21.Oct.2011
amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOne x1000: AmigaKit takes pre-orders
Press release:
AmiWest 2011, Sacramento, 21st October 2011
"First Contact" : AmigaOne X1000 Limited Edition
AmigaKit and A-EON Technology are pleased to announce that AmigaKit is now taking pre-orders for a First Contact Limited Edition version of the AmigaOne X1000 System.
The First Contact system comprises a fully equipped AmigaOne X1000 complete with the official Boing Ball case and AmigaOS4.1 Update 5 pre-installed. It is also supplied with a license for AmigaOS4.2 which can be downloaded when it is released by Hyperion Entertainment. Matthew Leaman of AmigaKit said "As part of our ongoing commitment to the Amiga community we are delighted to be able to offer the AmigaOne X1000 to our customers. Based on current manufacturing schedules we hope to have the first systems ready for Christmas & New Year delivery." A-EON Technology director Trevor Dickinson added "Its been a long and, at times, difficult journey but we are pleased that the Amiga community will finally have access to this exciting new hardware for the AmigaOS4."
The First Contact system includes the official AmigaOne X1000 Boing Ball case in either black or white and includes the Nemo rev 2.1 motherboard complete with 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a Radeon HD4650 graphics card, 500GB HDD,
DVR R/W optical drive, Audio & Ethernet cards.
Prices start from: £1699, USD $2682.56 (excluding AmigaOS4 license, shipping, handling and sales tax).
Optional extras include the Boing Ball keyboard & mouse, Ram, HDD & Optical drive upgrade options plus Debian Squeeze pre-installed in a dual booting configuration with AmigaOS4. Please refer to the special A1-X1000 system configurator on the AmigaKit website for pricing and upgrade options.
All orders will be processed on a first come first served basis.
Varisys commits to AmigaOne platform
A-EON Technology is pleased to announce Varisys, the official developer and manufacturer of the Nemo motherboard for AmigaOne X1000, has strengthened its commitment to the AmigaOne platform.
Throughout the Nemo development phase Varisys has proved an extremely knowledgeable and highly responsive partner. A-EON Technology director Trevor Dickinson said, "We have been very satisfied with Varisys commitment, dedication and quality. When it comes to leading edge PowerPC hardware their level of technical expertise is possibly unrivalled. As a result Varisys has contracted to work on several new development projects to improve and extend the AmigaOne product line."
Adam Barnes, Varisys Technical Director said: "There is some exciting cutting edge PowerPC technology on the horizon and we are delighted to have the opportunity of
bringing this to the AmigaOne platform."
Varisys Managing Director Paul Gentle added, "We enjoyed working on the Nemo development which provided our first experience of the global Amiga community. We look forward to extending our relationship with the new projects and will do our best to."
Please refer to the Varisys and A-EON Technology website for future updates.
A-EON & AmigaKit form strategic alliance
A-EON Technology is pleased to announce it has formed a new strategic alliance with AmigaKit, the official distributor of the AmigaOne X1000.
As part of this alliance, AmigaKit will jointly fund new AmigaOne hardware developments and will market all future products. Matthew Leaman of AmigaKit said, "This move is in line with our desire to bring exciting new products to the Amiga market, such as our ZorRAM memory card and funding the AmigaOS4.1 Classic update. We welcome this new opportunity to support our Amiga customers."
Trevor Dickinson added, "A-EON Technology has a very close working relationship with AmigaKit. We appointed them as our lead distributor and they have played a crucial role in helping to deliver the AmigaOne X1000 to market." He also added, "I am also delighted that what originally began as my support for AmigaOS software developers in 2005, through my Hardware Donation programme, has resulted in the release of the AmigaOne X1000 in 2011. With AmigaKit taking care of customer contact and support I can now refocus my efforts on funding new hardware and software initiatives for the benefit of the whole Amiga community." Please refer to the AmigaKit and A-EON Technology website for future updates. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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20.Oct.2011
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Magazine: Preview to Amiga Future 93
Press release: Today the preview of issue 93 (November/December 2011) of the Amiga Future is online. Highlights of this issue:
- Amiga Forever 2012
- AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3
And much, much more. The CoverCD contains PD-software as well as some full versions. You can find a detailed list on our website.
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19.Oct.2011
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: AmigaAMP 3.4 Beta 116
The first beta version of AmigaAMP 3.4 written by Thomas Wenzel includes localization and uses Reaction instead Gadtools. Changes:
- Added localization
- Switched about window and tag editor to ReAction
- Changed pitch step setting to 1/4 semitone (w/o SHIFT) or 1/16 semitone (w/ SHIFT).
- Fixed HTTP redirection when requested file is a playlist
- Prevent playlists from being scanned for tags
Download: AmigaAMP34-Beta116.lha (810 KB)
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18.Oct.2011
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Fourth update for AmigaOS 4.1 in progress
According to Steven Solie who is the chief of the OS4-team there will be a fourth update for AmigaOS 4.1 which will fix some bugs of update 3.
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18.Oct.2011
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Timberwolf: Status update of Firefox port
Thomas Frieden has given an overview about the latest status of the Firefox 4-port for AmigaOS 4: A screenshot of Youtube in HTML5-mode demonstrates that Timberwolf 4 is getting applicably.
Even though it currently is only using pure software rendering (for drawing and composition), it's become usable, and already better than the original alpha version of 3.5 which was released previously.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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18.Oct.2011
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: 1941 DX Dual Player 2.0.2
1941 DX Dual Player 2.0 is an emulation of the arcade classic 1941: Counter Attack. The SDL-based game is distributed commercially for 1,70 Euro.
Currently ports for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, Windows and Linux/64 Bit are available and for AROS and Mac OS X planned. A detailed list of changes can be find under the title link.
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17.Oct.2011
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MorphOS: WirelessDesktop 1.0
With WirelessDesktop written by Guide "Geit" Mersmann you can use handheld devices with touchscreen (iPad, iPhone and Android handhelds) as keyboard and mouse replacement under MorphOS. Under iOS or Android you have to install the free app "RemoteMouse" which is available in the app-store.
Download: WirelessDesktop.lha (50 KB)
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17.Oct.2011
pegasosforum.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Notification system MagicBeacon 1.0
MagicBeacon written by Guido "Geit" Mersmann can notify the user about certain events of the system (inserting a DVD, connecting a digital camera) and start user defined actions.
Download: MagicBeacon.lha (650 KB)
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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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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.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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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)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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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.
In contrast to the failed MorphUp, Grunch does not require any special archive formats or servers - merely it is installed a database which includes detailed information about archives of well-known supplier (Aminet, MorphOS-Files).
The Grunch archive includes ports for AmigaOS 3/4, and MorphOS 2 (version 2.7 recommended). All AmigaOS versions have not been tested.
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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.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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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.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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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.
Changes in version 1.46:
- The Amiga911 boot disks will now contain a new icon set. These icons were
made in a way that should make them look OK regardless of the screenmode
used, this basically means that the graphics in the icons will look a bit
"stretched" in both laced and non-laced type of screenmodes. All of them
are standardized to 44x22 pixels, and the icons will also take up less
disk space now (at least a few KB saved).
- Four new programs are now supported:
- Check4GB - Check if your HD setup is 4GB-ready
- DiskImage - Mount any disk image file as a DOS device
- HJSplit - Split large files into smaller ones
- WhichAmiga - ShowConfig kind of tool. V1.3.3
If you add DiskImage to the Amiga911 disk, you will be able to mount ADF
floppy images, ISO CD-ROM images and HDF harddisk images on your Amiga, and
then you can copy files from/to the images. Mounting the virtual devices and
performing diskchanges is handled by a requester based script that will also
be included. There is no need for messing around with mount files since they
will be generated by the script when they are needed.
HJSplit can also be controlled by a requester based script, and it allows you
to select the exact size of the small files the original big file shall be
splitted into. You can choose between various sizes that can make each small
file fit on a Amiga or PC formatted floppy disk, or you can enter the split
size manually. The script can also join all of the files back together again.
Versions of HJSplit exists for several platforms including Windows and Linux.
- A new archive called ExtInst.lha are now included in the Amiga911 Maker
package. This archive contains the few files that earlier had to be copied
from the Extras and Install disks, and as long as ExtInst.lha is present in
the A911MakerData dir, those disks are no longer needed since the required
files will be copied from the archive instead. In other words, you may only
need the Workbench disk for creating a boot floppy from now on.
- Some system files have been replaced by the free alternatives from Michal
Letowski's MSys 1.2 pack, these files are: Avail, LoadWB, MakeLink, Reboot
and RequestChoice.
- The standard RequestFile command have also been replaced by Torsten Poulin's
free alternative version.
- If the Anaiis USB stack is to be included on the Amiga911 disk, the Anaiis
prefs program is now optional.
- The "Cut" command is no longer included, the reason for this is that the same
type of functionality can be achived with the "Echo" command instead.
- A new "Clean up" window is introduced in this version of Amiga911 Maker, and
when you open and run it, your project will be scanned for files that are no
longer needed. Some of these files will automatically be deleted, while with
others you will be asked whether they should be removed or not. You can open
the "Clean up" Gui by selecting it in the menu of the main Amiga911 Maker
window.
- In an attempt to save more space on the Amiga911 disk, a more critical look
was taken on the system files that's included on the boot floppy, and the
conclusion was that a few of them could actually go. The biggest waste of
space was the bullet & nonvolatile libraries since they are quite useless on
a emergency disk. Other files that no longer will be included are the
following: More, Date, SetClock, SetKeyboard, LoadResource, parallel.device,
serial.device, lowlevel.library and realtime.library. With the exception of
the last four files, they will now be deleted from your project when you run
"Copy system files". If you want to remove any of the the other four files as
well, you must use the "Clean up" Gui (see above). Now that "More" is no
longer included, a hardlink to MultiView is created upon booting the Amiga911
disk, this means that every time the system tries to use More, it will use
MultiView instead.
- All Windows that includes a log listview does now have a "Export Log file"
menu option, and by selecting this you will be able to save the log as a
file, or you can copy it to the clipboard.
- Various small improvements & bug fixes.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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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.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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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.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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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.
The graphics (examples) are devided into two archives:
kfs_4GameArtPacks_Sprites.zip (5 MB - full graphic sets):
- Tetris
- Pacman
- Breakout / Arkanoid
- Asteroids
Amiga_GameSprites.zip (10 MB, incomplete graphics):
- Adrenalin Racer (top down version of wipeout/spyhunter)
- Brutal Sports (speedball clone)
- misc (icometric bits)
- Morph (platform game with morphing ball character)
- Uridzone (Uridium Clone)
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