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Archive 12/2023

`15.Dec.2023`	Games for graphics card: Sky Tower and Börd updated Sami Vehmaa has updated two of his arcade games written with AmiBlitz for owners of graphics cards (amiga-news.de reported): Sky Tower can now be played with Christmas themes and is also now optimally playable under Apollo accelerator systems. The aim of this game is to stack parts of a tower with good timing (YouTube video). Börd is a Flappy Bird clone and has now also been optimised for Apollo systems (YouTube video). (dr) [News message: 15. Dec. 2023, 06:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Dec.2023`	Video: Kevin Saunders' review of the year In a short video, graphic artist and designer Kevin Saunders looks back on the year 2023 and shows excerpts from his projects. (dr) [News message: 14. Dec. 2023, 21:29] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Dec.2023`	THEA500 Mini: Firmware 1.2.1 released Retro Games Ltd. has released the new firmware 1.2.1 for "THEA500 Mini", its replica of an Amiga 500. The changes: Adds additional game Time Bandit Adds support for custom controller configurations Corrects the speed of Amiga 500 WHDLoad games that could run too quickly Allows a second controller to be used with ADF files Fixes issue where a USB stick can appear corrupt after removing from THEA500 Mini Improves game action translations Minor bug fixes There is also a detailed description of the changes. (dr) [News message: 14. Dec. 2023, 21:19] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Dec.2023`	AROS: "Irritating bug of the month" December fixed In the poll for the "Irritating bug of the month" for December (amiga-news.de reported), the problem was chosen that Wanderer could not change the capitalisation of folder or file names without changing the name. AROS developer Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has solved this problem: it should now be possible to change this under RAM, SFS and FAT. (dr) [News message: 14. Dec. 2023, 06:37] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Dec.2023`	MorphOS: Version management "Git Desktop" v0.11.31 Rafał Zabdyr has released a third beta version of his graphical user interface for the version management Git for MorphOS (amiga-news.de reported). "Git Desktop" is written in C++ and based on MUI through his C++ wrapper. MorphOS 3.x and the Git component of the SDK are required. The following features have been added: publish branch open "home" page in web browser for GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket repositories open "create new issue" page in web browser for GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket repositories open "compare branch", "view branch", "create Pull Request" page in web browser for GitHub repositories publish branch checkout given commit configure global git options (user name, user email, default branch name) configure local (per repository) git options (user name, user email) copy author/hash/message of given commit to clipboard copy file path or file relative path to clipboard open new shell for given repository path open repository path via external editor -> Flow Studio (dr) [News message: 14. Dec. 2023, 06:26] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Dec.2023` MorphZone	MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 7.1 One week after Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek released version 7.0 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS, the author has now provided an update that fixes some problems and bugs: Rebased to WebKitGTK 2.42.3 Fixed a network thread deadlock when resuming downloads Changed the '+' button to always adds tabs at the end URL bar would stay empty when moving a tab to a new window, fixed Selection redraw issues fixed Added Save Screenshot to the Debug menu Worked around and fixed reported crashes Download: wayfarer.lha (35 MB) (dr) [News message: 13. Dec. 2023, 21:55] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Dec.2023`	Video: Repairing an Amiga 2000, part 2 A fortnight ago, Robert Smith showed in a first video how he got a donated and non-functioning Amiga 2000 up and running again. In the second part he introduces some upgrades such as BlueSCSI and takes care of the yellowed case. (dr) [News message: 13. Dec. 2023, 09:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Dec.2023`	Creating Amiga Reaction GUIs: ReBuild 0.6.0 (beta version) In mid-November, we introduced Darren 'dmcoles' Cole's "ReBuild" in detail, with which it should be possible to create graphical user interfaces for ReAction, the evolution of ClassAct. Changes since version 0.4.0: set default skipval in gradient slider to 1000 led settings page width label was incorrect add window name and screen title settings in window editor more window settings are now shown in preview pass in window id and gadgets array to runwindow function in generated source add new info file for rebuild made by Michael Bergmann tweak to window message procesing so that the correct value is put in the 'code' variable The author asks you to test ReBuild extensively and report any bugs to him. Download: rebuild0.6.0-beta.lha (133 Kb) (dr) [News message: 13. Dec. 2023, 09:02] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Dec.2023`	Platform game: Agonman V0.99b Agonman is a platformer created with the RedPill game construction kit, inspired by a picture by Edwin van den Heuvel and the Psygnosis game Agony, and is intended as a homage to the game studio (amiga-news.de reported, YouTube video). Some bugs have been fixed and adjustments made in this version. (dr) [News message: 13. Dec. 2023, 06:29] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Dec.2023`	Blog Epsilon's World: Amiga 500 with AmiKit 12, Pistorm and Checkmate In his latest blog entry in his "Epsilon's World", Epsilon shows how he installs an Amiga 500 board in a Checkmate 1500 Plus case, provides it with a Pistorm upgrade and then installs AmiKit 12. (dr) [News message: 13. Dec. 2023, 06:19] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Dec.2023`	SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware v2023.12.13 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 2023.12.13: What's Changed Fix device type for IMG0-9 Log Initiator sense request data in standard (non-debug) mode Change default Apple SCSI Floppy device strings What's new Updates to the ZuluSCSI v1.1+ firmware for ZuluSCSI v1.2 Improvements for ZuluSCSI v1.2 Fix device selector for ZuluSCSI V1.2 Which firmware do I use? "ZuluSCSI RP2040" (ALL red boards), you must download and place ZuluSCSI_RP2040.bin on your SD card. "ZuluSCSI Compact Homebrew" (Green or Red boards), you must download and place ZuluSCSI_RP2040.bin on your SD card. "ZuluSCSI V1.1 or V1.2" you must download and place ZuluSCSIv1_1plus.bin on your SD card. "ZuluSCSI V1.0", you must download and place ZuluSCSIv1_0_.bin on your SD card. "ZuluSCSI Mini V1.0" (DB25 version, blue printed circuit board) ZuluSCSIv1_0_mini.bin (dr) [News message: 13. Dec. 2023, 06:06] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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