12.Feb.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 11.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until February 11th, 2017:
CookieMonster_ALL.lha comm/www 5.5M MOS Web browser cookie cleaner
ADE-repack.lha dev/gcc 13M 68k GCC based Amiga Development E...
ADFer.lha disk/misc 42K 68k Read and Write ADF Files to/f...
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 1.9M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
RiVA-0.52.lha gfx/show 892K 68k RiVA MPEG player
Calimero_3.9.lha text/dtp 8.3M MOS A DTP Program
Redit.lha text/edit 47K 68k Text editor
rzip-2.1.lha util/arc 32K 68k rzip 2.1 - powerful compresso...
uaemremover.lha util/dir 16K 68k Remove junk files created by ...
AmiSSL-4.0.lha util/libs 5.4M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
TinyLauncher.zip util/misc 462K 68k WHDLoad frontend and more
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12.Feb.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 11.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until February 11th, 2017:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb 4.1 An arabic console device
starboxdemo.lha gra/mis 665kb 4.1 Space demo/benchmark thing for W...
contextmenus-config.lha gra/the 145kb 4.1 Adds icons to all missing menu e...
moderntheme.lha gra/the 39kb 4.1 Minimalistic theme
knobgad.lha lib/rea 57kb 4.0 Round knob gadget
cookiemaster_demo.lha net/bro 2Mb 4.1 Web browser (currently Odyssey) ...
download.lha net/ftp 36kb 4.0 File download utility: http, htt...
findmore.lha uti/fil 135kb 4.0 File searching tool (GUI)
fuelgauge.lha uti/wor 91kb 4.0 Volume gauges underneath hard dr...
emotion_demo.lha vid/pla 6Mb 4.1 very first, demo of Emotion medi...
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12.Feb.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 11.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until February 11th, 2017:
cinnamonwriter.i386-aros.zip off/wor 4Mb word processor
dejavu-fonts-ttf-2.30.zip off/wor 4Mb addon for cinnamon writer
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12.Feb.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers bis 11.02.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installer has been added until February 11th, 2017:
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12.Feb.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following songs have been added:
- Parasol Stars Medley
- Rings of Medusa - Distorsion mix
- Sleeping Gods Lie (Intro Remix)
- Thunderboy Medley
- X-Out - Drowning In Your Love Remix
- Boil Up! Power! (Midnight Resistance Stage 1)
- Robocop 3
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10.Feb.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4 / AROS / MorphOS: CookieMonster 1.4.0
Marko Seppänen's CookieMonster is a commercial program for AmigaOS 4, AROS and MorphOS for managing cookies of the web browser Odyssey. MUI 4 and the openurl.library are required.
Download: CookieMonster_ALL.lha (6 MB)
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09.Feb.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Developer tool: vlink 0.15d
Frank Wille has updated the portable linker vlink which can handle a lot of binary formats and is part of the compiler package vbcc.
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09.Feb.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Interview with AmigaWave
Under the title link, generationamiga.com has interviewed Enrique who is one of the members of the Spanish group AmigaWave (YouTube channel). The games "Furtum Sacrum", "RetroWars" and "Brus Lii" have been written by the developer group (amiga-news.de reported).
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08.Feb.2017
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: DTP program Calimero 3.9 also creates charts
Version 3.9 of Carsten Siegner's DTP program Calimero now also can create bar and pie charts:
The new chart function has the following features:
- each spreadsheet can have unlimited charts
- charts address spreadsheets in the whole document
- charts can have unlimited data levels
- charts require a spreadsheet
- charts exist as objects, so it is possible to save documents as ODT/EPUB/PDF
- charts can be printed
Direct download: Calimero_3.9.lha (8 MB)
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08.Feb.2017
Lizard (ANF)
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Encryption: AmiSSL 4
A team led by Jens Maus (e.g. YAM) has released version 4 of the OpenSSL-port AmiSSL, which can establish encrypted connections on the Internet - e.g. loading a website using HTTPS.
AmiSSL 4 is based on the latest OpenSSL 1.1.0d providing new encryption algorithms - existing Amiga software has to be adapted to be able making use of them.
AmiSSL is free software, the source code is available on Github. So far versions for Amiga 3 and 4 has been released. For porting it to MorphOS and AROS, help is needed.
Hint of the editorial staff: If you are using IBrowse, you should enable TLS for improving the compatibility to encrypted websites also without using AmiSSL-4.
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06.Feb.2017
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Youtube documentation: "The Amiga Story"
"Amiga Story", published on Youtube, is a film about the history of the Amiga: Both parts (1, 2) have a duration of almost two hours.
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06.Feb.2017
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Games competition: Participants of the "AmiGameJam 2016"
Six games have been registered for the programming competition "AmiGameJam 2016" which was started in December. They now can be downloaded from the website of the organizers. The winner will be selected by an online voting, completed by the jurors Trevor Dickinson (A-EON) and Dan Wood (The Retro Hour gaming podcast). Further information will be given during the next days.
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06.Feb.2017
David Brunet (ANF)
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Results of the Amiga Games Awards 2016
The French magazine Obligement carried out a survey on the best Amiga game of the last year. Today the results have been announced:
AmigaOS 68k:
- Tanks Furry (Project R3D)
- Heart Of The Alien: Out Of This World Part 2 (Delphine Software)
- Center Court 2 (Gernot Fritsche)
AmigaOS 4
- Amiga Racer (AmigaTek Inc.)
- Heboris C7EX - Unofficial Version (Kenji Hosimoto)
- 2PicPuzzle (Petr Kaderka)
MorphOS
- Amiga Racer (AmigaTek Inc.)
- Another Pool GL (Gerrit Jahn)
- 2PicPuzzle (Petr Kaderka)
AROS
- AstroMenace (Michael Kurinnoy, Viewizard)
- Zelda Time To Triumph (Vincent Jouillat)
- Black Shades Elite (David Rosen)
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05.Feb.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Laser upgrade for Amiga mice (Update)
Having been unsatisfied with the accuracy of his old Amiga 500 mouse, Jesús de la Torre developed a replacement board which turns the Amiga mice of Commodore and Amiga Technologies into optical mice with a resolution of (according to the retailer) 8500 dpi. An ADNS 9800 laser sensor is used that - together with a matching covering - replaces the original mouse.
From March 22nd the laser upgrade is supposed to be commercially available.
Update: (21:03, 05.02.17, snx)
As the developer explains on request of amiga-news.de, the information about the Mouse's resolution is correct. There is not a direct conversion between the laser sensor and the Amiga mouse port, though. Instead, there is a PIC processor doing some calculations with the high resolution movements. It uses the high precision movements in order to anticipate movements (like gaming devices do). (snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.Feb.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 04.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until February 4th, 2017:
sana2-tftpclient.lha comm/tcp 69K 68k TFTP client using only the SA...
CookieMonster_ALL.lha comm/www 5.9M MOS A web browser cookie cleaner
MCE.lha game/edit 1.6M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 1.9M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
BoxxTrilogyCD32.zip game/jump 2.9M 68k Boxx Trilogy CD32 (ISO)
BoxxTrilogyHD.lha game/jump 2.0M 68k Boxx Trilogy HD (HD Install)
Criss_MOS.lha game/think 2.5M MOS Simple think Amiga tribute game
Criss_OS4.lha game/think 2.8M OS4 Simple think Amiga tribute game
VT42-Toasterless-0.1.lha gfx/edit 2.3M 68k VideoToaster software that ru...
PatchCompositeTags.lha gfx/misc 621K OS4 Patch and emulate CompositeTags
amath.lha misc/math 1.5M 68k Simple command line calculator
Amiga_Back4FutureRMX.mp3 mods/mpg 3.1M Fast dance Amiga tribute tune
Calimero_3.83.lha text/dtp 7.9M MOS A DTP Program
Slarti_Arosx86ABIv0.lha text/edit 7.8M x86 Slarti - The Subtitle Editor
Slarti_MOS.lha text/edit 7.8M MOS Slarti - The Subtitle Editor
Slarti_OS4.lha text/edit 8.1M OS4 Slarti - The Subtitle Editor
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 484K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 555K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 577K OS4 Multipurpose utility
TinyLauncher.zip util/misc 107K 68k WHDLoad frontend and more
suomenna.lha util/wb 2K 68k Sets workbench language to Fi...
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05.Feb.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 04.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until February 4th, 2017:
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
moderntheme.lha gra/the 39kb 4.1 Minimalistic theme
vpdf.lha gra/vie 3Mb 4.1 Port of MUI based PDF reader fro...
reportplus.lha uti/mis 577kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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05.Feb.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 04.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archiven until February 4th, 2017:
mp3gain152.i386-aros.lha aud/edi 80kb adjusts mp3s
audiostream.source.lha aud/mis 270kb Stream internet radio
musicbox.source.lha aud/pla 421kb cd catalog and player
phear.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 223kb ASCII maze game. Get treasure. A...
skulpt.source.lha gra/mis 386kb Sculpt3D clone source
newscoaster.source.lha net/new 246kb news reader
backclock.source.lha uti/mis 15kb Analogic Clock
snapit.i386-aros.lha uti/mis 487kb Powerful MUI-based Screen Grabber
amath.i386-aros.lha uti/sci 377kb Simple command line calculator
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05.Feb.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 04.02.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until February 4th, 2017:
- 2017-01-31 new: Atmospherical Melodies (Carnage) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2017-01-30 improved: Super Stardust (Bloodhouse) slave rewritten, fix a crash in warp 1, supports CD³² joypad buttons, snoopbug fixed, unlimited energy added, new iconsOtons, snoopbug fixed, unlimited energy added, new icons (Info)
- 2017-01-30 new: Rock Box 1 (Avoid) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2017-01-29 new: Music Disk 2 (Elite) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
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04.Feb.2017
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PDF viewer: Port of VPDF for AmigaOS 4
In 2012 a bounty was started for porting the PDF viewer VPDF from MorphOS to AmigaOS 4 due to the outdated and rather slow engine of AmiPDF. Roman 'kas1e' Kargin now has released a working version of the programm on OS4Depot.
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01.Feb.2017
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Previews: Adventures "Furtum Sacrum" and "RetroWars", Beat'em Up "Brus Lii"
The point'n click adventures Furtum Sacrum (video) and Retro Wars (video) are developed by the Spanish team of Amiga Wave using the editor GRAC and some AMOS code. Both games require any Amiga with one Megabyte Chip-RAM.
Retro Wars immerses in the world of "Star Wars" and has already been finished. You can download a Spanish version of the game from the website and the major part of the English translation has been already done. For collectors there is a boxed edition, which can be ordered via eMail from the authors:
According to the website, Furtum Sacrum ("Sacred Theft") "places us in the late Middle Ages. Specifically, in the Northwest of Spain, where there are a number of pilgrimage routes and roads with a lots of monasteries flourishing everywhere. These monasteries offer services to pilgrims in exchange for alms, they also have their own sources of funding, their crops and local products." An early (Spanish) demo version can be downloaded.
The English translation of RetroWars as well as the development of Furtum Sacrum temporarily were suspended because Amiga Wave were going to finish "Brus Lii" (Youtube) to submit it to the Amiga Game Jam 2016 in time.
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01.Feb.2017
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Hyperion: Screenshot shows installation process of AmigaOS on Tabor
A screenshot published in the official blog of Hyperion shows the "Installation Utility for the A1222" and thus demonstrates a regular installation of AmigaOS 4.1 FE on the Tabor motherboard. The headline "First steps towards beta test :D" is supposed to emphasize the current progress compared with level of development from October when a single developer was buzy adapting the operating system to the new motherboard.
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01.Feb.2017
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Mod-Player: HippoPlayer now free software
The source code of the well-known mod player HippoPlayer now is available at Github under the MIT-licence.
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01.Feb.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Kickstart switcher: Software update for A500Flash
A software update for the Kickstart switcher A500Flash developed by Retro 7-bit (amiga-news.de reported) has been released. Version 1.2 fixes a bug of the communication with accelerator boards ("fix check toggle ready procedure").
Download: Flasher1_2.lha (18 KB)
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30.Jan.2017
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New Facebook group for Amiga developers
A new Facebook group is supposed to complete the options for developers by providing a platform for discussing issues.
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30.Jan.2017
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Review: Vampire 500 V2 (English/French)
In his blog, Amiga user "Epsilon" has published a detailed review of the FPGA accelerator board Vampire 500 V2: Part 1, Part 2. Thanks to David Brunet, a French translation is available as well.
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29.Jan.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit 9 Reloaded for Mac with Rabbit Hole
On October 2015 "Rabbit Hole" was introduced which for the Workbench distribution AmiKit makes it possible to start programms of the Linux or Windows operating system or to get access to Amiga files.
Releasing "AmiKit 9 Reloaded for Mac" this now is also possible with Mac OS X. Version 10.8 of the operating system is required. Additionally WinUAE under Wine 2.0 is used instead of E-UAE which provides more speed and stability to AmiKit.
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29.Jan.2017
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Barjack Magigames: New pictogramms for WHDLoad games (Update)
Barjack Magigames provides every collection of WHDLoad games an informative set of icons (screenshot) because at first glance the new pictogramms provide information on chipset, year of release, category, language, rating and if it is a disk or CD game. The first set covers all games starting with 0-9 or the letter A (Download-Link).
Update: (17:56, 29.01.17, snx)
Meanwhile, there is an additional Extra Pack (Download-Link). (snx) (Translation: dr)
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29.Jan.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 28.01.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until January 28th, 2017:
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 11M 68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
Handy095.lha misc/emu 175K 68k Atari Lynx emulator
amath.i386-aros.lha misc/math 377K x86 Simple command line calculator
amath.lha misc/math 1.5M 68k Simple command line calculator
amath.src.lha misc/math 465K Simple command line calculator
Calimero_3.82.lha text/dtp 7.9M MOS A DTP Program
Redit.lha text/edit 49K 68k Text editor
Slarti_MOS.lha text/edit 7.8M MOS Slarti - The Subtitle Editor
Slarti_OS4.lha text/edit 8.1M OS4 Slarti - The Subtitle Editor
snapit.lha util/misc 487K MOS A screen grabber with MUI-Int...
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29.Jan.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 28.01.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until January 28th, 2017:
cmake.lha dev/cro 15Mb 4.1 Cross platform build toolkit
rimage2c.lha dev/uti 8kb 4.1 Convert a Binary file or Image t...
stargus.lha gam/str 6Mb 4.0 Stratagus mod that allows you to...
snapit.lha uti/mis 487kb 4.1 Powerful MUI-based Screen Grabber
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29.Jan.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 28.01.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until January 28th, 2017:
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28.Jan.2017
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: "Hurra, ich wachse!" 2.0
The MorphOS programm "Hurra, ich wachse!" written by Ulrich Beckers "is an app to monitor and manage all body sizes/measures of children during their growth phase (age of 0-18 years) and includes data for height, weight, head girth, skinfolds, hip and waist circumference as well as for blood pressure. Additionally the body mass index (BMI), waist/hip relation, waist/height relation and body fat get automatically calculated."
Version 2.0 of the programm now is available in German and English. Additionally a responsive graphic interface and a new menu were added.
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28.Jan.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Text editor featuring Kickstart-1.2 compatibility: Redit 1.14
Kai Scherrer's text editor Redit works without any limitations on an Amiga equipped with Kickstart 1.2, but also is fully compatible with higher versions of the system. The editor can be also launched from an emergancy disk or used after booting without startup-sequence.
Changes of version 1.14:
- Bugfix: new documents could thrash file lock - fixed
- Improved: library loading is now done by own routines, decreasing binary size
- Stackwarning message removed
- Increased stacksize to 16k
Download: Redit1.14.lha (49 KB)
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28.Jan.2017
David Brunet (ANF)
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Obligement: Vote for the Amiga Games Award 2016
David Brunet writes: Each year you can vote for the best Amiga game of the previous twelve months. Now it's time for the Amiga Games Award 2016!
To vote for the best AmigaOS 68k, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, or AROS games, you can rate them at the title link. There will be no "global" winner, but a winner by systems. The final results will be published on monday, February 6, 2017.
Wie jedes Jahr lässt David Brunet auch für 2016 auf der Obligement-Webseite über das beste Spiel unter AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS bzw. AROS abstimmen. Die Wahl erfolgt für das jeweilige Betriebssystem.
Das Ergebnis wird am Montag, dem 6. Februar, bekanntgegeben. (snx)
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28.Jan.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Podcast: AmiCast 20 - Interview with Trevor Dickinson (A-EON Technology)
In the 20th issue of his podcast, Krzysztof Radzikowski has talked to Trevor Dickinson of A-EON Technology. Additionally a record of his speech on the "Amiga Ireland 2017" is included, which also is available as video.
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27.Jan.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4 / AROS / MorphOS: SnapIT 1.4
SnapIT written by Stefan Blixth (OnyxSoft) is a "powerful screen grabber" for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS/x86 (screenshot).
The version of MorphOS can save the screenshots as different formats by using Reggae. Generally version 1.4 now can be used without a user-interface.
Changes:
- Reggae-support for saving data which includes a lot more formats to save to (MorphOS only)
- Missed to apply translation to the ASL-window (save file as...)
- Fixed that the free grab works as intended if the program was started iconified
- Added Greek translation by Anthony Iliakis
- Using latest MUI4 on OS4 to set the "aiming" pointer when using freegrab mode
- Now possible to grab a screen and save it without using the GUI (cli argument)
- Added CX_POPKEY / CX_POPUP handling
- Modified SnapIT so it can only be started in one instance, run it twice, uniconifies the first instance
- Included a updated Spanish guide file by Victor Gutiérrez
- Removed the requester when starting the program without a keyfile
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26.Jan.2017
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Calendar for printing
The Croatian website amigawarp.org has published a year 2017 calender with Amiga motifs. The calendar was created in A4 landscape format and can be printed in English (PDF) or Croatian (PDF).
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24.Jan.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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FPGA: Apollo-Core-Update "Gold2"
The Apollo core is a FPGA-reimplementation of Motorolas m68k-series, which also provides a separate graphic output called SAGA. Currently the core is used in the accelerator boards 600 V2 and 500 V2(+). Changes in the latest core "Gold2":
- AMMX greatly improved
- Added CPU counters
- Added TURTLE mode
- Modified PCR register: 68080 now acts as a 060
- Modified MOVEC Rc,Rn (reads in User mode and Writes in Supervisor mode)
- Improved some loops patterns
- Improved self-modifying code support
- Improved memory controller to be full 32-bit
- Improved HDMI core
The SAGA driver was also updated and now is available in version 0.11.
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24.Jan.2017
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: Calimero 3.82
Carsten Siegner's Calimero "is a powerfull DTP program" which can handle spreedsheets (screenshot) now of the formats EPUB (photo 1) and ODT (photo 2).
The comic picture shown in the document is a WMF image format file which can be converted by Calimero into other formats. The spreedsheets in the ODT-documents for example in OpenOffice can be moved without limitations, thus do not depend on lines.
Download: Calimero_3.82.lha (8 MB)
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24.Jan.2017
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A500 accelerator board: HC508 in progress
Another accelerator board for the Amiga 500 is in development called HC508 which is based on a 68HC000 processor clocked with 50 Mhz and according to the developer is fully compatible to the 68000. The hardware has been tested for a loner time, the layout is final.
The HC508 has the following features:
- 68HC000 CPU with 50 MHz, 100% MC68000 compatible
- IDE-port (40 pin) for HD and CD-ROM
- integrated port for CF-cards
- 8 MB FastRAM (1 wait state)
- 512k FlashROM for Kickstart (1 wait state)
- Tool for disabling/enabling of all moduls (CPU, RAM, ROM, IDE)
It is still not clear how the board will be sold.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jan.2017
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PCMCIA driver: CFD 1.33 (Update)
CFD ("CompactFlashDevice") supports using CompactFlash memory cards on the PCMCIA-Port of an A600 or A1200. Grzegorz 'Krashan' Kraszewski has released an update of the driver which improves compatibility with SD-cards (inserted via SD-CF-adapter). The updated driver also could provide support of a higher number of CF memory cards.
Update: (08:05, 27.08.17, snx)
As Grzegorz Kraszewski points out in a comment, this driver update has been created by Paul Carter and not by himself. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jan.2017
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New PCMCIA angle connector: KA37 (Update)
Grzegorz 'Krashan' Kraszewski offers another angle connector for the PCMCIA port of the A1200 or A600 called "KA37" which is mostly required if the Amiga was put into a tower. The "KA37" is available for about 21 Euro and thus cheaper than similar products of Amigakit or
Elbox. However, Krashan only accepts Bitcoin (0.0249 Bitcoin). You can order the connector via email from the developer.
Update: (09:25, 30.01.2017, snx)
Grzegorz Kraszewski mentions in a comment that PayPal and SEPA transfers are also accepted, although they are not advertised on the webpage. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jan.2017
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Interview with Patrick Nevian (Tales of Gorluth, Blue Metal Rose)
generationamiga.com has published an interview with Patrick Nevian who among others is the developer of the Tales of Gorluth series and founder of the Indie Pop band project Blue Metal Rose.
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24.Jan.2017
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Platform game: Slackskin & Flint for free download
The full version of the platform game Slackskin & Flint which was released in 1992 can be downloaded for free.
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24.Jan.2017
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Ars Technica: A history of the Amiga, part 10
The tenth part of the series "A history of the Amiga", since 2007 released on Ars Technica, is about the decline of the Amiga.
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23.Jan.2017
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Subtitle editor: Slarti (all Amiga platforms)
"Slarti" is written in Hollywood and can "help making or modifying video subtitles" in the SubRip format. Using the avcodec-plugin, Slarti loads the video into its user-interface (which was created with RapaGUI) and offers rich editing modes.
Obviously other ports of the program are only available as free downloads if a certain amount of donations has been achieved. This is explained on the website under "Donations":
"If you send any amount of donation you will get an email with the download link of your chosen platform and the release target counter will be added by one point.
If the counter hit one of the goals then a release of the program will happen as a free download as described below."
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23.Jan.2017
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Ben Hermans resigns his position as director of Hyperion
During the afternoon a hint was published on amiga.org that in the Belgisch Staatsblad an application of Hyperion (PDF) was published for removing the rank of the director ("Bestuurder") for Ben Hermans because he did resign this position on December 16th. This has been certified since January 12th because the KBO ("Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen") lists only founding member Timothy de Groote as well as the German Costel Mincea, joined in May 2015 as directors of Hyperion.
A few hours later Hyperion's website also announced the change:
"Hyperion Entertainment CVBA wishes to announce that Mr. Ben Hermans has resigned as a director of the company to allow him to concentrate on his practice as legal counsel. He remains committed to Hyperion Entertainment and will continue representing its legal interests in the best possible way. Ben of course also remains a shareholder in the Hyperion Entertainment business."
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22.Jan.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 21.01.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until January 21st, 2017:
DiskSafe.lha disk/salv 92K 68k No longer non validated disks!
Boxx3.adf game/jump 880K 68k Boxx 3 Platform game (Bootabl...
Boxx3HDD.lha game/jump 304K 68k Boxx 3 Platform game (HD Inst...
PatchCompositeTags.lha gfx/misc 625K OS4 Patch and emulate CompositeTags
Dina.lha text/bfont 72K Dina Programming Font
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22.Jan.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 21.01.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until January 21st, 2017:
amitransformator_ita.lha dev/lan 479b 4.1 italian catalog for Amitransform...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb 4.1 An arabic console device
qt-minimal.lha lib/mis 72Mb 4.1 Multiplatform Gui Toolkit (Minimal)
vmt.lha off/dat 7Mb 4.1 Vehicles costs management tool
screengrab.lha uti/mis 358kb 4.1 Simple screengrab app for Qt4
rbroadcastwol.lha uti/she 4kb 4.1 Send out a Magic Packet to wake ...
rhash_cmd.lha uti/she 18kb 4.1 rHash preforms hashing of files
juffed.lha uti/tex 6Mb 4.1 Advanced text editor for Qt4
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22.Jan.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 21.01.2017
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until January 21st, 2017:
ogg-dec-enc.i386-aros.lha aud/mis 2Mb ogg format decoder and encoder
protrekkr.i386-aros.lha aud 10Mb tracker program with advance fea...
audioevolution3_src.lha aud/rec 317kb source code of version 3 the hd ...
audioevolution4.i386-aros... aud/rec 27Mb hd recording
eternal.i386-aros.zip dem/sce 7Mb Port of OpenGL demo from ReAct 2004
vmt.i386-aros.lha uti/mis 7Mb Vehicles costs management tool
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22.Jan.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 21.01.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until January 21st, 2017:
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19.Jan.2017
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Emulator: FS-UAE Wrapper simplifies access to archives
The FS-UAE Wrapper, written in Python, is supposed to simplify the access to archives, so for example you can compress ISO-images together with configuration files into an archive.
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19.Jan.2017
(ANF)
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MorphOS: Harry "Piru" Sintonen hacks QNap network
Harry Sintonen, who is programmer in the MorphOS team, works as Senior Security Consultant at the Finnish security specialist F-Secure. In Helsinki he recently did "teach the audience a lesson in how attackers take advantage of insecure devices. Harry created the demonstration after he discovered several vulnerabilities in a QNAP network attached storage (NAS) device."
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16.Jan.2017
David Brunet (ANF)
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Obligement: Update of Amiga Games List
Since 1991 David Brunet has updated "Amiga Games List". Now all releases of the year 2016 have been added, so the database includes 12632 games, level editors, data disks, extensions and interpreters, which divide like that:
- 12076 games
- 320 extensions and data disks
- 143 game or level editors
- 84 interpreters
According to Brunet the Amiga Games List is the most extensive games list on Internet.
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15.Jan.2017
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AEROS for indieGO! available
Purchasers of Pascal Papara's "indieGO!", which is an ARM-based system combining several games consoles by using different emulators, now also can use his Linux-hosted AROS-distribution AEROS. Using the online update function, AEROS can be added at the start of indieGO!. A video shows AEROS starting on the system and later the game AmigaRacer.
According to Pascal Papara "it is the first time AROS hosted on ARM runs with a 32bit color depth and so hand in hand with the 3D accelerated drivers or the console." AROS itself includes al system files which recently were back ported by Krzysztof Śmiechowicz for the ABIv0 and are also used in the distribution Icaros Desktop.
Additional to AEROS, version 1.7.0 of the Linux-based operating system "indieGO! OS" also offers FS-UAE as well as the latest version of the Amiga emulator uae4arm, compiled on and for the Odroid-XU4, supporting JIT, full screen mode and sound (actually uae4arm is optimized for Raspberry Pi2/3).
Pascal Papara also wrote: "Besides this preparations are made to allow the execution of IcAROS desktop utilizing the commercial i386 to ARM wrapper ExaGear. Performance wise it feels similar to my macbook pro late 2009 and running it in Virtualbox. This is possible because it used the wrapper only for the CPU translation and else it relies on native ARM API's.
There are much more updates like a new launcher menu done by Fabio and fixes to other system emulation but since they are not Amiga Related I would like to invite you to have an eye on the AMC-Support-Forum."
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15.Jan.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 14.01.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until January 14th, 2017:
ign-addon-ods.lha biz/misc 1.8M OS4 ignition addon for access ods...
Amiga30Years.lha demo/euro 45K 68k OCS Demo for High Coast Hack ...
YouMustObey.lha demo/euro 82K 68k OCS Demo for High Coast Hack ...
boingball.lha demo/intro 56K 68k OCS intro for High Coast Hack...
hch_2016_xmas.lha demo/slide 69K 68k OCS Demo for High Coast Hack ...
K-War_TreasurePattern... demo/track 642K 68k Musicdisk "Treasure Patterns"...
PointerDevBas.lha dev/basic 34K 68k Using Pointer lib with HBasic
Cow3D.lha dev/src 722K ppc Draw a textured 3D cow with W...
LosingMyBestFriend.mp3 mods/mpg 2.4M A slow sad tune by pecaN
unzip_6.0-21.lha util/arc 186K MOS De-archiver for .zip files
ShellUpdate.lha util/boot 130K 68k Update Os 3.9 BB2 Shell to 45.36
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15.Jan.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 14.01.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until January 14th, 2017:
versus7.lha dem/mag 2Mb 4.0 Chartmag (AOS4 version).
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb 4.1 An arabic console device
ign-addon-ods.lha off/spr 2Mb 4.1 ignition addon for access ods-files
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15.Jan.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 14.01.2017
The following archive has been added to the AROS-Archives until January 14th, 2017:
bubbletrain.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 3Mb Bubble shooter.
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15.Jan.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 14.01.2017
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until January 14th, 2017:
- 2017-01-14 new: Lovesongs (Crime Devils) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2017-01-13 new: Music Disk (Cryptic) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2017-01-12 new: Audio Dreams (Chaos) done by StingRay (Info, Image, Image)
- 2017-01-12 new: Sound of Music 7 (Cave) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2017-01-11 new: Music Collection 4 (Zarch) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2017-01-11 new: Music Collection (Exocet) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2017-01-10 new: One Day on Mars (Exile) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2017-01-09 new: Music Disk (Escape) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2017-01-08 new: Music Disk 1 (Vega) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
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13.Jan.2017
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Dave Haynie: Entire "Deathbed Vigil" video at Youtube
In spring 1994 with his own camera hardware developer Dave Haynie recorded the almost deserted Commodore production facility in West Chester, a mass dismissal as well as a party of former employees ("wake") on the day after the announcement of the companys bankrupt.
The video which resulted from that was sold as "The Deathbed Vigil and other tales of digital angst": First of all by Haynie himself, finally as part of the premium edition of the emulator distribution Amiga Forever. Now Haynie has made available the video at Youtube for free.
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13.Jan.2017
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Bounty project for new system monitor
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek, member of the MorphOS-Team, has suggested a bounty project in the forum of the MorphZone for a replacement of "Scout".
Unlike the former system monitor, "Scout NG" should not depend on external MUI-classes but will provide some MorphOS information. Besides, certain system lists should be shown in context (processes/tasks/windows as a tree).
On the website of the WArMUp ("World Association of MorphOS Users") you can donate for that project, which requires 200 Euro.
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10.Jan.2017
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AnimWebConverter v2.65
AnimWebConverter is a little Hollywood programm for AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS, which can convert IFF-animations of the Anim or Yafa format into animated GIF and PNG files. It is also possible to change the size of the picture. In version 2.65 some bugs have been fixed and "minor improvements" implemented.
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10.Jan.2017
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 124
The English and German issue 124 (Januar/Februar 2017) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed today, and can be ordered from Amiga dealers or directly from the editorial office. The current issue includes the first part of e WHDLoad workshop, Demoscene News and a introduction to 'Matze's 030er turboboard'. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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10.Jan.2017
fs-uae.net (Webseite)
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Emulator: FS-UAE 2.9.3dev (Beta)
Frode Solheim has released a new development version FS-UAE 2.9.3dev. Changes:
- Updated FS-UAE icon
- Allow specifying sub_title = 0 to disable the sub title
Changes in FS-UAE Launcher 2.9.3dev:
- Fix for published/unpublished status of variants
- Extract WHDLoad arguments from .info file when loading a WHDLoad archive
- Set floppy drive volume (empty) to 0 when starting with a WHDLoad archive
- Show error message when version started is too old (cannot read databases)
- New option whdload_quit_key to set global quit key, added to settings UI
- Renamed “Joystick” to “Controller” in settings dialog
- Improved look on Windows 10
- Updated look for the settings dialog
- Updated button links to option docs
- Updated FS-UAE Launcher icon
- CDTV games (from database) did not set CDTV model
Changes in FS-UAE Arcade 2.9.3dev:
- Add application icon to the Arcade window
- Added new icon for FS-UAE Arcade (instead of the Launcher icon)
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