24.Nov.2024
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ADF-Blitzer 3.10
Andreas Gouder's program ADF-Blitzer for creating and writing back ADF images has been released in version 3.10. Besides smaller additions, it does now also support German language besides English. Further localizations are not intended.
Download: adfblitzer.lha (33 KB) (snx)
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23.Nov.2024
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Universal PCI driver system: OpenPCI 10.3
Thomas 'Thor' Richter's universal PCI driver system “OpenPCI” supports all known PCI solutions for the Amiga without recourse to the software of the respective manufacturer. The current version 10.3 eliminates problems when working with PCI bridges:
- Bridge configuration was refactored again. Bridge
and parent device are now passed already into the
constructor of a PCI device, and not only when it
is added.
- Fixed a trashed register in the Mediator board
scan.
- The Mediator scan did not pass the parent device
correctly into the device creator, thus giving
devices behind bridges wrong bus IDs.
- For some strange reason, the Mediator does not
seem to decode the address bits for selecting a
device behind a PCI bridge correctly; it seems
to ignore them. Therefore, the Mediator currently
supports only a single device behind a bridge.
- Some bridges take apparently several milliseconds
to accept a configuration. Now the library inserts
a 50ms delay after having installed the target
busses after setting up a PCI bridge.
- The time delay function was broken and passed in
the wrong command to the timer.device.
(cg)
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22.Nov.2024
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Operating system-compliant Pac-Man conversion: 5th-7th part of the video series
Thomas Cherryhomes is working on a conversion of the game Pac-Man that only uses operating system calls. Episodes five to seven
are entitled "recreating a WSG sound", "the pac-man sprite" and "the clyde BOB".
(cg)
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22.Nov.2024
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Scene World Podcast episode #202 - Making the fan-made Broken Sword 2.5
In the 202nd edition of the "Scene World" podcast, the team welcomes Marius Gosch, one of the founders of the Broken Sword 2.5 project, which also runs on AmigaOS thanks to ScummVM. The interview, in which Gosch talks about his work as a writer and puzzle designer on this fan-made sequel to Broken Sword 2, starts at timestamp 1:43:08 of the podcast. (cg)
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22.Nov.2024
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Tetris clone: "Tetra Zone"
Around eight years ago, Wei-ju Wu published a seven-part series (plus additional episodes) on Amiga hardware programming in C on his YouTube channel. Now he is in the process of writing a Tetris clone called "Tetra Zone" for the AmiGameJam 2024, which implements techniques from this tutorial series (YouTube video).
His game extends the original with three preview stones, a hold function, a "ghost stone" and support for "wall kicks". Another goal was to achieve a stable frame rate of 50/60 fps on a 5-bitplane screen. He has now released a first pre-release version (without sound). (dr)
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22.Nov.2024
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Developer log: Shattering the Magicore 8-color limit
In a recent blog entry on his game "Magicore Anomala" (amiga-news.de reported), which is currently in development, developer Dan Salvato explains why the background in the game uses eight colours or less - and how it is still possible to use Copper to change the colour palette to create an even more colourful image while displaying different areas of the background. (dr)
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20.Nov.2024
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Event: Videos from 25th Amiga-Meeting Nord in Neumünster (Germany)
At the turn of the month the 25th Amiga Meeting North took place in Neumünster, Germany. Two videos now show the presentations of Michal Schulz about PiStorm and Emu68 and Simon Neumann from Alinea Computer about new hardware developments. (snx)
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20.Nov.2024
Mastodon (ANF)
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Picture collection: Update of the Amiga Graphics Archive
Four images from Island Graphics from 1985 have now been added to the collection of early Amiga graphics. Three of them show ballerinas. They were based on paintings by the French painter Edgar Degas, which were transferred to the Amiga as a background image using a Genlock and then traced using a painting program. (snx)
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19.Nov.2024
fellow event finder (ANF)
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Event: World of Commodore 2024 in Mississauga (Canada)
On 30 November and 1 December 2024, the World of Commodore 2024 Amiga convention will be held in Mississauga, Canada (near Toronto). A variety of Commodore devices, from the Amiga and the C64 to the PET, will be on display at the event. Visitors will also be able to purchase new and old hardware from various dealers.
Once again this year, there will be presentations by personalities from the C64 and Amiga scene. Ján Zahurančík will present his Workbench distribution AmiKit. Brian P. Dougherty (founder of Berkeley Softworks and developer of GEOS), Gregorio Naçu (developer of the online-capable C64 OS) and many other speakers are also expected. (nba)
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19.Nov.2024
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Linux: Kernel 6.12.0 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Christian ‘xeno74’ Zigotzky has compiled the Linux kernel 6.12.0 for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 to coincide with its release. The new version makes the Linux kernel real-time capable and also provides more flexibility for the scheduler.
Download: linux-image-6.12.0-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (62,1 MB) (nba)
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19.Nov.2024
Andreas Gouders via A1K
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ADF-Tool: ADF-Blitzer 3.0 has been published
More than two decades after the last version 2.20, Andreas Gouders has released version 3.0 of his ‘ADF Blitzer’. The tool can be used to convert floppy disks in drives DF0: to DF3: into an ADF file or to write ADF files back to floppy disks.
The software developed in Blitz Basic was largely rewritten for the new version and now has a modernised user interface. It also requires less memory because the loaded ADF file is not stored in the entire RAM – only 512 KB of free RAM is now required (in addition to Kick-ROM 2.0 or higher). A conversion abort function and a progress bar have also been added. Furthermore, only drives that are actually connected are displayed, and the drive menu is now only displayed when more than one drive is present.
(nba)
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18.Nov.2024
deadwood
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AROS: Odyssey browser 2.1 (64-bit) released
Following the release of version 2.0 of the Odyssey browser for AROS 32-bit (amiga-news.de reported) and a preview of the 64-bit version, Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has now released version 2.1 of the browser for AROS (64-bit), Windows and Linux (YouTube video).
As the developer writes, this version builds on the updated WebKit engine and media player in Odyssey 2.0 (see above) and also offers JavaScript acceleration via a JIT compiler for increased performance and the ability to utilise multiple CPU cores when running under AxRuntime.
To try out Odyssey on the various platforms, the following tutorials are offered:
(dr)
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18.Nov.2024
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Reimplementation of 'Frontier: Elite II'-Intros with browser playback v0.4
In mid-2021, we already reported on Mark Watson's project to recreate the graphics and music of the Frontier: Elite II intro in C and, in the process, to implement improved 3D models (e.g. planetary sky added to the intro) or support for 2 and 4 times the original screen resolution.
The new version 0.4 provides the following changes:
- Clipping fixes
- Graphical updates to intro so it looks better at 640x360+
- Slight speedups for Amiga
- WASM directly (without using Emscripten)
- IMGUI inspector / debugger
For all those who no longer own an Amiga and do not want to install an emulator, the developer has also realised the result of his work for playback in the browser. (dr)
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17.Nov.2024
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Aminet uploads until 16.11.2024
The following files have been added until 16.11.2024 to Aminet:
TuneFinder.lha comm/misc 57K 68k Search and display online rad...
less-mos.lha dev/gg 1.1M 68k Viewer program similar to "more"
xlink.lha dev/misc 310K 68k Virtual linking of AmigaDOS m...
FileSystemStressTest.lha disk/misc 21K 68k Stress tests disks and file s...
ham_convert.zip gfx/conv 7.0M HAM graphic converter
SilkRAW_AROS.lha gfx/misc 3.3M x86 GUI for Dave Coffin's program...
SilkRAW_MorphOS.lha gfx/misc 3.1M MOS GUI for Dave Coffin's program...
SilkRAW_OS4.lha gfx/misc 4.4M OS4 GUI for Dave Coffin's program...
BrokenSystem.lha mods/misc 1.9M 16bit 4ch Amiga Metal Rock by...
GoVD_GI.lha pix/icon 6K GlowIcon for GoVD
sysvars.lha util/boot 24K 68k Put system information in env...
rtGetModeID.lha util/cli 8K 68k get screenmode information in...
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 687K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 797K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 867K OS4 Multipurpose utility
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 17M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
A1200-PiStorm32-Pi4.lha util/moni 3K 68k SysSpeed Module: A1200 - PiSt...
A1200-PiStorm32-Pi4AI... util/moni 3K 68k AIBB 6.x Module: A1200 - PiSt...
CPU-A.lha util/moni 472K 68k System Information Tool
GoVD.lha util/wb 22K 68k Virtual Desktops for Workbench
(snx)
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17.Nov.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 16.11.2024
The following files have been added until 16.11.2024 to OS4Depot:
mce.lha gam/uti 5Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
silkraw.lha gra/mis 4Mb 4.1 GUI for Dave Coffin's progr...
sdl2.lha lib/mis 7Mb 4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 2
reportplus.lha uti/mis 867kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
(snx)
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17.Nov.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 16.11.2024
The following files have been added until 16.11.2024 to AROS Archives:
silkraw_aros.lha gra/mis 3Mb GUI for Dave Coffin's progr...
owb-2.1.x86_64-aros-v11.zip net/bro 54Mb Odyssey Web Browser
(snx)
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17.Nov.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 16.11.2024
The following files have been added until 16.11.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
WebRadio_3.1.lha Ambient/Screenbar A sbar plugin to listen...
SDL_2.30.9_Libraries.lha Dependencies/Library/SDL All Libraries SDL : SDL...
getopt-long.lha Development/C getopt-long.lha
less-668.lha Development/GeekGadgets A paginator similar to ...
sz81_2.1.7.lha Emulation a ZX81 and ZX80 emulato...
OpenFodder_1.9.2.lha Games/Action Open Fodder: An open so...
PANG_1.0.lha Games/Action Port of PANG
PipeWalker_1.1.lha Games/Think Port of PipeWalker by P...
BoulderDash_1.1.lha Games/Think Port of a BoulderDash c...
SilkRAW_3.0.lha Graphics/Misc GUI for Dave Coffin's p...
ReportPlus_8.61.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ...
Iris_1.40.lha MorphOS-update Iris, the MorphOS email...
(snx)
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17.Nov.2024
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:
- Ghouls n Ghosts (redubbed)
- The Amiga Never Dies (Entity Remix)
(snx)
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17.Nov.2024
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Do it yourself: Ripple IDE update
Matt 'LIV2' Harlum's Ripple IDE is an IDE interface for Zorro II based Amiga models (Amiga 2000/3000/4000; amiga-news.de reported). Revision A3 adds a protection circuitry to resist damage when the card is installed the wrong way around. (snx)
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17.Nov.2024
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Video: Installing a DoohicKEY keyboard controller into Checkmate keyboard case
DoohicKEY is a keyboard controller replacement for the keyboards that have been most often used for the Amiga 500, those by Mitsumi (amiga-news.de reported). In the video at the title link 'Proteque-CBN' shows its installation into the Checkmate keyboard case. (snx)
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17.Nov.2024
Commodore News Page (website)
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Event: Alkmaar Amiga Meetup (The Netherlands)
On November 30, 2024 the Alkmaar Amiga Meetup takes place near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Aiming at all kinds of Amiga systems, the main topic will be "Amiga Next-Gen" this time. Information about registration and table fee can be found at the title link. (snx)
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