11.Mar.2024
Alfred Faust (ANF)
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MIDI sequencer: BarsnPipes for AROS
Now that AROS developer Franck Charlet has published a driver for the MIDI system 'camd.library' that closes the gap between camd.library and Poseidon's camdusbmidi.class (amiga-news.de reported), Alfred Faust made good on his promise to finish the suspended AROS port of the MIDI sequencer BarsnPipes and adapt it to this new environment. (cg)
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11.Mar.2024
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Event: AmiWest 2024 (25.-27. October in Sacramento, USA)
The organisers have announced that the 27th AmiWest show will take place as usual at the Holiday Inn Express in Sacramento, California, from 25 to 27 October 2024. Further information will be published in near future. (dr)
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11.Mar.2024
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Editor: Lite XL 2.1.3r1 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS
George 'walkero' Sokianos has released version 2.1.3r1 of the editor Lite XL for AmigaOS 4 (OS4Depot link) and MorphOS. The developer has introduced a new feature in LiteXL that allows switching between ISO and Unicode files while preserving the text. Users can also enter any text in their own language, including umlauts. All changes:
Added:
- Added AmiUpdate support
- Added the Tetris plugin
Updated:
- Updated the code to the upstream 2.1.3 release
- Compiled with SDL 2.30.0 that supports editing with ISO encodings, other
than English. Now the editor should be able to support any language
and in conjuction with the codesets plugin be able to make text
encodings conversions
- Now the codesets plugin supports MorphOS 3.18 and above
Changed:
- Changed the way the "Open in system" option executes the WBRun command
in AmigaOS 4, with a more secure way
- Did a lot of code cleanup in sync with the upstream, and parts of code
that were left over
- Compiled with pcre2 10.42 (MorphOS version only)
Fixed:
- I did a lot of changes on path manipulation and usage, fixing scanning
the root of a partition or an assign path
- Fixed an error with the codesets plugin, where an empty file could
not be opened
- Improved the folder suggestions when opening projects or changing paths.
Now even the root folders of a partition are presented
- Fixed ghmarkdown plugin, but now requires a GitHub token to be provided
If you want to follow George 'walkero' Sokiano's work on Amiga projects, you can visit his Ko-fi page. (dr)
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11.Mar.2024
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Blog Epsilon's World: AmigaOne A1222, part 1
This time, Epsilon devotes himself to the A1222 Plus, which has been officially available since the end of last week (amiga-news.de reported), in his usual detail and with numerous pictures. As a beta tester, he has been working with the system since 2016 and introduces the programs and tools supplied with AmigaOS 4 in the first part. He also gives his personal buying advice for people who want to buy an A1222 or Sam460LE. (dr)
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11.Mar.2024
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Video: Internet-enabled without PlipBox adapter
In his last video, Robert Smith showed how he builds his own PlipBox adapter for his Amiga 2000 in order to make the Amiga Internet-capable with its help. In the current video this adapter is removed again, but surprisingly the Amiga can still access the Internet. He then explains why. (dr)
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11.Mar.2024
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Puzzle game: AmiWordle 1.1
Following conversions of the puzzle letter game Wordle by Robert Smith in AMOS and Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow in Pascal, 'Macetze' has now named his version AmiWordle and written it with Blitz Basic. It can be played with German and English words. (dr)
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11.Mar.2024
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Turn-based strategy game: Demo version of "Ecliptic"
Ecliptic is described by the author as a mixture of turn-based tactical combat and role-playing. Visually, it is reminiscent of the retro-futuristic science fiction of the 1970s and 1980s. The player's task is to regain control of a spaceship drifting in space and occupied by aliens. A first demo has now been released.
The game is currently under development and has no sound at the moment. It requires 1MB RAM, recommended is an Amiga 1200 with HD and Fast RAM. (dr)
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11.Mar.2024
Glames (BOING)
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Boing Attitude: Interview with Ján Zahurančík (AmiKit)
Boing Attitude published the seventh issue of the French print magazine "BOING" in October 2023. Among other things, it included an interview with Ján Zahurančík, the publisher of the workbench distribution AmiKit XE, which is now publicly available at the title link. (dr)
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11.Mar.2024
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Arcade port: Moon Patrol
Jean-Francois 'jotd' Fabre has released another arcade classic for the Amiga: in Moon Patrol, the player controls a moon car with which he has to avoid obstacles such as craters or mines (YouTube video). You are also attacked by UFOs and tanks at the same time. Moon Patrol was one of the first video games to introduce side-scrolling into the gameplay. (dr)
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10.Mar.2024
Amiga Future (website)
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Another World, Intro (Vandahlia Special Remix)
- Dune - Ecolove's Pauls Theme
- Dune Ecolove (Vandahlia Special Remix)
- Elvira MotD Upstairs Music (Vandahlia Special Remix)
- Rambo III Stage 2 Music (Vandahlia Special Remix)
- Stardust Memories - Nebula Falling
(snx)
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10.Mar.2024
Amiga Future (website)
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Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 28
Issue 28 of the British magazine "Amiga Addict" will be published on March 21. The lead article is about the multimedia program Scala.
Amiga Addict is published monthly and is available as a single issue or as a subscription, either in printed form or as a PDF file. (snx)
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10.Mar.2024
Amigaworld.net (website)
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Italian Print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 18
Issue 18 of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga", which consists of 48 colour pages and is available either in printed form or as a PDF file, contains the following topics:
- Games: Karate Champ, Super Delivery Boy: The Holiday Shift 2023, AMI H.E.R.O., BreakThru, Final Fight Enhanced, Duck Hunt, Ninjaferatu, Spheroid, Tetris1200, Santa’s Workout III - Silent Night
- Review: RNO Effects
- Preview: A600GS e A1222Plus
- Interview: ACube Systems
- Amiga GCC - Probabilità
- And also: Games news, Tech news, Readers mail, Demo Sene, Back Chat etc.
(snx)
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10.Mar.2024
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Zoom meeting: Chris Hülsbeck guest at the Toronto Users Group
The next meeting of the Canadian Amiga users of the Toronto Users Group on March 21 will only take place online via Zoom - but with a prominent guest, the musician Chris Huelsbeck. The access data for participation can be found at the title link. (snx)
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10.Mar.2024
Micromiga.com (ANF)
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Amiga 500 case available in stores
The licensed new Amiga 500 case from A1200.net is now also available in stores. So far only the French dealer MicroMiga is known to us (see title link), should other suppliers also stock it, this news-item will be updated.
The following advantages are mentioned:
- Made from a more UV-resistant plastic
- New hatch on the right-hand side (HDMI, USB and MicroSD)
- A single hatch for the right-hand side is also included for mounting more in line with the original)
- Additional rear hatch for RJ45 adapters
- Bottom hatch with additional cooling
- Robust metal threads for screws
- Additional threaded metal brackets for Raspberry Pi and Apollo Vampire V4 Standalone
(snx)
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10.Mar.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New full versions online
Further full versions of Amiga games have been added to Amiga Future's download area: Jonathan and The Puzzle Gallery: At the Carnival.
A lot of further games, which are also marked as being new, are just re-uploads. (snx)
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10.Mar.2024
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Aminet uploads until 09.03.2024
The following files have been added until 09.03.2024 to Aminet:
ellipse_algorhytms.lha dev/amos 7K ellipse algorhytms
Rebuild.lha dev/gui 160K 68k Amiga Reaction GUI Builder
HollywoodSP.lha dev/hwood 899K Hollywood 10.0 spanish catalo...
7mezzoadf.zip game/board 344K 68k Popular Italian Christmas game
gimineadf.zip game/board 312K 68k classic game of mines
GIPoker.zip game/board 307K 68k Poker game
AmiWordle.lha game/think 119K 68k Wordle clone for OCS Amiga - ...
2nd-Albireo.ACEpansio... misc/emu 23K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
Albireo.ACEpansion.lha misc/emu 45K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 7.0M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
Dandanator.ACEpansion... misc/emu 682K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
MirageImager.ACEpansi... misc/emu 18K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 19M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
(snx)
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10.Mar.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 09.03.2024
The following files have been added until 09.03.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 7Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
amigagpt.lha net/cha 909kb 4.0 App for chatting to ChatGPT
dnetc.lha net/mis 783kb 4.0 A distributed.net client
rvncd.lha net/ser 115kb 4.1 Amiga VNC Server
amienvmon.lha uti/mis 34kb 4.0 Calls homemade Pico environment ...
(snx)
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10.Mar.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 09.03.2024
The following files have been added until 09.03.2024 to AROS-Archiven:
glfw3_4.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 635kb GLFW is an Open Source, multi-pl...
raylib5.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 21Mb A simple and easy-to-use library...
hollywoodsp.lha dev/mis 899kb Spanish Catalog for Hollywood 10
icarosfix.lha uti/mis 87Mb Little fix for icaros v2.3
(snx)
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10.Mar.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 09.03.2024
The following files have been added until 09.03.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
Albireo_1.6.lha Emulation/ACEpansion Plugin for ACE CPC Emul...
Dandanator_1.1.lha Emulation/ACEpansion Dandanator_1.1.lha
MirageImager_1.2.lha Emulation/ACEpansion Plugin for ACE CPC Emul...
Fallout1-ce_1.1.lha Games/RPG Fallout for modern oper...
Woof_14.2.0.lha Games/Shoot3D Woof! is a continuation...
SuDokuL_1.3.lha Games/Think Sudoku game for Switch/...
Easy2Install_1.0b50.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do...
(snx)
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10.Mar.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 09.03.2024
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 09.03.2024:
(snx)
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10.Mar.2024
Dietmar Planitzer (Mail)
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Operating system for Amiga 3000/4000: First alpha version of "Serena OS"
At the end of 2022, we reported on the start of Dietmar Planitzer's project to write "Apollo", an experimental operating system for the Amiga 3000/4000. After another status update at the end of last year, the developer has now renamed his project "Serena OS" and released a first alpha version, about which he kindly wrote us the following:
"Let's start with the most obvious change: Apollo is now called Serena OS.
A few other things have changed over the last few months. Serena now has an API which makes it possible to write (simple) programmes. Dispatch queues, files, directories, pipes as well as clock and timer functions are currently supported. In addition, there is an advanced C standard library (libc) and the beginnings of a C maths library (libm). There is now also a simple shell and a RAM-based file system. The VT52 and VT100 terminal emulation is now also largely complete and the VT52 emulation now also supports the Atari ST extensions. Both VT100 and VT52 emulation now also support multiple colours (in VT52 emulation mode the corresponding Atari ST ESC codes must be used).
At the moment, however, the system still has a very significant limitation: neither floppy disc nor hard disc is currently supported. However, achieving this is the plan for the next stage of the project. It will then be possible to create a programme for Serena on a Windows or Linux computer and then run it on the Amiga under Serena.
I suspect that some of you are wondering what these ominous dispatch queues are?
Dispatch queues are used to run programme parts in parallel. The original Amiga OS provided tasks for this purpose and other operating systems provide threads. Apple's macOS implements dispatch queues on the basis of traditional threads.
The problem with threads and tasks is that programs allocate them, then use them intermittently, then spend most of their time just sitting passively on the thing without actually using it (threads spend a lot of time sleeping). However, a thread always uses memory and kernel resources - whether it's sleeping or actually doing work makes no difference.
Serena is instead built entirely around dispatch queues: Processes manage dispatch queues and dispatch queues do their work with the help of "virtual processors". You can think of a virtual processor as a highly dynamic thread that is not tied to a specific process. Virtual processors are moved back and forth between dispatch queues and processes as required. If a dispatch queue needs to do more work, it gets an additional virtual processor. However, if it does less work, it gives up a virtual processor, which can then be used by another queue in another process." (dr)
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09.Mar.2024
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Amiga E Compiler: E-VO 3.7.0
E-VO Amiga E Compiler is a derivative of the original Amiga E compiler written by Wouter van Oortmerssen. It adds many new features, bug fixes and optimisations including object UNIONs, string merging, non word-aligned objects and many more (amiga-news.de reported).
Darren 'dmcoles' Coles has now released version 3.7.0. Changes:
- Compiler sometimes produced garbage error message with an error at the very
end of the file.
- Reformatted the Amigaguide document to better fit in 80 columns.
- added Arexx compile scripts
- allow creating a new object directly into an object member,
eg. self.a:=NEW self.a.method()
- method table was not correctly initialised for objects declared as
eg. DEF a:b OR DEF a[5]:ARRAY OF b
- heap in compiler is allocated with MEMF_CLEAR in compiler to ensure all
data in the exe is initialised to 0 and not contain random data from
memory
- calling a method on an array element of an object did did not calculate
the correct address for the method.
- compiler was creating 020 opcodes when accessing an array of objects
- added NIL pointer checks when calling methods on array of objects
- self variable was set incorrectly for methods declared with an exception
handler
- fix issue with wrong opcode being generated in this code
DEF a
DEF b:PTR TO LONG
a:=[0,b[0]:=5]
resulting in the value not being stored correctly
- include textfield module
- fix bug in reaction_lib with the freeClickTabs, freeChooserLabels and
freeRadioButtons functions not looping through the list correctly.
- add support for long branch 020 instruction.
- fix invalid memory access when casting the result of a procedure call
to an object
- fix inconsistencies with SIZEOF command
- fix error in branching code for the == operator
- add missing listview module
- add some extra functions in reaction_lib (openClass, openLibs,
closeLibs, libDoGadgetMethodA)
- added PSIZEOF operator
- added ARRAYSIZE operator
- added SelectFirst function
- added debug symbols for methods
- allow CONT and EXIT within SELECT statement
- updated Rnd() function to be pure
- flagged openw, opwns, boolgad, settopaz, sets, gets functions as not pure
- added WARN TRUE/FALSE to enable/disable warnings
- added Rol() and Ror() functions
- the 020 variant of Mod() was not correctly used by the compiler and
was also taking the parameters the wrong way around
- added 020 variant of ListItem function
- track line numbers for warnings
- NOREGS option was not correctly parsed on methods
- taking a reference to a method {obj.method} did not return the
correct address
- 1.3 startup code now updates stack pointers to allow stack space
functions to return the correct values.
- skip NameFromFH call on kick 1.3 meaning the compiler now works
on that OS again
- NOT operator was very broken (inconsistently applied and in some cases
not applied at all)
- Added EVO_3_7_0 define
- casting and PTR TO PTR handling is improved and should now work in all
use cases.
Direct download: evo.lha (673 KB) (dr)
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09.Mar.2024
Amiga Kit
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Amiga Kit: ARM Graphics library for A600GS computer
Press release: AmigaKit Ltd is pleased to announce an important software development for
the forthcoming A600GS computer system (amiga-news.de reported). The new ARM Graphics Library is pre-installed accelerating the performance of AmiBench and 68K applications.
The ARMgraphics.library was created by AmigaKit's in-
house developer to bypass the bottleneck of the 68K graphics
functions. It accelerates graphics rendering performance in
applications.
AmiBench is pre-installed on the A600GS computer system. It
opens the desktop environment in high resolution 1080p with
True Colour icons. Now it can use the new ARM Graphics
Library for various purposes including faster rendering of
windows, icons and backgrounds.
Third party developers can take advantage of this library by using
it's powerful functions from their 68K application. It also offers an
opportunity for 68K games developers to enhance their games
with faster graphics rendering.
The library provides a link between 68K programs and the native
ARM processor.
Further work is underway to patch 68K system graphics functions
so older applications that are not written to use the ARM
Graphics Library can benefit.
AmigaKit has developed AK-Datatypes, Picture Datatype and Datatypes Library over the many years for
the Enhancer Software on X5000, X1000 and A1222+. These have been compiled for 68K to run on the
A600GS, In addition these system components can also be accelerated by the ARM Graphics Library for
extra performance.
The A600GS computer system is due for launch in the second quarter of 2024. (dr)
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09.Mar.2024
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Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.4.3 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and AmigaOS 4.1. Changes of version 1.4.3:
- Updated to the latest OpenAI chat models
- Fix crash when config.json doesn't exist
- Fix crash when selecting the root menu items
- Adjust screen colours to enhance visibility
- Improved error handling for connection errors
- Use a stack cookie to set minimum stack size to 32768 bytes (AmigaOS 3.1.4 or higher required)
- Shows a warning if the stack size is smaller than 32768 bytes (AmigaOS 3 only)
- Send button no longer appears in corner of screen on image mode in 3.X after an error message is dismissed
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (909 KB) (dr)
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08.Mar.2024
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Crowdfunding: Book "The Graftgold Story"
"Fusion Retro Books" has launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance a book about the video game company Graftgold, which is responsible for Amiga classics such as Fire and Ice or Uridium 2, among others. The campaign is still running for 13 days, and around 14,300 of the required 17,551 euros have already been raised. (dr)
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08.Mar.2024
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Preview video: Platform game "Deathmine" (V0.05C)
In the middle of last year, we reported on an early version of the game "Deathmine" as an entry for the Amiga Blitz Basic Jam. At the end of October, the developer 'pixelplop' had converted the game into C/C++ code and has now published a new preview video, showing the following new features and changes:
- The flame on the HUD lantern gets smaller as the lantern oil depletes.
- The map graphics slowly get darker as the lantern oil depletes.
- Changed the throwable flares to dynamite.
- Added dynamite sticks to the HUD so you can see how many you are carrying.
- When the dynamite explodes it briefly lights up the screen revealing the map.
- Added an Oil can and Dynamite pickup.
- When you die you leave a grave stone behind as a permanent marker.
- Hardware sprites now clip correctly with the top of the screen.
- Hardware sprite data fixed so it ends in a blank line which prevents glitches.
- Added sfx for the toxic drip and other misc sfx.
- Improved character movement.
- Improved character collision and ladder logic.
(dr)
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07.Mar.2024
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware v2024.03.07
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of a user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2024.03.07:
- Added Apple CD-ROM digital audio over SCSI
- Added Xebec Support
- Added Plextor d8h vendor cmd
- Initiator improvements from BSv2 fork
- Fix SCSI-1 check in initiator mode
- Fix for ZuluSCSI v1.0 mini logging debug with default settings
(dr)
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07.Mar.2024
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A1222 Plus: Production finished, available in shop
AAA Technology, a joint venture between Amedia France, A-Eon Technology and AmigaKit in co-operation with ACube Systems, informs us that the production and subsequent testing of the A1222-Plus boards (formerly "Tabor") has been completed and can now be ordered via the title link:
In addition to the board from ¤1,199.00, a complete system is also available for ¤1,599.00. Around 80% of all participants in A-EON's "Early Adopter" programme have already been contacted within the last three months, and the rest are now gradually following suit. Potential buyers are recommended to read Eldee Stephens The QuickStart Guide for New A1222+ Users (amiga-news.de reported), which is still being updated. (dr)
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07.Mar.2024
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PDF magazine: Commodore Free, issue 98
After a break of more than six years, the English-language PDF magazine "Commodore Free" returned at the end of November (amiga-news.de reported). The latest issue 98 offers, among other things, a brief overview of the history of Commodore. (dr)
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07.Mar.2024
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Tool: Consumer 1.0 shows memory consumption
lifeschool' wanted to find out how much memory its recently released game prototype Dizzy 1 consumes and has written the "Consumer" tool for this purpose. Among other things, this is intended to enable developers to estimate the system requirements for newly written software.
The results are printed on the screen and also saved in a text file on S:. Kickstart 3.0+ is required. (dr)
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07.Mar.2024
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Cross development: amitools 0.8.0 for macOS
Christian Vogelgsang has published amitools, a collection of Python 3 tools that should make it possible to work with Amiga OS binaries and files on macOS and all other *nix-like platforms that support Python. The author has not tested it on Windows, but it should work just as well.
The developer focusses his tools on classic Amiga setups, i.e. a 680x0-based system running Amiga OS 1.x - 3.x. However, as this is an open project, other Amiga configurations can also be supported. However, as this is an open project, other Amiga configurations can also be supported. The tools are mostly developer orientated, so a background in Amiga programming will be very helpful. A documentation is available on GitHub.
Now the new version 0.8.0 is available. (dr)
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05.Mar.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 167
The English and German issue 167 (March/April 2024) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Content of the current issue includes, besides various reviews, a show report from Passione Amiga Day 2023, an interview with Michael Kafke (ASM game) and a preview of Jari-Matti Rally. (snx)
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05.Mar.2024
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Developer log: Amiga Isometric Scrolling
Nivrig Games is working on porting an isometric arcade adventure game to Amiga. Under the title link a corresponding developer log was published (YouTube video). (dr)
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05.Mar.2024
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Creating Amiga Reaction GUIs: ReBuild v1.1.0
In mid-November, we introduced Darren 'dmcoles' Cole's "ReBuild" in detail, which is intended to make it possible to create graphical user interfaces for ReAction, the evolution of ClassAct (for example EmptyADF). Changes of version 1.1.0:
- Creating a virtual gadget could cause crashes (due to a bug
in the version of E-VO used to compile 1.0.0)
- About dialog changed 'Rebuilder' To 'Rebuild'
- Loading a bitmap with no image selected reported an incorrect error
- Added option to generate code that does not use macros in the object
definitions (for better GCC compatibility).
- add GA_TabCycle property to click tab
- code generated for fuel gauge now uses GA_Text instead child label
- fuel gauge used incorrect default number of ticks
- GetScreenMode did not include child label in generated code
- Glyph did not include child label in generated code
- Glyph used incorrect default type
- Added USEMACROS tooltype
- Sketchboard was missing many of the settings in the generated code
- SizeBRight and SizeBBottom did not work correctly in preview window
Download: Rebuild1.1.0.lha (160 KB) (dr)
[News message: 05. Mar. 2024, 06:23] [Comments: 0]
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04.Mar.2024
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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Event: Interface XXXVII in Kiel (germany) on 16.03.2024
Press release: On Saturday, March 16, 2024, the first "Interface" in 2024 will take place in Schwentinental near Kiel, Germany. This will be the 37th edition of the retro computer get-together. As always, the organizers are the Vintage Computer Club (VCC), the Amiga Club Schleswig-Holstein (ACSH) and the Computer Club Klausdorf (CCK).
Registration by e-mail to interface@jugendhaus-klausdorf.de is recommended. Without registration there is no guarantee of a free place.
There are again two large rooms available. The café on the first floor (as a "workshop" for hardware projects, repairs, etc.) and the top floor offer enough space to talk and play on the computers and consoles you have brought with you. Participants must bring their own power strips and network cables.
The official start is at 2 p.m., the organization team will begin setting up the tables etc. at around 12 noon. The venue is the Jugendhaus Klausdorf, Dorfstraße 101 in Klausdorf, which is part of 24222 Schwentinental. (snx)
[News message: 04. Mar. 2024, 13:35] [Comments: 0]
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