amiga-news.de - Archive

Archive 04/2023

`04.Apr.2023` Martina Hřebcová (Mail)	Report: New CPU for AmigaOne XE (Czech) Martina Hřebcová is known for her detailed reviews and analyses of PowerPC hardware and among others published three reports about her AmigaOne XE (1, 2, 3). In the now published article, she describes how she swaps the original XPC7451 CPU, clocked at 800 MHz, for a 7455 CPU operating at 1420 MHz and subjects it to various comparative tests. (dr) [News message: 04. Apr. 2023, 07:21] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`04.Apr.2023` Mastodon	Mastodon client: Amidon 1.0 Dimitris 'MiDWaN' Panokostas, author of the Amiga emulator Amiberry, has released version 1.0 of his Mastodon client Amidon for AmigaOS 3 (amiga-news.de reported. Requirements: AmigaOS 3.x AmiSSL 4 MUI 3.9 or newer The following MUI classes: Hyperlink.mcc (available in the MUI 4.x and 5.x archives) TextEditor.mcc BetterString.mcc (required by TextEditor) HTMLview.mcc codesets.library 68020+ CPU 8MB RAM An internet connection and a TCP/IP stack running (cURL will check for bsdsocket.library on startup). AmiTCP 4, Roadshow or emulators with the bsdsocket.library option enabled will work. A web browser will be needed once, for the first time you authenticate your account. As the developer tells us, the release also serves to be able to find and fix any previously undiscovered problems. He is already working on an update that will add some additional features based on the feedback. The basic functions are available, but some things are not possible due to the current limitations of MUI in combination with Hollywood. For example, notifications are only displayed as plain text, not HTML. MUI Listviews could not contain complex objects, so some compromises had to be made. The start-up time on a real Amiga could be improved: it is currently quite slow on a 68060 Amiga at 13 seconds. This and many other problems could be solved if he rewrote the programme in C/C++. But that is something for the future, depending on motivation and time. Basically, he recommends using MUI 3.9, because HTMLview, the MUI class used to display HTML content in Amidon, has problems with some versions of MUI under AmigaOS 3.x. It does not display content with MUI 4 or 5, so at the moment the client only works properly with MUI 3.9. Basically HTMLview seems to have problems with the display of content behind HTTPS links (e.g. images). MUI 3.8 can also be used, but it has some problems with the display of content in the list views, which is why it is not recommended. (dr) [News message: 04. Apr. 2023, 06:01] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Apr.2023`	Video tutorial: The AMOS commands Jleft, Jright, Jup and Jdown In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro (amiga-news.de reported), retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' this time explains the AMOS commands Jleft, Jright, Jup and Jdown which are required to control a character on the screen using a joystick. (dr) [News message: 03. Apr. 2023, 06:36] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Apr.2023`	Platform game: Video tutorial and download for AMOS game "Hop to the Top!" To mark the upcoming Easter, Robert Smith - we reported on his various projects such as DrawBridge - wanted to create a platform game in AMOS about rabbits and chocolate eggs that could be controlled with a joystick or keyboard. In his video tutorial, Smith explains how he programmed or integrated the following steps for "Hop to the Top!": Double Buffering / Screen Swap Tile-Based Game Engine Smooth Vertical Scrolling Sprite Animation including AMAL (Amos Animation Language) Joystick and Keyboard Input Background Rainbow Effects (COPPER) Sound Samples Game Music The game including source code can be downloaded free of charge via the video description. (dr) [News message: 03. Apr. 2023, 06:20] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Apr.2023` Various (ANF)	Hyperion/Cloanto litigation: judgment in the main lawsuit issued Cloanto had sued Hyperion in 2017, initially to have a judge declare that the Italian company is the rightful owner of the "Amiga" mark and that Hyperion neither has the right to fight this trademark registration nor register similar marks like "AmigaOS" or "AmigaOne" itself. The lawsuit was later merged with another one inititated by Hyperion, which also added Amino, Itec and Amiga Inc. as additional parties to the litigation and expanded the scope of the laswuit to cover issues of breach of contract, trademark violations and alleged IP theft. Mike Battilana of Cloanto had attempted to also have his 'C-A Acquisition Corporation', the entity that acquired the Amiga copyrights from Amiga Inc. in early 2019, added as another plaintiff to the above lawsuit. The judge denied this request, since the motion was filed way too late. A few days later, the C-A Acquisition Corporation filed its own lawsuit against Hyperion, but this case is currently frozen until the main lawsuit has been resolved. Already in 2019, the judge declared that Cloanto lacked standing to sue Hyperion for breach of the 2009 settlement agreement. Last tuesday, judge Martinez issued a judgment in the main litigation between Amino, Itec, Amiga Inc. and Cloanto on one side and Hyperion on the other. Basically, he declared that none of the four plaintiffs has any standing to sue Hyperion for any of the alleged violations raised by them: In addition to Cloanto (see above), Amino, Itec and Amiga Inc. can't sue for breach of contract, since they transferred "all rights [...] including the right to sue [...] for past infringements" to the C-A Acquisition Corporation. Cloanto's accusation that Hyperion changed copyright notices in their AmigaOS releases to assign ownership to itself, might be a violation of copyright - but thanks to a "Non-Aggression Clause" in the 2009 settlement agreement, only the C-A Acquisition Corpoation could hold Hyperion responsible for that. The various alleged violations of trademark rights are considered moot, partially because Hyperion withdrew its objections to the other parties' marks and abandoned its own attempts to register trademarks in the US and partially because the only party that could prosecute trademark violations is C-A Acquisition Corporation. If none of the parties object to this ruling, the case would end without resolving any of the issues between Cloanto/C-A Acquisition and Hyperion. Judge Martinez simply declared that only C-A Acquisition Corporation - renamed to Amiga Corporation in the meantime - is entitled to sue Hyperion for breach of contract or violating trademark rights or Amiga related copyright. Such a case already exists, but has been stayed until the main litigation discussed here is resolved. Approached by amiga-news.de, Mike Battilana didn't want to issue a statement "yet". Hyperion posted a press release on its website, referring to this judgment as a "sweeping victory". (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 02. Apr. 2023, 20:10] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Apr.2023` jPV^RNO (E-Mail)	MorphOS: Article about making backup copies The Finnish member 'jPV' of the demo group RNO, who is also MorphOS beta tester, has written an article for the article collection "MorphOS Library" of MorphZone at the title link about what to consider if you want to make backup copies of your MorphOS installation. (snx) [News message: 02. Apr. 2023, 08:58] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Apr.2023`	Aminet uploads until 01.04.2023 The following files have been added until 01.04.2023 to Aminet: Kp2023-TheNomad.lha demo/sound 685K 68k The Nomad, Music disk by Kp 0... COP.lha dev/debug 167K 68k Low Level Debugger libmikmod.i386-aros.lha dev/lib 1.0M x86 Portable sound library (music... MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.9M MOS Multi-game Character Editor TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 18M 68k Implementation of Tunnels & T... giominostage.lha game/wb 1.1M 68k GI Omino Stage Game AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.6M 68k Signetics-based machines emul... AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.9M MOS Signetics-based machines emul... AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 5.1M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul... AmyStromWiFiSwitch.lha misc/misc 7.6M 68k Control and query the myStrom... hippoplayerupdate.lha mus/play 391K 68k Updated HippoPlayer ptplayer.lha mus/play 31K 68k ProTracker player w/ support ... AppLhA.lha util/arc 29K 68k Tool for unpacking LhA- and L... avalanche.lha util/arc 104K AOS ReAction unarchive GUI for xf... avalanche_de.lha util/arc 8K German catalog for Avalanche 2.1 avalanche_guide_de.lha util/arc 8K German translation of Avalanc... MuFastZero.lha util/boot 158K 68k MuLib ZeroP. remapper, replac... hasMMU.lha util/cli 24K 68k checks for a working MMU ADiffView.lha util/misc 130K 68k Graphical ASCII file compare/... (snx) [News message: 02. Apr. 2023, 08:34] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Apr.2023`	OS4Depot uploads until 01.04.2023 The following files have been added until 01.04.2023 to OS4Depot: vasmm68k_mot.lha dev/cro 246kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler vasmm68k_std.lha dev/cro 240kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler vasmppc_std.lha dev/cro 203kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler nvme_driver.lha dri/sto 24kb 4.1 Device driver for NVMe SSDs amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor animwebconverter.lha gra/mis 2Mb 4.0 A web anim tool avalanche.lha uti/arc 104kb 4.1 Simple ReAction GUI for xadmaster avalanche_ita.lha uti/arc 6kb 4.0 Italian translation for Avalanche amystromwifiswitch.lha uti/mis 2Mb 4.0 Control and query the myStrom Wi... grimoriumpdf.lha uti/tex 4Mb 4.0 PDF viewer written in Hollywood (snx) [News message: 02. Apr. 2023, 08:34] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Apr.2023`	AROS Archives uploads until 01.04.2023 The following files have been added until 01.04.2023 to AROS Archives: rnotunes.i386-aros.lha aud/pla 9Mb Multi-format audio player libmikmod.i386-aros.lha dev/lib 1002k Portable sound library (music mo... animwebconverter.lha gra/con 2Mb Easy web tool to convert your ol... grimoriumpdf.lha uti/tex 3Mb PDF viewer written in Hollywood (snx) [News message: 02. Apr. 2023, 08:34] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Apr.2023`	MorphOS-Storage uploads until 01.04.2023 The following files have been added until 01.04.2023 to MorphOS-Storage: AmiArcadia_29.37.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi... MCE_14.12b.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed... Image2PDF_2.0.lha Graphics/Convert Convert JP(E)Gs and PNG... AnimWebConverter_5.10.lha Graphics/Tools A little and easy web t... AmyStromWiFiSwitch_1.2... Misc Control and query the m... GrimoriumPDF_2.40.lha Office/Show A program made with Hol... SnoopDos_3.11_68k.lha System/Monitoring SnoopDos_3.11_68k.lha ADiffView_2.3.lha Text/Compare A graphical file compar... (snx) [News message: 02. Apr. 2023, 08:34] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Apr.2023`	WHDLoad: New installers until 01.04.2023 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 01.04.2023: 2023-03-30 updated: Tetris Pro (Logic System Productions/2000 A.D.) readme changed (Info, Image) 2023-03-30 improved: Surf Ninjas (Creative Edge) supports another version, decruncher relocated, trainer added, new install script and icons (Info) 2023-03-29 new: Time Runner (Red Rat) done by CFou! (Info) 2023-03-29 new: The Jetsons: George Jetson and the Legend of Robotopia (The Dreamers Guild) done by CFou! (Info) 2023-03-29 new: Suicide Mission (MicroValue) done by CFou! (Info) 2023-03-29 improved: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (Capstone) reduced required memory (Info) 2023-03-28 new: Screaming Wings (Red Rat) done by CFou! (Info) 2023-03-28 updated: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (Capstone) tested with original (Info) 2023-03-27 new: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (Capstone) done by CFou! (Info) 2023-03-27 improved: Adidas Championship Football (Ocean ) more blitter delays inserted (Info) 2023-03-26 new: Jump Machine (Kingsoft) done by Psygore (Info) 2023-03-26 new: Adidas Championship Football (Ocean ) done by CFou! (Info) 2023-03-26 improved: Spellbound (Psygnosis) new imager, decruncher relocated, highscore saving, 68000 quitkey, icons added (Info) 2023-03-26 improved: Ghouls'n'Ghosts (Capcom/U.S.Gold) Score table ranking fixed, option for original cheat mode added (Info) (snx) [News message: 02. Apr. 2023, 08:34] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Apr.2023` MorphZone (Forum)	MorphOS: LUA-MUI - Using the scripting language for GUI and OS functions Stefan 'Kronos' Kleinheinrich's LUA-MUI makes it possible under MorphOS to use the script language LUA (Wikipedia) also to make OS specific calls, i.e. concerning the graphical user interface, libraries and functions. Some examples are documented in the associated forum post of MorphZone. Download: LUA_MUI.lha (69 KB) (snx) [News message: 02. Apr. 2023, 08:34] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

<- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ->