27.Nov.2018
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AmigaOS 4: X11 environment AmiCygnix 1.4
Edgar Schwan's AmiCygnix is an Unix environment for AmigaOS 4. It is not an emulation but all programms are nativly compiled for AmigaOS 4. AmiCygnix provides a directory and data structure which is similar to a Unix installation.
After a long break of development now new versions of the basic archives have been released. Mainly bugs were fixed which did prevent X-Servers from correctly working on new Amiga systems.
New in AmiCygnix-Base:
- All display drivers and the X server binary were revised to fix the following problems:
- With newer graphics cards like the Radeon HD 7xxx the colours of the
display were wrong. This was completely fixed in the drivers picasso96clonewbdb and picasso96wb.
- Since AmigaOS 4.1 final Update 1 it came to program crashes, if the graphic driver picasso96clonewbdb was used. Is fixed now.
- The display driver picasso96clonewbdb can now also open 32 bit screens internally, however, the data is still processed in 16 bits.
- The print command "lpr" now supports the printout via Turboprint whereby the print quality is increased.
- Updated SSL support over OpenSSL and GnuTLS. The included Trusted Certificates have been updated.
- Many minor improvements and bug fixes.
New in AmiCygnix tools:
- The browser NetSurf has been relinked with OpenSSl 1.01o. Many SSL keyed pages could not be opened anymore. The problem is now largely eliminated.
- The image viewer GPicView is now available in the latest version 0.2.5.
Download:
amicygnix-base.lha (120 MB)
amicygnix-tools.lha (75 MB)
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27.Nov.2018
Olaf Barthel (ANF)
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File system: smbfs 2.1 released after two years of development
In last two years smbfs was comprehensively revised and rewritten for the SMBv1/CIFS protocol based on the historical and official documents.
The new smbfs 2.1 improves the robustness and compatibilty of the file system which e.g. can access NAS systems and corresponding computers. The support of Unicode, big files (> 4 GB) and resuming of interrupted connections to the data server were added. A lot of bug fixes were done as well.
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26.Nov.2018
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Demo scene: Haujobb provides self-developed demo framework
For the development of their demos, the demo group Haujobb uses a self-developed framework including a cross-platform, vbcc-based development environment. The framework is called "WickedOS" and offers programmers of assembler e.g. access to 20 different chunky-To-planer screen modes, several music playback routines and interrupt entry points. Additional to a traditional "Multi Tasking Killer" mode, there is also multitasking environment including hardware abstraction layer.
As target architecture for the framework upgraded Amigas are specified, AGA, a 68020 and a FPU are minimum required. The framework itself will be released little by little on Github as well as the corresponding documents completed.
Already in August both Haujobb programmers 'Hellfire' and 'Noname' did introduce their ihre method of cross-platform demo development in a speech.
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25.Nov.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 24.11.2018
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 24th, 2018:
twittAmiga.lha comm/misc 4.9M MOS Twitter client
AFnews-68k.lha comm/news 889K 68k Amiga Future Everywhere 68k
AFnews-OS4.lha comm/news 1.3M OS4 Amiga Future Everywhere Amiga...
sfsdoctor-1.2.lha disk/misc 131K MOS The disk recovery and repair ...
MinedField.lha game/think 30K 68k a Windows alike game for the ...
RNOEffects.lha gfx/edit 5.5M MOS Image processing program
RNOEffects_AROS.lha gfx/edit 2.7M x86 Image processing program
RNOEffects_OS4.lha gfx/edit 6.3M OS4 Image processing program
PPaintRUS.lha gfx/ppaint 50K Cloanto Personal Paint 7.1c+ ...
abkviewer_aros.zip gfx/show 127K MOS AMOS sprite and icon bank viewer
RNOPDF.lha gfx/show 5.4M MOS Compact PDF viewer
RNOPDF_OS3.lha gfx/show 14M WOS Compact PDF viewer
RNOPDF_OS4.lha gfx/show 6.1M OS4 Compact PDF viewer
SamplesCreatorDemos.lha mods/smpl 60K Some samples created by Sampl...
Deark.lha util/arc 1.3M MOS Extracting data from various ...
zip_library_1.0.lha util/libs 80K MOS ZIP library
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25.Nov.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 24.11.2018
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 24th, 2018:
mp3gain.lha aud/edi 290kb 4.1 Changes the volume of mp3s
wildmidi.lha aud/pla 11Mb 4.1 A simple software midi player
bermudasyndrome.lha gam/act 2Mb 4.1 Bermuda Syndrome
rnoeffects.lha gra/edi 6Mb 4.1 Image processing program
rnopdf.lha gra/vie 6Mb 4.1 Compact PDF viewer
afnews.lha net/new 1Mb 4.0 Amiga Future Everywhere AmigaOS 4
deark.lha uti/arc 2Mb 4.0 Extracting data from various fil...
yt.lha vid/mis 2Mb 4.0 YouTube URL Extractor script
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25.Nov.2018
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 24.11.2018
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until November 24th, 2018:
wand.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 231kb At last, a Wanderer u may like ;...
rnoeffects.i386-aros.lha gra/edi 3Mb Image processing program
advice.i386-aros.zip uti/she 25kb New requester to display text fr...
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25.Nov.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 24.11.2018
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until November 24th, 2018:
twittAmiga_4.2.2.lha Communication A Twitter client with m...
zip_library_1.0.lha Development/Library A shared library to fle...
Deark_1.4.7.lha Files/Archive Extracting data from va...
Abkviewer_0.06alpha.zip Graphics/Show AMOS sprite and icon ba...
Abkviewer_0.06alpha.zip Graphics/Show AMOS sprite and icon ba...
Abkviewer_0.06alpha.zip Graphics/Show AMOS sprite and icon ba...
RNOEffects_1.3.lha Graphics/Tools Image processing program.
RNOPDF_1.2.lha Office/Show A compact PDF viewer.
RNOPDF_1.2.lha Office/Show A compact PDF viewer.
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25.Nov.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 24.11.2018
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 installer has been added until November 24th, 2018:
- 2018-11-24 updated: Thunderhawk (Core Design) install script corrected (Info)
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25.Nov.2018
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:
- Byggsats 13 [Live Re-Mix]
- Xenon 2 Megablast
- RSI Megademo - Wastelands (Refurbished)
- Disconnected (Spiral Hands On Maniac)
- Midnight Resistance - Intro Theme
- Wolfchild - Intro Theme
- Oil Imperium (Adair has the Funk)
- Turrican - Intro
- Enchanted Lands - Intro (Enchantedness)
- Jim Power - Level 5
- Wings - Melville's Theme
- Flashback [Orchestral Cover]
- RoboCop (The best of both worlds Remix)
- Zool Rave
- Starter (Dreamy Retrowave RMX)
- Elysium
- Space Deliria (Tribute to DR.Awesome)
- Stormlord (Hi-Score Theme - REVISITED)
- Leander - World Three (AS2018)
- Amegas
- Fire and Ice - Underwater Level (JP-thx-remix)
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24.Nov.2018
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Scene World Podcast #57: The Hungarian C64 and Amiga gaming scene
In the new issue of the English-language podcast "Scene World", Martin Ahman and Jörg are talking with Andras Kaptas of insert-coin.hu about the C64 and Amiga gaming scene in Hungary and its development.
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23.Nov.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Individual Computers: Advance orders for ACA500plus and Indivision ECS V2
Press release: For the second production run of the ACA500plus, we've done a few small upgrades to adapt the card to the needs of our customers that were communicated in support cases and other customer feedback. Some customers were not satisfied with the speed of the card, which is why we have changed to the new CPU type 68SEC000. For this processor we can't just guarantee 14.1MHz, but stable operation up to 21MHz. It is of course still possible to set the CPU frequency to up to 42MHz, but since this is very demanding for the power supply regulation and cooling, this is not covered by standard customer support.
We've also updated the DisMo: The 2-digit display is now bigger, and the status LED is not two- but three-colour. The button has been moved to a more ergonomic position. Despite these upgrades, the increase in price for the ACA500plus is very moderate.
When Indivision ECS was released in 2009, scan line emulation was still special. Over the years, other products and emulators have copied our idea. We've now refined this feature: The scan line emulation in Indivision ECS V2 can be carefully adjusted, so the effect can be set according to individual taste.
We often got questions about how to adjust the picture to be full-screen. Often times, this was not possible without adding black bars around the picture, because the resolution of the Amiga-output had an unfavourable size relation to the resolution of the screen. With the new upscaler in Indivision ECS V2, it is now much simpler to adjust the picture size and keep the correct aspect ratio. The scaler of Indivision ECS V2 is geared towards keeping the "pixel-art" appearance of the picture, and can be adjusted in very small steps to introduce only the lowest-possible blur that's always introduced by a scaler.
We have entered a delivery date of december 22nd for both products. However, we will already start shipping next week, but cannot guarantee when a shipment will leave here due to the high demand for both products. Parcels will be shipped in the order of incoming money transfers.
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23.Nov.2018
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Jump'n Run port: Cave Story for AmigaOS 3
Cave Story is a Metroid/Castlevania clone which was ported to several systems. The version for AmigaOS 3 (video) has high hardware requirements. The performance speed can be increased by reducing the Workbench resolution.
Download: CaveStory.lha (39,6 MB)
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23.Nov.2018
morph.zone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Spreadsheet sc 7.16
Stefan 'Kronos' Kleinheinrich has ported the Shell-based spreadsheet sc from the Unix world to MorphOS. The MorphOS-SDK is required. In order to start sc with the tutorial table, you have to type 'sh -c "TERM=morphos sc tutorial.sc"'.
Direct download: sc.lha (618 KB)
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22.Nov.2018
SZAMAN/eXec.pl (ANF)
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New news service: amiganews.exec.pl
According to their own statement, eXec is the "oldest Polish Amiga portal" dealing with the subjects Amiga, the AmigaOne as well as compatible computers. Now an English-Language news service was added. This new service also is introduced in the eighth special edition of the English-language podcast "AMIcast".
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22.Nov.2018
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Memory extension: Advance orders for A1208 possible
From January the Polish dealer RetroAmi will offer an A1200 memory extension called A1208 which can be preordered. The card does not offer realtime but can switch between 8MB and 4MB mode with a jumper. The 4MB mode is meant for using PCMCIA devices.
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21.Nov.2018
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Hyperion resumes selling digital version of AmigaOS 3.1.4
On 19. October the sale of Hyperion's AmigaOS 3.1.4 was interrupted for a short time: Amiga Inc. had sent Hyperion's service provider for digital sales a cease and desist letter. The Belgian company evades the problem by changing the service provider but 10 days later also this service was stopped. First it was communicated as stop initiated by Hyperion itself because the physical sets with ROMs and disks now were available in shops.
Using a facebook poll last weekend Hyperion wanted to know if there is still interest in the digital edition. Today it was announced that the company were happy to fulfill the customer wish and to offer AmigaOS 3.1.4 again as payable download.
Obviously it was not necessary to change the service provider again: the "Buy Now!" links refer to shareit.com aka MyCommerce.
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19.Nov.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Retro 7-bit: Limited Wicher-500i edition in black
7-bit Retro Electronics has produced a limited number of black Amiga-500(+) accelerator boards of the type Wicher 500i for the Polish shop RetroAmi which can be purchased under the title link.
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19.Nov.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 92 (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 "Arnhem", "Leisure Suit Larry III", "Rollerball", "Tyran", "Sierra Soccer" and the educational quiz "Ask me Other".
Download sites:
Italian
English
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18.Nov.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 17.11.2018
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 17th, 2018:
ColourMatch.lha dev/basic 28K 68k Colour match in Blitz
sfsdoctor-1.2.lha disk/misc 125K MOS The disk recovery and repair ...
Calendario2008.lha docs/misc 1.3M 2008 italian calendar printab...
Calendario2010.lha docs/misc 3.6M 2010 italian calendar printab...
Koules.lha game/actio 249K 68k Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
Koules_OS4.lha game/actio 240K OS4 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
KoulesMOS.lha game/actio 234K MOS Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
Uwol-Quest_for_money.adf game/jump 880K 68k Amiga port of Mojon Twins 8 b...
ADV-ITA.lha game/role 130K Italian adventures creator (+...
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 13M 68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
AmiQuake.lha game/shoot 253K 68k Amiga port of WinQuake v1.09
stratagus.lha game/strat 23M WOS Realtime strategy game engine
RNOComics.lha gfx/show 5.9M MOS Comic book and PDF reader
RNOComics_OS4.lha gfx/show 6.7M OS4 Comic book and PDF reader
RNOPDF.lha gfx/show 5.4M MOS Compact PDF viewer
RNOPDF_OS3.lha gfx/show 14M WOS Compact PDF viewer
RNOPDF_OS4.lha gfx/show 6.1M OS4 Compact PDF viewer
NRLWilderness.lha mods/misc 109K Ninja Remix Legacy The Wilder...
AmySequencer.lha mus/edit 640K 68k MIDI sequencer for the AMIGA
SampleZ.lha mus/edit 135K 68k 16Bit HD-Edit Sample Editor
horny-68k.lha mus/midi 162K 68k Easy to use MIDI sequencer
horny-base.lha mus/midi 207K Data files for Horny MIDI seq...
horny-manual-de.lha mus/midi 2.6M Manual for Horny MIDI sequenc...
horny-OS4.lha mus/midi 228K OS4 Easy to use MIDI sequencer
Vim_8.1-i386-aros.lha text/edit 9.7M x86 The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.1-ppc-morphos.lha text/edit 9.6M MOS The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.1-src.lha text/edit 14M The ubiquitous text editor (s...
Ranchero.lha util/cdity 102K 68k Pop-up notification server li...
InstallerGen.lha util/misc 226K 68k Installer script creation tool
CestinoGlobale.lha util/wb 55K 68k Unfinished global trashcan, B...
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18.Nov.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 17.11.2018
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 17th, 2018:
koules.lha gam/act 240kb 4.0 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
classic_boingball.zip gra/the 4Mb 4.0 Classic Boingball with AmigaOS W...
rnocomics.lha gra/vie 7Mb 4.1 Comic book and PDF reader
rnopdf.lha gra/vie 6Mb 4.1 Compact PDF viewer
kt_scripts.lha uti/scr 170kb 4.0 Helper scipts for Odyssey, Simpl...
ffmpeggui.lha vid/con 261kb 4.1 A GUI for the ffmpeg video conve...
mplayer-gui.lha vid/mis 218kb 4.1 GUI for MPlayer for OS4
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18.Nov.2018
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 17.11.2018
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until November 17th, 2018:
aspireos_v.2.2.rar dev/mis 150Mb AspireOS codename "Obitus"
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