20.Sep.2024
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Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga V3.0b2
Starting with version 2.6.1, developer Dirk Hoffmann made changes to the internal architecture of his Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS with the aim of porting the new emulator architecture of VirtualC64 v5.0 to vAmiga in order to enable features such as Run-Ahead (background article). Now he has released the second beta version of version 3, which, among others, introduces this feature. Changes compared to the first beta version:
- Inserting floppy disks failed to work for some file formats such as EXE files.
- Fixed a bug that routed some key events to the Amiga keyboard instead of RetroShell.
- The CIA panel occasionally reported idle times exceeding 100%.
The minimum system requirement for its emulator is macOS 11.0.
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19.Sep.2024
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Chat software: AmigaGPT v1.6.3 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and AmigaOS 4.1. In version 1.6.3, a bug when receiving chat messages has been fixed.
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (221 KB)
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19.Sep.2024
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Creating Amiga Reaction GUIs: ReBuild v1.2.0 for AmigaOS 3/4
In mid-November last year, we introduced Darren 'dmcoles' Cole's "ReBuild" in detail, which is intended to make it possible to create graphical user interfaces for ReAction, the evolution of ClassAct (for example EmptyADF). Although ReBuild is not optimised for AmigaOS 4, the designer runs without problems using 68k emulation. Changes of version 1.2.0:
- fix getfile readonly code not being generated when TRUE
- use macros setting was not fully applied to all object definitions
- fix os4 issues with penmap and bitmap gadgets
- rename 'name' fields to 'label'
- add identifier field for all gadgets
- add child labels for gradient slider and palette gadgets
- add support for checkable/toggle/mutual menu items
- add 'move into vlayout' and 'move into hlayout' menu options
- implement reopen function
- add hint text option to all gadgets
- rename incorrect window gadget help label
- set window gadget help to default to true
- window activate flag defaults to true
- adding new gadget now inserts after currently selected gadget instead of at the end
- add menu keyboard shortcuts
- add undo/redo capability
- save code preview and preview window positions to project file
- update project file format to v2
- add tooltype options for code previews and code preview window position
- settings saved to envarc:
- add realtime code preview window
- set selected item to root layout for new project
- make main window and code preview window remember their last positions
- add preview window width + height properties
- add link to vscroll to text field gadget
- add link to hscroll and link to vscroll to text editor gadget
- add link to slider gadget for integer gadget
- add horizontal scroll flag to texteditor
- throw an error on startup if neither textfield or texteditor gadgets are present
- all gadget types now have label property
- set preview window settings based on window definition
- re-arrange some gadget settings pages to try to better fit them in 640*256
- Add an edit button on main window
Michael Bergmann has created a detailed PDF tutorial for the tool, which can be downloaded from GitHub.
Download: Rebuild1.2.0.lha (183 KB)
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19.Sep.2024
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris 1.36
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.36 of his e-mail client Iris for MorphOS. With this version, GMail/Outlook/Yahoo mail authentication is performed in a browser window within Iris instead of launching Wayfarer. Several minor issues have also been fixed.
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18.Sep.2024
Michal Schulz
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Motorola68k emulation: Emu68 v1.03
Michal Schulz has released an update of his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 for the ARM architecture focussing on the PiStorm and PiStorm32lite (amiga-news.de reported). Compared to version 1.0, Emu68 v1.03 offers the following changes:
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18.Sep.2024
'jPV'
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Video: "NetFS Revised" under MorphOS
On his YouTube channel 'JellyPowered', MorphOS developer 'jPV' has published a video showing the NetFS Revised developed by Philippe Rimauro in action. This network file system enables the mounting of drives between MorphOS and AmigaOS systems and thus allows the exchange of files between them while retaining protection bits. NetFS Revised also includes a tool to access ARexx ports remotely. The developer has also added a corresponding entry to the MorphOS library.
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17.Sep.2024
Stay Forever (LinkedIn)
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Visual artist Carsten Wieland (Wet: The Sexy Empire) has passed away
German graphic artist Carsten Wieland, known for his work on games like "Wet: The Sexy Empire" and "Bazooka Sue", has died at the age of 59.
In the 1990s, Wieland shaped the German game scene with his unique graphic style and was involved in over 50 games. He created characters such as Lula, Chewy, and Bazooka Sue, and later founded his own studio, New Generation Software. In addition to his work in the game industry, he later devoted himself to watercolor painting and shared his knowledge in books and workshops.
In a recent podcast episode (146), our colleagues from Stay Forever are discussing the cult game "Wet: The Sexy Empire.
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17.Sep.2024
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Amiga Pregnant Mouse: optical replacement board (PCB) and 3D-printed shell
For the once quite unique, now very rare 'Amiga Pregnant Mouse', which could be found mainly on the Amiga 3000 with two or three buttons, there are new spare parts for experienced, experimental do-it-yourself fans.
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17.Sep.2024
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Commodity: DrawerGenie V0.7
Originally written for the Amiga Tool Jam (amiga-news.de reported), Rob 'daedalus2097' Cranley continues to work on his commodity "DrawerGenie" and has now released version 0.7. DrawerGenie allows you to add simple toolbars to the drawer windows of the Workbench, among other things. Changes to version 0.7:
- Added palette-remapping for toolbar graphics
- Added support for user-defined toolbar graphics
- Added support for XAD un-archiver
- Added support for transparency in icon imagery
- Added option to set polling frequency
- Added support for AISS (incomplete)
- Fixed many bugs throughout, including:
- Created archives only contained one selected icon
- Misaligned dropdown menus
- Misaligned options in Prefs window
Direct download: DrawerGenie.lha (242 KB)
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16.Sep.2024
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: GUI plugin RapaGUI 2.2a
Press release: For the RapaGUI version 2.2 released three weeks ago (amiga-news.de reported) an update has been released which fixes a bug that only affects the Amiga version. All other platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux, Android) are not affected. The new version is now available for download on the Hollywood portal.
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16.Sep.2024
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Developer log: PiStorm16 boots
In his latest post on Patreon, Emu68 developer Michal Schulz reports that he has booted a PiStorm16 in his A600 for the very first time (YouTube video). Unlike the classic PiStorm, this accelerator card uses an Efinix FPGA chip, just like the PiStorm32-lite. The current model was developed for the A600 and for CM4 (Compute Module 4).
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16.Sep.2024
jPV RNO
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Event: Saku 2024 on 22nd September in Oulu (Finland)
Press release: Finnish Amiga Users Group is happy to announce the return of the Saku events! Started in 1997, Saku is the longest running Amiga show in Finland. We will hold our Saku 2024 event in Oulu, Finland on Sunday, September 22nd.
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16.Sep.2024
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Linux: Kernel 6.11.0 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux Kernel 6.11, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it after numerous tests for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. Among other things, it contains a new NTFS3 driver from Paragon Software. In addition, the DPAA Ethernet now works without problems.
Download: linux-image-6.11.0-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (61 MB)
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15.Sep.2024
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Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga V3.0b1
Starting with version 2.6.1, developer Dirk Hoffmann made changes to the internal architecture of his Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS with the aim of porting the new emulator architecture of VirtualC64 v5.0 to vAmiga in order to enable features such as Run-Ahead (background article). Now he has released the first beta version of version 3, which introduces this feature. He writes about it:
"When run-ahead is enabled, two emulator instances run side by side: the primary instance and the run-ahead instance. The primary instance emulates the Amiga as usual, while the run-ahead instance runs several frames ahead and generates the image texture. Both emulator instances stay in sync with a time delay, and any changes in the primary instance, e.g., triggered by a joystick event, forces the run-ahead instance to be recreated. Run-ahead mode is meant for gaming as it considerably decreases the lag between an external event, e.g., a gamepad or keyboard event, and its recognition inside the emulator.
Accommodating this feature required significant changes to vAmiga’s architecture, resulting in a major update to the codebase. While these improvements have streamlined the internal workings of the emulator, they’ve also introduced some bugs - an expected outcome with such a substantial change."
The author therefore asks for feedback in this regard. He has also implemented the following improvements, among others:
- Snapshot compression
- Loading and saving memory contents
- Improved Headless app
- RetroShell as as serial port device
- Beamtrap debug feature
- RetroShell commands via the command line
The minimum system requirement for its emulator is macOS 11.0.
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15.Sep.2024
Reddit (ANF)
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Python script: Quarterback ADF file extractor AmigaQB_extract 0.4.2
AmigaQB_extract is a Python script that aims to restore backup copies created with the Quarterback program more successfully than the original in the event of damages. For example, the catalog stored on the first and last floppy disk is no longer needed.
The disks must be available as ADF images in order to use AmigaQB_extract. Backup copies that have not been split over several disks, but saved as a single larger file, cannot be read out for now.
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15.Sep.2024
Amigatronics (ANF)
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Emulator package: R4 update for Amiga Forever 10
Yesterday, version 10 of the Amiga Forever emulator package received a fourth update. The free update brings improved touch and multi-touch support as well as extended logging functions. In addition, if you have C64 Forever installed as well, one player will also check if there are updates for the other one.
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15.Sep.2024
Amigatronics (ANF)
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Interview with Cyril Houzé (Dune AGA project)
Amigatronics has conducted a 22-question interview with Cyril 'Barjack' Houzé at the title link. The graphic designer is the initiator of the AGA remake of the adventure classic Dune, which is currently in development (amiga-news.de reported).
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15.Sep.2024
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Aminet uploads until 14.09.2024
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15.Sep.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 14.09.2024
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15.Sep.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 14.09.2024
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15.Sep.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 14.09.2024
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15.Sep.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 14.09.2024
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 14.09.2024:
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15.Sep.2024
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- LFF (Skid Row Cracktro)
- Paranoimia 2024 Tyros Edition
- Behind the Walls Live Performance
- Xenon 2 Megablast - Turn it up!!
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14.Sep.2024
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Platform game: "Dr. Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan" released
After five test versions, hoogames has released its platformer "Dr Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan", inspired by the Amiga classic Rick Dangerous and created with the Scorpion Engine (YouTube video).
In addition to the ADF and lha version, an archive for THEA500 Mini is also available.
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13.Sep.2024
Spillhistorie (E-Mail)
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Interview with Jim Sachs
Following on from the double interview on Ports of Call conducted together with Hans Arne Jacobsen (amiga-news.de reported), Joachim Froholt has now spoken to Jim Sachs again for their Norwegian website “Spillhistorie” at the title link in order to trace his career.
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13.Sep.2024
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Linux: Stable long-term kernel 5.10.225 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the current kernels (amiga-news.de reported), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky also provides the latest version of the stable long-term kernel for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. It is suitable for old Linux distributions that do not work with the latest kernels, such as Ubuntu 10.04, or if users have problems with the latest kernels. He has now released version 5.10.225 with PowerPC fixes.
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[News message: 13. Sep. 2024, 06:33] [Comments: 0]
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13.Sep.2024
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Aracade classic: Elevator Action for AGA Amigas
After the publication of two preview videos (amiga-news.de reported), the first playable version of Jean-François 'jotd' Fabre's Amiga port of the Taito arcade classic Elevator Action is now available for AGA Amigas. Currently music and sound FX are still missing and some colours still need to be adjusted. At the moment you can start the game on the Workbench, an ADF version will follow. Source code is available on GitHub.
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[News message: 13. Sep. 2024, 06:29] [Comments: 0]
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12.Sep.2024
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Video: Compiling the Menace source code, part 1
In a first video, the YouTube channel 'Dave Poo 2' presented the commercial Shoot 'Em Up Menace, which was released in 1988. The source code was later published in several issues of the British Amiga Format magazine.
In the current video, an attempt is made to assemble the source code and then compile it.
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[News message: 12. Sep. 2024, 10:20] [Comments: 0]
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11.Sep.2024
heise.de Newsticker (ANF)
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Heise article on Andy Warhol's Amiga graphics (German)
As reported some weeks ago, one of the two art prints with Debbie Harry's portrait is for sale. Now Heise has also published an article about Andy Warhol's work with the Amiga at the title link - and adds that a sales price of 26 million dollars is being speculated for the picture including the signed floppy disk.
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11.Sep.2024
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Image editor: PyDPainter 2.0.1 for Windows, Linux and macOS
The image editor PyDPainter (new YouTube video of version 2.0) is inspired by DPaint and according to its author Mark Riale an attempt to create a usable pixel art program in Python using PyGame that can handle low resolutions and limited colour palettes and which can be as easy to use as possible (amiga-news.de reported). Version 2.0.1 fixes the following bugs:
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10.Sep.2024
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris 1.34
Just under a week ago, Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek released version 1.34 of his e-mail client Iris for MorphOS. The changes in detail:
- Fixed a crash during update check on some configurations
- Fixed a crash when editing a message in a locally mapped folder
- Fixed not to duplicate messages when editing a message in locally mapped folder or local storage
- Increased mail filter string length limit
- Updated WebKit and associated libraries
- Shows a popup window w/ progress bar when downloading an update
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09.Sep.2024
Amigaworld.de (ANF)
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Amigaworld.de: Alternative riser cards for the A604n memory expansion
Press release: AMIGAworld is pleased to announce the availability of two alternative riser cards for the A604n memory expansion for the Amiga 600 from Individual Computers (photo).
These new riser cards are designed for WiFi (PicoWyfy) and USB (Subway/Freeway/RapidRoad) expansions, which can be used in the Amiga 600 by simply plugging them in without a cable. The cards can be ordered for private use as a DIY project at the title link.
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09.Sep.2024
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.42
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.99, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill (YouTube video) is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial.
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09.Sep.2024
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Preview video: Amiga port of arcade classic Elevator playable
In addition to an Amiga port of Galaga, Jean-François 'jotd' Fabre is also working on a conversion of Taito's arcade classic Elevator Action (amiga-news.de reported). The video now published under the title link shows that, apart from a few graphic errors and inaccuracies, the game logic works completely.
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09.Sep.2024
Fabio Falcucci (Mail)
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Developer log: First map of the game "The Gate" completed
At the beginning of October last year , we introduced the AMOS game "The Gate" by Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci, a mixture of "Impossible Mission" and "Project Firestart" with his own ideas and concepts. The developer reports on his progress on Patreon, but has kindly summarised the current status for us:
"I spent the last 2 weeks working on the first map (Mastodon screenshot) and I have also fixed several bugs I saw only during the map testing phase. I also added some missing functionalities to the engine to make easier for me to create and handle the game contents, here is a list of the most important things:
- I've completed the 5 door types available in the game, If I need to I can add more types, nothing is hard coded anymore.
- I've optimized the game especially using graphics blocks to clear areas instead of using the slow drawing commands (BAR for example).
- I've started to work on a game editor: the initial idea was that this would helped me to create the game contents faster, but I soon realized that this would take up a lot of my time and I was anxious to see if the engine worked well, so for now I will continue to create the content manually.
- Terminals and dialogues are using a scripting language created from scratch by me, it supports strings and numeric variables, but they were local to the currently executed script. I needed some persistent space to store stuff so I implemented Map Variables (which are reset every time the map is loaded, but I can share values between map-scripts) and Global Variables (which are reset at the game beginning and can share data between script on different maps).
- In the Terminal scripting language I also added a JUMPSUB/RETURN pair of commands to recycle repetitive code sections and make the scripts smaller.
- I've adjusted all the graphics I have to make it proportional with the character's size, I've enlarged all of them manually to make pixel perfect (at my best).
- I fixed a nasty bug in my script parser: empty lines was causing dead loops blocking the program flow.
- Dialogue definitions now supports actors declaration, this means that dialogs executed by triggers can be between several actors (and not just 2!).
- Some bugs related to the secondary weapons/devices are fixed, as well as the damage computation of the hit enemies.
I'm very happy because when I finished the first map and started testing it, everything worked as intended: Dialogues followed the programmed branching, triggers worked, animations worked and most importantly, the terminal simulator worked too!
I am happy about everyone who supports my work on Patreon."
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08.Sep.2024
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08.Sep.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 07.09.2024
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08.Sep.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 07.09.2024
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08.Sep.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 07.09.2024
Die folgenden Pakete wurden bis zum 07.09.2024 dem MorphOS-Storage hinzugefügt:
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08.Sep.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 07.09.2024
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 07.09.2024:
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08.Sep.2024
Holger Ahrens (ANF)
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Video: The year 2038 problem hits the Amiga - but not until 2046 (German)
The world will end on January 19, 2038 - at least if relevant 32-bit systems are still using the "UNIX timestamp" format then to measure time by every second. Similar to the Bismarck quote about Mecklenburg, the end of the world will not take place on the Amiga until 2046, though. (More precisely, its time calculation ends on January 19, 2046 at 03:14:07, amiga-news.de reported.)
At the title link, Holger Ahrens takes up the topic on his info portal on the year 2038 problem. In the video, Dennis Pauler from the retro channel Virtual Dimension explains the reason for this - namely that the Amiga only starts counting time on January 1, 1978. But as soon as all the bits are used up, trouble can no longer be avoided: Anything from minor glitches to constant Guru Meditations could then happen. Due to the complexity, a permanent and comprehensive solution to the problem is not to be expected.
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08.Sep.2024
AmiKit (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit 12.6
The Workbench distribution AmiKit is now available in version 12.6 for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, PiStorm and Raspberry Pi - but not for Vampire.
Changes consist of updates of files and emulation; furthermore the Make060 command and two demos have been added.
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08.Sep.2024
Amigasystem (ANF)
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AROS distribution: AROS One 2.6 (x86)
The "AROS One" distribution based on the AROS binary interface ABI v0 is now available in version 2.6 for x86 computers. It can be downloaded as a DVD ISO file or as a USB flash image at the title link, where video recordings can also be found. The VHD image can be used as a hard disk in virtual machines such as VMware, VirtualBox and QEmu.
If you have already installed the previous version, you can now update your system as an alternative to a new installation. To do this, the "Aros-One 2.5-Fix" file must first be executed to remove files that are no longer required.
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08.Sep.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 170 / raffle
The English and German issue 170 (September/October 2024) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Content of the current issue includes interviews with Jennifer Diane Reitz and 'Tigerskunk', previews of Krogharr and The Lost Pixel as well as a workshop about HAM games. Furthermore there is a raffle with prizes by Look Behind You. Also non-readers of the magazine can take part, one has just to send an e-mail.
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07.Sep.2024
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Video tutorial: Using the AMOS command "Get bob"
In another video in his series of tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows how to use the Get bob command to grab images from AMOS screen to use as Bobs in a program. This is an alternative to using the Object Editor built into AMOS Pro. The source code for the program in this video is available for free on his website.
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06.Sep.2024
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Amiga-MOD tracker in Javascript: Bassoontracker 0.5.0
Bassoontracker is a classic 4-channel MOD tracker written in Javascript and therefore runs under the title link directly in the web browser - including the possibility to load, edit and save existing MOD files (YouTube video of version 0.5.0).
The current version now supports playlists and favourites. You can create links for your favourite songs. And there are now also tooltips to make your work easier. Minor improvements to the user interface and the program round off the changes.
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06.Sep.2024
Howard Price
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Reverse Engineering: Aira Force 0.8 for Windows, Linux and macOS
"Aira Force" is a tool for the reverse engineering of Amiga 680x0 software (amiga-news.de reported). It enables the disassembly and examination of binary files (YouTube video of version 0.8).
Thanks to the major update to version 0.8, Aira Force now also functions as a 68000 source level debugger. The 68000 command emulation has also been improved and very simple Amiga hardware emulation (chip, fast and slow RAM and ROM) has been introduced. Complete changelog:
- Add: Add Pointer dialogue
- Add: Crash log file AiraForceLog.txt written on internal error
- Add: Syntax highlighting works with internally generated disassembly
- Add: Source-level debugging of Amiga load modules
- Add: Source-level debugging of raw binaries
- Add: Source Code windows, with basic navigation features and Ctrl+G popup
- Add: Debug Symbols window
- Add: Debugger can be used independently of Analyser
- Add: RAM reset behaviours: Leave, clear, randomise
- Add: 68000 execption generation and processing
- Add: 68000 interrupt support (not hooked up to Amiga yet sorry)
- Add: Load Amiga ROM
- Add: Amiga ROM overlay (OVL)
- Add: Fast RAM, Slow RAM and ROM address ranges
- Add: Very basic Amiga playfield hardware (DIWSTRT/STOP, BPLCON0, BPLxPT, COLORxx)
- Add: End-of-frame Amiga video image generation
- Add: Emulator video window displaying end-of-frame generated video image
- Add: Latest vasm and vlink executables for all platforms
- Add: "Select config TEXT area" to disassembly window context menu
- Add: Amiga window link to hardware register docs
- Improve: Labels can be added at any address
- Improve: Disassembly export options (lowercase, formatting, export from RAM)
- Improve: Status window displays binary diff count
- Improve: Expose ira -compat=b and -compat=i options
- Improve: Serialise find options
- Improve: Analyser code region detection
- Improve: 68000 instruction emulation (passes all 680x0 SingleStepTests)
- Improve: 68000 emulator fetches directly from memory
- Improve: Memory window shows all regions
- Improve: Internal 68000/010 instruction disassembly
- Improve: CPU Window UI improvements
- Improve: Find searches source code
- Improve: Logging of access to unimplemented hardware registers
- Improve: Inform user when HUNK_OVERLAY encountered (not supported)
- Fix: Pointers can be defined in data and immediate operands
- Fix: Slowdown when there are many potential data actions
- Fix: Disassembly Window scrolling crash
- Fix: Offset jump tables when relocating ira config
- Fix: Workaround label name generator crash caused by duplicate ira labels
- Fix: Instruction Window branch destination calculation bug
- Fix: Default window docking for windows with dynamic names
- Fix: Amiga modules are debugged in user mode by default
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05.Sep.2024
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Program for DeepL use: AmiTranslate 0.4
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's program AmiTranslate (video) is an interface for the translation service DeepL with additional PDF and UTF-8 text storage and is available for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, AROS (x86, x64, ARM) and MorphOS.
The new version 0.4 contains a number of small but useful adjustments: if you previously pasted or copied texts using the right mouse button or a key combination, you can now also do this using buttons at the bottom of the window. Equally practical: the "Clear" button can be used to delete all texts in the windows. Finally, you can use the "Switch" button to swap the input and output language.
In addition to an SSL-secured Internet connection (OpenSSL3 on MorphOS or AmiSSL on the other systems), the programme also requires the MUI class texteditor.mcc.
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04.Sep.2024
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.17 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.17 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version 3.3.2 (3.9.2024) of OpenSSL. The changes in detail:
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04.Sep.2024
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Event: AmiWest 2024
This year's AmiWest in Sacramento will take place from October 25-27. As Bill 'tekmage' Borsari reports in the official event blog, there are almost 40 tables this year, and David Haynie, Trevor Dickinson, Bill Panagouleas and Doug Compton are named as well-known participants.
The main theme this year will be games. As a change compared to previous years, however, the developer conference “AmiWest DevCon” will no longer be held on site, but online due to the low number of participants, which is why the duration of the event has been shortened to three days. Speaking time is still available for any additional presentations, and tickets for the banquet can also still be purchased.
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04.Sep.2024
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Video: Nobody Knows How Many Amigas Commodore Sold
In his video at the title link 'Ahoy' tells about his research on how many Amigas have been sold in total by Commodore and Escom. His conclusion: It have been 4,91 million computers.
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04.Sep.2024
DaFreak (forum entry)
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Emulator: QEMU 9.1.0 (update)
QEMU is an open-source computer emulator and virtualizer. The emulation of complete computers also makes it possible to run operating systems such as AmigaOS 4 or MorphOS under QEMU that are tailored to a quite specific hardware platform. This support is provided by QEMU developer Zoltan Balaton, who gives information about this on a dedicated website.
Changes in version 9.1 of QEMU seem to not include any refering to the emulation of Amiga systems, though.
Update: (21:20, 03.09.24, dr)
While we reported on the QEMU 9.1.0-rc4 version this morning, the final version 9.1 is now available. As always, a compiled version for Windows 64-bit is provided by Stefan Weil.
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04.Sep.2024
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Logic game: Untangle v1.0
Grzegorz Kraszewski is in the process of writing the logic game Untangle for the Amiga. The player has a number of dots in front of him, which are connected by lines and cross each other. The aim of the game is to untangle the lines by moving the dots so that no line intersects another (amiga-news.de reported). He has now released version 1.0 with the following changes:
- New set of 150 levels.
- Game state is saved after each solved level and at exit.
- Windows positions and dimensions are remembered.
- Nice time display in the level selector.
- Short user manual in AmigaGuide format.
- A few bugs and one crash fixed.
The game runs in a Workbench window, a standard Amiga 1200 is sufficient.
Download: untangle-1.0.lha (29 Kb)
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03.Sep.2024
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Worth a read: Cosy Computing - On the soulful qualities of home computers
In the blog post "Cosy Computing - On the soulful qualities of home computers" on datagubbe.se, Swedish tech nerd and software developer Carl Svensson describes the homely atmosphere when using old home computers. He emphasizes the simpler technology and the absence of distractions that modern devices often bring. The article highlights how old computers, with their mechanical noises and the warmth of the hardware, convey a sense of coziness and security that modern devices do not offer. The text celebrates the nostalgic and relaxing experience of dealing with retro technology. You can read the full article at the title link.
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03.Sep.2024
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement in the last two months. Readers willing to help out with translating articles into other languages are asked to contact David 'Daff' Brunet.
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03.Sep.2024
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Preview video: Amiga port of arcade classic Elevator Action in development
After Jean-François 'jotd' Fabre had collected all his previous arcade ports at the end of May and released them for the CD32, he is now working on an Amiga port of Galaga as well as a conversion of Taito's arcade classic Elevator Action: as an agent, you have to take the lift down from the 30th floor, avoiding numerous enemy attackers and opening certain doors (YouTube video of the C64 conversion).
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03.Sep.2024
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Scala MM conversion: Adventure 2 Remake
In preparation for the AmiGameJam 2024, 'grindercowboy' has brought an old classic back to life: he has realised his second text adventure "Adventure 2" using Scala MM, a software for presentations, lectures and video captions.
His first version only ran under Scala MM400, after some adjustments the game now also works with the previous version Scala MM300 (Verion 50.3), as it was delivered with the Magic Pack of the Amiga 1200.
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03.Sep.2024
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Real-time strategy: Vanilla Conquer Red Alert v1.5
After Artur Jarosik had ported the first part of the real-time strategy series Command & Conquer to the Amiga in 2022 (amiga-news.de reported), he has now also released an Amiga port of the second part, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, which is also intended for Amigas with accelerator cards such as PiStorm/Emu68, Apollo/Vampire V4 or Warp1260. An AGA version is to follow.
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03.Sep.2024
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Image editor: PyDPainter 2.0.0 for Windows, Linux and macOS
The image editor PyDPainter (new YouTube video of version 2.0) is inspired by DPaint and according to its author Mark Riale an attempt to create a usable pixel art program in Python using PyGame that can handle low resolutions and limited colour palettes and which can be as easy to use as possible (amiga-news.de reported). Version 2.0.0 offers some new features for the Amiga:
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02.Sep.2024
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Radio Paralax: Impressions of the Retro Area at gamescom 2024
A video compilation of all the exhibitors, slot machines, consoles, retro computers and showcases in the Retro Area in Hall 10.2 at gamescom 2024 in Cologne has been provided by Radio Paralax on YouTube under the title link. The video gives an impression of the total area of several hundred square meters, where well over 200 ready-to-use game consoles, home computers, handhelds and arcade machines from over 50 years of video game history can be played, including well-known home computers and game consoles such as the Amiga, SNES, Megadrive, Nintendo 64, PlayStation etc., as well as various arcade and pinball machines.
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02.Sep.2024
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.7.4 and 6.3.4
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400.
The new versions 5.7.4 and 6.3.4 have now been released.
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02.Sep.2024
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Rogue-like game: Roguecraft released, Soundtrack available
Badger Punch Games have released "Roguecraft", their "retro-inspired turn-based roguelike all about simplicity and fun" (YouTube video). Licensed and distributed by Thalamus Digital, the download version of the game is available for 72 hours at a 20% discount for the equivalent of around ¤7.20 as a thank you to the Amiga community. The Boxed Edition is currently sold out.
The soundtrack to the game can be purchased separately for the equivalent of around 1.80 euros.
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01.Sep.2024
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Aminet uploads until 31.08.2024
The following files have been added until 31.08.2024 to Aminet:
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01.Sep.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 31.08.2024
The following files have been added until 31.08.2024 to OS4Depot:
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01.Sep.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 31.08.2024
The following files have been added until 31.08.2024 to AROS Archives:
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01.Sep.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 31.08.2024
The following files have been added until 31.08.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
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01.Sep.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 31.08.2024
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 31.08.2024:
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01.Sep.2024
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 161 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.
Amiga-related, the current issue is about Black Hornet.
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01.Sep.2024
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Scene World Podcast Episode #196 - Metro Siege
In the 196th edition of the Scene World Podcast, Jörg Dröge and Arthur Heller talk to Alex Brown, coder in the team working on the game "Metro Siege", which is intended to run on a vanilla Amiga 500 and to be played online with multiple players - the demo version requires at least 1 MB of RAM, though. The interview starts at minute 37:05.
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31.Aug.2024
Paweł Tukatsch
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Platform game: Collector's Edition of Electro Man
At the beginning of December last year, Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch released his Amiga port of the game Electro Man for AGA Amigas, originally published in 1992 by the Polish programmers Maciej Miasik and Janusz Pelc for MS-DOS (amiga-news.de reported). Now the game can be purchased as a Collector's Edition from the Polish shop Retronics. For 38 euros (plus shipping) you get a slipcase with two 3.5" discs, a map of the levels printed on a canvas and a manual.
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31.Aug.2024
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Chat software: AmigaGPT v1.6.2 for AmigaOS 3 and 4 (update)
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and AmigaOS 4.1. Changes of version 1.6.1:
- Default to speech disabled
- Fix crash when trying to close speech system when it failed to initialise
Update: (14:09, 01.09.24, dr)
Version 1.6.2 was released today, which increases the maximum OpenAI API key size to 256 characters.
Download v1.6.2: AmigaGPT.lha (221 KB)
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30.Aug.2024
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Video: AmiKit 12 on a Raspberry Pi 5
Under the title link, Amiga Bill talks to AmiKit developer Ján Zahurančík about his workbench distribution AmiKit 12 and shows how it runs on a Raspberry Pi 5. He also gives tips and tricks and talks about the development of the distribution.
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30.Aug.2024
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Open source project: IDE driver lide.device 40.8
The open source project lide.device provides a new IDE driver for the Amiga, which offers some improvements (amiga-news.de reported). Now version 40.8 was released:
- Bug fixes
- Performance improvements
- Speed up initialization on 68000 systems
- Lideflash improvements - prompt the user before doing anything & reboot if necessary
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29.Aug.2024
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Preview video: Extreme Violence 2 v0.2
pixelplop' is in the process of writing a successor to the shareware game Extreme Violence, published by Simon Green in 1993, as an entry for this year's AmiGameJam. In the original version, two players tried to eliminate each other in a labyrinth. In the successor, four players will now be able to compete against each other.
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29.Aug.2024
itch.io
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Text-based strategy game: HAMmurabi V1.01
Hamurabi is a text-based strategy game in which you "take on the role of the Sumerian king for ten years, deciding how much land to buy, how much wheat to feed your subjects and how much wheat to sow." A previous version was published in 1968 for the newly invented programming language FOCAL, before it was ported to BASIC in 1973 and thus became known to a wider public (Wikipedia).
Phil Spilsbury has published the original source code on GitHub, as it was printed in the book "BASIC Computer Games" in 1978. If you want to get a first impression, you can test the version ported to HTML5 by Chris Ainsley in 2019 in your browser.
At the beginning of 2020, 'Dr Guru' published a version adapted to Amiga Kick Pascal in the Amiga-Dresden forum (German), the source code of which is still accessible.
Now 'lifeschool' has also taken on the game as a contribution to AmiGameJam 2024 and, in addition to the original version from 1978 (with or without language), has published a conversion he created with HAM background images and a few additional questions to answer. The game runs on any OCS/ECS Amiga with KS 3.0+, 0.5 MB chip and 1 MB Fast-Ram.
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29.Aug.2024
Amigans (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4: AmigaOne Daily Driver Blog #1
In his latest blog entry Back to winter down-under, Trevor Dickinson reports on a meeting with Ryan Dixon, a long-time Amiga enthusiast and recently active AmigaOS 4 developer, member of the ExecSG team and beta tester for A-EON Technology's Enhancer software. In Dickinson's blog, Dixon already describes what he does on a daily basis with his two NextGen computers AmigaOne X1000 and X5000.
He has now started his own blog and describes his current use of various applications and tools and his reasons for using them in the first entry under the title link. Subsequent blogs will present newly discovered applications, tools or tips and their updates.
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28.Aug.2024
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Chiptune tracker: Furnace V0.6.7 for Windows, Mac and Linux (update)
'tildearrows' Furnace is a tool that can be used to create sound chip music ("chiptune"), mostly from the 8/16-bit era (amiga-news.de reported). It supports a wide range of functions and sound chips, from NES, SNES and Genesis to ES5506, VIC-20 and the Amiga. Version 0.6.6 provides several improvements and fixes and can now import the formats .it (Impulse Tracker), .xm (Extended Module) and .s3m (Scream Tracker 3).
The songs can be exported as audio files (.wav), VGM files and ZSM files (for Commander X16). An manual is available.
Update: (17:49, 29.08.24, dr)
Version 0.6.7 was released today, which fixes a major bug in the previous version: the NES DPCM sample loop was not working properly.
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28.Aug.2024
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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US trademarks: New dates for "AmigaOne" trademark dispute
The dispute over the trademark "AmigaOne" at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO, amiga-news.de reported) had initially been suspended (PDF file), because any court decision in the main proceedings would make it easier to reach a final decision on certain trademark applications and the corresponding oppositions.
However, both sides, Amiga Corporation and Hyperion Entertainment, were required to provide regular updates to the USPTO on the status of that litigation - most recently, they were given 30 days to do so on March 28 of this year. However, as neither party felt compelled to do so, the trademark dispute was resumed by the USPTO on August 12 and the further course of action was set: the scheduled dates range from September 11, 2024 to January 14, 2026 (PDF file).
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28.Aug.2024
Siegfried Hübner (ANF)
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Amiga emulator: vAmigaWeb supports EmuTOS
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or rather a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on vAmiga, an Amiga emulator for Mac OS.
Besides the AROS ROM, since August 18 also the Atari-TOS-compatible EmuTOS has been added as a selectable Kickstart alternative, so that .ST disk images can be used as well.
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27.Aug.2024
commodore.news
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Programming environment: MicroPython for the Amiga in development
MicroPython Amiga is a fork of the MicroPython project that brings this programming environment to the classic Amiga (with at least AmigaOS 3.1). The project is still under development, but can already be compiled and used.
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26.Aug.2024
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AROS: First test version of Odyssey browser v2.0
At the beginning of August, Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz released a first test version of the 64-bit browser Odyssey for AROS (amiga-news.de reported). In this next test version, the WebKit engine has been updated from August 2015 to February 2019 and versions for AROS 32 bit and AROS 64 bit have been released. There are currently the following limitations:
- media player is disabled - no videos on YT for now
- certificates path is hardcoded to system default path (ENV:SYS/Certificates/ca-bundle.crt)
- disabling SSL check does not work
- window must be kept active to process events
- right-click (context menu) crashes browser
- typing in search bar crashes browser
- cookies do not work
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26.Aug.2024
Timothy Deters
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AROS: Full version of word processor Final Writer 7.1
Following yesterday's release of demo versions for the first update of the Final Writer word processor since 1997, the full versions are now also available for the following systems for the equivalent of approx. 45 euros each:
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25.Aug.2024
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: GUI plugin RapaGUI 2.2
Press release: Airsoft Softwair is pleased to announce the immediate availability of RapaGUI 2.2. RapaGUI is one of the most popular Hollywood plugins as it can be used to create graphical user interfaces for a variety of systems (AmigaOS, Windows, macOS, Linux and even Android). RapaGUI always uses the native controls of the respective operating systems so that the GUIs do not feel like a foreign body. GUIs can be easily defined via XML files.
Version 2.2 contains mainly bug fixes, but also a few new features such as support for the arm64 platform of macOS. RapaGUI 2.2 is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal.
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[News message: 25. Aug. 2024, 22:15] [Comments: 0]
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25.Aug.2024
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: Demo version of word processor Final Writer 7.1
Nine years after the initial announcements, the word processor Final Writer
is now receiving its first update since 1997: The new rights holder Timothy
"terminills" Deters is offering free demo versions for AROS-68K, AROS-x86-64
and AROS-x86 ABIv0 (registration required).
The most important new features in Final Writer 7.1 are:
- New , MySpell-based real-time spell checker, compatible with OpenOffice dictionaries, for example. This function is not available in the demo version.
- Native PDF export (libharu)
- AmigaOS compliant localization
- Printing via FTP/IPP
- Updated support for RTF
It is not yet clear when the full version of Final Writer 7.1 will be available. Deters has held out the prospect of ports for AmigaOS and MorphOS in the past, but has always emphasized that the AROS version should be completed first.
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[News message: 25. Aug. 2024, 22:13] [Comments: 0]
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25.Aug.2024
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GUI for Greaseweazle Tools: FluxMyFluffyFloppy v5.0.8 for Windows
'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.0.7 and 5.0.8 of his graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for the Greaseweazle Tools V1.19 (see also the video Setting up a Greaseweazle V4). Changes:
- Requires Greaseweazle 1.19
- New image format: T98-Next (nfd) (Read only)
- New disc formats: Epson QX-10: ".320", ".396", ".399", ".400", ".booter", ".logo"
- New disc formats: "apple2.nofs.140"
- Updated "diskdefs.cfg" (2024-08-20)
- Read/Convert: Fixed SuperCardPro (SCP) disktypes
- Read/Write/Convert: New option "--reverse"
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[News message: 25. Aug. 2024, 19:07] [Comments: 0]
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25.Aug.2024
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Platform game: Test version 5 of "Dr. Dangerous"
Inspired by the Amiga classic Rick Dangerous, hoogames has released another playable test version of "Dr Dangerous" (YouTube video), which was created with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The new version 5 offers the following changes:
- Ladder bug fixed (you can no longer go through the walls)
- If you stand on the ladder you no longer die when you press the fire button
- Level 8 a few changes
- If you enter the level code and then complete a level and die, you stay in the level and don't have to repeat the previous level (it worked during testing)
- Layers deleted in some levels
- Fixed bug in level 5 (it's now easier to get over the platform - I played it all the way through and now there should be no more problems)
- Level 8-12 balance in the game changed
- Changed start screen level code to enter code (should be easier to understand now)
- Changed in-game music (not the final version and there will be more music tracks in the game)
- changed some codes
- Changed memory allocation of some enemies (more space in memory and hopefully less problems)
- New enemy added (bat)
- Added level 15 and 16
- Fixed some bugs
- If you find a level code you get an extra life - so look for them all and write down the codes ;)
This version has not yet been tested on a real Amiga, but only on an emulator. The developer asks you to report any errors.
(dr)
[News message: 25. Aug. 2024, 15:44] [Comments: 0]
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25.Aug.2024
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Logic game: Untangle V0.5
Grzegorz Kraszewski is in the process of writing the logic game Untangle for the Amiga. The player has a number of dots in front of him, which are connected by lines and cross each other. The aim of the game is to untangle the lines by moving the dots so that no line intersects another.
The developer has set itself the following goals:
- Game should be system friendly, working in a window on Workbench, using only documented APIs.
- Minimum system version is 3.0.
- RTG (graphic cards) should be supported out of the box. Without dedicated code paths and explicit opening of RTG libraries, if possible.
- Would be nice if it works on MorphOS, AmigaOS 4, AROS using M68k emulation built into these operating systems.
- Should be comfortably playable on stock A1200, stock A500 is not a Holy Grail, but why not.
The game is being developed on an Amiga 1200 with 68020 @ 28 MHz and 64 MB Fast RAM. It currently has over 100 levels, a highscore list and level selection.
(dr)
[News message: 25. Aug. 2024, 09:40] [Comments: 0]
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25.Aug.2024
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Aminet uploads until 24.08.2024
The following files have been added until 24.08.2024 to Aminet:
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25.Aug.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 24.08.2024
The following files have been added until 24.08.2024 to OS4Depot:
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25.Aug.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 24.08.2024
The following files have been added until 24.08.2024 to AROS Archives:
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25.Aug.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 24.08.2024
The following files have been added until 24.08.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
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25.Aug.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 24.08.2024
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 24.08.2024:
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25.Aug.2024
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Full Contact Intro Tyros Edition
- Planets live performance
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[News message: 25. Aug. 2024, 09:14] [Comments: 0]
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25.Aug.2024
ANF
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Video: AmiGameJam candidate Anguish as spiritual successor of Agony
Topic of this year's AmiGameJam, which runs until December 1, are sequels to Amiga games from the old days. With a video of the current state of development, Adrian Browne presents his candidate "Anguish" at the title link, which is to continue the game Agony, a horizontally scrolling shooter by Art & Magic from 1992.
The spiritual successor is created with Scorpion Engine, it is an AGA game with 64 colors. Two collaborators are contributing the actual programming and the music.
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25.Aug.2024
Mastodon (ANF)
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iOS app: 4champ 3.7.0 for accessing Amiga Music Preservation
The iOS program 4champ is a user interface for corresponding mobile devices to access the Amiga Music Preservation database.
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[News message: 25. Aug. 2024, 09:14] [Comments: 0]
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24.Aug.2024
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Demoparty: Deadline 2024 (Berlin, 4.10.-6.10.)
The tenth anniversary edition of the Deadline Demo Party will take place from October 4-6 in Berlin and will feature classic demoscene competitions, seminars, fun competitions, retro computing, DJs and live sets and much more. Amiga entries can be submitted in the Oldschool Demo, 4K Executable Graphics and 256 Byte Intro competitions.
(dr)
[News message: 24. Aug. 2024, 21:48] [Comments: 0]
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24.Aug.2024
heckmeck!
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Demoparty: Results of Evoke 2024
Last weekend this year's Evoke demoparty took place. In the competition "Alternative Platforms" the following Amiga productions ranked the following places:
But there are also other interesting contributions, for example Steffest's winning entry "Evoking Magic for Dummies" in the "Pixel Graphics Compo" competition (time-lapse video of the creation), which he drew with his own web-based image editor "DPaint.js" (amiga-news.de reported).
(dr)
[News message: 24. Aug. 2024, 15:19] [Comments: 0]
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23.Aug.2024
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Shoot'em Up: Demo version of QuasaurusX
After "Holy Warrior" (amiga-news.de reported), the latest project from Amiten Games is the shoot'em up "QuasaurusX", a demo version of which has now been released (YouTube video). The player has the task of defending the X-19 sector, which is threatened by an enemy space fleet and has long been a bastion of peace and prosperity for mankind.
The game is currently not yet optimised, so that at least an (upgraded) Amiga 1200 is required.
(dr)
[News message: 23. Aug. 2024, 20:16] [Comments: 0]
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23.Aug.2024
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Video: Installation of a MiSTer FPGA in a GameCube
Under the title link, Wolfgang Kierdorf shows how he installs a MiSTer FPGA in a GameCube with the help of just a few cables, two 3D-printed parts and a few standard PCBs and finally boots it into the Workbench.
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[News message: 23. Aug. 2024, 10:53] [Comments: 0]
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23.Aug.2024
itch.io
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Text adventure: "Adventure 3" V1.01
For the third and last part of his text adventure series (amiga-news.de reported), 'grindercowboy' has released a small update that fixes a bug with the rope. However, this means that the hammer in the rubbish bin no longer exists because the developer had reached the upper limit of possible items.
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[News message: 23. Aug. 2024, 10:11] [Comments: 0]
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23.Aug.2024
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Video: Can the iPhone magnet damage the data on a disc?
In his latest video, Robert Smith explores the question of whether the magnets on the back of the iPhone, which act as part of the charging system, are strong enough to damage data on a disc.
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23.Aug.2024
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Video tour of the "ZZAP! Live 2024"
Last Saturday, The Holiday Inn in Kenilworth (England) hosted the second "ZZAP! Live" event, organised by Fusion Retro Books, the South West Amiga Group and Retro Computer Museum (amiga-news.de reported). The YouTube channel "SpectrumNez" now shows the exhibitors and exhibits in a video tour under the title link.
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[News message: 23. Aug. 2024, 09:41] [Comments: 0]
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22.Aug.2024
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.19
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks (amiga-news.de reported)
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21.Aug.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 170 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 170 (September/October 2024) have been published online at the title link. Content includes interviews with Jennifer Diane Reitz and 'Tigerskunk', previews of Krogharr and The Lost Pixel as well as a workshop about HAM games.
Amiga Future magazine is available as an English and a German printed magazine and can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers.
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21.Aug.2024
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Linux: Stable long-term kernel 5.10.224 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the current kernels (amiga-news.de reported), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky also provides the latest version of the stable long-term kernel for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. It is suitable for old Linux distributions that do not work with the latest kernels, such as Ubuntu 10.04, or if users have problems with the latest kernels. He has now released version 5.10.224, which adds a driver for the Ethernet PHY of the X5000 (issue 3) and supports the Network File System (NFS) in version 4.
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[News message: 21. Aug. 2024, 06:25] [Comments: 0]
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