13.Feb.2022
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood plugin: Plananarama 2.0 released
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, continue Hollywood's 20th anniversary celebrations with yet another major new release: Plananarama 2.0. Plananarama is the magic plugin which allows Hollywood scripts to be run on classic Amiga hardware without any graphics board. Once Plananarama is installed, all Hollywood scripts will 'automagically' run on palette screens as well! All resolutions are supported - from 8-bit LowRes to 1-bit productivity SuperHighRes Interlace.
Version 2.0 is a major update which makes use of many new features offered exclusively by Hollywood 9. By integrating seamlessly with Hollywood 9's new palette interface, it is now possible to write scripts which make use of the Amiga's custom chip hardware for a much better performance. Here is a non-exhaustive list of the new features in Plananarama 2.0:
- support for Amiga hardware sprites
- direct access to color registers for all kinds of effects like color cycling and fading
- true palette based drawing without any color remapping
- Unicode support
- screen menus are now supported
- drag'n'drop support
- guigfx.library and render.library are only needed when in remapping mode
- added a fully featured documentation in AmigaGuide, PDF and HTML
- added three new example scripts demonstrating the new features like hardware sprites
- several bug fixes and other improvements
Plananarama 2.0 is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal. For its basic functionality Plananarama requires Hollywood 6 but all the new functions introduced in version 2.0 require Hollywood 9 which is why we highly recommend upgrading to Hollywood 9 if you haven't done that yet.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hollywood we also offer a special 20 euros discount on the full version of Hollywood for a limited time only. This is the perfect chance for all people who don't own Hollywood yet to grab their own copy and to explore the wonderful world of Hollywood and be fascinated by the gigantic functionality of this unique piece of software and all of the plugins that come with it! (dr)
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13.Feb.2022
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Aminet uploads until 12.02.2022
The following files have been added until 12.02.2022 to Aminet:
SonosController_MOS.lha comm/misc 2.3M MOS Control Sonos speakers with y...
SonosController_OS3.lha comm/misc 2.0M 68k Control Sonos speakers with y...
SonosController_OS3fp... comm/misc 2.0M 68k Control Sonos speakers with y...
SonosController_OS4.lha comm/misc 2.8M OS4 Control Sonos speakers with y...
SonosController_WOS.lha comm/misc 2.4M WOS Control Sonos speakers with y...
rasm.lha dev/cross 1.3M MOS Roudoudou's Z80 Assembler
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 2.2M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
mon165src.lha dev/moni 150K 68k Source for Amiga Monitor
adfZ.lha disk/misc 7K 68k read/write ADF from/to disks,...
HydraDriver145src.lha driver/net 29K 68k Hydra Amiganet driver + source
scummvm-1.7.0-rtg.lha game/misc 5.0M 68k Amiga RTG port of ScummVM 1.7.0
AmiDuke_AGA.lha game/shoot 332K 68k Amiga port of Duke Nukem 3D
webptools122_a68k.lha gfx/conv 2.4M 68k encode/decode images in WebP ...
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha gfx/fract 22M OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
Vim_8.2-i386-aros.lha text/edit 12M x86 The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.2-ppc-amigaos.lha text/edit 14M OS4 The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.2-ppc-morphos.lha text/edit 13M MOS The ubiquitous text editor
base64.i386-aros.lha util/conv 249K x86 Encode/decode file as base64
AmiSSL-4.12.lha util/libs 5.7M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
TestProgram.zip util/misc 542K 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
InstallerLG.i386-aros... util/sys 121K x86 Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.ppc-morph... util/sys 155K MOS Commodore Installer replacement
(snx)
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13.Feb.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 12.02.2022
The following files have been added until 12.02.2022 to OS4Depot:
sonoscontroller.lha aud/mis 3Mb 4.1 Control Sonos speakers with your...
reactivec_lib.lha dev/lib 5Mb 4.1 Reactive C Library
sminkiator.lha gam/mis 6Mb 4.1 Randomize world for fun
flashmandelng.lha gra/mis 22Mb 4.1 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
mrwolf.lha net/mis 32kb 4.0 Pool-friendly SNTP time sync client
amigattext.lha uti/mis 3Mb 4.1 Shows German ARD/ZDF Teletext fr...
vim_mui.lha uti/tex 14Mb 4.1 The ubiquitous text editor
(snx)
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13.Feb.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 12.02.2022
The following files have been added until 12.02.2022 to AROS Archives:
whatiff1.01.lha dem/mag 24kb December 2021
whatiff1.02.lha dem/mag 162kb January 2022
vim-8.2.i386-aros.lha dev/edi 12Mb The ubiquitous text editor
sminkiator-1.1.lha gam/mis 6Mb Randomize world for fun
burgerspace.i386-aros.zip gam/pla 617kb Similar to BurgerTime (1982)
amigangwallpaper.lha gra/the 13Mb AmigaNG Wallpapers (1080p)
installerlg.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 121kb Commodore Installer replacement
(snx)
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13.Feb.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 12.02.2022
The following files have been added until 12.02.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
RASM_1.6.lha Development/Cross Roudoudou's Z80 Assembler
SDL_2.0.20_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL 2.0.2...
SonosController_1.2.lha Devices/Speakers Control your Sonos spea...
GenesisPlus_2.2.lha Emulation Genesis-Plus emulates t...
Sminkiator_1.1.lha Games/Misc Randomize words for fun
AmiSSL_4.12_68k.lha System/Library/SSL OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...
InstallerLG_1.0.lha System/Shell Commodore Installer rep...
Vim_8.2.4291.lha Text/Edit A highly configurable t...
(snx)
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13.Feb.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 12.02.2022
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 12.02.2022:
- 2022-02-12 improved: Seven Gates of Jambala (Thalion) long write to Bplcon2 fixed, access faults fixed, CD32/2-button joystick support, lots of trainer options added, 68000 quitkey support, access faults fixed, support for Grandslam and Thalion intros added, source code included (Info)
(snx)
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13.Feb.2022
Amiga Future (website)
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Kultmags.com: All issues of Amiga DOS magazine archived
At kultmags.com, german computer and video game magazines of the 80s, 90s and early 2000 years are digitized and preserved for posterity with permission of the respective copyright holders. Recently, the final eight issues missing to complete the Amiga DOS collection ("The magazine for active Amiga users") could be added. (snx)
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12.Feb.2022
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Board game featuring a computer opponent: Castle Danger
'Castle Danger' (Video) ist a virtual, 2-player board game that was initially released as Freeware for Windows. The Amiga version can also be played against the computer, the AI is described as "kind of working" and planned to be improved in subsequent releases. (cg)
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12.Feb.2022
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Dungeon Crawler: playable demo version of 'Black Dawn Technomage' (AGA)
'Black Dawn: Technomage' (Video) is the sequel to Black Dawn Rebirth and developed by the same team. The game was initially announced as Black Dawn Rogue and is the first title in the Black Dawn series requiring AGA. A playable demo has been released a few days ago. (cg)
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12.Feb.2022
IBrowse website
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 4.12 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 4.12 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL provides the latest root-certificates as well as some bug fixes. Detailed changelog:
- Updated OpenSSL backend to full compatibility to latest OpenSSL 1.1.1m (14.12.2021) version, which brings security and bug fixes.
- Updated root certificates to latest Mozilla-based bundle dated 1.2.2022.
- Fixed RSA_X931_derive_ex() from not being reachable on OS3.
- Fixed crash after OpenSSL fatal error message requester shown.
- Cleaned up and unified error requesters, removing redundant code.
- Fixed GCC linker alignment for all OS4 binaries.
(dr)
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11.Feb.2022
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Word processing: FinalWriter update status
Just about a year ago, we last reported on the update for Finalwriter first announced by new rights owner Timothy "Terminills" Deters in 2015. Yesterday, the developer briefly outlined the current status on Amigans and MorphZone respectively:
According to them that there would now have been a "feature freeze" and it would now only be about bug fixes. Furthermore he explains that the AmigaOS4 port depends on whether he has the money to pay a developer for the port after the release of the AROS and MorphOS versions. In total there were 5 developers working on the current version until Deters owned it. The changes so far:
- RTF updated
- Libharu implemented(PDF Saving/Printing Support)
- MySpell(Updated Spell Checker). Spell checker can now work real time
- Libcurl support for direct printing
- 64Bit fixes
- Modernizing layout
- P96 support
(dr)
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10.Feb.2022
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Connector board for FPGA Amiga clone: MiSTress 1200
After a currently sold out version for the installation of the FPGA Amiga clone MiSTer into an Amiga 500 case, there is now with the MiSTress 1200 under the title link also a corresponding extension for the case of the Amiga 1200 (original or replica).
The MiSTress is used to install the FPGA computer into the Amiga case, whereby the original keyboard can still be used. The rear openings for the original connections are used to make the sockets for the network, USB, SD card, joystick, audio, HDMI and analog VGA/RGB connections, among others, accessible. (snx)
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10.Feb.2022
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AROS distribution: The 100% Useless AROS Distribution 0.3
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has released version 0.3 of his "The 100% Useless AROS Distribution" at the title link. The reason for this is the version AROS ABIv11 for 64-bit Intel and AMD processors released by the developer 'deadwood' at the beginning of January (official GitHub page).
This new AROS version doesn't support symmetric multiprocessing anymore, which makes the compilation of his programs easier. Included are some of his programs like MUIMapparium, LEU, AYA, AmiTube or MCAmiga. The distribution serves the developer primarily as a test environment for his FreePascal AROS64 development, which is why it can neither be called finished nor stable. However, the applications work "reasonably well", only with the calculation of the font size there would be problems.
This new version can be downloaded from the corresponding website. (dr)
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10.Feb.2022
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Video: Installation of AmiKit XE under Windows 11
Appropriate to yesterday's release of AmiKit 11.5+ Jörg "Torque" Klopsch shows in a video how to install the new version under Windows 11 and using WinUAE. (dr)
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09.Feb.2022
Twitter
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 11.5+ for Windows/Mac/Linux
For the workbench distribution AmiKit, which is intended for emulators, an update to version 11.5 (followed by a live update to version 11.6) has been released. In addition to an emulator, AmigaOS 3.x and the Kickstart ROMs are required.
Users who purchased AmiKit XE last year or this year will get the update for free. Those who purchased AmiKit XE in 2019/2020 will need a subscription to the existing AmiKit 11.4.3 to upgrade to the new version 11.5 and above.
The most important changes:
- New software, games, updates, features and design too
- AmiKit is now in FullHD with enhanced dark look & feel
- It's 64bit ready now, also faster and less CPU demanding
- All AmiStart menus have been refreshed with nicer and bigger icons
- New state-of-the-art installation of AmigaOS - just click 'n g
- New MorpheuZ provides better design and functionality
- Enhanced Startup-Sequence including Startup-Scripts for better stability
- Newer emulation engine (WinUAE) now provides faster and even more precise job
Last but not least, the new AmiKit includes HUNDREDS of improvements under the hood!
(dr)
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09.Feb.2022
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RTG driver: P96 V3.2.3 released
At the beginning of January, Individual Computers had updated its graphics card driver P96 to version 3.2.2. Not on the official homepage, but in the support forum, Jens Schönfeld announced that he had uploaded version 3.2.3 with the following changes:
- P96 no longer attempts to set the beamcon0 register and the vtotal register of the custom chips in case the active video mode is on an RTG board that is not in the display chain.
- Even though bitmaps were locked, memory management could have migrated them off the board if memory was getting tight. This may have caused quite some issues on "close-to-zero" memory situations.
- As BlitMaskBitMap was potentially allocating memory for the mask buffer, it could have migrated the bitmaps it was actually supposed to render, causing all kinds of havocs. To avoid this problem, source and target bitmap for a two-bitmap operation are now locked on the board. This is actually a very old bug that goes back to the 2.x release cycle.
- A possible memory inconsistency in P96Mode was fixed where an incorrect memory pointer was released.
- The Altais and RetinaBLT drivers did not record the state of the monitor switch correctly. As a result of this defect, the SetDPMS() function to enable power saving may have failed, keeping the monitor on all the time.
- The rtg.library may have attempted to switch of the Altais display on a Draco system without ever turning it on again.
- Fixed a very old bug on adjusting the line pattern shift upon drawing into multiple cliprects. This bug was apparently introduced while merging my own P96 version with the last official version by the authors. This bug could have introduced artefacts when drawing "marquee" effects for selecting multiple files in alternative file managers.
- When switching buffers on a double-buffered screens, P96 forcibly reloaded the sprite image, which caused flicker on some RTG boards. This version now avoids reloading the sprite unless absolutely necessary.
(dr)
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09.Feb.2022
Michael Rupp (Mail)
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Controlling Sonos speakers: SonosController 1.2 (OS3/4, MorphOS)
Well-known for his workbench simulation TAWS, Michael Rupp had released his first Amiga program at the beginning of August, which is used to control Sonos speakers: SonosController (amiga-news.de reported). After a first update, he has released version 1.2 today for his program written in the Hollywood programming language, which is again available for MorphOS and AmigaOS 3 and 4 (screenshots in that order):
Highlights of the new version are room grouping functionality, better handling when Sonos devices are switched on or off and localization including German, Italian and Dutch translation. Michael Rupp was able to intensively test and use the updated RapaGUI plugin during the development of the new version. Regardless of the availability of a Sonos speaker, the author is happy if users basically test the program on the different platforms and give him feedback.
Detailed changelog:
- NEW: support for grouping and ungrouping devices. When grouped, volume and muting can either be set for the whole group or for each device individually.
- NEW: support for devices that suddenly appear or disappear from the Sonos system, for example when turned on or off.
- NEW: timeout for devices to respond can be configured in the Preferences. On slower Amigas it might be necessary to increase the timeout (default is 5s).
- NEW: implemented localization
- NEW: german catalog: feel free to use it as a template to create catalog files for other languages. Check out the following link for info on how to do it: https://hollywood-mal.com/docs/html/hollywood/CatalogFormatNote.html
- NEW: italian catalog by Samir Hawamdeh. Thanks for this!
- NEW: dutch catalog by Dave "Skateman" Koelman. Thanks for this, too!
- NEW: if no devices can be found by the network scan, it's now enough to add just one single device by its IP address. This one will then be queried to return all the others.
- NEW: added a "Cancel" button to the requester that pops up if the network scan couldn't find anything (requested by Steve Harrison).
- NEW: added a version check of reqtools.library where needed (on AmigaOS 3.x and MorphOS) when adding devices manually and letting the user know, if the version installed is not sufficient (v39 or higher is needed). After confirming with "OK", the URL of the download page on Aminet is automatically opened.
- NEW: displaying the loading's progress when browsing the music library incl. the possibility to cancel it by pressing the [<] button.
- NEW: button "Clear Queue" is disabled for an empty queue.
- IMPROVED: quicker network scan because now it's enough to find one single device to connect to.
- CHANGED: for the non-AmigaOS 3.x versions the shortcuts for "Next" / "Previous" are changed from Alt-LEFT/RIGHT back to Ctrl-LEFT/RIGHT (as it was in v1.0), because only on an Amiga keyboard the Alt key is the closest qualifier key to the cursor keys, but on keyboards used on NG-Amigas it's usually the Ctrl key.
- FIXED: nasty networking bug that caused SonosController to freeze after a while, especially on AmigaOS 3.x.
- FIXED: possible crash when searching something without results, searching some more and going back again.
- FIXED: switching between "Pause" and "Play" sometimes made the button move a pixel.
- FIXED: as long a no Sonos devices are found, all controls are now disabled by default, avoiding possible crashes.
- FIXED: Control menu items are now disabled according to the corresponding buttons.
- FIXED: suppressing shortcuts for "Next" and "Previous" while the search field is focused, because Ctrl/Alt-Left/Right is used to navigate inside the textentry.
- FIXED: MUI 5 column widths in the Music Library browser listview.
- FIXED: display of room's names with MUI 4.0
- FIXED: replaced calls to "OpenURL" with "URLOpen" in the AmigaGuide for AmigaOS 4.x.
(dr)
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08.Feb.2022
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Shooter: Playable demo version of 'Cyberpunk Alien City'
Cyberpunk Alien City (video) is a mixture of Run'n Gun and Space Invaders: The player has to defend a city against attacking aliens. Various weapon systems, horizontal scrolling (dual playfield with four bitplanes each) and 50 frames per second are offered. The game runs on any Amiga with two megabytes of RAM, an A1200 with some Fast RAM is recommended. (cg)
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07.Feb.2022
Roland Wintgen (E-Mail)
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Conversion instructions: Joystick Competition Pro Extra USB on Amiga
At the title link, Michael Steil has updated his conversion instructions by which you can connect the Competition Pro Extra USB joystick with a standard DB9 connector to the Amiga - optionally even without giving up the USB interface. (snx)
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