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Amiga events 20.-25.08.25 • Retro Area @ gamescom 2025 • Cologne (Germany) 11.-14.09.25 • Classic Computing 2025 • Hof (Germany) 17.-19.10.25 • Amiga40 • Mönchengladbach (Germany) 14.-16.11.25 • Flashback-Symposium #02 • Jößnitz (Germany) 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] 12.May.2024 Commodore International Historical Society Historical document: Amiga presentation from 1984 In June 1984, the heads of "Amiga Computer, Inc." had met with representatives of Commodore to discuss the licensing or purchase of Amiga's currently developed technology. Commodore's financial director at the time, Don Greenbaum has now presented the hobby archaeologists from the 'Commodore International Historical Society' the document with which the Californian start-up used to advertise its computer at the time. more ... (cg) [News message: 12. May. 2024, 17:27] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 12.May.2024 Aminet uploads until 11.05.2024 The following files have been added until 11.05.2024 to Aminet: more ... (snx) [News message: 12. May. 2024, 07:55] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 12.May.2024 OS4Depot uploads until 11.05.2024 The following files have been added until 11.05.2024 to OS4Depot: more ... (snx) [News message: 12. May. 2024, 07:55] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 12.May.2024 AROS Archives uploads until 11.05.2024 The following files have been added until 11.05.2024 to AROS Archives: more ... (snx) [News message: 12. May. 2024, 07:55] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 12.May.2024 MorphOS-Storage uploads until 11.05.2024 The following files have been added until 11.05.2024 to MorphOS-Storage: more ... (snx) [News message: 12. May. 2024, 07:55] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 11.May.2024 Frank Neumann (Mail) Shoot 'em Up: Early demo version of "NEON world" (v0.3) After Frank Neumann had not programmed anything for the Amiga with assembler for 30 years, he wants to get back into it with the shoot 'em up "NEON world" (amiga-news.de reported). With this further early demo version, the player's power has been upgraded so that he can defeat opponents more easily. However, this also increases the boss's resistance. In addition, the player is no longer revived immediately, but is reset to certain positions in the level. So you have to be even more careful. The game should run on an Amiga 500. Direct download: NeonWorld.adf.zip (101 KB) (dr) [News message: 11. May. 2024, 21:44] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 11.May.2024 Retropolis (Webseite) Reverse Engineering: Dungeon crawler Bloodfest In relation to games (software), reverse engineering is the process of analysing the code and content of the game in order to understand how it works (amiga-news.de reported). In this case, Petri Häkkinen, author of the dungeon crawler Bloodfest, had lost his own source code, which is why he downloaded his game, written in AMOS Professional, from Aminet and analysed it under the title link. (dr) [News message: 11. May. 2024, 07:42] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 10.May.2024 MorphOS: PolyOrganiser 1.26 Frederic 'Polymere' Rignault's PolyOrganiser is a 'Personal Information Management' tool that features a calendar, an address book and ToDo lists. Changes since the previous version: more ... (dr) [News message: 10. May. 2024, 22:48] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 10.May.2024 Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.15 (AmigaOS 3/4) Version 5.15 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version OpenSSL 3.3.0. Detailed changes: more ... (dr) [News message: 10. May. 2024, 14:23] [Comments: 2 - 10. May. 2024, 18:59] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 09.May.2024 AmigaOS 4: Partitioning and formating the A1222 Plus SSD drive Kevin 'ktadd' Taddeucci has purchased an A1222 Plus in addition to his existing AmigaOS 4 hardware (MicroA1, AmigaOne X1000). In a first article he reported on the various parts that are included in his complete system. Now he explains how to partition and format the SSD drive. (dr) [News message: 09. May. 2024, 20:39] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 09.May.2024 Video: Compilations of game music The YouTube channel "RetroSpeedruns" has two videos for those who would like to indulge in the music of old Amiga gaming times: Another Amiga Music Compilation (1988-1994) offers, for example, Alien Breed, Apidya, The Chaos Engine or Jaguar XJ220, while Amiga Music Adventure Edition (1988-1995) includes music from Beneath A Steel Sky, Secret Of Monkey Island or Zak McKracken, among others. (dr) [News message: 09. May. 2024, 09:23] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 09.May.2024 Developer log: Amiga Isometric #4 Nivrig Games is working on porting an isometric arcade adventure game to the Amiga and is publishing developer diaries (amiga-news.de reported). After three further entries - Amiga Isometric #2, Amiga Isometric #3 and Amiga Isometric #3.5 - the ability to draw an isometrically sorted moving object - the player - in the game world and to perform some rudimentary test controls was achieved. As the author explains, adding controller-based movements was easy, but adding other objects proved to be something of a grab bag. As this was ultimately successful, the first interactions could now be tested (YouTube video). (dr) [News message: 09. May. 2024, 06:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 09.May.2024 Preview video: Scorpion Engine port of "Street Fighter 1" Mohammed Malik is in the process of using the Scorpion Engine to port the well-known beat'm up "Street Fighter 1" for the Amiga in a new and better way compared to the existing version. The target platform is an Amiga 500 with 512 Kb RAM. The author started work at the end of 2022 (YouTube video). In the current update, spark strikes, sound effects and the blocking of opponents were added, which, according to the developer, now makes the game feel more like a fighting game. (dr) [News message: 09. May. 2024, 06:40] [Comments: 1 - 10. May. 2024, 12:51] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 08.May.2024 Interview: Announcement of a cost-reduced MiSTer FPGA board Taki Udon recently presented the prototype of a cost-reduced version of the FPGA Amiga clone "MiSTer" in a video. Wes Fenlon has now interviewed him at the title link, so that details of the new board are now also available in writing. After the price of the DE10 Nano board, which forms the basis of the MiSTer, has almost doubled in the last five years, the clone of Terasic's original is being aimed at 99 US dollars, which is to be achieved through cheaper components and direct sourcing of the FPGA chip from Altera. more ... (snx) [News message: 08. May. 2024, 11:19] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version] 08.May.2024 USB-C power supply: 2nd batch of the PowerShark imminent - color choice possible The “PowerShark” is a USB-C-based power supply unit for the keyboard case Amigas 500, 600 and 1200, which sold out quickly. A second batch with very minor changes to the electronics is now about to go into production, for which a new housing color is planned. A survey has been set up regarding this. (snx) [News message: 08. May. 2024, 11:19] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail]  [Print version]  [ASCII version]       1 30 55 ... <- 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 -> ... 75 597 1125 [Archive]

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