10.May.2012
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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DigiBoosterPro: DigiRoller 1.2
DigiRoller is a standalone replayer for DigiBooster Pro 2.x and DigiBooster 3 music modules for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.
Version 1.2 implements various suggestions by DigiRoller users and fixes a reported bug. Furthermore there is a spanish translation now.
Changes:
- Volume boost feature
- AHI unit configurable via commandline parameter and icon tooltype
- Current song position displayed also as text
- Filename for output file is generated automatically from module name
- Playback mode is set as default now
- Spanish catalog and guide translation by Dámaso Domínguez
- Polish guide translation by Grzegorz Kraszewski
- Fixed crash when MUI is not installed
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09.May.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Emulator: WinUAE 2.4.1
Version 2.4.1 of the Amiga emulator WinUAE has been published which mainly fixes minor bugs.
New features:
- Fastest possible CPU mode (including JIT) throttle option (-10% to -90%)
- Approximate CPU mode speed adjustment (-90% to +500%). Replaces old CPU/Chipset adjustment.
- Fastest possible CPU mode timing improved.
- Low latency vsync stability improved.
- Internal display buffering system rewritten, PAL/NTSC vertical centering, even better screen positioning in programmed modes.
- Fullscreen (TV)/(Max) filter mode programmed mode and PAL/NTSC switching support.
- Custom Input Event autofire support.
- Switch to another monitor if multiple monitors with different resolutions and current RTG resolution is not supported by current monitor.
- CDFS statefile support implemented.
- Sound sync improved.
- Debugger basic math operator support (+-/*).
- Autoscaling improved (CD32 boot screen).
Bug fixes of version 2.4.0:
- CDFS problems fixed. (crashes, wrong case if RockRidge or Joliet, truncated file comments)
- Fake 60Hz didn't work.
- Software filter major slowdown in higher resolutions.
- D3D overlay mask scaling artifacts in some resolutions.
- D3D "CRT" filters had bad geometry.
- Automatic resize resized continuously in interlaced modes.
- Some USB joysticks had multiple buttons with same name and dpad diagonal movement didn't work.
- Keyboard reset warning emulation didn't work.
- Legacy VSync works correctly again.
- Bsdsocket emulation gethostbyname("ip.address") random crash.
Other bug fixes:
- Automatic scale/center/resize didn't work in ECS SuperPlus screen mode.
- OCS/ECS max hires overscan didn't show first 4 pixels. (ECS SuperPlus)
- 68020 cycle-exact mode statefile reliability improved. (Random "CPU trace" errors)
- 0.5M Chip RAM was detected as 1M in JIT mode.
- Mouse cursor jumping to top/left corner in some virtual machines when mouse button was clicked.
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09.May.2012
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Anniversary: Computer club APC&TCP turns 20
Press release: Once there were two computer clubs. APC and TCP. 20 years ago (if anyone knows the exact date, please report), these two computer clubs joined.
Within a very short period of time, APC&TCP computer club became one of the biggest Amiga clubs in Germany with nearly 500 members.
APC&TCP afterwards published one of the most widespread Amiga floppy disk magazines: Amiga Fire and its successor NoCover.
Since many members were programmers, it was decided to distribute their software ourselves. Therefore in May 1992 APC&TCP became private partnership. The aim was to distribute public domain, shareware and commercial software in a way of maximum benefit for the developers. Thus PD disks were passed on at cost price of 1 DM. The profit-sharing of 50% for the programmer was unusually high.
Programs like CygnusEd, DigiBoosterPro and Databench as well as games like Flyin High and Pinball Brain Damage are only a few examples of our software.
Besides our own shareware series and many commercial software titles, we were also working for various companies. We took care of the distribution of promoting games and created cover CDs for magazines such as Amiga Plus, Amiga Games and Amiga Special. For some time we also created the PD series disks of Amiga Magazine, wrote reviews for various magazines and organized ticket sales for Amiga shows and much more.
In 1997 we decided to publish a print-magazine for the Amiga. The Amiga Future was first published by ICP-Verlag, then by Falke-Verlag and since issue 27 APC&TCP also acted as the publisher.
Now we have released issue 96 and issue 100 is getting close. Meanwhile APC&TCP also sells various Amiga merchandising products, such as stickers, mouse pads, posters and much more. Thus now, after 20 years, APC&TCP still exists. To celebrate this, we have some special offers in our online shop. These offers are only available in May 2012.
To the next 20 years!
Andreas Magerl
APC&TCP (snx)
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08.May.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Legend of Edgar 1.01, Open Jazz
Roman 'kas1e' Kargin has ported the Jump'n Run Legend of Edgar 1.01 (screenshots: 1, 2, 3) as well as the engine Open Jazz, with which the commercial Sonic-clone Jazz Jackrabbit can be played (screenshots: 1, 2, 3, 4) to AmigaOS 4.
Download:
Legend of Edgar: edgar.lha (31,5 MB)
Open Jazz: openjazz.lha (1,2 MB)
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06.May.2012
PPA (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Article on screen-programming
Under the title link 'trixie' has publishe a short article on programming screens under AmigaOS 4. Among others it is about the possibility of changing screens in ReAction-based programms which was introduced in update 3.
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Aminet-Uploads until 05.05.2012
The following archives have been added until 05.05.2012 to the Aminet:
Colours.py.txt dev/src 4K 68k Terminal colour control using...
MissDriller_68k.lha game/actio 403K 68k A remake of Mr.Driller
WormWars.lha game/actio 777K 68k Advanced snake game
WormWarsMOS.lha game/actio 624K MOS Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 984K OS4 Advanced snake game
edgar-1.0-morphos.lha game/jump 29M MOS SDL based classic plattform game
PrimatePlunge_68k.lha game/jump 7.3M 68k Interesting platform game
ScummVM_AGA_030.lha game/misc 3.9M 68k Amiga AGA port of ScummVM 1.3...
ScummVM_ECS_030.lha game/misc 3.9M 68k Amiga ECS port of ScummVM 1.3...
uqm.i386-aros.tar.bz2 game/misc 1.1M x86 Port of Ur-Quan Masters
uqm.src-aros.tar.bz2 game/misc 1.2M Source for Ur-Quan Masters port
BOOM.lha game/shoot 2.8M 68k Amiga port of BOOM v2.02
imbiss_os3.lha game/strat 1.0M 68k Buy and sell hamburgers
Tail-Tale_68k.lha game/think 3.8M 68k Arcade puzzler with Manga theme
klix_os3.lha game/wb 3.4M 68k A small game similar to Sokoban
wet_update.lha util/wb 58K OS4 Wet weather software v6.3 patch
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 05.05.2012
The following archives have been added until 05.05.2012 to the OS4Depot:
tutorial_1.lha doc/tut 53kb 4.0 A little tutorial
wormwars.lha gam/act 999kb 4.0 Advanced snake game
netsurf.lha net/bro 6Mb 4.0 Fast CSS capable browser
assist.lha uti/mis 3Mb 4.1 An 'assistant' for AmigaOS users
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 05.05.2012
The following archives have been added until 05.05.2012 to the AROS-Archives:
aspireos_v.1.89-i386.zip dev/mis 51Mb AspireOS update
aspire_games_1.1-i386.zip gam 144Mb Games package
uqm.i386-aros.tar.bz2 gam/mis 1Mb Port of Ur-Quan Masters
uqm.src-aros.tar.bz2 gam/mis 1Mb Source for Ur-Quan Masters port
jabberwocky_v1_9b1.i386-a... net/cha 294kb Jabber Instant Messaging Client
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 05.05.2012
The following archives have been added until 05.05.2012 to the MorphOS-Files:
The Legend of Edgar 1.0 gam/pla 29189 The Legend of Edgar is 2D p...
AmiArcadia 18.02 uti/emu 3129 Emulator of many coin-op ma...
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04.May.2012
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Retro computer case: X500 Plus
Loriano 'TheDaddy' Pagni, who some years ago offered self-developed Minimig cases, now presented an all-in-one-case called "X500 Plus" which is inspired by Amiga 500 (Youtube-video).
Pagni's case originally was developed for his Sam 460 but can be used with each Mini-ITX or Flex-ATX motherboard which is up to 58 millimeters high. Due to the use of an internal power supply unit ("PicoPSU"), the power of the included hardware should be lower than 160 W.
In the case additional to the motherboard and the power supply unit, two or three 2,5"-harddrives or Solid State Drives, a 3,5" multi card reader as well as a Slimline DVD drive can be used.
Pagni at least needs 50 advance bookings to be able to produce the cases. He points out that for the assembling a certain accurateness and experience is required to to guarantee sufficient ventilation.
If you are interested in the case you can write to the developer under amigarulez@hotmail.com. Currently minor change requests can be taken into account.
Soon some pictures will be added to Pagni's private website.
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04.May.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS-Distribution AspireOS 1.89
Nikolaos Tomatsidis has published a new version of his AROS-distribution AspireOS. This is meant to be used with the Acer-Netbook Aspire One and also supports the Toshiba-Notebook Satellite Pro A200 but should in general run on more hardware which officially is not supported.
Version 1.89 is an update to version 1.85 which among others includes the latest version of the web browser Odysey.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.May.2012
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: 68k-Distribution AROS Vision
Olaf Schönweiß has published AROS Vision which is an AROS/68k-distribution and includes AROS and AmigaOS software. The AROS-Nightly-Builds as well as additional libraries, AMOS and Personal Paint are included.
Additional to the distribution under the title link there is a configuration file for users of WinUAE. You can find further information on the manual-site.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.May.2012
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Magazine: Amiga Future Ausgabe 96
Today the English and German issue 96 (May/June 2012) of the magazine Amiga Future has been published.
Topics of this issue:
- Review: AresOne XL
- Review: Audio Evolution
- Review: Hollywood 5
- Review: Cinnamon Writer
- Interview: Jens Henschel
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.May.2012
Amiga.org (Forum)
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AmigaOne X1000: Processor-Benchmarks
Under the recently published Linux port benchmark programms were run on an AmigaOne X1000 .
Harry 'Piru' Sintonen has completed these results with the one of his PowerBook (G4-Prozessor mit 1,67 GHz) and posted under the title link. This comparison generally confirms earlier results and demonstrates the most outstanding advantage of the PA6T-computer, its fast Fourier transform (FFT). Another user has added his results of a Power Mac G5.
Meanwhile also benchmark results of a rendering with the 3D-graphic programm Blender are available. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.May.2012
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WHDLoad: New packages until 01.05.2012
With WHDLoad you can install games, scene demos and intros to your harddrive which were originally delivered on disks. Additionally several incompatibilities with new Amiga models are fixed. The following installers have been added or updated since our last message:
- 26.04.2012 new: Balance Of Power: Geopolitics in the Nuclear Age (Mindscape) done by Psygore (Info)
- 24.04.2012 improved: Project X (Team 17) slave rewritten, access faults removed, trainer adder and more (Info)
- 22.04.2012 improved: I.C.E. 2 (Cytax) fixed the interrupt setup (Info,Image)
- 22.04.2012 new: Snapperazzi (Alternative) done by Abaddon (Info)
- 22.04.2012 improved: Skull & Cross Bones (Domark) icons added (Info)
- 22.04.2012 improved: Labyrinth (Det Nye COMputer) icons added (Info)
- 22.04.2012 new: Gladiators (Smash 16) done by Abaddon (Info)
- 17.04.2012 fixed: I.C.E. 2 (Cytax) install script corrected (Info,Image)
- 15.04.2012 improved: Gloom (Black Magic) memory error message removed (Info)
- 15.04.2012 new: The Scene 3 (Decay) done by Dr Cinicus (Info)
- 15.04.2012 new: I.C.E. 2 (Cytax) done by Dr Cinicus (Info,Image)
- 15.04.2012 new: I.C.E. 1 (Cytax) done by Dr Cinicus (Info,Image)
- 15.04.2012 new: Butcher Hill (Gremlin) done by Dr Cinicus (Info)
- 09.04.2012 new: The B.I.G. Demo (The Exceptions/Mr.Styckx) done by Psygore (Info,Image)
- 09.04.2012 new: Music Disk 1 (Alcatraz) done by Psygore (Info,Image)
- 07.04.2012 new: Tass Times In Tonetown (Activision) done by Psygore (Info)
- 03.04.2012 new: Nop (Muffbusters) done by Graham (Info,Image)
- 02.04.2012 improved: Soulkitchen (Silents DK) several effects fixed for 68060, new icon, version check added (Info,Image)
- 26.03.2012 improved: Indoor Sports (Mindscape) supports another version (Info)
- 21.03.2012 improved: World of Commodore '92 (Sanity) blit waits added, new icons (Info,Image)
- 18.03.2012 improved: Saint Dragon (Ocean) an access fault fixed, trainers added, news icons and install script (Info)
- 18.03.2012 improved: Ultima IV: Quest for the Avatar (Origin Systems) supports another version, title music fixed (Info)
- 18.03.2012 improved: Skull & Cross Bones (Domark) complete re-write, trainer added, CD32 joypad supported (Info)
- 18.03.2012 new: Labyrinth (Det Nye COMputer) done by Abaddon (Info)
- 18.03.2012 new: Jupiter Probe (Microdeal) done by Abaddon (Info)
- 18.03.2012 new: DarkSpyre (Electronic Zoo) done by Abaddon (Info)
- 11.03.2012 new: Hell Raisers (Exocet) done by Psygore (Info)
- 08.03.2012 new: Indoor Sports (Mindscape) done by Psygore (Info)
- 02.03.2012 new: Purple (The Warfalcons) done by StingRay (Info)
- 27.02.2012 new: Digital Sounds Volume 1 (The Warfalcons) done by StingRay (Info,Image)
- 22.02.2012 new: Expressions (Timecircle) done by StingRay (Info,Image)
- 18.02.2012 new: D.I.S.C. 8 (Level 4) done by Dr Cinicus (Info,Image)
- 14.02.2012 improved: TV Sports Football (Cinemaware) another US version supported (Info)
- 09.02.2012 new: Gunboat (Accolade) done by Psygore (Info)
- 08.02.2012 new: Ebonstar (MicroIllusions) done by Asman (Info)
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01.May.2012
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of french Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- March/April 2012 news
- Articles from A-News 1 to 4, e.g.:
- Report: AmiExpo '88 Los Angeles
- Review of Sculpt 3D
- Review of Pro Page
- Interview with Eric Graham
- Report: Comdex 1988
- Hardware: Digi-View 2.0
- Interview with Paul Gentle (Varisys)
- Interview with Martin Steinbach (from 1999)
- Review: C64 Forever 2012
- Review: NetSurf 2.6
- Review: Alien Breed
- Review: Bargon Attack
- Review: Conflict Europe
- Review: Beach Volley
- Review: Zaz ain't Z*** (ZAZ)
- Review: GNU FreeDink 1.08r5
- Hardware: Encore/MDX G4 Duet 1,83 GHz
- Hardware: Floppy drive replacement
- Hardware: Modification of the Amiga 500 in order to insert of floppy drive with front
- Hardware: LimeBook Z9
- Hardware: Commodore 64 (update)
- File: Amiga 500 chips under a microscope
- File: MorphOS easter eggs
- File: Tripos, the roots of AmigaDOS
- Tutorial: MEncoder, basic use (update)
- Programming: Shared objects on AmigaOS 4 - presentation and use
- Special quizz about the AmigaOne X1000
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01.May.2012
EAB (Forum)
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FS-UAE 1.2.0
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE for Windows, Mac OS X 10.6+ and Linux (i386, AMD64) is based on WinUAE and aims at playing disk and CD-ROM based Amiga games on the PC. The user-interface can be operated by controlpads entirely (screenshot). Therefore this version of UAE is especially useful for HTPCs.
In der Version 1.2 (Release Notes) wurden insbesondere folgende Neuerungen vorgenommen:
- Great rendering performance improvements, especially on slower hardware
- OpenGL renderer compatible with older GPUs (only requires OpenGL 1.1 now)
- Input devices and options can be changed in the menu while running FS-UAE
- UAEGFX card (Picasso 96) is implemented
- Added A4000/040 model, running in fastest possible mode
- Support for mounting CD images for all Amiga models (built-in CDFS and CD image switcher in menu)
- Fullscreen/window mode switching with Alt+Enter, better fullscreen handling
- Better net play support (show dialog while connecting, will retry connecting until successful, continue in offline mode if connection to server is broken)
- A1200 model can be used in net play mode with accuracy < 1
- UAE core code updated from WinUAE 2.4.0
- Advanced options for tweaking vsync method
- Common host options can be specified once in Host.fs-uae config file
- Many other fixes and improvements
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29.Apr.2012
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Legend of Edgar 1.0
Herbert 'HAK' Klackl has published an update of his MorphOS-port of the game Legend of Edgar. Information about changes are not available.
Download: edgar-1.0-morphos.lha (29 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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Aminet-Uploads until 28.04.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 28.04.2012 to the Aminet:
timberwolf.lha comm/www 26M OS4 A Firefox based web browser
Blitz_Huf.lha dev/basic 11K 68k Huffman (de)compression for B...
Blitz_RLE.lha dev/basic 7K 68k RLE (de)compression for Blitz
gimmearos.zip dev/cross 3K Script: build AROS from the s...
libmikmod.lha dev/lib 818K OS4 Portable sound library (music...
sdl_mixer.lha dev/lib 216K OS4 SDL mixer library
WormWars.lha game/actio 775K 68k Advanced snake game
WormWarsMOS.lha game/actio 820K MOS Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 985K OS4 Advanced snake game
WormWarsSP.lha game/actio 6K Worm Wars 8.73 spanish catalog
MCE.lha game/edit 874K 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 1.0M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 1.0M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
CodeWar-OS4.lha game/misc 233K OS4 CRobots-style programming game
ScummVM_AGA_030.lha game/misc 3.9M 68k Amiga AGA port of ScummVM 1.3...
uqm.lha game/misc 1.6M OS4 Port of Ur-Quan Masters
uqm-src.lha game/misc 2.2M Source for Ur-Quan Masters port
sdlroids_68k.lha game/shoot 311K 68k Asteroids clone with sound
ppm2fli_68k.lha gfx/conv 74K 68k convert images to FLI/FLC &am...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 2.9M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 3.2M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 3.1M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaSP.lha misc/emu 14K AmiArcadia 18.0 spanish catalog
ADPCM_enc.lha mus/edit 21K 68k ADPCM/FDC/EDC encoder
DigiRollerSP.lha mus/play 5K DigiRoller 1.1 spanish catalo...
farosenza_v1.zip pix/picon 648K "fAROSenza" Faenza Icon Pack ...
devinfos.lha util/misc 257K OS4 Shows many infos about a device
StartBar-ITA.lha util/wb 164K 68k Italian version of StartBar
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 28.04.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 28.04.2012 to the OS4Depot:
libmikmod.lha dev/lib 818kb 4.0 Portable music module library
sdl_mixer.lha dev/lib 216kb 4.0 SDL mixer library
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 3Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
wormwars.lha gam/act 997kb 4.0 Advanced snake game
codewar.lha gam/mis 238kb 4.0 CRobots-style programming game
uqm.lha gam/mis 2Mb 4.0 Port of Ur-Quan Masters
uqm-src.lha gam/mis 2Mb 4.0 Source for Ur-Quan Masters port
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
frankdrops.lha gra/mis 7Mb 4.1 AmigaOS 4.1 System Backdrops
jack.zip uti/wor 24Mb 4.1 Multi-purpose utility for Workbench
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 28.04.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 28.04.2012 to the AROS-Archives:
gimmearos.zip dev/cro 3kb Script for building AROS from th...
farosenza_v1.zip gra/ico 648kb "fAROSenza" Faenza Icon Pack
mplayer-1.0-v4.i386-aros.zip vid/pla 6Mb MPlayer 1.0
mplayer-1.0-v4.src-aros.t... vid/pla 32Mb MPlayer 1.0 sources
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