01.Feb.2022
Alexandre Balaban (Mail)
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AmigaOS 4.1: CompareDirs compares directories
Using CompareDirs the directory structure of two directories can be compared, including all files. The result window shows the files with size and date. Alexandre Balaban's tool can be controlled either from the shell or via Reaction GUI.
Changes since previous version:
- Fixed incorrect file size displayed in GUI during file copy
- Added German guide translation and catalog by Helmut Haake
- Added entry update after context menu operation (Elwood)
- Fixed bad copyright year in about dialog (Corto)
- Fixed French translation typo in about dialog (Corto)
- Added ability to show file in WB (Origin, Issue#50)
- Added support for icon drop on new comparison window
- Fixed possible crash in new comparison code due to random memory access
(dr)
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31.Jan.2022
Twitter
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ACube Systems: Appeal for reporting AmigaOS 4.1 compatible hardware
ACube Systems asks in their Twitter message today to report AmigaOS 4.1 compatible hardware so that the AmigaOS 4.1 Hardware Compatibility List can be completed. (dr)
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31.Jan.2022
Twitter
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Aracade game: Green Beret released (update)
Green Beret is a conversion of Konami's arcade classic of the same name to the Amiga, written using the Scorpion Engine.
Basically, the game is not meant to be a 1:1 port. The player is much more "agile", as he can stab from ladders, for exampl). It also brings some advantages, such as permanently dropped items and more colors (due to the use of the Amiga Copper chip, which adds additional screen colors). Also, there is newly arranged music by DJ Metune instead of the simple military march (more tracks will be added through ongoing updates).
The game runs on any Amiga with 512KB Chip RAM and 512KB Fast RAM.
Update: (06.02.2022, 07:02, dr)
As the developer reports on its Twitter channel, it has updated the game several times since its release: for example, an initial update that allowed the player to jump higher has been withdrawn. Many players had complained that this higher jump ruined the game, as it defeated the purpose of ladders: you could simply jump to reach another floor. The developer has now adjusted the jump so that the player can still jump from truck to truck or over land mines in the first level, but just not reach a higher floor with it.
In the update released today, a new music track was added, which will be played in stages 2 and 4. (dr)
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31.Jan.2022
Robert Smith
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Video: How Data is Encoded and Stored on Floppy Disks
Robert Smith, known for his DrawBridge project for reading Amiga floppies using a standard PC floppy drive, has now published the first part of a two-part series on floppies, following his tutorial on porting a Christmas game from HTML5 to AMOS. In it, he takes a look at how data is stored on a floppy disk, both physically and computer-wise. The second part will be about different copy protection methods. (dr)
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30.Jan.2022
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Developer blog: Status update on RGBtoHDMI board
Developer Andrew Hutchings reports on his website LinuxJedi about the latest progress and developments of projects he is involved in.
In his latest entry Amiga RGBtoHDMI Boards Update – January 2022 he summarizes the state of development regarding his version of the RGBtoHDMI adapter, which is based on the RGBtoHDMI project and is a further development of the Amiga VideoSlot RGBtoHDMI adapter for the Amiga2000 by 'Bloodmosher': The goal of the RGBtoHDMI project is to feed raw digital RGB data into a Raspberry Pi Zero, which then outputs it via HDMI to produce a pixel-perfect display of the image with low latency.
Among other things, he reports that he has developed an RGBtoHDMI tester so that homemade RGBtoHDMI adapters do not have to be tried out on a real Amiga and possibly damage it (can also be purchased). Furthermore he describes the changes he has made in the meantime to the respective versions for Amiga 500, Amiga 1000 and Amiga 2000. Also here he shows possibilities where these can be purchased. The possession of a Raspberry Pi Zero is assumed in each case. (dr)
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30.Jan.2022
Reddit
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Preview: Eleven upcoming Amiga games for 68k Amigas
The YouTube channel it's a P/XEL thing gives a playful preview of eleven Amiga games announced for 2022. (dr)
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30.Jan.2022
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Aminet uploads until 29.01.2022
The following files have been added until 29.01.2022 to Aminet:
facts.lha comm/tcp 249K 68k NTP clock time synchroniser A...
FactsItaCat.lha comm/tcp 16K Italian catalog for Facts v5.10
asm3210.lha dev/asm 156K Cross assembler for DSP3210 c...
aqb-0.8.2.lha dev/basic 435K 68k A BASIC Compiler+IDE for Amig...
progress.lha dev/c 27K 68k Simple progress bar display f...
dis8080.i386-aros.lha dev/cross 68K x86 Disassembler for Intel 8080 p...
dis8080_OS4.lha dev/cross 67K OS4 Disassembler for Intel 8080 p...
HWP_Iconic.lha dev/hwood 109K Load and save various icon fo...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.4M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.7M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.9M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
Compute.lha misc/math 11K 68k Command line calculator
SpeedPDF_1.0.lha text/dtp 5.3M MOS Fast PDF viewer
P96ScreenCx.lha util/cdity 8K 68k P96 Multi-Monitor Mouse Movement
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 627K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 718K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 795K OS4 Multipurpose utility
ScriptSpeed.lha util/misc 11K 68k Test script execution speed
TestProgram.zip util/misc 450K 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
AIBB_Emu68.lha util/moni 2K 68k AIBB 6.5 module f. A500 w/ Em...
PM.lha util/moni 20K 68k Lightweight+accurate CPU usag...
TaiwanMOS.lha util/sys 1K Taiwan country for MorphOS an...
dintwm.lha util/wb 27K 68k Dynamic Intuition Window Manager
StartWin.lha util/wb 108K 68k A bugged workbench launch bar
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30.Jan.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 29.01.2022
The following files have been added until 29.01.2022 to OS4Depot:
dis8080.lha dev/cro 67kb 4.0 Disassembler for Intel 8080 proc...
reactivec_lib.lha dev/lib 5Mb 4.1 Reaction C Library
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
freegemas.lha gam/puz 6Mb 4.1 Tile-matching puzzle video game
flashmandelng.lha gra/mis 22Mb 4.1 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
hwp_iconic.lha lib/hol 109kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for icon loader
gfxbench2d.lha uti/ben 2Mb 4.0 A 2D graphics benchmark tool
amigattext.lha uti/mis 3Mb 4.1 Shows German ARD/ZDF Teletext fr...
reportplus.lha uti/mis 795kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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30.Jan.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 29.01.2022
The following files have been added until 29.01.2022 to AROS Archives:
dis8080.i386-aros.lha dev/cro 68kb Disassembler for Intel 8080 proc...
regina-doc.pdf doc/dev 1Mb The Regina Rexx Interpreter doc
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30.Jan.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 29.01.2022
The following files have been added until 29.01.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
Blues_R2.lha Games/Platform Blues Brothers,Jukebox ...
SpeedPDF_1.0.lha Office/Show A fast PDF viewer
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29.Jan.2022
ALB42 Blog (ANF)
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AmiTube 0.8: YouTube client for 68k-Amigas
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's AmiTube enables watching YouTube videos on an 68k Amiga. To do so, they are converted to Commodore's CDXL format and downloaded (video).
Today version 0.8 has been released which provides an improved download speed and a lot of bug fixes. Besides, now there is an AmigaGuide help. Detailed changes:
- Faster download speed
- bugfix download speed display
- bugfix invalid moviedir
- bugfix load icon when a download is running
- bugfix start a download when one is already running
- bugfix clipboard device
- sort results in list by name, duration or size
- choice to ask for a path everytime a conversation job is started, if canceled the default moviedir is used
- Italian and Polish translation
- alternative more colorful icons for AmiTube and folder
- AmigaGuide Help
The latest version always is available on the AmiTube website or via update check in the application.
Please not that conversion is executed on the developer's personal server, thus he asks to restrict oneself to few and short videos. Furthermore the program must not be shared but always be downloaded from the author's website at the title link. (dr)
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29.Jan.2022
Pierre-Alexandre (Mail)
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Lionheart Remake: Version 1.20 of Java port of Lionheart released
After Byron 3D Games Studio started with the development of 1.2.0 of the Java version of the Amiga game Lionheart in November (amiga-news.de reported), this version has been released today.
Both the settings program and the game itself are localized in German, French, Spanish and English:
When restarting via the *.bat file, the settings program seems to have remembered the last language set, but the output is still in English. Only by switching back and forth does the setting also take effect. Version 1.2.0 contains a new underworld theme, beginner stages and many fixes:
A teaser video is available on the game's homepage.
Update: (30.01.2022, 06:39, dr)
As the developer Pierre-Alexandre informs us, the bug in the settings program has been fixed in the meantime. (dr)
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28.Jan.2022
Prince (Mail)
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Video tutorial: Episode 24 of assembler coding course
'Prince', founder of the demo group 'Phaze101', is currently streaming the assembler programming course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube. Now the episode 24 was published, which is also about sprites and its collision detection. (dr)
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28.Jan.2022
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RMC Retro Amiga Demo
In addition to his various YouTube videos, Neil aka RMC has set up a hands-on exhibition of retro microcomputers, consoles and games called The Cave. It is located in Chalford in Gloucestershire and is about to open to the public. To mark the occasion, he has brushed up on his assembly programming skills and written and released an "old school" Amiga demo. (dr)
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28.Jan.2022
Günter Bartsch (Mail)
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BASIC compiler: AQB 0.8.2
By his compiler AQB, Günter Bartsch aims to implement a modern, clean, Amiga compatible and future-proof BASIC that is geared to, but no clone of Microsoft's AmigaBASIC and QuickBASIC, respectively (amiga-news.de reported).
About the new version 0.8.2 (detailed changelog) the author stated:
"The new features and changes correspond to a colorful hodgepodge, because I have essentially worked through the wishes and especially the bug reports of the users, which came in large numbers since the last release. New features were mainly in the runtime: for example, there are now instructions and functions for the sound output. There are also new tutorials and a simple music demo program:
The input/output system has undergone a significant overhaul, the runtime now provides the complete set of instructions and commands for text input and output both on the screen and in files (though support for direct access and binary files is still missing). Furthermore I added some functions for string processing, also here the runtime is now much more complete than before.
The bug fixes run through all areas, but central are the numerous bug fixes in the compiler, which should significantly improve both the stability of the compiler itself and the quality of the generated code." (dr)
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27.Jan.2022
Indie Retro News (Website)
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Tetris variant: Drag & Drop
'Drag & Drop' (Video) is a Tetris variant where blocks aren't falling down from the top of the screen, instead the player has to put them on on the playfield using Drag'Drop himself. The game can be downloaded for free, it is possible to pay a user-defined fee to the author before starting the download. (cg)
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26.Jan.2022
Twitter
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Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.1
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.
Yesterday version 2022.1 has been released adding screen size settings, new movement types and more (teaser video). (dr)
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26.Jan.2022
VITN
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 130 (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 the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time.
Among others the latest issue includes articles on the Amiga games "Victory", "Dune II", "GFL Championship Football" and "Jack the Ripper". (dr)
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26.Jan.2022
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Scene World Podcast Episode #132 - Netlabels with Simon Carless
Simon Carless is a former Amiga musician and founder/owner of the Monotonik netlabel, which rose to prominence in the late '90s and early '00s. Jörg Dröge and guest co-host Martin Wisniowski pick his brain about this unique time in the development of the internet, independent labels, and music distribution (interview begins at 19:15). (dr)
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26.Jan.2022
Mirko Engelhardt (ANF)
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Amigaland: 324 games online
At the beginning of the new year, Mirko Engelhardt writes about achievements and future plans:
"We now have 324 games online, of which 28 games are also available on CD 32 or CD, plus 86 PD games. We've never had this many games online before. That was a real feat in 2021 and also already in January 2022. We will continue to expand that: Promise! The goal is to have at least 600 downloads in total this year. This includes the PD stuff. For apps, we want to increase to at least 10 (currently 4), and for demos to 40 (currently 18). Also in focus are the books, which we want to give to the respective history offers. Just rummage around and you will increasingly find what you are looking for. A goal for 2022 is also the presentation of all companies that support Amigaland so far (that will be hard :)) If you have any other wishes, please let us know. We will then also do that :)" (dr)
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26.Jan.2022
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Hyperion blog apparently hacked by spammers
At the end of 2010, Hyperion had introduced a "developer blog" to inform users about current events around AmigaOS 4. The last official contributions date back to 2017, from then technical director Costel Mincea. Then in November, The Ultimate Guide To Online Dating was the first entry that had a recognizably unofficial character. Since the beginning of the year, there has been an update on Windows and related topics every few days, each with links to download portals and similar offers well hidden in the text. (cg)
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