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16.Nov.2021



AmigaOS 3/4: New Netsurf test build
In May 2020 the version 3.10 of the ReAction-based Amiga port of the web browser Netsurf was released. Until the next official release 3.11, so-called test builds are published by the developers, which already include changes but may still contain bugs.

After a longer break, Chris Young has now updated the build version #5314 with the root certificates, which are included in the currently current version #5318. When asked, Chris Young explained to us that especially the OS3 version has to be considered as a pure test version - 'very alpha/beta quality'. Furthermore, he holds out the prospect of a possible special AmigaOS 3.2 version, should it prove true that the ReAction gadgets and his workarounds for the old versions are the cause of the instability.

A short test of the OS4 version first takes us to our main page, which loads without problems. When selecting a single message, three or four seconds pass:


Now the message about Ben Hermans is selected and the source on amigaworld.net is called. The page loads quickly, but an additional window opens with a list of JavaScript errors. At least it becomes clear that the page obviously does not work without the infamous tracking tool..:


Well remembered is that GitHub pages often cause difficulties (under previous Wayfarer versions sometimes no text was visible), so we test the link to Dirk Hoffmann's MacOS emulator vAmiga:


The page itself loads very quickly, but the warning messages increase again. Furthermore, logging in is not possible because the corresponding link is missing. Basically, JavaScript can be disabled in the settings. Furthermore Chris Young gave us the tip to add "log_filter:level:CRITICAL" to the choice file under NetSurf/Users/Default to stop the display of the errors. Finally, we allow ourselves to type a big name into the input field: heise.de:


Apart from the fact that you are overwhelmed by JavaScript errors, this was probably a bit too big. But NetSurf ran stable and one can only hope that the development will be continued to have another alternative especially under AmigaOS 4. Downloads: (dr)

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16.Nov.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Full version of "Zeewolf" available as free download
Amiga Future offers the full version of the shooter Zeewolf for free download. ADF and IPF disk images are offered, as well as a ready WHDLoad install. (cg)

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16.Nov.2021
FS-UAE (Webseite)


Emulation: FS-UAE Lanucher 3.1.48
The "FS-UAE Launcher" is responsible for configuring and launching the Amiga emulator FS-UAE. The now released update includes some translations that were forgotten in the original release. The author points out that due to changes in the SDL library used by FS-UAE, the controller configuration in FS-UAE Lanucher may need to be updated to make the emulator respond to all joystick or joypad buttons again. (cg)

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15.Nov.2021
Nivrig Games


Game announcement: Arcade action game 'Turbo Santa'
After the huge success of Turbo Tomato, John Girvin of Nivrig Games has announced his next game for the 68k Amigas: In Turbo Santa, the player must fill in for Santa Claus, who has fallen asleep, and try to deliver presents in time to save Christmas.


The story: "Christmas Day has come to The Garden. The children are starting to wake up and wander around, still half-asleep, looking for the presents Santa has left them. But none are to be found!

Gather magical gifts as they appear and toss them to the dreaming children. Don't miss, and watch out for the GRONCH dashing around stealing presents! Take too long and the children will wake up to no presents and Christmas will be ruined!"

Turbo Santa (video) has been announced for December and will be available for free. It will require 1Mb Chip Ram and Kickstart 2.04. Music is by DJ METUNE. (dr)

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14.Nov.2021



Aminet uploads until 13.11.2021
The following files have been added until 13.11.2021 to Aminet:
MAXsTelnet.lha           comm/maxs  330K      How to use MAXsBBS with telnet
Andy_and_Blondie.lha     demo/intro 61K       64K intro
Mattonite.lha            game/actio 972K  68k Arkanoid like PAL game almost...
TilesSlide.lha           game/actio 71K   68k Align 3-4 tiles of the same c...
Abu_Simbel_Profan_-TF... game/misc  7.9M  68k Abu Simbel Profanation The Fu...
Umoria.lha               game/role  765K  MOS Robert A. Koeneke's classic r...
AmiDuke_AGA.lha          game/shoot 726K  68k Amiga port of Duke Nukem 3D
jfsw.lha                 game/shoot 1.7M  68k Shadow Warrior Amiga Port
darkest-hour.i386-aro... game/text  88K   x86 Old-fashioned text adventure ...
bas2tap-mos.lha          misc/emu   100K  MOS Sinclair BASIC file to TAP co...
Euro-Update.lha          misc/os    424K      Official Euro-Update for Amig...
MMV8_Complete.lha        mus/edit   1.7M  68k MusicMaker V8 Version 3.0 (Co...
SamplesCreator.lha       mus/edit   40K   68k Samples creation and saving
SamplesCreatorDemos.lha  mus/misc   172K      Some samples created by Sampl...
MMV8_Player.lha          mus/play   34K   68k MusicMaker V8 Player
Tama_Backdrops.lha       pix/back   249K      AOS 3.2 dark themed WB backdrop
StandardMagicWB.lha      pix/mwb    2.4M      Standardised MagicWB Icon Set
BNumsRTGPack.lha         pix/theme  26M   68k Birdie Num Nums RTG Themes Pa...
MCP133b1.lha             util/cdity 517K  68k THE Ultimate WB Enchancer!
RxEnv.lha                util/rexx  36K   68k ARexx development tools
xvslibrary.lha           util/virus 100K  68k External Virus Scanner Librar...
GTPropPatch.lha          util/wb    4K    68k Enables PROPNEWLOOK knobs/scr...
RandomBackdrop.lha       util/wb    8.2M  68k Up to 255 random backdrops wi...
(snx)

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14.Nov.2021



OS4Depot uploads until 13.11.2021
The following files have been added until 13.11.2021 to OS4Depot:
nmtm.lzx                 gam/adv 20Mb  4.0 Point and click adventure game
chwiloka.lha             gam/puz 8Mb   4.1 Memory game
(snx)

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14.Nov.2021



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 13.11.2021
The following files have been added until 13.11.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
ModExplorerNG.lha         Audio/Players             A module player by J?rg.
RxEnv_1.2.lha             Development/Arexx         ARexx development tools
SDL_2.0.16_Libraries.lha  Development/Library       All Libraries SDL 2.0.1...
bas2tap_2.6.lha           Emulation/Misc            Sinclair BASIC file to ...
EasyRPG_Player_0.7.0.lha  Emulation                 A program that allows t...
REminiscence_0.4.9.lha    Games/Adventure           REminiscence is a re-im...
ScummVM_2.6.0GIT.lha      Games/Adventure           2D Point-and-Click adve...
SpaceCadetPinball.lha     Games/Misc                Decompilation of 3D Pin...
Umoria_5.7.15.lha         Games/Role                Robert A. Koeneke's cla...
PassPocket_1.1.lha        Misc                      Password manager utility
(snx)

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14.Nov.2021
Timo Kloss (ANF)


Adventure: Release date and final trailer for Ermentrud - Hero with Horse
More than twenty years after its first announcement, release date of the point-and-click adventure "Ermentrud - Held mit Pferd" (Ermentrud - Hero with Horse) has been set: In about four weeks, on December 10, 2021, the game will be available for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS (as well as Windows, Mac OS and iOS). A video introduces the game. (snx)

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14.Nov.2021



Graphics card: Status update on the ZZ9000
In 2018 the ZZ9000 as the successor of the FPGA-based and open source Zorro II/III compatible graphics board MNT VA2000 could be preordered. The ZZ9000 combines a RTG graphics board, AGA scandoubler and network card equipped with two 666-MHz-ARM coprocessors for applications demanding high processing power like accelerated graphic rendering or JPEG and MP3 decoding. Besides, an USB port provides support for USB mass storages.

Now on the product site the following statement was published: "Due to the global chip shortage, we have decided to stop selling ZZ9000 temporarily. We have preordered all necessary parts to build and ship all existing orders. The current shipping target for 92% of existing orders is January 2022 and the rest in March 2022. Thank you for your patience and support." (dr)

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13.Nov.2021



Tools for ARexx development: RxEnv V1.2
At the beginning of September we reported on Carl Svensson's project RxEnv which is supposed to add a 'REPL' to the ARexx development environment.
REPL is for 'Read, Eval, Print, Loop' and offers the option to enter any ARexx code in an interactive window and get immediately response. This might be helpful to find bugs in the code (see this article).

His intension and the story of his project, Svensson has explained in his article The Joy Of Limitations: Writing an ARexx REPL in ARexx. Now he has released version 1.2 of RxEnv with the following changes:
  • Implemented immediate mode in the REPL.
  • If an error occurs, rxpp now exits with return code 20 instead of return code 1.
  • Added malloc() checks to rxpp.
  • Added the pprx script.
  • Minor cleanups in REPL code.
(dr)

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12.Nov.2021
Youtube / 8-Bit Guy (ANF)


8-BitArcade-Adventure: "PETSCII Robots" announced for Amiga
PETSCII Robots by popular Texas youtuber 8 Bit Guy is an arcade adventure game originally developed for the Commodore PET, whose in-game "graphics" consisted entirely of PETSCII characters (video).

Since then the commercially distributed title has been made available for various retro platforms (including VIC 20, C64, C128, Plus/4, Apple II, Atari), with each port attempting to exploit the graphical and sound capabilities of the target system as much as possible. In his most recent Youtube release the "8 Bit Guy" now announces further ports, including one for the Amiga 500 - moving pictures of this version can be seen starting at minute 16:50. (cg)

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11.Nov.2021
Scene World Podcast (ANF)


Scene World Podcast Episode #127 - Nicola and Anthony Caulfield
In their new podcast episode, Jörg Dröge and Arthur Heller talk to Nicola and Anthony Caulfield, a filmmaking team from London. They are responsible for documentaries like "From Bedrooms To Billions" and its sequel "The Amiga Years" . Their current project, called "The Rubber-Keyed Wonder", is about the ZX Spectrum. Interview starts at 9:47 minutes. (snx)

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11.Nov.2021
Sven Scheele (ANF)


Event: Interface XXIX in Kiel (Germany) on November 27, 2021
On saturday, November 27, 2021, the next "Interface" retrocomputing event takes place in Schwentinental near Kiel, Germany. Details can be found in our german news-item. (snx)

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11.Nov.2021
amigaworld.net


Anniversary: 20 years AmigaSource
For 20 years now Scott Pistorino collects on his site AmigaSource all information around the Amiga. On October 19, 2001 he introduced his project on amiga-news.de. Beside several interviews with Ben Hermans or Fleecy Moss from 2002 there are numerous categories like software, hardware, demos etc. Because Pistorino changed to a new database some time ago, some articles are not yet available again. In the future he plans to add links to all official Amiga systems like X1000, A1222 etc. as well as systems of external developers like MiSTer, Vampire, Raspberry Pi etc. We say congratulations! (dr)

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10.Nov.2021



AmigaOS 4.1: Start of video and discussion series
Each Friday on 19:30 Uhr CET George Sokianos, author of the AmigaOS 4.1 application MediaVault, explains on Twitch the AmigaOS and had so far focused on version 3.2. Those videos he also has uploaded to YouTube. Since last Friday now he talks about AmigaOS 4.1 and explains among others in the first episode the AmigaOS 4.1 FE file structure, the different Prefs utilities and what can be done with them and why the WBStartup folder is removed and what took its place. (dr)

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