21.Sep.2022
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AmigaOS 4: New versions of newlib.library and string.gadget class
Via AmiUpdate two updated system files are availble: string.gadget lass 53.24 and Kickstart module newlib.library 53.80. Changes:
string.gadget V53.24
- Rewrote the SHK_PASSWORD handling in the GM_RENDER method in a way that does not require temporarily replacing the buffer in si->Buffer (fixes a race condition when STRINGA_TextVal is read).
- No longer temporarily writes an 'n' character to the end of the buffer, which should fix some nasty race conditions when accessing the buffer.
- Fixed the text cursor sometimes being rendered with a wrong width when placed at the end of the string. This bug was a side effect of changes made in the previous release.
newlib.library.kmod V53.80 (excerpt)
- Fixed the clock() function which was comparing time values using different different epochs, as well as time zones if the local time zone did not
happen to be GMT.
- Replaced GetSysTime() in rusage() and clock() with GetUpTime() which is guaranteed to be monotonically increasing.
- Fixed a bug in setstate() that would cause the long word in front of the previous state buffer to be overwritten instead of the the first long word in the buffer.
- Made always include as it is needed for SIZE_MAX, for now at least.
- Added the previously missing asnprintf(), vasnprintf(), _asnprintf_r() and vasnprintf_r() functions to shared object and small data builds of libc.
- Disabled .__newlib_version section and linker warnings for shared object build of libc.
- Updated libauto.a to the latest version with VBCC support.
- mongetpcs() now uses the locally opened elf.library interface instead of relying on a global IElf interface existing.
(dr)
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21.Sep.2022
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AmigaOS 4.1: Graphics card driver RadeonHD V5 (update)
At the end of October 2018, RadeonHD driver version 3.6 came out with the release of the "Enhancer Software Graphics Upgrade", as a supplement to the Enhancer 1.x package, which later also became part of Enhancer Software 2.0. With version 2.1 of Enhancer, version 3.7 of the graphics card driver was released.
Finally, version 2.2 of the Enhancer software was released recently, which did not include a new RadeonHD driver, but did include an updated version (1.11) of the va.library. The Video Acceleration Library was developed to support hardware video decoding on Radeon Polaris (RX) cards. Apparently, hardware acceleration for both Polaris RX cards and RadeonHD cards was already integrated in this version, but for the latter case, version 5 of the RadeonHD graphics card drivers was required, which was not yet available at that time (see AmigaKit's contribution on Amigans). Among other things, this resulted in the media player Emotion from Entwickler-X now crashing, because the software loaded the new va.library but did not find version 5 of the RadeonHD driver. This could only be solved by deactivating or reverting to the old version.
After purchasing it under the title link for 50 Euro at AmigaKit (still not available on AmiStore), now this driver is available as version 5.14 via the Updater tool, device-specific for the SAM 460 and the two AmigaOne computers, X1000 and X5000 and brings the driver up to the same feature set as the RadeonRX driver. Most important changes:
- Dropped support for all graphics cards older than Southern Islands
- switched to a new code-base for the core
- added Dynamic Power Management (DPM)
- added UVD (hardware accelerated video decoding) support
- added GART support
- A bunch of miscellaneous fixes and improvements
Suitable graphics cards can be found via the RadeonHD driver compatibility page.
The RadeonHD v5 driver works also fine without the Enhancer Software. But it is required for hardware accelerated video decoding.
Update: (24.09.2022, 07:38, dr)
According to AmigaKit in a press release, the new RadeonHD driver can be directly purchased on A-EON's website until he will be made available on AmiStore. (dr)
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20.Sep.2022
Ko-Fi
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Platformer: "BlobWars: Attrition" 1.2.2r2 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS
A month ago, the AmigaOS 4 developer George 'walkero' Sokianos - among others aiostreams, Flawfinder, Lite XL or iGame - had released the first version of his port of the commercial platformer "BlobWars: Attrition" to AmigaOS 4 (amiga-news.de reported).
The now updated version is also available for MorphOS for the first time and offers a lot of bug fixes, but especially an improvement of the performance. So the game should now be playable on not so powerful computers and SDL renderers, as long as you have a graphics card with some memory available. Unfortunately, it still wouldn't be playable on computers with 32 MB of graphics memory or less. Also, the debugging window that appears when the game starts has been removed.
The developer himself tested the MorphOS version on a PowerBook G4, where it "worked quite well". On his X5000 with the Radeon HD 6850, the game unfortunately only worked with a software renderer and was not playable due to a lack of suitable drivers.
Anyone who wants to support the author has the opportunity to do so on his Ko-fi website. The author returns 50% of the donations to the community at the end of each month by supporting projects or developers. (dr)
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20.Sep.2022
Hans de Ruiter
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AmigaOS 4: FTP-Server 'ZitaFTP' 1.35
A week ago Hans de Ruiter had released version 1.34 of his commercial FTP server 'ZitaFTP' (amiga-news.de reported). Users reported here crashes at program start, which was due to a missing initialization of AmiSSL. The bug has been fixed and version 1.35 is available for existing users either via AmiUpdate or as download under the title link. (dr)
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19.Sep.2022
Erik Hogan
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Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.7
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan allows you to develop games. The engine itself is closed source, all demos and example games are open source. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, levels created by using the editor Tiled eingesetzt. For importing and creating sounds, music and animations the Amiga formats (mod, 8svx, anim5) are used.
A few moments ago he has relesaed version 2022.7. Changes:
- Mouse support, including support for two simultaneous mice
- Improved support for separating assets for different targets (to make it easier to have specific animations or levels for OCS, AGA etc)
- Further performance gains from improved 68K compilation
- Various bug fixes and feature additions
You can support the developer on his Patreon website. (dr)
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18.Sep.2022
Prince (Mail)
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Video tutorial: Episode 31 of assembler coding course
'Prince', founder of the demo group 'Phaze101', is currently streaming the assembler programming course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube (amiga-news.de reported). Now episode 31 was published. (dr)
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18.Sep.2022
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Aminet uploads until 17.09.2022
The following files have been added until 17.09.2022 to Aminet:
ZitaFTPServer.lha comm/tcp 14M OS4 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
MCE.lha game/edit 3.4M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.7M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.0M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
ADoom-1.4.1.lha game/shoot 184K 68k Amiga port of DOOM
DoomSndLibs.lha game/shoot 31K 68k New Sound & Music Libraries f...
ACE-MorphOS.lha misc/emu 1.9M MOS Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.4M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
dS-tpro.lha text/bfont 123K high res topaz font for squar...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 1.9M 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
ColorPicker.lha util/wb 8K 68k tool for get color from Workb...
(snx)
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18.Sep.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 17.09.2022
The following files have been added until 17.09.2022 to OS4Depot:
rave.lha aud/edi 2Mb 4.1 An editor for mono/stereo audio ...
a1xe_hardware_fixes.zip doc/tut 796kb 4.0 Official Eyetech AmigaOne XE USB...
eaqne.lzx gam/adv 15Mb 4.0 Adventure point and click with d...
mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
zitaftpserver.lha net/ser 14Mb 4.1 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
ign-addon-ods.lha off/spr 212kb 4.1 Ignition addon for access ods-files
ign-addon-xlsx.lha off/spr 301kb 4.0 Ignition addon for access xlsx-f...
ignition.lha off/spr 5Mb 4.1 A modern spreadsheet
ignition-src.lha off/spr 1Mb 4.0 A modern spreadsheet (source)
yt.lha vid/mis 799kb 4.0 YouTube URL Extractor script
(snx)
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18.Sep.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 17.09.2022
The following files have been added until 17.09.2022 to AROS Archives:
murks_0.6.0_fix.lha dev/ide 1Mb Murks an Integrated Development ...
(snx)
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18.Sep.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 17.09.2022
The following files have been added until 17.09.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
Protrekkr_2.6.3r2.lha Audio/Tracker A hybrid of modern day ...
AmiArcadia_29.11.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
ACE_1.25.lha Emulation The acidulous CPC/CPC+ ...
EAQNE_demo.lzx Games/Adventure Adventure point and cli...
MCE_14.0.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
(snx)
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18.Sep.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 17.09.2022
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 17.09.2022:
(snx)
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18.Sep.2022
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 4.1
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 4.1 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS. This is now based on WebKitGTK 2.36.7 and thus fixes various errors within WebKit itself. Therefore, the update is recommended despite the fact that due to yesterday's release of WebKitGTK 2.36.8, version 4.2 can already be expected in the next few days.
Download: wayfarer.lha (26 MB) (snx)
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18.Sep.2022
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Programming assistance: "AB_Template" 0.40 offers templates for AmiBlitz 3
Sami Vehmaa wants to get more people to develop games for the Amiga platform and for this purpose offers templates for the RTG variant of AmiBlitz 3 on itch.io with "AB_Template" (YouTube video of version 0.23, amiga-news.de reported).
In version 0.40 he has added 16/9 Parallax side scroller with a warrior, a slot machine update and fixed some bugs. (dr)
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17.Sep.2022
Twitter
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Print/PDF magazine: Komoda & Amiga plus #21 (English/Polish)
"Komoda & Amiga Plus" is dedicated to retro gamers and deals mainly with Commodore's 8-bit computers and Amigas. Among the topics of the current issue 21 (summer/autumn) are an article about Amiga in NASA service, the second part about the situation of Amiga in 2022 and several game reviews.
The magazine is available as printed issue inclusive Commodore 64/128 coverdisk for 9,54 Euro plus shipping (about 5 Euro) or as digital issue for 2,12 Euro. (dr)
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17.Sep.2022
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Floppy disks, part two: Who got them? Tom Persky!
Recently, the offspring discovered the almost criminally forgotten floppy disks as a game object, which not only our one, but also many readers were drawn into many fond memories. However, there is someone who never lost interest and passion for collecting floppy disks and even made a business out of it: Tom Persky.
He is the founder and operator of floppydisk.com. I stumbled across an Interview with him the other days, which is included in the book Floppy Disk Fever - greetings to Joerg Doege :) and now published by "Eye on Design", the editorial platform around design issues.
He bought the domain in the early 1990s and was originally involved in duplicating floppy disks. As he says, he "never in a million years thought I would ever sell blank floppy disks." His business, which used to be 90% duplicating CDs and DVDs, is now 90% selling blank floppy disks. Which he finds shocking. Currently, he has about half a million floppy disks in inventory, but also offers a disk recycling service.
Of course I asked him if he also had experience with Amiga users...As he writes, this is limited to the duplication of floppy disks. He has one or two Amiga customers who order duplications of a few hundred disks. He can still do that, since he still has some duplicators that recognize and support the Amiga format. Unfortunately, since he no longer has any original Amiga equipment, he does the duplication, but the final quality control has to be done by the customer. Even though his equipment is very reliable, there is always some nervousness when he sends disks that he cannot test.
Now it's great that his business still exists, but I wanted to at least see if there was a local alternative to America. I thought I had found one, but the offer to sell blank floppy disks is currently not available. And I was asked not to mention the site either, lest I get a flood of inquiries...;).
So if you are in the process of writing your own text adventure, with umpteen high-resolution background graphics, and want to put it on the market on 10 disks per slipcase, you will have to look elsewhere... ;)
Have a nice weekend! (dr)
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17.Sep.2022
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8-/16-bit emulator for Mac OS and Linux: Clock Signal V2022-09-16
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. While there is also an Amiga emulation included, it "remains wilfully inaccurate" for now.
Yesterday version V2022-09-16 was released. Changes:
- fixes an error in Apple II disk image handling that caused corruption upon save
- adds emulation of the Apple II SCSI card
(dr)
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16.Sep.2022
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Real-time strategy: Update of Vanilla Conquer
Artur Jarosik had released version 1.0 of his port of the first part of the real-time strategy series Command & Conquer to the Amiga in May (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has released a separate version ("vanillatd_no_vamp.zip") for Amigas without Vampire accelerator card, which offers a twice optimized rendering speed. Also, the custom cursor is now enabled in the game. (dr)
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16.Sep.2022
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Video: What is DMA?
In his latest video Robert Smith explains Direct Memory Access (DMA) and among other things also the interleaved mode of the Amiga. (dr)
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16.Sep.2022
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI-Firmware 1.0.8
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators. ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Today version 1.0.8 of the firmware was released. Changes:
- Enable PHY_MODE_DMA_TIMER by default if no GreenPAK is present on V1.1 hardware
- Initial implementation of synchronous mode for RP2040
- Add device type autoconfiguration for more filename prefixes: MO, RE, TP
- Relocate Apple default drive IDs to shared code
- Add platform support for upcoming RP2040-based ZuluSCSI
- RP2040: custom bootloader & performance improvements
- RP2040: Fix SCSI-2 mode not getting enabled due to ATN handlinghttps://github.com//pull/64
- RP2040: Add support for SCSI-1 single initiator mode
(dr)
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15.Sep.2022
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Connector board for FPGA Amiga clone: MiSTress 600
After the currently sold out versions for the installation of the FPGA Amiga clone MiSTer into an Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200 or ITX/Micro ITX PC-, 8bits4ever today officially introduced a conversion kit for the Amiga 600 as well.
As with other MiSTress models, the original Amiga 600 keyboard can be used as a regular USB HID device, and the case LEDs light up just like the MiSTer's. As the site writes, this first batch will take about 5-6 weeks to be ready for shipping. The introductory price is 135 Euros plus shipping.
Among other features, the MiSTress 600 has a hub with five USB ports, RGB/VGA DB15 connector, RCA stereo audio (with selectable I2S DAC), two DB9 joystick connectors (SEGA Megadrive compatible), and an internal 2.5-inch drive bay. The keyboard controller has an extended keyboard layout, which gives access to most of the keys you would find on a normal 104-key keyboard, and which are otherwise missing on the Amiga 600 key set. (dr)
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15.Sep.2022
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Video: Amiga Alive and Kicking also at Amazon Prime in the USA
The crowd-funded documentary "Amiga Alive and Kicking", which has been available for download since the end of June (amiga-news.de reported), is now also available on Amazon Prime - but currently only in the USA. (snx)
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