18.Feb.2020
Reddit (ANF)
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AmigaOS developer Darren Greenwald died
The former AmigaOS developer Darren Greenwald recently died. In 1990 Greenwald started to work for Commodore and after its decline he was hired by the American daughter company Scala. You can find a short summary of his career on reddit.com.
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[News message: 18. Feb. 2020, 17:12] [Comments: 0]
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18.Feb.2020
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ISA Power processor: OpenPower Foundation introduced open license model
In August the OpenPower Foundation had announced the release of the Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) of the POWER processors of IBM as open source. Now the license model was introduced: In future chip manufacturers are allowed to build and sell their own Power kernels under the free license (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, CC BY 4.0) without having to pay license fees to the OpenPower Foundation. Two example implementations called "Microwatt" and "Chiselwatt" are also provided.
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[News message: 18. Feb. 2020, 17:08] [Comments: 0]
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17.Feb.2020
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Game project: New preview video of 'Scourge of the Underkind'
"Scourge of the Underkind" is a tribute to games like Gods, Chaos Engine and Alien Breed, is written in assembler and will offer 16 levels devided into four worlds. After a longer break - the first previews were released four years ago - now the developers are working on the game again. Today a new preview video has been released.
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[News message: 17. Feb. 2020, 21:31] [Comments: 0]
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16.Feb.2020
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Aminet-Uploads until 15.02.2020
The following archives have been added to Aminet until February 15th, 2020:
void-dreams30.zip demo/misc 481K 68k Demopack - December 2019
void-dreams31.zip demo/misc 449K 68k Demopack - January 2020
jrm-bs75.lha demo/sound 154K 68k dA JoRMaS: Bonus Stage #75
void-fb8-aos4.zip demo/sound 3.8M OS4 Music Disk for AmigaOS 4
Void-Feedback9.lha demo/sound 1.4M 68k Music Disk from GERP 2020
SteMarRegBlitzSources... dev/basic 18K 68k 14 Stefano Maria Regattin Bli...
MemLog.lha dev/debug 4K 68k trace unmatched allocs - find...
TinyInvaders.lha game/shoot 1.7M 68k SPACE INVADERS poor clone in ...
cetro_del_sol.adf game/text 880K 68k Spanish text adventure
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
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.4M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.7M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
PrayForChina.lha mods/8voic 168K Pray For China 6ch Oriental b...
hangon.lha mods/jorma 48K Hang-On by Vesuri (Arcade)
Albatros.lha util/boot 34K 68k Lock your AMIGA by a keyword
BootPicture.lha util/boot 34K 68k Shows pictures plays a sound ...
SMRMag2Theme.lha util/dopus 1.1M 68k My Magellan II theme
AmiSSL-4.4.lha util/libs 8.1M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
DAPlayerItaCat.lha util/misc 8K Italian catalog for DAPlayer
AnalogClock.lha util/wb 37K 68k Analog clock for all the Clas...
StartWin.lha util/wb 91K 68k A bugged workbench launch bar
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[News message: 16. Feb. 2020, 07:26] [Comments: 0]
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16.Feb.2020
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 15.02.2020
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until February 15th, 2020:
autodocviewer.lha dev/uti 234kb 4.1 AutoDoc viewer for OS4
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
fractalnova.lha gra/mis 91kb 4.1 Calculates the Mandelbrot set us...
zitaftpserver.lha net/ser 9Mb 4.1 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
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16.Feb.2020
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 15.02.2020
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until February 15th, 2020:
zatackax.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 4Mb Tron/Snake like game with curved...
leu_drawer.tgz gra/ico 4kb leu ken's icon drawer
muimapparium.i386-aros.lha net/mis 671kb OpenStreetMap.org Viewer
muimapparium.x86_64-aros.lha net/mis 724kb OpenStreetMap.org Viewer
muimapparium.arm-aros.lha net/ser 742kb OpenStreetMap.org Viewer
leu0.08.lha off/spr 9Mb Leu Spreadsheet Program
installerlg.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 110kb Commodore Installer replacement ...
snapshoter.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 1Mb Fast, light and efficient clipbo...
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16.Feb.2020
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 15.02.2020
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until February 15th, 2020:
Runaway_1.14.lha Games/Misc A LCD game conversion.
Screenshot_1.1.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Screenshot Screenbar-Pl...
Leu_0.08.lha Office/Spreadsheet A new spreadsheet for M...
ModernArt_3.1.lha System/Ambient/Blankers Screen Blanker by Matth...
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16.Feb.2020
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WHDLoad: New installers until 15.02.2020
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 February 15th, 2020:
- 2020-02-11 improved: Plague (Innerprise) imager fixed (Info)
- 2020-02-09 improved: Tennis Cup 2 (Loriciel) adapted for WHDload 17+, quitkey for 68000 added (Info)
- 2020-02-09 improved: Plague (Innerprise) another version supported, new imager, level skip added, highscore saving added (Info)
- 2020-02-09 improved: Dungeons of Avalon (Zeret) adapted for WHDLoad 17+ (Info)
- 2020-02-09 improved: Dungeons of Avalon 2 (Zeret) adapted for WHDLoad 17+ (Info)
- 2020-02-09 improved: Advantage Tennis (Infogrames) 68020+ restriction removed, slowdown setting added (Info)
- 2020-02-09 improved: Eco Phantoms (Splinter Vision) supports another version (Info)
- 2020-02-09 improved: A-Train (Maxis) supports english version 1.00 (Info)
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15.Feb.2020
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Web browser: IBrowse 2.5.2
An update for the web browser IBrowse 2.5 has been released which mainly provides support for AmiSSL 4.4 and fixes some enforcer hits:
- AmiSSL 4.4 now required for HTTPS connections, which brings the latest OpenSSL 1.1.1d with improved TLSv1.3 support, improved performance on 68k (particularly 68060) and no longer crashes on 68020/030 without FPU (see full list of AmiSSL 4.4 changes)
- OS4: AmiUpdate will update installed catalog files
- Attempts to clean the disk cache now correctly ignored when the disk cache is completely off, fixing possible enforcer hits
- Fixed disk cache from only ever caching small files
- 68k: Fixed enforcer hits in PNG decoder when CyberGraphX is not in use
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[News message: 15. Feb. 2020, 23:44] [Comments: 0]
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15.Feb.2020
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Encryption: AmiSSL 4.4 (AmigaOS 3/4)
The AmiSSL library has been updated and now is compatible to the latest OpenSSL version 1.1.1d. Additionally the root certificates has been updated and diverse bug fixes and optimizations provided. The developer ask for support for porting AmiSSL to MorphOS and AROS - programmers are needed for those platforms. That's the reason AmiSSL currently is only available for AmigaOS.
Changes:
- Updated OpenSSL backend to full compatibility to latest OpenSSL 1.1.1d (10.09.2019) version.
- Applications compiled with the AmiSSL 4.3 SDK will need to be recompiled to use this release (if the AmiSSL 4.0-4.2 SDK was used, those applications do not need recompiling and will automatically use AmiSSL 4.4).
- Updated root certificates to latest Mozilla-based bundle provided by https://curl.haxx.se/ca/
- Now includes separate 68020-40 and 68060 optimised versions.
- Fixed poor 64-bit integer math performance (including erratic mouse movement) specific to 68060 processors, caused by software emulation of instructions not present on 68060 processors.
- Added 68060 optimised 64-bit multiplication routine from vbcc with permission by Frank Wille.
- Improved BN performance for 68060 (disabled m68k asm replacement as it's slower due to the above).
- Improved elliptic curve performance for all m68k processors.
- Fixed the OS3 target from crashing on systems with a 68020/030, but without an FPU (#37).
- Disabled Poly1305 FPU algorithm on Tabor A1222 (#38).
- Fixed TLS 1.3 cipher lookup failures on OS4, caused by compiler bug (#35).
- OpenSSL.doc not updated for the last 14 years, but now automatically updated for each new release.
- Fixed crashing OpenSSL command on OS3 (#28).
- Fixed OpenSSL command not making path to openssl.cnf correctly (#34).
- Fixed OpenSSL command -out parameter (#33).
- OpenSSL s_server command can now be interrupted with Ctrl-C.
- Install script fixes for MorphOS (#41).
- Fixed include files for vbcc/m68k compilation (#20).
- Minor improvements/fixes.
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[News message: 15. Feb. 2020, 23:40] [Comments: 0]
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13.Feb.2020
amigaworld (Webseite)
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New orders in legal dispute between Cloanto and Hyperion
In the last two trials between (among others) Cloanto and Hyperion, which both are tried by the same judge, new orders have been given. Die the action for infringement of trade mark rights C-A Acquisition Corp and Cloanto against Hyperion, in which both plaintiffs could obtain a default judgement due to Hyperion's inactivity, is suspended until a previous dispute has been solved.
In the previous dispute, between Amino, Itec, Amiga Inc. and Cloanto on the one hand and Hyperion on ther other hand, Cloanto obviously has requested the court - the relevant document is not publicly available - for an alternative dispute resolution. But the judge denied: "The Court does not believe that such is required at this point, as the parties have recently participated in settlement discussions (we reported) and can continue to do so voluntarily."
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[News message: 13. Feb. 2020, 23:18] [Comments: 0]
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12.Feb.2020
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Text adventure: Eight Feet Under
The text adventure "Eight Feet Under", previously been a free addon for purchasers of Hibernated Collector's Edition, now is available for free download. According to the developers "t's essential to complete the main game first. The addon takes a less narrative and more puzzle-oriented approach."
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[News message: 12. Feb. 2020, 23:52] [Comments: 0]
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12.Feb.2020
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AmigaOS-4-Cross compiler: GCC 8.3.0 for MacOS X
Costel 'Cyborg' Mincea has compiled GCC 8.3.0 as AmigaOS-4-Cross compiler for MacOS. After extracting the archive you have to edit the PATH so Mac OS will find binary file in /usr/local/amiga/bin. The SDK-53.30 includes have to be copied to /usr/local/amiga/ppc-amigaos/SDK. Mincea did successfully a short test but a proper practical test is still pending.
Linking C++ code is a little bit special due to the beta status of the used compiler from the adtools project.
Direct download: ppc-amigaos-gcc-8.3.0-macosx-20200210.tar.bz2 (57 MB)
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[News message: 12. Feb. 2020, 23:46] [Comments: 0]
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11.Feb.2020
AmiKit (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 11.2 (gaming update)
Press release: Today's update brings a number of legendary games to your AmiKit! One of them is premiering on Amiga, actually. It's an action role-playing hack and slash game called Diablo (shareware). Yes, that's right! And you can play it in a window on your Workbench too!
The same with Dune II - you can play it in a window thanks to OpenDUNE port which enhances the original version as well (note that you need the original 1.07eu game files). We've also included a DOS emulator called DOSBox with several shareware games pre-installed like Prince of Persia 1 & 2, Wolfenstein3D and SuperMario. Nice, right? If you have kids, they will love Elfie the Unicorn! We've also included a special easy peasy version for them :-)
The update also contains a handful of important software updates and fixes. Enjoy! The complete changelog. (snx)
[News message: 11. Feb. 2020, 21:51] [Comments: 0]
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11.Feb.2020
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Settlement discussions between Cloanto and Hyperion aborted
As amiga-news.de has been told by several sources, the settlement discussions between Cloanto and Hyperion regarding a settlement agreement have been aborted without tangible results last week. As far as we know, the next step to avoid a lengthy and costly trial would be mediation involving a neutral mediator - but we don't know if both parties are actually working towards that option right now. (cg)
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11.Feb.2020
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Leu 0.08: Opening Excel and ODS files
Version 0.08 of Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's FreePascal program for loading and editing Excel- (xlsx), Open- and LibreOffice- (ods) as well as TurboCalc- (tcd) and ASCII files (csv), called Leu, has been released for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS (ARM, x86, x64).
Regarding the chnages the author wrote: "Implemented basic sorting and search function including replace, very basic but working, also the sorting close to the LibreOffice sorting, multi key sorting (up to 3 but in principle could make more, but is more than 3 really useful?)."
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[News message: 11. Feb. 2020, 04:34] [Comments: 0]
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