12.Apr.2024
Passione Amiga & Amiga Documents (ANF)
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Trevor Dickinson has already acquired co-ownership of AmigaOS 4 in 2019
Amiga Documents, the documentation of the recent Amiga company history, which has been continuously expanded by an anonymous author for 15 years, has been supplemented by a completely new section: The article Hyperion Entertainment's Silent Puppeteer attempts to prove that Robert Trevor Dickinson of A-EON has been financing the legal disputes with which Ben Hermans (Hyperion) has been trying to secure ever more extensive rights to AmigaOS for a decade and a half.
Three new internal documents are made public for the first time: First the license agreement of March 2019 between Dickinson and Hyperion, in which the A-EON owner licenses ExecSG, which he already acquired in February 2017 according to the agreement, to Hyperion - for a price of 10 euros per copy of AmigaOS 4 sold. The price was determined as a share of the standard [AmigaOS 4] license fees of 60 euros and will be automatically corrected accordingly should Hyperion's pricing for AmigaOS 4 change.
In a second contract between Hyperion and Dickinson from August 2019, the latter acquires "co-ownership" of all components of AmigaOS 4 owned by Hyperion for EUR 47,500. He is also to be granted access to all source code immediately upon receipt of payment. However, Dickinson can only use his newly acquired rights if Hyperion ceases to exist or ends its business activities with regard to AmigaOS 4 - bankruptcy or liquidation are cited as examples.
(Editor's note: It is unclear to us which rights Dickinson actually acquired in August 2019. Hyperion only has a license to distribute the compiled binaries for the vast majority of AmigaOS 4 components. The only component known to us that is actually owned by Hyperion is the GUI toolkit "Reaction", which was acquired in May 2019.)
A secret agreement dated December 2010 between Ben Hermans, Robert Trevor Dickinson and the former A-EON financier Anthony Moorley is now also public. It appears to confirm the allegations of embezzlement that Dickinson has been making for a long time, most recently also publicly: Ben Hermans undertakes here to repay money that he owes A-EON - including (quote) "amounts that have been removed by him from the bank accounts of A-EON Technology without authority" - and to withdraw from the company.
Editor's note: In addition to publishing these new documents, the original article primarily attempts to prove Dickinson's long-standing financial support for Hyperion, especially during the two major court cases. The text was written by Nicola Morocutti and was originally published in the Italian print magazine Passione Amiga. Morocutti, who worked full-time for Mike Battilana in 2007/2008, formulates some of his statements here as if he were still employed by Hyperion's opponent and makes several unsubstantiated claims. We have therefore refrained from summarizing his statements on this topic, even though they correspond in several respects with the information we have received.
We have asked the parties involved for statements and will submit them later if necessary. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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12.Apr.2024
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AROS: Music program ProTrekkr v2.6.7
ProTrekkr is a tracker program combining a software synthesizer together with a traditional samples tracker which can (mainly) be used to create electronic music (like psytrance, trance goa, hard acid, IDM, chip, techno, jungle, etc.) targeting small sized intros, demos or games. Now version 2.6.7 was released for AROS (and FreeBSD, macOS and Windows). Changes:
- Fixed a crash when using rand functions on synth oscs & lfos under Linux.
- Added a replay routine for the PlayStation Vita.
- Fixed a crash when loading older NoiseTrekker modules.
- Startup splash screen is now optional.
Download: ptk_v2.6.7_aros.zip (23 MB) (dr)
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12.Apr.2024
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Music: Breakcore album "Get Out Of My House"
Mr. Roboto is a member of the Australian demo group System Of Sound. After releasing his best-of album Goat Cuts at the end of 2023, which covers the years from 2007 to 2023, a new album with three fresh tracks is now available on Bandcamp for around 60 cents, which the artist himself assigns to the Breakcore genre. He used an Amiga 600 and FS-UAE, which emulates the A1200/030. On the software side, OctaMED SoundStudio as well as ProTracker 2.3d and Hippoplayer were used to test whether the tracks were played correctly.
In the mid-90s, he bought his own A500 with A590 and began to familiarise himself more intensively with the operating system. He had been interested in punk rock since his early teens. He not only listened to it, but also played it himself. He recalls to us: "So in mid-highschool I was able to convince my parents that me having some guitar lessons might be a worthwhile investment, and after a few lessons my teacher suggested to me that my progress would really benefit from me getting myself a drum machine. And I thought to myself for one thing I am a young teenager with no job and limited income and for another, I do have a computer in my bedroom, and a copy of OctaMED version 5 which I got free on the cover of CU Amiga magazine, so I could just use that instead. And when one composes a drum beat and a bassline then logically one might find themselves with something that bears at least a passing resemblance to drum'n'bass music, which I did, despite having had no real exposure to the genre at this point in time."
His first collection of songs, which he released in limited numbers on burnt CDs, was at the end of 1998, when he used the then rare and expensive CD burner at his
secondary college to burn about two dozen copies: "I cannot recall the exact title of this collection, nor do I have a copy myself, it was rather, shall we say, "experimental" in style. Somebody might even have a copy of it buried deep in their personal collection, but otherwise I would have to say that these are lost to time. The next releases on CD would have come in 2001, when I purchased an 8x speed CD burner of my own. I was performing punk-jazz-electronic fusion with a group called The D.Z's and released a collection of the less awful bits from our many jam sessions on a CD entitled Music For Pleasure Classics - this collection of songs is also sadly lost to time. Also in that year, around the same time I released a collection of songs made with a friend on their Pentium II PC using Buzz under the group name Dead Punx. This collection of songs can be found online today on the System of Sound Bandcamp page..." (dr)
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11.Apr.2024
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Video: MorphOS 3.18 on a Power Macintosh G5
In his latest video, Chris Edwards shows how MorphOS 3.18 runs on a Power Macintosh G5 Dual Core (2.0), equipped with an ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition graphics card, on two screens.
By using this graphics card, you can run both MacOS and MorphOS on the computer, giving you access to the Mac's firmware, among other things. (dr)
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10.Apr.2024
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Practical report: Comparison between A1222 Plus and Sam460LE (Czech)
Martina Hřebcová is known for her extensive and detailed reports on PowerPC hardware. This time (automatic translation) she has compared currently available hardware for AmigaOS 4 under the title link: the A1222-Plus and Sam460LE board. In this article, she looks first at the theory; a further report with practical tests will follow. (dr)
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09.Apr.2024
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Retro Computer Festival 2024 to be held on 13 and 14 April in Paderborn
The Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum in Paderborn is the largest computer museum worldwide and a vibrant venue for events. The 6,000 square metre exhibition space presents 5,000 years of the history, present and future of information technology, from the emergence of numbers and writing in 3,000 BC to the computer age of the 21st century.
On 13 and 14 April, the Retro Computer Festival 2024 will take place at the HNF, jointly organised by the HNF and the Dortmund Retro Computer Treffen. Retro computers spanning from the C64 and Ataris to the Amiga and many other long-forgotten hardware and software can be experienced live on this day. Over 50 exhibitors are expected, who will not only present their treasures, but will also be happy to exchange ideas with visitors and give tips on repairs. The main theme of this RCF is the graphical user interface, which was first available 50 years ago on the Xerox Alto. In addition to the exhibition, lectures and workshops will also be offered. Admission to the entire HNF is free on Saturday and Sunday. (nba)
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09.Apr.2024
'S0Y' (Mail)
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Temptations port for CD32 and AGA Amigas released
The developer 'S0Y' has released the final version of his conversion of the jump'n run Temptations (amiga-news.de reported), which originally was released in 1988 for MSX-1 (video of the sixth level). The digital (Spanish-language) full version of the game can be purchased directly from the developer for 5 Euros. A demo version is available on Im Aminet as a WHDLoad, in which you can test the first five levels for 60 seconds each. (dr)
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08.Apr.2024
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Hyperion has been managed by a receiver since last week (Update)
"Ben Hermans BV" (hereinafter: BHBV) is a private company with limited liability owned by Ben Hermans, which has held 97% of the shares in Hyperion since 2019 and acts as a 'director' of Hyperion on paper. In March, bankruptcy proceedings were initiated against BHBV for the second time. In the same month, Ben Hermans had already initiated the founding of a new company with the same name.
As BHBV has not published any statutory annual reports since 2021, it is currently unclear whether the company still holds the majority of shares in Hyperion. Ben Hermans has not responded to an inquiry from amiga-news.de; the appointed liquidator Charlotte Piers tells us she'll get back to us in the next few days with "a more detailed response".
Friday's edition of the Belgian Official Gazette (local copy) now contains the information that insolvency lawyer Bart De Moor has been appointed "voorlopig bewindvoerder" for Hyperion Entertainment. Machine translation tools turn "bewindvoerder" into "administrator" - but as native Dutch speakers tell us, a more accurate translation would be "receiver".
It is currently unclear who appointed De Moor as receiver - if he had been appointed by BHBV's liquidator, this would be a clear indication that Hyperion Entertainment is part of BHBV's bankruptcy estate. We have asked Bart De Moor for confirmation and will update this news item accordingly should he respond to our questions.
Update: (10.04.24, 16:45, cg)
Translation error: in several places, we had translated the German term "Konkursverwalter" to "liquidator" - this is a correct translation, but does not match the English term the native Dutch speakers mentioned in the news item used: They translated "voorlopig bewindvoerder" to "receiver". News item updated accordingly. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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07.Apr.2024
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Turn-based strategy game: New demo version of "Ecliptic"
Ecliptic is described by the author as "a mixture of turn based tactical combat and role playing" (amiga-news.de reported) being a visually reminiscent of the retro-futuristic science fiction of the 1970s and 1980s (YouTube video). The player's task is to regain control of a spaceship drifting in space and occupied by aliens. Now a second demo has been released for the game which still is in development.
More messages have been added to describe what is going on or what is expected of the player. Modal actions like selecting an item to use or viewing the map can now be cancelled by the icon or key that activated them. Work has also begun on adding further animations to the robot characters for using objects or attacking. As the author writes, the first level is as good as finished and he has started on the second level, "which will lean heavily into paying homage to Aliens".
The game requires 1MB RAM, recommended is an Amiga 1200 with HD and Fast RAM.
(dr)
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07.Apr.2024
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Aminet uploads until 06.04.2024
The following files have been added until 06.04.2024 to Aminet:
MicroExcel_1.0.lha biz/spread 1.5M MOS A Spreadsheed Editor
amos_rocket_science.lha dev/amos 327K examples of targetting
Butterfly.lha dev/c 569K MOS Animation of a picture in C a...
expression_1.1.lha dev/hwood 23K MOS A hollywood plugin
Kwiz2.lha game/2play 34K 68k A Blockbusters-style quiz game
ScummVM_AGA_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga AGA port of ScummVM 2.3...
ScummVM_RTG_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga RTG port of ScummVM 2.5...
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...
WhatIFF3.13.lha mags/misc 24M What IFF? #3.13-April-2024
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.4M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 7.9M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
DOSBox_AGA.lha misc/emu 927K 68k Amiga port of DOSBox
DOSBox_RTG.lha misc/emu 928K 68k Amiga port of DOSBox
CygnusEd_4_DE.lha text/edit 10K New German catalog for Cygnus...
morsconv.lha text/misc 11K 68k Modular Morse code generator
IconSync.lha util/misc 7K 68k Automates icon creation in WH...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 19M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
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07.Apr.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 06.04.2024
The following files have been added until 06.04.2024 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
stackdump.lha uti/she 3kb 4.0 stackdump is a security demonstr...
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07.Apr.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 06.04.2024
The following files have been added until 06.04.2024 to AROS Archives:
icaros_2.3_fix.lha dev/uti 102Mb Little fix for icaros v2.3
whatiff3.13.nodemo.lha doc/mis 841kb Amiga Guide Magazine
residualvm-0.3.1-1.i386-a... emu/mis 5Mb ResidualVM
scummvm-1.9.0-1.i386-aros... emu/mis 16Mb ScummVM
adoom3-1.5.3.i386-aros.zip gam/fps 10Mb ADoom3
residualvm-kens.lha gra/ico 3Mb Unofficial Kens Icons For Residu...
scummvm_kens.lha gra/ico 3kb Unofficial Kens Icons Drawer For...
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07.Apr.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 06.04.2024
The following files have been added until 06.04.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
Expression_1.1.lha Dependencies/Hollywood A hollywood plugin to c...
SDL_2.30.2_Libraries.lha Dependencies/Library/SDL All Libraries SDL : SDL...
AmiArcadia_32.0.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
ScummVM_2.8.1.lha Games/Adventure 2D Point-and-Click adve...
MicroExcel_1.0.lha Office/Spreadsheet A Spreadsheed Editor
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07.Apr.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 06.04.2024
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 06.04.2024:
- 2024-04-05 improved: After Burner 2 (WeeBee Games/Sega) patch is NTSC compatible now, debug key handling removed from keyboard interrupt (Info)
- 2024-04-04 improved: Turbo Out Run (U.S.Gold) support for 1 disk US version added, manual included, new install script (Info)
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07.Apr.2024
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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:
- Space Debris 2024
- Quodlibet
- Turrbedo (Turrican II + Albedo, Fusion Remix)
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07.Apr.2024
Amigaworld.net (website)
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Event: Further details on Kickstart UK show 2024 (Nottingham)
As reported in December, the second edition of Kickstart UK will take place in Nottingham on June 29-30, 2024. More information on the event is now available at the title link - 18 retailers, 10 community groups, 5 speakers and 5 performers will be attending. (snx)
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07.Apr.2024
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Anniversary: 10 years of Kultmags.com
Under the entry dated April 5, 2024, Klaus Sommer looks back on the tenth anniversary of his website kultmags.com at the title link. Kultmags preserves computer and video game magazines in German language of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s digitized for posterity with the permission of the rights holders. (snx)
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07.Apr.2024
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Game: Hack and Slay
In this simple Amiga conversion of the mailbox game "Hack and Slash", the aim is to explore five levels with a stick figure. AmigaOS 3.x and 1 MB RAM are required. (snx)
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06.Apr.2024
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Artikel: Sampling sound on the Amiga
An Amiga has stereo line-out connectors that allow it to play audio, but normally no audio inputs. In order to record sound with the Amiga, additional hardware had to be purchased. This article by Edwin van den Oosterkamp describes an example of such hardware, the "Sampling Cartridge" for the Amiga, which is also available as Open Source project. (dr)
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06.Apr.2024
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Do it yourself: Amiga 2000 5.25" front panel for PiStorm 2K
Klaus Kupferschmid's GitHub project at the title link is about a 5.25" front panel for the Amiga 2000 with openings for USB ports, switches and a MicroSD slot for usage of a PiStorm 2K together with the, originally external, keyboard switch A234. (snx)
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05.Apr.2024
OSnews (ANF)
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History of technology: The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disc
IEEE, an online magazine specialising in technology topics, has published a background report on the storage medium floppy disk and the company 3M that is well worth reading.
Floppy discs had an amazingly long life - it was only in January 2024 that the Japanese government announced that it would no longer require floppy disc copies of government applications. 3M got out of the data storage business some 28 years ago when it transferred its floppy disc production to an outsourced company called Imation. Imation still exists, under the name Glassbridge Enterprises, but with a much lower profile.
You can read the entire article in English under the title link. (nba)
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05.Apr.2024
Amigans.net (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4.1: Graphics card driver RadeonHD V5.20 for Sam460
The RadeonHD driver software is a graphics driver for RadeonHD graphics cards for AmigaOS 4.1 (amiga-news.de reported). Version 5 only supports "Southern Islands" cards (HD7000 series), but offers hardware-accelerated video decoding (Enhancer Software 2.2 required). The new version 5.20 has now been released for the Sam460. The changes:
- Fixed a potential crash in the find card code when the card is already in
use
- Fixed an infinite loop in code to get PCIe speed capabilities, which would
trigger if the parent PCIe device isn't the root controller
- Disabled GART for the Sam460 again (was accidentally enabled)
- The usleep() threshold for using the timer device was broken a while ago.
FIXED
- Rewrote usleep() so it no longer needs to open/close the timer device
every time there's a longer delay (lowers overhead)
- Now skips attempting to initialize the card altogether if the card is
already in use
- Fixed a potential crash if initializing the driver failed
- Enabled the UVD interrupt (trap handler)
- Fixed interrupt handling for the Sam460. Caching on PCIe reads from VRAM
was causing the interrupt handler to read stale data, resulting in missed
interrupts which, in turn, causes a complete freeze. Added fallback and
workaround code
(dr)
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04.Apr.2024
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GUI for Greaseweazle Tools : FluxMyFluffyFloppy v5.0.4 for Windows
'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.0.4 of his graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for the Greaseweazle Tools (see also the video Setting up a Greaseweazle V4). Changes:
- Requires Greaseweazle 1.16.3
- Read: Added new template "Commodore C64 SingleSided 48-TPI floppy disks (35 tracks).inir" by Richard Verlinden
- Write: New option --gen-tg43 generates 8-inch /TG43 signal on pin 2
- Write: Added new template "CommodoreC64170kbSingleSided(35tracks).iniw" by Richard Verlinden
- Read: --dd option renamed to --densel
- Write: --dd option renamed to --densel
- Read: Fixed reported issue #5: File extension error when select EDSK format
- Convert: Fixed reported issue #5: File extension error when select EDSK format
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04.Apr.2024
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Casual puzzle game: Kondi Krush
"Kondi Krush" is a clone of the smartphone classic Candy Crush: On a playing field filled with sweets, the aim is to place at least three identical elements in a row and making them disappear from the playing field by swapping two pieces of sweet in each turn.
Kondi Krush versions are offered for a host of retro platforms: In addition to the Amiga port (Video), there are also conversions for Commodore 64, Commodore 16/Plus 4 and the Hungarian Videoton TC Computer.
Direct Download:
Executable: kondikrush-amiga (432 KB)
ADF image: kondikrush-amiga-adf (880 KB)
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04.Apr.2024
David Brunet (ANF)
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Obligement: Interview with AmigaOS 3.2 developer Camilla Boemann
David Brunet has published on his Obligement website an interview with the Danish developer Camilla Boemann, who is part of the AmigaOS 3.2 team.
Besides the english version at the title link there is also a french one. (snx)
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04.Apr.2024
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Video tutorial: Extended Parallax scrolling in AMOS
Following on from his parallax scrolling tutorial, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' looks at how to implement commands such as Double Buffer, Autoback, and Screen Swap in order to address some of the scrolling issues in the latest part of his tutorial series. (dr)
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04.Apr.2024
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Preview video: Pumpman v0.003
In addition to several other projects such as "Deathmine", 'PixelPlop' is also working on the game "Pumpman" (amiga-news.de reported), for which he has now published a new preview video. Changes:
- "Fake" vertical scrolling allowing for more floors.
- Increased the spacing between floors.
- Dithering pattern added to the background to help smooth the colour gradient.
- Added a bonus balloon that floats up between the floors.
- Added a trap door at the top so you can complete/exit the level.
- Status bar is now mostly functional.
- Redrew most of the gfx to add more detail.
- Added/changed some sfx.
- Bugfixes.
(dr)
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03.Apr.2024
Amiga.org (forum)
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AmigaGuide magazine: Issue 13 of "WhatIFF?"
"WhatIFF?" is an Amiga magazine in AmigaGuide format. The topics of the thirteenth issue include reviews of hardware (e.g. xT Amiga 600 Turbo Card, Open Amiga Sampler) and games (e.g. The Deep, Dice Masters), instructions (e.g. Game Graphics: What NOT to do, Making Modules 101 Part One) and interviews (e.g. Massimo Loi, Simone Bevilacqua). (snx)
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02.Apr.2024
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Operating system: NetBSD 10.0
The Unix derivative NetBSD has been released in version 10.0. The eighteenth major version of the NetBSD operating system is also available as an original port for PowerPC-Amigas (experimental) and 68k-Amigas.
The global changes since the last version 9.3 are listed on the NetBSD website and include numerous performance, security and general aspects. Two new features are listed specifically for Amiga systems:
- support for Kickstart 3.2 (the release from 2020)
- loadbsd bootloader now loads the kernel into the highest priority memory segment instead of the largest segment
The following system requirements are specified for installation and operation on 68k Amigas: Amiga with 68020 processor or higher with MMU, at least 24 MB Fast RAM and at least 250 MB free hard disc space. An FPU is not required; according to the developers, the system "does not run correctly" on LC processors 68LC040 and 68LC060 as well as on the 68040V. (nba)
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02.Apr.2024
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Video tutorial: First steps in game porting with the Scorpion Engine
In addition to existing video tutorials on using the Scorpion Engine, its developer Erik 'earok' Hogan shows in a short video how to proceed when porting an existing game. (dr)
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02.Apr.2024
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Demoparty: Demos and results of Revision 2024
This year's edition of the demoparty Revision took place this Easter weekend in Saarbrücken (amiga-news.de reported). In two YouTube videos you can watch the competition entries in the categories Amiga Intro and Amiga Demo. The winners are (overview of all entries and winners on Demozoo):
Amiga Intro
Amiga Demo
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01.Apr.2024
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary for March 2024
For the past month 'Puni' has again published a news summary for AmigaOS 4 at the title link. (snx)
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01.Apr.2024
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Chiptune tracker: Furnace V0.6.2 for Windows, Mac and Linux
'tildearrows' Furnace is a tool that can be used to create sound chip music ("chiptune"), mostly from the 8/16-bit era (amiga-news.de reported). It supports a wide range of functions and sound chips, from NES, SNES and Genesis to ES5506, VIC-20 and the Amiga. Version 0.6.2 provides many bug fixes, improvements and new effects.
The songs can be exported as audio files (.wav), VGM files and ZSM files (for Commander X16). An manual is available. (dr)
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01.Apr.2024
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Puzzle game: Glubble
The "Revision" demo party takes place in Saarbrücken over the Easter weekend. The group Oxygen has published a puzzle game there called "Glubble", in which blobs of the same color have to be pushed together to form groups of the same color.
Glubble is a conversion of the PC game Yugo Puzzle. The title runs on any Amiga with one megabyte of RAM. If you want to play from hard disk you need more RAM. (cg)
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31.Mar.2024
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Aminet uploads until 30.03.2024
The following files have been added until 30.03.2024 to Aminet:
ign-AddOn-ODS.lha biz/spread 203K OS4 ignition addon for access ods...
amigassh.lha comm/net 30K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga
amospro_darkula.lha dev/amos 26K Dark theme for AMOS Professional
amospro_setflash.lha dev/amos 3K Edit AMOS Pro cursor flash
expression_1.0.lha dev/hwood 23K MOS Hollywood plugin: calculate e...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 5.6M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
P96Tests.lha dev/src 103K P96 Test programs
BWBasic111_Manual.zip docs/help 497K bwBASIC111 Manual AND Orig. i...
F1GP2024Carset.lha game/data 8K 2024 Carset for F1GP
ScummVM_RTG_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga RTG port of ScummVM 2.5...
Exult_AGA.lha game/role 50M 68k Amiga port of Ultima 7 (Exult)
Exult_RTG.lha game/role 50M 68k Amiga port of Ultima 7 (Exult)
ODAMEX_AGA.lha game/shoot 19M 68k Amiga port of Odamex (DOOM)
gitressetteadf.zip game/think 351K 68k Tressette a Perdere card game
gimemorygame.lha game/wb 262K 68k GI Memory Game
gimemorygameadf.zip game/wb 326K 68k GI Memory Game
2D_ATcad_UAE.lha gfx/misc 526K 68k 2D-CAD-Programm
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.4M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 7.8M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.0M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
tap2dsk.lha misc/emu 78K 68k Oric tape to disk
2D_ATcad_UAE720.png pix/misc 20K ATcad_UAE in 720p
gicalaratafont.lha text/bfont 11K 68k GI Caralata Font
AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 910K AOS App for chatting to ChatGPT
isomount.lha util/rexx 24K Mounting img,iso,adf... on do...
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31.Mar.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 30.03.2024
The following files have been added until 30.03.2024 to OS4Depot:
libfreetype.lha dev/lib 3Mb 4.1 A Free, High-Quality, and Portab...
libsdl2_ttf.lha dev/lib 4Mb 4.1 A Freetype 2.0 wrapper for SDL2
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
losmalditosdemo.lha gam/adv 20Mb 4.0 Adventure point and click R.P.G.
thf.lha gam/fps 301Mb 4.0 THF for Heretic II Multiplayer Mod
amigagpt.lha net/cha 910kb 4.0 App for chatting to ChatGPT
ign-addon-ods.lha off/spr 203kb 4.1 Ignition addon for access ods-files
meminfo.lha uti/har 23kb 4.0 show meminfo usage in a GUI
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31.Mar.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 30.03.2024
The following files have been added until 30.03.2024 to AROS Archives:
barsnpipesaros.lha aud/edi 10Mb Port of Amiga 68k Midi Sequencer
residualvm-0.3.1.i386-aro... emu/mis 4Mb ResidualVM
scummvm-1.9.0.i386-aros.zip emu/mis 16Mb ScummVM
losmalditosdemo.lha gam/adv 20Mb Adventure point and click R.P.G.
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31.Mar.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 30.03.2024
The following files have been added until 30.03.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
tap2dsk_2.1.lha Emulation/Misc A tool that builds a Se...
LosMalditos_1.00.lha Games/Demo Adventure point and cli...
DirSize_2.6.lha System/Shell Calculate directory sizes
neatvi-14.lha Text/Edit Neat vi clone
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31.Mar.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 30.03.2024
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 30.03.2024:
- 2024-03-26 new: De Profundis (The Deadliners Lemon. & Oxygene) done by Psygore (Info, Image)
- 2024-03-26 fixed: Fusion (Bullfrog) check disk protection in game patched now (Info)
- 2024-03-26 fixed: Hard Drivin' (Domark) fixed keyboard on version SPS0126 (Info)
- 2024-03-26 improved: Alien Breed 2 (Team 17) added modding options, better blitter waits for A1000 (Info)
- 2024-03-25 fixed: Second Samurai (Psygnosis/Vivid Image) disk change patch in OCS version fixed, game now continues to end sequence after defeating the final boss (Info)
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31.Mar.2024
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Video tutorial: WIFI internet on Amiga with BlueSCSI v2
BlueSCSI v2 is an SCSI solution for retro computers. Based on the Raspberry Pi Pico-W microcontroller, there are further possibilities, though.
The Video at the title link demonstrates how one can also use it to access wireless LAN, thanks to an Amiga driver written by Rob Smith. (snx)
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31.Mar.2024
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Video: The Amiga 500 as a guitar pedal
The video at the title link demonstrates the ability of the Amiga to serve as a guitar pedal to alter the sound of an electric guitar in real-time. (snx)
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31.Mar.2024
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware V2024.04.01
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of a user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2024.04.01:
- Unified USB Mass Storage for RP2040 and GD32F205 platforms
- Move RP2040 based projects to new framework
- DaynaPORT Wi-Fi Amiga patch from Rob Smith
- Implement the SCSI side of a SCSI control and data transfer mechanism
- Allow custom block sizes, addresses issue
- Fix Plextor 0xD8 SCSI vendor command
- Free some SRAM by putting some code in flash
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30.Mar.2024
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Motorola68k emulation: Status update on the WLAN driver for Emu68
After Michal Schulz had released the first stable version 1.0 of his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 a good week ago (amiga-news.de reported), he is working intensively on a WLAN driver and had made first considerations and tests in a Patreon post.
In yesterday's post under the title link, he now reports that he has made quite a bit of progress with the development: the WLAN driver initialises correctly, scans for available networks and can connect to them. As soon as this happens, you receive data packets (frames) that can now be passed to the network stack.
Michal's next step is to finalise the SANA II driver interface. For the time being he will only connect to a predefined network for testing reasons. Once this is working and he can use the driver with AmigaOS, he will add the wireless features - releasing network scans to AmigaOS, getting signal strength, selecting a wireless network to connect to and so on.
After completing this step, he will either use an available tool or write his own to display the networks on AmigaOS and allow the user to connect. Finally, he will also provide some sort of configuration file to allow the driver to connect to a specific network at startup. As a last step he will then try to implement wireless security protocols like WPA/WPA2/WPA3. (dr)
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29.Mar.2024
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Print magazine: Issue 142 of Amiga Future readable online
The German and English issue 142 (January/February 2020) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine as well as a higher resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (nba)
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29.Mar.2024
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Hyperion: Bankruptcy proceedings reopened against Ben Hermans B.V. (Update)
Since a restructuring in 2019, the Belgian lawyer Ben Hermans has owned around 97% of all shares in Hyperion (Heretic 2, AmigaOS 4, AmigaOS 3.2), which he transferred to his company "Ben Hermans B.V." a few months later. Since then, this very company also acts as the "Director" of Hyperion Entertainment.
Bankruptcy proceedings had already been opened against Ben Hermans B.V. in May 2021: the annual financial statements for 2019 - the year in which Hermans had transferred its private Hyperion shares to Ben Hermans B.V. - had still not been published, in violation of applicable Belgian law. When asked by amiga-news.de at the time, Hermans stated that the external accountant had not been able to complete the annual report on time (quote) "due to COVID restrictions - such as the requirements to work from home and to allow only minimal staffing in offices". The problem was resolved a few months later by submitting the missing annual report.
In the meantime, the company's status in the Belgian company database is once again listed as "Opening of bankruptcy procedure" (announcement in the Belgian Company Newsletter). A quick look at the published financial statements shows that the last filed report covers the 2021 financial year. We have asked Ben Hermans for a statement on the reopening of bankruptcy proceedings, but have not yet received a response.
Update: (30.03.24, 23:30, cg)
According to the Belgian Business Register, there is now another company called Ben Hermans B.V., founded on March 11 of this year. The provider faillissementsdossier.be, which centrally processes up-to-date information on Belgian company insolvencies and similar events, has an entry for the original Ben Hermans B.V., which claims "Ben Hermans [...] was declared insolvent by a court in Brussels on 19.03.2024". (cg) (Translation: cg)
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28.Mar.2024
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Overview: Linux for Sam and A1222-Plus boards
With our ongoing coverage of new Linux kernels for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 models (amiga-news.de reported), the availability of the A1222 Plus, as well as the Sam460LE boards, raises the question of how Linux support will look here.
Sam boards
As Amiga Linux expert Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky explains to us, the kernels for the X1000 and X5000 cannot be used for the Sam boards. The responsible developer Julian Margetson, who built, tested, published and offered support for these Linux kernels for the Sam, had to stop working on them for personal reasons, so someone is currently being sought to take over this task.
However, there are still working Linux downloads available for the Sam boards.
A1222 Plus
The Debian developers have removed the PowerPC SPE platform so that there will be no more Linux developments for the A1222. The reason for this was the deletion as a target platform in version 9 of the vcc compiler, which was already obsolete in version 8.The Debian developers have removed the PowerPC SPE platform so that there will be no more Linux developments for the A1222. The reason for this was the deletion as a target platform in version 9 of the vcc compiler, which was already obsolete in version 8.
However, all kernels and images remain available on the Tabor Linux download page. As Christian explains, Debian PowerPC-SPE works very well on the Tabor board (screenshot). If you would like to test Debian on the A1222 Plus, you will find Linux Guide. The links to the latest kernel and to the PowerPC-SPE version of the Arctic Fox browser:
Further downloads can be found on the A1222 Linux downloads page (user name: tabor, password: amigaone). (dr)
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28.Mar.2024
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AROS: Review of March 2024
In his blog, Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz has published a summary of AROS/x86 news for the month of December at the title link. (snx)
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26.Mar.2024
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AmigaOS 4.1: ignition-OpenDocument plugin v0.39
The ods-addon of the spreadsheet ignition (amiga-news.de reported) was updated to version 0.38. The addon allows loading and saving tables in OpenDocument format, which is used in LibreOffice/OpenOffice Calc among others. In the current version 0.39, numerous optimisations have increased the speed at which documents are read. (dr)
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25.Mar.2024
tuxcam@yahoo.it (ANF)
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PDF-Magazin: REV'n'GE 156 (italienisch/englisch)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in both an English translation and as the original Italian version. The REV'n'GE game reviews compare, where available, the conversions of classics between different platforms of the time. An attempt is also made to pick out lesser-known retro games.
The latest issue, focusing on naval simulations, now links directly to YouTube videos with recordings of the game being reviewed: If a corresponding video is available, it can be accessed by clicking on the "Trailer" icon at the top of the page. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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24.Mar.2024
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Easter game: Bunny's "Boing Ball" Bounty
After "Hop to the Top!" last year, Robert Smith has also released a game for this year's Easter: in Bunny's "Boing Ball" Bounty, you (as a bunny) have to collect as many eggs as possible in the shortest possible time (YouTube-Video). The game requires 1MB of memory. (dr)
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24.Mar.2024
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Aminet uploads until 23.03.2024
The following files have been added until 23.03.2024 to Aminet:
amospro_darkula.lha dev/amos 19K Dark theme for AMOS Professional
BSDSocket-Extension.lha dev/amos 32K 68k Use bsdsocket.library in AMOS...
HWP_Pangomonium.lha dev/hwood 13M 68k The ultimate text engine for ...
P96Tests.lha dev/src 99K P96 Test programs
AST_Catweasel.lha docs/help 348K Spanish info about Catweasel ...
Dice_Masters_Demo.lha game/demo 47M Dice Masters demo
puzzleballsadf.zip game/misc 301K 68k PuzzleBalls game
ScummVM_AGA_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga AGA port of ScummVM 2.3...
ScummVM_RTG_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga RTG port of ScummVM 2.5...
skyballsadf.zip game/misc 301K 68k SkyBalls game
AmiWordle.lha game/think 156K 68k Wordle clone - English/German...
puzzleballs.lha game/wb 205K 68k PuzzleBalls game
skyballs.lha game/wb 200K 68k SkyBalls game
ham_convert.zip gfx/conv 7.0M HAM graphic converter
LN3Earth24.lha mods/misc 213K 16bit 4ch LN3 Earth Temple 24...
neatvi.lha text/edit 132K MOS Neat vi clone
listercompare.module.lha util/dopus 18K 68k DOpus Magellan II: Compare li...
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 1.8M 68k free icon.library in optimize...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 19M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
isomount.lha util/rexx 24K Mounting img,iso,adf... on do...
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OS4Depot uploads until 23.03.2024
The following files have been added until 23.03.2024 to OS4Depot:
pt2_clone.lha aud/tra 24Mb 4.1 Ported clone of Protracker II
liba52.lha dev/lib 722kb 4.1 low-level interface to decode AC...
libsdl2_mixer.lha dev/lib 3Mb 4.1 Mixer library for Simple DirectM...
libsdl2_gfx.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.1 Drawing and graphical effects ex...
libsdl2_image.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.1 SDL2 image file loading library
libsmpeg2.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.1 SDL2 MPEG Player Library (SMPEG2)
libtiff.lha dev/lib 8Mb 4.1 Lib for handling Tag Image File ...
libsdl2_net.lha dev/lib 88kb 4.1 SDL2_net portable network library
sdlpop.lha gam/adv 2Mb 4.1 Open-source port of Prince of Pe...
h2_locale_pol.lha gam/fps 18kb 4.0 Unofficial Polish localization f...
h2_locale_rus.lha gam/fps 189Mb 4.0 Unofficial Russian localization ...
thf.lha gam/fps 77Mb 4.0 THF for Heretic II Multiplayer Mod
letter-worm.lha gam/puz 7kb 4.0 Collect letters and fly away as ...
hwp_pangomonium.lha lib/hol 13Mb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for advanced te...
amiupdate_fin.lha uti/wor 38kb 4.1 Finnish catalogs for AmiUpdate
amiupdate_pol.lha uti/wor 39kb 4.0 Polish catalog files for AmiUpdate
mplayer.lha vid/pla 28Mb 4.1 A powerful multimedia video and ...
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24.Mar.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 23.03.2024
The following files have been added until 23.03.2024 to AROS Archives:
void-fb14-aros.i386-aros.zip dem/mus 4Mb Music-disk by Void
raylib5.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 22Mb A simple and easy-to-use library...
icarosfix.zip uti/mis 100Mb Little fix for icaros v2.3
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24.Mar.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 23.03.2024
The following files have been added until 23.03.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
Pangomonium_1.0.lha Dependencies/Hollywood a plugin for Hollywood ...
butterfly.lha Development/C Archive with C source c...
fheroes2_1.0.13.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
Wayfarer_7.8.lha MorphOS-update Wayfarer is the latest ...
Easy2Install_1.0b51.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do...
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24.Mar.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 23.03.2024
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 23.03.2024:
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23.Mar.2024
Mastodon
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Creating and reading disk images: Disk Jockey 3 for macOS
Disk Jockey makes it easy to create and analyse disk images for retro computers and emulators. With the now released version 3 you can now also create empty DD and HD disc images (ADF images) as well as Hard Disk Files (HDF), as used by WinUAE. In addition to the Macintosh images, the contents of existing images in the above formats can now also be displayed.
Finally, Disk Jockey also offers the option of converting an existing image for Basilisk II into an image for BlueSCSI. (dr)
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23.Mar.2024
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Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.4.4 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 1.4.4:
- Fixes a bug in chat mode in AmigaOS 3.X where the send button stays disabled after an error occurs
- Change the stack size in the program .info file to the recommended 32768 bytes
- Fix bug where accents were not loaded properly resulting in the speech to fail. If you get an error when generating speech, go to the menu and set the accent again
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (910 KB) (dr)
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22.Mar.2024
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Video: 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast #169 - Amiga iBrowse 3.0a Review and Tutorial
In the 169th edition of his videocast 10MARC, Douglas Compton focuses on the iBrowse 3.0a web browser. (snx)
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22.Mar.2024
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Atari ST: EmuTOS 1.3 released
The Atari ST and TT compatible operating system EmuTOS is now available in version 1.3. EmuTOS can also be run on Amiga computers, Vampire turboboards or the THEA500Mini using ROM files based on it. (snx)
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22.Mar.2024
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Der Standard: Bobby Kotick, who wants to buy Tiktok, once interested in Amiga
The Austrian daily newspaper "Der Standard" reports on Robert 'Bobby' Kotick at the title link. The former Activision boss had put himself forward as a possible buyer should the US business of TikTok be sold.
In this context, the newspaper recalls that the entrepreneur had unsuccessfully tried to take over Commodore International in 1987 and modify the successful Amiga 500 model - namely by removing the drive and keyboard and turn it into a games console. His plans were thwarted by Commodore boss Irving Gould. (snx)
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21.Mar.2024
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Emulator: WinFellow 0.5.11
Release candiate 1 of version 0.5.11 of the Amiga emulator WinFellow has been released. The default display driver has been changed from DirectDraw to Direct3D 11, where supported. In addition, keyboard-initiated reset in Amiga Forever has been implemented. Besides, there are numerous bug fixes and code improvements.
Update: (30.03.2024, 06:56, dr)
The release originally named as RC1 is now listed as version 0.5.11 (official news). (dr)
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21.Mar.2024
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 7.8 (update)
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 7.7 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS. Changes:
- fixed WebAnimations support
- fixed several issues with the internal refresh loop
- fixed taking screenshots of scrolled-down pages
- file:// handling fixes
- updated libxml2
Update: (23.03.2024, 08:02, dr)
Meanwhile version 7.8 (changelog) is available which fixes a regression in OpenURL support and improves handling of Open File and OpenURL to allow loading of files with non-ascii characters. (dr)
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21.Mar.2024
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Article series: The history of software soundtrackers (parts 1-3)
30 years ago, Xavier Borderie had fun making music on his Amiga with the help of Protracker. This was the reason for him to take a look behind the scenes in a series of articles and write about those who made soundtracking possible:
Soundtracker origins, part 1: Where in the World is Karsten Obarski?
Here the author wants to find out when the way music is composed made the leap from a physical hardware product to a software product. Who was the first person to come up with the programming of this interface? Is it really Karsten Obarski, the father of The Ultimate Soundtracker?
Soundtracker origins, part 2: Welcome to Turrican, aah hahahaha
Karsten Obarski apparently got the inspiration for "The Ultimate Soundtracker" from a tool called SoundMonitor, which the developer and musician Chris Hülsbeck released for the Commodore 64 in 1986 - a year before Obarski's own Ultimate Soundtracker. Hülsbeck was 18 years old at the time. Was this the beginning of software trackers?
Soundtracker origins, part 3: Facing a stone mountain
The history of software sound trackers seems to go back even further: in the second of the series, Chris Hülsbeck told the author that he remembers using Steinberg's MIDI Multitrack Sequencer tool on the Commodore 64 computer, around the time he was writing his own tool, Soundmonitor.
Soundtracker Origins, interlude: The coders behind the Cambrian explosion
In this somewhat off-topic article, Xavier Borderie spoke to the developers of the various Soundtracker clones, including the developers of Protracker and NoiseTracker.
(dr)
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21.Mar.2024
demoparty.net
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Demoparty: Posadas Party 2024 (Posadas/ES, 28.6.-30.6.)
In the very south of Europe, the demoscene has been celebrating occasionally for many years, since 1995, at the Posadas party in the town of the same name north-east of Seville.
The Posadas has its origins in the Amiga demoscene, and this is also reflected in the current competitions: entries in the demo, intro and cracktro competitions are only permitted for Amiga OCS or Amiga AGA. The best-known release on the Posadas to date is most likely the 1995 demo Batman Vuelve by the Batman Group.
In addition to the competitions, there will also be two concerts this year by electro music artists KHROME and Narcisound.
According to the organisers, pre-sales for the party will begin in a few days. (nba)
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21.Mar.2024
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Adventure interpreter: ScummVM 2.3.0 for Amigas with 68060 processor
The developer 'NovaCoder' has been porting the adventure interpreter ScummVM to AmigaOS 3: the latest version 2.0.1.01 is available for RTG-Amigas and AGA-Amigas with 68060 processor and is based on ScummVM 2.3.0 for the first time. (dr)
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21.Mar.2024
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Motorola68k emulation: Emu68 V1.0
Developer Michal Schulz has released the first stable version 1.0 of his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 for the ARM architecture, focusing on the PiStorm and PiStorm32lite (amiga-news.de reported). Emu68 1.0 contains all the changes from 1.0 RC1, RC2 and RC3 plus some additional fixes and improvements. Starting with Emu68 1.0 all users are encouraged to use official releases only and do not use nightly builds unless really necessary.
About this release and the changes, Michal Schulz has written in detail on his Patreon website and also recommends this YouTube-Video by Tomaz. (dr)
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20.Mar.2024
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Shoot 'em up: R-Squadron
Developer Monster's Legs has made a name for himself in the scene with games for the ZX Spectrum. Recently, he has released a previously unpublished shoot 'em up for the Amiga, which he designed as a 16-year-old in the 1990s: "R-Squadron" was created using the legendary SEUCK ("Shoot 'em up Construction Kit") and deals in a humorous style with resurrected arcade games from the 70s and 80s that attack the earth - and, of course, only the player can stop them!
R-Squadron can be downloaded free of charge in ADF format from the website at the title link. (nba)
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20.Mar.2024
Bitfellas
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Demoparty: Outline 2024 (Ommen/NL, 9.5.-12.5.)
Since 2004, Outline has been an important part of the demo scene, attracting creatives from Benelux, Germany and other European countries. This year, the demoparty will take place during the extended weekend around Ascension Day, from 9 to 12 May 2024, in Ommen, Netherlands - tickets are still available.
Although the Outline is an Atari party at heart, all platforms are welcome, as the open competitions show: the demo, intro, graphics and music competitions are open to so-called oldskool and newskool systems, but with a focus on 8-bit computers and PCs. (nba)
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20.Mar.2024
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Handheld console: "Amigo Tracker" 1.15 for PlayDate
PlayDate is a handheld games console released in 2022 by the US software developer and computer games publisher Panic Inc (Wikipedia). As the operating system is kept open, external developers can also write software for the console using Lua and C (and a simulator). At the end of January, Outgunned Games released a first version of his "Amigo Tracker": a retro player that can play 4-channel ProTracker modules.
Since then, he has corrected numerous errors and made improvements (dev log) and released version 1.15 yesterday. (dr)
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19.Mar.2024
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Snake conversion: "Letter-Worm" for AmigaOS 3 and 4
For fun, 'tickBit' has released a Snake implementation with letters for the Workbench for AmigaOS 3 and 4. The game requires the respective background graphics in a "gfx" folder.
Downloads:
Letter-worm-OS4-exe.lha (7 Kb)
Background picture OS4
Letter-worm-exe.lha (11 Kb)
Background picture OS3
(dr)
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18.Mar.2024
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Modern text engine for Hollywood: Pangomonium 1.0 supports Emojis
Press Release: Airsoft Softwair is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a powerful new plugin for Hollywood: Pangomonium - the ultimate text engine for Hollywood. Pangomonium is a plugin of epic proportions and the first plugin to require Hollywood 10. Pangomonium contains an ultra-modern text engine that is at the cutting edge of technology and can draw text in almost any language in the world.
In addition, Pangomonium also supports fonts with colored characters, making it finally possible to write programs on Amigas that support colored emojis! Pangomonium is based on the established Pango and Cairo libraries and also allows Hollywood scripts to call all Pango/Cairo functions directly. Of course, there is also a simpler interface to draw text via Pangomonium without having to deal with Pango/Cairo in depth. Pangomonium has been two years in the making and is now finally ready for release, exclusively for Hollywood 10.
Here are just a few of Pangomonium's impressive features:
- Text can be drawn in almost any language in the world, including complex fonts and layouts such as bi-directional text, left-scrolling fonts, vertical layouts, etc.
- Support for fonts with color characters (finally emoji support on the Amiga!)
- Two high and low level interfaces for beginners and advanced users
- Hollywood scripts can use all Pango and Cairo functions (over 500 of them!)
- seamless integration into the text interface of Hollywood 10 allows very easy use
- the plugin can also replace Hollywood's vector graphics engine
- extensive documentation in AmigaGuide, HTML, CHM and PDF formats (over 300 pages!)
- over 30 ready-to-run example scripts
And best of all, Pangomonium is available to download for free from the official Hollywood portal. At least Hollywood 10 is required. Thanks to Hollywood's platform-independent plugin system, there are versions for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, Linux, macOS and Windows.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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18.Mar.2024
Simon Neumann (ANF)
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Alinea Computer will take over distribution of the next two Hyperion games
Press release: We are pleased to announce that we, as Alinea Computer, will take over the distribution of the next two games from Hyperion Entertainment. The cooperation so far has been excellent and we hope to continue it to realize further projects. Our first game as a distributor will be Heretic II for AmigaOS 4, which can be ordered at the title link. Dealers should contact us directly as a distributor. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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18.Mar.2024
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Linux: Kernel 6.8 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.8, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 after numerous tests.
Download: linux-image-6.8-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (61 MB) (dr)
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18.Mar.2024
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Tower defense: "Dice Masters" 1.00 for Apollo Vampire V4
In Sami Vehmaa's tower defence game "Dice Masters", the player has to fend off aliens on a spaceship (amiga-news.de reported, YouTube video of version 1.00). Now all ten levels as well as an arcade mode are available. A demo version with one level offers the opportunity to try out the game free of charge. (dr)
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17.Mar.2024
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Shaviry: DIY Amiga RGB to VGA adapter and monitor switcher
Shaviry is a new hardware project created by hobby developer Enrique Ferrari Lorenzo. It combines an Amiga video-to-VGA adapter and a monitor switcher, featuring an integrated RGB amplifier to minimise vertical bars and improve display quality. Shaviry is explicitly not a scandoubler, so the connected monitor(s) must support 15 kHz video signals.
The mode of operation of the adapter can be controlled using jumpers: Shaviry thus functions as a pure VGA adapter on Amigas that are not equipped with a graphics card or HDMI-to-VGA adapter, and/or as an automatic input switcher controlled by Switchcontrol via CIA or parallel port or by switch, Arduino or similar via a 5-volt signal. A built-in optocoupler component prevents overvoltage in this process. The switchover with a CRT monitor is immediate, with an LCD monitor it takes a little longer, according to the developer's description.
Tests were carried out by the developer with an AGA Amiga and THS7374 and THS7376 RGB amplifiers. Using the THS7374 with 9.5 Mhz filter bandwidth, the vertical bars are slightly visible, but the image is blurred, according to the developer. The THS7376 produces a sharp image and the bars are almost invisible.
Shavira is currently not offered commercially, but is aimed at the growing do-it-yourself community, i.e. those who are not afraid to wield a soldering iron. The developer Enrique Ferrari Lorenzo provides the PCB data for KiCad and Gerber files on the project page on GitHub under the title link for free download and provides a complete overview of the required components along with extensive image and video material for support. The current revision is REV23012024 from 23 January 2024. A readme about Shaviry is also available in English. (nba)
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17.Mar.2024
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Aminet uploads until 16.03.2024
The following files have been added until 16.03.2024 to Aminet:
amosreg.lha dev/amos 6K 68k Edit AMOS Pro username and regno
evo.lha dev/e 673K 68k E-VO: Amiga E Evolution
c2plib.lha dev/misc 204K 68k chunky2planar as an Amiga sha...
x68k2amiga.zip dev/misc 25K 68k Convert X68000 exec/data file...
MultiJoyTest.lha driver/inp 6K 68k Test a MultiJoyAdapter (8 joy...
GIScopaAdf.zip game/board 340K 68k Italian card game
slotgameadf.zip game/board 308K 68k Slot Game
F1GP2024Carset.lha game/data 8K 2024 Carset for F1GP
ScummVM_RTG_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga RTG port of ScummVM 2.3...
battaglianavaleadf.zip game/think 328K 68k GI Battaglia Navale
slotgame.lha game/wb 240K 68k Slot Game
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 7.5M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 7.7M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.7M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
LN32024Theme.lha mods/misc 109K 4ch 16bit LN3 2024 New Theme ...
WHDArchiveExtractor.lha util/arc 14K 68k Automates extraction of WHDLo...
DOpus4Manual_de.lha util/dopus 120K German DOpus 4 manual
AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 909K AOS App for chatting to ChatGPT
WHDLoadMenu.lha util/misc 485K 68k A WHDLoad frontend
ConsumerV1.0.lha util/moni 228K 68k Memory Log Tool, to Screen & ...
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17.Mar.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 16.03.2024
The following files have been added until 16.03.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
dgen-sdl.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.1 Emulator of the Sega Genesis/Meg...
sdl2.lha lib/mis 7Mb 4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 2
litexl.lha uti/tex 2Mb 4.1 A lightweight text editor writte...
ffmpeg.lha vid/con 51Mb 4.1 Video and audio converter
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17.Mar.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 16.03.2024
The following files have been added until 16.03.2024 to AROS Archives:
bp_dev_tools_accessories.zip aud/edi 1Mb Development B&P For Tools a...
arrakis.i386-aros.zip dem/sce 3Mb port of the Arrakis demo for Ipo...
nano.i386-aros.zip dem/sce 4Mb port of the nano demo for Ipod b...
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17.Mar.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 16.03.2024
The following files have been added until 16.03.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_31.0.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Iris_1.22.lha MorphOS-update Iris, the MorphOS email...
Wayfarer_7.6.lha MorphOS-update Wayfarer is the latest ...
Lite-XL_2.1.3r1.lha Text/Edit Lite XL is a lightweigh...
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17.Mar.2024
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PDF manual: DOS documentation in the works
At the title link on GitHub Thomas 'ThoR' Richter, one of the developers of AmigaOS 3.2, has started work on a PDF manual for the dos.library in the style of the Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manuals. (snx)
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17.Mar.2024
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Amiga-Scoopex-C: Conversion of the Assembler tutorial into C
The GitHub project Amiga-Scoopex-C is a conversion of the examples of the Amiga assembler course "Amiga Hardware Programming", which can be found on YouTube, into the C programming language.
Now all 11 previously created instructions have been adapted to the current version of vscode-amiga-debug, so that functions such as INCBIN-CHIP have become available. Each episode now consists of a single source code file. In addition, the existing instructions for the Copperlist have been revised so that the data no longer has to be copied to Chip RAM at runtime. (snx)
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17.Mar.2024
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Video: Review of the PowerShark
In a detailed video report, Robert Smith tests the "PowerShark", a USB-C-based power supply for the Amiga 500, 600 and 1200 keyboard cases (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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16.Mar.2024
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YouTube: Recording of the PiStorm-presentation at FOSDEM 2024
Andrew "LinuxJedi" Hutchings, full-time CCO for the MySQL alternative MariaDB Foundation, is known as a developer of hardware and software for the Amiga. At FOSDEM 2024, an open source developer conference held on March 3rd to 4th, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium, Hutchings gave a presentation on "PiStorm - The evolution of an open source Amiga accelerator", which demonstrates the modification of the Raspberry Pi mini motherboard as an Amiga turbo card and is available on YouTube.
In the presentation, Hutchings demonstrates the use of the PiStorm32-Lite on his Amiga 1200 and talks about this and other topics:
- What the PiStorm really is, both as hardware and a community
- The history of the project, including the bumps along the road
- Directions that is intended to take the project in the future
- A demonstration of what PiStorm is capable of
The recording can be accessed via the title link. (nba)
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16.Mar.2024
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Video tutorial: Parallax scrolling in AMOS
Following on from the screens tutorials (1, 2, 3), retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows how to achieve parallax scrolling with the dual playfild command in the latest part of his tutorial series. (dr)
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15.Mar.2024
Oliver Roberts (Mail)
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E-Mail client: New YAM Nightly Build uses TLS SNI now
IBrowse and AmiSSL5 developer Oliver Roberts has uploaded another change to the repository of the mail program YAM, which Jens Maus implemented yesterday in a new nightly build for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS: with a single line of code YAM now uses TLS SNI (Server Name Indication) for secure connections, which fixes the problem of failed certificate verification with e.g. Gmail. (dr)
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15.Mar.2024
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Trevor's Blog: On the Plus side
Trevor Dickinson from A-EON Technology published a new article in his "Trevor's Blog" yesterday. Among other things, he explains why the delivery of the A1222 Plus motherboards, which began a week ago, has been delayed again: "The original batch of boards received over a month ago worked well but did not include the onboard USB headers and had to be sent back to the manufacturer for minor rework. Also a revision change by the MCU manufacturer meant the onboard temperature sensor was not read correctly and the CPU fan did not spin up. When designing the motherboard, Varisys, the original hardware developer, did not think a CPU fan was necessary but included one as an extra precaution." The problem was solved by modifying the MCU programming firmware.
As Trevor Dickinson further reports, other people besides AAA Technology were involved in making the release of the A1222 Plus possible: Steven Solie, for example, developed an extremely fast and simple, but very powerful recovery USB drive that ensures that all necessary OS4.1 and enhancer software files are installed correctly, and Alexandre Balaban created a fully updated AmigaOS 4.1-ISO. (dr)
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14.Mar.2024
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Java-tool: ham_convert 1.10.0
Sebastian Sieczko's Java-based tool ham_convert converts modern graphic formats into the Amiga's HAM format and is now available in version 1.10.0. New in this version:
- ability to use ICtCp colorspace for HAM error calculation
- option to exclude first palette color from DynamicHires conversion
- larger program window and fonts
- code cleanup
Download: ham_convert 1.10.0 (7 MB) (nba)
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13.Mar.2024
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On our own behalf: Changes to the team, Nico Barbat returns
Nico Barbat, a long-time demoscene member and well-known Amiga journalist, joined the amiga-news.de team back in 2000. Initially taking care of the job exchange Free Amiga Jobs, he intensified the cooperation between the print magazine "Amiga Plus", for which he was responsible as editor-in-chief, and our news service in the following years until he finally took over management of amiga-news.de at the end of 2003.
Anyone who knows Nico Barbat knows that even after his final retirement from the amiga-news.de team in 2011, the Amiga never really let go of him: There was always talk of projects, possibilities were explored or connections were made. The "official" return with the founding of the publishing house "Look Behind You" in 2022 now also has positive consequences for amiga-news.de: The ex-boss is back in the team. There is no longer a job exchange to look after, but there is still plenty of work for experienced editors ;)
We also welcome Markus 'IM_Petrow' Bonet, a long-time amiga-news.de reader, to the team: as server administrator, Markus will take care of the technical infrastructure on which our largely self-developed content management system runs. We would like to thank our two (more or less) "newcomers" for their support.
Editor's note: To ensure the independence of our reporting, articles on projects by Nico Barbat's publishing house Look Behind You or his LBY business partner Simon Neumann (including Alinea) will continue to be written exclusively by other editors. (cg)
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13.Mar.2024
Arne Urbaniak (E-Mail)
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Amiga disks on PC: Copy program G-Copy 0.5
Almost two years ago (amiga-news.de reported), developer Arne Urbaniak presented his copy programme G-Copy for reading and writing Amiga ADF data on a Windows PC. G-Copy, which is visually similar to the popular X-Copy, supports the drive controllers Greaseweazle by Keir Fraser, ADF-Drive by D. Tonn or DrawBridge (Arduino) by Rob Smith.
In the new version 0.5, Greaseweazle routines have been revised and basic support for the ADF controller and DrawBridge has been added. According to the developer, the SCP routine for the ADF controller still needs to be optimised, the content of the disc is already displayed and the checkdisk function has been completed, while the basic control of the DrawBridge now works. The user can also switch between German and English layouts and switch the sound on and off.
Visitors to the ARC (Amiga Ruhrpott Convention (25 May 2024 in Duisburg, Germany) can experience G-Copy live in combination with some controllers at the developer's stand.
Download: gcopy.zip (36,9 MB) (nba)
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13.Mar.2024
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Practical report: Using several operating systems on AmigaNG computers (Czech)
Martina Hřebcová is known for her extensive and detailed reports on PowerPC hardware. This time (automatic translation) she looks at the pitfalls of running AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Linux on the same computer at the title link. (snx)
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12.Mar.2024
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 7.6
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 7.6 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS which provides more video playback improvements and fixes. (dr)
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12.Mar.2024
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris 1.22, Contacts 1.2
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.22 of his e-mail client Iris and version 1.2 of the contact manager Contacts for MorphOS. Detailed changes:
Iris V1.22
- Search window will now show partial results while the search is pending
- Fixed search window's results to remove messages as they get deleted
- Improved timezone information sent in calendar events
- Calendar events are now attached twice to be compatible with both Outlook and Gmail
Contacts V1.2
- Improved handling of legacy VCARD formats
(dr)
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12.Mar.2024
Wolfgang Kierdorf (E-Mail)
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Video: DIY instruction to build an Arcade Stick gamepad for the Amiga CD³²
At the title link, Wolfgang Kierdorf demonstrates how a standard arcade stick gamepad can be adapted for use with the Amiga CD³² console with a little soldering work using a purchasable circuit board. (snx)
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12.Mar.2024
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WHDLoad: Running cracktros from the website
WHDLoad author Bert Jahn has updated the WHDLoad website so that all Cracktros can now be started directly using the Amiga emulator vAmigaWeb via the "Info" link. This works for all productions that do not require an AGA or a Kickstart image. There are also corresponding plans for demos and mags. (dr)
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