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`18.Mar.2024` Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)	Modern text engine for Hollywood: Pangomonium 1.0 supports Emojis Press Release: Airsoft Softwair is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a powerful new plugin for Hollywood: Pangomonium - the ultimate text engine for Hollywood. Pangomonium is a plugin of epic proportions and the first plugin to require Hollywood 10. Pangomonium contains an ultra-modern text engine that is at the cutting edge of technology and can draw text in almost any language in the world. In addition, Pangomonium also supports fonts with colored characters, making it finally possible to write programs on Amigas that support colored emojis! Pangomonium is based on the established Pango and Cairo libraries and also allows Hollywood scripts to call all Pango/Cairo functions directly. Of course, there is also a simpler interface to draw text via Pangomonium without having to deal with Pango/Cairo in depth. Pangomonium has been two years in the making and is now finally ready for release, exclusively for Hollywood 10. Here are just a few of Pangomonium's impressive features: Text can be drawn in almost any language in the world, including complex fonts and layouts such as bi-directional text, left-scrolling fonts, vertical layouts, etc. Support for fonts with color characters (finally emoji support on the Amiga!) Two high and low level interfaces for beginners and advanced users Hollywood scripts can use all Pango and Cairo functions (over 500 of them!) seamless integration into the text interface of Hollywood 10 allows very easy use the plugin can also replace Hollywood's vector graphics engine extensive documentation in AmigaGuide, HTML, CHM and PDF formats (over 300 pages!) over 30 ready-to-run example scripts And best of all, Pangomonium is available to download for free from the official Hollywood portal. At least Hollywood 10 is required. Thanks to Hollywood's platform-independent plugin system, there are versions for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, Linux, macOS and Windows. (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 18. Mar. 2024, 19:40] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`17.Mar.2024`	Shaviry: DIY Amiga RGB to VGA adapter and monitor switcher Shaviry is a new hardware project created by hobby developer Enrique Ferrari Lorenzo. It combines an Amiga video-to-VGA adapter and a monitor switcher, featuring an integrated RGB amplifier to minimise vertical bars and improve display quality. Shaviry is explicitly not a scandoubler, so the connected monitor(s) must support 15 kHz video signals. The mode of operation of the adapter can be controlled using jumpers: Shaviry thus functions as a pure VGA adapter on Amigas that are not equipped with a graphics card or HDMI-to-VGA adapter, and/or as an automatic input switcher controlled by Switchcontrol via CIA or parallel port or by switch, Arduino or similar via a 5-volt signal. A built-in optocoupler component prevents overvoltage in this process. The switchover with a CRT monitor is immediate, with an LCD monitor it takes a little longer, according to the developer's description. Tests were carried out by the developer with an AGA Amiga and THS7374 and THS7376 RGB amplifiers. Using the THS7374 with 9.5 Mhz filter bandwidth, the vertical bars are slightly visible, but the image is blurred, according to the developer. The THS7376 produces a sharp image and the bars are almost invisible. Shavira is currently not offered commercially, but is aimed at the growing do-it-yourself community, i.e. those who are not afraid to wield a soldering iron. The developer Enrique Ferrari Lorenzo provides the PCB data for KiCad and Gerber files on the project page on GitHub under the title link for free download and provides a complete overview of the required components along with extensive image and video material for support. The current revision is REV23012024 from 23 January 2024. A readme about Shaviry is also available in English. (nba) [News message: 17. Mar. 2024, 16:48] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Mar.2024` Wolfgang Kierdorf (E-Mail)	Video: DIY instruction to build an Arcade Stick gamepad for the Amiga CD³² At the title link, Wolfgang Kierdorf demonstrates how a standard arcade stick gamepad can be adapted for use with the Amiga CD³² console with a little soldering work using a purchasable circuit board. (snx) [News message: 12. Mar. 2024, 12:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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