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Archive 05/2025

`19.May.2025`	AmigaOS 4: User report on the SATA PCI card from Rabbit Hole In mid-March, George 'walkero' Sokianos published a review of the SATA PCI Hard Card from Rabbit Hole under AmigaOS 4 on IntuitionBase (amiga-news.de reported). This card comes with a 256 GB M.2 SSD, which is already connected and ready for use. Now Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka has also decided to use this solution to provide an additional backup hard drive for his AmigaOne X5000 and reports about it in a new blog entry on his Ko-fi website. (dr) [News message: 19. May. 2025, 22:28] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.May.2025` Krzysztof Donat (ANF)	Amiga 40 Tools Jam: GoSnap V0.15 (update) The second entry for the Amiga 40 Tools Jam was submitted by Krzysztof Donat: GoSnap enables the function known from other operating systems for snapping windows to the edges of the screen (video). GoSnap creates 8 active zones on the Workbench screen: 4 screen corners and 4 edges. When a window is dragged to one of these zones, it is automatically resized and repositioned. The zones work as follows: 4 corners - dragging a window into a corner will resize it to 1/4 of the screen size and position it in that corner. Left, right, and bottom edges - dragging a window to one of these edges will resize it to 1/2 of the screen size and snap it to the corresponding edge. Top edge - dragging a window to the top edge of the screen will maximize it to fill the entire screen. GoSnap respects the minimum and maximum window sizes defined by the application's developer, as well as whether a window is resizable at all. If a window is not resizable, GoSnap will only reposition it without changing its size. The program runs as a commodity and can be managed through the system Exchange utility, where it can be paused or disabled. The program requires AmigaOS version 3.1.4 or newer, AmigaOS 3.2 is recommended. In the system preferences (IControl), the option to allow windows to be dragged beyond the screen edge should be enabled. GoSnap should also work under AmigaOS 4.1. GoSnap was written in Amiga E using the E-VO compiler and is freeware. However, donations are welcome. Update: (23.05.2025, 22:15, dr) Version 0.15 is now available, which among other things fixes the snapping non-resizable windows. (dr) [News message: 19. May. 2025, 14:48] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.May.2025` tukinem	Amiga 40 Tools Jam: Icon-Made v0.8 Pawel 'tukinem' Tukatsch has submitted the first entry for the Amiga 40 Tools Jam with "Icon-Made": a simple tool, still under development, that creates standard icons from IFF image files for the Workbench (video). If a single IFF file is loaded, the program creates an icon with one image. If two IFF files are loaded, the tool creates an icon with two images that change as soon as you click on the icon. Further features: NTSC compatible Preview function Creation of DISK, DRAWER, TOOL, PROJECT and Trashcan icons IFF images with a maximum of 256 colours and a resolution of 640x200 can be loaded, whereby only the first 2 bitplanes (4 colours) are ever read If the ".info" extension is forgotten to be added during saving, the program recognises it and adds it itself Support for 8-colour MagicWB icons (dr) [News message: 19. May. 2025, 14:31] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.May.2025` Carlos Peris (Mail)	Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.51 RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.10.1, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial. Numerous optimisations have been made in the new version 0.9.51 to make games run faster. All changes in detail: Multiple optimizations, overall the games should be at least 15% faster. Collision and scrolling code has been optimized. Code for processing objects in sleep status has been optimized. Values and bar in the HUD now can be interpolated for smoother transitions instead of the new value immediatly being displayed. HUD Bars will change color when there is a change in the value. Improvement when using Show Text/Dialog to have a smoother change of screens. Now the latest edited level is saved, when loading a project it will load this last editted level. In the editor, now better colors from the palette will be picked for the UI, improving readibility. In profiler screen besides the maximum number of objects processed now you can see the maximum number of awaken objects processed. Added the project ObjPerfTest to check performance of collisions and physics. Sub-pixel scrolling was not activated by default in new projects, not it is. Fix when custom font is used in the HUD. Fix for dialogs when vertical scroll was used. Fix for games using Tile border in the tilesets. Fix for glitches appearing when screen changes. (dr) [News message: 19. May. 2025, 13:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.May.2025` deadwood	AROS distribution: AROS One portable 2.8 (x86) In addition to the AROS distribution "AROS One" for x86 computers, which is available as a DVD ISO file or USB flash ("VHD") image (amiga-news.de reported), there is now a separate portable version for USB sticks (video), which contains AROS ONE 2.8 (32-bit) and can be run directly from it. This project was created for users who want to explore AROS without having to install it on a hard drive or for users who want to use AROS on their existing hardware instead of investing in dedicated other hardware. System requirements: (reasonably) up-to-date x86-64 (64-bit) computer hardware USB 3.0 support Screen resolution 1920 x 1080 (dr) [News message: 19. May. 2025, 06:15] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.May.2025`	Demoparty: Outline 2025 (Ommen/NL, 29.5.-01.6.) Since 2004, the Outline has been celebrated as a demo party with DJs, live acts and demo competitions and, as every year, takes place on the long weekend around Ascension Day: this year from 29 May to 1 June in Ommen (Netherlands), near the border with Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. Started as an Atari party and counterpart to Breakpoint, all platforms are now welcome, as the competitions show: the demo, intro, graphics and music competitions are almost completely open to so-called oldskool and newskool systems, but with a focus on 8-bit computers and PCs. (dr) [News message: 19. May. 2025, 05:48] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.May.2025`	Aminet uploads until 17.05.2025 The following files have been added until 17.05.2025 to Aminet: amigaget.lha comm/net 166K OS3 get https files for the... amigassh.lha comm/net 144K OS3 SSH2 for the Amiga DollMaker.lha demo/misc 155K OS3 A screensaver of sorts REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 8.4M OS3 Game Creator with AGA s... MCC_TabGroup.lha dev/mui 89K OS3 Dynamic tab group custo... TheNetwork.lha docs/misc 109K GEN Classic AmigaOS Program... SCANdalItaCat.lha driver/oth 10K GEN Italian catalog for SCA... dsos.lha game/data 61K OS3 Custom maps to 'The... hack-and-slay.lha game/role 43K OS3 Turn based dungeon craw... tad.lha game/role 213K OS3 Point'n click adv. ... ageocad078.lha gfx/misc 1.3M OS3 Geotechnical Cad Softwa... FroggerNG_207.lha gfx/show 727K OS3 Ultimate MPEG video pla... AlmaLibre.lha mods/8voic 176K GEN 16bit 6ch Mexican Guita... IK25.lha mods/misc 61K GEN 16bit 4ch REMASTERED IK... NAFCYI1992S4-B01.zip text/bfont 1.7M GEN NAFCYI Winter 1992-93 (... WHDArchiveExtractor.lha util/arc 11K OS3 Automates extraction of... CompareDirsItaCat.lha util/cli 47K GEN Italian catalog for Com... gicriptofilex-i386-aros.zip util/crypt 368K ARO Encrypt files using 128... gicriptofilex.lha util/crypt 131K OS3 Encrypt files using 128... IdentifyDev.lha util/libs 71K OS3 Identify hardware and m... IdentifyPci.lha util/libs 172K OS3 Identify hardware and m... IdentifyUsr.lha util/libs 106K OS3 Identify hardware and m... AmiKick.zip util/misc 54K OTH Check Kickstart images ... iGame.lha util/misc 452K VAR Front-end for WHDLoad ScoutItaCat.lha util/moni 52K GEN Italian catalog for Sco... GoVD.lha util/wb 35K OS3 Virtual Desktops for Wo... (snx) [News message: 18. May. 2025, 09:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.May.2025`	OS4Depot uploads until 17.05.2025 The following files have been added until 17.05.2025 to OS4Depot: faac.lha aud/con 80kb 4.1 Freeware Advanced Audio Coder faad2.lha aud/con 217kb 4.1 FAAD2 AAC decoder libfaac.lha dev/lib 990kb 4.1 Freeware Advanced Audio Coder li... libfaad.lha dev/lib 5Mb 4.1 Freeware Advanced Audio (AAC) De... libflac.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.1 Free Lossless Audio Codec libmikmod.lha dev/lib 4Mb 4.1 Portable sound library (music mo... libmodplug.lha dev/lib 6Mb 4.1 Render mod music files as raw au... libogg.lha dev/lib 430kb 4.1 Library for handling OGG files libsdl2_mixer.lha dev/lib 4Mb 4.1 Mixer library for Simple DirectM... libspeex.lha dev/lib 3Mb 4.1 A free codec for free speech libvorbis.lha dev/lib 3Mb 4.1 Libraries for handling Ogg Vorbi... libtheora.lha dev/lib 5Mb 4.1 Theora Video Compression Codec libsdl2_net.lha dev/lib 164kb 4.1 SDL2_net portable network library libx264.lha dev/lib 12Mb 4.1 H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video compressi... arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line&a... uae.lha emu/com 2Mb 4.1 Classic Amiga Emulation (JIT + A... retroarch_cores_insta... emu/gam 244Mb 4.0 Cores for soon to be released Re... comparedirs.lha uti/fil 362kb 4.1 Compare two dirs for different f... igame.lha uti/mis 452kb 4.0 Front-end for WHDLoad (snx) [News message: 18. May. 2025, 09:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.May.2025`	AROS Archives uploads until 17.05.2025 The following files have been added until 17.05.2025 to AROS Archives: boh.i386-aros.lha gam/act 29Mb Immersive and innovative dungeon... gicriptofilex.i386-aros.zip uti/mis 368kb Encrypt files using 128 bit algo... (snx) [News message: 18. May. 2025, 09:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.May.2025`	MorphOS-Storage uploads until 17.05.2025 The following files have been added until 17.05.2025 to MorphOS-Storage: iGame_2.5.0.lha Games/Launcher A frontend to launching... Scalar_1.02.lha Games/Think Puzzle Game Falling-Bricks_1.0.2.lha Games/Think Port of Falling-Bricks ... (snx) [News message: 18. May. 2025, 09:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.May.2025`	WHDLoad: New installers until 17.05.2025 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 17.05.2025: 2025-05-13 new: Tactical Transmissions (Pattern Syndicate) done by paraj (Info, Image) 2025-05-13 new: 3D Demo 3: The Last Drop (Lemon) done by paraj (Info, Image) (snx) [News message: 18. May. 2025, 09:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.May.2025` Mike Battilana (Facebook)	Gail Wellington passed away On Thursday Gail Wellington passed away at the age of 85. Born on January 14, 1940 in Yonkers, New York, she was one of Commodore International's best-known personalities through her work as head of the "Commodore Applications and Technical Support" (CATS) department, which was founded for her, and her involvement in the Amiga CDTV. Her career in this field began in 1981 at Commodore UK, as a technical writer - starting with a manual about writing software manuals for external developers of programs for the Commodore PET - where she eventually became head of the software department. Three years later at Commodore Electronics Ltd, she took over software sales to and support for the independent distributors. In spring of 1985, at the CeBIT computer exposition in Hanover, Germany, her supervisor, Bob Gleadow, asked her to travel to Los Gatos for three weeks to work with the Amiga developers whose company Commodore had bought in August. This turned into three months in which Gail Wellington mediated between the West Coast and Commodore's marketing department on the East Coast of the USA and kept the management up to date on progress and costs. During this time she was also involved in the planning and coordination of the official launch of the Amiga at Lincoln Center in New York on July 23rd, a major event with Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry, which, like many others, required her to work 7-day weeks and travel extensively. Back in England at Commodore Electronics, she took charge of marketing and recruiting developers for the Amiga, which led to her return to the USA in October 1986 and appointment as worldwide Amiga Product Manager and in 1987 head of CATS, where she oversaw all worldwide developer activities, managed the Amiga DevCon events and ensured the successful sale of Commodore's products by ensuring the availability of high quality third party application software and hardware. CATS consisted of technical, administrative and marketing staff. These assignments ended with Mehdi Ali's presidency of Commodore International, who made her Director of Special Projects. The first special project was the development and launch of the Amiga CDTV, code-named "Gail's Baby". Gail Wellington and her team oversaw the software side, while Don Gilbreath and his team were responsible for the hardware side. Her tasks included bringing software developers on board and conducting product demonstrations. However, the CDTV was not a commercial success and Gail Wellington was dismissed in 1992. After a brief stint as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at OptImage Interactive Services, which was involved with Philips' CD-i, she ended up working full-time at "Three Peas in a Pod Florist" in Pennsylvania, which she had previously purchased with her daughter. (snx) [News message: 18. May. 2025, 09:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.May.2025` ANF	Virtual desktops for the Workbench: GoVD 2.4 with AmigaOS 4.1 compatibility Krzysztof Donat's program GoVD makes it possible to use the Workbench on up to eight virtual screens under AmigaOS 3.2 or higher. It is possible to specify which Workbench windows and programs should use which of the screens. The current version 2.4 now also offers improved compatibility with AmigaOS 4.1. This means that it is now possible to use the full range of functions, including the GoVD-conf configuration program, under this operating system without any restrictions in terms of options and stability. GoVD includes the following features: Up to eight independent virtual screens Freely positionable panel for switching between screens Keyboard shortcut support for quick screen switching and hiding Integration with the Exchange Commodity GoVD is shareware and can be used unregistered for 20 minutes at a time. Registration is based on voluntary donations, developers of Aminet-listed programs can apply for free registration. (snx) [News message: 18. May. 2025, 09:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.May.2025`	FreePascal: Video of Markdown usage on the Amiga Markdown is a format in which structured documents can be created with plain text. Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has now used the Markdown processor for FreePascal to write down notes in Markdown format in the browser and convert them into HTML to display them as a web page. A video demonstrates this. (snx) [News message: 18. May. 2025, 09:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.May.2025` Andreas Magerl (ANF)	Print magazine: Issue 148 of Amiga Future available online The English and German issue 148 (January/February 2021) 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 and a higher-resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (cg) [News message: 17. May. 2025, 23:34] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.May.2025` GitHub	Windows: GUI for Greaseweazle Tools - ADFDiskBox 2.4 ADFDiskBox is a graphical user interface for the Greaseweazle Host Tools and is intended to simplify the reading and writing of Amiga discs and disc images (ADF, SCP:AmigaDOS, RawSCP). Version 2.4 adds an options form to declutter the main form, changes the disk type names and adds a button to load the HxC Software. (cg) [News message: 17. May. 2025, 23:32] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.May.2025` Richard 'Shred' Körber (Mail)	Tool: identify library 45.0 now recognizes PCI cards Richard “Shred” Körber's identify.library collects all kinds of system parameters and provides the user with information on CPU, FPU, memory, clock frequency, etc., for example. Version 45.0 includes support for PCI cards for the first time. The author explains the new features in this release as follows: "In order to recognise PCI boards, the openpci.library by Thomas Richter must be installed. In addition, the database file "pci.db" from the new IdentifyPci package must be copied into the S: directory. The database is based on the work of The PCI ID Repository, but has been shrunk to a manageable floppy disc size. (I decided against using their "pci.ids" for reasons of space and performance). The query is performed using the new IdPciExpansion() function, which works in a relatively similar way to IdExpansion() for the Zorro extensions. The supplied ListExp tool already uses the function, other tools must be extended. PCI detection is still in the beta phase. I look forward to your feedback! Another new feature is the category of "virtual extensions", which are not recognised at boot time but are added later. The openpci.library creates several such virtual extensions per PCI card, which quickly makes the list of Zorro extensions confusing. ListExp now only shows these extensions as a total ("+ 16 virtual extensions"). With the new VIRTUAL option, however, they can still be displayed as normal in the list. What else? The new AmiGUS sound card is recognised. The new tag IDTAG_EmptyIfUnknown now returns an empty string for unknown manufacturers and boards (instead of the numeric ID). And I threw a few small errors out of the include files, one of them even dates back to the very early Amiga days. :D As always, the release is already available at Codeberg or on AmiNet." (cg) [News message: 17. May. 2025, 23:29] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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