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Amiga User International Celebrates 100
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Posted by auimag
- Today 12:35
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London - September 8th 2010: Amiga User International, fondly known as AUI, today celebrated 100 subscribers to its Facebook page.
AUI was, in 1986, the UK's first news-stand magazine dedicated to to productivity of the Amiga computer worldwide. The print publication closed in 1997 as the Amiga market shrank, but has maintained a web presence - at www.aui-magazine.net - ever since. With the rise in social networking, the team behind the web page decided to venture into this area and relaunched the site and the new Facebook page at this year's Vintage Computer Festival held at Bletchley Park.
Facebook users can search for 'Amiga User International (AUI)' or sign up via the www.aui-magazine.net home page.
The AUI website is dedicated to continuing the tradition of the magazine as started by its founder. Amiga User International was a magazine that took a unique angle on the world of all things Amiga, and quite often beyond, in an effort to broaden the horizons of the readers. It is run on a volunteer basis.
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X-Copy shrine
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Posted by Jope
- 29 August 2010 19:59
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For the longest time, I wanted to put up a small website to tribute the wonderful disk copier X-Copy.
Thanks to Mr. Vince's work behind the scenes, the current copyright holder granted us the right to distribute the software, given that no money ever passes hands.
Mr. Vince made images of some of the master disks, and after lots of procrastination, I finally managed to gather together some energy to make a little website to go with them.
So without any fanfare, I present to you: http://jope.fi/xcopy/
Hopefully more images will be made available in the near future and I'll also try and find time to take more screenshots and add more content.
And please remember, these are for personal private use only. No selling, no bundling. Please read the license.
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New FS for MorphOS
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if anyone's interested... written in AmigaE.... I don't have Morph meself (no PPCboard  but I'll certainly buy the keyfile if it means supporting Amiga developers!!!!
http://blubbedev.net/icefs/
From the site:
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The filesystem itself will start to slow down the more it is used unless
there is a keyfile in place. Keyfile costs 10 euro. When 300 of these keyfiles
have been sold, IceFileSystem will be released as Freeware.
295 keyfiles to go (since August 14 2010).
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No, it's NOT my project  But IO beleive it's worthwhile supporting Amiga projects... and it's "only" €10, so it's not too bad.
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New Amiga & C64 Forever 2010.1 Released
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Posted by Paul_s
- 11 August 2010 19:10
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If you're interested (I've just upgraded my version of 2008 Premium to 2010 for £6'ish  )
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Originally Posted by Cloanto
After more than one year of work we are pleased to announce a new milestone version of Amiga Forever:
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Originally Posted by Cloanto
* New Features
http://www.amigaforever.com/whatsnew/
* Quick Instructions for Upgraders
http://www.amigaforever.com/kb/15-121
* Special Upgrade Link (EUR 14.95 only until August 23)
http://www.amigaforever.com/special/af2010/
While the initial 2010 version was ready a few weeks ago, we preferred to work deep into the summer because we wanted to further polish it with special attention to the needs and feedback of our most active users. The resulting 2010.1.5.0 version has just been released, following a more intense than usual series of minor updates that reflects the ongoing collaboration with power users and third-party providers of
RP9 tools and content. As in the past, this is a free update if you already have a 2010 version, and we expect to follow with many more free updates.
New features of Amiga Forever 2010.1 include:
* Support for new emulated systems (CDTV, CD32, Amiga 600)
* Extended RetroPlatform Library (more than 20,000 titles)
and content recognition code
* New user interface features to more easily swap disks,
insert blank disks, grab screens, apply screenshots, etc.
* Support for Open RP9 format (packs multiple disk images
and configuration in one file)
* CDTV/CD32 games run directly from original CD media, or
from RP9 or ISO/BIN/CUE images
* Integrated printing via original Amiga EpsonQ drivers
(printer is now emulated - no need for new Amiga drivers)
* Faster, multithreaded content caching
* Enhanced Export to Device functionality to
save games to SD card, etc.
* Hundreds of improvements to make the software more
powerful and easy to use
* More at http://www.amigaforever.com/whatsnew/
At the same time, we also released a 2010.1 version of
C64 Forever, with similar new features and enhanced recognition of older 8-bit titles (not just C64, but also PET/CBM, VIC 20, C16, etc.) We just published some links to newly supported 8-bit games at http://www.facebook.com/c64forever.
On the Amiga side, content recognition was also extended to cover a majority of known CDTV and CD32 titles. As we continue our cataloging effort, we are also gathering rating information for future parental control functionality. Lots of Amiga Forever and C64 Forever users enjoy playing classic games with their children, and we'll try to assist in selecting the best content. An additional project that is in the works is a special "kiosk" operation mode for museums.
For making all of this possible, we again have to thank you and the numerous contributors and testers (listed in the
documentation) who assisted our development team.
Amiga Forever remains available in a downloadable Plus Edition (which allows you to burn your own CD) and a Premium Edition (boxed package with CD and two video DVDs). While the software on the CD is new, the videos in the 2010 Premium Edition have not changed (http://www.amigaforever.com/videos/).
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Up Rough Summer Collection 2010
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Posted by spoUP
- 29 July 2010 15:35
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In with the new, out with the old! The Up Rough Summer Collection 2010 is here!
The print is designed by Spot.
Up Rough is a well known Amiga demo crew, known for many classic Amiga demo scene productions,
and organisers of the Datastorm demo party. Show your support today, grab some hot Up Wear!
A close-up of the print:
Shop your Up Wear here!
Up Rough on the web!
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Happy Quarter Century Birthday Amiga!!
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on this day of july,23rd in 1985 was unveiled for the first time the amiga 1000 in NY city.
may your hardware bring me,my family and friends the same fun and thrill for the next quarter century!
LONG LIVE THE AMIGA!
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"Reminder LAG 17"
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Posted by rockape
- 13 July 2010 15:00
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Hi,
I collected the keys, alarm fob and paperwork for the Graham Matthews Youth Centre today.
So LAG 17 is confirmed on Saturday the 17th of July 2010.
From 12 PM untill 6 PM.
The venue is The Graham Matthews Youth Centre in the grounds of The William Farr School, Welton, Lincolnshire. England.
The location will be signposted with the LAG Banner.
Google Map LN2 3JB.
Cost will be approx 4UKP
See http://lincsamiga.org.uk/
for more info.
Regards, Michael
aka rockape
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The SEUCK Vault - updated 4th July 2010
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Posted by merman
- 06 July 2010 18:18
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Are you a fan of the Shoot 'Em Up Construction Kit by Sensible Software?
Head over to http://www.seuckvault.co.uk to find an archive of Amiga and Commodore 64 games created with the Kit, along with hints and tips on how to get the best out of the Kit.
The latest update brings the total of Amiga games in the Vault to 40, including the Raid series by Andrew Fereday and the excellent Firefighter.
We are also on the lookout for your Amiga (and Atari ST and C64) SEUCK games, so get in touch via the website contact form.
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SPS Multi Platform Effort Is Go!
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From SPS:
Our previous post on multi-platform support introduced eight games not exclusively for the Amiga preserved. All of these were either ST/Amiga or PC/Amiga dual-format, which was a neat, if rather modest, start.
Today, we are very pleased to announce the first real batch of preserved disk-based games for systems other than the Amiga, namely the Atari ST, Amstrad CPC and Spectrum.
This batch includes:
300 games for the Atari ST
100 games for the Amstrad CPC
130 games for the Sinclair Spectrum
You can access the list of games from our usual games page. To show only games for one platform, select it from the search bar and click “Submit”.
There are several emulators currently adding support for IPF (Interchangeable Preservation Format), and we’ll post about any that we know have become publicly available). The games also work on the excellent HxC floppy disk drive emulator
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WinUAE 2.2.0 released
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Major Game Ports and Input GUI update (finally!):
- Quick and easy Game Ports input event remapping support.
- Test mode, check built-in or custom key mappings quickly.
- Also includes simple autofire configuration.
- Game Ports mappings are always merged with Input panel configuration modes (*). For example when configuring a game pad, you can use Game Ports GUI for basic configuration and remap extra buttons using Input GUI.
- Input GUI also includes quick test and remap options. Press any key, joystick or mouse axis or button and selected input target will be instantly ready for remapping, no more slow and manual searching.
- "Windows mouse" not supported in test or remap modes.
*) Possible compatibility issue with old configuration files in Configuration #1-3 mode. Workaround: set Game Ports mouse and joystick to none.
Other new features:
- (Pointless) Max 1G Chip RAM support.
- 7zip SDK updated, XZ and PPMD decompression support added.
- Triple/Double/No buffering option added to GUI.
- NTSC checkbox added to Quickstart GUI.
- WASAPI and PortAudio volume control support.
- 68030 data cache emulated (mostly useless currently).
- Save state when emulator is quit configuration file option.
- Show information window while scanning for ROMs.
- Monitor "bezel" overlay image support (configuration file only).
- Floppy sound channel mask (configuration file only).
Bugs fixed:
- CD32 on the fly CD changes, both images and real CDs.
- Autoscale top border position was incorrect in some situations.
- Directory filesystem crash in some situations when attempting
to open non-existing files or directories.
- INTREQR returned bit 15 set in some situations.
- GUI custom CPU frequency was read incorrectly.
- More 68020 "cycle exact" timing fixes (interrupts and blitter).
- 68000 cycle exact too slow CIA interrupt timing.
- Audio filter emulation didn't always follow power led state correctly.
- Amiga to Windows clipboard image sharing failed to convert some image types.
Updates:
- Direct3D shader mode is more compatible with Intel integrated graphics cards.
- Custom chipset compatibility updates (for example Roots 2.0 / Sanity)
- 68020 "cycle exact" mode improvements.
- Direct3D "none" filter allows again all filter setting adjustments.
- On screen Power LED fade emulation improved.
and more..
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LAG is Booked.
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Posted by rockape
- 25 June 2010 12:35
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Hi,
LAG 17 is booked on Saturday the 17th of July 2010.
From 12 PM untill 6 PM.
The venue is The Graham Matthews Youth Centre in the grounds of The William Farr School, Welton, Lincolnshire. England.
The location will be signposted with the LAG Banner.
Google Map LN2 3JB.
Cost will be approx 4UKP
See http://lincsamiga.org.uk/ for more info.
Regards, Michael
aka rockape
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WolnyCD_CX 0.3
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Posted by mailman
- 15 June 2010 19:36
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Dariusz Gawerski released a new version of WolnyCD_CX. This tool gives you the possibility to set the speed of any CD drive. It should work with most of the ATAPI drives and part of the SCSI drives. It makes the drive to be more silent and in most cases it improves and speeds up CD read.
In a new version there is a new COMMAND option. Using it you can automatically run any other tool. By definition it should help you to handle CD/DVD discs more easier (it works with any drive). Furthermore, option PREFS was fixed as well as execution of the program itself.
In the archive you will find executable for AmigaOS 3.x (68k) and MorphOS and source codes.
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KryoFlux - the high definition flux sampler for USB will be produced pretty soon. People interested in preregistering their board can do so now.