16.Nov.2022
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Experimental operating system for the Amiga 4000: Apollo
Dietmar Planitzers unfortunately named "Apollo" project is an experimental operating system for the Amiga 4000. It is incompatible to existing systems, but tries to implement modern concepts on the Commodore computer - the author mentions
a process management built around dispatch queues similar to Apple's Grand Central Dispatch as one example.
Interested users need to compile Apollo themselves, the project is being developed on MacOS using the integrated development environment Xcode. Currently the only software available is a bunch of unit tests - which have to be invoked manually, since there's no automated unit testing framework yet. (cg)
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16.Nov.2022
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Video: 68k programs under MorphOS
Ravi Abbott, known for his documentary "Downfall Amiga, after Commodore" (amiga-news.de reported), shows in his latest video how to install the operating system MorphOS and then set it up so that you can use 68k applications and games. (dr)
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16.Nov.2022
Amiga Future (website)
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Retailer: EU source of supply for Checkmate products
After Stephen Jones' Checkmate products became more difficult to purchase in the EU as a result of the Brexit, the German mail order company DragonBox now offers a source of supply within this economic area at the title link. (snx)
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16.Nov.2022
BBSindex (ANF)
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Amiga 37: Video report with interviews
The 58-minute video report by 'BBSindex' about the Amiga37 event contains various interviews, for example with the former Commodore employees Gerald Lang, Karina Härtel and Ettore Caurla or with the musician Chris Hülsbeck, who also tells personal details. (snx)
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16.Nov.2022
Olaf Schönweiß (ANF)
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Video: Scalos as Linux desktop
The Workbench replacement Scalos, which was ported for AROS ten years ago, is now also running under the runtime environment AxRuntime under Linux in a still very early state.
A video of it can be watched at the title link, in a forum post Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz describes how to proceed if you want to try it out yourself. (snx)
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16.Nov.2022
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Accelerator board projekt: Buffee developer on the advantages of PJIT
In her blog Renee Cousins, one of the two developers of the turbo card project "Buffee" (amiga-news.de reported), reports about theoretical and practical basics of the project. In two previous blog entries she had compared her emulation solution of the 68k processor under ARM microprocessors, Pseudo-JIT (PJIT), with solutions like Emu68 or UAE (part 1, part 2). In the now published third part of the series, she explains why she thinks PJIT is better than either of the other two strategies.
Also, she writes, the programming of the board is the biggest headache, with a couple of beta boards already destroyed in the process. They are still trying to figure out the timing with the CIA chips (e.g., the talking 6800), but right now ROM and the custom registers are working fine. She could not test the chip RAM because the ROM was blocking access. (dr)
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15.Nov.2022
Chris Hülsbeck (Twtter)
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Podcast interview: In conversation with Chris Hülsbeck
Every Monday, the podcast Pop: The History Makers presents a new interview with an icon of popular culture. This time, musician and composer Chris Hülsbeck is the guest. (dr)
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15.Nov.2022
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Metacompiler: Portabl E r6a
Christopher Handley's metacompiler "Portabl E" works by translating your code written with the programming language Amiga E into C++, and then using GCC to compile it into an executable. This needs an installation of GCC. This update fixes some bugs of version r6, released a few days ago (amiga-news.de reported). Changes:
- BUG: AmigaOS4: Fixed the 'std/cGui' module failing to compile (MUIA_Dtpic_Name not declared), due to the SDK not using MUI4+ by default.
- BUG: Linux: Fixed 32-bit hex values > $7FFFFFFF not being interpreted as negative by the type checker.
- BUG: AROS: Fixed Install_AROS not offering to install the extra C header files (although they're not really needed).
(dr)
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15.Nov.2022
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Feature test in AMOS: Update for mingame None Of Us
The group 'ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP', known among other things for the fantasy shooter Project Quest, which is currently in development, had released a minigame called "None Of Us" three weeks ago, which is intended to test how to obscure the player's opponents with light and shadow in AMOS Pro (YouTube video).
Two further updates (amiga-news.de reported) fix two music bugs and give the player and enemies a higher speed. (dr)
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14.Nov.2022
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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Event: Interface XXXII in Kiel, Germany, on 26.11.2022
On Saturday, November 26, retro computing event "Interface" will take place again in Schwentinental near Kiel, Germany. More information can be found in our German news-item. (snx)
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14.Nov.2022
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Video: Capacitor replacement on Amiga 1200
The YouTube channel "Casual Retro Gamer" (CRG) is dedicated to repairing and building retro hardware. The latest video shows how to change the capacitors on the motherboard of an Amiga 1200. (dr)
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14.Nov.2022
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Preview video: Super Metal Hero
"Raster Wizards" have published another preview video of the Jump'n Run "Super Metal Hero" developed with BlitzBasic showing the sentinel enemy of the fourth world. (dr)
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13.Nov.2022
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Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.6.7
Bartman', member of the demo group 'Abyss', provides with 'amiga-debug' a 'Visual Studio Code' extension for "compiling, debugging and profiling Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 11.2 with the bundled WinUAE" (YouTube video). A few moments ago, version 1.6.7 has been released. Changes:
- NEW: profiler: Toggle right panel
- NEW: debugger: New panel for custom registers
- FIX: profiler: Fix mac rendering bug
- FIX: profiler: Mac keyboard shortcuts
- NEW: vasm: memory type suffix in section names
- FIX: assembly: Check cycle counts are for current file
- NEW: profiler: Track source from profile disassembly view
(dr)
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13.Nov.2022
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Kung Fu action: "Devil's Temple" V3.5
About three weeks ago, Geezer Games had released "Devil's Temple (amiga-news.de reported). By releasing another update, the following bugs were fixed:
- When using the ADF's, Level 9 now loads, Stage 10 files moved to disk 2 to fix. I'm amazed nobody picked this up sooner and just shows floppies/adfs are not in fashion.
- End of game bug fixed where the game would not end if the player moves immediately right when X appears. Fixed by spawning Lena before X, now Lena will always be in the chair.
(dr)
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13.Nov.2022
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Aminet uploads until 12.11.2022
The following files have been added until 12.11.2022 to Aminet:
CloudDav_1.81.lha comm/net 759K MOS A WebDav client
encore_morphever.lha demo/misc 47M MOS Morphever by Encore - demo fo...
modifile.lha dev/amos 74K 68k File modifier written by AMOSPro
PortablE.lha dev/e 13M ALL E compiler, r6 finished release
anaiis.lha driver/oth 207K 68k ANAIIS USB Stack Release 1.22
Mattonite.lha game/actio 973K 68k Arkanoid like PAL game almost...
MinedField.lha game/think 30K 68k a Windows alike game for the ...
7mezzoplus.lha game/wb 328K 68k Popular Italian Christmas game
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.6M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.9M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 5.1M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.4M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
SnesMUI.lha misc/emu 2.5M MOS MUI interface for Snes9x emul...
hippoplayerupdate.lha mus/play 374K 68k Updated HippoPlayer
iGame.lha util/misc 315K Frontend for WHDLoad
clzip.lha util/pack 267K MOS Data (de)compressor like gzip...
(snx)
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13.Nov.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 12.11.2022
The following files have been added until 12.11.2022 to OS4Depot:
drawing_dt.lha dat/ima 380kb 4.0 Vector superclass + DR2D/SVG Dat...
portable.lha dev/lan 13Mb 4.1 E compiler, r6 (07.11.2022)
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
animwebconverter.lha gra/mis 2Mb 4.0 A web anim tool
setpointer.lha uti/she 13kb 4.0 A way to set the pointer at boot...
(snx)
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13.Nov.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 12.11.2022
The following files have been added until 12.11.2022 to AROS Archives:
portable.lha dev/lan 13Mb E Compiler
animwebconverter.lha gra/con 2Mb Easy web tool to convert your ol...
(snx)
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13.Nov.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 12.11.2022
The following files have been added until 12.11.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
bePlayer_1.5.lha Audio/Players A simple music player u...
Chrysalis_3.17r2_Micro... Chrysalis This pack allows you to...
ENCORE_Morphever_1.1.0... Demoscene/ENCORE Demo for MorphOS PowerPC
AmiBlitz_3.9.8.lha Development/AmiBlitz Amiblitz is the further...
pForth_28-BE-32.zip Development/C Portable ANS-like Forth...
PortablE_r6.lha Development/E PortablE is a recreatio...
X-Mass_2.0.lha Emulation/ACEpansion Plugin for ACE CPC Emul...
AmiArcadia_29.2.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
clzip_1.13.lha Files/Archive Data (de)compressor lik...
iGame_2.2.0.lha Games/Launcher A frontend to launching...
image2pdf_1.0.lha Graphics/Convert image2pdf_1.0.lha
AnimWebConverter_5.0.lha Graphics/Tools A little and easy web t...
PegasosJedi.jpeg Hardware/Pegasos2 Pegasos 2 motherboard
NoClick_2.0.lha Misc Multiplatform NoClick e...
CloudDav_1.81.lha Network/Streaming A WebDav client
PastePass_1.11_beta.lha System/Utilities A simple passwordmanage...
(snx)
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13.Nov.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 12.11.2022
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 12.11.2022:
- 2022-11-10 improved: Aliex (Trojan) vbi fixed, new install script (Info)
- 2022-11-10 improved: Cyber Assault (Trojan) supports another version, vbi fixed, 68000 quitkey, new install script (Info)
- 2022-11-09 improved: Allo 'Allo (Alternative) supports another version (Info)
- 2022-11-09 new: Spellbound! (Lander Software) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-09 new: Hoversprint (Exentrix) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-08 new: Mike The Magic Dragon (Kingsoft) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-08 new: Lancaster (Showroom dummies ) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-08 new: Gilbert: Escape From Drill (Enigma Variations) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-07 improved: Titan (Titus) 68000 quitkey, trainer added, stack relocated, new install script (Info)
- 2022-11-07 new: The Famous Five (Enigma Variations) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-07 new: Monkey Business (Other Valley ) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-11-07 improved: Arena (Psygnosis) imager fixed, 68000 quitkey, less chip memory required, stack relocated, new install script & manual included (Info)
(snx)
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12.Nov.2022
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Blog: Developer of "Rave" about Amiga37
In his latest blog entry Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka, developer of the audio editor "Rave", reports about his experiences and impressions of the Amiga37. (dr)
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12.Nov.2022
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MorphOS: Software collection Chrysalis 3.17r2
Yannick 'Papiosaur' Buchy's Chrysalis is a preconfigured collection of programs, games and emulators and now is available in version 3.17r2 for MorphOS 3.17, this time dedicated to the microAlchimie VI which took place last weekend.
Changes:
- AmiSSL 5.5 68k (AmiSSL Open Source Team)
- Wayfarer 4.3 (Jacek Piszczek)
- TinyGL update 2022-10-19 (bigfoot)
- Lupe 2.1 (Matthias Böcker)
- LiteXL 2.1.0 (George Sokianos)
- AVCodec 1.5 (Andreas Falkenhahn)
- DAPlayer 1.14 (Thomas Rapp)
- SDL 2.24.1 (BeWorld)
- ACE 1.25 + plugins (Philippe Rimauro)
- HotBorder 1.10 (Tcheko)
- Iris 1.4 (Jacek Piszczek)
- BeeBase 1.0 (Steffen Gutmann)
- PintorWeb 3.20 (Templario)
- Starfield 1.0 (Matthias Böcker)
- RNOEffects 1.4 (jPV^RNO)
- ScummVM 2.6.1 (BeWorld)
- PerCIMan 0.7.5 (Ulrich Beckers)
- bePlayer 1.5 (BeWorld)
- AnimWebConverter 5.0 (Templario)
- Video mimetype fixed
- New entries in the Ambient menu
Download: Chrysalis_3.17r2_MicroAlchimie.iso (986 MB)
(dr)
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12.Nov.2022
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Do it yourself: Drivers for clockport/Raspberry Pi interface
At the end of June Niklas Ekström had provided the information for the reconstruction of an interface with which a communication between Amiga and Raspberry Pi via the clockport is possible (amiga-news.de reported). The goal is to be able to run services like the filesystem a314fs which allows access to directories of the Raspbery Pi and the SANA-II network driver over it.
After he published the source files of the necessary software adaptations a month ago, the pre-compiled Amiga files followed yesterday. (dr)
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11.Nov.2022
Amiga Future (website)
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Do it yourself: Sound card Prelude replica (Update)
The Zorro II sound card Prelude supported recording and playing in full-duplex mode at a resolution of 16 bit and a frequency of upto 64 kHz. Those who are interested in building a replica themselves can find a corresponding project - inluding the expansion module MPEGit - at the title link.
Update: (14.11.22, 08:00, snx)
The GitHub repository has been removed meanwhile. As the developer of the replica, Alexander Engelhardt, told us, it had been just a backup, while by himself his work has been just released at a1k.org so far. The reason is that he would like to wait for possible bug reports first, an official release will follow. (snx)
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11.Nov.2022
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Video: The history of the British video game developer "Magnetic Scrolls"
In his latest video, Kim Justice takes a look at the British computer game company "Magnetic Scrolls", which from 1984 onwards became known mainly for their text adventures like THE PAWN, Myth or Fish!. On the page "Magnetic Scrolls Memorial" you can find more information about the developers and other games. (dr)
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11.Nov.2022
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Puzzle game: LUMA
Indie game developer Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen (among others Wheel of Fortune implementation YAWoFFA or Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam) has released the Amiga port of the puzzle game LUMA, originally written for the Commodore 64.
LUMA is laser based sliding puzzle game where the goal is to connect lasers to targets of same color by using mirrors to deflect the beam. The lasers have to be activated using batteries. Each level must be solved within a specific amount of moves. The game has 128 levels and can be downloaded for a price to be set by the user. (dr)
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10.Nov.2022
Vinnny (ANF)
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Distributed.net: OGR-28 completed, Distributed Amiga in second place
Around the turn of the millennium, various initiatives were started to make unused computing time available for projects, which also led to the formation of teams in the Amiga area that competed with others - be it against other operating systems or among each other (amiga-news.de reported).
With OGR, for example, the task is to search for an optimal Golomb ruler. More than eight years after finding the 27th-order one, when the Distributed Amiga team came in third, the optimal 28th-order Golomb ruler has now been found: The Distributed Amiga team even achieved second place this time, the MorphOS team twelfth. (snx)
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10.Nov.2022
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WHDLoad: Graphical user-interface iGame 2.2.0
iGame is a MUI-based frontend for starting WHDLoad games (amiga-news.de reported). Recently George 'walkero' Sokianos (editor 'Lite XL' or MediaVault) has released version 2.2.0 for AmigaOS 2.04 and higher, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS, providing the following changes:
- Added
- Added automatic release to Aminet and OS4Depot through the CI/CD whenever a new release tag is created at the repo
- Changed
- Removed completely the Tooltypes. Now iGame defaults to the optimal settings and uses only the settings file to change its behaviour.
- Now if the file "envarc:igame.prefs" exists then this is used by iGame, instead of the one that exists at the PROGDIR:. This way multiple iGame instances will have common settings.
- Introducing semantic versioning. No beta versions any more. Now the versions will have three digits based on MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH pattern. More info at https://semver.org/
Aminet download: iGame.lha (315 KB) (dr)
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