17.Aug.2021
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 2.4
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczeks has released version 2.4 of his web browser Wayfarer which introduces WebAudio playback support. Changes:
- Implemented Download As...
- WebAudio support for sample playback (while Google Translate text to speech works just fine, most online MOD players will be too slow)
- Implemented a Media flags popup
- Improved SSL certificate verification to avoid cases where a website wouldn't load due to cert not matching the hostname, but cert viewer window would assume the cert is fine and would not present buttons allowing to ignore/save cert
- Worked around an issue that prevented further popups from showing up if the main window was resized while a popup was up
- Reload button state wasn't properly refreshed when switching between tabs
- Fixed a crash and status bar issues when browsing page history for cached pages
- Certificate viewer may now be localized
(dr)
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17.Aug.2021
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AmigaOS 4: Status update on audio editor 'Rave', part 2
In April the developer Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka reported in his blog Rear Window about the latest level of development of his audio editor "Rave".
Now he has published part 2 telling among others about improved sample editing functions and clipboard support. (dr)
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17.Aug.2021
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Developer log: This Week in PiStorm 2021-08-15
In his weekly column 'This week in PiStorm' the developer Andrew Hutchings summarizes the latest progresses on the 'PiStorm' project.
In his latest entry among others he has reported, that Claude Schwarz has started developing an Amiga 1200 version of PiStorm. It is supposed to be based on a Pi Compute Module 4.
Furthermore the support of the Emu68 emulator for PiStorm was continued. It "boots DiagROM and is mostly all the way to booting kickstart." (dr)
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17.Aug.2021
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AmigaOS 4/MorphOS: SonosController 1.0
At the beginning of August we reported on Michael Rupp's first Amiga programm 'SonosController', written with Hollywood. After finishing the beta status, he has now released version 1.0 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. MUI 5.0 and AmiSSL 4 are required. (dr)
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17.Aug.2021
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Accelerator board: Returning the Buffees for rework
In the middle of June the developers reported that a second batch of 60 beta Buffees was ordered which now arrived. They "managed to power them up."
However, new problems were found, as the developers further report:
"While we did manage to boot them up and verify that some of the issues we had with the alpha were fixed, we also managed to introduce a couple of more. And a third issue that doesn’t really hurt us too much, but it is a pain:
- 1. the GreenPAK was mounted wrong; in their infintie wisdom, Dialog chose to reverse the pinout between packages. Same number of pins. Completely different order. One is clockwise. One is counter clockwise. Oh my god. This is on me, I should have checked had I thought to, but I’ve never had a part where the pin outs reversed, so this is a new one for me. Oh well.
- 2. There are three power rails on the PMIC; AC, USB and BAT. The USB and AC can both take really high voltages, but have a minimum of 4.5V which worried me as these old 68000 machines aren’t getting any younger and neither are their power supplies. Getting a solid 5V is rare, so I chose to use the BAT rail instead which operated nicely down to about 2.7V. Except TI didn’t make this rail “default on” and needs a push button. What the hell? Anyway, easier fix than #1, just need to short PB_IN to PGOOD.
- 3. Parts are disappearing and one of them was the 16MB Flash. We had to go with an 8MB one or “not at all”. So … this will be interesting.
So, they’re off for some rework and hopefully we get them back by the end of next week. I have to say these shipping delays and parts shortages all on top of dealing with COVID and a new fourth wave is so stressful. But I digress. At least we’re still under-budget.
We’ve made excelent progress on Buffee despite all these set backs and have developed a new method of handing the weird world of the variable length 68000 instruction and it’s dasterdly sidekick, the extended addressing mode. This has been the one last issue with PJIT that I had yet to solve.
The current method was to bake in the complex decode logic into every instruction that uses it – and for an addressing mode that’s not nearly as often used as say register direct or simple load/store operations, it was eating up a huge amount of the code base, since the “inline” nature of PJIT meant copying the same 20-30 ARM instructions for each opcode. Not efficient! And not fast either, the instruction routinely had to dig back into 68K memory and to do that, it would need to compute the 68K program code since we don’t always track it and … well, it was a mess.
So of course the answer was staring me in the face all the time. Our old model shows all these NOP’s filling the operand-gaps between opcodes – so why not simply shuffle them around and have all the literals and extended addressing modes get handled BEFORE we execute the actual instruction. Most 68000 opcodes are a single word and PJIT must either compile these to a single, inline ARM instruction or branch to a subroutine to handle more complex operations. But there are many 68000 opcodes that take considerably more than one word and PJIT can handle these by having special operators for each word within the whole instruction." (dr)
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16.Aug.2021
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Games announcements: Morci, Kung Fu Master, Green Beret, Project Quest
Jump'n run 'Morci' (video) has been teased for a while, now it has also got a name. The title, realized with the Scorpion Engine, requires AGA and some Fast RAM.
Kung Fu Master (Videos: 1, 2) comes from the creators of Turbo Sprint and is supposed to be a conversion of the arcade classic of the same name.
'Green Beret' aka 'Rush'n Attack' is another arcade classic. The Amiga conversion is developed with the Scorpion Engine.
Project Quest comes from the makers of the announced tactical shooter Project Horizon and uses its engine, but offers a fantasy setting. A demo version of the game is already available for download. The developers are asking for feedback on whether this side project should also be developed further. (cg) (Translation: bb)
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15.Aug.2021
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Web browser: IBrowse 2.5.5
Press release: IBrowse 2.5.5 is now available for download (OS4 users may use AmiUpdate instead). This is a maintenance release with an important fix for a crash bug introduced in 2.5.4, along with performance improvements, the addition of third-party cookie blocking and a few other fixes. The full list of changes follows:
- Updated Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish and Swedish catalog translations, by Niels Bache, Samir Hawamdeh, Kolbjørn Barmen, Mariusz Danilewicz, Javier de las Rivas and Pär Boberg respectively
- Tweaked the installer to work around the broken Version command in A-EON's Enhancer Software
- OS4: Fixed truncated multipart form submission, when any file upload elements were left blank (e.g. Gmail)
- Fixed problems with the accept/reject from this server buttons not always working correctly in cookie action requesters
- Added third-party and first-party cookie types to the information shown in cookie action requesters
- Added AmigaOS 3.2 detection
- Third-party cookies now detected and can be blocked using the security and/or URL prefs settings
- Resumed downloads in the download manager didn't show the size, but now show the total expected complete size
- Fixed corruption of auto resumed incomplete HTTP gzip encoded downloaded files
- Fixed
- Improved parsing speed of huge inline JavaScript sections
- Don't bother to copy inline JavaScript into a buffer, if JavaScript is disabled, improving performance
- Tweaked puddle size of one of the main memory pools, to improve performance
This is the fifth free update for registered users of IBrowse 2.5. IBrowse 2.1-2.4 and 1.x users may upgrade to IBrowse 2.5.5 via our store at discounted rates. (dr)
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15.Aug.2021
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Aminet uploads until 14.08.2021
The following files have been added until 14.08.2021 to Aminet:
AmiGemini.lha comm/net 60K 68k Gemini protocol browser
RawIO2Parallel.lha dev/debug 5K 68k Redirect debug output to para...
Parallel2Serial.lha docs/hard 6K Make the parallel port a seri...
Jake_and_Peppy_0.80B.lha game/demo 31M 68k Playable demo of new Apollo V...
labyrinth64.lha game/misc 135K 68k Remake of Commodore 64 game L...
gimine.lha game/wb 110K 68k classic game of mines
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.3M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.7M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.2M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
ToolsMenu.lha util/cdity 75K 68k Add tools to the Workbench To...
Iconverter.lha util/conv 115K 68k Convert WB 1/MagicWB icons to...
Iconverter_mos.lha util/conv 97K MOS Convert WB 1/MagicWB icons to...
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15.Aug.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 14.08.2021
The following files have been added until 14.08.2021 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
nmtm-demo.lha gam/adv 8Mb 4.0 Point and click adventure game
cookiemaster.lha net/bro 2Mb 4.1 Web browser (currently Odyssey) ...
witchcleaner.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Clean temp data from OWB and IBr...
bibvision.lha uti/tex 388kb 4.1 Bible text viewer for OS4
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15.Aug.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 14.08.2021
The following files have been added until 14.08.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_27.81.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Deark_1.5.9.lha Files/Archive Extracting data from va...
UnRAR_6.02.lha Files/Archive UnRAR port for MorphOS,...
Iconverter_1.0.lha Files/Convert Convert WB 1/MagicWB ic...
ScummVM_2.3.0git.lha Games/Adventure 2D Point-and-Click adve...
NMTM_demo.lha Games/Demo A game concept demo of ...
FResample_2.0.lha System/Library/Audio Fast altivec-capable re...
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14.Aug.2021
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)
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Developer package: DevPack 1.11
The free "DevPack" by Dimitris Panokostas and Philipp Lonke is intended for Amiga users who want to develop their own software under AmigaOS. The new version 1.11 contains updated versions of RedPill and vasm/vlink, also a link to the AmigaOS 3.2-NDK has been added. AmiPython 2.3.3 has been removed from the distribution because the author apparently did not agree with the distribution as part of DevPack. (cg) (Translation: bb)
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14.Aug.2021
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Jetbrain IDEs: Plugin upgrades support for MC68000 syntax
Chris 'platon42' Hodges (USB stack Poseidon, among others) has released a plugin on Github for Jetbrains' integrated development environments (CLion and IntelliJ for Windows, Mac OS and Linux, among others) that retrofits support for m68k assembler. It equips the IDEs with syntax highlighting and refactoring capability for Motorola's instruction set. (cg) (Translation: bb)
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14.Aug.2021
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Magazine archive: Amiga Future Archive DVD #5
Press release: The Amiga Future Archive DVD #5 has been released. It is a pressed DVD9 with over 6 GByte of data. Even if it should be no problem in principle, make sure that your drive can read a DVD9. Of course you also need a PDF viewer.
On the Amiga Future Archive DVD #5 you can find the following issues of Amiga Future as PDF:
- Deutsch: Amiga Future Issue 11-142
- Englisch: Amiga Future Issue 67-142
Issues 11 to 26 have been scanned. Unfortunately, the quality here is not exactly perfect. All other issues are PDFs in very high quality. Issue 11 was the first German Amiga Future issue that was published. Issue 67 was the first English issue of Amiga Future. So there are over 20 years of Amiga Future history on the DVD.
There is no update possibility from previous version of the Amiga Future Archive DVD. Please have understanding for this.
(cg) (Translation: bb)
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14.Aug.2021
Pretty Old Pixel (ANF)
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Interview: Damon Slye (Dynamix)
The Pretty Old Pixel YouTube channel has conducted an interview with Damon Slye, one of the founders of Dynamix, who is responsible for countless classics, such as Mechwarrior, A-10 Tank Killer, Aces of the Pacific and Aces of the Deep. In the interview, Damon talks about how he got into computer game programming and goes into detail about individual games. (cg) (Translation: bb)
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10.Aug.2021
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New edition of the Amiga 500: THEA500 Mini
In October 2020 Retro Games Ltd. had hinted at the replica of an Amiga 500 with a picture. Today, concrete details were announced: In early 2022, the replica of the Amiga 500, named THEA500 Mini and distributed by Koch Media, will be available for a recommended retail price of EUR¤129.99 (product video).
Not only the OSC and ECS chipset, but also the Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA) are to be emulated. 25 games are to be included, of which the following have been listed so far: Alien Breed 3D, Another World, ATR: All Terrain Racing, Battle Chess, Cadaver, Kick Off 2, Pinball Dreams, Simon The Sorcerer, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, The Chaos Engine, Worms: The Director's Cut, Zool: Ninja Of The "Nth" Dimension. All other titles will be announced at a later date. However, it is also possible to load your own games using a USB stick and WHDLoad support. The games can be saved and continued at any time.
The following products are to be included in the scope of delivery:
- THEA500 Mini Computer
- 25 Games
- 2-Button-USB-Mouse in original design
- 8-Button-USB-Gamepad
- HDMI Cable
- USB-C power cable
- Quick Start Guide
THEA500 Mini will have the following specifications:
- Emulates A500, A600 & A1200 (ECS/OCS/AGA)
- Games can be saved and resumed at any time
- Own games can be added
- 720p HD resolution at 50 Hz (Europe) or 60 Hz (USA)
- Various scaling options and CRT filters
- Virtual keyboard and USB keyboard support
- upgradeable firmware
So far, there is no information about which hardware or software this replica is based on. (dr)
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10.Aug.2021
Amigablogs
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Game announcement: 'Menace' remake for Vampire
Kevin Saunders, graphic designer, artist and game designer for Amiga projects (among others Boss Machine and RESHOOT PROXIMA 3), has announced a remake of the game Menace for Vampire Amigas by presenting an animated end level boss. He also encourages Amiga users to support his work by becoming a Patreon. (dr)
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09.Aug.2021
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Platformer: Radical Moves
'ScattergoodStudios' has rereleased its game "Radical Rob" originally written in 1992 as Radical Moves. In this platform game, offering 99 levels, the player Rob "has to rid the world of evil fluffies, collect drink cans and work your way through each level." (YouTube-Video).
Rob has an unlimited supply of plasma bombs to clobber baddies with. Once hit, a meanie will remain stunned for a few seconds. This gives Rob enough time to run over them and finish them off.
The game can be purchased for at least about 2,50 Euro as adf file. (dr)
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08.Aug.2021
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AmiWest 2021: Registration of presentations
As already reported, this years's AmiWest will take place on 16. and 17. October 2021 in Holiday Inn Express in Sacramento, California. In its latest blog entry the organizers call all companies, users and developers to register planned presentations - online or on site - via eMail. (dr)
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08.Aug.2021
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Amiga disks on PC: Update to copy program A-Copy
A-Copy is a program for reading and writing ADF disk images under Windows. It requires the ADF drive hardware, which uses a Teensy USB Development Board as an adapter between PC and floppy drive
In the latest version additional to minor bug fixes, Arne Urbaniak has updated the controller detections as well as finished the Bamcopy of ADFImage2Disk. As he reported, there are many suggestions and ideas he have received which he now examines. (dr)
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08.Aug.2021
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Update of Shoot'em Up 'Inviyya'
'Tigerskunk' has released an update for the digital version of his shoot'em up 'Inviyya' providing an additional level. For users who have already purchased the game the update is available after logging in. (dr)
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08.Aug.2021
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Preview video: Jump'n Run 'Boxx 4'
The developer 'Lemming880' is working on the fourth part of his 'Boxx' series developed with the Scorpion Engine. You can get some impressions of the third part on amigafrance.com. There you will also find download links for all previously released parts. In a YouTube preview video, 'Lemming880' shows a short walk through the first level of the fourth part of the series.
(dr)
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08.Aug.2021
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Aminet uploads until 07.08.2021
The following files have been added until 07.08.2021 to Aminet:
dsp3210.lha driver/oth 297K 68k DSP 3210 drivers and tools
AxelPong.lha game/misc 264K 68k classic pong game revisited b...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.3M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.7M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
ASE2019_1.52.lha text/edit 134K 68k Text editor
Deark.lha util/arc 3.6M MOS Extract data from various fil...
UnRAR-6.02.lha util/arc 2.3M MOS UnRAR 6.02
JFIFdt44.lha util/dtype 877K 68k fast JFIF (JPEG) picture data...
FResample.lha util/libs 88K MOS Fast altivec-capable resample...
Alltests.zip util/misc 14K 68k Automated Amiga Test Program
Testprogram.zip util/misc 385K 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
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08.Aug.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 07.08.2021
The following files have been added until 07.08.2021 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
astralgame.lha gam/mis 3Mb 4.0 A little tool to know your zodia...
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08.Aug.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 07.08.2021
The following files have been added until 07.08.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
SDL_2.0.14_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL 2.0.1...
SDLPoP_1.22.lha Games/Adventure SDLPoP is an open-sourc...
MCE_13.1.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
AstralGame_3.0.lha Games/Misc This esoteric app you c...
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08.Aug.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 07.08.2021
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 07.08.2021:
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