04.Jun.2020
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Amigakit announced datatype system
Last year the British retailer Amigakit acquired the rights to the AKDatatypes developed by Andreas Kleinert. In a discussion on amiga.org, Matthew Leaman gives insights into the current stage of development. He also explained that Amigakit is not only going to rework the datatypes but also to write a datatypes.library as well as a new AddDatatypes command. For the future it is planned to work "on the datatype system in any meaningful way" which will be the foundation "for many progressive developments".
Some users remarked that the development has not been coordinated with the team of AmigaOS 3.2 and thus maybe some work will be done twice or will result in incompatibilities. Leaman has responded that due to the legal disputes regarding AmigaOS 3.1.4 a co-operation would be risky. Besides, the "professional" (quote from Leaman) developer who is writing the datatype system for Amigakit is paid for his work - but the OS developers would be not.
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03.Jun.2020
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Game: Demo version of VergeWorld - Icarus Rising
VergeWorld: Icarus Rising is "a sci-fi shoot'em up, racer game with exploration elements" which is in development. Now a demo version is available as ADF file in which you control a spaceship through a canyon (video).
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03.Jun.2020
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Print magazine: Issue 118 of Amiga Future readable online
The English issue 118 (January/February 2016) of the print magazin "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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03.Jun.2020
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Crowdfunding: Book "Demomaker - The Amiga Years"
"Demomaker - The Amiga Years" is supposed to become a book series which will introduce the most important Amiga scene demos and groups. The first part covering the years 1984 to 1993 is now being financed via Indiegogo. For 35 Euro you would get a hardcover book with 452 pages. The funding campaign will last until 22. June. So far about 3000 Euro have been donated, 14.000 Euro are required.
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02.Jun.2020
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Backbone game: "Air Mail" - free digital version and Boxed Edition
"Air Mail" (video of a previous alpha version) is another arcade game created with Backbone and by José A. 'Jojo073' Gonzáles (e.g. Mini Zorro, Mini Swat, Brus Li) and Ricardo Vieira. As usual a "boxed edition" will be sold on amigastore.eu which currently can be ordered via e-mail from the developers. If you want to have the free digital version then you also should contact the developers.
Update: 29.06.20, 17:30, cg):
Fixed the name of the second developer: Gonzáles' partner when creating Air Mail was Ricardo Vieira. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Jun.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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New interpreter for Maniac Mansion and Co.: Parrot
Another "player" for the game data of classic point'n-click adventures is developed called "Parrot". At least the SCUMM based games developed by Lucasfilm are supposed to run. In contrast to existing solutions like ScummVM, Parrot is being developed especially for the Amiga and therefore is optimized for this system and its chipset. For example before the first launch, all data are converted into typical Amiga formats to make them playable also on less powerful copmputers. At least "an ECS Amiga, running Workbench 2" is required.
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01.Jun.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Decompressing Amiga archives: Ancient Format Decompressor
The "Ancient Format Decompressor" can decompress Amiga archives which were compressed on 16-Bit home computers using common compression programs. The source code can be compiled on every modern system. The following formats are currently supported:
- CrunchMania by Thomas Schwarz: supports both new (version 2) and old stream formats:
- CrM!: Crunch-Mania standard-mode
- Crm!: Crunch-Mania standard-mode, sampled
- CrM2: Crunch-Mania LZH-mode
- Crm2: Crunch-Mania LZH-mode, sampled
- Disk Masher System a.k.a. DMS
- Supports all different compression methods (NONE,SIMPLE,QUICK,MEDIUM,DEEP,HEAVY1,HEAVY2)
- Supports password bypassing
- File Imploder (and most of its clones), specifically with following headers:
- ATN!
- BDPI
- CHFI
- EDAM
- IMP!
- M.H.
- RDC9
- FLT! (verification missing)
- Dupa (verification missing)
- PARA (verification missing)
- PowerPacker
- PP 1.1 (verification missing)
- PP 2.0
- Rob Northen compressors. supports all 3 known formats:
- RNC1: Both old and formats utilizing the same header. heuristics for detecting the current one
- RNC2: RNC version 2 stream
- Turbo Packer by Wolfgang Mayerle.
- Standard gzip
- Standard bzip2, both normal and randomized
- Zip decompressor backend (decompressor only, no Zip file format reading yet) with following methods
- Shrink
- Reduce
- Implode
- Deflate
- Deflate64
- Bzip2
- Lha/Lzh decompressor backend (decompressor only, no Lha file format reading yet) with following methods
- LH0: Null compressor
- LH1: LZRW-compressor with 4kB window
- LH2: LZRW-compressor with Dynamic Huffman Encoding (experimental)
- LH3: LZRW-compressor (experimental)
- LH4: LZRW-compressor with 4kB window
- LH5: LZRW-compressor with 8kB window
- LH6: LZRW-compressor with 32kB window
- LH7: LZRW-compressor with 64kB window
- LH8: LZRW-compressor with 64kB window (Joe Jared extension)
- LHX: LZRW-compressor with up to 512kB window (UnLHX extension)
- LZ4: Null compressor
- LZ5: LZ-compressor
- LZS: LZ-compressor
- PM0: Null compressor
- PM1: LZ-compressor
- PM2: LZ-compressor
- Supports opening XPK-encapsulated files. XPK decompressors supported are:
- ACCA: Andre's Code Compression Algorithm
- ARTM: Arithmetic encoding compressor
- BLZW: LZW-compressor
- BZP2: Bzip2 backend for XPK
- CBR0: RLE compressor
- CBR1: RLE compressor
- CRM2: CrunchMania backend for XPK
- CRMS: CrunchMania backend for XPK, sampled
- CYB2: xpkCybPrefs container
- DLTA: Delta encoding
- DUKE: NUKE with Delta encoding
- ELZX: LZX-compressor
- FAST: LZ77-compressor
- FBR2: CyberYAFA compressor
- FRHT: LZ77-compressor
- FRLE: RLE compressor
- GZIP: Deflate backend for XPK
- HUFF: Huffman modeling compressor
- HFMN: Huffman modeling compressor
- ILZR: Incremental Lempel-Ziv-Renau compressor
- IMPL: File Imploder backend for XPK
- LHLB: LZRW-compressor
- LIN1: Lino packer
- LIN2: Lino packer
- LIN3: Lino packer
- LIN4: Lino packer
- LZBS: CyberYAFA compressor
- LZCB: LZ-compressor
- LZW2: CyberYAFA compressor
- LZW3: CyberYAFA compressor
- LZW4: CyberYAFA compressor
- LZW5: CyberYAFA compressor
- MASH: LZRW-compressor
- NONE: Null compressor
- NUKE: LZ77-compressor
- PWPK: PowerPacker backend for XPK
- RAKE: LZ77-compressor
- RDCN: Ross Data Compression
- RLEN: RLE compressor
- SASC: LZ-compressor with arithmetic encoding
- SDHC: Sample delta huffman compressor
- SHR3: LZ-compressor with arithmetic encoding
- SHRI: LZ-compressor with arithmetic encoding
- SHSC: Context modeling compressor
- SLZ3: CyberYAFA compressor
- SLZX: LZX-compressor with delta encoding
- SMPL: Huffman compressor with delta encoding
- SQSH: Compressor for sampled sounds
- TDCS: LZ77-compressor
- ZENO: LZW-compressor
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01.Jun.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Remote access to Amigas: squirt
"squirt" is a server having only 5 kb which is launched on Amigas and then allows the remote access to the computer via the network. Using special command line programs you then can control the Amiga with the help of any other computer. In a text-based console also file transfers, switching directories and executing (non-active) Amiga commands are possible. Additionally squirt can be used as backup solution: A special command creates incremental backups of directories.
Currently squirt only is available as source code and has to be compiled by yourself. If the commands for the remote access only work under Unix-like systems or also under Windows, we cannot say. The system currently allows only anonymous access - therefore the author strongly recommends: do not use the tool on Amiga systems which are connected to the Internet.
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31.May.2020
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Aminet-Uploads bis 30.05.2020
The following archives have been added to Aminet until May 30th, 2020:
netsurf.lha comm/www 6.9M OS4 Fast CSS capable web browser
netsurf_os3.lha comm/www 2.8M 68k Fast CSS capable web browser
SP96-Fade.lha demo/sp96 3.8M 68k "Fade" by Melting Pot
SteMarRegBlitzSources... dev/basic 25K 68k 16 Stefano Maria Regattin Bli...
SteMarRegBlitzSources... dev/blitz 24K 68k 16 Stefano Maria Regattin Bli...
filex-2.6-morphos.lha disk/moni 550K MOS binary file editor (MorphOS v...
Africa.lha game/board 293K 68k Conversion of 3W board game
Africa-AROS.zip game/board 290K x86 Conversion of 3W board game
AfricaMOS.lha game/board 340K MOS Conversion of 3W board game
Africa-OS4.lha game/board 349K OS4 Conversion of 3W board game
FireAttack_AROSx86.lha game/wb 2.9M x86 LCD game conversion
FireAttack_MOS.lha game/wb 2.8M MOS LCD game conversion
FireAttack_OS3.lha game/wb 2.8M 68k LCD game conversion
FireAttack_OS4.lha game/wb 3.1M OS4 LCD game conversion
FireAttack_WOS.lha game/wb 3.1M WOS LCD game conversion
PaletteMaster263.lha gfx/misc 74K 68k Powerful Amiga palette organizer
PoligoniRegolari.lha gfx/show 21K 68k Draws regular poligon with 3-...
ACE-MorphOS.lha misc/emu 2.0M MOS Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.7M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
adt.c.gz misc/unix 23K Aminet Download Tool
opmod520.lha mus/misc 54K 68k Module optimizer (shareware, ...
Morpheus_1.76.lha text/dtp 2.7M MOS Word processor
annotate_pascal_synta... text/edit 397K Annotate Pascal Syntax
MCAmiga.lha util/dir 1.4M MOS MyCommander for all Amiga sys...
WarpDTPrefs.lha util/dtype 198K MOS WarpDT preferences program V4...
WarpDTPrefs_deutsch.lha util/dtype 2K German catalog for WarpDTPrefs
WarpWebPdt.lha util/dtype 291K WOS WebP image datatype V45.1
a3640MOD_AIBB.lha util/moni 269K 68k AIBB module of a modded A3640...
tz.lha util/time 348K 68k Timezone Database & Library
tzdata.lha util/time 368K Time Zone Database
tzutils7.lha util/time 175K 68k Date and time utilities
AnalogClock.lha util/wb 38K 68k Analog clock for all the Clas...
DockBot.lha util/wb 380K 68k A program launcher for OS 3.
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31.May.2020
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 30.05.2020
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until May 30th, 2020:
warpdtprefs.lha dat/ima 198kb 4.0 WarpDT preferences program
warpwebpdt.lha dat/ima 291kb 4.0 WebP image datatype
africa.lha gam/boa 349kb 4.0 Conversion of 3W board game
rftg.zip gam/pla 52Mb 4.1 Run & Jump
netsurf.lha net/bro 7Mb 4.0 Fast CSS capable browser
evenmore.lha uti/tex 431kb 4.0 Freeware Textviewer
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31.May.2020
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 30.05.2020
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until May 30th, 2020:
ACE_1.21.lha The acidulous CPC/CPC+ emulator by OffseT of Fut...
AmiArcadia_26.44.lha A Signetics-based machines emulator.
EvenMore_0.94.lha A freeware Textviewer Chris Perver.
Hi-Low-Equal Poker Car... Hi-Low-Equal Poker Card
iConecta_3.26.lha A little and easy program to test your Internet ...
Iris_beta0.89.lha New email client supports IMAP, SSL, email autoc...
Kaaris_vs_Booba_1.2.lha Kaaris vs Booba port by Ace of Pur3lam3rs with h...
MCAmiga_0.5.lha MyCommander for Amiga
Morpheus_1.76.lha Word processor with Unicode support
RocksNDiamonds_4.1.4.1... Arcade style game in the tradition of Boulder Da...
SuperMethaneBros_SDL2.lha Super Methane Bros - MorphOS version by BeWorld ...
WitchCleaner_1.10.lha A little and easy program to clean the .recycled...
ZGloom_0.3.0.lha ZGloom, A re-implementation of [Amiga FPS Gloom]...
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31.May.2020
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WHDLoad: New installers until 30.05.2020
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 May 30th, 2020:
- 2020-05-30 improved: Populous 2 (EOA/Bullfrog) speed regulation added, newer kickemu (Info)
- 2020-05-30 updated: Gulp! (ICE) fixed install script (Info)
- 2020-05-29 updated: Gulp! (ICE) install script and readme corrected (Info)
- 2020-05-28 improved: Goblins 3 (Coktel Vision) fixed graphical issues, handle disk requester, added more language selection options, reduced chipmem usage to 512k, cleaned up protection part (Info)
- 2020-05-26 improved: Gulp! (ICE) password protection removed, fixed keyboard interrupt, fixed end sequence (Info)
- 2020-05-24 fixed: Tin Toy Adventure (Mutation Software) corrected install script (Info)
- 2020-05-24 improved: Dungeon Master (FTL/Software Heaven) trainer added (Info)
- 2020-05-24 new: Astérix and the Magic Carpet / Astérix Chez Rahà zade / Astérix Im Morgenland (Cockel Vision) done by JOTD (Info)
- 2020-05-24 improved: Astérix: Operation Getafix / Astérix: El Golpe Del Menhir / Astérix: Le Coup Du Menhir / Astérix: Operation Hinkelstein (Coktel Vision) blitterwaits corrected, supports more versions, fixed sound, trainer added, uses fast memory (Info)
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31.May.2020
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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CS-Lab: First Warp accelerator boards shipped to testers / Firmware 1.007
CS-Lab has shipped the first Warp accelerator boards to beta testers. After the Warp 1260 and the Warp 560 - both versions available for 499 Euro without a processor (amiga-news.de reported) - now a Warp 4060 is planned as well. Information on purchasing the boards will be available soon. First CS-Lab is waiting for the the feedback of the testers.
Additional to the release of the new firmware version 1.007, two new videos are available: "Unboxing Warp1260" as well as "Some more testing the Warp1260".
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30.May.2020
a1k.org (Webseite)
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FPGA clone: Minimig-AGA-Core for Turbo Chameleon 64
For some time emulations of the Amiga-OCS/ECS chipsets from the Minimig project are available as "Core" for the FPGA-based C64 extension Turbo Chameleon 64 sold by Individual Computers which can operate as stand-alone computer - independently of a C64. Now Alastair Robinson has ported the AGA version of Minimig to the system as well.
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[News message: 30. May. 2020, 22:35] [Comments: 0]
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29.May.2020
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Amiga Source Preservation: Source texts and PDF books under free licence
The project "Amiga Source Preservation" originally was going to safeguard as many source texts of Amiga programs as possible and making them available under a free licence. Since about a year books on Amiga have been safeguarded as well which then are offered under the Creative Commons licences for free download.
The books are saved in a Gitlab repository and periodically also uploaded to the Aminet. The website of the project offers an overview about the 16 books and 110 source texts released so far.
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29.May.2020
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Modplayer: AmiModRadio 0.9995
AmiModRadio is "a program to automatically download, extract, and play modules from Aminet." A rating function is included as well. The new version includes new skins, fixes bugs and now also runs on an A4000/30, an A1200 with 68060 processor and an A600 equipped with a Vampire. The format of the program cache changed. Therefore you should delete the content of the "cache" directory if you are going to update the tool. If you want to report bugs then please use the official bugtracker.
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