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25.Jun.2018
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4/MorphOS: Ask Me Up XXL 3.4
Jérôme 'Glames' Senay's Ask Me Up is a one to five player quiz game for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Windows featuring 17000 questions in 17 categories. A demo version containing 80 questions is available for free.

In version 3.4 some questions were fixed ("People" and "Miscellaneous" themes) as well as some Italian and Portuguese comments which were not related to the right question. Sound effects can now be played also on A-EON Enhancer Software computers (requires at least sound.datatype 53.30). (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.Jun.2018
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


Hollywood: APK Compiler 2.4 released
Press release: The Hollywood APK Compiler is now available in version 2.4. This version removes support for the armeabi architecture because it is no longer supported by the latest Android SDK. Note that you should not upgrade to this version unless you want to use the latest Android SDK. If you have a working installation of Hollywood APK Compiler, just keep it because this update is only here to make the Hollywood APK Compiler compatible with the latest Android SDK version. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Jun.2018
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: Dungeon-Crawler Arx Libertatis 1.2
Szilárd 'BSzili' Biró has ported the first person Dungeon crawler Arx Libertatis - which is an open source implementation of the game Arx Fatalis released in 2002 - to MorphOS. The CD of the original game and the Arx-Fatalis patch to version 1.21 are required. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Jun.2018



Aminet-Uploads until 23.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until June 23rd, 2018:
myCatalog.zip            biz/dbase  2.6M  68k Manage your favorite collections
ign-addon-ods.lha        biz/spread 203K  OS4 ignition addon for access ods...
sntp.lha                 comm/net   15K   68k SNTP/NTP time sync client
Axel25th.lha             demo/misc  254K  68k Triumphant celebration of AS ...
Minislug-wos.lha         game/actio 564K  WOS Mini Metal Slug for WarpOS
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  2.0M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
Sqrxz_2_aros.zip         game/jump  809K  x86 sequel of sqrxz remake
Sqrxz_3_aros.zip         game/jump  925K  x86 sequel of sqrxz 2
Sqrxz_4_aros.zip         game/jump  1.3M  x86 sequel of sqrxz 3
Sqrxz_remake_aros.lha    game/jump  1.3M  x86 a platform game like Mario
hermes.zip               game/role  1.1M  x86 a platform game like Mario
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha     game/role  12M   68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
xump.zip                 game/role  1.1M  x86 A puzzle platform game
GhostScript_8.70.lha     gfx/conv   9.0M  MOS Ghostscript 8.70 Core (MorphO...
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha    gfx/fract  39M   OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fracta...
TextEngine5.3.lha        text/edit  145K  68k Word processor with spelling ...
MathLibsUAE.lha          util/libs  44K   68k free IEEE-libs for WinUAE or ...
ReportPlus.lha           util/misc  522K  68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  558K  MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha       util/misc  663K  OS4 Multipurpose utility
Hexaco_1.1.lha           util/wb    895K  68k Color values as hex/dec/... (...
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24.Jun.2018



OS4Depot-Uploads until 23.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until June 23rd, 2018:
resrc4.lha               dev/mis 53kb  4.1 MC680x0 Disassembler
dtdescrip.lha            dev/uti 61kb  4.1 Tools for creating datatype desc...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
ciagent.lha              emu/mis 106kb 4.0 Minimal CIA resources and hardwa...
flashmandelng.lha        gra/mis 39Mb  4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
reactive_lib.lha         lib/mis 162kb 4.1 A Custom BOOPSI System
ign-addon-ods.lha        off/spr 203kb 4.1 ignition addon for access ods-files
ignition.lha             off/spr 4Mb   4.0 A modern spreadsheet
reportplus.lha           uti/mis 663kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
rprglist_cmd.lha         uti/she 3kb   4.1 List running Reactive Programs
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24.Jun.2018



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 23.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until June 23rd, 2018:
libpng1634.i386-aros.lha     dev/lib 2Mb   library for reading and write pn...
abe.i386-aros.zip            gam/pla 3Mb   SDL platformer set in pyramid pa...
gianas-return-v.latest.i3... gam/pla 7Mb   a platform game like Mario
hermes-v.latest.i386-aros... gam/pla 1Mb   a platform game like Mario
sqrxz2-v.latest.i386-aros... gam/pla 809kb sequel of sqrxz remake
sqrxz3-v.latest.i386-aros... gam/pla 925kb sequel of sqrxz 2
sqrxz-v0996a.i386-aros.lha   gam/pla 1Mb   a platform game like Mario
fruity-v.latest.i386-aros... gam/puz 958kb a puzzle game like candycrisis
sqrxz4-v.latest.i386-aros... gam/puz 1Mb   sequel of sqrxz 3
xump-v.latest.i386-aros.zip  gam/puz 1Mb   a puzzle platform game
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24.Jun.2018



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 23.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until June 23rd, 2018:
GhostScript_8.70.lha      Devices/Printer           Ghostscript 8.70 Core, ...
Snes9x_1.53.lha           Emulation                 A MorphOS port of Snes9...
MCE_10.32.lha             Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
JackpotCorruption_2.10... Games/Misc                Another portable slot m...
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24.Jun.2018



WHDLoad: New installers until 23.06.2018
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 June 23rd, 2018:
  • 2018-06-19 improved: Wizkid (Sensible Software) reduced chip memory requirements, 68000 quit key added (Info)
  • 2018-06-17 updated: Cannon Fodder (Sensible Software) rewritten, supports french, german and italian version, new imager and install script, docs and icons added (Info)
  • 2018-06-17 updated: The Immortal (Electronic Arts) fixed level 7/8, protection removed, restart and trainer added, added joypad/2nd button controls (Info, Image)
  • 2018-06-17 improved: Bubble And Squeak (Audiogenic) added quitkey in OCS version (Info)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Jun.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: ODS-Add-on 0.31 for ignition
After the release of the beta version 5 of his further development of Axel Dörfler's spreadsheet ignition 1.0 in May, Achim Pankalla now also has updated the ODS add-on. At least the beta version 4 of ignition is required. Version 0.31 is a bug fix release:
  • Now cell sizes in inch are correctly regocnized
  • Function with a two chraracter name now correctly implemented
  • The math-comparison < > are now known
  • In some cases, strings were misinterpreted, this is corrected
Download: ign-addon-ods.lha (203 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Jun.2018
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


Replacement power supply for Amiga 500, 600 and 1200
On eBay (Germany, Great Britain) the Polish shop Electroware offers replacement power supplies for the Amiga 500, 500+, 600 and 1200. Compared to the original ones provided by Commodore they have 50 watt and thus twice as much capacity and only half the size. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Jun.2018
MorphZone (Webseite)


MorphOS: Postscript interpreter GhostScript 8.70
Michal Zukowski has ported version 8.70 of the Postscript interpreter GhostScript to MorphOS 3.10. Additional to the program file the core archive as well as the fonts archive are required. Please note the installation instructions provided in the readme file.

Download:
GhostScript_8.70.lha (9 MB)
gs870core.lha (11 MB)
gsfonts.lha (4 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Jun.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Reaction test: R²Z 1.5
Ulrich Becker's has updated his Hollywood program R²Z. In this version Unicode support was added as well as small countdown on each trial.

About this program, Ulrich Becker wrote on his website: "R²Z - Reiz-Reaktion-Zeit. A program to measure times required to motor-react (pressing a key or the display) to different visual stimuli."
The program is available in German and English for AmigaOS 3.x, AROS and MorphOS. A graphics board is required. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Jun.2018
WinUAE Homepage (ANF)


Emulator: WinUAE 4.0.0 released
Version 4.0.0 of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE has been released. Compared to the new features and changes announced in the preview, the following ones have been implemented as well:

New features:
  • Host mode FPU emulation mode is finally full extended precision (80-bit) capable. It is also fully JIT compatible.
  • Harddrive imager now also supports native (mainboard/expansion board) IDE connected CHS-only drives.
  • Cirrus Logic RTG horizontal doubling support, keeps aspect ratio in doublescan modes.
  • Action Replay II/III state file support improved.
  • Windowed mode resize enable/disable option.
  • CDTV SCSI and SRAM options moved to Expansions.
3.6.x bug fixes:
  • Direct3D11 fullscreen mode didn’t open if monitor was connected to non-default GPU. (For example laptops with Intel and NVidia GPU with NV GPU connected to external monitor)
  • Direct3D11 fullscreen ALT-TAB refresh problems and other D3D11 fixes.
  • 68030 MMU PLOAD was broken (Caused Amiga Linux crash at boot).
Older bugs fixed:
  • Reset when uaescsi.device CD was mounted caused memory corruption/crash in certain situations.
  • Old JIT bug fixed: many CPU instructions didn’t set V-flag correctly. (Aranym)
  • Inserting or removing USB input device caused crash in some situations.
  • Softfloat FPU edge case fixes (FABS, FNEG with infinity, logarithmic instructions with NaN)
  • Decrease/increase emulation speed input events didn’t do anything.
  • Toccata audio was not fully closed when reset/reset and caused crash if new config was loaded and started.
  • Removed forgotten, useless and obsolete “The selected screen mode can’t be displayed in a window, because..” check.
  • Fixed WASAPI Exclusive mode audio glitches when paused/unpaused.
  • Paula audio volume GUI volume setting was ignored if audio mode was mono.
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Jun.2018
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Linux: Debian-Jessie-Installer for AmigaOne via Internet and USB
Additional to the full CD image for installing the Linux distribution Debian Jessie on the Teron-based original AmigaOne, now there is a saved image via Internet. Both images also include an USB booter so they can be burned on CD or booted from an USB-stick. You can find an English-language installation guide in the forum of Amigaworld.net. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Jun.2018
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Print magazine: Amiga Future 133 - preview and extracts
A preview and extracts of issue 133 (July/August 2018) of the Amiga Future have been released today. Among other things, this issue features reviews to the games BOH and SweepOut as well as a first part of a workshop on the spreadsheet ignition. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.Jun.2018
Andreas Rösner (ANF)


Commercial game: 'Worthy' is available
Andreas Rösner wrote: Pixelglass Games has released a brand new game to the Amiga community called Worthy. Similar as in real life, you have to collect diamonds to conquer the heart of your lady. You can achieve that by travelling from level to level, killing enemies, avoiding traps and collecting diamonds.

The main drive for the game character is beer which is drunken a lot to hopefully complete the adventures.


The game was optimized for 50 Hz and offers 40 levels, many puzzles, pixel graphics with 32 colours as well as catchy melodies and sound effects. Furthermore Worthy has different scenarios of the end of the game depending on how successful the player has been.

Worthy can be purchased on AMIGA.net.pl on disks, CD or as download version for all Amigas. The game can be installed on harddrive but can also be started from disk or CD. A "boxed version" with additional features is available as well.

At least the game requires an Amiga 500 with 1 MB, the CD and HD versions 0,5 MB Fast Ram more. The different versions cost between 9 and 29 Euro (including shipping). On YouTube you can watch the release trailer. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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17.Jun.2018



Aminet-Uploads until 16.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until June 16th, 2018:
vdappc-mos.lha           dev/asm    37K   MOS A PowerPC disassembler w/ Alt...
mp.lha                   dev/cross  246K  MOS Mad-Pascal cross compiler for...
libgd-2.2.5_a68k.lha     dev/lib    2.8M  68k library for dynamic image cre...
simplecat.lha            dev/misc   366K  MOS V3.25 Powerful CatComp replac...
MCE.lha                  game/edit  1.8M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  2.2M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
GPMark_WOS.lha           gfx/3d     1.9M  WOS SDL graphics benchmark
U1Synth.lha              mus/edit   53K   MOS Simple audio synthesizer
xpdftools_400_aros.lha   text/misc  5.7M  x86 Tools to manipulate pdf docum...
xpdftools_400_m68k.lha   text/misc  4.8M  68k Tools to manipulate pdf docum...
MathLibsUAE.lha          util/libs  21K   68k free IEEE-libs for WinUAE or ...
RegTool_de.lha           util/sys   3K        Unofficial German catalog for...
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17.Jun.2018



OS4Depot-Uploads until 16.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until June 16th, 2018:
resrc4.lha               dev/mis 51kb  4.1 MC680x0 Disassembler
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
mce.lha                  gam/uti 2Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
reactive_lib.lha         lib/mis 162kb 4.1 A Custom BOOPSI System
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17.Jun.2018



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 16.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until June 16th, 2018:
pt4_beta2_src.lha            aud/tra 509kb A Tracker Classic Program
xpdftools_400.i386-aros.lha  doc/mis 6Mb   Tools to manipulate pdf documents
grafx2-2.5.1960.i386-aros... gra/edi 1023k The Ultimate 256-color bitmap pa...
aminetreadmemaker.i386-ar... uti/tex 91kb  Easy creation & upload of Am...
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17.Jun.2018



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 16.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until June 16th, 2018:
U1Synth_1.2b.lha          Audio/Editor              Simple audio synthesizer.
Zormanita_1.1a.lha        Audio/Encoder             An audio file converter...
vasm_1.8c_source.tgz      Development/ASM           A portable and retarget...
vdappc_1.6.lha            Development/ASM           A PowerPC disassembler ...
MP_1.5.5.lha              Development/Cross         Mad-Pascal cross compil...
MUIRexx_3_0a.lha          Development/MUI           Develop MUI apps/GUIs w...
DOSBox_0.74SVN.lha        Emulation                 A DOS-emulator that use...
BermudaSyndrome_0.1.6.lha Games/Action              This project reimplemen...
AmiJackPot_2.31.lzx       Games/Misc                An Amiga slot machine
CannonBall.lha            Games/Race                CannonBall - An Enhance...
RoadFighterRemake_1.0.lha Games/Race                Remake of Road Fighter ...
LosChinos_3.20.lzx        Games/Think               This is the classic Spa...
Alphatools_1.2.lha        Graphics/Convert          Set of tools and script...
Autotrace_0.31.1.lha      Graphics/Convert          Shell based tool conver...
AminetReadmeMaker_1.2.lha Text                      Easy creation & upload ...
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17.Jun.2018



WHDLoad: New installers until 16.06.2018
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 June 16th, 2018: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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14.Jun.2018
www.amicloud.de (ANF)


Cloud memory with Amiga access: AmiCloud 2.0
The AmiCloud client for all Amiga systems as well as Windows, Linux and Mac OS X allows the access to a cloud memory without traffic limitation for public contents provided by Pascal Papara.


Version 2.0 of the client written with Hollywood now supports an unlimited number of sub-folders. The list of changes:
  • FIX: Sometimes ACManager was not able to connect to AmiCloud, this should be resolved now.
  • FIX: Due to an Hollywood bug the local index is now using a temporary fix that mimic the bugged functions, when the bug will be fixed the standard commands will be restored because this fix is a bit slower.
  • NEW: Local Index is now smaller, useless data has been removed.
  • NEW: Added feedback to the main AmiCLoud window : now when a folder and/or a subfolder is synchronized a message is shown.
  • FIX: Fixed a bug that was causing errors when UTF8 characters were used in the filenames.
  • NEW: Added a local index cleanup function at the end of the synchronization process to remove useless entries.
  • NEW: Nested folders support.
    • New core functionalities to handle this new feature in a recursive fashion
    • Reworked the sharing window to show the folders structure using a treeview
    • Windows & MacOS versions uses system AppData folders to write application data.
  • NEW: Server error 403 Forbidden is now handled by the client.
  • NEW: Added a information Windows to access quickly related web resources and to check for updates.
  • NEW: Added several messages to make it clearer what AmiCloud is doing.
  • NEW: Added multiuser support, heach account can have its own shared folder on the same computer.
  • FIX: Users can change the shared folder if they need it.
  • FIX: When exiting AmiCloud will wait for ACManager to finish its tasks to make it clear when the ACManager is quitted.
Meanwhile AmiCloud can also upload and download files using the browser. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Jun.2018
David Brunet (ANF)


Interview: Erik Hogan (AlarCity)
For his online magazine 'Obligement', David Brunet has talked to Erik Hogan who currently is developing the game AlarCity. The interview is available in English and French. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Jun.2018
Frederik Bonte (ANF)


Inofficial AmigaOS website online again
In August 2017 Mathias Münch removed his "inofficial AmigaOS Support Homepage" from the Internet after he was requested by Hyperion to remove some beta versions from the website because they have been licenced by the company. Meanwhile the website is online again - without the said packages. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.Jun.2018
Cloanto (ANF)


Cloanto: Amiga Explorer 7 released
Cloanto's Amiga Explorer "makes it possible to access the resources of an Amiga computer from one or more Windows systems". This new version provides "support for additional types of serial devices and ports, including COM port numbers higher than 9". A list of changes you can find under the title link.

The Amiga Explorer is Shareware, updates are available for free. Users of a plus-edition of Amiga Forever already have a licence. The source code of the programs was uploaded to a closed group on GitHub; as soon as the data exchange program will be finished, the source code will be released. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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11.Jun.2018
The Digital Cat (ANF)


Assembler tutorial: Exploring the Amiga
In his English-language article series "Exploring the Amiga", the developer Leonardo Giordani has described his first steps using assembler on an Amiga. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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11.Jun.2018
Andreas Rösner (ANF)


Microsoft acquired Github from founder Chris Wanstrath
Microsoft has acquired the developer platform Github for 7,5 Milliarden US Dollar Microsoft stock. "Microsoft Corporate Vice President Nat Friedman, founder of Xamarin and an open source veteran, will assume the role of GitHub CEO." Github will continue being open for other operating systems than Windows. Currently over 28 millions users use the platform. In the Github repository several Amiga specific developments are hosted as well. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Jun.2018



Aminet-Uploads until 09.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until June 9th, 2018:
OWB_da.lha               comm/www   17K       Unofficial Danish catalog for...
OWB_el.lha               comm/www   18K       Unofficial Greek catalog for OWB
mads.lha                 dev/cross  304K  MOS Cross-assembler for 65xx/R65C...
simplecat.lha            dev/misc   322K  MOS V3.25 Powerful CatComp replac...
fotochop_mcc_0.12.lha    dev/mui    5.0M  MOS Painting and image editing
StarShips.lha            game/demo  5K    68k Starfield effect in Intuition...
MCE.lha                  game/edit  1.8M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  2.0M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  2.1M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
Sudominator.lha          game/think 67K   MOS Sudoku puzzle solver
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha    gfx/fract  39M   OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fracta...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.5M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Flacochlorine.lha        mus/edit   75K   MOS FLAC stream analyzer and vali...
U1Synth.lha              mus/edit   53K   MOS Simple audio synthesizer
Zgrzytor.lha             mus/edit   25K   MOS Simple pseudorandom waveform ...
Zormanita.lha            mus/edit   184K  MOS Generator of pseudonoise audi...
AminetReadmeMaker.lha    util/app   91K   MOS Easy creation & upload of...
WBStartup+UPD.lha        util/boot  199K  68k WBStartup Enhancer (Small upd...
IFF2rexx.lha             util/conv  1K        Convert IFF data to rexx source
MMULib.lha               util/libs  724K  68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
ReportPlus.lha           util/misc  518K  68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  580K  MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha       util/misc  658K  OS4 Multipurpose utility
Mu680x0Libs.lha          util/sys   377K  68k MuLib aware 680x0 libraries
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10.Jun.2018



OS4Depot-Uploads until 09.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until June 9th, 2018:
evolve.lha               dev/gui 2Mb   4.1 Rapid GUI Development
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
mce.lha                  gam/uti 2Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
dcraw.lha                gra/con 3Mb   4.0 CLI converter for camera raw files
flashmandelng.lha        gra/mis 39Mb  4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
reportplus.lha           uti/mis 658kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
amiupdate_dan.lha        uti/wor 20kb  4.0 Danish catalog files for AmiUpdate
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 09.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until June 9th, 2018:
Mads_2.0.7.lha            Development/Cross         Cross-assembler for 65x...
Fotochop_mcc_0.12.lha     Development/MUI           A painting and image ed...
MMamM_0.3.lha             Development/MUI           MMamM (MUI MUI and more...
AmiArcadia_24.72.lha      Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
DOSBox_0.74SVN.lha        Emulation                 A DOS-emulator that use...
MCE_10.31.lha             Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
ReportPlus_7.3.lha        Misc                      A Multipurpose utility ...
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10.Jun.2018
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


AmigaKit registered trademark "A1200"
The British dealer AmigaKit already had registered several trademarks with reference to Amiga in Great Britain (amiga-news.de reported). Now the trademark "A1200" was registered, too. In contrast, the application for registration of "SCSI2SD" was withdrawn. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.Jun.2018
Mirko Engelhardt (ANF)


Games collection: Amigaland relaunch
The website of Amigaland - a legal collection of games, demos and emulators - was revised. Mirko Engelhardt wrote: "Amigaland.de is still alive, a relaunch of the website was done. Until this will be completely finished, we can be accessed on www.amiga-spiele.de".
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10.Jun.2018
Andreas Rösner (ANF)


Game: Full version of Mini Swat available
Andreas Rösner wrote: Three months ago a demo version of "Mini Swat" was uploaded to the Aminet. According to the developer duo of 'Amiga Wave', now the full version is available. The game was developed by José A. 'Jojo073' Gonzáles and Zoltar Estrayk. They also wrote the games "Brus Li" and "Else we get mad!".

Again the game was written with Backbone. The programs Deluxe Paint and ProTracker were also used. Compared with most of the Backbone games, "Mini Swat" is not a simple jump'n'run but a top-down-shooter like "Crack Down".

The game requires an Amiga equipped with ECS/OCS and 1 MB RAM. Interested players will get "Mini Swat" by e-mail for free from the developers using amigawave@gmail.com. On YouTube you can watch a video. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.Jun.2018
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaKit: Optical Scroll Mouse with USB-/PS2 port
AmigaKit now offers its Amiga mice in black and white covering the checkmark which previously had the Boing ball (amiga-news.de reported). You can also purchase a version with USB-/PS2 port with 400dpi. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.Jun.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Podcast: Amiga Users Ireland - Commodore Power
The latest podcast of the Amiga Users Ireland is about the MorphOS programs RNOWidgets, OpenXCom and MilkyTracker, the closure of the Apollo registrations this month and about the news that sufficient money was collected for producing new Amiga-500 cases. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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08.Jun.2018



amiga-news.de: long-dated login enabled again
Two weeks ago amiga-news.de started using a common login for the comment section and forum - afterwards the login only worked as long as the browser session persisted. Now a login again is valid for 15 days and is automatically renewed for another 15 days if the user visits amiga-news.de during this period. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.Jun.2018
Andreas Rösner (ANF)


Game: Official update for Worms DC announced (update)
Andreas Rösner wrote: On Facebook Andy Davidson, who is the developer of original Amiga version of "Worms: The Director's Cut", has announced that after about twenty years the game will be updated.

Bei Worms DC is the successor of the initial version of Worms. Compared to it the game already uses the AGA chipset of the Amiga 1200 and 4000. Until today the game and its successors are very popular.

Worms DC offered a variety of opportunities of modding which meant much more than only creating new levels. This develops into a kind of popular sport among Amiga users and therefore many years after the release of the game new levels and extensions have been released by users.

Update: (11.06.2018, 00:15, cg)

amiga-news.de reader Mario Cattaneo has collected the information about the project available on facebook and supplied it to us. The developer is answering a few users' questions over there, and posted two screenshots aswell as a photo of his development machine:


...how will this be released as a patch only or will the whole game be freeware?

Andy Davidson: More details about that later, but hopefully the latter. I want as many people who still love the Amiga to be able to enjoy it as possible :)

Will the unimplemented CD-ROM feature that plays the FMV sequence from the MS-DOS, PlayStation and CD32 versions of Worms be included with this release?

Andy Davidson: I will look into it after I’ve got the game options done, but this is something of a memory test! It’s sort of like riding a bike but scrolling through the code part of me is amazed I did this in the first place haha

There was a bug on my release copy that meant that options set weren’t saved properly... most notable after switching on JAMIE AND HIS MAGIC TORCH or CHORLTON AND THE WHEELIES options ;) I assume they will all save properly now? ;)

Andy Davidson: Yep, that was a silly bug.

Hey Andy, I've got a question: What title will this new version have? Worms DC: 1.5 or Worms DC: 2 (or maybe other)? Thank you for an answer.

Andy Davidson: 1.5 I think. Unless more stuff goes in, but I am a bit rusty! (snx) (Translation: dr)

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08.Jun.2018
Andreas Rösner (ANF)


Game: Alco Copter 1.0
Andreas Rösner wrote: Under the title link Matthias Heydorn has released version 1.0 of "Alco Copter". In this new game of skill the player has to manage brain challenges using a helicopter.

The game offers 30 levels and requires an Amiga 500 equipped with OCS/ECS chipset and 1 MB RAM. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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08.Jun.2018
Andreas Rösner (ANF)


Game announcement: Coco Banana
Andreas Rösner wrote: Amiten Software has started developing a new jump-&-run game for the Amiga. The game named "Coco Banana" will offer up to 30 levels, multidirectional dual parallax scrolling as well as special background music and sound effects.

The developers ask you to support them by donations (in total 500 Euro) but has announced to release "Coco Banana" in any case offering for free download.br>
So far 260 Euro have been donated. On the Facebook account of the developers you can get more information about the game and the current amount of money. A video of the game is available on YouTube. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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03.Jun.2018
MorphZone (Website)


MorphOS: MMamM 0.3
MMamM (MUI MUI and more MUI) written by Stefan 'Kronos' Kleinheinrich "is a tool for creating and maintaining MUI custom-classes soley based on C(++) sources".

An existing installation of MorphOS-SDK is required. Compared to alpha version 0.2 "lots of bugs have been added and some features removed".

Download: MMamM.lha (60 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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03.Jun.2018



Aminet-Uploads until 02.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until June 2nd, 2018:
NetFS-revised.lha        comm/net   88K   MOS Network File System (revised ...
LockSmith.lha            dev/debug  7K    68k debugging: detect semaphore c...
gcc-mos2wos.lha          dev/gcc    13M   MOS Make MorphOS GCC output WarpO...
libpng_S1634.lha         dev/lib    754K  WOS LibPNG link library for StormGCC
libpng1634_aros.lha      dev/lib    1.9M  x86 Lib for reading/writing PNG
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  2.1M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MinedField.lha           game/think 42K   68k MinedField, a Windows alike game
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha    gfx/fract  39M   OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fracta...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.2M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   4.6M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
SamplesCreatorDemos.lha  mods/smpl  116K      Some samples created by Sampl...
Not_So_Bad.lha           mods/xm    3.2M      New Mod By Pseudaxos
SamplesCreator.lha       mus/edit   62K   68k Samples creation and saving
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 02.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until June 2nd, 2018:
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
flare.lha                gam/rol 7Mb   4.1 A free action RPG
flashmandelng.lha        gra/mis 39Mb  4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
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03.Jun.2018



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 02.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until June 2nd, 2018:
xpdftools_303.i386-aros.lha  doc/mis 5Mb   Tools to manipulate pdf documents
toolmanager2_1src.lha        uti/doc 280kb add menu, icons and dock bar on ...
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03.Jun.2018



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 02.06.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until June 2nd, 2018:
mos2wos_0.8.lha           Development/GCC           Make MorphOS GCC output...
MCE_10.3.lha              Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
GLTron_0.70.lha           Games/Sport               An arcade game based on...
Animator_0.9.lha          Graphics/3D               Program to animate 3d o...
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03.Jun.2018



WHDLoad: New installers until 02.06.2018
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 June 2nd, 2018:
  • 2018-05-28 improved: Leander (Psygnosis) audio glitch removed, buttonwait improved (Info, Image)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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31.May.2018
MorphZone (Webseite)


MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris, beta version 27
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.

The speed of this new beta version was increased by about one third. Besides, the program now uses separate certifikates. Existing installations can be overwritten by the new version, the settings and the cache remain untouched. Now the developer is going to take a look at the outbox directory.

Changes in beta version 27:
  • Serialized index loading when synchronizing folders in order to speed things up on non-SSD drives
  • Compiled with a new toolchain for a >30 % (!) boost in performance
  • Experimental local storage mode for IMAP. Please note that for now, all e-mail actions will be ignored while offline! Storing e-mails can be enabled in the Storage tab of account settings. Also note that only new messages will be downloaded once you enable local storage - to force downloading of old messages, visit a given folder
  • Custom certificates can now be saved per account/transport
  • Folder refresh now logged only if some e-mails were actually downloaded
  • Fixed: MIME parts missing a Content-Type header assume text/plain instead of application/octet-stream. Fixes displaying e-mails sent from SimpleMail
  • Fixed: invalid certificate handling crashed in autoconfiguration / Add Account
  • Fixed: certificate failure handling path leaked memory and signals
  • Fixed: changing account storage from POP3 to IMAP and vice versa meant that the folders list would not refresh anymore
Download: iris.lha (22 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.May.2018
aw.net (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: Graphics card poll 2018
Hans de Ruiter developing drivers for A-EON Technology which enable AmigaOS 4 to use modern Radeon graphics cards asks for your participation in a poll under the title link. He wants to know which models are currently used. AmigaOS 4 used under WinUAE also is taken into account. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.May.2018



Aminet-Uploads until 26.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until May 26th, 2018:
AFnews-68k.lha           comm/www   850K  68k Amiga Future Everywhere 68k
AFnews-OS4.lha           comm/www   1.2M  OS4 Amiga Future Everywhere Amiga...
fd2libmaker.lha          dev/lib    1K        Convert (S)FD to LibMaker fun...
MCE.lha                  game/edit  1.8M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  2.1M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
MinedField.lha           game/think 21K   68k Windows like game for the Cla...
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha    gfx/fract  39M   OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fracta...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.2M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   4.6M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.4M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
ataruita.lha             mods/midi  34K       Urusei Yatsura GM italian song
SamplesCreatorDemos.lha  mods/smpl  116K  68k Some samples created by Sampl...
FastCache040+.lha        util/sys   3K    68k Patch to replace CachePreDMA/...
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27.May.2018



OS4Depot-Uploads until 26.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until May 26th, 2018:
seq.lha                  aud/mis 157kb 4.0 MIDI sequencer
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
stuntcarremake.lha       gam/dri 1Mb   4.1 a remake of Stunt Car Racer
mce.lha                  gam/uti 2Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
flashmandelng.lha        gra/mis 39Mb  4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
afnews.lha               net/new 1Mb   4.0 Amiga Future Everywhere AmigaOS 4
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27.May.2018



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 26.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until May 26th, 2018:
hyperrogue.i386-aros.zip     gam/adv 926kb Rogue like game with unique view...
statopont.i386-aros.zip      gam/car 27kb  Try to get 21 or bust. Amiga tex...
hwp_rapagui.i386-aros.lha    lib/mis 6Mb   Cross-platform GUI toolkit for H...
muiroyale.i386-aros.lha      lib/mis 5Mb   Hollywood plugin for MUI GUIs
mcc_betterstring-11.32.lha   lib/mui 313kb BetterString custom class for MUI
mcc_nlist-0.124.lha          lib/mui 2Mb   NList custom classes for MUI
mcc_texteditor-15.50.lha     lib/mui 864kb TextEditor custom class for MUI
mcc_thebar-26.19.lha         lib/mui 2Mb   Next Generation Toolbar MUI Cust...
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 26.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until May 26th, 2018:
AmiArcadia_24.71.lha      Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
WormWars_9.1.lha          Games/Action              Advanced snake game by ...
OpenXCom_1.0.7.lha        Games/Strategy            A free open-source reim...
ReportPlus_7.21.lha       Misc                      A Multipurpose utility ...
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27.May.2018



WHDLoad: New installers until 26.05.2018
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 May 26th, 2018:
  • 2018-05-23 improved: Colgate / Harald HÃ¥rdtand: Kampen Om De Rene Tænder (Silver Rock) high-score load/save, byte write to volume register fixed, out of bounds blit fixed, interrupts fixed, joystick routine fixed, lots of trainers added, 68000 quitkey support (Info)
  • 2018-05-22 improved: Thexder (Sierra) joystick button 2 activates shield, splash window options (Info)
  • 2018-05-21 improved: Silkworm (Sales Curve) joypad controls added, 2-button mode for jeep (Info)
  • 2018-05-21 improved: Alien Breed (Team 17) improved joypad controls, fast memory support, added button wait option (Info)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.May.2018



amiga-news.de also accessable SSL encrypted
From now on you also can visit our website under the URL https://www.amiga-news.de, that means with SSL encryption. Considering our readers using a real Amiga, a SSL communication currently is not forced - but because we attach importance to relative URLs syntax, readers should permanently surf the Internet SSL encrypted if they have chosen the SSL start URL.

Due to the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation some parts of the website are always SSL encrypted. This applies to forms completing by users e.g. writing comments or using our contact form.

If SSL users should find a link on our websites, which downgrades their connection to an unencrypted communication, then please let us know. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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26.May.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Apollo-Team: Delay of Vampire V4, Vampire 600 V2.1 being produced
Under the title link the Apollo team has announced that the release of the FPGA accelerator board Apollo V4 continues to be delayed. A single bug makes it necessary to rewrite an important part of the core. The team wrote: "Hundreds of hours have been spent on it to determine why the heck the Vampire V4 does work well on some Amiga 500 boards and not on others (despite same chips revisions). Team measured everything that could be measured (if you mind, majsta has the biggest thing we could measure) and crosschecked with all Altera manuals, and could not find a single hardware issue...the Amiga 500 is a real timing inferno. Most of us agrees that understanding women is easier than talking to an Amiga 500 chipset."

Igor 'Majsta' Majstorovic has started again the production of the Vampire 600. Some hardware components have been improved in V2.1, e.g. "better power circuitry, better caps, better socket, better cigarette smell, etc". (snx) (Translation: dr)

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26.May.2018
MorphZone (Webseite)


MorphOS: OpenXcom 1.0.74xxx
Paweł 'Stefkos' Stefański has updated his MorphOS port of OpenXcom. This is an open source clone of the Microprose game UFO: Enemy Unknown based on SDL. Additionally the original files of X-COM: UFO Defense are required.

Changes:
  • UFO Xcom and Terror From The Deep work now
  • When music is not loaded application is working (in original version it didn't)
  • No FLC video (game support only intro application at the moment - UFO XCom)
  • Software game display engine is really slow
  • No OpenGL shaders
Download: openxcom.lha (4 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.May.2018



amiga-news.de: Common login for news section and forum
Historically amiga-news.de has been developed from several program packages which are completely independent. Therefore you had to separately log in the comment section and the forum although both sections used the same user database.

In the course of adapting to the General Data Protection Regulation we have changed to a common login. Users only have to log in once and are recognized as registered on the whole website. You have to accept the new General Data Protection Regulation while your first login. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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20.May.2018



Aminet-Uploads until 19.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until May 19th, 2018:
gcc-mos2wos.lha          dev/gcc    11M   MOS Make MorphOS GCC output WarpO...
HWP_Polybios.lha         dev/hwood  16M   MOS The ultimate PDF tool for Hol...
fotochop_mcc_0.10.lha    dev/mui    938K  MOS Painting and image editing
WormWars.lha             game/actio 825K  68k Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha         game/actio 1.1M  OS4 Advanced snake game
GPMark_WOS.lha           gfx/3d     1.2M  WOS SDL graphics benchmark
gifsicle-1.91-bin-aro... gfx/misc   191K  x86 Tool for manipulating GIF images
gifsicle-1.91-bin-m68... gfx/misc   147K  68k Tool for manipulating GIF images
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.2M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   4.6M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   2.9M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
lha.run                  util/arc   170K  68k Amiga LhA (self extracting ar...
DoVer.lha                util/cli   15K   68k Search version string in pack...
intuition41pch.lha       util/misc  1K    68k Patch for 40.85 intuition.lib...
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  546K  MOS Multipurpose utility
Hexaco_1.1.lha           util/wb    895K  68k Color values as hex/dec/... (...
RNOWidgets.lha           util/wb    4.0M  MOS Desktop widgets application
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20.May.2018



OS4Depot-Uploads until 19.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until May 19th, 2018:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
wormwars.lha             gam/act 1Mb   4.0 Advanced snake game
lhx.lha                  uti/arc 172kb 4.1 Pack & unpack using XZ/LZMA ...
amiupdate_deu.lha        uti/wor 20kb  4.0 German catalog files for AmiUpdate
smtube.lha               vid/pla 2Mb   4.1 Qt : direct stream + download Yo...
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20.May.2018



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 19.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until May 19th, 2018:
lamearos-3.100.i386-aros.lha aud/mis 570kb Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder
gifsicle-1.91.i386-aros.lha  gra/edi 191kb Tool for manipulating GIF images
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20.May.2018



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 19.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until May 19th, 2018:
mos2wos_0.7.lha           Development/GCC           Make MorphOS GCC output...
HWP_Polybios_1.0.lha      Development/Hollywood/... The ultimate PDF tool f...
RegionSet_1.2.lha         Devices/CD-DVD            Modify the region codes...
MUIMapparium_0.7.lha      Devices/GPS               An OpenStreetMap Viewer.
Giddy-3_1.5.lha           Games/Platform            Giddy-3 1.5 with source...
IHaveNoTomatoes_1.55a.lha Games/Platform            Advanced Bomberman clon...
JupiterLander_1.1.lha     Games/Platform            An exact remake of Jupi...
StuntCarRemake.lha        Games/Race                StuntCar remake, MorphO...
Barrage_1.0.4.lha         Games/Shoot 2D            Barrage is a rather des...
Formido_1.0.lha           Games/Shoot 2D            A game with static play...
GammaPatrol_1.0.lha       Games/Shoot 2D            Galaga style vertical 2...
DukeNukem3D_4.4.2.lha     Games/Shoot 3D            MorphOS port of 1996 fi...
Fotochop_mcc_0.10.lha     Graphics/Draw             A painting and image ed...
Report+_7.21.lha          Misc                      A Multipurpose utility ...
RNOWidgets_1.3.lha        System/Ambient/Commodi... Desktop widgets applica...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 19.05.2018
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 May 19th, 2018:
  • 2018-05-17 updated: Cosmic Pirate (Palace) patch redone, real files used, all protections removed, highscore saving added, lots of trainer options added, 68000 quitkey support (Info)
  • 2018-05-14 improved: Alien Breed (Team 17) bugfix for pause key, switch to enable original cheat keys (Info)
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20.May.2018
Amiga.org (Forum)


FastCache040+ 1.8
FastCache040+ is a patch for the 68040 and 68060.library, which replaces the functions CachePreDMA() and CachePostDMA(). The replacement functions are noticeably shorter and promise a more efficient management of the Copyback cache for the DMA. "While every system will have some CPU performance loss under DMA conditions, the new functions keep this performance loss to a bare minimum."

A MMU is required. Tools like GigaMEM or VMM which provide virtual memory must not be used. And as the author also wrote: "Do NOT use this patch with any code which uses the MMU to write protect or remap modified data structures!...Remapping a mirror image of the Kickstart ROM with the MMU is OK!"

Users of a Phase5-68060.library first should run FixMapP5 before starting the patch. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2018
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MUIMapparium 0.7 for all Amiga systems
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's OpenStreetMap viewer Mapparium now is available as version 0.7. Additional to several bug fixes (e.g. search function) you can now export maps as PNG images, routes as HTML files, trackplots as PNG images and tracks as HTML files. It is also possible to load EXIF of photos and to show the photo position on map. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Podcast: Amiga Users Ireland - Amiberry and 3D-Modelling
The latest podcast of the Amiga Users Ireland includes an interviews about 3D-Modelling as well as about Amiberry, which is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based one-chip-systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard produced by ASUS. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 86 (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.

This is a special issue about games their names starting with "3D" and includes articles about the Amiga games "3D Galax" and "3D World Soccer".

Download sites:
Italian
English (snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.May.2018
amiga.org (Webseite)


Dungeon crawler BOH and retro arcade game Huenison on CD
In April 2009 Simone Bevilacqua released the first version his commerzial Dungeon crawler BOH. Since then 18 updates have been released - the last one dating from March of this year. Since the author considers the project complete, he released the final version on CD.


The CD contains ports of BOH for AmigaOS 4, AROS, Linux Mac OS and Windows as well as the soundtrack as audio tracks. The manuals have been reworked and the CD and DVD covers have a new design.

Simultaneously the author also released his retro arcade game Huenison, available for the first time in 2013, on CD. It contains the latest ports of AmigaOS 4 and Windows as well as reworked manual.


You can order the games for 15 (BOH) or 12 Euro from the developer via e-mail. The preorders are collected and then oictures will be sent showing the final product. Only if the user still is interested in the game(s) the money has to be paid. The exact process Bevilacqua has summarized on a poster. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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17.May.2018



Interview: Debbie Bestwick (Team 17)
In an interview with the British "Telegraph", Debbie Bestwick, co-founder and currently managing director of Team-17 (Worms, Alien Breed), has talked about the start of the company und the development from a successful Amiga publisher to the "Worms-Studio". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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17.May.2018



Kickstart campaign: "Commodore - The Final Years" successfully financed
The third and last part of Brian Bagnall's history of Commodore was successfully financed: The Kickstarter campaign has collected about 62.000 Euro. Thus "Commodore - The Final Years" will be published in the highest possible quality: 16 pages with colour photos, embossed foil cover, sewn binding and a foil stamped spine.

At the beginning of the campaign Bagnall did announce that he is going to publish the book - which has been almost completely written - this year. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.May.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Game database: The Legacy goes offline
TheLegacy, which calls itself as "nostalgic game museum, is a game database founded in 1999 providing information, scans and screenshots to over 40.000 games for several nostalgic computer systems. According to the administrators they have not sufficient time to update the website to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Therefore the website will go offline on May 24th. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.May.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Processor: MC68000 manual as PDF
From the website of the producer of semiconductors NXP, which in 2015 acquired Freescale (formerly Motorola), the manual for Motorola's MC68000 processor can be downloaded as PDF. The processor was used in the first Amiga models. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.May.2018
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


Hollywood-Plugin: Polybios 1.0 creates and opens PDF documents
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to present a massive new plugin release for Hollywood: Polybios - Making History in PDF. This plugin can be used to create and view PDF documents from Hollywood scripts and will thus make all PDF dreams come true for Hollywood users. Polybios has been five years in the making and is now finally ready for release exclusively for Hollywood 7.1.

Here are just some of Polybios' impressive features:
  • over 200 functions for creating and viewing PDF documents
  • support for all graphics primitives
  • full Unicode support
  • fonts can be embedded inside PDF documents
  • images and Hollywood brushes can be embedded inside PDF documents
  • password-protected PDFs can be opened and created
  • support for PDF encryption and compression
  • files can be attached to PDF documents
  • annotations can be added to PDF documents
  • support for RGB, CMYK and gray color spaces
  • transition effects can be embedded inside PDF documents
  • hypertext links can be embedded inside PDF documents
  • table of contents generation is supported
  • inbuilt PDF viewer is based on the famous fast and powerful PDF engine used in a very popular browser by a very well-known American Internet company and is thus very compatible and complete
  • PDF pages can be exported as Hollywood brushes
  • PDF pages can be accessed as vector brushes allowing for lossless scaling, rotation, and transformation
  • Polybios comes with over 150 pages of documentation to get you started quickly
  • over 25 ready-to-run examples are included in the Polybios distribution
And the best of all: Polybios is provided free of charge for all existing Hollywood users. Thus, please consider buying Hollywood to show your support for our massive development efforts.

The plugin is now available for download from the official Hollywood portal. Thanks to Hollywood's cross-platform plugin system versions for AmigaOS3 (m68k, m881), AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS (x86), Linux (ppc, arm, x86, x64), Mac OS (ppc, x86, x64), Windows (x86, x64) and Android (arm, arm64) are provided. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.May.2018



Aminet-Uploads until 12.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until May 12th, 2018:
ign-addon-ods.lha        biz/spread 202K  OS4 ignition addon for access ods...
NetStat_de.lha           comm/misc  8K        Unofficial German catalog for...
SteMarRegBlitzSources... dev/basic  11K       12 Stefano Maria Regattin Bli...
SDI_headers.lha          dev/c      32K       A set of C macros and defines
Mattonite.lha            game/actio 970K  68k Arkanoid like game almost fin...
RNOComics.lha            gfx/show   2.5M  MOS Comic book reader
RNOComics_OS4.lha        gfx/show   2.8M  OS4 Comic book reader
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   2.9M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
milkytracker-morphos.lha mus/edit   2.9M  MOS Multiplatform music tracker
ReportPlus.lha           util/misc  516K  68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha       util/misc  654K  OS4 Multipurpose utility
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 12.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until May 12th, 2018:
flashmandelng.lha        gra/mis 38Mb  4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
rnocomics.lha            gra/vie 3Mb   4.0 Comic book reader
ign-addon-ods.lha        off/spr 202kb 4.1 ignition addon for access ods-files
dirscope.lha             uti/fil 73kb  4.1 File manager (formally DrawerExp...
reportplus.lha           uti/mis 654kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 12.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until May 12th, 2018:
vice-3.1.i386-aros.tar.gz    emu/com 22Mb  Emulator of c64, c128, pet, plus...
vice-3.1.ppc-aros.lzx        emu/com 26Mb  Emulator of c64, c128, pet, plus...
vice-3.1.x86_64-aros.lzx     emu/com 26Mb  Emulator of c64, c128, pet, plus...
assaultcube1202.i386-aros... gam/fps 53Mb  AssaultCube 3D game FPS
hexen2-1.5.8a.i386-aros.lha  gam/fps 5Mb   Hexen II for AROS
hexen2-utils-1.5.8.i386-a... gam/fps 314kb Hexen II utilities for AROS
hexenworld-1.5.8a.i386-ar... gam/fps 7Mb   HexenWorld for AROS
hexenworld-utils-1.5.8.i3... gam/fps 58kb  HexenWorld utilities for AROS
webptools.i386-aros.lha      gra/con 6Mb   encode/decode images in WebP format
cookiemaster_demo.i386-ar... net/bro 6Mb   Web browser cookie cleaner
wookiechat2.11.i386-aros.lha net/cha 1Mb   IRC client
yam29p1.i386-aros.lha        net/ema 3Mb   MUI-based E-mail client
yam29p1.ppc-aros.lha         net/ema 4Mb   MUI-based E-mail client
yam29p1.x86_64-aros.lha      net/ema 4Mb   MUI-based E-mail client
aminetreadmemaker.i386-ar... uti/tex 88kb  Easy creation & upload of Am...
annotate.i386-aros.lha       uti/tex 1Mb   Text editor with advanced features.
dclock_16.i386-aros.zip      uti/wor 36kb  AROS ABIv0 compile of DClock wit...
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 12.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until May 12th, 2018:
MilkyTracker_1.02.lha     Audio/Tracker             An XM/MOD tracker by th...
Hyphen_2.8.8.lha          Development/Library       A static library perfor...
Libcole_2.0.1.lha         Development/Library       Static library for read...
Libmkv_0.6.5.1.lha        Development/Library       A alternative to the of...
CaveStory_1.0.0.4.lha     Games/Action              Mixed platform and adve...
MangoQuest_0.6.4.lha      Games/Action              First person perspectiv...
Meritous_1.2.tar          Games/Action              An action-adventure dun...
Exult_1.0.lha             Games/Adventure           Engine for playing Ulti...
Flare_0.18.lha            Games/Adventure           A simple game engine bu...
Uplink_10.0.lha           Games/Adventure           Well known hacking simu...
ASCIIpOrtal_1.2a.lha      Games/Platform            A logical game with som...
Digger_1.0.lha            Games/Platform            Remake of an old 1983 M...
ForgetMeNot_1.0.lha       Games/Platform            Very fast, difficult, P...
Quake2_3.21.lha           Games/Shoot 3D            Another classic 3D game...
MirrorMagic_3.0.0.lha     Games/Think               Arcade style game in th...
RocksNDiamonds_4.1.0.0... Games/Think               Arcade style game in th...
RNOComics_1.2.lha         Graphics/Show             Comic book reader.
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WHDLoad: New installers until 12.05.2018
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 May 12th, 2018:
  • 2018-05-11 updated: Bubble And Squeak (Audiogenic) reduced ocs memory requirement, controler handling improved (Info)
  • 2018-05-11 updated: Alien Breed (Team 17) added splash window options, additional joypad control (Info)
  • 2018-05-07 improved: Pod (Shaun Southern) keyboard handling fixed (Info)
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13.May.2018
Achim Pankalla (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: ignition and ODS add-on updated
Achim Pankalla writes: After more than a year of working, the beta 5 of the spreadsheet "ignitionOS4" is now available on the Sourceforge pages. The most important innovation of this version is the print routine, which now easily brings graphics and diagrams to paper. In addition, the print margins are also considered.

Furthermore, two errors in the diagram modules were corrected and some mathematical functions adapted in their behavior to those of the standard applications, so that the import of foreign formats works better. Also some minor and major errors have been removed from the program. The installation now also includes the alternative icon set and a translation into French. The revised manual is now available in English.

Parallel to the release of igntionOS4, the add-on ODS gets a functional update. Now the module takes over the positioning of the data in the cell in the horizontal and vertical when loading and storing. In addition, within the possibilities of ignition, the cell frames are also converted.

The add-on requires at least Ignition 1.0 beta 4 and AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition. It can load and save documents in ODS format. This format is used by Libre and OpenOffice-Calc, but can also be exported and imported by other spreadsheets. The add-on is still a "beta" version!

The author requests to not keep bugs and wishes for functional enhancements of the programs to oneself, but to simply contact him. This is not only possible via e-mail, but also via the OS4Welt forum, where is a support page. He also wants to thank everyone who supported him with such feedback and of course his beta testers!

The new version of the add-on can be found on Aminet or OS4Depot as well as on Sourceforge at the title link. (snx)

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10.May.2018
(ANF)


AmigaKit registers several trademarks, e.g. "Amiga Kit Gotek"
At the beginning of 2017 Amiga, Inc. lost the US registration of the trademark "Amiga" due to inactivity. Afterwards Hyperion and Cloanto competed to diverse Amiga trademarks and are involved in several judicial proceedings.

The British dealer and X5000 distributor Amigakit also became active: Instead of trademarks like "Amiga", "Workbench" or "Amiga Forever" the company concentrated on different ones: In Great Britain (overview) "Amigakit" and the logo "amiga.org" - for some years the website belongs to the British dealer - were registered but also "Amiga Kit" and eventually "Amiga Kit Gotek".

In den Benelux countries Leaman Computing owns the trademark Amigakit and in the Welsh hometown of the company Amiga Technology Ltd. was founded. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.May.2018
Floppy (Kommentar)


MilkyTracker 1.2
In April version 1.2 of the Milkytracker was released for AmigaOS 4 (amiga-news.de reported) as well as AmigaOS 3.x and MorphOS. Under the title link now an updated version for AROS is available as well - but only for ABI v1.

Milkytracker is a completely compatible clone of ProTracker resp. FastTracker II featuring a highly improved editor. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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06.May.2018
MorphZone (Website)


MorphOS: E-mail client Iris, Beta version 25
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's "Iris" is supposed to become the default 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.

Changes in beta version 25:
  • Reduced the memory footprint when doing full folder synchronizations
  • Send e-mail using aliases supported by the configured accounts
  • Yahoo! Mail now works with OAuth2
  • Added an X-Mailer field to outgoing messages
  • Fixed: viewing messages while updating existing messages in a folder would lead to bogus unread messages count displayed in the folder tree
  • Fixed: e-mail contents window would appear on Ambient screen even if Iris was open on a public screen
  • Fixed: SMTP message store setting would revert back to default after applying settings
Download: iris.lha (22 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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06.May.2018
Amiga.org (Webseite)


AmiCast: Text interview with memebers of demoscene group Nukleus
In its The thirteenth issue the podcast AmiCast had a text interview with Browallia [code^gfx] and Menthos [code^msx] who are members of the demoscene group Nukleus. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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Aminet-Uploads until 05.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until May 5th, 2018:
Void-Evolve.lha          demo/misc  81K   68k A mini-prod by Void
zlib_S1211.lha           dev/c      308K  WOS ZLib 1.2.11 StormGCC link lib...
adtools-8-os4.lha        dev/gcc    84M   OS4 GCC-based development toolchain
zlib1211_aros.lha        dev/lib    175K  x86 ZLib link library for Aros i386
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha     game/role  11M   68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
webptools100_a68k.lha    gfx/conv   4.2M  68k encode/decode images in WebP ...
webptools100_aros.lha    gfx/conv   6.4M  x86 encode/decode images in WebP ...
AsciiMandelbrot.lha      gfx/fract  22K   OS4 draw a Mandelbrot set in a co...
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha    gfx/fract  38M   OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fracta...
WWorth_fincats.lha       text/dtp   47K       Wordworth 3,4,5,6 and 7 Finni...
Diab2PS.lha              text/misc  32K   MOS Diablo 630 to PostScript Tran...
LoadModule.lha           util/boot  20K   68k Install Libs/Devs reset-proof
workbenchexplorer.lha    util/dir   2.1M  OS4 Modern file browser loaded wi...
AminetReadmeMaker.lha    util/misc  88K   MOS Easy creation & upload of...
ClipHandler.lha          util/shell 7K    68k Handler to access the clipboa...
PYT-OS4.lha              util/sys   1K        Unofficial North Korea OS4 ti...
DClock16.lha             util/time  42K   68k Users claim: Best Amiga clock...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 05.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until May 5th, 2018:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
reverteris.zip           gam/adv 128Mb 4.1 another text-game / interactive ...
asciimandelbrot.lha      gra/mis 22kb  4.0 Draw a Mandelbrot set in a conso...
lhx.lha                  uti/arc 172kb 4.1 Pack & unpack using XZ/LZMA ...
workbenchexplorer.lha    uti/fil 2Mb   4.1 Modern file browser loaded with ...
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 05.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until May 5th, 2018:
amicast_player.i386-aros.lha aud/mis 6Mb   Player for AMIcast podcast
supertuxkart.i386-aros.lha   gam/dri 109Mb opengl arcade racer
assaultcubereloaded263.i3... gam/fps 68Mb  first person shooter
cube2_ce.i386-aros.lha       gam/fps 3Mb   first person shooter
redeclipse1.5.3.i386-aros... gam/fps 110Mb first person shooter
warzone2100.i386-aros.lha    gam/str 17Mb  3D strategy game in the future
hd_icons_os4style_aros.lha   gra/ico 13kb  os4 style icon
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 05.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until May 5th, 2018:
MUIMapparium_0.6.lha      Devices/GPS               An OpenStreetMap Viewer.
54321.lha                 Games/Think               54321 is five games in ...
GrafX2_2.5_WIP.lha        Graphics/Draw             A quick compilation of ...
AminetReadmeMaker_1.1.lha Text                      Easy creation & upload ...
Diab2PS_0.9.1.lha         Text/Misc                 Diablo 630 to PostScrip...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 05.05.2018
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 May 5th, 2018:
  • 2018-05-02 improved: Z-Out (Advantec/Rainbow Arts) added automatic joypad detection, added custom option for autofire (Info)
  • 2018-05-02 improved: Ruff'n'Tumble (Renegade) joypad autodetection added (Info)
  • 2018-05-02 improved: Banshee (Core Design) second button routine rewritten again (Info)
  • 2018-05-01 improved: Kick Off 2 (Anco Software) bug in keyboard routine fixed, movep rasterwait routine recoded, WHDLoad v17+ features used (Info)
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04.May.2018
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 132
The English and German editions of Amiga Future 132 (May/June 2018) have been released today, they can be ordered from Amiga dealers or directly from the editorial office. This issue's topics include reviews of 'Spencer' and the DKB Wildfire and a special called "Vampire Diaries". (cg)

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02.May.2018
A1k.org (ANF)


MUIMapparium 0.6 for all Amiga systems
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has released version 0.6 of his MUI port of the OpenStreetMap viewer Mapparium. The author wrote that "the biggest changes are the Manual, the faster network speed, an about window and route calculation."

Changes in version 0.6
  • BugFix: OS4 ToolType reading
  • BugFix: Track plot enabling
  • BugFix: Deleting Tiles
  • Update checking
  • AmigaGuide manual
  • "About MUI"menu entry
  • About window
  • Reopen Statistics Window on start if left open on quit
  • Set color for Tracks and Routes
  • Show Route Orders jump to position
  • Block redrawing when moving map (prevents map jumping)
  • Faster Image Download
  • Choose double click map feature lists mode
  • Popup menu for all map feature lists
  • ASCII Export for plot
  • Calculate Routes with YOURS
  • Include *.cd file for own translations
MUIMapparium is available for AmigaOS 3 (with graphic board), AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS (ARM, i386, x64) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2018
(ANF)


Emulator: Preview to WinUAE 4.0.0
As usual the developers of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE present a short preview to the changes of the next version. WinUAE 4.0.0 is supposed to be released in May or June and will provide the following features:

New features:
  • Beam Racing Lagless VSync which reduces input latency to sub-5ms. Replaces old Low Latency VSync.
  • Virtual multi monitor support. Each virtual Amiga video output connector (Video port graphics adapter, RTG boards) can be “connected” to separate WinUAE window, emulating real hardware being connected to more than one physical monitor.
  • Debugger supports running Amiga executables from shell, adds symbol and gcc stab debugging data support, loads executable to special reserved address space which enables detection of any illegal accesses byte accurately and more.
  • Overlay graphics led (power, floppy etc) support.
  • Close confirmation option added to misc panel.
  • Default WASAPI audio device automatically follows Windows default audio device.
  • Directory harddrives now use uaehf.device as a fake device driver (replacing non-existing uae.device), for example programs that query extra information (like SCSI Inquiry data) now get valid data.
  • Directory filesystem harddrive fake block size dynamic adjustment now starts from smaller disk size, workaround for WB free space calculation overflow when partition is larger than 16G.
  • Disk swapper config file data is restored from statefile.
3.6.x bug fix:
  • WD33C93 based SCSI controllers hung the system if controller didn’t have any connected SCSI devices.

Older bugs fixed:

  • On the fly switching from non-cycle exact to cycle-exact mode stopped emulation in certain situations.
  • Fixed E-Matrix accelerator board RAM selection.
  • If CD was changed and system was reset during change delay, drive become empty and new CD was never inserted. Mainly affected CD32 and CDTV.
  • Code analyzer warnings fixed (uninitialized variables, buffer size checks etc..)
New emulated expansions:
  • C-Ltd Kronos
  • CSA Magnum 40
  • DCE Typhoon MK2
  • GVP A1230 Series II
  • Hardital TQM
  • MacroSystem Falcon 040
  • Xetec FastTrak
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01.May.2018
David Brunet (ANF)


New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement's website during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
  • March/Arpil 2018 news
  • Old articles from Amiga News Tech n° 0 to 5:
    • File: The IFF ILM format
    • Programming: Assembleur, the art of machine code
    • Tutorial: Utilization of the "List" command
    • Programming: AmigaBasic, loops and jumps
    • Hardware: A2630
    • Programming: AmigaBasic, the variables
    • Programming: Assembleur, screen and window structures
    • Review: HiSoft Basic 1.0
  • Interview with Francis Gradel (hardware designer)
  • Interview with Hogne Titlestad (engineer at FriendUP)
  • Interview with Thierry Levastre (graphist from Delphine Software)
  • Review of MorphOS 3.10
  • DIY: Installation of a CD Player inside an Amiga 1200 case
  • Hardware: MiSTer
  • File: Professional musicians on Amiga
  • File: Classic Reflections - What happened to MacroSystem?
  • Tutorial: Installation of MorphOS 3.10
  • Programming: AMOS - the pointers
  • Galleries: Unusual Amiga pictures (update)
  • Special quiz about Dune
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Aminet-Uploads until 28.04.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until April 28th, 2018:
smbfs-68k_1.116.lha      comm/tcp   91K   68k SMB file system client; compl...
smbfs-68k_1.117.lha      comm/tcp   95K   68k SMB file system client; compl...
MusicDisk01_CopperSky... demo/sound 880K  68k Music disk 01, by CopperSky
gcc-mos2wos.lha          dev/gcc    17M   MOS Make MorphOS GCC output WarpO...
HeartOfTheAlienRdx-MO... game/actio 139K  MOS Amiga version of action-adven...
View64.lha               gfx/show   166K  MOS View various C64 pictures
fceu_mos.lha             misc/emu   630K  MOS Nintendo NES / Famicom emulator
genplus_mos.lha          misc/emu   1.1M  MOS Sega Genesis and MasterSystem...
hugo_mos.lha             misc/emu   769K  MOS PC-Engine / TurboGrafx 16 emu...
AmySequencer.lha         mus/edit   325K  68k MIDI sequencer for the AMIGA
STP.lha                  mus/play   109K  68k Soundtracker player with CD-P...
ReportPlus.lha           util/misc  505K  68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  529K  MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha       util/misc  644K  OS4 Multipurpose utility
ToolManager2_1bin.lha    util/wb    490K  68k ToolManager 2.1 (Binaries and...
ToolManager2_1gfx.lha    util/wb    175K      ToolManager 2.1 (Anims, Brush...
ToolManager2_1src.lha    util/wb    280K  68k ToolManager 2.1 (sources/supp...
ToolManager21a.lha       util/wb    24K   68k Small update for ToolManager 2.1
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29.Apr.2018



OS4Depot-Uploads until 28.04.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until April 28th, 2018:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
reverteris.zip           gam/adv 128Mb 4.1 another text-game / interactive ...
reportplus.lha           uti/mis 644kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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29.Apr.2018



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 28.04.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until April 28th, 2018:
warmux.i386-aros.lha         gam/pla 125Mb Worms Clone
aleonatales.i386-aros.lha    gam/str 37Mb  real time strategy game fantasy
boswars.i386-aros.lha        gam/str 63Mb  real time strategy game in the f...
zod.i386-aros.lha            gam/str 44Mb  Zeta Games
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29.Apr.2018



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 28.04.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until April 28th, 2018:
mos2wos_0.6.lha           Development/GCC           Make MorphOS GCC output...
MorphOS_SDK_3.12_20180... Development/SDK           MorphOS Software Develo...
FCEU_1.7.lha              Emulation                 FCEU emulates the class...
GenesisPlus_1.9.lha       Emulation                 Genesis-Plus emulates t...
Hu-Go!_1.5.lha            Emulation                 A TurboGrafx16/PC Engin...
HeartOfTheAlienRedux_1... Games/Action              Amiga version of action...
Davegnukem_1.00.lha       Games/Shoot 2D            Dave Gnukem is a retro-...
View64_1.60.lha           Graphics/Show             View various C64 pictures.
Report+_7.2.lha           Misc                      A Multipurpose utility ...
AminetReadmeMaker_1.0.lha Text                      Easy creation & upload ...
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29.Apr.2018



WHDLoad: New installers until 28.04.2018
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 April 28th, 2018:
  • 2018-04-26 improved: Amazing SpiderMan (Paragon/Oxford Digital/Empire) another version supported (Info, Image)
  • 2018-04-25 improved: Crystal Hammer (reLINE) unlimited lives and reset hiscores added, dma wait patched, quitkey works on 68000 (Info)
  • 2018-04-23 improved: Coala (Empire) copy protection screen completely skipped, caches enabled (Info)
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29.Apr.2018
MorphZone (Website)


MorphOS Software Development Kit 3.12
Press release: The MorphOS Development Team would like to announce the immediate availability of the April 2018 release of the MorphOS SDK 3.12. The new SDK introduces support for Objective-C MUI application development, adds a Clang compiler, GCC 6.4.0, updated GCC5 as well as a GIT suite, many updated libraries and components.

Please note that, at this point, the Objective-C support should be considered a demo - both ABI and API are not yet 100% stable. MorphOS 3.12 may require your applications to be recompiled to work.

The new SDK requires at least 2GB of free disk space to install and is available for download in our files section. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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29.Apr.2018
Amiga.org (Forum)


Gary-Wafer in private American library (picture)
In the "Walker Library of Human Imagination" Arthur Steinmetz has recognized a wafer of the Amiga custom chip Gary, which in the Amiga 500, Amiga 2000 (B) and in Amiga CDTV "provides glue logic for bus control and houses supporting functions for the floppy disk drive". Under the title link he has published a picture of the exhibit. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Apr.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Retro 7-bit: SPI controller for clockport announced
Under the title link Retro 7-bit has announced a SPI controller for the clockport. Using the "Serial Peripheral Interface" you can access SD cards. The corresponding video shows such a card with 2 GB, to which is accessed by the prototype of the controller on an Amiga 1200. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Apr.2018
Qemu (ANF)


Emulator: QEMU 2.12.0 emulates Sam460ex
According to the version history available under the title link, version 2.12.0 of the emulator QEMU, released three days ago, includes the feature of emulating the Sam460ex board produced by ACube Systems.

Any further details e.g. to the compatibility regarding diverse Amiga operating systems are not available. At least in September 2017, AROS and MorphOS did not work (amiga-news.de reported). (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Apr.2018
MorphZone (Webseite)


MorphOS: FCEU 1.7, GenesisPlus 1.9, Hu-Go 1.5
Kelly Samel - formerly known as company "Emerald Games", now operating as "Realstar Software" - has released updates of three of his MorphOS ports of emulators of Japanese game consoles.

FCE Ultra emulates the Nintendo-Entertainment-System (NES), GenesisPlus the Sega consoles Mega Drive, Sega CD, Master System as well as Game Gear and Hu-Go the PC Engine. Further details are available under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2018



WHDLoad: Looking for help for verifying old bugs
The bugtracker of the WHDLoad team contains more than 1500 bugs which are partly very old. Bert Jahn, the author of WHDLoad, suspects that many of the bugs can be refered to e.g. the usage of cracked versions or buggy hardware. Other bugs have not sufficient details to be able to reconstruct the bug.

Jahn is going to reduce the amount of open bug report as far as possible. Therefore he asks users of WHDLoad to check some of the open bugs listed in the database and to give a feedback if they could be reconstructed. In this way the team can recognize which bugs have priority. Very old bugs which nobody could reconstruct will be deleted.

If users should find new problems with WHDLoad versions of games then they are asked to post them in the bugtracker instead of writing them in the forum. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2018
Scene World Podcast (ANF)


Podcast: Scene World #46 - Interview with Robert Bernardo
The 46th issue of the Scene World Podcast offers an interview with Robert Bernardo. The US-American is chairman of the "Fresno Commodore User Group", attends several Commodore nd Amiga events worldwide and publishes videos of those meetings. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Apr.2018



Puzzle game: Block Off! (third preversion)
Colin Vella's Block Off! (Youtube video) is a puzzle game written in AMOS in which you have to move bricks of the same colour side by side. This preversion includes 14 levels. All users are invited to create new levels using the editor and to send them to the authors. Block Off! requires one Megabyte RAM. The game runs on an A500 but an Amiga 1200 is recommended. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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22.Apr.2018
MorphZone (Website)


Obligement: Review of MorphOS-3.10 (French)
On the Obligement website, David Brunet has published a detailed article about version 3.10 of the operating system MorphOS in French (amiga-news.de reported). Automatic translations into other languages - e.g. English - are available by choosing the corresponding flags. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Apr.2018



Aminet-Uploads until 21.04.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until April 21st, 2018:
gopherexx.lha            comm/tcp   3K        Gopher server for MiamiDX/AmiTCP
SonnetLibrary.lha        driver/oth 43K   68k Mediator driver for G3/G4 PCI...
gs2000AGAfix.lha         game/patch 14K   68k Fixes Gunship 2000 AGA/CD32 w...
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha     game/role  11M   68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
genplus_mos.lha          misc/emu   1.2M  MOS Sega Genesis and MasterSystem...
VICE-i386-AROS-3.1.ta... misc/emu   22M   x86 Emul. c64(dtv),c128,pet,cbm2,...
VICE-MorphOS-3.1.lha     misc/emu   29M   MOS Emul. c64(dtv),c128,pet,cbm2,...
InstantZip_3.5.lha       util/arc   201K  MOS ZIP (un)packer + en-/decrypte...
LoadModule.lha           util/boot  20K   68k Install Libs/Devs reset-proof
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22.Apr.2018



OS4Depot-Uploads until 21.04.2018
The following archive has been added to the OS4Depot until April 21st, 2018:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
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22.Apr.2018



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 21.04.2018
The following archive has been added to the AROS-Archives until April 21st, 2018:
aiss.lha                     gra/ico 9Mb   Toolbar images
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22.Apr.2018



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 21.04.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until April 21st, 2018:
GenesisPlus_1.8.lha       Emulation                 Genesis-Plus emulates t...
VICE_3.1.lha              Emulation                 The Versatile Commodore...
InstantZip_3.5.lha        Files/Archive             A ZIP packer / unpacker...
Anagramarama_0.5.lha      Games/Think               Anagramarama 0.5, multi...
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22.Apr.2018



WHDLoad: New installers until 21.04.2018
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 April 21st, 2018:
  • 2018-04-17 improved: Ode to Ramon 2 (Digital Force) illegal copperlist entries fixed, keyboard interrupt fixed, decruncher optimised, WHDLoad v17+ features used (config) (Info, Image)
  • 2018-04-17 improved: Ode to Ramon (Digital Force) illegal copperlist entries fixed, keyboard interrupt fixed, decruncher optimised, WHDLoad v17+ features used (config) (Info, Image)
  • 2018-04-16 improved: Odyssey (Audiogenic) fixed install script, removed debug code (Info)
  • 2018-04-16 fixed: Speedball 2 CD?? (Renegade) fixed button not working on most joysticks (Info)
  • 2018-04-16 improved: James Pond 2 - Robocod (Millennium) AGA support rewritten, fixed joypad handling, updated installer script (Info)
  • 2018-04-15 improved: Shadoworlds (Krisalis) patch works with 0.5 MB chip and 0.6 MB other memory now, 68000 quitkey support, default quitkey changed to F10, WHDLoad v17+ features used, source code included, new install script (Info)
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22.Apr.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Retro 7-bit: WicherInstaller 1.8 for accelerator board Wicher 500i
For the accelerator board Wicher 500i produced by Retro 7-bit a software update has been relesaed. Version 1.8 now supports SD cards with more than 4 GB.

Download: WicherInstallerV1_8.lha (133 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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