26.Jun.2017
Amiga Impact (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: File manager Dir Me Up 3.4.1
Jérôme 'Glames' Senays' commercial file manager "Dir Me Up" (video) among others offers browsing history and preview images or thumbnails. In version 3.4.1 two minor bugs were fixed.
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25.Jun.2017
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Clockport expander: Revision C available
Using Matthias Münch's Clockport Expander it is possible to connect up to four extensions to the clockport of the Amiga 1200. The latest Revision C was adapted to the Flickerfixer of the Indivision AGA Mk2cr and is available in the stores.
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[News message: 25. Jun. 2017, 07:03] [Comments: 0]
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25.Jun.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 24.06.2017
The following archive has been added to the Aminet until June 24th, 2017:
eNewsReader.lha comm/news 2.1M OS4 News reader f. RSS,Atom,Twitt...
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25.Jun.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 24.06.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until June 24th, 2017:
enewsreader.lha net/new 2Mb 4.1 News reader for RSS, Atom, Twitt...
workbenchexplorer_ita... uti/fil 48kb 4.0 italian catalog for WorkbenchExp...
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25.Jun.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 24.06.2017
The following archive has been added to the AROS-Archives until June 24th, 2017:
rezerwar.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 4Mb Connect falling pipes.
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[News message: 25. Jun. 2017, 07:02] [Comments: 0]
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25.Jun.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 24.06.2017
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 June 24th, 2017:
- 2017-06-24 fixed: Sim Ant (Maxis) Access fault fixed (happened when loading/saving a game) (Info)
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24.Jun.2017
M.C. Battilana (E-Mail)
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Cloanto: Amiga Forever 7 and C64 Forever 7
Press release: June 23, 2017 - Cloanto released today Amiga Forever 7 and C64 Forever 7, the latest versions of the official Commodore/Amiga preservation, emulation and support suites for Windows. The new editions are the result of more than 18 months of uninterrupted work since the previous major release. The active code base now consists of more than half a million lines written by Cloanto, in addition to OS components and independent open source modules of which Cloanto too is a grateful and active contributor.
New features include the ability to autostart the PC into any Amiga configuration, enhanced PowerPC emulation support, custom content folders and playlists, and a "playerless" title playback, preview and editing experience.
By opening up to new ways to manage and access more content, Amiga Forever 7 follows in the footsteps of Cloanto's tradition of disruptive innovation. Emulation and preservation enthusiasts can not only work better and faster than before, but also enjoy additional degrees of freedom, as Amiga Forever encourages the curation of self-contained titles that are designed for long-term access, without being bound to a database or to a single player interface or version. Any title, no matter whether it's a "Classic" Amiga, a PowerPC system, or an 8-bit system (with C64 Forever installed), can now be played back from Windows File Explorer, or by booting the Windows PC into it, without ever launching Amiga Forever, if so desired.
More than in the previous few versions, a substantial amount of work was done under the hood to keep things simple on the surface, yet without limiting possibilities. "We worked very hard to raise the quality bar on all fronts, no matter whether you use Amiga Forever for your own enjoyment, to entertain your friends by surprise-booting a PC into an Amiga or C64, or to start an educational journey with your children or grandchildren."
"The level of improvements and refinements on the input front alone is beyond the scale of what would normally be invested in a project like this," said Cloanto's Mike Battilana. "Months at a time were spent to optimally blend the different features and needs of PC-side game controllers and keyboards with the emulated counterparts. A dedicated group of joystick-armed beta testers kept providing valuable feedback, as even Microsoft engineers helped us best support the latest Xbox controllers. Quite a few DirectInput and XInput API bugs were marked for resolution in the process, again illustrating how demanding the emulation universe can be."
General (screenshot) and title-specific (screenshot) input options work hand in hand to enable maximum personalization without unnecessarily reducing title portability, while providing precious information for future touch-enabled playback. Xbox, X-Arcade and I-PAC controllers, and arbitrary keyboard layouts are supported out of the box. Host-side buttons can be assigned to guest-side keys and vice versa, e.g. to use joystick-controlled games on modern systems without a joystick. Virtual buttons make it possible to use modern controller buttons to trigger events that would have required pressing a key like Space or Enter in an Amiga game, or to play CBM 8-bit titles originally designed for keyboard-only use.
Dead keys, double-dead keys, deadable keys, anyone? Amiga Forever knows about all those Amiga keyboard details, and seamlessly integrates them with the modern Unicode world, so that clipboard and keyboard input always work as expected. 8-bit systems were not left behind either, with support for multilingual ROMs in C64 Forever, and systems like the VIC 20, VIC 1001 and C64 even featuring Japanese configurations.
"In spite of the occasional technical prowess, we see the result more as a form of art. We are still aiming for the same excellence and beauty in computing which made us feel so at home with the Amiga and its community in the 1980s and 1990s. As we once again thank our generous customers and contributors for allowing us to keep working on these projects, we invite all Amiga friends to keep engaging with us at events, online and by signing up at Cloanto.org."
Amiga Forever 7 is available now in three editions:
- Value-Edition (downloadable installer)
- Plus-Edition (downloadable installer with option to build DVD ISO image)
- Premium-Edition (downloadable Plus Edition, plus boxed software and additional videos on 3 DVDs)
C64 Forever 7 is available now in three editions:
Both packages recognize and work with each other, with options to merge the different platforms into the same interface.
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[News message: 24. Jun. 2017, 17:57] [Comments: 0]
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24.Jun.2017
Michael Rupp (ANF)
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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.27
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey).
Any kind of feedback the author would very appreciate. He still is searching for support for the French translation. His work can be supported by a little donation from inside TAWS.
After launching TAWS, the "History (english)" of version 0.27 can be found in the folder "System/TAWS" on the Workbench.
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[News message: 24. Jun. 2017, 15:32] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jun.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Event: Pictures and videos from the Pacific Commodore Expo NW (USA)
On June 10th and 11th in Seattle, situated in the US state of Washington, the Pacific Commodore Expo NW took place. Robert Bernardo has published pictures and videos from the event:
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[News message: 22. Jun. 2017, 19:55] [Comments: 0]
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21.Jun.2017
ANF
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Vampire: Videos about integration of AGA chipset into Apollo core
Under the title link during the last days some videos have been published which demonstrate the progresses "on the integration of the AGA chipset into the Apollo core" of the FPGA accelerator board Vampire. The video signal is carried on HDMI.
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[News message: 21. Jun. 2017, 21:34] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jun.2017
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 127 - preview and extracts
A preview and extracts from issue 127 (July/August 2017) of Amiga Future have been released today. Among other things, this issue features a review to Prisma Megamix, a preview to Powerglove and a report of the Revision 2017.
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[News message: 18. Jun. 2017, 08:27] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jun.2017
ANF
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Emulator: WinUAE 3.5.0
Version 3.5.0 of the Amiga emulator WinUAE has been released. In addition to the preview, the emulation of the extensions Comspec SA-1000, California Access Malibu, DKB RapidFire and M-Tec AT-500 Megabody have been added. The Masoboshi MasterCard has been completely implemented (including DMA).
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[News message: 18. Jun. 2017, 08:22] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jun.2017
ANF
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Free Pascal: Online compiler
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has established a website, which can write and compile Free-Pascal source code of all Amiga systems. This site is available in two different versions:
- This version includes an editor written in Javascript featuring syntax highlighting and other functions for modern browsers like e.g. OWB under MorphOS.
- That second version is based on simple HTML and should also work in older browsers like IBrowse.
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[News message: 18. Jun. 2017, 08:10] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jun.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 17.06.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until June 17th, 2017:
cpmtools.lha dev/lib 553K MOS Access CP/M file systems like...
MiniSlug.lha game/actio 15M 68k Mini Metal Slug Project
OpenBOR.lha game/actio 1.2M 68k The Ultimate 2D Side Scrollin...
FractalVoyager.lha gfx/fract 2.7M OS4 Julia / Mandelbrot sets gener...
Plot-Handler.lha text/print 6K 68k DOS-Handler for HPGL-Supporti...
EvenMore.lha text/show 341K 68k V0.91: Freeware Textviewer
EvenMore_MOS.lha text/show 429K MOS V0.91: Freeware Textviewer (M...
EvenMore_OS4.lha text/show 422K OS4 V0.91: Freeware Textviewer (OS4)
EvenMorePlugins.lha text/show 299K V0.89: EvenMore textviewer pl...
ShellUpdate.lha util/boot 131K 68k Update Os 3.9 BB2 Shell to 45...
SplitMOD.lha util/cli 1K 68k Tool to split tracker modules
cbmconvert.lha util/misc 179K MOS A C64 archive converter
clzip.lha util/pack 222K MOS Data (de)compressor like gzip...
ReggaeList.lha util/rexx 19K AmigaGuide of your multimedia...
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[News message: 18. Jun. 2017, 08:04] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jun.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 17.06.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until June 17th, 2017:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
fractalvoyager.lha gra/mis 3Mb 4.0 Fractal generator for educationa...
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[News message: 18. Jun. 2017, 08:04] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jun.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 17.06.2017
The following archive has been added to the AROS-Archives until June 17th, 2017:
joytest.i386-aros.zip uti/mis 7kb joypad test prints lowlevel data...
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[News message: 18. Jun. 2017, 08:03] [Comments: 0]
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15.Jun.2017
Spidi (ANF)
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Retro 7-bit: CD³² extension announced
After Retro 7-bit has announced the accelerator board Wicher 500i for Amiga 500/500+ computer systems (amiga-news.de reported), on the website of the Polish company now an extension for the Amiga CD³² is announced. The "CD³² Expansion Slot" provides two 182 pin slots for extension cards as well as a VGA port for the 15-KHz-RGB-signal of the Amiga. Future application examples could be a memory extension or a MPEG decoder.
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[News message: 15. Jun. 2017, 06:05] [Comments: 0]
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13.Jun.2017
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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AROS: AEROS 5.0 beta 1 for Orange Pi Lite available to registered customers
Registered customers of Pascal Papara's Linux-hosted AROS distribution AEROS can download a trial version for the Orange Pi Lite (screenshot). The version AEROS 5.0 beta 1 offers an updated Linux base, new AROS files based on the indieGO!-version and optionally an automatic participation in the common Verium-Miningpool.
Since the Orange Pi Lite is equipped with only 512 MB RAM, a fast MicroSD card as swap partition as well as the browser NetSurf are recommended. If you want to visit more complex websites, you may use Midori.
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[News message: 13. Jun. 2017, 21:01] [Comments: 0]
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12.Jun.2017
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Full versions for download: "Foundation: The Undiscovered Land" and "Damage"
Amiga Future offers the full versions of "Foundation: The Undiscovered Land" and "Damage: The Sadistic Butchering Of Humanity" for free download.
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[News message: 12. Jun. 2017, 23:17] [Comments: 0]
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11.Jun.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 10.06.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until June 10th, 2017:
irssi.lha comm/irc 2.3M MOS Terminal based IRC client
Giants-RealSmall-AGAf... demo/ecs 10K 68k Giants - real small intro
Gemanix.zip demo/intro 1.7M AsmOne source code for 50 sce...
CloneWindow.lha dev/src 27K OS4 Clone&Filter&Resize a...
se-ching.txt docs/misc 19K ASCII logo collection by zeuS...
se-dec.txt docs/misc 33K Decepticon - BBS ASCII art by...
se-zeit.txt docs/misc 48K Zeitgeist: ASCII art collecti...
Koules.lha game/actio 245K 68k Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
Koules_OS4.lha game/actio 238K OS4 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
KoulesMOS.lha game/actio 238K MOS Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
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...
Manwe-Acid_Chicken.zip mods/demo 25K MOD electronic
Manwe-Green_Gorilla.zip mods/funk 92K MOD funk, acid jazz
Manwe-Night_Air.zip mods/funk 242K MOD smooth acid jazz
Manwe-Piggie_Walking.zip mods/funk 499K MOD funk
Manwe-FromLongDistanc... mods/instr 266K MOD acoustic
Manwe-Sinsonido_Bass.zip mods/instr 147K MOD electronic
Manwe-Sad_Child_Song.zip mods/melod 370K MOD electronic
Manwe-OkayLetsTrackIt... mods/rock 416K MOD acoustic
Manwe-Song_Of_Peace.zip mods/rock 759K MOD acoustic
Manwe-ToFarAwayFriend... mods/rock 493K MOD soft rock, funk
Manwe-So_Budded.zip mods/synth 25K MOD breakbeat
Manwe-This_Bamboo.zip mods/synth 545K MOD electronic, breakbeat, gu...
AMIcast_Player.lha mus/play 5.5M MOS AMIcast Player
ptplayer.lha mus/play 21K 68k ProTracker player w/ support ...
FontWalker_mos.lha util/misc 1.4M MOS Collect and display TTF fonts
FontWalker_os3.lha util/misc 1.3M 68k Collect and display TTF fonts
FontWalker_os4.lha util/misc 1.7M OS4 Collect and display TTF fonts
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[News message: 11. Jun. 2017, 06:47] [Comments: 0]
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11.Jun.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 10.06.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until June 10th, 2017:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
koules.lha gam/act 238kb 4.0 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
smtube.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.1 Qt : direct stream + download Yo...
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11.Jun.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 10.06.2017
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 June 10th, 2017:
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10.Jun.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Lumberjack game: Lumberjack Reloaded
In "Lumberjack Reloaded" you become a lumberjack who has to avoid falling branches. The game is available on CD, which will be delivered in a box together with a colourful manual, and, if desired, additionally on diks. Otherwise a disk sticker is included. 512 KB RAM are required. The delivery will start next month, then a download version also will be available.
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[News message: 10. Jun. 2017, 19:25] [Comments: 0]
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09.Jun.2017
Generation Amiga (Webseite)
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Arcade Racer: Amiga Redpill Racing
"Redpill Racing" is a top-down-view racer, which was created using the Game Construction Kit Redpill. In this release, choosing the cars and the game mode does not seem to correctly work.
Amiga Redpill Racing can be downloaded via mediafire.com.
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[News message: 09. Jun. 2017, 00:04] [Comments: 0]
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08.Jun.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga Future: Issue 104 can be read online
Issue 104 (September/October 2013) of the printed magazine Amiga Future is sold out, you can read the German and English edition of the magazine online (picture files). You also can buy a PDF-version.
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[News message: 08. Jun. 2017, 23:45] [Comments: 0]
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08.Jun.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Hollywood application: "Hurra, ich wachse!" 2.2
The application "Hurra, ich wachse!" ("Hurray, I am growing") written by Ulrich Beckers is meant for parents who want to document how fast their children grow. Version 2.2 of the program also is available for AmigaOS 3. Additionally a bug on saving data was fixed.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 08. Jun. 2017, 23:43] [Comments: 0]
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07.Jun.2017
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AmigaOS 4: Commercial calendar software AOrganiser gets Sync function
According to Andy Broad he has invested more than 300 hours updating the calendar software AOrganiser. Now it is possible to "sync your AmigaOS diary with your phone or other mobile device via Google Calendar". Additionally "a suite of python and ARexx scripts offer import and export of iCal / VCal formatted events and invitations as well as syncing to a remote server via CalDAV."
Currently only Google is supported as CalDAV server, but other servers will be added if there is a demand. AOrganiser is available for 11 British pound (about 11,40 Euro) on A-EON's Amistore.
Most important changes in AOrganiser 2.1:
- The Event window features an extended range of options for entering information, the single line title and notes section have been expanded to:
- Title
- Multiline Notes
- Organiser
- Location
- Alarms can now be set to trigger at arbitrary offsets from the start or end of the event, notifying via RingHIO, requester, sound or executing a command.
- Custom gadget to display the events in the main diary window, with cutomisable colours and fonts.
- Optimisations to the time entry gadget.
- Extended features in the built in calendar gadget, with a new choose date requester utilising the same gadget as you see in the main window.
- Fully customisable pen colours, allowing a diary look that suits your own preferences.
- Keyboard navigation in the diary window using arrow keys.
- The ability to select days or events and operate on them via arexx scripts.
- Massively extended ARexx interface.
- Extended but fully backwards compatible IFF diary file format.
- Extensive time zone support for event that take place in different parts of the country (or world) to the diary's primary locale.
- ICal and vCal import / export options.
- The ability to sync with Google Calendar via the CalDAV API.
- Advanced searching using AmigaDOS patterns.
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[News message: 07. Jun. 2017, 01:15] [Comments: 0]
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05.Jun.2017
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Games competition: Winners of AmiGameJam 2016 announced
From six games which were sent in to the games competition "AmiGameJam 2016" the winners have been choosen with an online voting.
In the category "Next Generation" the jump'n'run game "Santa Run" has won for AmigaOS 4, in the "Classic"-category the arcade game "Bridge Strike". In the last category the shoot-'em-up "The Last Starfighter" got second and the platform game "Max Knight" third place.
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[News message: 05. Jun. 2017, 10:32] [Comments: 0]
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04.Jun.2017
Floppy (Kommentar)
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AROS: Distribution Icaros Desktop 2.2
On Christmas a preview version of Icaros Desktop 2.2 was released. Now the official main version 2.2 is available which provides "little and bigger enhancements like a complete new look, which involves both Magellan toolbars and decoration theme, and a completely new feature called HostBridge, which allows people running Icaros Desktop in a hosted environment to launch host applications along with (or instead of) AROS ones."
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[News message: 04. Jun. 2017, 07:49] [Comments: 0]
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04.Jun.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Emulator: FS-UAE 2.9.6dev (beta)
Frode Solheim has released a new developer version 2.9.6 of the emulator FS-UAE providing the following changes:
Changes in FS-UAE 2.9.6dev:
- Changed default fade in/out duration, only fade in fullscreen
- FS-UAE default is now to show a 692×540 image, not stretched to fill screen
- Use scale = legacy to revert to old default behavior (can put in Host.fs-uae or use FS-UAE Launcher set set globally)
- New option scale (choose between full, integer, legacy and no scaling)
- New option stretch (replaces keep_aspect, though it still works)
- F11 is now a dedicated toggle auto zoom function, Alt/Cmd+Z cycles through zoom modes as before
- Render a frame around the view when not stretched (frame = 0 to disable)
- Cartridge freeze shortcut is now Alt/Cmd+C
- Alt/Cmd+A now toggles stretch mode (aspect correction)
- Imported updated translations from crowdin.com
In short, the default scaling/cropping behaviour has changed (though you may not see the change if you have specified certain scaling options). Also, the FS-UAE menu itself is being changed so it will work better on non-16:9 displays (not complete yet).
Changes in FS-UAE Launcher 2.9.6dev:
- Imported updated translations from crowdin.com
- Moved additional game databases to a separate settings page
Changes in FS-UAE Arcade 2.9.6dev:
- FS-UAE Arcade now defaults to fullscreen
- Run FS-UAE with window_border = 0 to reduce flickering on launch
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04.Jun.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 03.06.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until June 3rd, 2017:
AFile_src.lha biz/misc 180K AFile source code
AGraph_src.lha biz/misc 70K AGraph source code
LiquidMIG.lha demo/intro 565K 68k LiquidMIG demo
ACCSources.lha dev/asm 8.9M 68k tutorial source file coll...
ARes_src.lha dev/lib 73K ARes source code
AFont_src.lha disk/bakup 82K AFont source code
AZap_src.lha disk/moni 105K AZap source code
AD516-AHI_src.lha driver/aud 39K AD516-AHI source code
anaiis.lha driver/oth 274K 68k ANAIIS USB Stack Release 1.12
anaiis_boot.lha driver/oth 243K 68k ANAIIS USB Boot disk Release ...
MCE.lha game/edit 1.6M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 1.9M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
ZeldaROTH.lha game/role 34M 68k Zelda ROTH Enhanced Vampire E...
FastECS_src.lha misc/emu 26K FastECS source code
ADoc_src.lha text/hyper 486K ADoc source code
ARoff_src.lha text/print 48K ARoff source code
ShellUpdate.lha util/boot 131K 68k Update Os 3.9 BB2 Shell to 45...
ClipRdWr.lha util/cli 8K 68k read+write text from/to any c...
ClipRdWr_src.lha util/cli 17K ClipRdWr source code
HideWBTitle.lha util/cli 11K 68k toggle Workbench's titlebar o...
HideWBTitle_src.lha util/cli 11K HideWBTitle source code
UnixCmd_src.lha util/cli 69K UnixCmd source code
ATbl_src.lha util/misc 53K ATbl source code
CatScan.lha util/misc 8K 68k CatScan - .ct creation utility
NoDelete_src.lha util/misc 303K NoDelete source code
ProtectGUI.lha util/misc 24K 68k GUI for setting a file's prot...
ProtectGUI_src.lha util/misc 47K ProtectGUI source code
lzip.lha util/pack 224K MOS Data (de)compressor like gzip...
AUSH_src.lha util/shell 104K AUSH source code
ohac.lha util/time 50K 68k OHAC - Oh Heck, Another Calen...
ohac_src.lha util/time 54K OHAC source code
RepetitaIuvant.lha util/wb 1.6M OS4 Cycles messages in a window p...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 03.06.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until June 3rd, 2017:
sdl2_sdk.lha dev/lib 5Mb 4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 2 for d...
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
sdl2_user.lha lib/mis 2Mb 4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 2 for u...
repetitaiuvant.lha uti/wor 2Mb 4.0 Cycles messages in a window peri...
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04.Jun.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 03.06.2017
The following archive has been added to the AROS-Archives until June 3rd, 2017:
r2z.i386-aros.lha gam/mis 1Mb with online highscore
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04.Jun.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 03.06.2017
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 June 3rd, 2017:
- 2017-05-30 updated: Blood Money (Psygnosis) RawDIC imager, PAL/NTSC detection fixed (music should always play at correct speed now), 68000 quitkey support, high score load/save added, trainers added, intro can be skipped with CUSTOM1, blitter wait patches can be disabled with CUSTOM3, new install script, source code included (Info)
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01.Jun.2017
Generation Amiga (Webseite)
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Gotek/HxC: Adapter for using a floppy emulator as external drive
If you want to use a floppy emulator just like Gotek or HxC as external drive ;- thus avoiding changes on the Amiga case;- you need a corresponding adapter. The Polish developers of Sakura IT has made available documents for constructing such an adapter at Github. The adapter is used in the external disk drives of the developers.
In a Youtube video an user has recorded, how such an adapter could look like - including a self-made 23-Pin-Sub-D plug.
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[News message: 01. Jun. 2017, 23:43] [Comments: 0]
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01.Jun.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Audio player: AmigaAMP 3.22 (AmigaOS 3/4)
The latest version of Thomas Wenzel's audio player AmigaAMP provides some minor improvements:
- Added URLIdentifier and Description to Application info
- Show requester when ReAction classes can't be opened
- Fixed broken plugin menu in ReAction mode after rescanning
- Added support for multimedia keys
- Updated spanish catalog
- Adapted code for AmigaOS 4.1 FE SDK 53.30
- Added full path to current file to streaminfo/trackinfo structure so that plugins can make use of it
- Fixed greyed out menus for info and playlist
- Fixed bug when loading skins with missing equalizer and playlist bitmaps
- Replaced connection popup window with info in title bar (reaction) or info line (skin mode)
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01.Jun.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Emulator: Preview to WinUAE 3.5.0
As usual the developers of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE present a short preview to the changes of the next version. WinUAE 3.5.0 is supposed to be released in the middle of June and will provide the following improvements:
New features:
- Softfloat FPU emulation mode. Bit perfect FPU emulation (except transcendental functions), including full arithmetic exception support. (Co-operation with Previous emulator author)
- Lightpen emulation absolute coordinate HID (USB light guns) and touch screen device support.
- American Laser Games second player and Actionware dual light gun adapter emulation.
- Real harddrive mount lock option. Enables full exclusive access even if drive has Windows mounted FAT partition(s).
- winlaunch.lib is now built-in feature and is also 64-bit compatible.
- Show [Paused] in windowed mode title bar when in pause mode.
- If statefile is loaded with one or more floppy images that can’t be opened: keep fake disk in drive (like previously) and ask for new disk path when missing disk is accessed for the first time.
New emulated features of the chipset:
- AGA FMODE>0 unaligned bitplane and sprite pointer behavior is now accurate.
- BPLCON4 XOR mask special case in HAM6/8 or EHB modes.
- Loading blitter B-DAT manually when B-shift was nonzero.
- Lightpen hardware is now cycle-exactly emulated.
- Sprite special case when DMA mode sprite’s start X-coordinate is less than sprite’s DMA slot position.
- Audio interrupts are delayed by 2 cycles.
Improvements of existing features:
- 68020+ T0 trace mode is now fully emulated.
- 68020 cycle exact mode adjustments.
- Memory cycle exact mode mode accuracy improved
- Implemented previously unimplemented bsdsocket.library emulation sendmsg() and recvmsg().
- Recursive mode ROM scanner now skips directories starting with dot.
- MMU emulation can be now switched on/off on the fly.
- Release all currently pressed keys when emulation pauses.
- Added memory cycle-exact Quickstart step for A1200 and CD32 configurations. Less CPU heavy than full cycle-exact and usually not much more worse (or better). At least not until 68020 CE gets better.
Fixed bugs:
- FM801 16-bit audio corruption.
- A2090 ST-506 emulation.
- Possible crash when display was very wide with bitplane DMA overrun condition.
- Fixed crash when sound card audio play started and channel mode was mono and “Include CD and FMV audio” was ticked.
- Fixed crash when accessing accelerator board SCSI IO region without any added SCSI device(s).
- Fixed crash if Blizzard accelerator on board memory size was set to zero.
- JIT was not 512k or 1M Chip RAM compatible.
- Manual RAM configuration GUI didn’t accept smaller end address than current board size.
- Manually configured but disabled (size zero) Z2/Z3 banks were added to system.
- Apollo 1240/1260 memory address space fixed
- PC bridgeboard NE2000 boot crash fix.
- Windowed mode mouse does not anymore hit hidden barriers if window is partially outside of desktop or uncaptured if window is on top of task bar.
- If Custom autoconfig board order was enabled, expansion devices custom config setting(s) was not saved correctly.
- 68000 address error stacked PC was not correct in some read-modify-write instructions
- Untrap middle mouse button option was stuck.
- GUI listview column width calculation used default font size, not selected font.
- 68030 CE/prefetch mode cache access bug fixed.
- G-REX and Cirrus Logic graphics board state was reset if RAM or HW Info GUI panels were opened after emulation was started.
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31.May.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Video interview with Trevor Dickinson (A-EON)
During the Vintage Computer Festival Southeast 2017, the Youtube channel "TheGuruMeditation" has recorded an interview with Trevor Dickinson (A-EON). In the video, which lasts about 23 minutes, Dickinson has talked about the AmigaOne computers and the A.L.I.C.E. laptop, which he presented at the festival, about his goals with A-EON and his passion about the Amiga.
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[News message: 31. May. 2017, 22:08] [Comments: 0]
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31.May.2017
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US trader stopped cooperation with A-EON/Amigakit
A message on the homepage of the webshop of the US trader "Amiga On The Lake" (AOTL), which was opened in September last year, informs, that they will "no longer support A-EON or AmigaKit in any way, shape or form."
This step is not justified by the maintainer of the shop in any way. It is only refered to "experience during the last 8 months in regards to both companies." In many forums it is speculated, that the sudden termination of cooperation is related to the price setting of Amigakit: Actually three days ago before the publication of the message of AOTL, AmigaKit did offer X5000 full systems for the first time - this offer was not gone public by Amigakit itself but was reported by users.
While Amigakit explained in a thread on amiga.org, that they will not comment any discussions with partner in public, at Amitopia some lines from a statement of Trevor Dicksinson were quoted: According to that, all traders - including Amigakit - are delivered by A-EON offering same conditions to all. Amigakit sells the systems for the price which A-EON recommends in adverts since last October for a basic system. Any webshop is free to offer systems to a higher price which are better equipped.
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30.May.2017
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: Weekly progress (since 23.05.2017)
Last week's progress in development of the open-source AmigaOS clone AROS includes improvements of the processor type detection and of the lowlevel.library under AROS/68k.
- .dbg files are now ignored by AROS (Kalamatee)
- Lowlevel.library m68k work continues (Kalamatee)
- GFX Bitmap-Class optimization (Kalamatee)
- M68k type detection / optimizations (Kalamatee)
- Fix undefined Locale's loc_MeasuringSystem (pollux)
- Intuition Screen fixes (Kalamatee)
- Apollo'080 detection (Kalamatee, twilen)
- MUI window class compatibility enhanced (neil)
- Run setpatch from startup-sequence (Kalamatee)
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30.May.2017
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FPGA accelerator board: Vampire available in shops
Since about a year the Vampire accelerator boards have been no longer manually put together which made it more expensible but also enabled mass production. Therefore meanwhile diverse shops can be delivered: Relec (Switzerland) and Amigakit (Great Britain) offers the accelerator board - although AmigaKit has announced that the "initial batch quickly sold out within a few hours."
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30.May.2017
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Beat'em Up: Else we get mad! (playable preview)
"Else we get mad" (video) is a Beat'em Up developed by Amiga Wave (e.g. Retro Wars) which is an homage to the actors Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.
Else we get Mad! runs on each Amiga with 512 KB memory, a single and two player mode is offered. Recently a playable preview was released which shows a complete level.
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[News message: 30. May. 2017, 16:48] [Comments: 0]
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30.May.2017
Generation Amiga (Webseite)
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Graphics ripping: Maptapper 0.8.4
Maptapper is a Windows application "used to rip graphics and maps from Amiga games". WinUAE saves a so called "save state" of a game, which Maptapper can browse. There is a detailed online and video tutorial on the website of the developers which explains the usage of the program.
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[News message: 30. May. 2017, 16:34] [Comments: 0]
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30.May.2017
Generation Amiga (Webseite)
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3D print: Vampire mount for Amiga 600
An user of a Vampire has created a mount, which fixes the FPGA accelerator board within an A600. It consists of two frames:
Both frames can be printed with a 3D printer. Corresponding templates are available at Thingiverse.
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30.May.2017
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: File manager Dir Me Up 3.4.0
Jérôme 'Glames' Senays' commercial file manager "Dir Me Up" (video) among others offers browsing history and preview images or thumbnails. Version 3.4.0 provides a lot of improvements:
- Arexx, Shell or Python scripts run with a simple double-click (no parameter used). If you want to use files or drawers as a parameter, use the "Apply a script" button.
- Rename / Renamed items remain selected. A new positioning is done if needed.
- List view / When calculating the size of a drawer, the size is now also displayed in the list.
- List view / Commented or managed items remain selected after processing.
- Icon view / Preview area updated if the comment or attributes of an element change.
- Bookmarks / Drawer creation is now also possible when the bookmarks are displayed.
- About / Information added about the Amiga used (processor, installed memory, ...).
- Preview / When one or more drawers are selected, the preview image is a drawer (generic image before).
- "Error" or "Question" windows / Image added to show the type of request.
- Copy - Move / Copied or moved items are selected after processing.
- Location / If the last location visited was no longer accessible, an information message appeared many times: fixed.
AmigaOS 4.1 FE specific:
- "Location" menu - Bookmarks / "Create link" and "Create text file" options enabled, even when the list of bookmarks is displayed.
- "Location" menu / "Copy path to clipboard" option added to copy the current path to the clipboard.
- "Location" menu / "Print tree view" option added to build the tree view of current location in a text file.
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28.May.2017
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Podcast: Scene World #34 - The Bolo Museum's Yves Bolognini
Scene World Podcast #34 interviews Yves Bolognini, founder of the Bolo Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. The museum's staff are working to preserve and display the history of computers. (snx)
[News message: 28. May. 2017, 20:38] [Comments: 0]
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28.May.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:
- Shadow Of The Beast II - Title (Chillout Edit)
- Blue Berry (Cover) Darkman007
- Turrican II - The Desert Rocks (Trance/Dance Remix)
- SLL1 Remix v2
- Lizardking's Theme (Epic Transition)
- A Final Hyperbase
- Leander - World One
- Once in a life (Turrican3 End Theme) (Psyria Reconstruction Edit)
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28.May.2017
A1k.org (Forum)
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OpenStreetMap viewer: MUIMapparium 0.4
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has released version 0.4 of his MUI port of the OpenStreetMap viewer Mapparium. MUIMapparium is available for all Amiga systems, but the version for AmigaOS-4 has not been tested.
New:
- Basic Plot module for Trackcurves (Height, slope, speed)
- Plot popupmenu, Zoom, Data Readout
- Support for imperial units
- in-map GUI (Zoom In/Out, Side Panel)
- OS4 mouse wheel
- Keybinding for map (+,-, cursor keys)
- Bugfix: AROS disabled Edit
- BugFix: Amiga redrawing error
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28.May.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 27.05.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until May 27th, 2017:
irssi.lha comm/irc 2.3M MOS Terminal based IRC client
nfs-handler.lha comm/net 9K 68k NFS handler using bsdsocket.l...
LiquidMIG.lha demo/intro 548K 68k LiquidMIG demo
CubicIDE_HW70.lha dev/hwood 787K 68k Hollywood add-on for Cubic IDE
Hollywood_SDK.lha dev/hwood 2.3M Plugin development kit for Ho...
HWP_GLGalore.lha dev/hwood 3.3M MOS Allows OpenGL scripting with ...
KeepPrivate.lha dev/misc 15K 68k KeepPrivate - header/autodocs...
KeepPrivate_src.lha dev/misc 4K KeepPrivate source code
MUI2HTML.lha dev/mui 11K 68k MUI2HTML converter program
MUI2HTML_src.lha dev/mui 2K MUI2HTML source code
AmigaPower.lha docs/lists 75K aMiGa=PoWeR French Amiga Mag ...
SonnetLibrary.lha driver/oth 40K 68k Mediator driver Sonnet 7200 G...
HungryHarry.adf game/actio 880K 68k A 1992 pacman clone with five...
OpenTyrian.lha game/actio 49M 68k Reimplementation of DOS game ...
bsaog.lha game/shoot 792K 68k Blake Stone Aliens of Gold
bsps.lha game/shoot 199K 68k Blake Stone Planet Strike
chocolate-doom.lha game/shoot 2.0M MOS Chocolate Doom
crispy-doom.lha game/shoot 988K MOS Crispy Doom
eduke32.lha game/shoot 2.1M MOS EDuke32
gloom-cd32xmen-adf.zip game/shoot 744K 68k CD32X-men: Mind Games - Gloom...
berusky.lha game/think 8.1M 68k Sokoban-style puzzle game
vicV0.65_src.lha misc/emu 48K Vic 20 Emulator source code
flac.lha mus/misc 724K MOS Free Lossless Audio Codec - C...
A4000Diob.lha pix/3dobj 1.9M Imagine: Amiga 4000D model w/...
AP58Covers.lha pix/misc 280K aMiGa=PoWeR n?58 Cover Recto
WWorth_fincats.lha text/dtp 27K Wordworth 3SE,4SE & 7 Fin...
EvenMore.lha text/show 340K 68k V0.91: Freeware Textviewer
EvenMore_MOS.lha text/show 428K MOS V0.91: Freeware Textviewer (M...
EvenMore_OS4.lha text/show 421K OS4 V0.91: Freeware Textviewer (OS4)
TextSee.lha text/show 26K 68k Text Viewer for AmigaOS 1.x
p7zip.lha util/arc 759K MOS 7za file archiver with high c...
SWitch_src.lha util/boot 8K SWitch source code
WindowDirect_src.lha util/cdity 5K WindowDirect source code
uaemremover.lha util/dir 15K 68k Remove junk files created by ...
workbenchexplorer.lha util/dir 1.6M OS4 Modern file browser loaded wi...
TinyLauncher.lha util/misc 110K 68k WHDLoad frontend and more
listwindows.lha util/wb 7K 68k lists open screens/windows fr...
R2Z_68k.lha util/wb 1.3M 68k Test your reaction times
R2Z_AROS.lha util/wb 1.5M x86 Test your reaction times
R2Z_MOS.lha util/wb 1.4M MOS Test your reaction times
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28.May.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 27.05.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until May 27th, 2017:
resrc4_cmd.lha dev/mis 33kb 4.1 MC680x0 Disassembler
freespacedemo.lha gam/act 29Mb 4.1 Demo of the amazing space-combat...
reactive_lib.lha lib/mis 64kb 4.1 A custom BOOPSI system
workbenchexplorer.lha uti/fil 2Mb 4.1 Modern file browser loaded with ...
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28.May.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 27.05.2017
The following archive has been added to the AROS-Archives until May 27th, 2017:
blockattack.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 6Mb Match colors of rising blocks in...
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28.May.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 27.05.2017
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 May 27th, 2017:
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25.May.2017
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: Weekly progress (since 16.05.2017)
Last week's progress in development of the open-source AmigaOS clone AROS includes work on 68k components and another update of the Autodocs.
- Gifanim datatype descriptor added (Kalamatee)
- Autodocs updated (mazze)
- AddDataTypes target CPU awareness added (Kalamatee)
- Cia.h defines added (Kalamatee)
- Lowlevel.library m68k timer support added (Kalamatee)
- KrnIsSuper m68k optimized (twilen)
- m68k workarounds for bad software (Oktagon controller) added (twillen)
- m68k rom init fixes (twilen)
- Developer files for InstallAROS fixed (neil)
- New mirrors for third party code added (neil)
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25.May.2017
Project Paula (ANF)
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Music: Project Paula - A synthwave/cyberpunk tribute to the Amiga
Project Paula released a new album of remixes from classic Amiga games by various Synthwave producers (e.g. Volkor X, Fixions, Master Boot Record) is now available on Bandcamp. Titles are Apydia, Flashback, Speedball 2, Shadow of the Beast, Jim Power, Hybris, Lotus III, Battle Squadron, Turrican 3, Unreal, One Step Beyond and Dune. The album has a pay-what-you-want policy with no minimum price. (snx)
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