22.Jun.2023
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Icon-Library 46.4.577
In March 2021 we introduced Peter Keunecke's icon.library in detail, which he continues to maintain and improve. In the version now published, he has added, among other things, a script "ConvertToPngIcons" in the bonus folder, which can convert Amiga icons into PNG format and optionally scale them with the help of ImageConverter. (dr)
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22.Jun.2023
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Video: RTG screen mode with Amiga 1200 and Indivision AGA MK3
In its latest video, the YouTube channel "Hold and Modify" shows how to achieve a screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels with an Amiga 1200 without a graphics card but equipped with an Indivision AGA MK3. (dr)
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22.Jun.2023
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Videos: Building a ReAmiga 1200
About three years ago, revision 1.5 of John 'Chucky' Hertell's Amiga1200 clone ReAmiga 1200 was released. In a two-part video (part 1, part 2), the YouTube channel "The 8-Bit Manshed" creates this clone. (dr)
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21.Jun.2023
Passione Amiga (ANF)
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Italian print and PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 14
The 14th issue of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga", which is available as usual with 48 color pages both as a booklet and as a PDF file, deals with the following topics:
- Video Games: CyberPunks 2, Tapper, Poker Nights: Tropical Heat, KalleKloakk, Chopper Duel, Tenebra 2, Galaxian500, The Ninja Zombie Killer
- Articles: What will happen to our Amigas?
- Tech: Invasion of the Replicants
- Tech: Amiga GCC, first steps
- Blender course, part 6
- Hardware: DueOttoSei
- Interviews with: David Rowe and Jerr O'Carroll
- And also: Games news, Tech news, THEA500 Mini news, Demo Scene, New Talents, Mailbox
- Coverdisk: Playable demo of Super Metal Hero (A1200 and CD³² version)
(snx)
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19.Jun.2023
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Module player: NostalgicPlayer 2.0.1 for Windows
NostalgicPlayer is a program for playing Amiga music modules under Windows, based on APlayer. The development of the player had been started by the author Thomas Neumann in 1993 on the Amiga, later continued on BeOS and now on Windows (amiga-news.de reported).
Version 2.0.1 mainly fixes bugs of the previous version:
- Made Future Composer player more robust for empty modules.
- If you have set up Windows to use more than 2 channels, NostalgicPlayer crashed when trying to play a module. Big thanks to Robert Konrad (RobDangerous) for the fix.
- If the very first line is selected in the module list, then the page-down key didn't work.
- In some rare situations the Piano visualizer crashes when fast-forwarding with an invalid argument error.
- Some mp3 files was not recognized as so.
- Fixed different bugs when double-clicking a file to open it in NostalgicPlayer.
An installation package can be found on Microsoft Store. (dr)
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19.Jun.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 163 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 163 (July/August 2023) have been published online at the title link. Content includes a preview of the ASM game, a review of the IceDrake turbo board and show reports.
Amiga Future magazine is available as an English and a German printed magazine and can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers. (snx)
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18.Jun.2023
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Video: "Browservice" under Linux and AmigaOS 4
Dave 'Skateman' Koelman, who among other things wrote the article Using two graphics cards in the AmigaOne X5000, explains in a video along with the accompanying video description how to set up Browservice - a web "proxy" server that allows surfing the internet on historical browsers - under Linux in order to then be able to use it with the Odyssey browser under AmigaOS 4. Comparable to AmiFox for AmigaOS 3 or AROS, Browservice converts the browser view window into images, which are then displayed by a JavaScript application on the client browser. (dr)
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18.Jun.2023
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: Support by editors SciTE and Notepad++ (Update)
Andreas Falkenhahn writes: The popular editors SciTE and Notepad++ now also support Hollywood by default.
SciTE supports Hollywood beginning with version 5.3.6 and Notepad++ supports Hollywood beginning with version 8.5.2. SciTE is especially interesting for Linux and macOS users, since on these platforms no Hollywood IDE is available.
Update: (16:50, 19.06.23, snx)
Our reader Michael Jurisch rectifies: By his Hollywood extension for Visual Studio Code there is an alternative editor available for Linux and macOS. (snx)
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18.Jun.2023
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Aminet uploads until 17.06.2023
The following files have been added until 17.06.2023 to Aminet:
links-mos.lha comm/www 7.2M MOS Links text-only WWW browser w...
evo.lha dev/e 652K 68k E-VO: Amiga E Evolution
smb2fs.i386-aros.lha disk/misc 82K x86 SMB2 file system client
smb2fs.m68k-amigaos.lha disk/misc 149K 68k SMB2 file system client
MCE.lha game/edit 3.6M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.9M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.2M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 18M 68k Implementation of Tunnels & T...
2D_ATcad_RTG.lha gfx/misc 740K 68k 2D-CAD-Programm
WhatIFF2.10.lha mags/misc 1.4M What IFF? #2.10-June-2023
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
opus-tools-0.2_a68k.lha mus/edit 389K 68k Opus Audio Tools
NAFCYI1991S1-B13.zip text/bfont 2.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B14.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B15.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B16.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B17.zip text/bfont 2.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B18.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B19.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B20.zip text/bfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B21.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B22.zip text/bfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B23.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-13.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-14.zip text/pfont 1.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-15.zip text/pfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-16.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-17.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-18.zip text/pfont 1.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-19.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-20.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-21.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-22.zip text/pfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-23.zip text/pfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
avalanche.lha util/arc 110K AOS ReAction unarchive GUI for xf...
IdentifyDev.lha util/libs 67K 68k Identify hardware and more
IdentifyUsr.lha util/libs 100K 68k Identify hardware and more
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 11M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
GoShell.lha util/shell 25K 68k tool for open Shell in full s...
GoShell_pl.lha util/shell 3K polish catalog for GoShell
RNOWidgets.lha util/wb 4.9M MOS Desktop widgets application
RNOWidgets_OS4.lha util/wb 4.5M OS4 Desktop widgets application
(snx)
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18.Jun.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 17.06.2023
The following files have been added until 17.06.2023 to OS4Depot:
nanosaur.lha gam/act 14Mb 4.1 A science fiction third-person s...
mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
smb2fs.lha net/sam 128kb 4.1 Filesystem for accessing files u...
avalanche.lha uti/arc 110kb 4.1 Simple ReAction GUI for xadmaster
tequila.lha uti/wor 33kb 4.1 Task monitor / CPU profiler / to...
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18.Jun.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 17.06.2023
The following files have been added until 17.06.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
MCE_14.15.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
fheroes2_1.0.5.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
Links_2.29.lha Network/Web Links text-only WWW bro...
QuickLaunch_1.0.lha System/Ambient/Launchbar A software launch manager
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18.Jun.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 17.06.2023
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 17.06.2023:
(snx)
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18.Jun.2023
Amiga.org (forum)
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AmigaGuide magazine: Issue 10 of "WhatIFF?" published
"WhatIFF?" is an English language Amiga magazine in AmigaGuide format. The topics of the tenth issue include hardware (e.g. A314-CP, Commotron 2000) and game reviews (e.g. Luma, Neon Noir) as well as tutorials (e.g. Brilliance, LightWave 3D) and interviews - for example with the programmer of the demo version of Hamulet, which is exclusively included as "cover disk". (snx)
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18.Jun.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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Start bar: WBDock2 2.874
Thomas Rapp has updated his Toolmanager or AmiDock style start bar, WBDock2, to version 2.874. The changes of the program for AmigaOS 3.1 or higher include "autohide" mode now moving the dock above all other windows and appearing only when the mouse is on the right screen as well as taking pens from Palette prefs for drawing the frame around the dock.
Download: wbdock2.lha (374 KB) (snx)
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18.Jun.2023
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Video tutorial: MUI-GUI (part 3) and GadTools GUI (part 1) in Blitz Basic
Rob Cranley has streamed on Twitch both the third part Teil of his tutorial showing how to create a GUI with MUI in Blitz Basic (amiga-news.de reported) and the first part of a tutorial series on how to create a GadTools GUI in Blitz Basic. (dr)
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18.Jun.2023
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Shell extension: GoShell 4.0
GoShell is a free and simple tool for opening a shell terminal in full screen mode on a separate screen (amiga-news.de reported). Changes in the now released version 4.0 of the tool developed by Krzysztof Donat:
- added locale support for GoShell configuration tool (English GoShell.cd and GoShell.ct included. If you want a catalog for your language, feel free
to translate)
- added new predefined color set (yellow)
GoShell (Aminet link) runs on any Amiga with Kickstart 3.0+ and is freeware, but the author would appreciate a small donation. (dr)
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17.Jun.2023
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Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.0
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (screenshot). Features:
- AmigaGPT uses the GPT-4 architecture developed by OpenAI to generate coherent, context-aware responses to your input.
- AmigaGPT takes full advantage of the latest AmigaOS 3.2 API and does not require any third-party frameworks.
- AmigaGPT can use the Amiga's speech synthesis capability to read the generated text aloud, using either narrator.device V34 (Workbench 1.x) or narrator.device V37 (Workbench 2.0).
The programme has the following requirements:
- OCS/ECS/AGA Amiga
- AmigaOS 3.2 or higher
- 68020 processor or faster
- TCP/IP stack for Internet access
- AmiSSL 5.9
- an OpenAI account with an active API key
- optional: narrator.device V34 and/or narrator.device V37
Direct download: AmigaGPT.lha (196 KB) (dr)
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17.Jun.2023
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SMB2 handler smb2fs V53.7 for AmigaOS 3/4 and AROS
The Server Message Block (SMB) is a network protocol for file, print and other server services in computer networks and allows access to files and directories located on another computer (Wikipedia entry). Fredrik Wikstrom's SMB2 handler is based on libsmb2 and allows remote access to files via the SMB2/3 protocols (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 53.7:
- Merged latest changes from libsmb2 git repository.
- AmigaOS 3 version now uses ReqTools for the password requester.
- Now uses an empty string instead of a NULL pointer when connecting to a share without a password.
- AROS version no longer gets SysBase by reading it from AbsExecBase.
- AROS version: Replaced fcntl() and close() calls with IoctlSocket() and CloseSocket().
Requirements: newlib.library V53.40 or later (or V53.30 as included in AmigaOS 4.1 FE) and the filesysbox.library V54.4 or later for AmigaOS 4, filesysbox.library 54.3 or later for AROS and AmigaOS 3 and optional the requester.class (ClassAct/ReAction, for password requester) for AmigaOS 3.
For all three operating systems there is a GUI on Aminet for creating a DOSDriver.
Downloads:
smb2fs.i386-aros.lha (82 KB)
smb2fs.m68k-amigaos.lha (149 KB)
smb2fs.ppc-amigaos.lha (128 KB)
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17.Jun.2023
itch.io
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Adventure: "The Oregon Trail" v0.85
Sami Vehmaa had started a new game project: "The Oregon Trail" (new YouTube video of a live presentation) is set in 1847 and is a text-based adventure game (amiga-news.de reported). Version 0.85 provides the following changes:
- Menu updated
- Amiga Guide in place
- Known bug fixes done
- Many audio effects added
- Trading added
- Full screen color fix
- Death enhanced
- Game is more personal, names instead of wife/daughter etc
- Map updated
- Memory optimization
- Gun Draw Duel
- Background events, things just there to make game more alive, input no longer is locked/waiting for your input something
- Game time (days) runs by it self, looks like 40-50min game play
(dr)
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17.Jun.2023
Lorence Lombardo (ANF)
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Compression of executable files: Body Guard Packer 5.6
Lorence Lombardo's "bgpk" is a 68k executable file packer which, according to the developer, makes it possible to protect programs, improve compatibility with programs intended for a Unix-like operating system, and use some of the latest compression technologies.
The program requires AmigaOS 2.x. On systems with a version 1.3 Kickstart ROM, execution of programs packed in this way is prevented, so crashes are avoided. As a further difference to other packers for executable files, programs compiled with vbcc, for example, could also be compressed. In addition, bgpk does not perform hunk sorting or stripping, so that files packed with it are restored to their original state after unpacking. (snx)
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17.Jun.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Current hardware availability
After ACube Systems recently delivered the last boards to pre-orderers, including shops (amiga-news.de reported), we asked the relevant Amiga shops if they had them on sale:
Alinea Computer offers a Sam460LE complete system for 1299 euros (plus shipping) with the following specifications:
- Sam460LE board
- Uboot
- Cover
- AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition included (OEM licence)
- Kingston KVR667D2S5/2G DDR2 memory 2GB quality memory
- Fractal Design Core 1000 Tower
- High quality 550 Watt power supply with cable management
- 4port SATA PCI controller
- 240GB SanDisk SSD hard drive
- DVD burner
- Radeon HD 77xx 2 GB Gfx board
- Soundblaster Live Audigy FX
As the item can only be ordered against prepayment, there is no direct purchase link in the shop, but must be ordered by enquiry. AmigaOne X5000 are currently not in stock.
For 1269 euro, but in the meantime sold out, Amedia Computer France had the Sam460LE on offer as a complete system. As the maintainers informed us, however, these will be available again during the next week and can thus be ordered:
- a little Micro ATX slim case,
- the Sam460LE 1,10GHz motherboard,
- 1GB memory module,
- 1x 240GB SSD 2.5 harddisk,
- 1x Radeon HD5450 2GB graphic's card,
- 1x Audio PCI Express card,
- 1x PCI Sata card,
- the AmigaOS 4.1 software.
As a specialist in assembling computers, other special configurations with many tower, Ram, hard disk, graphics card, sound card and Sata card variants can also be ordered on request.
Amedia Computer France also continues to offer the AmigaOne X5000/40, which can be ordered on request. When ordering a complete system, an AmigaOS 4 game and a recovery USB stick are included free of charge.
Amedia Computer France is not only maintaining an online but two physical shops as well which are located in France, in Courcelles-Chaussy, and in Luxembourg, in Differdange, where they also sell AmigaOne X5040 towers.
ACube Systems itself does not offer a complete system, but the pure Sam460LE board for around 963 euros.
As the maintainer of the RELEC shop told us, he is in the process of restructuring his shop. He is currently working on offering new items for the Amiga, among others a new design for the X5000, called "the red D", a desktop case. Sam460 boards are also to be offered. We will report when this will be the case.
The American shop Amiga On The Lake does not currently offer any PPC systems.
(dr)
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