01.Jun.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Remote access to Amigas: squirt
"squirt" is a server having only 5 kb which is launched on Amigas and then allows the remote access to the computer via the network. Using special command line programs you then can control the Amiga with the help of any other computer. In a text-based console also file transfers, switching directories and executing (non-active) Amiga commands are possible. Additionally squirt can be used as backup solution: A special command creates incremental backups of directories.
Currently squirt only is available as source code and has to be compiled by yourself. If the commands for the remote access only work under Unix-like systems or also under Windows, we cannot say. The system currently allows only anonymous access - therefore the author strongly recommends: do not use the tool on Amiga systems which are connected to the Internet.
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31.May.2020
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Aminet-Uploads bis 30.05.2020
The following archives have been added to Aminet until May 30th, 2020:
netsurf.lha comm/www 6.9M OS4 Fast CSS capable web browser
netsurf_os3.lha comm/www 2.8M 68k Fast CSS capable web browser
SP96-Fade.lha demo/sp96 3.8M 68k "Fade" by Melting Pot
SteMarRegBlitzSources... dev/basic 25K 68k 16 Stefano Maria Regattin Bli...
SteMarRegBlitzSources... dev/blitz 24K 68k 16 Stefano Maria Regattin Bli...
filex-2.6-morphos.lha disk/moni 550K MOS binary file editor (MorphOS v...
Africa.lha game/board 293K 68k Conversion of 3W board game
Africa-AROS.zip game/board 290K x86 Conversion of 3W board game
AfricaMOS.lha game/board 340K MOS Conversion of 3W board game
Africa-OS4.lha game/board 349K OS4 Conversion of 3W board game
FireAttack_AROSx86.lha game/wb 2.9M x86 LCD game conversion
FireAttack_MOS.lha game/wb 2.8M MOS LCD game conversion
FireAttack_OS3.lha game/wb 2.8M 68k LCD game conversion
FireAttack_OS4.lha game/wb 3.1M OS4 LCD game conversion
FireAttack_WOS.lha game/wb 3.1M WOS LCD game conversion
PaletteMaster263.lha gfx/misc 74K 68k Powerful Amiga palette organizer
PoligoniRegolari.lha gfx/show 21K 68k Draws regular poligon with 3-...
ACE-MorphOS.lha misc/emu 2.0M MOS Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.7M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
adt.c.gz misc/unix 23K Aminet Download Tool
opmod520.lha mus/misc 54K 68k Module optimizer (shareware, ...
Morpheus_1.76.lha text/dtp 2.7M MOS Word processor
annotate_pascal_synta... text/edit 397K Annotate Pascal Syntax
MCAmiga.lha util/dir 1.4M MOS MyCommander for all Amiga sys...
WarpDTPrefs.lha util/dtype 198K MOS WarpDT preferences program V4...
WarpDTPrefs_deutsch.lha util/dtype 2K German catalog for WarpDTPrefs
WarpWebPdt.lha util/dtype 291K WOS WebP image datatype V45.1
a3640MOD_AIBB.lha util/moni 269K 68k AIBB module of a modded A3640...
tz.lha util/time 348K 68k Timezone Database & Library
tzdata.lha util/time 368K Time Zone Database
tzutils7.lha util/time 175K 68k Date and time utilities
AnalogClock.lha util/wb 38K 68k Analog clock for all the Clas...
DockBot.lha util/wb 380K 68k A program launcher for OS 3.
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31.May.2020
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 30.05.2020
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until May 30th, 2020:
warpdtprefs.lha dat/ima 198kb 4.0 WarpDT preferences program
warpwebpdt.lha dat/ima 291kb 4.0 WebP image datatype
africa.lha gam/boa 349kb 4.0 Conversion of 3W board game
rftg.zip gam/pla 52Mb 4.1 Run & Jump
netsurf.lha net/bro 7Mb 4.0 Fast CSS capable browser
evenmore.lha uti/tex 431kb 4.0 Freeware Textviewer
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31.May.2020
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 30.05.2020
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until May 30th, 2020:
ACE_1.21.lha The acidulous CPC/CPC+ emulator by OffseT of Fut...
AmiArcadia_26.44.lha A Signetics-based machines emulator.
EvenMore_0.94.lha A freeware Textviewer Chris Perver.
Hi-Low-Equal Poker Car... Hi-Low-Equal Poker Card
iConecta_3.26.lha A little and easy program to test your Internet ...
Iris_beta0.89.lha New email client supports IMAP, SSL, email autoc...
Kaaris_vs_Booba_1.2.lha Kaaris vs Booba port by Ace of Pur3lam3rs with h...
MCAmiga_0.5.lha MyCommander for Amiga
Morpheus_1.76.lha Word processor with Unicode support
RocksNDiamonds_4.1.4.1... Arcade style game in the tradition of Boulder Da...
SuperMethaneBros_SDL2.lha Super Methane Bros - MorphOS version by BeWorld ...
WitchCleaner_1.10.lha A little and easy program to clean the .recycled...
ZGloom_0.3.0.lha ZGloom, A re-implementation of [Amiga FPS Gloom]...
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31.May.2020
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WHDLoad: New installers until 30.05.2020
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until May 30th, 2020:
- 2020-05-30 improved: Populous 2 (EOA/Bullfrog) speed regulation added, newer kickemu (Info)
- 2020-05-30 updated: Gulp! (ICE) fixed install script (Info)
- 2020-05-29 updated: Gulp! (ICE) install script and readme corrected (Info)
- 2020-05-28 improved: Goblins 3 (Coktel Vision) fixed graphical issues, handle disk requester, added more language selection options, reduced chipmem usage to 512k, cleaned up protection part (Info)
- 2020-05-26 improved: Gulp! (ICE) password protection removed, fixed keyboard interrupt, fixed end sequence (Info)
- 2020-05-24 fixed: Tin Toy Adventure (Mutation Software) corrected install script (Info)
- 2020-05-24 improved: Dungeon Master (FTL/Software Heaven) trainer added (Info)
- 2020-05-24 new: Astérix and the Magic Carpet / Astérix Chez Rahà zade / Astérix Im Morgenland (Cockel Vision) done by JOTD (Info)
- 2020-05-24 improved: Astérix: Operation Getafix / Astérix: El Golpe Del Menhir / Astérix: Le Coup Du Menhir / Astérix: Operation Hinkelstein (Coktel Vision) blitterwaits corrected, supports more versions, fixed sound, trainer added, uses fast memory (Info)
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31.May.2020
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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CS-Lab: First Warp accelerator boards shipped to testers / Firmware 1.007
CS-Lab has shipped the first Warp accelerator boards to beta testers. After the Warp 1260 and the Warp 560 - both versions available for 499 Euro without a processor (amiga-news.de reported) - now a Warp 4060 is planned as well. Information on purchasing the boards will be available soon. First CS-Lab is waiting for the the feedback of the testers.
Additional to the release of the new firmware version 1.007, two new videos are available: "Unboxing Warp1260" as well as "Some more testing the Warp1260".
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30.May.2020
a1k.org (Webseite)
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FPGA clone: Minimig-AGA-Core for Turbo Chameleon 64
For some time emulations of the Amiga-OCS/ECS chipsets from the Minimig project are available as "Core" for the FPGA-based C64 extension Turbo Chameleon 64 sold by Individual Computers which can operate as stand-alone computer - independently of a C64. Now Alastair Robinson has ported the AGA version of Minimig to the system as well.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 30. May. 2020, 22:35] [Comments: 0]
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29.May.2020
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Amiga Source Preservation: Source texts and PDF books under free licence
The project "Amiga Source Preservation" originally was going to safeguard as many source texts of Amiga programs as possible and making them available under a free licence. Since about a year books on Amiga have been safeguarded as well which then are offered under the Creative Commons licences for free download.
The books are saved in a Gitlab repository and periodically also uploaded to the Aminet. The website of the project offers an overview about the 16 books and 110 source texts released so far.
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[News message: 29. May. 2020, 22:53] [Comments: 0]
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29.May.2020
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Modplayer: AmiModRadio 0.9995
AmiModRadio is "a program to automatically download, extract, and play modules from Aminet." A rating function is included as well. The new version includes new skins, fixes bugs and now also runs on an A4000/30, an A1200 with 68060 processor and an A600 equipped with a Vampire. The format of the program cache changed. Therefore you should delete the content of the "cache" directory if you are going to update the tool. If you want to report bugs then please use the official bugtracker.
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[News message: 29. May. 2020, 20:05] [Comments: 0]
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28.May.2020
a1k.org (Webseite)
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File manager: MCAmiga 0.5 for all Amiga systems (update)
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's MCAmiga is a file manager similar to Norton and Midnight Commander which additional to the mouse interface can be also completely controlled with the keyboard. MCAmiga is available for AmigaOS (m68k, PPC), MorphOS and AROS (x86, x64, ARM). The program at least requires 4 MB RAM. According to the author the AmigaOS 4 version does not run on a X5000.
Changes in version 0.5:
- video fixes
- browse, copy, move, rename, view/edit in lha/lzx archives
- browse, extract, view files from xad supported archive types
- start executables by pressing (shift) enter
- tools menu
- now includes a build for 68000 CPUs
Hint of the editors: Obviously MCAmiga does not work with Vampire systems, due to the affinity of the Vampire team with operating system "Coffin OS" which also includes illegal copies. The corresponding error message is slightly misleading and suggests a incorrect detection of Coffin OS.
Update: (29.05.2020, 23:00, cg)
According to the author in the comments of his blog, he only forgot to remove the bloackade of the Vampire. The author wrote: "It was my try to point to a problem… seems not many people care.. so it became stupid and useless… therefore I decided a while before already to remove that." (cg) (Translation: dr)
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28.May.2020
commodore.news (Webseite)
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USB adapter for classic joystick: UJOY/1A
The US-American retailer has developed another adapter for connecting an Atari/Commodore-compatible joystick to a modern computer: UJOY/1A uses an USB micro controller "Silicon Laboratories EFM8UB1" to make old joysticks understand the USB protocol. The adapter is available for 19 USD, the schematic (but not the documents for making a board) are available for free as PDF.
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[News message: 28. May. 2020, 00:30] [Comments: 0]
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28.May.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Full version of Grand Prix 500 for download
The full version of the motorbike racing game Grand Prix 500 II can be downloaded in the download section of the Amiga Future as ADF image or WHDLoad version.
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[News message: 28. May. 2020, 00:21] [Comments: 0]
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27.May.2020
Olaf Köbnik (ANF)
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Beambender: Interview with Bernhard Aichinger / PC version downloadable
Olaf Köbnik wrote: 17 Jahre after the first release of Beambender (Amiga-Version) by Amiga Arena now with permission of Bernhard Aichinger the long missed PC version of Beambender is offered for free and legal download.
Even after 25 years, afrer the installation Beambender runs under Windows 10 without any problems. An (German) interview with Bernhard Aichinger who contributed the graphics for the Amiga and PC version you can also find under the title link.
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[News message: 27. May. 2020, 19:04] [Comments: 0]
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27.May.2020
amigaworld (Webseite)
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Arcade classic in 36 kilobytes: Tiny Galaga
After Tiny Invaders, the demo group Abyss has released its second minimalistic clone of an arcade classic called "Tiny Galaga" (video) which is less than 40 kb.
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[News message: 27. May. 2020, 00:19] [Comments: 0]
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27.May.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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SciFi shooter/racer: First demo of "Verge World Icarus Rising"
According to the authors "Verge World" is "a sci-fi shoot'em up, racer game with exploration elements." The game is being developed for diverse retro platforms. Now a first playable Amiga preview version is available.
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[News message: 27. May. 2020, 00:01] [Comments: 0]
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26.May.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 110 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games and programs on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes an article about the Amiga games "Cyber Kick" and "Dylan Dog: Attraverso lo Specchio".
Download sites:
Italian
English
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[News message: 26. May. 2020, 22:00] [Comments: 0]
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26.May.2020
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AmigaOS 3/4: Web browser Netsurf 3.10
The web browser Netsurf - and also Chris Young's ReAction-based Amiga port (must not be confused with the SDL version) - is available as version 3.10 for AmigaOS 3 and AmigaOS 4.
Specific AmigaOS changes:
- Added Page Info icon and window.
- Updated to improved core content scaling interface.
- Add support for scrolling core windows in response to core requests.
- Allow running JavaScript from ARexx.
- Removed login window because it's now handled by the core.
Cross-platform changes:
- Improved handling of NetSurf generated queries and errors, including:
- Timeouts.
- Authentication requests.
- Certificate problems.
- Created consistent visual style for NetSurf Core generated content.
- HTML layout fix for {min|max}-width on replaced elements.
- Improved keyboard navigation.
- Improved local history with keyboard navigation and improved display.
- Fixed mouse interaction issue when entire document had visibility:hidden.
- Refactoring of the browser window handling.
- Refactoring of the HTML content handler.
- Refactoring of SSL certificate handling.
- Refactoring of HTML, text search and selection code.
- Many improvements to JavaScript robustness.
- Many new and improved Duktape JavaScript bindings.
- Improved core/front end interface for content scaling.
- Much improved content caching, both in memory and disc caching.
- Added a generic hashmap, used by the disc cache code.
- Fetcher improvements for robustness and performance.
- Updated JavaScript engine to Duktape 2.4.0.
- Improved handling of aborted fetches.
- Improved integration testing with framework built around monkey front end.
- Improvements to monkey front end to make testing more extensive and reliable.
- Minor HTML form improvements.
- Minor HTML handler optimisations.
- Fixes to HTML handler for robustness.
- Refactoring generation of about: pages.
- Fixed save complete not to save multiple copies of the same files.
- Change how animated GIFs are rate-limited to be in line with other browsers.
- Added a page info core window.
- Clamping screen DPI to a sensible range.
- Initial work towards supporting HTML5 canvas element.
- Various treeview fixes.
- Hubbub library 0.3.7 (HTML parser):
- Minor code quality improvements.
- Fixes for some HTML5 element handling.
- LibCSS library 0.9.1 (CSS parser and selection engine):
- Fixed a problem in the parsing of invalid media blocks.
- Minor code quality improvements.
- LibDOM library 0.4.1 (Document Object Model):
- Improved HTML TextArea element handling.
- Fix SubtreeModified event to be fired after updating attribute values.
- Support finalising the namespace strings.
- Basic support for keypress events.
- Improvements to event dispatch event lifetime handling.
- Support for InnerHTML.
- Added support for HTMLCanvasElement.
- Minor code quality improvements.
- Fixed HTMLElement property setters.
- Fixed HTMLTitleElement text getter/setter.
- LibNSBMP library 0.1.6 (BMP support):
- Minor code quality improvements.
- LibNSLog library 0.1.3 (Filterable logging):
- Added support for short log level names.
- LibWapcaplet library 0.4.3 (String internment):
- Free global context if no strings leak.
- Enabled build with toolchains that don't support statement expressions.
- Also included are many smaller bug fixes, improvements and documentation enhancements.
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[News message: 26. May. 2020, 01:21] [Comments: 0]
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26.May.2020
Generation Amiga (Webseite)
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A4000 motherboard suitable for ATX cases: A4000TX
Two years ago the Finnih developer 'hese7' offered his A4000 motherboard clone A4000+ Alice and promised an ATX-compatible version. The aim of the developer was to create a version of the A4000cr motherboard including the daughterboard which is compatible to ATX cases and power supplies and additionally supports fullsize Zorro cards.
Meanwhile the clone has been finished. On Amibay you can purchase empty boards in a collective order. The latest Revision 1.1 offers the following features:
- ATX form factor (actually a hybrid ATX/EATX form factor)
- uses standard ATX power supply
- 68030 processor and 68882-FPU
- CPU slot connector for accelerator cards
- four full-length Zorro III slots
- three (inactive) ISA slots
- 3.5" IDE port
- extended video slot
- onboard Fast RAM support up to 112MB (Meutoxo)
- Kickstart ROM support up to 4MB (Romy)
- Amiga mouse and joystick ports
- PC PS/2 keyboard and PC PS/2 mouse support
- support for native Amiga and PC floppy drives
- 24-pin breakout header with full RGB port support (for external scandoublers, genlocks, SCART cables, etc..)
- power connectors for two case fans
- serial and parallel ports, 3.5mm stereo jack
- on-board RTC with battery
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26.May.2020
Scene World Magazine (ANF)
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Scene World: Video interview with Holger "Harvey Dent" Weßling (e.g. Data Becke
Holger "Harvey Dent" Weßling has written books and software for the Amiga which have been published e.g. at Data Becker. In this video interview with Scene World he has talked about Amiga publishing houses in the 90s as well as his current books for the C64 Mini and the C64 Maxi.
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25.May.2020
German Amiga Community (Webseite)
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Operating system: NetBSD 9.0 with support of PPC-boards
The free and open-source Unix-like operating system NetBSD is available in version 9.0, among others as port for Amiga computers - for the first time also for the PPC-boards made by Phase 5, although this version is called "very experimental". The global changes of NetBSD 9 are listed in the release notes, specific Amiga changelogs and downloads you can find on the project sites NetBSD/amiga and NetBSD/amigappc.
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[News message: 25. May. 2020, 00:18] [Comments: 0]
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25.May.2020
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Replica of A1200 mainboard: ReAmiga 1200 Revision 1.5
John 'Chucky' Hertell has published an updated version of his A1200 clone ReAmiga 1200. Revision 1.5 among others offers a S-Video instead of a Composite-Video port.
Changes:
- Fixed a signal shorted to VCC in Rev1.4 (C0D)
- Added a 74LS08 so now H and V sync is always buffered (this NEEDS to be installed or you will not get V and H sync out onto the monitors)
- this to allow longer monitorcables and also save Alice if something goes wrong when hotplugging monitorcable.
- Colorsignals to RGB and VGA port is now always via the PNP transistor buffers, so RGB port will not be a darker color. It is not recomended to
- attach 2 monitors at once.
- Composite out is now optional Composite OR Svideo out. (you cannot move old RCA to new board due to this) SVideo needs to be installed aprox 1mm “over” the PCB.
- Included a “Svideo” standoff for this. do that PCB as a 1mm pcb.
- Added connector for 7V fan (actually where 5V is “gnd” and 12V is plus)
- Added leds for _RST, _KB_RST, _ODD_CIA, _EVEN_CIA and _ROMEN also to Serial TXD and RXD (from the 5V level)
- TOTALLY OPTIONAL!. Resistor at bottom 470Ohm so it is not that bright this is for all leds, change to higher or lower after taste (lowest 33Ohm).
- Moved Mouseconnector and shrunk PCB some so you can have a mouse PCB like Amiga 1200 Rev 2.
- Added mousePCB compatible with Amiga 1200 Rev 2 aswell that have a optional Joysticktester (not mousedirection)
- Added jumperheaders for selectable PAL/NTSC Default start (then do not populate that 0ohm resistor, now removed from locator and pick&place data)
- Moved VGA Connector so it aligns more to other Dsubs.
- Adopted components so you can do a full socket of board (remember that sockets is a source of problems)
- Added resistor to IDE Activity so now adapters that made IDE led always bright will be handled correct.
- Moved extra powerconnector slightly to not touch BVision when installed.
- Fixed Silkscreen so all used components now have value.
- Added pads close to floppyconnector for a 0Ohm resistor if you want to do the Escom floppypatch instead of a wire.
- Added pads close to ROM socket for optional DRA0 pullup that some machines had with a 470Ohm (I think) resistor from clockport to a via. now a SMD resistor can be used.
- At bottom of board close to optional 1K resistor for zenerdiode, added a pad for possability to disable the default “sync on green” if wanted. cut and solder
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