06.Dec.2013
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Amigakit announces new Amiga joystick
Amigakit announces a new Amiga joystick which was developed during the last six months. It has a "arcade style controller with metal shaft and micro switches":
The joystick has two independent buttons which both can be set as standard buttons. The price still is not available, "orders will be taken in the next few weeks."
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06.Dec.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Emulator: WinUAE 2.7.0
Version 2.7.0 of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE has been released. The update provides improvement of emulation of graphic boards, the 68020-processor and the Custom Chips.
New features:
- Cirrus Logic SVGA chip based hardware graphics board emulation
- Use graphics board in emulated Amix, Linux, NetBSD and others
- Use native CyberGraphX, Picasso96 and EGS RTG software in emulation
- Emulates following boards: Picasso II, Picasso II+, Picasso IV (flash
rom image required), Piccolo, Piccolo SD64 and EGS-28/24 Spectrum
- Text mode is also emulated (Linux/NetBSD etc. text console support)
- Based on QEMU Cirrus Logic emulation
- SCSI tape drive emulation
- Can install Amix without hacks
- Both reading and writing supported
- Works also with most backup software that supports tape drives
- SLIRP user mode NAT emulation
- A2065 and uaenet.device emulation without need for host side
extra drivers
- 68020 cycle-exact mode emulation rewritten to better match real hardware, accuracy improved, more improvements planned in future versions
- Added GUI button that opens small disk image information window
- GUI open log file and open error log buttons added
- New WiX based installer
Updates:
- Two new field based interlace options added, reduces interlace artifacts
- Chipset emulation compatibility improved, more undocumented chipset
corner cases emulated
- Game Ports panel input configuration improved
- Built-in HRTMon and AROS ROM replacement updated to latest versions
- Do not wake up all sleeping harddrives if loaded config has mounted
physical harddrives (or memory cards) that are not currently connected
- SCSI HD and CD emulation compatibility improved
- SCSI HD/CD/TAPE statefile compatibility improved
- CIA TOD counting is now cycle-exact
- 68020/030 cycle-exact/prefetch is fully compatible with FPU emulation
2.6.x bugs fixed:
- Some OFS formatted hardfiles didn't mount
- Wired XBox 360 pad (possibly others) missed input events
Other bugs fixed:
- All Input panel events stopped working in some situations
- RTG mode video recording display size fixed
- Same game controller was inserted in both joystick ports if
loaded config file had non-existing controller in second port
- Built-in LZX decompressor didn't always decompress last byte of file
- CD CUE file parsing fix, some images had incorrect CD audio timing
- Output panel crashed on some systems
- Crash when system was reset if it caused immediate PAL/NTSC mode change
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.Dec.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Accelerator board: ACA500 by Individual Computers can be preordered
The ACA500 developed by Individual Computers is supposed to be available before Christmas and now can be preordered. The Amiga 500-extension has a preinstalled Kickstart-"ROMs" (version 1.3 and 3.1) and it is possible to use an Amiga 1200 accelerator board developed by the same producer with an Amiga 500.
Features of the ACA500:
- 68EC000-10 clocked at 14 MHz (i.e. double A500 clock)
- 2 MB of physical RAM, entirely available for applications (minus 512 KB if MapROM is used)
- external expansion, no need to open the A500
- two Compact Flash card slots (each one of them bootable and able to read/write Amiga or PC formatted cards)
- trapdoor memory expansions up to 1.8 MB FastMem still work (including RTC)
- ChipMem expansions still work
- custom expansion port for local hardware (14 MHz 16-bit, double Zorro speed)
- clock port for hardware expansions, e.g. for Silversurfer or Catweasel Mk2
- optionally expandable by adding an ACA-1220 / ACA-1231 / ACA-1232 card
- licensed Kickstart ROM images 1.3 and 3.1 included in Flash-ROM
- FAT95 file system also included in Flash-ROM
- full WHDload compatibility incl. Quit key!
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05.Dec.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Retro-Gaming: WHDLoad 17.2
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks.
Changes in version 17.2:
- fix: cancelling directory preload (in the splash window pressing
Esc or changing a option forcing restart) could cause memory
list corruption
- new: support for Zeus68k pseudo vbr added, allows to quit by key
similar like a moved vector base, but only on interrupts not
on exceptions
- new: on AGA machines all color registers are read from the custom
chips and written to the dump file
- fix: WHDLoadCD32 works again with resload_DiskLoad, was broken in
version 17.1 (issue #2633)
- chg: utility ITD can now read files larger than 4 GiB (e.g. on
SFS\2) and write to larger devices using TD64
- chg: alignment for patch lists (resload_Patch/Seg) is now verified
by WHDLoad to avoid problems on 68000/10
- chg: the check for valid custom.aud*ptr introduced in version 17.1
can now be enabled via the new option ChkAudPt/S
- fix: on Kickstart 2.0 (V37) option NoMemReverse/S is now always
active to avoid problems which could lead to freezing during
Preload or other memory allocations
- chg: memory allocations improved if NoMemReverse/S is active, now
these will succeed also if memory below BaseMemSize is free
by trying to allocate until memory is above
- fix: preload progress bar fixed on Kickstart 2.0 (V37), was using
a V39 only utility.library function
- new: added IF/ELSE/ENDIF conditional blocks to patch lists to
simplify the handling of patches depending on ButtonWait/S and
Custom1-5/N options (resload_Patch/Seg)
- chg: detection of HRTmon builtin WinUAE improved to support if MMU
protection is enabled with WHDLoad (CFOU!)
- chg: options NTSC/PAL can be set global and local now, where the
local one (CLI/Tooltype) will overwrite the global one
(configuration file S:WHDLoad.prefs)
- new: WHDLoad now sets the screen mode in HRTmon to the video mode
specified for the installed program, with that HRTmon will
always uses the same video mode (PAL/NTSC) as WHDLoad, for
correct operation at least HRTmon version 2.35 is required
- chg: audio.device is only opened when present in execs device list,
this saves some memory if it isn't initilized already
- chg: install script template now supports also the diskimage
device by Fredrik Wikstrom (Psygore)
- chg: option FullChip/S can also set globally now
- new: support for interrupt vector redirect feature of ACA500 on
68000 added
- chg: added a kludge to preserve the largest free memory block until
PreLoad in situations where multiple small free blocks are
available to increase the likelihood of being able to cache a
large disk image
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05.Dec.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmiForce online again
After a longer break, amiforce.de is accessable again. Webmaster "CJ-Stroker" explained in the forum that there were be hosting problems.
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05.Dec.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Interviews with Gary Dunne ("Toobz") and Mark Gallagher ("Smash TV the Rip off")
The interview series on amigapd.com was continued with conversations with Gary Dunne and Mark Gallagher.
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05.Dec.2013
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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AmiWest pictures of Trevor Dickinson
At the beginning of November on the Amiga Future website pictures of the AmiWest 2013 have been released made available by Trevor Dickinson.
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04.Dec.2013
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Demopack 1.0
The MorphOS Demopack is a collection of 113 demos which (more or less) run under MorphOS 3.2. Additional to native programs there are also programs for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, PowerUP and WarpOS.
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04.Dec.2013
Amigatronics (ANF)
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Podcast: Amigatronics (spanish)
Press release: Amigatronics is pleased to announce a new spanish audio program presenting news, hard- and software tests and reports about demos, events as well as other machines and retro video games. Amigatronics team consists of important sceners groups like ozone, Batman Group, La SeKTa, AmigaStore or Amigamers. (snx)
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04.Dec.2013
George Sokianos (ANF)
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Event: AmiCamp 2013 in Athens (Greece)
Press release: AmiCamp is a new event for all the Greek Amiga users and will take place in Athens on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 of December. It will be open to the public and all the Amiga enthusiasts who keep using and having fun with their Amigas, especially the Next Generation ones.
Visitors will have the chance to watch presentations about the major operating systems (AmigaOS 4, MorphOS). Computers such as AmigaOne X1000, AmigaOne 500 and Pegasos II will be available among the best classic Amiga models, which will be used and tested. Gaming will also be part of the event. If you want to participate with your computer or a presentation, please fill the form until 10th of December. More information can be found at the title link as well as on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and YouTube. (snx)
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01.Dec.2013
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Aminet-Uploads until 30.11.2013
The following packages have been added to Aminet until November 30th, 2013:
Blitz_14bit.lha dev/basic 3K 68k early 14bit sound dev kit for...
mp3_dec.lha dev/basic 21K 68k mpega lib dev kit for Blitz &...
fpc-2.7.1.20131120-ar... dev/lang 44M x86 Freepascal compiler i386-aros...
AmiMag_02.pdf docs/mags 21M Belgian Amiga e-zine, issue 2
PAS.lha driver/aud 40K 68k portable audio system
LodeLooter.lha game/jump 120K 68k Lode Runner like game
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 6.0M 68k Implementation of Tunnels &...
LyapModules.lha gfx/fract 31K MOS Lyapunov modules for ZoneXplorer
diashow_1.1.lha gfx/show 24K MOS Diashow Viewer
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 3.6M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 3.9M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 3.9M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaSP.lha misc/emu 14K AmiArcadia spanish catalog fo...
ADPCM_dec.lha mus/misc 36K 68k ADPCM/FDC/EDC decoder
BoardsLib.lha util/libs 52K 68k provides detailed info about ...
SnapitSP.lha util/misc 4K SnapIT spanish catalog for v1.2
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01.Dec.2013
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 30.11.2013
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until November 30th, 2013:
perl_newlib.lha dev/lan 23Mb 4.1 The Practical Report and Extract...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
cha05e90_icons_2013.lha gra/ico 2Mb 4.0 64x64 glowicons
cutereport.lha off/dat 13Mb 4.1 Report designer and solutiontabl...
jack.lha uti/wor 14Mb 4.1 Multi-purpose utility for Workbench
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01.Dec.2013
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 30.11.2013
The following package has been added to AROS-Archives until November 30th, 2013:
fpc-2.7.1.20131120.i386-a... dev/lan 44Mb Freepascal compiler i386-aros bi...
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01.Dec.2013
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WHDLoad: New packages until 30.11.2013
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until November 30th, 2013:
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01.Dec.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Internet using the parallel port: plipbox 0.5
With Christian 'lallafa' Vogelgsang's plipbox it is possible to get an Amiga into the network. The Arduino-based adapter provides a connection to the ethernet-port of the Arduino board using the parallel port. The magPLIP-protocol is used.
With version 0.5 the MAC address is received automatically and an optional full-duplex-support is provided.
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29.Nov.2013
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Amedia Computer announces USB-keyboard with real Amiga-keys
During the next weeks the French trader Amedia Computer will offer USB-keyboards in black or beige/white which are equipped with real Amiga-keys - in the past, similar projects only used Windows-keys with labels.
A picture made available by Amedia shows some more changes compared with an usual PC-keyboard:
The "menu"-key became a BoingBall-key and either the ScrollLock or the Ende-key are additionally labeled with "Help". Besides, the curly brackets are placed again above the numeric keypad.
Keyboard layouts for Great Britain (QWERTY) and French (AZERTY) are supposed to be available, but a German version is not planned. Amedia did not specify which company will produce the keyboards.
The keyboards have an USB-port and will be exclusively sold by Amedia. Preordered, the keyboard costs 199 Euro. The normal price is about 220 Euro.
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29.Nov.2013
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Greek Magazine: Retro Planet, issue 2
The Greek retro magazine "Retro Planet" is publiashed every three months. In second issue, a test report about the AmigaOne X1000, a biography of the British adventure software developers Level 9, an (quotation) "article featuring a different point of view about the Commodore's fall" as well as the start of an article series about the present and the future of the Amiga platforms.
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28.Nov.2013
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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Project Synergy: App-store for all Amiga systems
Pascal Papara is going to develop an App-store for all Amiga systems, called "Project Synergy". The web-interface for developers was finished and Papara asks interested developers to create an account and to check out the system. If you want to have screenshots of the store then please contact Pascal Papara.
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28.Nov.2013
Heise (gemeldet von Holger) (ANF)
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Amiga Forever 2013 Value Edition on the next DVD of magazine c't
In the actual preview of the magazine (German), it is not listed but in a report about the Raspberry Pi as Floppy-emulator (German), the author mentioned that the next magazine-DVD of issue 26/2013 (published on December 2nd, 2013) will include the "Amiga Forever 2013 Value Edition with 40 games and about 30 demos".
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28.Nov.2013
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Floppy-Emulator: Raspberry pi as disk drive replacement
The Italian Maurizo Ramondo has replaced the disk drive of his Amiga 500 by a Raspberry Pi: The single-board computer was connceted to the internal floppy port of the Amiga with a simple adapter developed by Ramondo and in this way emulates two disk drives.
As data medium the SD-card of the Raspberry Pi is used - the credit-card-sized computer was put in the A500, so it is accessable through the original disk drive slot. The emulated floppy is ready seven seconds after booting the Amiga because Ramondo did not want to use Linux and instead of it uses a self developed programm, which has 240 KB.
After a reset, the Amiga boots a setup programm. There you can assign one or several ADF-images to the emulated drives. While operating you can switch between the ADF-files with a key.
The developer made available all documents as well as the software on his website for free.
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24.Nov.2013
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Aminet-Uploads until 23.11.2013
The following packages have been added to Aminet until November 23th, 2013:
Opus5.82Final.zip biz/dopus 5.4M Directory Opus 5.82 source code
SAF_BBStro.lha demo/intro 81K 68k SAF BBStro - NoAGA
mlw-ricktro.adf demo/misc 880K 68k MELLOW - RICKTRO demo (disk v...
mlw-ricktrof.lha demo/misc 152K 68k MELLOW - RICKTRO demo (HD ver...
AmigaPower.lha docs/hyper 76K French Amiga Magazine (17th N...
PAS.lha driver/aud 28K 68k portable audio system
TVSBasketball_2013-20... game/data 14K 2013/14 Season for TV Sports ...
AssaultCube1202_Aros.lha game/shoot 53M x86 First-person shooter
DatatypeToHam.lha gfx/conv 31K 68k Convert any picture to HAM6/H...
DJNick-MODs_1990-1999... mods/techn 98M All Music MODules Pack - 1990...
asapconv.lha mus/edit 586K 68k Play & convert Atari 8-bi...
playOGG.lha mus/play 5.8M 68k multi format sound player.
AP52Covers.lha pix/misc 920K aMiGa=PoWeR n?52 Cover Recto
Icons-4-AmigaOS.lha pix/picon 1.5M AmigaOS 4.1 Style Icons... (D...
Scriba_1.9.9.lha text/edit 6.8M MOS Simple word processing software
CTLG2CT.lha util/conv 19K OS4 Decompiles catalogs back into...
snapit.lha util/misc 510K MOS A screen grabber with MUI-Int...
Daysleeper.lha util/time 64K MOS Shutdown/reboot at a selected...
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24.Nov.2013
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 23.11.2013
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until November 23th, 2013:
line6pod.lha aud/mis 16kb 4.1 Edit and create amp sounds on vi...
mixer.lha aud/mis 490kb 4.1 Audio mixer
textedit.lha dev/edi 2Mb 4.1 Text editor being written in Hol...
perl_newlib.lha dev/lan 24Mb 4.1 The Practical Report and Extract...
perl_amiga_camd.lha dev/lib 131kb 4.0 Perl module to allow midi contro...
fastview.lha gra/vie 3Mb 4.1 Show, crop & scale pictures ...
internetsurfboard.lha net/bro 1Mb 4.1 Qt simple WebBrowser (aka Weltwe...
qtweb.lha net/bro 4Mb 4.1 Qt Web browser port of QtWeb (bi...
blu_manager.lha off/dat 41kb 4.0 Blu ray movie database program
datenbank.lha off/dat 43Mb 4.0 Simple offline Database done wit...
netdock.lha uti/doc 512kb 4.0 Docky to monitor your network ac...
snapit.lha uti/mis 510kb 4.1 Powerful MUI-based Screen Grabber
zoomnote.lha uti/mis 38kb 4.1 Screen zooming and note drawing ...
ctlg2ct.lha uti/tex 41kb 4.0 Decompiles catalogs back into .c...
clipgrab.lha vid/mis 3Mb 4.0 Qt Download videos from YouTube
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24.Nov.2013
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 23.11.2013
The following packages have been added to AROS-Archives until November 23th, 2013:
dangen.i386-aros.zip gam/act 559kb Abstract top-down shooter.
snapit.i386-aros.lha uti/mis 510kb Powerful MUI-based Screen Grabber
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24.Nov.2013
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 23.11.2013
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until November 23th, 2013:
Sqrxz2 1.0 gam/pla 730 A sequel of jump and run pl...
Scriba 1.9.9 off/tex 7007 A simple WYSIWYG wordproces...
Daysleeper 0.9 sys/too 65 Small MUI based tool for re...
SnapIt 1.2 uti/des 121 A screengrabber. Grabs scre...
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24.Nov.2013
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WHDLoad: New packages until 23.11.2013
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until November 23th, 2013:
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24.Nov.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: AEROS beta version 5 for Raspberry Pi
The fifth beta version of Pascal Papara's Debian-Linux-hosted AROS-distribution AEROS for the Raspberry Pi now also is available for unregistered users - as usual without the lx-command which can launch Linux-applications out of AROS.
In this version AROS-ARHMfh-components of Krzysztof 'deadwood' Smiechowicz were updated, clicking on AHI pref icon doesn't crash it anymore and the icons are "not as ugly as" in the last release.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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24.Nov.2013
Jim Neray (ANF)
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Game launcher: X-bEnCH 0.91F
X-bEnCH is a graphical user-interface for launching WHDLoad games (.slave, .exe) with up to 272 colors (AGA; 128 with OCS/ECS). It requires very few ressouces and is compatible with all Amiga setups.
Version 0.91F is the first stable release of X-bEnCh. Please note that from this version on, registered users will have access to internal versions of X-bEnCH to minimize bugs in the release versions. (snx)
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