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31.May.2012
PPA (Webseite)


NetBSD: Mediator driver in development
The NetBSD port for Amiga computers has now a first support of the PCI-busboard of the model Mediator 1200.

Network boards based on NE2000 (e.g. Realtek 8029, pictureo) already can be used. Usage of the PCI mem-space and therefore graphics cards are in development. NetBSD is adapted to the hardware with reverse engineering. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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30.May.2012
André "Ratte" Pfeiffer (ANF)


Tips for Scandoubler Indivision MK2
André "Ratte" Pfeiffer has two tips for users of an "Indivision MK2" Scandoubler developed by Individual Computers:

Solution for vertical stripes in VGA-mode

Sometimes the new IndivisionMK2 creates vertical stripes in analog VGA-mode. This problem can be fixed with an analog VGA-cable (without DVI-I port + adapter) (more information).

The producer has warned of this solution because there is a danger that the used digital-analog converter may be destroyed. In any case, of the the described solution is used it will void the warranty.

Indivision MK2 as WB-accelerator

Just like the InivisionAGA the MK2 supports the modes HighGFX and HD720. Furthermore the MK2 for the first time can display the Xtreme Mode (1280x1024). For desktop computers without graphic board the most interesting mode might be the SuperPlus Mode. The solution is equal to the Super72 Mode (800x600) but twice as fast! For the Internet with "AGA only" it might be a good compromise concerning solution, colours and speed (more information). (cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.May.2012
Martin Wolf (ANF)


Online strategy game: Tales of Tamar 0.59
Today the new version 0.59 has been published and can be downloaded from the website for free.

Changes:

Amiga

New archive: ToT_Amiga_V0.59.lha (150 MB)
Update for older versions: ToT_Amiga_V0.59_R1.lha (9 MB)

PC:

New archive: ToT_PC_V0.59.exe (110 MB)
Update for older versions: ToT_PC_V0.59_R1.exe (10 MB)

SDL Linux x86

New archive: ToT_Linux_v0.59R1.tar (144 MB)

The new version includes a lot of new features and bug fixes.

The team of Tales of Tamar is looking for:
  • Graphic designer
  • Programmer
  • Musician
  • Linux x86 and ppc testers
  • Mac-OX testers
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.May.2012
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


APC&TCP: Reservation for "Amiga Family Poster"
APC&TCP in cooperation with some users of a1k.org will offer a poster which will show all Amiga models.

Until 10th of June reservations will be accepted for the "Amiga Family Poster". The posters will be delivered at the end of June and beginning of July. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.May.2012
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Interview with Alex May
The interview serie on amigapd.com was continued with an interview with Alex May who wrote the 2D-shooter The Attack of the Green Smelly Aliens From Planet 27b/6. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.May.2012



Amiga Future: Issue 81 (English/German) online
Because issue 81 of the magazine Amiga Future is sold out the articles of the German and English version of the magazine are online available. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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27.May.2012



OS4Depot-Uploads until 26.05.2012
The following archives have been published until 26.05.2012 to the OS4Depot:
sweeper_src.zip          dev/exa 129kb 4.0 Hollywood Mine Sweeper sources
api.zip                  gam/puz 2Mb   4.0 Help Api dog to collect all bones
doors.lha                gam/puz 3Mb   4.1 A small thinking game
sokoban.zip              gam/puz 1Mb   4.0 Hollywood  Sokoban
sweeper.zip              gam/puz 1Mb   4.0 Hollywood Mine Sweeper
loview.lha               gra/vie 5Mb   4.0 LoView Suite - the Easy Viewer &...
aweb.lha                 net/bro 11Mb  4.0 AWEB APL PPC
netspeedometer.lha       net/mis 62kb  4.0 A network monitor and bandwidth ...
assist.lha               uti/mis 3Mb   4.1 An assistant for AmigaOS users
excalibur.lha            uti/wor 586kb 4.1 Excalibur, a workbench start menu
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27.May.2012



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 26.05.2012
The following archives have been published until 26.05.2012 to the AROS-Archives:
wildmidi.i386-aros.lha       aud/pla 63kb  WildMIDI MIDI Player
libwildmidi.i386-aros.zip    dev/lib 90kb  WildMIDI Open Source Midi Synthe...
adoom3-b0.i386-aros.zip      gam/fps 4Mb   ADoom3 Early Beta
darkplaces.i386-aros.lha     gam/fps 5Mb   Darkplaces
loview.i386-aros.lha         gra/vie 4Mb   LoView - the Easy Viewer and Thu...
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27.May.2012



MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 26.05.2012
The following archives have been published until 26.05.2012 to the MorphOS-Files:
ACE                      1.3     uti/emu    486 Amstrad CPC family computer...
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27.May.2012
PPA (Webseite)


AROS: Alien vs. Predator ported
After the release of the source code twelve years ago the game Alien vs. Predator now was ported to AROS based on the Linux version. The original files of the first person shooter are required.

Download: avp.zip (4 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.May.2012
a1k User (ANF)


LHA fast access site
Under the title link the forum a1k.org has created a website for fast access of the different LHA-versions. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.May.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)


AMOS-Reimplementation: XAMOS 0.23
Based on the latest Java-reimplementation of AMOS, jAMOS, the same author now has compiled a version based on SDL and C++ for Windows and Linux/x86.

Compared with jAMOS 0.23, this version neither does include an editor nor AMAL-support. But all AMAL-independent programms which was created with the jAMOS-editor did run, with a higher speed ompared with the Java-version. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.May.2012



Overview: Amiga extensions by independent hardware developers
An user has published a list of all Amiga extensions provided by independent hardware developers. All products should be currently available. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.May.2012
Stefan Egger (ANF)


Replica: Clone of prototype of CDTV remote control
With the help of the 3D printing technique Stefan Egger has created a replica of the prototype of the CDTV remote control which never went into series production. Before he has already created a clone of the C64-Floppy (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.May.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


X1000: First tools for programming "Xena" ported
Lyle Hazelwood has ported some of the command line programms to AmigaOS 4 with which the XMOS-chip called "Xena" can be programmed.

Registered X1000 users can download thew tools from Hyperion's website. The new tools and documentation will be added to a future release of the AmigaOS SDK as well. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.May.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AROS-Distribution: Icaros Desktop 1.4.2
A new update for the AROS-distribution Icaros Desktop is available which includes a new version of the web browser OWB, which can play Youtube videos with Mplayer and provides new system files. Changes:
  • system files updated to May 4th, 2012
  • added unarc
  • updated OWB to version 1.16.2
    • added ability to play YouTube movies via JavaScript
    • improved rendering speed
    • fixed some issues
  • improved Duke Nukem 3D experience (audio and music now enabled, improved graphics)
  • updated AmiFig to latest version
  • updated Janus UAE to version 1.2
  • better AROS M68K support with UAEGFX modes
    • improved speed and reliability
    • recompiled using latest AROS libraries
  • updated MPlayer to version 1.0-v4
    • improved speed
    • can now work with OWB to play YouTube videos
  • updated PortablE to latest version
  • updated AmiLUA to latest version
  • updated LoView to version 2.50
  • updated Jabberwocky to latest version
  • added pixman.library
  • added WildMidi library and shell MIDI player
  • added EAW GUS patches for WildMidi
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.May.2012
amiga.org (Webseite)


Demo-DVD: MindCandy 2 as ISO-Download
Five years ago the DVD "MindCandy Volume 2" was published and contains recordings of Amiga demos. Because the DVD is sold out the ISO-image can be downloaded for free as PAL or NTSC version. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.May.2012
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


MorphOS: Word processing Scriba 0.0.7 ("developer version")
Carsten "pegasossigi2" Siegner is working on a word processing software called Scriba (Youtube video). He publishes updates but points out that they are very early versions with limited functions and bugs.

Download: Scriba_0.0.7.lha (872 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.May.2012
Detlef Zirpel (Gideon Zweijtzer / Rutger Bevaart) (ANF)


Dutch team announced new PPC-board for Amiga 3000/4000
Gideon Zweijtzer (among others involved in 1541 Ultimate) and Rutger Bevaart are working on a PPC-extension for Amiga 3000/4000 computers called "UltimatePPC" which also will provide USB-, SATA- and Ethernet ports as well as an integrated 2D graphic chip with DVI-port. In a duscussion on amiga.org Gideon "mousehouse" Zweijtzer has answered questions of users:

The board will have the same size as an A3640 and be equipped with a 68040 and a Freescale QorIQ P1013. Both processors will be equipped with Bus and RAM. In substance they are two completely independent systems.

The trick: The USB-, SATA- and Ethernet-controllers which are used in the P1013, which is a System on a Chip (SoC), canbe also accessed from outside and does not depend on what the processor is calculating.

Furthermore suitable operating systems will run on the Power-CPU - maybe contemporaneously with AmigaOS 3.

The detailed specifications:
  • 68040 CPU with 33 MHz and 128 MB RAM (DDR3)
  • QorIQ P1013 CPU with 1.0 GHz and 2GB RAM (DDR3, SO-DIMM)
  • USB2-controller with integrated fourfold-Hub
  • SATA2-controller with two SATA-ports
  • Ethernet-controller (10/100/1000)
  • Integrated 2D video chip with DVI-port
An unfinished prototype of UltimatePPC is to be seen on the website. The developers suppose that already at the end of the year the first orders can be accepted.

It seems to be still not clear which software will be supported: According to the FAQ a SANA2-compatible Ethernet driver is developed. For other software sections like USB or graphic support the developers only confirmed that this is "also very important".

Which PPC operating systems will run on the board also is still not clear. Harry "Piru" Sintonen has rejected to port MorphOS for it. Concerning AmigaOS 4 the original website, which meanwhile was reworked, stated that the developers will try to contact Haage&Partner... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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20.May.2012
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Aweb 3.5.10
Version 3.5.10 of the Reaction-based browser AWeb fixes bugs which occured in connection with AmigaOS 4.1.

Download: aweb.lha (11 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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20.May.2012
Natami_ist_ein_Geisterschiff (Kommentar)


FPGA-Arcade-Boards with Amiga-emulation available
According to Laurent 'Faranheit' Zorawski at amigaworld the FPGA-Arcade-boards with Amiga emulation can be ordered from him. The next charge of boards he expects to come in four or five weeks provided by FPGA-Arcade developer Mike Johnson. A reservation is recommended. Pictures and videos can be found under the title link.

The board consists of a 68k-processor (68000, 68010, 68020, 68EC020) as well as of the Amiga-chipsets OCS-A500, OCS-A1000, ECS and AGA. It uses 2 MB Chip-RAM and 9,5 MB Fast-RAM (57 MB Fast-RAM are announced) and can use two HDF-files and emulates four disk drives. Kickstart files from version 1.3 to 3.1 are accepted as well as different Workbench versions inclusive a 3.9-light-version. For the extension port before the end of the year a combined 68060, network and USB board with micro-SD-slot will be available (picture).

The FPGA-Arcade-Board differs from the original Minimig:
  • Further processors beyond the 68000 are emulated, the 68020EC with up to 99 MHz
  • More RAM as the 2-4 MB of the Minimig (up to 60 MB after finishing the currently tested firmware)
  • Can be used in ATX, Micro-ATX or Mini-ITX case
  • AGA-Chipsatz-Emulation
  • Extension port
  • S-Video output (will be accessable with the announced firmware update)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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20.May.2012



Aminet-Uploads until 19.05.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 19.05.2012 to the Aminet:
MCC_BetterString-11.2... dev/mui    295K  MOS BetterString custom class for...
MCC_NList-0.112.lha      dev/mui    1.8M  MOS NList custom classes for MUI,...
MCC_TextEditor-15.38.lha dev/mui    783K  MOS TextEditor custom class for M...
MCC_TheBar-26.9.lha      dev/mui    1.5M  MOS TheBar.mcc - Next Generation ...
gnurobbo_68k.lha         game/actio 4.1M  68k remake of Atari XE/XL Robbo
heroes_68k.lha           game/actio 1.4M  68k A very polished Tron like game
osgg_68k.lha             game/actio 921K  68k Old school gravity game
WormWarsMOS.lha          game/actio 624K  MOS Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha         game/actio 986K  OS4 Advanced snake game
WormWarsSP.lha           game/actio 5K        Worm Wars 8.77 spanish catalog
simcar_68k.lha           game/misc  7.1M  68k 3D car simulation
crawl_68k.lha            game/role  1.6M  68k ncurses based adventure
kusemono_68k.lha         game/role  223K  68k ncurses based adventure
psttrl_68k.lha           game/role  283K  68k ncurses based adventure
dangen_68k.lha           game/shoot 808K  68k A silent geometric shooter
depth_68k.lha            game/shoot 303K  68k Bomb subs with your ship
fuhquake.aros-src.lha    game/shoot 825K      Fuhquake for AROS (sources)
fuhquake.i386-aros.lha   game/shoot 4.3M  x86 Fuhquake for AROS
tenmado_68k.lha          game/shoot 604K  68k A silent action shooter
blockrage_68k.lha        game/think 201K  68k Arcade tetris like, but diffe...
MEMO.lha                 game/think 382K  68k Card memory game celebrating ...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   2.9M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   3.2M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   3.1M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Cl_WB_Drawer_V2.0.lha    pix/picon  34M       PNG Icons for Amiga OS
PinkAlert.lha            util/misc  43K   68k Pink Guru Mediation (PinkAlert)
Jack_Classic.zip         util/wb    11M   68k Multi-purpose utility for Wor...
Jack_WarpOS.zip          util/wb    11M   WOS Multi-purpose utility for Wor...
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20.May.2012



OS4Depot-Uploads until 19.05.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 19.05.2012 to the OS4Depot:
itunestom3u.zip          aud/mis 1Mb   4.0 Turn iTunes Music Library into M...
mixer.lha                aud/mis 206kb 4.1 Audio mixer
sm502_audio.lha          dri/aud 16kb  4.1 OS4 SAM460 (SM502) audio driver
libhjw.lha               dri/inp 3Mb   4.0 Wrapper Library for joysticks
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 3Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
pushover.lha             gam/puz 35Mb  4.0 Platform and ladder domino puzzl...
noiz2sa.lha              gam/shm 10Mb  4.0 An abstract shoot'em up game by ...
sketchblock.lha          gra/edi 2Mb   4.1 Digital Sketching For AmigaOS
cl_wb_drawer.lha         gra/ico 34Mb  4.0 PNG Drawer Icons for Amiga OS
amiscratch.lha           gra/mis 535kb 4.0 scratch picture to see what hide...
loview.lha               gra/vie 5Mb   4.0 LoView Suite - the Easy Viewer &...
assist.lha               uti/mis 3Mb   4.1 An 'assistant' for AmigaOS users
hyperbench.lha           uti/mis 1Mb   4.0 Desktop for public screens
excalibur.lha            uti/wor 585kb 4.1 Excalibur, a workbench start menu
vamp.lha                 vid/pla 2Mb   4.0 Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
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20.May.2012



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 19.05.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 19.05.2012 to the AROS-Archives:
libhjw2.0.0-aros.lha         dri/inp 2Mb   HunoJoyWrapper is a Wrapper Libr...
fuhquake.i386-aros.lha       gam/fps 4Mb   Fuhquake for AROS
fuhquake.src-aros.lha        gam/fps 825kb Fuhquake for AROS (sources)
hexen2.aros-i386.lha         gam/fps 7Mb   Hexen II for AROS
hexen2.src-aros.lha          gam/fps 3Mb   Hexen II for AROS (sources)
hexenworld.aros-i386.lha     gam/fps 9Mb   HexenWorld for AROS
hexenworld-utils.aros-i38... gam/fps 86kb  HexenWorld utilities for AROS
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20.May.2012



MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 19.05.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 19.05.2012 to the MorphOS-Files:
WormWars                 8.77    gam/act    624 Single and multiplayer arca...
DigiRoller               1.2     mus/pla     96 Player and renderer for Dig...
texteditor.mcc           15.38   sys/MUI    253 A complete, versatile and p...
thebar.mcc               26.9    sys/MUI    554 A MUI custom class for crea...
AmiArcadia               18.03   uti/emu   3129 Emulator of many coin-op ma...
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19.May.2012
PPA (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Pushover 0.0.3
Pushover is a remake of the Amiga game published in 1992 (screenshot).

Download: pushover.lha (35 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2012
PPA (Webseite)


Amiga Lore: Interview with David Joiner
Under the title link Amiga Lore has published an interview with David 'Talin' Joiner. Additional to his work as a programmer for the United States Air Force and currently Google he has written the Amiga games The Faery Tale Adventure, Discovery and as member of The Dreamers Guild the games A-Train and RoboSport as well as the MIDI-sequencer Music-X. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2012
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Graphic programm SketchBlock 1.6
The latest version of Andy Broad's graphic programm "Sketchblock" (screenshot) includes several new functions for editing graphic layers. Additionally scripts now can be started with DOS as well as with ARexx, including Python and Perl scripts.

Changes:
  • Smudgetool
  • More Layer manipulation commands
  • More Project Commands
  • Custom mouse pointers
  • New wedges (Scale Layer / Move layer / Copy Layer)
  • System Clipboard support
  • More preference options
  • Gadget Help
  • Extended Undo / Redo system
  • Support for calling scripts via DOS as well as ARexx, an hence python and perl based scripts
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2012
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4 / AROS / MorphOS: 1941 DX Dual Player 2.0.5
1941 DX Dual Player 2.0 is a remake of the arcade game 1941: Counter Attack. The commercial SDL-based game can be purchased for 1,70 Euro. Registered users can copy their keyfile to the directory after the installation of the new version.

You can find information about the changes under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2012
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Magazine: Commodore Free, issue 61
"Commodore Free" is a free, English-language magazine on 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.May.2012



Two-hour live-stream of Worms: The Director's Cut
This Saturday, May 19th 2012, there will be a live stream about Worms: Director's Cut from 08:00 to 10:00 p.m. British summertime (09:00 to 11:00 p.m. MESZ). (cg) (Translation: dr)

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18.May.2012
Moo Bunny (Forum)


Natami project: Reorganization
According to Claudio Wieland, who is an official member of the Natami team, "due to unreasonably high expectations on the team side regarding time frames and foremost forgetting about Thomas' original intentions for what Natami is supposed to be, Thomas has decided to seclude himself as of now and to peacefully finish what he has begun, without having to follow unrealistic time frames and expectations."

Besides, the project probably will be developed with a slower speed because another member of the team, André Jernung, has confirmed that Thomas Hirsch meanwhile has found a new job so he will not be able to work on his Amiga clone with highspeed memory in full time. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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17.May.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Sam460: Update of Onboard-Audio driver (Update)
Ross Vumbaca has published a new version of his driver for the onboard-audio-chip of the Sam460. Version 6.3 offers a bigger playback buffer. Additionally some problems of initializing the chip was fixed.

Update: (18:20, 18.05.12, snx)
A corresponding new version of the audio mixer for AmigaOS 4 has been released as well meanwhile. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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17.May.2012



New level for "Worms - Directors Cut": Conversion Level Pack #02
A fan of the classic Worms: The Director's Cut has recreated some of the levels of "Worms 2", "Worms Armageddon" and "Worms World Party", which have been only published for PC, for the Amiga version (Screenshots). Further "Level Packs" will follow.

Download: worms2conversionset02.zip (1 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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17.May.2012
Amiga Future (website)


NetBSD: X-Surf driver updated
The new, reworked NetBSD xsurf driver now also features support for the two clockports present on the X-Surf network card (in addition to its already supported NE2000 ethernet functionality). (snx)

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Amiga.org (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Picture viewer LoView 2.50
LoView written by Simone 'Tuxedo' Monsignori is a picture viewer with datatype-support and available for all Amiga systems. It offers some simple picture editing functions as well.

Currently version 2.50 is only available for AmigaOS 4. Changes:
  • Edit window greately extended and improved
  • Video Support (Still in beta stage but rather enjoyable)
  • An iBatch mode to integrate LoViewThumb with that nice tool
  • Extended prefs with new ones
  • Batch resize of selected pics(LoViewThumb)
  • Bugfixes and more...
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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14.May.2012
PPA (Webseite)


MUI-classes: TheBar 26.9, TextEditor 15.38, NList 0.112 and BetterString 11.22
The MUI-classes TheBar, TextEditor, NList and BetterString have been updated. The new versions are available for: AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS as well as for AROS/x86, AROS/PPC and AROS/x64.

Download:
MCC_NList-0.112.lha (2 MB)
MCC_TheBar-26.9.lha (2 MB)
MCC_TextEditor-15.38.lha (749 KB)
MCC_BetterString-11.22.lha (295 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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Emulator: FS-UAE 1.2.1 / Betaversion 1.3.7
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE for Windows, Mac OS X 10.6+ and Linux (i386, AMD64) is based on WinUAE and is meant for playing disk and CD-ROM based Amiga games on the PC. The user-interface can be completely used with the controlpad (screenshot). This UAE-version is a good choice for using with HTPCs.

Version 1.2.1 includes bug fixes. Version 1.3.x will introduce OpenGL-Shader as well as experimental JIT-support for some operating systems and is already available as beta version.

Download page
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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14.May.2012
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A-EON-Webseite currently not available, new blog of chief manager
The website of A-EON is currently offline. But chief manager Trevor Dickinson has established a Blog - in his first entry he talked about the future of the Power-processor and implified that A-EON and Amigakit together with the X1000-designer Varisys are discussing new possibilities for new hardware projects. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.May.2012
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AROS: Broadway-X-Distribution for Efika MX
"AEROS MX beta2" or "AROS Broadway X beta 2" are test versions published by Pascal Papara of the AROS-distribution for the ARM-based Efika MX developed Genesi which is called Broadway X. AROS runs as guest system under Linux, and it is not AEROS. Under the title link you can find the download link as well as an installation guide. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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13.May.2012
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: Screensaver Acuario 2012
Acuario 2012 is a screensaver written with Hollywood for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. Versions for AmigaOS 3.x and AROS will be only published if the users ask the author. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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Aminet-Uploads until 12.05.2012
The following archives have been added until 12.05.2012 to the Aminet:
HollywoodSP.lha          biz/misc   129K      Hollywood 5.0 spanish catalogs
LanCamTool.lha           comm/net   55K   68k Lancam Tool for Edimax IC 3030
odyssey-1.16.2-aros.zip  comm/www   21M   x86 Odyssey Web Browser
Baloon_trpr_68k.lha      game/actio 312K  68k A silent Baloon Fight Clone
WormWars.lha             game/actio 782K  68k Advanced snake game
WormWarsSP.lha           game/actio 5K        Worm Wars 8.76 spanish catalog
AWolf3D.lha              game/shoot 109K  68k Amiga port of Wolfenstein 3D
AWolf3D_src.lha          game/shoot 168K      Sources of Amiga port of Wolf...
AmiArcadiaSP.lha         misc/emu   14K       AmiArcadia 18.02 spanish catalog
WormWarsSP.lha           misc/emu   5K        Worm Wars 8.76 spanish catalog
DrawerBall.lha           util/dir   2.4M  MOS Directory and files tool
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 12.05.2012
The following archives have been added until 12.05.2012 to the OS4Depot:
keepahiopen.lha          aud/mis 36kb  4.0 Keep AHI open to prevent the vol...
wormwars.lha             gam/act 1002k 4.0 Advanced snake game
amiscratch.lha           gra/mis 535kb 4.0 scratch picture to see what hide...
winnet.lha               net/ser 2Mb   4.1 Connect a WinHomeServer with Ami...
assist.lha               uti/mis 3Mb   4.1 An 'assistant' for AmigaOS users
hyperbench.lha           uti/mis 1Mb   4.0 Desktop for public screens
jack.zip                 uti/wor 12Mb  4.1 Multi-purpose utility for Workbench
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 12.05.2012
The following archives have been added until 12.05.2012 to the AROS-Archives:
pixman3.i386-aros.zip        dev/lib 160kb Pixman Library
darkplaces_nexuiz.i386-ar... gam/fps 8Mb   Darkplaces and Nexuiz SDL port
odyssey-1.16.2.i386-aros.zip net/bro 21Mb  Odyssey Web Browser
odyssey-1.16.2.src-aros.zip  net/bro 59Mb  Odyssey Web Browser sources
jack_aros.zip                uti/wor 12Mb  Multi-purpose utility for Wanderer
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 12.05.2012
The following archives have been added until 12.05.2012 to the MorphOS-Files:
WormWars                 8.76    gam/act    624 Single and multiplayer arca...
MirrorCopy               2.1     uti/she     12 Advanced Copy command usefu...
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AROS: Nexuiz-Darkplaces-Port
After the release of the port of Nexuiz for AmigaOS 4 one and a half year ago, there now is also an AROS/x86-port of the SDL-game.

Download: darkplaces_nexuiz.i386-aros.zip (8 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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Amiga Lore: Interview with Steven Day
Under the title link Amiga Lore has interviewed Steven Day. The artist who also is known as "STE'86" or "STE" worked and works for the C64 but also was involved in Amiga games like Stormtrooper and Fireforce. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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Hyperion: AmigaOS Documentation Wiki / Authors needed
Under the title link the AmigaOS Documentation Wiki was launched which is supposed to be a reference work for developers and users of AmigaOS 4.

The entries only can be edited by registered users. If you want to support it then your help is very welcome. Please use the contact page. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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13.May.2012
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AmigaOne X1000: Updated Blender-Benchmarks
The first Blender-benchmarks of the AmigaOne X1000 used different versions of the graphic programm. Under the title link 'Seiya' has collected the results in a new graphic. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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12.May.2012
Jürgen Beck (ANF)


Podcast: Turrican-Soundtrack mixed by Chris Hülsbeck
Jürgen Beck wrote: On Sunday, May 13th 2012, the guys of BitFellas.org will turn the Mother's Day into a Turrican' day. Then the BitJam-Podcast #151 will be published which is completely dedicated to the music of Turrican.

Chris Hülsbeck togehter with Jan Zottmann (producer of the Turrican-soundtrack-anthology- and Immortal-4-CDs) and Thomas Böcker (initiator of the "Symphonic"-concerts) mixed it. The playlist includes remixes of the music from the games of the Turrican-serie written by Chris Hülsbeck but also two yet unpublished songs composed by Jan Zottmann and Fabian del Priore.

Furthermore Chris, Jan and Thomas have chosen their favourite highlights from the remix scene which were mixed by Vincenzo. Chris himself will speak to his fans in one of the mixes.

The BitJam-Podcast #151, "Turrican Special", will be available during Sunday for free download as MP3-file. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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12.May.2012
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AMOS-Reimplementation: jAMOS 0.22
jAMOS is a Java-reimplementation of the Basic programming language (amiga-news.de reported about it) which offers additional features.

Changes:
  • Various bug fixes and code refactoring
  • Now supports whitespace in expressions without hanging (bug fix); examples updated
  • Tidied up several examples
  • Back-port of the parser/interpreter core from Java to C++ almost completed, to be released soon as "MequaScript"
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.May.2012
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


DigiBoosterPro: DigiRoller 1.2
DigiRoller is a standalone replayer for DigiBooster Pro 2.x and DigiBooster 3 music modules for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.

Version 1.2 implements various suggestions by DigiRoller users and fixes a reported bug. Furthermore there is a spanish translation now.

Changes:
  • Volume boost feature
  • AHI unit configurable via commandline parameter and icon tooltype
  • Current song position displayed also as text
  • Filename for output file is generated automatically from module name
  • Playback mode is set as default now
  • Spanish catalog and guide translation by Dámaso Domínguez
  • Polish guide translation by Grzegorz Kraszewski
  • Fixed crash when MUI is not installed
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09.May.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Emulator: WinUAE 2.4.1
Version 2.4.1 of the Amiga emulator WinUAE has been published which mainly fixes minor bugs.

New features:
  • Fastest possible CPU mode (including JIT) throttle option (-10% to -90%)
  • Approximate CPU mode speed adjustment (-90% to +500%). Replaces old CPU/Chipset adjustment.
  • Fastest possible CPU mode timing improved.
  • Low latency vsync stability improved.
  • Internal display buffering system rewritten, PAL/NTSC vertical centering, even better screen positioning in programmed modes.
  • Fullscreen (TV)/(Max) filter mode programmed mode and PAL/NTSC switching support.
  • Custom Input Event autofire support.
  • Switch to another monitor if multiple monitors with different resolutions and current RTG resolution is not supported by current monitor.
  • CDFS statefile support implemented.
  • Sound sync improved.
  • Debugger basic math operator support (+-/*).
  • Autoscaling improved (CD32 boot screen).

Bug fixes of version 2.4.0:
  • CDFS problems fixed. (crashes, wrong case if RockRidge or Joliet, truncated file comments)
  • Fake 60Hz didn't work.
  • Software filter major slowdown in higher resolutions.
  • D3D overlay mask scaling artifacts in some resolutions.
  • D3D "CRT" filters had bad geometry.
  • Automatic resize resized continuously in interlaced modes.
  • Some USB joysticks had multiple buttons with same name and dpad diagonal movement didn't work.
  • Keyboard reset warning emulation didn't work.
  • Legacy VSync works correctly again.
  • Bsdsocket emulation gethostbyname("ip.address") random crash.

Other bug fixes:
  • Automatic scale/center/resize didn't work in ECS SuperPlus screen mode.
  • OCS/ECS max hires overscan didn't show first 4 pixels. (ECS SuperPlus)
  • 68020 cycle-exact mode statefile reliability improved. (Random "CPU trace" errors)
  • 0.5M Chip RAM was detected as 1M in JIT mode.
  • Mouse cursor jumping to top/left corner in some virtual machines when mouse button was clicked.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Anniversary: Computer club APC&TCP turns 20
Press release: Once there were two computer clubs. APC and TCP. 20 years ago (if anyone knows the exact date, please report), these two computer clubs joined.

Within a very short period of time, APC&TCP computer club became one of the biggest Amiga clubs in Germany with nearly 500 members.

APC&TCP afterwards published one of the most widespread Amiga floppy disk magazines: Amiga Fire and its successor NoCover.

Since many members were programmers, it was decided to distribute their software ourselves. Therefore in May 1992 APC&TCP became private partnership. The aim was to distribute public domain, shareware and commercial software in a way of maximum benefit for the developers. Thus PD disks were passed on at cost price of 1 DM. The profit-sharing of 50% for the programmer was unusually high.

Programs like CygnusEd, DigiBoosterPro and Databench as well as games like Flyin High and Pinball Brain Damage are only a few examples of our software.

Besides our own shareware series and many commercial software titles, we were also working for various companies. We took care of the distribution of promoting games and created cover CDs for magazines such as Amiga Plus, Amiga Games and Amiga Special. For some time we also created the PD series disks of Amiga Magazine, wrote reviews for various magazines and organized ticket sales for Amiga shows and much more.

In 1997 we decided to publish a print-magazine for the Amiga. The Amiga Future was first published by ICP-Verlag, then by Falke-Verlag and since issue 27 APC&TCP also acted as the publisher.

Now we have released issue 96 and issue 100 is getting close. Meanwhile APC&TCP also sells various Amiga merchandising products, such as stickers, mouse pads, posters and much more. Thus now, after 20 years, APC&TCP still exists. To celebrate this, we have some special offers in our online shop. These offers are only available in May 2012.

To the next 20 years!

Andreas Magerl
APC&TCP (snx)

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08.May.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Legend of Edgar 1.01, Open Jazz
Roman 'kas1e' Kargin has ported the Jump'n Run Legend of Edgar 1.01 (screenshots: 1, 2, 3) as well as the engine Open Jazz, with which the commercial Sonic-clone Jazz Jackrabbit can be played (screenshots: 1, 2, 3, 4) to AmigaOS 4.

Download:

Legend of Edgar: edgar.lha (31,5 MB)
Open Jazz: openjazz.lha (1,2 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.May.2012
PPA (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Article on screen-programming
Under the title link 'trixie' has publishe a short article on programming screens under AmigaOS 4. Among others it is about the possibility of changing screens in ReAction-based programms which was introduced in update 3. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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Aminet-Uploads until 05.05.2012
The following archives have been added until 05.05.2012 to the Aminet:
Colours.py.txt           dev/src    4K    68k Terminal colour control using...
MissDriller_68k.lha      game/actio 403K  68k A remake of Mr.Driller
WormWars.lha             game/actio 777K  68k Advanced snake game
WormWarsMOS.lha          game/actio 624K  MOS Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha         game/actio 984K  OS4 Advanced snake game
edgar-1.0-morphos.lha    game/jump  29M   MOS SDL based classic plattform game
PrimatePlunge_68k.lha    game/jump  7.3M  68k Interesting platform game
ScummVM_AGA_030.lha      game/misc  3.9M  68k Amiga AGA port of ScummVM 1.3...
ScummVM_ECS_030.lha      game/misc  3.9M  68k Amiga ECS port of ScummVM 1.3...
uqm.i386-aros.tar.bz2    game/misc  1.1M  x86 Port of Ur-Quan Masters
uqm.src-aros.tar.bz2     game/misc  1.2M      Source for Ur-Quan Masters port
BOOM.lha                 game/shoot 2.8M  68k Amiga port of BOOM v2.02
imbiss_os3.lha           game/strat 1.0M  68k Buy and sell hamburgers
Tail-Tale_68k.lha        game/think 3.8M  68k Arcade puzzler with Manga theme
klix_os3.lha             game/wb    3.4M  68k A small game similar to Sokoban
wet_update.lha           util/wb    58K   OS4 Wet weather software v6.3 patch
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 05.05.2012
The following archives have been added until 05.05.2012 to the OS4Depot:
tutorial_1.lha           doc/tut 53kb  4.0 A little tutorial
wormwars.lha             gam/act 999kb 4.0 Advanced snake game
netsurf.lha              net/bro 6Mb   4.0 Fast CSS capable browser
assist.lha               uti/mis 3Mb   4.1 An 'assistant' for AmigaOS users
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 05.05.2012
The following archives have been added until 05.05.2012 to the AROS-Archives:
aspireos_v.1.89-i386.zip     dev/mis 51Mb  AspireOS update
aspire_games_1.1-i386.zip    gam     144Mb Games package
uqm.i386-aros.tar.bz2        gam/mis 1Mb   Port of Ur-Quan Masters
uqm.src-aros.tar.bz2         gam/mis 1Mb   Source for Ur-Quan Masters port
jabberwocky_v1_9b1.i386-a... net/cha 294kb Jabber Instant Messaging Client
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 05.05.2012
The following archives have been added until 05.05.2012 to the MorphOS-Files:
The Legend of Edgar      1.0     gam/pla  29189 The Legend of Edgar is 2D p...
AmiArcadia               18.02   uti/emu   3129 Emulator of many coin-op ma...
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Retro computer case: X500 Plus
Loriano 'TheDaddy' Pagni, who some years ago offered self-developed Minimig cases, now presented an all-in-one-case called "X500 Plus" which is inspired by Amiga 500 (Youtube-video).

Pagni's case originally was developed for his Sam 460 but can be used with each Mini-ITX or Flex-ATX motherboard which is up to 58 millimeters high. Due to the use of an internal power supply unit ("PicoPSU"), the power of the included hardware should be lower than 160 W.

In the case additional to the motherboard and the power supply unit, two or three 2,5"-harddrives or Solid State Drives, a 3,5" multi card reader as well as a Slimline DVD drive can be used.

Pagni at least needs 50 advance bookings to be able to produce the cases. He points out that for the assembling a certain accurateness and experience is required to to guarantee sufficient ventilation.

If you are interested in the case you can write to the developer under amigarulez@hotmail.com. Currently minor change requests can be taken into account.

Soon some pictures will be added to Pagni's private website. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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04.May.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AROS-Distribution AspireOS 1.89
Nikolaos Tomatsidis has published a new version of his AROS-distribution AspireOS. This is meant to be used with the Acer-Netbook Aspire One and also supports the Toshiba-Notebook Satellite Pro A200 but should in general run on more hardware which officially is not supported.

Version 1.89 is an update to version 1.85 which among others includes the latest version of the web browser Odysey. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.May.2012
AROS-Exec (Forum)


AROS: 68k-Distribution AROS Vision
Olaf Schönweiß has published AROS Vision which is an AROS/68k-distribution and includes AROS and AmigaOS software. The AROS-Nightly-Builds as well as additional libraries, AMOS and Personal Paint are included.

Additional to the distribution under the title link there is a configuration file for users of WinUAE. You can find further information on the manual-site. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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03.May.2012
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Magazine: Amiga Future Ausgabe 96
Today the English and German issue 96 (May/June 2012) of the magazine Amiga Future has been published.

Topics of this issue:
  • Review: AresOne XL
  • Review: Audio Evolution
  • Review: Hollywood 5
  • Review: Cinnamon Writer
  • Interview: Jens Henschel
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.May.2012
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AmigaOne X1000: Processor-Benchmarks
Under the recently published Linux port benchmark programms were run on an AmigaOne X1000 .

Harry 'Piru' Sintonen has completed these results with the one of his PowerBook (G4-Prozessor mit 1,67 GHz) and posted under the title link. This comparison generally confirms earlier results and demonstrates the most outstanding advantage of the PA6T-computer, its fast Fourier transform (FFT). Another user has added his results of a Power Mac G5.

Meanwhile also benchmark results of a rendering with the 3D-graphic programm Blender are available. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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01.May.2012



WHDLoad: New packages until 01.05.2012
With WHDLoad you can install games, scene demos and intros to your harddrive which were originally delivered on disks. Additionally several incompatibilities with new Amiga models are fixed. The following installers have been added or updated since our last message:
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.May.2012
David Brunet (ANF)


New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of french Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
  • March/April 2012 news
  • Articles from A-News 1 to 4, e.g.:
    • Report: AmiExpo '88 Los Angeles
    • Review of Sculpt 3D
    • Review of Pro Page
    • Interview with Eric Graham
    • Report: Comdex 1988
    • Hardware: Digi-View 2.0
  • Interview with Paul Gentle (Varisys)
  • Interview with Martin Steinbach (from 1999)
  • Review: C64 Forever 2012
  • Review: NetSurf 2.6
  • Review: Alien Breed
  • Review: Bargon Attack
  • Review: Conflict Europe
  • Review: Beach Volley
  • Review: Zaz ain't Z*** (ZAZ)
  • Review: GNU FreeDink 1.08r5
  • Hardware: Encore/MDX G4 Duet 1,83 GHz
  • Hardware: Floppy drive replacement
  • Hardware: Modification of the Amiga 500 in order to insert of floppy drive with front
  • Hardware: LimeBook Z9
  • Hardware: Commodore 64 (update)
  • File: Amiga 500 chips under a microscope
  • File: MorphOS easter eggs
  • File: Tripos, the roots of AmigaDOS
  • Tutorial: MEncoder, basic use (update)
  • Programming: Shared objects on AmigaOS 4 - presentation and use
  • Special quizz about the AmigaOne X1000
(snx)

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01.May.2012
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FS-UAE 1.2.0
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE for Windows, Mac OS X 10.6+ and Linux (i386, AMD64) is based on WinUAE and aims at playing disk and CD-ROM based Amiga games on the PC. The user-interface can be operated by controlpads entirely (screenshot). Therefore this version of UAE is especially useful for HTPCs.

In der Version 1.2 (Release Notes) wurden insbesondere folgende Neuerungen vorgenommen:
  • Great rendering performance improvements, especially on slower hardware
  • OpenGL renderer compatible with older GPUs (only requires OpenGL 1.1 now)
  • Input devices and options can be changed in the menu while running FS-UAE
  • UAEGFX card (Picasso 96) is implemented
  • Added A4000/040 model, running in fastest possible mode
  • Support for mounting CD images for all Amiga models (built-in CDFS and CD image switcher in menu)
  • Fullscreen/window mode switching with Alt+Enter, better fullscreen handling
  • Better net play support (show dialog while connecting, will retry connecting until successful, continue in offline mode if connection to server is broken)
  • A1200 model can be used in net play mode with accuracy < 1
  • UAE core code updated from WinUAE 2.4.0
  • Advanced options for tweaking vsync method
  • Common host options can be specified once in Host.fs-uae config file
  • Many other fixes and improvements
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