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26.Feb.2017



Aminet-Uploads until 25.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until February 25th, 2017:
OdysseyLauncher2.lha     comm/www   112K  OS4 Avoid starting Odyssey twice ...
GadEdit.lha              dev/gui    2K    68k Gadgets Editor (GadEdit) (1992)
MaxKnightFDD.adf         game/jump  880K  68k Max Knight (FULL GAME - 36 le...
MaxKnightHDD.lha         game/jump  430K  68k Max Knight (FULL GAME - 36 le...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.5M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmoricSource.lha         misc/emu   153K      Amoric source code
hipkey.lha               mus/play   1K    68k HippoPlayer free keyfile
hippoplayerSource.lha    mus/play   597K      HippoPlayer source code
WWorth_fincats.lha       text/dtp   27K       Wordworth 3SE,4SE & 7 Fin...
Redit_src.lha            text/edit  72K       Sourcecode of Redit
VIM_8.0.363.lha          text/edit  9.2M  MOS Vim - The ubiquitous text edi...
VIM_8.0.363-src.lha      text/edit  17M       Vim - The ubiquitous text edi...
InstantZip_3.0.lha       util/arc   265K  MOS A ZIP packer / unpacker with GUI
ShellUpdate.lha          util/boot  131K  68k Update Os 3.9 BB2 Shell to 45...
hfinder.i386-aros.zip    util/dir   1.5M  x86 Tool to search files in your ...
jpeglibrarySP.lha        util/libs  7K        JpegLibraryPrefs spanish guid...
app.lha                  util/misc  899K  68k download/install/start APPlic...
TinyLauncher.lha         util/misc  109K  68k WHDLoad frontend and more
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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26.Feb.2017



OS4Depot-Uploads until 25.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until February 25th, 2017:
seq.lha                  aud/mis 109kb 4.0 Simple MIDI step sequencer
sess.lha                 aud/mis 40kb  4.0 Start/stop multiple MIDI sequenc...
picflowgad.lha           dev/lib 63kb  4.0 Display picture strips in a GUI
radiobuttonxgad.lha      dev/lib 83kb  4.0 Radiobutton gadget expanded
potrace.lha              gra/con 292kb 4.0 transform bitmaps into vector gr...
contextmenus-config.lha  gra/the 157kb 4.1 Adds icons to all missing menu e...
knobgad.lha              lib/rea 57kb  4.0 Round knob gadget
prefscenter.lha          uti/wor 259kb 4.0 Launch prefs programs from a GUI
quickstarter.lha         uti/wor 325kb 4.0 Quick program start menu
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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26.Feb.2017



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 25.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until February 25th, 2017:
muiroyale_hwp.i386-aros.lha  lib/mis 163kb Hollywood plugin for MUI GUIs
rapagui.i386-aros.lha        lib/mis 219kb Cross-platform GUI toolkit for H...
mcc_betterstring-11.30.i3... lib/mui 310kb BetterString custom class for MUI
mcc_mailtex.i386-aros.lha    lib/mui 34kb  Mui Custom Class for Messagetexts
mcc_nlist-0.121.i386-aros... lib/mui 2Mb   NList custom classes for MUI
mcc_texteditor-15.47.i386... lib/mui 836kb TextEditor custom class for MUI
mcc_toolbar.i386-aros.lha    lib/mui 28kb  Toolbar custom class for MUI
mcc_urltex.i386-aros.lha     lib/mui 26kb  MUI public custom url class
odyssey-1.25-11.i386-aros... net/bro 22Mb  web browser
hfinder.i386-aros.zip        uti/fil 1Mb   Tool to search files in your media
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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26.Feb.2017



WHDLoad: New installers until 25.02.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until February 25th, 2017: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.Feb.2017



MorphOS: MUI-based port of text editor Vim 8.0
Vim ("Vi improved") is a powerful texte ditor for the console, which was originally developed on the Amiga, but became famous with Unix-/Linux.


Similar to projects like Gvim, Ola Söder's port to MorphOS adds a simple graphical user-interface. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Feb.2017
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Crowdfunding: The Commodore Story, the next Commodore documentation
After Viva Amiga and The Commodore Wars, a third film is supposed to tell the story of Commodore, financed by Kickstarter. "The Commodore Story" will be recorded, if 17.500 British Pound will be donated by April 20th - so far about 10.300 pounds were donated. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Feb.2017
Thomas Wenzel (ANF)


Audio-Player: AmigaAMP 3.21 (AmigaOS 3/4)
The latest version of Thomas Wenzel's audio player AmigaAMP provides several minor improvements:
  • Replaced connection popup window with info in title bar (reaction) or info line (skin mode).
  • ReAction: Added iconify gadget to main window.
  • Fixed long filename handling.
  • Set default for "Show TagEditor" to FALSE. If this setting doesn't exist in the prefs file then info window will not be shown.
  • 68k: Fixed internal memory overflow when calculating plugin data.
  • "Engine" part of amigaamp.prefs is now compatible with AmigaAMP2.
  • 68k: Changed visualisation routine to support high resolution and peak-dots.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Feb.2017
ANF


Plipbox Deluxe: Cases for Ethernet adapters in Commodore style
Already since November, under the title link cases for Christian Vogelgsang's external Ethernet adapter plipbox (amiga-news.de reported) are offered which are made with 3D printing. The adapter is included in the price. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Feb.2017



Text editor Redit: Source code released
Kai Scherrer's Redit ist a text editor which is compatible to Kickstart 1.2 (amiga-news.de reported). Now the source code of the latest version 1.15 was released.

Download: Redit1.15_src.lha (72 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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21.Feb.2017
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: SDK Browser 2.1.3.0
In the latest version of Jamie Krueger's SDK-Browser a bug was fixed, which did prevent it starting from Shell. Besides, the paths to the MUI-Includes and -Autodocs have been adapted to the altered conditions of AmigaOS-4-SDK. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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21.Feb.2017
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Workbench distribution: AKReal 8.8
AKReal is an inofficial adaption of the Workbench distribution Amikit to real Amigas without a graphic board. The whole environment works with 16 colours and is meant for AGA-Amigas. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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20.Feb.2017



Printmagazine: Amiga Future 125 - previews and extracts
A preview and extracts from issue 125 (March/April 2017) of Amiga Future have been released today. Amongst other things, this issue features reviews of AmigaOS 4 FE Update 1 and the new Amiga 1200 cases, an interview with Achim Pankalle (spreadsheet ingition) and two workshops. (cg)

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19.Feb.2017



Aminet-Uploads until 18.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until February 18th, 2017:
CookieMaster_demo_ALL... comm/www   5.6M  MOS Web browser cookie cleaner demo
DrawStudioSP.lha         gfx/edit   20K       DrawStudio v2.0.0 spanish lan...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.1M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   4.4M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
MidiTracker-source.zip   mus/midi   504K      Complete source code for Midi...
ShellUpdate.lha          util/boot  131K  68k Update Os 3.9 BB2 Shell to 45.38
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.Feb.2017



OS4Depot-Uploads until 18.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until February 18th, 2017:
universe-zero.lha        dem/sce 4Mb   4.1 First AmigaOs4 demo ever
sdl2_sdk.lha             dev/lib 5Mb   4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 2 for d...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb   4.1 An arabic console device
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 4Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
contextmenus-config.lha  gra/the 145kb 4.1 Adds icons to all missing menu e...
sdl2_user.lha            lib/mis 2Mb   4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 2 for u...
cookiemaster_demo.lha    net/bro 2Mb   4.1 Web browser (currently Odyssey) ...
fuelgauge.lha            uti/wor 91kb  4.0 Volume gauges underneath hard dr...
emotion_demo.lha         vid/pla 6Mb   4.1 Demo of Emotion media player
smtube.lha               vid/pla 2Mb   4.1 Qt : direct stream + download Yo...
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.Feb.2017



WHDLoad: New installers until 18.02.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until February 18th, 2017:
  • 2017-02-16 fixed: PP Hammer (Demonware) install script corrected (Info)
  • 2017-02-16 improved: Gobliiins (Cocktel Vision) missing sounds fixed (Info)
  • 2017-02-16 improved: D/Generation (Mindscape) rewritten OCS/AGA versions for WHDLoad v17, quit key on 68000 added (Info)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.Feb.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Event: 8-Bit- & Amiga-Party RetroKomp/Load Error 2017 in Gdansk
This year from 20. to 22. October in Gdansk the RetroKomp/Load-Error-Party will take place in the GAK (invitation video).

It is a combined event featuring the sixth issue of the RetroKomp, which is about retro games, games competition and presentations, as well as the third issue of the Load-Error-Demoscene-Party. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.Feb.2017
EntwicklerX (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: commercial media player "Emotion" released
Press release: We are very happy inform you that that the first release of the Emotion media player is finished and will be released immediately! Currently AmiStore and Alinea Computer are setting up their stores with data provided from us, the software should be available through them when you read this.

What is Emotion?

Emotion is a powerful multimedia player specially developed for AmigaOS 4. The easy-to-use interface, deliberate limitation to required basic functions, as well as optimization on operating system functions, makes Emotion to a software that integrates perfectly into the current AmigaOS.

The use of FFmpeg as a subsystem for video and audio decoding (through AmigaOS specific shared libraries) allows emotion to access proven and powerful technologies in the background. Due to the Reaction based interface in combination with optimized operating system functions and FFmpeg as a decoder, Emotion understands itself as its own interpretation of a multimedia player which is not just a port of existing open source projects but tries to connect tried and tested technologies with the ecosystem of AmigaOS.

Emotion looks like AmigaOS software, works like AmigaOS software… it is AmigaOS software!

Features:
  • Compositing based video scaling on RadeonHD graphics cards
  • YUV video acceleration (RadeonHD 2.0)
  • video overlay (PIP) on Radeon 9xxx graphics cards
  • software rendering, on classic Amiga and emulation
  • supports local video files and web streams
  • fullscreen, window und borderless modes
  • recent list, for reopen media files
  • supports video subtitles and multiple audio tracks
  • optimization for Altivec
  • enable / disable video filters (on graphics cards supporting Compositing)
  • FFmpeg based video decoding, optimized for the most used codecs
  • easy-to-use Reaction based GUI, AISS Icons, AmigaOS 4.1 F.E. context menu
  • Conscious focus on basic functions and optimization for AmigaOS
  • ARexx port
  • manual and automatic Frameskip
System requirements:
  • AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition (Update 1 recommended)
  • graphics card: ATI Radeon 9xxx, ATI RadeonHD (RadeonHD driver V2.0 recommended)
  • also works in software mode when no Radeon graphics card is available (i.e. Classic Amiga or under emulation)
Before buying, please test the demoversion extensively!

Additional information and contact details:

www.entwickler-x.de/emotion
www.amiboing.de

Thank you for buying and using Emotion!
Frank and Thomas from EntwicklerX (cg) (Translation: cg)

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17.Feb.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Flower Pot: Preconfigured WinUAE preferences for AmigaOS 4
If you do not want to waste your time with configuring the emulator WinUAE on your Windows or Mac-OS-X/x86 computer for running AmigaOS 4, you can use "Flower Pot" sold by the AmiKit-Team for 6,95 Euro which is a preconfigured environment. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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17.Feb.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)


PDF-Magazine: AmigaMAD 60 (Norwegian/English)
This years Norsk amigaforening is celebrating its 25th anniversary and has published issue 60 of Amigaguiden. The English edition, formerly called Amiga Guide Magazine, now has been renamed into AmigaMAD Magazine by the editor Tommy Strand.

Download site:
Norwegian
English (snx) (Translation: dr)

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16.Feb.2017



Video: Tower 57 playing on the "Tabor" motherboard (update)
In a blog entry Hyperion shows the crowdfunded shooter Tower 57, which will be also released for AmigaOS 4. Daniel Müßener is developing the port for OS4 and has created a special version of the game for the Tabor motherboard ("A1222") presenting the current stage of development. A video showing the game on an AmigaOne A1222 gives an impression. The developer wrote, that the version for the Tabor would run "a lot faster than on a sam460ex" - explaining: "Tower57 is some kind of special case though, primarily because I do pure software rendering inside this Amiga port, so the program doesn't have to comunicate floats directly to other libraries, roughly spoken."

Hint of the editorial staff: The processor QorIQ P1022, part of Tabor, uses a FPU which is incompatible to most of the Power Processors, also that ones, which are used in the AmigaOS 4 computers. In order to make it compatible to existing AmigaOS 4 software, the operating system has to have a compatibility layer, which currently none of us knows any information or details. Therefore it is not clear if this special Tabor edition of the game was created due to speed or compatibility reasons.

Update: (17.02.2017, 15:00 Uhr, cg)

As one of our readers in our German comments has pointed out, there are more information on the YouTube website concerning a normal build of the game:

"The "normal" Tower57 FPU build works too on the Tabor btw. In that case, as with all other FPU-using programs, the OS' current compatibility backend kicks in and "translates" each and every FPU-opcode into something the Tabor likes. Interesting enough: even then the Tabor is so powerful that it's still playable (about 20fps where the sam460 reaches about 30fps)." (cg) (Translation: dr)

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16.Feb.2017
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


PDF-Magazine: REV'n'GE 71 (Italian/English)
The PDF-magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.

Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga games Hannibal and Smash. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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15.Feb.2017
Klearchos Gourgourinis (a.k.a. Muadib a.k.a. Anelixis in the Group, Admin) (ANF)


Facebook group for Amiga-3D artists
A new Facebook group is supposed to become a meeting point for 3D-artists and fans. Additional to discussions about topics, the group is supposed to be a place for users who are going to join for future productions. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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15.Feb.2017
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Assembler: vasm 1.7h
Frank Wille has released an update of the assembler vasm. As usual Wille does not provide vasm binaries except with the vbcc compiler distribution. If you are interested in, you have to compile the assembler on your own. Changes in version 1.7h:
  • Implemented a dynamic line buffer. No limitations on line lengths anymore
  • Octal escape sequences are limited to a maximum of three digits
  • Allow assembler text output (echo, printv) in offset sections
  • Print a warning for initialized data in a bss-type section. This already worked in the past (1.2c and later), but has been lost somewhere
  • Some single-character labels and symbols will be rejected (depending on the syntax module)
  • -maxerrors=0 should print all errors in the source
  • Print expressions in the listing file and the test output in decimal and hexadecimal form
  • m68k: Immediate- and PC-relative destination addressing modes for 68851 PMOVE are not allowed. PMOVE ea,PCSR doesn't exist
  • 6502: Perform zero-page optimization with a known label from an absolute section
  • std-syntax: Fixed problem with parentheses in character constants
  • oldstyle-syntax: New option -org=<address> to set the absolute base address of the program from the command line
  • oldstyle-syntax: Implemented some listing file directives, but without any function yet: nam, subttl, page, space
  • bin-output: Fixed output section sorting, which didn't work with some implementations of qsort()
  • elf-output: Fixed external references in stabs
  • elf-output: Use a hash table for ELF symbols to speed up the output
  • hunk-output: Optimization to make it faster with many sections
  • test-output: Fixed crash when printing stabs without a value
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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15.Feb.2017
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Amiga Future: Issue 101 can be read online
Issue 101 (March/April 2013) of the printed magazine Amiga Future is sold out, you can read the German and the English edition of the magazine online (picture files). You also can buy a PDF-version. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Feb.2017



Cross compiler: GCC 6 for m68k-AmigaOS development (Windows, Mac OS, Linux)
At Github, Stefan "Bebbo" Franke has adapted the full GCC-toolchain for the m68k-AmigaOS development. Version 6 of the cross compiler, binutils and the link library libnix are included, can be compiled for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. Binaries are not contributed, the tools still have to be compiled. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.Feb.2017
fs-uae.net (Webseite)


Emulator: FS-UAE 2.9.4dev (beta)
Frode Solheim has released a new development version FS-UAE 2.9.4dev which provides changes of the Launcher and of FS-UAE Arcade.

Changes in FS-UAE Lanucher:
  • Try to use config from game database when launching with a WHDLoad archive
  • New startup argument –no-auto-detect-game to disable the above feature
  • Save directory based on archive name when launching with an archive
  • Fixed a bug where rating icons could disappear from variants list
  • New option whdload_preload, defaults to 1 (change in behavior)
  • More language flags for the status bar
  • New option to toggle close buttons in dialogs
  • New reset to defaults button on settings pages (GUI does not update yet)
Changes in FS-UAE Arcade:
  • New option arcade_initial_favorites to start with favorites filter
  • New startup argument –favorites to show the favorites list directly
  • Show game lists in FS-UAE Arcade (favorites, etc)
  • New option arcade_theme (=blue/red)
  • Fixed aspect correction toggle button
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.Feb.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Interview with Jérôme Senay (French)
Under the title link an interview in French with Jérôme 'Glames' Senay has been published, who is the author of Ask Me Up and Dir Me Up (English Google translation). (snx) (Translation: dr)

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12.Feb.2017



Aminet-Uploads until 11.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until February 11th, 2017:
CookieMonster_ALL.lha    comm/www   5.5M  MOS Web browser cookie cleaner
ADE-repack.lha           dev/gcc    13M   68k GCC based Amiga Development E...
ADFer.lha                disk/misc  42K   68k Read and Write ADF Files to/f...
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  1.9M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
RiVA-0.52.lha            gfx/show   892K  68k RiVA MPEG player
Calimero_3.9.lha         text/dtp   8.3M  MOS A DTP Program
Redit.lha                text/edit  47K   68k Text editor
rzip-2.1.lha             util/arc   32K   68k rzip 2.1 - powerful compresso...
uaemremover.lha          util/dir   16K   68k Remove junk files created by ...
AmiSSL-4.0.lha           util/libs  5.4M  OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
TinyLauncher.zip         util/misc  462K  68k WHDLoad frontend and more
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12.Feb.2017



OS4Depot-Uploads until 11.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until February 11th, 2017:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb   4.1 An arabic console device
starboxdemo.lha          gra/mis 665kb 4.1 Space demo/benchmark thing for W...
contextmenus-config.lha  gra/the 145kb 4.1 Adds icons to all missing menu e...
moderntheme.lha          gra/the 39kb  4.1 Minimalistic theme
knobgad.lha              lib/rea 57kb  4.0 Round knob gadget
cookiemaster_demo.lha    net/bro 2Mb   4.1 Web browser (currently Odyssey) ...
download.lha             net/ftp 36kb  4.0 File download utility: http, htt...
findmore.lha             uti/fil 135kb 4.0 File searching tool (GUI)
fuelgauge.lha            uti/wor 91kb  4.0 Volume gauges underneath hard dr...
emotion_demo.lha         vid/pla 6Mb   4.1 very first, demo of Emotion medi...
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12.Feb.2017



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 11.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until February 11th, 2017:
cinnamonwriter.i386-aros.zip off/wor 4Mb   word processor
dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.30.zip    off/wor 4Mb   addon for cinnamon writer
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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12.Feb.2017



WHDLoad: New installers bis 11.02.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installer has been added until February 11th, 2017: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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12.Feb.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following songs have been added:
  • Parasol Stars Medley
  • Rings of Medusa - Distorsion mix
  • Sleeping Gods Lie (Intro Remix)
  • Thunderboy Medley
  • X-Out - Drowning In Your Love Remix
  • Boil Up! Power! (Midnight Resistance Stage 1)
  • Robocop 3
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.Feb.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4 / AROS / MorphOS: CookieMonster 1.4.0
Marko Seppänen's CookieMonster is a commercial program for AmigaOS 4, AROS and MorphOS for managing cookies of the web browser Odyssey. MUI 4 and the openurl.library are required.

Download: CookieMonster_ALL.lha (6 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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09.Feb.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Developer tool: vlink 0.15d
Frank Wille has updated the portable linker vlink which can handle a lot of binary formats and is part of the compiler package vbcc. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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09.Feb.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Interview with AmigaWave
Under the title link, generationamiga.com has interviewed Enrique who is one of the members of the Spanish group AmigaWave (YouTube channel). The games "Furtum Sacrum", "RetroWars" and "Brus Lii" have been written by the developer group (amiga-news.de reported). (snx) (Translation: dr)

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08.Feb.2017
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


MorphOS: DTP program Calimero 3.9 also creates charts
Version 3.9 of Carsten Siegner's DTP program Calimero now also can create bar and pie charts:


The new chart function has the following features:
  • each spreadsheet can have unlimited charts
  • charts address spreadsheets in the whole document
  • charts can have unlimited data levels
  • charts require a spreadsheet
  • charts exist as objects, so it is possible to save documents as ODT/EPUB/PDF
  • charts can be printed
Direct download: Calimero_3.9.lha (8 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.Feb.2017
Lizard (ANF)


Encryption: AmiSSL 4
A team led by Jens Maus (e.g. YAM) has released version 4 of the OpenSSL-port AmiSSL, which can establish encrypted connections on the Internet - e.g. loading a website using HTTPS.

AmiSSL 4 is based on the latest OpenSSL 1.1.0d providing new encryption algorithms - existing Amiga software has to be adapted to be able making use of them.

AmiSSL is free software, the source code is available on Github. So far versions for Amiga 3 and 4 has been released. For porting it to MorphOS and AROS, help is needed.

Hint of the editorial staff: If you are using IBrowse, you should enable TLS for improving the compatibility to encrypted websites also without using AmiSSL-4. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.Feb.2017



Youtube documentation: "The Amiga Story"
"Amiga Story", published on Youtube, is a film about the history of the Amiga: Both parts (1, 2) have a duration of almost two hours. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.Feb.2017
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Games competition: Participants of the "AmiGameJam 2016"
Six games have been registered for the programming competition "AmiGameJam 2016" which was started in December. They now can be downloaded from the website of the organizers. The winner will be selected by an online voting, completed by the jurors Trevor Dickinson (A-EON) and Dan Wood (The Retro Hour gaming podcast). Further information will be given during the next days. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.Feb.2017
David Brunet (ANF)


Results of the Amiga Games Awards 2016
The French magazine Obligement carried out a survey on the best Amiga game of the last year. Today the results have been announced:

AmigaOS 68k:
  1. Tanks Furry (Project R3D)
  2. Heart Of The Alien: Out Of This World Part 2 (Delphine Software)
  3. Center Court 2 (Gernot Fritsche)
AmigaOS 4
  1. Amiga Racer (AmigaTek Inc.)
  2. Heboris C7EX - Unofficial Version (Kenji Hosimoto)
  3. 2PicPuzzle (Petr Kaderka)
MorphOS
  1. Amiga Racer (AmigaTek Inc.)
  2. Another Pool GL (Gerrit Jahn)
  3. 2PicPuzzle (Petr Kaderka)
AROS
  1. AstroMenace (Michael Kurinnoy, Viewizard)
  2. Zelda Time To Triumph (Vincent Jouillat)
  3. Black Shades Elite (David Rosen)
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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05.Feb.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Laser upgrade for Amiga mice (Update)
Having been unsatisfied with the accuracy of his old Amiga 500 mouse, Jesús de la Torre developed a replacement board which turns the Amiga mice of Commodore and Amiga Technologies into optical mice with a resolution of (according to the retailer) 8500 dpi. An ADNS 9800 laser sensor is used that - together with a matching covering - replaces the original mouse.

From March 22nd the laser upgrade is supposed to be commercially available.

Update: (21:03, 05.02.17, snx)
As the developer explains on request of amiga-news.de, the information about the Mouse's resolution is correct. There is not a direct conversion between the laser sensor and the Amiga mouse port, though. Instead, there is a PIC processor doing some calculations with the high resolution movements. It uses the high precision movements in order to anticipate movements (like gaming devices do). (snx) (Translation: dr)

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05.Feb.2017



Aminet-Uploads until 04.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until February 4th, 2017:
sana2-tftpclient.lha     comm/tcp   69K   68k TFTP client using only the SA...
CookieMonster_ALL.lha    comm/www   5.9M  MOS A web browser cookie cleaner
MCE.lha                  game/edit  1.6M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  1.9M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
BoxxTrilogyCD32.zip      game/jump  2.9M  68k Boxx Trilogy CD32 (ISO)
BoxxTrilogyHD.lha        game/jump  2.0M  68k Boxx Trilogy HD (HD Install)
Criss_MOS.lha            game/think 2.5M  MOS Simple think Amiga tribute game
Criss_OS4.lha            game/think 2.8M  OS4 Simple think Amiga tribute game
VT42-Toasterless-0.1.lha gfx/edit   2.3M  68k VideoToaster software that ru...
PatchCompositeTags.lha   gfx/misc   621K  OS4 Patch and emulate CompositeTags
amath.lha                misc/math  1.5M  68k Simple command line calculator
Amiga_Back4FutureRMX.mp3 mods/mpg   3.1M      Fast dance Amiga tribute tune
Calimero_3.83.lha        text/dtp   7.9M  MOS A DTP Program
Slarti_Arosx86ABIv0.lha  text/edit  7.8M  x86 Slarti - The Subtitle Editor
Slarti_MOS.lha           text/edit  7.8M  MOS Slarti - The Subtitle Editor
Slarti_OS4.lha           text/edit  8.1M  OS4 Slarti - The Subtitle Editor
ReportPlus.lha           util/misc  484K  68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  555K  MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha       util/misc  577K  OS4 Multipurpose utility
TinyLauncher.zip         util/misc  107K  68k WHDLoad frontend and more
suomenna.lha             util/wb    2K    68k Sets workbench language to Fi...
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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05.Feb.2017



OS4Depot-Uploads until 04.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until February 4th, 2017:
mce.lha                  gam/uti 2Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
moderntheme.lha          gra/the 39kb  4.1 Minimalistic theme
vpdf.lha                 gra/vie 3Mb   4.1 Port of MUI based PDF reader fro...
reportplus.lha           uti/mis 577kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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05.Feb.2017



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 04.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archiven until February 4th, 2017:
mp3gain152.i386-aros.lha     aud/edi 80kb  adjusts mp3s
audiostream.source.lha       aud/mis 270kb Stream internet radio
musicbox.source.lha          aud/pla 421kb cd catalog and player
phear.i386-aros.zip          gam/puz 223kb ASCII maze game. Get treasure. A...
skulpt.source.lha            gra/mis 386kb Sculpt3D clone source
newscoaster.source.lha       net/new 246kb news reader
backclock.source.lha         uti/mis 15kb  Analogic Clock
snapit.i386-aros.lha         uti/mis 487kb Powerful MUI-based Screen Grabber
amath.i386-aros.lha          uti/sci 377kb Simple command line calculator
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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05.Feb.2017



WHDLoad: New installers until 04.02.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until February 4th, 2017:
  • 2017-01-31 new: Atmospherical Melodies (Carnage) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
  • 2017-01-30 improved: Super Stardust (Bloodhouse) slave rewritten, fix a crash in warp 1, supports CD³² joypad buttons, snoopbug fixed, unlimited energy added, new iconsOtons, snoopbug fixed, unlimited energy added, new icons (Info)
  • 2017-01-30 new: Rock Box 1 (Avoid) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
  • 2017-01-29 new: Music Disk 2 (Elite) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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04.Feb.2017
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


PDF viewer: Port of VPDF for AmigaOS 4
In 2012 a bounty was started for porting the PDF viewer VPDF from MorphOS to AmigaOS 4 due to the outdated and rather slow engine of AmiPDF. Roman 'kas1e' Kargin now has released a working version of the programm on OS4Depot. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.Feb.2017



Previews: Adventures "Furtum Sacrum" and "RetroWars", Beat'em Up "Brus Lii"
The point'n click adventures Furtum Sacrum (video) and Retro Wars (video) are developed by the Spanish team of Amiga Wave using the editor GRAC and some AMOS code. Both games require any Amiga with one Megabyte Chip-RAM.

Retro Wars immerses in the world of "Star Wars" and has already been finished. You can download a Spanish version of the game from the website and the major part of the English translation has been already done. For collectors there is a boxed edition, which can be ordered via eMail from the authors:


According to the website, Furtum Sacrum ("Sacred Theft") "places us in the late Middle Ages. Specifically, in the Northwest of Spain, where there are a number of pilgrimage routes and roads with a lots of monasteries flourishing everywhere. These monasteries offer services to pilgrims in exchange for alms, they also have their own sources of funding, their crops and local products." An early (Spanish) demo version can be downloaded.

The English translation of RetroWars as well as the development of Furtum Sacrum temporarily were suspended because Amiga Wave were going to finish "Brus Lii" (Youtube) to submit it to the Amiga Game Jam 2016 in time. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.Feb.2017



Hyperion: Screenshot shows installation process of AmigaOS on Tabor
A screenshot published in the official blog of Hyperion shows the "Installation Utility for the A1222" and thus demonstrates a regular installation of AmigaOS 4.1 FE on the Tabor motherboard. The headline "First steps towards beta test :D" is supposed to emphasize the current progress compared with level of development from October when a single developer was buzy adapting the operating system to the new motherboard. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.Feb.2017



Mod-Player: HippoPlayer now free software
The source code of the well-known mod player HippoPlayer now is available at Github under the MIT-licence. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.Feb.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Kickstart switcher: Software update for A500Flash
A software update for the Kickstart switcher A500Flash developed by Retro 7-bit (amiga-news.de reported) has been released. Version 1.2 fixes a bug of the communication with accelerator boards ("fix check toggle ready procedure").

Download: Flasher1_2.lha (18 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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30.Jan.2017



New Facebook group for Amiga developers
A new Facebook group is supposed to complete the options for developers by providing a platform for discussing issues. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.Jan.2017



Review: Vampire 500 V2 (English/French)
In his blog, Amiga user "Epsilon" has published a detailed review of the FPGA accelerator board Vampire 500 V2: Part 1, Part 2. Thanks to David Brunet, a French translation is available as well. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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