02.May.2023
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Competition: "Amiga Tool Jam" started
Yesterday, indie game developer Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen launched the "Amiga Tool Jam": tools developed for the Amiga can be submitted in the categories "Utility", "Tool", "Commodity", "GUI interface", "Most Useless Tool" and "Other" until 31 October.
Entries must be written explicitly for the competition, updated or modified versions of an existing utility or tool are excluded. More detailed conditions under the title link. (dr)
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02.May.2023
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SFX-Engine: Audio Mixer 3.2
Jeroen Knoester's Audio Mixer (YouTube video of version 2.0) allows real time mixing several samples onto a single channel (up to 4 samples on one channel), while maintaining high performance (3.7% CPU time for 4 samples mixed @ 11KHz on an standard 1MB A500) (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 3.2:
- fixes the XREF problem on vasm 1.9d (and presumably other assemblers)
- fixes several issues in the mixer.h file
(dr)
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02.May.2023
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- March/April 2023 news.
- Old articles from Ami-GrafX 1 to 4 : Tutorial: Imagine 2 - Use of paths, Misc: Realization of a computer room in a college, Tutorial: Scenery Animator 4.0 - Mount St Helens, Tutorial: LightWave 3D - The diving suit, Misc: Realization of a 3D simulation of the LCI TV channel, Tutorial: Imagine 2 - The "Skin" function, Tutorial: Aladdin 4D - Getting started and managing your project, Misc: Realization of a local TV channel (C9 Info-Service), Tutorial: ProControl/MorphPlus - Virtual Rain, File: Kamel Ikhlef and CTV Productions, Tutorial: Art Department Pro - The alpha channel, Tutorial: Panorama - Amazon, etc.
- Interview with Kristi-Louise Herd (graphic designer of Fiendish Freddy).
- File: The history of Simulmondo (part one).
- File: How are displayed images of a PAL Amiga on a monitor ?
- File: The sad episode of Cannon Fodder's poppy.
- Hardware: TerribleFire 328/330.
- Point of view: The development of Rave (part six).
- Tutorial: Running two graphics cards in an AmigaOne X5000.
- DIY: Installing an Amiga 1200 in an Evo X500 case.
- DIY: Icarus 1, building a tower for AROS.
- Programming: Articles from the GuruMed.net site.
- Special quiz about ACube Systems.
(dr)
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02.May.2023
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Update of Wallpaper-Pack
Sami Vehmaa has added to his first archive, consisting of eight wallpapers and a boot image, a second and thus ten new wallpapers in the form of PNG files in 1920x1080 format, all of which he offers for free download. (dr)
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01.May.2023
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Video: Building a levitating Amiga ball
In his latest video, Robert Smith shows how to build a levitating Amiga boing ball using a 3D printer and various tools. (dr)
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01.May.2023
Amigans (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Survey on the type of use (native hardware, emulation)
In a small survey under the title link Hans de Ruiter would like to know whether the respective AmigaOS 4 user uses the operating system on native hardware or under an emulation such as WinUAE or QEMU. Both types of use can also be specified. (dr)
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01.May.2023
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MOD-Player: "Light Speed Player" 1.13
The "Light Speed Player" is, according to Arnaud Carré's description, the "fastest MOD player ever". The routine written in assembler is aimed at demo and game programmers who want to include background music in their works without losing significant CPU cycles. The efficiency of the player is achieved by a special file format into which the music pieces must be converted before playing. Since the first release, the author has added a lot of changes:
v1.13
- added -shrink option to optimize sample bank size (remove sample bytes that won't be replayed)
v1.12
- Fixed -setpos and -getpos output data size (thanks Platon42)
v1.11
- Now use -getpos argument to include data if you need LSP_MusicGetPos function
- Now use -setpos argument to include data if you need LSP_MusicSetPos function
- Fixed relocation bug in insane mode if you call LSP_MusicInit two times on same music
v1.10
- Added sequence timing optional information (-seqtiming) option & LSP_MusicGetPos & LSP_MusicSetPos
- Few changes in players API ( now LSP_MusicInit, LSP_MusicPlayTick, and different API for insane mode version)
- Insane mode is not generated by default ( use -insane to generate insane mode replayer )
v1.06
- Two times CIA interrupt fixed in LightSpeedPlayer_cia.asm
v1.05
- fix potential registers scratch in LightSpeedPlayer_cia.asm
- minor fix in LightSpeedPlayer.asm comments
v1.04
- full support of instrument without a note (rare protracker feature)
- support fx $e9 (re-trigger)
- fix 4 bytes offset bug with -nosampleoptim option
v1.03
- fix a rare replen bug when $F01 speed is used
v1.02
- fixed bug in $9xx fx (sample offset)
- added "-amigapreview" : generate a wav from LSP data (output simulated LSP Amiga player)
- added "-nosettempo" to remove $Fxx>$20 settempo support (for old mods compatibility)
v1.01
- fixed mod ending detection issue
- fixed very short samples issue
- fixed one frame delay when music loop in "insane" mode
- fixed bad player init if called two times in normal player
- added "-renderwav" option to debug any .mod parsing error (output PC player)
(dr)
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01.May.2023
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Amigaworld.de: Rework of the Amiga 1200 multiport modules
The multiport modules with their various port additions for the Amiga 1200 by Matthias 'DJBase' Münch have been reworked and are available at PCBWay. More details about the revision are not available. (snx)
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30.Apr.2023
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood plugin: hURL 2.0 for several data transfer protocols
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are back on your screen with a major update of hURL - the ultimate multi-protocol data transfer plugin for Hollywood which allows Hollywood scripts to transfer data using all kinds of different network protocols including full SSL support. Version 2.0 is a major update that has many new features. Here is a list of new features in hURL 2.0:
- support for more than 50 new curl options
- support for curl 8.0
- support for curl's mime and URL interfaces
- AmiSSL v5 support on 68k and AmigaOS 4
- MorphOS version uses the system-native openssl3.library instead of AmiSSL now
- AROS now supported (AmiSSL v4)
- macOS version supports the ARM64 platform now ("Apple Silicon")
- almost 100 pages of new documentation
- bug fixes and other improvements
hURL supports an incredibly wide range of transfer protocols, e.g. DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, Gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, Telnet and TFTP. As with all Hollywood plugins, hURL comes with extensive documentation in various formats like PDF (almost 400 pages!), HTML, AmigaGuide, and CHM that contains detailed descriptions about all functions and methods offered by the plugin.
hURL 2.0 can be downloaded for free under the title link. (dr)
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30.Apr.2023
deadwood
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AROS x86_64: V20230430-1 of ABI-v11 developer branch
The AROS developer Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz had given his stable branch of AROS for 64-bit Intel and AMD processors the code name 'ABIv11' to distinguish it from the in-progress ABIv1 version in the main AROS repository. It has now updated this to version "20230430-1". The new release includes improvements and fixes made since December 2022. Thus, for the first time, the developer also offers an alpha version of an ISO image of AROS, which can be tested in a virtual environment or on real hardware. Changes in detail:
Functionalities
- Implemented network driver for certain nVidia chipsets (Neil)
- Synchronize Zune configuration across all builds (deadwood)
- Restore build and functioning on pc-x86_64 AROS (deadwood)
- Make native kernel more reselient in case of early error (deadwood, Kalamatee)
- Added broadcom4400.device network driver (Neil)
- Synchronize on use of ISO-8859-2 for Polish across all builds (deadwood)
- First working version of nvme.device is available (Kalamatee)
- Implemented FORMAT64 and SEEK64 commands in ahci.device (Kalamatee)
- Stabilized handling of WARM reset, implemented missing shutdown handlers (Kalamatee)
- Requesters add scroll bars if too much text is shown (Kalamatee)
64-bit support:
- Correct size of fpos_t and ino_t C library types (deadwood)
ARM support:
- muimaster.library (bugs: MUI_Request not compiling) (deadwood)
- Restore build of armhf AROS (deadwood)
Updates:
- AROS build system (Kalamatee)
- ibz 1.2.13 (Kalamatee)
- libpng 1.6.39 / png.library v53.2 (Kalamatee)
- freetype 2.13.0 / freetype2.library v6.6 (Kalamatee)
- libudis86 (Kalamatee)
Functional fixes:
- Correctly handle __stdiowin when also using C library (deadwood)
- gl.library (bugs: race condition during initialization) (deadwood)
- hostgl.library (make it work with newer 64-bit hosts) (deadwood)
- exec.library (bugs: wrong disassembly due to wrong start address) (deadwood)
- ata.device (bugs: media insert/eject detection not working) (deadwood)
- muimaster.library (bugs: MUIA_String_Acknowledge not readable) (deadwood)
- png.datatype (bugs: 1-bit APLHA pngs not supported) (deadwood)
- fat-handler (bugs: partition check too strict) (deadwood)
- InstallAROS (bugs: not working with > 2GB RAM) (deadwood)
- dos.library (bugs: SFS not working with > 4GB RAM) (deadwood)
- C:Install-Grub2 (bugs: not working with > 4GB RAM) (deadwood)
- GCC (bugs: sometimes generates non-loadable executables) (deadwood)
- Kernel (bugs: wrong configuration of IRQ pins in IO-APIC, TaskReady list damaged) (deadwood)
- Area.mui (bugs: events sent when not expected to) (deadwood)
- pciusb.device (bugs: EeePC USB boot not working) (Neil)
- Register.mui (bugs: tab text cannot be formatted) (deadwood)
- String.mui, Area.mui, Cycle.mui (bugs: setting same value is causing notification) (deadwood)
- pciusb.device (bugs: too long boot delay on AspireOne ZG5) (Neil)
- ntfs-handler (bugs: accessing non existent entries) (Kalamatee)
- DiskInfo (recognize more filesystems) (Kalamatee)
- pciusb.device (workaround for MosChip MCS9990, detect addtional ports) (Kalamatee)
- Kernel (bugs: SSE registers not preserved during interrupt) (Kalamatee)
- timer.device (bugs: can issues interrupt after warm reboot) (Kalamatee)
- C:Decoration (bugs: wrong rendering of paletted pngs) (Kalamatee)
- i8042.hidd (bugs: regression in mouse detection) (deadwood)
- crt.library (bugs: wrong time returned by clock_gettime) (deadwood)
Stability fixes:
- graphics.library (bugs: boot driver not unregistered correctly) (deadwood)
- MultiView (bugs: crash in About window when using amigaguide.datatype) (deadwood)
- exec.library (bugs: crash when showing disassembly in alert requester) (deadwood)
- Prefs/ScreenMode (bugs: crash on certain drivers) (deadwood)
- acpica.library (deadwood)
(dr)
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30.Apr.2023
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Aminet uploads until 29.04.2023
The following files have been added until 29.04.2023 to Aminet:
Envoy_FR.lha comm/net 9K French catalog for Envoy 3
Roadshow_FR.lha comm/tcp 103K French catalogs for Roadshow
HippoPlayerIR.zip docs/hard 30K 68k Wirelessly controlled HippoPl...
Programming_Docs.txt docs/lists 4K Programming Manual URLs Listing.
TankMouse.lha driver/inp 13K 68k Scroll-wheel driver for TankM...
P96Prefs.lha driver/vid 81K 68k P96 Preferences Editor
GunFight_OS3.lha game/2play 4.9M 68k 2 player western game
TilesSlide.lha game/actio 84K 68k Align 3-4 tiles of the same c...
TinyInvaders.lha game/shoot 1.7M 68k SPACE INVADERS poor clone in ...
AcesUp.lha game/think 3.0M 68k Aces Up solitaire card game
AMICUBE.adf game/think 880K 68k Rubik's Cube for classic Amiga
AMICUBE_NTSC.adf game/think 880K 68k Rubik's Cube for classic Amiga
IntyColor.lha gfx/conv 73K 68k Converter from BMP to Intelli...
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...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
Remus_FR.lha misc/os 10K French catalogs for Remus & R...
LN22023Collection.lha mods/misc 35M 4ch LN22023 MED Collection
LN2FinalBattleImprvd.lha mods/misc 125K 4ch LN2FinalBattleImprvd MED
LN2StreetLoaderTuned.lha mods/misc 127K 4ch LN2StreetLoaderTuned MED
SPlay.lha mus/play 18K 68k A quick 8SVX/ADPCM SamplePlayer
WHDArchiveExtractor.lha util/arc 7K 68k Automate WHDLoad find and ext...
Image2PDF.lha util/conv 10M ALL convert JP(E)Gs and PNGs to PDF
IdentifyLib_FR.lha util/libs 21K French catalog and docs for i...
LilCalendar.lha util/time 3.4M 68k Versatile calender and remind...
(snx)
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30.Apr.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 29.04.2023
The following files have been added until 29.04.2023 to OS4Depot:
vasmm68k_mot.lha dev/cro 246kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler
vasmm68k_std.lha dev/cro 240kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler
vasmppc_std.lha dev/cro 203kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
smb2fs.lha net/sam 127kb 4.1 Filesystem for accessing files u...
image2pdf.lha uti/tex 10Mb 4.0 Convert JP(E)Gs and PNGs to PDF
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30.Apr.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 29.04.2023
The following files have been added until 29.04.2023 to AROS Archives:
acesup.i386-aros.lha gam/car 3Mb solitaire card game
games_drawer_kensv4.lha gra/ico 247kb Drawer Games Icons Kens v4 Style
image2pdf.i386-aros.lha off/dtp 10Mb convert JP(E)Gs and PNGs to PDF
lilcalendar.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 3Mb Calender scheduling and reminder...
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30.Apr.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 29.04.2023
The following files have been added until 29.04.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
ISOtools.lha Files/Convert Couple of tools to conv...
uif2iso_0.1.2.lha Files/Convert UIF to ISO converter
ccd2iso_0.3.lha Files/Convert Convert CCD (CloneCD) f...
Block_2.05.lha Files/Tools Join and split files
Image2PDF_2.1.lha Graphics/Convert Convert JP(E)Gs and PNG...
IntyColor.lha Graphics/Convert Converter from BMP to I...
ImageCDConvert_1.0.lha GUI A GUI to convert CD images
LilCalendar_2.0.lha Office/Organizer Versatile calender and ...
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30.Apr.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 29.04.2023
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 29.04.2023:
- 2023-04-28 fixed: Vixen / She-Fox (Martech Games) 2nd button problem with some pads fixed, slowdown option for fast machines added (Info)
- 2023-04-28 improved: Max Rally (Fortress) 68020 restriction removed, CD32 version supported (Info)
- 2023-04-25 improved: Days of Thunder (Mindscape) using fast memory, sound fixed, trainer and manual added (Info)
(snx)
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30.Apr.2023
Erik Hogan
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Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2023.1
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan allows you to develop games. The engine itself is closed source, all demos and example games are open source. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, levels created by using the editor Tiled eingesetzt. For importing and creating sounds, music and animations the Amiga formats (mod, 8svx, anim5) are used.
Yesterday version 2023.1 was published which additional to the Amiga now also supports the Mega Drive. Changes:
- Mega Drive support (Beta). Many, but not all, of the demos originally made for Amiga will function on Mega Drive.
- Improved UI scaling.
- New "Camera Warp" function for infinite level looping (And top down racing demo to demonstrate this).
- Ongoing bug fixes and performance improvements.
You can support the developer on his Patreon website. (dr)
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28.Apr.2023
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SMB2 handler smb2fs V53.5 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 53.5:
- Added a MUI password requester for the AROS port (based on code provided by Szilard Biro).
- Reduced the minimum bsdsocket.library version from 4 to 3 in AmigaOS 3/AROS ports.
- Merged error requester code from Szilard Biro.
- Made smb2fs_init() call smb2_set_domain() if url->domain is not NULL.
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 (127 KB)
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28.Apr.2023
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Programming: Web based m68k assembler editor v2.7.0
Under the title link you can find a webapp to write, run and learn M68K assembly code based on the framework SvelteKit and the programming language Rust (amiga-news.de reported).
Since our last news item, the developer has provided the following changes:
Changed interactive documentation
- Added side menu to interactive documentation
- Improved transitions between pages
Bug fixes and more diffings
- Added status code diffing
- Fixed bugs in interactive documentation
(dr)
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28.Apr.2023
reddit
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Image converter: "DaDither" for Windows
"DaDither" was designed to convert images to formats of various retro platforms, including Amiga. The program allows you to convert graphics for OCS/ECS/AGA, including EHB and HAM modes. Support for PCHG mode is not yet implemented, but is under development. (dr)
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27.Apr.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Issue 138 of Amiga Future readable online
The German and English issue 138 (May/June 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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27.Apr.2023
Frank (ANF)
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Puzzle game: Connect v1.3
In the puzzle game "Connect" (screenshots), you have to connect a series of ICs in such a way that each chip receives exactly the number of connections printed on its package. Developer Frank Röger has written about the now released version 1.3:
"Hello Amiga News! 4 weeks ago Virtual Dimension played "Connect" on their channel (YouTube video, German) and came to a positive result. Nevertheless, our sharp eye discovered two inconsistencies which we have fixed with this new version:
1. Resetting the game field
Yes, we have been asked a few times in the past how to reset the playing field. We can now answer this question as follows:
For player 1 this would be the Q key, for player 2 the P key.
2. Locking the joystick button in the result screen in BattleMode
Two players want to play against each other and have selected the mode that one player gets a point if he solved the game field first. The moment player A clicks on Verify and the check is positive, the result screen is immediately displayed.
In our opinion, however, it is unfortunate if player B does not notice this and presses the fire button himself just at the moment when "Solved" is displayed for player A. This causes the fire button to be pressed. This makes the fire button event count as if the result screen is to be closed. This happens especially when things are very hectic. We have solved this problem by displaying the result screen for at least 1 second before a player input is registered.
The update is available for buyers at the title link.
We hope you have fun playing!
Frank" (dr)
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27.Apr.2023
TheoTheoderich
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Developer diary: "Settle the World" 04/23
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 the wish expressed by players to be able to send units directly to a specific city:
However, the integration of this function turned out to be much more difficult than expected!
If you want to send a unit to a certain city, this means that there must be a list of the cities that can be reached. But how is this list created?
Pathfinding to all of your own cities is impossible, as it would take far too long on the Amiga.
I then asked myself how this function works in the games "Colonization" and "Civilization"?
I found out that the different land areas on the map are marked as "continents" (screenshot 1). All contiguous land areas are one continent each.
Since land units cannot easily move over water, only cities that are on the same continent as the selected unit can be targets.
Unfortunately, I could not find out how the continents were determined in these old games. Therefore I found my own solution.
In AmiBlitz 3 there is a function called "Flood-Fill". This function colours all contiguous areas of one colour.
When creating the map in "Settle the World", each land square now gets a continent start value.
Then all the squares on the map are scanned.
If the square still has the continent start value, the function "Flood-Fill" is applied to this square and colours all squares on this continent in a one random colour. The colour number is then the new continent value.
This is done until no square has the start continent value and every land square is assigned to a continent (screenshot 2).
This process is repeated again for ocean fields (screenshot 3).
In order to obtain a list of the cities that can be reached in the game, all the player's cities must be scanned in a loop and it must be checked whether these cities are on the same continent as the selected unit.
In addition, the distance to the cities is determined by a simple distance check ("as the crow flies").
Cities that are outside the pathfinding range are not listed (screenshot 4).
If the player now selects one of the listed cities as a target, the pathfinding of the unit starts in order to determine a way to this city.
If the selected unit is inside a city, it is automatically moved out of the city.
This new functionality is very usefull in mid- and late-game to reduce micromanagement.
(dr)
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26.Apr.2023
Forum64 (ANF)
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AGA successor: Document about the Advanced Amiga Architecture published
At the title link Dave Haynie has published this month the sixth draft of a Commodore-internal compilation of the development status of the never-finished AAA chipset, which dates from June 18, 1992. The PDF file comprises 314 pages. (snx)
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26.Apr.2023
Mingo (Twitter)
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Emulator: Denise V2.0 with Amiga support
Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independant emulator which, with the now released version 2.0, can now emulate an Amiga 500 and Amiga 1000 (Kickstart disks are required) in addition to a C64. Features already known from the C64 emulation, such as runAhead, savestates, drive sounds, PAL encoding, dynamic rate control, G-Sync/FreeSync, Warp, just in time polling are also available for the Amiga. Amiga related changes:
- add Amiga emulation of A1000 (OSC/ICS), A500 (Full OCS), A500 (ECS Agnus, OCS Denise)
- RGB or S-Video with PAL/NTSC color encoding, border cropping
- support all global features like: runAhead, savestates, G-Sync, configs, Warp, JIT polling, shader
- up to 4 disk drives with acceleration option
- Chipram, Slowram, Fastram
- list disk content in UI
- AROS firmware is preinstalled
- motor controlled auto warp
- drive sounds
- support custom frequencies like B.C. Kid (56.4 Hz)
- if you only want to use one of the two emulators, Amiga or C64 core can be hidden
Denise is available cross platform for Windows 32/64 XP and higher, macOS (from version 10.9 on, Intel and Arm), Linux and BSD. (dr)
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26.Apr.2023
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Illustrated book: "Demoscene - The Logo Art" can be preordered
At the beginning of April, for the Illustrated book "Demoscene: the Logo Art" a crowdfunding campaign was started (amiga-news.de reported), which was successfully finished the day before yesterday. In A4 format, demoscene logos from more than three decades on around 400 colour pages are presented and background information on the corresponding pixel artists or scene groups are provided. On Editions64K now the book can be preordered for 40 Euro (plus shipping). The delivery will start from 25 Dezember. (dr)
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26.Apr.2023
Passione Amiga (ANF)
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Italian print and PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 13
The twelfth issue of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga", which is available as usual with 48 color pages both as a booklet and as a PDF, deals with the following topics:
- Video Games: Boxx 4, Rick Dangerous Enhanced Version, Xevious 1200, Hop to the Top, Tenebra, AmiSnakes, JBoulder, Geo's Quest 2 In Search of Queen Lorraine
- Review: Boing!
- Reportage Passione Amiga spring 2023 edition
- Article: We are all collectors
- AmigaOS 3.2.2
- Blender course, part 5
- The wit of the Amiga community
- Interview with Newel
- And also: Games news, Tech news, Tricks and Solutions, Demo Scene, New Talents, Readers Mail
(dr)
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26.Apr.2023
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 145 (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 Woof und GI Memory Game. (dr)
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26.Apr.2023
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Video: AmiTube and AmiFox running under AmigaOS 3.9
Dave 'Skateman' Koelman, who among other things wrote the article Using two graphics cards in the AmigaOne X5000, shows in a short video how he uses AmiTube and AmiFox on his Vampire Standalone under AmigaOS 3.9. (dr)
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25.Apr.2023
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Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga V2.4
Dirk Hoffmann has released version 2.4 of his Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS. Changes:
Enhancements:
- Improved audio filter emulation
- Added support for ADFs containing less than 80 cylinders
- Added some more ROM fingerprints
Bug fixes:
- Fixed a crash that occurred when loading certain extended ADFs
The minimum system requirement for his emulator has been raised to macOS 11.0. Since the developer has left the "Apple Developer Program" ("too expensive"), the app is no longer certified. This means that from now on a warning will be displayed when the app is started. (dr)
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25.Apr.2023
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Portable assembler: vasm V1.9d
Frank Wille's 'vasm' is a portable, open-source assembler for which the author offers ready-made binaries for AmigaOS 2/3/4, MorphOS, TOS, MiNT and Windows. Changes in version 1.9d:
- m68k: Using MOVEQ.L instead of MOVEQ must only disable the warning for values between 128 and 255, but not allow any value without error.
- mot-syntax: XREF allows no definition and XDEF requires a definition.
- std-syntax: Fixed potential problem with "scratch at end of line" warnings after a section attribute string.
- oldstyle-syntax: Fixed potential problem with "scratch at end of line" warnings after a section attribute string.
- tos-output: Reloc-output in executables was broken since V1.9b! Restrict to 32-bit absolute relocations again.
(dr)
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24.Apr.2023
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Individual Computers: Pre-order of keyboard/joystick adapter Keyrah V3
Keyrah V3 is the revised version of our popular Keyrah interface (amiga-news.de reported). Keyrah V3 allows you to connect the keyboards of classic computer systems like the Commodore 64 or the Amiga 1200 to modern computers (e.g. PC, Mac, or the Raspberry Pi) via USB. Now you can pre-order the adapter for 47.77 euros, which will be available from 27 April. Supported systems with this model are:
- Commodore C64 (all models)
- Commodore SX-64
- Commodore VIC-20 (VC20)
- Commodore C16
- Commodore C128D
- Amiga 1200
- Amiga 600
- Amiga 500
- Amiga 4000/CDTV
- Atari ST (8-pin connector only)
- PC XT / PC AT (PS/2)
The following systems can be made compatible by mounting additional connectors on the circuit board or using adapters:
- Commodore C128
- Commodore C116
- Commodore plus/4
- Commodore PET (8296)
- Commodore CBM2 (B-Series)
- Amiga 2000/3000 (with PS2 adapter)
Keyrah V3's switch allows you to switch between the standard and a keymap that's geared towards emulation. This switch looks and feels like the original power switch of the Commodore 64, adding a third switch position that allows you to send an ACPI signal to shut down/power up your computer. To avoid triggering the shutdown procedure by accident, this third position is not locked, so the switch will always flip back from it if not held in place. For further safety, the ACPI signal is only sent to the computer after being held in this position for five seconds. (dr)
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24.Apr.2023
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Tank Mouse remake: Shop opened / Driver update (update)
The Polish designer Lukas Remis had successfully finished a Kickstarter campaign for the re-release of the wireless Commodore Mouse 1352 (amiga-news.de reported). Now the free sale of the mouse in black or beige for 46 Euros or the USB-to-DB9 adapter for 25 Euros plus shipping (in Europe approx. 8 Euros) has started under the title link.
Users had reported in various forums that there were problems with the touch scrolling function. In a status update only available to supporters, the developer acknowledges these problems: "As some of you might know, Cocolino driver which is needed for scrolling function, is causing some errors and interfering with MUI on classic Amiga OS. Unfortunately we've dicovered that too late. The driver is closed-source so we can't make changes to it, and I'm not a programmer myself."
Remis offered a prize of 500 euros and a set of beige and black tank mice with DB9 adapters for the first person to develop a new open source driver for Amiga Workbench. This has apparently already been done according to the latest update and the driver should be uploaded to Aminet soon.
Update: (25.04.2023, 05:48, dr)
Version 0.2 of the touch-scrolling driver now is available on Aminet. (dr)
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24.Apr.2023
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Linux: Kernel 6.3 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Right after the release of the Linux kernel 6.3, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled it for AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 and offered the kernel for download in the associated discussion topic of the Hyperion forum. X5000users should note that, if uInitrd is used for example for booting with a LABEL, then the dtb file should be loaded to the address 1d00000. The kernel has grown in recent months so the address 1c00000 is used by the uImage. (dr)
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24.Apr.2023
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Programming language: Amiga Blitz Basic 2 Visual Studio Code Ext. 0.9.1
In August last year we reported on the merging of Youen Chéné's fork of the Visual Studio Code Extension created by 'MickGyver', which adds support for Amiga Blitz Basic 2 (and Amiblitz), and the first joint release of version 0.7.0. Yesterday version 0.9.1 has been released providing fixes for Windows compatibility. (dr)
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23.Apr.2023
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Hyperion Entertainment released AmigaOS 3.2.2.1
Press release: Hyperion Entertainment is providing a Hotfix for the recently released AmigaOS 3.2.2.
Critical bugs were found soon after the AmigaOS 3.2.2 release which need to be addressed promptly. The Hotfix 3.2.2.1 comes as two separate and distinct installers.
- The first features an updated installation archive, for those who have not yet installed the AmigaOS 3.2.2 update.This includes the changes from the hotfix, so you don't need to install it afterwards. Please follow the instructions as described at the enclosed "HowToInstall" text.
- The second is a smaller installation archive, to be used with an existing AmigaOS 3.2.2 system. The hotfix adf should be used which can be found under the "ADFs/Hostfix" folder.
The following problems are addressed by this Hotfix:
- Slowness of ReAction programs using page.gadget (part of the layout.gadget file)
- GIF-datatype incorrectly refused to run on plain 68000 Amigas, e.g. Amiga 600
- Rendering and undo issues in IconEdit, if used with CyberGraphX
- Other small fixes in IconEdit and TextEdit
You can download Hotfix 3.2.2.1 for AmigaOS 3.2 here.
We wish to thank the users that quickly drew our attention to these issues. While we are aware of other reported problems, which have yet to be addressed, we still feel the need to release this Hotfix now. (dr)
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23.Apr.2023
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Aminet uploads until 22.04.2023
The following files have been added until 22.04.2023 to Aminet:
IntyBASIC.lha dev/cross 751K MOS BASIC compiler for Intellivision
evo.lha dev/e 653K 68k E-VO: Amiga E Evolution
pcisata.lha driver/med 13K 68k Mediator SATA Driver
P96Prefs.lha driver/vid 78K 68k P96 Preferences Editor
RescueLander.lha game/actio 46K 68k Land on Earth, Moon or Mars t...
MorPhONG.lha game/misc 438K MOS A remake of the famous Pong ;)
Klondike92.lha game/think 55K 68k Klondike92 - solitaire card game
SPlay.lha mus/play 14K 68k A quick 8SVX/ADPCM SamplePlayer
Multiscan_4color_pics... pix/back 961K 22 4 Colour WB Backdrops
SteMarRegMag2Theme.lha util/dopus 645K My Magellan II theme
IdentifyDev.lha util/libs 66K 68k Identify hardware and more
IdentifyUsr.lha util/libs 99K 68k Identify hardware and more
iGame.lha util/misc 414K 68k Front-end for WHDLoad
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 7.3M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
InstallerLG.src.lha util/sys 1.5M Commodore Installer replacement
JoinGUI-AmigaOS3.lha util/wb 1.3M 68k A GUI for Join command
JoinGUI-AmigaOS4.lha util/wb 1.8M OS4 A GUI for Join command
JoinGUI-AROS.lha util/wb 1.5M x86 A GUI for Join command
JoinGUI-MorphOS.lha util/wb 1.5M MOS A GUI for Join command
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OS4Depot uploads until 22.04.2023
The following files have been added until 22.04.2023 to OS4Depot:
igame.lha uti/mis 414kb 4.0 Front-end for WHDLoad
joingui.lha uti/wor 2Mb 4.0 A GUI for Join command
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AROS Archives uploads until 22.04.2023
The following files have been added until 22.04.2023 to AROS Archives:
tong.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 32Mb Tetris meets Pong = TONG!
icaros_v2.3_fix.zip uti/mis 50Mb Little fix for icaros v2.3
joingui-aros.zip vid/mis 1Mb A GUI for Join command
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 22.04.2023
The following files have been added until 22.04.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
IntyBASIC_1.4.2.lha Development/Cross BASIC compiler for Inte...
Iris_1.13.lha Email New email client suppor...
AmiArcadia_29.38.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Nanosaur_1.4.4.lha Games/Action This is Pangea Software...
iGame_2.3.2.lha Games/Launcher A frontend to launching...
HollywoodCompile_1.0.lha GUI A GUI for Hollywood com...
FICE-GUI_1.0.lha GUI FICE-GUI_1.0.lha
GetMoreLibs.lha System/Library/Misc Executable allowing to ...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 22.04.2023
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 22.04.2023:
- 2023-04-21 improved: MoonBase: Lunar Colony Simulator (Wesson) supports unofficial french version, slave 512k only provided (Info)
- 2023-04-21 fixed: Bug Bomber (Kingsoft) keyboard handler and interrupts fixed, some empty dbf loops patched, install script updated (Info)
(snx)
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23.Apr.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:
- Turrican 2 - Final Challenge
- Superfrog - Ancient level (Ode to Hathor remix)
- Bundesliga Manager Professional (corpsicle remix)
- Guitar Stardust Space Debris Slinger Medley
(snx)
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23.Apr.2023
Gunnar 'gunaTM' Bernhardt (ANF)
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WinUAE: Update of WinUAE_german.dll
Philipp Lonke has updated the library with German translations for version 4.10.1 of the Amiga emulator WinUAE, WinUAE_german.dll. (snx)
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23.Apr.2023
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Video: Reproduction of "Four-Byte Burger" artwork
On his YouTube channel "Ahoy", Stuart Brown produces documentary-style video content about video games and their influence on culture. His latest video is dedicated to the "Four-Byte Burger", an example from the early days of digital art. The image shows a colourful cheeseburger designed by Commodore's art director Jack Haeger. The original file was not saved and the image is only preserved as a copy because Haeger took photos of the monitor with a 35mm camera. In his video, Brown explores the question of whether a perfect reproduction of the image is possible. (dr)
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23.Apr.2023
diagrom.com
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Diagnosis tool: DiagROM 1.3, Announcement of version 2.0
DiagROM is a diagnosis software which has to be burned into an EPROM and then replaces the regular Kickstart-ROM of an Amiga (amiga-news.de reported). The tool does not require any driver, IRQs or something like that and therefore should also run on only partly working computers performing hardware tests and identifying problems.
The source test of DiagROM is on Github, whereby the author John 'Chucky' Hertell points out that it is not permitted to create one's own version. The source code has been released for archival purposes only.
DiagROM in its current form will end with this V1.3 and will only contain bug fixes (the date will only change). As Hertell explains in a detailed blog entry, he has started development of version 2.0, which will be written using Visual Studio code and cross-compiled with vasm and vbcc. It will be divided into modules and the code will support 68k assembler and C++.
Changes since version 1.2.1:
- 2023-04-21: Well decided to release 1.3 far too many people are still using 1.2.1 so this is now the releaseversion.
Read the text "FuturePlans.txt" for more info.
three might be updates. as V1.3 please check the date. but it will be bugfixes only.
- 2023-01-26: Now default also produces a CD32 image to be burned on 27C800 Proms.
Fixed issue with ghostfastmem found on AA3000+ boards (detectes fastmem that isn't there)
- 2022-11-11: Fixed Addresserrorissue while playing testmodule on 68000 machines.
Fixed issue with Autoconfig printing forever (actually 65535 times) if there was no cards detected.
- 2022-10-30: On RGB test. added white bars at every colorchange to make it more easy to count out what color is shown.
RTC test: added a adjustfunction telling how many frames between everytime RTC changes (second) to help adjusting RTC.
Added function to constantly monitor one memaddress. This is for dev of new hardware and not to diagnose issues.
- 2022-02-21: Fixed addresserror crash on audiotest using 68000/010 CPU
- 2022-02-19: Changed memorytestroutines to the new updated.
Fixed autoconfig so it would not end in a endless loop if no autoconfigcards was detected.
Fixed autoconfig with outside check-in from github to handle boards with an illegal configuration better.
Simple Audio waveformtest now supports volumechanges and also HOPEFULLY oddbyte-bug in Sinuswaves are fixed
Some minor undocumented bugfixes.
- 2021-06-12: Now the new memtestroutine actually seems to work "x" is just hardcoded testareas, but the manual option "7" now lets you
select what area to test and the depth of check (how many longwords between all tests 1 being every byte checked) (higher=faster test)
- 2021-05-15: AGAIN Long pause.. ERASED the memtestroutine I was working on redid it TOTALLY!. available as "x" in memtest menu!
- 2020-11-21: New Memtestroutine now should handle when colliding with workareas.
Manualtest routine now swapped to the new testroutine. you can now enter selected area to scan AND change blocksize.
higher blocksize=more accurate addresstest check.
also if you enter wrong order of area to scan it will be handled. 0 byte scanarea will cancel.
- 2020-10-29: New experimental memtestroutine in the works. right now only doing a test of HARDCODED 16MB fastmem on A4k/3k
Should be much faster, ASWELL as it should handle address-error issues! TEST IT HARD PLEASE!
Also contains bug in Zorro handling asking boards to be shut down, issued via Github! (thanx!!)
- 2020-10-18 Noticed that CSPPC did not work on DiagROM. This as it seems the board needs time to startup (HEY P5.. handle it with RST??)
so doing some waiting and resetmagic if a CSPPC is detected. not it starts OFTEN! (not always, if not. do a reset and it will start)
- 2020-10-02: Fixed bug so if no chipmem available at boot, it doesnt try to do a addresserrortest of that area anyway.
Fixed scrollbug leaving traces of lowest pixelrow.
Added function in Autoconfig mode that lists a summary of detected boards.
Added About text.
Added support for handling 2 different workmem areas: Chipmem and Fastmem, showing info about it in systeminfo screen.
Systeminfo screen if detecting a 060 will show PCR registerbits.
If A3000/A4000 motherboard memory or CPU slot memory is found scanning of A1200 CPU Slot memory is disabled, This will hopefully stop
machine to crash with a 3640 installed and maprom enabled.
- 2020-09-05: Found a interesting behaviour on Amiga 4000. If you have no chipmem, and write something to any chipmemaddress and then
read anything from any chipmemadress (not even same as you wrote to) THAT value will be read! so on an A4000 with no chip.
the memorydetectroutine would say that it finds a shadowram. also the UDS/LDS test said "ok" even it it impossible could be.
so fixed that by doing a write to chipmem with $ffffffff so it will read that if you do not have any chipmem. making the tests more true. A1k Version have not been working for a while due to spaceissues. removed more or less all "not important" tests tomake it fit into the
very limited 64k bootrom. so it should work again.
Fixed bugs when using a 68000 CPU (010 aswell?) that crashed IRQ/CIA tests and also Extended chipmemtest. (Addresserror etc)
Also fixed more information in crashscreen.
- 2020-08-23: During Startup, UDS/LDS test was done by writing $ff to diferent places, this could be wrong as no memory can also
show up as $ff changed value to $aa to be more "random" if memory is not present.
At startup, chipmem is filled with its memoryaddress, while doing this you see a checkered-pattern on screen.
After that, it verifies that the address contains that data, while doing this you see a distorded colorpattern on screen.
if fail, it will show what memaddress it fails at, memaddress as binary and also what it actually contained (should be its same address)
So no more telling ram is ok when thee was shorted/missing addresslines. Now check actually checks ALL memory and not only beginning.
- 2020-08-16: Doing Addresserrorchecks on Chipmem AND workarea.. if left mousebutton pressed at poweron.
fastmem is chosen ar priority ram, if no fastmem found, chipmem will be used but screen turned off.
if addresserror found in chipmem, chipmem will be discarded. will be handled different later
- 2020-08-01: New initcode in start. at memfail bits read will be written as green is correct, red if failed.
Also during error, a dividertext will be printed every 512k block.
At startup, romadresserrors is checked.
(dr)
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22.Apr.2023
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RTG driver: Preferences editor "P96Prefs" 47.7.1 for P96
With "P96Prefs" Thomas Richter has written an improved, alternative preferences editor for the RTG driver P96 (amiga-news.de reported), which he has now officially published on Aminet. P96 V3.0.0 or higher and AmigaOS 3.2 or higher are required. (dr)
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22.Apr.2023
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Print-/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 20
The 20th issue of the British magazine "Amiga Addict" is now available, among other things, as a digital version for about 5.60 euros. The printed version including shipping (worldwide) costs about 12.30 euros. The current issue contains the following topics:
- Amiga Addict explores Andy Warhol's relationship with creating art on the Amiga and how he helped forge our platform's creative identity.
PLUS: An exclusive interview with Amiga World magazine's co-founder and editor Guy Wright, who interviewed Warhol back in 1986 prior to the iconic artist's passing.
- We head out on the road, turning our focus to Amiga users and reporting from Lincolnshire Amiga Group, Stamford Peterborough Amiga Group and Yorkshire Amiga Group meets.
- The Amiga Walker prototype - the last AGA Amiga computer never to be released.
- Rob Smith's new Retro Directory, a free online listing service.
- We speak to David Upchurch, the renowned ex-editor of The One Amiga magazine.
- Original Amiga hardware engineer Ron Nicholson gives us the low-down on what makes our favourite machine tick.
- A brand new gamepad controller for the Amiga: Ralph Egas brings word of his Dual Stick.
- Latest game review: Maria Renard's Revenge.
- To celebrate both Easter and Amiga Addict's 20th issue, our Gold Standard column reveals the best Easter Eggs and bonuses hidden in classic Amiga games.
- A round-up of the AGA games everyone really should have played!
- Six Of The Best: classic games picked out by Acidbottle (Wonderboy).
- A guide to Bifrost Heimdall Edition, the ultimate LED lighting mod for the Amiga.
- Magazine, manual and reference book scanning. We look at the best way to digitally preserve your Amiga-related print media with the CZUR ET16 Plus overhead scanner.
- Our regulars including former-Sensible Software's Stoo Cambridge, Demoscene, Amiga news, User Groups, Classic Coverdisk Of The Month and readers letters.
- Plus lots lots more..!
(dr)
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22.Apr.2023
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Developer diary: "X-Rotator" effect in Amiga demos
'Slummy' is a member of the Norwegian Amiga demo group Spaceballs. At this year's Revision Demo Party, which took place over the Easter weekend, the group won second place with Candiru in the category "Oldschool Intro" (YouTube-Video). In a developer diary entry, 'Slummy' now explains the "X-Rotator"-based effect used in it. (dr)
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20.Apr.2023
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Tutorial: Updated installation guide for AmigaOS 4.1 under QEMU 8
About four weeks ago we published Rene Engel's Installation guide for AmigaOS 4.1 under QEMU 8, which he had created in collaboration with the Amiga QEMU developer Zoltan Balaton and which at that time still referred to the first release candidate of QEMU 8. The manual had not only triggered a lively discussion, numerous tests and a lot of feedback in our (German) forum, but also beyond. As a result, further problems and pitfalls could be concretised, analysed and partly solved. Since the official version 8.0.0 of QEMU has been available since yesterday, Rene Engel has revised his installation instructions on the basis of this and the feedback from the users. A big thank you to all those who have contributed!
By adding the line "-cpu 7447", it is now possible to emulate or use a G4 PPC CPU with Altivec support, which also results in the error-free use of SFS (screenshot). Overall, the new CPU and SFS have increased the emulation speed enormously (YouTube video).
Those who would like to deal with the topic even more intensively, please refer to Zoltan Balaton's homepage, which now also contains a bugtrucker. There you will also find an installation guide.
1. Preparations
1.1 What is required?
The CD must be available as ISO file, which can easily be done under Windows, for example, with the free tool ImgBurn.
AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3 is also required, which can be downloaded free of charge from the Hyperion Entertainment website after registering and entering the CD key supplied. Since owners of the AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition do not have access to the AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3 anymore, you would have to find another way to get the required files. Alternatively, you could also buy the AmigaOS 4.1 Sam460 version: this also contains the files.
If you are running an Apple computer equipped with an Apple M1 chip, the package manager Homebrew and Xcode should be installed beforehand, as described in this article. You can then install QEMU via the terminal as follows:
brew install Qemu
- Flash Update für Pegasos 2
Download the file "up050404" either from the bplan homepage (only working under macOS with "Save as...") or via Wayback Machine. The file "extract_rom_from_updater" (direct download) is available on the Qmiga project page and is needed to extract a Pegasos2.rom from it. There is also a description of how to use the "updater".
- an unarchiving tool that can unpack LHA-packed files, such as 7-zip. There are similar tools for Linux and macOS that can do this.
- the freeware tool UltraISO (Windows), a tool that can open and edit ISO files. There are also similar tools for Linux and macOS that can do this.
1.2. Creating a QEMU hard disk image
Via Console/Shell/Terminal under Windows/Linux/Mac:
qemu-img (.exe) create -f raw -o size=2G hd.img
2G here stands for 2 gigabyte hard disk size and can be individually adjusted depending on how large the virtual hard disk is to become. For the beginning, I recommend not going higher than 2GB. Important: to create the hd.img, you must be in the QEMU directory.
1.3 Adaptation of the installation medium
Before we can boot with the Pegasos 2 emulation under QEMU, the installation medium must be adapted. First you should unpack the archive AmigaOs4.1 Update 3 and search for the file "siliconmotion502.chip" in the unpacked folder "Files_Sam460ex/Kickstart".
Now copy the file "siliconmotion502.chip" to your AmigaOS 4.1 FE Pegasos2InstallCD.ISO with the help of UltraIso into the directory /System/Kickstart. Then you only have to open the file "Kicklayout" in the Kickstart and /System/Kickstart folders with a text editor and add the following line without "":
- for the Kicklayout in Kickstart directory: "MODULE System/Kickstart/siliconmotion502.chip"
- for the Kicklayout in System/Kickstart directory: "MODULE Kickstart/siliconmotion502.chip"
It is best to add the entry under MODULE System/Kickstart/PCIGraphics.card. Save the changes under UltraIso. The bootloader should not be affected by the changes and the Pegasos2InstallCD.ISO should still be bootable.
2. Booting QEMU
This is a pure basic command line to be able to boot from the Pegasos2InstallCD.ISO under QEMU. The paths to pegasos2.rom, hd.img and also to Pegasos2InstallCD.iso must be adjusted accordingly. Make sure you are in the QEMU directory and type in the following command line:
qemu-system-ppc -L pc-bios -M pegasos2 -cpu 7447
-bios /pfad/zum/pegasos2.rom -vga none -device sm501
-drive if=none,id=cd,file=/pfad/zum/Pegasos2InstallCD-53.54.iso,format=raw
-device ide-cd,drive=cd,bus=ide.1
-drive if=none,id=hd,file=/pfad/zu/eure/hd.img,format=raw
-device ide-hd,drive=hd,bus=ide.0
-device rtl8139,netdev=net0
-netdev user,id=net0
rtc base=localtime -serial stdio
Under MacOs, the line -display cocoa or -display sdl must also be entered, otherwise no window will open. If everything has worked, QEMU welcomes you with the Pegasos2 SmartFirmware.
Now simply enter the following command:
boot cd amigaboot.of
The SmartFirmware should now boot AmigaOS 4.1. The installation of AmigaOS 4.1 will then proceed as usual: partition the hard disk, install the boot loader, etc.
An illustrated pdf instruction can be found on the pages of Amedia Computer France.
After the installation on your virtual hard disk and after ejecting the installation CD (ISO), the command
boot hd:0 amigaboot.of
under the SmartFirmware to boot from your virtual hard disk:
For some reason, which is not yet known, the first boot process after installation starts in Pal-LowRes mode and there is incorrect screen display. However, the problem can be easily solved by simply calling System/Prefs/Screenmode and selecting a 16-bit screen there.
Known problems:
- Using -cpu 7447 with Altivec support will not display the GUI/window output correctly for some SDL applications, use -cpu g3 instead.
- After update FE 2 it is possible that your network connection becomes unstable, if this is the case please copy the older rtl8139.device from the Pegasos install.iso to system/devs/Networks on your installation HD.
- Nvram is not yet emulated, so the firmware's environment variables are not preserved, so the boot command must be entered at every startup
- Currently, the maximum resolution is limited to 1440x900 16 bit under the Qemu Pegasos2 emulation.
(dr)
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20.Apr.2023
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WHDLoad: Graphical user-interface 2.3.2
iGame is a MUI-based frontend for starting WHDLoad games (amiga-news.de reported). George 'walkero' Sokianos has released version 2.3.2 for AmigaOS 2.04 and higher, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. Changes:
Fixed
- The custom screenshot sizes were wrongly saved.
- Fixed a duplication in slave names after the execution of a second scan in the same list, introduced in v2.3.0.
- Fixed a crash on systems that use AutoUpdateWB patch.
- Fixed an error on status text after launching a game that showed total of zero games, introduced in v2.3.0.
- Refactored the Slave tooltype parsing on launching to fix a memory hit and potential crashes.
Changed
- Added some spaces left and right of the screenshot. This helps to resize the sidebar as needed keeping the screenshot centred
- Now, only the screenshot part of the GUI is updated on item selection and not the whole right side. This makes the GUI refresh faster on slow computers
- If the screenshot is toggled (show/hide) in the settings window the GUI is updated without the need of restarting iGame
- Now iGame doesn't fail to start even if any of the guigfx.library, render.library or Guigfx.mcc is missing. It falls back using the datatypes and the "No GuiGfx" checkbox is blocked in the settings
- With v2.3.0 WHDLoad games that have different names on .info file against the slave file was not starting. I changed the way the necessary info file is discovered to be closer to what v2.2.1 was doing and now it works fine
Direct download: iGame-v2.3.2-20230420.lha (414 Kb) (dr)
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Trevor's Amiga Blog: Spring/Fall edition
Trevor Dickinson of A-EON Technology has published a new article in his "Trevor's Amiga Blog" and titles it "Spring/Autumn Edition", alluding to his recent stays in England and New Zealand.
He reports in detail about the upcoming visits to various trade fairs and events and extensively interviews and tests the chatbot ChatGPT under Linux on his AmigaOne X5000, as neither Odyssey under AmigaOS 4, nor Wayfarer under MorphOS were able to do so. In this context he also reports in detail about the new Fienix distribution.
He also informs that David Pleasance has found and hired a printer for the second and third volume of the Vultures to Vampires trilogy based in India. It is expected that the books will arrive at the German supplier in mid-June.
News about the A1222+ he will provide in his next issue. (dr)
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20.Apr.2023
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MorphOS: E-mail client Iris 1.13
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.13 of his e-mail client Iris für MorphOS. Changes consist of bugfixes and MUI peformance workarounds.
Download: iris.lha (21 MB) (snx)
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20.Apr.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 162 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 162 (May/June 2023) have been published online meanwhile at the title link. Contents include previews of Boxx and Settle World as well as a review of AmigaOS 3.2.2.
Amiga Future magazine is available as an English and a German printed magazine and can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers. (snx)
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19.Apr.2023
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Amiga E Compiler: E-VO 3.6.0
E-VO Amiga E Compiler is a derivative of the original Amiga E compiler written by Wouter van Oortmerssen. It adds many new features, bug fixes and optimisations including object UNIONs, string merging, non word-aligned objects and many more (amiga-news.de reported).
A few moments ago, version 3.6.0 has been released. Changes:
- EDBG: add support for ECX/EEC compiled executables
- fix issue with memfill that could cause odd address exception on 68000
- add TRY..CATCH..ENDTRY allowing more control over exception handling
- Add UNTILN, WHILEN ELSEWHILEN, IFN, ELSEIFN, EXITN, CONTN which are inverse of their counterparts eg. UNTILN x is equal to UNTIL Not(x)
- Add WORD and BYTE types (unsigned 16 bit and signed 8 bit variable types) and Word() Byte() functions as well as PutByte() and PutWord()
- Allow SIZEOF object and SIZEOF object.member
- Fix issue where SIZEOF x didnt throw a compile error if x was not defined
- Added EVO_3_6_0 define
- Added Compare, Ucompare, Fcompare, StrCompare functions
- Fixed Int() function to sign extend result
- Added OPT LEGACYINT to restore old version of Int() command
- Added command line switch LEGACYINT/S which does the same as the above OPT
- Allow BYTE and WORD types in modules, increase module version to 13.
- FindModule: fix error in memory deallocation
- FindModule: update for BYTE and WORD types (module version 13)
- ShowModule: update for BYTE and WORD types (module version 13)
(dr)
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19.Apr.2023
Siegfried Hübner (ANF)
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THEA500 Mini: Running Atari ST programs with emutos-amiga.rom and Amiberry
For "THEA500 Mini" Siegfried Hübner describes at the title link how to run also Atari ST programs on this rebuild of the Amiga 500 by Retro Games Ltd. Required are EmuTOS-Amiga.ROM and AmiBerry.
To avoid a flickering display, open the Amiberry menu and change Display Line Mode from "Single" to "Double". The .st floppy disk images are compressed with GZip, so that for example the file disk.st becomes disk.st.gz instead. (snx)
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19.Apr.2023
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Jump'n Run: Boxx 4, version 1.03 (update)
At this year's revision demo party, the developer 'Lemming880' in cooperation with "Retroguru" had released the fourth part of his 'Boxx' series developed with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The update to version 1.02 fixes bugs in version 1.01, which was released a few days ago. Changes:
- Fixed issue for Player 2: it was flying by itself!
- Password for '2 Player Mode' now visible after completing Normal difficulty.
- Added v1.02 to Credits.
Update: (21.04.2023, 05:30, dr)
The developer has fixed a bug reported by one of our readers and released version 1.03. Changes:
- Fixed issue for player not dying in lava.
- Info screen now explains co-op password.
- Added v1.03 to Credits.
(dr)
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19.Apr.2023
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Puzzle game: Tenebra released
The author 'Haplo' describes "Tenebra" as an "an atmospheric puzzle game with rogue-like aesthetics. Guide the hapless protagonist to the exit. Poor guy is afraid of darkness and refuses to walk in the dark areas" (YouTube video).
Move torches around, push lights on rails, find keys to doors, light up cold braziers, pass through archways that collapse behind you, find oil barrels to make your torches brighter, squeeze through cracks in broken walls etc. First the game was released for C64 and other 8 bit systems before now the Amiga version followed. "Tenebra" comes in two flavours: classic 8-bit looks (non-interlaced) and enhanced looks (interlaced). (dr)
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19.Apr.2023
The Buffee Project (Blog)
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Accelerator board projekt: Buffee firmware beta v0.3
In her blog, which has been given a new layout, Renee Cousins, one of the two developers of the turbo card project "Buffee", already reported several times about her emulation solution of the 68k processor under ARM microprocessors, Pseudo-JIT (PJIT), and compared it for example with Emu68 or UAE (amiga-news.de reported). Now the beta version 0.3 has been published.
According to the developers, "PJIT is a real-time version of JIT that avoids the traditional issues of dynamic memory allocation and non-determinism. It is designed to run as a bare metal process on ARM microprocessors operating in big-endian mode to provide transparent access to a traditional 68K bus. It is useable with ARM SoC that integrates only a modest (by today's standards) amount of memory."
PJIT does not attempt to be a full system emulator. The beta version is not stable yet, still having issues with timing. With future versions, loading and debugging will also be possible under Visual Studio Code. Further notes and information can be found in the current blog entry. (dr)
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18.Apr.2023
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MorphOS: Nanosaur V1.44 ported
After Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky had compiled the source code of the game Nanosaur, originally published by Pangea Software in 1998 and now newly ported by 'jorio', for 32-bit Linux PPC (amiga-news.de reported), Bruno 'BeWorld' Peloille has ported the source code to MorphOS. SDL2 2.26.5, MorphOS 3.17 and the latest TinyGL update are required. (dr)
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18.Apr.2023
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Full versions: Deathbringer, MegaTraveller 2, Sleeping Gods Lie, War in the Gulf
Amiga Future has added further full versions of games to its website: Deathbringer, Mega Traveller 2, Sleeping Gods Lie and War in the Gulf. (snx)
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18.Apr.2023
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Maze game: Cube V1.00 demo version
Sami Vehmaa is in the process of writing another game with AmiBlitz3 for fast Amigas with graphics cards or emulators: in "Cube" (YouTube video), the player has to find his way out of a kind of labyrinth (amiga-news.de reported). Before releasing the full version, he now has provided a demo version of his game. (dr)
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17.Apr.2023
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: WebRadio.sbar 3.0 beta
Already at the end of 2021 Thomas Igracki has provided a beta version 3.0 of his WebRadio screenbar module for MorphOS at the title link. Among other improvements, it contains a station search. However, if this is done too quickly one after the other, it can crash due to the beta status.
Download: WebRadio_sbar_v3_beta.lha (264 KB) (snx)
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17.Apr.2023
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SFX engine: Audio Mixer 3.1
Jeroen Knoester's Audio Mixer (YouTube video of version 2.0) allows real time mixing several samples onto a single channel (up to 4 samples on one channel), while maintaining high performance (3.7% CPU time for 4 samples mixed @ 11KHz on an standard 1MB A500).
The author of the "Amiga Tech Files" - for example Different methods for Dual Layer Graphics - introduced first versions in such a blog post. Audio mixer 3.1 is a completely reworked version of that, featuring much more detailed documentation, extra examples, integration with C programs and several new features like looping samples, the internal 'voices' of the mixer being exposed, configuration through a config file (most things will be calculated automatically) and and no longer requiring samples to be a multiple of the mixer buffer size in length (samples can now be a multiple of 4 bytes instead, which saves RAM). (dr)
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16.Apr.2023
Christian Zigotzky (Mail)
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Linux: Nanosaur V1.44 ported
Nanosaur was released in 1998 by Pangea Software as a Mac exclusive. It was a pack-in game on Macs that came out around that time. Nanosaur casts a cybernetic dinosaur from the future who’s sent back in time 20 minutes before a giant asteroid hits the Earth. The developer 'jorio' has ported the MacOS 8 version with permission of Pangea Software to run on modern systems.
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky, in turn, has compiled the source code for 32-bit Linux PPC on the basis of this LinuxPPC port, so that the game runs, for example, with the distribution Fienix on an AmigaOne X1000 or 5000. (dr)
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16.Apr.2023
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Aminet uploads until 15.04.2023
The following files have been added until 15.04.2023 to Aminet:
Void-Dreams40.zip demo/misc 731K 68k Demopack - Revision 2023
vbrowse.lha dev/c 5K 68k VBCC MSG Browser env. using G...
APPBuilder_AmigaOS3.lha dev/hwood 4.3M 68k manage&compile Hollywood proj...
APPBuilder_AmigaOS4.lha dev/hwood 2.7M OS4 manage & compile Hollywood pr...
APPBuilder_AROS_i386.lha dev/hwood 2.4M x86 manage & compile Hollywood pr...
APPBuilder_MorphOS.lha dev/hwood 2.4M MOS manage & compile Hollywood pr...
APPBuilder_WarpOS.lha dev/hwood 2.5M WOS manage & compile Hollywood pr...
BareMetal.lha docs/misc 185K Examples for Bare-Metal Amiga...
RescueLander.lha game/actio 46K 68k Land on Earthm Moon or Mars t...
Klondike92.lha game/think 36K 68k Klondike92 - solitaire card game
gimemorygame.lha game/wb 260K 68k GI Memory Game
giominostage.lha game/wb 1.1M 68k GI Omino Stage Game
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...
RNOTunes.lha mus/play 9.2M MOS Multi-format audio player
RNOTunes_68k.lha mus/play 8.8M 68k Multi-format audio player
RNOTunes_68k_FPU.lha mus/play 8.7M 68k Multi-format audio player
RNOTunes_AROS.lha mus/play 8.7M x86 Multi-format audio player
RNOTunes_OS4.lha mus/play 9.7M OS4 Multi-format audio player
RNOTunes_WOS.lha mus/play 9.3M WOS Multi-format audio player
SimpleSamples.lha mus/play 43K 68k Little musical toy for Classi...
MagicWB_800x600x8.zip pix/back 1.1M 10 Backdrops for 800x600 8 Co...
HCIcons.lha pix/icon 573K HCIcons
P96ScreenCx.lha util/cdity 8K 68k P96 Multi-Monitor Mouse Movement
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 1.2M 68k free icon.library in optimize...
iGame.lha util/misc 411K 68k Front-end for WHDLoad
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OS4Depot uploads until 15.04.2023
The following files have been added until 15.04.2023 to OS4Depot:
rnotunes.lha aud/pla 10Mb 4.1 Multi-format audio player
appbuilder.lha dev/mis 3Mb 4.0 Hollywood language productivity
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
grab.lha gra/mis 31kb 4.0 Simple to use screen grabber
shaderjoy.lha gra/vie 4Mb 4.1 Display fragment shaders
lhx.lha uti/arc 80kb 4.1 Pack & unpack using XZ/LZMA ...
igame.lha uti/mis 411kb 4.0 Front-end for WHDLoad
airscan.lha uti/pri 182kb 4.1 Native Amiga scanner utility
showfiles.lha uti/she 43kb 4.1 sorted & text-formatted file...
tequila.lha uti/wor 28kb 4.1 Task monitor / CPU profiler / to...
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AROS Archives uploads until 15.04.2023
The following files have been added until 15.04.2023 to AROS Archives:
rnotunes.i386-aros.lha aud/pla 9Mb Multi-format audio player
appbuilder.i386-aros.zip dev/uti 2Mb Tool to manage & help with H...
freedink.i386-aros.zip gam/rol 31Mb An engine for the top-down RPG D...
drawer_gmes_kv4.lha gra/ico 176kb Drawer Games Icons Kens v4 Style
wcs.i386-aros.zip gra/ray 6Mb world construction set program f...
iconecta.lha net 2Mb A little and easy program to tes...
icaros_v2.3_fix.zip uti/mis 64Mb Little fix for icaros v2.3
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 15.04.2023
The following files have been added until 15.04.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
RNOTunes_1.1.lha Audio/Players RNOTunes is a GUI based...
APPBuilder_3.1.lha Development/Hollywood APPBuilder is a tool th...
SDL_2.26.5_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL : SDL...
LUA_MUI.lha Development/LUA LUA_MUI.lha
Iris_1.12.lha Email New email client suppor...
MorPhONG.lha Games/Misc -=- MorPhONG -=- A rema...
Fallout1-ce_1.0_R0.lha Games/RPG Fallout for modern oper...
fheroes2_1.0.3.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
JoinGUI_1.1.lha GUI A GUI for Join command
vobTools_1.5.lha Multimedia Contains programs which...
Wayfarer_5.1.lha Network/Web Wayfarer is the latest ...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 15.04.2023
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 15.04.2023:
- 2023-04-15 updated: Beast Busters (Activision) patch rewritten, grenades can be thrown with right mouse and fire 2, 68000 quitkey support, trainer options added, DMA waits fixed, source code included (Info)
- 2023-04-14 improved: European Championship 1992 (Elite) supports another version (Info)
- 2023-04-13 updated: Ambermoon (Thalion) increased chip-memory requirement (Info)
- 2023-04-13 updated: Poker Nights: Teresa Personally (Verlag Teresa Orlowski/Escal Software) added support for another data disk (Info)
- 2023-04-13 improved: Hard'n'Heavy (reLINE) option to jump with fire 2 added (CUSTOM3) (Info)
- 2023-04-11 improved: Stone Age (Eclipse) BEAMCON0 access disabled, disk access disabled, memory requirements changed to 0.5 MB chip memory and 0.5 MB other memory, RawDIC imager updated, 68000 quitkey support, new install script, source code included (Info)
- 2023-04-11 fixed: Desert Strike (Electronic Arts) enemies firing again, mouse works properly in menu (Info)
- 2023-04-10 improved: Phalanx (King Soft) trainer added, speed regulation added, new install script (Info)
- 2023-04-10 new: Phalanx II: The Return (Kingsoft) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2023-04-10 improved: Hoyle Book Of Games Volume 3: Great Board Games / Hoyle Volume III (Sierra) supports another version (Info)
- 2023-04-10 improved: Fred (UBI-Soft) trainer added, 68000 quitkey, manual and icons added (Info)
- 2023-04-10 new: Challenge Foot Senior (Génération 5) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2023-04-10 fixed: Vengeance of Excalibur (Virgin) music is played again (broke with 1.01 update) (Info)
- 2023-04-09 fixed: Spirit of Excalibur (Virgin) title music is played again (broke with 1.01 update) (Info)
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16.Apr.2023
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Programming contest: Deadline extension at AmiGameJam 2022
The current AmiGameJam "Sword & Sorcery" was originally supposed to run until the end of this month (amiga-news.de reported) - however, despite 23 participants, there have been no entries so far. The deadline has therefore been extended to July 31.
New first prize is the Amiga 500 case bundle "Scourge Of The Underkind" from A1200.net, further prize donations are welcome. (snx)
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16.Apr.2023
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Hollywood: APPBuilder 3.1
APPBuilder by Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci simplifies the compilation of Hollywood programs and assists in the creation of distribution archives.
Version 3.1 supports Hollywood X and includes an update of the plugins as well as several small additions - for example, the interface has been changed to add an information line at the bottom of the window. (snx)
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16.Apr.2023
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Windows: Embedding media files into Amiga RAM for usage in own programs
'RetroNick', the author of the Sprite/Icon/Map editor "Raster Master" for Windows 10/11, has released "Hunkster" (named after the Hunk format), a Windows program that allows programmers to convert media files so that they are loaded by the Amiga into its memory, if necessary also specifically into Chip or Fast RAM. In the source code of a custom C or Pascal program, their address in memory can then be transferred to a variable or an array, respectively, and used for execution.
The author himself is only interested in publishing the Windows version, but a version for Linux is just as possible. Interested developers should then fork his repository and adapt the name (for example "LinuxHunkster"). (dr)
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16.Apr.2023
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Sprite/Icon/Map editor: Raster Master V1.4 R80 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).
Now version 1.4 R80 has been released. Changes:
- Added Export for Amiga C/Pascal Bob/VSprites to file instead of just arrays. Exporting to these file formats allows you to use the Amiga Hunkster tool to attach the images to your exe file. Hunkster can be downloaded from its repository
- Fixed Exporting AmigaBASIC vsprites DATA statements - was exporting to file
- Fixed some ILBM open/save bugs with 256 color images
(dr)
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15.Apr.2023
itch.io
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Jump'n Run: Boxx 4, version 1.01
About a week ago, the developer 'Lemming880' in co-operation with "Retroguru" had released the fourth part of his "Boxx" series developed with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). Now an update to version 1.01 is available. Changes:
- Fixed a bug where at the second playthrough bonus hearts are not replenished.
- Added option to disable boss flash.
- Level 2: added a spike at the lava/spike trap to prevent the player from going through a little hole and skip the enemy+coin.
- Some turret actor collision box positions were a little off so this is fixed.
- CD32 gamepad reading disabled.
- Added v1.01 to Credits.
(dr)
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15.Apr.2023
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Preview videos: Temptations port for CD32
The developer 'S0Y' is working on his CD32 port of Temptations, the platform game originally released for MSX-1 in 1988 (amiga-news.de reported) and now has published two further preview videos introducing the third and fifth level. (dr)
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15.Apr.2023
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Tool: identify-library 42.1
A few moments ago, Richard Körber has released version 42.1 of his identify.library (amiga-news.de reported) which now supports the Open Amiga Hardware Repository as well as new boards.
Downloads:
IdentifyDev.lha (66 kB)
IdentifyUsr.lha (99 kB) (dr)
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15.Apr.2023
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Do it yourself: Amiga Floppy Swap
Amiga Floppy Swap is an extension for the Amiga 500, 1000, 2000 or 3000 with connected external drive, which is placed under the MOS 8520 Even CIA chip. After pressing Ctrl-Amiga-Amiga twice in quick succession, the drives DF0: and DF1: are swapped, so that booting from e.g. a Gotek floppy drive emulator is possible.
Pressing the reset keys twice again restores the previous state, and a piezo element provides acoustic feedback that the switch has been executed. (snx)
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15.Apr.2023
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: Fallout 1 Community Edition ported
After the 2nd part already two months ago, Bruno 'BeWorld' Peloille has now also ported the predecessor for MorphOS: Fallout (Wikipedia) from 1997 is a role-playing game, which is set after a nuclear war, shows black humor and combines futuristic technology with the American everyday culture of the 1950s.
The "Community Edition" is an open source reimplementation, which requires the original, which can still be purchased at GOG or Steam. (snx)
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15.Apr.2023
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Video tutorial: Creating and using Blitter objects (BOBs) 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 the creation and use of Blitter Objects (BOBs) and controlling a BOB on the screen by using a joystick for input. (dr)
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15.Apr.2023
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Open Amiga Hardware: Product ID for boards and identify library
The authors of the boards- and identify-library have started a project to promote open source Amiga hardware, the Open Amiga Hardware Repository.
The project has reserved its own manufacturer ID for Zorro boards. Developers of open Amiga hardware can easily request an individual product ID for their project, free of charge. The hardware will be listed in the repository, and will also be recognized by the boards.library and identify.library with their next update.
To be included in the repository, all parts of the hardware (including PCB layout, firmware, drivers) must be freely available under an open license, so that interested people can build their own working copy of the board. In addition, a functional prototype must already exist.
Three memory expansions by Matt Harlum made the start in the repository. More open hardware projects will hopefully follow soon. (dr)
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14.Apr.2023
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WHDLoad: Graphical user-interface iGame 2.3.1
iGame is a MUI-based frontend for starting WHDLoad games (amiga-news.de reported). George 'walkero' Sokianos has released version 2.3.1 for AmigaOS 2.04 and higher, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. In this release the gameslist.csv file changed. It is recommended to get a backup of your previous file before upgrade or do a new installation. Changes:
Added
- Some nonWHDLoad games require to be started from their own folder, otherwise they crash or fail to start. This is a problem mainly on systems that do not have WBRun or WBLoad (i.e. AmigaOS 3.1). Now, for all the added games/demos that are started on such systems a temporary script is created under T:
- Added German catalog and an alternative main image
- Added French catalog
Fixed
- When a user changes the tooltypes of a slave, the NewIcon keeps working. The previous versions of iGame were deleting the image information. Now they are dropped from the icon tooltypes, but the image keeps working fine. As a result, the .info file size is reduced almost to half.
- Now it is possible to save the icon tooltypes even if it is used as an item screenshot. In the previous versions the icon file was blocked and no change was possible
- Fixed crashing on exit
- Fixed low memory computer freeze while scanning
- Fixed low memory computer freeze when loading big list of entries
Changed
- Now we compile iGame with NDK 3.2R4
- Now the repositories path requester accepts only drawers
- Memory footprint is now reduced and optimised as much as possible
- iGame window appears first and then the list is loaded from the file. This makes the application appear faster, giving feedback to the user
- When the user selects a relative path (ie. //Games), that changes to an absolute path.
- Changed the way the same title slaves are counted. This will help for removing the multiple "Alt" words in the list
- Changed the repository scanning for files. The code is simplified and now uses more functions from the system API, making it more compatible. Also, all the "Data" folders are skipped from scanning, so slaves that exist in those folders are not used. A lot of code was removed and optimised, so the scan is now around 37% faster on the same machine, scanning a folder with 3562 entries.
- Changed the way the multiple instances with the same title are shown. Now no "Alt" labels will be added. Instead, we introduced a number in square brackets that represent the different instances, i.e. 3DPool [1], 4DSportsDriving [2]. Not every record has these values, so expect to see them only when there are duplicates.
- The gamelist.csv file changed by having double quotes around the string values, like the path and the title.
- A new column was added in the gamelist.csv file which holds the custom name of the item. The old column remains unchanged. This helps in situations like a repository rescan, where the given name by the user doesn't change. The old second column should remain unchanged.
- Now iGame requires icon.library v44+ for changing icon tooltypes. For systems that do include a new version, there is icon.library 46.4 on Aminet is free to download and use. Those that have older versions of the library will still be able to use iGame, but they won't be able to change the icon tooltypes. They will need to do it from Workbench
- Now the filter string field is not disabled in the hidden list, allowing the user to filter the results based on the title or part of it
- "Status" line, "Times played" and "Slave path" do not have a border anymore, since they are read-only fields
- "No smart spaces" checkbox has a proper border now
- "Slave path" in the item properties window doesn't stretch its width anymore. If MUI 5 is used the text will be shortened, showing three dots in the middle of it.
- If WBLoad exists in the C: folder, this is going to be used to start games/demos from WB, when they were added as extra items in the list
- The "Last played" list holds more than one record, so that you can easily find the last games you played
- Moved alt_icons under extras folder
- Updated installer script to give some info to the user at the installation folder selection step
Direct download: iGame-v2.3.1-20230414.lha (411 Kb) (dr)
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13.Apr.2023
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: E-mail client Iris 1.12
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.12 of his e-mail client Iris for MorphOS. New features include an improved e-mail preview, a requester before sending e-mails without a recipient entered into the "To:" field, and an activation/deactivation of the Undo/Redo buttons depending on availability.
Download: iris.lha (21 MB) (snx)
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13.Apr.2023
Ján Zahurančík (E-Mail)
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Workbench distribution: Wrapper for AmiKit X/XE for Ventura Macs with Apple CPU
For Mac OS users of the workbench distribution AmiKit as well as of the installation assistance for AmigaOS 4, Flower Pot, a wrapper optimized for the current operating system version "Ventura" on computers with Apple processor is available at the title link, which simulates the environment required for execution of the Windows program.
The existing AmiKit installation is simply copied from the old wrapper to the new one. Using this wrapper under the previous Mac OS versions and/or on an Intel Mac is still possible. (snx)
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13.Apr.2023
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: LUA-MUI updated
Stefan 'Kronos' Kleinheinrich's LUA-MUI makes it possible under MorphOS to use the LUA scripting language to make operating system-specific calls, i.e. concerning the graphical user interface, libraries and functions.
The update released today includes changes to the LibCall() function - it now returns integer values or the value NIL if the called function fails. Also, muistructs.lua now registers all structs at startup, which requires more time and memory.
Download: LUA_MUI.lha (74 KB) (snx)
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13.Apr.2023
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 5.1
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 5.1 of his web browser for MorphOS, Wayfarer. Changes include small improvements like saving different file paths for downloading via "Download" or "Download As".
Download: wayfarer.lha (29 MB) (snx)
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13.Apr.2023
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RTG driver: New Prefs editor for P96 in development
According to Thomas Richter in the A1k support forum (German), he is about to completely rewriting the P96 preferences editor. He has released a beta version of this new "P96Prefs" tool and asks to test it and give feedback. Requirements:
- P96 3.0.0 or higher.
- AmigaOs 3.2 or higher. The program depends on the font-sensitive gadtools library that came with 3.2, and the iconification gadget, which also came with 3.2.
The new preferences tool is to become part of P96, but will also be freely available on Aminet, including updates, once the beta phase has been completed.
Direct download: P96Prefs_47_4.lha (65 KB) (dr)
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12.Apr.2023
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Whatever became of... - Bill McEwen?
As one can read on the company website at the title link, the former president of Amiga Inc. Bill McEwen is now working for Stavatti Aerospace.
The plans of its founder are ambitious - he wants to produce military jets e.g. for NATO, although he has no corresponding background. As the press reports, Christopher Besker has acquired his knowledge through self-study, but has already succeeded in acquiring tax payers' money to finance his visions. However, the company, which has existed in various forms since 1994, has not actually produced a single aircraft to date. (snx)
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12.Apr.2023
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Image editor: PyDPainter 1.0.6 for Windows
In contrast to DPaint.js, which we reported on yesterday and which can be executed platform-independently in the browser, PyDPainter (for Windows) uses the Python programming language, but is also inspired by DPaint.
As author Mark Riale wrote, "PyDPainter is an attempt to create a usable pixel art program in Python using PyGame, as recently, with a resurgence of all things "retro," low-resolution pixel art and limited color palettes have become popular once again. Many tools to deal with this medium are either too complicated or too crude. This project is an attempt to bring back an old but reliable tool and enhance it with some features to help it better coexist in the modern world."
A short YouTube video gives a first impression of the image editor. On the Roadmap are animations and a font tool that can load Amiga fonts in black and white and colour. (dr)
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12.Apr.2023
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware V2023.04.11
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). Since our last message about version 1.2.1 of the firmware, there has been a change from version-based to date-based releases. The changes since version 1.2.1:
- Reduce differences with BlueSCSI fork
- Add platform support for new RP2040-based BlueSCSI V2
- RP2040 platform package upgraded to 1.8.0
- RP2040: Add logging to USB
- RP2040: Bootloader fixes
- Boot delay improvement
- Add copyright notices to ZuluSCSI
- Improve error recovery
- RP2040: Unify platform libraries
- Add support for system presets
- Add helper script and workflow for analyzing crash logs
(dr)
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12.Apr.2023
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Musicdisk: Chipo Django 2
Also released at the Revision Demo Part held last Easter weekend in the "Wild" category was the musicdisc "Chipo Django 2" by Raubenage & Bitshifters Collective cross-platform for Atari STe, Amiga OCS/ECS and Acorn (YouTube video of the Atari STe version), which contains 15 tracks and took sixth place. (dr)
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12.Apr.2023
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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Event: Interface XXXIV in Kiel (Germany) on 29.04.2023
On saturday, April 29 2023, in Schwentinental near Kiel (Germany) the next retro-computing event "Interface" is taking place. Details can be found in our German news-item or at the title link. (snx)
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12.Apr.2023
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Audio player: RNOTunes 1.1 for all Amiga systems
RNOTunes is a GUI based audio player application with support for many different audio formats, embedded cover images, and Last.fm scrobbling (amiga-news.de reported). 'jPV^RNO' now has released version 1.1. Changes:
- Added button graphics previews in the settings window
- Button graphics can be swapped without restarting the program
- Optimised removal/deletion of tunes
- Added an option to hide/show filename extension(s) when a filename is used as a title in the tune list
- Improved filename extension hiding for formats that start with an extension
- Adding new Last.fm users failed if the db directory didn't exist
- The Last.fm scrobbling setting was left enabled if its initialising was cancelled
- Added import support for M3U8, EXTM3U, PLS, WPL, and XSPF playlists
- External playlists can be dragged & dropped into the tune list if they have a common filename extension (the program exports them as .m3u itself)
- Added support for system notifications via MagicBeacon (MorphOS), Ringhio (OS4), and Ranchero (OS3)
- The delete requester is more verbose
- The position slider works better with the mouse wheel
- Keyboard shortcuts can be localised
- Initial fixes/work-arounds/safety-checks for Vampire and BPPC issues
- Added Flat graphics by Highlander
- Improved documentation
- Added an Italian catalog
- Minor tweaking
RNOTunes is available on Aminet. (dr)
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11.Apr.2023
Stef (Mail)
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Web-based image editor: DPaint.js
"DPaint.js" by 'Steffest' is a web-based image editor focusing on Amiga file formats, strongly inspired by the classic DPaint. It is run directly in the browser (works also with the MorphOS browser Wayfarer) and can read and write all kinds of Amiga icons and IFF images. As the developer writes, he developed it mainly because he wanted to have a modern tool for creating Amiga icons with a focus on colour reduction and dithering, to quickly convert modern images into old-school icons, and to edit files on ADF disks directly without having to start an emulator.
Originally intended as a modern icon editor for Amiga icons, the programme developed into a full-fledged image editor with the following main features:
- Fully Featured image editor with:
- Layers
- Selections
- Masking
- Transformation tools
- Effects and filters
- Multiple undo/redo
- Copy/Paste from any other image program or image source
- Customizable dither tools
- Heavy focus on colour reduction with fine-grained dithering options
- Amiga focus:
- Read/write/convert Amiga icon files (all formats)
- Reads IFF ILBM images (all formats including HAM and 24-bit)
- Writes IFF ILBM images (up to 32 colors)
- Read and write directly from Amiga Disk Files (ADF)
- Embedded Amiga Emulator to preview your work in the real Deluxe Paint
The editor is still in alpha stage, the source code is available on GitHub. Both initial documentation and a short introduction video are available. Bug reports and suggestions for further features are welcome. (dr)
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11.Apr.2023
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Game soundtrack: MicroProse Soccer (D4XX Remix)
If the prospect of the upcoming short week is not enough motivation, Bert 'D4XX REMIX' Brüggemann's latest work is highly recommended: his remix of the main theme of the game "MicroProse Soccer" is based on the original music by Martin Galway for the C64 (YouTube video) and its conversion by Barry Leitch for the Amiga version (YouTube video) and already brings some Oktoberfest atmosphere into spring... (dr)
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11.Apr.2023
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Demoparty: The best Amiga demos of the Revision 2023
This year's edition of the Revision 2023 demoparty took place last Easter weekend. Under the title link, pouet.net has published the results lists.
First place in the category "Amiga Demo" won the "Batman Rises" parody "Blood Sugar Rises" by AttentionWhore (YouTube video). Second place went to "Neocolora" by Darkage & Lemon (YouTube video). In third place was "Cycle-Op" by Oxygene (YouTube video).
In the category "Amiga Intro", "Electric lifeforms" by Ghostown took first place (YouTube video). "Griffin" by Nah-Kolor & Offence came in second (YouTube video). Finally, "Sciatica" by Nah-Kolor was voted third (YouTube video). (dr)
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10.Apr.2023
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AmigaOS 4: CPU profiler "Tequila" 1.0
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki's "Tequila" is a simple CPU profiler which samples current running tasks. At the moment it's not very accurate or feature-rich, but it will detect if some task is using CPU.
Direct download: Tequila-1.0.lha (28 KB) (dr)
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10.Apr.2023
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AmigaOS 4: mySQLcontrol 2.10, myApacheStarter 3.10
mySQLcontrol by Michael Christoph is a database administration and editing program for the mySQL database server under AmigaOS 4. It requires the MySQL database server included in Edgar Schwan's development environment AAMP (and update if necessary).
As the author writes, databases and tables can be created, deleted and changed via a Reaction-based interface. The table structure can also be changed. A SQL-QUERY query can also be used to select, display and edit specific data records. Likewise, a connection to a mySQL server on another computer or on the Internet can be established via the Prefs window.
The current version 2.10 has been recompiled with the current SDK (see also part 1 and part 2 of our "Introduction to the Software Development Kit"), gcc and AAMP libs. Likewise, many of the (SQL) error texts that were previously fixed in the programme have been translated and moved out. The programme can be requested free of charge by filling out the form under the title link.
Michael Christoph has also recompiled his tool myApacheStarter for starting, stopping and configuring the Apache web server with the current SDK and gcc and released it as version 3.10. (dr)
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10.Apr.2023
Mad Hackers Lab (ANF)
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USB-C Power Supply for Amiga announced
At the title link a USB-C-based power supply called "PowerShark" has been announced for Amiga 500, 600 and 1200. Battery-powered USB-C chargers would also be supported, as would magnetic USB-C adapters.
Currently, however, only a text-only description has been published. But with BeamRacer (for the C64) there exists already a purchasable product from Mad Hackers Lab, and a CAD screenshot of the PowerShark is available to amiga-news.de. (snx)
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10.Apr.2023
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: E-mail client Iris 1.11
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.11 of Iris, his e-Mail client for MorphOS. Changes include faster refreshes when viewing folders and an updated version of the WebKit engine.
Changes:
- Faster message refresh when viewing a folder - instead of checking the status of all messages, Iris will now check small batches as you scroll
- Faster refreshes of large folders when switching between folders
- Additional message list optimizations and fixes
- Improved scaling of images embedded in email contents in the message writer
- Updated WebKit
Download: iris.lha (21 MB) (snx)
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10.Apr.2023
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Jump'n Run: Boxx 4 released
The developer 'Lemming880' in cooperation with "Retroguru" has released the fourth part of his 'Boxx' series developed with the Scorpion Engine at the currently taking place Revision demo party (amiga-news.de reported). Features:
- 14 finest Amiga chiptunes including Jukeboxx
- Lots of old school pixels
- 3 difficulty levels
- Randomly generated screensavers
- Cheats
A physical version will be available soon. The game was written for OCS Amigas, but runs also under ECS/AGA. (dr)
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10.Apr.2023
Ján Zahurančík (Mail)
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Developer package: DevPack 1.2
The free "DevPack" by Dimitris Panokostas and Philipp Lonke is intended for Amiga users who want to develop their own software under AmigaOS. The new version 1.2 provides the following changes:
- ADDED: AmigaRebol V2 by Carl Sassenrath - the cross platform script language (permission granted by email)
- ADDED: Earok's Blitz Basic Tutorials (finally integrated ;-)) find it in Blitz Basic drawer
- ADDED: EVO 3.5.1 by Darren Coles (permission granted by email)
- ADDED: NDK for OS 3.2R4 (link only)
- ADDED: M68k targets for vbcc with includes for proper work
- UPDATED: AmiBlitz 3.9.9 by Sven Droege and supporters - the open source and enhanced Blitz Basic
- UPDATED: REDPILL 0.9.17 by Zener - a Game Creator with AGA support
- UPDATED: The latest vasm and vlink have been added to FreePascal too
- FIXED: AmosPro installation repaired, now it should really work out of the box
- FIXED: The Path commands from MakeItWork didn't work globally. If you open a shell, path was not added. The "Assign C: path: ADD" is now used that works just fine.
(dr)
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