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Amiga events 11.-14.09.25 • Classic Computing 2025 • Hof (Germany) 17.-19.10.25 • Amiga40 • Mönchengladbach (Germany) 31.10.-02.11.25 • Amiga-Meeting 2025 • Neumünster (Germany) 14.-16.11.25 • Flashback-Symposium #02 • Jößnitz (Germany) 15.May.2024 Print/PDF magazine: ZZAP! Amiga, issue 15 After Patreon supporters, also the general public can now purchase the March/April issue of the “ZZAP! Amiga” magazine. It consists of 60 color pages in A5 size. A look at the table of contents can be found, along with other photos, on Steven Lyon's blog Lyonsden. (snx) [News message: 15. May. 2024, 15:08] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 14.May.2024 DiskFlashback: Using image files and discs in PC drives Developer Rob Smith has introduced DiskFlashback, a convenient software for Windows 10/11 (64-bit) that enables PC floppy drives to read and write image files such as ADFs (Amiga Disk Files) during operation. It also allows you to process real discs in Amiga or Atari format, with the appropriate hardware extensions. To use it, you need the FloppyBridge plugin, which in turn requires additional hardware (YouTube video). DiskFlashback is particularly aimed at retro computing enthusiasts and professional users who still work with older floppy disc formats. The software makes it possible, for example, to write image files to physical floppy discs and, conversely, to convert physical floppy discs into image files. This is particularly useful for archiving old software or reviving classic games and applications on original hardware. The workaround via WinUAE or other third-party software and expansion hardware for editing ADFs, for example, is therefore no longer necessary. The features of DiskFlashback include: Mount ADF, DMS*, IMG, IMA, ST, MSA*, HDA, HDF and SCP* files as virtual drives (* read only) Supports the following disk formats: AmigaDOS OFS/FFS DD & HD Disks IBM/PC FAT12/16 DD 720k & HD 1.44Mb Disks Atari ST FAT12/16 GemDOS Single and Double Sided normal & extended Disks Dual Format Amiga/Atari floppy disks and mounts them as two drives! (read only) Use DrawBridge, Greaseweazle or SupercardPro as a real windows drive letter Create blank disk images for the above formats. Rip real floppy disks to file Write disk images to real floppy disks Install boot blocks on Amiga disks Optionally silently swap file extensions (eg: mod.thismusic to thismusic.mod) The software requires Windows versions 10 or 11 in 64-bit - and of course a working floppy disc drive in the PC. The developer points out that the antivirus system in Windows may recognise the software as a virus. The false-positive warning can be ignored. DiskFlashback is OpenSource and is licensed under the GPL2 licence. Sources are available on GitHub. The free download of the software in its current version 1.0.0.6 is available on the developer's website under the title link. Developer Rob Smith offers the software free of charge, but is happy to receive a "tip" via ko-fi. Editorial update, 12 June 2024 (nba): Our original news article stated that no special hardware is required to process physical Amiga disks. That is not accurate. The FloppyBridge plug-in is required, which in turn requires DrawBridge, Greaseweazle or Supercard Pro hardware. The article has been updated accordingly. (nba) [News message: 14. May. 2024, 13:15] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 14.May.2024 Video: Updating Uboot for Sam460 boards In his latest video, Roman 'kas1e' Kargin shows how to update the UBoot bootloader on the SAM460 boards from Acube-Systems. As he writes, the public version of Uboot, which was delivered with the Sam460, has a bug: when using RadeonRX graphics cards, the Uboot output cannot be seen on the monitor. Access is only possible via the terminal with the serial cable. The video shows the entire process of updating with a beta version of Uboot, which will be available to all users in the next few days. (dr) [News message: 14. May. 2024, 06:36] [Comments: 2 - 15. May. 2024, 05:59] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 13.May.2024 Blog: Repairing an Amiga 1200 with an unusual problem Andrew 'LinuxJedi' Hutchings describes in a recent blog entry how he repaired an Amiga 1200 whose motherboard worked for 15 minutes and then crashed with a black screen, sometimes paired with random noise. (dr) [News message: 13. May. 2024, 22:04] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 13.May.2024 Linux: Kernel 6.9 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000 Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.9, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 after numerous tests. Download: linux-image-6.9.0-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (61 MB) (dr) [News message: 13. May. 2024, 21:22] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version]       1 190 375 ... <- 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 -> ... 395 3390 6390 [Archive]

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