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15.Jun.2024



 Preview video: Beta versions of Gorky 17 and Heretic II
Even though George 'walkereo' Sokianos concentrates mainly on the development of AmigaOS4 software, he also has classic hardware at his disposal. In a detailed video he shows beta versions of Gorky 17 and Heretic II running on his Amiga 1200 upgraded with a PiStorm-lite. (dr)

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15.Jun.2024



 Survival game: Zombie Survivor V1.10
Sami Vehmaa continues to work on his current project "Zombie Survival", a game for Amigas with a graphics card in which you have to fight off an endless army of the undead (YouTube video). The current version 1.10 offers the following changes:
  • more settings to let you tweak the game
  • info window in settings
  • Bottom Weapon display switch (F1)
  • added max Zombie 300
  • new blood animation
  • after killing a zombie a body lays in ground for some seconds
  • several bugs found and fixed
  • new speed progress system
(dr)

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14.Jun.2024



 Creating and reading disk images: Disk Jockey V3.4 for macOS
At the end of March, we reported on Jean-Michel Durand's "Disk Jockey" (DJ), with which you can easily create and analyse (Disk-O-Matic) disc images for retro computers and emulators under macOS 10.13 to macOS 14. After version 3.0, he continued to work on the programme and has now made version 3.4 available.

In addition to bug fixes and performance improvements, DJ now understands HFS+ and makes it possible to extract files from it. Also, whenever possible, Disk-O-Matic now displays the file type in the file browser. It is now much easier to recognise which files are text files, which are images and which are programs, for example.

As the author points out somewhat smugly, there is still no AI in Disk Jockey. It's "aall hand-made with human fallibility, questionable design choices and, most of all, love for the craft. And coffee."

As the author kindly explained to us on request, in addition to the version for macOS, which is being actively developed, there is also a Disk Jockey for Windows, which can also be used to create empty images. However, he left it at that and did not implement the rest of the Disk Jockey, as there are already good solutions for Windows.

Finally, there is Disk Jockey Jr (djjr), Disk Jockey for the command line, which runs on macOS and Linux. It received a major update a few months ago and can now do things that the full Disk Jockey for macOS can do (such as analyse disk images, including ADF). This "branch" is also in active development. (dr)

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14.Jun.2024
Individual Computers (ANF)


 Individual Computers: Features of Indivision ECS V4
V4 of the Indivision ECS flickerfixer and scandoubler developed by Individual Computers will be available in limited quantities from 15 July. The previous version V3 is sold out. In a forum post, developer Jens Schönfeld explains new functions and details of the new version:
  • the FPGA has almost twice the capacity. This lets us implement more features, yet keep the same form factor as the previous versions.
  • all-new appearance in all-black. This is in line with the colour of our most successful product ever, the ACA500plus. Not that it matters much in a closed computer, but after 16 years, I felt it was time for a change from the blue that the three previous versions have used. Even the cable to the VGA connector is black!
  • more sophisticated clock generation. While Indivision ECS V2 and V3 were completely async, we now have the possibility to generate precise whole-number multiples of the native Amiga pixel clock. This improves the VSync feature a lot, because the monitor's capability requirement is reduced to 50Hz for PAL or 60Hz for NTSC modes, but it doesn't have to be a specific V-Sync-capable monitor any more (like an expensive gaming monitor). Your choice of low-cost monitors with VGA input increases a lot with this - it's the same feature that Invidision AGA MK3 users already enjoy under the name "auto resolution mode".
  • EDID monitor identification: The config tool can detect the monitor and read supported modes, so fiddling with monitor settings is vastly simplified
  • CIA adapter for keyboard signals: This lets us implement the live-config feature, which is highly appreciated by Indivision AGA MK3 users. Bringing this to OCS/ECS machines, which are often used for gaming, was a "must" - you can pan/zoom the picture with the mouse after pressing a magic keyboard combination while the game is running.
  • Graffiti false-positive avoidance: Generally, Graffiti mode is activated on a line-by-line basis using the Genlock Audio bit (GAUD). Some games set this bit without actually wanting to use Graffiti mode. We're developing a heuristic that also looks at more criteria to tell if it's really a program for the Graffiti hardware, or if it's a false positive that would otherwise result in garbled graphics.
  • I have kept the amount of memory on the flickerfixer at 8MBytes. Although I'm constantly trying to reduce prices, it would not have made any sense to reduce the amount of memory to 2MBytes (whích is the next-smaller chip you can buy), because it would make double-buffering impossible. Instead, I have wired this Ram differently, so we can address it byte-by-byte. This doesn't impact the current functionality (which only uses 16-bit accesses to this memory), but will allow us to add things in the future that would be very slow to do on the previous versions of this flicker fixer.
  • the OSD now has true transparency and can be positioned in any corner of the output picture. I know that many people find the OSD just annoying and always switch it off, which is of course still an option. For those of you who have the OSD visible, it can now softly fade out to complete transparency, adding a little modern "bling" to the look-and-feel.
  • Improved interlace handling: If you drag sreens and you have a non-interlace screen in front of an interlace screen, the whole picture will turn to interlace if you drag the front screen down. Previously, this resulted in a screen mode change on Indivision, which may result in the monitor going into re-sync mode, showing a black screen for a few seconds. The new interlace handling can now avoid this.
As the developer goes on to explain, there are further plans. The price of Indivision ECS V4 will remain the same as that of V3 until the functions have been completed. There is no timetable for the implementation of the following features:
  • change position and zoom factor in auto-resolution modes
  • improve auto-resolution to support 3x and 4x pixels
  • detect and support A2024 "Hedley monitor" screen modes
  • make OSD auto-sizing, so readability on high-resolution monitors is improved
  • inhibit Amiga's access to mouse movement data during live configuration (movement only - LMB can't be inhibited!)
  • add a framebuffer mode with 256 colours out of 21 bits colour, 1024x768 and 1280x1024 pixels
  • add 64x64-pixel sprite with 4 colours to framebuffer mode
  • add 2D acceleration to framebuffer mode
  • add second draggable screen to framebuffer mode (must have same resolution as first screen)
  • implement P96 driver for framebuffer mode - don't expect wonders here! It's questionable if Picasso-II performance can be reached.
(dr)

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13.Jun.2024



 Worth a read: 42 years of programming - The Amiga
Matthias Wiesmann is a Swiss computer scientist who took part in a programming camp 42 years ago, where he learned to program for the TRS-80. As he writes in his blog, programming languages have changed a lot over time, and the computer world used to be much more diverse back then:

"These days, a lot of concepts in computer science settled on one solution: there is one network stack, one type of filesystem, one low-level programming language, etc. It certainly makes things simpler, but this kind of consensus is also a big risk. What I will do is go over the various devices I interacted and explain how they were weird compared with today’s mental model."

In a previous article in English, Wiesmann took a look at the Commodore 64. Now he has turned his attention to the Amiga under the title link and describes the special features of the system from a personal perspective: chipset, planar graphics, weird graphics modes such as HAM8, interlaced graphics and sound modules. (nba)

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13.Jun.2024



 Floppy disk images: Disc Image Manager V1.47 for Linux, macOS and Windows
Gerald J Holdsworth's Disc Image Manager is an application used to load a retro disc image, read the catalogue and output any required files. In addition, it will also add files to the image, delete, and rename files and directories. On the Amiga side, reading and writing of AmigaDOS disks and hard disks with OFS and FFS formatting are supported (not fully tested with FFS). Support for directory cache and international characters is still missing (amiga-news.de reported). Version 1.47 provides several new features and bug fixes.

The author also provides a detailed PDF manual. (dr)

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12.Jun.2024



 Book: AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual - Limited print run, pre-orders being taken
Press release: Following the successful release of the German edition, Look Behind You is delighted to announce the English version of "AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual". This comprehensive guide is essential for anyone using the AmigaOS in its latest and greatest version 3.2 (up to and including 3.2.2.1).

In this upcoming reference book, which will span around 450 pages, readers will not only find a clear explanation of the basics and advanced functions of AmigaOS 3.2, but also valuable insights into the Amiga system, from A to Z. Whether readers are experienced Amiga users or are just getting started (or even restart), this book will accompany them at various levels of knowledge.

Step by step, the editorial team guides the reader through the installation on classic Amigas, on emulated Amigas and even on the THEA500 Mini, demonstrates the setup of the Kickstart ROMs in 68k Amigas and explains the basics of the operating system, its operation and structure. It is shown how the system is optimised with the various prefs (presets) and how the tools, utilities and commodities are used efficiently.

A large chapter is dedicated to the Shell, the command line interface of the AmigaOS - all commands, including new ones, are explained and the use of the Shell is illustrated with many practical examples. In addition to shortcuts and start scripts, advanced users will also discover a comprehensive guide to ARexx and script control of the Workbench, MultiView and TextEdit.

Furthermore, there is a lot of content beyond AmigaOS 3.2: data exchange between PC and Amiga, internet access, as well as many recommendations for new hardware and software to make the Amiga ready for the future.

The authors are experienced Amiga enthusiasts from the very beginning: IT journalist Martin Steigerwald (among others, Amiga Magazin, AMIGAplus), graduate engineer Simon Neumann (owner of Alinea Computer) and digital expert Nico Barbat (among others, editor-in-chief of AMIGAplus). During the work on the book, they were supported by the development team of AmigaOS 3.2, including the beta test team for quality control.

Please note that the print run of "AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual" will be strictly limited. The expected launch date is 26th August 2024.

Early bird customers who purchase their book until 21st July 2024 will benefit from our special offer: the combined price of the book plus digital edition (PDF) is 35 ¤, saving 10 ¤.

Editions

Hardback (full colour, 450 pages):
¤ 35,00 / £ 30,00 / $ 37,80
ISBN 978-3-9826022-6-4

Digital Edition (PDF):
¤ 17,50 / £ 14,90 / $ 18,90
ISBN 978-3-9826022-7-1

Hardback + Digital Edition:
¤ 45,00 / £ 38,90 / $ 48,90
Early Bird (until 21st July 2024): 35,00 ¤ (snx)

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12.Jun.2024
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 Event: Interface XXXVIII in Kiel, Germany, on 22.06.2024
Sven Scheele writes: On Saturday, June 22, 2024, the second "Interface" in 2024 will take place in Schwentinental near Kiel, Germany. This will be the 38th edition of the retro computer get-together. As always, the organizers are the Vintage Computer Club (VCC), the Amiga Club Schleswig-Holstein (ACSH) and the Computer Club Klausdorf (CCK).

Registration by e-mail to interface@jugendhaus-klausdorf.de is recommended. Without registration there is no guarantee of a free place.

There are again two large rooms available. The café on the first floor (as a "workshop" for hardware projects, repairs, etc.) and the top floor offer enough space to talk and play on the computers and consoles you have brought with you. Participants must bring their own power strips and network cables.

The official start is at 2 p.m., the organization team will begin setting up the tables etc. at around 12 noon. The venue is the Jugendhaus Klausdorf, Dorfstraße 101 in Klausdorf, which is part of 24222 Schwentinental. (snx)

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12.Jun.2024



 Developer log: Weapons for the strategy game "Ecliptic"
At the beginning of April, a new demo version of the strategy game "Ecliptic", which is currently under development, was released (amiga-news.de reported). In another detailed developer diary, the author now writes about some of the weapons that can be used to send these monsters to the afterlife (flamethrower video, grenade video) (dr)

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11.Jun.2024



 Video game history: Amiga Germany trading cards
The team behind Amiga Germany, which founded and manages the Facebook group of the same name and publishes the associated magazine, has presented a new project that should be of interest to collectors who are interested in the history of video games: the "Amiga Germany Collector's Cards" are high-quality, double-sided cards that celebrate the long history of Amiga games.

Each of the four sets currently available contains five of those high-quality cards with box artworks of popular games and logos of legendary developer studios on the front. On the back of each card, you will find additional information about the motifs, such as the year of publication and the name of the artist (for game artwork) or the year of foundation and the games published (for developer logos), as well as a star rating and the number of the issue of Amiga Germany Fanzine in which the corresponding game was discussed.



The following four sets of five cards are available initially:
  • Set 1: Apidya Box Artwork, Dune Box Artwork, Kaiko Entwickler Logo, Midnight Resistance Box Artwork, Nathan Never Box Artwork
  • Set 2: Monkey Island 2 Box Artwork, Psygnosis Entwickler Logo, Starglider 2 Box Artwork, Apprentice Box Artwork, Black Crypt Box Artwork
  • Set 3: Turrican Box Artwork, Thalion Entwickler Logo, Lethal Xcess Box Artwork, Simon the Sorcerer Box Artwork, Defender of the Crown Box Artwork
  • Set 4: Toki Box Artwork, Golden Axe Box Artwork, Turrican 2 Box Artwork, Lionheart Box Artwork, Factor 5 Entwickler Logo
Further sets are in the pipeline. Each set costs ¤2.50, while the starter pack containing all four sets is available for ¤9.50. For ¤26.50, there is a "Deluxe Supporter Pack" that contains all initial four sets and a matching collector's album. (nba)

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11.Jun.2024



 Using image files and discs in PC drives: DiskFlashback V1.0.1.0
Developer Rob Smith has written DiskFlashback, a convenient software for Windows 10/11 (64-bit) that enables PC floppy drives to read and write image files such as ADFs (Amiga Disk Files) during operation. It also allows you to process real discs in Amiga or Atari format, with the appropriate hardware extensions. To use it, you need the FloppyBridge plugin, which in turn requires additional hardware (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has released version 1.0.1.0 of the software. Changes:
  • Fixed disabling "auto-detect com port" being ignored
  • Better support for hard disk image files larger than 4G (some partitions got ignored before)
  • Upgraded to use the new ADFLib v0.9
  • Changed error handling when reading from disks to include the Always Ignore option
  • Added Amiga PFS3 file system support (this was a real PITA!)
Editorial update, 12 June 2024 (nba): Our original news article stated that no special hardware is required to process physical Amiga disks. That is not accurate. The FloppyBridge plug-in is required, which in turn requires DrawBridge, Greaseweazle or Supercard Pro hardware. The article has been updated accordingly. (dr)

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10.Jun.2024



 Background: The Amiga 8 sprite myth
In a recent article Edwin van den Oosterkamp corrects the misconception, which in his opinion is still widespread today, that a programmer has to resort to tricks on the Amiga in order to be able to display more than 8 sprites on the screen. (dr)

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09.Jun.2024



 Action-Adventure: 2nd June update of "Castlevania AGA"
Dante Mendes has released another June update (amiga-news.de reported) for his conversion of Konami's NES action adventure Castlevania, originally called "Akumajou Dracula", which fixes some problems:
  • a problem with screen transitions after a continue in world 3
  • the "hang on screen bottom edge instead of falling" glitch that happened sometimes
  • a problem with Dracula going offscreen at the final battle
As the author writes, the feedback so far has been very positive. However, Castlevania is still a little too easy. He will continue to work on it. (dr)

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09.Jun.2024



 Survival game: Zombie Survivor V1.00
Sami Vehmaa's current project is a game called "Zombie Survival" for Amigas with a graphics card, in which you have to fight off an endless army of the undead (YouTube video). After several beta versions (amiga-news.de reported), he has now released version 1.00 with the following changes:
  • Settings menu open
  • Death weapon done, kills everyone
  • Added flame throw weapon
  • Added speed kick lightning pickup
  • Some more speech
  • Added difficulty adds per day
  • Enemys stops at things like stones
  • Added simple menu effect just to look cooler
  • Dumped mouse support from menu
  • For Menu, Settings, Upgrade menu, use arrow keys or joystick
  • Pixel motion bug fixes + some other bugs
  • Readme updated
(dr)

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09.Jun.2024



 Aminet uploads until 08.06.2024
The following files have been added until 08.06.2024 to Aminet:
amigassh.lha             comm/net   99K   68k SSH2 for the Amiga
convolver.lha            dev/amos   114K      16bit mono convolver
HollywoodSP.lha          dev/hwood  928K      Hollywood 10.0 spanish catalo...
HWP_hTeX.lha             dev/hwood  13M   68k Use LaTeX from Hollywood
A1XE-Diagram_gif.gif     docs/hard  90K       A1 XE motherboard layout/jump...
A1XE-Diagram_pdf.pdf     docs/hard  35K       A1 XE motherboard layout/jump...
Rompuller.pdf            docs/hard  195K      How replace ROM on early Amig...
P96Prefs.lha             driver/vid 88K   68k P96 Preferences Editor
Voodoo.lha               driver/vid 14K   68k Voodoo P96 driver
GiocoDel15aros.zip       game/board 343K  x86 classic puzzle game from 50 y...
GITressetteAros.zip      game/board 503K  x86 Tressette a Perdere card game
LoViewMOS.lha            gfx/show   5.5M  MOS LoView - the Easy Viewer and ...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   7.6M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   8.0M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   8.2M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   3.8M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
A1_Debian_Install.pdf    misc/os    52K       Debian 3.0 install guide for ...
A1_Debian_Install_de.pdf misc/os    57K       Debian install guide for A1 S...
debian-install.iso.bz2   misc/os    10M       Debian 3.0 boot CD for AmigaO...
LN3Outro24.lha           mods/misc  972K      16bit 4ch LN3 Outro 24 by HKv...
sidid.lha                mus/misc   58K   68k HVSC playroutine identity sca...
a1222_abstract.lha       pix/back   12M       Abstract backdrop for AmigaOn...
AmiSSL-5.16-OS3.lha      util/libs  3.7M  68k OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.16-OS4.lha      util/libs  3.4M  OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.16-SDK.lha      util/libs  2.3M  AOS OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AnalogClock.lha          util/time  40K   68k Resizeable analog transparent...
(snx)

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09.Jun.2024



 OS4Depot uploads until 08.06.2024
The following files have been added until 08.06.2024 to OS4Depot:
amissl-sdk.lha           dev/mis 2Mb   4.0 SDK for AmiSSL
gluae.lha                emu/uti 15kb  4.0 Integrates UAE into AmigaOS
hwp_htex.lha             lib/hol 13Mb  4.0 Hollywood plugin for LaTeX
amissl.lha               lib/mis 3Mb   4.0 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared library
iconecta.lha             net/mis 2Mb   4.0 A little and easy program to tes...
(snx)

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09.Jun.2024



 AROS Archives uploads until 08.06.2024
The following files have been added until 08.06.2024 to AROS Archives:
i386-aros-python2.5.2.zip    dev/lan 16Mb  Python-2.5.2.i386
hollywoodsp.lha              dev/mis 928kb Spanish catalog for hollywood 10
giocodel15.i386-aros.zip     gam/car 343kb classic puzzle game from 50 year...
gitressette.i386-aros.zip    gam/car 503kb popular Italian game
iconecta.lha                 net/mis 2Mb   A little and easy program to tes...
(snx)

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09.Jun.2024



 MorphOS-Storage uploads until 08.06.2024
The following files have been added until 08.06.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
hTeX_1.0.lha              Dependencies/Hollywood    A plugin for Hollywood ...
AmiArcadia_32.52.lha      Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
Wayfarer_8.7.lha          MorphOS-update            Wayfarer is the latest ...
Easy2Install_1.0b53.lha   Network/PackageManager    A package manager to do...
iConecta_5.25.lha         Network/Wifi              A little and easy progr...
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09.Jun.2024



 WHDLoad: New installers until 08.06.2024
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 08.06.2024:
  • 2024-06-04 improved: Manic Miner (Software Projects) replaced GUI with WHDLoad options, updated installer script and icons, added button waits and speed fixes (Info)
  • 2024-06-04 improved: Jet Set Willy II (Software Projects) replaced GUI with WHDLoad options, updated installer script and icons, added button waits and speed fixes (Info)
  • 2024-06-03 fixed: Universe (Core Design) blitter wait routine sometimes called with wrong address, fixed now (Info)
  • 2024-06-03 fixed: Inviyya (Tigerskunk) better level 3 interrupt handler, last hiscore entry was cleared (CD32) (Info, Image)
(snx)

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09.Jun.2024



 AmigaRemix: Further file added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 file has been added:
  • Flashback from the Future
(snx)

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09.Jun.2024



 Game: Ami-H.E.R.O. 1.1
"Ami-H.E.R.O.", inspired by the Atari 2600 game H.E.R.O., (amiga-news.de reported) is now available in version 1.1. New features include updated graphics and a pause function. (snx)

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08.Jun.2024



 Preview video: Game "Loony Ledges" V0.3C
Besides some other projects like "Deathmine" or "Pumpman", 'PixelPlop' is about to port a game he wrote a while ago on the PC but never published to the Amiga (amiga-news.de reported). The second preview video shows the following changes:
  • Rewrote/redesigned the frontend menus so they can all be operated by joystick aswell as keyboard.
  • Added a checkpoint password system instead of a save file.
  • Wrote a new blitter routine that can clip a sprite to any arbitary rectangle. (Needed by the later levels.)
  • Fixed a ton of bugs and got everything fitting in memory.
  • Optimized the screen dissolve effect.
(dr)

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08.Jun.2024
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 PDF magazine: Ami Tech-Gazette, Issue 10
"Ami Tech-Gazette" by Eric Schwartz and Michael Barclay is a 14-page retro newsletter with an Amiga focus. The current issue contains, among other things, another installment of the "Graphics Workshop", another part of the PiMiga tutorial and a review of the last US-American print magazine "The New Amigans". (cg) (Translation: cg)

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07.Jun.2024



 Java tool: ham_convert 1.10.1
Sebastian Sieczko's Java-based tool ham_convert converts modern graphic formats into the Amiga's HAM format and is now available in version 1.10.1. New in this version:
  • Temporal dithering (fake rgb666 in ham6 animations, dither_temporal command line parameter) updated with flipped pattern on odd fields (similar to dither_masked).
  • ICtCp set as default HAM color distance mode.
  • write_pal cli parameter can be used to enable saving the calculated palette to a separate JASC pal file.
Download: ham_convert 1.10.1 (7 MB) (dr)

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07.Jun.2024



 Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.16 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.16 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version OpenSSL 3.3.1. Detailed changes:
  • Updated OpenSSL backend to full compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 3.3.1 (4.6.2024) version which includes these low severity bug fixes and mitigations:
    • Fixed potential use after free after SSL_free_buffers() is called.
    • Fixed an issue where checking excessively long DSA keys or parameters may be very slow.
Downloads:
AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.16-OS3.lha (3,7 MB)
AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.16-OS4.lha (3,4 MB)
SDK: AmiSSL-5.16-SDK.lha (2,3 MB) (dr)

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07.Jun.2024



 Blog: Stupid Slow: The Perceived Speed of Computers
Swedish technology nerd and software developer Carl Svensson has published a new article on his website datagubbe.se, entitled ‘Stupid Slow: The Perceived Speed of Computers’. This article deals with the subjective perception of computer speed and examines how various factors influence this perception, with a particular focus on the Amiga. The article covers historical and technical aspects and offers interesting insights for technology fans – interesting stuff for anyone who wants to learn more about the perceived performance of their machines. (nba)

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07.Jun.2024



 Platformer: Release of "Tony Montezuma's Gold"
Monochrome Productions has published the Amiga game ‘Tony Montezuma's Gold’ (amiga-news.de reported). This new platform game lets players take on the role of Polish explorer and film-maker Tony Halik (1921-1998), whose adventures spanned continents and decades. Players will experience a journey through ancient temples and dangerous jungles in search of the legendary gold of Montezuma.

The game, created by graphic artist Rafał Dudek, who also contributed the game concept, and programmer Paweł ‘TUKINEM’ Tukatsch, features unusual monochrome graphics in 8-bit style and appealing gameplay. The music was composed by Marcin ‘EIGHTBM’ Białobrzewski.



The download version can be purchased for $9.99 under the title link. A physical version with a fancy box and two floppy disks can be pre-ordered for 23.11 euros. (nba)

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07.Jun.2024



 Blog Epsilon's World: 1080p videos on the A1222 Plus
As usual, this time Epsilon shows in detail and with numerous pictures how it installs an RX550 graphics card in its A1222 Plus in order to be able to play videos with a 1080p resolution. (dr)

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07.Jun.2024
MorphZone (Forum)


 MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 8.7
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 8.7 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS. Changes:
  • Rebased to WebKitGTK 2.44.2
  • Implemented a targeted ReCaptcha workaround to improve its reliability on slower hardware
  • Updated to latest cURL
  • Fixed the busyloops on cURL thread
  • Implemented various performance optimizations in cURL
  • Added a workaround for cURL regression that broke video playback and/or seeking
  • Fixed PayPal login page redraw issues
  • Updated Safari user-agents
  • Fixed editing of custom user-agents
(dr)

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06.Jun.2024



 Programming: Web based m68k assembler editor v3.2.0
Under the title link you can find a webapp to write, run and learn M68K assembly code based on the framework SvelteKit and the programming language Rust (amiga-news.de reported).

Version 3.2.0 among others offers a memory region viewer:
  • Added memory region viewer, you can select up to 4 bytes of memory to convert it's value in decimal/signed decimal
  • Fixed bug when prompting for single character input
(dr)

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06.Jun.2024



 Linux: Stable long-term kernel 5.10.218 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the current kernels (amiga-news.de reported), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky also provides the latest version of the stable long-term kernel for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. It is suitable for old Linux distributions that do not work with the latest kernels, such as Ubuntu 10.04, or if users have problems with the latest kernels. He has now released version 5.10.218. (dr)

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06.Jun.2024



 Video: Gameplay of recent update of Doom clone "Grind"
In mid-April, we reported on the progress made in the development of the Doom clone "Grind". Now the YouTube channel "Amiga Factory" has published a gameplay showing these improvements and further developments. (dr)

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05.Jun.2024



 Reverse Engineering: Aira Force 0.6.3 for Windows, Linux and macOS
"Aira Force" is a tool for reverse engineering Amiga 680x0 software (amiga-news.de reported). It allows binaries to be disassembled and investigated (preview video). The new version now supports unlimited hunks.

In addition, the author has spent some time configuring archives remotely. This is the first release of archives built remotely with GitHub Actions - at least for Windows and Linux. As a result, he hopes to no longer have to dig out his old Linux laptop and Macbook. (dr)

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05.Jun.2024



 Programming competition: Amiga Demo Effect Jam launched
'Prince', founder of the group 'Phaze101', has started a new programming competition after the 2022 Retro Trex Game Jam: the Amiga Demo Effect Jam, which runs until 31 July 2024. The task is to create an effect for an Amiga demo. In the end, all these effects will be put together to create a complete Amiga demo (OCS/ECS).

This jam is aimed at beginner programmers who would like to take part in a demo party. The exact technical requirements are listed under the title link. (dr)

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04.Jun.2024
Krzysztof Śmiechowicz (AROS ML)


 AROS: Emulator for 32-bit software under 64-bit AROS in development
To facilitate the transition from 32-bit to 64-bit architecture for AROS, Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has now published the prototype of an emulator, which should enable the continued use of existing 32-bit software until it might get recompiled natively (video).

Many things would not work yet, but anyone who wants to can try it out and give feedback. However, he will not be able to start producing a more stable version until next year.

Links:
emulator-prototype-20240604-aros-pc-x86_64.iso.zip (58 MB)
Quellcode auf GitHub (snx)

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04.Jun.2024



 AmigaOS 4: Using a Logitech K400 Plus Keyboard with the A1222 Plus
Kevin 'ktadd' Taddeucci has purchased an A1222 Plus in addition to his existing AmigaOS 4 hardware (MicroA1, AmigaOne X1000) and reports on his experiences in a blog (amiga-news.de reported). In the current entry he describes the challenge and possible solutions when using a PC keyboard with a touchpad using the example of a Logitech K400 Plus. (dr)

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03.Jun.2024



 Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.7.2 and 6.3.2 (preview), (update)
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400.

New versions have now been released: version 5.7.1 is recommended for ARM devices (like the Raspberry Pi) and Version 6.3.1 (preview) for x86 and generally faster boards (ARM included). Both versions offer numerous new features, bug fixes and improvements.

The Preview 6.x will become the new "stable" flatpak available. This will help with the limitations of the Flatpak system regarding "stable" vs "beta" versions, since you cannot use both of them at the same time (you have to switch). Having Preview as the "stable" version, will help with people trying to use it in faster boards, like the SteamDeck, with minimum hassle.

Update: (22:04, 06.06.24, dr)
Today version 5.7.2 and version 6.3.2 (preview) have been released. (dr)

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03.Jun.2024



 Video: Scorpion Engine game of a user
We recently reported on various ways of familiarising yourself with the Scorpion Engine game construction kit using tutorials. Now the user 'M1CK' has published a short video that shows how someone like him, who has no programming experience, can use it to create a game.

This example is mainly intended as an experiment and should not be explored further. First and foremost, it should show whether he can actually use the engine and how to add some of the features typically found in a 2D platformer. (dr)

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03.Jun.2024



 A2000 motherboard in E-ATX form factor: Revision 3.1
At the beginning of 2022, the developer 'jasonsbeer' published revision 2.2 of his replica of the A2000 motherboard in the ATX form factor, "Amiga-2000-ATX". After revision 3.0 in the middle of last year, he has now published revision 3.1 with the following changes:
  • Various fixes
  • Changed SRAM back to +5V part
  • Added copper pours to top and bottom layer
  • Updated to KiCAD 8.0
(dr)

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02.Jun.2024



 Amiga Kit: Final Writer 7 pre-installed on A600GS
Press release: Final Writer has been in put back into active development over recent years (amiga-news.de reported). Version 7 will soon will make it's debut pre-installed on the A600GS computer.

Final Writer is a famous word processor for the Amiga computer originally developed by SoftWood in the mid 1990s. It rapidly developed a significant loyal fan base amongst the Amiga community.

In 2015 it was purchased by Timothy Deters and put back into development after a 20 year hiatus. A large investment of work has been carried out implementing a new spell checker compatible with Open Office dictionaries, RTG fixes, FTP, IPP PDF and Turboprint printing.

AmigaKit Ltd and Timothy Deters are pleased to announce that a special edition of Final Writer 7 will be pre-installed on the A600GS alongside it's other updated applications of OctaMED 8, PPaint 7.4 and Directory Opus 4.

Final Writer can be started from AmiBench, the desktop environment and will open on a 1080P screen. Final Writer 7 Special Edition is fully functional with the exception of the Spell Checker module which will be offered to A600GS users as an optional paid upgrade.

Matthew Leaman, MD of AmigaKit Ltd commented on the collaboration: "We are very pleased to work with Timothy bundling the brand new edition of Final Writer on the A600GS low cost hardware platform. Final Writer is popular and much loved Amiga word processor. A significant amount of hard work has gone into bringing this application back to our community to the credit of Timothy and his developers. New versions of Final Writer complementing OctaMED and Personal Paint represents the renewal of Amiga applications."

Timothy Deters, owner of Final Writer added: "I'm happy to have come to an agreement with AmigaKit to include Final Writer with their system. I’d like to thank the developers who worked on this project and have been instrumental to its completion."

The A600GS computer system is due for launch in the second quarter of 2024. (dr)

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02.Jun.2024



 Emulator: WinUAE 5.3.0
The Amiga emulator WinUAE has been released in version 5.3.0. Changes:

New emulated RTG boards
  • CyberVision/BlizzardVision PPC. 2D only, 3D is not implemented. (Permedia 2)
  • GVP EGS 110/24. (INMOS G364)
  • Graffity. (Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428)
  • Merlin, includes support for configurable serial number used by ProBench (Tseng ET4000W32)
  • oMniBus (Tseng ET4000AX or ET4000W32)
  • Rainbow III (INMOS G360)
  • Visiona (INMOS G300)

New features/updates
  • Prometheus FireStorm PCI bridge emulation
  • Release raw input devices when GUI is open (except during input Test/Remap) or when debugger window is active. Allows Windows shortcut keys like Win+E to work without need to unfocus the window.
  • Added Misc panel option to disable default on screen keyboard gamepad button 4 mapping.
  • Some uae-configuration (and other similar) debugging logging messages automatically opened the console window. Now only entering debugger will open it.
  • Added “Always on (Fixed only)” sound filter option. This enables A500 fixed filter but never enables “led filter”. (A1200 does not have fixed filter, only “led” filter)
  • Replaced old Windows 2000 compatible Windows clipboard handling with newer, simpler and more reliable method introduced in Vista.
  • Allow also 68020+ CPUs to fetch instruction words from custom chipset space. Only if more compatible is set. If some program really wants to do something weird like execute code located in AGA palette registers.
  • Lightpen/gun cursor in any edge of screen: lightpen/gun not pointing at the screen = position can’t be read by the program.
  • Statefile shortcut keys now select current config file name as a base statefile name (for example, if “test1.uae” config file is loaded, SHIFT+END+0 will save statefile as “test1.uss”. Quickstart mode config still uses original default “default.uss”)
  • Both “SaveImage” (automatically created ext adf when write-enabling non-writable image like ipf) file extension variants are now detected automatically when checking if file exists. Paths panel SaveImage mode option now only affects generated file name when new saveimage is created.
  • Added LDP-1450 laserdisc player OSD font emulation. Fixes laserdisc arcade game Platoon (Nova) previously missing “YOU’RE HIT!!” messages. (All OSD graphics are generated by Amiga except this message!)

Bugs fixes
  • Fixed XT based Bridgeboards non-working floppy drive emulation, broke during 5.1 DraCo updates (wrong density detection)
  • Serial port data receive was unreliable. Loopback serial port mode didn’t work in fast CPU modes.
  • CD32 FMV video image size and positioning was weird in most scaled modes.
  • Exclusive fullscreen and RTG resolution switch (RTG resolution switch to another RTG resolution without switch to native mode and back) didn’t change fullscreen resolution.
  • Some ECS programmed modes (for example SuperPlus) had first visible line blanked.
  • Fixed corruption in some “weird” programmed modes, introduced in 5.0 betas.
  • Some hardware emulated RTG boards had flickering colors during horizontal panning (>8 bit modes only)
  • Fixed ECS Denise superhires mode hires sprite pointer strange odd/even horizontal movement.
  • Fixed pre-KS 1.2 HDF/directory filesystem boot. Broke long time ago.
  • Multi-monitor active state was not fully reset when system was hard reset. (Multimonitor window was open -> hard reset -> window didn’t open anymore again)
  • If x86 bridgeboard SVGA and also other hardware emulated RTG board was active and END+F9 was used to switch monitors: both monitors’ output was drawn in same window, causing corrupted graphics and possibly also crash if monitor sizes were too different.
  • It was not possible to write and read ECS/AGA genlock transparency bit in color registers. Was broken long time ago.
  • Delay ALG LDP seek complete status reply slightly. Fixes laserdisc arcade game Platoon (Nova) few second hangs.
  • Los Justicieros (Zorton Brothers) laserdisc arcade game left holster hooked up correctly. (Was stuck active previously)
(dr)

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02.Jun.2024
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


 Hollywood goes LaTeX: hTeX 1.0 released

Press release: "Airsoft Softwair, the unstoppable coding machine, is back on your screen with a massive new Hollywood plugin release: hTeX. hTeX allows you to experience the wonderful world of LaTeX as it makes it possible to use the LaTeX markup language from Hollywood. This makes it possible to easily display mathematical formulas in your Hollywood scripts and Hollywood Designer projects. On top of that, you can also use more advanced LaTeX features like tables, boxes, and finetuned formatting. Finally, hTeX also allows you to export LaTeX formatted text as PDF documents, SVG images, and PNG images.

Using hTeX is very simple and convenient because the plugin directly interfaces with Hollywood's text library so you don't need to learn any new functions but you can just use the functions from Hollywood's text library. As soon as the hTeX plugin is installed, all functions from Hollywood's text library will automatically be able to handle text formatted in LaTeX. hTeX will make the text available to Hollywood as full vector text which means that it can be infinitely scaled, rotated, and transformed without any loss of quality.

Of course hTeX also supports our brand-new Hollywood Designer 7 which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. So after you've installed the hTeX plugin, Hollywood Designer 7 will automatically become a state-of-the-art editor for LaTeX, just take a look at what is possible when using hTeX together with Hollywood Designer 7:



The hTeX distribution comes with several examples as well as a comprehensive documentation to get you started quickly. And the best of all: hTeX is provided free of charge. Thus, please consider buying Hollywood to show your support for our massive development efforts. Note that Hollywood 10 or Hollywood Designer 7 are strictly required by hTeX.

The plugin is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal at the title link. Thanks to Hollywood's cross-platform plugin system versions for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, Linux, Mac OS and Windows are provided." (snx)

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02.Jun.2024



 Action adventure: June update of "Castlevania AGA"
Dante Mendes has released an update for his conversion of Konami's NES action adventure Castlevania, originally called "Akumajou Dracula" (amiga-news.de reported). This now features a "proper" Simon Belmont, who was created especially for this version. There is now also a menu with a jukebox function, which allows you to listen to the different music. (dr)

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02.Jun.2024



 Aminet uploads until 01.06.2024
The following files have been added until 01.06.2024 to Aminet:
MicroExcel_2.0a.lha      biz/spread 1.6M  MOS A Spreadsheed Editor
Void-FB15.lha            demo/sound 640K  68k Musicdisk from 68k Inside 2024
transmittances.lha       dev/amos   406K      transmittances
PreludeSoftwareBundle... driver/aud 122K  68k Software bundle for Prelude s...
7MezzoPlusAros.zip       game/board 472K  x86 Popular Italian Christmas game
GISequenceMemoryADF.zip  game/board 304K  68k memory game
GISequenceMemoryAros.zip game/board 388K  x86 Sequence Memory game  
Jake_And_Peppy_V90.lha   game/demo  28M   68k Playable demo: new Apollo V4/...
sequencememory.lha       game/wb    193K  68k memory game
LN3Void24Prt2.lha        mods/misc  3.5M      16bit 4ch LN3Void24Prt2 by HK...
hippoplayerupdate.lha    mus/play   406K  68k Updated HippoPlayer
VATestprogram.zip        util/misc  22M   68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
BaseConv.lha             util/wb    63K   68k Convert numbers between bin/o...
(snx)

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02.Jun.2024



 OS4Depot uploads until 01.06.2024
The following files have been added until 01.06.2024 to OS4Depot:
cppcheck.lha             dev/uti 4Mb   4.1 A static analysis tool for C/C++...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 8Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
a1222_abstract.lha       gra/mis 12Mb  4.0 Abstract backdrop for AmigaOne A...
lm_calendarclock.lha     uti/har 5Mb   4.0 Clock to control the time in fro...
(snx)

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02.Jun.2024



 AROS Archives uploads until 01.06.2024
The following files have been added until 01.06.2024 to AROS Archives:
vintagesongplayer.lha        aud/pla 2Mb   A JukeBox multiformat player
gisequencememory.i386-aro... gam/boa 388kb classic memory game
7mezzoplus.i386-aros.zip     gam/car 472kb Popular Italian Christmas game
gipoker.i386-aros.zip        gam/car 451kb video poker simulations bar mach...
videntiumpicta.lha           gra/vie 2Mb   Videntium Picta is picture and a...
witchcleaner.lha             net/ser 3Mb   Clean temp data from OWB and tra...
omanko.lha                   uti/fil 2Mb   Tool made to get the MD5 and CRC...
lm_calendarclock.lha         uti/har 4Mb   Clock to control the time in fro...
(snx)

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02.Jun.2024



 MorphOS-Storage uploads until 01.06.2024
The following files have been added until 01.06.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
WitchCleaner_3.20.lha     Network/Web               A little and easy progr...
MicroExcel_2.0a.lha       Office/Spreadsheet        A Spreadsheed Editor
(snx)

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02.Jun.2024
Amiga.org (forum)


 Programming competition: AmiGameJam 2024 launched
Following the 2022/2023 competition on the topic of "Sword and Sorcery", the next AmiGameJam has now been launched. In this year's edition, the task for the game programmers is: "The Sequel That Never Was". If you want to take part, you have to submit a sequel to a game from the old Amiga days to the organizers by December 1st at the latest.

The participants will as usual be divided into the two categories "OCS/AGA" and "RTG/Vampire/AmigaOS 4/MorphOS/AROS", and voting will again be carried out by both the community and a group of celebrity judges. The judges and prizes will be announced later. (snx)

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02.Jun.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


 Amiga Future: Full version of Insanity Fight online
In the download area of Amiga Future the full version of the game Insanity Fight has been published, including data disk, construction set, manual and source code. (snx)

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02.Jun.2024
Amiga Future (website)


 German Amiga Podcast: Issue 18
Issue 18 of the "German Amiga Podcasts" (GAP) reports from the Amiga Ruhrpott Convention event (ARC) 2024, which took place on May 25 in Duisburg, Germany. (snx)

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02.Jun.2024
Paulee Bow (ANF)


 Music: CD "Bleakwave" by Vogue Renege announced
As part of the "Kickstart 02" event in Nottingham on June 29/30, also Vogue Renege alias Paulee Alex Bow will be performing. The new CD "Bleakwave" is to be released there, and international sales as a physical and digital product will start a few days later.

It contains five songs: (snx)

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02.Jun.2024



 Amiga-Emulator: Activity monitors and DMA bus visualisation for vAmigaWeb
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS.

In this update, the developer 'mithendal' has added an activity or load display for the individual Amiga chips Blitter, Copper and Paula and the CPU. This means that you can now see which games use certain Amiga coprocessors or chips in particular. In addition, pens such as the Apple Pencil are now supported. (dr)

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02.Jun.2024



 Open source project: IDE driver lide.device 40.7 (update)
The open source project lide.device provides a new IDE driver for the Amiga, which offers some improvements (amiga-news.de reported). Now version 40.6 was released:
  • SCSI-2 Emulation - Fixes compatibility with ACDPlay, OptyCDPlay, OS 3.9 PlayCD etc
  • Support masterless slave devices
  • Fixup channel detection on Dicke Olga Accelerator
  • Various ATAPI bug fixes and performance improvements
Update: (13:50, 02.06.24, dr)
Version 40.7 has just been released and is strongly recommended for all users of the previous version 40.6. (dr)

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02.Jun.2024



 Video: Review of Amiga 2000 accelerator board "Dicke Olga"
"Dicke Olga" is a 68030 turbo card for the Amiga 2000 and a hobbyist project. The YouTube channel "Retronaut" has now taken a look at the card under the title link. (dr)

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01.Jun.2024
Spadoni Carlo (ANF)


 AROS distribution: AROS One 2.5 (x86)
The "AROS One" distribution, which is based on the AROS binary interface ABI v0 (screenshot), is now available in version 2.5 for x86 computers. It can be downloaded as a DVD ISO file (1.7 GB) or as a USB flash image (3.7 GB) under the title link, where you will also find video recordings (don't be confused by the old title, the download links on the page below the screenshot are correct). The VHD image can be used as a hard drive in virtual machines such as VMware, VirtualBox and QEmu.

Changes in version 2.5:
  • Update AROS One OS System:
    • Dopus4 now compresses archives to Zip
    • Update Network Prefs Catalog Italian
    • ClickToFront now initiated by the system
    • Deleting Files and Folders via 'Del' Key
    • Add on GRUB "EarlyStartup"
    • Execute uCommander from EarlyStartup, just type uCommander
    • GRUB Set to 640 x 480
    • Add Catalogs OWB (Spain, France, Turkey, Czech)
    • Clean Cache OWB (Script)
    • Removed package archive Alternative icons can be downloaded from a separate archive
    • SMB2-Start, new script for automatic sharing
    • SMB2 Docs on the various Scripts (TXT e PDF)
    • Zune settings recreated
  • Update AROS One Apps:
    • Screentest v1
    • MidiDriver v1.0 AndTools
    • Protrekkr v2.6.7
    • SonosController v1.4
    • Raylib v5
    • GLFW v3.4
    • Arrakis v1.0 Demoscene
    • Nano v1.2 Demoscene
    • Void-FB14 MusicDisk
    • AmiFox v0.6
    • ScummVM v1.9.1
    • ResidualVM v0.3.1.1
    • Magical Broom Extreme v1.0
    • Origami v1.0 Demoscene
    • The Fulcrum v1.0 Demoscene
    • Image2PDF v2.6
    • ThemeList v1.0
    • Split & Build v1.5
    • GMoreAros v1.0
    • LoView 2.024
    • WitchCleaner v3.20
    • L.M. Calendar&Clock v1.0
  • Update AROS One Games:
    • BOH
    • Scopa
    • MBX
    • XRick
    • MadBomber
  • Functionalities:
    • Introduce new C library, synchronized with 64-bit AROS (deadwood)
    • Allow linux hosted AROS to work under WSL (Kalamatee)
    • Better default mouse cursor image (JuanDoble07)
    • Early Boot Menu made more functional (JuanDoble07, Kalamatee)
    • Simplify adding tethering in Prefs/Network (#115) (deadwood)
    • Speed up boot using ahci.device (deadwood)
    • Delete files with DEL key in Wanderer (#116) (deadwood)
  • Updates:
    • AROS build system (deadwood)
    • Italian and Polish translations (AMIGASYSTEM, subocz)
    • Prefs/Boot 1.4 (deadwood)
    • Use standard C library function names in SDK (deadwood)
  • Functional fixes:
    • Wanderer (bugs: #107) (deadwood)
    • fat-handler (bugs: #107) (deadwood)
    • intuition.library (bugs: no auto scroll up screen) (JuanDoble07)
    • dos.library (bugs: NOMOUNT partitions are automounted, wrong path copying) (JuanDoble07, Ronnie Beck)
    • exec.library (bugs: infinite crash loop) (deadwood)
    • dos.library (bugs: #60) (deadwood)
    • utility.library (bugs: #63) (deadwood)
    • stdlib.library (bugs: wrong support for '*' in sscanf) (deadwood)
    • camd.library, camdusbmidi.class (hitchhikr)
    • ram-handler (bugs: #134) (deadwood)
    • ahci.device (bugs: #135, unnecessary 60MB memory allocation) (deadwood)
    • Wanderer (bugs: 105, offline volumes showing with "ghost" icons) (Kalamatee)
    • rtl8139.device (bugs: no support for wrapped buffer) (stegerg)
  • Stability fixes:
    • muimaster.library (deadwood)
    • debug-handler (deadwood)
    • crt.library (bugs: calling atexit in CTOR set crashes program) (deadwood)
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31.May.2024
Jérôme Senay (Mail)


 Print magazine: Boing #8 (French)
"Boing" is a French print magazine by Boing Attitude (e.g. Dir Me Up and Word Me Up XXL) for all Amiga systems on 52 A4 color pages.

The eighth issue includes a big article about MicroProse, the publisher of Civilisation, an interview with Frédéric Cordier, the author of AMOS Pro Unity, and numerous game reviews. (dr)

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30.May.2024



 AROS: Review of May 2024
In his blog, Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz has published a summary of AROS/x86 news for the month of May at the title link. (dr)

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30.May.2024
Amiga.org (Forum)


 Video: Interview with Eric Chahi (Another World)
At the title link Adrian Wallett of "Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Network" did an interview with Eric Chahi, the programmer and graphic artist of the game "Another World". (snx)

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30.May.2024
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


 Adventure: Geo's Quest - Gateway to Nowhere
As a sequel to "Geo's Quest: In Search of Queen Lorraine" in "Gateway to Nowhere", the hero, George Angus, is faced with the problem that Queen Lorraine, who was rescued from The Gates of Bill, has been lost by the Knights of Escom, to whom she was entrusted. George is assisted by Dave Haynie in the second rescue of the queen. The fifth chapter then follows (loosely) his path after the end of Commodore (Pios, MetaBox, Merlancia, Fortele). (snx)

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29.May.2024



 Reverse Engineering: Aira Force 0.6.1 for Windows, Linux and macOS
"Aira Force" is a tool for reverse engineering Amiga 680x0 software. It allows binaries to be disassembled and investigated (preview video).

The primary goal of this project is to provide a graphical user interface on top of the excellent ira reassembler to accelerate the workflow.

Aira Force implements reassembly using the ira disassembler and the vasm assembler. Ira transforms the source executable or raw binary into assembly language source code, then vasm assembles the source code. The output binary should be identical (or equivalent) to the input binary.

This process allows the user to analyse and annotate the source code efficiently, before make any required changes to the generated disassembly and building a patched binary. It may be useful for fixing bugs, adding features, optimising the code, or academic software archeology. Features:
  • Disassemble Amiga executables (hunk Load Modules)
  • Disassemble raw Amiga binaries, e.g. bootblocks, non-DOS programs
  • Interactively convert disassembly to code, data or text
  • Rename and add labels
  • Add comments and banners
  • Define pointers and equates
  • Efficient code navigation
  • Tools to search for potential pointers, equates and code
  • Live Analysis using 68000 emulator to aid understanding
  • In-built Amiga documentation (custom chipset, OS)
  • Menu and keyboard driven UI
  • Runs on Windows, Linux and macOS (sorry, no Amiga version)
  • Hex viewer
  • Reassemble disassembled code and compare against source
  • Dockable windows and multi-viewports (native OS windows) with Dear ImGui
The tool is currently pre-ALPHA and not all features are implemented yet. (dr)

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28.May.2024
Thomas Wenzel (ANF)


 Audio: Prelude Software Bundle V4.1 now available
The updated software bundle (V4.1) for the Prelude sound card family (and derivatives) includes the prelude.library, the mixer and the MHI driver for the Amiblaster.

The new features at a glance:
  • As soon as any application opens the prelude.library, it automatically loads and sets the saved mixer settings. This means that the mixer does not have to be started each time the system is started, unless you want to mix one of the inputs to the output right at the beginning.
  • The prelude.library now also initialises newer revisions of the MAS3507D (e.g. on newer MPEGit replicas) correctly, so that the playback speed is correct.
  • The included MHI driver for the Amiblaster now also supports the Ultra and the CP/Mini (clockport version).
The Prelude Software Bundle supports the Prelude Z2, Prelude 1200 and Amiblaster Deluxe sound cards as well as the Prelude Z2 extensions MPEGit and Arpeggiator. Under WinUAE, the bundle is compatible with the Prelude Z2 and Prelude 1200 models supported there.

Download: PreludeSoftwareBundleV4.lha (122 KB) (nba)

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28.May.2024



 Crowdfunding for new card game Amiga Trumps
Following the motto "Let's keep Amiga gaming alive... in card game form!", the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the new card game "Amiga Trumps" has been successfully launched. The funding goal of ¤ 1,762 has already been reached, but the campaign will continue until 23 July 2024.

The "Amiga Trumps" card deck brings the brilliant characters from the classic Amiga games to the stage: Inspired by the classic Trump card games of the 1980s, this deck brings 34 heroes from well-known Amiga titles into the hands of gaming fans.

For those unfamiliar with Trump card games: They are very easy to play. A deck is dealt evenly to all players. One player names a value from their top card (e.g. strength, heroism), and the other players read out the corresponding value from their cards. The highest value wins the round and the winner collects all the cards played. This continues until one player has won all the cards.

The special highlight of this deck are the cards themselves. Each card features a hero, villain or other main character from a classic Amiga title against a background image of the game. In addition to the character, the cards contain values in five categories: Strength, Heroism, Skill, Agility and Weapons. The game includes characters such as Guybrush Threepwood, Turrican, Rick Dangerous, Soccer Kid, Superfrog and Zool. A special option is the purchase of the deck with a golden trump card: LeChuck, with artwork from "Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge".

The cards are to be printed on laminated playing card in the finished product and come in a fully printed folding box.

The project can still be supported until 23 July 2024 on Kickstarter under the title link. (nba)

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27.May.2024



 Demoparty: Results of "68k Inside"
The "68k Inside" demoparty took place in Finland last weekend. Among other things, competitions in the "Intro" and "Demo" categories took place there. The organisers have now published the results lists. Amiga productions also made it to the top places:

Intro Demo
27.May.2024
George Sokianos (ko-fi)


 AmigaOS 4: Code analysis with Cpppcheck V2.14r1
Im September 2022, George 'walkero' Sokianos made an AmigaOS 4 port of Cppcheck, a static code analysis tool for the C and C++ programming languages, available for the first time. The tool is designed to be able to analyze your C/C++ code even if it has non-standard syntax common in embedded projects. The latest official version 2.14 has now been ported (release notes). (dr)

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26.May.2024
Amiga.org (forum)


 Zoom meeting: Dave Haynie as guest of the Toronto Users Group
The next online meeting of the Canadian Amiga users of the Toronto Users Group on May 30th via Zoom will again feature a prominent guest, Commodore developer Dave Haynie. Access information for participation can be found at the title link. (snx)

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26.May.2024
Amiga.org (forum)


 PDF magazine: Amiga Point of View 5
Amiga Point of View is a 72-page PDF magazine. The fifth issue contains, among other things, a Magnetic Fields interview, various game reviews and the start of a series that briefly introduces 50 games that have been released exclusively for the Amiga.

A 16-page preview allows to get an idea of the magazine before buying it. (snx)

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26.May.2024



 Aminet uploads until 25.05.2024
The following files have been added until 25.05.2024 to Aminet:
MicroExcel_2.0.lha       biz/spread 1.9M  MOS A Spreadsheed Editor
amigassh.lha             comm/net   66K   68k SSH2 for the Amiga
asm48.lha                dev/cross  71K   MOS Assembler for the Intel 8048 ...
GIMineAros.zip           game/board 375K  x86 classic game of mines 
GIMorraCineseAros.zip    game/board 408K  x86 GI Morra Cinese Game
GIPokerAros.zip          game/board 451K  x86 Poker game  
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  4.6M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
D1X_Rebirth_AGA.lha      game/shoot 3.5M  68k Amiga port of Descent (D1X-Re...
D1X_Rebirth_RTG.lha      game/shoot 3.5M  68k Amiga port of Descent (D1X-Re...
FreeSynd_AGA.lha         game/strat 3.0M  68k Amiga port of Syndicate (Free...
FreeSynd_RTG.lha         game/strat 3.0M  68k Amiga port of Syndicate (Free...
OpenDUNE_RTG.lha         game/strat 394K  68k Amiga port of Dune 2 (OpenDUNE)
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   7.6M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   8.0M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   8.2M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
0pal.zip                 mods/crash 82K       Blast beat, fast leads. 8 bit xm
AmigaGPT.lha             util/misc  221K  OS4 App for chatting to ChatGPT
rxmui.lha                util/rexx  706K  68k RxMUI - MUI GUIs in ARexx macros
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 OS4Depot uploads until 25.05.2024
The following files have been added until 25.05.2024 to OS4Depot:
rxmuis.lha               dev/mis 1Mb   4.0 Definitive solution to create GU...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 8Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
a1222_abstract.lha       gra/mis 11Mb  4.0 Abstract backdrop for AmigaOne A...
amigagpt.lha             net/cha 221kb 4.0 App for chatting to ChatGPT
witchcleaner.lha         net/mis 3Mb   4.0 Clean temp data from OWB, IBrows...
litexl.lha               uti/tex 2Mb   4.1 A lightweight text editor writte...
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 AROS Archives uploads until 25.05.2024
The following files have been added until 25.05.2024 to AROS Archives:
gimine.i386-aros.zip         gam/boa 375kb Classic Games of Mines
gimorracinese.i386-aros.zip  gam/boa 408kb Morra Cinese
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 MorphOS-Storage uploads until 25.05.2024
The following files have been added until 25.05.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_32.51.lha      Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
FreeSynd_0.8.0.lha        Games/Action              FreeSynd is a cross-pla...
MCE_15.10.lha             Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
fheroes2_1.1.0.lha        Games/Strategy            fheroes2 is a recreatio...
LoView_2024.lha           Graphics/Tools            The Easy Viewer and Thu...
Wayfarer_8.6.lha          MorphOS-update            Wayfarer is the latest ...
MicroExcel_2.0.lha        Office/Spreadsheet        A Spreadsheed Editor
Lite-XL_2.1.4r1.lha       Text/Edit                 Lite XL is a lightweigh...
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26.May.2024



 WHDLoad: New installers until 25.05.2024
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 25.05.2024:
  • 2024-05-20 improved: Arcade Pool (Team 17) another version supported, reduced memory requirements for AGA (Info)
  • 2024-05-20 improved: Pirates! (Microprose) install script rewritten, better saved games, memory upgraded, added glowicon (Info)
  • 2024-05-19 improved: Sensible World of Soccer (Sensible Software) fixed crashed when tactic is changed/loaded, using "save" directory, england teams are now selectable again (Info)
  • 2024-05-19 improved: Fire and Brimstone (Microprose) some delays added before text screens, better trainers and keys map (Info)
(snx)

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26.May.2024
Seiya (ANF)


 PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 158 (italienisch/englisch)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.

Amiga-related, the current issue, which is dedicated to flight simulators, is about Shockwave and Moon Patrol. (snx)

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26.May.2024



 Amiga Games That Weren't: Der Schatz im Silbersee (The Treasure of Silver Lake)
On Amiga Games That Weren't, information, including a demo version, was compiled in English about the game "Der Schatz im Silbersee" (The Treasure of Silver Lake), an adventure about the fictional American Native Winnetou. Originally also announced for the Amiga for February 1993, it was actually only released for MS-DOS. (In German Amigaland.de had already presented the demo version two and a half years ago). (snx)

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25.May.2024



 Video: Installing a new network printer on MorphOS
'jPV' is a very active MorphOS developer, but with his software projects such as the image processing software RNOEffects or the MUI-based SFTP/FTP(S) client RNOXFER he mostly supports all Amiga systems. As he writes, it had been quite a while since he had dealt with the printer problem under MorphOS. As he had just bought a new printer - a Xerox B230 printer - he had to deal with drivers and network support under MorphOS again and recorded his results in a video.

In it, he explains how to set up the netprinter default settings and add drivers for the new printing system (PPD) and for the old TurboPrint-based system. In order for a printer to be integrated as a network printer under MorphOS, it must currently support PostScript, PCL5, ESC/P-R or SPL2/SPLc.

As 'jPV' explained to us, the new printing system in MorphOS is great because it supports all the new printer features: the printer settings GUI is created according to the provided PPD file, so you can change all the options available in any printer in MorphOS. (dr)

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25.May.2024



 Blog: Building an Amiga PSU for upgraded Amigas
As Andrew 'LinuxJedi' Hutchings writes, many users use Meanwell power supplies as a replacement for the ones supplied with the Amiga. Usually the 50W variants like the RPT-60B would be used because it fits well into an original Amiga power supply. In the first part of his report, Hutchings investigates whether a 75W power supply can also be used for heavily upgraded Amigas.

In his second blog post, he reports on corresponding tests and some improvements. (dr)

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24.May.2024
ko-fi


 Editor: Lite XL 2.1.4r1 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS
George 'walkero' Sokianos has released version 2.1.4r1 of the Editor Lite XL for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS (amiga-news.de reported). Changes:

Added
  • Added the ability to open files and folders by drag 'n drop them on the LiteXL icon when this is on the AmiDock (AmigaOS4) / Panel (MorphOS)
Updated
  • Updated the code to the upstream 2.1.4 release
Fixed
  • Fix opening files from the root of a device
If you would like to follow George 'walkero' Sokiano's work on Amiga projects and buy him a coffee, you can visit his Ko-fi page.

Downloads:
LiteXL2_MOS_2.1.4r1.lha (1,2 MB)
LiteXL2_OS4_2.1.4r1.lha (1,8 MB) (dr)

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24.May.2024



 Game collection: Arcade Classics for CD32
Jean-François 'jotd' Fabre has gathered all his previous arcade ports and released them for the CD32 (YouTube video). (dr)

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23.May.2024



 Print/PDF magazine: Komoda & Amiga plus #25 (English/Polish)
"Komoda & Amiga Plus" is dedicated to retro gamers and deals mainly with Commodore's 8-bit computers and Amigas. Among the topics of the current issue 25 (spring/summer) are several game reviews as well as an interview with Paolo Cattani (former interview).

The magazine is available as printed edition for 12,89 Euro (plus ca. 5 Euro shipping) and also as digital edition for 3,52 Euro. (dr)

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23.May.2024



 Music tip: "Grogon - Hoppy Cardiocore"
'no9' has been working in the audio sector for years and occasionally composes music for games. He also regularly publishes his own compositions on his YouTube channel, such as now the track "Grogon - Hoppy Cardiocore". He uses the "ProTracker 2" clone for Windows by Olav Sorensen (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)

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21.May.2024
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 Beat 'em Up: Update of Final Fight Enhanced
In late January, developer 'Prototron' released its improved version of Capcom's Final Fight written in machine language (amiga-news.de reported). Now some small fixes, a new move and a new music track have been added.

An overview of the changes:
  • added new music to the elevator stage
  • added guy and Maki's "off the wall jump"
  • fixed a bug that crashed the game when Belger was killed with a regular punch
  • removed some superfluous collision checks from Belger in an attempt to fix the stall bug
  • some minor animation fixes, plus checks added to prevent some bugs that didn't halt the player during level transitions
The developer points out that the realisation is explicitly a private, non-commercial project. An ECS or AGA Amiga with 2MB Chip RAM and 512KB Fast RAM is required.

YouTube-Video: Final Fight: Enhanced - Maki (Full Game - Amiga 600 ECS)

Download: Final Fight Enhanced.rar (2,8 MB) (nba)

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21.May.2024



 Video: Installation of Internet tools and game tests on a PiStorm Amiga
Even though George 'walkereo' Sokianos concentrates mainly on the development of AmigaOS4 software, he also has classic hardware at his disposal. In a detailed video he shows how he equips his Amiga 1200 equipped with a PiStorm-lite with the necessary Internet software and tests it. He also tests some WHDLoad games. (dr)

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21.May.2024
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 Turn-based strategy: Bugfix update May 2024 for "Settle the World"
Christian 'TheoTheoderich' Wiegel writes about his recently published update:

"The bugfix update is finished and is recommended for everyone who is still playing on the April 2024 version. In addition to fixing bugs, the movement system of units has been reworked. Units can now move a little more, and the player should now receive the message about too few movement points much less frequently.

Furthermore, Settle the World can now be played completely in the German language. This also lays the technical basis for additional translations into other languages.

Of course, the game still contains bugs or features that do not yet work properly. Settle the World is far from finished...but with this bugfix update it is much more playable than ever before.

I would be very happy to receive feedback from players about this update. The amount of work involved in creating this update was really enormous.

As always, Settle the World can be downloaded free of charge from the project page." (dr)

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20.May.2024
ANF


 Video: Another Robin Hood port preview by Apollo team
The Apollo team is working on a port of the game "Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood" (amiga-news.de reported) for the Apollo V4 equipped with SAGA chipset. A preview video of the second beta version has now been published under the title link. (dr)

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20.May.2024
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 Modplayer: Minimod V1.2
Harry 'piru' Sintonen has written a minimal Protracker command line modplayer using Frank Wille's ptplayer routine that runs on AmigaOS 1.3 and higher. (dr)

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19.May.2024



 Boing Attitude: Interview with George Sokianos
Boing Attitude published the seventh issue of the French print magazine "BOING" in October 2023. Among other things, there was also an interview with George 'walkereo' Sokianos, who is responsible for the WebKit port for AmigaOS 4 and implements software projects such as the Editor Lite XL for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. (dr)

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19.May.2024



 SCSI emulation: BlueSCSI toolbox V1.2
The BlueSCSI Toolbox combines two utilities for managing a BlueSCSI V2 or ZuluSCSI in a Commodore Amiga. The CD changer makes it possible to switch between CD ISO images on the SD card during operation. The SD transfer tool can be used to transfer files from the SD card to the Amiga.

Download: BlueSCSI-toolbox-Amiga_v1.2.zip (37 Kb) (dr)

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19.May.2024



 Aminet uploads until 18.05.2024
The following files have been added until 18.05.2024 to Aminet:
Excel_GUI_hwp_1.0.lha    dev/hwood  302K  MOS A hollywood display plugin
TilesSlide.lha           game/actio 93K   68k Align 3-4 tiles of the same c...
GIScopaAros.zip          game/board 477K  x86 Italian card game
F1GP2024Carset.lha       game/data  8K        2024 Carset for F1GP
MCE.lha                  game/edit  4.1M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  4.8M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
doomrpg-re.lha           game/role  302K  68k Doom RPG Amiga Port
LoViewAROS.lha           gfx/show   5.7M  x86 LoView - the Easy Viewer and ...
LoViewMOS.lha            gfx/show   6.0M  MOS LoView - the Easy Viewer and ...
LoViewOS3.lha            gfx/show   4.8M  68k LoView - the Easy Viewer and ...
LoViewOS4.lha            gfx/show   6.5M  OS4 LoView - the Easy Viewer and ...
LoViewWOS.lha            gfx/show   6.0M  WOS LoView - the Easy Viewer and ...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   7.6M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   8.0M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   8.2M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
LN3Void24Prt1.lha        mods/misc  355K      16bit 4ch LN3Void24Prt1 by HK...
Mega_ATcad.jpg           pix/misc   863K      ATcad in HD-1080p
pOS_w64.jpg              pix/misc   1.2M      WinUAE-Launcher Screenshot
NAFCYI1991S1-B01.zip     text/bfont 2.0M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B02.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B03.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B04.zip     text/bfont 2.4M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B05.zip     text/bfont 2.2M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B06.zip     text/bfont 2.4M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B07.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B08.zip     text/bfont 2.5M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B09.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B10.zip     text/bfont 2.0M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B11.zip     text/bfont 2.2M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B12.zip     text/bfont 2.2M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B13.zip     text/bfont 2.5M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B14.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B15.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B16.zip     text/bfont 2.2M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B17.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B18.zip     text/bfont 2.4M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B19.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B20.zip     text/bfont 2.4M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B21.zip     text/bfont 2.2M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B22.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B23.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B24.zip     text/bfont 2.2M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B25.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B26.zip     text/bfont 2.2M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B27.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B28.zip     text/bfont 2.3M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-B29.zip     text/bfont 2.1M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-01.zip      text/pfont 1.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-02.zip      text/pfont 1.7M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-03.zip      text/pfont 1.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-04.zip      text/pfont 1.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-05.zip      text/pfont 1.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-06.zip      text/pfont 2.0M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-07.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-08.zip      text/pfont 2.0M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-09.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-10.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-11.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-12.zip      text/pfont 1.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-13.zip      text/pfont 1.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-14.zip      text/pfont 1.6M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-15.zip      text/pfont 1.7M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-16.zip      text/pfont 1.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
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NAFCYI1991S1-26.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-27.zip      text/pfont 1.8M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-28.zip      text/pfont 1.4M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-29.zip      text/pfont 1.9M      NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
VATestprogram.zip        util/misc  22M   68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
rexxfetch.lha            util/moni  1K        Generic fetch
PalestineMOS.lha         util/sys   1K        Palestine country for MorphOS...
envclock.lha             util/time  38K   AOS Date/time env-var for WB titl...
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19.May.2024



 OS4Depot uploads until 18.05.2024
The following files have been added until 18.05.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 8Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mce.lha                  gam/uti 5Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
deark.lha                uti/arc 6Mb   4.0 Extracting data from various fil...
envclock.lha             uti/wor 38kb  4.0 Date/time env-var for WB titlebar
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19.May.2024



 AROS Archives uploads until 18.05.2024
The following files have been added until 18.05.2024 to AROS Archives:
giscopa.i386-aros.zip        gam/car 477kb Italian Card Game
loview.i386-aros.lha         gra/vie 6Mb   the Easy Viewer and Thumber :)
gmore.i386-aros.zip          uti/tex 24kb  Text Viewer
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19.May.2024



 MorphOS-Storage uploads until 18.05.2024
The following files have been added until 18.05.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
Excel-GUI_1.0.lha         Dependencies/Hollywood    A hollywood display plu...
MCE_15.0.lha              Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
Wayfarer_8.3.lha          MorphOS-update            Wayfarer is the latest ...
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19.May.2024



 AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
  • LFF (Skid Row Cracktro Song) Tyros Edition
  • Space 2, RSI Megademo (Extended Remix)
  • Solitaire FX
(snx)

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19.May.2024
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 MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 8.6 (2nd update)
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released another bug fix for version 8 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS. This fixes a performance regression in curl/nghttp2.

Update: (22:25, 20.05.24, dr)
Meanwhile version 8.5 is available fixing the network issues of the previous versions.

Update: (22:50, 21.05.24, dr)
Version 8.6 fixes a bug that caused Wayfarer to stop connecting after a while. (snx)

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18.May.2024



 Game: Hack and Slay V0.9
In this simple Amiga conversion of the mailbox game "Hack and Slash", the aim is to explore five levels with a stick figure. In the new version, a few "nasty traps" have been added in a few random rooms on all levels and some bugs have been removed. AmigaOS 3.x and 1 MB RAM are required. (dr)

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18.May.2024



 Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.5.0 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and AmigaOS 4.1. Changes of version 1.5.0:
  • Support for OpenAI text to speech voices. Fast internet connection recommended
  • Updated to latest OpenAI chat models (including GPT-4o which will only work for ChatGPT Plus subscribers for now)
  • Removed debug symbols for faster and smaller executable
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (221 KB) (dr)

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18.May.2024



 ACube Systems: UBoot 2015.c for Sam460EX, Sam460CR and Sam460LE boards
Press release: Bassano del Grappa, Italy - 18 May 2024

ACube Systems is pleased to announce a new release of the U-Boot firmware for its Sam460 line of motherboards. New in this version:
  • added support for Radeon RX cards
  • updated x86 emulator
  • fixed USB handling especially for keyboard support
  • new boot logo and menu graphics
  • added FAT support
  • fixed several typos and small graphic mistakes
The updated installation guide describes in detail the usual installation method (ISO image) and alternative methods (TFTP and USB).

You can buy the update from our online shop with the following options: For customers who bought version 2015.b, the downloadable version is free of charge. Please contact us if you are eligible for the free update.

To celebrate the new UBoot update we also lowered the price of Radeon RX550 in our shop, both the bundle version and the stand-alone version.

Please note: UBoot and UBoot updater make use of GPL code and thus are both published under GPL (download of the source code). (dr)

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18.May.2024



 AROS x86: Card game conversion Scopa
Giovanni Iacobelli has released the Italian card game Scopa for AROS x86 (YouTube video). In this digital version, the player plays against the computer. The first player to reach or exceed a score of 11 wins the game. (dr)

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17.May.2024



 Survival game: Zombie Survivor v0.69
Sami Vehmaa's latest project is a game called "Zombie Survival" for Amigas with a graphics card, in which you have to fend off an endless army of the undead (amiga-news.de reported). According to the author, the latest beta version is "a big leap forward": more weapons, joystick support, more animations, more audio and more levels (YouTube video). (dr)

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17.May.2024



 Amiga emulator: Audio fix for vAmigaWeb (iOS, iPadOS)
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS.

In this update, the developer 'mithendal' has fixed the problem that after activating the mobile phone or iPad from a longer app background lock, the audio connection was lost with the message "Failed to start the audio device". (dr)

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16.May.2024



 Managing ADF files: adflib V0.9.0 for Windows, Linux and macOS
Laurent Clevy first released adflib in 1999 in version 0.7.8 (Aminet). The portable C library, written mainly in C, is used to manage Amiga-formatted devices such as hard disks and ZIP disks or to swap them out via the .ADF format (amiga-news.de reported). The library is currently being developed under the responsibility of Tomasz Wolak. Changes in version 0.9.0:
  • improved write support (block allocation bitmap checking and rebuilding)
  • new unified api for all devices, allowing to implement new device drivers in client code
  • possibility to enable/disable device drivers
  • added a new device: ramdisk
  • improved and better tested salvage code (still experimental!)
  • cleaned-up and improved library API (ie. separated namespace)
  • added new command-line utilities:adf_bitmap, adf_salvage
  • many bugfixes and internal improvements
  • dual license (GPL-2+ or LGPL2.1+)
(dr)

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 Arcade port: King and Balloon V0.92
"King and Balloon" is an arcade conversion of the title King & Balloon, originally released by Namco in 1980 (amiga-news.de reported). The new beta version 0.92 that has now been released fixes some graphics and sound effect problems and Fix spawn position of the king. (dr)

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15.May.2024
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 MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 8.3
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 8.3 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS. It fixes further reported bugs of the 8.x releases and includes updated linklibs. Also the Beacon API is supported now. (snx)

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 Print/PDF magazine: ZZAP! Amiga, issue 15
After Patreon supporters, also the general public can now purchase the March/April issue of the “ZZAP! Amiga” magazine. It consists of 60 color pages in A5 size. A look at the table of contents can be found, along with other photos, on Steven Lyon's blog Lyonsden. (snx)

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