23.Nov.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Shoot'em Up: SuperTed - The Search for Spot
SuperTed developed by Mikael 'Hipoonios' Persson using Backbone is a side scroller shooter with five levels (Youtube video). The game requires a 68030-processor, 2 MB Chip-RAM as well as 4 MB Fast-RAM.
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23.Nov.2014
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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AROS: AEROS beta version 8 for Raspberry Pi (free version)
Pascal Papara's Linux-based AROS-distribution AEROS for the small computer Raspberry Pi now is available as public beta version 8 (video). Registered users can download the new version under the title link. As usual the free version does not include the lx-command for launching Linux-programms from the Shell or the Wanderer and is available in the indieGO!-Appstore.
Changes:
- Better compatibility with different SD-cards (8 GB or more is required)
- Supports now Raspberry Pi model B+ and A
- Changed theme for Linux app to one with less hunger for ressources
- Epiphany webbrowser with HW-accelerated HTML5 (YouTube is working, HTML5 games as well)
- Latest Debian Wheezy system files
- Enabled AROS network stack at boot so games and software requiring this will work now (for example Abuse)
- Removed old unnecessary stuff
Pascal Papara has changed his Ebay offer for the new Raspberry-Pi models. He ships MicroSD-cards with adapters for the old models.
If there are any problems concerning the speed of downloads from his Appstore, he recommends to edit the chunk size in the file "app-dlm.prefs" using a text editor. Instead of using the default setting of 64, the figures 128, 256, 512 and so on can be checked out.
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23.Nov.2014
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Aminet-Uploads until 22.11.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 22nd, 2014:
SQLMan.lha biz/dbase 7.6M MOS SQLite database manager
gTranslator.lha comm/misc 197K MOS A google translator for your ...
ACE-MorphOS.lha misc/emu 1.2M MOS Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.1M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.1M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
xroar.lha misc/emu 775K MOS Dragon and Tandy CoCo emulator
apg.lha util/crypt 56K 68k An automated password generator
apg-source.lha util/crypt 184K An automated password generat...
sha.lha util/crypt 152K 68k File hashing utility
Click_Wit.lha util/misc 564K OS4 A fortune cookie program
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23.Nov.2014
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 22.11.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 22nd, 2014:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
firefox2like_theme.lha gra/the 2Mb 4.0 Mozilla Firefox 2.x like Theme f...
hottiesview.lha gra/vie 169kb 4.1 A modern image viewer
sqlman.lha off/dat 8Mb 4.0 SQLite database manager
click_wit.lha uti/mis 564kb 4.1 A fortune cookie program for wor...
mplayer-gui.lha vid/mis 207kb 4.0 GUI for MPlayer for OS4
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23.Nov.2014
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 22.11.2014
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until November 22nd, 2014:
cblocks.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 239kb Sliding-block puzzles with ascii...
xorgramana.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 776kb Block pushing maze game.
activatewin.i386-aros.tar.gz uti/she 13kb Gives Shell some Intuition's han...
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23.Nov.2014
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WHDLoad: New packages until 22.11.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until November 22nd, 2014:
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23.Nov.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Text viewer: EvenMore 0.82 (22.11.14)
EvenMore is a text viewer written with ECX in Amiga E developed by Chris Perver. Version 0.82 includes some bug fixes as well as improvements concerning viewing .docx-files.
Download:
EvenMore.lha (410 KB)
EvenMore_OS4.lha (440 KB)
EvenMore_MOS.lha (436 KB)
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22.Nov.2014
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Database: SQLite Manager 0.2
Lázár Zoltán has released a second alpha version of his SQLite Manager (screenshot). Using this Hollywood-programm it is possible to create, open and edit databases. It is also possible to convert Open-XML spreadsheet files. The programm is available for all Amiga systems (under AROS only for x86).
"Main new feature is the ability to create queries by the SQL Select command or by interactively select corresponding items. The queries can transfer to new separate windows in any quantity."
Download: SQLMan.lha (8 MB)
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22.Nov.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Meta compiler: PortablE r6-14-07-2013b (beta)
An update for PortablE has been released which is a fix for the latest Software Development Kit (SDK) of AmigaOS 4.1. Most likely AmiDevCpp will not compile programms for AmigaOS 4 until this compiler is also adapated to the new SDK.
Christopher Handley's meta compiler PortablE is an enhancement for the programming language Amiga E and translate it into other ones with "the aim of being portable across many platforms."
In this release 6, graphics, sound, music & GUI modules have been added. Additionally there is a PortablE-forum. First of all PortablE supports AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS, partly AmigaOS 3.x and rudimentarily Windows.
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20.Nov.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Clockport Expander II
Matthias Münch's "Clockport Expander II" is an adapter which can connect two clockport extensions to the clockport of an Amiga 1200. The second generation of the adapter is compatible with current busboards and other extensions, e.g. a BlizzardVision or a GRex-busboard.
On the website of the project (in German) there is a list with compatible hardware. If you are interested in the adapter then please contact Münch.
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20.Nov.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Workbench enhancement: BetterWB 3.9
Similar to AIAB, AmiKit or AmigaSYS, BetterWB is a collection of Workbench enhancements for AmigaOS 3.1, which are useful but rather simple and therefore require low hardware configuration.
Changes in version 3.9:
- Disksalv and pfsdoctor are now integrated as salvage options
- Addmem command allows you to configure non autoconfig friendly ram expansions
- Icon.library has been updated to 46.4.399
- Prism2v2 has been updated to 2.6
- PrepCard+ has been updated to v0.2
- SmartWin is no longer needed. CleverWIN replaces it, and doesnt require a workbench reset
- TextEngine crashed under some RTG systems. It has been replaced by Redit
- SwazInfo is suggested when switching to GlowIcons
- Reduced memory footprint a bit more
- A few more minor fixes and tweaks
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20.Nov.2014
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Amiga-Emulator: FS-UAE 2.5.20dev
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD is based on WinUAE and can be completely controlled with a joypad. Since the last stable version released in March (2.4.1), so far only developer versions have been released.
Changes in FS-UAE 2.5.20dev:
- Use qemu-uae for slirp support
- Added support for softfloat library (not tested)
- Enabled support for prowizard module ripper
- New action “action_module_ripper” available for custom input mapping
- A few other bugfixes
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18.Nov.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Word processor Calimero 0.1
Carsten Siegner is about to develop a new word processor for MorphOS. A first alpha version of "Calimero" now has been released (screenshot).
Download: Calimero_0.1.lha (107 KB)
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17.Nov.2014
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Event: Picture galleries of "Saku" (Finnland, 20. September)
"Saku 2014" took place on September, 20th in Tampere (Finland) and according to the organizers about 200 up to 300 visitors attended it. Among others Petro Tyschtschenko and Mike Battilana (Cloanto) were special guests.
The Finnish Amiga User Group now has publsihed some picture galleries of the event (some other external picture galleries are linked on the official website of the event):
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17.Nov.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PCMCIA Right Angled Adapter (A1200/A600)
Amigakit offers a PCMCIA Right Angled Adapter which can be used for putting an Amiga 1200 or Amiga 600 into a tower case and making the PCMCIA-port available again.
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16.Nov.2014
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Aminet-Uploads until 15.11.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 15h, 2014:
PPaintRUS.lha biz/cloan 21K Cloanto Personal Paint 7.1c R...
libxvidcore.lha dev/lib 624K OS4 Add XviD support to your app
BackUp.lha disk/bakup 68K 68k A directory mirroring backup ...
diskimage_deviceSP.lha disk/misc 33K diskimage.device 53.3 spanish...
Prism2SP.lha driver/net 28K Prism2.device 1.7 & 2.6 s...
Koules.lha game/actio 238K 68k Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
Koules_OS4.lha game/actio 223K OS4 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
KoulesMOS.lha game/actio 234K MOS Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
F12014carset.lha game/data 13K 2014 Car Set for F1GP Ed/Micr...
GloomDeluxe.lha game/data 12M New maps and characters for G...
ArcheoBot.lha game/wb 40K 68k Find artifacts from Earth's p...
Eqwi.lha game/wb 36K 68k Clear all tiles from each board!
X_marks.lha game/wb 30K 68k Spot the 'X' marks!
xroar.lha misc/emu 771K MOS Dragon and Tandy Coco emulator
Liisa1.adf misc/math 880K 68k determine prime factors + mis...
CodeAudio.lha mus/misc 1.2M 68k GUI for Lame,Ogg,Flac,Faad + ...
blum.lha util/cli 19K 68k A very good random number gen...
sha256.lha util/cli 10K 68k Calculate SHA-256 hashes of f...
MPlayer-GUI.lha util/misc 207K OS4 GUI for MPlayer for OS4
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16.Nov.2014
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 15.11.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 15h, 2014:
gnufind.lha dev/uti 170kb 4.0 GNU find 4.1.20 (from findutils)
finalburnalpha.lha emu/gam 7Mb 4.1 FB Alpha is an arcade emulator
koules.lha gam/act 223kb 4.0 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
spidercave.lha gam/act 5Mb 4.0 a small action game
aceyducey.lha gam/car 2Mb 4.0 simulation of the Acey Ducey car...
bageln.lha gam/mis 2Mb 4.0 a small numbers game
hottiesview.lha gra/vie 158kb 4.1 A modern image viewer
reactive_lib.lha lib/mis 211kb 4.0 A custom BOOPSI system
cmg.lha uti/scr 2kb 4.1 Create an amigaguide file to pla...
d_cmd.lha uti/she 3kb 4.1 D is a small shell util for list...
fortune.lha uti/she 725kb 4.1 write random sentences in the sh...
amiupdate_dan.lha uti/wor 19kb 4.0 Danish catalog files for AmiUpdate
amiupdate_ell.lha uti/wor 8kb 4.1 Greek catalog files for AmiUpdat...
jack.lha uti/wor 14Mb 4.1 Multi-purpose utility for Workbench
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16.Nov.2014
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 15.11.2014
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until November 15h, 2014:
oricutron_v12.i386-aros.lha emu/com 2Mb Oric-1/Atmos/Telestrat/Pravetz 8...
arosminimal.zip gra/the 33kb Fixed version of theme arosminimal
icaros20walls.zip gra/the 66kb 2 Spiffy wallpapers for Icaros D...
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16.Nov.2014
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WHDLoad: New packages until 15.11.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until November 15th, 2014:
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16.Nov.2014
Szymon 'Szaman' Zyla (ANF)
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Gloom Deluxe: New maps and characters
Czesław 'Leon' Mnich created an archive containing many new levels and examples made by him with the easy-to-use editor Maped. It also includes new weapons and characters from Star Wars and Doom as well as programs written by Robert Szacki to import pictures and objects into Gloom. Furthermore there are two articles in polish by Czesław Mnich on Exec.pl: one about Maped and one how to create, Gloom objects, guns, sound effects and more.
Download: GloomDeluxe.lha (12 MB) (snx)
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14.Nov.2014
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Retro Game Calendars 2015
An user has created different desk calendars (PDF) with retrogaming motives which can be printed. Old CD cases can be used to present them. There are calendars with Amiga, C64, ZX Spectrum, ZX 81 and SMS motives.
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12.Nov.2014
Achim Kern - KeHo Software (ANF)
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Multi platform arcade game: SpiderCave
Achim Kern's "SpiderCave" is a simple arcade game in which with your spaceship you have to avoid the attacks of a spider and to build ladders to the spider webs to steal its eggs.
The game is distributed as Hollywood-applet and should run on each platform which has a port of the Hollywood-player (AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS, Windows, Mac OS PPC/x86, Linux PPC/x86, Android).
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11.Nov.2014
Olaf Schönweiß (Forum)
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New English-language Amiga forum: amigaforum.de
Under amigaforum.de Olaf Schönweiß has established an English-language forum which is about all kind of Amiga computers and which is independent of the manufacturer.
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11.Nov.2014
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A600 accelerator board Fúria EC020, second revision
The Polish Amiga trader RetroAmi.com.pl has announced at the turn of the year to offer a revised version of the A600 accelerator board Fúria EC020 which was put on the market a year ago. The processor now has 33 Mhz. We do not know any furhter changes or the price.
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11.Nov.2014
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CompactFlash-Adapter inclusive A1200-cover
Amigakit offers a CompactFlash adapter which is fastened to the A1200 back plate. After having installed the adapter - an IDE cable is included - the CF-card can be easily installed or removed without opening the A1200 every time.
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10.Nov.2014
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App-Store: Amistore is online (update)
The App-store "Amistore" established by Amigakit obviously is online. A shop application which only runs under AmigaOS 4 (a version for AmigaOS 3 was announced) and according to the website is still a beta version can be downloaded. A web-interface for the store currently does not exist and as far as we know is not planned.
We would like to thank Andy "broadblues" Broad for the screenshots taken of shop. Broad has pointed out that not all items are already available but "soon".
Hint of the editorial staff: As far as we know the shop was written with Hollywood. If you launch the application a large number of pictures is loaded. Users with slower computers or low memory has reported long loading times.
Update: (11.11.2014, 16:45, cg)
According to reports of some customers, to the prices in the Amistore VAT and packaging and shipping costs must be added. Currently the final price for the product obviously will be only shown on the Paypal website after having purchased it. The amount of money which Paypal lists as packaging and shipping costs seems to be the Amistore fee. The pure purchase price will get the author of the product. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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09.Nov.2014
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Aminet-Uploads until 08.11.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 8th, 2014:
curl.lha comm/net 1.5M OS4 Command line URL file transfer
libcurl.lha dev/lib 1.7M OS4 The multiprotocol file transf...
libopenssl.lha dev/lib 5.8M OS4 The Open Source toolkit for S...
libxml2_os4.lha dev/lib 7.5M OS4 The XML C parser and toolkit ...
Koules.lha game/actio 238K 68k Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
Koules_OS4.lha game/actio 224K OS4 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
KoulesMOS.lha game/actio 234K MOS Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
WormWarsSP.lha game/actio 6K Worm Wars 8.87 spanish catalog
F12014carset.lha game/data 13K 2014 Car Set for F1GP Ed/Micr...
ImageMagick-bin_os4.lha gfx/conv 13M OS4 Image manipulation programs
ImageMagick-src_os4.lha gfx/conv 14M Image manipulation programs -...
AmiArcadiaSP.lha misc/emu 14K AmiArcadia spanish catalog fo...
oricutron.lha misc/emu 1.4M MOS Oric-1/Atmos/Telestrat/Pravet...
Epub-Reader_1.0.lha text/show 5.5M MOS Reader for the free+open e-bo...
DrawerBall.lha util/dir 2.6M MOS Directory and files tool
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09.Nov.2014
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 08.11.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 8th, 2014:
libcurl.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.0 The multiprotocol file transfer ...
libopenssl.lha dev/lib 6Mb 4.0 The open source toolkit for SSL/TLS
prism2.lha dri/net 309kb 4.0 Driver for 11Mbps wireless netwo...
oricutron.lha emu/com 2Mb 4.1 Oric-1 / Atmos / Telestrat / Pra...
koules.lha gam/act 224kb 4.0 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
bghalloween.lha gam/boa 8Mb 4.0 Bed Games I Special Halloween 2014
imagemagick-bin.lha gra/edi 13Mb 4.0 Image manipulation programs
imagemagick-src.lha gra/edi 14Mb 4.0 Source
libxml2.lha lib/xml 7Mb 4.0 The XML C parser and toolkit of ...
curl.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Command line URL file transfer
bougesouris.lha uti/mis 119kb 4.0 CLI program to move cursor/click...
amiupdate_deu.lha uti/wor 20kb 4.0 German catalog files for AmiUpdate
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09.Nov.2014
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 08.11.2014
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Files until November 8th, 2014:
Koules 1.18 gam/act 234 A simple arcade game, where...
SimpleMail 1.1 net/mai 1677 Very good e-mail client. MU...
EPub Reader 1.0 off/tex 291 Reader of e-books in EPub f...
BUFF-GANT Icon Set - sys/gra 12589 A large set of disk and dra...
Oricutron 1.2 uti/emu 1458 Emulator of 6502 based Oric...
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09.Nov.2014
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WHDLoad: New packages until 08.11.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until November 8th, 2014:
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09.Nov.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Event: New videos from AmiWest 2014
Additional Bill Borsari, Robert Bernardo also has published videos from this year's AmiWest:
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09.Nov.2014
Thorsten Mampel (ANF)
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Miniature model: Amiga 1000 as 3D-print
Since yesterday the shop Etsy has offered the miniature model of an Amiga 1000 with monitor, keyboard and mouse in two different versions. Version one shows the screen of the Workbench, version two shows Deluxe Paint with the well-known motive from Sandro Botticelli's painting "The Birth of Venus".
The Amiga is only slightly larger than a coin and is produced with the 3D printing technology.
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07.Nov.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition for ACube-hardware with limited Radeon HD-driver
The SAM4x0-version of the Final Edition of AmigaOS 4.1 will not include a RadeonHD-driver, because version 1.x of the driver is available for free only for X1000-customers. Many owners of a SAM have to purchase the driver.
In order to be able to launch the Final Edition on a SAM-motherboard equipped with a Radeon HD graphic board, A-EON and ACube have reached an agreement: A limited version of the driver will be included on the installation-CD.
The "RadeonHD Lite"-driver does not support compositing and is limited to a screen solution of 1024x768 but allows installing the operating system. Owners of ACube's hardware with Radeon HD graphic board later can install the commercial and full version of the driver.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Nov.2014
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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New systems of ARES - e.g. complete systems with refurbished SAM440-motherboards
Under the name "Boingbox (refurbished SAM440@733MHZ)", Pascal Papara now also offers complete systems with used Sam440-motherboards. According to him it is used hardware which was cleaned, enhanced with new components and checked and which has guarantee (not warranty) of one year.
The AresOne is replaced by the "ARES XEON Workstation". Additionally for the first time ARM-based systems are available called "ARES II".
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05.Nov.2014
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Unreleased games: May & Yam 1, May & Yam 2
On his website, David "Hawk" Gavilan has made available two old, so far unreleased Amiga games which he programmed 20 years ago in AMOS. May & Yam 1 (Youtube video) is a Pang-clone for two players, May & Yam 2 (Youtube video) is a platform game for one or two players.
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04.Nov.2014
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Printed magazine: Amiga Future, issue 111
Today the German and English issue 111 (November/December 2014) of the printed magazine Amiga Future has been published and can be ordered from the editorial office and in Amiga shops.
The topics of the issue are a review of "Boxx", a special about "MorphOS & Office", a preview of the AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition and an AmigaOS 4.1 poster.
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03.Nov.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Cloanto: Workbench 3.1 Floppy Disk Set
A few days ago, Cloanto started offering bootable CF cards containing Workbench 3.1. Meanwhile a floppy disk set is available, consisting of 6 DD disks (available from Vesalia, Amigakit and Amigastore.eu amongst others).
Just like they did with the CF card, Cloanto is using the Cloanto owned trademarks "Workbench" and "AmigaForever" as branding, this is why the previously unused moniker "Workbench 3.1" is introduced - with version 3.1 of the system software, Commodore originally used the term "AmigaOS".
Update: (05.11.2014, 17:15, cg)
We've been informed by Cloanto that this distribution has a few improvements over the original 3.1 disk set:
- Updated C/Version (Y2K patch)
- Addition of Libs/workbench.library (for A-4000T 3.1 ROMs and 3.X ROMs)
- Updated S/Startup-Sequence (for 3.X ROMs)
- Updated Installer 44.10 and FastFileSystem 45.9 (to support larger disks)
- Installer itself is now part of the system installation (inside the Utilities directory)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Nov.2014
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Aminet-Uploads until 01.11.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 1st, 2014:
prism2v2.lha driver/net 309K OS4 Driver for 11Mbps wireless ne...
AutumnInColorado.jpg pix/views 741K Autumn in Boulder, Colorado (US)
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 384K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
layers.lha util/sys 206K 68k Layers Library V45 for Os 3.9
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02.Nov.2014
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 01.11.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 1st, 2014:
jacktunes.lha aud/pla 2Mb 4.1 An iTunes Library player for Ami...
towertoppler.lha gam/mis 2Mb 4.0 Remake of the old classic Nebulo...
redeth.rar net/sam 3Mb 4.0 Graphical interface to manage co...
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02.Nov.2014
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 01.11.2014
The following archive has been added to MorphOS-Files until November 1st, 2014:
Statline 0.16 sys/too 56 Statline is a small utility...
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02.Nov.2014
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WHDLoad: New packages until 01.11.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until November 1st, 2014:
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02.Nov.2014
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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Amiga 1200: DVI-cover as 3D print file
Pascal Papara has created a DVI-cover for the Amiga 1200 which can be printed with 3D-printers. The STL-file can be downloaded for non-commercial purposes. In the (German) thread under the title it is discussed to generate a collective order save on shipping costs.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Nov.2014
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
During the last two months the articles listed below have been added to the French AmigaOS and MorphOS magazine Obligement. Translations into other languages are always appreciated. If you are interested in then please contact David 'Daff' Brunet.
- Septembre/October news.
- Old articles from Amiga News 60 to 62: AMOS Pro 2.0 review, CanDo 2.5 review, Hardware: CD32, Brilliance review, Interview with Spina, Report: World Of Commodore 1993 Pasadena, Hardware: Emplant, Real 3D 2.0 review, Hardware: Vidi Amiga 12, etc.
- Interview: Philippe Guichardon (games developper).
- Interview: Randy Platt (developper at Cinemaware).
- Review: VR Slingshot.
- Review: AMIStore.
- Review: Speed Dreams 2.
- Comparison: multimedias software from 1988-1993.
- Update of the glossary.
- File: the Amiga CD32.
- Tutorial: Wi-Fi on MorphOS.
- Tutorial: installation of AmigaOS 4.1 Classic on WinUAE.
- Tutorial: Retr0Bright (update).
- Special quizz about the graphic cards.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Nov.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Set-Top-Box: Android-based "Met@box" with Amiga emulator
In the late 1990s, the German company PIOS (among others Stefan Dohmeyer, Dave Haynie, Peter Kittel) developed PPC-hardware for the operating system Apple and Amiga but devices like the PIOS One or the "AmiJoe" were never produced in series.
After changing the name into "Met@box", a Coldfire-based Set-Top-Box with the same name was developed. The software was written by some well-known Amiga developers. Only a few months after first devices have been delivered to developers, the company became insolvent. Actually there was a final attempt to rescue the company by the shareholders but after a second insolvency proceeding and after the company was prosecuted for course fraud, it had to shut down.
Under the IP-address 188.122.70.211 (we do not known a corresponding domain) since shortly a website of the "new" Met@box was established: The Android-based device is supposed to have access to the Google Play Store and play TV productions from a wide range of sources - e.g. CYMTV ChannelStore, from the Internet or local data media and which is supposed to have access to the world wide web or eMail.
Obviously the company is going to take up the history of the trademark in the Amiga market because additional to the motto "we're b@ck" it was announced that an Amiga emulator with "free ROMs" will be installed on the devices.
Meanwhile we got information that Ron van Herk is the leader of CYMTV and Met@box. The former Amiga salesman ("Computer City") did experiment with Set-Top-Boxes with regard to the Amiga in the past: In co-operation with the present Amiga-News publisher Martin Heine the company AHT was founded which announced an AROS-based Box after licensing AmigaOS 4 had failed. In the end, only "Tribbox" which works under Linux was put on the market.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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31.Oct.2014
AROS-Exec (Webseite)
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AROS: Icaros Desktop 2.0
After 18 months of development, version 2.0 of the AROS/x86-distribution Icaros Desktop has been released which includes major changes. In particular, the distribution (just like its previous "work-in-progress"-versions) is based on backports provided by Krzysztof 'Deadwood' Śmiechowicz. His ABIv0-on-trunk includes changes for the application binary interface ABIv0 which is used unter AROS/x86 so far and which were initially implmented for the forthcoming ABI-version 1.
The appereance has also changed because Icaros Desktop now uses DirectoryOpus 5 Magellan as user-interface (screenshot). Additionally the 68k-environment for Amiga games and applications has been polsihed and the faster TLSF memory management has been integrated. ZuneView, PictureAlbum and ScalOS (screenshot) have been added as new applications.
DirectoryOpus was pre-configured to make it a "reliable, usable and enjoyable replacement for Wanderer". ADF and ISO files now can be mounted and unmounted with ease via context menu or DiskImage GUI (screenshot). Regarding the 68k-emulation (screenshot) it is now possible to "run AmigaOS 3.X and AROS M68K concurrently". Applications have been updated e.g. LunaPaint (screenshot).
As usual Icaros Desktop is available in two versions: The executable Live!-package which includes a DVD-ISO-file for a native installation and a virtual machine for QEMU under Windows as well as the Light-version which only includes the most important files but fits on a CD-ROM or a 1-GB-USB-stick.
Paolo Besser was not only supported by Krzysztof Śmiechowicz who backported and updated the browser, bit also by Neil Cafferkey, who fixed several bugs in AROS, Oliver Brunner, who updated Janus-UAE, and Szilárd Biró, who ported DirectoryOpus 5 Magellan to AROS and helped to developed it further, as well as by 'Magorium' and other beta testers.
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31.Oct.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Photographs and videos from the µAlchimie 2014
Last weekend, in Clérieux (France) the third issue of the "µAlchimie" took place. Several visitors have published photographs and videos from this Amiga and retro meeting:
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31.Oct.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Event: Videos from the AmiWest 2014 (Update)
As in previous years, Bill 'tekmage' Borsari has published the following videos from the AmiWest:
Update: (07:15, 02.11.14, snx)
Addition of the WinUAE presentation. Another video of the show has been published by a visitor. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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31.Oct.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)
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ACube Systems: Price for Sam460cr officially announced
After the announcement of the cost reduced PowerPC mainboard Sam460ex (amiga-news.de reported), ACube Systems now updated the price lists for the Sam460cr. It is not known yet when the board is deliverable.
You have to pay 640 Euro for the 1,1-GHz-version or 560 Euro for the 1,0-GHz-version (both include AmigaOS 4.1, RadeonHD-1.0-driver.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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31.Oct.2014
MUI-AmigaOS (ANF)
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MUI for AmigaOS: MUI4.0-2014R5 and MUI3.9-2014R3
The team of "MUI for AmigaOS" has released new versions of MUI 4.0 (AmigaOS 4) and MUI 3.9 (AmigaOS 3.x).
MUI 3.9 no langer is called a beta version because since the previoius release no fatal bugs have been reported.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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30.Oct.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Cloanto: Workbench 3.1 on CF card
In addition to its emulator package Amiga Forever, Cloanto now offers a Workbench 3.1 copy preinstalled on a CF card. This allows quick and quiet booting without having to deal with an assortment of floppy disks, the required CF to IDE adapter is included in the package.
The CF card can be bought at Amiga dealers like Vesalia or Amigastore.eu, and probably other suppliers (which will be added once we get notified they're carrying the product). (snx) (Translation: dr)
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30.Oct.2014
ANF
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Renegades Deluxe 2014
After he released his PD-game Renegades almost 20 years ago, Wayne Ashworth now has reworked it. Renegades is an Alien-Breed-clone for (exclusive) two players.
Renegades Deluxe 2014 has been graphically reworked and now offers new landscapes with random pickups, jammed doors, fake walls and injury of the players (more injured walk slower).
The game has been tested on an Amiga 1200 but according to the author will not run on an Amiga 500. If you take a picture of how you play Renegades Deluxe 2014, Wayne Ashworth would be pleased if you send it to him via eMail to convince him that nowadays people still like playing games using the Amiga.
Changes:
- No 'Made in Amos' screen, instead it's 'Pickups explained'
- New title screen artwork
- New titlescreen music by Marcus Becker
- New character selection screen
- New character selection graphics
- Slightly tweaked character stats
- New in-game screen
- New tileset
- New maps
- Jammed doors
- Fake walls
- Random pickups that vary each time you play the map
- Injury (more injured walk slower)
- Bleeding when injured
- Randomised 'Winner' and 'Loser' messages
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28.Oct.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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RadeonHD driver: Version 1.2 and 2.4 announced / Sam460cr installation solution
Under the title link A-EON Technology has announced updates of his RadeonHD graphic board driver for AmigaOS 4. Additional to the free update to version 1.2 for owners of version 1.0 of the driver released in April, there will be also the commercial version 2.4.
Version 1.2 of the the driver developed by Hans de Ruiter supports further RadeonHD boards of the R5,
R7 and R9 serie (compatibility list). With version 2.4 the hardware accelerated video output in 1080p will be possible as announced at the AmiWest. DMA-support for RadeonHD boards will be available as well.
Features of the V2 driver:
- YUV bitmaps with CompositeTags(). YUV420p bitmaps are 37.5% the size of 32-bit ARGB bitmaps so there's less data to copy to the graphics card
- While overlay is restricted to 1-2 surfaces and does not respect transparency, Composite Video can render an unlimited number of surfaces and can perform alpha blending instead of chroma keying which can be used for advanced video effects
- Videos can be Rotated, warped and even projected into another video
- Alpha blending/compositing can be used for cross-fade between video files and other effects
- Full 1080p Video playback with supported video files
- Support for the latest generation of AMD Radeon Rx graphics cards from the R5, R7 and R9 series
The full RadeonHD driver ordered by A-EON Technology will be not part of the announced Final Edition of AmigaOS 4.1. In order to make the driver available to future owners of a Sam460cr without having to use an additional and old graphic board, a minimal version will be included. According to AmigaKit and confirmed by Hans de Ruiter, A-EON Technology, ACube Systems and Hyperion are working on an adequate solution.
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