09.May.2019
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PDF viewer: GrimoriumPDF (AmigaOS 3/MorphOS)
GrimoriumPDF is a PDF viewer written with Hollywood which also supports password protected PDF documents (except under AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS). The program is available for AmigaOS 3, MorphOS and Windows (32/64 Bit).
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05.May.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 04.05.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until May 4th, 2019:
Void-Dreams27.zip demo/misc 517K 68k Demopack with intros from Rev...
C_Source_In_Python.py... dev/gcc 2K Embed C source in a Python sc...
libpng_S1637.lha dev/lib 763K WOS LibPNG link library for StormGCC
libpng1637_a68k.lha dev/lib 1.6M 68k Lib for reading/writing PNG
SDL_AGA.zip dev/lib 754K 68k AGA port of the SDL audio/vid...
F1GP2019Carset.lha game/data 23K 2019 Carset for F1GP
MCE.lha game/edit 2.4M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.8M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
OpenDUNE_AGA.lha game/strat 255K 68k Amiga AGA port of OpenDUNE
OpenDUNE_RTG.lha game/strat 257K 68k Amiga RTG port of OpenDUNE
ViewLHA.lha gfx/show 26K 68k View a graphics file compress...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.5M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.6M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
GoatTrackerStereo-mos... mus/edit 973K MOS Tracker-like C64 stereo music...
HipWrap.lha mus/play 8K 68k A wrapper for HippoPlayer
NTSCPics4PAL.zip pix/misc 71M NTSC graphics rescaled for PAL
Hexaae_WB_shots_2018-... pix/wb 4.2M Hexaae's Workbench screenshot...
xad_libarchive.lha util/arc 1.9M OS4 XAD/UnArc client for RAR5/ZIP...
AnalogClock.lha util/wb 33K 68k Analog clock for all the Clas...
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05.May.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 04.05.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until May 4th, 2019:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mce.lha gam/uti 3Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
xad_libarchive.lha uti/arc 2Mb 4.1 XAD/UnArc client for RAR5/ZIPX a...
vim_mui.lha uti/tex 10Mb 4.1 The ubiquitous text editor
capslock_cmd.lha uti/wor 125kb 4.1 Filtering CapsLock tapping
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05.May.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 04.05.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until May 4th, 2019:
arospdf-icons.lha gra/ico 8kb New Drawer and Program Icons
txt2pdf-icons.lha gra/ico 6kb New Drawer and Program Icons
zunepaint_drawer-icons.lha gra/ico 4kb New Drawer icons
zupaplayer-icon.lha gra/ico 12kb new icon and drawer
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05.May.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 04.05.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until May 4th, 2019:
C64Tools.lha Development/Cross Covert Bitops C64 Tools.
Basic-Boss_0.2.2.lha Development/Cross Basic-Boss C64 Cross Co...
D64VRM_0.4.lha Emulation/Misc D64 (C64) Virus Remover.
FrodoSrc_4.2.lha Development/Sources FrodoSrc_4.2.lha
GoatTrackerStereo_2.74... Audio/Tracker Tracker-like C64 stereo...
HermIRES_1.29.lha Graphics/Tools A C64 hires-bitmap editor.
AmiArcadia_25.3.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
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05.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following songs have been added:
- Turrican II - Traps (Aegean's Renewal 2001)
- Turrican II - Concerto for Lasers & Enemies (Aegean's Renewal 2001)
- Turrican - Outside Part 1 (Aegean's Renewal 2001)
- Turrican II - The Final Fight (Aegean's Renewal 2001)
- Turrican II - The Desert Rocks
- Turrican II - Traps (The Dark Traps Remix)
- Vampire
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05.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Reading ADF files: GoADF!
According to the website of "GoADF!", "this app allows even the begginer users of Amiga to acquire data from the ADF file in an easy and intuitive way." The program is Shareware but not restricted in any way. By registering it for about 7 Euro you support the development of the program.
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05.May.2019
exec.pl (Webseite)
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Event: Pictures of Syntax-Error-Retro-Party in Katowice
On 6. April in Katowice the Syntax-Error-Retro-Party took place. Two picture galleries have been published on exec.pl.
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03.May.2019
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- March/April 2019 news.
- Old articles from Amiga News Tech n°28 to 31:
- File: Cycles, registers et adressing modes of the 68030
- Programming: ARexx - Screens, windows and messages
- Programming: Assembler - RGB plasma
- Tutorial: Utilization of Yacc
- Programming: AMOS - Find a file without requester
- File: C ANSI
- Programming: C - BOBs
- Programming: GFA Basic - timer.device
- Tutorial: Utilization of Flex
- Programming: AMOS - Plotter, etc.
- Interview Denzil Long (coauthor of Dune 2).
- Review: AEROS 3.5.
- Review: Amiga Forever 8.
- Review: Atari++ 1.7.3.
- Review: Icaros Desktop 2.2.5/2.2.6.
- File: integrated circuit packaging.
- File: Oxxi, Inc.
- DIY: Pimp my Pegasos (update).
- Tutorial: Make a backup of MorphOS on an external USB hard drive.
- Tutorial: Mapping Kickstart 3.1.4 Rom using MapROM on an ACA500Plus.
- Tutorial: Installing AmigaOS 3.1.4 on an ACA500Plus (or any Amiga).
- Special quizz about Scala.
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03.May.2019
(ANF)
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Video interview: Mike Battilana (Cloanto)
In February the managing director of Cloanto, Mike Battilana, succeeded in transferring all Amiga rights from Amiga Inc. to "C-A Acquisition Corp." which was founded by him. After that Stephen 'ClusterUK' Jones (e.g. Checkmate A1500 Plus) started a crowd funding campaign for financing a trip to Italy in order to meet Battilana and ask him some questions which before he had collected in diverse English-language forums.
The resultat is a video which lasts more than two hours. After Battilana was introduced in detail he and Jones who are friends since the eighties discuss the questions. Jones also provides a timetable listing which issue is discussed at what time:
- 00:12:00 Overview of Amiga history since late 90's to build context.
- 00:17:20 Red and Blue wars that I missed, which I believe caused a lot of the problems we have now ?
- 00:19:30 Discussion about the Gateway deal?
- 00:12:30 Which beer you prefer, as poster has promised to buy him one (or more) at Amiga34 in Germany.
- 00:24:00 Are you going to Las Vegas in August at Comm Vex?
- 00:25:30 Somebody did not want to ask a question due to my avatar LOL
- 00:26:10 Will amiga.com finally be for Amiga fans instead of trying to pawn off a snowman screen saver LOL
- 00:31:45 HI Michael thanks for supporting the Amiga platform when very few were .
- 00:32:35 How does it feel when specific parties (and many people on various forums) try to paint you as the (only) bad guy, for simply defending yourself in court?
- 00:36:35 Who do you think you are? Response to answer “Is that the best you've got?“
- 00:40:00 What would your parents think of this?
- 00:42:50 Where do you get off?
- 00:43:10 Did you ever understand what Amiga Inc. tried to do the past 20+ years? If yes - what did they do?
- 00:46:20 Thoughts on new clones coming out e.g. AmyITX, ReAmiga, Pauls A4000 board etc?
- 00:50:50 Does Cloanto support Fair Use when it come to Amiga media and material?
- 00:52:40 Where do you see Amiga in 5, 10, 25 year times, and what are your plans for the Amiga?
- 1:00:00 Any thoughts about expanding Amiga Forever to include MAC os8 emulation, Mac ppc emulation, and Atari ST emulation?
- 1:02:00 Given the recent (and not so recent) court / legal actions, is there any new development regarding the "Discourse on Possible Futures" specifically open source?
- 1:05:40 Possibility of a version of workbench/ ROM that would work out of the box with the Vampire range of accelerators or even just the V4 stand alone? Since the Vampire supporters support you blindly are they licensing your ROM copies?
- 1:07:00 Should Cloanto secure the necessary rights, would the company let independent developers access the source code or contribute, without having to sign an NDA or contracts of sorts and will we be allowed to freely share the patches and/or derivative work ?
- 1:09:50 Amiga Inc. had a plan of going cross platform with the AmigaDE product as a VM. What plans still exist and does the invention of WebAssembly in the browser influence this?
- 1:12:30 Will there ever be a bridge technology that allows accelerated 68k machines to run VM code along with Next-Generation AmigaOne series platforms?
- 1:13:50 Will AmigaOS 3.1 be open sourced and under what license? and Does Cloanto have the ability to open source Amiga OS? If so why does he not open it up?
- 1:15:40 How are you going to make sure, to the best of your ability, Jens Schoenfeld (or any other important people) does not leave the Amiga Classic hardware scene?
- 1:19:00 Are there some plans to bring back updated RKM manuals in some form? There are reasonable inexpensive print-on-demand services today, or maybe as e-books or PDFs?
- 1:20:55 I have and love my AmigaONE X1000 that runs AmigaOS4.1FE now and have long dreamed of an AmigaOS4.2! Can you please tell us NG Amiga users how Cloanto owning the Amiga IP will affect future updates to OS4.x?
- 1:24:00 Why is Cloanto Corporation and C-A Acquisition Corporation organized under the laws of the state of Nevada?
- 1:25:05 I also updated my classic Amigas with the recently released OS3.14 and physical roms from Hyperion and again wonder how Cloanto owning the IP rights moving forward will affect OS3.14 and future updates moving forward ?
- 1:26:00 I’d like to know what he thinks about the Vampire and the growth of the 68K community in a post-PowerPC age.
- 1:26:45 Now that you own all the IP, will you be looking to create a rebirth machine range including entry level A500/A1200 equivalent, and if yes, would you consider the classic micro computer form factor? and If so would you be looking to work with existing hardware manufacturers (A-EON, Apollo etc) or would you try to do it "in house"?
- 1:29:00 I'm planning on buying wb 3.1.4 and ks roms. But who actually owns both? Who should I buy it from? if hyperion is selling them, does he get a commission?
- 1:33:20 What happened with the 8-Bit guy's request for licensing?
- 1:36:20 Will we see Amiga as a cloud based OS and possible to install as a virtual machine?
- 1:38:05 In event of open sourcing of AmigaOS 3.1, have you considered using source code license compatible with AROS source code license?
- 1:39:35 What are all the Amiga related IPs that he owns and what rights does that give him?
- 1:40:30 How do third party companies get in touch about licensing and new product design to be inline with IP rights?
- 1:43:15 Are you going to reach out to hardware developers, and what support will you be offering?
- 1:44:15 Have you any plans to develop in house software for classic accelerated Amigas?
- 1:44:40 Will you encourage the support of Raspberry Pi and other SBC's?
- 1:47:10 As the technology world around us is increasingly becoming "touch screen only," I would like to know if your plans for either the Classic AmigaOS or NG include plans of ditching traditional mice and keyboards, or if they will still be supported?
- 1:48:45 Do you plan on leveraging hardware companies (A-Eon, A-cube, etc.) to move away from PPC toward a more affordable hardware CPU platform? and Do you plan on making AmigaOS4.x hardware agnostic, or keeping it limited to one family of CPU's?
- 1:50:10 Would you be for forming an Amiga (OS) Foundation to support development in the same vein as the Apache, Mozilla, and various BSD Foundations?
- 1:50:55 Will there be new 3.X AOS versions in the future? How will the lawsuit effect that?
- 1:52:20 As a Mac/Linux user I really only use the ROM files from my current version of Amiga Forever. "We'll soon start working on a Mac version of Amiga Forever” seems to have been on the Cloanto website for a very long time now. Are Cloanto still working on a Mac version of Amiga Forever which offers the same, or better functionality as the Windows version?
- 1:54:15 Will there be an Amiga Mini or would they be willing to work with Emubee for the furtherance of their Amiga X project? and Will the new entity, Cloanto or whatever support (or better: get involved into) the AmigaX project?
- 1:56:30 I recently read that Commodore Italy has acquired global rights for Commodore trademarks. Do you have any thoughts or plans to partner with them for products?
- 1:58:30 Can you confirm that Cloanto now owns the Amiga name and logo (the one on the A500 etc) and if so, are you willing to license it out to third party products?
- 2:01:25 The work from Olaf and Thomas on 3.1.4 is awesome. The cleanest and best update to 3.1 so far. How do you think Cloanto can support and contribute to OS3 development from now on?
- 2:04:38 The Amiga logo has been revised on numerous occasions. The logos associated with the operating system and the hardware include, among others, the original variant written in italic Times (created by Commodore) and one more stylised variant written in a modified bondoni typeface (created by Amiga Technologies). Under Cloanto management, which one do you plan to use up ahead and why? What graphical identify do you feel properly represents the Amiga in 2019?
- 2:08:00 Michael thoughts on where we are now and what are his plans for the future
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29.Apr.2019
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 138
The English and German editions of Amiga Future 138 (May/June 2019) have been released today and can be ordered from the magazine staff or various Amiga dealers. This issue's topics include a review of Aranet and AmigaOS 3.1.4 #2 as well as a report on the demo scene.
Please note that from 6th until 29th May the editors of the Amiga Furure are on vacation - orders (also of downloads) will be processed afterwards.
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29.Apr.2019
Diverse (ANF)
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25 years ago: Insolvency of Commodore
This very day 25 years ago the computer company Commodore, producer of the famous home computers C64 and Amiga, had to register insolvency. In a review Heise online reminds of Commodore (German).
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28.Apr.2019
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Report and video of Amiga prototype "Zorro" (Update)
Under the title link Eric Hill has reported on his recently purchased Amiga development system. According to his information, this prototype was named "Zorro" and is a later variation than "Velvet". Commodore did send it to Hewlett-Packard hoping that the company would support it but it would not. In spring 1985 a private person bought it from HP.
The main differences in comparison to the ordinary Amiga (1000) as Eric Hill found out:
- Commodore logo instead of Amiga checkmark on the case
- Commodore keys inbstead of Amiga keys
- No signatures on the inside top cover of the case
- Custom chips Portia (instead of Paula) and Daphne (instead of Denise) as well as an early Agnus version
The computer used a Kickstart disk version 29.11. A video complements the report.
Update: (07:29, 05.05.19, snx)
As it turned out meanwhile, the disk has been overwritten by the previous owner with Kickstart 1.2. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Apr.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 27.04.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until April 27th, 2019:
md2_1.4.17_beta.lha comm/news 154K 68k Last public version of MicroD...
md2_14.lha comm/news 506K 68k Integrated standalone mailer ...
F1GP2019Carset.lha game/data 23K 2019 Carset for F1GP
LumberjackPlatform.adf game/jump 880K 68k Lumberjack Platform (Bootable...
LumberjackPlatformHD.lha game/jump 218K 68k Lumberjack Platform (HD Install)
AmiDuke_AGA.lha game/shoot 374K 68k Amiga AGA port of Duke Nukem 3D
AmiDuke_RTG.lha game/shoot 383K 68k Amiga RTG port of Duke Nukem 3D
mijfif.lha gfx/show 86K MOS JFIF,BMP,ILBM,ZX.SCR viewer
ViewLHA.lha gfx/show 26K 68k View graphics files compresse...
LarryIsBack.lha mods/8voic 253K Larry Is Back 6ch Hip Hop by ...
opus-tools-0.2_a68k.lha mus/edit 471K 68k Opus Audio Tools
NTSCPics4PAL.zip pix/misc 54M NTSC graphics rescaled for PAL
Albatros.lha util/boot 34K 68k Lock your AMIGA by a keyword
AkikoTFFix.lha util/misc 4K 68k Reenables Akiko on CD32 with ...
StartBar-ITA.lha util/wb 164K 68k Italian version of StartBar
StartWin.lha util/wb 40K 68k A bugged workbench launch bar
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28.Apr.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 27.04.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until April 27th, 2019:
exomizer.lha emu/uti 616kb 4.0 A cruncher for 8-bit computers u...
lzma_lib.lha lib/mis 242kb 4.0 LZMA/XZ (de)compression library
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28.Apr.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 27.04.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until April 27th, 2019:
atari800-310.i386-aros.lha emu/com 964kb Emulator of Atari 8bit computers
rnoeffects-icons.lha gra/ico 6kb Drawer and program icons
run_lodepaint.lha gra/ico 5kb Icon plus script which does not ...
txt2pdf-icons.lha gra/ico 7kb Drawer and program icons
crono.i386-aros.lha gra/mis 2Mb Generator of printable annual or...
jill.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 18Mb A Multipurpose Utility For Workb...
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28.Apr.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 27.04.2019
The following archive has been added to MorphOS-Storage until April 27th, 2019:
miJFIF_1.996.lha Graphics/Show A JFIF,BMP,ILBM,ZX.SCR ...
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28.Apr.2019
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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Crowd funding: Odroid-XU4 system IndieGo XS as retro-console with AEROS
On Kickstarter under the title link a campaign was started for pre-financing ARM-Linux-based minicomputer which can be used for playing video games using emulation. Among others Pascal Papara's AROS distribution AEROS is preinstalled.
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27.Apr.2019
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Source code of "Trap Runner" released
After the collector's edition of his jump'n run Trap Runner has been available, similar to other games Frank Wille has released the source code, level files and graphics of the game under a Public Domain licence. The archive includes all files necessary for creating a disk image of "Trap Runner".
The build process is portable that means you can assemble the game on different platforms. Additional to an ISO-C99 compiler and the AmigaOS assembler includes, only GNU-make, vasmm68k_mot and vlink are required. All other tools you can build from the source code. In Makefile you only have to adapt the variable ASINC to the corresponding environment. It includes the path to the Amiga includes.
Download: TrapRunner1_2.lha (1,6 MB)
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27.Apr.2019
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Commercial Shoot'em Up: "Skillgrid" as download or Boxed Edition (AGA)
Skillgrid (video) developed by Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua (e.g. BOH, Huenison) is an abstract, vertical shoot'em up which runs endlessly and according to the developer with "frenetic, tactical gameplay", diverse sub-games and many boss battles the player is supposed to be encouraged to chase after new highscores. The game requires an AGA computer.
Skillgrid is available from itch.io as chargeable download for 7,99 USD (about 7 Euro) or from RGCD as Boxed Edition providing two variants: As "basic CD-only version that comes with an auto-booting jewel-cased, glass-mastered CD complete with a professionally printed 16-page manual, a large weather-proof vinyl RGCD sticker, RGCD and Retream postcards and two disk labels (so you can make your own floppies from the images on the CD)" (for about 19 Euro) or as "deluxe version comes with all this plus a packet of four beautiful 25mm button badges, an A3 poster (rolled) and the game on two floppy disks - all presented in a plastic clam shell box complete with custom made foam insert" (for additional 6,90 Euro).
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27.Apr.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 97 (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 on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga games "Air Support", "Frankenstein", "Skyblaster" and "Tube Warriors".
Download sites:
Italian
English
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