25.Mar.2022
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A-EON confirms lack of an AmigaOS 4 license
A few days ago, Alinea announced that the X5000 was back in stock. Their listing of a complete system includes a digital copy of AmigaOS 4, but according to a former Hyperion manager, A-EON no longer has a valid AmigaOS 4 license - which brings up the question where Alinea is purchasing X5000 motherboards bundled with an AmigaOS 4 license. Approached by amiga-news.de, Matthew Leaman from A-EON and Amigakit confirms that "there are no active OEM agreements for A-EON hardware". According to him each reseller makes "his own arrangements for any third party software they resell".
Since Alina claims (German) to be purchasing hardware and software from the same source, that means there has to be another layer in the distribution channel - somebody who has access to valid OS4 licenses, bundles them with motherboards purchased from A-EON and then sells them to Alinea and maybe other dealers.
Neither Matthew Leaman nor Simon Neumann from Alinea wanted to discuss details of the current distribution model with amiga-news.de. Leaman only confirmed that the boards currently on sale are not new production runs, they are supplied from existing stocks. We asked both Ben Hermans (Hyperion) and an entrepreneur who is rumoured to be the middleman described above for a statement, but have not heard back from either party so far.
Note from staff: In his original statement (German) at os4welt.de, Simon Neumann explains that one of the reasons for the new price of a X5000 system - 2400 Euros instead of 2100 Euros - is the substantially higher wholesale price the German dealer has to pay. An additional middleman between A-EON and dealers selling to endusers would explain that, since the middleman obviosly has to generate profit as well. (cg)
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25.Mar.2022
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Blog: 'Tables' and 'Strings' in programming language COBOL
Carl Svensson, author of the ARexx tools RxEnv, deals in his latest blog entry with 'Tables' and 'Strings' in the COBOL programming language in response to a corresponding article on The Craft of Coding.
A (no longer maintained) compiler is also available for AmigaOS, along with syntax parsers for GoldEd 4.7 and GoldEd 5.0. (dr)
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25.Mar.2022
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Programming language: AmiBlitz 3.9.0
The latest version 3.9.0 of the programming language AmiBlitz contains some major changes and a few optimizations:
Adjustments to libs handling: To be able to reduce the amount of loaded blitzlibraries at startup, I divided the former to biglib-files ACIDLIBS and DEFLIBS into four biglib files that are organized according to their purpose:
- baseLibs: base libraries everyone needs or other libs depend on
- utilLibs: libraries that contains several useful functions
- csLibs: libraries that make use of the custom chips hardware
- osLibs: libraries that are wrapper libs for standard amigaos libraries
So if you don't use oslibrary functions or don't do graphics an sound stuff, you can just disable that file from being loaded.
Major internal changes:
- converted tons of code from asm to basic
Minor adjustments:
- added tooltype DISABLE_HIGHLIGHTING to improve performance on lowend machines
- added tooltype DISABLE_LOCALIZATION to reduce needed of memory on lowend machines
- removed tooltype STANDARDEDITMODE, only the new behaviour is supported now
- removed tooltype OLDSEARCH, only the new behaviour is supported now
- removed tooltype USE_ASLDIMS
- renamed tooltype NO_DISPLAYBEEP to DISABLE_DISPLAYBEEP
- renamed tooltype NO_WELCOME to DISABLE_WELCOME
- renamed tooltype TOKENBOLD to BOLD_TOKENS
- added menu entry "Autolayout" to perform an auto arrangement of all open windows per menu call
- added wrapperlib for gadtools.library to osLibs
- reorganized settings window
- added new iconify gadget for source window (OS3.2+)
- updated GlowIcons for all icons in the AmiBlitz3 drawer
Adjustments to tools:
- AB3LibsManager: implemented the new biglibs handling with 4 biglibfiles
- AB3LibsManager: added new column to commandlist table that shows dependencies to other libs
- AB3LibsManager: added shortcuts for some buttons
(dr)
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24.Mar.2022
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Retream: all games available for free download, new beta version of 'Skillgrid'
Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua is currently offering all of his retro games for free download, including the commercial titles Skillgrid und BOH Advanced. He asks players who like the games to
make a donation to any organisation supporting the people of Ukraine. His game Skillgrid actually got updated a few days ago, the many changes are documented in the dem Changelog. (cg)
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24.Mar.2022
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Preview videos: Robocop (AGA), Metro Siege
Daniel Allsopp is working on a port of Data East's classic Arcade game 'Robocop', he's trying create a better Amiga version than the official port from 1989. Allsopp has released a few preview videos (1, 2) of his AGA game which is developed in 68k assembler.
Metro Siege is a side-scrolling Beat'em Up for up to two simultanous players requiring 1 Megabyte of RAM. The game has been in development for 2.5 years, a recently released video recording demonstrates the current state. (cg)
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24.Mar.2022
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 132 (English/Italian)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in English and Italian editions. The game reviews of REV'n'GE compare the releases of classic games on different computer systems with each other. The current edition also features an extensive review of the Amiga Strategical 'Exodus' and presents the ZX SpectrumArcade Adventure 'Terramex'. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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24.Mar.2022
deadwood
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AROS x86_64: Update of ABI-v11 developer branch
The AROS developer 'deadwood' had given his stable branch of AROS for 64-bit Intel and AMD processors the code name 'ABIv11' to distinguish it from the in-progress ABIv1 version in the main AROS repository. It has now updated this to version '20220318-1'. The changes can be seen at the title link. (dr)
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24.Mar.2022
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Accelerator board project: Buffee now Closed Source
According to the developers of the turbo card 'Buffee' (amiga-news.de reported) in their latest blog entry, the project which started as open source under a non-commercial Creative Commons license will now be continued completely closed source.
Up to about version 0.4 of the Buffee project, both the hardware and the newly developed Buffee-PJIT firmware were completely accessible online. The developers had clearly indicated that under the existing license, the project could be studied and ported to one's own hobby boards, but could not be used commercially under any circumstances. There were obvious violations of this, so the developers decided to stop publishing details. They are aware that this does not prevent cloning, but at least makes it more difficult.
The Buffee hardware would remain closed source until the design was abandoned. The corresponding page on 'Open Source Hardware Lab' is no longer available (dr)
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23.Mar.2022
Frank Wille (ANF)
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Compiler: vbcc V0.9h patch 2
After the release of version 0.9h of the C compiler vbcc and a first patch at the beginning of March (amiga-news.de reported), the second patch has now been released, which fixes three optimizer bugs, as well as an old bug in fopen() and a new one in strncat(). (dr)
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23.Mar.2022
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Kickstarter campaign: 'Tank Mouse' with wireless DB9 receiver
The Polish designer Lukas Remis had started a Kickstarter campaign with the goal of a wireless re-release of the Commodore mouse 1352 (amiga-news.de reported). Although the campaign is still running for three days, 150% (about 120,000 Euro) of the funding goal has already been reached and thus the condition set for the development and production of a wireless DB9 receiver for the Amiga. This will be included with every 'Tank Mouse'. (dr)
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23.Mar.2022
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MorphOS: Screenbar plugin MouseCoords 1.4
The #amigazeux team has updated the screenbar plugin 'Mousecoords' for displaying the current mouse coordinates for MorphOS to version 1.4. Changes:
- Window titles of the window currently under the mouse pointer weren't shown anymore in the info window. Fixed.
- Also shows information about the screen, the monitor and the skin in the info window. See pull open button at the bottom of info window to access these informations.
- Shows more details for the window under the mouse pointer in the info window like shadows and current pointer type.
- Now only displays and updates coords for the instance running on the screen the mouse pointer is on.
(dr)
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23.Mar.2022
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Blog: Considerations to the AmigaOne X1000
Vincent Perkins dedicates his website AmigaNG to the "next generation and new Amigas computers and operating systems." Over 10 years ago he bought his AmigaOne X1000, which he writes had a lot of promise to take the Amiga platform to the next level: Dual-Core support, 64Bit, CPU and the Xmos custom chip. What happened to this initial euphoria he describes in a new blog entry AmigaONE X1000 10 Year Anniversary Thoughts. (dr)
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22.Mar.2022
Artur Jarosik (Patreon)
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Real-time strategy: Vanilla Conquer V0.95
Artur Jarosik is known for various game ports like the platformer Hydra Castle Labyrinth or the action adventure Heart of Darkness besides his SDL implementation of the browser NetSurf. As a contribution for the AmiGameJam he started to port the first part of the realtime strategy series Command & Conquer to the Amiga and named it "Vanilla Conquer" (amiga-news.de reported).
Today he has released version 0.95 with the following changes:
- Fixed flying vehicles
- Fixed rockets, turrets and other bullets
- Fixed music playback bug
- Fixed: If we played Commando, after saving, he was a normal soldier
- Disabled debug
The game is primarily intended for Amigas upgraded with an Apollo accelerator board, especially the V4 series. However, as the author explained to us, it could be playable on a 68060 processor with a graphics card with the music and sound effects turned off. However, the version now available should play the sound correctly on Amigas without V4 accelerator cards.
If you want to support the author, you can do so on his Patreon page. (dr)
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22.Mar.2022
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8/16-bit emulator for Mac OS and Linux: Clock Signal V2022-03-13
Thomas Harte's Clock Signal is an emulator for various 8- and 16-bit platforms aiming to be invisible to the user. The idea is to simply start the source medium without configuring the emulator oneself. Clock Signal is available for Mac OS and Unix-compatible systems. While there is also an Amiga emulation included, it "remains wilfully inaccurate" for now.
The update V2022-03-13, released a few days ago, corrects an issue with Copper WAITs that caused a reasonable proportion of PAL Amiga titles to display incorrectly at the bottom of the screen. Furthermore, the update adds support for Amiga fast RAM, and allows user selection of the quantity of chip RAM.
(dr)
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22.Mar.2022
Christian Zigotzky (Mail)
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Linux: Kernel 5.17 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
The final Linux kernel 5.17 has been released. Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled the kernel for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. The image can be downloaded in the corresponding thread of the Hyperion forum. Among other things, the XFS file system and the 9P protocol are now supported. (dr)
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21.Mar.2022
Twitter
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 11.6.1 for Windows/Mac/Linux
An update to version 11.6.1 has been released for the workbench distribution AmiKit, which is intended for emulators. In addition to an emulator AmigaOS 3.x and the Kickstart ROMs are required.
With the new version it is now also possible to use AmigaOS 3.2. However, an earlier AmigaOS version or Amiga Forever is still required for the initial installation. The changes in detail:
- NEW: AmigaOS 3.2.1 works with AmiKit now! Use MorpheuZ to install it (at your own risk) on top of your current AmigaOS version used in AmiKit.
- ADDED: AmiKit Dark VisualPrefs theme for AmigaOS 3.2
- UPDATED: AmiKit Morpheuz 11.6.2 by Jan Zahurancik
- UPDATED: AmiKit VisualPrefs themes for FullHD resolution (and AmigaOS 3.2 too)
- UPDATED: AmiKitReset 11.6.1
- UPDATED: VisualPrefs 1.5n by Massimo Tantignone
- UPDATED: WinUAE 4.9.1 German translation by BlackByte
- FIXED: Slow I/O operations of 64-bit WinUAE. A 32-bit executable is used instead.
- FIXED: A possible endless loop of AmiKit AddDown script
- FIXED: A potential WinUAE misconfiguration where mouse wheel movement was interpreted as LeftAlt keypress.
(dr)
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21.Mar.2022
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MorphOS: Screensaver ModernArt Blanker 3.3
ModernArt Blanker is a screensaver that, according to the author, "draws psychedelic shapes like circles, triangles, squares and stars all over the screen producing multicoloured pieces of random modern art". Since our last news about version 3.0, some bugs have been fixed and numerous changes have been made. Among other things, it is now possible to adjust the movement speed, change the palette between monochrome, summer, autumn, winter, spring and night or a random selection of them. Furthermore, there is now a real installation script. (dr)
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21.Mar.2022
goto80
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Diskmag: aSCIIeXPRESS #001
The new ASCII discmag aSCIIeXPRESS by 'Up Rough' and 'Divine Stylers' presents a collection of ASCII art from the last months with a casual soundtrack. It can be downloaded under the title link either as a dms file or watched on YouTube. (dr)
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21.Mar.2022
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Graphic designer Celal Kandemiroglu passed away
GamesWirtschaft (German) has reported that graphic designer and artist Celal Kandemiroglu has passed away in Turkey at the age of 69.
Readers of Amiga Joker, PC Joker and PC Player magazines will be familiar with his cover artwork, which Celâl Kandemiroğlu created in the 1990s. He also worked for the German game companies Ascon / Ascaron, Factor 5, Greenwood Entertainment, Koch Media, Magic Bytes, Rainbow Arts, Reline, Starbyte and Thalion and created the graphics for the game X-Out, for example (see entry at MobyGames). (dr)
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20.Mar.2022
AmigaLove
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Self-made project: MP3 player for parallel port
The "Amiga MAS Player Pro2+" by Marcel Jähne is based on the MAS player developed by Dirk Conrad and is an MP3 player hardware for the parallel port of the Amiga. It plays any kind of MP3 files and MP3 radio streams without loading the processor. The MAS-Player is a small module that does the job of decoding music compressed in MPEG and providing the data as an analog signal. It has an audio output for connection to the stereo system, a DB25 connector for connection to the parallel port and a USB port for 5V power supply. This short video shows the function test on the Amiga 1000. (dr)
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20.Mar.2022
Commodore-News
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Minimig: Revision 1.8 (update)
In 2005 we reported on the start of the Minimig project by Dutch electrical engineer Dennis van Weeren: the reimplementation of the one Amiga 500 in an FPGA. Based on this approach there were other projects like the Mist, which uses its own hardware but for the Amiga core (with AGA support) an adaptation of the Minimig, the MiSTer, an adaptation of MiST to a more powerful FPGA or even the Apollo core.
But the Minimig project itself also continues: After publishing the project's source code and schematics on July 25, 2007, the MiniMig.ca site has been taking care of the project since mid-2021. So with the Revision 1.3 every board got 4 MB RAM by default. Likewise, the SD connector and the 3.5 mm audio jack were replaced and termination resistors for FPGA RAM and FPGA CPU were added.
In mid-February the site released Revision 1.8: The board has 4MB of SRAM divided into 2MB of CHIP, 512KB of ROM and 1.5MB of Slow. In addition, for the first time a real MC68000 CPU (CMOS and NMOS) could be run and PiStorm could deliver over 800MIPS performance to this board.
Update: (22.03.2022, 05:08, dr)
Inspired by the comments of our readers, we have asked the developer Ranko Rodic again:
Since he is still in the process of changing the hardware, he postpones the release of the Gerber files until version 2. Likewise, he gives an outlook on future development:
- At the moment I am working with Renee Cousins (Buffee project) on Minimig FPGA core. At this time Renee successfully integrated stock Gary chip into the core. This will make a significant difference for the bus control. The goal is to make sure Minimig is 100% real Amiga. Soon we will be able to run accelerator cards like TerribleFire 530 with additional RAM and HDD controllers on the board. At the moment only accelerator card that works well is PiStorm.
- Replace outdated Spartan 3 with something modern and cost effective. With the larger FPGA chip we will be able to support AGA and 32-bit architecture.
- Replace old SRAM with DDR. 128MB IC will do
- Make sure the board is mini ITX compliant
- Add floppy disk support and 34pin header. Make sure Minimig can drive real Amiga FDD
- Move from PS/2 to USB
- Add real HDD header to the board
- Add ethernet/wireless
- Before moving forward we will use REV 8 to make sure FPGA core is up to date and 100% compatible with A600 class Amiga. After I will replace old ICs and make sure hardware improvements are in place. As a spinoff I am hoping to move forward with chipset ICs. It would be awesome if we can recreate every custom chip as a FPGA/CPLD. We are making some progress.
(dr)
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20.Mar.2022
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Aminet uploads until 19.03.2022
The following files have been added until 19.03.2022 to Aminet:
ZitaFTPServer.lha comm/tcp 19M OS4 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
just-for-fun.lha demo/misc 4.6M MOS Oldschool Demo in SDL2 by PuR...
void-planetr.lha demo/misc 126K 68k Invitation to Revision 2022
StarDriveSCSI.lha driver/med 51K 68k Microbotics StarDrive SCSI dr...
prism2v2.lha driver/net 404K OS4 Driver for 11Mbps wireless ne...
bsaog.lha game/shoot 810K 68k Blake Stone Aliens of Gold
bsps.lha game/shoot 217K 68k Blake Stone Planet Strike
Chocolate_DOOM.lha game/shoot 2.5M 68k Amiga port of Chocolate DOOM
ODAMEX_RTG.lha game/shoot 19M 68k Amiga port of Odamex (DOOM)
MegaSaperPL.lha game/think 669K 68k Minesweeper game clone
webptools122_a68k.lha gfx/conv 2.4M 68k encode/decode images in WebP ...
webptools122_aros.lha gfx/conv 3.0M x86 encode/decode images in WebP ...
GF4RSIDB.zip pix/misc 82K Gradient Fonts f. RSI Demo Ma...
TECO-64.lha text/edit 610K MOS TECO (Text Editor and COrrector)
avalanche.lha util/arc 85K OS4 Simple ReAction GUI for xadma...
UnRAR-6.11.lha util/arc 2.5M UnRAR 6.11
GoShell.lha util/shell 20K 68k tool for open Shell in full s...
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20.Mar.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 19.03.2022
The following files have been added until 19.03.2022 to OS4Depot:
analog-cheap-disk.lha dem/mus 685kb 4.1 AmigaOS4.x version of Analog Che...
hieronymus.lha dev/deb 151kb 4.1 Statistical profiler
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
prism2.lha dri/net 404kb 4.0 Driver for 11Mbps wireless netwo...
avalanche.lha uti/arc 85kb 4.1 Simple ReAction GUI for xadmaster
unrar_ml.lha uti/arc 3Mb 4.1 Unpak RAR files
checkas.lha uti/scr 8kb 4.0 Checks for assigns.
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20.Mar.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 19.03.2022
The following files have been added until 19.03.2022 to AROS Archives:
whatiff1.03.lha doc/mis 259kb Magazine in format amigaguide &q...
webptools122_aros.lha lib/mis 3Mb encode/decode images in WebP format
unrar-6.11.lha uti/arc 3Mb UnRAR for AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS
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20.Mar.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 19.03.2022
The following files have been added until 19.03.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
bePlayer_1.3.lha Audio/Players A simple music player u...
GG.module_1.4.lha Communication/KwaKwa A plugin for KwaKwa ins...
Kwakwa_1.9.lha Communication Multiprotocol, plugin b...
just-for-fun.lha Demoscene A small demo to discove...
SDL_2.0.20_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL 2.0.2...
UnRAR_6.11.lha Files/Archive UnRAR port for MorphOS,...
PrBoom-plus_2.6.2_upda... Games/Shoot3D PrBoom+ is a version of...
freegemas.lha Games/Think Freegemas is an open so...
SuDokuL_1.12.lha Games/Think Sudoku game for Switch/...
MineSweeperGui.lha Games/Think The Minesweeper game wi...
AmiTube_1.0.lha Multimedia The first YouTube Clien...
Wayfarer_3.1.lha Network/Web Wayfarer is the latest ...
Odyssey_1.26-standalon... Network/Web Odyssey Web Browser is ...
TECO-64_200.24.1.lha Text/Edit TECO (Text Editor and C...
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20.Mar.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 19.03.2022
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 19.03.2022:
- 2022-03-18 updated: Flower Power (Anarchy) patch redone, real files used to avoid OS swaps, line drawing routines fixed, memory requiremens changed to 512k chip and 512k fast, 68000 quitkey support, source code included (Info, Image)
- 2022-03-13 improved: Airball (Microdeal) trainer options added, demo can be skipped with space or fire, game can be started with space or fire (Info)
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20.Mar.2022
Amiga Future (website)
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Emulator: vAmigaWeb 2.0 Beta 1
The Amiga emulator vAmigaWeb for web-browsers is based on vAmiga for Mac OS (amiga-news.de reported). Besides being updated to the current vAmiga core released a couple of days ago, it also contains a new GPU shader renderer. Furthermore there is automatic mapping of used Amiga screen space to host display now. (snx)
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20.Mar.2022
ANF
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PDF magazine: 20th anniversary of kultboy.com (german)
Michael Schmitzer's retro website about game reviews by past german computer magazines, kultboy.com, celebrates its 20th anniversary this weekend. For this reason, a PDF magazine of 42 pages has been created, designed like ASM magazine. It contains interviews with former ASM editors and a retro-podcaster, letters to the editor and, of course, game reviews.
Download: kbm_3_2022.pdf (82 MB) (snx)
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19.Mar.2022
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ACube Systems: Production of Sam460LE boards started
Press release: Dears customers,
we would like to tell you some important news about the production of the Sam460LE boards. Well, to be honest, just one BIG news.
The production has begun!!!
Do not miss the opportunity to be among the first to receive this new board. Join us in this new project by pre-ordering your board.
While waiting for the first batch to be ready, we want to share a preview of the schematics layout of our new board (editor's note: available under the title link). Whenever a new hardware pops up we, as hardcore users, are always interested in this kind of pictures, and we bet that all our customers will be interested as well :-)
Our goal, as always, is to give the AmigaOS 4.1 and MorphOS communities new hardware to run and enjoy. And let's not forget the large Linux community too! If you want to take part in this adventure, do not hesitate and take your ticket for the trip :-) (dr)
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19.Mar.2022
Prince (Mail)
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Video tutorial: Episode 27 of assembler coding course
'Prince', founder of the demo group 'Phaze101', is currently streaming the assembler programming course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube. Now episode 27 was published, which is about DMAs. (dr)
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18.Mar.2022
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 3.1 (update)
Just a few days ago, with the release of the new version 3.16 of MorphOS, the Wayfarer web browser not only became the default browser of the operating system, replacing the previous one Odyssey, but the author Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek also contributed an updated version 2.10.
Today he has already released version 3.0, which offers the following features:
- Based on a 2022 WebKitGTK tree, supports most modern websites
- Encryption of passwords via cryptostorage.library
- Support for custom / self-signed server certificates
- Audio playback including HLS
- Video playback including MediaSource support
- Download and Bookmarks managers
- Built-in AdBlock Plus files support
- Written in ObjectiveC and C++
Wayfarer requires MorphOS 3.16 and at least 1GB of RAM. A 1.5GHz or faster CPU with Altivec highly recommended.
Update: (19.03.2022, 19:19, dr)
Meanwhile is version 3.1 is available fixing a crash on exiting fullscreen mode. (dr)
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18.Mar.2022
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History: Commodore's unreleased C64 game machine
In December 1990 Commodore released the Commodore 64 Games System (C64GS), which became a big commercial failure. As the 'Commodore International Historical Society' reports in its latest blog entry, there were obviously concrete ideas in this direction some years before: Andy Finkel provides pictures in this blog entry that show an early prototype. According to the manufacturing date of the chips, this variant is said to date back to at least 1985 and contained a built-in two-button joystick from Sony. (dr)
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17.Mar.2022
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AmigaOne X5000 available from dealers again
As Alinea announces (German) in a posting on os4welt.de, the German dealer currently has A-EON's AmigaOne X5000 in stock. The product photo in the shop is said to be outdated, the machines are now shipped in a different case. According to Alinea, the higher price for the X5000 is caused by inflation and rising component prices, on top of that the computer now ships with a full version of Enhancer 2.1.
Most of the other shops A-EON lists as authorised resellers claim to have the X5000 in stock as well, although it is unclear how many of them always listed the product as available all the time and simple never bothered to update their shop listings. Amigakit is still not listing the X5000 at all.
Approached by amiga-news.de, Alinea confirms (German) that the digital AmigaOS 4 license that ships with the X5000 is supplied by A-EON as well.That would indicate that A-EON's expired AmigaOS license has been renewed in the meantime.
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17.Mar.2022
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AmiTube 1.0: YouTube client for all Amiga systems
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's AmiTube enables watching YouTube videos on an 68k Amiga. To do so, they are converted to Commodore's CDXL format and downloaded (video).
Yesterday, Version 1.0 has been released, which now includes a download queue to start multiple conversations/download jobs that are processed one after the other. Also, an AREXX interface has been implemented that provides commands to search and start a conversion job and to play a movie. Furthermore, due to the great demand, there is also a version for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. The changes in detail:
- History for search
- AROS64 ABIv11 bit version
- MorphOS Version
- Amiga OS4 Version
- Download more Amiga-like audio only formats: mp3 and 8svx
- dual PNG Icons by AmigaSystem
- Download Queue
- Improved AutoPlay
- AREXX interface
- Dutch Translation
The latest version always is available on the AmiTube website or via update check in the application.
Please not that conversion is executed on the developer's personal server, thus he asks to restrict oneself to few and short videos. Furthermore the program must not be shared but always be downloaded from the author's website at the title link. (dr)
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17.Mar.2022
Dirk Hoffmann
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Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga 2.0 Beta1
Yesterday Dirk Hoffmann released the first beta version of vAmiga 2.0 of his Amiga emulator for MacOS which is currently under development. As he tells us, he had planned to skip the final version 1.1 for quite some time, because in the meantime much more features have been added than originally planned. The highlight compared to the last beta release is the harddrive support. He wrote:
"I didn't really plan to implement this, but GitHub user mras0 has programmed a great harddrive controller (boot rom) that allowed me to add harddrive support with manageable effort. With the beta version released today, vAmiga 2.0 is feature-complete. So as soon as it proves stable enough, I'll release the official version 2.0." Detailed changes:
- New features:
- Added hard drive support.
- The Sparkle updater is back.
- Added a new video mode that automatically centers the display window.
- Enhancements:
- Copper accuracy has been improved.
- vAmiga is a notarised app now.
- The path to the FFmpeg executable can be customised.
- Bugs:
- The HSYNC area has been shifted to the proper location.
The minimum system requirement is macOS 10.15. (dr)
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17.Mar.2022
Chris Young
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ReAction GUI for XAD: Avalanche 1.4
In the course of reporting on updates of various tools from Unsatisfactory Software, we had also mentioned Avalanche for the first time, a graphical user interface created with ReAction for the unarchiving tool XAD. Now Chris Young has released version 1.4, which among other things now includes a native OS4 version. Other changes:
- Allow abort during extraction (button or ESC)
- Now asks whether to overwrite files
- ESC can now be used to quit, and Enter to start extraction
- List of files can now be sorted by clicking on the column header
- Clicking anywhere on the line now toggles the checkbox
- Now confirms quit
- Added option to invert selection to menu
- Striped listbrowser
(dr)
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17.Mar.2022
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Marketplace for 'Open Hardware': Lectronz
Lectronz is a new marketplace for electronics enthusiasts with a focus on the open hardware and DIY (do it yourself) electronics community. As Alain, one of the operators, tells us, the store was launched in early January with a focus on sellers in the EU. One of the reasons for launching Lectronz, he says, was to "to offer tools that address the needs of EU-based makers and small businesses, notably when comes to calculating VAT/taxes. In March we opened to sellers globally and we provided tools that help non-EU sellers import their products, again taking into account new VAT rules that were introduced in the EU in 2021." The software for the platform was written in-house to have full control over the function and also the possibility of future expansion.
A first Amiga item can already be found in the store: the Open Amiga Sampler. The simple mono 8-bit sound sampler for the Amiga is connected via the parallel port. It is based on the design of "echolevel", whose documentation is available on GitHub.
Currently the product is sold out, but as the vendor tells us when asked, he is in the process of building more samplers that should be available by the weekend. He has changed the placement of the electrolytic capacitors on the original design, and another revision to allow for a simpler construction is in the works if interest in his sampler continues. (dr)
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16.Mar.2022
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Book: Status update and ordering option for 'From Vultures to Vampires', Volume
The first book of the two-volume "From Vultures to Vampires" by former Commodore UK manager David Pleasance and A-EON Technology co-founder Trevor Dickinson on Amiga history was delivered in the middle of last year. The Kickstarter campaign to fund the second volume, which Trevor Dickinson told us about in mid-January, failed. In the last update of the Kickstarter campaign David Pleasance admitted that the goal was a bit too ambitious (7.707 Euro out of 17.853 were reached), but at the same time he assured that "producing Volume 2 is most certainly still going ahead full steam".
Depending on the printer's workload, he estimated in the January 21 post that finished hardcovers would be delivered in bulk by mid-March. Since that time has arrived, we checked with David Pleasance to see what the current status of the project is:
They had unfortunately fallen behind schedule with Volume 2 - the task of researching and communicating with so many people and companies, all of whom are part of the book, had become an enormous project that could not have been foreseen before. All the information would have been enough for 3 volumes.
This delay also meant that the deadline originally booked at a print shop in Turkey could not be met. This was compounded by the heavy snowfall, which prevented the workers from getting to the factory. He therefore asks all readers and interested parties for their understanding. He is now waiting for information from the print shop as to the extent to which printing will be delayed.
An "agreement in principal" had been reached with a company based in Germany, he said, which would take delivery of Volume 2 directly from Turkey and individually pack, address and ship each book. This company would deliver to all countries except the United Kingdom. Since the company is based in Germany and is therefore part of the EU, there would also be no problems with EU customs as there were with Volume 1.
Finally, he told how to pre-order Volume 2 currently:
- If you have been a supporter of the Kickstarter campaign, just send him an email and he will explain how to order.
- All others can pre-order directly on his website.
He asks that orders be placed as soon as possible so that he can place the print order with a better knowledge of the quantities needed. (dr)
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16.Mar.2022
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MorphOS 3.16 openssl3.library hotfix
The MorphOS development team has announced: "A vulnerability has been identified and fixed in the OpenSSL 3.0.1 included in MorphOS 3.16.
The vulnerability (CVE-2022-0778) allows malicious attackers to create TLS certificates that when connected to result in the client application hanging indefinitely.
A fixed openssl3.library (based on OpenSSL 3.0.2) will be released as the part of the future MorphOS 3.17 release. Meanwhile you can install the following replacement openssl3.library (1,6 MB) that fixes the problem for MorphOS 3.16." (dr)
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15.Mar.2022
Reddit
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Hardware test: Building a serial/parallel loopback adapter
Adam Wilson is an electrical engineer who reworks old electronics in his spare time. In his blog he reports about his work with old computers, about the expansion of his collection and the repairs or restorations he has carried out.
In the latest blog entry, he documents building some serial/parallel loopback adapters for easy diagnostics using Keir Fraser's Amiga Test Kit Software. "Loopback testing" involves sending transmitted electrical signals back to the transmitter so that the transmitter can check its own output. In communication (e.g. parallel and serial modems) the output of the transceiver must be connected to its own input - if the device gets its own output signal back, this proves that it works. (dr)
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15.Mar.2022
Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)
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AmigaOS Development BLOG
The AmigaOS3.2 development team has set up the AmigaOS Development BLOG, the goal of which is not to provide insights into the current development of the OS, but rather to assist in getting started with AmigaOS programming. This blog is intended to provide a series of articles that will cover installation of development tools, programming examples, debugging issues, and other helpful tips.
The first two posts will deal with installing/using the NDK with the SAS/C and VBCC compilers. Guest articles are explicitly welcome! (dr)
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14.Mar.2022
Robert Smith
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Do-it-yourself: Adapter for connecting DB9 joysticks
Two weeks ago, we reported on Robert Smith's video showing how to 3D print your own retro-style joystick. In the new video that followed, he now shows how easy it is to build an adapter to connect vintage and retro joysticks to a modern system via USB. (dr)
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14.Mar.2022
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Review: The UniThor Joystick (video)
Just a few days ago, YouTuber 'Madija' aka 'Ms Mad Lemon' released her new album, and now she has published a test of the UniThor joystick on YouTube. (dr)
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14.Mar.2022
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RastPort: Mechanical keyboard replacement for Amiga 1200
Grzegorz Kraszewski's RastPort designs and manufactures accesories and expansions for Amiga computers. His current project KA 59 is a mechanical keyboard replacement for the Amiga 1200. It is a complete replacement, no parts of the original keyboard are needed. KA59 has been tested with original A1200 cases and those from the a1200.net project. Details:
- Complete replacement of original keyboard.
- Kailh KH switches rated for 50 million cycles.
- User adjustable CapsLock LED color.
- Optional "Alt"↔"Cmd" key position swap for users accustomed to PC keyboards.
- Weights less than original and takes less space.
- Robust connection with the mainboard.
Furthermore, there are options to customize the keyboard to your own needs:
- Keycap color set: There are two color sets available:
- classic gray and white, black overprints
- all keys black, white overprints
- Switches: One of three different kinds of switches may be selected. Colors indicate mechanical characteristics of switches.
- Blue switches are tactile, force versus movement characteristic is not linear. As a result, user feels the moment of switching. They are also clicky, thanks to additional element hitting the switch enclosure when pressed and making sound.
- Brown switches are tactile (nonlinear) too, but have no clicking element, so are more silent.
- Red switches are linear, moment of switching action has no tactile feedback. Noise level is a bit below brown ones.
- Language layout: Customer can select one of 11 language layouts.
- American
- British
- German
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
- Swiss
- Danish
- Swedish/Finnish
- Norwegian
- Icelandic
The keyboards are currently in production and will be available at various retailers. We will report. (dr)
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13.Mar.2022
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Selfmade project: Building an Amiga 2000 (part 3)
'Drygol' is not only a member of the demoscene group Lamers, but basically deals with retro computers in the form of restorations, upgrades etc. On his site Retrohax.net he not only offers various retro articles, but also runs a blog. Among other things he describes there his project 'Tesseract', the building of an Amiga 2000 from scratch with all maximum modifications. After the first two reports (1, 2, he published the third blog post of the series the day before yesterday. His project is based on the GitHub project of 'Floppie209', a replica of the Amiga2000 motherboard with Sprint layout. (dr)
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13.Mar.2022
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History: As Gateway owned Amiga (video)
Ravi Abbott is one of the hosts of the YouTube channel The Retro Hour. In his YouTube series Amiga The Next Generation Documentary he deals with the history of the Amiga brand after Commodore filed for bankruptcy in 1994.
In his last episode, he covers the time when Gateway, Inc. owned the Amiga brand. (dr)
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13.Mar.2022
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Aminet uploads until 12.03.2022
The following files have been added until 12.03.2022 to Aminet:
Profyler.lha dev/debug 1.1M OS4 Software performance profiler...
offizium_1.0.lha dev/hwood 1.2M MOS Office plugin for hollywood
NDK3.2.lha dev/misc 8.1M Native Developer Kit for Amig...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 2.3M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
ScummVM_RTG.lha game/misc 6.5M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM 1.7.0
Exult_RTG.lha game/role 49M 68k Amiga port of Ultima 7 (Exult)
AmiDuke_AGA.lha game/shoot 332K 68k Amiga port of Duke Nukem 3D
AmiDuke_RTG.lha game/shoot 623K 68k Amiga port of Duke Nukem 3D
BOOM_AGA.lha game/shoot 2.8M 68k Amiga port of BOOM (DOOM)
BOOM_RTG.lha game/shoot 2.8M 68k Amiga port of BOOM (DOOM)
Chocolate_DOOM.lha game/shoot 2.4M 68k Amiga port of Chocolate DOOM
D1X_Rebirth_RTG.lha game/shoot 2.5M 68k Amiga port of Descent (D1X-Re...
ODAMEX_RTG.lha game/shoot 19M 68k Amiga port of Odamex (DOOM)
PrBoom.lha game/shoot 848K 68k Amiga port of PrBoom (DOOM)
FreeSynd_RTG.lha game/strat 3.0M 68k Amiga port of Syndicate (Free...
OpenDUNE_RTG.lha game/strat 395K 68k Amiga port of Dune 2 (OpenDUNE)
MegaSaperPL_de.lha game/think 1K German catalog for MegaSaperPL
WhatIFF1.03.lha mags/misc 259K What IFF? #1.03-February-2022
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.4M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.7M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.9M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
DOSBox_RTG.lha misc/emu 931K 68k Amiga port of DOSBox
ASE2019_1.95.lha text/edit 174K 68k Text editor
TestProgram.zip util/misc 655K 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
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13.Mar.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 12.03.2022
The following files have been added until 12.03.2022 to OS4Depot:
profyler.lha dev/deb 1Mb 4.1 Software performance profiler
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
flashmandelng.lha gra/mis 32Mb 4.1 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
identify_library.lha lib/mis 50kb 4.0 identify.library for AmigaOS4.1
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13.Mar.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 12.03.2022
The following files have been added until 12.03.2022 to AROS Archives:
whatiff1.03.lha doc/mis 259kb Magazine in format amigaguide &q...
run_dosbox_task_ok.zip emu/com 2kb script for run dosbox with task ...
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13.Mar.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 12.03.2022
The following files have been added until 12.03.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
Printer.hwp_1.0.lha Development/Hollywood/... Printer plugin for holl...
Offizium_1.0.lha Development/Hollywood/... Office plugin for holly...
SDL_2.0.20_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL 2.0.2...
MorphOS-SDK_3.16-20220... Development/SDK MorphOS Software Develo...
Blues_R3.lha Games/Platform Blues Brothers,Jukebox ...
Hurrican_1.1.lha Games/Shoot2D A Turrican game clone
JFShadowWarrior_R2.lha Games/Shoot3D JFShadowWarrior is 3D R...
OceanPop_1.0.lha Games/Think OceanPop - A relaxing m...
freegemas.lha Games/Think Freegemas is an open so...
Odyssey_1.26-standalon... Network/Web Odyssey Web Browser is ...
ModernArt_3.2.lha System/Ambient/Blankers Screen Blanker by Matth...
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13.Mar.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 12.03.2022
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 12.03.2022:
- 2022-03-12 improved: Cabal (Ocean) joypad support fixed, various timing fixes, optional NTSC compatibility (Info)
- 2022-03-10 updated: Extrial (Computec Verlag) patch redone, out of bounds blits fixed, interrupt problems fixed, lots of trainer options added, 68000 quitkey support (Info)
- 2022-03-08 improved: MegaBall (Ed Mackey) tooltypes are now handled if Megaball.info exists (no icon.library needed!), in-game music is now played (Info, Image)
- 2022-03-07 improved: Battle Isle (Blue Byte) added support for french data disk (Info)
- 2022-03-06 new: Harricana (Loriciel) done by CFou! (Info)
- 2022-03-06 improved: Switchblade 2 (Gremlin) access fault at end of level 5 fixed, disable blitter waits handling corrected (Info)
- 2022-03-06 improved: Solid Gold (Night Owl Design) support for V1.2 of the game added, more Bplcon0 color bit fixes (Info, Image)
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12.Mar.2022
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.7
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.8, which allows the development of games from various genres (see short tests of two Redpill games). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM.
The new version 0.9.7 again offers some changes: besides bug fixes, PNG files are now accepted for Load Tileset, HUD, Level Background and Load Spritesheet among others, which are then converted IFF. (dr)
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12.Mar.2022
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Text editor: Amiga Source Editor 1.95
At the end of 2020, author Alain Fontanin resumed the development that had originally started in 1989 by releasing version 1.2 (2019) of his text editor "Amiga Source Editor" (ASE). The author continues to work on his editor and has now released version 1.95 with the following changes:
- New search window with options (case and full word)
- Added menu item 'Goto column'
- Possibility to move the current line to the top or bottom of the document
- Moved 'Read only' menu item from 'Document options' to 'Edit mode'
- Improved word count function (document and selection)
- Improved the use of the scroll wheel
- Fixed the bug that prevented the Workbench from closing if ASE2019 was iconified
- Use of the ASE2019 icon for iconification
- Integration (first version) of snippets
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11.Mar.2022
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History: Commodore's hardware plans
The Commodore International Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the history of Commodore International. Recently, they published photos provided by Robert Miranda on their Twitter channel, which once again show the planned further development of the hardware:
According to these documents, an updated version of the Amiga 1200 was to be shipped with a 68030 processor in 1994, while the Amiga 4000 was to be replaced by a machine equipped with a PA-RISC microprocessor architecture from Hewlett-Packard. The joint venture project with HP, planned under the name Hombre, was apparently planned in two versions: As a "single chip" with 57 MHz and 32 bit and with 2 chips and 3D support with 135 MHZ and 64 bit. (dr)
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10.Mar.2022
Reddit
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YouTube playlist: 300 Amiga demos
'rtiainen' has published a playlist on his YouTube channel that contains Amiga demo scene productions especially from groups that were not so famous or well known in the community. Most of these demos were released between 1988 and 1992, but there are also some earlier and also later releases included. Most of these demos use a standard Amiga 500 with ECS chipset, but some later ones were recorded with an Amiga 1200 and AGA chipset. (dr)
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09.Mar.2022
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Kickstarter campaign: 'Tank Mouse' officially licensed by Amiga Corporation
Polish designer Lukas Remis had started a Kickstarter campaign with the goal of a wireless re-release of the Commodore Mouse 1352 (amiga-news.de reported). Although there are still 18 days left to reach the funding goal of 78,000 Euros, almost 74,000 Euros have already been paid in.
The initiator also announced that the Tank Mouse is now officially licensed by the Amiga Corporation. He had signed a contract that grants the project the rights to use all Amiga trademarks. (dr)
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09.Mar.2022
Hyperion (ANF)
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Developer Kit: AmigaOS 3.2 NDK R4 released
Press release: Brussels, March 8 2022. Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce the immediate availability of another update to the Native Developer Kit (NDK) for AmigaOS 3.2. This R4 update of the AmigOS 3.2 NDK is a testament to our continued dedication to support the AmigaOS 3.2 ecosystem.
The R4 update of the Native Developer Kit for AmigaOS 3.2 includes:
- Better integration with VBCC, Manx, Aztec and GCC compilers
- Updated include files for AmigaOS 3.2.1 changes
- General improvements
- More example code
- Newly researched documentation for operating system functions never covered in the past 35+ years
- New developer documentation detailing the operating system interfaces and header files as well as documentation on how to make the best use of memory pools (with full source code)
AmigaOS NDK 3.2 R4 is available for free from our download area.
AmigaOS NDK 3.2 R4 will also be made accessible in other venues to pursue greater adoption and wider availability by the AmigaOS development community.
Hyperion Entertainment wishes to thank the AmigaOS 3.2 development team and the AmigaOS 3.2 userbase for their continued efforts and support in these difficult times. If you want to support our efforts further, please head over to our AmigaOS merchandise store! (snx)
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09.Mar.2022
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Operating system: MorphOS 3.16 and MorphOS SDK 3.16 (March 2022)
The MorphOS team today released new versions of their operating system and its development kit. Latter includes for example GCC 11 as well as link libraries for usage of the new openssl3.library, while support for GCC 4 and GCC 7 has been dropped. Below you can read the official announcement of the new OS version.
Press release: The MorphOS development team is proud to announce the immediate availability of MorphOS 3.16. This release includes numerous important performance, stability and security improvements. A new version of Wayfarer comes included with the OS and replaces the now obsolete Odyssey Web Browser. We've also included the Iris email client, Magic Beacon notifications system and a Command-Tab application switcher. The Synergy Client and Server applications are now compatible with the free Barrier alternative. OpenSSL3 is now available as a shared library.
For a more extensive overview of the changes included in MorphOS 3.16, please read our release notes.
We strongly urge new users to carefully read our installation and troubleshooting guides before they attempt to install MorphOS for the first time. Existing users can upgrade via the familiar procedure but are encouraged to read the guides as well. MorphOS 3.16 is available for download in our files section. (snx)
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09.Mar.2022
Discord
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Music album: 'ReFourmation' by Matt Gray
6581 Records is the home of Matt Gray's 'Reformation' album project, which releases remakes of classic C64 and Amiga game soundtracks in full production. The original 'Reformation' and 'Reformation Last Ninja 2' projects were realized in 2014 via the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. After the successful release of these albums, Reformation 2 went into production and was released in September 2018. Reformation 3 was released in June 2020 and includes even more C64 soundtrack remakes and also Amiga titles.
ReFourmation (Reformation 4) was released the day before yesterday in digital form, with physical formats to follow. The ReFourmation Download Only Edition contains 25 full versions of themes from classic C64 and Amiga games. Full quality FLAC and MP3 downloads are included and can be downloaded at the time of purchase for about 30 Euros. Tracklisting:
- Ocean Loader 5 Loader
- Auf Wiedersehen Monty
- Physical Presence
- Hawkeye (Main Theme)
- Yie Ar Kung Fu II
- Operation Wolf (Title Theme)
- The Wildernesse Loading Theme (From The Last Ninja)
- Duotris
- Who Knows
- Turrican 2 (Final Fight Theme)
- Delta (Title Theme)
- The Human Race (Chapter 4 Theme)
- Palace Gardens Loading Theme (From The Last Ninja)
- Mother (Dum Ikea CML Theme)
- Turbo Outrun
- Shockway Rider
- Grand Monster Slam
- Uridium 2 (Loading Theme)
- Madness (In Game Theme)
- Defcom
- Blood Money (In Game Theme)
- Test Drive 2 (Amiga Intro Theme)
- Delta (Mission Complete Theme)
- Times Of Lore (Title Theme)
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08.Mar.2022
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Minesweeper clone: MegaSaperPL 1.28
Rafal Zabdyr has released version 1.28 of his Minesweeper clone 'MegaSaperPL' on Aminet as well as on itch.io.
The game requires at least AmigaOS 3.0, AGA/CGX/P96 (320x240 in 8 bit) and the reqtools.library (V38+). Both mouse buttons can be used: left for uncover field, right to mark. The implementation offers additional bombs to explode mines as well detectors to uncover the field without losing life. The changes in version 1.28:
- Localisation (English/Polish)
- Restructuring of the game's directory structure
- rewrite and restructuring of most of the game code and settings
- Many bug fixes and many improvements
(dr)
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08.Mar.2022
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Shadow puppet conversion: 'Bad Apple'
The group 'ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP', known for the in-development fantasy shooter Project Quest among others, has released an update to their 'Bad Apple' AMOS conversion. 'Bad Apple!!' is originally a nearly one and a half minute music track by Japanese game developer ZUN, which gained notoriety through the remix version (video) by Japanese musicians Masayoshi Minoshima and Nomico, as it was backed by a shadow puppet video. In the now released version of 'ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP' music by J.M.D was added. On YouTube you can watch the result. (dr)
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08.Mar.2022
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Music album: Zaman
YouTuber 'Madija' aka 'Ms Mad Lemon' is passionate about old computers and vintage audios and has been writing music on the Amiga since the 1990s. Now she has released her third album Zaman on bandcamp, which contains tracks from the 1990s to 2022. All but one (Polyend Tracker) of the tracks were created using an Amiga. The album is available for 8.50 Euros (or more), an English review can be read on RetroRGB. (dr)
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06.Mar.2022
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Aminet uploads until 05.03.2022
The following files have been added until 05.03.2022 to Aminet:
AmigaTText-m68k-amiga... comm/misc 1.9M 68k Shows GER Teletext Sites from...
AmigaTText-ppc-amigao... comm/misc 2.6M OS4 Shows GER Teletext Sites from...
AmigaTText-ppc-morpho... comm/misc 2.2M MOS Shows GER Teletext Sites from...
AmigaTText-ppc-warpup... comm/misc 2.3M WOS Shows GER Teletext Sites from...
OS4WeltWeihnachtsdemo... demo/misc 3.6M OS4 little demo for Christmas (We...
HWP_hURL.lha dev/hwood 3.4M The multi-protocol data trans...
MCE.lha game/edit 3.3M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.6M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 3.8M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
d3GNOPOS4.lha game/misc 193K OS4 D3GNOP - THE Pong clone in Mi...
ScummVM_RTG.lha game/misc 6.4M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM 1.7.0
LOG_upd.lha game/patch 259K 68k update patch for 'Land of Gen...
EXULT_RTG.lha game/role 49M 68k Amiga port of Ultima 7 (Exult)
AmiDuke_RTG.lha game/shoot 542K 68k Amiga port of Duke Nukem 3D
AmiSpear_ECS.lha game/shoot 1.4M 68k Amiga port of Spear of Destiny
AmiWolf_ECS.lha game/shoot 1.4M 68k Amiga port of Wolfenstein 3D
Chocolate_DOOM.lha game/shoot 2.4M 68k Amiga port of Chocolate DOOM
D1X_Rebirth_RTG.lha game/shoot 2.5M 68k Amiga port of Descent (D1X-Re...
ODAMEX_RTG.lha game/shoot 19M 68k Amiga port of Odamex
PrBoom.lha game/shoot 848K 68k Amiga port of PrBoom
spear4amiga.lha game/shoot 144K 68k Spear of Destiny for Amiga
wolf4amiga.lha game/shoot 845K 68k Wolfenstein 3D for Amiga
FreeSynd_RTG.lha game/strat 2.9M 68k Amiga port of Syndicate (Free...
OpenDUNE_RTG.lha game/strat 394K 68k Amiga port of Dune 2 (OpenDUNE)
rebel_gw24_solar_syst... game/strat 3.9M 68k realtime strategy written in ...
MegaSaperPL.lha game/think 651K 68k Minesweeper game clone
SopoBlockOS4.lha game/think 83K OS4 SopoBlock - Cute tiny MiniGL ...
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha gfx/fract 32M OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
WhatIFF1.03.lha mags/misc 259K What IFF? #1.02-February-2022
DOSBox_RTG.lha misc/emu 931K 68k Amiga port of DOSBox
YearEndChills2021.lha mods/techn 411K MED.YearEndChills2021
vorbistools142_68k.lha mus/edit 682K 68k Tools to manipulate Vorbis fi...
Flac134_a68k.lha mus/misc 445K 68k Free Lossless Audio Codec
TECO-64.lha text/edit 607K MOS TECO (Text Editor and Corrector)
ViNCEd.lha util/shell 844K 68k ViNCEd, the CON: with ^Z & TA...
Anno.lha util/time 316K 68k Reminder and calendar utility
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OS4Depot uploads until 05.03.2022
The following files have been added until 05.03.2022 to OS4Depot:
hwp_hurl.lha lib/hol 3Mb 4.0 The multi-protocol data transfer...
amigattext.lha uti/mis 3Mb 4.1 Shows German ARD/ZDF Teletext fr...
checkas.lha uti/scr 10kb 4.0 Checks for assigns.
(snx)
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06.Mar.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 05.03.2022
The following files have been added until 05.03.2022 to AROS Archives:
run_dosbox_taskpriority_s... emu/com 223b script for run dosbox correctly
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06.Mar.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 05.03.2022
The following files have been added until 05.03.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_28.34.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
TECO-64_200.23.2.lha Text/Edit TECO (Text Editor and C...
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06.Mar.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 05.03.2022
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 05.03.2022:
(snx)
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06.Mar.2022
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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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:
- Troddlers Main theme - Live performance
- Obliterator - Live Performance
- Wrath of the Demon Title
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06.Mar.2022
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 155
The English and German issue 155 (March/April 2022) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Content of the current issue includes a Putter review, an article about special custom chips replacement and a workshop about UTF-8 on the Amiga. (snx)
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06.Mar.2022
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Event: Retrocomputer-Treff Niedersachsen (Germany)
The next Retro-Computer-Treff Niedersachsen (RCT#26) will take place on Saturday, 02.04.2022, from 10 to 7 o'clock at Haus Kassel (next to the Wandelhalle), Hauptstraße 4, in 31542 Bad Nenndorf.
The Retro-Treff is a workshop for all friends of old computers. Welcome are Amiga, Atari, C64, Apple, NeoGeo, Schneider CPC, Sinclair, Acorn and other old systems. The meeting is organised by Hannöverscher Classic-Computing-Stammtisch. For the time being, tables (120×70 cm) for 16 participants are available for the computers, with this number a sufficient distance between the participants can be realised.
Which Covid-19 conditions will apply to the meeting is not yet finally known. The next opening step is planned for 20.03.2022, then there will probably be no more restrictions. (dr) (Translation: snx)
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06.Mar.2022
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Demo party: Revision 2022
Revision " is the world’s biggest pure Demoscene event", according to the organizers. This year's edition will take place from April 15 to 18, 2022. A dedicated website has now been launched online. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the event will be streamed live, but the organizers are in the process of organizing smaller 'satellite events' that will allow people to experience the event live on a smaller scale in community. Currently, events are planned in Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal and the UK. As always, there will be lectures and competitions, the related organization is underway. Those who want to participate in the Amiga demo contest must meet the following conditions:
- Amiga AGA: Amiga 1200, 68060/66Mhz with 64MB RAM and OS 3.1 (original C= version), latest AHI and phase5/DCE 68060.library, SetPatch v43.6. PPC Amigas and Vampire/Apollo or other FPGA accelerators may take part in 'Wild Compo'.
- Amiga ECS/OCS: Standard Amiga 500, 512K chip and 512K slow RAM, Kickstart 1.3.
For the productions the following rules apply:
- Demo: Maximum size is 20MB (20971520 Bytes), as zip, lha, or lzh file. Maximum running time: 8 minutes including loading/precalc.
- Intro: Maximum size is 65536 Bytes für die ausführbare Datei. Maximum running time: 8 minutes including loading/precalc.
The detailed description can be found on the Amiga Competitions page.
(dr)
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05.Mar.2022
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AmigaOS 4: Status update on audio editor 'Rave', part 3
In mid-April 2021, developer Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka first reported on the current development status of his audio editor "Rave" in his blog Rear Window. In the second part of his developer diary he told about further progress in the sample editing features and the improvement of the clipboard support.
The third part now reports about the integration of MP3 support, other new audio formats and what remains to be done until a first release. (dr)
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05.Mar.2022
Apollo-Forum
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Apollo-Team: Icedrake accelerator board for A1200 available
As Gunnar von Boehn announced in the Apollo forum earlier this week, the Icedrake turbo card for A1200 can be ordered now for 570 Euros (incl. VAT). The specifications:
- Apollo 68080 CPU
- Performance is application dependent up to ~ 1000MHz 68030 / 500MHz 68040 / 250MHz 68060
- 512 MB DDR3 Memory
- FastKick
- Super-AGA GFX Core : Truecolor DIGITAL VIDEO OUT
- 3D Acceleration Unit
- 2 FastIDE/DVD/CompactFlash Controllers
- SDcard for data exchange
- 2 USB-Ports (mouse/joypad with CD32 emulation)
- RJ45 100BaseTX Ethernet 100MBit with DMA
- plug for RTC modul
Current Limitations and state of the card:
- PCMCIA devices are supported.
- the A1200 mainboard IDEcontroller is currently not support, please connect your boot drive to the faster ICEDRAKE connector.
- Amiga display promotion to DIGITAL-VIDEO. This is a new feature which works automatically - in some cases there can still be some glitches. The video promotion defaults to PAL, if you have an NTSC A1200 this can cause some artifacts. A software update to fix this is in the works.
(dr)
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05.Mar.2022
Reddit
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THEA500 Mini: Mini Joypad and Mini Mouse separately available
Besides the possibility to get a new Commodore Maus 1352 by participating in the 'Tank Mouse' Kickstarter campaign (wireless), which was announced a few days ago, you can now also pre-order the 2-button USB mouse and 8-button USB gamepad (each with cable) included in the THEA500 Mini bundle separately: Both the Australian store JB Hi-Fi for about 26 Euros each, as well as Amazon (Mini Mouse, Mini Joypad for 25 Euro each) have them on sale (plus shipping). The articles will be available on April 8.
As this short scene from the YouTube video Unboxing THEA500 Mini® Prototype Serial #01 shows, the Mini Mouse seems to turn out a bit smaller than the original. (dr)
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05.Mar.2022
Reddit
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Book pre-order: The Little Book of Sound Chips - Volume 2
Fusionretrobooks is currently accepting pre-orders for a printed edition of The Little Book of Sound Chips - Volume 2: The book costs about 18 Euros and will only be printed if about 7250 Euros in pre-orders have been collected. Currently about 4750 Euros have been received. Alternatively, the book is already available as a PDF or ePub edition for around 12 Euros.
The book presents not only facts and screenshots of games (all with QR codes and hyperlinks to YouTube), but reports among other things about the SID chip of the C64/C128, the Paula custom chip, in the Amiga responsible for the sound output, or APU of the NES and Famicom extensions like the VRC and Sunsoft chipset. (dr)
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05.Mar.2022
Prince (Mail)
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Video tutorial: Episode 26 of assembler coding course
'Prince', founder of the demo group 'Phaze101', is currently streaming the assembler programming course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube. Now the episode 26 was published. (dr)
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05.Mar.2022
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PDF Book: Mark R. Jones on his time at Ocean Software Ltd.
Mark R. Jones worked at Ocean Software Ltd in the 80's as a graphic designer for ZX Spectrum, Amstrad, Atari ST and Commodore Amiga computer games, including the Amiga game Rambo III. After 5 years, he has completed his book "LOAD DIJ DIJ" about growing up in the 70's and 80's, witnessing the home computer explosion first hand, and talking about his time at Ocean Software Ltd.
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04.Mar.2022
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 131 (English/Italian)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in English and Italian editions. The game reviews of REV'n'GE compare the releases of classic games on different computer systems with each other. In the latest edition, the magazine is celebrating its 8th birthday, it also features its first two reviews of contemporary games: 'Knightmare' (Amiga) and the 3D shooter 'Final Assault' released for Atari 8 bit computers. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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04.Mar.2022
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Video: 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast #119 - Upgrading an Amiga 500 to ECS
In the 119th issue of his videocast 10MARC, Douglas Compton is upgrading his Amiga 500 to a full ECS machine with 1 MB of CHIP RAM. (dr)
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04.Mar.2022
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Motorola68k emulation: First beta version of Emu68 released (update)
Developer Michal Schulz regularly provides background information and status updates on his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 for the ARM architecture on his Patreon page. Last week he has announced a first beta version of Emu68.
Update: (04.03.2022, 17:05, dr)
After this beta version was already available within the nightly builds, but hardly obviously identifiable, the developer has just released a separate archive with a corresponding tag for the beta version at our suggestion. (dr)
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04.Mar.2022
Twitter (ANF)
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FPGA accelerator board: "Multiport Modul" for Icedrake
Matthias 'DJBase' Münch has designed a Multiport Modul for the FPGA-based A1200 turbo card Icedrake - successor of the well-known Vampire series - which relocates HDMI and network ports as well as the microSD slot to the rear expansion slot of the A1200 and thus makes them more easily accessible. The module has a modular design, and a USB port can be added via a small add-on board, for example. The ports required by the user are connected to the original ports on the accelerator board via short cables.
If you want to rebuild the hardware, you can order the boards from Münch's customer accounts at OSHPark or PCBWay. The boards were published under a Creative Commons license. (cg)
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04.Mar.2022
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Cologne exhibition videos: Computer 95, 96 and 97
An Amiga fan has digitized his private videos from the Cologne computer exhibitions ('Computer') 95, 96 and 97 and published the result on Youtube. The 35 minute clip contains uncommented impressions from all three shows. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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