15.Oct.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.7.3
RedPill is a Game Construction Kit written in AmiBlitz2, which can help developing games of diverse genres - published videos show versions of Pacman and Mirror. RedPill is compatible to AGA and ECS, the "player" requires 1 MB Chip as well as some Fast RAM.
Changes in version 0.7.3:
- Program stack size increased to 32 KB to avoid unstability and crashes when using autoslice
- Sorting and rendering by Z has been recoded to avoid objects disappearing
- Fix: Screen Flash trigger was not working when HUD was on top
- File requesters now have a maximum size
- Fixed an issue preventing from changing Var pages when selecting a Var in the triggers
- Sound module code is now more robust to avoid memory leaks
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15.Oct.2019
Amiga.org (Forum)
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ReAmiga: John Hertell published files of his Amiga replica
Under the title link John 'Chucky' Hertell has published the files for making the ReAmiga 3000 (video recorded on the Amiga34) just like he did it before for the "ReAmiga 1200" - which is a replica of the Amiga-1200 mainboard.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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14.Oct.2019
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Amiga34: Announcements, videos and further pictures (Update)
In this news item we want to summarize all other news additional to the MorphOS for x64 as well as some further pictures completing the ones from yesterday.
In his speech Trevor Dickinson (A-Eon Technology) has announced an "Early-Adopter-Edition" of the AmigaOne 1222 which is based on the Tabor board (picture).
The price, including an "Early-Adopter" version of AmigaOS-4.1, for the Tabor board is supposed to be 400 Euro which corresponds to the announcement three years ago - but it is nether clear if this price includes VAT nor when it can be preordered. It is also not known what kind of limitations this version, compared to the final AmigaOS-4.1 version, will have. In spring the audio driver was still missing and the SATA driver had to be "polished". According to the comment of the visitor 'Skateman', all components of the Early-Adopter-AmigaOne-1222 are supposed to be working.
The new accelerator board Warp 1260 was presented together with the Warp 560 and further details explained: The board will be equipped with 256 MB Fast-RAM but which - similar to most of the 68060 extensions - operates only in the 68040 compatible bus mode, that means at half clock speed. Basically the DDR3-RAM is clocked with 800 MHz and connected to the 68060 processor via FPGA. The price will be 499 Euro, without processor. It has to be delivered by the purchaser.
Hyperion presented a beta version of Libre Office 5 which is ported by Hans-Jörg Frieden. Further information are not available so far.
Amiga34 impressions:
Update (06:11, 15.10.19, snx)
ZDF TV report video link added. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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13.Oct.2019
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Event: Pictures of Amiga34 in Neuss (2nd Update)
This weekend the Amiga34 is taking place in Neuss, Germany. For amiga-news.de, Thomas Scheller has taken some pictures.
One of the most outstanding exhibits was the x64 version of MorphOS, presented on a MSI-B450M-Mortar-Titanium board with Ryzen-5-3600 processor made by AMD. Currently via PXE-Netboot is started (amiga-news.de reported):
Besides, there have been replica of the Amiga 500 ("Project R.E.D."), of the Amiga 2000 ("A2K Black & White Edition 2.0") and of the AGA Amiga 3000 prototype AA3000 ("AA3000+" of the Finnish developer 'Hese' [older photos])):
Other presented systems ranged from a SAGE-II system (AmigaOS was developed on a SAGE IV) to an upgraded Amiga 1000 and an AmigaOne X5000/40:
The 23 offered Vampire-V4 computer (nine others have been picked up by beta testers) was sold out within hours.
Update: (09:23, 14.10.19, snx)
In a previous version of this news-item we mistook the photos of the AA3000 with the Amiga 3000 replica ReAmiga 3000. Photos and a video of the latter you can find in our follow-up news-item instead.
2nd Update: (09:02, 18.10.19, snx):
David Brunet kindly pointed out to us that the computer shown wasn't a populated exemplar of the rare AA3000 prototypes, but the extended replica AA3000+ instead. We appologize for our mistake. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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13.Oct.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 12.10.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until October 12th, 2019:
Office_Test_1.1.lha dev/mui 557K MOS Demo program for office.mcc
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 18M 68k Implementation of Tunnels & T...
Runaway_AROSx86.lha game/wb 2.3M x86 LCD game conversion
Runaway_MOS.lha game/wb 2.2M MOS LCD game conversion
Runaway_OS3.lha game/wb 2.2M 68k LCD game conversion
Runaway_OS4.lha game/wb 2.5M OS4 LCD game conversion
Runaway_WOS.lha game/wb 2.5M WOS LCD game conversion
Whack-a-Trump_AROSx86... game/wb 5.1M x86 Whack-a-mole type game
Whack-a-Trump_MOS.lha game/wb 5.0M MOS Whack-a-mole type game
Whack-a-Trump_OS3.lha game/wb 5.0M 68k Whack-a-mole type game
Whack-a-Trump_OS4.lha game/wb 5.3M OS4 Whack-a-mole type game
Whack-a-Trump_WOS.lha game/wb 5.3M WOS Whack-a-mole type game
tine.tar.gz misc/unix 281K A clone of ED for UNIX
HotCorner.lha util/cdity 37K MOS Mouse in screen corner trigge...
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13.Oct.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 12.10.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until October 12th, 2019:
scummvm.lha gam/adv 30Mb 4.1 2D Point-and-Click adventure int...
scummvm-src.zip gam/adv 44Mb 4.1 ScummVM Source
freedroidrpg.lha gam/rol 226Mb 4.0 Isometric RPG influenced by Para...
zitaftpserver.lha net/ser 9Mb 4.1 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
scummvm-tools.lha uti/fil 3Mb 4.1 A collection of various tools fo...
scummvm-tools.zip uti/fil 1Mb 4.1 ScummVM Tools Source
aiostreams.lha vid/mis 248kb 4.1 Stream video from major online p...
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13.Oct.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 12.10.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until October 12th, 2019:
easyrpg-aros.lha gam/adv 4Mb play games created with RPG Make...
uhctools.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 39kb UHC Tools installer
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13.Oct.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 12.10.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until October 12th, 2019:
AIOstreams_1.4.lha Network/Streaming Stream online video fro...
MCC_TextEditor_15.53.lha System/MUI Classes TextEditor custom class...
MCC_Webp_1.0.lha System/MUI Classes A WebP MUI Class
Office_test_1.1.lha Office/WordProcessor Demo program for office...
Runaway_1.12.lha Games/Misc A LCD game conversion.
WookieChat_2.11.lha Communication IRC client
WookieChat_2.12b9.lha Communication IRC client
Whack-a-Trump_1.2.lha Games/Misc Whack-a-mole type game
MorphOS_SDK_3.12_20191... Development/SDK The MorphOS Development...
SpringMaus_0.9.lha System/Ambient/Commoditie SpringMaus_0.9.lha
MorphOS_on_AMD64.jpeg Screenshots MorphOS_on_AMD64.jpeg
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13.Oct.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 12.10.2019
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until October 12th, 2019:
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12.Oct.2019
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Amiga34: MorphOS on an AMD64 computer
This weekend the Amiga34 is taking place in Neuss, Germany. Here the MorphOS developer team has presented its operating system on an AMD-Ryzen-5 computer equipped with a Radeon-HD-4650 graphics board (Twitter: picture, video).
Regarding the video Károly 'chainq' Balogh has pointed out that it is a very early version with debug output handele - actually this morning Mark 'bigfoot' Olsen got it running on this new computer, for he could not bring his older system. Therefore you should not draw conclusions from the length of the booting about the future performance.
Due to a PowerPC emulation, on the AMD64 all existing PowerPC and 68k programs are working. This is based on a new kernel written by Mark Olsen, which is running on the presented system completely AMD64-nativ in 64-Bit mode, but also on PPC32 and PPC64 processors.
The presented system only is a preview what a future MorphOS NG could look like; many components still are missing. On the demonstration computer a mixture of AMD64 and PowerPC code is used.
Additionally the MorphOS team presents an Amiga 4000 with MorphOS 3.13 on a - according to the description - Cyberstorm-PPC accelerator board with 420 MHz (photo of its processor), that had already been shown at Amiga32 also. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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11.Oct.2019
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A1200.net: Announcement of new Amiga keyboards
On the ocassion of the Amiga 34 in Neuss which is taking place this weekend, the team of A1200.net representing on table 44/45 has announced its next project, a new Amiga compatible replacement keyboard:
- 100% Mechanical
- 100% Compatible with Mitsumi Hybrid keycaps
- Versatile - can be used on A500, A1200, A2000, A3000, A4000
- USB Compatible (PC & Raspberry Pi) - Apollo Vampire support coming shortly
- Strong & sturdy keyboard with body armor
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10.Oct.2019
Indie Retro News
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Remake of Sierra's "Gold Rush" (1989) can be preordered
After "Cinemaware Retro", obviously Sunlight Games also is planning to remake and sell retro games. It will be started with Sierra's text adventure Gold Rush (1989) which will be released under Sunlight's new label "Retrotainment" and which currently can be preordered for 25 Euro in its webshop.
Items in this Special Edition:
- Game on 2 Disks for Amiga (Because of different types of disk-drives used in the Amiga, there may be problems reading the disks. Therefore, the CD contains the ADF-files to copy the content onto disks with a free tool.)
- Disks with a printed color label
- Printed manual
- On CD: Book "California Gold" for copy protection, drawings, ADF game files
- On DVD: PC-Remake "Gold Rush! Anniversary", playable on PC without Internet connection, DRM-free
- A printed certificate including the serial-number of the limited Special Edition
- A printed DIN A1 poster on a high-quality paper
- A printed label of the game logo
Hint of the editorial: The screenshots in the webshop are slightly misleading: the bottom row of the screen was cut. There the text input line of Gold Rush is - the game uses Sierra's older AGI-engine which requires commands entered with the keyboard. Sunlight's "cut" version is supposed to suggest a more modern feeling than it really is.
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09.Oct.2019
MorphZone (Forum)
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Legal dispute: Settlement discussions
In the legal dispute between Hyperion and Cloanto the court has accepted an application of both parties for a delay of 120 days (PDF file) because they are discussing a settlement.
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09.Oct.2019
Michael Rupp (ANF)
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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.32
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1FE for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey). Any kind of feedback the author Michael Rupp would very appreciate. His work can be supported by a donation from inside TAWS.
Version 0.32 provides the following changes:
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Tribute to AmiKit XE:
- new Presets "OS 3.9 AmiKitX Dark"
- new Presets "OS 3.9 AmiKitXE Retro"
- accordingly adjusted boot animation
- new window layout "3.9 AmiKit X Dark"
- new window layout "3.9 AmiKit XE Retro"
- new pattern "AmiKit X Backdrop Dark"
- new pattern "AmiKit XE Backdrop Dark"
- new pattern "AmiKit XE Backdrop Retro"
- new pattern "AmiKit X Pattern Dark"
- new pattern "AmiKit X Pattern Dark Reaction"
- new pattern "AmiKit XE Pattern Retro"
- new (blue) trashcan icon for the iconset "AmiKit X"
Many thanks to Jan Zahurancik (AmiKit) for donating me a copy of AmiKit XE and granting the use of the graphics.
- Complete czech localization - many thanks to Lagya Horky from guruteam.cz.
- OS 4.0: miscellanious adjustments (incl. the requester icons) - many thanks to Carlo 'AMIGASYSTEM' Spadoni for his support.
- Created version 2.0 of the Topaz-Fonts A500 und A1200 erstellt: added the special characters of the languages polish, czech and russian.
No more need for the additional russian font.
- Chrome: workaround for a change (or bug?) in its layout engine in one of the latest versions (+/- v77.0), which rendered all windows (except those with fuelbars) with bottom borders too large.
- Performance increase when starting TAWS by using XMLHttpRequest() instead of img.onerror() when dynamically checking the existence of the elements of a window layout.
- File size optimizations of some pattern images.
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Bugfixes:
- Firefox, Internet Explorere and MS Edge: correction of the horizontal gradients by 180° (AmiKitX's boot progress bar, vertical scrollbar of the palette's listbox).
- smaller corrections of the window layout "OS 3.9 AmiKitX"
- small layout correction when minimizing the prefs windows
- DiskCopy: correction of a JavaScript error (bug since 0.30)
- Keyboard navigation: if more than one GUI element is using the same shortcut, now only the first is executed.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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