29.Oct.2018
Ingo Neuber (ANF)
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Vampire V4 (standalone) boots AmigaOS 3.1
For the first time a video shows how the standalone version of the Vampire is booting AmigaOS 3.1. First it is booted without any volume and you can see that a modified Kickstart-ROM is used: "68080 Apollo Team, Test Exec Build, Not for public Use!". The second time a CF-card was connected to the computer which starts the Workbench without any problems - even a bit slowly according to the tester.
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28.Oct.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 27.10.2018
The following archives have been added to Aminet until October 27th, 2018:
AFnews-OS4.lha comm/www 1.2M OS4 Amiga Future Everywhere Amiga...
MCE.lha game/edit 2.0M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.2M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.4M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
stratagus.lha game/strat 23M WOS Realtime strategy game engine
NRLegacy.lha mods/misc 154K Ninja Remix Legacy 4-channel ...
NRWLegacy.lha mods/misc 182K Wasteland from Ninja Remix Le...
NickyTitch.lha mods/xm 817K New Mod By Pseudaxos
Vim_8.1-i386-aros.lha text/edit 9.7M x86 The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.1-ppc-morphos.lha text/edit 9.6M MOS The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.1-src.lha text/edit 14M The ubiquitous text editor (s...
cabextract.lha util/arc 43K 68k Extract Microsoft Cabinet (.C...
cabextract_MOS.lha util/arc 47K MOS Extract Microsoft Cabinet (.C...
cabextract_OS4.lha util/arc 44K OS4 Extract Microsoft Cabinet (.C...
uuid_lib.lha util/libs 12K OS4 Unique ID (UUID/GUID) generat...
InstallerLG.i386-aros... util/sys 79K x86 Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.ppc-morph... util/sys 109K MOS Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.src.lha util/sys 1.6M Commodore Installer replacement
resident_virus_protec... util/virus 83K 68k Virus Protector 3.03 rev 152
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28.Oct.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 27.10.2018
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until October 27th, 2018:
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
afnews.lha net/new 1Mb 4.0 Amiga Future Everywhere AmigaOS 4
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28.Oct.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 27.10.2018
The following archives have been added to MorphOS Storage until October 27th, 2018:
cabextract_1.8.lha Files/Archive Tool to extract Microso...
MCE_10.7.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
MS_Tools_1.0.lha Office/Show Microsoft Office Tools
InstallerLG_0.1.0a31.lha System/Shell Commodore Installer rep...
Vim_8.1.490.lha Text/Edit A highly configurable t...
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28.Oct.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 27.10.2018
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until October 27th, 2018:
- 2018-10-26 fixed: Crystal Palace (Amiga Fun) crash when no highscore file was found fixed (Info)
- 2018-10-26 improved: Crystal Palace (Amiga Fun) keyboard routine rewritten, 68000 quitkey support, lots of buggy blit routines fixed, access faults fixed, more trainer options added, highscore load/save added, timing fixed, source code included (Info)
- 2018-10-22 improved: The Secret of Monkey Island / Monkey Island (Lucasfilm Games) reduced os-flashing when saving games (Info)
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28.Oct.2018
Mirko Engelhardt (ANF)
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New games at Amigaland, Relaunch completed
Mirko Engelhardt wrote: As promised new games are available, this time games by Vivid Image. The First Samurai, Second Samurai, Time Machine, Streetracer and Hammerfist can be downloaded in the download section. Our relaunch has been completed. All content of the old website is available again, some sections has been reworked and new information added. Have fun.
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27.Oct.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Kultmags: Three new issues of "Amiga DOS"
On kultmags.com there are digital editions of old Amiga books and magazines. Now the issues 2, 4 and 6 from 1991 of the "Amiga DOS" have been added.
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27.Oct.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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WHDLoad frontend: Source codes for iGame released under GPL
iGame is a MUI-based frontend for launching WHDLoad games. Since some time the source codes of the program which still is being developed further have been available under a free licence on Github.
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26.Oct.2018
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Legal battle: Amiga Inc. resurrected from the dead
While responding in the legal battle against Cloanto, Hyperion didn't just take Cloanto to court
but all of the so-called "Amiga parties" as well - i.e. all companies that are or used to be owners of the Amiga IP since 2000 and that
are parties of the 2009 settlement agreement with Hyperion:
Amino (formerly "Amiga Inc.", Washington), Itec LLC and Amiga Inc. (formerly "KMOS", Delaware).
Both Amino and Amiga Delaware
had been listed as inactive or "void" in their state's corporate registries.
Amiga Delaware had been neglecting all of their trademark registrations for years, resulting in the loss of many registered marks
including the important 'Amiga' mark in the US - which ultimately resulted
in the current litigation.
It seems that due to Hyperion's lawsuit, both companies got active again. Last week, Amino tried to stop distribution of AmigaOS 3.1.4 by sending a Cease and Desist to
Hyperion's eCommerace partner. Earlier this year, for the first time in years, expiring trademark registrations had been renewed:
The EU trademarks Amiga
and powered by Amiga are still registered as active marks owned by Amiga Inc.
As the author of Amiga Documents is now
reporting,
Amiga Inc. Delware is now listed with a status of "Good Standing" again, in contrast to "void" which used to be their status
until recently. An interesting detail in the two screenshots posted to Twitter (this kind of information is only available
to paying users of Delaware's corporate registry): In 2017 Amiga, Inc. still had a tax debt of 540,000 USD, which seems to have
been taken care of by now.
The activities of both companies are already affecting the situation, apparently. During the last few days, it was discovered that Hyperion
didn't just change their eCommerce partner as a reaction to Amino's Cease and Desist - they also changed the copyright texts
in AmigaOS 3.1.4: Where the Workbench 'About' dialog and the Kickstart screen used to say (Screenshot from a
Youtube-Video) "Copyright 2018 Hyperion Entertainment. All Rights Reserved", it now states
"Copyright 2018 Hyperion Entertainment CVBA. Developed under License".
Editor's note:
If somebody really made tax debts of half a million dollars go away, just to make Amiga Inc. capable of acting on its own again,
that suggests there are parties working behind the scenes that are still quite interested in monetarizing the remaining IP
still controlled by the company.
While Ben Hermans is using the news service of his business partner APC&TCP for one of his usual
pithy statements,
in which he explains that there's "very little room for doubt" that it's Cloanto who's behind the "administratively dissolved
Amino's" Cease and Desist, we severely doubt that Cloanto's Mike Battilana would invest six digit sums into
reactivating questionable US companies.
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25.Oct.2018
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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3D printing: Case parts for Amiga computers
The Dutch shop 3dprintserviceshop.com offers several case parts for diverse Amiga computers which are made by 3d printing, e.g.: Disk drive buttons or slot frames for the A1000 as well as disk drive frames or brackets for the floppy emulator Gotek.
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25.Oct.2018
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New graphics board drivers: Enhancer Software Graphics Upgrade
A-EON has announced the immediate availability of the "Enhancer Software Graphics Upgrade" which is a supplement to the Enhancer package. The upgrade offers 2D and 3D drivers for "Radeon RX" graphics boards with Polaris chipset. Besides, Warp 3D - the "Nova" as well as the clasic version - now can address more than 256 MB graphic memory.
What is included:
- RadeonHD version 3.6 driver
- RadeonRX version 1.11 driver
- Warp3D Nova 3D Driver for RadeonRX
Enhancer Software version 1.x as well as a supported Radeon-HD or Radeon-RX graphics board with Southern Island/Oland or Polaris-Chipsatz are required. Currently the RX driver only works with the X5000 or the announced A1222/Tabor - other systems obviously require a firmware upgrade. A Sam460 does not show any BIOS output using the latest U-Boot version but boots without any problems AmigaOS if the RX driver is installed.
In a discussion on amigaworld.net Amigakit explained that for customers of the "Plus" edition of Enhancer about 35 Euro have to be paid, owners of the standard edition have to pay about 44,50 Euro (plus taxes and charges of the online biller service). Purchasers of the package will get "a licence" for the announced second generation of the "Enhancer Software" package.
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24.Oct.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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CS530 and CS540: New A500 accelerator boards in development
The Polish people Szymon 'Cizar' Paprocki and Andrzej 'Sellen' Rogozynski are working on accelerator boards for the Amiga 500 which will be equipped with processors of 68030, 68040 or 68060. Prototypes already exist. You can watch videos about the "CS530" and "CS540" on the Youtube channel of Paprocki.
All statements of the developers only are available in Polish and the boards still are in an early development stage. The following features are planned:
- MC68030 (with FPU MC68882) and 040 processors, 68060 also planned
- SDRAM or DDR chips as FastRAM, controlled by a Spartan6 FPGA controller
- Slot for CF cards
- IDE port (40 Pin)
- A ARM ST32H7 microcontroller with 400Mhz, its function is not clear. Translations of third parties from the Polish say "a new chipset with access to the complete FastRAM".
- NAU8822AYG-based soundcard with MP3-decoder and AHI implementation. The original Amiga signal is supposed to be taken through the card
- USB
- UEXT
- WIFI (ESP 32 WROOM)
- MicroSD slot
- 12-bit stereo sampler
- Hardware MPEG decodierung
- HDMI port
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24.Oct.2018
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Arcade game: Mink Gold 2
Another release for the game competition of the Retrokomp is "Mink Gold 2" written with AMOS: You have to collect jewels, operate switches and avoid collisions with enemies.
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24.Oct.2018
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 135 - preview and excerpts
A preview and extracts of issue 135 (November/December 2018) of the Amiga Future have been released today. Among other things, this issue features a meeting report from the 'Classic Computing' as well as reviews of Rocket Ranger and Workbench Explorer. (cg)
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23.Oct.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Sokoban clone: Magazyn
Magazyn is a Sokoban clone developed for the game competition of the Retrokomp. The latest release still has not any sound.
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23.Oct.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Shoot'em Up previews: Invaders (playable preview) and Inviyya (video)
Inviyya is a shoot'em up game (videos: 1, 2) inspired by R-Type which has been developed for two years. The engine was finished but according to the author still some bugs have to be fixed and diverse levels to be completed. The final release is planned before Xmas.
Invaders is a clone of the classic Space Invaders. The game has been developed for the game competition of the Retrokomp but still is not quite finished - e.g. sound is missing.
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23.Oct.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Event: Amiga Hackroom122 Meetup (27./28. October, Warsaw)
On October 27 and 28 in Warsaw the 'Amiga Hackroom122 Meetup' will take place. The first day is dedicated to the demoscene and a MorphOS presentation of Grzegorz Kraszewski. On the second day there will be workshops on AMOS and music trackers. Ticktes are available for 10 Zloty (about 2,40 Euro).
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23.Oct.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Scene World: Podcast Episode #54: Gamescom 2018
In the latest issue of the "Scene World" the editors report about their experiences as exhibitors at the Gamescom. On site developers and publishers were asked about their expectations for 2019 regarding the retro gaming scene.
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22.Oct.2018
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Linux distribution with Amiga design: Workbench OS
"Workbench OS" (video) provided by John Petrella and Adriano Morselli is a Linux distribution with Amiga design. The desktop Mate is changed with several themes and and a corresponding icon set based on the look of different AmigaOS versions.
Besides, the emulator FS-UAE is preinstalled (Kickstart-ROMs are not included) and the usage of Icaros under a virtual environment is explained on the website of Workbench OS.
Workbench OS is available as these different versions: The "preview" version from December 2017 as PCLinuxOS edition with RPM package manager or with DEB package system. The "stable" version was released about three weeks later and is only available as RPM/PCLinuxOS version. For this December a version based on Debian Testing was announced.
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22.Oct.2018
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Hyperion: Graphical illustration about origin of AmigaOS customers
A few days ago Hyperion has published a pie chart on its Facebook site which illustrates from which countries all the customers are who purchased a download during the last 30 days. About three weeks ago AmigaOS 3.1.4 was released which might be a big part of the downloads:
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22.Oct.2018
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Event: Pictures of MicroAlchimie (France)
Last weekend in Clérieux (near to Lyon) the "MicroAlchimie" took place. About 60 visitors and the Amiga traders Amedia and Relec met to celebrate retro computers. Pictures of the event now can be found on amiga-ng.org.
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21.Oct.2018
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Amiga On The Lake: Replacement keyboards by Kipper2K
The company owners of "Amiga On The Lake", Aaron Smith and Jeffery Yoder, did finance the production of the replacement keyboards developed by 'Kipper2K' in advance and have taken over the worldwide distribution. Replacement keyboards for the Amiga 500 and 1200 will be available about Xmas, the ones for the Amiga 600, 2000, 3000 and 4000 will follow. Additional to the complete keyboards also replacement PCB membranes for repairing the A500/A600 and A1200 computers "are expected to be available after Xmas 2018".
The replacement keyboards will be sent as keyboard kits with instructions. You have to pay 189 US-Dollar for the A1200 version and ten more for the A500.
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21.Oct.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 20.10.2018
The following archives have been added to Aminet until October 20th, 2018:
dizzytorrent2.lha comm/tcp 540K 68k Amiga BitTorrent client with ...
tw05.zip demo/mag 764K 68k The Word #5, UK scene diskmag
tw06.zip demo/mag 775K 68k The Word #6, UK scene diskmag
tw07.zip demo/mag 1.5M 68k The Word #7, UK scene diskmag
tw08.lha demo/mag 683K 68k The Word #8, UK scene diskmag
feelin_68k.lha dev/gui 375K 68k A framework for AmigaOS and f...
feelin_common.lha dev/gui 1.1M 68k A framework for AmigaOS and f...
feelin_src.lha dev/gui 510K A framework for AmigaOS and f...
Microsoft_Tools_1.0.lha dev/mui 477K MOS Microsoft Office Tools
AGA_Monthly_19.txt mags/misc 240K AGA/CD32 newsletter, Septembe...
ANews06.txt mags/misc 66K AmyNews #6; info on new Amiga...
Channel_Z_01.zip mags/misc 668K 68k Freeware AGA disk magazine, S...
Channel_Z_02.zip mags/misc 618K 68k Freeware AGA disk magazine, N...
Channel_Z_03.zip mags/misc 1.3M 68k Freeware AGA disk magazine, J...
Channel_Z_05.zip mags/misc 923K 68k Freeware AGA disk magazine, M...
Channel_Z_06.zip mags/misc 1.2M 68k Freeware AGA disk magazine, J...
Antares.lha mods/misc 59K TFMX 7V module 'Antares' by J...
Monday_morning.lha mods/misc 48K TFMX Pro module 'Monday morning'
opus-tools-0.2_a68k.lha mus/edit 471K 68k Opus Audio Tools
opus-tools-0.2_aros.lha mus/edit 584K x86 Opus Audio Tools
AmiKick.lha util/misc 42K ppc Check Kickstart images under ...
Polluks3.lha util/time 1K 14 clock faces for MorphOS
AppLauncher_sbar.lha util/wb 22K MOS Run apps from the screenbar
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21.Oct.2018
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 20.10.2018
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until October 20th, 2018:
ico_datatype.i386-aros.lha dat/ico 31kb Windows Icon (.ico) datatype
opensyobonaction.src-aros... gam/pla 12Mb game source to compile with aros...
smw.i386-aros.zip gam/pla 17Mb Crush the opposition in this pla...
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21.Oct.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 20.10.2018
The following archives have been added to MorphOS Storage until October 20th, 2018:
vbcc_0.9f.lha Development/C A highly optimizing por...
Iris_beta41.lha Email New email client suppor...
WormWars_9.13.lha Games/Action Advanced snake game by ...
ReportPlus_7.51.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ...
Applauncher_sbar_2.2.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Run your apps from the ...
TheBucheron_wallpapers... System/Ambient/Wallpapers Wallpaper
InstallerLG_0.1.0a30.lha System/Shell Commodore Installer rep...
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21.Oct.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 20.10.2018
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until October 20th, 2018:
- 2018-10-19 improved: Robin Hood: Legend Quest (Codemasters) keyboard routine rewritten, 68000 quitkey support, timing fixed, trainer options added, blitter waits added, source code included (Info)
- 2018-10-16 improved: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (Lucasfilms Games) reduced flashes on saving a game (Info)
- 2018-10-16 improved: Marble Madness (Atari/Electronic Arts) trainer added and improved, pause key added, possibility to disable music (Info, Image)
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21.Oct.2018
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: MS Tools 1.0
Carsten Siegner's "MS Tools" are a MUI-class and a library for MorphOS to show Microsoft-Word binary files. An example program which uses these tools also is included (screenshot). Supported features:
+ text
+ lists
+ pictures (bmp,png,jpeg)
+ embedet Excel Spreedsheets
+ header
+ footer
+ footnotes
+ document properties.
Download: Microsoft_Tools_1.0.lha (477 KB)
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20.Oct.2018
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Amino taking legal measures against AmigaOS 3.1.4
Yesterday, Hyperion's AmigaOS 3.1.4 stopped being available for purchase, the relevant links on Hyperions Website didn't go anywhere. Today, the company announced on Facebook that "normal online purchase services" had resumed and wished its customers "Happy 3.1.4 buying again!".
If you look closer, you'll realize that Hyperion is using a different service provider for its online sales now: until yesterday, Avangate was handling the commercial downloads for the Belgian company. Now all "buy now" links are pointing to shareit.com. The first party to point out that 3.1.4 sales had been stopped due to a cease and desist from Amiga Washington (Amino) was author of the Amiga Documents report in a Twitter posting yesterday.
We were now able to have this confirmed by several sources: behind the scenes, Hyperion management is confirming that the company - or rather, its service provider Avangate - recieved a cease and desist from Amino. As of now, it is unknown to us what this C&D is based on. But Hyperion simply switching to a different service provider and continuing to sell the product worldwide is a clear statement that the two parties disagree about the legal situation. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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20.Oct.2018
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Arcade game: AMiner
AMiner (video) is a still not quite finished, simple arcade game for one or two players. The game was written as competition entry for the Retrokomp under some time pressure. Therefore it still has little bugs.
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20.Oct.2018
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Arcade classic: PONG 4k for the CD32
In August PoNG4 was released which is a version for four players supporting a four player adapter. Now a version for the CD32 was released as well calling itself PONG 4k and offering CD audio tracks and an intro animation in CDXL format.
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20.Oct.2018
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Amigakit: Report of AmiWest 2018
The British trader attended the AmiWest 2018 which took place last weekend in Sacramento (USA) and now has published a detailed, illustrated report.
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20.Oct.2018
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AROS-Linux symbiosis: Status update on "ARIX"
The goal of "ARIX" is to run most parts of AROS on a Linux kernel. The project was started several years ago and the latest information dates from 2013. Since August the developer Michal Schulz writes regularly entries in his blog about the latest developments.
Update: (21.10.2018, 16:00, cg)
As Schulz points out in a posting (German) on amiga-news.de, his new ARIX project is using a different approach: he's no longer trying to run AROS hosted on the Linux kernel, he's now trying to create a Linux based operating system mimicking AmigaOS/AROS wherever possible. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.Oct.2018
demoparty.berlin (ANF)
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Seminar: How to turn your Amiga into MS-DOS PC
At the "Deadline" demoparty, Charlie^Singular Crew gave a seminar about "How to turn your Amiga into MS-DOS PC".
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18.Oct.2018
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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New external PCMCIA adapter for A1200: KA02
At rastport.com an external PCMCIA adapter is introduced which places the PCMCIA card "vertically along the Amiga side, and which occupies much less place on the desk." By that you can save space e.g. for ethernet cards with cable connection. rastport.com's products are distributed via a number of dealers that are listed at the landing page of the developers website.
Note of the editor: For tower cases - in which usually external PCMCIA adapters are used - this version might be less suitable because according to the photos the port is probably higher than at an A1200 motherboard in a tower case.
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18.Oct.2018
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Amiga Future: Issue 110 can be read online
The German and English issue 110 (September/October 2014) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" now can be read online on the website of the magazine (picture files). Remainders of the magazine as well as a PDF version with higher resolution can be bought in the shop of the Amiga Future.
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17.Oct.2018
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Backbone game: Mini Legion
"Mini Legion" (video) is a shooter created with Backbone in which you have to rescue hostages from a camp in the desert. You can download the game at Mega.nz.
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17.Oct.2018
German Amiga Community (Webseite)
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Interview with Iraqi Amiga user and trader
Mohammed Abdul Raza Al–Nasah is long-term Amiga user and offers also Amiga products in his PC shop. In an interview with Amitopia he talked about the history of Amiga in Iraq - where according to Al–Nasah Commodore had a market share of about 70% at the beginning of the 90s - and his passion for the computer.
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15.Oct.2018
Scene World (ANF)
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Scene World: Video interview with Andreas Magerl (Amiga Future)
During the Gamescom, "Scene World" has interviewed Andreas Magerl and talked with the editor about the 20th anniversary of his Amiga Future.
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15.Oct.2018
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Replica of A1200 mainboard: ReAmiga 1200 Revision 1.2
John 'Chucky' Hertell has released an updated version of his replica of an A1200 called ReAmiga 1200. Revision 1.2 again fixes some minor bugs. Besides, now it is possible to save two different Kickstarts in a PROM and to switch between them.
Direct download: ReAmiga1200Rev12.zip (3 MB)
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14.Oct.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 13.10.2018
The following archives have been added to Aminet until October 13th, 2018:
amigaterm_enh.lha comm/term 23K 68k enhanced 1985 ANSI Terminal w...
vbcc_bin_amigaos68k.lha dev/c 2.1M 68k Optimizing ISO C compiler, M6...
vbcc_bin_amigaosppc.lha dev/c 2.5M OS4 Optimizing ISO C compiler, PP...
vbcc_bin_morphos.lha dev/c 2.4M MOS Optimizing ISO C compiler, PP...
vbcc_bin_powerup.lha dev/c 1.0M ppc-powerup Optimizing ISO C compiler, PP...
vbcc_bin_warpos.lha dev/c 914K WOS Optimizing ISO C compiler, PP...
vbcc_target_m68k-amig... dev/c 497K ISO C compiler, M68k-AmigaOS ...
vbcc_target_m68k-kick... dev/c 183K ISO C compiler, M68k-Kickstar...
vbcc_target_ppc-amiga... dev/c 189K ISO C compiler, PPC-AmigaOS 4...
vbcc_target_ppc-morph... dev/c 929K ISO C compiler, MorphOS Target
vbcc_target_ppc-power... dev/c 352K ISO C compiler, PowerUp Target
vbcc_target_ppc-warpo... dev/c 222K ISO C compiler, WarpOS Target
WormWars.lha game/actio 854K 68k Advanced snake game
WormWarsMOS.lha game/actio 924K MOS Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 1.1M OS4 Advanced snake game
intrance_94_11.zip mags/germa 454K 68k German disk magazine (ADF), N...
10MARC_EP6.mpg mags/misc 55M Video: 10 Minute Amiga Retro ...
10MARC_EP7.mpg mags/misc 47M Video: 10 Minute Amiga Retro ...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.4M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Updateto314.lha misc/os 10K Updates AmigaOS 3.1/5/9 with ...
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 538K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 645K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 693K OS4 Multipurpose utility
InstallerLG.i386-aros... util/sys 79K x86 Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.ppc-morph... util/sys 108K MOS Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.src.lha util/sys 795K Commodore Installer replacement
AppLauncher_sbar.lha util/wb 20K MOS Run apps from the screenbar
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14.Oct.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 13.10.2018
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until October 13th, 2018:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0 Advanced snake game
reactive_lib.lha lib/mis 165kb 4.1 A Custom BOOPSI System
reportplus.lha uti/mis 693kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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14.Oct.2018
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 13.10.2018
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until October 13th, 2018:
info_datatype.i386-aros.lha dat/ico 29kb AmigaOS Icon (.info) datatype
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14.Oct.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 13.10.2018
The following archives have been added to MorphOS Storage until October 13th, 2018:
AmiArcadia_24.91.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
RNOEffects_1.1.lha Graphics/Tools Image processing program.
Raffeli_1.0.lha Misc A program to raffle thi...
Applauncher_sbar_2.0.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Run your apps from the ...
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14.Oct.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 13.10.2018
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until October 13th, 2018:
- 2018-10-12 improved: Super Hang-On (Sega/Electric Dreams) DMA waits in sample and music players fixed, 68000 quitkey support (Info)
- 2018-10-10 improved: Hunter (Activision) RawDIC imager, graphics problems on fast machines fixed, movep instruction emulated, save disk can be installed too, quitkey changed to F10, source code included (Info)
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14.Oct.2018
AmigaWorld.de (Webseite)
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AmigaWorld.de: Hardware developments released under licence
Several hardware developments of Matthias Münch (e.g. Clockport Expander, Gayle Adapter as well as "A1000-Kickstart and A3000 SIMM adapter") have been released as Open Source and are allowed to be disributed and changed in consideration of the included licence.
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14.Oct.2018
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris, beta version 40
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's "Iris" is supposed to become the standard mail program for MorphOS. It supports IMAP and can read and create HTML mails. The program requires MorphOS 3.10. You can give feedback to the author using the corresponding discussion on Morphzone.
The developer wrote: "This beta introduces the ability to move messages within an IMAP account and adds a more modern icon set from icons8.com. Some synchronization bugs have also been fixed."
Download: iris.lha (23 MB)
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13.Oct.2018
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Trevor Dickinson: status updates for Tabor, LibreOffice and Enhancer
This weekend, the 20th edition of AmiWest is taking place in Sacramento (USA). As usual, there's a big presentation (Youtube) from Trevor Dickinson (A-EON), but for the first time in many years there's no presentation or quick appearance from a Hyperion spokesperson. The following is a summary of the most important topics discussed during the A-EON presentation.
Tabor / A1222
The hardware was shipped to developers in 2014, betatesters received their boards in 2015 - nobody expected the process to take that long. What's missing before the board can be released is the audio driver and a finalised AmigaOS 4 ISO containing said driver. Dickinson could not describe the audio driver's current status since an update from the developer working on it didn't reach him in time for the show. He estimates that the boards will ship somehwere in the first quarter of 2019.
LibreOffice
Just like last year, Dickinson didn't address LibreOffice during his presentation. Asked about the office suite's current status afterwards, he explains that Hans-Jörg Frieden has been working on the project for two years 'part time'. After releasing a first beta to the testers in 2017, Frieden realised that he was facing "insurmountable problems" in finishing the port - AmigaOS was missing too much functionality.
After that, it was decided to base the AmigaOS port on the new Android version of LibreOffice 5, in which many of the problems Frieden was facing had already been solved - meaning the developer had to start from scratch again. Dickinson estimates that a beta version of the new port could be released to testers in January.
Enhancer
Later this year, developers will get free access to a "Enhancer Software Essentials" package that contains the libraries, gadgets and classes distributed with Enhancer to have more applications use these new features.
A paid upgrade to Enhancer, "Enhancer 2", is in the works, details are listed in one of Dickinson's slides (see below). A free [we think, Amiga-News] "Enhancer Graphics Update Pack" will be released before that, containing updates of various drivers and graphics subsystems aswell as the graphics card drivers for Radeon cards using the Polaris chipset that were announced earlier this year.
A 'Classic' edition of Enhancer for AmigaOS 3 is in the works. Users that want to help betatest it are asked to contact A-EON using enhancersoftware@amiga.org. While talking about this edition, Dickinson also mentions that A-EON purchased the rights to MediaToolBox, the HDToolBox successor from AmigaOS 4.
Miscellaneous
At the beginning of his presentation, Dickinson jokingly mentions he didn't bring an "Audio Conversation Jammer" and asks attendees not to secretly record his conversations with other people.
A-EON is looking for developers willing to work on some of the applications that were acquired. Octamed, ImageFX and Aladdin 4D are mentioned as examples.
Asked about a modern web browser, Dickinson explains that he's hoping to get a "leightweight, webkit based" browser done. But this would have to wait at least until LibreOffice is released.
Slides
The following screenshots show the slides from Dickinson's presentation that were shown during the (low resolution) live stream:
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11.Oct.2018
Thomas Igracki (comment)
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MorphOS: AppLauncher.sbar 2.1 (Update)
Thomas Igracki's screenbar module for Ambient's AppLauncher (screenshot) makes it possible to "start any application from every (public) screen without the need to switch to the Ambient screen or remember hotkeys". And the author also wrote: "This screenbar module opens a popup menu if you click on the butterfly symbol in your screenbar. There you can select the application you want to start!"
Version 2.0 offers a menu editor for a more simple configuration.
Download: Applauncher_sbar_2.0.lha (20 KB)
Update: (10:40, 14.10.18, snx)
Meanwhile version 2.1 has been released (bugfixes).
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10.Oct.2018
Hyperion Entertainment (Webseite)
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Hyperion: Goodies for registered AmigaOS 3.1.4 customers
For all registered customers of AmigaOS 3.1.4 some goodies are available in the restricted download area of Hyperion's website: "Bonus wallpapers in various formats and sizes done by Martin 'Mason' Merz" as well as a "complementary icon pack by Mason for AmigaOS 3.1.4".
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10.Oct.2018
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Raffle program: Raffeli 1.0
Raffeli is a simple MUI program for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS created with Hollywood for raffling rgings (screenshot). The author wrote: "Use it to raffle prizes at events or for anything else that needs random results from custom lists, or to shuffle lists into a random order (picture of the software at the this year's Saku meeting).
Features:
- Individual or several winners can be raffled each round
- Can show different pictures that depend on the raffle's final result
- Raffling sound effects
- Text files can be imported and appended to the entry list
- Entry/result lists can be exported as text files
- The entry list can be sorted by results
- The entry list can be shuffled into a random order
Download:
Raffeli.lha (MorphOS, 2 MB)
Raffeli_68k.lha (AmigaOS, 2 MB)
Raffeli_OS4.lha (AmigaOS 4, 2 MB)
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09.Oct.2018
ANF
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Music: Ben Daglish died
Last week Ben Daglish had suddenly died at the age of only 52. Above all he got famous by his contribution to the C64 game "The Last Ninja" but also was involved in many other Amiga games, e.g. "Super Cars".
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09.Oct.2018
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Image editing: RNOEffects 1.1
RNOEffects is an image editing software for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS created with Hollywood and focused on batch processing and alpha channel based effects (screenshot). It offers about 30 different effects incl. drop shadows, elliptic crop - "which would need several steps on other similar programs" - drawing options for brushes, text, lines, ellipses, boxes, and arrows.
The author also wrote: "All effects can be applied to images in a freely selectable order in a batch conversion or image joining process. Unlimited amount of images can be joined as a single image. Can save multiple images to a single PDF file."
The program is available under the title link as well as via Grunch.
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07.Oct.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 06.10.2018
The following archives have been added to Aminet until October 6th, 2018:
dizzytorrent1.11.lha comm/tcp 493K 68k Amiga 68k BitTorrent client w...
pfs3aio.lha disk/misc 74K 68k PFS3 All-In-One
AmigaOS_3.1.4-FAQ.txt docs/help 47K Frequent questions for AmigaO...
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 13M 68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
RNOEffects.lha gfx/edit 5.4M MOS Image processing program
RNOEffects_OS4.lha gfx/edit 6.2M OS4 Image processing program
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.6M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
Updateto314.lha misc/os 9K Updates AmigaOS 3.1/5/9 with ...
SeptemberRain.lha mods/8voic 106K 8-channel MMD3 Soft Rock Mod!
PalaceGardens.lha mods/misc 67K Improved Palace Gardens MMD3 ...
VadersTheme.lha mods/misc 149K Improved Darth Vader's 4-ch M...
OS314_GlowIconPalette... pix/icon 2K GlowIcon palette shipped with...
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 839K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
MMULib.lha util/libs 717K 68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
ll4player.lha util/misc 5K 68k LowLevel.library 4-player pat...
Raffeli.lha util/misc 1.8M MOS A program to raffle things
Raffeli_68k.lha util/misc 1.7M 68k A program to raffle things
Raffeli_OS4.lha util/misc 2.1M OS4 A program to raffle things
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07.Oct.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 06.10.2018
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until October 6th, 2018:
polyhydronz.lha dem/mis 2Mb 4.1 Rotating PolyhedronZ
synth_sample_c64.lha dem/mus 4Mb 4.1 Music Demo from 1984 Converted
rnoeffects.lha gra/edi 6Mb 4.1 Image processing program
aos-iconsupdate3.lha gra/ico 3Mb 4.0 AmigaOS 4.1 Style Icons ...
iconeditor.lha gra/ico 3Mb 4.0 An Editor for 32bit Icons
raffeli.lha uti/mis 2Mb 4.1 A program to raffle things
yt.lha vid/mis 2Mb 4.0 YouTube URL Extractor script
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07.Oct.2018
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 06.10.2018
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until October 6th, 2018:
zxscr_datatype.i386-aros.lha dat/ima 33kb ZX Spectrum screen DataType
geoface.i386-aros.zip dem/mis 112kb move muscles on OpenGL face.
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07.Oct.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 06.10.2018
The following archives have been added to MorphOS Storage until October 6th, 2018:
MAME_0.148.lha Emulation A MorphOS build of MAME...
ScoutNG_beta.lha System/Monitoring Preview of the exec lib...
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07.Oct.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 06.10.2018
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until October 6th, 2018:
- 2018-09-30 improved: Space Ace (Ready Soft) debug mode slave accidentally included in last update, replaced with release mode slave now (Info)
- 2018-09-30 improved: Space Ace (Ready Soft) RawDIC imager, 68000 quitkey support, disk access disabled, trainer options added, source code included (Info)
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05.Oct.2018
Dennis Lohr (E-Mail)
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Music made with Amiga: Psyria album "Moving On"
After his albums from 2005 and 2007 Dennis 'Psyria' Lohr has recorded a new one called "Moving On" still using an Amiga.
The new album will be released on October 5th as digital download and for streaming under 3H Records on all known platforms (Spotify, Itunes, Amazon, et cetera). On cktober 19th the Compact Disc will be available including a booklet and all lyrics."
Audio samples:
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