28.Mar.2021
Amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: Enhancer Software 2
Today, version 2 of the AmigaOS 4.1 extension package "Enhancer Software" by A-EON Technology has been released. Customers who have purchased the "Enhancer Software Graphics Update" before can download it for free using the "Updater" utility. According to customers, the full version is available in Amistore for about 120 USD.
New features include for example hardware-accelerated video decoding on Radeon Polaris graphic cards, an extension of the OpenGLES 2 library, preferences for the power settings of Radeon Southern Islands/Oland and Polaris cards, an archiver tool for the major kinds of compressed archives and additional datatypes.
New features:
- Video Acceleration Library has been added to support hardware video decoding on Radeon Polaris cards
- Warp3D Nova has been updated to support the new Video Acceleration library as well as many important improvements and bug fixes
- OpenGLES 2 library has been expanded with more functionality and bug fixes
- SensorMaster library: a new hardware Sensor API for the first time on next generation systems
- Power Prefs has been added to control the Power settings on Radeon Southern Islands/Oland and Polaris cards
- Archiver tool has been added offering compression and unarchiving on major compressed archives
- InfoWB commodity has been added providing volume information using PieChart Gadget and CRC32 information
- MultiViewer: now supports new Toolbar gadget class with many updates and fixes implemented
- MultiEdit: now supports new Toolbar gadget class with many updates and fixes implemented
- Notifications (Ringhio): now supports modern slide in notification animations with a new library of alert sounds added. Many bug fixes implemented
- Format: now displays volume capacity information using PieChart Gadget. Supports ListViewer, InfoData and ProgressBar gadget
- Updater and AmiSphereServer: overhaul/rewrite of many functions with many bug fixes
- Warp2D Library added
- AK-Datatypes added: GIF, IFF-ILBM, PNG, TIFF
- Sound Datatypes upgraded
- Brand new Datatypes library
Bug-fixed components:
- TuneNet
- AmiPDF
- Clock
- X-Dock
- Almost all of the Gadgets/Classes
Changes by category:
- Classes
- Anim Gadget v53.7 (updated)
- InfoData Class v53.3 (updated)
- InfoWindow Class v53.10 (updated)
- ListViewer Gadget v53.31 (updated)
- OptionButton Gadget v53.2 (updated)
- TickBox Gadget v53.13 (updated)
- ToolBar Gadget v53.6 (updated)
- Select Gadget v53.7 (updated)
- SliderBar Gadget v53.22 (updated)
- Commands
- AddDatatypes v54.5 (added)
- Assign v54.2 (added)
- Copy v54.5 (added)
- Dir v54.1 (added)
- List v54.6 (added)
- MakeDir v54.7 (added)
- Version v54.8 (added)
- Commodities
- Clipviewer v1.12 (updated)
- InfoWB v53.23 (added)
- Datatypes
- AK-GIF v54.14 (added)
- AK-ILBM v54.14 (added)
- AK-JFIF v54.15 (added)
- AK-PNG v54.15 (added)
- AK-TIFF v54.17 (added)
- MOD v54.3 (updated)
- MPEGA v54.10 (updated)
- Sound v54.10 (updated)
- WAV v54.10 (updated)
- Devices
- A1222 AHI sound driver v6.3 (added)
- A1222 ethernet device v1.2 (added)
- HDAudio AHI sound driver v6.23 (added)
- OxygenHD AHI sound driver v4.1 (added)
- USBADM8511 device v53.11 (added)
- X5000 ethernet device v52.6 (added)
- Kickstart
- RadeonHD v3.6 (updated)
- RadeonRX v2.4 (added)
- L
- SSH2-Handler v53.12 (added)
- Libraries
- Clipview Library v1.12 (updated)
- Codesets Library v6.21 (updated)
- Datatypes Library v54.11 (added)
- Filesysbox Library v54.8 (added)
- LZMA Library v53.7 (added)
- OGLES 2.0 library v3.1 (updated)
- RadeonRX Driver Video Library v1.4 (added)
- VA Library v1.4 (added)
- Warp2D Library v1.3 (added)
- Warp3D Nova Library v1.83 (updated)
- Warp3D Nova GCN Library v1.83 (updated)
- Warp3D Nova SI Library v1.83 (updated)
- Zip Library v53.12 (updated)
- Preferences
- AmiSphere Preferences v53.35 (updated)
- Notification Preferences v54.3 (updated)
- Sound Preferences v53.26 (updated)
- Time Preferences v53.21 (updated)
- System
- AmiSphereServer v53.38 (updated)
- Format v54.0 (updated)
- NotificationServer v54.3 (updated)
- Updater v53.73 (updated)
- Utilities
- AmiPDF v1.42 (updated)
- Archiver v53.17 (added)
- MultiEdit v2.9 (updated)
- MultiViewer v3.7 (updated)
- TuneNet v2.13 (updated)
- X-Dock updated to v2.43 (updated)
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28.Mar.2021
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Aminet uploads until 27.03.2021
The following files have been added until 27.03.2021 to Aminet:
ign-addon-ods.lha biz/spread 207K OS4 ignition addon for access ods...
amigaXfer_1.0.0_win32... comm/misc 12M Transfer tools for Amiga on s...
ALS.lha dev/amos 543K 68k AMOS Layers System
wla_dx_v9.12.lha dev/cross 4.3M 68k 8-bit CPU Cross Macro Assembl...
ADE.lha dev/gcc 20M 68k GCC based Amiga Development E...
BBlock0x.lha disk/misc 3K 68k Bootblock with beta Kickstart...
sative_mea.lha docs/misc 1.1M Sative Mea Ascii Art Collection
dMagnetic.lha game/text 340K MOS Interpreter for Magnetic Scro...
DonkeyKong_Net_AROSx8... game/wb 3.4M x86 LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_Net_MOS.lha game/wb 3.4M MOS LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_Net_OS3.lha game/wb 3.2M 68k LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_Net_OS4.lha game/wb 3.8M OS4 LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_Net_WOS.lha game/wb 3.6M WOS LCD game conversion
Runaway_AROSx86.lha game/wb 2.3M x86 LCD game conversion
Runaway_MOS.lha game/wb 2.2M MOS LCD game conversion
Runaway_OS3.lha game/wb 4.1M 68k LCD game conversion
Runaway_OS4.lha game/wb 2.6M OS4 LCD game conversion
Runaway_WOS.lha game/wb 2.5M WOS LCD game conversion
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.3M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.6M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
DungeonLoader.lha mods/misc 195K Dungeon Loader 4ch by HKvalhe
led-20210318.tar.gz text/edit 23K A powerful line-oriented text...
zapperng.lha util/cdity 59K MOS Change the behaviour of the z...
dintwm.lha util/wb 16K 68k Dynamic Intuition Window Manager
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28.Mar.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 27.03.2021
The following files have been added until 27.03.2021 to OS4Depot:
wildmidi.lha aud/pla 41Mb 4.1 A simple software midi player
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
dungeonrush.lha gam/mis 15Mb 4.1 A game inspired by Snake
videntiumpicta.lha gra/vie 2Mb 4.0 Videntium Picta is picture viewer
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28.Mar.2021
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AROS Archives uploads until 27.03.2021
The following files have been added until 27.03.2021 to AROS Archives:
glaxium.i386-aros.zip gam/act 2Mb OpenGL shoot-em-up on a pathway ...
koules.i386-aros.zip gam/act 225kb Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
runaway.i386-aros.lha gam/mis 2Mb LCD game conversion remake
runaway_arosx86.lha gam/mis 2Mb LCD game conversion remake
thewidow.lha gam/mis 19Mb Game Terror Paranormal Adventure
ta3.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 7Mb OpenGL game. Swap blocks to matc...
powder.i386-aros.zip gam/rol 3Mb Graphical RPG with tutorial and ...
videntiumpicta.lha gra/con 2Mb Videntium Picta is picture viewer
openurl.i386-aros.lha net/mis 563kb Get that URL!
rnopublisher.i386-aros.lha off/dtp 4Mb PDF creator
led-20210318.tar.gz uti/tex 23kb A simple but powerful line-orien...
zapperng.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 65kb Change the behaviour of the zoom...
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28.Mar.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 27.03.2021
The following files have been added until 27.03.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_27.0.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Runaway_1.22.lha Games/Misc A LCD game conversion.
dMagnetic_0.30.lha Games/Text Interpreter for Magneti...
VidentiumPicta_2.40.lha Graphics/Tools An image viewer progra...
pdf_test_pages.lha Office/Show Here are 4 pdf test pag...
ZapperNG_1.2.lha System/Ambient/Commodi... Change the behaviour of...
WebRadio-GreekRadioAdd... System/Ambient/Screenbar Greek Radio Pack Addon
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28.Mar.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 27.03.2021
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 27.03.2021:
- 2021-03-27 improved: R-Type 2 (Activision) SSP relocated, 68000 quitkey, trainer added, manual and icon added, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-27 improved: Hoyle Book Of Games Volume 3 - Great Board Games (Sierra) fixed low quality sound (Info)
- 2021-03-27 new: Dr. Cube's Magic Lands (Scienide) done by CFOU! (Info, Image)
- 2021-03-27 improved: Cool World (Ocean) chip memory requirement reduced (Info)
- 2021-03-27 new: Blork (Scienide) done by CFOU! (Info, Image)
- 2021-03-27 improved: Blade Warrior (Jason Kingsley/Imageworks) uses less memory, trainer added, 68000 quitkey, manual and icon added, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-27 improved: Australo Piticus Mechanicus (Hack+Slay Team) access fault fixed, intro skip, 68000 quitkey, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-25 improved: Katakis (Factor 5) SMC removed, new icon and install script (Info, Image)
- 2021-03-24 updated: Hologon (The Electronic Knights) compatibility improved (Info, Image)
- 2021-03-24 improved: Ivanhoe (Ocean) time trainer fixed, blitwaits switchable, highscore saving added (Info)
- 2021-03-24 improved: Denaris (Factor 5) intro fixed, new icon and install script (Info)
- 2021-03-24 improved: Cool World (Ocean) uses fast memory, trainer added, highscore saving added, manual and icons added, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-24 improved: Nitro (Psygnosis) RawDIC imager, manual included (Info, Image)
- 2021-03-23 new: Tom And Jerry (Magic Bytes) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 2021-03-23 new: Tom And Jerry: Hunting High And Low (Magic Bytes) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 2021-03-23 improved: Streetfighter (Capcom) supports another version (Info)
- 2021-03-23 improved: Gemini Wing (Sales Curve) 68000 quitkey, kickemu used, splash options added, new icon and install script (Info)
- 2021-03-22 fixed: Galactic Warrior Rats (Summit Software) incorrect keyboard patch (introduced in V1.2) fixed (Info)
- 2021-03-22 improved: Ivanhoe (Ocean) 68000 quitkey, trainer added, new icon and install script (Info)
- 2021-03-22 improved: 4D Sports Driving (Mindscape) fixed graphical errors and long delay on race ending (Info)
- 2021-03-21 fixed: Burning Rubber (Ocean) joystick problems fixed that were introduced with the last update, manual included (Info)
- 2021-03-21 updated: Midwinter (Rainbird) RawDIC imager, less OS swaps, save game handling changed to use real files, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-21 improved: Streetfighter (Capcom) trainer added, supports another version, 68000 quitkey (Info)
- 2021-03-21 improved: Rock'n Roll (Rainbow Arts) uses less memory, trainer added (Info)
- 2021-03-21 improved: Hologon (The Electronic Knights) 68000 quitkey added, made 68000 compatible, less chip memory used (Info, Image)
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28.Mar.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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OnyxSoft: ZapperNG 1.2
ZapperNG by Stefan Blixth is an extended re-implementation of the MorphOS commodity Zapper by his former team fellow Adam Waldenberg. Unlike the original program, ZapperNG is also available for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4 and AROS (the latter being a port by Eugene Sobolev). Now version 1.2 has been released.
The commodity modifies the ZipWindow() function of intuition.library, i.e. the behaviour of the "zoom" symbol in the upper right corner of a window. Instead of switching between two sizes of a window, it becomes extended to the full screen. Depending of the chosen parameter, the screen's title bar is either omitted or not. Further options enable a balanced scaling to all directions, avoiding the active window to put into front, defining a hotkey as alternative to clicking the zoom symbol, and cycling between windows by pressing Alt-Tab. (snx)
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27.Mar.2021
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Diskmag: Jurassic Pack #18 article online
After a 12-year break, the 18th issue of the disk mag 'Jurassic Pack', first published in 1995, was released in January. Editor Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj has now also published all articles on his tech news service tarnkappe.info. (cg)
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27.Mar.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Preview-Video: Shoot'em Up 'Boss Machine' (AGA)
Kevin Saunders' 'Boss Machine' is supposed to be a horizontally scrolling shooter for AGA computers. A new preview video shows various weapon systems. (cg) (Translation: bb)
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27.Mar.2021
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Assembler: "Light Speed Player", very fast MOD player routine
The "Light Speed Player" is, according to its own description, the "fastest MOD player ever". The routine written in Assembler is aimed at demo and game programmers who want to include background music in their works without losing significant CPU cycles. The efficiency of the player is achieved by a special file format into which the music pieces must be converted before playing. (cg) (Translation: bb)
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27.Mar.2021
Achim Pankalla (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Tabellenkalkulation ignitionOS4 1.10, Update des OpenDocument-Plugins
Achim Pankalla releases ignition 1.10: the eighth update of the spreadsheet. He is responsible since he took over the maintenance of the package in 2014. In this version, some "small issues" have been fixed or added, among other things. All cell attributes are now properly saved and it is possible to print directly to a PDF file.
The changes in detail:
- Error when saving attributes fixed
- English and German Catalog now contains many keyboard shortcuts
- Requester can now also handle keyboard shortcuts
- Error in print routine corrected
- PDF printing now possible via special print unit
- Possible grimreaper at splash-screen fixed
- British English no longer leads to language configuration hint
- New function mode
- Other small adjustments/corrections
Also the ods-addon was reworked to support the new functions. The addon allows loading and saving tables in OpenDocument format, which is used in LibreOffice/OpenOffice Calc among others.
Changes in ign-ods-addon 0.34:
mode and pi() are now supported
Problem with some table names fixed
Achim Pankalla thanks all testers, bug reporters, translators and supporters. He welcomes any feedback via email, and also refers to the official ignition support forum at os4welt.de for further information and discussion. (cg) (Translation: bb)
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27.Mar.2021
OS4Depot
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AmigaOS 4: Image viewer Videntium Picta 2.4
Juan Carlos 'Templario' Herran Martin has released version 2.4 of his Hollywood application "Videntium Picta". Additional to diverse standard image formats like jpg, png, gif, lbm, bmp, tiff and pcx, the programm also can play animations like anim, ham6, ham8, movisetter, yafam, gif and apng.
Furthermore Videntium Picta offers simple image editing functions like mirroring, rotating or changing the size and can take screenshots.
In view of the fact that recently version 9 of Hollywood has been released, Juan Carlos asks his users to donate some money for purchasing the coresponding upgrade. Mainly he wants to find out if there is suffcient demand and desire for a further development of his applications. If those 49 Euro will be succesfully financed he hold out the propect of further updates and games.
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26.Mar.2021
English Amiga Board (Webseite)
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amigaXfer: Serial file transfer to the Amiga - without Amiga software
Roc Vallès' amigaXfer transfers single files or disk images via the serial cable to the Amiga. No additional software is required on the Amiga for the tool is using ther debugger included in the Kickstart-ROM for controlling the transfer from the main computer.
An exact description of how the tool works the author has given in his blog.
amigaXfer has been written in Python and uses the Wxwidgets system for the graphical user-interface. Complete Windows binaries can be found on Github. Users of different operating systems have to create an executable file for their own.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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26.Mar.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Free hardware: 68060 adapter for 68040 socket
Stefan Reinauer's 68040-to-68060 is an adapter board for allowing to use a 68060 processor in the socket of a 68040, provided the computer offers sufficient space.
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26.Mar.2021
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PDF magazin: REV'n'GE 120 (Italian/English)
Besides its original language, Italian PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The reviews of classic games compare their ports to different platforms available at that time.
From now on the magazine is presented on a new and seperate website. There you can read the latest magazine as well as all other ones in the original Italian as well as English version without having to download them. Currently only all Italian issues are available, the English-language edition has to be downloaded using a decryption key:
Issue 120 - Decryption key: kB85ymmZX5ePIiTEk_CehS8iGebPijERDDFgxCQixrA
The latest issue includes an article about the Amiga platform game "Magjca".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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25.Mar.2021
ACube Systems
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ACube Systems: New Sam460cr production run
Press release: We would like to thank all our customers for their incredible support and overwhelming response to the availability of the new Sam460cr batch. They went out of stock in no time at all.
We are planning a new, bigger, production run but we need your help now! Production will be available on pre-order, asking just a small fee that will be discounted from the final price, so if you are interested, please write us now at info@acube-systems.com to place your order or request additional information.
Please note that we will sell just the board, not full systems.
All customers who already placed their order and were unlucky with the first batch will be contacted by us for confirmation. Please be patient because we really got many emails, but rest assured that we will reply to everyone!
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24.Mar.2021
a1k.org (Webseite)
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Lubricator 0.85: Receiving disk images via HTTP and writing them on disk
'Lubricator' (Screenshot) written by Timm 'bifat' Mueller loads disk images from the World Wide Web and writes them on an Amiga disk using an Amiga with only 1 MB RAM and without harddrive. New in version 0.85:
- Supports downloads via https and ftp
- All downloads as well as extracting ADF, DMS, LHA, ZIP and Amiga Executables should now work
- The DMS extract programm was integrated into the tool, is faster and requires less memory. The external xdms programm and the Pipe-handler are no longer required for extracting DMS
Direct download: lubricator.lha (44 KB) (Readme)
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24.Mar.2021
Darren Eveland (ANF)
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Remote access: New version of Remote Desktop in progress
According to Darren Eveland he is working on a new version of 'Remote Desktop' which is client for the Remote Desktop Protocol. In contrast to previous versions the update will be no longer distributed as Shareware but will be available for free. If you want to support the develope you can donate some money.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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23.Mar.2021
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ACube Systems: Order acceptance for Sam460cr boards
For Christmas, ACube Systems had announced a small batch of newly produced Sam460cr boards. To handle the orders they originally wanted to rebuild the store. Now, on the company's main page, a blue banner invites all those interested in buying to place their order by mail. (dr) (Translation: bb)
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23.Mar.2021
blogs.amigaguru.com (Webseite)
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Puzzle game: ArtPazz
In the Puzzle game 'ArtPazz', well-known paintings are devided into rectangles and mixed up. The player has to restore the painting by moving the tiles. The game requires AGA and can be controlled with mouse or Joystick. Up to eigeht players can compete. ArtPazz is available for free but you can donate some money before the download starts.
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23.Mar.2021
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Curiosity: DintWM - a "Tiling Window Manager" for Workbench
The principle of the Tiling Window Manager is mainly known in the Unix environment: In contrast to conventional interfaces, the individual windows do not overlap, instead they are arranged tile-like next to each other. With 'DintWM' such a window manager has now been implemented for AmigaOS for the first time.
Some animated screenshots on the Github website of the project illustrates DintWM, which is implemented as a commodity. Besides a status bar, which displays information about the various open windows, it also offers the "virtual workspaces" known from the Unix area. (cg) (Translation: bb)
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23.Mar.2021
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Full version for download: Point'n Click adventure 'DreamWeb'
The full version of the point'n click adventure DreamWeb released in 1994 can be downloaded for free from the website of the Amiga Future. Additional to the manual in pdf format, IPF images and WHDLoad installs of the German and English edition are available as well as an ADF image of the AGA version.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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22.Mar.2021
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Demoscene registered as inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Germany
Last Friday, the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs added 20 new entries to the list of "Intangible Cultural Heritage", including the demoscene. The scene is thus automatically also part of UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage. What advantages this could have in practice is discussed by the news service "Tarnkappe" in a conversation with Tobias Kopka, one of the organisers of the demo party "Evoke", among others (in German). (cg)
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22.Mar.2021
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood 9: Sugarcane released
Press release: After more than 2 years of development, Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to announce the immediate availability of Hollywood 9: Sugarcane. Hollywood is a programming language that can be used to create a wide variety of programs, ranging from games and GUI-based applications for desktop systems to mobile apps for Android and iOS. Hollywood's special feature is its support for retro platforms (e.g. AmigaOS, MorphOS, AROS) and modern operating systems (e.g. Windows, macOS, Linux) alike. It comes with a library of almost 1000 commands and its functionality can be extended further through over 30 plugins which are available for free download.
Version 9.0 is a massive update, the biggest since 6.0, and comes with many new features. Here is a non-exhaustive list of what's new in Hollywood 9.0:
- Almost 100 new commands for lots of new programming fun!
- A blast from the past: Huge palette library for all kinds of retro effects!
- Special palette mode for Hollywood displays, brushes, and animations
- Convenient data serialization to/from JSON
- Vector animation support
- Direct2D support on Windows for GPU-accelerated graphics
- GTK+3 support on Linux
- Support for immersive mode on Android
- Text renderer can lay out text as (un)ordered lists
- Many commands can run asynchronously now
- IFF ANIM write support
- Windows Imaging Component support
- Improved internationalization (i18n) support
- Massive speed improvement for table library
- Less memory consumption
- Media Foundation support on Windows for GPU-accelerated video playback
- Program output and return code can be captured
- Major extensions in the plugin interface
- Network interface is much more powerful now
- Ready for RapaGUI 2.0!
- Ready for at least three 9.0-exclusive plugins!
- Over 100 new pages of PDF documentation, now 1166 altogether!
- Lots of other changes, optimizations and bug fixes
Hollywood 9 is the ultimate Multimedia experience and a must-have for all creative people. Hollywood is available on CD and as a download version. Both versions include Hollywood for all supported platforms. Buying Hollywood gets you a single-user license for all 15 platforms supported by Hollywood. If you already own Hollywood, you can buy a discounted upgrade version. People who bought Hollywood 8 in 2021 can request a free upgrade.
Hollywood is the ultimate bridge between all the different AmigaOS compatible platforms and the other three modern desktop systems, Windows, macOS, and Linux! Additionally, Hollywood also supports the Android and iOS platforms. A truly unique feature is the ability to cross-compile native executables for many different platforms including: AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, WarpOS, MorphOS, AROS (x86), Windows (x86, x64), macOS (x86, x64, ppc), Linux (x86, x64, ppc, arm), and Android/iOS with optionally available add-ons. You don't even have to own these platforms in order to compile executables for them. It's enough to run Hollywood on one of the supported platforms and then compile programs for all the others! Only Hollywood makes it possible. If you want to learn more about Hollywood, please visit the official Hollywood portal under the title link which also has a forum for all questions concerning Hollywood.
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21.Mar.2021
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Lawsuit: separate motions by Hyperion and Amiga for a summary judgment (Update)
While a joint motion from Cloanto and Hyperion to the court in January suggested that a settlement was imminent and only (quote) "ancillary documents" were left to be dealt with, both parties now submitted individual motions for a summary judgment indicating that settlement talks failed
again.
The motion from Amiga Inc., Itec and Amino (formerly known as AmigaInc., Washington) asks for a partial summary judgment on two of their original complaints, both dealing with trademarks: The judge is asked to
issue an order declaring that Hyperion is not the rightful owner of any of the Amiga related trademarks it registered or applied for in the last
few years. The motion also lists all of the trademarks in question:
- USA: applications for "AmigaOne", "AmigaOS" and Boing Ball
- EU: registrations of "Amiga Forever", "AmigaOS" and "Workbench"
- Benelux: registrations of "AmigaOne", "Amiga", "Boing Ball", "Kickstart", "AmigaOS", "Amiga Forever" and "Workbench"
- Germany: registration of "Amiga"
- France, Italy, Spain and Poland: applications for or registrations of "Kickstart"
Since it is a motion for a partial summary, other issues raised by the Amiga parties in their original complaint - like the alleged breach of copyright, violations of the 2009 settlement etc. - would be reserved for an actual trial.
Hyperion's motion is for a complete summary judgment on all of the issues raised its opponents. The document discusses every single cause of action listed and argues why it should be dismissed. In conclusion, it requests that the judge issues a summary judgment (quote) "against all Plaintiffs on all counts".
Update: (21.03.2021, 22:15, cg)
We initially reported that one of the motions for summary judgement was submitted by Cloanto. Actually that particular motion was submitted by the other plaintiffs (Amiga Inc., Itec, Amino) without Cloanto. (cg)
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Aminet uploads until 20.03.2021
The following files have been added until 20.03.2021 to Aminet:
Roadshow_FR.lha comm/tcp 204K French catalogs for Roadshow
bastext.lha dev/basic 65K MOS Alternative petcat utility
cproto.lha dev/gcc 277K MOS Generate protos and convert d...
partcopy.lha disk/misc 18K 68k copy partitions from/to HD to...
tabbycontrol.lha driver/inp 23K 68k Tabby Graphics Tablet driver ...
Koules.lha game/actio 257K 68k Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
Koules_OS4.lha game/actio 240K OS4 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
Koules-AROS.zip game/actio 225K x86 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
KoulesMOS.lha game/actio 265K MOS Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
F1GP2021Carset.lha game/data 5K 2021 Carset for F1GP
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.3M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
OBSTMUI.lha game/misc 31K 68k openBOR GUI (MUI)
Galactica.lha game/wb 24K 68k Port of strategical Linux gam...
WildernessLoader.lha mods/8voic 105K Wilderness Loader 5ch by HKvalhe
PGLoader.lha mods/misc 71K Palace Gardens Loader 4ch by ...
GF4RSID6.zip pix/misc 88K Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
GF4RSID7.zip pix/misc 82K Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
aiostreams.lha util/batch 263K Stream video from major onlin...
GameB-Test.lha util/cli 16K 68k GameB Test
WarpWebPdt.lha util/dtype 288K WOS WebP image datatype V45.2
AmiSSL-4.8.lha util/libs 5.9M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
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21.Mar.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 20.03.2021
The following files have been added until 20.03.2021 to OS4Depot:
ucodenet.lha dev/uti 29kb 4.0 U64 devtoools
koules.lha gam/act 240kb 4.0 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
aiostreams.lha vid/mis 263kb 4.1 Stream video from major online p...
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 20.03.2021
The following files have been added until 20.03.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
bastext_1.1.lha Development/BASIC Alternative petcat utility
cproto_4.7s.lha Development/C Generate protos and con...
SDL_2.0.14_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL 2.0.1...
Koules_1.4.lha Games/Action Port of Linux+OS/2 arca...
MCE_12.6.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
AIOstreams_1.7.1.lha Network/Streaming Stream online video fro...
Screenshot_1.3.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Screenshot Screenbar-Pl...
Monolith_1.0.lha System/Benchmark 3D-CPU Benchmark
WarpWebPdt_45.2.lha System/Datatypes WebP image datatype V45.2
AmiSSL_4.8_68k.lha System/Library/SSL OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...
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21.Mar.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 20.03.2021
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 20.03.2021:
- 2021-03-20 improved: Global Gladiators (Virgin) second/blue button for jump, full joypad controls, trainer added (Info)
- 2021-03-20 new: 3D World Boxing (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 2021-03-18 new: Hologon (The Electronic Knights) done by CFOU! (Info, Image)
- 2021-03-18 improved: Lure of the Temptress (Virgin) fixed sound/music, fixed decrunch code, buttonwait added, new imager (Info)
- 2021-03-18 improved: Cytron (Psygnosis) new imager, uses fast memory, decruncher relocated, manual & icons added (Info)
- 2021-03-17 fixed: Paramax (Kingsoft) issue on 68000 solved (Info)
- 2021-03-16 improved: Barbarian 2 (Psygnosis/Pandemonium) trainer added, joypad support added, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-15 improved: Galaxy Force 2 (Activision/Dementia) gfx bugs fixed, manual added, highscore saving added (Info)
- 2021-03-15 fixed: Wild Streets (Titus) removed odd word write (Info)
- 2021-03-15 improved: Magic Marble (Sphinx) intro horizontal logo scrolling fixed (Info)
- 2021-03-15 new: Crown (Startbyte/Omegavision) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 2021-03-15 improved: Barbarian (Psygnosis) (Psygnosis) 68000 quitkey, uses less chip memory, fixed extraneous sounds, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-14 improved: Wild Streets (Titus) new imager, trainer added, 2nd button support added, new icon and script (Info)
- 2021-03-14 improved: Troddlers (Sales Curve) new imager, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-14 improved: Paramax (Kingsoft) trainers added, second button support added, decruncher relocated, score saving added (Info)
- 2021-03-14 improved: King's Quest Enhanced (Sierra) reduced OS swaps when saving (Info)
- 2021-03-14 improved: Final Blow (Sales Curve) trainer added, 68000 quitkey, access fault fixed, high score saving added, new icons and script (Info)
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21.Mar.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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Puzzle game: ArtPazz (AGA)
ArtPazz is puzzle game where the player has to piece together the tiles an image has been split into (video). Images are classic paintings. The game has been written with AMOS Professional for AGA Amigas and is free - you are able, though, to pay a voluntary price. (snx)
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21.Mar.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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Event: Amiga 35 finally cancelled
The event "Flashback 20/20 feat. Amiga 35" in Hilversum, The Netherlands, that had been postponed before already, has been finally cancelled now.
Ticket purchasers will receive an e-mail to request a refund. This will also include the option to donate (part of) the sum towards the organisation for coping their expenses. (snx)
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21.Mar.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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FreePascal: Docker container for Amiga development updated
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's Docker environment (amiga-news.de reported) for development of FreePascal applications for various Amiga systems has been updated and includes scripts now for compiling directly from the Docker, i.e. without VNC/Lazarus.
The latter does only work for standard Free Pascal programs, though, not for LCL applications. Besides, the lazarus version has been updated to the latest version 2.0.12 as well. (snx)
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20.Mar.2021
Amigaworld (Webseite)
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AMOS development: First public alpha of 'Amos Professional Unity'
'AMOS Professional Unity' written by Frédéric 'AmiDARK' Cordier is the second attempt of the author to add AGA support to the BASIC compiler AMOS Professional. According to the developer on amigaworld.net, he did achieve this goal by releasing AMOS Professional AGA, but at the expense of compatibility to older ardware and old data formats ("Banks").
And the author explained: "Due to requests to make Amos Professional handle SAGA graphics chipset, I had to restart things for a more flexible system. After 1 year of development with Amos Professional AGA, on Amos Professional source code I am now more "comfortable" with updating it and I fell more entrusted on what I can do (or not)."
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19.Mar.2021
commodore.news (Webseite)
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Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 3
The third issue of the British magazine "Amiga Addict" has been published. Among others the latest issue includes a review on the FPGA-based Amiga clone 'UnAmiga' and a feature on the the new Amiga "Jungle scene". Amiga Addict is supposed to be published monthly and can be ordered as sdigital download issue, single print issue or as subscription.
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19.Mar.2021
English Amiga Board (Webseite)
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AROS-Distribution: AROS One 1.5 (x86)
Based on ABI v0, version 1.5 of the AROS distribution 'AROS One' is available. Additional to an ISO image for DVDs, for the first time an image for an USB stick is available as well.
Changes in version 1.5:
- AROS-20180415-1 Core Update (March 2021)
- App Live USB to Create Live Pendrive
- Added and improved file associations to icons and Dopus4
- ZuneARC Added support LZX, Tar.Z, .Tar.gz, .Bz2
- arSFSDoctor (GUI for Disk Recovery or Deleted Partitions and Corrupted SFS Partitions.)
- FakeFastmem (Adds FastMem on Wanderer)
- Updated Zune Libraries
- Removed from AROS One the program "RNOPublisher", those interested can download it from Aminet
- Mirror Effect Application Icons
- Glow effect on drawer icons
- Updated External Commands for ZuneARC
- Retouching 2 OS4-MOS Style Workbench Windows Skins
- New AviBuild Skin
- New Zune ARC Skins
- New Skin for MeteMP3
- New Skin for MP3 Player
- New Skin for FrameBuild
- New Skins for HarmonyPlayer
- 3 New Skins for MPlayer
- 3 New Skins for MP3 ZAMP
Downloads:
DVD-ISO on Google Drive
USB-ISO on Google Drive
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19.Mar.2021
a1k.org (Webseite)
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Lubricator: Receiving disk images via HTTP and writing them on disk
'Lubricator' (screenshot) written by Timm 'bifat' Mueller loads disk images from the World Wide Web and writes them on an Amiga disk using an Amiga with only 1 MB RAM and without harddrive.
Direct download: lubricator.lha (56 KB) (Readme)
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18.Mar.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Dungeon Crawler: New "Black Dawn" episode, previous games available as download
Three months ago the expansion package for the Dungeon Crawler Black Dawn Rebirth, called "Black Down Rogue", was announced but now is supposed to be a separate game: The engine was completely rewritten and new graphics will be used. On Indie Retro News you can look at some screenshots.
All previously released games of the series, written in AMOS and BlitzBasic in the 90s, as well as the spin offs 'Parasite' and 'Parasite II' now can be downloaded from the website of the developer Timeslip ("pay what you want"). Three weeks ago, the last part of the series called 'Black Dawn Rebirth' already was made available.
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18.Mar.2021
English Amiga Board (Webseite)
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Point'n Click adventure: Nippon Safes Inc. now Freeware
The Point'n Click adventure Nippon Safes Inc. released in 1992 now has been made available as Freeware by the developers. Disk images, scans of the manual as well as a file, probably containing a version meant for ScummVM, are available on scummvm.org/games.
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[News message: 18. Mar. 2021, 23:24] [Comments: 0]
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18.Mar.2021
Amiga On The Lake
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Kipper2K replacement keyboard status
In October 2018 we reported about the plans of the US American shop and reseller "Amiga On The Lake" (AOTL) to pre-finance and then distribute the replacement keyboards developed by 'Kipper2K'. The versions for Amiga 500 and 1200 should be available until Christmas 2018.
In a status update now Jeffery Yoder has written that and why they did not succeed in delivering the keyboards until the end of 2020 to all those users who have reserved them in advance. The current plan is to accomplish that by the end of June of this year, 2021.
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18.Mar.2021
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Modplayer: AmiModRadio 0.99992
AmiModRadio is "a program to automatically download, extract, and play modules from Aminet." Other websites like Haxor.fi, Modland and Modules.pl are supported as well. A rating function is also included. AmiModRadio is open source, the source code is available on SourceForge and BitBucket. If you want to report bugs then please use the official bugtracker. Any ideas for improving the program are welcome!
The latest version provides a German translation. Additionally, the the logic for ratings was updated and further reduced the number of calls to the Web server. The author fixed some discrepencies between the ratings functions and the Web server and modules are added to the user's local blacklist when rated too low.
Direct download: LatestAmiModRadio.lha (2,8 MB).
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17.Mar.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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7-Bit:SPI Master Bus software 1.0
The SPI bus is not only used on their Wicher turbo cards by 7-Bit for connecting devices like SD card readers (amiga-news.de reported), by the SPI Master Bus CP controller there is also a stand-alone solution directly connected to the Amiga 1200's clock port. Its software that includes an sdcard.device is now avaiulable in version 1.0. (snx)
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16.Mar.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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Print magazine: Issue 129 of Amiga Future readable free of charge
German and english issue 129 (November/December 2017) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" is available free of charge now at the magazine's website. Published as image files of the individual pages, remainders of the physical issue as well as PDF files at a higher resolution are available at the publisher. (snx)
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16.Mar.2021
GitHub
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 4.8 (AmigaOS 3/4)
The open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been updated to version 4.8 and is fully compatible to IBrowse 2.5.3.
Changes:
- Updated OpenSSL backend to full compatibility to latest OpenSSL 1.1.1j (16.02.2021) version, which brings security and bug fixes.
- Updated root certificates to latest Mozilla-based bundle provided by https://curl.se/docs/caextract.html.
- Fixed corrupted OS3 libamisslauto.a (object name was too long).
- Tweaked SDK examples and OpenSSL includes to be more compatible with vanilla VBCC and SAS/C compiler installations.
- Restored SAS/C support to AmiSSL autoopen link library code.
- Added native VBCC support to AmiSSL autoopen link library code.
- Added lib/autoinit_amissl_main.c to SDK to allow VBCC, SAS/C and GCC users to compile their own link library, if required.
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16.Mar.2021
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Galactica: Turn-based space stategy game for Workbench
Krzysztof Donats 'Galactica' (screenshot) is a port of the Linux game Konquest. The Amiga port is running on the Workbench screen.
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15.Mar.2021
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Turn-based space stategy game: Imperium Terranum 2.811
For a while the source code of the turn-based space strategy game Imperium Terranum 2 is being ported from Pascal to C and adopted to graphic cards. In version 2.811 some minor bugs have been fixed:
- Wormhole-flights are now mouse-controlled - same/easier difficulty than with joystick.
- Playsound is now stereo - direction depends on mouse-position (as used to be in original game).
In this version the intro-sequence may crash when terminated early (via mousebutton).
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14.Mar.2021
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Aminet uploads until 13.03.2021
The following files have been added until 13.03.2021 to Aminet:
chkXEX.lha dev/cross 56K 68k Info about Atari XE/XL execut...
pciparallel.device.lha driver/oth 34K 68k Mediator parallel port driver
MCE.lha game/edit 3.0M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 3.6M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
ZDOOM_AGA.lha game/shoot 21M 68k Amiga port of ZDOOM
ZDOOM_RTG.lha game/shoot 21M 68k Amiga port of ZDOOM
mandel_dsp.lha gfx/fract 49K 68k Mandelbrot generator for DSP3...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.1M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
TLNTheme.lha mods/misc 62K The Last Ninja Theme 4ch by H...
MMULib.lha util/libs 731K 68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 724K MOS Multipurpose utility
WHDLoadMenu.lha util/misc 485K 68k A WHDLoad frontend
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14.Mar.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 13.03.2021
The following files have been added until 13.03.2021 to OS4Depot:
thewidow.lha gam/adv 19Mb 4.0 Game Terror Paranormal Adventure
mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
x5000temp.lha uti/doc 152kb 4.1 shows X50x0 CPU temperatures/vol...
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14.Mar.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 13.03.2021
The following files have been added until 13.03.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
libmpg123_1.26.4.lha Development/Library mpg123 with libmpg123 1...
Fuse_1.6.0_sdl2.lha Emulation The Free Unix Spectrum ...
TheWidow_1.15.lha Games/Adventure The Widow the point and...
Sam460ex.jpeg Hardware/Sam460ex Sam460ex.jpeg
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14.Mar.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 13.03.2021
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 13.03.2021:
- 2021-03-12 new: Temple of the Enlightened Souls (Softsell/Dynamic) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 2021-03-12 updated: Knight Force (Titus) keyboard handling fixed (Info)
- 2021-03-12 improved: Elfmania (Terramarque/Renegade) changed memory configuration, trainer fixed (Info)
- 2021-03-12 improved: Blue Berry (Infogrames) uses files instead of disk image, 68000 quitkey, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-09 updated: Tiny Bobble (Pink^aBYSs) fixed graphical corruption, fixed crash when quitting (Info)
- 2021-03-09 improved: Rackney's Island (Megatronix) trainer added, 2nd button support added, 68000 quitkey, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-09 improved: Time Machine (Vivid Image) trainer added, button wait added, 68000 quitkey, manual added (Info)
- 2021-03-09 fixed: Knight Force (Titus) made 68000/68010 compatible (Info)
- 2021-03-09 improved: King's Quest 4 (Sierra) using real files, added configurable keyboard, fixed sound issue (Info)
- 2021-03-09 improved: Galaxy Force 2 (Activision/Dementia) 68000 quitkey added, trainer added, new install script and icon (Info)
- 2021-03-08 improved: Knight Force (Titus) supports another version, uses less memory, quitkey on 68000 (Info)
- 2021-03-07 improved: Sword of Honour (Prestige) supports another version, quitkey on 68000, trainer added, blitter waits added, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-07 improved: Space Racer (Loriciels) less memory used, quitkey on 68000 (Info)
- 2021-03-07 improved: Doodlebug (Core Design) second button/joypad support, quitkey for 68000 (Info)
- 2021-03-07 updated: Darkman (Ocean) time trainer removed, icon fixed (Info)
- 2021-03-07 improved: Carlos (Microïds) uses files instead disk image, trainers added, quitkey on 68000 (Info)
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13.Mar.2021
OS4Depot
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AmigaOS 4: Updates to The Widow and Slot Machine Saga
At the beginning of February, Juan Carlos 'Templario' Herran Martin did remove all his software from his Morgue Soft Webseite but as he already announced he was going to keep on updating his projects.
Two days ago he released on OS4Depot an update to his point-and-click adventure "The Widow". He has added Polish translation and improved the game a little bit (Paranormal Experience, Slot Machine).
Already at the end of February he had released a new version of his slot machine WArMUP based on Hollywood:
Version 1.20 does not require any external Hollywood plugins and offers some minor improvements like animated coins or additional sounds.
According to the author on request by amiga-news.de, he currently is working on his picture viewer Videntium Picta.
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10.Mar.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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FreePascal: Documentation for systems library units, support of MorphOS-SDK
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has "extended (and sometimes created) the documentation for all four Amiga systems library units (amunits, arosunits, morphunits, os4units) and the util units (ami-extra)" which is available in HTML and CHM format. Additionally he has also updated "the Free Pascal library units for MorphOS" and "created the documentation for these functions."
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10.Mar.2021
Mike Battilana (e-mail)
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Cloanto: Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 9
Press release: March 10, 2021 - Cloanto released today version 9 of Amiga Forever
and C64 Forever, the official Commodore/Amiga preservation, emulation and support suites for Windows.
The new editions are the result of more than two years of development since the previous major version, which also saw the parallel release of numerous free updates to the previous version, and the development of Amiga Explorer 8 and Amiga Explorer 9 (now included in Amiga Forever 9 Plus Edition and Premium Edition).
Version 9 celebrates beautiful new visual features like Arcade mode (screenshot), Tile mode, light vs. dark options, and a first set of more colorful skin variants. Under the hood, hardware-accelerated technologies like Direct2D are used to provide a snappy experience. Powerful new column and tile field selection and sort options provide unprecedented control within the player interface, while a new property handler and an enhanced preview handler enable seamless content access via File Explorer and Windows Search.
New automation and title authoring features make it possible to automatically run a script or application on startup, e.g. to quickly invoke different features or games from a shared Amiga setup. This is envisioned to be only the beginning of new automation capabilities which are planned to be released over the next months.
Additional Amiga improvements include RDB disk image enhancements, while 8-bit features include new SID audio, drive and media options, and support for the MAX Machine and the C64 Magic Voice cartridge.
On the input front, shared Amiga and 8-bit improvements include the ability to use the player entirely with a game controller, and enhanced virtual buttons that can now simulate guest joystick events (e.g. autofire) in addition to keyboard events.
Hundreds of smaller new features and refinements also made it into these new versions. Windows too went through several new releases since the previous major release of Amiga Forever and C64 Forever, and the new code base provides better support for new features introduced in Windows 10 versions 1909, 2004 and 20H2.
Amiga Forever 9 is available now in three editions:
- Value Edition (downloadable installer)
- Plus Edition (downloadable installer with option to build DVD ISO image)
- Premium Edition (downloadable Plus Edition, plus boxed software and additional videos on 3 DVDs)
C64 Forever 9 is available now in three editions:
Both packages recognize and work with each other, with options to merge the different platforms into the same interface. Prices start from $9.95 (Value Edition, or special upgrade offers). (snx)
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09.Mar.2021
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Prototype of another "Pac-Land" port
"Pac-Land" is a Bally-/Namco slot machine from 1984. The official Amiga port was released in 1989, getting low scores. The website "Amiga Games That Weren't" which collects information on never released Amiga games now has found another, unfinished port of the game. The prototype is offered for download: A total of five levels can be played.
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08.Mar.2021
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Word processor: Update of FinalWriter in progress
In 2015 the new copyright holder Timothy "Terminills" Deters for the first time announced an update of Finalwriter. And obviously still it is in progress: In a thread on amigaworld.net Deters has linked a Youtube video demonstrating the new spell check.
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Preview videos: Souverän Soccer, Creeping Me Out Hex Night
Daniel Müßener is developing a soccer game with 3D effects which currently is named "Souverän Soccer". In a video for the first time the 3D engine is demonstrated. The game is supposed to be run on an Amiga 1200 without upgrades.
'Creeping Me Out Hex Night' written by Michael Dawes is supposed to become a new jump'n run game developed with the Construction Kit Scorpion Engine. A new preview video presents the changes added since January.
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07.Mar.2021
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Aminet uploads until 06.03.2021
The following files have been added until 06.03.2021 to Aminet:
SteMarRegAMOSSources.lha dev/amos 236K 68k 6 AMOS sources+exes by Stefan...
dsp3210.lha driver/oth 49K 68k DSP 3210 drivers and tools
Renegades_Deluxe.zip game/2play 523K 68k 2 player battle, 'Alien Breed...
MCE.lha game/edit 3.1M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.3M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 3.6M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
labyrinth64.lha game/misc 128K 68k Port of Commodore 64 game Lab...
ZDOOM_AGA.lha game/shoot 21M 68k Amiga port of ZDOOM
ZDOOM_RTG.lha game/shoot 21M 68k Amiga port of ZDOOM
Bull_Run.lha game/strat 270K 68k turn-based military strategy ...
Bull_Run_adf.zip game/strat 358K 68k turn-based military strategy ...
ViewStl.lha gfx/3d 172K MOS An STL (3D Model) viewer
BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 50K 68k Create your own backdrop patt...
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha gfx/fract 7.0M OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
AMRep1991-07-07_v1i01... mags/misc 46K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-07-13_v1i02... mags/misc 45K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-07-20_v1i03... mags/misc 49K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-07-27_v1i04... mags/misc 45K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-07-29_sed1.txt mags/misc 35K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-08-03_v1i05... mags/misc 52K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-12-05_v1i18... mags/misc 49K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-12-26_v1i19... mags/misc 42K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1992-01-27_v2i01... mags/misc 43K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1992-09-08_v2i08... mags/misc 98K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1992-09-14_expo.txt mags/misc 41K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1992-09-16_v2i09... mags/misc 40K AM-Report newsletter
AToday_1988-09-20_v3i... mags/misc 29K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-10-10_v4i... mags/misc 22K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-10-20_v4i... mags/misc 22K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-10-30_v4i... mags/misc 20K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-11-10_v5i... mags/misc 23K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-11-20_v5i... mags/misc 23K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-11-30_v5i... mags/misc 22K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-12-25_v6i... mags/misc 43K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1989-03-20_v9i... mags/misc 33K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1989-04-10_v10... mags/misc 22K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1989-04-20_v10... mags/misc 23K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1989-04-30_v10... mags/misc 27K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday-1988-11-30-Ind... mags/misc 7K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.3M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.6M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
NR2021Collection.lha mods/misc 26M HKvalhe's Ninja Remix 2021 Co...
Sanctum2021.lha mods/misc 127K Sanctum 2021 4ch Lv6 by HKvalhe
BootPicture.lha util/boot 87K 68k Shows pictures, plays sound d...
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 609K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 773K OS4 Multipurpose utility
WHDLoadMenu.lha util/misc 484K 68k A WHDLoad frontend
GoShell.lha util/shell 16K 68k tool for open Shell in full s...
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OS4Depot uploads until 06.03.2021
The following files have been added until 06.03.2021 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
flashmandelng.lha gra/mis 7Mb 4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
flipclock.lha uti/mis 3Mb 4.1 Fullscreen Flipclock for OS4 (SDL2)
reportplus.lha uti/mis 773kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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AROS Archives uploads until 06.03.2021
The following files have been added until 06.03.2021 to AROS Archives:
homingfever.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 149kb Quick and simple. Avoid all inco...
rnopublisher.zip off/dtp 224b PDF creator
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 06.03.2021
The following files have been added until 06.03.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
SDL_2.0.14_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL 2.0.1...
Iris_0.114.lha Email New email client suppor...
Hode_0.2.9e.lha Games/Adventure Hode is a re-implementa...
MCE_12.5.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
ViewStl_1.0.lha Graphics/3D An STL (3D Model) viewer
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WHDLoad: New installers until 06.03.2021
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 06.03.2021:
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New preview videos of Super Metal Hero
Three new preview videos (1, 2, 3) of the jump'n run game 'Super Metal Hero' has been published presenting diverse new features.
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Creating Aminet info files: Report+ 8.03
Using Report+ you can create bug reports, Aminet info files ("Readme") and similar texts as well as showing and editing IFF/RIFF picture files. The programis based on ReAction, the source code is included. The new version 8.03 is available for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.
Changes of version 8.03:
- ASCII processor: added "Strip leading whitespace?" option.
- IFF/RIFF editor: added knowledge about RIFF SFBK format.
- Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.
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