29.May.2023
Batman Group (Twitter)
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Demo: Update of "Batman Rises"
In mid-December the Batman Group had released their demo "Batman Rises" (amiga-news.de reported). The now released update fixes the slowdown bug with Terrible Fire turbo cards and a typo in the credits. (dr)
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28.May.2023
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CDXL converter: AGAConv 1.0.1
Markus Schordan's AGAConv is a CDXL video converter. It combines some existing tools to convert videos (MP4, etc.) into the CDXL format that can be played on an AGA Amiga with AGABlaster or other CDXL players. The changes of the version 1.0 released a fortnight ago and the version 1.0.1 added today:
- Fixed invocation of ham_convert for Microsoft Ubuntu App (terminal)
- Increased width and height range and maximum plane size.
- Enabled option 'unspecified' for screen mode.
- Added support for configuration files (default and user configs).
- Eliminated the agaconv script and integrated its functionality into agaconv.
- Added 'auto' modes to several options, simplifying its use.
- Added manual (man page on Linux). Also available on-line as AGAConv Manual
- Created AGAConv PPA package, making it available with an Ubuntu PPA installer
(dr)
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28.May.2023
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Aminet uploads until 27.05.2023
The following files have been added until 27.05.2023 to Aminet:
lubricator.lha comm/www 49K 68k HTTP search + download, ADF/D...
10th_Intro.lha demo/intro 72K 68k Anniversary 1st publication o...
ChunkyFunctions.lha dev/asm 12K Clipped Chunky Line & Circlef...
HWP_APNG.lha dev/hwood 1.3M ALL Hollywood plugin for APNG anims
HWP_FLIC.lha dev/hwood 27K ALL Hollywood plugin for FLI/FLC ...
HWP_JPEG2000.lha dev/hwood 379K ALL Hollywood plugin for JPEG2000...
HWP_PCX.lha dev/hwood 26K ALL Hollywood plugin for PCX images
HWP_TIFF.lha dev/hwood 808K ALL Hollywood plugin for TIFF images
HWP_YAFA.lha dev/hwood 69K ALL Hollywood plugin for YAFA anims
PreludeSoftwareBundle... driver/aud 116K 68k Software bundle for Prelude s...
RescueLander.lha game/actio 48K 68k Land on Earth, Moon or Mars t...
2D_ATcad_UAE.lha gfx/misc 13M 68k CAD mit Steppermotor-Ansteuerung
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.6M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.9M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 5.1M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
NAFCYI1991S1-B01.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B02.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B03.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B04.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B05.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B06.zip text/bfont 2.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B07.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B08.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B09.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B10.zip text/bfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B11.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B12.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B13.zip text/bfont 2.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B14.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B15.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B16.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B17.zip text/bfont 2.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B18.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B20.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B21.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B22.zip text/bfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-01.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-02.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-03.zip text/pfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-04.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-05.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-06.zip text/pfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-07.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-08.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-09.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-10.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-11.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-12.zip text/pfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-13.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-14.zip text/pfont 1.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-15.zip text/pfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-16.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-17.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-18.zip text/pfont 1.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-20.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-21.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-22.zip text/pfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
ShellDir.lha util/cli 19K NewShell from specified direc...
WarpDTPrefs.lha util/dtype 198K 68k WarpDT preferences program V4...
SploinerGUI-AmigaOS3.lha util/wb 1.4M 68k A GUI for Sploiner command
SploinerGUI-AmigaOS4.lha util/wb 1.9M OS4 A GUI for Sploiner command
SploinerGUI-AROS.lha util/wb 1.6M x86 A GUI for Sploiner command
SploinerGUI-MorphOS.lha util/wb 1.5M MOS A GUI for Sploiner command
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28.May.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 27.05.2023
The following files have been added until 27.05.2023 to OS4Depot:
amigaamp3.lha aud/pla 2Mb 4.1 Multi format audio player with GUI
warpdtprefs.lha dat/ima 198kb 4.0 Preferences program for WarpDT
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
supermario64_gl4es.lha gam/pla 8Mb 4.0 Super Mario 64 GL4ES
supermario64_mgl.lha gam/pla 7Mb 4.0 Super Mario 64 MiniGL
hwp_apng.lha lib/hol 1Mb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for APNG anims
hwp_flicanim.lha lib/hol 27kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for FLI/FLC anims
hwp_jpeg2000.lha lib/hol 379kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for JPEG2000 im...
hwp_pcx.lha lib/hol 26kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for PCX file fo...
hwp_tiff.lha lib/hol 808kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for TIFF images
hwp_yafa.lha lib/hol 69kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for YAFA anims
smb2fs.lha net/sam 128kb 4.1 Filesystem for accessing files u...
cpubench.lha uti/ben 2Mb 4.0 A set of CPU benchmarks
sploinergui.lha uti/wor 2Mb 4.0 A GUI for Sploiner command
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28.May.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 27.05.2023
The following files have been added until 27.05.2023 to AROS Archives:
apng_amiga.lha dev/lib 1Mb Library Plugin For Hollywood App...
flic_amiga.lha dev/lib 27kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App...
jpeg2000_amiga.lha dev/lib 379kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App...
pcx_amiga.lha dev/lib 26kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App...
tiff_amiga.lha dev/lib 808kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App...
yafa_amiga.lha dev/lib 69kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App...
smb2fs.i386-aros.lha net/sam 81kb SMB2/3 file system client
lha_4u4a-i386-aros.lha uti/arc 64kb LHA For UNIX For Aros
sploinergui.i386-aros.lha uti/fil 2Mb A GUI for Sploiner command
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28.May.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 27.05.2023
The following files have been added until 27.05.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
ModExplorer_3.82.lha Audio/Players A module player by J?rg.
MiniSid_0.03.lha Audio/Players Sid player realized wit...
pForth_28-BE-32.lha Development/C Portable ANS-like Forth...
APNG_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for AP...
JPEG2000_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for JP...
FLIC_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for FL...
TIFF_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for TI...
YAFA_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for YA...
PCX_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for PC...
ncursesw_6.3.lha Development/Library ncursesw (ncurses with ...
FPSE-joysensors-plugin... Emulation Joystick plugin for the...
FinalBurnNeo-titles_1.... Emulation Titles pack - PNg backg...
FPSE_0.10.6.lha Emulation A Free PlayStation Emul...
FinalBurnNeo_1.0.0.3.lha Emulation FinalBurn Neo, an Emula...
FinalBurnNeo-previews_... Emulation Preview pack - PNG back...
Lhasa_0.4.0.lha Files/Archive A Free Software LHA imp...
LHArchiver_1.10.lha Files/Archive Create lha archives int...
Woof_11.1.4.lha Games/Shoot3D Woof! is a continuation...
Sploiner-GUI_1.0.lha GUI A GUI for Sploiner comm...
WarpDTPrefs_45.12.lha System/Datatypes WarpDTPrefs_45.12.lha
InstallerLG_1.0.3.lha System/Shell Commodore Installer rep...
AMUIDiff_1.0.lha Text/Compare Displays differences of...
Lite-XL_2.1.1r1.lha Text/Edit Lite XL is a lightweigh...
Vim_9.0.1546.lha Text/Edit A highly configurable t...
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28.May.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 27.05.2023
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 27.05.2023:
- 2023-05-23 improved: SWIV (Sales Curve) supports another version, options for weapon power/speed added (Info)
- 2023-05-23 fixed: Max Rally (Fortress) instructions in menu will be displayed now (Info)
- 2023-05-23 improved: Impact! (ASL) supports Blockbuster version, levels 1 to 128 can be edited, QuitKey works on 68000 machine (Info)
- 2023-05-23 fixed: Chuck Rock (Core Design) scrolling problem on AGA machines fixed, solution added (Info)
- 2023-05-21 improved: Suspicious Cargo (Gremlin) patch works with 0.5 MB chip memory and on 68000 now, RawDIC imager, 68000 quitkey support, manual included (Info)
(snx)
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28.May.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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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:
- Full Contact Menü Remix
- Chinaware Turkey (BIT Live 2022)
- Rockstar ate my Hamster Cracktro
- Lotus 3 - Track 5 - Miami Ice (Kick me twice)
(snx)
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28.May.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Retro magazine: LOAD 3 (2017, German) also available in printed form
LOAD, a German magazine published by the "Verein zum Erhalt klassischer Computer e.V." (Association for the Preservation of Classic Computers), was initially only published as a PDF file starting with the 3rd issue published in 2017 for reasons of expense.
In the meantime, however, the third issue (topic among others: "Repairing battery damage on the Amiga 2000") has also been printed and can be purchased from APC&TCP or the Restore Store. There, as well as at poly.play, the issues 5-8 are also still available. (snx)
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27.May.2023
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Sprite/Icon/Map editor: Raster Master V1.5 R82 for Windows 10/11
Raster Master (amiga-news.de reported) is a sprite/icon/map editor for Windows 10/11 which generates RayLib-, PutImagedata and Map code for gcc, AmigaBASIC, Amiga C, Amiga Pascal, QuickBasic, QB64, Quick C, Turbo Pascal, freepascal, Turbo C, Turbo Basic, Power Basic, FreeBASIC, GWBASIC, BASICA, and PC-BASIC (YouTube video).
Version 1.5 R82 has now been released, in which it is possible for the first time to switch between the map editor and the sprite editor without having to close the map editor window. If changes were made in the sprite editor and then switched to the map editor, all sprite changes are updated in the map editor view.
In addition, the performance of the map editor has been improved so that the tiles can now be drawn much faster. The new method also allows much larger maps to be created. (dr)
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27.May.2023
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Techno party: Boozedrome on August 5 in Helsinki, Finland
On August 5, 2023, the sixth Boozedrome will take place both locally in Finland (Boozembly Hills, Helsinki) and on Twitch. Those who want to participate in the contest must create a Gabber tune with the following specifications:
- 4 channel MOD, playable in Protracker v2.3D
- Maximum size: 500kB
- Maximum length: 3 minutes
(dr)
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26.May.2023
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Strategy game: Devlog #1 - Target platforms, supported languages
For the announced strategy game "Virtual Enemies" (amiga-news.de reported), the developers have published first information and a first interim status on the development of the game:
"Basically we are working on a version that should be playable on the Amiga38. This means that the player should be able to create a character and execute a hack. That is the minimum goal that should be achieved by then.
As target platform we aim at an Amiga 500 with 1MB memory. At the same time, the game will be developed absolutely system compliant, which will allow us to access an optional network stack. Yes, you will be able to play the game alone without any restrictions in the story. Nevertheless, we already have some cool multiplayer features on the list. More information will follow in the coming weeks once we have completed initial testing.
We are aware that not everyone understands English or that for quite a few the English vocabulary is limited. That's not a shame, Frank's English vocabulary is not the best either. Especially in terms of understanding the story present in the game, this can be problematic. At this point we can give the all-clear:
The game will support English and German at release. New languages will be included by adding translated language text files. We, that is LogicalByte, do NOT have to change anything in the game files themselves. It's up to the community to do this on their own to support people who don't know English and German very well. We are currently doing final tests and will publish a guide (and suitable tools) in due time.
We know from inquiries that you are greedy for new image material. We would like to fulfill this wish and will publish new pictures time to time in the coming weeks. Please understand that we need longer for some things. :)" (dr)
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26.May.2023
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AMOS: Eclips animation in "Projects in the attic" added
At the end of November, the game developer group "Electric Black Sheep" had published a collection of games under the name "Projects in the attic", which were created for test purposes with the programming language AMOS (amiga-news.de reported). Included was the game "Eclips", in which you steer an owl through a landscape that is always the same. The group added the archive "EclipsAnim.rar" to this game, which now offers a complete animation in the sense of changing landscapes. Impressive! (dr)
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26.May.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Event: Level Up in Salzburg (Austria) with participation of Amiga Future
On July 1 and 2, 2023, the event "Level Up", a "Gaming and eSports festival", will take place for the third time at the Messezentrum Salzburg in Austria. In the retro area, the print-magazine Amiga Future will also take part with some computers. (snx)
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26.May.2023
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 146 (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 WAR (AMOS Strategy-War Game from 1992), Boxx 4 (2023 Game) and Death Rally (2023 PC conversion). (snx)
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26.May.2023
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Music video: Controlling an Akai MPC ONE with Horny (MorphOS)
In a recent video, 'Dj Collins' shows how he controls his Akai MPC ONE using Horny from the Pegasos II under MorphOS. The Akai audio output is recorded from an Amiga 4000 with a Toccata sound card and the file is transferred via the network to HD-REC for mastering. (dr)
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26.May.2023
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Video-Tutorial: Converting iff files into sprites in AMOS
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 to convert IFF image files into sprites for an AMOS program. (dr)
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26.May.2023
nivrig (Twitter)
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Video: Polyphonic sounds and music on the Amiga
The YouTube channel "Magical Synth Adventure" shows in its latest video with the range of audio possibilities on the Amiga, with which, for example, real-time speech synthesis and simultaneous midi and audio output are possible. (dr)
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25.May.2023
A1k-Forum
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Compiler: Status of M68k support in LLVM
At the beginning of 2021, the first implementation of an m68k backend for the compiler LLVM had begun thanks to donation funding (amiga-news.de reported). Now the developer Min-Yih "Min" Hsu reports in a blog entry about the progress of the past year. (dr)
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25.May.2023
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Tool for Reverse Engineering: Amiga extension for Ghidra 10.3
Ghidra is a free and open source reverse engineering tool (amiga-news.de reported).
Based on the work of Vladimir Kononovich and Martin Atkins, 'Bartman' has released an update for the Amiga extension supporting now the latest Ghidra version 10.3. It can load Amiga Hunk-Executables, Kickstart ROMs and WinUAE State File (.uss). (dr)
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25.May.2023
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SMB2 handler smb2fs V53.6 for AmigaOS 3/4 and AROS
The Server Message Block (SMB) is a network protocol for file, print and other server services in computer networks and allows access to files and directories located on another computer (Wikipedia entry). Fredrik Wikstrom's SMB2 handler is based on libsmb2 and allows remote access to files via the SMB2/3 protocols (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 53.6:
- read_startup_args() now uses AllocDosObject() to create the RDArgs for
ReadArgs() instead of allocating it locally on the stack. Strangely this bug
didn't seem to cause any problems on AmigaOS 4 but on AmigaOS 3 it caused an
AN_BadFreeAddr (#0100000F) alert on filesystem exit (ACTION_DIE).
Requirements: newlib.library V53.40 or later (or V53.30 as included in AmigaOS 4.1 FE) and the filesysbox.library V54.4 or later for AmigaOS 4, filesysbox.library 54.3 or later for AROS and AmigaOS 3 and optional the requester.class (ClassAct/ReAction, for password requester) for AmigaOS 3.
Downloads:
smb2fs.i386-aros.lha (81 KB)
smb2fs.m68k-amigaos.lha (149 KB)
smb2fs.ppc-amigaos.lha (128 KB)
(dr)
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