01.Apr.2012
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 31.03.2012
The following archives have been added until 31.03.2012 to the AROS-Archives:
xgalaga.i386-aros.zip gam/act 1Mb XGalaga - Galaga clone.
glmark.i386-aros.zip uti/ben 1Mb GLMark - OpenGL 3D benchmark.
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01.Apr.2012
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 31.03.2012
The following archives have been added until 31.03.2012 to the MorphOS-Files:
Forget Me Not 1.0 gam/pla 2872 Very fast, difficult, Pacma...
AmiArcadia 17.6 uti/emu 3107 Emulator of many coin-op ma...
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01.Apr.2012
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaKit: Interested in an AmigaOne X1000?
On the AmigaOne-X1000-website (menu "f.a.q") under the title link the distributor AmigaKit has invited potential purchasers of an AmigaOne X1000 to evince the interest via eMail.
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31.Mar.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Catweasel driver update
Ian Gledhill's driver for the disk drive controler Catweasel MK4 produced by Individual Computers has been updated for AmigaOS 4. The source code is included, so it is possible to update the MorphOS-version as well.
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31.Mar.2012
Amigascene.nl (Webseite)
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Event: RJ Mical at the demo party in Zoetermeer (Netherlands)
The demo party in Zoetermeer is also attended by Amiga legend RJ Mical. In a short video he invites to take part.
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31.Mar.2012
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AROS: Considerations on MorphOS-compatibility
The developer Jason McMullan who helped to make AROS compatible to the 68k-architecture and to create an AROS-Kickstart-ROMs, is looking for new challenge.
On the developer mailinglist (full quotes below) he asked for the interest in the executability of MorphOS applications under AROS/PPC. For that there also is a bounty project but this was started in 2005. To this time Apple was about to bring computers with Intel processors onto the market. Besides, some money of the donations was used for different AROS bounties.
Jason explained that the API of AmigaOS 4 is very different from AROS and MorphOS, but many AROS-libraries already include stubs for MorphOS-functions beyond the 3.x-API. Additionally source codes has been already shared with MorphOS.
Against this background, he would like AROS to be seen as a kind of transitional solution for MorphOS developers for the source code level. The developers could check their precompiled PowerPC-programms if AROS made available all features which they require. Then they could compile their programms for AROS/x86 as well having the certainty that they only have to fix some possible Endianess-problems.
In his opinion this could result in the option for MorphOS to use AROS as base for a MorphOS/x86 with PowerPC-compatibility with the help of a Rosetta-kind of PPC-to-x86-interface.
Staf Verhaegen complemented that it also could be possible to add the ppcmos und ppcos4 architectures to the AROS/PPC-architecture to be able to offer cpmpatible versions for both operating systems and finally to unite all Amiga systems in a single and open source operating system.
Quotes from the mailing list
Jason McMullan: "OS4's API (interfaces, etc) is very
different, structurally, from AROS/MorphOS 4. Many of our libraries already have the MorphOS function stubs for post 3.x APIs. And we already share code with MorphOS.
I would like to see AROS as a 'source level' transition for MorphOS
developers, allowing them to run their pre-compiled PPC binaries on
AROS PPC (to ensure that AROS supports the services their Application
uses), then they can recompile for x86, knowing that they should only
need to fix the inevitable endianess issues.
Who knows - maybe MorphOS could contribute a 'Rosetta' style PPC->x86
interface, then they could use AROS x86 as a kernel for a 'MorphOS
x86' (with PPC compatability)."
Staf Verhaegen: "To summarize ppc arch would use native packing for all structs and a pointer table for the LVOs without special stub code. ppcmos would apply special packing to structs that need it and provide the MOS LVO table convention for shared libraries.
In the end I would like to have then also a ppcos4 arch that would then
be targeted to be OS4 compatible with their interfaces for shared
libraries etc. One open source OS to unite them all!" (snx) (Translation: dr)
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30.Mar.2012
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Emulator: WinUAE 2.4.0
Version 2.4.0 of the Amiga emulator WinUAE has been published.
New features:
- VSync supported in fastest possible CPU and JIT modes, complete rewrite, fast, 100% jitter free
- Built-in CD filesystem. Full Amiga CD compatibility, including audio tracks and Amiga Rock Ridge extension, without need for manually installed CDFS, completely replaces old CD option that mounted CD drives as read-only harddrives. NOTE: CD device names renamed to standard CDx: (Old was WinCD_x:)
- Commodore A2024 monitor emulation (1024*1024 grayscale monitor)
- Individual Computers Graffiti emulation
- PCMCIA IDE hardfile emulation
- USB game controller low latency raw input mode is now the default. (Mouse and keyboard support was already implemented long time ago) Windows Vista and newer only. Custom input mappings may need resetting
- PC keyboard mode, keys like home, end, pageup, pagedown etc are mapped to Amiga key codes
- Input configuration qualifier key/button support. Any key or button can be configured as a qualifier and other key mappings can be configured to require one or more active qualifiers
Updates:
- Programmed screen modes (DBLPAL, Multiscan etc.) display positioning and setup greatly improved
- Performance improved in fastest possible CPU without JIT mode
- Performance greatly improved when immediate blitter and fastest possible CPU is enabled and program does lots of small blits
- Gayle IDE emulation IDE doubler mode compatibility improved
- Sound syncronization updates, much more stable with VSync (more updates planned in future)
- Fastest possible CPU mode audio glitch prevention hack updated (WHDLoad IK+, Moonstone, Uridium II, etc.)
- Added pause emulation/disable sound option to active but mouse uncaptured state
- RTG emulation optional ZorroII mode
- UAE harddrive controller RDB harddrive "Do not mount" and "Bootable" options supported
- Interlace mode handling and switching improved
- Interlaced fields are matched in vsync modes if both Amiga mode and output device mode are interlaced
- Lots more options can be modified on the fly using uae-configuration
- Multiple display adapter/multiple monitor selection and support improved
- GUI sound buffer range adjusted, non-linear scale, more smaller buffer sizes selectable
- Joystick/mouse autoswitch also enabled in Input panel non-GamePorts mode
- Native code execution disabled by default. Enable option in Miscellaneous panel
- CPU Idle automatic limit added, no more slowdowns if it is set too low
- Keyboard emulation improved, properly emulated handshake and lost sync state
Bugs fixed:
- uaenet.device crash if opened without installed winpcap
- Startup crash if more than 8 serial ports detected
- Random hangs when switching cycle-exact mode on the fly
- CD image/physical media change on the fly didn't always trigger notification correctly
- Lots of bsdsocket emulation compatibility and multi-thread stability fixes (YAM hangs fixed)
- Directory filesystem reported file size was not updated until file was closed
- Directory filesystem host-side memory leak fix
- Some Advanced Chipset options were not correctly overridden in compatibility mode
- Mouse input stopping working randomly after returning emulation from GUI
- Emulated middle mouse button got stuck in rawinput mode if middle button was set to untrap mouse
- Detect and fix bad configuration options when using uae-configuration, for example it was possible to enable both cycle-exact and JIT at the same time causing frozen emulation
- Rare cycle-exact mode interrupt timing issue. (Guardian Dragon II / Kefrens random hang)
- Some minimized/inactive/active switching issues
- Directory harddrives configured as unbootable still booted normally under KS 1.3
- Windows dialogs (not GUI or file dialogs) were invisible in fullscreen Direct3D mode
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29.Mar.2012
Patrick Nevian (ANF)
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New album by Blue Metal Rose - powered by Amiga and Chris Huelsbeck
Blue Metal Rose has published a new music album, as always produced also utilizing the Amiga. This time, Chris Huelsbeck provided a remix as well. Audio samples can be found at the title link. (snx)
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28.Mar.2012
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Individual Computers: Mouse adapter Micromys 4 available
The mouse adapter Micromys 3 produced by Individual Computers has been reworked and is now available at the Vesalia shop.
With the adapter you can connect PS/2 mouses with Amiga, Atari or C64/128. The new version of the Micromys interface comes without Dip switches for its configuration, the adapter figures out most computer environments automatically.
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[News message: 28. Mar. 2012, 17:53] [Comments: 0]
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28.Mar.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Magazine: Pixel Nation
Pixel Nation is a new English-language game magazine which in its first issue reported about the Amiga 1200.
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[News message: 28. Mar. 2012, 17:43] [Comments: 0]
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28.Mar.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Interview: Two of EA's best decisions were its worst in disguis
In an English interview with the game website Gamasutra, the chief creative director of Electronic Arts, Rich Hilleman, told that two of EA's best decisions were its worst in disguis.
One of this bad choices was EA's support for the Commodore Amiga computer platform. Why? The answer you can find in the interview which is available under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Mar.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Second beta version of Timberwolf
Hans-Jörg and Thomas Frieden have published a new beta version of their Firefox port "Timberwolf".
This new version improves some features of the first beta, and fixes some of the bugs. In essence, the main improvements are as follows:
- Splash screen when starting up (to show something is happening)
- Crash fixes. For example, clicking the zip box no longer crashes
- Right-click popup menus work now
- Downloads work now
- Timberwolf now uses a native ASL file requester instead of the alien file picker
Timberwolf requires AmigaOS 4.1 Update 4. The authors pointed out that before the program is started, the readme - included in the archive - should be read. There you can find important hints for craeting the font caches.
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27.Mar.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Video-Broadcast: Amitopia TV broadcasts music videos of Susumu Hirasawa
The English-language video magazine Amitopia has got the permission of Susumu Hirasawa to broadcasts his music videos. Hirasawa has set to music several Anime series and composed his music exclusively with the Amiga. He also composed the Boot-Jingle of AmigaOS 4.
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[News message: 27. Mar. 2012, 18:05] [Comments: 0]
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27.Mar.2012
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects founded
A lot of European initiatives for archiving software and computer games, e.g. the Software Preservation Society - originally called "Classic Amiga Preservation Society" (CAPS) - have founded an umbrella association which is called "European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects" (EFGAMP).
Task of the EFGAMP will be supposed to be the improvement of the technical and regulatory framework for archiving interactive digital contents. Those tasks are to be achieved by lobbying as well as networking and exchanging knowledge with other projects.
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25.Mar.2012
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Aminet-Uploads until 24.03.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 24.03.2012 to the Aminet:
MUIbase-2.11.lha biz/dbase 4.8M MOS Programmable relational datab...
twittAmiga.lha comm/misc 1.4M 68k Twitter client
HAMFade.lha dev/amos 392K 68k fading a HAM6 image using the...
ABasiC_patch.lha dev/basic 21K 68k Patch Metacomco's ABasiC to w...
Compatibility5.py.txt dev/src 2K 68k Backwards Compatibility Python.
Companion.lha docs/hyper 67K AmigaGuide frontend for ADCD2...
Wazp3D.lha driver/vid 636K 68k CPU only Warp3D implementation
forget-me-not.lha game/actio 2.8M MOS Little arcade game.
pacifi3d_68k.lha game/actio 221K 68k 3D pac-man emulator
Lunavader_68k.lha game/shoot 1.5M 68k Interesting space invaders clone
siemu_68k.lha game/shoot 270K 68k space invaders emulator
SCRAMBLY_DV.lha game/think 340K OS4 15 slide puzzle with twists
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 2.8M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 3.1M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 3.0M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
adripper.lha mus/misc 251K OS4 Audio CD ripper + encoder, CD...
TLSimgesi.lha text/tfont 18K Font w/ new Turkish Lira Curr...
RPP_v12.lha util/boot 4K 68k New RPP version (v1.2)
libhjw-aros.lha util/libs 2.5M x86 Wrapper Library for joysticks
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 403K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 474K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 508K OS4 Multipurpose utility
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25.Mar.2012
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 24.03.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 24.03.2012 to the OS4Depot:
adripper.lha aud/mis 251kb 4.0 Audio CD encoder with CDDB support
sirenaplayer.lha aud/pla 3Mb 4.0 An easy mod, mp3, ogg and wav Vi...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 3Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
gluae.lha emu/uti 16kb 4.0 Integrates UAE into AmigaOS
sqrxz3.lha gam/pla 2Mb 4.0 Adventure for Love
flowerway.lha gam/puz 424kb 4.0 sensational puzzle based on movi...
scrambly_dv.lha gam/puz 340kb 4.0 15 slide puzzle with twists
sudoq-fr.lha gam/puz 1Mb 4.0 SudoQ (Sudoku puzzles) French
sudoq-us.lha gam/puz 2Mb 4.0 SudoQ (Sudoku puzzles) English
lightningspirit2.lha gam/shm 37Mb 4.0 Colorful french shootemup
dunelegacy.lha gam/str 3Mb 4.0 Dunelegacy the dune II engine
sirenaahiw.lha gra/con 5Mb 4.0 A easy tool to handling pictures.
grafx2.lha gra/edi 2Mb 4.1 Pixel paint program (like DPaint...
mcc_betterstring.lha lib/mui 316kb 4.0 BetterString custom class for MUI
mcc_htmlview.lha lib/mui 698kb 4.0 HTMLView custom class for mui
mcc_nlist.lha lib/mui 2Mb 4.0 NList custom classes for MUI
mcc_texteditor.lha lib/mui 834kb 4.0 TextEditor custom class for MUI
mcc_thebar.lha lib/mui 2Mb 4.0 TheBar.mcc - The MUI Toolbar cus...
muibase-2.11.lha off/dat 5Mb 4.0 Programmable relational database...
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25.Mar.2012
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 24.03.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 24.03.2012 to the AROS-Archives:
libhjw-aros.lha dev/lib 2Mb HunoJoyWrapper is a Wrapper Libr...
abkviewer.i386-aros.zip gra/vie 93kb AMOS sprite and icon bank viewer...
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25.Mar.2012
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 24.03.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 24.03.2012 to the MorphOS-Files:
SPatch 6.51.4 dev/too 9 Clone of SAS/C binary file ...
MangoQuest 0.6.4 gam/act 8232 To say it short - First per...
Bantumi 2.04 gam/thi 452 Bantumi is an example of ol...
MovieViewer 1.0 mul/pla 2341 A Hollywood script displayi...
MUIBase 2.11 off/dat 4258 Relational, programmable da...
Open Office Viewer 0.0.10 off/tex 2965 Application for viewing Ope...
RAMSpeed 1.42 sys/too 40 Port of popular memory spee...
AmiArcadia 17.51 uti/emu 3049 Emulator of many coin-op ma...
DicPNG 1.1 uti/pac 59 Compresses files into PNG i...
asciitable 1.1 uti/she 53 Prints ASCII table to the c...
crc128 1.0 uti/she 54 Calculates CRC-128 checksum...
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25.Mar.2012
PPA (Webseite)
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ACube Systems: Software package for programming the Sam440ep-FPGA
Press release: Bassano del Grappa (Italy) - 24 March 2012
ACube Systems is happy to release a package to explore and enhance the capabilities of the LatticeXP FPGA available on the Sam440ep mini-itx and flex-atx boards.
With the manual, examples and tools of the package it's possible to implement new functionalities into the FPGA, to further strengthen your AmigaOS experience on your Sam440ep board.
The package contains:
- VHDL source code (released under GPL) of the firmware currently used on Sam440ep boards
- the original bitstream installed at the factory (to restore the original firmware)
- a porting of the VME12 utility which can reprogram, via the JTAG interface, the FPGA on the fly under AmigaOS 4.1 (*)
(*) a simple hardware modification and a cable are required
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24.Mar.2012
a1k.org/forum (Webseite)
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Elbox: "New edition" of FastATA is a bogus claim
Four weeks ago Elbox promoted an alleged new edition of its IDE-controller: With the "FastATA MK-IV CF/SATA" users now could connect modern mass storage like SSD or SATA-harddrives to an Amiga.
In the English product description in the Elbox-shop it is not particularly mentioned that it is a new revision of the hardware or that the CompactFlash and SATA-ports are on the board but the written words legen are rather clear: "The FastATA 4000 MK-IV CF/SATA is designed to simultaneously use up to four devices: one Compact Flash card, one SATA drive and two to four PATA devices".
As things turned out the promoted product is the "old" controller "FastATA MK-IV" which has been unchanged available for years. It is now delivered with two standard adapters for connecting CompactFlash or SATA devices to an IDE-controller. Both adapters have to be connected with standard PATA-cables to the FastATA and separately supplied with power:
Although the PATA-SATA-adapter is a standard device which Elbox has bought from a external distributor, for unknown reasons the labeling of chip was removed in order to um complicate its identifying.
(we would like to thank "Amiga-Aktivist" for his kind permission to publish pictures he has taken)
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22.Mar.2012
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Jump and Run: Sqrxz 3 (v 1.00) for AmigaOS 4, AROS and MorphOS
Sqrxz is a classic Jump'n Run with a fast gameplay (Youtube video). Changes:
- added different death animations
- rewritten frameskip code
- fixed block pushing behavior
- added slight delay for block pushing to avoid unintentional actions
- font modifications for increased readability
- increased oxygen reservoir
- cosmetic enhancements
- modified scrolltext
- normalized sfx
- fixed configuration saving
- added settings to define screensize and antialias (OS depending)
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