02.May.2025
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Developer log: Amiga Isometric #10
Nivrig Games is working on porting an isometric arcade adventure game to the Amiga and is publishing developer diaries (amiga-news.de berichtete). In the tenth issue (video), he reports on the remaining creation of Zone 2 and a bonus zone. (dr)
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02.May.2025
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SCALA-MM game conversion: The Angel of Death 1.0
At the end of November, 'Quantum Code Monk' released a first pre-release version of its Scala MM game conversion "The Angel of Death" for AmiGameJam 2024, which is based on Police Quest: In Pursuit Of The Death Angel, a game released by Sierra in 1987. As Jessie Bains, you try to take control of the drug trade in the town of Lytton.
The graphics have been reworked and are heavily inspired by the original game. A few side quests, a points management system and a very simple luck mini-game have also been added.
AmigaOS 3.x as well as Scala or the Scala Player are required. Also 4 MB RAM and a minimum resolution of 640x512. (dr)
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02.May.2025
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Emulator hardware: CPU Boost Kit available for "A1200 NG"
As announced a good week ago, AmigaKit is now offering a CPU Boost Kit for the "A1200 NG" emulator solution for around 24 euros, which increases the performance of the board by up to 20 per cent by boosting the CPU from 1.5 GHz to 1.7 GHz. After activating the CPU boost option in the main menu, SysInfo reports around 300 MIPs (previously 250 MIPs) according to AmigaKit. (dr)
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01.May.2025
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.
- News from March/April 2025
- News: AROS in 2024
- News: What's new for ANAIIS?
- Old articles from Génération 4 36 to 41:
- News: Behind the scenes of Drakkhen 2 development, Behind the scenes of BAT 2 development, Gremlin - a greater ambition
- Reviews: Hare Raising Havoc, Vengeance of Excalibur, No Buddies Land, Advantage Tennis, World Class Rugby, Shadow Sorcerer, etc
- Interview with Hal Barwood
- Interview with Roland Florac (Amiga developer)
- Interview with Mev Din (game designer)
- Hardware: Sew Ready case for Amiga 500
- DIY: AmigaOne XE
- part 1, "quickly and easily" upgrades
- Articles from ZINE diskmag #°1 (October 1989)
- File: The game tuning process during development
- Tutorial: Using Smart SMBFS on MorphOS
- Tutorial: Installing Odyssey 64 bits on AxRT Linux
- Tutorial: Tips for the AmigaOS 3.9 Shell/ViNCEd
- Programming: Music and drawing in C and SDL2 on MorphOS
- Programming: Programming a cracktro on the Amiga 500 (three parts)
- Programming: Creating a demo
- chapter 4, part 1, the Blitter
- Amiga quiz specially generated by Gemini artificial intelligence
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01.May.2025
Youtube: Paddys Retro Kanal (ANF)
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Video: Amiga Talk - Die Reise geht weiter! (German)
A (German) video discussion was published on Paddy's retro channel, in which Chris Hülsbeck, Michael Spindler, Dennis Pauler, MIGs Yesterchips and Matthias Heinrichs were guests. Michael Spindler, for example, developed his own Akiko32 board and his own Amiga laptop. Chris Hülsbeck answered questions that were put to him. (snx)
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01.May.2025
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Emulator: Mame106Minimix 1.3
The Multi Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) emulates numerous arcade machines. After conversions for MorphOS and AmigaOS 4 as well as various, mostly older 68k ports, there has been another project for AmigaOS 3.1 since last year with Mame106Minimix, which however requires a very fast computer (68060 processor with 64 MB or actually designed for PiStorm extensions).
The port of MAME version 0.106, which dates back to 2006, is now available in version 1.3 and offers further corrections regarding the AGA and OCS native modes and the emulation of various games. (snx)
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01.May.2025
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Video: A-Z Of Amiga Music
The approximately one-hour video "A-Z Of Amiga Music" presents the music of various Amiga titles in alphabetical order of the game names, from Alien Breed to Zone Warrior. (snx)
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01.May.2025
Mastodon (ANF)
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Event: Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition 2025
On July 19/20, with the support of the Australian Computer Museum Society and the Vintage Computer Federation, the Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition will take place for the fourth time - this time in the McCowage Hall of the Daramalan College in Dickson. (snx)
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30.Apr.2025
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New PPC hardware announced: "Mirari" featuring USB3, NVME, FPGA (Update 3)
Dave "Skateman" Koelman presented a new PPC motherboard developed by Harald 'Geennaam' Kanning in the "Hardware" channel of the Amigans Discord server. Some time later, Kanning himself started posting in our comments section and supplied
a pretty extensive overview over the project:
The full specifications of the current design look like this:
- Form Factor: micro-ATX compatible, 244x170mm (L x W)
- T10x2 (2-4 e5500 cores) up to 1.5GHz / T2081 (4 dual-threaded e6500 cores with Altivec 2.0) up to 1.8GHz
- DDR3L (1.35V) SODIMM with rank interleaving (T10x2 up to DDR1600; T2081 up to DDR2133)
- PCIe x16 slot with 4 lanes occupied (PCIe 2.0)
- PCIe x4 slot with one lane occupied (T10x2 PCIe 2.0; T2081 PCIe 3.0)
- PCIe x1 slot with one lane occupied (PCIe 2.0)
- 2x SATA 2.0 (T10x2 only, at 300Mbit/s)
- 2x NVMe slots (second slot mutually exclusive with second SATA port)
- 8 USB 2.0 ports (4 connected to the rear I/O; 4 connected to internal USB 2.0 headers)
- 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports (2 connected to the rear I/O; 2 connected to an internal USB 3.0 header)
- 10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet
- 192kHz/24bit analog audio (mic, line-in, line-out to the rear I/O; mic, headphone to the HD audio connector)
- S/PDIF / Toslink digital audio out
- 9-pin RS232 to the rear I/O
- Micro SD card (push-in push-out) as boot source
- 24-pin ATX power connector
- 4-pin ATX CPU power connector
- CPU fan header with PWM
- Case fan header
- TRION FPGA
Background and Mission
The Mirari board is designed with the intention to provide the Amiga
community with low-cost PowerPC hardware. Therefore, the design is based on a
bare minimum with nice-to-haves based on what makes sense, but always with
the mission in mind. Due to the minor cost difference between a dual-core
T1022 and the quad-core T1042, we've decided on the T1042, resulting in a
low-cost board with mid-range specifications.
The T10x2 is based on the e5500 core, the same core found in the X5000.
Initial benchmarks confirm that the single-core performance difference is
just the clock difference, with a 1.4 GHz T1042 performing at 70% of the 2GHz
X5020. The design also accommodates the pin and footprint-compatible T2081,
allowing for a mid-cost board with high-end specifications. To ensure
compatibility, we had to make some compromises to the T10x2 design.
Memory Support
The T10x2 memory controller supports both 64-bit DDR3L and DDR4 at 800 MHz (DDR1600).
The T2081 memory controller supports both 64-bit DDR3L at 933MHz (DDR1866) and DDR3 at 1066MHz (DDR2133).
The common denominator is DDR3L, hence the choice for a 1.35V SODIMM slot.
If we had focused solely on the T1042, DDR4 would have been the better choice from an availability standpoint. However, since the clock speed is the same but latencies are larger for DDR4, the overall memory performance would have been lower.
For the T2081 we can increase the memory controller voltage to 1.5V which would enable the DDR2133 interface speed.
Although we have only one memory controller, initial Linux benchmarks show that the single and SMT memory performance is at least on par with the X5020.
Audio
For longevity reasons, we've decided to use an industrial-grade audio codec from TI (TLV320AIC3204). This codec is routed to three audio jacks at the rear (mic, line-in, line-out) and to an onboard HD audio connector. Additionally, there's a digital optical output (Toslink). The T1042 features an I2S interface for direct connection to external audio codecs, while the T208x does not. Therefore, we've implemented the I2S and S/PDIF controllers in the FPGA. This means there's no audio driver readily available for Linux. For OS4 and MorphOS, I have experience writing AHI drivers, so consider this covered.
Storage
The mainboard features two SATA ports and two NVMe slots. However, we had to make some tough choices again:
For the T1042 variant, there's always one SATA port and one NVMe slot available. The second SATA/NVMe is mutually exclusive, currently jumper-based but eventually u-boot configurable.
The T2081 does not have SATA interfaces. If you need SATA, it must be added with a PCIe card. However, keep in mind that SATA is being phased out, with modern PCs and laptops often using NVMe over SATA SSDs.
Tested Linux distributions are all booting and running from NVMe. I also have experience with NVMe drivers, so consider this covered for OS4 and MorphOS as well.
USB3: We based u-boot on the latest stable version available earlier this year, 2024.10. This has many benefits over using the 2014-2018 versions available in other PowerPC hardware. However, the developers behind u-boot changed the driver model around 2018, with a transition period ending in 2020. This means u-boot is a mixture of old drivers and drivers compliant with the new model. For USB on NXP SoC, there's a catch: NXP didn't rewrite their OHCI and EHCI drivers for the new model. Activating the XHCI driver for USB3 support causes conflicts. Fortunately, this is not an issue under Linux, so USB3 works correctly, but we have work to do for u-boot.
Prototypes
We have ordered 5 prototypes and managed to make them all work (100% yield). This was a great concern to me personally, as the layout requirements for the 780 balls FPGA stretched our supplier's capabilities to its limits. The boards run stably and have undergone hours of burn-in testing with Linux stress testing tools. One observation is that the CPUs run around 30°C idle and around 40°C under full load, which is good for overclocking potential. The core power supply has quite some headroom to support this. You can check out the Hyperion Entertainment X5000 Linux-only forum for posts from Skateman. Whenever he talks about his 4-core e5500, he is actually talking about this board.
Update: (30.04.2025, 23:20, cg)
The hardware designer made some additional statements in a Discord channel only accessible to registered users (Official Commodore Amiga, #next-gen):
- "Board is fully functional. So runs all available PPC Linux distro's (including the latest Chimera). This one is T1042 based for cost reasons.
So 4x e5500 cores. But the board is fully compatible with the 8 threaded e6500 based T2081. Other things to highlight are 2x NVMe (Linux boots
and runs from NVMe) and USB3.2 Gen1".
- "Target for the T1042 based version is to be the lowest cost mainboard PPC board on sale."
- "Target is to run both OS4 and MorphOS. But this is not up to us of course. We can do so much what we can control. And that is the hardware
including u-boot. If those in control of OS4 ultimately do not want to cooperate than at least we had the fun. And proved that low cost PPC
hardware is possible."
- "The T1042 supports either 1.35V DDR3L or DDR4. The T2081 supports either 1.5V DDR3 or 1.35V DDR3L. Hence the choice for a 1.35V sodimm.
For the T2081 I could opt for 1.5V DDR3. Then it can be clocked up to DDR-2133"
Update 2: (01.05.2025, 13:15, cg):
Board designer Harald 'Geennaam' Kanning has posted an extensive description of the project in our comments section.
Update 3: (01.05.2025, 15:39, cg):
Restructured the entire news item, to present all information available so far in an easier to digest format.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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29.Apr.2025
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Worth a read: Thomas Rattigan, short-lived Commodore CEO
American journalist and author David L. Farquhar regularly writes about computer and IT history on his website "The Silicon Underground". In a recent article, he outlines the short but eventful tenure of Thomas Rattigan as CEO of Commodore. Rattigan was lured away from Pepsi to Commodore in 1985 and initially took on the role of COO. He is credited with initiating the successful A500 and A2000 models and returning the company to profitability.
On 23 April 1987, just over a year after being appointed CEO of Commodore (on 1 April 1986), Thomas Rattigan had his abrupt end at Commodore – he was dismissed by Irving Gould and escorted out of the building by security guards without being given the opportunity to take any personal belongings with him.
Farquhar recounts the background to this spectacular episode in Commodore's company history and shows how Rattigan ended up having the last laugh. (nba)
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29.Apr.2025
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Podcast: The Retro Hour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Amiga
The latest episode (476) of the English-language podcast The Retro Hour is all about the 40th birthday of the Commodore Amiga. Recorded live at VCF East in New Jersey, host Dan Wood presents stories about Amiga developers and computer pioneers Dale Luck, Jeff Porter, Andy Finkel and others. They share exclusive insights and anecdotes from the early days of the legendary home computer.
This episode also features news for retro nerds, including information about a new homebrew racing game for the Sega Saturn, the return of Compute's Gazette, the limited edition of the Doom I & II collection, the new update 3.2.3 for AmigaOS, and the game "Mechanoids 2 – The Final Conflict". (nba)
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29.Apr.2025
Games That Weren't
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Alien Olympics
Alien Olympics was a sports game planned by Mindscape for 1994 for the Amiga (OCS, 1 MB) and the CD32. Although it was never released, the website "Games That Weren't" has now discovered an early version of the game that is about 30% complete and made it runnable. The game, which was converted to Amiga by Mark Greenshields, is reminiscent of Track & Field, but with eight unique alien characters and humorous disciplines. (nba)
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28.Apr.2025
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AmigaOS 4: clib4 1.6.0
With clib4 Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè is working on a variant of the official ADTools clib2, which should be specific for AmigaOS 4 in order to be easier to maintain and above all to add functions that are difficult to implement on original Amigas.
Now version 1.6.0 was released with the following changes:
- Merge master to development
- Code improvements
- Split stubs
- Fix problems with spawnvpe and pthreads
- Added a script to check offset values for stubs
- Patches for spawnv and popen (qt6)
- Fix memory allocator
- Fix waitpid and popen + some details
- Added test for hints->ai_socktype == 0 in getaddrinfo.c (qt6)
- Fix stack size code in pthread_create.c
- sigtimedwait & sigwaitinfo implemented
- Converted all line endings to LF (Linux)
- Set dicord announcements on PRs
- Removed uneeded call to flush
- More line endings changes
- clib4 requirements in crtbegin was using a wrong PrintF
- Modifications to flock.c
- Fixed iconv problem on dcngettext. Added Amiga-1251 charset on iconv
- Added dlopen example to test shared objects along rpath and soname
- Version files changes by the github bot
- Fix scp in GitHub actions
- Make announcements smaller
- Added static_assert on assert.h
- Reverted flock.c changes
- Changed back (again..) flock.c
- Added NETBSD getvfsstat function amd missing blkcnt_t in sys/types.h
- __time_delay was not working if wasn't in main thread
- tzset() reworked
- Added baserel support to clib4
- Moved constructors and destructors on libOpen
- Implemented getpriority and setpriority
- Implemented unixPathsEnabled
- Merge all the latest changes to master and prepare the next release
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28.Apr.2025
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Managing ADF files: adflib V0.10.1 for Windows, Linux and macOS (update)
Laurent Clevy first released adflib in 1999 in version 0.7.8 (Aminet). The portable C library, written mainly in C, is used to manage Amiga-formatted devices such as hard disks and ZIP disks or to swap them out via the .ADF format (amiga-news.de reported). The library is currently being developed under the responsibility of Tomasz Wolak. Changes in version 0.10.0:
- improved device support (hard disks, size limits, predefined types)
- write support: fixed bug on (lack of) OFS data block header update on appending
- native devices: fixed Linux native driver (opening the device was failing)
- renamed and improved command-line utilities
- enabled native devices on read-only tools: adfinfo, unadf
- fixed minor bugfixes in unadf (setting file permissions and timestamps on directories)
Update: (29.04.2025, 14:10, dr)
Version 0.10.1 is now available, which fixes test scripts to work also on FreeBSD. (dr)
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28.Apr.2025
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Video: Game Construction Kit "RedPill" supports HAM images
A few days ago, version 0.9.50 of the game construction kit "RedPill" was released on Aminet: among other things, the option to use HAM images as cover images was added. The developer Carlos Peris demonstrates this in a short video. (dr)
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28.Apr.2025
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Shooter: Update to Anguish (AGA)
For the AmiGameJam 2024, 'lionagony' released his idea of a sequel to Agony for AGA Amigas (video). Now he has released a small update for Anguish, which gives the playable first level new graphics and a slightly reduced difficulty level. There is also a bonus level, which is played in the finished game after the first level. (dr)
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27.Apr.2025
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Aminet uploads until 26.04.2025
The following files have been added until 26.04.2025 to Aminet:
cstat11z.lha comm/bbs 13K OS3 ZeusBBS Callersstats, B...
FILEDIR.lha comm/bbs 16K OS3 FileBase like Excelsior...
lcall13.lha comm/bbs 10K OS3 Zdoor to show last call...
lfl10.lha comm/bbs 28K OS3 Lightning Filelister v1...
MENUBAR10Z.lha comm/bbs 21K OS3 Generates a nice 3D loo...
zeus-ctrl-codes.lha comm/bbs 6K OS3 ZeusBBS: Control codes ...
Zeus_BBS_release_1.7.lha comm/bbs 5.1M OS3 ZeusBBS. Full release 1...
zfserv300.lha comm/bbs 113K OS3 file request handler fo...
zsysop.lha comm/bbs 15K OS3 SysOp / CoSysop Menus f...
TuneFinderMUI.lha comm/misc 67K OS3 Search+play online radi...
amigaget.lha comm/net 247K OS3 get https files for the...
Void-Dreams42.zip demo/misc 474K OS3 AGA Pack - Revision 202...
DanceDiverse3.lha demo/sound 4.5M OS3 Suburban Base: Dance Di...
Void-90sRewind-CDTV.zip demo/sound 54M OS3 CDTV Music-Disk Revisio...
OpenMedalOfHonor.lha game/shoot 23M OS4 Open Medal of Honour Al...
Astone.lha gfx/show 6.4M VAR picviewer inspired by f...
WhatIFF4.16.lha mags/misc 12M GEN What IFF? #4.16-April-2025
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 11M OS4 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 10M OS3 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
qoatoaiff.lha mus/misc 5K OS3 Decodes Quite OK Audio ...
NAFCYI1992S3-B01.zip text/bfont 1.0M GEN NAFCYI Fall 1992 (BMP F...
NAFCYI1992S3-B02.zip text/bfont 806K GEN NAFCYI Fall 1992 (BMP F...
KeyReq_07.lha util/boot 84K OS3 Cool requester improver...
MMULib.lha util/libs 811K OS3 Library to ctrl the MC6...
SoftIEEE.lha util/libs 128K OS3 math lib&881/882 FP...
AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 2.2M VAR App for chatting to Cha...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 8.0M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
yt_rexx.lha util/rexx 2.0M VAR yt.rexx with MorphOS ad...
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OS4Depot uploads until 26.04.2025
The following files have been added until 26.04.2025 to OS4Depot:
imp3.lha aud/pla 50kb 4.0 Do stuff on Amiga!
vasmm68k_mot.lha dev/cro 262kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler
vasmm68k_std.lha dev/cro 257kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler
vasmppc_std.lha dev/cro 217kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line&a...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
sieteymedia.lha gam/car 4Mb 4.0 The Siete y Media card game.
amicraftnova_src.rar gam/mis 128kb 4.0 AmiCraftNova source code
astone.lha gra/vie 6Mb 4.1 Pic viewer inspired by famous Wi...
amigagpt.lha net/cha 2Mb 4.1 App for chatting to ChatGPT
privoxy.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Web proxy to protect privacy
wormhole.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Network file transfer utility
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AROS Archives uploads until 26.04.2025
The following files have been added until 26.04.2025 to AROS Archives:
sieteymedia.lha gam/car 3Mb The Siete y Media card game.
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27.Apr.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 26.04.2025
The following files have been added until 26.04.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
fd2pragma_2.198.lha Development/Misc A tool to create pragma...
AmiArcadia_34.20.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Baccarat_2.05.lha Games/Card Play in this virtual Ca...
Siete-y-Media_2.00.lha Games/Card Play in this virtual Ca...
Stratagus_3.3.3.lha Games/Strategy A MorphOS port of Strat...
Amifish_2.1.lha Games/Think Chess program compatibl...
Wetris_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of Wetris (SDL3)
PolarPaint_1.055.lha Graphics/Draw Paint program made with...
YouTube-Extractor_3.4.lha Multimedia YT.rexx is a script for...
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27.Apr.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 26.04.2025
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 26.04.2025:
- 2025-04-25 improved: Academy: Tau Ceti II (CRL Group/ComTek) keyboard fixed, 68000 crash fixed, blitter waits added, OSEmu removed (Info)
- 2025-04-24 improved: Xenomorph (Pandora) another version supported, RawDIC imager, music bugs fixed, trainers added (Info)
- 2025-04-23 new: Quicksilva (Entactogenic Design) done by paraj (Info)
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27.Apr.2025
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Video: Assembling an FPGA "Amiga 1200" using only new components
In the video at the title link, 'Proteque-CBN' assembles an Amiga 1200 replacement using only new components, from the case to the internals. The centerpiece is a Mister/DE10 Nano with the Mistress 1200 breakout board, the injection-molded case comes from A1200.net and the Amiga 1200-compatible keyboard from Amigastore. (snx)
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26.Apr.2025
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Article series: GUI Wonderland #8 - Amiga Workbench, the Multimedia revolution
In the eighth episode of the "GUI Wonderland" series, the author presents the "multimedia wonder" Workbench 1.x. In addition to a detailed description of the development of the first Amiga model, there is a detailed description of the computer's graphical user interface. (cg)
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26.Apr.2025
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 169 (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.
The latest issue 169 includes tests of "Archon" and "Murder Makes Strange Deadfellows" for CDTV. (cg)
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26.Apr.2025
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AmigaGuide magazine: "WhatIFF?", issue 16
"WhatIFF?" is an English-language Amiga magazine in AmigaGuide format. The topics of the 16th issue are:
Reviews:
- AKUA Amiga Keyboard to USB Adapter
- OpenPSX2Amiga Pad Adapter
- AMI-RGB2VGA Ultimate
- Tikus USB Mouse/Joystick Adapter
- TechnoSound Turbo Re-release
- Amiga OS3.2 Reference Manual
Guides:
- Upgrade a PiStorm32 with Raspberry Pi3A+ to PiCM4 Module
- OpenURL - setting up OpenURL in AmigaGuide
- DigiPaint: Basics Part 1
- Accessing BBSs Without a Modem
Articles:
- DELL Monitors and 15Khz - Part 1: Will It Work?
- The Amiga, you, us, the community
- ChatGPT and Amiga: How Wrong Can It Get It?
- Increase interest in your pixel art
Interviews:
- Paul Vince (Amiga Game Selector)
- Rob Cranley (SOLAS _)
- Timothy Deters (FinalWriter)
Cover Disk:
- Example pixel art
- Disk label PDF
- New music in the playlist drawer
- Audio Samples
(cg)
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25.Apr.2025
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Chat software: AmigaGPT 2.5.0
Cameron Armstrong has developed a chat program called AmigaGPT, which is based on ChatGPT. The software supports the latest OpenAI models including the o1 family and runs on AmigaOS 3.1 and above (including 4.1) and on MorphOS. The source code of the tool can be downloaded separately.
The new version 2.5.0 has now been released with the following changes:
- Added an ARexx menu to allow you to run your own scripts. ARexx is not yet implemented in MorphOS so you can try installing the 68k version of ARexx and see if that works.
- Added sample scripts
- Status bar background colour adjusted to improve readability
- Latest OpenAI chat models added (gpt-4.1, o3, o4-mini)
- The menu has been rewritten and now gets built dynamically. It will now automatically create menu options for all the available models. This will make adding new models much easier and quicker
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (2 MB) (dr)
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25.Apr.2025
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Turn-based strategy game: New demo version 04/25 of "Ecliptic"
Ecliptic is described by the author as "a mixture of turn based tactical combat and role playing" (amiga-news.de reported) being a visually reminiscent of the retro-futuristic science fiction of the 1970s and 1980s. Now a sixth demo has been released for the game.
As the developer reports in his developer diary, this is "a pretty big update to Ecliptic - it includes a whole new level."
According to the developer, the game will not run on a simple A500 with 512K chip/512K slow RAM. It is his intention that this is possible, but it is not a high priority as the game already requires a harddrive. An Amiga 1200 with HD is recommended. (dr)
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25.Apr.2025
Artur Gadawski (Mail)
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7-bit: Bluetooth adapter for control pads
7-Bit has created a Bluetooth adapter called Ryś BlueLink, with which wireless control pads from Microsoft (X Box One), Sony (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3) and Nintendo (Joy-Con) can be used with an Amiga 500 or Amiga 1200. Ryś BlueLink has an OLED display that allows the user to configure the device and update the firmware via WiFi.
As the developer Artur Gadawski tells us, users had specifically asked for an interface that supports wireless XBox and Playstation pads and is specially tailored to the Amiga. He uses the licensed BTstack from BlueKitchen for this. The biggest challenge was to keep the device compact and the energy consumption as low as possible.
It is currently only available from the Polish allegro for the equivalent of around 60 euros (plus shipping). (dr)
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25.Apr.2025
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware v2025.04.25
ZuluSCSI is a file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulator, emulating an SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Version 2025.04.25 extends the recently released ZuluSCSI Blaster with Wi-Fi DaynaPORT/SC Ethernet emulation support. (dr)
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25.Apr.2025
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Tool: Audio decompression with QoaToAiff 0.2
The relatively new "Quite OK Audio Format" (QOA) is a lossy audio compression format: audio signals (44100hz, stereo) are encoded at 278 kbits/s, exactly 1/5 of the bits required for an uncompressed WAV file (amiga-news.de reported).
Grzegorz Kraszewski has written a decoder that converts QOA files into uncompressed AIFF (source code on GitHub). In version 0.2, he has implemented output buffering and the hard disc operations are now faster. (dr)
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24.Apr.2025
deadwood
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First stable version of a native 64-bit AROS
Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has released the first version of AROS for x86-64, labelled "stable". The basic system is available in two versions: as a bootable ISO file or in a 'hosted' edition that runs under Linux. Virtual machines (VMware, Virtualbox or QEMU) are recommended as a test environment for this first release: Audio, video and network drivers have been improved and tested for this use case.
In the coming months, a 64-bit version of the Odyssey Web Browser with a significantly more up-to-date version of the WebKit engine is to be released, and the 'latest Amiga emulation cores' are also to be equipped with a 64-bit JIT and better integrated into the system. AROS distributions based on the now published base system are also already in development.
A corresponding thread has been opened on arosworld.org for discussions about this 64-bit version of AROS. (cg)
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24.Apr.2025
AmigaKit
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Emulator hardware: "A1200 NG" has been shipping to end customers since this week
AmigaKit announces that it has started shipping the "A1200 NG" emulator solution after Easter. The company is working on an 'overclocking kit' that will soon be available and should increase computing power by up to 20 per cent. There will also be a port of A-EON's 'AmiStore' app store for A1200NG/A600GS in the summer. (cg)
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24.Apr.2025
GitHub
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Windows: GUI for Greaseweazle Tools - ADFDiskBox 2.3
ADFDiskBox is a graphical user interface for the Greaseweazle Host Tools and is intended to simplify the reading and writing of Amiga discs and disc images (ADF, SCP:AmigaDOS, RawSCP). Version 2.3 now offers an 'Options' dialogue and, according to the author, has generally become more user-friendly. (cg)
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24.Apr.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 174 - Preview and reading samples
The reading samples and previews of issue 174 (May/June 2025) of Amiga Future are now online. The issue features the following topics, among others:
- Special: 40 Years Amiga - Part 1: The Amiga 1000 takes the stage
- Interview Jon Bohmer (Scala)
- Interview Oldenburger Computer-Museum.
- Preview Amiga 40 Germany
- Preview ARC 2025
- Review Trapped in the Tomb
- Review Absolute Zero
- Review GemRB RPG Pack
- Review SkillGrid
- Review Yoomp!
- Review Soko-Ban
- Beyond the Screen: The history of Ports of Call,
- Special Asterix on the Amiga,
- Special: Amiga 1000 Rejuvenator
- Workshop: Knowledge 7: 8-way scrolling
- Workshop: A new SSD for your Amiga.
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23.Apr.2025
Balaton (Mail)
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Emulation: QEMU 10.0 / bboot 0.8
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 clearly summarises the possibilities on a specially created and now redesigned website.
QEMU is now available in version 10.0.0, Windows installers are provided as usual by Stefan Weil.
Version 0.8 of the bootloader "bboot" for loading AmigaOS 4 on QEMU-emulated AmigaOne and Pegasos2 machines, which was released by Zoltan Balaton about a month ago, requires the options -kernel, -initrd and -append for the amigaone machine, which are now available in QEMU 10.0. This makes it easier to use and is similar to pegasos2. Older bboot versions still require the -device loader options and will not work with -kernel on amigaone. Since the amigaone emulation might have less problems than pegasos2 (and is still available), according to Zoltan Balaton this might be a better choice now.
Finally, the developer has created a new subpage on VFIO device drivers under Linux: VFIO is a device driver that is used to assign virtual machines to devices and thus enable full access to a specific GPU, for example.
As he adds to us, the use of a GPU with VFIO on qemu-system-ppc is currently still experimental and would take some effort to set up. However, some users have managed to achieve usable results: it is therefore possible in principle, even if it is not easy to implement. (dr)
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23.Apr.2025
Amigans.net (forum)
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AmigaOS 4/MorphOS: Beta version of Open Medal of Honor
Open Medal of Honor is a reimplementation of the first-person shooter "Medal of Honor: Allied Assault" by Electronic Arts from 2002. The Spearhead and Breakthrough expansions are also supported.
A beta version of the game, which is still in beta itself, is now available for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. Download information is available at the title link. (snx)
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23.Apr.2025
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Print/PDF magazine: Komoda & Amiga plus #27 (Polish/English)
Komoda & Amiga plus is a Polish print and PDF magazine about the C64 and the Amiga, which is also distributed in an English version. The magazine in A4 format comprises 82 pages.
Topics of the current 27th issue include reviews of Fast Food 2, Tale of Evil and Amiga Yoomp, an article on data transfer between Amiga and Macintosh and an interview with Tommi 'Electric' Musturi. (snx)
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23.Apr.2025
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Development tool: vasm 2.0b
Frank Wille has updated vasm, a portable assembler for numerous CPUs with various syntax and output modules. In addition to various bug fixes, the changes include a new CPU backend for the SPC700, which was used in the SuperFamicom and SNES for sound processing, and the new option "-no-msrcdebug"; the latter disables source-level debugging within a macro context. (snx)
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22.Apr.2025
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SFX-Engine: Audio Mixer 3.7
Jeroen Knoester's Audio Mixer (YouTube video of version 2.0) allows real time mixing several samples onto a single channel (up to 4 samples on one channel), while maintaining high performance (3.7% CPU time for 4 samples mixed @ 11KHz on an standard 1MB A500) (amiga-news.de reported). The new version 3.7 adds external IRQ/DMA processing and expanded its C compiler support. Maintenance work has also been done for future releases. The software is available free of charge on GitHub, including the source code. (nba)
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22.Apr.2025
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Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 37
The new issue 37 of British magazine Amiga Addict is dedicated to Team 17's classic game Worms, exploring its origins with creator Andy Davidson and offering exciting insights into the very first pre-release version of the game.
This issue also includes reviews of Absolute Zero, Zool, Super Stardust and Chuck Rock II (CD32), an interview with the developer of DeMoN, a new version of the classic Action Replay, a collection of the best game over screens on the Amiga, and a report on creative DJing with the Amiga using the NASP software.
Issue 37 of the English-language magazine Amiga Addict is available from the publisher addict.media and in British newsagents. (nba)
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22.Apr.2025
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3D polygon models: 3D Object Converter 1.30 for AmigaOS 3.x/4.x
3D Object Converter is a tool for wireframe objects that was first released last year (amiga-news.de reported). The software is available as shareware at a price of 40 euros for AmigaOS 3.x and 4.x. The innovations of version 1.30 since the last news update at a glance:
New modules
- ASPRS LAS
- Black Shade
- CloudCompare Binary v1
- CloudCompare Simple Binary Format
- Heroes of Annihilated Empires
- Invizimals: Battle Hunters
- Loksim3D
- OpenBVE
- Point Cloud Data ASCII
- Point Cloud Data Binary
- PolyNova3D
- Screamer 4x4
- Skoki Narciarskie 2006
- Skunks
Upgraded modules
New general features
- Scale to fit
- Texture converters
New AmigaOS features
- Batch converter
- Geometry transformation
- Set the default texture file extension in the material table
- Texture converters
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22.Apr.2025
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Worth a read: Why computers were more fun before
In his latest article, "Honest and Elitist Thoughts on Why Computers Were More Fun Before", published on Datagubbe.se, Swedish tech nerd and software developer Carl Svensson reflects on the development of computer use and argues that computers were more fun before they became accessible to everyone. He argues that the complexity of the technology at the time and the need to engage intensively with it fostered a deeper connection and greater understanding of the devices.
The article highlights how the simplification and commercialisation of technology have led to many users today having only superficial knowledge and losing their former enthusiasm for discovering and understanding technology.
A worthwhile read for anyone interested in the history of computer use and cultural changes in the digital world. (nba)
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22.Apr.2025
Spillhistorie.no (ANF)
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Spillhistorie: Interview with the creators of Roguecraft
In an interview with Spillhistorie.no, Norwegian developer duo Badger Punch Games provided exciting insights into the creation of their award-winning Amiga game Roguecraft. The two developers, Ricki Sickenger and Henning Ludvigsen, met in the demo scene in the 1990s and later worked together on the MMORPG Darkfall Online. With Roguecraft, they have successfully returned to the roots of retro gaming.
They report on the positive response to Roguecraft, which recently won the award for best retro game at the Debug Indie Game Awards in Brighton, England. They also provide an outlook on future projects, including possible ports of Roguecraft to platforms such as Sega Mega Drive, NES and modern systems such as Steam and Nintendo Switch. (nba)
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22.Apr.2025
Indie Retro News
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Dungeon Crawler: Sir Redford Knights Adventure currently in development
Sir Redford Knights Adventure is an upcoming dungeon crawling game for the Amiga, developed by Juen, Koyot1222 and JMD. The game won first place in the RAM#3 competition and already offers a playable demo with five randomly generated levels. Expansions with additional items and statistics are planned. The game will run on a standard Amiga 500, and a video provides a first glimpse of the gameplay. (nba)
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21.Apr.2025
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Demoparty: Results of the Revision 2025
This year's edition of the Revision demo party took place in Saarbrücken over the Easter weekend. In two YouTube videos you can watch the competition entries in the categories Amiga Intro and Amiga Demo. The winners are:
Amiga Intro
Amiga Demo
In addition, there were also two Amiga entries in the "Game" category: "Billionaires in Space" by FiNitY and Zymosis (video) took 7th place (download link), "Noisy Rabbit" by Robert Smith - which we already reported on today - took 8th place. (dr)
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21.Apr.2025
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Easter game: Noisy Rabbit
After 2023 with "Hop to the Top!" and 2024 with "Bunnys Boing Ball Bounty", Robert Smith has also released an Easter game this year: in "Noisy Rabbit" (video), you have to collect large and small eggs in Pacman style. However, these are difficult to recognise as they are drawn in black and white, just like the playing field. The source code is included. (dr)
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20.Apr.2025
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Aminet uploads until 19.04.2025
The following files have been added until 19.04.2025 to Aminet:
zbbslister.lha comm/bbs 5K OS3 ZBBSLister is a BBS lis...
apccomm.lha comm/misc 205K OS3 transfers files between...
amigaget.lha comm/net 246K OS3 get https files for the...
fd2pragma-mos.lha dev/misc 339K VAR V2.198 create pragma, i...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 8.4M OS3 Game Creator with AGA s...
Amifish_AROS.lha game/board 3.6M ARO Chess program UCI compa...
Amifish_MorphOS.lha game/board 3.5M MOS Chess program UCI compa...
Amifish_OS4.lha game/board 3.8M OS4 Chess program UCI compa...
SysBlaster.lha game/shoot 18K OS3 (S)VGA promotable Shoot...
PolarPaint_68k.lha gfx/edit 2.0M OS3 Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_AROS.lha gfx/edit 2.2M ARO Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_MOS.lha gfx/edit 2.2M MOS Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_OS4.lha gfx/edit 2.5M OS4 Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_small_68k.lha gfx/edit 1.8M OS3 Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_small_AROS.lha gfx/edit 2.0M ARO Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_small_MOS.lha gfx/edit 2.0M MOS Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_small_OS4.lha gfx/edit 2.3M OS4 Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_small_WOS.lha gfx/edit 2.2M WUP Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_WOS.lha gfx/edit 2.3M WUP Paint program made with...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 11M OS4 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 10M OS3 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
Sacrifice.lha mods/8voic 400K GEN 16bit 16ch Up-Tempo Amb...
imp3.lha mus/play 50K OS3 Do stuff on Amiga!
MisterMartin.zip text/tfont 146K GEN Mister Martin - Truetyp...
aiostreams.lha util/batch 229K GEN Stream video from major...
gicriptofilex.lha util/crypt 131K OS3 Encrypt files using 128...
AmiSSL-v5-OS3.lha util/libs 4.0M OS3 OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...
AmiSSL-v5-OS4.lha util/libs 3.6M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...
AmiSSL-v5-SDK.lha util/libs 2.5M VAR OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...
containers.lha util/libs 24K OS3 Provides containers + r...
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OS4Depot uploads until 19.04.2025
The following files have been added until 19.04.2025 to OS4Depot:
amissl-sdk.lha dev/mis 2Mb 4.0 SDK for AmiSSL
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line&a...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
amifish.lha gam/boa 4Mb 4.0 Chess program compatible with UC...
baccarat.lha gam/car 7Mb 4.0 A card game from Dr. No and Casi...
polarpaint.lha gra/edi 3Mb 4.1 Paint program made with Hollywood
polarpaint_small.lha gra/edi 2Mb 4.0 Paint program made with Hollywood
amissl.lha lib/mis 4Mb 4.0 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared library
deark.lha uti/arc 7Mb 4.0 Extracting data from various fil...
aiostreams.lha vid/mis 229kb 4.1 Stream video from major online p...
yt.lha vid/mis 873kb 4.1 YouTube URL Extractor script
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AROS Archives uploads until 19.04.2025
The following files have been added until 19.04.2025 to AROS Archives:
metemp3_v1.5.i386-aros.zip aud/pla 601kb a Mp3,Flac,Wav Player
amifish.i386-aros.lha gam/boa 4Mb Chess program compatible with UC...
baccarat.lha gam/car 7Mb A card game from Dr. No and Casi...
polarpaint_aros.lha gra/edi 2Mb Paint program made with Hollywood
polarpaint_small_aros.lha gra/edi 2Mb Paint program made with Hollywood
kensv4_program_drawer.zip gra/ico 299kb application and drawer icon kens...
arsfsdoctor11.i386-aros.zip uti/fil 415kb SFS Recovery Application
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Michael Rupp (ANF)
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Database: Amigamap.com now also catalogs A600GS and THEA500 Mini
On Amigamap.com, Mario Wilkens catalogs all Amiga systems still in use, including MorphOS and AROS (amiga-news.de reported). At the suggestion of Michael Rupp, owners of a THEA500 Mini or an A600GS can now also register their device there. (snx)
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19.Apr.2025
Oliver Achten / Alinea Computer (ANF)
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Announcement and pre-order campaign: AmiGUS sound card
After 1 year of development time, we are proud to announce a new and exciting piece of hardware for the Amiga in 2025:
the AmiGUS soundcard.
Oliver Achten is responsible for the hardware development of the card. He developed the card with passion and attention to detail and also perfected the drivers in collaboration with his software team. Alinea Computer will be responsible for the production and support of the card.
GUS stands for "Great Unbelievable Sound", and that is exactly what we will be offering - a quantum leap in quality for Amiga sound cards.
No less than 24-bit, 192kHz is the premise here, and the good news is that this quality can be achieved on any Amiga,
thanks to a fully featured hardware synth and mixing engine and CODEC chip for compressed sound formats.
Our goal is to bring high quality music production and reproduction back to the Amiga, making it an enjoyable experience for everyone.
AmiGUS Feature List
- Zorro II card for Amiga 2000 / 3000 /4000 computers, or compatible bus boards.
- Standard RCA stereo output, 192kHz @24-bit.
- TOSLINK optical output, supporting 48kHz, 96kHz & 192kHz @24-bit.
- 3x analogue audio inputs (PAULA, CD-ROM, EXTERNAL), sampled at 192kHz @24-bit.
- High-quality digital mixer which operates at full 192kHz @24-bit resolution.
- AHI buffered stream interface, supporting 8-/16- & 24-bit modes for playback and recording.
- MP3/OGG/FLAC/WMA hardware decoder (VLSI VS1063), enhanced by a powerful DMA stream buffer.
- 32 channel wavetable engine - featuring per voice:
8-/16-bit sample support, 192kHz @24-bit mixing rate.
- Sample start, stop and loop pointer for effective one-shot or continuous playback modes.
- 32-bit sample phase accumulators for extra fine grained pitch definition.
- Optional per-voice sample interpolation for smooth sounds.
- Channel independent left / right stereo panning.
- Hardware ADSR evelope generator.li>
- 32 MB on-board sample memory - ready to be used for Multichannel Sample Tracking or MIDI.
- Flash-based mixer settings which are automatically loaded on start-up.
- Open Hardware - Software, Platinen Gerber-Dateien und FPGA Bitstream frei verfügbar.
- Upgradable FPGA Core via JTAG, or Amiga-based flash tool.
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- Open Hardware - Software, PCB Gerbers and FPGA Bitstream freely available.
Supported Drivers
Minimum Amiga Configuration
- Amiga 2000
- 68000 @7.09MHz
- 1 MB Chip / 4 MB Fast
- AmigaOS 1.3
Recommended Amiga Configuration
- Amiga 2000 / 3000 / 4000
- 68030 @25Mhz
- 2 MB Chip / 16 MB Fast
- AmigaOS 3.9 or 3.2.2<(li>
Included
- AmiGUS card
- Printed manual in German and English
- Video slot Paula adapter
The AmiGUS is expected to be released on 21 June 2025 at the Amiga Ruhrpott Convention in Duisburg.
The open hardware release is available for all Amiga tinkerers and hobbyists who take pride in the experience of
building and creating your own hardware - either alone or as part of the Amiga community experience.
In addition to the open hardware version, AmiGUS will also be available on sale from Alinea Computer as a complete
package, build from high quality components, manual and packaging designed by the card's creator.
We are offering a pre-order promotion for the launch. The card can be pre-ordered until 2 May at a special price of 380 euros in the Alinea Computer Shop (see title link). The final price after the promotion will be 399 Euro. We look forward to your pre-orders!
(cg)
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19.Apr.2025
AmiKit (ANF)
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AmiKit 12.8.3 with support for AmigaOS 3.2.3
The latest AmiKit update contains tools to install AmigaOS 3.2.3 under Amikit or to update an existing AmigaOS 3.2.x installation. (cg)
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19.Apr.2025
AmigaBill (ANF)
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Video: Amiga engineers and executives discussing Commodore, VCF East 2025
In this 2nd panel (part 1) from VCF East 2025's Amiga 40 celebration, Commodore engineers and execs Dave Haynie, David John Pleasance, Hedley Davis, Greg Berlin, Don Gilbreath, Robert Miranda, and Jeff Bruette reunite to share their stories from behind the scenes of the Amiga era. (cg)
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19.Apr.2025
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Aiostreams V1.7.8: Scripts for streaming videos (AmigaOS 4, MorphOS)
"All In One streams" (aiostreams) is a pack of scripts, written in Python, that can be used to stream and watch videos from different online networks, like Twitch.tv, YouTube and Vimeo.com. All the scripts are developed and fully tested under AmigaOS 4.1 FE and MorphOS 3.x. which are the target systems of George 'walkero' Sokiano's project. Changes of version 1.7.8:
Changed
- Changed the youtube script to support urls like https://youtu.be/AbcdefghiJk
- Changed the youtube script to return an error message when the url is not compatible
Fixed
- Fixed the version string removing the double "vv"
- Fixed the youtube script when searching for videos to not crash when the results do not have a videoid
As a companion to these scripts, he created the website AIOstreams which can be a fast way to discover Twitch videos. It is really fast and can be used on older browsers that do not support Javascript and CSS. This is a proxy website. No data is stored in any database, there is no tracking and no authentication is required. (dr)
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19.Apr.2025
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Shoot'em Up: Demo version of "Wings of Fear"
Around a week ago, we reported on the preview video for the shoot'em up "Wings of Fear". Now the developer has released a demo version of his game, which is still in the alpha phase and is being created using the Scorpion Engine. He wants to use it to gather constructive feedback and suggestions on how he can improve his game.
The minimum requirements are an ECS Amiga with 1 MB Fast RAM, 1 MB Chip RAM and a 68000 CPU, with which the game runs "painfully slowly" according to the author. AGA, 2MB chip RAM and 1 MB fast RAM as well as a 68020 CPU are recommended. (dr)
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19.Apr.2025
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Video tutorial: The AMOS Pro extension "AMCAF"
In his latest video, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' takes a look at the installation of the AMCAF extension for AMOS-Pro, which provides up to 200 new commands and functions. (dr)
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17.Apr.2025
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Real-time strategy game "HiWar"
At "Amiga Games that Weren't" there is information and a preview version of "HiWar", a Red Alert clone that was later released as "Tridonis" on the PC. (cg)
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17.Apr.2025
Simon Neumann (ANF)
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Warcraft-2-Engine: Stratagus 3.3.3 for AmigaOS 4
Press release: Alinea Computer is pleased to be able to offer another port by Steffen Häuser. Steffen has taken care of the porting of the latest version 3.3.3 and the installation routines for easy installation under AmigaOS 4. Stratagus is the port of the engine in version 3.3.3, which makes it possible to play the game Warcraft 2 from Blizzard Entertainment natively on the Amiga under AmigaOS 4.
The archive contains an installer with which it is possible to install the game directly from the PC CD without pre-installing it on the PC. At least for the Warcraft 2 Classic PC CD, for the Battle.Net CD or the Gog version it is necessary to unpack a file with a Windows tool, but with the Classic CD you can install directly on the Amiga.
Warcraft 2 is one of the most famous strategy games of all time, practically the prequel to the famous MMO "World of Warcraft". In addition to the base game "Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness", the add-on CD "Warcraft 2: Beyond the Dark Portal" (already included in the Battle.Net CD and Gog version) is also supported.
Stratagus is based on the current "latest Git" version of the Stratagus project (version 3.3.3). In contrast to an earlier implementation, 3.3.3 offers the following features:
- Iconic game music and not just sound effects (the music files are only installed with the Warcraft 2 Classic CD and the Battle.net CD, but can be copied manually afterwards when using the Gog version).
- The game's video sequences (video sequences not available on AmigaOne A1222)
- A functional level editor
- Numerous bug fixes
Of course, the localisation of Warcraft 2 into different languages is also supported.
Stratagus is under GPL licence, the source code of the Amiga version will be integrated into the github of the PC version in the foreseeable future, but is also available as a request by e-mail (see readme for details).
The minimum requirements for Stratagus are:
- A computer with AmigaOS 4.1 FE Update 2 or higher
- Special executables optimised for the respective platforms (x1000, x5000, Sam 440, Sam 460, G3 and A1222) can be selected during installation.
Note: This version only offers the single-player campaigns, without multiplayer. (cg)
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17.Apr.2025
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Tutorial: Building a 14-Mhz accelerator card for the Amiga 500 (German)
In a German-language detailed article, Mingo shows how he rebuilds the 14mhz-accelerator available on Github. (cg)
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16.Apr.2025
Darren 'dmcoles' Coles (ANF)
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Unofficial successor: Action Replay 5 DeMoN cartridge
An improved Action Replay cartridge for the Amiga 500 and WinUAE has been developed using reverse engineering. The hardware component is DeMoN, the software is called Action Replay 5.
The Action Replay III was a popular plug-in module for the Amiga 500, 1000 and 2000 that offered developers and gamers various functions to access the system's hardware more deeply. The main function was the use of the hardware as a cheat module, with which the Amiga could be "slowed down" using a potentiometer in order to successfully master tricky game situations. Game data stored in the working memory of a currently running game could be changed, for example to give yourself more life. Bypassing copy protection mechanisms or "ripping" music, samples or images and many other functions were also possible with Action Replay III and its predecessors on the Amiga. (snx)
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16.Apr.2025
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Scala game: The Hobbitron Chronicles
The Hobbitron Chronicles is a point-and-click version of the text adventure Adventure 3 created with Scala MM400. Accordingly, the Scala Player (or Scala) is required to play the game.
The aim of the game is to find and destroy three magical rings hidden in different eras: the past, the present and the future. (snx)
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16.Apr.2025
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Demoscene: Compression optimization
At the title link, Alexander Grupe describes how he saves a few bytes in the boot block in order to have more space for demoscene productions. (snx)
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15.Apr.2025
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ACube Systems: UBoot 2015.d for Sam440ep flex and mini-itx
Pressemitteilung Bassano del Grappa, Italy - 14 April 2025
ACube Systems is pleased to announce a new release of the U-Boot firmware for its Sam440 line of motherboards.
Following the recent update for the Sam460 (amiga-news.de reported), the Sam440 now also benefits from enhanced support, including compatibility with NVMe SSDs. Additionally, this update introduces support for Radeon RX and Radeon HD graphics cards.
This release represents a significant investment of time and resources. Nevertheless, we have chosen to offer it at the symbolic price of ¤3.99.
Highlights of this release include:
- Support for Radeon RX graphics cards (*)
- Improved support for Radeon HD graphics cards (*)
- NVMe SSD driver: boot directly from NVMe devices using a PCIe adapter (*)
- Driver for the PCIe SATA2 Silicon Image 3132 controller, with support for booting from SSDs and DVDs (*)
- Enhanced RAM access speed on Sam440ep-flex boards
- New graphical interface style
- Revised sata command, now displaying more detailed information about drivers and connected devices
- Serial console improvements: menu navigation via the W (up) and S (down) keys
- General bug fixes and overall improvements
- Unified source code for the 460ex and 440ep platforms
Features marked with an asterisk (*) require a PCI-to-PCIe bridge.
Radeon RX and Radeon HD graphics cards also require a specific driver (to be sold separately by A-EON Technology once available) for use with AmigaOS 4.
The update is available through our online store.
For those not comfortable performing the update themselves, we also offer pre-programmed, fully updated U-Boot chips.
Additional Information: UBoot makes use of GPL-licensed code and is therefore released under the terms of the GPL (download of UBoot source code, download of Parthenope source code). (dr)
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15.Apr.2025
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Paint program: Multipaint 2025 for Windows/Linux/Mac
Multipaint is a paint program that runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and specialises in retro pixel art. The tool, which is now available in version 3.2.2025, supports the creation of graphics under the colour restrictions of classic 8- and 16-bit platforms - not only the Amiga, but also other retro systems such as C64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, CPC and Atari ST.
Multipaint features common drawing tools, color clash emulation, cut brushes, dither patterns, grid / snap, 30-step undo, spare page, magnify modes, direct executable export, export as source, import/export in native formats and much more.
Since our last report back from 24 February 2023, a number of improvements and bug fixes have been added to Multipaint, including enhanced compatibility, new file dialogs and incremental file naming. (nba)
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15.Apr.2025
Passione Amiga (ANF)
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Event: Passione Amiga Day 2025
Passione Amiga Day is a gathering for Amiga users organised by the Italian magazine Passione Amiga. The event features commercial exhibitors, conferences with Italian and international guests, and a flea market. Following the success of the first four events, Passione Amiga Day 2025 will take place on 7 September with free admission.
The venue, in the historic centre of the town of Spoleto, is the ideal place to spend a weekend immersed in history, culture, food and wine. Spoleto has managed to combine modernity with its past, which can still be felt in its streets and squares and makes the town a unique place in the world. Its charm has led it to be chosen as the location for the TV series "Don Matteo". (nba)
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15.Apr.2025
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iComp: ACA1240/1260 now available for all customers
ACA from iComp (individual Computers) is a modern turbocard series for various classic Amiga models. The fast version for the Amiga 1200 holding a 68040 or 68060 processor has been available to interested parties for a few days now. The card was first mentioned at the end of 2018 and has already been delivered to iComp's existing customers since February of this year.
Jens Schönfeld mentions in the current announcement that not all planned features are yet included on the card. At this year's Revision demoparty in Saarbrücken, an Amiga 1200 with an ACA1260 at 100 MHz is running for the AGA/060 Demo Competition, according to iComp.
Sales of the ACA1240 and ACA1260 are limited to one card per customer. Interested parties must therefore register on the iComp website before purchasing. (nba)
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14.Apr.2025
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Preview video: Shoot'em Up "Echo Fighter"
Around a year ago, 'pixelplop' published the first preview video of its shoot'em up "Echo Fighter". The fourth preview video now shows improvements such as health bars and additional collision detection. You can now also collect power-ups (but they still don't do anything yet) and enemies and bullets can now cause damage. (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
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Programming: Web based m68k assembler editor 5.0.0
ASM-editor is a modern web application for writing, executing and learning M68K assembler code, which uses the SvelteKit framework and the Rust programming language (amiga-news.de reported, source code on GitHub). The tool now supports not only 68k, but also x86 assembly language. (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
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Video: The Amiga emulator Amiberry and AmigaOS 3.2.3
In its latest video post, the YouTube channel 'Hold and Modify' reports on the Amiga emulator Amiberry and the latest update for AmigaOS 3.2. (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
Amiga France
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Preview video: Shoot'em Up "Wings of Fear"
Roar Tjørhom tries to create a little shoot'em up for the Amiga with the help of the game construction kit Scorpion Engine and has published a preview video. (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
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Demoparty: Edison 2025 in Sweden (18.-20. July 2025)
The computer art festival and multi-platform demo party "Edison" will take place this year in central Stockholm (Sweden) on board the M/S Borgila from 18 - 20 July. The two-day event offers competitions in programming, graphics and music as well as a social gathering. (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
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Rennspiel: Carmageddon update
A reverse engineering project brings the PC classic Carmageddon to the Classic Amiga: the conversion of Artur 'Arcziii' Jarosik (video) is based on the original engine, was adapted for the 68k architecture and requires the original game data of Carmageddon (amiga-news.de reported).
He has now added a non-SDL, CGX, AGA and OCS/ECS HAM6 executable as well as the "joy2Key2" tool from Lorence Lombardo (with a gui created by him), which allows joypad and gamepad keys to be assigned as keyboard keys. (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.20 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.20 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version 3.5.0 (8.4.2025) of OpenSSL. Detailed changes:
- Switched to OpenSSL 3.5, with full compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 3.5.0 (8.4.2025) version, which provides new features and improvements, including:
- PQC algorithms (ML-KEM, ML-DSA and SLH-DSA)
- Central key generation in CMP
- Opaque symmetric key objects (EVP_SKEY)
- Server side QUIC (RFC 9000)
- Updated root certificates to latest Mozilla-based bundle dated 25.2.2025.
Downloads:
AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.20-OS3.lha (4 MB)
AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.20-OS4.lha (3,6 MB)
SDK: AmiSSL-5.20-SDK.lha (2,5 MB) (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
RastPort
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Tool: Audio decompression with QoaToAiff 0.1
The relatively new "Quite OK Audio Format" (QOA) is a lossy audio compression format: audio signals (44100hz, stereo) are encoded at 278 kbits/s, or more precisely at 3.2 bits per sample - exactly 1/5 of the bits required for an uncompressed WAV file. It is therefore less complex than the well-known OGG Vorbis and MP3 formats, but still significantly smaller than lossless file formats (see also a corresponding German (siehe auch einen entsprechenden heise.de article).
According to Grzegorz Kraszewski, this could also be a good alternative for the Amiga in terms of computing effort, quality and file size. He has implemented a decoder in M68k assembler and written a tool that converts QOA files into uncompressed AIFF (source code on GitHub). The author points out that this version is not yet optimised and does not use 68020+ instructions. (dr)
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13.Apr.2025
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Aminet uploads until 12.04.2025
The following files have been added until 12.04.2025 to Aminet:
amigaget.lha comm/net 74K OS3 get https files for the...
AmiBlitz3_Cheat_Sheet.lha dev/blitz 120K GEN AmiBlitz3 Cheat Sheet
TankMouse.lha driver/inp 15K OS3 Scroll-wheel driver for...
SoltysDemo.lha game/demo 1.6M OS3 Soltys demo. Only AGA.
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 4.5M MOS Multi-game Character Ed...
speedhaste.lha game/race 319K OS3 Speed Haste / Circuit R...
3doc_m68020_v1.30.lha gfx/3d 2.3M OS3 3D Object Converter for...
ham_convert.zip gfx/conv 7.0M OTH HAM graphic converter
PolarPaint_68k.lha gfx/edit 2.0M OS3 Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_AROS.lha gfx/edit 2.2M ARO Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_MOS.lha gfx/edit 2.2M MOS Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_OS4.lha gfx/edit 2.5M OS4 Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_WOS.lha gfx/edit 2.3M WUP Paint program made with...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 11M OS4 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 10M OS3 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
qoatoaiff.lha mus/misc 4K OS3 Decode Quite OK Audio t...
GF4RSIDF.zip pix/misc 77K GEN Grad. Fonts for RSI Dem...
NAFCYI1992S2-B01.zip text/bfont 1.2M GEN NAFCYI Summer 1992 (BMP...
NAFCYI1992S2-B02.zip text/bfont 1.3M GEN NAFCYI Summer 1992 (BMP...
containers.lha util/libs 24K OS3 Provides containers + r...
IdentifyDev.lha util/libs 68K OS3 Identify hardware and m...
IdentifyUsr.lha util/libs 102K OS3 Identify hardware and m...
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 916K OS4 Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 734K OS3 Multipurpose utility
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 7.9M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
xvslibrary.lha util/virus 101K OS3 External Virus Scanner ...
WBDock2SPA.lha util/wb 1K GEN Spanish translation WBD...
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OS4Depot uploads until 12.04.2025
The following files have been added until 12.04.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
hle-pokercard.lha gam/car 8Mb 4.0 Guess the next card to appear in...
cardsmakingkit.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 This is a SDK to make your decks...
polarpaint.lha gra/edi 2Mb 4.1 Paint program made with Hollywood
wormhole.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Network file transfer utility
reportplus.lha uti/mis 916kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
chklib.lha uti/scr 11kb 4.0 Checks libs for "WB1.2+".
flushmem.lha uti/scr 12kb 4.0 flushes memory on "1.x+"
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AROS Archives uploads until 12.04.2025
The following files have been added until 12.04.2025 to AROS Archives:
metemp3-1.5.i386-aros.zip aud/pla 633kb a Mp3,Flac,Wav Player
glfw_3.4.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 1Mb GLFW is an Open Source, multi-pl...
libglad.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 440kb OpenGL Extension Loader
miniaudio.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 608kb Audio playback and capture library
raudio.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 2Mb A simple and easy-to-use audio l...
raylib_5.5.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 421kb A simple and easy-to-use library...
hle-pokercard.lha gam/car 8Mb Guess the next card to appear in...
untangle.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/puz 59kb Untangle set of dots joined by l...
cardsmakingkit.lha gam/uti 3Mb This is a SDK to make your decks...
polarpaint_aros.lha gra/edi 2Mb Paint program made with Hollywood
zapperng.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/wor 55kb Change the behaviour of the zoom...
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 12.04.2025
The following files have been added until 12.04.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
EasyRPG-Player_0.8.1.lha Emulation A program that allows t...
snes9x_1.63.0.lha Emulation Snes9x - Portable Super...
HLE-PokerCard_2.20.lha Games/Card Hi-Low-Equal Poker Card
CardsMakingKit_2.20.lha Games/Card A little kit to make yo...
MCE_15.31.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
OpenRCT2_0.4.21.lha Games/Strategy OpenRCT2 is an open-sou...
Breaker_1.5.0.lha Games/Think Port of Breaker (SDL3)
PolarPaint_1.052.lha Graphics/Draw Paint program made with...
MoonDesk_1.0.lha Misc Show moon phase on your...
ReportPlus_8.63.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ...
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13.Apr.2025
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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:
- Harlequin Title Tune
- Galaxy II
- Alien Breed - Tower Assault
- Wizardry (Garden Eden Edit)
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13.Apr.2025
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AmigaOS 4: Waffle floppy disk reader now with installer and ReAction interface
Waffle is a device for reading Amiga floppy disks with a PC floppy disk drive under AmigaOS 4 (amiga-news.de reported). While the previous user interface required a graphics card with hardware 3D acceleration, Andrea Palmatè now has added a ReAction interface and an installer. (snx)
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13.Apr.2025
Robert Smith (ANF)
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Video: Floppy emulator Big Box Amiga GoDRIvE
The floppy emulator GoDRIvE was initially only available for keyboard case Amigas (amiga-news.de reported). DigitalRetroBay now also offers it for the Amiga 2000 and Amiga 4000.
In contrast to the traditional Gotek disk emulators, the GoDrivE does not require the actual drive to be replaced, but you can switch between the two. In the video at the title link, Robert Smith demonstrates the Big Box Amiga GoDrivE by installing it in his Amiga 2000. (snx)
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13.Apr.2025
AmigaBlogs (website)
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Conversion of a standard power supply unit for the Amiga 500
At the title link, Keith Monahan describes how he converted a standard 50 Watt power supply unit, which costs around 50 euros, so that he can use it as a replacement power supply unit for his Amiga 500. The model used was the GP50A13D-R1B from Meanwell. (snx)
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12.Apr.2025
Fabio Trotta (ANF)
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tom's HARDWARE is covering AmigaOS 3.2.3
Mark Tyson reports in detail about the latest AmigaOS update on "tom's HARDWARE" and also gives a short overview of the development of AmigaOS and its descendants since the Commodore bankruptcy. (cg)
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12.Apr.2025
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Cross-compiler/assembler: Calypsi 5.10
"Calypsi" is a collection of compilers and assemblers that run under Windows, Linux and macOS and can generate code for various retro platforms - 6502 and 68000 processors are supported, among others. Although the project is hosted on Github, the source code is not freely available and use of the tools is only permitted for private purposes. Changes in version 5.10:
- _Static_assert could cause an internal error.
- A function call returning a struct with at least two internal layers of struct or union, immediately accessing a single element on return from the function call would result in an internal error.
- A bit-field of size 0 which fills out the current container, incorrectly caused an extra empty container to be allocated if the current one was not empty.
- Casting a static data address to a function pointer could in some situations cause an internal error.
- 68000: Bit-fields layout order is now big endian in the container, placing the first bit-field of the container in the leftmost position.
- Amiga: Correct the SysBase macro in the Amiga board support.
- 68080: Fix incorrect code generation using extub.l when it should have masked with a small constant instead.
- Amiga: Loading the FD file for the CIA library caused an internal error as it has multiple base addresses and pass them along as parameters instead of using a global variable.
- 6502/65816: The overloadable attribute caused a segmentation fault if the function type had address space qualifiers, e.g. __zpage on 6502 or __far on the 65816.
- 6502: Volatile address operands could in some situations cause an internal error.
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12.Apr.2025
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Emu68: Imager Tool 1.0.5 für Windows
The "Imager Tool" enables PiStorm users to prepare an SD card with the Motorola68K emulation Emu68 and a preconfigured AmigaOS 3 installation. New in version 1.0.5 is the support of AmigaOS 3.9, and various bugs have been various bugs have been fixed. (cg)
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11.Apr.2025
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Tool: identify-library 44.4
Richard Körber has released version 44.4 of the identify.library. It collects all kinds of system parameters and provides the user with information on CPU, FPU, memory, clock frequency, etc., for example. The current version now also recognises AmigaOS 3.2.3. (dr)
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11.Apr.2025
AMIGASYSTEM (ANF)
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AROS distribution: AROS One 2.8 (x86)
The "AROS One" distribution, based on the AROS binary interface ABI v0, is now available in version 2.8 for x86 computers. A DVD ISO file and a USB flash ("VHD") image are available for download. The VHD image can be used as a hard disk in virtual machines such as VMware, VirtualBox and QEmu.
This version integrates the last three years of AROS development and brings the 32-bit kernel to the same level as the upcoming 64-bit version of AROS.
The new kernel offers improved support for the latest hardware with ACPI support, as well as improvements to disk and network drivers, as well as updates to the core system libraries and more than 60 bug fixes in AROS programmes and libraries.
Additional work has also been done to stabilise drivers for virtual environments (VirtualBox, VMware and QEMU), so that AROS can be tested in a virtualised environment before deciding to purchase dedicated hardware. Changes:
Update AROS One OS System
- Wanderer Fixed and improved some Italian Catalogs
- 3GP Improved Datatypes Descriptor
- GIF Improved Datatypes Descriptor
- GIFAnim Improved Datatypes Descriptor
- Library Improved Datatypes Descriptor
- MP3 Datatypes Descriptor
- ArosOne Angel (New dedicated to AROS One v2.8)
- New Presets (Config-Appearance, Config-Wanderer, Skins-Apps)
- Created Aros One prefs (Choice of Wanderer or Magellan and vice versa)
- Created new buttons for Magellan and enriched with many preferences
- Wanderer (New mini DualPNG icons for "Detail" mode)
- Nuvi buttons for ArosPDF
- Dopus4 Improved and added new configurations
- ZuneARC (Improved config file)
- Created IA-Icons for IntallAROS Gui
Update AROS One Apps
- Fix_Amistart (new version)
- AmiTranslate v0.5
- Dopus5 Magellan v5.91
- smb2-handler v53.7
- filesysbox v54.5
- View Pubscreen
- 7zDec v9.13
- CLS v1
- Demac v0.1
- PixieView Viewer (still under development)
- iConecta v5.50
- ModExplorerCE v1.1
- ModExplorerNG v3. 82
- ProTrekkr v2.8.2
- PlayMidi (Script verbessert)
- Image2PDF v2.8
- SQLMan v0.6
- VAMP v3.2.0
- View Pubscreen v1.0
- ZapHod v1.2
- AnteDominum DemoScene
- FiatHomo DemoScene
- Neandertaler DemoScene
- Organica DemoScene
- SSRI DemoScene
- Stars DemoScene
- Pyramid Games
(dr)
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Paint program: PolarPaint for all Amiga systems
PolarPaint is an experimental paint program written with Hollywood that requires a fast computer with RTG, at least a resolution of 1440x900x16 (program window is 1400x820), at least 40 MB free Fast RAM (64 MB or more recommended) and is available for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROSx86 and WOS.
As the author Anbjørn Myren explains when asked, he had read a thread in the Hollywood forum about how to draw a continuous line. He started experimenting with the examples in the thread and his original idea was to develop a kind of drawing/guessing game in the style of Telestrations.
And he continued to write to us: "For this I just needed a simple interface and the ability to draw a black and white sketch. This was in late 2023, but I was doing other stuff so I put it on hold for some time. In late 2024 I started to experiment some more with it, but instead of making it into an online game, I got more interested to see what drawing features I could add.
I was a bit unsure to release it on aminet, especially the 68k version since it requires more horsepower than usually found in 68k Amigas. But I figured it might run at a usable speed on NG Amigas and hopefully PiStorm or perhaps Vampire systems.
Testing it on WinUAE made me discover the high RAM consumption, which made me come up with the diskbuffer idea. This saves a lot of RAM for most operations, but might result in slowdowns when loading saving disk when changing workspaces. As a bonus the diskbuffering will make backups of your work and also the undo buffer, so if you quit the program it will load your images and undo buffers on next startup so you can start where you left off.
Another thing that can use a lot of RAM is the custom flood fill procedure. I made that procedure because I wanted to have a was to floodfill with a threshold setting, similar to what you can find in Gimp. When floodfilling with threshold set above 0 it will consume a lot of memory. As a workaround for this I made an additional setting so you can restrict how big area to fill in one operation. By default this is set to maximum 5% of the workspace area. This mean you will only fill a small area at the time, but hopefully you avoid to terminate the program with a out of memory error.
If you have more than around 150MB free RAM I guess you can get away with a 100% setting, but it will take a lot of time for larger areas to complete on slower systems." (dr)
[News message: 11. Apr. 2025, 09:10] [Comments: 2 - 19. Apr. 2025, 05:53]
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.8 and Amiberry-lite 5.8.8
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator based on the current WinUAE version, while its little brother Amiberry-lite is based on WinUAE 4.4 and is intended for slower hardware - up to the Raspberry Pi 4. Version 7.0.8 of Amiberry is now available, Amiberry-lite has arrived at version 5.8.8. Both versions now also support the new AmigaOS 3.2.3 ROMs (amiga-news.de reported).
(dr)
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