12.Feb.2025
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PTDQ: Chunky-to-planar video system for AGA Amigas
In chunky mode, all the bits that make up the color of a pixel are stored directly one after the other in memory. In bitplane mode, on the other hand, which is used by the Amiga's framebuffer, several black and white images ("planes", each with one bit per pixel) are stored independently of each other in memory. For 3D graphics, it is better to calculate these using a chunky framebuffer and then convert them into a bitplane framebuffer - the so-called chunky-to-planar conversion.
PTDQ (Pixel Tetrads Dots / Quality) is a video system for AGA Amigas that uses a new method for this conversion. It is based on the same principle as a third method, PTDS (Pixel Tetrads Dots / Speed), which is already three years old. Both restrict the freedom of color selection (PTDS also limits the maximum number of colors from 256 to 81), but are faster than the traditional chunky-to-planar conversion method. With PTDQ, the color selection and quality remain limited, but less so than with PTDS. Details on the Pixel Tetrads Dots method can be found in the documentation contained in the archive. (snx)
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12.Feb.2025
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Demo scene: Use of an Amiga 1200 at the Gerp party in Sweden
With his illustrated report at the title link, Carl Svensson describes the use of an Amiga 1200 equipped with genlock, video recorder and small monitor, which was used at this year's Gerp party in Sweden (amiga-news.de reported) to manage all submitted Amiga compos, play back the A1200 compos and create new demos. (snx)
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12.Feb.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New full versions online
Further full versions of Amiga games have been added to Amiga Future's download area: Jonathan Train It, König Eduard, Mars Tank Attack, Nippon Safes Inc and Ts Imbiss. (snx)
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12.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: SDL 2.32.0 release candidate 1
Version 2.32 of the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) multimedia library is about to be released for AmigaOS 4. Platform-specific changes of the first release candidate version include support for a fourth and fifth mouse button. (snx)
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11.Feb.2025
Oliver Roberts
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.19 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.19 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version 3.4.1 (11.2.2025) of OpenSSL. Detailed changes:
- Updated OpenSSL backend to full compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 3.4.1 (11.2.2025) version which includes these high and low severity bug fixes and mitigations:
- Fixed RFC7250 handshakes with unauthenticated servers don't abort as expected. (CVE-2024-12797)
- Fixed timing side-channel in ECDSA signature computation. (CVE-2024-13176)
- Updated root certificates to latest Mozilla-based bundle, dated 31.12.2024.
Downloads:
AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.19-OS3.lha (3,8 MB)
AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.19-OS4.lha (3,5 MB)
SDK: AmiSSL-5.19-SDK.lha (2,4 MB) (dr)
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11.Feb.2025
Golem.de (ANF)
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FSF to auction Stallman's Hall of Fame medal, Amiga 3000UX and more
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is celebrating its 40th anniversary and is holding an auction of special memorabilia to mark the occasion. According to a blog post by the FSF, the virtual auction will take place on 23 March 2025. Among the auction items are Richard Stallman's "Internet Hall of Fame" medal, the original Gnu drawing and an Amiga 3000UX, which was used in the FSF office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
About the FSF
The FSF, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software, and its websites, located at www.fsf.org and www.gnu.org, are an important source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at donate.fsf.org. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA. (nba)
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11.Feb.2025
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ISOCD-Win: Creating Amiga ISO files using Windows
ISOCD-Win is a C#/.NET Windows replacement for the native Amiga ISOCD application. It creates bootable ISO image files which are compatible with the Amiga CD32 and CDTV. The initial version 1.3 was released last week, and version 1.3.1.2 is currently available. In addition to the executable code in the ZIP archive, the source codes are also freely available. (nba)
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11.Feb.2025
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 9.1
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has published version 9.1 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS, which is based on the stable WebKitGTK 2.46.6 (amiga-news.de reported). In addition, bug fixes were made for this update and several libraries were updated, including libcURL, libtasn, libpng16 and libwebp. (nba)
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11.Feb.2025
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HxC Floppy-Emulator: Software V2.16.10.2
The floppy emulator HxC by Jean-Francois Del Nero completely replaces the floppy drive (of an Amiga) with an electronic device. The project, which was launched in 2006, is available in two versions, with a SD card port or with USB port (amiga-news.de reported).
A new version of the HxC floppy emulator software has now been released. The changes:
- "config.script" loading/execution support fixed (utf path support and internal environment variables issues fixed).
- FAT/DOS Disk browser: It doesn't hide system and hidden files anymore.
- All Facebook and Twitter urls removed.
(nba)
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10.Feb.2025
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Preview video:New action adventure by HooGames
After the platformer "Dr Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan" (amiga-news.de reported), HooGames is now working on a Zelda-like game that will be playable on an Amiga 500 and has published a first preview video. At the same time, they are also working on a port of the Android game Tiny Pixel Dungeon. (dr)
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10.Feb.2025
quantumcodemonk
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Mod for "The Shadows of Sergoth": Dark Shadows of Sergoth 1.0
At the beginning of the year, the developer 'quantumcodemonk' released his own maps for the 2021 dungeon crawler "The Shadows of Sergoth" in a first test version (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has finished work on his mod: ten new maps with lots of puzzles and evil creatures offer a new challenge for both new and experienced players. (dr)
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10.Feb.2025
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Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.0b1
Originally planned as version 3.3, developer Dirk Hoffmann has released the latest version of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS as version 4.0 beta 1, as he has made some fundamental changes: until now, the snapshot format was used as the document format for saving configurations and game states. However, for technical reasons, the snapshot format changed with almost every version, making it unusable as a long-term solution.
To improve user-friendliness, this version replaces the snapshot format with workspaces as a new, more stable format. This new format is not version dependent. Instead, it will be a resource package containing the complete Amiga configuration, installed ROMs, floppy discs and hard disks.
When a user opens a .vamiga file, vAmiga will configure the Amiga based on the config.ini and attach the specified media. The system is always rebooted from scratch. When saving, all current settings and all connected data carriers and hard drives are automatically exported.
Importing and exporting snapshots will still be possible. However, it has to be done manually by two (new) menu items Export Snapshot... and Import Snapshot... from the File menu.
Switching to resource bundles should also solve the snapshot issue with the web version of vAmiga, vAmigaWeb (amiga-news.de reported).
In addition, vAmiga now supports the Quick Look preview feature developed by Apple. All changes in version 4.0 beta 1 at a glance:
Enhancements
- Workspaces
- Quick Look support
- Additional screenshot options
- Improved snapshot compression
Bug fixes
- The audio fast-path was sometimes taken too early
Code quality
- All enums were replaced by strongly typed enum classes
- Safer and more reliable multi-threading
- Prepared the codebase for Swift 6
At least macOS 13.5 is now required. (dr)
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09.Feb.2025
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Aminet uploads until 08.02.2025
The following files have been added until 08.02.2025 to Aminet:
BuggKillers.lha demo/ecs 92K OS3 Bugg Killers demo for G...
Void-Dreams41.zip demo/misc 634K OS3 AGA Demopack - Gerp 202...
n0pe-kitty-k8.lha text/bfont 2K OS3 Bitmap font in encoding...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 8.5M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
xxd.lha util/misc 34K VAR Hex dump utility and vi...
isomount.lha util/rexx 102K GEN Mounting ipf,dms,adf,hd...
GoVars.lha util/wb 11K OS3 environment variables e...
(snx)
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09.Feb.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 08.02.2025
The following files have been added until 08.02.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
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09.Feb.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 08.02.2025
The following files have been added until 08.02.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
protrekkr_2.8.1.lha Audio/Tracker A hybrid of modern day ...
cmark-0.31.1.lha Development/Library CommonMark parsing and ...
SonicMania_1.1.0.lha Games/Platform A complete decompilatio...
OpenRCT2_0.4.19.lha Games/Strategy OpenRCT2 is an open-sou...
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09.Feb.2025
Howard Price (e-mail)
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Amiga disassembler with emulator: Aira Force 0.9 for Windows, Linux, macOS & RPi
With version 0.9.0, Howard Price has released a major update of his disassembler Aira Force (video) for Amiga programs under Windows/64-bit, Windows/32-bit, macOS, Linux/64-bit and the Raspberry Pi.
In addition to the previous interactive disassembling and reassembling, the program now also acts as an (OCS) Amiga emulator and debugger.
Changelog:
- Add: Amiga CIA 8520 emulation
- Add: Amiga Sprite emulation (no collisions)
- Add: Amiga Hires playfield emulation (buggy)
- Add: Amiga blitter emulation (copy, line but no fill)
- Add: Amiga interrupt emulation
- Add: Amiga bitplane, sprite, copper and disk DMA emulation
- Add: Amiga copper emulation
- Add: Amiga DSKSYNC register emulation (trackloader support)
- Add: Amiga disk controller emulation
- Add: Amiga Mouse, joystick and keyboard emulation
- Add: Amiga ADF disk support
- Add: Amiga Kickstart 1.2/1.3 ROM emulation support
- Add: Many logging options
- Add: USB joystick support
- Add: CIA window
- Add: Amiga Copper (disassembly) window
- Add: Amiga Exec (OS) window
- Add: Dynamic Analysis window (replaces LiveAnalysis window)
- Add: Floppy drives window with ADF, MFM, disk visualisation
- Add: Memory disassembly window
- Add: Memory viewer (visualiser) Window
- Add: TypeInfo window (see included *.json)
- Add: Watch window(s) with type info support
- Add: UI to set breakpoint by address
- Add: Break when PC in RAM option
- Add: Break on vertical blank option
- Add: Break on system call option
- Add: CPU history window
- Add: Watchpoints window
- Add: Disassembler external symbols support and window
- Add: FIXLABELS disassembler option (default: disabled)
- Add: Configurable host input options (pad, keys, mouse)
- Improve: Amiga Window (lots more state)
- Improve: Update to latest ira
- Improve: Update vasm to 2.0a
- Improve: Update dear imgui to v1.91.4
- Improve: Exec window
- Improve: Video window DMA overlay
- Improve: Add filter to Equates Window
- Improve: Live Analysis is now Dynamic analysis
- Fix: Preserve leading whitespace in comments and banners
- Fix: Pressing E on label causes crash
- Fix: Leading whitespace preserved in banners
- Fix: Filenames containing whitespace support on Linux
- Fix: Store imgui.ini in user folder (guaranteed writable)
- Fix: Bugs in 68000 CHK, DIVU, DIVS, ASR.x, LINK A7, and MOVE to SR instructions
- Fix: Include CR when searching for text
Emulator limitations:
- No audio
- Emulator vertical sync locked to host display refresh rate
- Middling compatibility (approx 50% of games work, far fewer demos)
- Poor runtime performance sorry
- Copper horizontal timing a bit off
- No interlace and buggy hires sometimes
- No bitter fill mode
- No sprite collisions
- Inaccurate CPU timing hardware synchronisation (affects accuracy)
(snx)
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08.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: Presentation of the new C standard library "clib4"
In his article "Inside clib4: Crafting a Modern C Library for AmigaOS4" Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè talks about the development, the current status and the future of his open source standard C library clib4. (cg)
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08.Feb.2025
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Video: Installing and assembling extensions for MiSTer Pi
The Mister Pi is an FPGA-based Amiga clone (extensive review) and aims to be a cheaper alternative to the older MiSTer hardware. In a video, a user demonstrates the assembly of the official Mister Pi case and also equips his Amiga clone with a new internal USB hub and a WLAN/Bluetooth stick. (cg)
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08.Feb.2025
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry-lite 5.8.5 and Amiberry 7.0.4
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator based on the current WinUAE version, while its little brother Amiberry-lite is based on WinUAE 4.4 and is intended for slower hardware - up to the Raspberry Pi 4. Version 7.0.4 of Amiberry is now available, Amiberry-lite has arrived at version 5.8.5. (cg)
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07.Feb.2025
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E-Book: Amiga Mini for Gamer
Arno Sommer runs the YouTube channel "Retro and Games" and has repeatedly reported on the THEA500 Mini in various videos. He has now compiled the knowledge he has gathered in an e-book. It is available from Amazon for 5.78 euros. (dr)
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06.Feb.2025
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Dungeon Crawler: Bolminok's Kingdom 1.02 (update)
Sami Vehmaa's dungeon crawler "Bolminok's Kingdom" requires an AGA Amiga with some fast RAM. The title is available for ¤1.50 at itch.io.
Update: (09.02.2025, 07:10, dr)
Version 1.02 is now available, which saves some chip RAM and contains a few corrections. (cg)
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06.Feb.2025
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Demoparty: Results of the "Gerp 2025"
Last weekend, the "Gerp 2025" demoparty took place in Skövde, Sweden. The results of the demo competitions, including the corresponding demos, are now available at pouet.net. The "Amiga Demo" category was won by Five Finger Punch with their production "Inhuman Defender":
Desire won the "Amiga 40K" competition with "Under the Sycamore Trees":
(cg)
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06.Feb.2025
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Cross compiler/Assembler: Calypsi 5.8.1
"Calypsi" is a collection of compilers and assemblers that run under Windows, Linux and macOS and can generate code for various retro platforms - 6502 and 68000 processors are supported, among others. Although the project is hosted on Github, the source code is not freely available and use of the tools is only permitted for private purposes.
Changes in version 5.8.1:
- Assembly sections using the same name as a compiler data section now sets the corresponding type qualifier. This makes the auto placement in the linker also work for assembly projects.
- Switch statements with a single statement body (not a composite) caused an internal error.
- Correct value in a compound literals casting the address of an external variable to an integer of fewer bits caused a linker range error.
- 6502/65816: Correct spill handling which in some cases could result in an internal error, typically illegal instruction related to using the register.
- 6502: Add a mechanism to restore zero page pseudo registers to allow safe return to Commodore 64 and MEGA65 BASIC. To enable it, place the following line somewhere in your application #pragma require __preserve_zp. Refer to the Target specifics chapter in the user guide for more information.
- 6502: Correct a problem in the peephole optimizer that for multiple successive spill/fill operations with push/pull in an extended block in some situations could rearrange the order of operations with the rest of the code.
(cg)
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06.Feb.2025
Ján Zahurančík, (Philipp Lonke) (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit 12.7
Press release: This was a tough one! Months of work, countless interruptions, frustration, and exhaustion - but we did it! Huge thanks to Wiisoldier, Philipp Lonke, and everyone else who contributed to this update!
Why was this so challenging? Because this update spans multiple platforms - Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi, PiStorm, and the Bootable USB edition! And for Mac and Linux, there are two different versions for each (one using Wine and another built on Amiberry). On top of that, every single update archive required platform-specific tweaks, as it also enhances the core engines. In total, this release updates 8 different platforms, letting you enjoy your Amiga with AmiKit wherever you choose.
Now, let's dive into the highlights:
- New Core Engines: WinUAE, Amiberry, Emu68
- CPU-A, a new system analyzer
- Online Currency Converter with DOpus GUI
- Tune Finder that lets you enjoy tons of music streams!
- There are also plenty of updates to existing software, including AmigaGPT 2!
- Plus, we’ve placed a new WHDLGames folder on your desktop, featuring the familiar wizard from the Bootable USB edition. Just download pre-installed WHDLoad game/demo archives, drop them into the "Downloaded Archives" folder, and let the wizard handle the rest - automagically!
- Oh, and one more thing - the Raspberry Pi 500 is now fully supported!
(cg)
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