26.Mar.2021
English Amiga Board (Webseite)
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amigaXfer: Serial file transfer to the Amiga - without Amiga software
Roc Vallès' amigaXfer transfers single files or disk images via the serial cable to the Amiga. No additional software is required on the Amiga for the tool is using ther debugger included in the Kickstart-ROM for controlling the transfer from the main computer.
An exact description of how the tool works the author has given in his blog.
amigaXfer has been written in Python and uses the Wxwidgets system for the graphical user-interface. Complete Windows binaries can be found on Github. Users of different operating systems have to create an executable file for their own.
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[News message: 26. Mar. 2021, 23:44] [Comments: 0]
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26.Mar.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Free hardware: 68060 adapter for 68040 socket
Stefan Reinauer's 68040-to-68060 is an adapter board for allowing to use a 68060 processor in the socket of a 68040, provided the computer offers sufficient space.
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[News message: 26. Mar. 2021, 23:30] [Comments: 0]
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26.Mar.2021
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PDF magazin: REV'n'GE 120 (Italian/English)
Besides its original language, Italian PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The reviews of classic games compare their ports to different platforms available at that time.
From now on the magazine is presented on a new and seperate website. There you can read the latest magazine as well as all other ones in the original Italian as well as English version without having to download them. Currently only all Italian issues are available, the English-language edition has to be downloaded using a decryption key:
Issue 120 - Decryption key: kB85ymmZX5ePIiTEk_CehS8iGebPijERDDFgxCQixrA
The latest issue includes an article about the Amiga platform game "Magjca".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Mar. 2021, 23:26] [Comments: 0]
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25.Mar.2021
ACube Systems
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ACube Systems: New Sam460cr production run
Press release: We would like to thank all our customers for their incredible support and overwhelming response to the availability of the new Sam460cr batch. They went out of stock in no time at all.
We are planning a new, bigger, production run but we need your help now! Production will be available on pre-order, asking just a small fee that will be discounted from the final price, so if you are interested, please write us now at info@acube-systems.com to place your order or request additional information.
Please note that we will sell just the board, not full systems.
All customers who already placed their order and were unlucky with the first batch will be contacted by us for confirmation. Please be patient because we really got many emails, but rest assured that we will reply to everyone!
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[News message: 25. Mar. 2021, 07:00] [Comments: 0]
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24.Mar.2021
a1k.org (Webseite)
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Lubricator 0.85: Receiving disk images via HTTP and writing them on disk
'Lubricator' (Screenshot) written by Timm 'bifat' Mueller loads disk images from the World Wide Web and writes them on an Amiga disk using an Amiga with only 1 MB RAM and without harddrive. New in version 0.85:
- Supports downloads via https and ftp
- All downloads as well as extracting ADF, DMS, LHA, ZIP and Amiga Executables should now work
- The DMS extract programm was integrated into the tool, is faster and requires less memory. The external xdms programm and the Pipe-handler are no longer required for extracting DMS
Direct download: lubricator.lha (44 KB) (Readme)
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24.Mar.2021
Darren Eveland (ANF)
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Remote access: New version of Remote Desktop in progress
According to Darren Eveland he is working on a new version of 'Remote Desktop' which is client for the Remote Desktop Protocol. In contrast to previous versions the update will be no longer distributed as Shareware but will be available for free. If you want to support the develope you can donate some money.
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[News message: 24. Mar. 2021, 21:59] [Comments: 0]
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23.Mar.2021
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ACube Systems: Order acceptance for Sam460cr boards
For Christmas, ACube Systems had announced a small batch of newly produced Sam460cr boards. To handle the orders they originally wanted to rebuild the store. Now, on the company's main page, a blue banner invites all those interested in buying to place their order by mail. (dr) (Translation: bb)
[News message: 23. Mar. 2021, 22:18] [Comments: 0]
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23.Mar.2021
blogs.amigaguru.com (Webseite)
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Puzzle game: ArtPazz
In the Puzzle game 'ArtPazz', well-known paintings are devided into rectangles and mixed up. The player has to restore the painting by moving the tiles. The game requires AGA and can be controlled with mouse or Joystick. Up to eigeht players can compete. ArtPazz is available for free but you can donate some money before the download starts.
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[News message: 23. Mar. 2021, 17:49] [Comments: 0]
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23.Mar.2021
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Curiosity: DintWM - a "Tiling Window Manager" for Workbench
The principle of the Tiling Window Manager is mainly known in the Unix environment: In contrast to conventional interfaces, the individual windows do not overlap, instead they are arranged tile-like next to each other. With 'DintWM' such a window manager has now been implemented for AmigaOS for the first time.
Some animated screenshots on the Github website of the project illustrates DintWM, which is implemented as a commodity. Besides a status bar, which displays information about the various open windows, it also offers the "virtual workspaces" known from the Unix area. (cg) (Translation: bb)
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23.Mar.2021
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Full version for download: Point'n Click adventure 'DreamWeb'
The full version of the point'n click adventure DreamWeb released in 1994 can be downloaded for free from the website of the Amiga Future. Additional to the manual in pdf format, IPF images and WHDLoad installs of the German and English edition are available as well as an ADF image of the AGA version.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 23. Mar. 2021, 17:26] [Comments: 0]
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22.Mar.2021
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Demoscene registered as inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Germany
Last Friday, the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs added 20 new entries to the list of "Intangible Cultural Heritage", including the demoscene. The scene is thus automatically also part of UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage. What advantages this could have in practice is discussed by the news service "Tarnkappe" in a conversation with Tobias Kopka, one of the organisers of the demo party "Evoke", among others (in German). (cg)
[News message: 22. Mar. 2021, 23:42] [Comments: 0]
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22.Mar.2021
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood 9: Sugarcane released
Press release: After more than 2 years of development, Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to announce the immediate availability of Hollywood 9: Sugarcane. Hollywood is a programming language that can be used to create a wide variety of programs, ranging from games and GUI-based applications for desktop systems to mobile apps for Android and iOS. Hollywood's special feature is its support for retro platforms (e.g. AmigaOS, MorphOS, AROS) and modern operating systems (e.g. Windows, macOS, Linux) alike. It comes with a library of almost 1000 commands and its functionality can be extended further through over 30 plugins which are available for free download.
Version 9.0 is a massive update, the biggest since 6.0, and comes with many new features. Here is a non-exhaustive list of what's new in Hollywood 9.0:
- Almost 100 new commands for lots of new programming fun!
- A blast from the past: Huge palette library for all kinds of retro effects!
- Special palette mode for Hollywood displays, brushes, and animations
- Convenient data serialization to/from JSON
- Vector animation support
- Direct2D support on Windows for GPU-accelerated graphics
- GTK+3 support on Linux
- Support for immersive mode on Android
- Text renderer can lay out text as (un)ordered lists
- Many commands can run asynchronously now
- IFF ANIM write support
- Windows Imaging Component support
- Improved internationalization (i18n) support
- Massive speed improvement for table library
- Less memory consumption
- Media Foundation support on Windows for GPU-accelerated video playback
- Program output and return code can be captured
- Major extensions in the plugin interface
- Network interface is much more powerful now
- Ready for RapaGUI 2.0!
- Ready for at least three 9.0-exclusive plugins!
- Over 100 new pages of PDF documentation, now 1166 altogether!
- Lots of other changes, optimizations and bug fixes
Hollywood 9 is the ultimate Multimedia experience and a must-have for all creative people. Hollywood is available on CD and as a download version. Both versions include Hollywood for all supported platforms. Buying Hollywood gets you a single-user license for all 15 platforms supported by Hollywood. If you already own Hollywood, you can buy a discounted upgrade version. People who bought Hollywood 8 in 2021 can request a free upgrade.
Hollywood is the ultimate bridge between all the different AmigaOS compatible platforms and the other three modern desktop systems, Windows, macOS, and Linux! Additionally, Hollywood also supports the Android and iOS platforms. A truly unique feature is the ability to cross-compile native executables for many different platforms including: AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, WarpOS, MorphOS, AROS (x86), Windows (x86, x64), macOS (x86, x64, ppc), Linux (x86, x64, ppc, arm), and Android/iOS with optionally available add-ons. You don't even have to own these platforms in order to compile executables for them. It's enough to run Hollywood on one of the supported platforms and then compile programs for all the others! Only Hollywood makes it possible. If you want to learn more about Hollywood, please visit the official Hollywood portal under the title link which also has a forum for all questions concerning Hollywood.
(dr) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Mar. 2021, 05:44] [Comments: 0]
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21.Mar.2021
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Lawsuit: separate motions by Hyperion and Amiga for a summary judgment (Update)
While a joint motion from Cloanto and Hyperion to the court in January suggested that a settlement was imminent and only (quote) "ancillary documents" were left to be dealt with, both parties now submitted individual motions for a summary judgment indicating that settlement talks failed
again.
The motion from Amiga Inc., Itec and Amino (formerly known as AmigaInc., Washington) asks for a partial summary judgment on two of their original complaints, both dealing with trademarks: The judge is asked to
issue an order declaring that Hyperion is not the rightful owner of any of the Amiga related trademarks it registered or applied for in the last
few years. The motion also lists all of the trademarks in question:
- USA: applications for "AmigaOne", "AmigaOS" and Boing Ball
- EU: registrations of "Amiga Forever", "AmigaOS" and "Workbench"
- Benelux: registrations of "AmigaOne", "Amiga", "Boing Ball", "Kickstart", "AmigaOS", "Amiga Forever" and "Workbench"
- Germany: registration of "Amiga"
- France, Italy, Spain and Poland: applications for or registrations of "Kickstart"
Since it is a motion for a partial summary, other issues raised by the Amiga parties in their original complaint - like the alleged breach of copyright, violations of the 2009 settlement etc. - would be reserved for an actual trial.
Hyperion's motion is for a complete summary judgment on all of the issues raised its opponents. The document discusses every single cause of action listed and argues why it should be dismissed. In conclusion, it requests that the judge issues a summary judgment (quote) "against all Plaintiffs on all counts".
Update: (21.03.2021, 22:15, cg)
We initially reported that one of the motions for summary judgement was submitted by Cloanto. Actually that particular motion was submitted by the other plaintiffs (Amiga Inc., Itec, Amino) without Cloanto. (cg)
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21.Mar.2021
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Aminet uploads until 20.03.2021
The following files have been added until 20.03.2021 to Aminet:
Roadshow_FR.lha comm/tcp 204K French catalogs for Roadshow
bastext.lha dev/basic 65K MOS Alternative petcat utility
cproto.lha dev/gcc 277K MOS Generate protos and convert d...
partcopy.lha disk/misc 18K 68k copy partitions from/to HD to...
tabbycontrol.lha driver/inp 23K 68k Tabby Graphics Tablet driver ...
Koules.lha game/actio 257K 68k Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
Koules_OS4.lha game/actio 240K OS4 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
Koules-AROS.zip game/actio 225K x86 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
KoulesMOS.lha game/actio 265K MOS Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
F1GP2021Carset.lha game/data 5K 2021 Carset for F1GP
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.3M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
OBSTMUI.lha game/misc 31K 68k openBOR GUI (MUI)
Galactica.lha game/wb 24K 68k Port of strategical Linux gam...
WildernessLoader.lha mods/8voic 105K Wilderness Loader 5ch by HKvalhe
PGLoader.lha mods/misc 71K Palace Gardens Loader 4ch by ...
GF4RSID6.zip pix/misc 88K Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
GF4RSID7.zip pix/misc 82K Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
aiostreams.lha util/batch 263K Stream video from major onlin...
GameB-Test.lha util/cli 16K 68k GameB Test
WarpWebPdt.lha util/dtype 288K WOS WebP image datatype V45.2
AmiSSL-4.8.lha util/libs 5.9M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
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21.Mar.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 20.03.2021
The following files have been added until 20.03.2021 to OS4Depot:
ucodenet.lha dev/uti 29kb 4.0 U64 devtoools
koules.lha gam/act 240kb 4.0 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
aiostreams.lha vid/mis 263kb 4.1 Stream video from major online p...
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21.Mar.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 20.03.2021
The following files have been added until 20.03.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
bastext_1.1.lha Development/BASIC Alternative petcat utility
cproto_4.7s.lha Development/C Generate protos and con...
SDL_2.0.14_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL 2.0.1...
Koules_1.4.lha Games/Action Port of Linux+OS/2 arca...
MCE_12.6.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
AIOstreams_1.7.1.lha Network/Streaming Stream online video fro...
Screenshot_1.3.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Screenshot Screenbar-Pl...
Monolith_1.0.lha System/Benchmark 3D-CPU Benchmark
WarpWebPdt_45.2.lha System/Datatypes WebP image datatype V45.2
AmiSSL_4.8_68k.lha System/Library/SSL OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...
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21.Mar.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 20.03.2021
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 20.03.2021:
- 2021-03-20 improved: Global Gladiators (Virgin) second/blue button for jump, full joypad controls, trainer added (Info)
- 2021-03-20 new: 3D World Boxing (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 2021-03-18 new: Hologon (The Electronic Knights) done by CFOU! (Info, Image)
- 2021-03-18 improved: Lure of the Temptress (Virgin) fixed sound/music, fixed decrunch code, buttonwait added, new imager (Info)
- 2021-03-18 improved: Cytron (Psygnosis) new imager, uses fast memory, decruncher relocated, manual & icons added (Info)
- 2021-03-17 fixed: Paramax (Kingsoft) issue on 68000 solved (Info)
- 2021-03-16 improved: Barbarian 2 (Psygnosis/Pandemonium) trainer added, joypad support added, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-15 improved: Galaxy Force 2 (Activision/Dementia) gfx bugs fixed, manual added, highscore saving added (Info)
- 2021-03-15 fixed: Wild Streets (Titus) removed odd word write (Info)
- 2021-03-15 improved: Magic Marble (Sphinx) intro horizontal logo scrolling fixed (Info)
- 2021-03-15 new: Crown (Startbyte/Omegavision) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 2021-03-15 improved: Barbarian (Psygnosis) (Psygnosis) 68000 quitkey, uses less chip memory, fixed extraneous sounds, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-14 improved: Wild Streets (Titus) new imager, trainer added, 2nd button support added, new icon and script (Info)
- 2021-03-14 improved: Troddlers (Sales Curve) new imager, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-14 improved: Paramax (Kingsoft) trainers added, second button support added, decruncher relocated, score saving added (Info)
- 2021-03-14 improved: King's Quest Enhanced (Sierra) reduced OS swaps when saving (Info)
- 2021-03-14 improved: Final Blow (Sales Curve) trainer added, 68000 quitkey, access fault fixed, high score saving added, new icons and script (Info)
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21.Mar.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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Puzzle game: ArtPazz (AGA)
ArtPazz is puzzle game where the player has to piece together the tiles an image has been split into (video). Images are classic paintings. The game has been written with AMOS Professional for AGA Amigas and is free - you are able, though, to pay a voluntary price. (snx)
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21.Mar.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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Event: Amiga 35 finally cancelled
The event "Flashback 20/20 feat. Amiga 35" in Hilversum, The Netherlands, that had been postponed before already, has been finally cancelled now.
Ticket purchasers will receive an e-mail to request a refund. This will also include the option to donate (part of) the sum towards the organisation for coping their expenses. (snx)
[News message: 21. Mar. 2021, 08:04] [Comments: 0]
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21.Mar.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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FreePascal: Docker container for Amiga development updated
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's Docker environment (amiga-news.de reported) for development of FreePascal applications for various Amiga systems has been updated and includes scripts now for compiling directly from the Docker, i.e. without VNC/Lazarus.
The latter does only work for standard Free Pascal programs, though, not for LCL applications. Besides, the lazarus version has been updated to the latest version 2.0.12 as well. (snx)
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20.Mar.2021
Amigaworld (Webseite)
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AMOS development: First public alpha of 'Amos Professional Unity'
'AMOS Professional Unity' written by Frédéric 'AmiDARK' Cordier is the second attempt of the author to add AGA support to the BASIC compiler AMOS Professional. According to the developer on amigaworld.net, he did achieve this goal by releasing AMOS Professional AGA, but at the expense of compatibility to older ardware and old data formats ("Banks").
And the author explained: "Due to requests to make Amos Professional handle SAGA graphics chipset, I had to restart things for a more flexible system. After 1 year of development with Amos Professional AGA, on Amos Professional source code I am now more "comfortable" with updating it and I fell more entrusted on what I can do (or not)."
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[News message: 20. Mar. 2021, 23:46] [Comments: 0]
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