29.Jul.2016
Morphzone (Webseite)
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Oliver Wagner died
According to a press release of the tick-TS AG, its chairman Oliver Wagner died on Wednesday evening at the age of 45. To the Amiga community Wagner was well-known by his Internet applications Voyager and AmIRC.
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28.Jul.2016
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Arcade adventure: Interested in "boxed" edition of Enemy 2?
At Christmas 2013, the action adventure Enemy 2 - Missing In Action was released as freeware. Technically it is equal to its commercial prequel Enemy - Tempest Of Violence but offered new levels and brought the story to an ending.
The team behind "Missing In Action" is considering to release a boxed edition of the game, which obviously was inquired by collectors. For 19 Euro, including shipping (within Germany), this box would contain:
- Enemy 2 on two new DD disks
- Bilingual version; the English translation was provided by professional translators for 400 Euro
- a colourful game manual in size DIN A5, which describes the game structure and game controls
- Slip lid in the same format like "Enemy 1: Tempest of Violence" for folding
The boxed version would have to be paid in advance. At least 100 pre-orders are necessary for starting the production. If you are interested in this edition, then please send an eMail to the team.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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27.Jul.2016
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Emulator: iUAE 1.2 for iOS
iUAE is an implementation of the Amiga emulator UAE for Apple's iOS-devices. Since Apple does not easily add emulators to the Appstore, iUAE is available via Cydia, which requires Jailbreak. Users of a MacOS-X computer can install the programm without using Jailbreak via Sideload on their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch by compiling the source code by themselves.
Changes in version 1.2:
- Support for Multiple Joypads
- Use your Idevice as a Joypad
- Gyroscope option for Vpad
- HD Support
- Kickstart Rom Selector
- Support for Cloanto Amiga Forever Roms and 256k Roms
- Improvement in Memory handling
- Many small improvements
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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25.Jul.2016
os4welt.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Spreadsheet ignition 1.0 beta 4
Achim Pankalla has released an update of the Spreadsheet called Ingnition for AmigaOS 4. Some bugs have been fixed as well as importing Turbocalc and CSV files improved.
- An improved and reworked version of the German manual thanks to Helmut Haake.
- The import of TurboCalc files should now work much more seamless, and now supports multiple pages, among others.
- CSV import now supports all ASCII characters.
- A Dutch language catalog thanks to Johan Banis.
- A number of crucial bug fixes.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jul.2016
(ANF)
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Jump'n Run: Projekt Lila now available
The jump'n run game Projekt Lila now is available on CD and can be bought in Amiga shops. A digital version of the game can be purchased in the indieGO-Appstore for the same price. After all CDs have bee sold, then the digital distribution will get a discount.
Projekt Lila was developed using the editor Backbone. So far a demo version of the game has not been released but there is a promotion video on YouTube.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jul.2016
Patrick Nevian (ANF)
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Shoot'em Up RESHOOT (AGA) can be preordered
Since October the former 'Amiga Joker'editor Richard Löwenstein has been working on his AGA-shooter RESHOOT which he started 20 years ago. According to the developer on Patreon he has almost finished the game, so it can be released in mid-August (promotion video).
The developer advertises for his game with the following features:
- Fast and furious "Bullethell"-experience for A1200/4000 and CD³² (PAL)
- All assembler-coded
- 50 frames action, parallaxed visuals
- AHX-musicplayer with accelerated chiptune
- Deluxe edition including booklet "Amiga Joker - The Making of RESHOOT"
If you want to financially support the developer via patreon.com, then soon you will be contacted for the delivery of the CD or download version. All other interested users can now preorder the game in the Amiworx webshop.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jul.2016
(ANF)
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Eurodance: "Amiga I miss you" for free download
On the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the Amiga, AmigaTec (well-known by his Amiga Racer) has released a song of the album "AmigaTec Eurodance Hits" which obviously soon will be available. The song "Amiga I miss you" also is part of the "Collector's Edition Elite" of Amiga Racer, which can be purchased in the AmigaTec shop.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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22.Jul.2016
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Tennis simulation: Center Court 2 (AGA)
Twenty years ago, Gernot Fritsche was working on a sequel to his commercially distributed tennis simulation Center Court which was written in Blitz Basic - but he lost interest in the Amiga before the project was completed.
The source could now be rescued from the author's mostly broken harddisk, Fritsche added a title picture and the missing parts of the English translation using WinUAE. Center Court 2 requires an AGA Amiga, it was initially developed on a A1200 with 4 MB Fast RAM, recent builds were only tested on a similar WinUAE configuration though. (cg)
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21.Jul.2016
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PDF magazine: Lotek64, issue 53 (German)
The German magazione "Lotek64" covers old and alternative computer systems. Amongst other things, the current issue presents the Amiga 1000 prototype Velvet. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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20.Jul.2016
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AROS: June 2016 Highlights
Based on his weekly progress reports Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz is also publishing monthly updates regarding the latest AROS developments.
June's highlights include the results of the AROS 2016 usage survey, an update of the Icaros Desktop distribution and Śmiechowicz own work on updating his backports of the ABI_V0 compatible system files, which hadn#t been updated since late 2014. (snx)
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19.Jul.2016
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Elbox: pci.library 11.0
At the title link Elbox released an update of their pci.library for the Mediator PCI bus-board. Version 11.0 includes a new procedure for allocation of PCI memory, which accelerates the boot process when multi-device PCI cards are used (e.g. USB controller Spider).
The new pci.library allows to re-allocate (free and allocate) PCI spaces from the driver for the specific PCI card. This is useful in case of PCI cards that do not report their PCI spaces typically (e.g. some PCI processor bridges). (snx)
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18.Jul.2016
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Quick review: Arcade joysticks with Sanwa parts
A few months ago, the ArcadeForge shop startet offering Joysticks with a Atari/Commodore compatible connector that are built from high-quality Arcade parts manufactured by Sanwa and come with a case design that somewhat resembles a Competition Pro.The cases for these input devices, which are sold at 75 Euro, are made of wood, acryl and aluminum.
In the German forum on OpenHandhelds.org, a customer posted
Im Forum von OpenHandhelds.org a quick review of the device. His photos clearly show several sharp edges and the individual parts of the case have been assembled with not enough care, apparently. The user also complains about the vendor's reaction to his objections regarding the product quality. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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18.Jul.2016
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AmigaOne X5000: customers can "register interest" with A-EON
Using a form on the A-EON website, customers can now register their interest to order a X5000 system or motherboard (quote) "for the specific purpose of reserving an AmigaOne X5000 motherboard or complete system for a future order."
The site doesn't list any information regarding the scope of delivery or the price of the product. Meanwhile, users are sharing pictures of a promotional poster for the X5000 and a screenshot of a website that was or will be used for ordering a X5000 in IRC and on Facebook:
In both cases the price for a (undefined) 'complete system' is listed as 1415 UKP plus taxes. That would be roughly 1700 Euro. (cg)
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17.Jul.2016
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Aminet uploads till 16.07.2016
The following packages have been added to Aminet till July 16, 2016:
links-mos.lha comm/www 9.2M MOS Links text-only WWW browser w...
CDL_Void-VOD.lha demo/intro 271K 68k 64k intro by Void & Candle
Amnesia-08_1992-05-31... demo/mag 880K 68k Amiga disk magazine Amnesia 1...
SanityOperationSystem... dev/asm 982K 68k Sanity Operation System (demo...
m68k-amigaos-gcc.tar.gz dev/gcc 20M 68k GCC based dev toolchain for A...
CoderAid.lha docs/help 65K Aid for demo coding in assembler
eurochamp.lha docs/misc 208K Statistics: soccer Euro Champ...
WormWars.lha game/actio 787K 68k Advanced snake game
WormWarsMOS.lha game/actio 692K MOS Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 1.0M OS4 Advanced snake game
A-Risk_AGA.lha game/board 1.9M 68k Another Risk game. Needs AGA
arenas.lha game/data 586K New Arenas for BurnOut
OutOfTime_Preview.adf game/demo 880K 68k Out of Time Preview (Flashbac...
Ring_Preview.lha game/demo 2.5M 68k Ring, Der Preview (Dungeon cl...
sibwing.adf game/demo 880K 68k Early pre-release version of ...
Vampire-COTN_v1.adf game/jump 880K 68k Vampire-Curse of the Night (e...
Vampire-COTN_v1_HD.zip game/jump 207K 68k Vampire-Curse of the Night (e...
Vampire-COTN_v2.adf game/jump 880K 68k Vampire-Curse of the Night (d...
Vampire-COTN_v2_HD.zip game/jump 230K 68k Vampire-Curse of the Night (HD)
Vampire-COTN_v2speed.adf game/jump 880K 68k Vampire-Curse of the Night (s...
Vampire-COTN_v2speed_... game/jump 226K 68k Vampire-Curse of the Night (s...
scummvm-1.8.0-rtg.lha game/misc 26M 68k Amiga RTG port of ScummVM 1.8.0
Team_Gates_Trained.adf game/misc 880K 68k Team Gates (Trained by Unique)
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 11M 68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
AmigaZine.adf mags/germa 880K German PD magazine from Janua...
ProTracker-3.15-AGA.lha mus/edit 123K 68k Protracker 3.15 (AGA/FIX)
ProTracker-3.15-Sourc... mus/edit 466K Protracker 3.15 (Source)
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 643K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
Identify.lha util/shell 8K MOS Datatype-based file identifier
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17.Jul.2016
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OS4Depot uploads till 16.07.2016
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot till July 16, 2016:
drawergad.lha dev/lib 216kb 4.0 A gadget to display directories ...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 2Mb 4.1 An arabic console device
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0 Advanced snake game
mapparium.lha uti/sci 3Mb 4.0 OpenStreetMap Viewer
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17.Jul.2016
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WHDLoad: New packages till 16.07.2016
WHDLoad makes it possible to install intros, demos and games to harddisk, which were originally designed to run from floppy disks only. The following installation packages have been added till July 16, 2016:
- 2016-07-16 improved: Flimbos Quest (System 3) adapted to WHDLoad v17, added quitkey for 68000 CPUs (Info)
- 2016-07-16 improved: Assassin Special Edition (Team 17) added trainer/cheat keys, added fastmem usage, added quitkey for 68000 (Info)
- 2016-07-16 improved: Manhunter (Sierra) fixed for 68000 (Info, Image)
- 2016-07-16 improved: Fire Force (ICE) dynamic trainer options, quit key for 68000 machines on floppy version, 68000 address error fixed (Info)
- 2016-07-16 improved: Beyond Dark Castle (Activision) added quitkey for 68000 cpus, removed registered only limitation, source included (Info)
- 2016-07-16 improved: Hard'n'Heavy (reLINE) blitter wait added, copperlist problem fixed, WHDLoad v17+ features used, trainer options added, interrupt fixed, default quitkey changed to F10, timing problems fixed, new install script, source code included (Info)
- 2016-07-13 fixed: F-16 Combat Pilot (Digital Integration) patch is now 68000 compatible, full 68000 quitkey support, manual protection completely disabled, WHDLoad v17+ features used (Info)
- 2016-07-13 improved: Strip Poker (Artworx) another version supported (Info)
- 2016-07-13 fixed: Strip Poker 2 / Deluxe Strip Poker (Artworx) quitkey works on 68000 now, BoxIcons added (Info)
- 2016-07-12 updated: Line of Fire (Sega/U.S.Gold) patch redone and made 68000 compatible, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, DMA wait fixes, trainer options added (Info)
- 2016-07-10 improved: Rock Challenge (ReadySoft) fixed stack problem which could cause access faults (Info)
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16.Jul.2016
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Demo party: Evoke (Cologne, 12.08. bis 14.08.)
In August, this year's edition of the demo party 'Evoke' will take place in the AbenteuerHallenKALK in Cologne. As usual, various demo, graphics and music competition will be held. There are no categories planned for retro computers, but 8 or 16 bit productions can be submitted to the 'alternative platform' competition - this might require supplying proper hardware for playing the demo though. Competitions for pixel graphics and Protracker modules are available this year.
The crowd-funded documentary 8-Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars will be screened during this year's Evoke. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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16.Jul.2016
Rupert Hausberger (ANF)
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Javascript: Scripted Amiga Emulator 0.9.0
Rupert Hausberger's "Scripted Amiga Emulator" is written in Javascript and HTML5. Among many changes in version 0.9.0 there are usability of Amiga Forever ROMs, emulation of 68020/68030 CPU and AGA chipset and support of HDF and Extended ADF files as well as Mac emulators ShapeShifter and A-Max.
Features:
- Models
- A1000/A1000-Velvet (new)
- A500/A2000
- A500+
- A600 (new)
- A1200 (new)
- A3000 (partial, new)
- A4000/030 (partial, new)
- CPUs
- 68000
- 68010 (new)
- 68020/68030 (new)
- 32-bit support.
- Cache support.
- Prefetch support.
- Variable speeds.
- Chipset
- Original-Chip-Set (OCS)
- A1000-Agnus (8361 PAL, 8367 NTSC) emulation. (new)
- Enhanced-Chip-Set (ECS)
- Partial (Agnus/Denise only) or full emulation. (new)
- Advanced Graphics Architecture. (AGA) (new)
- PAL/NTSC-regions.
- Sprites-only or full collision-detection.
- Full blitter support.
- Full copper support.
- Full gayle support (A600/A1200) (new)
- Real-Time-Clock (RTC) types
- Complex-Interlace-Adapter (CIA):
- Different Time-Of-Day (TOD) sources. (Vertical Sync/Power Supply) (new)
- ROM overlay emulation. (maps ROM from e.g. 0xf80000 to 0x000000 at reset) (new)
- A1000 Velvet prototype CIA (6526) emulation. (new)
- RAM
- 256-2048K Chip-ram. (0x000000)
- Up to 1536K Slow-/Bogo-ram. (0xC00000)
- Up to 64M onboard Fast-ram for A3000/A4000. (new)
- Up to 8M Zorro2 expansion Fast-ram. (0x200000)
- Up to 8M Zorro3 Chip-ram. (new)
- Up to 1024M (1G) Zorro3 expansion Fast-ram. (new)
- 512K Chip-/512K Bogo-ram to 1024K Chip-ram aliasing. (new)
- 24-/32-bit support. (32-bit memory is required for original A3000/4000-roms and emulation) (new)
- ROM
- All kinds of standard and extended kickstart roms.
- Support for encrypted Cloanto-roms. (Amiga Forever) (new)
- Special A1000 kickstart handling. (new)
- ROM-patcher, which does remove unneeded resident libraries. (new)
- ROM-mirroring. (mirrors ROM to 0xA80000 or 0xE00000) (new)
- ShapeShifter-support. (new)
- AMAX-support. (Mac emulator) (new)
- ROM-info from internal database. (new)
- Floppy
- Supported diskimage-types
- Standard ADF, read/write (*.adf)
- Extended ADF (EXT1/EXT2), read/write (*.adf) (new)
- PCDOS, read/write (*.img) (new)
- DMS (DiskMasher), read only (*.dms) (new)
- SCP (SuperCardPro), read-only (*.scp) (new)
- EXE, read-only (*.exe) (new)
- Up to 4 Double-/High-density drives. (DF0-DF3)
- Variable drive-speeds. (Original-Turbo).
- Drives are write-protectable. (new)
- Diskimage creation feature. (new)
- Mount (new)
- Supported hardfile-types
- Standard, read/write (*.hdf)
- Virtual, read/write (*.vhd)
- Up to 4 Onboard-IDE units (IDE0-IDE3) with supported ATA-modes
- PCMCIA-slots, configurable as
- Units are write-protectable.
- Video
- HTML5 WegGL- or Canvas2D-rendering.
- 2/4 bits-per-pixel modes. (new)
- Lores-/Hires-/Superhires-types.
- Doublescan-types.
- Frameskip. (renders every 2nd frame only)
- Centering. (new)
- Audio
- HTML5 WegAudio-processing.
- Samplerates from 11025-48000 Hz.
- Mono or Stereo.
- Lowpass filter for A500/A1200. (A1200 new)
- Variable Stereo-channel separation. (new)
- Different interpolation modes (Anti, RH, Crux) (Anti new)
- Ports
- HTML5 mouse-position and buttons import.
- HTML5 keyboard import.
- Joystick emulation via keyboard.
- Mapping of some special keys for pinball-games.
- Serial-port. (output to developer-console)
Changes in version 0.9.0 (15.07.2016)
- CPU
- Completely rewrote the core.
- Added support for the 68010. (5 instructions, 3 registers)
- Added support for the 68020. (27 instructions, 2 registers)
- Added support for the 68030. (4 instructions)
- Exploded each instruction to it's own size-form and sometimes additionally to it's type form.
- For faster access, each instruction does now have it's customized parameter-object.
- Effective-address access and decoding are now done via 6+1 highspeed function-tables, each 64 entries long.
This does save up to 12 (3*2*2) switch statements per instruction.
- Condition-code checking is now done via a 16 entries long function-table instead of a switch-function with 16 entries.
- Optimized condition-code calculations.
- Fixed/removed DIVU-remainder calculation, also new and faster DIVS.
- New and faster versions of ABCD, NBCD, SBCD, ASL, ASR, LSL, LSR, ROL, ROXL, ROR, ROXR.
- Fixed MOVEP instruction.
- Fixed all 68000/68010 execution-time calculations.
- Program-counter calculations are not hardcoded any more.
- Ported high-level functions from actual WinUAE.
- General
- Re-ported and optimized the following parts from actual WinUAE:
Audio, Blitter, CIA, Config, Copper, CPU-highlevel, Custom, Disk, Drawing, Events,
Expansion, Filesys, Gayle, Hardfile, IDE, Memory, Roms, Playfield, RTC and Serial
- Chipset
- Custom-chip registers are now accessed via a 256 entries long function-table instead of a switch-function with 256 entries.
- Added support for the A1000-Agnus.
- CIA
- Added support for different TOD sources.
- Added support for ROM overlay.
- Added support for A1000 Velvet prototype.
- Blitter
- Minterms are now calculated via a 256 entries long function-table instead of a switch-function with 256 entries.
- RAM
- Added Zorro3 and 32bit support.
- Added support for chip-/bogo-ram aliasing.
- Access is now done via function-tables (banks) instead of area-selecting switch-functions.
- ROM
- Added support for encrypted Cloanto-roms. (Amiga Forever)
- Added special A1000 kickstart handling.
- Added ROM-patcher, which does remove unneeded resident libraries.
- Added support for ROM-mirroring.
- Added ShapeShifter-support.
- Added a ROM-info page.
- Updated AROS-ROMs to actual version SVN52764.
- Floppy
- Added 3.5" DD ESCOM and 3.5" DD/HD PC only drive-types.
- Added support for the diskspare-format.
- Added support for PCDOS-images.
- Added support for DMS-images. (DiskMasher)
- Added support for SCP-images. (SuperCardPro)
- Added support for EXE-images.
- Disk can now be inserted from the database.
- Drives are now write-protectable.
- Added a disk-info page.
- Mount
- Added support for hardfiles. (*.hdf/*.vhd)
- Added support for Onboard-IDE (A600/A1200)
- Added support for PCMCIA-slots (A600/A1200)
- Units are write-protectable.
- Playfield
- Added AGA-support.
- Added support for 16 bits-per-pixel (R5G6B5) rendering.
- Got rid of an internal temp-buffer. So in WebGL-mode, we render to the texture directly now.
- Added options for video-centering.
- Video
- The output-driver is now selectable.
- Added support and options for brightness, contrast and gamma.
- Added alpha-channel support.
- Added line-change indicator. (debug)
- Audio
- Added "Anti"-samplehandler.
- Added A1200 lowpass-filter.
- Added support for stereo-channel separation.
- Rewrote handling of WebAudio-stuff.
- Events
- If supported by the browser, timing-functions does use performance.now() instead of Date.now(),
which increases the precision by the factor of 1000.
- Optimized switching between pause/run. Thanks 'majcherek2048'.
- Input
- Added distinction between left/right shift/alt keys. The config-entry "Map L/R-Shift to L/R-Arrows" is gone.
- Config
- Completely reworked the advanced config page.
- Changed all SAEV_Config_* to SAEC_Config_* to match the new namespace. Sorry for that :/
- Many new options. Not listed here, see sae/config.js for details.
- API
- Deprecated and removed the old API function "SAE()". We're on javascript, so let's use: (new API)
"var sae = new ScriptedAmigaEmulator(); [...] var error = sae.start(); [...]" See index.js for details.
- Reworked error-handling for API-calls. Now an error-code (SAEE_*) is returned on any API-call.
- Common
- Introduced global functions, references, variables and constants for more speed. See sae/amiga.js for details.
- Moved all entries from constants.js to their specific place and renamed them to match the new global name-space.
- Updated asynchronous file-transfers to latest standards.
- Added proper GPL-header to the source-files.
- Moved the "Your game and demo..."-section from the main-site to the readme.
- Fixed linkage to contributors websites.
- Added SAE-specific-links to the info-box in the main-page.
- Added an disassembler tool.
"var sda = new ScriptedDisAssembler(); [...] var result = sda.disassemble();" See disass.js for details.
(snx)
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15.Jul.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Tutorial: Assembler programming guide for demos
'dissident' has summarized his 25 years of experience in programming Amiga assembler in an English-language AmigaGuide file which helps you writing demos.
Download: CoderAid.lha (65 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Jul.2016
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PDF-Magazine: REV'n'GE 59 (Italian/English)
The PDF-magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga games "Perihelion" and "Starlord".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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14.Jul.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Dealer: "Marcus Computer" closes down business
After one and a half year, for lack of time Marcus Bräuker will close down his Amiga shop. "Marcus Computer" delivered hardware and software as well as Accessories and helped enhancing computer systems. Because of the business closure, "in the next few days, all products will be greatly reduced."
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11.Jul.2016
Amiga.org (Forum)
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OpenStreetMap viewer: Mapparium 0.6
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has released version 0.6 of the OpenStreetMap viewer Mapparium for all Amiga systems.
Changes:
- ADD: Image List with EXIF position Data
- ADD: Image preview
- ADD: AREXX commands for Add images to imagelist
- ADD: Menu for Main window and ImageList
- ADD: Active Route color
- ADD: Overall statistics
- FIX: Color settings
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11.Jul.2016
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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FPGA: Apollo-Core update "Silver7"
The Apollo core is a FPGA-reimplementation of the m68k-series of Motorola which also provides a seperate graphic mode called SAGA. The core currently is used in the accelerator board "Vampire 600 V2".
Among others the update "Silver7" provides tools for Mac-OS as well as the version of the Vampire for the Amiga500 which still is in development. The developers would appreciate any kind of feedback and ask you to use the IRC-channel #Apollo-Team on Freenode.
Changelog:
- Added CHK2, CAS2, CMP2 for Mac OS programs
- Added EXTW/L instruction fusing
- Added FAST-IDE for V500
- Added HDMI bootpic (credits to flype and Crom00)
- Added MOVEX (Little Endian Move)
- Enabled 85% of BranchTargetCache
- Enabled PEA/BSR/JSR/RTS in 2nd pipe
- Fixed BFEXTU and BFEXTS flag bugs (thanks JimDrew)
- Fixed MOVES, NCBD, PACK and TRAPcc bugs
- Optimized SUBQ/BNE loop pattern
- Removed Fusion memory reserve (broke some games)
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10.Jul.2016
amigaimpact.org (Webseite)
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Jump'n Run: Vampire - Curse of the night
"Vampire: Curse of the Night" is a jump'n run game developed with Backbone. It has three levels each with a final enemy. In total 12 different enemies appears, for which some hundreds of animation frames have been drawn - the biggest enemy has 80 frames.
'Vampire' is available in three diffferent versions, either as ADF-image or as HD-archive: Additional to the final versions v2, there is also v2-speedup, from which the status panel was removed and thus has remarkably more speed. Besides, also the original release ("v1") is still available. This is not so much polished compared with the other version and has a shorter second level, but has instead a lower level of difficulty. All versions at least require a 68020-processor and 2 MB RAM.
Download:
Vampire-COTN_v2_HD.zip (230 KB)
Vampire-COTN_v2.adf (880 KB)
Vampire-COTN_v2speed_HD.zip (226 KB)
Vampire-COTN_v2speed.adf (880 KB)
Vampire-COTN_v1_HD.zip (207 KB)
Vampire-COTN_v1.adf (880 KB)
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Aminet-Uploads until 09.07.2016
The following archives have been added to Aminet until July 9th, 2016:
arenas.lha game/data 613K New Arenas for BurnOut
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AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.3M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
geo_tag_1.1.lha util/wb 2.5M MOS Geo tag addon for mapparium
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 09.07.2016
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until July 9th, 2016:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 2Mb 4.1 An arabic console device
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
lix.lha gam/puz 6Mb 4.0 Interactive Rodent Simulator (Le...
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10.Jul.2016
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WHDLoad: New installers until 09.07.2016
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 has been added until July 9th, 2016:
- 2016-07-03 improved: Final Fight (Capcom) removed floppy drive access (Info)
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09.Jul.2016
amigaimpact.org (Webseite)
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Amiga-Emulation on ARM: HAPPIGA 1.3
Happiga is a Debian-based Linux distribution for ARM-based computers like the Raspberry Pi, which directly boots into the Amiga emulator UAE4ARM. An AGA-Amiga with a 68040 processor and sufficient RAM are emulated, Picasso96 is installed as well. There is also a preconfigured Samba share to enable the data exchange with other systems.
Changes in version 1.3:
- updated Raspbian, the firmware of the Rpi and UAE4ARM
- support for bsdsocket.library (internet)
- 128 MB Z3 RAM support
- added a Happiga menu (for optimization FT2/FT3, the choice of handle etc.)
- added a system update (to no longer have to redo its SD for each update), Fusion of the .happiga and happiga directories for this is easier
- some small fixes
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09.Jul.2016
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Status update: FPGA graphic board MNT VA2000
On a1k.org, Lukas 'mntmn' Hartmann summarized the current state of development of his FPGA-based graphic board VA2000 (we reported). Meanwhile the final prototype (photograph) is on the way to him. When the board has been received, he will start implementing a Z3-mode. Users, who have preordered the board, can choose between immediate delivery (current firmware) or delayed delivery (Z3-enhanced firmware).
As FPGA now the LX25 instead of the originally planned Spartan-6 LX9. Besides, there is also a socket board having 36 pins, which can be used for extensions.
The firmware currently supports 8, 16 and 32 Bit modes and can scale up the screen 2x or 4x. For the mouse pointer there is also a hardware sprite.
In order to avoid any legal issues, Hartmann has written his own P96-header and used them to develop a driver. He also is in contact with one of the former CGX authors, who is going to release a cleared Driver Development Kit for CybergraphX, but before needs to get an A3000/A4000.
The VA2000 is an open source project. All sources and documents are available in a Github repository under a free licence. Hartmann wants to thank all suporters and especially all those who preodererd a board. They are the reason to be motivated.
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07.Jul.2016
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Game project: Scourge of the Underkind (preview video)
On his website, graphic artist Wayne Ashworth documents the development of a game, which programmer Magnus Tegström and him are working on. "Scourge of the Underkind" is meant as a tribute to games like Gods, Chaos Engine and Alien Breed, is written in assembler and will have 16 levels, presented in 50 frames per second.
Ashworth releases videos documenting the development process. The latest video shows the latest version of the engine. There is no certain release schedule. Wayne Ashworth said: "If I said Christmas 2016 I would be incredibly optimistic."
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07.Jul.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Printed Magazine: Amiga Future, issue 121 (Update)
The English and German issue 121 (July/August 2016) of the printmagazine Amiga Future have been released and can be ordered directly from the magazine's editorial office or from various Amiga dealers. This issue's topics include reviews of the graphics card GBAII++ and of BAUERSoft as well as a developer's log of the Shoot'em Up Reshoot. The cover CD includes an exclusive copy of the Jump'n Run SqrXz 4 for OCS Amigas.
Update: (09-07-2016, 15:30, cg)
Apparently there were problems during the printing process, and some subscribers were sent magazines with the first and last three pages missing. Affected customers should get in touch with the publisher, who will supply a replacement copy free of charge. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2016
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Jump'n Run: Solid Gold Collector's Edition can be preordered
At the end of 2013, Frank Wille released his Amiga 500 jump'n run Solid Gold. From September, on amiga.net.pl a "Collector's Edition" will be available in a big box. The package will contain:
- large cardboard box with colored wrapper
- bonus ingame level
- CD in white box (like DVD with cover)
- printed color manual
- two floppy labels
- floppy disk with label (in option)
The price of "Solid Gold Collector's Edition" is 7,50 Euro plus 4,75 Euro shipping. For additional 1,13 Euro the box also will contain a disk.
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07.Jul.2016
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: Commercial emulator frontend EmuLa 1.4
EmuLa ("Emulator-Launcher") recognizes ROMs or disk images using their checksum. After scanning your device, you will get a list of recognized roms which you can click to run and "if that rom need an emulator not yet installed in your system EmuLa will download it, install it and run the selected game!"
Currently Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, NES and Genesis / Mega Drive (stil not finished) are supported. Supported emulators were not mentioned. EmuLa is developed with Hollywood. The version for AROS will be released first - ports for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, Windows, MacOS and Linux will be released later.
There is a free basic version of EmuLa - some features are disabled - which is free. The full version can be rented for about one Euro per month. Currently you can get a "LIFETIME subscription" as a "limited time offer" for 15 Euro. You have to pay via Paypal.
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06.Jul.2016
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Web browser: NetSurf 3.6 68k (SDL-version)
Artur Jarosik has updated his Amiga port of the web browser Netsurf. Jarosik's version is based on SDL, only the preferences are MUI-based. This Netsurf version is different to Chris Young's native, Reaction-based version (review)
Version 3.6 provides diverse minor tweaks. Additionally some bugs were fixed:
- optimised dithering a bit (thanks matthey)
- optimised little to big endian conversion
- replaced buggy libiconv which disabled css on some sites
- added low dithering quality option
- fixed scale option bug
- fixed favourite modifiy bug
- youtube can be played as mp3 with preffered mp3 player in Prefs
- updated libsdl to 1.2.15 with optimised parts from sdl 2.0.4
- changed - download and play mp3 instead of stream
- reduced binary size
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05.Jul.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amicast: Interview with Roman Kargin
In the blog of the English podcast Amicast a text interview with Roman 'kas1e' Kargin has been published, who together with other programmers develops Directory Opus 5 further and is responsible for the AmigaOS-4 port of the web browser Odyssey.
In future he could imagine to port the SSH and telnet client Putty as well as the virtual network programm OpenVPN.
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04.Jul.2016
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AmigaOS 4: Daniel Müßener about the current status of Warp 3D Nova (Update)
In late march, A-EON announced a new 3D driver system called Warp 3D Nova, which is supposed to replace the badly outdated Warp 3D. Since an Amiga specific solution doesn't make much sense, programmer Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener (Wings Remastered, Wings Battlefield) was hired to port the OpenGL variant OpenGL ES 2 to AmigaOS 4/Nova.
Even at the time A-EON announced Nova, Hans de Ruiter - the programmer responsible for the new system - tried to give a more realistic overview over the current state of things. In an extensive Interview with German Podcast Boingsworld, Daniel Müßener is voicing his concerns now and describes the problems he encountered during his attempt to port OpenGL ES 2 to Warp 3D Nova.
It became obvious pretty soon after starting the project that things like Stencil buffers or Mip-Mapping were not implemented in Warp 3D Nova yet, but on inquiry he was assured that these features were already being worked on. After spending quite some time on porting OpenGL, more and more details came to light that suggested to Müßener that the whole system was in pre Alpha state at best. Even simple things like the 'Hello World!' equivalent of OpenGL didn't work, were not implemented or simply crashed. Among those were essential features like defining variables or the 'Discard' command without which transparency effects are pretty much impossible. Müßener describes the current status of Nova as "only extremely few things are actually working".
The programmer acknowledges that developing a 3D driver system like Nova is a complex process that takes a lot of time, but he complains about the poor communication - he feels like he's been "abused as a cheap Alpha tester". In some cases - like a function for identifying a variable's type, a feature Müßener considers indispensable - he claims to have spent weeks doing a lot of persuading to make the other party agree the feature should be implemented. The whole system was allegedly far from the state he was promised, which resulted in him having to spend a lot more time porting OpenGL ES than the two or three weeks he initially scheduled.
Nova, which was released as part of the Amiga Enhancer package by now, is not ready for end users, according to Müßener. At least one of the function prototypes in the released header files is faulty, which implies nobody ever tested that function since programs using it can't actually be compiled. Müßener "hopes" that no external programmers tried to port a game to AmigaOS using Nova, since that would have been a devastating experience.
Müßener says he stopped working on OpenGL a week ago and will "not touch the code again". He's willing to give it another go if Nova reaches a more mature state, but "[A-EON and me] would have to discuss the exact terms first".
Update: (05.07.2015, 18:15, cg)
In the meantime, Daniel Müßener has published a counterstatement on his personal blog, criticizing our news item as tainted und complaining that we only picked the negative statements from his interview. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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03.Jul.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 02.07.2016
The following archives have been added to Aminet until July 2nd, 2016:
nfs-handler.lha comm/net 9K 68k NFS file system handler
BlockySkies_BootDisk.lha game/misc 146K 68k Blocky Skies - top down arcad...
BlockySkies_HardDrive... game/misc 160K 68k Blocky Skies - top down arcad...
MED_v3.22.adf mus/edit 880K 68k MED 3.22 (Last Version + TOSE...
RTSP10.lha mus/edit 18K 68k Real Time Sound Processor wit...
metemp3.zip mus/play 189K x86 mp3 Player For Aros
geo_tag_1.0.lha util/wb 2.5M MOS Geo tag addon for mapparium
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 02.07.2016
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until July 2nd, 2016:
amigaracer.lha gam/dri 82Mb 4.1 A Lotus Turbo Challenge game alike
mapparium.lha uti/sci 3Mb 4.0 OpenStreetMap Viewer
smtube.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.1 Qt : direct stream + download Yo...
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03.Jul.2016
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 02.07.2016
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until July 2nd, 2016:
metemp3.zip aud/pla 189kb mp3 Player For Aros
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03.Jul.2016
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WHDLoad: New installers until 02.07.2016
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 July 2nd, 2016:
- 2016-06-29 fixed: Strip Poker (Artworx) slave works on 68000 machine now (Info)
- 2016-06-29 fixed: Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis (Lucasfilms Games) fixed access fault (Info)
- 2016-06-28 fixed: Tecnoball (TLK Games) slave works on 68000 machine when using files instead of diskimage (Info, Image)
- 2016-06-28 fixed: Altered Beast (Sega/Activision) slave fully rewritten, access fault at level 4 fixed (Info)
- 2016-06-27 fixed: Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold (Disney Software) slave works on 68000 machine now (Info)
- 2016-06-27 improved: IK+ (Archer MacLean) writes to INTREQR fixed, full NTSC support, all timing related stuff adapted so game runs at the same speed on PAL and NTSC, timing fix for fast machines to avoid flickering, option to disable bonus rounds, graphics bug in bonus round (IK+ shield) fixed (Info)
- 2016-06-26 updated: Slayer (Hewson) patch redone, support for protected original version added, trainer options added, WHDLoad v17+ features used (Info)
- 2016-06-26 improved: California Games 2 (Epyx) slave rewritten, OS functions patched and is 68000 cpu compatible now (Info)
- 2016-06-26 fixed: Quest For Glory / Hero's Quest (Sierra) fixed 68000/68010 compatibility (Info)
- 2016-06-26 fixed: Conquests of Camelot (Sierra) fixed 68000/68010 compatibility (Info, Image)
- 2016-06-26 fixed: Colonel's Bequest (Sierra) fixed 68000/68010 compatibility (Info, Image)
- 2016-06-26 fixed: Codename: Iceman (Sierra) fixed 68000/68010 compatibility (Info, Image)
- 2016-06-26 fixed: Leisure Suit Larry 3 (Sierra) fixed 68000/68010 compatibility (Info, Image)
- 2016-06-26 fixed: Leisure Suit Larry 2 (Sierra) fixed 68000/68010 compatibility (Info, Image)
- 2016-06-26 improved: Base Jumpers (Rasputin) removed need for kickstart 3.1 for ECS version (Info)
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02.Jul.2016
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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OpenStreetMap viewer: Mapparium extension Geo_tag 1.0
Carsten Siegner's extension Geo_tag for the OpenStreetMap viewer Mapparium searches directories for photographs associated with a geographical location (Geo-Tags) and enters them into Mapparium.
Download: geo_tag_1.0.lha (3 MB)
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02.Jul.2016
David Brunet (ANF)
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Obligement: More than 5,000 articles online
The articles below have been added to the website of french Amiga / MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. Meanwhile more than 5,000 articles are online. On this occasion the publisher wishes to thank all editors and supporters. As usual, translations are welcome: Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- May/June 2016 news
- Old articles from Tilt 67 to 73:
- File: Amiga Games in 1989
- Interview: Bill Stealy
- Review: Cabal
- Report: Personal Computer Show 1989
- Review: Deluxe Productions 2
- Review: Paperboy
- File: Two players games
- Report: Summer Consumer Electronics Show 1989
- Review: Datastorm
- Review: Test Drive 2
- Comparison: Amiga beat-them-up in 1988/1989
- Review: E-UAE 1.0.0 JIT
- Review: Enhancer Software
- Review: Final Burn Alpha 0.2.97.37
- Review: The Game
- Review: Universe
- Hardware: Rys MKII
- Hardware: Catweasel Mk2
- Hardware: Infinitv A1400
- File: Monitors from Commodore (update)
- DIY: Build a Boing Ball case for AmigaOne XE
- Programming: AMOS - display text
- Special quiz about audio cards
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30.Jun.2016
A1k.org (Forum)
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OpenStreetMap viewer: Mapparium 0.5 and GPS-extension
Mapparium is an OpenStreetMap viewer for Amiga systems .Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has released version 0.5 which among others introduces the option of calculating routes "via YOUR or OpenLS". Please note that Mapparium needs a Gfx-card and a FPU to work.
On Aminet there is also an extension called gps_point, which so far was only available for MorphOS and which reads the position of a GPS device and exports it to Mapparium.
Changes:
- FIX: AROS invisible search text
- ADD: Routing calculation via YOUR or OpenLS
- FIX: better Prefs window
- ADD: Save/load routes from GPX
- CHG: Open TrackView or RouteView on Show/Edit Button
- CHG: Moved Track title edit into TrackView
- ADD: Context sensitive Add Button
- ADD: Possibility to hide/show tracks/route
- FIX: Faster drawing for 68k Amiga
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30.Jun.2016
Amiga.org (Forum)
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MiST review
Under the title link, Francesco Sblendorio has written an illustrated review about the Amiga clone MiST. His judgement is positive, because Mist feels like a real Amiga providing some additional features: Reduced power usage, easy configuration and support for VGA and SCART monitors.
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29.Jun.2016
amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Tool collection "Enhancer Software" available on CD
The collection of tools and libraries called "Enhancer Software" (our news item, review of an user) was recently released as download version and now is also available as "Boxed Edition".
The CD can be bought from Alinea, Amedia, Relec, AmigaKit.com and ACube Systems. The limited "Standard Edition" (includes only the first generation of the RadeonHD driver and a limited version of CANDI) obviously is only offered by Amedia and Amigakit.
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28.Jun.2016
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PDF-Magazine: REV'n'GE 58 (Italian/English)
The PDF-magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga game "Creatures" and the text editor "C-1 Text".
Download websites:
Italian
English
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26.Jun.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 25.06.2016
The following archives have been added to Aminet until June 25th, 2016:
SAGASleep.lha driver/vid 4K 68k Suspend or Restore the SAGA V...
salto_simulator.lha misc/emu 12M MOS SALTO - Xerox Alto I/II Simul...
gps_point_1.0.lha util/wb 1.7M MOS GPS addon for mapparium
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26.Jun.2016
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 25.06.2016
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until June 25th, 2016:
aiss.lha gra/ais 9Mb 4.1 Amiga Image Storage System
aiss.pdf gra/ais 5Mb 4.1 Documentation
blender.lha gra/ray 44Mb 4.1 The free open source 3D content ...
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26.Jun.2016
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WHDLoad: New installers until 25.06.2016
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 25th, 2016:
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25.Jun.2016
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Podcast: AMIcast 13 - Interview with Daniel 'Daytona' Müßener
In the latest issue of his podcast, Krzysztof Radzikowski talked to Daniel Müßener (GoldenCode) about his projects (Wings Remastered, Wings Battlefield, OpenGL ES).
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22.Jun.2016
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: Results of user survey 2016
Under the title link Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has published the result of a survey among AROS users, who weekly use the operating system. 54 persons participated.
The results of the survey show that 20 % uses AROS more than ten hours a week, mainly for browsing, programming and multimedia. All those who "spend less time with AROS, (you) spend it mostly on OS Tinkering but also, surprisingly, on Programming!". More than 60% use a "native x86 installation of AROS, either on real or virtualized hardware."
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21.Jun.2016
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Workshop: upgrade an Amiga 'Tank' mouse with microswitches
Commodore mice - especially the famous 'Tank' model - are decades old and their switches aren't getting any better with age. Even if the mouse buttons still work, it often takes a constantly increasing amount of force to activate them or you never know if the mouse will react to your click this time. Amiga user 'Redskull' has fixed this problem by replacing the switches in his mouse with new microswitches, the following is a step by step guide showing what he had to do to upgrade is input device:
Remove the two phillips head screws near the cable end. Turn the mouse over, lift the end near the cable slightly. The top half will then slide backwards. Warning: Take care not to snap the clips at the rear of the top half.
Remove the two phillips head screws securing the PCB to the bottom half. You may find it easier to work by removing the cable - to do that, desolder the ground strap (see big red circle in next picture) and unplug the 8 pin connector.
Desolder the offending switch(es). The following pictures only show the left mouse button being replaced, but the principle is identical for the right mouse button of course.
These are the suitable PCB mount microswitches. The metal levers are not required.
If your switches have the metal lever attached, remove it by squeezing the end with a pair of needle-noze pliers.
Clip the leg furthest from the switch actuator with a pair of clippers or a side cutter.
The switch is ready to install now.
Drill two 0.7-1.0mm holes as shown. With the type of switch used here, the hole furthest from the edge of the board should be roughly inline with two existing holes, the other hole should be slightly offset. This may vary depending on the brand of switch you buy. Measure the hole distance up to match your switch.
Make two trace cuts as shown, isolating the land around the hole that you just made furthest from the board edge.
Scrape away some of the insulation around both holes.
That's what the new holes look from the top side of the board.
Insert the new microswitch into the new holes as shown.
Make sure the sitch is quite flush against the board before you solder it in. Make a link as shown by the red oval, a simple solder blob should suffice.
The actuator of the microswitch is roughly about 3mm higher than the original when installed, so the plastic stem behind the mouse button will need to be shortened to match.
Remove only so much that you can close the mouse (with screws) without activating the switch. It's better to trim in small increments and test a few times, than take too much off in one go and ruin your mouse.
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21.Jun.2016
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS-Distribution: Icaros Desktop 2.1.2
Version 2.1.2 of Paolo Besser's AROS distribution Icaros Desktop (screenshot) is the first one which supports Windows 7 "shared folders" using the SMB-handler; additionally the DropBox-handler and an AmiCould client were integrated.
The AROS/68k system files including the RTG drivers were updated and the OpenStreetMap viewer Mapparium added.
Changes:
- Added DropBox cloud drive handler
- Added easy DropBox configuration to Prefs
- "Gdrive" has now been replaced by Prefs/CludDrives
- Added AmiCloud client to extras/FileSystem
- Updated SMB handler, now supporting shared folders from:
- Windows 2008 Server/R2
- Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10
- Updated AROS M68K environment
- New RTG driver with enhanced performance
- ROMs and system files updated to June 2016
- Added Mapparium to applications
- Updated SQLman in applications
- Updated IndieGO! e-shop client
- Updated FlexCat
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. Jun. 2016, 13:54] [Comments: 0]
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20.Jun.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Amiga Future: Issue 98 online
Issue 98 (September/October 2012) of the printed magazine Amiga Future is sold out, you can read the German and English edition of the magazine online.
A preview and some excerpts for the upcoming issue 121 are available as well. Topics of this issues include an interview with Matthias 'Mazze' Rustler and reviews of the USB adaptor Rys MkII and Sqrxz 4.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Jun. 2016, 21:10] [Comments: 0]
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20.Jun.2016
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Diagnostic tool: DiagROM 0.6
DiagROM is a diagnostic software which is meant to be burned in an EPROM by the user and replaces the regular Kickstart-ROMs of an Amiga. The software does not require any timer, IRQs or something like that and therefore can be launched on very broke computers and there can check the hardware to identify problems. DiagROM uses the serial port to export information or menus.
Currently DiagROM is available for free. Later there will be also programmed ROMs for a little fee. The source code will be released as well.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Jun. 2016, 20:57] [Comments: 0]
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20.Jun.2016
Martin Merz (ANF)
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Pictograms: AISS 4.21
Martin Merz has released an update of his "Amiga Image Storage System" (AISS), which is a system for managing toolbar graphics under AmigaOS and alternative systems.
AISS 4.21 provides more than 8.700 graphics. Due to compatibility reasons all pictures and animations of previous versions are included as well.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Jun. 2016, 06:05] [Comments: 0]
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20.Jun.2016
Spidi (ANF)
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Retro 7-bit: Sum-Firmware-Update
Sum developed by Retro 7-bit is a family of USB-devices for connecting keyboards to diverse Amiga models including the CDTV (amiga-news.de reported). Due to the integrated USB-stack it "enables USB HID keyboards support without the need for installing additional AmigaOS software drivers."
Now a firmware update has been released which provides bug fixes and minor improvements. Additionally, it introduces saving LED states for Capslock, Numlock and ScrollLock keys.
Download: Sum_20160619.7z (27 KB)
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[News message: 20. Jun. 2016, 06:04] [Comments: 0]
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