23.Jan.2023
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DIY: N2630 expansion board for Amiga 2000
Parallel to his project of a replica of the A2000 motherboard in ATX form factor, "Amiga-2000-ATX" (amiga-news.de reported), the developer Jason 'jasonsbeer' Neus has started another one : The N2630 is a further development of the original Commodore A2630 expansion card, offering an Amiga 2000 a 50MHz Motorola 68030 CPU card with additional RAM and IDE device connector, and is installed in the CPU slot.
The project documents now released are revision 3.0 and include the Gerber files, JLCPCB ordering information and JED files for each of the CPLDs. The developer gives the following features for the N2630:
- Motorola 68030 microprocessor running at 50MHz
- Motorola 68882 math coprocessor running up to 50MHz
- 4 or 8 megabytes of Zorro 2 Fast RAM
- 16 to 256 megabytes of Zorro 3 Fast RAM
- IDE port with 40-pin cable and CF card options
(dr)
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23.Jan.2023
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DIY project: Building an Amiga 2000 (part 6)
'Drygol' is a member of the demoscene group Lamers and basically deals with retro computers in the form of restorations, upgrades etc. On his site Retrohax.net he not only offers various retro articles, but also runs a blog. Among other things he describes there his project 'Tesseract', the building of an Amiga 2000 from scratch with all maximum modifications. His project is based on the GitHub project of 'Floppie209', a replica of the Amiga2000 motherboard with Sprint layout. After the first five reports (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), today he has published part 6 which is about the repair of a defective Indivision ECS v2 and the installation of an FPU in the ACA1233n. (dr)
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22.Jan.2023
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Minesweeper clone: AmiMineSweeper
After Rafal Zabdyr's "MegaSaperPL" (amiga-news.de reported), another Polish developer is now trying his hand at a Minesweeper clone: 'Tukinem' - known among other things for his platform game Ami-Tower or the farming simulation Farmiga - has named his version "AmiMineSweeper" and is using an Intuition Screen for the first time in one of his games. The game is currently still in beta status, with a time limit and high score table to follow. (dr)
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22.Jan.2023
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Demo party: Revision 2023
According to the organisers, Revision is the largest pure demoscene event in the world. This year's edition will take place from 07 to 10 April in Saarbrücken (Germany). The demo group Spaceballs has published a 40k-AGA-Intro (YouTube video), which also functions as a special Amiga invitation. More details are to follow shortly. (dr)
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22.Jan.2023
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DIY: 2,5-inch IDE-SSD
As reported by hackster.io, Collin "dosdude1" Mistr has released the second in a series of open-source solid-state drive (SSD) upgrades for vintage computer hardware. A 1.8-inch ZIF design is now followed by a 2.5-inch IDE SSD compatible with any device that normally uses a 2.5-inch IDE hard drive or a 3.5-inch IDE hard drive with a simple adapter (YouTube video). So it should also be possible to use it in the Amiga 1200 or Amiga 4000. (dr)
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22.Jan.2023
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Aminet uploads until 21.01.2023
The following files have been added until 21.01.2023 to Aminet:
Beautiful_Machine_Vol... demo/sound 813K 68k Musicdisk
PcmciaCD.lha driver/med 10K 68k ATAPI PCMCIA CD driver Sony Vaio
anaiis_lowlevel.lha driver/oth 25K 68k Anaiis lowlevel release 0.02
jfsw.lha game/shoot 1.7M 68k Shadow Warrior Amiga Port
pcexhumed.lha game/shoot 671K 68k Exhumed / Powerslave Port
Fenachistoscopio_AROS... gfx/show 2.2M x86 Phenakistiscopes player
Fenachistoscopio_MOS.lha gfx/show 2.3M MOS Phenakistiscopes player
Fenachistoscopio_OS4.lha gfx/show 2.6M OS4 Phenakistiscopes player
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.4M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
LN4TheEnd.lha mods/misc 2.7M 4ch 16bit LN4TheEnd MED track
luett-font.lha text/bfont 4K Small HiRes font (8x8, all co...
NAFCYI1991S1-B01.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B02.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B03.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B04.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B05.zip text/bfont 2.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B06.zip text/bfont 2.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B07.zip text/bfont 2.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B08.zip text/bfont 2.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B09.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B10.zip text/bfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B11.zip text/bfont 2.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B12.zip text/bfont 2.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B13.zip text/bfont 2.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B14.zip text/bfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B15.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B16.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B17.zip text/bfont 2.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B18.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B19.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B20.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B21.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B22.zip text/bfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B23.zip text/bfont 2.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B24.zip text/bfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B25.zip text/bfont 2.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B26.zip text/bfont 2.2M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B27.zip text/bfont 2.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B28.zip text/bfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
SteMarRegFonts.lha text/bfont 68K 8 fonts made by Stefano Maria...
avalanche_de.lha util/arc 1K German catalog for Avalanche ...
filesysbox.m68k-amiga... util/libs 73K 68k A FUSE compatible file system...
(snx)
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22.Jan.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 21.01.2023
The following files have been added until 21.01.2023 to OS4Depot:
rave.lha aud/edi 3Mb 4.1 An editor for mono/stereo audio ...
wildmidi.lha aud/pla 41Mb 4.1 A simple software midi player
fenachistoscopio.lha gra/vie 3Mb 4.0 Phenakistiscopes player
shaderjoy.lha gra/vie 4Mb 4.1 Display fragment shaders
smb2fs.lha net/sam 127kb 4.1 Filesystem for accessing files u...
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22.Jan.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 21.01.2023
The following files have been added until 21.01.2023 to AROS Archives:
smb2fs.i386-aros.lha dri/fil 79kb SMB2/3 file system client
opentyrian.i386-aros.zip gam/act 7Mb Open-source port of the DOS game...
fenachistoscopio.i386-aro... gra/vie 2Mb Phenakistiscopes player
filesysbox.i386-aros.lha lib/mis 52kb A FUSE compatible file system layer
(snx)
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22.Jan.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 21.01.2023
The following files have been added until 21.01.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
Iris_1.7.lha Email New email client suppor...
MirrorMagic_3.1.0.lha Games/Think Arcade style game in th...
RocksNDiamonds_4.3.4.0... Games/Think Arcade style game in th...
Fenachistoscopio_1.0.lha Graphics/Show Phenakistiscopes player
WitchCleaner_2.35.lha Network/Web A little and easy progr...
ADiffView_2.2.lha Text/Compare A graphical file compar...
AMUIDiff_1.0b.lha Text/Compare Displays differences of...
PageStream5_FR_1.1.lha Translations French translation of P...
PageStream5-Tips_FR_1.... Translations French translation of P...
(snx)
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22.Jan.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 21.01.2023
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 21.01.2023:
(snx)
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22.Jan.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: 25 years Amiga Future - outlook and raffle
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the print magazine Amiga Future, at the title link its editor-in-chief Andreas Magerl looks back briefly and comments on current plans. In addition, two subscriptions for one year are raffled.
In case this makes you interested in the history of the magazine, you can find a review, which was last updated two years ago, on the website of Amiga Future as well. (snx)
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22.Jan.2023
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Text adventure: The Dragnet Case
"The Dragnet Case" is a text adventure published by Taskmaster Software, originally written back in the 1980s and now available for various retro systems (C64, Amstrad, Amiga etc.).
You take on the role of Sam Boon, a private detective from L.A. who has had little to do lately and is now suddenly surprised by gunfire. The movement of the character is done by entering the cardinal directions ("GO NORTH", or "NORTH" or just "N" for short) or with "U" (up) or "D" (down). Further instructions are explained in the game description. (dr)
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21.Jan.2023
Twitter
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AmigaRemix: Website launch of version 2.0
AmigaRemix provides new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games and demos as MP3 files for download. Now version 2.0 of the website has been introduced, which should improve the submission of tracks in particular. In the near future there should also be the possibility to download the whole archive via torrents. Since our last report, the following tracks have been added:
- a Piece of Magic (The Armandox Treatment)
- Lost Patrol (NAM Edit)
- Stardust Memories
(dr)
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21.Jan.2023
Facebook
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Amiga Ireland 2023: Winners of Creative Competition
Last weekend the Amiga Ireland took place in Athlone (amiga-news.de reported). Now the winners of the "Creative Competition 2023" have been published. In the category "Pixel Art" the winners can be seen directly under the title link, for the music entries we have researched links to the top 3 to listen to:
(dr)
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20.Jan.2023
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PiStorm32-lite: JLCPCB soldering issues
Since about three weeks the building instructions and documentation for the PiStorm32-lite are available (amiga-news.de reported). After that, many interested people ordered the necessary parts from JLCPCB. Some problems occurred during assembly, which Andrew 'LinuxJedi' Hutchings now summarises in his latest blog entry:
Apparently, the holes in the bottom of the boards were filled with metal balls. This was especially the case with orders placed via JLCPCB's economy service. Basically, the problem could be fixed by poking the balls out from above with a pin.
It was quickly found out that the problem was excess solder paste that got into the holes during the Reflow process. In a few cases, however, even the solder penetrated the metal of the plug. The developer goes into detail about the exact reasons for this in the further course of his explanations. (dr)
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20.Jan.2023
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Video: 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast #144 - The fully networked Amiga 4000
Issue 144 of Douglas Compton's videocast 10MARC is about networking his Amiga 4000. Among others he demonstrated how to use the Twitter client twittAmiga or the SMB network protocol (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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19.Jan.2023
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ACube Systems: First batch of Sam460LE boards shipped - second delayed
Press release - January 29, 2023
Dear customers,
We have sent out as many boards as we could prepare.
Unfortunately, we received from our suppliers some faulty Ethernet controllers and therefore some boards failed the stress tests.
This will create a delay in the delivery of the remaining Sam460LE. :-(
The replacement Ethernet controllers will arrive in mid-February, after Chinese New Year.
Again, we will perform our extensive testing because we would rather not release a poor product.
We apologize for yet another delay caused by companies that do not play fair.
We will keep you informed.
Thank you.
The ACube Systems Team (dr)
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18.Jan.2023
MorphZone
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MorphOS: Email client Iris 1.7 (update)
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.6 of his email client Iris for MorphOS. Changes:
- Settings UI improvements, missing help bubbles, etc
- External image viewer option for image attachments in mail reader
- Autoconfiguration disabled for POP3 entirely. While POP3 accounts may still be manually added, they are eventually going to be deprecated in Iris entirely
- Updated all localizable strings to use safe formatting tokens since some of the translations would cause Iris to crash
- Fixed a crash if a new folder was added as an INBOX subfolder on the server
- Updated WebKit, cURL and other libraries
Download: iris.lha (21 MB)
Update: (20.01.2023, 05:11, dr)
Meanwhile version 1.7 is available which fixes a Polish catalog issue and two causes of crash. (dr)
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18.Jan.2023
Floppy (Kommentar)
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AROS: Distribution Icaros Desktop Live 1.31 beta 20230118
Paolo Besser released a beta version of his AROS distribution Icaros Desktop live which contains the recent ABIv0 backports by Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz, but also other additions, and asks users willing to support it to test it. (dr)
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18.Jan.2023
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SMB2 handler smb2fs V53.4 for AmigaOS 3/4 and AROS
The Server Message Block (SMB) is a network protocol for file, print and other server services in computer networks and allows access to files and directories located on another computer (Wikipedia entry). Fredrik Wikstrom's SMB2 handler is based on libsmb2 and allows remote access to files via the SMB2/3 protocols (amiga-news.de reported). Version 53.4 is now not only available for AmigaOS 4, but also for AROS and thanks to Szilard Biro for AmigaOS 3. Changes:
- Rewrote the readv() and writev() implementations according to: sahlberg/libsmb2#242
- Merged latest changes from libsmb2:
- Read share flags and use encryption if needed.
- Fix ntlm_convert_password_hash on big endian.
- Added AmigaOS 3 and AROS ports (the AmigaOS 3 port is thanks to the work of Szilard Biro).
Requirements: newlib.library V53.40 or later (or V53.30 as included in AmigaOS 4.1 FE) and the filesysbox.library V54.4 or later for AmigaOS 4, filesysbox.library 54.3 or later for AROS and AmigaOS 3 and optional the requester.class (ClassAct/ReAction, for password requester) for AmigaOS 3.
Downloads:
smb2fs.i386-aros.lha (79 KB)
smb2fs.m68k-amigaos.lha (148 KB)
smb2fs.ppc-amigaos.lha (127 KB)
(dr)
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18.Jan.2023
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Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.8
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan allows you to develop games. The engine itself is closed source, all demos and example games are open source. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, levels created by using the editor Tiled eingesetzt. For importing and creating sounds, music and animations the Amiga formats (mod, 8svx, anim5) are used.
A few moments ago he has released version 2022.8. Changes:
- New game sample: "Elf Spirit Hunters"
- Sprite sheet importer includes scaling function inspired by the RotSprite algorithm
- Integration with Tiled's "template" system in order to allow actors to be placed at exact pixel-perfect coordinates (as well as to allow VARs to be set per actor on the map itself)
- New "asset bundles" system allows you to be very granular about which sound effects and animations are in memory at any one time
- Removed all limitations on screen width, allowing 320x wide games to be possible
- New "cartridge" file structure merges the many previously output files into a single file
- New "debug mode" feature allows for stepping through codeblocks at real time line by line during gameplay
- New "Maryo", "Sonyc" and "Jetpack" movement types allowing for improved platformer game control
- Support for the "Endrun" utility for freeing additional memory on the A500 Amiga
- Anim5 support has been substantially improved, and a new demo has been included for that
- Map format has been improved so there's no longer a hard limit of 256 foreground tiles or animated tiles, and memory requirements have been dropped from six bytes per tile to five
- A set of new math functions focusing on trigonometry purposes
- Sundry bug fixes and performance enhancements
You can support the developer on his Patreon website. (dr)
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17.Jan.2023
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Website launch: retro.directory
Robert Smith, previously known for his DrawBridge or FloppyBridge project and various video releases, has put online "retro.directory", a first version of his website for searching and finding museums, magazines, clubs and groups, events, podcasts, Youtubers, arcades, shops or cafés, all of which have a connection to Retro (YouTube video).
Reporting your own entry is free of charge. There is also the option of advertising or sponsoring the initiative. As the developer reports, he wants to offer an easy way to find retro-related places and websites with the directory. The website should also work with older (retro) browsers, but then you won't have access to the map.
(dr)
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17.Jan.2023
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Adventure interpreter: ScummVM 2.2.0
The developer 'NovaCoder' has been porting the adventure interpreter ScummVM to AmigaOS 3 for a long time: while there are current implementations of version 1.9 for RTG Amigas and AGA Amigas with 68060 processor, the version for AGA Amigas with 68030 processor (and up) is based on version 1.5 and dates from 2015.
Now there is another approach: the English developer Robin 'betajaen' Southern has created a fork based on the build of 'mheyer32' and released versions of ScummVM 2.2.0 for AmigaOS 3 (030, 040 and 060 processor). As he writes, he does not want to hinder 'NovaCoders' work. He added support for arrow keys, GAME tooltypes and EGA palette changes to the 'mheyer32' build and reduced the start-up time. Furthermore, he said, he is focusing on Sierra's game engine SCI, as he plays Police Quest 2 on Twitch, which requires arrow keys for gameplay. Joysticks are also supported.
In separate executables he has also included support for AGI and SCUMM. The developer has more or less tested the following games with an Amiga 1200 (Vampire) under AmigaOS 3.2.1:
- SCI - Police Quest 2
- SCI - Colonel's Bequest
- SCI - Codename: Iceman
- SCI - Kings' Quest IV
- AGI - Police Quest 1
- AGI - King's Quest III
- SCUMM - Maniac Mansion
- SCUMM - Zak McKracken
- SCUMM - Monkey Island 1
- SCUMM - Monkey Island 2
- SCUMM - Fate of Atlantis
(dr)
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