27.Oct.2021
reddit
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Amiga disks on PC: DrawBridge 2.7
Robert Smith has updated his project 'DrawBridge' (Disk Reader and Writer Bridge)for read Amiga disks using a common PC disk drive. According to the author, additional to improved diagnostics, improved reading/writing, extra features and new UI version 2.7 mainly offers HD floppy disk support. All this work has fed back into WinUAE meaning that WinUAE (and soon Amiberry) will also support real HD disks in real-time.
As he stated, "the official WinUAE will support this in v4.9 when it’s released via a plug-in (FloppyBridge) from my site. That plug-in gives you a few more options to increase speed."
Besides, it is possible to be placed on a waiting list: Smith sells his little board for USB Slimline disk drives for 25 British Pound plus shipping. The boards are fully compatible to Arduino Software (IDE) which enables future firmware updates.
All documents of Smith's project are available on GitHub under a free license. (dr)
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26.Oct.2021
AMIGAworld (Twitter)
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GitHub project: Amiga 4000 accelerator board 'Z3660'
On GitHub the developer 'shanshe' has started a project for the Amiga 4000 accelerator board 'Z3660' which is based on John "Chucky" Hertell's A3660 board as well as the Z-turn Board. In contrast to the A3660 (currently) only 060 CPU are supported. If Z-turn FPGA is not used, then you get a simple A3660. The only difference is that all A3660 PLDs are replaced by a XC95144XL-TQ144 CPLD. If you use a Z-turn FPGA, then you can add 128 MB of CPU RAM (more RAM, RTG, AHI, USB, SCSI are planned in the future). (dr)
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25.Oct.2021
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MorphOS: QR-Code generator 'QRCodeLab'
MorphOS developer Frank Mariak has released a MUI tool called 'QRCodeLab' which can be used to easily create QR codes and afterwards copying them to the Clipboard or saving them as pictures. We have tested the tool using our Amiga-News website: Working!
As the author wrote, "currently, it only supported encoding to UTF8 and non of the other compressed formats like numeric and/or alphanumeric are supported to reduce the code size. It dynamically adjusts the QRCode version based on the length of string."
If you have any suggestions or ideas for improvement, please feel free to contact the author via mail. (dr)
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25.Oct.2021
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: RapaGUI 2.1 released
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to announce the immediate availability of RapaGUI 2.1. This release contains several minor bug fixes and one major bug fix for the Amiga compatible platforms. Because of a major bug in the Amiga versions of RapaGUI 2.0, everybody should upgrade to RapaGUI 2.1. RapaGUI 2.1 is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal. (dr)
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25.Oct.2021
Twitter
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Reprint: 'Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium'
In 2014, the book 'Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium' was successfully financed by a Kickstarter campaign. In a reprint available from 22. November "over the course of some 420 pages, 'Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium' showcases more than 140 of the biggest titles, bringing them vividly to life with a double-page screen grab or loading page. Each is accompanied by quotes and commentary from renowned Amiga artists, developers and publishers, including R.J. Mical, David Braben, Sid Meier, Ron Gilbert, Julian Eggebrecht, Tobias Richter, Dave Gibbons and many more. In this latest reprint of Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium, we’ve added a handful of new game reviews, as well as including a spread for Dune. Contributor entries now include their role in the game or profession, in line with more recent visual compendiums." (dr)
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24.Oct.2021
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Aminet uploads until 23.10.2021
The following files have been added until 23.10.2021 to Aminet:
AmiGemini.lha comm/net 80K 68k Gemini protocol browser
FTPMount1.4_Fixed.lha comm/tcp 246K 68k Fixed Installer for FTPMount 1.4
AGAInside.lha demo/aga 26K 68k AGA Inside - legendary russia...
aqb-0.7.3.lha dev/basic 250K 68k A BASIC Compiler+IDE for Amig...
AMICUBE_NTSC.adf game/think 880K 68k Rubik's Cube for classic Amiga
gipoker.lha game/wb 314K 68k Poker game
puzzleballs.lha game/wb 203K 68k PuzzleBalls game
skyballs.lha game/wb 198K 68k SkyBalls game
tressette.lha game/wb 334K 68k Tressette a Perdere card game
xiffview.tgz misc/unix 39K IFF ILBM picture viewer for L...
siddump.lha mus/misc 73K MOS C64 music debug output utility
MMV8_2_PCM.lha mus/play 9K 68k MusicMaker V8 to PCM converter
HuntnGather.lha util/dir 202K 68k File indexing and search util...
WarpJPEGdt.lha util/dtype 331K WOS JFIF-JPEG datatype V45.16
WarpPNGdt.lha util/dtype 160K WOS PNG image datatype V45.24
multimediatags.lha util/misc 11K MOS Dump meta data from sound fil...
TestProgram.zip util/misc 137K 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
lvl.pointers.lha util/mouse 12K mouse pointer presets for RTG...
(snx)
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24.Oct.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 23.10.2021
The following files have been added until 23.10.2021 to OS4Depot:
hp_deskjet_cmyk.lha dev/exa 65kb 4.0 HP PCL printer driver example so...
libopenssl.lha dev/lib 8Mb 4.0 The open source toolkit for SSL/TLS
mediavault.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.1 Discover online radio stations a...
mediavault_script.lha net/mis 12kb 4.0 Choose player or download stream...
(snx)
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24.Oct.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 23.10.2021
The following files have been added until 23.10.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
Multimediatags.lha Audio/Misc Dump meta data from sou...
SIDDump_1.08.lha Audio/Misc C64 music debug output ...
Void-Feedback_11.lha Demoscene Music Disk for MorphOS
OpenTTD_1.12.0.lha Games/Strategy A clone of Transport Ty...
Pixy_1.0_alpharelease_... Graphics/Draw The next generation pix...
QRCodeLab_0.8.lha Misc A simple MUI tool to cr...
WarpJPEGdt_45.16.lha System/Datatypes JFIF-JPEG datatype
WarpPNGdt_45.24.lha System/Datatypes PNG image datatype V45.22
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24.Oct.2021
Twitter (ANF)
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Amigaworld.de: Do-it-yourself Amiga 600/1200 CF-IDE adapter
At the title link Amigaworld.de published an - in revision D now also buffered - do-it-yourself CompactFlash to IDE adapter for the Amiga 600/1200 including an HD-LED fix and a second port for another drive. (snx)
[News message: 24. Oct. 2021, 08:28] [Comments: 0]
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23.Oct.2021
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Tech-Demo: Update for 'Street Fighter 2' game with Scorpion Engine
'Street Fighter 2' is the attempt to recreate the well-known beat'm up on the Amiga using the Scorpion Engine in a better way. The author is not going to develop a full game but hopes to inspire other developers. The update for the playable demo version includes the following changes:
- Added (fake) character selection, (cursor moves and has some sounds)
- Improved palette for HUD, VS screen and win screen
- Added Ken walking towards Ryu if he's too far away (buggy)
- Added small knockback when Ken gets hit
- Added P1 score with correct font and KO sfx
(dr)
[News message: 23. Oct. 2021, 10:19] [Comments: 0]
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23.Oct.2021
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Countdown: C64 & Amiga game music remade as epic film scores
Running until Sunday, 24. October 00:39 CEST, a Kickstarter campaign tries to finance the C64 & Amiga game music album 'Epic Action Vol1' (amiga-news.de reported). So far 13.000 Euro from the required 23.000 Euro were payed. On our request a member of Prismatic Realms told that a failure of the financing also definitely mean the end for the project. But in any case the group will continue to develop retro games. (dr)
[News message: 23. Oct. 2021, 08:14] [Comments: 0]
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23.Oct.2021
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AmigaGuide to HTML converter: GuideML 3.16 for AmigaOS 3/4
GuideML is an AmigaGuide to HTML converter which can convert most AmigaGuides and since v3.1 also has a GUI. After 13 years the author Chris Young has updated the tool, which originally was started by Richard Körber. Additional to some bug fixes, now the tool uses the locale.library v38+ which should remove accents from characters for better compatibility. And version 3.16 introduces basic support for the '@{img' command of AmigaOS 3.2.
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 Amiga OS4 (screenshots).
In our little test the conversion worked fine with different AmigaGuide files. But the tool does not create a protocol file so you do not know what maybe went wrong. A 'main.html' file always is created as well as seperate html files and for the other chapters.
The program is open source, the source code available on GitHub. (dr)
[News message: 23. Oct. 2021, 07:40] [Comments: 0]
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21.Oct.2021
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Music editor: MusicMaker V8 Version 3.12 (update)
Thomas Winischhofer's 'MusicMaker V8' ('MMV8') is a sample-based music editor which the author started back in 1986 as hobby project. As the author wrote, "much later it published in France and the German speaking parts of Europe by Data Becker (V1.76) and by Wolf Software (V2.358, Germany only)."
This version 3 dates back to late 1992 and was never published as a commercial product.
In the readme it is explained, that MMV8 uses "macros" which - unlike "patterns" in trackers - apply to a single channel only. Those "macros" are then put in a playing order, which is called a track. As MMV8 provides up to eight audio channels, up to eight tracks can be set up.
As Thomas Winischhofer told us some time ago, he "doesn't really want to do anything more on the MM except occasionally fix bugs that stand out." That would not be worth reporting. However, this has turned into a few updates in recent times, each of which has been published on Aminet. As the developer writes, he has small windows of time at the moment, which, unlike the DSP drivers - his
other Amiga project of the recent past) he can use sitting at the emulator to fix bugs and improve the source code from 1986 and the following years. But he definitely doesn't want to take away the character and charm of the 80s from the program.
In the latest versions the author mainly worked on the GUI and fixed several minor bugs.
Who of our readers had or has used the music editor?
Update: (07:43, 24.10.21, dr)
Meanwhile version 3.12 is available. Now "m" now shows instrument paths and minor inconvenience in the install script were fixed. (dr)
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21.Oct.2021
Prince (Mail)
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Video tutorial: Episode 17 of assembler coding course
'Prince', the founder of the former demo group 'Phaze101', currently streams on Twitch the assembler coding course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" (amiga-news.de reported) in English and after some time uploads the videos of it to YouTube. Yesterday episode 17 was published, continuing running through chapter 7 of the book which is about "Sprites / Joysticks / Tables / Bit Manipulation". (dr)
[News message: 21. Oct. 2021, 06:25] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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OpenSwitcher: Do-it-yourself floppy disk drive switcher
OpenSwitcher is a do-it-yourself floppy disk drive switcher for the Amiga, tested with an Amiga 500+ and 2.x as well as 3.x Kickstart ROMs. Seperately, there is also a variant for the Amiga 600 and 1200.
Aim of the project is a solution built of easily available and easily programmable parts that is easily to install as well. (snx)
[News message: 20. Oct. 2021, 12:26] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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New downloads at amigaland.de
At amigaland.de Mirko Engelhardt offers software that had been commercial before with the permission of the respective copyright owners. Latest additions include the soccer manager simulation Bundesliga Manager as well as the adventures Jonathan and Die Kathedrale by Software 2000 as well as the economic simulations Mag!!! and ranTrainer by Greenwood Entertainment Software. (snx)
[News message: 20. Oct. 2021, 12:15] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2021
Thorsten Mampel (ANF)
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Event: Developers and presentations at Amiga-Meeting Nord 2021 (Germany)
From November 5 to 7, 2021, the next Amiga-Meeting will take place in Neumünster, Germany. Everyone actively taking part with his own computer will receive keyfiles for Amiga Forever and C64 Forever sponsored by Mike Battilana of Cloanto. Besides 'Matze' also Entwickler-X, Arne/HavanaClub and Kai/Forgottenhero will be there and probably also Frank Mariak of the MorphOS developer team may join.
More details can be found in our german news-item or at the title link. (snx)
[News message: 20. Oct. 2021, 09:38] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2021
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BASIC-Compiler: AQB 0.7.3
With his compiler AQB, which is oriented to Microsoft's AmigaBASIC or QuickBASIC, but not intended as a clone, the developer Guenter Bartsch has the intention to create a modern, clean, AmigaOS-compatible and future-proof BASIC, which is tailored to modern Amiga application development.
In version 0.7.3, besides bug fixes in the compiler, various functions and modules were added. (dr)
[News message: 20. Oct. 2021, 06:25] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2021
Janne Peräaho (Mail)
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Review: Amiga python port of puzzle game 'Oil Worker'
In mid-July, developer Janne Peräaho had begun a series of Python conversions with the game Space Invaders. He now continued this series with the game OilWorker originally published by Wil Alvarez in 2008 as implementation for AmigaOS 4.1. Thereby he optimized the loading of the game data, created the possibility to reset the highscore and added a small manual.
The aim of the game is to lay an oil pipeline from the delivery point to the tank. The pieces to be used for this purpose must be placed next to each other in the playing field in a meaningful way, whereby a minimum number must be reached. In a preview at the upper right edge you can see the next four pieces to be processed for the pipeline. If one just doesn't fit the line you've started (the pieces can't be rotated), it can be placed anywhere on the board or built over an existing one (for a $50 deduction). The game features simple, but nice background music and also single SFX.
In our small test, 'Oil Worker' ran very smoothly and without problems on an AmigaOne X5000. Using emulated AmigaOS 4.1 (WinUAE on an Intel 2.20 GHz laptop), the game also worked, but only 1-2 FPS were achieved, which meant that setting the parts was still reasonably smooth. However, the time it took for the oil from the ground to reach the upper well and then flow through the pipe was disproportionately long, making the whole thing impossible to play sensibly.
The game is definitely recommended for all those who want to strain their grey cells a bit with a small game in between. However, it should be tested whether the game runs just as smoothly on weaker native hardware (X1000, Sam boards) or whether it can be used sensibly with a faster emulation (current PC). (dr)
[News message: 20. Oct. 2021, 04:03] [Comments: 0]
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