06.Aug.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AROS: Icaros Desktop 2.2.3 available for patrons
Just like the previous version, Icaros Desktop 2.2.3 also is only available for financial patrons of this AROS distribution. A public version was released about one-and-a-half months later.
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06.Aug.2018
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Trevor Dickinson accusing Ben Hermans of criminal behaviour (Update)
In April 2009, a company called A-EON Technology was established in Belgium, to develop PPC hardware for AmigaOS 4. Trevor Dickinson, Anthony Moorley and Ben Hermans were named directors for the new entity. This incarnation of A-EON didn't last long though - a new company called A-EON Technology Ltd. located in Wales took over in Spring 2012 and has been responsible for the "AmigaOne X1000" and other A-EON products ever since. This change was never communicated or explained to the public.
Behind the scenes, rumours started circulating years ago that the Belgium based A-EON was dismantled because one of the partners stole large parts of the company's funds and tried to hide that fact from the other directors by sending them faked bank statements.
An audio recording that has now been released on Youtube, allegedly featuring Trevor Dickinson, seems to confirm at least parts of this rumour: In what sounds like a private conversation, the narrator - his voice is the only one recorded - relates the following:
"[…] Money dissappearing to Hyperion and to Ben Hermans […] I mean, at the very least, you could put him out of business – I mean, with his law firm – cause I got the copies of the stuff he sent… faxed to me […] He was denying, denying, denying – and then it turned on a meeting where we were saying: 'This is it – you either sign this. Or we‘re going to the police'. So, I mean… and so we went through a whole bunch of things: free license, free this, free that, access to this, use of that, no royalties... so we got all out of it."
Parts of the recording have been obviously cut out, these cuts are marked with "[…]" in the above transscript. People who want to verify if the recorded voice really is that of Trevor Dicksinson can find quite some Youtube videos featuring the A-EON investor - like this 2017 speech.
The recording was released to the public by Generation Amiga, a site that has a tendency to publish badly researched, exaggerated or plain wrong news items. But amiga-news.de can confirm that this is not the original source, apparently the site's administrator was less concerned about keeping this under wraps than other parties we know about that also had access to the file.
Notes from the staff:
Assuming the person making these statements is indeed Trevor Dickinson, he's clearly accusing Ben Hermans of criminal behaviour. While the actual details of Hermans' actions are not explained in the part of the recording that has now been made public, Dickinson's wording about "calling the police" or the notion that Hermans could lose his job or his licence for practicing law make this quite clear.
But at the same time, Dickinson is incriminating himself: The statement that Ben Hermans was forced to sign a contract that gives Dickinson and his partners free access to a lot of Hyperion's property and licenses basically equals an admission of blackmailing Mr. Hermans. Not to mention that this contract presumably would mostly hurt the company Hyperion - by obliterating most of their sources of income, for example - while Dickinson's description suggests that only the person Ben Hermans seems to be responsible for A-EON's problems.
Update: (11.08.2018, 14:00, cg)
Amiga Future has approached both Trevor Dickinson und Ben Hermans for statements. Both parties stress that A-EON is paying the full price for each copy of AmigaOS 4 it ships:
Trevor Dickinson: "A-EON Technology does have a worldwide sub-license granted by Hyperion Entertainment to use the AmigaOne name, AmigaOS name and Boing Ball on products it develops for AmigaOS4. However, A-EON Technology has to make significant payments to Hyperion Entertainment to port AmigaOS4 to the AmigaOne hardware it produces.
This includes payments for porting the kernel, writing any necessary drivers and/or other special utilities that may be required to make OS4 run on A-EON's AmigaOne hardware. As Matthew Leaman wrote on AmigaWorld net, A-EON Technology also pre-pays (in batches) the significant cost of full software licence to Hyperion Entertainment for its AmigaOne machines (X1000, X5000 and the A1222 beta).
Every AmigaOne machine A-EON ships has an AmigaOS4 software license pre-paid to Hyperion Entertainment at the full license price, not the special reduced sales price which Hyperion charged customers for the AmigaOS4 Final Edition release. A-EON is prevented from disclosing the full license price by the terms of its Agreements with Hyperion Entertainment but suffice to say it is far greater that the special one-off AmigaOS4 Final Edition sales price."
Ben Hermans: "That is true, A-EON does pay for licenses which we negotiated." (cg) (Translation: cg)
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05.Aug.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 04.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until August 4th, 2018:
myCatalog.zip biz/dbase 8.6M MOS Manage your favorite collections
dizzytorrent1.06.lha comm/tcp 489K 68k Amiga 68k BitTorrent client w...
bzh-ghb.lha demo/aga 4.2M 68k An AGA 060 demo from Solskoge...
crapcrunch.zip demo/euro 160K 68k A demo from Deucrunch 2018
thanktro_vs8.lha demo/euro 29K 68k A thanktro from Nukleus
bg_intro.zip demo/intro 206K 68k An intro from Posadas 2018
gng-jungle.zip demo/intro 43K 68k 64KB intro for Solskogen 2018
trotc.zip demo/intro 39K 68k An intro from Posadas 2018
altair-604.zip demo/mega 320K 68k Winner demo from Decrunch 2018
dosgv.lha dev/misc 27K 68k Usage of (BCPL based) DOS glo...
pfssalv2.lha disk/salv 31K 68k Save files from damaged PFS2/...
RDBrecov.lha disk/salv 31K 68k Search lost PFS/SFS partition...
mhimpegit.lha driver/aud 1K 68k MHI driver for Prelude/MPEGit...
PrlLib.lha driver/aud 13K 68k Driver library for Prelude so...
KCMunchkinCD32.lha game/actio 204K 68k Port of G7000 game K C Munchkin
WormWars.lha game/actio 827K 68k Advanced snake game
WormWarsMOS.lha game/actio 867K MOS Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 1.1M OS4 Advanced snake game
MCE.lha game/edit 1.9M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.1M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.3M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
Elfie_The_Unicorn_Fin... game/jump 880K 68k Platform Game (Bootable Disk)
FlappyBirdCD32.lha game/jump 150K 68k Flappy Bird is a 2013 mobile ...
Dune_Greek.lha game/patch 53K 68k Translates Dune to Greek
bsaog.lha game/shoot 793K 68k Blake Stone Aliens of Gold
bsps.lha game/shoot 198K 68k Blake Stone Planet Strike
AIBOT_AOS3.zip game/think 16M 68k Educational game to teach coding
AIBOT_AOS4.zip game/think 17M OS4 Educational game to teach coding
AIBOT_AROS.zip game/think 17M x86 Educational game to teach coding
AIBOT_MorphOS.zip game/think 16M MOS Educational game to teach coding
Boxie.lha gfx/misc 72K 68k Simply, a old-school gfx demo...
VPDF_de.lha gfx/show 1K Unofficial German catalog for...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.6M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.5M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
ebMuse.lha mus/play 4.8M 68k Audio device 8SVX and AIFF so...
cabextract.lha util/arc 33K 68k Extract Microsoft Cabinet (.C...
cabextract_MOS.lha util/arc 47K MOS Extract Microsoft Cabinet (.C...
cabextract_OS4.lha util/arc 37K OS4 Extract Microsoft Cabinet (.C...
RTF-Riddle.lha util/conv 229K MOS Rich Text Format to HTML5 con...
UniLibDev.lha util/libs 416K MOS Unicode code point/UTF-8 supp...
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 599K MOS Multipurpose utility
Polluks1.png util/time 34K Alternative clock face for Mo...
Polluks2.png util/time 32K Alternative clock face for Mo...
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05.Aug.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 04.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until August 4th, 2018:
playmate.lha aud/mis 190kb 4.0 General purpose instrument tuner...
guiforidltool.lha dev/gui 109kb 4.1 GUI for IDLTool command
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0 Advanced snake game
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
mountsmbfs.lha net/ser 40kb 4.1 GUI for SMBFS
mycatalog.zip off/dat 9Mb 4.0 Manage your favorite collections
reportplus.lha uti/mis 687kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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05.Aug.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 04.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until August 4th, 2018:
determ_1.0.lha Communication Simple terminal for debug.
Fotochop_mcc_0.15.lha Development/MUI A painting and image ed...
Iris_beta33.lha Email Google_Accounts_Fix.lha
AmiArcadia_24.8.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
WHDLOpener_1.0.lha Emulation E-UAE/WHDLoad integrati...
cabextract_1.7.lha Files/Archive Tool to extract Microso...
WormWars_9.11.lha Games/Action Advanced snake game by ...
MCE_10.41.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
Frogatto_1.3.1_data.zip Games/Platform Data files of an old-sc...
Frogatto_1.3.1_exe.lha Games/Platform Execuatble file of an o...
Sqrxz_0.9.9.6.lha Games/Platform A Jump'n'Run game.
AIBOT_1.0.zip Games/Think An Educational game to ...
ReportPlus_7.5.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ...
Google_Accounts_Fix.lha Network/Web/Odyssey sc... A script for Odyssey to...
UniLibDev_10.21.lha System/Library/Misc Unicode code point/UTF-...
myCatalog_3.1.lha Office/Database Manage your favorite co...
Clock_Standard.image System/Ambient/Utiliti... Alternative clock face ...
Clock_Standard_2.image System/Ambient/Utiliti... Alternative clock face ...
RTF-Riddle_3.97.lha Text/Convert Rich Text Format to HTM...
AminetReadmeMaker_1.2.lha Text/Edit Easy creation & upload ...
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05.Aug.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 04.08.2018
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 August 4th, 2018:
- 2018-07-31 improved: Street Rod 2 (California Dreams) joystick problems fixed (CIAA ddra settings) (Info)
- 2018-07-31 improved: Street Rod (California Dreams) joystick problems fixed (CIAA ddra settings) (Info)
- 2018-07-25 improved: Alien Breed (Team 17) music wasn't replayed properly in main menu, CUSTOM3 option added to run the "No Extra Memory Found" part (Info)
- 2018-07-24 updated: Alien Breed (Team 17) patch redone, much cleaner decryption, high-score load/save, default quitkey changed to F10, new install script, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, interrupts and SMC fixed, "efford" typo fixed, quitkey works everywhere in game now, lots of trainers added (Info)
- 2018-07-22 fixed: Zombie Apocalypse 2 (Vision Software) sound problem fixed on fast machine, QuitKey added (Info)
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05.Aug.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following songs have been added:
- Torvak the Warrior - Level 1 (Axe & Bow mix)
- Chuck Rock Theme (REVISITED)
- Shadow of the Beast (Guitar Edit)
- Amegas
- Vibe the Pipe (plus Rockpart)
- Turrican 2 (Krazy Metal Head)
- Stormlord (Psychedelic Trance Remix)
- Enchanted Land Intro
- Pinball Dreams (Beatbox Remix)
- Xenon (Ready Player 1)
- Lethal Weapon Level 1
- Speedball 2 Industrial Remix
- Echoing (Remix)
- Turrican II Level 1 The Desert Rocks Remix
- Gods - Into the Wonderful
- Hybris Title Music (2018 Chill-out Remix)
- Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge - Track 3 (Krull0r remix)
- Ghouls'n Ghosts - Continue
- Turrican - Techno Dungeon (Level 2-2)
- Wings of Death (Stage 1 - Sagyr's Castle)
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03.Aug.2018
Helga Hansen (ANF)
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Replica of Amiga-4000 mainboard: First Boards being delivered
In spring Paul Rezendes started the crowdfunding of a reverse engineering of the Amiga-4000 revision-B mainboard (amiga-news.de reported), the first boards are being shipped to the initiator as some pictures document under the title link.
All layout files and schematics for reproducing the mainboard he has published in a Github repository.
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03.Aug.2018
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: WHDLOpener
WHDLOpener integrates WHDLoad based on E-UAE under MorphOS in its Workbench Ambient. WHDLoad games can be started by clicking the game icon or the its slave file. Under MorphOS, ADF images are mounted and executed using E-UAE.
AmigaOS 3.1 and the corresponding Kickstart-ROM file resp. the 1.3-ROM are required. More details are listed in the news item in the MorphZone.
Download: WHDLOpener.lha.xz (21 KB)
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30.Jul.2018
Scene World Magazine (ANF)
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Scene World: Video interview with Mike Clarke (Psygnosis)
The composer Mike Clark has worked for Psygnosis and has written some famous soundtracks e.g. for Last Ninja 2 (Amiga) or the SNES port of Lemmings 2. In the interview with Scene World he talked about his experiences in the 8 and 16 bit gaming industry, as composer, programmer and manager.
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25.Jul.2018
Amiga Future (website)
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FPGA: Apollo core update Gold 2.10 / SAGA driver 1.4
Apollo core is an FPGA reimplementation of Motorola's m68k series that includes its own graphics called SAGA. The latter is available in version 1.4 now. The core is currently being used by Vampire turboboards 600 V2 and 500 V2(+).
Among other changes, version "Gold 2.10" of the core adds four different IDE speeds (V500) and improves CIA timings (V600). (snx)
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22.Jul.2018
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Aminet uploads till 21.07.2018
Following packages have been uploaded to Aminet till 21.07.2018:
dizzytorrent1.05.lha comm/tcp 484K 68k Amiga 68k BitTorrent client
YCrew-RoyalPalms.zip demo/euro 402K 68k A dentro for Solskogen 2018
BitplaneSurfer.zip demo/intro 541K 68k 4KB intro for Solskogen 2018
Void-WeLoveC.zip demo/intro 50K 68k 64KB intro for Solskogen 2018
fotochop_mcc_0.15.lha dev/mui 6.8M MOS Painting and image editing
worldcup.lha docs/misc 603K Soccer World Cup statistics 1...
MapEditorV150.lha game/hint 20K 68k MechForce+Combat Map Editor
MechCombatBot.lha game/hint 587K 68k IS+CLAN Mech's for MC
MechCombatCLA.lha game/hint 184K 68k CLAN Mech's for MC
MechCombatIS.lha game/hint 419K 68k IS Mech's for MC
MechCombatV4.zip game/hint 574K 68k MechCombat Battletech like ta...
MechXMapsOrd.lzh game/hint 24K 68k MechForce+Combat orders+Maps
RNOEffects.lha gfx/edit 5.5M MOS Image processing program
RNOEffects_OS4.lha gfx/edit 6.2M OS4 Image processing program
SilkRAW.lha gfx/misc 1.7M OS4 GUI for Dave Coffin's program...
GetExternalIP.lha util/cli 1K 68k Get your external IP
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 533K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 687K OS4 Multipurpose utility
Clock_Standard.png util/time 34K Alternative clock face for Mo...
Clock_Standard_2.png util/time 32K Alternative clock face for Mo...
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22.Jul.2018
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OS4Depot uploads till 21.07.2018
Following packages have been uploaded to OS4Depot till 21.07.2018:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
rnoeffects.lha gra/edi 6Mb 4.1 Image processing program
silkraw.lha gra/mis 2Mb 4.1 GUI for Dave Coffin's program dcRAW
mountsmbfs.lha net/ser 37kb 4.1 GUI for SMBFS
mycatalog.zip off/dat 9Mb 4.0 Manage your favorite collections
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22.Jul.2018
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MorphOS Storage uploads till 21.07.2018
Following packages have been uploaded to MorphOS Storage till 21.07.2018:
RNOEffects_1.0.lha Graphics/Tools Image processing program.
Odyssey_1.25_JavaScrip... Network/Web Public Beta of JIT Java...
myCatalog_3.0.lha Office/Database Manage your favorite co...
TextEngine_5.3.lha Text/Edit Word processor with spe...
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22.Jul.2018
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WHDLoad: New packages till 21.07.2018
Following packages have been uploaded to WHDLoad till 21.07.2018:
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22.Jul.2018
Martin 'DaFreak' Rebentisch (ANF)
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4Players.de: History of "Back to the Roots" (german)
At the title link, 4Players.de reports on "Back to the Roots" - which website may have been the main source of legal game downloads till 2005. (snx)
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22.Jul.2018
Amiga Future (website)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 88 (italian/english)
REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is a PDF magazine available in italian language as well as english translation. Its game reviews compare the respective implementation of the same game on various platforms back then.
Download sites:
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18.Jul.2018
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: Test version of a Javascript JIT compiler for Odyssey
Mark 'bigfoot' Olsen released the test version of a PowerPC JIT compiler for Javascript to be used for Odyssey web browser. There is not much of a speed gain, though, since only the first level of the JIT is active for now. Instead the release is intended to test if there are any cases that do not work with the JIT while working without it. (snx)
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18.Jul.2018
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Andy Warhol museum shows Amiga 1000 mockups
Following discovery of 28 then-unknown computer graphics by Andy Warhol on his Amiga floppy disks four years ago (amiga-news.de reported), The Andy Warhol Museum commissioned the design studio Iontank to create an interactive exhibition of these pictures.
At the title link there is a description how they just re-used the cases of Amiga 1000 computers and monitors, utilising emulation instead. (snx)
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