27.Feb.2024
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Preview video: Dungeon Crawler "The Cthulhu Project"
At the end of last year, we introduced Maurice Doerr's dungeon crawler "The Cthulhu Project". In another preview video, he now shows interactions with computer-controlled characters (NPCs) for the first time. (dr)
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27.Feb.2024
Cameron Armstrong (Mail)
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AI assistant for Amiga development: "Amiga Guru"
Cameron Armstrong, author of the chat program AmigaGPT (amiga-news.de reported), has created a custom GPT based on the Amiga documentation so that it is much more accurate for Amiga development than the standard ChatGPT.
Since ChatGPT sometimes knows quite little about Amiga development (and therefore often gives wrong, albeit convincing, answers), he has created a custom GPT tailored to Amiga development.
It has been trained on the entire contents of all current editions of the official reference manuals, some third-party Amiga development books and all current documentation autodocs for AmigaOS 3.2 and 4.1.
Chatting with custom GPTs requires a ChatGPT Plus subscription. (dr)
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26.Feb.2024
Puni/Void (ANF)
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Diskmagazine: Voting on Amiga demoscene charts for Versus #10
Issue 10 of Versus, the disk magazine of the demo groups Nukleus and Void with the Amiga demoscene charts, is in preparation and the voting has started. At the title link you can name your favorites for AmigaOS (OCS/ECS) and AmigaOS 4, whereby not all fields in the corresponding tables have to be filled in. (snx)
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26.Feb.2024
ANF
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AmigaOS 4: Audio editor Rave 1.7
Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka has released version 1.7 of his audio editor "Rave". The program requires AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 2 and the Enhancer-Core classes from A-EON Technology.
Die Änderungen in der Version 1.7:
- The program now keeps a list of recently opened files, and has an associated item in the Project menu for quickly opening these files again
- Reworked the file requester, which now features a more flexible Access Panel with a user-definable Favourites section
- Another addition to the file requester is the Browsing History pop-up for selecting recently used paths
- Fixed a playback-related bug that would make Rave unresponsive, waiting for a signal that never arrives
- Updated documentation
Download: rave.lha (3 MB) (snx)
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26.Feb.2024
Amitopia (ANF)
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Web browser: AmiFox 0.6
AmiFox, first released a year ago, displays modern web pages on an Amiga or under AROS by downloading and displaying the pages converted to images by a web rendering proxy ("AmiFox server").
New features of version 0.6 include the ability to set the preferred language so that Google and other sites do not always appear in Finnish (the public AmiFox server is located in Finland), and a history of the websites visited. (snx)
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26.Feb.2024
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 155 (Italian/English) - 10th anniversary
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.
Amiga-related, the current issue is about the games Roach Motel and Spheroid as well as the program PageSetter 3. (snx)
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25.Feb.2024
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Aminet uploads until 24.02.2024
The following files have been added until 24.02.2024 to Aminet:
SonosController_AROS.lha comm/misc 2.6M x86 Control Sonos speakers with y...
SonosController_MOS.lha comm/misc 2.6M MOS Control Sonos speakers with y...
SonosController_OS3.lha comm/misc 2.2M 68k Control Sonos speakers with y...
SonosController_OS3fp... comm/misc 2.1M 68k Control Sonos speakers with y...
SonosController_OS4.lha comm/misc 3.0M OS4 Control Sonos speakers with y...
SonosController_WOS.lha comm/misc 2.5M WOS Control Sonos speakers with y...
amigassh.lha comm/net 32K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga
AmiGemini.lha comm/net 342K AOS Gemini/Spartan/Gopher/Finger/...
BSDSocket-Extension.lha dev/amos 35K 68k Use bsdsocket.library in AMOS...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 5.6M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
escribed_ellipse.pdf docs/misc 107K ellipse targetted through 5 p...
anaiis.lha driver/oth 241K 68k ANAIIS USB Stack Release 1.24
anaiis_boot.lha driver/oth 268K 68k ANAIIS USB Boot disk Release ...
anaiis_massive.lha driver/oth 46K 68k Massive release 1.24
RescueLander.lha game/actio 118K 68k Land on Earth, Moon or Mars t...
MCE.lha game/edit 4.0M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.6M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
Chocolate_DOOM.lha game/shoot 2.5M 68k Amiga port of Chocolate DOOM
Pana_SX-KC600.lha mods/mpg 4.5M Music played by Panasonic SX-...
hippoplayerSource.lha mus/play 2.0M HippoPlayer source code
hippoplayerupdate.lha mus/play 402K 68k Updated HippoPlayer
GF4RSID1.zip pix/misc 76K Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
GF4RSID2.zip pix/misc 81K Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
GF4RSID3.zip pix/misc 78K Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
GF4RSID4.zip pix/misc 83K Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
GF4RSID5.zip pix/misc 81K Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
GF4RSID6.zip pix/misc 85K Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
GF4RSID7.zip pix/misc 77K Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
GF4RSID8.zip pix/misc 75K Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
GF4RSID9.zip pix/misc 78K Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
GF4RSIDA.zip pix/misc 79K Grad. Fonts for RSI Demo Make...
GF4RSIDB.zip pix/misc 79K Grad. Fonts for RSI Demo Make...
GF4RSIDC.zip pix/misc 80K Grad. Fonts for RSI Demo Make...
GF4RSIDD.zip pix/misc 76K Grad. Fonts for RSI Demo Make...
NAFCYI1991S1-B04.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B05.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B06.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B07.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B08.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B09.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B10.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B11.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B12.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B13.zip text/bfont 2.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B14.zip text/bfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B15.zip text/bfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B16.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B17.zip text/bfont 2.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B21.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B22.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B23.zip text/bfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B24.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B25.zip text/bfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-04.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-05.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-06.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-07.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-08.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-09.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-10.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-11.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-12.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-13.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-14.zip text/pfont 1.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-15.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-16.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-17.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-21.zip text/pfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-22.zip text/pfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-23.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-24.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-25.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
gcr1.1.lha util/cli 5K 68k Show console window resolutio...
HexSee_OS4.lha util/misc 399K OS4 Hex File Viewer (OS4 version)
iGame.lha util/misc 438K 68k Front-end for WHDLoad
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 662K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 834K OS4 Multipurpose utility
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 18M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
AppLauncher_sbar.lha util/wb 43K MOS Run apps from the screenbar
(snx)
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25.Feb.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 24.02.2024
The following files have been added until 24.02.2024 to OS4Depot:
sonoscontroller.lha aud/mis 3Mb 4.1 Control Sonos speakers with your...
mce.lha gam/uti 5Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
amigemini.lha net/bro 342kb 4.0 Gemini/Spartan/Gopher/Finger/Nex...
rvncd.lha net/ser 115kb 4.1 Amiga VNC Server
hexsee.lha uti/fil 399kb 4.1 Hex File Viewer
igame.lha uti/mis 438kb 4.0 Front-end for WHDLoad
reportplus.lha uti/mis 834kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
amiupdate_dan.lha uti/wor 20kb 4.0 Danish catalog files for AmiUpdate
amiupdate_deu.lha uti/wor 20kb 4.0 German catalog files for AmiUpdate
amiupdate_fra.lha uti/wor 21kb 4.0 AmiUpdate French Catalog
amiupdate_ita.lha uti/wor 47kb 4.0 Italian catalog files for AmiUpdate
amiupdate_spa.lha uti/wor 19kb 4.1 Spanish catalog files for AmiUpdate
wb2filer.lha uti/wor 48kb 4.0 Hack to run Filer when dbl-click...
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25.Feb.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 24.02.2024
The following files have been added until 24.02.2024 to AROS Archives:
usbmidi.i386-aros.lha dri/aud 66kb MidiDriver with source
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25.Feb.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 24.02.2024
The following files have been added until 24.02.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
AppLauncher_2.6.lha Ambient/Screenbar Run your apps from the ...
Protrekkr_2.6.5.lha Audio/Tracker A hybrid of modern day ...
SonosController_1.4.lha Devices/Speakers Control your Sonos spea...
iGame_2.4.6.lha Games/Launcher A frontend to launching...
Woof_14.0.0.lha Games/Shoot3D Woof! is a continuation...
Easy2Install_1.0b49.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do...
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25.Feb.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 24.02.2024
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 24.02.2024:
- 2024-02-23 new: Spectral (The Black Lotus) done by Psygore (Info, Image)
- 2024-02-21 new: Panacea (The Black Lotus) done by Psygore (Info, Image)
- 2024-02-21 improved: Darkside (The Black Lotus) caches are enabled on 68020/030 without MMU system too now (Info, Image)
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25.Feb.2024
Forum 64 (Webseite)
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DIY: "Joystick Reanimator" repairs micro switches using electric impulses
C64 fan 'GI-Joe' - a service technician in real life - has come across many faulty microswitches in his professional life. The silver-plated switching contacts of switches that only have to switch very low currents were often oxidized: the arcing that occurs at higher currents, which "cleans" the oxidizing contacts in a kind of self-cleaning function, does not occur at lower currents. Sooner or later, the electrical resistances become too high due to the oxidizing switching contacts, even though the switch switches mechanically perfectly.
To solve this problem with the microswitches built into many joysticks, GI-Joe invented the "Joystick Reanimator": A joystick that no longer works is connected to the device. When the stick is moved or a fire button is pressed, the associated switch is then activated with a current high enough to generate the "self-cleaning" arc. The circuit board also contains connection sockets for a multimeter so that the electrical resistances of the microswitches built into the joystick can be easily tested.
German and English instructions as well as all documents required for reproduction (including circuit diagram, assembly list and KiCad project files) are available for download. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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24.Feb.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 167 - preview and excerpts
Previews and excerpts from Amiga Future 167 (March/April 2024) have been published on the magazine's website. Amongst other things, this issue features the following topics:
- Show report: Passione Amiga Day 2023
- Interview: Michael Kafke (ASM Game)
- Preview: Jari-Matti Rally
- Review: The last Dungeon
- Review: Adventure 1 & 2
- Review: Jack the Pit
- Review: Spheroid
- Review: Ami-H.E.R.O.
- Review: Stuntman Seymour
- Review: Board game vs Amiga: Darts
- Review: FS-UAE 3.1
- Review: Frotz
- Review: Santa´s Workout III - Silent Night
- Review: Denise – ITX Amiga 500
- Review: Super Delivery Boy: The Holiday Shift
- Review: Amiblaster Clockport Edition
- Review: Pi Storm #2
- Book Review: PHP 8 und MySQL
- Demoscene: Soil, Knight Chips
- Workshop: Dynamic websites with PHP
The staff asks all Amiga Future subscribers to check that they supplied both their current postal and e-mail addresses to the team. The Amiga Future gets packed and shipped a few days prior to its actual release date, so any changes or updates to the address should passed on to AF before we dispatch it. Bear in mind that requests to forward on mail usually do not cover magazines.
The team also asks that you check that your subscription fee(s) are paid - apparently, quite a few subscription fees are still not fully paid. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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24.Feb.2024
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Controlling Sonos speakers: SonosController 1.4 for all Amiga systems
Known for his Workbench simulation TAWS, Michael Rupp has also been working on his Amiga program for controlling Sonos loudspeakers since 2021: SonosController (amiga-news.de reported). He has now released version 1.4, for the first time also for AROS and thus for all Amiga systems, written in the Hollywood 10.
As the author reports, he had set up AROS One 2.4 on his older "tinker PC", including a functioning network, and was finally able to test the AROS version of the Sonos controller. After implementing a workaround for a small Zune bug, everything now also works with AROS. The changes in the new version:
- NEW: first release for AROS x86
- NEW: ARexx command REINDEX to invoke re-indexing the Sonos music library
- NEW: include all icons in every distribution in new subdrawer "Icons"
- NEW: include additional icons by AMIGASYSTEM (thanks Carlos!)
- IMPROVED: reloading the browser with F5 will not loose the selected position and item anymore.
- FIXED: loading of data (playlists, queues, etc.) is no longer limited to 100 entries (bug introduced with 1.3).
- FIXED: if network is off the app won't crash on startup but show an error message.
- FIXED: possible crash when clicking the "looking for Sonos..." entry.
(dr)
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23.Feb.2024
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Power supply adaptor: STL files for 3D printing a 'PowerShark' case
On printables.com, 'Shred' has released designs for a 3D printable case for the USB power supply adaptor Powershark. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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23.Feb.2024
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TCP networking on Kickstart 1.3: AmigaNOS tutorial
KA9Q aka "NOS" is an early TCP stack designed for Packet Radio or computers with serial connections. The existing Amiga port is compatible with Kickstart 1.3 and supports both SLIP as well as PPP.
In his tutorial, 'neongod' describes - in authentic 90's internet visual design - how he installed and configured AmigaNOS on his Amiga 500 and networked it to a Raspberry Pi using a serial cable. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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23.Feb.2024
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Book: "68000 - The Flame Wars" available, sales discount
The German-French coproduction "68000: The Flame Wars" (initially: "STAMIGA: The Flame Wars") covers the competition between Amiga and Atari ST in the second half of the 1980ies combining factual and opinion-based approaches. Starting last June, the book could be preordered, now it is in stock and can be purchased regularly from the Germen publisher Microzeit.
The hardcover edition costs 44,90 Euro plus shipping, customers will also be supplied with a free PDF version. If you use the code "45 Years MC68000" when purchasing, you get a 4,90 Euro discount. The first 20 customers using this code will also be supplied with a free "Flame-Pack" (refer to "Perks" of the original crowdfunding campaign for details). (cg) (Translation: cg)
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22.Feb.2024
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Book: "AmigaOS 3.2 – Das Handbuch" available, English version announced
The German book "AmigaOS 3.2 - Das Handbuch" ("AmigaOS 3.2 - The Reference Manual") has been published by Look Behind You. It has 512 pages and is available both as a hardcover book and as a PDF file.
The official press release can be found in our corresponding German news-item. Also an English version of the book has been announced. (cg) (Translation: snx)
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22.Feb.2024
AmigaPortal.de (ANF)
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Coders wanted for an AGA remake of Cryos 'Dune'
Graphic designer 'barjack' is designing a remake of Cryo's classic adventure Dune for AGA based Amiga computers. The new version will preserve the original story, but expand it with new locations, characters and storylines. On top of that it is intended to look a lot better, given that it targets AGA and uses the full PAL resolution - a few example illustrations are supposed to showcase the improved visuals:
Several planned changes to the gameplay have been outlined so far:
- Battles will be fought in an isometric 3D environment, they will be turn based affairs inspired by tactical RPGs
- The resource management part of the game will be expanded with additional trade options
- 6 new characters from Frank Herbert's ScienceFiction novel that the original game is based on
- bigger playfield: the palace is mentioned as an example - it will contain 42 locations now, not just 11
- All locations and characters will feature their own illustrations, all groups will feature their own leader
Barjack has announced his project on amigafrance.com a few days ago, asking for interested coders - preferably native french speakers, to make communication easier. He states he has been contacted by three interested programmers so far, they will be supplied with detailed specifications of his design to see if they're interested to implement it.
Work on the design was started in mid 2023. If the final game will run on a stock A1200 or require a 68030 and some FastRAM is yet to be determined. The game will be distributed for free, but barjack would like to create a limited run of a physical edition. (cg)
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21.Feb.2024
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amiga-news.de: Server update on Friday evening
This Friday evening, amiga-news.de's server will be upgraded to a newer version of Debian Linux resulting in a short period of downtime for the website. Since the update was tested several times in a test environment, we're confident update will be painless and expect the job to take less than half an hour. (cg)
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