23.Aug.2022
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8-/16-bit emulator for Mac OS and Linux: Clock Signal V2022-08-22
Thomas Harte's Clock Signal is an emulator for various 8- and 16-bit platforms aiming to be invisible to the user. The idea is to simply start the source medium without configuring the emulator oneself. Clock Signal is available for Mac OS and Unix-compatible systems. While there is also an Amiga emulation included, it "remains wilfully inaccurate" for now.
Today version V2022-08-22 has been released. Changes:
- partially enables a properly-serialised blitter for the Amiga, mostly replacing the tentative instant blitter of previous releases
- adds 1mb and 4mb RAM size options for the Atari ST
- improves support for .ST disk images of non-default geometry
- resolves a crash on macOS when the app needs to request user provision of ROMs
- gives a version number to macOS builds
(dr)
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23.Aug.2022
Passione Amiga (ANF)
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Italian Print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 9
The Italian magazine 'Passione Amiga' is available as digital (3 Euro) or printed (7,50 Euro, via Amazon) edition. Its current issue consists of 48 color pages and includes among others the following topics:
- Video games: Duckstroma, Junior's Great Adventure, Game Over Moscow!, Rcross, BattleShip Sea Hawk, Operacion Falida, Mision La Luna, Hunting Frogs
- CDTV special
- Install AmiSSL on Amiga
- Commodore Day 2 reportage
- Blender course, part 1
- Hardware: THEGAMEPAD
- Interviews with: Mario Savoia and Yoz Montana
- Plus: Games news, Tech news, THEA500 Mini News, Demo scene, New Talents, MailBox
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23.Aug.2022
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Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam: Introduction of shoot 'em up "ACE"
The Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam (amiga-news.de reported) runs until November 1, 2022. In a small series we present game projects that are currently being developed for this competition. So in the first article we presented the games "Deathmine" and "Capacitor's Revenge" by 'PixelPlop', the second article described in detail 'TheoTheoderich's' turn-based building and trading game "Settle the World". The third past of our series today is about the shoot 'em up "ACE" and its programmer 'DarkGiver'.
In his game, optimized for standard OCS/ECS Amigas, you try to shoot your way through the enemy ranks with an airplane. The gameplay is reminiscent of predecessors like Banshee. As the developer tells us, the game is still in the early stages and the first project for the Amiga: "I like to experiment and understand things and the better way to understand an amiga is probably progamming it."
When he was 10, his parents would have bought an Amiga 500 and he played around a bit with Amiga Basic. He started learning programming seriously in 1990 when Frenchman François Lionet published the AMOS programming language. Later, around 1993, he got an Amiga 1200 and started programming again with Blitz Basic a few years ago. When he got himself some Amiga hardware again a few years ago, he started using it again.
Time permitting, he would like to write easy to understand examples in Blitz Basic covering many aspects of Amiga programming. To motivate people to start programming and enjoy a more creative way to use the Amiga. (dr)
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23.Aug.2022
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Programming language: Amiga Blitz Basic 2 Visual Studio Code Ext. 0.6.0
Youen Chéné - one of the organizers of a programming community in Normandy called Codeurs en Seine - is in the process of writing a Visual Studio Code Extension that adds support for Amiga Blitz Basic 2 (and Amiblitz). The extension is in alpha stage, so syntax highlighting is still limited.
Features:
- Syntax highlighting.
- Snippets for most Blitz Basic 2 functions and methods.
- Outline shows macros, labels, functions and statements.
- Integrated help.
This version of Youen Chéné is a fork of the vscode-amiga-blitzbasic project by 'MickGyver' and aims to provide a complete, native javascript extension that works without external tools if possible (except UAE) and runs not only on Windows but many platforms (macOS, Linux, Windows). He hopes that eventually both extensions will be merged. (dr)
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22.Aug.2022
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New links on AmigaSource website
For 20 years now Scott Pistorino collects on his site AmigaSource all information around the Amiga. On October 19, 2001 he introduced his project on amiga-news.de. Beside several interviews with Ben Hermans or Fleecy Moss from 2002 there are numerous categories like software, hardware, demos etc. Because Pistorino changed to a new database some time ago, some articles are not yet available again.
A few days ago he published a new update with various links. He is also in the process of rebuilding the site and making all the previous links etc. accessible again. (dr)
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22.Aug.2022
S0Y (Mail)
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Preview video 3: Temptations port for CD32
The developer 'S0Y' is primarily dedicated to converting games to the Amiga platform using the game construction kit RedPill. After his Abu Simbel Profanation project, he has now begun the conversion of Temptations, a platform game originally published for MSX-1 in 1988. The basis for this, however, is a port for Android. With the author's permission, he uses graphics and music, but modifies some of them (amiga-news.de reported).
Yesterday he published a new video presenting the first level of the game including music from audio CD. (dr)
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21.Aug.2022
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Dossier: Hidden messages and easter eggs in AmigaOS
David Brunet has listed on his Obligement news page an overview of all the messages and easter eggs hidden in Kickstart or AmigaOS, starting from Kickstart 0.7/0.9 up to AmigaOS 4/U-Boot. The original article is in French, but machine translations are offered. (dr)
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21.Aug.2022
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Preview video: Sci-fi racing game "Hyper Runner"
The developer team of Raster Wizards - among others The Shadows of Sergoth or Super Metal Hero - had already announced a new sci-fi racing game "Hyper Runner" for the Amiga two months ago with the release of a first YouTube video. The second video released now shows static objects, more HUD elements (information displays) as well as hard and soft collisions. The game is written in Amiblitz 2 and is more than half finished. (dr)
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21.Aug.2022
Erik Hogan
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Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.6
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan allows you to develop games. The engine itself is closed source, all demos and example games are open source. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, levels created by using the editor Tiled eingesetzt. For importing and creating sounds, music and animations the Amiga formats (mod, 8svx, anim5) are used.
A few moments ago he has relesaed version 2022.6. It features new demos for performance testing and falling stackable objects, major optimizations, improvements for text, performance scaling, and more.
You can support the developer on his Patreon website.
(dr)
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21.Aug.2022
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Aminet uploads until 20.08.2022
The following files have been added until 20.08.2022 to Aminet:
znn-tveye.lha demo/sound 621K 68k Old school demo for Assembly ...
cscope.lha dev/c 990K MOS Interactively examine a C pro...
vmsbackup.lha disk/bakup 42K MOS This program reads a VMS back...
JoyPortTest.lha driver/inp 7K 68k Test your joystick/CD32 joypa...
RescueLander.lha game/actio 45K 68k Land on Earth, Moon or Mars t...
MCE.lha game/edit 3.4M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.7M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 3.9M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
RNOEffects.lha gfx/edit 6.1M MOS Image processing program
RNOEffects_68k.lha gfx/edit 5.6M 68k Image processing program
RNOEffects_AROS.lha gfx/edit 3.2M x86 Image processing program
RNOEffects_OS4.lha gfx/edit 7.0M OS4 Image processing program
RNOEffects_WOS.lha gfx/edit 6.0M WOS Image processing program
WhatIFF1.06.lha mags/misc 55K What IFF? #1.06-August-2022
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...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.4M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
AmigaBreaks-90sDream.lha mods/misc 161K New track by Amiga Breaks - 9...
AmigaBreaks-InMyHead.lha mods/misc 243K New track by Amiga Breaks - I...
AmigaBreaks-MasagoBea... mods/misc 254K New track by Amiga Breaks - M...
AmigaBreaks-SonOfTron... mods/misc 521K New track by Amiga Breaks - S...
AmigaBreaks-SynthOfLi... mods/misc 222K New track by Amiga Breaks: Sy...
LN4Intro.lha mods/misc 515K 4ch LN4Intro by HKvalhe
LN4Lv1.lha mods/misc 716K 4ch LN4Lv1 by HKvalhe
LN4Lv2.lha mods/misc 378K 4ch LN4Lv2 by HKvalhe
LN4Lv3.mp3 mods/misc 7.3M 4ch LN4Lv3 by HKvalhe
LN4Lv4.lha mods/misc 2.6M 4ch LN4Lv4 by HKvalhe
LN4Lv5.mp3 mods/misc 7.4M 4ch LN4Lv5 by HKvalhe
LHArchiver.lha util/arc 4.6M create lha archives intuitively
MuRedox.lha util/boot 119K 68k MuLib based math speedup patc...
AmyTree2022.lha util/dir 127K 68k Tree FS Explorer, full version
MMULib.lha util/libs 750K 68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
HexSee_OS4.lha util/misc 1.6M OS4 Hex File Viewer (OS4 version)
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 1.5M 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
Mu680x0Libs.lha util/sys 383K 68k MuLib aware 68060, 68040, 680...
ClockPort.lha util/time 16K 68k Manage battery clocks, multip...
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21.Aug.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 20.08.2022
The following files have been added until 20.08.2022 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
vanillaconquer-tiberi... gam/str 7Mb 4.1 Vanilla Conquer C&C Tiberian...
mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
rnoeffects.lha gra/edi 7Mb 4.1 Image processing program
shaderjoy.lha gra/vie 4Mb 4.1 Display fragment shaders
lharchiver.lha uti/arc 5Mb 4.0 Create LhA archives intuitively
hexsee.lha uti/fil 2Mb 4.1 Hex File Viewer
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21.Aug.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 20.08.2022
The following files have been added until 20.08.2022 to AROS Archives:
vim_8.2-i386-aros.lha dev/edi 12Mb The ubiquitous text editor
multiracer.i386-aros.tar gam/dri 9Mb OpenGL Driving Simulation
prboom.i386-aros.tar gam/fps 9Mb Advanced Engine for Doom, Doom I...
rnoeffects.i386-aros.lha gra/edi 3Mb Image processing program
iconclone.m68k-aros.zip uti/wor 35kb Drag-n-Drop Icons or use FileReq...
iconclone.x86-64-v11-aros... uti/wor 38kb Drag-n-Drop Icons or use FileReq...
iconclone.x86-aros.zip uti/wor 34kb Drag-n-Drop Icons or use FileReq...
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21.Aug.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 20.08.2022
The following files have been added until 20.08.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
cscope_15.9.lha Development/C Interactively examine a...
Iris_1.3.lha Email New email client suppor...
CCOS-disk-utils.lha Emulation/Misc Manipulate GRiD OS flop...
AmiArcadia_29.1.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
LHArchiver_1.4.lha Files/Archive Create lha archives int...
VMSbackup_4.2.lha Files/Backup This program reads a VM...
GoldenAxeLegend_OpenBO... Games/Action GoldenAxeLegend_OpenBOR...
SOR2x_OpenBOR.lha Games/Action SOR2x_OpenBOR.lha
MCE_13.9.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
RNOEffects_1.4.lha Graphics/Tools Image processing program.
Starfield_1.0.lha System/Ambient/Blankers Starfield is a screen b...
Vim_8.2.4424.lha Text/Edit A highly configurable t...
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21.Aug.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 20.08.2022
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 20.08.2022:
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20.Aug.2022
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Amiga Assembly For Beginners: Let's Make an Amiga Game Tutorial 15
'Prince', founder of the group 'Phaze101', streams the assembler coding course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube (amiga-news.de reports regularly).
In another tutorial Amiga Assembly For Beginners - Lets Make a Game, Prince now explains with concrete examples how to write a game with assembler. Episode 15 is now available. (dr)
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20.Aug.2022
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Video: Brief look at history of Commodore logos
The YouTube channel "Commodore History" has given a brief overview about the history of the logos used by Commodore: starting in 1958 as Commodore Portable Typewriter Company Limited to the creation of the famous "chicken lips" logo in 1965 when they were called Commodore Business Machines (Canada) Limited, to their demise in 1994 as Commodore International Limited. (dr)
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20.Aug.2022
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Linux: Stable long-term kernel 5.10.133 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to new kernels (amiga-news.de reported), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky also provides the latest version of the stable long-term kernel for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. It is suitable for old Linux distributions that do not work with the latest kernels, such as Ubuntu 10.04, or if users have problems with the latest kernels.
Download: linux-image-5.10.133-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (71 MB) (dr)
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19.Aug.2022
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Blog Epsilon's World: Checkmate 1500 Mini with RPI4B and Greaseweazle
After restoring an Amiga 2000 (part 1, part 2), Epsilon has already started his next project: in his blog 'Epsilon's World' he now reports how he installs a Raspberry Pi 4 into a Checkmate A1500 mini case and then running it with AmiKit XE including a Greaseweazle V4 floppy drive solution. (dr)
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19.Aug.2022
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Music Tracker: MilkyTracker V1.03.01
MilkyTracker is an open source, cross-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the DOS application Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2.x/3.x compatibility.
Marlon Beijer is in the process of porting the tracker to the Amiga platforms (OS3.x, OS4.x, WarpOS, MorphOS, AROS) and adding new features. In the new version now available for AmigaOS 3 first, the "Vamped Edition" has been included. The features included herein had been added by Neoman from the Titan demo group and are:
- Native Amiga support, but still needs RTG (we support P96 and CGX)
- Native 4-channel 8-bit output support on Paula/Commodore
- Native 8-channel 16-bit output on Arne (Apollo-Core) (16 channels are planned with a future core)
- 16-bit PiP display on SAGA (Apollo-Core)
- GadTools based setup dialog to choose the resolution and audio settings
- Titan's Magic Toolbox
- MilkyPlay based console player
This means that SDL is no longer needed in the AmigaOS 3 version. The following is planned for the future:
AmigaOS 3
- Native AHI-driver for software mixing (this part was handled by SDL before)
- AGA 8-bit display via C2P
- OCS/ECS display (not decided enirely on route taken here yet)
- ASM optimization of drawing routines and primitives
- MIDI In/Out
AmigaOS 4, MorphOS
- The features we deem useful for PPC too will trickle down from M68K
- SDL-1.2 support removed, and both MorphOS and AmigaOS 4.x will utilize SDL-2.0 instead
- Fix these targets since they broke somewhere along the way
Allgemein
- MUI based replacement UI for a more native look and feel (probably performance improvements as well) (optional)
- MUI based music player, taking advantage of the music replayer of MilkyTracker
(dr)
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19.Aug.2022
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Preview video 5: Jump'n Run "L'Abbaye des Morts"
The developer 'UltraNarwhal', among others Duckstroma, has released another recent recording of its in development extended port of "Abbey(s) of the Dead" (amiga-news.de reported). Like Duckstroma, the Jump'n Run is written with the Scorpion Engine. (dr)
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19.Aug.2022
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Video review: BFG9060 accelerator board for Amiga 3000/4000
'Wrangler Amiga' tests in a YouTube video the accelerator board designed by Matthias Heinrichs for the Amiga A3000 and A4000(T) (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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