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`17.Mar.2024`	Shaviry: DIY Amiga RGB to VGA adapter and monitor switcher Shaviry is a new hardware project created by hobby developer Enrique Ferrari Lorenzo. It combines an Amiga video-to-VGA adapter and a monitor switcher, featuring an integrated RGB amplifier to minimise vertical bars and improve display quality. Shaviry is explicitly not a scandoubler, so the connected monitor(s) must support 15 kHz video signals. The mode of operation of the adapter can be controlled using jumpers: Shaviry thus functions as a pure VGA adapter on Amigas that are not equipped with a graphics card or HDMI-to-VGA adapter, and/or as an automatic input switcher controlled by Switchcontrol via CIA or parallel port or by switch, Arduino or similar via a 5-volt signal. A built-in optocoupler component prevents overvoltage in this process. The switchover with a CRT monitor is immediate, with an LCD monitor it takes a little longer, according to the developer's description. Tests were carried out by the developer with an AGA Amiga and THS7374 and THS7376 RGB amplifiers. Using the THS7374 with 9.5 Mhz filter bandwidth, the vertical bars are slightly visible, but the image is blurred, according to the developer. The THS7376 produces a sharp image and the bars are almost invisible. Shavira is currently not offered commercially, but is aimed at the growing do-it-yourself community, i.e. those who are not afraid to wield a soldering iron. The developer Enrique Ferrari Lorenzo provides the PCB data for KiCad and Gerber files on the project page on GitHub under the title link for free download and provides a complete overview of the required components along with extensive image and video material for support. The current revision is REV23012024 from 23 January 2024. A readme about Shaviry is also available in English. (nba) [News message: 17. Mar. 2024, 16:48] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Mar.2024` Wolfgang Kierdorf (E-Mail)	Video: DIY instruction to build an Arcade Stick gamepad for the Amiga CD³² At the title link, Wolfgang Kierdorf demonstrates how a standard arcade stick gamepad can be adapted for use with the Amiga CD³² console with a little soldering work using a purchasable circuit board. (snx) [News message: 12. Mar. 2024, 12:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Mar.2024` Alfred Faust (ANF)	MIDI sequencer: BarsnPipes for AROS Now that AROS developer Franck Charlet has published a driver for the MIDI system 'camd.library' that closes the gap between camd.library and Poseidon's camdusbmidi.class (amiga-news.de reported), Alfred Faust made good on his promise to finish the suspended AROS port of the MIDI sequencer BarsnPipes and adapt it to this new environment. (cg) [News message: 11. Mar. 2024, 21:03] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Mar.2024`	Puzzle game: AmiWordle 1.1 Following conversions of the puzzle letter game Wordle by Robert Smith in AMOS and Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow in Pascal, 'Macetze' has now named his version AmiWordle and written it with Blitz Basic. It can be played with German and English words. (dr) [News message: 11. Mar. 2024, 07:46] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Mar.2024`	Arcade port: Moon Patrol Jean-Francois 'jotd' Fabre has released another arcade classic for the Amiga: in Moon Patrol, the player controls a moon car with which he has to avoid obstacles such as craters or mines (YouTube video). You are also attacked by UFOs and tanks at the same time. Moon Patrol was one of the first video games to introduce side-scrolling into the gameplay. (dr) [News message: 11. Mar. 2024, 07:20] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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