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01.Dec.2022
John Girvin


Arcade-Action: Turbo Santa Deluxe Edition 2022, Highscore competition
At the end of last year, Nivrig Games released the arcade action game "Turbo Santa" (YouTube video), which is based on Turbo Tomato he also wrote. Now he has released a Deluxe Edition 2022 of his Christmas game, which has been rebalanced and now also features an endless mode. Golden gifts bring additional points and bonuses for delivery.

Furthermore, like last year, there is a high score competition with prizes donated by Amiga Addict, Bitmap Soft, Geezer Games and Retro32. The six best Turbo Santa DX22 scores in endless mode and normal difficulty submitted between 1 and 24 December 2022 have the chance to win various prizes.

Finally, Santa Rocks by the same developer is also available again. (dr)

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30.Nov.2022



Platform game: Remake of "Boxx" using Scorpion Engine
The developer 'Lemming880' is currently working on the fourth part of his "Boxx" series developed with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). He also tried to port the first part of the series, originally written with Backbone, to the Scorpion Engine, which apparently succeeded: he uploaded a beta version under the title link (YouTube trailer). Minimum requirement is an Amiga 500 with 1MB RAM. (dr)

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29.Nov.2022
Craig Loewen


WSL for Windows 10/11 generally available
As Microsoft explains in a developer book entry, the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now generally available for Windows 10 and 11 in the Microsoft Store, having previously held "Preview" status. This means that it is now easier for users and developers to test the runtime environment for Linux, "AxRuntime", written by Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz, under Windows: for existing users, a simple upgrade is possible with wsl --update. If one uses the store version of WSL, one gets WSL updates much faster than before when WSL was a Windows component.

At a request of the WSL community, WSL in the Store will now be available on Windows 10 and Windows 11. This allows Windows 10 users to take advantage of the latest WSL features, including support for systemd and Linux GUI applications. (dr)

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28.Nov.2022
Andrew Hutchings (Twitter)


DIY: V2.2 of RGBtoHDMI adapter for Amiga 2000
Developer Andrew Hutchings had summarized the development status regarding his version of the RGBtoHDMI adapter at the end of January 2022, which is based on the RGBtoHDMI project and is a further development of the Amiga-VideoSlot-RGBtoHDMI adapter for the Amiga 2000 by 'Bloodmosher': The goal of the RGBtoHDMI project is to feed raw digital RGB data into a Raspberry Pi Zero, which then outputs it via HDMI to produce a pixel-perfect display of the image with low latency.

The now published version 2.2 of the design is smaller than the 2.1 version and has a protection fuse on it. Basically, version 2 of this board is easier to build and easier for the user to install than version 1. The Pi is on the back of the Amiga, so the HDMI port can be connected directly, and physical buttons are used instead of cables. The parts needed to assemble it yourself can be ordered for around 14 euros plus shipping on tindie. (dr)

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28.Nov.2022



Platform game: Ami-Tower updated
The Polish developer 'Tukinem' (farm simulation "Farmiga") has ported Icy Tower in Blitz Basic 2 for the Amiga. The game principle is to let the main character climb a tower by jumping to different heights.

The still incomplete version we reported about at the beginning of November has now been completed by the developer, got some bug fixes and have been made and the full version has been released. The game requires a standard Amiga 500 with Kick 1.3 and 500 KB. (dr)

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28.Nov.2022



Platform game: Super Delivery Boy 2022.2
The mini-game "Super Delivery Boy" again has been updated (amiga-news.de reported). Changes:
  • Reduced loading times between Menu/Credits and Game/GameOver
  • Added quit option in main menu
  • Adf is now Workbench friendly  
  • Added copper sky and snow fx to main menu
  • Bug fixes
(dr)

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28.Nov.2022



AmigaOS 4/MorphOS: Odyssey script for GitHub websites updated
George 'walkero' Sokianos again has updated the script to correctly display GitHub websites with the browser Odyssey: Now you will find an URL under the assets of a release where nothing was visible. (dr)

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28.Nov.2022



Blog: ZZ9000 and ZZ9000AX in an Amiga 2000
As usual, Epsilon reports in detail and with numerous pictures about Lukas F. Hartmann's ZZ9000 graphics card and the ZZ9000AX sound card available for it in the latest blog entry of his "Epsilon's World". (dr)

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28.Nov.2022
ujb (Kommentar)


MorphOS: Email client Iris 1.5
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.5 of his email program Iris for MorphOS. The new version introduces support for auto-archiving attachments into a zip archive, including encrypting them with password. Changes:
  • Attachments can now be automatically turned into a zip archive when writing email
  • Zip attachments may be extracted right from Iris
  • Fixed a warning / signal leak when viewing the Outgoing Messages folder
Download: iris.lha (21 MB) (dr)

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27.Nov.2022
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 4.4
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 4.4 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS. Changes:
  • Massive performance gains in decoding of large file images
  • Loading progress bar colour can now be configured in Interface settings
  • Cherrypicked OffscreenCanvas fixes from latest WebKit sources
  • Added handling of very long filenames when finalizing a download
  • Fixed a bad free call in the media decoder
  • Disabled some stray debug
Download: wayfarer.lha (29 MB) (dr)

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27.Nov.2022
Twitter


Network solution: Amiga Explorer 10
Cloanto's Amiga Explorer allows access to an Amiga's files and drives from a Windows computer, supporting null modem cables, network or Bluetooth adapters to connect. New features in the now released version 10 include a new clipboard - bi-directional sharing of text in the clipboard has been added - and restored "Windows XP SP3" support. This is a free update for all previous versions. The full changelog can be seen under "Properties" on the Windows side. The Amiga update can be done via the Windows page or via Aminet. (dr)

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27.Nov.2022



Announcement: The Amiga-News.de Advent Calendar 2022
Dear readers, each of us probably associates something different with the Advent season: for some, it starts as early as September, since from then on you can stock up on gingerbread and speculoos. Another may look forward to the Christmas markets. In recent years, there has been a nice trend that, in addition to the large and classic markets, there are also small artists' and neighborhood markets that give a hint of the secrecy of childhood.
But two things should be mandatory for everyone - with or without family offspring: an Advent calendar and storytelling. If the simple picture advent calendars or the ones filled with a chocolate figure, which are still known from earlier days, are enough or if it should be the variants filled with perfume, toys and technology, which have almost reached the realm of small furniture in terms of size and weight, is a matter of taste. With our Amiga-News.de advent calendar we want to take up this nice tradition of the calendar as well as the story telling.


We asked developers and programmers for a little anecdote. So from December 1st until Christmas we read in sometimes shorter, sometimes longer texts about their Amiga beginnings, first successes and experiences from their creative wealth and little incidents to smile or even to think about.
If you like, you can try to guess who is participating in our calendar by their initials. At this point, a big thank you to all who participated! (dr)

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27.Nov.2022



Aminet uploads until 26.11.2022
The following files have been added until 26.11.2022 to Aminet:
AExplorer_Update.lha     comm/net   131K  68k Cloanto Amiga Explorer Update
wla_dx_v10.4.lha         dev/cross  7.0M  68k WLA DX - 8-bit CPU Cross Macr...
PortablE.lha             dev/e      13M   ALL E compiler, r6b (24.11.2022)
AVAGOMouse.lha           docs/hard  540K  68k hack Dell mouse for Amiga w/ ...
f1champ.lha              docs/misc  74K       Statistics of Formula One 195...
nblood.lha               game/shoot 1.0M  68k Blood Amiga Port
wcs.lha                  gfx/3d     1.9M  68k recompiled version of World C...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.6M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.9M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   5.1M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   3.4M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
MultiMeedio.lha          mus/play   32K       Script to control many media ...
RNOInfoScreen.lha        mus/play   12M   ALL Music player front-end and in...
RNOTunes.lha             mus/play   8.3M  MOS Multi-format audio player
RNOTunes_68k.lha         mus/play   8.0M  68k Multi-format audio player
RNOTunes_68k_FPU.lha     mus/play   7.9M  68k Multi-format audio player
RNOTunes_AROS.lha        mus/play   8.3M  x86 Multi-format audio player
RNOTunes_OS4.lha         mus/play   8.8M  OS4 Multi-format audio player
RNOTunes_WOS.lha         mus/play   8.6M  WOS Multi-format audio player
sdop.lha                 text/misc  2.8M  MOS DocBook XML to PostScript pro...
UHCGUI-Current.lha       util/wb    58K   68k GUI frontend for the UHC-Tool...
(snx)

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27.Nov.2022



OS4Depot uploads until 26.11.2022
The following files have been added until 26.11.2022 to OS4Depot:
nallepuh.lha             aud/mis 69kb  4.1 NallePUH (Paula emulation) for O...
rnoinfoscreen.lha        aud/pla 12Mb  4.1 Music player front-end and info ...
rnotunes.lha             aud/pla 9Mb   4.1 Multi-format audio player
spotless.lha             dev/deb 3Mb   4.1 Your favorite debugging tool
portable.lha             dev/lan 13Mb  4.1 E compiler, r6b (24.11.2022)
(snx)

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27.Nov.2022



AROS Archives uploads until 26.11.2022
The following files have been added until 26.11.2022 to AROS Archives:
rnoinfoscreen.i386-aros.lha  aud/pla 12Mb  Music player front-end and info ...
rnotunes.i386-aros.lha       aud/pla 8Mb   Multi-format audio player
(snx)

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27.Nov.2022



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 26.11.2022
The following files have been added until 26.11.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
RNOInfoScreen_1.8.lha     Audio/Players             RNOInfoScreen works as ...
RNOTunes_1.0.lha          Audio/Players             RNOTunes is a GUI based...
MultiMeedio_1.4.lha       Audio/Scripts             A script to control man...
Chrysalis_3.17r3_Micro... Chrysalis                 This pack allows you to...
PortablE_r6b.lha          Development/E             PortablE is a recreatio...
SDL_2.26.0_Libraries.lha  Development/Library       All Libraries SDL2 : SD...
ncursesw_6.3.zip          Development/Library       ncursesw (ncurses with ...
MorphOS_in_detail_1.1.pdf Documentation/MorphOS     An old documentation ab...
VICE_2.4.lha              Emulation                 Old version of VICE, an...
BootClock_1.30r1.lha      Misc                      A little and easy progr...
Stellarium_0.8.2.lha      Misc                      A MorphOS port of Stell...
PastePass_2.0.lha         System/Utilities          A simple passwordmanage...
Hexedit.zip               Text/Edit                 View/edit files in hexa...
sdop_0.90.lha             Text/Misc                 DocBook XML to PostScri...
(snx)

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27.Nov.2022



WHDLoad: New installers until 26.11.2022
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 26.11.2022: (snx)

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27.Nov.2022
Amiga.org (forum)


Event: World of Commodore 2022 in Toronto (Canada)
Next weekend, on Decmber 3 and 4, the "World of Commodore" will take place in Toronto. Hosted by TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group) - founded in 1979 and, according to its own information, the oldest continuously active Commodore user group - the event can be attended not only on site but also virtually via Zoom.

Amiga-related speakers will be David Pleasance (formerly of Commodore UK) and Ranko Rodic (Minimig updates) as well as the YouTubers Amiga Bill and Dan Wood. (snx)

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27.Nov.2022
Seiya (ANF)


PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 140 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time.

Amiga-related, the current issue is about "Superhero" and "Theatre of Death". (snx)

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27.Nov.2022
Jochen Wenz (ANF)


ENTER: Computer and Retro Museum in Switzerland
For Commodore fans and lovers of nostalgic devices of all kinds, there is the ENTER museum in Solothurn, Switzerland. Besides record players, video recorders, tube radios and historic computers (including Swiss makes with 68k processors) of all brands, there are also various Amiga 1000s, 2000s and 3000s on display, as well as a lot of Commodore computers from the 70s and 80s.

Being not just behind glass, (almost) everything is hands-on. On a C64, for example, there is a rare music keyboard including cartridge. And in an archive for repair manuals, you can make copies. The "64er" magazine can be found there up to the year 1991. And for gamblers, there are various old slot machines and a pinball machine.

In the museum shop, you can also buy active and passive electronic components, but also old long-playing records, for example. Next year, the museum will move to a new building in the neighbouring village. (snx)

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26.Nov.2022



Dock: QDock V1.27
At the end of October Sami Vehmaa had published the first version of his start bar "QDock" (amiga-news.de reported), which he constantly develops further (YouTube video). Since our last news item he has added a second row of icons and with the version V1.27 released today the menu function has been changed: if you hover the mouse pointer over an area, the menu pops up.

The tool is currently available for 1.50 Euro or more and is primarily intended for emulators or Apollo cards due to the high CPU requirements. AmigaOS 3.2 (the author could not test under AmigaOS 3.1), graphics card and 22 MB RAM are required. (dr)

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