18.Jan.2016
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)
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Toni Wilen is working on WinUAE adaptions for AmigaOS 4
The WinUAE programmer Toni Wilen currently is working on an improved integration of AmigaOS 4 in WinUAE. The goal is to adapt as many parts as possible of the native infrastructure (uaehf.device, UAEGFX) provided by the emulator to the PPC operating system - and to give up slower emulation of real hardware e.g. the SCSI-controller of the Cyberstorm, the Picasso 4 graphic board or network and sound cards which were needed up to now.
A first and early trial version Wilen now has made available. It is possible to include directories as harddrives and HDF-images are supported. Some more details:
Currently supported UAE devices:
- Directory harddrives
- uaehf.device (hardfiles). HD_SCSICMD is NOT supported yet
Supported but not tested:
- uae.resource
- Some "uaelib" functions
Not yet supported (lots more work needed):
- uaegfx
- bsdsocket.library
- uaenative.library
- clipboard sharing
- uaescsi.device
- uaenet.device
- virtual mouse driver
- on the fly directory harddrive changes
- And everything else that was not mentioned
In order to enable the trap system, in the configuration file the line "uaeboard=full+indirect" has to be added. The new features has not been completely optimised and therefore are not faster than the previous SCSI-emulation. Additionally a computer with at least three processor cores is recommended.
Toni Wilen emphasised that he himself is not intersted in an improved PPC-emulation and that therefore donations for this project would be the greatest motivation. If you are interested in further adaptions of WinUAE to AmigaOS 4, then a donation via Paypal is very welcome.
Hint of the editorial staff: So far Wilen has not said anything about the limitation of the RAM - AmigaOS 4 currently recognizes maximal 128 MB RAM under UAE. In theory this limitation could be raised to 256 MB, if a CyberstormPPC would not have been emulated (due to the SCSI-controller) and the emulator could present itself as BlizzardPPC .
Direct download: winuae_OS4UAE.7z (3 MB)
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17.Jan.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 16.01.2016
The following archives have been added to Aminet until January 16th, 2016:
LuettjeBookholler.lha biz/misc 1.3M OS4 Little Personal Finance program
Links2.12.lha comm/www 6.8M 68k A graphic- and text-mode Web ...
renderlib31.lha dev/misc 214K 68k Assembler version of render l...
ModsAnthologySP.lha docs/hyper 46K Mods Anthology Spanish Readme...
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 11M 68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
Aye_Q.lha game/wb 32K 68k My version of a classic peg game
Totematik.lha game/wb 35K 68k Recreate all 10 totems!
Redit.lha text/edit 45K 68k Text editor
EvenMore.lha text/show 428K 68k V0.88: Freeware Textviewer
EvenMore_MOS.lha text/show 506K MOS V0.88: Freeware Textviewer (M...
EvenMore_OS4.lha text/show 505K OS4 V0.88: Freeware Textviewer (OS4)
OpenGuide.lha text/show 1K Open amigaguide file at a spe...
DrawerBall.lha util/dir 2.6M MOS Directory and files tool
HWP_Plananarama.lha util/libs 48K 68k Run Hollywood scripts on plan...
MultiView.lha util/sys 72K 68k The datatype frontend (AROS b...
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17.Jan.2016
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 16.01.2016
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until January 16th, 2016:
songwrangler.lha aud/pla 124kb 4.1 An iTunes like front end for Ami...
libcurl.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.0 The multiprotocol file transfer ...
aisshelper.lha dev/uti 2Mb 4.1 An advanced browser for AISS icons
hwp_plananarama.lha lib/hol 48kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for planar screen
pftp_ita.lha net/ftp 31kb 4.0 Italian translation for pFTP
dsm.lha net/ser 16Mb 4.1 Synology Download Station Tool
luettjebookholler.lha off/mis 1Mb 4.0 Little Personal Finance program
evenmore.lha uti/tex 505kb 4.0 Freeware Textviewer
jack.lha uti/wor 4Mb 4.1 A fantastic AppStore for AmigaOS
clipgrab.lha vid/mis 1Mb 4.1 Qt Download videos from YouTube
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17.Jan.2016
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 16.01.2016
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until January 16th, 2016:
fractures.i386-aros.zip dem/sce 4Mb Port of demo from Alternative '08.
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17.Jan.2016
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WHDLoad: New packages until 16.01.2016
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 January 16th, 2016:
- 2016-01-13 new: Alfabet Smierci (Arte) done by Asman, Irek'72 (Info)
- 2016-01-13 improved: First Contact (Chris Newcombe) load/save support added, all checksum checks disabled, 68000 quitkey support, trainer added, interrupts fixed, new install script (Info)
- 2016-01-11 fixed: Chambers of Shaolin (Thalion) character saving bug fixed, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, blitter waits added, interrupts fixed, 68000 quitkey support, sound problems fixed, new install script (Info)
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17.Jan.2016
David Brunet (ANF)
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Obligement: Update of the Amiga Games List
The "Amiga Games List", created and maintained by David Brunet since 1991, was updated on January 16, 2016. By its own account, Amiga Games List is the most extensive collection of its kind on the internet. Besides other news, the games created in 2015 have been added, reaching 12,403 entries in total now:
- 11,865 games
- 316 extensions and data disks
- 143 game and level editors
- 79 interpreters
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17.Jan.2016
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Podcast: AmiCast 9 interviewed Tomasz Marcinkowski (PPA)
In its ninth issue, the English-language podcast AmiCast has interviewed Tomasz Marcinkowski who is involved in the Polish portal PPA and the "Museum of the history of computers and computing".
The podcast also is about the source codes of AmigaOS 3.1 and Odyssey as well as the Vampire II and the Tabor-Board.
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[News message: 17. Jan. 2016, 07:20] [Comments: 0]
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15.Jan.2016
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Epsilon's Amiga Blog: My A1222 has arrived!
Under the title link the blogger and Betatester 'Epsilon' wrote about his AmigaOne A1222 (Tabor board, amiga-news.de reported) which has just arrived. In another blog he described the installation of the Linux distribution Debian. So far he has not got AmigaOS 4.
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11.Jan.2016
a1k.org (Webseite)
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Text editor with Kickstart 1.2 compatibility: Redit 1.9
Kai Scherrer's text editor Redit runs without limitations on an Amiga eqipped with Kickstart 1.2, but also is compatible with later versions of the system. The editor can be also used from an emergency disk or without a startup-sequence after booting the system. Changes in version 1.9:
- Redit 1.9, bugfix: removed dependency to mathieeedoubas.library
- Redit 1.9, bugfix: increased stack size to 12288
- Redit 1.9, added: alternative Icons by Colani1200
- Redit 1.8, bugfix: Replace all 'a' by 'aa' in a document resulted into an
infinite loop. fixed
- Redit 1.7, added: Search & Replace dialog
- Redit 1.7, improved: Tooltypes are now found if Redit is loaded via path
(requires Kickstart 2.0 and better)
- Redit 1.7, bugfix: crash when started with Workbench screen in the
background. fixed
- Redit 1.7, bugfix: crash when empty file was loaded. fixed
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10.Jan.2016
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: Plananarama-Plugin
Press release: It's planar, baby! Airsoft Softwair - the hardest working men in code business - are back on your screen with the Plananarama plugin for Hollywood. With the Plananarama plugin Hollywood is finally able to run on planar screens again! This finally makes it possible to run Hollywood scripts on plain AGA or ECS systems with no graphics board installed - for the first time since Hollywood 1.93 (released in March 2005)!
Starting with version 2.0, Hollywood required CyberGraphX or Picasso96 to run. Since then, many people have asked for a revival of Hollywood's planar engine, so here it is, a real blast from the past! Thanks to Hollywood 6's greatly extended plugin API this feature could be implemented completely in plugin space. Once Plananarama is installed, all Hollywood scripts will magically run on palette screens again! All resolutions are supported - from 8-bit LowRes to 1-bit productivity SuperHighRes Interlace.
Plananarama is the third plugin to bear the Powered by Hollywood 6.0 seal of quality as it utilizes the new display and bitmap adapter plugin interfaces introduced with Hollywood 6.0. The plugin will not work with older versions of Hollywood. Only Hollywood 6.0 makes it possible. That's why we here at Airsoft Softwair say: Life starts at 6.0. Plananarama is available free of charge and can be downloaded from the official Hollywood portal. It is only available in a version for AmigaOS 3 because all other systems don't use planar graphics any more.
You need an 68020 or better. It is also recommended to install FBlit because otherwise you are likely to run out of chip memory really quickly. When configuring FBlit make sure you add Hollywood to its "Include" list in the "FAllocBitMap" tab so that Hollywood will be able to store its graphics in fast memory. Speaking of fast mem, 16 megabyte of fast memory are highly recommended.
This release is dedicated to all people who think life is better in 8 bitplanes. Who needs chunky? This is planar, baby! Proudly brought to you by Airsoft Softwair - the hardest working men in code business.
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10.Jan.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 09.01.2016
The following archives have been added to Aminet until January 9th, 2016:
DSM_0.1.6.lha comm/net 16M WOS Synology Download Station Tool
odyssey1.23_src.tar.gz comm/www 44M Source code of Odyssey 1.23 f...
ROWAN_demo.zip game/demo 500K 68k The Dream of Rowan (Demo, WIP)
Angoes.lha game/wb 35K 68k Put 3 angles in the same dire...
MusikerSP.lha mus/misc 8K Musiker AmigaGuide in Spanish
NoiseconverterSP.lha mus/misc 4K Noiseconverter Spanish Catalog
RR_backdrops.lha pix/back 221K A collection of Workbench bac...
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 407K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
DevInfos.lha util/misc 639K OS4 Shows infos about a device an...
ARexxPatch.lha util/sys 1K Patch small ARexx bug
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10.Jan.2016
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 09.01.2016
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until January 9th, 2016:
mhe.lha dev/ide 2Mb 4.0 Hollywood IDE
libopus.lha dev/lib 4Mb 4.0 Audio codec for speech and music
libfreetype.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.0 A Free, High-Quality, and Portab...
libsdl_ttf.lha dev/lib 1Mb 4.0 A Freetype 2.0 wrapper for SDL
libcurl.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.0 The multiprotocol file transfer ...
librtmp.lha dev/lib 248kb 4.0 A support library for RTMP streams
amigaracer.lha gam/dri 63Mb 4.1 A Lotus Turbo Challenge game alike
stvoyhm.lha gam/fps 3Mb 4.0 Elite Force
tremulous.lha gam/fps 134Mb 4.1 Free and open source FPS based game
curl.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Command line URL file transfer
rtmpdump.lha net/mis 1Mb 4.0 Downloads streams from RTMP/RTMP...
devinfos.lha uti/mis 639kb 4.0 Shows many infos about a device
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10.Jan.2016
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 09.01.2016
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until January 9th, 2016:
exfatfs.i386-aros.lha dri/fil 48kb A free exFAT file system impleme...
ntfs3g.i386-aros.lha dri/fil 204kb A port of Tuxera's NTFS-3G file ...
tressette.i386-aros.zip gam/car 4Mb Italian card game.
qonk.i386-aros.zip gam/str 971kb Quick space strategy game to con...
filesysbox.i386-aros.lha lib/mis 45kb A FUSE compatible file system layer
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10.Jan.2016
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 09.01.2016
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Files until January 9th, 2016:
Magic WebP 4.0 gra/con 1408 Viewer and encoder of image...
recentfiles.sbar 1.1 uti/des 53 Screenbar module detecting ...
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10.Jan.2016
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WHDLoad: New archives until 09.01.2016
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 January 9th, 2016:
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10.Jan.2016
Floppy (ANF)
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AROS: Bounty project for implementing the animation datatype in progress
Nick 'Kalamatee' Andrews has accepted the bounty project to implement the animation datatype (inclusive Boopsi-Control-Gadget) for AROS. It is also part of the bounty to implement a daughter datatype (for AVI, MPEG, DivX or a similar format) and to release a simple tool for demonstrating the functionality.
The bounty has to be finished until March 31st, 2016. You still can donate for the project. 167 US-Dollar has been donated so far.
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[News message: 10. Jan. 2016, 07:52] [Comments: 0]
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07.Jan.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix provides new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last message the following songs have been added:
- The Secret of Monkey Island (daXX Remix)
- Pinball Dreams Menu Theme (daXX Remix)
- Shadow of the Beast - Eerie Forest Jujegolo
- Elysium (daXX Remix)
- Jaguar XJ220 Title (Digital Acoustic Remix)
- Turrican 2 - Exploring Secret Dungeons (Wild @ Heart)
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07.Jan.2016
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Promotion video: Tanks Furry is (also) commercially distributed
In "Tanks Furry" you have to destroy the opponent's tanks before they can destroy your base - at the beginning of December, a playable demo was released. Now the developers have published a very professional promotion video and have pointed out, that the game will be not only distributed as free download, but also on CD in a DVD-case.
Tanks Furry offers a single and a two player mode and requires an Amiga with 68020-processor and at least 1 MB RAM. The game will be probably released in Februar. The commercial game will be distributed with a 12-page manual as well as with stickers, so you can create "original disks".
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[News message: 07. Jan. 2016, 01:59] [Comments: 0]
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06.Jan.2016
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Web Browser: Github-Repository for Odyssey
Against a payment of 7500 Euro, in January 2014 Fabien 'Fab' Coeurjoly released the source code of his web browser Odyssey. After the release of an AmigaOS 4 port, for some months the available AROS port provided by Krzysztof 'Deadwood' Śmiechowicz is the only one which is currenty developed further.
On Github, the programmer has published the source code of his Odyssey port and has invited all Amiga developers to join the work. He is willing to introduce the code base and the developing process to unexperienced programmers. If you are interested in, then please contact him via eMail.
The archive on Github includes the latest version 1.25 which is based on Coeurjoly's latest release Odyssey 1.24 and provides the following improvements:
- uses directly the Webkit engine - the Orygin layer is no longer required - which makes it easier to use Webkit updates
- uses WebKit revision 187682 (from end of July)
- Source code and build configuration are prepared for the development of several (Amiga) destination platforms
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[News message: 06. Jan. 2016, 23:15] [Comments: 0]
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06.Jan.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Tracker: Symphonie Pro can be compiled again
Patrick Meng's tracker Symphonie Pro supports 256 physical audio channels, a 16-Bit software DSP as well as 16-Bit samples. Originally the pro-version of the programm was distributed for 120 D-Mark and eight years ago it was made available with its source codes on Aminet.
It turned out that the source code was incomplete, but now the missing parts could be filled. Under the title link on GitHub the completed source code as well as the programm are available, all programmers who are going to develop the programm further are very welcome.
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[News message: 06. Jan. 2016, 18:17] [Comments: 0]
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