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11.Sep.2022 Image processing: FPU version of RNOEffects 1.4
In the middle of August, developer 'jPV^RNO' had released version 1.4 of his image processing program "RNOEffects" (amiga-news.de reported). Now he additionally compiled and released a FPU version which according to him is much faster for certain functions. (dr)

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11.Sep.2022

Aminet uploads until 10.09.2022
The following files have been added until 10.09.2022 to Aminet:

ign-AddOn-ODS.lha        biz/spread 212K  OS4 ignition addon for access ods...
ign-AddOn-XLSX.lha       biz/spread 301K  OS4 ignition addon for access xls...
ignition.lha             biz/spread 4.9M  OS4 a modern spreadsheet
ignition-src.lha         biz/spread 1.2M      Sourcecode ignition 1.21
NewsCoaster_FR.lha       comm/news  20K       French catalogs for NewsCoast...
evo.lha                  dev/e      648K  68k E-VO: Amiga E Evolution
mhi_dev.lha              driver/aud 62K   68k MHI Dev - The new standard in...
croaker.lha              game/actio 120K  68k Amphibian survival game.
sormelus.adf             game/misc  880K  68k Finnish game for testing typi...
jfsw.lha                 game/shoot 1.7M  68k Shadow Warrior Amiga Port
nblood.lha               game/shoot 1.0M  68k Blood Amiga Port
RNOEffects_68k_FPU.lha   gfx/edit   5.6M  68k Image processing program
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.6M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   5.0M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   5.1M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
LHArchiver.lha           util/arc   4.6M      create lha archives intuitively

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11.Sep.2022

OS4Depot uploads until 10.09.2022
The following files have been added until 10.09.2022 to OS4Depot:

amoskittens.lha          dev/lan 2Mb   4.1 Amos the kitten is amos basic in...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
ciagent.lha              emu/mis 171kb 4.0 Minimal CIA resources and hardwa...
tbftss.lha               gam/shm 2Mb   4.1 The Battle for the Solar System ...
lharchiver.lha           uti/arc 5Mb   4.0 Create LhA archives intuitively

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11.Sep.2022

AROS Archives uploads until 10.09.2022
The following files have been added until 10.09.2022 to AROS Archives:

icaros23_fix.tar             uti/mis 161Mb Little fix for icaros desktop v2.3

(snx)

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11.Sep.2022

MorphOS-Storage uploads until 10.09.2022
The following files have been added until 10.09.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:

Protrekkr_2.6.3.lha       Audio/Tracker             A hybrid of modern day ...
LHArchiver_1.5.lha        Files/Archive             Create lha archives int...
Doom3-ProjectUAC_r6_2.lha Games/Shoot3D             Doom3 ProjectUAC
AmiTube_1.3.lha           Multimedia                The first YouTube Clien...
HotBorder_1.10.lha        System/Ambient/Commodi... HotBorder is a commodit...
TinyGL-Update-2022-09-... System/Update             Second public MorphOS T...

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11.Sep.2022
Amigaworld.net (forum) MorphOS: TinyGL beta version 2022-09-08
MorphOS team developer Mark 'Bigfoot' Olsen had offered a bounty project for improved OpenGL support as well as drivers for more Radeon graphics cards under the title link, which has been successfully funded (amiga-news.de reported). In the meantime, the developer has released a third beta version of his TinyGL update.

Among other things, the shaders now continue to work correctly even after resizing the window. A detailed description of the new features can be found in the archive's readme file. (snx)

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11.Sep.2022
Amiga Future (website) Programming language: AmiBlitz pre-release 3.9.6
Besides three bug-fixes, the pre-release 3.9.6 of the programming language AmiBlitz adds an optimization of "moveq" - if value is in byte range, moveq will be used instead of move.l. (snx)

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10.Sep.2022

AmigaOS 4.1: free AMOS interpreter AMOS Kittens 0.8
Kjetil 'LiveForIt' Hvalstrand is working on an interpreter which can run AMOS source code under AmigaOS 4. As the developer wrote "on the Amos command this project tries to stay 99% compatible, a few command won't work as this project use a bit more modern chunky image format instead of the planar graphic format". (amiga-news.de reported). The source code is available on GitHub. Changes of version 0.8:

Remove the required version 53, for extensions.
Fixed sticky key problem, due to missed key up event.
Don't allow BLoad to blow up if, bank is not found.
Reserve AS - commands fixes
Fixed DirFirst$(filename$) problem.
Make sure zones are freed, on exit.
Mouse Limit, X Mouse, Y Mouse problems fixed.
Command Set Font bug fixed.
Fixed broken iconify support.
Added error requestors.
Open requester on errors.
Added version string to exe file.
Minor improvements to Polygon
Improvements to packaging.
Fullscreen now has back border.
Fixed joystick / joypad, offsets of buttons / axis

(dr)

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10.Sep.2022 Frogger clone: Croaker
A classic: In the game produced by Sega in 1981 and developed by Konami, you have to guide a frog safely across a busy road and then across a river ((Wikipedia entry)). In the now released Amiga adaptation "Croaker" (YouTube video), the task remains the same, but becomes more difficult with each level, as the number of lanes increases. The game offers a 2-player mode and runs with AmigaOS 1.3 and 512k chip ram by default. (dr)

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10.Sep.2022 Demoscene: Function 2022 demo party in Hungary
Function is currently the biggest Hungarian demoscene party, which takes place this weekend in Budapest. Among other things, there is a competition for Amiga demos. Those who don't want to travel themselves can follow the event on Twitch. (dr)

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10.Sep.2022 Programming assistance: "AB_Template" 0.35 offers templates for AmiBlitz 3
Sami Vehmaa wants to get more people to develop games for the Amiga platform and for this purpose offers templates for the RTG variant of AmiBlitz 3 on itch.io with "AB_Template" (YouTube video of version 0.23, amiga-news.de reported).

Version 0.35 released today, he has included three different tests of the collision function as well as different test options to read the keyboard. (dr)

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09.Sep.2022

Tutorial: Setting up a FTP server under MorphOS, connecting to devices
Amiga-News.de reports about news from the Amiga world, informs about developments, projects, news. However, our readers - the normal Amiga user as well as developers and programmers - have a wealth of experience and practical knowledge themselves, which can provide added value for everyone. Therefore we would like to make such knowledge more available to the general public. The MorphOS and AmigaOS 3 user 'emeck' has kindly taken the trouble to document how he sets up an FTP server under MorphOS in order to connect to the cell phone for data exchange, as in this case. But of course this is also possible from other devices like laptop or Raspberry Pi. Many thanks, 'emeck'.

"Now that floppies and even CDs/DVDs maybe not available to everyone, we can use several ways to tranfer data to/from our Amigas using networking. FTP is one of those ways, either by connecting to an FTP server or running it on our Amiga.

In this case, We will configure an FTP server under MorphOS, which is really simple to do thanks to OrangeFTP. Installation and usage is explained clearly in the program's guide but we'll add some screenshots here.

First we need to setup at least one user for connecting to the server. This is done in MOS setting. So we need to open Settings-->System-->Users. As you can see in the screenshot, I have already set up my default MOS user, which is the one I use to connect through FTP. Here you can set one for you.

The Home Dir is the Volume/Drawer you will have access when connecting with your FTP client. And the Login and Password is obviously the credentials you use for connecting.

You can add other users in the Users Tab. At first, it will be empty but clicking the Add New User button will let you fill in some fields for the new user as seen in the next screenshot:

In this case we have a user "ricardo" who is limited to browse the Download drawer in the Work: volume. Each user should have its unique User ID but all users defined here should have the same Group ID. So if we add here a new user like "tony", the Group ID must be 1000 too while the User ID could be 2. You can also configure an anonymous user that doesn't need a password to log in.

Next, after configuring the users, we need to configure the group in the Groups tab. This is also empty at firs too, but using the Add New Group button show again some fields for us to fill.

Here you have to add group called "ftp" and use the same Group ID you used to define our users (1000 in our example).Finally, add the names of the users, seperated spaces in case you want more than one.

Now we only need to run OrangeFTPd double clicking its icon or running it from the shell (in which case the gui won't open; you should pass the "-gui" option for that). So finally, we have our FTP server running!

As you see, we are not connected right now. We'll do it shortly. OrangeFTPd also has some settings we can change clicking the Config button, like the port it is using or the welcome message when connecting. Here are the default settings.

Now, for connecting with my Android phone I use AndFTP. Basicaly we need the login name, password, the IP of our Amiga and port number (21 by default for FTP).

Here you have the screenshots for the config I use for AndFTP on my phone (the same settings also work for connecting with Filezilla with my RPi or Debian laptop).

After configuring the client, now we can connect. OrangeFPd shows the current successfull connections. As you can see in the next screenshot, my MOS server has now 1 active connection.

So, this is a simple way to transfer data between my MorphOS system and my Linux/Windows/phone devices over my local network. FTP is not secure so if you want to access from outside your local network, you better user other protocol and security measures." (dr)

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