12.Mar.2025
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DiagROM 2.0 Alpha and (German) Tutorial for usage of the DiagROM
DiagROM is a diagnostic software that is burned into an EPROM by the user and then replaces the regular Kickstart ROM of an Amiga (amiga-news.de reported). The alpha version 2.0 has now been released at the title link.
At the same time, Domingo Fivoli has published a two-part German tutorial for the previous version 1.3 on his blog.
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12.Mar.2025
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AmigaOS 4: Review of the SiI3112 PCI SATA card from Rabbit Hole
George 'walkero' Sokianos has published a review of the SATA PCI card from Rabbit Hole under AmigaOS 4 at the title link at IntuitionBase. The card is based on the SiI3112 chip from Silicon Image.
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12.Mar.2025
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Puzzle game: Pjusk
The aim of Pjusk is to find your way through a labyrinth by tackling enemies in a carefully considered sequence in order to open doors and collect resources.
The game comprises 24 levels and requires at least an Amiga 500 with 512 KB of additional slow mem.
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11.Mar.2025
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3D polygon models: 3D Object Converter 1.106 for AmigaOS 3.x/4.x
3D Object Converter is a tool for wireframe objects that was first released last year (amiga-news.de reported). The software is available as shareware at a price of 40 euros for AmigaOS 3.x and 4.x. The innovations of version 1.106 since the last news update at a glance:
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10.Mar.2025
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Music tips
To kick off the new week, we would like to present our readers with a few music tips:
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10.Mar.2025
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Project introduction: Floppy disk reader for AmigaOS 4
Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè has adapted Robert Smith's project "DrawBridge" (amiga-news.de reported) for reading Amiga floppy disks with the help of an Arduino board so that it can now also be used under AmigaOS 4 (GitHub project page). Above all, he had to make changes to the USB communication.
There will most likely also be a commercial version of the "Waffle Reader" for a few euros, although the project will remain open source.
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10.Mar.2025
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Turn-based strategy game: New demo version 03/25 of "Ecliptic"
Ecliptic is described by the author as "a mixture of turn based tactical combat and role playing" (amiga-news.de reported) being a visually reminiscent of the retro-futuristic science fiction of the 1970s and 1980s. Now a fifth demo has been released for the game.
As the developer reports, the game now offers three complete levels. At the start, the player can decide which one they want to begin with.
The game requires 1MB RAM, recommended is an Amiga 1200 with HD and Fast RAM.
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10.Mar.2025
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Rogue-like game: Roguecraft 1.5
The Rogue-like game Roguecraft (video, amiga-news.de reported) has been updated to version 1.5, providing the following changes:
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09.Mar.2025
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Aminet uploads until 08.03.2025
The following files have been added until 08.03.2025 to Aminet:
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09.Mar.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 08.03.2025
The following files have been added until 08.03.2025 to OS4Depot:
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09.Mar.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 08.03.2025
The following files have been added until 08.03.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
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09.Mar.2025
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news item, the following mp3 files have been added:
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09.Mar.2025
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Windows/Linux/Mac OS: Command line programs Amiga-Tools 1.0
At the title link Robert 'Pyrdacor' Schneckenhaus has provided "Amiga-Tools" for current computer systems. Specifically, these are two command line commands for Windows, Linux or Mac OS; a user interface is planned. They can be used to create, modify, display and unpack ADF disk images or LHA archives.
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09.Mar.2025
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Video: Doom clone Grind 0.6
The Doom clone "Grind" should run on any Amiga with at least one and a half megabytes of RAM and a hard disk. The level "DevArena" shown in the video was originally created as a test area for new opponents and functions and actually serves as a stress test for the Grind engine. For this reason, at least an A1200 with Fast RAM is recommended for DevArena.
The new features of version 0.6 are listed in detail in the video description.
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08.Mar.2025
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Flip screen platformer: Trapped in the Tomb, also as a Boxed Edition
"Trapped in the Tomb" (video) is a flip-screen platformer in which the items to be collected and the player's starting position are chosen randomly each time the game is started. The game runs on any Amiga with one megabyte of RAM and at least Kickstart 1.3, but a 68020 processor is recommended.
A download is available free of charge or for an optional donation from itch.io. A boxed edition, which is also presented in the linked video, is also available and costs 25 euros plus shipping.
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08.Mar.2025
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit 12.8
Version 12.8 of the Workbench distribution "Amikit" is available to all registered users free of charge. The software collection has been expanded to include the Jump'n Run "Absolute Zero" and the "World Construction Set" as well as a utility that enables the use of joypads. You can now switch between different windows with the key combination LeftAmiga-Tab.
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08.Mar.2025
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Hardware project: Bluetooth-based Kickstart switch "AmigaBlueKick"
"AmigaBlueKick" is a Kickstart switch that does not require any soldering work on the motherboard or a mechanical switch: Switching between the different Kickstart ROMs is done via Bluetooth. To do this, a ready-made ESP32S3 or ESP32C3 Wifi/Bluetooth module is connected to four pins of a Kickstart EPROM (5V, ground, A18, A19). If you do not want to trigger a reset manually after every Kickstart switch, you must also connect a cable to the reset line of the Amiga.
Any Bluetooth explorer can be used for control, but the developer also offers a self-developed iOS app. The software for the Bluetooth module and the iOS app are available under a free license and the source code is available on Github.
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07.Mar.2025
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Logic game: Untangle V1.2
Grzegorz Kraszewski is in the process of writing the logic game Untangle for the Amiga. The player has a number of dots in front of him, which are connected by lines and cross each other. The aim of the game is to untangle the lines by moving the dots so that no line intersects another (amiga-news.de reported). Version 1.2 offers 25 new levels - 200 in total - and Polish localisation.
Download: untangle-1.2.lha (36 Kb)
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07.Mar.2025
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Programming competition: Developing of a RedPill game
The Spanish YouTube channel Amiga Wave has organised a programming competition for the RedPill game construction kit, which runs until 28 June: The main aim of the competition is to promote the use of REDPILL.
All games that have been developed with RedPill and have not yet been released may take part in the competition and will be presented at the Posadas Party 2025. Prizes include an Amiga 500 Plus with power supply and mouse or a THEA500 Mini.
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06.Mar.2025
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Cross-compiler/assembler: Calypsi 5.9
"Calypsi" is a collection of compilers and assemblers that run under Windows, Linux and macOS and can generate code for various retro platforms - 6502 and 68000 processors are supported, among others. Although the project is hosted on Github, the source code is not freely available and use of the tools is only permitted for private purposes. Changes in version 5.9:
- Addsupport for 68060 by omitting instructions not present on this variant. This includes 64-bit divide and multiply,movep, chk2, cmp2, cas2andcas`. A separate set of 68060 libraries is now included.
- Parameter numbering in inline assembly now correctly starts the input list with %0 when there is no output.
- Correct a code generator bug that could occur in some situations when a register variable was used twice in the same expression.
- 6502: Incorrect offset could be used for calculations being made of an argument to a function call. There were a series of conditions for this. 1) There were other byte sized arguments stored in the zero page area later in the argument list; 2) The expression calculation accessed a local variable on the simulated C stack; and 3) Typically the expression called a library routine such as divide and multiply. In such situation the access to the local variable on the C stack could be accessed at the wrong offset.
- MEGA65: Fixed an internal error with banked function pointers used as initializers.
- Some code generator improvements to 6502 and MEGA65.
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06.Mar.2025
Amiga 40th Silicon Valley Organisatoren (ANF)
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Event: Further details on "Amiga 40th Anniversary" at VCF West
The "Amiga 40th anniversary" event in Silicon Valley (California) announced in December is now described in more detail by the organizers of the "Vintage Computer Festival West" in a press release. Among other things, an exhibition with "unique historical artifacts from the collection of Dale Luck" and "current innovations from the Amiga community" is announced. There will also be a series of Amiga-focused presentations, but no details have yet been announced.
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06.Mar.2025
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Antivirus software: xvs.library version 33.48
Georg Wittmann provides version 33.48 of the external virus scanner library xvs.library. Changes since the last release:
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06.Mar.2025
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Multiplatform emulator: Clock Signal 2025-03-05 (macOS, Linux)
Thomas Harte's "Clock Signal" is a multiplatform emulator for macOS and Unix-compatible systems, which aims to protect the user from the typical configuration orgies and to enable the user (quote) "to start classic software directly". In addition to various 8- and 16-bit systems, the Amiga is also emulated. In version 2025-03-05, a bug was fixed that could lead to a crash under macOS when creating a new virtual machine.
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06.Mar.2025
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AmigaOS 4: SDL 3.2.8
Version 3.2.8 of the multimedia library SDL is now available, which brings the following platform-specific innovations:
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06.Mar.2025
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Linux: Kernel 6.12.17 LTS for X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.12.17 LTS ("long-term support"), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. Newly added is the support for Renesas xHCI controllers with firmware, in return Kexec is no longer supported on the X1000, KVM is temporarily disabled on the X5000.
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06.Mar.2025
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.48
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.99, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial.
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