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Archive 11/2023

`14.Nov.2023` Simon Neumann (E-Mail)	Alinea Computer: New products and firmware updates Press release: Alinea Computer presents three new products: Joyport Power-Adapter (power thief) With the Joyport Power-Adapter (power thief), external 5V devices can be operated via the Amiga. The joystick port of the Amiga is looped through. A USB socket is available as an interface via which, for example, the Wodem or the KickRom-Progger can be supplied with Storm via a MicroUSB cable. According to the specification, a maximum of 50 mA current can be drawn via the joystick port of the Amiga, so no power-hungry devices such as mobile phones etc. should be connected there. The Joyport Power-Adapter is available for 9,99 Euro. Fan power adapter With the fan power adapter, 5V/12V fans can be supplied with power internally via the Amiga on the disc drive power cable. Available for 4,99 Euro. Flash adapter for classic programming devices With the flash adapter (48 pin), the KickRom flash modules can also be programmed with a classic programming device. Here, all connections are passed through 1:1. The adapter was successfully tested on a Batronix Battego II BX48. An optional zero-force base can be ordered in addition to the adapter. Available for 14,95 Euro. Additionally, the firmware of the KickRom-Progger was updated to version 1.0.9 (changelog) and of the Amega 32 Adapter to v1.4.5 (changelog). (dr) [News message: 14. Nov. 2023, 21:53] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Nov.2023`	Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.3.0 for AmigaOS 3 and 4 Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and now for the first time with a native version AmigaOS 4.1. The other changes: Scrollbar works again Improve response handling from OpenAI preventing a crash Latest OpenAI models added Stability improvements Improved error handling Direct download: AmigaGPT.lha (795 KB) (dr) [News message: 14. Nov. 2023, 20:53] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Nov.2023`	Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle V4.1 Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" reads the magnetic layers of the disks independently of the used disk format and saves as much information as possible in a so called "Flux Level Image" in the Supercard-Format (SCP) which enables reading and writing copy-protected disks. Greaseweazle consists of a mikro controller board that costs only a few euros which is connected to a disks drive and then via USB to the PC. V4.1 is the very latest version, updating the V4 design with new features: Larger form factor with stronger mounting holes Modern USB-C connector Input protections (ESD, over-current) USB power isolation, allows Greaseweazle to be powered by external PSU along with drive(s) The new version is already available in his eBay shop and should also be listed in other stores in the next few days. (dr) [News message: 14. Nov. 2023, 09:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Nov.2023`	Tool: AssetBundleManager V0.3 Asset bundles are content such as textures, scripts or scenes that are saved separately from a main game or application and loaded when required. This minimises the number of resources to be loaded at startup. Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen has written "AssetBundleManager", a tool for managing asset bundles that are used with the Scorpion Engine. (dr) [News message: 14. Nov. 2023, 06:36] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Nov.2023`	Module player: NostalgicPlayer 2.1.0 for Windows NostalgicPlayer is a program for playing Amiga music modules under Windows, based on APlayer. The development of the player had been started by the author Thomas Neumann in 1993 on the Amiga, later continued on BeOS and now on Windows (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2.1.0: Some synthesis sounds in StarTrekker did not play. Made the SidSongLength reader in SidPlay more robust for syntax errors in the file. When some agents was marked as disabled in the settings, they was not disabled again the next time NostalgicPlayer starts. If double buffering is on and you have the settings open and showing either Formats or Players tab, then the previous module agents will not be black again when NostalgicPlayer automatically switch to the next module. The sample visualizers, e.g. Oscilloscope and Spectrum Analyzer, only shows 20 ms of sample data each frame. The audio core output agent have a latency of 200 ms, which means the visualizers only show the last 20 ms. That could be visible sometimes, depending on the music playing. Now the audio core agent latency has been decreased to 20 ms, so all samples are visible in the visualizers now. If you experience that the sound stutters and you do not mind the scopes are not that precisely, you can try to increase the latency in the Core Audio settings. Added new option in the Core Audio output agent to set the latency between 20 and 200 ms. Can now show pictures if available in the module information window. The following formats supports this at the moment: MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC. Wrote my own control to display comments and lyrics in the module information window. Now each line is right under each other and special characters are displayed correctly. This makes graphics made in e.g. comments look as they should. Moved some of the options in the settings window into its own Modules tab. Added a new option telling the order on how to activate tabs in Module Information window. Updated libFLAC to version 1.4.3, which now support 32-bit formats for both decoding and encoding. Updated Ancient to version 2.1.1. Updated NAudio to version 2.2.0. Updated SharpCompress to version 0.34.0. Added these new module formats: Audio Sculpture and OggMod. Added Xmp player, which uses the libXmp library. Then moved these formats from MikMod to Xmp, which should play them more correctly: Asylum, Composer 669, Digital Sound And Music Interface, Digital Sound Interface Kit, Farandole Composer, FastTracker II, General DigiMusic, Imago Orpheus, Impulse Tracker, Scream Tracker 2, Scream Tracker 3, Scream Tracker Music Interface Kit, UltraTracker, Unis 669 and Unreal Music File. Renamed Asylum to Asylum Music Format. Renamed Unreal Music File to Epic Games UMX. Renamed Digital Sound Interface Kit to Digital Sound Interface Kit RIFF. Removed MikMod converter and player. This also removes support for UniMod modules. They couldn't be played correctly anyway, so I guess no harm is done by that. An installation package can be found on Microsoft Store. (dr) [News message: 13. Nov. 2023, 21:01] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Nov.2023`	Video: Zorro network adapter for the Amiga In its latest video, the YouTube channel Casual Retro Gamer (CRG) describes how the Zorro LAN IDE network card designed by Matthias Heinrichs is assembled and installed in an Amiga to make it Internet-enabled. (dr) [News message: 13. Nov. 2023, 06:46] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Nov.2023` Retronavigator.com	Preview video: Platform game "Robot Jet Action" Almost two years ago, Tomasz 'Carrion' Mielnik released the platformer "Robot Jet Action" for the C64. Now he has started porting the game to the Amiga and has presented an initial concept study. The author describes the current status as follows: Super early development stage Final game title to be decided Release date not decided yet – will take some time for sure 5 years old code resurrected and adapted in 2023 Will work on every Amiga in 50 FPS! (512kb+512kb) 100+ colors on screen with copper effects Developed in Blitz Basic 2 + M68k Assembly Temporarily used music by Lizard aka Magnar of Censor Design and Nah-Kolor (dr) [News message: 13. Nov. 2023, 06:26] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Nov.2023`	Blog: Restoration of three Amiga CDTV In his latest blog entry, Retrohax.net has described the restoration of three Amiga CDTV. (dr) [News message: 13. Nov. 2023, 06:15] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Nov.2023`	Development tool: vasm 1.9f Frank Wille has published an update of the modular assembler vasm. Changes of version 1.9f: Fix relative section offset directives, which must be unsigned to work correctly over the whole target's address space. Fixed a few issues with named macro arguments. Do not warn about missing references to Common or Weak symbols. Binary output modules allow addresses outside of the backend's address space. m68k: MOVEM (An),An/Am must not be optimized into two MOVE instructions. This was a new bug in V1.9e. std-syntax: Fixed binary constant 0b...., which was erroneously mistaken for a one-digit temporary label destination since V1.9a. (dr) [News message: 12. Nov. 2023, 21:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Nov.2023`	MorphOS: Version management "Git Desktop" v0.10.16 Rafał Zabdyr has released a second beta version of his graphical user interface for the version management Git for MorphOS (amiga-news.de reported). "Git Desktop" (Aminet link) is written in C++ and based on MUI through his C++ wrapper. MorphOS 3.x and the Git component of the SDK are required. Currently the following features are supported: add existing repository clone from remote repository create (init) new repository switch, rename, delete branch (only for local ones) create branch from current or from selected list of tracked/untracked file(s) stage/unstage changes commit with short (and full message) fetch, pull, push view (raw/color) diffs for changed files (few modes including SPLIT mode) list of stashes with preview stash actions: stash, apply, drop, drop all, pop changes history (for now limited to latest 50 log entries) also with showing (raw/color) diffs of changed files undo last commit discard changes for given tracked/untracked file discard changes for selected/all files stash given file stash selected files edit given tracked/untracked file, via external editor -> Flow Studio help viewer for git subcommands (dr) [News message: 12. Nov. 2023, 21:37] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Nov.2023`	Accelerator board: A630 Rev 3 for the Amiga 600 The accelerator board "A630" developed by Archi-Tech for the Amiga 600 is now available in the third revision and, in addition to the 68030 processor clocked at 50 Mhz, now also has a 68882 FPU. The card can be equipped with 64 or 128 MB Fast RAM. In addition to the in-house shop, the card should also be available from RetroPassion in the next few days. (dr) [News message: 12. Nov. 2023, 15:32] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Nov.2023`	Creating Amiga Reaction GUIs: ReBuild 0.10 (alpha version) Darren 'dmcoles' Coles is in the process of writing a remake of ClassMate called "ReBuild", which should make it possible to write graphical user interfaces for ReAction, the evolution of ClassAct. When asked about the motivation behind this project, the developer explained that ClassMate is only available in a demo version without a save function and with very limited options. He had asked around and could not find a registered version, so it seems to be lost. He had therefore decided to develop a new tool based on the original design. This version is completely written in Amiga E and already has more functions than the original, for example: multiple window capability C and E code generation temporary copy buffer menus are shown on the preview window much more flexible system of reordering the gadgets In the past, he continues, he has used MUIBuilder to help create MUI code, and he felt that something similar for ReAction would be useful for himself as well as other developers. Currently, his tool does not yet support the newer Reaction gadgets, but there are plans to add them. The next steps involve first reviewing all the current code to ensure that the application runs correctly on the standard Amiga screen resolution as currently some settings pages do not fit. Then the gadgets not supported in ClassAct will be added. The developer would appreciate help to test the generated C code with different compilers (currently only with SAS C). An icon is also needed, which he would like to put in the hands of capable graphic designers/artists. Direct download: rebuild0.1.0-alpha.lha (100 KB) (dr) [News message: 12. Nov. 2023, 08:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Nov.2023`	Aminet uploads until 11.11.2023 The following files have been added until 11.11.2023 to Aminet: makedepend_AmiMod.lha dev/c 249K 68k makedepend bugfixed + modifie... REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 4.8M 68k Game Creator with AGA support AmigaMon_162.lha dev/moni 34K 68k Amiga Monitor from 1993 (w/ P... CopDis_JL.lha dev/moni 10K 68k Copper Disassembler from 1993 Zap_205.lha disk/moni 10K 68k Binary file editor from 1990 ioblix_netcard.lha docs/hard 89K ioblix network card gerber fi... ioblix2_drv.lha driver/oth 217K 68k ioblix2.library and driver (I... F1GP2023Carset.lha game/data 11K 2023 Carset for F1GP drally.lha game/race 386K 68k Death Rally Amiga Port tfe-darkforces.lha game/shoot 3.3M 68k Dark Forces Amiga Port AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 5.3M MOS Signetics-based machines emul... anes.lha misc/emu 46K 68k A/NES v1.21 - Nintendo emulator LastIndian.lha mods/8voic 2.9M 16bit 5ch Panflute Jungle by ... AmySequencer.lha mus/midi 642K 68k MIDI sequencer for the AMIGA ... CompareDirs_OS4.lha util/cli 365K OS4 Compare two dirs for differen... IdentifyLib_FR.lha util/libs 21K French catalog and docs for i... AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 206K 68k App for chatting to ChatGPT ReportPlus.lha util/misc 658K 68k Multipurpose utility ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 828K OS4 Multipurpose utility InstallerLG.src.lha util/sys 1.5M Commodore Installer replacement AnalogClock.lha util/time 40K 68k Resizeable analog transparent... AmiAuthenticator.lha util/wb 79K 68k 2FA (TOTP) code generator DrawerGenie.lha util/wb 163K 68k Toolbar for Workbench Drawers fullpalette_de.lha util/wb 1K German catalog for FullPalett... fullpalette_guide_de.lha util/wb 8K German guide for FullPalette ... GoVars.lha util/wb 11K 68k environment variables editor ResetLever.lha util/wb 483K 68k Reset your Amiga with ResetLever RNOWidgets.lha util/wb 5.3M MOS Desktop widgets application RNOWidgets_OS4.lha util/wb 4.9M OS4 Desktop widgets application (snx) [News message: 12. Nov. 2023, 08:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Nov.2023`	OS4Depot uploads until 11.11.2023 The following files have been added until 11.11.2023 to OS4Depot: nallepuh.lha aud/mis 461kb 4.1 Nalle Puh (Paula,CIAA,CIAB emula... iconecta.lha net/mis 3Mb 4.0 A little and easy program to tes... comparedirs.lha uti/fil 365kb 4.1 Compare two dirs for different f... reportplus.lha uti/mis 828kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility rnowidgets.lha uti/wor 5Mb 4.1 Desktop widgets application (snx) [News message: 12. Nov. 2023, 08:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Nov.2023`	AROS Archives uploads until 11.11.2023 The following files have been added until 11.11.2023 to AROS Archives: aget.lha net 5Mb HTTP Protocol Tester iconecta.lha net 2Mb A little and easy program to tes... (snx) [News message: 12. Nov. 2023, 08:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Nov.2023`	MorphOS-Storage uploads until 11.11.2023 The following files have been added until 11.11.2023 to MorphOS-Storage: RNOWidgets_1.6.lha Ambient/Commodities Desktop widgets applica... pt2-clone_1.65.1.lha Audio/Tracker ProTracker 2 clone - po... Lua_5.4.6.lha Development/LUA Latest release of Lua c... AmiArcadia_30.40.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi... Wayfarer_6.6.lha MorphOS-update Wayfarer is the latest ... iConecta_5.00.lha Network/Wifi A little and easy progr... PolyOrga_1.25.lha Office/Organizer PolyOrga is a general-p... (snx) [News message: 12. Nov. 2023, 08:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Nov.2023`	WHDLoad: New installers until 11.11.2023 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 11.11.2023: 2023-11-11 improved: Nathan Never (Genias) added more icons (Info) 2023-11-11 improved: Butcher Hill (Gremlin) added more icons (Info) 2023-11-11 improved: Reshoot Proxima 3 (spieleschreiber) allow change pause key (Info, Image) 2023-11-05 new: Eon (The Black Lotus) done by paraj (Info, Image) (snx) [News message: 12. Nov. 2023, 08:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Nov.2023`	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: Enigma-Goria A Prehistoric Tale (snx) [News message: 12. Nov. 2023, 08:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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