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Archive 10/2023

28.Oct.2023 Floppy emulator: GoDrive600 and GoDrive1200
Already at Kickstart 01, DigitalRetroBay presented its floppy emulator GoDrive, which is available as GoDrive600 for the A600 and as GoDrive1200 for the A1200 or A500/A500+. The Flashfloppy firmware is used for operation in each case.

After installing the GoDrives (YouTube video on the 1200 installation), both the floppy drive and the floppy drive emulator can be used, but not both at the same time. (dr)

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28.Oct.2023

Rogue-like: Hop to the Top - Bunny's Revenge
As announced a few days ago, Robert Smith has released his game "Hop to the Top - Bunny's Revenge", as a follow-up to his Easter game "Hop to the Top!".

(dr)

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27.Oct.2023
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 6.5
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 6.5 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS. Changes:

Updated User-Agent code, Safari is now the default user-agent on new installs
Fixed a crash if ahi.device has failed to open
Fixed a problem with AdBlock code blocking all requests if loading of its data has failed

This should also fix problems with accessing the PayPal website.

Download: wayfarer.lha (35 MB) (dr)

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27.Oct.2023 Preview video: Platform game "Deathmine"
In the middle of last year, we reported on an early version of the game "Deathmine" as an entry for the Amiga Blitz Basic Jam. The developer 'pixelplop' has now converted the game into C/C++ code and plans to continue working on it. (dr)

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27.Oct.2023

SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware V2023.10.31 (update)
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2023.10.26 which only applies to the ZuluSCSI RP2040:

Log disk information in Initiator mode
Fix out of SRAM compile time issue
Fix communication with Wi-Fi Desk Accessory

Update: (31.10.2023, 21:00, dr)

Version 2023.10.31 released:

Fix device type being ignored in zuluscsi.ini

(dr)

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26.Oct.2023 USB-C power supply: PowerShark to come in 2023
At the beginning of April, we reported on the announcement of the "PowerShark": a USB-C-based power supply for the keyboard case Amigas 500, 600 and 1200. As the developers now inform us in a short status update, the originally envisaged release target (3rd quarter 2023) has not been reached, but an important milestone has been reached with the receipt of a samples of the injection-moulded enclosure, which "require only a minor fix". Orders cannot yet be accepted, but the company is confident that the PowerShark will be released in 2023. (dr)

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26.Oct.2023

Demoparty: Results of the TRSAC
Last weekend, the last edition of the TRSAC demo party took place in Aarhus, Denmark. The organisers have now published various recordings and offer all entries of the various competitions for download. The results lists have also been published on Pouet.net. Here are the rankings of the amiga entries of the Oldskoolintro competition:

1st place: "Second Rodeo" by Fnuque (YouTube video)
2nd place: "Magnum A.I" by Planet Jazz (YouTube video)
4th place: "RowHAMmer" by Desire (YouTube video)
5th place: "30N Teaser" by The Electronic Knights (YouTube video)

(dr)

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26.Oct.2023

CLI command: sysvars V0.9
The sysvars command creates environment variables with system information in order to make it dependent on these, for example, in the startup sequence, which patches are included. So far there is information on the CPU and FPU, the chipset, the vertical frame rate (PAL/NTSC) as well as whether the emulator UAE is used - and if so, in which version.

Version 0.9 now also adds limited AmigaOS 1.3 support:

CPU detection up to 68020
FPU detection will return 68881 for any FPU
Custom SetVar implementation for OS 1.3 (setenv-like functionality)

(dr)

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