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01.Apr.2023
amiga.org (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: "Monthly Roundup" for March 2023
The blog "Gaming on AmigaOS 4" has again published a monthly summary of all happenings and releases around AmigaOS 4. (cg)

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01.Apr.2023
Apollo Team (ANF)


Apollo team organises demo competition at "Amiga 38"
The Apollo team is organising a demo competition at the "Amiga 38" (7 October, Mönchengladbach). Demo coders can demonstrate their skills in three categories (A500, A1200, Apollo Standalone):


Participants should apparently register in advance by e-mail with Arne von Boehn. According to the organiser, there are "amazing prizes and eternal fame" to be won. (cg)

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01.Apr.2023



Snake clone: AmiSnakes (beta)
"AmiSnakes" (video) is a Snake clone for one or two players that offers scrolling playfields, a story mode and two-player duels via split screen. The current beta version can be downloaded free of charge. In the final version, better graphics are to be used, and the "Game Over" screen and the credits at the end of the game are still missing. (cg)

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31.Mar.2023
Frank Wille (ANF)


Portable assembler: vasm V1.9c
Frank Wille has updated his portable and retargetable assembler vasm to version 1.9c. AmigaOS 3, 4 and MorphOS as well as TOS, MiNT and Windows are supported. Changes of version 1.9b and 1.9c:
  • Fixed a rare expression evalulation bug. Previous versions may erroneously evaluate "label - equate" as constant, when the equate is something like "currentPCsymbol - label".
  • Allow a label definition on the same line as a section directive and warn about it.
  • Macro arguments were lost at the second repeat-level inside a macro.
  • Syntax modules warn about garbage characters in the operand field, when the mnemonic doesn't take any operand.
  • No longer cut symbol names in a wide-format listing file after 31 chars.
  • Error messages on macros and repetitions now always include the real source file name and line number in parentheses.
  • Directives for printing expressions into the console (printv, echo, etc.) now print undefined symbols as "<undefined>+offset".
  • New output module "gst" for GST object files (Atari, GST-assembler, Devpac).
  • New output file format "dri" for Atari M68k DRI object files.
  • m68k: Experimental Apollo TEX instruction, using a simplified syntax after a proposal of John H.
  • m68k: Apollo extended/compressed Bcc.B displacements in the range of -256 to 254.
  • m68k: MOVEQ.L suppresses any warning about an out of range operand.
  • m68k: Allow any size-extension for MOVEQ in Devpac-compatibility mode.
  • m68k: Fixed a string-buffer conflict introduced in V1.9a, which occurs when using local symbols in the label field and operand field together with some cpu-specific directives, like EQUR, REG, etc.
  • m68k: Optimize small data label in 020 base displacement to a 16-bit offset, or even to (d16,An) when the index is suppressed, provided that options -sd and -extsd have been given.
  • 6502: Some mnemonics could be misdetected as implied addressing mode when option -i was given: asl, asr, lsr, rol, ror. 45GS02: aslq, asrq, deq, inq, lsrq, rolq, rorq. WDC02: dec, inc.
  • mot-syntax: Do not allow a section with the same name and same type, but with different memory attributes.
  • mot-syntax: New option -nolocpfx to disable local symbols by label- prefix (usually '.').
  • mot-syntax: ELIF directive implements a real else-if.
  • mot-syntax: Export equate symbols with double-colon in vasm-native mode.
  • std-syntax: Fixed an issue caused by the introduction of one-digit temporary labels in V1.9a. Labels beginning with _f or _b were misdetected as forward/backward references to such labels.
  • std-syntax: Added missing .elseif directive.
  • oldstyle-syntax: All byte-directives (byt, byte, dfb, etc.) increment the pc by one without any operand. All word-directives (wor, wrd, word, etc.) increment the pc by two without any operand. Similar to a "declare storage" directive.
  • oldstyle-syntax: Whitespace between a label and its colon are allowed again.
  • hunk-output: Warn about inability of Kickstart 1.x to initialize BSS sections greater than 256k.
  • bin-output: ORIC file names in the tape header are limited to 15 characters and a ".tap" extension is removed automatically.
  • bin-output: Added support for the PGX and PGZ format, used by 65816- based C256 Foenix computers.
  • tos-output: Support DRI-format object files. New option: -Fdri.
(cg)

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31.Mar.2023
commodore.news (Webseite)


PDF magazine: RetroMagazine World, issue 18
Available in Italian and English editions, "RetroMagazine World" is dedicated to all topics related to retro computing. The English issue18 is a translation of the Italian issue 40, which was published in November 2022. It includes a test report on the Amiga game "Mision La Luna" and a look back at the release of "Maniac Mansion" 35 years ago. (cg)

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30.Mar.2023
Willem Drijver (Apollo team) (ANF)


Video: ApolloBoot Omni 9.1 released
ApolloBoot is a preconfigured utility for easier installing and booting of several operating systems from different AmigaOS variants over AROS to Atari TOS and Mac OS on FPGA turbo boards with Apollo core.

Free for all registered users version 9.1 has now been released, at the title link it is presented in a video by Willem Drijver. (snx)

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30.Mar.2023
Simon Neumann (e-mail)


LookBehindYou is looking for authors for German book about AmigaOS 3.2
Publisher LookBehindYou is looking for further authors for a planned German AmigaOS 3.2 book (amiga-news.de reported). Applicants should be well acquainted with AmigaOS 3.2 and its updates and should enjoy writing. Payment will be based on the delivered pages.

Applicants please contact the following e-mail address: info@lookbehindyou.de. (snx)

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30.Mar.2023
Amigaworld.net (forum)


AROS distribution: AROS One 2.0 (x86)
"AROS One", a distribution based on the AROS binary interface ABI v0, is now available in version 2.0 for x86 computers. It can be downloaded as DVD ISO file or as USB flash image at the title link, where you can also find video recordings.

Besides updates of the included programs and games as well as bug fixes, a new set of pictograms is also included. The changes in detail:
  • Update AROS One OS System:
    • Create New Set Icons System AfA One Style for the Whole Operating System
    • Create number 6 Installer for Set Icons Disk
    • Create nuber 4 Installer for Set Icons System
    • Create Catalog.italian for ZunePaint
    • Fix Theme OS4
    • Fixed Theme Pearl Blue
    • Fixed GIF Animations
    • Add New Pointer 32 Bit
    • filesysbox.library 54.3
    • smb2-handler 53.1
    • nvidianet.device 1.1
    • Create def_icons for Source file with c, c++, h, o extension
    • Create Descriptor webp.datatype, now also recognizes "webp" files without extension
    • Update GCC 6.5
    • C ++ is not yet available, it will be soon
    • Add info version Aros One on (About)
    • Add info version Aros One on Barra Wanderer
    • New Logo Installer Aros One
    • All third-party software is now located in the "Extras/APPS" Folder
    • SMB2 tutorial for setting up a share with Windows, find all the Extras/Internet/SMB2
    • Create Set Disk.info for SMB2 volume, they will insntall with one click, after creating the share volume
    • Create two new Directories in SYS:System "Hardware" and "Debug" which includes the dedicated software
  • Update AROS One Apps:
    • ComicOn 1.4
    • HollyPaint 1.1
    • Exutil 1.1.3
    • Image2PDF 1.3
    • Update WHDLoad 18.8 for WHD_MENU
    • MUIInspector 1.0
    • Asplit 2.03
    • Zip HWP 1.2 (PlugIn Hollywood)
    • XML HWP 2.0 (PlugIn Hollywood)
    • Fenachistoscopio 1.0
    • WebpTools 1.3.0
    • RPN Scientific+ 1.02
    • SMB2-handler 53.4
    • Filesysbox.library 54.3
    • Image2PDF 1.4
    • Lunapaint 0.6.0
    • AnimPlayer 2.4
    • IconClone 1.9
    • InstallerLG 1.0.2
    • DirList 1.1
    • IconClone 1.09 Update
    • Vintage Song Player 2.50
    • AmiSSL 4.12
    • Videntium Picta 2.60
    • AmiTube 1.4
    • Tipografia 1.2
    • V.A.M.P. 3.0
    • AnimWebConverter 5.10
  • Update AROS One Games:
    • OpenTyrian
    • 1941-ExtremeDeluxe
    • LazSokoban
    • Added three skins for LazSokoban and a script for choosing the skin
    • Update Hle Poker Card (Final Version)
    • BOFH
    • TecnoballZ
  • Update Core ABIv0 20201110:
    • Display free video memory in SysMon where supported (Kalamatee)
    • Initial work on supporting 3D acceleration in VMWare video driver (Kalamatee)
    • Implemented network driver for certain nVidia chipsets (Neil)
    • Initial work on scsi.device (Kalamatee)
    • Signal CxObject support implemented (Hakan Thorngren)
    • Support PUBSCREEN argument in Prefs/Appearance, BoingIconBar (Kalamatee)
    • Support PUBSCREEN argument in Tools/Clock and multiple Prefs applications (Hakan Thorngren)
    • Support PUBSCREEN variable support in intuition.library (o1i)
    • Improvements to rendering screen and window title bars (Kalamatee)
    • Allow video drivers to report display change (Kalamatee)
    • Prefs/IControl works better on low-resolution screens (Kalamatee)
    • Set overscan based on information coming from driver (Kalamatee)
    • Prefs/ScreenMode display more information about video modes (Kalamatee)
    • Prefs/Palette reworked to be more compatible with Intuition (Kalamatee)
    • Muimaster.library and built-in classes have been localized (Matthias Rustler)
    • Initial work on supporting long filenames in afs-handler (Kalamatee)
    • Palette preferences are now loaded into Intuition (Kalamatee)
    • Implemented SetMem, Strlcat, Strlcpy in utility.library (Kalamatee)
    • Implemented VSNPritnf in utility.library (Matthias Rustler)
    • AmigaPL font collection added (wawa)
    • Implemented GetKey, AddKBInt, RemKBInt, ElapsedTime in lowlevel.library (Kalamatee)
    • Part of functionality of SystemControlA in lowlevel.library available (Kalamatee)
    • Additional font collections added (Kalamatee)
    • Initial implementation of GetSegListInfo in dos.library (Kalamatee)
    • Allow loading AmigaOS-style hunk keymaps and fonts on AROS (Kalamatee)
    • Implemented AssignAddToList in dos.library (Kalamatee)
    • Implemented v45 datatypes.library functions (Kalamatee)
    • Introduced webp.datatype (Kalamatee)
    • Introduced ClockSource subsystem in Kernel (Kalamatee)
    • Improvements to file system handling in Wanderer (Bo Kopperud)
    • Public SDK not longer exposes internal AROS headers & libraries (deadwood)
(snx)

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30.Mar.2023
Chris Young (Mail)


ReAction GUI for XAD: Avalanche 2.1 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Chris Young's Avalanche is a ReAction-based graphical user interface for the unarchiving system XAD, which also supports the xfdmaster.library and can search for viruses using the xvs.library. With the jump to version 2.1, the developer not only gives the tool a new look, but also introduces simple editing of LhA/Zip archives (Zip requires zip.library - only under AmigaOS 4). The developer has written his tool explicitly for AmigaOS 3.2.1, but has also tested it under AmigaOS 4. Changes:
  • New browser mode, removed old hierarchical browser.
  • Select/Clear/Invert selection now act on the current directory and all subdirectories when in the new browser mode.
  • Basic editing of (LhA, Zip) archives (Zip needs zip.library - OS4 only)
  • Create new (LhA, Zip) archives
The source code is available on GitHub. (dr)

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29.Mar.2023
Amiga Future (website)


Disk magazine: Old Power-Brei issues downloadable at Amiga Future (German)
At the title link the issues 1-6 as well as 9-20 of the German-language floppy disk magazine Power-Brei are downloadable, the Amiga Future editors would be grateful for receiving the missing floppy disks as well.

Power-Brei magazine was first published in June 1990, founded by Stefan Kremer and Alexander Carbin, as third senior editor and publisher finally Sven Drieling joined the editorial board. In June 1999 a cooperation with amiga-news.de came about through him. Sven Drieling our news-site owes, beyond the editorial work started at that time, especially many years of extensive programming and maintenance work. (snx)

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29.Mar.2023
Amiga.org (forum)


Video: Background story of the game "Ring around the World"
"Ring around the World" is a point'n'click adventure game about a supposedly drowned man with memory loss, which is also one of three test games for the AMOS Layers System by the same author.

At the title link as well as in a video Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua describes the beginnings of the game, which go back to 1994, as well as the further development history. (snx)

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28.Mar.2023
Indie Retro News (website)


Arcade conversion: Shoot'em Up 'Xevious' (Beta)
Xevious is a vertical scrolling shoot'em up released by Namco in 1982. Jean-François 'jotd' Fabres is currently working on an Amiga conversion (video), which requires an AGA Amiga. A current beta version can be downloaded from his website for free or for a small donation. (cg) (Translation: snx)

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28.Mar.2023



Web browser: AmiFox 0.3
"AmiFox" displays modern web pages on an Amiga by downloading and displaying pages converted to images by a web rendering proxy ("AmiFox server"). Version 0.3 brings various minor changes which, according to the author, are mainly intended to increase the ease of use of the browser:
  • Copy Text from selected webpage (AmiFox-Server 0.2+)
  • Copy Clipboard from Server (AmiFox-Server 0.2+)
  • IFF Format (AmiFox-Server 0.2+)
  • send longer texts to page (needs texteditor.mcc)
  • Mouse wheel support
  • Shift cursor up/down send as Page up/Down (AmiFox-Server 0.2+)
  • Error message when Datatype could not load image
  • send Youtube URLs to AmiTube
  • send Google Maps and OpenStreetmap positions to Mapparium
  • AROS Version atm i386 and 64bit ABIv11
  • Read URL at Mouse position
  • direct download of catched URL at mouse position
  • save Webpage Image
  • Copy/Paste URL
(cg) (Translation: snx)

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27.Mar.2023
Amigans Forum (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: NVMe device driver for SSD
Besides his audio driver for Intel HD Audio (amiga-news.de reported), Harald Kanning has now started developing a NVMe device driver for SSDs and has released the first version 53.1 under the title link.

As the author explained, "is short for 'Non-Volatile Memory express'. It's basically a transfer protocol for attachment of mass storage to a computer. Unlike SATA, NVMe is specifically designed for solid state flash memory. There is no separate storage controller. Instead, the NVMe SSD is directly connected to the PCIe bus through an M.2 slot.

None of the current NG systems offer a M.2 slot directly on the mainboard. But since an NVMe M.2 slot is basically a PCIe x4 slot with a different form-factor, we can use a widely available passive PCIeM.2 adapter card.
These adapter cards are available with a PCIe x1 or PCIe x4 connector. Don't use the adapter cards with multiple M.2 slots because they will not work.

The driver was tested on an AmigaOne X5000 and in the x4 slot with the following drives:
  • Samsung 970 EVO 1TB
  • WD Black SN770 1TB
For this, the developer has provided a few first benchmarks:

p50x0SATA.device: Samsung 840 SSD 120GB
  • Copy 1GB file from RAM: to NGFS/01: 51.5MB/s (20.4 sec)
  • Copy 1GB file from NGFS/01 to RAM : 98.9MB/s (10.6 sec)
nvme.device: Samsung 970 EVO SSD 1TB
  • Copy 1GB file from RAM: to NGFS/01: 129.5MB/s (8.1 sec)
  • Copy 1GB file from NGFS/01 to RAM : 152.0MB/s (6.9 sec)
  • Copy 1GB file from RAM: to SFS/02 : 327.7MB/s (3.2 sec)
  • Copy 1GB file from SFS/02 to RAM : 233.0MB/s (4.5 sec)
(dr)

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27.Mar.2023
AmiKit (Twitter)


Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 12.1 for Raspberry Pi and Windows/Mac/Linux
About 10 days ago AmiKit released version 12.0 of the workbench distribution AmiKit XE (amiga-news.de reported). Yesterday a hotfix was made available with version 12.1, which among other things adds AmiSSL 5.8 and now enables an installation of AmigaOS 3.2.2 via Morpheuz, which previously failed if AmiKit already ran with AmigaOS 3.2.1. Likewise, opening files with RabbitHole apps via double-click now works again under Windows/Mac/Linux. Detailed changelogs for Windows/Mac/Linux and Raspberry Pi 4/400. (dr)

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26.Mar.2023



Tutorial: Installation guide for AmigaOS 4.1 under QEMU 8
QEMU is an open-source computer emulator and virtualiser. This means you can functionally simulate computers or provide virtual systems that replicate the functionality of a real system. QEMU is able to emulate a complete computer in software without the need to support hardware virtualisation. So it is also possible to emulate Amiga operating systems like AROS, AmigaOS or MorphOS on QEMU. This is provided by the developer Zoltan Balaton who shares many information and tips on his webeite. In the middle of 2021, Amiga-News.de had a closer look at the installation of MorphOS under QEMU 6.

Recently the first release candidate of QEMU 8 was published. What has changed importantly from the Amiga point of view?
  • via-ac97: Basic implementation of audio playback via VIA southbridge chip (for the first time it is possible to use the sound support of the via-ac97 directly under the Pegasos-2 emulation)
  • sm501: Implemented more 2D raster operations (added simple implementation for two raster operations used by AmigaOS 4.1 to fix graphics problems in some programs like IBrowse).
  • Fix PCI interrupt routing: Fix PCI interrupts within the Pegasos 2 emulation under Linux, MorphOS and AmigaOS. This now makes it possible for the first time to activate and use network support via the RTL8139 driver under AmigaOS 4.1
Our reader Rene Engel, in collaboration with Zoltan Balaton, has produced an installation guide for AmigaOS 4.1 under QEMU 8, which he has kindly made available for publication and which will be refined and adapted over time:

1. Preparations

1.1 What is required? The CD must be available as ISO file, which can easily be done under Windows, for example, with the free tool ImgBurn.
AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 2 and AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3 are also required, which can be downloaded free of charge from the Hyperion Entertainment website after registering and entering the CD key supplied. Since owners of the AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition do not have access to the AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3 anymore, you would have to find another way to get the required files. Alternatively, you could also buy the AmigaOS 4.1 Sam460 version: this also contains the files.
  • QEMU 8: currently no finished builds are available there (you have to compile them yourself).
Under macOS, the package manager Homebrew and Xcode should be installed beforehand, as described in this article. You can then install QEMU via the terminal as follows:

brew install Qemu

Until finished builds for macOS with Apple chips are available, it is necessary to compile the source code yourself. With the release of the final version of QEMU 8, Homebrew will also have adapted its packages to the new version 8.0. Currently, all versions up to and including Qemu 7.2 can be downloaded and installed there.
  • Flash Update für Pegasos 2
Download the file "up050404" either from the bplan homepage (only working under macOS with "Save as...") or via Wayback Machine. The file "extract_rom_from_updater" (direct download) is available on the Qmiga project page and is needed to extract a Pegasos2.rom from it. There is also a description of how to use the "updater".
  • an unarchiving tool that can unpack LHA-packed files, such as 7-zip. There are similar tools for Linux and macOS that can do this.
  • the freeware tool UltraISO (Windows), a tool that can open and edit ISO files. There are also similar tools for Linux and macOS that can do this.
1.2. Creating a QEMU hard disk image

Via Console/Shell/Terminal under Windows/Linux/Mac:

Qemu-img create –f raw hd.img 2G

2G here stands for 2 gigabyte hard disk size and can be individually adjusted depending on how large the virtual hard disk is to become. For the beginning, I recommend not going higher than 2GB. Important: to create the hd.img, you must be in the QEMU directory.

1.3 Adaptation of the installation medium

Before we can boot with the Pegasos 2 emulation under QEMU, the installation medium must be adapted. First you should unpack the archives "AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 2" and "AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3" and search in the unpacked folder for the file "PCIGraphics.card" in the folder Content/Kickstart or for the file "siliconmotion502.chip" in the folder Files_Sam460ex/Kickstart.

Now copy the files "siliconmotion502.chip" and "PCIGraphics.card" to your AmigaOS 4.1 FE Pegasos2InstallCD.ISO with the help of UltraIso into the directory /System/Kickstart. Then you only have to open the file "Kicklayout" in the Kickstart and /System/Kickstart folders with a text editor and add the following line without "":
  • for the Kicklayout in Kickstart directory: "MODULE System/Kickstart/siliconmotion502.chip"
  • for thw Kicklayout in System/Kickstart directory: "MODULE Kickstart/siliconmotion502.chip"
Save the changes under UltraIso. The bootloader should not be affected by the changes and the Pegasos2InstallCD.ISO should still be bootable.

2. Booting QEMU

This is a pure basic command line to be able to boot from the Pegasos2InstallCD.ISO under QEMU. The paths to pegasos2.rom, hd.img and also to Pegasos2InstallCD.iso must be adjusted accordingly. Make sure you are in the QEMU directory and type in the following command line:

qemu-system-ppc -L pc-bios -M pegasos2 /
-bios /pfad/zum/pegasos2.rom / -vga none / -device sm501 /
-drive if=none,id=cd,file=/pfad/zum/Pegasos2InstallCD-53.54.iso,format=raw /
-device ide-cd,drive=cd,bus=ide.1 /
-drive if=none,id=hd,file=/pfad/zu/eure/hd.img,format=raw /
-device ide-hd,drive=hd,bus=ide.0 /
-device rtl8139,netdev=net0 /
-netdev user,id=net0 /
-rtc base=localtime / -serial stdio

Under MacOs, the line -display cocoa or -display sdl must also be entered, otherwise no window will open. If everything has worked, QEMU welcomes you with the Pegasos2 SmartFirmware.


Now simply enter the following command:

boot cd amigaboot.of

The SmartFirmware should now boot AmigaOS 4.1. The installation of AmigaOS 4.1 will then proceed as usual: partition the hard disk, install the boot loader, etc.

Important: AmigaOS 4.1 FE can currently only be installed and booted on FFS-formatted virtual hard disks. Partitions with the file system SFS will not be registered under AmigaOS 4.1 for Pegasos 2 (the problem is already being investigated). An illustrated pdf instruction can be found on the pages of Amedia Computer France.

After the installation on your virtual hard disk and after ejecting the installation CD (ISO), the command

boot hd:0 amigaboot.of

under the SmartFirmware to boot from your virtual hard disk:


For some reason, which is not yet known, the first boot process after installation starts in Pal-LowRes mode and there is incorrect screen display. However, the problem can be easily solved by simply calling System/Prefs/Screenmode and selecting a 16-bit screen there.



3. Conclusion

I am unbelievably positively surprised at how fast the whole thing runs and also 2D accelerated. I didn't know anything like that from other emulators before. Not everything runs perfectly yet, but at least the everyday things can already be used under AmigaOS 4.1. On 16 bit, the screen resolution is limited to 1440x900 and there is no 3D acceleration. In this YouTube video I show the general usability of the Workbench under the Pegasos 2 emulation: playing mp3 files, multitasking, loading times and displaying folders with many files, etc.

The biggest thanks go to BALATON Zoltan who programmed the whole thing for us and in his spare time. Without him it would never have been possible! I hope you have fun testing! If you get stuck at any point, please write a comment and ask your questions.

This was tested extensively under macOS 13.2.1 with Apple M1 Max. However, it should be just as possible under Linux and Windows, albeit in a slightly modified form. (dr)

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26.Mar.2023



Aminet uploads until 25.03.2023
The following files have been added until 25.03.2023 to Aminet:
AmiGemini.lha            comm/net   239K  AOS Gemini, Spartan, Gopher + Fin...
COP.lha                  dev/debug  167K  68k Low Level Debugger
MuForce.lha              dev/debug  325K  68k V40 Enforcer,detect illegal R...
MuGuardianAngel.lha      dev/debug  347K  68k detect accesses to non-alloca...
OsGrind.lha              dev/debug  30K   68k Configurable Os argument checker
SegTracker.lha           dev/debug  17K   68k A global SegList tracking uti...
eurochamp.lha            docs/misc  247K      Soccer Euro Champs 1960-2020 ...
worldcup.lha             docs/misc  655K      Statistics of World Cups 1930...
PcmciaCD.lha             driver/med 11K   68k ATAPI PCMCIA CD driver Sony Vaio
F1GP2023Carset.lha       game/data  8K        2023 Carset for F1GP
gse.lha                  game/edit  17K   68k Editor for Gunship2000 roster...
MCE.lha                  game/edit  3.6M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  4.1M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
Gunship.jpg              game/hint  375K      A500/2000 Gunship Keyboard Ov...
PhotoMosaic.lha          gfx/misc   2.9M  68k Make Photo Mosaic from photo ...
AmiSSL-5.8-OS3.lha       util/libs  3.4M  68k OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.8-OS4.lha       util/libs  3.1M  OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.8-SDK.lha       util/libs  2.3M  AOS OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
MMULib.lha               util/libs  786K  68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
VATestprogram.zip        util/misc  7.3M  68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
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OS4Depot uploads until 25.03.2023
The following files have been added until 25.03.2023 to OS4Depot:
amissl-sdk.lha           dev/mis 2Mb   4.0 SDK for AmiSSL
petsciirobots.lha        gam/act 2Mb   4.1 PETSCII Robots ported to SDL
terri-fried.lha          gam/mis 2Mb   4.1 Everyone is dead except for... a...
unext.lha                gam/pla 26Mb  4.1 Super Mario Clone!
vanillara.lha            gam/str 4Mb   4.1 Red Alert/VanillaRA V1.1 Port fo...
vanillatd.lha            gam/str 3Mb   4.1 Tiberian Dawn/VanillaTD V1.1 Por...
mce.lha                  gam/uti 4Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
amissl.lha               lib/mis 3Mb   4.0 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared library
amigemini.lha            net/bro 239kb 4.0 Gemini, Spartan, Gopher + Finger...
nm2mw.lha                uti/mis 2kb   4.0 NewMouse events into native IECL...
vamp.lha                 vid/pla 2Mb   4.0 Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
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AROS Archives uploads until 25.03.2023
The following files have been added until 25.03.2023 to AROS Archives:
photomosaic.lha              aud     3Mb   Make Photo Mosaic from photo col...
eurochamp.lha                doc/mis 247kb statistics euro soccer 1960-2020
worldcup.lha                 doc/mis 655kb Soccer World Cup statistics 1930...
lightwave_quick_guide.zip    doc/tut 113Mb Video Tuttorial for Lightwave 3d...
tecnoballz.i386-aros.zip     gam/puz 3Mb   brick breaking game.
icon_pack_app_kensv4.lha     gra/ico 168kb application drawer icon kens v4
vamp.lha                     vid/pla 2Mb   Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 25.03.2023
The following files have been added until 25.03.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
MaestrixReloaded_2.1.lha  Audio/Drivers             The Maestrix 2: Reloade...
Terri-Fried.lha           Games/Misc                Everyone is dead except...
PhotoMosaic_1.0.lha       Graphics/Misc             Make Photo Mosaic from ...
AmiTube_1.4.lha           Multimedia                The first YouTube Clien...
VAMP_3.05.lha             Multimedia                A Multimedia Player pro...
AmiSSL_5.8-68k.lha        Network/SSL               OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...
SnoopDos_3.11_68k.lha     System/Monitoring         SnoopDos_3.11_68k.lha
Pegasos.zip               Videos                    Video of Pegasos by The...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 25.03.2023
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 25.03.2023:
  • 2023-03-25 improved: Spellbound (Psygnosis) RawDIC imager used, decruncher relocated in fastmem, save hiscores, trainer added, 68000 quitkey, icons, hits and manual (Info)
  • 2023-03-23 improved: Ghouls'n'Ghosts (Capcom/U.S.Gold) supports another version, 2nd button support, 68000 quitkey, icons and solution added (Info)
  • 2023-03-19 improved: Body Blows (Team 17) countdown color fixed (Info)
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Amiga Future (website)


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:
  • Midnight Resistance Live Performance
  • Wild West World (Sunset Calm remix)
  • Final Hyperbase a Live Performance
  • Wild West World
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Amigaworld.net (Forum)


Elbox: pci.library 13.14
At the title link Elbox have released an update of their pci.library for owners of the PCI busboard Mediator. Information on changes in version 13.14 is not available. (snx)

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Seiya (ANF)


PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 144 (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.

Amiga-related, the current issue is about "Enemy: Tempest of Violence (V2)", "Frontier: Elite II" and "OnEscapee". (snx)

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Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Print magazine: Issue 137 of Amiga Future readable online
The German and English issue 137 (March/April 2019) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine as well as a higher resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (snx)

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