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02.Jan.2022



AmigaOS 4: New version 53.15 of Updates preferences
Today the new version 53.15 of the update preconfiguration program for AmigaOS 4.1 was released. This fixed a bug which made it impossible to basically set a directory for the updates - saving caused a crash - and moreover in a readable way:


Likewise, you can now specify separately where the update archive should be permanently stored and which directory should be used to unpack it


In our test, in contrast to AmigaOS 4.1 FE Update 2 Classic under WinUAE, a peculiarity occurred with the AmigaOne X5000: Here, a directory could be selected and saved using the 'Updates' tool in the 'Prefs' folder (left image). However, if you then start the AmiUpdate tool and choose the preferences from the menu, you get an incorrect display of the directory (right window):


It is only displayed incorrectly. The directory is still stored correctly. An initial assumption that a "_" in the directory name or a second directory level is the cause could not be confirmed. (dr)

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02.Jan.2022
A1K / Facebook (ANF)


German Amiga Podcast: First issue published
By GAP, the "German Amiga Podcast", 'McFly' wants to start a series of own productions. The first issue that has been released yesterday looks back to major Amiga news in 2021. (snx)

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02.Jan.2022
Amigans


AmigaOS 4: Web browser Odyssey 1.23 r5 (update)
In the middle of 2020 Roman 'kas1e' Kargin had made available the last beta version of his AmigaOS 4 port of the Odyssey web browser. Now he has published the first release candidate (RC) for version 1.23 r5 and states the following:

"Rebuild was done with the latest GCC 11.1 and latest OS4 SDk (so new MUI, DOS, EXec, pthreads and co). As one of the positive results is the size of the binary start to be smaller on 3MB (60MB instead of 63MB). There is also a new YouTube script from MorphOS's devs (ASiegel), so to make accelerated video player works with changed youtube. To activate it, the following steps are required:
  • Delete in your scripts Youtube Fullscreen Fix and Youtube HTML5 Converter. Restart Odyssey and add again but this time new scripts (so allowed sites and stuff will be new ones).
  • Add to URL preferences http://youtube.com with spoof as Ipad 13.2.3. So it will always switch to the mobile version.
  • Now on any video when you click on any part of the video, you will have in the right/bottom area gadget to expand the video: clicking on it will bring our accelerated media player back."
Changes of this version:
  • Updated curl-ca-bundle.crt (https://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem , 26 Oct 2021)
  • Updated to Curl 7.80.0 (10th of November 2021)
  • Updated to OpenSSL 1.1.1m (14-Dec-2021) (thanks MickJT for tips)
  • Updated to SQLite 3.34.0 (2020-12-01) instead of old v3.7.5 (2011-02-01). Port done by Steffen Gutmann
  • Updated to libFreeType2 2.11.1 (02-Dec-2021)
  • Updated to libXML2 2.9.12 (13-May-2021)
  • Updated to libWebP v1.2.2-rc1 (18-Dec-2021)
Update: (03.01.2022, 07:09, dr)

Meanwhile the official version 1.23 r5 was released on OS4Depot. (dr)

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02.Jan.2022



Aminet uploads until 01.01.2022
The following files have been added until 01.01.2022 to Aminet:
MUIbase-4.4.lha          biz/dbase  6.8M      Programmable relational datab...
sqlite-3.34.0-amiga.lha  biz/dbase  20M       SQL database engine
2021XmasIntro.lha        demo/intro 51K   68k Genuine Xmas 2021 Axel's Intro
aqb-0.8.1.lha            dev/basic  314K  68k BASIC Compiler+IDE for Amiga ...
adfZ.lha                 disk/misc  2K    68k read / write ADF files from /...
newscripts_adf.lha       disk/misc  31K       new scripts for adf.device
Jake_and_Peppy_v0.85.lha game/demo  28M   68k Playable demo: new Apollo V4/...
MCE.lha                  game/edit  3.2M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  3.8M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
l-ile-tristam-demo.lha   game/text  682K  68k text adventure in French (demo)
MegaSaperPL.lha          game/think 653K  68k Minesweeper game clone
WhatIFF1.01.lha          mags/misc  24K       What IFF? #1.01 Dec 2021
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   3.2M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
SOS_change.lha           mods/anaki 473K      Spare Change - OctaMED module
SOS_control.lha          mods/anaki 391K      Outer Control - OctaMED module
SOS_itation.lha          mods/anaki 247K      Med It 8 On - OctaMED module
SOS_longneck.lha         mods/anaki 370K      Longneck - OctaMED module
SOS_nothing.lha          mods/anaki 554K      Nothing Left Outside - OctaME...
SOS_reality.lha          mods/anaki 292K      Escape From Reality - OctaMED...
SOS_u4er.lha             mods/anaki 441K      U 4 E R - OctaMED module
Amiga_Breaks_Vol.1.zip   mods/techn 1.1M      Amiga Breaks Vol.1 - OctaMED ...
StrangerBreaks.lha       mods/techn 108K      Stranger Breaks - OctaMED module
hippoplayerupdate.lha    mus/play   304K  68k Updated HippoPlayer
ASE2019_1.80.lha         text/edit  167K  68k Text editor
UnZIP552.lha             util/arc   145K  68k UnZip v5.52 final 68K version
ZIP232.lha               util/arc   151K  68k Zip v2.32 archiver final 68K ...
fxblankers.lha           util/blank 54K   MOS Effectful screenblankers for ...
IdentifyDev.lha          util/libs  66K   68k Identify hardware and more
IdentifyUsr.lha          util/libs  91K   68k Identify hardware and more
ACA500P_28MHz.lha        util/moni  1K    68k AIBB 6.5 Module for ACA500Plu...
WH_RANDOM_AMIGA.zip      util/shell 219K      Random Number Gen, AMIGA-Shel...
(snx)

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02.Jan.2022



OS4Depot uploads until 01.01.2022
The following files have been added until 01.01.2022 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
sacrificiopagano.lha     gam/mis 5Mb   4.0 Magic Tool
scummvm.lha              gam/mis 96Mb  4.1 Run supported classic adventure/...
scummvm-src.zip          gam/mis 160Mb 4.1 ScummVM Source
mce.lha                  gam/uti 4Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
pixy.lha                 gra/edi 7Mb   4.0 Pixel editor new generation
(snx)

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02.Jan.2022



AROS Archives uploads until 01.01.2022
The following files have been added until 01.01.2022 to AROS Archives:
muibase-4.4.lha              off/dat 7Mb   Programmable relational database...
sqlite-3.34.0-amiga.lha      off/dat 20Mb  SQL database engine
sacrificiopagano.lha         uti/mis 5Mb   Magic Tool
(snx)

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02.Jan.2022



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 01.01.2022
The following files have been added until 01.01.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
PanelPop.lha              Games/BrickBreaker        A Panel de Pon / Tetris...
MCE_13.31.lha             Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
Pixy_1.0_AlphaRelease_... Graphics/Draw             The next generation pix...
SacrificioPagano_1.70.lha Misc                      A special app to people...
SQLite_3.34.0.lha         Office/Database           SQL database engine
fxBlankers_1.1.lha        System/Ambient/Blankers   Effectful screenblanker...
(snx)

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02.Jan.2022



WHDLoad: New installers until 01.01.2022
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 01.01.2022: (snx)

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02.Jan.2022
ANF


Windows: Alternative Amiga GUI available again (Update)
At the title link, tech magazine computerbase.de reports briefly on the project of its forum member 'Silvester72', who has written his own "Amiga Workbench" implementation for Windows 10 and 11 that can be either used as a separate application or as a replacement of the File Explorer.

Once another forum member pointed out, though, that Amiga and AmigaOS as well as the Boingball logo would still be registered trademarks, the author withdrew his program that had been available for free download before.

Update: (18:11, 03.01.22, snx)
Under its new name myWorkspace! the program is now available again. (snx)

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02.Jan.2022
ANF


Video: De-yellowing of an Amiga 1000 (The 8-Bit Guy)
In preparation of his planned Amiga documentation, David 'The 8-Bit Guy' Murray restores an Amiga 1000 donated to him in a video at the title link. Since it is still working and technically in a good condition, the work consists basically just of cleaning and de-yellowing the case by peroxide and UV light. (snx)

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02.Jan.2022
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.
  • November/December 2021 news
  • Old articles from Joystick 33 to 36:
    • News: Future successes of 1993 (part one and two)
    • Interview with Dino Dini
    • Review of Walker
    • Review of Lemmings 2
    • News: Psygnosis piles on the heroes
    • Review of Best Of The Best
    • Review of Historyline 1914-1918
    • Interview with Johan Robson
    • Review of Street Fighter 2
    • Review of Piracy On The High Seas
    • News: Body Blows and Super Frog
    • Team 17's two future hits
    • Interview with Geoff Heath and Ann Jacobs
    • Review of Caesar, review of Coolworld
  • Special quiz about the pseudonyms of the Amiga world
  • Interview with David Pleasance and Colin Proudfoot (directors of Commodore UK)
  • Interview with Amy Worthington (designer of Mr Beanbag)
  • Interview with Graeme Boxall (co-founder of Renegade)
  • Review of eNewsReader r2
  • File: The Checkmate A1500 controversy
  • File: Pinball games from 21th Century
  • Point of view: The development of Rave (part 2)
  • DIY: Project AmiPi - the quintessence of retro-computing in a pure vintage computer
  • DIY: Development of the Arduino Amiga floppy drive, aka DrawBridge
  • Tutorial: Setting up the Indivision AGA MK3
  • Special quiz about the pseudonyms on the Amiga community
(snx)

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02.Jan.2022
Alain Fontanin (Mail)


Text editor: Amiga Source Editor 1.80
By releasing version 1.2 (2019), at the end of the last year Alain Fontanin has resumed the development of his "Amiga Source Editor" (ASE) which originally started in 1989.

The author constantly develops his text editor further and now has released version 1.80 with the following changes:
  • Possibility to cancel the closing of a document or even of ASE2019
  • Fixed some 'hit enforcer'
  • Ability to record and execute macros
  • Improvement of the positioning of windows on large screens
  • New ARexx functions: WakeDocument, SleepDocument, CloseAllDocuments and ExecuteMacro
(dr)

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02.Jan.2022
Daniel Müßener (Mail)


Preview video 24: Souverän Soccer
Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener (Wings Remastered, MiniGL4GL4ES, Tower 57) is working on a soccer game with 3D view called "Souverän Soccer" (amiga-news.de reported) which is supposed to run on unaccelerated Amiga 1200 and CD32 with 50 fps.

In his 24. preview video the author presents a lot of changes, among others:

  • Highlight: Null modem support. The playing field is then shown from the perspective of the respective team. Of course, the serial link still runs at 50Hz on unaccelerated A1200.
  • Optimization of player drawing by exploiting frame coherence: only what is not painted over anyway is erased.
  • Turf distance shading now much smoother.
  • Marking for active players, usually the figures closest to the ball, inside. Realized with hardware sprites. It wasn't easy, because all 5 existing ones are already in use elsewhere.
  • simple player control (running and simple shooting), ball sticks to the player for now, real ball physics with correct acceleration, gravity and friction.
(dr)

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01.Jan.2022



Amiga-News.de wishes a happy new year
Amiga-News.de wishes all readers a happy new year and thanks its readers for the continuing loyalty. (dr)

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