29.Apr.2010
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Emulator: WinUAE 2.1.0
Today version 2.1.0 of the Amiga emulator WinUAE was published. Changes since the last release:
New features:
- CDTV/CD32 direct CD image file support, including audio tracks,
plain iso, cue + bin, cue + bin + wav and cue + bin + mp3
- Quickstart GUI support, cdimage0= in configuration file and
-cdimage= in command line
- Direct 3D rewrite, shader based (if shaders supported), overlays
and RTG supported, Direct3D is now default rendering backend,
configuration in Misc panel, all software filters are available
in Direct3D and DirectDraw modes
- DF3: on screen led shows internal (NV)RAM accesses (CDTV and CD32)
- Input panel Caps and Scroll Lock full remapping support
- A1000 Agnus vblank bug emulated. (Alcatraz Megademo 2)
- Fullscreen dialogs have separate size and position settings (Vista/7),
always center dialogs in fullscreen (XP)
- Multidisk image selection helper, right click on disk image select
button to open quick selection menu
- "GamePorts" "Copy From" option added to Input panel, copies Game Ports
panel mouse/joystick settings to current input configuration
- Parallel port sound sampler emulated, WIP, bad sound quality.
- Windowed mode status bar CD/HD/floppy "led" activity status improved
- "Minimize when focus is lost" option
- Expand environment variables in configuration and command line file paths
Updates:
- Many 68000 CPU cycle-exact mode instruction cycle counting and interrupt
timing updates, A500 emulation accuracy is near-perfect now
- More compatible CDTV/CD32 CD audio support using direct digital audio
extraction. Sound panel volume control adjusts CD audio volume
- OCS Denise horizontal position counter bug fully emulated
- Autoscale display size detection improved
- Support DMS files that have fake complete track zero. (BBS ads)
- Epson matrix printer emulation improved, no extra libraries or fonts
required anymore, color text and graphics supported
- OCS chipset "fake 60Hz" refresh rate support rewritten, now handles
non-60Hz rates
- Raw keyboard option is now always enabled, Input panel multiple
keyboard support
Bug fixes in version 2.x:
- Super Stardust level selector sprite bug
- Directory filesystem mount failures if ISO-8859-15 character set was
not installed in Windows
- 68020 CE mode duplicate interrupts
- Command line parser heap corruption
Further bug fixes:
- Random Direct3D mode graphics crap is gone
- Direct3D fullscreen ALT-TAB weird behavior
- More than 8 CD drives crash
- Rare dualplayfield buffer corruption. (Shadow Fighter AGA)
- CD32 pad emulation compatibility improved. (Roadkill CD32)
- Some game controller device types were ignored
- Vista/7 file dialog multi file selection fix (Disk swapper)
- Swapped sound channels if stereo separation was enabled
- Unreliable VSync in interlaced Direct3D mode
- NTSC statefiles didn't restore correctly
- Sometimes printer always reported busy, paper out or offline
- Directory filesystem rename operation weird behavior if file name
included non-ISO-8859-1 characters
- Directory filesystem cyrillic character set support
- Mouse driver (tablet) mode random mouse jitter
- Filter presets
- Rar unpacking crashed if unrar.dll was too old
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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29.Apr.2010
Christian Krenner (ANF)
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Vintage Computer Festival Europe V11.0 (1./2. May, Munich)
On the next weekend (1st and 2nd of May) the "Vintage Computer Festival Europe" will take place in Munich.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 29. Apr. 2010, 15:29] [Comments: 0]
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28.Apr.2010
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AmigaOS 4: City simulation LinCity-NG 2.0
Andrea Palmatè has compiled version 2.0 of the SDL-game LinCity-NG for AmigaOS 4.
Download: lincity-ng.lha (121 MB) (snx)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 28. Apr. 2010, 20:37] [Comments: 0]
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28.Apr.2010
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: LoView 1.79
LoView is a picture viewer with datatype-support which also offers some simple picture editing functions. The AmigaOS-4-version 1.79 is now available. Versions for AmigaOS/68k and AROS will follow.
Download: loview.lha (839 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 28. Apr. 2010, 15:25] [Comments: 0]
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26.Apr.2010
PPA (Webseite)
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Psygnosis-music: Voting on Tim Wright's website
Tim Wright has composed several tracks for Psygnosis-games, e.g. for "Shadow of the Beast" part II and III or WipEout.
Under the title link until 31th of May you can vote for your favourite tracks which finally will be included in an album. (snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Apr. 2010, 22:22] [Comments: 0]
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26.Apr.2010
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Software-News: Screensaver Acuario 2.0, MorphOS background pictures
Sreensaver: Acuario 2.0
Acuario is a screensaver written with Hollywood (screenshot), which is available for AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS. Changes in version 2.0:
- Compiled with the newest Hollywood program the new 4.7
- AcuarioPrefs is integrated inside the Acuario program and improvement
- The fonts are embeded in the executables
- New mermaid in this case one Ondina
- New voices for the ondina
- New fishes: Tetra. Discus. Cebrita. Regal Angel
- New intro
- New submarine
MorphOS background pictures created by Patrick Jung
Patrick Jung has published three new MorphOS background pictures in different solutions at morphzone.org:
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Apr. 2010, 16:48] [Comments: 0]
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26.Apr.2010
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Web-Browser OWB 3.25
Jörg Strohmayer has published an update of his port of the Origyn Web Browser for AmigaOS 4. The changes in version 3.25:
- Version 3.24 required pthreads.library V53, fixed
- Fixed bugs.os4depot.net issues #68, #298, #358, #362, #367, #374, #376, #382, #384, #400, #412, #421, #432 and #441
- Added forwarding of right mouse button presses to the pages, to access the AmigaOS menus you have to move the mouse pointer outside of links, etc. now
- Clicking links with <ctrl> pressed, or with the middle mouse button if CONTEXTMENURMB is enabled, opens them in a new window or tab now
- Fixed some cookie bugs
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Apr. 2010, 14:20] [Comments: 0]
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25.Apr.2010
PPA (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Ranger 1.47
Steven Solie's Ranger is a little diagnostic program for AmigaOS 4. You can find a list of changes under the title link.
Download: ranger.lha (352 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 25. Apr. 2010, 18:36] [Comments: 0]
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25.Apr.2010
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: AmiUpdate 1.121
AmiUpdate is a simple package manager similar to RPM and dpkg known from the Linux-world. In version 1.121 the "Realm"-support was improved and some unwanted output deleted.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 25. Apr. 2010, 16:01] [Comments: 0]
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25.Apr.2010
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: Kickstart-Bounty free
At the beginning of 2010 Gary 'gaz' Pearman has started developing a Kickstart-replacement. Unfortunately he also throwed in the towel because for lack of time.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 25. Apr. 2010, 07:07] [Comments: 0]
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25.Apr.2010
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: MPlayer 1.0-V3
Krzysztof 'deadwood' Smiechowicz has published an update of his port of the video play program MPlayer.
Download: mplayer.i386-aros.zip (5 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 25. Apr. 2010, 06:57] [Comments: 0]
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25.Apr.2010
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: NetSurf 2.5
NetSurf is a fast browser which was originally written for RiscOS and can be used with already 17 MB memory. It supports HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0 and CSS 2.1. The changes of this new version are listed in the Changelog.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 25. Apr. 2010, 06:21] [Comments: 0]
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24.Apr.2010
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AmiTwitter 0.29 for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS
AmiTwitter (screenshot) is an open-source, MUI-based client for Twitter. The most important changes in version 0.29:
- Added TwitPic image upload support
- Moved AmiTwitter logo to 'About' page and added Tweet to main interface by popular demand
- Fixed a few style guide issues: Renamed 'File' menu item to 'Project', got rid of Control-C and Control-V shortcuts. Program now displays the AmiTwitter logo icon when iconified instead of the default MUI tool.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 24. Apr. 2010, 21:55] [Comments: 0]
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24.Apr.2010
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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Looking for beta testers for AROS-distribution "Broadway"
Pascal Papara (AresOne) is looking for beta testers for a new AROS-distribution called "Broadway" which will be supposed to have the following features:
- slim distribution
- optimized installation (installs faster than a nightly)
- online update (check and update apps or core-parts if needed)
- based on latest nightly - this resolves a problem with the ArtEffect CD, so it will be included soon again to the AresOne package
- Amistart replacement called starter (We need a name! Please give suggestions!); The starter is just a button in ther right bottom corner, if you click it will open to the left. This behaviour is configurable! The Starter is done by Allanon.
- Preconfigured for imica and AresOne
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 24. Apr. 2010, 21:31] [Comments: 0]
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24.Apr.2010
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PNG-Pictograms: PatIcons 2.5
The PatIcons created by Patrick are a collection of over 1000 PNG-pictograms with Amiga and MorphOS motives. Additional to drawer and application pictograms, deficons and harddrive icons, a Ambient menu as well as skins and Ambient background pictures are included.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 24. Apr. 2010, 20:36] [Comments: 0]
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23.Apr.2010
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood 4.7 available
Press release Airsoft Softwair is proud to annouce the immediate availability of Hollywood 4.7. Hollywood 4.7 is another quality release by Airsoft Softwair and contains some cool new features as well as bug fixes and fulfillments of some user wishes.
The biggest new feature in Hollywood 4.7 is a completely platform independent font backend (which means that TrueType fonts now look exactly, pixel-perfectly the same on every system) as well as support for Unicode UTF-8 based text rendering. But there are other cool new features like support for embedded icons in Windows and Mac OS X executables.
Here is a list of changes in Hollywood 4.7:
- Completely platform independent font backend
- Support for UTF-8 based text rendering (Unicode)
- Icons can be compiled into Windows and Mac OS X executables
- Extended layer functionality
- New inbuilt system fonts (sans, monospace, serif)
- Support for multiple joysticks also on Win32 and Mac OS X
- New TextureScroll example
- Various other new features and bug fixes
Although a lot of work went into this update, Airsoft Softwair decided to make Hollywood 4.7 available free of charge as a special gift for our loyal customers. The 4.7 update is available as a direct download (30 megabytes) in both Amiga and Windows versions for all customers of Hollywood 4.5. Please visit the Hollywood product page for the download link of this freegrade.
If you do not own Hollywood yet, you can place your order on the Airsoft Softwair homepage at the title link. (snx)
[News message: 23. Apr. 2010, 15:18] [Comments: 0]
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23.Apr.2010
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: Remote Desktop Client ported
The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) allos you to access applications over the network which are launched on a Windows-Terminal-Server. After versions for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS under the title link the AROS version is available which was ported by Yannick Erb. So far the sound redirection does not work.
This version is based on the rdesktop-version 1.6.0 and has an user-interface. Besides, it is not a demo version. But you can donate some money to encourage the developers publishing further updates.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 23. Apr. 2010, 06:25] [Comments: 0]
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22.Apr.2010
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: RSS-Reader XNet-RSS 53.2
Max Tretene's XNet-RSS shows RSS-Feeds which are short messages just like these ones offered by amiga-news.de. Version 53.2 requires AmigaOS 4.1 Update 1.
New features:
- Prefs: Added support for the notification system, this allows to read news headlines via pop-up messages (requires AmigaOS 4.1 Update 1)
- Prefs: Splitted RSS feeds and generals preferences tab into two tabs
- Net: On AmigaOS 4.1 Update 1 use the new URL Handler instead of the optional OpenURL to open the web browser on the relevant news web page
- RSS: Improved RSS feeds compatibility
- GUI: Added listbrowser striping for better readability
- GUI: RSS feeds groups folding/unfolding status is now saved
Download: xnet_rss.lha (1 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Apr. 2010, 06:43] [Comments: 0]
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21.Apr.2010
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Pictures of Commodore-Show in Maarssen, 17th April
On 17th April in Maarssen (Netherlands) a meeting of the Commodore Gebruikersgroep took place. On the website of the club some pictures were now published.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. Apr. 2010, 16:05] [Comments: 0]
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21.Apr.2010
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Starcraft under AmigaOS 4: Stargus 0.5
Stargus is a "mod" for the realtime strategy game Starcraft. With the help of it the game can be played using the open-sorce engine Stratagus which was also ported to AmigaOS.
Meanwhile version 0.5 of the Amiga-port is available.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. Apr. 2010, 16:02] [Comments: 0]
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21.Apr.2010
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PDF-Mini-Magazine: Monthly Page 11
The Monthly Page is an English-language magazine which is available as PDF-file. The latest issue among others includes an interview with Hans De Ruiter (AmigaOS 4-MiniGL).
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. Apr. 2010, 15:56] [Comments: 0]
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