06.Mar.2025
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Cross-compiler/assembler: Calypsi 5.9
"Calypsi" is a collection of compilers and assemblers that run under Windows, Linux and macOS and can generate code for various retro platforms - 6502 and 68000 processors are supported, among others. Although the project is hosted on Github, the source code is not freely available and use of the tools is only permitted for private purposes. Changes in version 5.9:
- Addsupport for 68060 by omitting instructions not present on this variant. This includes 64-bit divide and multiply,movep, chk2, cmp2, cas2andcas`. A separate set of 68060 libraries is now included.
- Parameter numbering in inline assembly now correctly starts the input list with %0 when there is no output.
- Correct a code generator bug that could occur in some situations when a register variable was used twice in the same expression.
- 6502: Incorrect offset could be used for calculations being made of an argument to a function call. There were a series of conditions for this. 1) There were other byte sized arguments stored in the zero page area later in the argument list; 2) The expression calculation accessed a local variable on the simulated C stack; and 3) Typically the expression called a library routine such as divide and multiply. In such situation the access to the local variable on the C stack could be accessed at the wrong offset.
- MEGA65: Fixed an internal error with banked function pointers used as initializers.
- Some code generator improvements to 6502 and MEGA65.
(cg)
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06.Mar.2025
Amiga 40th Silicon Valley Organisatoren (ANF)
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Event: Further details on "Amiga 40th Anniversary" at VCF West
The "Amiga 40th anniversary" event in Silicon Valley (California) announced in December is now described in more detail by the organizers of the "Vintage Computer Festival West" in a press release. Among other things, an exhibition with "unique historical artifacts from the collection of Dale Luck" and "current innovations from the Amiga community" is announced. There will also be a series of Amiga-focused presentations, but no details have yet been announced. (cg)
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06.Mar.2025
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Antivirus software: xvs.library version 33.48
Georg Wittmann provides version 33.48 of the external virus scanner library xvs.library. Changes since the last release:
- Fixed recognition of 'Disk-Doktors' and 'Suicide Machine' boot viruses to avoid false alarms with harmless bootblocks. The new pattern for 'Disk-Doktors' recognizes all clones too, therefore removed entries 'Disk Doktors BJH', 'Disk Doktors NoFast' and 'Magic Ultra'. Thanks to Jan Andersen of VHT-DK for the sample bootblocks.
- Added 'Mosh 3.0' bootvirus. Thanks to Crashdisk for sending it.
- Added 'Silicon Penetration' bootvirus (actually just a malicious bootblock formatting the disk). Thanks again to Crashdisk for sending that stuff.
- Fixed recognition of 'Xeno' linkviruses to find modified copies too. Thanks again to Crashdisk for the report and an example file.
- Fixed recognition of 'Traveling Jack' linkvirus, the shortest strain hasn't been detected correctly. Thanks once again to Crashdisk for the example file.
- Removed 'Adam Brierley' from the bootvirus brain. This bootblock actually is just some kind of boot-loader and harmless. Thanks to Jan Andersen for the report.
- Fixed recognition of 'VKill' bootvirus to detect damaged copies too that will crash, but at least install parts in memory. Thanks again to Jan Andersen for the example bootblock.
- Added 'Disk-Doktors 2' bootvirus. This is a fixed version of the original virus that works with all Kickstart releases. Thanks to Crashdisk again for the sample.
- Fixed recognition of 'XCopy2' bootvirus to detect modified copies too. Actually this isn't a real virus as it cannot spread, but it modifies pointers and though can be harmful for other programs. Thanks to Crashdisk once again for sending the sample.
- Added 'Nemesis' bootvirus. This one I got from Crashdisk too.
- Added 'Warhawk 1 Aniga' bootvirus, another Warhawk clone found by Crashdisk.
(cg)
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06.Mar.2025
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Multiplatform emulator: Clock Signal 2025-03-05 (macOS, Linux)
Thomas Harte's "Clock Signal" is a multiplatform emulator for macOS and Unix-compatible systems, which aims to protect the user from the typical configuration orgies and to enable the user (quote) "to start classic software directly". In addition to various 8- and 16-bit systems, the Amiga is also emulated. In version 2025-03-05, a bug was fixed that could lead to a crash under macOS when creating a new virtual machine. (cg)
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06.Mar.2025
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AmigaOS 4: SDL 3.2.8
Version 3.2.8 of the multimedia library SDL is now available, which brings the following platform-specific innovations:
- Fix issue with window size after SetWindowPosition
- Prefs: add AISS images to menus
- Ignore destination alpha for target textures
- Remove constructor / destructor workarounds
- Improve OS4_DebugPrintF
- sdl3benchmark: reset random seed before every test
- Support SDL_PROP_APP_METADATA_NAME_STRING and SDL_HINT_APP_NAME
- Improve timer resolution from milliseconds to microseconds
- Cleanup code and makefiles
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06.Mar.2025
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Linux: Kernel 6.12.17 LTS for X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.12.17 LTS ("long-term support"), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. Newly added is the support for Renesas xHCI controllers with firmware, in return Kexec is no longer supported on the X1000, KVM is temporarily disabled on the X5000. (cg)
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06.Mar.2025
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.48
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.99, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial.
In the new version 0.9.48, the possibility of realistically resolving circular collisions has been added, among other things (video). All changes:
- Includes trigger help in PDF, thanks to Andres De Pedro.
- First version of the thumbnail system, for screen to screen games, in Level
Properties screen.
- Action trigger Play Anim now supports playing an animation backwards.
- Added new action trigger Resolve Col(lisions) for realistic circle collision
behaviour.
- Added example ex_action_resolve to show how to use the new trigger
- Added actiton Set Text Image to set an image to be used in the dialogs, the
face of a character or an item, for example.
- Updated ex_UI_bars project to show Set Text Image trigger usage.
- Changes in scroll to allow bigger sprites.
- Image to tiles improvements.
- Changes in file requesters to improve RTG compatibility.
- More safe code when parent of an object is being deleted in the editor.
- Fix for action trigger impact.
- Fix for pick frame in spritesheets bigger than zero.
- Fix for show tile collisions not being updated during runtime.
- Now particles are cleaned when moving to another level.
- UI improvements
- Code refactor
- Amigaguide helper corrections, thanks to Joaquin Ferrero.
(dr)
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05.Mar.2025
Simon Neumann (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: GemRB RPG package 0.8.8
Press release (translation): Steffen Häuser and Alinea Computer are very pleased to present the GemRB RPG package version 0.8.8 for AmigaOS 4. Steffen Häuser is responsible for the porting and the easy installation.
GemRB makes it possible to play the famous PC role-playing games Baldur's Gate 1, Baldur's Gate 2 (called "the best PC role-playing game of all time" by many), Icewind Dale 1 and Planescape: Torment on an Amiga equipped with AmigaOS 4.
Original data from the PC version (on CD or DVD) is required for installation. A PC is not required, the installer makes it possible to install the four games directly on the Amiga. An installation of "Gog" data is also possible as an alternative, but then a "pre-installation" on a PC is necessary - which is why the CD/DVD installation is recommended, as a PC is not required then.
This version of GemRB is based on GemRB 0.8.8 and contains many bug fixes compared to the older version 0.7.2. No manual installation of libraries or editing of configuration files is necessary - the included installer takes care of everything.
This new version is highly optimized and also contains executable files that are specially optimized for certain Amiga models. The following frame rates are achieved:
- AmigaOne x5000 2 GHz - 30 fps at 1024x768
- AmigaOne x1000 1,8 GHz - 25 fps at 800x600
- AmigaOne A1222 1,2 GHz - 18 fps at 640x480
- Sam 440 666 MHz - 15 fps at 640x480
- MicroAmigaOne 800 MHz - 10 fps at 640x480
Special versions exist for the x5000, x1000, Sam 440, Sam 460 and A1222 models, plus an executable file that runs on all systems. The minimum configuration is a Sam 440, the recommended configuration is a Sam 460 or higher.
The add-ons "BG1: Tales of the Swordcoast", "BG2: Throne of Bhaal" and "IWD: Heart of Winter" are also playable (and can be installed using the installer).
The games were tested with the German, English, multi-language (German, English, French, Italian, Spanish) and Polish versions. The versions of BG1, BG2 and ID1 on the Computerbild games cover DVD (bg1:12/2008, bg2:12/2008 Gold and id1:03/2009) and of Torment on the GameStar cover DVD (07/2006) can also be installed with the installer.
In addition to the AmigaOS 4 version, a WarpOS version will be released soon as well, which has already been successfully tested with 25 fps (640x480) on a Ragnarök PCI-PPC card overclocked to 1 GHz. Whether it is possible to create a version for PiStorm and Vampire is still being evaluated.
The game package is available as a digital download from the Alinea Computer online store at the title link.
Screenshots:
(snx)
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05.Mar.2025
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Video: Feeding the audio signal into an RGB2HDMI adapter
In the video at the title link, Robert Smith demonstrates how he installs an HDMI audio embedder in his Amiga 500 in order to output also sound via an RGB2HDMI adapter. (snx)
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05.Mar.2025
Akustikrausch (E-Mail)
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Podcast: Amiga's Lost Future - The Secrets Commodore Never Told You
The latest episode of the Binary Beats podcast looks at Commodore's unreleased projects such as the AAA chipset, Hombre and other failed innovations. (snx)
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05.Mar.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 173
The English and German issue 173 (March/April 2025) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Content of the current issue includes, besides several reviews, for example an interview with Richard Leinfellner and a special about the life of an AmigaOS 4 betatester. (snx)
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04.Mar.2025
Riccardo Carletti (ANF)
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Short film: "Another World - The Film" on YouTube
A tribute to the action adventure game "Another World", developed by Delphine Software and released in 1991, was posted on YouTube by filmmaker Riccardo Carletti. The short film was produced with the permission of Eric Chahi, the creator of the original game, and remains faithful to the game's plot. The film is available in an English version as well as in the original Italian version with English subtitles. (nba)
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04.Mar.2025
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Fast file and image transfer: MailSender 1.03 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS
MailSender minimises the effort required to send files and images by e-mail and offers a user-friendly interface. The new program from Zoltan Lazar offers the following functions, among others:
- image conversion: automatic conversion of images to JPG format
- resizing: on-the-fly image size adjustment
- archiving: optional zipping of files in a ZIP archive or creation of a PDF document before sending
The e-mails are sent via SMTP or SMTPS protocol. The user simply has to drop the file(s) or entire directories into the program window and specify an e-mail address for the recipient. Optionally, a password can be set and a subject and content text can be written. The e-mail is sent by clicking on the Send button.
MailSender is available in version 1.03 for AmigaOS 4 and for MorphOS, free of charge. (nba)
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04.Mar.2025
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 167 (Italian/English)
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.
The latest issue 167 contains numerous game reviews for other retro systems as well as reviews of three Amiga games: Cyber Man, Riviera '79 und Tony: Montezuma's Gold. (nba)
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03.Mar.2025
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Proof of concept: RallyXSE
Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen presents the start of a proof of concept in a short video that shows how to create a car rally game with the Scorpion Engine. (dr)
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03.Mar.2025
Taiwanrider
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Video: Forgotten Town - A story of early German Hardcore Techno
The video documentary "Forgotten Town - A story of early German Hardcore Techno" (vimeo link) tells the story of the origins of the scene magazine "Hakke" (webarchive link), which was produced in Chemnitz (Germany) in the 1990s . All issues of the magazine were produced with an Amiga 4000 from 'JaDe'.
Almost all productions of the Borschtsch project, such as Get High, were also produced with the Amiga: initially with the Oktalyzer, later productions then with OctaMED Soundstudio and various MIDI devices.
All the background music in the film is produced by Borschtsch and on the Amiga. (dr)
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03.Mar.2025
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Emulator: Denise v2.5
Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independant emulator which since version 2.0 can emulate an Amiga 500 and Amiga 1000 (Kickstart disks are required) in addition to a C64 (German YouTube video). Version 2.5, which has now been released, offers the following changes:
- added 1581 floppy drive
- added SuperCPU
- support SuperCPU + REU (e.g. Sonic without slowdowns)
- added option to boost DRAM accesses (speedup Wolf3D)
- support Metal Dust burst loader (new CIA's only and in UI check CIA Burst modification)
- added Final Chesscard
- support options to overclock (up to 115 MHz)
- hint: latest BROM v3.6 from IBM PC ISA-cartridge can be used too
- added MagicDesk 2 (SNK vs CAPCOM Stronger Edition)
- added Easycalc, Hyperbasic, Businessbasic cartridges
- added StarDOS, SuperCard+
- added 4 and 8 player adapter for C64
- added option to toggle 1541C track zero sensor
- Linux: built flatpak
- Linux: improve detection of Bluetooth controller
- Windows: support USB adapter for DB9 retro joysticks
- additional sound profile for C64 added to differentiate between 5 1/4" and 3.5" drives
- configurations are shown in a tree view for subfolder support
- updated reSID code
- hide mouse cursor after 2 seconds of inactivity and becomes visible again when moved
- fix VIC-II sprite collision bug
- fix A1000 blitter busy bug
- fix A1000 WOM lock during reset instruction
Denise is available cross platform for Windows 32/64 XP and higher, macOS (from version 10.9 on, Intel and Arm) and Linux (Ubuntu). (dr)
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02.Mar.2025
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Aminet uploads until 01.03.2025
The following files have been added until 01.03.2025 to Aminet:
MailSender_MOS.lha comm/mail 6.0M MOS send pictures and/or fi...
MailSender_OS4.lha comm/mail 6.6M OS4 send pictures and/or fi...
amigassh.lha comm/net 111K OS3 SSH2 for the Amiga
libiconv-1.4.lha dev/lib 2.4M VAR Characterset Conversion...
xmdump.lha dev/misc 555K OS3 Analyze AmigaDOS progra...
Voodoo.lha driver/vid 25K OS3 Voodoo P96 driver
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 4.4M MOS Multi-game Character Ed...
Piramide_AROS.lha game/think 4.6M ARO remove all cards from t...
Piramide_MorphOS.lha game/think 4.5M MOS remove all cards from t...
Piramide_OS4.lha game/think 4.9M OS4 remove all cards from t...
PrayForUkraine.lha mods/8voic 391K GEN 16bit 13ch Piano/Violin...
unshield-1.5.1.lha util/arc 1.6M VAR Extract/list InstallShi...
IdentifyLib_FR.lha util/libs 25K GEN French catalog and docs...
(snx)
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02.Mar.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 01.03.2025
The following files have been added until 01.03.2025 to OS4Depot:
libiconv.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.1 Character Set Library (Linked St...
piramide.lha gam/car 5Mb 4.0 remove all cards from the pyramid
mailsender.lha net/ema 7Mb 4.0 The most simple application to s...
unshield.lha uti/arc 2Mb 4.1 Tool and library to extract CAB ...
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AROS Archives uploads until 01.03.2025
The following files have been added until 01.03.2025 to AROS Archives:
wildmidi.x86_64-aros-v11.zip aud/pla 460kb Midi Player
piramide_aros.lha gam/car 5Mb remove all cards from the pyramid
amigakeyremaper.x86_64-ar... uti/mis 57kb Simple program that swaps left/r...
cls.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/she 41kb CLear Screen command
switch.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/wor 78kb Screens/windows switcher commodity
zapperng.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/wor 56kb Change the behaviour of the zoom...
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 01.03.2025
The following files have been added until 01.03.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
Piramide_1.0.lha Games/Card Solitaire card game - r...
MCE_15.30.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
VAMP_3.20.lha Multimedia A Multimedia Player pro...
MailSender_1.03.lha Network/Email Send pictures and/or fi...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 01.03.2025
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 01.03.2025:
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02.Mar.2025
Amiga.org (forum)
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New York Post illustrates Citibank accounting error with Amiga 2000
The New York Post illustrated the fact that Citibank recently made a false entry of 81 trillion US dollars with the photo of an Amiga 2000 with a 1084S monitor - presumably not coincidentally alluding to inadequate control software.
User comments on Reddit at the title link suggest therefore that the bank should switch to more modern computer equipment - such as a CD³². (snx)
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02.Mar.2025
RetroGames e.V. (ANF)
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Photos and video of the special exhibition "40 years of Amiga" in Karlsruhe
As reported, a special exhibition "40 years of Amiga" can be visited on Saturdays in Karlsruhe (Germany). An illustrated short report from the vernissage on January 10 can now be seen at the title link, and a video recording of Petro Tyschtschenko's speech has also been published. (snx)
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02.Mar.2025
Amiga Future (website)
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German Amiga Podcast: Issue 20
The twentieth edition of the "German Amiga Podcast" (GAP) visits 'Tinomania', who is hosting the Amiga Ruhrpott Convention 2025 with his team on June 21. (snx)
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01.Mar.2025
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Picture collection: Update of the Amiga Graphics Archive
The "Amiga Graphics Archive" has been supplemented by numerous pictures from graphics competitions of the German Amiga magazine. Since there were already some more pictures from this magazine in the archive, there is also a new overview page with all pixel graphics from the Amiga magazine. (cg)
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01.Mar.2025
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Axe'n Crossbow
"Amiga Games That Weren't" provides information on 'Axe'n Crossbow', a project by Fuzzball graphic artist Tomas Dahlgren also known as 'Seven Gates of Hell', which combines elements from various arcade games such as Elevator Action, Temple of Doom, Kung-Fu Master and Rolling Thunder in a medieval setting. (cg)
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01.Mar.2025
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Individual Computers: ACA1260Tool 0.98
"ACA1260Tool" is used to configure the ACA1240/1260 turbo cards from Individual Computers and can be started both from the Workbench and from the shell. Version 0.98, which has now been released, contains the following changes:
- added commandline option to show the commandline help
- added commandline option to select fan profile
- added commandline option to enable IDE speeder
- added commandline option that shows all kinds of info (WIP)
(cg)
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01.Mar.2025
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Open source A4091 software package: A4091 version 42.31
For ReA4091, the open source replica of Commodore's Fast SCSI2 controller "A4091", there is now also an open source software package available, which contains AmigaOS drivers, a ROM image, a test utility and software for debugging the driver. Version 42.31 was released two days ago. (cg)
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01.Mar.2025
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Field report part 1: Checkmate display, tests with various retro systems
In a blog entry, 'Epsilon' presents two examples of the crowdfunded Checkmate 19” IPS Retro Monitor in detail and tests the display with various retro systems. A planned second part will examine the interaction with numerous other 8- and 16-bit systems. (cg)
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01.Mar.2025
AmigaKit (Mail)
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A600GS: Software update 46.1.1015
A further software update has been released for AmigaKit's A600GS emulator platform, which is available for download to registered AmiSphere customers and includes the following changes:
A600GS
- Add Italian language translation thanks to Samir Hawamdeh
- Add test for RDB based HDFs, when RDB found omit altered options to allow correct handling by AmiBerry
- Suppress editing of DEVICE VOLUME and BOOTPRI for RDB based HDFs as these are all in the control of the RDB
- Add option to limit Z3 memory space used to 1Gb, this should allow RTG and Z3 memory to be used on OS variants that inadvertently impose this limit.
YAM
YAM v2.10 has been rebuilt with important bug fixes implemented. A new YAM support page has been added to the Wiki for A600GS / A1200NG users.
- Regenerate the flex generated C files from HTML2Mail.l and ParseMail.l with flex version 4.6 (run on the A600gs itself 🙂 ) as the OS4 version used for cross compiling was just slightly too old and caused occasional crashes.
- Fix bug in RecipientString GoActive method, custom MUI class that could set the same input handler on the window more than once and cause lock-ups due to queueing a node twice.
- Fix equivalent issue in GoInactive method
The last two fix an issue with the Forward window locking up and also the Edit draft window in some circumstances
AmiBerry
Minor refactor of Z3mem options parsing to allow setting up of multiple Z3 memory "cards" , the previous parser would overwrite the same memory bank with the subsequant options causing some quirky side effects! The end result of this is to allow combinations of memory like 512 + 256 (for 768 total.) (cg)
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01.Mar.2025
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement in the last two months. Readers willing to help out with translating articles into other languages are asked to contact David 'Daff' Brunet.
- News from January/February 2025.
- News: wolfSSL shows its face on the Amiga.
- Old articles from Generation 4 issues 32 to 35:
- Review of Cadaver
- Review of Snow Bros
- News: Captain Planet, the hero of the 1991 autumn season
- News: Compact Disc invades the computer world
- File: Origin, an explosive evolution
- Review of 7 Colors
- Review of Champion Of The Raj
- News: The 4 D'Or 1990
- File: Arachnophobia, the film, the game
- Review of Brat
- Review of Midwinter 2
- etc.
- Interview with Simon Neumann (director of Alinea Computer).
- Interview with Daniel Pesina (Mortal Kombat character).
- Review of MorphOS 3.18 and 3.19 (update).
- Hardware: PiStorm32-lite with Emu68 1.0.
- The best of Byte from April 1992 to January 1993.
- File: Tribute to Martyn Brown (1967-2024).
- File: Graphics cards for Sam440ep-Flex.
- File: The Amiga Games List (update).
- File: The IFF ILBM format.
- The GEnie conference of 22 August 1993 on "the Amiga truth".
- Tutorial: Using MirrorCopy on MorphOS.
- Tutorial: Tips on installing the TF1260.
- Programming: Assembler - Using the VERTB interrupt on the Amiga.
- Special quiz about the year 2024 on the Amiga.
(cg)
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28.Feb.2025
Howard Price
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Amiga disassembler with emulator: Aira Force 0.9.1 (Windows, Linux, macOS & RPi)
With Version 0.9.0, Howard Price released a major update of his disassembler Aira Force (Video) for Amiga programs under Windows/64-bit, Windows/32-bit, macOS, Linux/64-bit and the Raspberry Pi. The new version 0.9.1 offers the following features:
- Amiga audio DMA emulation
- Experimental audio out (use at your own risk)
- Emulator optimisations
- macOS Universal Binaries
- Other bits and bobs
The author has written a detailed description of the changes in his developer diary. (dr)
[News message: 28. Feb. 2025, 06:36] [Comments: 0]
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28.Feb.2025
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Real-time strategy: First early demo version of "King Arthur's Campaign"
After its train simulator "Trans-Pennine Express" (amiga-news.de reported), 'lifeschool' has started a new project: a real-time strategy game with some "Defender of the Crown" influences. The playing field in "King Arthur's Campaign" can be seen from a bird's eye view, the units are freely movable. The game is set in Roman times.
Basically, the author is interested in the use of arrays in this game: by copying all X and Y coordinates of all units into an array each turn, he wants to be able to quickly check whether units have met. He has now released a first early demo version 0.3 as a hard disc image. (dr)
[News message: 28. Feb. 2025, 06:12] [Comments: 1 - 28. Feb. 2025, 17:53]
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28.Feb.2025
2Bit Combo
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Run'n Gun: Demo update of "Operation Steel Rain"
"Operation Steel Rain" is supposed to become a Run'n Gun for AGA Amigas, developed with the help of the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The updated demo version includes the following changes:
- Aiming control: Not exactly what I really wanted, but the player can fire in 45 degrees now, up and down
- Infantry enemies
- a few fixes
(dr)
[News message: 28. Feb. 2025, 05:41] [Comments: 0]
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28.Feb.2025
Thomas Harte
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8-/16-Bit emulator for macOS: Clock Signal v2025-02-26
Thomas Harte's Clock Signal is an emulator for various 8- and 16-bit platforms aiming to be invisible to the user. The idea is to simply start the source medium without configuring the emulator oneself. Clock Signal is available for Mac OS and Unix-compatible systems. Amiga emulation is included as well. Changes:
- adds nascent Commodore 16/Plus 4 emulation, a work-in-progress;
- fixes a potential crash at startup for the MSX 2;
- reduces potential memory leaks for any machine that uses disks;
- improves the Mac UI with: a modern icon, improved menu wording and closer-to-QuickTime behaviour for showing the in-window machine controls; and
- experimentally, primarily for the ZX Spectrum and on macOS only, attempts automatically to relaunch media that has been changed by an external program (e.g. if you reassemble software you are developing).
(dr)
[News message: 28. Feb. 2025, 05:31] [Comments: 0]
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