10.Nov.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Podcast: AMIcast, Special Episode 4
In the fourth special episode of the English-language podcast AMIcast the Pole Adam Zalepa was invited, who is distributing books and games for the Amiga under amiga.net.pl. The host Krzysztof Radzikowski has talked with him about his projects but also about the AmiWest 2016 and the news which was announced at the event.
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10.Nov.2016
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Hollywood: Date&Time Lib 1.3 offers date functions
Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci has released a new library for developers of Hollywood: The Date&Time Lib provides diverse functions regarding the date. It is distributed as Shareware, the Shareware Fee is three Euro.
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10.Nov.2016
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World of Commodore 2016: 3./4. December, Toronto (Canada)
On December 3rd and 4th in Toronto (Canada) the "World of Commodore" will take place. Additional to a peddlers market and stalls of official dealers there will also be presentations of diverse hardware and software projects of different Commodore computers.
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10.Nov.2016
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Documentation: "Viva Amiga" - International Release on January 6th
The website of the crowdfunded Amiga documentation Viva Amiga has announced the official release date: From January 6th 2017, Zach Weddington's six years lasting project will be available. Pre-Orders will begin in December.
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10.Nov.2016
fs-uae.net (Webseite)
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Emulator: FS-UAE 2.8.1
After several beta versions, now Frode Solheim has released a "stable" one of the Amiga emulator FS-UAE. There are ports for Windows, Mac OS and different Linux and BSD versions. Changes since the last release:
- Alt+F4 and Cmd+Q will no longer quit FS-UAE (in full keyboard emulation mode)
- Use raw input on Windows again (allows grabbing of Windows keys, etc)
- New option raw_input = 0 will disable use of raw input for keyboard
- Fixed loading shaders from fs-uae.dat
- Updated Xbox 360 configs for Linux
Changes in FS-UAE Launcher 2.8.1:
- Fixed problem where rating could be reset for first loaded game/variant
- New experimental option: relative_temp_feature
Changes in FS-UAE Arcade 2.8.1:
- Added stretch / keep aspect toggle button to top right menu
- Added V-Sync toggle button to top right menu
- Ability to see and change variant before starting the game
- Make menu rendering conformant to FS-UAE style
- More transition animations
- New cover rendering for non-portrait covers
- Use --platform= to start with a given platform filter, e.g. --platform=cd32
- Variant sort order fixed to be same as in FS-UAE Launcher
- Fixed arrow keys for FS-UAE Arcade on MacOS
- Reversed position of platform and publisher names
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10.Nov.2016
Max Mustermann (ANF)
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New Amiga video of Eric Schwartz
For a while, Eric Schwartz, well-known by his Cartoon characters like "Amy" or "Rachel Racoon", creates music videos for existing songs, in which animated Amiga computers play the leading role. At the beginning of 2008 Still Alive was released, for the 25th anniversary Only Amiga was presented and a few days ago, Schwartz has released The (Amiga) Song.
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06.Nov.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 05.11.2016
The following packages have been added to the Aminet until November 5th, 2016:
librhash.lha dev/lib 326K 68k C library for computing hash ...
HeartOfTheAlienRedux.lha game/actio 269K 68k Amiga version of action-adven...
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 1.8M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
scummvm-1.8.1-rtg.lha game/misc 29M 68k Amiga RTG port of ScummVM 1.8.1
mebt.lha misc/misc 31K 68k Psychological test (Turkish)
AmigaAMP3-68k_3.17.lha mus/play 329K 68k MPEG audio player with GUI (A...
armodplugplayer02.aro... mus/play 1.8M x86 Plays 22 different mod formats
rhash.lha util/crypt 155K 68k Recursive Hasher
tzdata.lha util/time 367K Time Zone Database
tzdata2015g.tar.gz util/time 293K Time Zone Database
tzdata2015g-all.lha util/time 1.6M Time Zone Database
tzdata2015g-zones.lha util/time 371K Time Zone Database
tzdata2016g.tar.gz util/time 309K Time Zone Database
tzdata2016g-all.lha util/time 1.6M Time Zone Database
tzdata2016g-zones.lha util/time 375K Time Zone Database
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06.Nov.2016
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 05.11.2016
The following packages have been added to the OS4Depot until November 5th, 2016:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb 4.1 An arabic console device
reactive_crypto.lha dri/mis 96kb 4.1 Hashing classes for Reactive
sf.lha gam/shm 47Mb 4.0 Space Game
winpointers.lha gra/mis 48kb 4.1 Set of 32-bit PNG pointers based...
glblocktube_bl.lha gra/scr 538kb 4.1 OpenGL Screen Blanker
glboing_bl.lha gra/scr 58kb 4.1 OpenGL Screen Blanker
glboxed_bl.lha gra/scr 201kb 4.1 OpenGL Screen Blanker
knobgad.lha lib/rea 57kb 4.0 Round knob gadget
amiupdate_dan.lha uti/wor 20kb 4.0 Danish catalog files for AmiUpdate
amiupdate_deu.lha uti/wor 20kb 4.0 German catalog files for AmiUpdate
amiupdate_fin.lha uti/wor 20kb 4.1 Finnish catalogs for AmiUpdate
amiupdate_fra.lha uti/wor 7kb 4.0 AmiUpdate French Catalog
amiupdate_ita.lha uti/wor 47kb 4.0 Italian catalog files for AmiUpdate
srec_fra.lha vid/rec 828b 4.1 SRec french catalog
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06.Nov.2016
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 05.11.2016
The following packages have been added to the AROS-Archives until November 5th, 2016:
armodplugplayer02.i386-ar... aud 2Mb Plays 22 different mod formats ,...
mame.i386-aros.zip emu/gam 24Mb mame 0.113 complete
tomatoes.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 9Mb 10 mazes. 10 minutes. Bomb all t...
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04.Nov.2016
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 123
The English and German issue 123 (November/December 2016) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed today, and can also be ordered directly from the editorial office of Amiga Future as well as other Amiga dealers that stock the magazine. The current issue includes a report from Evoke 2016, an Amiga Waves interview and a test of the game "Reshoot". (snx)
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02.Nov.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Developer tools: vlink 0.15c and vasm 1.7g (update)
Frank Wille has updated the portable linker vlink which can handle a lot of binary formats and is part of the compiler package vbcc.
Update: (19:43, 04.11.16, snx)
Also an update has been released for the modular assembler vasm. As usual, only the source code has been released and has to be compiled by oneself. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Nov.2016
Foxman (ANF)
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Audio-Player: AmigaAMP 3.17 with support of Prisma Megamix
According to Thomas "TomSoniq" Wenzel in the German comment section of amiga-news.de, he has ported version 3 of AmigaAMP which so far was only available for AmigaOS 4 to AmigaOS 3. AmigaAMP 3.17 plays MP3-files as well as the formats M4A, OGG and FLAC. In order to be able to play that formats, the hardware decoder "Prisma Megamix" is supported which was recently released. MHI-drivers are used to control it.
According Wenzel the codec on the decoder card is considered to be a little bit unstable. Therefore the player and decoder may happen to stop running synchronously, if the user does fast-forward and rewind within a track.
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01.Nov.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Hyperion: ISO-Images of "Heretic II" for registered customers
According to the Amiga Future, for registered customers for two weeks Hyperion offers ISO-images of its action-adventure Heretic II which was released in 2000.
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01.Nov.2016
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of french Amiga / MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- September/October 2016 news
- Old artticles from Tilt 78 to 82
- Interview with Stuart Bonn
- Comparative: Tennis simulations of 1989-1990
- Review of Gold Of The Aztecs
- Interview with Alexey Pajitnov
- Review of Damocles
- Review of Flimbo's Quest
- Report: Amiga on a TF1 studio
- File: The software protections
- Review of Dynasty Wars
- File: The profession of graphist
- Review of F29 Retaliator
- Report: ECTS European Awards 1990, etc
- Report: Adelaide Retro Computing (september 2016)
- Interview with Steve Hammond (graphist of Hired Guns and Lemmings 2)
- Interview with Crashdisk (member of TOSEC)
- Review: Dir Me Up 3.02
- Review: Enhancer Software 1.1
- Review: MultiRacer 1.0.4
- File: Classic Reflections - What happen to Electronic Arts?
- Tutorial: utilization et configuration of SCANdal
- DIY: overclock PowerPC 603e and 68060 of a BlizzardPPC
- Programming: AMOS - manage keyboard commands for a game
- Special quizz about the Amiga 4000
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01.Nov.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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ModExplorer 0.9b for all Amiga systems
Similar to AmiModRadio, the Hollywood-programm ModExplorer plays music modules from the Internet but also supports the Aminet, Modland and modules.pl.
- Some bugs have been fixed
- The GUI was slightly changed. Now it should fit (with the corresponding MUI options) on a screen with simple PAL solution. The author himself even could handle a solution of 390*241.
- The ARexx-port was expanded and a little Doc explains the commands
- A button "last" was added. If you should forget pressing the button in time while streaming (the playlist is not updated with new songs utomatically), you can get to the "last" mod which was downloaded.
- Skin-GUI was completely removed
- In order to reduce the download time, the archive does not contain any executables any more.
Downloads:
Main archive: modexplorer.lha (1 MB)
OS3-Executable: me_os3.exe (2,3 MB)
OS4-Executable: me_os4.exe (3,1 MB)
MOS-Executable: me_mos.exe (2,4 MB)
AROS-Executable: me_aros.exe (2,8 MB)
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31.Oct.2016
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Hardware-Audio-Player: Prisma Megamix Music Card available
The "Prisma Megamix Music Card", which was originally advertised using the slightly misleading term 'sound card', is now available at Amigakit. Thanks to a built-in hardware decoder, the card plays various music formats (e.g. MP2, MP3, WMA, OGG) without putting stress on the Amiga's CPU.. It has both a Zorro and a Clockport interface. A properly isolated version that can be used in the original Amiga 1200 desktop case is said to be "coming soon".
Features:
- Clockport and Zorro II interfaces (if operated in Zorro II slot, clockport can be used for compatible add-on cards)
- Compatible with Amiga A1200 T, A2000, A3000, A4000, A4000T
- Based on VS1063 chip
- Playback of wide range of formats: MP2, MP3, WMA, OGG, LC-AAC, HE-AAC, FLAC, ALAC, IMA ADPCM, G.711 u-law, G.711 a-law, G.722, and WAV PCM formats
- Pass through port for Paula mixing. Paula mixing is automatically activated by hardware, no software interaction needed
- CDDA header
- MHI support for use with MHI compatible software such as AmigaAmp
- can be expanded by optional digital module S/PDIF
You can get further information in wiki.amiga.org/prisma.
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31.Oct.2016
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Emulator: Preview to WinUAE 3.4.0
As usual the developers of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE present a short preview to the changes of the next version. The main focus of version 3.4.0 is the emulation of further hardware extensions as well as the improvement of already emulated extensions. WinUAE 3.4.0 is supposed to be released in December.
New emulated expansion hardware:
- Graphics adapters:
- ColorBurst
- Harlequin
- OpalVision
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Accelerator boards:
- Blizzard 1230 MK II and III.
- IVS Vector 68030
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HD controllers:
- Blizzard 1230 MK II and III SCSI Kit.
- Buddha.
- Expansion Systems Dataflyer Plus.
- FileCard 2000/OSSI 500
- SCRAM 500/2000
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Network adapters:
- AmigaNet.
- Ariadne.
- Ariadne II.
- LAN Rover/EB920.
- NE2000 compatible PCMCIA.
- NE2000 compatible ISA (x86 bridgeboard compatible).
- X-Surf and X-Surf 100 (Partial)
New features:
- RAM/RTG RAM handling updated, all size combinations are now supported.
- Autoconfig board GUI list with custom sorting support.
- RAM Z2/Z3 board full autoconfig data customization support.
- Up to 4 Z2 and Z3 RAM boards can be enabled simultaneously.
- Multiple display and sound boards can be now enabled simultaneously.
- Genlock realtime custom image, video file or capture stream overlay.
- Genlock mode screenshot/video alpha channel support.
- Accelerator board 68000 fallback mode supported.
- Game Ports panel custom mapping autofire support.
- Network access on screen led.
- Single step (emulate one frame + pause) input event
Updates:
- Reduced input latency.
- Reduced WASAPI sound mode latency.
- WinPCap network mode now uses generated local MAC address, no more
MAC conflicts between Windows and emulated Amiga.
- If some RAM board is not JIT Direct capable, only board's access mode
changes to JIT Indirect. Global JIT Direct option is not switched off.
- Most RAM size/position related JIT Direct restrictions are gone.
- Environment variables in file paths (%VAR%) are now always expanded.
- Implemented AGA only bitplane DMA overrun emulation (Moon Child).
- Host path 260 character limit removed (Windows 10 v1607+ only)
Bug fixes:
- Shortcuts with Shift key work again.
- Custom Game Port remapping does not disappear mysteriously.
- Mounting file with size less than 512 bytes as a harddrive work again.
- CDTV statefiles fixed.
- On the fly directory/archive mounting only worked once under OS4.x.
- Worms DC and ACSYS (possibly others) graphics glitch fixed.
- Bad sprite collision optimization fixed (Jumpman Junior).
- Stop PPC emulation first, before freeing any emulation resources
to prevent random crashes at exit.
- FPS.Adj config file handling fixed.
- ATAPI CD emulation odd data size fix (HDToolbox hang)
- default.uae with unplugged device: set to none, not layout A
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31.Oct.2016
Foxman (ANF)
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Dune II: "Spice Obsession"-Mod 0.6
"Spice Obsession" is a mod of the realtime strategy classic Dune II. In version 0.6 a new level was added to the campaign. Five of nine planned levels have been finished with it.
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30.Oct.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 29.10.2016
The following packages have been added to the Aminet until October 29th, 2016:
DateLibDevBas.lha dev/basic 42K 68k Using DateLib from Hisoft Basic
berm.zip dev/debug 1K 68k switch DSack/BERR on A4000
rngstreams.lha dev/gcc 244K 68k uniform random number generator
guigfxlib_nofpu.lha dev/misc 24K 68k application layer for pixel g...
Amiga_C_MUI_Examples.lha dev/mui 627K Amiga C MUI Examples
MCE.lha game/edit 1.6M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 1.9M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
SCACOM_Aktuell_01.pdf mags/germa 1.1M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_02.pdf mags/germa 1.5M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_03.pdf mags/germa 2.7M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_04.pdf mags/germa 3.4M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_05.pdf mags/germa 3.8M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_06.pdf mags/germa 7.9M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_07.pdf mags/germa 3.9M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_08.pdf mags/germa 6.4M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_09.pdf mags/germa 7.8M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_10.pdf mags/germa 2.1M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_11.pdf mags/germa 2.3M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_12.pdf mags/germa 3.7M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_13.pdf mags/germa 2.2M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_14.pdf mags/germa 4.9M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_15.pdf mags/germa 6.0M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_16.pdf mags/germa 2.3M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_17.pdf mags/germa 3.6M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_18_19.pdf mags/germa 3.9M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_20_21.pdf mags/germa 4.3M German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_22.pdf mags/germa 13M German magazine for CBM fans ...
English_SCACOM_1.pdf mags/misc 1.9M A magazine for Commodore fans...
English_SCACOM_2.pdf mags/misc 1.0M A magazine for Commodore fans...
English_SCACOM_3.pdf mags/misc 3.4M A magazine for Commodore fans...
English_SCACOM_4.pdf mags/misc 3.2M A magazine for Commodore fans...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.1M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.4M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.4M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Just_House.lha mods/xm 712K New mod by Pseudaxos
RNOInfoScreen.lha mus/play 7.9M WOS Music player front-end and in...
WWorth_fincats.lha text/dtp 27K Wordworth 3SE,4SE & 7 Fin...
EvenMoreSP.lha text/show 4K EvenMore v0.90 spanish catalog
Chelp.lha util/batch 120K Online help for MorphOS shell...
SysInfo40_noFPU.lha util/moni 1K 68k No FPU version of SysInfo 4.0
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30.Oct.2016
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 29.10.2016
The following packages have been added to the OS4Depot until October 29th, 2016:
evolve.lha dev/gui 2Mb 4.1 Rapid GUI Development
qcodeedit.lha dev/uti 10Mb 4.1 A text editor with syntax highli...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb 4.1 An arabic console device
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
comicami_free.lha gra/vie 212kb 4.1 A comic book viewer
qt-minimal.lha lib/mis 70Mb 4.1 Multiplatform Gui Toolkit (Minimal)
searchln.lha uti/scr 8kb 4.0 A search command alternative
juffed.lha uti/tex 3Mb 4.1 Advanced text editor for Qt4
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30.Oct.2016
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 29.10.2016
The following packages have been added to the AROS-Archives until October 29th, 2016:
formido.i386-aros.zip gam/act 9Mb Topdown bug shooter.
zeldansq.i386-aros.zip gam/adv 17Mb Fan made SDL game in Zelda style...
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30.Oct.2016
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WHDLoad: New installers until 29.10.2016
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 October 29th, 2016:
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30.Oct.2016
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:
- Battle Squadron - Game Over (Christmas Edit)
- Shadow of the Beast - The Well
- Turrican II - The Desert Rocks
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29.Oct.2016
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Training version of RESHOOT shows level of complexity of the game
Richard Löwenstein's (e.g. 'Amiga Joker') shoot'em up RESHOOT can be purchased on CD for some months. A few days ago the scene group Flashtro released a "training version", which provides a training mode as well as an autofire function requested by many users.
The archive released by Flashtro only contains the modified executable file. The original game data were required in order to play the game - therefore Löwenstein did not raise objections regarding the distribution - on one condition: The training mode had to be removed (it spoils the fun) which Flashtro met.
At first glance this condition seems to be strange - but a video, also published by Flashtro, which shows a "longplay" of RESHOOT with atraining mode enabled, might explain that: The game, which is sold for 36 Euro, only has one single level which can be completed in less than 10 minutes. Afterwards the level restarts with an increased difficulty ("insane").
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29.Oct.2016
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New Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.4.3 (alpha)
RedPill is a Game Construction Kit written in AmiBlitz2, which shall enable the development of games of different genres - published videos show versions of Pacman and Pang. RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS. The "player" requires 1MB Chip as well as some Fast RAM.
Currently there is only a closed Facebook group but no proper homepage, but the authors can be also contacted via email. The latest alpha version can be downloaded via Google Drive.
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29.Oct.2016
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Action adventure: "Boxed-Edition" of Enemy 2 can be purchased
A while ago a boxed edition of Enemy 2 was announced which has been produced by now. The Enemy 2-Team is announcing the immediate release with a promotional poster:
The title will go on sale at the 'Amiga meeting', which is taking place in Bad Bramstedt (Germany) this weekend. Starting next week, regular orders via e-mail will be accepted, further details will be provided soon. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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28.Oct.2016
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AROS: September 2016 Highlights
Based on his weekly summaries, under the title link Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz also publishes an article which summarizes the progresses of the operating system AROS for the last month.
So, in September the distribution AEROS was updated to version 4.0.1 for the Raspberry Pi 1/2/3 and Odroid XU3/XU4 as well as the first version released of the an AROS-distribution for the Orange Pi. Paolo Besser's distribution Icaros Desktop was updated to version 2.1.3.
Furthermore, Neil Cafferkey is working on an improved implementation of MUI and Miloslav Martinka added Czech localization to a number of applications as well as implemented localization in Appearance preferences.
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28.Oct.2016
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: ZuneView 0.28
Yannick Erb has released version 0.28 of his picture viewer named ZuneView for AROS.
Changes:
- Added Polar Effects
- Correct implementation of checkmarks (remove workaround)
- Replaced color picker hack by final implementation (spent some time on a color changing mouse pointer for this one)
- Added possibility to make rotation by defining angle
- Added negative picture effect
- Some code refactoring
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27.Oct.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Hyperion Entertainment: Bugfix update for Workbench 3.1 (40.43)
For the version 40.43 of the Workbench 3.1 (amiga-news.de reported), which is distributed by Hyperion Entertainment, an update has been released which fixes the following two bugs:
- The Workbench disk image was not bootable
- The installation script could wrongly copy the contents of the Install disk into FONTS:
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27.Oct.2016
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS-Team: Price reduction for PowerBook, iBook and PowerMac G5
According to Frank Mariak, member of the MorphOS developer team, in the MorphZone, from today the price for the Licemce of MorphOS for the PowerBook G4, the iBook G4 and for the PowerMac G5 was reduced. There are only two price categories: 49 Euro for the Efika as well as for the Sam460 board and 79 Euro for all other systems.
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25.Oct.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: Multitheme #1 - New questions for Ask Me Up XXL
Jérôme 'Glames' Senay's Ask Me Up is a "quiz of general knowledge" for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS (as well as Windows), in which you have to correctly answer 1700 questions, each with four possible answers. You can play it for yourself or together with up to five other players (four players using a joystick, the other two sharing the keyboard).
Now "Multitheme #1" can be purchased for ¤3,99 and is an add-on with 400 new questions. It is available in English, Spanish and French. It requires at least the 2.4.3 (CD) release of Ask Me Up XXL, but the latest version 2.6.0 is recommended. As examples, the following three questions are mentioned: "What is the emblem of the Stark family?", "When was Space Invaders released?" and "How many genes do humans and sea urchin have in common?".
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23.Oct.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 22.10.2016
The following packages have been added to the Aminet until October 22nd, 2016:
DateLibDevBas.lha dev/basic 41K 68k Using DateLib from Hisoft Basic
fd2libmaker.lha dev/lib 1K Convert FD to LibMaker functions
srec.lha gfx/misc 149K OS4 Screen Recorder
e-uae_mos.lha misc/emu 4.4M MOS Amiga emulator for MorphOS
Tasko.zip util/dir 179K 68k new multiwindows filemanager ...
rsync-2.5.5_bin.lha util/misc 84K 68k Efficient file syncer (binary)
rsync-2.5.5_src.lha util/misc 467K Efficient file syncer (sources)
tz.lha util/time 487K 68k Time Zone Database and Library
tzdev.zip util/time 623K Time Zone Database and Librar...
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23.Oct.2016
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 22.10.2016
The following packages have been added to the OS4Depot until October 22nd, 2016:
scummvm-tools.lha uti/fil 3Mb 4.1 ScummVM Tools
ftpprint.lha uti/pri 2kb 4.0 Simple FTP based printing
fxstr.lha uti/scr 10kb 4.0 Converts strings to ReadArgs format
srec.lha vid/rec 149kb 4.1 Screen Recorder
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23.Oct.2016
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 22.10.2016
The following package has been added to the AROS-Archives until October 22nd, 2016:
zelda3t.i386-aros.zip gam/adv 5Mb Part of an independant SDL Zelda...
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19.Oct.2016
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Printed magazine: Amiga Future 123 - preview and extracts
Today some coloured extracts and previews have been published of issue 123 (November/December 2016) of the Amiga Future. This issue among others includes reviews of Synergy, Giana Sisters S.E., Reshoot and Tales of Gorluth 2 as well as reports of the Gamescom 2016 and the Classic Computing 2016.
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18.Oct.2016
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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ACube: Firmware update for Sam 440ep
ACube Systems has released a firmware update for his PPC-motherboards "Sam 440ep": The Mini-ITX as well as the Flex versions are supported. Mainly the changes are supposed to improve the compatibility with Radeon-HD graphic boards:
- improved gfx cards setup, it solves compatibility problems with some Radeon HD cards
- better internal PCI bridge setup for a slight faster RAM <-> VRAM transfer speed
- added PEX 8112 PCI – PCIE bridge setup (used on some Radeon HD PCI variant cards)
- added a new menu entry to enable/disable IRQ on an external PCI gfx card (try disabling IRQ if the system seems freezed after loading the AOS4.1 kickstart files, for example)
The update and the source codes can be downloaded at ACube. Both update methods - ISO-image or TFTP - are descibed in the "Installation Guide".
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16.Oct.2016
George Sokianos (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Comic reader Comicami 0.53
Comicami is a light comic reader for AmigaOS 4, supporting the .cbr and .cbz comic book formats. It is designed to be simple in usage and as fast as possible, without consuming too much memory. In case of issues or if you want to propose a feature, there is a bugtracker as well.
Download: comicami_free.lha (206 KB) (snx)
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16.Oct.2016
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Web-Browser: NetSurf 3.6 Dev 68k (SDL-Version)
Artur Jarosik has released an update of his Amiga port of the web browser NetSurf. His version is based on SDL, only the preferences are based on MUI, and should be not confused with Chris Young's Reaction-based version (review).
The latest developer version provides an improved YouTube playback (Video) as well as an auto-conversion to mpeg 1 video.
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16.Oct.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 15.10.2016
The following packages have been added to the Aminet until October 15th, 2016:
MUIRoyaleSP.lha dev/hwood 161K MUI Royale 1.4 spanish guide
libzip.lha dev/lib 766K OS4 Read, create and modify zip a...
Problem_mit_den_Pipes... docs/misc 85K German: old analysis of a sec...
Soms3D_os4.lha game/shoot 8.0M OS4 First person shooter engine f...
Soms3D_XMas2006_Updat... game/shoot 1.9M OS4 Soms3D Update (from 2009)
srec.lha gfx/misc 146K OS4 Screen Recorder
ChitChat.mp3 mods/anaki 3.3M Chit Chat by Organ Grinder
coverA.png mods/anaki 297K Front cover art for September...
coverB.png mods/anaki 26K Back cover art for September ...
ForkInTheRoad.mp3 mods/anaki 2.9M Fork In The Road by Organ Gri...
HoldingAGun.mp3 mods/anaki 2.8M Holding A Gun by Organ Grinder
insideLEFT.png mods/anaki 261K Lyrics sheet page 1 for Septe...
insideRIGHT.png mods/anaki 252K Lyrics sheet page 2 for Septe...
KneeDeep.mp3 mods/anaki 3.7M Knee Deep by Organ Grinder
Roasting.mp3 mods/anaki 2.6M Roasting by Organ Grinder
TastesLikeKindness.mp3 mods/anaki 3.0M Tastes Like Kindness by Organ...
Tuesday.mp3 mods/anaki 2.9M Tuesday by Organ Grinder
EvenMore_MOS.lha text/show 412K MOS V0.90: Freeware Textviewer (M...
EvenMore_OS4.lha text/show 411K OS4 V0.90: Freeware Textviewer (OS4)
Pointer_Animator.lha util/cdity 26K 68k A pointer animator program
zip_lib.lha util/libs 100K OS4 Library for reading/writing z...
AmiKick.lha util/misc 40K ppc Check Kickstart images under ...
tz.lha util/time 195K 68k Time Zone Database and Library
tzdev.zip util/time 575K Time Zone Database and Librar...
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16.Oct.2016
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 15.10.2016
The following packages have been added to the OS4Depot until October 15th, 2016:
libzip.lha dev/lib 766kb 4.0 Read, create and modify zip arch...
scummvm.lha gam/adv 18Mb 4.1 2D Point-and-Click adventure int...
scummvm-src.zip gam/adv 39Mb 4.1 ScummVM Source
zip_lib.lha lib/mis 100kb 4.1 Library for reading/writing zip ...
scummvm-tools.lha uti/fil 3Mb 4.1 ScummVM Tools
scummvm-tools-src.zip uti/fil 1Mb 4.1 ScummVM Tools Source
srec.lha vid/rec 146kb 4.1 Screen Recorder
srec_deu.lha vid/rec 2kb 4.1 German catalog file for SRec v2.4
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15.Oct.2016
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:
- Guitar Slinger (Armandox 2015 Remake)
- Skidrow Cracktro - Gearworks [Memories of NDOS]
- Elite 2 Frontier [Memories of Flying]
- Lemmings [Memories of Digging]
- Alfred Chicken [Memories of Alfred]
- Prophecy the viking child (End theme)
- Dune - Ecolove VS GITS
- Jim power (Level 1)
- Prophecy the viking child - Level 1
- Prophecy the viking child - Level 6
- Ultima VI: The False Prophet Returns [2013 remix]
- MegaBall - Main Theme [Memories of Mackey]
- Gods [Remake-LordPrenzer-Splintereye]
- Turrican 2 - Medley
- Lips on Lips
- Gamegirl
- Xenon - Hajonta
- Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 - Remix Intro 2k3 piano
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[News message: 15. Oct. 2016, 11:21] [Comments: 0]
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15.Oct.2016
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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Jump'n'Run game: Projekt Lila Remastered is delievered
The remastered version of "Projekt Lila", which now also works on an Amiga CD³², currently is being delivered to all customers as CD with booklet. Future purchasers of the game will get two CDs (the old and the new one) as well as the booklet. The download archiv has been updated as well.
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[News message: 15. Oct. 2016, 11:17] [Comments: 0]
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13.Oct.2016
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: ZuneView 0.27
Yannick Erb has ported version 0.27 of the picture viewer ZuneView to AROS.
Since our last message, ZuneView now can use catalogs (French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish and Czech) - but these were created by using the Google translation, so handmade translations are very welcome.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 13. Oct. 2016, 17:15] [Comments: 0]
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13.Oct.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Elbox: FastATA 4000 MK-VII CF/SATA Black Edition
Elbox has announced the production of a "limited edition" of the IDE-controller FastATA 4000 MK-VII, which from now on can be ordered in the Elbox shop. Because the producer has called it a "Black Edition", the board is black, similar to the versions of the PCI-busboards.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.Oct.2016
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Hyperion offering Kickstart/Workbench 3.1 as a paid download
Press release: Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce the first official Workbench 3.1 and Kickstart 3.1 updates in over twenty years for Classic Amiga systems. The new versions, which have have been re-built from the original source code, include a number of enhancements and bug fixes and are fully compatible with both real Amiga hardware and Classic Amiga emulation software.
Each update can be purchased for only EUR 9.95 incl. VAT via the Buy now! link on their respective product pages. Buyers of both updates will get a 10% discount!
Workbench 3.1 (v40.43) update for Amiga desktops
(for Amiga 500/600/1200/2000/3000/4000(T) computers and Amiga emulation software)
The Workbench 3.1 (v40.43) images can be written to real Amiga floppy diskettes or used in Amiga emulation software. The changes include:
- Compatibility with A4000T
- Installer fixed to use proper assigns which allows installation from other media in addition to the 6 floppy disk set
- Special BONUS - Workbench 3.1 (v40.43) is supplied with a FREE updated licensed copy of Workbench 1.3.3 which incorporates the following changes:
- C/SetClock v34.3 by Olaf Barthel, which fixes Y2K issues and also works on newer Kickstart versions. (Note: the old SetClock command has been renamed and left on disk for reference purposes)
- Deactivated "FF" program in Startup-Sequence to prevent problems on 68020/030 processors
Kickstart 3.1 (40.72) update for Amiga desktops
(for Amiga 500/600/1200/2000/3000/4000(T) computers and Amiga emulation software)
The Kickstart 3.1 (40.72) image is the first test release and can written to EEPROM chips for use in real Amiga computers or used with Amiga emulation software. It contains the following new components:
- exec.library 40.12
- Updated copyright information text
- Fixed a small bug in the memory pools code which mirrors the same bug fix in the same code that was used in amiga.lib.
- strap 40.3
- Added the Boingball logo which replaces the rainbow-coloured checkmark logo. Slightly brighter background colour.
- workbench.library 40.6
- Rebuilt with SAS/C 6.59 to free up more ROM space because the copyright text in the updated exec.library. No other functional changes.
- scsi.device 40.21 for A600
- Small bug fix to the IDE task initialization making is compatible with the A600. (Note: older Kickstart ROMs used scsi.device version 39, because unlike version 40, it did not crash on the A600)
- scsi.device 40.21 for A1200
- Same binary as used for the A600
- Special BONUS - Kickstart 3.1 (v40.72) is supplied with a FREE licensed copy of Kickstart 1.3
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11.Oct.2016
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AmigaOne X5000 can be purchased in several webshops
During the whole time of production, the predecessor model of the X1000 was only available in few shops and could not be purchased in well-known webshops. For the X5000 it is diferent: On Saturday Trevor Dickinson announced the official sales launch, and now X5000 complete systems are available in different (web)shops.
Complete systems AmigaOne X5000:
Motherboard "Cyrus":
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10.Oct.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Workbench distribution: AKReal 8.7
AKReal is an inofficial adaption of the Workbench distribution Amikit to real Amigas without a graphic board. The whole environment works with 16 colours and is meant for AGA-Amigas.
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10.Oct.2016
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Aminet: Virus warning
According to the Aminet team, in some of the archives, uploaded during the last days, computer viruses were found. The following archives are contaminated:
- game/actio/MotherLode.adz
- disk/bakup/PDCopy30.lha
- util/pack/BytekillerPro10.lha
If you have downloaded these archives, you should delete them immediately.
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[News message: 10. Oct. 2016, 01:35] [Comments: 0]
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09.Oct.2016
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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TCP stack: Roadshow 1.12
Press release: The Roadshow TCP/IP stack for the Amiga has been updated to version 1.12 and is available immediately. An updated demonstration version is available too, as well as the updated software development kit.
A free update is available for customers using Roadshow 1.11, upgrading it to version 1.12. Note: if you are still using Roadshow 1.8 you need to upgrade to version 1.11 first before you can upgrade to version 1.12.
The changes in Roadshow 1.12 are as follows:
- A buffer overflow bug has been fixed which could occur when
querying network interface hardware addresses. This bug could
cause the "ShowNetStatus" command to crash.
- The ftp command has been reworked, fixing bugs which had been
present for years (buffer overflows, etc.).
- Overlapping name resolution operations can no longer collide
with each other so easily and produce corrupt query data. This
problem could occur only very rarely.
- New API functions for name resolution have been added, which are
common in the Unix world, for which no alternatives had been
available before. These enhancements are new for Amiga
TCP/IP software in general.
- If Roadshow sets up a network interface using the DHCP protocol
it can now request that the DHCP server sends its responses
directly to Roadshow (unicast) instead of broadcasting them to
the local network.
- Changing the system clock time (e.g. during daylight saving
time transitions) no longer affect Roadshow's internal
time keeping.
- A new ready-made network configuration file for PCMCIA cards
using the "cnet16.device" driver is provided under
"Storage/NetInterfaces/CNet16").
- The reference documentation has been updated.
More detailed descriptions of the changes can be found in the "ReadMe" file of the Roadshow archive, and the SDK archive.
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09.Oct.2016
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Event: pictures and videos from AmiWest 2016 (update)
After receiving the news from the presentation of A-EON Technology and Hyperion at the AmiWest 2016 (amiga-news.de reported), Robert Bernardo also has published first pictures of the event.
Update: (10.10.2016, 22:45, cg)
Christian 'xeno' Zigotzky has published lots of pictures from the event as well: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Additionally, video recordings from the show are available now:
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 09. Oct. 2016, 07:14] [Comments: 0]
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09.Oct.2016
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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Catacomb 3D: Full version can be ordered
The announced full version of the 25 years old ego-shooter Catacomb 3D with an adaption to the Amiga CD³² now can be ordered for all ECS-Amiga with 68020-processor, 2 MB Chip-RAM and AmigaOS 3.x under the title link.
Pascal Papara also provides further information about this and other projects on the crowdfunding website Patreon.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Oct.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 08.10.2016
The following packages have been added to the Aminet until October 8th, 2016:
c-ares.lha comm/tcp 162K 68k Command line DNS tools
FAsm040.lha dev/asm 9K 68k Super Fasmicom Amiga-SNES X A...
c-ares-src.lha dev/gcc 1.9M Asynchronous DNS resolver lib...
libcares.lha dev/gcc 941K 68k Asynchronous DNS resolver lib...
PDCopy30.lha disk/bakup 23K 68k PD Copy v3.0, no docs, xcopy ...
don_ceferino.i386-aro... game/actio 3.1M x86 clone of Pang
MotherLode.adz game/actio 68K 68k Mother Lode a Lode Runner clone
pang.i386-aros.zip game/actio 1.5M x86 The classic Pang game
tuxfootball.i386-aros... game/actio 20M x86 Tux Football is a great 2D so...
Links_demo.lha game/demo 797K 68k very good Golf in 4096 colors
adrian_3d.i386-aros.lha game/role 5.5M x86 Simple 3D role playing strate...
blackshade.i386-aros.zip game/shoot 1.4M x86 shoot em up
Huge.lha gfx/edit 38K 68k icons, sprites, bobs Editor a...
srec.lha gfx/misc 119K OS4 Screen Recorder
BestOfMorphOS_2013_1.pdf mags/misc 203K MorphOS newsletter, November ...
BestOfMorphOS_2013_2.pdf mags/misc 318K MorphOS newsletter, January 2014
BestOfMorphOS_2014_1.pdf mags/misc 297K MorphOS newsletter, March 2014
BestOfMorphOS_2014_2.pdf mags/misc 324K MorphOS newsletter, May 2014
BestOfMorphOS_2014_3.pdf mags/misc 352K MorphOS newsletter, September...
EvenMore.lha text/show 335K 68k Freeware Textviewer
EvenMore_MOS.lha text/show 411K MOS Freeware Textviewer (MorphOS)
EvenMore_OS4.lha text/show 410K OS4 Freeware Textviewer (OS4)
Blitter.lha util/pack 2K 68k Blitter-MFM-Coder by Cruncher...
BytekillerPro10.lha util/pack 39K 68k Bytekiller Professional v1.0,...
tzdata.lha util/time 1.6M Time Zone Database
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 08.10.2016
The following packages have been added to the OS4Depot until October 8th, 2016:
seq.lha aud/mis 95kb 4.0 Simple MIDI step sequencer
drawergad.lha dev/lib 269kb 4.0 A gadget to display directories ...
radiobuttonxgad.lha dev/lib 83kb 4.0 Radiobutton gadget expanded
amicraftnova.lha gam/mis 3Mb 4.1 Minecraft style game for Warp3D ...
glblocktube_bl.lha gra/scr 538kb 4.1 OpenGL Screen Blanker
glboing_bl.lha gra/scr 58kb 4.1 OpenGL Screen Blanker
comicami_free.lha gra/vie 206kb 4.1 A comic book viewer
qt-minimal.lha lib/mis 76Mb 4.1 Multiplatform Gui Toolkit (Minimal)
preferences.lha uti/wor 2Mb 4.0 Prefs window for starting differ...
prefscenter.lha uti/wor 258kb 4.0 Launch prefs programs from a GUI
quickstarter.lha uti/wor 319kb 4.0 Quick program start menu
srec.lha vid/rec 119kb 4.1 Screen Recorder
srec_deu.lha vid/rec 2kb 4.1 German catalog file for SRec v2.1
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09.Oct.2016
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 08.10.2016
The following packages have been added to the AROS-Archives until October 8th, 2016:
dgen.i386-aros.zip emu/gam 2Mb Emulator for Sega Genesis/MegaDr...
blackshade.i386-aros.zip gam/act 1Mb shoot em up
pang.i386-aros.zip gam/act 1Mb The classic Pang game
don_ceferino.i386-aros.lha gam 3Mb clone of Pang
adrian_3d.i386-aros.lha gam/rol 6Mb Adrian is a simple 3D role playi...
tuxfootball.i386-aros.lha gam/spo 20Mb Tux Football is a great 2D soccer..
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08.Oct.2016
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AmiWest: Dickinson and Solie talk about A-EON's and Hyperion's current projects
This year's AmiWest is taking place in Sacramento (USA) this weekend. The first presentation was a joint effort of Trevor Dickinson (A-EON) and Steven Solie. The latter was introduced as the "AmigaOS team leader", which he confirmed by replying "for now, hehe". Actually, Solie had stopped describing himself as "Team leader" a while ago and only referred to himself as the team's spokesperson, while Costel Mincea was supposed to act as Hyperion's technical director.
Dickinson and Solie gave short talks about A-EON's and Hyperion's current projects and then answered questions from the audience. The following topics were discussed during the presentation:
AmigaOne X5000
Dickinson officially announced the X5000 going on sale. Solie confirms that the Release Candidate of AmigaOS 4 for the X5000 is currently being tested and will be shipped with the computer. The onboard network controller is not supported yet, a replacement network interface card will be delivered with complete systems though. According to Solie, Multicore support has been deferred so the team could concentrate on finishing the X5000 port, but will be the focus once the X5000 version is shipping.
The cheapest complete systems will ship for 1700 GBP, which would be about 1900 Euro (excluding taxes and postage). Dickinson states he brought two bare X5000 motherboards to the show, which can be bought by visitors for 1350 USD (about 1200 Euro).
Tabor
The Tabor motherboard is currently booting into Workbench. The developer assigned to it is working hard to get it to a state where the rest of the team can help with the porting. Dickinson says the target price for Tabor is "below 400 Euro", the boards will be sold at net cost. A-EON is hoping that the increased userbase will result in improved software sales, which is how Tabor is supposed to make them money.
AmigaOS 4
The OS team is also working on "AmigaOS 4.1 FE Update 1", a Release Candidate is curently being tested. Solie expects it to be released before the end of the year. Only one feature of the update is mentioned: extended memory is supposed to work properly now. While AmigaOS can still only adress two gigabytes of memory, up to four gigabytes are supported now and will be used by modules like the Ram Disk.
LibreOffice
The port of LibreOffice is said to be "usable" now, beta testing has just started. A copy of the office suite is apparently installed on one of the machines at the show, so that visitors can have a closer look.
Gutenprint
A-EON acquired Timothy 'Terminills' Deters' sources of his AROS port of Gutenprint, Tony Wyatt is working on adapting it to AmigaOS 4.
Amiga Enhancer
Work is ongoing on both a port to AmigaOS 3 and an update for the PPC version. Additionally, a cheaper version will be released that is not containing any of the parts that are not compatible with or useful on weaker machines - Warp 3D Nova is mentioned as an example.
A.l.i.c.e.
The laptop with preinstalled emulator environments will include officially licensed copies of both Amiga Forever and the Final Edition of AmigaOS 4.1. Additionally, a MUI license has been acquired from MUI's original author, Stefan Stuntz. Dickinson estimates that the cost of the entire package would be "a couple of hundred Euro" higher than that of the original laptop, due to all the software licenses. Assuming the laptop would cost 450 Euro, he thinks it might be possible to sell A.l.i.c.e. at 650 Euro.
Miscellaneous
Using amigadeveloper.com, A-EON is currently managing 50 projects with 22 paid developers working on them. The SVN repository has recieved 2885 commits so far. 900 customers registered for Amistore and purchased about 3000 items. Amistore is currently offering about 50 titles. (cg)
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