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`28.Mar.2023` Indie Retro News (website)	Arcade conversion: Shoot'em Up 'Xevious' (Beta) Xevious is a vertical scrolling shoot'em up released by Namco in 1982. Jean-François 'jotd' Fabres is currently working on an Amiga conversion (video), which requires an AGA Amiga. A current beta version can be downloaded from his website for free or for a small donation. (cg) (Translation: snx) [News message: 28. Mar. 2023, 17:03] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`28.Mar.2023`	Web browser: AmiFox 0.3 "AmiFox" displays modern web pages on an Amiga by downloading and displaying pages converted to images by a web rendering proxy ("AmiFox server"). Version 0.3 brings various minor changes which, according to the author, are mainly intended to increase the ease of use of the browser: Copy Text from selected webpage (AmiFox-Server 0.2+) Copy Clipboard from Server (AmiFox-Server 0.2+) IFF Format (AmiFox-Server 0.2+) send longer texts to page (needs texteditor.mcc) Mouse wheel support Shift cursor up/down send as Page up/Down (AmiFox-Server 0.2+) Error message when Datatype could not load image send Youtube URLs to AmiTube send Google Maps and OpenStreetmap positions to Mapparium AROS Version atm i386 and 64bit ABIv11 Read URL at Mouse position direct download of catched URL at mouse position save Webpage Image Copy/Paste URL (cg) (Translation: snx) [News message: 28. Mar. 2023, 16:55] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.Mar.2023` Amigans Forum (ANF)	AmigaOS 4: NVMe device driver for SSD Besides his audio driver for Intel HD Audio (amiga-news.de reported), Harald Kanning has now started developing a NVMe device driver for SSDs and has released the first version 53.1 under the title link. As the author explained, "is short for 'Non-Volatile Memory express'. It's basically a transfer protocol for attachment of mass storage to a computer. Unlike SATA, NVMe is specifically designed for solid state flash memory. There is no separate storage controller. Instead, the NVMe SSD is directly connected to the PCIe bus through an M.2 slot. None of the current NG systems offer a M.2 slot directly on the mainboard. But since an NVMe M.2 slot is basically a PCIe x4 slot with a different form-factor, we can use a widely available passive PCIeM.2 adapter card. These adapter cards are available with a PCIe x1 or PCIe x4 connector. Don't use the adapter cards with multiple M.2 slots because they will not work. The driver was tested on an AmigaOne X5000 and in the x4 slot with the following drives: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB WD Black SN770 1TB For this, the developer has provided a few first benchmarks: p50x0SATA.device: Samsung 840 SSD 120GB Copy 1GB file from RAM: to NGFS/01: 51.5MB/s (20.4 sec) Copy 1GB file from NGFS/01 to RAM : 98.9MB/s (10.6 sec) nvme.device: Samsung 970 EVO SSD 1TB Copy 1GB file from RAM: to NGFS/01: 129.5MB/s (8.1 sec) Copy 1GB file from NGFS/01 to RAM : 152.0MB/s (6.9 sec) Copy 1GB file from RAM: to SFS/02 : 327.7MB/s (3.2 sec) Copy 1GB file from SFS/02 to RAM : 233.0MB/s (4.5 sec) (dr) [News message: 27. Mar. 2023, 06:12] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.Mar.2023` AmiKit (Twitter)	Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 12.1 for Raspberry Pi and Windows/Mac/Linux About 10 days ago AmiKit released version 12.0 of the workbench distribution AmiKit XE (amiga-news.de reported). Yesterday a hotfix was made available with version 12.1, which among other things adds AmiSSL 5.8 and now enables an installation of AmigaOS 3.2.2 via Morpheuz, which previously failed if AmiKit already ran with AmigaOS 3.2.1. Likewise, opening files with RabbitHole apps via double-click now works again under Windows/Mac/Linux. Detailed changelogs for Windows/Mac/Linux and Raspberry Pi 4/400. (dr) [News message: 27. Mar. 2023, 05:46] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Mar.2023`	Tutorial: Installation guide for AmigaOS 4.1 under QEMU 8 QEMU is an open-source computer emulator and virtualiser. This means you can functionally simulate computers or provide virtual systems that replicate the functionality of a real system. QEMU is able to emulate a complete computer in software without the need to support hardware virtualisation. So it is also possible to emulate Amiga operating systems like AROS, AmigaOS or MorphOS on QEMU. This is provided by the developer Zoltan Balaton who shares many information and tips on his webeite. In the middle of 2021, Amiga-News.de had a closer look at the installation of MorphOS under QEMU 6. Recently the first release candidate of QEMU 8 was published. What has changed importantly from the Amiga point of view? via-ac97: Basic implementation of audio playback via VIA southbridge chip (for the first time it is possible to use the sound support of the via-ac97 directly under the Pegasos-2 emulation) sm501: Implemented more 2D raster operations (added simple implementation for two raster operations used by AmigaOS 4.1 to fix graphics problems in some programs like IBrowse). Fix PCI interrupt routing: Fix PCI interrupts within the Pegasos 2 emulation under Linux, MorphOS and AmigaOS. This now makes it possible for the first time to activate and use network support via the RTL8139 driver under AmigaOS 4.1 Our reader Rene Engel, in collaboration with Zoltan Balaton, has produced an installation guide for AmigaOS 4.1 under QEMU 8, which he has kindly made available for publication and which will be refined and adapted over time: 1. Preparations 1.1 What is required? AmigaOS 4.1 Pegasos 2 version (available e.g. from Alinea Computer) The CD must be available as ISO file, which can easily be done under Windows, for example, with the free tool ImgBurn. AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 2 and AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3 are also required, which can be downloaded free of charge from the Hyperion Entertainment website after registering and entering the CD key supplied. Since owners of the AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition do not have access to the AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3 anymore, you would have to find another way to get the required files. Alternatively, you could also buy the AmigaOS 4.1 Sam460 version: this also contains the files. QEMU 8: currently no finished builds are available there (you have to compile them yourself). Executables for Windows are available on Emaculation.com Executables fir Intel-Macs are also available on Emaculation.com Under macOS, the package manager Homebrew and Xcode should be installed beforehand, as described in this article. You can then install QEMU via the terminal as follows: brew install Qemu Until finished builds for macOS with Apple chips are available, it is necessary to compile the source code yourself. With the release of the final version of QEMU 8, Homebrew will also have adapted its packages to the new version 8.0. Currently, all versions up to and including Qemu 7.2 can be downloaded and installed there. Flash Update für Pegasos 2 Download the file "up050404" either from the bplan homepage (only working under macOS with "Save as...") or via Wayback Machine. The file "extract_rom_from_updater" (direct download) is available on the Qmiga project page and is needed to extract a Pegasos2.rom from it. There is also a description of how to use the "updater". an unarchiving tool that can unpack LHA-packed files, such as 7-zip. There are similar tools for Linux and macOS that can do this. the freeware tool UltraISO (Windows), a tool that can open and edit ISO files. There are also similar tools for Linux and macOS that can do this. 1.2. Creating a QEMU hard disk image Via Console/Shell/Terminal under Windows/Linux/Mac: Qemu-img create –f raw hd.img 2G 2G here stands for 2 gigabyte hard disk size and can be individually adjusted depending on how large the virtual hard disk is to become. For the beginning, I recommend not going higher than 2GB. Important: to create the hd.img, you must be in the QEMU directory. 1.3 Adaptation of the installation medium Before we can boot with the Pegasos 2 emulation under QEMU, the installation medium must be adapted. First you should unpack the archives "AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 2" and "AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3" and search in the unpacked folder for the file "PCIGraphics.card" in the folder Content/Kickstart or for the file "siliconmotion502.chip" in the folder Files_Sam460ex/Kickstart. Now copy the files "siliconmotion502.chip" and "PCIGraphics.card" to your AmigaOS 4.1 FE Pegasos2InstallCD.ISO with the help of UltraIso into the directory /System/Kickstart. Then you only have to open the file "Kicklayout" in the Kickstart and /System/Kickstart folders with a text editor and add the following line without "": for the Kicklayout in Kickstart directory: "MODULE System/Kickstart/siliconmotion502.chip" for thw Kicklayout in System/Kickstart directory: "MODULE Kickstart/siliconmotion502.chip" Save the changes under UltraIso. The bootloader should not be affected by the changes and the Pegasos2InstallCD.ISO should still be bootable. 2. Booting QEMU This is a pure basic command line to be able to boot from the Pegasos2InstallCD.ISO under QEMU. The paths to pegasos2.rom, hd.img and also to Pegasos2InstallCD.iso must be adjusted accordingly. Make sure you are in the QEMU directory and type in the following command line: qemu-system-ppc -L pc-bios -M pegasos2 / -bios /pfad/zum/pegasos2.rom / -vga none / -device sm501 / -drive if=none,id=cd,file=/pfad/zum/Pegasos2InstallCD-53.54.iso,format=raw / -device ide-cd,drive=cd,bus=ide.1 / -drive if=none,id=hd,file=/pfad/zu/eure/hd.img,format=raw / -device ide-hd,drive=hd,bus=ide.0 / -device rtl8139,netdev=net0 / -netdev user,id=net0 / -rtc base=localtime / -serial stdio Under MacOs, the line -display cocoa or -display sdl must also be entered, otherwise no window will open. If everything has worked, QEMU welcomes you with the Pegasos2 SmartFirmware. Now simply enter the following command: boot cd amigaboot.of The SmartFirmware should now boot AmigaOS 4.1. The installation of AmigaOS 4.1 will then proceed as usual: partition the hard disk, install the boot loader, etc. Important: AmigaOS 4.1 FE can currently only be installed and booted on FFS-formatted virtual hard disks. Partitions with the file system SFS will not be registered under AmigaOS 4.1 for Pegasos 2 (the problem is already being investigated). An illustrated pdf instruction can be found on the pages of Amedia Computer France. After the installation on your virtual hard disk and after ejecting the installation CD (ISO), the command boot hd:0 amigaboot.of under the SmartFirmware to boot from your virtual hard disk: For some reason, which is not yet known, the first boot process after installation starts in Pal-LowRes mode and there is incorrect screen display. However, the problem can be easily solved by simply calling System/Prefs/Screenmode and selecting a 16-bit screen there. 3. Conclusion I am unbelievably positively surprised at how fast the whole thing runs and also 2D accelerated. I didn't know anything like that from other emulators before. Not everything runs perfectly yet, but at least the everyday things can already be used under AmigaOS 4.1. On 16 bit, the screen resolution is limited to 1440x900 and there is no 3D acceleration. In this YouTube video I show the general usability of the Workbench under the Pegasos 2 emulation: playing mp3 files, multitasking, loading times and displaying folders with many files, etc. The biggest thanks go to BALATON Zoltan who programmed the whole thing for us and in his spare time. Without him it would never have been possible! I hope you have fun testing! If you get stuck at any point, please write a comment and ask your questions. This was tested extensively under macOS 13.2.1 with Apple M1 Max. However, it should be just as possible under Linux and Windows, albeit in a slightly modified form. (dr) [News message: 26. Mar. 2023, 09:46] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Mar.2023`	Aminet uploads until 25.03.2023 The following files have been added until 25.03.2023 to Aminet: AmiGemini.lha comm/net 239K AOS Gemini, Spartan, Gopher + Fin... COP.lha dev/debug 167K 68k Low Level Debugger MuForce.lha dev/debug 325K 68k V40 Enforcer,detect illegal R... MuGuardianAngel.lha dev/debug 347K 68k detect accesses to non-alloca... OsGrind.lha dev/debug 30K 68k Configurable Os argument checker SegTracker.lha dev/debug 17K 68k A global SegList tracking uti... eurochamp.lha docs/misc 247K Soccer Euro Champs 1960-2020 ... worldcup.lha docs/misc 655K Statistics of World Cups 1930... PcmciaCD.lha driver/med 11K 68k ATAPI PCMCIA CD driver Sony Vaio F1GP2023Carset.lha game/data 8K 2023 Carset for F1GP gse.lha game/edit 17K 68k Editor for Gunship2000 roster... MCE.lha game/edit 3.6M 68k Multi-game Character Editor MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.1M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor Gunship.jpg game/hint 375K A500/2000 Gunship Keyboard Ov... PhotoMosaic.lha gfx/misc 2.9M 68k Make Photo Mosaic from photo ... AmiSSL-5.8-OS3.lha util/libs 3.4M 68k OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li... AmiSSL-5.8-OS4.lha util/libs 3.1M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li... AmiSSL-5.8-SDK.lha util/libs 2.3M AOS OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li... MMULib.lha util/libs 786K 68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs VATestprogram.zip util/misc 7.3M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram (snx) [News message: 26. Mar. 2023, 08:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Mar.2023`	OS4Depot uploads until 25.03.2023 The following files have been added until 25.03.2023 to OS4Depot: amissl-sdk.lha dev/mis 2Mb 4.0 SDK for AmiSSL petsciirobots.lha gam/act 2Mb 4.1 PETSCII Robots ported to SDL terri-fried.lha gam/mis 2Mb 4.1 Everyone is dead except for... a... unext.lha gam/pla 26Mb 4.1 Super Mario Clone! vanillara.lha gam/str 4Mb 4.1 Red Alert/VanillaRA V1.1 Port fo... vanillatd.lha gam/str 3Mb 4.1 Tiberian Dawn/VanillaTD V1.1 Por... mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor amissl.lha lib/mis 3Mb 4.0 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared library amigemini.lha net/bro 239kb 4.0 Gemini, Spartan, Gopher + Finger... nm2mw.lha uti/mis 2kb 4.0 NewMouse events into native IECL... vamp.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.0 Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player (snx) [News message: 26. Mar. 2023, 08:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Mar.2023`	AROS Archives uploads until 25.03.2023 The following files have been added until 25.03.2023 to AROS Archives: photomosaic.lha aud 3Mb Make Photo Mosaic from photo col... eurochamp.lha doc/mis 247kb statistics euro soccer 1960-2020 worldcup.lha doc/mis 655kb Soccer World Cup statistics 1930... lightwave_quick_guide.zip doc/tut 113Mb Video Tuttorial for Lightwave 3d... tecnoballz.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 3Mb brick breaking game. icon_pack_app_kensv4.lha gra/ico 168kb application drawer icon kens v4 vamp.lha vid/pla 2Mb Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player (snx) [News message: 26. Mar. 2023, 08:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Mar.2023`	MorphOS-Storage uploads until 25.03.2023 The following files have been added until 25.03.2023 to MorphOS-Storage: MaestrixReloaded_2.1.lha Audio/Drivers The Maestrix 2: Reloade... Terri-Fried.lha Games/Misc Everyone is dead except... PhotoMosaic_1.0.lha Graphics/Misc Make Photo Mosaic from ... AmiTube_1.4.lha Multimedia The first YouTube Clien... VAMP_3.05.lha Multimedia A Multimedia Player pro... AmiSSL_5.8-68k.lha Network/SSL OpenSSL as an Amiga sha... SnoopDos_3.11_68k.lha System/Monitoring SnoopDos_3.11_68k.lha Pegasos.zip Videos Video of Pegasos by The... (snx) [News message: 26. Mar. 2023, 08:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Mar.2023`	WHDLoad: New installers until 25.03.2023 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 25.03.2023: 2023-03-25 improved: Spellbound (Psygnosis) RawDIC imager used, decruncher relocated in fastmem, save hiscores, trainer added, 68000 quitkey, icons, hits and manual (Info) 2023-03-23 improved: Ghouls'n'Ghosts (Capcom/U.S.Gold) supports another version, 2nd button support, 68000 quitkey, icons and solution added (Info) 2023-03-19 improved: Body Blows (Team 17) countdown color fixed (Info) (snx) [News message: 26. Mar. 2023, 08:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Mar.2023` Amiga Future (website)	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: Midnight Resistance Live Performance Wild West World (Sunset Calm remix) Final Hyperbase a Live Performance Wild West World (snx) [News message: 26. Mar. 2023, 08:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Mar.2023` Amigaworld.net (Forum)	Elbox: pci.library 13.14 At the title link Elbox have released an update of their pci.library for owners of the PCI busboard Mediator. Information on changes in version 13.14 is not available. (snx) [News message: 26. Mar. 2023, 08:52] [Comments: 1 - 03. May. 2023, 06:37] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Mar.2023` Seiya (ANF)	PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 144 (Italian/English) Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games. Amiga-related, the current issue is about "Enemy: Tempest of Violence (V2)", "Frontier: Elite II" and "OnEscapee". (snx) [News message: 26. Mar. 2023, 08:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Mar.2023` Andreas Magerl (ANF)	Print magazine: Issue 137 of Amiga Future readable online The German and English issue 137 (March/April 2019) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine as well as a higher resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (snx) [News message: 26. Mar. 2023, 08:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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