01.Oct.2019
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AROS: preconfigured development environment
For all those who do not want to assemble a development environment for AROS, under the title link Paolo Besser offers a virtual machine for VMware based on version 18.04 of the Linux distribution Ubuntu.
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01.Oct.2019
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Competition: Amiga Art Contest 2019
Douglas Compton, author of Ten Minute Amiga Retro Cast, and the American retailer Amiga On The Lake has organized a competition for pictures created with an Amiga. You can win, in three different categories, the paint program Personal Paint 7.3c. The deadline for entries is 15. Oktober.
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30.Sep.2019
Thomas Wenzel (ANF)
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Audio player: AmigaAMP3 3.26
Thomas Wenzel wrote: Oops! In version 3.25 I blundered. Intending to provide some stability improvements in the code, I did overshoot.
Now I checked everything, tested a lot, as well as my beta testers. Apparently now a version was published, which actually provides improvements to version 3.24.
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29.Sep.2019
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Video: Ten Minute Amiga Retro Cast #39 with Romulator review
In issue 39 of his videocast Douglas Compton has tested the Kickstart-ROM switcher Romulator (amiga-news.de reported).
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29.Sep.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 28.09.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until September 28th, 2019:
HWP_AHX.lha dev/hwood 135K WOS Hollywood plugin for AHX/Hive...
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...
cyclecounter.acepansi... misc/emu 9K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
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29.Sep.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 28.09.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until September 28th, 2019:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
iconeditor.lha gra/ico 6Mb 4.0 An Editor for 32bit Icons
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29.Sep.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 28.09.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until September 28th, 2019:
stockfish5_aros-i386.zip gam/mis 11Mb Chess engine that works from the...
heartofalien.i386-aros.zip gam/pla 344kb Game engine for HOTA
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29.Sep.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 28.09.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until September 28th, 2019:
VidentiumPicta_2.0.lha Graphics/Tools An image viewer progra...
HWP_AHX_1.3.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for AH...
MCE_11.7.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
AmiArcadia_25.82.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Screenshot14.jpeg Screenshots Screenshot realised by ...
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28.Sep.2019
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FPGA computer: Vampire-V4 standalone version available at Amiga 34
At the Amiga 34, which will take place on 12./13. October in Neuss (Germany), the standalone version of the FPGA accelerator board Vampire V4 will celebrate its debut. For the Amiga 34, a special bundle was composed including the standard components aluminium case, a corresponding power supply unit and an AROS kickstart as well as the free add-ons compatible kuse, compatible Keyboard, CF adapter with a 32GB CF card and an USB Blaster (announcement as PDF file). The retail price is 549 Euro.
Regarding the current state of the standalone core the developers informed that the support for Ethernet is in progress (driver is being written) as wel as for USB (support for some input devices like USB mice and keyboards work). Currently the computer boots from IDE/CF. Support of a bootable microSD card is in roadmap.
According to Gunnar von Böhn in the official forum, versions of the V4 as accelerator boards for real Amigas will be not available in the foreseeable future. The developer team is going to focus on forthcoming updates and the support for the standalone version. If you want to have a accelerator board, the get a Vampire V2 which sonn will be also available for the Amiga 1200.
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28.Sep.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 102 (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 and programs on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga games "Heroes of Might and Magic II" and "Magiczna Ksiega" and the multimedia software "Epic Interactive Encyclopedia 1997".
Download sites:
Italian
English
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28.Sep.2019
Vinnny (ANF)
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HippoPlayerIR: Wirelessly controlled HippoPlayer
HippoPlayerIR is a program for controlling the multiformat music player HippoPlayer using a remote control and some additional hardware (video).
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22.Sep.2019
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: AHX plugin 1.3 / plugins for iOS
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to present the ultimate 100 MB+ Awesome Autumn iOS Plugin Bash 2019! Almost all plugins are now also available in native versions for iOS for use with our Remedios toolkit that allows you to turn your Hollywood scripts into native iOS applications.
The following plugins are now available in native iOS versions: AHX, AIFF, APNG, AVCodec, DigiBooster, FLICAnim, HTTP Streamer, hURL, JPEG2000, Movie Setter, PCX, Polybios, SID, SQLite3, SVG Image, TIFF, Vectorgraphics, XAD, XML Parser, YAFA and ZIP. Each plugin is available in four different flavours: 32-bit ARM, 64-bit ARM and 32-bit x86 and 64-bit x86 for use with Xcode's iOS simulator. That's over 100 megabyte worth of plugin binaries for the ultimate Hollywood experience on iOS!
For AmigaOS and all other platforms we have also released a new version of the AHX plugin, version 1.3, which contains some fixes. You can download all plugins from the official Hollywood portal at the title link. Thanks to Hollywood's cross-platform plugin system versions for AmigaOS 3.x (m68k, m881), AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS (x86), Linux (PPC, ARM, x86, x64), Mac OS X (PPC, x86, x64), Windows (x86, x64), Android (ARM, ARM64) and iOS (ARM, ARM64, x86, x64) are provided. (snx)
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22.Sep.2019
Yannick Buchy (E-Mail)
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File archive: Amiga-Storage now having 750 entries / competition
The basic framework of his MorphOS-Storage Yannick Buchy has been using for two years to create a file collection for AmigaOS/68k. Meanwhile the archive has 750 entries.
Besides, until 1. Dezember a competition will run: Whoever will contribute the most screenshots and YouTube videos, will win a Mac mini with MorphOS.
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22.Sep.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 21.09.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until September 21st, 2019:
bbslinklist.lha comm/cnet 6K Arexx: Display BBSLink.net BB...
bbslinkscore.lha comm/cnet 5K Display BBSLink.Net Game Lead...
bbslinksolar.lha comm/cnet 4K Get BBSLink.Net Solar data fo...
irssi.lha comm/irc 5.2M MOS Terminal based IRC client
Setlist-FM-dl-0.6.lha comm/misc 2.4M MOS Setlist-FM-dl
AFNews-68k.lha comm/news 851K 68k Amiga Future Everywhere 68k
AFNews-OS4.lha comm/news 1.2M OS4 Amiga Future Everywhere
IBrowseSP.lha comm/www 18K IBrowse 2.x spanish catalogs
asm-kurs2.lha dev/asm 540K Assembly course, German
MCE.lha game/edit 2.6M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.8M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 3.1M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
ACE-MorphOS.lha misc/emu 1.7M MOS Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator
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...
tine.tar.gz misc/unix 36K A clone of ED for UNIX
LittleChild.lha mods/8voic 44K Little Child Children Goodnig...
StandardMagicWB17.lha pix/mwb 2.4M Standardised MagicWB Icon Set
ToolsMenu.lha util/cdity 67K 68k Add tools to the Workbench To...
AltWBench.lha util/sys 52K 68k Boot into Workbench 1.2 / 1.3
InstallerLG.i386-aros... util/sys 98K x86 Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.ppc-morph... util/sys 128K MOS Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.src.lha util/sys 1.4M Commodore Installer replacement
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22.Sep.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 21.09.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until September 21st, 2019:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mce.lha gam/uti 3Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
potrace.lha gra/con 294kb 4.0 transform bitmaps into vector gr...
aiostreams.lha vid/mis 235kb 4.1 Stream online video from major p...
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22.Sep.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 21.09.2019
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until September 21st, 2019:
spu_datatype_v1.1.i386-ar... dat/ima 6kb Spectrum 512 datatype
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22.Sep.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 21.09.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until September 21st, 2019:
ACE_1.19.lha Emulation The acidulous CPC/CPC+ ...
GrimoriumPDF_2.06.lha Office/Show A program made with Hol...
AnimWebConverter_3.0.lha Graphics/Tools A little and easy web t...
AmiArcadia_25.81.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
InstallerLG_0.1.0a38.lha System/Shell Commodore Installer rep...
Setlist-FM-dl_0.6.lha Network/Download A tool to connects to S...
irssi_1.2.2.lha Communication Terminal based IRC client.
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22.Sep.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 21.09.2019
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until September 21st, 2019:
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22.Sep.2019
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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ZitaFTP: Update to version 1.8, end of special discount
Version 1.8 of ZitaFTP, a FTP server for AmigaOS 4 written by Hans de Ruiter, provides several bug fixes. Hans de Ruiter wrote: "The most serious issue that's been fixed was a security flaw that could allow users to access files outside of the shared directories."
Besides, the introductory special discount (15 %) will end on Monday, 23. September 2019, in New Zealand's timezone.
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20.Sep.2019
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Event: Saku 2019 on 28. September in Oulu (Finland)
On Saturday 28th September the group of Finnish Amiga users will host the 12th Saku in Oulu. Additional to Amiga computers, the FPGA computer Minimig and Vampire accelerator boards, MorphOS systems and the AmigaOne X5000 will be presented as well.
As supporting program a demo show will be presented on big screen, prizes will be awarded for different game competitions and a speech will be given about version 2.5 of the web browser IBrowse.
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15.Sep.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 14.09.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until September 14th, 2019:
bbslinkwl20.lha comm/cnet 9K Arexx: Add BBSLink.Net Wall t...
F1GP2019Carset.lha game/data 25K 2019 Carset for F1GP
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...
x16-emulator.lha misc/emu 121K MOS Commander X16 Emulator
AmigaLove1dot3a.zip pix/icon 46K Icons for use with OS 1.3 and...
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 950K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 632K MOS Multipurpose utility
UHCTools.lha util/misc 39K MOS UHC Tools installer
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15.Sep.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 14.09.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until September 14th, 2019:
gl4es_sdk.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.1 GL4ES SDK
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
amifish_styles.lha gam/boa 766kb 4.0 Amifish new styles
aos-iconsupdate5.lha gra/ico 3Mb 4.0 AmigaOS 4.1 Style Icons ...
reportplus.lha uti/mis 724kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
execon.lha uti/scr 6kb 4.0 A newshell alternative.
searchln.lha uti/scr 8kb 4.0 A search command alternative
tabren.lha uti/tex 5kb 4.0 renders tabs to spaces & vic...
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15.Sep.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 14.09.2019
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until September 14th, 2019:
viewt.zip uti/she 18kb AROS port of a CLI program to ma...
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15.Sep.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 14.09.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until September 14th, 2019:
iConecta_3.15.lha Network/Wifi A little and easy tool ...
UHCTools_1.3.lha Misc A collection of program...
X16_Emulator_r30.lha Emulation Commander X16 Emulator
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15.Sep.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 14.09.2019
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until September 14th, 2019:
- 2019-09-12 improved: BombJack (Elite) interrupts fixed, files can be compressed, supports another version (Info)
- 2019-09-09 new: Reshoot R (spieleschreiber) done by Wepl (Info)
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12.Sep.2019
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Amiga Forever 8: R2 update released
Cloanto's emulator package "Amiga Forever" - as well as its pendant "C64 Forever" - has been updated to version 8 R2. Changes include an option to dock the virtual keyboard beneath the playback window (screenshot) and controls for the full-screen mode that can be overlayed (screenshot).
Below you will find the official press release.
Press release: September 9, 2019 - Cloanto released today the "R2" (8.2.2.0) update for Amiga Forever 8 and C64 Forever 8.
The "R2" build is the result of eight months of work since the previous major release, and takes into account user feedback, operating system enhancements and numerous features from our own wish list.
This is a free update for existing version 8 users, who can get the new version through the Help/About dialog in Amiga Forever and C64 Forever. The updated full installation package can also be accessed via the original confirmation e-mail or from the new Help/My Downloads and Keys menu item, and is set to remain available for 10 years after an order.
The new release further delivers an important milestone in the effort to implement better mechanisms for documenting and delivering version changes. Changelog details for available, installed and past versions, including early access builds, are now accessible from the Changelog tab under Help/About, and as part of the software update notifications.
Other new and enhanced features include:
- Gorgeous resizable and reconfigurable virtual keyboards, now also with multi-touch support and a dock option
- Even more advanced game controller configuration and testing features than ever before (under Tools/Options/Input, Help/Developer/Test and in the Input tab of the title editor)
- Improved Disk Toolbox (convert disks to images and vice versa, from the Tools menu) and support for direct-attached disks (to more easily share media between Classic Amiga and emulation systems, via the Media tab of the title editor)
- New general input options (add your own commands like Load last snapshot, Cartridge freeze button, Open debugger, etc.)
- New CD drive controls (e.g. for CDTV) and improved fullscreen mode controls
- Updated WinFellow plugin interface to support 64-bit version and HDF images
- Improvements to AmigaOS 4/PowerPC support (better detection of bootable and non-bootable states, increased number of reserved blocks, etc.)
- Support for some of the latest Windows 10 features introduced in versions 1709, 1809 and 1903
- Continuing best-in-class support for content curation, high-DPI and mixed display environments, real and virtual game controller and keyboard input
The Setup Wizard and Tip of the Day components were also refined, aiming to ease setup and feature discovery. These tutorial functions can also be invoked from the Help menu, and are designed to expose important and lesser-known features to both novice and longtime users.
Overall, the project remains permeated by attention to detail, usability and beauty, which have been part of our Amiga software development work for more than three decades.
As always, we are grateful to everyone who supported this project and to the friends who shared our passion and vision during these sometimes challenging, but always bright Amiga days. Please stay tuned for more to come. (snx)
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12.Sep.2019
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: 20 years anniversary website relaunch
Andreas Magerl writes: On 09.09.99 the Amiga Future webpage went online for the first time. At that time, the webpage barely had content and only a few visitors daily. Meanwhile, the Amiga Future webpage has become one of the biggest websites for the Amiga. In addition to thousands of games and other downloads (including hundreds of commercial titles), the Amiga Future webpage is home to one of the largest cheats collections for the Amiga.
But also several thousand reviews, previews and other articles about the Amiga you can read for free on the Amiga Future webpage. Many sold-out Amiga Future issues are also available on the webpage for free. Of course you are always up to date with the news and calendar about the Amiga. The news section is currently being expanded. We are looking for helpers for the news and other areas of the homepage. If anyone wants to help, please write to us.
After 20 years the time has come and we have reworked the complete Amiga Future webpage. Of course, some mistakes may have crept in. If you discover any, please let us know. Unfortunately, the passwords of the accounts could not be transferred to the new page for all users. If you receive an error when logging in, please request a new password from the webpage.
Have fun with the new homepage of the Amiga Future. (snx)
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08.Sep.2019
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IBrowse 2.5: Interview with Oliver Roberts
The release of IBrowse 2.5 - 13 years after the latest update of the only web browser specifically created for the Amiga that is still in development - started an argument in the german comments section of our related news-item with regard to its price/performance ratio. A good reason for our editor Daniel Reimann to talk about this to the main developer of IBrowse, Oliver Roberts.
In the preliminary talk to the actual interview found below, confronted with a certain disappointment of our readers regarding the features of version 2.5 and their critique of the price, the developer expressed his understanding in both cases, but pointed out that it had always been made clear what IBrowse 2.5 was going to be - and that it had been never promised to include CSS or HTML5; instead the plan had just been to deliver an AmigaOS 4 native version. And regarding the price, Oliver Roberts would like to advise users to only think about paying for what is available at the time of purchase and not the hope of something which may or may not be added in the future.
amiga-news.de (AN): Are you satisfied with the keys sold so far for IBrowse 2.5? Can you give some figures? Does the future development depend on the number of sold keys?
Oliver Roberts (OR): Not necessarily - no keys were sold the last 12 years, yet development did not stop. I won't give figures, but I am both encouraged and pleasantly surprised at the sales so far. Particularly for new licences, as I had assumed most people had purchased 2.x by now and we were mainly aiming 2.5 as an upgrade for existing customers.
I'm very grateful for the many positive messages I have received and the general excitement that many IBrowse users have expressed with the release of 2.5. It reminds me of the good times I had around 2.3 and 2.4 releases. In the immediate future, I plan on continued development and more regular updates to 2.x, but this probably won't include HTML5/CSS.
AN: Why is the price quite expensive for a new 2.5 licence, comparatively, although no current internet standards were implemented?
OR: Depends which way you look at it, I guess! Sorting out the pricing structure was highly complex, mainly because of the addition of the AmigaOS 4 native version and I primarily wanted to be fair to our loyal existing customers, not devaluing what they have already paid for 1.x and/or 2.x in the past. So, I decided to freeze the price for a new license at the same price IBrowse has always been (in the real world, prices increase with inflation). In 1996, I paid the equivalent of 55 Euro for IBrowse 1.x and this was a lot of money back then - 23 years on, not so much comparatively. Also, all the development on the whole 2.x line since the late 1990s should be considered in the price - 55 Euro for thousands of hours development time.
I fully realise that IBrowse 2.5 is not for everybody. I'm not forcing anybody to buy it and encourage everybody to try the demo before paying for it. People are entitled to their opinions and if people don't like 2.5, or don't have a use for it, then I'm fine with that - just move on. On the flipside, some users have been eagerly waiting for 2.5 for ages, knowing full well what the finished feature set was, having been published on our website and discussed on the mailing list.
As I've tried to make clear on the website over the past few years, 2.5 was never about CSS/HTML5. Initially, it was just going to be rushed out as an AmigaOS 4 native 2.4 with only important bug fixes thrown in for AmigaOS 3.x users. Obviously, things did not pan out that way, for many, many reasons, and 2.5 is so much more than it originally was going to be, with continued development over the past 13 years. Unfortunately, only our beta testers got to experience the progress first hand. It is impossible to convey from the history logs exactly how much time was spent on 2.5, since some entries will have taken 10 minutes, whilst others have taken 100+ hours!
AN: When can users expect a version of IBrowse which has CSS, HTML5 or an updated Javascript implemented?
OR: I make no promises that this may ever come, but if it does, it will be in IBrowse 3.0. Some work was done on the CSS parser even before IBrowse 2.4 was released, but most likely this is itself in need of a major update. To be honest, I've not thought much beyond the release of 2.5 yet, as I had been concentrating my efforts on bringing everything together to get 2.5 done.
IBrowse 2.5 still has a pretty good Javascript core engine - what is completely separate and lets it down now is the lack of access to browser/host-side elements. But, this more an issue with the current old restrictive internal DOM implementation, rather than a Javascript issue per se.
AN: With regard to the previous question - is it possible at all to add those features to the current IBrowse without having to completely rewrite it?
OR: Not at all. The GUI side of things wouldn't need rewriting, but the HTML engine would need a complete rewrite from scratch. Firstly, there are the HTML/CSS parsers which turn the source text into the internal DOM structures, and those structures are then read by the layout engine to properly display them in the browser. You can't change one of these things without the other - it is all intertwined. You can't just add bits of CSS support to the existing engine as you go along, for example. Everything has to be rewritten.
IBrowse 2.x's HTML engine was designed in a time when essentially it was mainly images and form elements that were accessible via Javascript, whereas now it is much more complex and Javascript needs to be able to interface with every single element on a page, visible or not. This design really does not fit the current requirements of HTML5/CSS and DHTML, hence there is no way around it but to rewrite or port some existing solution. IMHO, Javascript is used way too much and to unnecessary extremes these days, but that's another story!
AN: How much money future versions of IBrowse will cost if a user has bought already a 2.5 key?
OR: There are no plans for any further charges for updates to the 2.x line. Free updates/fixes for 2.5 will be coming soon, maybe even 2.6. Should 3.0 ever happen (and there is no guarantee or immediate plans for this), bringing a new, more modern HTML engine, this would not be free. IBrowse 3.0 was always going to be a paid for update, with AmigaOS 4/PowerPC support and a new CSS capable HTML engine - IBrowse 2.5 is essentially what IBrowse 3.0 would have been without a new HTML engine. Hence, those who buy or upgrade to 2.5 would get a better discount upgrade price to 3.0 than those upgrading from earlier versions. I can't give figures on something that may never happen, but as I hope the upgrade discounts on 2.5 prove, any 3.0 upgrade prices would be just as fair.
AN: Do you have some special desire or expectations to the remaining Amiga users?
OR: Not sure I understand the question, but I'm just as much an Amiga user as a developer. Past years prove that the Amiga community will never really change, apart from getting smaller :(. As long as Amiga users are happy to use their Amigas, there is nothing wrong with that and there are still many things that Amigas can do better. I'm pleased that some Amiga users are happy to have IBrowse 2.5 at last.
AN: What are your expectations concerning the future development of Amiga hardware?
OR: I don't really have any expectations at this stage. I'm still happy using my AmigaOne XE as my main Amiga, but also want to try to get my Amiga 1200 motherboard fixed somehow. It will be great to see new hardware out there, although I tend to get the impression that recent efforts have not gone so well (unfinished/broken software and hardware). It all seems rather confusing to me and recent hardware efforts leave a nasty taste of unprofessionalism (makes the Eyetech days seem perfect). (snx)
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08.Sep.2019
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Web browser: NetSurf 3.10dev (SDL version), update 2
Artur Jarosik has released an update of his Amiga port of the web browser NetSurf. His port uses - in contrary to Chris Young's native, Reaction-based version - SDL. Only the preferences pane is MUI-based.
Changes:
- Updated to newest sources
- Integrated AmiSSL 4.3 for https support. Note: make sure you have current time and local region set on your WB
- Enabled very basic JavaScript support (default is off)
This new version is available through auto update feature.
Update: (13.09.2019, 07:30, dr)
Upon request author Artur Jarosik has informed that currently only the RTG version has been updated. The AGA version will be soon available as well.
Update: (15.09.2019, 07:15, dr)
Today Artur Jarosik has uploaded the full archive - including the AGA version.
Direct download: NetSurf-m68k-3.10dev.lha (8,5 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2019
Amiga.org (Forum)
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AmigaKit acquired AK-Datatypes
According to a press release (PDF file) of the British retailer, distributor and manufacturer of Amiga computer hardware and software, AmigaKit, it has acquired the graphics datatypes developed by Andreas Kleinert since he "had to stop due general lack of time and ability to further commit to the platform." For five years his image processing program SView has also been up for sale.
AmigaKit is going to distribute the AK-Datatypes as well as bundle them with other products. With regard to existing customers AmigaKit plans "to offer concessions against future upgrades."
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08.Sep.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 07.09.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until September 7th, 2019:
Gels020.lha dev/e 9K Pads AnimComp structures for ...
RamJam_Corso_Assemble... docs/help 14M Italian Assembler tutorial
Ramjam_Corso_SRC.lha docs/help 2.6M Sources for Italian Assembler...
Amifish.lha game/board 2.0M OS4 interface for Stockfish chess...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.6M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Purpose.lha mods/misc 125K Purpose 4ch Pop Rock by HKvalhe
ToolsMenu.lha util/cdity 67K 68k Add tools to the Workbench To...
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 565K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 724K OS4 Multipurpose utility
TinyLauncher.lha util/misc 111K 68k WHDLoad frontend and more
LilCalendar.lha util/time 3.0M 68k Versatile calender and remind...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 07.09.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until September 7th, 2019:
amifish.lha gam/boa 2Mb 4.0 Chess program interface for Stoc...
aiostreams.lha vid/mis 190kb 4.1 Stream online video from major p...
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08.Sep.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 07.09.2019
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until September 7th, 2019:
cover_cd_icaros.tgz gra/mis 45kb my artwork for icaros desktop cd
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 07.09.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until September 7th, 2019:
DimScreen_1.2.lha System/Ambient/Commoditie Dims your screen to eye...
MouseTracker_1.1.lha System/Ambient/Commoditie Record Mouse movements ...
GrimoriumPDF_2.05.lha Office/Show A program made with Hol...
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08.Sep.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 07.09.2019
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until September 7th, 2019:
- 2019-09-07 improved: Strikefleet (Electronic Arts) more icons added (Info)
- 2019-09-07 improved: Pacman 87 (Steve Jacobs & Jim Boyd) more icons added, corrected handling custom1 (Info)
- 2019-09-07 improved: Nibby Nibble (Gabriele Roncolato) new icons added (Info)
- 2019-09-07 improved: Last Soldier (Mirage) trainer and more icons added (Info)
- 2019-09-07 improved: Forest Dumb Forever (L.K. Avalon) supports another version, more icons added, protection removed (Info)
- 2019-09-07 improved: Bagitman (Bignonia) files can be packed, trainer added, various intro and game fixes (Info)
- 2019-09-07 improved: Atlantyda (Twin Spark Soft) new icons added (Info)
- 2019-09-07 new: Apple Hunt (Ecthelion) done by Asman (Info)
- 2019-09-07 new: Ami Robbo (Artur Szafranski, Bernard Krzymowski) done by Asman (Info)
- 2019-09-07 improved: American Poker (Mirage Software) new icons added (Info)
- 2019-09-07 new: Sword Of Aragon (SSI) done by Asman (Info)
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06.Sep.2019
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Demo scene: Voting for next issue of "Versus" charts started
Void and Nukleus are working on another issue of the scene magazine "Versus" which was founded in 2004. Amiga fans are invited to vote for the charts of the next issue and to propose the best demos, intros, programmers etc. You can propose up to ten names per category - but you are also welcome to participate if you have less than ten favourites.
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05.Sep.2019
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AmigaOS 4: Commercial FTP server ZitaFTP (prerelease)
Hans de Ruiter (Warp 3D Nova, Radeon-2D driver) has developed a FTP server for AmigaOS, which probably will be also ported to Windows. This is a prerelease which according to the developer "means that there are rough edges there are missing features, the biggest one being the configuration GUI. A web based GUI is planned". Several licence versions are available starting with a single user licence for 40 Euro up to a licence for 10 installations for 160 Euro.
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01.Sep.2019
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information
- July/August 2019 news
- Old articles from Joystick Hedbo 1 to 15:
- News: news from Psygnosis for 1989
- Review of California Games
- Review of Spitting Images
- News: Paul Cuisset, the rise of a genius coder
- Review of Gone Fish'n
- Review of Falcon
- News: Infogrames, a big world future
- News: Muriel Tramis parle d'Emmanuelle
- Old articles from Amiga Special Environnement:
- Video environment of the Amiga
- 2D software on Amiga
- 3D software on Amiga
- Audio creation on Amiga
- Office on Amiga
- Interview with Richard Cheek (developer of Sleepwalker)
- Interview with Jamie Woodhouse (developer of Nitro and Qwak)
- Interview with David Broadhurst (developer of Assassin and Bubble Bobble)
- Review of SimCoupé 1.2
- Review of JetHunt
- Review of The Master Virus Killer 2.1
- File: History of data compression in Japan
- File: The Bitmap Brothers
- File: MorphOS Directory Assignments
- File: History of the World Of Commodore show
- Special quiz about the Access
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Aminet-Uploads until 31.08.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until August 31st, 2019:
AmiSpeedTest.lha comm/net 18K 68k Network speed test utility
NetFS-revised.lha comm/net 163K MOS Remote filesystem and AREXX b...
bzh-cotw.lha demo/aga 2.0M 68k AGA demo from Solskogen 2019
Oxyron_Fourteen.lha demo/aga 3.1M 68k AGA demo from Nordlicht Party...
Senex-Gammelheter2.zip demo/disk 387K 68k Demo from Gubbdata 2019
Oberon.zip demo/euro 202K 68k 1st at Flashback 2019 - Amiga...
TEK-Downslope.zip demo/euro 149K 68k 1st in Decrunch 2019 demo com...
catro_by_void.zip demo/intro 62K 68k Catro by Void - 64KB intro
Goblins-TheEndOfTheCu... demo/intro 26K 68k Intro from Euskal Encounter 2...
neogaut.lha demo/intro 62K 68k An Amiga 64KB intro from Data...
Nukleus-Meanwhile.lha demo/intro 26K 68k Intro from High Coast Hack Su...
Parcade.zip demo/intro 9.7M 68k Amiga intro from 26th of May ...
SFL-DistortedRigmarol... demo/intro 48K 68k 48KB Intro from Euskal Encoun...
dcn-mag3.lha demo/mag 353K 68k Decnite: Mag-Net Issue 3
SWO_29_Amiga.lha demo/mag 244K 68k Scene World #29 by Scene Worl...
stniccc_ocs.zip demo/misc 566K 68k 5th in the Outline 2019 Wild ...
void-dreams28.zip demo/misc 561K 68k Demopack with intros from sum...
Istari-Selections.zip demo/slide 417K 68k Slideshow by Istari
nah_twt_ds.zip demo/sound 2.9M 68k Musicdisk from Datastorm 2019
Obsidian_Beats_Vol2.zip demo/sound 251K 68k Musicdisk by Density Design
ADFer.lha disk/misc 42K 68k Read and Write ADF Files to/f...
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.8M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
RNOPDF.lha gfx/show 5.5M MOS Compact PDF viewer
RNOPDF_OS3.lha gfx/show 15M WOS Compact PDF viewer
RNOPDF_OS4.lha gfx/show 6.3M OS4 Compact PDF viewer
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.3M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
WHDLOpener.lha misc/emu 28K MOS E-UAE/WHDLoad integration wit...
terminus-font.lha text/bfont 28K Terminus - clean, fixed width...
BootPicture.lha util/boot 34K 68k Show pictures plays a sound d...
ToolsMenu.lha util/cdity 67K 68k Add tools to the Workbench To...
TinyLauncher.lha util/misc 111K 68k WHDLoad frontend and more
P96Speed-3840x2160x8-... util/moni 1K 68k P96Speed: AmigaOne X1000 384...
P96Speed-720x480x8-A1... util/moni 1K 68k P96Speed: AmigaOne X1000 720...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 31.08.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until August 31st, 2019:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
rnopdf.lha gra/vie 6Mb 4.1 Compact PDF viewer
aiostreams.lha vid/mis 178kb 4.1 Stream online video from major p...
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 31.08.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until August 31st, 2019:
rockbot.i386-aros.zip gam/pla 13Mb Megaman style SDL platform game.
hollypaint.i386-aros.zip gra/edi 6Mb Simple paint program
rdesktop_drawer.lha gra/ico 3kb ken's v4 stile icons
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 31.08.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until August 31st, 2019:
E-UAE_1.0.0-JIT-overla... Emulation E-UAE_1.0.0-JIT-overlay...
MCE_11.61.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
AmiSpeedTest_0.4.lha Network/Test Network speed test utility
NetFS-revised_2.1.lha Network/Filesystem Network File System for...
Nano_4.4.lha Text/Edit Popular console fullscr...
WHDLOpener_1.3.lha Emulation E-UAE/WHDLoad integrati...
RNOPDF_1.3.lha Office/Show A compact PDF viewer.
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WHDLoad: New installers until 31.08.2019
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 August 31st, 2019:
- 2019-08-27 fixed: Dyna Blaster (Hudson Soft) fix a sprite bug in battle mode (Info)
- 2019-08-27 fixed: Antago (Art of Dreams) DMA wait inserted, compiled with the latest kickemu (Info)
- 2019-08-27 fixed: Alien Breed Tower Assault (Team 17) levels exit fixed, end music played correctly in ECS version (Info)
- 2019-08-26 improved: Skeleton Krew (Mindscape) end sequence fixed, trainer added, access fault fixed (Info)
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01.Sep.2019
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Preview to AmigaOS 3.2
In July AmigaOS 3.1.4.1 was released. Under the title link now Thomas 'ThoR' Richter is giving a preview to the forthcoming AmigaOS 3.2.
First he has published a picture (only visible for registered users) of the Workbench which shows features that have been already implemented and which the readers should find. If a new feature was found by a reader it is either confirmed, or not.
- GadTools now are font sensitive which is used by the new preferences editor and other system tools.
- Regarding the print setting now the name of the output device can be specified instead of choosing the parallel or serial interface.
- The name of the title line can be changed.
- Windows can be iconified.
- The Shell remebers commands which have been already entered. You can also search through these commands.
- The Shell offers an input assistance.
- There is a new, minimal AUX-Handler which enables tab expansion to also work over the serial line.
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01.Sep.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AROS: IconPoser 1.0 - Icon manipulation program for Icaros Desktop
The author wrote: "IconPoser is a Lua based icon compositing/manipulation program for Icaros Desktop, which creates AROS compatible, double-state icons from two different images in PNG format. Just select an image for the relaxed status and another one for the selected status and click the "Join&Save" button to compose your new .info file!
IconPoser can create icons for your tools, your drawers and your projects. It can set stack size for tools, default tool for projects and copy tooltypes to your new icon from a different one. It can replace an existing icon either keeping original tooltypes or not, and it also checks for mistakes, when trying to overwrite a common file with a icon."
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01.Sep.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Distribution for AmigaOS 3.9: AfA One 1.2
Version 1.2 of the AmigaOS-3.9 distribution "AfA One" (amiga-news.de reported) based on AfA ("AROS for AmigaOS") is available under the title link.
Changes:
- HardFile AfA One Installer is now a HDF standard
- Fixed Themes with "Workbench Preferences GhostBuster Edition"
- Added Pointers in the various Themes
- New Skins Windows AfA OS (created by me)
- Added AmigaAMP 3.25
- Amiplifier 2.35 (add new Skin)
- Added two Radio On-line Playlists associated with AmigaAMP (found in the Media folder)
- Added Pattern in Reaction prefs to decorate GUI
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01.Sep.2019
walkero (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Scripts for Streaming Twitch.tv and Mixer.com videos
George 'walkero' Sokianos writes: If you use to watch your beloved Amiga and Retro streamers on Twitch.tv or Mixer.com, but you do that on your PC, and that doesn't feel authentic, don't worry any more. There is aiostreams to help you watch them on the Workbench of your AmigaOS 4 system.
aiostreams is a package of Python scripts that help you watch live or recorded streams from many online video platforms. At least, that's what it wishes to be. Right now Twitch.tv and Mixer.com are supported, but there are plans for more to be added in the future.
aiostreams runs from the shell. If you know the channel URL you want to watch, you just have to use it as a parameter beside the script of the equivalent network.
Unfortunately, the above websites are not rendering right on any of our browsers, and finding available streams is a difficult task. No, you don't have to start your windows machine to do that. Just use the search capabilities of the scripts, see the top games or the top streams and choose what you are going to watch. You can even list the available recorded videos of a channel.
All these are well documented in an AmigaGuide file inside aiostreams package. Each script has helpful documentation right into the shell. Please, read it before you start using any of the scripts.
Versions for MorphOS, AROS and AmigaOS 3.x are in my todo list as well. aiostreams can be found at the title link and at my personal GitHub. If you have any requests or you would like to report any problems you have found, you can do that at: https://github.com/walkero-gr/aiostreams/issues. You can find the todo list and the status of them at https://github.com/walkero-gr/aiostreams/projects/1.
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31.Aug.2019
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Web browser: IBrowse 2.5 available
Press release: 30th August 2019 - Oliver Roberts and the IBrowse Team are pleased to announce the immediate release of IBrowse 2.5 for AmigaOS 3.x and 4.x. After many years in the making, development has been on a roller coaster since IBrowse 2.4, with challenging personal, technical and commercial issues complicating the release schedule. However, we are extremely happy to finally make this new version available to all the valued users who have been waiting so patiently.
IBrowse 2.5 fixes many bugs, making it the most stable and fastest version yet, but more importantly brings modern SSL/TLS support and a fully native AmigaOS 4.x build. Below is a very brief summary of the key changes since version 2.4:
- Brand new OS4 PPC native version. This is not a simple port, but we have taken great care to ensure it fully utilises of all the relevant new features avaiable in OS4 and as such requires a minimum of OS4.1 Final Edition. Uses the new graphics.library RTG system, dropping CyberGraphX support completely. Other features include faster image rendering using hardware compositing, anti-aliased text rendering and proper daylight saving time handling.
- Support for AmiSSLv4 has been added to IBrowse 2.5, allowing the use of the most up to date SSL implementation available for AmigaOS, including TLSv1.3, based on the most recent versions of OpenSSL.
- Integrated with new MUI 4.0 and 5.0 features, including new context sensitive mouse pointers, support for various built-in MUI menus and other new GUI additions. MUI 3.8 is still supported (although we recommend 3.9 as a minimum).
- Browser spoofing strings can now be customised in a variety of different ways with up to 128 user defined strings available in the preferences.
- All the internal image decoders have been improved, with various fixes, alpha channel handling, and speed optimisations. The JPEG and PNG decoders now fully utilise the decoding improvements and optimisations from the current Warp Datatypes, which also includes AltiVec acceleration in the JPEG decoder.
- Full alpha channel support on >= 15-bit displays (OS4 only).
- 4Gb+ file handling and downloads, with files bigger than 2Gb now being handled properly in the GUI (OS4 only).
- The OpenSearch standard is now supported for allowing search engines to automatically be added to the search bar, in addition to the existing older Sherlock/Mycroft support from IBrowse 2.4.
- TextEditField object has had an overhaul, fixing various issues and adding new features. Rendering is done in a more MUI4/5 compatible manner allowing these objects to inherit your MUI settings. Your mousewheel can now be used for scrolling and various MUI defined keyboard shortcuts are now honoured.
- Improved general stability and memory leaks plugged.
- Hundreds of other minor and major bug fixes + improvements, and increased tolerance of broken sites for better compatibility.
Editorial note: Also for existing customers, the update is not available for free: if you watn to use the demo version without any limitations you have to purchase a keyfile. The full version costs 54 Euro and you will get the 68k as well as the PPC version for it. Upgrades of previous versions cost 45 Euro (upgrades of IBrowse 1.x) or 30 Euro (IBrowse 2.x). If you are going to upgrade only your AmigaOS 3 version, you only have to pay 15 or 30 Euro depending on version of the existing keyfile.
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Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 140
The English and German editions of Amiga Future 140 (September/October 2019) have been released today and can be ordered from the magazine staff or various Amiga dealers. The publisher has pointed out that recently the magazine was selling very well. Therefore it was sold out before the publication date. Until an increase of the edition will be realized it is highly recommended to order in advance at an early stage or to acquire a subscription.
This issue's topics include reviews to the AmigaOS 3.1.4-Update and "Skill Grid" as well as a special about "XCopy".
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25.Aug.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 24.08.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until August 24th, 2019:
jrm-hc74.lha demo/sound 287K dA JoRMaS: Happy Carva #74
re2c-morphos.lha dev/gg 7.1M MOS Modern lexer generator for C/C++
libgif_a68k.lha dev/lib 642K 68k library for manipulating GIF ...
MCE.lha game/edit 2.6M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 3.0M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
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...
AmigaAMP3.lha mus/play 1.7M OS4 Multi format audio player wit...
AmigaAMP3-68k.lha mus/play 361K 68k MPEG audio player with GUI
ptplayer.lha mus/play 26K 68k ProTracker player w/ support ...
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25.Aug.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 24.08.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until August 24th, 2019:
amigaamp3.lha aud/pla 2Mb 4.1 Multi format audio player with GUI
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mce.lha gam/uti 3Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
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25.Aug.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 24.08.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until August 24th, 2019:
aros-one-v1.1-pc-i386-par... uti/mis 137Mb New Distribution Similar at OS3....
aros-one-v1.1-pc-i386-par... uti/mis 137Mb New Distribution Similar at OS3....
aros-one-v1.1-pc-i386-par... uti/mis 137Mb New Distribution Similar at OS3....
aros-one-v1.1-pc-i386-par... uti/mis 48Mb New Distribution Similar at OS3....
led-20190818.tar.gz uti/tex 12kb A simple line-oriented text editor.
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25.Aug.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 24.08.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until August 24th, 2019:
Tree_1.8.0.lha Files/Dir Display a tree view of ...
WormWars_9.21.lha Games/Action Advanced snake game by ...
DimScreen_1.1.lha System/Ambient/Commoditie Dims your screen to eye...
ModernArt_3.0.lha System/Ambient/Blankers Screen Blanker by Matth...
WSK_icon_pack.lha System/Ambient/Icons WSK_icon_pack.lha
Re2c_1.2.1.lha Development/GeekGadgets Scanner generator f. re...
AmiArcadia_25.7.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
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25.Aug.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 24.08.2019
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 August 24th, 2019:
- 2019-08-20 improved: Premiere (Core Design) avoid trashed gfx, quit via joypad, levelskip added (Info)
- 2019-08-18 improved: Road Rash (Electronic Arts Racing) adapted to whdload v17, joypad support, added password management (Info)
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25.Aug.2019
K&A+ (ANF)
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Print magazine: K&A+ #13 (Polish/English)
Komoda & Amiga plus is a Polish print magazine about the C64 and the Amiga which is also sold in an English-language edition. Additionally an Amiga-Cover-CD is available which can be ordered separately. The magazine has 82 pages and is available for 8 Euro plus shipping.
The latest 13th issue includes a review about WinUAE, articles about the biggest Commodore collection, the games "The Settlers" and "Street Fighter 2" as well as interviews with Gunnar Kristjánsson, Carl-Henrik Skårstedt and Roy Widding.
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25.Aug.2019
Thomas Wenzel (ANF)
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Audio player: AmigaAMP3 3.25 (update)
Thomas Wenzel wrote: This version mainly provides bug fixes and stability improvements. As new feature the AmigaOS-4 version now also supports the mpega.library for decoding MP2/MP3.
As user you can now choose between the traditional AMP (giving the name to the application) and MPEG-A. MPEG-A is available as highly optimized fixed point version which, in particular, requires few computing time under QEMU-based emulations (WinUAE).
Update: (27.08.2019, 06:15, dr)
Upon request of amiga-news.de Thomas Wenzel confirmed the experiences of a reader that AmigaAMP 3.25 cannot read WAV/AIFF files. This support was skipped by introducing version 3 of the 68k version. Thomas Wenzel cannot remember the exact reason for it but will examine it. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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21.Aug.2019
Scene World Magazine (ANF)
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Disk magazine: Scene World #29
In 2001 the scene diskmag "Scene World" was published for the first time. Since 2018 also an Amiga version is provided. Retroactively starting by issue 28, the magazine now can also be started in the browser thanks to Rupert Hausberger (Scripted Amiga Emulator).
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21.Aug.2019
MorphZone (Forum)
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Power architecture: ISA released as open source, softcore introduced
According to the OpenPOWER Foundation under the title link, the Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) of the IBM POWER processors have been released as open source. Hugh Blemings, Executive Director of the OpenPOWER Foundation, furthermore wrote: "In addition to open sourcing the POWER ISA, IBM is also contributing a newly developed softcore to the community. In a very short time, an IBM engineer was able to develop a softcore on the POWER ISA, and get it up and running on a Xilinx FPGA. This softcore implementation is being demonstrated this week at OpenPOWER Summit North America."
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18.Aug.2019
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Screen blanker ModernArt Blanker 3.0
ModernArt Blanker is a screen blanker which according to the author "draws psychedelic shapes like circles, triangles, squares and stars all over the screen producing multicoloured pieces of random modern art". Version 3.0 among others adds more shapes: "It is now possible to select between circles, triangles, squares, stars and hexagons."
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18.Aug.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 17.08.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until August 17th, 2019:
rexxforum_051.lha comm/www 32K Simple forum for gW3S ARexx w...
CS-Restyling.lha demo/misc 478K 68k 2013+2015 restyled old school...
wla_dx_v9.9.lha dev/cross 2.8M 68k 8-bit CPU Cross Macro Assembl...
HWP_Polybios.lha dev/hwood 22M MOS The ultimate PDF tool for Hol...
WormWars.lha game/actio 857K 68k Advanced snake/Tron game
WormWars-AROS.zip game/actio 688K x86 Advanced snake/Tron game
WormWarsMOS.lha game/actio 927K MOS Advanced snake/Tron game
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 1.1M OS4 Advanced snake/Tron game
tictactoe.lha game/board 642K 68k It is my simple game in my 1s...
napalm_update1.4.lha game/patch 74K 68k Update for Napalm
nightlong-update-1.2p... game/patch 235K WOS Update for Nightlong PPC
nightlong-update-v1.2... game/patch 121K 68k Update for Nightlong 68K
Simon2Upd5.lha game/patch 525K 68k Update patch for Simon the So...
T0v1_01.lha game/patch 355K 68k Update for T-zer0
TinyInvaders.lha game/shoot 1.7M 68k SPACE INVADERS poor clone in ...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 2.9M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
BootPicture.lha util/boot 33K 68k Show pictures + play sounds d...
bootprefs.zip util/boot 5K 68k Configure DOS windowd from Bo...
tree-mos.lha util/dir 116K MOS Display a tree view of direct...
SMRMag2Theme.lha util/dopus 1.1M 68k My Magellan II theme
TaiwanMOS.lha util/sys 1K Taiwan country for MorphOS an...
desaddamv10b.lha util/virus 10K 68k SADDAM Virus killer & disk re...
DockBot.lha util/wb 248K 68k A program launcher for OS 3.
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18.Aug.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 17.08.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until August 17th, 2019:
flitegui.lha aud/mis 71kb 4.0 GUI for the Flite speach program
libjsoncpp.lha dev/lib 134kb 4.0 JsonCpp : C++ library for manipu...
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0 Advanced snake game
getdata.lha net/mis 16kb 4.0 reverse phone # search
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18.Aug.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 17.08.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until August 17th, 2019:
goattracker2.i386-aros.zip aud/tra 532kb SDL based SID chip tracker
polybios.i386-aros.lha dev/lib 22Mb Library Plugin For Hollywood App...
wormwars.i386-aros.zip gam/act 688kb Advanced Tron/Snake-style arcade...
deserted_house.i386-aros.lha gam/adv 4Mb text adventure with gui
licalendar_icon_new.lha gra/ico 1kb icon for licalendar apps
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18.Aug.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 17.08.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until August 17th, 2019:
InstallerLG_0.1.0a37.lha System/Shell Commodore Installer rep...
HWP_Polybios_1.2.lha Development/Hollywood/... The ultimate PDF tool f...
Anaglyph3D_0.2.lha Graphics/Tools Anaglyph3D_0.2.lha
UAE4ALL_rc3_0.3.2.lha Emulation UAE4ALL release candida...
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18.Aug.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 17.08.2019
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 August 17th, 2019:
- 2019-08-17 improved: B.C.Kid (Factor 5) joypad controls added, fixed lockup when saving hiscores/options (Info)
- 2019-08-15 improved: Parasol Stars (Ocean) support for joypad controls added, trainer added (Info)
- 2019-08-15 new: Ball Raider II (US Action) done by JOTD (Info)
- 2019-08-12 improved: Road Kill (Vision) changed joypad read routine, fixed controls CD32 (Info)
- 2019-08-12 fixed: Prince (Arc) some SMC patches corrected (Info)
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16.Aug.2019
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Video: Amiga Inc.'s Offices (2001)
Under the title link a video was posted which shows Amiga Inc.'s offices during a visit of Peter Hanson (talking there to Gary Peake) in 2001, recorded by Robert Bernardo.
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16.Aug.2019
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Event: Dickinson and Tyschtschenko at Amiga Future Gamescom booth
Press release: Amiga Future: Again at Gamescom - Also this year the Amiga Future will be represented with APC&TCP at Gamescom in the retro area.
Visitors can get detailed information about the Amiga computer system at the almost 90 m² booth and, of course, also test more than 20 devices on site. The Amiga Future team will surely be able to answer all your questions about Amiga.
As guests of honor we have Trevor Dickinson from A-EON Technology on tuesday and wednesday and Petro Tyschtschenko (formerly Amiga Technologies) on saturday at the stand.
In addition, the Apollo team shows the brand new Vampire 4. You can test the Vampire 4 in detail and the developers are also available for questions.
But we also have two IndieGO systems on our stand, which of course can be thoroughly tested.
Of course, Pascal Papara is also there, ready to answer all your questions.
Since we can not (yet) be in two places at the same time, no orders will be sent from August 17 to 27 by our online shop.
This also applies to download versions. E-mails can only be answered after Gamescom. We ask for patience.
It may take some time before all orders and e-mails can be processed. (snx)
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14.Aug.2019
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 140 - preview and excerpts
A preview and excerpts of issue 140 (September/October 2019) of the Amiga Future have been released today. Among other things, this issue features an interview with Richard Löwenstein, the second part of "AmigaOS 3.1.4 - How it's done" and a review of Hibernated.
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12.Aug.2019
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: Polybios 1.2 released
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to present Polybios 1.2. This plugin can be used to create and view PDF documents from Hollywood scripts and contains the most advanced PDF rendering engine available on Amiga systems. Version 1.2 is a minor update and contains some fixes and minor improvements.
The plugin is now available for download from the official Hollywood portal under the title link. Thanks to Hollywood's cross-platform plugin system versions for AmigaOS3 (m68k, m881), AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS (x86), Linux (ppc, arm, x86, x64), macOS (ppc, x86, x64), Windows (x86, x64) and Android (arm, arm64) are provided.
WinUAE users please note that you need at least version 4.2.1 because previous versions have a bug in the emulation of Motorola's 68020 CPU which makes Polybios crash.
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11.Aug.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Backbone game: Cuba 1898
Cuba 1898 is a Backbone game for the Amiga 500 (Amiga 1200 recommended) with a solution of 320x256 pixels and 16 colours. You can watch a video of the Shoot'em-Up game on Indie Retro News.
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11.Aug.2019
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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ACube Systems: Partnership with with C-Media
Under the title link the producer of the Sam4x0-PowerPC boards, ACube Systems, has announced a partnership with the Taiwanese audio chip developer C-Media.
The Italian hardware developers who will also attend the Amiga34 in Neuss, propably will use the audio chip CM8828 which recently has been chosen for the PowerPC-Notebook project.
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11.Aug.2019
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Video: Replica of Amiga-3000 board
Additional to the ReAmiga 1200, John 'Chucky' Hertell will present a replica of the Amiga-3000 board at the Amiga34 in Neuss which he has introduced in a video under the title link. After minor bug fixes the Gerber files of this board will be released as well. The 1:1 replica is supposed to be become the base for an updated board, the ReAmiga 3000.
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11.Aug.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 10.08.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until August 10th, 2019:
myCatalog.zip biz/dbase 8.6M MOS Manage your favorite collections
RoxBox.lha comm/misc 2K 68k Ancient BlueBoxing tool
GTS-BD4A.lha demo/mag 428K 68k Braindamage Issue #4 by Giant...
WormWars.lha game/actio 857K 68k Advanced snake/Tron game
WormWarsMOS.lha game/actio 927K MOS Advanced snake/Tron game
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 1.1M OS4 Advanced snake/Tron game
F1GP2019Carset.lha game/data 24K 2019 Carset for F1GP
Deserted_House_68k.lha game/text 4.6M 68k Text adventure with GUI
Deserted_House_AROS.lha game/text 3.7M x86 Text adventure with GUI
Deserted_House_MOS.lha game/text 3.6M MOS Text adventure with GUI
Deserted_House_OS4.lha game/text 3.9M OS4 Text adventure with GUI
Deserted_House_WOS.lha game/text 3.9M WOS Text adventure with GUI
Tacos.lha mods/8voic 78K 6ch Noche De Tacos Mexican Sl...
Valhalla.lha mods/8voic 1.5M 6ch Vikings Of Valhalla by HK...
lcdf-typetools.lha text/font 3.0M MOS LCDF Typetools
t1utils.lha text/font 211K MOS Manipulate PostScript Type 1 ...
TinyLauncher.lha util/misc 111K 68k WHDLoad frontend and more
InstallerLG.i386-aros... util/sys 97K x86 Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.ppc-morph... util/sys 128K MOS Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.src.lha util/sys 1.4M Commodore Installer replacement
LilCalendar.lha util/time 9.1M x86 Versatile calender and remind...
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11.Aug.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 10.08.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until August 10th, 2019:
hugi38.lha dem/mag 124Mb 4.1 Diskmag "HUGI", issue 38.
erik_sdl2-ogles2.lha dev/exa 3Mb 4.1 basic code examples for OpenGL E...
openjpeg.lha dev/lib 8Mb 4.0 Open-source JPEG 2000 codec
libcurl.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.0 The multiprotocol file transfer ...
libopenssl.lha dev/lib 8Mb 4.0 The open source toolkit for SSL/TLS
librtmp.lha dev/lib 391kb 4.0 A support library for RTMP streams
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0 Advanced snake game
curl.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Command line URL file transfer
mycatalog.zip off/dat 9Mb 4.0 Manage your favorite collections
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11.Aug.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 10.08.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until August 10th, 2019:
dd1.zip gam/act 25Mb OpenBor Games
dd2.zip gam/act 24Mb OpenBor Games
dd3.zip gam/act 67Mb OpenBor Games
ddg_1.tgz gam/act 88Mb OpenBor Games
ddg_2.tgz gam/act 91Mb OpenBor Games
ddg_3.tgz gam/act 24Mb OpenBor Games
goldenaxeremake.tgz gam/act 25Mb OpenBor Games
hokutonoken_1.tgz gam/act 73Mb OpenBor Games
hokutonoken_2.tgz gam/act 82Mb OpenBor Games
hokutonoken_3.tgz gam/act 67Mb OpenBor Games
kof_1.tgz gam/act 70Mb OpenBor Games
kof_2.tgz gam/act 82Mb OpenBor Games
kof_3.tgz gam/act 80Mb OpenBor Games
kof_4.tgz gam/act 15Mb OpenBor Games
ttm_1.tgz gam/act 65Mb OpenBor Games
ttm_2.tgz gam/act 70Mb OpenBor Games
ttm_3.tgz gam/act 20Mb OpenBor Games
barspipes_new_icons.tgz gra/ico 8kb Icon for Bars&Pipes Sequence...
drawer_bnp.lha gra/ico 3kb Ken's Drawer For Bars&P...
retrofunk_icons_bis_2.lha gra/ico 69kb retrofunk icon addons
deark_aros-1_5_2.lha uti/she 7Mb CLI tool to extract data from di...
lilcalendar.i386.lha uti/wor 9Mb Calender scheduling and reminder...
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11.Aug.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 10.08.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until August 10th, 2019:
Runaway_1.11.lha Games/Misc A LCD game conversion.
PDCurses_3.8.lha Development/Library PDCurses for SDL.
SC_7.16-1.1.3.lha Office/Spreadsheet Port of the SC spreadsh...
Efika_6.JPG Hardware/EFIKA 5200B Efika_6.JPG
t1utils_1.41.lha Text/Font Manipulate PostScript T...
WormWars_9.2.lha Games/Action Advanced snake game by ...
myCatalog_3.4.lha Office/Database Manage your favorite co...
Deserted_House_1.09.lha Games/Text Text adventure with GUI.
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11.Aug.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 10.08.2019
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 August 10th, 2019:
- 2019-08-10 improved: Super Methane Bros (Apache) joypad buttons made working, 2-button joystick also allows to jump (Info, Image)
- 2019-08-10 fixed: Speedball (Bitmap Brothers) fixed crashes on saving (Info)
- 2019-08-10 improved: Risky Woods (Electronic Arts/Dinamic) added joypad controls (Info)
- 2019-08-05 fixed: Virocop (Graftgold) re-fixed controller issues (Info)
- 2019-08-05 improved: Ugh! (PlayByte/Ego Software) joypad support added (Info)
- 2019-08-05 fixed: Pinball Dreams (Digital Illusions) install script corrected, black screen bug fixed (Info)
- 2019-08-05 new: Nibby Nibble (Gabriele Roncolato) done by Asman (Info)
- 2019-08-05 improved: Deluxe Galaga (Edgar M. Vigdal) fixed joypad controls, quit with joypad added (Info, Image)
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08.Aug.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Distribution for AmigaOS 3.9: AfA One 1.0
First the distribution AROS One for 68k and x86 was available. Now an Amiga distribution was released which is based on AfA 4.8 adding some AROS components to AmigaOS. An existing AmigaOS-3.9 installation with the inofficial BoingBag 4.
If you use a real Amiga a 68060 processor is required, under WinUAE the emulation of a 68020/030/040 with 256 MB Zorro-III-RAM. At least 2 GB harddrive memory is required as well.
After the installation of AmigaOS 3.9, all content of SYS:WBStartup as well as the directory SYS:Utilities/Amplifer have to be deleted. Then all harddrive is overwritten or completed with the image "AfA One.hdf". For WinUAE users a configuration file is included. The name of the Kickstart-3.1 file has to be "KickStart31".
Download sites:
AfA-One-Archiv (716 MB))
AfA-One-Video
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08.Aug.2019
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Video: 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast #34 - BestWB 1.2
Issue 34 of his videocast introduces Douglas Compton's Workbench enhencement BestWB 1.2 for AmigaOS 3.1.4 (amiga-news.de reported).
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06.Aug.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Ami2PC: Amiga-USB-Tansfer tool available for preorder
With Ami2PC written by Przemyslaw 'Lotharek' Krawczyk you can copy disk images (ADF, DMS) from PC or Mac via USB-connection to disks using an Amiga. Ami2PC is connected to the Amiga port for external disk drives which recognizes it as drive DF1. Using copy programs like X-Copy you then can write the image, stored on the PC, to a disk.
Ami2PC costs 129 Złoty (about 30 Euro) plus shipping and now is available for preorder. The Amiga-USB-Transfer tool itself will be delivered after 18. September 2019.
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06.Aug.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga adapter for wireless USB mouse available for preorder
Przemyslaw 'Lotharek' Krawczyk offers an adapter which can connect a wireless USB mouse to the mouse port of the Amiga. It is based on the SmallyMouse2. The developer pointed out that some upgraded Amigas have to be modified because the applied voltage is too low.
The mouse adapter costs 79 Złoty (about 18 Euro) plus shipping and is available for preorder. It will be delivered after 6. September 2019.
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04.Aug.2019
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP: Reshoot R mousepad available
For the game Reshoot R is now also a mousepad available at APC&TCP at the title link. (snx)
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04.Aug.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 03.08.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until August 3rd, 2019:
sc-mos.lha biz/spread 779K MOS Port of the SC spreadsheet fo...
AmiSpeedTest.lha comm/net 28K 68k Network speed test utility
PDCurses.lha dev/lib 1.0M MOS PDCurses for SDL
F1GP2019Carset.lha game/data 24K 2019 Carset for F1GP
MCE.lha game/edit 2.6M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.8M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 3.0M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
Runaway.lha game/wb 9.2M MOS LCD game conversion
Runaway_WOS.lha game/wb 2.5M WOS LCD game conversion
webptools103_a68k.lha gfx/conv 4.6M 68k encode/decode images in WebP ...
RNOTags.lha mus/misc 2.1M MOS ID3 tag editor for MP3 files
NoCapsLock.lha util/cdity 46K MOS MorphOS no caps lock
WebRadio_sbar.lha util/wb 83K MOS A sbar plugin to listen to We...
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04.Aug.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 03.08.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until August 3rd, 2019:
libjpeg.lha dev/lib 3Mb 4.0 Lib for handling JPEG images
libpng.lha dev/lib 3Mb 4.0 Lib for handling PNG files
libsdl_image.lha dev/lib 1Mb 4.0 SDL image file loading library
libsdl2_image.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.0 SDL2 image file loading library
libtiff.lha dev/lib 5Mb 4.0 Lib for handling Tag Image File ...
libwebp.lha dev/lib 9Mb 4.0 lib for handling WebP images
glsnoop.lha dev/uti 74kb 4.1 Trace and profile OGLES2 and W3D...
loschinos.lha gam/chi 4Mb 4.0 This is the classic spanish game...
sacrificiopagano.lha gam/mis 5Mb 4.0 Magic Tool
sture.lha gam/pla 5Mb 4.1 Jump and Run
mce.lha gam/uti 3Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
pintorweb.lha gra/mis 2Mb 4.0 An easy program to handling pict...
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04.Aug.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 03.08.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until August 3rd, 2019:
OrangeFTPd_1.2.lha Network/FTP OrangeFTPd V1,2, freewa...
NoCapsLock_1.4.lha System/Ambient/Commoditie MorphOS no caps lock.
RNOTags_1.0.lha Audio/Editor RNOTags is an advanced ...
EasyRPG_Player_0.6.1.lha Games/Role A program that allows t...
Runaway_1.11.lha Games/Misc ALCD game conversion.
Screenshot13.jpeg Screenshots Screenshot realised by ...
WebRadio_1.8.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar A sbar plugin to listen...
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04.Aug.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 03.08.2019
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 August 3rd, 2019:
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04.Aug.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Hardware: Kickstart-ROM switcher Romulator
In the EAB forum, kipper2k has announced the latest product of his team, the "Romulator", which in an Amiga 500, 600 or 2000 allows you to switch between several Kickstart-ROM images (video).
Amiga On The Lake will sell the Romulator.
Below you can read the English-language original announcement:
"I have something new to show off today, something that I don't think has been done for the masses, I believe Commodore used something similar in the development stages of the Amiga.
We call it the 'Romulator'...
It emulates the Amiga ROM and is for the 16-bit computers. If demand is high enough we will finish up the 32-bit version. First here are its features.
- Accepts up to 1 MB ROM images
- ROMs can be byteswapped or normal
- Supports Amiga 500s of revision 3, 5, 6a and 8
- Supports Amiga 600s
- For those hackers, it is possible to support 2 MB ROMs (you're on your own, LOL)
- USB and SD support
- ROMs are stored using onboard SD card
- ROMs can be copied from PC to Amiga Romulator SD card
The Romulator sits in the Amiga ROM socket taking the place of the Amiga ROM. When you turn on the Amiga the Amiga is held in the Pause state and the Romulator will display its own bootup menu.
The menu will show all available ROMs you have on your SD card and you can select by keyboard arrows and mouse. Pressing no keys/mouse will cause the Amiga to continue its bootup after a selectable time-out period. Pressing an arrow key/mouse will stop the countdown and you can then move up and down and then press enter to select your ROM to load. The Amiga remembers the previosly used ROM and will load that.
The Romulator has 1 wire that needs to be connected to the Reset line of the Amiga. If using the A500MX keyboard there is a header onboard you just plug it in to. Using the A500MX contoller on a regular keyboard also has a header (oops, I haven't told anyone about that yet... - next week for that!). For the A600 the reset wire needs to be connected to a transistor leg (easy solder) and I am also making a little easy install board similar to the Gotek ones I have just done.
The Menu is a throwback to the classic type intros and has music available. Many, many thanks to Mikestir for the coding on this, it is just bloomin AWESOME (excuse my language). If Mike has time he will release updates that can allow the enduser to use their own music (no promises, he is very busy).
So what does this mean. For starters people can work on their own custom ROMs and try them on the Romulator to see if they are working. A 1 MB ROM image has lots of possibilities as regards custom libraries, onbord HRTMON (and if someone can do a onboard Action Replay ROM I will be forever in their debt (elbow elbow, nudge nudge). Hopefully this will now mean the end of the annoying burning of ROMs which is time consuming and not always successful.
So when is this available... I have a supply in front of me ready to be shipped to AOTL. It is finished, it was sooo hard to keep this quiet and I am glad that is is now free. I do not know what demand would be like for this and the price for parts is not too cheap, so based on demand I will have more made according to demand. The board is a 4-layer board and uses an ARM processor.
For those who want one, supplies are limited and providing there is demand we will produce more.
Cost of A500/A600 versions are the same (expected to be ~$79 USD), the only difference between the two of them is the board layout is reversed. I actually haven't tried in an A1000/A2000, I will add this check to the list of things to do.
If you want a 32-bit version for your A1200 (with 2 MB ROM capability) then flood this thread with requests and we can see about completing our design."
Zum Amiga 2000 trug er noch nach:
"I have just tested my A2000 with the Romulator and the results are good. I tied into the reset line for the romulator and was pleasantly surprised I never even had to solder the reset line, it fits snugly underneath R201.
This is not meant to be used in competition/combination with the Vampire, I consider this an affordable option for the masses who want to just play games swapping ROMs on the fly for maximum compatibility.
So you can see [the original post also includes pictures, editor's note] the new Gotek and the Romulator will sit under the A2000 PSU with lots of clearance. I will create a faceplate for the Gotek so that the OLED can sit in the front of the A2000 with a small button plate, so we are set. :-)
Should be easy enough to tap into the sync and Green line for the OSD display. We can use the big or small OLED. If someone beats me to make a 3D print model for one I will be very grateful. I am done for the night, too much beer. :-)
Just taking another look, the A600 version would probably fit better as it would not interfere with Agnus and you can do the 2MB add-on with... (What's its name, LOL, can't remember.)"
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04.Aug.2019
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Free Hardware: Joystick adapter JoyDivision updated
The USB adapter for classic joysticks developed by Stefan 'Develin' Blixth (amiga-news.de reported) works without any additional driver. Now version 20190803 is available. Now it supports also the C64 clone THEC64 which was licences by Cloanto.
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04.Aug.2019
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: MP3-Tag-Editor RNOTags 1.0
RNOTag is a GUI-based editor for MP3-Tags developed with Hollywood which supports the standards 1.0, 1.1, enhanced (1+), 2.2.0, 2.3.0 and 2.4.0 and can converting between them. It can attach pictures to MP3 files and extract them from MP3 files.
Download: RNOTags.lha (2 MB)
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03.Aug.2019
Indie Retro News
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Arcade puzzle game: Landfill
Landfill (video) is an arcade puzzle game just like Tetris or Columns. You have to match equal items, pressing the fire button you can switch "landed" items with their neighbours.
Landfill was written in C and requires an Amiga with at least one megabyte RAM.
Download
Disk image: Landfill-1.0.adf.zip (325 KB)
HD version: Landfill-1.0.lha (265 KB)
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03.Aug.2019
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Task bar: WBDock 2
WBDock 2 written by Thomas Rapp is a dock comparable with Toolmanager or AmiDock which so far was exclusively available with the Workbench distribution AKReal but now also can be downloaded as single program as an updated version.
Under AmigaOS 3.5 or newer versions, WBDock 2 supports additional features like opening Workbench folders out of the dock or drag'n drop of project files on applications in the dock.
Download: wbdock2.lha (166 KB)
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02.Aug.2019
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Plexiglas cases for Amiga 500, 600 and 1200, ACA500 and Vampire Standalone
On plexilaser.de transparent acryl cases for retro computers are available, among others a keyboard case for the A500 or desktop cases for the A600 and A1200. A "box" for the external extension board ACA500 or a case for the Vampire Standalone are offered.
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02.Aug.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Retro 7-bit: Xilinx-Firmware update V3 for Wicher CD32
For its memory extension with IDE port and clockport for Amiga CD³², the Wicher CD32 (amiga-news.de reported), Retro 7-bit has released a firmware update for the Xilinx chip uner the title link. Version 3 includes adjustments on the RAM controller and allows you to use the "NoResetConfig" function.
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31.Jul.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Workbench enhancement: BestWB 1.2 for AmigaOS 3.1.4
Just like BetterWB, BestWB is a collection of Workbench tools for, in this case, AmigaOS 3.1.4 which "persues speed and usability and does not focus on eye candy."
In version 1.2 among others a dock bar, a picture viewer as well as tool for mounting ADF, ISO and HDF image files were added.
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31.Jul.2019
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Video: Retro Recipes reconstructed Witchwood intro
Christian 'Perifractic' Simpson produces a video series called "Retro Recipes". Recently he got a developer Amiga from Team 17 (amiga-news.de reported) which was used for LightWave-3D animations. The latest episode under the title link shows some files of the role play "Witchwood" (MS-DOS demo) which was never released and reconstructs the intro which was originally planned.
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29.Jul.2019
Indie Retro News
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Retro gaming: H.E.R.O. clone JetHunt 1.0 (AGA)
JetHunt (video) is a clone of the 8-Bit classic H.E.R.O. written in BlitzBasic. The game requires AGA and FastRAM is recommended. Some minor bugs like switches between screens or some incorrectly positioned enemies the author know, other bugs can be reported.
Download:
ADF: jethuntadf.rar (392 KB)
DMS: jethuntdms.rar (445 KB)
Readme: readme.txt
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28.Jul.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 27.07.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until July 27th, 2019:
PONG4K.adf game/2play 880K 68k Pong for four players (AGA)
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 16M 68k Implementation of Tunnels & T...
dtview2.lha gfx/show 78K 68k Datatype picture viewer for p...
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...
Elysium.lha mods/8voic 4.0M Fate Of Elysium 8ch Synth Amb...
RNOInfoScreen.lha mus/play 8.6M WOS Music player front-end and in...
NoCapsLock.lha util/cdity 43K MOS MorphOS no caps lock
tzinfo.txt util/time 15K Timezone information in POSIX...
WebRadio_sbar.lha util/wb 81K MOS A sbar plugin to listen to We...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 27.07.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until July 27th, 2019:
rnoinfoscreen.lha aud/pla 9Mb 4.1 Music player front-end and info ...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 27.07.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until July 27th, 2019:
RNOInfoScreen_1.7.lha Audio/Players RNOInfoScreen works as ...
Screenshot11.jpeg Screenshots Screenshot realised by ...
NoCapsLock_1.3.lha System/Ambient/Commoditie MorphOS no caps lock.
AmiArcadia_25.61.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
WebRadio_1.4.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar A sbar plugin to listen...
iris_beta62.lha Email New email client suppor...
Screenshot12.jpeg Screenshots Screenshot realised by ...
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27.Jul.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 100 (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 and programs on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga game "Goblins III", the Internet suite "NetConnect 2" and the Macintosh emulator "ShapeShifter".
Download sites:
Italian
English
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25.Jul.2019
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris, beta version 62
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's "Iris" is supposed to become the standard mail program for MorphOS. It supports IMAP and can read and create HTML mails.
The program requires MorphOS 3.10. You can give feedback to the author using the corresponding discussion on MorphZone.
New Features include:
- Implemented forwarding messages as attachments
- Nice folder icons, icons for failed/draft messages in the Outgoing folder
- Folder settings (accessible from menu)
- It is now possible to create and delete IMAP folders
- Closed state of a folder tree is now serialized
Also fixed:
- INBOX folder wouldn't always be detected correctly (happened on Yahoo)
- Fixed sending of emails from accounts that had no Drafts/Sent folder
- Fixed the 'view in external browser' feature (for attachments)
- Fixed a UTF-7 decoder bug (caused Greek GMail to fail, for example)
- Fixed a crash when parsing a server-side modified folder structure
- Fixed a scroll-to-top issue when progressively adding list entries while scrolling
- Fixed a crash in session shutdown/resource tracking
Download: iris.lha (20 MB)
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25.Jul.2019
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: WebRadio.sbar 1.5
WebRadio.sbar is another screenbar for MorphOS written by Thomas Igracki. The program is based on Grzegorz Kraszewski's CgmRadio 2.0 and can play Internet radio station streams. But it is required that the station uses the ShoutCast protocol of the MPEG audio format (usually MP3, MPEG-1 Layer III) - streams of other formats like Ogg Vorbis, WMA or AAC+ cannot be decoded.
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25.Jul.2019
Scene World Magazine (ANF)
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Video: Interview with Wolfgang Back (english version)
Two years ago Scene World Magazine published an interview with german computer TV show journalist Wolfgang Back. Now an english version with a professional voice over is available. For both videos there are also english subtitles.
Wolfgang Back is a computer journalist pioneer, talking about his career in the video.
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