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31.Oct.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite) FPGA graphics board: Driver and firmware 1.8.3 for the VA2000
Lukas 'mntmn' Hartmann has released another driver and firmware update for his FPGA-based graphics board VA2000. In version 1.8.3 a linear memory management is used which allows it to work with applications and games which do not accept the "BytesPerRow" specification. Besides, a workaround for a Picasso96 bug is included. For the extension VA21000CX now an automatic de-interlacer for the "Hires Laced" and "Lores Laced" screen solutions is available. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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31.Oct.2017

Logic game: impsbru
In "impsbru" (Youtube video) you have to control a red block along 3D objects which remind on M.C. Escher. Level editors also are included in the game. The source codes of the game which was written in C are available on Github.

impsbru was developed and tested on an A500 with Kickstart 1.3 but should run on any Amiga.

Download: impsbru.zip (50 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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31.Oct.2017
MorphZone (Webseite) MorphZone Library: Crash Course to Hollywood Programming
Under the title link a short "crash course" for programming in Hollywood was published including three example programs, one of them for creating an user friendly interface. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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30.Oct.2017 AmigaOS 4: Playable preview of "Spencer" (Entwickler-X)
"Spencer" (Youtube video) is the latest project of Entwickler-X (M.A.C.E., Swamp Defense, Emotion). Thomas 'imagodespira' Claus provides a playable preview but explicitly points out that this early version has still many bugs. For full performance, Spencer requires the latest versions of Warp 3D Nova and OpenGL ES although it is not perfectly clear if the last version which is available for users can meet this requirements. Spencer should also run without Nova, then MiniGL is used instead of it - and objects do not cast a shadow.

Some hints for reducing the graphical representation - to make the game running on weaker computers - and to the keyboard layout, Claus has published under the title link.

Direct download: Spencer.lha (19 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Oct.2017 Preversion of Wings Remastered at Amiga32
We mistakenly have reported that Wings Remastered had been completed. We apologise for this mistake. A final Amiga version of Wings Remastered could not be presented at the Amiga32 but users who have ordered the game in advance could have a preversion of the AmigaOS 4 port burned on CD and take it home together with a box and a printed manual. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Oct.2017
AROS-Exec (Forum) AROS: HDAudio driver 6.27
Neil Cafferkey has released an update of the HDAudio driver for AROS/x86. For a while, version 6.27 is included in the Nightly Builds but only now was known to the public. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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29.Oct.2017 Book: Sales launch for Brian Bagnall's "Commodore: The Amiga Years"
According to the reports and pictures of the Amiga32, Brian Bagnall's "Commodore: The Amiga Years" could already be purchased there. At Amazon the book is listed as available.The delivery is expected to be done between 18. - 29. November. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Oct.2017 Hyperion announced another update for AmigaOS 3.1
At the Amiga32, yesterday Hyperion obviously announced another update for AmigaOS 3.1. Olaf 'Olsen' Barthel and Thomas 'Thor' Richter are the programmers. The most important new feature may be the support for big patitions and long file names: All relevant modules (file system, HDToolbox, Mount etc.) have been reworked. A detailed list of the planned update was published in a message at the Amiga32:

Currently we dot not have further information. If the updated system still fit on an usual ROM is not clear. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Oct.2017

Aminet-Uploads until 28.10.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until October 28th, 2017:

netsurf.lha              comm/www   6.8M  OS4 Fast CSS capable web browser
netsurf_os3.lha          comm/www   3.5M  68k Fast CSS capable web browser
Void-7Ate9.lha           demo/intro 51K   68k "7 Ate 9" by Void
Void-ApplejackPack2.lha  demo/sound 373K  68k "Applejack Pack 2" by Void
BlitzLocale.lha          dev/basic  123K  68k Use Locale in AmiBlitz Programs
HollywoodSP.lha          dev/hwood  691K      Hollywood 7.0 spanish catalogs
TilesSlide.lha           game/actio 66K   68k Align 3 tiles of the same col...
MCE.lha                  game/edit  1.7M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  1.9M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  2.0M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
TinyInvaders.lha         game/shoot 1.6M  68k SPACE INVADERS poor clone in ...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.4M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
SamplesCreatorDemos.lha  mods/smpl  54K   68k Some samples created by Sampl...
SamplesCreator.lha       mus/edit   62K   68k Samples creation and saving
xad_7z.lha               util/arc   240K  OS4 XAD (UnArc) client for 7-Zip ...
ReportPlus.lha           util/misc  499K  68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  557K  MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha       util/misc  640K  OS4 Multipurpose utility

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29.Oct.2017

OS4Depot-Uploads until 28.10.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until October 28th, 2017:

arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
mce.lha                  gam/uti 2Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
vmt.lha                  off/dat 7Mb   4.1 Vehicles costs management tool

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29.Oct.2017

AROS-Archives-Uploads until 28.10.2017
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until October 28th, 2017:

edgar.i386-aros.zip          gam/pla 125Mb Sdl 2d platform adventure game.
nickboum.i386-aros.lha       gam/pla 1Mb   NickyBoum
vmt.i386-aros.lha            uti/mis 7Mb   Vehicles costs management tool

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29.Oct.2017

WHDLoad: New installers until 28.10.2017
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 October 28th, 2017:

2017-10-27 improved: Airball (Microdeal) blitter waits added, out of bounds blit fixed, 68000 quitkey support, default quitkey changed to Del, interrupts fixed, source code included (Info)
2017-10-27 improved: Lotus 3 (Magnetic Fields/Gremlin) 68000 quitkey support, manual protection completely disabled, wrong DDFSTRT fixed, manual included, new install script (Info)
2017-10-27 improved: Thunderstrike (Millennium) copperlist problem fixed, manual protection completely disabled, 68000 quitkey support, new install script, blitter wait patches disabled on 68000, source code included (Info)
2017-10-26 improved: Beyond Dark Castle (Activision) crash after intro on fast machines fixed, missing icons added (Info)
2017-10-26 improved: Harley Davidson (Mindscape) stack problem fixed, byte write to volume register fixed, illegal copperlist entries fixed, drive access disabled, access faults fixed, manual protection completely skipped (Info)
2017-10-26 improved: Utopia (Gremlin) 68000 quitkey support, disk access removed, manual protection completely skipped, source code included (Info)
2017-10-25 improved: Lothar Matth?us (Ocean/Audiogenic) Bplcon0 color bit fix, 68000 quitkey support, disk 2 request disabled, source code included (Info)
2017-10-24 improved: Whizz (Flair Software) support for another AGA version added, source code included (AGA version) (Info)

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