08.Aug.2022
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Emulator: vAmigaWeb v2.1 beta5
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator for MacOS vAmiga.
In the current version the developer 'mithrendal' has integrated the latest vAmigaCore2.1b5. Likewise, it is now possible to load the old Snapshots game saves with a new vAmigaCore version. This has been solved by the fact that vAmigaWeb can now hold several versions of the vAmigaCore in parallel. Via the settings you can now reactivate vAmigaCore versions already installed in the past and continue playing the saved games. Detailed changes:
- supports parallel installation of different versions of vAmigaCore; from now on old snapshots can be run by switching back to an older installed version of vAmigaCore
- updated to latest vAmigaCore version v2.1.beta5
- supports ECS denise (SuperHires modes)
- improved memory managment ... support for hdfs with a size of 256Mb (e.g. classic_wb project)
- introduced df0/dh0 eject buttons
- fixed a severe bug where vAmigaWeb stopped accepting any adf or hdf file
(dr)
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08.Aug.2022
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Sprite/Icon/Map editor: Raster Master V1.2 R61 for Windows 10/11
Raster Master is a sprite/icon/map editor for Windows 10/11 which generates RayLib-, PutImagedata and Map code for gcc, AmigaBASIC, Amiga C, Amiga Pascal, QuickBasic, QB64, Quick C, Turbo Pascal, freepascal, Turbo C, Turbo Basic, Power Basic, FreeBASIC, GWBASIC, BASICA, and PC-BASIC (YouTube video).
Since our last news item, the author has focused on the Amiga, especially in the version 1.2 R61 released today, and among other things added Deluxe Paint ILBM/IFF format as well as support for Amiga QuickBasic (AQB). Detailed changelog:
R61
- new Deluxe Paint ILBM/IFF format
- new Amiga QuickBasic (AQB) support - right click over thumbnail view to select export options. use RES Text Export
- fixed some issues with select tool - will not allow you to select out of work area bounds now!
- fixed QuickPascal bug not outputting correct palette array constant
- Added Overwrite file prompt - it would overwrite files without telling you they exist
- Added prompt when selecting exit/close button - just in case you clicked on by accident
- RES Text Include drop down list allows you to select various extensions (c,bas,h,pas,inc,bi)
- grenade constants for Amiga formats c/basic/pascal
R60
- R60 brings QB64/Freebasic RGB/RGBA formats - with auto loading into _NewImage/CreateImage variables
- some bug fixes - I think i was generating basic labels for all the languages instead of just basic in RES Text Export - fixed!
- Created QB64 as separate option now. Use this to use the RGB/RGBA formats, use QBasic\QuickBasic to use PUT for legacy screen
modes (CGA/EGA/VGA)
- Freebasic also has 2 options now. Freebasic QB mode - use this when in QB compatibility mode. Use Freebasic for RGB\RGBA modes
-Map Editor export options has QB64 and Freebasic as options now. This was done because Freebasic needs variables defined prior to use and no period "." in variable names when not in QB mode. So both modes of Freebasic use under scores to sperate fields. eg. Imagename_Width = 16
R59
- Fixed Clip Scroll Issue when top left of work area is clipped and scrolled right
- QB64/Freebasic export of RGBA now properly displays ImageName.Size variable, also added labels for images
- QB64 users see example on how to load RGBA/RGB for _putimage using the the RayLib RGBA/RGB export options (you do not need RayLib for this)
- Sprite import now allows JPG/BMP and ICO files. These are already part of Lazarus runtime anyway (zero cost feature)
(dr)
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07.Aug.2022
Alinea Computer (ANF)
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Two new OmniPort multiport adapters for Amiga 1200
Press release: Alinea Computer is pleased to offer two new versions of the OmniPort multiport adapter for the Amiga 1200 (amiga-news.de reported).
On the one hand, it is a version for the Vampire 2 accelerator and
on the other hand, one for the ScanPlus Scandoubler or for the BVision
graphics card.
The multiport adapters route all available interfaces of the mentioned
hardware cleanly out via the expansion port of the Amiga 1200.
Vampire 2 Version
With this version, the HDMI and the network port of the Vampire 2
to the outside. The required network module is already installed on the
OmniPort available. In addition, two USB ports can be connected to the
outside if a USB card is available.
ScanPlus/BVision Version
With this version, the VGA port of the ScanPlus/BVision is connected to the
outside In addition, two USB ports can be led to the outside if a USB card
is present.
Matching cables are partly standard and partly optional
present. (dr)
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07.Aug.2022
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AmigaOS 4.1: Update of ignition-OpenDocument plugin
The ods-addon of the spreadsheet ignition (amiga-news.de reported) was updated. The addon allows loading and saving tables in OpenDocument format, which is used in LibreOffice/OpenOffice Calc among others. In version 0.36 the handling of text attributes was bug fixed. (dr)
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07.Aug.2022
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AmigaOS 4.1: Finance management LüttjeBookholler 1.84
"Lüttje Bookholler" is a German dialect and means "little accountant". The program is capable to import account data via csv-import.
In version 1.84, UTF characters are now converted to Amiga characters, for example umlauts. And CSV entries can also be categorized without purpose. (dr)
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07.Aug.2022
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Evoke demo party: Demo "Talking Heads" by Spreadpoint
This weekend the demo party 'Evoke' is taking place in Cologne (amiga-news.de reported). The demo group 'Spreadpoint' has now published their 'Talking Heads' 64kB intro contest entry for 'Alternative Platforms' on YouTube. (dr)
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07.Aug.2022
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Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam: Introduction of two entries
At the beginning of June, indie game developer Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen had started the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam, which will run until September 1, 2022 (amiga-news.de reported).
We would like to introduce two contributions of 'pixelplop': "Deathmine" and "Capacitor's Revenge". Both were written with Blitz Basic 2.10 installed under WinUAE. The developer had learned Blitz Basic on the Amiga in the early 90's and after a 25 year break now found his way back to it.
"Deathmine" (YouTube video) is basically a platform game, with an original idea: the player must escape from the mine as quickly as possible before his oil lamp runs out. Each time you die, you leave a light source in the place where you died, and you return to the last checkpoint. You have an infinite number of lives, but each death costs the player time. As the player, you can only see as far as the lamp in your hand or the stationary ones attached to the walls illuminate the environment. The development is in a relatively early stage.
More complete is "Capacitor's Revenge" (YouTube video). It's a remake of Transistor's Revenge, a shoot'em-up game that came out in 1983 for the BBC Micro Computer. A conversion of this game had been planned by him for a long time: here the player takes on the role of a microchip, in his conversion that of the 68000 processor of an Amiga 500+, which is attacked by electrical components such as resistors and capacitors. One defends oneself by sending electrical impulses along the conductive paths on which the enemies approach. When an enemy reaches the chip, it is destroyed and a life is lost. (dr)
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06.Aug.2022
Prince (Mail)
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Video tutorial: Episode 30 of assembler coding course
'Prince', founder of the demo group 'Phaze101', is currently streaming the assembler programming course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube (amiga-news.de reported). Now episode 30 was published. (dr)
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06.Aug.2022
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Farming simulation: Fourth beta version of Farmiga released (update)
The Polish developer 'Tukinem' is writing a farming simulation in AMOS, called 'Farmiga' (amiga-news.de reported). A few moments ago, the fourth beta version (06.08.2022) was released. Changes:
- A farmer has been added to the game who needs to be provided with food and drink. His age and state of contentment are shown in the picture.
- The aim of the game is for the farmer to survive four ages (young, middle-aged, old and grandfather). Then he retires. If the farmer's health declines, his sad face is shown on the photo, and if his health declines completely, the game is lost.
- Additional cultivation of coffee and tea, which can be sold or drunk by the farmer. Coffee or tea with sugar quenches much of the peasants' thirst.
- New mill and cooking sounds.
- Full game time of 8 tax periods.
Hardware requirements: 1,5MB ChipRAM bzw. 1MB Chip + 0,5MB FastRAM.
Update: (12:04, 08.08.22, dr)
The developer uploaded a new adf file today, which now actually contains the sounds of the mill and the cooker. (dr)
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06.Aug.2022
MorphZone
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MorphOS: TinyGL update V2202-08-05
MorphOS team developer Mark 'Bigfoot' Olsen has offered a Bounty project for improved OpenGL support as well as drivers for more Radeon graphics cards under the title link which has been successfully financed (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has released a first update of TinyGL which provides the following changes:
- Support for OpenGL "ARB" programs.
- Support for cube maps (R200 only for now. R300/R400/R500 will have cube map support added in the next update).
- Work has been done towards making TinyGL OpenGL 2.1 compliant.
- A much improved SDK, making it easier for developers to create and port OpenGL applications on MorphOS.
- Many bugs in both TinyGL and the drivers have been fixed.
You can find a more detailed description of the changes in the Readme file of the archive. (dr)
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05.Aug.2022
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Blog: Restoration of an Amiga 2000, part 2
At the end of July, Epsilon reported in his blog 'Epsilon's World' on the restoration of his Amiga 2000. Today he has published part two, describing the installation of the 'Picasso IV' graphics card, a real-time clock and of Picasso 96. (dr)
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05.Aug.2022
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: M.A.C.E. Tower Defense
Entwickler X have released another game of this genre with "M.A.C.E. Tower Defense". Your mission this time is to defend your home planet against alien invaders as the "Military Alliance of Common Earth".
According to the archive name, Warp3D Nova is required, further details about the system requirements under AmigaOS 4 are not given. For Windows, a 2 GHz processor and 2 GB of RAM are mentioned. (snx)
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05.Aug.2022
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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Event: Interface XXXI in Kiel (Germany) on 20.08.2022
On Saturday, August 20, 2022, retro-computing event "Interface" will take place again in Schwentinental near Kiel, Germany, organized by Vintage Computer Club, Amiga-Club Schleswig-Holstein and Computer-Club Klausdorf. Registration by e-mail is recommended.
Details can be found in our german news-item. (snx)
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04.Aug.2022
Christian Zigotzky (Mail)
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Linux: Kernel 5.19 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Right after the release of the finalen Linux Kernel 5.19, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 and offered it for download in the corresponding thread of the Hyperion forum where also a screenshot is available. (dr)
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03.Aug.2022
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ReAction GUI for XAD: Avalanche 1.7 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Chris Young has released version 1.7 of his ReAction-based graphical user interface Avalanche for the unarchiving system XAD, which also supports the xfdmaster.library and can search for viruses using the xvs.library. The developer has written his tool explicitly for AmigaOS 3.2 (but it has also been tested under AmigaOS 4), because it uses a new window.class, so it might not work with older OS3 versions. Changes:
- Avalanche now registers as a commodity
- Added Tools menu item "Extract here" for quick extraction
- Fix initial state of "confirm quit" and "ignore fs" menu items
- Warning corrections
(dr)
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03.Aug.2022
Amiga Future (website)
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Backbone game: Operacion Fallida
With "Operacion Fallida" José 'Jojo073' Gonzáles has published another game. As always, it was created using Backbone, which is at the expense of speed.
In the two levels of the current title, you have to fight your way as a soldier through a World War II bunker in which, until recently, dangerous alien technology was being researched. (snx)
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03.Aug.2022
Amiga Future (website)
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AmigaOS 4/MorphOS: Adventure interpreter ScummVM 2.6.0 (Update)
The adventure interpreter ScummVM supports nine additional games in version 2.6. Further changes include various bug fixes and a new graphical overview of the games in the launcher.
Update: (19:50, 03.08.22, snx)
Meanwhile also the MorphOS version is available at the ScummVM website. (snx)
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03.Aug.2022
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Video: Downfall Amiga, after Commodore
With "Downfall Amiga, after Commodore" Ravi Abbott, who also writes for Amiga Addict, has created a documentary that deals with the decline of the Amiga. The video starts with the Amiga CD³² and then turns to the events around Escom and Gateway. (snx)
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02.Aug.2022
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How I rediscovered my floppy disks
What is, among many other nice things, the advantage of having a baby? You get to know your surroundings completely new! In our bookshelf in the living room, IKEA of course ;), there are two separate compartments on the bottom floor: one is filled with magazines, hiking maps and travel books, the other with my two Amiga floppy disk boxes and quite a few boxes.
Currently, my offspring has developed two preferences: to completely clear out both shelves :) He has a favorite with the hiking maps, which are unfolded with pleasure and meanwhile don't consist of only one piece, as well as with the floppy disk boxes. There are two of them: the Verbatim "Deluxe" version, which offers a small plastic cover for each disk (like boeder) and the Profex. Here is my complete collection:
Now I don't know if it's sacrilege to keep floppy disks not in professional plastic boxes and slipcases, but just in the original cardboard boxes, but it was the start for me to dig back into old memories.
Relatively vividly and well I can remember the various rummage boxes and walls in the local electronics store, in which the disks of various suppliers were presented. And every time the question: do I take the cheap no-name parts or do I treat myself to a box of the brand suppliers - as you can see from the colorful mixture, I then gladly reached for boeder & Co and treated myself to variety. Even in the 90s one was already on sustainability, see KAO. And the no-name boxes were semi-professionally glued together and thus used as a kind of big box.
Even if one or the other may not believe it, but a considerable part of the floppy disks was equipped with software from the Aminet. Of course, I ran a modem on my Amiga 1200! First a 28.8k modem, which drove me crazy, because I never managed to get a noise-free dial-up, and later finally a 56k modem. At that time, in the middle of the 90s, I was studying and where could I get fast and free - yes, at that time dial-up at home still cost something ;) - download software from the Aminet? Of course, in the computer cabinet there. It felt like there was a new version of Voyager and Co every week and you could hardly keep up...
Are floppy disks now just an outdated greeting from times long past? I have to admit, it's been a while since I put the last floppy disk into the 1200 (but that also has to do with the current "computer offspring"). On the one hand, of course, they consume a lot of space. For the little bit that's on there...On the other hand, it's very pleasant to have an antithesis to this "WLAN/streaming/'file-shuffling' world. And even if it might seem contradictory regarding the 'wild copy times' on the Amiga: doesn't such a disk better symbolize the efforts and value behind the development of the software? In any case my curiosity is aroused and I will rummage around in the boxes... (dr)
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