10.Jan.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Interview: Dave Semmens (The Lion King, Rainbow Warriors, Kid Gloves 2)
Ian 'Codetapper' Lightbody has interviewed Dave Semmens who with others developed the game The Lion King, Rainbow Warriors and Kid Gloves 2.
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[News message: 10. Jan. 2013, 16:35] [Comments: 0]
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07.Jan.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Dragon-/Tandy-Emulator XRoar 0.29.1
XRoar ported by Ventzislav Tzvetkov emulates the 8-Bit-systems Dragon and Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer. A minimal firmware is included in the archive but for real compatibility a ROM-image of the emulated computers is required.
Changes since our last message:
- Fixed the "-cart-becker" option
- New PIA & keyboard code supports matrix ghosting
- Fixed emulation of Dragon 32 with 64K
- Underlying video module rewrite
- VDG sub-scanline mode switching more accurate (CSS & !INT/EXT delayed)
- Use vertex and texture coord arrays in OpenGL code
- Alias '˛' to Clear for French keyboards. TODO: generic key bind ability
- Fake ACIA responses to fix 32K mode autorepeat. TODO: real ACIA support
- Curses video module removed - incompatible with new VDG/video code
- SDL YUV video module tries harder to find accelerated overlay
- "Becker" port supported in RS-DOS
- Various CPU timing fixes
- Hitachi 6309 support (unverified) with "-machine-cpu 6309"
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 07. Jan. 2013, 17:22] [Comments: 0]
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07.Jan.2013
os4welt.de (Webseite)
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Game quiz: Amiga Screenshot Challenge
"Amiga Screenshot Challenge" is a game in which 100 screenshots must be recognized - you can choose from four possible options.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 07. Jan. 2013, 16:28] [Comments: 0]
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07.Jan.2013
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Retro case: X500 Plus can be ordered
Loriano 'TheDaddy' Pagni has set a price for his self-made computer case X500 Plus : For 318 Euro (259 UKP, 416 USD) the purchaser will get a black or white case for Mini-ITX-/Flex-ATX-motherboards with the following, still installed components:
- black or white USB keyboard and all the screws, nuts, washers & spacers
- rubber feet
- on/off switch
- LEDs
- custom made steel DVD and 3.5" USB card reader brackets
- slim SATA DVD-RW drive with SATA cable
- 3.5" USB card reader (52in1)
- one 40mm silent fan
- silicone fan mounts on the right side (in case you want to add extra fans)
- powder coated aluminium base and rear (inside and out) in black or white with a matt finish
The case must be paid in advance. Only 50 units will be made and the purchaser has the following ordering options:
- X500 Plus colour (white or black)
- Colour combination of the LEDs (white, blue, red, green or amber, they are interchangeable)
- Please confirm keyboard layout preference (U.K. layout is second best option if first is not available)
- Would you like two free ACube's "A" keys adhesives?
If you are going to buy a case then please contact Pagni via eMail and write him your prefered configuration as well as full home address (for the delivery) and your your Paypal email address. According to Pagni the delivery will take 2-4 weeks.
At the end Pagni wrote: "This project has sucked a lot of energy, free time and money, my entire classic, NG Amiga and Commodore collection, plus my car (twice!) and a few other items which ended up on ebay during seven years. You probably already know but I'll be making these at a loss for a while but I love it and I hope you're going to love it too. Add sad music here." (cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 07. Jan. 2013, 16:13] [Comments: 0]
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06.Jan.2013
morphzone.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS 3.2 Software Development Kit (Beta)
The MorphOS-team has released version 3.2 of the Software Development Kit. The update includes an updated version of the compiler environment called "Geek Gadgets" (GCC, Bash and GNU-tools) and the latest MorphOS-includes with documentation. Additionally some minor bugs have been fixed.
This release is still a beta version. At least MorphOS 3.1 is required.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 06. Jan. 2013, 16:13] [Comments: 0]
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05.Jan.2013
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Curiosity: Rare A1000-keyboard developed by Cherry
At the British ebay an onknwon keyboard version for the Amiga 1000 has been turned up: A keyboard of the "G80"-production by Cherry which has a typical A1000 RJ-11-plug and which partly copies the special layout of the original keyboard.
Obvioulsy the offerer knows that he has curiosity: The bid starts with 200 US-Dollar. If you want to buy it now then 777 USD have to be paid.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 05. Jan. 2013, 19:32] [Comments: 1 - 07. Jan. 2013, 08:27]
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05.Jan.2013
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: AbiWord 2.8.6 for AmiCygnix
For the X11-environment AmiCygnix an update of the word processing software AbiWord has been released (Screenshot). Most important changes in this version:
- New version 2.8.6 with many new features compared to the last version 2.6.2.
- Gnumeric spreadsheets can now be embedded into an AbiWord document. You can
load and edit existing spreadsheets or create new ones. Gnumeric 1.10.17 is
integrated into AbiWord for this. You don't need to install the standalone
package of Gnumeric!
- With the new plugin "OpenXML" you can now load and save documents in .docx
format (MS Word 2007+)..
- Compiled with GTK+ 2.24.
- Several bugfixes.
The Amiga version also loads ILBM-pictures, German and English catalogs for spell checking are included in the archive. AbiWord requires AmiCygnix 1.2.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 05. Jan. 2013, 19:18] [Comments: 0]
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04.Jan.2013
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Retro-Gaming-Comics: Blow The Cartridge
On his website "Blow The Cartridge", Cameron Davis explores several game classics in little cartoons.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 04. Jan. 2013, 21:31] [Comments: 0]
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04.Jan.2013
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: Bubbledoc 0.0.1 shows Microsoft Word-documents
Bubbledoc written by Carsten Siegner shows Microsoft Word-dokuments. The programm is based on antiword 0.37 and currently can only manage text. Pictures are not supported yet.
Download: Bubbledoc_0.0.1.lha (189 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 04. Jan. 2013, 16:13] [Comments: 0]
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04.Jan.2013
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: Icaros Desktop 1.5
In version 1.5 of Paolo Besser's AROS-distribution Icaros Desktop the files layout, the installation process as well as the the emulation environment have been completely overhauled. The emulation environment now starts ADF-images as well as harddrive-based applications without requiring the original Kickstart-files.
Icaros 1.5 now is based on the latest AROS-kernel ("ABI v1 Backport") which is supposed to provide improved speed, compatibility and stability. For users who have problems with this kernel a "Legacy Kernel Edition" of Icaros is avilable.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 04. Jan. 2013, 00:47] [Comments: 0]
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03.Jan.2013
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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TCP stack: full version of Roadshow on sale now
Press release: Starting today, the full version of the Roadshow TCP/IP stack is available to buy through the APC&TCP online store. Roadshow is an Amiga TCP/IP stack, that allows you to connect to the Internet, to access your e-mail, web pages, chat, etc. It can also be used to access and exchange files within your local home network.
Roadshow is one of the fastest, if not THE fastest Amiga TCP/IP stacks. Some features include:
- Amiga-ised configuration utilities rather than the terse and somewhat cryptic Unix legacy tools
- DHCP configuration for Ethernet devices
- "TCP:" device support, for use with, for example, ARexx scripts
- Enhanced & cleaned-up software development kit, that includes the complete source code to all the configuration tools and sample programs
- and much more ...
(cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 03. Jan. 2013, 15:13] [Comments: 0]
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02.Jan.2013
Jim Neray (ANF)
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Workbench-replacement: X-bEnCH 0.8 (alpha)
X-bEnCH is a graphical user-interface with up to 128 colours which replaces the Workbench for starting WHDLoad-games (.slave, .exe) and and uses low computer resources. According to the developer the programm works on all Amigas (OCS to AGA) with 68000 to 68060 processors and uses little virtual memory.
The current alpha version includes the following changes:
- Black lines closing effect added to the init logo
- No more credits scroll text; now have a rotating text on the menu
- New VBL sync more smoother
- Fixed the repeat delay
- 3d effect added to menu texts
- New loading screen with a cool parallax effect
- List name bug fixed
- Now the listings fatters than 1920 files are working fines
- Xsetup code heavily reworked
- Startup tab added to the setup
- Added the Del key switch option
- Added an option to choose from where start Xbench (menu, launcher, cli)
- Fixed the ugly 3d effect in the setup
- Many bugs fixs and various optimizations
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 02. Jan. 2013, 19:33] [Comments: 1 - 03. Jan. 2013, 19:49]
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02.Jan.2013
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New tracks: "Northern Germany Challenge" for Test Drive 2
"Mombasajoe" has released a so called "Scenery Disk" for the classic Test Drive 2 which provides six new tracks: "Ostsee", "Lüneburger Heide", "Wesertal", "Teutoburger Wald", "Harz" and "A7".
Download: Test_Drive_II_-_Scenery_Disk_-_Northern_Germany.zip (150 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 02. Jan. 2013, 17:25] [Comments: 0]
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02.Jan.2013
Achim Kern - KeHo Software (ANF)
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MorphOS: Taran im Abenteuerland 3.0
Under the title link Achim Kern has released the remake of his adventure "Taran im Abenteuerland" for MorphOS which is written with Hollywood.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 02. Jan. 2013, 17:10] [Comments: 0]
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02.Jan.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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ACube Systems: Minimig and ARM-controllers available again
The Minimig which is a FPGA-reimplementation of an Amiga 500 and originally developed by Dennis van Weeren is available again at ACube Systems.
You can select between two boards with 2 or 4 MB RAM which are available with PIC (Peripheral Interface Controller) or without it (and then can be used with a ARM-controller which makes it possible having a writing access to disk and harddrive images).
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 02. Jan. 2013, 07:50] [Comments: 0]
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02.Jan.2013
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New demos
The demo-portal pouet.net has uploaded some new demos from the Amiga-scene:
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 02. Jan. 2013, 04:49] [Comments: 0]
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