15.May.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Emulator: Preview to WinUAE 1.5.0
As usual the developers of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE give a short preview to the forthcoming version. WinUAE 1.5.0 will be published in June and will be the first version which will require at least Windows 2000/XP/Vista - older versions of Windows will be not supported any longer.
New features and improvements in WinUAE 1.5.0:
- Picasso96 emulation rewrite:
- Major speed increase
- Optimized blitter operations
- Hardware (flicker free) mouse cursor emulated
- Picasso96 <> native switch without screen/window reopening if
old and new size matches (instant mode switching)
- Fullscreen to fullscreen switch without desktop flashing
- Color space conversion, all RTG color depths supported in windowed
mode as long as Windows desktop has same or higher color depth
- Simple scaling support added, fill to whole screen instead of
switching resolution. (Useful with low resolution games and demos in
windowed mode or if host resolutions like 320x200 are not supported)
- Configurable 15/16/24/32 bit color space formats
- Filter update:
- Scaling and centering are now more intuitive (NOTE: old settings
are not compatible)
- "FS" scale multiplier added (fill whole screen)
- "1/2" scale multipler added
- Hq3x and hq4x filters added
- Onscreen leds are not filtered anymore
- Keep aspect ratio option added
- PCMCIA SRAM card emulation, includes real PCMCIA SRAM card support
- ROM scanner byteswapped and even/odd ROM image support
- Multithreaded AVI recording, huge speed increase with 2+ core CPUs
- Right mouse button over image selection buttons opens favorites menu
(can add/remove/edit shortcut paths to disk/rom/harddrive images)
- Sprite emulation updates, sprite doublescan support improved
(for example Fantastic Dizzy CD32 background), yet another missing
undocumented feature implemented
- More compatible with timing changes caused by power saving features
- Missing uaescsi.device CMD_GETGEOMETRY added
- Debugger, GUI debugger improvements
- A600/A1200/A4000 IDE emulation LBA48 (>128G) support
- Input handling is more Windows-like, only release mouse/joystick/keyboard
when WinUAE loses focus (previously when mouse was not captured)
- Added 1.5M Chip RAM and 384M/768/1.5G Z3 RAM (configures two emulated
RAM boards) configurations
Fixed bugs in WinUAE 1.5.0:
- uaenet.device random deadlock fix, NSCMD_DEVICEQUERY works correctly
- Gayle interrupt handling update
- CPU emulation fixes, EXTB.L and CHK.L was 68000 (should be 68020+)
- Sprite emulation fix, Super Skid Marks hires mode cars and Marvin's
Marvellous Adventure score/cloud interference
- Sound emulation fix, fixes Weird Dreams hospital scene sound problem
- More compatible CD32 state restore support
- AGA mode sprite garbage may have appeared in some cases. (1.4.5+)
- DOS formatted HD floppy image crash
- Rare harddrive detection crash
- CD32 compatibility improved (Liberation CD32)
- Display emulation fix, mixed interlaced and non-interlaced modes don't
cause random display errors anymore, same with doublescanned
interlaced modes. (for example hires-mode Pinball Illusions)
- Autoconfig emulation update, Action Replay 3 does not detect
non-existing fast RAM board anymore
- Some lha/lzh archives mounted as a harddrive crashed
- Mousehack (tablet) mode works again
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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15.May.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga Guru Book: Reprint canceled
The more up to date English edition of Ralph Babel's "Amiga Guru Book" will be not printed.
According to the distributor of the older German edition, APC&TCP, the project was canceled because of scanned pirate copies. These have caused a loss of money and time. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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14.May.2008
Matthias "maz" Ziegs (ANF)
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Demo scene: New edition of the book FREAX Volume 1?
"Freax Volume 1" is called a book about the history of the C64 and Amiga demo scene. The book which was published in 2005 is sold out. If there are at least 100 reservations the author would print another edition.
For further information please have a look at the website (content, example chapter, photos and reservation).
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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14.May.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Podcast: Amiga Round Table, Episode 24
The "Amiga Round Table" (ART) is an English Podcast created by Rich Lawrence and Mike Blackburn where Amiga users and invited guests discuss the current events of the Amiga scene. Topics of the 24th issue:
- Zorro II/III DMA USB 2.0 controller for all Zorro capable Amigas!
- Eric Schwartz Interview at AROS Show
- Origyn Web Browser 1.24
- VLC 0.8.6 Media Player
- Frodo the commodore 64 emulator hits the iphone
- Nice Commodore 64 music (third track is really really good!)
- Justwhat justin?
- The wiki/Amiga_OS needs your help (asking people to participate)
- Confessions of A Drunk - Episode 5!
Direct link: ART20080511.mp3
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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14.May.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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New update for Desert Racing available
Press release: A new update for Desert Racing is available today. Optimizations have been made for a better performance. The visibility range has been raised and can now be set directly in the game or by using a tooltype.
The update is available directly from APC&TCP (Andreas@apc-tcp.de subject: Desert Racing) via email without a charge for all owners of the full version.
We need your real name and address for the update. If Desert Racing has been bought from a dealer we need the dealer name aswell.
We are working simultaneously on the update and a port for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.May.2008
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Aminet-Uploads until 12.05.2008
These are the latest uploads to Aminet which have been added since our last message:
FussballBundesliga.lha biz/misc 34K GEN TurboCalc Spreadsheet Football (german)
Blitz_PM.lha dev/basic 60K OS3 "popupmenu.library" dev kit for Blitz
Blitz_XAD.lha dev/basic 31K OS3 "xadmaster.library" dev kit for Blitz
Blitz_XFD.lha dev/basic 17K OS3 "xfdmaster.library" dev kit for Blitz
ecx.lha dev/e 603K VAR E Compiler ECX
ecxsrc.lha dev/e 32K GEN ECX sources
PAR_Dev_Board.lha docs/hard 515K GEN Kid Lvl Parallel Port Experimental Board
SCSI4345p.lha driver/media 13K OS3 Patch for 43.43 scsi.device (3.9 BB2)
TilesSlide.lha game/actio 72K OS3 Align 3 tiles of the same colour
FlagSim1.lha gfx/3d 241K MOS Texture Mapping and Backface Culling
dcraw.i386-aros.zip gfx/conv 568K ARO CLI converter for camera raw files
GSGui_languages.lha gfx/conv 26K GEN Langage pack for GSGui
scale2x-morphos.lha gfx/edit 422K MOS Scale2x effects
vlt.lha gfx/misc 144K OS3 Very Limited Titler. AGA scroll titler.
mngplay.lha gfx/show 475K OS4 Simple MNG animation player
genplus_mos.lha misc/emu 603K MOS Sega Genesis/MegaDrive emulator
VICEplus-AmigaOS3-v1.1.tgz misc/emu 5.3M OS3 Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
VICEplus-AmigaOS4-v1.1.tgz misc/emu 9.0M OS4 Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
VICEplus-AROS64-v1.1.tgz misc/emu 7.3M Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
VICEplus-i686-AROS-v1.1.tgz misc/emu 6.4M ARO Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
VICEplus-ppc-AROS-v1.1.tgz misc/emu 8.2M Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
Home_Run.lha mods/house 422K GEN Cool Summer 2008 House by Pseudaxos (.xm
Monoscope_1_5.lha mus/misc 34K OS3 Oscilloscope for parallel port samplers
guideml.lha text/hyper 196K VAR AmigaGuide -> HTML converter with GUI
htmldoc-morphos.lha text/misc 4.6M MOS Convert HTML to PDF, PostScript
Rashumon3.zip text/misc 361K OS3 Multi Lingual Graphic Word Processor
xsltproc-morphos.lha text/misc 405K MOS XSLT processor, transform XML to XLST
crvectors.lha util/cli 3K GEN clear/reset vectors from shell
CR2_DataType_V39_0.lha util/dtype 36K OS3 Canon CR2 RAW DataType
aiss4.2_alt.lha util/misc 2.0M GEN AISS for alternative and classic systems
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13.May.2008
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 12.05.2008
These are the latest uploads to os4depot.net which have been added since our last message:
lame-g4.lha aud/rec 1Mb Lame MP3 encoder for G4 (AltiVec)
agg2sdk_gpl.lha dev/lib 9Mb Anti-Grain Geometry 2D Graphics C++ SDK
glpng.lha dev/lib 173kb Load PNG graphics files as an OpenGL tex
cpc.lha dev/uti 1Mb Application that Creates Reaction Comman
viceplus.tgz emu/gam 8Mb Emulates c64,c64dt,c128,pet,plus4,cbm2 a
ww2.lha gam/boa 3Mb World War II strategy war game
aiss.lha gra/ais 1Mb AISS - Amiga Image Storage System
aiss.pdf gra/ais 1Mb AISS Documentation
aissanimshow.lha gra/ais 64kb Show all AISS anims
propercropper.lha gra/con 34kb Easily scale/crop images to fit your scr
owb.lha net/bro 9Mb Origyn Web Browser
owb_update.lha net/bro 2Mb Origyn Web Browser update
openssh-bin.lha net/mis 1Mb OpenSSH secure connectivity tools
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13.May.2008
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 12.05.2008
These are the latest uploads to AROS-Archives which have been added since our last message:
aros-pc-i386.iso dev/ins 69Mb AROS Stable ISO
viceplus-i686-aros-v1.1.tgz emu/com 6Mb Emulator of c64dtv,c64,c128,pet,plus4,cb
viceplus-powerpc-aros-v1.1.tgz emu/com 8Mb Emulator of c64dtv,c64,c128,pet,plus4,cb
viceplus-x86_64-aros-v1.1.tgz emu/com 7Mb Emulator of c64dtv,c64,c128,pet,plus4,cb
dcraw.i386-aros.zip gra/con 567kb CLI converter for camera raw files
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13.May.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Issue 40 and further articles online
Because issue 40 of the Amiga Future is sold out all articles are available online in our article database. Furthermore over 3000 Amiga articles were added.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.May.2008
morphzone.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Jagged Alliance 2-Port in progress
Jagged Alliance 2 is a round based strategy game with role play elements. There is an open-source SDL-port of the game called ja2-stracciatella (screenshots: 1, 2, 3).
In the forum of the ja2-stracciatella-project Hans-Jörg "Alwarren" Frieden told that he is developing a port for AmigaOS 4.0. The port obviously is already playable but the developer tries to write the source code more CPU-independent. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.May.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Ars Technica: A history of the Amiga, part 7
In the seventh part of his English history of the Amiga Jeremy Reimer analyzed games from 1986 until 1991.
According to Reimer on amigaworld.net he is going to publish his serie as a book.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.May.2008
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AmigaOS 3.9: scsi.device-patch for LBA48-support (update)
Download:
scsi.device.lba48.pch.zip (335 Bytes)
Update: Meanwhile this fix was integrated in Christian Sauer's scsi.device-patch which has been available on Aminet for a while and which fixes another bug.
WinUAE-author Toni Wilen wrote:
"I found something interesting when I was implementing LBA48 support to IDE emulation. OS3.9BB2 scsi.device (v43.43) does have LBA48 support but it has bug that freezes or crashes the Amiga..
I fixed the bug (patch details below) and now (at least in emulation) my A1200 IDE 160G test hard file works perfectly with full capacity.
This may also fix common v43.43 scsi.device boot freeze if drive has LBA48 support. (but older scsi.device versions work). Confirmation needed.
Patch is compatible with all v43.43 scsi.devices (A600/A1200/A4000)
Please test if you have >128G IDE drive and/or you have boot freeze without NOROMUPDATES or SKIPROMUPDATES scsi.device
Patch offsets in OS39BB2 "ROM Updates" file (near "Conner Peripherals 20MB - CP2024" string)
31A2C
358AC
3DACA
Old values:
43FA 000E 3219 B001 66FA E049 3001 4E75
0220 02C4 0430 04C5 02EC 0450 0070 0010
0091 00C6 0040 0090 0000
New values:
43FA 0018 7200 0C11 00FF 6606 5289 1219
6704 B019 66F0 3001 4E75 FF02 C429 2024
ECFF 04C5 3930 3450 FF00
Also spatch-patch file attached if you don't want to do manual patching (patches OS39BB2 "DEVS:AmigaOS ROM Update". Remember backups)
WARNING: Patching HD drivers is always dangerous, data loss is always possibility.
Next follows my random notes, no need to understand this
Old code that returns garbage after LBA48 command:
10FEF2A0 43fa 000e LEA.L (PC,$000e) == $10fef2b0,A1
10FEF2A4 3219 MOVE.W (A1)+,D1
10FEF2A6 b001 CMP.B D1,D0
10FEF2A8 66fa BNE.B #$fffffffa == $10FEF2A4
10FEF2AA e049 LSR.W #$00000008,D1
10FEF2AC 3001 MOVE.W D1,D0
10FEF2AE 4e75 RTS.L
10FEF2B0 0220 02C4 0430 04C5 02EC 0450 0070 0010
10FEF2C0 0091 00C6 0040 0090 0000
20 = read sectors
c4 = read multiple
30 = write sectors
c5 = write multiple
ec = identify drive
50 = format
70 = seek
10 = recalibrate
91 = initialize drive parameters
c6 = set multiple mode
40 = read verify sectors
90 = execute drive diagnostics
00 = nop
New code (different because space was really tight..)
43FA 0018 lea data(pc),a1
7200 moveq #0,d1
0C11 00FF l1 cmp.b #$ff,(a1)
6606 bne.s l2
5289 addq.l #1,a1
1219 move.b (a1)+,d1
6704 beq.s l3
B019 l2 cmp.b (a1)+,d0
66F0 bne.s l1
3001 l3 move.w d1,d0
4E75 rts
dat dc.b 0xff,0x02,0xc4,0x29,0x20,0x24,0xec
dc.b 0xff,0x04,0xc5,0x39,0x30,0x34,0x50
dc.b 0xff,0x00
This adds following missing LBA48 commands:
29 = read multiple ext
39 = write multiple ext
24 = read sectors ext
34 = write sectors ext
Meaning of this table is to return 2 (if read command), 4 (if write command) or 0 (no data).
Someone simply forgot to add new LBA48 commands to this table when LBA48 support was implemented.." (cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.May.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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MorphOS: GenesisPlus 1.3
GenesisPlus is an emulator of the Sega game console MegaDrive (Genesis) and is now available in version 1.3 for MorphOS.
Changes:
- Switched to the latest GameCube/Wii
version of the Genesis-Plus source code
which features better sound, improved CPU
cores and SRAM emulation, etc.
- Enabled full stereo sound output
- SRAM auto load/save added
- Save states made operational
- Iconifies with program icon now
- Added reset key on F12
- Commodity info text shortened
- Added 1 and 2 player joypad configs
- Added selectable rom path
- Stability fixes
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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12.May.2008
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Voxel Informatique: New French Amiga-Onlineshop
Voxel Informatique is a new French onlineshop for Amiga products and was opened by J.F. Bachelet. It is still in development
The only product which is available is the USB-card Deneb. Voxel Informatique is one of the official distributors.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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11.May.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: MPlayer 1.0 (svn-2008.05.11)
Fabien Coeurjoly has made available an update to the video playback program MPlayer 1.0 for MorphOS.
The new version merely resolves minor errors of the previous version, and therefore, principally addresses users who were affected by these.
Changes:
- Usergroup.library (and thus tcp stack) not required at init anymore
- Fixed an ffmpeg bug in rv10 (.ram files) recognition that would cause a crash
- Prevent mplayer from using localised float representation (that is "," as decimal for instance). Should fix the bug with a-v delay hotkey and others
Download: MPlayer-1.0-svn-2008.05.11.lha (8 MB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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11.May.2008
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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SCUI GUI library for Hollywood
At present, Fabio Falcucci is working on a GUI library for Hollywood 3. A video released on Youtube shows first impressions of the library in action: Buttons, progress bars, lists, text fields, scroll bars, and even SCUI windows of one's own are displayed, among other things. By means of the cross-platform functionality of Hollywood 3, this GUI library does not only run under AmigaOS, but also under Windows and Mac OS. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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11.May.2008
amigafuture.de (Web page)
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Video Magazine: AmitopiaTV #05
Amitopia TV is an English video magazine about the Amiga. The fifth issue includes the following topics:
- Amiga News Headlines
- PowerDev 2008 report + MorphOS 2 on EFIKA
- Blender PowerDev Xtra
- Relic Amiga Demo by Nerve Axis
- Only Amiga Song
Amitopia TV at GoogleVideo
Amitopia10thOfMay2008.avi (cg) (Translation: cad)
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11.May.2008
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Pictures and videos from the Powerdev Meeting
Various pictures and videos have now been released from the PowerDev Meeting, which took place from May 1 to 4 in Hörstel and was supported by Genesi.
In addition to numerous pictures of MorphOS 2.0, the developer boards Hellrosa by STx as well as MPC8610HPCD by Freescale can be seen as well. These computers were designated as "Efika 5121e" and "Efika 8610" by the organizer, which should probably be a sign of plans to develop one's own products based on these motherboards, which were already suggested by the Genesi management in various forums and blog entries.
Pictures by PegaYenzi
Amitopia TV with a report from the meeting
Video: Hellrosa STx ("Efika 5121e")
Video: MPC8610HPCD ("Efika 8610")
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11.May.2008
Martin Merz (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: AISS 4.2 - Amiga Image Storage System
Martin Merz is making available version 4.2 of his "Amiga Image Storage System" (AISS). AISS is a system for managing toolbar graphics under AmigaOS 4.
Features in version 4.2:
- 1885 toolbar images and animations
- 24-bit PNG images with 8-bit alpha channel
- Documentation in PDF format
- AmiUpdate support
The author points out that the installation process can possibly drag on a little and no progress indicator is displayed in the meantime.
AISS conversions for other Amiga systems are already being worked on. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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10.May.2008
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Telnet-Mailbox: Amiga Island BBS online again
According to "Syperhawk" on amigaworld.net his mailbox "Amiga Island" is accessible via telnet again. The box can be used by ten users and offers "online games, live-chat, OS3/4-support, Amiga-News and more".
You can access Amiga Island BBS under amigaisland.cnetbbs.net or amigaisland.dyndns.org.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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10.May.2008
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Graphic program: Concept for "Action Paint"
Under the title link Thilo "Der Wanderer" Köhler has published a concept for a new, open source graphic program called "Action Paint" which will be supposed to be developed with AmiBlitz - feedback or support are very welcome.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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09.May.2008
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Sony PSP: Amiga Theme
For users of the portable game console PSP developed by Sony there is an AmigaSYS-4-inspired theme. Content:
- Extra Theme Backdrops by Dary (Backdrop & Backdrop2) & Effron/BNS (Retroback)
- Theme backdrop (Original backdrop) by Rolpho of D6 Entertainment
- AmigaSYS 4 Theme (for SONY PSP V3.80+) by FOL
- Original DUALPNG icons by Ken Lester
- Original Real IconZ by Tony Gore
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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