05.Nov.2014
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Unreleased games: May & Yam 1, May & Yam 2
On his website, David "Hawk" Gavilan has made available two old, so far unreleased Amiga games which he programmed 20 years ago in AMOS. May & Yam 1 (Youtube video) is a Pang-clone for two players, May & Yam 2 (Youtube video) is a platform game for one or two players.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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04.Nov.2014
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Printed magazine: Amiga Future, issue 111
Today the German and English issue 111 (November/December 2014) of the printed magazine Amiga Future has been published and can be ordered from the editorial office and in Amiga shops.
The topics of the issue are a review of "Boxx", a special about "MorphOS & Office", a preview of the AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition and an AmigaOS 4.1 poster.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Nov.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Cloanto: Workbench 3.1 Floppy Disk Set
A few days ago, Cloanto started offering bootable CF cards containing Workbench 3.1. Meanwhile a floppy disk set is available, consisting of 6 DD disks (available from Vesalia, Amigakit and Amigastore.eu amongst others).
Just like they did with the CF card, Cloanto is using the Cloanto owned trademarks "Workbench" and "AmigaForever" as branding, this is why the previously unused moniker "Workbench 3.1" is introduced - with version 3.1 of the system software, Commodore originally used the term "AmigaOS".
Update: (05.11.2014, 17:15, cg)
We've been informed by Cloanto that this distribution has a few improvements over the original 3.1 disk set:
- Updated C/Version (Y2K patch)
- Addition of Libs/workbench.library (for A-4000T 3.1 ROMs and 3.X ROMs)
- Updated S/Startup-Sequence (for 3.X ROMs)
- Updated Installer 44.10 and FastFileSystem 45.9 (to support larger disks)
- Installer itself is now part of the system installation (inside the Utilities directory)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Nov.2014
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Aminet-Uploads until 01.11.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 1st, 2014:
prism2v2.lha driver/net 309K OS4 Driver for 11Mbps wireless ne...
AutumnInColorado.jpg pix/views 741K Autumn in Boulder, Colorado (US)
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 384K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
layers.lha util/sys 206K 68k Layers Library V45 for Os 3.9
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02.Nov.2014
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 01.11.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 1st, 2014:
jacktunes.lha aud/pla 2Mb 4.1 An iTunes Library player for Ami...
towertoppler.lha gam/mis 2Mb 4.0 Remake of the old classic Nebulo...
redeth.rar net/sam 3Mb 4.0 Graphical interface to manage co...
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02.Nov.2014
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 01.11.2014
The following archive has been added to MorphOS-Files until November 1st, 2014:
Statline 0.16 sys/too 56 Statline is a small utility...
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02.Nov.2014
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WHDLoad: New packages until 01.11.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until November 1st, 2014:
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02.Nov.2014
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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Amiga 1200: DVI-cover as 3D print file
Pascal Papara has created a DVI-cover for the Amiga 1200 which can be printed with 3D-printers. The STL-file can be downloaded for non-commercial purposes. In the (German) thread under the title it is discussed to generate a collective order save on shipping costs.
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01.Nov.2014
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
During the last two months the articles listed below have been added to the French AmigaOS and MorphOS magazine Obligement. Translations into other languages are always appreciated. If you are interested in then please contact David 'Daff' Brunet.
- Septembre/October news.
- Old articles from Amiga News 60 to 62: AMOS Pro 2.0 review, CanDo 2.5 review, Hardware: CD32, Brilliance review, Interview with Spina, Report: World Of Commodore 1993 Pasadena, Hardware: Emplant, Real 3D 2.0 review, Hardware: Vidi Amiga 12, etc.
- Interview: Philippe Guichardon (games developper).
- Interview: Randy Platt (developper at Cinemaware).
- Review: VR Slingshot.
- Review: AMIStore.
- Review: Speed Dreams 2.
- Comparison: multimedias software from 1988-1993.
- Update of the glossary.
- File: the Amiga CD32.
- Tutorial: Wi-Fi on MorphOS.
- Tutorial: installation of AmigaOS 4.1 Classic on WinUAE.
- Tutorial: Retr0Bright (update).
- Special quizz about the graphic cards.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Nov.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Set-Top-Box: Android-based "Met@box" with Amiga emulator
In the late 1990s, the German company PIOS (among others Stefan Dohmeyer, Dave Haynie, Peter Kittel) developed PPC-hardware for the operating system Apple and Amiga but devices like the PIOS One or the "AmiJoe" were never produced in series.
After changing the name into "Met@box", a Coldfire-based Set-Top-Box with the same name was developed. The software was written by some well-known Amiga developers. Only a few months after first devices have been delivered to developers, the company became insolvent. Actually there was a final attempt to rescue the company by the shareholders but after a second insolvency proceeding and after the company was prosecuted for course fraud, it had to shut down.
Under the IP-address 188.122.70.211 (we do not known a corresponding domain) since shortly a website of the "new" Met@box was established: The Android-based device is supposed to have access to the Google Play Store and play TV productions from a wide range of sources - e.g. CYMTV ChannelStore, from the Internet or local data media and which is supposed to have access to the world wide web or eMail.
Obviously the company is going to take up the history of the trademark in the Amiga market because additional to the motto "we're b@ck" it was announced that an Amiga emulator with "free ROMs" will be installed on the devices.
Meanwhile we got information that Ron van Herk is the leader of CYMTV and Met@box. The former Amiga salesman ("Computer City") did experiment with Set-Top-Boxes with regard to the Amiga in the past: In co-operation with the present Amiga-News publisher Martin Heine the company AHT was founded which announced an AROS-based Box after licensing AmigaOS 4 had failed. In the end, only "Tribbox" which works under Linux was put on the market.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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31.Oct.2014
AROS-Exec (Webseite)
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AROS: Icaros Desktop 2.0
After 18 months of development, version 2.0 of the AROS/x86-distribution Icaros Desktop has been released which includes major changes. In particular, the distribution (just like its previous "work-in-progress"-versions) is based on backports provided by Krzysztof 'Deadwood' Śmiechowicz. His ABIv0-on-trunk includes changes for the application binary interface ABIv0 which is used unter AROS/x86 so far and which were initially implmented for the forthcoming ABI-version 1.
The appereance has also changed because Icaros Desktop now uses DirectoryOpus 5 Magellan as user-interface (screenshot). Additionally the 68k-environment for Amiga games and applications has been polsihed and the faster TLSF memory management has been integrated. ZuneView, PictureAlbum and ScalOS (screenshot) have been added as new applications.
DirectoryOpus was pre-configured to make it a "reliable, usable and enjoyable replacement for Wanderer". ADF and ISO files now can be mounted and unmounted with ease via context menu or DiskImage GUI (screenshot). Regarding the 68k-emulation (screenshot) it is now possible to "run AmigaOS 3.X and AROS M68K concurrently". Applications have been updated e.g. LunaPaint (screenshot).
As usual Icaros Desktop is available in two versions: The executable Live!-package which includes a DVD-ISO-file for a native installation and a virtual machine for QEMU under Windows as well as the Light-version which only includes the most important files but fits on a CD-ROM or a 1-GB-USB-stick.
Paolo Besser was not only supported by Krzysztof Śmiechowicz who backported and updated the browser, bit also by Neil Cafferkey, who fixed several bugs in AROS, Oliver Brunner, who updated Janus-UAE, and Szilárd Biró, who ported DirectoryOpus 5 Magellan to AROS and helped to developed it further, as well as by 'Magorium' and other beta testers.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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31.Oct.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Photographs and videos from the µAlchimie 2014
Last weekend, in Clérieux (France) the third issue of the "µAlchimie" took place. Several visitors have published photographs and videos from this Amiga and retro meeting:
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 31. Oct. 2014, 19:42] [Comments: 0]
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31.Oct.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Event: Videos from the AmiWest 2014 (Update)
As in previous years, Bill 'tekmage' Borsari has published the following videos from the AmiWest:
Update: (07:15, 02.11.14, snx)
Addition of the WinUAE presentation. Another video of the show has been published by a visitor. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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31.Oct.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)
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ACube Systems: Price for Sam460cr officially announced
After the announcement of the cost reduced PowerPC mainboard Sam460ex (amiga-news.de reported), ACube Systems now updated the price lists for the Sam460cr. It is not known yet when the board is deliverable.
You have to pay 640 Euro for the 1,1-GHz-version or 560 Euro for the 1,0-GHz-version (both include AmigaOS 4.1, RadeonHD-1.0-driver.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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31.Oct.2014
MUI-AmigaOS (ANF)
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MUI for AmigaOS: MUI4.0-2014R5 and MUI3.9-2014R3
The team of "MUI for AmigaOS" has released new versions of MUI 4.0 (AmigaOS 4) and MUI 3.9 (AmigaOS 3.x).
MUI 3.9 no langer is called a beta version because since the previoius release no fatal bugs have been reported.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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30.Oct.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Cloanto: Workbench 3.1 on CF card
In addition to its emulator package Amiga Forever, Cloanto now offers a Workbench 3.1 copy preinstalled on a CF card. This allows quick and quiet booting without having to deal with an assortment of floppy disks, the required CF to IDE adapter is included in the package.
The CF card can be bought at Amiga dealers like Vesalia or Amigastore.eu, and probably other suppliers (which will be added once we get notified they're carrying the product). (snx) (Translation: dr)
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30.Oct.2014
ANF
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Renegades Deluxe 2014
After he released his PD-game Renegades almost 20 years ago, Wayne Ashworth now has reworked it. Renegades is an Alien-Breed-clone for (exclusive) two players.
Renegades Deluxe 2014 has been graphically reworked and now offers new landscapes with random pickups, jammed doors, fake walls and injury of the players (more injured walk slower).
The game has been tested on an Amiga 1200 but according to the author will not run on an Amiga 500. If you take a picture of how you play Renegades Deluxe 2014, Wayne Ashworth would be pleased if you send it to him via eMail to convince him that nowadays people still like playing games using the Amiga.
Changes:
- No 'Made in Amos' screen, instead it's 'Pickups explained'
- New title screen artwork
- New titlescreen music by Marcus Becker
- New character selection screen
- New character selection graphics
- Slightly tweaked character stats
- New in-game screen
- New tileset
- New maps
- Jammed doors
- Fake walls
- Random pickups that vary each time you play the map
- Injury (more injured walk slower)
- Bleeding when injured
- Randomised 'Winner' and 'Loser' messages
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Oct.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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RadeonHD driver: Version 1.2 and 2.4 announced / Sam460cr installation solution
Under the title link A-EON Technology has announced updates of his RadeonHD graphic board driver for AmigaOS 4. Additional to the free update to version 1.2 for owners of version 1.0 of the driver released in April, there will be also the commercial version 2.4.
Version 1.2 of the the driver developed by Hans de Ruiter supports further RadeonHD boards of the R5,
R7 and R9 serie (compatibility list). With version 2.4 the hardware accelerated video output in 1080p will be possible as announced at the AmiWest. DMA-support for RadeonHD boards will be available as well.
Features of the V2 driver:
- YUV bitmaps with CompositeTags(). YUV420p bitmaps are 37.5% the size of 32-bit ARGB bitmaps so there's less data to copy to the graphics card
- While overlay is restricted to 1-2 surfaces and does not respect transparency, Composite Video can render an unlimited number of surfaces and can perform alpha blending instead of chroma keying which can be used for advanced video effects
- Videos can be Rotated, warped and even projected into another video
- Alpha blending/compositing can be used for cross-fade between video files and other effects
- Full 1080p Video playback with supported video files
- Support for the latest generation of AMD Radeon Rx graphics cards from the R5, R7 and R9 series
The full RadeonHD driver ordered by A-EON Technology will be not part of the announced Final Edition of AmigaOS 4.1. In order to make the driver available to future owners of a Sam460cr without having to use an additional and old graphic board, a minimal version will be included. According to AmigaKit and confirmed by Hans de Ruiter, A-EON Technology, ACube Systems and Hyperion are working on an adequate solution.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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27.Oct.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Breakout clone: VoxelNoid for AROS-x86
At the beginning of the month, the Breakout clone Voxelnoid was released and now is also available for AROS-x86. A 3D-graphic board is required.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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27.Oct.2014
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MorphOS: SimpleMail-MOS 1.01, a fork of SimpleMail (update)
"neoman" has compiled the mailer SimpleMail for MorphOS. He considers his programm as "fork" of the official SimpleMail-project, which will be separately developed. The first release uses OpenSSL instead of AmiSSL and thus supports all modern SSL/TSL protocol versions. Besides, a bug in the IMAP folder index implementation was fixed, "so huge IMAP accounts can be fetched now".
The author will add all updates of the original SimpleMail to his project and implement additional, specific MorphOS improvements.
Update: (27.10.14, 21:00, cg)
Meanwhile version 1.01 was released. "Self-signed certs can be validated permanently now" and "common root CAs are supported (Google Mail etc.)".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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27.Oct.2014
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Brian Bagnall hopes to publish "Commodore - The Amiga Years" in 2015
A year ago, Brian Bagnall stopped the second part of the new edition of his Commodore biographie . In a statement at Twitter, the author held out hope that "Commodore - The Amiga Years" will be published after all and said: "I believe 2015 will be the year for the Amiga book".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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