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05.Nov.2023
David Brunet (ANF)


New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement in the last two months. Readers willing to help out with translating articles into other languages are asked to contact David 'Daff' Brunet.
  • News from September/October 2023
  • Old articles from Génération 4 to 6:
    • File: role-playing games and computing - strength in numbers
    • Review of Fantavision
    • Review of Action Service
    • Review of Mafdet And The Book Of The Dead
    • Hardware: Freeze Frame Video Recorder
    • Review of The Armageddon Man
    • Review of Arkanoid: Revenge Of Doh
    • File: digitising images
    • Interview: Sandy Petersen
    • Review of Ultima IV
    • Review of Star Wars
  • Interview with Adrian Wallett (Arcade Attack)
  • Interview with Allister Brimble (musicien)
  • Review of Neon Noir
  • Review of DGen 1.24
  • Hardware: PiStorm32-lite
  • The best of Byte from November to December 1985
  • File: Idea Software
  • File: AmigaDOS error messages
  • File: Where does Vim come from?
  • Tutorial: configuring Emu68 on PiStorm
  • Tutorial: connection and use of GitHub from MorphOS
  • Programming: Copper, part 2 - rasters
  • Special quiz about Andy Warhol and the Amiga
(snx)

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05.Nov.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 165
The English and German issue 165 (November/December 2023) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.

Content of the current issue includes, besides various reviews, a preview of Roguecraft and a show report about Amiga38. (snx)

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05.Nov.2023



Aminet uploads until 04.11.2023
The following files have been added until 04.11.2023 to Aminet:
SteMarRegAMOSSources.lha dev/amos   398K  68k 10 AMOS sources+exes by Stefa...
makedepend_AmiMod.lha    dev/c      248K  68k makedepend bugfixed + modifie...
AMIGA-SCARTRGBcable.jpg  docs/hard  26K       Schematic for generic Amiga S...
anaiis_massive.lha       driver/oth 46K   68k Massive release 1.23
Untangle.lha             game/think 28K   MOS Amiga port of a popular logic...
Passcodes.lha            game/wb    5.8M  68k Passcodes network word guessi...
BackdPattGener.lha       gfx/edit   51K   68k Create your own backdrop patt...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   5.0M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   5.5M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   3.7M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
Freaks.lha               mods/misc  2.4M      16bit 4ch Up-Tempo Techno by ...
AmySequencer.lha         mus/midi   659K  68k MIDI sequencer for the AMIGA ...
file.driver.lha          mus/misc   8K    68k CyberSound driver for file ou...
AmiWeatherForecasts1.... util/app   35K   68k Weather forecasting application
Albatros.lha             util/boot  34K   68k Lock your AMIGA by a keyword
sysvars.lha              util/boot  11K   68k Put system information in env...
IdentifyDev.lha          util/libs  67K   68k Identify hardware and more
IdentifyUsr.lha          util/libs  100K  68k Identify hardware and more
iGame.lha                util/misc  437K  68k Front-end for WHDLoad
Mnemosyne.lha            util/misc  78K   68k Disk usage statistics+file/fo...
VATestprogram.zip        util/misc  15M   68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
VisualGuide_de.lha       util/misc  1K        German catalog for VisualGuid...
AmiAuthenticator.lha     util/wb    75K   68k 2FA (TOTP) code generator
DrawerGenie.lha          util/wb    158K  68k Toolbar for Workbench Drawers
SteMarRegDOSScripts.lha  util/wb    13K       12 AmigaDOS scripts by Stefan...
(snx)

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05.Nov.2023



OS4Depot uploads until 04.11.2023
The following files have been added until 04.11.2023 to OS4Depot:
nallepuh.lha             aud/mis 431kb 4.1 Nalle Puh (Paula,CIAA,CIAB emula...
pt2_clone.lha            aud/tra 13Mb  4.1 Ported clone of Protracker II
openjpeg.lha             dev/lib 3Mb   4.1 Open-source JPEG 2000 codec
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
astromenace.lha          gam/shm 72Mb  4.1 Hardcore 3D space scroll-shooter
igame.lha                uti/mis 437kb 4.0 Front-end for WHDLoad
sacrificiopagano.lha     uti/mis 5Mb   4.0 Magic Tool
(snx)

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05.Nov.2023



AROS Archives uploads until 04.11.2023
The following files have been added until 04.11.2023 to AROS Archives:
passcodes.i386-aros.lha      gam/mis 6Mb   network word guessing game
sacrificopagano.lha          uti/mis 5Mb   Magic Tool
(snx)

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05.Nov.2023



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 04.11.2023
The following files have been added until 04.11.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
CRABUM_1.7.lha            Ambient/Utilities         A MUI GUI for creating ...
pt2-clone_1.65.0.lha      Audio/Tracker             ProTracker 2 clone - po...
iGame_2.4.5.lha           Games/Launcher            A frontend to launching...
Untangle_0.1.lha          Games/Misc                A logic puzzle, where t...
SacrificioPagano_2.00.lha Misc                      A special app to people...
AmiSSL_5.12.lha           Network/SSL               OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...
WitchCleaner_3.00.lha     Network/Web               A little and easy progr...
Meltium_1.60.lha          System/Monitoring         A small graphical CPU-u...
Neatvi_12.lha             Text/Edit                 Neat vi clone
(snx)

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05.Nov.2023



Racing game: Rally Cross V1.0
Developer and Resistance member Alessio 'OzzyBoshi' Garzi released his Amiga version of Fabio Antoniazzi's PC shareware racing game Rally Cross at Flashparty 2023 and has now made it available to the general public.

Direct download: rc.adf (880 KB) (dr)

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05.Nov.2023



Weather data: AmiWeatherForecast V1.2
AmiWeatherForecasts is a weather forecasting application that provides the latest weather information for any location. It was written in the C programming language under Amiga OS 3.2 and uses data from OpenWeather (amiga-news.de reported). Changes in version 1.2:
  • According to SnoopDos, continuous querying of the TZ variable is blocked.
  • Added set date and time manually menu
  • Added sync system time using sntp menu
  • It synchronizes the system time using sntp if avaliable an internet connection when executing firstly
(dr)

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04.Nov.2023



Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.2.1
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Version 1.2.0 added backwards compatibility to AmigaOS 3.9 and the new version 1.2.1 adds this for Cloanto's Workbench 3.X shipped with Amiga Forever.

Direct download: AmigaGPT.lha (206 KB) (dr)

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04.Nov.2023
Facebook


THEA500 Maxi: Release planned in the 4th quarter of 2024
In a YouTube video under the title link, Retro Games Ltd. not only summarises the past development phase 1, which also included the release of the THEA500 Mini 2022 (amiga-news.de reported), but also announces the release of the "New Full Size Amiga Console" for the second phase in the fourth quarter of 2024. (dr)

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04.Nov.2023
Dietmar Planitzer (Mail)


Operating system for Amiga 3000/4000: Status update of "Apollo"
About a year ago, we reported on the start of Dietmar Planitzer's project to write "Apollo", an experimental operating system for the Amiga 3000/4000. We asked the developer what the current status of the work is, and he kindly summarised the following for us:

"Apollo is at the beginning of a (long) journey. At the moment the basics of an operating system exist, which can run in an Amiga with a 68030 processor and at least 256 KB of main memory. However, the operating system must be stored in a ROM chip that replaces the standard ROM found in an Amiga.

What can you do with Apollo at the moment?

As a user, not very much. You can enter text interactively like in a text editor and enjoy how the machine reacts to every keystroke with the output of a beautiful letter :)

As a developer/hobby programmer, there are more interesting things to discover: Apollo is a preemptive multi-tasking operating system that, like POSIX, supports a process hierarchy and makes resources accessible using a general "file descriptor" model. As in typical POSIX systems, there is a clear separation between kernel and user space (where programmes are executed).

However, multi-tasking works differently than in the original Amiga OS or a typical POSIX system: Apps create and manage so-called threads in these systems in order to achieve multi-tasking. Threads allow a programme to execute things in parallel. The problem with this traditional model is that programs typically (directly or indirectly) create many of these threads and most of them spend most of their time sleeping.

Apollo has no threads. Instead, it has "virtual processors" and "dispatch queues". A virtual processor is similar to a thread, but it does not belong to a specific application. Virtual processors can be moved between applications by Apollo as required. Applications use dispatch queues to tell Apollo what they want to execute in parallel. Dispatch queues are similar to the dispatch queues found in macOS, but unlike macOS, Apollo is built entirely from the ground up around dispatch queues.

What else does Apollo offer?

There is a console that supports keyboard and mouse input as well as the widest possible VT100-compatible output to the screen. There are the beginnings of a general "device driver manager", i.e. a component that recognises hardware and manages it. Hardware such as the keyboard, mouse, joystick, memory expansions, floppy drives, etc. can be recognised and managed.

There is also the beginning of a standard library for the C programming language to write (small) programmes for Apollo.

Next steps

The most important next step is the implementation of a file system for floppies and then hard discs. Also the implementation of a (simple) shell to be able to execute programmes. These components should make Apollo a little more interesting for users.

Further plans include things like "protected memory" and "pagging/swapping" and support for other 68030 systems like Atari TT & Falcon." (dr)

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04.Nov.2023
George Sokianos (ANF)


Event: AmiCamp 2024 on April 13/14 2024 (Athens)
We are delighted to inform you that we are organizing the next AmiCamp for 2024, the biggest Amiga event in Greece, which will take place on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th of April 2024. Over the weekend, friends and fans of the Amiga computers are going to get together in a great place to celebrate the best computer in the world, its next generation and its alternative systems.

Amiga compatible computers, including the AmigaOne 500, PowerMac, Vampire, and Pi Storm, will be available among the finest Classic Amiga models, and will be readily available for use and testing.

Younger and older children can enjoy many old and new Amiga games, but the star of the show is Sensible World of Soccer with its Sensible Days competition, which is going to happen on the second day.

People from the Greek Amiga community will present their creations and their love for Amiga computers.

AmiCamp is an inclusive event that provides free fun and free celebrations for everyone.

More information you can find at the official website at the title link as well as on Facebook and Twitter. (dr)

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04.Nov.2023



WHDLoad: Graphical user-interface iGame 2.4.5
iGame is a MUI-based frontend for starting WHDLoad games (amiga-news.de reported). George 'walkero' Sokianos has released version 2.4.5 for AmigaOS 2.04 and higher, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. Changes:
  • Fixed the opening of the properties window for some users, by reverting some changes from v2.4.1
  • Fixed the item (demo/game) renaming from the properties window
  • Fixed the addition of an item (demo/game) from the "Add game..." window. This was saved in a wrong way and was breaking the list
  • Fixed the title change of the items in the list
  • Code cleanup
  • Speedup the slavesListAddTail()
  • Fixes on renaming and single item addition
  • Fixed the opening of the properties window for some users
  • Use SDI to define the hooks
  • Fixing the issue 215 and make the scan better on changes
  • fixes in the changelog
Direct download: iGame-v2.4.5-20231103.lha (437 Kb) (dr)

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03.Nov.2023



Rogue-like game: Rogue Declan V1.2.0
After winning AmiGameJam 2022, Nivrig Games continues working on its twin-stick shooter (YouTube video). Changes of version 1.2.0:
  • Added an in-game options menu accessed with ESC or CD32 PAUSE
  • Fixed all shots disappearing when the Quit key was pressed
  • Fixed graphical glitches when a chest spawned beside a pit
  • Fixed rare generation of floor tiles connected only at the diagonal corners
  • Other map generation refinements
  • Shot system optimisation
  • Rebuilt game with the latest compiler for more optimisatios
(dr)

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03.Nov.2023



CLI command: sysvars V0.10
The sysvars command creates environment variables with system information in order to make it dependent on these, for example, in the startup sequence, which patches are included. So far there is information on the CPU and FPU, the chipset, the vertical frame rate (PAL/NTSC) as well as whether the emulator UAE is used - and if so, in which version.

Version 0.10 provides the following changes:
  • Added $KickVer and $KickEnv that provide kickstart version and revision
  • $UAE is now split in $UAEMajor, $UAEMinor and $UAERev for more convenient scripting
  • Added detection of bsdsocket.library ($BSDSockLib contains the id string, $BSDSockLibVer the version, and $BSDSockRev the revision)
  • Refactoring and code improvements (still learning though)
    • Easy way to disable certain variables/features at the beginning of the file using constants (Adapt to your need and make the tool as tiny as possible)
    • Unified SetVar approach using macros
    • Easier integration of new features via consistent scheme
    • Better comments
  • added test script for startup-sequence
Direct download: sysvars.lha (11 KB) (dr)

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03.Nov.2023



Tool: Mnemosyne V1.1.1
Mnemosyne is a tool for AmigaOS 3.x that shows how much space files and folders take up on the hard disk. It is supposed to help manage the space on the hard disk better. Mnemosyne is written in C and uses ReAction. ClassAct is required under AmigaOS 3.1 and 3.1.4.

Version 1.1.1 (Aminet link) provides the following changes:
  • Fixed Damaged MungWall on scans bug
  • New Guide images updated to fit the version
  • Current version moving to 1.0.2 -> 1.1.1
  • Made Mnemosyne program from: 32.504B to 32.492B
(dr)

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03.Nov.2023



AmigaOS 4: Status update of WebKit port
George 'walkero' Sokianos describes the current status of the Webkit port in a forum post on Amigans (amiga-news.de reported):

"For some time now, the port was around 54% of the WebCore library compilation. At that point, I was getting around 10K of errors, and I was trying to figure out why this was happening and where exactly was the problem. Just last week, with the help of Kas1e who discovered what was wrong, he found that the problem was a missing curly bracket I stupidly removed a year ago accidentally. By fixing that, I managed to have WebCore library compiling up to 99%.

Actually, I already started working on a minimal window with a web view that will be able to show just one website. That's the next goal."

And Roman 'kas1e' Kargin has added: "the whole webcore is more or less cross-platform, while remain 1% is platform specific: an actual thing to render in, open a window, blit things in, gui, etc, etc. All should be written for OS4. That is harder part and real programming.
Once, George will have a window to which sites render, then - in worse case, even without gui - one can make a binary to which you spend a url and it opens window and render to it. It will be not a browser, but something as a start. At least we can test if core works , how fast, what need to fix, deal with crashes (i am sure there will). The fact that core compiles, doesnt mean all works as expected, it is unknown by now".

In this context, George suggests that another team take over the development of this part of the browser if there are interested parties. The current team could then continue to take care of WebKit, fix problems and keep it up to date.

The main repository can now be found on GitHub under "AmigaLabs". (dr)

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03.Nov.2023



Programming: Web based m68k assembler editor v3.0.0
Under the title link you can find a webapp to write, run and learn M68K assembly code based on the framework SvelteKit and the programming language Rust (amiga-news.de reported).

Version 3.0.0 provides performance improvements and bug fixes:
  • Improved performance by 3x, now runs at +-30mhz
  • Bug fixes during compilation and execution
  • Improved UI on mobile for the interactive documentation
  • Improved UI on the editor
(dr)

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02.Nov.2023



Tool: SpriteSplitter V0.4
The basic idea of a spritesheet is to pack a series of images together into a single image. Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen's "SpriteSplitter" reverses this: it is a simple tool for splitting a spritesheet image into separate images that can be used in the Scorpion Engine. This allows the user to save time when updating spritesheets by automating this process.<

In version 0.4 a -file parameter was added which let you specify a text file which contains a list of command operations. This is much faster than calling SpriteSplitter multiple times. (dr)

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02.Nov.2023



Dungeon Crawler: Shadowmage - The Cursed Village
"Shadowmage - The Cursed Village" is set in a medieval world where the player is hired by some villagers to find a sacred stone that has been stolen by an evil mage. In search of it, you have to face giant wasps, skeletons and evil spirits. Main features of the game:
  • Rules are somewhat based on Microlite20.
  • 3 difficulty levels
  • Many spells available
  • 3 playable characters
  • Save system
  • Auto-map
  • 12 levels to explore
  • HD Installable
  • Written in AMOS Pro
At least 2 MB RAM, harddrive and a 68030 processor are required, but recommended are faster Amiga systems like a Vampire or a 68060 processor. (dr)

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01.Nov.2023



Competition: Deadline for "Amiga Tool Jam" extended by one week
At the beginning of May indie game developer Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen started the "Amiga Tool Jam", which was originally supposed to end yesterday (amiga-news.de reported). Because of the continuing interest - we already presented some submissions - it was decided to extend the competition. Now tools written for the Amiga can be submitted in the categories "Utility", "Tool", "Commodity", "GUI interface", "Most Useless Tool" and "Other" until 08 November.

Submissions must be written explicitly for the competition, updated or modified versions of an existing utility or tool are excluded. More detailed conditions under the title link. (dr)

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01.Nov.2023



Amiga Tool Jam: Wallpapers
'grindercowboy' has published special wallpapers for the Amiga Tool Jam: famous pictures such as the Marilyn Monroe portrait by Andy Warhol are "hulkified", that is, given a green coat of paint. (dr)

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01.Nov.2023



Amiga Tool Jam: Aurora Mystica
'Amiga Cammy' has written "Aurora Mystica" in E for the Amiga Tool Jam: after starting it, a picture opens and random quotes are displayed. MUI is required. (dr)

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01.Nov.2023



Amiga Tool Jam: Colour Mapper
'LateBit' has written "Colour Mapper" for the Amiga Tool Jam: a tool for the Workbench that can reduce the number of colours in an image. It is aimed at programmers who create their graphics for Amiga games under Windows, for example with software like Pro Motion NG, and then export them. Currently, only iff images with 256 colours can be exported here. (dr)

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31.Oct.2023
Puni (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: Blog summary for October
For the month of October 'Puni' has again published a news summary in the areas of hard- and software for AmigaOS 4 at the title link. (snx)

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31.Oct.2023
PixorraGames


Platform game: Agonman V0.99
Agonman is a platform game inspired by a picture by Edwin van den Heuvel and the Psygnosis game Agony and is supposed to be a homage to the game studio (YouTube video). It was created with the Game Construction Kit RedPill in 16 colours. A version with 32 colours is in the pipeline. (dr)

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31.Oct.2023
Christian Zigotzky (E-Mail)


Linux: Kernel 6.6 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.6, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 after numerous tests.

Download: linux-image-6.6-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (60 MB) (dr)

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31.Oct.2023



Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.27
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.98, which allows the development of games from various genres (see short tests of two Redpill games). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial.

The new version 0.9.27 now has extensive documentation in both AmigaGuide and HTML format. Likewise, some corrections and optimisations have been made. The changes:
  • Remap action trigger added to modify certain frames of the animation.
  • Added a level string for each level, right now it is only like a comment for levels.
  • When creating the WHDLoad package now you are asked about the slave to use.
  • Multiple fixes when changing from level to level in the editor, palette and copper.
  • Now you can set the minimum amount of Chip or Fast memory for your game.
  • Optimization for loading levels, also reducing the possible glitches when changing level.
  • Optimization in scroll routines.
  • Changed ptplayer routine to the E-Penguin one.
  • Added option to remove cross in the animation menu.
  • Pressing fire during text printing speed up the printing.
  • Mouse button can be used to close dialogs.
  • Fix for dialogs when no scroll is used.
  • Fix in use of gradient image for copper background.
  • Fix in Answer Question trigger.
  • Fix when merging image palette and sprite palette.
  • Fix in instantiate attached trigger not getting the right side.
  • Fix in the editor when changing to static no non static.
  • Fix in turn back not being triggered.
  • Fix for QR code in the main screen to find online documentation.
(dr)

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30.Oct.2023



Amiga Tool Jam: WhiteboardAGA
For the Amiga Tool Jam, Alys Medi Jones has released WhiteboardAGA for AmigaOS 3 using Hollywood: a whiteboard on which you can draw and write freely. The tool requires the AGA chipset and 4 MB RAM, the codesets.library V6.21 and the Plananarama-Plugin for Hollywood. (dr)

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30.Oct.2023



Amiga Tool Jam: SORThodontist
'Fab Dynamic' has written "SORThodontist" in E for the Amiga Tool Jam, which is used to sort lists consisting of one item per line according to personal preferences. To do this, click on the file whose contents are to be sorted and then double-click on it while holding down the Shift key to start the tool. "SORThodontist" was tested under AmigaOS 2.1 as well as 3.1.

The author has added some examples to the archive, such as the best Amiga adventure games or the best cinema films of the 80s. (dr)

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30.Oct.2023



Amiga Tool Jam: AmiAuthenticator v1.0.2 (update)
AmiAuthenticator was also written for the Amiga Tool Jam and is a 2FA (two-factor authentication) code generator for the Amiga that is compatible with many websites that use 2FA. It generates TOTP (Time based one time passwords) codes with SHA1 or SHA256. Similar (non-Amiga) applications are Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator and FreeOTP. These codes can be used to secure access to various websites, e.g. GitHub, LastPass, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram.

Depending on preference or installed GUI, the tool can be started as a MUI-, ReAction- or Gadtools-based version. All versions require at least Kickstart/Workbench 2.0. Since a UTC time source is needed, it is important that the system clock is set accurately and it is preferable to have a real-time clock installed or to synchronise the system with the internet. The source code is available on GitHub.

Update: (31.10.2023, 21:00, dr)

Version 1.02 released:
  • fixed invalid memory access error on first startup causing a crash for some users
  • the items saving was completely broken and was saving blank string
Direct download: AmiAuthenticator-1.0.2.lha (75 KB) (dr)

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Amiga Tool Jam: DrawerGenie
For the Amiga Tool Jam, which ends tomorrow, numerous contributions have been submitted recently, which we would like to present briefly in individual messages.

Originally running under the working title "Drawer Helper" (amiga-news.de reported), Rob 'daedalus2097' Cranley has released the commodity "DrawerGenie" for AmigaOS 3.5 or higher. DrawerGenie allows you to add simple toolbars to the Workbench drawer windows. These provide some simple DOpus-like Workbench functions, such as defining a target window and sending selected files to it, copying and pasting files, switching view modes, sorting files, handling archives and more. File operations show a progress bar, are asynchronous and can be cancelled.

Drawer Helper was written in AmiBlitz, the source code is available on GitHub.

Direct download: DrawerGenie.lha (158 KB) (dr)

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29.Oct.2023



8-/16-bit emulator for Mac OS and Linux: Clock Signal v2023-10-29
Thomas Harte's Clock Signal is an emulator for various 8- and 16-bit platforms aiming to be invisible to the user. The idea is to simply start the source medium without configuring the emulator oneself. Clock Signal is available for Mac OS and Unix-compatible systems. While there is also an Amiga emulation included, it "remains wilfully inaccurate" for now.

Today, version v2023-10-29 was released. Changes:
  • includes fixes to the sequence of addresses accessed by the Apple II for video generation, correcting broken instances of vapour lock;
  • includes further build-system fixes that reintroduce support for macOS 10.13; and
  • corrects address generation logic for the undocumented 6502 instructions SHS, SHX, SHY and SHA.
(dr)

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Weather data: AmiWeatherForecasts V1.1
AmiWeatherForecasts is a weather forecasting application that provides the latest weather information for any location. It was written in the C programming language under Amiga OS 3.2 and uses data from OpenWeather.

The weather forecast information is automatically updated every 15 minutes, but can be updated immediately if required via the menu Tool/Update. (dr)

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29.Oct.2023



Tool: identify-library 43.2
A few moments ago, Richard Körber has released version 43.2 of his identify.library (amiga-news.de reported). Changes:
  • AmigaOS 3.2.2 wasn't detected if installed as module
  • Added more manufacturers and boards
Downloads:

IdentifyDev.lha (67 kB)
IdentifyUsr.lha (100 kB) (dr)

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29.Oct.2023



Italian Print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 16
The sixteenth issue of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga", which is available as usual with 48 colour pages both as a booklet and as a PDF file, deals with the following topics:
  • Videogames: Reshoot Proxima 3, C64 The Mystery Box, Boxx 2, Boxx 3, Bagman500, Beat Cancer and Empire Protector
  • Reviews: Commodore Computers - Rarities, The Amiga Years
  • Reportage Amiga Passion Day 2023
  • Amiga 38 Reportage
  • Hardware: Shaffle
  • Tech: Amiga GCC - Amiga C
  • Blender course, part 8
  • AmigaOS 4.1 for the office
  • Interview with Ján Zahurančík, AmiKit
  • Plus: Games news, Tech news, THEA500 Mini news, Demo Scene, New Talents, Readers' Mail
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Platform game: Update for Amiga port of Electro Man
Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch is porting the game Electro Man, originally published in 1992 by Polish programmers Maciej Msik and Janusz Pelc for MS-DOS, to AGA Amigas (amiga-news.de reported). The current update adds the fourth level and improves the controls. (dr)

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29.Oct.2023



Demo: "Castlevania AGA" now with 15 stages
Dante Mendes has released an update for his conversion of Konami's NES action adventure Castlevania, originally named "Akumajou Dracula" (amiga-news.de reported). The game, now called "Castlevania AGA", has a total of 15 stages with many new enemies. (dr)

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Aminet uploads until 28.10.2023
The following files have been added until 28.10.2023 to Aminet:
girubrica.lha            biz/dbase  267K  68k Digital address book
SteMarRegBlitzSources... dev/amos   38K       21 Stefano Maria Regattin Bli...
SteMarRegBlitzSources... dev/blitz  38K       21 Stefano Maria Regattin Bli...
P96Prefs.lha             driver/vid 113K  68k P96 Preferences Editor
Capitan_Trueno.lha       game/actio 1.0M  68k El Capitan Trueno
Capitan_Trueno_WHDLOA... game/actio 1.0M  68k El Capitan Trueno
RescueLander.lha         game/actio 59K   68k Land on Earth, Moon or Mars t...
pngcrush-m68k.lha        gfx/misc   167K  68k An optimizer for PNG files
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   3.7M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
VampireLovers.lha        mods/8voic 1.6M      16bit 8ch Jazz Waltz by HKvalhe
neatvi.lha               text/edit  135K  MOS Neat vi clone
neatroff.lha             text/misc  164K  MOS Neat troff clone
gimore.lha               text/show  11K   68k Text Viewer
sysvars.lha              util/boot  7K    68k Put system information in env...
tree-mos.lha             util/dir   155K  68k Display a tree view of direct...
AmiSSL-5.12-OS3.lha      util/libs  3.4M  68k OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.12-OS4.lha      util/libs  3.1M  OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.12-SDK.lha      util/libs  2.3M  AOS OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
Mnemosyne.lha            util/misc  76K   68k Disk usage statistics+file/fo...
UHCGUI-Test.lha          util/wb    90K   68k GUI frontend for the UHC-Tool...
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OS4Depot uploads until 28.10.2023
The following files have been added until 28.10.2023 to OS4Depot:
nallepuh.lha             aud/mis 428kb 4.1 Nalle Puh (Paula,CIAA,CIAB emula...
pt2_clone.lha            aud/tra 13Mb  4.1 Ported clone of Protracker II
amissl-sdk.lha           dev/mis 2Mb   4.0 SDK for AmiSSL
amissl.lha               lib/mis 3Mb   4.0 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared library
sdl2.lha                 lib/mis 7Mb   4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 2
synergy_mm.lha           net/ser 642b  4.1 Force Synergy to send mouse move...
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 28.10.2023
The following files have been added until 28.10.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
Tree_2.1.1.lha            Files/Dir                 Display a tree view of ...
wipEout_1.0.2.lha         Games/Race                wipEout Rewrite - port ...
FPCMines_1.1.lha          Games/Think               A minesweeper clone for...
Wayfarer_6.5.lha          MorphOS-update            Wayfarer is the latest ...
Neatroff.lha              Text/Misc                 An implementation of tr...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 28.10.2023
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 28.10.2023: (snx)

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Amiga Future (website)


AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
  • Unsuspected Puost
  • Cadaver Main Theme Music (Remake)
(snx)

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BBS Index (ANF)


Event: Video report from Amiga38 by BBS Index (German)
Another German video report from Amiga38, which took place October 6/7 in Mönchengladbach, Germany, has been released by BBS Index at the title link.

Interviews:
  • Simon Neumann (Alinea Computer)
  • R.J. Mical (Amiga developer)
  • Beth Richard (AmigaCD³² developer)
  • Kudrix (demoscene member)
  • Chris Hülsbeck (musician)
  • Hans Ippisch (video games icon)
  • Trevor Dickinson (A-EON)
  • Markus Tillmann (host)
Special Apperance: Ravenlordress/TLF (LeChuck/Guybrush Threepwood) (snx)

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Robosaurus Spielothek (ANF)


Soundtrack of the Amiga38 report by Robosaurus Spielothek available
Dominic Ortmanns of Robosaurus Spielothek writes: "A few people had asked if one can get the song from the credits of my Amiga38 video somewhere. That is possible now! We have set up an extra page for it at the title link.

The song can be downloaded for free and listened to and used as you like. If someone likes it so much that they want to support the artist in upcoming developments, there's also a Paypal donation link there. Have fun with it!" (snx)

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Browser extension: AGuide Viewer 0.3
AGuide Viewer is an open source reader for AmigaGuide documents implemented as a browser extension. It works with Firefox and Chromium on all platforms (amiga-news.de reported).
The project moved from GitHub to Sourceforge. Version 0.3 handles an exception that could occur when scanning a page to determine if it is an Amigaguide document. (dr)

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Tool: Mnemosyne shows used harddisk space (update)
Mnemosyne is a tool for AmigaOS 3.x that shows how much space files and folders take up on the hard disk. It is supposed to help manage the space on the hard disk better. Mnemosyne is written in C and uses ReAction. ClassAct is required under AmigaOS 3.1 and 3.1.4.

Update: (30.10.2023, 21:40, dr)

Version 1.1.0 has been released. Changes:
  • Added -g flag to open a window for scans from the shell.
  • Using proper Semantic Versioning now.
  • Current version moving to 1.0.2 -> 1.1.0
  • Made Mnemosyne program from: 32.440B to 32.504B
  • New Guide images updated to fit the version
  • .guide finally has a proper icon now.
  • Fixed Duplications in scanning procedure code.
  • Prevent wrongful appending of file path.
(dr)

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28.Oct.2023



Floppy emulator: GoDrive600 and GoDrive1200
Already at Kickstart 01, DigitalRetroBay presented its floppy emulator GoDrive, which is available as GoDrive600 for the A600 and as GoDrive1200 for the A1200 or A500/A500+. The Flashfloppy firmware is used for operation in each case.

After installing the GoDrives (YouTube video on the 1200 installation), both the floppy drive and the floppy drive emulator can be used, but not both at the same time. (dr)

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28.Oct.2023



Rogue-like: Hop to the Top - Bunny's Revenge
As announced a few days ago, Robert Smith has released his game "Hop to the Top - Bunny's Revenge", as a follow-up to his Easter game "Hop to the Top!".


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27.Oct.2023
MorphZone


MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 6.5
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 6.5 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS. Changes:
  • Updated User-Agent code, Safari is now the default user-agent on new installs
  • Fixed a crash if ahi.device has failed to open
  • Fixed a problem with AdBlock code blocking all requests if loading of its data has failed
This should also fix problems with accessing the PayPal website.

Download: wayfarer.lha (35 MB) (dr)

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27.Oct.2023



Preview video: Platform game "Deathmine"
In the middle of last year, we reported on an early version of the game "Deathmine" as an entry for the Amiga Blitz Basic Jam. The developer 'pixelplop' has now converted the game into C/C++ code and plans to continue working on it. (dr)

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27.Oct.2023



SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware V2023.10.31 (update)
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2023.10.26 which only applies to the ZuluSCSI RP2040:
  • Log disk information in Initiator mode
  • Fix out of SRAM compile time issue
  • Fix communication with Wi-Fi Desk Accessory
Update: (31.10.2023, 21:00, dr)

Version 2023.10.31 released:
  • Fix device type being ignored in zuluscsi.ini
(dr)

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26.Oct.2023



USB-C power supply: PowerShark to come in 2023
At the beginning of April, we reported on the announcement of the "PowerShark": a USB-C-based power supply for the keyboard case Amigas 500, 600 and 1200. As the developers now inform us in a short status update, the originally envisaged release target (3rd quarter 2023) has not been reached, but an important milestone has been reached with the receipt of a samples of the injection-moulded enclosure, which "require only a minor fix". Orders cannot yet be accepted, but the company is confident that the PowerShark will be released in 2023. (dr)

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26.Oct.2023



Demoparty: Results of the TRSAC
Last weekend, the last edition of the TRSAC demo party took place in Aarhus, Denmark. The organisers have now published various recordings and offer all entries of the various competitions for download. The results lists have also been published on Pouet.net. Here are the rankings of the amiga entries of the Oldskoolintro competition: (dr)

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26.Oct.2023



CLI command: sysvars V0.9
The sysvars command creates environment variables with system information in order to make it dependent on these, for example, in the startup sequence, which patches are included. So far there is information on the CPU and FPU, the chipset, the vertical frame rate (PAL/NTSC) as well as whether the emulator UAE is used - and if so, in which version.

Version 0.9 now also adds limited AmigaOS 1.3 support:
  • CPU detection up to 68020
  • FPU detection will return 68881 for any FPU
  • Custom SetVar implementation for OS 1.3 (setenv-like functionality)
(dr)

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25.Oct.2023
WhatIFF? (ANF)


WhatIFF magazine asking for recomemndations for best new releases of 2023
The AmigaGuide magazine "WhatIFF" is asking for recommendations for best hardware and software products released in 2023, the nominations will be described in detail in the magazine's next issue which will be released in December. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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25.Oct.2023
Seiya (ANF)


PDF magazine: REV'n'GE #151 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian and English editions. The magazine's game reviews compare ports of a title to different platforms (if available) and often focus on lesser known games. Th current issue contains review of two Amiga games: The shareware adventure "Catacomb" and the Jump'n Run "Absolute Zero" which was created with RedPill. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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25.Oct.2023
a1k.org (Webseite)


Web browser: IBrowse 2.5.9
Today version 2.5.9 of the web browser IBrowse has been released as a free update for existing customers. Changes:
  • Fixed the disk cache, which became broken in 25.109
  • Now requires AmiSSL 5.12 for secure connections
  • Added workaround for AmigaOS 4.x Installer versions 53.1-53.7 which were unfortunately broken, with 53.2 being on the 4.1FE CD-ROM
  • Copyright year bumped to 2023
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25.Oct.2023



Bachelor thesis "Amiga ASCII Art"
Glyph Drawing Club is a free, modular online design and text art tool suitable for creating custom type design, illustrations, patterns and more. The origins of the tool, developed by Heikki Lotvonen, go back to his bachelor thesis "Amiga ASCII Art" written in 2015 (see also the Wikipedia article), which is now available in English translation. (dr)

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25.Oct.2023



Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.12 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.12 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version OpenSSL 3.1.4 (24.10.2023) and thus provides various bug and security fixes.

Downloads:
AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.12-OS3.lha (3,4 MB)
AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.12-OS4.lha (3,1 MB)
SDK: AmiSSL-5.12-SDK.lha (2,3 MB) (dr)

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25.Oct.2023



Fantasy shooter: Fourth level for "Project - Quest"
ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP' have now released a fourth level for the fantasy shooter "Project - Quest" (amiga-news.de reported), which is currently in development (YouTube video). (dr)

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24.Oct.2023



Frogger clone: Frogger500 V1.1 (update)
After several beta versions (amiga-news.de reported), the final version 1.0 of the Frogger clone "Frogger500" has been released.

Update: (25.10.2023, 05:18, dr)

Version 1.1 fixes a graphic error. (dr)

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24.Oct.2023
itch.io


Rogue-like game: Rogue Declan v1.1.3
After winning AmiGameJam 2022, Nivrig Games has released a major update to its twin-stick shooter (YouTube video):
  • Over 100 changes since the jam version
  • Four new play modes
  • Improved in game music and effects including a brand new track
  • Lair Rooms: face only dragons, snakes or tanks!
  • Two more ranks to aim for
  • Hard difficulty
  • Fixed seed mode and/or enter your own seed
  • Balance improvements in the normal game
  • Numerous bugs fixed and rough edges smoothed
  • Easter Eggs!
The new modes:

REVERSE: a challenge mode where you start with maximum XP and it drops each time you score! How little can you score and still complete the game?

SURVIVOR: One dungeon, limited life, and no life potions or shop. Stronger demons invade the dungeon over time so search chests for vital upgrades and other items to hold them off.

BERZERK: Start at the hardest difficulty, with all upgrades. Move fast and kill things, your XP decreases with time!

TIMED: Score as much as possible before the timer expires. Collect items to extend your time in the dungeon.

Survivor, Berzerk and Timed modes introduce a new multiplier mechanic! Collect the Soulstuff released by destroyed demons to top up your multiplier, which decreases with time and when you get hit! (dr)

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24.Oct.2023
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Platform game: Capitan Trueno
"El Capitán Trueno" is a video game for 8-bit systems released in 1989, based on the Comics of the same name published between 1956 and 1968. The Amiga port of the game was created using the Game Construction Kit RedPill and requires at least a 68020 processor and 2 MB RAM (YouTube video). (dr)

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23.Oct.2023



Preview video: Hop to the Top - Bunny's Revenge
Following on from his Easter game Hop to the Top!, Rob Smith has announced the sequel Hop to the Top - Bunny's Revenge for Halloween, for which he has already set up a separate website. (dr)

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23.Oct.2023



Game: Beat Cancer 1.03
The eponymous "Beat Cancer" is just one of four scenarios in which you compete against the computer with the joystick. In front of the respective background image (the human body or a map of Europe), you have to get on the same field as your opponent to destroy him.

The game requires at least 1 MB of Chip RAM and 3 MB of additional RAM, as well as Kickstart 3.x. 2 MB Chip RAM and at least an 68020 CPU are recommended. (snx)

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22.Oct.2023



Aminet uploads until 21.10.2023
The following files have been added until 21.10.2023 to Aminet:
SegTracker.lha           dev/debug  17K   68k A global SegList tracking uti...
libpng1640_a68k.lha      dev/lib    1.5M  68k Lib for reading/writing PNG
JoyPortTest.lha          driver/inp 7K    68k Test your joystick/CD32 joypa...
2D_ATcad_RTG.lha         gfx/misc   713K  68k 2D-CAD-Programm
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   5.0M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   5.3M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   5.5M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   3.7M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
FallinLeaves.lha         mods/8voic 2.3M      8ch 16bit Synth Pop by HKvalhe
SamplesCreatorDemos.lha  mods/smpl  180K      Some samples created by Sampl...
MultiBubbleBlanker.lha   util/blank 8K    68k P96 blanker with multiple fad...
sysvars.lha              util/boot  5K    68k Put system information in env...
VATestprogram.zip        util/misc  15M   68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
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OS4Depot uploads until 21.10.2023
The following files have been added until 21.10.2023 to OS4Depot:
libvpx.lha               dev/lib 3Mb   4.1 WebM VP8/VP9 Codec library
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
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22.Oct.2023



AROS Archives uploads until 21.10.2023
The following files have been added until 21.10.2023 to AROS Archives:
hollywoodsp.lha              dev/mis 846kb Spanish Catalog for Hollywood 10
vnc-client-server.lha        net/mis 5Mb   Aros VNC Client and Server
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 21.10.2023
The following files have been added until 21.10.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
SDL_2.28.4_Libraries.lha  Dependencies/SDL          All Libraries SDL : SDL...
Lua_5.4.6.lha             Development/LUA           Latest release of Lua c...
AmiArcadia_30.31.lha      Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
Easy2Install_1.0b40.lha   Network/PackageManager    A package manager to do...
PolyOrga_1.22a.lha        Office/Organizer          PolyOrga is a general-p...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 21.10.2023
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 21.10.2023:
  • 2023-10-17 improved: Breach (Omnitrend Software) supports version 1.2e (Info)
  • 2023-10-17 new: Blue Boy (Micromania) done by Psygore (Info)
  • 2023-10-16 new: Defender (Acid) done by JOTD (Info, Image)
  • 2023-10-16 improved: Reshoot Proxima 3 (spieleschreiber) access fault fixed, memory required reduced, icons added (Info, Image)
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22.Oct.2023
Amiga Future (website)


AmigaRemix: Further file added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 file has been added:
  • Nexus 7 Theme (Cover)
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22.Oct.2023
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MorphOS: Web Browser Wayfarer 6.4 (Update)
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 6.3 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS. Besides bug fixes, the audio decoder has been rewritten to use AHI's device interface, and moreover, the presence of the Core web fonts is now checked and otherwise the WebFontsInstaller is executed.

Update: (23.10.2023, 21:18, dr)

Version 6.4 fixes a race condition in audio playback initialization.

Download: wayfarer.lha (35 MB) (snx)

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22.Oct.2023
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Event: World of Commodore 2023 in Toronto (Canada)
On December 2 and 3, 2023, the "World of Commodore" will take place again in Toronto, Canada. Organized by TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group), a user group founded in 1979 and, according to its own information, being the oldest continuously active Commodore user group, the organizers welcome Amiga engineer RJ Mical as featured guest this year. (snx)

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Music: Guitar Rock covers of Turrican tracks
'BadHairlineProductions' plays music from video games. Now he has also recorded some tracks from Turrican I and II as guitar rock versions, which are available as videos under the title link.

As the artist told us, he started playing some Mario, Pokémon and Zelda tracks with his fusion band a few years ago because, as jazz musicians, they liked the vibe of the early Mario music. Then, during the pandemic, he had started digging deeper and eventually did a lot of academic research on the history of video game music. Among other things, this also gave him the chance to talk to Chris Hülsbeck twice last year (BOING magazine's interview with him from issue #6). (dr)

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22.Oct.2023



Tool: SpriteSplitter v0.2 (update)
The basic idea of a spritesheet is to pack a series of images together into a single image. Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen's "SpriteSplitter" reverses this: it is a simple tool for splitting a spritesheet image into separate images that can be used in the Scorpion Engine. This allows the user to save time when updating spritesheets by automating this process.

It is planned to expand the tool in the future:
  • Parameters to set start and end sprite index. This would let you split out a range of sprites from a larger spritesheet that contain lots of sprites.
  • Parameter for toggling Preserve Palette which let you keep original palette and it's index order.
  • Specify rects for spritesheets with irregularly shaped sprites.
Update: (22.10.2023, 15:25, dr)

Meanwhile, version 0.2 is already available. Changes:
  • Changed to named parameter/value pairs for clarity.
  • Added from and to parameters which let you specify range of sprites to be split/separated out from the spritesheet. This is very useful if you have a large unified spritesheet and you want to grab ranges from it and save to different places.
  • Changed so that when output is not specified SpriteSplitter uses the input as a base for the output instead.
(dr)

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21.Oct.2023
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Preview video: "New Bubble Story" coming 2024
"New Bubble Story" (video preview of level 16), a clone of the Accolade classic Bubble Ghost, was to be released in 2021 (amiga-news.de reported). In a small preview video, Alain Treesong now not only presents the more or less final version of the game menu, but also announces the availability of the game for 2024. (dr)

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Video: Comparison of A1200-PiStorm32 and A3000/A4000 with 060 processor
In its latest video, the YouTube channel "Hold and Modify" compares an Amiga 1200 with PiStorm32-lite and the latest Emu68 update with an Amiga 3000 or Amiga 4000 equipped with a 68060 processor using a "Star Trek Voyager" animation. (dr)

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Status report: Doom clone "Grind"
Just a few days ago, there was a new preview video for the Doom clone "Grind". Now the developer has published a detailed report on Patreon in which he goes into detail about the features that have already been implemented, but also gives an outlook on the tasks that still need to be completed. (dr)

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21.Oct.2023



Theme set: 32se and 32se lite V7.20 for AmigaOS 3.2
AmigaOS 32se" is a supplement of themes for AmigaOS 3.2, which is available free of charge in a "lite" version (video) or in a full version (video) for about ten US Dollars. It was tested by the developer Sami Vehmaa under emulators.

In the new version 7.20, the demo "Human Traffic" and the game DeluxePacMan 1.6 AGA was added and iRipple was reconfigured. (dr)

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21.Oct.2023



SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware v2023.10.20
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2023.10.20:
  • NEW: Platform support for the new ZuluSCSI Pico
  • NEW: ZuluSCSI Pico - SCSI DaynaPORT WiFi ethernet emulator
  • NEW: ZuluSCSI F4 platform support code
  • NEW: ZuluSCSI v1.1 ODE and ZuluSCSI v1.2 support
  • Initiator mode improvements from downstream
  • Remove shared BS2 specific code
  • Add Mac sanity checks when Apple quirks mode is enabled
  • Adopt support for Implicit Image directories from downstream fork
  • Added ability to change CD audio volume in config
  • Add CD audio volume config example
(dr)

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20.Oct.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 165 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 165 (November/December 2023) have been published online at the title link. Content includes a show report from Amiga38, a preview of Roguecraft and a review of the German computer magazine "ASM" game.

Amiga Future magazine is available as an English and a German printed magazine and can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers. (snx)

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20.Oct.2023
Jérôme Senay (Mail)


Print magazine: Boing #7 (French)
"Boing" is a French print magazine by Boing Attitude (e.g. Dir Me Up and Word Me Up XXL) for all Amiga systems on 52 A4 color pages.

The seventh issue among others includes an Amiga buyer's guide, listing the different solutions available today, information on the A1222+ and interviews with AAA Technology and George Sokianos. (dr)

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20.Oct.2023
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Amiga-compatible mainboard: Denise
For about 90 Euro the Amiga-compatible mainboard "Denise" from the Swedish developer Enterlogic should be available in principle, plus e.g. 14 Euro shipping costs to Germany - but currently it is listed as sold out since the end of June, a new batch is announced. Besides the bare board, one gets another PCB for the RAM and two microcontrollers including firmware to use also PC keyboard and mouse besides the original Amiga ones.

Once all other components, including the 68000 processor and the Amiga custom chips, have been found and soldered, the fully assembled Denise is said to be most comparable to an Amiga 500+ with two Zorro II slots. (snx)

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20.Oct.2023



CLI command: sysvars - system information as environment variables
The sysvars command creates environment variables with system information in order to make it dependent on these, for example, in the startup sequence, which patches are included. So far there is information on the CPU and FPU, the chipset, the vertical frame rate (PAL/NTSC) as well as whether the emulator UAE is used - and if so, in which version.

AmigaOS 2.x is required, a future version for operating system version 1.3 is being considered. (snx)

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20.Oct.2023



Do it yourself: amiga-DSKRDY PCB for floppy disk drives
If no original Amiga disk drives are used, the "RDY" signal that the floppy disk drive is ready is usually missing, which can cause problems with some programs.

The 15x20 millimeter board amiga-DSKRDY provides the corresponding signal for such drives, assuming that readiness actually exists after 500 milliseconds. (snx)

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Alien Breed clone: new playable demo for 'Chaos Guns'
Chaos Guns started life as a mashup of 'Alien Breed' - running and gunning from a top-down view - and 'Hired Guns' - four indepently playable characters. A first tech demo, written in the rather exotic programming language 'PowerD', was released in 2014. After loosing the only coder and realizing that engine as originally envisioned would be too taxing for the Amiga, the team created several prototypes including one created with Backbone that was released to the public in 2016.

Shortly afterwards Jozef Tomka joined the team as a coder, to write an engine for this reduced version of the game - 32 instead of 256 colors, only one playable character - in Assembler. But according to members of the team, everybody was involved in too many projects, so work on Chaos Guns came to a halt for years. But now Tomka has published a new early alpha version of the game:


"Chaos Guns 8.69 (2023)" ist playable (video), even if the enemies aren't really fighting back yet. To be able to shoot, you first have to select a weapon using the "1" to "7" keys.

Download: ChaosGuns_8.69.lha (386 KB) (cg)

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19.Oct.2023
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Poster: Cover of AmigaAddict #19
Stoo Cambridge was a graphic designer at Sensible Software, who had also published the game Cannon Fodder, among others. For the cover picture of AmigaAddict #19 he used the game theme and added himself and Jon Hare in pixel portrait style. This picture can now also be ordered as a poster in his webshop. (dr)

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19.Oct.2023



Video talk: The "Amiga Game Framework"
In mid-August we introduced Janne Peräaho's "Amiga Game Framework" in a detailed article. Last weekend, the traditional developer conference (DevCon) took place during the AmiWest, where developers report on their projects. Janne Peräaho kindly provided us with download links to the slides and the video presentation of his planned contribution:

Video talk (zip archive with avi video, 43 MB)
just the slides (zip archive with jpeg files, 3 MB) (dr)

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18.Oct.2023



Amiga Games That Weren't: Truxz
Additional to Fatal Mission, there is another Amiga game started by Ola Zandelin (and Rodrigo Perez) that he did not finish: "Truxz" was supposed to be a 3D racing game with texture mapping. Planned were about nine different types of weapons, many different tracks on different terrain, raytraced graphics and a shop. Again, the developer provides some graphics on his website. (dr)

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18.Oct.2023
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Video: Converting PC disk drives for operating on Amigas
In his latest video, Jan Beta shows how to modify standard PC floppy drives to work with Amigas and other retro systems. (dr)

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18.Oct.2023



3D action adventure: Bugdom 2 for Linux and MorphOS
Similar to the first part of the 3D action adventure game "Bugdom", the second part of the game originally published by Pangea Software was ported to modern OS by 'jorio'.

Afterwards, 'BeWorld' compiled Bugdom 2 for MorphOS (the latest SDL archive is required) and Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky for LinuxPPC-32Bit. The game runs on the Linux PowerPC distributions Void PPC, MintPPC, Fienix.

Download: Bugdom2_4.4.0-linux-powerpc.tar.gz (133 MB) (dr)

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18.Oct.2023
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AROS distribution: AROS One 2.2 (x86)
"AROS One", a distribution based on the AROS binary interface ABI v0, is now available in version 2.2 for x86 computers. It can be downloaded as DVD ISO file or as USB flash image at the title link, where you can also find video recordings.

Besides updates of the included programs and games as well as bug fixes, also new functions have been added. The changes in detail:
  • Update Core ABIv0:
    • InstallAROS (Fix DualBoot)

  • Update AROS One OS System:
    • On USB Image live created link to InstallAROS on Wanderer
    • Create Script and related Icon for SMB2-Dismount
    • Fix AmiStart menu
    • Add AmiStart Prefs Script/Icon "No Backdrop"
    • View Font "TTF" and "bitmap fonts" on Wanderer and Dopus4 with a simple double-click
    • New Themes OS4 by Miker
    • New and fix Themes AROS One
    • Fix Theme (Animazione Gadget)
    • Improved and enlarged Wanderer top bar
    • DigiClock 'in transparent mode' is now placed on the top bar of Wanderer
    • Add Source MUIClass on Free Pascal IDE
    • Created Descriptor Datatypes PAS (Source Free Pascal)
    • Created Icon Def_PAS (Source Free Pascal)
    • ZuneARC, new AROS One icon-style buttons
    • Fix def_ADF.info
    • Fix Pointer Prefs (deadwood)
    • OWB: Set as search engine DuckDuckGo (faster)
    • LilCalendar can now also be found in Utilities
    • DiskImageGUI moved to Utilities
    • Complete installation packages of 4 types of Disk icons and 4 types of Drawer icons, plus 2 types of Apps icons, all icons were created by me for AROS One. The icons are only available for private use, not allowed to be used on other operating systems

  • Update AROS One Apps:
    • Loan
    • ssh2fs 53.1
    • SilkRAW 2.0
    • AmiDream 0.2
    • Zip.hwp 2.0 (PlugIn Hollywood)
    • DigiClock 1.2 (update)
    • Image2PDF 2.3
    • AmiTranslate 0.3
    • LilCalendar 2.7
    • V.A.M.P. 3.10
    • ArosVNC Single Threaded and MultiThreaded Fix
    • WebpTools 1.3.2
    • RNOSlides 1.0
    • HollywoodSP Spanish Catalog for Hollywood 10

  • Update AROS One Games:
    • Open Jazz Jackrabbit Xmas Full
    • Siete Y Media 1.10 (Update)
    • Blackjuan Poker Card 1.10 (Update)
    • BlackIvan 1.0
    • Golf GolfSolitaire 1.0
    • Free Abuse 0.71
    • Pingus 0.7.6
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Motorola68k emulation: Emu68 v1.0 Release Candidate 2
A month ago, Developer Michal Schulz had released Release Candidate 1 of version 1.0 of his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 for the ARM architecture, focusing on the PiStorm and PiStorm32lite (amiga-news.de reported). Emu68 1.0 Release Candidate 2 contains all fixes from RC1. Additionally it contains two changes improving the support for old games and demos massively:

Updated instruction cache

The instruction cache used for translation of m68k to aarch64 code as well as to verify already translated code has been improved. The writes to chip memory automatically invalidate it, there are less flushes of the instruction cache during operation of Emu68.

Slow DBF

A special hack is added to make DBF busy loops operating with reasonable speed. Until now such kind of loops was way to fast on Emu68 and this rendered many old games or demos unusable or misbehaving. The special handling of DBF busy loops can be enabled in cmdline.txt file by adding a dbf_slowdown keyword, or during operation of Emu68 using the EmuControl tool.

The developer provides more detailed information on the changes in his new Patreon post. (dr)

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17.Oct.2023



GUI for Greaseweazle Tools : FluxMyFluffyFloppy v5.0.2 for Windows
Just the other day, in an article about setting up a Greaseweazle V4, we mentioned the graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for the Greaseweazle Tools. Now 'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.0.2. Changes:
  • Requires Greaseweazle 1.16
  • New disc formats: pc98.n88basic.hd, zx.quorum.800
  • New image format: CT Raw (ctr)
  • Updated "diskdefs.cfg" (2023-08-17)
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17.Oct.2023



Frogger clone: Frogger (beta version 3)
Frogger (YouTube video) is supposed to be a 1:1 conversion of the 1981 Konam game (amiga-news.de reported). As the developer reports, the third beta version of the game is technically 100% complete and a small trainer has also been integrated. He was also able to inspire a musician for the project who will compose 20 musical sequences. For now, beta version 2 stays available, since the changes will added to the final version. (dr)

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17.Oct.2023



Video: Procedurally generated levels in AMOS
The procedural generation of levels is a technique for creating game worlds in which one does not create each individual level by hand, but uses algorithms to construct the levels programmatically. This allows for almost unlimited variation and can shorten development time (see the explanatory article on the example of Unity).
In his latest video, Rob Smith explains this technique using the example of a future AMOS game for which he has to generate a large number of levels. He also shows how to speed up the algorithm and finally create a simple maze. (dr)

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17.Oct.2023
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Image Gallery: Update of the "Amiga Graphics Archive"
The "Amiga Graphics Archive" is dedicated to all kinds of pixel graphics created with the Commodore Amiga between 1985 and 1995. According to the operator, quite a number of remarkable images were created during this period, which he believes should not be gathering dust on some hard drive, hidden in an extra level in a game that is never played, or on a PD collection disk that is almost unknown. These graphics should be accessible to all by presenting them on his website.

Somewhat deviating from his own credo, pixel graphics by the Danish graphic artist Facet have been added in the latest Update. (dr)

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16.Oct.2023
Forum 64 (Webseite)


Joystick repairs: Replacement PCB for the Competition Pro Mini
The "Competition Pro Mini" is a miniaturized version of the well-known Competition Pro joystick. Thanks to their small size, the micro switches used in these joysticks aren't really up to the mechanical stress they're put through while playing games - which is why many surviving Minis are only partially functional these days: Some of the directions or fire buttons are not working anymore.

Unfortunately, micro switches with the exact same dimensions as the ones used in the Competition Pro Mini are no longer available. To solve this problem, a user has now designed a replacement PCB, that can use "F4T7-UL" micro switches from SAIA-BURGESS which are still available (example). The required files to manufacture the PCB have been published on Github in KiCad format. Once assembled, the PCB is a 1:1 replacement for the original component. (cg)

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16.Oct.2023
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"Making Of"video: AmiFox Amiga38 Boxed Special Edition
The Amitopia AmiDev Team gave away boxed special editions of AmiFox on the Amiga 38 last weekend, like reported in a previous news. Now there is also a "Making Of" video available with details on how it was produced and what was learned in the process. The video also includes footage of the actual event. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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16.Oct.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Update to Heretic II nearing completion (Update)
Since the beginning of the year Steffen Häuser has been working on an update for Heretic II for AmigaOS 4, which among other things should support HD modes. At the Amiga38 a preview of the game was already shown at the stands of Alinea Computer and HunoPPC (amiga-news.de reported). As he now informs us, he worked on the game again after the fair and created a new version. The most important changes:
  • der gl4es-Renderer läuft nun ca. 20-25% schneller als die auf der Messe gezeigte Version
  • der MiniGL-Renderer hat nun Multitexturing, was ebenfalls zu einer Performanceverbesserung führt
According to tests on his AmigaOne X1000, the new version now runs at 108 fps at 1024x768. UHD resolutions are also supported, which then requires an X5000.

Update: (16.10.2023, 19:45, cg)

Steffen Häuser confirms (German) in a forum posting that the OS4 version of Heretic II will only be available as a boxed copy for full retail price in a newly designed box (German), there are no plans for a free or cheaper update for registered customers. According to Häuser, a boxed edition was requested by his betatesters and physical distribution would result in a larger payment for his (quote) "quite time-consuming work" on the AmigaOS 4 port. (dr)

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16.Oct.2023
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Diskmag: 'Amiga Rulez' now available in English
A week ago, the first German issue of a new Diskmag called 'Amiga Rulez' was published, now the English translation is available. The next issue will be released in mid December, after that new issues will published every quarter. From now on, the German and English editions will be released simultaneously. (cg)

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16.Oct.2023
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MorphOS: PolyOrganiser 1.22a
Frederic 'Polymere' Rignault's PolyOrganiser is a 'Personal Information Management' tool that features a calendar, an address book and ToDo lists. Changes since version 1.21:
  • Fix: Update by overwriting directory can destroy user database forever! Use alternative filename for install.
  • Fix: Fixed the text transparency rendering for Tabs
  • Add: Time format in preference for local system that add secondes at time. Or force AM/PM. More time formats (with or without 0 fill in hour and am/AM choice)
  • Fix: Refresh time format at startup
  • Fix: hit when double clock on empty diary list
  • Add: new event window when double click on an empty diary list (stay or remove the feature ? context menu do the same)
  • Change: Tabs color reference to true color mode. Allow alpha for border for allow full transparency for flat skin.
  • Change: Add transparency to tabs text too.
  • Change: Calendar switch to full color mode. Fix some render issue.
  • Fix: import old not true color may create bad color, use defaut instead.
(cg)

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