31.Oct.2012
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Magazine: Amiga Future, issue 99
The English and German issue 99 (November/December 2012) of the Amiga Future magazine has been distributed today. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office as well as from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine. Current issue contains among other topics articles about Sqrxz, Agent Lux, AmigaOS 4.1 Update 5 and Zormanita. (snx)
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30.Oct.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Elbox: Boot-ROM 7.0 for FastATA 4000 MK-VI CF/SATA
According to Elbox under the title link the FastATA-boards which have been completed with adapters (amiga-news.de reported) are now called MK-VI and sold for the Amiga 3000 and 4000 with a new Boot-ROM version. Version 7.0 improves the compatibility to AmigaOS 4.1 which also is guaranteed by the native drivers. Further information are not available.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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29.Oct.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Retro computer case: X500 Plus "Black Edition"
Loriano 'TheDaddy' Pagni who in May had introduced his third self-made hardware case called "x500 Plus" now has published a short YouTube video of the "Black Edition".
Pagni who said that he will not recover to his developing costs by selling the case, asks all interested users to contact him under amigarulez@hotmail.com to tell him how much one is prepared to spend for the case.
Pagni also has published a picture which shows a X500-case with installed FPGA Arcade-board.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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28.Oct.2012
PPA (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Ultimate Pack 3.1.1
Yannick 'Papiosaur' Buchy's Ultimate Pack is a preconfigured collection of programms, games and emulators and now is available in version 3.1.1 for MorphOS 3.1. A basic installation of the operating system is required.
News:
- PowerSDL 15.7
- Scriba 1.1.0 fr
- CandyCrisis
- VAMP 0.86
- GRunch 1.53
- OpenBOR 3.3711.1
- YouTube_EZDownload.js 0.4.4
- YouTube.js 0.86
- Zormanita 1.1
- New screen background by Patbest
- Sudominator 1.1
- U1Synth 1.2
- Mime-Type for opening PDFs under Odyssey
- Reduction of the menu entries
- Reggae 3.1.5
- Sqrxz 3
- ProStation Audio
Download: Ultimate.iso (627 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Oct.2012
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Aminet-Uploads until 27.10.2012
The following packages have been added until 27.10.2012 to the Aminet:
Blitz_catharsis.lha dev/basic 22K 68k beta catharsis lib dev kit fo...
pforth_v27.i386-aros.lha dev/lang 302K x86 Forth compiler written in ANSI C
Blokop.lha game/wb 32K 68k Move a coloured box to the exit!
Ice_Dungeon.lha game/wb 48K 68k Find talismans in the Ice Dun...
Mlink.lha game/wb 62K 68k Solve this chainlink puzzle!
shp2ilbm.lha gfx/conv 15K OS4 Converts Blitz .shp gfx to .i...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 2.9M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 3.1M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Scriba_1.1.0.lha text/edit 6.7M MOS Simple word processing softwa...
bzip2_68k.lha util/arc 263K 68k Bzip2 file (de)compressor &am...
CTLG2CT.lha util/conv 11K 68k Decompiles catalogs back into...
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28.Oct.2012
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 27.10.2012
The following packages have been added until 27.10.2012 to the OS4Depot:
barsnpipes.lha aud/mis 2Mb 4.0 A MIDI sequencer with lots of tools
libtre.lha dev/lib 356kb 4.0 regexp matching library, agrep
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 3Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
ami-ingenious.lha gam/boa 1Mb 4.0 Great strategy game with easy to...
wwtbaa.lha gam/boa 4Mb 4.0 Who Wants to be an AmigaN
shp2ilbm.lha gra/con 15kb 4.0 Converts Blitz .shp gfx to .ilbm...
sketchblock.lha gra/edi 3Mb 4.1 Digital Sketching For AmigaOS
viivi.lha gra/vie 75kb 4.0 Picture viewer
aamp-update.lha net/ser 46kb 4.1 AAMP native update - fixes probl...
assist.lha uti/mis 3Mb 4.1 An assistant for AmigaOS users
autocopyfile.lha uti/scr 155kb 4.0 AutoCopyFile copy a file Library...
excalibur.lha uti/wor 1Mb 4.1 Excalibur, a workbench start menu
sysmon.lha uti/wor 346kb 4.1 monitor for Process, Windows (+ ...
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Oct.2012
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 27.10.2012
The following packages have been added until 27.10.2012 to the AROS-Archives:
pforth_v27.i386-aros.lha dev/lan 302kb Forth compiler written in ANSI C
irrxml-1.2.zip lib/mis 1Mb irrXml - a fast and lightweight ...
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Oct.2012
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 27.10.2012
The following packages have been added until 27.10.2012 to the MorphOS-Files:
SteamDraw 2.0 gra/edi 902 Vector graphics editor. Sup...
Scriba 1.1.0 off/tex 6885 A simple WYSIWYG wordproces...
PowerSDL 15.7 sys/lib 1279 A fast and powerful impleme...
Reggae Update 3.1.5 sys/reg 248 Update of Reggae classes fo...
AmiArcadia 19.0 uti/emu 3207 Emulator of many coin-op ma...
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Oct.2012
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WHDLoad: New package until 27.10.2012
With WHDLoad you can install games, demos and intros which originally had to be used from disks on your harddrive. The following installation package has been added until 27.10.2012:
- 2012-10-27 new: Sixiang (Kingsoft) done by Psygore (Info)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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27.Oct.2012
os4welt.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: "A Frog Game" by Entwickler X
"A Frog Game" (Screenshot, Youtube-Video) was written by Entwickler X. "In this game you just have to catch flies."
The AmigaOS 4-port supports hardware-accelerated graphics in 32 Bit to a solution of of 1920x1080 pixels.
For 5 Euro you can purchase the full version which includes an additional bonus ("Time fly", you get a bonus time), a two-player mode and the opportunity to save your highscore at amiboing.de and to achieve "Awards".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 27. Oct. 2012, 18:26] [Comments: 0]
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27.Oct.2012
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Amiga-Emulator: FS-UAE 2.0.1
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE for Windows, Mac OS X 10.5+ (i386, PPC) and Linux (i386, AMD64) is based on WinUAE and can be completely controlled with a joypad.
Now version 2.0.1 is available. A detailed list of changes can be found in the Release Notes.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 27. Oct. 2012, 15:21] [Comments: 0]
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26.Oct.2012
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AROS: Another year in review
Neil Cafferkey has summarized the past 12 months in a status update.
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26.Oct.2012
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Market survey: USB-Adapter for Commodore/Atari joysticks
Retronic Design is now offering a joystick adapter that lets you connect classic Commodore and Atari joysticks to modern computers. Retronic is located in Canada, the product is distributed through ebay.
Similar products are available from various other vendors: Amigakit (not in stock yet), Retrozone (USA) or keio.dk are offering prebuilt solutions. In Germany, retro-donald.de is offering an adapter kit, and last but not least Individual Computer's Keyrah can be used to connect joysticks to your computer - this one just simulates keystrokes though.
For hardware tinkerers who want to build their own adapter from scratch, there's a wide variety of tutorials available:
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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26.Oct.2012
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Interview: Bobby Earl (Dune 2, Hook, Total Recall)
Amiga-user "Codetapper" has interviewed Bobby Earl who developed several well-known commercial games.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Oct. 2012, 15:17] [Comments: 0]
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26.Oct.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Graphic programm SketchBlock 1.7
The latest version of Andy Broad's graphic programm "Sketchblock" (screenshot) introduces among others animbrushes and makes it possible for developers to create graphical user-interfaces. A complete list of changes can be found in the Readme.
SketchBlock-macros require ProAction. For exporting files into different formats than the built-in ILBM, Python Imaging Library is used.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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26.Oct.2012
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Developer tool: vlink 0.14b
Frank Wille has updated vlink which can handle a lot of binary formats and is part of the compiler package vbcc. In version 0.14b a bug was fixed.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Oct. 2012, 15:01] [Comments: 0]
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26.Oct.2012
Grzegorz Kraszewski (ANF)
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MorphOS: Reggae 3.1.5
Grzegorz 'Krashan' Kraszewski has updated his media processing framework for MorphOS, Reggae, to version 3.1.5. New version numbering scheme is synchronized with MorphOS. Any 3.1.x update is for MorphOS 3.1. The update has been available earlier via Grunch package manager, now it is also released as a plain archive with installation script.
The update mostly consists of new and updated classes written for the (now completed) bounty for media writing. There are also numerous bugfixes. All changes are listed in the changelog contained in the archive. Developer documentation and SDK include files are also updated automatically if SDK installation is detected. (snx)
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25.Oct.2012
Rupert Hausberger (ANF)
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Amiga-Emulator: Janus 0.6
Janus is an Amiga emulator written in Javascript and by Rupert Hausberger which works with modern web browsers - although being completely supported only by Chrome currently (amiga-news.de reported).
In the latest version 0.6 AmigaOS 1.x as well as now version 2.04 and AROS are supported. Additionally games like Alien Breed Tower Assault, Project-X Special Edition, Shadow of the Beast 2 or Wings now work.
Changes in version 0.6 (25.10.2012):
- ROM
- Added support for extended-roms.
- AROS kickstart replacement is now the default-rom, and will be downloaded and used on the fly.
- RAM
- Changed internal memory alignment from 8 to 16 bit.
- Added fast-ram support, through a emulated Commodore A2058 in Zorro2-mode.
- Removed the D8DC-memory-option from the GUI. This memory space is now always allocated.
- Sorted access for memory-routines by priority.
- CPU
- Fixed sign-extension for memory to address-register transfers in MOVEM.
- Fixed sign-extension for absolute-word addresses in exEA.
- Fixed wrong address when writing a byte to the stack in ldEA.
- Fixed 32bit calculations for address-regsiters in ADDQ/SUBQ.
- Fixed remainder calculation in DIVU.
- Optimized integer-arithmetic functions. Size depending calcalations are now used.
- Improved exception 2/3 handling.
- More small cleanups not listed here.
- Disk
- Ported latest disk-code from WinUAE. Disk-based problems should be gone now, e.g. floopy shown as BAD or read errors.
- Diskchange does now work.
- Drives can be disabled now.
- DD/HD types are now supported.
- Display
- Added missing support for HAM6.
- Fixed horizontal and vertical screen-centering.
- Fixed screen-draging, almost, read the "Known bugs" section.
- Added better screen-scrolling.
- Input
- Fixed key-mapping to the amiga key-layout, at least in Chrome. Firefox does not like "öäü", it seems.
- Added support for individual configurations of joystick-movement and fire-buttons.
- Fixed bug, that made the fire 1 button on joystick 0 not working.
- Fixed bug in the mouse-movement function, that calculates the wrong coordinates in some cases.
- GUI
- Added eject-button in the disk-change requester.
- Removed the CPU and OCS/ECS options. They are useless so far.
- The "Pause" and "Resume" buttons are once now.
- Made some options only apera when selected.
- Did some cosmetics.
- Misc
- Added support for Zorro2-expansion cards.
- Added a more precise event-handling. This makes the audio-output a little smoother.
- Changed the ratio of CPU-/Chipset-time from 1:8 to 1:4
- Fixed a bug in the RTC. "Year" is now calculated correctly.
- Fixed incorrect response of serial.device. Now crashed programms does reset (and show the guru), instead of idle.
- Any output on the serial.device is now redirected to the debug-log. (dev only)
- Kickstart/Workbench 2.04 and AROS does now work.
- Overall about 10-30% more speed, as long as the blitter is not used too much.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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25.Oct.2012
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AROS: Realtime strategy game Nether Earth, Arcade-Puzzler X-pired, KTEM 2
"serk118" has ported a remake of the realtime classic Nether Earth, the arcade-puzzle game X-pired as well as the shoot'em Up KETM 2 ("Kill Everything That Moves") to AROS.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 25. Oct. 2012, 15:50] [Comments: 0]
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25.Oct.2012
Facebook/Retroguru (ANF)
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Interviews with the Retroguru-Team (Sqrxz) and Rob Hewitt (Timebomb)
The interview serie on amigapd.com was continued with conversations with the Retroguru-Team (Giana's Return, Sqrxz) and Rob Hewitt (Timebomb).
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 25. Oct. 2012, 15:37] [Comments: 0]
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