13.Mar.2025
mithrendal (E-Mail)
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Amiga emulator for the web: vAmigaWeb 4.0
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for web browsers or as a progressive web app. The new version is now based on the core of vAmiga 4.0 and therefore also supports "Workspaces": these are resource packages that contain the complete Amiga configuration, installed ROMs, floppy disks and hard disks and, unlike the previous "Snapshot" format, are no longer tied to specific versions of vAmiga but will work with all future versions.
In the future, it is planned to export all created workspaces to a ZIP file and import such a file so that all created configurations can be easily backed up and shared with several devices. (cg)
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12.Mar.2025
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DiagROM 2.0 Alpha and (German) Tutorial for usage of the DiagROM
DiagROM is a diagnostic software that is burned into an EPROM by the user and then replaces the regular Kickstart ROM of an Amiga (amiga-news.de reported). The alpha version 2.0 has now been released at the title link.
At the same time, Domingo Fivoli has published a two-part German tutorial for the previous version 1.3 on his blog. (snx)
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12.Mar.2025
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AmigaOS 4: Review of the SiI3112 PCI SATA card from Rabbit Hole
George 'walkero' Sokianos has published a review of the SATA PCI card from Rabbit Hole under AmigaOS 4 at the title link at IntuitionBase. The card is based on the SiI3112 chip from Silicon Image. (snx)
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12.Mar.2025
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Puzzle game: Pjusk
The aim of Pjusk is to find your way through a labyrinth by tackling enemies in a carefully considered sequence in order to open doors and collect resources.
The game comprises 24 levels and requires at least an Amiga 500 with 512 KB of additional slow mem. (snx)
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11.Mar.2025
amiga.org
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3D polygon models: 3D Object Converter 1.106 for AmigaOS 3.x/4.x
3D Object Converter is a tool for wireframe objects that was first released last year (amiga-news.de reported). The software is available as shareware at a price of 40 euros for AmigaOS 3.x and 4.x. The innovations of version 1.106 since the last news update at a glance:
New modules
- ASPRS LAS *.LAS Load
- CloudCompare Binary v1 *.BIN Save
- CloudCompare Simple Binary Format *.SBF/SBF.DATA Save
- Heroes of Annihilated Empires *.C2M Load
- Loksim3D *.L3DOBJ Load
- OpenBVE *.B3D Load
- Point Cloud Data ASCII *.PCD Save
- Point Cloud Data Binary *.PCD Save
- PolyNova3D *.SCN Load
- Screamer 4x4 *.SPL Load
- Skoki Narciarskie 2006 *.XBN Load
New features
- Texture converter: DirectDraw Surface .dds (DXT1,DXT5) to Skoki Narciarskie 2006 .texture converter
- Texture converter: Skoki Narciarskie 2006 .texture to DirectDraw Surface .dds (DXT1,DXT5) converter
- Texture converter: Skoki Narciarskie 2006 .texture to DirectDraw Surface .dds (DXT1,DXT5) converter
- Geometry transformation (Tools/Geometry transformation)
Texture converters
- Ridge Racer Unbounded (.bmap) to DirectDraw Surface (.dds) converter
- Microsoft Windows Bitmap (.bmp) to Laghaim (.wxy) converter
- Kill la Kill IF .cvt to .dds (DXT5) converter
- DirectDraw Surface .dds (DXT1,DXT5) to Abyss Engine .aei converter
- DirectDraw Surface (.dds) (DXT1,DXT3,DXT5) to Aika Online (.jit) converter
- Aika Online (.jit) to DirectDraw Surface (.dds) (DXT1,DXT3,DXT5) converter
- Fantasy Tennis .tex to DirectDraw Surface .dds (DXT1,DXT3,DXT5) converter
- Custom Maid 3D 2 .tex to Portable Network Graphics .png converter
- Fast and Furious 8 .zbp to Better Portable Graphics .bpg converter
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10.Mar.2025
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Music tips
To kick off the new week, we would like to present our readers with a few music tips:
The Swedish software and hardware developer 'mbitsnbites', who for example has published SoundBox, a synth music tracker and editor written in HTML5 for creating music for small JavaScript demos, had written an Amiga song called Old Fashion as a teenager in the early 90s, which he gave a "Facelifting".
One of Metin Seven's favourite Amiga tracker music modules is Piggie's Hut, released by Romeo Knight in 1993: according to Seven, it is an energetic composition that uses various heavy metal-style sound samples. And it shows that "computers don't just produce bleeps and bloops".
Tell Me Lies (video) by XCOPY was created on a Commodore Amiga with ProTracker 2.3f. As the author writes: "There is no beginning or end, you can listen on loop. Let synesthesia emerge."
'LukHash' is a musician based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He describes his music as a "fusion of digital 8-bit chaos and 80s-inspired synthesiser music, combined with modern sounds and cyberpunk aesthetics." He created his current Chiptune Raster Bar on a C64 with Evo64 and SID Wizard (plus FL Studio on the PC). And even though no Amiga was involved, it's a fantastic feel-good song. Listen to it (and buy it)! (dr)
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10.Mar.2025
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Project introduction: Floppy disk reader for AmigaOS 4
Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè has adapted Robert Smith's project "DrawBridge" (amiga-news.de reported) for reading Amiga floppy disks with the help of an Arduino board so that it can now also be used under AmigaOS 4 (GitHub project page). Above all, he had to make changes to the USB communication.
There will most likely also be a commercial version of the "Waffle Reader" for a few euros, although the project will remain open source. (dr)
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10.Mar.2025
bwldrbst
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Turn-based strategy game: New demo version 03/25 of "Ecliptic"
Ecliptic is described by the author as "a mixture of turn based tactical combat and role playing" (amiga-news.de reported) being a visually reminiscent of the retro-futuristic science fiction of the 1970s and 1980s. Now a fifth demo has been released for the game.
As the developer reports, the game now offers three complete levels. At the start, the player can decide which one they want to begin with.
The game requires 1MB RAM, recommended is an Amiga 1200 with HD and Fast RAM. (dr)
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10.Mar.2025
Thalamus Digital
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Rogue-like game: Roguecraft 1.5
The Rogue-like game Roguecraft (video, amiga-news.de reported) has been updated to version 1.5, providing the following changes:
- There is now a Highscore screen.
- The high scores are saved when exiting the Highscore screen after Game Over or completing the game.
- Faster transitions between rooms. On a stock A500 you will notice a delay after the transition, but for faster CPUs the transitions will be faster. Transition is hiding unpacking and was timed to A500. Now it is timed to A1200.
- Some changes to the end boss to make it more of a challenge.
- The Teleport ability of Rogue does not cost a turn anymore.
- The Teleport ability and potion now teleports to a random door area, so it is more useful to get out of a tight situation.
- Monsters that walk into traps actually walk into the traps instead of just getting insta-killed.
- Added sparkles on the title screen!
- Updated Wizard animation (less crooked back and improved walk animation)
- Updated Gluthulhu animation (an animation was played backward in previous version)
- Updated wall tiles for secret rooms. These should be a little more visible now!
- Updated main font.
- Updated some level graphics assets.
- Some minor text tweaks where there was inconsistent casing.
- Also fixed some gfx garbage in transitions between screens.
(dr)
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09.Mar.2025
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Aminet uploads until 08.03.2025
The following files have been added until 08.03.2025 to Aminet:
amigassh.lha comm/net 111K OS3 SSH2 for the Amiga
HHH-AmTechLQ.adf demo/sound 880K OS3 Borschtsch - Amerikansk...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 8.4M OS3 Game Creator with AGA s...
prism2v2.lha driver/net 412K VAR Driver for 11Mbps wirel...
F1GP2025Carset.lha game/data 7K GEN 2025 Carset for F1GP
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 18M OS3 Implementation of Tunne...
untangle.lha game/wb 36K OS3 Untangle set of dots jo...
Protrekkr_AROS_i386.zip mus/edit 13M ARO Tracker/Synth hybrid Pr...
NAFCYI1992S1-00.zip text/bfont 1.7M GEN NAFCYI Spring 1992 (BMP...
vma.lha util/arc 113K MOS VMARC Utility
GetMimeType.lha util/cli 1K MOS Get MimeType of a file ...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 8.6M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
xvslibrary.lha util/virus 100K OS3 External Virus Scanner ...
ColorPicker.lha util/wb 12K OS3 get color from Workbenc...
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09.Mar.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 08.03.2025
The following files have been added until 08.03.2025 to OS4Depot:
prism2.lha dri/net 412kb 4.0 Driver for 11Mbps wireless netwo...
blender-src.tar.bz2 gra/ray 36Mb 4.1 Blender Source
sdl3.lha lib/mis 10Mb 4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 3
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09.Mar.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 08.03.2025
The following files have been added until 08.03.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
vma-22.204a.lha Files/Archive VMARC Utility
Tower-of-Hanoi_1.1.lha Games/Think Port of Tower-of-Hanoi
Untangle_1.2.lha Games/Think A logic puzzle, where t...
3D-Chess_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of 3D-Chess with S...
GetMimeType_1.1.lha System/Shell Get MimeType of a file ...
AMUIDiff_1.2.lha Text/Compare Displays differences of...
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09.Mar.2025
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- The Seven Gates Of Jambala
- A Prehistoric Tale - Title
- Eggciting As Duck (Qwak Intro + Level 2 Music, Fusion Remix)
- R-Type
- Wings of death - Stage 4 - A scape of fire (MadmaX StyLE)
(snx)
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09.Mar.2025
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Windows/Linux/Mac OS: Command line programs Amiga-Tools 1.0
At the title link Robert 'Pyrdacor' Schneckenhaus has provided "Amiga-Tools" for current computer systems. Specifically, these are two command line commands for Windows, Linux or Mac OS; a user interface is planned. They can be used to create, modify, display and unpack ADF disk images or LHA archives. (snx)
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09.Mar.2025
Amigablogs (ANF)
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Video: Doom clone Grind 0.6
The Doom clone "Grind" should run on any Amiga with at least one and a half megabytes of RAM and a hard disk. The level "DevArena" shown in the video was originally created as a test area for new opponents and functions and actually serves as a stress test for the Grind engine. For this reason, at least an A1200 with Fast RAM is recommended for DevArena.
The new features of version 0.6 are listed in detail in the video description. (snx)
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08.Mar.2025
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Flip screen platformer: Trapped in the Tomb, also as a Boxed Edition
"Trapped in the Tomb" (video) is a flip-screen platformer in which the items to be collected and the player's starting position are chosen randomly each time the game is started. The game runs on any Amiga with one megabyte of RAM and at least Kickstart 1.3, but a 68020 processor is recommended.
A download is available free of charge or for an optional donation from itch.io. A boxed edition, which is also presented in the linked video, is also available and costs 25 euros plus shipping. (cg)
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08.Mar.2025
AmiKit
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit 12.8
Version 12.8 of the Workbench distribution "Amikit" is available to all registered users free of charge. The software collection has been expanded to include the Jump'n Run "Absolute Zero" and the "World Construction Set" as well as a utility that enables the use of joypads. You can now switch between different windows with the key combination LeftAmiga-Tab. (cg)
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08.Mar.2025
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Hardware project: Bluetooth-based Kickstart switch "AmigaBlueKick"
"AmigaBlueKick" is a Kickstart switch that does not require any soldering work on the motherboard or a mechanical switch: Switching between the different Kickstart ROMs is done via Bluetooth. To do this, a ready-made ESP32S3 or ESP32C3 Wifi/Bluetooth module is connected to four pins of a Kickstart EPROM (5V, ground, A18, A19). If you do not want to trigger a reset manually after every Kickstart switch, you must also connect a cable to the reset line of the Amiga.
Any Bluetooth explorer can be used for control, but the developer also offers a self-developed iOS app. The software for the Bluetooth module and the iOS app are available under a free license and the source code is available on Github. (cg)
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07.Mar.2025
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Logic game: Untangle V1.2
Grzegorz Kraszewski is in the process of writing the logic game Untangle for the Amiga. The player has a number of dots in front of him, which are connected by lines and cross each other. The aim of the game is to untangle the lines by moving the dots so that no line intersects another (amiga-news.de reported). Version 1.2 offers 25 new levels - 200 in total - and Polish localisation.
Download: untangle-1.2.lha (36 Kb) (dr)
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07.Mar.2025
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Programming competition: Developing of a RedPill game
The Spanish YouTube channel Amiga Wave has organised a programming competition for the RedPill game construction kit, which runs until 28 June: The main aim of the competition is to promote the use of REDPILL.
All games that have been developed with RedPill and have not yet been released may take part in the competition and will be presented at the Posadas Party 2025. Prizes include an Amiga 500 Plus with power supply and mouse or a THEA500 Mini. (dr)
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06.Mar.2025
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Cross-compiler/assembler: Calypsi 5.9
"Calypsi" is a collection of compilers and assemblers that run under Windows, Linux and macOS and can generate code for various retro platforms - 6502 and 68000 processors are supported, among others. Although the project is hosted on Github, the source code is not freely available and use of the tools is only permitted for private purposes. Changes in version 5.9:
- Addsupport for 68060 by omitting instructions not present on this variant. This includes 64-bit divide and multiply,movep, chk2, cmp2, cas2andcas`. A separate set of 68060 libraries is now included.
- Parameter numbering in inline assembly now correctly starts the input list with %0 when there is no output.
- Correct a code generator bug that could occur in some situations when a register variable was used twice in the same expression.
- 6502: Incorrect offset could be used for calculations being made of an argument to a function call. There were a series of conditions for this. 1) There were other byte sized arguments stored in the zero page area later in the argument list; 2) The expression calculation accessed a local variable on the simulated C stack; and 3) Typically the expression called a library routine such as divide and multiply. In such situation the access to the local variable on the C stack could be accessed at the wrong offset.
- MEGA65: Fixed an internal error with banked function pointers used as initializers.
- Some code generator improvements to 6502 and MEGA65.
(cg)
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06.Mar.2025
Amiga 40th Silicon Valley Organisatoren (ANF)
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Event: Further details on "Amiga 40th Anniversary" at VCF West
The "Amiga 40th anniversary" event in Silicon Valley (California) announced in December is now described in more detail by the organizers of the "Vintage Computer Festival West" in a press release. Among other things, an exhibition with "unique historical artifacts from the collection of Dale Luck" and "current innovations from the Amiga community" is announced. There will also be a series of Amiga-focused presentations, but no details have yet been announced. (cg)
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06.Mar.2025
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Antivirus software: xvs.library version 33.48
Georg Wittmann provides version 33.48 of the external virus scanner library xvs.library. Changes since the last release:
- Fixed recognition of 'Disk-Doktors' and 'Suicide Machine' boot viruses to avoid false alarms with harmless bootblocks. The new pattern for 'Disk-Doktors' recognizes all clones too, therefore removed entries 'Disk Doktors BJH', 'Disk Doktors NoFast' and 'Magic Ultra'. Thanks to Jan Andersen of VHT-DK for the sample bootblocks.
- Added 'Mosh 3.0' bootvirus. Thanks to Crashdisk for sending it.
- Added 'Silicon Penetration' bootvirus (actually just a malicious bootblock formatting the disk). Thanks again to Crashdisk for sending that stuff.
- Fixed recognition of 'Xeno' linkviruses to find modified copies too. Thanks again to Crashdisk for the report and an example file.
- Fixed recognition of 'Traveling Jack' linkvirus, the shortest strain hasn't been detected correctly. Thanks once again to Crashdisk for the example file.
- Removed 'Adam Brierley' from the bootvirus brain. This bootblock actually is just some kind of boot-loader and harmless. Thanks to Jan Andersen for the report.
- Fixed recognition of 'VKill' bootvirus to detect damaged copies too that will crash, but at least install parts in memory. Thanks again to Jan Andersen for the example bootblock.
- Added 'Disk-Doktors 2' bootvirus. This is a fixed version of the original virus that works with all Kickstart releases. Thanks to Crashdisk again for the sample.
- Fixed recognition of 'XCopy2' bootvirus to detect modified copies too. Actually this isn't a real virus as it cannot spread, but it modifies pointers and though can be harmful for other programs. Thanks to Crashdisk once again for sending the sample.
- Added 'Nemesis' bootvirus. This one I got from Crashdisk too.
- Added 'Warhawk 1 Aniga' bootvirus, another Warhawk clone found by Crashdisk.
(cg)
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06.Mar.2025
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Multiplatform emulator: Clock Signal 2025-03-05 (macOS, Linux)
Thomas Harte's "Clock Signal" is a multiplatform emulator for macOS and Unix-compatible systems, which aims to protect the user from the typical configuration orgies and to enable the user (quote) "to start classic software directly". In addition to various 8- and 16-bit systems, the Amiga is also emulated. In version 2025-03-05, a bug was fixed that could lead to a crash under macOS when creating a new virtual machine. (cg)
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06.Mar.2025
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AmigaOS 4: SDL 3.2.8
Version 3.2.8 of the multimedia library SDL is now available, which brings the following platform-specific innovations:
- Fix issue with window size after SetWindowPosition
- Prefs: add AISS images to menus
- Ignore destination alpha for target textures
- Remove constructor / destructor workarounds
- Improve OS4_DebugPrintF
- sdl3benchmark: reset random seed before every test
- Support SDL_PROP_APP_METADATA_NAME_STRING and SDL_HINT_APP_NAME
- Improve timer resolution from milliseconds to microseconds
- Cleanup code and makefiles
(cg)
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06.Mar.2025
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Linux: Kernel 6.12.17 LTS for X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.12.17 LTS ("long-term support"), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. Newly added is the support for Renesas xHCI controllers with firmware, in return Kexec is no longer supported on the X1000, KVM is temporarily disabled on the X5000. (cg)
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06.Mar.2025
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.48
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.99, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial.
In the new version 0.9.48, the possibility of realistically resolving circular collisions has been added, among other things (video). All changes:
- Includes trigger help in PDF, thanks to Andres De Pedro.
- First version of the thumbnail system, for screen to screen games, in Level
Properties screen.
- Action trigger Play Anim now supports playing an animation backwards.
- Added new action trigger Resolve Col(lisions) for realistic circle collision
behaviour.
- Added example ex_action_resolve to show how to use the new trigger
- Added actiton Set Text Image to set an image to be used in the dialogs, the
face of a character or an item, for example.
- Updated ex_UI_bars project to show Set Text Image trigger usage.
- Changes in scroll to allow bigger sprites.
- Image to tiles improvements.
- Changes in file requesters to improve RTG compatibility.
- More safe code when parent of an object is being deleted in the editor.
- Fix for action trigger impact.
- Fix for pick frame in spritesheets bigger than zero.
- Fix for show tile collisions not being updated during runtime.
- Now particles are cleaned when moving to another level.
- UI improvements
- Code refactor
- Amigaguide helper corrections, thanks to Joaquin Ferrero.
(dr)
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05.Mar.2025
Simon Neumann (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: GemRB RPG package 0.8.8
Press release (translation): Steffen Häuser and Alinea Computer are very pleased to present the GemRB RPG package version 0.8.8 for AmigaOS 4. Steffen Häuser is responsible for the porting and the easy installation.
GemRB makes it possible to play the famous PC role-playing games Baldur's Gate 1, Baldur's Gate 2 (called "the best PC role-playing game of all time" by many), Icewind Dale 1 and Planescape: Torment on an Amiga equipped with AmigaOS 4.
Original data from the PC version (on CD or DVD) is required for installation. A PC is not required, the installer makes it possible to install the four games directly on the Amiga. An installation of "Gog" data is also possible as an alternative, but then a "pre-installation" on a PC is necessary - which is why the CD/DVD installation is recommended, as a PC is not required then.
This version of GemRB is based on GemRB 0.8.8 and contains many bug fixes compared to the older version 0.7.2. No manual installation of libraries or editing of configuration files is necessary - the included installer takes care of everything.
This new version is highly optimized and also contains executable files that are specially optimized for certain Amiga models. The following frame rates are achieved:
- AmigaOne x5000 2 GHz - 30 fps at 1024x768
- AmigaOne x1000 1,8 GHz - 25 fps at 800x600
- AmigaOne A1222 1,2 GHz - 18 fps at 640x480
- Sam 440 666 MHz - 15 fps at 640x480
- MicroAmigaOne 800 MHz - 10 fps at 640x480
Special versions exist for the x5000, x1000, Sam 440, Sam 460 and A1222 models, plus an executable file that runs on all systems. The minimum configuration is a Sam 440, the recommended configuration is a Sam 460 or higher.
The add-ons "BG1: Tales of the Swordcoast", "BG2: Throne of Bhaal" and "IWD: Heart of Winter" are also playable (and can be installed using the installer).
The games were tested with the German, English, multi-language (German, English, French, Italian, Spanish) and Polish versions. The versions of BG1, BG2 and ID1 on the Computerbild games cover DVD (bg1:12/2008, bg2:12/2008 Gold and id1:03/2009) and of Torment on the GameStar cover DVD (07/2006) can also be installed with the installer.
In addition to the AmigaOS 4 version, a WarpOS version will be released soon as well, which has already been successfully tested with 25 fps (640x480) on a Ragnarök PCI-PPC card overclocked to 1 GHz. Whether it is possible to create a version for PiStorm and Vampire is still being evaluated.
The game package is available as a digital download from the Alinea Computer online store at the title link.
Screenshots:
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05.Mar.2025
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Video: Feeding the audio signal into an RGB2HDMI adapter
In the video at the title link, Robert Smith demonstrates how he installs an HDMI audio embedder in his Amiga 500 in order to output also sound via an RGB2HDMI adapter. (snx)
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05.Mar.2025
Akustikrausch (E-Mail)
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Podcast: Amiga's Lost Future - The Secrets Commodore Never Told You
The latest episode of the Binary Beats podcast looks at Commodore's unreleased projects such as the AAA chipset, Hombre and other failed innovations. (snx)
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05.Mar.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 173
The English and German issue 173 (March/April 2025) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Content of the current issue includes, besides several reviews, for example an interview with Richard Leinfellner and a special about the life of an AmigaOS 4 betatester. (snx)
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04.Mar.2025
Riccardo Carletti (ANF)
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Short film: "Another World - The Film" on YouTube
A tribute to the action adventure game "Another World", developed by Delphine Software and released in 1991, was posted on YouTube by filmmaker Riccardo Carletti. The short film was produced with the permission of Eric Chahi, the creator of the original game, and remains faithful to the game's plot. The film is available in an English version as well as in the original Italian version with English subtitles. (nba)
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04.Mar.2025
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Fast file and image transfer: MailSender 1.03 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS
MailSender minimises the effort required to send files and images by e-mail and offers a user-friendly interface. The new program from Zoltan Lazar offers the following functions, among others:
- image conversion: automatic conversion of images to JPG format
- resizing: on-the-fly image size adjustment
- archiving: optional zipping of files in a ZIP archive or creation of a PDF document before sending
The e-mails are sent via SMTP or SMTPS protocol. The user simply has to drop the file(s) or entire directories into the program window and specify an e-mail address for the recipient. Optionally, a password can be set and a subject and content text can be written. The e-mail is sent by clicking on the Send button.
MailSender is available in version 1.03 for AmigaOS 4 and for MorphOS, free of charge. (nba)
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04.Mar.2025
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 167 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.
The latest issue 167 contains numerous game reviews for other retro systems as well as reviews of three Amiga games: Cyber Man, Riviera '79 und Tony: Montezuma's Gold. (nba)
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03.Mar.2025
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Proof of concept: RallyXSE
Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen presents the start of a proof of concept in a short video that shows how to create a car rally game with the Scorpion Engine. (dr)
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03.Mar.2025
Taiwanrider
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Video: Forgotten Town - A story of early German Hardcore Techno
The video documentary "Forgotten Town - A story of early German Hardcore Techno" (vimeo link) tells the story of the origins of the scene magazine "Hakke" (webarchive link), which was produced in Chemnitz (Germany) in the 1990s . All issues of the magazine were produced with an Amiga 4000 from 'JaDe'.
Almost all productions of the Borschtsch project, such as Get High, were also produced with the Amiga: initially with the Oktalyzer, later productions then with OctaMED Soundstudio and various MIDI devices.
All the background music in the film is produced by Borschtsch and on the Amiga. (dr)
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03.Mar.2025
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Emulator: Denise v2.5
Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independant emulator which since version 2.0 can emulate an Amiga 500 and Amiga 1000 (Kickstart disks are required) in addition to a C64 (German YouTube video). Version 2.5, which has now been released, offers the following changes:
- added 1581 floppy drive
- added SuperCPU
- support SuperCPU + REU (e.g. Sonic without slowdowns)
- added option to boost DRAM accesses (speedup Wolf3D)
- support Metal Dust burst loader (new CIA's only and in UI check CIA Burst modification)
- added Final Chesscard
- support options to overclock (up to 115 MHz)
- hint: latest BROM v3.6 from IBM PC ISA-cartridge can be used too
- added MagicDesk 2 (SNK vs CAPCOM Stronger Edition)
- added Easycalc, Hyperbasic, Businessbasic cartridges
- added StarDOS, SuperCard+
- added 4 and 8 player adapter for C64
- added option to toggle 1541C track zero sensor
- Linux: built flatpak
- Linux: improve detection of Bluetooth controller
- Windows: support USB adapter for DB9 retro joysticks
- additional sound profile for C64 added to differentiate between 5 1/4" and 3.5" drives
- configurations are shown in a tree view for subfolder support
- updated reSID code
- hide mouse cursor after 2 seconds of inactivity and becomes visible again when moved
- fix VIC-II sprite collision bug
- fix A1000 blitter busy bug
- fix A1000 WOM lock during reset instruction
Denise is available cross platform for Windows 32/64 XP and higher, macOS (from version 10.9 on, Intel and Arm) and Linux (Ubuntu). (dr)
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02.Mar.2025
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Aminet uploads until 01.03.2025
The following files have been added until 01.03.2025 to Aminet:
MailSender_MOS.lha comm/mail 6.0M MOS send pictures and/or fi...
MailSender_OS4.lha comm/mail 6.6M OS4 send pictures and/or fi...
amigassh.lha comm/net 111K OS3 SSH2 for the Amiga
libiconv-1.4.lha dev/lib 2.4M VAR Characterset Conversion...
xmdump.lha dev/misc 555K OS3 Analyze AmigaDOS progra...
Voodoo.lha driver/vid 25K OS3 Voodoo P96 driver
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 4.4M MOS Multi-game Character Ed...
Piramide_AROS.lha game/think 4.6M ARO remove all cards from t...
Piramide_MorphOS.lha game/think 4.5M MOS remove all cards from t...
Piramide_OS4.lha game/think 4.9M OS4 remove all cards from t...
PrayForUkraine.lha mods/8voic 391K GEN 16bit 13ch Piano/Violin...
unshield-1.5.1.lha util/arc 1.6M VAR Extract/list InstallShi...
IdentifyLib_FR.lha util/libs 25K GEN French catalog and docs...
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OS4Depot uploads until 01.03.2025
The following files have been added until 01.03.2025 to OS4Depot:
libiconv.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.1 Character Set Library (Linked St...
piramide.lha gam/car 5Mb 4.0 remove all cards from the pyramid
mailsender.lha net/ema 7Mb 4.0 The most simple application to s...
unshield.lha uti/arc 2Mb 4.1 Tool and library to extract CAB ...
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AROS Archives uploads until 01.03.2025
The following files have been added until 01.03.2025 to AROS Archives:
wildmidi.x86_64-aros-v11.zip aud/pla 460kb Midi Player
piramide_aros.lha gam/car 5Mb remove all cards from the pyramid
amigakeyremaper.x86_64-ar... uti/mis 57kb Simple program that swaps left/r...
cls.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/she 41kb CLear Screen command
switch.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/wor 78kb Screens/windows switcher commodity
zapperng.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/wor 56kb Change the behaviour of the zoom...
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02.Mar.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 01.03.2025
The following files have been added until 01.03.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
Piramide_1.0.lha Games/Card Solitaire card game - r...
MCE_15.30.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
VAMP_3.20.lha Multimedia A Multimedia Player pro...
MailSender_1.03.lha Network/Email Send pictures and/or fi...
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02.Mar.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 01.03.2025
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 01.03.2025:
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02.Mar.2025
Amiga.org (forum)
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New York Post illustrates Citibank accounting error with Amiga 2000
The New York Post illustrated the fact that Citibank recently made a false entry of 81 trillion US dollars with the photo of an Amiga 2000 with a 1084S monitor - presumably not coincidentally alluding to inadequate control software.
User comments on Reddit at the title link suggest therefore that the bank should switch to more modern computer equipment - such as a CD³². (snx)
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02.Mar.2025
RetroGames e.V. (ANF)
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Photos and video of the special exhibition "40 years of Amiga" in Karlsruhe
As reported, a special exhibition "40 years of Amiga" can be visited on Saturdays in Karlsruhe (Germany). An illustrated short report from the vernissage on January 10 can now be seen at the title link, and a video recording of Petro Tyschtschenko's speech has also been published. (snx)
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02.Mar.2025
Amiga Future (website)
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German Amiga Podcast: Issue 20
The twentieth edition of the "German Amiga Podcast" (GAP) visits 'Tinomania', who is hosting the Amiga Ruhrpott Convention 2025 with his team on June 21. (snx)
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01.Mar.2025
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Picture collection: Update of the Amiga Graphics Archive
The "Amiga Graphics Archive" has been supplemented by numerous pictures from graphics competitions of the German Amiga magazine. Since there were already some more pictures from this magazine in the archive, there is also a new overview page with all pixel graphics from the Amiga magazine. (cg)
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01.Mar.2025
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Axe'n Crossbow
"Amiga Games That Weren't" provides information on 'Axe'n Crossbow', a project by Fuzzball graphic artist Tomas Dahlgren also known as 'Seven Gates of Hell', which combines elements from various arcade games such as Elevator Action, Temple of Doom, Kung-Fu Master and Rolling Thunder in a medieval setting. (cg)
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01.Mar.2025
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Individual Computers: ACA1260Tool 0.98
"ACA1260Tool" is used to configure the ACA1240/1260 turbo cards from Individual Computers and can be started both from the Workbench and from the shell. Version 0.98, which has now been released, contains the following changes:
- added commandline option to show the commandline help
- added commandline option to select fan profile
- added commandline option to enable IDE speeder
- added commandline option that shows all kinds of info (WIP)
(cg)
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01.Mar.2025
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Open source A4091 software package: A4091 version 42.31
For ReA4091, the open source replica of Commodore's Fast SCSI2 controller "A4091", there is now also an open source software package available, which contains AmigaOS drivers, a ROM image, a test utility and software for debugging the driver. Version 42.31 was released two days ago. (cg)
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01.Mar.2025
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Field report part 1: Checkmate display, tests with various retro systems
In a blog entry, 'Epsilon' presents two examples of the crowdfunded Checkmate 19” IPS Retro Monitor in detail and tests the display with various retro systems. A planned second part will examine the interaction with numerous other 8- and 16-bit systems. (cg)
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01.Mar.2025
AmigaKit (Mail)
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A600GS: Software update 46.1.1015
A further software update has been released for AmigaKit's A600GS emulator platform, which is available for download to registered AmiSphere customers and includes the following changes:
A600GS
- Add Italian language translation thanks to Samir Hawamdeh
- Add test for RDB based HDFs, when RDB found omit altered options to allow correct handling by AmiBerry
- Suppress editing of DEVICE VOLUME and BOOTPRI for RDB based HDFs as these are all in the control of the RDB
- Add option to limit Z3 memory space used to 1Gb, this should allow RTG and Z3 memory to be used on OS variants that inadvertently impose this limit.
YAM
YAM v2.10 has been rebuilt with important bug fixes implemented. A new YAM support page has been added to the Wiki for A600GS / A1200NG users.
- Regenerate the flex generated C files from HTML2Mail.l and ParseMail.l with flex version 4.6 (run on the A600gs itself) as the OS4 version used for cross compiling was just slightly too old and caused occasional crashes.
- Fix bug in RecipientString GoActive method, custom MUI class that could set the same input handler on the window more than once and cause lock-ups due to queueing a node twice.
- Fix equivalent issue in GoInactive method
The last two fix an issue with the Forward window locking up and also the Edit draft window in some circumstances
AmiBerry
Minor refactor of Z3mem options parsing to allow setting up of multiple Z3 memory "cards" , the previous parser would overwrite the same memory bank with the subsequant options causing some quirky side effects! The end result of this is to allow combinations of memory like 512 + 256 (for 768 total.) (cg)
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01.Mar.2025
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 in the last two months. Readers willing to help out with translating articles into other languages are asked to contact David 'Daff' Brunet.
- News from January/February 2025.
- News: wolfSSL shows its face on the Amiga.
- Old articles from Generation 4 issues 32 to 35:
- Review of Cadaver
- Review of Snow Bros
- News: Captain Planet, the hero of the 1991 autumn season
- News: Compact Disc invades the computer world
- File: Origin, an explosive evolution
- Review of 7 Colors
- Review of Champion Of The Raj
- News: The 4 D'Or 1990
- File: Arachnophobia, the film, the game
- Review of Brat
- Review of Midwinter 2
- etc.
- Interview with Simon Neumann (director of Alinea Computer).
- Interview with Daniel Pesina (Mortal Kombat character).
- Review of MorphOS 3.18 and 3.19 (update).
- Hardware: PiStorm32-lite with Emu68 1.0.
- The best of Byte from April 1992 to January 1993.
- File: Tribute to Martyn Brown (1967-2024).
- File: Graphics cards for Sam440ep-Flex.
- File: The Amiga Games List (update).
- File: The IFF ILBM format.
- The GEnie conference of 22 August 1993 on "the Amiga truth".
- Tutorial: Using MirrorCopy on MorphOS.
- Tutorial: Tips on installing the TF1260.
- Programming: Assembler - Using the VERTB interrupt on the Amiga.
- Special quiz about the year 2024 on the Amiga.
(cg)
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28.Feb.2025
Howard Price
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Amiga disassembler with emulator: Aira Force 0.9.1 (Windows, Linux, macOS & RPi)
With Version 0.9.0, Howard Price released a major update of his disassembler Aira Force (Video) for Amiga programs under Windows/64-bit, Windows/32-bit, macOS, Linux/64-bit and the Raspberry Pi. The new version 0.9.1 offers the following features:
- Amiga audio DMA emulation
- Experimental audio out (use at your own risk)
- Emulator optimisations
- macOS Universal Binaries
- Other bits and bobs
The author has written a detailed description of the changes in his developer diary. (dr)
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28.Feb.2025
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Real-time strategy: First early demo version of "King Arthur's Campaign"
After its train simulator "Trans-Pennine Express" (amiga-news.de reported), 'lifeschool' has started a new project: a real-time strategy game with some "Defender of the Crown" influences. The playing field in "King Arthur's Campaign" can be seen from a bird's eye view, the units are freely movable. The game is set in Roman times.
Basically, the author is interested in the use of arrays in this game: by copying all X and Y coordinates of all units into an array each turn, he wants to be able to quickly check whether units have met. He has now released a first early demo version 0.3 as a hard disc image. (dr)
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28.Feb.2025
2Bit Combo
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Run'n Gun: Demo update of "Operation Steel Rain"
"Operation Steel Rain" is supposed to become a Run'n Gun for AGA Amigas, developed with the help of the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The updated demo version includes the following changes:
- Aiming control: Not exactly what I really wanted, but the player can fire in 45 degrees now, up and down
- Infantry enemies
- a few fixes
(dr)
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28.Feb.2025
Thomas Harte
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8-/16-Bit emulator for macOS: Clock Signal v2025-02-26
Thomas Harte's Clock Signal is an emulator for various 8- and 16-bit platforms aiming to be invisible to the user. The idea is to simply start the source medium without configuring the emulator oneself. Clock Signal is available for Mac OS and Unix-compatible systems. Amiga emulation is included as well. Changes:
- adds nascent Commodore 16/Plus 4 emulation, a work-in-progress;
- fixes a potential crash at startup for the MSX 2;
- reduces potential memory leaks for any machine that uses disks;
- improves the Mac UI with: a modern icon, improved menu wording and closer-to-QuickTime behaviour for showing the in-window machine controls; and
- experimentally, primarily for the ZX Spectrum and on macOS only, attempts automatically to relaunch media that has been changed by an external program (e.g. if you reassemble software you are developing).
(dr)
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26.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: clib4 1.5.0
With clib4 Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè is working on a variant of the official ADTools clib2, which should be specific for AmigaOS 4 in order to be easier to maintain and above all to add functions that are difficult to implement on original Amigas.
This week version 1.5.0 has been released. (snx)
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26.Feb.2025
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Python script: Music module converter xmtolsp
The Python program xmtolsp converts XM modules of FastTracker 2 into LSP format. The eponymous LightSpeed player converts the music modules into a less computationally intensive low-level format that supplies the Amiga audio hardware with ready-made frame-by-frame instructions. (snx)
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26.Feb.2025
Flashback Symposium (ANF)
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Event: Flashback Symposium #02 in Jößnitz (Saxony, Germany)
The Flashback Symposium will take place for the second time in Jößnitz in the Vogtland region (Saxony, Germany) from June 13 to 15. There will be lectures, workshops and competitions as well as larger tables for exhibitors than last year. A transportation service has also been set up.
The event will be accompanied by a concert by "Blastromen" from Finland on Saturday and live music by "Solar Chrome" on Friday. (snx)
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26.Feb.2025
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Demo scene: Results of Boozedrome 2025
As reported, this year's Boozedrome music competition has been an online event. On the first three places are Megapussi - Myrskylinnun Hulluta, Gabbapappa - The New Generation Of Music and Furious - Party People, the video of all participants is available on YouTube. (snx)
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26.Feb.2025
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Video: MiSTer with an iPad screen
At Retrohax.net a description has been published how to combine the FPGA Amiga MiSTer with the screen of an iPad. The result is shown in a video at the title link. (snx)
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26.Feb.2025
Amigatronics (ANF)
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Event: The Revision Satellite in Puçol (Spain)
Press release: The Revision Satellite is back in Puçol from April 18 to 21, 2025! After a successful first edition, this event continues to grow as a key meeting point for Amiga and demoscene enthusiasts in Spain. As an official satellite party of the prestigious Revision Party in Germany, it brings the spirit of the legendary event closer to local fans. Hosted at Espai Jove, it offers competitions, live screenings of the Revision Party, and networking opportunities with top scene figures.
Event Details:
- Dates: April 18-21, 2025
- Location: Espai Jove, Puçol, Valencia
- Entry: Free, pre-registration required
Why Attend?
- Competitions and project showcases
- High-quality venue with top facilities
- Exclusive giveaways and networking
Don't miss this chance to celebrate digital creativity! See you in Puçol for an unforgettable event! (snx)
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26.Feb.2025
Yawning Angel (ANF)
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Video tutorial: Anaglyph 3D graphics with AMOS
In another video of his tutorial series about AMOS Professional, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' describes how he has created some simple Anaglyph 3D graphics using AMOS. (snx)
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25.Feb.2025
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Frode Solheim is continuing to develop FS-UAE
The Amiga emulator FS-UAE and its associated launcher is a platform-independent version of UAE for Windows, Mac OS X and numerous Linux and BSD variants. The last version of FS-UAE & Launcher, version 3.1.66, was released on 3 January 2022. Now Frode Solheim, the main developer of FS-UAE, has posted a detailed update posted on the English Amiga Board. He admits that he has been overworking himself over the last few years, but assures everyone that he is healthy and will not simply give up on the project without ensuring an orderly handover.
Recently, he has taken the first steps to modernise FS-UAE and OpenRetro:
- Distro-specific builds for current distributions have been created.
- The website fs-uae.net has been migrated to a new host server and the underlying software has been updated.
An upgrade for openretro.org is still pending, whereby old Python 2 code has to be ported to Python 3. He also plans to support newer WHDLoad versions and take a look at the current development of WinUAE 6 to integrate possible improvements into FS-UAE. Despite challenges, he remains motivated and is open to further collaborators, even though the organisational effort for community-driven development should not be underestimated. (nba)
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25.Feb.2025
spillhistorie.no (ANF)
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Spillhistorie: Interview with game designer Jon Hare (Sensible Software)
The Norwegian games magazine Spillhistorie.no has published an interview with Jon Hare, co-founder of Sensible Software. In the conversation, Hare shares insights into the studio's origins, the development of iconic games such as Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder and Wizball, and the creative diversity that characterised their projects. He reflects on British developer culture in the early 1990s and relationships with other studios such as the Bitmap Brothers and Graftgold. The full interview offers an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the legendary label Sensible Software. (nba)
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25.Feb.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 173 - preview and reading samples
The reading samples and preview of issue 173 (March/April 2025) of Amiga Future are now online. The issue features the following topics, among others:
- Interview Richard Leinfellner
- Review Super Star Blast
- Review Jerboastar vs The Germows
- Review Sky Shapers Boxed
- Review Bunnito´s Feast
- Review Battle Squadron 2
- Review Video Vortex
- Review Amiga 600gs Part 2
- Review Denise
- Review MorphOS 3.19
- Special AmigaOS 4.1: The troubled life of a beta tester
- Special Backup-Solution
- Special Amiga 1200 goes PiStorm32 CM4
- Knowledge 6: Fast Chunky-to-Planar with the Blitter on the Amiga 500
- Demoscene
The editors ask all Amiga Future subscribers to check whether the publisher has their current postal address and e-mail address. The Amiga Future is already packed and sent out a few days before the publication date, so any changes to your address should be communicated as soon as possible. (nba)
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25.Feb.2025
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Classic remake "X-Out: Resurfaced" has been published
The Amiga classic X-Out has been relaunched as announced under the name "X-Out: Resurfaced". The remake of the horizontally scrolling shoot ‘em up was published on 20 February 2025 for Xbox, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC. In addition to the digital version, there are also physical special editions for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, which are available exclusively from the developer ININ Games. The gaudy remake offers revised graphics, a remixed soundtrack by Chris Hülsbeck and additional features such as a two-player co-op mode.
The original X-Out game was released by Rainbow Arts in 1990 for the Amiga. It is considered one of the most outstanding horizontally scrolling shoot ‘em ups of its time. Particularly ground-breaking was the shop system, which allowed players to put together their own individually equipped submarine with different weapons and drones before each level. The dark underwater atmosphere, the impressive pixel graphics and the captivating soundtrack by Chris Huelsbeck made X-Out an unforgettable classic of the Amiga era. (nba)
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25.Feb.2025
reddit
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Podcast: The Retro Hour talked to Kelly Sumner (ex-Commodore UK)
In the latest episode of the Retro Hour podcast (Episode 468), Kelly Sumner shares his experiences from 15 years at Commodore, first as a trainee, then as a senior employee, and finally as Managing Director of Commodore UK. In the first part of this two-part interview, Sumner talks about his beginnings as a trainee engineer in 1979, the marketing of iconic products such as the Amiga 1000 and the C64, as well as less successful projects such as the C64GS console and the CDTV. He also talks about his surprise appearance on the TV show "GamesMaster". The full interview is available to listen to for free on The Retro Hour podcast website in episode 468 from minute 43:34. (nba)
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24.Feb.2025
Kobold_Eduard
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Game for kids: Final demo version of "The Young Salzgitter Icefighter"
After several preliminary demo versions and a new name (amiga-news.de reported), the final demo version of the children's game "The Young Salzgitter Icefighter" has now been released, in which the first two levels can be tested.
The complete game with eleven levels is available as a physical version on flopy disc, costs ¤8 within Germany, including postage, and can be ordered directly from the developer by e-mail. Shipping outside Germany is on request. You can also register your interest in a boxed version with the developer. (dr)
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24.Feb.2025
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Shoot'em Up: Demo update for "Rex and the Galactic Plague"
"Rex and the Galactic Plague" (video) is a vertically scrolling shooter that the developer originally wanted to develop with the Shoot'em Up Construction Kit before switching to the Scorpion Engine. After a preview video (amiga-news.de reported) and the first demo, he has now updated the latter, which he reports on in a developer diary. (dr)
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24.Feb.2025
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Video series: AmigaOS - A Project with Sina & Paddy (German, part 10)
In a German video series, Paddy da Linco and the developer Sina explore the Amiga (amiga-news.de reported). The tenth part is about beautifying the Workbench. (dr)
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24.Feb.2025
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Emulated Amiga: OctaMED 8 update for A600GS and A1200NG
AmigaKit has released an update for the music tracker software OctaMED 8 for the Orange Pi based Amiga clone A600GS (amiga-news.de reported) and the ARM and emulator based mainboard A1200NG (amiga-news.de reported). The changes:
- The Open Recent Projects window stores and displays a list of the last 10 projects opened in OctaMED. The user can then load a recent project with a few convenient clicks.
- Add ED_NOTEOFF Arexx command to insert a "NoteOff" command at the current track with a key combination
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23.Feb.2025
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Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.0
Dirk Hoffmann has released the final version 4.0 (amiga-news.de reported) of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS with the following changes:
Enhancements:
- LZ4 snapshot compression
- Improved gamepad detection
Fehlerbehebungen:
- ExtendedADF support was broken.
- Folder import was broken.
- vAmiga no longer boots from unbootable harddrives.
Both the executable and the source code are available for free download. (nba)
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23.Feb.2025
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Aminet uploads until 22.02.2025
The following files have been added until 22.02.2025 to Aminet:
SQLMan.lha biz/dbase 12M VAR SQLite database manager
amigassh.lha comm/net 111K OS3 SSH2 for the Amiga
regina-doc.pdf dev/lang 1.3M GEN Alternative REXX interp...
F1GP2025Carset.lha game/data 7K GEN 2025 Carset for F1GP
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 4.5M MOS Multi-game Character Ed...
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.8M OS4 Multi-game Character Ed...
MCE.lha game/edit 4.2M OS3 Multi-game Character Ed...
JumpingAround.lha game/jump 97K OS3 JumpNRun game, working ...
TheForceEngine020_030.lha game/shoot 1.8M OS3 TheForceEngine020/030/F...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 11M OS4 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 10M OS3 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
ZXLive.lha misc/emu 126K OS3 ZX-Spectrum 48/128k/Pen...
ANightWithYou.lha mods/32bit 2.3M GEN 16bit 12c Amiga Bossa N...
CompressionOS4.lha text/dtp 1.7M OS4 A PDF generator
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 2.1M OS3 free icon.library in op...
IdentifyDev.lha util/libs 68K OS3 Identify hardware and m...
IdentifyUsr.lha util/libs 102K OS3 Identify hardware and m...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 8.6M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
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23.Feb.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 22.02.2025
The following files have been added until 22.02.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
marstankattack.lha gam/act 15Mb 4.0 A tank battle game
imbiss.lha gam/str 3Mb 4.0 Simulates a Snack-Shop
mce.lha gam/uti 5Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
sdl2.lha lib/mis 7Mb 4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 2
mailsender.lha net/ema 7Mb 4.0 Simple application to send pictu...
sqlman.lha off/dat 12Mb 4.0 SQLite database manager
compression.lha uti/mis 2Mb 4.1 A PDF generator
yt.lha vid/mis 872kb 4.1 YouTube URL Extractor script
vamp.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.0 Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
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23.Feb.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 22.02.2025
The following files have been added until 22.02.2025 to AROS Archives:
demac.x86_64-aros-v11.zip aud/mis 108kb Decoder for .ape files
regina-doc.zip doc/dev 1Mb Alternative REXX interpreter doc...
cavestory.x86_64-aros-v11... gam/pla 4Mb Cave Story (NXEngine)
sqlman.i386-aros.lha off/dat 12Mb SQLite Database Manager
7zdec.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/arc 248kb Unarchive 7zip files (.7z)
unrar-v6.11.x86_64-aros-v... uti/arc 3Mb UnRAR for AROS 64 v11
zunearc.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/arc 301kb a zune front end for archivers
vamp.lha vid/pla 2Mb Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
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23.Feb.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 22.02.2025
The following files have been added until 22.02.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
SDL_2.32.0_Libraries.lha Dependencies/Library/SDL All Libraries SDL : SDL...
AmiArcadia_34.0.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
SDL-Ball_1.04.lha Games/BrickBreaker Port of SDL-Ball by Pap...
MCE_15.30.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
OpenMoHAA_0.81.1-beta1... Games/Shoot3D OpenMoHAA 0.80.0 for Mo...
fheroes2_1.1.6.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
Tower-of-Hanoi_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of Tower-of-Hanoi
Wayfarer_9.2.lha MorphOS-update Wayfarer is the latest ...
VAMP_3.20.lha Multimedia A Multimedia Player pro...
SDL2-performance-test.lha System/Benchmark A few simple tools to t...
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23.Feb.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 22.02.2025
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 22.02.2025:
- 2025-02-19 updated: Powermonger (Bullfrog) made Manual.pdf more compatible (Info)
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23.Feb.2025
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- The Wastelands
- Roguecraft
- Scrambled Mind
- UwU KAOS
- Killing Speed (Killing Game Show + Speedball, Fusion Remix)
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23.Feb.2025
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Virus Help Team: Viruses wanted
The Virus Help Team is looking for missing Amiga viruses to complete Georg Wittman's xvs.library for some time already. This week the list has been updated again. (snx)
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23.Feb.2025
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Event: Commodore Los Angeles Super Show 2025 (26./27. April)
On April 26/27, 2025, the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network and the Fresno Commodore User Group will host the Commodore Los Angeles Super Show (CLASS) in Burbank, California, for the sixth time. The 40th anniversary of the Commodore 128 and the Amiga will be celebrated. (snx)
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22.Feb.2025
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.5 and Amiberry-lite 5.8.6
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator based on the current WinUAE version, while its little brother Amiberry-lite is based on WinUAE 4.4 and is intended for slower hardware - up to the Raspberry Pi 4. Version 7.0.5 of Amiberry is now available, Amiberry-lite has arrived at version 5.8.6. (cg)
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22.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: The network printer tool Airprint
After Arild 'mcleppa' Aarbakk had already written a scanner software for AmigaOS 4 with AirScan, he has also been working on a printer tool for AmigaOS 4 based on the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) since the end of 2023. At the end of 2010, Apple developed AirPrint, an extension of IPP, which has become standard on many current printers.
The Internet Printing Protocol provides printing services via a network and includes all the necessary mechanisms such as authentication, access authorisations, encryption, etc. This enables printing without a separate printer driver. In principle, printing is therefore possible without a separate printer driver.
I was able to test the first, early versions, which worked right from the start with my Canon G6000. For the first time since I proudly ran my Canon BJC-4200 with the "legendary" CanonDisk printer driver in the 90s, I was able to print from my Amiga, an AmigaOne X5000.
Initially, the range of functions was still somewhat limited, but gradually more options such as trays, colour, duplex and paper type were added.
SSL support was also added with the last update. The installation process of the tool has now been simplified so that the installer not only copies the necessary files, but also opens the settings window during installation:
The Airprint utility programme is located in the Sys:Prefs/Airprint directory after installation. After starting, a printer is searched for using the "+"...
...and in my case successfully found and added:
For me personally, Arild's very useful application is another important building block for a "complete" AmigaOS 4, but also an example of how you can use AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS together on the AmigaOne X5000 and thus achieve synergies. The DHL shipping label for the parcel was purchased under MorphOS with the Wayfarer web browser and the PDF file was saved on a shared drive, from where I was able to print the label with Airprint. Now that's Amiga fun:
In the Airprint utility itself, PDF, JPEG, text and postscript files can be loaded, converted and then sent to the printer. In addition, the programme should support printing from most Amiga applications, such as Notepad, AmiPDF, AmiGS, Odyssee, IBrowse (please refer to the documentation on activating fonts for printing) or Multiview. For this purpose Airprint communicates with the Amiga printer.device, for which DEVS:Printers/Airprint is required. The data is converted into RGB format. They are then sent to DEVS:airprint.device, which then communicates with the Airprint utility.
The source code of Arild's airprint driver is based on the source code of the HP DeskJet CMYK sample driver, while the airprint.device is based on Chris Young's ipp.device (GitHub link). The developer provided many useful hints on how the devices work together, enabling Arild to develop it further.
The paper size is currently limited to A4 and US Letter. Likewise, the resolution is currently only 150 DPI, converted into pixels this corresponds to 1240 x 1754. In practice, as Arild explains to us, this means that the resolution remains the same when a larger image is sent to the printer, so that you do not yet benefit from higher resolutions. This will change in the future.
The checkbox for the alignment is currently inactive. The image is always aligned so that it fits the paper format selected by the user. This will also be changed later.
Airprint always uses the paper installed in the printer. The selection of the "from to" range works - in future it should be possible to select each page to be printed, not just a range. The "Ink levels" tab shows the ink level of the printer:
As the tool is still in the beta phase, the programme versions are currently only available in the corresponding topic on the Amigans website. The current version is 0.36.
Download: Airprint_V0.36.lha (247 KB) (dr)
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21.Feb.2025
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Action game: Amiga Yoomp! 1.08
Amiga Yoomp! is a conversion of an Atari 8-bit game from 2007. Version 1.08 has now been released, adding keyboard control (cursor keys, up/space bar to jump). In addition, the game can now be paused by pressing the P key, while the B key can be used to remove dithering until the next level starts. (nba)
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21.Feb.2025
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HxC Floppy-Emulator: Software 2.16.11.1
The floppy emulator HxC by Jean-Francois Del Nero completely replaces the floppy drive (of an Amiga) with an electronic device. The project, which was launched in 2006, is available in two versions, with a SD card port or with USB port (amiga-news.de reported).
A new version of the HxC floppy emulator software has now been released. The changes:
- XML export/import
- Better multi-format tracks support.
- You can now specify/change the density/format for each individual sector with the tag.
In addition to the executable program, the source code is also available for free download. (nba)
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21.Feb.2025
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Preview video: Dungeon Crawler "The Cthulhu Project"
In a new preview video (amiga-news.de reported), developer Maurice Doerr shows how he has made good progress with the dialogue system. (dr)
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21.Feb.2025
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 9.2
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has published version 9.2 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS, which fixes several endianness issues and updates libcURL, libsqlite and libxml2. (dr)
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19.Feb.2025
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Podcast: "Settle the World" at Levelmeister (German)
"Settle the World" by Christian 'TheoTheoderich' Wiegel is a turn-based building and trading game in which the aim is to colonize several islands and remain in power over a long period of time.
Now the programmer was a guest at the Levelmeister podcast to talk about game development and the technical limitations of the Amiga, as well as why this platform continues to attract developers to this day. (snx)
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19.Feb.2025
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Demoscene: Nominations for the Meteoriks 2025 award announced
The Meteoriks 2025 is an award for the best demoscene productions of the year 2024, which will be presented at the Revision demo party in April. Among the 55 nominations in eleven categories are three Amiga demos:
- Category New Talent:
- Category Best Midschool Production:
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19.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: DTP program CompressionOS4 0.50 (Beta)
Achim Pankalla's DTP program CompressionOS4 allows graphics and text to be placed on pages and generates PDF documents from them; a German manual is included. New features since beta version 0.40:
- Correction of sometimes wrong headlinelist
- Now the correct tab is shown by clicking on headlinelist
- First global configmenue implemented
- Implemented garbage collection for deleting unnessary files
- Now links to PDF pages and websites are possible
- Correcting an error in setting the correct font
- Correcting an error while copying headlines
- Minor correction and optimation
Download: CompressionOS4.lha (2 MB) (snx)
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19.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: Preview video of GemRB 0.8.8 WIP
GemRB is a reimplementation of BioWare's Infinity Engine, which is used to develop computer role-playing games based on the Dungeons & Dragons rules (e.g. Baldur's Gate). GemRB stands for "Game engine made with pre-rendered background".
After Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè's AmigaOS 4 port of version 0.7.2 in 2012 and later ports of version 0.8.8, released in 2021, to MorphOS and AROS, Steffen Häuser is now also adapting the latter to AmigaOS 4. At the title link you will find a preview video. (snx)
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19.Feb.2025
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Preview from Michal Schulz on PiStorm and Emu68
Michal Schulz and Claude Schwarz have already given us a lot of pleasure with their work on the Motorola68K emulation Emu68 (amiga-news.de reported) and 68K hardware emulation PiStorm32(-lite) (amiga-news.de reported). We asked Michal Schulz to inform us about the current and planned projects:
Framethrower
So far, the RTG emulation has been provided via the HDMI port of the PiStorm and the RGB data supplied by the Denise chip at the RGB port of the Amiga and must be tapped there separately. Since the end of 2023, the two have been working on an extension now called "Framethrower", which also outputs the RGB signal via the PiStorm (camera port) (amiga-news.de reported). As Michal writes, the project is unfortunately not yet finished: "There is a problem with the Tang Nano boards, which Claude is still working on solving. In more detail, this means that due to the design of the Tang Nano 9K, a lot of noise is introduced into the MIPI signal. This leads to either distortions in the transmitted image or the entire synchronisation is lost."
Emu68
For the Motorola68K emulation software Emu68, the new version 1.1 is to be released this year, which will bring some improvements in addition to typical corrections and bug fixes: "For example, cache blocks that are actually removed by the CPU cache flush will be reused. Instead, they will be "recycled" to reduce the compilation time. As a result, macOS, for example, will run much faster under Shapeshifter, and booting the Amiga will also take less time." The first tests have already been carried out and are very promising.
Furthermore, the work on the WiFi driver for Emu68 will be continued (amiga-news.de reported) and, if all goes well, the Ethernet driver for the Pi4/CM4 will be started. If there is enough time, the next project will be USB.
PiStorm16
The first version of the accelerator card for the Amiga 600 (or CM4) (amiga-news.de reported) has been produced in its final version in a quantity of 25 units and will soon be sent to the first users. Shortly afterwards, the project will be released as open source so that it can be produced and sold in larger quantities by various companies and hobbyists.
PiStorm16 is similar to PiStorm32: it uses the same FPGA, the firmware is embedded in Emu68 and is loaded to the PiStorm at startup, so features like the "stealth" mode are possible: by pressing and holding CTRL and the Amiga keys for a few seconds, the Amiga is started in basic mode, without extension.
Other models from the PiStorm16 family, for example for Pi3/Pi4 or for the A500, A2000 etc., will follow.
Future plans
Michal wrote: "We are looking at ways to make hardware that is unsuitable for the PiStorm in the Amiga usable in some form.
In the long term (i.e. not this year), a project is to be developed in which the Amiga chipset is implemented on an FPGA module, for example, and communicates with the processor via a PCIe interface. Yes, PCIe has disadvantages that make it almost unusable for a "classic" PiStorm. But in a scenario where PiStorm is not an interface but an Amiga chipset, the performance might be sufficient. Our work in this direction is running on several levels:
PocketStorm
As a first step, Claude has developed a motherboard for the Pi3/Pi4 that integrates the Amiga chipset (MiniMig) and the PiStorm interface in the Tang Nano 20K. With the help of Emu68, a complete (albeit emulated) Amiga is created.
EFI integration
At the same time, I am working on a start programme for EFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface), which will be integrated into Emu68. This would allow Emu68 to be used in some form on EFI-compatible systems.
FPGA + PCIe
In a further step (if we succeed) the Amiga chipset will be implemented on FPGA with a PCIe interface and run with the EFI version of Emu68.
This work does not mean that we give up the classic Amiga! There are still more than enough tasks for PiStorm and Emu68 in Amiga systems. Nevertheless, we also want to explore new avenues and discover further possibilities." (dr)
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