01.Nov.2020
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the french Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- Septembre/October 2020 news
- Old articles from Joystick 10 to 12:
- News: The blitzkrieg of Storm Computers
- Interview with Marc Djian
- Review of Total Recall
- Review of Metal Masters
- Review of Globulus
- Report: Salon De La Micro 1990
- Interview with Brian Fargo
- Review of Death Trap
- Review of Ultima 5
- News: Simulation of the London subway
- Report: SICOB Micro 1990
- Review of Cadaver
- Review of Super Skweek
- Interview with Richard Lowenstein (Reshoot developer)
- Interview with Manuel Fernández Higueras (SiDi designer)
- Interview with Andy Smith (Amiga Format/Sega Power)
- Review of Wayfarer
- Review of Mr Beanbag
- Hardware: Turbo Chameleon 64 V2
- Point of view: My real story of Grand Theft Auto
- File: Classic Reflections - What happened to Phase 5? (1st part)
- DIY: An Amiga 1200 in a DVD reader
- Tutorial: Utilization of the new MorphOS 3.10+ print system
- Misc: Manual of the Action Replay MKIII
- Special quiz about RoboCop 3
Articles in english:
- Interview with Richard Lowenstein (developer of Reshoot)
- Intervuew with Entrevue avec Manuel Fernández Higueras (SiDi's designer)
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01.Nov.2020
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Aminet uploads until 31.10.2020
The following packages have been added to Aminet until 31.10.2020:
Shrinkler.lha dev/cross 987K MOS Shrinkler executable file com...
freealut.lha dev/lib 714K OS4 Free ALUT (OpenAL utility) li...
MorphOS_PRINTING.lha docs/help 1.6M Printing with MorphOS (Englis...
AtapiMagic.lha driver/med 2K 68k Use 4 way IDE devices
F1GP2020Carset.lha game/data 9K 2020 Carset for F1GP
JumpBesiJump.adf game/misc 880K 68k Jump on platforms and dont fa...
Toki_is_not_dead-V3.lha mods/xm 10M Mod by Pseudaxos - Toki is no...
DeviceLoaded.lha util/cli 9K 68k Checks wheter a device is loaded
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01.Nov.2020
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OS4Depot uploads until 31.10.2020
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until 31.10.2020:
freealut.lha dev/lib 714kb 4.0 Free ALUT (OpenAL utility) library
shaderjoy.lha gra/vie 4Mb 4.1 Display fragment shaders
sshterm.lha net/mis 158kb 4.1 SSH client with builtin terminal...
ctlg2ct.lha uti/tex 45kb 4.0 Decompiles catalogs back into .c...
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01.Nov.2020
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AROS Archives uploads until 31.10.2020
The following packages have been added to AROS Archives until 31.10.2020:
zxsna_datatype.i386-aros.lha dat/ima 28kb ZX Spectrum .sna DataType
arexxreference_1.32.lha doc/dev 33kb ARexx command/function reference...
installer_dev.lha doc/dev 81kb Amiga Technologies V43.3 Install...
opentyrian2.1.zip gam/act 6Mb Open-source port of the DOS game...
jvgs.i386-aros.zip gam/pla 24Mb Short OpenGL minimalistic game w...
povray_manual_eng.tar gra/ray 6Mb Manual of Povray on english lang...
aya01.lha net/mis 2Mb access wolfram alpha answer mach...
consize.i386-aros.lha uti/she 65kb Print out the size of the CLI wi...
winsize.i386-aros.lha uti/she 46kb Short app shows the size of the ...
jbanner.i386-aros.lha uti/tex 69kb Makes banners using any system font
autoactivate.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 64kb Activate window under mouse on k...
scrollscreen.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 43kb Scrolls the public screen by X a...
zapperng.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 59kb Change the behaviour of the zoom...
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01.Nov.2020
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 31.10.2020
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Storage until 31.10.2020:
MilkyTracker_sdl2_Micr... Audio/Tracker An XM/MOD tracker by th...
Chrysalis_3.14.iso Chrysalis This pack allows you to...
Chrysalis-update_EN_1.... Chrysalis Script allowing to inst...
Chrysalis-update_FR_1.... Chrysalis Script permettant d'ins...
Shrinkler_4.6.lha Development/Cross Shrinkler executable fi...
SDL2_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL2 with...
Imprimer_avec_MorphOS_... Documentation/Tutorials Tutoriel pour imprimer ...
Julius_1.5.1.lha Games/Strategy An open source re-imple...
AmiBrixx_2.0.lha Games/Think AmiBrixx_2.0.lha
CandyCrisis_2.0.2.lha Games/Think Yet another Tetris clon...
Jpeg7MUI_1.7a.lha Graphics/Tools JPEG 7 Tools with MUI
ShowGRexx_0.9.lha Graphics/Tools Arexx script for ShowGi...
Wayfarer_1.5.lha Network/Web Wayfarer is the latest ...
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01.Nov.2020
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WHDLoad: New installers until 31.10.2020
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 31.10.2020:
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31.Oct.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Unfinished Jump'n Run: Jab Jum
"Jab Jum" (video, download website) is an unfinished jump'n run game written in 1996 in AMOS. Currently an user tries to get the complete AMOS source code "so maybe someone can debug the game (colission issues) and make some more levels if anybody is interested."
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30.Oct.2020
FS-UAE (Webseite)
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Emulator: FS-UAE 3.0.5 (update)
Frode Solheim's Amiga emulator FS-UAE provides the new features made in WinUAE to a cross-platform UAE version for Windows, Mac OS X and several Linux and BSD versions. Although specific release notes still are not available, the main page of FS-UAE as well as the main window after starting the program inform about the new version 3.0.5.
Update: Added release notes taken from the English Amiga Board (01.11.2020, 07:20 dr)
Changes in FS-UAE since version 3.0.3:
- Fix compilation of sana2.cpp with GCC 10.
- Fix OpenGL shaders with multiple passes on macOS.
- Include compilation fix for "unknown" CPUs architectures.
- Updated the GLAD OpenGL loader.
Changes in FS-UAE Launcher since version 3.0.3:
- Workaround for old file database entries with incorrect \ escape.
- Filename escaping for FS-UAE and .uaem comments when using .lha files as HDs.
- Fixed bug in escaping of \ in archive.py.
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29.Oct.2020
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Puzzle game: AmiBrixx 2.0 for all Amiga systems
Jörg 'Evil' Renkert wrote about the game: "In a field of stacked stones, your target is to elminate groups of stones of the same color. Thereby the other stones will fall down and form new groups. The game ends, when no more groups can be eliminated."
The gameplay of the original release from 2004 is the same as in version 2.0 but online highscores and the option of downloading "skins" from within the game were added. AmiBrixx was written with Hollywood and therefore is available for AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS, AROS, Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Android.
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28.Oct.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Developer package: "DevPack" installs diverse compilers, editors and tools
The free "DevPack" provided by Dimitris Panokostas and Philipp Lonke is meant for Amiga users who under AmigaOS are going to develop software. The package is hosted on the Amikit website but does not have any dependencies on the commercial Workbench environment and can be installed on harddrive by extracting the lzx archive. Diverse compilers, text editors and other tools are included as listed in the Readme.
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28.Oct.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 115 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games and programs on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes Amiga articles about the classic point and click graphic adventure "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" and the Formula One car race "Vroom".
Download sites:
English
Italian
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28.Oct.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Wolfram Alpha question machine for Amiga systems: AskYourAmiga 0.2
According to the author, AskYourAmiga, in short AYA, is "a very early version of a GUI for Wolfram Alpha question machine" (Wikipedia entry). It does not find any links but right away the answer which can be also represented in e.g. graphs.
In version 0.2 "related searches" as well as a history of your searches and suggestions sorted in categories have been added. As usual the program is available for AmigaOS 3/4, AROS (x86, x64, ARM) and MorphOS.
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27.Oct.2020
MorphZone (Forum)
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Final Writer: New screenshots / release date is getting closer
In 2015 Timothy 'terminills' Deters has acquired the rights to the word processing software "Final Writer" (amiga-news.de reported). The latest screenshots show font rendering and spelling.
Final Writer will be able to save documents as a PDF. Furthermore Deters wrote: "RTF has been updated to the final spec as well. I have many future enhancements planned based on how quickly I can recover my costs. You can print to selectable devices and PDFDirect support has been started but it'll take a little bit before I would say that is feature complete."
He also said that there is a "a slim possibility of releasing FW before the end of the year".
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27.Oct.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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HDMI converter: D520 available again
Thorsten Schubert's HDMI converter D520 is available again. A third batch of the converter which is connected to the video port was completed. The website of the project was updated as well.
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26.Oct.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Retro gaming: WHDLoad 18.6
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. Version 18.6 provides the following changes:
- WHDLoad now disables interrupts of graphics cards under
the Picasso96 software. This should solve problems with
Spectrum cards and newer P96 releases (issue #2598). Thanks
to Thomas Richter for providing useful information.
- Manual translations are in sync again for catalan and czech.
- Kickemu kick31.s can be instructed to load/init the custom
nonvolatile.s via option INIT_NONVOLATILE.
- nonvolatile.s now correctly works on searching nonexistent
items in a existing nvram file
- In kickemu kick13.s a waitblit has been added to avoid
problems with the gfx.Text patch (Psygore).
- The provided source keyboard.s now uses cia timers instead the
raster beam for the keyboard acknowledge delay.
- Access faults of size word to address -1 and of size long to
addresses -3..-1 are now reliable detected and reported.
In earlier releases: on 68030: when ExpMem was used these were
undetected, on 68040: when ExpMem was used and vector base was
not write protected (e.g. Freezer detected, Snoop*,
resload_Protect used) these were undetected, if vector base
was protected a fault inside WHDLoad was reported, on 68060:
these were always correctly reported
- To reduce the likelihood that resload functions get
interrupted by other calls to resload functions, some resload
functions which usually take not much execution time, have
been changed to be not interruptible anymore.
The following resload functions have been changed that way:
Abort, SetCACR, FlushCache, Control, Protect#?, SetCPU,
GetCustom, VSNPrintF and Log.
In general the option NoResInt/S can be used to avoid problems
with interrupted resload calls at the cost of possible sound/
graphics distortions when interrupts are disabled for a longer
time.
- The provided source sources/whdload/savegame.s is now fully
pc-relative. It contains also additional fixes for interrupt
acknowledge and AGA compatibility (JOTD/ross).
- The inplace decruncher for the old RNC1 format has been
improved to support files which need a larger distance
(Heimdall/JOTD).
- The kick31.s now prefers a A600 kickstart image if NO68020 is
set. It fails now if there is only a 68000/010 and a
A1200/A4000 kickstart image was loaded (JOTD).
- When using kickfs.s the dos.library function
Open(MODE_READWRITE) now performs correctly on Kickstart 3.1
by creating a non-existent file. On Kickstart 1.3 the old
behavior remains to not create a file.
- If a call to resload_Examine is attempted without the flag
WHDLF_Examine has been set in the Slave structure WHDLoad now
terminates with an appropriate error message (JOTD).
- The kickemu kick12.s, kick13.s and kick31.s has been modified
to automatically set the Slave flag WHDLF_Examine if HDINIT is
set (JOTD).
- When using resload_Relocate with tags CHIPPTR/FASTPTR and the
specified chip/fast memory location would result in an
overlapping with base executable WHDLoad now gives a useful
error message (JOTD).
- Instead of waiting for a long video frame WHDLoad now forces a
long frame before starting the Slave. This fixes startup
problems on Kickstart 3.0 and an interlace video mode
(issue #4798).
- MMU-table creation has been reworked. It is now faster and
uses less memory.
- Support for ACA-freezer added.
- if "*" is specified for the Slave to load WHDLoad searchs the
current directory for a file with the pattern "#?.slave" and
will use the first file matching (Toni Wilen)
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26.Oct.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Another teaser video: Jump'n Run 'Super Metal Hero'
A third teaser video of the jump'n run game 'Super Metal Hero' has been published.
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