26.May.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Apollo-Team: Delay of Vampire V4, Vampire 600 V2.1 being produced
Under the title link the Apollo team has announced that the release of the FPGA accelerator board Apollo V4 continues to be delayed. A single bug makes it necessary to rewrite an important part of the core. The team wrote: "Hundreds of hours have been spent on it to determine why the heck the Vampire V4 does work well on some Amiga 500 boards and not on others (despite same chips revisions). Team measured everything that could be measured (if you mind, majsta has the biggest thing we could measure) and crosschecked with all Altera manuals, and could not find a single hardware issue...the Amiga 500 is a real timing inferno. Most of us agrees that understanding women is easier than talking to an Amiga 500 chipset."
Igor 'Majsta' Majstorovic has started again the production of the Vampire 600. Some hardware components have been improved in V2.1, e.g. "better power circuitry, better caps, better socket, better cigarette smell, etc".
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26.May.2018
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: OpenXcom 1.0.74xxx
Paweł 'Stefkos' Stefański has updated his MorphOS port of OpenXcom. This is an open source clone of the Microprose game UFO: Enemy Unknown based on SDL. Additionally the original files of X-COM: UFO Defense are required.
Changes:
- UFO Xcom and Terror From The Deep work now
- When music is not loaded application is working (in original version it didn't)
- No FLC video (game support only intro application at the moment - UFO XCom)
- Software game display engine is really slow
- No OpenGL shaders
Download: openxcom.lha (4 MB)
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[News message: 26. May. 2018, 06:10] [Comments: 0]
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25.May.2018
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amiga-news.de: Common login for news section and forum
Historically amiga-news.de has been developed from several program packages which are completely independent. Therefore you had to separately log in the comment section and the forum although both sections used the same user database.
In the course of adapting to the General Data Protection Regulation we have changed to a common login. Users only have to log in once and are recognized as registered on the whole website. You have to accept the new General Data Protection Regulation while your first login.
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[News message: 25. May. 2018, 15:48] [Comments: 0]
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20.May.2018
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Aminet-Uploads until 19.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until May 19th, 2018:
gcc-mos2wos.lha dev/gcc 11M MOS Make MorphOS GCC output WarpO...
HWP_Polybios.lha dev/hwood 16M MOS The ultimate PDF tool for Hol...
fotochop_mcc_0.10.lha dev/mui 938K MOS Painting and image editing
WormWars.lha game/actio 825K 68k Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 1.1M OS4 Advanced snake game
GPMark_WOS.lha gfx/3d 1.2M WOS SDL graphics benchmark
gifsicle-1.91-bin-aro... gfx/misc 191K x86 Tool for manipulating GIF images
gifsicle-1.91-bin-m68... gfx/misc 147K 68k Tool for manipulating GIF images
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.6M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 2.9M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
lha.run util/arc 170K 68k Amiga LhA (self extracting ar...
DoVer.lha util/cli 15K 68k Search version string in pack...
intuition41pch.lha util/misc 1K 68k Patch for 40.85 intuition.lib...
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 546K MOS Multipurpose utility
Hexaco_1.1.lha util/wb 895K 68k Color values as hex/dec/... (...
RNOWidgets.lha util/wb 4.0M MOS Desktop widgets application
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20.May.2018
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 19.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until May 19th, 2018:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0 Advanced snake game
lhx.lha uti/arc 172kb 4.1 Pack & unpack using XZ/LZMA ...
amiupdate_deu.lha uti/wor 20kb 4.0 German catalog files for AmiUpdate
smtube.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.1 Qt : direct stream + download Yo...
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20.May.2018
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 19.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until May 19th, 2018:
lamearos-3.100.i386-aros.lha aud/mis 570kb Lame Ain't an MP3 Encoder
gifsicle-1.91.i386-aros.lha gra/edi 191kb Tool for manipulating GIF images
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20.May.2018
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 19.05.2018
The following archives have been added to the MorphOS Storage until May 19th, 2018:
mos2wos_0.7.lha Development/GCC Make MorphOS GCC output...
HWP_Polybios_1.0.lha Development/Hollywood/... The ultimate PDF tool f...
RegionSet_1.2.lha Devices/CD-DVD Modify the region codes...
MUIMapparium_0.7.lha Devices/GPS An OpenStreetMap Viewer.
Giddy-3_1.5.lha Games/Platform Giddy-3 1.5 with source...
IHaveNoTomatoes_1.55a.lha Games/Platform Advanced Bomberman clon...
JupiterLander_1.1.lha Games/Platform An exact remake of Jupi...
StuntCarRemake.lha Games/Race StuntCar remake, MorphO...
Barrage_1.0.4.lha Games/Shoot 2D Barrage is a rather des...
Formido_1.0.lha Games/Shoot 2D A game with static play...
GammaPatrol_1.0.lha Games/Shoot 2D Galaga style vertical 2...
DukeNukem3D_4.4.2.lha Games/Shoot 3D MorphOS port of 1996 fi...
Fotochop_mcc_0.10.lha Graphics/Draw A painting and image ed...
Report+_7.21.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ...
RNOWidgets_1.3.lha System/Ambient/Commodi... Desktop widgets applica...
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20.May.2018
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WHDLoad: New installers until 19.05.2018
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until May 19th, 2018:
- 2018-05-17 updated: Cosmic Pirate (Palace) patch redone, real files used, all protections removed, highscore saving added, lots of trainer options added, 68000 quitkey support (Info)
- 2018-05-14 improved: Alien Breed (Team 17) bugfix for pause key, switch to enable original cheat keys (Info)
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20.May.2018
Amiga.org (Forum)
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FastCache040+ 1.8
FastCache040+ is a patch for the 68040 and 68060.library, which replaces the functions CachePreDMA() and CachePostDMA(). The replacement functions are noticeably shorter and promise a more efficient management of the Copyback cache for the DMA. "While every system
will have some CPU performance loss under DMA conditions, the new functions keep this performance loss to a bare minimum."
A MMU is required. Tools like GigaMEM or VMM which provide virtual memory must not be used. And as the author also wrote: "Do NOT use this patch with any
code which uses the MMU to write protect or remap modified data structures!...Remapping a mirror image of the Kickstart ROM with the MMU is OK!"
Users of a Phase5-68060.library first should run FixMapP5 before starting the patch.
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19.May.2018
0.7 (Kommentar)
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MUIMapparium 0.7 for all Amiga systems
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's OpenStreetMap viewer Mapparium now is available as version 0.7. Additional to several bug fixes (e.g. search function) you can now export maps as PNG images, routes as HTML files, trackplots as PNG images and tracks as HTML files. It is also possible to load EXIF of photos and to show the photo position on map.
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[News message: 19. May. 2018, 06:28] [Comments: 0]
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19.May.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Podcast: Amiga Users Ireland - Amiberry and 3D-Modelling
The latest podcast of the Amiga Users Ireland includes an interviews about 3D-Modelling as well as about Amiberry, which is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based one-chip-systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard produced by ASUS.
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[News message: 19. May. 2018, 06:15] [Comments: 0]
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19.May.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 86 (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 on vintage computers.
This is a special issue about games their names starting with "3D" and includes articles about the Amiga games "3D Galax" and "3D World Soccer".
Download sites:
Italian
English
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18.May.2018
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Dungeon crawler BOH and retro arcade game Huenison on CD
In April 2009 Simone Bevilacqua released the first version his commerzial Dungeon crawler BOH. Since then 18 updates have been released - the last one dating from March of this year. Since the author considers the project complete, he released the final version on CD.
The CD contains ports of BOH for AmigaOS 4, AROS, Linux Mac OS and Windows as well as the soundtrack as audio tracks. The manuals have been reworked and the CD and DVD covers have a new design.
Simultaneously the author also released his retro arcade game Huenison, available for the first time in 2013, on CD. It contains the latest ports of AmigaOS 4 and Windows as well as reworked manual.
You can order the games for 15 (BOH) or 12 Euro from the developer via e-mail. The preorders are collected and then oictures will be sent showing the final product. Only if the user still is interested in the game(s) the money has to be paid. The exact process Bevilacqua has summarized on a poster.
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[News message: 18. May. 2018, 01:02] [Comments: 0]
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17.May.2018
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Interview: Debbie Bestwick (Team 17)
In an interview with the British "Telegraph", Debbie Bestwick, co-founder and currently managing director of Team-17 (Worms, Alien Breed), has talked about the start of the company und the development from a successful Amiga publisher to the "Worms-Studio".
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[News message: 17. May. 2018, 23:59] [Comments: 0]
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17.May.2018
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Kickstart campaign: "Commodore - The Final Years" successfully financed
The third and last part of Brian Bagnall's history of Commodore was successfully financed: The Kickstarter campaign has collected about 62.000 Euro. Thus "Commodore - The Final Years" will be published in the highest possible quality: 16 pages with colour photos, embossed foil cover, sewn binding and a foil stamped spine.
At the beginning of the campaign Bagnall did announce that he is going to publish the book - which has been almost completely written - this year.
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[News message: 17. May. 2018, 00:14] [Comments: 0]
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14.May.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Game database: The Legacy goes offline
TheLegacy, which calls itself as "nostalgic game museum, is a game database founded in 1999 providing information, scans and screenshots to over 40.000 games for several nostalgic computer systems. According to the administrators they have not sufficient time to update the website to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Therefore the website will go offline on May 24th.
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[News message: 14. May. 2018, 23:51] [Comments: 0]
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14.May.2018
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Processor: MC68000 manual as PDF
From the website of the producer of semiconductors NXP, which in 2015 acquired Freescale (formerly Motorola), the manual for Motorola's MC68000 processor can be downloaded as PDF. The processor was used in the first Amiga models.
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[News message: 14. May. 2018, 23:43] [Comments: 0]
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14.May.2018
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood-Plugin: Polybios 1.0 creates and opens PDF documents
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to present a massive new plugin release for Hollywood: Polybios - Making History in PDF. This plugin can be used to create and view PDF documents from Hollywood scripts and will thus make all PDF dreams come true for Hollywood users. Polybios has been five years in the making and is now finally ready for release exclusively for Hollywood 7.1.
Here are just some of Polybios' impressive features:
- over 200 functions for creating and viewing PDF documents
- support for all graphics primitives
- full Unicode support
- fonts can be embedded inside PDF documents
- images and Hollywood brushes can be embedded inside PDF documents
- password-protected PDFs can be opened and created
- support for PDF encryption and compression
- files can be attached to PDF documents
- annotations can be added to PDF documents
- support for RGB, CMYK and gray color spaces
- transition effects can be embedded inside PDF documents
- hypertext links can be embedded inside PDF documents
- table of contents generation is supported
- inbuilt PDF viewer is based on the famous fast and powerful PDF engine used in a very popular browser by a very well-known American Internet company and is thus very compatible and complete
- PDF pages can be exported as Hollywood brushes
- PDF pages can be accessed as vector brushes allowing for lossless scaling, rotation, and transformation
- Polybios comes with over 150 pages of documentation to get you started quickly
- over 25 ready-to-run examples are included in the Polybios distribution
And the best of all: Polybios is provided free of charge for all existing Hollywood users. Thus, please consider buying Hollywood to show your support for our massive development efforts.
The plugin is now available for download from the official Hollywood portal. Thanks to Hollywood's cross-platform plugin system versions for AmigaOS3 (m68k, m881), AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS (x86), Linux (ppc, arm, x86, x64), Mac OS (ppc, x86, x64), Windows (x86, x64) and Android (arm, arm64) are provided.
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