15.Jun.2023
HanSOLO (e-mail)
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Amiga-Look.org: VisualPrefs themes by HanSOLO
Amiga-Look is inspired by offerings like KDE-Look and Gnome-Look and is supposed to offer the user a one-stop source for everything he needs to beautify his Workbench: Pictograms, themes and background images, but also MUI settings or mouse pointers.
Already at the end of May Roger Andre Lassen published four VisualPrefs themes there. These were created on an Amiga with PerfectPaint and require FullPalette and in one case, the Concept theme, also Birdie. (snx)
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15.Jun.2023
Docki (ANF)
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Event: Retrobörse Oberhausen (Germany) on June 17, 2023
For friends of classic video games and home computers, the next Retro-Börse will take place at the Altenberg Center in Oberhausen on June 17, 2023. (snx)
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15.Jun.2023
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Blog: The best hardware to play Amiga games?
John Novak programs in his spare time and runs a blog that reports on his various activities. Already at the beginning of the year he published the first part of a very detailed article in which he investigates the question of which hardware is best suited for playing Amiga games. He contradicts the opinion that an upgraded Amiga 1200 using WHDLoad is the best solution. (dr)
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15.Jun.2023
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Video: Accelerator board TF1260 in Amiga 1200
Musician and retro lover 'Ms Mad Lemon' shows off the Terrible Fire 1260 turbo card in her Amiga 1200 in her latest video. (dr)
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15.Jun.2023
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Background: Influence of the cache on PowerPC CPU (Czech)
Martina Hřebcová is known for her extensive and detailed reports on PowerPC hardware. This time she looks at how big the influence of cache is on the speed of PowerPC CPUs, here in particular the G3 to G5 processors. The starting point for the article was her research on how she could best upgrade her Powermac G4 1.42. She came across a post in the Macrumors forum by user 'Ervus' who had found out that the G4 7457 / 1.6 GHz with a 2 MB L3 cache is faster than the G4 7447 / 2.0 GHz without the L3 cache. Inspired by this, she looked at the other processors and their cache and wrote this article. (dr)
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15.Jun.2023
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Demoparty: Flashparty 2023 in Argentinia
On 28 October, Flashparty 2023 will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The demo party consists of two events: from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. the demo competition will take place at the San Martin Cultural Center with free admission, while tickets must be purchased for the evening party at Tacheles. Demos for the Amiga can also be submitted to the demo competition in the category "Oldschool / Alternative Platform Demo". (dr)
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14.Jun.2023
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware V2023.06.13
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2023.06.13:
- Fix CD-ROM leadout LBA with BIN/CUE images
- CDROM: Mode page 0x2A, READ TRACK INFORMATION, and GET CONFIGURATION
- Akai MPC3000 compatibility fix: Add the ability to delay boot. Set System=MPC3000 in your zuluscsi.ini file. This is only necessary on ZuluSCSI RP2040 hardware, and not with ZuluSCSI V1.
(dr)
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14.Jun.2023
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.6.1
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400.
Yesterday, version 5.6.1 has been released. Changes:
Bugfixes
- Hardfile properties were always set to default
- cycle exact was incorrect enabled sometimes
- Fix foreign disk image support when drive is standard Amiga 3.5" DD
- hsync events should be before misc events
- fixed uaegfx board parameters
- uaegfx board name is UAE, not uaegfx.card
- Fix helptext formatting in CPU panel
- use double-quotes to denote inches in GUI
- when using --autoload with a filename in the current path, Amiberry would crash
- fix build errors with GCC 13.1
- savestate cmd line option would not use filename
- second controller buttons would not be registered in retroarch
- Fullscreen toggle would no longer work since v5.3
- reverted copying of prefs on hard reset
Improvements
- P96 minor fixes
- Removed unnecessary casting in scsi.cpp
- VGA mode resolution autoswitch update
- VGA autoswitch update to support new OS 3.2 monitors
- Upgraded FloppyDriveBridge to v1.4
- refresh GUI when hidden behind other windows
- improve message when Main ROM is not found
- improve Floppy GUI panel
- use BGR888 for 32-bit modes
(dr)
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14.Jun.2023
GitHub
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AmigaOS 4: CPU profiler "Tequila" 1.1
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki's "Tequila" is a simple CPU profiler that samples currently running tasks (screenshot). Changes of version 1.1:
- Add custom rendering.
- Add locale support.
- Add Finnish and Italian catalogs.
- Display task switches / second.
- Display Forbid percentage.
- Display "(task)" instead of PID 0 for pure tasks.
- Fix occasional issue with unfreed signals at exit.
- Fix occasional freeze during listbrowser.gadget update.
- Reduce heap memory usage.
- Optimize string handling.
- Use Forbid() instead of Disable() when reading task lists.
Direct download: Tequila-1.1.lha (33 KB) (dr)
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13.Jun.2023
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CDXL tools: AGABlaster 0.9.92 and AGAConv 1.0.2
Markus Schordan's AGAConv is a CDXL video converter. It combines some existing tools to convert videos (MP4, etc.) into the CDXL format that can be played on an AGA Amiga with its AGABlaster or other CDXL players (amiga-news.de reported). Both tools have been updated and now support overscan. (dr)
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13.Jun.2023
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Image editor: PyDPainter 1.1.1 for Windows, Linux and macOS
The image editor PyDPainter (YouTube video) is inspired by DPaint and according to its author Mark Riale an attempt to create a usable pixel art program in Python using PyGame that can handle low resolutions and limited colour palettes and which can be as easy to use as possible (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 1.1.1:
- Fix stencil undo bugs
- Don't disable stencil on palette requestor
- Added coords and Center buttons to Symmetry Requestor
- Added filepath to config file
- Added --config option to load a different config file
- Added fill mode indicator to title bar
(dr)
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12.Jun.2023
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Crowdfunding for retro community "Amiga Global Alliance" canceled
David Pleasance - ex-Commodore UK management, author of several Commodore books and regular guest at various Amiga events since 2015 - had launched a new project with his "Amiga Global Alliance" ("AGA") at the beginning of June, which was to be financed via a Kickstarter campaign (amiga-news.de reported). As he now informs in an update under the title link, he has decided to cancel the Kickstarter campaign after various critical feedback. He hopes that with this decision he can "mend any fractures" that have arisen in the Amiga community as a result of the campaign. (dr)
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12.Jun.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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Puzzle game: Tenebra 2
The sequel to Tenebra has basically the same setting, but its 35 levels do also offer new game play elements. (snx)
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12.Jun.2023
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Tool: identify-library 43.0
A few moments ago, Richard Körber has released version 43.0 of his identify.library (amiga-news.de reported). Changes:
- Added more expansions (and fixed a few typos).
- InstallIfy has new options ENV and GLOBAL, to store the result in an env variable. Thanks to mfilos for the idea.
- Identify now detects the AAA chipset in their single (low end) and dual (high end) configuration. We should never stop dreaming.
Downloads:
IdentifyDev.lha (67 kB)
IdentifyUsr.lha (100 kB) (dr)
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12.Jun.2023
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Adventure: "The Oregon Trail" in development
Sami Vehmaa - among other things, start bar QDock or maze game Cube - has started a new game project: "The Oregon Trail" (YouTube video of a live presentation) is set in 1847 and is a text-based adventure game. The goal is to survive the 2040-mile east-west wagon route, a journey that lasts about half a year. Food must be rationed, you have to hunt, trade and cross rivers, with the survival of the group having priority.
The chosen game character (banker, carpenter or farmer) determines the level of difficulty of the game, which ends when the travel group is eliminated or one has reached Oregon. An Amiga (or Amiga emulator) with a graphics card (960 x 540 in windowed mode) and 30 MB free RAM are required. (dr)
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12.Jun.2023
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Developer diary: "Settle the World" 06/23
Christian 'TheoTheoderich' Wiegel continues to work on his turn-based building and trading game "Settle the World" (amiga-news.de reported). His latest developer diary entry is about the implementation of an election system and a hapiness system:
"I started a large restructuring of the game. The goal is to include elections and a better happiness system. This is a lot of work that will take many weeks.
At the moment, the game is far too easy and offers no challenge.
Computer opponents and natives will be a challenge later on....but there is still a long way to go.
Before that, an election system will be built in. If the player loses an election, the game is over for him.
To achieve this, the needs system of the inhabitants and their happiness must be reworked.
The first thing to be done is the happiness/needs display, which has been completely rewritten.
It looks almost the same as before, but works a little differently.
In the future, higher classes of inhabitants will need more and different food. This is where farms and grapes come into play.
Grapes are a pure bonus resource, similar to gold. Wine can only be harvested on these bonus squares, not on other squares.
Farms are needed to harvest and process grapes.
Farms function like small towns, but without citizens and their needs.
Grapes can later be processed into wine here. Wine is a luxury good for the aristocratic class and increases their happiness, which is an advantage later in the elections.
But farms should not only be able to process grapes, they should also produce meat.
Meat is additional food for the aristocratic class as well.
Cattle should be able to be kept on a farm and processed into meat by a butcher.
Unlike wine, however, meat does not increase the aristocrats' happiness, but is a basic requirement. So that all this can be produced, there will probably be four new units in the game:
- Cowboy, for cattle breeding on a farm
- Butcher, processes cattle into meat
- Grape picker, harvests grapes from the corresponding bonus fields
- Winegrower, processes grapes into wine
The whole thing is not yet fully thought out and tested. The farms are still a work in progress....but things are moving forward." (dr)
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12.Jun.2023
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Video: Repairing an A590 Rev.6, part 2
In the first part of his video series about the repair of an A590, Robert Smith dealt with the functionality in detail and the onboard Fast RAM (amiga-news.de reported). In this second part, everything revolves around the hard disk. (dr)
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12.Jun.2023
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Video tutorial: Working with sprites in AMOS
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro, and following on from his last video on sprites, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' explains how to load them from an image bank file (.abk) and how to use the channel or move command to be able to control sprites with a joystick. (dr)
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11.Jun.2023
German Amiga Community (ANF)
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WinUAE: Update of German localization
WinUAE users BlackByte and Bernardi independently from each other created a German translation of the text strings in the Amiga emulator WinUAE 5.0. (snx)
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11.Jun.2023
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Video: Amiga Laptop with LEGO case
Ravi Abbott and Howard from Dubious Engineering started a tinkering project four years ago to build an Amiga 600 laptop as cheaply as possible (YouTube playlist). With the video published yesterday, the project comes to an end and has received a LEGO case "as the icing on the cake". (dr)
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11.Jun.2023
Remix64 (Webseite)
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Music album: Encore500
With a running time of almost two hours, "Encore500" offers 21 remixes by artists such as Jogeir Liljedahl, Romeo Knight, Firefox, and Barry Leitch and combines a wide variety of musical styles such as epic orchestral music, synthwave and heavy metal. You can listen to it either on Spotify or YouTube Music. (dr)
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11.Jun.2023
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Desktop widget: RNOWidgets 1.5 for MorphOS and AmigaOS 4
RNOWidgets combines several utilities (widgets) in a single application and is now available for the first time for AmigaOS 4 in addition to MorphOS. RNOWidgets contains widgets for calendar (ISO), analog clock, digital clock, notes, pictures (local and net), RSS feeds, sticker, and weather. If you want to support the author 'jPV^RNO' in the further development of his "RNO" programs, you can do so under the title link. Changes in version 1.5:
- Fixed compositing support detection (for hardware accelerated transparency)
- Uses openssl3.library instead of AmiSSL for HTTPS URLs on MorphOS, and AmiSSL v5 on OS4
- Linked required plugins in the executable (works better in WBStartup, etc..)
- Updated RSS presets
- Other small changes
A recent YouTube video shows the RNOWidgets in action. The tool is available on Aminet. (dr)
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11.Jun.2023
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Aminet uploads until 10.06.2023
The following files have been added until 10.06.2023 to Aminet:
RNOXfer.lha comm/tcp 3.6M MOS Graphical FTP/FTPS/SFTP client
RNOXfer_68k.lha comm/tcp 2.8M 68k Graphical FTP/FTPS/SFTP client
RNOXfer_OS4.lha comm/tcp 3.9M OS4 Graphical FTP/FTPS/SFTP client
ChunkyFunctions.lha dev/asm 30K 68k Clipped Chunky Line & Circlef...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 3.3M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
MCE.lha game/edit 3.6M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.9M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.2M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
2D_ATcad_RTG.lha gfx/misc 673K 68k 2D-CAD-Programm
Crockettstheme2023.lha mods/misc 115K 4ch Crockett's Theme 2023 Edi...
Gibson16bit.zip mods/smpl 14M Gibson 16bit uncompressed RIF...
Gibson32bit.zip mods/smpl 11M Gibson 32bit uncompressed RIF...
Gibson8bit.lha mods/smpl 4.4M Gibson 8bit IFF-8SVX Uncompre...
Image2PDF.lha util/conv 10M MOS convert images to PDF
gicountdown.lha util/time 215K 68k GI CountDown
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11.Jun.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 10.06.2023
The following files have been added until 10.06.2023 to OS4Depot:
mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
bzip2_lib.lha lib/mis 155kb 4.0 Library for bz2
rnoxfer.lha net/ftp 4Mb 4.1 Graphical FTP/FTPS/SFTP client
lhx.lha uti/arc 80kb 4.1 Pack & unpack using XZ/LZMA ...
diskspeed.lha uti/ben 101kb 4.0 Old speed testing programs porte...
showfiles.lha uti/she 50kb 4.1 sorted & text-formatted file...
image2pdf.lha uti/tex 10Mb 4.0 Convert JP(E)Gs and PNGs to PDF
rnowidgets.lha uti/wor 4Mb 4.1 Desktop widgets application
(snx)
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11.Jun.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 10.06.2023
The following files have been added until 10.06.2023 to AROS Archives:
gibson.zip aud/mis 30Mb Collection of Riff 8/16/32 Bit
image2pdf.i386-aros.lha off/dtp 10Mb convert images file to PDF
icaros-2.3-fix.zip uti/mis 87Mb Little fix for icaros v2.3
(snx)
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11.Jun.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 10.06.2023
The following files have been added until 10.06.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
Nanosaur2_2.1.0.lha Games/Action Pangea Software's Nanos...
Bugdom_1.3.3.lha Games/Action Pangea Software's Bugdo...
MightyMike_3.0.2.lha Games/Action Pangea Software's Might...
OttoMatic_4.0.1.lha Games/Action OttoMatic for modern sy...
Nanosaur_1.4.4.lha Games/Action This is Pangea Software...
BillyFrontier_1.1.0.lha Games/Action Billy Frontier is an ar...
MCE_14.14.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
CroMagRally_3.0.0.lha Games/Race The wildest racing game...
Image2PDF_2.2.lha Graphics/Convert Convert JP(E)Gs and PNG...
RNOXfer_1.4.lha Network/FTP A graphical FTP client ...
Easy2Install_1.0b14.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do...
RNOWidgets_1.5.lha System/Ambient/Commodi... Desktop widgets applica...
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11.Jun.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 10.06.2023
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 10.06.2023:
- 2023-06-09 improved: Racter (Inrac) slave supports multiple main game dirnames, install script updated (Info)
- 2023-06-07 improved: Sensible World of Soccer (Sensible Software) fixed save operations, workaround for random access fault (Info)
- 2023-06-06 improved: Starflight (Electronic Arts) protection properly removed (Info)
- 2023-06-05 updated: Chambers of Shaolin (Thalion) pazch rewritten, CD32 version is supported now, problem with endlessly repeating Thalion intro fixed, SMC fixed (Info)
- 2023-06-04 fixed: Pool Of Radiance (SSI) accesses fault fixed (Info)
(snx)
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11.Jun.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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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:
- Hard (Harder Edit)
- Global Trash 3 (Hardwired) Tyros Edition
- Led Metal Storm - Led Storm Lvl One
(snx)
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11.Jun.2023
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ACube Systems: Delivery of all pre-ordered Sam460LE boards
Press release: Dear valued Customers,
we are pleased to announce that all preordered Sam460LE boards have been shipped after extensive testing and preparation. We sincerely hope that our customers will enjoy using this latest Sam460 board, and we would like to express our gratitude to all of our preorder customers for making this board possible. Your continued support is truly appreciated.
Furthermore, we would like to take this opportunity to inform you that the Sam460LE of this production run is now running at 1.14 Ghz instead of 1.10 Ghz. Although this may not be noticeable from a certain standpoint, we believe it is still interesting information to share.
For those who placed orders after the preorder period ended, we have also shipped your orders. We hope this will make more Sam460 Amigans happy. If you have not yet ordered your Sam460LE, don't miss the chance to own one with the names of the whole team on the board itself. Get yours now.
Thank you for choosing our products. (dr)
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10.Jun.2023
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Analogue Pocket: Amiga core V0.1.1
The handheld game console Analogue Pocket (Wikipedia) is FPGA-based and as such supports modules from Nintendo, Sega, the PC Engine or the Atari Lynx. Version 0.1.1 has now been published of the Amiga Core. Changes:
- Created a Settings file for the Pocket so new installs over old configurations will get replaced
- Updated readme
- Hard Drive support for the Pocket
- Proper 640x400/200 video outputs work!
- Write to floppy images
- More memory for the fast memory locations and tested working correctly.
- Larger memory footprint for the MPU to hold all this awesomeness!!! 128KBYTE OF POWER!
- A OSD Keyboard on the pocket when you are playing on pocket mode.
- Null modem support using a Gameboy serial cable between two pockets! This could also open up Midi support.
- Also a emulated mouse on a analogue joystick in docked mode (This is the left thumb stick and the left and right triggers for the mouse clicks)
(dr)
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10.Jun.2023
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Music tips for the weekend
If you want to start the weekend with relaxed house music, Jonas Faupel's Jungle Cut, which he created on an Amiga 500, is recommended.
If you need some "driving" music for vacuuming, for example, you can throw in the latest remixx by 'D4XX', who this time has taken on Marusha's "Raveland". (dr)
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10.Jun.2023
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Module player: NostalgicPlayer 2.0.0 for Windows
NostalgicPlayer is a program for playing Amiga music modules under Windows, based on APlayer. The development of the player had been started by the author Thomas Neumann in 1993 on the Amiga, later continued on BeOS and now on Windows (amiga-news.de reported).
Version 2.0.0 includes the following changes:
- Updated to .NET 7.
- Updated SharpCompress to version 0.33.0.
- The different players return a list of frequencies for each note. This is used by the Piano visual to show which note is playing. Each player support different number of octaves, and before, they was centered in the middle of the piano. This has been changed, so the same note (same frequency) is shown on the same key for every players.
- Added tool tip in the Module Information window for Module format and active player. The tool tips show the description of the format/player.
- Fixed a bug, which made some MED modules that contains multiple octave samples fail to load.
- Improved the AHX player to use channel mode instead of its own mixer. This makes the Piano and Spinning Square visualizers to work with these modules.
- Made a big change on how the song position is shown and navigated. Before, the position reflects the players position list and which position in this list is currently being played. This may cause some confusion, specially with players which has position loops like SoundMon and DigiBooster. This has now been changed, so the position reflects the time into the song. Each position is a 3 seconds step. This means, when moving the slider or pushing the rewind/forward buttons, you move in time and not the position list. To not remove the old information, it has been moved into the module information window. This has also been expanded with currently playing pattern/tracks.
- Written my own control to handle the module list in main window. This make all the operations on the list a lot faster than before, special with big lists.
- Now there won't be created an extra process for every file you double click on in File Explorer to add them into the module list. This fix also speed up the processing of the files, so they are added faster.
- When adding a lot of files to the module list at once, e.g. the whole modland archive, it did take a loooooong time to process. This has been speeded up a lot, so all the in-deep scanning is done in a background thread if enabled in the settings.
- Added new option to remove files from the module list which cannot be recognized.
- Ported mpg123 to C# to get rid of the CPU dependencies. In the process, I also added support for the Free Format (rarely used, find examples on my webpage).
- Fixed a bug that may cause the program to hang when closing down and a double-buffering module has been loaded.
- Restricted the module length for 15-samples mod files to prevent false positives. Unfortunally, this change make a couple of modules on modland undetectable because they have a lot of extra data at the end. I have fixed those modules on my webpage, so if you find such modules, try to see if you can find the fixed version there.
- Added support for ARM processors.
- Updated libsidplayfp to version 2.5.0.
- Renamed the MED format to MED 2.10 (MMD0).
- Added these new module formats: DigiBooster Pro 2.x (with support of echo), DigiBooster 3.x, DigiBooster 1.x (with support of "robot" effect), MED 1.12, MED 2.00, MED 2.10 (MED4), David Whittaker.
An installation package can be found on Microsoft Store. (dr)
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09.Jun.2023
poly.play (Twitter)
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Text adventure: Preorder of boxed edition of "Tristam Island"
At the end of 2020, the commercial text adventure "Tristam Island" was released (amiga-news.de reported). At poly.play, the game can now be pre-ordered as a boxed edition for 35 euros. Content:
- 3.5" floppy disk
- Cardboard box with slipcase (23 x 18.5 x 2.5 cm)
- Rock sample
- MicroSD card including disk images and more
- Manual (DIN A5, English)
- Hintbook
- Postcard
- Quick guide "How to Play Interactive Fiction"
- Stickers
- Poster (Din A3)
- Shrink-wrapped
The box will be available from 01 August 2023. (dr)
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09.Jun.2023
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky (Mail)
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Linux: ATi Radeon updates for Bugdom and Nanosaur 1
The previous versions of Bugdom and Nanosaur 1 had some graphical issues if an ATi Radeon X19XX graphics cards was used. This issues have been solved and Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has provided new packages for Linux PPC. Downloads:
Nanosaur_1.4.4-2-linux-powerpc.tar.gz
Bugdom_1.3.3-2-linux-powerpc.tar.gz (dr)
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09.Jun.2023
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Videoplayer: Amos Anim Player V2023.06.08
The "Amos Anim Player" of the group "ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP" is a very simple IFF-ANIM player that runs on any Amiga. It can play compressed IFF-Anim formats synchronised with a separate IFF Audio Sample (or MOD) (amiga-news.de reported).
To reduce the amount of data to be processed, and because the animation could crash if the decoded animframe exceeded 40Kb, an Amos programme was included that creates a new image sequence from a given source, reducing the movement between consecutive frames in a scaleable way, as the visual needs of the animation. This can save a lot of data with a relatively small loss of quality. The sample animations can be found under the name ".Reduced".
As the developer continues, Ham6 is neither easy to handle nor designed for this kind of manipulation, which is why one must expect visual errors. The visual result would remind on DIVX videos from the past. (dr)
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09.Jun.2023
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware V2023.06.03
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2023.06.03:
- Fix regression in CD-ROM READ(6) command
- Add platform support for CD-ROM eject buttons
- CD-ROM image listing from directories
- CD-ROM: Fix START STOP UNIT preventing drive use
- CD-ROM: Revert removing audio stop during START/STOP UNIT for CDs.
- CD-ROM: volume control and mode changes
- CDROM: Add support for enabling/disabling channels within the audio ports.
(dr)
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09.Jun.2023
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.13
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks (amiga-news.de reported)
The adapter gets connected between a floppy disk drive - e.g. a standard 3.5" PC one - and a USB port of the PC or Mac. Version 1.13 of the Greaseweazle Tools provide the following changes:
- Generate a x64 Windows build in addition to x32
- New disk formats:
- Generic IBM track scanner: ibm.scan
- General Music: gem.1600
- TRS CoCo OS-9, MM/1 OS-9: coco.os9.*, mm1.os9.*
- Commodore 1571 (C64) GCR: commodore.1571
- New image formats:
- D71: C64 CBMDOS GCR 1571 double-sided disk
- TD0: IBM sector format (Read only)
- EDSK: Support writing new EDSK images (gw read --format=ibm.scan my.edsk)
- gw read/write: New option --dd to set interface pin 2 for 5.25" drives
- C64: New low-pass filter PLL stage to clean up noisy flux images
- Can also be used more generally via a new sub-option to "--pll"
(dr)
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09.Jun.2023
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MUI-based SFTP/FTP(S) client: RNOXFER 1.4 for AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS
Dveloper 'jPV^RNO' has updated his FTP client "RNOXFER" to version 1.4. On his website, a tutorial and a video explain the function of the program which is available on Aminet. Changes:
- Added editing fields in the server list window
- Added the comment column on the server list
- Added the default local path setting
- Added the private keyfile setting for SFTP connections
- Added a check for server list changes at exit
- Added UTF-8 support to be RFC 2640 compliant
- Massive speedup in directory handling
- More verbose file size comparison when a file exists
- Added an option to save selected files/dirs as a text file
- Fixed advanced.conf handling
- Fixed issues with the settings file format
- Adjusted window sleep modes
- Disconnects from the previous server when double-clicking a new server from the server list
- Uses hURL 2.0 (requires MorphOS 3.16 or AmiSSL 5 on AmigaOS)
(dr)
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09.Jun.2023
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Print-/PDF magazine: "ZZAP! AMIGA" #10
Patreon supporters could already read the May/June issue of "ZZAP! Amiga" in May as PDF. Now the magazine can be ordered for about 6 Euro (plus shipping) which is A5-sized and offers 60 pages with full colour. (dr)
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07.Jun.2023
Amiga.org (forum)
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Game updates: ArtPazz 1.8, Follix 1.6, Ring around the World 1.2
Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua has updated his games ArtPazz (puzzle game where jumbled pieces of a classic painting have to be pushed back), Follix (a puzzle game inspired by Atomix, only here letters have to be lined up) and "Ring around the World" (point'n'click adventure about a supposedly drowned man with memory loss).
The games also serve as an application test of his AMOS Layers System. Changes are limited to a recompilation with its current version and bugfixes. (snx)
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07.Jun.2023
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Crowdfunding: Retro joysticks "Immortal Joysticks"
On Kickstarter, Andrew (Amiga for Mortals) has started the crowdfunding of his self-designed and so far custom-built joystick "Immortal Joysticks" to enable series production (YouTube video). Around 29,000 euros must be collected for this purpose by 07 July. Features of the joystick:
- Aluminium alloy enclosure
- Authentic Sanwa Denshi and Seimitsu arcade parts
- Braided cable
- Standard moulded DB9 connection
- Switchable auto-fire
- Switchable 'up to button 2' mapping (up still functions normally)
- Zero-latency
- Enclosure size 145 x 121 x 39mm
- Hand-built in the UK
After initial discussions with suppliers, the housings will most likely be black, but the buttons, ball top, dust cover and cable braid should be customisable in colour. The colour selection will be made as soon as all final production details are confirmed. (dr)
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06.Jun.2023
Amiga.org (forum)
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AMOS Layers System 1.101 and 2.5
Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua's "AMOS Layers System" allows programmers under AMOS to layer several of its screens, specifying the order, colors and transparency.
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Among the new features of the latest update are minor changes to the commands and a speed optimization. The 1.x versions of ALS are for all custom chipsets, but larger and slower, while the 2.x versions are tailored for AGA computers. (snx)
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05.Jun.2023
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS Library: Article about MIDI support
Antoine 'tcheko' Dubourg has added an entry about MIDI support to MorphZone's knowledge collection "MorphOS Library" at the title link. (snx)
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05.Jun.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Issue 139 of Amiga Future readable online
The German and English issue 139 (July/August 2019) 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. (snx)
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04.Jun.2023
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Aminet uploads until 03.06.2023
The following files have been added until 03.06.2023 to Aminet:
msInternetStatus.lha comm/net 38K 68k Internet status monitor (+src)
c2plib.lha dev/misc 186K 68k chunky2planar as an Amiga sha...
PreludePassThrough.lha driver/aud 3K 68k make Prelude pass through AMI...
SuperMario64_GL4ES.lha game/actio 7.8M OS4 SuperMario64_GL4ES
SuperMario64_MGL.lha game/actio 7.0M OS4 SuperMario64_MGL
F1GP2023Carset.lha game/data 9K 2023 Carset for F1GP
TONY.adf game/demo 880K 68k TONY playable demo
giasteroidi.lha game/wb 1.0M 68k GI Asteroidi Game
Afterlife.lha mods/8voic 2.6M 7ch Ambient/New Age MED by HK...
Themepack.lha pix/theme 92K VisualPrefs theme
neatvi.lha text/edit 115K MOS Neat vi clone
LHArchiver.lha util/arc 5.1M 68k create lha archives intuitively
ShellDir.lha util/cli 19K 68k NewShell from specified direc...
AmiSSL-5.9-OS3.lha util/libs 3.4M 68k OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.9-OS4.lha util/libs 3.1M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.9-SDK.lha util/libs 2.3M AOS OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 11M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
(snx)
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04.Jun.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 03.06.2023
The following files have been added until 03.06.2023 to OS4Depot:
seq.lha aud/mis 419kb 4.0 MIDI sequencer
amissl-sdk.lha dev/mis 2Mb 4.0 SDK for AmiSSL
supermario64_gl4es.lha gam/pla 8Mb 4.0 Super Mario 64 GL4ES
supermario64_mgl.lha gam/pla 7Mb 4.0 Super Mario 64 MiniGL
amissl.lha lib/mis 3Mb 4.0 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared library
lharchiver.lha uti/arc 5Mb 4.0 Create LhA archives intuitively
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AROS Archives uploads until 03.06.2023
The following files have been added until 03.06.2023 to AROS Archives:
wildmidi.i386-aros.zip aud/pla 447kb Midi Player
md5sum.i386-aros.zip uti 20kb Generates or checks MD5 Message ...
icaros_2.3_fix.zip uti/mis 85Mb Little fix for icaros v2.3
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04.Jun.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 03.06.2023
The following files have been added until 03.06.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
ReAction_1.0a.lha Dependencies ReAction files suitable...
AmiArcadia_29.40.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
LHArchiver_1.11.lha Files/Archive Create lha archives int...
Wayfarer_5.4.lha MorphOS-update Wayfarer is the latest ...
OpenSSL3.library_7.0.lha MorphOS-update openssl3.library - May ...
WebRadio_3.0.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar A sbar plugin to listen...
AppLauncher_2.5.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Run your apps from the ...
Neatvi_11.lha Text/Edit Neat vi clone
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WHDLoad: New installers until 03.06.2023
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 03.06.2023:
- 2023-06-03 improved: Paladin (Omnitrend Software) supports version 1.0 (Info)
- 2023-05-29 improved: Steel Empire (Silicon Knights) 68000 quitkey support, disk access disabled, byte write to volume register fixed, DMA wait in replayer fixed, manual included, new install script (Info)
(snx)
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04.Jun.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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Red Fern Manufacturing: Ultimate Expansion Board for Vampire 4 Standalone
The announced Ultimate Expansion Board for the Vampire 4 Standalone FPGA Amiga clone, which has been available since 2019, can now be ordered - within the EU it will be sold by the Apollo team, outside directly by the New Zealand manufacturer Red Fern Manufacturing.
The Ultimate Expansion Board is a PCB in mini-ITX format that gives the V4 additional options and connections. For example, an extender ensures that the Compact Flash card can be changed without opening the case. In addition to USB devices, classic DB9 mice and joysticks can also be used. The board can be purchased individually or together with an aluminum case kit. (snx)
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04.Jun.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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Start bar: WBDock2 2.865
Thomas Rapp has updated his Toolmanager or AmiDock style start bar, WBDock2, to version 2.865. The changes of the program for AmigaOS 3.1 or higher include another style (LCARS) and two new options: The dock can be hidden with selectable speed when the mouse pointer is not over it, and instead of icons just text can be shown.
Download: wbdock2.lha (373 KB) (snx)
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04.Jun.2023
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Crowdfunding: Chargeable retro community "Amiga Global Alliance
David Pleasance - former Commodore UK management, author of several Commodore books and regular guest at various Amiga events since 2015 - has launched a new project: His "Amiga Global Alliance" ("AGA") is to become a retro community whose members will initially finance a central website and later projects and events with an annual fee of at least 38 GBP (about 44 euros).
Pleasance promises that 65 percent of the income will be reinvested in the community - to promote hardware and software projects or for promotional events. The rest of the money raised will be used for the construction and operation of the planned website and other operating costs. The AGA website is to be the first major project financed by the members and will offer the following areas:
- Open Forum: A space for both group and individual discussions.
- Market Place: A portal to buy and sell new and used items.
- CATS (Commodore Amiga Technical Support): Dedicated technical support for all your Commodore and Amiga needs.
- Calendar: A global events diary keeping you updated on upcoming events.
- Jobs: A platform for freelance services, whether you're offering or seeking, full time or part time.
- Archive/Library: A long-term storage space that's always accessible.
- Goodies: A section filled with treasures donated by fellow AGA subscribers.
- Database/Directory: An extensive list of contacts via URL/email/phone.
The website will be launched if the current Kickstarter campaign raises around 17,500 euros in investments by the end of June. The planned launch date for the website, which can be reached at aga.directory, is August 2023. How the Amiga Global Alliance will subsequently decide on the distribution of incoming funds or the selection of projects to be supported is not explained. (cg)
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02.Jun.2023
WinUAE Homepage (ANF)
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Emulator: WinUAE 5.0.0
The Amiga emulator WinUAE has been released in version 5.0.0. Changes:
- Fully cycle-accurate unexpanded Amiga 500 emulation
- WinUAE 4.9.x/4.10.x bugs fixed
- AGA-only sprite buffer overflow that can cause random side-effects.
- CIA synchronize clock drift fixed.
- Many GDI mode bugs fixed.
- Integer scaling works correctly in Overscan+ and higher modes.
- “Remove interlace artifacts” was unreliable and caused graphics corruption in accurate modes.
- SCSI CD command READ TOC, format type 0 returned invalid data.
- Serial port and inter-process serial port was unreliable in accurate modes.
- VHPOSW/VPOSW mid-screen vertical and horizontal changes are now more accurately emulated. Smooth Copper / Up front demo specific hack is (finally!) not needed anymore and was removed.
- Multiple chipset emulation (bitplanes, sprites, blitter) bug fixes.
- Older bugs fixed
- A600 non-expanded Quickstart incorrectly had RTC enabled.
- D3D11 mode scanlines/masks are not affected by scaling anymore.
- Fixed possible crash in floppy emulation and when exiting GUI.
- Inserting supported non-Amiga formatted disk image (for example PC DOS formatted disk image) in standard Amiga 3.5″ DD drive was rejected, drive compatibility check didn’t accept standard 3.5″ DD drive. Image was accepted if drive was 3.5″ HD drive.
- Mounting executable as HD floppy image created broken disk structure if file was larger than 1329664 bytes.
- Notification icon -> Floppy drives: DF1, DF2 and DF3 selected image from DF0:
- On the fly switch from AGA to OCS/ECS and then back didn’t always restore original AGA background color.
- Picasso IV flash ROM emulation support.
- Prometheus PCI bridge PCI config space byte wide access endian swap fix.
- ROM rescan in ini mode didn’t clear previously detected ROMs.
- uaegfx and hardware emulated RTG board and emulation window smaller than RTG resolution: part of right or bottom of display was clipped.
- New features/updates: User interface
- Added new KS ROMs to ROM scanner.
- Added Disable keyboard and Disable game controllers when mouse not captured options to Pri & Extensions panel.
- Added custom data path configuration to Paths panel. Data path = default path where config files, logs, statefiles etc are loaded and saved.
- Bring GUI window on top if emulation window gets left mouse button double click or F12 (or configured GUI key) key press and GUI is open. Close GUI if ESC is pressed when GUI is open and emulation window has focus.
- FloppyBridge write protection status in GUI is now mirroring real drive floppy protection status.
- Hardware info panel shows complete memory map when emulation has been started.
- New features/updates: Emulation
- 1.5M Chip RAM size is now supported in all configurations. (Except if JIT is enabled)
- Added screen rotation support, to fully support Fast Draw Showdown (American Laser games) game that had 90 degree rotated display. D3D 9 and D3D 11 modes only.
- ECS Denise superhires sprite accurate color selection emulation (“scrambled” odd/even palette access).
- Keyboard reset handling changed, now system is kept in reset as long as keys are kept pressed.
- Programmed native display mode support improved, automatic aspect ratio correction improved.
- RTG hardware sprite (mouse cursor) is now properly clipped when near edges of screen.
- “Reset warp mode” implemented. Start emulation in warp mode, automatically switches off when running program or KS ROM shows something on screen.
- Serial port now have separate options to enable/disable handshake/status pin emulation (RTS/CTS/DTR/DTE/CD) and Ring Indicator.
- uaegfx RTG P96Prefs support.
- Striker Manager and Multi-Player Soccer Manager dongle emulation.
- Statefile complete blitter state save/restore is now fully supported in cycle-accurate modes. Previously blitter was force-finished before saving state.
- Ultra extreme overscan mode now includes blanking regions, HV sync and Composite sync regions drawn using grid pattern.
- Possible Breaking change: default keyboard layout changed
- Key left of backspace (key that does not exist in PC keyboards) is now mapped to F11 and key between zero and above key is now mapped to key in same physical location as key in Amiga keyboard. Input panel has checkbox that swaps these two keys.
- Key above shift and left of enter is now mapped to same physical location as key in Amiga keyboard.
- Strange German-only keymap special #-key mapping removed.
(snx)
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01.Jun.2023
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Theme set: 32se NEXT 7.00 for AmigaOS 3.2
32se NEXT is a theme set for AmigaOS 3.2 (video) - at least when running on emulation, the creator did not test it on real Amigas.
"Lite" version is free, an additional package is available for 9.99 US Dollars. (snx)
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31.May.2023
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 5.4
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 5.4 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS. Changes include updates of the YouTube scripts and cURL.
Download: wayfarer.lha (29 MB) (snx)
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31.May.2023
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Sprite/Icon/Map editor: Raster Master V1.7 R84 for Windows 10/11 (update)
Raster Master (amiga-news.de reported) is a sprite/icon/map editor for Windows 10/11 which generates RayLib-, PutImagedata and Map code for gcc, AmigaBASIC, Amiga C, Amiga Pascal, QuickBasic, QB64, Quick C, Turbo Pascal, freepascal, Turbo C, Turbo Basic, Power Basic, FreeBASIC, GWBASIC, BASICA, and PC-BASIC (YouTube video).
About the now released version 1.6 R83 the developer wrote: "This is a big one! Refactored so much code and deleted even more! But the most exciting aspect is that we are back to support 32 bit systems. The previous method used for rendering was terrible in terms of memory. Now way less memory used.
Rendering and scrolling is much faster now! Everything in the main editor has been simplified.
All shapes now are rendered in their correct color when drawing/adjusting size. Previously during draw/size shape was using xor to erase previous shape.
Grid and Clip Select outline are rendered over the zoomed image. Everything is fast now that you can't notice this.
The tools menu now includes the hidden tools that were available only when selecting a clip area. These tools can be used now when the image is not selected. The action will be performed on the entire image.
There maybe some things I missed, but overall I think you will notice the improvements!"
Update: (01.06.2023, 05:12, dr)
In the meantime, version 1.7 R84 has been released: the sprite importer now also has the options "Grid" and "Snap to grid", the map editor has a grid in the background that can be switched off if required. Also, a crosshair pointer has been introduced in the edit windows. (dr)
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31.May.2023
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Image editor: PyDPainter 1.1.0 for Windows, Linux and macOS
The image editor PyDPainter (YouTube video) is inspired by DPaint and according to its author Mark Riale an attempt to create a usable pixel art program in Python using PyGame that can handle low resolutions and limited colour palettes and which can be as easy to use as possible (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 1.1.0:
- Add stencil functionality
- Prevent active (floating) brush from being saved with CTRL-s
- Make sure color palette size is a power of 2 when loading
- Remove brush from Show Page Preview
- Fix cycle speed in palette requestor
- Add Clouds, Planet, and Galaxy tutorials
(dr)
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31.May.2023
GitHub
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.9 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.9 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version OpenSSL 3.1.1 and thus fixes four security vulnerabilities. Updated CA root certificates are also provided. The changes in detail:
- Updated OpenSSL backend to full compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 3.1.1 (30.5.2023) version, which includes one moderate and three low severity fixes for newly identified vulnerabilities:
- Mitigate for very slow OBJ_obj2txt() performance with gigantic OBJECT IDENTIFIER sub-identities.
- Fixed documentation of X509_VERIFY_PARAM_add0_policy().
- Fixed handling of invalid certificate policies in leaf certificates.
- Limited the number of nodes created in a policy tree.
- Updated root certificates to latest Mozilla-based bundle provided by https://curl.se/docs/caextract.html dated 30.5.2023.
- Added 8K minimum stack cookie to example programs.
Downloads:
AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.9-OS3.lha (3,4 MB)
AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.9-OS4.lha (3,1 MB)
SDK: AmiSSL-5.9-SDK.lha (2,3 MB) (dr)
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30.May.2023
MorphZone (website)
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MorphOS: Hotfix for openssl3.library
An update of openssl3.library has been released, because a vulnerability of the version of OpenSSL has been discovered that has been included in MorphOS 3.18.
Download: openssl3.library (2 MB) (snx)
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29.May.2023
Simone Bevilacqua (Mail)
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Video: Experiments with the AMOS Layers System (ALS)
Simone Bevilacqua's AMOS Layers System (ALS) "turns the screens of AMOS Professional into layers that can be laid over one another, with complete control of order, colors and opaqueness, while keeping them renderable as usual" (amiga-news.de reported). During a brainstorming for a new game with ALS he did some experiments which he recorded in two videos (1, 2). The basic idea here is that there are two parallel worlds in the game: a real one (dangerous/dark) and an illusory one (pleasant/nice), each of which becomes visible to the player on different occasions. (dr)
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29.May.2023
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Arcade game: Galaxian500 released
Jean-Francois 'jotd' Fabre has transcoded the original arcade game Galaxian to the Amiga. (dr)
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29.May.2023
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: Remedios 1.4 released
Version 1.4. of Remedios, the toolkit for compiling Hollywood applets into native iOS applications, has been released. With this version, the iPhone and iPad simulator can now also be used on arm64 Macs. Previous versions of Remedios only supported the iPhone and iPad simulator for Intel-based Macs. The update to version 1.4 is available for free for all customers in the protected download area. (snx)
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29.May.2023
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Browser extension: AGuide Viewer 0.2
AGuide Viewer is an open source reader for AmigaGuide documents implemented as a browser extension. It works with Firefox and Chromium on all platforms (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 0.2:
- The extension is less aggressive when intercepting URLs that
include the string .guide. The detection methods are now
configurable and can be turned off if they cause problems. Please
report an issue if the default configuration causes a problem. All
auto detection can be turned off and the extension manually
triggered if desired.
- Links that require more than a simple click to open now have
tooltips explaining what to do.
(dr)
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29.May.2023
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AmigaOS 4: MIDI sequencer "Seq" V2.7
"Seq" is a simple MIDI sequencer that offers fast editing and many functions for live performance. Changes in version 2.7:
- FIXED play buttons
- FIXED play buttons light flashing if cancelling song mode during the last played pattern
- Setting busy pointer while loading or saveing project
- Added instruments setting window
- Project file version increased to 7 and instruments tag added
(dr)
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29.May.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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Arcade port: Amiga version of Tapper completed
"Tapper" (video) is a conversion of the 1983 arcade classic of the same name for the Amiga. After several pre-release versions, it has now been completed and can be downloaded at the title link.
The game is about serving beer to thirsty customers at four rows of tables and collecting again the empty glasses. (snx)
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29.May.2023
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Video: Repairing an Amiga A590 Rev.6, part 1
In a new video series Robert Smith deals with the revision 6 of an A590: Commodore's external hard disk for the Amiga 500 or 500 Plus, which is connected to the expansion port and can also serve as a memory expansion. The first part of the series is about the functionality in detail and the onboard Fast RAM. (dr)
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29.May.2023
Batman Group (Twitter)
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Demo: Update of "Batman Rises"
In mid-December the Batman Group had released their demo "Batman Rises" (amiga-news.de reported). The now released update fixes the slowdown bug with Terrible Fire turbo cards and a typo in the credits. (dr)
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28.May.2023
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CDXL converter: AGAConv 1.0.1
Markus Schordan's AGAConv is a CDXL video converter. It combines some existing tools to convert videos (MP4, etc.) into the CDXL format that can be played on an AGA Amiga with AGABlaster or other CDXL players. The changes of the version 1.0 released a fortnight ago and the version 1.0.1 added today:
- Fixed invocation of ham_convert for Microsoft Ubuntu App (terminal)
- Increased width and height range and maximum plane size.
- Enabled option 'unspecified' for screen mode.
- Added support for configuration files (default and user configs).
- Eliminated the agaconv script and integrated its functionality into agaconv.
- Added 'auto' modes to several options, simplifying its use.
- Added manual (man page on Linux). Also available on-line as AGAConv Manual
- Created AGAConv PPA package, making it available with an Ubuntu PPA installer
(dr)
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28.May.2023
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Aminet uploads until 27.05.2023
The following files have been added until 27.05.2023 to Aminet:
lubricator.lha comm/www 49K 68k HTTP search + download, ADF/D...
10th_Intro.lha demo/intro 72K 68k Anniversary 1st publication o...
ChunkyFunctions.lha dev/asm 12K Clipped Chunky Line & Circlef...
HWP_APNG.lha dev/hwood 1.3M ALL Hollywood plugin for APNG anims
HWP_FLIC.lha dev/hwood 27K ALL Hollywood plugin for FLI/FLC ...
HWP_JPEG2000.lha dev/hwood 379K ALL Hollywood plugin for JPEG2000...
HWP_PCX.lha dev/hwood 26K ALL Hollywood plugin for PCX images
HWP_TIFF.lha dev/hwood 808K ALL Hollywood plugin for TIFF images
HWP_YAFA.lha dev/hwood 69K ALL Hollywood plugin for YAFA anims
PreludeSoftwareBundle... driver/aud 116K 68k Software bundle for Prelude s...
RescueLander.lha game/actio 48K 68k Land on Earth, Moon or Mars t...
2D_ATcad_UAE.lha gfx/misc 13M 68k CAD mit Steppermotor-Ansteuerung
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.6M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.9M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 5.1M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
NAFCYI1991S1-B01.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B02.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B03.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B04.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B05.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B06.zip text/bfont 2.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B07.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B08.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B09.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B10.zip text/bfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B11.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B12.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B13.zip text/bfont 2.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B14.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B15.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B16.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B17.zip text/bfont 2.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B18.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B20.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B21.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B22.zip text/bfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-01.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-02.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-03.zip text/pfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-04.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-05.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-06.zip text/pfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-07.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-08.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-09.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-10.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-11.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-12.zip text/pfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-13.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-14.zip text/pfont 1.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-15.zip text/pfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-16.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-17.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-18.zip text/pfont 1.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-20.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-21.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-22.zip text/pfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
ShellDir.lha util/cli 19K NewShell from specified direc...
WarpDTPrefs.lha util/dtype 198K 68k WarpDT preferences program V4...
SploinerGUI-AmigaOS3.lha util/wb 1.4M 68k A GUI for Sploiner command
SploinerGUI-AmigaOS4.lha util/wb 1.9M OS4 A GUI for Sploiner command
SploinerGUI-AROS.lha util/wb 1.6M x86 A GUI for Sploiner command
SploinerGUI-MorphOS.lha util/wb 1.5M MOS A GUI for Sploiner command
(snx)
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OS4Depot uploads until 27.05.2023
The following files have been added until 27.05.2023 to OS4Depot:
amigaamp3.lha aud/pla 2Mb 4.1 Multi format audio player with GUI
warpdtprefs.lha dat/ima 198kb 4.0 Preferences program for WarpDT
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
supermario64_gl4es.lha gam/pla 8Mb 4.0 Super Mario 64 GL4ES
supermario64_mgl.lha gam/pla 7Mb 4.0 Super Mario 64 MiniGL
hwp_apng.lha lib/hol 1Mb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for APNG anims
hwp_flicanim.lha lib/hol 27kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for FLI/FLC anims
hwp_jpeg2000.lha lib/hol 379kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for JPEG2000 im...
hwp_pcx.lha lib/hol 26kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for PCX file fo...
hwp_tiff.lha lib/hol 808kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for TIFF images
hwp_yafa.lha lib/hol 69kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for YAFA anims
smb2fs.lha net/sam 128kb 4.1 Filesystem for accessing files u...
cpubench.lha uti/ben 2Mb 4.0 A set of CPU benchmarks
sploinergui.lha uti/wor 2Mb 4.0 A GUI for Sploiner command
(snx)
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AROS Archives uploads until 27.05.2023
The following files have been added until 27.05.2023 to AROS Archives:
apng_amiga.lha dev/lib 1Mb Library Plugin For Hollywood App...
flic_amiga.lha dev/lib 27kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App...
jpeg2000_amiga.lha dev/lib 379kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App...
pcx_amiga.lha dev/lib 26kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App...
tiff_amiga.lha dev/lib 808kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App...
yafa_amiga.lha dev/lib 69kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App...
smb2fs.i386-aros.lha net/sam 81kb SMB2/3 file system client
lha_4u4a-i386-aros.lha uti/arc 64kb LHA For UNIX For Aros
sploinergui.i386-aros.lha uti/fil 2Mb A GUI for Sploiner command
(snx)
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 27.05.2023
The following files have been added until 27.05.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
ModExplorer_3.82.lha Audio/Players A module player by J?rg.
MiniSid_0.03.lha Audio/Players Sid player realized wit...
pForth_28-BE-32.lha Development/C Portable ANS-like Forth...
APNG_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for AP...
JPEG2000_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for JP...
FLIC_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for FL...
TIFF_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for TI...
YAFA_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for YA...
PCX_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for PC...
ncursesw_6.3.lha Development/Library ncursesw (ncurses with ...
FPSE-joysensors-plugin... Emulation Joystick plugin for the...
FinalBurnNeo-titles_1.... Emulation Titles pack - PNg backg...
FPSE_0.10.6.lha Emulation A Free PlayStation Emul...
FinalBurnNeo_1.0.0.3.lha Emulation FinalBurn Neo, an Emula...
FinalBurnNeo-previews_... Emulation Preview pack - PNG back...
Lhasa_0.4.0.lha Files/Archive A Free Software LHA imp...
LHArchiver_1.10.lha Files/Archive Create lha archives int...
Woof_11.1.4.lha Games/Shoot3D Woof! is a continuation...
Sploiner-GUI_1.0.lha GUI A GUI for Sploiner comm...
WarpDTPrefs_45.12.lha System/Datatypes WarpDTPrefs_45.12.lha
InstallerLG_1.0.3.lha System/Shell Commodore Installer rep...
AMUIDiff_1.0.lha Text/Compare Displays differences of...
Lite-XL_2.1.1r1.lha Text/Edit Lite XL is a lightweigh...
Vim_9.0.1546.lha Text/Edit A highly configurable t...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 27.05.2023
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 27.05.2023:
- 2023-05-23 improved: SWIV (Sales Curve) supports another version, options for weapon power/speed added (Info)
- 2023-05-23 fixed: Max Rally (Fortress) instructions in menu will be displayed now (Info)
- 2023-05-23 improved: Impact! (ASL) supports Blockbuster version, levels 1 to 128 can be edited, QuitKey works on 68000 machine (Info)
- 2023-05-23 fixed: Chuck Rock (Core Design) scrolling problem on AGA machines fixed, solution added (Info)
- 2023-05-21 improved: Suspicious Cargo (Gremlin) patch works with 0.5 MB chip memory and on 68000 now, RawDIC imager, 68000 quitkey support, manual included (Info)
(snx)
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28.May.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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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:
- Full Contact Menü Remix
- Chinaware Turkey (BIT Live 2022)
- Rockstar ate my Hamster Cracktro
- Lotus 3 - Track 5 - Miami Ice (Kick me twice)
(snx)
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28.May.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Retro magazine: LOAD 3 (2017, German) also available in printed form
LOAD, a German magazine published by the "Verein zum Erhalt klassischer Computer e.V." (Association for the Preservation of Classic Computers), was initially only published as a PDF file starting with the 3rd issue published in 2017 for reasons of expense.
In the meantime, however, the third issue (topic among others: "Repairing battery damage on the Amiga 2000") has also been printed and can be purchased from APC&TCP or the Restore Store. There, as well as at poly.play, the issues 5-8 are also still available. (snx)
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27.May.2023
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Sprite/Icon/Map editor: Raster Master V1.5 R82 for Windows 10/11
Raster Master (amiga-news.de reported) is a sprite/icon/map editor for Windows 10/11 which generates RayLib-, PutImagedata and Map code for gcc, AmigaBASIC, Amiga C, Amiga Pascal, QuickBasic, QB64, Quick C, Turbo Pascal, freepascal, Turbo C, Turbo Basic, Power Basic, FreeBASIC, GWBASIC, BASICA, and PC-BASIC (YouTube video).
Version 1.5 R82 has now been released, in which it is possible for the first time to switch between the map editor and the sprite editor without having to close the map editor window. If changes were made in the sprite editor and then switched to the map editor, all sprite changes are updated in the map editor view.
In addition, the performance of the map editor has been improved so that the tiles can now be drawn much faster. The new method also allows much larger maps to be created. (dr)
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Techno party: Boozedrome on August 5 in Helsinki, Finland
On August 5, 2023, the sixth Boozedrome will take place both locally in Finland (Boozembly Hills, Helsinki) and on Twitch. Those who want to participate in the contest must create a Gabber tune with the following specifications:
- 4 channel MOD, playable in Protracker v2.3D
- Maximum size: 500kB
- Maximum length: 3 minutes
(dr)
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26.May.2023
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Strategy game: Devlog #1 - Target platforms, supported languages
For the announced strategy game "Virtual Enemies" (amiga-news.de reported), the developers have published first information and a first interim status on the development of the game:
"Basically we are working on a version that should be playable on the Amiga38. This means that the player should be able to create a character and execute a hack. That is the minimum goal that should be achieved by then.
As target platform we aim at an Amiga 500 with 1MB memory. At the same time, the game will be developed absolutely system compliant, which will allow us to access an optional network stack. Yes, you will be able to play the game alone without any restrictions in the story. Nevertheless, we already have some cool multiplayer features on the list. More information will follow in the coming weeks once we have completed initial testing.
We are aware that not everyone understands English or that for quite a few the English vocabulary is limited. That's not a shame, Frank's English vocabulary is not the best either. Especially in terms of understanding the story present in the game, this can be problematic. At this point we can give the all-clear:
The game will support English and German at release. New languages will be included by adding translated language text files. We, that is LogicalByte, do NOT have to change anything in the game files themselves. It's up to the community to do this on their own to support people who don't know English and German very well. We are currently doing final tests and will publish a guide (and suitable tools) in due time.
We know from inquiries that you are greedy for new image material. We would like to fulfill this wish and will publish new pictures time to time in the coming weeks. Please understand that we need longer for some things. :)" (dr)
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AMOS: Eclips animation in "Projects in the attic" added
At the end of November, the game developer group "Electric Black Sheep" had published a collection of games under the name "Projects in the attic", which were created for test purposes with the programming language AMOS (amiga-news.de reported). Included was the game "Eclips", in which you steer an owl through a landscape that is always the same. The group added the archive "EclipsAnim.rar" to this game, which now offers a complete animation in the sense of changing landscapes. Impressive! (dr)
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26.May.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Event: Level Up in Salzburg (Austria) with participation of Amiga Future
On July 1 and 2, 2023, the event "Level Up", a "Gaming and eSports festival", will take place for the third time at the Messezentrum Salzburg in Austria. In the retro area, the print-magazine Amiga Future will also take part with some computers. (snx)
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26.May.2023
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 146 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.
Amiga-related, the current issue is about WAR (AMOS Strategy-War Game from 1992), Boxx 4 (2023 Game) and Death Rally (2023 PC conversion). (snx)
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Music video: Controlling an Akai MPC ONE with Horny (MorphOS)
In a recent video, 'Dj Collins' shows how he controls his Akai MPC ONE using Horny from the Pegasos II under MorphOS. The Akai audio output is recorded from an Amiga 4000 with a Toccata sound card and the file is transferred via the network to HD-REC for mastering. (dr)
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Video-Tutorial: Converting iff files into sprites in AMOS
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro (amiga-news.de reported), retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' this time explains how to convert IFF image files into sprites for an AMOS program. (dr)
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26.May.2023
nivrig (Twitter)
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Video: Polyphonic sounds and music on the Amiga
The YouTube channel "Magical Synth Adventure" shows in its latest video with the range of audio possibilities on the Amiga, with which, for example, real-time speech synthesis and simultaneous midi and audio output are possible. (dr)
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25.May.2023
A1k-Forum
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Compiler: Status of M68k support in LLVM
At the beginning of 2021, the first implementation of an m68k backend for the compiler LLVM had begun thanks to donation funding (amiga-news.de reported). Now the developer Min-Yih "Min" Hsu reports in a blog entry about the progress of the past year. (dr)
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Tool for Reverse Engineering: Amiga extension for Ghidra 10.3
Ghidra is a free and open source reverse engineering tool (amiga-news.de reported).
Based on the work of Vladimir Kononovich and Martin Atkins, 'Bartman' has released an update for the Amiga extension supporting now the latest Ghidra version 10.3. It can load Amiga Hunk-Executables, Kickstart ROMs and WinUAE State File (.uss). (dr)
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SMB2 handler smb2fs V53.6 for AmigaOS 3/4 and AROS
The Server Message Block (SMB) is a network protocol for file, print and other server services in computer networks and allows access to files and directories located on another computer (Wikipedia entry). Fredrik Wikstrom's SMB2 handler is based on libsmb2 and allows remote access to files via the SMB2/3 protocols (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 53.6:
- read_startup_args() now uses AllocDosObject() to create the RDArgs for
ReadArgs() instead of allocating it locally on the stack. Strangely this bug
didn't seem to cause any problems on AmigaOS 4 but on AmigaOS 3 it caused an
AN_BadFreeAddr (#0100000F) alert on filesystem exit (ACTION_DIE).
Requirements: newlib.library V53.40 or later (or V53.30 as included in AmigaOS 4.1 FE) and the filesysbox.library V54.4 or later for AmigaOS 4, filesysbox.library 54.3 or later for AROS and AmigaOS 3 and optional the requester.class (ClassAct/ReAction, for password requester) for AmigaOS 3.
Downloads:
smb2fs.i386-aros.lha (81 KB)
smb2fs.m68k-amigaos.lha (149 KB)
smb2fs.ppc-amigaos.lha (128 KB)
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Video tutorial: MUI-GUI in Blitz Basic
Rob Cranley has streamed a two-part tutorial on Twitch (part 1, part 2) showing how to create a GUI with MUI in Blitz Basic. (dr)
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25.May.2023
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Blog: RAM configurations on an Amiga 500 (Rev 8A)
In the latest blog entry on Retrohax.net, various RAM configurations on Amiga 500 8A motherboard are tested and documented. The 8A motherboards are the latest ones, using the 8375-AGNUS and supporting up to 2MB Chip RAM. Rev.8 was used in the A500plus and the standard A500, but with unpopulated RTC, battery, etc. (dr)
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25.May.2023
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware V2023.05.24
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2023.05.24:
- BIN/CUE format support and more complete CD-ROM emulation
- CD-ROM: code consolidation and bugfixes
- CDROM: Table of contents and addressing improvements
- Rudimentary tape support (BETA feature)
- More tape command implementations: Erase, Seek and ReadPosition
- Improved OMTI support
- RP2040: Fix support for 2GB SD cards
- RP2040: Fix USB log corruption
The following features can not be used without additional hardware, which is not yet commercially available:
- EXPERIMENTAL SP/DIF output on expansion pins of RP2040 boards
- EXPERIMENTAL audio playback support from BIN/CUE files
(dr)
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24.May.2023
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Event: Evoke demoparty in Cologne, Germany (28.-30.07.2023)
This year's edition of the Evoke demoparty will take place at the AbenteuerHallenKALK in Cologne (Germany) from 28 to 30 July. The homepage has now been activated and it is possible for demo groups to register. As usual, various competitions will be held. (dr)
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24.May.2023
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Preview video: Rastan port in development
Rastan was released in 1987 by Taito for arcade machines. Now a port for the Amiga 500 is in development, using the Scorpion engine. (dr)
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