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Archive 12/2024

09.Dec.2024 Blog: Restoration of an Amiga 2000 (parts 1 and 2)
Andrew 'LinuxJedi' Hutching had recently purchased an Amiga 2000 for £350 which was in an unknown condition but contained many upgrades. The aim of his restoration is to get the motherboard working in the first part and to continue working on it in the second part. (dr)

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09.Dec.2024

Internet radio: TuneFinder 1.3a (update)
Marcin Spoczynski's TuneFinder enables users to search internet radio stations with various filter options. Results are displayed in a list with detailed station information, and the app includes options to save selections as either a complete PLS playlist for playing them via AmigaAMP directly from within Tunefinder or as individual station files (amiga-news.de reported). Version 1.3 provides the following changes:

Users can now select a program (AmigaAMP) to launch together with TuneFinder
Added favorites management system
Added iconification support
Added list content preservation during iconification
Added window position persistence
Added functionality to save last used country and codec on exit
Added French translation (Eric 'Tarinz' LUCZYSZYN)
Bug fixes and UI improvements

Update: (10.12.2024, 06:04, dr)

Version 1.3a is now available, which adds Iconify AmigaAMP on start to automatically minimize AmigaAMP.

Download: TuneFinder.lha (79 KB) (dr)

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09.Dec.2024

AROS: Sound editor ProTrekkr 2.7.5
ProTrekkr is a tracker program that combines a software synthesizer with a traditional sample tracker. It can mainly be used to create electronic music (such as psytrance, trance, goa, hard acid, IDM, chip, techno, jungle, etc.) for small intros, demos or games. Version 2.7.5 has now been released for AROS (and other systems). Changes:

Sample editor tries to keep loop information intact whenever possible.
Synth distortion can now have positive or negative values.
Synth ENV 1 & 2 can be directed to drive synth distortion.
Synth LVO 1 & 2 can be directed to drive synth distortion as well.
Removed broken instruments and presets from distribution.
Fixed a couple of bugs here and there.
Added replay routine support for AROS.
Added global stereo VU meters view for each channel.

Download: ptk_v2.7.5_aros_x86.zip (12 MB) (dr)

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08.Dec.2024

Aminet uploads until 07.12.2024
The following files have been added until 07.12.2024 to Aminet:

eTIN.lha                 biz/misc   1K        German eTIN and Leitweg-ID en...
DiskCopier.lha           disk/bakup 13K   68k Simple 2024 floppy disk copier
anaiis.lha               driver/oth 250K  68k ANAIIS USB Stack Release 1.24
anaiis_boot.lha          driver/oth 271K  68k ANAIIS USB Boot disk Release ...
g17demo_68k_and_wos.lha  game/demo  355M  68k Demo version of Gorky 17
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha    gfx/fract  35M   OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   9.2M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   9.5M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   10M   OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   3.8M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
DevilsTorture.lha        mods/misc  1.3M      16bit 4ch Amiga Doom Metal by...
Protrekkr_AROS_i386.zip  mus/edit   12M   x86 Tracker/Synth hybrid Program
IMP_GI.lha               pix/gicon  6K        GlowIcon for IMP

(snx)

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08.Dec.2024

OS4Depot uploads until 07.12.2024
The following files have been added until 07.12.2024 to OS4Depot:

amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 10Mb  4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mgba.lha                 emu/gam 4Mb   4.1 GB/GBC/GBA Emulator
roguefootballcardgame... gam/car 6Mb   4.0 Card game by AmiGameJam
jfduke3d.lha             gam/fps 119Mb 4.1 JonoF's Duke Nukem 3D Port
prboom-plus.lha          gam/fps 15Mb  4.1 An improvement on id Software�...
processactionreply.lha   gam/uti 615kb 4.0 fun hack, works like action repl...
iff-converter.lha        gra/con 1Mb   4.0 Convert images into raw format.
flashmandelng.lha        gra/mis 35Mb  4.1 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
litexl.lha               uti/tex 2Mb   4.1 A lightweight text editor writte...

(snx)

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08.Dec.2024

AROS Archives uploads until 07.12.2024
The following files have been added until 07.12.2024 to AROS Archives:

protrekkr.i386-aros.zip      aud/tra 12Mb  Tracker/Synth hybrid Program

(snx)

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08.Dec.2024

MorphOS-Storage uploads until 07.12.2024
The following files have been added until 07.12.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:

AmiArcadia_33.70.lha      Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
PacMan-SDL_1.0.lha        Games/Action              Port of PacMan-SDL
NetPuzzleArena_1.0.lha    Games/Think               Port of NetPuzzleArena ...
SacrificioPagano_3.00.lha Misc                      A special app to people...
Iris_1.45.lha             MorphOS-update            Iris, the MorphOS email...
Lite-XL_2.1.6r1.lha       Text/Edit                 Lite XL is a lightweigh...

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08.Dec.2024

WHDLoad: Version 19.1 and new installers until 07.12.2024
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.

Version 19.1, which has been released meanwhile, can check for code now that possibly triggers a hardware bug caused by accessing custom.copjmp1/2 while blitter is active.

The following installers have been added until 07.12.2024:

2024-12-06 fixed: Buck Rogers (TSR) added missing assign (Info)
2024-12-06 new: Dungeonette - The New Adventure (Mutation Software) done by Psygore (Info, Image)
2024-12-04 updated: Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer 2.0 (Eldrich the Cat) startup hang fixed, self modifying code removed, 68000 quit key, uses real files, blitter waits added (Info)
2024-12-03 improved: Enchanted Land (Thalion) adapted for whdload v19, fixed a crash when fighting first boss (Info)

(snx)

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08.Dec.2024

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:

Xenophobe [feat. Necropolo] (Encore64 V2)
Echoing Genos Edition
Saman Kar Tanesii

(snx)

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08.Dec.2024
discord (ANF) AMOS game with source code: Sybil - Halloween Defender
The game "Sybil: Halloween Defender" (video) is inspired by the classic game Defender. Here you control Sybil, a friendly witch who lives on the edge of the forest and is viewed with suspicion by the inhabitants of the nearby village. But every year on Halloween, when the barrier between the earthly and spirit worlds is at its thinnest and evil creatures emerge from the underworld, Sybil flies out on her enchanted broom with her spell book to keep them at bay.

The game is free and the available source code is intended as a learning aid for budding AMOS Basic Pro programmers to help them write more Amiga games.

Download: Sybil.adf (880 Kb) (snx)

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08.Dec.2024
memo via discord (ANF) Event: Video announcing Amiga40 (German)
As announced via a German video at the title link, the "Amiga40" event will take place from October 17 to 19, 2025, again at the "Kunstwerk" in Mönchengladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). While the program is still being worked out, it is at least certain that the previous limit of a maximum of 850 visitors can be increased this time, so that around 1000 participants are envisaged. (snx)

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08.Dec.2024 Self-built disk archiver based on Raspberry Pi
The website "Tom's Hardware" reports at the title link about a project by Graham Tinkers. He was faced with the task of archiving his 800 Amiga disks and built a disk archiver from a Raspberry Pi 3B, an old disk duplicator, a camera and Greazeweasel, which saves them as an ADF file to a USB device with an accompanying photo of the disk (video). (snx)

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08.Dec.2024 Workbench 1.3: A list of enhancing software
Following his AmigaNOS tutorial, Hungarian software engineer 'neongod' has published a list of software at the title link to enhance Workbench 1.3. (snx)

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08.Dec.2024 Diskmag: Versus #10 (update)
Issue 10 of Versus, the diskmag of the demoscene groups Nukleus and Void, which contains the Amiga demoscene charts, has been published at the title link.

Update: (10.12.2024, 22:04, dr)

In the meantime, a version for AmigaOS 4 is also available on OS4Depot. (snx)

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07.Dec.2024

Commercial action RPG: Dungeonette - The New Adventure (AGA/CD32) available
Adrian Cummings' action RPG "Dungeonette - The New Adventure" (video) is now available. A boxed edition - a DVD case containing a CD32-compatible CD, printed manual, USB stick with ADF files and two disk labels - is being sold on ebay UK for just under 36 euros plus postage, while the purely digital edition is available from etsy.com for 18.80 euros.

Dungeonette - The New Adventure runs on any AGA-Amiga, compatibility with THEA500 Mini, A600GS and WinUAE has also been ensured by the developer. On faster systems there may be occasional speed problems, for these cases the Dungeonette WHDLoad patch is recommended. (cg)

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07.Dec.2024 Coding workshop: A500 programming at hardware level - A Sprite Rendering Engine
The eighth part of Michael Martin's course on hardware-level A500 programming is about sprites again: "A Sprite Rendering Engine" explains the interaction of the sprites created in the last episode with other elements of the graphics hardware. (cg)

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07.Dec.2024

Web tool: Worms DC Asset Editor
Alexander Groupe's Worms DC Asset Editor is a web-based replacement for the "WormPrefs" tool from Worms: Director's Cut. The tool was inspired by the announced update for Worms DC, which will soon celebrate it's 30th birthday.

The Asset Editor can now do everything that the original WormPrefs could do, including:

Import of existing Worms DC assets
Export of WRM16 (custom level), MNT (mountains) and DIY (landscape) files
Import of level/mountain/landscape images as IFFs
Interactive palette adjustments
Previews of everything

For his editor, the author first had to reverse engineer and document all custom file formats used in Worms. Talking to amiga-news.de, Grupe spoke of a "reverse engineering odyssey" in which his low-level assembler experience was very useful. Three bytes are still "unsolved", otherwise all questions about the file format have been answered - including problems such as "is this the height, only shifted 6 bits to the left?" and "this must be a BLTSIZE specification?". (cg)

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07.Dec.2024 Text adventure: Morning Panic
Written in Amiga-E, "Morning Panic" is the first text adventure by Moya 'Cammy' Jackie. Described by the author as a " small and simple text adventure", the title requires at least Kickstart 2.0. (cg)

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07.Dec.2024

Linux: Kernel 6.12.2 LTS for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.12.2, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. This release has been given "LTS" status ("Long Term Support") by the Linux team and will be provided with updates until at least the end of 2026. Compared to the previous version, two minor bugs have been fixed:

drm/radeon: Fix spurious unplug event on radeon HDMI
KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix kmv -> kvm typo

(cg)

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