19.Aug.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 18.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until August 18th, 2018:
OWB_de.lha comm/www 6K Unofficial German catalog for...
ins-3r0hw.lha demo/aga 844K 68k Amiga AGA demo by Insane
ins-bomb.lha demo/euro 218K 68k Amiga OCS/ECS demo by Insane
spbpeek.lha demo/euro 223K 68k Amiga 500 demo from 2018
SWO_28_Amiga.lha demo/mag 1.6M 68k An Amiga diskmag
filter_mcc_1.0.lha dev/mui 976K MOS Image processing MUI Class
SonnetLibrary.lha driver/oth 52K WOS Mediator driver for G3/G4 PCI...
WormWarsMOS.lha game/actio 871K MOS Advanced snake game
MCE.lha game/edit 1.9M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.2M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.3M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
insidia.lha game/jump 3.3M 68k Insidia - platform game 68k
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 13M 68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
amath-mos.lha misc/math 277K MOS Simple command line calculator
DungeonLoader.lha mods/8voic 6.0M 6-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3Intro.lha mods/8voic 234K 6-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
WastelandRemix.lha mods/8voic 31K Wasteland Remix from Ninja Re...
Wilderness.lha mods/8voic 139K 6-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
WildernessLoader.lha mods/8voic 102K 6-channel Mix of Wilderness L...
BasementLoader.lha mods/misc 127K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
CentralPark.lha mods/misc 184K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Module
CPLoader.lha mods/misc 172K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Module
Dungeon.lha mods/misc 500K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
InnerSanctum.lha mods/misc 141K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3Earth.lha mods/misc 167K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3EarthC64.lha mods/misc 223K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3EndOutro.lha mods/misc 62K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3Fire.lha mods/misc 1.5M 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3Void.lha mods/misc 253K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3Water.lha mods/misc 320K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3Wind.lha mods/misc 105K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
MansionLoader.lha mods/misc 147K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
NinjaRemix.lha mods/misc 72K OctaMED SoundStudio mod of Ni...
OfficeLoader.lha mods/misc 90K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
PalaceGarden.lha mods/misc 45K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
PGLoader.lha mods/misc 127K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
SewerLoader.lha mods/misc 183K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
StreetLoader.lha mods/misc 146K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TFBLoader.lha mods/misc 69K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TheBasement.lha mods/misc 173K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TheMansion.lha mods/misc 107K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TheOffice.lha mods/misc 218K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
ThePalace.lha mods/misc 199K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TheSewer.lha mods/misc 412K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TheStreet.lha mods/misc 51K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TISLoader.lha mods/misc 73K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TPLoader.lha mods/misc 98K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
Airwolf.mp3 mods/mpg 6.8M MP3 of the theme from Airwolf
BergenCityBlues.mp3 mods/mpg 18M MP3 of the track Bergen City ...
CrockettsTheme.mp3 mods/mpg 10M MP3 of Jan Hammer's hit from ...
Flatfoot.mp3 mods/mpg 8.2M MP3 of the Flatfoot Theme fro...
Hobsyssel.mp3 mods/mpg 13M MP3 track of Hobyssel The Hob...
LOST.mp3 mods/mpg 11M MP3 track of the LOST theme song
NordicWomen.mp3 mods/mpg 17M MP3 version of Nordic Women (...
VadersTheme.mp3 mods/mpg 1.1M MP3 of Darth Vader's Sith Theme
GetExtIP.lha util/cli 24K MOS Get your external IP
MMULib.lha util/libs 717K 68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
UHCTools.lha util/misc 37K MOS UHC Tools installer
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19.Aug.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 18.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until August 18th, 2018:
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
ffmpeg.lha vid/con 26Mb 4.0 Video and audio converter
yt.lha vid/mis 2Mb 4.0 YouTube URL Extractor script
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19.Aug.2018
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 18.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until August 18th, 2018:
hexen2-1.5.9-aros-i386.lha gam/fps 5Mb Hexen II for AROS
hexen2-utils-1.5.9-aros-i... gam/fps 315kb Hexen II utilities for AROS
hexenworld-1.5.9-aros-i38... gam/fps 7Mb HexenWorld for AROS
hexenworld-utils-1.5.9-ar... gam/fps 58kb HexenWorld utilities for AROS
sdlzombies.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 3Mb Avoid Zombie penguins so that th...
gljewel.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 309kb OpenGL game to match 3 or more o...
sets.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 123kb An implementation of the sets game.
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19.Aug.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 18.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until August 18th, 2018:
Filter_mcc_1.0.lha Development/MUI Image processing MUI Cl...
Iris_beta36.lha Email E-Mail client
MCE_10.5.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
Amath_1.8.5.lha Misc Simple command line cal...
GetExtIP_1.2.lha Network/Tools Get your external IP.
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19.Aug.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 18.08.2018
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 August 18th, 2018:
- 2018-08-18 improved: Maniac Mansion (Lucasfilm Games) support for spanish version added (Info)
- 2018-08-18 improved: Dance Diverse Vol.1 (Majic 12) out of bounds blit in line drawer fixed (Info, Image)
- 2018-08-18 updated: Captain Fizz (Psygnosis) rewritten to use kickemu, buttonwait for title screen added (Info)
- 2018-08-13 improved: Atomix (Thalion) RawDIC imager, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, byte writes to volume register fixed, interrupts fixed, default quitkey changed to F10, new install script (Info)
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17.Aug.2018
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R1200: Replica of A1200 motherboards almost completed
Since June John 'Chucky' Hertell, who already recreated Commmodore's processor board A3640, has been working on a replica of the Amiga-1200 motherboard of revision 1D4 which he named "R1200". Hertell will sell some of the self produced boards - but all documents can be downloaded so other users can also produce boards.
In the first process of priduction a working board without too many modifikations will be made:
- instead of a RF modulator a VGA port (15 Khz) is available
- one additional S-Video port
- PCMCIA-Reset-Fix
- Power ports for fans or the like next to the IDE port and to the expension port
- A500 compatible keyboard port next to the Joystick port
30 of those boards already have been ordered. Documents for this version as well as for an unchanged A1200 motherboard are supposed to be published on Sunday.
Hertell does not exclude the possibility of reworking the design but first will change from the current board designer "Sprint Layout" to a more appropriate program like Eagle or KiCad.
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17.Aug.2018
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris, beta version 36
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.
Changes siche our last news item:
- Beta36:
- Added a context menu to the messages list
- Beta35:
- Fixed the HTTP header in the OAuth2 server
- Drafts can now be saved even with an empty To address
- Added a nice animation when configuring an account
- Beta34:
- Drafts in Outgoing Messages
- Fixed deleting messages from Outgoing Messages folder
- Fixed viewing attachments in Outgoing Messages
- Fixed Outgoing Messages' folder message count updates
- Fixed a case where the writer type setting wasn't respected
- Editor's Send/Save buttons ghosted until attachments are ready
- Deleted emails get unloaded from viewer
- Beta33:
- Fixed empty email view windows in 2 column mode
- Removed some stray unconditional debug
- Beta32:
- Fixed some refresh/sorting related issues post layout change
- Fixed keyboard navigation in the email list
- Beta31:
- Main window layout settings
- It's now possible to use Scintilla as the text viewer and editor
- Corrected tab (de)activation of the email editor
- Folder synchronization: faster synchronization in case remote emails were added
and then deleted by another client inbetween Iris synchronizations
- Better error handling in Outgoing Manager w/ extra log messages
- Beta30:
- Fixed some folder synchronization issues that broke in b29
- Beta29:
- An Outgoing Manager w/ Outgoing Folder where emails are serialized before
they are transported via SMTP. Handles synchronization to IMAP Drafts/Sent
and will figure out on its own whether an accounts SMTP auto-uploads emails
to IMAP Sent folder or not
- Beta28:
- Fixed: quoted-printable decoder did not handle several edge cases and
non-standard encodings right
Download: iris.lha (23 MB)
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16.Aug.2018
Forum 64 (Webseite)
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New keyboard membranes for Amiga computers
For some time RWAP Software has been selling contact foils for Sinclair computers. A while ago, keyboard membranes for Amiga keyboards have been added to the portfolio. They can be bought on Sell My Retro. Keyboard membranes are available for A500(+), A600 and A1200 at a price of 21 to 24 Euro per item.
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16.Aug.2018
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Scene World Podcast #50: Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj
Today Lars Sobiraj is freelance journalist and publisher of Tarnkappe.info. In the past he was known as "Ghandy" in the Amiga scene and editor of the diskmag Hugi. For issue #50 he was "Scene World's" guest.
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15.Aug.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 89 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga games "9 Lives", "Fun School 3: Over 7's", "Swooper" and "Worthy".
Download sites
English: SendSpace / Mega
Italian: SendSpace / Mega
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15.Aug.2018
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP and Amiga Future at Gamescom (August 22 to 25, Cologne)
Press release: APC&TCP and Amiga Future will once again have a booth at at Gamescom this year. On more than 70 m² we will be exhibiting about 20 Amiga models, hoping to win over some new users for our hobby. Around a dozen users, all volunteers, will be manning the booth and answer questions about the Amiga. Just in time for Gamescom, the Amiga Future Archive 4 DVD will be available to buy directly from us at the show.
You will find us in hall 10.2 in the retro area. Of course, we will keep you up to date on Gamescom via the Amiga Future Facebook and Instagram pages. There will certainly be many interesting photos from the event yet again. As we will be quite busy at Gamescom, the Amiga Future News page will only get updated regularly after we get back from Gamescom.
Of course, you can still leave your orders in our online shop, but we will only be dispatching them after the 28th of August (the same applies to online goods). It may take two or three days to dispatch the entire the backlog of pending orders. Of course, the same applies to any e-mails you might send to us. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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15.Aug.2018
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Pascal compiler: Source code of PCQ Pascal released
PCQ Pascal is a Pascal compiler for the Amiga which was released at the end of the 80s. The author Patrick Quaid now has released the source code of the compiler at Github including runtime library, includes and diverse utilities like optimizer and make.
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14.Aug.2018
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Sonnet.library: Network card as PowerPC accelerator board
The SonnetAmiga project makes it possible to use PowerPC-based PCI cards as accelerator board for WarpOS programs in the Amiga by means of a mediator board (amiga-news.de reported). The Sonnet Crescendo 7200 included, already five PCI cards are supported:
- Sonnet G3/G4 with max. 192 MB
- Rapture G4 7410@450 MHz with 256 MB
- Apocalypse G4 7410@450 MHz with 256 MB
- Ragnarok G3 750FX@800 MHz with 256 MB
- BigFoot Killer NIC M1 e300@400 MHz with 64 MB
Last mentioned card has few memory but with about 30 Euro should be the cheapest PowerPC extension for the Amiga. Actually it is a network card and its Network Processing Unit (NPU) is a PowerPC processor - a MPC8343E. It is said that the game Quake would run twice as fast as on a CyberStorm PPC.
Ragnarok is not officially supported but according to the SonnetAmiga-Wiki it already is running smoothly. Note that of each of the cards there are different versions and it is not clear if all of them work. Lists of compatible software can be found in the Wiki.
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14.Aug.2018
Radiosity (IRC)
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The AGA-A3000: Amiga fans equip boards of the Commodore prototype AA3000
The AA3000 and A3000+ have been further developments of the Amiga-3000 mainboard which for the first time should use the new AGA chipset. Additional to the AGA chipset, the revised board should contain a digital signal processor which was supposed to be used for 16-Bit audio and floating point operations. Altogether only few prototypes were produced before the project was abandoned in favour of the A4000.
In spring 2018 Matthias 'Matze' Heinrichs succeeded in getting five blank AA3000 boards. The boards looked pretty fine and the schematics were included as well. The source codes for the PALs can be found in the Dave Haynie archives - so the idea was born to equip the boards of their own. Both Heinrichs and Christian 'Scrat' Euler have succesfully equipped a board and thus have a working AA3000.
Euler - who points out that Heinrichs did the "pioneer work" and thus made his own project possible - has documented his work and took several pictures. He wrote:
"... so we invested time und used the soldering iron. Matze completed his board a little bit earlier therefore he could give me some hints. It took about two months for assembling and launching my board (including longer breaks), I had to reorder components three times and to steal the delayline of one of my two A3000 boards.
Unfortunately the DSP cannot be bought at reasonable prices any longer so we had to improvise. The Commodore guys used a different RTC component for this board which via I2C bus is connected to the DMAC chip. This feature is not available in any of the DMAC revisions so Matze made an adapter board for a common RTC.
Some pictures of the assembly...
The (almost) blank board:
...which is getting equipped...
The CPU I took from an old Apple Powerbook (which was a victim of the gravitation and beyond remedy...)
Soldering THT a lot is not that fun...
It is actually an AA3000!
Almost completed!
Testing...
Is it really working?
As I launched it for the first time nothing happened. After a lot of measuring it turned out that the CPU was active for a short time and then sank into a "long sleep". Clocks were active, the chipset produced SYNCs... then I recognised that an IC in the clock section was not properly equipped - instead of a F type, a LS type was installed.
I did exchange the IC, afterwards the CPU worked fine. Then I found out that the EPROMs with the Chucky-DiagROM were broken. New ROMs installed and then at least the Power-LED started flashing. Okay, the CPU lives!
But the screen kept dark...what else could be wrong? Eventually it turned out that the pins on the DAC did not properly got the tin...soldered again, first attempt:
Second attempt: Tadaaaa!
Kickstart-ROMs installed, switched on, worked. Party!
Now CS Mk2 installed, Picasso IV installed, Deneb installed...worked! Starstruck had to be.
What's next...?
Currently the experimental setup is still standing on the table. Some components of the board are still missing...the parallel port and the SCSI port as well. I also have to build the RTC adapter. Afterwards the board will be tested in detail and then integrated into my main A3000. Matze is going to build a new busboard. Currently the daughterboard of the A3000 is used (the one from the A4000 does not fit). Therefore the video output only has 12 Bit RGB. So the AGA looks a little bit strange via the PIV-FliFi."
Downloads:
Schematics: AA3000_Rev2_Schematics.pdf
System specifications: AA3000_System_Specs.pdf
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14.Aug.2018
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 134 - preview and extracts
A preview and extracts of issue 134 (September/October 2018) of the Amiga Future have been released today. Among other things, this issue features reviews on Worthy and Bomb Jack Beer as well as a preview to the Gold3 AGA Apollo core ("AGA on the Amiga 600").
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14.Aug.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Interview with Andreas Magerl (Amiga Future)
On occation of the 20th anniversary of the Amiga Future, AMIcast has interviewed its chief editor Andreas Magerl.
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13.Aug.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Kids Jump'n Run: Elfie the Unicorn as purchase version on disk
"Elfie - The Unicon" (trailer) is a classic jump'n run for kids which is available for free on Aminet. In order to fulfil an old dream, the author now offers a "commercial" version of the game on disk:
This issue is limited to 20 copies. If you are going to purchase a disk for 10 Euro (including shipping in a cushioned envelope) then please write a mail to the author.
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13.Aug.2018
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Free hardware: RS232-WLAN adapter "Virtual Modem for ESP8266"
By using the RS232-WLAN adapters computers which do not have an Ethernet or WLAN controller can be connected to modern networks. Mainly the adapters are used as telnet servers or clients for old computers, e.g. for mailboxes.
Additionally, Daniel Jameson's "Virtual Modem" also can send HTTP requests and is the first adapter which consists of free, open source hardware ands software. An Arduino microcontroller with two modules (for RS-232 and WLAN) as well as the Arduino development environment.
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13.Aug.2018
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Harddrive images under windows: HstWB Installer
By using Henrik Nørfjand Stengaard's "HstWB Installer" under Windows you can build bootable harddrive images which then can be used with an emulator or written on an Amiga harddrive. AmigaOS 3.1 or 3.9 and Worbench distributions like BetterWB or ClassicWB are supported. Extension packages can add e.g. graphical game menus for choosing WHDLoad games.
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13.Aug.2018
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Documentation: The Commodore Story at Amazon (Update)
After The Commodore Wars, From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years and Viva Amiga, "The Commodore Story" is the fourth documentation about Commodore. For some time the crowdfunded film (trailer) can be watched at Amazon, iTunes and Netflix.
Update: (15.08.2018, 15:30, cg)
Feedback from our readers shows that despite the film maker's announcements, the documentation is not available on Netflix or iTunes. It can be purchased on amazon.com though. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Aug.2018
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Amiga Future: Issue 109 can be read online
Issue 109 (July/August 2014) of the printed magazine Amiga Future is sold out, you can read the German and English edition of the magazine online (picture files). You also can buy a PDF-version.
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12.Aug.2018
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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3D-Print services: Replacement parts for the Amigas
The Dutchman Dennis Brink offers his "3D-Print-Services" for producing replacement parts for the Amiga case. You can choose parts for the Amiga models 500, 600, 1000, 1200, 4000 and CDTV, the monitor 1084S and the drive Chinon FZ-354 as well as the Raspberry Pi.
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12.Aug.2018
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit 9 Reloaded for Mac available for free
One and a half year ago, AmiKit also introduced the "Rabbit Hole" for Macs, that means the possibility to start Mac programs out of AmiKit and to access Amiga files from the Mac (amiga-news.de reported).
This version "AmiKit 9 Reloaded for Mac" is now available for free.
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12.Aug.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 11.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until August 11th, 2018:
OWB_de.lha comm/www 6K Unofficial German catalog for...
git.lha dev/misc 4.2M MOS Version Control System
WormWars.lha game/actio 829K 68k Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 1.1M OS4 Advanced snake game
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 2.9M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
amath.i386-aros.lha misc/math 432K x86 Simple command line calculator
amath.lha misc/math 796K 68k Simple command line calculator
amath.src.lha misc/math 640K Simple command line calculato...
arosamp_alpha.i386-ar... mus/play 136K x86 AROSAmp Alpha
AmiTimeKeeper.i386-ar... util/cdity 230K x86 Keep your time right
AmiTimeKeeper.lha util/cdity 192K 68k Keep your time right
GetExtIP.lha util/cli 21K 68k Get your external IP
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 753K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
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12.Aug.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads bis 11.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until August 11th, 2018:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0
rtelnet.lha net/mis 70kb 4.1
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12.Aug.2018
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 11.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until August 11th, 2018:
timidity.lha aud/mis 30Mb Plays MIDI files without additio...
arosamp_alpha.i386-aros.t... aud/pla 136kb AROSAmp Alpha
ht16.i386-aros.lha aud/tra 949kb Hively Tracker
milkytutorial.zip aud/tra 419kb Basic Tuttorial for milky tracke...
fig_datatype.i386-aros.zip dat/ima 299kb Picture datatype for FIG format
koala_datatype.i386-aros.lha dat/ima 215kb C64 KoalaPainter DataType
spu_datatype.i386-aros.zip dat/ima 6kb Spectrum 512 datatype
svg_datatype.i386-aros.zip dat/ima 73kb Picture datatype for SVG format ...
xbm_datatype.i386-aros.zip dat/ima 6kb XBM datatype
xpm_datatype.i386-aros.zip dat/ima 11kb XPM Datatype
zxscr_datatype.i386-aros.lha dat/ima 27kb ZX Spectrum screen DataType
amath.src.lha dev/exa 640kb Simple command line calculator (...
finalfightse.i386-aros.lha gam/act 35Mb openbor game final fight remake ...
romirtlights.i386-aros.lha gam/fps 335kb file for quake with darkplaces e...
im-puzzle.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 127kb Combine shapes to fill blocks.
amath.i386-aros.lha uti/sci 432kb Simple command line calculator
vim_8.0.i386-aros.lha uti/tex 9Mb The ubiquitous text editor
amitimekeeper.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 230kb Keep your time right
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12.Aug.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 11.08.2018
The following archive has been added to the MorphOS Storage until August 11th, 2018:
GIT_2.16.2.lha Development/Management A free and open source ...
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12.Aug.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 11.08.2018
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 installer has been added until August 11th, 2018:
- 2018-08-08 fixed: Fright Night (Microdeal) sample played entirely in title screen, trainer added, RawDIC used, boxicons included (Info)
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11.Aug.2018
Scene World Magazine (ANF)
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Diskmag: Scene World #28 (Update)
Since 2001, 28 issues of the Commodore- and retro magazine "Scene World" have been published as well as 49 issues of the corresponding podcast. So far the magazine itself was only available as diskmag for the C64, but with issue 28 for the first time an Amiga port is available as well.
Scene World #28 provides information about meetings and parties, the fourth part of a "Let's Make a Game" tutorial including a game, an interview with Dennis Pauler (Amiga games developer) and David Pleasance (Commodore UK).
Direct download: SWO_28_Amiga.lha (1,6 MB) ('nfo'-Datei)
Update: (15.08.2018, 23:30, cg)
The magazine editors tell us that by now they can confirm the magazine engine also works on Amiga computers with an ECS chipset.
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10.Aug.2018
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File manager: DosControl as free download
The file manager DosControl, which was developed until 1996, now is available as free download. DosControl offers two directory windows and a requires Kickstart 2.04, graphic boards are supported.
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08.Aug.2018
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Hyperion added back to Belgium's company register
In October 2017 Hyperion was forcibly removed from Belgium's official company register (KBO, Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen) for failing to file annual reports for each fiscal year with the 'Central Balance Sheet Office' of the Belgian National Bank. Hyperion has now filed these missing reports, which means they're listed as a regular company again.
According to the reports now filed (PDF: 2015, 2016, 2017), Hyperion's main assets are unidentified "intangible assets" listed with a value of about 110.000 Euro in 2015. Due to write-downs of about 36.000 Euros in every fiscal year, this property will be valued slightly above 1000 Euros at the end of 2018.
The other side of the balance lists debts of nearly 600.000 Euro, of which about 90% are short term loans - "op ten hoogste één jaar", which translates to: "payable within a year". All three reports since Hyperion's temporary bankruptcy in February 2015 show a negative income.
Note from the staff:
The original versions of the PDF files linked above can be found at the Central Balance Sheet of the National Bank of Belgium by searching for company number 0466.380.552. As far as we can tell, these reports do not have to be verified by an independent entity.
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06.Aug.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AROS: Icaros Desktop 2.2.3 available for patrons
Just like the previous version, Icaros Desktop 2.2.3 also is only available for financial patrons of this AROS distribution. A public version was released about one-and-a-half months later.
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06.Aug.2018
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Trevor Dickinson accusing Ben Hermans of criminal behaviour (Update)
In April 2009, a company called A-EON Technology was established in Belgium, to develop PPC hardware for AmigaOS 4. Trevor Dickinson, Anthony Moorley and Ben Hermans were named directors for the new entity. This incarnation of A-EON didn't last long though - a new company called A-EON Technology Ltd. located in Wales took over in Spring 2012 and has been responsible for the "AmigaOne X1000" and other A-EON products ever since. This change was never communicated or explained to the public.
Behind the scenes, rumours started circulating years ago that the Belgium based A-EON was dismantled because one of the partners stole large parts of the company's funds and tried to hide that fact from the other directors by sending them faked bank statements.
An audio recording that has now been released on Youtube, allegedly featuring Trevor Dickinson, seems to confirm at least parts of this rumour: In what sounds like a private conversation, the narrator - his voice is the only one recorded - relates the following:
"[…] Money dissappearing to Hyperion and to Ben Hermans […] I mean, at the very least, you could put him out of business – I mean, with his law firm – cause I got the copies of the stuff he sent… faxed to me […] He was denying, denying, denying – and then it turned on a meeting where we were saying: 'This is it – you either sign this. Or we‘re going to the police'. So, I mean… and so we went through a whole bunch of things: free license, free this, free that, access to this, use of that, no royalties... so we got all out of it."
Parts of the recording have been obviously cut out, these cuts are marked with "[…]" in the above transscript. People who want to verify if the recorded voice really is that of Trevor Dicksinson can find quite some Youtube videos featuring the A-EON investor - like this 2017 speech.
The recording was released to the public by Generation Amiga, a site that has a tendency to publish badly researched, exaggerated or plain wrong news items. But amiga-news.de can confirm that this is not the original source, apparently the site's administrator was less concerned about keeping this under wraps than other parties we know about that also had access to the file.
Notes from the staff:
Assuming the person making these statements is indeed Trevor Dickinson, he's clearly accusing Ben Hermans of criminal behaviour. While the actual details of Hermans' actions are not explained in the part of the recording that has now been made public, Dickinson's wording about "calling the police" or the notion that Hermans could lose his job or his licence for practicing law make this quite clear.
But at the same time, Dickinson is incriminating himself: The statement that Ben Hermans was forced to sign a contract that gives Dickinson and his partners free access to a lot of Hyperion's property and licenses basically equals an admission of blackmailing Mr. Hermans. Not to mention that this contract presumably would mostly hurt the company Hyperion - by obliterating most of their sources of income, for example - while Dickinson's description suggests that only the person Ben Hermans seems to be responsible for A-EON's problems.
Update: (11.08.2018, 14:00, cg)
Amiga Future has approached both Trevor Dickinson und Ben Hermans for statements. Both parties stress that A-EON is paying the full price for each copy of AmigaOS 4 it ships:
Trevor Dickinson: "A-EON Technology does have a worldwide sub-license granted by Hyperion Entertainment to use the AmigaOne name, AmigaOS name and Boing Ball on products it develops for AmigaOS4. However, A-EON Technology has to make significant payments to Hyperion Entertainment to port AmigaOS4 to the AmigaOne hardware it produces.
This includes payments for porting the kernel, writing any necessary drivers and/or other special utilities that may be required to make OS4 run on A-EON's AmigaOne hardware. As Matthew Leaman wrote on AmigaWorld net, A-EON Technology also pre-pays (in batches) the significant cost of full software licence to Hyperion Entertainment for its AmigaOne machines (X1000, X5000 and the A1222 beta).
Every AmigaOne machine A-EON ships has an AmigaOS4 software license pre-paid to Hyperion Entertainment at the full license price, not the special reduced sales price which Hyperion charged customers for the AmigaOS4 Final Edition release. A-EON is prevented from disclosing the full license price by the terms of its Agreements with Hyperion Entertainment but suffice to say it is far greater that the special one-off AmigaOS4 Final Edition sales price."
Ben Hermans: "That is true, A-EON does pay for licenses which we negotiated." (cg) (Translation: cg)
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05.Aug.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 04.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until August 4th, 2018:
myCatalog.zip biz/dbase 8.6M MOS Manage your favorite collections
dizzytorrent1.06.lha comm/tcp 489K 68k Amiga 68k BitTorrent client w...
bzh-ghb.lha demo/aga 4.2M 68k An AGA 060 demo from Solskoge...
crapcrunch.zip demo/euro 160K 68k A demo from Deucrunch 2018
thanktro_vs8.lha demo/euro 29K 68k A thanktro from Nukleus
bg_intro.zip demo/intro 206K 68k An intro from Posadas 2018
gng-jungle.zip demo/intro 43K 68k 64KB intro for Solskogen 2018
trotc.zip demo/intro 39K 68k An intro from Posadas 2018
altair-604.zip demo/mega 320K 68k Winner demo from Decrunch 2018
dosgv.lha dev/misc 27K 68k Usage of (BCPL based) DOS glo...
pfssalv2.lha disk/salv 31K 68k Save files from damaged PFS2/...
RDBrecov.lha disk/salv 31K 68k Search lost PFS/SFS partition...
mhimpegit.lha driver/aud 1K 68k MHI driver for Prelude/MPEGit...
PrlLib.lha driver/aud 13K 68k Driver library for Prelude so...
KCMunchkinCD32.lha game/actio 204K 68k Port of G7000 game K C Munchkin
WormWars.lha game/actio 827K 68k Advanced snake game
WormWarsMOS.lha game/actio 867K MOS Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 1.1M OS4 Advanced snake game
MCE.lha game/edit 1.9M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.1M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.3M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
Elfie_The_Unicorn_Fin... game/jump 880K 68k Platform Game (Bootable Disk)
FlappyBirdCD32.lha game/jump 150K 68k Flappy Bird is a 2013 mobile ...
Dune_Greek.lha game/patch 53K 68k Translates Dune to Greek
bsaog.lha game/shoot 793K 68k Blake Stone Aliens of Gold
bsps.lha game/shoot 198K 68k Blake Stone Planet Strike
AIBOT_AOS3.zip game/think 16M 68k Educational game to teach coding
AIBOT_AOS4.zip game/think 17M OS4 Educational game to teach coding
AIBOT_AROS.zip game/think 17M x86 Educational game to teach coding
AIBOT_MorphOS.zip game/think 16M MOS Educational game to teach coding
Boxie.lha gfx/misc 72K 68k Simply, a old-school gfx demo...
VPDF_de.lha gfx/show 1K Unofficial German catalog for...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.6M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.5M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
ebMuse.lha mus/play 4.8M 68k Audio device 8SVX and AIFF so...
cabextract.lha util/arc 33K 68k Extract Microsoft Cabinet (.C...
cabextract_MOS.lha util/arc 47K MOS Extract Microsoft Cabinet (.C...
cabextract_OS4.lha util/arc 37K OS4 Extract Microsoft Cabinet (.C...
RTF-Riddle.lha util/conv 229K MOS Rich Text Format to HTML5 con...
UniLibDev.lha util/libs 416K MOS Unicode code point/UTF-8 supp...
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 599K MOS Multipurpose utility
Polluks1.png util/time 34K Alternative clock face for Mo...
Polluks2.png util/time 32K Alternative clock face for Mo...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 04.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until August 4th, 2018:
playmate.lha aud/mis 190kb 4.0 General purpose instrument tuner...
guiforidltool.lha dev/gui 109kb 4.1 GUI for IDLTool command
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0 Advanced snake game
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
mountsmbfs.lha net/ser 40kb 4.1 GUI for SMBFS
mycatalog.zip off/dat 9Mb 4.0 Manage your favorite collections
reportplus.lha uti/mis 687kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 04.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until August 4th, 2018:
determ_1.0.lha Communication Simple terminal for debug.
Fotochop_mcc_0.15.lha Development/MUI A painting and image ed...
Iris_beta33.lha Email Google_Accounts_Fix.lha
AmiArcadia_24.8.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
WHDLOpener_1.0.lha Emulation E-UAE/WHDLoad integrati...
cabextract_1.7.lha Files/Archive Tool to extract Microso...
WormWars_9.11.lha Games/Action Advanced snake game by ...
MCE_10.41.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
Frogatto_1.3.1_data.zip Games/Platform Data files of an old-sc...
Frogatto_1.3.1_exe.lha Games/Platform Execuatble file of an o...
Sqrxz_0.9.9.6.lha Games/Platform A Jump'n'Run game.
AIBOT_1.0.zip Games/Think An Educational game to ...
ReportPlus_7.5.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ...
Google_Accounts_Fix.lha Network/Web/Odyssey sc... A script for Odyssey to...
UniLibDev_10.21.lha System/Library/Misc Unicode code point/UTF-...
myCatalog_3.1.lha Office/Database Manage your favorite co...
Clock_Standard.image System/Ambient/Utiliti... Alternative clock face ...
Clock_Standard_2.image System/Ambient/Utiliti... Alternative clock face ...
RTF-Riddle_3.97.lha Text/Convert Rich Text Format to HTM...
AminetReadmeMaker_1.2.lha Text/Edit Easy creation & upload ...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 04.08.2018
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 August 4th, 2018:
- 2018-07-31 improved: Street Rod 2 (California Dreams) joystick problems fixed (CIAA ddra settings) (Info)
- 2018-07-31 improved: Street Rod (California Dreams) joystick problems fixed (CIAA ddra settings) (Info)
- 2018-07-25 improved: Alien Breed (Team 17) music wasn't replayed properly in main menu, CUSTOM3 option added to run the "No Extra Memory Found" part (Info)
- 2018-07-24 updated: Alien Breed (Team 17) patch redone, much cleaner decryption, high-score load/save, default quitkey changed to F10, new install script, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, interrupts and SMC fixed, "efford" typo fixed, quitkey works everywhere in game now, lots of trainers added (Info)
- 2018-07-22 fixed: Zombie Apocalypse 2 (Vision Software) sound problem fixed on fast machine, QuitKey added (Info)
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05.Aug.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following songs have been added:
- Torvak the Warrior - Level 1 (Axe & Bow mix)
- Chuck Rock Theme (REVISITED)
- Shadow of the Beast (Guitar Edit)
- Amegas
- Vibe the Pipe (plus Rockpart)
- Turrican 2 (Krazy Metal Head)
- Stormlord (Psychedelic Trance Remix)
- Enchanted Land Intro
- Pinball Dreams (Beatbox Remix)
- Xenon (Ready Player 1)
- Lethal Weapon Level 1
- Speedball 2 Industrial Remix
- Echoing (Remix)
- Turrican II Level 1 The Desert Rocks Remix
- Gods - Into the Wonderful
- Hybris Title Music (2018 Chill-out Remix)
- Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge - Track 3 (Krull0r remix)
- Ghouls'n Ghosts - Continue
- Turrican - Techno Dungeon (Level 2-2)
- Wings of Death (Stage 1 - Sagyr's Castle)
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03.Aug.2018
Helga Hansen (ANF)
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Replica of Amiga-4000 mainboard: First Boards being delivered
In spring Paul Rezendes started the crowdfunding of a reverse engineering of the Amiga-4000 revision-B mainboard (amiga-news.de reported), the first boards are being shipped to the initiator as some pictures document under the title link.
All layout files and schematics for reproducing the mainboard he has published in a Github repository.
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03.Aug.2018
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: WHDLOpener
WHDLOpener integrates WHDLoad based on E-UAE under MorphOS in its Workbench Ambient. WHDLoad games can be started by clicking the game icon or the its slave file. Under MorphOS, ADF images are mounted and executed using E-UAE.
AmigaOS 3.1 and the corresponding Kickstart-ROM file resp. the 1.3-ROM are required. More details are listed in the news item in the MorphZone.
Download: WHDLOpener.lha.xz (21 KB)
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30.Jul.2018
Scene World Magazine (ANF)
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Scene World: Video interview with Mike Clarke (Psygnosis)
The composer Mike Clark has worked for Psygnosis and has written some famous soundtracks e.g. for Last Ninja 2 (Amiga) or the SNES port of Lemmings 2. In the interview with Scene World he talked about his experiences in the 8 and 16 bit gaming industry, as composer, programmer and manager.
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25.Jul.2018
Amiga Future (website)
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FPGA: Apollo core update Gold 2.10 / SAGA driver 1.4
Apollo core is an FPGA reimplementation of Motorola's m68k series that includes its own graphics called SAGA. The latter is available in version 1.4 now. The core is currently being used by Vampire turboboards 600 V2 and 500 V2(+).
Among other changes, version "Gold 2.10" of the core adds four different IDE speeds (V500) and improves CIA timings (V600). (snx)
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22.Jul.2018
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Aminet uploads till 21.07.2018
Following packages have been uploaded to Aminet till 21.07.2018:
dizzytorrent1.05.lha comm/tcp 484K 68k Amiga 68k BitTorrent client
YCrew-RoyalPalms.zip demo/euro 402K 68k A dentro for Solskogen 2018
BitplaneSurfer.zip demo/intro 541K 68k 4KB intro for Solskogen 2018
Void-WeLoveC.zip demo/intro 50K 68k 64KB intro for Solskogen 2018
fotochop_mcc_0.15.lha dev/mui 6.8M MOS Painting and image editing
worldcup.lha docs/misc 603K Soccer World Cup statistics 1...
MapEditorV150.lha game/hint 20K 68k MechForce+Combat Map Editor
MechCombatBot.lha game/hint 587K 68k IS+CLAN Mech's for MC
MechCombatCLA.lha game/hint 184K 68k CLAN Mech's for MC
MechCombatIS.lha game/hint 419K 68k IS Mech's for MC
MechCombatV4.zip game/hint 574K 68k MechCombat Battletech like ta...
MechXMapsOrd.lzh game/hint 24K 68k MechForce+Combat orders+Maps
RNOEffects.lha gfx/edit 5.5M MOS Image processing program
RNOEffects_OS4.lha gfx/edit 6.2M OS4 Image processing program
SilkRAW.lha gfx/misc 1.7M OS4 GUI for Dave Coffin's program...
GetExternalIP.lha util/cli 1K 68k Get your external IP
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 533K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 687K OS4 Multipurpose utility
Clock_Standard.png util/time 34K Alternative clock face for Mo...
Clock_Standard_2.png util/time 32K Alternative clock face for Mo...
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OS4Depot uploads till 21.07.2018
Following packages have been uploaded to OS4Depot till 21.07.2018:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
rnoeffects.lha gra/edi 6Mb 4.1 Image processing program
silkraw.lha gra/mis 2Mb 4.1 GUI for Dave Coffin's program dcRAW
mountsmbfs.lha net/ser 37kb 4.1 GUI for SMBFS
mycatalog.zip off/dat 9Mb 4.0 Manage your favorite collections
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22.Jul.2018
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MorphOS Storage uploads till 21.07.2018
Following packages have been uploaded to MorphOS Storage till 21.07.2018:
RNOEffects_1.0.lha Graphics/Tools Image processing program.
Odyssey_1.25_JavaScrip... Network/Web Public Beta of JIT Java...
myCatalog_3.0.lha Office/Database Manage your favorite co...
TextEngine_5.3.lha Text/Edit Word processor with spe...
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22.Jul.2018
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WHDLoad: New packages till 21.07.2018
Following packages have been uploaded to WHDLoad till 21.07.2018:
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22.Jul.2018
Martin 'DaFreak' Rebentisch (ANF)
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4Players.de: History of "Back to the Roots" (german)
At the title link, 4Players.de reports on "Back to the Roots" - which website may have been the main source of legal game downloads till 2005. (snx)
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22.Jul.2018
Amiga Future (website)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 88 (italian/english)
REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is a PDF magazine available in italian language as well as english translation. Its game reviews compare the respective implementation of the same game on various platforms back then.
Download sites:
italienisch
englisch (snx)
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18.Jul.2018
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: Test version of a Javascript JIT compiler for Odyssey
Mark 'bigfoot' Olsen released the test version of a PowerPC JIT compiler for Javascript to be used for Odyssey web browser. There is not much of a speed gain, though, since only the first level of the JIT is active for now. Instead the release is intended to test if there are any cases that do not work with the JIT while working without it. (snx)
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18.Jul.2018
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Andy Warhol museum shows Amiga 1000 mockups
Following discovery of 28 then-unknown computer graphics by Andy Warhol on his Amiga floppy disks four years ago (amiga-news.de reported), The Andy Warhol Museum commissioned the design studio Iontank to create an interactive exhibition of these pictures.
At the title link there is a description how they just re-used the cases of Amiga 1000 computers and monitors, utilising emulation instead. (snx)
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17.Jul.2018
Grzegorz Kraszewski (ANF)
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Hardware: Gayle reset fix for Amiga 1200
RastPort's KA21 is a hardware Gayle reset fix for Amiga 1200. Features:
- Generates missing PCMCIA reset signal during reboot. It is needed by many PCMCIA cards to be detected by the system after reboot.
- Pins for connecting optional reset button.
- Pins for 2-way and 4-way clockport expanders. These devices need A15 (and A14 for 4-way units) signal, which is usually taken from Kickstart ROM by inserting additional socket. With KA21 these signals can be connected to two pins on the unit.
KA21 should be available from RastPort distributors at half of August. (snx)
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17.Jul.2018
Samuli Holopainen (ANF)
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Game: AIBOT
Press release: AIBOT is a test game of an educational game idea aimed at teaching coding principles to a player. It was made for Christiandevs Speedgame 2018 competition and received a honorable mention.
In AIBOT you are controlling a robot through coding its movement, mainly with an aim of getting to a certain location at a level. Completing a level will open up new levels and give money to buy more commands for your robot to use.
You can save your robot's code that you have created, or if you are stuck, you can even load pre-existing code to see how to beat the level. As it is in coding for real, so in this game too: there are multiple ways to reach the goal, and it is limited only upon player's imagination to figure out which exact way to complete them.
You can see a bit about the game from the video Apostolic Game Designers: Christian Speedgame Competition 2018 - 8 new games.
At start, AIBOT is available through Indiego Appstore. It will at later point also be uploaded to Aminet, but in effort to show support to Indiego Appstore, it is available from there for now. AIBOT is available to all main Amiga platforms (AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4, AROS, MorphOS) and also Windows.
Notice that this was made with Hollywood using power-heavy ways for graphics, so you need very powered-up machine to have a chance for this to work on Amiga computers. (snx)
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17.Jul.2018
WinUAE Homepage (ANF)
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Emulator: WinUAE 4.0.1 released
Since yesterday, version 4.0.1 of the Amiga emulator WinUAE is available. Mainly fixing bugs, among other new features now also the Amiga 4000T turboboard Quikpak 4060 can be emulated.
4.0.0 bugs fixed:
- Enabled “Minimize when focus is lost” option caused crash in some situations.
- 64-bit FPU mode always changed back to 80-bit if config file was loaded.
- 80-bit native FPU mode FREM and FMOD returned wrong results.
- RTG statefile restore didn’t restore screen state completely.
Other bugs fixed:
- “Minimize when focus is lost” incorrectly activated when switching modes in some situations.
- “Minimize when focus is lost” minimized main emulation window when GUI was open and main window lost focus.
- If CPU panel FPU mode select menu was active and then some other panel was opened: JIT was switched off.
- CD audio play from real/virtual CD (not from directly mounted image file) didn’t restart correctly if audio settings changed.
- Only some emulated SCSI controllers flashed CD led when emulating a CD drive.
- input.keyboard_type was always read as Amiga keyboard. If PC layout was set as default, keyboard layout was read incorrectly from config file.
- Amiga reset during active RTG rendering in RTG Multithread mode could have caused a crash.
- RTG Multithread mode display refreshing was unreliable in 8-bit modes when palette changed.
- Finally fixed corrupted drag and drop graphics in Harddrives and Disk Swapper panel.
- When inserting previously connected USB input device, previous device type (Gamepad, CD32 pad etc) and autofire mode (if any) was not restored.
- Clipboard sharing could have attempted to transfer data to Amiga side after program had taken over the system, possibly overwriting memory.
New features:
- Environmental variables (%variable%) in paths are not anymore resolved immediately when config is loaded but only when needed without modifying original path, preserving original path if config file is saved again.
- Added full statefile absolute/relative path support. Loading statefile will restore correct paths even if absolute/relative path mode was changed after saving the statefile.
- D3D9 and D3D11 VSync mode (both lagless and standard) 100/120Hz support with optional black frame insertion.
- 68060 FPU was not disabled after soft reset if 68060 was configured without emulated 68060 accelerator board, causing reset loop.
New emulated expansions:
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15.Jul.2018
MorphZone (Forum)
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Video: MorphOS 3.11 on emulated computer
Under the title link, Luigi Burdo has published a video on YouTube of MorphOS 3.11 which under QEMU 3.0 (amiga-news.de reported) runs on a PC with AMD-Threadripper-1950X-processor.
The video does not show applications demanding high processing power but only the operating system itself: Utilities, little games, the web browser Odyssey, preferences and diverse screen savers.
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15.Jul.2018
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Graphics board: Advance order of ZZ9000 (successor of VA2000)
The ZZ9000 is the successor of the FPGA-based and open source Zorro II/III compatible graphics board MNT VA2000 developed two years ago by Lukas F. Hartmann and now can be preordered.
The ZZ9000 combines a RTG graphics board, AGA scandoubler and network card equipped with two 666-MHz-ARM coprocessors for applications demanding high processing power like accelerated graphic rendering or JPEG and MP3 decoding. Besides, some of the improvements will also benefit the VA2000. The delivery is scheduled for the end of October.
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15.Jul.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Podcast: Amiga Users Ireland - Stupid Sexy Floppies
The latest podcast of the Amiga Users Ireland among others is dedicated to a preview of the Enhancer software package 1.4, an update of the MMULib considering the graphics board VA2000 and the ACA accelerator boards, WinUAE 4.0 and MorphOS 3.11.
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15.Jul.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 14.07.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until July 14th, 2018:
make421.lha dev/c 1K 68k controls the generation of ex...
scsiquicker.lha disk/optim 8K 68k Speeds up IDE
CFD133.lha driver/med 153K 68k use CompactFlash cards in PCM...
kcmunchkin.adf game/actio 880K 68k Port of G7000 game K C Munchkin
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 12M 68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
Kaizokuban.adf game/think 880K 68k sokoban clone, Posadas 2018 g...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.6M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
kon.lha text/font 9K 68k polish font converter (19 old...
CopyFix.lha util/cli 3K 68k Patch for C:Copy 40.1 memory ...
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15.Jul.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 14.07.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until July 14th, 2018:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mountsmbfs.lha net/ser 34kb 4.1 GUI for SMBFS
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15.Jul.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 14.07.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until July 14th, 2018:
Fotochop_mcc_0.14.lha Development/MUI A painting and image ed...
myCatalog_3.0.zip Office/Database Manage your favorite co...
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15.Jul.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers 14.07.2018
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 July 14th, 2018:
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08.Jul.2018
A1200.net (E-Mail)
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New Amiga 1200 cases available / Goal for Amiga 500 mouse reached (Update)
Initiated one a half year ago by Philippe Lang, the replacement cases for the Amiga 1200 are now available in online shops for the first time. They can be ordered from Amigastore.eu (Spain), Amedia Computer (France), AmigaKit (Great Britain) and AmigaOnTheLake (USA).
As a result of financing the A500 cases (amiga-news.de reported), now the Amiga mouse can be produced because currently 191539 US-Dollar have been donated.
Update: (14.07.18, 20:09, snx)
According to Philippe Lang, by Alinea Computer there is also a german dealer offering the cases now. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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08.Jul.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit X 10.5.0
Version 10.5.0 of the Workbench distribution AmiKit meant for emulators is available and can be updated using the integrated update function. Additional to 35 new functions, updates and bug fixes, the new theme "dark mode" was added as a new feature.
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08.Jul.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 07.07.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until July 7th, 2018:
myCatalog.zip biz/dbase 8.6M MOS Manage your favorite collections
MuGuardianAngl.lha dev/debug 313K 68k detect accesses to non-alloca...
sonix-os4.lha driver/vid 1.0M OS4 Display/grab pictures from so...
ICFDesert_Greek.lha game/patch 149K 68k Translates ItCameFromTheDeser...
Viaduct-1.1.lha misc/emu 31K 68k RTG-aware PCWindow clone for ...
RNOInfoScreen.lha mus/play 8.4M WOS Music player front-end and in...
IFF2rexx.lha util/conv 1K Convert IFF data to rexx source
MMULib.lha util/libs 716K 68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 530K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 676K OS4 Multipurpose utility
FreeTibetMOS.lha util/sys 3K Tibet country for MorphOS and...
Mu680x0Libs.lha util/sys 374K 68k MuLib aware 680x0 libraries
SouthSudanMOS.lha util/sys 1K South Sudan country for Morph...
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08.Jul.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 07.07.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until July 7th, 2018:
rnoinfoscreen.lha aud/pla 8Mb 4.1 Music player front-end and info ...
vs8.lha dem/mag 2Mb 4.0 An Amiga chartmagazine for Amiga...
libcurl.lha dev/lib 3Mb 4.0 The multiprotocol file transfer ...
libopenssl.lha dev/lib 6Mb 4.0 The open source toolkit for SSL/TLS
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
fuse_emulator.zip emu/mis 3Mb 4.1 ZX Spectrum Emulator
curl.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Command line URL file transfer
reportplus.lha uti/mis 676kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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08.Jul.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 07.07.2018
The following archive has been added to the MorphOS Storage until July 7th, 2018:
RNOInfoScreen_1.6.lha Audio/Players RNOInfoScreen works as ...
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08.Jul.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 07.07.2018
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 July 7th, 2018:
- 2018-07-05 fixed: Gloom demo (Black Magic) slave works with the latest whdload version now (Info, Image)
- 2018-07-02 fixed: Max Rally (Fortress) button problem with some joypad fixed (Info)
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06.Jul.2018
MorphZone (Webseite)
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Operating system: MorphOS 3.11 released
Press release: The MorphOS development team is proud to announce the immediate availability of MorphOS 3.11. In addition to performance, stability and security improvements, this new version also features the first more substantial update of the Odyssey web browser in a while, which improves the rendering of and general compatibility with modern websites in several ways, as well as a more refined version of the recently introduced Flow Studio, our official integrated development environment. For a more extensive overview of the changes included in MorphOS 3.11, please read our release notes.
We strongly urge new users to carefully read our installation and troubleshooting guides before they attempt to install MorphOS for the first time. Existing users can upgrade via the familiar procedure but are encouraged to read the guides as well. MorphOS 3.11 is available for download in our files section. (snx)
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