22.Oct.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 21.10.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until October 21st, 2017:
FFT_AMIGA.py.txt dev/src 3K 68k Simple FFT for AMIGA Python 2...
tigerclaw-amigateaser... game/demo 69K 68k Jump'n Kick, early non-playab...
Greedium.lha game/wb 863K MOS A small mui game about numbers
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.1M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
furiatuneGUI1.2.lha util/app 40K 68k Graphical user interface for ...
TinyLauncher.lha util/misc 110K 68k WHDLoad frontend and more
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22.Oct.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 21.10.2017
The following archive has been added to the OS4Depot until October 21st, 2017:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
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22.Oct.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 21.10.2017
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 October 21st, 2017:
- 2017-10-20 improved: Dragon Wars (Interplay) Slave uses kickstart 1.3 for 68000 compatible (Info)
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21.Oct.2017
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AmiWest presentations from A-EON and Hyperion
AmiWest 2017 is taking place in Sacramento (USA) this weekend. The first presentation was another joint effort of Trevor Dickinson (A-EON) and Steven Solie (Hyperion). For the first time in many years, the Hyperion representative did not make any announcements, he was simply there to answer a few questions from the audience at the end of the presentation.
The following is a summary of the topics discussed. Unfortunately, the live stream had a few problems and completely dropped out for two or three minutes during the Q&A session - it's unlikely but possible that we missed something noteworthy.
AmigaOne X5000
The computer is "selling well", even with AmigaOS not being "fully optimised" for the hardware yet. Asked about optimization, Solie explains that the SATA driver "just works, it's not optimised at all". An Ethernet driver is still missing aswell, after that the CopyMem routine would be an obvious target for optimizations. Solie can't say if these updates will be distributed as a complete ISO or separate downloads. Asked for a timeframe, he expects them to arrive "in months, not years". Support for the 2nd CPU core is not discussed. Dickinson points out that a X5000 running MorphOS 3.10 is present at the show.
Tabor
For the first time, a Tabor motherboard running AmigaOS 4 is on display at AmiWest. It's still missing audio and ethernet drivers, and the FPU emulation is still being worked on. As soon as these problems are solved, the machine could go on sale. Dickinson again mentions a price tag of 400 Euros, but points out it's not clear yet if the licence fee for AmigaOS will be included in that price.
A-EON will offer special builds of its software compiled to achieve maximum speed with Tabor's incompatible FPU. Hyperion will offer an SDK update that will enable external developers to release Tabor builds of their programs aswell.
A.L.I.C.E.
The Laptop running Windows and (emulated) AmigaOS 3/4 had already been presented at last year's AmiWest. It should have been on sale this year, but due to a supplier messing up, only very few (one?) machine made it to Sacremento. The unintentional one-year-delay was used to "implement a lot of new features", but the new features were not explained during the presentation. A.L.I.C.E.'s price will depend on the actual Laptop used - apparently, several different versions of the package will be offered.
Enhancer
A new release of A-EONs "Enhancer" bundle is in the works. Amongst other things, it will include a new version of the RadeonHD drivers, that support the entire RAM on a Radeon graphics card (as opposed to only two Gigabyte) and newer Radeon GPU models. More details can be found in the screenshots of Dickinson's slides included below.
LibreOffice
The LibreOffice port, which was said to have entered betatesting shortly before last year's AmiWest, was not mentioned at all during the presentation. As far as we could tell from observing IRC channels, it didn't come up during the part of the Q&A session where the live stream was dead.
AmigaOS 4
An update for the AmigaOS 4 SDK is in the works, it will be released "as soon as I finish the work". Steven Solie would appreciate some help with this: big parts of the SDK are Free Software or Public Domain, so any external developer could assist Solie in finishing the update.
Asked about a roadmap for Amiga 4 and the lack of updates, Solie points out that this was a new policy introduced by (then) new management - we assume he's referring to Costel Mincea, who joined Hyperion in 2015 as the third director. Solie thinks there "might another change be coming in that policy", he's feeling the "winds of change". According to him, the short-term roadmap is obvious: finish OS4 for Tabor, optimize the X5000 build.
PORTIA: DIY Laptop case for Tabor/Mini-ITX
Hans de Ruiter (RadeonHD, Warp 3D Nova) is working on a Laptop case for his Tabor motherboard. We couldn't make out the details due to audio issues - but it sounded like the plastic case, which is supposed to take any miniITX motherboard, will become a commercial product.
Some very small pictures of PORTIA ("PORtable Tabor Incorporating AmigaOne") could be seen on one of Dickinson's slides during the presentation.
NoviaOS
Towards the end of his presentation, Dickinson clarifies a joke he made in his latest blog post: "NoviaOS" is simply AmigaOS. He was just having some fun and wanted to point out that AmigaOS will soon support more than two Gigabyte of GFX RAM (see above).
Screenshots of the slides
The following screenshots show all slides from Dickinson's presentation that were shown fullscreen during the (low resolution) live stream. A few more slides were only shown in the background of the video.
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21.Oct.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Scene World: Audio interview with Dr. Peter Kittel
On Scene World the former Commodorea and Amiga Technologies employee Dr. Peter Kittel has been interviewed. Besides, today the third part of the interview series with Christian Spanik has been published.
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21.Oct.2017
Amigans.net (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Integrated development environment CodeBench 0.55
After a break of four years, Simon "Rigo" Archer has released a new beta version of his integrated development environment CodeBench (screenshot). AmigaOS 4.1 Update 1 as well as the latest version of the SDK are required. Two free versions of Codebench are offered: One is meant for using with the AmigaOS 4-SDK, the other one is meant for Hollywood users.
A detailed list of changes is included in the download archive. The online documentation has not been updated which will be done step by step.
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19.Oct.2017
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Web browser: IBrowse 2.5 presentations at AmiWest and Amiga32
For years the website of the MUI-based web browser IBrowse has published hints for a forthcoming version 2.5. But these hints only were little texts - and the program itself could not be purchased any longer since the exit of the last publisher IOSPIRIT. Therefore many Amiga users have lost faith in an update.
According to the IBrowse team, the forthcoming version 2.5 will be presented during the next weekends at the AmiWest and the Amiga32. Because many users cannot attend the events, the team has provided "a work-in-progress news summary page which lists the main new features and changes since IBrowse 2.4."
New features:
- OS4 Native Version Added (OS4.1 Final Edition Required)
- AmiSSL v4 Support
- MUI 4.0 and 5.0 Support
- Alpha Channel Support (OS4)
- 4Gb+ File/Downloads (OS4)
- OpenSearch support
Re-written features:
- TextEditField Text Editor
- Disk Cache clean up
Improved features:
- JavaScript Engine
- HTML Engine
- HTTP Engine
- Password Manager
- Cookie support
- Various GUI Elements
- Internal Image Decoders
- Memory Management
- Bug Fixes
There are also detailed information to the respective points on the IBrowse website. About the HTML Engine it is said: "The existing HTML4 engine has been enhanced, with improved support for more tags and attributes, as well as being compatible with more sites. Redraw speeds of background images containing transparency has been greatly improved."
The FAQ and the Changelog have been updated as well. It is neither said anything about a possible date of release nor about a commercial sale of the program. According to the FAQ it "has yet to be decided" if the IBrowse 2.5 update will be available for free.
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19.Oct.2017
FS-UAE (Webseite)
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Emulator: FS-UAE 2.9.7dev (beta)
Frode Solheim has released a new developer version 2.9.7 of the emulator FS-UAE providing the following changes:
Changes in FS-UAE:
- Support building with latest version of MSYS2
- Renamed option frame to bezel
- New option: force_aspect
- Added shaders compiled/ported/written by guest.r
Changes in FS-UAE Launcher:
- Fix detection of Windows 10
- Support building with latest version of MSYS2
- Include quick setting to toggle display of bezel
- Quite a bit of changes, but many related to non-Amiga platforms
Changes in FS-UAE Arcade:
- Respect joystick modes from the game database in input selection screen
- Fixed aspect toggle button
- Fixed support for dual X-Arcade controllers
- Gamepad/joystick devices can be hotplugged with on-screen notifications
- Option to disable search function (arcade_search)
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19.Oct.2017
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 129 - preview and extracts
A preview and extracts from issue 129 (November/December 2017) of Amiga Future have been released today. Among other things, this issue features a preview of Reshoot R, a review of Hermes and an interview with Ben Hermans.
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19.Oct.2017
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Dock in Mac OS style: New version of MacLikeDock (update)
In a tutorial for beatifying Workbench, Stefan Egger has pointed out that an updated version of the dock MacLikeDock is available. The program which was originally written for AmigaOS 4 imitates the look and the performance of the dock of Mac OS X. There is an older port of the program to AmigaOS 3, which is also used in Amikit, but this is supposed to be quite bugged. The version of MacLikeDock which is available on his website still has the version string "Mac-Like Dock 3.2 (03.29.13)", but according to Egger includes diverse bug fixes.
Direct download: MacLikeDock.lha (1,4 MB)
Update: (19.10.2017, 15:30, cg)
According to our reader Cego in our German comment section, compared to the Amikit version, this version of MacLikeDock does not run on AGA systems any longer.
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18.Oct.2017
Markus Tillmann (ANF)
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Event: Update to Amiga32
Markus Tillmann wrote: One and a half week before the Amiga32 will start on 28. Oktober in Neuss, we want to announce some final information:
- For about three month the event is sold out - 520 persons (exhibitors and honoured guests included) will attend the Amiga32. We could have sold about 150 additional ticktes. Therefore the Amiga32 is one the biggest Amiga events.
- There will be no box office at the event! Therefore it will be useless trying to attend the event without a valid ticket. If you are still interested in a ticket, then we recommend to have a look at our facebook site and at the diverse Amiga forums.
- 27 exhibitors as well as 12 users will be on spot presenting their products and (partly) offering them for sale.
- Several honoured guests also will be participate and most of them will give a lecture. Jeff Porter, Dr. Tim King as well as Jürgen Haage surely can be considered as the most interesting guests.
- All guests also can enjoy wonderful music performed by Blue Metal Rose, Chris Hülsbeck and Mark "TDK" Knight.
- There will be also a draw for which already more than 30 attractive prices have been made available.
- Cloanto will give a free full version of its Amiga emulator "Amiga Forever" of the latest version to each guest.
- Of course everybody will be invited to use our catering service.
- The comeback issue of the Amiga Joker will be available for 5,- Euro.
- On Saturday 9:15 p.m. the Amiga documentation "From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years" will start in the Hitch cinema. The film will be shown in the original, English-language version. Tickets are available for 5,- Euro and can be ordered from info@amiga32.de or the Eventbrite ticket site.
The organizing team is looking forward to the Amiga32 and wants to give thanks to all supporters!
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18.Oct.2017
Oliver Brunner (E-Mail)
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Web browser Voyager released under GPL
David Gerber together with Oliver Wagner who died in 2016 have developed the web browser "Voyager". Now Gerber has released the source code of the program on his website. Until the beginning of the new millennium Voyager together with IBrowse and AWeb (its source code was already released in 2002) formed the Amiga browser triumvirate.
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15.Oct.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 14.10.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until October 14th, 2017:
MUIbase-4.0.lha biz/dbase 5.1M MOS Programmable relational datab...
FFNews_src.lha comm/news 1.0M FFNews source code
MUISnapscan_src.lha driver/oth 1.3M MUISnapscan source code
KillerBees.adf game/actio 880K 68k Port of G7000 game KillerBees
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.0M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
ceporro_src.lha game/think 9K ceporro source code
mpegplaygui_src.lha gfx/show 2K mpegplaygui source code
amitamagochi_src.lha misc/emu 25K amitamagochi source code
emucpc_src.lha misc/emu 469K EmuCPC source code
gbripper_src.lha misc/emu 4K gbripper source code
emotions.lha mods/med 87K Emotions_8Channels
MPEGA_src.lha mus/play 520K MPEGA source code
MPEGAPlayer_src.lha mus/play 449K MPEGAPlayer source code
AP59Covers.lha pix/misc 1.9M aMiGa=PoWeR n?59 Cover Recto
MPEGALibrary_src.lha util/libs 1.0M MPEGALibrary source code
assignerpro_src.lha util/misc 15K assignerpro source code
rememberday_src.lha util/time 19K Remember Day source code
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15.Oct.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 14.10.2017
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until October 14th, 2017:
zelda-nsq.i386-aros.zip gam/adv 17Mb Fan made SDL game in Zelda style...
glcolumns.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 1Mb OpenGL game to match 3 or more f...
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15.Oct.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 14.10.2017
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 14th, 2017:
- 2017-10-11 new: Gnome (Linel) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2017-10-08 improved: New York Warriors (Arcadia Systems) fix for low memory guru, adapted for latest kickemu (Info)
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14.Oct.2017
Murakami (ANF)
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French print magazine: aMiGa=PoWeR 59
Since 1998 the French printed magazine aMiGa=PoWer has been published by the Association Française du Libre Essai (AFLE). Among others issue issue 59 offers a review of the Vampire accelerator board as well software reviews of Reshoot, Bubbelsche de luxe, AMIcast Player, gcp.device and MUIMapparium.
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12.Oct.2017
Amigaworld (Webseite)
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Emulator: Plugins for Amikit
Ján Zahurančík, who in August registered the trademark "Amiga" in Slovakia , now offers an commercial "plugin" for his emulator distribution Amikit: For 4,95 Euro you get a collection of 13 new Workbench backgrounds ("themes") for the emulator. Two other commercial products provides a package of 35 SDL-based games ported by Artur Jarosik as well as the raytracing application Real3D.
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11.Oct.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Full version as download: Aquakon
The full version of the first person shooter Aquakon can be downloaded for free from the website of the Amiga Future.
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08.Oct.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 07.10.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until October 7th, 2017:
HWP_MUIRoyale.lha dev/hwood 4.7M MOS Hollywood plugin for MUI GUIs
MUIRoyaleSP.lha dev/hwood 166K MUI Royale 1.7 spanish guide
webp_mcc.1.0.lha dev/mui 5.5M MOS A WebP MUI Class
MCE.lha game/edit 1.7M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.0M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 12M 68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
PaletteEd.lha gfx/misc 87K 68k Edit IFF-ILBM Palettes
RNOComics.lha gfx/show 2.4M MOS Comic book reader
RNOComics_OS4.lha gfx/show 2.8M OS4 Comic book reader
lcal.lha text/misc 94K MOS Generate PostScript lunar pha...
240pTestSuite.lha util/misc 29K 68k 240p test suite Amiga impleme...
aminetreadme.lha util/misc 66K OS4 Aminet .readme creator
aminetreadme-os3.lha util/misc 55K 68k Aminet .readme creator
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08.Oct.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 07.10.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until October 7th, 2017:
hivelytracker.lha aud/tra 6Mb 4.1 Tracker program based upon the A...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
rnocomics.lha gra/vie 3Mb 4.0 Comic book reader
aminetreadme.lha uti/tex 66kb 4.0 Aminet .readme creator
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08.Oct.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 07.10.2017
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 7th, 2017:
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07.Oct.2017
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Popular Mechanics report about "The Cult of Amiga ..."
Since 115 years the popular science US magazine Popular Mechanics has been published. Under the title link it reports about how "The Cult of Amiga Is Bringing an Obsolete Computer Into the 21st Century".
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05.Oct.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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SD controller for Zorro Amigas: SD Drive Z2
The SD Drive Z2 is a Zorro-II card for reading and writing common SD/SDHC/MMC cards with up to 1,5 MB transfer rate. Fat32 is used as file system which should enable an easy data communication with a PC. The card slot is let out of the case using a long flat cable - ending in an external block which stands on the desk. The hardware is supposed to be available in different shops, currently only listed at Amedia Computer.
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05.Oct.2017
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Podcast: Amiga Users Ireland Podcast #8 - 64K’s Later
The eighth issue of the English-language podcast of the Amiga Users Ireland is about new games and forthcoming Amiga events.
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04.Oct.2017
a1k.org (Webseite)
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Latest installation ISOs for Debian Sid/m68k
Recently the latest installation CDs for Debian "Sid", which is the "unstable" developer branch of the Linux distribution, have been released on the official Debian server (Youtube video of the installation on an Atari Falcon). Experienced users who want to help debugging are very welcome to take part in the discussion on the Debian-68k mailing list or on the IRC (#debian-68k on OFTC). Debian at least requires a 68020 processor and a MMU. Due to the size the kernel image probably has to be extracted before it is booted.
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04.Oct.2017
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Operating system: FreeMiNT distribution for Vampire
MiNT ("Mint is now TOS") is the successor of Ataris TOS with multitasking functionality. Stefan Niestegge has arranged a distribution of the open source operating system which now is called FreeMiNT for Amiga computers equipped with a Vampire accelerator board. Before it can be used, the Amiga port of EmuTOS has to be loaded from a disk which then starts FreeMiNT from CF card.
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04.Oct.2017
German Amiga Community (Webseite)
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English magazine: "Amiga User" as print and eBook edition available
Issue "zero" of the English-language magazine "Amiga User" which is designed and published in Poland is available. You can order the printed edition for 10 Euro (plus 5 Euro shipping) or the eBook edition for five Euro. Reading extracts can be find on the corresponding shop sites. The next issue of the magazine has been announced for this month.
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04.Oct.2017
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Amiga disks on PC: ADF-Drive 0.625
ADF-Copy is an USB adapter which, connected to a ordinary PC disk drive, can read and write Amiga disks - provided that the disks are not copy-protected. The floppy port is connected to a Teensy 3.2 micro controller by using some jumpers controlled by the firmware of the micro controller.
Changes in version 0.625:
- Time and Date for Amiga Files and the ADF Image
- watchdog timer: resets the microcontroller after 8 seconds a fatal error occured
- the internal LED of the Teensy used for signalling errorcodes:
- 3 flashes then pause: read error
- 5 flashes then pause: write error
- slow flashing: out of memory error (might also cause a reset by watchdog)
- fast flashing: no floppy drive detected or hardware error
- read / write errors are also displayed as a message as the "DF0:" drivename
- formatting of HD Disks with the MTP interface should work now, HD support is still very fragile
- improved error handling
- bumped up the read and write retries
- improved compatibility with Windows 7
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03.Oct.2017
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: MUI class Webp.mcc 1.0
Carsten Siegner's Webp.mcc is a MUI class for viewing WebP images and animations based on the libwebp 0.6.0. Currently the class can only decode, demux. The archive also contains two example programs: a picture viewer and a WebP toolbar including the source code.
Download: webp_mcc.1.0.lha (6 MB)
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03.Oct.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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FPGA graphics board: Driver and firmware 1.7.2 for VA2000
A week ago, Lukas 'mntmn' Hartmann has released another update of the driver and firmware for his FPGA-based graphics board VA2000.
Additional to some improvements of the stability and compatibility, version 1.7.2 provides the patch "rtgpatch". After the driver was installed, the patch is executed one time and "fixes "pixel junk" being drawn into new screens opened by some applications like DirOpus 4".
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03.Oct.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Retro 7-bit: Software updates for Wicher 500i and A500Flash
For the programmable Kickstart switcher A500Flash and the accelerator board Wicher 500i developed by Retro 7-bit software updates have been released. No further details are known.
Download:
Flasher1_3.lha (9 KB)
WicherInstallerV1_1.lha (31 KB)
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02.Oct.2017
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Ancient Format Decompressor: Decompressing files
"Ancient Format Decompressor" is a "collection of decompression routines for ancient formats popular in the Amiga, Atari computers (and others) from 80's and 90's as well as including some current ones that were used in a some specific way in these systems." A lot of formats are supported like Powerpacker, CrunchMania or Rob Northern Compressors "automatically detected in most cases."
Currently the "Ancient Format Decompressor" has to be compiled by oneself. The program then should work on all modern systems. Additional to the command line application there is also an API which can be used by external applications.
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02.Oct.2017
Markus Tillmann (ANF)
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Cinema show of documentation "From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years"
During the "Amiga32" which will take place on 28. Oktober 2017 in Neuss (Germany) you can watch the Amiga documentation "From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years" produced by Nicola and Anthony Caulfield at the Hitch cinema. The film will start at 9:15 p.m., will last 151 minutes and is presented in the original English-language version. Tickets can be ordered for 5,- Euro via info@amiga32.de or directly at the Hitch cinema.
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01.Oct.2017
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: MUI Royale 1.7
Press release: This is code business and the hardest working men in it are back on your screen with a brand-new release: MUI Royale 1.7. This version adds a few new features and contains some bug fixes.
MUI Royale requires at least Hollywood 5.2 and is provided free of charge for all users of Hollywood. It is available for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS/x86.
The package comes with over 20 example scripts, many of which are direct ports from the MUI 3.8 SDK by Stefan Stuntz, but there are also original developments like demonstrations of how to create a video player using the combined power of Hollywood and MUI. On top of that MUI Royale comes with extensive documentation in over 300 PDF pages which are also available in HTML, AmigaGuide and CHM format thanks to the Hollywood documentation system.
All this makes MUI Royale the truly royal MUI experience, carefully crafted for you Kings and Queens of MUI! (snx)
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01.Oct.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 30.09.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until September 30th, 2017:
AmiBlitz3.lha dev/basic 12M 68k AmiBlitz 3.6 Build 6.1
indent-mos.lha dev/c 932K MOS ANSI C and C++ source code fo...
HWP_RapaGUI.lha dev/hwood 6.4M MOS Cross-platform GUI toolkit fo...
PPUnpack_HWP.lha dev/hwood 206K OS4 Hollywood plugin:handle power...
libpng1634_a68k.lha dev/lib 1.6M 68k Lib for reading/writing PNG
Reggae_mcc.1.0.lha dev/mui 112K MOS A Reggae MUI Class
Wmf_mcc.1.0.lha dev/mui 127K MOS A Wmf MUI Class
HermIRES.lha gfx/edit 852K MOS C64 hires-bitmap editor
gnuplot-MOS.lha gfx/misc 2.8M MOS Interactive function and data...
pngcrush-m68k.lha gfx/misc 165K 68k An optimizer for PNG files
uaewos0812.zip misc/emu 379K WOS UAE for WarpOS from 2002
ShellUpdate.lha util/boot 132K 68k Update OS 3.9 BB2 Shell to 45.39
Mu680x0Libs.lha util/sys 371K 68k MuLib aware 680x0 libraries
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01.Oct.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 30.09.2017
The following archive has been added to the AROS-Archives until September 30th, 2017:
abacus.i386-aros.zip gam/boa 269kb MUI board game based on 'Abalone'.
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01.Oct.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 30.09.2017
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 September 30th, 2017:
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01.Oct.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit X 10.3.1 / Plugins
Version 10.3.1 of the Workbench distribution AmiKit, mainly meant for emulators, is available and can be updated via the included update function. Additionally three plugins are offered: ArtiGames (35 SDL game ports by Artur Jarosik), Extra Themes (13 themes for AmiKit) and Real3D (the Raytracing program and its Phenomena plugin).
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01.Oct.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Print magazine: Skrolli International Edition 2017
Since 2012 the Finnish computer magazine Skrolli has been published. This year it is again completed by an English edition, which among others also is dedicated the Amiga.
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27.Sep.2017
Retromañia (ANF)
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RetroMañía 2017: Videogame and demo competition
At the beginning of November, this year again the RetroMañía will take place in Zaragoza (Spain). Celebrating the Amiga 30th anniversary, the event will also have a competition: All videogames and demos which never have been released before and somehow are dedicated to the RetroMañía 2017 can take part. In both categories the winner will get 100 Euro, the second place 50 Euro.
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26.Sep.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 23.09.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until September 23th, 2017:
jrm-karv.lha demo/sound 180K 68k dA JoRMaS: Kanaalin Arvoitus
Epub_mcc.0.4.lha dev/mui 137K MOS A Epub MUI Class
MCE.lha game/edit 1.7M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.0M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.1M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.4M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
ranne.lha mods/jorma 115K Ranne by Vesuri (Experimental)
Robs-MorphOS39.png pix/wb 382K Rob's MorphOS 3.9 Setup!
TileNum.lha text/dtp 9K PGS 3+: unique numbered docum...
FontWalker_os4.lha util/misc 1.8M OS4 Collect and display TTF fonts
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24.Sep.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 23.09.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until September 23th, 2017:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
fontwalker.lha uti/tex 2Mb 4.1 Collect and display TTF fonts
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24.Sep.2017
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: MUI class for Windows-Metafiles Wmf.mcc 1.0
Carsten Siegner's Wmf.mcc is a MUI class for MorphOS for viewing "Windows Metafile" (.wmf) image files. The Archive additionally contains some example files, a simple wmf viewer and the source code of the viewer.
Download: Wmf_mcc.1.0.lha (127 KB)
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22.Sep.2017
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: MUI class Epub.mcc 0.4
Siegner's Epub.mcc is a MUI class vor viewing ebooks of the EPUB format. The archive also includes two demo programs for viewing ebooks and svg files. Version 0.4 now supports Unicode, exporting to PDF and printing documents.
The archive now also includes the souce code of an example program.
Download: Epub_mcc.0.4.lha (137 KB)
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[News message: 22. Sep. 2017, 23:42] [Comments: 0]
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22.Sep.2017
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: RapaGUI 1.2 released
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to announce the immediate availability of RapaGUI 1.2, the ultimate cross-platform GUI toolkit for Hollywood. This version adds support for PPC Macintosh systems (requires Mac OS 10.5, considered by many to be the best Mac OS) and contains various bugfixes and a few new features. RapaGUI 1.2 is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal.
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21.Sep.2017
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Amiga disks on PC: Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer
Similar to ADF Drive, Robert Smith's project called "Arduino Amiga Floppy Disk Reader/Writer" also uses a micro controller - in this case an Arduino board - in order to be able reading and writing Amiga disks with an ordinary PC disk drive.
All documents of Smith's project also are available under free licences. So far the Arduino Reader/Writer only can read or write whole disks. On his website there is detailed report about the history of his project.
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18.Sep.2017
generationamiga.com (ANF)
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Guest appearance: AmigaOne X5000 in an ad for hair salons
According to Trevor Dickinson in his latest blog entry, Amiga fan and filmemaker Charles Paek has asked him if A-EON could provide a X5000 for a professional advertising spot for a chain of hair salons as a prop. Of course Dickinson could and therefore the X5000 now can be seen in the latest advertising spot for the US-American "Supercuts" which has 9000 branches.
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