_powerup.lha dev/c 1.1M OS4 Optimizing ISO C compiler, PP...
vbcc_bin_warpos.lha dev/c 933K OS4 Optimizing ISO C compiler, PP...
vbcc_target_m68k-kick... dev/c 474K ISO C compiler, AmigaOS 1.2/1...
vbcc_target_ppc-amiga... dev/c 186K ISO C compiler, PPC-AmigaOS T...
vbcc_target_ppc-power... dev/c 351K ISO C compiler, PPC-Powerup T...
vbcc_target_ppc-warpo... dev/c 221K ISO C compiler, PPC-WarpOS Ta...
A09-1.45.lha dev/cross 275K OS4 6800/6801/6809/6301/6309 Asse...
cazm-1.27.lha dev/cross 154K OS4 Z80 Cross Assembler
F9DASM-1.80.lha dev/cross 348K OS4 6800/6801/6809/6309 Disassembler
rasm_os4.lha dev/cross 1.5M OS4 Roudoudou's Z80 Assembler
less-mos.lha dev/gg 764K MOS Viewer program similar to "more"
regina-doc.pdf dev/lang 1.2M Alternative REXX interpreter doc
sdl_sprite-1.2b.i386.lha dev/lib 168K x86 Display animated sprites
GoADF.lha disk/misc 468K 68k AIO software to handle ADF/AD...
Square_Destroy.adf game/board 880K 68k special version of classic re...
DeluxePacman_A.lha game/misc 388K 68k PacMan clone with lots of fea...
DeluxePacman_E.lha game/misc 315K 68k PacMan clone with lots of fea...
labyrinth64.lha game/misc 123K 68k Port of Commodore 64 game Lab...
dMagnetic.lha game/role 260K MOS Interpreter for Magnetic Scro...
dMagnetic.lha game/text 316K MOS Interpreter for Magnetic Scro...
BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 49K 68k Create your own backdrop patt...
trx2x.i386-aros.lha misc/emu 362K x86 ZX Spectrum floppy image conv...
HexShow.lha util/cli 5K 68k shows files as Hex
SysInfoFix.lha util/libs 5K 68k 68040/060-Loadlib fix for Sys...
mousemeter.sbar.lha util/misc 101K MOS A mousemeter screenbar module.
SysinfoBoards.lha util/moni 13K 68k More Boardinfos for Sysinfo
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[News message: 06. Dec. 2020, 07:03] [Comments: 0]
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OS4Depot uploads until 05.12.2020
The following files have been added to OS4Depot until 05.12.2020:
rasm.lha dev/cro 1Mb 4.0 Roudoudou's Z80 Assembler
vbcc.lha dev/cro 3Mb 4.0 Optimizing ISO C compiler, PPC/A...
vbcc_libs.lha dev/cro 186kb 4.0 Compiler target AmigaOS 4.x PowerPC
starpusher.lha gam/puz 7Mb 4.1 A cute Sokoban clone
deficons_dump.lha uti/she 5kb 4.0 show what project tools is assoc...
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06.Dec.2020
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AROS Archives uploads until 05.12.2020
The following files have been added to AROS Archives until 05.12.2020:
a09-1.45.i386-aros.lha dev/cro 169kb 6800/6801/6809/6301/6309 Assembler
cazm-1.27.i386-aros.lha dev/cro 111kb Z80 Cross Assembler
dasm-2.20.14.1.i386-aros.lha dev/cro 1Mb Macroassembler with support for ...
f9dasm-1.80.i386-aros.lha dev/cro 246kb 6800/6801/6809/6309 Disassembler
sdl_image-1.2.12.i386-aro... dev/lib 939kb library to load images of var. f...
sdl_net-1.2.8.i386-aros.lha dev/lib 28kb portable network library
sdl_sprite-1.2b.i386-aros... dev/lib 168kb Display animated sprites
trx2x.i386-aros.lha emu/uti 362kb ZX Spectrum floppy image converter
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 05.12.2020
The following files have been added to MorphOS-Storage until 05.12.2020:
twittAmiga_4.4.2.lha Communication A Twitter client with m...
Less_563.lha Development/GeekGadgets A paginator similar to ...
dMagnetic_0.28.lha Games/Role Interpreter for Magneti...
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06.Dec.2020
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WHDLoad: New installers until 05.12.2020
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 05.12.2020:
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[News message: 06. Dec. 2020, 07:03] [Comments: 0]
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06.Dec.2020
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AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Beast III - As A New Day Dawns (Neil Mix)
- Grave Yard (Finally Out Of My Mind Mix)
- Red Sector Theme - Spatial remix
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05.Dec.2020
Forum64 (Webseite)
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PDF retro magazine: Paleotronic
According to its website, the Australian PDF magazine Paleotronic "takes an enthusiastic look back at the history of electronics, including computers, videogames and media, as well as its use professionally, in business and in industry. Along the way, we trace the roots of the devices and technologies which define our modern world. It's education meets entertainment." The final issue was published in October 2019, most of them are available on archive.org.
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[News message: 05. Dec. 2020, 23:50] [Comments: 0]
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04.Dec.2020
commodore.news (Webseite)
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Modplayer: AmiModRadio 0.9998
AmiModRadio is "a program to automatically download, extract, and play modules from Aminet." A rating function is included as well. The new version provides bug fixes. If you want to report bugs then please use the official bugtracker.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 04. Dec. 2020, 23:02] [Comments: 0]
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04.Dec.2020
commodore.news (Webseite)
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Amiga emulator for Mac OS: vAmiga 0.9.15
Dirk Hoffmann's "vAmiga" is a new Amiga emulator for MacOS computers emulating an A500, A1000 or A2000. Changes in version 0.9.15:
- Added support for 3.5“ HD diskettes (Kickstart 2.0 required).
- 'Export disk' opens a new dialog which lets the user view and check all disk sectors prior to exporting.
- Added 'DIR' as new export format. All files on a disk will be saved in a regular folder on the Mac.
- Some configuration panels have been cleaned up and restructured.
- Blitter register values are no longer cached at the beginning of a Blitter operation (Hostages).
- Hold-B is updated when BLTBDAT is written and keeps the original value if B channel DMA is off (Sanity Arte).
- Invalid BP2 priorities don’t affect HAM mode any more (Rocklobster).
- Fixed a bug in the ADF exporter that made it impossible to export newly formatted disks.
- Fixed a bug in the devices pref panel (clicking a trashcan icon deleted the wrong entries).
- The core emulator can be compiled with gcc (macOS uses clang by default).
- Most of the larger data structures are now created on the heap instead of the stack.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 04. Dec. 2020, 22:53] [Comments: 0]
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