19.Oct.2018
demoparty.berlin (ANF)
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Seminar: How to turn your Amiga into MS-DOS PC
At the "Deadline" demoparty, Charlie^Singular Crew gave a seminar about "How to turn your Amiga into MS-DOS PC".
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18.Oct.2018
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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New external PCMCIA adapter for A1200: KA02
At rastport.com an external PCMCIA adapter is introduced which places the PCMCIA card "vertically along the Amiga side, and which occupies much less place on the desk." By that you can save space e.g. for ethernet cards with cable connection. rastport.com's products are distributed via a number of dealers that are listed at the landing page of the developers website.
Note of the editor: For tower cases - in which usually external PCMCIA adapters are used - this version might be less suitable because according to the photos the port is probably higher than at an A1200 motherboard in a tower case.
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18.Oct.2018
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Amiga Future: Issue 110 can be read online
The German and English issue 110 (September/October 2014) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" now can be read online on the website of the magazine (picture files). Remainders of the magazine as well as a PDF version with higher resolution can be bought in the shop of the Amiga Future.
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17.Oct.2018
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Backbone game: Mini Legion
"Mini Legion" (video) is a shooter created with Backbone in which you have to rescue hostages from a camp in the desert. You can download the game at Mega.nz.
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17.Oct.2018
German Amiga Community (Webseite)
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Interview with Iraqi Amiga user and trader
Mohammed Abdul Raza Al–Nasah is long-term Amiga user and offers also Amiga products in his PC shop. In an interview with Amitopia he talked about the history of Amiga in Iraq - where according to Al–Nasah Commodore had a market share of about 70% at the beginning of the 90s - and his passion for the computer.
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15.Oct.2018
Scene World (ANF)
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Scene World: Video interview with Andreas Magerl (Amiga Future)
During the Gamescom, "Scene World" has interviewed Andreas Magerl and talked with the editor about the 20th anniversary of his Amiga Future.
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15.Oct.2018
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Replica of A1200 mainboard: ReAmiga 1200 Revision 1.2
John 'Chucky' Hertell has released an updated version of his replica of an A1200 called ReAmiga 1200. Revision 1.2 again fixes some minor bugs. Besides, now it is possible to save two different Kickstarts in a PROM and to switch between them.
Direct download: ReAmiga1200Rev12.zip (3 MB)
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14.Oct.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 13.10.2018
The following archives have been added to Aminet until October 13th, 2018:
amigaterm_enh.lha comm/term 23K 68k enhanced 1985 ANSI Terminal w...
vbcc_bin_amigaos68k.lha dev/c 2.1M 68k Optimizing ISO C compiler, M6...
vbcc_bin_amigaosppc.lha dev/c 2.5M OS4 Optimizing ISO C compiler, PP...
vbcc_bin_morphos.lha dev/c 2.4M MOS Optimizing ISO C compiler, PP...
vbcc_bin_powerup.lha dev/c 1.0M ppc-powerup Optimizing ISO C compiler, PP...
vbcc_bin_warpos.lha dev/c 914K WOS Optimizing ISO C compiler, PP...
vbcc_target_m68k-amig... dev/c 497K ISO C compiler, M68k-AmigaOS ...
vbcc_target_m68k-kick... dev/c 183K ISO C compiler, M68k-Kickstar...
vbcc_target_ppc-amiga... dev/c 189K ISO C compiler, PPC-AmigaOS 4...
vbcc_target_ppc-morph... dev/c 929K ISO C compiler, MorphOS Target
vbcc_target_ppc-power... dev/c 352K ISO C compiler, PowerUp Target
vbcc_target_ppc-warpo... dev/c 222K ISO C compiler, WarpOS Target
WormWars.lha game/actio 854K 68k Advanced snake game
WormWarsMOS.lha game/actio 924K MOS Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 1.1M OS4 Advanced snake game
intrance_94_11.zip mags/germa 454K 68k German disk magazine (ADF), N...
10MARC_EP6.mpg mags/misc 55M Video: 10 Minute Amiga Retro ...
10MARC_EP7.mpg mags/misc 47M Video: 10 Minute Amiga Retro ...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.4M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Updateto314.lha misc/os 10K Updates AmigaOS 3.1/5/9 with ...
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 538K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 645K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 693K OS4 Multipurpose utility
InstallerLG.i386-aros... util/sys 79K x86 Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.ppc-morph... util/sys 108K MOS Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.src.lha util/sys 795K Commodore Installer replacement
AppLauncher_sbar.lha util/wb 20K MOS Run apps from the screenbar
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14.Oct.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 13.10.2018
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until October 13th, 2018:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0 Advanced snake game
reactive_lib.lha lib/mis 165kb 4.1 A Custom BOOPSI System
reportplus.lha uti/mis 693kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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14.Oct.2018
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 13.10.2018
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until October 13th, 2018:
info_datatype.i386-aros.lha dat/ico 29kb AmigaOS Icon (.info) datatype
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14.Oct.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 13.10.2018
The following archives have been added to MorphOS Storage until October 13th, 2018:
AmiArcadia_24.91.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
RNOEffects_1.1.lha Graphics/Tools Image processing program.
Raffeli_1.0.lha Misc A program to raffle thi...
Applauncher_sbar_2.0.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Run your apps from the ...
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14.Oct.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 13.10.2018
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 13th, 2018:
- 2018-10-12 improved: Super Hang-On (Sega/Electric Dreams) DMA waits in sample and music players fixed, 68000 quitkey support (Info)
- 2018-10-10 improved: Hunter (Activision) RawDIC imager, graphics problems on fast machines fixed, movep instruction emulated, save disk can be installed too, quitkey changed to F10, source code included (Info)
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14.Oct.2018
AmigaWorld.de (Webseite)
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AmigaWorld.de: Hardware developments released under licence
Several hardware developments of Matthias Münch (e.g. Clockport Expander, Gayle Adapter as well as "A1000-Kickstart and A3000 SIMM adapter") have been released as Open Source and are allowed to be disributed and changed in consideration of the included licence.
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14.Oct.2018
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris, beta version 40
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's "Iris" is supposed to become the standard mail program for MorphOS. It supports IMAP and can read and create HTML mails. The program requires MorphOS 3.10. You can give feedback to the author using the corresponding discussion on Morphzone.
The developer wrote: "This beta introduces the ability to move messages within an IMAP account and adds a more modern icon set from icons8.com. Some synchronization bugs have also been fixed."
Download: iris.lha (23 MB)
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13.Oct.2018
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Trevor Dickinson: status updates for Tabor, LibreOffice and Enhancer
This weekend, the 20th edition of AmiWest is taking place in Sacramento (USA). As usual, there's a big presentation (Youtube) from Trevor Dickinson (A-EON), but for the first time in many years there's no presentation or quick appearance from a Hyperion spokesperson. The following is a summary of the most important topics discussed during the A-EON presentation.
Tabor / A1222
The hardware was shipped to developers in 2014, betatesters received their boards in 2015 - nobody expected the process to take that long. What's missing before the board can be released is the audio driver and a finalised AmigaOS 4 ISO containing said driver. Dickinson could not describe the audio driver's current status since an update from the developer working on it didn't reach him in time for the show. He estimates that the boards will ship somehwere in the first quarter of 2019.
LibreOffice
Just like last year, Dickinson didn't address LibreOffice during his presentation. Asked about the office suite's current status afterwards, he explains that Hans-Jörg Frieden has been working on the project for two years 'part time'. After releasing a first beta to the testers in 2017, Frieden realised that he was facing "insurmountable problems" in finishing the port - AmigaOS was missing too much functionality.
After that, it was decided to base the AmigaOS port on the new Android version of LibreOffice 5, in which many of the problems Frieden was facing had already been solved - meaning the developer had to start from scratch again. Dickinson estimates that a beta version of the new port could be released to testers in January.
Enhancer
Later this year, developers will get free access to a "Enhancer Software Essentials" package that contains the libraries, gadgets and classes distributed with Enhancer to have more applications use these new features.
A paid upgrade to Enhancer, "Enhancer 2", is in the works, details are listed in one of Dickinson's slides (see below). A free [we think, Amiga-News] "Enhancer Graphics Update Pack" will be released before that, containing updates of various drivers and graphics subsystems aswell as the graphics card drivers for Radeon cards using the Polaris chipset that were announced earlier this year.
A 'Classic' edition of Enhancer for AmigaOS 3 is in the works. Users that want to help betatest it are asked to contact A-EON using enhancersoftware@amiga.org. While talking about this edition, Dickinson also mentions that A-EON purchased the rights to MediaToolBox, the HDToolBox successor from AmigaOS 4.
Miscellaneous
At the beginning of his presentation, Dickinson jokingly mentions he didn't bring an "Audio Conversation Jammer" and asks attendees not to secretly record his conversations with other people.
A-EON is looking for developers willing to work on some of the applications that were acquired. Octamed, ImageFX and Aladdin 4D are mentioned as examples.
Asked about a modern web browser, Dickinson explains that he's hoping to get a "leightweight, webkit based" browser done. But this would have to wait at least until LibreOffice is released.
Slides
The following screenshots show the slides from Dickinson's presentation that were shown during the (low resolution) live stream:
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11.Oct.2018
Thomas Igracki (comment)
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MorphOS: AppLauncher.sbar 2.1 (Update)
Thomas Igracki's screenbar module for Ambient's AppLauncher (screenshot) makes it possible to "start any application from every (public) screen without the need to switch to the Ambient screen or remember hotkeys". And the author also wrote: "This screenbar module opens a popup menu if you click on the butterfly symbol in your screenbar. There you can select the application you want to start!"
Version 2.0 offers a menu editor for a more simple configuration.
Download: Applauncher_sbar_2.0.lha (20 KB)
Update: (10:40, 14.10.18, snx)
Meanwhile version 2.1 has been released (bugfixes).
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