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27.Sep.2023
Timo Weirich (Mastodon)


Emu68 tip: Reducing the speed of the Raspberry Pi
Timo Weirich is in the process of setting up a computer museum. He is also working on his Amiga 500, which is upgraded with a PiStorm. Now he has published a tip on how to reduce the speed so that old games (e.g. XJ220) run better or correctly:

For such adjustments to Michal Schulz' Emu68 software (we reported on the release candidate of version 1.0 just a few days ago), there is Emu68-Tools provided by Philippe 'Flype' Carpentier, which were also updated four days ago. Not only the Emu68Control included in it can control some aspects of the Pi's speed, but also Emu68Info: "with the SETCLOCKRATE option, for example, you can clock the Pi 3A+ down to 600 MHz, which makes it 2.3x slower than the default speed. In combination with the possibilities of Emu68Control, you can clock the Pi 3A+ down to only about 3,000 dhrystones. That's only a little more than twice as fast as a standard A1200".


Compatibility tip: Activating the "Slow chip memory" option (or the SC parameter) in Emu68Control should be avoided. This seems to corrupt the chip memory. Test case e.g.: Pinball Dreams. (dr)

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26.Sep.2023



Music track: "White King" with ProTracker visualisation
Since version 1.1, ProTracker (Aminet version 3.61) has a Quadrascope: ProTracker visualises the sound waveform for each channel in four small windows. 'no9' has now written a Protracker module and published it on his YouTube channel that not only plays the music but also displays visual effects in these four small windows at the same time. According to the author, it could be a "world first" in this form, as he had never seen this approach in ProTracker before.
The track was written especially for this purpose, always looking to see if what looks good also sounds good and vice versa. (dr)

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25.Sep.2023
Seiya (ANF)


PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 150 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.

Amiga-related, the current issue is about "Goal!". (snx)

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25.Sep.2023



Video: Building a ReAmiga 1200, last episode
We reported about the first and second and the third and fourth episode of the video series of the YouTube channel "The 8-Bit Manshed" which builds John 'Chucky' Hertell's Amiga1200 clone ReAmiga 1200. Now the final fifth part is available. (dr)

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24.Sep.2023



Crowdfunding: Illustrated book "Demoscene - The Amiga Renaissance", Vol. 3
In 2021, the first illustrated book about the demoscene, "Demoscene - The Amiga Years", was completed, covering the years 1984 to 1993. Volume two, "Demoscene - The AGA Years", followed a year later and was dedicated to the years 1994 to 1996. Now the third part of the series, "Demoscene - The Amiga Renaissance", is being crowdfunded, covering the period from 1997 to today. The aim is to collect 21,000 Euros by 15 October, of which around 8,000 have already been raised so far. (dr)

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24.Sep.2023
CommodoreBlog


Game ports: Game..X and Dragon Slayer
Franck 'hitchhikr' Charlet has ported two games from X68000, home computer created by Sharp Corporation, to the Amiga:
Dragon Slayer should run on any Amiga and is based on Moby Games' version for the FM-7 home computer. The game is commonly considered one of the progenitors of the action RPG genre. The premise is similar to Roguelikes: the player takes control of a knight who must fight his way through large overhead maze-like dungeons. Unlike roguelikes, the combat in the game is fully action-oriented

The shoot'em up Game.X (YouTube video) requires an AGA-Amiga and was originally released in 1990 by Kugenuma Soft. (dr)

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24.Sep.2023



Video: The chronological history of AmigaOS
The hobby YouTube channel "Proteque - Classic Beige Nostalgia" shows the chronological history of AmigaOS. (dr)

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24.Sep.2023



Music: Cover version of Chuck Rock
Linus 'lft' Åkesson has been an active part of the demoscene for a good 25 years, composing music for numerous demos and music discs for Amiga and C64 as 'Lairfight' bzw. 'lft'. Creatively, he also builds various instruments from Commodore hardware like the Paulimba or the C=TAR. He now uses these instruments to recreate the main melody of the game Chuck Rock composed by Matthew Simmonds. (dr)

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24.Sep.2023



Aminet uploads until 23.09.2023
The following files have been added until 23.09.2023 to Aminet:
64tass.lha               dev/cross  1.3M  68k Cross assembler targeting the...
c2plib.lha               dev/misc   201K  68k chunky2planar as an Amiga sha...
giplanner.lha            dev/misc   286K  68k GI Planner 
Beziery_Beizera.lha      dev/src    153K  68k Further Laffik's works on Bez...
F1GP2023Carset.lha       game/data  10K       2023 Carset for F1GP
MCE.lha                  game/edit  3.7M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  3.9M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  4.2M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
BackdPattGener.lha       gfx/edit   51K   68k Create your own backdrop patt...
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   3.8M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
Play2CPC.ACEpansion.lha  misc/emu   18K   MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
GoneFishin.lha           mods/misc  292K      16bit 4ch Country Ballad by H...
avalanche.lha            util/arc   115K  AOS ReAction unarchive GUI for xf...
avalanche_guide_de.lha   util/arc   9K        German translation of Avalanc...
dtconvert.lha            util/conv  48K   OS4 File format conversion using ...
ModelerConverter10.lha   util/conv  11K   68k 3D Object Converter from 1991
GifAnimDT.lha            util/dtype 164K  OS4 Datatype for animated GIFs
AmiSSL-5.11-OS3.lha      util/libs  3.4M  68k OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.11-OS4.lha      util/libs  3.1M  OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.11-SDK.lha      util/libs  2.3M  AOS OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
Mnemosyne.lha            util/misc  77K   68k Disk usage stats+file/folder ...
PolyOrga_de.lha          util/misc  4K        Updated German catalog for Po...
ReportPlus.lha           util/misc  656K  68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  749K  MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha       util/misc  826K  OS4 Multipurpose utility
VATestprogram.zip        util/misc  15M   68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
AnalogClock.lha          util/time  40K   68k Resizeable analog transparent...
LilCalendar.lha          util/time  3.4M  68k Versatile calender and remind...
(snx)

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24.Sep.2023



OS4Depot uploads until 23.09.2023
The following files have been added until 23.09.2023 to OS4Depot:
gifanimdt.lha            dat/ani 164kb 4.1 Datatype for animated GIFs
giflib-extras.lha        dev/lib 126kb 4.1 Some extras to go with GifLib.
libwebp.lha              dev/lib 7Mb   4.1 lib for handling WebP images
libx264.lha              dev/lib 8Mb   4.1 H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video compressi...
amissl-sdk.lha           dev/mis 2Mb   4.0 SDK for AmiSSL
reminiscence.lha         gam/adv 1Mb   4.1 REminiscence is a re-implementat...
mce.lha                  gam/uti 4Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
amissl.lha               lib/mis 3Mb   4.0 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared library
mediathek.lha            net/mis 3Mb   4.0 Downloading Movies from differen...
dtconvert.lha            uti/fil 48kb  4.1 File format conversion using dat...
reportplus.lha           uti/mis 826kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
(snx)

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24.Sep.2023



AROS Archives uploads until 23.09.2023
The following files have been added until 23.09.2023 to AROS Archives:
pingus.i386-aros.zip         gam/puz 15Mb  Lead Pingus to the correct exit ...
(snx)

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24.Sep.2023



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 23.09.2023
The following files have been added until 23.09.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
Morphobia_1.3.lha         Demoscene/ENCORE          MORPHOBIA by ENCORE
Kheshkhash_2.1.lha        Demoscene/ENCORE          A demo for MorphOS name...
Morphever_1.3.lha         Demoscene/ENCORE          Demo for MorphOS PowerPC
Morphiller_1.3.lha        Demoscene/ENCORE          Demo for MorphOS PowerPC
Play2CPC_1.0.lha          Emulation/ACEpansion      ACEpansion plugin for A...
SALTO.lha                 Emulation                 SALTO - Xerox Alto I/II...
MCE_14.20.lha             Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
SonicCD-RSDKv3_1.3.2.lha  Games/Platform            A Full Decompilation of...
Iris_1.18.lha             MorphOS-update            Iris, the MorphOS email...
Easy2Install_1.0b35.lha   Network/PackageManager    A package manager to do...
PolyOrga_1.21.lha         Office/Organizer          PolyOrga is a general-p...
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24.Sep.2023



WHDLoad: New installers until 23.09.2023
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 23.09.2023:
  • 2023-09-22 new: Tolteka (Ariolasoft) done by Psygore (Info)
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22.Sep.2023



Motorola68k emulation: Emu68 V1.0 Release Candidate
A month ago, Developer Michal Schulz had released beta version 2.1 of his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 for the ARM architecture, focusing on the PiStorm and PiStorm32lite (amiga-news.de reported). Since then, many other improvements have been added. Changes of the release candidate of version 1.0:

BFxxx updated

The bitfield instructions operating on memory are not optimized to use as little memory accesses as possible. There are still corner cases which will do more traffic than necessary, but they are now very limited. The bitfield instructions will fetch byte/word/long word/quad word instead of always working on quad words.

Better write to CHIPSET registers

After a write to memory area belonging to Amiga chipset, a byte read from ROM is issued. This improves stability of some old games/demos which never assumed to be running on m68k which is that fast. A read from ROM gives Paula enough time to complete the interrupt acknowledgment properly.

IPL filter

Emu68 filters the IPL lines and recognizes an IPL change if and only if two subsequent IPL reads (which are roughly 400 nanoseconds away) give the same result. Improves many games or demos which suffered from spurious interrupts.

Write buffer removed

The write buffer was my experiment introduced quite long time ago - it featured a write combining to subsequent byte/word locations as long as they would finally result in a longword write cycle. It worked relatively well in most cases, but failed miserably in some others. Since this was just a dirty hack, it has been removed now.

CCR optimizer scan depth

The number of m68k opcodes which are scanned in-advance during m68k to arm translation for elimination of CCR flag updates is now adjustable. Use EmuControl version 1.3 for that (nightly build from 23. Sept. 2023 or newer).

The developer provides more detailed information on the changes in his new Patreon post. (dr)

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22.Sep.2023



ReAction GUI for XAD: Avalanche 2.4 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Chris Young's Avalanche is a ReAction-based graphical user interface for the unarchiving system XAD, which also supports the xfdmaster.library and can search for viruses using the xvs.library. Since version 2.1, simple editing of LhA/Zip archives also is possible (Zip requires zip.library - only under AmigaOS 4). The developer has written his tool explicitly for AmigaOS 3.2.1, but has also tested it under AmigaOS 4. Changes of version 2.4:
  • Support Deark (needs enabling by tooltype)
    • This is a "beta" feature, it may be unstable and due to a bug in Deark, it is not possible to extract to the root of any device.
  • Add option to select modules (MODULES tooltype)
  • Fixx password caching
  • Also use T: as temp by default from CLI
Download: avalanche.lha (115 KB) (dr)

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22.Sep.2023
Bill Borsari


Event: AmiWest 2023 DevCon Survey
This year's 26th edition of Amiwest, which will be held from 12 to 15 October in Sacramento (California), will also feature a developer conference that focuses exclusively on programming topics and is aimed at both amateurs and professional programmers. Since places are limited, a survey is now being conducted to find out who would like to take part and how. (dr)

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22.Sep.2023



Origins and evolution of texteditors Vi and Vim
Gustavo Pezzi is a university lecturer in computer science and mathematics and runs the educational platform Pikuma. At the beginning of August, the developer of the text editor Vim, Bram Moolenaar, passed away. Pezzi had already paid his last respects to the developer in his own way in August and wrote down the history of the text editor, which is closely linked to the Amiga and which is also available in current versions for AmigaOS 4, AROS and MorphOS provided by Ola 'sodero' Söder. (dr)

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22.Sep.2023
Amigans (Forum)


AmigaOS 4: libegl_wrap 0.7.20 (beta)
Hugues 'HunoPPC' Nouvel is working on an EGL-OpenGL-Wrapper which is based on Warp 3D Nova/OpenGL-ES combination sold by A-EON. The wrapper is supposed to simplify porting modern OpenGL based games (Youtube video example for Prey 2006).

The new beta version 0.7.20 is now available. Changes:
  • Now!! Support additional shaders glsl on your code (exemple: effects Scanline, CRT and others)
  • Now!! all libraries are STATIC, IMPORTANT: don't forget to delete your old dynamic libraries
  • New!! Added The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library 'Glew' includes and package for SDK
  • Updated SDL1 and SDL2
  • Now!! SDL2 as your prefs on ENVARC:egl_wrap/
  • Updated Gl4ES
  • Updated GUI
  • 20% speedup on renderer EGL_Wrap
  • Added new icons into the GUI
(dr)

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21.Sep.2023



Blog Epsilon's World: Hardware upgrades and games
In his latest blog entry of his "Epsilon's World", Epsilon shows the installation of various games and hardware in the usual detail and with numerous pictures: among others, Alinea's Subway 2021 USB card including the power adapter or "AURA - Audible Reality", a sound sampler that does not use the parallel port but the PCMCIA port of the Amiga 600 and 1200. The game "Renegade" from the cover disc of the Amiga Addict 22 is also tested. (dr)

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20.Sep.2023



Amiga Games That Weren't: Fatal Mission
As the website "Games That Weren't" reports, "Fatal Mission" was an ambitious project started by Ola Zandelin and Robert Hennings in 1993: "a cinematic style adventure in the lines of Another World, but with bitmap graphics instead of vector style one". On his website, Ola Zandelin has published some examples of this. The website "AmigaPD" conducted an interview with the developer in 2013. In it, he suggests that the game was playable to a certain extent, but it was never finished because there was a lack of time and experience to put everything together and plan it properly. (dr)

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20.Sep.2023



Emulator: Denise V2.1
Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independant emulator which since version 2.0 can emulate an Amiga 500 and Amiga 1000 (Kickstart disks are required) in addition to a C64. Now version 2.1 has been released. Changes:

General changes:
  • add drag'n'drop overlay
    • files can be inserted into additional drives faster
    • files can either only be inserted or inserted and restarted
    • multi file support
  • fix: Wasapi didn't work on some audio hardware
Amiga specific changes:
  • greatly improved accuracy
  • ~15% speed up
  • fix: Drive LED sometimes does not turn off
  • display tracks more clearly
  • add IPF, DMS, EXE and encrypted kick rom support
  • add RTC
  • add multi file support for any-loader (fill DF0-3 in one go)
  • show power LED in status line
    • colors for power and drive LEDs depend on the model
    • click on power LED to select audio filter
Denise is available cross platform for Windows 32/64 XP and higher, macOS (from version 10.9 on, Intel and Arm), Linux and BSD. (dr)

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20.Sep.2023



Video: Repairing an A590, part 5
In the fifth part of his video series about the repair of an A590 (amiga-news.de reported) Robert Smith had a look at an example that he could get hold of in the original case design and that still has the original Epson hard disk. (dr)

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19.Sep.2023



Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.11 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.11 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version OpenSSL 3.1.3 (19.9.2023) and thus provides various minor fixes, including removal of memory leaks. Furthermore the root certificates have been updated to latest Mozilla-based bundle dated 22.8.2023.

Downloads:
AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.11-OS3.lha (3,4 MB)
AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.11-OS4.lha (3,1 MB)
SDK: AmiSSL-5.11-SDK.lha (2,3 MB) (dr)

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19.Sep.2023
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris 1.18, Contacts 1.1
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.18 of his e-mail client Iris and version 1.1 of the contact manager Contacts for MorphOS. Detailed changes:

Iris V1.18
  • Updated to match changes in Contacts application
  • Updated curl, mysql and other libs
Contacts V1.1
  • Implemented Digest Authorization
  • Implemented NICKNAME support in CardDAV
  • Configurable sort by first or last name
  • Fixed aspect ratio of cropped contact photos (iCloud) appearing in other applications
(dr)

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19.Sep.2023
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: Scheduler PolyOrganiser 1.21
PolyOrganiser written by Frederic 'Polymere' Rignault is a so called "PIM-Tool" (Personal Information Management) with which you can manage dates, contacts and tasks. Changes since version 1.16:
  • Fix: Task edit, due date broken at creation (1970) and ignore very old due date too.
  • Add: Task edit, add a context menu entry for remote due date.
  • Fix: Task display, late date are bold. Fix no title display. Fix Columns weight.
  • Change: Task list, use short date
  • Fix: Contact diplay "no name" when name or company is blank.
  • Fix: Contact/Event/Task, ask confiration for remove show "No name" when needed.
  • Fix: Remove edit of task categories in main window due to a unfixable bug.
  • Fix: Fix backgound & frames of popup objects (except Task type that have fixed back...)
  • Fix:Task edit show wrond type
  • Fix: Sort of contacts that was kind of random.
  • Patch: Replace "Jabber" data type for "Title"
  • Fix: DueDate broken due to stuoid datestamp copy
  • Fix: Workaround some issue with duplicate ids in packed event storage which are used for both event item ids as well as additional links (0xE1 and above)
  • Change: Don't write DebugTracking.raw file to PROGDIR: any longer by default
  • Fix: On New Task creation, use the current date for Due Date instead of leaving it uninitilized to 1978
  • Fix: Correct backfill of sunday column weekday for locale country catalog settings which don't start on Monday (like United States which starts on Sunday)
  • Fix: Fixed a use-after-free for notification once the close window button of the search window was hit and which caused a crash once PERMMEMTRACK kernel option was enabled
  • Fix: Fixed some bug in some intermediate 1.18 version that always deleted the last record for each launch of the program
  • Fix: Icon sizes of top navigation bar back to 100% (from 80%) again after some intermediate change
  • Rework: Code to create the DateIcon AppIcon uses Reggae instead of a direct PNG decoder now
  • Fix: fixed some bug that triggered PERMMEMTRACK because the app tried to free some static application memory on some string
  • Fix: Fixed some incompatibility with MorphOS PERMMEMTRACK option due to some access to already freed memory
  • Fix: Fixed hits caused by 2nd launch of PolyOrga Fix: Fixed some possible illegal access when the database is opened or past events are checked on launch
(dr)

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18.Sep.2023



Platform games: Updates for all four parts of Boxx series
The developer 'Lemming880' has released updates for the three parts of his Boxx remake series as well as for the fourth part. All four parts now use the same Scorpion engine version. The changes in the overview:

Version 1.01 of Boxx 1 remake:
  • Menu: replaced quit with options.
  • Menu options and jukeboxx: replaced coin with arrow.
  • Menu: removed boxx splash screen.
  • Music: swapped songs of levels 3 and 4.
  • Sound: changed break block sound effect to original.
  • In-game: turrets shoot a bit faster.
  • In-game: added boss health bar.
  • In-game: moving bricks explode instead of dropping a coin.
  • In-game: removed alarm lights in boss arena.
  • Removed unnecessary files.
Version 1.00 of Boxx 2 remake:
  • In-game: turrets shoot faster.
  • In-game: moving bricks explode instead of dropping a coin.
  • In-game: closed a tile gap in level 2.
  • Removed unnecessary files.
Version 1.00 of Boxx 3 remake:
  • In-game: turrets shoot faster.
  • In-game: moving bricks explode instead of dropping a coin.
  • In-game: bounce blocks only in hard mode.
  • In-game: closed a gap in level 2.
  • In-game: flying boss pod doesn't make a shooting sound anymore after the main boss died.
  • In-game: flying boss pod now drops a bomb on hard mode instead of exploding.
  • Removed unnecessary files.
Version 1.04 of Boxx 4:
  • In-game: reintroduced faster shooting turrets in the flying levels.
  • In-game: level 2: water collision a little bit lower at the fish jump before the boss.
  • In-game: level 5: fixed end boss arena for a situation where the boss could temporary get stuck.
  • Menu Options: removed Performance Mode and added Default Settings option.
  • Menu Info: rearranged text at the bottom.
  • Menu Credits: changed text 'box art' with 'print design'.
(dr)

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18.Sep.2023
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Event: Voting started & further information about Amiga38
Markus Tillmann informs in our german news-item about catering at Amiga38 and other details. Also voting on the Community Award has started. (snx)

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18.Sep.2023



Competition: Winners of AmiGameJam 2022
During a live show on Twitch, the winners of the AmiGameJam were announced (amiga-news.de reported): (dr)

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17.Sep.2023
Ko-fi


AmigaOS 4: Platform game REminiscence 0.5.1 (Flashback)
REminiscence is a rewrite of the engine used in the game Flashback from Delphine Software. This program is designed as a cross-platform replacement for the original executable. After the MorphOS version provided by Bruno 'BeWorld' Peloille, George 'walkero' Sokianos has now ported the engine to AmigaOS 4. The original files of the PC (DOS or CD), Amiga or Macintosh version are required. (dr)

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17.Sep.2023
Indie Retro News


Preview video: Platform game "Krogharr"
In addition to the shoot'em up Hyperblaster (Inviyya 2), Michael 'Tigerskunk' Borrmann is working on the platform game Krogharr, for which he has now published a first preview video and which is to run on an Amiga 500 with 1 MB RAM. A first demo version is to be released in October. (dr)

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17.Sep.2023



Aminet uploads until 16.09.2023
The following files have been added until 16.09.2023 to Aminet:
enc_sce_kheshkhash.lha   demo/misc  22M   MOS Kheshkhash by Encore & Scenic
encore_morphever.lha     demo/misc  19M   MOS Morphever by Encore - demo fo...
encore_morphilia.lha     demo/misc  17M   MOS Morphilia by Encore - demo fo...
encore_morphiller.lha    demo/misc  11M   MOS Morphiller by Encore - demo f...
encore_morphobia.lha     demo/misc  14M   MOS Morphobia by Encore - demo fo...
encore_morphoza.lha      demo/misc  12M   MOS Morphoza by Encore - demo for...
BareMetal.lha            docs/misc  185K      Examples for Bare-Metal Amiga...
anaiis_xmass.lha         driver/oth 72K   68k xmass examine massstorage
ooze_the_escape.lha      game/actio 209K  68k A platformer game with flippi...
tfe-darkforces.lha       game/shoot 3.3M  68k Dark Forces Amiga Port
webptools132_a68k.lha    gfx/conv   2.4M  68k encode/decode images in WebP ...
webptools132_aros.lha    gfx/conv   3.5M  x86 encode/decode images in WebP ...
RNOSlides.lha            gfx/misc   4.8M  MOS Slideshow video creator and p...
RNOSlides_68k.lha        gfx/misc   4.6M  68k Slideshow video creator and p...
RNOSlides_AROS.lha       gfx/misc   4.8M  x86 Slideshow video creator and p...
RNOSlides_OS4.lha        gfx/misc   5.2M  OS4 Slideshow video creator and p...
RNOSlides_WOS.lha        gfx/misc   5.0M  WOS Slideshow video creator and p...
WhatIFF2.11.lha          mags/misc  3.1M      What IFF? #2.11-September-2023
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.7M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   5.0M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   5.2M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   3.8M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
GoatTracker-morphos.lha  mus/edit   1.3M  MOS Official tracker-like C64 mus...
GoatTrackerStereo-mos... mus/edit   892K  MOS Tracker-like C64 stereo music...
a1200_wb_2023.png        pix/wb     95K       Commodore Amiga 1200 Workbenc...
a600_wb_2023.png         pix/wb     478K      Commodore Amiga 600 Workbench...
NAFCYI1991S1-B01.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B02.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B03.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B04.zip     text/bfont 2.4M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B05.zip     text/bfont 2.2M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B06.zip     text/bfont 2.5M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B07.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B08.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B09.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B10.zip     text/bfont 2.0M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B11.zip     text/bfont 2.2M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B12.zip     text/bfont 2.2M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B13.zip     text/bfont 2.5M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B14.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B15.zip     text/bfont 2.0M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B16.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B17.zip     text/bfont 2.5M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B18.zip     text/bfont 2.0M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B19.zip     text/bfont 2.4M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B20.zip     text/bfont 2.2M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B21.zip     text/bfont 2.4M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B22.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B23.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B24.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B25.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B26.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B27.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B28.zip     text/bfont 2.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-01.zip      text/pfont 1.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-02.zip      text/pfont 1.7M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-03.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-04.zip      text/pfont 1.7M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-05.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-06.zip      text/pfont 2.0M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-07.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-08.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-09.zip      text/pfont 2.0M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-10.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-11.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-12.zip      text/pfont 1.7M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-13.zip      text/pfont 1.7M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-14.zip      text/pfont 1.6M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-15.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-16.zip      text/pfont 1.7M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-17.zip      text/pfont 1.7M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-18.zip      text/pfont 1.6M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-19.zip      text/pfont 1.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-20.zip      text/pfont 1.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-21.zip      text/pfont 2.0M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-22.zip      text/pfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-23.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-24.zip      text/pfont 1.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-25.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-26.zip      text/pfont 1.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-27.zip      text/pfont 1.4M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-28.zip      text/pfont 2.4M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
dop_AutoCloseLister.zip  util/dopus 3K        Opens a lister, closes its pa...
iGame.lha                util/misc  436K  68k Front-end for WHDLoad
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17.Sep.2023



OS4Depot uploads until 16.09.2023
The following files have been added until 16.09.2023 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
rnoslides.lha            gra/mis 5Mb   4.1 Slideshow video creator and player
igame.lha                uti/mis 436kb 4.0 Front-end for WHDLoad
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17.Sep.2023



AROS Archives uploads until 16.09.2023
The following files have been added until 16.09.2023 to AROS Archives:
whatiff2.11.lha              doc/mis 3Mb   Magazine on AmigaGuide "Sep...
golfsolitaire.lha            gam/car 3Mb   Golf Solitaire Card Game
rnoslides.i386-aros.lha      gra/mis 5Mb   Slideshow video creator and player
webptools132_aros.lha        gra/mis 4Mb   encode/decode images in WebP format
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17.Sep.2023



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 16.09.2023
The following files have been added until 16.09.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
goattrk2_2.76.lha         Audio/Tracker             Official tracker-like C...
gt2stereo_2.77.lha        Audio/Tracker             Tracker-like C64 stereo...
Morphoza_1.3.lha          Demoscene/ENCORE          Demo by Encore released...
Morphilia_1.3.lha         Demoscene/ENCORE          Morphilia_1.3.lha
Less_643.lha              Development/GeekGadgets   A paginator similar to ...
AmiArcadia_30.20.lha      Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
FileInfo_1.6.lha          Files/Tools               A tool to get infos abo...
iGame_2.4.4.lha           Games/Launcher            A frontend to launching...
AstroMenace_1.3.2.lha     Games/Shoot3D             Hardcore 3D space scrol...
Woof_12.0.0.lha           Games/Shoot3D             Woof! is a continuation...
fheroes2_1.0.8.lha        Games/Strategy            fheroes2 is a recreatio...
RNOSlides_1.0.lha         Graphics/Misc             Slideshow video creator...
Easy2Install_1.0b34.lha   Network/PackageManager    A package manager to do...
Nextvi.lha                Text/Edit                 Nextvi is a vi/ex edito...
(snx)

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17.Sep.2023
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
  • Intro Number 61
  • Lotus (1:1 Remix)
  • Lotus (Lichthaus Remix)
(snx)

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17.Sep.2023
CommodoreBlog


Blog: "Vintage is the New Old" returns under new domain
In mid-July we reported on the discontinuation of the blog "Vintage is the New Old". This will continue to exist under the old address, new content will be offered from now on under new stuff and without the involvement of the previous operator at https://vitno.org/. (dr)

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17.Sep.2023
jPV (E-Mail)


Creating slideshows/Videoplayer: RNOSlides for all Amiga ystems
The developer 'jPV' has added another tool to its already extensive portfolio of RNO applications: RNOSlides is a programme for creating slideshows (MJPEG/AVI format), which can play them in real time (YouTube video). Furthermore, it can also play videos in various formats and can thus be used as a general video player. (dr)

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16.Sep.2023



Background pictures for Amiga 1200 Workbench
Wayne Ashworth has made available free wallpapers for the Amiga 1200 Workbench (in his case version 3.1) on his itch.io website, which he plans to extend gradually to the Amiga 500, 600 and the CD32. In addition, he gives tips on how to create such images yourself in a YouTube video. (dr)

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16.Sep.2023



Amiga emulator: vAmigaWeb - Display and keyboard adjustments
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS.

The new update also makes full use of the notch or dynamic island area in the display of the iPhones. Furthermore, developer 'mithrendal' has redesigned the virtual joystick and keyboard layout. (dr)

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16.Sep.2023



Demoparty: Results of the Nordlicht 2023
Last weekend the Nordlicht-Demoparty 2023 took place in Bremen (amiga-news.de reported). Now the results are available on Pouet and three Amiga productions also made it into the rankings: in the "512 Byte Compo" AttentionWhore took third place with hypotrain (YouTube video).
In the category "Realtime Demo Compo (Oldschool)", Resistance took second place with old'scool (YouTube video) and the soundtrack to the recently released ASM - Das Computer-Spiel (The Director's Cut) took eighth place (YouTube video). (dr)

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16.Sep.2023



Visual Novel: Mansion of Madness
Sami Vehmaa has published his first Visual Novel game with AmiBlitz 3: in "Mansion of Madness", you are hired by the reporter Erica to search for the missing YouTuber Jasko. He wanted to investigate the myth of a demonic being and has now disappeared (YouTube video). According to the author, the game offers an average playtime of 15 minutes with five different exits. At least an Amiga with a 68030 processor and 30 MB RAM are required. (dr)

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16.Sep.2023



MorphOS: ENCORE again updated several demos
Just like at the beginning of the year, the demo and game developers Encore (among other 2D shooter Fortis) has improved several MorphOS demos and adapted them to the new version of the engine: Morphever, Morphobia, Morphilia, Morphiller and Morphoza have been updated to version 1.3.0, Kheshkhash, created together with 'Scenic', to version 1.2.1. (dr)

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15.Sep.2023



LinuxJedi blog: PiStorming
In his latest blog entry, Andrew 'LinuxJedi' Hutchings reports on the installation of a PiStorm32-lite (with Raspberry Pi 4) in his Amiga 1200 and clearly summarises important points to consider. (dr)

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15.Sep.2023



AmigaGuide magazine: Issue 11 of "WhatIFF?" published
"WhatIFF?" is an English language Amiga magazine in AmigaGuide format which in his eleventh issue again offers a demo version of a game: "Aeon Legends" from BitBeam Cannon. The other topics:

Reviews:
  • ImageFX 4.5
  • OmniPort A1200
  • AmigaKit RED LEDs
  • Amiga CD32 Disc Reference Guide Book
Game Reviews:
  • CyberPunks 2
  • NightShift
Tutorials:
  • LightWave 101 - Rendering DEMs
  • ImageFX 101 - Digital Postcard
  • Brilliance 101 - Dithering
  • OctaMED 101 - Setting up OctaMED SoundStudio
  • How to install RTG on PiStorm32-lite
  • ELUDE Demos on PiStorm32-lite
  • Reducing noise in 8-bit samples
  • Modern Effects in Oldskool trackers
Articles:
  • Amiga Magazines Yesterday Today
  • Custom music vs stock music
  • Revisiting Tokyo Retro Computer Users Meet
Interviews:
  • Apollo Team Part 1 of 2
  • Scorpion Engine - Erik Hogan
  • RNO Developer
(dr)

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14.Sep.2023
Michael Kafke (ANF)


Game: ASM - Das Computer-Spiel (The Director's Cut) released (German)
The game about the former computer game magazine "ASM - Aktueller Software Markt", published from 1986 to 1995, which was announced in May, is now available, but as German version only.

Originating from a programming competition in 1991, the graphic adventure was revised, extended and provided with new music by Roland 'Triace' Voß for twelve months with the help of editors of that time, so that it could now - "just 32 years later" - be completed as "Director's Cut".

As chief editor Manfred 'Manni' Kleimann, the player moves through the editorial building in point-and-click style from the first-person perspective as in "Die Kathedrale" or "Uninvited" and tries to track down the secret of his own memory loss. The game doesn't take itself seriously and wants to let friends of humor à la "Spaceballs", "The Naked Gun" or Monty Python get their money's worth.

In addition to a download version, the game is also available as a physical product, which contains a CD for Amigas with an appropriate drive, including CDTV and CD³², as well as a poster, three disk stickers, an ASM wooden cube and a 20-page manual (in the optical style of an ASM from 1991). Stefan Bayer has exclusively contributed a brand new "Donald Bug" comic for the manual.

"ASM - The Computer Game" runs on any Amiga from Kickstart 1.3 with at least 1 MB RAM. A hard disk installer is also included. The game is controlled by keyboard and mouse, the use of a joystick is optional. A hard disk with 3 MB free memory and 2 MB RAM are recommended. (snx)

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13.Sep.2023



Platform game: Boxx 2 Remake 0.1
As with parts 1 and 3 already, the developer of this platform game series, 'Lemming880', has now switched "Boxx 2" from Backbone to the Scorpion Engine, while 'Koyot1222' improved the graphics. (snx)

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12.Sep.2023
GitHub


WHDLoad: Graphical user-interface iGame 2.4.4
iGame is a MUI-based frontend for starting WHDLoad games (amiga-news.de reported). George 'walkero' Sokianos has released version 2.4.4 for AmigaOS 2.04 and higher, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. Changes:
  • Changed: Now after the repository scans, any item that is not assigned to any genre gets the "Unknown" value by default
  • Fixed the generated genre list titles after a rescan of the repository
  • Fixed more memory leaks
  • Fixed the load of the list of items when the side panel is hidden
Direkter Download: iGame-v2.4.4-20230911.lha (436 Kb) (dr)

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12.Sep.2023
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Java program: ham_convert 1.9.2
Sebastian Sieczko's java-based program ham_convert converts modern graphic formats to the Amiga's HAM format and is now available in version 1.9.2.

New features include another dithering method (Ostromoukhov) and an improvement in sliced HAM6 generation. (snx)

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11.Sep.2023



Souverän Soccer: Preview to the game box
Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener (Wings Remastered, MiniGL4GL4ES, Tower 57) is working on a soccer game with 3D view called "Souverän Soccer" (amiga-news.de reported). In his 33rd preview video he has presented the planned game box. (dr)

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11.Sep.2023
Yawning Angel (E-Mail)


Video-Tutorial: Advanced Joystick Sprite Control in AMOS
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' attempts to answer a user's question about how to apply greater control over sprite animation for a sprite under joystick control: can a sprite be stationary when not being moved, but animate when the joystick is moved? This video follows on from the Writing a simple game in AMOS video. (dr)

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11.Sep.2023
GitHub


SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware V2023.09.06
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2023.09.06:
  • README: use truncate instead of fallocate in Linux example
  • RP2040 Initiator mode: set initiator ID in selection phase
  • Post UNIT_ATTENTION condition after CD medium change
  • Rename files for new pcb designs using the RP2040
  • New Xebec S1410 vendor command and various work
  • Log Xebec vendor command and decoded data
  • Set vendor / product id with image file name
  • Fixes for Apple vendor modepage sending
(dr)

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GitHub


Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.7.4 (update)
Bartman', member of the demo group 'Abyss', provides with 'amiga-debug' a 'Visual Studio Code' extension for "compiling, debugging and profiling Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 13.1 with the bundled WinUAE/FS-UAE and GDB." (YouTube video). Now version 1.7.3 has been released.
  • NEW: update gcc to 13.2.0
Update: (22:09, 12.09.23, dr)

Version 1.7.4 works also again under Linux/MacOS. (dr)

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11.Sep.2023



Programming language: Souce codes for AmiBlitz3 games
Sami Vehmaa is in the process of releasing the source codes of some of his AmiBlitz3 games. He has started with the games The Oregon Trail and Mission2Mars. (dr)

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11.Sep.2023
GitHub


8-/16-bit emulator for Mac OS and Linux: Clock Signal v2023-09-10
Thomas Harte's Clock Signal is an emulator for various 8- and 16-bit platforms aiming to be invisible to the user. The idea is to simply start the source medium without configuring the emulator oneself. Clock Signal is available for Mac OS and Unix-compatible systems. While there is also an Amiga emulation included, it "remains wilfully inaccurate" for now.

Today, version v2023-09-10 was released. Changes:
  • continues improvements to the MSX 2, especially its video chip and this emulator's automated detection of cartridge types;
  • corrects the 65c02's BCD results, where they differ from a vanilla 6502;
  • corrects the 65816's state after a BRK while in emulation mode; and
  • resolves some timing discrepancies in some of the unofficial NOPs on the base 6502.
(dr)

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10.Sep.2023



Aminet uploads until 09.09.2023
The following files have been added until 09.09.2023 to Aminet:
SteMarRegAMOSSources.lha dev/amos   398K  68k 10 AMOS sources+exes by Stefa...
asm-kurs_stashofcode.lha dev/asm    1.2M      Assembly course, German
REDPILLGameCreator.lha   dev/misc   4.6M  68k Game Creator with AGA support
x68k2amiga.zip           dev/misc   17K   68k Convert Sharp X68000 exec/dat...
bezier_3d.lha            dev/src    2K        Quadratic Bezier's mesh.
laffik-sources_arrays... dev/src    344K  68k Laffik's works on vector play...
laffik-sources_blitte... dev/src    3K    68k Laffik's works on vector play...
laffik-sources-01.lha    dev/src    412K  68k Laffik's works on vector play...
laffik-sources-02a.lha   dev/src    366K  68k Laffik's works on vector play...
laffik-sources-02b.lha   dev/src    412K  68k Laffik's works on vector play...
laffik-sources-02c.lha   dev/src    539K  68k Laffik's works on vector play...
laffik-sources-02d.lha   dev/src    559K  68k Laffik's works on vector play...
laffik-sources-03a.lha   dev/src    398K  68k Laffik's works on vector play...
laffik-sources-03b.lha   dev/src    496K  68k Laffik's works on vector play...
laffik-sources-04a.lha   dev/src    622K  68k Laffik's works on vector play...
laffik-sources-04b.lha   dev/src    449K  68k Laffik's works on vector play...
F1GP2023Carset.lha       game/data  10K       2023 Carset for F1GP
ScummVM_AGA_060.lha      game/misc  11M   68k Amiga AGA port of ScummVM 2.0...
ScummVM_RTG_060.lha      game/misc  11M   68k Amiga RTG port of ScummVM 2.0...
webptools131_aros.lha    gfx/conv   3.5M  x86 encode/decode images in WebP ...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   5.0M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Flac143_a68k.lha         mus/misc   519K  68k Free Lossless Audio Codec
nextvi.lha               text/edit  165K  MOS Next vi clone
BubbleBlanker.lha        util/blank 8K    68k P96 Blanker with fading color...
Mnemosyne.lha            util/misc  78K   68k Disk usage statistics+file/fo...
Thermals_de.lha          util/misc  1K        Unofficial German catalog of ...
VATestprogram.zip        util/misc  15M   68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
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OS4Depot uploads until 09.09.2023
The following files have been added until 09.09.2023 to OS4Depot:
blackivan.lha            gam/car 14Mb  4.0 A blackjack clone
koala_seasons.lha        gam/pla 11Mb  4.1 Koala Seasons is a game to show ...
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AROS Archives uploads until 09.09.2023
The following files have been added until 09.09.2023 to AROS Archives:
blackivan.lha                gam/car 14Mb  A blackjack clone
webptools131_aros.lha        gra/mis 4Mb   encode/decode images in WebP format
(snx)

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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 09.09.2023
The following files have been added until 09.09.23 to MorphOS-Storage:
BillyFrontier_1.1.1.lha   Games/Action              Billy Frontier is an ar...
BlackIvan_1.00.lha        Games/Card                BlackIvan_1.00.lha
wipEout_1.0.1.lha         Games/Race                wipEout Rewrite - port ...
Iris_1.17.lha             MorphOS-update            Iris, the MorphOS email...
Easy2Install_1.0b32.lha   Network/PackageManager    A package manager to do...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 09.09.2023
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 09.09.2023: (snx)

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Emulation: WinFellow 0.5.9 RC-1
After more than four years there is an update of the Amiga emulator WinFellow. Unlike its predecessor, this version no longer runs under Windows XP and Vista.

New features are the configurable pause behavior when the emulation window is no longer active and the possibility to change the state of a floppy disk regarding its write protection during operation. In addition, there are bugfixes and a few minor updates. (snx)

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09.Sep.2023
BAC (ANF)


Event: Commodore and Amiga Meeting, Antwerpen, Belgium (30. September)
After a year's break, the Belgian Amiga Club is organising another "BAC meeting" in Antwerp on 30 September. Admission is from 1 p.m., there will be a game competition (with a previously unreleased game), workshops, talk rounds and a flea market. Admission is free, even for users with their own computers. Food and drink will be provided. (cg)

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08.Sep.2023
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Platform game: Update for "Ooze: The Escape"
The ZX Spectrum port "Ooze: The Escape" (video), released in August, has received a minor update: The developer speaks of "game-play tweaks" to some of the screens. (cg)

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07.Sep.2023
Mirandor (comments area)


Pop Art: Amiga pictures from Keith Haring found, sold via NFT auction
Keith Haring was a well-known member of the US Pop Art movement, who was gifted an Amiga by Timothy Leary, another famous artist, to design graphics for Leary's never completed computer version of the Science Fiction novel Neuromancer.

Learys Neuromancer project didn't go anywhere, but Haring used the Amiga anyway, apparently  - to create digital illustrations in his typical style. The Amiga disks containing his creations were found in Learys residue a decade ago, but only now they will be made available to the public: artnet.com reports that NFTs for five of the images will be sold via an online auction - four of the images can be seen in artnet's article.

The auctioneer estimates the worth of the collection of Keith Haring NFTs to be around 1.65 million USD - 200,000 to 500,000 Dollar per image. A similar auction two years ago with Amiga pictures from Andy Warhol earned the auctioneer 3.4 Millionen Dollar. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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06.Sep.2023



Do it yourself: Adapter board A314 for internal Raspberry Pi, version 1.2
The A314 is an FPGA-based adapter board by Niklas Ekström, which can be used to connect a Raspberry Pi in the expansion slot of the Amiga 500 (amiga-news.de reported), which among other things also allows the use of its network connection.

In the meantime the project has matured to version 1.2, details about the changes in this release are not available. (snx)

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