21.Apr.2024
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Video: Update on the development status of the Terrible Fire 4060 turboboard
At the title link Terrible Fire reports on the development status of the TF 4060, the long-awaited Amiga 4000 counterpart to the TF 1260 turbo card. The video shows revision 4 of the prototype, a fifth has already been ordered. The latter is intended for a beta test program. (snx)
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21.Apr.2024
Amigaworld.net (website)
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Gopher client: Gopherized
As the name suggests, Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci's "Gopherized" is a client for the Gopher network protocol. As a special feature compared to other Amiga programs, it automatically scans the pages saved as bookmarks for updates.
After a test phase of this preliminary version, the final version 1.0 of this AMOS program will be published together with the source code. (snx)
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19.Apr.2024
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AmigaOS 4: cURL V8.7.1
Daniel Stenberg, initiator and main developer of cURL, a command line tool for transferring data with URLs, reported at the end of March in his blog about the release of versions 8.7.0 and 8.7.1. 'MickJT' has now ported this current version for AmigaOS 4. (dr)
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18.Apr.2024
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Event: "ZZAP! Live 2024" in Kenilworth (England)
On 17 August 2024, The Holiday Inn in Kenilworth (England) will host the second "ZZAP! Live" event (amiga-news.de reported), organised by Fusion Retro Books, der South West Amiga Group and Retro Computer Museum. All Commodore computer systems including the Amiga will be represented.
In addition to a number of guests, there will be games competitions throughout the day and a raffle in the evening. (dr)
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18.Apr.2024
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RIPPLE IDE: Firmware update for Zorro 2 IDE interface
Last week we informed you about the open source projects lide.device, a new IDE driver for the Amiga, and CIDER, an expansion card for the CDTV (amiga-news.de reported). Matt "LIV2" Harlum had developed RIPPLE IDE for his lide.device as a follow-up product. This is an IDE interface for Zorro-2-based Amiga models (A2000, A3000, A4000), which interested parties can build on their own using Gerber data and a parts list.
RIPPLE IDE in combination with lide.device work with Kickstart 1.3 or later, support drives up to 2 terabytes and ATAPI devices, offer an autoboot function and thus also boot from CD-ROM and ZIP/LS-120 drives.
The firmware update 18/04/24) was released today for RIPPLE DE, which fixes errors in the boot process and in the autoconfig function. (nba)
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18.Apr.2024
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Turn-based strategy: Update introduces free elections in "Settle the World"
Christian 'TheoTheoderich' Wiegel's latest update for his turn-based building and trading game "Settle the World" introduces free elections: In the game, the population of cities can now vote every few years on whether the player should remain in power. Elections become available as soon as the inhabitants of a city have reached the worker class for the first time. If the player wins the election, he can continue playing, if he loses the vote, the game ends for him.
The integration of the new voting system is not yet complete and will be expanded with future updates. As the outcome of elections currently still depends too much on chance, the game does not yet end if the player loses an election. Details on the influence of the townspeople's happiness on their voting behavior and which other factors will influence the outcome of elections in the future can be found in Wiegel's developer diary.
(cg)
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17.Apr.2024
Frank Neumann (Mail)
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Shoot 'em Up: Early demo version of "NEON world" (v0.2)
After Frank Neumann had not programmed anything for the Amiga with assembler for 30 years, he wants to get back into it with the shoot 'em up "NEON world" (amiga-news.de reported). With this third early demo version, the first level has now 27 screens, including a boss at the end. There are also minor improvements here and there.
The next steps will be adding PowerUps for the player and moving back in the level when the player dies (at the moment the player is immediately respawned and the level just continues). The game should run on an Amiga 500.
Direct download: NeonWorld.adf.zip (99 KB) (dr)
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17.Apr.2024
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Tutorial: Building a ReAmiga 4000CR
At the title link and in a separate entry with the second part, John 'Chucky' Hertell describes step by step mounting the chips on a ReAmiga 4000CR circuit board, i.e. the cost-reduced version with the 68030 CPU mounted directly on the mainboard. (snx)
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17.Apr.2024
Alinea Computer (ANF)
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Game: Quake 2 as download version for AmigaOS 4 available
Press release: Alinea Computer is pleased to announce that it has taken over the distribution of Quake 2 for AmigaOS 4. The first Amiga version of Quake 2 was released in 2002 by Hyperion Entertainment and has been continued and greatly improved in this tradition.
Steffen Häuser is responsible for the port and has implemented numerous improvements. In addition to support for the various mission CDs and MODS, GL4ES/Warp3DNova support and playback of the soundtracks as OGG Vorbis have also been realised.
The AmigaOS 4 version of Quake 2 costs 14.95 Euro and is available for download at the title link. Please note that the data files of the PC version are required to run the AmigaOS 4 version of Quake 2. These can be purchased at a favourable price via Steam, for example.
Free MODS and Mission CDs are already available on Aminet.
Here are all the features and system requirements at a glance:
Features
- AmigaOS 4 native version
- GL4ES, MiniGL and Software Renderer
- Full support for Mission CDs The Reckoning and Ground Zero
- Ports to the unofficial mission CD Zaero and to about 50 multiplayer mods will be released soon on OS4Depot/Aminet, these downloads require the new version of Quake 2
- AmigaInput support
- CD Audio works again (the old version only worked with older CD drives). As an alternative to CD audio, Ogg Vorbis files can be played as a soundtrack; the music files from this version are already pre-installed during a Steam/Gog install
- The new installer now works with the PC CD of Quake 2 as well as with the Steam and Gog Classic versions. When using the Steam/Gog Classic installer, the two mission CDs are installed at the same time. We recommend using the Steam version for easy installation
- Alternatively to the .cin intros, the game now also supports .avi and .mpeg files (a script to convert the .ogv files of the Steam version is included on the ISO, if you want the higher resolution video files)
System requirements
- Software: AmigaOS 4.1 and the data files from Steam, Gog or CD version
- Hardware: At least 150 MHz PowerPC CPU, 32 MB RAM, graphics card, at least 1 GB free hard disc space; A1222 is currently not supported, but game can also be played on QEmu and UAE PPC
(snx)
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16.Apr.2024
IndieRetroNews
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Grind: Progress in development of a new Doom clone
Grind is a first-person shooter (FPS) currently in development for the Amiga, which should even be able to run on small Amigas, appears extremely smooth in the preview videos shown and makes you want to try out more. The game is being developed with the so-called Dread Engine (amiga-news.de reported). Tsak, one of the developers of Grind, recently announced news in the EAB forum:
Grind has not only been enhanced with two new music tracks for menus and in-game, composed by Tsak and newly joined Christoffer Magdalus, but has also achieved key development milestones. These include improved particle effects for blood and explosions and the full implementation of the arsenal of weapons, with the secondary weapon being triggered with the right mouse button as known from other FPS shooters.
For those interested, a playable demo and further information are available on the Patreon page of Grind. For those who want to dig deeper into the development, the official Discord server offers a platform for discussions and updates directly from the developers. Grind will be commercially distributed after its completion. (nba)
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16.Apr.2024
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Emulation: BBoot bootloader v0.7 for QEMU
BBoot is a simple, minimal bootloader for loading AmigaOS on QEMU-emulated AmigaOne and Pegasos2 machines, written by Amiga QEMU developer Balaton Zoltan (amiga-news.de reported). It replaces amigaboot.of on Pegasos2 and slb_v2 on AmigaOne and simplifies the booting of AmigaOS 4 under QEMU. A firmware ROM is no longer required.
The current Version 0.7 adds file name to error message to help finding wrong path and fixes a kernel bug in the Pegasos2 emulation, which should improve stability.
The developer has also provided a tutorial Booting AmigaOS 4.1 on QEMU with BBoot. (dr)
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16.Apr.2024
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Amiga on the big stage: Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding at the BRIT Awards
Scottish DJ Calvin Harris has been one of the driving forces in the world of electronic music for years. Back in 2017, the Scottish DJ revealed his enthusiasm for the Amiga and the music production of his albums on an Amiga 1200 (amiga-news.de reported). Now he brought his Amiga 1200, freshly upgraded by English Amiga specialist RetroPassion, live to the big stage: At this year's legendary BRIT Awards, which are comparable to the US Grammy Awards, Harris performed together with pop icon Ellie Goulding. His Amiga 1200 with OctaMED SoundStudio made for an unmistakable sound. A recording of the performance can be seen on YouTube and a "Behind the Scenes" clip on Instagram. (nba)
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16.Apr.2024
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WinFellow: Developers call for support in preserving old versions
WinFellow is one of the most popular Amiga emulators for Windows systems. In order to preserve the digital heritage, the developers are currently compiling an overview of all versions of Fellow for DOS and WinFellow that have ever been released. In addition to the option to download all old versions, a historical retrospective is also being created for documentation purposes. As the developers do not have access to all versions, they are asking users for help. If you hold Fellow versions that are listed as missing, please contact the developers so that the collection can be completed and thus permanently preserved. (nba)
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15.Apr.2024
AmiKit (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit for PiStorm using a Wi-Fi driver (alpha version)
Since October 2023, the AmiKit workbench distribution has also been available for the PiStorm and PiStorm-liteaccelerator boards (amiga-news.de reported), which use a Raspberry Pi minicomputer as a processor replacement. Emu68, the Motorola68K emulation developed by Michal Schulz, is also part of the AmiKit package.
Following the recent presentation of the alpha version of the Wi-Fi driver for Emu68k (amiga-news.de reported), there is now also a package with the Wi-Fi driver for AmiKit for PiStorm. Once the content of the package is copied to AmiKit: and the system restarted, a Network Wizard will appear. By selecting the WiFiPi, the Amiga will use the Wi-Fi module on Raspberry Pi itself to connect to the internet.
The alpha version of the driver package can be downloaded from the AmiKit website under the title link. (nba)
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15.Apr.2024
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CLI command: sysvars V0.12
The sysvars command creates environment variables with system information in order to make it dependent on these, for example, in the startup sequence, which patches are included. So far there is information on the CPU and FPU, the chipset, the vertical frame rate (PAL/NTSC), Kickstart version and revision, version and revision of bsdsocket.library as well as whether the emulator UAE is used - and if so, in which version.
Version 0.12 provides the following changes:
(dr)
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14.Apr.2024
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood Designer 7.0 released
Press release:20 years ago, on April 14th 2004, Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, released the very first version of Hollywood Designer, the ultimate multimedia authoring system for Hollywood. In the following years Hollywood Designer quickly became the must-have software for all users seriously interested in creating state-of-the-art multimedia applications, be it presentations, slide shows, games, or applications. Now, 20 years later, Airsoft Softwair is proud to present Hollywood Designer 7.0, an epic update with lots and lots of new features to properly celebrate the 20th birthday of this marvellous piece of software.
As already said, Designer 7.0 is a massive update that boasts lots of new features and improvements over the previous version. We do not want to bore you, so here are just some of them:
- Use the full power of Hollywood 10 which was specifically designed for Designer 7!
- Color emojis, CJK text and complex scripts are now supported (using the Pangomonium plugin)
- Multi-selection support for pages and objects in all listviews and the thumbnail viewer
- Operations can be applied to multiple objects and pages at the same time
- Now uses the Hollywood 10 graphics engine for maximum power!
- Objects can be combined into groups
- Many new action events to work with object groups
- Unlimited undo and redo levels
- Executables can also be exported for macOS and Linux/arm64
- Support for different font engines
- Graphics can be exported as palette images
- Radically reduced memory footprint, often reduced to just 25 % of Designer 6.0!
- Configurable dynamic memory modes
- Custom character spacing support
- Several new example projects are included
- Full support for Hollywood 10's plugin interface
- Lots of other new features, optimizations and bug fixes
Thanks to Hollywood, all multimedia applications created using Hollywood Designer can be exported as stand-alone executables for the following systems: AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4, WarpOS, MorphOS, AROS, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. This is a feature that is totally unique in the Amiga world! We would like to emphasize that it is not only suited for personal use, but also for professional commercial customers. Ferrule Media, for instance, have created an info channel containing over 2000 unique slides in a single project with Hollywood Designer. Hollywood Designer was designed to handle these huge projects efficiently so that they can run 24 hours a day and 7 days a week without any visible memory fragmentation! Ferrule Media's info channel, created with Hollywood Designer, is running in dental clinics all over Norway.
Note that Hollywood Designer is no longer limited to "just" being an authoring software, it can now also be used as a flexible graphics editor because it supports many features of modern graphics editors like multiple layers with over 30 filter effects, vector graphics, image import/export in many formats, and text including support complex scripts such as CJK or right-to-left text and color emojis.
Hollywood Designer 7.0 is available as a CD and a download version. There are native versions of the program for AmigaOS 3.x (m68k), WarpOS (hybrid m68k/ppc), MorphOS (ppc), AmigaOS 4 (ppc), and AROS (x86). If you already own a previous version of Hollywood Designer, you can buy a discounted upgrade version. People who bought Hollywood Designer 6.0 in 2024 can request a free upgrade. Also note that Hollywood Designer 7.0 has been specially crafted for Hollywood 10, so Hollywood 10 is absolutely required by Designer 7.0.
 (snx)
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14.Apr.2024
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Motorola68k emulation: First alpha version of WLAN driver for Emu68 (update)
Michal Schulz continues to work intensively on a WLAN driver for his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 (amiga-news.de reported) and has now released the first public alpha version.
The driver consists of two parts - the firmware files for the WiFi module itself and the SANA-II device. In the archive attached to the linked Patreon post, these can be found in the Firmware and Networks folders. The firmware files must be copied to the DEVS:Firmware folder (or simply copy the folder to DEVS) and the wifipi.device must be copied to DEVS:Networks.
Additionally, a tool is required that tells the driver which wireless network it should use. The tool is called WirelessManager and can be found, for example, in the prism2 driver from Neil Cafferkey. The manager must be copied to the C: directory. It is either started manually if required or called up in the user startup as follows:
;BEGIN WirelessManager
C:RUN <>NIL: C:WirelessManager wifipi.device
;END WirelessManager
Before the Amiga is restarted, the wireless.prefs file must be created. Use a text editor to write down the following lines and save them in ENVARC:SYS/:
network={
ssid="Your Network name"
key_mgmt=NONE
scan_ssid=1
}
The line "scan_ssid=1" is only important if the network has a hidden SSID. If not, this line can be omitted. Currently, the network is still unencrypted. As soon as Wireless Manager has established a connection, the network stack can be started.
What works: open networks. Another function that is not yet correctly recognised by WirelessManager is 5GHz networks. These already work, but the WM reports the band and frequency incorrectly.
At the moment, the driver only supports unencrypted networks. Work on supporting WPA/WPA2/WPA3 is in full swing. Currently, a mix of approx. 42 MBit download and 40 MBit upload is achieved. This can still be improved.
The Wifi driver will be part of the next nightly build of the Emu68 tools.
Update (17.04.2024, 19:40):
In another Patreon post that has just been published, the developer points out once again that the driver currently only supports open networks and warns emphatically against opening networks without security precautions. In case of doubt, he recommends waiting until encrypted networks are also supported.
Apparently, there had already been some initial misuse by third parties during a test phase. (dr)
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14.Apr.2024
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Aminet uploads until 13.04.2024
The following files have been added until 13.04.2024 to Aminet:
amigassh.lha comm/net 33K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga
slre.lha dev/lib 17K 68k Super Light Regular Expressio...
GitDesktop.lha dev/misc 1.7M MOS Interface for Git repository ...
F1GP2024Carset.lha game/data 8K 2024 Carset for F1GP
Temptations_DEMO_Fina... game/misc 466K 68k Temptations DEMO v1.0 Final
H2_Big_Data.lha game/shoot 1617M OS4 Install Multiplayer Data for ...
Q2_Modpack1.lha game/shoot 30M OS4 Modpack 1 for Quake 2 OS 4
Q2_Modpack2.lha game/shoot 162M OS4 Quake 2 Mod Pack 2
Q2_Modpack3.lha game/shoot 155M OS4 Quake 2 Mod Pack 3
Q2_Modpack4.lha game/shoot 135M OS4 Quake 2 Mod Pack 4
Q2_Modpack5.lha game/shoot 252M OS4 Quake 2 Mod Pack 5
Q2_Modpack6.lha game/shoot 67M OS4 Quake 2 Mod Pack 6
Q2_Modpack7.lha game/shoot 229M OS4 Quake 2 Mod Pack 7
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha gfx/fract 35M OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
2D_ATcad_RTG.lha gfx/misc 482K 68k 2D-CAD-Programm
2D_ATcad_UAE.lha gfx/misc 481K 68k 2D-CAD-Programm
WhatIFF3.13.lha mags/misc 24M What IFF? #3.13-April-2024
WhatIFF3.13.NoDemo.lha mags/misc 841K What IFF? #3.13-April-2024
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.6M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 7.9M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.2M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
Willy.ACEpansion.lha misc/emu 26K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
Abyss2.zip mods/crash 128K Long fade in, then dramatic. ...
clandestine2.zip mods/crash 107K Looping demo mod, converted t...
niknakremix2.zip mods/crash 85K Dark lofi techno. 8-bit xm, 1...
Silo2.zip mods/crash 42K Slow, heavy, moody hip hop. 8...
LN3Wind24.lha mods/misc 202K 16bit 4ch LN3 Wind Temple 24 ...
Protrekkr_AROS_i386.zip mus/edit 23M x86 Tracker/Synth hybrid Program
jl.lha util/misc 39K 68k JOST Launcher for kickstart 1.3
ViNCEd.lha util/shell 845K 68k ViNCEd, the CON: with ^Z & TA...
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14.Apr.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 13.04.2024
The following files have been added until 13.04.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
dgen_sdl.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.1 Emulator of the Sega Genesis/Meg...
openfodder.lha gam/act 6Mb 4.1 An open source reimplementation ...
h2_extramaps.lha gam/fps 463Mb 4.1 Multiplayer Maps for Heretic II ...
q2_modpack1.lha gam/fps 30Mb 4.0 Modpack 1 for the 2024 released ...
zaero_installer.lha gam/fps 568kb 4.0 Installer and Port of the Quake ...
flashmandelng.lha gra/mis 35Mb 4.1 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
amigagpt.lha net/cha 910kb 4.0 App for chatting to ChatGPT
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14.Apr.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 13.04.2024
The following files have been added until 13.04.2024 to AROS Archives:
protrekkr.i386-aros.zip aud/tra 23Mb Tracker/Synth hybrid Program
mbx.i386-aros.zip gam/act 8Mb Magical Broom Extreme (MBX) is a...
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14.Apr.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 13.04.2024
The following files have been added until 13.04.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
Protrekkr_2.6.7.lha Audio/Tracker A hybrid of modern day ...
GitDesktop_0.15.18.lha Development/Tools A graphical git fronten...
Willy_1.3.lha Emulation/ACEpansion Plugin for ACE CPC Emul...
AmiArcadia_32.20.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
DoomRPG_0.2.2.lha Games/RPG Doom RPG Reverse Engine...
YouTube-Extractor_2.5.lha Multimedia YT.rexx is a script for...
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