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19.Sep.2016



Video of AmiParty 19 (Poland)
In August the American Bill Winters attended the "AmiParty 19", which took place from August 12 to 14 in Polish Chelm. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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18.Sep.2016
(ANF)


FPGA accelerator board: Vampire 2 (A600) becomes more expensive
According to "kipper2k", who is the producer of the FPGA-based accelerator board Vampire II (A600), the price for one board will increase from 150 Euro to 250 or 289 Euro because "the orders are much greater than the production rate and i cannot cope with the demand". Therefore the only option is to "to have the boards assembled by a board house to increase production".

From now the Vampire II is available in two different versions. The price for the standard version, which is euqal to previous ones, will be 250 Euro. The "Black Edition" is equipped with a faster CPU ("x13 clockspeed") and will be available for 289 Euro. If you have already paid in advance, then you will get your commercially assembled board for 150 Euro.

In Future the next 100 persons who had preordered will be asked to pay in advance and after getting the money the next production will be started. About four to five weeks later, the customer will get his board.

kipper2k also wrote: "We understand that this price hike appears high, Prices have been held low from day 1 and all prepaid orders on Amibay are being honoured by Majsta at a loss. These preorders have allowed the development of the project to be completed so the people who have supported the project from the beginning will reap the benefits of their investment." (cg) (Translation: dr)

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18.Sep.2016
amiga.org (Webseite)


AmigaOS 3: 8-Bit graphic programm Personal Paint 7.3b
The free "maintainance" update of the 8-Bit graphi programm Personal Paint now is also available for AMigaOS 3, which fixes several minor bugs. Version 7.3b is available for free to all existing customers. You can download it at ppaint.com.

Additional to the bug fixes, an optional black pictogramm set created by Martin 'Mason' Merz is available. Besides, the new InfoWindow class, known from the Enhancer package, is provided and used for the online help. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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18.Sep.2016
Finnish Amiga Users Group (ANF)


Event: Finnish Amiga Users Group's Saku 2016 Event on September 24th
Press release: Finnish Amiga Users Group hold their 9th Saku event in Oulu, Finland, on Saturday, September 24th. The event will feature many classic Amiga setups from A500 to A4000, FPGA computers like Minimig and MIST, Commodore 64, and several next generation systems. There will also be a presentation about the Hollywood programming language and the documentary film "From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years!" will be shown on a big screen.

Finnish Amiga retailer Gentle Eye will be present with some Amiga goodies, and the users group is getting new promotional products just for the event. Admittance is free of charge and refreshments will be available. Saku 2016 will start at 14 o'clock on September 24th at Oulun Tetra ground floor conference room at Mäkelininkatu 31. Please visit the users group's website for more information. Welcome! (snx)

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18.Sep.2016



Aminet-Uploads until 17.09.2016
The following packages have been added to the Aminet until September 17th, 2016:
BarflyDisk2_00.lha       dev/asm    597K  68k Barfly (68k+PPC) ASM Developm...
IFF-ILBM.zip             dev/misc   6K        IFF-ILBM loader for C#
WormWars.lha             game/actio 788K  68k Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha         game/actio 1.0M  OS4 Advanced snake game
FunTime3_96.lha          mags/germa 394K      German Amiga Magazine, Issue 3
FunTime4_96.lha          mags/germa 423K      German Amiga Magazine, Issue 4
FunTime5_96.lha          mags/germa 477K      German Amiga Magazine, Issue 5
RNOInfoScreen.lha        mus/play   7.0M  WOS Music player front-end and in...
Calimero_3.6.lha         text/dtp   6.7M  MOS A DTP Program
zip-bin.lha              util/arc   118K  OS4 Zip - binary archive
zip-src.lha              util/arc   1.1M  OS4 zip source archive
BootEm.lha               util/boot  26K   68k Ancient BootLeg replacement (...
ReportPlus.lha           util/misc  455K  68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  517K  MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha       util/misc  566K  OS4 Multipurpose utility
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18.Sep.2016



OS4Depot-Uploads until 17.09.2016
The following packages have been added to the OS4Depot until September 17th, 2016:
rnoinfoscreen.lha        aud/pla 7Mb   4.0 Music player front-end and info ...
appbuilder.lha           dev/mis 2Mb   4.0 Hollywood language productivity
memdump.lha              dev/mis 66kb  4.0 Views and modifies memory with a...
amigaracer.lha           gam/dri 89Mb  4.1 A Lotus Turbo Challenge game alike
exorcisticon.lha         gra/ico 92kb  4.0 Icon for window and screen kille...
blender.lha              gra/ray 66Mb  4.1 The free open source 3D content ...
zip-bin.lha              uti/arc 118kb 4.0 Binary archive
zip-src.lha              uti/arc 1Mb   4.0 Zip source archive
reportplus.lha           uti/mis 566kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
rbase64.lha              uti/she 4kb   4.1 Base64 encoder/decoder
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18.Sep.2016



WHDLoad: New installers until 17.09.2016
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 17th, 2016:
  • 2016-09-11 improved: Pool Of Radiance (SSI) less OS swap when saving an existing savegame, custom option to restart the game (Info)
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17.Sep.2016



Interview: Graeme Anderson (graphic artist for Hired Guns)
In the interview Graeme Anderson, former DMA-Design member and responsible for the graphics of Hired Guns, talked about his work process and the tools used for Hired Guns. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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16.Sep.2016
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


PDF-Magazine: REV'n'GE 63 (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 "Mixed-Up Mother Goose", "La Storia Ancestrale", "Ghosts 'n' Goblins", the sequel "Ghouls'n Ghosts" and "The Clue!".

Download sites:
Italian
English (snx) (Translation: dr)

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16.Sep.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Emulator: FS-UAE 2.7.16dev
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD and based on WinUAE and "includes an easy-to-use graphical configuration program which allows you to enjoy FS-UAE and Amiga emulation without writing configuration files." Beta version 2.7.16dev is a bug fix release. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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16.Sep.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


AROS-Distribution: Icaros Desktop 2.1.3
Version 2.1.3 of Paolo Besser's AROS distribution Icaros (screenshot) provides some new applications. Besides, OWB, OpenSSL, Mapparium and SimpleMail have been updated:
  • Updated PortablE to latest release
  • Updated Mapparium to v0.6
  • route computation, images now available. And many other fixes
  • Updated OWB to August 28th 2016 build
  • openssl upgraded to 1.0.1t fixing some security issues
  • Updated SimpleMail to latest release
  • Added FinalBurnAlpha to emulators
  • Added ColorCLI scripts
  • Added meteMP3 player to MultiMedia programs
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14.Sep.2016
Patrick Nevian (ANF)


Action-Adventure: Tales of Gorluth II is delivered
According to Patrick Nevian, today the pressed CDs of his action adventure "Tales of Gorluth II" which was created with Backbone has been finished:


All pre-orders will be delivered this week. For a couple of monthts, the first part of the fantasy saga can be downloaded for free. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Sep.2016
amiga.org (Webseite)


Podcast: The Retro Hour talked to Ben Vost (chief editor Amiga Format)
The English-language podcast The Retro Hour has talked to Ben Vost, who is the former chief editor of "Amiga Format". It is one of big two British Amiga magazines which was discontinued in May 2000. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.Sep.2016
Philippe Lang (E-Mail)


Video: Sign of life of new Amiga-1200 cases
Last year, Philippe Lang succeeded in collecting suffucient money with the help of a Kickstarter-campaign for the production of new Amiga-1200 cases. Meanwhile the molds are bewing created, which is documented in a video under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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13.Sep.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


TCP-Stack: Beta tester for Roadshow needed
For an update of the TCP-stack Roadshow a beta tester is needed, who is supposed to test the software. The test computer should be equipped with a 68000-processor and at least Kickstart 2.04. A working Roadshow installation should exist. Interested users write an eMail to Andreas Falkenhahn with the subject "Roadshow". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.Sep.2016
Amiga.org (ANF)


GPSTool: Testing GPS devices and recording tracks (AmigaOS 3, MorphOS, AROS)
GPSTool written by Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow is a programm for testing GPS devices like Garmin eMap, NaviLock GPS NL-602U USB or Stoton G-702) and for recording tracks on the Amiga. The paths are saved in the GPX-Format, which can be imported by many programms, among others by Mapparium written by the same author. GPSTool is available for AmigaOS 3, AROS and MorphOS. It uses the NMEA protocol to operate. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.Sep.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


AmiWest: Amiga DevCon 2016 (6. and 7. October)
This year there will be again a "DevCon" before the AmiWest (7. to 9. October, Sacramento, USA). On October 6th and 7th, the topics will be AmigaOS 4 programming, driver development and usage under Linux-code and Warp 3D Nova. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.Sep.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Hollywood application: APPBuilder V1.3 released
APPBuilder written by Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci simplifies compiling Hollywood programms and helps assembling the distribution archives. Version 1.3 provides improvements for the plugin management and suppports additional Hollywood plugins. Besides, some minor bugs have been fixed. APPBuilder is Shareware but the unregistered version does not have any limitations. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.Sep.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Blender 248.6
Andy Broad has updated his port of Blender for AmigaOS-4. Version 248.6 fixes three bugs related with sound output and JPEG2000 import.

Download: blender.lha (66 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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11.Sep.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Emulator: FS-UAE 2.7.15dev
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD and based on WinUAE and "includes an easy-to-use graphical configuration program which allows you to enjoy FS-UAE and Amiga emulation without writing configuration files." Beta version 2.7.15dev among others adds the option clipboard_sharing. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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11.Sep.2016



Aminet-Uploads until 10.09.2016
The following packages have been added to the Aminet until September 10th, 2016:
impvcfsm.lha             comm/mail  1K        Import vCard files into Simpl...
hexdump.py.txt           dev/misc   2K        A simple python hexdumper.
AmigaMon_107.lha         dev/moni   17K   68k Amiga Monitor from 1989 (w/ P...
AmigaMon_165.lha         dev/moni   37K   68k Amiga Monitor anno 1994 (Last...
FastMon.lha              dev/moni   17K   68k Fast Memory Monitor (Pre-Rele...
Interruptor.lha          dev/moni   12K   68k Amiga Monitor from 1990
MegaMon_25.lha           dev/moni   20K   68k Amiga Monitor Last Version fr...
Scypmon.lha              dev/moni   23K   68k Good Amiga Monitor from 1993
tk.lha                   dev/moni   35K   68k The Final Toolkit Monitor ann...
Bally.lha                game/misc  7K    68k The First Version Ever anno 1...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.1M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   4.4M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.3M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Thief_31.lha             mus/misc   42K   68k A MultiFormat Music Ripper Up...
RNOInfoScreen.lha        mus/play   7.0M  WOS Music player front-end and in...
TFMX.lha                 mus/play   24K   68k Good TFMX-Player for all Amigas
Bootleg_21.lha           util/boot  7K    68k Legendary Boot-Tool anno 1989
MegaBoot.lha             util/boot  6K    68k Bootblock-Utility from 1989
Sensor.lha               util/boot  11K   68k 2 ancient Utilities: boot-up/...
cranker.lha              util/pack  834K  68k Amiga exe cruncher/loader,dat...
DataPack.lha             util/pack  8K    68k PowerPacker Data De-Crunch fr...
DefPack.lha              util/pack  7K    68k DefJamPacker 3.5 - file compr...
MaxPak.lha               util/pack  7K    68k file compressor (100% bugfixed)
OmegaPacker.lha          util/pack  14K   68k fast, easy + convenient file ...
Savage.lha               util/pack  40K   68k Disk Compressor from 1992
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11.Sep.2016



OS4Depot-Uploads until 10.09.2016
The following packages have been added to the OS4Depot until September 10th, 2016:
rnoinfoscreen.lha        aud/pla 7Mb   4.0 Music player front-end and info ...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 4Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
proaction.lha            lib/rea 633kb 4.0 GUIServer for script writers
thefryingpan.lha         uti/fil 814kb 4.0 CD/DVD burning software
dataplace-source.lha     uti/wor 235kb 4.1 Data Place source files
preferences.lha          uti/wor 2Mb   4.0 Prefs window for starting differ...
smtube.lha               vid/pla 2Mb   4.1 Qt : direct stream + download Yo...
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11.Sep.2016



WHDLoad: New installers until 10.09.2016
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 September 10th, 2016:
  • 2016-09-10 fixed: Giganoid (Swiss Computer Arts) interrupt level 2 was not correctly set at startup, BoxIcon added (Info)
  • 2016-09-05 improved: Extension (Pygmy Projects) level 6 interrupt problem in replayer fixed (Info, Image)
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11.Sep.2016
Amiga.org (Forum)


AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: Aracade racing game Amiga Racer 3.72
Over the update function included in Michael Neitzel's Lotus clone "Amiga Racer", players get new features. Version 3.72 now has been released which, additional to a new track ("Enchanted Forest", screenshot), introduces a tournament mode (like in the original Lotus series). (snx) (Translation: dr)

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09.Sep.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: CD/DVD burning software FryingPan 1.3.2
In 2011, the source code of the MUI-based CD/DVD burning programm Frying Pan was released under the LGPL. After versions for MorphOS and AmigaOS 3, now Frying Pan also is available for AmigaOS 4 as native version without any Shareware limitations. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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07.Sep.2016
Pascal Papara (ANF)


Commercial version of "Catacomb 3D" for CD32 in progress
Recently the engine of the 25 years old 3D-Shooter Catacomb 3D was ported to AmigaOS. Pascal Papara has acquired a licence for selling the full version of the game and is going to distribute a CD32-version of the game commercially. For this pupose it is supposed to be adapted to the CD32, among others it will be controlled with a joypad and the CD32-specific chip Akiko is supposed to be used for chanky-to-planar conversions.

A Youtube video demonstrates the current stage of the development (on an emulator). Currently the features of saving the game status and using the original "Adlib"-sound are being added. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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07.Sep.2016



Entwickler-X: Blog established, M.A.C.E. Remastered announced
The team von Entwickler-X (e.g. Emotion, Tap Jewels, Bubble Shooter DX) has established a "Development Blog", which in future will inform about their projects. In the first two entries a reworked version of the shooter M.A.C.E. is announced which will be also released for AmigaOS 4.

In a discussion on os4welt.de, Thomas 'imagodespira' Claus, member of Entwickler-X, explained that the gameplay will be changed and there will be also more animations, backgrounds and other graphics. This new, remastered edition therefore will require a more powerful hardware. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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07.Sep.2016
Amiga Impact (Webseite)


Documentary: "Viva Amiga"-DVDs is nearing release
The supporters of the Kickstarter campaign for releasing the documentary film Viva Amiga have got an email in which they are asked to confirm their addresses for delivering the DVD. It is not clear when the film can be purchased in common stores and shops. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.Sep.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Magazine: Commodore Free, issue 94
"Commodore Free" is a free, English-language magazine about Commodore and Amiga computers, which is available in different formats - among others as HTML version and as C64-Diskmag. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.Sep.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Podcast: AMIcast 16, Interview with Aaron Smith
In its latest issue, Krzysztof Radzikowski talked with Aaron Smith, who is about to open his online shops Amiga On The Lake. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.Sep.2016
amiga.org (Webseite)


FPGA: Apollo-Core-Update "Gold"
The Apollo core is a FPGA-reimplementation of Motorolas m68k-series, which also provides a separate graphic output called SAGA. Currently the core is used in the accelerator board Vampire 600 V2. Changes in the latest core which is called "gold":
  • Added fusing for MOVE/EXT
  • added MPU for finding illegal memory access
  • added TRACE support
  • fixed in CHK2, CMP2, MOVEM and CAS
  • fixed some special LOOP condition
  • fixed TRAPcc
  • optimized MOVEQ/MOVE.l # and depending instructions
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06.Sep.2016
Pascal Papara (ANF)


Bugfix: Projekt Lila "Remastered" for CD32 users
The Jump'n Run Projekt Lila that has been released a few weeks ago is supposed to be CD32 compatible - but on some consoles the boot process doesn't work. A new 'Remastered' edition fixes this problem and also features some changes to the world selection screen. The Remastered edition will be shipped for free to all existing Projekt Lila customers. The digital edition available from the IndieGo store is identical with the Remastered edition. (cg)

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05.Sep.2016



AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: Ask Me Up XXL 2.6.0
Jérôme 'Glames' Senay's 'Ask Me Up' is a one to five player quiz game for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Windows featuring 17000 questions in 16 categories. A demo version containing 80 questions is available for free. Version 2.6.0 includes improved Swedish and German translations, fixes several faulty questions and features updated questions in the 'Sports' and 'Economy' categories. (cg)

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04.Sep.2016



Aminet-Uploads until 03.09.2016
The following packages have been added to the Aminet until September 3rd, 2016:
AmigaMon_107.lha         dev/moni   17K   68k Good Amiga Monitor anno 1989
MegaMon_22.lha           dev/moni   21K   68k Amiga Monitor Update to v1.82...
TurboQuantum.lha         driver/med 20K   68k Control Quantum HD Parameter
frontier-elite2-gl.ar... game/actio 7.1M  x86 Fontier Elite II - GL Version
MCE.lha                  game/edit  1.5M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  1.8M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  1.7M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
gnuplot-MOS.lha          gfx/misc   2.6M  MOS Interactive function and data...
amigaguidemagazine48.pdf mags/misc  4.0M      English PDF magazine, May 2007
amigaguidemagazine49_... mags/misc  10M       English PDF magazine, April 2008
amigaguidemagazine51.pdf mags/misc  7.6M      English PDF magazine, August ...
amigaguidemagazine52_... mags/misc  18M       English PDF magazine, July 2009
amigaguidemagazine54.pdf mags/misc  16M       English PDF magazine, August ...
amigaguidemagazine55.pdf mags/misc  11M       English PDF magazine, October...
amigaguidemagazine57.pdf mags/misc  1.4M      English PDF magazine, 2013
amigaguidemagazine58.pdf mags/misc  1.0M      English PDF magazine, January...
amigaguidemagazine59.pdf mags/misc  41M       English PDF magazine, January...
milkytracker-morphos.lha mus/edit   1.7M  MOS Multiplatform music tracker
RNOInfoScreen.lha        mus/play   7.0M  WOS Music player front-end and in...
anims.lha                pix/anim   12M       Animations 320x256 (ECS)
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04.Sep.2016



OS4Depot-Uploads until 03.09.2016
The following packages have been added to the OS4Depot until September 3rd, 2016:
rnoinfoscreen.lha        aud/pla 7Mb   4.0 Music player front-end and info ...
evolve.lha               dev/gui 2Mb   4.1 Rapid GUI Development
mce.lha                  gam/uti 2Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
dataplace.lha            uti/wor 1Mb   4.1 A DBase III file viewer
dataplace-source.lha     uti/wor 233kb 4.1 Data Place source files
preferences.lha          uti/wor 2Mb   4.0 Prefs window for starting differ...
emotion_demo.lha         vid/pla 8Mb   4.1 very first, demo of Emotion vide...
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04.Sep.2016



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 03.09.2016
The following packages have been added to the AROS-Archives until September 3rd, 2016:
frontier-eliteii-gl.i386-... gam     7Mb   GL Version
ularn.i386-aros.zip          gam/rol 322kb Port of the Amiga version of thi...
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04.Sep.2016



WHDLoad: New installers until 03.09.2016
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 September 3rd, 2016:
  • 2016-09-02 fixed: Nitro Boost Challenge (Code Masters) keyboard interrupt fixed, 68000 quitkey support, byte write to volume register fixed, source code included (Info)
  • 2016-09-01 improved: The Adventures Of Willy Beamish (Dynamix) 68000 quitkey support, install script updated (Info)
  • 2016-08-31 improved: Clown'o'mania (Starbyte) DMA wait problem fixed, interrupts fixed, manual and source code included (Info)
  • 2016-08-30 improved: Cabal (Ocean) version check corrected (Info)
  • 2016-08-30 updated: Cabal (Ocean) patch redone, blitter waits added, CD32 joypad support added, 68000 quitkey support, lots of trainers added (Info)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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04.Sep.2016
Pascal Papara


AROS-Distribution: AEROS 4.0.1 for Raspberry Pi and Odroid updated
For Pascal Papara's Linux-hosted AROS-distribution AEROS, an update is available to all registered users for all three generations of the ARM-based, credit card-sized single-board computer Raspberry Pi and Odroid (U2 and U3).

Addiditional to the SD-image, for the version for the Pi there now also is a SquashFS-Image which is compatible to BerryBoot. The files themself have not been changed. The updated verson for Odroid now corresponds the version for Raspberry Pi (concerning AROS). (snx) (Translation: dr)

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03.Sep.2016



Printed magazine: Amiga Future, issue 122
The English and German issue 122 (September/October 2016) of the printmagazine Amiga Future have been released and can be ordered directly from the magazine's editorial office or from various Amiga dealers. This issue's topics include a review of the "Furia 33", a report about the demo scene as well as an interview with Richard Löwenstein. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.Sep.2016
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


PDF-Magazine: REV'n'GE 62 (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 "Armour-Geddon", "La Storia Ancestrale", "The Adventures of Robin Hood", "R-Type II" and "Thunderhawk AH-73M".

Download sites:
Italian
English (snx) (Translation: dr)

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02.Sep.2016



Workbench-Skin: "Watchface" for Pebble Smartwatch
The user-interface of the crowd funded Smartwatch Pebble can be personalized with different skins. Amiga fan "h3nk" has created a skin featuring a Workbench 1.3 design. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.Sep.2016
David Brunet (ANF)


New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of french Amiga / MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
  • July/August 2016 news.
  • Old articles from Tilt 74 to 77:
    • Comparative: Formule 1 games from 1989
    • Report: PC Forum
    • Review: TV Sports Basketball
    • Hardware: Trumpcard 500
    • Report: Winter CES 1990
    • Review: Space Ace
    • Report: Indin 1989
    • Interview: Lothar Schmitt
    • Review: Battle Squadron, etc.
  • Interview with Roman Kargin.
  • Review of Personal Paint 7.3b.
  • Hardware: Vampire 600 V2.
  • Hardware: H-Frame Mini.
  • Hardware: Sum A234/CD32.
  • File: Amiga history (year 2001).
  • File: Classic Reflections - What Happen to Gold Disk ?
  • DIY: RF to VGA out conversion on Amiga 600.
  • DIY: Remplace the 68040 by a 68060 on BlizzardPPC.
  • DIY: Update the Commodore 1351 mouse with microswitches.
  • Special quizz about Battle Squadron.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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31.Aug.2016
Thorsten Mampel, 1.Vorsitzender ACH e.V. (ANF)


Petro Tyschtschenko attending the Amiga-Meeting in Bad Bramstedt
Petro Tyschtschenko will attend the "Amiga-Meeting" in Bad Bramstedt again. He will be presenting his biography and give a short presentation about his time with Commodore and Amiga Technologies. He's also available for signing Amiga paraphernalia. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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31.Aug.2016



AmigaOS 4: video player Emotion (Alpha)
Entwickler-X have released an early alpha version of the video player they are working on called "Emotion". They stress that it's far from being finished yet and that a lot of functionality - including the menu - is still missing. Due to the status of the release, bug reports are not required yet.

As Thomas 'imagodespira' Claus explains (German), Emotion has to be run from the shell with the video you want play as a parameter. By doublicking the video during playback, the player switches to fullscreen mode. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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31.Aug.2016



Individual Computers lizenziert Commodore-Logo
In a press release, Individual Computers announce they licensed the 'Commodore' trademark from its current owner Polabe Holding N.V. to distribute hardware under the legendary home computer brand. The first products mentioned are C64 cases built Commodore's original molds and a new edition of the C64Reloaded motherboard. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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30.Aug.2016



AmigaOS 4: Enhancer Software 1.1
Press release: A-EON Technology Ltd is pleased to announce a major update to the Enhancer Software for AmigaOS 4.1 systems. The Enhancer Software version 1.1 upgrade demonstrates our ongoing commitment to the AmigaOS platform and is available as a free download from AMIStore for existing registered users. New customers can either purchase a digital download from AMIStore or a buy a boxed CD from selected Amiga dealers.

The original Enhancer Software package was met with positive acclaim when it was released earlier this year. The v1.1 update is the culmination of four months hard work by the dedicated AmigaDeveloper.com team who have added a whole host of new function-ality and features.

Applications & utilities

Apart from significant updates to key software utilities such as MultiViewer v2.6, MultiEdit v1.3, AmiPDF v1.34, X-Dock v0.35 and TuneNet v2.4 there are new additions such as the ‘themeable’ Clock utility (v53.7) with a wide selection of ‘skins’ included.

RadeonHD driver update

The RadeonHD driver has once again been updated. The new versions, v2.18 (Plus Edition) and v1.17 (Standard Edition), includes several maintenance updates and increased compatibility for additional graphics card firmware support.

Warp3D Nova, the Shader based 3D graphics system, has been significantly updated and v1.29 now supports MipMapping, Stencil buffering and many other new functions. It is complemented by the much awaited premiere of the OpenGL ES 2.0 library on AmigaOS.

New datatypes & features

The new Sound Datatype, which includes MOD, MPEGA and WAV, is a significant improvement over earlier versions. It now supports multi channel 16-bit/32-bit/64-bit (floating point) streaming with internal support for up to 19 named channels. Apart from adding full MultiViewer support, we have been working closely with third party application developers to ensure that the new datatypes deliver the added functionality they require for their own software titles. The Ringhio Notifications server has been under continuous development since the last Enhancer Software release. The latest version (53.60) adds the possibility of a ‘Progress Bar’ support inside the notification “bubble” pop-up.

Future proofing

With one eye to the future, the building blocks of applications, ReAction compatible gadgets and classes have been extended and many of the main programs have been converted to use the new gadgets. The new Clock app is based on the new flexible and powerful clock.gadget

The components of the Enhancer Software V1.1 sections are:

1. Datatypes:
  • MPEGA Datatype - used by MultiViewer
  • MOD Datatype - used by MultiViewer
  • SimpleHTML Datatype - used by MultiViewer
  • Sound Datatype - used by MultiViewer
  • WAV Datatype - used by MultiViewer
2. Gadgets and Classes:
  • Clock Gadget Class - used by Clock
  • InfoWindow Class - used by ClipViewer, Exchanger, MultiViewer, MultiEdit, X-Dock
  • OptionButton Gadget Class
  • PieChart Gadget Class - used by Format
  • ProgressBar Gadget Class - used by NotificationServer, TuneNet and X-Dock
  • Shared Image Class - required by ClipViewer and MultiViewer
  • TickBox Gadget Class - required by Clock, Format, Notifications Preferences, TuneNet and X-Dock
3. Utilities:
  • AmiDVD
  • AmiPDF
  • CANDI and CANDI Preferences
  • Clock
  • InfoWindow
  • MultiEdit
  • MultiViewer
  • PartitionWizard
  • TuneNet
  • X-Dock
4. Commodities:
  • ClipViewer
  • Exchanger
5. System:
  • Format
  • NotificationServer and Notifications Preferences
6. Libraries
  • OpenGL ES 2.0
  • Warp3D Nova
7. Kickstart:
  • Diskcache Library
  • RadeonHD v2
  • SmartFileSystem 2
8. CLI Commands and Tools:
  • RequestChooser
(cg) (Translation: cg)

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29.Aug.2016
MorphZone (Forum)


Video: controlling a Minimig from MorphOS
As announced at Morph.zone three years ago, Anders Granlund has connected a Minimig to his MorphOS computer that enables him to run Amiga games on the Minimig by double-clicking them on Ambient. Keyboard, mouse and joystick input is also forwarded to the FPGA Amiga. (snx) (Translation: cg)

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29.Aug.2016
AROS-Exec (Forum)


Puzzle game: G.E.M.Z. 2.1
Fabio Falcucci's G.E.M.Z. is a commercial puzzler for all Amiga systems, where blocks with the same colour have to be positioned next to each other to make them disappear. New in version 2.1 are additional animations and the possibility to modify the game by editing text based configuration files. The sound files are now a separate download, the game will retrieve them when ran for the first time. (snx) (Translation: cg)

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28.Aug.2016



Aminet-Uploads until 27.08.2016
The following packages have been added to the Aminet until August 27th, 2016:
finger-mos.lha           comm/tcp   53K   MOS UNIX finger for NetStack
CruelSummer2016.lha      demo/misc  62K   68k Cool demo with finest oldscho...
chocolatecastle.lha      dev/mui    239K  MOS Parametrized MUI MCC code gen...
LibMaker.lha             dev/mui    148K  MOS GUI based code skeleton gener...
Smash_The_Beast.adz      game/misc  172K  68k S.M.A.S.H The Beast game
xroar.lha                misc/emu   1.1M  MOS Dragon and Tandy CoCo emulator
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28.Aug.2016



OS4Depot-Uploads until 27.08.2016
The following packages have been added to the OS4Depot until August 27th, 2016:
aos-ignitionicons.lha    gra/ico 393kb 4.0 Icons and Toolbar Symbols for Ig...
knobgad.lha              lib/rea 55kb  4.0 Round knob gadget
dirmeup_demo.lha         uti/fil 16Mb  4.1 Amiga Files Explorer
ann-update.lha           uti/tex 2Mb   4.0 Minor update to Annotate to impr...
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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28.Aug.2016



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 17.08.2016
The following package has been added to the AROS-Archiven until August 27th, 2016:
spades.i386-aros.zip         gam/car 43kb  Port of an Amiga freeware card g...
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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28.Aug.2016



WHDLoad: New installers until 27.08.2016
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 27th, 2016:
  • 2016-08-25 new: Worldcharts 9 (The Silents) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
  • 2016-08-24 fixed: Dyter-07 (reLINE) all protections removed, game doesn't crash anymore, trainers added, interrupts fixed, source code included (Info)
  • 2016-08-22 new: Art and Go (Impulse) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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28.Aug.2016
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: File manager Dir Me Up 3.02
Jérôme 'Glames' Senays' commercial file manager "Dir Me Up" among others offers browsing history and preview images or thumbnails. In version 3.02 no longer names of drives are limited to three characters and the Swedish and German translation have been completed.

The update is available for free to all resistered users. All other ones can test an limited demo version.

Download: DirMeUp_Demo.lha (16 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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28.Aug.2016
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Podcast: The Retro Hour talked to Gunnar von Boehn
The latest issue 34 of the British podcast "The Retro Hour" also talked to Gunnar von Boehn (from 9th minute) about the Vampire accelerator board for the Amiga 1200 which is expected to be released at the end of the year. They also talked about other plans and the NatAmi-project. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.Aug.2016
Amiga.org (Webseite)


AmiCast: Text interview with David Brunet
The seventh text interview of the English-language podcast AmiCast is dedicated to David Brunet, who especially is well-known for the French Amiga portal Obligement. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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