21.Dec.2023
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Sprite Tricks: Stunt Car Racer
On Codetapper's Amiga Site there are interviews and various articles as well as a Sprite Tricks section, in which the author tries to find out what tricks the programmers use to master tricky or demanding graphic tasks. In the linked article he takes a look at how the tops of tyres are displayed with sprites. (dr)
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21.Dec.2023
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Emulator: WinUAE 5.1.0
The Amiga emulator WinUAE has been released in version 5.1.0. Changes:
New features/updates: UI
- On screen keyboard. Default mapped to pad button 4.
- Gamepad GUI control. Use game pad to control WinUAE GUI with some limits.
- Optional dark mode (Windows 10 or newer required)
- Emulation window dragging and resize does not anymore pause emulation.
New features/updates: emulation
- Built-in Munt MT-32/CM-32L emulation. Emulated devices listed in MIDI out setting. ROM images should be in \mt32-roms. or c:\mt32-rom-data\.
- AT&T DSP3210 emulation (AA3000 prototype). Not complete.
- More programmed chipset screen mode emulation improvements.
- Disk emulation improved, undocumented disk read DMA “last word may not come in” bug emulated.
- Chipset emulation updates and fixes.
- “Autoclip screenshots” option now supports programmed native screen modes.
- Native<>RTG and RTG<>RTG mode switching optimizations.
- A2410 display card emulation updates, works now with new Picasso96 driver.
- Input panel Backslash/F11 option now has third option that restores pre-5.0 keymap behavior.
- Do not list GPT partitioned harddrives in “Add Harddrives” panel.
- Football Director 2 dongle emulation.
- Quickstart Host Configuration menu first option renamed, “Default configuration” -> “Current host configuration”. Added new option “Default host configuration” that resets host configuration to defaults.
- Hard reset now randomizes CPU reset start up delay and initial floppy motor position.
Bugs fixes
- DMS brute force decryption failed to work with some encrypted DMS files.
- Alt-Tab from D3D11 fullscreen RTG mode made hardware mouse cursor invisible.
- Some configurations crashed when GUI Reset or Restart button was clicked.
- Enter GUI, eject disk, insert new disk, exit GUI: Disk was inserted immediately which is physically impossible and can confuse programs. Inserting disk without manually ejecting it first worked correctly.
- GUI Restart button didn’t fully restore GUI position/size if “Restarting” from fullscreen or full-window mode.
- Some configs crashed when GUI Restart button or Reset was pressed.
- WASAPI sound was disabled if sound driver only supported 8 channel audio.
- Some configurations opened multiple tiny inactive multi-monitor mode emulation windows without enabled multiple monitors.
- Workbench programmed screen mode (DBLPAL etc) positioning was not always correct when switching from other native mode.
- None serial port emulation mode and fast CPU configuration: serial port driver hung if serial data transmit was attempted.
- Integer scale + full window: Display panel windowed width and height was used instead of full window size (desktop size) when calculating scaling values.
- Screen might have flickered when starting Picasso96 RTG screen dragging.
- Multiple 0x76 partitions per HD/card can be mounted now, previously only first was mounted and the rest become zero size non-existing drives.
- USB HID input device usage page check fixed, it accepted devices that had nothing to do with being input device.
Gamepad GUI control details
- A = select (pad mode)/left mouse click (mouse mode)
- B = right mouse click (mouse mode).
- Y = change active GUI area (pad mode)/TAB UI element change (mouse mode).
- D-pad = select UI elements, “pad mode”.
- Left stick = move mouse, “mouse mode”.
Currently requires XInput compatible gamepad.
Onscreen keyboard details
- Pad button 4 is default mapped to open/close on screen keyboard input event (if loaded config has button 4 mapped to something else, button is not mapped to OSK)
- Pad button/d-pad that normally controls Amiga joystick moves keyboard selection. Joystick movements and button presses are not sent to Amiga side as long as OSK is open.
- Fire button press = send selected key’s press
- Fire button release = send selected key’s release
- Second button press = toggle state of selected key. Keep shift or control or other qualifier key pressed.
- Second button release = does nothing.
- Keyboard layout is US layout + 2 keys that are used in international layout variants + few bonus “keys”.
- If GUI is entered when OSK is open, GUI pad control is automatically enabled.
(dr)
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21.Dec.2023
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AmigaOS 4: AAMP 2.1 (Apache, MySQL and PHP)
AAMP 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. (amiga-news.de reported).
The new version 2.1 contains many improvements and also some bug fixes. The main innovation is a new control centre that can be used to manage all servers:
Detailed changes:
- The "AAMP-Control" tool is now available for the central administration of
all servers and settings. In addition to Apache and MySQL, it can also be
used to manage the PHP development server and the Subversion server
"svnserve". The scripts "Start_AAMP.bat" and "Stop_AAMP.bat" are now
obsolete and no longer included.
All other start and stop scripts are still included, but the use of
"AAMP-Control" is recommended.
- Update of the Apache web server from version 2.2.11 to version 2.2.34.
- The configuration of the Apache SSL module is now complete and working. So
that clients can work with it without problems, there is a selection of
CA root certificate collections in the Contrib folder, which also contain
the server's certificate. Simply replace the required file of the client or
browser.
- The package now also includes a complete package of "phpMyAdmin" in version
5.0.4. This has been patched for better compatibility with PHP 8 and is
already preconfigured. The package will be installed automatically during
the installation of AAMP.
- Optimized autostart at system start or when starting "AAMP-Control".
- Update of the CA root certificates (Mozilla certificates as of 20.11.2023).
- The default WebDAV directory is now "AAMP:Apache/uploads" and no longer
"AAMP:Apache/htdocs/dav".
- The Subversion package has been recompiled using the new Apache 2.2.34
libraries.
- Various bug fixes. For existing errors please read the section "Problems"!
(dr)
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20.Dec.2023
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Aiostreams V1.7.7: Scripts for streaming videos (AmigaOS 4, MorphOS)
"All In One streams" (aiostreams) is a pack of scripts, written in Python, that can be used to stream and watch videos from different online networks, like Twitch.tv, YouTube and Vimeo.com. All the scripts are developed and fully tested under AmigaOS 4.1 FE and MorphOS 3.x. which are the target systems of George 'walkero' Sokiano's project. Changes of version 1.7.7:
Added
- The youtube script supports now the urls of shorts videos
- Added video resolutions at the youtube script, when the -x argument is used
- Added more resolutions selection in the vqw.py for Vimeo and twitch
Changed
- The youtube script supports more urls, to cover more Invidious servers
As a companion to these scripts, he created the website AIOstreams which can be a fast way to discover Twitch and YouTube videos. It is really fast and can be used on older browsers that do not support Javascript and CSS. This is a proxy website. No data is stored in any database, there is no tracking and no authentication is required. You can read more about it in his latest ko-fi article.
Download: aiostreams-v1.7.7.lha (228 KB) (dr)
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20.Dec.2023
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Assembler: ASM-Pro 1.20 released
ASM-Pro is a MC680x0 macro assembler for the Amiga with integrated editor, debugger, linker and monitor. The programme offers complete MC680x0, FPU and MMU support. ASM-Pro has now been updated to version 1.20. The changes:
ADDITIONS
- ASM: New symbol REPTN, value is set to 0 to (N-1) while inside a
REPT block and -1 while outside.
- ASM: New predefined symbol ASMPRO, value contains ASMPro version
in the following format: major*256+minor.
- ASM: New directive EQUA, intended for post-processing. Do not use
if unsure how it works and what it does. It works similar to EQU
but the value is absolute (it also "relocates" and can be used to
access relocatable data from absolute sections).
- ASM/DISASM: Added support for PLPA instruction (68060).
MODIFICATIONS
- UI: reqtools.library v38+ is required instead of any version.
- DISASM: FNOP is now displayed instead of a 0 displacement FBF.W.
- ASM: Macro parameter \@ reimplemented to work correctly with
system includes (pass1/2 conflicts with conditional assembly).
- ASM: Trailing / is appended to INCDIR path if needed.
- ASM: Current source directory is used as fallback to find include
files, and finally the INCLUDE: assign as well.
- ASM: Both CMP and CMPM with (Ax)+,(Ay)+ are now allowed.
- ASM: Allow MOVEM and FMOVEM descending register lists.
- ASM: Allow longword size for FMOVEM with control registers.
- UI: The ancient prefs toggles and closewb code removed from the
menu event handler.
- Over 900 additional micro optimizations, 21KB reduction of the
executable size compared to v1.18.
BUGFIXES
- UI-1.19: File pattern in the read/write source file requester is
incorrect if Source .ASM is enabled in the general preferences.
- UI: Crash if diskfont.library couldn't be opened.
- DISASM: Crash on 68000/010 systems if DBcc.L (Apollo) has a 2-char
conditional code.
- EDIT: Continuously pressing page up to reach the top of the source
code after unsuccessful assembly (and similar variations), would
freeze the editor.
- DISASM: CALLM absolute and pc-relative modes don't work, immediate
mode's hex operand is missing a leading $.
- DISASM: Several CHK2 and CMP2 modes don't work.
- ASM: Incorrect opcodes generated or not supported for CHK2 and CMP2.
- DISASM: CINV and CPUSH specifier NC (neither cache) is displayed as
BC (both caches).
- ASM: CINV and CPUSH specifier NC (neither cache) is not implemented.
- DISASM: MOVES destination absolute long mode doesn't work.
- DISASM: PMOVE (68030 variant) mixes up registers TT0 and TT1.
- ASM: FMOVEM and some FMOVE variants allow destination pc-relative
modes.
- UI: The changed source prompts are brought up at the end of restart
instead of right away.
- ASM: No CPU warning for CALLM (68020 only) if the selected CPU is
68030 or higher.
- ASM: INCDIR path is not reset when starting a new assembly.
- ASM: Including a directory prints out random trash characters.
- MONI: Scrolling left/right (alt-left/right arrow) hides the cursor.
- ASM: PMOVE with MMUSR outputs incorrect register.
- DBG: Debugged program's user and supervisor stacks (and corresponding
USP/SSP registers) are switched.
- DISASM: FMOVEM has a trailing "/" in some scenarios.
- ASM: FMOVEM allows size .X with control registers.
- DISASM: Infinite loop with some 68040 specific FPU opcodes.
- ASM: Watchpoints and breakpoints are kept after switching to a
different source.
- Public port's name and type are not initialized.
- ASM: PRINTV doesn't flush the print buffer properly causing the next
line to be truncated (for example, if followed by INCLUDE or INCBIN
the path is not printed).
- UI: System freeze and/or crash if multiple hotkeys are pressed at the
same time, and the first one is causing the menu strip change (for
example, pressing amiga-AS in the editor).
- ASM: Numerous FPU instructions with source immediate longword operand
are generated as byte, resulting either in the out of 8-bit range error
or incorrect opcode.
- DISASM: FSINCOS prints only one destination FPU register.
- DISASM: Absolute and pc-relative modes don't work with all bitfield
instructions (68020+).
- DISASM: CMPI pc-relative index mode (68020+) doesn't work.
- DISASM: CAS allows several invalid and non-existing modes, absolute
modes don't work.
- DISASM: LPSTOP (68060) is not implemented.
- DISASM: Typos in FPU ROM constant names (appended as a comment to the
MOVECR instruction), probably due to the same typos in the M68K manual.
Additionally, TAB changed to a space if Printer Dump is not enabled in
the preferences to avoid weird characters on the screen.
- ASM: PFLUSHR doesn't allow address register indirect mode.
- ASM: MMU register PCSR is not recognized (PCR is checked twice instead).
(dr)
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20.Dec.2023
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Workbench distribution: AKReal 9.2
AKReal can already works with 16 colours and is the inofficial adaption of the Workbench distribution AmiKit to real Amigas (AGA/RTG). The update from the previous version 9.1 is for free and can be installed via LiveUpdate. New users have to pay 9.99 Euro for the download. Changes:
- ADDED: Freeware PowerWindows 1.3 by by Georg Steger, 10/11/2000.
- ADDED: Some existing RTG 1024x768 wallpapers saved now in iff format.
- ADDED: UAEgfx by Toni Willen in Sys:Devs/Monitors to be used with RTG when needed.
- ADDED: New option in Morpheuz to change the pointer or also the wallpapers/backdrops/skins used if you are already using some RTG option in your Amiga.
- ADDED: AmigaGPT version 1.2.0 by Cameron Armstrong. Now backwards compatible with OS3.9.
- ADDED: Spanish "esRadio", "Flower Power radio", "Love Radio Florida" and "CGM UKScene Radio*". You can find them in Sys:Utilities/Expansion/RadioStations/Scripts.
- ADDED: Filesize v40.1, 1998-02-22 by Msi Software, http://home.sol.no/~msi/
- UPDATED: WHDLoad to version 18.9.6601
- UPDATED: HippoPlayer v2.58 - kpk@iki.fi. K-P Koljonen 2023-06-21.
- UPDATED: AmigaAMP v3.33 -Thomas Wenzel (www.toms-home.de). 2022-12-20.
- UPDATED: IMP v3.411 - Pawel Nowak. 2023-06-29.
- UPDATED: TextEditor.mcc v15.56. Jens Maus (mail jens-maus de). 2021-08-31.
- UPDATED: BetterString.mcc v11.36. Jens Maus (mail jens-maus de). 2021-08-31.
- UPDATED: NList.mcc v0.128. Jens Maus (mail jens-maus de). 2021-08-31.
- UPDATED: TheBar.mcc v26.22. Jens Maus (mail jens-maus de). 2021-08-31 .
- UPDATED: AmiSSL v5.11. AmiSSL Open Source Team. 2023-09-19.
- UPDATED: OpenURL 7.18. Jens Maus 2016-09-07.
- UPDATED: MMULib v47.6. Thomas.richter at alumni.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Richter) 2023-07-01.
- UPDATED: WBDock by Thomas Rapp. Version 2.896. 16-Jul-2023.
- UPDATED: MUI v5.0. 2021-08-31 by Thore Böckelmann and changed MUI prefs for iGame.
- UPDATED: iGame V2.4.1 2023-07-19 by mrzammler at freemail.gr (Emmanuel Vasilakis).
- UPDATED: TinyMeter 3.56 by gibs2b gmail com (Michael GIBS).
- UPDATED: iBrowse to 2.5.8 and TextHistory.mcc to 11.8 version for the installation.
- CHANGED: Magellan Start menus. Now in Sys:Utilities/Expansion/Opus5/Buttons we have a shorter version. There are three drawers with different versions to try if you wish.
- CHANGED: SID Station Radio stream changed as suggested by @bjdcleary at the EAB site.
- CHANGED: "Disable_CGXAga&Birdie" is now "Change_CGXAga&Birdie" with more options.
- CHANGED: Femu by Jari has been exchanged by SoftIEEE, developed by Thomas Richter. Version 40.6.1 from 2023-01-23.
- CHANGED: Cinemix radio station to use Amplifier and a new script.
- FIXED: SceneSat radio
- DELETED: Nostalgia, XPD and WNMC48 radios, no longer working.
(dr)
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20.Dec.2023
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Preview video: Platform game "SUPERMiniJu"
Yoz Montana has published another preview video (amiga-news.de reported) of "SUPERMiniJu" which is being developed with the Game Construction Kit RedPill. This video shows the end boss of the first level. (dr)
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20.Dec.2023
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Creating Amiga Reaction GUIs: ReBuild 0.7.0 (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:
- ensure copy/move buttons are disabled for window objects
- add GA_ID properties for layouts
- fix a couple of compile issues with vbcc
- add warning to user when using TextField gadget
- add weightbar capability
The author asks you to test ReBuild extensively and report any bugs to him.
Download: rebuild0.7.0-beta.lha (135 Kb) (dr)
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19.Dec.2023
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 7.2
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 7.2 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS. Wayfarer now is based on the latest WebKit engine WebKitGTK 2.42.4 which addresses crashes in JavaScript, WebCore and several rendering issues. As the author writes, he has adjusted the maximum string length in WebKit to 64 MB (from the original 2 GB). He has not found any problems, but if you find websites that worked with Wayfarer 7.1 but not with version 7.2, please report them. (dr)
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19.Dec.2023
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle firmware 1.5
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP). Changes of the new Greaseweazle firmware 1.5:
- AT32F403(A): Extend SRAM from 96kB to 224kB
- Report USB buffer size in 'gw info'
- GCC12 build fixes
- USB High Speed: Fix device_qualifier descriptor
(dr)
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19.Dec.2023
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Christmas game: Santa's Present Drop 3
After part 1 in 2021 and part 2 last year, Rob Smith now has released "Santas Present Drop 3" written with AMOS. During his flight over the Alps with the Gift-o-Matic 5000, the present delivery machine exploded and everything was scattered across the mountains. As Father Christmas has his skis with him, it is the player's job to steer them so that he can collect as many presents as possible within the time allowed. A corresponding video tutorial will be published on Christmas Eve. (dr)
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19.Dec.2023
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Overview: List of modern monitors with support for the 15 kHz RGB signal
Like many other retro systems, the Amiga requires a monitor that supports a horizontal screen frequency of 15kHz. Under the title link you will find a list of modern flat screens (LCD, OLED) that directly support analogue 15 kHz signals through discrete RGB connectors (VGA, DVI-A and/or SCART). (dr)
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19.Dec.2023
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DIY: Update of N2630 expansion board for Amiga 2000
At the beginning of November, developer Jason 'jasonsbeer' Neus released revision 4.0.1 of his evolution, called N2630, of the original Commodore A2630-Erweiterungskarte (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has pushed some updates to the Github repository: these changes improve performance by enabling burst support for the Zorro 3 RAM and removing the Gayle interface in favour of LIDE.device. As he writes, these updates are not required, but are strongly recommended.
Steps to upgrade:
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19.Dec.2023
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CS-Lab: Accelerator board Warp 4060 in progress
As CS-Lab writes in a short entry under the title link, the Warp 4060 turbo card, which was actually announced for 2022, is still in progress: a few bugs still need to be fixed from the first prototype. (dr)
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