29.Jan.2021
a1k.org (Webseite)
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Accelerator board project 'Buffee': ARM processor emulates 68040/400 Mhz
The open source accelerator board project "Buffee" started by Renee Cousins and Tim Wacker consists of an adapter board which is connected to the processor socket of an A500, A1000 or A2000 and has a SoC of type Octavo OSD335x-SM inclusive 512 or 1024 MB RAM.
The ARM-CPU of the Octavo module emulates a 68k processor using a special JIT emulator called Pseudo JIT which supposedly can achieve the speed of a 68040 clocked with 400 Mhz. Additional to the firmware, the hardware design freely available. According to the developers in their blog, the production of prototypes gets closer.
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29.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Screenbar plugin 'VideoMemoryGauge', updates of other plugins
The Screenbar plugin 'VideoMemoryGauge' shows the free video RAM. By double clicking the plugin, the program GraphicBoards is started. Additionally all other Screenbar plugins have been updated:
- CPUGauge 1.7
- CPUGraph 1.1
- DateTime 1.4
- MemoryGauge 1.6
- MouseEyes 1.3
- MouseCoords 1.3
- Kerbe 1.2
- PixelPicker 1.3
- TopTasks 1.5
- Uptime 1.4
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28.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Tanker simulation: Full versions of 'Campaign' and 'Campaign II' as download
The full versions of the tank simulations 'Campaign' and 'Campaign II' released in 1992 and 1994 can be downloaded from the Amiga Future website. Additional to ADF and IPF disk images, also WHDLoad installers are available. The pdf document described as "Manual" actually only is a one page "addendum" to the manual.
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28.Jan.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Arcade classic: Second beta version of Amiga Space Invaders
"Space Invaders" (video) written in Blitz Basic is supposed to be quite an authentic port of the arcade classic with the same name released in 1978. The new beta version provides minor improvements and an "Easter-Egg" of the original.
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28.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Print magazine: Issue 127 of Amiga Future online available
The English issue 127 (Juli/August 2017) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can be read online on its website. You can also purchase a pdf version with a higher resolution or a printed version in the shop.
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27.Jan.2021
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E-Mail client: YAM supports AmiSSL 4.7 / moved to GitHub
About seven years ago we reported about an update of the e-Mail program YAM last time. At the beginning of the year 2019 by updating AmiSSL to version 4.3 it was possible again to check e-mails from diverse providers. For that you have to switch to the developer version of YAM which has been monthly updated by Nightly Builds. After a month you had to install the new version since each version was limited for a period of one month. Apart from that, the changelog always stayed the same: "This is only a rebuild of YAM with no functionaly changes but updated expiration date."
By releasing the last Nightly Build, this limitation has been removed. And if you try to access the YAM homepage yam.ch you are forwarded to the GitHub site.
Apart from that YAM can use the latest version 4.7 of AmiSSL. Since version 4.4 the encryption software for network and internet communication is maintained by a team of the IBrowse developer Oliver Roberts and ensures that even at the Amiga encrypted Internet connection can be established. Mainly 68k Amigas generally benefit from optimized versions for 68020-40 and 68060 processors, but 68060 processors in particular (amiga-news.de reported).
We could not figure out how intensively YAM is being developed. For example it is not clear if the target set in 2016 to implement a IMAP download is continued to pursue. The source code of YAM is available on GitHub so everybode who is able and interested in developing further YAM can help.
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27.Jan.2021
English Amiga Board (Webseite)
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Product announcement: A500 replacement board 'MiSS FGPA'
8bits4ever already is offering some FPGA solutions for retro fans. Soon also a FPGA-based replacement boards for A500 cases will be available. This 'MiSS FPGA' fit inside a Commodore A500 case and uses the original A500 keyboard as input device.
The board is equipped with the same FPGA like the MiST therefore MiSS FPGA is compatible to all MiST cores. Two traditional joystick ports are available which obviously are both set as port 1 - probably for the simultaneous usage of mouse and joystick.
The features of the board:
- Altera EP3C25E144C8N FPGA
- 32MB SDRAM
- Four USB port (supports USB keyboards, mice and gamepads. Also USB hubs to add more that one device per port)
- Internal 8-pin connector for A500 keyboard
- Two DB9 classic joystick connector (assigned to port 1)
- VGA/RGB output
- RCA stereo audio output
- Micro SD card slot (push-push style)
- Internal MicroUSB programming port
- MiniUSB power connector. 1000mA recomended!
- On/Off mechanical switch
- Custom 3D printed PCB holders for A500 case
Miss FPGA soll ab Ende Februar, Anfang März verfügbar sein und 150 Euro kosten.
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27.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 118 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") compares the ports of classic games on different systems available back then. Besides the Italian version of the magazine there is also an English one.
Among others the latest issue includes Amiga articles about Maniac Mansion and Project Battlefield.
Downloads:
English
Italian
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26.Jan.2021
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Podcast: Scene World Episode 106 - Retro music on floppy disks
The musician 'Remute' does not olny release his productions on vinyl or as download but also on Amiga and C64 floppy disks. 'Scene World' talks to him about why he chose this medium, and the unique challenges associated with releasing music on such unusual platforms (interview begins at 22:40).
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26.Jan.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Preview videos: Jump'n Run 'Minkey', Super-Sprint clone 'Turbo Sprint'
'Minkey' (video) is a classic jump'n run for Amigas equipped with at least 1 MB RAM. The author describes the engine as "90% finished". So far 11 levels can be played. And he has added: "There are also more colorful levels ready with nice copper'ed backgrounds, I will post them soon." The game is supposed to be released this year.
'Turbo Sprint' (video) becomes a original port of the Atari classic Super Sprint. Improved sound as well as a port for the CD32 has been announced. The author hopes to provide the best homecomputer port of Super Sprint.
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26.Jan.2021
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Database: MUIBase 4.3 and SQLite 3.34.0
Steffen Gutmann has released an update of his programmable relational database MUIBase for AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS (and Windows and Linux). For SQLite is used as engine he has also updated his port of this SQL database.
Changes in MUIBase 4.3:
- Projects are now saved in the SQLite3 format. Existing projects are
converted automatically when loading a project.
- Labels for database objects have their own font settings in the structure
editor
- Improved performance (loading of records, select-from-queries with a
condition on a reference record)
- Changes can be logged to an external file, and applied to a backup copy
of a project.
- Several bug fixes
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25.Jan.2021
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Tetris clone: Crazy Columns (demo) 0.93
Jochen Hoffer has released a new demo version of his port of the Sega classic 'Columns'. German as well as English versions are available now and the update fixes a few minor bugs. The developer tells us that the last thing holding back the release of the full version is the completion of the sound effects.
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24.Jan.2021
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: e-mail client Iris 0.104
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's "Iris" is going to be the standard e-mail client for MorphOS. It supports IMAP and is able to display as well as create HTML e-mails.
With this latest release you can now add e-mail archives of other programs. Several bugs have been also fixed. For feedback to the author, the corresponding thread at MorphZone can be used.
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24.Jan.2021
Aminet
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Console replacement: ViNCEd 3.98
"ViNCEd" written by Thomas Richter is a replacement for the console program CON:. You can run the Shell in it but also other programs.
The full screen console handler has many additional features. For example "the whole window content is kept in memory, so you may use the cursor keys to move upwards on the screen and may re-execute commands you typed some time ago by pressing the return key". Furthermore yYou can cut, copy and paste text to and from the clipboard, as with the standard handler."
By adding parameters, many programs support the debugging mode. If you use the ordinary Shell for it you can only read and copy this text which fits in the current window. Using ViNCEd you can read and copy the whole debug output by selecting the text with the helpof the cursor keys or the scroll bars.
According to Thomas Richter, "the first version of ViNCEd appeared years ago (even before 1990). In lack of a better name, I called it VeryNewCon - as
opposed to the NEWCON: developed by Commodore for the 1.3 Workbench which was the latest clue at this time. VeryNewCon was short VNC: - but since this
name is really boring, I decided to fill in some vowels - and add an "Ed". Well, it's an editor which runs, apparently, a shell in it."
Changes in version 3.98: "If ViNCEd became active before ENV: and LOCALE: were setup, the localization wasn't updated for new windows even after ENV: became mounted. ViNCEd now also pulls all new system preferences once it becomes aware that the preferences system becomes active. Also, a new swedish locale is included."
ViNCEd requires OS 2.0 or higher.
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24.Jan.2021
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Aminet uploads until 23.01.2021
The following files have been added until 23.01.2021 to Aminet:
RedEthItaCat.lha comm/net 45K Italian catalog for RedEth 1.5
amostools.i386-aros.lha dev/amos 198K x86 Tools to work with AMOS programs
xamos-mos.lha dev/amos 2.6M MOS Reimplementation of AMOS BASIC
xamos-os4.lha dev/amos 3.6M OS4 Reimplementation of AMOS BASIC
MemLog.lha dev/debug 4K 68k trace unmatched allocs to fin...
OsGrind.lha dev/debug 28K 68k Configurable Os argument checker
dsp3210.lha driver/oth 42K 68k DSP 3210 drivers and tools
spod.lha game/actio 294K 68k Spaceship vs Asteroids Game (...
MCE.lha game/edit 3.0M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.3M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 3.5M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
freeprince.i386-aros.lha game/jump 464K x86 Prince of Persia engine (SDL)
jetpac.i386-aros.lha game/jump 1.6M x86 A port of SDL game 'Jetpac Th...
xlife-8.lha game/misc 246K 68k Cellular Automaton Laboratory
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha gfx/fract 6.3M OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
DOSBox_Jit.lha misc/emu 1.8M MOS MS Dos emulator with JIT
Wilderness2021.lha mods/8voic 149K Wilderness 2021 5ch Lv2 by HK...
PalaceGardens2021.lha mods/misc 123K Palace Gardens 2021 4ch by HK...
AmigaKlangSamples.lha mods/smpl 651K Samples & Instruments for Ami...
RaspMIDI.lha mus/midi 11K 68k Raspberry MT-32 and SoundFont...
alac.i386-aros.lha mus/misc 6.5M x86 Apple Lossless Audio Codec de...
earmark.lha text/edit 1.0M OS4 Edit and view Markdown documents
testdms.i386-aros.lha util/arc 166K x86 Test DMS archives
asplit.i386-aros.lha util/cli 68K x86 Split binary
Asplit_OS4.lha util/cli 66K OS4 Split binary
dirtree.i386-aros.lha util/cli 59K x86 Shell command displaying dire...
DiskUsageMOS.lha util/cli 11K MOS DiskUsage estimates file spac...
WordCount.lha util/cli 4K 68k Count lines, words, and chars
HuntnGather.lha util/dir 200K 68k File indexing and search util...
DevInfosNG.lha util/misc 1.2M OS4 All about the aos4.1 hardware
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 602K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 715K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 762K OS4 Multipurpose utility
idle2_3.lha util/moni 17K 68k A (working) A68K cpu monitor
cranker.lha util/pack 350K 68k Amiga executable and data cru...
ViNCEd.lha util/shell 832K 68k ViNCEd, the CON: with ^Z & TA...
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24.Jan.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 23.01.2021
The following files have been added until 23.01.2021 to OS4Depot:
libwprintf.lha dev/lib 31kb 4.0 Wide char printf functions
minigl.lha dri/gra 7Mb 4.0 OpenGL subset 3D API
pekkakana2.lha gam/pla 9Mb 4.1 Save your chicken friends from a...
ppmtovtx.zip gra/con 21kb 4.0 PPM to Videotex (Teletext/Viewdata)
flashmandelng.lha gra/mis 6Mb 4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
pythonssl.lha lib/mis 102kb 4.1 AmiSSL 4 based Python SSL Module
redeht_ita.lha net/sam 45kb 4.0 Italian catalog for RedEth
devinfosng.lha uti/mis 1Mb 4.1 Nearly all about the aos4.1 hard...
reportplus.lha uti/mis 762kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
asplit.lha uti/she 66kb 4.0 Split binary
earmark.lha uti/tex 1Mb 4.1 Edit and view Markdown documents
amiupdate_dan.lha uti/wor 20kb 4.0 Danish catalog files for AmiUpdate
aiostreams.lha vid/mis 251kb 4.1 Stream video from major online p...
thumbnailmaker.lha vid/mis 5kb 4.1 Arexx script for ArtEffect, gene...
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24.Jan.2021
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AROS Archives uploads until 23.01.2021
The following files have been added until 23.01.2021 to AROS Archives:
alac.i386-aros.lha aud/mis 6Mb Apple Lossless Audio Codec decoder
modexplorer_aros.zip aud/pla 2Mb Streaming mod file from Internet...
libvstring.i386-aros.lha dev/lib 80kb simplifies dynamic string alloca...
amostools.i386-aros.lha dev/uti 198kb Tools to work with AMOS programs
famousamigauses.lha doc/mis 26kb A guide about famous Amiga uses!
jetpac.i386-aros.lha gam/act 2Mb Remake ZX Spectrum classic game
thewidow-aros.lha gam/adv 17Mb point and click terror adventure
freeprince.i386-aros.lha gam/pla 464kb Prince of Persia engine
gnp.i386-aros.zip gam/pla 25Mb Unusual platform game with anchor
retrofunk_icons_more_draw... gra/ico 58kb more drawer icons retrofunk style
retrofunk_icons_program.tgz gra/ico 72kb extra icon program in retrofunk ...
testdms.i386-aros.lha uti/arc 166kb Test DMS archives
asplit.i386-aros.lha uti/she 68kb Split binary
dirtree.i386-aros.lha uti/she 59kb Shell command displaying directo...
diskusage.i386-aros.lha uti/she 59kb estimates file space usage
timeit.i386-aros.lha uti/she 58kb Shell command for timing other c...
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24.Jan.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 23.01.2021
The following files have been added until 23.01.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
ModExplorer_3.22.zip Audio/Players A module player by J?rg.
XAMOS_0.29a.lha Development/AMOS A cross-platform AMOS B...
DOSBox_0.74r4Jit.lha Emulation A DOS-emulator that use...
MCE_12.3.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
JFDuke3D.lha Games/Shoot 3D JFDuke3D is 3D Realms' ...
JFShadowWarrior.lha Games/Shoot 3D JFShadowWarrior is 3D R...
Rise_of_the_Triad_rott... Games/Shoot 3D MorphOS Port of "rottex...
ReportPlus_8.01.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ...
RapaEditScreenshot_0.1... Screenshots Screenshot of a program...
CPUGraph_1.1.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Display CPU Graph in sc...
CPUGauge_1.7.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar CPU load as gauge in sc...
TopTasks_1.5.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Display Top Tasks in sc...
PixelPicker_1.3.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Display ARGB value of a...
VideoMemoryGauge_1.0.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Displays video memory u...
Uptime_1.4.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Display Uptime in scree...
Notch_1.2.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Gives you a popular Not...
MemoryGauge_1.6.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Display memory usage as...
DateTime_1.4.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar A screenbar clock and c...
MouseEyes_1.3.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Displays Mouse Eyes in ...
MouseCoords_1.3.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Display Mouse coordinat...
DiskUsage_40.8.lha System/Shell DiskUsage estimates fil...
Scanners_Update.lha System/Update Scanner drivers update ...
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24.Jan.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 23.01.2021
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 installer has been added until 23.01.2021:
- 2021-01-19 improved: Space Quest 3 (Sierra) added better way to enter umlauts, dynamically chose MT32 support, selectable keyboard layout (Info)
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23.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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CDXL play: AGABlaster 0.9.82
AGABlaster plays Commodore's CDXL videos. In version 0.9.82 support for standard 12-bit AGA6-8 and HAM8 videos (used in several games in the late 90s) was added. Additionally optimized versions for all 68k processors inclusive Vampire are available.
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23.Jan.2021
Aminet
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Spaceship vs Asteroids Game: SPOD
After more than 20 years Marten Wobst has reactivated his Amiga 500. In celebration of the day he has written a little game called SPOD (Space Pilot of Death).
The game principle ist very simple: you're supposed to avoid all asteroids approaching the spaceship. Otherwise your shield gets lower and finally the spaceship crashes. By releasing this game, Marten was also going to reactivate his knowlegde on programming. The game is written in assembler and runs on any Amiga 500. It can be played with a joystick but also with the cursor keys (contrary to the Readme, the space key is not needed). The longer your spaceship survices the more points you get which maybe results in an entry in the highscore.
Marten has described his game "more of a fast Joystick test" than a complete game:
"I was going to write something simple within a reasonable period of time and I wanted to check if I can make it on an Amiga 500 without accelerator boards. In restrospect I am really surprised what an ordinary Amiga 500 can technically perform. I have not perfectly programmed my game, much more is possible."
Currently he is playing around with assembler programming, implementing some issues more perfect. But it is hobby and should be fun. We really enjoyed the game and therefore keep our fingers crossed that Marten will also go on enjoying his hobby.
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