15.May.2022
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Blog: Restoration of an Amiga 1000
The developer Andrew 'LinuxJedi' Hutchings (among other things RGBtoHDMI adapter and ChipRam extension RAMesses) describes in a new blog series how he reconditioned a recently acquired Amiga 1000: while in the first article he puts the device into operation, describes the state of preservation and the special features of the Amiga 1000, he takes a closer look at floppy drive in the second article. (dr)
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15.May.2022
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Aminet uploads until 14.05.2022
The following files have been added until 14.05.2022 to Aminet:
StormWizard2_3.lha dev/c 966K 68k StormWIZARD: Outstanding GUI ...
CubicIDE_HW91.lha dev/hwood 813K 68k Hollywood add-on for Cubic IDE
Hollywood_SDK.lha dev/hwood 2.9M Plugin development kit for Ho...
HollywoodPlayer.lha dev/hwood 10M Player for Hollywood applets
libbz2_os4.lha dev/lib 523K OS4 Bzip2 file (de)compressor
libmikmod.lha dev/lib 1.7M OS4 Portable sound library (music...
libmodplug.lha dev/lib 1.7M OS4 Render mod music files as raw...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 2.3M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
anaiis.lha driver/oth 182K 68k ANAIIS USB Stack Release 1.22
F1GP2022Carset.lha game/data 8K 2022 Carset for F1GP
AbuSimbelProfanTFA_es... game/misc 716K 68k Abu Simbel Profanation - TFA ...
ScummVM_RTG.lha game/misc 10M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM 1.7.0
Exult_RTG.lha game/role 50M 68k Amiga port of Ultima 7 (Exult)
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.4M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.7M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.9M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
DOSBox_RTG.lha misc/emu 931K 68k Amiga port of DOSBox
TestProgram.zip util/misc 619K 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
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15.May.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 14.05.2022
The following files have been added until 14.05.2022 to OS4Depot:
seq.lha aud/mis 424kb 4.0 MIDI sequencer
oo.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.1 Bring easier programming to C an...
cubicide.lha dev/mis 813kb 4.0 Cubic IDE add-on for Hollywood 9.1
hollywood_sdk.zip dev/mis 3Mb 4.0 SDK for Hollywood 9.1
hwplayer.lha dev/mis 10Mb 4.0 Run applets created by Hollywood
ultraedit.zip dev/mis 14kb 4.0 UltraEdit wordfile for Hollywood...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
sdl.lha lib/mis 3Mb 4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer
sdl2.lha lib/mis 7Mb 4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 2
grimoriumpdf.lha uti/tex 4Mb 4.0 PDF viewer written in Hollywood
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15.May.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 14.05.2022
The following files have been added until 14.05.2022 to AROS Archives:
dt42.lha aud/edi 814kb DT-42 DrumToy
pxdrum.i386-aros.lha aud/edi 10Mb Drum machine
tb-303.i386-aros.lha aud/edi 504kb Generates TB-303 like sounds
amicast_player.i386-aros.lha aud/pla 6Mb Player for AMIcast podcast
bp-manual-dutch.tgz doc/man 202kb Dutch traduction of B&P'...
bp-manual-french.tgz doc/man 193kb French traduction of B&P...
bp-manual-ita.tgz doc/man 188kb Italian traduction of B&P�...
bp-manual-norw.tgz doc/man 174kb Norwegian traduction of B&P&...
bp-manual-spa.tgz doc/man 186kb Spanish traduction of B&P�...
dosbox_manual.pdf doc/man 183kb dosbox emulator manual pdf
midi_guide_duch.pdf doc/man 179kb introduction of the midi language
midi_guide_eng.pdf doc/man 177kb introduction of the midi language
midi_guide_french.pdf doc/man 177kb introduction of the midi language
midi_guide_ita.pdf doc/man 203kb introduction of the midi language
protrekkr_guide.pdf doc/man 17kb Guide in pdf file for protrekkr
schismtracker_manual.pdf doc/man 1Mb Pdf Guide of impulse traker 2 Clone
the_trackers_handbook_v05... doc/man 103kb guide for tracker programs
povray_tutorial.tar doc/tut 7Mb povray tutorial in many language
phlipple.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 3Mb OpenGL game. Flip all tiles to r...
xpdftools_400.i386-aros.lha off/dtp 6Mb Tools to manipulate pdf documents
hollywoodplayer.lha uti/mis 10Mb Player for Hollywood applets
grimoriumpdf.lha uti/tex 3Mb PDF viewer written in Hollywood
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15.May.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 14.05.2022
The following files have been added until 14.05.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
HollywoodPlayer_9.1.lha Development/Hollywood Hollywood Player is a p...
Hollywood_SDK_9.1.lha Development/Hollywood Plugin development kit ...
SDL_2.0.22_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL 2.0.2...
GrimoriumPDF_2.30.lha Office/Show A program made with Hol...
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15.May.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 14.05.2022
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 14.05.2022:
- 2022-05-09 fixed: Air Support (Psygnosis) stackframe issue on 68000 fixed, quitkey added for 68000, install script updated (Info)
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15.May.2022
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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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:
- DNA Dream (Vanilla Roachclip Remix)
- NightHawk F-117A Stealth Fighter
- Hero Quest Ingame (Live performance)
- Shadow of the Beast II Level 2 (Dark side of Karamoon)
- Feel Real Megashort (What Time Is Love?)
- Happier Sundays
- Gods (Ins Wunderbare)
- Stardust Memories
- Dreaming 29h a Day Remix
- Seven Gates of Jambala - Title Song (Live Performance)
- Ghouls and Ghosts (Not of this world)
- Great Giana Sisters / Turrican / Hybris Mashup
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14.May.2022
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ACube Systems: Fifteen years of Sam440ep
Press release: Dear customers,
It was the year 2007 when we introduced our first “baby”, the Sam440ep. Fifteen years ago. We designed and produced the Sam440ep, a lovely mini-itx motherboard that many enjoyed running AmigaOS 4, AROS and Linux.
At that time, we, a bunch of mad amigans, resolved to do our best to bring this hardware to life for all the Amiga Community because it was in dire need of a new computer platform to run AmigaOS.
Without the Sam440ep, the future of AmigaOS would have been very difficult.
After all these years, just as the latest batch of Sam460ex LE is being produced, we choose to release the electrical schematics of the Sam440ep (PDF file) to the community.
We hope many of you will be happy to see one of the first image of our first project. (dr)
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14.May.2022
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Amiga 500 HDD LED Adapter
Matthias 'DJBase' Münch has designed a simple HDD-LED adapter for the Amiga 500, which visually displays the activity of a hard disk on accesses (e.g. on a Warp 560, Vampire 500 and many other expansion cards) via the original LED board (DISK LED). The new revision C adds LED indicators for Power, Reset and Use. A YouTube video shows the adapter in action. (dr)
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14.May.2022
Anton Preinsack (E-Mail)
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Subscription: German edition of Commodore - The Inside Story
At the title link former Managing Director of Commodore UK David Pleasance offers subscription at a reduced price of a German edition of his book "Commodore: The Inside Story" (amiga-news.de reported).
Further details can also be found in the German version of this news-item. (snx)
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14.May.2022
McGeezer
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Preview video: Kung Fu action 'Devil's Temple'
Devil's Temple features 10 stages of intense arcade kung fu action based on the classic Irem games Kung Fu Master and Vigilante. Over 300 frames of animation were packed into the game and every cycle of performance was used on the Amiga A500. The game will adapt to upgrades, so additional chip ram will result in better music, AGA will provide additional colors and a greater variety of enemies in the game.
Yesterday, a new preview video was released for the game in development, showing levels one through six. However, the developer points out that there are still "many annoying bugs to be fixed." The game is already available for pre-order as a boxed edition. Likewise, a demo version of the first stage is available on itch.io.
(dr)
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13.May.2022
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Emulator: vAmigaWeb v2.0
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator for MacOS vAmiga. After the release of its final version 2.0, the developer 'mithrendal' has incorporated the current vAmigaCore2.0 into his application. He has also fixed user-reported problems in this version. Among other things, the web app now runs flawlessly on a Samsung Z3 fold (GitHub post). (dr)
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13.May.2022
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Background: Trailing dots on host names in URLs
Daniel Stenberg, initiator and main developer of cURL, regularly reports in his blog about background and developments of the World Wide Web. In his latest entry he sheds light on how a dot at the end of the host name is handled in the URL. (dr)
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13.May.2022
Discord
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THEA500 Mini: Firmware 1.1.1 released (update)
Retro Games Ltd. has released new firmware 1.1.0 for 'THEA500 Mini', its replica of an Amiga 500, which among other things now supports adf files. The changes:
- Adds ADF (floppy) file support
- Adds Playlist support
- Adds Hot-Crop
- Adds Keyboard control of the user interface
- Allows the Virtual Keyboard to be accessed at all times
- Allows controllers to be physically swapped during play
- Swaps THEJoystick (THEC64 Joystick) fire buttons
- Fixes the Virtual Keyboard Cursor-Right button
Update: (14.05.2022, 06:20, dr)
Meanwhile firmware 1.1.1 is available which fixes some bugs introduced with the previous version:
- Configures Competition Pro SL-6603-TWT joystick fire buttons
- Fixes v1.1.0 Saved Game issues (missing saves and UI freezing)
- Fixes v1.1.0 Emulator gui access
- Fixes v1.1.0 speed reduction in some circumstances
(dr)
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13.May.2022
t3n Magazin (Webseite)
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Soundbar: Sonos Ray
After we had reported about 'SonosController', the Hollywood program written by Michael Rupp for controlling Sonos speakers, one or the other finger of our readers was possibly already on the order button of such a product, but aborted the process abruptly because of the proud price: so a Sonos Beam costs 499 Euros, a Sonos Arc even 999 Euros.
According to the German t3n Magazine, the Sonos Ray is now available at a lower price of 299 Euros. Instead of Dolby Atmos and HDMI, the soundbar offers Dolby Digital 5.1 and an optical connection in contrast to the higher-priced alternatives.
When asked, Michael Rupp confirmed to us that his SonosController software should work with all Sonos products (and compatible ones) without any problems and without the need for adjustments. (dr)
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12.May.2022
Twitter
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 11.8.0 for Raspberry Pi 4/400
The update to version 11.8.0 (changelog) of the workbench distribution AmiKit XE for the Raspberry Pi 4/400 single board computer contains updated Amiga programs as well as the recently released version 5.1 (amiga-news.de reported) of the emulator AmiBerry which AmiKit is based on. Likewise there is now the possibility to update AmiKit with AmigaOS 3.2.1. (dr)
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11.May.2022
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Web emulator: vAmiga Online 0.9
At the end of November we reported about Christian Corti's web conversion of the Mac emulator vAmiga. He has now updated his project called 'vAmiga Online' to the latest version of the Mac emulator and furthermore preconfigured some demos and games which can be selected via the 'Rocket' button (second picture). According to our small test, the web emulator currently works fine with an original 1.3 ROM as well as 3.1 ROM (A600) provided by AmigaForever. Attempts with the AROS replacement ROMs or 3.1 ROMs od A1200 failed under Windows and using Firefox or Edge.
(dr)
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11.May.2022
Dirk Hoffmann
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Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga 2.0
After several beta versions (amiga-news.de reported) the developer Dirk Hoffmann released the final version 2.0 of his Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS yesterday. (dr)
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11.May.2022
Twitter (ANF)
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Vampire V4+ Standalone: Mini-ITX I/O Board
Matthias 'DJBase' Münch has designed a simple, modular and cost-effective I/O Board im Mini-ITX Format for the FPGA-based motherboard Vampire V4+ Standalone, which facilitates installation in standard desktop or tower cases.
Those who want to rebuild the hardware can order the boards in Münch's customer accounts at PCBWay. The use for private users is free. Commercial use is prohibited. (dr)
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11.May.2022
PPA-Forum
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Arcade game 'Jump!': demo version available
At the end of last year we had the opportunity to (test) the alpha version of 'Jump!', a conversion of the game Yoomph, originally written for the Atari. The Polish developer Markus Duda now has released a demo version of his arcade game, so that everyone can get an impression for themselves. You need an Amiga 1200 with 14MHz and 4MB Fast RAM. The demo version offers three levels.
The game can be pre-ordered at the title link as a digital variant for 29 Euros or as a 'Boxed Version' for 45 Euros plus shipping (depending on the destination).
Download: jump_demo.zip (2,5 MB) (dr)
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10.May.2022
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Animations tool: VectorAnim Player
The group 'ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP', known among other things for the fantasy shooter Project Quest, which is currently in development, released a few days ago a simple animation playback and creation program, VectorAnim Player.
As one of the developers writes, he had been playing with the idea of creating animations as simple and small as possible on the Amiga for a long time. As a result this player was born. Compared to other similar players it uses vector data for the display as shown for example in The Black Lotus demo.
The program was written in AMOS, the source code is included in the archive. (dr)
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10.May.2022
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Porting Amiga applications to Linux: AxRuntime 41.3
Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz's "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 berichtete). Examples videos show the AROS desktop Wanderer (MP4) and gmPlayer (MP4) under Linux.
One user reported that he got AxRuntime to work also under Windows 10/11, whereupon the developer made some more adjustments and finally released version 41.3. The use under Windows succeeds with the use of the 'Windows Subsystem für Linux' (WSL). This feature enables the execution of Linux GUI applications:
- Launch Linux apps from the Windows Start menu
- Pin Linux apps to the Windows task bar
- Use alt-tab to switch between Linux and Windows apps
- Cut + Paste across Windows and Linux apps
Since AxRuntime binaries are Linux binaries, they can also use this feature to give impression of running nativelly under Windows.
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09.May.2022
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m68k assembly: 'Amiga Assembly' plugin v1.4.0 for Visual Studio Code
We just reported about an updated 'C/C++' extension for Visual Studio Code and also referred to an extension to support assembler for the Amiga Motorola 68000 machines and emulators. This extension, called 'Amiga Assembly' by Paul Raingeard, has been intensively developed recently, made the leap from pre-release versions to version 1.0 at the end of last year and was updated to the current version 1.4.0 yesterday (changelog).
On GitHub the author provides a detailed documentation. (dr)
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09.May.2022
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.9
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.9, which allows the development of games from various genres (see short tests of two Redpill games). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM.
The new version 0.9.9 offers several improvements and bug fixes:
- Loading animation is now displayed during game loadings.
- F5-F10 Keys can be used as a shortcut for Play, Spritesheets, Animations, Objects, Tiles and Levels screens.
- Animation screen now shows animation frame shortcuts.
- Sounds are now also packed using Imploder.
- Editor now checks the project version before loading it, prompting for confirmation.
- In Game setup screen the game name and author can be setup, they will be displayed when loading the WHDLoad.
- When building the project all images are processed for safety and maybe even speed increase.
- New condition trigger to check if the game is running in an AGA machine.
- New trigger Instantiate Attached allows to Instantiate an object already attached to the creator.
- New triggers Custom to Var to set up global variables with Object custom variables.
- Additional checks for tileset loading.
- In Animation screen the name of the mirrored animation is now displayed.
- Improved UI in level editor screen.
- Improved UI in triggers screen.
- Projects updated, some improvements in Astro and Gravity games.
- Fixed memory corruption problems in certain situations.
- Fix in tileset shortcuts.
- Fix in Mutate trigger.
- Fix in Input screen.
- Fixes in palette handling.
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09.May.2022
Discord
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Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension (update)
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). Yesterday he released the new version 1.3.3 with the following changes:
- fix some 68k cycle timings
- support breakpoints in .s files
- Assembly: show theoretical 68000 cycles as decoration
- Assembly: fix F12 on local labels
- Assembly: Autocomplete for opcodes, labels
- Disassembly: Hover over CPU instructions to view documentation
- Disassembly: fix loop cycle display in some cases
Various plugins for assembler programming support are also available for Visual Studio IDEs and JetBrain (amiga-news.de reported).
Update: (11.05.2022, 09:06, dr)
Yesterday version 1.3.4 was released:
- updated to GCC 12.1.0, binutils, GNU gdb (GDB) 13.0.50.20220509-git
- fixed missing error message during launching a debug session when .elf file was not found
(dr)
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09.May.2022
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Video interview: The Amiberry developer Dimitris Panokostas
In his latest interview, Robert Smith has talked to Dimitris Panokostas who is the developer of the Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems, Amiberry. (dr)
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