24.Sep.2020
English Amiga Board (Webseite)
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CDTV extension: Improved video signal using 'Ultimate CDTV video board'
On Arananet the "Ultimate CDTV video board" is available which replaces the original CDTV video board of a CDTV "adding a great output quality" and completely removing "the verticals bars made on some monitors". The card offers a 15-khz-VGA-port and the typical 23-pole video port. Additionally it provides a SD card reader which can only be used with a Vampire 500.
Furthermore the extension provides an experimental RS-232-WLAN adapter based on a ESP8266 microcontroller which has to be connected to the serial port of the CDTV. This adapter emulates a modem enabling terminal or mailbox software establishing a WLAN connection.
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24.Sep.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Print magazine: Issue 123 of Amiga Future readable online
The English issue 123 (November/December 2016) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can be read online on its website. You can also purchase a pdf version with a higher resolution or a printed version in the shop.
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23.Sep.2020
David Brunet (ANF)
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Interview: Manuel Fernández Higueras (FPGA computers Mistica FPGA16 and SiDi)
The magazine 'Obligement' has published an interview with the Spanish hardware developer Manuel Fernández Higueras (English, French) who has designed the Amiga compatible FPGA computers 'Mistica FPGA16' and 'SiDi'.
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20.Sep.2020
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Aminet uploads until 19.09.2020
The following packages have been uploaded to Aminet until 19.09.2020:
RADManager_de.lha disk/misc 1K German catalog for RADManager
DodgyRocks.lha game/actio 236K 68k Dodgy Rocks
F1GP2020Carset.lha game/data 8K 2020 Carset for F1GP
AmiSpear_RTG.lha game/shoot 1.4M 68k Amiga port of Spear of Destiny
AmiWolf_RTG.lha game/shoot 1.4M 68k Amiga port of Wolfenstein 3D
ODAMEX_RTG.lha game/shoot 19M 68k Amiga port of ODAMEX
ZDOOM_AGA.lha game/shoot 2.9M 68k Amiga port of ZDOOM
ZDOOM_RTG.lha game/shoot 2.9M 68k Amiga port of ZDOOM
Glulxe.lha game/text 500K MOS A Glulx text adventure interp...
Glulxe050.lha game/text 349K 68k Glulxe, a Glulx text adventur...
multimediatags.lha misc/emu 8K MOS Dump meta data from sound file
pcx_vgadir.lha misc/emu 22K 68k VGA Direct video driver for P...
ptplayer.lha mus/play 27K 68k ProTracker player w/ support ...
ASE2019_1.1.lha text/edit 62K 68k Text editor
Vim_8.2-i386-aros.lha text/edit 12M x86 The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.2-ppc-amigaos.lha text/edit 13M OS4 The ubiquitous text editor
Vim_8.2-ppc-morphos.lha text/edit 13M MOS The ubiquitous text editor
PassPocket.lha util/misc 494K OS4 Password manager utility
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 595K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 703K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 757K OS4 Multipurpose utility
InstallerLG.i386-aros... util/sys 120K x86 Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.ppc-morph... util/sys 154K MOS Commodore Installer replacement
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20.Sep.2020
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OS4Depot uploads until 19.09.2020
The following packages have been uploaded to OS4Depot until 19.09.2020:
passpocket.lha uti/mis 494kb 4.0 Password manager utility
reportplus.lha uti/mis 757kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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20.Sep.2020
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AROS Archives uploads until 19.09.2020
The following packages have been uploaded to AROS Archives until 19.09.2020:
vim_8.2-i386-aros.lha dev/edi 12Mb Vim
fpse-0.10.6-ax86.tar.gz emu/gam 749kb Playstation Emulator
noiz2sa.i386-aros.zip gam/act 9Mb Abstract shooter, similar to rRo...
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20.Sep.2020
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 19.09.2020
The following packages have been uploaded to MorphOS-Storage until 19.09.2020:
EasyRPG_Player_0.6.2.2... A program that allows to play games created with...
Glulxe_0.5.4.lha A Glulx text adventure interpreter
Libfribidi_1.0.10.lha Libfribidi_1.0.10.lha
Umoria_5.7.13.lha Robert A. Koeneke's classic roguelike
Vim_8.2.1583.lha A highly configurable text editor built to make ...
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20.Sep.2020
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WHDLoad: New installers until 19.09.2020
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 19.09.2020:
- 2020-09-17 improved: WWF European Rampage (Ocean) supports another version, chip memory requirements reduced (Info)
- 2020-09-15 updated: Anstoss / Carton Rouge (Ascon) support for AGA version added, more OCS versions added, adaption for original language keyboard (Info)
- 2020-09-13 improved: New Zealand Story (Taito/Ocean) restored original title picture, self-modifying code removed, added extra controls, fixed controls (Info)
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19.Sep.2020
Forum64 (Webseite)
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Audio recording: Speech of Jay Miner
Bill Winters from the Youtube channel "Guru Meditation" has found an old audio recording in the garage of his father which includes a speech of Jay Miner at the "AmiExpo East Coast 1990" in Washington D.C. (USA). The "father of the Amiga" talked in detail among others about the history of the computers, his relation to Commodore and his ideas of the further development of the platform. At the end there was also a round of questions in which Miner seemed accidently to confirm the development of a successor of the A3000.
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19.Sep.2020
a1k.org (Webseite)
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FPGA clone: Minimig RTG for MiST and TurboChameleon 64
After his port of Minimig AGA to the TurboChameleon 64, Alastair Robinson now has also implemented an extension of the graphic card emulation ("RTG") for the hardware of Individual Computers. In appreciation for the free availability of the Minimig-AGA core for MiST, which is based on his RTG version, he also has provided a port for the MiST hardware.
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18.Sep.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Prototype of an unreleased jump'n run: Green Thang
"Green Thang" (video) is a jump'n run game which has been started being developed for the Amiga in 1994. Due to a crashing market, later only a version for the Atari Jaguar was developed further but which only some time later was also dropped. The website "Games that Weren't" succeeded in finding a playable prototype of the Amiga version.
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18.Sep.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Full version for download: Directory Opus Magellan 2
The website of the Amiga Future offers the full version of the file manager "Directory Opus Magellan 2" for free download. The download - an ISO image of the CD - can be only be accessed by registered users due to the size of the file.
Hint of the editors: Our reader "Gert" has pointed out that the CD image can already be downloaded on Sourceforge for quite some time. There are not any limitation regarding the downloads.
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18.Sep.2020
Markus Steffan (ANF)
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Game developer Chris Földing (Jonathan, Stadt der Löwen) died
Chris G. Földing (audio interview from 2019 (German)) was graphic artist and media designer who in cooperation with Markus Frisch in the 90s released several graphic adventures for Amiga and PC: Holiday Maker, Die Stadt der Löwen and Jonathan.
Markus 'Neo Hippie' Steffan who in the past years travelled to Memmingen to visiting the scenes of the game and storing the experiences in his travel diaries maintained regular contact with Földing. He told us that the game developer died last Wednesday at the age of 72.
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17.Sep.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Floppy emulator: Gotek competitor OpenFlops availalbe preassembled
OpenFlops is a floppy emulator which in contrary to Gotek is under a free licence and according to the developer also offers several other advantages. The British shop Simulant now offers preassembled OpenFlops.
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17.Sep.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Demo game for Scorpion Engine: Jump'n Run "Monkey Ladd"
The Jump'n Run "Monkey Lad" (video) is a clone of the Sega classic "Alex Kidd" developed with the Scorpion Engine. The project files of the game are available on Github.
Download: monkeylad.adf (880 KB)
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17.Sep.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Playable Demo: Dungeon Crawler "The Shadows of Sergoth"
"The Shadows of Sergoth" is a Dungeon Crawler similar to Dungeon Master which was released in 2018 for the Amstrad CPC 6128. Some months ago an Amiga port has been announced and now a first playable demo version released (video). The game requires 1,5 MB Chip-RAM and at least a 68020 processor is recommended.
If you are going to play Shadows of Sergoth on an Amiga with 68000 or 68020 processor, you can turn off animations in the option menu. For the end of 2020/beginning of 2021 a commercial release of the game is planned in digital as well as boxed version.
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16.Sep.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Self-made project: Using standard power supply for A500/A1200
Tobias "MastaTabs" Seiler's A500 Single Power and A1200 Single Power are adapter boards which replace the powersupply port of an Amiga. By the help of the board, the computers can be supplied with electricity using a standard 12-Volt power supply.
As a little bonus the board also provides a seperate power switch. The A500 version has been successfully tested by the developer.
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16.Sep.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Self-made project: A500/A2000 2MB Chip-RAM adapter
Matt Harlum's "A500/2000 2MB Chip RAM Mod" is an adapter board which can use the last generation of the "Agnus"-chip (MOS 8375) in an A500 or A2000. This version of the Amiga-Adress-Generator supports up to 2 Megabyte Chip-RAM. A corresponding RAM is already included on the board.
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14.Sep.2020
Amiga Impact (Webseite)
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AMOS Professional AGA: Official alpha version 0.200911
A first inofficial version of Frédéric Cordier's AGA port of the BASIC development environment AMOS Professional - the source codes were released years ago - was released in May only available on Github. Now on the website of the project the first official version alpha 0.200911 is available.
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14.Sep.2020
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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TCP-Stack: Roadshow 1.14
Press release: Slightly delayed by only two years, the free Roadshow TCP/IP stack 1.14 update is now available to all customers. This update fixes a number of long standing bugs, improves performance and accuracy in the TCP/IP stack itself, as well as adding new features to the shell commands which ship with it.
New features include support for the remote shell command (rsh) and Roadshow's new built-in remote shell server: you can now build networks of Amigas and small computer systems, allowing Amiga programs to be started over the network, allow the Amiga to start programs on other computers and exchange data through this channel.
The update process itself has been reworked, enabling you to update Roadshow versions 1.9-1.13 in one single step. Which software is updated, and if/why some software cannot be updated, is also stated clearly.
Our profound thanks go to everybody who contributed bug reports and enhancement requests during the past two years, and especially the beta testers who made shipping the 1.14 update possible in the first place!
This update is available through amigashop.org, in the download area of the customer account you used when you ordered Roadshow. (cg)
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13.Sep.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Podcast: Amiga-Users-Ireland interview with CS-Lab developers
In the latest issue of their podcast, the Amiga Users Ireland have interviewed the developers of CS-Lab, well-known for the accelerator board Warp 1260 (amiga-news.de reported).
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13.Sep.2020
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Aminet-Uploads until 12.09.2020
The following packages have been added to Aminet until 12.09.2020:
AmiBlitz3.lha dev/basic 11M 68k AmiBlitz 3.8 full distribution
SteMarRegBlitzSources... dev/basic 25K 18 Stefano Maria Regattin Bli...
F1GP2020Carset.lha game/data 9K 2020 Carset for F1GP
Umoria.lha game/role 760K MOS Robert A. Koeneke's classic r...
BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 44K 68k Create your own backdrop patt...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.6M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.7M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.1M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
HD-Rec.lha mus/edit 8.2M 68k MIDI/Audio Sequencer for AmigaOS
Tipografia_MorphOS.lha text/dtp 2.6M MOS Generate printable signs usin...
Tipografia_OS4.lha text/dtp 3.5M OS4 Generate printable signs usin...
nowined.lha text/edit 3.7M MOS TextEditor multipage (MDI)
nowinedsrc.lha text/edit 1.3M TextEditor multipage (MDI) (s...
CopyMemAIO.lha util/boot 3K 68k CopyMem for all CPUs incl UAE...
newmeter.lha util/wb 18K 68k Shows free RAM and storage as...
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13.Sep.2020
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 12.09.2020
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until 12.09.2020:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
zgloom.lha gam/fps 3Mb 4.1 A re-implementation of Amiga FPS...
sodipodi.lha gra/edi 9Mb 4.1 a SVG vector illustrator for Ami...
sodipodi-src.lha gra/edi 622kb 4.1 Sources of Sodipodi 0.34r2 for A...
tipografia.lha gra/mis 4Mb 4.0 Generator of printable signs usi...
gqview.lha gra/vie 9Mb 4.1 a picture viewer and organizer f...
gqview-src.lha gra/vie 333kb 4.1 Sources of GQview 2.1.5r2 for Am...
sylpheed.lha net/ema 19Mb 4.1 E-mail client for AmiCygnix with...
sylpheed-src.lha net/ema 1Mb 4.1 Sources of Sylpheed 3.0.3 for Am...
fontforge.lha uti/tex 15Mb 4.1 A font editor for AmiCygnix
fontforge-src.lha uti/tex 278kb 4.1 Sources of FontForge 20120731-b ...
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13.Sep.2020
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 12.09.2020
The following packages have been added to AROS-Archives until 12.09.2020:
pawgr.i386-aros.lha gam/adv 167kb Graphics extractor for PAW adven...
f1spirit.i386-aros.rar gam/dri 19Mb F1 Spirit port
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13.Sep.2020
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 12.09.2020
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Storage until 12.09.2020:
OpenTTD_1.10.3.lha A clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe, a popular ga...
Tipografia_2.0.lha Generate printable signs using TT fonts
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13.Sep.2020
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WHDLoad: New installers until 12.09.2020
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 12.09.2020:
- 2020-09-09 updated: Fire & Ice (Graftgold) fixed crash at startup on some configurations (Info)
- 2020-09-09 improved: 4D Sports Driving (Mindscape) music fixed, caches enabled (Info)
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13.Sep.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following songs have been added:
- 242 (DeNitro Edit)
- Drunk Cat (meow!)
- Artificial Intelligence (Spatial Remix)
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13.Sep.2020
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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The Guardian: Amiga ranked 2 of the greatest computers
The British newspaper "The Guardian" has created a ranking list of the 20 greatest computer systems "that inspired a generation of gamers and programmers". Commodore is at the forefront: The Amiga ranked 2, the C64 is on the third place.
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12.Sep.2020
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Collective purchase order: MasPlayer-Pro-2 kit
Sascha van Wahnem is organizing another collective purchase order for MasPlayer-Pro-2 kits. This is a MPEG decoder which is connected to the parallel port and enables also Amigas having a weaker processor playing MP3 songs.
Registered users can get more information on a1k.org or from the organizer via e-mail. If you are interested then please directly contact Van Wahnem.
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10.Sep.2020
English Amiga Board (Webseite)
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WHDLoad: Graphical user-interface iGame 2.0 beta 6
iGame is a MUI-based frontend for starting WHDLoad games. In the forthcoming version 2.0 now it is also possible to start non-WHDLoad games using WBRun and for the first time there will be a native version for AmigaOS 4. Besides, minor improvements and some bug fixes will be provided. Beta versions of the new iGame generation are available on Github.
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09.Sep.2020
English Amiga Board (Webseite)
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Linux kernel: Support for Amiga filesystem updated
Current versions of the Linux kernel can still manage FFS-formated Amiga media. The corresponding kernel module called "affs" now has been updated: The changes are listed in the commit on kernel.org.
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09.Sep.2020
Generation Amiga (Webseite)
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Development environment: AmiBlitz 3.8.0
The latest version of the programming language AmiBlitz provides several changes which are supposed to improve the compatibility of the compiled codes with Kickstart 1.x and m68000 processors. Additionally the development environment now should also better work with Workbench 2.1 or 2.04 including an updated locale.library:
- improved compatibility ALOT with Kick1.2/1.3 and MC68000-processor of generated code
- updated several libs to work with different Kickstart-versions and processors (does autoswitch code branches internally)
- improved compatibility with Workbench 2.1 (or 2.04 with locale.library) of IDE
- added new feature: line numbers (by request of Fabrizio Radica)
- changed design of welcome-requester to fit on screens with lower resolutions
- updated some autodocs
- added last available sourcecode for NeilCIATrackerlib
- added ptplayerlib (libnum #48, thanks to Phx/MickGyver)
- updated some icon positions and moved some files around
Direct download: v3.8.0.zip (11 MB)
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07.Sep.2020
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Sodipodi 0.34r2 for AmiCygnix
Edgar Schwan has ported the general vector illustrating application Sodipodi, which is the predecessor of the well-known editor "Inkscape", in version 0.34r2 for his X11 environment AmiCygnix (screenshot). Files of the SVG format can be created and edited.
New in this release:
- The program was compiled with GTK+ 2.24.32. As a result, among other things, drag 'n drop now works. The new file requester, which is much more comfortable than the requester from GTK+ 2.6.9, is also useful.
- New start scripts for the start on the desktop and the standalone start.
Features of Sodipodi:
- Extensive set of features for editing vector images:
- mirror
- rotate
- combine / disassemble
- straighten
- transparencies
- and much more...
- Drawing modes:
- freehand lines or Bezier curves
- text
- rectangle
- ellipse
- star
- spiral
- pen
- pencil
- calligraphy
- Gradients (linear and radial)
- grouping of objects
- printer support
- Can export project into a PNG file. Additionally can export project to postscript and PDF format using the print requester.
- Import of graphics in the formats JPeg, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, XPM and SVG
- XML editor to edit the SVG data directly
- Intuitive GUI
- High performance
- and much more...
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06.Sep.2020
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood Designer 5.0 Special Edition available
Press release: Autumn just got awesome: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to present the Special Edition of Hollywood Designer 5.0. Hollywood Designer 5.0 SE is identical to the standard edition of Hollywood Designer 5.0 except that it comes bundled with a special version of Hollywood 8.0 that can only be used with Hollywood Designer but not on its own.
This limitation makes it possible to offer Hollywood Designer 5.0 SE for a much cheaper price than buying Hollywood Designer 5.0 and Hollywood 8.0 separately. It is a special offer targeted specifically at people who only want to use Hollywood Designer but not Hollywood itself. For those users it is now possible to get the most advanced Amiga multimedia software suite for a much cheaper price!
Hollywood Designer 5.0 is a multimedia authoring system that runs on top of Hollywood and can be used to create all sorts of multimedia-based applications, for example presentations, slide shows, games, and applications. Thanks to Hollywood, all multimedia applications created using Hollywood Designer can be exported as stand-alone executables for the following systems: AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4, WarpOS, MorphOS, AROS, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android, and iOS.
Hollywood Designer is no longer limited to "just" being an authoring software, it can now also be used as a flexible graphics editor because it supports many features of modern graphics editors like multiple layers with over 30 filter effects, vector graphics, video import and export, and text processing. Learn more about Hollywood Designer 5.0 and its features at the title link.
Screenshots:
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06.Sep.2020
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Aminet uploads until 05.09.2020
The following packages have been added to Aminet until 05.09.2020:
Amix532.lha comm/amiex 998K 68k AmiExpress BBS system redevel...
F1GP2020Carset.lha game/data 8K 2020 Carset for F1GP
grackle.lha game/edit 36K MOS Dumper and reader for GAC games
UnGAC.lha game/edit 185K OS4 Disassemble adventures writte...
unquill.lha game/edit 243K MOS Decompiles snapshots of Quill...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.7M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
PrayForBeirut.lha mods/8voic 405K 16ch Pray For Beirut by HKvalhe
GoatTracker-morphos.lha mus/edit 1.0M MOS Official tracker-like C64 mus...
InstallerLG.i386-aros... util/sys 120K x86 Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.ppc-morph... util/sys 154K MOS Commodore Installer replacement
WebRadio_sbar.lha util/wb 94K MOS A sbar plugin to listen to We...
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06.Sep.2020
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OS4Depot uploads until 05.09.2020
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until 05.09.2020:
amoskittens.lha dev/lan 2Mb 4.0 Amos the kitten is amos basic in...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
zgloom.lha gam/fps 3Mb 4.1 A re-implementation of Amiga FPS...
grackle.lha gam/mis 185kb 4.0 Dumper/player for adventures wri...
ungac.lha gam/mis 156kb 4.0 Disassembler adventures written ...
sylpheed.lha net/ema 19Mb 4.1 E-mail client for AmiCygnix with...
sylpheed-src.lha net/ema 1Mb 4.1 Sources of Sylpheed 3.0.3 for Am...
gnumeric.lha off/spr 53Mb 4.1 A spreadsheet for AmiCygnix
gnumeric-src.lha off/spr 4Mb 4.1 Sources of the Gnumeric 1.10.17 ...
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06.Sep.2020
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AROS-Archives uploads until 05.09.2020
The following packages have been added to AROS-Archiven until 05.09.2020:
ungac.i386-aros.lha gam/adv 155kb Disassembler for adventures writ...
jigzo.i386-aros.zip gam/boa 4Mb OpenGL jigsaw game for children
botud.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 3Mb Match all blocks, with limited m...
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06.Sep.2020
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 05.09.2020
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Storage until 05.09.2020:
GoatTracker_2.75.lha Official tracker-like C64 music editor
Grackle.lha Dumper and reader for GAC games
Iris_beta_0.93.lha New email client supports IMAP, SSL, email autoc...
MTR_0.69.lha A combined ping and traceroute tool. Shell based
NetCat_0.7.1.lha Low-level TCP/IP data sender and receiver, ports...
UnQuill_0.11.2.lha Decompiles snapshots of Quilled games
WebRadio_2.2.lha A sbar plugin to listen to WebRadios.
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06.Sep.2020
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WHDLoad: New installers until 05.09.2020
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 05.09.2020:
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04.Sep.2020
amigaworld (website)
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Hyperion withdraws opposition against registration of US trademark 'Amiga'
In January 2017, Cloanto filed for registration of the 'Amiga' trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) - right after the previous owner Amiga, Inc. let its own registration expire. Hyperion opposed that registration and filed for several other Amiga-related trademarks ("AmigaOS", "AmigaOne", Boingball) itself, encountering a few administrative issues initially.
The trademark disputes grinded to a halt shortly after that, mostly caused by the lawsuits that had been filed by Hyperion on one side and Cloanto as well as the 'Amiga parties' on the other side. But in the last few days, new filings have been submitted: Hyperion's lawyer is informing the USPTO that his client is withdrawing its opposition against Cloanto's registration of the 'Amiga' mark. Hyperion's attempt to register the BoingBall logo has been abandoned this week as well.
Note from staff: Since the USPTO is already pointing out a "likelihood of confusion" of the other marks Hyperion applied for (AmigaOne, AmigaOS) with Cloanto's 'Amiga' mark, we assume that these attempted registrations will be denied once Cloanto's mark is registered. We currently have no information about the reasons behind Hyperion's change of strategy. (cg)
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03.Sep.2020
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Stephen Jones announced smaller version of his "Checkmate 1500 Plus" case
In September 2018, Stephen Jones successfully financed his case Checkmate 1500 Plus which was inspired by the A3000. This version of the Checkmate, which Jones said he is going to sell the last 300 pieces in the near future, was remarkably bigger than the original A3000 case since it could also host an A500 or A1200.
In a Youtube interview, Jones has announced a smaller version of the case which will only host motherboards of the Mini-ITX but (almost) meets the original size of the Amiga 3000. Currently only renderings of the new case are available which again is supposed to be financed via Kickstarter.
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03.Sep.2020
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 146
The English and German issue 146 (September/October 2020) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed today. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Content of the current issue includes a workshop on 'Lüttje Bookholler', a review on 'Red Pill' and Trevor's Soapbox.
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01.Sep.2020
Amiga Future (website)
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Interview with Corial of Focus Design
For the latest part of his series of scene interviews, Ola '4pLaY' Jensen spoke at the title link to the Dane Søren Bondrup Rasmussen, better known as Corial from the group Focus Design. (snx)
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01.Sep.2020
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the french Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- July/August 2020 news
- Old articles from Joystick 7 to 9:
- News: FMTowns, it's a monster
- Interview with David Jones
- Interview with Steve Bak
- Review of Pirates!
- Review of Grid Runner
- News: Magic Bytes in overproduction
- Interview with Ian Harling
- Review of Police Quest 2
- Review of Lost Patrol
- News: Ocean takes care of Total Recall
- Report: Computer Entertainment Show 1990
- Review of Loom
- Review of Ranx
- Interview with Don Daglow (former Electronic Arts developper)
- Interview with Neil Thomas (author of the RetroManCave YouTube channel)
- Interview with Shinji Miyoshi (Japanese Amiga user)
- Review of NoWinED 0.83
- Review of Urban Runner
- Hardware: SiDI
- Hardware: Checkmate A1500 and Checkmate A1500 Plus
- Point of view: Problems of the Amiga 3000T
- File: Bitmap Brothers (update)
- File: Classic Reflections - What happened to Haage & Partner?
- Tutorial: SSH connection without password with Remote Shell on MorphOS
- Special quiz about Relec
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31.Aug.2020
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: E-Mail program Sylpheed 3.0.3 for AmiCygnix released
Under the title link for AmiCygnix the e-mail program Sylpheed is available in version 3.0.3.
Sylpheed is an e-mail program based on the GTK+-GUI-Toolkit. The design and the user-interface is similar to many well-known programs from the Windows world, e.g. Outlook Express (screenshot).
Edgar Schwan has chosen this program because of its very good support of the IMAP4 protocol.
New in this release:
- New version 3.0.3 with many new features compared to the previous version 2.6.0.
- The program was linked with GTK+ 2.24.32. This means that drag 'n drop, among other things, now also works.
- A spell check with Aspell is now integrated. A German and an English language catalog are included. The catalogs available for AbiWord can also be used.
- Mail addresses and personal data can now be determined via LDAP. For this purpose, Sylpheed was linked with openldap 2.4.49.
- Spam filter function using "bogofilter". The program "bogofilter 1.2.5" is included in the package and is installed automatically.
- Now uses an icon set in the style of AmigaOS 4.1.
- New start scripts for the start on the desktop and the standalone start.
Supported protocols:
- POP3 / APOP
- IMAP4 Rev. 1
- SMTP / SMTP AUTH
- NNTP (News)
- SSL / TLSv1 (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4rev1, NNTP)
Features:
- multiple accounts
- thread display
- News reader
- printing
- address book
- powerful filtering (POP3, IMAP4, local spool)
- external editor (e.g. Vim, which has spell checking)
- template
- powerful search (query search, quick search, search folder)
- customization of toolbar
- mark / color label
Download: sylpheed.lha (19 MB)
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30.Aug.2020
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Aminet-Uploads until 29.08.2020
The following packages have been added to Aminet until 29.08.2020:
Effectus.lha dev/cross 10M MOS Action! cross-compiler using ...
GoADF.lha disk/misc 467K 68k AIO software to handle ADF/AD...
TilesSlide.lha game/actio 97K 68k Align 3 tiles of the same col...
SpeleologieEnAveugle.lha game/text 548K 68k tiny interactive fiction in f...
BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 42K 68k Create your own backdrop patt...
RNORadio.lha mus/play 3.4M MOS Internet radio player
CMatrix.lha util/blank 306K MOS Console Matrix screensaver
CopyMemAIO.lha util/boot 17K 68k CopyMem for all CPUs incl UAE...
UAETools.lha util/cli 3K 68k UAEVersion, UAEUptime & UAEWait
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30.Aug.2020
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 29.08.2020
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until 29.08.2020:
amoskittens.lha dev/lan 7Mb 4.0 Amos the kitten is amos basic in...
abkviewer.lha gra/vie 333kb 4.1 ABKViewer show AMOS Sprites in a...
gnumeric.lha off/spr 53Mb 4.1 A spreadsheet for AmiCygnix
gnumeric-src.lha off/spr 4Mb 4.1 Sources of the Gnumeric 1.10.17 ...
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30.Aug.2020
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 29.08.2020
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Storage until 29.08.2020:
CMatrix_2.0.lha Console Matrix screensaver
Effectus_0.5.2.lha Action! cross-compiler using MADS
MCE_12.1.lha Multi-game Character Editor by James Jacobs.
ReportPlus_7.92.lha A Multipurpose utility by James Jacobs, MorphOS ...
RNORadio_1.2.lha RNORadio is a GUI based internet radio player pr...
UberCassette_0.04.lha WAV to T64/UEF/TZX converter
zmakebas_1.6.1.lha BASIC Text to ZX Spectrum/ZX81 .TAP/.P
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30.Aug.2020
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WHDLoad: New installers until 29.08.2020
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 29.08.2020:
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30.Aug.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following songs have been added:
- Space Harrier
- Shadow Of The Beast - Intro Theme
- Oxxonian - Strategy Game
- Gem'X VS Turrican Remix
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30.Aug.2020
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: RNORadio 1.2
RNORadio, a GUI based Interner radio player program for MP3 streams developed with Hollywood, has been updated.
Changes:
- Added four new skins by Christophe 'Highlander' Delorme
- Added an option to generate a web search from a current stream title/track
- Added an option to display the current stream title in the screen title bar
- Tweaked the Shoutcast keyword handling
- Fixed bugs in the station list editing
- Skins can load TTF fonts from their own directories
- Added a bold option for fonts in skin configs
- Fixed some character issues
- Added a menu option to reset the window size using custom skins
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29.Aug.2020
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Mounting disk images on Workbench: GoADF! 3.1
The Shareware (7 Euro) utility "GoADF!" mounts floppy disk images on Workbench. Changes in version 3.1:
- new config window added to select language
- turkisch catalog (by Oguzhan Oguz) added
- several bug-fixes
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28.Aug.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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DIY projects 'AmigaKeyboardUSB' and 'amigakb': using Amiga keyboards on a PC
AmigaKeyboardUSB and amigakb are firmwares for the singleboard microcontrollers from Arduino that turn the SBC into an adapter that connects classic Amiga keyboards with an USB port on a modern computer.
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27.Aug.2020
a1k.org (Webseite)
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Diagnosis tool: DiagROM 1.2.1
DiagROM is a diagnosis software which has to be burned into an EPROM and then replaces the regular Kickstart-ROM of an Amiga. The tool does not require any driver, IRQs or something like that and therefore should also run on only partly working computers performing hardware tests and identifying problems.
Additional to the "stable" version, the official website also provides "Daily Builds" which are daily updated but still can include bugs. DiagROM is free software, the source code is available on Github.
DiagROM 1.2.1 is the latest stable version of the tool which provides the following changes:
- 2020-07-16: WOW This is a long time since I updated this. And lets be honest. I have forgot what i have changed.
BUT one thing I just been thinking. I have bumped the versionnumber in the
wrong "end".. so as I am working on a new init-routine. I consider this is the "stable" one.
So I bump the serialnumber to 1.2.1. I have been too busy with hardware so I
must confess I haven't coded so much on DiagROM. I have made some minor bugfixes etc.
I must still warn that if a routine is experimental you cannot really trust the tests :)
Anyway in hope for the best in the future. the "daily" will for a while be a little "jumpy" while I
get the new init working. This should be useful meanwhile :)
- 2019-08-13: Long time since last time. New Stable.
Now Diskdrivetest should work on most machines.
Memchecks should now detect nonworking ram better.
Experimental CIA test added that should work on NTSC machines aswell. MIGHT give false
results on TOD-B tests. It will still say that IRQ is needed, this is not true :)
Added RGB Test.
and usual "bugfixes" pressing left mousebutton when chipmemdetect starts skips serial
output and makes startup faster. holding down left mousebutton while doing memscan at
start skips memtests. (good if it hangs during scan. known not found bug yet!)
- 2019-05-04: Updated to tested values if new CIA test that should be more correct.
Also in memoryedit mode (memtest) added pageup/down functions with Q and Z keys.
(or Amigastandard shift+cursor keys) also added official support to execute code
from current locaton using the X key. (this is very much not really useful for most
people)
- 2019-05-03: New experimental CIA test should be working. This I would add much more early but due to
some idiots having the totally wrong way of asking for a function I just simply ignored
the request of having a CIA test that works in NTSC mode aswell. Remember HOW you ask
for functions/features. Do not be a dick. Anyway. it now hopefully works. I have no
real NTSC machine to test on, so please test and report (bugreports@diagrom.com).
remember that result is dependent on current screenmode so OK can be on the PAL side
even on a NTSC machine.
- 2019-05-01: Added a new experimental CIA test. it says however IRQ is needed but it is a lie.
Will be changed when the old test is removed.
it will now show number of ticks intead. and if it is ok or not in both PAL and NTSC
modes. (still remember. pressing space in mainmenu swaps between PAL/NTSC mode on most
Amigas).
- 2019-01-26: Changed some in serial output so tests that are ok are shown in green.
and tests failing are shown in red.
also changed the screen if no mem was found at all that it now shows in rasterbars
bit 31->0 Light green is a working bit. dark green is a bad bit in memory.
Slowly going from Address $400 and up. (4 longwords up every flash).
where I now added a section of 4 parts:
This is a very fast (and not very reliable) memorytest of chipmem.
telling if it seems to have working ram in different blocks of 512k.
so 4 lines= 2MB of ram.
those tests are in realtime so poking around on databits will show you result
in realtime.. This is using Raster-magic coding C64 style. So flicker is normal.
- 2019-01-13: Whopsi. During my tests I disabled parts of the CIA test. now working again.
also changed somewhat at the init output doing chipram detection.
Now it shows binary output aswell. This made detecting MUCH slower.
But I found out that if I write the address being tested only once.
things got much faster. Now it takes longer when there are errors.
I have added (to TEST! might be removed anyday) a function that if you press
left mousebutton, serialoutput is temporary disabled making it go much faster.
- 2019-01-02: Changed memtest pattern so it is different for high/low word
- 2019-01-01: HAPPY NEW YEAR! changed serial output at startup when there
is biterrors. now also showing binary output.
Writes address only once, this dramatically also as a bonus
improves detectionspeed when memory is good. Slight
different coloroutput now. (might be changed)
- 2018-11-17: Added a RGB Test showing a R G and B bar. for the moment only in OCS, AGA will come.
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27.Aug.2020
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Turrican: Limited new edition as "Anthologies" and "Collector's Editions"
The publisher "Strictly Limited Games" distributes old or so far only digitally available games as boxed editions including some "goodies" - in strictly limited quantities. In co-operation with Factor 5 now the Turrican games - at least those ones of which Factor 5 holds the rights - will be republished.
The games are divided into two "anthologies" which can be seperately purchased. Additionally, a "Collector's Edition" as well as an "Ultra Collector's Edition" are available - all for Nintendo Switch or Playstation 4.
At least the Mega-Drive and SNES versions of the games are also available as real cartridges for the original devices. Currently it is not clear if this will also apply to the Amiga games: At the moment the official webshop is often updated, new Turrican products are added.
For 35 Euro the "Turrican Anthology Vol. 1" includes the following games:
- Turrican (Amiga)
- Turrican 2 (Amiga)
- Super Turrican (SNES)
- Super Turrican Director’s Cut (SNES)
- Mega Turrican Score Attack (Mega Drive)
"Turrican Anthology Vol. 2" (available also for 35 Euro) includes:
- Turrican 3 (Amiga)
- Mega Turrican (Mega Drive)
- Mega Turrican Director’s Cut (Mega Drive)
- Super Turrican 2 (SNES)
- Super Turrican 1 Score Attack (SNES)
The "Collector's Edition" for Nintendo Switch or Playstation 4 costs 100 Euro:
- Turrican Anthology Vol. 1 Game for Playstation 4 or Nintendo Switch
- Turrican Anthology Vol. 2 Game for Playstation 4 or Nintendo Switch
- Collector’s box with magnetic latch
- Turrican Documentary (BluRay)
- Soundtrack
- Art Book
- Sticker Sheet
- 4 Acrylic Art Cards
- 2 Large reversible Posters
- Enamel Pin
- Signed Postcard (Print)
Finally the "Ultra Collector's Edition" can be purchased for 200 Euro:
- Turrican Anthology Vol. 1 Game for Nintendo Switch or PS4
- Turrican Anthology Vol. 2 Game for Nintendo Switch or PS 4
- Collector’s box with magnetic latch
- Turrican Amiga Outer Box
- 20 cm exclusive Turrican Figure
- Turrican Documentary (BluRay)
- 4 CD Soundtracks
- Art Book
- Sticker Sheet
- 4 Acrylic Art Cards
- Manual
- 4 Amiga Coaster
- 2 Large reversible Posters
- Acrylic Diorama
- Enamel Pin
- Signed Postcard (Print)
- Authentication Certificate
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27.Aug.2020
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Preview videos: 'RESHOOT PROXIMA 3' and 'Boss Machine'
The former "Amiga Joker" editor Richard Löwenstein is working on his third Shoot'em Up. After RESHOOT and RESHOOT R currently he creates the game "RESHOOT PROXIMA 3". On his Patreon site Löwenstein publishes updates and background information on the game, for example an official trailer which should have been released on the Gamescom.
For the Shoot'em Up "Boss Machine" there is a video showing one of the final bosses - currently without own intelligence. Kevin Saunders, the developer of the game, also has a Patreon site.
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26.Aug.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 113 (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 and programs on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes Amiga articles about the multi-directional shooter "Detector" and the multimedia software "Time Table History: Science and Innovation" (Amiga CDTV).
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25.Aug.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Open source design: EPROM adapter for A500 motherboards of revision 5
The Amiga 500 ROM Adapter allows the usage of EPROMs in an Amiga 500 of motherboard revision 5. Compared to previous versions of the mainbord, this generation has a bug which normally prevent using regular EPROMs. Additionally, some resistors are missing which can cause stability problems.
Some years ago a detailed description of the problem Henryk Richter supplied. Using the documents of 'RetroNynjah', published on Github, an adapter board can be built which removes the mentioned obstacles.
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24.Aug.2020
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Demo scene: Interview with Bifat / The Electronic Knights
On amigalife.org interviews with memebers of the demo scene are published. Currently an interview with 'Bifat', member of the group 'The Electronic Knights', is online.
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24.Aug.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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UAE-based Amiga virus scanner for Unix systems
amiga-uae-virus-scan is a batch script for Unix systems which checks single files or complete directories for Amiga virus using FS-UAE. ADF images are supported as well. Some Amiga programs and libraries are required from the Aminet which the script could download.
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24.Aug.2020
a1k.org (Webseite)
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Diagnosis software: Amiga Test Kit 1.12
Keir Fraser's "Amiga Test Kit" is a software-based solution for checking diverse components of an Amiga. The download archive includes a bootable disk image as well as an executable file which can be started from the harddrive.
"Amiga Test Kit" is free software. The source code is available on Github under a Public-Domain licence.
Direct download: AmigaTestKit-v1.12.zip (133 KB)
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23.Aug.2020
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Aminet uploads until 22.08.2020
The following packages have been added to Aminet until 22.08.2020:
redpillgamecreator.lha dev/misc 1.9M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
UAEGfxForOS4.lha driver/vid 5K OS4 UAEGfx/UltraHD for UAE/OS4
MCE.lha game/edit 2.9M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.3M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 3.4M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
ZDOOM_AGA.lha game/shoot 3.2M 68k Amiga port of ZDOOM
ZDOOM_RTG.lha game/shoot 2.9M 68k Amiga port of ZDOOM
BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 41K 68k Create your own backdrop patt...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.1M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
CopyMemAIO.lha util/boot 2K 68k CopyMem which autoselects bes...
UAETools.lha util/cli 3K 68k UAEVersion, UAEUptime (FIXED)...
CTLG2CT.lha util/conv 14K 68k Decompiles catalogs back into...
UberCassette.lha util/conv 407K MOS WAV to T64/UEF/TZX converter
zmakebas_mos.lha util/conv 63K MOS BASIC Text to ZX Spectrum/ZX8...
GEMImageDT.lha util/dtype 40K OS4 DataType for GEM pictures (IM...
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 594K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 702K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 754K OS4 Multipurpose utility
newmeter.lha util/wb 17K 68k Shows free RAM and storage as...
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23.Aug.2020
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OS4Depot uploads until 22.08.2020
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until 22.08.2020:
mce.lha gam/uti 3Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
claws-mail.lha net/ema 56Mb 4.1 An email client for AmiCygnix
claws-mail-src.lha net/ema 4Mb 4.1 Sources of Claws-Mail and relate...
gnumeric.lha off/spr 53Mb 4.1 A spreadsheet for AmiCygnix
gnumeric-src.lha off/spr 4Mb 4.1 Sources of the Gnumeric 1.10.17 ...
abiword.lha off/wor 54Mb 4.1 AbiWord 2.8.6 r4 for AmiCygnix
abiword-src.lha off/wor 7Mb 4.1 Sources of the AbiWord 2.8.6 r4 ...
reportplus.lha uti/mis 754kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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[News message: 23. Aug. 2020, 07:23] [Comments: 0]
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23.Aug.2020
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 22.08.2020
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Storage until 22.08.2020:
SDLPoP_1.21.lha SDLPoP is an open-source port of Prince of Persi...
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[News message: 23. Aug. 2020, 07:23] [Comments: 0]
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23.Aug.2020
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WHDLoad: New packages until 22.08.2020
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 22.08.2020:
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[News message: 23. Aug. 2020, 07:23] [Comments: 0]
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22.Aug.2020
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Lemon Amiga Forum: Several user accounts hacked
In the English-language forum of "Lemon Amiga" obviously several user accounts have been hacked for advertising for certain versions of DOOM. The team of Lemon Amiga wrote:" Its going to take us a month to remove all of this crap manually, and also longer to change everybodies passwords and protect the site.
It seems this was a brute force attack on weak passwords "only". The server was not compromised. Apparently, many of these weak accounts had passwords the same as their user name. So it was not hard to open up the door. Other weak passwords included: "passsword", "123456", "pa55w0rd" etc."
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[News message: 22. Aug. 2020, 22:15] [Comments: 0]
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22.Aug.2020
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.8
RedPill developed by Carlos Peris is a Game Construction Kit written in AmiBlitz2, which can help developing games of diverse genres - see our little review of two games. RedPill is compatible to AGA and ECS, the "player" requires 1 MB Chip as well as some Fast RAM.
Changes of version 0.8:
- Added action trigger Net Connect to connect to a remote machine and have a
multiplayer network game. One machine in server, the client needs to enter the server IP. In a LAN, just
need to type the internal IP. In different networks you can use external IP, probably port forwarding is
needed to find the target machine in the local LAN. REDPILL uses port 6666.
- Added condition trigger On Net Connection to detect when a connexion has been
established or if it is disconnected.
- Added condition trigger Is Net Remote to check if one player is remote or
local.
- Pong project has been updated to support two player network game
- Added action trigger Set Map Cols to activate/deactivate Object collisions.
- Added action trigger Norm Spd45 to adapt speed x and y when object is moving
in diagonal direction.
- Using Tooltype NTSC in Game icon (or -NTSC parameter in the CLI) will force
the game to be launched in NTSC mode.
- Screen width now can go from 320 to 256, to allow for fast ports from other
platforms.
- Input system has been simplified.
- Frame control redone again to avoid flickering issues and horizontal lines.
- Objects of type shot now follow better the direction of the objects
instantiating them.
- Small change in cursor color.
- Input fields for Object width and height.
- Input fields for HUD object pos X and Y.
- Speed on col trigger now works on angle motion objects.
- When Speed on col is negative does not stick the objects to the ground
anymore.
- In Settings screen, now it is possible to select the Light theme for REDPILL
user interface.
- FIX: When using grid slice the frame offsets will be assigned automatically
the grid offset.
- FIX: Follow object was always following object 0.
- FIX: Only Vars from page 1 were accessible in the HUD screen
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[News message: 22. Aug. 2020, 21:54] [Comments: 0]
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22.Aug.2020
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Legal dispute: Intellivision and Cloanto seeking for settlement
After Cloanto has taken legal action to protect the brand Amiga with regard to the console "Amico" developed by Intellivision (amiga-news.de reported) "this proceeding be suspended for 90 days to allow the parties to continue their settlement efforts" (PDF file).
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[News message: 22. Aug. 2020, 11:05] [Comments: 0]
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22.Aug.2020
a1k.org (Webseite)
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Adapter: SmallyMouse2 and "USB mouse module" support USB mice
Simon Inns' SmallyMouse2 uses a microcontroller to convert signals of common USB mice into a format which computers from the 1980s and early 1990s can "process". Additional to the Amiga also the Atari ST, Acorn Archimedes and BBC Micro are supported. All required data and documents for recreating the adapter, Inns has published under a free licence.
The "USB mouse module" distributed by Centurion Technologies is a commercial version of SmallyMouse2 which completely replaces the original mouse port of the A1200. Variants for the A1200 motherboard revisions 1D* and 2B are offered. The product description also explains how to install the adapter in the computer. The "USB mouse module" is available for about 34 Euro plus shipping.
Hint of the editors: Centurion explicitely has listed a version for the motherboard revision "1D*" and implies that the installation instruction in the product description - not including any soldering or mechanical changes at the A1200 motherboard - is valid for all previous revisions of the A1200. In our experience, only revision 1D4 has a seperate mechanical port (picture). In previous versions (Pictures: 1D1, 1D3) the mouse port is firmly attached to the motherboard - in our opinion soldering and machanical operations are required.
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[News message: 22. Aug. 2020, 00:48] [Comments: 0]
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21.Aug.2020
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Overview: List of CNet mailboxes
On amiga.org an user has published a list of C64 and Amiga mailboxes, which use the BBS software CNet. Most of the computers can only be accessed via Telnet but also three (US-American) boxes with a real telephone connection are listed.
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[News message: 21. Aug. 2020, 21:05] [Comments: 0]
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21.Aug.2020
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Reworked version of Gnumeric 1.10.17
Edgar Schwan has updated the port of the spreadsheet Gnumeric (screenshot) for his X11 environment AmiCygnix. Changes:
- The program was linked with GTK+ 2.24.32. As a result, drag and drop now works among other things. Content and other things can now be moved with the mouse and much more.
- New release 5 of the Python package v2.7.2 with GTK+ 2.24.32.
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[News message: 21. Aug. 2020, 17:32] [Comments: 0]
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21.Aug.2020
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Print/PDF magazine: Komoda & Amiga plus #16 (English/Polish)
"Komoda & Amiga Plus" is dedicated to the retro gamers and mainly reports about Commodore's 8-Bit computers and Amigas. The current issue among others has articles about Inviyya, Tiny Galaga and Raid over Moscow as well as the fourth part of the WinUAE experience report.
As printed variant the magazine is available for 8 Euro (plus 15 Euro shipping), the coverdisk for 5 Euro. The digital version costs 1,50 Euro. Previous issues until issue 14 published in December can be downloaded for free.
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[News message: 21. Aug. 2020, 17:29] [Comments: 0]
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20.Aug.2020
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Raspberry Pi and Amiga: A314 Adapter for Amiga 2000
"A314" is an adapter board which connects a Raspberry Pi to a A500 or A600. In this way it is possible to exchange data with the Linux running on the Pi or to play audio or video files under Linux. You can also use the network connectivity of the Pi out of the AmigaOS.
Using the "Amiga 2000 A314 Adapter", its documents are available under a free licence, an Amiga 2000 or an A1000 with Rejuvenator extension can be upgraded providing an trapdoor expansion typical for an A500 which makes it possible to use the A314.
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[News message: 20. Aug. 2020, 19:16] [Comments: 0]
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19.Aug.2020
Michael Rupp (ANF)
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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.34
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 FE for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey).
Any kind of feedback the author Michael Rupp would very appreciate. His work can be supported by a little donation from inside TAWS.
After launching TAWS, the "History (english)" of version 0.34 can be found in the folder "System/TAWS" on the Workbench.
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[News message: 19. Aug. 2020, 15:46] [Comments: 0]
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19.Aug.2020
Twitter (ANF)
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AmigaWorld.de: RTC Module V2 for Amiga 1200
Matthias 'DJBase' Münch has published a new hardware extension self-assembly on AmigaWorld.de. Compared with variant "V1" which is still availalbe, now the "V2" of the clock module for the Amiga 1200 is not placed rotated any longer on the clock port.
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[News message: 19. Aug. 2020, 07:08] [Comments: 0]
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18.Aug.2020
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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Reworked version of AbiWord 2.8.6 for AmiCygnix
Edgar Schwan has updated his port of the word processing software AbiWord for his X11 environment AmiCygnix. Changes:
- The program was linked with GTK+ 2.24.32. As a result, drag and drop now works among other things. Content and other things can now be moved with the mouse and much more.
- The included Aspell catalogs in German and English for spell checking have been updated.
- Various libraries have been updated:
- libwpd-0.9.9: A library for reading and writing Corel WordPerfect(tm) documents.
- libwps-0.2.10: A library for reading Microsoft Works word processor documents.
- wv-1.2.9: Word Document Filter library and utilities.
- The localization code has been revised. With the new features of AmiCygnix 1.6, AbiWord can now use all available languages. Languages like "Canadian English" were not possible before.
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[News message: 18. Aug. 2020, 16:59] [Comments: 0]
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