16.Aug.2018
Forum 64 (Webseite)
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New keyboard membranes for Amiga computers
For some time RWAP Software has been selling contact foils for Sinclair computers. A while ago, keyboard membranes for Amiga keyboards have been added to the portfolio. They can be bought on Sell My Retro. Keyboard membranes are available for A500(+), A600 and A1200 at a price of 21 to 24 Euro per item.
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16.Aug.2018
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Scene World Podcast #50: Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj
Today Lars Sobiraj is freelance journalist and publisher of Tarnkappe.info. In the past he was known as "Ghandy" in the Amiga scene and editor of the diskmag Hugi. For issue #50 he was "Scene World's" guest.
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15.Aug.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 89 (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 "9 Lives", "Fun School 3: Over 7's", "Swooper" and "Worthy".
Download sites
English: SendSpace / Mega
Italian: SendSpace / Mega
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15.Aug.2018
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP and Amiga Future at Gamescom (August 22 to 25, Cologne)
Press release: APC&TCP and Amiga Future will once again have a booth at at Gamescom this year. On more than 70 m² we will be exhibiting about 20 Amiga models, hoping to win over some new users for our hobby. Around a dozen users, all volunteers, will be manning the booth and answer questions about the Amiga. Just in time for Gamescom, the Amiga Future Archive 4 DVD will be available to buy directly from us at the show.
You will find us in hall 10.2 in the retro area. Of course, we will keep you up to date on Gamescom via the Amiga Future Facebook and Instagram pages. There will certainly be many interesting photos from the event yet again. As we will be quite busy at Gamescom, the Amiga Future News page will only get updated regularly after we get back from Gamescom.
Of course, you can still leave your orders in our online shop, but we will only be dispatching them after the 28th of August (the same applies to online goods). It may take two or three days to dispatch the entire the backlog of pending orders. Of course, the same applies to any e-mails you might send to us. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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15.Aug.2018
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Pascal compiler: Source code of PCQ Pascal released
PCQ Pascal is a Pascal compiler for the Amiga which was released at the end of the 80s. The author Patrick Quaid now has released the source code of the compiler at Github including runtime library, includes and diverse utilities like optimizer and make.
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14.Aug.2018
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Sonnet.library: Network card as PowerPC accelerator board
The SonnetAmiga project makes it possible to use PowerPC-based PCI cards as accelerator board for WarpOS programs in the Amiga by means of a mediator board (amiga-news.de reported). The Sonnet Crescendo 7200 included, already five PCI cards are supported:
- Sonnet G3/G4 with max. 192 MB
- Rapture G4 7410@450 MHz with 256 MB
- Apocalypse G4 7410@450 MHz with 256 MB
- Ragnarok G3 750FX@800 MHz with 256 MB
- BigFoot Killer NIC M1 e300@400 MHz with 64 MB
Last mentioned card has few memory but with about 30 Euro should be the cheapest PowerPC extension for the Amiga. Actually it is a network card and its Network Processing Unit (NPU) is a PowerPC processor - a MPC8343E. It is said that the game Quake would run twice as fast as on a CyberStorm PPC.
Ragnarok is not officially supported but according to the SonnetAmiga-Wiki it already is running smoothly. Note that of each of the cards there are different versions and it is not clear if all of them work. Lists of compatible software can be found in the Wiki.
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14.Aug.2018
Radiosity (IRC)
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The AGA-A3000: Amiga fans equip boards of the Commodore prototype AA3000
The AA3000 and A3000+ have been further developments of the Amiga-3000 mainboard which for the first time should use the new AGA chipset. Additional to the AGA chipset, the revised board should contain a digital signal processor which was supposed to be used for 16-Bit audio and floating point operations. Altogether only few prototypes were produced before the project was abandoned in favour of the A4000.
In spring 2018 Matthias 'Matze' Heinrichs succeeded in getting five blank AA3000 boards. The boards looked pretty fine and the schematics were included as well. The source codes for the PALs can be found in the Dave Haynie archives - so the idea was born to equip the boards of their own. Both Heinrichs and Christian 'Scrat' Euler have succesfully equipped a board and thus have a working AA3000.
Euler - who points out that Heinrichs did the "pioneer work" and thus made his own project possible - has documented his work and took several pictures. He wrote:
"... so we invested time und used the soldering iron. Matze completed his board a little bit earlier therefore he could give me some hints. It took about two months for assembling and launching my board (including longer breaks), I had to reorder components three times and to steal the delayline of one of my two A3000 boards.
Unfortunately the DSP cannot be bought at reasonable prices any longer so we had to improvise. The Commodore guys used a different RTC component for this board which via I2C bus is connected to the DMAC chip. This feature is not available in any of the DMAC revisions so Matze made an adapter board for a common RTC.
Some pictures of the assembly...
The (almost) blank board:
...which is getting equipped...
The CPU I took from an old Apple Powerbook (which was a victim of the gravitation and beyond remedy...)
Soldering THT a lot is not that fun...
It is actually an AA3000!
Almost completed!
Testing...
Is it really working?
As I launched it for the first time nothing happened. After a lot of measuring it turned out that the CPU was active for a short time and then sank into a "long sleep". Clocks were active, the chipset produced SYNCs... then I recognised that an IC in the clock section was not properly equipped - instead of a F type, a LS type was installed.
I did exchange the IC, afterwards the CPU worked fine. Then I found out that the EPROMs with the Chucky-DiagROM were broken. New ROMs installed and then at least the Power-LED started flashing. Okay, the CPU lives!
But the screen kept dark...what else could be wrong? Eventually it turned out that the pins on the DAC did not properly got the tin...soldered again, first attempt:
Second attempt: Tadaaaa!
Kickstart-ROMs installed, switched on, worked. Party!
Now CS Mk2 installed, Picasso IV installed, Deneb installed...worked! Starstruck had to be.
What's next...?
Currently the experimental setup is still standing on the table. Some components of the board are still missing...the parallel port and the SCSI port as well. I also have to build the RTC adapter. Afterwards the board will be tested in detail and then integrated into my main A3000. Matze is going to build a new busboard. Currently the daughterboard of the A3000 is used (the one from the A4000 does not fit). Therefore the video output only has 12 Bit RGB. So the AGA looks a little bit strange via the PIV-FliFi."
Downloads:
Schematics: AA3000_Rev2_Schematics.pdf
System specifications: AA3000_System_Specs.pdf
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14.Aug.2018
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 134 - preview and extracts
A preview and extracts of issue 134 (September/October 2018) of the Amiga Future have been released today. Among other things, this issue features reviews on Worthy and Bomb Jack Beer as well as a preview to the Gold3 AGA Apollo core ("AGA on the Amiga 600").
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14.Aug.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Interview with Andreas Magerl (Amiga Future)
On occation of the 20th anniversary of the Amiga Future, AMIcast has interviewed its chief editor Andreas Magerl.
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13.Aug.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Kids Jump'n Run: Elfie the Unicorn as purchase version on disk
"Elfie - The Unicon" (trailer) is a classic jump'n run for kids which is available for free on Aminet. In order to fulfil an old dream, the author now offers a "commercial" version of the game on disk:
This issue is limited to 20 copies. If you are going to purchase a disk for 10 Euro (including shipping in a cushioned envelope) then please write a mail to the author.
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13.Aug.2018
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Free hardware: RS232-WLAN adapter "Virtual Modem for ESP8266"
By using the RS232-WLAN adapters computers which do not have an Ethernet or WLAN controller can be connected to modern networks. Mainly the adapters are used as telnet servers or clients for old computers, e.g. for mailboxes.
Additionally, Daniel Jameson's "Virtual Modem" also can send HTTP requests and is the first adapter which consists of free, open source hardware ands software. An Arduino microcontroller with two modules (for RS-232 and WLAN) as well as the Arduino development environment.
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13.Aug.2018
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Harddrive images under windows: HstWB Installer
By using Henrik Nørfjand Stengaard's "HstWB Installer" under Windows you can build bootable harddrive images which then can be used with an emulator or written on an Amiga harddrive. AmigaOS 3.1 or 3.9 and Worbench distributions like BetterWB or ClassicWB are supported. Extension packages can add e.g. graphical game menus for choosing WHDLoad games.
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13.Aug.2018
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Documentation: The Commodore Story at Amazon (Update)
After The Commodore Wars, From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years and Viva Amiga, "The Commodore Story" is the fourth documentation about Commodore. For some time the crowdfunded film (trailer) can be watched at Amazon, iTunes and Netflix.
Update: (15.08.2018, 15:30, cg)
Feedback from our readers shows that despite the film maker's announcements, the documentation is not available on Netflix or iTunes. It can be purchased on amazon.com though. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Aug.2018
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Amiga Future: Issue 109 can be read online
Issue 109 (July/August 2014) of the printed magazine Amiga Future is sold out, you can read the German and English edition of the magazine online (picture files). You also can buy a PDF-version.
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12.Aug.2018
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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3D-Print services: Replacement parts for the Amigas
The Dutchman Dennis Brink offers his "3D-Print-Services" for producing replacement parts for the Amiga case. You can choose parts for the Amiga models 500, 600, 1000, 1200, 4000 and CDTV, the monitor 1084S and the drive Chinon FZ-354 as well as the Raspberry Pi.
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12.Aug.2018
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit 9 Reloaded for Mac available for free
One and a half year ago, AmiKit also introduced the "Rabbit Hole" for Macs, that means the possibility to start Mac programs out of AmiKit and to access Amiga files from the Mac (amiga-news.de reported).
This version "AmiKit 9 Reloaded for Mac" is now available for free.
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12.Aug.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 11.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until August 11th, 2018:
OWB_de.lha comm/www 6K Unofficial German catalog for...
git.lha dev/misc 4.2M MOS Version Control System
WormWars.lha game/actio 829K 68k Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 1.1M OS4 Advanced snake game
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 2.9M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
amath.i386-aros.lha misc/math 432K x86 Simple command line calculator
amath.lha misc/math 796K 68k Simple command line calculator
amath.src.lha misc/math 640K Simple command line calculato...
arosamp_alpha.i386-ar... mus/play 136K x86 AROSAmp Alpha
AmiTimeKeeper.i386-ar... util/cdity 230K x86 Keep your time right
AmiTimeKeeper.lha util/cdity 192K 68k Keep your time right
GetExtIP.lha util/cli 21K 68k Get your external IP
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 753K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
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12.Aug.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads bis 11.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until August 11th, 2018:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0
rtelnet.lha net/mis 70kb 4.1
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12.Aug.2018
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 11.08.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until August 11th, 2018:
timidity.lha aud/mis 30Mb Plays MIDI files without additio...
arosamp_alpha.i386-aros.t... aud/pla 136kb AROSAmp Alpha
ht16.i386-aros.lha aud/tra 949kb Hively Tracker
milkytutorial.zip aud/tra 419kb Basic Tuttorial for milky tracke...
fig_datatype.i386-aros.zip dat/ima 299kb Picture datatype for FIG format
koala_datatype.i386-aros.lha dat/ima 215kb C64 KoalaPainter DataType
spu_datatype.i386-aros.zip dat/ima 6kb Spectrum 512 datatype
svg_datatype.i386-aros.zip dat/ima 73kb Picture datatype for SVG format ...
xbm_datatype.i386-aros.zip dat/ima 6kb XBM datatype
xpm_datatype.i386-aros.zip dat/ima 11kb XPM Datatype
zxscr_datatype.i386-aros.lha dat/ima 27kb ZX Spectrum screen DataType
amath.src.lha dev/exa 640kb Simple command line calculator (...
finalfightse.i386-aros.lha gam/act 35Mb openbor game final fight remake ...
romirtlights.i386-aros.lha gam/fps 335kb file for quake with darkplaces e...
im-puzzle.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 127kb Combine shapes to fill blocks.
amath.i386-aros.lha uti/sci 432kb Simple command line calculator
vim_8.0.i386-aros.lha uti/tex 9Mb The ubiquitous text editor
amitimekeeper.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 230kb Keep your time right
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12.Aug.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 11.08.2018
The following archive has been added to the MorphOS Storage until August 11th, 2018:
GIT_2.16.2.lha Development/Management A free and open source ...
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12.Aug.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 11.08.2018
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 August 11th, 2018:
- 2018-08-08 fixed: Fright Night (Microdeal) sample played entirely in title screen, trainer added, RawDIC used, boxicons included (Info)
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