04.Jul.2019
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Foobillard++ 1.0, Neverball/Neverputt 1.6.0 and Friking shark 1.1
Roman 'kas1e' Kargin has ported respectively updated three SDL games to AmigaOS 4. For building the ports the GL4ES wrapper was used. Accordingto the developer therefore "you need as necessary minimum ogles2.library v2.8 and warp3dnova.library v1.65. Those requirements are 100% necessary." They are parts of the Enhancer Software 1.5.
Foobillard++ (video) is a billard game, Neverball is similar to Marble-Madness which additionally includes the game Neverputt (video) and Friking Shark (video) is a remake of the classic Flying Shark.
Download:
foobillardplus.lha (38 MB)
neverball.lha (76 MB)
frikingshark.lha (114 MB)
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04.Jul.2019
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Book: Commodore - The final years available
"Commodore: The final years" is the third part of Brian Bagnall's trilogy of Commodore's history (previously the parts "Commodore: A Company on the Edge" and "Commodore: The Amiga Years" have been published). After the last part was successfully financed, the English-language book now is available (in Germany under ISBN 0994031033 for 38,49 Euro).
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02.Jul.2019
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- May/June 2019 news
- Old articles from Amiga News Tech n°32 to 35:
- Tutorial: DME - Creation of menus and macros
- Tutorial: Utilization of GadToolsBox
- Programming: AMOS - Creation of CopperList
- Programming: Assembler - HAM and Dual-Playfield modes
- Programming: Pascal - Edition gadget
- File: Data compression with Huffman algorithm
- Programming: C - 8SVX reader
- File: The new 68030 instructions
- Programming: Assembler - The curves
- Programming: C- Sound generation
- Interview with Matthew Smiths (author of the Amiga Power album)
- Interview with Paolo Cattani (author of the Virtual GP series)
- Interview with John Hare (coder of Sensible SOccer)
- Review of AmigaOS 3.1.4
- Review of Powerglove Reloaded
- Review of Space Crusade
- File: Amiga prototypes and projects (update)
- File: Village Tronic
- File: MorphOS requesters
- Gallery: Comic from Amiga Spécial Environnement
- Special quiz about the Lotus series
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30.Jun.2019
Amiga.org (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4: Enhancer Software 1.5
Press release: A-EON Technology is pleased to confirm immediate download available of the Enhancer Software 1.5. This is the sixth public release and can be downloaded for free using the Updater tool for existing Enhancer Software owners. All three variants of the Enhancer Software have been updated: Plus, Standard and Special Edition.
Many updates have been implemented in version 1.5, both major and minor bringing the package to higher standards. Warp3D Nova and OpenGLES 2 library have had major updates including significant work towards enabling the recent GL4ES wrapper and game ports to work. MultiViewer: If Warp3D Nova is available, it is now used for 2D image rendering and processing. This means that the old Picasso96 graphics system is no longer used by MultiViewer for rendering 2D images so the entire range of video memory on the graphics card can be used by MultiViewer.
What has changed in this release?:
- Commands
- SystemReboot v53.7 (updated)
- Devs
- HDAudio sound driver v6.23 (added)
- Datatypes
- Logfile datatype v53.5 (updated)
- Gadgets
- InfoData gadget v1.4 (added)
- Listviewer gadget v53.14 (updated)
- Progressbar gadget v53.11 (updated)
- Tickbox gadget v53.9 (updated)
- L
- SSH2-Handler v53.10 (updated)
- Libraries
- Zip library v53.10 (updated)
- OGLES 2 library v2.8 (updated)
- Warp3D Nova library v1.65 (updated)
- Warp3D Nova SI library v1.65 (updated)
- System
- Format v53.50 (updated)
- Updater v53.65 (updated)
- Utilities
- Clock v53.29 (updated)
- MultiEdit v1.12 (updated)
- MultiViewer v2.19 (updated)
- X-Dock v2.42 (updated)
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30.Jun.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 29.06.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until June 29th, 2019:
Roadie.lha comm/net 45K 68k Commodity/GUI for Roadshow TC...
wla_dx_v9.8.lha dev/cross 1.8M 68k 8-bit CPU Cross Macro Assembl...
HWP_Polybios.lha dev/hwood 22M MOS The ultimate PDF tool for Hol...
BulletExamples.lha dev/src 79K 68k Example code for using outlin...
MouseDriver.lha driver/inp   OS4 Some special mouse drivers
Africa.lha game/board 295K 68k Conversion of 3W board game
Africa-AROS.zip game/board   x86 Conversion of 3W board game
AfricaMOS.lha game/board 336K MOS Conversion of 3W board game
Africa-OS4.lha game/board 350K OS4 Conversion of 3W board game
Saga.lha game/board 391K 68k Conversion of TSR board game
SagaMOS.lha game/board 428K MOS Conversion of TSR boardgame
Saga-OS4.lha game/board 459K OS4 Conversion of TSR board game
F1GP2019Carset.lha game/data 24K 2019 Carset for F1GP
AfAOS4.8.lha misc/os 2.2M 68k AROS for AmigaOS
Crockettsimpr.lha mods/8voic 197K 5ch Crockett's Theme 2019 Imp...
EbonyAndIvy.lha mods/8voic 172K 6ch Ebony & Ivy By HKvalhe
SensorsList.lha util/cli 6K MOS List of all sensors in your c...
Grunch.lha util/misc 1.9M MOS V2.18 Application management ...
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30.Jun.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 29.06.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until June 29th, 2019:
africa.lha gam/boa 350kb 4.0 Conversion of 3W board game
saga.lha gam/boa 459kb 4.0 Conversion of TSR boardgame
smtube.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.1 Qt : direct stream + download Yo...
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30.Jun.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 29.06.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until June 29th, 2019:
africa.i386-aros.zip gam/boa 290kb Conversion of 3W board game
quake_shareware.lha gam/fps 12Mb Quake shareware file fro id soft...
wheater_icons_new.lha gra/ico 6kb Wheater Forecast New Icon
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30.Jun.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 29.06.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until June 29th, 2019:
HWP_Polybios_1.1.lha Development/Hollywood/... The ultimate PDF tool f...
Leu_0.06.lha Office/Spreadsheet A new spreadsheet for M...
SensorsList_1.3.lha System/Monitoring List of all sensors in ...
Saga_1.92.lha Games/Strategy Conversion of TSR board...
Africa_1.53.lha Games/Strategy A conversion of 3W boar...
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30.Jun.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 29.06.2019
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 June 29th, 2019:
- 2019-06-24 improved: The Blues Brothers (Titus) added jump with second/blue button, added CD32 pad controls, trainer improved (Info)
- 2019-06-24 fixed: Jim Power (Loriciel) corrected joystick/joypad automatic detection (Info)
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30.Jun.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Emulator: FS-UAE 3.0
After providing several beta versions, now Frode Solheim has released a "stable" version of his Amiga emulator FS-UAE. Ports are available for Windows, Mac OS X and several Linux and BSD versions. On his website Frode Solheim wrote: "I've already started the work on next development series. The biggest change is updated emulation core from WinUAE 4.2.1, which brings with it new features. But I will be looking at other improvements as well. If the stable series is to boring for you, stay tuned for v3.1.0dev." Detailed changes of version 3.0:
Changes in FS-UAE 3.0 (compared to 2.8):
- Fixed JIT direct access on modern Linux distributions.
- FS-UAE default is now to show a 692Ă—540 image, not stretched to fill screen.
- Built-in configurations for many more game controllers.
- New option whdload_quit_key to gracefully quit slaves.
- Added more shaders (compiled/ported/written by guest.r and rsn8887).
- Updated emulation core from WinUAE 3300b2.
- Several new configuration options (see Changelog for details).
- Many more smaller fixes and updates (see Changelog for details).
Changes in FS-UAE Launcher 3.0 (compared to 2.8):
- Plugins can provide files for offline use (WHDLoad, JST, SKick, etc).
- Added support for .gz/.adz/.roz/.xz-compressed files.
- Support WHDLoad versions 18.4 and 18.5 (game database).
- Revert fullscreen_mode to default when upgrading from older versions.
- Use https for all more fs-uae.net and openretro.org communication.
- Support hd_requirements = xpkmaster.library.
- Fixed problem on Windows where devices were sometimes not detected.
- Make configurations list wider when window width is quite large.
- Try to use config from game database when launching with a WHDLoad archive.
- Extract WHDLoad arguments from .info file when loading a WHDLoad archive.
- Sync “unpublished” games from the online game database, option to show.
- Many bugfixes and smaller improvements (see Changelog for details).
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30.Jun.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Emulator: WinFellow 0.5.8 RC1
Release candiate 0.5.8 of the Amiga emulator WinFellow has been released.
New features
- support for RDB hardfiles was implemented; while creating a new hardfile from the WinFellow GUI still creates "plain" hardfiles, a Rigid Disk Block can be created using tools like HD Toolbox
- the default naming scheme for filesystem devices has been changed from DHx: to FSx: to avoid naming conflicts with existing RDB hardfiles
- a 64 bit build is now provided; the NSIS installer will install either the 32 or 64 bit version depending on the operating system that is used
Bug fixes
- improved handling of hardware interrupts and blitter delays; fixes freezes that could occur during installation of Workbench in earlier 0.5.x versions
- fix wrong selection of render function after return from menu when application did not write to bplcon0 every frame; fixes garbled graphics in a Legend cracktro when returning from menu
- replaced alternating patterns for unmapped memory with proper random numbers
- CLR reads before write; fixes loading of Outrun and a fast-mem test in Last Ninja 2
- improve delay caused by logging in screen-mode enumeration (could amount to many seconds with multiple screens)
- running in an environment with very slow graphics framerate, like a VM, could cause a deadlock; set wait time after event reset to avoid race condition
- fix an issue where screenshots would occasionally not be taken in Direct3D graphics mode; this may also have impacted the ability to use Amiga Forever's clipping editor
- fix an issue where applying a new model preset would leave multiple blitter radio buttons selected
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30.Jun.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 99 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga games "Bismark", "Falcon" and "Frontier: Elite 2".
Download sites:
Italian
English
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25.Jun.2019
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Hollywood: Notepad++-Plugin 8.0 (Windows)
For those users who like to use Notepad++ to program under Windows, thanks to Michael Suther a corresponding Hollywood plugin in version 8.0 is available. Syntax highlighting, autocomplete and tooltips are supported.
Download: Notepad++_HW80.zip (4 MB)
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24.Jun.2019
AMIGArama Podcast (ANF)
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Podcast: AMIGArama, issue 87 - FIFA International Soccer
The latest issue of the podcast "AMIGArama" is about the origin of soccer simulations. On the Amiga this genre has been started with "FIFA International Soccer".
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23.Jun.2019
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: PDF-Plugin Polybios 1.1
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to present a major update for one of the most popular plugins for Hollywood: Polybios. This plugin can be used to create and view PDF documents from Hollywood scripts and contains the most advanced PDF rendering engine available on Amiga systems.
Version 1.1 is a major update which adds support for lots of functionality required by people who would like to write a PDF viewer with Polybios. It is now possible to get text, bookmarks, and links from PDF pages. It is also possible to search PDF pages for a given string and it is also possible to get the position of text inside PDF pages (needed for implementing highlighting). Finally, it's also possible to get metadata from PDF pages. On top of that, there are also some important bug fixes.
Polybios 1.1 is provided free of charge for all existing Hollywood users. Please consider buying Hollywood to show your support for our massive development efforts. The plugin is now available for download from the official Hollywood portal. Thanks to Hollywood's cross-platform plugin system versions for AmigaOS3 (m68k, m881), AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS (x86), Linux (ppc, arm, x86, x64), macOS (ppc, x86, x64), Windows (x86, x64) and Android (arm, arm64) are provided.
WinUAE users please note that you need at least version 4.2.1 because previous versions have a bug in the emulation of Motorola's 68020 CPU which makes Polybios crash.
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23.Jun.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 22.06.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until June 22nd, 2019:
SQLMan.lha biz/dbase 9.1M MOS SQLite database manager
Roadie.lha comm/net 45K 68k Commodity/GUI App for Roadsho...
PLATOTermAmiga.adf comm/term 880K 68k Terminal program to access PL...
wiready.lha comm/term   68k Send command to WiModem via s...
bgdbserver.lha dev/debug 36K 68k gdbserver for remote debuggin...
robodoc_mos.lha dev/misc 195K MOS extract API docs from source ...
BulletExamples.lha dev/src 79K 68k Example code for using outlin...
jhead-mos.lha gfx/conv 165K MOS Manipulate non-image parts of...
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha gfx/fract 40M OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals r...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.3M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.6M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.7M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
Crocketts2019.lha mods/8voic 200K 5ch Crockett's Theme Definite...
AmigaAMP3.lha mus/play 1.7M OS4 Multi format audio player wit...
AmigaAMP3-68k.lha mus/play 343K 68k MPEG audio player with GUI
fix1980.lha util/arc   Fix an lha with timestamps of...
xad_libarchive.lha util/arc 1.2M OS4 XAD (UnArc) client for RAR5/Z...
WorkbenchExplorer2.4.lha util/dir 2.1M OS4 Modern file browser loaded wi...
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 549K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 616K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 709K OS4 Multipurpose utility
DockBot.lha util/wb 247K 68k A program launcher for OS 3.
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23.Jun.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 22.06.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until June 22nd, 2019:
amigaamp3.lha aud/pla 2Mb 4.1 Multi format audio player with GUI
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
flashmandelng.lha gra/mis 40Mb 4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
hwp_zip.lha lib/hol 302kb 4.0 read and write zip archives for ...
sqlman.lha off/dat 9Mb 4.0 SQLite database manager
workbenchexplorer.lha uti/fil 2Mb 4.1 Modern file browser loaded with ...
reportplus.lha uti/mis 709kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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23.Jun.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 22.06.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until June 22nd, 2019:
amicast_player.i386-aros.lha aud/mis 6Mb Player for AMIcast podcast
protrekkr_guide.pdf doc/tut 17kb Guide in pdf file for protrekkr
rrootage.i386-aros.zip gam/act 4Mb Abstract OpenGL shooter. Four ga...
sploiner.i386-aros.zip uti/fil 125kb split, join and recover files + ...
weatherbar.i386-aros.zip uti/wor 66kb show meto conditions on desktop
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23.Jun.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 22.06.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until June 22nd, 2019:
LosChinos_3.35.lha Games/Think This is the classic Spa...
Robodoc_3.2.4.lha Development/Misc Extract API docs from s...
SQLMan_0.5.lha Office/Database SQLite database manager...
jhead_3.03.lha Graphics/Tools A tool to manipulate no...
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23.Jun.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 22.06.2019
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 June 22nd, 2019:
- 2019-06-19 fixed: Assassin (Team 17) wrong interrupt patch fixed, game doesn't crash anymore when collecting bonus symbols (Info)
- 2019-06-19 fixed: Assassin Special Edition (Team 17) wrong interrupt patch fixed, game doesn't crash anymore when collecting bonus symbols (Info)
- 2019-06-17 updated: Assassin Special Edition (Team 17) patch redone, RawDIC imager, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, ButtonWait support for mission info screens, automatic high-score load/save, interrupts fixed, intro skip added, trainer options added (Info)
- 2019-06-16 fixed: Full Contact (Team 17) wrong interrupt patch fixed, intro music is now replayed properly (Info)
- 2019-06-16 updated: Assassin (Team 17) patch redone, memory requirements changed to 512k chip and 512k other memory, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, ButtonWait support for mission info screens, automatic high-score load/save, interrupts fixed, intro skip added, trainer options added (Info)
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19.Jun.2019
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amiga-news.de is looking for a server administrator and a PHP developer
After more than 20 years, amiga-news.de's PHP developer and server administrator will be leaving the team in late summer. For maintaining and developing the server and our custom PHP applications, we are thus looking for a server administrator and a PHP developer. Like all other positions in the amiga-news.de team, both jobs are unpaid voluntary work.
Server administrator
The server administrator should have experience in setting up and maintaining Linux systems, in detecting potential attacks, creating and restoring backups, system optimisation and both bash and PHP scripting for automating various tasks.
Keywords describing the software we're running on a vServer located in Germany:
- Debian 9 (systemd)
- shell access (no Plesk or anything like that)
- Apache2, Lets Encrypt, mariadb, php-fpm, logrotate (privacy protection), cron
The server administrator can join the team right now or take over in late summer.
PHP developer
The PHP developer should be familiar with PHP 7.3+ without ORM or frameworks, SQL for MariaDB, Composer, Phing, PHPUnit and Behat.
PHP development needs to be taken over in late summer.
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19.Jun.2019
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 139 - preview and excerpts
A preview and excerpts of issue 139 (July/August 2019) of the Amiga Future have been released today. Among other things, this issue features a review of RESHOOT R, the second part of the ARexx-Workshop and "AmigaOS 3.1.4 - How it's done". You can find a detailed table of contents on the website of the magazine.
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