23.Dec.2015
viddi (ANF)
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Tales of Gorluth I can be downloaded for free
The action adventure game "Tales of Gorluth" which was honoured with the Amiga Games Award 2014 and developed by Patrick Nevian and Javier Alcani using Backbone, can be downloaded for free. Originally the game was distributed on CD and some residual copies can be still purchased at Alinea and Amedia.
In July the sequel was announced which is supposed to be released in June 2016. If you want to support the project by preordering the game, you get pre-versions of the game.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 23. Dec. 2015, 18:41] [Comments: 0]
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23.Dec.2015
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Podcast: AmiCast 8 interviewed Dennis Boon (Sonnet Amiga project)
In its eighth issue, the English-language podcast AmiCast has interviewed Dennis Boon. With his project "Sonnet Amiga", which originally was announced by Elbox as "SharkPPC", he realized the Sonnet-7200 PCI board as PowerPC accelerator board for the Amiga 3000 and 4000 (amiga-news.de reported).
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 23. Dec. 2015, 05:35] [Comments: 0]
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23.Dec.2015
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Accelerator board: Vampire II for Amiga 600 can be preordered
The Vampire is a FPGA-based accelerator board for the Amiga 600 (amiga-news.de reported). Now version II can be preordered.
It is probably available from New Year's Eve on and is supposed to be faster as a 68060-processor with 80 MHz. Due to the added features as 128 MB, HDMI-port and integrated SD-card, it will cost 150 Euro.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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23.Dec.2015
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga-Emulator: WinUAE 3.2.2
For the Amiga emulator WinUAE another update to version 3.2 is available, which mainly fixes bugs.
Changes in WinUAE 3.2.2:
- 3.2.0 bugs fixed:
- JIT FPU 32-bit and 64-bit compatibility fixes
- Interlace mode blank screen in some configurations
- Slirp network mode high CPU usage
- Some programs that use AGA subpixel scrolling had horizontal jittering
- Per-monitor high DPI update still caused repeated GUI window closing/opening
- Other bug fixes:
- Game controllers suddenly stopped working. Most likely only happened under Windows 10 and only in some setups
- MIDI out devices missing (x64 only)
- Serial port transmit buffer was not always flushed
- 68020+ BFFFO undocumented offset calculation fixed
- Updates:
- AVIOutput in capture before filtering mode: width is now always divisible by 16 pixels and height is always even for best codec compatibility
- Useless, very basic and invisible touch screen mouse and joystick overlay
- Load config with joystick that is not connected, fall back to previously loaded (default.uae) setting instead of always falling back to keyboard layout A
- Out of bounds RTG coordinates are now clipped to valid region instead of rejecting whole operation
- Keyboard names (if available) are now listed in Input panel device list
- Built-in HRTmon update v2.36
- Phoenix Board SCSI emulation
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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23.Dec.2015
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: MagicWebP 2.0 beta
Carsten Siegner's MagicWebp is a MorphOS programm for viewing WebP-pictures. Please note, that the available beta version 2.0 still includes bugs , e.g. in entries of the Debug-Log of MorphOS.
MagicWebP supports pictures with lossless and lossy data compression, the usage of the alpha channel as well as animations.
Download: magicwebp_2.0_beta.lha (1 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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23.Dec.2015
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Emulator: FS-UAE 2.7.6dev
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD and based on WinUAE and "includes an easy-to-use graphical configuration program which allows you to enjoy FS-UAE and Amiga emulation without writing configuration files. Changes in beta version 2.7.6dev:
- Fix AGA flickering bug introduced in 2.5.40dev
- Do not use R12 register in x86-64 JIT due to addressing issue
- Lowered default floppy drive sound volume
- Warn when uae_cachesize is used without jit_compiler enabled
- Theme options override options from config
- Updated emulation core from WinUAE 3220
- FS-UAE Launcher: Most dialogs are non-modal again
- FS-UAE Launcher: Misc user interface updates
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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23.Dec.2015
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Printing out yourself your Commodore/Amiga calendar 2016
For the forthcoming year, Amiga user "Cobe" from Serbia has created an Amiga calendar which everyone can print out yourself:
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 23. Dec. 2015, 01:43] [Comments: 3 - 24. Dec. 2015, 23:56]
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22.Dec.2015
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Printed magazine: Amiga Future 118 - Preview and extracts
Today some coloured extracts and previews have been published of issue 118 (January/February 2015) of the Amiga Future. Highlights of the issue are previews of Amiga Racer and A.L.I.C.E. as well as a Amiga30th retrospective. The cover CD contains PD-software as well as some full versions.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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22.Dec.2015
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Ralph Schmidt: Amiga Forever contains unlicensed copies of the Cyberstorm ROMs
The emulator distribution Amiga Forever 2016, released in November, contains images of the CyberstormPPC ROMs to simplify the installation of AmigaOS 4 for the end user. As this fact was not mentioned in the official press releases, it only became known when the download edition of OS4 Classic was discussed on amiga-news.de. During said discussion Ralph Schmidt, author of the ROMs in question, issued a statement (German) regarding the legal status of his work included with Amiga Forever.
In both his comment and a mail exchange with amiga-news.de staff, Schmidt states that Cloanto does not have a licence to distribute complete ROMs. He points out that official Flash updates are still legally available from Aminet amongst other places. When approached by us, Michael Battilana from Cloanto rejected Schmidt's claim and stressed repeatedly that he's still convinced he owns a valid licence for distributing the files.
Cloanto provided amiga-news.de staff with excerpts from the mail exchange between Battilana and Schmidt from 2014. A short look at the statements from both parties in these mails suggests that a simple misunderstanding is the cause of the problem, but neither party was interested in discussing details.
Ralph Schmidt explains that he will not take any legal steps, since that "wouldn't make any sense". If and how Cloanto will react to this situation is currently not known to us. (cg)
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20.Dec.2015
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Aminet-Uploads until 19.12.2015
The following archives have been added to Aminet until December 19th, 2015:
NetFS-revised.lha comm/net 68K MOS Network File System for Amiga...
fd2libmaker.lha dev/lib 1K Convert FD to LibMaker functions
fd2pragma-mos.lha dev/misc 274K MOS V2.195 create pragma, inline,...
ObjDumpFunctions.lha dev/src 87K OS4 Analyze functions from an exe...
NoClick.lha disk/misc 2K MOS Multiplatform NoClick enabler
elves-dreamland.zip game/actio 515K 68k Jet Set Willy clone as Xmas game
WormWarsMOS.lha game/actio 672K MOS Advanced snake game
KoalaView.lha gfx/show 60K 68k View and convert C64 KoalaPai...
KoalaViewSP.lha gfx/show 3K KoalaView v1.4 spanish catalog
dgen-mos-git.lha misc/emu 6.4M MOS Sega Genesis/Megadrive emulator
Pavlor-OS41FE.jpg pix/wb 362K AmigaOS 4.1FE running in WinUAE
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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20.Dec.2015
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 19.12.2015
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until December 19th, 2015:
perl_newlib.lha dev/lan 22Mb 4.1 The Practical Report and Extract...
libopenssl.lha dev/lib 6Mb 4.0 The open source toolkit for SSL/TLS
objdumpfunctions.lha dev/mis 87kb 4.0 Analyze functions from an execut...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0 Advanced snake game
africa.lha gam/boa 402kb 4.0 Conversion of 3W board game
saga.lha gam/boa 563kb 4.0 Conversion of TSR boardgame
f2bgl.lha gam/fps 3Mb 4.0 Engine Rewrite
minislug.lha gam/pla 8Mb 4.0 Mini Metal Slug Project
dalehardshovel.lha gam/puz 53Mb 4.0 Bloomstone mystery
hexgem.lha gam/puz 14Mb 4.0 Puzzlegame for the OpenPandora
titrus.lha gam/puz 8Mb 4.0 Another Tetris clone
xgalaga.lha gam/puz 2Mb 4.0 Galaga style game
gnuvszombie.lha gam/shm 16Mb 4.0 Rotten tomatoes
hocoslamfy.lha gam/shm 15Mb 4.0 Fly to avoid the bamboo shoots
tirititran.lha gam/shm 35Mb 4.0 2D Arcade game
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
download.lha net/ftp 46kb 4.0 File download utility: http, htt...
boingcube.lha uti/ben 3Mb 4.0 A bouncing rotating boing cube.
gpmark.lha uti/ben 2Mb 4.0 Graphics benchmark
noclick.lha uti/mis 2kb 4.0 Multiplatform NoClick enabler
reportplus.lha uti/mis 630kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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20.Dec.2015
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 19.12.2015
The following archive has been added to MorphOS-Files until December 19th, 2015:
DGen 1.33 uti/emu 6529 DGen is an emulator of Sega...
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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20.Dec.2015
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WHDLoad: New packages until 19.12.2015
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 December 19th, 2015:
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Dec. 2015, 07:59] [Comments: 0]
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20.Dec.2015
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: PowerSelect 3.1
With Janne Peraaho's commercial programm "PowerSelect" for AmigaOS 4.1 you can choose a some Workbench pictogramms with certain search criteria (e.g. file ending or creation date). Now a free update to version 3.1 is available.
New:
- A new and more secure memory management system
- Compatibility with the latest application library
- Greek translation
- Startup code optimizations and more
Download: PowerSelectUpdate30-31.lha (62 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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17.Dec.2015
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Amiga Forever: Alleged SFS problem turned out to be user error
In our reports about version 2016 of the emulation package Amiga Forever a problem was mentioned when using the Smart File System that had been reported by some users on the forums and was also observed in the tests for amiga-news.de.
Thanks to the extensive support of Cloanto, trying to solve the alleged problem, it turned out once more that the real error quite often is located between keyboard and chair. In addition to the installation guides for the emulator, one must not forget to follow the official booklet of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition as well to make sure that the 68k version of SFS from the CD's L: directory is used. (snx)
[News message: 17. Dec. 2015, 19:46] [Comments: 0]
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17.Dec.2015
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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PCI-Busboards: Mediator PCI 1200 TX Black and Mediator PCI 4000 Di Black
In a press release Elbox has announced that two new versions of the Mediator 1200 TX and Mediator 4000 Di will be available from December 21st on. The solder mask of both editions is black, therefore the producer calls it the "Black Edition".
The version 1200 TX has six PCI-slots and a red LED which indicates when PCI cards cannot be removed or inserted. The Mediator 4000 Di is meant for A4000 computers in the desktop case, has four PCI 2.2 slots (which also support 3.3-Volt boards) and four Zorro II/III-slots ("one of them used by the Mediator 4000 Core Logic card").
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 17. Dec. 2015, 17:48] [Comments: 0]
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16.Dec.2015
Cloanto (Twitter)
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Cloanto: AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Classic available for download
Since version 2016, the emulation package Amiga Forever also supports the emulation of an Amiga 4000 with CyberstormPPC accelerator board. In order to install AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition "classic" to Amiga Forever, the operating system had to be bought as CD.
Starting today, Cloanto offers it online for download. The download includes an ISO and an ADF file (CD and boot disk), artwork for the DVD cover and the CD, a PDF file and the serial number.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 16. Dec. 2015, 05:06] [Comments: 0]
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15.Dec.2015
M. C. Battilana (e-mail)
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Amiga Forever: Version 2016.0.22.0 (2nd Update)
Since today, an update to version 2016.0.22.0 of the emulation package Amiga Forever is available. As usual, existing installations can be updated using the Software Director.
New, besides other enhancements, is an easier installation process for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition, since it is possible now to directly boot from CD, so that the Bootdisk ADF is no longer needed. Accordingly, Cloanto's installation guide at the title link has been updated as well.
The problem mentioned in our previous news-item - i.e. that on some systems a hard reset or restarting the whole emulation leads to a Guru Meditation when booting from the harddisk image file - persists, though. On the other hand in our tests we could now narrow down the cause to be the Smart File System. Thus, taken together, we recommend the following installation procedure for AmigaOS 4:
- In Amiga Forever, under "Systems", choose the configuration "Amiga 4000 PPC" by clicking with the right mouse button and "Create Copy" of the configuration file.
- Now choose "Edit" the same way for the copied configuration file. In the Media tab you can "Add" the ISO file of your AmigaOS 4 Final Edition Classic CD to the "Disks". While doing so, for performance reasons you may want to set the cycle button to "external", since embedding would result in an incorporation of the CD into your RP9 configuration file. For the same reason the preconfigured harddisk file (HDF) can be changed to "external" as well by editing it.
- In the configuration tab, for the network card specify an RTL 8029 device.
- Now you can start the emulation by double-clicking the configuration file. Shortly after, the installation menu of AmigaOS 4.1 will appear.
- At first you can set your local keyboard language and time zone.
- Afterwards you can start the actual installation of AmigaOS 4. Once you get the chance there to format your HDF, do so by entering a name for the drive and choosing "Quickformat".
- Continuing the installation process, you can keep the preset options except for adjusting the graphics card ("Picasso IV") and your monitor settings.
- Before closing the installation window by clicking "finish", you have to eject the ISO file using the corresponding icon below the window. Afterwards, the emulated PowerPC Amiga will be reset automatically (if not, you can do so yourself by pressing the key combination Ctrl-Win-Win) and boot from the HDF. Once booting from harddisk has been finished, you can install some optional programs from CD.
- After exiting the emulation, you should edit your configuration file again to remove the ISO file from the Media tab.
Update: (21:02, 15.12.15, snx)
Cloanto meanwhile has adjusted the installation guide as well with regard to the file system - thus we recommend our readers to follow the more detailed instructions at the title link.
2nd Update: (19:46, 17.12.15, snx)
The alleged SFS problem turned out to be a user error meanwhile. (snx)
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15.Dec.2015
David Brunet (ANF)
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Obligement: Interview with Antoine Dubourg (french)
Today french magazine Obligement has published an interview with the developer Antoine 'Tcheko' Dubourg. The MorphOS Team member is author of Sermonatrix, Jukebox and SoundBankster.
Automatic translations of the french text are also accessible on the Obligement website at the title link. (snx)
[News message: 15. Dec. 2015, 15:41] [Comments: 0]
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15.Dec.2015
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Source code management: SVN-GUI Copacabana 0.5
Copacabana written by Marco 'Blackbird' Möring is a graphical user-interface for SVN-tools. You can create copies of your projects, update or clear them.
Direct download: Copacabana.lha (328 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 15. Dec. 2015, 00:12] [Comments: 0]
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14.Dec.2015
Spidi (ANF)
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Retro 7-bit: external keyboard adapter Sum A234/CD32 in production
Retro 7-bit announces that it started production if its new keyboard adapter Sum A234/CD32. The adapter will enable users to connect modern USB keyboards to the Amiga 2000, 3000, 4000 or CD32. The vendor is already offering an internal adapter called Sum USB, the new model is now an external solution:
Sum A234/CD32 will offer the following features:
- support for both USB HID and USB-PS/2 keyboards
- A2000/A3000/A4000/A4000/CD32 compatibility
- included PS2-DIN adapter
- built-in USB stack
- configuration mode for PC keyboard (activated by R-Shift + Pause key combination)
- configuration mode for Mac keyboard (activated by R-Shift + F19 key combination)
- built-in EEPROM memory enabling user preferences storage
- „Bootloader” function allowing future firmware upgrades
- „Status” indicator LED providing information about device’s state
- built around 16-bit Microchip microcontroller utilizing nanoWatt technology
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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