01.Oct.2021
Technology Blog
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Programming: 'Rust'-Support for Motorola 68000 announced
As Golem reports, the Rust programming language has received experimental support for the Motorola 68000 CPU architecture and processor family for the first time, thanks to a LLVM port. The associated code has been contributed to the main branch of the language's open source repository.
Golem further points out, "Currently, the Rust port to the M68k architecture is still considered experimental and is arguably not complete. In addition, the compiler test suite is not tested by default and the team makes few guarantees that the port will work. For native builds, those involved currently recommend using Debian's M68k port in the documentation, as well as old machines with the CPU such as the Atari or Amiga.
Supported and mainly supervised the work on the LLVM port to the processor architecture, which is now about 40 years old, by a small team of volunteers. The most important goal of the work here is to support the retro computing scene with the work on the compiler. So, together with the Rust port, it will be possible in the future to run other modern software written in Rust on the cherished old computers." (dr)
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01.Oct.2021
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Amiga-Emulator: Amiberry 4.1.5
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.
After relasing several 'release candidates' (amiga-news.de reported), today version 4.1.5 was released providing several big fixes, improvements and among others also support for AmigaOS 3.2 ROMs. Detailed list of changes:
- fixed pipeline typo
- Added distro information to pre-compiled binaries
- Removed more unused code
- Speed up Fast Copper
- More removal of unused code
- Removed inactive code from custom.cpp
- Updated whdload_db to latest version
- Added RPI3 64-bit pipelines (inactive for now)
- Updated Readme to reflect Makefile changes
- Updated Azure Build pipelines with new platform names
- Split rpi3/rpi4 64-bit builds to fix -mcpu wrong flag
- #843: Don't change GUI Window size if we are in Full Screen mode
- Reverted default sound mode to Push with increased bufffer. Pull caused glitches in some cases
- Fixed bug causing full-window mode to always show as windowed
- Fixed bug where if the GUI window was maximized and emulation started afterwards, the emulator would shut down
- Fixed ShowMessage window would always change window size (it shouldn't if it was maximized)
- Merged DrawBridge and GUI updates from dev
- Added support for Kickstart 3.2 ROMs
- #782: Brought back multithreaded drawing
- VS project cleanup
- Don't resize window if it's maximized
- Changed "default_fullscreen" option to "default_fullscreen_mode" and made it into an integer. It now controls 3 states: Windowed (0), Fullscreen (1) or Full-Window (2).
- #454: Added Warp and Quick Save State functions in Custom Controls
- #501: Implemented Warp mode for SDL2 (End + Pause to trigger)
- #821: Added default option for sound pull mode in amiberry.conf
- Added copyright and license info in About panel
- #841: Added label to show timestamp of selected savestate
- #841: Increased Savestates to 15
- Updated Remote deploy/build settings
- Fixed #824: Dispmanx would show black screen if loading another config with different screen dimensions
- DMX: initialize variable
- DMX: Remove unused function
- #805: Renamed and fixed Menu to Guide button, in Custom controls
- #805: Don't hardcode the controller Guide button to open GUI always
- #822: Use menu button from mapping instead of hardcoded SDL2 "GUIDE" button
- #827: Improved navigation in HDD panels
- #827: Implemented scrolling with controller/keyboard in master
- #827: Reduced width of Serial Port group
- #827: Get rid of horizontal scrollbar in Misc panel
- Fixed #823: Controller in Mouse mode didn't trigger Retroarch Quit combo
- Fixed select button reading would pass wrong Joy ID to function
- Don't attempt to read from non-existing joysticks
- Set Input Mouse/Joystick autoswitch to disabled by default
- Added generic Cortex-A9 32-bit target
- Ensure hotkey_pressed is reset after it was triggered to enter the GUI (@mrfixit2001)
- Added CDTV as a command line option in --model
- Change default sound buffer properly
- Revert "Changed default audio buffer size to 4KB instead of 16KB"
- Retroarch: Change button mapping loop to fixed value instead of depending on external variable
- Changed default audio buffer size to 4KB instead of 16KB
- Updated pipelines from dev
- Updated build pipelines
- Removed VisualGDB solution from repo
- Retroarch: Fixed crash on startup when parsing controller file
- Revert "Retroarch: Fixed crash on startup when parsing controller file"
- Retroarch: Fixed crash on startup when parsing controller file
- Cherry picked recent updates from dev branch
- DMX: Don't remove blackscreen_element during subshutdown
- #825: back-ported improvements to master branch
- #827: Navigation cleanup in Floppy panel
- #827: Fixed Sound panel navigation glitches
- #812: Backported fix to master branch
- Backport fix for #825 to 4.1.4
- Retain version information in optimized builds also
(dr)
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29.Sep.2021
exec.pl
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m68k assembler support: Plugins for JetBrain and Visual Studio IDEs
Recently we reported, that Chris 'platon42' Hodges is developing a (e.g. USB-Stack Poseidon) Plugin for the integrated development environment (IDE) of Jetbrains (e.g. CLion and IntelliJ for Windows, Mac OS and Linux) providing support for m68k assembler. It equips the IDEs with syntax highlighting and code refactoring capability for Motorola's instruction set.
This project also is available on GitHub and meanwhile the plugin is available as version 0.7 providing the following changes:
- Bugfix: 'btst' with pc-relative and weird immediate mode was missing (courtesy of Yann).
- Bugfix: 'movem' with pc-relative mode was missing for weird immediate mode (courtesy of Yann).
- Bugfix: Special registers for address mode matching only worked with lower case register names (courtesy of Yann).
- Enhancement: Assembler syntax with implicit immediate 1 for shifts and rotations no longer cause syntax errors (courtesy of Yann).
- Enhancement: Documentation for instruction with special register shows specific register expected.
- New: Added documentation provider info for global labels. Shows directives and comments above.
- Bugfix: Fixed BNF for labels with preprocessor statements.
- Disabled: 'END' detection was breaking parsing, causing havoc.
- Full changelog available at Github project site.
There is also a second, similar approach of the JetBrains employee Yann Cébron. However, there is no public version yet.
For Microsoft's IDE Visual Studio (among other supporting Visual Basic.NET, C, C++, C++/CLI, C++/CX, C#, F#, SQL Server, TypeScript and Python as well as HTML, JavaScript and CSS), there is also an extension providing support for Amiga's assembler language. (dr)
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28.Sep.2021
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Controlling Sonos speakers: SonosController 1.1 (OS3/4, MorphOS)
Known for his workbench simulation TAWS, Michael Rupp had released his first Amiga program at the beginning of August, which is used to control Sonos speakers: SonosController (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has released version 1.1 for his program written in the programming language Hollywood, which for the first time is available for AmigaOS 3 in addition to AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS and includes the following changes:
- NEW: first release for AmigaOS 3.x besides 4.1 and MorphOS
- NEW: lots of performance improvements to make it usable on a 68060 cpu, resulting in being blazingly fast on PPC-Amigas.
- NEW: MUI 3.8 compatibility (instead of 5.0)
- NEW: zones (= rooms) are now saved in the config file so when starting the app the next time no network scan is necessary, resulting in a much quicker startup.
- NEW: to save on network traffic and CPU load, loading of the current queue can now be deactivated in the Preferences.
- NEW: network scan can now be cancelled and it's no longer possible to start a second scan while one is already running (this led to speakers being listed multiple times in v1.0).
- NEW: queue lists are now cached in memory and are only reloaded if a change has been reported by the according UPNP event.
- NEW: various zone values are now cached in memory and are no longer reloaded when switching between zones.
- NEW: loading of album art for radio stations
- NEW: timeout for UPNP subscription has been increased from 10 minutes to 1 hour (same as with the original Sonos app).
- NEW: added progress in percent while loading a list in the music source
- NEW: added the possibility to cancel loading a list in the music source
- NEW: "Settings" menu to accomodate the menuitems "Preferences..." and "MUI..."
- NEW: "About MUI..." menuitem to follow the MUI styleguide
- CHANGED: shortcuts for "Next" / "Previous" from Ctrl-LEFT/RIGHT to Alt-LEFT/RIGHT because on an Amiga keyboard the Ctrl key is quite far away from the cursor keys.
- REMOVED: browsing the music library by song: it was useless and took ages, it's much better to use the search instead.
- FIXED: renewal of UPNP subscription as well as unsubscription
- FIXED: TV input is now handled correctly.
- FIXED: improved handling when clicking like mad into the track position slider.
- FIXED: disable play button if action "Play" is not available
- FIXED: lots of minor bugfixes
(dr)
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27.Sep.2021
Jörg 'Torque' Klopsch
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AmigaPortal.de: Relaunch of website
In June 2019 the blogger, YouTuber and Amiga fan Jörg 'Torque' Klopsch started the Amigaportal.de. After it was not available for quite a while due to various problems, it has now been relaunched and now offers the possibility for discussion and talks. (dr)
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27.Sep.2021
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Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga 1.1 Beta 3
At the end of May developer Dirk Hoffmann released version 1.0 of his Amiga emulator for macOS. With the release of the first betaversion for version 1.1 he continued the development. Now beta version 3 is available, with the following changes:
- Compatibility enhancements:
- Fixed a bug related to reading the BLTDDAT register.
- Fixed a bug related to the computation of the DDF window.
- Fixed a bug related to dropping register writes when DMA is performed at the same time.
- GUI:
- Fixed a display bug in the Denise debug panel (BPLCON2 showed wrong values)
- From now on, vAmiga distinguishes two OCS Agnus revisions (A1000 and A500/2000).
- Fixed a bug that generated erroneous bitmap blocks on disks created by importing single files or directories.
(dr)
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26.Sep.2021
gooofy (comment)
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BASIC compiler: AQB 0.7.2
By his compiler AQB, Günter Bartsch aims to implement a modern, clean, Amiga compatible and future-proof BASIC that is geared to, but no clone of Microsoft's AmigaBASIC and QuickBASIC, respectively.
In version 0.7.2, besides further function calls and bugfixes, an online documentation in AmigaGuide format has been added and the Auto-Format feature fine-tuned. Most formattings and spellings of identifiers are preserved now. Keywords are still recognized and turned into upper case letters, indentations are carried out automatically and folding is also still supported. (snx)
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26.Sep.2021
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Text editor: Amiga Source Editor 1.60
By releasing version 1.2 (2019), at the end of the last year Alain Fontanin has resumed the development of his "Amiga Source Editor" (ASE) which originally started in 1989.
The author constantly develops his text editor further and now has released version 1.60 with the following changes:
- AmigaOS version 3.2 is correctly detected at launch;
- Taking into account of the thousands separator in the display of numbers (locale.library);
- First version of the 'Configure PFKey' functionality: visualization of the PFKey configuration;
- Possibility to configure the TAB key to insert spaces;
- Ability to automatically decompress tabs when reading a file;
- Addition of 4 new ARexx functions (PrepareCancelLines, GetSelCharLine, GetSelCharStart and GetSelCharEnd);
- Removal of menu shortcuts using French characters (eg: é, ç, à);
- Correction of a bug preventing the entry (except ASCII or PFKey functions) of the characters [] {} and not taking into account the numeric keypad keys associated with the SHIFT key.
- Possibility to define the unit associated with the clipboard;
- Management of DOS comment for files;
- Management of recent documents (last 10 open documents).
(dr)
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26.Sep.2021
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Aminet uploads until 25.09.2021
The following files have been added until 25.09.2021 to Aminet:
AmiGemini.lha comm/net 72K 68k Gemini protocol browser
aqb.lha dev/basic 204K 68k A BASIC Compiler+IDE for Amig...
F1GP2021Carset.lha game/data 18K 2021 Carset for F1GP
nblood.lha game/shoot 1.0M 68k Blood
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.2M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
MMV8_Complete.lha mus/edit 1.7M 68k MusicMaker V8 Version 3.0 (Co...
EP_MMV8.lha mus/play 15K 68k MusicMakerV8 player for Eagle...
imp3.lha mus/play 28K MOS Do stuff on Amiga!
MMV8_2_PCM.lha mus/play 9K 68k MusicMaker V8 to PCM converter
MMV8_Deliplayer.lha mus/play 5K 68k MusicMakerV8 Deliplayer for D...
MMV8_Player.lha mus/play 33K 68k MusicMaker V8 Player
UADE_MMV8.lha mus/play 15K 68k MusicMakerV8 players for UADE
Nifty3.2.lha pix/misc 25K A new mouse pointer preset fo...
TestProgram.zip util/misc 123K 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
usbdevs.lha util/rexx 373K Vendor and product of USB device
VirusZ.lha util/virus 112K 68k VirusZ III 1.04ß - Antivirus ...
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26.Sep.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 25.09.2021
The following files have been added until 25.09.2021 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
nmtm-solution.lha gam/mis 9kb 4.0 The solution for the game No Mor...
pixy.lha gra/edi 4Mb 4.0 Pixel editor new generation
witchcleaner.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Clean temp data from OWB and IBr...
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26.Sep.2021
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AROS Archives uploads until 25.09.2021
The following files have been added until 25.09.2021 to AROS Archives:
boingdemo.i386-aros.lha dem/int 5Mb A recreation of the Amiga Boing ...
dwitvs.i386-aros.lha dem/int 162kb 4K source intro
hogwagen.i386-aros.lha dem/int 171kb 4K source intro
jylam.i386-aros.lha dem/int 147kb 4K source intro
newvox.i386-aros.lha dem/mis 193kb Voxel-style landscape SDL render...
antiryadgx4_9_install_2.zip dev/uti 290Mb 2D/3D Game Engine
nmtm.lzx gam/adv 16Mb Point and click adventure game
africa.i386-aros.zip gam/boa 299kb Conversion of 3W board game
framebuild-0.5.zip gra/mis 39kb Builds list of selected .jpg fil...
doboing.i386-aros.lha gra/ray 111kb Generate Boing Ball 3D objects
simplemail-0.37-aros-i386... net/ema 842kb IMAP POP3 Client Email
arsfsdoctor_v1.zip uti/fil 87kb SFS Recovery Application
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26.Sep.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 25.09.2021
The following files have been added until 25.09.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
IMP_3.28.lha Audio/Players Play modules from inter...
SonicCD_RSDKv3_1.3.0.lha Games/Platform A Full Decompilation of...
Wayfarer_2.7.lha Network/Web Wayfarer is the latest ...
Witchcleaner_2.10.lha Network/Web A little and easy progr...
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26.Sep.2021
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Game: Point'n'click adventure CyberSphere available
CyberSphere is a Point'n'click-Adventure sold as boxed game for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS/x86 (as well as Windows, Mac OS and Linux; amiga-news.de reported), in which you have to traverse a city, its underground and outskirts to find out what has happened to you in the previous days after having awaken in your apartment with a headache and missing memory.
Languages of the game are Italian, English and French, required are 512 MB (2 GB for AROS) RAM and 100 MB of free space on the hard disk. (snx)
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25.Sep.2021
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Puzzle game: Crazy Columns 1.03
Jochen Hoffer keeps on working on his port of the Sega classic 'Columns' (Video) and has released version 1.03 (amiga-news.de reported).
In the new version the input in the highscore has been revised. Now the input is not terminated when pressing the fire button or the corresponding keys. Only at the last position of the name, the input is completed. Once you have entered a name in the highscore and confirmed the entry, an Online Key will appear on the screen. This can now be entered in the online highscore.
Furthermore the online highscore can be downloaded now to see the rankings even on the Amiga. This file highscore.dat can be copied on the disk or HD.
Direct download: CrazyColumns.v1.03.adf (880 KB)
(dr)
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24.Sep.2021
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Music: C64 & Amiga Game Music Remade as Epic Film Scores
The independent video game developer Prismatic Realms has officially started its Kickstarter website for financing the very special music album 'Epic Action Vol. 1': C64 & Amiga Game Music Remade as Epic Film Scores. The following Amiga games will be used:
- Lost Patrol
- Dune - Ecolove
- HeroQuest
- Nicky Boom
- Shadow of the Beast
- Turrican II - The Desert Rocks
- Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
- Another World
A first impression you can get by listening to five samples via Soundcloud, among others 'Lost Patrol' and 'Dune'.
About the background of the project the initiators wrote:
"Epic Action is our fantasy music album project that focuses on melding two genres together that we believe are a perfect fit: Classic Video Game Music and Epic Hollywood-style Action Film Scores.
Growing up, we were blown away by some of the music that classic computer systems were able to produce. Since you are here, chances are you were too! Rob Hubbard, David Whittaker and the late Ben Daglish (among many others) were prolific composers on the C64 and Amiga scenes. So much so that their game music tracks are still listened to, remixed and remade to this very day.
At the same time, we are a big fan of Hollywood action films. John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Alan Silvestri and many others are responsible for helping turn great movies into experiences that are bigger than life by scoring riveting masterpieces that leave you on the edge of your seat.
The idea behind this album is to deftly combine those two worlds. We've brought together talented and hard-working folks to turn this concept into reality. It is our hope that you find this project as interesting and exciting as we do and we thank you for your support!" (dr)
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21.Sep.2021
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 2.7
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has updated his web browser Wayfarer to version 2.7: Changes:
- Worked around random crashes that may have been observed in 2.6
- Significantly improved performance of various threading checks across WebKit
- Worked around an issue in objc runtime that caused Wayfarer to stall during download notifications. Do note that notifications must be reconfigured in Magic Beacon as some keywords have changed.
- Improved handling of websites that constatly request http auth credentials instead of caching the state
(dr)
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19.Sep.2021
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Jackal: Second demo version available
Recently NeesoGames had announced an Amiga port of Jackal, originally released in 1986 by Konami (amiga-news.de reported) and also released a first demo version. Since yesterday a second demo version of the game is available which is developed with the Scorpion Engine. This still is a WIP and described as buggy. New features:
- fixed jeep movement and collisions
- added jeep skidmarks
- secondary weapons mapped to joystick button 2
- added rescueing powerup prisoner
- implemented player death and respawn with weapon reset
- added wip mission start music
- added secret bonus (+1 life, same position as on the NES)
- some graphical improvements...and more!
(dr)
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19.Sep.2021
Günter Bartsch (Autor)
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Amiga QuickBasic Compiler: Version 0.7.1alpha1 released
Developing his Amiga QuickBasic Compiler, the developer Günter Bartsch is going to create "a modern, clean, Amiga OS-compliant, future-proof BASIC that is tailored towards modern Amiga application development. Recently we have reported about the start of the project and the author has got a lot of feddback which encouraged him to continue working on his project. Now he has released version 0.7.1alpha1.
- Improvements:
- "Run" menu added
- PATTERN RESTORE (ACE) statement added
- runtime/ide: detect and handle CTRL-C breaks
- ide: handle workbench startup + argument
- ide: create icons for source code files and binaries
- compiler/runtime: String concatenation implemented
- compiler: SLEEP FOR statement added
- runtime: workbench startup code added
- runtime: auto-open WINDOW 1 on first text output in debug/worbench startup mode
- bug fixes:
- compiler: for loop floating point step fixed
- compiler: SINGLE -> INTEGER const conversion fixed
- runtime: restore all non-scratch registers on premature program end (END / EXIT statements)
- ide: SELECT CASE autoformat fixed
- ide: Editor line join folding fixed
- ide: Preserve floating point literals when auto-formatting
- examples: 3dplot fixed
- compiler: CLI return code fixed
- compiler: handle varPtr in BinOp expressions
- compiler: reset compiler options on each compiler run
- ide: do not crash if non-existing file is specified as cmd line argument
- ide: fix refresh while program is running
- runtime: fix _aqb shutdown crash
- runtime: fix INKEY buffer handling
- runtime: fix TIMER nullpointer access
Direct download: aqb.lha (188 KB)
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19.Sep.2021
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: APK Compiler 4.0 released
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to announce the immediate availability of Hollywood APK Compiler 4.0. The Hollywood APK Compiler is an add-on for Hollywood that allows you to compile your Hollywood scripts into stand-alone apps for Android, ready to be distributed via the Play Store!
Hollywood APK Compiler 4.0 is a major update which now supports compiling Android App Bundles (AAB) as well. Starting from August 2021, new apps uploaded to the Play Store must use the AAB format which is why the Hollywood APK Compiler supports this format now too. Of course, it's still possible to compile APKs because those are really useful for sideloading or distribution outside the Play Store. Another new feature in Hollywood APK Compiler 4.0 is support for the final version of RapaGUI 2.0. Everything in the final version of RapaGUI 2.0 is now supported by the Hollywood APK Compiler as well!
The update to Hollywood APK Compiler 4.0 is available free of charge for all existing customers and can be downloaded from the restricted download area.
(dr)
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19.Sep.2021
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Aminet uploads until 18.09.2021
The following files have been added until 18.09.2021 to Aminet:
agitation.lha demo/aga 4.1M 68k Agitation!
dwitvs.i386-aros.lha demo/intro 162K x86 4K source intro
dwitvs_os4.lha demo/intro 180K OS4 4K source intro
hogwagen.i386-aros.lha demo/intro 171K x86 Lollipop hogwagen
hogwagen_os4.lha demo/intro 175K OS4 Lollipop hogwagen
jylam.i386-aros.lha demo/intro 147K x86 4K source intro
jylam_os4.lha demo/intro 165K OS4 4K source intro
newvox.i386-aros.lha demo/intro 193K x86 Voxel-style landscape render ...
vvg_intro2.lha demo/intro 4.3M MOS VVG intro 2
prowokacja.lha demo/misc 4.5M PROWOKACJA
aqb.lha dev/basic 188K 68k A BASIC Compiler+IDE for Amig...
healthcare_hwp_1.0.lha dev/hwood 198K MOS Hollywood plugin for garmin ...
Africa-AROS.zip game/board 299K x86 Conversion of 3W board game
slotgame.lha game/wb 238K 68k Slot Game
doboing.i386-aros.lha gfx/3d 111K x86 Generate Boing Ball 3D objects
doboing_os4.lha gfx/3d 106K OS4 Generate Boing Ball 3D objects
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...
MixTape21_Side_A.mp3 mods/anaki 12M System of Sound MixTape21 Sid...
MixTape21_Side_B.mp3 mods/anaki 12M System of Sound MixTape21 Sid...
AmiKit_XE_RaspberryPi... pix/wb 758K AmiKit XE for Raspberry Pi
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 1.1M 68k free icon.library in optimize...
SuperGlue.lha util/misc 21K 68k Exe file linker/unlinker
cranker.lha util/pack 355K 68k Amiga executable and data cru...
RxEnv.lha util/rexx 36K 68k ARexx development tools
xvslibrary.lha util/virus 93K 68k External Virus Scanner Librar...
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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 ...
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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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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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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.
(dr)
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10.Sep.2021
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Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga 1.1 Beta 1
In May the developer Dirk Hoffmann released version 1.0 of his Amiga emulator for MacOS. Now he has released the new version 1.1 Beta1 and explained:
"During the last weeks I worked a lot on the code base of vAmiga and VirtualC64. My goal was to align the code bases of both emulators as much as possible, which I managed to do to a large extent. This effort will ease the maintenance of both emulators in future. In the process of refactoring, many internal changes have been made that are not noticeable to the user. However, due to the far-reaching changes, it is likely that one or the other bug has found its way in. For this reason, the new version is released as a beta version first.
The biggest change from a user's point of view is the newly added drop layer, which automatically blends in when a media file (ADF, DMS, etc.) is dragged into the emulator. Now changing disks is even simpler than it already was in the old version.
Last but not least, the speed of the emulator has been optimized. In warp mode, vAmiga 1.1 runs up to 15% faster than the previous version." (dr)
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10.Sep.2021
Commodore News Page
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Single-Screen-platformer: 'Inca Man' V1.1 released
Only a few days ago, Amiten (e.g. Cocoa Banana, Parallel Worlds 2) released the single-screen-platformer 'Inca Man' (video) and now provided an update to version 1.1. Changes:
- Fixed lives counter.
- Fixed colour to bat, vampire and wrong pixel to player 2.
- Added 2 New game speeds/difficulties : Easy Mode and Super Easy(Slow) for kids.
- Added TIME OVER.
- Added PDF manual in English.
- Added PDF manual in Español.
(dr)
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09.Sep.2021
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MUI-based SFTP/FTP(S)-Client: RNOXFER 1.3 for AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS
As announced by the release of the pdf viewer RNOPDF, the developer 'jPV^RNO' has updated his FTP client 'RNOXFER' to version 1.3 which among others now also supports the SFTP protokoll. Additionally he has published a tutorial and a video on his website which are supposed to explain the functions and the usage in a comfortable way. Changes of version 1.3:
- Added support for the SFTP protocol
- Added support for large files
- Added an option to use graphic enhanced buttons in the program GUI
- Transfer speeds are displayed in the progress gauge
- Added an option to show directory names in bold text
- Directory creating failures are handled better
- Fixed handling of links with the full path
- Added an option to verify uploads
- Added selection information within the status line
- Status line indicates if the selected files are equal on both sides
- Better URL encoding when copying URLs to the clipboard
- Pattern selection interprets #? as a wildcard now
- More verbose delete requester
- Added a password requester if no password is set when connecting
- Added a command line argument for the passive mode (defaults to pasv now)
- Minor tweaking
(dr)
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09.Sep.2021
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fxBlankers: Screenblankers for MorphOS
Stephan Blixth (OnyxSoft) wrote:
"I wanted to learn how to make some cool blankers for MorphOS. There was some basic examples how to make the framework etc. in the SDK for MorphOS which was really good as base. And since I'm not a demo coder I recall there was some cool effects in the AROS distribution. I used some of them as base to create this effectful blankers."
Version 1.0 provides the three screenblankers 'DawaFire', 'Fireworks' and 'Flamme'. You have to copy them to System:Classes/Blankers.
The source code is available on GitHub. (dr)
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08.Sep.2021
Amigans
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AmigaOS 4: MediaVault 1.3.0
MediaVault is an open source application for AmigaOS 4 which can be used to discover online radio stations. An external player like AmigaAmp and the jansson.library v2.12.1 are required. Changes in version 1.3.0:
- Added
- Added right sidebar with station info and avatar image, wherever the image is available
- Added a new menu item to check for newer versions and start a selfupdate, if the user approves it. There is a way to see the latest changes before update.
- Added a new message in case the "Discover More" button is clicked and no more stations were found
- Fixed
- Now the radio list is cleared if the search criteria change and no radio stations are found
- Now the list is not cleared if the "Discover More" button is clicked and no more stations were found
- Fixed a possible crash on window closing
- Changed
- Dropped oo.library network support for libcurl, which more mature and has a lot more options and features. Unfortunately that increased the executable size a lot.
- Now oo.library and AmiSSL are not required
- Fixed the version string to include the application name
- Added a play button at the right sidebar which is enabled as soon as the user selects a radio station. By clicking it the radio will be loaded at the default player. The double click on the radio list was disabled.
- On every request of radio stations, a list of 100 stations are returned and listed
(dr)
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07.Sep.2021
Discord
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RxEnv: Tools for the ARexx development environment (update)
Already for a longer time Carl Svensson has been dealing with ARexx programming language and for example had released a minimaltic GUI 'mp3Play' for the MP3 player "MPEGA" or a little WWW server 'gW3S'. Meanwhile these tools are not available any longer since, according to the author, he had to rewrite them and the required hardware - e.g. a network card - is not available anymore.
Now he has released tools for the ARexx development environment called RxEnv. He has written:
"Coding in ARexx on the Amiga can be great fun. It's a quirky little language by modern standards, nevertheless I find it to be a highly enjoyable experience. Still, ARexx was born in 1987, and it lacks many of the comforts we take for granted when working with younger scripting languages.
I've always felt that it's suffered greatly from the inability to include other scripts, allowing the programmer to build a small library of functions that can complement the built-ins. I also frequently miss a Read, Eval, Print Loop.
The best way to remedy this is of course to solve the problem yourself: A preprocessor and a REPL.
The preprocessor allows for the inclusion of ARexx "modules" - collections of native ARexx functions - in other ARexx scripts.
The REPL supports multi-line statements (so called "buffers"), will automatically print the result of any single statement returning a value and traps errors without touching the current variable scope. The REPL itself is written in ARexx and should run on any Amiga capable of running ARexx."
Version 1.0 of RxEnv was released under the 3.0 license.
Download: RxEnv10.lha (35kByte)
Update: (12:03, 09.09.21, dr)
The author has added some explanations:
"The main difference between rxpp and external functions is that with rxpp, the included functions will keep the scope of the including script. This means that included functions will have access to stems/compounds and other global variables, and that they will share SIGNAL, OPTIONS, NUMERIC, ADDRESS etc." (dr)
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07.Sep.2021
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 152
The English and German issue 152 (September/October 2021) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Content of the current issue includes reviews of "Bean versus the Animator", "Turbo Tomato" and "Silk Dust". (snx)
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