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12.May.2008



AmigaOS 3.9: scsi.device-patch for LBA48-support (update)
Download: scsi.device.lba48.pch.zip (335 Bytes)

Update: Meanwhile this fix was integrated in Christian Sauer's scsi.device-patch which has been available on Aminet for a while and which fixes another bug.

WinUAE-author Toni Wilen wrote:
"I found something interesting when I was implementing LBA48 support to IDE emulation. OS3.9BB2 scsi.device (v43.43) does have LBA48 support but it has bug that freezes or crashes the Amiga..

I fixed the bug (patch details below) and now (at least in emulation) my A1200 IDE 160G test hard file works perfectly with full capacity.

This may also fix common v43.43 scsi.device boot freeze if drive has LBA48 support. (but older scsi.device versions work). Confirmation needed.

Patch is compatible with all v43.43 scsi.devices (A600/A1200/A4000)

Please test if you have >128G IDE drive and/or you have boot freeze without NOROMUPDATES or SKIPROMUPDATES scsi.device

Patch offsets in OS39BB2 "ROM Updates" file (near "Conner Peripherals 20MB - CP2024" string)
31A2C
358AC
3DACA

Old values:
43FA 000E 3219 B001 66FA E049 3001 4E75
0220 02C4 0430 04C5 02EC 0450 0070 0010
0091 00C6 0040 0090 0000

New values:
43FA 0018 7200 0C11 00FF 6606 5289 1219
6704 B019 66F0 3001 4E75 FF02 C429 2024
ECFF 04C5 3930 3450 FF00

Also spatch-patch file attached if you don't want to do manual patching (patches OS39BB2 "DEVS:AmigaOS ROM Update". Remember backups) WARNING: Patching HD drivers is always dangerous, data loss is always possibility.

Next follows my random notes, no need to understand this

Old code that returns garbage after LBA48 command:
10FEF2A0 43fa 000e LEA.L (PC,$000e) == $10fef2b0,A1
10FEF2A4 3219 MOVE.W (A1)+,D1
10FEF2A6 b001 CMP.B D1,D0
10FEF2A8 66fa BNE.B #$fffffffa == $10FEF2A4
10FEF2AA e049 LSR.W #$00000008,D1
10FEF2AC 3001 MOVE.W D1,D0
10FEF2AE 4e75 RTS.L

10FEF2B0 0220 02C4 0430 04C5 02EC 0450 0070 0010
10FEF2C0 0091 00C6 0040 0090 0000

20 = read sectors
c4 = read multiple
30 = write sectors
c5 = write multiple
ec = identify drive
50 = format
70 = seek
10 = recalibrate
91 = initialize drive parameters
c6 = set multiple mode
40 = read verify sectors
90 = execute drive diagnostics
00 = nop

New code (different because space was really tight..)
43FA 0018 lea data(pc),a1
7200 moveq #0,d1
0C11 00FF l1 cmp.b #$ff,(a1)
6606 bne.s l2
5289 addq.l #1,a1
1219 move.b (a1)+,d1
6704 beq.s l3
B019 l2 cmp.b (a1)+,d0
66F0 bne.s l1
3001 l3 move.w d1,d0
4E75 rts
dat dc.b 0xff,0x02,0xc4,0x29,0x20,0x24,0xec
dc.b 0xff,0x04,0xc5,0x39,0x30,0x34,0x50
dc.b 0xff,0x00

This adds following missing LBA48 commands:
29 = read multiple ext
39 = write multiple ext
24 = read sectors ext
34 = write sectors ext

Meaning of this table is to return 2 (if read command), 4 (if write command) or 0 (no data). Someone simply forgot to add new LBA48 commands to this table when LBA48 support was implemented.." (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.May.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)


MorphOS: GenesisPlus 1.3
GenesisPlus is an emulator of the Sega game console MegaDrive (Genesis) and is now available in version 1.3 for MorphOS.

Changes:
  • Switched to the latest GameCube/Wii version of the Genesis-Plus source code which features better sound, improved CPU cores and SRAM emulation, etc.
  • Enabled full stereo sound output
  • SRAM auto load/save added
  • Save states made operational
  • Iconifies with program icon now
  • Added reset key on F12
  • Commodity info text shortened
  • Added 1 and 2 player joypad configs
  • Added selectable rom path
  • Stability fixes
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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12.May.2008
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Voxel Informatique: New French Amiga-Onlineshop
Voxel Informatique is a new French onlineshop for Amiga products and was opened by J.F. Bachelet. It is still in development

The only product which is available is the USB-card Deneb. Voxel Informatique is one of the official distributors. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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11.May.2008
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: MPlayer 1.0 (svn-2008.05.11)
Fabien Coeurjoly has made available an update to the video playback program MPlayer 1.0 for MorphOS.

The new version merely resolves minor errors of the previous version, and therefore, principally addresses users who were affected by these.

Changes:
  • Usergroup.library (and thus tcp stack) not required at init anymore
  • Fixed an ffmpeg bug in rv10 (.ram files) recognition that would cause a crash
  • Prevent mplayer from using localised float representation (that is "," as decimal for instance). Should fix the bug with a-v delay hotkey and others
Download: MPlayer-1.0-svn-2008.05.11.lha (8 MB) (snx) (Translation: cad)

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11.May.2008
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


SCUI GUI library for Hollywood
At present, Fabio Falcucci is working on a GUI library for Hollywood 3. A video released on Youtube shows first impressions of the library in action: Buttons, progress bars, lists, text fields, scroll bars, and even SCUI windows of one's own are displayed, among other things. By means of the cross-platform functionality of Hollywood 3, this GUI library does not only run under AmigaOS, but also under Windows and Mac OS. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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11.May.2008
amigafuture.de (Web page)


Video Magazine: AmitopiaTV #05
Amitopia TV is an English video magazine about the Amiga. The fifth issue includes the following topics:
  • Amiga News Headlines
  • PowerDev 2008 report + MorphOS 2 on EFIKA
  • Blender PowerDev Xtra
  • Relic Amiga Demo by Nerve Axis
  • Only Amiga Song

Amitopia TV at GoogleVideo
Amitopia10thOfMay2008.avi (cg) (Translation: cad)

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11.May.2008



Pictures and videos from the Powerdev Meeting
Various pictures and videos have now been released from the PowerDev Meeting, which took place from May 1 to 4 in Hörstel and was supported by Genesi.

In addition to numerous pictures of MorphOS 2.0, the developer boards Hellrosa by STx as well as MPC8610HPCD by Freescale can be seen as well. These computers were designated as "Efika 5121e" and "Efika 8610" by the organizer, which should probably be a sign of plans to develop one's own products based on these motherboards, which were already suggested by the Genesi management in various forums and blog entries.

Pictures by PegaYenzi
Amitopia TV with a report from the meeting
Video: Hellrosa STx ("Efika 5121e")
Video: MPC8610HPCD ("Efika 8610") (cg) (Translation: cad)

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11.May.2008
Martin Merz (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: AISS 4.2 - Amiga Image Storage System
Martin Merz is making available version 4.2 of his "Amiga Image Storage System" (AISS). AISS is a system for managing toolbar graphics under AmigaOS 4.

Features in version 4.2:
  • 1885 toolbar images and animations
  • 24-bit PNG images with 8-bit alpha channel
  • Documentation in PDF format
  • AmiUpdate support

The author points out that the installation process can possibly drag on a little and no progress indicator is displayed in the meantime.

AISS conversions for other Amiga systems are already being worked on. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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10.May.2008



Telnet-Mailbox: Amiga Island BBS online again
According to "Syperhawk" on amigaworld.net his mailbox "Amiga Island" is accessible via telnet again. The box can be used by ten users and offers "online games, live-chat, OS3/4-support, Amiga-News and more".

You can access Amiga Island BBS under amigaisland.cnetbbs.net or amigaisland.dyndns.org. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.May.2008
(ANF)


Graphic program: Concept for "Action Paint"
Under the title link Thilo "Der Wanderer" Köhler has published a concept for a new, open source graphic program called "Action Paint" which will be supposed to be developed with AmiBlitz - feedback or support are very welcome. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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09.May.2008
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Sony PSP: Amiga Theme
For users of the portable game console PSP developed by Sony there is an AmigaSYS-4-inspired theme. Content:
  • Extra Theme Backdrops by Dary (Backdrop & Backdrop2) & Effron/BNS (Retroback)
  • Theme backdrop (Original backdrop) by Rolpho of D6 Entertainment
  • AmigaSYS 4 Theme (for SONY PSP V3.80+) by FOL
  • Original DUALPNG icons by Ken Lester
  • Original Real IconZ by Tony Gore
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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08.May.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Development environment: AmiBlitz 3 Final Beta, PED 3.00.42
AmiBlitz 3 which is the successor of the well-known development environment BlitzBasic is available as test version which is called "final beta". Yesterday an update of the integrated editor PED was published. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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07.May.2008
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


Documentation for dvdauthor-GUI DVD-Menu
For his graphical dvdauthor user-interface DVD-menu Carsten Siegner has published a documentation as video-DVD-ISO-file which you can burn with dvdrecord.

Download:
DVD-Menu-guide.lha (1,6 MB)
dvdrecord.lzx (4,5 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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07.May.2008
Michael Böhmer (ANF)


Zorro II/III DMA USB 2.0 controller for all Zorro-Amigas
Press release: E3B (Michael Böhmer) and PCP (Chris Hodges) are pleased to announce a new USB controller for Amiga Classic after a long period of research: the DENEB USB 2 controller supports Zorro III and Zorro II Amigas.

For further details please have a look at the complete press release on the website.

The DENEB is sold by E3B and some other dealers. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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07.May.2008
Paul J. Beel (ANF)


The AROS Show: Eric Schwartz interview
The AROS Show has interviewed the famous Amiga artist, Eric Schwartz. Eric discusses his recent "Still Alive" animation (amiga-news.de reported) and his other projects. (snx)

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06.May.2008
Fab1 (#morphos)


MorphOS: MPlayer 1.0 (svn-2008.05.06)
Fabien Coeurjoly has published an update of the video player MPlayer 1.0 for MorphOS.

In this version mouse control in OSD and in the DVD-menus are supported as well as Freetype rendered subtitles with Codepage support were added.

Download: MPlayer-1.0-svn-2008.05.06.lha (8 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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06.May.2008



Aminet-Uploads until 05.05.2008
These are the latest uploads to Aminet which have been added since our last message:
FussballBundesliga.lha  biz/misc     32K    GEN   TurboCalc Spreadsheet Football (german)
S0S_001.lha             demo/sound  503K    OS3   System Of Sound #1 by An4kiR & cTrix
Blitz_RT.lha            dev/basic    23K    OS3   "reqtools.library" dev kit for Blitz
Blitz_XAD.lha           dev/basic    31K    OS3   "xadmaster.library" dev kit for Blitz
PAR_ARexx.lha           dev/src       6K    OS3   PAR: access using the SIMPLEST of ARexx
TilesSlide.lha          game/actio   71K    OS3   Align 3 tiles of the same colour
FlagSim1.lha            gfx/3d      241K    MOS   Texture Mapping and Backface Culling
GSGui_languages.lha     gfx/conv     26K    GEN   Langage pack for GSGui
551conv_asm.lha         misc/emu     12K    GEN   Source code for 551conv
AmiArcadia.lha          misc/emu    573K    OS3   Arcadia 2001/Interton VC 4000/TVGC emul.
Just_a_try.lha          mods/house  424K    GEN   .xm mod made by Pseudaxos (29/04/2008)
Fusion_Let_s_Rock.lha   mods/xm     421K    GEN   .xm Format
tunemikmod_plug.lha     mus/play    219K    OS4   LibMikMod based plugin for TuneNet
tuneptplay_plug.lha     mus/play     12K    OS4   ptplay.library based TuneNet plugin
guideml.lha             text/hyper  190K    VAR   AmigaGuide -> HTML converter with GUI
f-req.lha               util/batch   12K    OS3   A "RequestFile" like program for 1.x+
molib.lha               util/cli      4K    VAR   load/lock libs so they cant be flushed
scr_dt.lha              util/dtype   83K    OS4   Spectrum/Timex SCR/SCREEN$ datatype
ptplaylib_os4.lha       util/libs    51K    OS4   play/decode protracker modules
MakeCD_MP3-Cover.lha    util/misc    49K    OS3   Creates Covers from .mcd Files/MP3 Dirs
Set68kCPU.lha           util/misc     9K    OS4   Change type of 68k CPU reported by OS4
sysflush-morphos.lha    util/misc     6K    MOS   SysFlush (MorphOS system flush)
ARexxMD5.lha            util/rexx     4K    GEN   All in ARexx MD5 algorithm
DCF-77-mos.lha          util/time    49K    VAR   Radio clock receiver, clock, time signal
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.May.2008



os4depot.net: Uploads until 05.05.2008
These are the latest uploads to os4depot.net which have been added since our last message:
jukebox.lha            aud/mis  124kb  Old jukebox style GUI for external mus/v
tunemikmod_plug.lha    aud/pla  218kb  LibMikMod based plugin for TuneNet
tuneptplay_plug.lha    aud/pla   11kb  ptplay.library based TuneNet plugin
lame.lha               aud/rec    1Mb  Lame MP3 encoder
cpc.lha                dev/uti    1Mb  Application that Creates Reaction Comman
wordmeupxxl_demo.lha   gam/act   16Mb  Word Me Up XXL
ptplaylib.lha          lib/mis   50kb  Shared lib to play/decode protracker mod
np_audio.lha           net/bro  147kb  IBrowse Audio plugin
newscoaster.lha        net/new    1Mb  MUI-based newsreader
virtualdrawer.lha      uti/fil   87kb  Create virtual drawers
amigainputanyware.lha  uti/har   79kb  Control mouse and keyboard with your gam
set68kcpu.lha          uti/mis    9kb  Change the type of the 68k CPU reported 
yetanotherdesk.lha     uti/mis  620kb  Desktop for public screens
fuelgauge.lha          uti/wor  103kb  Volume gauges underneath hard drive icon
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.May.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Tales of Tamar 0.57 P2
Press release Dear friends of the intense and ludicrous role-play game Tales of Tamar,

the journey continues with the next update of Tales of Tamar. This time it is unfortunately only a small update which is nevertheless less unimportant since a severe registration error occurred at the last Amiga version. Many thanks to our testers for all the help and apologies to all the potential players who tried to register a new empire in the meantime.

With this version one can check for the first time how the dungeons are realized in ToT, for free!

New features:
  • [R7] Workbench screen mode is now preset at the screen mode requester (Amiga only)
  • [R7] Dungeon: one can take gold now (not given to your account yet)
  • [R7] Dungeon: Traps are now covered
  • [R7] Dungeon: Now one can die getting caught in a trap / new graphics implemented
  • [R7] Dungeon: Doors, traps and chests now can be opened and closed
  • [R7] Dungeon: implemented new sound effects
  • [R7] Dungeon: compass rose now moves
  • [R7] Dungeon: implemented movement keys and keys to open and close things
  • [R7] Dungeon: Entrance and exit are now indicated
  • [R5] Dungeon runs on AGA
  • [R5] Fblit now operates with masks from the fast ram (10% more speed)
  • [R4] Dungeon: implemented chest
  • [R4] Dungeon: implemented traps
  • [R4] Dungeon: sound effects implemented
  • [R3] three scouts are now available at the beginning of the game
  • [R2] Dungeons are now accessible
  • [R2] new Spanish catalogs used
Bugfixes:
  • [R5] build screen: 20 mills text deleted from the build screen
  • [R5] memory leak fixed during the start of the game (city structure again)
  • [R5] memory leak fixed while entering the map in high resolution mode
  • [R5] InitScreen: while clicking the mouse during the complex registration it did not check whether the email address should stay like that or a ToT inbox should be used transitionally
  • [R5] InitScreen: Player names with less than 3 digits are not allowed anymore
  • [R5] InitScreen: During the request if a ToT inbox or an own inbox should be used instead, the options were deleted. The result was that the options data was not applied.
  • [R5] CopyDir: problem concerning the dungeon path reworked again.
  • [R3] CopyDir: dungeon path disappeared if one executed New, Save or Load
  • [R3] missing dungeon graphics implemented (Kores/ Amiga only)
  • [R2] Taverna: Crash fixed while writing in the taverna editor
  • [R2] InitImportantThings moved from residence screen to the title screen. The problem is that certain folders have to be created before one can start the registration. These were created in the residence screen before and now are possibly excepted.
  • [R2] graphcs engine: While using a second path-file (BardsTale/Dungeons) some pointers possibly were overwritten to bitmaps. This appeared now in the dungeons and title screen from time to time.
  • [R2] BardsTales: deleted lockup during rebellions
  • [R2] BardsTales: fixed error concerning the diseases
  • [R2] Gadget system: error in the market place fixed where more than 30 gadgets were used
  • [R2] Initscreen: password request now allows all characters.
  • [R2] Graphics engine: wrong graphics were loaded into the cache (Azuriel)
Download:
ToT_Amiga_V0.57_R7.lha (Update, 8 MB)
ToT_Amiga_V0.57_P2.lha (Complete archive, 143 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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