25.Aug.2021
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Event: Amiga Future at Gamescom 2021
Also this year the print magazine Amiga Future joins the digital edition of Gamescom. The event takes place from August 25 to 27, 2021. (snx)
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25.Aug.2021
MorphZone (website)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 2.5
Today, version 2.5 of Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's web browser Wayfarer has been released. Besides an update of OpenSSL to version 1.1.1l it fixes several bugs, especially two severe JavaScript memory leaks, which in some cases would leak more than 10 MB per page load.
Required are MorphOS 3.15 and 1 GB of RAM. A CPU with at least 1.5 GHz is recommended. For feedback to the author, besides the integrated crash report tool and e-mails to wayfarer at wayfarer.icu also the corresponding thread at MorphZone can be used. (snx)
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23.Aug.2021
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Tetris clone: Crazy Columns 1.02
Jochen Hoffer has released the full version 1.02 of his conversion of the Sega classic 'Columns' (Video) (amiga-news.de reported).
The new version now has an online highscore and animations and Sound FX. Additionally personalized backgrounds can be used.
Main features of the game:
- Choice of 1 and 2 players supported
- Can be played with keyboard or joystick
- Four different player modes to choose from
- Standard
- Time battle
- Crazy fill
- Bad Buddy
- In the game mode "Standard", you can choose between 5 difficulty levels
- Novice
- Normal
- Hard
- Extreme
- Impossible
System requirements:
- Simple Amiga 500 (68000@7MHz)
- OCS PAL Chipset
- 512kb ChipRam
- Kickstart 1.2
- Joystick optional
The game is availble for free on the website of the developers. His work can be supported by a little donation. (dr)
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22.Aug.2021
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Lionheart Remake: Java port of Lionheart
Byron 3D Games Studio has released a Lionheart Java Remakeof Lionheart for its LionEngine. Source codes are available on GitHub for the LionEngine as well as for the game port. (dr)
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22.Aug.2021
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Aminet uploads until 21.08.2021
The following files have been added until 21.08.2021 to Aminet:
Healthcare_1.02.lha biz/misc 253K MOS Displays data from Garmin dev...
SonosController_MOS.lha comm/misc 2.4M MOS Control your Sonos speakers
SonosController_OS4.lha comm/misc 2.9M OS4 Control your Sonos speakers
cbm6502asm.lha dev/cross 124K MOS The Commodore 6502ASM
OsGrind.lha dev/debug 30K 68k Configurable Os argument checker
dsp3210.lha driver/oth 313K 68k DSP 3210 drivers and tools
Saga.lha game/board 393K 68k Conversion of TSR board game
Saga-AROS.zip game/board 405K x86 Conversion of TSR board game
SagaMOS.lha game/board 445K MOS Conversion of TSR boardgame
Saga-OS4.lha game/board 459K OS4 Conversion of TSR board game
F1GP2021Carset.lha game/data 13K 2021 Carset for F1GP
gimine.lha game/wb 110K 68k classic game of mines
scopagame.lha game/wb 317K 68k Italian card game
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.3M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.2M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
MuMakeRanger.lha util/boot 117K 68k MuLib Ranger Memory faking
P96ScreenCx.lha util/cdity 8K 68k P96 Multi-Monitor Mouse Movement
ASCIIComposer.lha util/misc 66K 68k An utility to create ASCII-Ar...
SnoopDos.lha util/moni 134K 68k SnoopDos, the well known syst...
SnoopDos_Src.lha util/moni 257K SnoopDos 3.11 sources
(snx)
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22.Aug.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 21.08.2021
The following files have been added until 21.08.2021 to OS4Depot:
sonoscontroller.lha aud/mis 3Mb 4.1 Control your Sonos speakers with...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
saga.lha gam/boa 459kb 4.0 Conversion of TSR board game
(snx)
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22.Aug.2021
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AROS Archives uploads until 21.08.2021
The following files have been added until 21.08.2021 to AROS Archives:
nmtm-demo.lha gam/adv 8Mb Point and click adventure game
saga.i386-aros.zip gam/boa 405kb Conversion of TSR board game
astralgame.lha gam/mis 3Mb A little tool to know your zodia...
unrar-6.02.lha uti/arc 2Mb Unpack RAR files
(snx)
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22.Aug.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 21.08.2021
The following files have been added until 21.08.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
SonosController_1.0.lha Devices/Speakers Control your Sonos spea...
ShadowsOfDeath_OpenBOR... Games/Action Complete and final vers...
Saga_1.94.lha Games/Strategy Conversion of TSR board...
Healthcare_1.02.lha Misc Displays data from Garm...
WitchCleaner_2.05.lha Network/Web A little and easy progr...
Wayfarer_2.4.lha Network/Web Wayfarer is the latest ...
(snx)
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22.Aug.2021
mntm research (ANF)
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ZZ9000AX: Audio module for ZZ9000 graphics card
Lukas F. Hartmann's ZZ9000 is a graphics card with additional features (Ethernet, USB, SD cards; amiga-news.de reported). Now an audio expansion module for this card, called ZZ9000AX, can be pre-ordered at an introductory price. Delivery is expected in December.
Features:
- High fidelity Analog ADAU1701 audio codec with 28/56-Bit SigmaDSP® processor
- 16-bit (per channel) stereo sound output at 48000 Hz (DAT quality)
- Mix in and enhance Amiga Paula audio and/or analog CD Audio
- 16-bit stereo sampling
- 4x RCA connectors for line inputs and outputs
- AHI driver
- Add dynamic effects like graphic EQ or reverb and create your own DSP programs with free SigmaStudio software (on Windows)
- Active op-amp output filter stages
- 4-layer design with solid ground planes for optimal signal quality
- Open source drivers and firmware, PDF schematics
- Additional features and capabilities will be available via ZZ9000 firmware updates (for example MP3 decompression)
(snx)
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22.Aug.2021
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Game: 1987 Rescue in Berlin
Besides Furtum Sacrum, "1987 Rescue in Berlin" is another point and click adventure created by José A. González using AMOS-based Graphic Adventure Creator. Your task is to retrieve a floppy disk containing sensitive data from a computer company after a plane crash (video).
Besides Spanish, the game also contains English, Czech and Italian translations and is available as boxed edition with a manual as well as free of charge as an ADF file. Orders can be placed by e-mail to the author at jojocreativo@gmail.com. (snx)
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22.Aug.2021
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 152 - preview and excerpts / Note
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 152 (September/October 2021) have been published online now at the title link. Its content includes previews of the USB card Freeway and the game Dark Angel as well as the special "Trevor's soapbox".
Amiga Future magazine is available as an English and a German printed magazine and can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers.
Note to subscribers: They are asked to check if their postal and e-mail addresses are current. Furthermore many subscription bills would be still unpaid at the moment. (snx)
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21.Aug.2021
Amigaworld (Twitter)
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Deniser: Open Source replacement for Denise chip
On GitHub, Martin 'endofexclusive' Åberg has established a resposity called 'Deniser' for building and programming a Denise chip replacement.
Denise is the Amiga custom chip responsible for most of the graphic related tasks such as bitplane display, palette registers, smooth scrolling, hardware sprites, flexible screen object priority, collision detection and more. In the Amiga, Denise operates in concert with the Agnus and Paula. Schematic, BOM and more information can be found in a separate PDF file. Status of the project:
- Known to work:
- Schematic, PCB layout and BOM
- Use in Amiga A500 with ECS Agnus (PAL)
- Workbench, Deluxe Paint, demos
- Extra Half Brite (EHB) mode
- OCS features
- Things that probably work:
- Use in Amiga A1000, A2000 and A3000
- Use with OCS Agnus
- Collision detection
- Hold-and-modify (HAM) mode
- Genlock
- Known limitations:
- Some sprites appear above and below the display window.
- No NTSC
(dr)
[News message: 21. Aug. 2021, 09:28] [Comments: 0]
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20.Aug.2021
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RTG driver: P96 v3.1.1
In July Individual Computers updated its graphics cards driver P96 to version 3.1.0. Version 3.1.1 now fixes some bugs introduced with this version:
- the mouse pointer might have been "lost" in certain cases - fixed.
- RTG card's memory organization improved for higher blitter usage rate, increasing overall speed experience if enough memory is available.
- P96Mode now ghosts disabled modes and resolutions, which makes them easier to spot.
- If new settings are created, P96Mode now populates the available modes with VESA default values. It is no longer necessary to create them all manually. As soon as the modes are attached to a board, P96 checks the validity of them.
- Memory requirements of the planar boards are now checked against the planar memory size, which may be different from the chunky size.
- For the S3 Virge in 8-bit stream-processor enabled modes, the leftmost pixel column was missing; fixed.
(dr)
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20.Aug.2021
Hyperion Forum
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Linux: Running Void Linux on an AmigaOne X5000
In an entry in the Hyperion forum, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky explained how he installed the Linux distribution Void Linux on an AmigaOne X5000. (dr)
[News message: 20. Aug. 2021, 18:42] [Comments: 0]
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17.Aug.2021
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 2.4
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczeks has released version 2.4 of his web browser Wayfarer which introduces WebAudio playback support. Changes:
- Implemented Download As...
- WebAudio support for sample playback (while Google Translate text to speech works just fine, most online MOD players will be too slow)
- Implemented a Media flags popup
- Improved SSL certificate verification to avoid cases where a website wouldn't load due to cert not matching the hostname, but cert viewer window would assume the cert is fine and would not present buttons allowing to ignore/save cert
- Worked around an issue that prevented further popups from showing up if the main window was resized while a popup was up
- Reload button state wasn't properly refreshed when switching between tabs
- Fixed a crash and status bar issues when browsing page history for cached pages
- Certificate viewer may now be localized
(dr)
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17.Aug.2021
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AmigaOS 4: Status update on audio editor 'Rave', part 2
In April the developer Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka reported in his blog Rear Window about the latest level of development of his audio editor "Rave".
Now he has published part 2 telling among others about improved sample editing functions and clipboard support. (dr)
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17.Aug.2021
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Developer log: This Week in PiStorm 2021-08-15
In his weekly column 'This week in PiStorm' the developer Andrew Hutchings summarizes the latest progresses on the 'PiStorm' project.
In his latest entry among others he has reported, that Claude Schwarz has started developing an Amiga 1200 version of PiStorm. It is supposed to be based on a Pi Compute Module 4.
Furthermore the support of the Emu68 emulator for PiStorm was continued. It "boots DiagROM and is mostly all the way to booting kickstart." (dr)
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17.Aug.2021
Michael Rupp via Mail
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AmigaOS 4/MorphOS: SonosController 1.0
At the beginning of August we reported on Michael Rupp's first Amiga programm 'SonosController', written with Hollywood. After finishing the beta status, he has now released version 1.0 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. MUI 5.0 and AmiSSL 4 are required. (dr)
[News message: 17. Aug. 2021, 08:21] [Comments: 0]
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17.Aug.2021
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Accelerator board: Returning the Buffees for rework
In the middle of June the developers reported that a second batch of 60 beta Buffees was ordered which now arrived. They "managed to power them up."
However, new problems were found, as the developers further report:
"While we did manage to boot them up and verify that some of the issues we had with the alpha were fixed, we also managed to introduce a couple of more. And a third issue that doesn’t really hurt us too much, but it is a pain:
- 1. the GreenPAK was mounted wrong; in their infintie wisdom, Dialog chose to reverse the pinout between packages. Same number of pins. Completely different order. One is clockwise. One is counter clockwise. Oh my god. This is on me, I should have checked had I thought to, but I’ve never had a part where the pin outs reversed, so this is a new one for me. Oh well.
- 2. There are three power rails on the PMIC; AC, USB and BAT. The USB and AC can both take really high voltages, but have a minimum of 4.5V which worried me as these old 68000 machines aren’t getting any younger and neither are their power supplies. Getting a solid 5V is rare, so I chose to use the BAT rail instead which operated nicely down to about 2.7V. Except TI didn’t make this rail “default on” and needs a push button. What the hell? Anyway, easier fix than #1, just need to short PB_IN to PGOOD.
- 3. Parts are disappearing and one of them was the 16MB Flash. We had to go with an 8MB one or “not at all”. So … this will be interesting.
So, they’re off for some rework and hopefully we get them back by the end of next week. I have to say these shipping delays and parts shortages all on top of dealing with COVID and a new fourth wave is so stressful. But I digress. At least we’re still under-budget.
We’ve made excelent progress on Buffee despite all these set backs and have developed a new method of handing the weird world of the variable length 68000 instruction and it’s dasterdly sidekick, the extended addressing mode. This has been the one last issue with PJIT that I had yet to solve.
The current method was to bake in the complex decode logic into every instruction that uses it – and for an addressing mode that’s not nearly as often used as say register direct or simple load/store operations, it was eating up a huge amount of the code base, since the “inline” nature of PJIT meant copying the same 20-30 ARM instructions for each opcode. Not efficient! And not fast either, the instruction routinely had to dig back into 68K memory and to do that, it would need to compute the 68K program code since we don’t always track it and … well, it was a mess.
So of course the answer was staring me in the face all the time. Our old model shows all these NOP’s filling the operand-gaps between opcodes – so why not simply shuffle them around and have all the literals and extended addressing modes get handled BEFORE we execute the actual instruction. Most 68000 opcodes are a single word and PJIT must either compile these to a single, inline ARM instruction or branch to a subroutine to handle more complex operations. But there are many 68000 opcodes that take considerably more than one word and PJIT can handle these by having special operators for each word within the whole instruction." (dr)
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16.Aug.2021
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Games announcements: Morci, Kung Fu Master, Green Beret, Project Quest
Jump'n run 'Morci' (video) has been teased for a while, now it has also got a name. The title, realized with the Scorpion Engine, requires AGA and some Fast RAM.
Kung Fu Master (Videos: 1, 2) comes from the creators of Turbo Sprint and is supposed to be a conversion of the arcade classic of the same name.
'Green Beret' aka 'Rush'n Attack' is another arcade classic. The Amiga conversion is developed with the Scorpion Engine.
Project Quest comes from the makers of the announced tactical shooter Project Horizon and uses its engine, but offers a fantasy setting. A demo version of the game is already available for download. The developers are asking for feedback on whether this side project should also be developed further. (cg) (Translation: bb)
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