09.Feb.2024
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AmigaOS 4: AmiUpdate V2.53 (update 2)
AmiUpdate, the update programme for system components and programmes, was first updated to version 2.50 on 04/02/2024 and then, after some problems, to version 2.51. The changes:
AmiUpdate 2.50
- The http transfer routines did not consider a filename with spaces in it. All filenames
are now run through an encoder prior to the HTTP request being sent. This fixes issues like
the MUI update failing to download.
- update.library 53.19: Added more internal vectors.
- RebootDeamon 2.4:
- Reworked the source to avoid some duplication of code.
- Changed the timer.device handling to avoid memory leaks.
- Removed the pointless cancel button from the countdown requester.
- If update.library could not be loaded, it tried to open an intuition
requester for notification, but intuition had not been opened yet!
AmiUpdate 2.51
- Some internal changes, but nothing functional (unless I added some bugs, of course).
- It seems the http request headers did NOT include the version info in the User-Agent
field, which the server uses. I could have sworn it was included ages ago!
- Added better logging in the case of [405] errors.
- The status bar will now show correctly if no servers are selected.
- RebootDeamon 2.5: Seems there was a long standing bug which just popped up, which could lead to a crash
dealing with the time requests.
Update: (11.02.2024, 14:18, dr)
Meanwhile the author Simon Archer has released version 2.52, which currently cannot be downloaded from the program itself, but from "Downloads" under the title link. Many users had reported problems when they used the program iconified in the background. This now should be fixed. Changes:
- Unfortunately, trying to keep compatibility with OS 4.0 led to problems with the docky part
of application.library, as it always opens V2 of the library interface. As the program is
using the old V1 tags, this threw up an error reported by multiple users. As it is highly
unlikely anyone is still using 4.0, it should not be a problem a huge problem. My aplologies
to any 4.0 users, but now is the time to upgrade!.
- As the ongoing saga with connections to "amiupdate.net" is still ongoing, despite my best
efforts to resolve it, I have now added a simple NSLookup to AmiUpdate in order to put rest
to this issue once and for all. Accesses to "amiupdate.net" and "wwww.amiupdate.net" are now
registered on "my" lookup server and are now redirected to the correct place without any
intervention from the great wide internet.
Update 2: (13.02.2024, 22:01, dr)
And once again AmiUpdate has been updated, now to version 2.53. Users had tried to search for updates from within the prefs program, which caused errors. However, the new AmiUpdate V2.53 only updates the update prefs to version 53.17. The final version 53.18 can then be accessed via a separate update of the prefs program. (dr)
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09.Feb.2024
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Demoparty: Lovebyte 2024
This year's edition of the Lovebyte demo party will take place on Discord and Twitch from Friday to Sunday. In addition to various intro competitions, seminars, intro shows and many other events are also planned (timetable). (dr)
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09.Feb.2024
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Text adventure: The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor 1.2
Stefan Vogt has released another update to his text adventure with graphics, "The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor" (amiga-news.de reported). It contains minor bug fixes and improvements as well as a comprehensive hint system in the game that does not spoil anything. (dr)
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09.Feb.2024
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Blog: Modding the Amiga boot hand
Alexander Grupe recently discovered the Amiga start screen redesigned by AndroidArts on X and wondered whether the standard screen designed by Sheryl Knowles could actually be changed or replaced. In a current article on his website heckmeck! he shows that it works and how it works. (dr)
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09.Feb.2024
Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz
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AROS x86: Update of ABI-v0 developer branch and Odyssey Web Browser
Press release: This new version 20220318-1 of AROS ABIv0 for 32-bit systems introduces updates to a few libraries as well as multiple bugixes. If you are a developer, please take note of switch to new C library and update your SDK installation. The download of binary packages and full changelog is available on GitHub.
Additionally, with this release the list of recommended hardware has been extended with two inexpensive motherboards: ASUS P8Z68V LX and Gigabyte GA-MA770T UD3P.
As a reminder, the above list includes hardware that is well supported, easily obtainable second hand, cheap and will be re-tested for each future release to maintain compatibility.
And to make things ever better, Odyssey Web Browser for 32-bit x86 AROS has also been refreshed. It was last released in 2016 and this new version 1.26 brings re-compilation with newer SDK and a number of bugfixes. It requires this release of AROS base system to work.
If you enjoy AROS and would like to get in touch with wider AROS community, be sure to visit new AROS community forum. (dr)
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09.Feb.2024
mithrendal
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Amiga emulator: vAmigaWeb runs on Apple Vision Pro
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS.
In a blog entry, the developer 'mithendal' has now published images that show that and how his emulator works with the Apple Vision Pro. (dr)
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08.Feb.2024
MorphZone
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 7.3
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 7.3 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS. Wayfarer now is based on the latest WebKit engine WebKitGTK 2.42.5, which was released three days ago. (dr)
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08.Feb.2024
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Creating Amiga Reaction GUIs: ReBuild v1.0.0
In mid-November, we introduced Darren 'dmcoles' Cole's "ReBuild" in detail, which is intended to make it possible to create graphical user interfaces for ReAction, the evolution of ClassAct. After numerous beta versions, he has now released version 1.0.0.
Download: Rebuild1.0.0.lha (158 KB) (dr)
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08.Feb.2024
heckmeck!
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Font: Topaz as TrueType font
When the Amiga 500 was launched in 1987, it had a complete graphical user interface, the Workbench. Many of the resources required for Workbench were stored in ROM, including the default user interface font, a monospaced, 8x8px font called Topaz. It's high contrast, consistently designed and quite compact. However, the problem is that it is a bitmap font with only one font size, and most modern operating systems only use TrueType and OpenType fonts with scaling. The original font also only supports the Latin-1 character set and therefore no non-Latin writing systems or common terminal characters such as boxes or blocks. Screwtape's "Topaz Unicode Project" attempts to solve these two problems.
(dr)
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08.Feb.2024
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3D Printing: Amiga case for Pi 400
NamicDesigns' has provided a 3D self-printing case based on the Amiga for the Pi 400 with "Amig400". (dr)
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08.Feb.2024
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AROS/MorphOS: Music program ProTrekkr V2.6.4 (update)
ProTrekkr is a tracker program combining a software synthesizer together with a traditional samples tracker which can (mainly) be used to create electronic music (like psytrance, trance goa, hard acid, IDM, chip, techno, jungle, etc.) targeting small sized intros, demos or games. Now version 2.6.4 was released for AROS and MorphOS (and FreeBSD and Windows) which offers a slightly reworked manual as well as minor windows adaptions.
Download: ptk_v2.6.4_aros.zip (23 MB) (dr)
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07.Feb.2024
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Video: Upgrading a A2000 to 2MB Chip RAM and ECS
In his latest video, Robert Smith shows how he not only added 1MB of Chip RAM to his Amiga 2000, but also completed the upgrade to a full ECS system. (dr)
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07.Feb.2024
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AROS: Tutorial for working under Windows
Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz has published a tutorial on how to work and develop with AROS under Windows using WSL2 under the title link. (dr)
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06.Feb.2024
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Video tutorial: Writing a simple IFF ILBM reader for DOS
John Bintz has been a software developer for over 20 years and runs the website The Industrious Rabbit. Originally to share his experiences as a developer with others, but more recently to explore some of the more unusual areas of technology and find ways to explain them in an interesting and entertaining way. In a new post he now explains how to write a simple DOS program on a Windows PC to read the IFF-ILBM image format commonly used on the Amiga. (dr)
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06.Feb.2024
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Video tutorial: Screen commands in AMOS
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' looks at the commands available for using screens in AMOS programs. As always, the source file for the programme shown in the video can be downloaded free of charge from his website. (dr)
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06.Feb.2024
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Aracde classic: "Donkey Kong"
Jean-Francois 'jotd' Fabre has ported another game to the Amiga: this time Nintendo's aracade classic Donkey Kong. The game is running on a Amiga 500 (YouTube video). (dr)
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06.Feb.2024
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware v2024.02.06
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2024.02.06:
- RP2040: Fix watchdog timeout
- Fix setting type with default SCSI strings
- Fix IMGx=filename ignoring device type
- Add X68000 quirk for odd 0x00 CBD opcode
- Siemens EWSD patch for ZuluSCSI
(dr)
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05.Feb.2024
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Controlling Sonos speakers: SonosController 1.3 (AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS)
Known for his Workbench simulation TAWS, Michael Rupp has also been working on his Amiga programme for controlling Sonos loudspeakers since 2021: SonosController (amiga-news.de reported). He has now released version 1.3 of his programme, written in the Hollywood 10 programming language, which is available for MorphOS and AmigaOS 3 and 4.
As the author tells us, he had taken our news item of Hollywood 10 support for Visual Studio Code as an opportunity to continue working on SonosController. Changes:
- NEW: option to show notifications when a new track is played in any zones or, as another option, only in the currently selected zone.
This uses MagicBeacon on MorphOS, Ringhio on AmigaOS 4.x and Ranchero on AmigaOS 3.x (if available).
- NEW (AmigaOS 4.x): show an icon in AmiDock including a context menu featuring the following commands:
- Play/Pause
- Previous track
- Next track
- NEW: powerful ARexx interface, see AmigaGuide for further details
- NEW: detect if a device needs updating and stating this in its label.
- NEW: menuitem "Settings/Update music library now" to invoke a refresh of the Sonos music library.
- NEW: menuitem "Project/About my Sonos system" showing information about all zones found in the connected Sonos system.
- NEW: upgraded to Hollywood 10, hURL 2.0 and XML 2.0
- FIXED: possible crash if album art could not be loaded
Since AmiSSL is now available for AROS, the hURL plugin is now also available for AROS. Michael Rupp is therefore now looking for an AROS user who uses Sonos and could test the SonosController for him. If you are interested, simply send an e-mail to the author. (dr)
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05.Feb.2024
individual Computers Jens Schönfeld GmbH (ANF)
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RTG driver: P96 V3.4.1 released
Press release: The new version V3.4.1 contains new drivers for the GBA-PII++ and VA2000 cards, and it makes installation on UAE a lot easier. Further, the driver for the A2410 "Tiga" card has been updated and overlays for the Picasso IV card have been fixed. Support for the Altais card for Draco machines has been improved, and P96Prefs also got an update.
You can get all information on this update in the Wiki article about P96.
Unfortunately, this current shop system has been giving us a hard time lately, with lots of problems during the order process, and even more problems when we tried to update the downloadable files. In order not to delay the release of this version any longer, we kindly ask all customers to be patient, as we're rolling out this version via eMail. (dr)
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05.Feb.2024
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USB-C power supply: PowerShark available (update)
The "PowerShark" a USB-C-based power supply for the keyboard case Amigas 500, 600 and 1200 (amiga-news.de reported). It is now available for about 70 Euro under the title link. Furthermore the developers have published a FAQ page as well as a list of tested power supplies.
Update: (06.02.2024, 22:18, dr)
The "PowerShark" is currently sold out. As the developers told us on request, a next batch is definitely planned. At the moment, however, the focus is on processing the orders. This could take some time due to the large quantity. (dr)
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04.Feb.2024
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.34
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.99, 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. Changes of version 0.9.34:
- Added condition triggers Cam PosX and Cam Pos Y to check the camera position.
- Internal function that finds out color closest to other has been changed.
- OCS copper gradients may be faster now.
- Added condition trigger Contains Tile Tag.
- Copper values in screen setup are now really only the default ones.
- Anim Frame trigger renamed to just frame, as it is not taking into account
the animation.
- If you are using the condition Frame is, in the trigger screen this frame
will be displayed.
- Fixes in automatic remap when loading a spritesheet image.
- Further optimizations in trigger processing.
- Small verticall scrolling improvement.
- Optimizations when coming back from playing the game to the editor.
- Fix for sometimes wrong palette being displayed when going from spritesheet
screen to main screen.
- Fix in audio object default value when upgrading a project from an old
version.
- Fix in Overrite Color/gradient triggers not updating the palette.
- Fix in audio listener objects introduced in the previous version.
- Fix in Tile On Map/Screen/Border triggers, under certain conditions could
execute unwanted triggers.
- Fix in Camera follow code.
- Fix when attaching non static objects to static objects.
- Fix for level deletion and others when coming back from playing the game to
the editor.
- Some unused code has been removed.
(dr)
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