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`13.Jun.2019` Mirandor (Kommentar)	FPGA-Amiga clone: MiSTer It is not a new development and so far on amiga-news.de the FPGA-Amiga clone MiSTer was only mentioned by the hint (German) to a corresponding report on Obligement. Consequently our reader 'Holla' has introduced the product of the Russian developer Sorgelig in the German comment area. MiSTer is an adaption of MiST to a more powerful FPGA, equipped with a faster ARM processor and a HDMI port (scaling usually to 1280x720 pixels at 60 hertz; VGA and analog audio output available with a daughter board). MiSTer is based on the DE10-Nano board produced by Terasic. Major improvements compared with the MiST board: Altera-Cyclone-V-SE-FPGA with 110.000 LE (41.500 ALM) and 5.570 KBit Block-RAM ARM-Cortex-A9-Dual-Core processor with 800 MHz HDMI video and audio port for connecting to modern monitors or television 1 GB DDR3 RAM, available for the ARM processor and the FPGA High-speed connection between process core and FPGA because both are in the same chip ARM-Linux supports many I/O devices and file systems Board is produced by a major producer in series and is available for a fair price of 130 US-Dollar (110 for students/professors) By using a more powerful FPGA, more powerful systems can be created. It is also possible to add more support of ARM. The firmware is not limited by the available RAM or the code size. It is even possible to emulate some parts of the system with ARM side which is not available in the FPGA (a so called hybrid emulator). MiSTer can extend the DE10-Nano board by several optional daughter boards. Circuit diagrams and Gerber files are available for download: SDRAM board: Already with this additional board almost all cores can be used. The small board is plugged into the GPIO-0 port of the DE10-Nano board. Although the DE10-Nano has a fast DDR3-RAM, it cannot be used for the emulation of a retro EDO-RAM due to its high latency and the shared usage together with the ARM side. I/O board: This board is plugged into the GPIO-1 port of the DE10-Nano. It provides a VGA port, analog audio output (3,5-mm jack plug), digital optical audio output, keys and LEDs. This board is recommended if VGA is more used (instead of HDMI) or the MiSTer is supposed to be installed in a case. It is also useful for developing the cores since compiling is faster for VGA (HDMI scaler code takes about twice the time for compiling). RTC board: This board is plugged into the LTC port and provides a realtime clock. The clock can be also synchronized via Internet, without this expansion. USB-Hub board: This board adds a 7-port USB-hub which is placed under the mainboard. Additional to more than 20 systems (see Obligement article), MiSTer emulates all classic Amiga systems except the CD³² based on a 68000, 68010 or 68020 processor with 88 MHz. Kickstart 1.2 to 3.1 are supported, the OCS, ECS and AGA chipset with PAL and NTSC output as well as diverse memory configurations with 512 KB chip-RAM to 24 MB Fast-RAM. Aditional to virtual disk drives and harddrives e.g. also scanlines can be simulated and Amiga mice and joysticks used like common USB input devices. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 13. Jun. 2019, 21:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Jun.2019` Amiga Future (Webseite)	Developer tools: vasm 1.8f and vlink 0.16c Frank Wille has released updates of the assembler vasm and the corresponding linker vlink. The changes are listed under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 13. Jun. 2019, 21:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Jun.2019`	Aminet-Uploads until 08.06.2019 The following archives have been added to Aminet until June 8th, 2019: Amix510.lha comm/amiex 948K 68k AmiExpress BBS system redevel... sfdc.lha dev/gcc 126K Compile SFD files into someti... MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.7M MOS Multi-game Character Editor AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.5M MOS Signetics-based machines emul... xroar.lha misc/emu 1.2M MOS Dragon and Tandy CoCo emulator ToolsMenu.lha util/cdity 64K 68k Add tools to the Workbench To... ussload.lha util/misc 22K 68k UAE state save file loader SnoopDos.lha util/moni 134K 68k SnoopDos 3.9, the well known ... SnoopDos_Src.lha util/moni 256K SnoopDos 3.9 sources PIconTools.lha util/wb 111K 68k Various GUIs for managing icons (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 10. Jun. 2019, 20:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Jun.2019`	OS4Depot-Uploads until 08.06.2019 The following archive has been added to OS4Depot until June 8th, 2019: ign-addon-ods.lha off/spr 209kb 4.1 ignition addon for access ods-files (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 10. Jun. 2019, 20:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Jun.2019`	AROS-Archives-Uploads until 08.06.2019 The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until June 8th, 2019: midi.tar aud/mis 89Mb midi classic file from 1997 mod1.tar aud/mis 140Mb mod classic from 1997 samples_1.tar aud/mis 133Mb wav 11 khz samples ahx_amiga.lha dev/lib 130kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... aiff_amiga.lha dev/lib 17kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... apng_amiga.lha dev/lib 2Mb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... avcodec_amiga.lha dev/lib 6Mb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... digibooster_amiga.lha dev/lib 114kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... flicanim_amiga.lha dev/lib 26kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... glgalore_amiga.lha dev/lib 3Mb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... jpeg2000_amiga.lha dev/lib 415kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... malibu_amiga.lha dev/lib 640kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... moviesetter_amiga.lha dev/lib 57kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... oggtheora_amiga.lha dev/lib 920kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... oggvorbis_amiga.lha dev/lib 709kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... pcx_amiga.lha dev/lib 20kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... polybios_amiga.lha dev/lib 22Mb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... rapagui_amiga.lha dev/lib 6Mb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... sid_amiga.lha dev/lib 203kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... sqlite3_amiga.lha dev/lib 952kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... svgimage_amiga.lha dev/lib 4Mb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... tiff_amiga.lha dev/lib 811kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... vectorgfx_amiga.lha dev/lib 1Mb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... xad_amiga.lha dev/lib 62kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... xmlparser_amiga.lha dev/lib 389kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... yafa_amiga.lha dev/lib 74kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... zip_amiga.lha dev/lib 302kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... httpstreamer_amiga.lha dev/uti 74kb Library Plugin For Hollywood App... hwplayer_amiga.lha dev/uti 9Mb Run applets compiled by Hollywood (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 10. Jun. 2019, 20:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Jun.2019`	MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 08.06.2019 The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until June 8th, 2019: MOG_0.62.lha Games/Action A remake of "Maze of Ga... uHexen2_1.5.9_World.lha Games/Shoot 3D Hammer of Thyrion is a ... uHexen2_1.5.9.lha Games/Shoot 3D Hammer of Thyrion is a ... uHexen2_1.5.9_Utils.lha Games/Shoot 3D Hammer of Thyrion is a ... Hex-a-Hop_1.1.0.lha Games/Think Hex-a-Hop_1.1.0.lha XLogical_1.0.lha Games/Think A Log!cal clone. WipeOut_2097_Demo.lha Games/Race The demo of a futuristi... Game_1577.lha Games/Think Addictive Tetris clone.... (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 10. Jun. 2019, 20:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Jun.2019`	WHDLoad: New installers until 08.06.2019 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 installer has been added until June 8th, 2019: 2019-06-03 improved: Magic Pockets (Renegade/Bitmap Brothers) 2nd button support added, alternate custom level 1 support (Info) (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 10. Jun. 2019, 20:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`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. The adapter can emulate all seven buttons of the CD32 joypad. Up to ten buttons or keys of a connected USB device can be configured to your needs - e.g. with a auto-fire function for button 1 or 2 of an Atari joystick. Several USB devices can be simultaneously connected in order to switch between mouse and joystick without removing the devices. Two different versions of the adapter are offered: Tom occupies one joystick port and provides one USB port, while Tom+ additionally loops through the original joystick port and thus makes it possible to use the Atari joystick and an USB mouse simultaneously. In our German comment area an user has shared his experiences with these adapters. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 07. Jun. 2019, 23:35] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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