29.Apr.2019
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 138
The English and German editions of Amiga Future 138 (May/June 2019) have been released today and can be ordered from the magazine staff or various Amiga dealers. This issue's topics include a review of Aranet and AmigaOS 3.1.4 #2 as well as a report on the demo scene.
Please note that from 6th until 29th May the editors of the Amiga Furure are on vacation - orders (also of downloads) will be processed afterwards.
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29.Apr.2019
Diverse (ANF)
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25 years ago: Insolvency of Commodore
This very day 25 years ago the computer company Commodore, producer of the famous home computers C64 and Amiga, had to register insolvency. In a review Heise online reminds of Commodore (German).
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[News message: 29. Apr. 2019, 21:50] [Comments: 0]
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28.Apr.2019
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Report and video of Amiga prototype "Zorro" (Update)
Under the title link Eric Hill has reported on his recently purchased Amiga development system. According to his information, this prototype was named "Zorro" and is a later variation than "Velvet". Commodore did send it to Hewlett-Packard hoping that the company would support it but it would not. In spring 1985 a private person bought it from HP.
The main differences in comparison to the ordinary Amiga (1000) as Eric Hill found out:
- Commodore logo instead of Amiga checkmark on the case
- Commodore keys inbstead of Amiga keys
- No signatures on the inside top cover of the case
- Custom chips Portia (instead of Paula) and Daphne (instead of Denise) as well as an early Agnus version
The computer used a Kickstart disk version 29.11. A video complements the report.
Update: (07:29, 05.05.19, snx)
As it turned out meanwhile, the disk has been overwritten by the previous owner with Kickstart 1.2. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Apr.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 27.04.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until April 27th, 2019:
md2_1.4.17_beta.lha comm/news 154K 68k Last public version of MicroD...
md2_14.lha comm/news 506K 68k Integrated standalone mailer ...
F1GP2019Carset.lha game/data 23K 2019 Carset for F1GP
LumberjackPlatform.adf game/jump 880K 68k Lumberjack Platform (Bootable...
LumberjackPlatformHD.lha game/jump 218K 68k Lumberjack Platform (HD Install)
AmiDuke_AGA.lha game/shoot 374K 68k Amiga AGA port of Duke Nukem 3D
AmiDuke_RTG.lha game/shoot 383K 68k Amiga RTG port of Duke Nukem 3D
mijfif.lha gfx/show 86K MOS JFIF,BMP,ILBM,ZX.SCR viewer
ViewLHA.lha gfx/show 26K 68k View graphics files compresse...
LarryIsBack.lha mods/8voic 253K Larry Is Back 6ch Hip Hop by ...
opus-tools-0.2_a68k.lha mus/edit 471K 68k Opus Audio Tools
NTSCPics4PAL.zip pix/misc 54M NTSC graphics rescaled for PAL
Albatros.lha util/boot 34K 68k Lock your AMIGA by a keyword
AkikoTFFix.lha util/misc 4K 68k Reenables Akiko on CD32 with ...
StartBar-ITA.lha util/wb 164K 68k Italian version of StartBar
StartWin.lha util/wb 40K 68k A bugged workbench launch bar
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28.Apr.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 27.04.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until April 27th, 2019:
exomizer.lha emu/uti 616kb 4.0 A cruncher for 8-bit computers u...
lzma_lib.lha lib/mis 242kb 4.0 LZMA/XZ (de)compression library
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28.Apr.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 27.04.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until April 27th, 2019:
atari800-310.i386-aros.lha emu/com 964kb Emulator of Atari 8bit computers
rnoeffects-icons.lha gra/ico 6kb Drawer and program icons
run_lodepaint.lha gra/ico 5kb Icon plus script which does not ...
txt2pdf-icons.lha gra/ico 7kb Drawer and program icons
crono.i386-aros.lha gra/mis 2Mb Generator of printable annual or...
jill.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 18Mb A Multipurpose Utility For Workb...
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28.Apr.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 27.04.2019
The following archive has been added to MorphOS-Storage until April 27th, 2019:
miJFIF_1.996.lha Graphics/Show A JFIF,BMP,ILBM,ZX.SCR ...
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28.Apr.2019
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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Crowd funding: Odroid-XU4 system IndieGo XS as retro-console with AEROS
On Kickstarter under the title link a campaign was started for pre-financing ARM-Linux-based minicomputer which can be used for playing video games using emulation. Among others Pascal Papara's AROS distribution AEROS is preinstalled.
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27.Apr.2019
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Source code of "Trap Runner" released
After the collector's edition of his jump'n run Trap Runner has been available, similar to other games Frank Wille has released the source code, level files and graphics of the game under a Public Domain licence. The archive includes all files necessary for creating a disk image of "Trap Runner".
The build process is portable that means you can assemble the game on different platforms. Additional to an ISO-C99 compiler and the AmigaOS assembler includes, only GNU-make, vasmm68k_mot and vlink are required. All other tools you can build from the source code. In Makefile you only have to adapt the variable ASINC to the corresponding environment. It includes the path to the Amiga includes.
Download: TrapRunner1_2.lha (1,6 MB)
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27.Apr.2019
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Commercial Shoot'em Up: "Skillgrid" as download or Boxed Edition (AGA)
Skillgrid (video) developed by Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua (e.g. BOH, Huenison) is an abstract, vertical shoot'em up which runs endlessly and according to the developer with "frenetic, tactical gameplay", diverse sub-games and many boss battles the player is supposed to be encouraged to chase after new highscores. The game requires an AGA computer.
Skillgrid is available from itch.io as chargeable download for 7,99 USD (about 7 Euro) or from RGCD as Boxed Edition providing two variants: As "basic CD-only version that comes with an auto-booting jewel-cased, glass-mastered CD complete with a professionally printed 16-page manual, a large weather-proof vinyl RGCD sticker, RGCD and Retream postcards and two disk labels (so you can make your own floppies from the images on the CD)" (for about 19 Euro) or as "deluxe version comes with all this plus a packet of four beautiful 25mm button badges, an A3 poster (rolled) and the game on two floppy disks - all presented in a plastic clam shell box complete with custom made foam insert" (for additional 6,90 Euro).
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27.Apr.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 97 (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 "Air Support", "Frankenstein", "Skyblaster" and "Tube Warriors".
Download sites:
Italian
English
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[News message: 27. Apr. 2019, 15:24] [Comments: 0]
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26.Apr.2019
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amiga-news.de: Server move completed (update 2)
During the next hours amiga-news.de will be moving to a new sever. To avoid loss of data, all interactive elements of our web presence (comments, forums) are currently disabled. Once the work has been completed, these features will be enabled and this news item updated. We thank you for your understanding.
Update: (26.04.2019, 21:50, cg)
The move to the new server has been completed, we will now update the DNS entries. It might take a bit of time until all DNS servers know the address of the new server, so depending on the ISP used, visitors might still end up on the old server for a little while.
Update 2: (27.04.2019, 15:00, cg)
DNS entries are updated, all work is done. If you notice anything unusual, please drop us a mail or post in the comments section. (cg)
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25.Apr.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Using Amiga disks on PC: ADF-Copy 1.001 and ADF-Drive-Firmware 1.001
Using the USB adapter ADF-Drive and the corresponding copy program ADF-Copy you can read Amiga disks with a PC drive under Windows, Linux or on the Raspberry Pi (amiga-news.de reported).
Version 1.001 of ADF-Copy provides the following changes:
- more detailed diskinfo and used blocks
- format disk, format several disks
- changing drive timings for larger compatibility woth older drives, mtp mode on/off, number of retries and saving them to EEPROM
- compare disk to adf file
- graphical overhaul of interface
- bugfixes of v1.000
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21.Apr.2019
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amiga-news.de: Moving to a different server next weekend
On next weekend amiga-news.de will move to a new server. The work will likely start on Friday evening. During the move interactive features such as comment section or forum will be disabled. The move itself might take some hours or even days. During this time it can happen that visitors are redirected to the old server which will be documented by a little warning.
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21.Apr.2019
exec.pl (Webseite)
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Interview with Trevor Dickinson: Amiga present and future
Under the title link exec.pl has interviewed Trevor Dickinson (A-EON Technology). Among others about Tabor and the AmigaOne X5000/40, the laptop and browsers as well as software availablility in general and the legal dispute between Hyperion and Cloanto were spoken.
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21.Apr.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 20.04.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until April 20th, 2019:
Setlist-FM-dl-0.5.lha comm/net 2.1M MOS Setlist-FM-dl
SDL_RTG.zip dev/lib 489K 68k RTG port of the SDL audio/vid...
MCE.lha game/edit 2.3M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.5M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.8M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
BioJet.adf game/misc 880K 68k BioJet
OpenDUNE_RTG.lha game/strat 290K 68k Amiga RTG port of OpenDUNE
FlashMandel_OS4.lha gfx/fract 40M OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals r...
ViewLHA.lha gfx/show 25K 68k View a graphics file compress...
LarryCasino.lha mods/misc 249K 4ch Larry Casino Theme by HKv...
RNORadio.lha mus/play 3.3M MOS Internet radio player
Dictionaries.lha text/misc 1.0M Dictionaries ready for MorphOS
libxslt-mos-tutorials... text/misc 2.3M MOS libxslt tutorials
UnRAR-5.70.lha util/arc 576K MOS UnRAR 5.70
IFFDecode.lha util/misc 32K 68k Decode an IFF file
RNOWidgets.lha util/wb 4.5M MOS Desktop widgets application
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21.Apr.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 20.04.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until April 20th, 2019:
mce.lha gam/uti 3Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
flashmandelng.lha gra/mis 40Mb 4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
unrar_ml.lha uti/arc 576kb 4.1 Unpacks RAR archives
smtube.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.1 Qt : direct stream + download Yo...
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21.Apr.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 20.04.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until April 20th, 2019:
crono.i386-aros.lha gra/mis 2Mb Generator of printable annual or...
led-20190414.tar.gz uti/tex 12kb A simple line-oriented text editor.
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21.Apr.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 20.04.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until April 20th, 2019:
Unrar_5.70.lha Files/Archive Unrar_5.70.lha
xsltproc_1.1.9.lha Text/Misc A command line tool for...
libxslt_tutorials.lha Text/Misc libxslt tutorials.
libxslt_1.1.9.lha Text/Misc The XSLT C library deve...
MCE_11.2.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
OpenDune.lha Games/Strategy OpenDune 0.9 Port By Be...
RNOWidgets_1.4.lha System/Ambient/Commoditie Desktop widgets applica...
RNORadio_1.1.lha Audio/Players RNORadio is a GUI based...
VAMP_2.20.lha Multimedia A Multimedia Player pro...
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21.Apr.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 20.04.2019
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 April 20th, 2019:
- 2019-04-15 fixed: Turbo (Microillusions) fixed major bug that prevented the game to work properly, trainer added (Info)
- 2019-04-14 improved: Putty Squad (System 3) rewrote all scoring routines to allow 6 digits instead of 5, CD32 buttons supported, interrupts fixed (Info, Image)
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20.Apr.2019
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: RNORadio 1.1 and RNOWidgets 1.4
RNORadio, a GUI based Interner radio player program for MP3 streams, and RNOWidgets have been updated. RNOWidgets is a single application incorporating several desktop widgets. It contains widgets for calendar (ISO), analog clock, digital clock, notes, pictures (local and net), RSS feeds, sticker, and weather. ARexx also is supported.
New in RNOWidgets 1.4:
- Added SSL support for network enabled widgets (requires AmiSSL v4)
- Added CXKEY (global hotkey) option to iconify/un-iconify widgets
- Changed the console output method
- RSS: Updated presets
- RSS: Added RDF compatibility
New in RNORadio 1.1:
- Added hotkeys for favourite stations
- Shoutcast search results can also be reverse sorted
- No longer asks twice if you want to replace a station
- Fixed some iconifying and commodity issues with the MUI GUI
- Changed the Shoutcast keyword handling to always use lowercase
- More verbose handling connection errors
- Less strict with characters in the MUI GUI
- Fine-tuned playlist importing
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