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28.Dec.2015
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


MorphOS: RecentFiles.sbar 1.1
The screenbar module RecentFiles developed by OnyxSoft has been updated to version 1.1 and informs the user about new uploads to the MorphOS-Files as well as new versions of the operating system. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Dec.2015



Jump'n Run: Final version of "Zerosphere"
In "Zerosphere" (Youtube video) the surrounding area of the player is highly blurred. Only if the player "blinks" by pushing the fire button of the joystick, it is possible to see the real dimension. more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Dec.2015
AROS-Exec (Forum)


AROS: A week in AROS (from 21.12.2015)
Weekly Krzysztof 'Deadwood' Śmiechowicz summarizes the latest progresses and developments of the AROS-programmers.
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Dec.2015



Aminet-Uploads until 26.12.2015
The following archives have been added to Aminet until December 26th, 2015:
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Dec.2015



OS4Depot-Uploads until 26.12.2015
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until December 26th, 2015:
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Dec.2015



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 26.12.2015
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until December 26th, 2015:
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Dec.2015



MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 26.12.2015
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Files until December 26th, 2015:
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Dec.2015



WHDLoad: New packages until 26.12.2015
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until December 26th, 2015: more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Dec.2015
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Arcade emulator FinalBurn Alpha 0.2.97.37 R1
FinalBurn Alpha is an arcade emulator supporting different hardware, like e.g. Sega Master System and MegaDrive, Colecovision, Capcom CS-1/2/3 and Neo Geo.

The update mainly fixes bugs but also provides improvements of some emulated systems as well as a better sound output for certain games (please have a look at the tutorial). Additionally by pressing the F9-key you can now save screenshots in the preview directory. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Dec.2015
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


PDF-Magazine: REV'n'GE 46 (Italian/English)
The PDF-magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.

Download sites:
Italian
English (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Dec.2015
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Morgue: AnimWebConverter 2.35, Pintor Web 2.0, VAMP 1.4, Vintage Song Player 1.0
Juan Carlos Herran Martin (Morgue Soft) has updated his Hollywood programms AnimWebConverter, Pintor Web, VAMP and Vintage Song Player: more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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26.Dec.2015
Pegasosforum (Webseite)


IRC client: AmIRC 3.6.2 for AmigaOS 3/MorphOS
Nicolas 'Henes' Sallin and Harry 'Piru' Sintonen have released an update of their AmIRC version (screenshot). In version 3.6.2 two minor bugs have been fixed: more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Dec.2015
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Workbench distribution: Portable AmiKit MK2 (8.5.1) available for download
On the occasion of der 30th anniversary party in Neuss, version 8.5.1 of the Workbench distribution AmiKit was released - at first on USB-sticks (amiga-news.de reported).

Now the latest version can be downloaded for a sum which you can choose. Then you can boot the Workbench from your own USB-stick on x86-computers (except Macs). In October the new feature "Rabbit Hole" was added which makes it possible to launch Linux programms from the Amiga environment. AmiKit completely runs out of the RAM, which let the host system unchanged. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.Dec.2015
Amiga.org (Webseite)


SimpleMail 0.42
By tradition at Christmas the new version 0.42 of the eMail programm SimpleMail for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS has been released. Additional to bug fixes, mainyl under MorphOS the support of TLS and STARTTLS was added.
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.Dec.2015
AROS-Exec (Forum)


AROS: A week in AROS (from 30.11.2015)
Weekly Krzysztof 'Deadwood' Śmiechowicz summarizes the latest progresses and developments of the AROS-programmers.

Week of November 30th:
  • Slovak and Slovene languages have been added (polluks)
  • Montenegro country and flag have been added (polluks)
  • List images are no longer disposed in the cleanup of List MUI class (neil)
Week of December 7th:
  • Nothing to report
Week of December 14th:
  • fd2pragma tool has been updated to version 2.195 (polluks)
  • Amiguide documentation for fd2pragma has been imported (polluks)
  • Romanian keymap has been added (polluks)
  • fontconfig library has been updated to version 2.11.1 (deadwood)
  • Soft-hyphen support has been added to keymaps (polluks)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Dec.2015



amiga-news.de wishes Merry Christmas!
The team of Amiga-News wishes all Amiga fans a Merry Christmas and a happy new beginning of year 2016.

In the last twelve months amiga-news.de again has published about 900 news - after thirty years a still remarkable figure. We want to thank all of you who keep "our" Amiga alive as well as our readers for years of loyalty. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Dec.2015



AmigaOS 4. Quake engine "Dark Places" supports HD textures
Hugues 'HunoPPC' Nouvel has ported the Quake engine "Dark Places" to AmigaoS 4 which supports high-resolution textures (video). (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Dec.2015



Retro-Gaming: WHDLoad 18.2 now Freeware
Using WHDLoad you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. Version 18.2 now is Freeware. It is no longer required or possible to register the programm: more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Dec.2015
MorphZone (Webseite)


MorphOS: RecentFiles.sbar 1.0
The screenbar module RecentFiles developed by OnyxSoft informs the user about new uploads in the MorphOS-Files as well as new versions of the operating system. (snx) (Translation: dr)

[News message: 24. Dec. 2015, 08:16] [Comments: 0]
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23.Dec.2015
viddi (ANF)


Tales of Gorluth I can be downloaded for free
The action adventure game "Tales of Gorluth" which was honoured with the Amiga Games Award 2014 and developed by Patrick Nevian and Javier Alcani using Backbone, can be downloaded for free. Originally the game was distributed on CD and some residual copies can be still purchased at Alinea and Amedia.

In July the sequel was announced which is supposed to be released in June 2016. If you want to support the project by preordering the game, you get pre-versions of the game. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Dec.2015
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Podcast: AmiCast 8 interviewed Dennis Boon (Sonnet Amiga project)
In its eighth issue, the English-language podcast AmiCast has interviewed Dennis Boon. With his project "Sonnet Amiga", which originally was announced by Elbox as "SharkPPC", he realized the Sonnet-7200 PCI board as PowerPC accelerator board for the Amiga 3000 and 4000 (amiga-news.de reported). (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Dec.2015
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Accelerator board: Vampire II for Amiga 600 can be preordered
The Vampire is a FPGA-based accelerator board for the Amiga 600 (amiga-news.de reported). Now version II can be preordered.

It is probably available from New Year's Eve on and is supposed to be faster as a 68060-processor with 80 MHz. Due to the added features as 128 MB, HDMI-port and integrated SD-card, it will cost 150 Euro. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Dec.2015
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Amiga-Emulator: WinUAE 3.2.2
For the Amiga emulator WinUAE another update to version 3.2 is available, which mainly fixes bugs.

Changes in WinUAE 3.2.2: more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Dec.2015
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


MorphOS: MagicWebP 2.0 beta
Carsten Siegner's MagicWebp is a MorphOS programm for viewing WebP-pictures. Please note, that the available beta version 2.0 still includes bugs , e.g. in entries of the Debug-Log of MorphOS.

MagicWebP supports pictures with lossless and lossy data compression, the usage of the alpha channel as well as animations.

Download: magicwebp_2.0_beta.lha (1 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Dec.2015



Emulator: FS-UAE 2.7.6dev
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD and based on WinUAE and "includes an easy-to-use graphical configuration program which allows you to enjoy FS-UAE and Amiga emulation without writing configuration files. Changes in beta version 2.7.6dev:
  • Fix AGA flickering bug introduced in 2.5.40dev
  • Do not use R12 register in x86-64 JIT due to addressing issue
  • Lowered default floppy drive sound volume
  • Warn when uae_cachesize is used without jit_compiler enabled
  • Theme options override options from config
  • Updated emulation core from WinUAE 3220
  • FS-UAE Launcher: Most dialogs are non-modal again
  • FS-UAE Launcher: Misc user interface updates
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Dec.2015



Printing out yourself your Commodore/Amiga calendar 2016
For the forthcoming year, Amiga user "Cobe" from Serbia has created an Amiga calendar which everyone can print out yourself: more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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22.Dec.2015



Printed magazine: Amiga Future 118 - Preview and extracts
Today some coloured extracts and previews have been published of issue 118 (January/February 2015) of the Amiga Future. Highlights of the issue are previews of Amiga Racer and A.L.I.C.E. as well as a Amiga30th retrospective. The cover CD contains PD-software as well as some full versions. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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22.Dec.2015



Ralph Schmidt: Amiga Forever contains unlicensed copies of the Cyberstorm ROMs
The emulator distribution Amiga Forever 2016, released in November, contains images of the CyberstormPPC ROMs to simplify the installation of AmigaOS 4 for the end user. As this fact was not mentioned in the official press releases, it only became known when the download edition of OS4 Classic was discussed on amiga-news.de. During said discussion Ralph Schmidt, author of the ROMs in question, issued a statement (German) regarding the legal status of his work included with Amiga Forever. more ... (cg)

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