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27.Dec.2014
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


AROS: Voxel Bird Saga
In April the game Voxel Bird Saga was released for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS and now also is available for AROS/x86.

In Voxel Bird Saga you have to control a bird, try to destroy as many things as possible and collect coins. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Dec.2014
EAB (Forum)


Book: The Amiga Book (english)
The Amiga Book (website cannot be correctly read using Firefox) has 180 pages and from New Year's Eve it is available under the title link as well in bookshops. The book includes retro gamer texts about Amiga games and developers as well as so far six unpublished articles. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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27.Dec.2014
Exec.pl (ANF)


Gloom-Engine: Deathmask 3D
Czeslaw 'Leon' Mnich has created a remake of the Amiga game Deathmask for the Gloom engine. Deathmask 3D features 10 levels and a combat mode for two players.

Download:
deathmask3d.lha (2 MB)
deathmask3dadf.lha (ADF version, 712 KB) (snx)

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26.Dec.2014



Project start: It Came From The Desert - The film
The film production company Roger! Pictures obviously has obtained a licence for filming the Cinemaware classic It Came From The Desert. On the Facebook website of the project there are only some film posters. In the blog Indie Retro News the executive producers explained the project currently is in the pre-production-phase - further information will be communicated from January 16th. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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26.Dec.2014



Gloom Deluxe Total Conversion: "Did IT come from the Desert?"
Inspired by Cinemaware's announcement to release the port of the Mega Drive game It Came From The Desert next year, "nittamituaki" has created a "Total Conversion" of the FPS-classic Gloom Deluxe. The Mega Drive version of the classic has very little in common with the original adventure game - now rather it is a actual shooter.

You can install nittamituaki's Total Conversion (Youtube video) by installing first Gloom Deluxe on harddrive. Afterwards the original files will be replaced by the files from the "Did IT come from the Desert?"-download. The game requires a 68020-processor and about 1,8 MB ChipRAM. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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26.Dec.2014
fs-uae.net (Webseite)


Amiga-Emulator: FS-UAE 2.5.22dev
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD is based on WinUAE and can be completely controlled with a joypad. Since the last stable version released in March (2.4.1), so far only developer versions have been released.

Changes in FS-UAE 2.5.22dev:
  • Use qemu-uae for slirp support
  • Added support for softfloat library (not tested)
  • Enabled support for prowizard module ripper
  • New action “action_module_ripper” available for custom input mapping
  • A few other bugfixes
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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26.Dec.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


E-Mail-client: SimpleMail 0.41 (AmigaOS 3/4)
As usual a Christmas update of SimpleMail has been released. The jokingly called "Final Edition" has been completed by certificate-checks and under AmigaOS 4 now has a separate and updated version of OpenSSL.
  • Added some server certificate checks including the possibility to manually specify the fingerprints of the remote servers
  • For AmigaOS 4.x, a version statically linked against OpenSSL will be temporarily provided, at least until AmiSSL has been updated. For this version, OpenSSL 1.0.1j is used.
  • Some development infrastructure changes have been undertaken including the move of the source code repository from SourceForge to GitHub
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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26.Dec.2014



Nostalgia: The last available Amiga mailboxes
Sometimes former users of mailboxes long for bringing back the good old times to life again. If you want to have a little mailboxes walk then please have a look at our list of known and active Amiga mailboxes.

Usually the listed boxes works with AmiExpress or CNet and can be exclusively accessed via Telnet. You can access the boxes via the Internet using a Telnet client or a common terminal programm in co-operation with the telser.device.
  • Crazy Paradise: CpBBS.de (website)
  • Hidden Power: bbs.nightfallcrew.com (Port 9009, Login: "area51", NUP: "oldskool")
  • Masturbation Station: bbs.masturbationstationbbs.com
  • Necronomicon: necro.cnetbbs.net
  • UZi SUiCiDE!: uzisuicide.servebbs.org
  • Window of Illusion: woibbs.org
  • Wintermute BBS: wintermutebbs.dyndns.org (website)
  • Y.C. Cafe: yccafe.org
If you have already used a C64 and a modem, you can have a glimpse of the Commodore BBS Outpost. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Dec.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Amiga game launcher: X-bEnCH 0.99 Xmas alpha pre release
X-bEnCH is a graphical user-interface with up to 272 colours (AGA; 128 on OCS/ECS-computers) which can replace the Workbench for launching WHDLoad-games and other applications and requires low hardware resources. An integrated command line as well as the file manager Xpl0rEr are also available.

For lack of time, instead of version 1.0 the author has released v0.99 which he calls an "alpha pre release". Most of the changes still have not been documented in the manual. It is not recommended to update an existing installation. You better completely reinstall it.

Changes of the different X-bEnCH-components:

Xinit 3.5:
  • No more interlaced Hires display as asked by users.
  • New floppy pix loading screen. (No more loading bar)
  • New MicroKnight font check added.
  • New two databases checks added.
  • New pix unknow and nopict check added.
  • Xbench Guru box display fixed (Was ending on a black screen if some files were missed).
  • Now internals releases need a regkey to start.
  • New internal sort loop for the database (Top/Flop/Favorites/...)
  • Now can use black or white background for loading screen (see setup).
  • Added a check for the new Xpl0rEr datas.
  • Fixed the "d" Hotkey debug feature. (Only init was logged)
  • Database update upgraded.
  • Fixed a bug that was crashing your system if you have less than 2Mb of free Ram (chip or fast).
Xmenu 2.9:
  • Now display up to 352 colours on screen with AGA.
  • New logo by Leon.
  • Logo position fix.
  • Now display a 8bit logo if Aga is detected or 5bit one if no AGA.
  • New MicroKnight font used.
  • Now blue rotating tube effect behind the menu for AGA setups.
  • Fixed a weird bug that was in some case moving the Xbench logo.
  • Starfield optimised (250% faster for everybody and with 50% more stars on screen for 020+ users).
  • New rewind reverse effect for the starfield.
  • Slow speed with 68020/68030 AGA fixed.
  • Rotating tube effect under the menu limited to 040/060 AGA setup.
  • Fixed the "d" Hotkey debug feature. (Only init was logged)
Xlaunch 3.8:
  • Now display up to 640 colours on screen with AGA.
  • New MicroKnight font.
  • New logo by Leon.
  • Logo position fix.
  • Now display a 8bit logo if Aga is detected or 5bit one if no AGA.
  • More than 99Mb of fast display bug fixed (Now up to 999Mb).
  • New NTSC display (200px) and PAL display (256px) implemented.
  • CD32 Fastjump freez (after 15/20 jump) fix (unfinished!)
  • Now you can press the "Help" key to randomly start an entry of the actual listing.
  • Now properly rename your games for a clean display.
  • Now display in real time the name and some infos about your game in the bottom of the screen.
  • Now display in real time pictures of your game in the bottom of the screen.
  • New blue to purple gradient background.
  • New floppy pix loading screen.
  • New rotating gradient text color for the listings with AGA.
  • You can now press "F8" for an access to the "FlopList".
  • Now you can start on Top, Flop, Favourite or the first valid listing.
  • You can now press "F9" for an access to the "FavList".
  • You can now press the "+" key on your keyboard or the "Play/Pause" button with a CD32 Pad to add an entry to the "FavList".
  • You can now press the "-" key on your keyboard or the "Play/Pause" button with a CD32 Pad to remove an entry from the "FavList".
  • Now check the listing rev to be sure that all is up to date.
  • Now if a listing rev is not "compatible" Xlaunch exit back to the main menu.
  • Fixed a big fail/bug in the listings reading and dimming.
  • Now can use a variable delay to refresh the bottom part. (see setup)
  • Fixed a weird bug that was in some case moving the Xbench logo.
  • Floplist is now replaced by the Last15 list.
  • Now work with up to 25 smaller databases. (List1>6, Top, Last15, Favs, refs, ...). Faster and less memory needed.
  • You can now use the keypad with the searchengine/fastjump feature.
  • Crash of the random game selection feature (Help key) fully fixed.
  • Now the random game selection jump back to the good position when leaving the game.
  • Checkerboard loader 1.4 now can be disabled with a switch in the setup to have faster start of your games.
  • Now you can switch the color of the background in the setup with this colors: Blue, Red, Purple or random.
  • New gradient background updated to be colors switchable.
  • Now can display the listing with a sliding color effect (Aga only) or with a fader effect with a switch (As before and for every setup).
  • If you have selected a playlist in the setup, then one track of your playlist will be randomly played.
  • Start of a random game (Help key) bug fixed.
  • Stack overflow fixed if the favs list is bigger than any other single list.
  • F7/F8/F9 shortcuts fixeds.
  • Fixed a bug that was not adding the good entry to the Favs list.
  • Now you can remove many entry in the Favs list without any bug.
  • Now if the Favs list is empty jump back to the first listing available (an so no more crash if you try to move in or delete an entry in an empty Favs list).
  • Fixed the "d" Hotkey debug feature. (Only init was logged)
  • Random background color feature fixed.
  • Random background color now set as default if you don't change it in the setup/launcher (was previously set as Blue)
  • Audio Playlist feature fully fixed.
  • Unkown refs fixed (was previously seen as a known ref without pict).
  • New refs database including 4059 refs based on the eab 2.2 whdlpacks.
  • Now set to play as default the cracktro tunes playlist.
  • Now can use black or white background for loading screen (see setup).
  • Fixed a mistake that can display some bad entrys if you try to go rear to the end of a list.
  • Added somes Whdload games Informations Datasheets
Xpl0Rer 1.4:
  • Rename/Cancel shapes were inverted in the rename box. Fixed.
  • More than 99Mb of fast display bug fixed (Now up to 999Mb).
  • Fixed an i/o issue that was crashing the system with too fast or too slow drive.
  • Now if Pal display is detected display is switched to 640x256.
  • Added 18 user programmable buttons. (Not yet activated)
  • Added the Mod player buttons. (Not yet activated)
  • Now read the setup.prf when starting.
  • Up to 12 users programmables buttons added (PAL, 6 with NTSC).
  • Mod player with Playlist feature added (Unfinished but working).
  • Fixed the Format button that was not working with the left side.
  • Now use the Microknightfont as the other parts of X-bEnCh.
  • Fixed a mistake that was switching the display ON before all is ok.
  • Now use gfx buttons instead off full txt/code buttons.
  • New Top/Up/Down/Bottom gfx buttons instead of txt buttons.
  • Top/Up/Down/Bottom buttons are now on the right side of the xplorer window instead of the bottom.
  • Added the Refresh button to force redraw of a dir.
  • Central display notifications system added.
  • Now use a single Audio Filter buttons (Dolby logo).
  • Added an "Eject" button to clear the current playlist.
  • Central Display updated to show the name of the curently played mod.
  • Playlist manager now display the list of mods in a playlist.
  • Added Top/Up/Down/Bottom buttons to the playlist's list manager so now you can browse trough it.
  • Fixed a bug that was forbiding you to go to the bottom of a list with the down button.
  • Bad display color of the files in a list if there is no subdirectory in the readed dir fixed.
  • Added the Clock/Date display feature on the bottom left part.
  • Code optimised and lighted.
  • Fixed the "d" Hotkey debug feature. (Only init was logged)
  • Too long mods name display issue fixed.
  • Added the mod volume oscillo feature to the central display.
Xsetup 3.4:
  • Added an option to switch the refresh delay of the bottom part of the screen. If "oFf" the bottompart will be simply switched off. If 5ms/10ms/15ms the bottom part will be refreshed 5/10 or 15 vbl after you stop moving in the listing. Use this option if setup is a bit slow. ("InfoScr")
  • New launching listings format.
  • Scanning is more verbose now.
  • The "Top" switch in the launcher setup is renamed on "StartOn". So now you can switch between the init to the Top, the Flop, the Favs or the 1st valid listing.
  • Now when updating a list the database for the Top/Flop/Favorites is updated too and included all entry (even if started 0 time).
  • Now add a rev to a listing when updated.
  • Bad displayed names in the launcher lists fixed.
  • In some rare cases the number of entrys scanneds were falses. Fixed.
  • Database update upgraded.
  • Launcher option "Start on Flop15" replaced by "Start on Last 15".
  • Added a switch to enable/disable the Checkerboard screen. ("LoAdScr")
  • The button to switch the background of the launcher is now activated. (You can switch between Random, Blue, Red and Purple).
  • The button to switch the display mode of the text in the launcher is now activated. (You can switch between slider and fader effect)
  • In the setup/launcher you can now change the name of a listing and it will be saved even if you don't update this listing.
  • The setup/Xplorer panel has been created with on the left the 84 buttons needed for the setup of the 12 users buttons and on the right the 13 options buttons.
  • Now you can use an audio playlist for the Launcher
  • Added a button to open an ASL file requester to select your playlist. Music button must be switched to "PList" instead of "Yes".
  • Added a button to switch the arrows positions in the Xpl0rer tab.
  • New look and design.
  • Now use the Microknight font as like as the other parts of X-bEnCh.
  • Fixed a bug that was adding false whdload entrys (as like as Apidya).
  • Fixed a mistake that was creating a list with 1 entry if there was no entry to add.
  • Added a LoadingBg button in the MySystem tab to switch the background color of the floppy loading screen (Black/white)
Xcli 1.6:
  • TopUpdate cmd is back and upgraded. Use it instead of dbupdate cmd.
  • Help cmd updated.
  • Toplight cmd added. Use it if the toplist is too heavy and slow.
  • Topupdate cmd updated and lighted.
  • Help cmd updated.
  • Fixed the "d" Hotkey debug feature. (Only init was logged)
  • Moded Customrom 3.9 partial display bug fixs.
Xexit 1.4:
  • Fixed the "d" Hotkey debug feature. (Only init was logged)
Xinstaller 1.2:
  • Space in the destination path, bug fixed.
  • Fixed a mistake that was deleting your old setups when installing a new version of X-bEnCh.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Dec.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: File manager Dir Me Up 2.35
Jérôme 'Glames' Senays has released an update of his commercial file manager "Dir Me Up". Version 2.35 now has a Polish translation. Besides, a bug of the preview function has been fixed and inserting bookmarks now correctly works. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Dec.2014
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AROS: Soul Ride 1.5
Szilárd 'BSzili' Biró has ported the snowboard game Soul Ride to AROS. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.Dec.2014
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AmigaOS 4, AROS, MorphOS: TailTale 1.0.1.0
Szilárd 'BSzili' Biró has compiled the arcade puzzler Tail Tale for AmigaOS 4, AROS and MorphOS. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.Dec.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Mediator driver: Mediator Multimedia CD UP 2.4
For registered users of the PCI-busboards Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000Di, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 TX, Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200LT4, Mediator PCI 1200, Mediator PCI 1200LT and Mediator PCI ZIV, version 2.4 of MM CD is available.

The following files have been updated:
  • pci.library (Version 9.11)
  • Radeon.card (Version 2.22)
  • MedConfig (Version 2.1)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.Dec.2014
Pegasosforum (Forum)


MorphOS: SoundBankster 1.3
Antoine 'tchecko' Dubourg's SoundBankster (screenshot) is an application for DJs which can be completely controled with a USB-DJ-Deck. At least 512 MB RAM are recommended.

The programm was written for MorphOS and e.g. uses its HID-sensor-API introduced in version 3.6. Reggae (loading and playing music), AHI (dual sound output over different AHI-units) and TinyGL (rendering the graphic chart of the audio signal) are used as well.

Changes:
  • Full localisation, SoundBankster is now provided with french and english locale
  • Improved equalizers by using shelf filters for low and hi band greatly improving the filtering
  • Improved loop handling, added x2 and /2 buttons
  • Minor GUI changes here and there
  • And as usual bunch of bug fixing
Download: SoundBankster.lha (456 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Dec.2014
Hyperion Entertainment CVBA (ANF)


AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition: Updated BootFloppy for Amiga 3000 computers
Press release:
Brussels, December 24, 2014

Much to Hyperion Entertainments regret it was noticed that the bootfloppy originally shipped with AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition for Amiga 1200, 3000 and 4000 computers contains a defective KickLayout file, which makes it impossible to boot on an Amiga 3000 computer. In order to remedy this situation, registered customers of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition for classic Amiga computers may download an updated bootfloppy as ADF image from the download area.

Alternatively, experienced users may follow the manual instructions on the Hyperion support forum.

Hyperion Entertainment apologises for any inconvenience caused by this and wishes a merry christmas to all its customers! (cg) (Translation: cg)

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24.Dec.2014



Amiga-News wishes Merry Christmas!
The team of Amiga-News wishes all Amiga fans Merry Christmas as well as a Happy New Year.

We want to thank all of our loyal readers and together we are looking forward to a eventful year 2015 for our Amiga. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Dec.2014
Martin Merz (ANF)


Amiga Image Storage System: AISS 4.18
An update of Martin Merz's "Amiga Image Storage System" has been released. AISS is a pool of toolbar images, graphical templates and other useful artwork for Amiga applications.

The new release features more than 5,000 images in the AmigaOS icon design and for compatibility reasons all pictures and animations of the previous releases. The author wishes Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. (snx)

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23.Dec.2014
MorphZone (Forum)


AmigaOS 4 / AROS / MorphOS: MultiRacer 1.0.4 beta 7
Szilárd 'BSzili' Biró has ported MultiRacer to AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS/x86. The car racing can be played in splitscreen mode with up to four players. In the single player mode you have to race against a "ghost car".

Download: multiracer.lha (9 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Dec.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Preview video of "Wings Battlefield"
"Wings Battlefield" is called the new project of Cherry Darling (Ace of Hearts). Now a first teaser video has been released, which reminds of the Cinemaware classic Wings - but for two players. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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21.Dec.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Amigakit: A4 calendar 2015 with Amiga(One)-theme
Amigakit offers a calendar, format A4 (spiral bound), which has different Amiga and AmigaOne themes. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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21.Dec.2014



Aminet-Uploads until 20.12.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until December 20th, 2014:
ADE.zip                  dev/gcc    19M   68k Complete GCC 2.95.3 Amiga Dev...
LoveDungeon_1.0_disk.adf game/actio 880K  68k Mini-game, Bruce Lee spin-off
LoveDungeon_1.0_exe.lha  game/actio 30K   68k Mini-game, Bruce Lee spin-off
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha     game/role  10M   68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
ZXLive.lha               misc/emu   108K  68k ZX-Spectrum 48/128k/Pentagon1...
68030.lha                pix/3dobj  1.0M      Motorola 68030 object for Ima...
EvenMore.lha             text/show  426K  68k V0.83: Freeware textviewer
EvenMore_MOS.lha         text/show  458K  MOS V0.83: Freeware Textviewer (M...
ReportPlus.lha           util/misc  437K  68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  490K  MOS Multipurpose utility
layers.lha               util/sys   206K  68k Layers Library V45 for Os 3.9
HexViewSP.lha            util/wb    2K        HexView spanish catalog v1.1
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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21.Dec.2014



OS4Depot-Uploads until 20.12.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until December 20th, 2014:
4096live.lha             aud/mis 966kb 4.1 Software synth interface for liv...
arteffect4_icons.lha     gra/ico 25kb  4.0 AISS based replacement for AE4 T...
hottiesview.lha          gra/vie 180kb 4.1 A modern image viewer
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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21.Dec.2014



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 20.12.2014
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archiven until December 20th, 2014:
cadog.i386-aros.zip          gam/pla 6Mb   OpenGL platform game.
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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21.Dec.2014



WHDLoad: New archives until 20.12.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until December 20th, 2014: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.Dec.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Workbench distribution: AmiKit 8.1 and AmiKitReal 8.1
The Workbench distribution for emulators, called AmiKit, as well as its version AmiKitReal for real Amigas, now are available in version 8.1. Among others MUI, AHI, IconLib and WHDLoad have been updated.

Changes:
  • UPDATED: MUI 4.0 (r4283) by Stefan Stuntz, Thore Böckelmann and Jens Maus
  • UPDATED: AHI Prefs 6.2
  • UPDATED: AmiKit Android application
  • UPDATED: AmiKit AmiPUP ISO 8.1
  • UPDATED: AmiKit MorpheuZ 2.1, now displays BETA message if DOpus 5.91 is active
  • UPDATED: Icon images are now stored in FastMem instead of ChipMem (Prefs/Workbench)
  • UPDATED: IconLib 46.4.404 by Peter Keunecke
  • UPDATED: Wet 6.4 by Chris Young
  • UPDATED: WHDLoad 18.0 by Bert Jahn
  • FIXED: BDSlide doesn't appear any more if screen mode is changed
  • FIXED: Minor bug in NetSurf options fixed
  • FIXED: Polish font error requester won't complain again
  • FIXED: AmiTradeCenter icon works with icon.library now
  • FIXED: Internal error if installing AmiKit on Android is fixed, again :)
  • FIXED: WHDLoad is no more overwritten with older version if AmigaForever is used to install AmiKit
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.Dec.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Text viewer: EvenMore 0.84
EvenMore is a text viewer written with ECX, in Amiga E and by Chris Perver. In version 0.84 now the text is rendered in true colour on computer systems with a graphic board which speeds them up.

Download:
EvenMore.lha (426 KB)
EvenMore_MOS.lha (461 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.Dec.2014
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Printed magazine: Amiga Future 112 - Preview and excerpts online
A preview and some excerpts of the upcoming issue 112 (January/February 2015) of Amiga Future magazine have been released. Highlights of this issue are a review of the "Final Edition" of AmigaOS 4.1 as well as an interview on it. Additionally there is a review of the USB controller RapidRoad. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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19.Dec.2014
Hyperion Entertainment CVBA (ANF)


AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition now shipping
Press release: Brussels, December 18, 2014 - Hyperion Entertainment is thrilled to announce shipment of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition to dealers has been started. This means that the first customers will get their own copy of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition right before christmas, just in time to put it underneath the christmas tree.

Since the initial release of AmigaOS 4.1 more than six years ago, functionality and user experience have been steadily improved by six free major updates and over 88 free smaller ones through AmiUpdate. AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition defines the new baseline by consolidating all previous updates, bringing new long awaited features and stability improvements and last but not least enabling the user to make a clean installation in one go. Additionally it comes professionally produced as full version on physical media in a nice DVD box, together with a booklet containing installation instruction as well as a little extra for only EUR 29.95 suggested retail price (incl. VAT, may very on your location).

AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition is currently available for:
  • AmigaOne XE, SE und MicroA1
  • AmigaOne X1000
  • AmigaOne 500/Sam460
  • Sam440
  • Pegasos 2
  • Amiga 1200/3000/4000
Customers can find a list of possible dealers at amigaos.net. Interested dealers can register themselves and order AmigaOS by writing to orders@hyperion-entertainment.biz.

Hyperion Entertainment and the whole team behind AmigaOS wish a merry christmas, happy new year and lots of fun with AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition! (snx)

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18.Dec.2014
Djprosac (ANF)


Emulator: WinUAE 3.0.0 with PowerPC emulation
Version 3.0.0 of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE has been released. The main new feature is the PowerPC emulation of a PowerPC accelerator board which first was introduced in the beta versions.

New emulated hardware:
  • PPC CPU emulation. CyberStorm PPC and Blizzard PPC boards emulated using QEMU PPC core, on-board SCSI supported
  • Other accelerator boards emulated (Blizzards, CyberStorms, Warp Engine, TekMagic, A2630), including on-board SCSI if available
  • More SCSI expansion boards emulated (Fastlane, Oktagon, Blizzard Kit IV)
  • CD32 Full Motion Video cartridge emulation
  • CDTV-CR emulation
  • A590 XT hard drive emulation
New features:
  • Show on screen message when disk or CD is inserted or ejected or input device is autoswitched
  • Added null serial port mode that connects two WinUAE instances running on same PC
  • Fastest possible CPU speed mode is now available with cycle-exact mode, CPU is fastest possibly, only chip memory and chipset is cycle-exact
  • Immediate blitter is available in cycle-exact modes
  • 68040/060 with more compatible emulates instruction cache, MMU supported
  • 68000/68010 + 32-bit address space is supported
  • Optionally game controllers can be kept active when WinUAE does not have focus
  • Implemented secondary Z2 RAM board, for example 6M Z2 RAM + 2M Z2 RTG board combination is now possible
  • Added "history" menu to filesystem, hardfile and tape drive path selection
  • Added CDTV/CDTV-CR/CD32 turbo CD read mode
  • Multiple SCSI controllers can be active simultaneously
Updates:
  • Programmed chipset display modes accuracy improved
  • Uncompressed CHD harddrive image write support
  • Implemented previously unavailable small Z2 RAM board sizes (64k to 512k)
  • Z3 board emulation supports official autoconfig space, required when using PPC-only operating systems
  • 68000 cycle exact mode updates
  • Improved cycle counting in 68000 more compatible mode
Bugs fixed:
  • 68060 with "Unimplemented CPU emu" checkbox ticked: 68060 only unimplemented instructions were not emulated normally
  • Screenshot with D3D shader filter enabled always took filtered screenshot
  • SCSI CD READ CD command only worked if audio track was first track of CD
  • Hard reset didn't reset map rom loaded KS ROM data
  • AGA sprites in borders were clipped incorrectly in some situations (2.8.0)
  • Autofire always on mode crashed
  • PCMCIA IDE emulation was broken long time ago
  • uanet.device + slirp combination was unusable
  • Directory filesystem statesave support open file path handling fixed
  • AVI audio recording always used PCM mode
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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Aminet-Uploads until 13.12.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until December 13th, 2014:
PPaintRUS.lha            biz/cloan  50K       Cloanto Personal Paint 7.1c+ ...
jrm-dulu.lha             demo/sound 47K   68k dA JoRMaS: Dunne Lul
libaiff.lha              dev/lib    147K  OS4 Read/write aiff files
AB3Dedit_src.lha         dev/src    149K      Alien Breed 3D II LevelEditor...
AntiPC.lha               game/shoot 295K  68k Destroy the Amiga worst enemy!
harmonyplayer.i386-ar... mus/play   1.3M  x86 multi format music player
CL_WB_Wallp_16.9.lha     pix/back   5.4M  ppc Classic_WB_Wallp_16.9
InstallerGen.lha         util/misc  167K  68k Installer script creation tool
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 13.12.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until December 13th, 2014:
libaiff.lha              dev/lib 147kb 4.0 Read/write aiff files
askmeup_demo.lha         gam/mis 18Mb  4.1 A video game about general knowl...
l2cache.lha              uti/she 61kb  4.1 A utility to increase performanc...
smtube.lha               vid/pla 2Mb   4.1 Qt : direct stream + download Yo...
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 13.12.2014
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archiven until December 13th, 2014:
harmonyplayer.i386-aros.zip  aud     1Mb   multi format music player
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14.Dec.2014
Pascal Papara (ANF)


AROS: AEROS for Amiqube available
For the amiqube, the Linux-hosted AROS-distribution AEROS now is available - either under the title link (Amiqube) or in the indieGO!-Appstore.

amiqube is the CuBox-i (Wikipedia), which is an ARM-based, small-sized computer. The processor is an i.MX6 Dual Lite. According to their own statements, the amiqube is put on the market by Amidore Inc. and also is available in three stores in Florida, USA. This is an Italian company belonging to Formato Media SRL based in Rome. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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14.Dec.2014
Scene World Podcast (ANF)


Podcast: Scene World #3 - The Peruvian Scene
Also in Peru there has been an Amiga scene. The C64 podcast Scene World talks to Lobsang 'Mr. Byte' Alvites, who had been involved in establishing it. (snx)

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13.Dec.2014
ACube Systems (ANF)


ACube Systems: L2 cache utility for Sam460/AmigaOne 500
One week ago already ACube Systems released a small utility that may increase performance on the Sam460/AmigaOne 500. The utility works on both, Sam460ex and Sam460cr boards.

To avoid incoherency between L2 cache and main memory, on Sam460 CPU the AmigaOS 4.1 kernel disables L2 cache write by default. On your own risk you can activate L2 cache write now, but it is suggested to do so only in advance of performance-intensive tasks like watching videos. Afterwards, L2 cache write should be switched off again.

Please be aware that activating L2 cache write may cause system instability and/or data corruption. On the other hand, once L2 cache write is enabled, Ragemem will report around 35% speed increase in the L2 WRITE32/WRITE64 tests, and some applications may see improved performance too (for example 3-5% speed increase in MPlayer with some videos).

Download: L2cache-1.0.lha (61 KB) (snx)

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11.Dec.2014
MorphZone (Forum)


A-EON Technology acquires Aladdin 4D
A-EON Technology has purchased the AmigaOS source code and development rights for the raytracing and animation programm Aladdin 4D from DiscreetFX. Versions for MorphOS and AROS might be also possible. DiscreetFX will retain the rights for non-Amiga related operating systems.

Aladdin 4D "was originally created by Greg Gorby before being acquired by DiscreetFX in December 2007." (snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.Dec.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4/MorphOS bounty: MPlayer Altivec optimization
Konstantinos 'feanor' Margaritis would optimize the PPC-port of MPlayer for the Altivec-unit built in G4-, G5- and PA6T-processors, if 1000 Euro will be donated. A corresponding bounty now was opened at bountysource.com.

The goal of the optimization is to be able to perfectly play the h264-coded trailer of the motion picture Prometheus in a solution of 1920x1080 pixels on a X1000 - currently only 18 instead of the required 24 frames per second are achieved. If a Altivec optimization is able to increase the performance by 33% and how much influence on less powerful processors it would have, currently the software developer cannot reckon.

The description of the bounty does not say for which systems the optimization has to be released. Margaritis does not own an OS4-compatible computer, but only a Powerbook G4. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Dec.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


AROS: Icaros Desktop Update 2.0.1
In version 2.0.1 Paolo Besser has fixed some bugs in his AROS-distribution Icaros Desktop.

Changes:
  • ntfs.handler moved to Storage/L (for new installations only)
  • AROS system files brought to Dec 6th, 2014 Nightly Build
  • SVN executables brought back to Development:bin
  • Updated AntiryadIDE with a working version (see screenshot above)
  • HDToolBox now shows drives connected to AHCI device (fixed missing icon tooltype)
  • removed offending duplicated Datatype.info file
  • fixed noacpi issue
  • fixed regression: running AmiBridge at startup will work again
  • fixed regression: Icaros will try to fall back to VESA mode first when selecting Native option in grub, like older Icaros (for new installations only)
  • fixed Theme preferences
  • removed offending (not working and crashing aros) themes
  • added AmigaOS 3.1 theme
  • fixed a bug preventing AROS68K from running, if themes were disabled in host environment
  • updated ZuneFig and ZuneView to latest releases
  • added "Prefs" option to Icaros menu in Magellan
  • fixed ZuneView option in Magellan's "Programs" menu
  • added a new version of WeatherBar
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Dec.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS / MorphOS: Ask Me Up XXL 2.2.1
Version 2.2.1 of the commercial game "Ask me Up" is available. The update of the video game about general knowledge includes some minor improvements and translations into other languages:
  • Game: the animation speed of results can be accelerated/decelerated by [Ctrl] key
  • Quiz: medals are now displayed as soon as they are won during the game
  • Map: "medal" score of the player is now displayed
  • Map: the best player in the world is displayed with its "medal" score
  • Map: You can browse the worlds by pressing the up/down arrow keys
  • Some questions fixed
  • Fully translated into Spanish and Greek (in addition to French, English and Italian)
  • New translations in Swedish, Portuguese and Polish added
  • Spanish, Greek and Polish localizations improved
  • Help file now also available in Spanish, Polish and Greek
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Dec.2014
amiga.org (Webseite)


AmiTCP-Bundle: EasyNet Pro
EasyNet was an user-interface which should simplify the configuration of network hardware. The successor EasyNet Pro now includes a separated TCP-stack - AmiTCP 4 is used.

EasyNet Pro is available in the Amigakit-webshop or in Amistore. Owners of the previous version can purchase a price-reduced update to the Pro-version. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Dec.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Creating Installer-scripts: InstallerGen 1.1
Using InstallerGen, developers can create installer scripts for their programms for the Commodore-installer. The programm has a MUI user-interface. AmigaOS 3.0 as well as the MUI-class NList.mcc are required.

Changes of this version:
  • Locale support with German and French catalogs included
  • Variable support for paths in Version, Delete, exists and Rename step types
  • Fixed Delete & Exists steps
  • Context-sensitive help
  • Improved and fixed guide
  • Improved variables list (updates in real-time, excludes literal strings)
  • GUI updates optimised, much faster redrawing on classics and much reduced jittering
  • Fixed a couple of enforcer hits
  • Lots more bug fixes and improvements...
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Dec.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Retro-Gaming: WHDLoad 18.0
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks.

Changes of version 18.0:
  • fix:WHDLoad lock up happen when FullChip/S is used and exec.MaxLocMem is equal to BaseMemSize fixed
  • fix:ExpChip/S and FullChip/S cannot be enabled together, if both are set FullChip/S will be silently disabled (Psygore)
  • chg:option NoTrapHandler/S has been removed
  • fix:race condition fixed which sometimes caused a 'Privilege Violation Exception' when a Resload function was called from Usermode and got interrupted during the internal switch to Supervisor mode and then trace exception was used from the installed program, seen especially in installs using kick13 emu and performing a lot of disk io, fixes issue #2094 and connected ones
  • chg:the log file created by the FileLog/S facility has been renamed from .whdl_filelog to .whdl_log
  • new:function resload_Log which puts custom messages into the log file .whdl_log, uses the same file as the FileLog/S facility and requires that FileLog/S option is set so that messages will be written this function is intended to make it easier to debug/follow alien code by adding trace messages to dump the execution state at useful places
  • new:option LogBuffer/K/N to control the size of the internal buffer allocated for log messages by FileLog/S and resload_Log
  • new:function resload_VSNPrintF implementing a exec.RawDoFmt/ sprintflike string formatting routine
  • new:kickfs.s has new option SNOOPFS which will cause in conjunction with HDINIT all dos packets after processing to be logged using resload_Log, the supplied perl script chkunlock.pl can be used to search the log file for missing dos.UnLock and dos.Close calls
  • new:using the function resload_Control and the tags WHDLTAG_CUST_DISABLE/READ/WRITE/STROBE the allowed custom registers for Snoop*/S can be modified now
  • chg:ReSource support files updated to cover recent WHDLoad extensions
  • new:added XAD support to the installer template script
  • chg:external program SP to save pictures from dump files has been improved to better support AGA screens (ddf, fmode, bplcon)
  • chg:on the 68030 the instruction burst is now always enabled if the instruction cache is enabled (Psygore)
  • chg:the 68040 processor is now fully supported regarding the special mmu features (Snoop, resload_Protect), the implementation was planned since years, it was a lot of work becausethe handling is very different to the 68030 und 68060, although I'm unsure if this feature will be used much, I'm happy to have it completed now
  • chg:option ChkAudPt/S is also supported on the 68030 and 68040 now
  • chg:the interrupt redirect feature of ACA500/Zeus is not used when option NoVBRMove/S is set
  • chg:PreloadSize/N will also be set by WHDLoad if ws_DontCache is used in the Slave some more end user related improvements are planned for the next release :-)
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09.Dec.2014
Exec.pl (ANF)


Ego-Shooter: 8bit Killer
The first three levels of the PC-game 8bit Killer now have been ported by Czesław 'Leon' Mnich to the Amiga using the Gloom-Deluxe-engine.

Download:
8bitkiller.lha (452 KB)
8bitkilleradf.lha (521 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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09.Dec.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)


Distribution for AGA-Amigas: AmiKitReal 8
AmiKitReal is a version of AmiKit for real AGA-Amigas which now is also available in version 8 vor (screenshot). You can find a detailed list of changes under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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Aminet-Uploads until 06.12.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until December 6th, 2014:
PPaintRUS.lha            biz/cloan  22K       Cloanto Personal Paint 7.1c R...
FindModule.lha           dev/e      36K   68k Find the module that holds a ...
libopenssl68k.lha        dev/lib    23M   68k OpenSSL crypto and SSL/TLS li...
LineBloks.lha            game/wb    36K   68k Line up 8 tiles of same pattern!
PenDenTive.lha           game/wb    36K   68k Align tiles but don't let 'em...
Simplix.lha              game/wb    31K   68k Move a shape to the upper left!
Togglo.lha               game/wb    31K   68k Make alignments of same colou...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   3.8M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   4.3M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.1M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Liisa2.adf               misc/math  880K  68k miscancellous programs
DigiboosterSP.lha        mus/play   19K       Spanish catalog for DigiBooster
wallpapers.lha           pix/back   1.3M      Big collection of 4 color bac...
openssl.lha              util/crypt 14M   68k OpenSSL command line tool
IconLib_46.4.lha         util/libs  393K  68k free icon.library in optimize...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 06.12.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until December 6th, 2014:
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
rcube.lha                gra/mis 46kb  4.1 Showing a moving GLCube
reactive_lib.lha         lib/mis 42kb  4.0 A custom BOOPSI system
netstat.lha              net/mis 69kb  4.1 CLI tool to display network acti...
showcomputer.lha         uti/she 86kb  4.0 Display informations about your ...
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07.Dec.2014



Workbench distribution for UAE: AmiKit 8 available as download
Recently version 8 of AmiKit was released which is a Workbench distribution for Amiga emulators (amiga-news.de reported). Now this release also is available as free download. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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07.Dec.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AROS: Live Updater 1.8 for Icaros Desktop
For the update of the AROS distribution Icaros Desktop from version 2.0 to 2.0.1 under the title link version 1.8 of the live updater can be downloaded. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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07.Dec.2014
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: zTools 1.1
Guillaume 'zzd10h' Boesel has updated his collection of programms called "zTools". Version 1.1 includes updates for SysMon, aTunes, FlipPaper, FastView, FastCompress, WebReplay, CPUDock, RAMDock, GFXDock, NetDock, LittleBrother and FastHide.

The update of zTools to version 1.1 is available for free in the Amistore. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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07.Dec.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)


PDF-Magazine: Amiga Mania #8 (Hungarian)
"Amiga Mania" is a Hungarian pdf-magazine about all aspects of the Amiga which was very elaborately designed on 36 pages. Issue 8 (front page) is about the CDł˛ as well as WLAN using an Amiga.

Download: Amiga%20Mania%2008_OnLine.pdf (95 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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05.Dec.2014



Hardware review: MCC-TV - Multiple Classic Computer
The English-language blog "Indie Retro News" has got a MCC for reviewing it. The FPGA-based, small-sized computer emulates an Amiga and a C64 and is meant for connecting it to a modern TV. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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02.Dec.2014
Michael Rupp (ANF)


Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.24
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser. The author would be pleased about any kind of feedback.

Version 0.24 includes the following changes:
  • Preferences:
    • New style ŤOS4ť: GUI elements (TextBox, CheckBox, ListBox, Cycle, Button and Slider) are drawn in an OS4-style.
    • New: Background pattern for preferences dialogs
    • New iconset: BetterWB
  • Requesters for OS versions >= 4.0 now have a XEN look, icons are centred on the screen. The font of the first button is now bold.
  • For OS versions >= 4.0 ŤVerdanať is now the default font (used for the labels on the preferences dialogs, buttons, etc.) which is quite close to ŤDejaVu Sansť.
  • Clock: Colors are now corresponding for OS versions >= 4.0.
  • New poosibility to use Ťrandomť as value for the URL parameter Ťpresetť, which will chosse a preset by random. Example:
    http://www.taws.ch/WB.html?preset=random
  • Optional parameter Ťnoforceť instead of Ťforceť: The new default is that the preset of the URL parameter has higher priority than the user settings in the cookie. If Ťnoforceť is stated the priority is witched. Example:
    http://www.taws.ch/WB.html?preset=OS_1.3&noforce
  • New Preset: ŤOS 1.0ť
  • Palette: New entry ŤGUI Elements backgroundť
  • Text color of selected text in TextBoxes is now set corresponding the ŤPaletteť settings.
  • Adjusted the text in ŤAboutť for OS version 4.1.
  • Bugfixes:
    • Some Chrome versions have wrongly been detected as touch devices.
    • In case of an invalid URL preset parameter value now the default preset is used and no longer some stoneaged TAWS default values.
    • In case of loading a Preset by URL parameter, GadTools style was not correctly applied.
    • Correction of the cycles height in MedRes mode.
    • Correction in the startup checks, so TAWS now runs on Firefox 3.6.28 again (the last version for PPC-Macs).
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.Dec.2014
amiga68k.de (Webseite)


Preview video: Amiga Games Creator
Already in September a video was published on Youtube introducing a new "Amiga Games Creator" which can be used for creating games without having to have programming knowledge. According to the author a first preview version is planned for the next months. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.Dec.2014
Michael Jurisch (ANF)


Crowdfunding: Rocket Ranger Reloaded (update)
The current holder of the Cinemawares rights is going to release again the classic action-adventure Rocket Ranger as a "reloaded"-version and has established a crowdfunding-project at Kickstarter.

According to the publisher's own information he is going to "bring the game to as many platforms as possible" and to "make the project freely available for porting to Linux and AmigaOS by any team interested in undertaking these conversions."

Hint of the editorial staff: We do not know, if "freely" means "for free" or "free" (within the meaning of "troublefree" and so on). The last meaning would imply to make payment of licence fees which would make an Amiga-port unlikely.

Update: (04.12.2014, 18:15, cg)

In the German thread for this news item, a Cinemaware representative announces that all required materials for porting the Game to the Amiga will be made available free of charge. since Cinemaware does not expect a potential Amiga version to generate any revenue. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.Nov.2014
Pascal Papara


Hollywood essentials: Libraries for Hollywood developers
The "Hollywood essentials" are five libraries written by Fabio Falcucci which are supposed to provide useful functions for Hollywood developers.

The libraries in detail:
  • HELPERS Library: A collection of functions to speed up common and repetitive tasks
  • EASING Library: The easing library can be used to achieve smooth transitions between values. With it you can animate objects, fade colors and change values smoothly using one of the provided 41 transition functions.
  • TABLES Library: This library exposes common functions to manipulate and convert tables
  • DEBUG Library: With this library you can easily manage debug output to the console or to a log file. The console log system allow you to define channels and message types you can easily filter during the debug of your programs.
  • FILESYSTEM Library: This library exposes common functions to manipulate files and check the file system.
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Graphics software: PersonalPaint 7.3 for AmigaOS 3 available
On the new website ppaint.com, the m68k-port of Personal Paint 7.3 is available which does not require an Amistore log-in. Paypal is used for payment. If you have already purchased the version for AmigaOS 4, you can get a low-priced "cross-platform-licence" in the Amistore.

Changes in version 7.3:
  • Totally integrated with the AmigaOS Workbench
  • True colour animation frame thumbs in the StoryBoard window
  • High resolution gadget imagery and thin borders style GUI option for a more modern look
  • 9 new built in brush shapes
  • 100 new Custom Brushes
  • Pressure sensitive drawing
  • Dithered transparency
  • New Airbrush Linemode
  • Extended paint functionality with image processing tool
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30.Nov.2014
Sebastian Eichholz (ANF)


Chris Hülsbeck starts Kickstarter-project "The Piano Collection"
After releasing the Turrican Soundtrack Anthology, Chris Hülsbeck has started his second project at Kickstarter: "Chris Huelsbeck - The Piano Collection & Limited Score Book". If you are going to support the project, then you can buy an album with well-known songs played with the pinao and written by Chris Hülsbeck.

Pianist will be Patrick Nevian who was also involved in both online albums Amiga Meets Piano. For all included songs there will be also the scores, which will be printed as limited edition and available for an additional charge. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.Nov.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Workbench-Distribution for UAE: AmiKit 8 with MUI4 and new Netsurf
AmiKit is a complete distribution for UAE-users and was now updated to version 8. Currently it is sold on a bootable USB-stick. A free download will be available later.

The latest version exclusively includes the new version of the graphical user-interface MUI as well as a special version of web browser Netsurf with a specific design of Amikit created by Ken Lester. The latest beta version of Directory Opus Magellan 5.91 also is part of Amikit 8. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.Nov.2014
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Graphics software: Candy Factory Pro available for free
Amigafuture.de offers the CD-image of Candy Factory Pro for free download. Due to the size of the the file, the download only is available for registered users. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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Aminet-Uploads until 29.11.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 29th, 2014:
zlib-source.lha          dev/lib    859K  68k General purpose data compress...
clr.py.txt               dev/src    4K    68k Clear-Screen and Beep for Pyt...
sinebeep.py.txt          dev/src    1K    68k Create a WAVE format Beep for...
savED121.lha             disk/moni  80K   68k Hex editor, esp. for editing ...
f1champ.lha              docs/misc  67K       Statistics of Formula One '50...
SCANdalSP.lha            driver/oth 4K        SCANdal spanish catalog and r...
F12014Carset.lha         game/data  30K       2014 Car Set for F1GP Ed/Micr...
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha     game/role  9.7M  68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
DAplayerSP.lha           mus/play   2K        Spanish catalog for DAplayer ...
EvenMore.lha             text/show  413K  68k V0.82: Freeware textviewer
EvenMore_MOS.lha         text/show  437K  MOS V0.82: Freeware Textviewer (M...
EvenMorePlugins.lha      text/show  180K      V0.82: EvenMore textviewer pl...
KlipsSP.lha              util/cdity 7K        Klips spanish catalog and doc...
sha256.lha               util/cli   9K    68k Calculate SHA-256 hashes of f...
hashc.lha                util/misc  23K   68k Calculates various hash algor...
wet_update.lha           util/wb    325K  OS4 Wet weather info v6.4 patch
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 29.11.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 29th, 2014:
evenmore.lha             uti/tex 440kb 4.0 Freeware Textviewer
wet_update.lha           uti/wor 325kb 4.0 Wet weather software v6.4 patch
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 29.11.2014
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until November 29th, 2014:
lander.i386-aros.zip         gam/mis 3Mb   OpenGL Lunar Lander clone.
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 29.11.2014
The following archive has been added to MorphOS-Files until November 29th, 2014:
gTranslator              3.0     uti/des    195 A screenbar module for lang...
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WHDLoad: New packages until 29.11.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until November 29th, 2014: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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New demos
The scene portal pouet.net has released some new Amiga demos in the last months: (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Nov.2014



Hardware-Review: USB-card RapidRoad
In an article on amiga.org, "Oldsmobile_Mike" has described his experiences with the RapidRoad USB-card developed by Individual Computers. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Nov.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Old instructional videos (in German) for Amiga 1200 and Amiga 4000 digitized
With the kind permission of the executive producer Bernd Weyrauch, the Amiga user AmigaGTI could digitize two old instructional videos about the AGA-Amigas and publish them on Youtube: (cg) (Translation: dr)

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27.Nov.2014



A-EON buys Personal Paint, full version removed from Aminet (2nd Update)
In a joint press release, A-EON and Cloanto announce that A-EON will exclusively develop and distribute all future versions of Cloanto's paint program Personal Paint. PPaint 7.3 for AmigaOS 3 and 4 is currently available through Amistore, the press release also mentions potential ports to AROS and MorphOS. Cloanto will continue to distribute version 7.2 with Amiga Forever.

At the request of the copyright holders, the full version of Personal Paint, which had been released on Aminet 17 years ago, has been removed from the archive yesterday. Approached by Amiga-News, Trevor Dickinson from A-EON states that they "plan to offer free downloads of historical Classic versions in the future".

Update: (28.11.2014, 19:10, cg)

While at least one administrator of an Aminet mirror who hadn't removed the file yet, has apparently been contacted individually in the meantime, A-EON has now created a download page for the old Personal Paint 7.1c at ppaint.amistore.net.

2nd Update: (30.11.14, 09:22, snx)
Also at Cloanto version 7.1c of PPaint can be downloaded. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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25.Nov.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Mediator driver: Mediator Multimedia CD UP 2.3
For registered users of the PCI-busboards Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000Di, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 TX, Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200LT4, Mediator PCI 1200, Mediator PCI 1200LT and Mediator PCI ZIV, version 2.3 of the MM CD 2.0 update is available.

Changes in this update:
  • pci.library 9.10: includes new procedures for allocation of the DMA buffers for PCI cards working in the busmaster mode.
  • pci.library 9.10: New software improves timings of the PCI busmaster cards (Spider, SB4.1, SB128, FM801, TV tuner, FastEthernet) during their acesses to the DMA buffers located in the SDRAM/SGRAM memory of the PCI gfx card.
  • pci.library 9.10: should solve issues of same SB128 cards in the Radeon based configurations.
  • MedConfig 2.0: support for RadeonMemOS, VoodooMemOS and SpiderBuf variables has been added. New RadeonMemOS and VoodooMemOS variables allow to control the function which adds a part of gfx card SDRAM/SGRAM memory to the Amiga system memory.
  • Radeon.card 2.20, Voodoo.card 4.34: support for RadeonMemOS/VoodooMemOS variables
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24.Nov.2014



Linux: Kernel 3.18 RC6 for AmigaOne X1000
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled "release candidate 6" (RC6) of the Linux kernel 3.18 for the X1000 (changelog).

Download: vmlinux-3.18.0-rc6-KVM-PR-OVERLAYFS-AMIGA_one_X1000.tar.bz2 (8 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Nov.2014
amiga.org (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Fractal generator Fractals For SketchBlock 1.5
Andy Broad has released version 1.5 of his commercial fractal generator plugin for Sketchblock. Changes in this update:
  • Themeing: if SketchBlock Lite has been purchased from AmiStore, Fractals For SketchBlock will adopt the current theme
  • Smoothing: Iteration based colouring modes can now be smoothed, given even transition between colours
  • Repeating Palette Mode: This new colouring mode uses one colour from the palette for each iteration step, giving greater control by allowing the user to create there own colour transitions. Works best with longer palettes with gradual colour changes (unless you want a stripey look :-)
Users who have already purchased a previous version can download the update for free from the website or the Amistore. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Nov.2014
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MorphOS: Text processor Calimero 0.2
Carsten Siegner is about to develop a new text processor for MorphOS. Now another alpha version of "Calimero" has been released (screenshot).

Neu in version 0.2:
  • TextEdit-MUI-Class 100 % finished
  • Memory-management system 100% finished
  • Pagehandler + window 100% finished
  • Support of Hyperlinks 100% finished
  • Meta-Data Handler + window 100% finished
  • AmigaGuide Exportmodul 100% finished
  • MUI-GUI 99% finished
  • Clipboard handler 100% finished
  • Add contextmenu to textedit class
Download: Calimero_0.2.lha (123 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Nov.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Shoot'em Up: SuperTed - The Search for Spot
SuperTed developed by Mikael 'Hipoonios' Persson using Backbone is a side scroller shooter with five levels (Youtube video). The game requires a 68030-processor, 2 MB Chip-RAM as well as 4 MB Fast-RAM. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Nov.2014
Pascal Papara (ANF)


AROS: AEROS beta version 8 for Raspberry Pi (free version)
Pascal Papara's Linux-based AROS-distribution AEROS for the small computer Raspberry Pi now is available as public beta version 8 (video). Registered users can download the new version under the title link. As usual the free version does not include the lx-command for launching Linux-programms from the Shell or the Wanderer and is available in the indieGO!-Appstore.

Changes:
  • Better compatibility with different SD-cards (8 GB or more is required)
  • Supports now Raspberry Pi model B+ and A
  • Changed theme for Linux app to one with less hunger for ressources
  • Epiphany webbrowser with HW-accelerated HTML5 (YouTube is working, HTML5 games as well)
  • Latest Debian Wheezy system files
  • Enabled AROS network stack at boot so games and software requiring this will work now (for example Abuse)
  • Removed old unnecessary stuff
Pascal Papara has changed his Ebay offer for the new Raspberry-Pi models. He ships MicroSD-cards with adapters for the old models.

If there are any problems concerning the speed of downloads from his Appstore, he recommends to edit the chunk size in the file "app-dlm.prefs" using a text editor. Instead of using the default setting of 64, the figures 128, 256, 512 and so on can be checked out. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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Aminet-Uploads until 22.11.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 22nd, 2014:
SQLMan.lha               biz/dbase  7.6M  MOS SQLite database manager
gTranslator.lha          comm/misc  197K  MOS A google translator for your ...
ACE-MorphOS.lha          misc/emu   1.2M  MOS Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   3.8M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   4.1M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.1M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
xroar.lha                misc/emu   775K  MOS Dragon and Tandy CoCo emulator
apg.lha                  util/crypt 56K   68k An automated password generator
apg-source.lha           util/crypt 184K      An automated password generat...
sha.lha                  util/crypt 152K  68k File hashing utility
Click_Wit.lha            util/misc  564K  OS4 A fortune cookie program 
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 22.11.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 22nd, 2014:
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
firefox2like_theme.lha   gra/the 2Mb   4.0 Mozilla Firefox 2.x like Theme f...
hottiesview.lha          gra/vie 169kb 4.1 A modern image viewer
sqlman.lha               off/dat 8Mb   4.0 SQLite database manager
click_wit.lha            uti/mis 564kb 4.1 A fortune cookie program for wor...
mplayer-gui.lha          vid/mis 207kb 4.0 GUI for MPlayer for OS4
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 22.11.2014
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until November 22nd, 2014:
cblocks.i386-aros.zip        gam/puz 239kb Sliding-block puzzles with ascii...
xorgramana.i386-aros.zip     gam/puz 776kb Block pushing maze game.
activatewin.i386-aros.tar.gz uti/she 13kb  Gives Shell some Intuition's han...
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WHDLoad: New packages until 22.11.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until November 22nd, 2014: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Nov.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Text viewer: EvenMore 0.82 (22.11.14)
EvenMore is a text viewer written with ECX in Amiga E developed by Chris Perver. Version 0.82 includes some bug fixes as well as improvements concerning viewing .docx-files.

Download:
EvenMore.lha (410 KB)
EvenMore_OS4.lha (440 KB)
EvenMore_MOS.lha (436 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Nov.2014
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Database: SQLite Manager 0.2
Lázár Zoltán has released a second alpha version of his SQLite Manager (screenshot). Using this Hollywood-programm it is possible to create, open and edit databases. It is also possible to convert Open-XML spreadsheet files. The programm is available for all Amiga systems (under AROS only for x86).

"Main new feature is the ability to create queries by the SQL Select command or by interactively select corresponding items. The queries can transfer to new separate windows in any quantity."

Download: SQLMan.lha (8 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Nov.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Meta compiler: PortablE r6-14-07-2013b (beta)
An update for PortablE has been released which is a fix for the latest Software Development Kit (SDK) of AmigaOS 4.1. Most likely AmiDevCpp will not compile programms for AmigaOS 4 until this compiler is also adapated to the new SDK.

Christopher Handley's meta compiler PortablE is an enhancement for the programming language Amiga E and translate it into other ones with "the aim of being portable across many platforms."

In this release 6, graphics, sound, music & GUI modules have been added. Additionally there is a PortablE-forum. First of all PortablE supports AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS, partly AmigaOS 3.x and rudimentarily Windows. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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20.Nov.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Clockport Expander II
Matthias Münch's "Clockport Expander II" is an adapter which can connect two clockport extensions to the clockport of an Amiga 1200. The second generation of the adapter is compatible with current busboards and other extensions, e.g. a BlizzardVision or a GRex-busboard.

On the website of the project (in German) there is a list with compatible hardware. If you are interested in the adapter then please contact Münch. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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20.Nov.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Workbench enhancement: BetterWB 3.9
Similar to AIAB, AmiKit or AmigaSYS, BetterWB is a collection of Workbench enhancements for AmigaOS 3.1, which are useful but rather simple and therefore require low hardware configuration.

Changes in version 3.9:
  • Disksalv and pfsdoctor are now integrated as salvage options
  • Addmem command allows you to configure non autoconfig friendly ram expansions
  • Icon.library has been updated to 46.4.399
  • Prism2v2 has been updated to 2.6
  • PrepCard+ has been updated to v0.2
  • SmartWin is no longer needed. CleverWIN replaces it, and doesnt require a workbench reset
  • TextEngine crashed under some RTG systems. It has been replaced by Redit
  • SwazInfo is suggested when switching to GlowIcons
  • Reduced memory footprint a bit more
  • A few more minor fixes and tweaks
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20.Nov.2014



Amiga-Emulator: FS-UAE 2.5.20dev
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD is based on WinUAE and can be completely controlled with a joypad. Since the last stable version released in March (2.4.1), so far only developer versions have been released.

Changes in FS-UAE 2.5.20dev:
  • Use qemu-uae for slirp support
  • Added support for softfloat library (not tested)
  • Enabled support for prowizard module ripper
  • New action “action_module_ripper” available for custom input mapping
  • A few other bugfixes
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18.Nov.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


MorphOS: Word processor Calimero 0.1
Carsten Siegner is about to develop a new word processor for MorphOS. A first alpha version of "Calimero" now has been released (screenshot).

Download: Calimero_0.1.lha (107 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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17.Nov.2014
amiga.org (Webseite)


Event: Picture galleries of "Saku" (Finnland, 20. September)
"Saku 2014" took place on September, 20th in Tampere (Finland) and according to the organizers about 200 up to 300 visitors attended it. Among others Petro Tyschtschenko and Mike Battilana (Cloanto) were special guests.

The Finnish Amiga User Group now has publsihed some picture galleries of the event (some other external picture galleries are linked on the official website of the event): (cg) (Translation: dr)

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17.Nov.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


PCMCIA Right Angled Adapter (A1200/A600)
Amigakit offers a PCMCIA Right Angled Adapter which can be used for putting an Amiga 1200 or Amiga 600 into a tower case and making the PCMCIA-port available again. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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16.Nov.2014



Aminet-Uploads until 15.11.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 15h, 2014:
PPaintRUS.lha            biz/cloan  21K       Cloanto Personal Paint 7.1c R...
libxvidcore.lha          dev/lib    624K  OS4 Add XviD support to your app
BackUp.lha               disk/bakup 68K   68k A directory mirroring backup ...
diskimage_deviceSP.lha   disk/misc  33K       diskimage.device 53.3 spanish...
Prism2SP.lha             driver/net 28K       Prism2.device 1.7 & 2.6 s...
Koules.lha               game/actio 238K  68k Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
Koules_OS4.lha           game/actio 223K  OS4 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
KoulesMOS.lha            game/actio 234K  MOS Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
F12014carset.lha         game/data  13K       2014 Car Set for F1GP Ed/Micr...
GloomDeluxe.lha          game/data  12M       New maps and characters for G...
ArcheoBot.lha            game/wb    40K   68k Find artifacts from Earth's p...
Eqwi.lha                 game/wb    36K   68k Clear all tiles from each board!
X_marks.lha              game/wb    30K   68k Spot the 'X' marks!
xroar.lha                misc/emu   771K  MOS Dragon and Tandy Coco emulator
Liisa1.adf               misc/math  880K  68k determine prime factors + mis...
CodeAudio.lha            mus/misc   1.2M  68k GUI for Lame,Ogg,Flac,Faad + ...
blum.lha                 util/cli   19K   68k A very good random number gen...
sha256.lha               util/cli   10K   68k Calculate SHA-256 hashes of f...
MPlayer-GUI.lha          util/misc  207K  OS4 GUI for MPlayer for OS4
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 15.11.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 15h, 2014:
gnufind.lha              dev/uti 170kb 4.0 GNU find 4.1.20 (from findutils)
finalburnalpha.lha       emu/gam 7Mb   4.1 FB Alpha is an arcade emulator
koules.lha               gam/act 223kb 4.0 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
spidercave.lha           gam/act 5Mb   4.0 a small action game
aceyducey.lha            gam/car 2Mb   4.0 simulation of the Acey Ducey car...
bageln.lha               gam/mis 2Mb   4.0 a small numbers game
hottiesview.lha          gra/vie 158kb 4.1 A modern image viewer
reactive_lib.lha         lib/mis 211kb 4.0 A custom BOOPSI system
cmg.lha                  uti/scr 2kb   4.1 Create an amigaguide file to pla...
d_cmd.lha                uti/she 3kb   4.1 D is a small shell util for list...
fortune.lha              uti/she 725kb 4.1 write random sentences in the sh...
amiupdate_dan.lha        uti/wor 19kb  4.0 Danish catalog files for AmiUpdate
amiupdate_ell.lha        uti/wor 8kb   4.1 Greek catalog files for AmiUpdat...
jack.lha                 uti/wor 14Mb  4.1 Multi-purpose utility for Workbench
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 15.11.2014
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until November 15h, 2014:
oricutron_v12.i386-aros.lha  emu/com 2Mb   Oric-1/Atmos/Telestrat/Pravetz 8...
arosminimal.zip              gra/the 33kb  Fixed version of theme arosminimal
icaros20walls.zip            gra/the 66kb  2 Spiffy wallpapers for Icaros D...
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16.Nov.2014



WHDLoad: New packages until 15.11.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until November 15th, 2014: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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Gloom Deluxe: New maps and characters
Czesław 'Leon' Mnich created an archive containing many new levels and examples made by him with the easy-to-use editor Maped. It also includes new weapons and characters from Star Wars and Doom as well as programs written by Robert Szacki to import pictures and objects into Gloom. Furthermore there are two articles in polish by Czesław Mnich on Exec.pl: one about Maped and one how to create, Gloom objects, guns, sound effects and more.

Download: GloomDeluxe.lha (12 MB) (snx)

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14.Nov.2014



Retro Game Calendars 2015
An user has created different desk calendars (PDF) with retrogaming motives which can be printed. Old CD cases can be used to present them. There are calendars with Amiga, C64, ZX Spectrum, ZX 81 and SMS motives. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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