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11.Mar.2024
Alfred Faust (ANF)


MIDI sequencer: BarsnPipes for AROS
Now that AROS developer Franck Charlet has published a driver for the MIDI system 'camd.library' that closes the gap between camd.library and Poseidon's camdusbmidi.class (amiga-news.de reported), Alfred Faust made good on his promise to finish the suspended AROS port of the MIDI sequencer BarsnPipes and adapt it to this new environment. (cg)

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11.Mar.2024



Event: AmiWest 2024 (25.-27. October in Sacramento, USA)
The organisers have announced that the 27th AmiWest show will take place as usual at the Holiday Inn Express in Sacramento, California, from 25 to 27 October 2024. Further information will be published in near future. (dr)

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11.Mar.2024



Editor: Lite XL 2.1.3r1 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS
George 'walkero' Sokianos has released version 2.1.3r1 of the editor Lite XL for AmigaOS 4 (OS4Depot link) and MorphOS. The developer has introduced a new feature in LiteXL that allows switching between ISO and Unicode files while preserving the text. Users can also enter any text in their own language, including umlauts. All changes: more ... (dr)

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11.Mar.2024



Blog Epsilon's World: AmigaOne A1222, part 1
This time, Epsilon devotes himself to the A1222 Plus, which has been officially available since the end of last week (amiga-news.de reported), in his usual detail and with numerous pictures. As a beta tester, he has been working with the system since 2016 and introduces the programs and tools supplied with AmigaOS 4 in the first part. He also gives his personal buying advice for people who want to buy an A1222 or Sam460LE. (dr)

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11.Mar.2024



Video: Internet-enabled without PlipBox adapter
In his last video, Robert Smith showed how he builds his own PlipBox adapter for his Amiga 2000 in order to make the Amiga Internet-capable with its help. In the current video this adapter is removed again, but surprisingly the Amiga can still access the Internet. He then explains why. (dr)

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11.Mar.2024



Puzzle game: AmiWordle 1.1
Following conversions of the puzzle letter game Wordle by Robert Smith in AMOS and Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow in Pascal, 'Macetze' has now named his version AmiWordle and written it with Blitz Basic. It can be played with German and English words. (dr)

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11.Mar.2024



Turn-based strategy game: Demo version of "Ecliptic"
Ecliptic is described by the author as a mixture of turn-based tactical combat and role-playing. Visually, it is reminiscent of the retro-futuristic science fiction of the 1970s and 1980s. The player's task is to regain control of a spaceship drifting in space and occupied by aliens. A first demo has now been released.

The game is currently under development and has no sound at the moment. It requires 1MB RAM, recommended is an Amiga 1200 with HD and Fast RAM. (dr)

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11.Mar.2024
Glames (BOING)


Boing Attitude: Interview with Ján Zahurančík (AmiKit)
Boing Attitude published the seventh issue of the French print magazine "BOING" in October 2023. Among other things, it included an interview with Ján Zahurančík, the publisher of the workbench distribution AmiKit XE, which is now publicly available at the title link. (dr)

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11.Mar.2024



Arcade port: Moon Patrol
Jean-Francois 'jotd' Fabre has released another arcade classic for the Amiga: in Moon Patrol, the player controls a moon car with which he has to avoid obstacles such as craters or mines (YouTube video). You are also attacked by UFOs and tanks at the same time. Moon Patrol was one of the first video games to introduce side-scrolling into the gameplay. (dr)

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10.Mar.2024
Amiga Future (website)


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: more ... (snx)

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10.Mar.2024
Amiga Future (website)


Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 28
Issue 28 of the British magazine "Amiga Addict" will be published on March 21. The lead article is about the multimedia program Scala.

Amiga Addict is published monthly and is available as a single issue or as a subscription, either in printed form or as a PDF file. (snx)

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10.Mar.2024
Amigaworld.net (website)


Italian Print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 18
Issue 18 of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga", which consists of 48 colour pages and is available either in printed form or as a PDF file, contains the following topics: more ... (snx)

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10.Mar.2024



Zoom meeting: Chris Hülsbeck guest at the Toronto Users Group
The next meeting of the Canadian Amiga users of the Toronto Users Group on March 21 will only take place online via Zoom - but with a prominent guest, the musician Chris Huelsbeck. The access data for participation can be found at the title link. (snx)

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10.Mar.2024
Micromiga.com (ANF)


Amiga 500 case available in stores
The licensed new Amiga 500 case from A1200.net is now also available in stores. So far only the French dealer MicroMiga is known to us (see title link), should other suppliers also stock it, this news-item will be updated.
more ... (snx)

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10.Mar.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Amiga Future: New full versions online
Further full versions of Amiga games have been added to Amiga Future's download area: Jonathan and The Puzzle Gallery: At the Carnival.

A lot of further games, which are also marked as being new, are just re-uploads. (snx)

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10.Mar.2024



Aminet uploads until 09.03.2024
The following files have been added until 09.03.2024 to Aminet:
more ... (snx)

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10.Mar.2024



OS4Depot uploads until 09.03.2024
The following files have been added until 09.03.2024 to OS4Depot:
more ... (snx)

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10.Mar.2024



AROS Archives uploads until 09.03.2024
The following files have been added until 09.03.2024 to AROS-Archiven:
more ... (snx)

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10.Mar.2024



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 09.03.2024
The following files have been added until 09.03.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
more ... (snx)

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10.Mar.2024



WHDLoad: New installers until 09.03.2024
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 09.03.2024: more ... (snx)

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10.Mar.2024
Dietmar Planitzer (Mail)


Operating system for Amiga 3000/4000: First alpha version of "Serena OS"
At the end of 2022, we reported on the start of Dietmar Planitzer's project to write "Apollo", an experimental operating system for the Amiga 3000/4000. After another status update at the end of last year, the developer has now renamed his project "Serena OS" and released a first alpha version, about which he kindly wrote us the following: more ... (dr)

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09.Mar.2024



Amiga E Compiler: E-VO 3.7.0
E-VO Amiga E Compiler is a derivative of the original Amiga E compiler written by Wouter van Oortmerssen. It adds many new features, bug fixes and optimisations including object UNIONs, string merging, non word-aligned objects and many more (amiga-news.de reported). more ... (dr)

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09.Mar.2024
Amiga Kit


Amiga Kit: ARM Graphics library for A600GS computer
Press release: AmigaKit Ltd is pleased to announce an important software development for the forthcoming A600GS computer system (amiga-news.de reported). The new ARM Graphics Library is pre-installed accelerating the performance of AmiBench and 68K applications.

The ARMgraphics.library was created by AmigaKit's in- house developer to bypass the bottleneck of the 68K graphics functions. It accelerates graphics rendering performance in applications.

AmiBench is pre-installed on the A600GS computer system. It opens the desktop environment in high resolution 1080p with True Colour icons. Now it can use the new ARM Graphics Library for various purposes including faster rendering of windows, icons and backgrounds.

Third party developers can take advantage of this library by using it's powerful functions from their 68K application. It also offers an opportunity for 68K games developers to enhance their games with faster graphics rendering.

The library provides a link between 68K programs and the native ARM processor. Further work is underway to patch 68K system graphics functions so older applications that are not written to use the ARM Graphics Library can benefit.

AmigaKit has developed AK-Datatypes, Picture Datatype and Datatypes Library over the many years for the Enhancer Software on X5000, X1000 and A1222+. These have been compiled for 68K to run on the A600GS, In addition these system components can also be accelerated by the ARM Graphics Library for extra performance.

The A600GS computer system is due for launch in the second quarter of 2024. (dr)

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09.Mar.2024



Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.4.3 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and AmigaOS 4.1. Changes of version 1.4.3: more ... (dr)

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08.Mar.2024



Crowdfunding: Book "The Graftgold Story"
"Fusion Retro Books" has launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance a book about the video game company Graftgold, which is responsible for Amiga classics such as Fire and Ice or Uridium 2, among others. The campaign is still running for 13 days, and around 14,300 of the required 17,551 euros have already been raised. (dr)

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08.Mar.2024



Preview video: Platform game "Deathmine" (V0.05C)
In the middle of last year, we reported on an early version of the game "Deathmine" as an entry for the Amiga Blitz Basic Jam. At the end of October, the developer 'pixelplop' had converted the game into C/C++ code and has now published a new preview video, showing the following new features and changes:
  • The flame on the HUD lantern gets smaller as the lantern oil depletes.
  • The map graphics slowly get darker as the lantern oil depletes.
  • Changed the throwable flares to dynamite.
  • Added dynamite sticks to the HUD so you can see how many you are carrying.
  • When the dynamite explodes it briefly lights up the screen revealing the map.
  • Added an Oil can and Dynamite pickup.
  • When you die you leave a grave stone behind as a permanent marker.
  • Hardware sprites now clip correctly with the top of the screen.
  • Hardware sprite data fixed so it ends in a blank line which prevents glitches.
  • Added sfx for the toxic drip and other misc sfx.
  • Improved character movement.
  • Improved character collision and ladder logic.
(dr)

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07.Mar.2024



SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware v2024.03.07
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2024.03.07: more ... (dr)

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07.Mar.2024



A1222 Plus: Production finished, available in shop
AAA Technology, a joint venture between Amedia France, A-Eon Technology and AmigaKit in co-operation with ACube Systems, informs us that the production and subsequent testing of the A1222-Plus boards (formerly "Tabor") has been completed and can now be ordered via the title link:

In addition to the board from ¤1,199.00, a complete system is also available for ¤1,599.00. Around 80% of all participants in A-EON's "Early Adopter" programme have already been contacted within the last three months, and the rest are now gradually following suit. Potential buyers are recommended to read Eldee Stephens The QuickStart Guide for New A1222+ Users (amiga-news.de reported), which is still being updated. (dr)

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07.Mar.2024



PDF magazine: Commodore Free, issue 98
After a break of more than six years, the English-language PDF magazine "Commodore Free" returned at the end of November (amiga-news.de reported). The latest issue 98 offers, among other things, a brief overview of the history of Commodore. (dr)

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07.Mar.2024



Tool: Consumer 1.0 shows memory consumption
lifeschool' wanted to find out how much memory its recently released game prototype Dizzy 1 consumes and has written the "Consumer" tool for this purpose. Among other things, this is intended to enable developers to estimate the system requirements for newly written software.

The results are printed on the screen and also saved in a text file on S:. Kickstart 3.0+ is required. (dr)

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07.Mar.2024



Cross development: amitools 0.8.0 for macOS
Christian Vogelgsang has published amitools, a collection of Python 3 tools that should make it possible to work with Amiga OS binaries and files on macOS and all other *nix-like platforms that support Python. The author has not tested it on Windows, but it should work just as well.

The developer focusses his tools on classic Amiga setups, i.e. a 680x0-based system running Amiga OS 1.x - 3.x. However, as this is an open project, other Amiga configurations can also be supported. However, as this is an open project, other Amiga configurations can also be supported. The tools are mostly developer orientated, so a background in Amiga programming will be very helpful. A documentation is available on GitHub.

Now the new version 0.8.0 is available. (dr)

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05.Mar.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 167
The English and German issue 167 (March/April 2024) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.

Content of the current issue includes, besides various reviews, a show report from Passione Amiga Day 2023, an interview with Michael Kafke (ASM game) and a preview of Jari-Matti Rally. (snx)

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05.Mar.2024



Developer log: Amiga Isometric Scrolling
Nivrig Games is working on porting an isometric arcade adventure game to Amiga. Under the title link a corresponding developer log was published (YouTube video). (dr)

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05.Mar.2024



Creating Amiga Reaction GUIs: ReBuild v1.1.0
In mid-November, we introduced Darren 'dmcoles' Cole's "ReBuild" in detail, which is intended to make it possible to create graphical user interfaces for ReAction, the evolution of ClassAct (for example EmptyADF). Changes of version 1.1.0:
  • Creating a virtual gadget could cause crashes (due to a bug in the version of E-VO used to compile 1.0.0)
  • About dialog changed 'Rebuilder' To 'Rebuild'
  • Loading a bitmap with no image selected reported an incorrect error
  • Added option to generate code that does not use macros in the object definitions (for better GCC compatibility).
  • add GA_TabCycle property to click tab
  • code generated for fuel gauge now uses GA_Text instead child label
  • fuel gauge used incorrect default number of ticks
  • GetScreenMode did not include child label in generated code
  • Glyph did not include child label in generated code
  • Glyph used incorrect default type
  • Added USEMACROS tooltype
  • Sketchboard was missing many of the settings in the generated code
  • SizeBRight and SizeBBottom did not work correctly in preview window
Download: Rebuild1.1.0.lha (160 KB) (dr)

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04.Mar.2024
Sven Scheele (ANF)


Event: Interface XXXVII in Kiel (germany) on 16.03.2024
Press release: On Saturday, March 16, 2024, the first "Interface" in 2024 will take place in Schwentinental near Kiel, Germany. This will be the 37th edition of the retro computer get-together. As always, the organizers are the Vintage Computer Club (VCC), the Amiga Club Schleswig-Holstein (ACSH) and the Computer Club Klausdorf (CCK).
more ... (snx)

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