18.Aug.2015
Michael Battilana (E-Mail)
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Event: Update on Amiga 30 Reykjavik
This friday the Amiga 30 anniversary will be celebrated in Iceland (amiga-news.de reported). As Michael Battilana of Cloanto (owner of the Commodore/Amiga copyrights and publisher of Amiga Forever) told us now, he will attend the show as well.
Furthermore he pointed out that they "will be a couple of dozen people, which is not much in absolute terms, so even having a website is a lot. On the other hand, it looks like almost 0.01 % of the population of the entire country will attend, which in this light makes it by far the most successful Amiga anniversary event of the year, or actually, one of the largest computing events in the world. There will be Amiga demosceners, developers, users, and people in general whose life has been affected by Amiga." In case you decide spontaneously to join as well, you might want to combine the event with the Reykjavík Culture Night (Menningarnótt) that takes place on Saturday. (snx)
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18.Aug.2015
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Trevor's Amiga Blog: Retrospect to anniversary celebration in California
Under the title link Trevor Dickinson (A-EON Technology) described his impressions of the Amiga 30th anniversary celebration in Mountain View, California. Additionally he talked to Alex St. John, who is one of the developer of DirectX.
The latest blog entry also includes a photograph of the intended version 2.2 ofthe Cyrus+-board for the AmigaOne X5000.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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18.Aug.2015
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Photographs of rare Amiga-prototypes
On the occasion of Amiga 30th anniversary party in California, the Amiga hardware developer Dale Luck had exhibited his collection of Amiga models and prototypes. Photographs of the hardware - among others of the developer computer "D44" or of the boards of the "Lorraine" named "War" and "Peace" - now are available at Techradar.
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17.Aug.2015
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Swedish printed magazine: Amiga Forum 13
Since 2012 the Swedish printed magazine "Amiga Forum" has been published, which contains 28 A5-pages, 12 of them in colour, and is available for 25 kronor plus shipping. You can order it under the title link or on Amigastore.
Issue 13 includes the following topics:
- News: Hyperion not bankrupt
- News from Amigaland, SUGA and the Scene
- Game reviews: Colonization and Wings Battlefield
- Hardware review: Keyrah
- Book review: Amiga, a visual Compendium and the memoirs of Petro Tyschtschenko
- About the unreleased Amiga 700
- 17 tips of how to use your Amiga better
- About the year 1985 ...
- ... and a Scene short story
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17.Aug.2015
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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IEEE Spectrum: Amiga 30 and the Unkillable Machine
IEEE Spectrum is the most important magazine and website of the world's largest professional organization devoted to engineering and the applied sciences, named "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers". Under the title link it also reports about the 30th anniversary of the Amiga.
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17.Aug.2015
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Web-Browser: Netsurf 3.3 alpha with Reaction interface
Chris Young has ported his AmigaOS 4-port of the web browser Netsurf to AmigaOS 3. In contrary to the ports made available for the Amiga by Artur 'Arti' Jarosik - which unfortunately are distributed with the same name - Young's version uses a native Amiga-toolkit,
Due to the use of Reaction, at least AmigaOS 3.5 is required. According to the author this latest version is an alpha version.
Download: netsurf_os3.lha (3 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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16.Aug.2015
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Obligement: Interview with Igor Majstorovic (English/French)
The French Amiga magazine Obligement has interviewed Igor Majstorovic, who is the developer of the FPGA-based accelerator board Vampire 600. In his opinion all orders should be delivered until the end of the year.
Additional to the English-language version, under the title link the interview is also available in French.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Aug.2015
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Aminet-Uploads until 15.08.2015
The following archives have been added to Aminet until August 15th, 2015:
fping.lha comm/tcp 86K 68k Show which network hosts are ...
cproto.lha dev/gcc 223K MOS Generate protos and convert d...
libmspack.lha dev/lib 1.4M MOS Microsoft packing library (CA...
MUI-Pointers.lha dev/mui 15K MUI B&W Pointers Set with...
AmiMag_04.pdf docs/mags 16M Belgian Amiga e-zine, issue 4
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.4M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
kuutamolla.lha misc/sci 172K graphically determine the moo...
Czech_It_Out.lha mods/pro 472K Czech made 4ch tune
InstallerGenSP.lha util/misc 7K InstallerGen 1.3 spanish catalog
BenchTrash-MOS.lha util/wb 10K Global trashcan patch for Mor...
FindMoreSP.lha util/wb 9K FindMore 2.0-2.4 spanish catalog
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16.Aug.2015
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 15.08.2015
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until August 15th, 2015:
an_arabic_console_dev... dri/inp 2Mb 4.1 An arabic console device
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
bubbleshooterdx_demo.lha gam/puz 4Mb 4.0 Demoversion of Bubble Shooter DX
libboostygfx.lha lib/gra 402kb 4.1 BoostyGFX library used with Huno...
kryoflux.lha uti/mis 6Mb 4.1 USB-based floppy controller
liveforit-mplayerng.lha vid/pla 17Mb 4.1 MPlayerNG altivec/nonaltivec
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16.Aug.2015
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 15.08.2015
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until August 15th, 2015:
4klive.i386-aros.zip aud 491kb Simple synth toy.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Aug.2015
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WHDLoad: New packages until 15.08.2015
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 August 15th, 2015:
- 2015-08-15 new: BBS Intro (Taurus) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2015-08-15 new: Beach Volley demo (Paradox) done by Psygore (Info, Image)
- 2015-08-14 fixed: Hydra (Tengen/Domark) all sound problems fixed (Info)
- 2015-08-14 new: Gate to Hell (Technology) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2015-08-13 improved: Waterproof (Rebels) 5 more Bplcon0 color bit fixes added (Info, Image)
- 2015-08-13 improved: Our Definition of a Boombastic Demo Style (Rebels) 4 more blitter waits added (Info, Image)
- 2015-08-13 new: Demon's Tomb: The Awakening (Melbourne House) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2015-08-12 improved: E.C.E.S. Slideshow (Rebels) Bplcon0 color bit fixes added (Info, Image)
- 2015-08-12 improved: Det Kniber (Rebels) line drawing routine fixed (d pointer out of bounds) (Info, Image)
- 2015-08-12 improved: Blue House 2 (Rebels) 6 more Bplcon0 color bit fixes added, 1 more blitter wait added (Info, Image)
- 2015-08-12 improved: Hexadecimal Perfection (Action Direct) writes to INTREQR fixed, blitter wait added, Bplcon0 color bit fix, uses WHDLoad v17+ features (Info, Image)
- 2015-08-12 improved: Bard In A Box (Academy) illegal Bplcon2 settings fixed, 2 blitter waits added (Info, Image)
- 2015-08-12 new: The Colony (Mindscape) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2015-08-11 new: Tanglewood (Microdeal) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2015-08-10 new: Das schmutzige Erbe (Comad) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2015-08-10 new: Das Erbe (Comad) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2015-08-09 improved: Musication (Absolute!) Bplcon0 color bit fixes, illegal Bltcon0 values in line drawer fixed (Info, Image)
- 2015-08-09 improved: Numeric 2 (Profecy) support for another version added (Info, Image)
- 2015-08-09 new: Numeric 3 (Profecy) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Aug.2015
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Bubble Shooter DX by EntwicklerX
Bubble Shooter DX is a classic bubble shoot game and the new game developed by EntwicklerX. There are more than 200 levels as well as a colorblind mode.
You can purchase the full version of the game on AmiStore. Additionally there is a free trial version.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Aug.2015
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4: Frogatto 1.2.22
The Jump'n'Run Frogatto is a combination of an open source engine with proprietary game data. For iOS and Blackberry a fee is required. Ports for desktop operating systems are availavble for free. Version 1.2.22 available for AmigaOS-4 was provided by Hugues 'HunoPPC' Nouvel and requires his library libboostyGfx.so, which accelerates the 2D-graphic operations using 3D-graphic hardware and which has been also updated.
Changes:
- New optimization of libboostyGfx now pass to version 1.0.4
- Change function OpenGL glShadeModel(GL_FLAT) to glShadeModel(GL_SMOOTH)
- Compilation with new libpng and libjpeg
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Aug.2015
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New A1200 case: More than half of required money donated / MiST + RPi
Five days before the Kickstarter campaign for a new Amiga-1200 case will be finished (amiga-news.de reported), so far almost 52 % of the required money have been donated. The case is meant for existing A1200-boards as well as for the Amiga-Reloaded-mainboard developed by Individual Computers, the FPGA-computer MiST and for the Raspberry Pi and corresponds the original case, but is prepared for several extensions by pre-cuts.
Since our last update message two weeks ago the following updates have been added:
- Cases are now available in all colors
- The 20 Eur pledge has been revamped to supply you with new parts like trapdoors, adapters and case screws, and you'll get our new Case sticker / badge as well !
- New awesome signature embedded in our cases: David Pleasance
- Commodore: The amiga years, added to our bonuses list
- Scoopex special edition
- Raspberry-Pi support
- Keyrah-USB keyboard controller support
- MiST support
- recommendation programm
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Aug.2015
amiga30.is (ANF)
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Event: Amiga 30 Reykjavik
The, by their own account, "coolest" of the 30th Amiga Anniversary events takes place beyond the 64th degree of latitude, in the capital of Iceland. It starts at five o'clock in the afternoon at the restaurant Potturinn og Pannan at Brautarholt 22 in Reykjavik.
Other activities are planned, for whoever wishes to join. To confirm attendance, to submit ideas and for information, please send an e-mail. (snx)
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15.Aug.2015
viddi (ANF)
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Tales of Gorluth II: 75 percent of required preorders achieved
For the successor of the "Best Amiga game of 2014", Tales of Gorluth, 200 persons are required who will preorder it (amiga-news.de reported). After three weeks 150 preorders were received. Under the title link a video promotes for further ones.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Aug.2015
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Update of KryoFlux-archive
Last year version 2.61 of KryoFlux was released for AmigaOS 4. Now the archive also contains the latest version of the Disk Tool Console (DTC). The AmigaOS-4 version of DTC was created on July 8th, 2015.
Using KryoFlux you can create images of all 3,5"-disks (of different systems as well) which contains all information - including the copy protection. Using the commmand line of DTC each function is executed.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Aug.2015
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Cracker scene: Unreleased Amiga port of "Mutant League Hockey" (AGA)
In 1994 Electronic Arts released the sport simulation Mutant League Hockey on the Megadrive. An Amiga port ordered by Ocean was never released although the port was almost finished.
20 years later the cracker group Scoopex obviously has found the original game and released it as "crack". We do not know any legal source of download.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 15. Aug. 2015, 01:26] [Comments: 0]
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12.Aug.2015
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New "Commodore" trademark for Smartphones opposed (Update 2)
A few months ago, Massimo Canigiani from Italy started presenting himself as the alleged new owner of the Commodor trademark. His newly established British based "Commodore Business Machines Ltd." was going to sell Commodore Smartphones to retro enthusiasts.
But Canigiani didn't actually acquire the existing trademark, he simply tried to have a new one registered - his application is available publicly in the European trademark database. As of today, the status of his application has changed - it is now listed as "Application opposed".
The opposing party is the dutch C= Holdings, the current owner of the original Commodore trademark.
Update: (13.08.2015, 0:20, cg)
Now C= Holdings is also addressing this matter in a press release: The company announces the intention to defend its rights "vigorously".
Update 2: (16.08.2015, 17:00, cg)
Yesterday, Cloanto - owner of the copyright of most software released by Commodore and Amiga - issued a press release aswell, stating that Canigiani is not in a position to include software emulations of old Commodore computers with his smartphone since he does not have a license for the required firmware.
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12.Aug.2015
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Video-Interview with David Pleasance (Commodore UK)
Under the title link an English-language interview with David Pleasance has been published who was the last manager of Commodore UK. Among others he talked about the auction of the Amiga rights which in 1995 Escom won.
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12.Aug.2015
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga Future: Full version of role playing game "Crystal Dragon"
In the download area of the Amiga Future the role playing game Crystal Dragon developed by Magnetic Fields in 1994 is available as full version in German and English. The game is available as ADF-file and for WHDLoad.
The last time Crystal Dragon was included on the CD Amiga Classix 3. Four years ago an English-language interview with the programmer David Makin was published.
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10.Aug.2015
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New demos
The scene portal pouet.net has added some new Amiga demos during the last months:
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10.Aug.2015
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: MPlayer 6.5.7
Already in July, Kjetil Hvalstrand has released the AmigaOS-4-port of version 6.5.7 of the video player MPlayer. It is available as version with or without AltiVec support.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Aug.2015
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Aminet-Uploads until 08.08.2015
The following archives have been added to Aminet until August 8th, 2015:
HollywoodSP.lha biz/misc 541K Hollywood 6.0 spanish catalogs
gTranslator.lha comm/misc 226K MOS A google translator for your ...
comedesert-data.zip game/shoot 2.1M 68k Did IT come from the desert? ...
A2Zee.lha game/wb 31K 68k Put the letters in the right ...
Knight.lha game/wb 30K 68k Move a Knight on a chess board
X_Next.lha game/wb 31K 68k Move on all the tiles of each...
cdxl_player.lha gfx/show 47K MOS CDXL player with source code
RPNScientific.lha misc/math 2.2M 68k RPN Scientific and Programmer...
ngl-KickStart.zip pix/back 1.2M Amiga 30 - Nice Set of Birthd...
qtip16.lha util/cli 13K 68k Yet another secure file delet...
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09.Aug.2015
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 08.08.2015
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until August 8th, 2015:
reactive_crypto.lha dri/mis 32kb 4.1 Hashing classes for Reactive
chocolate-doom.lha gam/fps 5Mb 4.0 Doom, Heretic, Hexen and Strife ...
ducksofapocalypse.lha gam/puz 24Mb 4.0 One more hour edition
rcube.lha gra/mis 16kb 4.1 Showing a moving GLCube
reactive_lib.lha lib/mis 54kb 4.1 A custom BOOPSI system
rtelnet.lha net/mis 70kb 4.1 Simple Telnet client
dopus4.lha uti/fil 2Mb 4.0 Directory Opus 4 : legendary fil...
logexec.lzx uti/she 3kb 4.0 Executes an AmigaDOS script logg...
rhash_cmd.lha uti/she 11kb 4.1 rHash preforms hashing of files
tabren.lha uti/tex 5kb 4.0 renders tabs to spaces & vic...
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09.Aug.2015
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 08.08.2015
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until August 8th, 2015:
rpnscientific.i386-aros.lha uti/sci 2Mb RPN Scientific and Programmer Ca...
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09.Aug.2015
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 08.08.2015
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Files until August 8th, 2015:
MAD 0.47 dev/too 10 PowerPC assembly level debu...
CDXL Player 1.0 mul/pla 47 Application for play CDXL a...
MPlayer 1.1 201 mul/pla 23170 Port of great movie player ...
cURL 7.43.0 net/too 1138 A commandline tool for retr...
AmiArcadia 24.11 uti/emu 4569 Emulator of many coin-op ma...
TabRen 1.1e uti/tex 2 Shell based tabs to spaces ...
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09.Aug.2015
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WHDLoad: New packages until 08.08.2015
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 August 8th, 2015:
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