06.Jan.2023
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: X11 environment AmiCygnix 1.7
Edgar Schwan's AmiCygnix is a Unix environment for AmigaOS 4. It is not an emulation, but all programs are compiled natively for AmigaOS 4 (screenshot). AmiCygnix provides a directory and data structure similar to that of a Unix installation.
Version 1.7 contains some innovations around the topic "start of external programs" (remote start), furthermore a Unix and an Amiga shell is now available for the display drivers for the Workbench (screenshot). Besides that some bugs have been fixed by completely reworking the utility library "libaos4util" for AmiCygnix and by adding the coreutils package also some dependencies to the AmigaOS 4 SDK have been removed.
New in AmiCygnix-Base:
- All display drivers for the Workbench now have a menu to start a Unix or an Amiga shell. The environment of these shells is specially adapted to AmiCygnix. Another menu item can be used to open a dialer to change the access rights to the X server (screenshot). These shells can also be started via the "System Tools" menu of the desktop panel.
- Until AmiCygnix 1.6 there were some dependencies to the SDK. The commands of the coreutils package needed by some shell scripts were not included in AmiCygnix. Especially the ROX-Filer was affected by this. These commands are now included and can be used in the shells.
- Due to a bug in Newlib the arguments of some shell commands were not read correctly. Especially the backslash "\" was affected. This has now been fixed.
- The AmiCygnix shell commands compiled with Newlib did not have wildcard support (resolution of "*" in filenames), unlike the AmigaOS 4 SDK versions. This has now been incorporated so that a Unix shell is no longer required for the affected shell commands.
- Now includes an AmiCygnix adapted version of the ABC shell called "acxsh" for better compatibility with AmiCygnix
- In the newly introduced directory "Prefs" is an adjustor for the treatment of the access rights on the X server. Important for calling external programs (remote start).
- A script named "Start_XServer_Only.bat" allows to start an X server without starting an application. This is mainly intended for starting external programs
- Update of the SSL/TLS layer "GnuTLS" to version 3.7.3; this fixes some problems with certificates.
- Updated the integrated root certificates for GnuTLS and OpenSSL.
- Now includes the new GTK+ default theme "Adwaita", which is now also the default theme for GTK+ 2 and GTK+ 3 programs.
- Support for GTK+ 3 programs was buggy; this bug has been fixed.
- Revised versions of the "myX11Setup" and "myX11SetupLight" setters.
- When using the window manager "dwm" (Dynamic Window Manager) introduced with AmiCygnix 1.5, no key combinations with ALT could be used. For key commands for "dwm" the left Amiga key is now used.
- The library "libaos4util" used in all AmiCygnix programs has been completely reworked and all programs have been linked to it again.
- The support of the old "threads.library" has been removed. This is no longer needed by any of the current programs.
- The printer tool "lpr" could crash; this has been fixed.
- The data for the time zones has been updated.
- With installed AmigaOS 4 SDK the commands of the SDK are preferred now with the environment variable "PATH" of the ABC Shell. Basically general environment variables are set at the start of AmiCygnix only if they are not present in ENVARC:.
- Many other bug fixes.
New in AmiCygnix tools:
- All programs have been relinked with the revised version of the utility library "libaos4util".
- The browser "NetSurf" and the included command "curl" have been linked with the new version 3.7.3 of the SSL/TLS layer "GnuTLS". This should fix problems with certificates and SSL connections.
Download:
amicygnix-base.lha (148 MB)
amicygnix-tools.lha (95 MB) (snx)
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06.Jan.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 160 - 25th anniversary
The English and German issue 160 (January/February 2023) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Content of the current issue includes reviews about Aquabyss and the Warp 1240 as well as the first part of a special about Amiga Future's 25th anniversary. (snx)
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06.Jan.2023
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Action game: Santa Claus Xmas Season 2022
Amiten Games - among others, platformer game Inca Man, mini-game EmotiWorld or jump'n run NinjFeratu - thanks everyone with the free game "Santa Claus Xmas Season 2022" (YouTube video) for the continued support they have received since founding as Amiten Software in 2011. The game requires an Amiga 500 with 1MB RAM.
The player takes on the role of Father Christmas and must protect his dwelling with collected presents that he throws at intruders arriving from below. The game gets faster and faster as the number of points and levels increases. (dr)
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05.Jan.2023
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AmigaOS 4.1: SDL 2.26.1 Release Candidate 2
At the beginning of December, Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki had published the first release candidate of version 2.26.1 of the multimedia library SDL for AmigaOS 4.1 (amiga-news.de reported). The library is intended to make it easier for programmers to develop portable applications and is used by numerous open source games. SDL requires AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition and optionally OpenGL ES 2.0. Today he has published the second release candidate providing the following changes:
- Fix joystick GUID generation and update internal gamecontroller database with new GUIDs. Remove related RC1 workaround. Please use the SDL 2.26.1 RC2 (or newer) library when providing new controller mappings.
- Support SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_DESKTOP flag. It's implemented as a custom screen (instead of WB).
- Refactor library init/quit routines: initialize thread subsystem using constructor.
- Refactor shared library management: open common libraries in constructor and close them in destructor.
- Require ogles2.library minimum version 2 (instead of 0).
(dr)
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05.Jan.2023
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Tool: Image2PDF for all Amiga systems
Bernd Assenmacher has released version 1.3 of his tool Image2PDF, which converts PNG or JPG images into a PDF file. Among other things, A3, A4 or A5 can be selected as the target format. Image2PDF is available for all Amiga systems and requires the Polybios-Plugin. It is sufficient to copy the files "polybios.ext" and "polybios.hwp" to "Libs/Hollywood" (for AROS only the file "polybios.hwp" exists). Changes in version 1.3:
- added icons from Carlo again which were accidently bad converted in V1.2
- corrected "Credits" in terms of the Amikit icon(s) ;-)
- the source folder and the save folder is now memorized when doing more than one picture to PDF
- added requester which asks if it is wanted to do more pictures to PDF
- added requester if the PDF file already exists (overwrite protection)
- on commandline/shell it is no longer neccesary to give the full path of the picture file
- its now checked if the PDF file to be saved ends with ".pdf"
- improved error message in case of invalid loaded picture/file
- added automatic closing of the viewer windows
- added Image2PDF as Hollywood Applet (at least Hollywood Player 9.1 has to be used)
(dr)
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05.Jan.2023
Amigaland
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Action adventure: Anniversary Edition of Enemy 1 and 2
At Christmas 2013, the action adventure Enemy 2 - Missing In Action was released as freeware. Technically identical to its commercial predecessor Enemy - Tempest Of Violence, the title offered completely new levels and brought the story begun in the first part to a conclusion. At the end of 2016, there was a Collectors Edition of Enemy 2. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Enemy 1, Anachronia released an Anniversary Edition for Enemy 1 and Enemy 2.
The update contains various optimisations, bug fixes and redesigns of individual rooms. Both parts run on any Amiga with 1 MB RAM. (dr)
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04.Jan.2023
Alfred Faust (ANF)
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MorphOS: BarsnPipes 1.2
Alfred Faust wrote: "After several weeks of intensive programming, a new version of BarsnPipes for MorphOS 3.17 has been completed and is available for download at the title link.
Import and export of MIDI files (*.mid) has been integrated into the main programme. The 10 different mouse pointers in the editor have been firmly integrated into the main programme as new 32bit png images. These are now pointers of the same type as the system pointer, ... and much more ...
All available tools (102) and accessories (6) (the plugins of BarsnPipes) for which the source code has been released and whose use with the new version of the main programme makes sense have been integrated. Included in the archive, all available documentation and instructions.
For developers, the "New Rules for Tools" (instructions and all material for programming tools and accessories) have been adapted for MOS 3.17 (and higher). Also an SDK for tools and accessories by Michael Rees, which extends the "New Rules for Tools" and makes them more comfortable.
The "Rules for Skins" (instructions for designing your own surfaces for BarsnPipes), as well as the material for your own translations of the Locale catalogue files are also available for download.
BarsnPipes has thus reached a stage of development that essentially marks an end point. Every possible extension or improvement can be made using the tools or accessories."
(dr)
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04.Jan.2023
Twitter
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CDXL video player: AGABlaster 0.9.91
AGABlaster plays Commodore's CDXL video format. According to the author, it uses a customized version of the CDXL format supporting the AGA chipset with 24 bit colors and variable length frames. Customized CDXL files can be generated with AGAConv. AGABlaster is written in 68K Assembly and runs on native Amiga hardware (no gfx card or sound card required). In version 0.9.91 support for PAUSE on startup was added which allows to wait for modern monitors to synchronize at first frame. (dr)
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04.Jan.2023
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.5
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks (amiga-news.de reported)
The adapter gets connected between a floppy disk drive - e.g. a standard 3.5" PC one - and a USB port of the PC or Mac. A few moments ago version 1.5 of the Greaseweazle Tools was released providing the following changes:
- User-configurable disk formats: New option --diskdefs
- New disk formats: ensoniq.mirage and sci.prophet
- Fill missing/bad sectors with -=[BAD SECTOR]=- pattern
(dr)
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04.Jan.2023
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Video: Amiga 500 with serial number 190
In his latest video, Jan Beta takes a look at what he believes to be one of the first Amiga 500s, as it bears the serial number 190. (dr)
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04.Jan.2023
amigaworld.net (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Payback ported
After a long development period - announced in V - Apex Designs released their Grand Theft Auto clone Payback in February 2001, including a demo version for 68k and PPC processors (WarpUP). In this, the player slips into the role of a young getaway driver while trying to become a big gangster boss. Seven updates and several new and updated maps were released afterwards. Roman 'kas1e' Kargin had received permission from Apex Designs to port the game to AmigaOS 4, which is now available at OS4Depot under the title link.
The original game and the last update are also required. The procedure for installing the update is available in detail in the description. Kargin writes about the content of the update:
"The original Payback was written in C and built via StormC (meaning GCC 2.95), and a large part of the code was Assembler-based: the 68K version used the 68K assembler,
whereas the PPC/WarpOS version used H&P's Power ASM assembler (this one is with Motorola syntax, so it's PPC assembler with Phxass kind syntax and is incompatible with
GCC's "as"). So I was in needs to port all the C code from old GCC to newer GCC, and then take the Power ASM assembler code used for the WarpOS version and adapt it, so
it can be compiled with self build VASMMOT_PPC (which means VASM with Motorola syntax). Then I used GCC to combine everything into a single OS4 binary. The assembler
code adaptation was minor, but I had to implement a few functions that were not available in VASM's assembler (prolog/epilog, pushgprs/popgprs, etc).
The next major issue was Payback's Warp3D rendering. The codes were once again "old GFX card" based and contained some bugs, so some rewriting and fixing was required.
Yeah, it is not uncommon for game developers from the past to assume that only old kinds of graphics cards will be used (as it was in Exodus: The Last War, for example).
Now, you can use hardware rendering on your RadeonHD or RadeonRX cards with no problems, be it NovaBridge or Warp3D_SI. Thanks to Hans for his help in terms of Warp3D code!
Migration from GCC 2.95 to GCC 11.3 also takes some time because of plenty of deprecated code, old-fashioned use of DOS's anchors, message ports, memory allocations, the
way of calling assembler functions, non-static structs, etc. And, as we were told, the things that were forgiven in GCC 2.95 are no longer applicable in today's GCC, so
changes must be made. On top of that, instead of newlib, I do use Afxgroup's improved CLIB2 fork (more specifically, CLIB2_beta07).
Once things start working, new video modes are added (so you can play HD modes like 1920x1080 too). At the same time, Javier starts writing a new "preference" program that
is now Reaction-based, logical, and visually appealing. Now you can control everything from the PaybackSetupOS4 binary right from the start, as well as later in the game
as before, of course. Also, Javier does help with some bits all over the place as always, so hats off for that!
The following changes are not included in this update, but are planned for future ones:
- Support for window mode.
- Finalizing of the FLC video player with auto-scaling. We do have a working version, but it's not good enough, so we postponed it to a later update.
- Complete the migration from audio.device to the ahi.device. Also, it kind of works already, but not well enough.
- Fixing hardware rendering to works on the older Warp3D classic drivers again (migration to the newer GCC required extensive rewriting, resulting in clumsy hardware mode on real Warp3D).
- to fix bugs that will be found in this update."
(dr)
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03.Jan.2023
MorphZone
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MorphOS: ENCORE updated several demos
At the end of October, the demo and game developers Encore (among other 2D shooter Fortis) released its new demo "Morphever", a few days ago the demo "KHESHKHASH" has been updated. Now the developers have updated Morphever, as well as the three other older demos Morphobia, Morphilia and Morphoza to version 1.2.0, which mainly fixes bugs, and features the latest engine and some minor improvements. (dr)
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03.Jan.2023
Amigans-Forum
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AmigaOS 4: Accessing the ARexx ports of applications on remote PCs
In a recent blog entry, Andy Broad (among other things, graphics programme SketchBlock) reports on his current project, currently still called "NetRexx", with which one can write Arexx scripts to control applications on remote computers (YouTube video). (dr)
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03.Jan.2023
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.5.1
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400.
Three days ago, the developer had released version 5.5 (amiga-news.de reported) and now provides an update for that. Changes:
Bugfixes
- Retropie's SDL2 version doesn't have SDL_isupper
Improvements
- added more logging during controller detection
- implemented checking for filenames without charset conversion
- skip files starting with a dot when reading a directory
Build System
- detect revisions in the detected tags
(dr)
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03.Jan.2023
Twitter
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Blog: Displaying 24-bit images optimally in HAM mode
For more than 25 years, Arnaud Carré has been programming and as a member of the demo group Oxygene also demos. In his newly established blog, he deals with the problem of displaying 24-bit images correctly and as best as possible on current PC hardware in the Amiga's HAM mode in order to use them in demos, for example. For this, he gives code examples and insights into his converter, which he will publish soon. (dr)
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02.Jan.2023
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RTG Solitaire: "Solitare match" V0.89
At the beginning of December, Sami Vehmaa had published a demo version of his graphics card Solitaire conversion "Solitare match" (YouTube video), which is primarily intended for Amiga emulators or Apollo cards due to the high CPU requirements. The demo version contains five levels. With this update, the paid version now has 75 levels. Besides, the game engine was improved. (dr)
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02.Jan.2023
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Dock: QDock V1.49
At the end of October, Sami Vehmaa published the first version of his start bar "QDock" (amiga-news.de reported), which he continues to develop (YouTube video). This update fixes several minor bugs. The tool is currently available for 1 Euro or more. The originally high CPU requirements have been lowered so that the dock can also be used with a 68030 processor when the reflections are deactivated or with a 68060 when activated. In addition, AmigaOS 3.2 (the author could not test under AmigaOS 3.1), graphics card and 22 MB RAM are required. (dr)
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02.Jan.2023
GitHub
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Porting Amiga applications to Linux: AxRuntime 41.5
Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz' "AxRuntime" is a runtime environment for Linux which emulates the AmigaOS-API and therefore enables porting Amiga applications on Linux and developing applications which can be compiled for AmigaOS/MorphOS/AROS as well as Linux (amiga-news.de reported). Under Windows it is possible to use it by the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which has been generally available for Windows 10 and 11 in the Microsoft Store since the end of November (amiga-news.de reported). The new version is based on the recently released version 20221221-1 of the ABI v11 developer branch and provides minor bug fixes and changes (latest YouTube video). (dr)
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02.Jan.2023
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Aracade-Spiel: "Green Beret" update
Green Beret is a conversion of Konami's arcade classic of the same name to the Amiga, written using the Scorpion Engine and won third place at AmiGameJam (amiga-news.de reported).
With this update, the developer wishes all a happy new year. Changes:
- added 2 selectable difficulty levels (Normal and Arcade), because people asked for a less brutal experience.
- "Normal" has a lifebar (which is not a "heresy", since the Japanese version of Contra Hard Corps (Mega Drive) does that too).
- "Arcade" is the same difficulty as previous versions (no lifebar, 1 hit = dead).
- some minor improvements here and there, such as a little flag marking a "save point/spawn point" reached.
(dr)
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02.Jan.2023
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Linux: Browser Artic Fox V40.1
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled version 40.1 of the web browser Artic Fox (screenshot) for Linux PowerPC (32 Bit). Basically it runs under the Linux PowerPC distributions Void PPC, MintPPC, Fienix and Ubuntu 10.04 (which are also available for AmigaOne X1000 and 5000. Mainly, the browser is meant for older resp. slow systems (e.g. G3 with Ubuntu 10.04) because it is using an older version of the Goanna engine which has a good performance on slower systems. As a result, certain pages like GitHub cannot be fully displayed.
Download: arcticfox-40.1.linux-powerpc.tar.bz2 (37 MB) (dr)
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02.Jan.2023
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Action game: Elf Spirit Hunters released
For the TOY BOX JAM 4, the developer Erik 'earok' Hogan has written the action game "Elf Spirit Hunters" using his Scorpion Engine and released it today. It is inspired by David Crane's Ghostbusters game.
The player's task is to rid the world of the last remaining Halloween ghosts shortly before Christmas. To do this, you have to buy elves as helpers in the shop as well as chests in which the ghosts are trapped.
An Amiga 500 with 1MB RAM is required. (dr)
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01.Jan.2023
Amigans
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AmigaOS 4: Update for Heretic II in development
According to Roman 'kas1e' Kargin, Steffen Häuser is working on updates for the games published by Hyerion Entertainment such as Heretic II and Quake II for AmigaOS 4. He had already worked on the beta test for the original version (amiga-news.de reported). Kargin has now published a first preview video for Heretic II. Among other things, the new version should support HD modes like 1920x1080. In addition, all movies will be scaled and filtered so that there will no longer be 320×240 windows as in the original Warp OS version. (dr)
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01.Jan.2023
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- Novembre/December 2022 news.
- Old articles from AmigaDP 1 to 4: Review of DirWork 1.43, Review of NewZap 3.30, Review of PC-Task 1.10, Demo: Black & White Slide 2, Review of AppServer 301, Review of TurboQuantum, Review of VCLI 3.0, Demo: The Intruder, Review of ABackup 1.40, Review of MED 3.20, Review of Equality, Comparative: File search tools on AmigaOS 1.x/2.x, Demo: Optimus Maximus, Review of Magnetic Pages 1.3, etc.
- Interview with Alfred Faust (BarsnPipes developper).
- Interview with Stoo Cambridge (Cannon Fodder/SWOS graphist).
- Hardware: X500 Evo.
- Hardare: Eclipsis.
- File: Amiga history (update of the year 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985).
- File: Trecision history (3rd part).
- Tutorial: Installation of Warp3D Nova, Nova Bridge, MiniGL, OGLES2 and WarpOS Emu on AmigaOS 4.1.
- Tutorial: LightWave - Create a perfect Boing Ball.
- DIY: Use of the new LEDs on the Replay FPGA Arcade.
- Programming: Getting Started with Lua on MorphOS.
- Special quizz about Workbench.
(dr)
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01.Jan.2023
Amigans
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AmigaOS 4: Version 6.9 of audio driver for Intel HD Audio
The AHI driver for AmigaOS 4 written by Harald Kanning supports PCIe cards with sound chips that meet the HD Audio specification (amiga-news.de reported). The archive also contains a simple "mixer" which can be used to control the volume. Now the developer has released an update to version 6.9 with the following changes:
- Added support for Sound Blaster Audigy FX (V2) (alc1220 based). This is the best card supported to date with a SNR of 120dB
- Added Install script
- Added Titlebar Docky
- Added workaround for AHI quirk that always selects a monitor input '0' and control monitor volume when you want to play a sound. This can potentially result in a lot of noise when playing sounds -> Added "Mute inputs" as monitor input 0
- Small speed improvements
AmigaOS 4.1 FE Update 2 (the author has not tested it under previous versions) and AHI 6.6 are required. (dr)
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01.Jan.2023
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Aminet uploads until 31.12.2022
The following files have been added until 31.12.2022 to Aminet:
enc_sce_kheshkhash.lha demo/misc 22M MOS Kheshkhash by Encore & Scenic
ASMPro1.19.lha dev/asm 109K 68k ASM-Pro v1.19 (update)
pdp10-its-disassemble... dev/cross 7.1M MOS Tools for analysing PDP-10 IT...
vCPUComp.lha dev/cross 14K 68k Gigatron asm compiler
COP.lha dev/debug 166K 68k Low Level Debugger
libpng1639_a68k.lha dev/lib 1.5M 68k Lib for reading/writing PNG
PcmciaCD.lha driver/med 15K 68k ATAPI PCMCIA CD driver Sony Vaio
ScummVM_AGA_060.lha game/misc 7.9M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM
ScummVM_RTG.lha game/misc 8.0M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM
StefADV.lha game/text 52K 68k Little italian text adventure
invasionespaziale.lha game/wb 217K 68k Space Invasion Game
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.6M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.9M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 5.1M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
LN4Brisbane.lha mods/misc 12M LN4Brisbane 4ch MED by HKvalhe
LN4Lv10.lha mods/misc 1.1M LN4 Lv10 4ch MED track by HKv...
SamplesCreator.lha mus/edit 44K 68k 8svx samples creation and saving
Tipografia_AROS.lha text/dtp 2.4M x86 Generator of printable signs ...
Tipografia_MorphOS.lha text/dtp 2.4M MOS Generate printable signs usin...
Tipografia_OS4.lha text/dtp 2.9M OS4 Generate printable signs usin...
DisLib.lha util/libs 19K 68k A library based MC68K disasse...
filesysbox_68k.lha util/libs 35K 68k A FUSE compatible file system...
StartBar-ITA.lha util/wb 164K 68k Italian version of StartBar
StartWin.lha util/wb 203K 68k Two bugged workbench launchba...
(snx)
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OS4Depot uploads until 31.12.2022
The following files have been added until 31.12.2022 to OS4Depot:
rave.lha aud/edi 3Mb 4.1 An editor for mono/stereo audio ...
modexplorerce.lha aud/pla 2Mb 4.0 Streaming mod file from Internet...
modexplorerng.lha aud/pla 3Mb 4.0 Streaming mod file from Internet
farewell_e-card.lha dem 5Mb 4.0 This is a demo with a farewell e...
hdaudio_ahi.lha dri/aud 242kb 4.1 Generic HD audio driver for Amig...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
amibrixx.lha gam/puz 2Mb 4.0 Puzzle game for the Amiga computer
myblocktetris.lha gam/puz 92kb 4.0 A small tetris-like game
tipografia.lha gra/mis 3Mb 4.0 Generator of printable signs usi...
comicon.lha gra/vie 2Mb 4.0 Simply downloads the comic-strip
smb2fs.lha net/sam 123kb 4.1 Filesystem for accessing files u...
mcamiga.lha uti/fil 2Mb 4.1 Midnight/Norton commander style ...
snoopdos_ita.lha uti/mis 19kb 4.0 Italian catalog file for SnoopDos
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AROS Archives uploads until 31.12.2022
The following files have been added until 31.12.2022 to AROS Archives:
farewell_e-card.lha dem 4Mb This is a demo with a farewell e...
comicon_aros.lha gra/vie 2Mb simply downloads the comic-strip...
tipografia.i386-aros.lha off/dtp 2Mb Generator of printable signs usi...
(snx)
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 31.12.2022
The following files have been added until 31.12.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
ModExplorerNG_3.82.zip Audio/Players A module player by Jörg.
ENCORE_SCENIC_Kheshkha... Demoscene/ENCORE A demo for MorphOS name...
Nanosaur2_2.1.0.lha Games/Action Pangea Software’s Nanos...
BillyFrontier_1.1.0.lha Games/Action Billy Frontier is an ar...
OttoMatic_4.0.0.lha Games/Adventure OttoMatic_4.0.0 for mod...
CroMagRally_3.0.0.lha Games/Race The wildest racing game...
Woof!_10.5.0.lha Games/Shoot3D Woof! is a continuation...
fheroes2_1.0.0.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
AmiBrixx_2.2.lha Games/Think A puzzle-game for the a...
ComicOn_1.4.lha Graphics/Show ComicOn downloads the s...
Farewell e-card.lha Misc Farewell e-Card from M...
Tipografia_1.2.lha Office/DTP Generate printable sign...
TinyGL-Update-2022-12-... System/Update This is the seventh pub...
(snx)
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WHDLoad: New installers until 31.12.2022
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 31.12.2022:
- 2022-12-31 updated: Sink or Swim (Zeppelin Games/Odysseus Software) patch rewritten, real files used, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, interrupts fixed (Info, Image)
- 2022-12-29 improved: Bards Tale (Interplay) sound problems on fast machines fixed (Info)
- 2022-12-29 updated: Ski or Die (Electronic Arts) patch rewritten, files instead of disk image used, disk access disabled, 68000 quitkey support, keyboard routine fixed, fire button 2 support for Snowball Blast event added (Info)
- 2022-12-28 improved: Portal (Activision) now uses real files, fixed blitter issues, skip introduction (Info)
- 2022-12-28 improved: Desert Strike (Electronic Arts) fast memory support added, improved controls, better blitter fixes (Info)
- 2022-12-26 improved: Steel (Hewson) out of bounds blits fixed, access faults fixed (patch works on 68000 now) (Info)
- 2022-12-26 improved: Stardust (Bloodhouse) data directory path in slave corrected (Info)
- 2022-12-26 improved: Stardust (Bloodhouse) correct V1.6 slave included now (Info)
- 2022-12-26 improved: Stardust (Bloodhouse) possible crash after tunnel sequence fixed, minor graphics problems introduced in V1.5 fixed (Info)
- 2022-12-26 improved: Escape from Colditz (Digital Magic Software) chip memory requirements reduced, access fault fixed (Info)
- 2022-12-26 improved: Necronom (LineL) weapons can be selected with fire button 2, 68000 quitkey support (Info)
- 2022-12-25 improved: Space Ace (Ready Soft) supports another version (Info)
(snx)
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31.Dec.2022
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.5
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400.
A few moments ago, version 5.5 has been released. Changes:
Bugfixes
- Reverted CD32 autoloader to normal config
- added linefeed in logging errors from CDDA init
- CDDA and AHI wouldn't respect the selected SDL2 audio device
- CDDA audio would fail to init in some cases
- CD32 mode wasn't properly applied when using WHDLoad booter
- fixed passing string to write_log in Panel Paths
- Enumeration of Recording devices would write into sound device ID
- NVRAM path wasn't used in CD32/CDTV configs
- uaegfx blitter was accidentally disabled
- uaegfx masked and overlapping blit fix
- gfx_top_windowed/gfx_left_windowed replacement config entries
- When using Alt-Tab, the keys were not released when returning control
- When selecting a folder/file the contents were not always updated
- Fixed magicmouse without virtual mouse driver
- Changing HDD controller for Hardfile lost the path to the hardfile
- fixed glitches with File and Folder selectors
- Controller axes inverted status was not respected when reading their input
Improvements
- add support for UAE Zorro II RTG boards
- increase Savestate thumb size
- replace sdl2-config with pkgconf
- use 2MB Chip also, for A600 configs with Fast RAM
- major refactoring of whdload booter
- add more descriptive text when remapping controller buttons
- updated WHDLoad XML and GameControllers DB to latest versions
- ShowMessage now supports 3 lines. Added timestamp info when updating XML
- Added more configurable paths in GUI: NVRAM, Screenshots, Savestates
- added nvram and inputrecordings directories in repo
- updated WHDLoad XML to latest version
- cherry-picked various pieces from x86 branch
- cherry pick updates from x86 branch
Build System
- added RPI4 Manjaro separate build
- added inputrecordings and nvram directories in packaging
(dr)
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Blog: How authentic is the Amiga 1000 in "Stranger Things"?
Carl Svensson always reports in his blog in detail and philosophically profound about various Amiga topics. In his latest article he explores the question of how authentic the shown workbench pictures of the Amiga 1000 are, appearing in the series "Stranger Things" are (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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Video: Status update on BitBeamCannon projects
In a short video BitBeamCannon has informed about the current status of their projects (Metro Siege, DaemonClaw). (dr)
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Video: 25 popular demos
For all those who want to spend New Year's Eve comfortably at home, a little video tip: the YouTube channel "Casual Retro Gamer" (CRG) (among other things Building a new Amiga 2000) had asked a few weeks ago via its Twitter account what the users think are the most popular demos. The result is a list of 25 demos, which are shown in a video of about 1,5h length. More than half of them are Amiga demos (for example Enigma, Desert Dream or World of Commodore). (dr)
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31.Dec.2022
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 4.8 (2nd Update)
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 4.6 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS, which primarily fixes bugs but also improves image dragging alongside updated libraries (cURL, png, webp, sqlite).
Please note that the current openssl3.library is required.
Download: wayfarer.lha (29 MB)
Update: (09:09, 01.01.23, snx)
Meanwhile version 4.7 is available. This one doesn't require latest openssl3.library anymore, but optionally checks for updates of it. Also localization strings cosmetics are included.
2nd Update: (16:41, 03.01.23, dr)
The developer has released version 4.8, which provides a fix for cUrl if Socks Proxies are used. (snx)
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31.Dec.2022
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary of December
For the month of November 'Puni' has again published a news summary in the areas of hard- and software for AmigaOS 4 at the title link. (snx)
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Video review: Junior's Great Adventure
At the title link, Amigatronics has published a short review video of the game Junior's Great Adventure, which was released by Amigamers in spring.
The platform game, created with Backbone, is inspired by the silent movie era in terms of its sepia colours, fits on a single floppy disk and requires 1 MB of RAM as well as at least Kickstart 2.1. (snx)
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