12.Nov.2024
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News from former Amiga partner: QNX SDP 8 free for non-commercial use (update)
The Amiga and the QNX real-time operating system have crossed paths twice in their long history: Amiga-owner Gateway 2000 commissioned QNX at the end of 1998 to develop the AmigaOS 5.0 (AmigaSE 1.0) operating system based on the QNX system, before the collaboration was terminated in July 1999 due to strategic decisions in favor of Linux (amiga-news.de reported). At the end of 2001, Haage & Partner released the Amiga emulator package AmigaOS XL for x86 systems, which included not only Amithlon but also the AmigaXL emulator based on the QNX 6.1 host system emulator based on the host system QNX 6.1 (amiga-news.de reported).
Now there is news from QNX and an opportunity to look beyond the end of our noses: QNX has been popular and established in the field of vehicle software and IoT systems for several years. With the new version, Blackberry, the current owner, is focusing on the "QNX Everywhere" initiative and is providing the QNX software development platform 8.0 for non-commercial use as a free download. QNX 8, a powerful, true microkernel real-time operating system, offers particular advantages for applications with strict real-time requirements.
The free version also includes a demo source code library on GitLab and a special Raspberry Pi version, which makes it easier to test and develop on the platform. QNX, known for its stability and efficiency, could thus also be of interest to hobby developers and private projects.
Update: (16:44, 13.11.24, nba)
QNX 8.0 is part of the QNX Software Development Platform 8.0, which is free for non-commercial use. Registration can be done on the QNX website. This article has been updated to clarify this point. (nba)
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12.Nov.2024
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Game: Memory training with A Little Remember Game
The new game “A Little Remember Game”, developed by Thomas Kölsch, launched at the end of October. Inspired by the classic electronic game "Simon" from the 1970s, it challenges players to remember and correctly select rows of colors.
With user-friendly controls using the mouse or arrow keys, players can train their memory skills. The game also offers the option of selecting your own music and offers a full-screen option. Version 1.0 is now available under the Emailware license and requires at least AmigaOS 4.0.
Download: a_little_remember_game.lha (8 MB) (nba)
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12.Nov.2024
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PDF-Magazine: RetroMagazine World #23 (Englisch)
RetroMagazine World is a free PDF magazine that appears at irregular intervals and is dedicated to technology and games for 8- and 16-bit computers and game consoles. Issue #23, published at the end of October 2024 and downloadable under the title link, contains, among other things, an easy-to-understand deep dive into FPGA technology, reviews of current books, a review of the Amiga 38 in Mönchengladbach and a test of the shoot'em'up Reshoot Proxima 3. (nba)
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12.Nov.2024
Amiga Kit via Amigaworld.net
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A600GS: Update 46.1.878 with MIDI-support and workaround for black screen error
As part of the new update v46.1.878 for the A600GS computer, Amiga Kit has introduced support for MIDI for the OctaMED music software. The update can be installed using the built-in live update system or a downloadable update file. An overview of the changes:
AmiBerry
- Extended uaelib to provide info about available midi devices and allow setting currently active midi input and output devices.
- Merge with latest amiberry-lite github 5.7.5
A600GS
- BrlTTY was installed by default on earlier image versions, this caused a conflict with Drawbridge USB as it "stole" the USB serial device from the DrawBridge drivers! This update will do a one time purge of brltty where installed. This had the strange effect of the first floppy drawbridge connected not working but the next one attached would work as if it were the only one attached.
Later images are not affected.
- Added support in the GUI for Competition Pro joysticks. Also add support for 8BitDo Zero 2 Bluetooth controllers. Widen the pattern used for testing input devices for joystickness so that more (hopefully all) gamepads should now be recognised as such.
- If the bluetooth system was disabled then dbus messages sent to it to scan for attached or paired devices etc would trigger an Abort() in the libdus library rather than return the usual error message, unfortunately then causing the main GUI to Abort() to black screen. Added additional tests at all levels to prevent DBUS message being sent to BlueZ when not extant. This solves the main and up till now mysterious causes of the black screen after boot issue!
OctaMED
- Added a menu item to allow selecting the desired input and output A600GS MIDI devices
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12.Nov.2024
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Amiga Boing Blog: PD game reviews and preconfigured WinUAE game collections
The “Amiga Boing Blog” offers tests of numerous games from the PD/freeware area. In addition, the author also compiles game collections with freely distributable games or games licensed to him, which are already delivered with a fully prepared WinUAE - the user only has to add a Kickstart ROM.
Collections that come in RP9 format - and therefore work perfectly with Cloanto's Amiga Forever - are also available, as well as a collection of games that work with the AROS-based Kickstart ROM supplied with WinUAE.
(cg)
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12.Nov.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Printmagazin: issue 145 of Amiga Future can be read online
The German and English issue 145 (July/August 2020) of the print magazine “Amiga Future” can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine and a higher-resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (cg)
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12.Nov.2024
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Demo development: Source code and developer diary for "Inside the Machine"
With Inside the Machine (video), the group 'Desire' won the demo competition of the Deadline Party in the “Oldschool” category in October.
Not only is the source code of the demo now publicly available, the developers also describe the genesis of the title in a detailed blog entry. (cg)
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12.Nov.2024
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Source codes for "Faery Tale Adventure" released under the MIT license
David Joiner has released the source code of his 1986 role-playing game The Fairy Tale Adventure under the MIT license. The game was mostly developed with Aztec C, a few parts are written in m68k assembler. (cg)
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12.Nov.2024
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Programming language: CanDo v3 example scripts
lifeschool22' has recently released projects using the CanDo V3 programming language (see article on the history of CanDo), including a demo version of the point'n'click adventure game MonkeyEye and an early version of the racing game Jari-Matti Rally. Now he has published some code demos that he created and used during the development of his games. (dr)
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12.Nov.2024
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CLI command: sysvars v0.15 (update)
sysvars is a small CLI tool that creates several environment variables holding valuable system information (e.g. CPU and FPU, the chipset or Kickstart version). These variables can be used, for example, in the startup-sequence to enable/disable certain patches, assigns etc.
Version 0.14 provides the following variables for checking the installed memory:
- $TotalChipRam - Total amount of Chip RAM installed in KB
- $TotalFastRam - Total amount of real Fast RAM installed in KB
- $TotalSlowRam - Total amount of Slow RAM installed in KB
- $SlowRamFirst - indicates that slow ram is first in memory list
In addition, variables are no longer available if they do not make sense. For example, $FPU is not set to an empty value, but is removed if the CPU is < 68020. Further changes:
- Fixed critical bug for Kickstart 1.3 and 1.2
- added probevar utility to test for the existence of environment variables
- Added compile support for PhxAsm and asmotor
Update: (17:02, 15.11.24, dr)
Version 0.15 is now available, which fixes a bug in the vampire detection and adds the $TotalRam variable. (dr)
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11.Nov.2024
Krzysztof Donat (ANF)
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Virtual desktops for the Workbench: GoVD v1.2
Krzysztof Donat's program GoVD makes it possible to use the Workbench on up to eight virtual screens under AmigaOS 3.1.4 and 3.2. The new version 1.2 fixes problems reported by the community:
- Fixed the issue with proper detection of Workbench windows (desktop and directory windows) that occurred on certain configurations.
- Improved compatibility with OS 3.1.4.
(dr)
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11.Nov.2024
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Event: Photos of AmiWest 2024
Following his videos of this year's AmiWest Robert Bernardo now has published photos at the title link, made by Bernie Innocenti, member of the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network. (snx)
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10.Nov.2024
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Aminet uploads until 09.11.2024
The following files have been added until 09.11.2024 to Aminet:
amigassh.lha comm/net 108K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga
getopt_long.lha dev/c 21K 68k GNU conform ReadArgs wrapper
xlink.lha dev/misc 33K 68k Virtual linking of AmigaDOS m...
TheLostPixel.lha game/jump 432K 68k The Lost Pixel
labyrinth64.lha game/misc 137K 68k Remake of Commodore 64 game L...
FlashMandelVE.lha gfx/fract 28M 68k FlashMandel "Vamped Edition" ...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 9.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 9.5M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 9.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
ctools.lha misc/emu 123K MOS Manipulate C64/C128 CP/M disk...
MagicUAE-Legacy.zip misc/emu 50M 20 Optimized configurations f...
TaterTerrorCancel.lha mods/misc 2.9M Tater Terror Canceled Tracks ...
GF4RSIDE.zip pix/misc 85K Grad. Fonts for RSI Demo Make...
pOS_A4000.jpg pix/misc 977K A4000 Emulator - 68040 mit MMU
NAFCYI1991S3-B01.zip text/bfont 2.0M NAFCYI Fall 1991 (BMP Fonts)
CharacterMap.lha text/misc 72K 68k Browse character set and copy...
CPU-A.lha util/moni 460K 68k System Information Tool
isomount.lha util/rexx 96K Mounting ipf,dms,adf,hdf,iso ...
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10.Nov.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 09.11.2024
The following files have been added until 09.11.2024 to OS4Depot:
ugtablet.lha dri/inp 149kb 4.1 Driver for UGTABLET based tablet...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 10Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
twinvncgui_ger.lha net/ser 684b 4.0 german catalog for twinvnc_gui
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10.Nov.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 09.11.2024
The following files have been added until 09.11.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiBlitz_3.9.10.lha Development/AmiBlitz Amiblitz is the further...
ctools-0.4a.lha Emulation/Misc Manipulate C64/C128 CP/...
AmiArcadia_33.50.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
CannonBall-Shooter_0.1... Games/Misc Port of CannonBall-Shooter
TBFTSS_1.5.1.lha Games/Shoot2D Port of TBFTSS (The Bat...
OpenMoHAA_0.80.0-alpha... Games/Shoot3D OpenMoHAA 0.80.0 for Mo...
SimplePool_1.0.lha Games/Sport Port of SimplePool
OpenRCT2_0.4.16.lha Games/Strategy OpenRCT2 is an open-sou...
Maze-Runner_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of Maze-Runner
SET_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of SET game by Pap...
FFmpeg_6.1.2.lha Multimedia FFmpeg is a collection ...
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10.Nov.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 09.11.2024
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 09.11.2024:
(snx)
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10.Nov.2024
GitHub (ANF)
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Internet radio: TuneFinder 1.0
Marcin Spoczynski's TuneFinder enables users to search internet radio stations with various filter options. Results are displayed in a list with detailed station information, and the app includes options to save selections as either a complete PLS playlist for playing them via AmigaAMP directly from within Tunefinder or as individual station files.
Download: TuneFinder.lha (51 KB) (snx)
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09.Nov.2024
itch.io
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A500 Plattformer: 2tinycowboys version 35 - "Challenge Update"
2tinycowboys (video) is a single screen platformer created with the Scorpion Engine, that has two characters battling it out in single screen levels. The new "Challenge Update" cotains the following improvements:
- Added 'rounds' to complete in single-player, rather than collect goldbars, you are to kill all the enemies on the screen, in order to advance to the next round and so on and so forth.
- Tweaked the enemies, Zombies can now only be killed by stabbing, sherif can be shot (4 bullets), single-player mode (solo) is also available as 2-player (2psolo).
- Added an extra option in the 'more' screen
(cg)
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08.Nov.2024
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Programming language: AmiBlitz 3.9.10
Version 3.9.10 of the AmiBlitz programming language has just been released. As the developer Sven 'honitos' Dröge writes, he has now taken the time to move the current development tree into a final release version. The editor now consists of pure Basic code and can be easily improved. He is now in the process of revising the REDDebugger, but this is a long way off.
Download: AmiBlitz3910final.lha (11,2 MB) (dr)
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08.Nov.2024
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Print-/PDF magazine: Komoda & Amiga plus #26 (English/Polish)
"Komoda & Amiga Plus" is dedicated to retro gamers and deals mainly with Commodore's 8-bit computers and Amigas. The topics of the current issue 26 include various game reviews, for example on Cecconoid or Holy Warrior, as well as background articles on the game Tony and the financial aspects of Commodore's history.
The magazine is available as printed edition for 12,75 Euro (plus about 5 Euro shipping) as well as digital edition (PDF) for 3,48 Euro. (dr)
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07.Nov.2024
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System-friendly Pac-Man game: Part 4 of the video series
Thomas Cherryhomes is working on an Amiga implementation of the game Pac-Man, which is using operating system calls only (amiga-news.de reported). Meanwhile part 4 of his video series has been published at the title link, showing how to add a MessagePort to a task, so that other tasks can change the score by sending messages.
The source code shown in the videos is published at GitHub.
Previous parts:
- Teil: Introduction
- Teil: Testing sound waveforms
- Teil: Blinking power pellets and timer.device
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07.Nov.2024
itch.io (ANF)
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Rogue-like game: Roguecraft updated (WHDLoad configuration fixed)
The Rogue-like game Roguecraft has been updated: Besides extended troubleshooting in the readme file, the WHDLoad configuration file has been fixed, enabling usage on THEA500 Mini and other unconventional systems. (snx)
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06.Nov.2024
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Audio player: UADE-Plugin 0.12.2 for Audacious (Windows, Linux, macOS)
"audacious-uade" is a plugin for the audio player Audacious (Windows, Linux, macOS), which allows the use of the Unix Amiga Delitracker Emulator as an input filter. (nba)
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06.Nov.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 171
The German and English edition 171 (November/December 2024) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been published and can be ordered directly from its editors and from Amiga specialist retailers. The topics of the issue include:
- Interview Simon Phipps
- Interview Carlo Pastore
- Interview Achim Pankalla
- Review SkyShapers
- Review The Ruin of 0ceanus Pr1me
- Review Roguecraft
- Review Dr. Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan
- Review Hell Bent
- Review Holy Warrior & Raffle
- Review Agente 357
- Review ignition
- Review X-bEnCh
- Special Amiga Usergroups
- Special myTOOLS
- Special Knowledge 4: Amiga vs. Atari - Which was the better gaming machine
- Special A1222 from a coder's perspective Part 2
- Special Classic Reflections - Whatever Happened to MacroSystem? Part 1
- Special Demoscene: The Colour Out Of Space
- Special Demoscene: As Good As New
- Special Demoscene History: The last diskmag of the 1990s
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06.Nov.2024
Simon Neumann (ANF)
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Alinea Computer: new versions of KickRom-Progger and KickRom-Flash
Press release: We are pleased to present two of our popular products in version 2.
KickROM Flash Rom V2
The KickROM Flash Rom V2 is a programmable Flash-Rom replacement for EPROM devices (e.g. 27c400) or Kickstart-Roms in the Amiga computer. Up to 4 Kickstarts (512 kb each) can be loaded onto one device and switched via jumpers or a switch.
The special feature of version 2 is that the respective active block is also displayed via the LED display on the top. Version 1.x will continue to be sold until it is completely replaced by version 2.
A KickRom flash can be purchased from 29.95 euros. A programming service is also available for customers without a programming device.
Features
- Fits all Amigas (a separate version for the Amiga 600 is available)
- Holds up to 4 Kickstart roms on one chip
- Switchable via jumpers or an optional rotary switch
- New in V2: Active bank is indicated by an LED display on the top.
To the product
KickROM Flash Progger Programmer V2
The KickRom Progger v2 is a programming device for programming the KickROM flash devices. In addition, commercially available 27C400 modules can be read out. The programmer can be operated via the serial interface directly on your Amiga or via USB on more modern computers. From V2 the Progger has a new firmware with some new features and instead of a MicroUSB interface a USB-C socket for data transfer and power supply.
The KickRom Progger V2 can be purchased without accessories for 49.95 euros. A zero-force socket and a serial cable for BigBox Amigas are available as options.
As of V2, the Y-modem is also supported via its own firmware in addition to the X-modem protocol.
The programmer has the following additional capabilities with the Y-modem protocol:
- File size of the file to be programmed is checked before the programming process
- Support for packet sizes of 1024 bytes. This enables faster transmission.
- All 4 blocks can be read out directly and are automatically divided into four files and named according to the block numbers (rom_x.bin).
- All 4 blocks can be written directly to the respective block by naming the block number in the file name (file_[1-4])
- A byte swap is automatically performed for .rom based on the file extension
To the product
Upgrade service for customers of version 1 of the programmer
For customers of V1 of the KickRom Flash Progger we offer an inexpensive upgrade service. Customers who want to upgrade the programmer to V2 simply contact us via e-mail. For an upgrade price of 10 Euro plus shipping costs we will replace the control chip and flash the new firmware. (cg)
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06.Nov.2024
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Pacman variant: Fast Food 2 (AGA)
The Pacman variant “Fast Food 2” (Video) is the unofficial successor to the Codemaster classic Fast Food, written with the game construction kit Scorpion Engine. It offers 25 stages, 3 different levels of difficulty and saveable high scores. The soundtrack has not yet been completed; a final version with all the music tracks will be released shortly. (cg)
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