30.Oct.2017
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AmigaOS 4: Playable preview of "Spencer" (Entwickler-X)
"Spencer" (Youtube video) is the latest project of Entwickler-X (M.A.C.E., Swamp Defense, Emotion). Thomas 'imagodespira' Claus provides a playable preview but explicitly points out that this early version has still many bugs. For full performance, Spencer requires the latest versions of Warp 3D Nova and OpenGL ES although it is not perfectly clear if the last version which is available for users can meet this requirements. Spencer should also run without Nova, then MiniGL is used instead of it - and objects do not cast a shadow.
Some hints for reducing the graphical representation - to make the game running on weaker computers - and to the keyboard layout, Claus has published under the title link.
Direct download: Spencer.lha (19 MB)
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29.Oct.2017
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Preversion of Wings Remastered at Amiga32
We mistakenly have reported that Wings Remastered had been completed. We apologise for this mistake. A final Amiga version of Wings Remastered could not be presented at the Amiga32 but users who have ordered the game in advance could have a preversion of the AmigaOS 4 port burned on CD and take it home together with a box and a printed manual.
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29.Oct.2017
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: HDAudio driver 6.27
Neil Cafferkey has released an update of the HDAudio driver for AROS/x86. For a while, version 6.27 is included in the Nightly Builds but only now was known to the public.
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29.Oct.2017
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Book: Sales launch for Brian Bagnall's "Commodore: The Amiga Years"
According to the reports and pictures of the Amiga32, Brian Bagnall's "Commodore: The Amiga Years" could already be purchased there. At Amazon the book is listed as available.The delivery is expected to be done between 18. - 29. November.
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29.Oct.2017
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Hyperion announced another update for AmigaOS 3.1
At the Amiga32, yesterday Hyperion obviously announced another update for AmigaOS 3.1. Olaf 'Olsen' Barthel and Thomas 'Thor' Richter are the programmers. The most important new feature may be the support for big patitions and long file names: All relevant modules (file system, HDToolbox, Mount etc.) have been reworked. A detailed list of the planned update was published in a message at the Amiga32:
Currently we dot not have further information. If the updated system still fit on an usual ROM is not clear.
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29.Oct.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 28.10.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until October 28th, 2017:
netsurf.lha comm/www 6.8M OS4 Fast CSS capable web browser
netsurf_os3.lha comm/www 3.5M 68k Fast CSS capable web browser
Void-7Ate9.lha demo/intro 51K 68k "7 Ate 9" by Void
Void-ApplejackPack2.lha demo/sound 373K 68k "Applejack Pack 2" by Void
BlitzLocale.lha dev/basic 123K 68k Use Locale in AmiBlitz Programs
HollywoodSP.lha dev/hwood 691K Hollywood 7.0 spanish catalogs
TilesSlide.lha game/actio 66K 68k Align 3 tiles of the same col...
MCE.lha game/edit 1.7M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 1.9M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.0M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
TinyInvaders.lha game/shoot 1.6M 68k SPACE INVADERS poor clone in ...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.4M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
SamplesCreatorDemos.lha mods/smpl 54K 68k Some samples created by Sampl...
SamplesCreator.lha mus/edit 62K 68k Samples creation and saving
xad_7z.lha util/arc 240K OS4 XAD (UnArc) client for 7-Zip ...
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 499K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 557K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 640K OS4 Multipurpose utility
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29.Oct.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 28.10.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until October 28th, 2017:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
vmt.lha off/dat 7Mb 4.1 Vehicles costs management tool
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29.Oct.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 28.10.2017
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until October 28th, 2017:
edgar.i386-aros.zip gam/pla 125Mb Sdl 2d platform adventure game.
nickboum.i386-aros.lha gam/pla 1Mb NickyBoum
vmt.i386-aros.lha uti/mis 7Mb Vehicles costs management tool
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29.Oct.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 28.10.2017
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 28th, 2017:
- 2017-10-27 improved: Airball (Microdeal) blitter waits added, out of bounds blit fixed, 68000 quitkey support, default quitkey changed to Del, interrupts fixed, source code included (Info)
- 2017-10-27 improved: Lotus 3 (Magnetic Fields/Gremlin) 68000 quitkey support, manual protection completely disabled, wrong DDFSTRT fixed, manual included, new install script (Info)
- 2017-10-27 improved: Thunderstrike (Millennium) copperlist problem fixed, manual protection completely disabled, 68000 quitkey support, new install script, blitter wait patches disabled on 68000, source code included (Info)
- 2017-10-26 improved: Beyond Dark Castle (Activision) crash after intro on fast machines fixed, missing icons added (Info)
- 2017-10-26 improved: Harley Davidson (Mindscape) stack problem fixed, byte write to volume register fixed, illegal copperlist entries fixed, drive access disabled, access faults fixed, manual protection completely skipped (Info)
- 2017-10-26 improved: Utopia (Gremlin) 68000 quitkey support, disk access removed, manual protection completely skipped, source code included (Info)
- 2017-10-25 improved: Lothar Matth?us (Ocean/Audiogenic) Bplcon0 color bit fix, 68000 quitkey support, disk 2 request disabled, source code included (Info)
- 2017-10-24 improved: Whizz (Flair Software) support for another AGA version added, source code included (AGA version) (Info)
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28.Oct.2017
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A3660: Free, 68060-compatible replica of A3640
John "Chucky" Hertell has replicated the A3000/A4000 CPU board A3640. A 68060 processor can be plugged in his board which analogous to the 68040-based model was named A3660. The project was started because many of the A3640-boards was damaged due to leaking capacitors and the modification of such a board is considered to be difficult for a 68060-processor. The developer has published all information about the replica in his blog.
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28.Oct.2017
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Podcast: Scene World Episode 39 - Chris Abbott and "Project Hubbard"
In its 39th issue of the "Scene World" podcast the moderators have interviewed Chris Abbott (C64Audio.com) about his latest Kickstarter project - a book about Rob Hubbard which is named "Project Hubbard".
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28.Oct.2017
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Event: Pictures and reports of Amiga 32
Today the "Amiga32" is taking place in Neuss. Visitors of the event have published some first pictures:
Reports of the event:
Videos:
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26.Oct.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Workbench distribution: AKReal 9
AKReal works with 16 colours and is the inofficial adaption of the Workbench distribution AmiKit to real Amigas. Now version 9 has been released. The changes are listed in the changelog.
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26.Oct.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 3/4: Web browser NetSurf 3.7
On 20. October the official version 3.7 of the browser NetSurf was released. Therefore Chris Young also has updated his native, ReAction-based port (not to be confused with the SDL version provided by Artur Jarosik). Version 3.7 "features performance improvements, improved page layout, and many fixes and allows Hotlist (Bookmarks), History and Cookies to be searched."
Download:
netsurf.lha (7 MB)
netsurf_os3.lha (beta version, 4 MB)
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23.Oct.2017
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Mouse pad: "Red Board" (Amiga 500 board)
APC&TCP now offers a mouse pad designed in "red board". Red Board is a replication of an Amiga 500 motherboard.
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22.Oct.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 21.10.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until October 21st, 2017:
FFT_AMIGA.py.txt dev/src 3K 68k Simple FFT for AMIGA Python 2...
tigerclaw-amigateaser... game/demo 69K 68k Jump'n Kick, early non-playab...
Greedium.lha game/wb 863K MOS A small mui game about numbers
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.1M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
furiatuneGUI1.2.lha util/app 40K 68k Graphical user interface for ...
TinyLauncher.lha util/misc 110K 68k WHDLoad frontend and more
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22.Oct.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 21.10.2017
The following archive has been added to the OS4Depot until October 21st, 2017:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
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22.Oct.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 21.10.2017
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 installer has been added until October 21st, 2017:
- 2017-10-20 improved: Dragon Wars (Interplay) Slave uses kickstart 1.3 for 68000 compatible (Info)
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21.Oct.2017
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AmiWest presentations from A-EON and Hyperion
AmiWest 2017 is taking place in Sacramento (USA) this weekend. The first presentation was another joint effort of Trevor Dickinson (A-EON) and Steven Solie (Hyperion). For the first time in many years, the Hyperion representative did not make any announcements, he was simply there to answer a few questions from the audience at the end of the presentation.
The following is a summary of the topics discussed. Unfortunately, the live stream had a few problems and completely dropped out for two or three minutes during the Q&A session - it's unlikely but possible that we missed something noteworthy.
AmigaOne X5000
The computer is "selling well", even with AmigaOS not being "fully optimised" for the hardware yet. Asked about optimization, Solie explains that the SATA driver "just works, it's not optimised at all". An Ethernet driver is still missing aswell, after that the CopyMem routine would be an obvious target for optimizations. Solie can't say if these updates will be distributed as a complete ISO or separate downloads. Asked for a timeframe, he expects them to arrive "in months, not years". Support for the 2nd CPU core is not discussed. Dickinson points out that a X5000 running MorphOS 3.10 is present at the show.
Tabor
For the first time, a Tabor motherboard running AmigaOS 4 is on display at AmiWest. It's still missing audio and ethernet drivers, and the FPU emulation is still being worked on. As soon as these problems are solved, the machine could go on sale. Dickinson again mentions a price tag of 400 Euros, but points out it's not clear yet if the licence fee for AmigaOS will be included in that price.
A-EON will offer special builds of its software compiled to achieve maximum speed with Tabor's incompatible FPU. Hyperion will offer an SDK update that will enable external developers to release Tabor builds of their programs aswell.
A.L.I.C.E.
The Laptop running Windows and (emulated) AmigaOS 3/4 had already been presented at last year's AmiWest. It should have been on sale this year, but due to a supplier messing up, only very few (one?) machine made it to Sacremento. The unintentional one-year-delay was used to "implement a lot of new features", but the new features were not explained during the presentation. A.L.I.C.E.'s price will depend on the actual Laptop used - apparently, several different versions of the package will be offered.
Enhancer
A new release of A-EONs "Enhancer" bundle is in the works. Amongst other things, it will include a new version of the RadeonHD drivers, that support the entire RAM on a Radeon graphics card (as opposed to only two Gigabyte) and newer Radeon GPU models. More details can be found in the screenshots of Dickinson's slides included below.
LibreOffice
The LibreOffice port, which was said to have entered betatesting shortly before last year's AmiWest, was not mentioned at all during the presentation. As far as we could tell from observing IRC channels, it didn't come up during the part of the Q&A session where the live stream was dead.
AmigaOS 4
An update for the AmigaOS 4 SDK is in the works, it will be released "as soon as I finish the work". Steven Solie would appreciate some help with this: big parts of the SDK are Free Software or Public Domain, so any external developer could assist Solie in finishing the update.
Asked about a roadmap for Amiga 4 and the lack of updates, Solie points out that this was a new policy introduced by (then) new management - we assume he's referring to Costel Mincea, who joined Hyperion in 2015 as the third director. Solie thinks there "might another change be coming in that policy", he's feeling the "winds of change". According to him, the short-term roadmap is obvious: finish OS4 for Tabor, optimize the X5000 build.
PORTIA: DIY Laptop case for Tabor/Mini-ITX
Hans de Ruiter (RadeonHD, Warp 3D Nova) is working on a Laptop case for his Tabor motherboard. We couldn't make out the details due to audio issues - but it sounded like the plastic case, which is supposed to take any miniITX motherboard, will become a commercial product.
Some very small pictures of PORTIA ("PORtable Tabor Incorporating AmigaOne") could be seen on one of Dickinson's slides during the presentation.
NoviaOS
Towards the end of his presentation, Dickinson clarifies a joke he made in his latest blog post: "NoviaOS" is simply AmigaOS. He was just having some fun and wanted to point out that AmigaOS will soon support more than two Gigabyte of GFX RAM (see above).
Screenshots of the slides
The following screenshots show all slides from Dickinson's presentation that were shown fullscreen during the (low resolution) live stream. A few more slides were only shown in the background of the video.
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21.Oct.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Scene World: Audio interview with Dr. Peter Kittel
On Scene World the former Commodorea and Amiga Technologies employee Dr. Peter Kittel has been interviewed. Besides, today the third part of the interview series with Christian Spanik has been published.
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21.Oct.2017
Amigans.net (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Integrated development environment CodeBench 0.55
After a break of four years, Simon "Rigo" Archer has released a new beta version of his integrated development environment CodeBench (screenshot). AmigaOS 4.1 Update 1 as well as the latest version of the SDK are required. Two free versions of Codebench are offered: One is meant for using with the AmigaOS 4-SDK, the other one is meant for Hollywood users.
A detailed list of changes is included in the download archive. The online documentation has not been updated which will be done step by step.
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