13.Sep.2015
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 12.09.2015
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until September 12th, 2015:
apricots.i386-aros.zip gam/act 651kb 2d side-view airplane dogfights.
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13.Sep.2015
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WHDLoad: New packages until 12.09.2015
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 September 12th, 2015:
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12.Sep.2015
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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FPGA: Minimig-AGA-Core 1.1 for MiST-board
For the Atari-/Amiga-clone MiST (amiga-news.de reported), the FPGA-reimplementation of the Amiga with AGA-support is available in version 1.1.
This release mainly fixes bugs. The developers ask you to mind the readme-file - e.g. the AROS-ROM currently does not work together with the Minimig-IDE-implementation.
Changes:
- Fixed mouse issues (fixes games Like Ishar 1, 2, 3, Robinson's Requiem, and many cracktros)
- Fixed keyboard issues (fixes game Walker and probably many others)
- Changes to FPGA clock handling, hopefully this will make a more stable minimig core
- Entering the OSD menu using UP+DOWN buttons on a DB-9 connected joystick has been disabled
- 1 MB kickstart ROM support added (enables you to run AROS ROM or your custom kickstart ROM)
- Firmware now again supports using 256 kB Kickstart ROMs
- Firmware now again supports using Cloanto AmigaForever encrypted Kickstart ROMs
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12.Sep.2015
Retro 7-bit (ANF)
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Keyboard adapter: Sum A600
Following Amiga models 1200, 2000, 3000 and, if an additional converter is added, also 500 (amiga-news.de reported), a version of the "Sum" keyboqard adapter is available now for the Amiga 600, enabling usage of a USB keyboard (photo).
Sum provides built-in USB stack which enables USB HID keyboards support without the need for installing additional AmigaOS software drivers. The device’s installation procedure consists of simply attaching it to the U7 chip located on the A600’s motherboard.
Features of Sum A600:
- Support for both USB HID and USB-PS/2 keyboards
- A600 compatibility (U7 chip-attached)
- Built-in USB stack
- Configuration mode (activated by R-Shift + Pause key combination)
- Built-in EEPROM memory enabling user preferences storage
- „Bootloader” function allowing future firmware upgrades
- „Status” indicator LED providing information about device’s state
- Built around 16-bit Microchip microcontroller utilizing nanoWatt technology
- Non-blocking keyboard A600
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08.Sep.2015
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AROS: A week in AROS (from 31.08.15)
Weekly Krzysztof 'Deadwood' Śmiechowicz summarizes the latest progresses and developments of the AROS-programmers.
Week of August 31st:
- Intuition is now using nominal resolution provided by the driver (Kalamatee)
- vbam is now compiled for x86_64 (Kalamatee)
- Boot task is now properly finalized (Kalamatee)
- Autodocs documentation has been updated from source code (mazze)
- Exiting MUI List class "quiet" state now causes proper scroll bar update (deadwood)
- System/SysMon no longer crashes when there is less tasks then list capacity (deadwood)
- OpenAL library has been updated to version 1.16.0
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08.Sep.2015
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Printed magazine: Retro Planet, issue 9 (Greek)
The Greek magazine "Retro Planet" has 52 coloured pages and is published quarterly. Among others issue 9 is about the Amiga games "Secret of Middle City" and "Fright Night".
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08.Sep.2015
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: Rebol-3 preview version
Kevin Janzer has ported Carl Sassenrath's script language Rebol 3 to AROS/i386. The preview version still has the following limitations:
- Commands requiring default web browser do not work
- Running rebol scripts from r3 command do not work so instead you can run them with the 'do' function, e.g. do %helloworld.r
- Chat does not work
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08.Sep.2015
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Kickstarter project: Amiga-keys for Cherry-MX-compatible keyboards
After the collective order, Loriano Pagni offers a second charge of Amiga-keys for keyboards with Cherry-MX-compatible keyboards.
Additional to different colours, individual motifs as well as the order of completely assembled keyboards are possible. You can chosse between German, American, Danish, English, French, French-Belgian, French-Canadian, Greek-American, Italian, Russian, Serbian-Latin, Spanish and Swedish/Finnish languages.
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08.Sep.2015
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Games-Coffer: 6 Diskmags added
To the games collection Games-Coffer six new diskmags have been added: Resident Issue 1, Resident Issue 2, The Almighty #1, Travellog #1, Travellog #2 and Visual Intensity #1.
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06.Sep.2015
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Aminet-Uploads until 05.09.2015
The following archives have been added to Aminet until September 5th, 2015:
AmIRC_DE.lha comm/irc 16K New German catalog for AmIRC
twittAmiga.lha comm/misc 3.0M MOS Twitter client with map view
Copper-rulez-AGAin.lha demo/aga 424K 68k Oldschool AGA-Copperdemo w/ n...
exfatfs.lha disk/misc 211K OS4 Free exFAT file system implem...
PGPAmiga.lha util/crypt 417K 68k Pretty Good Privacy for Amiga
Dopus5_91_arm-aros.lha util/dopus 3.2M ppc legendary file manager Direct...
Dopus5_91_i386-aros.lha util/dopus 2.9M x86 legendary file manager Direct...
Dopus5_91_os3.lha util/dopus 2.7M 68k legendary file manager Direct...
Dopus5_91_os4.lha util/dopus 3.1M OS4 legendary file manager Direct...
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06.Sep.2015
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 05.09.2015
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until September 5th, 2015:
hellohungaryredux.lha dem/sce 775kb 4.1 Improved version of the original...
e_string.lha dev/lan 3kb 4.0 Extended string functions for E
exfatfs.lha dri/fil 211kb 4.1 Free exFAT file system implement...
odyssey_doc.lha net/bro 4Mb 4.0 HTML documentation for Odyssey W...
twittamiga.lha net/mis 3Mb 4.0 Twitter client with map view
dopus5.lha uti/fil 3Mb 4.0 Legendary file manager and more
loadlib.lha uti/she 2kb 4.0 Load library into memory
publist.lha uti/wor 8kb 4.0 lists public screens & titles
clipgrab.lha vid/mis 1Mb 4.1 Qt Download videos from YouTube
smtube.lha vid/pla 3Mb 4.1 Qt : direct stream + download Yo...
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06.Sep.2015
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 05.09.2015
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until September 5th, 2015:
dopus5_91_arm-aros.lha uti/fil 3Mb Directory Opus 5 : legendary fil...
dopus5_91_i386-aros.lha uti/fil 3Mb Directory Opus 5 : legendary fil...
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06.Sep.2015
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WHDLoad: New packages until 05.09.2015
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 September 5th, 2015:
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06.Sep.2015
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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A-EON Technology: Boing Ball Mouse
In in cooperation with Elbox, A-EON Technology sells a new optical Amiga mouse scroll wheel, which has a red/silver checkered ball motif. If you wanto to use it with an Amiga 600, you will need an adapter.
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03.Sep.2015
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New Amiga 1200 case: Relaunch of Kickstarter project with "Amiga"-licence
In July a Kickstarter project for a new Amiga 1200 case was established (amiga-news.de reported several times). During the campaign the project has been changed and improved several times but the aimed amount of money has not been achieved. Now the project was relaunched and 58 days before it will end, 44.000 Euro has been given (35 %).
Additional to a longer period of time, the relaunch also features the licence of the trademark "Amiga", which will be on top of the case.
The finacial goal of the project has not changed and is 125.000 Euro. The case is compatible to the original A1200, to the Amiga Reloaded and the FPGA-computer MiST as well as to the Raspberry Pi.
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03.Sep.2015
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AROS: A week in AROS (from 24.08.15)
Weekly Krzysztof 'Deadwood' Śmiechowicz summarizes the latest progresses and developments of the AROS-programmers.
Week of August 24th:
- MUIV_Notify_Self is now handled correctly in case of setting notification of List MUI class attribute in Listview MUI class (neil)
- Object creation in graphics driver subsystem has been made to support external objects (Kalamatee)
- Graphics drivers can now provide nominal resolution to graphics subsystem (Kalamatee)
- Crash in screen compositor when trying to read preferences has been fixed (Kalamatee)
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03.Sep.2015
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PDF-Magazine: REV'n'GE 38 (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.
Download sites:
Italian
English
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02.Sep.2015
Floppy (Kommentar)
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AROS: Odyssey Web Browser 1.25 (beta version)
As announced, Krzysztof 'Deadwood' Śmiechowicz is working on an AROS-port of a current version of the MorphOS web browser Odyssey. Now beta version 1.25 has been released.
The AROS distribution Icaros Desktop 2.03 or a compatible system is required. Additionally some system files have to be updated. The new beta version should not be installed into a directory which contains a previous version of the browser.
Changes:
- Updated to WebKit r183664 (May 2015). (AROS)
- Ported Odyssey directly on top of WebKit repository. (Common)
- Enable HTML5 video feature. (AROS)
- Bookmarks management panel has been made functional (needs updated MUI components). (AROS)
- Cookies management panel has been made functional (needs updated MUI components). (AROS)
- Fixed "second download crash". (AROS)
- Updated to ffmpeg 2.6.2. (AROS)
- Fixed problem with Odyssey not remembering window width after closing. (AROS)
- Fixed problem with pressing enter not beeing handled in search window. (AROS)
- Added a "gracefull exit" option on crash of Odyssey allowing to close the application and free memory. (AROS)
- It is possible to disable JavaScript Just-in-Time compiler using NO_JSC_JIT tooltype. (Common)
- WebKit codes revision is now presented in AboutBox. (Common)
- Disabled WebWorkers support. (Common)
- Browser spoofing agents are updated for Firefox and Chrome. (Common)
- Added option to disable/enable MP4 support (enabled by default). (Common)
- Fixed crash when closing bookmarks panel (needs updated MUI components). (AROS)
- Double-clicking on bookmarks opens it in current tab. (AROS)
- Fixed list-related code that was trashing memory. (AROS)
- Lists (download, mime settings, history) now have a scroll bar (needs updated MUI components). (AROS)
- Fixed "division by zero" error in Quick Links handling (Common)
Known issues:
- Logging to www.blogger.com does not work
- Playing sound blocks other applications from using audio
- Sound is slightly delayed versus video
- If Google remembers your user, but not password, it is not possible to log in - you need to clear cookies
Download:
AROS-components-20150831.zip (375 KB)
owb-aros-1.25-20150831.zip (36 MB)
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02.Sep.2015
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Amedia Computer: Plexiglass Support for HxC-Slim SD card reader
For the Amiga 500, 600 and 1200 (as well as for Atari ST) the French trader Amedia Computer offers a plexiglass which makes it possible to install a SD card reader namedHxC Slim instead of a disk drive.
Additional to the plexiglass, you can also order a complete kit including the SD card reader. If you order it, you have to give the name of your Amiga model. Photographs of the product you can find on the Facebook site of the company.
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01.Sep.2015
fs-uae.net (Webseite)
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Amiga-Emulator: FS-UAE 2.5.40dev
FS-UAE 2.5.40dev is an update for the "stable" version of Frode Solheim's WinUAE-port FS-UAE. First beta versions of version 2.6 were released three weeks ago.
Changes in version 2.5.40dev:
- Use SetUnhandledExceptionFilter on Windows for JIT direct memory
- Unified (segfault) exception handler for Windows and Linux
- Fixed mman for compatibility with JIT direct memory access
- Re-enable uae_comp_trust* = indirectKS options
- Allow uae_rtc to be set without disabling uae_chipset_compatible
- Fixed flickering caused by undefined behavior in shift operations
- Added new option log_bsdsocket (boolean)
Known bugs:
- Amiga key sticks when opening/closing FS-UAE menu with modifier+F12 (Bugtracker)
- FS-UAE freezes with black screen on Windows / nVIDIA? (Bugtracker)
- Black screen when FS-UAE is started from FS-UAE Arcade? (Bugtracker: 1, 2)
Changes in FS-UAE Launcher 2.5.40dev:
- New option launcher_font_size
- Enable screenshot bar for 1280×720 resolution
- Launcher WHDLoad zip (command line): use A1200 model
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01.Sep.2015
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
During the last two months, several new articles have been added to the website of the French AmigaOS and MorphOS magazine Obligement. Translations into other languages are very welcome. If you are interested then please contact David 'Daff' Brunet.
English articles:
- Interview with Igor Majstorovic
French articles:
- July/August 2015 news
- Old articles from Tilt 19 to 46:
- Review: Sonix
- Review: The Faery Tale Adventure
- Report: the computer situation in Yougoslavia in 1987
- Review: Aegis Draw
- Hardware: Amiga 500
- Report: CeBIT 1987
- Interview with Martin Galway
- Point of view: Amiga 1000's positioning
- Interview with Jean-Pierre Chevènement, etc
- Interview with Igor Majstorovic (designer of the Vampire card)
- Interview with Tony Canazza (maker of Amitheme)
- Review: U-Boot 2015.a
- Review: Quartet
- Review: Multiviewer NG 1.1
- DIY: use of a Gotek with a cable of external floppy
- Hardware: ARMiga
- Hardware: Vampire 600
- Hardware: AX2000
- Hardware: Ranger (update)
- Hardware: Lorraine (update)
- Special quizz about MorphOS
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