23.Jul.2022
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Kickstarter campaign: Production of 'Tank Mouse' starts soon
The Polish designer Lukas Remis had successfully finished a Kickstarter campaign for the re-release of the wireless Commodore Maus 1352 ((amiga-news.de reported)).
A few days ago the developer announced in a status update that the production of the Tank Mouse as well as of the chipset of the mouse will start soon.
The preparation would take about 45 days, and another 25 days the production of the first test batch. After testing and quality-checking the first units, the production will be started - and that part should take only around 3 weeks.
But there are some problems regarding the DB9 adapter: due to COVID and supply shortages, prices of some components went up twice or even more. Therefore, it cannot be manufactured the way it was originally planned and other solutions must be found. (dr)
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23.Jul.2022
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8-/16-bit emulator for Mac OS and Linux: Clock Signal V2022-07-23 (update)
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.
Two weeks ago, the latest version V2022-07-08 was released. Since our last news item the following changes have been added:
- a regression in the previous release resolved, which caused the Acorn Electron and Vic-20 not to boot correctly
- improved the 68000: the results of ABCD, SBCD and NBCD are now more accurate; timing corrections have been made to CMPA.l, CLR.b, CLR.w, DIVU/S, NEGX.b, NEGX.w, NEG.b, NEG.w, NOT.w, NOT.b, MOVE to SR/CCR, MULU/S, TRAP, TRAPV, CHK and TAS;
- improved the 65816: to correct an error in (d), y addressing calculation; to correct a flag error in 16-bit BIT; and to improve timing to a variety of other instructions.
- resolved a bug that prevented the Apple IIe and Enhanced IIe from detecting an attached disk drive
- fixed an issue that caused the Amstrad CPCs to start with an unpredictable amount of RAM
- more accurately observes the Amiga left and right screen margins
Update: (24.07.2022, 04:20, dr)
A few moments ago, version V2022-07-23 was released with the following changes:
- corrects an error in Amiga HAM output that transposed red and blue channel modifications
- improves Amiga sprite display: for programs that use both DMA and direct sprite accesses, and with regard to playfield interactions
- rejigs the macOS binding to try to reduce CPU load and avoid a potential audio-ending race condition. Though it is now worse at scheduling across multiple CPU cores so there might be further swings of the pendulum yet to come.
(dr)
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23.Jul.2022
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m68k assembly: 'Amiga Assembly' plugin V1.6.0 for Visual Studio Code
'Amiga Assembly' is a plugin for Visual Studio Code to support assembly language for the Amiga Motorola 68000 machines and emulators. At the beginning of July, Paul Raingeard has released version 1.6.0. Changes:
- Use of external debugger
- Conditional breakpoints
- Log points
- Custom registers in variables list, including named sub-fields for specific bit ranges
- Additional formats for variables, including signed and size variants
- Label offset annotations for address registers
On GitHub the author provides a detailed wiki. (dr)
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23.Jul.2022
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.1 / Firmware 1.2
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks (amiga-news.de reported). The adapter gets connected between a floppy disk drive - e.g. a standard 3.5" PC one - and a USB port of the PC or Mac.
Changes of Greaseweazle Tools 1.1:
- New IMG formats: pc98.dd, pc98.hd
- IBM FM, MFM: Fix bugs in raw track decoder
- gw info: Report MCU information (type, speed, SRAM)
Changes of Greaseweazle Firmware 1.2:
- Support AT32F403A MCU on F1 and V4 boards
- Send MCU info to host (reported by gw info)
The Greaseweazle is available from various retailers. (dr)
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23.Jul.2022
jPV^RNO (Mail)
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RNO applications: RNOPDF 1.6 and RNOArchive 1.1
Developer 'jPV^RNO' has updated two of his RNO applications:
PDF viewer RNOPDF (MorphOS, OS3 (68k + WOS), OS4, Win, Mac) has been updated to version 1.6, providing the following changes:
- Fixed the search requester behaviour
- Fixed a window positioning issue on OS3 versions
- Better OpenURL implementation
- Added a French catalog
- Added a German catalog
- Made the source code a bit more readable
RNOArchive is a graphical archive manager which can can extract, modify, and create archives based on the XAD system. RNOArchive also can create ZIP files. Version 1.1 (MorphOS, AROS, OS3 (68k), OS4) provides the following changes:
- Fixed an issue with directory extraction, which could lead to extraction of unselected files
- The progress bar is updated when unarchiving single dirs or full archives
- Added a work-around for adding whole directories without selecting anything
- Fixed an ARexx port issue
- Other minor fixes
(dr)
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23.Jul.2022
Daniel Jedlicka (Mail)
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AmigaOS 4: Audio editor Rave 1.2
For about a year, Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka has been introducing the audio editor 'Rave' in status updates on his blog. Version 1.1 he finally released in June (amiga-news.de reported). The screenshot of version 1.2 presented below shows the most important new function: files can now be auditioned ("previewed") from the file requester before they will be opened.
Rave requires AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 2 as well as A-EON's Enhancer Core. (dr)
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23.Jul.2022
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Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.4.3
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 11.2 with the bundled WinUAE" (YouTube video). Including version 1.4.3 which was released yesterday, the following changes have been added since our last news item:
- savestate profiler: enable "cycle exact" before launching .uss file
- fixes missing shrinkler terminal output
- Shrinkler: fixed progress output (only went to 10% instead of 100%)
- fixed DMA display for blitter (Channel D was missing, Channel B and C incorrectly had Line & Fill attribution)
- added more DMA events (CPU Blitter Steal, CPU Blitter Stolen, Copper Skip)
- fix Makefile for users with git sh in their path
- symbols for Kickstart 1.2, 1.3, 2.04, 2.05, 3.0, 3.1 (no FPU support) working for debugging (e.g. you can set a breakpoint to 'WaitBlit' or 'AllocMem') and profiling
- fix debugger not working when kickstart symbols not found (broken since 1.3.8)
- symbols for Kickstart 1.3 [exec 34.2] (GDB only, dos.library missing)
- fixed crash in assembly view
- use VSCode built-in memory viewer for Amiga: View Memory
- use VSCode built-in memory viewer (click the binary icon beside a variable in the debug view)
- fix crash in WinUAE when requesting a memory dump
(dr)
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23.Jul.2022
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Amiga Assembly For Beginners: Let's Make an Amiga Game Tutorial 11/12
'Prince', founder of the group 'Phaze101', streams the assembler coding course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube (amiga-news.de reports regularly).
In another tutorial Amiga Assembly For Beginners - Lets Make a Game, Prince now explains with concrete examples how to write a game with assembler. Episodes eleven and twelve are now available. (dr)
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23.Jul.2022
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Hardware: 'PiStation ITX' available
At the end of June, we reported about the announcement of the shop 8bits4ever to offer a board for a mini-ITX case for holding a Raspberry Pi 3 or 4. 'PiStation ITX' now is available for 80 Euro plus shipping. (dr)
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22.Jul.2022
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Scorpion Engine: Pre-versions of 'Spy Hunter', 'Wonder Boy' and 'GothicVania'
Spy Hunter is an arcade classic from Midway that is currently being converted for the Amiga with the help of the Scorpion Engine (video). The pre-release version currently available for download does not yet contain any sound effects or background music.
Ryuichi Nishizawa's 'Wonder Boy' (video) is also an arcade machine conversion: it is inspired by the first part of the Wonder Boy series, for the Amiga only the successor Wonderboy in Monsterland has been available so far. An older alpha version can be obtained from the developer's website.
'GothicVania' (video) is a 'tech demo' demonstrating the features and the AGA support of the Scorpion Engine and included in the latest version of the engine. Among other things, a triple parallax scrolling is presented. It is currently unclear whether the game will ever be developed into a complete game. (cg)
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22.Jul.2022
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MorphOS: RSS reader IvoRSS 1.0
IvoRSS is a simple RSS reader written with Hollywood. The codesets.library, AmiSSL 4 as well as the Hollywood plugins XMLParser, MUIRoyale and hURL are required. (cg)
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21.Jul.2022
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Windows: Update for the arcade games Huenison and KOG (update)
Simone Bevilacqua's game Huenison for AmigaOS 4 and Windows combines various game elements of early arcade games. The current update of the title, which was released in 2013, is intended to improve the recognition of control pads under Windows (the D-pads were occasionally recognised as thumbsticks), and the instructions have been supplemented.
Update: (16:08, 21.07.22, snx)
The same improvement has been applied to the arcade game KOG, which has been released by him 14 years ago. (snx)
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20.Jul.2022
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Mai Logic: Research on the company history published (Update)
The PowerPC computers "AmigaOne" by Eyetech and "Pegasos (I)" by bplan used the northbridge "Articia S" by Mai Logic, whose defectiveness made it more widely known in Amiga circles. In the forum of Amigaworld.net Michael 'RTK0103' Coe has linked at the title link the results of his research on later allegations of the former Mai Logic CEO Jason Hue about Chinese industrial espionage, which according to him are not true.
Those interested in such details surrounding actual Amiga history will find there especially information about the company history of Mai Logic, formerly Mentor Arc.
Update: (08:00, 24.07.22, snx)
Link regarding "defectiveness" changed to English version of our news-item, after exchanging the Moobunny link there by its copy at Archive.org. (snx)
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18.Jul.2022
Alinea Computer (ANF)
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Amega 32: use Mega Drive gamepads on Amiga and CD32
Press release: Alinea Computer is pleased to introduce the Amega 32 adapter. The Amega 32 is an adapter for the AmigaCD 32 to use SEGA Mega Drive gamepads (DB9) with 6 or 3 buttons. The adapter supports the full CD32 gamepad assignment. Of course, the adapter can also be used with other Amigas, if games there support the gamepad assignment. In addition, it is possible to change the assignment of the adapter via the firmware.
System requirements:
- AmigaCD 32 or other Amiga
- 3 or 6 Button SEGA Mega Drive gamepad/controller (DB9)
(cg)
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17.Jul.2022
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Aminet uploads until 16.07.2022
The following files have been added until 16.07.2022 to Aminet:
MUIbase-4.5.lha biz/dbase 7.7M Programmable relational datab...
HomeBank_beta.lha biz/misc 109K 68k Free MUI personal accounts ma...
PlanetR.lha demo/intro 187K 68k Planet R invitation to Revisi...
evo.lha dev/e 639K 68k E-VO: Amiga E Evolution
Kwiz2.lha game/2play 72K 68k A Blockbusters-style quiz game
ScummVM_AGA_060.lha game/misc 8.0M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM 1.9.0
ScummVM_RTG.lha game/misc 8.0M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM 1.9.0
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.3M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
NoJob.mp3 mods/mpg 4.1M A motif made by Stefano Maria...
hippoplayerupdate.lha mus/play 315K 68k Updated HippoPlayer
nextvi.lha text/edit 173K MOS Next vi clone
Avalanche_FR.lha util/arc 7K French catalog for Avalanche 1.6
AnalogClock.lha util/time 39K 68k Resizeable analog transparent...
wet_update.lha util/wb 289K AOS Wet weather info patch to v6.9
(snx)
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17.Jul.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 16.07.2022
The following files have been added until 16.07.2022 to OS4Depot:
seq.lha aud/mis 421kb 4.0 MIDI sequencer
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
powerpacker_library.lha lib/mis 40kb 4.0 recreation of powerpacker.librar...
fonttester.lha uti/tex 2Mb 4.0 Tool to test the fonts installed...
ppmore2tool.lha uti/tex 16kb 4.0 Unpack powerpacked text files, a...
wet_update.lha uti/wor 289kb 4.0 Wet weather software v6.9 patch
amitube.lha vid/pla 1Mb 4.0 Direct stream and download YouTu...
(snx)
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17.Jul.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 16.07.2022
The following files have been added until 16.07.2022 to AROS Archives:
mirrormagic.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 1Mb A game like "Deflektor"...
rnoeffects_icons.lha gra/ico 5kb Icon for program RNOEffects
muibase-4.5.lha off/dat 8Mb Programmable relational database
fonttester.lha uti/tex 2Mb Test the fonts installed in your...
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17.Jul.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 16.07.2022
The following files have been added until 16.07.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
Kulki_1.1.lha Games/Think Puzzle game
AmiTube_1.2.lha Multimedia The first YouTube Clien...
MUIbase_4.5.lha Office/Database Programmable relational...
FontTester_1.20.lha Office/Show Font Tester
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17.Jul.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 16.07.2022
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 16.07.2022:
- 2022-07-15 improved: Cadaver (Imageworks/Bitmap Brothers) use fast memory, joypad controls, sound/scrolling fixed, buttonwait support added (Info)
- 2022-07-13 fixed: Bar Games (Accolade) Air Hockey was broken, install script updated (Info)
- 2022-07-11 improved: Castle Master (Incentive Software/Domark) supports more versions, splash control added, speed regulation, 68000 quitkey (Info)
- 2022-07-11 improved: 7 Cities Of Gold (Ozark Softscape/Electronic Arts) fixed install script (Info)
(snx)
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17.Jul.2022
Amiga Future (website)
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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:
- Space Harrier (NAPAPBWPMIF Mix)
- A Prehistoric Tale - Main Theme (Live performance)
- Red Sector-Theme (Electric Revenge Live Performance)
- Beyond the Ice Palace
- Another World Intro Remix
- Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Nitrous Remix)
- Ninja Remix - Kabadachi Mix
(snx)
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17.Jul.2022
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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RCross: Radio-controlled car game from developer contest ported
Last year, the developer competition #hvdosdev2021 was won by the PC game "RCross", which requires an 80486 processor with 8 MB RAM. In it, you control a radio-controlled car that has to complete a course in the best possible time.
The Amiga port by Szilárd 'BSzili' Biró requires a 68040 or 68060 processor with FPU, 8 MB Fast-RAM and either AGA or RTG. (snx)
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15.Jul.2022
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Amiga E Compiler: E-VO 3.5.0
E-VO Amiga E Compiler is a derivative of the original Amiga E compiler written by Wouter van Oortmerssen. It adds many new features, bug fixes and optimisations including object UNIONs, string merging, non word-aligned objects and many more.
This version 3.5.0 brings in many of the features from the creativE E compiler and also adds many new features unique to E-VO as well. (dr)
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15.Jul.2022
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Event: 30th Assembly Summer 2022 in Helsinki
The demo party "Assembly" has been held since 1992 and thus celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. From August 4 to 7 at the Messukeskus exhibition center in Helsinki, there will be various demo competitions, including the Oldskool competition, in addition to various program items such as demo demonstrations, gaming and e-sports. (dr)
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15.Jul.2022
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.0
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks (amiga-news.de reported)
The adapter gets connected between a floppy disk drive - e.g. a standard 3.5" PC one - and a USB port of the PC or Mac. Few weeks ago, version 1.0 of the Greaseweazle Tools was released providing the following changes:
- New IMG formats:
- ibm.1680, ibm.dmf
- akai.800, akai.1600
- ensoniq.800, ensoniq.1600
- FM/MFM: Report unexpected sectors when reading
- Gives a hint that the format specifier is incorrect
- Minor bugfixes
The Greaseweazle is available from various retailers. (dr)
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