16.Apr.2024
IndieRetroNews
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Grind: Progress in development of a new Doom clone
Grind is a first-person shooter (FPS) currently in development for the Amiga, which should even be able to run on small Amigas, appears extremely smooth in the preview videos shown and makes you want to try out more. The game is being developed with the so-called Dread Engine (amiga-news.de reported). Tsak, one of the developers of Grind, recently announced news in the EAB forum:
Grind has not only been enhanced with two new music tracks for menus and in-game, composed by Tsak and newly joined Christoffer Magdalus, but has also achieved key development milestones. These include improved particle effects for blood and explosions and the full implementation of the arsenal of weapons, with the secondary weapon being triggered with the right mouse button as known from other FPS shooters.
For those interested, a playable demo and further information are available on the Patreon page of Grind. For those who want to dig deeper into the development, the official Discord server offers a platform for discussions and updates directly from the developers. Grind will be commercially distributed after its completion. (nba)
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16.Apr.2024
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Emulation: BBoot bootloader v0.7 for QEMU
BBoot is a simple, minimal bootloader for loading AmigaOS on QEMU-emulated AmigaOne and Pegasos2 machines, written by Amiga QEMU developer Balaton Zoltan (amiga-news.de reported). It replaces amigaboot.of on Pegasos2 and slb_v2 on AmigaOne and simplifies the booting of AmigaOS 4 under QEMU. A firmware ROM is no longer required.
The current Version 0.7 adds file name to error message to help finding wrong path and fixes a kernel bug in the Pegasos2 emulation, which should improve stability.
The developer has also provided a tutorial Booting AmigaOS 4.1 on QEMU with BBoot. (dr)
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16.Apr.2024
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Amiga on the big stage: Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding at the BRIT Awards
Scottish DJ Calvin Harris has been one of the driving forces in the world of electronic music for years. Back in 2017, the Scottish DJ revealed his enthusiasm for the Amiga and the music production of his albums on an Amiga 1200 (amiga-news.de reported). Now he brought his Amiga 1200, freshly upgraded by English Amiga specialist RetroPassion, live to the big stage: At this year's legendary BRIT Awards, which are comparable to the US Grammy Awards, Harris performed together with pop icon Ellie Goulding. His Amiga 1200 with OctaMED SoundStudio made for an unmistakable sound. A recording of the performance can be seen on YouTube and a "Behind the Scenes" clip on Instagram. (nba)
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16.Apr.2024
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WinFellow: Developers call for support in preserving old versions
WinFellow is one of the most popular Amiga emulators for Windows systems. In order to preserve the digital heritage, the developers are currently compiling an overview of all versions of Fellow for DOS and WinFellow that have ever been released. In addition to the option to download all old versions, a historical retrospective is also being created for documentation purposes. As the developers do not have access to all versions, they are asking users for help. If you hold Fellow versions that are listed as missing, please contact the developers so that the collection can be completed and thus permanently preserved. (nba)
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15.Apr.2024
AmiKit (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit for PiStorm using a Wi-Fi driver (alpha version)
Since October 2023, the AmiKit workbench distribution has also been available for the PiStorm and PiStorm-liteaccelerator boards (amiga-news.de reported), which use a Raspberry Pi minicomputer as a processor replacement. Emu68, the Motorola68K emulation developed by Michal Schulz, is also part of the AmiKit package.
Following the recent presentation of the alpha version of the Wi-Fi driver for Emu68k (amiga-news.de reported), there is now also a package with the Wi-Fi driver for AmiKit for PiStorm. Once the content of the package is copied to AmiKit: and the system restarted, a Network Wizard will appear. By selecting the WiFiPi, the Amiga will use the Wi-Fi module on Raspberry Pi itself to connect to the internet.
The alpha version of the driver package can be downloaded from the AmiKit website under the title link. (nba)
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15.Apr.2024
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CLI command: sysvars V0.12
The sysvars command creates environment variables with system information in order to make it dependent on these, for example, in the startup sequence, which patches are included. So far there is information on the CPU and FPU, the chipset, the vertical frame rate (PAL/NTSC), Kickstart version and revision, version and revision of bsdsocket.library as well as whether the emulator UAE is used - and if so, in which version.
Version 0.12 provides the following changes:
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14.Apr.2024
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood Designer 7.0 released
Press release:20 years ago, on April 14th 2004, Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, released the very first version of Hollywood Designer, the ultimate multimedia authoring system for Hollywood. In the following years Hollywood Designer quickly became the must-have software for all users seriously interested in creating state-of-the-art multimedia applications, be it presentations, slide shows, games, or applications. Now, 20 years later, Airsoft Softwair is proud to present Hollywood Designer 7.0, an epic update with lots and lots of new features to properly celebrate the 20th birthday of this marvellous piece of software.
As already said, Designer 7.0 is a massive update that boasts lots of new features and improvements over the previous version. We do not want to bore you, so here are just some of them:
- Use the full power of Hollywood 10 which was specifically designed for Designer 7!
- Color emojis, CJK text and complex scripts are now supported (using the Pangomonium plugin)
- Multi-selection support for pages and objects in all listviews and the thumbnail viewer
- Operations can be applied to multiple objects and pages at the same time
- Now uses the Hollywood 10 graphics engine for maximum power!
- Objects can be combined into groups
- Many new action events to work with object groups
- Unlimited undo and redo levels
- Executables can also be exported for macOS and Linux/arm64
- Support for different font engines
- Graphics can be exported as palette images
- Radically reduced memory footprint, often reduced to just 25 % of Designer 6.0!
- Configurable dynamic memory modes
- Custom character spacing support
- Several new example projects are included
- Full support for Hollywood 10's plugin interface
- Lots of other new features, optimizations and bug fixes
Thanks to Hollywood, all multimedia applications created using Hollywood Designer can be exported as stand-alone executables for the following systems: AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4, WarpOS, MorphOS, AROS, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. This is a feature that is totally unique in the Amiga world! We would like to emphasize that it is not only suited for personal use, but also for professional commercial customers. Ferrule Media, for instance, have created an info channel containing over 2000 unique slides in a single project with Hollywood Designer. Hollywood Designer was designed to handle these huge projects efficiently so that they can run 24 hours a day and 7 days a week without any visible memory fragmentation! Ferrule Media's info channel, created with Hollywood Designer, is running in dental clinics all over Norway.
Note that Hollywood Designer is no longer limited to "just" being an authoring software, it can now also be used as a flexible graphics editor because it supports many features of modern graphics editors like multiple layers with over 30 filter effects, vector graphics, image import/export in many formats, and text including support complex scripts such as CJK or right-to-left text and color emojis.
Hollywood Designer 7.0 is available as a CD and a download version. There are native versions of the program for AmigaOS 3.x (m68k), WarpOS (hybrid m68k/ppc), MorphOS (ppc), AmigaOS 4 (ppc), and AROS (x86). If you already own a previous version of Hollywood Designer, you can buy a discounted upgrade version. People who bought Hollywood Designer 6.0 in 2024 can request a free upgrade. Also note that Hollywood Designer 7.0 has been specially crafted for Hollywood 10, so Hollywood 10 is absolutely required by Designer 7.0.
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14.Apr.2024
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Motorola68k emulation: First alpha version of WLAN driver for Emu68 (update)
Michal Schulz continues to work intensively on a WLAN driver for his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 (amiga-news.de reported) and has now released the first public alpha version.
The driver consists of two parts - the firmware files for the WiFi module itself and the SANA-II device. In the archive attached to the linked Patreon post, these can be found in the Firmware and Networks folders. The firmware files must be copied to the DEVS:Firmware folder (or simply copy the folder to DEVS) and the wifipi.device must be copied to DEVS:Networks.
Additionally, a tool is required that tells the driver which wireless network it should use. The tool is called WirelessManager and can be found, for example, in the prism2 driver from Neil Cafferkey. The manager must be copied to the C: directory. It is either started manually if required or called up in the user startup as follows:
;BEGIN WirelessManager
C:RUN <>NIL: C:WirelessManager wifipi.device
;END WirelessManager
Before the Amiga is restarted, the wireless.prefs file must be created. Use a text editor to write down the following lines and save them in ENVARC:SYS/:
network={
ssid="Your Network name"
key_mgmt=NONE
scan_ssid=1
}
The line "scan_ssid=1" is only important if the network has a hidden SSID. If not, this line can be omitted. Currently, the network is still unencrypted. As soon as Wireless Manager has established a connection, the network stack can be started.
What works: open networks. Another function that is not yet correctly recognised by WirelessManager is 5GHz networks. These already work, but the WM reports the band and frequency incorrectly.
At the moment, the driver only supports unencrypted networks. Work on supporting WPA/WPA2/WPA3 is in full swing. Currently, a mix of approx. 42 MBit download and 40 MBit upload is achieved. This can still be improved.
The Wifi driver will be part of the next nightly build of the Emu68 tools.
Update (17.04.2024, 19:40):
In another Patreon post that has just been published, the developer points out once again that the driver currently only supports open networks and warns emphatically against opening networks without security precautions. In case of doubt, he recommends waiting until encrypted networks are also supported.
Apparently, there had already been some initial misuse by third parties during a test phase. (dr)
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14.Apr.2024
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Aminet uploads until 13.04.2024
The following files have been added until 13.04.2024 to Aminet:
amigassh.lha comm/net 33K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga
slre.lha dev/lib 17K 68k Super Light Regular Expressio...
GitDesktop.lha dev/misc 1.7M MOS Interface for Git repository ...
F1GP2024Carset.lha game/data 8K 2024 Carset for F1GP
Temptations_DEMO_Fina... game/misc 466K 68k Temptations DEMO v1.0 Final
H2_Big_Data.lha game/shoot 1617M OS4 Install Multiplayer Data for ...
Q2_Modpack1.lha game/shoot 30M OS4 Modpack 1 for Quake 2 OS 4
Q2_Modpack2.lha game/shoot 162M OS4 Quake 2 Mod Pack 2
Q2_Modpack3.lha game/shoot 155M OS4 Quake 2 Mod Pack 3
Q2_Modpack4.lha game/shoot 135M OS4 Quake 2 Mod Pack 4
Q2_Modpack5.lha game/shoot 252M OS4 Quake 2 Mod Pack 5
Q2_Modpack6.lha game/shoot 67M OS4 Quake 2 Mod Pack 6
Q2_Modpack7.lha game/shoot 229M OS4 Quake 2 Mod Pack 7
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha gfx/fract 35M OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
2D_ATcad_RTG.lha gfx/misc 482K 68k 2D-CAD-Programm
2D_ATcad_UAE.lha gfx/misc 481K 68k 2D-CAD-Programm
WhatIFF3.13.lha mags/misc 24M What IFF? #3.13-April-2024
WhatIFF3.13.NoDemo.lha mags/misc 841K What IFF? #3.13-April-2024
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.6M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 7.9M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.2M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
Willy.ACEpansion.lha misc/emu 26K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
Abyss2.zip mods/crash 128K Long fade in, then dramatic. ...
clandestine2.zip mods/crash 107K Looping demo mod, converted t...
niknakremix2.zip mods/crash 85K Dark lofi techno. 8-bit xm, 1...
Silo2.zip mods/crash 42K Slow, heavy, moody hip hop. 8...
LN3Wind24.lha mods/misc 202K 16bit 4ch LN3 Wind Temple 24 ...
Protrekkr_AROS_i386.zip mus/edit 23M x86 Tracker/Synth hybrid Program
jl.lha util/misc 39K 68k JOST Launcher for kickstart 1.3
ViNCEd.lha util/shell 845K 68k ViNCEd, the CON: with ^Z & TA...
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14.Apr.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 13.04.2024
The following files have been added until 13.04.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
dgen_sdl.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.1 Emulator of the Sega Genesis/Meg...
openfodder.lha gam/act 6Mb 4.1 An open source reimplementation ...
h2_extramaps.lha gam/fps 463Mb 4.1 Multiplayer Maps for Heretic II ...
q2_modpack1.lha gam/fps 30Mb 4.0 Modpack 1 for the 2024 released ...
zaero_installer.lha gam/fps 568kb 4.0 Installer and Port of the Quake ...
flashmandelng.lha gra/mis 35Mb 4.1 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
amigagpt.lha net/cha 910kb 4.0 App for chatting to ChatGPT
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14.Apr.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 13.04.2024
The following files have been added until 13.04.2024 to AROS Archives:
protrekkr.i386-aros.zip aud/tra 23Mb Tracker/Synth hybrid Program
mbx.i386-aros.zip gam/act 8Mb Magical Broom Extreme (MBX) is a...
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14.Apr.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 13.04.2024
The following files have been added until 13.04.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
Protrekkr_2.6.7.lha Audio/Tracker A hybrid of modern day ...
GitDesktop_0.15.18.lha Development/Tools A graphical git fronten...
Willy_1.3.lha Emulation/ACEpansion Plugin for ACE CPC Emul...
AmiArcadia_32.20.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
DoomRPG_0.2.2.lha Games/RPG Doom RPG Reverse Engine...
YouTube-Extractor_2.5.lha Multimedia YT.rexx is a script for...
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14.Apr.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 13.04.2024
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 13.04.2024:
- 2024-04-09 improved: Tornado (Digital Integration) new rendering code, show fps/use original rendering code/limit fps/auto start, analogue joystick fixes (Info)
- 2024-04-09 improved: Zener Drive (Altair) fix startup crashes on some configurations (Info, Image)
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14.Apr.2024
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Panza Kick Boxing - Interpol Crack Intro
- Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 End Tune
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14.Apr.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New full versions online
Further full versions of Amiga programs have been added to Amiga Future's download area:
- DiskPrint
- AdressMaster (ADM)
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14.Apr.2024
Carlos Peris
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.37
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.99, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial.
The new version 0.9.37 offers optimisations and a lot of bug fixes as well as improved copper effects for ECS Amigas. Here is a before and after comparison:
The platform demo (YouTube video of an early version) has been reworked with new graphics and now looks like this
All changes:
- Big optimization in Trigonometry code, leading to a big boost in performance.
- Instantiate function has been optimized with some ASM magic.
- Basic_platformer example has been revamped with graphics from Surt.
- When building the game, now all game data is inside the data folder, no need
for the res folder anymore.
- ECS copper gradients have been improved, they are more smooth now like in
Turrican 2.
- When using Play now the current level is saved, just like you play start.
- Added new trigger Run From Editor, to check if the game is running from
editor or standalone.
- Distance to Target condition trigger was very unprecise, now it has been
improved a lot.
- Mouse input code now is only run when being used.
- Small improvements when using NTSC screens.
- In HUD screen when an element was partly outside the HUD was not drawn, now
it is, but drawing will be slower.
- Removed Topaz2 font.
- Topaz font is now the default one. When using Topaz font, there is no need to
have diskfont library available.
- Optimization in angular logic.
- Fix for a crash that occured when changing the level.
-Fix in loading levels code, that sometimes could led to the level being
erased.
-Fix for Camera Inc not working under certain circumstances.
-Fix when creating the screen that could leave glitches in the border of the
screen.
-Fix when scrolling down, sometimes left some line glitches.
-Fix in dialogs somethings messing the screen.
-Fix in copper backgrounds when using an image as the source for the palette.
-Some unused code has been removed.
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13.Apr.2024
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MorphOS: Version management "Git Desktop" v0.15.18
Rafał Zabdyr has released another beta version of his graphical user interface for the version management Git for MorphOS (amiga-news.de reported). "Git Desktop" is written in C++ and based on MUI through his C++ wrapper. MorphOS 3.x and the Git component of the SDK are required.
The new version includes the following changes:
- improved "Status Bar" + configuration for it
- added option to "Scan Path for Local Repositories" in sub directories
- Pull /Push buttons shows number of behind/ahead commits
- improved "Bottom Panel" (Output Tab)
- added "Last Commit Monit"
- improved stash preview
- improved gitignore template selection (added preview)
- many other improvements
- many bug fixes
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13.Apr.2024
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Open source projects: IDE driver lide.device and CDTV extension CIDER
The Amiga community is full of projects that initially go largely unnoticed despite their innovative power. The "lide.device" along with the so-called "CIDER" board were both developed by New Zealander Matt "LIV2" Harlum.
Just about a year ago, in January 2023, Harlum presented the open source-based hardware project CIDER on GitHub in collaboration with Stefan Reinauer. The combined expansion card for the Amiga CDTV is plugged into the diagnostic interface and adds three innovative features to the machine. The centrepiece is an autoboot-capable IDE interface that is compatible with KickROM 1.3. The CDTV also gains 11.37 MB of additional Fast RAM memory and a practical, programmable Dual Kickstart Flash-ROM function. The board can be rebuilt for private use using the Gerber data provided if you have the appropriate skills and expertise.
Matt Harlum was looking for a suitable IDE driver for this CIDER board and decided against the existing solutions "scsi.device" and "oktapus.device" due to their limitations in terms of speed, compatibility with Kickstart 1.3, as found in CDTV, and the legal situation regarding redistribution. This led to the development of lide.device, which was also published as open source under the GPL 2.0 licence for the first time in July 2023. The current version 40.5 is dated 20 December 2023 and can be downloaded free of charge from GitHub.
The lide.device allows the use of drives up to 2 TB in size (when using a suitable file system, such as FFS from AmigaOS 3.2, SFS or PFS). The system can boot from various media such as CD, LS-120 or ZIP, an autoboot function is provided. The driver also supports a second IDE channel.
What is interesting about the lide driver is not only its functionality and its open source aspect, but also the fact that the driver is not only suitable for the CDTV and the CIDER originally designed for it. Matt Harlum developed the RIPPLE board with the aim of making the effort and innovation behind "lide.device" available to more than just a small number of CDTV owners. This board broadens the application possibilities of the driver and supports the two-channel IDE mode.
On the GitHub page of the lide.device under the title link, in addition to the source codes, three builds of the lide ROMs are also available for download, in addition to the CIDER version also a ROM for AT-Bus devices such as AT-Bus 2008 or AT-Bus Clone IDE Interface by Matze.
When asked by amiga-news.de, Matt Harlum explains: "Of course the board ends up looking similar to the Buddha (Buddha IDE, editor's note) but this is only because the form factor makes a lot of sense for a small, 2-channel IDE board - similar layouts have even been used for PCI IDE interfaces."
We will keep an eye on the further development of CIDER, lide.device and RIPPLE and report on progress for you as usual. (nba)
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13.Apr.2024
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Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.4.6 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and AmigaOS 4.1. Changes of version 1.4.6 since our last news report:
- Send button no longer appears in top left corner after closing a generated image for Amiga 3.X
- Fixes the stack size calculation so it will no longer warn you that the stack size is too small if it really isn't
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (910 KB) (nba)
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12.Apr.2024
Passione Amiga & Amiga Documents (ANF)
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Trevor Dickinson has already acquired co-ownership of AmigaOS 4 in 2019
Amiga Documents, the documentation of the recent Amiga company history, which has been continuously expanded by an anonymous author for 15 years, has been supplemented by a completely new section: The article Hyperion Entertainment's Silent Puppeteer attempts to prove that Robert Trevor Dickinson of A-EON has been financing the legal disputes with which Ben Hermans (Hyperion) has been trying to secure ever more extensive rights to AmigaOS for a decade and a half.
Three new internal documents are made public for the first time: First the license agreement of March 2019 between Dickinson and Hyperion, in which the A-EON owner licenses ExecSG, which he already acquired in February 2017 according to the agreement, to Hyperion - for a price of 10 euros per copy of AmigaOS 4 sold. The price was determined as a share of the standard [AmigaOS 4] license fees of 60 euros and will be automatically corrected accordingly should Hyperion's pricing for AmigaOS 4 change.
In a second contract between Hyperion and Dickinson from August 2019, the latter acquires "co-ownership" of all components of AmigaOS 4 owned by Hyperion for EUR 47,500. He is also to be granted access to all source code immediately upon receipt of payment. However, Dickinson can only use his newly acquired rights if Hyperion ceases to exist or ends its business activities with regard to AmigaOS 4 - bankruptcy or liquidation are cited as examples.
(Editor's note: It is unclear to us which rights Dickinson actually acquired in August 2019. Hyperion only has a license to distribute the compiled binaries for the vast majority of AmigaOS 4 components. The only component known to us that is actually owned by Hyperion is the GUI toolkit "Reaction", which was acquired in May 2019.)
A secret agreement dated December 2010 between Ben Hermans, Robert Trevor Dickinson and the former A-EON financier Anthony Moorley is now also public. It appears to confirm the allegations of embezzlement that Dickinson has been making for a long time, most recently also publicly: Ben Hermans undertakes here to repay money that he owes A-EON - including (quote) "amounts that have been removed by him from the bank accounts of A-EON Technology without authority" - and to withdraw from the company.
Editor's note: In addition to publishing these new documents, the original article primarily attempts to prove Dickinson's long-standing financial support for Hyperion, especially during the two major court cases. The text was written by Nicola Morocutti and was originally published in the Italian print magazine Passione Amiga. Morocutti, who worked full-time for Mike Battilana in 2007/2008, formulates some of his statements here as if he were still employed by Hyperion's opponent and makes several unsubstantiated claims. We have therefore refrained from summarizing his statements on this topic, even though they correspond in several respects with the information we have received.
We have asked the parties involved for statements and will submit them later if necessary. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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12.Apr.2024
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AROS: Music program ProTrekkr v2.6.7
ProTrekkr is a tracker program combining a software synthesizer together with a traditional samples tracker which can (mainly) be used to create electronic music (like psytrance, trance goa, hard acid, IDM, chip, techno, jungle, etc.) targeting small sized intros, demos or games. Now version 2.6.7 was released for AROS (and FreeBSD, macOS and Windows). Changes:
- Fixed a crash when using rand functions on synth oscs & lfos under Linux.
- Added a replay routine for the PlayStation Vita.
- Fixed a crash when loading older NoiseTrekker modules.
- Startup splash screen is now optional.
Download: ptk_v2.6.7_aros.zip (23 MB) (dr)
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12.Apr.2024
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Music: Breakcore album "Get Out Of My House"
Mr. Roboto is a member of the Australian demo group System Of Sound. After releasing his best-of album Goat Cuts at the end of 2023, which covers the years from 2007 to 2023, a new album with three fresh tracks is now available on Bandcamp for around 60 cents, which the artist himself assigns to the Breakcore genre. He used an Amiga 600 and FS-UAE, which emulates the A1200/030. On the software side, OctaMED SoundStudio as well as ProTracker 2.3d and Hippoplayer were used to test whether the tracks were played correctly.
In the mid-90s, he bought his own A500 with A590 and began to familiarise himself more intensively with the operating system. He had been interested in punk rock since his early teens. He not only listened to it, but also played it himself. He recalls to us: "So in mid-highschool I was able to convince my parents that me having some guitar lessons might be a worthwhile investment, and after a few lessons my teacher suggested to me that my progress would really benefit from me getting myself a drum machine. And I thought to myself for one thing I am a young teenager with no job and limited income and for another, I do have a computer in my bedroom, and a copy of OctaMED version 5 which I got free on the cover of CU Amiga magazine, so I could just use that instead. And when one composes a drum beat and a bassline then logically one might find themselves with something that bears at least a passing resemblance to drum'n'bass music, which I did, despite having had no real exposure to the genre at this point in time."
His first collection of songs, which he released in limited numbers on burnt CDs, was at the end of 1998, when he used the then rare and expensive CD burner at his
secondary college to burn about two dozen copies: "I cannot recall the exact title of this collection, nor do I have a copy myself, it was rather, shall we say, "experimental" in style. Somebody might even have a copy of it buried deep in their personal collection, but otherwise I would have to say that these are lost to time. The next releases on CD would have come in 2001, when I purchased an 8x speed CD burner of my own. I was performing punk-jazz-electronic fusion with a group called The D.Z's and released a collection of the less awful bits from our many jam sessions on a CD entitled Music For Pleasure Classics - this collection of songs is also sadly lost to time. Also in that year, around the same time I released a collection of songs made with a friend on their Pentium II PC using Buzz under the group name Dead Punx. This collection of songs can be found online today on the System of Sound Bandcamp page..." (dr)
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11.Apr.2024
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Video: MorphOS 3.18 on a Power Macintosh G5
In his latest video, Chris Edwards shows how MorphOS 3.18 runs on a Power Macintosh G5 Dual Core (2.0), equipped with an ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition graphics card, on two screens.
By using this graphics card, you can run both MacOS and MorphOS on the computer, giving you access to the Mac's firmware, among other things. (dr)
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10.Apr.2024
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Practical report: Comparison between A1222 Plus and Sam460LE (Czech)
Martina Hřebcová is known for her extensive and detailed reports on PowerPC hardware. This time (automatic translation) she has compared currently available hardware for AmigaOS 4 under the title link: the A1222-Plus and Sam460LE board. In this article, she looks first at the theory; a further report with practical tests will follow. (dr)
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09.Apr.2024
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Retro Computer Festival 2024 to be held on 13 and 14 April in Paderborn
The Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum in Paderborn is the largest computer museum worldwide and a vibrant venue for events. The 6,000 square metre exhibition space presents 5,000 years of the history, present and future of information technology, from the emergence of numbers and writing in 3,000 BC to the computer age of the 21st century.
On 13 and 14 April, the Retro Computer Festival 2024 will take place at the HNF, jointly organised by the HNF and the Dortmund Retro Computer Treffen. Retro computers spanning from the C64 and Ataris to the Amiga and many other long-forgotten hardware and software can be experienced live on this day. Over 50 exhibitors are expected, who will not only present their treasures, but will also be happy to exchange ideas with visitors and give tips on repairs. The main theme of this RCF is the graphical user interface, which was first available 50 years ago on the Xerox Alto. In addition to the exhibition, lectures and workshops will also be offered. Admission to the entire HNF is free on Saturday and Sunday. (nba)
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09.Apr.2024
'S0Y' (Mail)
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Temptations port for CD32 and AGA Amigas released
The developer 'S0Y' has released the final version of his conversion of the jump'n run Temptations (amiga-news.de reported), which originally was released in 1988 for MSX-1 (video of the sixth level). The digital (Spanish-language) full version of the game can be purchased directly from the developer for 5 Euros. A demo version is available on Im Aminet as a WHDLoad, in which you can test the first five levels for 60 seconds each. (dr)
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08.Apr.2024
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Hyperion has been managed by a receiver since last week (Update)
"Ben Hermans BV" (hereinafter: BHBV) is a private company with limited liability owned by Ben Hermans, which has held 97% of the shares in Hyperion since 2019 and acts as a 'director' of Hyperion on paper. In March, bankruptcy proceedings were initiated against BHBV for the second time. In the same month, Ben Hermans had already initiated the founding of a new company with the same name.
As BHBV has not published any statutory annual reports since 2021, it is currently unclear whether the company still holds the majority of shares in Hyperion. Ben Hermans has not responded to an inquiry from amiga-news.de; the appointed liquidator Charlotte Piers tells us she'll get back to us in the next few days with "a more detailed response".
Friday's edition of the Belgian Official Gazette (local copy) now contains the information that insolvency lawyer Bart De Moor has been appointed "voorlopig bewindvoerder" for Hyperion Entertainment. Machine translation tools turn "bewindvoerder" into "administrator" - but as native Dutch speakers tell us, a more accurate translation would be "receiver".
It is currently unclear who appointed De Moor as receiver - if he had been appointed by BHBV's liquidator, this would be a clear indication that Hyperion Entertainment is part of BHBV's bankruptcy estate. We have asked Bart De Moor for confirmation and will update this news item accordingly should he respond to our questions.
Update: (10.04.24, 16:45, cg)
Translation error: in several places, we had translated the German term "Konkursverwalter" to "liquidator" - this is a correct translation, but does not match the English term the native Dutch speakers mentioned in the news item used: They translated "voorlopig bewindvoerder" to "receiver". News item updated accordingly. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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07.Apr.2024
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Turn-based strategy game: New demo version of "Ecliptic"
Ecliptic is described by the author as "a mixture of turn based tactical combat and role playing" (amiga-news.de reported) being a visually reminiscent of the retro-futuristic science fiction of the 1970s and 1980s (YouTube video). The player's task is to regain control of a spaceship drifting in space and occupied by aliens. Now a second demo has been released for the game which still is in development.
More messages have been added to describe what is going on or what is expected of the player. Modal actions like selecting an item to use or viewing the map can now be cancelled by the icon or key that activated them. Work has also begun on adding further animations to the robot characters for using objects or attacking. As the author writes, the first level is as good as finished and he has started on the second level, "which will lean heavily into paying homage to Aliens".
The game requires 1MB RAM, recommended is an Amiga 1200 with HD and Fast RAM.
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07.Apr.2024
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Aminet uploads until 06.04.2024
The following files have been added until 06.04.2024 to Aminet:
MicroExcel_1.0.lha biz/spread 1.5M MOS A Spreadsheed Editor
amos_rocket_science.lha dev/amos 327K examples of targetting
Butterfly.lha dev/c 569K MOS Animation of a picture in C a...
expression_1.1.lha dev/hwood 23K MOS A hollywood plugin
Kwiz2.lha game/2play 34K 68k A Blockbusters-style quiz game
ScummVM_AGA_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga AGA port of ScummVM 2.3...
ScummVM_RTG_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga RTG port of ScummVM 2.5...
D1X_Rebirth_AGA.lha game/shoot 3.5M 68k Amiga port of Descent (D1X-Re...
D1X_Rebirth_RTG.lha game/shoot 3.5M 68k Amiga port of Descent (D1X-Re...
WhatIFF3.13.lha mags/misc 24M What IFF? #3.13-April-2024
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.4M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 7.9M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
DOSBox_AGA.lha misc/emu 927K 68k Amiga port of DOSBox
DOSBox_RTG.lha misc/emu 928K 68k Amiga port of DOSBox
CygnusEd_4_DE.lha text/edit 10K New German catalog for Cygnus...
morsconv.lha text/misc 11K 68k Modular Morse code generator
IconSync.lha util/misc 7K 68k Automates icon creation in WH...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 19M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
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07.Apr.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 06.04.2024
The following files have been added until 06.04.2024 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
stackdump.lha uti/she 3kb 4.0 stackdump is a security demonstr...
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AROS Archives uploads until 06.04.2024
The following files have been added until 06.04.2024 to AROS Archives:
icaros_2.3_fix.lha dev/uti 102Mb Little fix for icaros v2.3
whatiff3.13.nodemo.lha doc/mis 841kb Amiga Guide Magazine
residualvm-0.3.1-1.i386-a... emu/mis 5Mb ResidualVM
scummvm-1.9.0-1.i386-aros... emu/mis 16Mb ScummVM
adoom3-1.5.3.i386-aros.zip gam/fps 10Mb ADoom3
residualvm-kens.lha gra/ico 3Mb Unofficial Kens Icons For Residu...
scummvm_kens.lha gra/ico 3kb Unofficial Kens Icons Drawer For...
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 06.04.2024
The following files have been added until 06.04.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
Expression_1.1.lha Dependencies/Hollywood A hollywood plugin to c...
SDL_2.30.2_Libraries.lha Dependencies/Library/SDL All Libraries SDL : SDL...
AmiArcadia_32.0.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
ScummVM_2.8.1.lha Games/Adventure 2D Point-and-Click adve...
MicroExcel_1.0.lha Office/Spreadsheet A Spreadsheed Editor
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07.Apr.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 06.04.2024
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 06.04.2024:
- 2024-04-05 improved: After Burner 2 (WeeBee Games/Sega) patch is NTSC compatible now, debug key handling removed from keyboard interrupt (Info)
- 2024-04-04 improved: Turbo Out Run (U.S.Gold) support for 1 disk US version added, manual included, new install script (Info)
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07.Apr.2024
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Space Debris 2024
- Quodlibet
- Turrbedo (Turrican II + Albedo, Fusion Remix)
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07.Apr.2024
Amigaworld.net (website)
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Event: Further details on Kickstart UK show 2024 (Nottingham)
As reported in December, the second edition of Kickstart UK will take place in Nottingham on June 29-30, 2024. More information on the event is now available at the title link - 18 retailers, 10 community groups, 5 speakers and 5 performers will be attending. (snx)
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07.Apr.2024
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Anniversary: 10 years of Kultmags.com
Under the entry dated April 5, 2024, Klaus Sommer looks back on the tenth anniversary of his website kultmags.com at the title link. Kultmags preserves computer and video game magazines in German language of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s digitized for posterity with the permission of the rights holders. (snx)
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07.Apr.2024
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Game: Hack and Slay
In this simple Amiga conversion of the mailbox game "Hack and Slash", the aim is to explore five levels with a stick figure. AmigaOS 3.x and 1 MB RAM are required. (snx)
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06.Apr.2024
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Artikel: Sampling sound on the Amiga
An Amiga has stereo line-out connectors that allow it to play audio, but normally no audio inputs. In order to record sound with the Amiga, additional hardware had to be purchased. This article by Edwin van den Oosterkamp describes an example of such hardware, the "Sampling Cartridge" for the Amiga, which is also available as Open Source project. (dr)
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06.Apr.2024
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Do it yourself: Amiga 2000 5.25" front panel for PiStorm 2K
Klaus Kupferschmid's GitHub project at the title link is about a 5.25" front panel for the Amiga 2000 with openings for USB ports, switches and a MicroSD slot for usage of a PiStorm 2K together with the, originally external, keyboard switch A234. (snx)
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05.Apr.2024
OSnews (ANF)
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History of technology: The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disc
IEEE, an online magazine specialising in technology topics, has published a background report on the storage medium floppy disk and the company 3M that is well worth reading.
Floppy discs had an amazingly long life - it was only in January 2024 that the Japanese government announced that it would no longer require floppy disc copies of government applications. 3M got out of the data storage business some 28 years ago when it transferred its floppy disc production to an outsourced company called Imation. Imation still exists, under the name Glassbridge Enterprises, but with a much lower profile.
You can read the entire article in English under the title link. (nba)
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05.Apr.2024
Amigans.net (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4.1: Graphics card driver RadeonHD V5.20 for Sam460
The RadeonHD driver software is a graphics driver for RadeonHD graphics cards for AmigaOS 4.1 (amiga-news.de reported). Version 5 only supports "Southern Islands" cards (HD7000 series), but offers hardware-accelerated video decoding (Enhancer Software 2.2 required). The new version 5.20 has now been released for the Sam460. The changes:
- Fixed a potential crash in the find card code when the card is already in
use
- Fixed an infinite loop in code to get PCIe speed capabilities, which would
trigger if the parent PCIe device isn't the root controller
- Disabled GART for the Sam460 again (was accidentally enabled)
- The usleep() threshold for using the timer device was broken a while ago.
FIXED
- Rewrote usleep() so it no longer needs to open/close the timer device
every time there's a longer delay (lowers overhead)
- Now skips attempting to initialize the card altogether if the card is
already in use
- Fixed a potential crash if initializing the driver failed
- Enabled the UVD interrupt (trap handler)
- Fixed interrupt handling for the Sam460. Caching on PCIe reads from VRAM
was causing the interrupt handler to read stale data, resulting in missed
interrupts which, in turn, causes a complete freeze. Added fallback and
workaround code
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04.Apr.2024
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GUI for Greaseweazle Tools : FluxMyFluffyFloppy v5.0.4 for Windows
'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.0.4 of his graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for the Greaseweazle Tools (see also the video Setting up a Greaseweazle V4). Changes:
- Requires Greaseweazle 1.16.3
- Read: Added new template "Commodore C64 SingleSided 48-TPI floppy disks (35 tracks).inir" by Richard Verlinden
- Write: New option --gen-tg43 generates 8-inch /TG43 signal on pin 2
- Write: Added new template "CommodoreC64170kbSingleSided(35tracks).iniw" by Richard Verlinden
- Read: --dd option renamed to --densel
- Write: --dd option renamed to --densel
- Read: Fixed reported issue #5: File extension error when select EDSK format
- Convert: Fixed reported issue #5: File extension error when select EDSK format
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04.Apr.2024
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Casual puzzle game: Kondi Krush
"Kondi Krush" is a clone of the smartphone classic Candy Crush: On a playing field filled with sweets, the aim is to place at least three identical elements in a row and making them disappear from the playing field by swapping two pieces of sweet in each turn.
Kondi Krush versions are offered for a host of retro platforms: In addition to the Amiga port (Video), there are also conversions for Commodore 64, Commodore 16/Plus 4 and the Hungarian Videoton TC Computer.
Direct Download:
Executable: kondikrush-amiga (432 KB)
ADF image: kondikrush-amiga-adf (880 KB)
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04.Apr.2024
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Obligement: Interview with AmigaOS 3.2 developer Camilla Boemann
David Brunet has published on his Obligement website an interview with the Danish developer Camilla Boemann, who is part of the AmigaOS 3.2 team.
Besides the english version at the title link there is also a french one. (snx)
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04.Apr.2024
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Video tutorial: Extended Parallax scrolling in AMOS
Following on from his parallax scrolling tutorial, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' looks at how to implement commands such as Double Buffer, Autoback, and Screen Swap in order to address some of the scrolling issues in the latest part of his tutorial series. (dr)
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04.Apr.2024
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Preview video: Pumpman v0.003
In addition to several other projects such as "Deathmine", 'PixelPlop' is also working on the game "Pumpman" (amiga-news.de reported), for which he has now published a new preview video. Changes:
- "Fake" vertical scrolling allowing for more floors.
- Increased the spacing between floors.
- Dithering pattern added to the background to help smooth the colour gradient.
- Added a bonus balloon that floats up between the floors.
- Added a trap door at the top so you can complete/exit the level.
- Status bar is now mostly functional.
- Redrew most of the gfx to add more detail.
- Added/changed some sfx.
- Bugfixes.
(dr)
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03.Apr.2024
Amiga.org (forum)
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AmigaGuide magazine: Issue 13 of "WhatIFF?"
"WhatIFF?" is an Amiga magazine in AmigaGuide format. The topics of the thirteenth issue include reviews of hardware (e.g. xT Amiga 600 Turbo Card, Open Amiga Sampler) and games (e.g. The Deep, Dice Masters), instructions (e.g. Game Graphics: What NOT to do, Making Modules 101 Part One) and interviews (e.g. Massimo Loi, Simone Bevilacqua). (snx)
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02.Apr.2024
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Operating system: NetBSD 10.0
The Unix derivative NetBSD has been released in version 10.0. The eighteenth major version of the NetBSD operating system is also available as an original port for PowerPC-Amigas (experimental) and 68k-Amigas.
The global changes since the last version 9.3 are listed on the NetBSD website and include numerous performance, security and general aspects. Two new features are listed specifically for Amiga systems:
- support for Kickstart 3.2 (the release from 2020)
- loadbsd bootloader now loads the kernel into the highest priority memory segment instead of the largest segment
The following system requirements are specified for installation and operation on 68k Amigas: Amiga with 68020 processor or higher with MMU, at least 24 MB Fast RAM and at least 250 MB free hard disc space. An FPU is not required; according to the developers, the system "does not run correctly" on LC processors 68LC040 and 68LC060 as well as on the 68040V. (nba)
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02.Apr.2024
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Video tutorial: First steps in game porting with the Scorpion Engine
In addition to existing video tutorials on using the Scorpion Engine, its developer Erik 'earok' Hogan shows in a short video how to proceed when porting an existing game. (dr)
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02.Apr.2024
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Demoparty: Demos and results of Revision 2024
This year's edition of the demoparty Revision took place this Easter weekend in Saarbrücken (amiga-news.de reported). In two YouTube videos you can watch the competition entries in the categories Amiga Intro and Amiga Demo. The winners are (overview of all entries and winners on Demozoo):
Amiga Intro
Amiga Demo
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01.Apr.2024
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary for March 2024
For the past month 'Puni' has again published a news summary for AmigaOS 4 at the title link. (snx)
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01.Apr.2024
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Chiptune tracker: Furnace V0.6.2 for Windows, Mac and Linux
'tildearrows' Furnace is a tool that can be used to create sound chip music ("chiptune"), mostly from the 8/16-bit era (amiga-news.de reported). It supports a wide range of functions and sound chips, from NES, SNES and Genesis to ES5506, VIC-20 and the Amiga. Version 0.6.2 provides many bug fixes, improvements and new effects.
The songs can be exported as audio files (.wav), VGM files and ZSM files (for Commander X16). An manual is available. (dr)
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01.Apr.2024
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Puzzle game: Glubble
The "Revision" demo party takes place in Saarbrücken over the Easter weekend. The group Oxygen has published a puzzle game there called "Glubble", in which blobs of the same color have to be pushed together to form groups of the same color.
Glubble is a conversion of the PC game Yugo Puzzle. The title runs on any Amiga with one megabyte of RAM. If you want to play from hard disk you need more RAM. (cg)
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31.Mar.2024
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Aminet uploads until 30.03.2024
The following files have been added until 30.03.2024 to Aminet:
ign-AddOn-ODS.lha biz/spread 203K OS4 ignition addon for access ods...
amigassh.lha comm/net 30K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga
amospro_darkula.lha dev/amos 26K Dark theme for AMOS Professional
amospro_setflash.lha dev/amos 3K Edit AMOS Pro cursor flash
expression_1.0.lha dev/hwood 23K MOS Hollywood plugin: calculate e...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 5.6M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
P96Tests.lha dev/src 103K P96 Test programs
BWBasic111_Manual.zip docs/help 497K bwBASIC111 Manual AND Orig. i...
F1GP2024Carset.lha game/data 8K 2024 Carset for F1GP
ScummVM_RTG_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga RTG port of ScummVM 2.5...
Exult_AGA.lha game/role 50M 68k Amiga port of Ultima 7 (Exult)
Exult_RTG.lha game/role 50M 68k Amiga port of Ultima 7 (Exult)
ODAMEX_AGA.lha game/shoot 19M 68k Amiga port of Odamex (DOOM)
gitressetteadf.zip game/think 351K 68k Tressette a Perdere card game
gimemorygame.lha game/wb 262K 68k GI Memory Game
gimemorygameadf.zip game/wb 326K 68k GI Memory Game
2D_ATcad_UAE.lha gfx/misc 526K 68k 2D-CAD-Programm
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.4M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 7.8M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.0M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
tap2dsk.lha misc/emu 78K 68k Oric tape to disk
2D_ATcad_UAE720.png pix/misc 20K ATcad_UAE in 720p
gicalaratafont.lha text/bfont 11K 68k GI Caralata Font
AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 910K AOS App for chatting to ChatGPT
isomount.lha util/rexx 24K Mounting img,iso,adf... on do...
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31.Mar.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 30.03.2024
The following files have been added until 30.03.2024 to OS4Depot:
libfreetype.lha dev/lib 3Mb 4.1 A Free, High-Quality, and Portab...
libsdl2_ttf.lha dev/lib 4Mb 4.1 A Freetype 2.0 wrapper for SDL2
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
losmalditosdemo.lha gam/adv 20Mb 4.0 Adventure point and click R.P.G.
thf.lha gam/fps 301Mb 4.0 THF for Heretic II Multiplayer Mod
amigagpt.lha net/cha 910kb 4.0 App for chatting to ChatGPT
ign-addon-ods.lha off/spr 203kb 4.1 Ignition addon for access ods-files
meminfo.lha uti/har 23kb 4.0 show meminfo usage in a GUI
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31.Mar.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 30.03.2024
The following files have been added until 30.03.2024 to AROS Archives:
barsnpipesaros.lha aud/edi 10Mb Port of Amiga 68k Midi Sequencer
residualvm-0.3.1.i386-aro... emu/mis 4Mb ResidualVM
scummvm-1.9.0.i386-aros.zip emu/mis 16Mb ScummVM
losmalditosdemo.lha gam/adv 20Mb Adventure point and click R.P.G.
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31.Mar.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 30.03.2024
The following files have been added until 30.03.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
tap2dsk_2.1.lha Emulation/Misc A tool that builds a Se...
LosMalditos_1.00.lha Games/Demo Adventure point and cli...
DirSize_2.6.lha System/Shell Calculate directory sizes
neatvi-14.lha Text/Edit Neat vi clone
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31.Mar.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 30.03.2024
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 30.03.2024:
- 2024-03-26 new: De Profundis (The Deadliners Lemon. & Oxygene) done by Psygore (Info, Image)
- 2024-03-26 fixed: Fusion (Bullfrog) check disk protection in game patched now (Info)
- 2024-03-26 fixed: Hard Drivin' (Domark) fixed keyboard on version SPS0126 (Info)
- 2024-03-26 improved: Alien Breed 2 (Team 17) added modding options, better blitter waits for A1000 (Info)
- 2024-03-25 fixed: Second Samurai (Psygnosis/Vivid Image) disk change patch in OCS version fixed, game now continues to end sequence after defeating the final boss (Info)
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31.Mar.2024
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Video tutorial: WIFI internet on Amiga with BlueSCSI v2
BlueSCSI v2 is an SCSI solution for retro computers. Based on the Raspberry Pi Pico-W microcontroller, there are further possibilities, though.
The Video at the title link demonstrates how one can also use it to access wireless LAN, thanks to an Amiga driver written by Rob Smith. (snx)
[News message: 31. Mar. 2024, 09:33] [Comments: 0]
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31.Mar.2024
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Video: The Amiga 500 as a guitar pedal
The video at the title link demonstrates the ability of the Amiga to serve as a guitar pedal to alter the sound of an electric guitar in real-time. (snx)
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31.Mar.2024
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware V2024.04.01
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of a user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2024.04.01:
- Unified USB Mass Storage for RP2040 and GD32F205 platforms
- Move RP2040 based projects to new framework
- DaynaPORT Wi-Fi Amiga patch from Rob Smith
- Implement the SCSI side of a SCSI control and data transfer mechanism
- Allow custom block sizes, addresses issue
- Fix Plextor 0xD8 SCSI vendor command
- Free some SRAM by putting some code in flash
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30.Mar.2024
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Motorola68k emulation: Status update on the WLAN driver for Emu68
After Michal Schulz had released the first stable version 1.0 of his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 a good week ago (amiga-news.de reported), he is working intensively on a WLAN driver and had made first considerations and tests in a Patreon post.
In yesterday's post under the title link, he now reports that he has made quite a bit of progress with the development: the WLAN driver initialises correctly, scans for available networks and can connect to them. As soon as this happens, you receive data packets (frames) that can now be passed to the network stack.
Michal's next step is to finalise the SANA II driver interface. For the time being he will only connect to a predefined network for testing reasons. Once this is working and he can use the driver with AmigaOS, he will add the wireless features - releasing network scans to AmigaOS, getting signal strength, selecting a wireless network to connect to and so on.
After completing this step, he will either use an available tool or write his own to display the networks on AmigaOS and allow the user to connect. Finally, he will also provide some sort of configuration file to allow the driver to connect to a specific network at startup. As a last step he will then try to implement wireless security protocols like WPA/WPA2/WPA3. (dr)
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29.Mar.2024
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Print magazine: Issue 142 of Amiga Future readable online
The German and English issue 142 (January/February 2020) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine as well as a higher resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (nba)
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29.Mar.2024
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Hyperion: Bankruptcy proceedings reopened against Ben Hermans B.V. (Update)
Since a restructuring in 2019, the Belgian lawyer Ben Hermans has owned around 97% of all shares in Hyperion (Heretic 2, AmigaOS 4, AmigaOS 3.2), which he transferred to his company "Ben Hermans B.V." a few months later. Since then, this very company also acts as the "Director" of Hyperion Entertainment.
Bankruptcy proceedings had already been opened against Ben Hermans B.V. in May 2021: the annual financial statements for 2019 - the year in which Hermans had transferred its private Hyperion shares to Ben Hermans B.V. - had still not been published, in violation of applicable Belgian law. When asked by amiga-news.de at the time, Hermans stated that the external accountant had not been able to complete the annual report on time (quote) "due to COVID restrictions - such as the requirements to work from home and to allow only minimal staffing in offices". The problem was resolved a few months later by submitting the missing annual report.
In the meantime, the company's status in the Belgian company database is once again listed as "Opening of bankruptcy procedure" (announcement in the Belgian Company Newsletter). A quick look at the published financial statements shows that the last filed report covers the 2021 financial year. We have asked Ben Hermans for a statement on the reopening of bankruptcy proceedings, but have not yet received a response.
Update: (30.03.24, 23:30, cg)
According to the Belgian Business Register, there is now another company called Ben Hermans B.V., founded on March 11 of this year. The provider faillissementsdossier.be, which centrally processes up-to-date information on Belgian company insolvencies and similar events, has an entry for the original Ben Hermans B.V., which claims "Ben Hermans [...] was declared insolvent by a court in Brussels on 19.03.2024". (cg) (Translation: cg)
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28.Mar.2024
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Overview: Linux for Sam and A1222-Plus boards
With our ongoing coverage of new Linux kernels for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 models (amiga-news.de reported), the availability of the A1222 Plus, as well as the Sam460LE boards, raises the question of how Linux support will look here.
Sam boards
As Amiga Linux expert Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky explains to us, the kernels for the X1000 and X5000 cannot be used for the Sam boards. The responsible developer Julian Margetson, who built, tested, published and offered support for these Linux kernels for the Sam, had to stop working on them for personal reasons, so someone is currently being sought to take over this task.
However, there are still working Linux downloads available for the Sam boards.
A1222 Plus
The Debian developers have removed the PowerPC SPE platform so that there will be no more Linux developments for the A1222. The reason for this was the deletion as a target platform in version 9 of the vcc compiler, which was already obsolete in version 8.The Debian developers have removed the PowerPC SPE platform so that there will be no more Linux developments for the A1222. The reason for this was the deletion as a target platform in version 9 of the vcc compiler, which was already obsolete in version 8.
However, all kernels and images remain available on the Tabor Linux download page. As Christian explains, Debian PowerPC-SPE works very well on the Tabor board (screenshot). If you would like to test Debian on the A1222 Plus, you will find Linux Guide. The links to the latest kernel and to the PowerPC-SPE version of the Arctic Fox browser:
Further downloads can be found on the A1222 Linux downloads page (user name: tabor, password: amigaone). (dr)
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28.Mar.2024
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AROS: Review of March 2024
In his blog, Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz has published a summary of AROS/x86 news for the month of December at the title link. (snx)
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26.Mar.2024
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AmigaOS 4.1: ignition-OpenDocument plugin v0.39
The ods-addon of the spreadsheet ignition (amiga-news.de reported) was updated to version 0.38. The addon allows loading and saving tables in OpenDocument format, which is used in LibreOffice/OpenOffice Calc among others. In the current version 0.39, numerous optimisations have increased the speed at which documents are read. (dr)
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