25.Mar.2023
mnemo (ANF)
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Graphics card ZZ9000: New firmware version 1.13
Lukas F. Hartmann's ZZ9000 is a graphics card with additional features and ports (network, USB, SD cards), which can be ordered in different versions (amiga-news.de reported).
Yesterday, the new firmware version 1.13 was released, which mainly provides stability improvements. In addition to the firmware, the driver package (LHA) must also be updated. The changes:
- Fix Z3 autoconfig issues incl. RAM on first boot
- Improve ethernet to amiga irq
- Fix ethernet freeze on NetShutdown
- Fix scaled sprite and split position
- Fix split panning
- Fix 320x200 mode
- Fix 15bit mode for real (remove hack)
- Add 1920x800 video mode
- MHI/AHI mutually exclusive checks by Tom W.
(dr)
[News message: 25. Mar. 2023, 06:29] [Comments: 0]
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24.Mar.2023
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.6.0
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400.
A few moments ago, version 5.6.0 has been released. Changes:
Bugfixes
- Fix "default" button setting not fully enabling CD32 pad mode when CD32 was configured.
- Detection of hotplug controllers didn't work after 5.4
- Restart would cause crashes sometimes
- fixed controller axis should be separate from joystick axis handling
- memory pattern would cause graphics glitches in some cases
- virtual keyboard now works with CD32 mode as well
- fixed crash if something triggered a CPU HALT3
- fixed various compiler warnings
- revert custom, blitter and drawing to WinUAE 4.4.0 standard
- 50Hz scroll was not smooth
- improve scrolling smoothness under 50Hz
- Don't use SDL_Quit until we actually quit Amiberry
Improvements
- Implemented On-Screen Virtual Keyboard
- Added VKBD default toggle key
- added VKBD retroarch mapping support
- updated game controllers db to latest version
- Clean up filesystem and bsdsocket emulation earlier.
- cherry picked recent updates from dev
- add SDL2 version in logfile
- Rewrite Serial port support, using libserialport - this also adds a new build requirement
- Disk - Check raw write buffer index, removed debugging.
- refactored input event handling to minimize latency
- removed unreachable code
- decrease mouse map sensitivity on joystick handling
- added more logging during retroarch event handling
- refactored controller input logic
- refactored atomic operations, moved byteswap functions
- added new default options in amiberry.conf
- GUI improvements
- added Warp reset option in Misc Panel
- implemented turbo boot option
- added 1024x600 RTG resolution
- minimize diffs from dev branch
- allow on-the-fly change of virtual mouse driver
- add RK3588 platform in Makefile
- increased width of dropdowns in Input Panel
- minor speedup improvements after recent changes
- a few more minor speed optimizations
- automatically center GUI window when opening
- Updated WHDLoad XML to latest version
Build System
- renamed zip archive from ubuntu to debian
- trigger builds on dev branch and pull requests also
- add automated builds for RK3399 Manjaro platform
- added missing parser.cpp in Android and CMakeLists
- switch from Docker to self-hosted builds again
- added missing Virtual Keyboard file in CMakeLists also
(dr)
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24.Mar.2023
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Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga V2.4 beta 1
Dirk Hoffmann continues working on his Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS and now has released the first beta version of v2.4. Changes:
Enhancements:
- Improved thread synchronization (Adaptive sync)
- Warp boot support
- Code cleanup
The minimum system requirement for his emulator has been raised to macOS 11.0. Since the developer has left the "Apple Developer Program" ("too expensive"), the app is no longer certified. This means that from now on a warning will be displayed when the app is started. (dr)
[News message: 24. Mar. 2023, 17:59] [Comments: 0]
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24.Mar.2023
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AROS x86: Update of ABI-v0 developer branch to version 20201110-2
In mid-February AROS developer Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz released version 20201110-1 of AROS ABIv0 for 32-bit systems (amiga-news.de reported). Today's second release contains some changes and bug fixes (release notes). (dr)
[News message: 24. Mar. 2023, 16:15] [Comments: 0]
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24.Mar.2023
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Video tutorial: The AMOS commands Load IFF, Get Icon and Paste Icon
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro (amiga-news.de reported), retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' this time explains the AMOS commands Load IFF, Get Icon and Paste Icon, which he uses to load in graphics for buttons from an IFF file, and use those buttons in a program. (dr)
[News message: 24. Mar. 2023, 06:17] [Comments: 0]
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24.Mar.2023
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m68k assembly: "Amiga Assembly" plugin V1.8.3 for Visual Studio Code (update)
"Amiga Assembly" is a plugin for Visual Studio Code to support assembly language for the Amiga Motorola 68000 machines and emulators. After Paul Raingeard had already corrected a bug of version 1.8.0 under macOS with version 1.8.1, further problems are solved with the now available version 1.8.2.
On GitHub a detailed documentation is available.
Update: (25.03.2023, 07:20, dr)
Meanwhile version 1.8.3 is available, which partly fixes the bug that the link order could not be set. (dr)
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24.Mar.2023
(ANF)
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Event: Geit@Home #1 2023
From Friday, April 14, till Sunday, April 16 2023, members of the Amiga clubs Osnabrück and Steinfurt meet once again at Guido 'geit' Mersmann's home in Hörstel, Germany. Details can be found in our German news-item or at the title link. (dr)
[News message: 24. Mar. 2023, 04:50] [Comments: 0]
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23.Mar.2023
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.8 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.8 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, now based on the latest version OpenSSL 3.1.0. The detailed changes:
- Switched to OpenSSL 3.1, with full compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 3.1.0 (14.3.2023) version, which includes:
- SSL 3, TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and DTLS 1.0 only work at security level 0.
- Performance enhancements and new platform support including new assembler code algorithm implementations.
- Deprecated LHASH statistics functions.
- FIPS 140-3 compliance changes.
- Replaced many common Exec semaphore protected OpenSSL operations with atomic inline assembly code on both OS3 and OS4, decreasing overhead and increasing performance.
- Fixed bug in the 5.7 SDK (applications built with it should be recompiled using the 5.8 SDK).
Download AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.8-OS3.lha (3,3 MB)
Download AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.8-OS4.lha (3,1 MB)
Download SDK: AmiSSL-5.8-SDK.lha (2,3 MB) (dr)
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23.Mar.2023
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Video: March update on BitBeamCannon projects
In a short video BitBeamCannon has informed about the current status of their projects (Metro Siege, DaemonClaw, Scorpion Boy). (dr)
[News message: 23. Mar. 2023, 06:27] [Comments: 0]
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23.Mar.2023
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Maze game: Cube V0.30
Sami Vehmaa is in the process of writing another game with AmiBlitz3 for fast Amigas with graphics cards or emulators: in "Cube" (YouTube video), the player has to find his way out of a kind of labyrinth (amiga-news.de reported). He has updated to version 0.30, which now features both an intro and an ending scene, as well as adding random lights and sounds (closing doors etc.). (dr)
[News message: 23. Mar. 2023, 04:24] [Comments: 0]
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21.Mar.2023
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Block-oriented copying: Device-Streams 2.2.1
At the beginning of October, Roc Vallès i Domènech had updated the Amiga tool "Device-Streams" for block-oriented copying, similar to UNIX command dd, which was originally developed and released by Christian E. Hopps in 1993 (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2.2.1:
- Minor documentation update.
- Minor Makefile update.
- Built with current toolchain.
- No functional changes.
Two builds are availables: the main build was done with bebbo/amiga-gcc, the second one vbcc.
Download:
device-streams.lha (88 kB)
device-streams_vbcc.lha (86 kB) (dr)
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21.Mar.2023
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Managing ADF files: Rust library "adflib"
Volker Schwaberow is in the process of converting ADFlib, written by Laurent Clevy mainly in C, into the programming language Rust. As he explained to us when asked, the library is still in a very early stage and still very minimalistic. At the moment it can read and write ADF, it can read and write tracks and sectors in a byte array. There is no support yet for file systems, compression, etc.
However, that is the goal. In addition, there will be a command line tool that will allow these operations to be performed on the command line without the need for programming knowledge. The author is happy about support, code commits from third parties are welcome. (dr)
[News message: 21. Mar. 2023, 17:43] [Comments: 0]
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21.Mar.2023
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Shooter: New demo version of "Cyberpunk Alien City"
"Cyberpunk Alien City" (video) is a mixture of Run'n Gun and Space Invaders: the player must defend a city against attacking aliens (amiga-news.de reported). Now the demo version for OCS Amigas has been updated. According to Amiten Games a small demo of the shooter part of the game, there "is still a lot to do". (dr)
[News message: 21. Mar. 2023, 05:32] [Comments: 0]
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20.Mar.2023
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Preview video: Twin-Stick shooter "Rogue Declan: Zero"
Nivrig Games - among others Turbo Santa Deluxe Edition 2022 - have been working for some time on a twin-stick shooter which is also supposed to be a test game for the Twin-Stick controller developed by "Abstraction Games" (amiga-news.de reported). A new preview video shows the first level of the game, which has alpha status now. (dr)
[News message: 20. Mar. 2023, 08:55] [Comments: 0]
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20.Mar.2023
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Remake: Rick Dangerous released
"Z-Team" has released its remake of the game Rick Dangeous with enhanced graphics for the Amiga 1200 or CD32 (and Windows, Mac and THEA500 Mini) (YouTube video of beta version 0.4). The game was written with the Scorpion Engine, but in contrast to the original plan there is no graphics card version, because the responsible programmer had left the team during development. (dr)
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19.Mar.2023
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Programming: Web based m68k assembler editor v2.6.0
Under the title link you can find a webapp to write, run and learn M68K assembly code based on the framework SvelteKit and the programming language Rust (amiga-news.de reported).
Since our last message, the developer has improved the interactive documentation:
- Changed documentation layout to have future more languages
- Added an interactive documentation for each instruction
- Bug fixes for some instructions (rod, asd, lsd)
- Other bug fixes and improvements
(dr)
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19.Mar.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Full version download: Ntimed, Evil Garden, Mission Andromeda, Pacific Islands
At Amiga Future full versions of the application Ntimed as well as the games Evil Garden, Mission Andromeda and Pacific Islands can be downloaded free of charge. (snx)
[News message: 19. Mar. 2023, 08:15] [Comments: 0]
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19.Mar.2023
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Aminet uploads until 18.03.2023
The following files have been added until 18.03.2023 to Aminet:
CompressionOS4.lha biz/misc 1.3M OS4 A PDF generator
sylpheed.lha comm/mail 21M OS4 Sylpheed e-mail for AmiCygnix...
sylpheed-src.lha comm/mail 1.3M Sources of Sylpheed 3.0.3r3 (...
SteMarRegAMOSSources.lha dev/amos 398K 68k 10 AMOS sources+exes by Stefa...
CubicIDE_HW100.lha dev/hwood 822K 68k Hollywood add-on for Cubic IDE
Hollywood_SDK.lha dev/hwood 3.1M Plugin development kit for Ho...
HollywoodPlayer.lha dev/hwood 10M ALL Player for Hollywood applets
MaestrixReloaded.lha driver/aud 1.2M 68k The Maestrix 2: Reloaded on P...
anaiis.lha driver/oth 232K 68k ANAIIS USB Stack Release 1.23
anaiis_boot.lha driver/oth 232K 68k ANAIIS USB Boot disk Release ...
gimemorygame.lha game/wb 260K 68k GI Memory Game
WhatIFF2.09.lha mags/misc 1.5M What IFF? #2.09-March-2023
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.6M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
amicygnix-base.lha misc/x11 148M OS4 An Unix/X11 environment for A...
amicygnix-base-src.lha misc/x11 22M Sources of the AmiCygnix base...
ChangeExp.lha util/misc 5K 68k Protect/Detect your emulated ...
ShowMem.lha util/moni 15K 68k Shows memory fragmentation vi...
StartWin.lha util/wb 105K 68k Two bugged Workbench launchbars
(snx)
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19.Mar.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 18.03.2023
The following files have been added until 18.03.2023 to OS4Depot:
seq.lha aud/mis 414kb 4.0 MIDI sequencer
vintagesongplayer.lha aud/pla 2Mb 4.0 A JukeBox multiformat player
cubicide_hw.lha dev/mis 822kb 4.0 Cubic IDE Add-on for Hollywood 10.0
hollywood_sdk.zip dev/mis 3Mb 4.0 SDK for Hollywood 10.0
hwplayer.lha dev/mis 10Mb 4.0 Run applets created by Hollywood
ultraedit.zip dev/mis 15kb 4.0 UltraEdit wordfile for Hollywood...
maestrixreloaded.lha dri/aud 1Mb 4.0 Reloaded on PowerPC!
fheroes2.lha gam/str 8Mb 4.1 Engine Heroes of Might and Magic...
videntiumpicta.lha gra/vie 3Mb 4.0 Videntium Picta is picture viewer
sylpheed.lha net/ema 21Mb 4.1 E-mail client for AmiCygnix with...
sylpheed-src.lha net/ema 1Mb 4.1 Sources of Sylpheed 3.0.3 for Am...
amicygnix-base.lha net/mis 148Mb 4.1 An Unix/X11 environment for Amig...
amicygnix-base-src.lha net/mis 22Mb 4.1 Sources of the AmiCygnix base pa...
compression.lha uti/mis 1Mb 4.1 A PDF generator
(snx)
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19.Mar.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 18.03.2023
The following files have been added until 18.03.2023 to AROS Archives:
vintagesongplayer.lha aud/pla 2Mb A JukeBox multiformat player
muiplot.x86_64-v11-aros.lha gra/mis 263kb Simple function plotter
videntiumpicta.lha gra/vie 2Mb Videntium Picta is picture viewer
amissl.i386-aros.zip net/mis 1Mb AmiSSL is a port of OpenSSL for ...
muimapparium.x86_64-v11-a... net/mis 739kb OpenStreetMap Client
leu.x86_64-v11-aros.lha off/spr 1Mb A simple spreadsheet viewer
mcamiga.x86_64-v11-aros.lha uti/fil 295kb File Manager
hex2.x86_64-v11-aros.lha uti/mis 243kb Calculator with variables
(snx)
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19.Mar.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 18.03.2023
The following files have been added until 18.03.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
MIDITools_1.4.lha Audio/MIDI/BarsnPipes MIDI-Tools (MIDI-In** a...
VintageSongPlayer_2.55... Audio/Players A different, funny and ...
Hollywood_SDK_10.0.lha Development/Hollywood Plugin development kit ...
HollywoodPlayer_10.0.lha Development/Hollywood Hollywood Player is a p...
Bochs_2.7.lha Emulation A PC Emulator, which al...
Doom3-ProjectUAC_r6_4.lha Games/Shoot3D Doom3 ProjectUAC
X-Moto_0.6.2.lha Games/Sport A challenging 2D motocr...
Vanilla-RA_1.1.lha Games/Strategy Version 1.0 of a port o...
Vanilla-TD_1.1.lha Games/Strategy Vanilla-TD_1.1.lha
fheroes2_1.0.2.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
VidentiumPicta_2.60.lha Graphics/Tools An image viewer progra...
Wayfarer_5.0.lha Network/Web Wayfarer is the latest ...
How_to_build_the_machi... Videos Video of How to build t...
April-mov.lha Videos Video of April in mov f...
April-avi.lha Videos Video of April in avi f...
Efika.lha Videos Video of Efika PPC by b...
How_to_build_the_machi... Videos Video of How_to_build_t...
How_to_build_the_machi... Videos Video of How to build t...
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