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08.Sep.2021
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AmigaOS 4: MediaVault 1.3.0
MediaVault is an open source application for AmigaOS 4 which can be used to discover online radio stations. An external player like AmigaAmp and the jansson.library v2.12.1 are required. Changes in version 1.3.0:
  • Added
    • Added right sidebar with station info and avatar image, wherever the image is available
    • Added a new menu item to check for newer versions and start a selfupdate, if the user approves it. There is a way to see the latest changes before update.
    • Added a new message in case the "Discover More" button is clicked and no more stations were found
  • Fixed
    • Now the radio list is cleared if the search criteria change and no radio stations are found
    • Now the list is not cleared if the "Discover More" button is clicked and no more stations were found
    • Fixed a possible crash on window closing
  • Changed
    • Dropped oo.library network support for libcurl, which more mature and has a lot more options and features. Unfortunately that increased the executable size a lot.
    • Now oo.library and AmiSSL are not required
    • Fixed the version string to include the application name
    • Added a play button at the right sidebar which is enabled as soon as the user selects a radio station. By clicking it the radio will be loaded at the default player. The double click on the radio list was disabled.
    • On every request of radio stations, a list of 100 stations are returned and listed
(dr)

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07.Sep.2021
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RxEnv: Tools for the ARexx development environment (update)
Already for a longer time Carl Svensson has been dealing with ARexx programming language and for example had released a minimaltic GUI 'mp3Play' for the MP3 player "MPEGA" or a little WWW server 'gW3S'. Meanwhile these tools are not available any longer since, according to the author, he had to rewrite them and the required hardware - e.g. a network card - is not available anymore.

Now he has released tools for the ARexx development environment called RxEnv. He has written:

"Coding in ARexx on the Amiga can be great fun. It's a quirky little language by modern standards, nevertheless I find it to be a highly enjoyable experience. Still, ARexx was born in 1987, and it lacks many of the comforts we take for granted when working with younger scripting languages.

I've always felt that it's suffered greatly from the inability to include other scripts, allowing the programmer to build a small library of functions that can complement the built-ins. I also frequently miss a Read, Eval, Print Loop.

The best way to remedy this is of course to solve the problem yourself: A preprocessor and a REPL.

The preprocessor allows for the inclusion of ARexx "modules" - collections of native ARexx functions - in other ARexx scripts.

The REPL supports multi-line statements (so called "buffers"), will automatically print the result of any single statement returning a value and traps errors without touching the current variable scope. The REPL itself is written in ARexx and should run on any Amiga capable of running ARexx."

Version 1.0 of RxEnv was released under the 3.0 license.
Download: RxEnv10.lha (35kByte)


Update: (12:03, 09.09.21, dr)
The author has added some explanations:

"The main difference between rxpp and external functions is that with rxpp, the included functions will keep the scope of the including script. This means that included functions will have access to stems/compounds and other global variables, and that they will share SIGNAL, OPTIONS, NUMERIC, ADDRESS etc." (dr)

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07.Sep.2021
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 152
The English and German issue 152 (September/October 2021) 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 of "Bean versus the Animator", "Turbo Tomato" and "Silk Dust". (snx)

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06.Sep.2021



Dread: First public demo version of Doom clone
For a while the developer and demoscene member Krzysztof Kluczek is working in his spare time on the Doom clone 'Dread'. So far only several videos were published showing the latest progresses (1, 2, amiga-news.de reported).
Yesterday he has published a new video on YouTube which demonstrates how the game runs on a native Amiga 500 and 1200 but also a first public demo version for Amiga and Atari ST. The corresponding links are listed in the description of the video. You can support the author on his Patreon site. (dr)

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05.Sep.2021



PDF viewer: RNOPDF for AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS
From his family of RNO-applications (e.g. the FTP(S) client RNOXFER or the DTP application RNOPublisher), the developer 'jPV^RNO' has updated the PDF viewer 'RNOPDF' to version 1.4. Detailed changes:
  • Exported images can be sharpened
  • Improved exporting to custom sizes
  • Added the WINSIZE tooltype/argument
  • Localization support
  • Fixed pathless file arguments
  • Other small fixes
RNOPDF is available for AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS as well as for Windows and Mac.

The RNOPDF version for non-RTG Amigas will be not updated since it is a separate branch and still includes the changes.

On our request, the author told that now he is going to update für RNOXfer which basically already is finished. He is about to write a tutorial since many features users demand have been implemeted yet. In any case the ext version of RNOXfer will support SFTP.

The suthor appreciate any kind of feedback and support. (dr)

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05.Sep.2021



SDL port for MorphOS: OpenTyrian
Tyrian is a vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up developed by Eclipse Software and published by Epic MegaGames in 1995. The game was originally released as shareware for PC-compatible DOS, with graphics created on an Amiga 1200 (see Wikipedia entry). 'BeWorld' has released an SDL implementation of the open source port 'OpenTyrian' for MorphOS.

On an AmigaOne X5000/20 the port runs fine. The SDL libraries are required. (dr)

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05.Sep.2021



Aminet uploads until 04.09.2021
The following files have been added until 04.09.2021 to Aminet:
MCC_BetterString-11.3... dev/mui    316K  MOS BetterString custom class for...
MCC_NList-0.128.lha      dev/mui    2.0M  MOS NList custom classes for MUI
MCC_TextEditor-15.56.lha dev/mui    875K  MOS TextEditor custom class for MUI
MCC_TheBar-26.22.lha     dev/mui    1.6M  MOS Next Generation Toolbar MUI C...
P96PipDemo.lha           dev/src    7K        P96 Picture-in-Picture demo src
MCE.lha                  game/edit  3.3M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  3.6M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  3.9M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
catchit.lha              game/wb    232K  68k CatchIt Game
scopagame.lha            game/wb    339K  68k Italian card game
sequencememory.lha       game/wb    190K  68k memory game
Sketch_de.lha            gfx/edit   2K        Unofficial German catalog for...
RNOPDF.lha               gfx/show   5.7M  MOS Compact PDF viewer
RNOPDF_OS3.lha           gfx/show   15M   WOS Compact PDF viewer
RNOPDF_OS4.lha           gfx/show   6.5M  OS4 Compact PDF viewer
ACE-MorphOS.lha          misc/emu   1.9M  MOS Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator
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...
MirageImager.ACEpansi... misc/emu   18K   MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
MultiPlay.ACEpansion.lha misc/emu   22K   MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
Nova.ACEpansion.lha      misc/emu   12K   MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
SSA-1.ACEpansion.lha     misc/emu   16K   MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
hippoplayerupdate.lha    mus/play   152K  68k Updated HippoPlayer, a module...
PicDTBench.lha           util/dtype 25K   MOS Benchmark picture.datatype im...
Fast.lha                 util/misc  24K   68k File Splitter
ViNCEd.lha               util/shell 840K  68k ViNCEd, the CON: with ^Z & TA...
(snx)

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05.Sep.2021



OS4Depot uploads until 04.09.2021
The following files have been added until 04.09.2021 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
thewidow.lzx             gam/adv 19Mb  4.0 Game Terror Paranormal Adventure
mce.lha                  gam/uti 4Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
rnopdf.lha               gra/vie 6Mb   4.1 Compact PDF viewer
mcc_betterstring.lha     lib/mui 316kb 4.0 BetterString custom class for MUI
mcc_nlist.lha            lib/mui 2Mb   4.0 NList custom classes for MUI
mcc_texteditor.lha       lib/mui 875kb 4.0 TextEditor custom class for MUI
mcc_thebar.lha           lib/mui 2Mb   4.0 The MUI Toolbar custom class
zitaftpserver.lha        net/ser 11Mb  4.1 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
backitallup.lha          uti/arc 26kb  4.0 HD to HD Mirror Backup Program
picdtbench.lha           uti/ben 25kb  4.0 Benchmark picture.datatype image...
(snx)

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05.Sep.2021



AROS Archives uploads until 04.09.2021
The following files have been added until 04.09.2021 to AROS Archives:
thewidow.lzx                 gam/mis 18Mb  Game Terror Paranormal Adventure
paperback_aros.zip           gra/ray 3Mb   Realtime rendered paper boxes
mcc_betterstring-11.36.lha   lib/mui 316kb Mui Custom Class
mcc_nlist-0.128.lha          lib/mui 2Mb   Mui Custom Class
mcc_texteditor-15.56.lha     lib/mui 875kb Mui Custom Class
mcc_thebar-26.22.lha         lib/mui 2Mb   Mui Custom Class
(snx)

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05.Sep.2021



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 04.09.2021
The following files have been added until 04.09.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
MirageImager_1.0.lha      Emulation/ACEpansion      Plugin for ACE CPC Emul...
MultiPlay_1.0.lha         Emulation/ACEpansion      ACEpansion plugin for A...
Nova_1.0.lha              Emulation/ACEpansion      Plugin for ACE CPC Emul...
OpenBor_7142_010921.lha   Emulation                 OpenBOR is the ultimate...
ACE_1.24.lha              Emulation                 The acidulous CPC/CPC+ ...
ShadowsOfDeath_OpenBOR... Games/Action              Complete and final vers...
TheWidow_FinalVersion2... Games/Adventure           The Widow the point and...
MCE_13.3.lha              Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
OpenTyrian_2.2_SDL2.lha   Games/Shoot 2D            An open-source port of ...
Woof_6.3.1.lha            Games/Shoot 3D            Woof! is a continuation...
RNOPDF_1.4.lha            Office/Show               A compact PDF viewer.
PicDTBench_1.1.lha        System/Benchmark          Benchmark picture.datat...
MCC_TheBar_26.22.lha      System/MUI Classes        Next Generation Toolbar...
MCC_NList_0.128.lha       System/MUI Classes        NList custom classes fo...
MCC_BetterString_11.36... System/MUI Classes        BetterString custom cla...
MCC_TextEditor_15.56.lha  System/MUI Classes        TextEditor custom class...
(snx)

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05.Sep.2021
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


AmiKit XE: Preconfigured front end AmiLion 1.2
AmiLion is a front end with wallpaper backgrounds for the Workbench distribution AmiKit XE, written in Hollywood for quickly accessing Rabbit Hole programs like Firefox, VLC or Steam as well as website links like Aminet, Wikipedia or YouTube.

Besides Windows 10, version 1.2 now also fully supports Raspberry Pi. Further changes are an Amiga games page, an icon to shutdown the Windows PC or Raspberry Pi, respectively, new wallpapers and updated guides. (snx)

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02.Sep.2021



Mod-Player: HippoPlayer 2.47
After 21 years in June the developer Kari-Pekka Koljonen had released the first update of his Amiga-MOD player HippoPlayer as new beta version. Two days ago on GitHub he has released the source code of the new version 2.47 and simultaneosly on Aminet the corresponding executable file. In this version new exotic music formats are supported, favorite modules feature added, enhanced kickstart 1.3 support and some fixes provided. Check out the details below. Detailed changes:

  • New fixes:
    • Fixed two serious crash bugs introduced in v2.46b. When starting to play the next module (especially by double clicking) Hippo could get confused and crash. These problems were very likely to happen especially on OS 3.2.
    • Tooltip fixes for buttons *Del*, *Pr*. Also increase tooltip delay a little bit.
    • Fix the case where HiP is given modules without absolute path via command line or via icon launch (eg. *DefIcons*), and the added files can't be opened. Now works.
    • Another relative vs. absolute path fix. When adding files so that the filerequester path is relative it could be that Hippo was not able to open the added files. That is, a file was added with path "Modules/DrAwesome/mod.bud peculiar" instead of "dh0:Modules/DrAwesome/mod.bud peculiar".
    • The default unzip command in prefs was changed to *c:unzip >nil: -jo "%s"*, this allows opening zipped modules where the module is within a subdirectory. Previously such modules would not be found from the zip file.
    • In Prefs the MPEGA settings were reported to display garbage at times, I wasn't able to reproduce this but some additional checks were added, maybe they will help.

  • New (very old) known bugs:
    • VisualPrefs_ tool can be used to adjust window bottom and top border, and window and screen title bar heights. Hippo can get confused and displays some extra vertical space below the window title bar when these are adjusted.

  • New supported music formats:
    • Medley Sound and Future Player
    • The author of these and the superb Imploder themes Paul van der Valk has recently passed away. His sound was truly unique!
    • Future Player replayer adapted from Wanted Team EaglePlayer sources.
    • Medley Sound replayer ripped from Imploder 4.
    • Ben Daglish: Also adapted from EaglePlayer sources by Wanted Team.
    • DeliTracker Custom:
      • There are hundreds of these modules available, with varying quality. Many modules work fine but some behave badly. They may do illegal memory accesses or crash speactacularly. The same happens also when played with DeliTracker.
      • One version of _Lemmings_ tries to do file accesses to load separate sample files, this is not supporte by Hippo and will probably crash.
      • A few modules do not get recognized as the important bits are not close enough to the start of the file.
      • Minor issue: Some modules display the subsong range in the titlebar so that the first song is #2 instead of #1.
    • Beathoven Synthesizer
    • Game Music Creator (Jumping Jack'Son!)
    • Digital Mugician 1
    • PumaTracker
    • SidMon 2 (SidMon 1 is already supported)
    • Delta Music 1 (Delta Music 2 is already supported)

  • New features:
    • Prefs_ option for toggling button tooltips on and off. By default it is on.
    • Support for _gzipped_ archives. You need to have a working gzip-application in path. (This was once supported but was removed at some point.)
    • Recursive subdirectory scan when adding modules is now supported on kickstart 1.3. Previously only the top level files of the selected directories were added. This has only worked on kickstart 2.0 or newer until now, due to the usage of a kickstart 2.0 DOS-library specific function. This function was reimplemented using available kick 1.3 methods.
    • New ARexx commands *CHOOSEPREV* and *CHOOSENEXT*. These work similarly as when the user presses arrow up and down to choose a module in the list. *GET VERS* command returns the app version. *GET VOLU* returns the current volume setting.
    • Favorite modules! You can now right click on a module to favorite it. Favorite modules are displayed in bold font. To view the favorites, there's a new button on top of the filebox slider gadget to click. It switches between normal listview and favorites view. Favorites are automatically saved after the user has been idle for a while, or when exiting the program, to file "S:HippoFavorites.prg". This is a normal module program file. To enable this feature toggle the _Favorite modules_ switch on the _General_ subpage in prefs. This feature probably doesn't make any sense if you are using floppies.
    (dr)

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01.Sep.2021
Discord


Atoms: A re-implementation of the Amiga game using web technologies
Already three years ago the programmer Thomas Pike reported on his website about the history and realization of his project: The re-implementation of the PD game 'Atoms' (YouTube video), originally released by Tom Kuhn, which was based on a Atari ST game, using web technologies. Say: The game can be played in the browser.

His re-implementation has some differences from the original: for example, the chain reactions and explosions are immediately visually visible. Likewise, in its implementation you can play against a computer opponent. On the other hand, the "elevator intromusic" present in the original is missing here. After a three-year break, the author has found some time to implement the change suggested by a comment on his game: The creation of an alternative color scheme to allow people with red-green vision problems to enjoy the game. When asked by Amiga-News, the author told us that in principle he also had network support on the agenda, but that this would involve a considerable amount of work, so that a realization was rather unlikely. He does not exclude a realization of the music support, however, he is dependent on an mp3 file due to the limitations of the web technologies. However, he lacks both the original music file and a qualitatively adequate mp3 variant. Reason enough for us to start a short search. We found the required information and finally data in a blog entry of the website Computer Related Nonsense. Just as quickly, the author then added that music component to his implementation today.

Since HTML5 and CSS were used for its implementation, a modern browser is required to play. Consequently, all our tests to get the game running in a browser under AmigaOS 4.1 failed (IBrowse, NetSurf, Odyssey). Only under MorphOS with Wayfarer the game could be started successfully (OWB also failed).

The source code of the project is available on the associated GitHub page. (dr)

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01.Sep.2021
David Brunet (ANF)


New articles on Obligement website
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.
  • July/August 2021 news
  • Old articles from Joystick 26 to 28:
    • News: Teque Software, the shadow workers, Review of The Humans
    • News: Immersion at Microïds, Interview with Archer Maclean
    • News: Disney Software, Mickey for education
    • Review of Indy Heat
    • Review of Fighter Duel: Corsair vs Zero
    • Interview with Noël Billy
    • Review of Pacific Islands
    • Review of Elvira 2
    • News: Mirage, real productions
  • Interview with Tony Barnes (Electronic Arts)
  • Interview with the Motorola 68000 engineers (Jack Browne, Murray Goldman, Thomas Gunter, Van Shahan and Bill Walker)
  • Interview with Chad Essley (graphist)
  • Review of Zerosphere
  • Review of Zod Engine
  • File: What happened to Eyetech Group? (first part)
  • File: Amiga history, years 1983-1993 (update)
  • Point of view: Memories of demos
  • Programming: Amiga C Manual
  • Programming: First steps in programming with Hollywood on MorphOS
  • Special quiz about Wordworth.
(snx)

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31.Aug.2021
Amigaimpact


Single-Screen-Platformer: 'Inca Man' released
At the beginning of the year, Amiten (e.g. Cocoa Banana, Parallel Worlds 2) had announced a single-screen-platformer for Amigas called 'Inca Man' (video), which is now available and can be purchased for 12 Euro. An Amiga mit 1MB Ram is required. The game offers single and two player mode and music and sfx in 30 levels. (dr)

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31.Aug.2021



Linux: Kernel 5.14 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
The final version of the Linux kernel 5.14 has been released. Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled the kernel for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. The image can be downloaded in the corresponding thread of the Hyperion forum. (dr)

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31.Aug.2021



Amiga emulator: Amiberry v4.1.5-RC2
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. The latest changes of RC2 of version 4.1.5 are listed on the GitHub site. (dr)

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