16.Oct.2013
German Amiga Community (Webseite)
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Amiga-Emulator: WinFellow 0.5.2
A new version of the Windows-based Amiga-emulator "WinFellow" has been released. The most important changes of this update:
- new display configuration options for setting scale factor (1x and 2x, retaining a proper aspect ratio), and scaling strategy (solid/scanline); inclusion of higher screen resolutions to allow use of 2x windowed modes
- support for 2x mode in Amiga Forever
- support for model presets to quickly get started setting up model specific configurations (a number of presets is already included)
- automatic interlace compensation (WinFellow will automatically detect interlaced graphics and perform interlace compensation; this can be disabled in various options, but is on by default for new configurations)
- lower system requirements (an SSE capable processor is no longer required)
- Windows 8.1 added to the supported operating systems
Additionally the following bugs have been fixed:
- re-initialize the emulation session when a change of display adapter properties (color depth, different graphics adapter) is detected
- cancelling the configuration dialog no longer performs changes to the configuration
- support for sprites in hires dual playfield mode was fixed, making previously invisible objects visible on the screen
- sprite DMA was being disabled instead of waiting, causing invisible sprites
- PC -2 saved on the stack for address exception
- proper "short frame" when display is interlaced and frame is short
- fix copper list load
- failure to find valid screen mode for screens with unusual refresh rates (Microsoft VirtualPC, ...)
- fixes for several crashes to desktop caused by NULL pointer exceptions
- cancelling an undo dialog in Amiga Forever will no longer close the emulation session
- reset of Amiga Forever emulation session no longer causes input devices to no longer function
- fixed problem with Amiga Forever clipping calculations for left offsets <16 (would lead to only half the screen being visible) or one of the offset values = 0 (would ignore the offsets completely)
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15.Oct.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Music: "The Amiga Works" by Allister Brimble available
After the Kickstarter project (amiga-news.de reported) was successfully finished, the album "The Amiga Works" by Allister Brimble is available under the title link (with Firefox there are some problems).
The double-CD includes 27 edited tracks of games of Team 17 - among others Assassin, Superfrog, Alien Breed and Project X - as well as of other games like Zeewolf, Spellbound Dizzy and Troddlers.
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15.Oct.2013
Christian Zigotzky (ANF)
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X1000: Kernel 3.9.8.1 for openSUSE 12.3
Christian "xeno74" Zigotzky has adapted the openSUSE-Kernel 3.9.8.1 to the Nemo-motherboard.
Direct download: kernel-3.9.8.1-x1000-opensuse-ppc64.tar.bz2 (11 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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15.Oct.2013
Spectre660 (ANF)
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Sam440ep(-flex): Linux-Distribution Debian 7.1.0
For users of a Sam440ep or a Sam440ep-flex, Spectre660 has released an adaptation of the Linux-distribution Debian 7.1.0.
Direct download: Debian_7.1.0_Sam440ep_Netinstall_2i.iso (27,5 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 15. Oct. 2013, 16:58] [Comments: 0]
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15.Oct.2013
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AmigaOS 4: Integrated development environment CodeBench 0.42
Simon "Rigo" Archer has released a new beta version of his integrated development environment CodeBench (screenshot). Codebench 0.42 requires the latest version of the official Software Development Kit.
There are two versions of the so far free edition of Codebench: One can be used with the AmigaOS 4-SDK, the other with Hollywood.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 15. Oct. 2013, 16:54] [Comments: 0]
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15.Oct.2013
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Alinea Computer becomes X1000-distributor (update)
According to Trevor Dickinson of A-EON in his latest Blog, the PPC-computers "AmigaOne X1000" will be sold by the German trader Alinea Computer. In the Internet-shop of the company the X1000 is not listed so far. All interested users are to contact Alinea via eMail.
Additional to the well-known complete systems with preinstalled AmigaOS 4.1 there also is a dualboot-option with an installed Linux. We do not have information about prices yet. According to unconfirmed information the former distributor Amigakit listed a X1000 complete system with about 3100 Euro.
Update: (16.10.13, 14:30, cg)
In an article on a1k.org, Simon "AmigaPapst" Neumann from Alinea explained that the exact price depends on the used components - he expects a price of "about 2800 Euro". (cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.Oct.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Distribution for AGA-Amigas: Real AmiKit 0.4
Real AmiKit is an AmigaOS distribution for real AGA-Amigas. Now version 0.4 has been released. A list of changes can be found under the title link.
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[News message: 13. Oct. 2013, 18:17] [Comments: 0]
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13.Oct.2013
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Aminet-Uploads until 12.10.2013
The following packages have been added to Aminet until October 12th, 2013:
Blitz_Ext.lha dev/basic 1K 68k revised extended float funs. ...
cc65-morphos.lha dev/cross 9.5M MOS ANSI C 6502 cross development...
supoker_68k.lha game/board 1.2M 68k a french poker card game
tongits_68k.lha game/board 607K 68k a Filipino card game
MCE.lha game/edit 1.0M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 1.2M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 1.2M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
alleytris_68k.lha game/think 142K 68k (n)curses based tetris game
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 3.4M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 3.7M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 3.6M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
fceu_mos.lha misc/emu 537K MOS Nintendo NES / Famicom emulator
CutRateCalc.lha misc/math 163K OS4 A reaction based calculator
ADPCM_enc.lha mus/edit 21K 68k ADPCM/FDC/EDC encoder
opus_68k.lha mus/edit 3.9M 68k OGG Opus tools & libs
opus-tools-0.17_a68k.lha mus/edit 318K 68k Opus Audio Tools
opus-tools-0.17_aros.lha mus/edit 416K x86 Opus Audio Tools
playOGG.lha mus/play 5.8M 68k multi format sound player.
qpdfview.lha text/show 11M OS4 Tabbed PDF/DjVu document viewer
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13.Oct.2013
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 12.10.2013
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until October 12th, 2013:
atunes.lha aud/mis 1Mb 4.1 manage, play your music, edit ta...
atunes_cover_aamp.lha aud/mis 2Mb 4.1 aTunes-AAmp "plugin" to display ...
perl_newlib.lha dev/lan 24Mb 4.1 The Practical Report and Extract...
basilisk2.lha emu/com 2Mb 4.1 Macintosh emulator runs MacOS7 a...
basilisk2_src.lha emu/com 2Mb 4.1 source code for Basilisk2
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mce.lha gam/uti 1Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
fastview.lha gra/vie 2Mb 4.1 Show, crop & scale pictures ...
internetsurfboard.lha net/bro 1Mb 4.1 Qt simple WebBrowser (aka Weltwe...
xnet_greek.lha net/new 2kb 4.1 Greek catalog file for XNet-RSS
amiarc_gr.lha uti/arc 1kb 4.0 Greek catalog file for AmiArc
netdock.lha uti/doc 418kb 4.0 Docky to monitor your network ac...
cutratecalc.lha uti/mis 163kb 4.1 A reaction based calculator
amiupdate_greek.lha uti/wor 7kb 4.1 Greek catalog files for AmiUpdat...
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13.Oct.2013
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 12.10.2013
The following package has been added to AROS-Archives until October 12th, 2013:
sdlgweled.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 2Mb Bejeweled clone.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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13.Oct.2013
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 12.10.2013
The following package has been added to MorphOS-Files until October 12th, 2013:
MOSAVR 1.0 dev/cro 31514 Complete cross-development ...
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13.Oct.2013
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WHDLoad: New packages until 12.10.2013
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 October 12th, 2013:
- 2013-10-12 new: Screwballs (aka Corkscrew) (Phenomena) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-10-12 improved: Arkanoid (Discovery Software) supports another version, keyboard and misc other things fixed, docs and more icons included (Info)
- 2013-10-11 new: Eargasm Tunes (The Silents) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-10-10 new: Announce (Lemon) done by Psygore (Info, Image)
- 2013-10-10 new: Intro? Dentro? Mentro? Demo? (The Silents) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-10-09 improved: State of the Art (Spaceballs) support for SkidRow version added, quit problem fixed, new icons and install script (Info, Image)
- 2013-10-09 improved: Rink a Dink (Lemon) keyboard handler added for QuitKey on 68000, volume audio fixed, new icons included (Info, Image)
- 2013-10-09 new: R.O.M. 2 (Essence) done by Psygore (Info, Image)
- 2013-10-09 new: Musical Rabbit (Carrillon & Cyberiad) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-10-08 new: Wave Sound (Appendix) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-10-07 new: New Age (Ram Jam) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-10-06 new: Megademo 2 (Alcatraz) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
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13.Oct.2013
PPA (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Nintendo-Emulator FCEU 1.4
Kelly Samel has released a new version of his MorphOS-port of FCE Ultra which is an emulator of the Nintendo-Entertainment-System (NES). FCE Ultra features high compatibility, sound as well as Save-RAM and Save-State support.
Changes in version 1.4:
- Improved screen display offsets
- New input configuration panel
- XBox 360 gamepad support via sensors.library
- New save state manager panel
- Many other bug fixes and improvements
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12.Oct.2013
Hacker News (ANF)
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Magazine: Amiga-citations in Game Developer Magazine
After 19 years the US-American Game Developer Magazine (Wikipedia entries) was closed down in July. Meanwhile all issues of the magazine are available for free on Internet.
Under the title link the search shows the Amiga citations.
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12.Oct.2013
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4: Software Development Kit 53.24
According to Hyperion Entertainment under the title link, for developers a new Software Development Kit (SDK) for AmigaOS 4 is available.
You can find further information in the AmigaOS Documentation Wiki, which also has a FAQ section.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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11.Oct.2013
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Home-made: Replacement for memory expansion A501
Under the title link you can find information about the open-source respectively open-hardware project of a "replacement A501 512K memory expansion trapdoor card".
According to the developer the so far unpublished DRAM-Timings will be documented. Currently, "approximately 60% of the wiring connections have been made".
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 11. Oct. 2013, 08:23] [Comments: 0]
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11.Oct.2013
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Putty Squad: Release together with HD-version for PC and consoles
According to a report of Games Asylum under the title link, next month the game Putty Squad, which was released for PC, Mac and several consoles, will be again sold as a HD-version in a special collector's edition which additionally includes the still unreleased Amiga version.
If it actually is the full version of the game or the well-known demo version, currently is not clear. An inquiry was sent to System 3.
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10.Oct.2013
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Download release: Exodus - The Last War
In the game "Exodus - The Last War" there are two races fighting for domination over a foreign planet. Since the CD-ROM version is out of stock meanwhile, APC&TCP are selling it now as a downloadable release at the title link. (snx)
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10.Oct.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Workbench complement: BetterWB 3.1
Today version 3.1 of the Workbench complement BetterWB has been released. Additional to some minor bug fixes and improvements, the update includes the commodity WinToFront (replaces ClickToFront) as well as format64 which can format bigger harddrives.
Similar to AIAB, AmiKit or AmigaSYS, BetterWB is a collection of Workbench tools for AmigaOS 3.1 which requires low resources. BetterWB may be used by "purists that believe anything beyond 3.1 is an overbloated piece of crap, low end Amiga computers and Minimig users, that are restricted to a 68000 processor".
BetterWB works with any Amiga and is provided as disk images. Additional to the original disks of Workbench 3.1 (3.0 may be sufficient but was not tested) 8 MB harddrive memory are required.
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10.Oct.2013
Amigaworld.net (website)
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Event: Alchimie X (France)
Press release: The 10th edition of Alchimie, the biggest french Amiga event, organized by Triple A, will be held on the 9th, 10th and 11th of November this year.
As usual, Alchimie is mainly focused around the Amiga in all its flavours, but other operating systems will also be shown - such as RiscOS on Raspberry PI, Atari with the FireBee, Haiku, Linux and so on.
Robotics will also be present by the french magazine Planete Robots and many demonstrations will be made by professionals.
Conferences about AmigaOS 4 and Qt, MorphOS, Blender, FireFox OS and the Demoscene will be held on saturday and sunday.
If you happen to be near Tain l'Hermitage in south of France at theses dates, do not hesitate to drop by and join the 98 attendees already registered to take part at Alchimie X. (snx)
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09.Oct.2013
Heise (Webseite)
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Data Becker will be closed down
According to Heise online under the title link, the IT-publishing house and software developer Data Becker will be closed on March 31st, 2014.
The company was founded in 1981 and in 1983 started to publish books and to release software for the C64 and Amiga.
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[News message: 09. Oct. 2013, 15:39] [Comments: 0]
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09.Oct.2013
PPA (Webseite)
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AmigaOS/AROS: Opus Audio Tools 0.17
Michel 'DMX' Bagmeijer has updated his port of Opus Audio Tools for AmigaOS/68k and AROS/x86. It is a collection of programms for creating and converting sound files using Opus-Codecs which is a "highly versatile audio codec" and is "intended for storage and streaming applications".
Download:
opus-tools-0.17_a68k.lha (318 KB)
opus-tools-0.17_aros.lha (416 KB)
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[News message: 09. Oct. 2013, 07:37] [Comments: 0]
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09.Oct.2013
PPA (Webseite)
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AROS: Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
Szilárd 'Bszili' Biró has ported the game "Shadow Warrior Classic Redux" to AROS/x86. The files of the original game released in 1997 are required. You can get further information in the forum of AROS-Exec.
Download: sw.tgz (2 MB)
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[News message: 09. Oct. 2013, 07:25] [Comments: 0]
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09.Oct.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmiWest Developer Award
During the AmiWest, the best developer will be honoured with the "AmiWest Developer Award". You can vote for your favourite programmers under the title link. The top five developers then will be presented during the event for the final election.
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[News message: 09. Oct. 2013, 07:17] [Comments: 0]
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