19.Sep.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 18.09.2021
The following files have been added until 18.09.2021 to OS4Depot:
dwitvs.lha dem/int 180kb 4.0 4K source intro
jylam.lha dem/int 165kb 4.0 4K source intro
oo.lha dev/lib 1Mb 4.1 Bring easier programming to C an...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
nmtm.lzx gam/adv 17Mb 4.0 Point and click adventure game
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19.Sep.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 18.09.2021
The following files have been added until 18.09.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
prowokacja.lha Demoscene prowokacja.lha
vvg_intro2.lha Demoscene vvg_intro2.lha
HWP_Healthcare_1.0.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for g...
AmiArcadia_28.2.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
NMTM_14.09.21.lzx Games/Adventure A game concept demo of ...
Wayfarer_2.6.lha Network/Web Wayfarer is the latest ...
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19.Sep.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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Print magazine: Issue 134 of Amiga Future readable free of charge
German and English issue 134 (September/October 2018) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" is available free of charge now at the magazine's website. Published as image files of the individual pages, remainders of the physical issue as well as PDF files at a higher resolution are available at the publisher. (snx)
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18.Sep.2021
CDTV Land (Twitter)
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CDTV: New ROM version 2.35 announced (update)
The website CDTV Land is about Commodore's home multimedia entertainment and video game console CDTV which was launched in April 1991. It has now announced the new OS-Version 2.35.
The update will be available for free and "fixes a couple of long standing bugs which have plagued CDTV owners for many years and it throws a couple of small improvements into the mix for good measure". Changes compared to the last known original Commodore ROM release (2.30) from 1992:
- Support for systems with 68030 CPUs
- Support for systems with 32-bit Fast RAM
- Memory card support restored for CDTV players
- CD+G functionality restored for CDTV players
- Buffer overflow bug fixed in bookmark.device
- CD-ROMs will now boot even without CDTV.tm file
- Ability to access the CDTV title screen when a harddisk is installed
- Option to force exit CDTV title screen
- OS build target device ID on CDTV title screen
- No error screen when no disk drive connected to CDTV player
Regarding the availabilty the website wrote: "CDTV OS 2.35 is about to move from alpha to beta testing (by late September 2021). This means the feature set is locked and I will only be fixing bugs that arise during the beta testing phase. Depending on how the beta testing goes, I foresee a release version for the classic CDTV player (CD-1000) before the end of this year. ROM releases for the A570 and A690 CD-ROM drive addons for the A500/A500+ will follow shortly after that."
Update: (16:50, 19.09.21, dr)
In a separate article the developer of the new ROM has written about technical and legal issues. (dr)
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17.Sep.2021
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Retro 7-bit: Firmware update for keybiard adapter 'Sum' (update)
Sum adapters sold by Retro 7-bit enable connecting USB HID keyboards to the Amiga. They have been designed for installation inside Amiga's casing. Sum is based upon 16-bit Microchip microcontroller. Formerly the adapters were also offered for the CDTV and the CD32 but currently are only available for Amiga 600 and Amiga 1200. Changes of the new firmware:
- rewriting new firmware
- added support for "composite device"
- added support for several keys pressed simultaneously
- added F11 option in adapter settings - displays software versions
Direct download: Sum_20210923.7z (29 KB)
Update: (07:12, 25.09.21, dr)
The developers have released another update. The download link was updated to this new firmware version. Changes:
- fixes related to better cooperation with keyboards
- unlocking F10 option in adapter settings (function displays keycodes)
(dr)
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17.Sep.2021
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Dealer: AmiGang Store offers Raspberry Pi 4B with AmigaOS 3.2
Yannick 'Papiosaur' Buchy, known by the MorphOS distribution Chrysalis as well as the Aminet alternatives MorphOS-Storage and Amiga-Storage, does now also offer a webshop called AmiGang Store at the title link.
Primarily sold is the mini computer Raspberry 4, model B - depending on the variant chosen also with AmigaOS 3.2 pre-installed (other configurations are possible on request). Promised is the emulation of an Amiga with Motorola 68040 CPU, 1 GB Fast-RAM, a resolution of up to 1920 x 1024 pixels at 16 bit and a network transfer rate of 1 GBit/s. (snx)
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17.Sep.2021
Amiga Love
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Pac-Man port: Pacman 500
As the author Jean-François Fabre wrote, Pacman 500 "is a (successful) attempt by jotd to create a 1:1 port of the famous arcade game on Amiga 500 using 100% 68k assembly. The display is 4:3 so scores, lives, bonuses are on the side rather than on top/botton (YouTube video).
Features:
- original visual & sounds
- original ghost behaviour & speed
- 50 frames per second (PAL) even on a 1MB 68000 A500
- all levels & bonuses & intermission sequences
- original intro
- joystick controlled (port 1)
- can run directly from shell or from whdload (fast machines/complex configurations)
1MB RAM is required (could be reduced to 512k with lower quality sounds). The source code is available on GitHub. (dr)
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16.Sep.2021
Individual Computers (ANF)
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Individual Computers: Pre-ordering of Indivision ECS V3 started
From today on it is possible to pre-order the Flickerfixer/Scandoubler 'Indivision ECS V3' produced by Individual Computers. Some notes of the developer:
"Indivision ECS V3 will replace Indivision ECS V2. Although very unusual for iComp, I had to make a re-design without actually adding new features. The main reason why a new design was required was the global chip shortage that you've surely heard about in the media. Two rather low-cost chips, and the main FPGA were either wildly expensive, or not available at all. I was lucky enough to find a small quantity of FPGAs on the free market for a moderate premium of "only" 160%, but could not find the right footprint part for the H/V sync driver and the data drivers. Instead of the SC-70 package for the H/V driver, I found a slightly bigger part with the same functionality. Luckily, that part of the board had enough space.
The data drivers were a single 16-bit chip on the V2 design. This became unavailable these past months, so I replaced it with two 8-bit drivers.
Instead of soldering the male-to-male adapter directly to the board, I decided to solder a socket to the circuit board, where the male-to-male adapter will be inserted. Background of this decision is a few service cases where pins of this adapter broke off, and it was very tedious to replace the part. The improved order of parts makes V3 much more servicable, as the adapter can now be exchanged without soldering. I'd expect that most useres can replace the adapter on their own, so shipping the flicker fixer to us for service is becoming less likely to be required.
Another thing that got hard-to-find was the IC that I've been using for the 25MHz oscillator. I wasn't too worried when the distributor told me that the lead time for this part is just over 50 weeks, as we've had complaints from A600 users that the crystal conflicts with the RTC module in some cases. I have therefore decided to buy 25MHz integrated 3.3V oscillators. While this is considerably more expensive, it is only a small contribution to the overall price increase, and has the added benefit of being much smaller than the HC49S-sized crystal of the V2 design.
One thing that is truly different from the V2 design is the output stage. On a component level, it does look almost the same as V2, but went through an expensive CE approval process, and vastly improves picture quality when used on problematic Samsung monitors and similar models that use the same input stage.
The new output stage uses high-frequency transistors as drivers, allowing much sharper edges at higher drive strength, eliminating "ghosting" that was described with certain problematic monitors.
Another thing we have improved is compatibility with motherboards that have a mouse/joystick multiplexer chip from Mitsubishi: While V2 had trouble dealing with the extremely long propagation delay of this chip, the CPLD of the V3 design deals with this problem without the need to adapt to a specific Amiga main board revision. This CPLD code can also be applied on the V2 design, so we now have a solution for existing V2 customers as well."
(dr)
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15.Sep.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 125 (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 the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time.
Download pages:
italienisch (key: QerVYTJgNQTZvcUkZmtCnY4VU-T7vyaGE-_E_EB4pdI)
englisch (key: IrtuK02qmjJMccpLi7_I_OvEqcLoJZugTNDhiT9-gyM)
You can also read the latest issue in the browser. (snx)
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15.Sep.2021
Thorsten Mampel (ANF)
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Event: Amiga-Meeting Nord 2021 in Neumünster (Germany)
From November 5-7, 2021, the next Amiga-Meeting Nord will take place. Address is the hotel "Kiek in!", Gartenstraße 32 in 24534 Neumünster, Germany. Registration will be possible at the title link, further details are available in our german news-item. (snx)
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14.Sep.2021
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Boing Attitude: Interview with Gianluca Girelli (GDG-Entertainment)
In July Boing Attitude, among others publisher of the quiz game Ask Me Up XXL and the file manager Dir Me Up, had published issue 1 of its French-language Amiga magazine Boing. The included interview with Gianluca Girelli now is available in an English-language translation on the website of Boing Attitude. (dr)
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13.Sep.2021
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Amiten Team: Download of several games
The Amiten Team offers several, formerly commercial games for download. The price can be set by the user, so a free download is also possible. The games:
(dr)
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12.Sep.2021
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 2.6
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's Wayfarer web browser is now available in version 2.6. Besides linking to OpenSSL 3.0, some annoying bugs reported by users have been fixed: On several GitHub pages only gray bars were displayed instead of the texts. Likewise, Wayfarer crashed as soon as one tried to search for a connection on bahn.de. New with version 2.6 are the web and download notifications via Magic Beacon. More details about this notification system can be found on geit.de. The changes in detail:
- Implemented Web Notifications and Download notifications via Magic Beacon. See the FAQ for more information
- Added browser tab pinning (via tab context menu). Disables tab close button and hotkeys
- Use Clipboard unit 1 for HTML paste operations like Odyssey does
- Linked against OpenSSL 3.0
- Fixed a WebAudio crash on bahn.de
- Enabled Intersection Observer (fixes github.com)
- Fixed an issue which caused some of the settings to display wrong state when opening settings for a given host directly from the menu
(dr)
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12.Sep.2021
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Aminet uploads until 11.09.2021
The following files have been added until 11.09.2021 to Aminet:
RNOXfer.lha comm/tcp 3.4M MOS Graphical FTP/FTPS/SFTP client
RNOXfer_68k.lha comm/tcp 2.8M 68k Graphical FTP/FTPS/SFTP client
RNOXfer_OS4.lha comm/tcp 3.8M OS4 Graphical FTP/FTPS/SFTP client
boingdemo.i386-aros.lha demo/intro 4.9M x86 A recreation of the Amiga Boi...
boingdemo_os4.lha demo/intro 4.5M OS4 A recreation of the Amiga Boi...
ZnitDemo1991.adf demo/intro 880K 68k DebutDemo by Znit (1991)
aqb.lha dev/basic 185K 68k A BASIC Compiler+IDE for Amig...
oberon-risc-emu.lha dev/obero 371K MOS Emulator for the Oberon RISC ...
HippoPlayerIR.zip docs/hard 28K 68k Wirelessly controlled HippoPl...
dsp3210.lha driver/oth 405K 68k DSP 3210 drivers and tools
Africa.lha game/board 303K 68k Conversion of 3W board game
AfricaMOS.lha game/board 345K MOS Conversion of 3W board game
Africa-OS4.lha game/board 351K OS4 Conversion of 3W board game
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.3M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.6M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.2M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
DKTr-Speech-ACEpansio... misc/emu 25K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
PlayCity.ACEpansion.lha misc/emu 17K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
TMPI-Speech.ACEpansio... misc/emu 18K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
Willy.ACEpansion.lha misc/emu 27K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
Nifty3.2.lha pix/misc 5K new mouse pointer preset for ...
fxblankers.lha util/blank 53K MOS Effectful screenblankers for ...
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 1.1M 68k free icon.library in optimize...
Alltests.zip util/misc 276K 68k Automated Amiga Test Program
TestProgram.zip util/misc 119K 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
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12.Sep.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 11.09.2021
The following files have been added until 11.09.2021 to OS4Depot:
boingdemo.lha dem/int 4Mb 4.0 A recreation of the Amiga Boing ...
hogwagen.lha dem/int 175kb 4.0 4K source intro
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
africa.lha gam/boa 351kb 4.0 Conversion of 3W board game
doboing.lha gra/ray 106kb 4.0 Generate Boing Ball 3D objects
rnoxfer.lha net/ftp 4Mb 4.1 Graphical FTP/FTPS/SFTP client
mediavault.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.1 Discover online radio stations
zitaftpserver.lha net/ser 11Mb 4.1 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
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12.Sep.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 11.09.2021
The following files have been added until 11.09.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
WakeUp.zip Demoscene WakeUp.zip
AmiArcadia_28.1.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Oberon_2016.1.lha Emulation Emulator for the Oberon...
SDLPoP_1.22.lha Games/Adventure SDLPoP is an open-sourc...
OpenJazz_SDL2.lha Games/Platform OpenJazz is a free, ope...
RNOXfer_1.3.lha Network/FTP A graphical FTP client ...
fxBlankers_1.0.lha System/Ambient/Blankers Effectful screenblanker...
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11.Sep.2021
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Dungeon Crawler: 'Blade' released
Mark Sheeky originally released his game in 1996 and wrote:
"Blade was my 20th, last, and most ambitious game for Amiga; an expanded, isometric sequel to my Roguelike game Hilt. The game took over a year to develop and was signed to be published by a troubled company named Alive Mediasoft. The game was released without my consent and I received nothing. Unable to take matters further in these moribund years of the Amiga, I released the game for free.
Supplied in ADF format for use with Amiga emulators, and in RP9 format for use with Cloanto's Amiga Forever and other RetroPlatform emulators. The game needs to be installed to a virtual Amiga hard drive, so the RP9 files contain a pre-installed version of Blade. The standalone intro sequence can be viewed separately from one of the discs." (dr)
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11.Sep.2021
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Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2021.6.0
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan allows you to develop games. The engine itself is closed source, all demos and example games are open source. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, levels created by using the editor Tiled eingesetzt. For importing and creating sounds, music and animations the Amiga formats (mod, 8svx, anim5) are used.
Recently version 2021.6.0 has been released featuring multiplayer for up to four players, multiplexed sprites, translucency effects and more (YouTube video). (dr)
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11.Sep.2021
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Dock bar: WBDock 2 V2.430 for AmigaOS 3.1 and higher
Thomas Rapp has updated his dock bar 'WBDock 2' for AmigaOS 3.1 to version 2.430 and recentlx fixed a bug pointed out by our reader 'yelworC'.
- the MagicWB style can now have skinned edges
- fixed starting project icons on WB V44+ with DOpus5 as WB replacement
- preview of the dock app SDK included (unfinished)
- fixed deadlock when dragging Workbench icons over the dock
(dr)
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11.Sep.2021
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Video: 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast #108 - Mainboard ReAmiga 3000
In episode 108 of his video cast 10MARC Douglas Compton reviews the replacement mainboard ReAmiga 3000 by John "Chucky" Hertell (amiga-news.de reported).
Besides this review there has been also video footage by the developer himself published in August and October 2019. (snx)
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11.Sep.2021
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RTG driver: P96 v3.1.2
A few weeks ago, Individual Computers had updated its graphics card driver P96 to version 3.1.1. Now another bug fix release is available. Changes:
- In case the display was switched from a display that is not in the chain to the native output, connected to another card that is in the display chain, then P96 did not de-activate the monitor switch of the other card, and hence the display remained blank.
- Added the 320x240 and 320x200 mode templates to P96Mode.
- The vesa mode templates of P96Mode lacked the sync polarity information. They have now been added.
- In case allocating an additional screen buffer for screen dragging does not work, V3.1.1 failed. V3.1.2 now falls back to an earlier method of migrating the front viewport and re-allocating it, requiring a roundtrip of the display contents through system RAM.
- In case the board did not indicate the presence of the blitter, memory reorganization for screen dragging might not have worked at all, and thus screen dragging may have failed. This also hurt the ZZ9000 which, besides having a blitter, does not indicate its presence to P96.
- In case the native Amiga output does not have any visible screen, it is now turned off and the background color is set to black.
- The flicker fixers are now only turned off if a board on the display chain becomes active. Otherwise, the native display generation remains untouched.
- In case no active screen is available anymore on a given monitor, the corresponding monitor is now blanked.
- When allocating the frontmost bitmap, the memory handling only migrated front and back bitmap if no blitter was available for moving memory around. It now migrates all bitmaps.
- The picasso96api.library now returns the CVisionPPC big-endian modes with increased priority to ensure tools use these modes with priority. This may help to get some programs to work that assume a particular display organization without checking what they get or need.
- The same modifications have been made to the emulation.library, which is responsible for emulation of the villageTronic API and the cybergraphics API.
- Note that while the above modifications make big-endian modes preferred modes, not all graphic modes may be available under all situations. In particular, if GRANTDIRECTACCESS is set, modes that require an "aperture switch" are not. In particular, the ARGB mode on the CVisionPPC requires such a switch to be made, and is thus not available, unless GRANTDIRECTACCES is not set.
- The CGfx emulation indicated the depth of the ARGB modes as 32bit, though the original CGfx API indicates depths of such modes as 24 bit. This got fixed, and alpha is not included in the depth computation for emulation purposes.
- Some programs seem to call LoadView(NULL) in supervisor mode. Note that this function is not supervisor-callable, though P96 now adds a workaround that executes at least some of the code in supervisor code. (*)
- The P96 Installer script now explicitly sets the user level to "Intermediate" before continuing with the question whether to install the software. This is necessary as the "novice" user will never be asked, and therefore the user will never be asked, looping/waiting forever for confirmation.
Please mind that some of these updates are an effort to work around bugs of other programs. Especially (*) was an attempt of getting basically-broken software to work. In detail, a few demos have been reported that use this function call. However, our workaround was not successful, but also not harmful to compatibility with good software. Please note that this is not a standard thing for iComp to try - the prime directive should be to fix broken software at the source, and not add workarounds where they don't belong.
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