18.Nov.2022
Amigans
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AmigaOS 4/MorphOS: Odyssey scripts for GitHub and itch.io websites
At the end of 2021, George 'walkero' Sokianos had provided a script for the Odyssey browser, after which you can display GitHub project pages correctly again (amiga-news.de reported). He has now updated it so that there should be no more overlaps in the display. Furthermore, he has published another script for the correct display of itch.io pages today. Please note that the browser has to be restarted after including the script. (dr)
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18.Nov.2022
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Pre-order: Music of demo "Odyssey" on vinyl
On Bandcamp currently a pre-order campaign is running for the December 16 release of the music to the 1991 demo Odyssey by the group Alcatraz on vinyl (and as a digital download). The limited special edition contains the complete soundtrack of the demo as well as various bonuses such as a large, double-sided poster and is available for 30 Euro or more. (dr)
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18.Nov.2022
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Emulator: vAmigaWeb v2.2 beta1
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator for MacOS vAmiga. At the end of September, the version vAmigaWeb v3.0 beta1 was released, which had the MMU integration within the planned 68030 CPU as a goal. Since the 68030 hardware available in the development team turned out to be unsuitable, the MMU project was put on hold for the time being.
In the now available version 2.2 beta 1, support for the Amiga three-button controller can be selected in the settings. Also, the emulator now has 20% to 40% more efficiency, however the minimum browser requirements have also increased: they are now Chrome V95, Firefox V100 and Safari V15.2.10. (dr)
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17.Nov.2022
Thomas Claus (Mail)
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AmigaOS 4: FTP client AmiFTP 1.953
At the beginning of 2010, for the last time amiga-news.de reported on the FTP client AmiFTP. Ten years later, Matthias 'djBase' Münch (maintainer of Amigaworld) started a discussion about the further development of the client on OS4Welt. A source code was found but not of the OS4 version. After requesting, Frank Menzel (Entwickler-X) agreed to examine the source code.
After testing, first changes were made and adapted to AmigaOS 4 and compiler, bugs were removed and new small functions were added. After a longer break, the first version was released on Github in August 2022. An important step to preserve the source code and to motivate other developers to contribute to the project (e.g. SSL support).
Javier de las Rivas has made many improvements and bug fixes since the release of the source code, which have been reviewed and put into a public main branch by Frank Menzel. This makes version 1.953 available to AmigaOS4 users and hopefully a start for further development on AmiFTP. Changes:
Adaptions for first AmigaOS 4 version (Frank Menzel)
- Update project to be able to compile with GCC
- Switch GUI from ClassAct to Reaction
- Toolbar uses AISS Icon Set
- Switch from Reqtools to OS4 Requester
- Adapt AmiTCP Network Hook to work with Roadshow
- Remove obsolete DOS functions
- AmiFTP now works with files larger than 4GB
- Bugfixes
Further enhancements and improvements (Javier de las Rivas)
- Speedbar can be changed to TEXT/IMAGES/BOTH
- "Cleaned" some of the GUI's ReAction code.
- Added missing speedbar buttons localized strings.
- Changed to use menuclass.
- Fixed disconnect button image when changing speedbar type (IMAGE|TEXT|BOTH).
- SelectFont() not needed (commented).
- Added 'UpdatedSpeedBar' to "fix" refresh speedbar when changing from prefs or from start (just "hide" it, not removed/freed).
- Localized rename requester.
- Fixed makefile to use "modified" FlexCat templates (C_c_amiftp.sd & C_h_amiftp.sd).
- Reworked some requesters and localization strings.
- UploadFile() was using fullpath+filename, thus creating (unwanted) dirs.
- Added notification support after upload/download.
(dr)
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17.Nov.2022
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Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga 2.2b1
After developer Dirk Hoffmann released version 2.1 of his Amiga emulator vAmiga for macOS in mid-August (amiga-news.de reported), he has now started the new cycle of pre-releases for version 2.2 with the first beta release. Changes:
Enhancements
- Added cycle-accurate 68010 emulation
- Added experimental 68020 emulation
- Added VSYNC support
- The Cmd keys can be mapped to the Amiga keys without extra permissions
- Added support for mice with a third button
- The configurator panel can be opened as a window
- Added an automatic resizing option to the Window menu
- A broader range of hard-drive geometries is accepted now
Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug related to sprite that were drawn outside the DIW
- Fixed a timing issue related to the SPRxPOS register
The minimum system requirement for the emulator is macOS 10.15. (dr)
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17.Nov.2022
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Arcade port: Wonderboy released
Wonderboy is an Amiga port of the first part of the Wonder Boy saga, of which only the sequel Wonderboy in Monsterland was available for the Amiga so far. The Amiga version was created with the help of the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). Now 'acidbottle' has released the final version 1.0, which already runs on an Amiga 500 with 1 MB ChipRam and 1 MB FastRAM. (dr)
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17.Nov.2022
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Competition: Winner of the Amiga Art Contest 2022
A few days ago the winners of the "Amiga Art Contest 2022" were announced in a live stream. Under the title link the award winning artworks and productions in the categories "hand drawn artworks", "photo", "music" and "animation" for this and also the past years are clearly listed. (dr)
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16.Nov.2022
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Experimental operating system for the Amiga 4000: Apollo
Dietmar Planitzers unfortunately named "Apollo" project is an experimental operating system for the Amiga 4000. It is incompatible to existing systems, but tries to implement modern concepts on the Commodore computer - the author mentions
a process management built around dispatch queues similar to Apple's Grand Central Dispatch as one example.
Interested users need to compile Apollo themselves, the project is being developed on MacOS using the integrated development environment Xcode. Currently the only software available is a bunch of unit tests - which have to be invoked manually, since there's no automated unit testing framework yet. (cg)
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16.Nov.2022
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Video: 68k programs under MorphOS
Ravi Abbott, known for his documentary "Downfall Amiga, after Commodore" (amiga-news.de reported), shows in his latest video how to install the operating system MorphOS and then set it up so that you can use 68k applications and games. (dr)
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16.Nov.2022
Amiga Future (website)
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Retailer: EU source of supply for Checkmate products
After Stephen Jones' Checkmate products became more difficult to purchase in the EU as a result of the Brexit, the German mail order company DragonBox now offers a source of supply within this economic area at the title link. (snx)
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16.Nov.2022
BBSindex (ANF)
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Amiga 37: Video report with interviews
The 58-minute video report by 'BBSindex' about the Amiga37 event contains various interviews, for example with the former Commodore employees Gerald Lang, Karina Härtel and Ettore Caurla or with the musician Chris Hülsbeck, who also tells personal details. (snx)
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16.Nov.2022
Olaf Schönweiß (ANF)
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Video: Scalos as Linux desktop
The Workbench replacement Scalos, which was ported for AROS ten years ago, is now also running under the runtime environment AxRuntime under Linux in a still very early state.
A video of it can be watched at the title link, in a forum post Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz describes how to proceed if you want to try it out yourself. (snx)
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16.Nov.2022
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Accelerator board projekt: Buffee developer on the advantages of PJIT
In her blog Renee Cousins, one of the two developers of the turbo card project "Buffee" (amiga-news.de reported), reports about theoretical and practical basics of the project. In two previous blog entries she had compared her emulation solution of the 68k processor under ARM microprocessors, Pseudo-JIT (PJIT), with solutions like Emu68 or UAE (part 1, part 2). In the now published third part of the series, she explains why she thinks PJIT is better than either of the other two strategies.
Also, she writes, the programming of the board is the biggest headache, with a couple of beta boards already destroyed in the process. They are still trying to figure out the timing with the CIA chips (e.g., the talking 6800), but right now ROM and the custom registers are working fine. She could not test the chip RAM because the ROM was blocking access. (dr)
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15.Nov.2022
Chris Hülsbeck (Twtter)
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Podcast interview: In conversation with Chris Hülsbeck
Every Monday, the podcast Pop: The History Makers presents a new interview with an icon of popular culture. This time, musician and composer Chris Hülsbeck is the guest. (dr)
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15.Nov.2022
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Metacompiler: Portabl E r6a
Christopher Handley's metacompiler "Portabl E" works by translating your code written with the programming language Amiga E into C++, and then using GCC to compile it into an executable. This needs an installation of GCC. This update fixes some bugs of version r6, released a few days ago (amiga-news.de reported). Changes:
- BUG: AmigaOS4: Fixed the 'std/cGui' module failing to compile (MUIA_Dtpic_Name not declared), due to the SDK not using MUI4+ by default.
- BUG: Linux: Fixed 32-bit hex values > $7FFFFFFF not being interpreted as negative by the type checker.
- BUG: AROS: Fixed Install_AROS not offering to install the extra C header files (although they're not really needed).
(dr)
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15.Nov.2022
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Feature test in AMOS: Update for mingame None Of Us
The group 'ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP', known among other things for the fantasy shooter Project Quest, which is currently in development, had released a minigame called "None Of Us" three weeks ago, which is intended to test how to obscure the player's opponents with light and shadow in AMOS Pro (YouTube video).
Two further updates (amiga-news.de reported) fix two music bugs and give the player and enemies a higher speed. (dr)
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14.Nov.2022
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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Event: Interface XXXII in Kiel, Germany, on 26.11.2022
On Saturday, November 26, retro computing event "Interface" will take place again in Schwentinental near Kiel, Germany. More information can be found in our German news-item. (snx)
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14.Nov.2022
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Video: Capacitor replacement on Amiga 1200
The YouTube channel "Casual Retro Gamer" (CRG) is dedicated to repairing and building retro hardware. The latest video shows how to change the capacitors on the motherboard of an Amiga 1200. (dr)
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14.Nov.2022
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Preview video: Super Metal Hero
"Raster Wizards" have published another preview video of the Jump'n Run "Super Metal Hero" developed with BlitzBasic showing the sentinel enemy of the fourth world. (dr)
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13.Nov.2022
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Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.6.7
Bartman', member of the demo group 'Abyss', provides with 'amiga-debug' a 'Visual Studio Code' extension for "compiling, debugging and profiling Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 11.2 with the bundled WinUAE" (YouTube video). A few moments ago, version 1.6.7 has been released. Changes:
- NEW: profiler: Toggle right panel
- NEW: debugger: New panel for custom registers
- FIX: profiler: Fix mac rendering bug
- FIX: profiler: Mac keyboard shortcuts
- NEW: vasm: memory type suffix in section names
- FIX: assembly: Check cycle counts are for current file
- NEW: profiler: Track source from profile disassembly view
(dr)
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13.Nov.2022
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Kung Fu action: "Devil's Temple" V3.5
About three weeks ago, Geezer Games had released "Devil's Temple (amiga-news.de reported). By releasing another update, the following bugs were fixed:
- When using the ADF's, Level 9 now loads, Stage 10 files moved to disk 2 to fix. I'm amazed nobody picked this up sooner and just shows floppies/adfs are not in fashion.
- End of game bug fixed where the game would not end if the player moves immediately right when X appears. Fixed by spawning Lena before X, now Lena will always be in the chair.
(dr)
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13.Nov.2022
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Aminet uploads until 12.11.2022
The following files have been added until 12.11.2022 to Aminet:
CloudDav_1.81.lha comm/net 759K MOS A WebDav client
encore_morphever.lha demo/misc 47M MOS Morphever by Encore - demo fo...
modifile.lha dev/amos 74K 68k File modifier written by AMOSPro
PortablE.lha dev/e 13M ALL E compiler, r6 finished release
anaiis.lha driver/oth 207K 68k ANAIIS USB Stack Release 1.22
Mattonite.lha game/actio 973K 68k Arkanoid like PAL game almost...
MinedField.lha game/think 30K 68k a Windows alike game for the ...
7mezzoplus.lha game/wb 328K 68k Popular Italian Christmas 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...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.4M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
SnesMUI.lha misc/emu 2.5M MOS MUI interface for Snes9x emul...
hippoplayerupdate.lha mus/play 374K 68k Updated HippoPlayer
iGame.lha util/misc 315K Frontend for WHDLoad
clzip.lha util/pack 267K MOS Data (de)compressor like gzip...
(snx)
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13.Nov.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 12.11.2022
The following files have been added until 12.11.2022 to OS4Depot:
drawing_dt.lha dat/ima 380kb 4.0 Vector superclass + DR2D/SVG Dat...
portable.lha dev/lan 13Mb 4.1 E compiler, r6 (07.11.2022)
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
animwebconverter.lha gra/mis 2Mb 4.0 A web anim tool
setpointer.lha uti/she 13kb 4.0 A way to set the pointer at boot...
(snx)
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13.Nov.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 12.11.2022
The following files have been added until 12.11.2022 to AROS Archives:
portable.lha dev/lan 13Mb E Compiler
animwebconverter.lha gra/con 2Mb Easy web tool to convert your ol...
(snx)
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13.Nov.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 12.11.2022
The following files have been added until 12.11.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
bePlayer_1.5.lha Audio/Players A simple music player u...
Chrysalis_3.17r2_Micro... Chrysalis This pack allows you to...
ENCORE_Morphever_1.1.0... Demoscene/ENCORE Demo for MorphOS PowerPC
AmiBlitz_3.9.8.lha Development/AmiBlitz Amiblitz is the further...
pForth_28-BE-32.zip Development/C Portable ANS-like Forth...
PortablE_r6.lha Development/E PortablE is a recreatio...
X-Mass_2.0.lha Emulation/ACEpansion Plugin for ACE CPC Emul...
AmiArcadia_29.2.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
clzip_1.13.lha Files/Archive Data (de)compressor lik...
iGame_2.2.0.lha Games/Launcher A frontend to launching...
image2pdf_1.0.lha Graphics/Convert image2pdf_1.0.lha
AnimWebConverter_5.0.lha Graphics/Tools A little and easy web t...
PegasosJedi.jpeg Hardware/Pegasos2 Pegasos 2 motherboard
NoClick_2.0.lha Misc Multiplatform NoClick e...
CloudDav_1.81.lha Network/Streaming A WebDav client
PastePass_1.11_beta.lha System/Utilities A simple passwordmanage...
(snx)
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13.Nov.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 12.11.2022
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 12.11.2022:
- 2022-11-10 improved: Aliex (Trojan) vbi fixed, new install script (Info)
- 2022-11-10 improved: Cyber Assault (Trojan) supports another version, vbi fixed, 68000 quitkey, new install script (Info)
- 2022-11-09 improved: Allo 'Allo (Alternative) supports another version (Info)
- 2022-11-09 new: Spellbound! (Lander Software) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-09 new: Hoversprint (Exentrix) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-08 new: Mike The Magic Dragon (Kingsoft) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-08 new: Lancaster (Showroom dummies ) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-08 new: Gilbert: Escape From Drill (Enigma Variations) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-07 improved: Titan (Titus) 68000 quitkey, trainer added, stack relocated, new install script (Info)
- 2022-11-07 new: The Famous Five (Enigma Variations) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-07 new: Monkey Business (Other Valley ) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-07 improved: Arena (Psygnosis) imager fixed, 68000 quitkey, less chip memory required, stack relocated, new install script & manual included (Info)
(snx)
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12.Nov.2022
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Blog: Developer of "Rave" about Amiga37
In his latest blog entry Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka, developer of the audio editor "Rave", reports about his experiences and impressions of the Amiga37. (dr)
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12.Nov.2022
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MorphOS: Software collection Chrysalis 3.17r2
Yannick 'Papiosaur' Buchy's Chrysalis is a preconfigured collection of programs, games and emulators and now is available in version 3.17r2 for MorphOS 3.17, this time dedicated to the microAlchimie VI which took place last weekend.
Changes:
- AmiSSL 5.5 68k (AmiSSL Open Source Team)
- Wayfarer 4.3 (Jacek Piszczek)
- TinyGL update 2022-10-19 (bigfoot)
- Lupe 2.1 (Matthias Böcker)
- LiteXL 2.1.0 (George Sokianos)
- AVCodec 1.5 (Andreas Falkenhahn)
- DAPlayer 1.14 (Thomas Rapp)
- SDL 2.24.1 (BeWorld)
- ACE 1.25 + plugins (Philippe Rimauro)
- HotBorder 1.10 (Tcheko)
- Iris 1.4 (Jacek Piszczek)
- BeeBase 1.0 (Steffen Gutmann)
- PintorWeb 3.20 (Templario)
- Starfield 1.0 (Matthias Böcker)
- RNOEffects 1.4 (jPV^RNO)
- ScummVM 2.6.1 (BeWorld)
- PerCIMan 0.7.5 (Ulrich Beckers)
- bePlayer 1.5 (BeWorld)
- AnimWebConverter 5.0 (Templario)
- Video mimetype fixed
- New entries in the Ambient menu
Download: Chrysalis_3.17r2_MicroAlchimie.iso (986 MB)
(dr)
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12.Nov.2022
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Do it yourself: Drivers for clockport/Raspberry Pi interface
At the end of June Niklas Ekström had provided the information for the reconstruction of an interface with which a communication between Amiga and Raspberry Pi via the clockport is possible (amiga-news.de reported). The goal is to be able to run services like the filesystem a314fs which allows access to directories of the Raspbery Pi and the SANA-II network driver over it.
After he published the source files of the necessary software adaptations a month ago, the pre-compiled Amiga files followed yesterday. (dr)
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