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Archive 02/2023

`16.Feb.2023`	Programming language: AmiBlitz 3.9.9 A few moments ago, version 3.9.9 of the programming language AmiBlitz has been released. Changes: changes in project:: updated documentation updated examples drawer re-added serveral resident sourcefiles of BB2 for later improvement added disassembled source code for blitzlibs animlib, iffiolib, ilbmifflib added several StormWizard-demos made by @mdbergmann changed: moved commands GetD0, PutD0, GetRegD0, PushD0 from wzlib to environlib (wzlib needs at least OS2 so use of these commands prevented the executable to be working with an older OS reduced memory consumption for string in PED changed scroll size to 1 character when scrolling left or right changed behaviour of marked blocks, they behave now like blocks in other editors removed dependency of fontlib for diskfontlib when using ROM-font, so diskfont.library is not needed anymore if topaz is used! added: new function win windowslib: WindowIsOpen(win#) returns True if the window with given number is opened fixed: fixed several broken OS-functioncalls in PED and compiler that could lead to a crash fixed crash of PED when source code contains TAB-characters fixed crash when using HELP-key on certain macro names fixed some display problems with cursor when blinking is turned off fixed some display problems when scrolling source from outside the window fixed seldom display problems with highlighting of statement names fixed multiple redraws of source window at resize of window fixed configuration: state of intellisense option was not parsed correctly fixed: if a source file was "saved as", the new filename was not shown in tab title fixed: crash when saving as plain text Download: AmiBlitz399.lha (10 MB) (dr) [News message: 16. Feb. 2023, 12:38] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Feb.2023`	Linux: Stable long-term kernel 5.10.167 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000 Parallel to new kernels (amiga-news.de reported), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky also provides the latest version of the stable long-term kernel for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. It is suitable for old Linux distributions that do not work with the latest kernels, such as Ubuntu 10.04, or if users have problems with the latest kernels. The new version offers support for PCI-Express SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) host adapters. Download: linux-image-5.10.167-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (71 MB) (dr) [News message: 16. Feb. 2023, 12:28] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Feb.2023`	Video tutorial: The AMOS command "Limit Mouse" In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro (amiga-news.de reported), retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' this time explains, how you can limit your mouse movements on screen by using the AMOS "Limit Mouse" command. (dr) [News message: 16. Feb. 2023, 05:50] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2023` BBSIndex	Demoparty: MountainBytes 2023 (Switzerland) After a six-year hiatus and another three years of involuntary postponements by Covid, from 24 to 26 February 2023, the "MountainBytes" demo party will take place in Cham, Switzerland, organized by Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur. In addition to various workshops and competitions (timetable), the nominees for The Meteoriks Award will be presented during a show on Friday. The award ceremony will then take place at the Revision demo party in Saarbrücken at the beginning of April. (dr) [News message: 15. Feb. 2023, 10:31] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Feb.2023`	Mod-Player: HippoPlayer 2.56 Kari-Pekka Koljonen, the developer of the Amiga-MOD players HippoPlayer, has released an update to version 2.56 which among others provides improved MP3 support and PSID playback. (dr) [News message: 15. Feb. 2023, 06:36] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2023`	Blog: The Colorful Charm of Amiga Utility Disks In his latest, richly illustrated blog entry, Carl Svensson looks at Amiga utility disks and their often creative CLI menus: Utility disks were especially popular in the demo scene, and included editors, crunchers, graphics tools, trackers for composing music, or tools for displaying or playing text, graphics and music files. To create a demo, you only needed a handful of these disks. (dr) [News message: 14. Feb. 2023, 05:53] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2023`	Review: ZuluSCSI Already in mid-January, 'Jaruzel' had reported in his blog about his experiences with the file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulator ZuluSCSI. (dr) [News message: 14. Feb. 2023, 05:40] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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