24.Mar.2018
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4: Jump'n'run game Spencer available (Update)
The jump'n'run game "Spencer" developed by EntwicklerX (amiga-news.de reported) has been almost completed for AmigaOS 4 and should be available still this weekend. Additional to the full version for Windows on Steam, now a trial version for AmigaOS 4 was released.
The authors have pointed out that the game "runs best with Warp3D Nova". It is recommended to update Warp3D Nova and OpenGLES2 to the latest version. For the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 a screen resolution of 1080p should be possible (or 720p with antialiasing). On a Sam 460 it can be played with a screen resolution of 720p.
Videos:
Update: (20:20, 25.03.18, snx)
Meanwhile the game has been finalized for AmigaOS 4 as well and can be purchased at AmiStore. The required libraries are available through the Updater, the game needs ogles2.library 1.19, W3DN_SI.library 1.47 and Warp3D_Nova.library 1.47. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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23.Mar.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AROS: Beta version of Icaros Desktop 2.2.2 for supporters
The release candidate of version 2.2.2 of the AROS distribution Icaros Desktop has been available to all beta testers as well as financial supporters for this week.
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[News message: 23. Mar. 2018, 09:02] [Comments: 0]
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23.Mar.2018
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Data backup: Quarterback source code released
Under the title link the source code of the backup program Quarterback has been released on Aminet under the GPL. Olaf Barthel did analyze it and recommends to use partitions with less than four gigabytes "with the partitions residing completely within the first 4 Gigabytes of a storage medium".
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23.Mar.2018
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: PkZIP-GUI InstantZip 3.3
Carsten Siegner's InstanzZip (screenshot) is a graphical user-interface for PkZIP as well as in version 3.3 for the xad.library of MorphOS as well. Therefore now it is possible to extract archives which were compressed with RAR, LHA, BZIP2 or other algorithms.
But only the XAD client provided by Fabien 'Fab' Coeurjoly works without any problems (link below), the Aminet version cannot be recommended. The corresponding 7z client does not correctly extract but does properly list the content.
Download:
InstantZip_3.3.lha (143 KB)
xad_rar.lha (118 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Mar.2018
Piotr Zgodzinski (ANF)
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Interview: Predecessor to Blender was developed on the Amiga
In an interview Ton Roosendaal, the original author of the open source raytraycer Blender, explained how the predecessor of his program was developed on the Amiga. As a little gift the Amiga software named "Traces" including the source code is provided at the end of the article.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Mar. 2018, 13:42] [Comments: 0]
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22.Mar.2018
Floppy (Kommentar)
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FPGA: Apollo-Core-Update Gold 2.8 / SAGA driver 1.2
The Apollo core is a FPGA-reimplementation of Motorolas m68k-series, which also provides a separate graphic mode called SAGA. Currently the core is used in the accelerator boards 600 V2 and 500 V2(+). Changes in the latest core "Gold 2.8":
- Improved HDMI DMA support for misaligned Screen Pointers
- Minor FPU fix
- A500 RTC fix
- Improved SDcard / SDNet
- V500+ Expansion port enabled (Ethernet/USB/.you_name_it.)
A new version of the P96 driver for SAGA was released as well - changes in SAGA drivers 1.2:
- Updated SDNet.device to 1.2
- Some more work on TX stability
- Should recover from ENC Module hangs more often
- Aligned with future EXPnet
Download website
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[News message: 22. Mar. 2018, 09:59] [Comments: 0]
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22.Mar.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Minesweeper clone with online highscores: SweepOut 1.1
Julien 'Crisot' Cervellera's SweepOut (Youtube video) is a clone of the Windows classic Minesweeper, which offers 100 different series each with eight levels. The highscores of a series are saved on a central server on Internet so the players can compete with each other. After some beta releases now the official version 1.1 of the game is available.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Mar. 2018, 01:15] [Comments: 0]
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21.Mar.2018
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Ethernet driver for Tabor reaching beta status (update)
A-EON has been pointing out for quite a while that the Tabor motherboard is finished and the only thing preventing sales to end users is a port of AmigaOS 4 to the hardware. The biggest roadblocks usually listed are the FPU emulation and a driver for the onboard ethernet chip.
Earlier this month in a posting on amigaworld.net, the distributor adressed this problem more blatantly than usual by pointing out that Costel Mincea from Hyperion Entertainment had been contracted in August 2015 and paid in full in September 2015 to develop and/or finish ethernet drivers for X1000, X5000 and Tabor. Today, the 'Updater' component of A-EON's commercial Enhancer bundle started offering an 'a1222eth.device' to users (Screenshot).
According to our information, this is not the driver Mincea has been working on, A-EON contracted another developer to write a driver instead. This has not been confirmed in public yet, but A-EON betatesters and external developers are also referring to the newly released driver as "A-EON's own driver" in a discussion on os4welt.de (German).
Update: (22.3.2018, 13:00, cg)
In a posting on os4welt.de (German) Mincea reacts to Amigakit's claims by vehemently denying that he was "ever paid any money" for the ethernet driver: According to him, his payment for the driver was a tabor motherboard and nothing else. Since Mincea was busy with a multitude of other tasks related to the development and distribution of AmigaOS 4, finishing the network driver simply got delayed.
Since ethernet could also be accessed using a USB to ethernet converter, Mincea had to take care of other, more pressing issues first. Payment for the X1000 ethernet driver was also just a X1000 motherboard, that driver hasn't been finished yet for the same reason as the Tabor driver: lack of time and relatively low priority. (cg)
[News message: 21. Mar. 2018, 23:56] [Comments: 0]
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20.Mar.2018
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Emulator: A/NES PRO 1.20
A/NES Pro is a NES emulator written in assembler, which requires ECS or AGA, at least a 68020 processor and some megabyte FastRAM. In version 1.20 some minor optimizations of the CPU and PPU emulation are included.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.Mar.2018
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Hyperion sued Amiga Inc., Amino, Itec and Cloanto
In the legal dispute about Amiga trademarks in USA and Europe, on 13th March in USA Hyperion sued all parties which are directly or indirectly involved. A request which still is not publicly available named "Complaint for Declaratory Judgement and Breach of Contract" (etwa: "Feststellungsklage wegen Vertragsbruch") the following companies are listed as defendant:
Currently it is not clear to which this lawsuit relates. According to the title and the time of the filing it can be speculated that Hyperion considers his rights being infringed by the inactivity ofItec/Amiga with regard to the protection of the US trademark.
We are going to publish a summary of the situation.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Mar. 2018, 18:10] [Comments: 0]
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18.Mar.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 17.03.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until March 17th, 2018:
cc65-morphos.lha dev/cross 13M MOS ANSI C 6502 cross development...
PatchCompositeTags.lha driver/vid 114K OS4 Patch and emulate CompositeTags
MCE.lha game/edit 1.7M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.1M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
MMV8_Complete.lha mus/edit 1.5M 68k MusicMaker V8 Version 3.0 (Co...
RNOInfoScreen.lha mus/play 8.4M WOS Music player front-end and in...
UADE_MMV8.lha mus/play 14K 68k MusicMakerV8 players for UADE
lw_LEGO_TIE-Fighter.lha pix/3dobj 399K LEGO TIE-Fighter scene for Li...
InstantZip_3.2.lha util/arc 139K MOS (un)pack, encrypt+decrypt ZIP...
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[News message: 18. Mar. 2018, 07:07] [Comments: 0]
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18.Mar.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 17.03.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until March 17th, 2018:
rnoinfoscreen.lha aud/pla 8Mb 4.0 Music player front-end and info ...
dtdescrip.lha dev/uti 61kb 4.1 Tools for creating datatype desc...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
reactive_lib.lha lib/mis 71kb 4.1 A Custom BOOPSI System
ripconfig_cmd.lha uti/she 4kb 4.1 Display info about Ethernet adap...
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18.Mar.2018
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 17.03.2018
The following archive has been added to the AROS-Archives until March 17th, 2018:
milkytracker.i386-aros.lha aud/tra 2Mb Music Tracker
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Mar. 2018, 07:06] [Comments: 0]
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18.Mar.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 17.03.2018 (Update)
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS-Storage until March 17th, 2018:
RNOInfoScreen_1.5.lha Audio/Players RNOInfoScreen works as ...
IRA_2.09.lha Development/ASM MC68000/10/20/30/40 rea...
cc65_2.17.lha Development/Cross ANSI C 6502 cross devel...
duktape_v2.20.lha Development/Tools Duktape is a small and ...
InstantZip_3.2.lha Files/Archive A ZIP packer / unpacker...
freedroid-rpg_0.16.1.lha Games/Action FreedroidRPG is an open...
YouTube_URL_Extractor_... Network/Web no description
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18.Mar.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 17.03.2018
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 March 17th, 2018:
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Mar. 2018, 07:06] [Comments: 0]
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18.Mar.2018
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Podcast: AmiCast 26 - Interview with Steve Jones
In Issue 26, Krzysztof Radzikowski has interviewed Steve 'ClusterUK' Jones (YouTube channel) in his podcast. Topics are the A1500, the Siamese system, Gateway, the Vampire accelerator boards and AROS.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Mar. 2018, 07:06] [Comments: 0]
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18.Mar.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Developer tool: vasm 1.8c
Frank Wille has released an update for the modular assembler vasm.
Changes:
- Relocated ORG blocks within a section were not recognized, when their start address was 0
- The count in repeat-directives is always unsigned, even when given as a negative value
- Check for target address space overflows
- Fixed crash when undefining non-existing register symbols
- A redefined label is no longer a warning, but an error
- arm: Fixed compile-error from last release
- vobj-output: Fixed uninitialized symbol index for internal/local symbols
- oldstyle-syntax: New directive ROFFS to set the program counter relative to the start of the current section
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