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Archive 10/2024

`25.Oct.2024` Seiya (ANF)	PDF magazine: REV'n'GE! 163 (Italian/English) The PDF magazine REV'n'GE! ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in both the Italian original and an English translation (right-hand side). The current issue 163 also contains three reviews of Amiga titles: the classic "Crystal Dragon", the new release "Dr. Dangerous" and the CDTV title "Gardenfax: Trees & Shrubs". (nba) [News message: 25. Oct. 2024, 11:33] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`25.Oct.2024`	Emulator: Denise v2.4 Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independant emulator which since version 2.0 can emulate an Amiga 500 and Amiga 1000 (Kickstart disks are required) in addition to a C64 (German YouTube video). Numerous amiga-specific changes have been made since our last report on version 2.21: among other things, emulation has been improved, especially the disk drive, and a 4-player adapter is now supported. Detailed changes: Version 2.4 support macOS Metal graphics driver with shaders added Cocoa as a keyboard driver for macOS (avoid the system dialog to allow input) added BSD UHID joypad driver, supported on FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD reworked on-screen status messages separated(C64/Amiga) file dialog preview options and moved to Software UI improved openGL shader cache improved handling of shader UI added possibility to assign a different floppy sound profile for external drives Amiga: added new floppy sound profile Amiga: emulate Blitter<>Copper conflict Version 2.3 added RetroArch Shader support Amiga: improved emulation, especially the disk drive Amiga: emulated Bitplane <> Refresh conflicts Amiga: Final Fight Enhanced supported by temporary option to fake ECS Denise Amiga: written floppy disks are now saved in a second file (this does not apply to uncompressed ADF (don't worry, emulator asks if ADF can be changed) Amiga: added 4-player adapter Amiga: added copy protection dongle support fixed a bug not finishing Drag'n'Drop in Linux GTK fixed some OSX bugs/crashes [looking for tester] improved mouse capture handling for all OSes UI changes (volume slider has moved to status bar, added option to capture pointer by left mouse button) changed BuildSystem to CMAKE added Linux/BSD XCB input driver for keyboard/mouse improved GTK window resizing in some desktop environments Version 2.2 added D3D11 driver added italian translation (thanks to Luigi) added an option to rotate the screen (90°/180°/270°) added an option to force a single instance when opening another instance from frontend loader or file explorer fixed Amiga basic volume (louder) added a more easy way to set stereo separation (Audio -> DSP) Denise is available cross platform for Windows 32/64 XP and higher, macOS (from version 10.9 on, Intel and Arm) and Linux (Ubuntu). (dr) [News message: 25. Oct. 2024, 09:03] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`24.Oct.2024`	PDF document: The Amiga 500 beginner's guide (German) In a 46-page German PDF document, Patrick Schwedt has written both his personal Amiga story and, above all, lots of tips and hints for those who have bought an Amiga 500 for the first time or after a long time. There are chapters on drives, memory expansions, turbo cards, operating systems, mice and software, among other things. (dr) [News message: 24. Oct. 2024, 22:39] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`24.Oct.2024` Mastodon	Arananet: Accelerator Trinity 1240-60 can be pre-ordered After four years of development and extensive testing, "best accelerator ever built for the Amiga A1200" has been finalised. The Trinity 1240-60 supports 68040-68060 CPUs and is compatible with all A1200 revisions. According to the developer, great care has been taken to optimise access to the chip memory, regardless of whether it is equipped with a 68040 or 68060 processor. It can now be pre-ordered for 369 euros. According to the developers, numerous tests were carried out in which the Trinity was compared with the Blizzard 1260. The Trinity performed better in all the demos tested. The Trinity can be used with any MC68060/040 CPU (EC, LC or Full). When using a 68040 processor with 25MHz, please note that the Trinity automatically overclocks it to 33MHz. The use of a heat sink is recommended. The exact specifications: 128MB SDRAM Fast memory Optimized chip memory access at any CPU clock speed 68040/68060 compatible (via jumper) Onboard I2S 16-bit stereo sound card compatible with AHI Includes a 3.5mm jack Paula PassThrough Software interface for changing speed (MHz) Expansion connector for future upgrades Compatible with any A1200 motherboard revision Compatible with PCMCIA Compatible with Kickstart 3.1 (recommended 3.1.4 / 3.2) Black PCB color on this batch Fits in your old or new old stock A1200 case!!! A1100 friendly, of course. (dr) [News message: 24. Oct. 2024, 21:32] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`24.Oct.2024`	Blog: Different versions of Amiga Topaz font In his latest article, Alexander 'Losso' Grupe, member of the demo group AttentionWhore, reports on his journey of discovery regarding the different Amiga Topaz fonts of the respective Kickstart ROMs: while browsing through Cloanto's collection of Kickstart ROMs and looking at the screenshots, he noticed that Topaz font of the Kickstart intermediate version 1.4 Alpha 18 was already a sans serif, but would not look quite like the 2.0 version of Topaz. Incidentally, when trying to load the Workbench under Kickstart 1.4, he discovered that a green "Recoverable Alert" with a "Guru Meditation" message appeared. (dr) [News message: 24. Oct. 2024, 04:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`24.Oct.2024`	Blog: Installing a TF1260 Under the title link, Didier Malenfant describes his findings and experiences with the installation of a TerribleFire 1260 turbo card (see also turbo card comparison (German)). The article will be continuously updated. (dr) [News message: 24. Oct. 2024, 04:01] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`23.Oct.2024`	Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.21 Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks. Version 1.21 of the Greaseweazle Tools provides the following changes: micropolis: Codec for Micropolis hard-sectored MFM disks gw reset: By default do not reset configured "gw delays" Fix setup.py installation: Require bitarray earlier than v3 (dr) [News message: 23. Oct. 2024, 22:26] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`23.Oct.2024` GitHub	Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.18 (AmigaOS 3/4) Version 5.18 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version 3.4.0 (22.10.2024) of OpenSSL. Changes: Switched to OpenSSL 3.4, with full compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 3.4.0 (22.10.2024) version, which includes new features, improvements and bug fixes. Updated root certificates to latest Mozilla-based bundle, dated 24.9.2024. Downloads: AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.18-OS3.lha (3,8 MB) AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.18-OS4.lha (3,46 MB) SDK: AmiSSL-5.18-SDK.lha (2,4 MB) (dr) [News message: 23. Oct. 2024, 21:37] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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