29.Aug.2018
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Find: When Commodore was still advertising in Playboy...
In an old issue of the "Playboy" from August 1982, Carsten Siegner has found an advertising by Commodore for the VC-20. Obviously it is also quite reasonably placed in an article about an arcade game.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 29. Aug. 2018, 22:59] [Comments: 0]
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29.Aug.2018
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Pictures of Gamescom in Cologne
This year the Amiga Future had a little stand at the Gamescom in Cologne. The magazine has published some pictures of the event.
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[News message: 29. Aug. 2018, 22:56] [Comments: 0]
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29.Aug.2018
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amiga.org reopened
The Amiga portal amiga.org went offline at the end of May because A-EON, the operator of the website, was going to rework and update the software. Since today the site is online again. You now see the "recent forum topics" first.
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[News message: 29. Aug. 2018, 22:56] [Comments: 0]
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28.Aug.2018
Stefan Egger (ANF)
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Rare A1000 prototype: Keyboard for "Amiga Velvet"
With the purchase of an appropriate keyboard, Stefen Egger could complete his rare Amiga-1000 prototype Velvet and has thus also his detailed introduction of the computer which was produced six months ago before the official Amiga premiere.
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[News message: 28. Aug. 2018, 15:43] [Comments: 0]
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28.Aug.2018
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future Archive 4 (20 years edeition)
Press release: The Amiga Future Archive 4 (20 year edition) DVD has now been released. Originally launched at Gamescom in Cologne. The Amiga Future reached 20 years old this year. Reason enough to publish our new Amiga Future Archive DVD.
On this DVD you will discover the following issues to enjoy reading as PDFs:
- German: Amiga Future Issues 11 - 130
- English: Amiga Future Issues 67 - 130
Issues 11 to 26 were digitally scanned. All other editions are very high quality PDFs. Issue 11, way back in 1998, was the first German Amiga Future issue ever released. Issue 67, July/August 2007 was the first English edition of the Amiga Future magazine. So, our complete 20 years German Amiga Future story is available on this single DVD.
It is not possible to update a previous version of the Amiga Future Archive DVD, due to the media used, which we trust you will fully understand.
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[News message: 28. Aug. 2018, 15:28] [Comments: 0]
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26.Aug.2018
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Case: Crowdfunding of Checkmate A1500 Plus announced
The Checkmate A1500 is a case for the Amiga 500 which transforms it into a desktop computer similar to the Amiga 2000 (amiga-news.de reported; a video about the historical backgrounds have been released two months ago). Stephen Jones has announced the crowdfunding of an updated edition of his product - on Tuesday 9 pm there will be a "launch party via live stream.
Besides the board of the Amiga 500/500+, the Checkmate-1500-Plus case will be also able to take an Amiga 600 or 1200 - or A-EON Technology's announced AmigaOne A1222 (Tabor), a Raspberry Pi or any other mainboard of the mini or micro-ATX format. Just like the original edition, a Riser card will provide a Zorro-II extension.
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[News message: 26. Aug. 2018, 19:07] [Comments: 0]
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26.Aug.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 25.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until August 25th, 2018:
netfs_dissector.lha comm/net 161K Wireshark protocol dissector ...
CS2018.lha demo/misc 165K 68k Tasty Old-School Demo
fotochop_mcc_0.16.lha dev/mui 8.7M MOS Painting and image editing
FFT_AMIGA.py.txt dev/src 3K 68k Simple FFT for AMIGA Python 2...
PoNG4.adf game/2play 880K 68k Pong for four players
MCE.lha game/edit 2.0M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.2M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.4M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
hamview.lha gfx/show 3K 68k HAM6 and HAM8 .hv video playb...
10MARC_EP1.mpg mags/misc 46M 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast Ep...
ACE-MorphOS.lha misc/emu 1.5M MOS Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator
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 5.1M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
CrockettsTheme.lha mods/8voic 49K 6-channel Crockett's Theme MM...
Flatfoot.lha mods/8voic 103K 6-channel Flatfoot Theme MMD3...
HobsysselTheme.lha mods/8voic 235K 6-channel Hobsyssel Theme MMD...
LOST.lha mods/8voic 584K 6-channel LOST The End Theme ...
NordicWomen.lha mods/8voic 215K 6-channel Nordic Women (Blues...
Airwolf.lha mods/misc 113K 4-channel MMD3 MOD Airwolf Theme
BergenCityBlues.lha mods/misc 108K 4-channel MMD3 MOD of Bergen ...
LN3Earth.lha mods/misc 167K Improved LN3 Earth MMD3 Module
LN3Void.lha mods/misc 225K Improved LN3 Void MMD3 Module
LSTheme.lha mods/misc 78K 4-channel Luke Skywalker Them...
VadersTheme.lha mods/misc 183K 4-channel Darth Vader's Theme...
AmiTimeKeeper.lha util/cdity 191K 68k Keep your time right
GetExtIP.lha util/cli 27K MOS Get your external IP
JFIFdt44.lha util/dtype 805K 68k JFIF (JPEG) picture datatype ...
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 760K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
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[News message: 26. Aug. 2018, 08:48] [Comments: 0]
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26.Aug.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 25.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until August 25th, 2018:
hftreffen.lha dem/mis 12Mb 4.1 Invitation Demo Hochfrankentreff...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
ciagent.lha emu/mis 124kb 4.0 Minimal CIA resources and hardwa...
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
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[News message: 26. Aug. 2018, 08:48] [Comments: 0]
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26.Aug.2018
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 25.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until August 25th, 2018:
aspireos_v.2.1_native_i38... dev/mis 129Mb Native version of AspireOS coden...
openglad.i386-aros.zip gam/act 2Mb Port of Gladiator (Gauntlet styl...
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[News message: 26. Aug. 2018, 08:48] [Comments: 0]
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26.Aug.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 25.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until August 25th, 2018:
Fotochop_mcc_0.16.lha Development/MUI A painting and image ed...
ACE_1.17.lha Emulation The acidulous CPC/CPC+ ...
AmiArcadia_24.81.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
ArxLibertatis_1.2_FR.7z Games/Adventure Patch FR for ArxLiberta...
MCE_10.6.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
UHCTools_1.1.lha Misc A collection of program...
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Aug. 2018, 08:48] [Comments: 0]
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26.Aug.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 25.08.2018
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 25th, 2018:
- 2018-08-23 new: Sound and Vision 2 (Rebels) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2018-08-23 improved: D/Generation (Mindscape) savegames fixed (Info)
- 2018-08-22 updated: Heimdall (Core Design) rewritten install, supports more versions (de/fr), added quitkey for 68000, manual & solution included (Info)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Aug. 2018, 08:48] [Comments: 0]
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25.Aug.2018
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Jump'n Run: Commercial edition of "Zerosphere" (Update)
In "Zerosphere" (Youtube video) the environment of the player is displayed distorted. Only if the player "blinks" briefly the real dimensionen can be recognized. The German publisher poly.play now offers the game which three years ago was released as Freeware in two different commercial editions.
The Collector's Edition will be provided in a box and includes diverse gimmicks like an A3 poster or a "Squinty-Jo-Jo" piece. The Budget Edition only includes the game (on disk) and the 16-page manual. The poster of the Collector's Edition can be also bought separately for two Euro plus shipping.
Update: (21:59, 27.08.18, snx)
Following an enquiry of our editor Daniel Reimann, poly.play told us that this is not the same version that has been released three years ago. Instead the game would have been reworked completely, featuring new levels and elements now as well as the possibility to load further levels that are to be released in the future. (cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 25. Aug. 2018, 23:18] [Comments: 1 - 27. Aug. 2018, 22:10]
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22.Aug.2018
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.6.4 (alpha)
RedPill is a Game Construction Kit written in AmiBlitz2, which can help developing games of diverse genres - published videos show versions of Pacman and Mirror. RedPill is compatible to AGA and ECS, the "player" requires 1 MB Chip as well as some Fast RAM.
For the program currently there is only a closed Facebook group, but the authors also can be contacted via eMail. The latest alpha version can be downloaded using Dropbox.
Changes in version 0.6.4:
- Added support for song modules compressed in PowerPacker
- Added Fade In and Fade Out action trigggers
- Added On Fade Out condition to trigger something when fade is complete
- Fixed a graphics glitch at the start of the games
- Some fixes in scroll routines
- Small changes that could make the game unstable
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[News message: 22. Aug. 2018, 21:37] [Comments: 0]
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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.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. Aug. 2018, 21:39] [Comments: 0]
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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.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Aug. 2018, 23:40] [Comments: 0]
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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".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Aug. 2018, 23:23] [Comments: 0]
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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.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Aug. 2018, 23:02] [Comments: 0]
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