New version of FutureOS, an OS for Amstrad CPC (10/2024) and the disc mag FutureView 5
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Last version of the FutureOS operating system by Gunhed for Amstrad CPC was released 4 days ago. So lets update your FutureOS installation to be able to read the disc mag FutureView 5 Halloween issue (if you don't update you risk to have difficulties to read it, if you want to use the ROMs do use the slots 10 to 13, otherwise you can use the DSK installation or the M4 files to put at the folder of the M4 SD card).
This multi platform assembler for Amstrad CPC (for linux, windows, and also for MorphOS on Amiga) let you program for Amstrad CPC. It's recommended to use it with the new emulator also by Roudoudou : ACE-DL released today, to get symbols and breakpoints importation and much more.
mTCP NetDrive (16th August 2024) by Michael B. Brutman
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New version (16th August 2024) of mTCP NetDrive, an utility by Michael B. Brutman which lets you connect under ms-dos a network drive which is in fact an image disk hosted on a windows or linux server (disk drive or hard disk image) for only 6 Kb of RAM (adds the RAM for the packet driver though).
PCRetroTech, a Youtube channel for Amstrad PC 1512 and 1640 users (and CPC)
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PCRetroTech is a recommended Youtube channel if you are interested by the Amstrad PC 1512 (with its 16 colours CGA mode) and PC 1640 (with its plantronics mode). I recommend these videos (there are more of course, the 3rd is also about Amstrad CPC) :
Microweb v2.0, a web navigator pour msdos et 808x (+) by James Howard
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MicroWeb v2.0 par James Howardest un navigateur web pour processeur Intel 8088 (et +), CGA, EGA, VGA ou Hercules, interface réseau ou port série et driver EtherSLIP), souris recommandée non nécessaire, 640 Ko de mémoire recommandé, EMS/XMS non nécessaire (mais permets de charger des plages plus importantes en taille). Cette nouvelle version apporte les fonctionnalités suivantes :
Support for more video modes, including monochrome and colour modes (including Amstrad PC 1512 in 16 colors mode)
GIF images are now loaded
PNG and JPEG dimensions are loaded but not the content
Improved font rendering and better Unicode support for accented characters
More HTML tag support including tables and forms
Can now leverage EMS memory (if available) for larger pages and images
Blorp!, a text adventure game by Shawn Sijnstra for Amstrad CPC et PCW (and more)
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Shawn Sijnstra (and Stefan Vogt) are working on VEZZA his Infocom/Inform/Z-machine interpreter for Amstrad CPC and PCW (and other computers) to play adventure games without needing a memory expansion (Inform format v1 to v8), under CP/M and not Amsdos. The program you need to dowload is different if you are using an Amstrad CPC (vezza-nb.com) or a PCW (vezza-90.com).
For the 3th PunyJam contest PunyJam he wrote with the PunyInform library a text adventure game : Blorp! (February 2023). This is a short adventure set in an underwater brewery. You left your rather expensive experiments in the hands of your friend Dave, but you know something isn't right. You better have to download the Airlock Collection pack for its Amstrad CPC/PCW disk image, the Itch page has only a Z3 and Z5 infocom file.
Microweb, a web navigator in 16 colours on Amstrad PC 1512 by James Howard
A new version of Martine by Impact is available (v0.40) today
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Martine v0.40 is an utility written by the Impact group :
converting JPG and PNG images to Overscan screen or window for Amstrad CPC (and Plus series)
new tile map mode, which allow to analyze an image of a level game, and produce .imp and .til readable by tile tool from Impact
This version is available as today. It is available for Windows, MacOS, ARM64 and linux.
Redux, a text adventure game by Shawn Sijnstra for Amstrad CPC et PCW (and more)
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Shawn Sijnstra (and Stefan Vogt) are working on VEZZA his Infocom/Inform/Z-machine interpreter for Amstrad CPC and PCW (and other computers) to play adventure games without needing a memory expansion (Inform format v1 to v8), under CP/M and not Amsdos. The program you need to dowload is different if you are using an Amstrad CPC (vezza-nb.com) or a PCW (vezza-90.com).