11.Jan.2023
Planet m68k
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Programming: Web based m68k assembler editor
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. The project has a GitHub respository which lists the following features:
- Simple code completition and full syntax highlighting
- Run the program or step through it
- Code breakpoints, settings, input/output interrupts, undo, formatter and more
- Inspect the value of each register and memory address to see which was changed with each instruction
- Create new projects and manage them all in the webapp
- Integrated IDE with semantic checks and useful errors to help you learn assembly
- Integrated documentation and IntelliSense with addressing modes, descriptions and examples
- Customisable settings and shortcuts, including theme customization
(dr)
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11.Jan.2023
Amigans-Forum
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AmigaOS 4.1: Graphics card driver RadeonRX V2.12
The graphics card driver "RadeonRX.chip" is written especially for selected Radeon RX graphics cards with the Polaris graphics chip. These include Radeon RX 550, 560, 570, 580. Version 2.11 included in Enhancer Software 2.2 has now been updated to version 2.12 and can be installed using A-EON's Updater tool. The update fixes copy routine errors. This should fix the black screen problem in the game "Spencer" on Sam460 boards. (dr)
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10.Jan.2023
Twitter
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Game Soundtrack: Albums "The Holocube" and "Time Travellers" released
Génération Delphine is a project to honor the game soundtracks of the French software company Delphine Software International by releasing albums of the restored tracks (amiga-news.de reported). Originally a first album should be released in November 2021, but now two albums has been released at the same time:
"The Holocube" is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the game Flashback and can be obtained for free from Bandcamp.
The second album "Time Travellers" is a tribute to the game Future Wars and can be bought for 7 Euros or more. The physical version is already sold out. (dr)
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10.Jan.2023
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Accelerator board projekt: Buffee developer on ARM GCC
In her blog, Renee Cousins, one of the two developers of the "Buffee" turbo card project (amiga-news.de reported), reports on the theoretical and practical basics of the project. In the latest blog entry, she explains with examples that the ARM GCC sometimes delivers problematic results. (dr)
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09.Jan.2023
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Editor: MUI-Vim V9.0.1158 for AmigaOS4 and MorphOS
MUI-Vim is a port of the editor Vim. This editor is intended for editing programs as well as plain text files. Multi-level undo, syntax highlighting, command line history, block operations and scripting are some of the features. Ola 'sodero' Söder has now ported
version 9.0.1158 of VIM and released it for AmigaOS4 and MorphOS. He has also updated syntax highlighting for Hollywood 9.1.
(dr)
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09.Jan.2023
Chris Young (Mail)
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AmigaGuide to HTML converter: GuideML 3.17 for AmigaOS 3/4
GuideML is an AmigaGuide to HTML converter which can convert most AmigaGuides and since v3.1 also has a GUI (amiga-news.de reported). The tool was originally written by Richard Körber and now is available in version 3.17. Changes:
- Add basic support for \ at {system command with openurl command.
- Add colour theme management with new light and dark colour themes in addition to the default AmigaGuide compatible one.
The command line version now requires OS2.1 (but no longer tested by the author) while the GUI version at least requires AmigaOS 3.2. The archive includes also a version for AmigaOS 4.
The program is open source, the source code available on GitHub. (dr)
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09.Jan.2023
Amigans-Forum
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AmigaOS 4: Version 6.10 of audio driver for Intel HD Audio
The AHI driver for AmigaOS 4 written by Harald Kanning supports PCIe cards with sound chips that meet the HD Audio specification (amiga-news.de reported). The archive also contains a simple "mixer" which can be used to control the volume. Now the developer has released an update to version 6.10 with the following changes:
- Added Mixer option to limit Recording resolution to 16bit. This is required for programs which do not work with larger recording resolutions (eg. HD-Rec and AE4)
- Added additional Tooltypes for the Docky to position the docky window manually
AmigaOS 4.1 FE Update 2 (the author has not tested it under previous versions) and AHI 6.6 are required. (dr)
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08.Jan.2023
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AmigaOS 4: SMB2 handler smb2fs V53.3
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). Version 53.3, released a few momentsa go, includes the following changes:
- Added a workaround for smb2_rmdir() not returning an error when trying to delete a non-empty directory.
- Added support for READONLY switch.
- If the reported f_blocks is larger than INT32_MAX statfs() will reduce it and compensate by making the block size larger (that way at least programs
that use the id_NumBlocks, id_NumBlocksUsed and id_BytesPerBlock fields to calculate used and free percentages will report reasonable results).
The newlib.library V53.40 or newer (or V53.30, included in AmigaOS 4.1 FE) and the filesysbox.library V54.4 or newer are required. (dr)
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08.Jan.2023
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MorphOS: Software collection Chrysalis 3.17r4
Yannick 'Papiosaur' Buchy's Chrysalis is a preconfigured collection of programs, games and emulators and now is available in version 3.17r4 for MorphOS 3.17. Changes:
- updated Wayfarer 4.8
- updated Iris 1.5
- updated SDL2 2.26.2
- updated TinyGL (27.12.22)
- added mimetype for Hollywood applets hwa to launch Hollywood Player
- added Image2PDF 1.3
- updated Exutil 1.1.3
- added Croatia country
- updated ZIP 1.2 plugin for Hollywood
- updated XML 2.0 plugin for Hollywood
- updated AmiSSL 5.6 68k
- added PastePass 2.0
(dr)
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08.Jan.2023
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Aminet uploads until 07.01.2023
The following files have been added until 07.01.2023 to Aminet:
WiseSpy2.lha comm/cnet 12K Text Adventure for C-Net BBS
amicygnix-base.lha comm/misc 148M OS4 an Unix/X11 environment for A...
amicygnix-base-src.lha comm/misc 22M Sources of the AmiCygnix base...
amicygnix-tools.lha comm/misc 95M OS4 Extension package for AmiCygnix
amicygnix-tools-src.lha comm/misc 2.6M Sources of the AmiCygnix tool...
amicygnix-x11-src.lha comm/misc 67M Sources of the basic X11 system
lookup_mos.lha comm/tcp 9K MOS lookup Network command tool w...
encore_morphever.lha demo/misc 19M MOS Morphever by Encore - demo fo...
encore_morphilia.lha demo/misc 17M MOS Morphilia by Encore - demo fo...
encore_morphobia.lha demo/misc 14M MOS Morphobia by Encore - demo fo...
encore_morphoza.lha demo/misc 12M MOS Morphoza by Encore - demo for...
Inkey_ADE.sh.txt dev/gcc 2K 68k INKEY$ function script for ADE.
CF_Install.adf driver/med 880K 68k Automated PCMCIA CF Driver In...
MCE.lha game/edit 3.6M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.9M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.1M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
ScummVM_AGA_060.lha game/misc 7.9M 68k Amiga AGA port of ScummVM 1.9...
ScummVM_RTG.lha game/misc 7.9M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.4M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
LN4GameOver.lha mods/misc 2.0M 4ch LN4GameOver MED track
NAFCYI1991S1-B27.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
ASE2019_2.05.lha text/edit 205K 68k Text editor
guideml.lha text/hyper 148K AOS HTML converter with GUI
NAFCYI1991S1-27.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
MuRedox.lha util/boot 139K 68k MuLib based math speedup patc...
Image2PDF.lha util/conv 6.2M ALL convert JP(E)Gs and PNGs to PDF
zmakebas.lha util/conv 113K AOS BASIC Text to ZX Spectrum/ZX8...
zmakebas_mos.lha util/conv 60K MOS BASIC Text to ZX Spectrum/ZX8...
filesysbox_68k.lha util/libs 58K 68k A FUSE compatible file system...
SoftIEEE.lha util/libs 77K 68k math lib&881/882 FPU emulator...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 2.8M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
CroatiaMOS.lha util/sys 1K EUR Croatia country for Morph...
AnalogClock.lha util/time 39K 68k Resizeable analog transparent...
Exutil_68k.lha util/wb 1.3M 68k Batch renames picture files b...
Exutil_AROS.lha util/wb 1.6M x86 Batch renames picture files b...
Exutil_MOS.lha util/wb 1.5M MOS Batch renames picture files b...
Exutil_OS4.lha util/wb 1.8M OS4 Batch renames picture files b...
tdcc_MOS.lha util/wb 1.5M MOS Timer for shutdown and blanke...
Turkish_Packs.lha util/wb 41K Turkish Catalog packs some ap...
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08.Jan.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 07.01.2023
The following files have been added until 07.01.2023 to OS4Depot:
mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
zip_lib.lha lib/mis 184kb 4.1 Library for reading/writing zip ...
amicygnix-base.lha net/mis 148Mb 4.1 An Unix/X11 environment for Amig...
amicygnix-base-src.lha net/mis 22Mb 4.1 Sources of the AmiCygnix base pa...
amicygnix-tools.lha net/mis 95Mb 4.1 Extension package for AmiCygnix,...
amicygnix-tools-src.lha net/mis 3Mb 4.1 Sources of the AmiCygnix tools p...
amicygnix-x11-src.lha net/mis 67Mb 4.1 Sources of the basic X11 system ...
exutil.lha uti/mis 2Mb 4.0 An exif based batch renamer
zmakebas.lha uti/mis 113kb 4.0 Make ZX Spectrum .TAP from BASIC...
guideml.lha uti/tex 148kb 4.0 AmigaGuide -> HTML converter ...
image2pdf.lha uti/tex 6Mb 4.0 Convert JP(E)Gs and PNGs to PDF
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08.Jan.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 07.01.2023
The following files have been added until 07.01.2023 to AROS Archives:
exutil.i386-aros.lha gra/mis 2Mb An exif based batch renamer pict...
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08.Jan.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 07.01.2023
The following files have been added until 07.01.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
ENCORE_Morphoza_1.2.0.lha Demoscene/ENCORE Demo by Encore released...
ENCORE_Morphilia_1.2.0... Demoscene/ENCORE ENCORE_Morphilia_1.2.0.lha
ENCORE_Morphobia_1.2.0... Demoscene/ENCORE MORPHOBIA by ENCORE
ENCORE_Morphever_1.2.0... Demoscene/ENCORE Demo for MorphOS PowerPC
pdp10-its-disassembler... Development/Cross Tools for analysing PDP...
SDL_2.26.2_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL : SDL...
zmakebas_1.8.0.lha Files/Convert BASIC Text to ZX Spectr...
FreeDroid_1.2.1.lha Games/Action Remake of the classic P...
MCE_14.1.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
Image2PDF_1.3.lha Graphics/Convert Convert JP(E)Gs and PNG...
Exutil_1.1.3.lha Graphics/Tools A small MUI based utili...
Lookup_1.0.lha Network/TCP lookup Network command ...
Wayfarer_4.8.lha Network/Web Wayfarer is the latest ...
Croatia.lha System/Country EUR Croatia country for...
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08.Jan.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 07.01.2023
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 07.01.2023:
- 2023-01-06 new: Tank Buster (Kingsoft) done by Psygore (Info)
- 2023-01-06 fixed: Elvira - Mistress of the Dark (Horrorsoft/Accolade) sountracker replay routine fixed (dma wait, audio volume), ntsc option support (Info)
- 2023-01-04 improved: Bard's Tale 2: The Destiny Knight (Interplay) DMA wait in replayer fixed, manual and solution included (Info)
- 2023-01-04 improved: Pinball Mania (21st Century Entertainment) supports another version (Info)
- 2023-01-02 improved: Space Ace (Ready Soft) 3 versions supported now, all versions supported in V1.1 work again (V1.2 update broke support for one version) (Info)
- 2023-01-01 improved: Dungeon Master (FTL/Software Heaven) supports more versions, fixed graphical issued (Info)
- 2023-01-01 fixed: Bards Tale (Interplay) imager fixed, manual included (Info)
(snx)
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08.Jan.2023
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: XLSX plugin manual in German
Andreas Falkenhahn writes: Dominic Widmer and Helmut Haake have been busy again and translated the manual of the XLSX plugin for Hollywood into German. It is available for download at the title link.
With the XLSX plugin for Hollywood you can easily load, modify and save Excel spreadsheets with Hollywood. Thanks to Airsoft Softwair's MetaDoc system, the translation is not only available as PDF file but also in AmigaGuide, HTML and CHM format. (snx)
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08.Jan.2023
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Amiga emulator: vAmigaWeb v2.3
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator for MacOS vAmiga.
Based on the latest version 2.3 of vAmiga, the developer 'mithrendal' has also updated his application. Changes:
- fixed a bug when system muted the audio while app was being longer suspended in background, now resuming audio context on any user action
- fixed a bug that causes the GPU pipeline to occasionally update the wrong texture in interlace mode
- fixed a bug that caused the CPU to crash on address error double-faults
- improves emulation of mechanical floppy drive delays
(dr)
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08.Jan.2023
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Point'n Click adventure: NEONnoir V1.1.1
The English point'n click adventure game "NEONnoir" (video) was developed with AmiBlitz for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam. As a down-and-out private detective, the player has to track down a drug-addicted daughter from a good family (amiga-news.de reported). Now the developer has released a new version with some bug fixes.
Among other things, the dialogue was improved, including the error that cut off some words, and the text in general by correcting spelling mistakes or mixing tenses. (dr)
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07.Jan.2023
itch.io
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RTG Solitaire: "Solitare match" V0.93
At the beginning of December, Sami Vehmaa had published a demo version of his graphics card Solitaire conversion "Solitare match" (YouTube video), which is primarily intended for Amiga emulators or Apollo cards due to the high CPU requirements. The demo version contains five levels. With this update, the paid version now provides the targeted 100 levels. Besides, the two difficulty levels easy and hard, a level editor and an Easter egg have been added. (dr)
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07.Jan.2023
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Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga 2.3
At Christmas Dirk Hoffmann had published the first beta version of version 2.3 of his Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS (amiga-news.de reportedberichtete). Today already the final version 2.3 has been released. Changes:
Bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug that causes the GPU pipeline to occasionally update the wrong texture in interlace mode
- Fixed a bug that caused the CPU to crash on address error double-faults
Enhancements:
- Improved emulation of mechanical floppy drive delays
The minimum system requirement for his emulator is macOS 10.15. (dr)
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06.Jan.2023
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: X11 environment AmiCygnix 1.7
Edgar Schwan's AmiCygnix is a Unix environment for AmigaOS 4. It is not an emulation, but all programs are compiled natively for AmigaOS 4 (screenshot). AmiCygnix provides a directory and data structure similar to that of a Unix installation.
Version 1.7 contains some innovations around the topic "start of external programs" (remote start), furthermore a Unix and an Amiga shell is now available for the display drivers for the Workbench (screenshot). Besides that some bugs have been fixed by completely reworking the utility library "libaos4util" for AmiCygnix and by adding the coreutils package also some dependencies to the AmigaOS 4 SDK have been removed.
New in AmiCygnix-Base:
- All display drivers for the Workbench now have a menu to start a Unix or an Amiga shell. The environment of these shells is specially adapted to AmiCygnix. Another menu item can be used to open a dialer to change the access rights to the X server (screenshot). These shells can also be started via the "System Tools" menu of the desktop panel.
- Until AmiCygnix 1.6 there were some dependencies to the SDK. The commands of the coreutils package needed by some shell scripts were not included in AmiCygnix. Especially the ROX-Filer was affected by this. These commands are now included and can be used in the shells.
- Due to a bug in Newlib the arguments of some shell commands were not read correctly. Especially the backslash "\" was affected. This has now been fixed.
- The AmiCygnix shell commands compiled with Newlib did not have wildcard support (resolution of "*" in filenames), unlike the AmigaOS 4 SDK versions. This has now been incorporated so that a Unix shell is no longer required for the affected shell commands.
- Now includes an AmiCygnix adapted version of the ABC shell called "acxsh" for better compatibility with AmiCygnix
- In the newly introduced directory "Prefs" is an adjustor for the treatment of the access rights on the X server. Important for calling external programs (remote start).
- A script named "Start_XServer_Only.bat" allows to start an X server without starting an application. This is mainly intended for starting external programs
- Update of the SSL/TLS layer "GnuTLS" to version 3.7.3; this fixes some problems with certificates.
- Updated the integrated root certificates for GnuTLS and OpenSSL.
- Now includes the new GTK+ default theme "Adwaita", which is now also the default theme for GTK+ 2 and GTK+ 3 programs.
- Support for GTK+ 3 programs was buggy; this bug has been fixed.
- Revised versions of the "myX11Setup" and "myX11SetupLight" setters.
- When using the window manager "dwm" (Dynamic Window Manager) introduced with AmiCygnix 1.5, no key combinations with ALT could be used. For key commands for "dwm" the left Amiga key is now used.
- The library "libaos4util" used in all AmiCygnix programs has been completely reworked and all programs have been linked to it again.
- The support of the old "threads.library" has been removed. This is no longer needed by any of the current programs.
- The printer tool "lpr" could crash; this has been fixed.
- The data for the time zones has been updated.
- With installed AmigaOS 4 SDK the commands of the SDK are preferred now with the environment variable "PATH" of the ABC Shell. Basically general environment variables are set at the start of AmiCygnix only if they are not present in ENVARC:.
- Many other bug fixes.
New in AmiCygnix tools:
- All programs have been relinked with the revised version of the utility library "libaos4util".
- The browser "NetSurf" and the included command "curl" have been linked with the new version 3.7.3 of the SSL/TLS layer "GnuTLS". This should fix problems with certificates and SSL connections.
Download:
amicygnix-base.lha (148 MB)
amicygnix-tools.lha (95 MB) (snx)
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06.Jan.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 160 - 25th anniversary
The English and German issue 160 (January/February 2023) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Content of the current issue includes reviews about Aquabyss and the Warp 1240 as well as the first part of a special about Amiga Future's 25th anniversary. (snx)
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06.Jan.2023
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Action game: Santa Claus Xmas Season 2022
Amiten Games - among others, platformer game Inca Man, mini-game EmotiWorld or jump'n run NinjFeratu - thanks everyone with the free game "Santa Claus Xmas Season 2022" (YouTube video) for the continued support they have received since founding as Amiten Software in 2011. The game requires an Amiga 500 with 1MB RAM.
The player takes on the role of Father Christmas and must protect his dwelling with collected presents that he throws at intruders arriving from below. The game gets faster and faster as the number of points and levels increases. (dr)
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05.Jan.2023
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AmigaOS 4.1: SDL 2.26.1 Release Candidate 2
At the beginning of December, Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki had published the first release candidate of version 2.26.1 of the multimedia library SDL for AmigaOS 4.1 (amiga-news.de reported). The library is intended to make it easier for programmers to develop portable applications and is used by numerous open source games. SDL requires AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition and optionally OpenGL ES 2.0. Today he has published the second release candidate providing the following changes:
- Fix joystick GUID generation and update internal gamecontroller database with new GUIDs. Remove related RC1 workaround. Please use the SDL 2.26.1 RC2 (or newer) library when providing new controller mappings.
- Support SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_DESKTOP flag. It's implemented as a custom screen (instead of WB).
- Refactor library init/quit routines: initialize thread subsystem using constructor.
- Refactor shared library management: open common libraries in constructor and close them in destructor.
- Require ogles2.library minimum version 2 (instead of 0).
(dr)
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05.Jan.2023
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Tool: Image2PDF for all Amiga systems
Bernd Assenmacher has released version 1.3 of his tool Image2PDF, which converts PNG or JPG images into a PDF file. Among other things, A3, A4 or A5 can be selected as the target format. Image2PDF is available for all Amiga systems and requires the Polybios-Plugin. It is sufficient to copy the files "polybios.ext" and "polybios.hwp" to "Libs/Hollywood" (for AROS only the file "polybios.hwp" exists). Changes in version 1.3:
- added icons from Carlo again which were accidently bad converted in V1.2
- corrected "Credits" in terms of the Amikit icon(s) ;-)
- the source folder and the save folder is now memorized when doing more than one picture to PDF
- added requester which asks if it is wanted to do more pictures to PDF
- added requester if the PDF file already exists (overwrite protection)
- on commandline/shell it is no longer neccesary to give the full path of the picture file
- its now checked if the PDF file to be saved ends with ".pdf"
- improved error message in case of invalid loaded picture/file
- added automatic closing of the viewer windows
- added Image2PDF as Hollywood Applet (at least Hollywood Player 9.1 has to be used)
(dr)
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05.Jan.2023
Amigaland
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Action adventure: Anniversary Edition of Enemy 1 and 2
At Christmas 2013, the action adventure Enemy 2 - Missing In Action was released as freeware. Technically identical to its commercial predecessor Enemy - Tempest Of Violence, the title offered completely new levels and brought the story begun in the first part to a conclusion. At the end of 2016, there was a Collectors Edition of Enemy 2. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Enemy 1, Anachronia released an Anniversary Edition for Enemy 1 and Enemy 2.
The update contains various optimisations, bug fixes and redesigns of individual rooms. Both parts run on any Amiga with 1 MB RAM. (dr)
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04.Jan.2023
Alfred Faust (ANF)
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MorphOS: BarsnPipes 1.2
Alfred Faust wrote: "After several weeks of intensive programming, a new version of BarsnPipes for MorphOS 3.17 has been completed and is available for download at the title link.
Import and export of MIDI files (*.mid) has been integrated into the main programme. The 10 different mouse pointers in the editor have been firmly integrated into the main programme as new 32bit png images. These are now pointers of the same type as the system pointer, ... and much more ...
All available tools (102) and accessories (6) (the plugins of BarsnPipes) for which the source code has been released and whose use with the new version of the main programme makes sense have been integrated. Included in the archive, all available documentation and instructions.
For developers, the "New Rules for Tools" (instructions and all material for programming tools and accessories) have been adapted for MOS 3.17 (and higher). Also an SDK for tools and accessories by Michael Rees, which extends the "New Rules for Tools" and makes them more comfortable.
The "Rules for Skins" (instructions for designing your own surfaces for BarsnPipes), as well as the material for your own translations of the Locale catalogue files are also available for download.
BarsnPipes has thus reached a stage of development that essentially marks an end point. Every possible extension or improvement can be made using the tools or accessories."
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CDXL video player: AGABlaster 0.9.91
AGABlaster plays Commodore's CDXL video format. According to the author, it uses a customized version of the CDXL format supporting the AGA chipset with 24 bit colors and variable length frames. Customized CDXL files can be generated with AGAConv. AGABlaster is written in 68K Assembly and runs on native Amiga hardware (no gfx card or sound card required). In version 0.9.91 support for PAUSE on startup was added which allows to wait for modern monitors to synchronize at first frame. (dr)
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.5
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks (amiga-news.de reported)
The adapter gets connected between a floppy disk drive - e.g. a standard 3.5" PC one - and a USB port of the PC or Mac. A few moments ago version 1.5 of the Greaseweazle Tools was released providing the following changes:
- User-configurable disk formats: New option --diskdefs
- New disk formats: ensoniq.mirage and sci.prophet
- Fill missing/bad sectors with -=[BAD SECTOR]=- pattern
(dr)
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Video: Amiga 500 with serial number 190
In his latest video, Jan Beta takes a look at what he believes to be one of the first Amiga 500s, as it bears the serial number 190. (dr)
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04.Jan.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Payback ported
After a long development period - announced in V - Apex Designs released their Grand Theft Auto clone Payback in February 2001, including a demo version for 68k and PPC processors (WarpUP). In this, the player slips into the role of a young getaway driver while trying to become a big gangster boss. Seven updates and several new and updated maps were released afterwards. Roman 'kas1e' Kargin had received permission from Apex Designs to port the game to AmigaOS 4, which is now available at OS4Depot under the title link.
The original game and the last update are also required. The procedure for installing the update is available in detail in the description. Kargin writes about the content of the update:
"The original Payback was written in C and built via StormC (meaning GCC 2.95), and a large part of the code was Assembler-based: the 68K version used the 68K assembler,
whereas the PPC/WarpOS version used H&P's Power ASM assembler (this one is with Motorola syntax, so it's PPC assembler with Phxass kind syntax and is incompatible with
GCC's "as"). So I was in needs to port all the C code from old GCC to newer GCC, and then take the Power ASM assembler code used for the WarpOS version and adapt it, so
it can be compiled with self build VASMMOT_PPC (which means VASM with Motorola syntax). Then I used GCC to combine everything into a single OS4 binary. The assembler
code adaptation was minor, but I had to implement a few functions that were not available in VASM's assembler (prolog/epilog, pushgprs/popgprs, etc).
The next major issue was Payback's Warp3D rendering. The codes were once again "old GFX card" based and contained some bugs, so some rewriting and fixing was required.
Yeah, it is not uncommon for game developers from the past to assume that only old kinds of graphics cards will be used (as it was in Exodus: The Last War, for example).
Now, you can use hardware rendering on your RadeonHD or RadeonRX cards with no problems, be it NovaBridge or Warp3D_SI. Thanks to Hans for his help in terms of Warp3D code!
Migration from GCC 2.95 to GCC 11.3 also takes some time because of plenty of deprecated code, old-fashioned use of DOS's anchors, message ports, memory allocations, the
way of calling assembler functions, non-static structs, etc. And, as we were told, the things that were forgiven in GCC 2.95 are no longer applicable in today's GCC, so
changes must be made. On top of that, instead of newlib, I do use Afxgroup's improved CLIB2 fork (more specifically, CLIB2_beta07).
Once things start working, new video modes are added (so you can play HD modes like 1920x1080 too). At the same time, Javier starts writing a new "preference" program that
is now Reaction-based, logical, and visually appealing. Now you can control everything from the PaybackSetupOS4 binary right from the start, as well as later in the game
as before, of course. Also, Javier does help with some bits all over the place as always, so hats off for that!
The following changes are not included in this update, but are planned for future ones:
- Support for window mode.
- Finalizing of the FLC video player with auto-scaling. We do have a working version, but it's not good enough, so we postponed it to a later update.
- Complete the migration from audio.device to the ahi.device. Also, it kind of works already, but not well enough.
- Fixing hardware rendering to works on the older Warp3D classic drivers again (migration to the newer GCC required extensive rewriting, resulting in clumsy hardware mode on real Warp3D).
- to fix bugs that will be found in this update."
(dr)
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03.Jan.2023
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MorphOS: ENCORE updated several demos
At the end of October, the demo and game developers Encore (among other 2D shooter Fortis) released its new demo "Morphever", a few days ago the demo "KHESHKHASH" has been updated. Now the developers have updated Morphever, as well as the three other older demos Morphobia, Morphilia and Morphoza to version 1.2.0, which mainly fixes bugs, and features the latest engine and some minor improvements. (dr)
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03.Jan.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Accessing the ARexx ports of applications on remote PCs
In a recent blog entry, Andy Broad (among other things, graphics programme SketchBlock) reports on his current project, currently still called "NetRexx", with which one can write Arexx scripts to control applications on remote computers (YouTube video). (dr)
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.5.1
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400.
Three days ago, the developer had released version 5.5 (amiga-news.de reported) and now provides an update for that. Changes:
Bugfixes
- Retropie's SDL2 version doesn't have SDL_isupper
Improvements
- added more logging during controller detection
- implemented checking for filenames without charset conversion
- skip files starting with a dot when reading a directory
Build System
- detect revisions in the detected tags
(dr)
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03.Jan.2023
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Blog: Displaying 24-bit images optimally in HAM mode
For more than 25 years, Arnaud Carré has been programming and as a member of the demo group Oxygene also demos. In his newly established blog, he deals with the problem of displaying 24-bit images correctly and as best as possible on current PC hardware in the Amiga's HAM mode in order to use them in demos, for example. For this, he gives code examples and insights into his converter, which he will publish soon. (dr)
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02.Jan.2023
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RTG Solitaire: "Solitare match" V0.89
At the beginning of December, Sami Vehmaa had published a demo version of his graphics card Solitaire conversion "Solitare match" (YouTube video), which is primarily intended for Amiga emulators or Apollo cards due to the high CPU requirements. The demo version contains five levels. With this update, the paid version now has 75 levels. Besides, the game engine was improved. (dr)
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Dock: QDock V1.49
At the end of October, Sami Vehmaa published the first version of his start bar "QDock" (amiga-news.de reported), which he continues to develop (YouTube video). This update fixes several minor bugs. The tool is currently available for 1 Euro or more. The originally high CPU requirements have been lowered so that the dock can also be used with a 68030 processor when the reflections are deactivated or with a 68060 when activated. In addition, AmigaOS 3.2 (the author could not test under AmigaOS 3.1), graphics card and 22 MB RAM are required. (dr)
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02.Jan.2023
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Porting Amiga applications to Linux: AxRuntime 41.5
Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz' "AxRuntime" is a runtime environment for Linux which emulates the AmigaOS-API and therefore enables porting Amiga applications on Linux and developing applications which can be compiled for AmigaOS/MorphOS/AROS as well as Linux (amiga-news.de reported). Under Windows it is possible to use it by the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which has been generally available for Windows 10 and 11 in the Microsoft Store since the end of November (amiga-news.de reported). The new version is based on the recently released version 20221221-1 of the ABI v11 developer branch and provides minor bug fixes and changes (latest YouTube video). (dr)
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Aracade-Spiel: "Green Beret" update
Green Beret is a conversion of Konami's arcade classic of the same name to the Amiga, written using the Scorpion Engine and won third place at AmiGameJam (amiga-news.de reported).
With this update, the developer wishes all a happy new year. Changes:
- added 2 selectable difficulty levels (Normal and Arcade), because people asked for a less brutal experience.
- "Normal" has a lifebar (which is not a "heresy", since the Japanese version of Contra Hard Corps (Mega Drive) does that too).
- "Arcade" is the same difficulty as previous versions (no lifebar, 1 hit = dead).
- some minor improvements here and there, such as a little flag marking a "save point/spawn point" reached.
(dr)
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02.Jan.2023
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Linux: Browser Artic Fox V40.1
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled version 40.1 of the web browser Artic Fox (screenshot) for Linux PowerPC (32 Bit). Basically it runs under the Linux PowerPC distributions Void PPC, MintPPC, Fienix and Ubuntu 10.04 (which are also available for AmigaOne X1000 and 5000. Mainly, the browser is meant for older resp. slow systems (e.g. G3 with Ubuntu 10.04) because it is using an older version of the Goanna engine which has a good performance on slower systems. As a result, certain pages like GitHub cannot be fully displayed.
Download: arcticfox-40.1.linux-powerpc.tar.bz2 (37 MB) (dr)
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Action game: Elf Spirit Hunters released
For the TOY BOX JAM 4, the developer Erik 'earok' Hogan has written the action game "Elf Spirit Hunters" using his Scorpion Engine and released it today. It is inspired by David Crane's Ghostbusters game.
The player's task is to rid the world of the last remaining Halloween ghosts shortly before Christmas. To do this, you have to buy elves as helpers in the shop as well as chests in which the ghosts are trapped.
An Amiga 500 with 1MB RAM is required. (dr)
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01.Jan.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Update for Heretic II in development
According to Roman 'kas1e' Kargin, Steffen Häuser is working on updates for the games published by Hyerion Entertainment such as Heretic II and Quake II for AmigaOS 4. He had already worked on the beta test for the original version (amiga-news.de reported). Kargin has now published a first preview video for Heretic II. Among other things, the new version should support HD modes like 1920x1080. In addition, all movies will be scaled and filtered so that there will no longer be 320×240 windows as in the original Warp OS version. (dr)
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01.Jan.2023
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New articles on Obligement
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.
- Novembre/December 2022 news.
- Old articles from AmigaDP 1 to 4: Review of DirWork 1.43, Review of NewZap 3.30, Review of PC-Task 1.10, Demo: Black & White Slide 2, Review of AppServer 301, Review of TurboQuantum, Review of VCLI 3.0, Demo: The Intruder, Review of ABackup 1.40, Review of MED 3.20, Review of Equality, Comparative: File search tools on AmigaOS 1.x/2.x, Demo: Optimus Maximus, Review of Magnetic Pages 1.3, etc.
- Interview with Alfred Faust (BarsnPipes developper).
- Interview with Stoo Cambridge (Cannon Fodder/SWOS graphist).
- Hardware: X500 Evo.
- Hardare: Eclipsis.
- File: Amiga history (update of the year 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985).
- File: Trecision history (3rd part).
- Tutorial: Installation of Warp3D Nova, Nova Bridge, MiniGL, OGLES2 and WarpOS Emu on AmigaOS 4.1.
- Tutorial: LightWave - Create a perfect Boing Ball.
- DIY: Use of the new LEDs on the Replay FPGA Arcade.
- Programming: Getting Started with Lua on MorphOS.
- Special quizz about Workbench.
(dr)
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AmigaOS 4: Version 6.9 of audio driver for Intel HD Audio
The AHI driver for AmigaOS 4 written by Harald Kanning supports PCIe cards with sound chips that meet the HD Audio specification (amiga-news.de reported). The archive also contains a simple "mixer" which can be used to control the volume. Now the developer has released an update to version 6.9 with the following changes:
- Added support for Sound Blaster Audigy FX (V2) (alc1220 based). This is the best card supported to date with a SNR of 120dB
- Added Install script
- Added Titlebar Docky
- Added workaround for AHI quirk that always selects a monitor input '0' and control monitor volume when you want to play a sound. This can potentially result in a lot of noise when playing sounds -> Added "Mute inputs" as monitor input 0
- Small speed improvements
AmigaOS 4.1 FE Update 2 (the author has not tested it under previous versions) and AHI 6.6 are required. (dr)
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Aminet uploads until 31.12.2022
The following files have been added until 31.12.2022 to Aminet:
enc_sce_kheshkhash.lha demo/misc 22M MOS Kheshkhash by Encore & Scenic
ASMPro1.19.lha dev/asm 109K 68k ASM-Pro v1.19 (update)
pdp10-its-disassemble... dev/cross 7.1M MOS Tools for analysing PDP-10 IT...
vCPUComp.lha dev/cross 14K 68k Gigatron asm compiler
COP.lha dev/debug 166K 68k Low Level Debugger
libpng1639_a68k.lha dev/lib 1.5M 68k Lib for reading/writing PNG
PcmciaCD.lha driver/med 15K 68k ATAPI PCMCIA CD driver Sony Vaio
ScummVM_AGA_060.lha game/misc 7.9M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM
ScummVM_RTG.lha game/misc 8.0M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM
StefADV.lha game/text 52K 68k Little italian text adventure
invasionespaziale.lha game/wb 217K 68k Space Invasion 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...
LN4Brisbane.lha mods/misc 12M LN4Brisbane 4ch MED by HKvalhe
LN4Lv10.lha mods/misc 1.1M LN4 Lv10 4ch MED track by HKv...
SamplesCreator.lha mus/edit 44K 68k 8svx samples creation and saving
Tipografia_AROS.lha text/dtp 2.4M x86 Generator of printable signs ...
Tipografia_MorphOS.lha text/dtp 2.4M MOS Generate printable signs usin...
Tipografia_OS4.lha text/dtp 2.9M OS4 Generate printable signs usin...
DisLib.lha util/libs 19K 68k A library based MC68K disasse...
filesysbox_68k.lha util/libs 35K 68k A FUSE compatible file system...
StartBar-ITA.lha util/wb 164K 68k Italian version of StartBar
StartWin.lha util/wb 203K 68k Two bugged workbench launchba...
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OS4Depot uploads until 31.12.2022
The following files have been added until 31.12.2022 to OS4Depot:
rave.lha aud/edi 3Mb 4.1 An editor for mono/stereo audio ...
modexplorerce.lha aud/pla 2Mb 4.0 Streaming mod file from Internet...
modexplorerng.lha aud/pla 3Mb 4.0 Streaming mod file from Internet
farewell_e-card.lha dem 5Mb 4.0 This is a demo with a farewell e...
hdaudio_ahi.lha dri/aud 242kb 4.1 Generic HD audio driver for Amig...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
amibrixx.lha gam/puz 2Mb 4.0 Puzzle game for the Amiga computer
myblocktetris.lha gam/puz 92kb 4.0 A small tetris-like game
tipografia.lha gra/mis 3Mb 4.0 Generator of printable signs usi...
comicon.lha gra/vie 2Mb 4.0 Simply downloads the comic-strip
smb2fs.lha net/sam 123kb 4.1 Filesystem for accessing files u...
mcamiga.lha uti/fil 2Mb 4.1 Midnight/Norton commander style ...
snoopdos_ita.lha uti/mis 19kb 4.0 Italian catalog file for SnoopDos
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AROS Archives uploads until 31.12.2022
The following files have been added until 31.12.2022 to AROS Archives:
farewell_e-card.lha dem 4Mb This is a demo with a farewell e...
comicon_aros.lha gra/vie 2Mb simply downloads the comic-strip...
tipografia.i386-aros.lha off/dtp 2Mb Generator of printable signs usi...
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 31.12.2022
The following files have been added until 31.12.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
ModExplorerNG_3.82.zip Audio/Players A module player by Jörg.
ENCORE_SCENIC_Kheshkha... Demoscene/ENCORE A demo for MorphOS name...
Nanosaur2_2.1.0.lha Games/Action Pangea Software’s Nanos...
BillyFrontier_1.1.0.lha Games/Action Billy Frontier is an ar...
OttoMatic_4.0.0.lha Games/Adventure OttoMatic_4.0.0 for mod...
CroMagRally_3.0.0.lha Games/Race The wildest racing game...
Woof!_10.5.0.lha Games/Shoot3D Woof! is a continuation...
fheroes2_1.0.0.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
AmiBrixx_2.2.lha Games/Think A puzzle-game for the a...
ComicOn_1.4.lha Graphics/Show ComicOn downloads the s...
Farewell e-card.lha Misc Farewell e-Card from M...
Tipografia_1.2.lha Office/DTP Generate printable sign...
TinyGL-Update-2022-12-... System/Update This is the seventh pub...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 31.12.2022
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 31.12.2022:
- 2022-12-31 updated: Sink or Swim (Zeppelin Games/Odysseus Software) patch rewritten, real files used, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, interrupts fixed (Info, Image)
- 2022-12-29 improved: Bards Tale (Interplay) sound problems on fast machines fixed (Info)
- 2022-12-29 updated: Ski or Die (Electronic Arts) patch rewritten, files instead of disk image used, disk access disabled, 68000 quitkey support, keyboard routine fixed, fire button 2 support for Snowball Blast event added (Info)
- 2022-12-28 improved: Portal (Activision) now uses real files, fixed blitter issues, skip introduction (Info)
- 2022-12-28 improved: Desert Strike (Electronic Arts) fast memory support added, improved controls, better blitter fixes (Info)
- 2022-12-26 improved: Steel (Hewson) out of bounds blits fixed, access faults fixed (patch works on 68000 now) (Info)
- 2022-12-26 improved: Stardust (Bloodhouse) data directory path in slave corrected (Info)
- 2022-12-26 improved: Stardust (Bloodhouse) correct V1.6 slave included now (Info)
- 2022-12-26 improved: Stardust (Bloodhouse) possible crash after tunnel sequence fixed, minor graphics problems introduced in V1.5 fixed (Info)
- 2022-12-26 improved: Escape from Colditz (Digital Magic Software) chip memory requirements reduced, access fault fixed (Info)
- 2022-12-26 improved: Necronom (LineL) weapons can be selected with fire button 2, 68000 quitkey support (Info)
- 2022-12-25 improved: Space Ace (Ready Soft) supports another version (Info)
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.5
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400.
A few moments ago, version 5.5 has been released. Changes:
Bugfixes
- Reverted CD32 autoloader to normal config
- added linefeed in logging errors from CDDA init
- CDDA and AHI wouldn't respect the selected SDL2 audio device
- CDDA audio would fail to init in some cases
- CD32 mode wasn't properly applied when using WHDLoad booter
- fixed passing string to write_log in Panel Paths
- Enumeration of Recording devices would write into sound device ID
- NVRAM path wasn't used in CD32/CDTV configs
- uaegfx blitter was accidentally disabled
- uaegfx masked and overlapping blit fix
- gfx_top_windowed/gfx_left_windowed replacement config entries
- When using Alt-Tab, the keys were not released when returning control
- When selecting a folder/file the contents were not always updated
- Fixed magicmouse without virtual mouse driver
- Changing HDD controller for Hardfile lost the path to the hardfile
- fixed glitches with File and Folder selectors
- Controller axes inverted status was not respected when reading their input
Improvements
- add support for UAE Zorro II RTG boards
- increase Savestate thumb size
- replace sdl2-config with pkgconf
- use 2MB Chip also, for A600 configs with Fast RAM
- major refactoring of whdload booter
- add more descriptive text when remapping controller buttons
- updated WHDLoad XML and GameControllers DB to latest versions
- ShowMessage now supports 3 lines. Added timestamp info when updating XML
- Added more configurable paths in GUI: NVRAM, Screenshots, Savestates
- added nvram and inputrecordings directories in repo
- updated WHDLoad XML to latest version
- cherry-picked various pieces from x86 branch
- cherry pick updates from x86 branch
Build System
- added RPI4 Manjaro separate build
- added inputrecordings and nvram directories in packaging
(dr)
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Blog: How authentic is the Amiga 1000 in "Stranger Things"?
Carl Svensson always reports in his blog in detail and philosophically profound about various Amiga topics. In his latest article he explores the question of how authentic the shown workbench pictures of the Amiga 1000 are, appearing in the series "Stranger Things" are (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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Video: Status update on BitBeamCannon projects
In a short video BitBeamCannon has informed about the current status of their projects (Metro Siege, DaemonClaw). (dr)
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Video: 25 popular demos
For all those who want to spend New Year's Eve comfortably at home, a little video tip: the YouTube channel "Casual Retro Gamer" (CRG) (among other things Building a new Amiga 2000) had asked a few weeks ago via its Twitter account what the users think are the most popular demos. The result is a list of 25 demos, which are shown in a video of about 1,5h length. More than half of them are Amiga demos (for example Enigma, Desert Dream or World of Commodore). (dr)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 4.8 (2nd Update)
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 4.6 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS, which primarily fixes bugs but also improves image dragging alongside updated libraries (cURL, png, webp, sqlite).
Please note that the current openssl3.library is required.
Download: wayfarer.lha (29 MB)
Update: (09:09, 01.01.23, snx)
Meanwhile version 4.7 is available. This one doesn't require latest openssl3.library anymore, but optionally checks for updates of it. Also localization strings cosmetics are included.
2nd Update: (16:41, 03.01.23, dr)
The developer has released version 4.8, which provides a fix for cUrl if Socks Proxies are used. (snx)
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31.Dec.2022
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary of December
For the month of November 'Puni' has again published a news summary in the areas of hard- and software for AmigaOS 4 at the title link. (snx)
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31.Dec.2022
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Video review: Junior's Great Adventure
At the title link, Amigatronics has published a short review video of the game Junior's Great Adventure, which was released by Amigamers in spring.
The platform game, created with Backbone, is inspired by the silent movie era in terms of its sepia colours, fits on a single floppy disk and requires 1 MB of RAM as well as at least Kickstart 2.1. (snx)
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30.Dec.2022
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Rediscovered: Unfinished Blitz Basic 2 projects
Jake Birkett is the head of indie game developers Grey Alien Games, which has been releasing downloadable games for PC and Mac since 2004. These have included the popular Regency Solitaire, which combines a Jane Austen-style story with various solitaire levels and special powerups that you get by upgrading your ballroom. Or Ancient Enemy, a turn-based battle card game based on solitaire, or from last year T-Minus 30: a 30-minute city builder where you have to save as many people as possible by building rockets before the planet blows up.
And what is this enthusiasm for computer game development based on? Exactly, before this time, Birkett was a passionate Amiga user and programmer.
So in the early 90s he wrote games on his Amigas 1200, which he still owns today, first in assembler, then in Blitz Basic 2, of which he only published one: as a fan of Solitaire under Windows 3.11 he wrote a corresponding implementation for the Amiga (YouTube video).
Besides that, there are quite a few gaming projects started. Recently, Birkett took the 80Mb 2.5" HDD out of the Amiga 1200 and used a 44-pin IDE-to-SATA adapter to plug it into his PC. As he tells us, at first his PC wouldn't boot when it was plugged in. So he told the BIOS to treat it as a hot-swap drive, then booted Windows and plugged it in, and WinUAE was able to recognise it and create a full image of it. He then used the hard disk image to examine all his old code and recompile it to create videos.
First, he turned his attention to games written in Blitz Basic 2, finding, among other things:
- "Oids" (an asteroids clone with a twist that you bounce off the edge of the screen): YouTube-Video
- Platform game: YouTube-Video
"Speed Grind" (a fast-paced vertically scrolling arcade game that is almost done. Only the levels still have to be put in the right order): YouTube-Video
Basically, he is thinking about finishing one or the other project now, even though he admits that he actually wants to spend his free time on other things due to the game development during the week.
Finally, he tells us that he used to make a lot of rave/trance music on his Amiga and he programmed demos with images that pulsed with the music. This example (warning, it has flashing lights) has a cheesy, fun track that works well with the fractal images he used. Each image has 32 colours and is split into 8 colours per Amiga sound channel, and when a note is triggered in each channel, the corresponding 8 colours are pulsed, giving quite an interesting effect!
We look forward to seeing (and reporting) what else Jake Birkett digs up! (dr)
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30.Dec.2022
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Motorola68k emulation: Nightly Build von Emu68 für PiStorm32-lite veröffentlicht
Developer Michal Schulz regularly provides background information and status updates on his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 for the ARM architecture on his Patreon page. After the beta version 0.10 released at the beginning of March (amiga-news.de reported) he has now released a correspondingly adapted version of Emu68 as a nightly build for PiStorm32-lite (amiga-news.de reported) published the day before yesterday and reports about it in his current entry.
Download: Emu68-pistorm32lite-20221229-9b18f6.zip (3,6 MB) (dr)
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29.Dec.2022
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AmigaOS 4: SMB2 handler smb2fs V53.2
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). Version 53.2, released today, includes the following changes:
- Added USER and PASSWORD arguments.
- Disabled CTRL-C signal checking in libc and ISocket->WaitSelect().
- Merged latest fixes from the libsmb2 github repo:
- convert system time to little endian in NTLMSSP code.
- convert destination path directory separators in rename function.
The newlib.library V53.40 or newer (or V53.30, included in AmigaOS 4.1 FE) and the filesysbox.library V54.4 or newer are required. (dr)
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29.Dec.2022
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MorphOS: ENCORE & SCENIC released KHESHKHASH demo
At the end of October, the game and demo developers from Encore (2D shooter Fortis, among others) released their demo Morphever. Before they now devote themselves to game development again and want to tackle some projects that have been put on hold, they have updated one of their older demos: KHESHKHASH was originally released in 2002 with demo group Scenic, which required an Amiga with PPC and 3D accelerator. Since it was difficult to find hardware capable of playing this demo with high resolution and acceptable frame rate, it was decided to recreate it for a wider range of current MorphOS hardware (YouTube video). (dr)
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29.Dec.2022
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68k hardware emulation: PiStorm32-lite with firmware released
Claude Schwarz' PiStorm connects a Raspberry Pi to the CPU socket of an Amiga using an adapter and uses the British single-board computer to emulate a fast m68k processor. The variant for the Amiga 1200 is called "PiStorm32". Yesterday the developer published on GitHub the repository for the PiStorm32-lite variant, which contains all hardware design and manufacturing files including ordering instructions for JLCPCB and the firmware. The lite variant is supposed to take into account the current difficult situation in the procurement of components and in principle be cheaper (amiga-news.de reported).
PiStorm32-lite is compatible with:
- PI3A
- PI3B
- PI4B
- PiZero2 (is to be tested in detail because of the small space around the HDMI connection)
Soon there will be another custom-made CM4 adapter for the PiStorm32-lite (amiga-news.de reported). The custom-made adapter will provide the best cooling in the limited space, as well as convenient access to all IOs (HDMI, USB, Ethernet) through the A1200 module slot near the joystick/mouse ports without modifications to the Amiga case.
As the developer explains to us, the Pistorm32-lite replaces CPU, gives the CPU Fast-RAM and provides, among other things, a virtual graphics card on the Zorro bus. This allows resolutions with Emu68 of up to 1920 x 1080 (PI3) or 4k (pi4). Emu68 is the associated JIT (just in time) compiler that translates the Amiga's Motorola machine code into ARM machine code in real time. AmigaOS runs completely unchanged on it. Everything else is then real AmigaOS drivers, written in 68k code, which talk to the Raspberry hardware.
Asked about the speed the Amiga can achieve with it, Schwarz said: with Emu68, a 68040 at 1.6GHz using a PI3 or about 3GHz using a Pi4. Or on a 68060 scale: a 68060 at 800MHz with Pi3 or 1.5GHz with a Pi.4.
Michal Schulz is continuously improving the RTG driver (amiga-news.de reported), but basically it already works very well. Currently, for example, it is already possible to play a 720p MPEG video smoothly with Riva.
The firmware, called "gateware", is an early first version written by him and Niklas Eckström. It functions very stably, but still needs to be further developed, in which users can contribute with their experiences and thus also follow the progress.
At the moment, the PiStorm is only available as a self-built version, but it is expected that the first prefabricated copies will soon be available for purchase. (dr)
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28.Dec.2022
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Video: Programming demos with "AProcessing" framework
With the seventh episode, the video series in which 'Prince' (founder of the demo group 'Phaze101', assembler coding course) talks in detail with developer and Resistance member Alessio 'OzzyBoshi' Garzi about his "AProcessing" framework for creating demos and intros is finished. (dr)
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28.Dec.2022
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Emulator: vAmigaWeb v2.3 b1
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator for MacOS vAmiga.
Based on the latest version 2.3 b1 of vAmiga, the developer 'mithrendal' has also updated his application. Changes:
- can operate 4 floppy drives and 4 hard disks simultaneously i.e. df0-df3, dh0-dh3 for a classic professional amiga workstation environment
- supports extended ADF file format
- upgraded to latest vAmigaCore
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27.Dec.2022
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MorphOS: Eighth beta version of TinyGL
MorphOS team developer Mark 'Bigfoot' Olsen had offered a bounty project for improved OpenGL support as well as drivers for more Radeon graphics cards under the title link, which has been successfully funded (amiga-news.de reported). Now the developer has released the eighth public beta version of his TinyGL update. Changes:
tinygl.library:
- Library version is now 53.7.
- Fixed multiple issues with GL_RGB5_A1 textures.
- Fixed a problem with ARB fragment programs that caused such programs that used non-consecutive texture image units to fail. For example a program that used texture unit 0 and texture unit 2, but not texture unit 1 would misrender.
- Fixed a problem with mipmapped cubemaps where such textures would get treated as 2D textures rather than cube map textures. This problem only affected textures which are mipmap complete.
r300.library:
- Library version is now 53.10.
- Added support for GL_RGB5_A1 textures.
As the developer wrote, "especially the texture solves a bunch of problems with various different games, both existing games and future game ports. Among the games now working again is Descent Freespace, for example." (dr)
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26.Dec.2022
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 11.9.0 for Raspberry Pi 4/400 and Windows
AmiKit has released an update to version 11.9.0 of the Workbench distribution AmiKit XE for the Raspberry Pi 4/400 (changes) as well as for Windows/Mac/Linux (changes) and wished a merry Christmas.
(dr)
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26.Dec.2022
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AmigaOS 4: Audio editor Rave 1.4
Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka has released version 1.4 of the audio editor "Rave" (amiga-news.de reported) and reports in detail about the development of this current version in his new blog entry. Changes of version 1.4:
- Implemented a resampler module with four quality settings
- Each project now keeps an activity log, which can be displayed in the Project Information window
- A reworked Fade plugin with configurable fade curves
- Fixed: User-aborting an operation no longer triggers an error requester
- Loading and saving of empty files is now supported
- Linked with the latest version of libFLAC for improved FLAC support
- Updated documentation
Rave requires AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 2 as well as A-EON's Enhancer Core classes. (dr)
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26.Dec.2022
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 141 (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.
Amiga-related, the current issue is about "Akira" and "Luma". (snx)
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25.Dec.2022
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A-EON Technology: Enhancer Software Core Release 2 / Delay of A1222
According to Trevor Dickinson in his latest blog entry, the production of the A1222 Plus continues to delay due to the "ongoing worldwide lack of integrated circuits and other electronic supply chain issues". As he explained: "One small micro-controller which costs $6.83 each in batches of 100+ is only available for delivery at the end of 2023. Although it can be purchased now from another trade supplier for the extortionate price of ~$420 each." ACube and A-EON are therefore still looking for alternative suppliers.
Furthermore, he announces the immediate availability of Enhancer Software Core Release 2, which can be downloaded free of charge on AmiSphere for registered users. It is a free standalone version of the Enhancer software that includes classes, libraries and system files along with a software development kit that allows developers to create their own projects using features of the Enhancer software core components. Included is:
Datatypes:
- Info Datatype
- LogFile Datatype
- MPEGA Datatype
- MOD Datatype
- SimpleHTML Datatype
- Sound Datatype
- WAV Datatype
Gadgets and Classes:
- Anim Gadget Class
- Clock Gadget Class
- DateSheet Gadget Class
- InfoWindow Class
- ListViewer Gadget Class
- OptionButton Gadget Class
- PieChart Gadget Class
- ProgressBar Gadget Class
- Select Gadget Class
- SliderBar Gadget Class
- Shared Image Class
- Thumblist Gadget Class
- TickBox Gadget Class
- Time Gadget Class
- ToolBar Gadget
System:
Utilities:
Libraries:
CLI Commands and Tools:
- LDCK
- RequestChooser
- SystemReboot
Preferences:
Finally, the full commercial version of Enhancer Software v2.2 will be offered at a 30% discount until 31 December 2022. Likewise, users who have already purchased version 2.2 in December 2022 will receive a 30% credit on their Amistore accounts. (dr)
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25.Dec.2022
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Aminet uploads until 24.12.2022
The following files have been added until 24.12.2022 to Aminet:
ApolloExplorer.zip comm/tcp 26M 68k Apollo Explorer
ZitaFTPServer.lha comm/tcp 14M OS4 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
COP.lha dev/debug 166K 68k Low Level Debugger
HWP_ZIP.lha dev/hwood 286K ALL Read and write ZIP archives
parForth.lha dev/lang 394K x86 pForth compiled with AROS fun...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 3.0M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
Fussball-WM-2022.lha docs/misc 10K TurboCalc Spreadsheet WM-2022...
worldcup.lha docs/misc 655K Soccer World Cup statistics 1...
StefACS.lha game/demo 162K 68k Adventures creator, working i...
DeadMetal2.lha game/strat 16M 68k Strategy game sequel - 12 bat...
WhatIFF1.08.lha mags/misc 469K What IFF? #1.08-December-2022
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.9M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.4M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
AmigaAMP3.lha mus/play 2.0M OS4 Multi format audio player wit...
AmigaAMP3-68k.lha mus/play 403K 68k MPEG audio player with GUI
AmiModRadio.lha mus/play 3.0M 68k Play modules from Internet so...
avalanche.lha util/arc 84K OS4 ReAction unarchive GUI for xf...
LHArchiver.lha util/arc 4.6M 68k create lha archives intuitively
SteBaseConv.lha util/conv 46K 68k Numeric base converter for an...
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 1.1M 68k free icon.library in optimize...
IdentifyDev.lha util/libs 66K 68k Identify hardware and more
IdentifyUsr.lha util/libs 98K 68k Identify hardware and more
SoftIEEE.lha util/libs 76K 68k math lib&881/882 FPU emulator...
AmiKick.lha util/misc 46K Check Kickstart images under ...
igame_fr.lha util/misc 7K 68k French catalog for iGame v2.2.0
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 2.8M 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
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OS4Depot uploads until 24.12.2022
The following files have been added until 24.12.2022 to OS4Depot:
aifc2wav.lha aud/con 19kb 4.0 will save IMA4, SOWT and SDX2, A...
gym2vgm.lha aud/con 13kb 4.0 Converts GYM, SSL, and CYM files...
gym2vgmv.lha aud/con 13kb 4.0 Converts GYM, SSL, and CYM files...
amigaamp3.lha aud/pla 2Mb 4.1 Multi format audio player with GUI
libsamplerate.lha dev/lib 4Mb 4.0 Library for sample rate conversion
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
paybackupdate.lha gam/act 877kb 4.1 Native version of Payback for Am...
colorit.lha gam/puz 2Mb 4.0 A small games with colors
breakhack.lha gam/rol 15Mb 4.1 Breakhack is a small roguelike game
hwp_zip.lha lib/hol 286kb 4.0 Read and write zip archives for ...
aya.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Access wolfram alpha answer mach...
smb2fs.lha net/sam 122kb 4.1 Filesystem for accessing files u...
zitaftpserver.lha net/ser 14Mb 4.1 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
fuppes.lha net/ser 15Mb 4.1 Free UPnP Entertainment Service
avalanche.lha uti/arc 84kb 4.1 Simple ReAction GUI for xadmaster
avalanche_ita.lha uti/arc 5kb 4.0 Italian translation for Avalanche
lharchiver.lha uti/arc 5Mb 4.0 Create LhA archives intuitively
airscan.lha uti/pri 107kb 4.1 Native Amiga scanner utility
hex2.lha uti/sci 867kb 4.0 Simple calculator with variables...
thumbnailmaker.lha vid/mis 6kb 4.1 Arexx script for ArtEffect, gene...
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AROS Archives uploads until 24.12.2022
The following files have been added until 24.12.2022 to AROS Archives:
parforth.i386-aros.lha dev/lan 394kb pForth v27 compiled with AROS fu...
worldcup.lha doc/mis 655kb Soccer World Cup statistics 1930...
zip.i386-aros.lha lib/mis 286kb Plugin allows Hollywood scripts ...
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 24.12.2022
The following files have been added until 24.12.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
HWP_ZIP_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... Read and write ZIP arch...
AmiArcadia_29.34.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
LHArchiver_1.7.lha Files/Archive Create lha archives int...
Freedroid_1.0.2.lha Games/Action Remake of the classic P...
SuperTux_0.1.3.lha Games/Platform SuperTux_0.1.3.lha
194X_0.7b.lha Games/Shoot2D 194X_0.7b.lha
MahjonggTiles_1.2.lha Games/Think MUI based Shanghai type...
Mesa-demos.lha Graphics/TinyGL Mesa demos for TinyGL
Fireflies_2.06.lha Graphics/TinyGL FireFlies (MorphOS Tiny...
Scout_3.6.lha System/Monitoring This is the official co...
TinyGL-Update-2022-12-... System/Update This is the seventh pub...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 24.12.2022
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 24.12.2022:
- 2022-12-24 new: Hoi (Hollyware) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2022-12-22 improved: Kid Gloves (Logotron) fix player weapon, keyboard handling fixed, quitkey improved, audio player fixed, trainer added, extra button support added (Info)
- 2022-12-20 new: Dragons of Flame (Strategic Simulations Inc) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2022-12-18 improved: IK+ (Archer MacLean) bouncing ball samples fixed (Info)
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Video: Digitising printed AMOS source files
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro (amiga-news.de reported), retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' this time takes on the task of how to get AMOS code he wrote in the 90s and printed out on a dot matrix printer back into his Amiga A1200 to run the code. (dr)
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Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga 2.21 and 2.3b1
With the release of version 2.21 of his Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS, its developer Dirk Hoffmann fixes two small bugs of version 2.2 released in early December:
- Snapshots containing more than 512 KB Slow Ram were reported as being corrupted.
- Memory footprint is back to normal.
At the same time, he has released a first first beta version for version 2.3. Changes:
Bug fixes:
- When drive mechanics were emulated, invalid SYNC words sometimes showed up.
- Snapshots containing more than 512 KB Slow Ram were reported as being corrupted.
- Memory footprint is back to normal.
- Fixes an activity monitor drawing bug in CRT mode.
Enhancements:
- Extended ADFs with misaligned sync words can be read.
- Warp mode can be switched on or off via keyboard shortcuts.
- RetroShell offers a special debug mode, now.
The minimum system requirement for his emulator is macOS 10.15. (dr)
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ACube Systems: UBoot 2015.b for Sam460EX/Sam460CR/Sam460LE boards (update)
Press release Bassano del Grappa, Italy - 23 December 2022
ACube Systems is pleased to announce a new release of the U-Boot firmware for its Sam460 line of motherboards. New in this version
- added support for the Sam460LE board
- improved support for Radeon 2xx series (R7 240, 250 etc...)
- solved a bug in the PCI Express init routine
- added support for new u-Boot eeprom chips
The updated installation guide describes in detail the usual installation method (ISO image) and alternative methods (TFTP).
Direct download of the installation archive: Sam460_updater_ 2015b.zip (1,3 MB)
Additional informationen:
Please note: UBoot and UBoot updater make use of GPL code and thus are both published under GPL.
Direct download of the source codes: u-boot-2015.b_prod.tar.gz (4,9 MB)
With this release, ACube wishes all its customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thanks for sticking with us and for your incredible support. An exciting 2023 awaits all our fellow Amiga users and friends. Stay tuned and keep following us for new products and announcements in the next year!
Update: (26.12.2022, 08:15, dr)
According to ACube Systems, the download is currently unavailable due to user-reported problems. If you need help, please contact ACube by mail. (dr)
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Advent Calendar: Door 24 - Michael Rupp / Amiga-News.de wishes Merry Xmas
The Christmas door and thus the conclusion of our Advent calendar premiere is Michael Rupp.
More than a year ago, Michael familiarised himself with the Hollywood programming language and wrote SonosController, an application for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS that can be used to control the "speakers" distributed by Sonos. In the meantime, he has further developed this to version 1.2, which now also supports AmigaOS 3.
But his main project is certainly a different one: at the beginning of 2001, and of course we reported on it, Michael Rupp published the result of his work on TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation - for the first time publicly with version 0.5: a JavaScript project with the aim of bringing the look and feel of the Workbench to the browser. The idea came from the fact that many Amiga-themed pages are based on the Workbench for their navigation, which he aims to perfect with this. Michael has been working on the project for over 20 years now and we would like to mention a few "milestones":
- Version 0.9: Firefox support
- Version 0.11: the first application, "Clock", which look like the Amiga original but offers some additional options
- Version 0.13: support for Opera and AppleWebKit browsers (Safari, Google Chrome and OWB),
MultiView loads JPEG, GIF, PNG, HTML and Text
- Version 0.16: complete simulation of AmigaOS 1.2
- Version 0.17: complete AmigaGuide interpreter
- Version 0.23: all AmigaOS versions are simulated
- Version 0.26: Simulation of Amiga Shell
- Version 0.30: TAWS Early Preset Selection
- Version 0.31: new AmigaOS 3.1.4 Preset
- Version 0.34: MultiView support for IFF-ILBM files, new presets "AROS One" and "OS 3.9 AfA One"
On the occasion of his Advent calendar door, he has today put the current version 0.35 online and, in addition to numerous new features and improvements, has also included a little Christmas surprise at our suggestion. Before we close our calendar with the last anecdote, we would like to use it to thank everyone who participated in the calendar once again. We hope it was a welcome change for everyone away from the usual news ticker.
We wish our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We would like to thank you for your continued loyalty over the years and would like to encourage you to continue to contribute in the new year: both with feedback on the software and hardware projects presented here by the developers, but also with news reports via our Amiga News Feed (ANF). On the one hand this makes our voluntary work easier and on the other hand it is a service to the community and an expression of appreciation. Thank you very much! And now please, Michael :)
"Pirate copies
Yes, that's right, I said the unword:
Pirate copies
No "backup copies" or "not-quite-empty disks", but plain and simple:
Pirate copies
And the following story tells us that these can be dangerous. Even if it is somewhat different from what one would expect ... but everything in order:
Trading pirated copies was the most natural thing in the world for us at the age of 14 (ok, yes, even later). There was a reason that we had not saved up a stupid console with its impractical cartridges, but a real computer with recordable floppy disks. Buying originals didn't even occur to you, the thought was so absurd. They cost a fortune! No, the money was needed for the memory expansion, everything was already expensive enough: over 200 francs for 512 kilobytes, just imagine.
But I still think that all the piracy at the time contributed to the success of the Amiga to an extent that should not be underestimated, at least for the hardware manufacturers. Less so for the software producers, of course. In other words, success and decline rolled into one. Well.
And where better to do this than in the schoolyard, before, after or even during lessons? Exactly. Nowhere. So there was nothing unusual about always having a few floppy disks at hand at school.
So, one fine summer's day in 1989, the following happened: No, wait, I have to go a little further:
I grew up in a rather rural area, in Teufen, an idyllic village of 5,000 souls in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, which already counted as a somewhat larger village in Switzerland (at least at that time). The school was undergoing renovations, so some subjects had been moved to a provisional location, including the cooking class, which I was supposed to switch to during the break. However, the provisional school was on the other side of the main road from the school itself, and the school itself was on a hill. And nice weather meant I was on my bike (CH German for "bicycle"). So, that brings us to all the important facts.
I ask you to visualise this: We have a hill, a steep road that leads across the well-travelled main road incl. tram to the makeshift. And at the top you see young Michi swinging onto his bike, in his left hand a pack of freshly exchanged disks with ... right:
Pirate copies.
"Everything's easy", I think to myself, I can brake well with my right hand, and off I go, down the steep road. The main road quickly approaches, I pull on the brake, and it does:
Whack!
Brake cable snapped and there is no time left for further reflection, only reflexes remain. And these tell me that I must not let go of the disks under any circumstances, because at that age they were worth more than pure money. And apparently also more than life and limb.
The road is rushing towards me, luckily there is no tram coming, but while I'm chasing across it, a station wagon gets in my way, so I slam into its side with full force. Suddenly I can fly, and then the lights go out for a moment.
When I wake up, the police are already there and the ambulance is not long in coming, and I wonder how long I was away.
As it turned out, I had probably not been unconscious for a minute, and there was a very specific reason why the police were at the scene of the accident faster than anyone would think possible:
The car was the police
Of all the vehicles whizzing past, I had actually chosen the police car to demonstrate the full power of kinetic energy.
By the way, Yvonne, who I secretly had a huge crush on, had observed the whole thing, and she immediately informed my parents. In retrospect, I often thought that I should have used this circumstance somehow to get closer to her. But at the time I was probably just embarrassed, and unfortunately nothing ever came of it.
And the disks? The ...
Pirate copies?
They were scattered all over the road, but the nice policeman, who seemed a bit worn out himself, collected them for me and gave them back to me. A car must have driven over one of them, it was gone, but all the others were still in perfect working order!
I still find it remarkable today - and somehow also sweet - how absolutely clueless the authorities were about this issue back then, at least in rural Switzerland.
Oh yes: About a year later I received an official letter informing me that a case against me had been dropped, of which I had known nothing at all. But even then it was only about the damage to the police car and not about ...
Pirate copies!" (dr)
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24.Dec.2022
Michael Rupp (ANF)
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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.35
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 FE for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey).
Any kind of feedback the author Michael Rupp would very appreciate. His work can be supported by a little donation from inside TAWS.
Version 0.35 includes among others the following changes:
- HippoPlayer (in Work):
Thanks a lot to (www.wothke.ch) for his open source
player routines.
Features:
- The following playback routines (https://bitbucket.org/wothke) are implemented,
each of them supporting many tracker formats:
- adplug
- asap
- ds
- snes
- nez
- psx
- sid
- sc68
- uade
- vgm
- xmp
- zxtune
- And besides: A Christmas surprise! Many thanks to Daniel Reimann from amiga-news.de who persuaded me to do this. The effort was... um... bigger than expected, but it was worth it!
(dr)
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24.Dec.2022
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RTG Solitare: "Solitare match" V0.85
At the beginning of December, Sami Vehmaa had published a demo version of his graphics card Solitare conversion "Solitare match" (YouTube video), which is primarily intended for Amiga emulators or Apollo cards due to the high CPU requirements. The demo version contains five levels. The paid version has meanwhile grown from ten levels to 50 and is currently available for 1.50 Euro. (dr)
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24.Dec.2022
Hans de Ruiter
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AmigaOS 4: FTP server ZitaFTP 1.36
Hans de Ruiter has released version 1.36 of his commercial FTP server "ZitaFTP". He wrote:
"One user said he didn't want the status icon, and asked how to remove it. Now that he mentioned it, having control over the docky/SysTray icon is obvious. I just didn't think about it earlier. Anyway, v1.36 adds this missing ability. So, if you're someone who doesn't want the status icon flickering on your Workbench/Desktop, you've now got the power to disable it.
Another user managed to lock himself out of his own server by entering the wrong password one too many times. He asked if it were possible to unban clients via the UI. The answer was no at the time, but it's possible now.
One user had a lengthy list of things he didn't like. I suppose some developers would hate users like this, but I appreciate knowing what it is that people want. Some of this feedback has been implemented, while others ended up on the to-do list. Still other feedback was already on the to-do list, but the priorities have been tweaked.
So, ZitaFTP Server users (including trial users), if you have suggestions, feedback, or think you've spotted a bug, then please use the built-in "Submit Feedback/Bug" button in the UI. It's a bright orange button in the lower right corner, so you can't miss it. You can also find it by right clicking on the docky/SysTray icon."
A single licence of ZitaFTP Server' costs around 47 euros. The programme can be tested free of charge for 30 days. (dr)
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23.Dec.2022
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.15
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.9, which allows the development of games from various genres (see short tests of two Redpill games). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial.
Among others the new version 0.9.15 offers sprite backgrounds with up to 8 different levels of parallax and a new FX layer for games with less than 256 (32 in ECS) colors (YouTube-Video). (dr)
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23.Dec.2022
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AmigaOS 4: Status update on WebKit port
In keeping with today's Advent calendar door, George 'walkero' Sokianos has just given a status update on the work on the WebKit port for AmigaOS 4 which started at the beginning of November (amiga-news.de reported):
According to this, the team around him would have reached one of their milestones by successfully compiling the JavaScriptCore (JSC) library together with the test binaries. Afterwards, he would have successfully tested it on his system under various conditions, with one exception (pthread).
On GitHub the problems are documented which the team was faced as well as information on the development environment can be found.
As a next step, he would now try to make changes to be able to compile the files with newlib as well. If this is not possible, he will provide all the necessary information so that missing parts can be added. (dr)
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23.Dec.2022
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Porting Amiga applications to Linux: AxRuntime 41.4
Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz' "AxRuntime" is a runtime environment for Linux which emulates the AmigaOS-API and therefore enables porting Amiga applications on Linux and developing applications which can be compiled for AmigaOS/MorphOS/AROS as well as Linux (amiga-news.de reported). Under Windows it is possible to use it by the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which has been generally available for Windows 10 and 11 in the Microsoft Store since the end of November (amiga-news.de reported). The new version is based on the recently released version 20221221-1 of the ABI v11 developer branch and introduces, among other things, the Zune prefs V0.2 and the editor V1.1 (YouTube video). (dr)
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23.Dec.2022
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Tool: identify-library 41.0
A few moments ago, Richard Körber has released version 41.0 of his identify.library (amiga-news.de reported). Changes:
- Removed IDTAG_Secondary (has never been fully realized anyway)
- VMC Amithlon is detected
- Updated Vampire names
- Warp1240/1260 is detected
- OCS was not correctly detected on very fast machines, (hopefully) fixed
- dos.library was closed incorrectly in all tools, fixed
- Other minor bugfixes
Downloads:
IdentifyDev.lha (66 kB)
IdentifyUsr.lha (98 kB) (dr)
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23.Dec.2022
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP: Amiga37 DVD
A DVD of Amiga37, which took place in October 2022 in Mönchengladbach, is now available at APC&TCP at the title link. More precisely, it is two pressed data DVDs in DVD-9 format with a total playing time of over 5 hours. The majority of the proceeds is intended to go to the organisers for a follow-up event.
Content:
- Amiga Future Special Issue Amiga37 (PDF)
- Amiga37 Documentation
- Amiga37 Photos
- Amiga37 Tour, Part 1 & Part 2
- Amiga37 Speech of Dave Haynie and Ron Nicholson (ENG)
- Amiga37 Speech of Hannes Seifert (GER)
- Amiga37 Speech of Jon Hare and Mev Dinc (ENG)
- Amiga37 Speech of Martyn Brown and Andreas Tadic (ENG)
- Amiga37 Speech of Tim Wright and Mike Clarke (ENG)
- Amiga34 Documentation
(snx)
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23.Dec.2022
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Advent Calendar: Door 23 - George Sokianos
One more time we will be awake...;) George 'walkero' Sokianos will shorten the time until Christmas Eve with his story for our 23rd door.
George is currently the driving force behind many AmigaOS 4 projects and it is always surprising how varied his software theme choices are and where he finds the time to tackle it all. In addition, he has also been providing MorphOS versions of his software lately. At least here with us, his "career" began with the release of Comicami, a viewer for comics in .cbr and .cbz formats for AmigaOS 4.
George tirelessly tries to improve the user experience under the Amiga operating systems and to make standards from the PC world available for the Amiga with smart ideas:
For example, he has released aiostreams ("All In One Streams"), a collection of Python scripts that make it possible to watch retro streams on Twitch.tv and Mixer.com also under AmigaOS 4, AmigaOS 3, MorphOS and AROS instead of on the PC. Likewise, he publishes and updates scripts for the Odyssey web browser (AmigaOS 4 port) on his website, which succeed in displaying, for example, GitHub or itch.io websites.
However, he is also venturing into the really big chunks that could make his just-mentioned efforts obsolete at some point: as we reported at the beginning of November, he has formed a small team that has started porting WebKit.
The developer is also significantly responsible for the Software Development Kits for AmigaOS 4.1, ports the Editor Lite XL for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS and maintains iGame, his MUI-based frontend for launching WHDLoad titles. Using MediaVault, online radio stations can be streamed and podcasts listened to.
We also want to mention his ported games, for example BreakHack, which was only released yesterday, BlobWars: Attrition or The Battle for the Solar System - The Pandoran War.
On his Ko-fi website you will not only find a lot of interesting background information, but also the possibility to donate a coffee or more to him as appreciation (of which he gives 50% back to the community at the end of each month by supporting projects or developers). We wish George continued joy and success with his projects and look forward to many more interesting news here with us. His anecdote:
"I'd like to share a little story of how I got into the Amiga NG scene. As I've been an Amiga user since around 1989, I was watching all the news for our beloved machine, and of course, I was drooling watching videos of the AmigaOS 4 running on PPC computers back then. I wanted... No. I needed an Amiga capable to run that operating system.
So every day I was watching those youtube videos people were uploading from their AmigaOne XE and SE. Every day I was thinking about how I could buy one. Back then there were not many computers left to buy, as the availability was reducing dramatically. And there were no announcements for new machines to be released.
The cost was high. That year was crucial for me since in May that year I got married to my wife, and we were expecting our first kid around October. So the family expenses were at a high grade. But I could stop thinking that fabulous computers with this exceptional OS.
The funny thing is that I remember that every day I was going to work and I was visiting the online Amiga shops to check the availability. Every day I was filling up the order form and kept my hand from hitting that "Submit" button. Every day I was sooooo close, but yet so far.
The nightmares started when shop by shop began to show the "Not available" label beside the AmigaOnes photos. That awful red label made my sweat grow and my heartbeat increase. Up until a hot day in June 2005 when that "Submit" button finally got clicked. For one more time, I was visiting the website of GGS-Data in Sweden and I was drooling at the photos of a microAmigaOne. And YES... that microAmigaOne became mine. I completed all the necessary payments and got the confirmation for my order, saying that everything was fine.
The next day I visited the shops' web pages again and I was looking at the red label without caring anymore. That label appeared on the GGS-Data's website as well. Was the microAmigaOne I bought the last one that was for sale? Did I manage to get the very last AmigaOne back in 2005? What would happen if that day I didn't click that "Submit" button at the end of the order form? Would I be here with all of you developing software for the AmigaOS?
I guess we will never learn what would happen. The only thing that I know is that while I am writing those words, I have that microAmigaOne beside my desk, ready to put a smile on my face, as it did 17 years ago.
And most importantly, I survived my wife's menace to tell you the story. Take care of your Amiga computers and have fun with them." (dr)
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware 1.2.0
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators. ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Version 1.2.0 of the firmware was released yesterday. Changes:
- RP2040 write performance improvements and bug fixes
- Optional GPT partition support
- Add the ability to disable the status LED
(dr)
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23.Dec.2022
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AmigaOS 4: SMB2-Handler ported
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. The SMB2 handler ported by Fredrik Wikstrom for AmigaOS 4 is based on libsmb2 and allows remote access to files via the SMB2/3 protocols. The newlib.library V53.40 or newer (or the V53.30 as included in 4.1 FE) and the filesysbox.library V54.4 or newer are required. (dr)
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22.Dec.2022
deadwood
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AROS x86_64: Update 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 "20221221-1". The new release includes improvements and fixes made since March 2022. Among improvements is the major work done on Scalos during summer to fix multiple compatibility, stability and 64-bit problems. (dr)
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22.Dec.2022
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Blog: Amiga Kit's Christmas entry
At the beginning of October, Amiga Kit had started its own blog. In the new entry published yesterday, one remembers games suitable for the Christmas season and takes a look at various Amiga specials. (dr)
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22.Dec.2022
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ReAction-GUI for XAD: Avalanche 1.9 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Chris Young has released version 1.9 of his ReAction-based graphical user interface Avalanche for the unarchiving system XAD, which also supports the xfdmaster.library and can search for viruses using the xvs.library. The developer has written his tool explicitly for AmigaOS 3.2, but has also been tested under AmigaOS 4. Since it uses a new window.class, it might not work with older OS3 versions. Changes:
- Add "snapshot window" option:
- note that the position is not saved unless save is clicked in prefs
- Add ToolType to disable the ASL hook (filters ASL req to only show archives)
- Add ToolType to set the initial drawer visible in ASL requester
- Fix iconify
- Rebuilt with optimisations
(dr)
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22.Dec.2022
Mike Battilana (E-Mail)
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Amiga Forever 10: Update 10.0.10.0
The emulator package Amiga Forever 10 (amiga-news.de reported) was updated on December 20 with version 10.0.10.0. By including WinUAE 4.10.0, the integration of a virtual modem was rounded off on the Amiga side, so that it can also be used with the programs NComm and Term.
Those who already use Amiga Forever 10 can carry out the update under "Help/About" or download the installation program again. (snx)
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22.Dec.2022
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AmigaOS 4: BreakHack released
According to George 'walkero' Sokianos in his latest Ko-Fi blog entry, he started working on porting a game called BreakHack some time ago and finally decided to release it. It is a Roguelike game developed by Linus Probert. The latter describes the game as "a casual roguelike intended to provide entertainment for 10-30 minutes when you are taking a break from anything else in your life. It's easy to learn but hard to beat, no extra lives no fuss. Just enter the dungeon kill the monsters and get the loot."
Sokianos received permission from the original developer to include all assets.
Direct GitHub download: breakhack-OS4_4.0.3r1.lha (15 MB) (dr)
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22.Dec.2022
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Advent Calendar: Door 22 - Jacek Piszczek
Willkommen zum 22. Türchen, für das Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek eine kleine Anekdote verfasst hat.
Even those who have never or only marginally dealt with the MorphOS operating system will have heard about Jacek's impressive work on his e-mail client Iris and web browser Wayfarer. As exciting as his projects are, the interview we conducted with him in the middle of this year is also worth reading and we would like to recommend it here.
We hope you will find as much time for your projects in the future, Jacek. We wish you much joy and continued positive feedback. He wrote the following hardware anecdote:
"It was 1998 and I finally managed to buy an A1200 with a PowerPC. Of course at that time it was already becoming a little hard to just get everything from one store, so it took a while to get the motherboard, the Infinitiv tower case and so on. Once everything was finally there, I was very eager to replace the A500 I’ve since outgrown.
I’ve known, of course, that the aging hardware was a little finicky and tried to be patient with it. Still, I didn’t expect smoke to come out of the computer on the first power on. Turned out it was the Micronik power adapter cable which was either soldered incorrectly or didn’t get a good enough fit. The result: the cables literally burst and I had to get the power adapter repaired. It’s bugged me several times since, before I was able to replace the whole tower for an Elbox one:
Another attempt. Got the cable repaired and assembled everything back again. Power on. Smoke comes out… OK… deep breath… Turns out that in my haste to get it all working I’ve managed to shift the IDE plug by 1 pin. Since Commodore cheaped out when building the Amiga and didn’t use a shrouded header it wasn’t exactly hard to do. Unfortunately, this fried the IDE chip on the A1200 motherboard, so now I’ve had a nice, working, A1200 with a PowerPC card and only a floppy drive to run software from. A much faster A500, ha ha.
In the end it was easier to just add an Elbox FastATA to the set than get the A1200 motherboard repaired. Think it all cost me over a month and way too much money. Still, that Amiga was what eventually let me start working on MorphOS and I’ve used it daily until about 2004." (dr)
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