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Archive 07/2025

`16.Jul.2025` lifeschool (Blog)	Graphic Designer 0.1e (pre-alpha demo) Graphic Designer is neither a painting program nor a desktop publishing or presentation application, but uses individual approaches from these by enabling the design of images by combining elements in currently up to twelve layers, which can then be saved as an IFF image file (or updatable project). These permanently freely placeable elements can be images, brushes, text or image overlays and brush stamps. However, all image elements must already use the same palette; an automatic adjustment is not planned. (snx) [News message: 16. Jul. 2025, 07:47] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Jul.2025` Rastport	IFFChunkTool IFFChunkTool is a command line tool for editing IFF files in relation to individual data segments, be it images, catalog files or 8SVX audio files. Thus for example samples can be extracted from the latter or the author can be replaced in catalog files or the palette of an image can be replaced. It is primarily intended for automated processing. Supported are files in IFF FORM format only, the program requires AmigaOS 3.x. (snx) [News message: 16. Jul. 2025, 07:47] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Jul.2025`	Development tool: vasm 2.0c Frank Wille has updated vasm, a portable assembler for numerous CPUs with various syntax and output modules. A list of the changes in version 2.0c can be found at the title link. (snx) [News message: 16. Jul. 2025, 07:47] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Jul.2025`	Blog: Installation of NetBSD and Debian Linux on an Amiga 4000 NetBSD and Linux are known to also run on the Amiga. How they are installed on an Amiga 4000 today, Sander van der Burg describes in two entries of his blog for Debian 3.1 and NetBSD 10.1. (snx) [News message: 16. Jul. 2025, 07:47] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Jul.2025`	Blog Epsilon's World: AmigaOne A1222 in 2025 In his latest, thoroughly detailed blog entry, Epsilon takes a fresh look at the AmigaOne A1222 - this time focusing on its status in 2025. As a long-time beta tester, he describes his experiences with the final hardware and the current status of AmigaOS 4.1, providing insights into everyday use, performance, and compatibility with various applications and games. He also shows how the system has evolved since the first tests and explains what improvements and limitations buyers can expect today. (nba) [News message: 15. Jul. 2025, 14:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Jul.2025` George Sokianos	auraFly: New tool for focusing using sounds AuraFly is a new tool developed by George Sokianos that helps users focus better, work or study in a more relaxed manner, and create a personal atmosphere of well-being. The program combines up to three natural sounds, such as wind, summer night, campfire, or white noise, to create a customized soundscape. The tool with a graphical user interface is available for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, and AROS and can be downloaded for a voluntary donation. (nba) [News message: 15. Jul. 2025, 13:50] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Jul.2025`	Motorola68k emulation: Emu68 V1.0.5.1 Michal Schulz has released an update to his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 for the ARM architecture, focusing on the PiStorm and PiStorm32lite (amiga-news.de reported). Version 1.0.5.1 offers two important changes, which Michal Schulz writes about: 1. New Firmware for PiStorm32Lite Claude Schwarz has prepared updated firmware for PiStorm32Lite devices, which should work much better in combination with Mediator boards. It has been extensively tested on the hardware we have available and appears to function properly. 2. Improvements Toward Better Networking As many of you know, the current wifipi driver is functional but far from ideal. It lacks country-specific radio settings, limiting channel availability, and only AES WPA-2 works reliably. There are also occasional lock-ups during large data transfers. For a while, I've been saying we need more developers working on hardware drivers - and it's finally happening! A developer from Poland has started working on an Ethernet driver for Pi4/CM4 models, and he's already made excellent progress. Version 1.1 of his emu68-genet driver is now available on GitHub. His driver required a small change in Emu68. He submitted a pull request a while ago, and I've now updated it to make it more broadly compatible. The original patch worked great but conflicted slightly with Pi3 models. Since the Pi3 uses an Ethernet adapter integrated with its onboard USB hub, the Genet driver shouldn't even attempt to run there. I've also applied a similar adjustment for the classic PiStorm (used in A500 and A2000). That said, there's no guarantee it will work, as Pi4 or CM4 compatibility with classic PiStorms varies. If it works for you - consider yourself lucky! (dr) [News message: 14. Jul. 2025, 22:42] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Jul.2025`	User interface for BlueSCSI on Amiga: BlueSCSIUI V1.0 In early 2024, Robert Smith used his DaynaPORT driver to create a SANA II driver for the Amiga based on Lukas F. Hartmann's MNT ZZ9000 network driver and using the BlueScsi v2 WIFI version to enable the Amiga to access the Internet (video, amiga-news.de reported). Now, with version 1.0 of BlueSCSIUI, he has released a user interface for BlueSCSI for AmigaOS 2.0 and higher that supports configuration and diagnosis of the DynaPORT driver. (dr) [News message: 14. Jul. 2025, 06:16] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Jul.2025`	Preview video: AGA port of HyperSports Jean-François 'jotd' Fabre has taken on the porting of Konami's arcade machine Hyper Sports as his next project and presents a first short preview video, still without sound. (dr) [News message: 14. Jul. 2025, 05:53] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Jul.2025`	Mingo's Commodore Blog: Commodore and Easter Eggs (German) In a new post on his "Mingo's Commodore Blog," South Tyrolean Domingo Fivoli has compiled a list of Easter eggs in various C16, C64, and Amiga games, such as "Lotus Espirit Turbo Challenge 2 and 3" and "Arkanoid." (dr) [News message: 14. Jul. 2025, 05:49] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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