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29.Aug.2008
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: HD-racing track Interlagos 1.0 for VGP 2
Jason Frabotta's project "VGP HD" tries to improve the engine of Paolo Cattani's Formel-1 simulation Virtual Grand Prix 2.

In the latest release the racing track of Interlagos has been added (screenshot). According to the author there are still some minor bugs. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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29.Aug.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


AmiBlitz: Voxel Engine
Under the title link Thilo "Der Wanderer" Köhler has published Voxel engine implemented with AmiBlitz. Köhler has developed the engine for his own project but would also provide it to other interested users - e.g. for users who wants to develop an Ego-shooter or a racing game. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Aug.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


ACube on the Colmar Multimedia Expo 2008
Additional to the Swiss trader RELEC ACube will take part in the Colmar Multimedia Expo 2008 (24. - 26. October) as well.

ACube and Relec will share a stand. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Aug.2008
AN Redaktion


amiga-news celebrates tenth anniversary!
Ten years is a long time for the Internet: Ten years ago amiga-news.de was officially started. A lot of things have happened since then. more ... (nba) (Translation: dr)

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28.Aug.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Turrican clone: Shurrican (preview)
"Shurrican" is supposed to become a clone of the action classic Turrican which requires UAE or an Amiga with graphic board and some FastRAM. You can find detailed information as well as screenshots under the title link. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Aug.2008



Podcast: pofacs.de is looking for interlocutor
Mario Heide from pofacs.de which is a podcast for alternative computer systems is looking for a interlocutor for a second report about MorphOS.

If you can introduce the latest version of MorphOS in a half-hour interview then please contact Heide. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Aug.2008
Sébastien Jeudy (ANF)


RELEC: Sam440 box "The Red One"
On his website the Swiss dealer RELEC offers a bespoke box for ACube's PPC-motherboard Sam440. The product is called "The Red One" and apparently is only available together with a Sam440-platine.

The Red One is delivered in a Aluminium case so the owner can carry it safely and has a price of 260 Euro. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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27.Aug.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Event: Relec on the Colmar Multimedia Expo 2008
The Swiss dealer Relec will participate in the Colmar Multimedia Expo 2008 (24. - 26. October). The dealer will introduce the AmigaOS 4.1, the PowerPC-mainboards Sam440ep and Sam440ep-Flex, the Minimig, AmigaOS/68k as well as MorphOS 2.0 on the Pegasos and Efika. Additionally RMS Communications will present the ERP application based on MUIBase.
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Aug.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


DiscreetFX: Airsoft Softwair August winner of the Seeding the Success Campaign
The winner in August of the "Seeding the Success Campaign" presented by DiscreetFX is Andreas Falkenhahn for his cross-platform multimedia application layer Hollywood. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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26.Aug.2008



Event: Pianeta Amiga on 27./28. September in Empoli (Italy)
The next Pianeta Amiga will take place in Italian Empoli on 27. and 28. September 2008 in Palaesposizioni. The admission fee is 5 Euro.

ACube Systems which has announced new products, the Amiga Future, AmigaKit, Bitplane and Virtual Works will take part. AmigaOS 4.1, the PowerPC-board SAM440ep in the new version 1.5 as well as many further products will be presented. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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26.Aug.2008
AROS-Exec (Forum)


AROS: UpdatAROS 1.1
UpdatAROS is a shell script that allows easy updating of AROS system files, copying the ones of a newer nightly build over a pre-existing system.

The new version 1.1 supports Grub 2 enabled AROS systems. Please don't use it on a Grub 1 system, or it will likely destroy your current installation.

Download: updataros11.lha (9 KB) (snx)

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26.Aug.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Hans-Jörg Frieden explains Porter/Duff-picture composition
In a serie of articles Hans-Jörg Frieden will explain the Porter/Duff picture composition which was introduced with AmigaOS 4.1. Perhaps the 2d library Cairo will be also explained. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Aug.2008



72 new levels for "Cannon Fodder"
"Cannon Fodder New Campaign" (CFNC) includes 72 new levels split in 24 missions for the legendary shooter Cannon Fodder. The design of the levels as well as some sprite graphics were changed (screenshots).

CFNC requires a version of Cannon Fodder which was installed on harddrive with WHDLoad as well as XFDMaster, gpatch and the Commodore-Installer. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Aug.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Graphic program: PerfectPaint WIPupdate230808 (beta)
Marco "Blackbird" Möring has published another update of the graphic program PerfectPaint.

Download:

PfP-WIPupdate230808.lha (647 KB)
PfP-Usertestarchiv.lha (7,6 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Aug.2008



MorphOS: Vector graphic program MOS-Creator (preview)
MOS-Creator written by Carsten "pegasossigi2" Siegner is supposed to become a vector graphic program which is to create PDF documents fast and simple (screenshot).

Under the title link Siegner has given a survey about the current status of the project. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Aug.2008



MorphOS-Portal: morphos-user.com inclusive eMail-account
morphos-user.com is a portal for MorphOS users which is supposed to give a fast survey about the latest news and discussions on morphzone.org and which offers a little collection of important MorphOS related links. more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Aug.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


PDF magazine: #Amigaguide, fourth issue
The printed version of the English magazine called #Amigaguide was sent to the subscribers. Simultaneously the free PDF version is available on the Web (you have to register at amigaweb.net for it) im Web zur Verfügung. Topics of this issue: more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Aug.2008
Matthias Ziegs (ANF)


Demo scene: Remake of the book FREAX Volume 1
"Freax Volume 1" is the history of the C64 and Amiga demo scene. Because the book published in 2005 has been sold out for two years now a remake was printed.

The remake will be available from 29. August on. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Aug.2008
Ventzislav Tzvetkov (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: BBC Micro emulator BeebEm 0.13
The BBC Micro was a microcomputer well known in the 1980s in the United Kingdom and associated with the British education. Designed with colorful graphics, great expandability and a quality OS, it still has a strong fanbase.

Thanks to BeebEm you can enjoy its enormous software base also on AmigaOS 4 (Screenshot).
more ... (snx)

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24.Aug.2008
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: HD-racing track Montreal 1.1 for VGP 2
Jason Frabotta's project "VGP HD" tries to improve the engine "Formel-1-Simulation Virtual Grand Prix 2" developed by Paolo Cattani.

Now a update of the racing track in Montreal was added (screenshot). It fixes a bug of the back straight. Next weekend there probably will be upadtes of the tracks in Interlagos and Indianapolis. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Aug.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Podcast: Amiga Round Table, Episode 28
The "Amiga Round Table" (ART) is a English podcast made by Rich Lawrence and Mike Blackburn where Amiga users and invited guests discuss the latest events of the Amiga scene. The 28th episode is about MorphOS 2.0 and AmigaOS 4.1. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Aug.2008



AmigaOS 4: Web-Browser Netsurf 2.0dev (beta)
NetSurf is a fast browser originally developed for RiscOS which can be used with a memory of 17 MB. It supports HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0 and CSS 2.1. more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Aug.2008
morphzone.org (Webseite)


MUI-developer back from bike tour
Stefan Stuntz who is the developer of the well-known GUI-toolkit MUI has come back from a bike tour which lasted five months (blog, photo album).

According to our information he still always accept registrations for MUI. So if you have tried it in vain during the last months you probably try it agin now. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Aug.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


IRC-Client: WookieChat 2.10 beta 2
James 'jahc' Carroll has published another update of his MUI-based IRC-client WookieChat. For a list of detailed changes please have a look at the changelog. WookieChat is avilable for all Amiga systems. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Aug.2008



AmigaOS 4: Web-Browser OWB 2.6 (Update)
Jörg Strohmayer has published a new version of his port of the Origyn Web Browser for AmigaOS 4 (screenshot).

OWB 2.5 now opens a new window if you select a link. Additionally the AmigaOS 4-version is now based on the latest SVn-revision 449.

Meanwhile Björn "Orgin" Hagström has published a detailed English installation guide for OWB on amigans.net.



Update: (25.08.08, 17:00, cg)

By now version version 2.6 is available:
  • Updated to SVN revision 454
  • Disabled SVG support for now, I'll enable it again after switching from SDL to Cairo
  • Added support for an unicode fallback font
  • Added MINFONTSIZE, FONTXDPI, FONTYDPI and UNICODEFONT tooltypes
  • Removed superfluous gadget updates which prevented icon dragging on the workbench from working even if nothing changed
  • Fixed mouse movement events
  • Implemented progress bar
  • Implemented clipboard support
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Aug.2008



Text editor: NoWinED 0.70 for all Amiga systems
NoWinED is a MUI-based text editor which was compiled to AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS and AROS. The program has the follwing features: more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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