26.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: clib4 1.5.0
With clib4 Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè is working on a variant of the official ADTools clib2, which should be specific for AmigaOS 4 in order to be easier to maintain and above all to add functions that are difficult to implement on original Amigas.
This week version 1.5.0 has been released. (snx)
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26.Feb.2025
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Python script: Music module converter xmtolsp
The Python program xmtolsp converts XM modules of FastTracker 2 into LSP format. The eponymous LightSpeed player converts the music modules into a less computationally intensive low-level format that supplies the Amiga audio hardware with ready-made frame-by-frame instructions. (snx)
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26.Feb.2025
Flashback Symposium (ANF)
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Event: Flashback Symposium #02 in Jößnitz (Saxony, Germany)
The Flashback Symposium will take place for the second time in Jößnitz in the Vogtland region (Saxony, Germany) from June 13 to 15. There will be lectures, workshops and competitions as well as larger tables for exhibitors than last year. A transportation service has also been set up.
The event will be accompanied by a concert by "Blastromen" from Finland on Saturday and live music by "Solar Chrome" on Friday. (snx)
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26.Feb.2025
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Demo scene: Results of Boozedrome 2025
As reported, this year's Boozedrome music competition has been an online event. On the first three places are Megapussi - Myrskylinnun Hulluta, Gabbapappa - The New Generation Of Music and Furious - Party People, the video of all participants is available on YouTube. (snx)
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26.Feb.2025
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Video: MiSTer with an iPad screen
At Retrohax.net a description has been published how to combine the FPGA Amiga MiSTer with the screen of an iPad. The result is shown in a video at the title link. (snx)
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26.Feb.2025
Amigatronics (ANF)
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Event: The Revision Satellite in Puçol (Spain)
Press release: The Revision Satellite is back in Puçol from April 18 to 21, 2025! After a successful first edition, this event continues to grow as a key meeting point for Amiga and demoscene enthusiasts in Spain. As an official satellite party of the prestigious Revision Party in Germany, it brings the spirit of the legendary event closer to local fans. Hosted at Espai Jove, it offers competitions, live screenings of the Revision Party, and networking opportunities with top scene figures.
Event Details:
- Dates: April 18-21, 2025
- Location: Espai Jove, Puçol, Valencia
- Entry: Free, pre-registration required
Why Attend?
- Competitions and project showcases
- High-quality venue with top facilities
- Exclusive giveaways and networking
Don't miss this chance to celebrate digital creativity! See you in Puçol for an unforgettable event! (snx)
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26.Feb.2025
Yawning Angel (ANF)
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Video tutorial: Anaglyph 3D graphics with AMOS
In another video of his tutorial series about AMOS Professional, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' describes how he has created some simple Anaglyph 3D graphics using AMOS. (snx)
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25.Feb.2025
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Frode Solheim is continuing to develop FS-UAE
The Amiga emulator FS-UAE and its associated launcher is a platform-independent version of UAE for Windows, Mac OS X and numerous Linux and BSD variants. The last version of FS-UAE & Launcher, version 3.1.66, was released on 3 January 2022. Now Frode Solheim, the main developer of FS-UAE, has posted a detailed update posted on the English Amiga Board. He admits that he has been overworking himself over the last few years, but assures everyone that he is healthy and will not simply give up on the project without ensuring an orderly handover.
Recently, he has taken the first steps to modernise FS-UAE and OpenRetro:
- Distro-specific builds for current distributions have been created.
- The website fs-uae.net has been migrated to a new host server and the underlying software has been updated.
An upgrade for openretro.org is still pending, whereby old Python 2 code has to be ported to Python 3. He also plans to support newer WHDLoad versions and take a look at the current development of WinUAE 6 to integrate possible improvements into FS-UAE. Despite challenges, he remains motivated and is open to further collaborators, even though the organisational effort for community-driven development should not be underestimated. (nba)
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25.Feb.2025
spillhistorie.no (ANF)
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Spillhistorie: Interview with game designer Jon Hare (Sensible Software)
The Norwegian games magazine Spillhistorie.no has published an interview with Jon Hare, co-founder of Sensible Software. In the conversation, Hare shares insights into the studio's origins, the development of iconic games such as Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder and Wizball, and the creative diversity that characterised their projects. He reflects on British developer culture in the early 1990s and relationships with other studios such as the Bitmap Brothers and Graftgold. The full interview offers an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the legendary label Sensible Software. (nba)
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25.Feb.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 173 - preview and reading samples
The reading samples and preview of issue 173 (March/April 2025) of Amiga Future are now online. The issue features the following topics, among others:
- Interview Richard Leinfellner
- Review Super Star Blast
- Review Jerboastar vs The Germows
- Review Sky Shapers Boxed
- Review Bunnito´s Feast
- Review Battle Squadron 2
- Review Video Vortex
- Review Amiga 600gs Part 2
- Review Denise
- Review MorphOS 3.19
- Special AmigaOS 4.1: The troubled life of a beta tester
- Special Backup-Solution
- Special Amiga 1200 goes PiStorm32 CM4
- Knowledge 6: Fast Chunky-to-Planar with the Blitter on the Amiga 500
- Demoscene
The editors ask all Amiga Future subscribers to check whether the publisher has their current postal address and e-mail address. The Amiga Future is already packed and sent out a few days before the publication date, so any changes to your address should be communicated as soon as possible. (nba)
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25.Feb.2025
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Classic remake "X-Out: Resurfaced" has been published
The Amiga classic X-Out has been relaunched as announced under the name "X-Out: Resurfaced". The remake of the horizontally scrolling shoot ‘em up was published on 20 February 2025 for Xbox, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC. In addition to the digital version, there are also physical special editions for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, which are available exclusively from the developer ININ Games. The gaudy remake offers revised graphics, a remixed soundtrack by Chris Hülsbeck and additional features such as a two-player co-op mode.
The original X-Out game was released by Rainbow Arts in 1990 for the Amiga. It is considered one of the most outstanding horizontally scrolling shoot ‘em ups of its time. Particularly ground-breaking was the shop system, which allowed players to put together their own individually equipped submarine with different weapons and drones before each level. The dark underwater atmosphere, the impressive pixel graphics and the captivating soundtrack by Chris Huelsbeck made X-Out an unforgettable classic of the Amiga era. (nba)
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25.Feb.2025
reddit
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Podcast: The Retro Hour talked to Kelly Sumner (ex-Commodore UK)
In the latest episode of the Retro Hour podcast (Episode 468), Kelly Sumner shares his experiences from 15 years at Commodore, first as a trainee, then as a senior employee, and finally as Managing Director of Commodore UK. In the first part of this two-part interview, Sumner talks about his beginnings as a trainee engineer in 1979, the marketing of iconic products such as the Amiga 1000 and the C64, as well as less successful projects such as the C64GS console and the CDTV. He also talks about his surprise appearance on the TV show "GamesMaster". The full interview is available to listen to for free on The Retro Hour podcast website in episode 468 from minute 43:34. (nba)
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24.Feb.2025
Kobold_Eduard
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Game for kids: Final demo version of "The Young Salzgitter Icefighter"
After several preliminary demo versions and a new name (amiga-news.de reported), the final demo version of the children's game "The Young Salzgitter Icefighter" has now been released, in which the first two levels can be tested.
The complete game with eleven levels is available as a physical version on flopy disc, costs ¤8 within Germany, including postage, and can be ordered directly from the developer by e-mail. Shipping outside Germany is on request. You can also register your interest in a boxed version with the developer. (dr)
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24.Feb.2025
HoysterGames
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Shoot'em Up: Demo update for "Rex and the Galactic Plague"
"Rex and the Galactic Plague" (video) is a vertically scrolling shooter that the developer originally wanted to develop with the Shoot'em Up Construction Kit before switching to the Scorpion Engine. After a preview video (amiga-news.de reported) and the first demo, he has now updated the latter, which he reports on in a developer diary. (dr)
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24.Feb.2025
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Video series: AmigaOS - A Project with Sina & Paddy (German, part 10)
In a German video series, Paddy da Linco and the developer Sina explore the Amiga (amiga-news.de reported). The tenth part is about beautifying the Workbench. (dr)
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24.Feb.2025
AmigaKit (E-Mail)
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Emulated Amiga: OctaMED 8 update for A600GS and A1200NG
AmigaKit has released an update for the music tracker software OctaMED 8 for the Orange Pi based Amiga clone A600GS (amiga-news.de reported) and the ARM and emulator based mainboard A1200NG (amiga-news.de reported). The changes:
- The Open Recent Projects window stores and displays a list of the last 10 projects opened in OctaMED. The user can then load a recent project with a few convenient clicks.
- Add ED_NOTEOFF Arexx command to insert a "NoteOff" command at the current track with a key combination
(dr)
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23.Feb.2025
Dirk Hoffmann
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Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.0
Dirk Hoffmann has released the final version 4.0 (amiga-news.de reported) of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS with the following changes:
Enhancements:
- LZ4 snapshot compression
- Improved gamepad detection
Fehlerbehebungen:
- ExtendedADF support was broken.
- Folder import was broken.
- vAmiga no longer boots from unbootable harddrives.
Both the executable and the source code are available for free download. (nba)
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23.Feb.2025
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Aminet uploads until 22.02.2025
The following files have been added until 22.02.2025 to Aminet:
SQLMan.lha biz/dbase 12M VAR SQLite database manager
amigassh.lha comm/net 111K OS3 SSH2 for the Amiga
regina-doc.pdf dev/lang 1.3M GEN Alternative REXX interp...
F1GP2025Carset.lha game/data 7K GEN 2025 Carset for F1GP
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 4.5M MOS Multi-game Character Ed...
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.8M OS4 Multi-game Character Ed...
MCE.lha game/edit 4.2M OS3 Multi-game Character Ed...
JumpingAround.lha game/jump 97K OS3 JumpNRun game, working ...
TheForceEngine020_030.lha game/shoot 1.8M OS3 TheForceEngine020/030/F...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 11M OS4 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 10M OS3 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
ZXLive.lha misc/emu 126K OS3 ZX-Spectrum 48/128k/Pen...
ANightWithYou.lha mods/32bit 2.3M GEN 16bit 12c Amiga Bossa N...
CompressionOS4.lha text/dtp 1.7M OS4 A PDF generator
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 2.1M OS3 free icon.library in op...
IdentifyDev.lha util/libs 68K OS3 Identify hardware and m...
IdentifyUsr.lha util/libs 102K OS3 Identify hardware and m...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 8.6M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
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23.Feb.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 22.02.2025
The following files have been added until 22.02.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
marstankattack.lha gam/act 15Mb 4.0 A tank battle game
imbiss.lha gam/str 3Mb 4.0 Simulates a Snack-Shop
mce.lha gam/uti 5Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
sdl2.lha lib/mis 7Mb 4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 2
mailsender.lha net/ema 7Mb 4.0 Simple application to send pictu...
sqlman.lha off/dat 12Mb 4.0 SQLite database manager
compression.lha uti/mis 2Mb 4.1 A PDF generator
yt.lha vid/mis 872kb 4.1 YouTube URL Extractor script
vamp.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.0 Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
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23.Feb.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 22.02.2025
The following files have been added until 22.02.2025 to AROS Archives:
demac.x86_64-aros-v11.zip aud/mis 108kb Decoder for .ape files
regina-doc.zip doc/dev 1Mb Alternative REXX interpreter doc...
cavestory.x86_64-aros-v11... gam/pla 4Mb Cave Story (NXEngine)
sqlman.i386-aros.lha off/dat 12Mb SQLite Database Manager
7zdec.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/arc 248kb Unarchive 7zip files (.7z)
unrar-v6.11.x86_64-aros-v... uti/arc 3Mb UnRAR for AROS 64 v11
zunearc.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/arc 301kb a zune front end for archivers
vamp.lha vid/pla 2Mb Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
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23.Feb.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 22.02.2025
The following files have been added until 22.02.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
SDL_2.32.0_Libraries.lha Dependencies/Library/SDL All Libraries SDL : SDL...
AmiArcadia_34.0.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
SDL-Ball_1.04.lha Games/BrickBreaker Port of SDL-Ball by Pap...
MCE_15.30.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
OpenMoHAA_0.81.1-beta1... Games/Shoot3D OpenMoHAA 0.80.0 for Mo...
fheroes2_1.1.6.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
Tower-of-Hanoi_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of Tower-of-Hanoi
Wayfarer_9.2.lha MorphOS-update Wayfarer is the latest ...
VAMP_3.20.lha Multimedia A Multimedia Player pro...
SDL2-performance-test.lha System/Benchmark A few simple tools to t...
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23.Feb.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 22.02.2025
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 22.02.2025:
- 2025-02-19 updated: Powermonger (Bullfrog) made Manual.pdf more compatible (Info)
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23.Feb.2025
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- The Wastelands
- Roguecraft
- Scrambled Mind
- UwU KAOS
- Killing Speed (Killing Game Show + Speedball, Fusion Remix)
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23.Feb.2025
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Virus Help Team: Viruses wanted
The Virus Help Team is looking for missing Amiga viruses to complete Georg Wittman's xvs.library for some time already. This week the list has been updated again. (snx)
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23.Feb.2025
Amiga.org (forum)
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Event: Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 (26./27. April)
On April 26/27, 2025, the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network and the Fresno Commodore User Group will host the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show (CLASS) in Burbank, California, for the sixth time. The 40th anniversary of the Commodore 128 and the Amiga will be celebrated. (snx)
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22.Feb.2025
MiDWaN
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.5 and Amiberry-lite 5.8.6
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator based on the current WinUAE version, while its little brother Amiberry-lite is based on WinUAE 4.4 and is intended for slower hardware - up to the Raspberry Pi 4. Version 7.0.5 of Amiberry is now available, Amiberry-lite has arrived at version 5.8.6. (cg)
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22.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: The network printer tool Airprint
After Arild 'mcleppa' Aarbakk had already written a scanner software for AmigaOS 4 with AirScan, he has also been working on a printer tool for AmigaOS 4 based on the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) since the end of 2023. At the end of 2010, Apple developed AirPrint, an extension of IPP, which has become standard on many current printers.
The Internet Printing Protocol provides printing services via a network and includes all the necessary mechanisms such as authentication, access authorisations, encryption, etc. This enables printing without a separate printer driver. In principle, printing is therefore possible without a separate printer driver.
I was able to test the first, early versions, which worked right from the start with my Canon G9000. For the first time since I proudly ran my Canon BJC-4200 with the "legendary" CanonDisk printer driver in the 90s, I was able to print from my Amiga, an AmigaOne X5000.
Initially, the range of functions was still somewhat limited, but gradually more options such as trays, colour, duplex and paper type were added.
SSL support was also added with the last update. The installation process of the tool has now been simplified so that the installer not only copies the necessary files, but also opens the settings window during installation:
The Airprint utility programme is located in the Sys:Prefs/Airprint directory after installation. After starting, a printer is searched for using the "+"...
...and in my case successfully found and added:
For me personally, Arild's very useful application is another important building block for a "complete" AmigaOS 4, but also an example of how you can use AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS together on the AmigaOne X5000 and thus achieve synergies. The DHL shipping label for the parcel was purchased under MorphOS with the Wayfarer web browser and the PDF file was saved on a shared drive, from where I was able to print the label with Airprint. Now that's Amiga fun:
In the Airprint utility itself, PDF, JPEG, text and postscript files can be loaded, converted and then sent to the printer. In addition, the programme should support printing from most Amiga applications, such as Notepad, AmiPDF, AmiGS, Odyssee, IBrowse (please refer to the documentation on activating fonts for printing) or Multiview. For this purpose Airprint communicates with the Amiga printer.device, for which DEVS:Printers/Airprint is required. The data is converted into RGB format. They are then sent to DEVS:airprint.device, which then communicates with the Airprint utility.
The source code of Arild's airprint driver is based on the source code of the HP DeskJet CMYK sample driver, while the airprint.device is based on Chris Young's ipp.device (GitHub link). The developer provided many useful hints on how the devices work together, enabling Arild to develop it further.
The paper size is currently limited to A4 and US Letter. Likewise, the resolution is currently only 150 DPI, converted into pixels this corresponds to 1240 x 1754. In practice, as Arild explains to us, this means that the resolution remains the same when a larger image is sent to the printer, so that you do not yet benefit from higher resolutions. This will change in the future.
The checkbox for the alignment is currently inactive. The image is always aligned so that it fits the paper format selected by the user. This will also be changed later.
Airprint always uses the paper installed in the printer. The selection of the "from to" range works - in future it should be possible to select each page to be printed, not just a range. The "Ink levels" tab shows the ink level of the printer:
As the tool is still in the beta phase, the programme versions are currently only available in the corresponding topic on the Amigans website. The current version is 0.36.
Download: Airprint_V0.36.lha (247 KB) (dr)
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21.Feb.2025
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Action game: Amiga Yoomp! 1.08
Amiga Yoomp! is a conversion of an Atari 8-bit game from 2007. Version 1.08 has now been released, adding keyboard control (cursor keys, up/space bar to jump). In addition, the game can now be paused by pressing the P key, while the B key can be used to remove dithering until the next level starts. (nba)
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21.Feb.2025
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HxC Floppy-Emulator: Software 2.16.11.1
The floppy emulator HxC by Jean-Francois Del Nero completely replaces the floppy drive (of an Amiga) with an electronic device. The project, which was launched in 2006, is available in two versions, with a SD card port or with USB port (amiga-news.de reported).
A new version of the HxC floppy emulator software has now been released. The changes:
- XML export/import
- Better multi-format tracks support.
- You can now specify/change the density/format for each individual sector with the tag.
In addition to the executable program, the source code is also available for free download. (nba)
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21.Feb.2025
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Preview video: Dungeon Crawler "The Cthulhu Project"
In a new preview video (amiga-news.de reported), developer Maurice Doerr shows how he has made good progress with the dialogue system. (dr)
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21.Feb.2025
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 9.2
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has published version 9.2 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS, which fixes several endianness issues and updates libcURL, libsqlite and libxml2. (dr)
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19.Feb.2025
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Podcast: "Settle the World" at Levelmeister (German)
"Settle the World" by Christian 'TheoTheoderich' Wiegel is a turn-based building and trading game in which the aim is to colonize several islands and remain in power over a long period of time.
Now the programmer was a guest at the Levelmeister podcast to talk about game development and the technical limitations of the Amiga, as well as why this platform continues to attract developers to this day. (snx)
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19.Feb.2025
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Demoscene: Nominations for the Meteoriks 2025 award announced
The Meteoriks 2025 is an award for the best demoscene productions of the year 2024, which will be presented at the Revision demo party in April. Among the 55 nominations in eleven categories are three Amiga demos:
- Category New Talent:
- Category Best Midschool Production:
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19.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: DTP program CompressionOS4 0.50 (Beta)
Achim Pankalla's DTP program CompressionOS4 allows graphics and text to be placed on pages and generates PDF documents from them; a German manual is included. New features since beta version 0.40:
- Correction of sometimes wrong headlinelist
- Now the correct tab is shown by clicking on headlinelist
- First global configmenue implemented
- Implemented garbage collection for deleting unnessary files
- Now links to PDF pages and websites are possible
- Correcting an error in setting the correct font
- Correcting an error while copying headlines
- Minor correction and optimation
Download: CompressionOS4.lha (2 MB) (snx)
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19.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: Preview video of GemRB 0.8.8 WIP
GemRB is a reimplementation of BioWare's Infinity Engine, which is used to develop computer role-playing games based on the Dungeons & Dragons rules (e.g. Baldur's Gate). GemRB stands for "Game engine made with pre-rendered background".
After Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè's AmigaOS 4 port of version 0.7.2 in 2012 and later ports of version 0.8.8, released in 2021, to MorphOS and AROS, Steffen Häuser is now also adapting the latter to AmigaOS 4. At the title link you will find a preview video. (snx)
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19.Feb.2025
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Preview from Michal Schulz on PiStorm and Emu68
Michal Schulz and Claude Schwarz have already given us a lot of pleasure with their work on the Motorola68K emulation Emu68 (amiga-news.de reported) and 68K hardware emulation PiStorm32(-lite) (amiga-news.de reported). We asked Michal Schulz to inform us about the current and planned projects:
Framethrower
So far, the RTG emulation has been provided via the HDMI port of the PiStorm and the RGB data supplied by the Denise chip at the RGB port of the Amiga and must be tapped there separately. Since the end of 2023, the two have been working on an extension now called "Framethrower", which also outputs the RGB signal via the PiStorm (camera port) (amiga-news.de reported). As Michal writes, the project is unfortunately not yet finished: "There is a problem with the Tang Nano boards, which Claude is still working on solving. In more detail, this means that due to the design of the Tang Nano 9K, a lot of noise is introduced into the MIPI signal. This leads to either distortions in the transmitted image or the entire synchronisation is lost."
Emu68
For the Motorola68K emulation software Emu68, the new version 1.1 is to be released this year, which will bring some improvements in addition to typical corrections and bug fixes: "For example, cache blocks that are actually removed by the CPU cache flush will be reused. Instead, they will be "recycled" to reduce the compilation time. As a result, macOS, for example, will run much faster under Shapeshifter, and booting the Amiga will also take less time." The first tests have already been carried out and are very promising.
Furthermore, the work on the WiFi driver for Emu68 will be continued (amiga-news.de reported) and, if all goes well, the Ethernet driver for the Pi4/CM4 will be started. If there is enough time, the next project will be USB.
PiStorm16
The first version of the accelerator card for the Amiga 600 (or CM4) (amiga-news.de reported) has been produced in its final version in a quantity of 25 units and will soon be sent to the first users. Shortly afterwards, the project will be released as open source so that it can be produced and sold in larger quantities by various companies and hobbyists.
PiStorm16 is similar to PiStorm32: it uses the same FPGA, the firmware is embedded in Emu68 and is loaded to the PiStorm at startup, so features like the "stealth" mode are possible: by pressing and holding CTRL and the Amiga keys for a few seconds, the Amiga is started in basic mode, without extension.
Other models from the PiStorm16 family, for example for Pi3/Pi4 or for the A500, A2000 etc., will follow.
Future plans
Michal wrote: "We are looking at ways to make hardware that is unsuitable for the PiStorm in the Amiga usable in some form.
In the long term (i.e. not this year), a project is to be developed in which the Amiga chipset is implemented on an FPGA module, for example, and communicates with the processor via a PCIe interface. Yes, PCIe has disadvantages that make it almost unusable for a "classic" PiStorm. But in a scenario where PiStorm is not an interface but an Amiga chipset, the performance might be sufficient. Our work in this direction is running on several levels:
PocketStorm
As a first step, Claude has developed a motherboard for the Pi3/Pi4 that integrates the Amiga chipset (MiniMig) and the PiStorm interface in the Tang Nano 20K. With the help of Emu68, a complete (albeit emulated) Amiga is created.
EFI integration
At the same time, I am working on a start programme for EFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface), which will be integrated into Emu68. This would allow Emu68 to be used in some form on EFI-compatible systems.
FPGA + PCIe
In a further step (if we succeed) the Amiga chipset will be implemented on FPGA with a PCIe interface and run with the EFI version of Emu68.
This work does not mean that we give up the classic Amiga! There are still more than enough tasks for PiStorm and Emu68 in Amiga systems. Nevertheless, we also want to explore new avenues and discover further possibilities." (dr)
[News message: 19. Feb. 2025, 05:24] [Comments: 0]
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