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25.Dec.2013
Anachronia (ANF)


Action-Adventure: Enemy 2: Missing In Action
Enemy 2: Missing In Action is the second part of Enemy: Tempest Of Violence. Compared with the first part, the sequel has new levels and new graphics and continues the storyline of Tempest of Violence.



Enemy 2 runs on all Amigas with 1 MB virtual memory, features 30 new levels which can be also played in team-mode spielbar sind and is available in English and German. The game is played with the joystick just like in part one.

The team of Anachronia promises "many surprising turns" and wishes all players lot of fun with "Enemy 2: Missing In Action". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Dec.2013
os4welt.de (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Web-Browser Odyssey 1.16
Shortly after the release of MUI 4, the port of version 1.16 of Fabien Coeurjoly's web browser Odyssey is available. Odyssey 1.16 is not the latest version and already two years old but so far for AmigaOS only version 1.9 was available.

The port for AmigaOS 4 does not feature support of HTML5 video and audio. Besides, there are not a plugin-interface or spell check. Currently the archive still is in the upload queue but soon will be available on the main site of the file archive.

Hint of amiga-news.de: For the release of the sources of the latest version of Odyssey currently money is collected. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Dec.2013
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


Email-Client: YAM 2.9 for all Amiga systems
The YAM-Open-Source-team has released version 2.9 of the MUI-based mail programm which, additional to bug fixes, provides important basics for the future suppport of IMAP. The changes are listed under the title link.

Yet Another Mailer can be downloaded for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS/x86, AROS/x64 and AROS/PPC. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Dec.2013
PPA (Webseite)


Email-Client: SimpleMail 0.40
For years, at Christmas a new update of the eMail-programm SimpleMail has been released. In 2013 this tradition is being continued. Version 0.40 is available for AmigaOS 3.x and AmigaOS 4. It provides an improved unit test framework, stability improvents of the IMAP-client and several memory leaks fixes. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Dec.2013
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


AmigaOS 4: MUI 4.0 released
Via AmiUpdate, which is the software update system of AmigaOS 4, today the Magic User Interface 4.0 was made available. Thore Böckelmann and Jens Maus adapted MUI to the corresponding MorphOS-functions (screenshot). (snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Dec.2013



Amiga-News wishes Merry Christmas!
The team of Amiga-News wishes all Amiga fans a Merry Christmas!


As a little Christmas gift, the full version of Putty Squad was given to the community. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Dec.2013



Jump'n Run: Full version of Putty Squad as free download
Almost 20 years ago, System 3's Putty Squad should have been released: a demo version was released on several disks of magazines and diverse British magazine did rate the game - and all of them with a high number of points.

But the final release did not follow and during the next years the game became some kind of a hidden secret for hunters of unreleased games.

With the help of the Amiga veteran "Galahad", now the Amiga version of Putty Squad was finished so far. As a Christmas gift to all Amiga fans, System 3 has made available the game on its website for free download.

Putty Squad is provided as two ADF-files and requires an AGA-Amiga. There are no plans for installing it on harddrive. Your web browser has to accept cookies otherwise the download will not work.

Ian 'Codetapper' Lightbody has interviewed Galahad. They talked about the communication with System 3 and the technical problems with finishing the game. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Dec.2013
Jim Neray (ANF)


Game launcher: X-bEnCH 0.92
X-bEnCH is a graphical user-interface with up to 272 colours (AGA; 128 on OCS/ECS-computers) which can replace the Workbench for starting WHDLoad-games (.slave, .exe) and which requires low hardware resources.

Changes in version 0.92:
  • X-bEnCh.guide updated
  • Xinit 2.5
    • Now can hide the RegScreen for registered users (see setup)
    • Now can execute a start script before launching X-bEnCH
  • Xmenu 2.0
    • Menuprefs file management upgraded
    • Now goes to the bottom (exit) if you push up at the top of the menu
    • Now goes to the top if you push down at the bottom of the menu
  • Xlaunch 2.7
    • Custom1=/2=/3=/4=/5= detection fixed
    • Config= detection fixed (only for buttons for the moment)
    • Second joystick button bugfix (short push switches listings/long push quits)
    • Now uses the new WHDLoad prefs if no WHDLoad tooltypes are founds
    • More of WHDLoad's tooltypes are auto-checkeds and used (+11)
    • WHDLoad requester final bugfix
    • Minor display bugfix
  • Xpl0rer 0.5
    • Now lists directories first (and files afterwards)
    • Bad refresh of the alert message display zone fixed
    • Now autolists devices on startup
  • Xcli 1.1
    • Resetxset crash bugfix
    • Resetxset fixed for the new whdload.prf and launcher.prf
  • Xsetup 2.3
    • Added the Start/Exit Scripts fields with ASL file requesters (2.0+)
    • Added the Show "RegScreen" switch (registered users only)
    • "Exit To" (reboot, nowhere, loadwb) switch added to Setup/MainMenu
    • WHDLoad Setup panel added with 23 default tooltypes
    • Launcher Setup panel updated
    • Fixed the launcher.prf update
  • Xblank 0.4
    • Color palette bugfix
    • Display options fail bugfix
    • Timer bugfix
    • Small display bugfix
  • Xexit 1.0
    • Now can execute an exit script when leaving xbench
    • Now exit to: Reboot/Nowhere/LoadWb (+arguments) as set in the setup
  • Xinstaller 0.9
    • Added the whdload.prf to the update of the prefs files
    • Wait time after a successful installation divided by two
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Dec.2013
Amiga.org (Webseite)


AROS: AEROS beta version 6 for Raspberry Pi
The sixth beta version of Pascal Papara's Debian-Linux-hosted AROS-distribution AEROS for the Raspberry Pi (video) has been released for registered and unregistered users - as usual the version for unregistered users does not include the lx-command with which it is possible to launch Linux-programms out of AROS.


Changes:
  • Made alias "omxplayer" under AROS; if you put videos into the video-folder you can run them from any place with "omxplayer nameofvideo" from AROS shell; it supports full HD-Playback through GPU (some additional codecs can be purchased from Pi-store)
  • Linux filesystem is now accessible thanks to deadwood's fix
  • Assigns Home: and Media: added to Wanderer
  • Updated AROS and Linux system files
  • Added some icons for Synaptic and file manager (looks like IndieGO!-Marketplace icon but it just launches Synaptic)
  • Added Pi-store icon
  • Added UAE4all (untested, experimental)
  • If you doubleclick a video file in Linux file manager, it will be played through omxplayer
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Dec.2013
Amiga.org (Webseite)


MorphOS: Battle Squadron
After the version for AmigaOS 4, Battle Squadron now also is available for MorphOS (video). The Amiga demo version does include both ports of the game. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Dec.2013
PPA (Webseite)


NetBSD: Support of expansion board ACA500
The Amiga version of NetBSD now also supports the expansion board ACA500 developed by Individual Computers. Currently only the first Compact-Flash-Slot can be used to boot because the ACA500 has to be connected with an accelerator board with MMU which is also supported by NetBSD. The support for all other components will follow. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Dec.2013



Aminet-Uploads until 21.12.2013
The following packages have been added to Aminet until December 21st, 2013:
DoubleGummi.lha          comm/net   35K   68k GummiSurf Replacement allows ...
AFnews-68k.lha           comm/www   894K  68k Amiga Future Everywhere 68k
AFnews-OS4.lha           comm/www   1.3M  OS4 Amiga Future Everywhere Amiga...
MCC_TextEditor-15.43.lha dev/mui    790K  MOS TextEditor custom class for M...
MCC_TheBar-26.14.lha     dev/mui    1.6M  MOS Next Generation Toolbar MUI C...
DiskWiz.lha              disk/misc  35K   68k Read/write disk archives to f...
FamAmigaUses.lha         docs/hyper 26K       A guide about famous Amiga uses!
Saga.lha                 game/board 398K  68k Conversion of TSR boardgame
SagaMOS.lha              game/board 444K  MOS Conversion of TSR boardgame
Saga-OS4.lha             game/board 500K  OS4 Conversion of TSR boardgame
Noel_Q.lha               game/wb    36K   68k A Christmas theme peg game...
Safe.lha                 mods/xm    4.5M      New Mod By Pseudaxos
JukeboxAdder.lha         mus/play   165K  MOS Add files to Jukebox from Amb...
madplay.lha              mus/play   654K  68k MP3 player/decoder & libs
MultiMeedio.lha          mus/play   29K   MOS Script to control many audio ...
madp.lha                 util/batch 2K        use madplay & mpg123 with...
CTLG2CT.lha              util/conv  20K   OS4 Decompiles catalogs back into...
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22.Dec.2013



OS4Depot-Uploads until 21.12.2013
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until December 21st, 2013:
ulmosadventure.lha       gam/adv 3Mb   4.1 A cute action RPG.
saga.lha                 gam/boa 568kb 4.0 Conversion of TSR boardgame
miner.lha                gam/puz 114kb 4.1 a puzzle game
codesets.lha             lib/mis 602kb 4.0 Library for handling codesets an...
mcc_betterstring.lha     lib/mui 305kb 4.0 BetterString custom class for MUI
mcc_nlist.lha            lib/mui 2Mb   4.0 NList custom classes for MUI
mcc_texteditor.lha       lib/mui 790kb 4.0 TextEditor custom class for MUI
mcc_thebar.lha           lib/mui 2Mb   4.0 The MUI Toolbar custom class
proaction.lha            lib/rea 556kb 4.0 GUIServer for script writers
openurl.lha              net/mis 467kb 4.0 Get that URL!
afnews.lha               net/new 1Mb   4.0 Amiga Future Everywhere AmigaOS 4
assist.lha               uti/mis 6Mb   4.1 A knowledge base for AmigaOS users
showfiles.lha            uti/she 29kb  4.0 shows a sorted & text-format...
ctlg2ct.lha              uti/tex 39kb  4.0 Decompiles catalogs back into .c...
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22.Dec.2013



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 21.12.2013
The following packages have been added to AROS-Archives until December 21st, 2013:
oricutron_i386-aros_v11.lha  emu/com 1Mb   Oric-1/Atmos/Telestrat/Pravetz 8...
empinball.i386-aros.zip      gam/mis 6Mb   OpenGL pinball game featuring Tux.
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22.Dec.2013



MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 21.12.2013
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until December 21st, 2013:
Free Pascal Compiler     2013.12 dev/too  28699 Implementation of Pascal pr...
AskMeUp Demo             1.3.3   gam/thi   7606 A demo version of a "trivia...
Odyssey Web Browser, ... 1.22    net/WWW  26382 A modern, full featured web...
Oricutron                1.1     uti/emu    228 Emulator of 6502 based Oric...
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22.Dec.2013



WHDLoad: New packages until 21.12.2013
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until December 21st, 2013: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Dec.2013
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: PciTool 3.0
Version 3.0 of PciTool written by Marian 'MaaG^dA' Guc now is using the pcix.library of MorphOS instead of the openpci.library before. Therefore this latest version only is available for MorphOS. The programm provides information about the included expansion cards. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Dec.2013
Pegasosforum (Webseite)


MorphOS: Odyssey Web Browser 1.22
Fabien 'Fab' Coeurjoly has released a new update of the WebKit-engine based web browser Odyssey for MorphOS. It fixes "the slowness issue with topsites, when adblock was enabled."

Download: owb-morphos-1.22.lha (26 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Dec.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player 1.05
The Hollywood-based multimedia play programm V.A.M.P. (Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player) now is available in version 1.05 for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and WarpOS as well as for Windows.

The update supports the m4v video format and shows the remaining playback time of films. Additionally a bug of the time display was fixed. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Dec.2013



AmigaKit: Arcade-Joystick can be ordered
Two weeks ago the Arcade-Joystick developed by AmigaKit was announced and now can be ordered under the title link. Please note that for the Amiga 600 an adapter is required. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Dec.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has released new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last message the following songs have been added:
  • Seeing is Believing
  • Baal Title (Solar Mass Mix)
  • Cannon Fodder (Amiga game intro) Reloaded
  • Pinball Illusions Remix 2012 remastered
  • Apidya
  • Scream Of The Earth
  • Amazing Fireworks
  • Hybris (Childhood memories)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Dec.2013
Andreas Rösner (ANF)


Announcement: 68k-Live-Remixing-Tool PT1210
Andreas Rösner wrote: After one year of development time the developers h0ffman & Akira Rei has finished the beta version of the new live-remixing-application "PT1210" for the Commodore Amiga (screenshot).

According to the developer Akira basically it is a Protracker-MOD-software which simulates the functionality of a Pioneer CDJ Turntables but works with Tracker-modules.

Basically the programm runs on all Amigas with ECS-chipset. The application was written in assembler code by h0ffman. Akira has created the user-interface. The concept was developed by both partners.

The programm is supposed to be presented at the Datastorm 2014 in Göteborg which will take place from February 14th until 16th. Release date will be April 18th during the Revision 2014 in Saarbrücken, Germany.

Reports and videos: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Dec.2013
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Print magazine: Amiga Future 106 - preview and excerpts online
The full colour preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 106 (January/Februar 2014) are now available online. Some of its topics are an interview with Trevor Dickinson and a report from AmiWest 2013. As usual, the cover CD contains also a few full versions besides PD software. (snx)

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19.Dec.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


List "Famous Amiga Uses" updated
Under the title link the list "Famous Amiga Uses" was updated which records where Amigas were used "in the TV/Movie/Video-Editing business". The list is available as HTML version as well as AmigaGuide. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.Dec.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Distribution for AGA-Amigas: Real AmiKit 0.5
The distribution Real AmiKit is meant for real AGA-Amigas and is now available in version 0.5. A list of changes is available under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.Dec.2013
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Magazine: Commodore Free, Issue 76
"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. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.Dec.2013
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Workbench enhancement: BetterWB 3.2
Similar to AIAB, AmiKit or AmigaSYS, BetterWB is a collection of Workbench tools for AmigaOS 3.1 which are rather simple and therefore have low hardware requirements. It is meant for purists, low end Amiga computers and Minimig users.

BetterWB runs on all Amigas and is provided as disk images. It requires the original disks of the Workbench 3.1 (3.0 may be sufficient as well but was not tested) and 8 MB free harddrive memory.

Changes:
  • DosPrefs is a commodity that replaces both Clicknot and Unixdirs3 and adds wildcard support
  • A powerful system Trashcan is now included as a commodity
  • MagicMenu has now a preferences program and is configured to use less resources
  • Boards.library got updated to its last incarnation
  • A bugfixed requestchoice command fixes three bugs that were previously available
  • Tooltype tweaking on some commodities for more comfortable use
  • Workaround for an icon.library bug regarding internal deficons
  • Format GUI now works without problems
  • Plus Many more fixes and minor enhancements
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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17.Dec.2013
VooDoo (ANF)


Amiga-Club: Amiga Warp Croatia is reactivated
In the year 2000, the Croatian user group "Amiga Warp" was closed and now is reactivated. As a first step the old websites are online again. You get further information from the websites of the group. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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17.Dec.2013
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: File manager Dir Me Up 2.30
Jérôme 'Glames' Senays has released an update for his commercial file manager "Dir Me Up". The most important changes in version 2.30:
  • View by icons:
    • Only visible thumbnails on the screen are loaded.
    • Improved responsiveness when loading thumbnails.
  • Internal image viewer:
    • 4/3 and 16/9 buttons are now fully operational (the image size is initialized to default values).
    • Resizing of pictures works as it should.
    • Added a notification when copying or deleting an image.
    • [-] key resize to 4/3 default values.
    • The total number of images is now always visible.
  • Archiving: use relative path.
  • Improved the "text" file preview halt if it's too large (1 second max).
  • Resizing columns of the list is possible.
  • The [F5] key allows to refresh the contents of the current directory.
  • When you iconise "DirMeUp", its own icon is now displayed on the Workbench.
  • Added keyboard shortcuts in hint infos.
  • Info files are not counted when pasting if the user has chosen not to see them.
  • Fixed a problem that sometimes creates a drawer '.info' when pasting.
  • Thousand separators are now localized (for example, '.' will be used for Spanish people).
  • Italian, Swedish and German translations updated.
  • Compiling with SDK 53.24.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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17.Dec.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Swedish magazine: Amiga Forum 7
Issue seven of the Swedish magazine "Amiga Forum" has 32 pages - 16 coloured - and can be bought for 25 Swedish kronor at the publisher SUGA ("Swedisch Amiga Users Group"). (cg) (Translation: dr)

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15.Dec.2013



Aminet-Uploads until 14.12.2013
The following packages have been added to Aminet until December 14th, 2013:
OpenURL-7.14.lha         comm/www   467K  MOS OpenURL - Get that URL!
MCC_BetterString-11.2... dev/mui    305K  MOS BetterString custom class for...
MCC_NList-0.117.lha      dev/mui    1.8M  MOS NList custom classes for MUI,...
MCC_TextEditor-15.42.lha dev/mui    797K  MOS TextEditor custom class for M...
MCC_TheBar-26.13.lha     dev/mui    1.5M  MOS Next Generation Toolbar MUI C...
PAS.lha                  driver/aud 41K   68k portable audio system
PopCycle.zip             game/actio 10K   68k A light-cycle game. 
MCE.lha                  game/edit  1.0M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  1.2M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  1.2M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
RolePlay.zip             game/role  53K   68k preview of Bard's Tale like R...
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha     game/role  5.9M  68k Implementation of Tunnels &...
MineDuster.zip           game/think 9K    68k A minesweeper clone. 
Noblik.lha               game/wb    33K   68k Move bars but do not connect ...
Re_fle_chi.lha           game/wb    32K   68k Create kaleidoscopic patterns!
DatatypeToHam.lha        gfx/conv   47K   68k Convert any picture to HAM6/H...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   3.6M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   3.9M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   3.8M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaSP.lha         misc/emu   14K       AmiArcadia spanish catalog fo...
oricutron.lha            misc/emu   228K  MOS Oric-1/Atmos/Telestrat/Pravet...
PrognoTips.zip           misc/misc  702K  68k New kind of Danish/Dansk Tips...
playOGG.lha              mus/play   5.8M  68k multi format sound player.
Icons-4-AmigaOS.lha      pix/picon  1.9M      AmigaOS 4.1 Style Icons... (D...
madp.lha                 util/batch 1K        use madplay with PAS
codesets-6.16.lha        util/libs  602K  MOS handles codesets/character co...
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15.Dec.2013



OS4Depot-Uploads until 14.12.2013
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until December 14th, 2013:
atunes.lha               aud/mis 1Mb   4.1 manage, play your music, edit ta...
oricutron.lha            emu/com 1Mb   4.1 Oric-1 / Atmos / Telestrat / Pra...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 4Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
askmeup_demo.lha         gam/mis 8Mb   4.1 A video game about general knowl...
mce.lha                  gam/uti 1Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
sketchblock.lha          gra/edi 9Mb   4.1 Digital Sketching For AmigaOS
muiowb.lha               net/bro 22Mb  4.1 Port of MUI-OWB from morphos
cpudock.lha              uti/doc 94kb  4.0 Docky to monitor the CPU workload
gfxdock.lha              uti/doc 97kb  4.1 Docky to monitor your grapic car...
netdock.lha              uti/doc 530kb 4.0 Docky to monitor your network ac...
ramdock.lha              uti/doc 98kb  4.1 Docky to monitor your RAM consum...
ami-list.lha             uti/she 3kb   4.1 A "List" like Shell command
dtree.lha                uti/she 13kb  4.0 Displays tree struct of a device
identify.lha             uti/she 5kb   4.0 Datatype-based file identifier
sclip.lha                uti/she 8kb   4.0 Manipulate the clipboard from shell
serialecho.lha           uti/she 4kb   4.0 Echo command that dumps output t...
tooltype.lha             uti/she 9kb   4.0 Manages tooltypes of icon files ...
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 14.12.2013
The following package has been added to AROS-Archives until December 14th, 2013:
bloboats.i386-aros.zip       gam/act 8Mb   Side-view boat game.  Land, wave...
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 14.12.2013
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until December 14th, 2013:
Pingus                   0.7.6   gam/thi  14759 To say it short: Lemmings w...
Odyssey Web Browser, ... 1.21    net/WWW  26353 A modern, full featured web...
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WHDLoad: New packages until 14.12.2013
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installer has been added until December 14th, 2013:
  • 2013-12-11 fixed: Mega Mix 2 (Royal Amiga Force) access fault that occured when using ButtonWait fixed (Info, Image, Image)
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14.Dec.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: Ask Me Up 1.3.3
Jérôme 'Glames' Senay's Ask Me Up "is a video game about general knowledge" for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS (as well as for Android, Linux and Windows). There is also a L and XL edition with a two player mode. A demo version with 80 questions is available for free.

In version 1.3.3 the translations have been completed up to the following levels:
  • German: Demo (100 %), L (95 %), XL (43 %)
  • English: Demo (100 %), L (100 %), XL (100 %)
  • Spanish: Demo (66 %), L (71 %), XL (47 %)
  • Greek: Demo (100 %), L (100 %), XL (51 %)
  • Italian: Demo (100 %), L (100 %), XL (100 %)
  • Polish: Demo (84 %), L (21 %), XL (7 %)
  • Portuguese: Demo (100 %), L (82 %), XL (43 %)
  • Swedish: Demo (32 %), L (14 %), XL (11 %)
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MorphZone (website)


MorphOS 3.4 released
Press release: The MorphOS development team is proud to announce the public release of MorphOS 3.4, which introduces faster R300 graphics drivers, improved video playback on G5-based systems, support for non-native display resolutions on various PowerBooks, screen blanker password protection, and numerous bug fixes and other improvements. For an overview of the included changes, 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 3.4 is available for download in our files section. (snx)

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Amigaworld.net (Forum)


ACube Systems and A-EON Technology announce future co-operation
On the occasion of Pianeta Amiga 2013, A-EON Technology (UK) and ACube Systems (Italy) announced that they have concluded a joint co-operation agreement to promote the continued development of hardware and software for the benefit of the Classic and Next-Generation Amiga communities. Details have not been released, though. (snx)

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13.Dec.2013
a1k.org (Forum)


Linux: Lubuntu 13.10 for Sam440ep / Kernel 3.12.5 for AmigaOne X1000
For users of a Sam440ep or Sam440ep Flex, 'Spectre660' has made available the Linux distribution Lubuntu 13.10. It can be installed with a Netinstall-CD.

For the AmigaOne X1000, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has released an kernel update to version 3.12.5. New features:
  • Kernel-module-directory added
  • Based on the bugfix-version of the Vanilla-kernel 3.12.5
  • Kernel-module für 3dfx graphic boards added
Download:
Lubuntu_13.10_Sam440ep_Netinstall.iso (25 MB)
vmlinux-3.12.5AmigaOneX1000.tar.gz (7 MB)

Update: (09:00, 14.12.13, snx)
Meanwhile the kernel version 3.12.5 is also available for Sam440ep boards. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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12.Dec.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: SketchBlock 2.5
The latest version of Andy Broad's graphic programm SketchBlock (video) introduces support for palettes. Due to the two-year developing history, the author published some figures:

Currently the source code has 2,5 MB with over 83.000 lines in more than 280 files. The programm is written in three computer languages (C, Python and ARexx), the documentation was additionally created with Perl-scripts. SketchBlock now can handle over 150 ARexx-commands.

Download: sketchblock.lha (9 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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12.Dec.2013



Google and Cloanto release Amiga emulator for Chrome browser
Together with Cloanto, Google released a port of the Amiga emulator UAE for Chrome, utilizing the Portable Native Client (PNaCl) for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Chrome OS. This way the PNa-Client requests the corresponding C programs from Google's servers and translates the commands into the native code of the platform the browser is currently running on.

The demo version for Chrome 31+ at the title link can be upgraded for 74 Cent by Cloanto's Amiga Forever Essentials. They include Kickstart versions 1.2, 1.3 as well as 2.04 and enable usage of ADF disk images.

Reports of other news-sites: (snx)

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11.Dec.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)


ACA500: Acrylic glass cases can be preordered
For the accelerator board ACA500 developed by Individual Computers (amiga-news.de reported), AmiStore.de offers an acrylic glass case which can be preordered from now. The delivery will start before Christmas.

According to Patrick Launhardt of AmiStore.de, the case will be also available at Vesalia. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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11.Dec.2013
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MorphOS: Odyssey Web Browser 1.21
Fabien 'Fab' Coeurjoly has released a new version of the WebKit-engine based web browser Odyssey for MorphOS. The core and the media player have been updated and now it is possible to start downloads without choosing a path. All changes are listed in the Readme-file.

Download: owb-morphos-1.21.lha (26 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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08.Dec.2013



Relec becomes AmigaOne X1000-distributor
According to Trevor Dickinson of A-EON in his latest blog, in future the Swiss trader Relec will sell X1000 complete systems as well as Nemo motherboards. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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Aminet-Uploads until 07.12.2013
The following packages have been added to Aminet until December 7th, 2013:
powersdl_sdk.lha         dev/misc   2.3M  MOS SDK to SDL audio and video li...
f1champ.lha              docs/misc  67K       Statistics of Formula One '50...
worldcup.lha             docs/misc  521K      Statistics of soccer World Cu...
PAS.lha                  driver/aud 39K   68k portable audio system
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha     game/role  5.9M  68k Implementation of Tunnels &...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   3.6M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   3.9M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   3.9M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Mercy.lha                mods/pro   69K       Mercy - PT Mod By Flashlights
Bass_Master.lha          mods/xm    3.9M      Bass Master _ New mod by pseu...
EK13.lha                 mods/xm    4.2M      Ek13 _ New mod by Pseudaxos
playOGG.lha              mus/play   5.8M  68k multi format sound player.
powersdl.lha             util/libs  1.3M  MOS SDL audio and video library f...
powersdl_src.lha         util/libs  2.9M      Source code: SDL audio and vi...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 07.12.2013
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until December 7th, 2013:
cutepiano.lha            aud/mis 8Mb   4.1 Simple piano keyboard build with...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 4Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
emeraldmine.lha          gam/puz 716kb 4.1 Old amiga game rewrite with enha...
freeserf.lha             gam/str 31Mb  4.1 Faithful clone of classic simula...
ctorrent_gui.lha         net/p2p 291kb 4.0 BitTorrent clone with reaction gui
assist.lha               uti/mis 6Mb   4.1 A knowledge base for AmigaOS users
hunkreader.lha           uti/mis 25kb  4.0 Console reader (like readelf) of...
chunker.lha              uti/she 15kb  4.0 One more split/join of files
copyhead.lha             uti/she 4kb   4.0 copy n bytes from source to dest
mgsplit.lha              uti/she 6kb   4.0 one more tool to split binary files
quickdir.lha             uti/she 10kb  4.0 Fast dir lister
waitx.lha                uti/she 6kb   4.0 execute a command after a given ...
wininfo.lha              uti/she 5kb   4.0 Get info about a windows location
finder.lha               uti/wor 53kb  4.0 Simple, fast, efficient file fin...
jack.lha                 uti/wor 14Mb  4.1 Multi-purpose utility for Workbench
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 07.12.2013
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until December 7th, 2013:
PowerSDL SDK             16.0b   dev/lib   2356 The Software Developer Kit ...
PowerSDL                 16.0b   sys/lib   1285 A fast and powerful impleme...
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WHDLoad: New packages until 07.12.2013
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until December 7th, 2013:
  • 2013-12-07 fixed: Hybris (Discovery Software) diskimage will not be created while the installation process, CUSTOM3=1 added to skip BLITWAIT fix (Info)
  • 2013-12-06 improved: Demo Disk (Quest) crash in One Stone part on fast machines fixed (Info, Image)
  • 2013-12-02 updated: Wicked (Electric Dreams/Binary Vision) rewritten, supports another version, more fixes, new icons (Info)
  • 2013-12-02 new: Paradise Lost (Silicon Twins) done by Abaddon (Info, Image)
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07.Dec.2013



Interview: Jon Hare (Sensible Software) on development of Cannon Fodder
Eurogamer has released an interview with Jon Hare which is about the development of the Amiga classic Cannon Fodder. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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07.Dec.2013
a1k.org/forum (Webseite)


Preview-Video: Jump'n Run "Solid Gold"
Frank Wille has released a preview video (MP4, 7,8 MB) for his recently announced Jump'n Run "Solid Gold". Probably the game will be released at the end of the year. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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07.Dec.2013
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Elbox: TurboFlyer 530
Under the title link, Elbox anounces a new 68030-accelerator board with 40 MHz and integrated FastATA-CF/SATA-controller for the Amiga 500/500+ and 2000 which probably will be available in February. It is an internal solution for 240 Euro (plus VAT) which is set on the processor socket.

Features:
  • 68030 processor (with MMU) clocked at 40 MHz
  • 16 MB of fast 32-bit DRAM memory on board
  • Integrated FastATA CF/SATA controller:
    • Fast transfer rate of up to 16.6 MB/s
    • Supports PIO-0, PIO-4 and PIO-5 modes
    • Two buffered and terminated EIDE ports for four devices
    • AllegroCDFS filesystem included
    • LBA 48 support in the onboard BootROM (support of drives over 128 GB)
    • Automatically configured EIDE/CF/SATA/ATAPI devices
    • Can boot from FAT16 and FAT32 formatted devices
  • Includes custom expansion port for local hardware add-ons
  • MapROM function (uses 1 MB from 16 MB of the on-board DRAM)
  • Compatible with trapdoor Slow memory expansions (up to 1.8 MB)
  • Compatible with Chip memory expansions
  • Compatible with WHDLoad software
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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07.Dec.2013
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MorphOS/AROS: Fade2Black 0.1.8
The engine of the action adventure Fade to Black, released in 1995 and developed by Delphine Software International, was rewritten and was now ported to MorphOS by Paweł 'Stefkos' Stefański.

Under the title link there is an update to the latest version 0.1.8 for the AROS version provided by 'serk118uk'.

Download: f2b.lha (172 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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MorphOS: PowerSDL.library 16.0b
Ilkka 'itix' Lehtoranta has released an update of his SDL-library for MorphOS. Version 16.0b fixes a bug in the smpeg.library which made problems with the OpenGL-context.

For developers which have to work without it in their shared libraries there is a constructor free version of the SDL-library included in the Software Development Kit (libSDL-nc.a).

Download:
powersdl.lha (1 MB)
powersdl_sdk.lha (2 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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06.Dec.2013
amiga.org (Webseite)


Amigakit announces new Amiga joystick
Amigakit announces a new Amiga joystick which was developed during the last six months. It has a "arcade style controller with metal shaft and micro switches":



The joystick has two independent buttons which both can be set as standard buttons. The price still is not available, "orders will be taken in the next few weeks." (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.Dec.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Emulator: WinUAE 2.7.0
Version 2.7.0 of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE has been released. The update provides improvement of emulation of graphic boards, the 68020-processor and the Custom Chips.

New features:
  • Cirrus Logic SVGA chip based hardware graphics board emulation
    • Use graphics board in emulated Amix, Linux, NetBSD and others
    • Use native CyberGraphX, Picasso96 and EGS RTG software in emulation
    • Emulates following boards: Picasso II, Picasso II+, Picasso IV (flash rom image required), Piccolo, Piccolo SD64 and EGS-28/24 Spectrum
    • Text mode is also emulated (Linux/NetBSD etc. text console support)
    • Based on QEMU Cirrus Logic emulation
  • SCSI tape drive emulation
    • Can install Amix without hacks
    • Both reading and writing supported
    • Works also with most backup software that supports tape drives
  • SLIRP user mode NAT emulation
    • A2065 and uaenet.device emulation without need for host side extra drivers
  • 68020 cycle-exact mode emulation rewritten to better match real hardware, accuracy improved, more improvements planned in future versions
  • Added GUI button that opens small disk image information window
  • GUI open log file and open error log buttons added
  • New WiX based installer
Updates:
  • Two new field based interlace options added, reduces interlace artifacts
  • Chipset emulation compatibility improved, more undocumented chipset corner cases emulated
  • Game Ports panel input configuration improved
  • Built-in HRTMon and AROS ROM replacement updated to latest versions
  • Do not wake up all sleeping harddrives if loaded config has mounted physical harddrives (or memory cards) that are not currently connected
  • SCSI HD and CD emulation compatibility improved
  • SCSI HD/CD/TAPE statefile compatibility improved
  • CIA TOD counting is now cycle-exact
  • 68020/030 cycle-exact/prefetch is fully compatible with FPU emulation
2.6.x bugs fixed:
  • Some OFS formatted hardfiles didn't mount
  • Wired XBox 360 pad (possibly others) missed input events
Other bugs fixed:
  • All Input panel events stopped working in some situations
  • RTG mode video recording display size fixed
  • Same game controller was inserted in both joystick ports if loaded config file had non-existing controller in second port
  • Built-in LZX decompressor didn't always decompress last byte of file
  • CD CUE file parsing fix, some images had incorrect CD audio timing
  • Output panel crashed on some systems
  • Crash when system was reset if it caused immediate PAL/NTSC mode change
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05.Dec.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Accelerator board: ACA500 by Individual Computers can be preordered
The ACA500 developed by Individual Computers is supposed to be available before Christmas and now can be preordered. The Amiga 500-extension has a preinstalled Kickstart-"ROMs" (version 1.3 and 3.1) and it is possible to use an Amiga 1200 accelerator board developed by the same producer with an Amiga 500.

Features of the ACA500:
  • 68EC000-10 clocked at 14 MHz (i.e. double A500 clock)
  • 2 MB of physical RAM, entirely available for applications (minus 512 KB if MapROM is used)
  • external expansion, no need to open the A500
  • two Compact Flash card slots (each one of them bootable and able to read/write Amiga or PC formatted cards)
  • trapdoor memory expansions up to 1.8 MB FastMem still work (including RTC)
  • ChipMem expansions still work
  • custom expansion port for local hardware (14 MHz 16-bit, double Zorro speed)
  • clock port for hardware expansions, e.g. for Silversurfer or Catweasel Mk2
  • optionally expandable by adding an ACA-1220 / ACA-1231 / ACA-1232 card
  • licensed Kickstart ROM images 1.3 and 3.1 included in Flash-ROM
  • FAT95 file system also included in Flash-ROM
  • full WHDload compatibility incl. Quit key!
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amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Retro-Gaming: WHDLoad 17.2
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks.

Changes in version 17.2:
  • fix: cancelling directory preload (in the splash window pressing Esc or changing a option forcing restart) could cause memory list corruption
  • new: support for Zeus68k pseudo vbr added, allows to quit by key similar like a moved vector base, but only on interrupts not on exceptions
  • new: on AGA machines all color registers are read from the custom chips and written to the dump file
  • fix: WHDLoadCD32 works again with resload_DiskLoad, was broken in version 17.1 (issue #2633)
  • chg: utility ITD can now read files larger than 4 GiB (e.g. on SFS\2) and write to larger devices using TD64
  • chg: alignment for patch lists (resload_Patch/Seg) is now verified by WHDLoad to avoid problems on 68000/10
  • chg: the check for valid custom.aud*ptr introduced in version 17.1 can now be enabled via the new option ChkAudPt/S
  • fix: on Kickstart 2.0 (V37) option NoMemReverse/S is now always active to avoid problems which could lead to freezing during Preload or other memory allocations
  • chg: memory allocations improved if NoMemReverse/S is active, now these will succeed also if memory below BaseMemSize is free by trying to allocate until memory is above
  • fix: preload progress bar fixed on Kickstart 2.0 (V37), was using a V39 only utility.library function
  • new: added IF/ELSE/ENDIF conditional blocks to patch lists to simplify the handling of patches depending on ButtonWait/S and Custom1-5/N options (resload_Patch/Seg)
  • chg: detection of HRTmon builtin WinUAE improved to support if MMU protection is enabled with WHDLoad (CFOU!)
  • chg: options NTSC/PAL can be set global and local now, where the local one (CLI/Tooltype) will overwrite the global one (configuration file S:WHDLoad.prefs)
  • new: WHDLoad now sets the screen mode in HRTmon to the video mode specified for the installed program, with that HRTmon will always uses the same video mode (PAL/NTSC) as WHDLoad, for correct operation at least HRTmon version 2.35 is required
  • chg: audio.device is only opened when present in execs device list, this saves some memory if it isn't initilized already
  • chg: install script template now supports also the diskimage device by Fredrik Wikstrom (Psygore)
  • chg: option FullChip/S can also set globally now
  • new: support for interrupt vector redirect feature of ACA500 on 68000 added
  • chg: added a kludge to preserve the largest free memory block until PreLoad in situations where multiple small free blocks are available to increase the likelihood of being able to cache a large disk image
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amigafuture.de (Webseite)


AmiForce online again
After a longer break, amiforce.de is accessable again. Webmaster "CJ-Stroker" explained in the forum that there were be hosting problems. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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05.Dec.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Interviews with Gary Dunne ("Toobz") and Mark Gallagher ("Smash TV the Rip off")
The interview series on amigapd.com was continued with conversations with Gary Dunne and Mark Gallagher. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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05.Dec.2013
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


AmiWest pictures of Trevor Dickinson
At the beginning of November on the Amiga Future website pictures of the AmiWest 2013 have been released made available by Trevor Dickinson. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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04.Dec.2013
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: Demopack 1.0
The MorphOS Demopack is a collection of 113 demos which (more or less) run under MorphOS 3.2. Additional to native programs there are also programs for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, PowerUP and WarpOS. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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04.Dec.2013
Amigatronics (ANF)


Podcast: Amigatronics (spanish)
Press release: Amigatronics is pleased to announce a new spanish audio program presenting news, hard- and software tests and reports about demos, events as well as other machines and retro video games. Amigatronics team consists of important sceners groups like ozone, Batman Group, La SeKTa, AmigaStore or Amigamers. (snx)

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04.Dec.2013
George Sokianos (ANF)


Event: AmiCamp 2013 in Athens (Greece)
Press release: AmiCamp is a new event for all the Greek Amiga users and will take place in Athens on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 of December. It will be open to the public and all the Amiga enthusiasts who keep using and having fun with their Amigas, especially the Next Generation ones.

Visitors will have the chance to watch presentations about the major operating systems (AmigaOS 4, MorphOS). Computers such as AmigaOne X1000, AmigaOne 500 and Pegasos II will be available among the best classic Amiga models, which will be used and tested. Gaming will also be part of the event. If you want to participate with your computer or a presentation, please fill the form until 10th of December. More information can be found at the title link as well as on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and YouTube. (snx)

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Aminet-Uploads until 30.11.2013
The following packages have been added to Aminet until November 30th, 2013:
Blitz_14bit.lha          dev/basic  3K    68k early 14bit sound dev kit for...
mp3_dec.lha              dev/basic  21K   68k mpega lib dev kit for Blitz &...
fpc-2.7.1.20131120-ar... dev/lang   44M   x86 Freepascal compiler i386-aros...
AmiMag_02.pdf            docs/mags  21M       Belgian Amiga e-zine, issue 2
PAS.lha                  driver/aud 40K   68k portable audio system
LodeLooter.lha           game/jump  120K  68k Lode Runner like game
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha     game/role  6.0M  68k Implementation of Tunnels &...
LyapModules.lha          gfx/fract  31K   MOS Lyapunov modules for ZoneXplorer
diashow_1.1.lha          gfx/show   24K   MOS Diashow Viewer
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   3.6M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   3.9M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   3.9M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaSP.lha         misc/emu   14K       AmiArcadia spanish catalog fo...
ADPCM_dec.lha            mus/misc   36K   68k ADPCM/FDC/EDC decoder
BoardsLib.lha            util/libs  52K   68k provides detailed info about ...
SnapitSP.lha             util/misc  4K        SnapIT spanish catalog for v1.2
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 30.11.2013
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until November 30th, 2013:
perl_newlib.lha          dev/lan 23Mb  4.1 The Practical Report and Extract...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 4Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
cha05e90_icons_2013.lha  gra/ico 2Mb   4.0 64x64 glowicons
cutereport.lha           off/dat 13Mb  4.1 Report designer and solutiontabl...
jack.lha                 uti/wor 14Mb  4.1 Multi-purpose utility for Workbench
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 30.11.2013
The following package has been added to AROS-Archives until November 30th, 2013:
fpc-2.7.1.20131120.i386-a... dev/lan 44Mb  Freepascal compiler i386-aros bi...
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WHDLoad: New packages until 30.11.2013
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until November 30th, 2013: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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01.Dec.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Internet using the parallel port: plipbox 0.5
With Christian 'lallafa' Vogelgsang's plipbox it is possible to get an Amiga into the network. The Arduino-based adapter provides a connection to the ethernet-port of the Arduino board using the parallel port. The magPLIP-protocol is used.

With version 0.5 the MAC address is received automatically and an optional full-duplex-support is provided. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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29.Nov.2013
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Amedia Computer announces USB-keyboard with real Amiga-keys
During the next weeks the French trader Amedia Computer will offer USB-keyboards in black or beige/white which are equipped with real Amiga-keys - in the past, similar projects only used Windows-keys with labels.

A picture made available by Amedia shows some more changes compared with an usual PC-keyboard:



The "menu"-key became a BoingBall-key and either the ScrollLock or the Ende-key are additionally labeled with "Help". Besides, the curly brackets are placed again above the numeric keypad.

Keyboard layouts for Great Britain (QWERTY) and French (AZERTY) are supposed to be available, but a German version is not planned. Amedia did not specify which company will produce the keyboards.

The keyboards have an USB-port and will be exclusively sold by Amedia. Preordered, the keyboard costs 199 Euro. The normal price is about 220 Euro. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Nov.2013
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Greek Magazine: Retro Planet, issue 2
The Greek retro magazine "Retro Planet" is publiashed every three months. In second issue, a test report about the AmigaOne X1000, a biography of the British adventure software developers Level 9, an (quotation) "article featuring a different point of view about the Commodore's fall" as well as the start of an article series about the present and the future of the Amiga platforms. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Nov.2013
Pascal Papara (ANF)


Project Synergy: App-store for all Amiga systems
Pascal Papara is going to develop an App-store for all Amiga systems, called "Project Synergy". The web-interface for developers was finished and Papara asks interested developers to create an account and to check out the system. If you want to have screenshots of the store then please contact Pascal Papara. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Nov.2013
Heise (gemeldet von Holger) (ANF)


Amiga Forever 2013 Value Edition on the next DVD of magazine c't
In the actual preview of the magazine (German), it is not listed but in a report about the Raspberry Pi as Floppy-emulator (German), the author mentioned that the next magazine-DVD of issue 26/2013 (published on December 2nd, 2013) will include the "Amiga Forever 2013 Value Edition with 40 games and about 30 demos". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Nov.2013
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Floppy-Emulator: Raspberry pi as disk drive replacement
The Italian Maurizo Ramondo has replaced the disk drive of his Amiga 500 by a Raspberry Pi: The single-board computer was connceted to the internal floppy port of the Amiga with a simple adapter developed by Ramondo and in this way emulates two disk drives.

As data medium the SD-card of the Raspberry Pi is used - the credit-card-sized computer was put in the A500, so it is accessable through the original disk drive slot. The emulated floppy is ready seven seconds after booting the Amiga because Ramondo did not want to use Linux and instead of it uses a self developed programm, which has 240 KB.

After a reset, the Amiga boots a setup programm. There you can assign one or several ADF-images to the emulated drives. While operating you can switch between the ADF-files with a key.

The developer made available all documents as well as the software on his website for free. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Nov.2013



Aminet-Uploads until 23.11.2013
The following packages have been added to Aminet until November 23th, 2013:
Opus5.82Final.zip        biz/dopus  5.4M      Directory Opus 5.82 source code
SAF_BBStro.lha           demo/intro 81K   68k SAF BBStro - NoAGA
mlw-ricktro.adf          demo/misc  880K  68k MELLOW - RICKTRO demo (disk v...
mlw-ricktrof.lha         demo/misc  152K  68k MELLOW - RICKTRO demo (HD ver...
AmigaPower.lha           docs/hyper 76K       French Amiga Magazine (17th N...
PAS.lha                  driver/aud 28K   68k portable audio system
TVSBasketball_2013-20... game/data  14K       2013/14 Season for TV Sports ...
AssaultCube1202_Aros.lha game/shoot 53M   x86 First-person shooter
DatatypeToHam.lha        gfx/conv   31K   68k Convert any picture to HAM6/H...
DJNick-MODs_1990-1999... mods/techn 98M       All Music MODules Pack - 1990...
asapconv.lha             mus/edit   586K  68k Play & convert Atari 8-bi...
playOGG.lha              mus/play   5.8M  68k multi format sound player.
AP52Covers.lha           pix/misc   920K      aMiGa=PoWeR n?52 Cover Recto
Icons-4-AmigaOS.lha      pix/picon  1.5M      AmigaOS 4.1 Style Icons... (D...
Scriba_1.9.9.lha         text/edit  6.8M  MOS Simple word processing software
CTLG2CT.lha              util/conv  19K   OS4 Decompiles catalogs back into...
snapit.lha               util/misc  510K  MOS A screen grabber with MUI-Int...
Daysleeper.lha           util/time  64K   MOS Shutdown/reboot at a selected...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 23.11.2013
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until November 23th, 2013:
line6pod.lha             aud/mis 16kb  4.1 Edit and create amp sounds on vi...
mixer.lha                aud/mis 490kb 4.1 Audio mixer
textedit.lha             dev/edi 2Mb   4.1 Text editor being written in Hol...
perl_newlib.lha          dev/lan 24Mb  4.1 The Practical Report and Extract...
perl_amiga_camd.lha      dev/lib 131kb 4.0 Perl module to allow midi contro...
fastview.lha             gra/vie 3Mb   4.1 Show, crop & scale pictures ...
internetsurfboard.lha    net/bro 1Mb   4.1 Qt simple WebBrowser (aka Weltwe...
qtweb.lha                net/bro 4Mb   4.1 Qt Web browser port of QtWeb (bi...
blu_manager.lha          off/dat 41kb  4.0 Blu ray movie database program
datenbank.lha            off/dat 43Mb  4.0 Simple offline Database done wit...
netdock.lha              uti/doc 512kb 4.0 Docky to monitor your network ac...
snapit.lha               uti/mis 510kb 4.1 Powerful MUI-based Screen Grabber
zoomnote.lha             uti/mis 38kb  4.1 Screen zooming and note drawing ...
ctlg2ct.lha              uti/tex 41kb  4.0 Decompiles catalogs back into .c...
clipgrab.lha             vid/mis 3Mb   4.0 Qt Download videos from YouTube
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The following packages have been added to AROS-Archives until November 23th, 2013:
dangen.i386-aros.zip         gam/act 559kb Abstract top-down shooter.
snapit.i386-aros.lha         uti/mis 510kb Powerful MUI-based Screen Grabber
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The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until November 23th, 2013:
Sqrxz2                   1.0     gam/pla    730 A sequel of jump and run pl...
Scriba                   1.9.9   off/tex   7007 A simple WYSIWYG wordproces...
Daysleeper               0.9     sys/too     65 Small MUI based tool for re...
SnapIt                   1.2     uti/des    121 A screengrabber. Grabs scre...
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WHDLoad: New packages until 23.11.2013
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24.Nov.2013
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AROS: AEROS beta version 5 for Raspberry Pi
The fifth beta version of Pascal Papara's Debian-Linux-hosted AROS-distribution AEROS for the Raspberry Pi now also is available for unregistered users - as usual without the lx-command which can launch Linux-applications out of AROS.

In this version AROS-ARHMfh-components of Krzysztof 'deadwood' Smiechowicz were updated, clicking on AHI pref icon doesn't crash it anymore and the icons are "not as ugly as" in the last release. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Nov.2013
Jim Neray (ANF)


Game launcher: X-bEnCH 0.91F
X-bEnCH is a graphical user-interface for launching WHDLoad games (.slave, .exe) with up to 272 colors (AGA; 128 with OCS/ECS). It requires very few ressouces and is compatible with all Amiga setups.

Version 0.91F is the first stable release of X-bEnCh. Please note that from this version on, registered users will have access to internal versions of X-bEnCH to minimize bugs in the release versions. (snx)

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