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Archive 08/2023

`13.Aug.2023`	Aminet uploads until 12.08.2023 The following files have been added until 12.08.2023 to Aminet: aamp.lha comm/www 130M OS4 Amiga Apache MySQL and PHP fo... aamp-src.lha comm/www 16M Sources of AAMP server package lubricator.lha comm/www 70K 68k GUI HTTP search/download + di... batari_Basic.lha dev/cross 321K MOS BASIC-like language for Atari... dasm_mos.lha dev/cross 1.1M 68k Multi-CPU 65xx/68xx cross ass... ScummVM_AGA_060.lha game/misc 11M 68k Amiga AGA port of ScummVM 2.0... ScummVM_ECS_030.lha game/misc 3.9M 68k Amiga ECS port of ScummVM 1.4... ScummVM_RTG_060.lha game/misc 11M 68k Amiga RTG port of ScummVM 2.0... AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.7M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands AudioEvolution320_bin... mus/edit 1.2M 68k Multitrack audio application ... AudioEvolution320_src... mus/edit 351K Multitrack audio application ... IdentifyDev.lha util/libs 67K 68k Identify hardware and more IdentifyLib_FR.lha util/libs 21K French catalog and docs for i... IdentifyUsr.lha util/libs 100K 68k Identify hardware and more VATestprogram.zip util/misc 15M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram (snx) [News message: 13. Aug. 2023, 08:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Aug.2023`	OS4Depot uploads until 12.08.2023 The following files have been added until 12.08.2023 to OS4Depot: libfreetype.lha dev/lib 3Mb 4.1 A Free, High-Quality, and Portab... libharfbuzz.lha dev/lib 6Mb 4.1 HarfBuzz text shaping engine libsdl_ttf.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.1 A Freetype 2.0 wrapper for SDL libsdl2_ttf.lha dev/lib 4Mb 4.1 A Freetype 2.0 wrapper for SDL2 ciccioview.lha gra/vie 656kb 4.0 A simple viewer written in Holly... mediathek.lha net/mis 3Mb 4.0 Downloading Movies from differen... mediavault_script.lha net/mis 16kb 4.0 Choose player or download stream... aamp.lha net/ser 130Mb 4.1 Amiga Apache MySQL PHP. A develo... aamp-src.lha net/ser 16Mb 4.1 Sources of AAMP (Amiga Apache My... cocktailsshaker.lha uti/mis 439kb 4.0 Cocktails database owlong.lha uti/she 12kb 4.0 Times the duration of a command. tubexx.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.0 ARexx script to play Youtube videos vamp.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.0 Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player (snx) [News message: 13. Aug. 2023, 08:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Aug.2023`	AROS Archives uploads until 12.08.2023 The following files have been added until 12.08.2023 to AROS Archives: arosone_themes_08-07-23.zip gra/the 310kb Aros One Colored Window Themes vamp.lha vid/pla 2Mb Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player (snx) [News message: 13. Aug. 2023, 08:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Aug.2023`	MorphOS-Storage uploads until 12.08.2023 The following files have been added until 12.08.2023 to MorphOS-Storage: Aften_0.0.8.lha Audio/Encoder A/52 (AC3) audio encode... Horny_1.3.lha Audio/Sequencer A MIDI sequencer for Mo... DASM_2.20.14.1.lha Development/Cross Multi-CPU 65xx/68xx cro... batari-Basic_1.7.lha Development/Cross BASIC-like language for... RDBrecov_1.11.lha Devices/HD/Tools Search lost PFS/SFS par... Sploiner_1.01.lha Files/Tools Split, Join & recover t... Sqrxz_0.9.9.6.lha Games/Platform A Jump'n'Run game. Easy2Install_1.0b28.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do... PDF2JPG_1.0.lha Office/Convert Convert PDF to JPG TopCPU_1.19.lha System/CPU A small CPU monitor (MU... (snx) [News message: 13. Aug. 2023, 08:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Aug.2023`	WHDLoad: New installers until 12.08.2023 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 12.08.2023: 2023-08-10 improved: TFX (Digital Image Design) fix max screen objects, fix glitchy mouse cursor, NTSC support (Info) 2023-08-10 fixed: Killing Game Show (Psygnosis) some bugs fixed, customs options added (Info) 2023-08-05 fixed: Nexus 7 (Andromeda) added a flush cache to avoid a crash under 060 before clusters part (Info, Image) (snx) [News message: 13. Aug. 2023, 08:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Aug.2023` Amiga Future (website)	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: Sarcophaser Wings of death - Title (MadmaX StyLE) Bomb Jack Battle Squadron Game Over (snx) [News message: 13. Aug. 2023, 08:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Aug.2023` Thorsten Mampel (ANF)	Event: Amiga-Meeting Nord 2023 in Neumünster (Germany) From November 3-5, Amiga-Meeting Nord will take place in Neumünster in northern Germany. Space is available for about 50-60 attendees to bring their own computers. There will be demonstrations and a "Party DVD" will be created. Details can be found in our german news-item. (snx) [News message: 13. Aug. 2023, 08:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Aug.2023` Amiga.org (forum)	Event: World of Retro Computing 2023 (Canada) On September 16-17, World of Retro Computing 2023 will be held in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, and admission is free. In addition to lectures, the focus will be on buying and selling, as well as repairs, including amiga-related products. (snx) [News message: 13. Aug. 2023, 08:13] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Aug.2023`	Video player: Amos Anim Player V2023.08.12 The "Amos Anim Player" of the group "ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP" is a very simple IFF-ANIM player that runs on any Amiga. It can play compressed IFF-Anim formats synchronised with a separate IFF Audio Sample (or MOD) (amiga-news.de reported). Changes since our last news item: Reducer: Overal motion sensitivity is set to automatic (considering the amount of changes between frames) Reducer: fine sensitivity is adjustable by user Reducer: High/Normal/Low Quality option (more blocks but smaller size) Reducer: Bug Fix (related to: every fourth line left some residue/arifact) Player : Screen was not double buffered after reselect a new file to play.(fixed) Player : Fast forward/Rew step is fixed to 100 frames, now eats less ram. Now 14 kb, previously was 720K because the program loged everey frame! Reducer: Filter against noise Player: Something to handle the error of Amos (when anim framesize above 40Kb) Player: Fast forward/Reward is fixed, loged, saved and auto loaded if the anim is already been played. So forward is faster to use, because if the log exist.... it is a direct jump. (dr) [News message: 12. Aug. 2023, 22:01] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Aug.2023`	AMOS: Eclips animation in "Projects in the attic" updated At the end of November, the game developer group "Electric Black Sheep" had published a collection of games under the name "Projects in the attic", which were created for test purposes with the programming language AMOS (amiga-news.de reported). Included was the game "Eclips", in which you steer an owl through a landscape that is always the same. The group added the archive "EclipsAnim.rar" to this game, which offered a complete animation in the sense of changing landscapes. This was updated today and the member Sövény Imre explained us: "By default, I can't put a blitter object on top of an iff animation, because AMOS automatically updates the surface underneath to a previous state when the blitter object is moved. That's why so far I could only move sprites over it, because it didn't spoil it, but in that way I could move one "large" sprite over it. In the new upload, however, there are several large blitter objects above it. It's slow, but worth a try." (dr) [News message: 12. Aug. 2023, 21:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Aug.2023`	Linux: Stable long-term kernel 5.10.188 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000 Parallel to new kernels (amiga-news.de reported), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky also provides the latest version of the stable long-term kernel for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. It is suitable for old Linux distributions that do not work with the latest kernels, such as Ubuntu 10.04, or if users have problems with the latest kernels. The new version fixes the issue with the RDB (Rigid Disk Block) of an Amiga hraddrive. Download: linux-image-5.10.188-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (71 MB) (dr) [News message: 12. Aug. 2023, 15:12] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Aug.2023`	Amiga emulator: vAmigaWeb - fullscreen feature vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS. Developer 'mithrendal' has added the fullscreen feature as well as a dimming lock which is supposed to prevent dimming or auto off on supported browsers. Besides, more ADF files are recognized now . (dr) [News message: 12. Aug. 2023, 14:29] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Aug.2023` Janne Peräaho (Mail)	AmigaOS 4: Amiga Game Framework After Janne Peräaho dedicated himself to porting Python games to AmigaOS 4 among other things in the past (amiga-news.de reported), he has now started a completely new project: the "Amiga Game Framework". "Amiga Game Framework" is intended for programming 2D games under AmigaOS 4 and offers a user-friendly and intuitive C-API for 2D graphics, playing sounds, reading user input and more. Asked about the motivation and intention of his project, Janne explains that he intends to use it in future game ports, but also hopes it will inspire other programmers to write new 2D games for AmigaOS 4. The goal is to make the programming interface so simple that anyone with basic C programming skills can write a game with it. And he continued explaining: "The programming interface (API) is object oriented. First you create a game object by calling GetFrameworkInterface() function and then you can call the returned object's methods, like OpenWindow(), Line(), etc. The framework is a set of include files that you include in your code like this: #include <frameworks/game/game.h> " Janne has not yet published the source code of the framework because the event handler is still missing. Without it, you can't write real games because you can't recognise keystrokes or mouse movements, nor can you close the game window by clicking the close button. Currently, he is working on elementary geometric shapes, so-called graphic primitives. The project status picture on "OS4 Coding" shows which parts of the framework are finished and which are still in progress: All the planned drawing functions (graphic primitives) are ready, but some of them still need to be improved. Currently, he is still thinking about how music should be integrated: should one be able to control a CD-ROM drive to play music, should there be a software synthesiser that one controls, MIDI support, or should the music be streamed from an OGG/MP3 file. On his project page, he has published a few example pictures as well as archives. (dr) [News message: 10. Aug. 2023, 21:49] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Aug.2023`	AmigaOS 4: mySQLcontrol 2.12 mySQLcontrol by Michael Christoph is a database administration and editing program for the mySQL database server under AmigaOS 4. Version 2.12 has been adapted to the development environment AAMP, which is required for this and has just been updated to version 2.0 by Edgar Schwan. (dr) [News message: 10. Aug. 2023, 18:42] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Aug.2023` Edgar Schwan (ANF)	AmigaOS 4: AAMP 2.0 (Apache, MySQL and PHP) Edgar Schwan wrote: This package offers a development environment on your Amiga, with which you can create and test your own web projects. Similar to the well-known XAMPP package for Linux and Windows, it contains the HTTP (web) server "Apache" with compiled-in support for the scripting language "PHP" (version 8.0.28 and 5.2.10) and the database server "MySQL" version 5.5.10. AAMP is not only interesting for developers. This means that web applications can also be run locally on the Amiga. These are e.g. the database administrator "phpMyAdmin" or the image manager "Coppermine" - just to name a few. You can create your own tools with the included "php" interpreter. "PHP" is easy to learn and with its extensions a powerful language. New in PHP 8 is the ability to use the "php" tool as a web server, so it is a simple alternative to Apache. Last but not least, data can be managed with the "MySQL" database server, which can then also be accessed via the network. External programs (e.g. IODBC) can use this server as a database backend. New in AAMP 2.0: New version 8.0.28 of PHP. Together with the new MySQL server, the latest web applications can be used again. The old version 5.2.10 is still included to keep older projects running. You can switch between the two versions at any time using a script. Updated MySQL database server from version 5.1.35 to version 5.5.10. Updates of the tools "myApacheStarter" and "mySQLcontrol" - now also with Italian and Spanish localization. The Subversion package including Apache's WebDAV modules is now included and enabled by default. Updates of the used libraries: - curl 7.19.7 -> curl 7.61.1 - libgcrypt 1.2.4 -> libgcrypt 1.8.2 - libgpg-error 1.4 -> libgpg-error 1.27 - libiconv 1.9.2 -> libiconv 1.17 - libpng 1.2.13 -> libpng 1.2.49 - libxml2 2.6.19 -> libxml2 2.9.14 - libxslt 1.1.14 -> libxslt 1.1.34 - openssl 1.0.0d -> openssl 1.0.2o - PDFlib-Lite 6.0.1 -> PDFlib-Lite 7.0.5p3 (only PHP 5) - tiff v3.4 -> tiff 3.8.2 - neon 0.29.0 -> neon 0.31.1 - sqlite 3.4.2 -> sqlite 3.9.3 - subversion 1.6.17 -> subversion 1.6.23 Newly added libraries and tools: - cadaver 0.23.3 (WebDAV-Client) - coreutils 5.2.1 (utilities for the Unix shell) - gmp 6.2.0 (library for arbitrary precision arithmetic) - gnutls 3.7.3 (modern implementation of the TLS/SSL protocol) - libtasn1 4.9 (an ASN.1 encryption library) - libwebp 0.5.2 (library to encode and decode images in WebP format) - nettle 3.7 (a cryptographic library) - openldap 2.4.49 (implements LDAP directory services) Now includes a customized version of the ABC shell called "ampsh". This avoids collisions with other packages that use the ABC shell, such as the AmigaOS4 SDK or AmiCygnix. With a script in the AAMP main directory you can start it on the workbench and access the AAMP tools directly. This package is a complete rebuild of AAMP. This and extensive trouble- shooting eliminated many problems that were still in AAMP 1.0. The base library "libaos4util" has been completely revised. Homepages: Apache: https://httpd.apache.org/ MySQL: https://www.mysql.com/ PHP: https://www.php.net/ phpMyAdmin: https://www.phpmyadmin.net/ Coppermine: https://coppermine-gallery.net/ Wordpress: https://wordpress.com/ Snapshots: A survey Database administrator "myPHPAdmin 5.0.4" Content management system "Joomla 3.10.12" Forum software "phpBB 3.3.10" Picture gallery "Coppermine 1.6.25" (dr) [News message: 10. Aug. 2023, 18:22] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Aug.2023`	Dungeon Crawler: The Last Dungeon V0.7.1C As a contribution to AmiGameJam 2022, 'PixelPlop' had released a first, playable, but still incomplete version of "The Last Dungeon" (YouTube video). Now he has released another update, fixing several bugs: Fixed multiple issues with the status panel not displaying the correct number of gold/keys/bombs. Enemies can now display the item they are carrying which will hopefully make it less likely to miss the key in the first room on the right! Fixed a bug where image draw offsets were getting reset to 0 when loading graphics from DAT files. Fixed a bug where the auto map would sometimes not draw correctly for the first room. Fixed a bug where pushable objects would sometimes draw the tile to the left when restoring background tiles. Fixed a bug where the spinning sword on the title screen would draw in the wrong colours after returning from the character select screen (dr) [News message: 10. Aug. 2023, 06:01] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Aug.2023`	LinuxJedi blog: Restoration of an Amiga 4000 After the restoration of an Amiga 3000 (amiga-news.de reported) Andrew 'LinuxJedi' Hutchings now dedicates himself to an Amiga 4000 and has already published four blog entries about it: 1, 2, 3, 4. (dr) [News message: 10. Aug. 2023, 05:58] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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