22.Jan.2024
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Video: Status update on DrawBridge for MiSTer
Following on from his video from August last year (amiga-news.de reported), Robert Smith shows the current status of the implementation of his "DrawBridge" project - standard PC floppy drives can be used to read and write Amiga floppies - for the FPGA Amiga clone MISTer (amiga-news.de reported): he not only reports on the successful reading and writing of floppies, but also that this works with several drives at the same time. (dr)
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22.Jan.2024
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8/16-bit emulator for Mac OS and Linux: Clock Signal v2024-01-22
Thomas Harte's Clock Signal is an emulator for various 8- and 16-bit platforms aiming to be invisible to the user. The idea is to simply start the source medium without configuring the emulator oneself. Clock Signal is available for Mac OS and Unix-compatible systems. While there is also an Amiga emulation included, it "remains wilfully inaccurate" for now. Changes:
- fixes broken horizontal scrolling on the Master System;
- correctly declines to page on the Electron if receiving interrupt acknowledgments;
- corrects mismapping of Apple II inverted characters;
- avoids automatic key repeat on the early Apple IIs;
- with thanks to @ryandesign avoids potential performance issues on multi-GPU macOS machines with macOS 10.15+.
(dr)
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21.Jan.2024
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Demoparty: Results of Gerp 2024
This weekend the demoparty Gerp took place in Sweden. Among other things, there were competitions in the categories "Amiga 40k Intro" and "Amiga Demo". Here are the winning productions:
Amiga 40k Intro
Amiga Demo
Amiga 4 Channel Music
Amiga Graphics
(dr)
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21.Jan.2024
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Aminet uploads until 20.01.2024
The following files have been added until 20.01.2024 to Aminet:
tekstura_4_points.lha dev/amos 57K 4 point texture mapping
GitDesktop.lha dev/misc 1.4M MOS Graphical frontend for git
woof.lha game/actio 21M OS4 Woof (Doom Port)
Crazy8_A500_DiskVersi... game/think 477K 68k Crazy8 OCS Disk Version
heif-convert.lha gfx/conv 2.6M 68k Convert HEIC HEIF images to j...
WhatIFF2.12.lha mags/misc 2.0M What IFF? #2.12-December-2023
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 5.0M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 5.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.7M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
v4sa_wb_2024.png pix/wb 1.1M Vampire V4 Standalone Workben...
morsconv.lha text/misc 9K 68k Modular Morse code generator
fix1980.lha util/arc 1K Fix an lha with timestamps of...
Image2PDF.lha util/conv 20M ALL convert images to PDF and more
IdentifyDev.lha util/libs 67K 68k Identify hardware and more
IdentifyUsr.lha util/libs 101K 68k Identify hardware and more
AmiKick.zip util/misc 53K Check Kickstart images under ...
Mnemosyne.lha util/misc 80K 68k Disk usage statistics+file/fo...
ZIPTest-1.1.lha util/misc 49K 68k test Amiga 3000 ZIP DRAM memo...
ViNCEd.lha util/shell 860K 68k ViNCEd, the CON: with ^Z & TA...
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21.Jan.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 20.01.2024
The following files have been added until 20.01.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
woof.lha gam/fps 21Mb 4.1 A continuation of Lee Killough&#...
x5k_gray_wallpaper.zip gra/mis 10Mb 4.0 a set of 8 wallpapers for AmigaO...
image2pdf.lha uti/tex 20Mb 4.0 Convert JP(E)Gs and PNGs to PDF
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21.Jan.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 20.01.2024
The following files have been added until 20.01.2024 to AROS Archives:
image2pdf.i386-aros.lha off/dtp 20Mb convert images file to PDF
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21.Jan.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 20.01.2024
The following files have been added until 20.01.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
EasyRapa-1.1.lha Development/Hollywood Generate RapaGui simple...
GitDesktop_0.12.41.lha Development/Tools A graphical git fronten...
Gobliiins5-demo.lha Games/ScummVM Gobliiins5-demo.lha
HomeWorld-VF.lha Games/Strategy Full french version (wi...
Image2PDF_2.5.lha Graphics/Convert Convert JP(E)Gs and PNG...
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21.Jan.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 20.01.2024
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. The following installers have been added until 20.01.2024:
(snx)
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21.Jan.2024
Armin Eden (ANF)
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German podcast: "The Games Archaeologists" discuss Wheel of Fortune
The German podcast "Die Spiele-Archäologen" covers retro games in 25 episodes so far. The current edition discusses Wheel of Fortune, which was released in 1991, with the self-proclaimed "archaeologists" mainly talking about the Amiga version of the game, their favorite Wheel of Fortune presenter and "the best letter pusher on private television".
Images and texts as well as a video about the game are presented, and the podcast can also be listened to on the usual services such as Spotify. And if you don't remember Wheel of Fortune, you can find a German review of the game at Kultboy. (snx)
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21.Jan.2024
Discord AmiKit Channel (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit for PiStorm 12.4
Since October, the workbench distribution AmiKit has also been available for the turbo boards PiStorm and PiStorm-lite (amiga-news.de reported), in which a Raspberry Pi mini-computer serves as a processor replacement.
The "Winter Update" to version 12.4 contains updates of many included programs and the basic components (including Michal Schulz's Emu68) as well as the new additions GoVars 1.0, Translator 42.4 and Tran43pch 43.1. For the voice output support under AmigaGPT you need the narrator.device of the Workbench disks 1.34 and 2.04. The full list of changes can be found at the title link. (snx)
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21.Jan.2024
Team Retr-O-Mat (ANF)
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Event: Retro Dreams 2024 in Thuringia (Germany)
The first "Retro Dreams" retro computer meeting will take place on May 11, 2024 from 10 a.m. in the village community center ("Dorfgemeinschaftshaus") Hesserode (Dorfstraße 7, 99734 Nordhausen, Germany). Entry without hardware is free - with hardware, the stand fee is 8 euros per table.
In addition to the exchange of experiences and a cozy get-together with food and drinks, presentations and demonstrations of classic software, games and scene demos are planned. (snx)
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21.Jan.2024
Amiga WARP Organization (ANF)
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Amiga-WARP-Kalender für 2024
Continuing their tradition from 1997, members of Croatian Amiga WARP organization have published a new calendar for the year 2024 that is available as PDF files in English and Croatian language at the title link. This year Amiga WARP organization celebrates ten years since it was reactivated again to support Amigans in this part of Europe.
Download:
WARP_Calendar_2024.pdf (590 KB)
WARP_Calendar_2024_ENG.pdf (590 KB) (snx)
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21.Jan.2024
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Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.4.1 for AmigaOS 3 and 4 (update)
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and AmigaOS 4.1. Changes of version 1.4.0:
- AI image generation! Switch between chat and image generation mode by clicking the tabs at the top of the screen
- Colour tweaks
- Status bar shows more information and colours
- About screen can now be dismissed with any key press or mouse click
- The OpenAI API key requester now populates with the existing key if it exists so you can more easily find and fix typos in the key
- Added the ability to set the chat system (new "Chat System" menu item)
- Fix crash when having a conversation consisting of a few messages
Update: (21.01.2024, 18:10, dr)
Version 1.4.1 fixes a bug where the prompt textbox remains in a readonly state when switching from image mode to chat mode.
Direct download: AmigaGPT.lha (878 KB)
(dr)
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20.Jan.2024
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Demoparty: Revision 2024 (Germany, 29.03.-01.04.)
Traditionally, the Revision demoparty will once again take place on the Easter weekend from 29 March to 1 April in Saarbrücken (Germany). The organisers will announce further information in the coming weeks. (dr)
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20.Jan.2024
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Demoparty: MountainBytes 2024 (Switzerland, 16.-18.02.)
Press release: rom February 16-18th, we finally rock the Swiss demoscene again! We have a packed program for you:
- Friday: Meteoriks 2024 Nomination Gala - with big demoshow
- Saturday: OHP, Music, Graphics, Oldschool & Newschool Realtime Compos
- Saturday: Game Music Composer Legend CoLD SToRAGE Live in Concert
- Sunday: Open Door for Interested Citizens, Prizegiving
Also, we’ll offer our Demomaking 101 Workshop again, for you to try out different (demo)tools, and give you time and space after the compos to talk and exchange with competitors.
So bring friends that you always felt could find a home in the demoscene, but could use some introduction first! Kids are welcome when supervised, for more information please check our website.
Please support us by preordering your ticket - for environmental reasons, t-shirts will only be available in presale. By donating to the event (called our Cowee-Bonds) you also help making this at all possible.
We are really looking forward to you, your releases and your good mood!
The MountainBytes Organisers (dr)
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20.Jan.2024
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Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga V2.5b1
Dirk Hoffmann has released the first beta version of V2.5 of his Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS. Changes:
Licensing:
- The emulator core is now licensed under the Mozilla Public License v2.
Enhancements:
- A user-definable upper bound limits the size of the snapshot storage.
- Denise’s DIW logic is more accurate
Bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug related to the allocation of sprite DMA slots (#799).
- Fixed a race condition related to the SPRxCTL register (#715).
- Fixed an issue with the serial port (9-bit packets) (#803).
- Fixed a minor visual issue in the status bar that started showing up with the latest macOS release.
The minimum system requirement for his emulator is macOS 11.0. (dr)
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20.Jan.2024
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Hardware: Bass mixing with "BassMX"
As Edwin van den Oosterkamp writes under the title link, one of the things he always enjoyed on his Amiga was watching demos, especially when using a hi-fi system with proper speakers instead of the small speakers in the 1084S monitor. However, the Amiga's perfect channel separation always bothered him a little, so that you could hear the drums on one speaker and the bassline on the other, for example. This could make the sound feel unbalanced.
He developed "BassMX" as a solution to this problem: it takes the sound from one channel, filters it so that only the low frequencies are retained and mixes it with the sound from the other channel. In short, it mixes the bass for both channels.
And Edwin explains: "In theory this means that the bassline and drums are now on both speakers while the locations of other instruments are unaffected. In practice it depends on the actual instruments used. While the bass drum will be centred, the Hi-Hat will not be, for example. Similar with a slap-bass, where the slap part will still be only on the original channel but the bass sound itself will be on both channels." He offers audio examples on his website to help you understand this.
Robert Smith published a YouTube video in which he demonstrates the difference between the standard Amiga sound and the BassMX sound. The developer himself describes the BassMX development process in a separate blog entry.
The module is available on eBay or now also from Alinea Computer.
(dr)
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20.Jan.2024
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Wall papers for AmigaOne X5000 Workbench
McFly offers owners of an AmigaOne X5000 eight different background images with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 for the Workbench, which are basically grey, but contain coloured lettering or in some cases a coloured BoingBall. (dr)
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19.Jan.2024
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Diving game: "The Deep" V1.00 for Apollo Vampire V4
A few days ago, we reported on the preview video of Sami Vehmaa's latest project: a diving game exclusively for the Apollo Vampire V4. He has now released version 1.00, which is currently available for 2.50 euros. (dr)
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19.Jan.2024
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Multiplayer arcade game: "WiZONK!" v0.1
On the occasion of this weekend's Amiga Ireland 2024, Michael 'Mixel' Dawes is making available a first playable version of his multiplayer arcade game "WiZONK!", which he is developing with the game construction kit "Scorpion Engine".
In an arena, you have to defend yourself as a wizard against (up to) three enemies with a range of mystical powers and, if possible, be the last one standing.
This multiplayer test is intended for two to four players, who either play against each other using a multiplayer adapter or two players with a joystick and two with a keyboard. Wizonk's multiplayer component is basically free of charge - although anyone interested can take advantage of the opportunity to honour the developer's work with a little donation. In the future, there will also be an improved Wizonk+ with a single-player mode, which will then be subject to a charge.
Wizonk should run on all Amigas with 1 MB. If there are any problems, the author asks you to inform him. Known bug: On some systems, when loaded from the workbench, the title screen freezes (usually you press fire to skip it). If you boot without the startup sequence, it should work fine. The developer will add more levels over time. (dr)
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18.Jan.2024
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Analogue Pocket: Amiga-Core V0.2.1
The handheld game console Analogue Pocket (Wikipedia) is FPGA-based and as such supports modules from Nintendo, Sega, the PC Engine or the Atari Lynx. Version 0.2.1 has now been published of the Amiga Core. Changes:
- ICACHE Fixed for WDLOADER to work correctly
- LBA48 is done to make larger HDD images to 2TB in size
- The Joysticks are completely disabled when using the emulated mouse or keyboard
- Audio Mixing - Still some work to be done here to get rid of the snap or pops from the lower frequencys to 48Khz
- Some changes to the caching for the MPU to speed up some processes
(dr)
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