23.Apr.2013
Michael C. Battilana (e-mail)
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Cloanto: Amiga Forever Essentials for Android
Press release: April 23, 2013 - Cloanto, publishers of Amiga Forever since 1997, is announcing today the immediate availability of Amiga Forever Essentials on Google Play. The release marks the first of a planned series of "Essentials" packages for different platforms, in which officially licensed Amiga ROM and OS files are made available for programmatic access by a diversity of open-source emulation engines.
For the Android release, Cloanto worked closely with the developers of UAE4Droid, AnUAE4All, UAE4All2 and other apps to make sure that the Amiga system files are autodetected and easy to use.
"We are grateful for the fact that Google Play is open-minded about emulators and GPL components. As such, Android was our ideal candidate for the initial release in the Amiga Forever Essentials series", said Cloanto President Mike Battilana. "This makes it possible to keep Amiga emulation accessible, enjoyable and legal in ways that are not always within reach for other systems or platforms."
Amiga Forever Essentials unlocks the potential of different Amiga emulation apps designed for Android, making it possible to play thousands of Amiga titles on Amiga OS versions 1.2, 1.3, 2.04, 3.0 and 3.1 in emulated computers like the Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200. Bonus content like Workbench 1.3 and First Demos disk images let Amiga enthusiasts enjoy memorable classics such as the 1984 Boing demo.
The app is available now for only $0.99 on the Google Play store. For developers, there is also information on shared system files on Android devices. (snx)
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23.Apr.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: 8-bit emulator Atari++ 1.72
Atari++ emulates Atari's 8-bit homecomputer as well as the game console Atari 5200. The AmigaOS-4-port was written by Ventzislav 'drHirudo' Tzvetkov, supports AmigaInput and can be controlled with joysticks.
Changes:
- The binary file loader automatically generated when inserting a COM or EXE into the disk drive and booting from it is now much shorter and requires a lot less RAM. It requires now, however, an additional ESCape code and hence emulator support. This will now also load binary files that require RAM from 0x800 and up
- This release adds support for ATX files and includes an emulation of the disk drive timing, handling of bad and duplicate sectors and a more precise emulation of the SIO timing
- An additional type of watch point was added: The default watch point now only reacts on memory writes, whereas the new watch point continues to react on reads and writes
- Experimented a lot with the timing of the GTIA Prior writing and found that the currently implemented logic is actually very close to the real system, additional delay cycles make results only worse, not better. Thus, leaving it as it is right now
- The SDL StringGadget now reacts on Ctrl+Backspace and Ctrl+Delete and erases its contents on this keyboard command
- Added emulation for "stuck" Player/Missile shift registers when switching from 4x or 2x expansion to the size register "2" value, which is almost, but not quite 1x expansion
- The built-in Os blocks NMIs now early in the reset cycle and by that tries to work around bad display lists left over by buggy programs
- Minor modification in the built-in FMS (Dos 2.++): CONFIG.SYS can now change the position of the FMS buffers by poking into DiskBufferBase $710,$711 and relocate them
- Minor modification of the short VBI: GPrior, ColBK and Col1 are now only reloaded if the graphics mode really requires it. This applies to fine scrolling text modes, and the text window modes with the GTIA modes (modes 9+64,10+64 and 11+64). This fixes compatibility issues with Atari Tennis and some Lucasfilms intros
- Minor modifications in the FMS: Rename with wildcard was broken, and the FMS no longer tries to load non-valid VTOCs
- The DUP COPY command avoids now trying to overwrite BASIC program memory or other user memory protected correctly by setting APPMEMHI. Some cartridges do not set this Os pointer correctly, though. Mac/65 does not. The new DUP command NEW will erase user memory and make it available for COPY
- Fixed a long standing bug of all Dos 2.XX compatible FMS'es: Directory reading mode did not cooperate with any other operations that would access the directory, and would invalidate the directory access channel. This is no longer the case now. Additionally, reading the directory sets now the EOF warning flag (Y = 3) correctly right before the EOF
- The STATUS command, as specified by DOS 2.0S and DOS 2.5, was actually quite unuseful as it required a file specification which was never supplied by BASIC. The new implementation returns the status of the last CIO command on the same channel if the channel is open, allowing BASIC for example to access the near-EOF warning return code
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Apr.2013
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MorphOS counter: inofficial chart illustrates the MorphOS sales since 2008
Shortly after the release of MorphOS 2, MorphOS users started posting the serial numbers of their newly acquired MorphOS license in a thread on morphzone.org. As the serial numbers seem to increase in a linear fashion, most people assume that the latest assigned serial number also represents the number of MorphOS copies sold so far.
Konrad 'koszer' Czuba is regularly using the available serial numbers to create a chart that illustrates the number of MorphOS sales since 2008
(click on the picture to display it in full size):
We are not aware of statements from the MorphOS team regarding the validity of the numbers discussed here. Thanks to Konrad Czuba for the kind permission to publish his chart. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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21.Apr.2013
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Aminet-Uploads until 20.04.2013
The following packages have been added to Aminet until April 20th, 2013:
libgtk-mui.i386-aros.... dev/lib 436K x86 lib to port and zunify GTK ap...
libgtk-mui.src.tar.gz dev/lib 738K libgtk-mui source code
ipp_dev.lha driver/pri 1.8M OS4 Internet Printing Protocol (I...
Wazp3D.lha driver/vid 1.2M 68k CPU only Warp3D implementation
KOG.lha game/actio 1.2M OS4 Innovative objects-catching game
AmiQuake2.lha game/shoot 2.0M 68k Amiga port of Yamagi Quake II...
MEMO.lha game/think 381K 68k Card memory game celebrating ...
SCRAMBLY_DV.lha game/think 331K OS4 15 slide puzzle with twists
Deblok.lha game/wb 33K 68k Unlock all bars!
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 3.1M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 3.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 3.4M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
glUAE.lha misc/emu 14K Integrates UAE into AmigaOS
lameA68K-3.100a2.lha mus/misc 514K 68k MP3 encoder for A68K
Scriba_1.7.8.lha text/edit 6.6M MOS Simple word processing softwa...
BoardsLib.lha util/libs 31K 68k provides detailed info about ...
HWP_TIFF.lha util/libs 692K WOS Hollywood plugin for TIFF images
Microbe3D.lha util/libs 7.5M 68k micro .obj 3D engine using Wa...
StormMesa2010.lha util/libs 1.2M 68k StormMesa2010 reworked sources
stream_mos.lha util/moni 170K MOS STREAM is a Memory Bandwith T...
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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21.Apr.2013
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 20.04.2013
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until April 20th, 2013:
hvl2wav.lha aud/con 59kb 4.0 Converts Hively Tracker (HVL) tu...
tolua.lha dev/lan 180kb 4.0 Port of ToLUA++ to bind LUA scri...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
gluae.lha emu/uti 14kb 4.0 Integrates UAE into AmigaOS
kog.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0 Innovative objects-catching game
scrambly_dv.lha gam/puz 331kb 4.0 15 slide puzzle with twists
stargus.lha gam/str 6Mb 4.0 Stratagus mod that allows you to...
gimp-beautify.lha gra/edi 55Mb 4.1 Gimp 2.6.11 beautify plug-in for...
gimp-beautify-src.lha gra/edi 4Mb 4.1 Sources of beautify for Gimp 2.6...
gimp-plugin-pack.lha gra/edi 78Mb 4.1 Gimp 2.6.11 plug-in pack for Ami...
gimp-plugin-pack-src.lha gra/edi 1Mb 4.1 Sources of the plug-in pack for ...
djnick-hd_wallpapers_... gra/mis 20Mb 4.0 HD WallPapers pack 01 by djnick ...
fastview.lha gra/vie 355kb 4.1 Show pictures & thumbnails b...
netspeedometer.lha net/mis 146kb 4.1 A network monitor and bandwidth ...
fastcompress.lha uti/arc 3Mb 4.0 Quickly compress into LHA,ZIP,LZ...
netdock.lha uti/doc 219kb 4.0 Docky to monitor your network ac...
x1ktempdocky.lha uti/doc 286kb 4.1 CPU Temp Monitor docky for the X...
attachmail.lha uti/wor 531kb 4.0 Attach file(s) to YAM or SimpleM...
sysmon.lha uti/wor 750kb 4.1 monitor for Process, Windows (+ ...
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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21.Apr.2013
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 20.04.2013
The following packages have been added to AROS-Archives until April 20th, 2013:
libgtk-mui.i386.tar.gz dev/lib 436kb Link library to port and zunify ...
libgtk-mui.src.tar.gz dev/lib 738kb libgtk-mui source code
aros_shell_manual_0.81.pdf doc/man 581kb AROS SHELL MANUAL
gnurobbo066.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 2Mb GnuRobbo - maze game.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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21.Apr.2013
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 20.04.2013
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until April 20th, 2013:
ACE 1.5 uti/emu 818 Amstrad CPC family computer...
Bochs 2.6 uti/emu 989 Emulator of a PC computer w...
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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21.Apr.2013
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WHDLoad: New packeges until 20.04.2013
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until April 20th, 2013:
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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19.Apr.2013
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Hungarian PDF-magazine: Amiga Mania #6
"Amiga Mania" is an intricately designed Hungarian pdf magazine with 36 pages which is about Amiga. The sixth issue (front page) includes among others a test report on the A600 accelerator board ACA 620.
Download: Amiga Mania 06_OnLine.pdf (147 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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18.Apr.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: glUAE 20130417
glUAE is a collection of scripts which is supposed to make it easier to use applications with the PowerPC operating system which are not compatible to AmigaOS4. With glUAE executable files, disk-images or ZIP-archives can be started in the Amiga emulator UAE.
In the latest version 20130417 a bug was fixed in the "launch-application"-script by replacing the FOLLOWLINKS by COPYLINKS.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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18.Apr.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Amiga-Emulator: FS-UAE 2.2.2 (update)
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE for Windows, OS X, Linux and BSD is based on WinUAE and can be controlled with a joypad. Changes in version 2.2.1:
- Show on-screen warning if OpenAL device cannot be opened, log OpenAL error code.
- New option save_state_compression can be used to disable save statecompression.
- New option “log” which can be used to enable misc types of debug logging.
- Queued input events are processed in hsync handler.
- Use CD32 + FMV quickstart for CD32 model, update cd.device in cartridge ROM fixes problem with Pirates Gold intro.
- Removed a couple of left-over / unnecesary log statements.
- Support language option to override GUI language.
- New translations: tr [Decypher].
- (Launcher) Fixed bug when specifying window_width / window_height in custom settings.
- (Launcher) Warn when using A1200 model with < 2 MB chip RAM.
- (Launcher) Fixed a bug where 0-byte screenshot / covers files could be stored if a network error occurs while downloading.
- (Launcher) Better support for A3000 and A4000 with the game database.
- (Launcher) Support hiding variants from the database based on _status.
- (Launcher) Cycle-exact can be disabled from database if abs. necessary.
- (Launcher) Support language option to override GUI language.
- (Launcher) New translations: tr [Decypher].
Update: (20.04.2013, 17:30, cg)
Meanwhile version 2.2.2 of the emulator is available:
- With video_sync = auto, allow some slack when deciding to enable full sync or not (accept host refresh rate 49 instead of just 50, ..).
- New option: assume_refresh_rate (int) to manually specify host refresh rate when refresh rate detection fails. This option in combination with video_sync = auto effectively replaces video_sync = full.
- video_sync = full is now an alias for video_sync = auto.
- Fixed bug causing FS-UAE to hang when pausing with video_sync = off.
- New model CD32/FMV (includes FMV ROM), CD32 model reverted to original.
- Fixed compatibility issues in scanline GLSL shaders.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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18.Apr.2013
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Scandoubler: Update of configuration tool for Indivision AGA Mk2
Individual Computers has released an update for the configuration tool of the scandoubler Indivision AGA Mk2. It is now possible to test new preferences without having to save them. Additionally some minor bugs were fixed.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Apr. 2013, 17:28] [Comments: 0]
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17.Apr.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Magazine: Commodore Free, issue 69
"Commodore Free" is a free, Englishlanguage magazine on Commodore and Amiga computers which is availablw in different formats - among others as HTML-version and C64-Diskmag.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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17.Apr.2013
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Magazine: Amiga Future 102, preview and reading rehearsals
A preview and some reading rehearsals of der issue 102 (May/June 2013) of the Amiga Future are online. Highlights of this issue are a preview to "Chaos", the second part of the Pandora report as well as a test of the file manager "Dir Me Up".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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16.Apr.2013
PPA (Webseite)
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ACube Systems: Distribution agreement with ARM board vendor
As ACube Systems informs at the title link, they cooperate now with MAS Elettronica in such a way that each company will be offering their partner's products also on their own website. MAS Elettronica is an italian company that brings to market a range of ARM boards based on Linux and Android operating systems. (snx)
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16.Apr.2013
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Amiga emulator: WinFellow 0.5.1
A new version of the Windows-based Amiga emulator "WinFellow" is available. The most important changes in this update:
- conversion of most of the former assembler code to C
- enhanced compatibility with many titles; the chipset interrupt handler was completely re-designed, and sound interrupt handling was changed as well, allowing execution of many titles that previously failed
- emulation of a battery backed real-time clock (Oki MSM 6242)
- support for 2 joysticks, usable simultaneously
- audio volume made controllable
- the LED overlays were changed to no longer be scaled or stretched, making them nicer to look at
- basic Cloanto Amiga Forever/RetroPlatform Player integration
- revamped debugger using a more modern GUI design
- ability to generate minidumps, which allows us to debug crashes that are reported to us
- updated PDF user guide
- update of project files to current Visual Studio (2012 Update 2 is used to compile the builds) and DirectX; the code can now be compiled using Visual Studio Express editions
- new versioning scheme, based on SVN revisions
- several minor bug and stability fixes
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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16.Apr.2013
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS4: Plugin packages for Gimp 2.6.11
On OS4-Depot all plugin packages have been released which are included in the Gimp distribution. Additionally now two archives with new plugins are available: gimp-Plugin-pack and gimp-beautify (screenshots: 1, 2).
- gimp-plugin-pack includes the following plugins:
- gimp-beautify: A set of GIMP plugins for quickly and easily beautify photos.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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