16.Feb.2023
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Programming language: AmiBlitz 3.9.9
A few moments ago, version 3.9.9 of the programming language AmiBlitz has been released. Changes:
changes in project::
- updated documentation
- updated examples drawer
- re-added serveral resident sourcefiles of BB2 for later improvement
- added disassembled source code for blitzlibs animlib, iffiolib, ilbmifflib
- added several StormWizard-demos made by @mdbergmann
changed:
- moved commands GetD0, PutD0, GetRegD0, PushD0 from wzlib to environlib (wzlib needs at least OS2 so use of these commands prevented the executable to be working with an older OS
- reduced memory consumption for string in PED
- changed scroll size to 1 character when scrolling left or right
- changed behaviour of marked blocks, they behave now like blocks in other editors
- removed dependency of fontlib for diskfontlib when using ROM-font, so diskfont.library is not needed anymore if topaz is used!
added:
- new function win windowslib: WindowIsOpen(win#) returns True if the window with given number is opened
fixed:
- fixed several broken OS-functioncalls in PED and compiler that could lead to a crash
- fixed crash of PED when source code contains TAB-characters
- fixed crash when using HELP-key on certain macro names
- fixed some display problems with cursor when blinking is turned off
- fixed some display problems when scrolling source from outside the window
- fixed seldom display problems with highlighting of statement names
- fixed multiple redraws of source window at resize of window
- fixed configuration: state of intellisense option was not parsed correctly
- fixed: if a source file was "saved as", the new filename was not shown in tab title
- fixed: crash when saving as plain text
Download: AmiBlitz399.lha (10 MB) (dr)
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16.Feb.2023
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Linux: Stable long-term kernel 5.10.167 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to new kernels (amiga-news.de reported), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky also provides the latest version of the stable long-term kernel for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. It is suitable for old Linux distributions that do not work with the latest kernels, such as Ubuntu 10.04, or if users have problems with the latest kernels. The new version offers support for PCI-Express SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) host adapters.
Download: linux-image-5.10.167-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (71 MB)
(dr)
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16.Feb.2023
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Video tutorial: The AMOS command "Limit Mouse"
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro (amiga-news.de reported), retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' this time explains, how you can limit your mouse movements on screen by using the AMOS "Limit Mouse" command. (dr)
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15.Feb.2023
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Demoparty: MountainBytes 2023 (Switzerland)
After a six-year hiatus and another three years of involuntary postponements by Covid, from 24 to 26 February 2023, the "MountainBytes" demo party will take place in Cham, Switzerland, organized by Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur. In addition to various workshops and competitions (timetable), the nominees for The Meteoriks Award will be presented during a show on Friday. The award ceremony will then take place at the Revision demo party in Saarbrücken at the beginning of April. (dr)
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15.Feb.2023
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Mod-Player: HippoPlayer 2.56
Kari-Pekka Koljonen, the developer of the Amiga-MOD players HippoPlayer, has released an update to version 2.56 which among others provides improved MP3 support and PSID playback. (dr)
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14.Feb.2023
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Blog: The Colorful Charm of Amiga Utility Disks
In his latest, richly illustrated blog entry, Carl Svensson looks at Amiga utility disks and their often creative CLI menus: Utility disks were especially popular in the demo scene, and included editors, crunchers, graphics tools, trackers for composing music, or tools for displaying or playing text, graphics and music files. To create a demo, you only needed a handful of these disks. (dr)
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14.Feb.2023
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Review: ZuluSCSI
Already in mid-January, 'Jaruzel' had reported in his blog about his experiences with the file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulator ZuluSCSI. (dr)
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13.Feb.2023
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Video: Chemical Free Retrobrighting Alternatives
In his latest video, Robert Smith uses theoretical considerations and practical experiments to address the question of how to brighten up yellowed keyboards and cases of retro computers without the usual hydrogen peroxide. He has found two successful alternatives. (dr)
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13.Feb.2023
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Article on Amiga use in film productions by Digital Domain
Befores & Afters is a (primarily online) magazine on visual effects and animation. At the title link, it dedicates a current article to the use of the Amiga in the film industry - to be more precise, it is simply a reproduction of memories of Digital Domain graphic artist Sean Cunningham, which he published as a comment on the YouTube channel of Retro Recipes after an Amiga 4000 apparently used for the films "Apollo 13" and "Titanic" turned up three years ago. (snx)
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12.Feb.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Status of Qt 6.2.0
In October 2021, developer Alfkil Wennermark had published a first preview of a text editor created with Qt6 (amiga-news.de reported).
Now he shows in a current YouTube video how he edits text in this editor and then exports it to a pdf file. The special thing about it:
Until now, there was only a static link version of Qt6, which means that all library objects are collected in the executable file at build time. In the dynamic link now, they use shared objects that are all loaded and linked at runtime. Since most complex programs from other platforms need dynamic links (shared objects) for their build systems to work, this is another development step regarding the creation of such programs for AmigaOS 4. (dr)
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12.Feb.2023
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Aminet uploads until 11.02.2023
The following files have been added until 11.02.2023 to Aminet:
fe.lha dev/lang 45K MOS A tiny, embeddable language
TinyInvaders.lha game/shoot 1.7M 68k SPACE INVADERS poor clone in ...
LazyMines_FR.lha game/think 6K French catalog for LazyMines 3.x
RPNScientific.lha misc/math 2.7M x86 RPN scientific and programmer...
AmigaKlangSamples.lha mods/smpl 664K Samples & Instruments for Ami...
UADE_MMV8.lha mus/play 15K 68k MusicMakerV8 players for UADE
NAFCYI1991S1-B28.zip text/bfont 2.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-28.zip text/pfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
cabextract.lha util/arc 54K 68k Extract MS Cabinet (.CAB) arc...
cabextract_MOS.lha util/arc 51K MOS Extract MS Cabinet (.CAB) arc...
cabextract_OS4.lha util/arc 44K OS4 Extract MS Cabinet (.CAB) arc...
deark.lha util/arc 2.9M 68k Extract data from various fil...
MousePressed.lha util/batch 8K 68k Check if mouse buttons are pr...
Image2PDF.lha util/conv 8.9M ALL convert JP(E)Gs and PNGs to PDF
AmiSSL-5.7-OS3.lha util/libs 3.3M 68k OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.7-OS4.lha util/libs 3.1M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.7-SDK.lha util/libs 2.3M AOS OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
eflashutil.lha util/misc 41K 68k GUI for eFlasher utility for ...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 3.9M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
AnalogClock.lha util/time 39K 68k Resizeable analog transparent...
(snx)
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12.Feb.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 11.02.2023
The following files have been added until 11.02.2023 to OS4Depot:
void-fb14.zip dem/mus 5Mb 4.0 A music-pack by Void
cardsmakingkit.lha gam/uti 3Mb 4.0 This is a SDK to make your decks...
afnews.lha net/new 1Mb 4.0 Amiga Future Everywhere AmigaOS 4
afa-viewer.lha uti/arc 4Mb 4.1 Browse AmigaFuture Archive-DVD
deark.lha uti/arc 6Mb 4.0 Extracting data from various fil...
cabextract.lha uti/fil 44kb 4.0 Extract Microsoft Cabinet (.CAB)...
(snx)
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12.Feb.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 11.02.2023
The following files have been added until 11.02.2023 to AROS Archives:
cardsmakingkit.lha gam/uti 2Mb This is a SDK to make your decks...
image2pdf.i386-aros.lha off/dtp 9Mb convert JP(E)Gs and PNGs to PDF
rpnscientific.i-386-aros.lha uti/sci 3Mb RPN Scientific and Programmer Ca...
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12.Feb.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 04.02.2023
The following files have been added until 11.02.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
Fallout2_manual_FR.pdf Documentation/Games Fallout2_manual_FR.pdf
Fallout2_manual_EN.pdf Documentation/Games Fallout2_manual_EN.pdf
fheroes2_1.0.1.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
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12.Feb.2023
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WHDLoad: Neue Pakete bis 11.02.2023
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 11.02.2023:
- 2023-02-07 new: Rocket Attack (Softgang) done by Psygore (Info)
- 2023-02-07 improved: Magica (Andy Noble) made 68000 compatible (Info, Image)
- 2023-02-06 improved: Walker (DMA Design/Psygnosis) fixed potential crash on Terrible Fire hardware (Info)
- 2023-02-06 new: Regent (Linel) done by JOTD (Info)
- 2023-02-06 new: Magica (Andy Noble) done by DJ Mike (Info, Image)
(snx)
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12.Feb.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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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:
- Test Drive 2 The Duel Intro Live Performance
- LedStorm Ambient Cover
- Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
- The Sentinel Intro cover
- Cybernoid 2 (Reboot 2023)
- Rise Up
- Hard
- Turrican - Tower of M.O.R.G.U.L. (Extended remix)
- Twintris Song 2 (Intense REMiX)
(snx)
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12.Feb.2023
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Report: Amiga PowerPC hardware in Mini-ITX format (Czech)
Martina Hřebcová Martina Hřebcová is known for her extensive and detailed reports on PowerPC hardware.
Now she has published a series of articles dealing with Amiga PowerPC hardware in Mini-ITX size or smaller:
In a concluding fourth part, she compares the three boards, adds the Mac Mini G4 for this purpose and makes recommendations as to which board is best for which operating system in her opinion. (dr)
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12.Feb.2023
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Top-Down action game: "Mighty Mike" for MorphOS and Linux
A few days ago, the developer 'jorio' published version 3.0.2 of the top-down action game "Mighty Mike" for Windows, Mac and Linux (64 bit), originally published by "Pangea Software", including the source code, on itch.io.
Analogous to "Otto Matic", 'BeWorld' has now compiled it for MorphOS and Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky for Linux PPC 32-Bit (direct download, 8 MB). (dr)
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12.Feb.2023
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Jump'n Run: Maria Renard's Revenge released
"Maria Renard's Revenge" (video) is a Jump'n Run inspired by Castlevania which was developed using the Scorpion Engine. Today the final version has been released.
An Amiga 1200 or an Amiga CD32 with 1 MB FastRam are required. (dr)
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11.Feb.2023
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ReAction GUI for XAD: Avalanche 1.11 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Chris Young has released version 1.11 of his ReAction-based graphical user interface Avalanche for the unarchiving system XAD, which also supports the xfdmaster.library and can search for viruses using the xvs.library. The developer has written his tool explicitly for AmigaOS 3.2, but has also been tested under AmigaOS 4. Since it uses a new window.class, it might not work with older OS3 versions. Changes:
- Improve window handling:
- Can now open new window from the GUI
- Can select to ask/hide/quit when last window closed (NB: CONFIRMQUIT tooltype no longer used)
- Can now specify an archive on the command line
Download: avalanche.lha (84 Kb) (dr)
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11.Feb.2023
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Turn-based strategy: Intro update for "Settle the World"
Christian 'TheoTheoderich' Wiegel has released an intro update for his turn-based building and trading game "Settle the World" - see detailed introduction on amiga-news.de - which now tells the background story with a slideshow (YouTube video).
Compared to the version from the beginning of December (amiga-news.de reported), there are also a number of improvements that make "Settle the World" even more playable:
- Pioneers can build mines on hills or mountains to increase the iron yield
- In the cities, once a certain number of inhabitants has been reached, you can see exactly what needs have to be met for the inhabitants to move up to the next class (a lot of time and work went into this)
- There are now master carpenters to speed up the construction of buildings
- Intermediate images for special events
- more small animations, especially on water (CPU >= 68030)
- Cities now have their own view radius
- Horses multiply faster in cities
- ...and many more little things
Thus, it is now much easier to reach a large working class city and easier for the player to understand what is needed to do so. As the developer writes to us, there are still no natives or computer opponents, but some work in this direction has already been initiated with this update.
A Quick Start Guide in PDF format should also make it even easier to get started with the game.
"Settle the World" is primarily intended as a duel between human opponents, but can also be played alone. The game requires 1 megabyte of ChipRAM and 4 megabytes of FastRAM, a hard disk and at least a 68020 processor. (dr)
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10.Feb.2023
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AROS x86: Update of ABI-v0 developer branch to version 20201110-1
AROS developer Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has released the new version 20201110-1 of AROS ABIv0 for 32-Bit systems (amiga-news.de reported). Over 1400 changes have been integrated, with 1700 still to come to match the main branch. The full list of changes can be seen under the title link. (dr)
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10.Feb.2023
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Tech demo: 3D engine for Amiga 1200
In a little tech demo, 'Rst7/CBSIE' presents his 3D engine "SDDDE" for the Amiga 1200. The corresponding project is maintained on GitHub. (dr)
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10.Feb.2023
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User Report: The PiStorm32-lite, part 1
I never really planned to get a PiStorm for my Amiga 1200. Firstly, the project - the PiStorm32 - didn't seem to be finished in the near future and then, of course, there was the question of its sense and usefulness.
Since the 90s, a Blizzard 1230 has been working reliably and seemingly for eternity in my Amiga 1200. In the 2000s, I had given it 128 MB Fast RAM and an SD hard disk so that I could also "play around" with resource-hungry software such as the browser Netsurf (see the corresponding browser test). I never had any problems with the speed, since it is 30 years old hardware. But there was one thing I had always wished for, which was denied me in the desktop version of the 1200: a graphics card. For example, I ran the mail programme YAM under AGA for many, many years, but it was really no feast for the eyes.
When, relatively spontaneously and surprisingly, the PiStorm32-lite project was not only announced at the beginning of October last year, but also completed at the end of last year, and this made it possible to run my Workbench with graphics card resolution, my thoughts also became more concrete. Especially as it is obviously possible to deactivate the card and then run the old games via diskette. I am attached to my Blizzard, but it was decided: a PiStorm32-lite should be purchased.
We published a news item the other day about the current availability of the adapter (with and without the required Raspberry Pi), although Amiga Kit now also offers the PiStorm32-lite at a fair price. I ordered the adapter and the Raspberry Pi 3 Model A separately, which arrived as follows:
Having never held a Raspberry Pi in my hands before, I was amazed at how small this single-board computer is. Especially when you had just looked into the tower of the X5000 ;) I have to admit, I'm not a born hobbyist and haven't messed around with the 1200 for ages, but assembling the adapter with the Pi and then installing it in the 1200 is doable.
First, the thermal pad is put onto the square surface provided for it:
Then place the three spacers on the holes:
Now put on the Raspberry Pi and also fix the insulation rail with the three screws:
The assembled card must now be installed in the trapdoor expansion slot on the underside of the housing. In my case, the Blizzard 1230 turbo card was in there together with the memory bar, which first has to be removed:
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At the top left you can still see the SCSI cable, which I had also removed. Possibly it is meant to be inserted this way now, but with my two clumsy hands it did not work well. Since I had to open the case in such and such a way to remove the cable, I didn't try for long and was able to install the card well this way:
Incidentally, the HDMI connection can be seen in the top centre, and the USB connection in the centre right. In contrast to the Raspberry Pi 4, the 3 version has a normal HDMI connection and not a micro HDMI connection. As you can see from my standard HDMI cable: that's going to be tight!
At first I could only connect it by disconnecting the floppy drive completely:
And even then, the plug pushed the whole card up a bit by resting on the metal sheet. Anyway. I wanted to at least start a test run to see if it basically worked. Switched on and I saw:
a black screen!
As the attentive reader may have noticed, the microSD card was missing from the designated slot ;)
It was still in my discarded Nokia Lumia mobile phone. Why is that? Because my card reader doesn't have a microSD slot. I had fished out an adapter from my stock, into which the microSD card could be inserted and then read as an SD card, but unfortunately that didn't work. But I had to prepare the card somehow and so I came up with the temporary solution with the mobile phone.
The preparation of the map needs to be dealt with more intensively, but basically there are two good places to go to get information and read up:
As far as I have noticed, most users use an AmigaOS 3.x installed on the card to take full advantage of the speed benefits when accessing the card. I primarily want to use and test my software installed on the Amiga 1200 first and therefore accept the slower IDE interface. For this, one only has to install two things on the card:
The unpacked Emu68 archive looks like this:
In addition to the "bcm2710-rpi-3-b-plus.dtb" file, the archive also contains other versions for the Pi 4 etc.. However, it is sufficient to keep only the version that suits you and delete the others. The exact name of the Amiga1200 kickstart ROM file must now be entered into the "config.txt" in the last line. So "initramfs kick.rom" becomes "initramfs a1200_kick_32.rom" for me.
Okay, card is now in, second try. Ahhhhh....
After all! :) However, my eyes then discover this error message in the upper left corner of the screen when I take a closer look:
The "BUPtest" is a tool that tests the communication Pi <-> PiStorm <-> Amiga Chip RAM.
After consulting Claude and Michal - thank you very much - it is possible that the card pushed up by the HDMI connector is not seated correctly. In order to exclude or confirm this, the first part ends here and will be continued with a second one as soon as the hopefully better fitting cable (UltraThin HDMI cable) has arrived at my place. (dr)
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10.Feb.2023
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Demoparty: Lovebyte 2023 / Call to Amiga programmers
From 8pm tonight until Sunday, the Lovebyte Demoparty 2023 will take place on Discord and Twitch, where there will again be intro competitions in various categories. However, until just before the closing date, not a single Amiga demo has been submitted for this, which is why the organisers explicitly encourage programmers to submit for example at least a small 1k bootblock intro. (dr)
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10.Feb.2023
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MorphOS 3.17: openssl3.library February Hotfix
The MorphOS developer team has announced: "Another round of vulnerabilities have been identified and fixed for the version of OpenSSL that is included in MorphOS 3.17. Eight discovered issues, namely CVE-2023-0286, CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2022-4203, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0216, CVE-2023-0217 and CVE-2023-0401, were found to potentially affect MorphOS users.
A fixed OpenSSL library will be bundled with a future MorphOS release. Meanwhile, you can download (1,7 MB) the replacement openssl3.library that fixes the problem for MorphOS 3.17. To install it, copy the file to MOSSYS:Libs and reboot." (dr)
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