30.Dec.2021
Amigans
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AmigaOS 4: First public version of editor 'Lite XL' released
Recently George Sokianos, author of the AmigaOS 4.1 application MediaVault, had announced that he is going to port the Linux editor Lite XL. Now he has released the first public version v1.16.12.3 of his port.
According to the author "LiteXL for AmigaOS 4 is still experimental and there are some known issues, but it is quite usable. It is recommended to use it on a fast AmigaOne, although it was tested on microAmiga1 and works pretty good, but slow."
Using an AmigaOne X5000, the editor could be started without problems (screenshots see above). Under WinUAE and AmigaOS 4.1 it runs with the help of the PatchCompositeTags, which gives the following result:
(dr)
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29.Dec.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Book: Interest in a German version of Commodore - The Inside Story? (Update)
Three years ago the English book "Commodore: The Inside Story" became available at retailers. There the former Commodore UK Managing Director David Pleasance describes the twelve years in which he worked for the company.
Currently he wants to find out interest in a German version of the book, translation would be done by Anton Preinsack. Sufficient demand given, a crowdfunding campaign at Kickstarter would be started, with a price of 35 British Pounds for the hardcover book (almost 42 Euros currently). An e-book version would follow. If you are interested in it, please write an e-mail to email@davidpleasance.com with the subject "German Translation".
Update: (02.02.22, 09:01, snx)
In a posting to our comments section, Anton Preinsack points out that his German translation would be basically finished already and that an e-book version would be published in any case. (snx)
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29.Dec.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 129 (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 the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. (snx)
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29.Dec.2021
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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AROS: Update of 68k distribution Aros Vision
Olaf Schönweiß has updated his AROS/68k distribution Aros Vision. Changes in this update without a version number include updated ROMs and datatypes as well as the new version of WHDLoad and its graphical interface iGame.
It is recommended to copy the libraries bullet.library and rexxsyslib.library from AmigaOS 3.1 to Libs: and the command rexxmast to C: and to use the Installer 43.3 by Amiga Technologies (Aminet) for installation. WHDLoad is pre-installed using AROS ROMs; for full support, you will need original Kickstart ROMs (description). (snx)
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29.Dec.2021
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THEA500 Mini: Interview with Paul Andrews
The Blog BlitterWolf has published an interview with Paul Andrews, the managing director of RetroGames which is about the announced THEA500 Mini. Among other things, a "full sized version" is promised with the 'THEA500' if sales are satisfactory, similar to the approach taken with the THEC64 Mini and the THEC64. (dr)
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29.Dec.2021
Rob Smith
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Tutorial: Porting a X-Mas game from HTML5 to AMOS, part 4
Rob Smith, known for his project DrawBridge for reading Amiga floppy disks using a standard PC floppy drive, has now released the last part of his YouTube tutorial showing how he ported the Christmas game 'Present Drop' from HTML5 to AMOS (amiga-news.de reported). Here he is "focusing on improving performance, music, sound effects and the finishing touches such as showing your score, and the title screen". (dr)
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28.Dec.2021
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Database: MUIBase 4.4 for AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS
Steffen Gutmann has released an update of his programmable relational database MUIBase for AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS (and Windows and Linux).
New features in MUIBase 4.4:
- Date fields can have an optional calendar pop-up button for selecting a date more comfortably.
- A virtual list field can optionally control the table from which the list is generated from in a select-from-where query. This allows to change the currently displayed record in the table according to the selected row in the list.
- When a virtual list field is printed or exported to PDF, multi-line entries in the list are now supported correctly.
- MUIbase project files can now be opened directly with a double click on all platforms.
- Several bug fixes.
(dr)
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28.Dec.2021
Amigans
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AmigaOS 4.1: DvPlayer V54.8 released
In early November, version 54.7 of the DvPlayer video and audio playback program distributed by A-EON Technology was released, supporting the new hardware video acceleration standard introduced with Enhancer Software V2. Now version 54.8 is available via the updater tool which "adds a workaround for a crash on exit that occurs when Odysseys version of avformat2.libary is in memory". (dr)
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28.Dec.2021
Bartos Lisowski (ANF)
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RTG driver: P96 V3.2.1 released
Jens Schönfeld (individual Computers) wrote:
"We've released P96 V3.2.0 in time for Christmas. Now some changes have now been implemented after lots of customers have used it in a large variety of configurations. Errors that were reported in our support forum have been addressed immediately. The update is already available in our shop system, so every new download is providing the latest version.
This time the list of changes is very extensive. The biggest changes have been in the area of blitter emulation, but even older cards could be persuaded via a software trick to use a hardware sprite as a mouse pointer, which brings noticeable speed gains. Perhaps the biggest change is that the ZZ9000 is supported with its dual-palette feature, so screen dragging is possible without color artifacts."
The detailed list of changes is available in the Support Forum. (dr)
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28.Dec.2021
Achim Kern (Mail)
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Action game: 'Balloons' for all Amiga systems
In mid-October we reported, that Achim Kern (among others 'SmartHome') and Mars Tank Attack) had announced an action game called 'Balloons' which now is available for all Amiga systems. It is a remake written in Hollywood 9 of the original Balloons game written by Enrique Mecklenburg Serkovic.
In 'Balloons' you have to shoot those very balloons at a fair, with the difficulty increasing from level to level: with more balloons, shorter time and limited number of shots. Likewise, in higher levels, certain sequences are given, such as three blue, two red, four green balloons.
The game is available for all platforms for which the Hollywood Player exists and thus for AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS, WarpOS and AROS. Special archives (with adapted icons) have been created by the author for AmigaOS 3 and 4. (dr)
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27.Dec.2021
Günter Bartsch (Mail)
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BASIC compiler: AQB 0.8.1
By his compiler AQB, Günter Bartsch aims to implement a modern, clean, Amiga compatible and future-proof BASIC that is geared to, but no clone of Microsoft's AmigaBASIC and QuickBASIC, respectively.
After last week's release of version 0.8.0, which included a source level debugger, the author elaborates on the new version 0.8.1 (detailed changelog):
"I've been working on AQB a bit more after there was a lot of feedback on the different channels - starting of course
from the amiga-news forum to people making YouTube videos about AQB. I have now released a first update for the 0.8.x series - there are a few new commands and features, but there are also important bugfixes for AmigaOS 3.2 and RTG users.
This is also accompanied by editor improvements, most notably the editor now uses the text font set via preferences instead of stubbornly using its own / preset fonts. This is a side effect of the RTG renderer - the previous text renderer could only handle 8 bit wide fonts (still used with these on native screen), while the new RTG renderer can handle arbitrary fonts (but is slower on native
Amigas on planar screen is slower)." (dr)
[News message: 27. Dec. 2021, 13:58] [Comments: 0]
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27.Dec.2021
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Boing Attitude: Interview with Mike Parent (Metro Siege)
At the end of October Boing Attitude had published the second issue of the French Amiga print magazine Boing (since the middle of December, the third issue is available). Among others an interview with Mike Parent was included, one of the developers of the beat'em up game Metro Siege (amiga-news.de reported). This interview Boing Attitude has made available in an English-language translation under the title link. (dr)
[News message: 27. Dec. 2021, 13:08] [Comments: 0]
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27.Dec.2021
Prince (Mail)
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Amiga Assembly For Beginners: Let's Make an Amiga Game Tutorial 5
'Prince', founder of the group 'Phaze101', streams the assembler coding course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube (amiga-news.de reports regularly).
In another tutorial Amiga Assembly For Beginners - Lets Make a Game, Prince now explains with concrete examples how to write a game with assembler. The fifth episode among others is about variables, array structures and tables. (dr)
[News message: 27. Dec. 2021, 10:02] [Comments: 0]
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27.Dec.2021
George Sokianos (ko-fi)
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AmigaOS 4/MorphOS: Odyssey script for GitHub project sites
George Sokianos, author of the AmigaOS 4.1 application MediaVault, has provided a script for the browser Odyssey after which you can display GitHub project pages again:
Note that the browser must be restarted after including the script. (dr)
[News message: 27. Dec. 2021, 07:12] [Comments: 0]
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26.Dec.2021
Roman Kargin (Mail)
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AmigaOS 4: Test der Beta-Version des Audio-Editors 'Rave'
Two times we reported this year already about the respective current development status of the audio editor "Rave" written by Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka. Roman 'kas1e' Kargin has now been given the opportunity to test the beta version and has published a YouTube video about it. (dr)
[News message: 26. Dec. 2021, 19:02] [Comments: 0]
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26.Dec.2021
Marek Duda (Mail)
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Arcade game 'Jump!': Little review of the alpha version
The Polish developer Markus Duda is currently putting the finishing touches to his Yoomph implementation for the Amiga, which was originally written for the Atari (amiga-news.de reported). In the game, now called Jump!, you have to move through a three-dimensional tunnel by means of a bouncing Amiga ball and hit various (bonus) surfaces (preview video). The target platform is an Amiga 1200 with 8 MB Fast RAM. The finished game should have the following features:
- 28 levels
- 5 music tracks
- resolution 320x256 with 256 colours
- can be controlled with joystick or keyboard
We were kindly allowed to test the alpha version of the game. As indicated, we used an A1200 (without turbo card) with 8MB Fast RAM. However, the game could not be started on a workbench screen with all kinds of icons and possibly background images, since 2MB chip RAM are mandatory. If in doubt, boot without startup sequence. The player is greeted with a casual, futuristic music and the following startup screen:
You don't have to spend forever on the control options, clear and concise:
Since you do not know exactly what to expect, better to play it safe and selected the easy mode...:
Let's go! And already the beginning is fun: The tunnel approaches from some distance, you are literally drawn into the game. Which is supported by the now starting more dramatic music:
The task is supposedly simple: hit the orange tiles and do not fall into any holes or missing rows during this hunt, otherwise you will be lost in the vastness of space...:
If you jump on tiles with an arrow, you can skip these dangerous spots. You have to be careful, though, because the entire tube keeps turning a bit. It gets really crazy and absolutely extraordinary when, in the middle of the first level, the ball has to be kept on course sideways and 'upside down' at the edge of the tube. Absolutely amazing:
You may not believe it: The first level was mastered. Yes, I know, in light mode. Here, pleasantly enough, you don't have to hit all the orange tiles, but are allowed to miss ten. But let's take a look at the second level, which is a real challenge right from the start: Several times, 'You died!' is held in front of your nose after a few seconds. Why is that?
Ahhh, there are tiles with holes and even meaner: broken tiles....
I was totally captivated by the game. Should there be a two-player mode, then I can already see myself sitting in front of the Amiga 1200 for hours on end with a buddy, just like in the good old days, taking turns to hunt for points a la 'Pinball Dreams'.
The game can be pre-ordered at the title link as a digital variant for 29 Euros or as a 'boxed version' for 45 Euros plus shipping (depending on the destination). (dr)
[News message: 26. Dec. 2021, 08:27] [Comments: 0]
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26.Dec.2021
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Aminet uploads until 25.12.2021
The following files have been added until 25.12.2021 to Aminet:
MUIbase-4.4.lha biz/dbase 6.1M MOS Programmable relational datab...
AExplorer_Update.lha comm/net 125K 68k Cloanto Amiga Explorer Update
Roadie.lha comm/net 55K 68k Commodity/GUI for Roadshow TC...
amcc.lha dev/asm 829K danish assembly course, engli...
COP.lha dev/debug 165K 68k Low Level Debugger
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 2.2M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
newscripts_adf.lha disk/misc 31K new scripts for adf.device
F1GP2021Carset.lha game/data 19K 2021 Carset for F1GP
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.2M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
AmigaAMP3.lha mus/play 1.9M OS4 Multi format audio player wit...
AmigaAMP3-68k.lha mus/play 384K 68k MPEG audio player with GUI
CompareDirs_OS4.lha util/cli 382K OS4 Compare two dirs for diff. fi...
ILBMdt.lha util/dtype 60K 68k IFF ILBM picture datatype 47.6
JFIFdt44.lha util/dtype 883K 68k fast JFIF (JPEG) picture data...
amigakeyremapper.lha util/misc 14K MOS Swap left/right Amiga keys
RapaTank.lha util/wb 18K Compare Fuel prices - Germany...
(snx)
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26.Dec.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 25.12.2021
The following files have been added until 25.12.2021 to OS4Depot:
scoopex_demo_sky.lha dem/sce 183kb 4.1 Scoopex demo sky
ext2e.lha dev/lan 14kb 4.0 extended IEEE modules for E
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
nmtm.lzx gam/adv 25Mb 4.0 Point and click adventure game
0x2048.lha gam/boa 6Mb 4.1 Sliding tile puzzle video game
luettjebookholler.lha off/mis 2Mb 4.1 Little Personal Finance program
comparedirs.lha uti/fil 382kb 4.1 Compare two dirs for different f...
(snx)
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26.Dec.2021
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AROS Archives uploads until 25.12.2021
The following files have been added until 25.12.2021 to AROS Archives:
broadcom_44xx.i386-aros.zip dri/net 13kb Ethernet Device
nmtm.lzx gam/adv 25Mb Point and click adventure game
sminkiator.lha gam/mis 7Mb Randomize world for fun
(snx)
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26.Dec.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 25.12.2021
The following files have been added until 25.12.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmigaKeyRemapper_1.1.lha Devices/Keyboard Swap left/right Amiga keys
ShadowsOfDeath_OpenBOR... Games/Action Complete and final vers...
NMTM_Final.lha Games/Adventure No More Toxic Man!!! - ...
Ermentrud.lha Games/Adventure A german point and clic...
ScummVM_2.6.0GIT.lha Games/Adventure 2D Point-and-Click adve...
MUIbase_4.4.lha Office/Database Programmable relational...
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26.Dec.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 25.12.2021
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 25.12.2021:
(snx)
[News message: 26. Dec. 2021, 07:36] [Comments: 0]
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26.Dec.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Chaos Engine Menu Remix
- Super Stardust Tunnel 4 Remix
- Follow the Sign
- Unit-A FA-18 Interceptor Cracktro remix
(snx)
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26.Dec.2021
Uni-Joy (ANF)
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Announcement: UniTHOR - A new joystick for Amigas and modern devices
Uni-Joy LLC, based in Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland, has announced a new joystick at the title link, weighing half a kilogram and promised to consist of durable microswitches. So far just existing as a 3D-printed prototype, there will be two variants of UniTHOR - either with a classic DB9 connector or for USB. Furthermore, customers will have the choice between the standard version ("Basic") and an assembly set ("Assembler"), with the latter allowing some customisation.
For the production run, a Kickstarter campaign for crowdfunding is planned. Below you can read the official press release:
UniTHOR - a new joystick for classic Amigas is coming
We've developed UniTHOR - a new joystick for classic Amigas and other computers of the era - with a solidly performing and tested prototype, we're ready to present it to the world.
In a nutshell:
- It's not available for sale yet - we have 20+ 3D-printed prototypes
- It will come in two versions - with DB9 and USB connector
- Nicely clicking, durable microswitches
- There will be two variants - Basic (coming first) and Assembler (custom model)
- We'll be launching a Kickstarter campaign - aiming late February 2022
- Price hasn't been set yet. If we were to sell today, it would probably be ca. 60 EUR per piece, but you know how things are these days (inflation, supply chain bottlenecks...)
More info can be found on our website (it may have a few navigation glitches that we'll iron out asap - we're more into joysticks than websites ;).
Meanwhile, you're welcome to have a look at the first promo vid, recently posted on YT. Quite a few familiar themes to be spotted. :) (snx)
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25.Dec.2021
George Sokianos
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AmigaOS 4.1: SDK V53.34 released
As George Sokianos writes, he has created a new Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers that combines all previous versions and a lot of fixes and updates. It can be downloaded from the Hyperion Entertainment website. The changes since version 53.30 (9/5/2015):
- SDK 53.33 (10.3.2021) - internal
- Updated AmiSSL SDK v4.7
- Updated expat v53.6
- Updated minigl SDK v2.24 2021-01-26
- Updated MUI SDK 2020R3
- Added execsg SDK 54.18
- Added dos SDK 54.112
- Added SDK from AmigaOS 4 Final Edition Update 1 (v53.31)
- Added SDK from AmigaOS 4 Final Edition Update 2 (v53.32)
- Added the missing dlfcn.h
- Added missing libdl.so link under local/newlib/lib
- Updated newlib to 53.62
- SDK 53.34 (15.12.2021)
- Updated AmiSSL SDK v4.11
- Updated MUI SDK MUI-5.0-20210831
- Added execsg SDK 54.26
- Added dos SDK 54.117
- Updated SDK Includes and Autodocs
(dr)
[News message: 25. Dec. 2021, 21:41] [Comments: 0]
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24.Dec.2021
Discord
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Game launcher: X-bEnCh 1.2 Final Public Release
Jim Neray's X-bEnCH is a graphical user-interface with up to 640 colours (AGA; 128 on OCS/ECS-computers) which can replace the Workbench for launching WHDLoad-games and other applications and requires low hardware resources. An integrated command line as well as the file manager Xpl0rEr (video) are also available.
Since the release of version 1.1 three years ago numerous changes and bug fixes have been made, which are described in detail in the archive in the 'History.txt'. Among others these include AmigaOS 3.2 fixes and a new and faster scan mode.
Download: xbench1.2f.lha (1 MB) (dr)
[News message: 24. Dec. 2021, 22:38] [Comments: 0]
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24.Dec.2021
IndieRetroNews
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Arcade shooter: 'Bean Versus The Animator' Xmas special
In mid-July we reported on the release of the arcade shooter Bean Versus The Animator. Now the developers have followed up and released an exclusive single-level episode of Bean Versus The Animator for Christmas: 'It's Snow Joke!':
An A500+ is required, 1.5MB Chip RAM is recommended if you want to run the game from Workbench. (dr)
[News message: 24. Dec. 2021, 08:20] [Comments: 0]
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24.Dec.2021
Reddit
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Xmas puzzle: Shuffling Around the Christmas Tree
If you still need some support to get into the right Christmas mood or maybe want to do some puzzling on the Amiga together with the family after unwrapping the presents: Shuffling Around the Christmas Tree by the demo group Desire not only reached second place at the Syntax Demopoarty at the end of November, but could also perform this little Christmas miracle.
This interactive puzzle slideshow presents artwork by Terry Redlin. After a short display time of the respective picture, the pieces are mixed up. Now you have to try to restore the picture:
You use the mouse to move the arrow at the edge of the image to the row or column that should be moved and then perform the action by pressing the mouse button. The puzzle is available as adf-version and as HD-version as exe-file. The adf version requires an Amiga 500 with 512 KB of chip RAM, while the HD version requires 1 MB of RAM for it to boot from harddisk. (dr)
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24.Dec.2021
https://blog.alb42.de (ANF)
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AmiTube 0.6: YouTube client for 68k-Amigas
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's AmiTube enables watching YouTube videos on an 68k Amiga. To do so, they are converted to Commodore's CDXL format and downloaded (video).
Now version 0.6 is available which among other adds a German localization and preview icons. Detailed changelog:
- Localization (german included)
- Preview Icons (need jpg Datatype)
- All formats Download buttons on main gui
- Check for Free space on HD, warn before downloading if not enough space
- Icon tooltype MOVIEDIR to set directory for movies
- smaller network buffer for low memory systems
The latest version always is available on the AmiTube website.
Please not that conversion is executed on the developer's personal server, thus he asks to restrict oneself to few and short videos. Furthermore the program must not be shared but always be downloaded from the author's website at the title link.
(dr)
[News message: 24. Dec. 2021, 06:06] [Comments: 0]
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