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Archive 12/2024

`21.Dec.2024` Andreas Magerl (ANF)	Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 172 - preview and reading samples The reading samples and preview of issue 172 (January/February 2025) of Amiga Future are now online. The issue features the following topics, among others: Interview Macro System Part 2 Show report Amiga Meeting 2024 Preview AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3 Knowledge 5: Fast scaling of bitmaps Developer Log: Settle the World RAM-modules Demoscene Dungeonette Tales of Evil Neon Noir Halloween X 2 Tiny Cowboys Fast Food Dizzy Beyond the screen: The history of RPGs on the Amiga VASM ADF Blitzer AmiKit for Rasberry Amiga 600gs The editors ask all Amiga Future subscribers to check whether the publisher has their current postal address and e-mail address. The Amiga Future is already packed and sent out a few days before the publication date, so any changes to your address should be communicated as soon as possible. (cg) [News message: 21. Dec. 2024, 23:57] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Dec.2024`	Programming Course: A500 Programming - Finishing the Shooting Gallery Project In the ninth part of Michael Martin's course on hardware-oriented A500 programming, the sample project is completed: In "Finishing the Shooting Gallery Project”, the project is expanded to display more than one shot from the player at a time. (cg) [News message: 21. Dec. 2024, 23:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Dec.2024`	AmigaOS 4: File manager Dir Me Up 4.10 "Dir Me Up" tries to emulate the approach of modern file managers on AmigaOS 4. The update to version 4.10 includes a preview for text documents using UTF8 and UTF16 encoding and displays ID3 tags of selected MP3 files (including cover images). There are also updated translations, additional predefined file types and minor bug fixes. The update is available free of charge to all registered customers, others can download a free demo version or purchase the full version for 20 euros. (cg) [News message: 21. Dec. 2024, 23:50] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Dec.2024` Trevor Dickinson	Trevor's Blog: Another one bites the Dust! Trevor Dickinson from A-EON Technology published a new article in his "Trevor's Blog" yesterday. In it he gives an outlook on the numerous Amiga events already announced for the coming year, but also looks back on this year's Amiga meetings. He also announces a new batch of "A1222 Plus" boards. He wrote: "In other good news, with the A1222 Plus selling relatively well, A-EON and AAA Technology have commissioned another batch of motherboards. The deposit has been paid, and production is underway, with delivery expected in the early New Year." (dr) [News message: 20. Dec. 2024, 06:16] [Comments: 1 - 20. Dec. 2024, 16:37] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Dec.2024`	Sokoban variant: Ami Robbo 2, Physical Edition A "Physical Edition" of the Sokoban variant Ami Robbo 2 (video) released in the summer is available from the Polish magazine "Komoda & Amiga plus". For 28 euros (including tax) you get a "sturdy", presumably unprinted box with a "sleeve" in the "Ami Robbo 2" design, a postcard on the back of which the level passwords can be entered, a sticker, a printed manual (English, German, Polish) and two disks: one for the actual game, the other for the level editor. (cg) [News message: 19. Dec. 2024, 21:31] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Dec.2024` Andreas Magerl (ANF)	German print magazine: ASM (Aktueller Software Markt), issue 12/24 Press release: After the great success of the german ASM revival issue 3/23, the editorial team is now upping the ante: this year's issue of german ASM ("Aktueller Software Markt"), number 12/24, has now been published and can now be ordered from amigashop.org. The current magazine offers a comprehensive overview of the new retro releases from summer 2023 to autumn 2024, taking into account the classic computer systems from A for Amiga to Z for ZX Spectrum, in over 40 tests for a total of 12 different computer systems. What else is there in the new edition of ASM? Manfred Kleimann didn't miss the opportunity to write the foreword again - he also fought the Great London Fire of 1666 again, while Martina Strack helped the lemmings again after 30 years and Klaus 'Cruiser' set sail on the Paradroid deck cleaned up. Big thanks also go to Torsten Oppermann, who met with Chris Hülsbeck and Julian Eggebrecht for ASM to talk about old and new times and let us share in them. Clem Chambers, head of the famous software company CRL, talks about what it was like to run a software company in the 80s and what he did afterwards. Michael Kafke tells us pretty much everything about the ASM adventure, Stefan Vogt chats about the details and introduces us to Hibernated 2 (while we take a closer look at his masterpiece "The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor"). The reader survey from the last issue will be resolved, there will be a programming competition (again...) and one or two surprises. And of course all the sections from the last issue are back on board, as is Donald Bug, who is letting go of all his clothes this time... (cg) [News message: 19. Dec. 2024, 19:17] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Dec.2024` Scene World Podcast (ANF)	Scene World Podcast Episode #204 - ScummVM with Eugene Sandulenko In the 204th edition of the "Scene World" podcast, the team welcomes Eugene Sandulenko as a guest - one of the project leaders of ScummVM, the virtual engine for numerous classic adventure and role-playing games. The interview starts about 30 minutes into the recording. (cg) [News message: 19. Dec. 2024, 15:01] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`19.Dec.2024`	Universal PCI driver system: OpenPCI 11.2 Thomas 'Thor' Richter's universal PCI driver system "OpenPCI" supports without recourse to the software of the respective manufacturer all known PCI solutions for the Amiga. The current version includes the following changes: GetBoardAttrs() and SetBoardAttrs() could loop forever on unknown tags, the end marker for the known tags was incorrect. The PCI BAR register parser did not compute the parity correctly for some boards. Two new tags were added for GetBoardAttr(), namely PRM_PCIMemWindowLow and PRM_PCIMemWindowHigh, which provide the PCI address range available for a device at config time, or the PCI address range a device is mapped into later. These are PCI addresses, not 68K addresses. SetBoardAttr() can now write PRM_MemorySizeX and PRM_MemoryFlagsX at config time to dynamically size PCI devices. This is useful for tools called from within the PCI-Configuration file. Fixed a missing register initialization when unloading tools from LIBS:PCI. Added example source code for an init tool for sizing PCI devices dynamically. Fixed the description of the autoconf vendor IDs in the autodoc file. (cg) [News message: 19. Dec. 2024, 14:55] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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