04.Aug.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 03.08.2019
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 August 3rd, 2019:
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04.Aug.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Hardware: Kickstart-ROM switcher Romulator
In the EAB forum, kipper2k has announced the latest product of his team, the "Romulator", which in an Amiga 500, 600 or 2000 allows you to switch between several Kickstart-ROM images (video).
Amiga On The Lake will sell the Romulator.
Below you can read the English-language original announcement:
"I have something new to show off today, something that I don't think has been done for the masses, I believe Commodore used something similar in the development stages of the Amiga.
We call it the 'Romulator'...
It emulates the Amiga ROM and is for the 16-bit computers. If demand is high enough we will finish up the 32-bit version. First here are its features.
- Accepts up to 1 MB ROM images
- ROMs can be byteswapped or normal
- Supports Amiga 500s of revision 3, 5, 6a and 8
- Supports Amiga 600s
- For those hackers, it is possible to support 2 MB ROMs (you're on your own, LOL)
- USB and SD support
- ROMs are stored using onboard SD card
- ROMs can be copied from PC to Amiga Romulator SD card
The Romulator sits in the Amiga ROM socket taking the place of the Amiga ROM. When you turn on the Amiga the Amiga is held in the Pause state and the Romulator will display its own bootup menu.
The menu will show all available ROMs you have on your SD card and you can select by keyboard arrows and mouse. Pressing no keys/mouse will cause the Amiga to continue its bootup after a selectable time-out period. Pressing an arrow key/mouse will stop the countdown and you can then move up and down and then press enter to select your ROM to load. The Amiga remembers the previosly used ROM and will load that.
The Romulator has 1 wire that needs to be connected to the Reset line of the Amiga. If using the A500MX keyboard there is a header onboard you just plug it in to. Using the A500MX contoller on a regular keyboard also has a header (oops, I haven't told anyone about that yet... - next week for that!). For the A600 the reset wire needs to be connected to a transistor leg (easy solder) and I am also making a little easy install board similar to the Gotek ones I have just done.
The Menu is a throwback to the classic type intros and has music available. Many, many thanks to Mikestir for the coding on this, it is just bloomin AWESOME (excuse my language). If Mike has time he will release updates that can allow the enduser to use their own music (no promises, he is very busy).
So what does this mean. For starters people can work on their own custom ROMs and try them on the Romulator to see if they are working. A 1 MB ROM image has lots of possibilities as regards custom libraries, onbord HRTMON (and if someone can do a onboard Action Replay ROM I will be forever in their debt (elbow elbow, nudge nudge). Hopefully this will now mean the end of the annoying burning of ROMs which is time consuming and not always successful.
So when is this available... I have a supply in front of me ready to be shipped to AOTL. It is finished, it was sooo hard to keep this quiet and I am glad that is is now free. I do not know what demand would be like for this and the price for parts is not too cheap, so based on demand I will have more made according to demand. The board is a 4-layer board and uses an ARM processor.
For those who want one, supplies are limited and providing there is demand we will produce more.
Cost of A500/A600 versions are the same (expected to be ~$79 USD), the only difference between the two of them is the board layout is reversed. I actually haven't tried in an A1000/A2000, I will add this check to the list of things to do.
If you want a 32-bit version for your A1200 (with 2 MB ROM capability) then flood this thread with requests and we can see about completing our design."
Zum Amiga 2000 trug er noch nach:
"I have just tested my A2000 with the Romulator and the results are good. I tied into the reset line for the romulator and was pleasantly surprised I never even had to solder the reset line, it fits snugly underneath R201.
This is not meant to be used in competition/combination with the Vampire, I consider this an affordable option for the masses who want to just play games swapping ROMs on the fly for maximum compatibility.
So you can see [the original post also includes pictures, editor's note] the new Gotek and the Romulator will sit under the A2000 PSU with lots of clearance. I will create a faceplate for the Gotek so that the OLED can sit in the front of the A2000 with a small button plate, so we are set. :-)
Should be easy enough to tap into the sync and Green line for the OSD display. We can use the big or small OLED. If someone beats me to make a 3D print model for one I will be very grateful. I am done for the night, too much beer. :-)
Just taking another look, the A600 version would probably fit better as it would not interfere with Agnus and you can do the 2MB add-on with... (What's its name, LOL, can't remember.)"
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04.Aug.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Free Hardware: Joystick adapter JoyDivision updated
The USB adapter for classic joysticks developed by Stefan 'Develin' Blixth (amiga-news.de reported) works without any additional driver. Now version 20190803 is available. Now it supports also the C64 clone THEC64 which was licences by Cloanto.
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04.Aug.2019
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: MP3-Tag-Editor RNOTags 1.0
RNOTag is a GUI-based editor for MP3-Tags developed with Hollywood which supports the standards 1.0, 1.1, enhanced (1+), 2.2.0, 2.3.0 and 2.4.0 and can converting between them. It can attach pictures to MP3 files and extract them from MP3 files.
Download: RNOTags.lha (2 MB)
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03.Aug.2019
Indie Retro News
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Arcade puzzle game: Landfill
Landfill (video) is an arcade puzzle game just like Tetris or Columns. You have to match equal items, pressing the fire button you can switch "landed" items with their neighbours.
Landfill was written in C and requires an Amiga with at least one megabyte RAM.
Download
Disk image: Landfill-1.0.adf.zip (325 KB)
HD version: Landfill-1.0.lha (265 KB)
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[News message: 03. Aug. 2019, 01:04] [Comments: 0]
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03.Aug.2019
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Task bar: WBDock 2
WBDock 2 written by Thomas Rapp is a dock comparable with Toolmanager or AmiDock which so far was exclusively available with the Workbench distribution AKReal but now also can be downloaded as single program as an updated version.
Under AmigaOS 3.5 or newer versions, WBDock 2 supports additional features like opening Workbench folders out of the dock or drag'n drop of project files on applications in the dock.
Download: wbdock2.lha (166 KB)
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[News message: 03. Aug. 2019, 00:10] [Comments: 0]
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02.Aug.2019
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Plexiglas cases for Amiga 500, 600 and 1200, ACA500 and Vampire Standalone
On plexilaser.de transparent acryl cases for retro computers are available, among others a keyboard case for the A500 or desktop cases for the A600 and A1200. A "box" for the external extension board ACA500 or a case for the Vampire Standalone are offered.
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[News message: 02. Aug. 2019, 23:53] [Comments: 0]
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02.Aug.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Retro 7-bit: Xilinx-Firmware update V3 for Wicher CD32
For its memory extension with IDE port and clockport for Amiga CD³², the Wicher CD32 (amiga-news.de reported), Retro 7-bit has released a firmware update for the Xilinx chip uner the title link. Version 3 includes adjustments on the RAM controller and allows you to use the "NoResetConfig" function.
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[News message: 02. Aug. 2019, 06:42] [Comments: 0]
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31.Jul.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Workbench enhancement: BestWB 1.2 for AmigaOS 3.1.4
Just like BetterWB, BestWB is a collection of Workbench tools for, in this case, AmigaOS 3.1.4 which "persues speed and usability and does not focus on eye candy."
In version 1.2 among others a dock bar, a picture viewer as well as tool for mounting ADF, ISO and HDF image files were added.
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31.Jul.2019
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Video: Retro Recipes reconstructed Witchwood intro
Christian 'Perifractic' Simpson produces a video series called "Retro Recipes". Recently he got a developer Amiga from Team 17 (amiga-news.de reported) which was used for LightWave-3D animations. The latest episode under the title link shows some files of the role play "Witchwood" (MS-DOS demo) which was never released and reconstructs the intro which was originally planned.
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29.Jul.2019
Indie Retro News
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Retro gaming: H.E.R.O. clone JetHunt 1.0 (AGA)
JetHunt (video) is a clone of the 8-Bit classic H.E.R.O. written in BlitzBasic. The game requires AGA and FastRAM is recommended. Some minor bugs like switches between screens or some incorrectly positioned enemies the author know, other bugs can be reported.
Download:
ADF: jethuntadf.rar (392 KB)
DMS: jethuntdms.rar (445 KB)
Readme: readme.txt
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[News message: 29. Jul. 2019, 20:25] [Comments: 0]
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28.Jul.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 27.07.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until July 27th, 2019:
PONG4K.adf game/2play 880K 68k Pong for four players (AGA)
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 16M 68k Implementation of Tunnels & T...
dtview2.lha gfx/show 78K 68k Datatype picture viewer for p...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.3M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.6M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
Elysium.lha mods/8voic 4.0M Fate Of Elysium 8ch Synth Amb...
RNOInfoScreen.lha mus/play 8.6M WOS Music player front-end and in...
NoCapsLock.lha util/cdity 43K MOS MorphOS no caps lock
tzinfo.txt util/time 15K Timezone information in POSIX...
WebRadio_sbar.lha util/wb 81K MOS A sbar plugin to listen to We...
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28.Jul.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 27.07.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until July 27th, 2019:
rnoinfoscreen.lha aud/pla 9Mb 4.1 Music player front-end and info ...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
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28.Jul.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 27.07.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until July 27th, 2019:
RNOInfoScreen_1.7.lha Audio/Players RNOInfoScreen works as ...
Screenshot11.jpeg Screenshots Screenshot realised by ...
NoCapsLock_1.3.lha System/Ambient/Commoditie MorphOS no caps lock.
AmiArcadia_25.61.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
WebRadio_1.4.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar A sbar plugin to listen...
iris_beta62.lha Email New email client suppor...
Screenshot12.jpeg Screenshots Screenshot realised by ...
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27.Jul.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 100 (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 articles about the Amiga game "Goblins III", the Internet suite "NetConnect 2" and the Macintosh emulator "ShapeShifter".
Download sites:
Italian
English
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[News message: 27. Jul. 2019, 06:58] [Comments: 0]
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25.Jul.2019
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris, beta version 62
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's "Iris" is supposed to become the standard mail program for MorphOS. It supports IMAP and can read and create HTML mails.
The program requires MorphOS 3.10. You can give feedback to the author using the corresponding discussion on MorphZone.
New Features include:
- Implemented forwarding messages as attachments
- Nice folder icons, icons for failed/draft messages in the Outgoing folder
- Folder settings (accessible from menu)
- It is now possible to create and delete IMAP folders
- Closed state of a folder tree is now serialized
Also fixed:
- INBOX folder wouldn't always be detected correctly (happened on Yahoo)
- Fixed sending of emails from accounts that had no Drafts/Sent folder
- Fixed the 'view in external browser' feature (for attachments)
- Fixed a UTF-7 decoder bug (caused Greek GMail to fail, for example)
- Fixed a crash when parsing a server-side modified folder structure
- Fixed a scroll-to-top issue when progressively adding list entries while scrolling
- Fixed a crash in session shutdown/resource tracking
Download: iris.lha (20 MB)
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[News message: 25. Jul. 2019, 17:39] [Comments: 0]
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25.Jul.2019
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: WebRadio.sbar 1.5
WebRadio.sbar is another screenbar for MorphOS written by Thomas Igracki. The program is based on Grzegorz Kraszewski's CgmRadio 2.0 and can play Internet radio station streams. But it is required that the station uses the ShoutCast protocol of the MPEG audio format (usually MP3, MPEG-1 Layer III) - streams of other formats like Ogg Vorbis, WMA or AAC+ cannot be decoded.
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[News message: 25. Jul. 2019, 17:39] [Comments: 0]
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25.Jul.2019
Scene World Magazine (ANF)
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Video: Interview with Wolfgang Back (english version)
Two years ago Scene World Magazine published an interview with german computer TV show journalist Wolfgang Back. Now an english version with a professional voice over is available. For both videos there are also english subtitles.
Wolfgang Back is a computer journalist pioneer, talking about his career in the video.
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23.Jul.2019
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amiga-news.de is looking for a (server administrator and) a PHP developer
After more than 20 years, amiga-news.de's PHP developer and server administrator will be leaving the team in late summer (amiga-news.de reported). For the system administration we have received some applications but we are still looking for a PHP developer.
This PHP developer should know PHP 7.3+ without ORM and Framework, SQL for MariaDB, Composer, Phing, PHPUnit and Behat. PHP development needs to be taken over in late summer. Like all other positions in the amiga-news.de team, the job is unpaid voluntary work.
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[News message: 23. Jul. 2019, 01:15] [Comments: 0]
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21.Jul.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 20.07.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until July 20th, 2019:
netsurf.lha comm/www 6.7M OS4 Fast CSS capable web browser
netsurf_os3.lha comm/www 2.8M 68k Fast CSS capable web browser
AmigaOS_3.1.4-FAQ.txt docs/help 72K Frequent questions for AmigaO...
F1GP2019Carset.lha game/data 24K 2019 Carset for F1GP
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.3M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
VersaillesWaltz.lha mods/8voic 366K Versailles Waltz 6ch by HKvalhe
AmiTimeKeeper.lha util/cdity 342K 68k Keep your time right
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[News message: 21. Jul. 2019, 07:34] [Comments: 0]
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21.Jul.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 20.07.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until July 20th, 2019:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
deark.lha uti/arc 3Mb 4.0 Extracting data from various fil...
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