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07.Jun.2019



USB adapter for input devices: Tom and Tom+
On ebay the British shop electronika4you-uk offers adapters which can connect USB input devices (mouse, joystick or keyboard) to the joystick port of a Commodore or Atari computer. It is not required any additional drivers on PC. more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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04.Jun.2019



Web browser: NetSurf 3.9dev (SDL version)
Artur Jarosik has released an update of his Amiga port of the web browser NetSurf. His port uses  - in contrary to Chris Young's native, Reaction-based version - SDL. Only the preferences pane is MUI-based. more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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04.Jun.2019



Full version as download: AirTaxi
David May's Air Taxi is a clone of the 8-Bit classic Space Taxi, which supports up to four joysticks and five human players. On a separate website now the programmer offers the full version of the game as free download. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.Jun.2019



Book: Getting Started with Warp3D Nova
Originally published on his blog, on the advice of a programmer Hans de Ruiter has reworked and extended his lessons about his 3D system "Warp 3D Nova" and published it as book on Amazon. A print version for 26 Euro as well as an eBook for 5 Euro are available. more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.Jun.2019



Pong 4 as commercial release
Last October "PONG 4k" was released which is a PONG clone for four players. Now the game can be purchased also as commercial release. For 9 Euro plus shipping the Polish website amiga.pl.net offers a CD in a DVD box including a manual printed fully in colour, a sticker (7x10 cm) and an A3 poster. The game was written for a CD32 but also runs on other AGA Amigas. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.Jun.2019
MorphZone (Forum)


Leu 0.01: Opening Excel and ODS files
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's Leu is a program for opening and editing (currently with limited functionality) Excel (xls, xlsx), OpenOffice and LibreOffice files (ods) and is available as an early version for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS (ARM, x86, x64).

Download: Leu0.01.lha (8 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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02.Jun.2019



Aminet-Uploads until 01.06.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until June 1st, 2019:
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02.Jun.2019



OS4Depot-Uploads until 01.06.2019
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02.Jun.2019



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 01.06.2019
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until June 1st, 2019:
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02.Jun.2019



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 01.06.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until June 1st, 2019:
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02.Jun.2019



WHDLoad: New installers until 01.06.2019
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until June 1st, 2019: more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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02.Jun.2019
AmigaLife (Webseite)


Amiga Demo Launcher v1.6b
The demo group Resistance presents their first public (beta) version of the Amiga Demo Launcher.

Amiga Demo Launcher (ADL) is an application to replay executable file demos from a playback queue.
more ... (snx)

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02.Jun.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Using Amiga disks on PC: ADF-Copy 1.010 and ADF-Drive firmware 1.010
Using the USB adapter ADF-Drive and the corresponding copy program ADF-Copy you can read Amiga disks with a PC drive under Windows, Linux or on the Raspberry Pi (amiga-news.de reported).

Version 1.010 provides the option of deleting a disk image by complete overwriting. Besdies, the speed of all write operation was increased. The latest and also updated ADF-Drive firmware 1.010 is required. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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02.Jun.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Emulator: FS-UAE 2.9.12dev (beta)
Frode Solheim has released a new development version of his emulator FS-UAE which provides the following changes: more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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31.May.2019
Martin Wolf (ANF)


"Officially licensed" Commodore jerseys on Amazon
On Amazon, "Score Draw" offers retro jerseys of German soccer clubs, among others also red and white jerseys with "Commodore" logo. In contrast to jerseys of other teams, these are not complete copies of the original jerseys: on the "official Commodore retro jerseys from 1986" (product description of the producer) the logo and the name of the corresponding club are missing - the FC Bayern München is not mentioned even in the article description. more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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31.May.2019



Full version as download: Highway Patrol 2
The full version of the racing game Highway Patrol 2 is available in the download section of the Amiga Future as ADF, IPF or WHDLoad archive. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 98 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.

Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga games "Virtual GP" and "Wing Commander".

Download sites:
Italian
English (snx) (Translation: dr)

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30.May.2019
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Game: Reshoot R released
Press release: Bombs away for Reshoot R - Modern action for the retro platform Amiga

Pürge/Übersee, May 28th, 2019: The development studio spieleschreiber and the publisher APC&TCP today announce the availability of the retro action game Reshoot R.
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27.May.2019
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


Version 8 of Hollywood plugin for Vim released
Tom Crecelius has updated the Hollywood plugin for the text editor Vim: Version 8.0 is available now supporting the latest Hollywood version. For users of AmigaOS it is interesting to know that the plugin also works with the MUI version of Vim funktioniert. As usual you can download it from the official Hollywood website under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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26.May.2019



Aminet-Uploads until 25.05.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until May 25th, 2019:
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26.May.2019



OS4Depot-Uploads until 25.05.2019
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26.May.2019



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 25.05.2019
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26.May.2019



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 25.05.2019
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26.May.2019



WHDLoad: New installers until 25.05.2019
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until May 25th, 2019: more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.May.2019
AmigaWorld.de (Twitter)


Open Hardware: Amiga-1200 expansion modul
This time Matthias Münch has published documents for replicating an expansion modul for the Amiga 1200. The modul is suitable for the Flickerfixer Indivision AGA Mk1 and Mk2cr as well as for an USB extension like Subway or RapidRoad. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.May.2019
AmigaWorld.de (Twitter)


3D print: Casing for ACA500
Under the title link data for printing a casing for the accelerator board ACA500 developed by Individual Computers has been published. There is no documentation if it is also suitable for its successor ACA500plus. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Memory expansion: OpenAmiga600FastRamExpansion
After the publication of documents for replicating a memory expansion for the Amiga 500, under the title link data also are available for the Amiga 600. It is based on the LVD design (amiga-news.de reported). The board is equipped with 4 MB DRAM. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Indivdual Computers: Buddha-Flash-Firmware 52.101 / Ordering new controllers
Individual Computers has released a firmware update for the IDE controller Buddha Flash. Version 52.101 fixes two bugs both occuring when "crossing a 32-bit boundary under certain conditions". According to Jens Schönfeld "a very similar bug is in the IDE drivers of Amiga OS 3.1.4" which might be based on previous versions. The developer team of Hyperion has been informed.

Additionally new controllers ("Anniversary Edition") will be produced and are supposed to be available not later than by mid June. Pre-orders are possible. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2019
MorphZone (Forum)


Lawsuit: Cloanto is not entitled to sue
After three previous setbacks, Cloanto again had to face a defeat in court in the legal dispute with Hyperion. According to the order of the court from 16th May (PDF file, 129 KB), Cloanto is not entitled to sue against Hyperion based on the Settlement Agreement from 2009.
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19.May.2019
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: File manager Dir Me Up 3.96
Jérôme 'Glames' Senays' commercial file manager "Dir Me Up" (video) "is a program to explore and manipulate files, links and drawers of your Amiga."

Version 3.96 mainly is a bug fix release. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2019
Ultimate Creative (ANF)


Music: Teaser video for Crunch by Pseudaxos
After "Loading" in 2016 and "Loading MegaWatts Edition" in 2018, Pseudaxos is going to release a new album produced by Ultimate Creative this year. By their own account, all musics are fully composed on Amiga. At the title link, a video teaser has been published. (snx)

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19.May.2019



Aminet-Uploads until 18.05.2019
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19.May.2019



OS4Depot-Uploads until 18.05.2019
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19.May.2019



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 18.05.2019
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19.May.2019



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 18.05.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until May 18th, 2019:
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19.May.2019



WHDLoad: New installers until 18.05.2019
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until May 18th, 2019: more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Flickerfixer: MultiFix AGA V0.1 in development
Matthias Heinrichs is working on a Flickerfixer expansion board for the Amiga 2000, 3000 and 4000(T). Under the title link in the forum of a1k.org he has introduced his project. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2019
AmigaWorld (ANF)


AmigaWorld.de: New circuits available
During the last weeks on Amigaworld.de Matthias 'DJBase' Münch has published some circuit boards of hardware extensions for self-assembly (e.g. Kickstart switcher, mouse ports, SCSI Terminator board), recently the RAM expansion A572. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2019
AmigaWorld.de (Twitter)


Archi-Tech: New Amiga-600 accelerator board in development
The Polish company Archi-Tech is developing an accelerator board for the Amiga 600 (picture). The latest prototype has a Motorola-68030 processor with 50-MHz clocking as well as 64 MB RAM. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2019
AmigaWorld.de (Twitter)


Retro 7-Bit: Memory expansion Wicher CDTV
In January the 8-MB memory expansion "Wicher CDTV" for the Amiga CDTV was announced by Retro 7-Bit. Meanwhile it is available and also has a Amiga-600 compatible IDE controller for 2,5" hard drives. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2019
AmigaWorld.de (Twitter)


Alternative Amiga-1200 keyboard published on GitHub
Adam Eberbach is developing an alternative CherryMX keyboard for the Amiga 1200. He has published the project under the MIT licence on GitHub. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2019



Emulator: WinUAE 4.2.1
A bug fix release 4.2.1 of the Amiga emulator WinUAE has been released. more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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16.May.2019
Amiga Future (website)


Hyperion Entertainment acquired ReAction GUI toolkit
Press release:
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15.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Accelerator board: Fúria firmware 12.7
The firmware of the Amiga-600 accelerator board Fúria of the Slovakian developer Boris 'Boboo' Krizma (amiga-news.de reported) has been updated. It is available for 2K and 4K memory chips. An ISP cable as well as the Xilinx software is required for updating the firmware on the 68EC020 board.

Download:
Furia_EC020.jed (2K version, 123 KB)
Furia_EC020.jed (4K version, 123 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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14.May.2019



Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.6.14 (alpha)
RedPill is a Game Construction Kit written in AmiBlitz2, which can help developing games of diverse genres - published videos show versions of Pacman and Mirror. RedPill is compatible to AGA and ECS, the "player" requires 1 MB Chip as well as some Fast RAM. more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.May.2019
Amiga Future (website)


Graphic board: First ZZ9000 equipped
The graphic board ZZ9000 is the successor of the VA2000 (amiga-news.de reported) and could be reserved since last summer. According to the developer on Twitter, the first board now was equipped and can be tested. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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12.May.2019



Aminet-Uploads until 11.05.2019
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12.May.2019



OS4Depot-Uploads until 11.05.2019
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12.May.2019



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 11.05.2019
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12.May.2019



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 11.05.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until May 11th, 2019:
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12.May.2019



WHDLoad: New installers until 11.05.2019
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12.May.2019



Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE (11.0)
The Workbench distribution AmiKit, meant for emulators, has been updated to version XE (11.0). The changes include a new desktop design (inspired by the Workbench from 1986), a picture-in-picture function for playing games in a Workbench window (requires WinUAE 4.2.0), an installation option for AmigaOS 3.1.4 as well as further 29 programs and 6 games. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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12.May.2019
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


Questions for interviews with Hyperion and the MorphOS-team wanted
Recently Stephen Jones did a video interview with Mike Battilana (Cloanto, C-A Acquisition Corporation). Now he is collecting questions for further interviews with Hyperion Entertainment and the MorphOS-Team. Please send them via eMail to steve@imica.net.

The procedure will be the same as before: Only those questions will be asked which were sent by users before. There will not be any further enquiries. The interview will be recorded in the coming months on site. Therefore again you are asked to support Jones by donating money for his trip via Patreon. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Reading ADF files: GoADF! 1.1
The Shareware program (7 Euro) "GoADF!" can "acquire data from the ADF file in an easy and intuitive way". Changes in version 1.1: more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Arcade classic: H.E.R.O. clone BioJet
BioJet (video) is an arcade adventure game inspired by H.E.R.O. The graphics of this game originally were created with an Amiga and in 1997 used in the MS-DOS game "Cybergene". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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09.May.2019



PDF viewer: GrimoriumPDF (AmigaOS 3/MorphOS)
GrimoriumPDF is a PDF viewer written with Hollywood which also supports password protected PDF documents (except under AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS). The program is available for AmigaOS 3, MorphOS and Windows (32/64 Bit). (cg) (Translation: dr)

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05.May.2019



Aminet-Uploads until 04.05.2019
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05.May.2019



OS4Depot-Uploads until 04.05.2019
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05.May.2019



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 04.05.2019
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05.May.2019



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 04.05.2019
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05.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following songs have been added: more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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05.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Reading ADF files: GoADF!
According to the website of "GoADF!", "this app allows even the begginer users of Amiga to acquire data from the ADF file in an easy and intuitive way." The program is Shareware but not restricted in any way. By registering it for about 7 Euro you support the development of the program. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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05.May.2019
exec.pl (Webseite)


Event: Pictures of Syntax-Error-Retro-Party in Katowice
On 6. April in Katowice the Syntax-Error-Retro-Party took place. Two picture galleries have been published on exec.pl. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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03.May.2019
David Brunet (ANF)


New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information. more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.May.2019
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Video interview: Mike Battilana (Cloanto)
In February the managing director of Cloanto, Mike Battilana, succeeded in transferring all Amiga rights from Amiga Inc. to "C-A Acquisition Corp." which was founded by him. After that Stephen 'ClusterUK' Jones (e.g. Checkmate A1500 Plus) started a crowd funding campaign for financing a trip to Italy in order to meet Battilana and ask him some questions which before he had collected in diverse English-language forums. more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Apr.2019
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 138
The English and German editions of Amiga Future 138 (May/June 2019) have been released today and can be ordered from the magazine staff or various Amiga dealers. This issue's topics include a review of Aranet and AmigaOS 3.1.4 #2 as well as a report on the demo scene.

Please note that from 6th until 29th May the editors of the Amiga Furure are on vacation - orders (also of downloads) will be processed afterwards. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Apr.2019
Diverse (ANF)


25 years ago: Insolvency of Commodore
This very day 25 years ago the computer company Commodore, producer of the famous home computers C64 and Amiga, had to register insolvency. In a review Heise online reminds of Commodore (German). (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Apr.2019
Amiga.org (Forum)


Report and video of Amiga prototype "Zorro" (Update)
Under the title link Eric Hill has reported on his recently purchased Amiga development system. According to his information, this prototype was named "Zorro" and is a later variation than "Velvet". Commodore did send it to Hewlett-Packard hoping that the company would support it but it would not. In spring 1985 a private person bought it from HP.
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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28.Apr.2019



Aminet-Uploads until 27.04.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until April 27th, 2019:
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 27.04.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until April 27th, 2019:
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28.Apr.2019



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 27.04.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until April 27th, 2019:
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 27.04.2019
The following archive has been added to MorphOS-Storage until April 27th, 2019:
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28.Apr.2019
Pascal Papara (ANF)


Crowd funding: Odroid-XU4 system IndieGo XS as retro-console with AEROS
On Kickstarter under the title link a campaign was started for pre-financing ARM-Linux-based minicomputer which can be used for playing video games using emulation. Among others Pascal Papara's AROS distribution AEROS is preinstalled. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Apr.2019



Source code of "Trap Runner" released
After the collector's edition of his jump'n run Trap Runner has been available, similar to other games Frank Wille has released the source code, level files and graphics of the game under a Public Domain licence. The archive includes all files necessary for creating a disk image of "Trap Runner". more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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27.Apr.2019



Commercial Shoot'em Up: "Skillgrid" as download or Boxed Edition (AGA)
Skillgrid (video) developed by Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua (e.g. BOH, Huenison) is an abstract, vertical shoot'em up which runs endlessly and according to the developer with "frenetic, tactical gameplay", diverse sub-games and many boss battles the player is supposed to be encouraged to chase after new highscores. The game requires an AGA computer. more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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27.Apr.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 97 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.

Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga games "Air Support", "Frankenstein", "Skyblaster" and "Tube Warriors".

Download sites:
Italian
English (snx) (Translation: dr)

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26.Apr.2019



amiga-news.de: Server move completed (update 2)
During the next hours amiga-news.de will be moving to a new sever. To avoid loss of data, all interactive elements of our web presence (comments, forums) are currently disabled. Once the work has been completed, these features will be enabled and this news item updated. We thank you for your understanding. more ... (cg)

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25.Apr.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Using Amiga disks on PC: ADF-Copy 1.001 and ADF-Drive-Firmware 1.001
Using the USB adapter ADF-Drive and the corresponding copy program ADF-Copy you can read Amiga disks with a PC drive under Windows, Linux or on the Raspberry Pi (amiga-news.de reported).

Version 1.001 of ADF-Copy provides the following changes:
  • more detailed diskinfo and used blocks
  • format disk, format several disks
  • changing drive timings for larger compatibility woth older drives, mtp mode on/off, number of retries and saving them to EEPROM
  • compare disk to adf file
  • graphical overhaul of interface
  • bugfixes of v1.000
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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21.Apr.2019



amiga-news.de: Moving to a different server next weekend
On next weekend amiga-news.de will move to a new server. The work will likely start on Friday evening. During the move interactive features such as comment section or forum will be disabled. The move itself might take some hours or even days. During this time it can happen that visitors are redirected to the old server which will be documented by a little warning. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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21.Apr.2019
exec.pl (Webseite)


Interview with Trevor Dickinson: Amiga present and future
Under the title link exec.pl has interviewed Trevor Dickinson (A-EON Technology). Among others about Tabor and the AmigaOne X5000/40, the laptop and browsers as well as software availablility in general and the legal dispute between Hyperion and Cloanto were spoken.
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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21.Apr.2019



Aminet-Uploads until 20.04.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until April 20th, 2019:
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 20.04.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until April 20th, 2019:
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21.Apr.2019



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 20.04.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until April 20th, 2019:
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21.Apr.2019



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 20.04.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until April 20th, 2019:
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21.Apr.2019



WHDLoad: New installers until 20.04.2019
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until April 20th, 2019: more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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20.Apr.2019
MorphZone (Webseite)


MorphOS: RNORadio 1.1 and RNOWidgets 1.4
RNORadio, a GUI based Interner radio player program for MP3 streams, and RNOWidgets have been updated. RNOWidgets is a single application incorporating several desktop widgets. It contains widgets for calendar (ISO), analog clock, digital clock, notes, pictures (local and net), RSS feeds, sticker, and weather. ARexx also is supported.
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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17.Apr.2019
Exec.pl (Webseite)


Game: Shogo - Mobile Armor Division 1.6
Hyperion Entertainment's port of the first-person shooter "Shogo: Mobile Armor Division" has been updated to version 1.6 which fixes two bugs:
  • Fixed: Some inputs (like the ^ Key for console activation) could cause an ISI crash on some devices.
  • Fixed: If running another program with the same AHI unit in the background, Shogo could crash on exit.
The update is available in the restricted download section. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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11.Apr.2019
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Print magazine: Amiga Future 138 - preview and excerpts / vacation
A preview and excerpts of issue 138 (May/June 2019) of the Amiga Future have been released today. Among other things, this issue features a report about the Amiga Ireland Meetup 2019, the first part of an ARexx workshop and an interview with Frank Wille.

Please note that from 6th until 29th May the editors of the Amiga Furure are on vacation - orders (also of downloads) will be processed afterwards. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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11.Apr.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Video: Accelerator board Warp1260
In Autumn the accelerator board Warp1260 of the Polish company CS-LAB was announced. Now a first video under the title link shows it in action. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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11.Apr.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Online tool: Amiga font editor
Wit the help of the Amiga font editor you can draw fonts or create them using a PNG picture and afterwards download them to the Amiga. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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11.Apr.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Emulator: WinUAE 4.2.0
Version 4.2.0 of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE has been released.
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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11.Apr.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AROS: Distribution Icaros Desktop 2.2.7
Paolo Besser has released an update of his AROS distribution Icaros Desktop. Additional to some bug fixes among others a VMware-SVGA driver (still not completed) was added (can be activated after the installation, see title link), a PCX datatype, the program ViewLHA as well as the games Digger and HydraCastle. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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09.Apr.2019
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


Lawsuit: Court order denying motion to enjoin C-A Acquisition Corporation
After the failed registration of the trademark "Workbench" in the EU and the denied motion for preliminary injunction against the sale of AmigaOS 3.1.4, Cloanto has to deal with the third setback in a row: the court has denied enjoining C-A Acquisition Corporation as plaintiffs (PDF file).
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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08.Apr.2019
Scene World Podcast (ANF)


Scene World Podcast #63: Dan Wood and Ravi Abbott ("Retro Hour")
In the latest issue of the "Scene World" podcast, Dan Wood and Ravi Abbott have been interviewed who themselves host a popular podcast ("Retro Hour") and have several Youtube channels. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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07.Apr.2019



Aminet-Uploads until 06.04.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until April 6th, 2019:
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07.Apr.2019



OS4Depot-Uploads until 06.04.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until April 6th, 2019:
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07.Apr.2019



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 06.04.2019
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until April 6th, 2019:
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07.Apr.2019



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 06.04.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until April 6th, 2019:
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06.Apr.2019
Nico Barbat (ANF)


Point'n click adventure: CPC port "Athanor 2" in progress
"Athanor 2 - The Legend Of The Birdmen" is a point'n click adventure which originally was developed for the Amstrad CPC. Currently ports for Atari-ST and Amiga are in progress (video of ST port). (cg) (Translation: dr)

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