31.Dec.2017
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Legal dispute: a Statement by Hyperion and an open letter from two developers
At the end of 2016, Amiga Inc.'s US registration of the "Amiga" trademark expired, which ultimately led to Hyperion and Cloanto competing for various Amiga marks on two different continents. The conflict resulted in Cloanto suing Hyperion in the US for trademark infringement and copyright violations recently.
Hyperion now reacts to the lawsuit becoming public with a press release, expressing regret that Cloanto decided to go that way, forcing Hyperion to "once again redirect substantial resources away from development to litigation" and claiming to be "perplexed" by Cloantos litigation, given that the Italian Company distributed AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition "for many months". Hyperion states it still maintains that all their actions are covered by their settlement agreement with Amiga, Inc.
Meanwhile, Thomas 'Thor' Richter and Olaf 'Olsen' Barthel, who are working on a recently announced update to AmigaOS 3.1 on behalf of Hyperion, released an open letter addressing both parties. On behalf of "your fellow Amiga community", they're aksing both companies to rethink their strategies, since it does irreparable harm to their biggest assets - the enthusiastic Amiga fans:
Open Letter to Cloanto Italy SRL Udine,
and Hyperion Entertainment CVBA, Brussels
Fellow Amiga copyright owners and licence holders,
we recently became aware of another lawsuit concerning potential trademark and copyright violations between your two companies, and we are distressed to witness another round of legal action in the aftermath of the Amiga’s slow decline as a business. It is understood that both of you want to protect your assets and secure your corresponding business models, but at what cost?
May we invite you, however, to take a step back as we provide our analysis of what establishes your assets? While you may be certain that you have control over the Amiga trademarks, the AmigaOS source code, the ROM images and the contents of the Workbench disks, these assets only establish the respective legal and technical grounds on which you can run your businesses.
The reason why your companies are able to do Amiga-business is due to us, the users, the fans, the software and hardware developers and Amiga experts - the few who are still around and who keep driving the system, by buying your products, by developing software and hardware in our own spare time, by providing support in our spare time, and by keeping the community alive. Your products, copyrights and trademarks would be void if it were not for the countless people who support a product which, from a purely technical perspective, has long lost its shine and appeal.
We, the users, developers and fans, are also your customers. And as such, we are very concerned to witness how you invest time and effort into lawsuits, which would be much better spent on your users and your products. The market is still sufficiently diverse to support more than one company caring for the Amiga, but this would call for coexistance rather than a prolonged struggle for control. From the very beginning, “Amiga” stood for creativity and passion, but always in conjunction with both a wonderful machine and a fascinating operating system. These issues never had to be settled in court.
We kindly ask you to consider the ramifications of each party having just enough legal leverage to frustrate the other party’s means to conduct its Amiga-business. The resulting stalemate has repercussions beyond this legal stand-off. The goodwill and the passion which sustain the Amiga are not bottomless. We are weary of having to witness how the results of our efforts, the countless hours of spare time we devoted, are diverted into lawsuits rather than productive work.
We would ask of you to find the common ground which allows the both of you to do Amiga-business and not step on each other’s toes. You share more than what currently brings you into conflict, you certainly share the need for a sustainable Amiga market and the community which enables it.
Your fellow Amiga Community (cg) (Translation: cg)
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31.Dec.2017
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 81 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga games "Mega Phoenix", "Santa's Xmas Caper", "Xmas Lemmings 1991" and the demo maker "Demo Maniac V1.17".
Download sites:
Italian
English
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 31. Dec. 2017, 15:33] [Comments: 0]
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31.Dec.2017
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Game: The Dream of Rowan (Update)
After a developmental period of two years, the AMOS game "The Dream of Rowan" financed by crowdfunding is available as digital download. The disk version already is sold out.
The jump'n'run game for ECS-Amigas equipped with 2 MB Chip-RAM requires a 68030 processor with at least 16 MHz as well as a harddrive.
Update: (10:37, 04.01.17, snx)
As the developers rectify, the game has been paid by themselves since the crowdfunding campaign did not succeed. (snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 31. Dec. 2017, 13:32] [Comments: 2 - 04. Jan. 2018, 10:47]
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31.Dec.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 30.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until December 30th, 2017:
dizzytorrent1.0b5.lha comm/tcp 1.8M 68k Amiga 68k BitTorrent client
gopher.lha comm/tcp 27K 68k Gopher client for AmiTCP
gcc-mos2wos.lha dev/gcc 4.6M MOS Make MorphOS GCC output WarpO...
ElseWeGetMad.lha game/2play 1.2M 68k new fight Amiga game for 1 or...
ARLB.lha game/race 2.5M MOS Show AmigaRacer highscores in...
CustJo2Songs.lha mods/cust 12K 2 Modules composed by Jesper ...
CustJoAcon.lha mods/cust 12K A Module composed by Jesper O...
CustJoScrooge.lha mods/cust 12K A Module composed by Jesper O...
backupsongs.zip mods/kicko 1.2M Backup of my hdrec and TnF tunes
DeliTracker234.lha mus/play 39K 68k module player, minor update
AmiTimeKeeper.i386-ar... util/cdity 103K x86 Keep your time right
pixman_lib.lha util/libs 294K OS4 Pixman-1 as an AmigaOS shared...
tzdev.lha util/time 691K Time Zone Database and Librar...
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31.Dec.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 30.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until December 30th, 2017:
amos2ascii.lha dev/lan 60kb 4.1 Convert AMOS token files to ASCII
amosextension2ascii.lha dev/uti 60kb 4.1 This command designed to extract...
pixman_lib.lha lib/gra 294kb 4.0 Pixman-1 as an AmigaOS shared li...
amosextension.library... lib/mis 376kb 4.1 AmosExtension.library load AMOS ...
mplayer-mickjt.lha vid/pla 28Mb 4.1 A powerful multimedia video and ...
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31.Dec.2017
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 30.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until December 30th, 2017:
Envy24HT_5.15.lha Audio/Drivers Binary for Envy24HT AHI...
BeebAsm_1.08.lha Development/Cross Assembler with BBC Micr...
mos2wos_0.2.lha Development/GCC Make MorphOS GCC output...
HWP_XAD_1.0.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for xa...
HWP_ZIP_1.0.lha Development/Hollywood/... Read and write ZIP arch...
Vim_8.0.1422-src.lha Development/Sources A highly configurable t...
AmiArcadia_24.66.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
UAEmremover_1.2.lha Emulation Remove junk files creat...
Vim_8.0.1422.lha Files/Editor A highly configurable t...
MCE_10.09.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
StoWaSta_0.8.lha Games/Misc A stop watch software.
AmigaRacerLeaderBoard_... Games/Race Show AmigaRacer highsco...
Chromium_0.9.16.1.zip Games/Shoot 2D A vertical scrolling Sh...
CrispyDoom_4.3.lha Games/Shoot 3D Crispy Doom is a limit-...
PushOver_0.0.5.lha Games/Think Port of PushOver 0.0.5 ...
SlotMachineSAGA_WArMUp... Games/Think A slot machine game to ...
GrafX2_2.5_WIP.lha Graphics/Draw A quick compilation of ...
SacrificioPagano_1.30.lha Misc A special app to people...
RNOWidgets_1.1.lha System/Ambient/Commodi... Desktop widgets applica...
AutoVisible_1.2.lha System/Ambient/Screenb... All sbars visible on Au...
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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31.Dec.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 30.12.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installer has been added until December 30th, 2017:
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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30.Dec.2017
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Upcoming games: Alco-Copter (demo) and Green Beret (video)
In Alco-Copter developed by "Flashtro" you have to control a little helicopter. Now a playable demo version with six levels is available. The game requires 1 MB Chip-RAM.
Another developer team called "Megastyle" currently is working on its first Amiga game: Green Beret (Youtube video) is supposed to become a port of the same-titled C64 classic game.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 30. Dec. 2017, 01:04] [Comments: 0]
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29.Dec.2017
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Retro arcade action: Roadtrip and Quasarius
On his website Rafael Lima has released ports of two classic arcade games: In Roadtrip written in only 12 days you have to find your way to the exit in time and to avoid vehicles and obstacles. Quasarius is a Space-Invaders clone.
Roadtrip requires 1 MB RAM. On computers equipped with OCS chipset it can cause graphic errors. Users of emulators should enable cycle-accurate emulation. Quasarius runs on every Amiga with at least 512 Kilobyte RAM.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 29. Dec. 2017, 21:19] [Comments: 0]
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28.Dec.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: New MPlayer port MickJT-MPlayer
Michael Trebilcock has ported the latest version 1.3.0 of the movie player MPlayer to AmigaOS. All Amiga related code was taken from previous ports of afxgroup (Workbench startup code) and LiveForIt (other Amiga related code). By default MickJT-MPlayer reduces the video quality in order to reduce cpu load - you can change that by editing the included configuration file.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 28. Dec. 2017, 23:33] [Comments: 0]
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28.Dec.2017
Spidi (ANF)
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A500 accelerator board: Wicher 500i (Ex) supports MP3 decoder Hardware
The accelerator boards of the Wicher 500i series now support MP3 decoder hardware based on the VS1003 chip. The decoder modules have to be bought and connected with the accelerator board with a self-made cable by the users themselves. Tutorials can be found on the product sites of the models Wicher 500i and Wicher 500i Ex.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 28. Dec. 2017, 23:21] [Comments: 0]
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28.Dec.2017
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Commercial games: Playable preview of AlarCity, teaser video of "Worthy"
The developers of Pixelglass have published news for two of their upcoming, commercial games: For AlarCity, which is a top-down-view-shooter for AGA computers, a new demo version is available. The game will be distributed by amiga.net.pl. Additional to the digital download, the sale of disks (with or without a box) and diverse "Gold Editions" is planned as well. The game is supposed to be released in the second quarter of 2018 but already can be paid.
A second Pixelglass game in the "low budget" segment is supposed to be released at the beginning of Anfang 2018 despite it was announced recently: A Youtube video provides a first impression of "Worthy", which is a little arcade game. The game was written by Alex Brown known for the game Blocky Skies and is almost completed. It will be sold on CD, disk or as digital download.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 28. Dec. 2017, 23:12] [Comments: 0]
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28.Dec.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Preferences 1.60
Marko Seppänen's Preferences groups the prefs programs under AmigaOS 4 in six categories. The names of the groups can be localized, the program requires ARexx.
Download: preferences.lha (2 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 28. Dec. 2017, 12:24] [Comments: 0]
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27.Dec.2017
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Trademark disputes: Cloanto sued Hyperion in USA
In the dispute about the rights of the trademark "Amiga" (amiga-news.de reported), this month Cloanto, for some years owner of the Commodore and Amiga copyrights, has sued Hyperion in the USA, where in January the company applied for this trademark. Reason for the law-suit is that Hyperion did appeal against this application because in their opinion the registration could cause confusion with their own trademarks "AmigaOS" and "AmigaOne".
According to the statement of claim (PDF file), Cloanto wants to be determined by court that they are the lawful owner of the trademark "Amiga" and that therefore Hyperion is not allowed to apply for trademarks like "AmigaOS" or "AmigaOne". Furthermore the court battle is about the distribution of AmigaOS 1.3 Kickstart ROMs by Hyperion; also the document notes that Hyperion would not have been allowed to market AmigaOS 3.1. (snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 27. Dec. 2017, 09:22] [Comments: 0]
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27.Dec.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Retro 7-bit: WicherInstaller 1.3 for accelerator board Wicher 500i
For the accelerator board Wicher 500i produced by Retro 7-bit a software update has been released. The release provides support for the variation "500i Ex" of the accelerator board.
Download:
WicherInstallerV1_3.lha (43 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 27. Dec. 2017, 08:28] [Comments: 0]
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27.Dec.2017
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Amiga history: Pictures of Checkmate-1500 case
Under the title link a collector has published pictures of one of his two Checkmate 1500. This is a metal case sold around the year 1990 for the Amiga 500, which offered more space for extensions (entry in Big Book of Amiga Hardware).
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 27. Dec. 2017, 08:21] [Comments: 0]
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26.Dec.2017
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Hollywood-GUI: HGui 1.2
Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci's HGui is a GUI system developed with Hollywood, which in contrary to MUI Royale is available for all platforms which support Hollywood (amiga-news.de reported) - although currently there are some limitations under Android.
Changes:
- Fix: There was missing parameters when the callback 'OnChange' for TreeView
items was called
- New: Added flag 'selectGroups' on TreeView class(default to True):
if it is set to false the group items cannot be selected
- Fix: ListView's :set() method. When using the special tag 'selected' to pass
a single item to be selected (a numeric value), there was no check
to see if the ListView was allowing 'multi-selection'. This was
causing multiple selections on 'single-selection' ListViews using this
specific tag
- New: ListView -> Added method :Insert() to add a single record, this is
an additional way to add items (see special tag 'insert' of the :set()
method for further details)
- New: ListView -> Added event 'OnInsert' raised when an item has been added
to the ListView
- Doc: Improved the HGui.Window:InputBoxNew(params) documentation
- New: Added new method HGui.Gadget:freeChildren(refresh) to free all children
attached to a gadget. This is usefull when you have to create gadget
groups at runtime
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Dec. 2017, 12:43] [Comments: 0]
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26.Dec.2017
Hogne Titlestad (ANF)
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Operating system: FriendUP 1.1
Hogne Titlestad's operating system FriendUP (amiga-news.de reported) was inspired by Amiga but is not compatible to it. Now version 1.1 is available. A list of changes and news can be found under the title link and you can create a demo account under friendsky.cloud.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Dec. 2017, 12:32] [Comments: 0]
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26.Dec.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Games launcher: X-bEnCh 1.1 X-mas Public Beta Release
Jim Neray's X-bEnCH is a graphical user-interface with up to 640 colours (AGA; 128 on OCS/ECS-computers) which can replace the Workbench for launching WHDLoad-games and other applications and requires low hardware resources. An integrated command line as well as the file manager Xpl0rEr (video) are also available.
In version 1.1 among others a bug concerning Vampire accelerator boards was fixed and 112 new game screenshots were added.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Dec. 2017, 12:20] [Comments: 0]
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24.Dec.2017
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E-Mail program: SimpleMail 0.44 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Since the year 2000, at Christmas a new version of Simplemail has been released, and this year as well. Changes:
- Added AmiSSL 4 support
- Decreased folder index storage
- Improved the e-mail address auto-completion
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Dec.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 23.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until December 23th, 2017:
dizzytorrent1.0b4.lha comm/tcp 1.7M 68k Amiga 68k BitTorrent client
HWP_XAD.lha dev/hwood 62K MOS Hollywood plugin for xadmaste...
Lumberjack_Xmas.adf game/actio 880K 68k Lumberjack Xmas
Bibarr.lha game/wb 33K 68k Move all bars in the center hole
Pathos.lha game/wb 32K 68k Make a path from entry to exit
amigamad-60.pdf mags/misc 30M English PDF magazine (fka #am...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.4M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Vim_8.0-i386-aros.lha text/edit 9.5M x86 The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.0-mos.lha text/edit 9.4M MOS The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.0-src.lha text/edit 14M The ubiquitous text editor (s...
LoadModule.lha util/boot 27K 68k Install Libs/Devs reset-proof
AmiTimeKeeper.i386-ar... util/cdity 103K x86 Keep your time right
AmiTimeKeeper.lha util/cdity 84K 68k Keep your time right
jpeg2000_dtc.lha util/dtype 476K OS4 JPEG 2000 (.j2k, .jp2) datatype
MMULib.lha util/libs 717K 68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
MuMin.lha util/libs 65K 68k Minimal MuLib archive for red...
AmigaMARK-morphos.lha util/moni 1.1M MOS AmigaMARK - Benchmark Suite
Dev-Handler.lha util/sys 23K 68k Un*x like raw device access h...
tzdev.lha util/time 691K Time Zone Database and Librar...
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24.Dec.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 23.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until December 23th, 2017:
jpeg2000_dtc.lha dat/ima 476kb 4.1 JPEG 2000 (.j2k, .jp2) datatype
libmad.lha dev/lib 297kb 4.0 MAD: MPEG Audio Decoder
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
scummvm.lha gam/adv 23Mb 4.1 2D Point-and-Click adventure int...
scummvm-src.zip gam/adv 37Mb 4.1 ScummVM Source
preferences.lha uti/wor 2Mb 4.1 Prefs window for starting differ...
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24.Dec.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 23.12.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until December 23th, 2017:
- 2017-12-21 improved: Impossamole (Gremlin/Core Design) access fault (caused by a bug in the replayer) fixed (Info)
- 2017-12-21 improved: D.O.S. (Andromeda) interrupts fixed, blitter wait added, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, sine scroller code unrolled to avoid slow-downs on machines with slow chip ram access, 68000 quitkey support, default data directory changed to "data", new install script (Info, Image)
- 2017-12-20 updated: Impulse 2 (Tilt) patch redone, disk accesses disabled, blitter waits added, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, 68000 quitkey support, source code included (Info)
- 2017-12-20 updated: Desert Dream (Kefrens) patch redone, timing problems fixed, blitter waits added, interrupts fixed, 68000 quitkey support, source code included (Info, Image, Image)
- 2017-12-19 improved: X-Pose (Silents DK) BPLCON2 problem fixed, interrupts fixed, illegal copperlist entries fixed, some more blitter waits added (Info, Image)
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24.Dec.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Event: Amiga Ireland 3.0
On 19. and 20. January, Irish Amiga users will organize their third meeting. It will again take place in the hotel "The Prince of Wales" in Athlone. You can get further information under the title link.
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22.Dec.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Hardware: MP3 sound card for Amiga 1200 in development
According to Matthias Münch under the Twitter title link (German), Piotr Gozdur is developing a MP3 sound card for the clock port of the Amiga 1200. It will have 128 KB memory buffer and hardware support for the formats MP3, AAC, OGG, MIDI, WMA, FLAC and WAV. Currently he is working on finishing the software.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Dec.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Podcast: Amiga Users Ireland Podcast #10.1 - Artstate Digital
For issue 10.1 of the English-language podcast of the Amiga Users Ireland, Andrzej Wilk was interviewed who is well-known as "ΛRTΣTΛTΞ DIGITΛL" in the demo scene.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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18.Dec.2017
viddi (ANF)
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Tales of Gorluth II: Official trainer version available
Purchasers of Patrick Nevian's Tales of Gorluth now can also download a trainer version of the game.
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18.Dec.2017
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 130 - preview and extracts
A preview and extracts from issue 130 (January/February 2018) of Amiga Future have been released today. Among other things, this issue features
review of "Flug der Amazon Queen", a report of the Amiga fair Amiga 32 and the first part of a FreePascal workshop.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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18.Dec.2017
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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XAD-Plugin for Hollywood released
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working elves in Christmas business, are proud to present a brand-new plugin for Hollywood: xad.hwp! This plugin allows Hollywood scripts to conveniently open and browse archives through xadmaster.library. It uses Hollywood 6.0's new file and directory adapter plugin interfaces which allow you to iterate through XAD archives as if they were normal directories. Files within XAD archives can also be accessed as if the XAD archive was a normal directory. It just doesn't get any easier! With xad.hwp it is not necessary to unpack a file stored in a XAD archive to a temporary file before it can be opened. Hollywood 6.0's file adapter plugin interface allows direct streaming from the XAD archive into the respective file handler without any temporary file overhead. This makes it even possible to stream music or video directly from a XAD file!
Airsoft Softwair wouldn't be Airsoft Softwair without some extra goodies, though: The XAD plugin is not only available for Amiga platforms but also for all other platforms supported by Hollywood. This is possible because the original xadmaster.library was open-sourced a few years ago which made it possible to port it to other platforms as well. Thus, on AmigaOS and compatibles, xad.hwp will use xadmaster.library directly whereas on all other systems like Windows, MacOS, Linux, and Android xad.hwp contains the open-source version of xadmaster.library in its binary. This makes it possible to unpack lots of archive formats like ZIP, LhA, LZX, CAB, bzip2, TAR, and RAR on Windows, MacOS, and Linux as well!
By the way, the program "The Unarchiver", which is at the time of this writing the 7th most downloaded program from Apple's App Store is also based on xadmaster.library originally developed for the Amiga by Dirk Stöcker. This is a good example of how original Amiga technologies are now very successful on other platforms.
The XAD plugin requires at least Hollywood 6.0 and is provided free of charge for all users of Hollywood. Note that it is recommended that you use at least Hollywood 7.0 because with earlier versions there is no support for archives which contain files with non-ASCII names. The XAD plugin is available in versions for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS (x86), Windows (x86,x64), Mac OS X (ppc, x86, x64), Linux (ppc, arm, x86, x64) and Android. On top of that, the plugin comes with 30 pages of documentation in various formats like PDF, HTML, AmigaGuide, and CHM.
This release concludes Airsoft Softwair's release cycle in 2017. We wish all Hollywood users a merry XAD-Mas and a happy new year!
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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17.Dec.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 16.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until December 16th, 2017:
AmiNBD-0.1.lha comm/tcp 15K 68k Network Block Device (NBD) Se...
libid3tag.lha dev/lib 217K OS4 ID3 tag manipulation library
libmad.lha dev/lib 297K OS4 MAD: MPEG Audio Decoder
blobwars.lha game/actio 68M OS4 Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid
edgar.lha game/jump 97M OS4 The Legend of Edgar
NAGI-68k.lha game/misc 2.0M 68k NAGI - New Adventure Game Int...
tworld-68k.lha game/misc 1.7M 68k Tile World
xye-68k.lha game/misc 4.2M 68k Xye
Terrahawks.adf game/shoot 880K 68k Port of G7000 game Terrahawks
TinyInvaders.lha game/shoot 1.6M 68k SPACE INVADERS poor clone in ...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.1M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
dgen-68k.lha misc/emu 594K 68k DGen - Sega Genesis MegaDrive...
RNOWidgets.lha util/wb 2.9M MOS Desktop widgets application
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17.Dec.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 16.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until December 16th, 2017:
libid3tag.lha dev/lib 217kb 4.0 ID3 tag manipulation library
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
blobwars.lha gam/pla 68Mb 4.1 Metal Blob Solid
edgar.lha gam/pla 97Mb 4.1 The Legend of Edgar
aos-iconsupdate2.lha gra/ico 2Mb 4.0 AmigaOS 4.1 Style Icons ...
showfiles.lha uti/she 38kb 4.0 shows a sorted & text-format...
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17.Dec.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 16.12.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until December 16th, 2017:
- 2017-12-13 improved: Flimbos Quest (System 3) blitter wait patches can be disabled with CUSTOM3, lots of nice icons by Irek added (Info)
- 2017-12-12 improved: B.A.T. 2 (UBI-Soft) copperlist problem fixed, 68000 quitkey support, new install script (DIC used to create the disk images) (Info)
- 2017-12-12 improved: Flimbos Quest (System 3) another version supported, high score load/save added, interrupts fixed, illegal copperlist entries fixed, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, more blitter waits added, out of bounds blit fixed, timing fixed, more trainer options added, end sequence fixed (Info)
- 2017-12-11 new: Read & Rhyme (Unicorn Software) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2017-12-11 new: Kinderama (Unicorn Software) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2017-12-11 new: Curiosity (Pseudodos) done by Dr Cinicus (Info, Image)
- 2017-12-11 new: One to One Match (Computer Sight) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2017-12-11 new: Decimal Dungeon (Unicorn Software) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2017-12-11 new: Math Wizard (Unicorn Software) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2017-12-10 improved: Blastar (Core Design) writes to FMODE disabled, lots of Bplcon0 color bit fixes, blitter waits added, WHDLoad v17+ features used, problem with in-game keys feature fixed (Info)
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16.Dec.2017
MorphZone (website)
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MorphOS: RNOWidgets 1.1
RNOWidgets is a collection of widgets (little tools placed on the Ambient desktop). The author wrote: "RNOWidgets contains widgets for calendar (ISO), analog clock, digital clock, notes, pictures (local and net), and RSS feeds." ARexx is supported, some preconfigured themes are included.
Download: RNOWidgets.lha (3 MB)
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10.Dec.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 09.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until December 9th, 2017:
LuettjeBookholler.lha biz/misc 1.7M OS4 Little Personal Finance program
PTAF.lha demo/intro 4.7M 68k Plastic toys are forever
bsa.lha dev/cross 101K MOS Bit Shift Assembler
libmikmod.lha dev/lib 1.1M OS4 Portable sound library (music...
libmodplug.lha dev/lib 1.4M OS4 Render mod music files as raw...
libsdl_mixer.lha dev/lib 751K OS4 SDL mixer library
amibox.lha game/board 446K 68k AmiBOX - logical game 68k
EuroFighter.lha game/misc 936K 68k Party game from Capacitor Par...
Raining_Eggs.lha game/misc 541K 68k Party game from Capacitor Par...
crispy-doom.lha game/shoot 1.4M MOS Crispy Doom
AmiTimeKeeper.i386-ar... util/cdity 168K x86 Keep your time right
AmiTimeKeeper.lha util/cdity 119K 68k Keep your time right
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 652K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
ZIPTest.lha util/misc 34K 68k test Amiga 3000 ZIP DRAM memo...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 09.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until December 9th, 2017:
libmikmod.lha dev/lib 1Mb 4.0 Portable sound library (music mo...
libmodplug.lha dev/lib 1Mb 4.0 Render mod music files as raw au...
libsdl_mixer.lha dev/lib 751kb 4.0 SDL mixer library
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
aos-iconsupdate2.lha gra/ico 2Mb 4.0 AmigaOS 4.1 Style Icons ...
luettjebookholler.lha off/mis 2Mb 4.1 Little Personal Finance program
extraversion.lha uti/she 8kb 4.1 Finds the extra version number (...
getversion.lha uti/she 30kb 4.1 Shell/CLI cmd to show version st...
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 09.12.2017
The following archive has been added to the AROS-Archives until December 9th, 2017:
hocoslamfy.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 2Mb SDL Flappy Bird clone.
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10.Dec.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 09.12.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until December 9th, 2017:
- 2017-12-09 improved: Enigma (Phenomena) blitter waits added, interrupts fixed, SMC fixed, wrong blit fixed, text writers fixed, 68000 quitkey support, source code included (Info, Image)
- 2017-12-08 improved: Impossamole (Gremlin/Core Design) patch works on 68000 now, new RawDIC imager, real files used now, interrupts fixed, more trainer options added, blitter waits disabled on 68000, sound problems fixed, keyboard routine fixed, source code included (Info)
- 2017-12-07 updated: Risky Woods (Electronic Arts/Dinamic) patch redone, real files used, sound problems fixed, 68000 quitkey support, lots of trainer options added, source code included (Info)
- 2017-12-05 improved: Alcatraz (Infogrames) another version supported, blitter wait patch corrected (Info)
- 2017-12-03 improved: Scooby-Doo (Hi-Tec) blitter wait patches disabled on 68000, keyboard problems fixed, source code included (Info)
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10.Dec.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Podcast: Amiga Users Ireland Podcast #10 - Fairy Tale
The tenth issue of the podcast of the Amiga Users Ireland among others is about AmigaOS 3.1.4 and MorphOS 3.10 as well as IRIS, the forthcoming mail program for MorphOS 3.12.
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09.Dec.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmiCast: Text interview with HunoPPC
Hugues 'HunoPPC' Nouvel is the guest of the eleventh text interview of the English-language podcast AmiCast. Additional to several ports of games and of the arcade emulator FinalBurn Alpha, he also wrote the EGL-Wrapper library OpenGL ES 2.0.
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09.Dec.2017
Hacker News / mmastrac (ANF)
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Amiga 2500 with historic NASA project files and software for sale
Amiga computers once were also used by NASA. Now for 6,700 Canadian Dollars again one of them is sold.
According to the seller, the system was used in NASA's telemetry labs and is decked out with NASA asset and inventory tags from 2005. The Amiga 2500 was equipped with two custom boards that helped it to analyze telemetry data for various NASA-related equipment in space: an Amiga 2000 serial interface and an Amiga 2000 remote DMA output controller. (snx)
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07.Dec.2017
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Web-Browser: Netsurf 3.7 (2017-12-03)
Artur Jarosik has released an update of his Amiga port of the web browser NetSurf. His port is based on SDL, only the preferences are MUI-based, and should not be confused with Chris Young's Reaction-based port.
Changes in this release:
- Added YouTube streaming of 3gp files though ffplay (needs to be in C: and CLI must support long names)
- Faster jpeg loading by 40%
- Updated to newest sources
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06.Dec.2017
A. Pankalla (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Financial management LüttjeBookholler 1.60
The author Achim Pankalla wrote: "It is a easy to use personal finance program. "Lüttje Bookholler" is a german dialect and means "little accountant" and that is what you are, when using my little program. The program is capable to import account data via csv-import. LB is email-ware, if you want to use it permanent, please send me an email and you will get some advantages! for examples updates...LB needs at least AOS4.1u6".
In version 1.60 the DateBrowser for date-data fields was added. Any kind of feedback or suggests are very welcome.
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03.Dec.2017
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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TCP/IP-Stack: Roadshow now also available on CD
Press release: As more and more users ask for it, we have decided to publish a CD-Version (DVD Box) of Roadshow. Roadshow will be available in two versions in our online shop: as a download version as well as on CD, including the download version.
For all users who have already purchased the download version of Roadshow, there is the option to purchase an upgrade to the CD version for 4.90 Euro plus shipping costs in our online shop. Please note: The purchase of the CD must be done via the same account in our online shop as the purchase of the download version. If you have any questions, please send us an e-mail in advance.
About Roadshow:
Roadshow is an Amiga TCP/IP stack that allows you to connect to the Internet, access your e-mail, web pages, chat etc. It can also help you to access and exchange files within your local home network. Roadshow is one of the fastest, if not the fastest Amiga TCP/IP stack. In sustained data transmission tests, Roadshow was able to receive 997 KByte/s (tested on an Amiga 3000T, using a 40 MHz 68040 WarpEngine CPU card and an Ariadne Ethernet card). (snx)
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Aminet-Uploads until 02.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until December 2nd, 2017:
CapacitorIntro2016.lha demo/intro 812K 68k Intro remade for Capacitor Pa...
CapacitorOfTheBeast.lha demo/intro 21M WOS Promo Intro for Capacitor Par...
IntroBG.lha demo/intro 622K 68k Intro from Capacitor Party 2017
SilvermanIntro.lha demo/intro 473K 68k Intro from Capacitor Party 2017
TheCube.lha demo/intro 447K 68k Intro from Tolkien - Capacito...
TrollsFreeDemo.lha demo/intro 401K 68k Demo from Capacitor Party 2017
BadNinjas_RickyPlace.lha demo/slide 220K Graphic from Capacitor Party ...
JojoPantallas05.lha demo/slide 460K 68k Slideshow from Capacitor Part...
BeebAsm.lha dev/cross 908K MOS Assembler with BBC Micro styl...
wosdb.lha dev/debug 42K WOS A simple WarpOS/PowerOpen deb...
wosdb_src.lha dev/debug 29K Source text of wosdb debugger
sp-mos.lha dev/lang 4.0M MOS SGML parser
libflac.lha dev/lib 1.6M OS4 Free Lossless Audio Codec
f1champ.lha docs/misc 70K Statistics of Formula One 195...
worldcup.lha docs/misc 568K Statistics of soccer World Cu...
MCE.lha game/edit 1.7M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.0M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.1M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
EuroFighter.lha game/misc 508K 68k Party game from Capacitor Par...
GoldenWing_party.lha game/misc 269K 68k Party game from Capacitor Par...
Laberinto_SENSEI.lha game/misc 277K 68k Party game from Capacitor Par...
MirrorRedPill.lha game/misc 423K 68k Party game from Capacitor Par...
NAGI-68k.lha game/misc 798K 68k NAGI - New Adventure Game Int...
Puzzle_SENSEI.lha game/misc 365K 68k Party game from Capacitor Par...
Raining_Eggs.lha game/misc 542K 68k Party game from Capacitor Par...
Silverman.lha game/misc 419K 68k Test game from Capacitor Part...
SpaceCombat_Juande305... game/misc 51M 68k Party game from Capacitor Par...
TBL.lha game/misc 644K 68k Party game from Capacitor Par...
TheThings-test.lha game/misc 382K 68k Test game from Capacitor Part...
Breathless-1996-Sourc... game/shoot 3.6M Breathless by Fields of Visio...
webptools061_a68k.lha gfx/conv 4.2M 68k encode/decode images in WebP ...
webptools061_aros.lha gfx/conv 5.8M x86 encode/decode images in WebP ...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.1M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.4M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 2.5M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
glUAE.lha misc/emu 15K Integrates UAE into AmigaOS
AmigaIsLife.lha mods/demo 234K 68k MOD by FireBoy from Capacitor...
BreakFree.lha mods/demo 803K MOD by Zoltar from Capacitor ...
Calipso.lha mods/demo 31K MOD by DJ UNO from Capacitor ...
EmbrujoGitano.lha mods/med 574K MED by Zoltar for Capacitor P...
UADE_MMV8.lha mus/play 14K 68k MusicMakerV8 players for UADE
Caribesu_BG.lha pix/misc 16K Graphic by Mac for Capacitor ...
Degas_BG.lha pix/misc 11K 68k Graphic by Mac for Capacitor ...
Queen.lha pix/misc 60K 68k Graphic from Capacitor Party ...
borderzunescrollbar.lha pix/theme 94K Border themes with Zune scrol...
AmiTimeKeeper.i386-ar... util/cdity 82K x86 Keep your time right
AmiTimeKeeper.lha util/cdity 53K 68k Keep your time right
cAMIra.lha util/misc 160K 68k simple webcam software using ...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 02.12.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until December 2nd, 2017:
void-absolute_dolle_2... dem/mus 2Mb 4.1 Amiga OS4 Musicdisc released at ...
libflac.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.1 Free Lossless Audio Codec
oo.lha dev/lib 476kb 4.1 Bring easier programming to C an...
libffmpeg.lha dev/mis 12Mb 4.0 Multimedia libraries
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
gluae.lha emu/uti 15kb 4.0 Integrates UAE into AmigaOS
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 02.12.2017
The following archive has been added to the AROS-Archives until December 2nd, 2017:
borderthemeszunescrollbar... gra/the 94kb Border themes with Zune scrollbar.
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03.Dec.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 02.12.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until December 2nd, 2017:
- 2017-12-01 improved: Hero Quest (Gremlin) blitter waits disabled on 68000, 68000 quitkey support, default quitkey changed to Del, copperlist bug fixed, byte write to volume register fix, sample player fixed, manual protection completely disabled, Bplcon0 color bit fix (Info)
- 2017-11-30 improved: Prophecy: The Viking Child (Imagitec Design) RawDIC imager, other supported version works again, WHDLoad v17+ features used (config), new install script (Info)
- 2017-11-29 improved: Grapevine 16 (LSD) support for another version added (Info, Image)
- 2017-11-28 improved: Switchback (Rebels) support for the fixed/final version of the demo added (Info, Image)
- 2017-11-28 improved: Scooby-Doo (Hi-Tec) RawDIC imager, WHDLoad v17+ features used, new install script (Info)
- 2017-11-27 improved: Lords of the Rising Sun (Cinemaware) crash upon exit in PAL version fixed (Info, Image)
- 2017-11-27 improved: Lords of the Rising Sun (Cinemaware) NTSC check removed, NTSC version now also works on PAL machines (Info, Image)
- 2017-11-27 improved: Lords of the Rising Sun (Cinemaware) Herndon HLS protection removed in a clean way, slave code optimised (Info, Image)
- 2017-11-27 improved: Pushover (Red Rat Software/Ocean) sample players fixed, manual included (Info)
- 2017-11-26 updated: Dogfight (Microprose Ltd.) patch redone, manual protection completely disabled, input handler fixed, source code included (Info)
- 2017-11-26 improved: IK+ (Archer MacLean) DMA wait in level 4 interrupt fixed, samples are now played properly on fast machines (Info)
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03.Dec.2017
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Podcast: Scene World #41 - Interview with David Fox
David Fox is a game designer and programmer that worked on some of LucasArts' most memorable games, as well as the new Thimbleweed Park. AJ and Joerg talk to him about his history in the games industry, and his experience coming back to the point-and-click adventure genre. (snx)
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03.Dec.2017
walkero (ANF)
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Event: AmiCamp #6 on January 27/28 2018 (Athens)
AmiCamp #6, the Amiga event for all the Greek Amiga User, will take place in Athens (Greece) on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th of January 2018. It will be open to the public and all the Amiga enthusiasts who keep using and having fun with their Amigas, especially the Next Generation ones.
Visitors will have the chance to watch presentations about the major operating systems (AmigaOS 4, MorphOS). Computers such as AmigaOne X1000, AmigaOne 500, AmigaOne A1222 will be available among the best Classic Amiga models, which they can use and test. The gaming will also be part of the event, as well, and a SWOS competition will take place.
More information you can find at the official website at the title link as well as on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus und YouTube. (snx)
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27.Nov.2017
viddi (ANF)
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Action RPG: Heroes of Gorluth announced
Patrick "viddi" Nevian has announced "Heroes of Gorluth" which is an action RPG in the Tales of Gorluth universe. The game again was developed with the Construction Kit Backbone and is supposed to be released in December 2018. The CDs which are limited to 300 pieces can be preordered from now on.
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26.Nov.2017
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: Looking back at 10 years of Icaros Desktop
Under the title link Paolo Besser looks back at the development of his AROS distribution Icaros Desktop, which - inspired by the Pianeta Amiga 2007 - tomorrow ten years ago was born as VmwAROS. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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26.Nov.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: File manager Dir Me Up 3.95
Jérôme 'Glames' Senays' commercial file manager "Dir Me Up" (video) "is a program to explore and manipulate files, links and drawers of your Amiga."
In version 3.95 now extracting files is much faster, the F11 key can be used for full screen view and you can use the mouse wheel for scrolling in the pictogram view.
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26.Nov.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 25.11.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until November 25th, 2017:
ColourMatch.lha dev/basic 28K 68k Colour match in Blitz
HWP_ZIP.lha dev/hwood 301K MOS Read and write ZIP archives
Frontiera.lha game/misc 138K 68k Frontier alike game WIP for i...
NAGI-68k.lha game/misc 895K 68k NAGI - New Adventure Game Int...
Debian-9.0-m68k.bz2 misc/os 147M ppc Debian (unstable)
IcarosLive-2.2.1.tar.bz2 misc/os 1903M x86 Icaros Desktop LIVE!
borderzunescrollbar.lha pix/theme 96K Border themes with Zune scrol...
WBStartup+UPD.lha util/boot 196K 68k WBStartup Enhancer (Small upd...
uaemremover.lha util/dir 64K MOS Remove junk files created by ...
espeak.lha util/sys 1.5M 68k amiga-port of espeak speech s...
AutoVisible_sbar.lha util/wb 9K MOS All sbars visible on AutoScro...
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26.Nov.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 25.11.2017
The following archive has been added to the OS4Depot until November 25th, 2017:
ffmpeg.lha vid/con 24Mb 4.0 Video and audio converter
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26.Nov.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 25.11.2017
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until November 25th, 2017:
naev.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 133Mb OpenGL top-down space trading an...
fishfillets.i386-aros.tar.gz gam/puz 141Mb Two fish must cooperate to escap...
borderthemeszunescrollbar... gra/the 96kb Border themes with Zune scrollbar.
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26.Nov.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 25.11.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until November 25th, 2017:
- 2017-11-24 updated: Sly Spy Secret Agent (Ocean) patch redone, access faults fixed, sample player fixed, high-score load/save added, trainer options added, crash after entering name fixed, 68000 quitkey support, timing fixed (Info)
- 2017-11-23 improved: The Blues Brothers (Titus) patch uses real files now (reinstall required), byte write to volume register fixed, sample player fixed, illegal copperlist entry fixed, trainer options added, 68000 quitkey support, interrupts fixed (Info)
- 2017-11-19 improved: Shadow Dancer (U.S.Gold) fixed problem with Ninja Magic triggered twice when activated with fire 2 (Info)
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25.Nov.2017
amiga68k (ANF)
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Elfie - The Unicorn: Jump and Run game for girls (beta version)
Christian Giesing's "Elfie - The Unicorn" is a jump and run game, which the author has created for his daughters using Backbone. "Jack - The Unicorn Hunter" has also already announced and will be the equivalent for boys.
Currently the game is a beta version thus can include bugs and according to the author has not been perfectly balanced out. Some graphics and screens are still missing as well. 14 MHz, 2 MB RAM and Kickstart 3.x are required.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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25.Nov.2017
viddi (ANF)
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Tales of Gorluth II: Digital download available
The game "Tales of Gorluth II" (amiga-news.de reported) now can be purchased as digital download under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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19.Nov.2017
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: ZIP plugin 1.0
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the unstoppable coding machine, is back on your screen with a brand new plugin for Hollywood: zip.hwp! This plugin allows Hollywood scripts to conveniently read and write zip archives. It uses Hollywood 6.0's new file and directory adapter plugin interfaces which allow you to iterate through zip archives as if they were normal directories. Files within zip archives can also be accessed as if the zip archive was a normal directory. It just doesn't get any easier!
With zip.hwp it is not necessary to unpack a file stored in a zip archive to a temporary file before it can be opened. Hollywood 6.0's file adapter plugin interface allows direct streaming from the zip archive into the respective file handler without any temporary file overhead. This makes it even possible to stream music or video directly from a zip file!
Additionally, zip.hwp also offers a range of functions to read, modify, and write zip archives. New zip archives can be created and existing zip archives can be opened and modified. There are lots of functions which allow you to read, change, and write attributes of files stored in zip archives. On top of that, zip.hwp also supports reading and storing password-protected files with strong AES-128, AES-192, and AES-256 encryption (though note that on AmigaOS 3.x and AROS it is not recommended to encrypt archives because the randomizer on these operating systems isn't strong enough for cryptography purposes.)
The zip plugin requires at least Hollywood 6.0 and is provided free of charge for all users of Hollywood. Note that it is recommended that you use at least Hollywood 7.0 because with earlier versions there is no support for archives which contain files with non-ASCII names. The zip plugin is available in versions for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS (x86), Windows (x86, x64), Mac OS X (PPC, x86, x64), Linux (PPC, ARM, x86, x64) and Android. On top of that, the plugin comes with 30 pages of documentation in various formats like PDF, HTML, AmigaGuide, and CHM.
Zip.hwp is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal at the title link. (snx)
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19.Nov.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 18.11.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until November 18th, 2017:
m68k-amigaos-gcc-2017... dev/gcc 23M ppc GCC based dev toolchain for A...
m68k-amigaos-gcc-src.... dev/gcc 54M GCC based dev toolchain for A...
SINE.rexx.txt dev/src 1K Text mode sinewave _anim_ in ...
Envy24HT.lha driver/aud 1.0M Source code for Envy24HT AHI ...
Envy24HT_MOS.lha driver/aud 23K MOS Binary for Envy24HT AHI driver
DoomAttack-AIO.lha game/shoot 4.6M 68k All-In-One edition of this Do...
PaletteEd.lha gfx/misc 81K 68k Edit IFF-ILBM Palettes
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.1M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.4M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
IcarosLive-2.2.1.tar.bz2 misc/os 1903M x86 Icaros Desktop LIVE!
NetBSD-7.1-amiga.tar.bz2 misc/os 191M ppc NetBSD
Robs-AmigaOS39.png pix/wb 444K Rob's Amiga OS 3.9 Setup!
PIconTools.lha util/wb 82K 68k Various GUIs for managing icons
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19.Nov.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 18.11.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until November 18th, 2017:
lame.lha aud/rec 1Mb 4.0 Lame MP3 encoder
libmp3lame.lha dev/lib 1Mb 4.0 MP3 LAME encoding engine
libogg.lha dev/lib 313kb 4.0 lib for handling OGG files
libopus.lha dev/lib 4Mb 4.0 Audio codec for speech and music
libfreetype.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.0 A Free, High-Quality, and Portab...
libjpeg.lha dev/lib 4Mb 4.0 Lib for handling JPEG images
libpng.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.0 Lib for handling PNG files
libsdl_image.lha dev/lib 1Mb 4.0 SDL image file loading library
libsdl_ttf.lha dev/lib 1Mb 4.0 A Freetype 2.0 wrapper for SDL
libsdl2_image.lha dev/lib 1Mb 4.0 SDL2 image file loading library
libsdl2_ttf.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.0 A Freetype 2.0 wrapper for SDL2
libtiff.lha dev/lib 3Mb 4.0 Lib for handling Tag Image File ...
libvpx.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.0 WebM VP8/VP9 Codec library
libwebp.lha dev/lib 8Mb 4.0 lib for handling WebP images
libxvidcore.lha dev/lib 682kb 4.0 Add XviD support to your app
libopenssl.lha dev/lib 6Mb 4.0 The open source toolkit for SSL/TLS
libx264.lha dev/lib 3Mb 4.0 H.264/AVC encoder
libz.lha dev/lib 219kb 4.0 libZ / zlib / z library (.a/.so)
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
abkviewer.lha gra/vie 324kb 4.1 ABKViwer show AMOS Sprites in a ...
libxml2.lha lib/xml 7Mb 4.0 The XML C parser and toolkit of ...
ftpd.lha net/ser 844kb 4.1 FTPdaemon v2.2 for AmigaOS 4
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19.Nov.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 18.11.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until November 18th, 2017:
- 2017-11-17 fixed: Monster Business (Eclipse) game always restarted from last played level after game over, fixed (Info, Image)
- 2017-11-16 improved: Shadow Dancer (U.S.Gold) ninja magic can be activated with fire 2, DMA wait in sample players fixed, lots of trainer options added, high-score load/save added, source code included (Info)
- 2017-11-15 improved: Chase H.Q. 2 (Ocean/ICE) blitter wait patches disabled on 68000, 68000 quitkey support, interrupts fixed, self-modifying code fixed, support for fire button 2 added, lots of trainer options added (Info)
- 2017-11-14 fixed: Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge (Zeppelin) keyboard interrupt fixed, 68000 quitkey support, WHDLoad v17+ features used, source code included (Info)
- 2017-11-14 fixed: Wayne Gretzky Hockey (Betchesda SoftWorks) access fault fixed, graphics problems caused by trashed copperlist fixed (Info)
- 2017-11-13 improved: Stardust (Bloodhouse) 68000 quitkey support, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, support for fire button 2 added, WHDLoad v17+ features used (Info)
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19.Nov.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following songs have been added:
- AckerLight - The Last Star
- Final Fight - Lost in Time
- Mad Scientist
- Loveland (Mr. Oli)
- Platoon - Level 1 Combat Zone Remix
- Nearly There
- Mega-Lo-Mania Ingame medley
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16.Nov.2017
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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User's guide: Directory Opus 5
Under the title link, Amiga.net.pl sells a user's guide with 480 pages for the file manager Directory Opus 5 including Magellans, Magellans II and the latest version 5.9.
The user's guide also is available together wit the program as collector's edition, which can be ordered on CD and as a supplement also on disk.
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16.Nov.2017
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 80 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga games "Garden Fax: Fruit & Vegetables", "Mega Lo Mania" and "Star Trek: The Game".
Download sites:
Italian
English
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