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Archive 11/2005

`22.Nov.2005` antibike (ANF)	driver system: AHI 6.0 Martin Blom has published version 6.0 (Final) of his soundcard driver system AHI. Versions for AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS, Amithlon an AROS are available under the link above. (cg) [News message: 22. Nov. 2005, 18:04] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Nov.2005` Aaron Leitch (ANF)	USB: improved digitiser tablet support in Poseidon Due to various enquiries from users Chris Hodges decided to improve the support for Wacom digitiser tablets in his USB stack Poseidon. The following tablets can in the future not only be used in the "relative coordinates mode", but also in the "absolute coordinates mode" - the corresponding beta tests will start shortly: Cintiq 21 UX Cintiq Partner DTF-720 Graphire Graphire 2 4x5 Graphire 2 5x7 Graphire 3 Graphire 3 6x8 Graphire 4 4x5 Graphire 4 6x8 Intuos 4x5 Intuos 6x8 Intuos 9x12 Intuos 12x12 Intuos 12x18 Intuos 2 12x12 Intuos 2 12x18 Intuos 2 4x5 Intuos 2 6x8 Intuos 2 6x8 Intuos 2 9x12 Intuos 3 4x5 Intuos 3 6x11 Intuos 3 6x8 Intuos 3 9x12 PenPartner PenPartner 2 PenStation 2 PL-400 PL-500 PL-510 PL-550 PL-600 PL-600 SX PL-700 PL-710 PL-800 Volito Volito 2 2x3 Volito 2 4x5 (cg) [News message: 22. Nov. 2005, 17:57] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Nov.2005` PPCZone (Webseite)	Linux: Hardened Gentoo on the Pegasos (englisch) Chris White started under the link above to give instructions for the installation of Hardened Gentoo on the Pegasos. This project aims at using the Linux distribution Gentoo in surroundings which require especially high safety and stability. The first part of the intructions deals with the kernel compilation. (snx) (Translation: iw) [News message: 22. Nov. 2005, 16:46] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Nov.2005` Andreas Magerl (ANF)	Issues 20-22 of Amiga Future can be read online In the article database (link above) of Amiga Future the articles from the issues 20, 21 and 22 are now available and can be read online, among others there are articles about TFX, Wasted Dreams, Nightlong, Heretic 2, WipEout 2097 and AmigaOS 3.5. (nba) (Translation: iw) [News message: 22. Nov. 2005, 13:40] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Nov.2005` MorphZone (Forum)	MorphOS: new Ambient-Skin MorphQS The new Ambient-Skin MorphQS from 'Toto' is loosely based on the Mercury-Skin for gnomes (Screenshot). (snx) (Translation: iw) [News message: 22. Nov. 2005, 12:33] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Nov.2005` Amigaworld.net (website)	AmigaOS 4: Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell 0.0.34 Henning Nielsen Lund provided the Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell for AmigaOS 4 in the version 0.0.34. The update comprises the latest settlement of errors of pdksh from Debian and OpenBSD. In addition SDK:Local/C was added to the standard path. The ABC-Shell is able to ease portings from POSIX systems due to its Bourne/POSIX compatibility. Download: abc-shell.tar.bz2 (432 KB) (snx) (Translation: iw) [News message: 22. Nov. 2005, 12:27] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Nov.2005` Ron van Schaik (ANF)	Event: Commodore Gebruikers Groep on the HCC Expo The "Commodore Gebruikers Groep" (CGG) are also this year on the netherlands HCC Expo. This is a Game and Computerfair, with more than 105.000 Visitors last year. The CGG is located in Hall 10, stand Number 10F018. The club presents the possiblility to play old Games on the original hardware and a lot of presentations e.g. a introduction how to code a scene-demo on a C64 or Amiga. The HCC Expo is from 25. til 27. November in Utrecht (Dutch). (cg) (Translation: aj) [News message: 21. Nov. 2005, 14:58] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Nov.2005` (ANF)	IRC-Klient: Wookiechat 1.9.1 for AmigaOS 3/4 The newest Version 1.9.1 of the MUI-based IRC-Klients Wookiechat (Screenshot) is available in Versionen for AmigaOS 3 and 4 with following changes: When you're holding down the left mouse button highlighting text, channel messages etc are paused until you let go. "Unknown nick" and "Cannot send to channel" messages are displayed in their proper tabs again Channel lists are no longer sorted alphabetically. It was causing a huge drain on the CPU when thousands of channels were present. It sometimes led to a crash. No more garbled channel part messages "Clear all" button added to the URL Grabber window Added code to prevent DCC Transfers window from popping to the front when you get an incoming file if its already open in the background somewhere 68k WookieChat development has resumed, and it longer hangs when recieving incoming DCC sends. A divide by zero bug in the file transfer stats function has been removed! (thank you wegster for telling me what was wrong) Now works with WebChat and DarkMyst networks (homes of #amiga.org and #amigazeux). Wookie was doing its connection detection in a slightly bad way previously. Clicking in the main chat display now activates the chat string gadget Outgoing swear word filter. use /filter to toggle on and off Download: WookieChat1_9_1.lha (370 KB) (cg) (Translation: aj) [News message: 21. Nov. 2005, 14:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Nov.2005` (ANF)	AmigaOS 4: Drumcomputer Rockbeat 1.3 The Software-Drumcomputer Rockbeat is now in Version 1.3 available. Changes since last version: Position LED's light up while playing, and scrolls automatically You can now switch between drumkits, and it will remember the last drumkit you used. Download: RockBEAT1_3.lha (1,6 MB) (cg) (Translation: aj) [News message: 21. Nov. 2005, 14:38] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Nov.2005`	Aminet-Uploads since 20.11.2005 Aminet-Uploads since our last news report: qsilver-ws.lha comm/www 22K GEN HTTP/1.0 compliant webserver in ARexx Explosions_y2k1y2k5_OS4.lha demo/file 666K OS4 Example Code , 2 Sets from 2001 and 2005 lamintvro.lha demo/mag 258K OS3 lame warp3d intvro bintoc.lha dev/c 14K VAR Binary to C source converter simplecat.lha dev/misc 103K VAR Powerful CatComp replacement lyrics.lha docs/misc 57K GEN Trance/Techno song texts (lyrics) AirSeaBattle_OS4.lha game/2play 1.4M OS4 Shoot down the airplanes with your brand Apricots_OS4.lha game/2play 2.1M OS4 Small mulitplayer Shooter , nice and fas Foosball_OS4.lha game/2play 329K OS4 Board football, The oldschool type! DeathChase3D_OS4.lha game/actio 181K OS4 Fast 3d Starwars game based on Starwars Connect4_OS4.lha game/board 875K OS4 4 in a row puzzler dossizola_mos.lha game/board 932K MOS Simple SDL game: block your opponent Dossizola_OS4.lha game/board 1.2M OS4 Block Your opponent! WoodenBars.lha game/demo 43K OS3 Simple bars game for all the PAL AMIGAs Netrok_OS4.lha game/jump 825K OS4 Mario Bros type of game but with new ide FreeFallinFred_OS4.lha game/misc 917K OS4 Remake of the old game Parachute. Late_OS4.lha game/misc 2.0M OS4 An Qix/Styx/Barrack clone LinuxLunarLander_OS4.lha game/misc 801K OS4 Land Your Lunar LinuxShuttleLander_OS4.lha game/misc 1.2M OS4 Land Your Space Shuttle! Fanwor_os4.lha game/role 822K OS4 Zelda clone , with oldschool gfx and mus NameOfGame_PRV_OS4.lha game/role 4.3M OS4 Preview of a TopDown RPG game CertainDeathViaSpaceThi.lha game/shoot 739K OS4 Fast Vertical Shoot em up with a very st HeroesOfRoswell_OS4.lha game/shoot 3.0M OS4 Vertical ShootEmup with good theme and g HighMoon_OS4.lha game/shoot 2.6M OS4 The First Worms Clone on OS4 , and it's KETM_os4.lha game/shoot 2.4M OS4 A Very stylish Shoot Em up Anagramarama_OS4.lha game/think 1.3M OS4 Word puzzler , with nice gfx and blips a FloboPuyo_OS4.lha game/think 3.4M OS4 The best PuyoPuyo clone ever made! InterLogic_OS4.lha game/think 3.4M OS4 Remake of an old Amiga Classic , great g MatchBall_OS4.lha game/think 2.0M OS4 Connect'a puzzler , with gfx themes etc amiphoto_guis.lha gfx/misc 572K GEN GUIs for AmiPhoto v1 anotice_textures.lha gfx/misc 1.3M GEN Textures for ANotice v2 WarpView.lha gfx/show 33K OS4 A fast Image Viewer using Warp3D datutil.lha misc/emu 118K OS3 Data file creation/conversion tool generator_mos.lha misc/emu 320K MOS Sega Genesis/Megadrive Emulator mamediff.lha misc/emu 125K OS3 Data file comparison tool ADPCM_dec.lha mus/misc 26K OS3 Decoder for Christian Buchner's ADPCM pa playOGG.lha mus/play 1.0M OS3 Plays OGG, MP3, FLAC, VOB, AC3, RA, mods katydid.jpg pix/fauna 120K GEN Green grasshopper (katydid) scummbubbles2.lha pix/icon 348K GEN Scumm VM Bubbles in png format systempatch2.lha util/boot 46K OS3 Speedup patch for 68020+ r.lha util/cli 242K VAR Just in time GUIs for nearly any DOS com sed-4.1.4-bin_os4.lha util/gnu 325K OS4 The GNU sed stream editor sed-4.1.4-diff_os4.lha util/gnu 1K GEN The GNU sed stream editor sed-4.1.4-src_os4.lha util/gnu 1.0M GEN The GNU sed stream editor pngalpha_lib.lha util/libs 61K OS3 Load alpha channel data from PNG picture cliexchange15.lha util/shell 19K OS4 Shell equivalent to Exchange echo2debug.lha util/shell 13K OS4 Echo a string to the debug output MultiView.lha util/sys 55K OS3 The datatype frontend (AROS backport) wet.lha util/wb 664K OS4 Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIc (cg) (Translation: aj) [News message: 21. Nov. 2005, 00:29] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Nov.2005`	os4depot.net: Uploads til 20.11.2005 os4depot.net uploads since our last news report: highmoon.lha gam/act 2Mb The First Worms Clone on OS4 , and it's late.lha gam/mis 1Mb An Qix/Styx/Barrack clone linuxlunarlander.lha gam/mis 801kb Land Your Lunar linuxshuttlelander.lha gam/mis 1Mb Land Your Space Shuttle! nameofgame.lha gam/rol 4Mb Preview of an TopDown RPG game matchball.lha gam/str 2Mb Connect'a puzzler , with gfx themes etc wet.lha uti/wor 663kb Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIc heroesofroswell.lha gam/act 3Mb Vertical ShootEmup with good theme and g ketm.lha gam/act 2Mb A Very stylish Shoot Em up interlogic.lha gam/puz 3Mb Remake of an old Amiga Classic , great g connect4.lha gam/str 874kb 4 in a row puzzler dvplayer-amixp.zip vid/pla 40kb Skin dvplayer Os4 mixer_blue_skin.lha aud/mis 12kb Skin Blue for OS4 Audio mixer explosions.lha dem/mis 665kb Example Code , 2 Sets from 2001 and 2005 noiz2sa.lha gam/act 9Mb An abstract shoot'em up game by Kenta Ch fanwor.lha gam/adv 822kb Zelda clone , with oldschool gfx and mus fred.lha gam/mis 916kb Remake of the old game Parachute. flobopuyo.lha gam/puz 3Mb The best PuyoPuyo clone ever made! foosball.lha gam/spo 328kb Board football, The oldschool type! echo2debug.lha uti/she 13kb Echo a string to the debug output airseabattle.lha gam/act 1Mb Shoot down the airplanes with your brand apricots.lha gam/act 2Mb Small mulitplayer Shooter , nice and fas cdvst.lha gam/act 739kb Fast Vertical Shoot em up with a very st deathchase3d.lha gam/dri 180kb Very fast 3d Starwars game based on Star anagramarama.lha gam/puz 1Mb Word puzzler , with nice gfx and blips a netrok.lha gam/pla 824kb Mario Bros type of game but with new ide processtorrent.lha uti/scr 3kb Arexx-Script to handle .torrent files cliexchange.lha uti/she 18kb Shell equivalent to Exchange dossizola.lha gam/boa 1Mb Block Your opponent!. amiphoto_guis.lha gra/the 571kb GUIs for AmiPhoto v1 anotice_textures.lha gra/the 1Mb Textures for ANotice v2 warpview.lha gra/vie 33kb A fast Image Viewer using Warp3D (cg) (Translation: aj) [News message: 21. Nov. 2005, 00:28] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Nov.2005`	Aros Archives: Uploads til 20.11.2005 Uploads of aros-archives since our last news report: i386-aros-cross-gcc-3.3.1-cygwin.zip dev/cro 38Mb i386 AROS Cross GCC For Cygwin soliton.rar gam/ 114kb Port of Solitaire-like Amiga Game (cg) (Translation: aj) [News message: 21. Nov. 2005, 00:27] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Nov.2005` Amiga Future (Web page)	MorphOS: TD-MPlayer-GUI 0.5 The multi-platform developer group TDolphin has released the MorphOS version 0.5 of its graphical user interface for the video player MPlayer. The update contains, among others, a button for minimizing as well as additional bubble help texts. Download: tdmplayergui.lha (50 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad) [News message: 20. Nov. 2005, 21:31] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Nov.2005` Amigaworld.net (Web page)	AmigaOS 4: Weather program Wet 4.1 with AmiDock support In addition to the weather display in the title bar or as an icon on the Workbench, Version 4.1 of the AmigaOS 4 program Wet now offers this functionality for the AmiDock as well. Moreover, the program can now be run behind a proxy server also. Download: wet.lha (664 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad) [News message: 20. Nov. 2005, 19:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Nov.2005` MorphOS-News.de (Web page)	PDF-Book "Le livre du Pegasos" now in English translation as well The 148-page book "Le livre du Pegasos," available as a PDF file, for which translators had been sought (reported by amiga-news.de), is now available in a first, though still incomplete, English version as well. At present, Mac OS X as well as half of the Linux section are still missing. Aim of the book is to bring information and articles on every aspect of the Pegasos and its operating systems (MorphOS, Linux, Mac OS X via Mac-on-Linux) together in a single document, so that these can be consulted offline as well, and printed without problems. Translations to more languages (German, Spanish, Italian, Portugese, Swedish and Polish) are already in the works. In the meantime, donations can be made to the authors and translators, too. (snx) (Translation: cad) [News message: 20. Nov. 2005, 18:08] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Nov.2005` Carsten Siegner (ANF)	Example-Project: Skeletal animation with Blender Carsten Siegner has created a small animation for the raytracer Blender, which demonstrates the insertion of skeletal animations in a real scene. In doing so, the so-called shadow objects are used as well, meaning objects that are not depicted themselves, but rather, only cast a shadow. With shadow objects, you can furnish every 3D object in a real scene with shadows. Download: Skelett.lha (440 KB) (cg) (Translation: cad) [News message: 20. Nov. 2005, 17:29] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Nov.2005` ANN (Web page)	Audio-Decoder: ADPCM_dec 1.2 Lorence Lombardo has released an update of ADPCM_dec to version 1.2. The audio decoder is intended for the ADPCM Package by Christian Buchner. Thereby, the ADPCM file is either converted to RAW format or transferred directly to AHI. Details on the changes in the new version are not available. Download: ADPCM_dec.lha (28 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad) [News message: 20. Nov. 2005, 12:56] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`20.Nov.2005`	AROS: Status-Update November 2005 At the title link, Paolo Besser has published another status update of the latest AROS developments. Besides Bernd Roesch's AfA OS for 68k processors (amiga-news.de reported), there is also a hosted version for FreeBSD/x86 meanwhile on the FTP server of BTTR, and Joe Fenton got AROS running hosted on Fedora Core 4/PPC on his iMac. Furthermore, Michal Schulz has re-vitalized the VMware graphic HIDD and Pavel Fedin did back-port many commands from MorphOS, e.g. "mount" (amiga-news.de reported). (snx) [News message: 20. Nov. 2005, 12:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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