21.Aug.2018
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7-bit: CD32 extension with RAM, IDE and clockport available soon
A year ago 7-bit (e.g. Wicher 500i) presented a working prototype of a CD32 extension. Meanwhile the "WicherCD32" as the project was called has almost completed. WicherCD32 offers a slot for a SIMM72-RAM module, a Gayle-based IDE-controller as well as a clovkport.
Equipped with a 16 MB RAM module (modules with 50 and 60 ns were tested), the CD32 then has 11.5 MB Fast-RAM - due to the memory map of the CD32 in combination with the 68EC020 processor this is the maximum value. But the Kickstart-ROM can be copied to the Fast-RAM using the MAPROM feature. An Ethernet port can be added on the clockport using 7-bit's SPI MasterBus CP.
The actual price for the WicherCD32 as well as a precise date for the availibilty the producer has not announced yet.
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20.Aug.2018
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Crowdfunding: Minskies Furball as CD version
The newcomer "BigBox Gaming" is going to offer games in big boxes as it used to be. The games which are delivered on CD are supposed to be compatible with Windows, Mac OS and "the later Amiga systems".
The first game is the Tetris clone Minskies Furballs released in 1996.
Obviously the unchanged, 20 years old, original versions are repackaged: The version for Windows is the so far unreleased original MS-DOS game, which runs in the emulator DOSbox. According to BigBox Gaming the game unfortunately does not support joypads - but it was compatible with tools which emulate a keystroke of a joypad.
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20.Aug.2018
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ReAmiga 1200: Replica of A1200 mainboard published
As announced, on weekend John 'Chucky' Hertell has published the documents of his A1200 mainboard "ReAmiga 1200" (video of test run). It is a clone of the revision 1D.4 of Commodore's last desktop computer which compared to the original one provides the following improvements:
- Supports Round AND Square powerconnector. (round have 2 incoming +5V wires)
- New reworked Composite logic, with additional S-Video Support
- RF-Modulator removed and replaced with optional VGA Connector that is buffered, Still NO Scnadoubler
- PCMCIA Reset fix so cardreset software is not needed
- Resetheader
- A500 Compatible Keyboard connector (actually not tested yet)
- Extra powerconnectors for +12 and +5V fans. also extra powerconnector close to CPU slot to add power or fans.
- Selectable SEL signals for floppy, you need to cut the traces and solder in a connector to select
- Optional NMI (IRQ7) Possability
- Support for the Ratteswitch with solderoles for required signals so no need of a socket on CIA
- Optional onboard leds where LED and +5V are separated also optional “opt” led, with jumperwire for pcmcia activityled
All documents which are required for a production are available on Hertell's blog. Additionally there is also the unchanged replica of Commodore's revision 1D.4 which matches the original mainboard and therefore requires Commodore's jumpewire. This version so far has not been tested.
Hertell sells blank ReAmiga-1200 boards for about 60 Euro (5 Euro of this sum are donated to the Swedish children cancer fond) plus shipping. Hertell cannot help providing components because his project mainly is meant for repairing damaged Amiga 1200 computers.
For interested users Hertell provides a Component Locator "If you need help where to solder the different components".
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20.Aug.2018
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Speech: Modern Amiga Demo Cross-Development
The both Haujobb programmer 'Hellfire' and 'Noname' has given a lecture about "Modern Amiga Demo Cross-Development" on the demo party 'Evoke' which took place last weekend. Now this speech is available on Youtube.
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19.Aug.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 18.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until August 18th, 2018:
OWB_de.lha comm/www 6K Unofficial German catalog for...
ins-3r0hw.lha demo/aga 844K 68k Amiga AGA demo by Insane
ins-bomb.lha demo/euro 218K 68k Amiga OCS/ECS demo by Insane
spbpeek.lha demo/euro 223K 68k Amiga 500 demo from 2018
SWO_28_Amiga.lha demo/mag 1.6M 68k An Amiga diskmag
filter_mcc_1.0.lha dev/mui 976K MOS Image processing MUI Class
SonnetLibrary.lha driver/oth 52K WOS Mediator driver for G3/G4 PCI...
WormWarsMOS.lha game/actio 871K MOS Advanced snake game
MCE.lha game/edit 1.9M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.2M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.3M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
insidia.lha game/jump 3.3M 68k Insidia - platform game 68k
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 13M 68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
amath-mos.lha misc/math 277K MOS Simple command line calculator
DungeonLoader.lha mods/8voic 6.0M 6-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3Intro.lha mods/8voic 234K 6-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
WastelandRemix.lha mods/8voic 31K Wasteland Remix from Ninja Re...
Wilderness.lha mods/8voic 139K 6-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
WildernessLoader.lha mods/8voic 102K 6-channel Mix of Wilderness L...
BasementLoader.lha mods/misc 127K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
CentralPark.lha mods/misc 184K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Module
CPLoader.lha mods/misc 172K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Module
Dungeon.lha mods/misc 500K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
InnerSanctum.lha mods/misc 141K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3Earth.lha mods/misc 167K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3EarthC64.lha mods/misc 223K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3EndOutro.lha mods/misc 62K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3Fire.lha mods/misc 1.5M 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3Void.lha mods/misc 253K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3Water.lha mods/misc 320K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
LN3Wind.lha mods/misc 105K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
MansionLoader.lha mods/misc 147K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
NinjaRemix.lha mods/misc 72K OctaMED SoundStudio mod of Ni...
OfficeLoader.lha mods/misc 90K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
PalaceGarden.lha mods/misc 45K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
PGLoader.lha mods/misc 127K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
SewerLoader.lha mods/misc 183K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
StreetLoader.lha mods/misc 146K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TFBLoader.lha mods/misc 69K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TheBasement.lha mods/misc 173K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TheMansion.lha mods/misc 107K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TheOffice.lha mods/misc 218K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
ThePalace.lha mods/misc 199K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TheSewer.lha mods/misc 412K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TheStreet.lha mods/misc 51K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TISLoader.lha mods/misc 73K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
TPLoader.lha mods/misc 98K 4-channel MMD3 OctaMED Music ...
Airwolf.mp3 mods/mpg 6.8M MP3 of the theme from Airwolf
BergenCityBlues.mp3 mods/mpg 18M MP3 of the track Bergen City ...
CrockettsTheme.mp3 mods/mpg 10M MP3 of Jan Hammer's hit from ...
Flatfoot.mp3 mods/mpg 8.2M MP3 of the Flatfoot Theme fro...
Hobsyssel.mp3 mods/mpg 13M MP3 track of Hobyssel The Hob...
LOST.mp3 mods/mpg 11M MP3 track of the LOST theme song
NordicWomen.mp3 mods/mpg 17M MP3 version of Nordic Women (...
VadersTheme.mp3 mods/mpg 1.1M MP3 of Darth Vader's Sith Theme
GetExtIP.lha util/cli 24K MOS Get your external IP
MMULib.lha util/libs 717K 68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
UHCTools.lha util/misc 37K MOS UHC Tools installer
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19.Aug.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 18.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until August 18th, 2018:
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
ffmpeg.lha vid/con 26Mb 4.0 Video and audio converter
yt.lha vid/mis 2Mb 4.0 YouTube URL Extractor script
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19.Aug.2018
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 18.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until August 18th, 2018:
hexen2-1.5.9-aros-i386.lha gam/fps 5Mb Hexen II for AROS
hexen2-utils-1.5.9-aros-i... gam/fps 315kb Hexen II utilities for AROS
hexenworld-1.5.9-aros-i38... gam/fps 7Mb HexenWorld for AROS
hexenworld-utils-1.5.9-ar... gam/fps 58kb HexenWorld utilities for AROS
sdlzombies.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 3Mb Avoid Zombie penguins so that th...
gljewel.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 309kb OpenGL game to match 3 or more o...
sets.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 123kb An implementation of the sets game.
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19.Aug.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 18.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until August 18th, 2018:
Filter_mcc_1.0.lha Development/MUI Image processing MUI Cl...
Iris_beta36.lha Email E-Mail client
MCE_10.5.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
Amath_1.8.5.lha Misc Simple command line cal...
GetExtIP_1.2.lha Network/Tools Get your external IP.
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19.Aug.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 18.08.2018
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 18th, 2018:
- 2018-08-18 improved: Maniac Mansion (Lucasfilm Games) support for spanish version added (Info)
- 2018-08-18 improved: Dance Diverse Vol.1 (Majic 12) out of bounds blit in line drawer fixed (Info, Image)
- 2018-08-18 updated: Captain Fizz (Psygnosis) rewritten to use kickemu, buttonwait for title screen added (Info)
- 2018-08-13 improved: Atomix (Thalion) RawDIC imager, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, byte writes to volume register fixed, interrupts fixed, default quitkey changed to F10, new install script (Info)
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17.Aug.2018
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R1200: Replica of A1200 motherboards almost completed
Since June John 'Chucky' Hertell, who already recreated Commmodore's processor board A3640, has been working on a replica of the Amiga-1200 motherboard of revision 1D4 which he named "R1200". Hertell will sell some of the self produced boards - but all documents can be downloaded so other users can also produce boards.
In the first process of priduction a working board without too many modifikations will be made:
- instead of a RF modulator a VGA port (15 Khz) is available
- one additional S-Video port
- PCMCIA-Reset-Fix
- Power ports for fans or the like next to the IDE port and to the expension port
- A500 compatible keyboard port next to the Joystick port
30 of those boards already have been ordered. Documents for this version as well as for an unchanged A1200 motherboard are supposed to be published on Sunday.
Hertell does not exclude the possibility of reworking the design but first will change from the current board designer "Sprint Layout" to a more appropriate program like Eagle or KiCad.
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17.Aug.2018
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris, beta version 36
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.
Changes siche our last news item:
- Beta36:
- Added a context menu to the messages list
- Beta35:
- Fixed the HTTP header in the OAuth2 server
- Drafts can now be saved even with an empty To address
- Added a nice animation when configuring an account
- Beta34:
- Drafts in Outgoing Messages
- Fixed deleting messages from Outgoing Messages folder
- Fixed viewing attachments in Outgoing Messages
- Fixed Outgoing Messages' folder message count updates
- Fixed a case where the writer type setting wasn't respected
- Editor's Send/Save buttons ghosted until attachments are ready
- Deleted emails get unloaded from viewer
- Beta33:
- Fixed empty email view windows in 2 column mode
- Removed some stray unconditional debug
- Beta32:
- Fixed some refresh/sorting related issues post layout change
- Fixed keyboard navigation in the email list
- Beta31:
- Main window layout settings
- It's now possible to use Scintilla as the text viewer and editor
- Corrected tab (de)activation of the email editor
- Folder synchronization: faster synchronization in case remote emails were added
and then deleted by another client inbetween Iris synchronizations
- Better error handling in Outgoing Manager w/ extra log messages
- Beta30:
- Fixed some folder synchronization issues that broke in b29
- Beta29:
- An Outgoing Manager w/ Outgoing Folder where emails are serialized before
they are transported via SMTP. Handles synchronization to IMAP Drafts/Sent
and will figure out on its own whether an accounts SMTP auto-uploads emails
to IMAP Sent folder or not
- Beta28:
- Fixed: quoted-printable decoder did not handle several edge cases and
non-standard encodings right
Download: iris.lha (23 MB)
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16.Aug.2018
Forum 64 (Webseite)
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New keyboard membranes for Amiga computers
For some time RWAP Software has been selling contact foils for Sinclair computers. A while ago, keyboard membranes for Amiga keyboards have been added to the portfolio. They can be bought on Sell My Retro. Keyboard membranes are available for A500(+), A600 and A1200 at a price of 21 to 24 Euro per item.
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16.Aug.2018
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Scene World Podcast #50: Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj
Today Lars Sobiraj is freelance journalist and publisher of Tarnkappe.info. In the past he was known as "Ghandy" in the Amiga scene and editor of the diskmag Hugi. For issue #50 he was "Scene World's" guest.
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15.Aug.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 89 (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 "9 Lives", "Fun School 3: Over 7's", "Swooper" and "Worthy".
Download sites
English: SendSpace / Mega
Italian: SendSpace / Mega
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15.Aug.2018
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP and Amiga Future at Gamescom (August 22 to 25, Cologne)
Press release: APC&TCP and Amiga Future will once again have a booth at at Gamescom this year. On more than 70 m² we will be exhibiting about 20 Amiga models, hoping to win over some new users for our hobby. Around a dozen users, all volunteers, will be manning the booth and answer questions about the Amiga. Just in time for Gamescom, the Amiga Future Archive 4 DVD will be available to buy directly from us at the show.
You will find us in hall 10.2 in the retro area. Of course, we will keep you up to date on Gamescom via the Amiga Future Facebook and Instagram pages. There will certainly be many interesting photos from the event yet again. As we will be quite busy at Gamescom, the Amiga Future News page will only get updated regularly after we get back from Gamescom.
Of course, you can still leave your orders in our online shop, but we will only be dispatching them after the 28th of August (the same applies to online goods). It may take two or three days to dispatch the entire the backlog of pending orders. Of course, the same applies to any e-mails you might send to us. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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15.Aug.2018
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Pascal compiler: Source code of PCQ Pascal released
PCQ Pascal is a Pascal compiler for the Amiga which was released at the end of the 80s. The author Patrick Quaid now has released the source code of the compiler at Github including runtime library, includes and diverse utilities like optimizer and make.
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14.Aug.2018
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Sonnet.library: Network card as PowerPC accelerator board
The SonnetAmiga project makes it possible to use PowerPC-based PCI cards as accelerator board for WarpOS programs in the Amiga by means of a mediator board (amiga-news.de reported). The Sonnet Crescendo 7200 included, already five PCI cards are supported:
- Sonnet G3/G4 with max. 192 MB
- Rapture G4 7410@450 MHz with 256 MB
- Apocalypse G4 7410@450 MHz with 256 MB
- Ragnarok G3 750FX@800 MHz with 256 MB
- BigFoot Killer NIC M1 e300@400 MHz with 64 MB
Last mentioned card has few memory but with about 30 Euro should be the cheapest PowerPC extension for the Amiga. Actually it is a network card and its Network Processing Unit (NPU) is a PowerPC processor - a MPC8343E. It is said that the game Quake would run twice as fast as on a CyberStorm PPC.
Ragnarok is not officially supported but according to the SonnetAmiga-Wiki it already is running smoothly. Note that of each of the cards there are different versions and it is not clear if all of them work. Lists of compatible software can be found in the Wiki.
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14.Aug.2018
Radiosity (IRC)
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The AGA-A3000: Amiga fans equip boards of the Commodore prototype AA3000
The AA3000 and A3000+ have been further developments of the Amiga-3000 mainboard which for the first time should use the new AGA chipset. Additional to the AGA chipset, the revised board should contain a digital signal processor which was supposed to be used for 16-Bit audio and floating point operations. Altogether only few prototypes were produced before the project was abandoned in favour of the A4000.
In spring 2018 Matthias 'Matze' Heinrichs succeeded in getting five blank AA3000 boards. The boards looked pretty fine and the schematics were included as well. The source codes for the PALs can be found in the Dave Haynie archives - so the idea was born to equip the boards of their own. Both Heinrichs and Christian 'Scrat' Euler have succesfully equipped a board and thus have a working AA3000.
Euler - who points out that Heinrichs did the "pioneer work" and thus made his own project possible - has documented his work and took several pictures. He wrote:
"... so we invested time und used the soldering iron. Matze completed his board a little bit earlier therefore he could give me some hints. It took about two months for assembling and launching my board (including longer breaks), I had to reorder components three times and to steal the delayline of one of my two A3000 boards.
Unfortunately the DSP cannot be bought at reasonable prices any longer so we had to improvise. The Commodore guys used a different RTC component for this board which via I2C bus is connected to the DMAC chip. This feature is not available in any of the DMAC revisions so Matze made an adapter board for a common RTC.
Some pictures of the assembly...
The (almost) blank board:
...which is getting equipped...
The CPU I took from an old Apple Powerbook (which was a victim of the gravitation and beyond remedy...)
Soldering THT a lot is not that fun...
It is actually an AA3000!
Almost completed!
Testing...
Is it really working?
As I launched it for the first time nothing happened. After a lot of measuring it turned out that the CPU was active for a short time and then sank into a "long sleep". Clocks were active, the chipset produced SYNCs... then I recognised that an IC in the clock section was not properly equipped - instead of a F type, a LS type was installed.
I did exchange the IC, afterwards the CPU worked fine. Then I found out that the EPROMs with the Chucky-DiagROM were broken. New ROMs installed and then at least the Power-LED started flashing. Okay, the CPU lives!
But the screen kept dark...what else could be wrong? Eventually it turned out that the pins on the DAC did not properly got the tin...soldered again, first attempt:
Second attempt: Tadaaaa!
Kickstart-ROMs installed, switched on, worked. Party!
Now CS Mk2 installed, Picasso IV installed, Deneb installed...worked! Starstruck had to be.
What's next...?
Currently the experimental setup is still standing on the table. Some components of the board are still missing...the parallel port and the SCSI port as well. I also have to build the RTC adapter. Afterwards the board will be tested in detail and then integrated into my main A3000. Matze is going to build a new busboard. Currently the daughterboard of the A3000 is used (the one from the A4000 does not fit). Therefore the video output only has 12 Bit RGB. So the AGA looks a little bit strange via the PIV-FliFi."
Downloads:
Schematics: AA3000_Rev2_Schematics.pdf
System specifications: AA3000_System_Specs.pdf
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14.Aug.2018
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 134 - preview and extracts
A preview and extracts of issue 134 (September/October 2018) of the Amiga Future have been released today. Among other things, this issue features reviews on Worthy and Bomb Jack Beer as well as a preview to the Gold3 AGA Apollo core ("AGA on the Amiga 600").
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14.Aug.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Interview with Andreas Magerl (Amiga Future)
On occation of the 20th anniversary of the Amiga Future, AMIcast has interviewed its chief editor Andreas Magerl.
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