16.Oct.2011
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Source codes for IPF-Diskimage decoder released
The "Software Preservation Society" (SPS) archives commercial Amiga games with its copy protection in the IPF-format which can be written on disks with the floppy controller Kryoflux.
Now the source code of the library was released which is required for decoding the IPF-Disk-Images. Therefore other developers can use the IPF-format in their software.
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[News message: 16. Oct. 2011, 15:41] [Comments: 0]
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16.Oct.2011
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4/AROS: Audio-Player Sirena Player 1.20
Sirena Player is an audio player written with Hollywood which can play MP3 (not under AROS), WAV and MOD files. In version 1.20 some bugs were fixed.
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16.Oct.2011
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: MagicalInk-Update (Bad-Bramstedt-2011-Version)
The vector graphic editor MagicalInk written by Carsten Siegner has been updated which now can handle HTML-5 export as well as supports the hpdf.library. According to the author the programm is becoming a "Adobe Pagemaker" for MorphOS.
With MagicalInk it is now possible to create websites offline and then upload them with a corresponding FTP-client to the server.
Download: MagicalInk.lha (6 MB)
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16.Oct.2011
PPA (Webseite)
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Web-Browser NetSurf 2.8
After the version for AmigaOS 4, thanks to Artur Jarosik the fast browser NetSurf now is also available for AmigaOS 3.x in version 2.8. The changes are listed under the title link.
Download: netsurf-m68k.lha (7 MB)
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[News message: 16. Oct. 2011, 10:42] [Comments: 0]
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16.Oct.2011
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Package management system: Grunch 1.0 (AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS)
Guido "geit" Mersmann's "Grunch" is a package management system for AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS which automates the installation and deinstallation of software and informs the user about updates of installed packages.
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15.Oct.2011
Floppy (Forum)
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AROS-Distribution: Icaros Desktop 1.3.2
Paolo Besser has published an update for his AROS-distribution Icaros Desktop. The support of 2D and 3D for Fermi-based GeForce graphic boards (GT/GTX 400 and 500) and RTL8187B-based USB-WLAN-adapters were added as well as the sound support for VMWare users and a Sudoku.
Additionally the update includes new versions of many applications and fixes several bugs - now update packages also should work with systems which were started from an USB-stick.
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15.Oct.2011
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Convierteme 2.0
Convierteme is a Hollywood programm for AmigaOS 4 which features some picture editing functions. Convierteme can rotate images in angles of 90º, 180º, 270º and 360º, grey scale and create the negative of a picture or vice versa.
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14.Oct.2011
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Workbench replacement: X-bEnCH 0.1 (alpha version)
X-bEnCH is a graphical user-interface (64 colours) which replaces the Workbench for starting WHDLoad games (.slave, .exe) and requires few resources.
According to the developer the programm works on all Amigas from OCS to AGA as well as from 68000 to 68060 processor and requires less than 1 KB virtual memory. Alpha version 0.1 can be downloaded under the title link.
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13.Oct.2011
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Bootdisk-Creator: Amiga911 Maker 1.46
With "Amiga911 Maker" you can create bootdisks under AmigaOS 3.0/3.1 which can include a lot of tools on a AmigaDOS-disk because LZX or XPK is used. The Amiga which is supposed to boot must have at least 1 MB memory but recommended 2 MB.
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13.Oct.2011
os4welt.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Strategy game "Swamp Defense" available
Swamp Defense is a commercial Tower Defense-game developed by Entwickler X which is available for XBox, AmigaOS 4 and other platforms (Youtube video). A demo version has been available for some time and now the full version is available as well for 20 Euro.
The game requires AmigaOS 4.1 and a graphic board which supports "compositing" and also runs on Amigas with PPC-boards. The maximal solution is 1920x1080.
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10.Oct.2011
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Event: Commodore-Show in Maarssen, Netherlands (15. October)
On 15. October the Commodore Gebruikersgroep (CGG) will organize its "Commodore Show". Entrance free.
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10.Oct.2011
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Software-News until 10.10.2011
AmigaOS 4: Cinnamon Writer 0.75 Bugfix
For Claus Desler's word processing software Cinnamon Writer 0.75 a bug fix was published which fixes crashes caused by loading of Truetype fonts. The archive only includes the executable file.
Card game: Acey Ducey for all Amiga systems
In Acey Ducey you have to guess if the next card will have a value which is between the one of the cards already put on the table. Achim Kern has ported his old card game with Hollywood and offers versions for AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS and AROS.
Mythana - New browser role playing game for Amiga
For some time on Mythana.de a browser strategy game has been offered which should work with old (without CSS support) browsers like Ibrowse or AWeb.
According to Matthias "Aramon" Wilkens, this strategy game will be replaced by a role playing game which will continue working with the knwon Amiga browsers. Although the game ist still in alpha stage there are already some "Qqests".
10x2 Blue Metal Rose CDs
On Wednesday 12th of October from 9 pm, Blue Metal Rose which uses an Amiga 4000 with Octamed Soundstudio will have its first radio performance on WDR2 (Live-Stream, Flash required). After the show via Internet voting the best of the introduced bands will be chosen - Blue Metal Rose hopes you will vote for them.
On the occasion of the radio performance the band raffles 10x2 BMR-CDs: You simply have to write an eMail with the subject "BMR goes WDR2" to info@phenix-noir.de. The winners will be informed via eMail. Closing date is 19.10.2011, there is no right of appeal. The data of the participants will be not given to third persons und deleted after the lottery.
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09.Oct.2011
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Finished graphic sets for arcade games
On amigaworld.net a graphic designer offers graphics which stand under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported-licence and can be used for different projects.
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[News message: 09. Oct. 2011, 19:03] [Comments: 0]
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09.Oct.2011
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WHDLoad-Launcher: Tiny Launcher 1.3
Lionel 'Gibs' Deri's Tiny Launcher searches for directories defined by the user which includes ECS or AGA games and demos (YouTube-video).
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[News message: 09. Oct. 2011, 18:48] [Comments: 0]
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09.Oct.2011
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Peter Hutchisons "Amiga C Tutorial"
Peter John "pjhutch" Hutchison's English-language "Amiga C Tutorial" is supposed to help C newcomers to program under AmigaOS with the help of many code examples.
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[News message: 09. Oct. 2011, 17:28] [Comments: 0]
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09.Oct.2011
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WHDLoad: New packages until 09.10.2011
With WHDLoad you can install games and scene demos on your harddrive which were originally puzblished on disks. Additional several incompatibilities with new Amiga models are fixed.
The following installers have been added or updated since our last message:
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[News message: 09. Oct. 2011, 17:16] [Comments: 0]
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09.Oct.2011
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Picture viewer : PictureAlbum Preview 08-10-2011 for AmigaOS 4, AROS and MorphOS
With Christopher Handley's PictureAlbum you can search for picture directories. The included pictures are viewed as thumbnails. With a double-click you can view any number of pictures and place them on the screen (screenshots: 1, 2). PictureAlbum to memorises the opened pictures and its positions for each directory.
Download: PictureAlbum_preview_111008.lha ( MB)
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[News message: 09. Oct. 2011, 17:12] [Comments: 0]
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09.Oct.2011
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Interview with Kalle Marjola
The interview serie on amigapd.com now was continued with a conversation with Kalle Marjola who wrote Knights and Fantasy Forces.
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[News message: 09. Oct. 2011, 08:29] [Comments: 0]
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07.Oct.2011
AROS-Exec (Webseite)
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AROS: Nouveau and Mesa-3D update for Fermi graphic boards
With new versions of the Mesa-3D library and of the Nouveau video driver, AROS now supports some of the current GeForce graphic boards of the 400er and 500er series completely in 2D and 3D.
The updates are part of the Nightly Builds but can be downloaded under the title link as well.
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