15.Jul.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Tutorial: Assembler programming guide for demos
'dissident' has summarized his 25 years of experience in programming Amiga assembler in an English-language AmigaGuide file which helps you writing demos.
Download: CoderAid.lha (65 KB)
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15.Jul.2016
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PDF-Magazine: REV'n'GE 59 (Italian/English)
The PDF-magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga games "Perihelion" and "Starlord".
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14.Jul.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Dealer: "Marcus Computer" closes down business
After one and a half year, for lack of time Marcus Bräuker will close down his Amiga shop. "Marcus Computer" delivered hardware and software as well as Accessories and helped enhancing computer systems. Because of the business closure, "in the next few days, all products will be greatly reduced."
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11.Jul.2016
Amiga.org (Forum)
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OpenStreetMap viewer: Mapparium 0.6
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has released version 0.6 of the OpenStreetMap viewer Mapparium for all Amiga systems.
Changes:
- ADD: Image List with EXIF position Data
- ADD: Image preview
- ADD: AREXX commands for Add images to imagelist
- ADD: Menu for Main window and ImageList
- ADD: Active Route color
- ADD: Overall statistics
- FIX: Color settings
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11.Jul.2016
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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FPGA: Apollo-Core update "Silver7"
The Apollo core is a FPGA-reimplementation of the m68k-series of Motorola which also provides a seperate graphic mode called SAGA. The core currently is used in the accelerator board "Vampire 600 V2".
Among others the update "Silver7" provides tools for Mac-OS as well as the version of the Vampire for the Amiga500 which still is in development. The developers would appreciate any kind of feedback and ask you to use the IRC-channel #Apollo-Team on Freenode.
Changelog:
- Added CHK2, CAS2, CMP2 for Mac OS programs
- Added EXTW/L instruction fusing
- Added FAST-IDE for V500
- Added HDMI bootpic (credits to flype and Crom00)
- Added MOVEX (Little Endian Move)
- Enabled 85% of BranchTargetCache
- Enabled PEA/BSR/JSR/RTS in 2nd pipe
- Fixed BFEXTU and BFEXTS flag bugs (thanks JimDrew)
- Fixed MOVES, NCBD, PACK and TRAPcc bugs
- Optimized SUBQ/BNE loop pattern
- Removed Fusion memory reserve (broke some games)
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10.Jul.2016
amigaimpact.org (Webseite)
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Jump'n Run: Vampire - Curse of the night
"Vampire: Curse of the Night" is a jump'n run game developed with Backbone. It has three levels each with a final enemy. In total 12 different enemies appears, for which some hundreds of animation frames have been drawn - the biggest enemy has 80 frames.
'Vampire' is available in three diffferent versions, either as ADF-image or as HD-archive: Additional to the final versions v2, there is also v2-speedup, from which the status panel was removed and thus has remarkably more speed. Besides, also the original release ("v1") is still available. This is not so much polished compared with the other version and has a shorter second level, but has instead a lower level of difficulty. All versions at least require a 68020-processor and 2 MB RAM.
Download:
Vampire-COTN_v2_HD.zip (230 KB)
Vampire-COTN_v2.adf (880 KB)
Vampire-COTN_v2speed_HD.zip (226 KB)
Vampire-COTN_v2speed.adf (880 KB)
Vampire-COTN_v1_HD.zip (207 KB)
Vampire-COTN_v1.adf (880 KB)
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10.Jul.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 09.07.2016
The following archives have been added to Aminet until July 9th, 2016:
arenas.lha game/data 613K New Arenas for BurnOut
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 4.3M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
geo_tag_1.1.lha util/wb 2.5M MOS Geo tag addon for mapparium
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10.Jul.2016
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 09.07.2016
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until July 9th, 2016:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 2Mb 4.1 An arabic console device
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
lix.lha gam/puz 6Mb 4.0 Interactive Rodent Simulator (Le...
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10.Jul.2016
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WHDLoad: New installers until 09.07.2016
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 has been added until July 9th, 2016:
- 2016-07-03 improved: Final Fight (Capcom) removed floppy drive access (Info)
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09.Jul.2016
amigaimpact.org (Webseite)
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Amiga-Emulation on ARM: HAPPIGA 1.3
Happiga is a Debian-based Linux distribution for ARM-based computers like the Raspberry Pi, which directly boots into the Amiga emulator UAE4ARM. An AGA-Amiga with a 68040 processor and sufficient RAM are emulated, Picasso96 is installed as well. There is also a preconfigured Samba share to enable the data exchange with other systems.
Changes in version 1.3:
- updated Raspbian, the firmware of the Rpi and UAE4ARM
- support for bsdsocket.library (internet)
- 128 MB Z3 RAM support
- added a Happiga menu (for optimization FT2/FT3, the choice of handle etc.)
- added a system update (to no longer have to redo its SD for each update), Fusion of the .happiga and happiga directories for this is easier
- some small fixes
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09.Jul.2016
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Status update: FPGA graphic board MNT VA2000
On a1k.org, Lukas 'mntmn' Hartmann summarized the current state of development of his FPGA-based graphic board VA2000 (we reported). Meanwhile the final prototype (photograph) is on the way to him. When the board has been received, he will start implementing a Z3-mode. Users, who have preordered the board, can choose between immediate delivery (current firmware) or delayed delivery (Z3-enhanced firmware).
As FPGA now the LX25 instead of the originally planned Spartan-6 LX9. Besides, there is also a socket board having 36 pins, which can be used for extensions.
The firmware currently supports 8, 16 and 32 Bit modes and can scale up the screen 2x or 4x. For the mouse pointer there is also a hardware sprite.
In order to avoid any legal issues, Hartmann has written his own P96-header and used them to develop a driver. He also is in contact with one of the former CGX authors, who is going to release a cleared Driver Development Kit for CybergraphX, but before needs to get an A3000/A4000.
The VA2000 is an open source project. All sources and documents are available in a Github repository under a free licence. Hartmann wants to thank all suporters and especially all those who preodererd a board. They are the reason to be motivated.
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07.Jul.2016
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Game project: Scourge of the Underkind (preview video)
On his website, graphic artist Wayne Ashworth documents the development of a game, which programmer Magnus Tegström and him are working on. "Scourge of the Underkind" is meant as a tribute to games like Gods, Chaos Engine and Alien Breed, is written in assembler and will have 16 levels, presented in 50 frames per second.
Ashworth releases videos documenting the development process. The latest video shows the latest version of the engine. There is no certain release schedule. Wayne Ashworth said: "If I said Christmas 2016 I would be incredibly optimistic."
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07.Jul.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Printed Magazine: Amiga Future, issue 121 (Update)
The English and German issue 121 (July/August 2016) of the printmagazine Amiga Future have been released and can be ordered directly from the magazine's editorial office or from various Amiga dealers. This issue's topics include reviews of the graphics card GBAII++ and of BAUERSoft as well as a developer's log of the Shoot'em Up Reshoot. The cover CD includes an exclusive copy of the Jump'n Run SqrXz 4 for OCS Amigas.
Update: (09-07-2016, 15:30, cg)
Apparently there were problems during the printing process, and some subscribers were sent magazines with the first and last three pages missing. Affected customers should get in touch with the publisher, who will supply a replacement copy free of charge. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2016
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Jump'n Run: Solid Gold Collector's Edition can be preordered
At the end of 2013, Frank Wille released his Amiga 500 jump'n run Solid Gold. From September, on amiga.net.pl a "Collector's Edition" will be available in a big box. The package will contain:
- large cardboard box with colored wrapper
- bonus ingame level
- CD in white box (like DVD with cover)
- printed color manual
- two floppy labels
- floppy disk with label (in option)
The price of "Solid Gold Collector's Edition" is 7,50 Euro plus 4,75 Euro shipping. For additional 1,13 Euro the box also will contain a disk.
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07.Jul.2016
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: Commercial emulator frontend EmuLa 1.4
EmuLa ("Emulator-Launcher") recognizes ROMs or disk images using their checksum. After scanning your device, you will get a list of recognized roms which you can click to run and "if that rom need an emulator not yet installed in your system EmuLa will download it, install it and run the selected game!"
Currently Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, NES and Genesis / Mega Drive (stil not finished) are supported. Supported emulators were not mentioned. EmuLa is developed with Hollywood. The version for AROS will be released first - ports for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, Windows, MacOS and Linux will be released later.
There is a free basic version of EmuLa - some features are disabled - which is free. The full version can be rented for about one Euro per month. Currently you can get a "LIFETIME subscription" as a "limited time offer" for 15 Euro. You have to pay via Paypal.
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06.Jul.2016
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Web browser: NetSurf 3.6 68k (SDL-version)
Artur Jarosik has updated his Amiga port of the web browser Netsurf. Jarosik's version is based on SDL, only the preferences are MUI-based. This Netsurf version is different to Chris Young's native, Reaction-based version (review)
Version 3.6 provides diverse minor tweaks. Additionally some bugs were fixed:
- optimised dithering a bit (thanks matthey)
- optimised little to big endian conversion
- replaced buggy libiconv which disabled css on some sites
- added low dithering quality option
- fixed scale option bug
- fixed favourite modifiy bug
- youtube can be played as mp3 with preffered mp3 player in Prefs
- updated libsdl to 1.2.15 with optimised parts from sdl 2.0.4
- changed - download and play mp3 instead of stream
- reduced binary size
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05.Jul.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amicast: Interview with Roman Kargin
In the blog of the English podcast Amicast a text interview with Roman 'kas1e' Kargin has been published, who together with other programmers develops Directory Opus 5 further and is responsible for the AmigaOS-4 port of the web browser Odyssey.
In future he could imagine to port the SSH and telnet client Putty as well as the virtual network programm OpenVPN.
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04.Jul.2016
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AmigaOS 4: Daniel Müßener about the current status of Warp 3D Nova (Update)
In late march, A-EON announced a new 3D driver system called Warp 3D Nova, which is supposed to replace the badly outdated Warp 3D. Since an Amiga specific solution doesn't make much sense, programmer Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener (Wings Remastered, Wings Battlefield) was hired to port the OpenGL variant OpenGL ES 2 to AmigaOS 4/Nova.
Even at the time A-EON announced Nova, Hans de Ruiter - the programmer responsible for the new system - tried to give a more realistic overview over the current state of things. In an extensive Interview with German Podcast Boingsworld, Daniel Müßener is voicing his concerns now and describes the problems he encountered during his attempt to port OpenGL ES 2 to Warp 3D Nova.
It became obvious pretty soon after starting the project that things like Stencil buffers or Mip-Mapping were not implemented in Warp 3D Nova yet, but on inquiry he was assured that these features were already being worked on. After spending quite some time on porting OpenGL, more and more details came to light that suggested to Müßener that the whole system was in pre Alpha state at best. Even simple things like the 'Hello World!' equivalent of OpenGL didn't work, were not implemented or simply crashed. Among those were essential features like defining variables or the 'Discard' command without which transparency effects are pretty much impossible. Müßener describes the current status of Nova as "only extremely few things are actually working".
The programmer acknowledges that developing a 3D driver system like Nova is a complex process that takes a lot of time, but he complains about the poor communication - he feels like he's been "abused as a cheap Alpha tester". In some cases - like a function for identifying a variable's type, a feature Müßener considers indispensable - he claims to have spent weeks doing a lot of persuading to make the other party agree the feature should be implemented. The whole system was allegedly far from the state he was promised, which resulted in him having to spend a lot more time porting OpenGL ES than the two or three weeks he initially scheduled.
Nova, which was released as part of the Amiga Enhancer package by now, is not ready for end users, according to Müßener. At least one of the function prototypes in the released header files is faulty, which implies nobody ever tested that function since programs using it can't actually be compiled. Müßener "hopes" that no external programmers tried to port a game to AmigaOS using Nova, since that would have been a devastating experience.
Müßener says he stopped working on OpenGL a week ago and will "not touch the code again". He's willing to give it another go if Nova reaches a more mature state, but "[A-EON and me] would have to discuss the exact terms first".
Update: (05.07.2015, 18:15, cg)
In the meantime, Daniel Müßener has published a counterstatement on his personal blog, criticizing our news item as tainted und complaining that we only picked the negative statements from his interview. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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03.Jul.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 02.07.2016
The following archives have been added to Aminet until July 2nd, 2016:
nfs-handler.lha comm/net 9K 68k NFS file system handler
BlockySkies_BootDisk.lha game/misc 146K 68k Blocky Skies - top down arcad...
BlockySkies_HardDrive... game/misc 160K 68k Blocky Skies - top down arcad...
MED_v3.22.adf mus/edit 880K 68k MED 3.22 (Last Version + TOSE...
RTSP10.lha mus/edit 18K 68k Real Time Sound Processor wit...
metemp3.zip mus/play 189K x86 mp3 Player For Aros
geo_tag_1.0.lha util/wb 2.5M MOS Geo tag addon for mapparium
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03.Jul.2016
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 02.07.2016
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until July 2nd, 2016:
amigaracer.lha gam/dri 82Mb 4.1 A Lotus Turbo Challenge game alike
mapparium.lha uti/sci 3Mb 4.0 OpenStreetMap Viewer
smtube.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.1 Qt : direct stream + download Yo...
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03.Jul.2016
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 02.07.2016
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until July 2nd, 2016:
metemp3.zip aud/pla 189kb mp3 Player For Aros
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03.Jul.2016
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WHDLoad: New installers until 02.07.2016
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 July 2nd, 2016:
- 2016-06-29 fixed: Strip Poker (Artworx) slave works on 68000 machine now (Info)
- 2016-06-29 fixed: Indiana Jones & The Fate of Atlantis (Lucasfilms Games) fixed access fault (Info)
- 2016-06-28 fixed: Tecnoball (TLK Games) slave works on 68000 machine when using files instead of diskimage (Info, Image)
- 2016-06-28 fixed: Altered Beast (Sega/Activision) slave fully rewritten, access fault at level 4 fixed (Info)
- 2016-06-27 fixed: Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold (Disney Software) slave works on 68000 machine now (Info)
- 2016-06-27 improved: IK+ (Archer MacLean) writes to INTREQR fixed, full NTSC support, all timing related stuff adapted so game runs at the same speed on PAL and NTSC, timing fix for fast machines to avoid flickering, option to disable bonus rounds, graphics bug in bonus round (IK+ shield) fixed (Info)
- 2016-06-26 updated: Slayer (Hewson) patch redone, support for protected original version added, trainer options added, WHDLoad v17+ features used (Info)
- 2016-06-26 improved: California Games 2 (Epyx) slave rewritten, OS functions patched and is 68000 cpu compatible now (Info)
- 2016-06-26 fixed: Quest For Glory / Hero's Quest (Sierra) fixed 68000/68010 compatibility (Info)
- 2016-06-26 fixed: Conquests of Camelot (Sierra) fixed 68000/68010 compatibility (Info, Image)
- 2016-06-26 fixed: Colonel's Bequest (Sierra) fixed 68000/68010 compatibility (Info, Image)
- 2016-06-26 fixed: Codename: Iceman (Sierra) fixed 68000/68010 compatibility (Info, Image)
- 2016-06-26 fixed: Leisure Suit Larry 3 (Sierra) fixed 68000/68010 compatibility (Info, Image)
- 2016-06-26 fixed: Leisure Suit Larry 2 (Sierra) fixed 68000/68010 compatibility (Info, Image)
- 2016-06-26 improved: Base Jumpers (Rasputin) removed need for kickstart 3.1 for ECS version (Info)
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02.Jul.2016
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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OpenStreetMap viewer: Mapparium extension Geo_tag 1.0
Carsten Siegner's extension Geo_tag for the OpenStreetMap viewer Mapparium searches directories for photographs associated with a geographical location (Geo-Tags) and enters them into Mapparium.
Download: geo_tag_1.0.lha (3 MB)
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02.Jul.2016
David Brunet (ANF)
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Obligement: More than 5,000 articles online
The articles below have been added to the website of french Amiga / MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. Meanwhile more than 5,000 articles are online. On this occasion the publisher wishes to thank all editors and supporters. As usual, translations are welcome: Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- May/June 2016 news
- Old articles from Tilt 67 to 73:
- File: Amiga Games in 1989
- Interview: Bill Stealy
- Review: Cabal
- Report: Personal Computer Show 1989
- Review: Deluxe Productions 2
- Review: Paperboy
- File: Two players games
- Report: Summer Consumer Electronics Show 1989
- Review: Datastorm
- Review: Test Drive 2
- Comparison: Amiga beat-them-up in 1988/1989
- Review: E-UAE 1.0.0 JIT
- Review: Enhancer Software
- Review: Final Burn Alpha 0.2.97.37
- Review: The Game
- Review: Universe
- Hardware: Rys MKII
- Hardware: Catweasel Mk2
- Hardware: Infinitv A1400
- File: Monitors from Commodore (update)
- DIY: Build a Boing Ball case for AmigaOne XE
- Programming: AMOS - display text
- Special quiz about audio cards
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30.Jun.2016
A1k.org (Forum)
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OpenStreetMap viewer: Mapparium 0.5 and GPS-extension
Mapparium is an OpenStreetMap viewer for Amiga systems .Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has released version 0.5 which among others introduces the option of calculating routes "via YOUR or OpenLS". Please note that Mapparium needs a Gfx-card and a FPU to work.
On Aminet there is also an extension called gps_point, which so far was only available for MorphOS and which reads the position of a GPS device and exports it to Mapparium.
Changes:
- FIX: AROS invisible search text
- ADD: Routing calculation via YOUR or OpenLS
- FIX: better Prefs window
- ADD: Save/load routes from GPX
- CHG: Open TrackView or RouteView on Show/Edit Button
- CHG: Moved Track title edit into TrackView
- ADD: Context sensitive Add Button
- ADD: Possibility to hide/show tracks/route
- FIX: Faster drawing for 68k Amiga
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30.Jun.2016
Amiga.org (Forum)
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MiST review
Under the title link, Francesco Sblendorio has written an illustrated review about the Amiga clone MiST. His judgement is positive, because Mist feels like a real Amiga providing some additional features: Reduced power usage, easy configuration and support for VGA and SCART monitors.
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[News message: 30. Jun. 2016, 16:24] [Comments: 0]
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29.Jun.2016
amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Tool collection "Enhancer Software" available on CD
The collection of tools and libraries called "Enhancer Software" (our news item, review of an user) was recently released as download version and now is also available as "Boxed Edition".
The CD can be bought from Alinea, Amedia, Relec, AmigaKit.com and ACube Systems. The limited "Standard Edition" (includes only the first generation of the RadeonHD driver and a limited version of CANDI) obviously is only offered by Amedia and Amigakit.
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28.Jun.2016
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PDF-Magazine: REV'n'GE 58 (Italian/English)
The PDF-magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga game "Creatures" and the text editor "C-1 Text".
Download websites:
Italian
English
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[News message: 28. Jun. 2016, 07:58] [Comments: 0]
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26.Jun.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 25.06.2016
The following archives have been added to Aminet until June 25th, 2016:
SAGASleep.lha driver/vid 4K 68k Suspend or Restore the SAGA V...
salto_simulator.lha misc/emu 12M MOS SALTO - Xerox Alto I/II Simul...
gps_point_1.0.lha util/wb 1.7M MOS GPS addon for mapparium
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[News message: 26. Jun. 2016, 07:40] [Comments: 0]
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26.Jun.2016
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 25.06.2016
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until June 25th, 2016:
aiss.lha gra/ais 9Mb 4.1 Amiga Image Storage System
aiss.pdf gra/ais 5Mb 4.1 Documentation
blender.lha gra/ray 44Mb 4.1 The free open source 3D content ...
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[News message: 26. Jun. 2016, 07:39] [Comments: 0]
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26.Jun.2016
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WHDLoad: New installers until 25.06.2016
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 June 25th, 2016:
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25.Jun.2016
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Podcast: AMIcast 13 - Interview with Daniel 'Daytona' Müßener
In the latest issue of his podcast, Krzysztof Radzikowski talked to Daniel Müßener (GoldenCode) about his projects (Wings Remastered, Wings Battlefield, OpenGL ES).
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22.Jun.2016
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: Results of user survey 2016
Under the title link Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has published the result of a survey among AROS users, who weekly use the operating system. 54 persons participated.
The results of the survey show that 20 % uses AROS more than ten hours a week, mainly for browsing, programming and multimedia. All those who "spend less time with AROS, (you) spend it mostly on OS Tinkering but also, surprisingly, on Programming!". More than 60% use a "native x86 installation of AROS, either on real or virtualized hardware."
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21.Jun.2016
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Workshop: upgrade an Amiga 'Tank' mouse with microswitches
Commodore mice - especially the famous 'Tank' model - are decades old and their switches aren't getting any better with age. Even if the mouse buttons still work, it often takes a constantly increasing amount of force to activate them or you never know if the mouse will react to your click this time. Amiga user 'Redskull' has fixed this problem by replacing the switches in his mouse with new microswitches, the following is a step by step guide showing what he had to do to upgrade is input device:
Remove the two phillips head screws near the cable end. Turn the mouse over, lift the end near the cable slightly. The top half will then slide backwards. Warning: Take care not to snap the clips at the rear of the top half.
Remove the two phillips head screws securing the PCB to the bottom half. You may find it easier to work by removing the cable - to do that, desolder the ground strap (see big red circle in next picture) and unplug the 8 pin connector.
Desolder the offending switch(es). The following pictures only show the left mouse button being replaced, but the principle is identical for the right mouse button of course.
These are the suitable PCB mount microswitches. The metal levers are not required.
If your switches have the metal lever attached, remove it by squeezing the end with a pair of needle-noze pliers.
Clip the leg furthest from the switch actuator with a pair of clippers or a side cutter.
The switch is ready to install now.
Drill two 0.7-1.0mm holes as shown. With the type of switch used here, the hole furthest from the edge of the board should be roughly inline with two existing holes, the other hole should be slightly offset. This may vary depending on the brand of switch you buy. Measure the hole distance up to match your switch.
Make two trace cuts as shown, isolating the land around the hole that you just made furthest from the board edge.
Scrape away some of the insulation around both holes.
That's what the new holes look from the top side of the board.
Insert the new microswitch into the new holes as shown.
Make sure the sitch is quite flush against the board before you solder it in. Make a link as shown by the red oval, a simple solder blob should suffice.
The actuator of the microswitch is roughly about 3mm higher than the original when installed, so the plastic stem behind the mouse button will need to be shortened to match.
Remove only so much that you can close the mouse (with screws) without activating the switch. It's better to trim in small increments and test a few times, than take too much off in one go and ruin your mouse.
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21.Jun.2016
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS-Distribution: Icaros Desktop 2.1.2
Version 2.1.2 of Paolo Besser's AROS distribution Icaros Desktop (screenshot) is the first one which supports Windows 7 "shared folders" using the SMB-handler; additionally the DropBox-handler and an AmiCould client were integrated.
The AROS/68k system files including the RTG drivers were updated and the OpenStreetMap viewer Mapparium added.
Changes:
- Added DropBox cloud drive handler
- Added easy DropBox configuration to Prefs
- "Gdrive" has now been replaced by Prefs/CludDrives
- Added AmiCloud client to extras/FileSystem
- Updated SMB handler, now supporting shared folders from:
- Windows 2008 Server/R2
- Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10
- Updated AROS M68K environment
- New RTG driver with enhanced performance
- ROMs and system files updated to June 2016
- Added Mapparium to applications
- Updated SQLman in applications
- Updated IndieGO! e-shop client
- Updated FlexCat
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20.Jun.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Amiga Future: Issue 98 online
Issue 98 (September/October 2012) of the printed magazine Amiga Future is sold out, you can read the German and English edition of the magazine online.
A preview and some excerpts for the upcoming issue 121 are available as well. Topics of this issues include an interview with Matthias 'Mazze' Rustler and reviews of the USB adaptor Rys MkII and Sqrxz 4.
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20.Jun.2016
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Diagnostic tool: DiagROM 0.6
DiagROM is a diagnostic software which is meant to be burned in an EPROM by the user and replaces the regular Kickstart-ROMs of an Amiga. The software does not require any timer, IRQs or something like that and therefore can be launched on very broke computers and there can check the hardware to identify problems. DiagROM uses the serial port to export information or menus.
Currently DiagROM is available for free. Later there will be also programmed ROMs for a little fee. The source code will be released as well.
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20.Jun.2016
Martin Merz (ANF)
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Pictograms: AISS 4.21
Martin Merz has released an update of his "Amiga Image Storage System" (AISS), which is a system for managing toolbar graphics under AmigaOS and alternative systems.
AISS 4.21 provides more than 8.700 graphics. Due to compatibility reasons all pictures and animations of previous versions are included as well.
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20.Jun.2016
Spidi (ANF)
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Retro 7-bit: Sum-Firmware-Update
Sum developed by Retro 7-bit is a family of USB-devices for connecting keyboards to diverse Amiga models including the CDTV (amiga-news.de reported). Due to the integrated USB-stack it "enables USB HID keyboards support without the need for installing additional AmigaOS software drivers."
Now a firmware update has been released which provides bug fixes and minor improvements. Additionally, it introduces saving LED states for Capslock, Numlock and ScrollLock keys.
Download: Sum_20160619.7z (27 KB)
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19.Jun.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 18.06.2016
The following archives have been added to Aminet until June 18th, 2016:
Legs_Intro_Colly.adz demo/disk 499K 68k Legionarys Intro Collection
cflow-mos.lha dev/c 1.3M MOS Generate a program flowgraph
AfricaMOS.lha game/board 326K MOS Conversion of 3W board game
bmp2dhr.lha gfx/conv 807K MOS Modern Graphics to Apple II G...
optipng-ppc-morphos.lha gfx/misc 161K MOS Advanced PNG optimizer
ZXLive.lha misc/emu 110K 68k ZX-Spectrum 48/128k/Pentagon1...
GoatTracker-morphos.lha mus/edit 1.2M MOS Official tracker-like C64 mus...
NewFilemaster.lha util/dir 610K 68k FileMaster with fixes, Filema...
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19.Jun.2016
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 18.06.2016
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until June 18th, 2016:
vsp.lha aud/pla 2Mb 4.0 An easy mod, mp3, ogg and wav Vi...
snes9x.zip emu/gam 170Mb 4.1 Super Nintendo / Super Famicom e...
africa.lha gam/boa 326kb 4.0 Conversion of 3W board game
mapparium.lha uti/sci 3Mb 4.0 OpenStreetMap Viewer
ffmpeg.lha vid/con 22Mb 4.0 Video and audio converter
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19.Jun.2016
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 18.06.2016
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until June 18th, 2016:
grafx2-2.4.2035.i386-aros... gra/edi 1Mb The Ultimate 256-color bitmap pa...
clockywock.i386-aros.zip uti/mis 333kb Ncurses based ASCII analog clock.
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19.Jun.2016
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WHDLoad: New installers until 18.06.2016
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 June 18th, 2016:
- 2016-06-17 updated: Curse of Ra (Rainbow Arts) fixes crash at startup (Info)
- 2016-06-15 fixed: Shadow of the Beast 3 (Psygnosis) PAL version fully supported, freezes in intro fixed, Byte writes to volume register fixed, Bplcon0 color bit fixed, decruncher optimised and error check added, disk request screen disabled, intro can be skipped with CUSTOM2, disk accesses removed (Info)
- 2016-06-14 improved: Les Manley - Search For The King (Accolade) adapted for WHDLoad v17, fixed for 68000 (Info)
- 2016-06-14 updated: Faery Tale Adventure (Microillusions) reassembled with latest kickemu (Info)
- 2016-06-13 improved: Wrath of the Demon (Ready Soft) disk imaging fixed (Info)
- 2016-06-13 improved: Cruise For A Corpse / Croisi?re pour un cadavre (Delphine Software) sound fixed, division by zero fixed, supports italian version (Info)
- 2016-06-13 improved: Black Tiger (Capcom/U.S.Gold) fixed install script (Info)
- 2016-06-12 fixed: Humans / The Humans (Imagitec Design) keyboard works again (Info)
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18.Jun.2016
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Magazine: Commodore Free, issue 93
"Commodore Free" is a free, English-language magazine about Commodore and Amiga computers, which is available in different formats - among others as HTML-version and as C64-Diskmag.
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