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20.Oct.2008



os4depot.net: Uploads until 19.10.2008
These are the latest uploads to the os4depot.net which have been added since our last message:
amisounded.lha       aud/edi   99kb  32-bit mono/stereo sound editor
bonk.lha             aud/mis  100kb  Encode, decode and play .bonk files
dg_midi_player.lha   aud/pla  250kb  Simple MIDI player
gus_patches.lha      aud/pla   29Mb  GravisUltraSound-patches
tunebonk_plug.lha    aud/pla   72kb  Bonk plugin for TuneNet
protracker5_src.zip  aud/tra    4Mb  Protracker 5.0 Source Code
fireflies-src.lha    dem/mis   98kb  A nice OpenGL firefly effect (Sources)
fireflies.lha        dem/mis  214kb  A nice OpenGL firefly effect.
ps2client.lha        dev/cro  114kb  Interact with your PS2 via the network
memguard.lha         dev/deb   27kb  Mungwall-like tool for OS4
bfont.lha            dev/lib    2Mb  a font library for SDL
libao-dev.lha        dev/lib  285kb  Cross-platform Audio Library (Shared/Sta
libao-src.lha        dev/lib  701kb  Cross-platform Audio Library (Source)
libgfx.lha           dev/lib  948kb  a graphics library
libtimidity-dev.lha  dev/lib  959kb  add midi playback to your app! (Shared/S
compilergui.lha      dev/uti  112kb  GUI for compilers
contextmenuspl.lha   doc/tut    2kb  Polish ContextMenus.cfg translation for 
rrootage.lha         gam/act    4Mb  A great Japanese abstract shoot em up
rrootagesrc.lha      gam/act    4Mb  rRootage sources
xmoto.lha            gam/dri   32Mb  A very good stunt motorcycle game.
uqm-src.lha          gam/mis    1Mb  Source for Ur-Quan Masters port
daimonin.lha         gam/rol   31Mb  Daimonin B4
netpanzer.lha        gam/str   17Mb  Multiplayer online RTS game with tanks
openreadalert.lha    gam/str    1Mb  Open Red Alert
wesnoth.lha          gam/str  139Mb  Battle for Wesnoth (stable version)
ibatch_eng.lha       gra/con  139kb  Sync Picture dirs + Batchrename and Batc
ibatch_ger.lha       gra/con  145kb  Sync Picture dirs + Batchrename and Batc
grafx2.lha           gra/edi  808kb  Pixel paint program (like DPaint etc).
glblankers.lha       gra/scr  650kb  Collection of OpenGL blanker modules
libao-usr.lha        lib/aud  111kb  Cross-platform Audio Library, (Shared)
netsurf.lha          net/bro    2Mb  Fast CSS capable web browser
owb.lha              net/bro    6Mb  Origyn Web Browser
datetime_docky.lha   uti/doc   20kb  Docky that displays the current time and
makelinkgui.lha      uti/fil   77kb  GUI for Makelink
timetraveler.lha     uti/fil   98kb  Trashcan + recycled browser
ranger.lha           uti/mis  294kb  System diagnostic tool
splashlauncher.lha   uti/mis   89kb  Splash image program launcher
glglobe.lha          uti/sci    3Mb  A nice OpenGL worldglobe
die.lha              uti/she    1kb  Kill your Amiga!
amytimer.lha         uti/wor   69kb  A timer
contexmenus_ita.lha  uti/wor    1kb  Italian translated ContextMEnus.cfg
fuelgauge.lha        uti/wor  109kb  Volume gauges underneath hard drive icon
windowthumbs.lha     uti/wor   72kb  Window thumbnails
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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20.Oct.2008



AROS-Archives: Uploads until 19.10.2008
These are the latest uploads to the AROS-Archives which have been added since our last message:
mpeginfo.i386-aros.zip    aud/mis   14kb  Extracts info from MPEG files
sdl_sand.i386-aros.zip    dem/mis  196kb  A cool falling sand simulator toy.
kuklomenos.i386-aros.zip  gam/act  957kb  Kuklomenos - an abstract vector shoot em
muibase.i386-aros.zip     off/dat    3Mb  Programmable relational database w/GUI
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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19.Oct.2008
Andreas Wolf (Kommentarbereich)


MorphOS Software Directory with new URL
The MorphOS Software Directory of the Czech PowerPC User Group moved to a faster server and must be accessed under the new URL morphos.lukysoft.cz/en/. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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19.Oct.2008
Ventzislav Tzvetkov (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: Sega MegaDrive/Genesis-Emulator DGen 1.24
The SDL-based DGen emulates Sega's 16-Bit-console Megadrive. The AmigaOS 4-port by Ventzislav Tzvetkov automatically recognizes and supports connected joysticks. Additionally some mior bugs were fixed.

According to the author about 95% of the MegaDrive games work without any problems. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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19.Oct.2008
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Instant Messenger: SabreMSN Alpha 32 and SabreClassic-Theme
James 'jahc' Carroll has published an update of his Instant Messenger for the MSN-network for AmigaOS and AmigaOS 4. Version Alpha 32 should now work with eMail addresses at msn.commmen and includes optimized file sending routines.

For AmigaOS 3.x on original systems with lower screen solution (PAL/NTSC High Res) today an additional "SabreClassic"-package was published which includes graphic and audio files as well as fonts and prefreneces for MUI, FullPalette and includes VisualPrefs (screenshot).

Download:
SabreOS3_20081018.lha (261 KB)
SabreOS4_20081018.lha (423 KB)
SabreClassic.lha (36 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.Oct.2008
AROS-Exec (Forum)


AROS: Screenshot of the developing status of Windows-based ports (update)
Under the title link Pavel 'Sonic' Fedin has published a screenshot which shows the current developing status of the project.

Update: (10:50 p.m., 18.10.08, snx)
According to the developer Cygwin is not required for the Windows-based version of AROS. At least Windows 98 is required. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.Oct.2008
Andreas Wolf (Kommentare)


Seeding the Success Campaign: August winner asks for payback
The project manager of the OS4-team, Hans-Jörg Frieden, won the prize of the "Seeding the Success Campaign" endowed by DiscreetFX for August.

Instead of paying the money of 100 US-Dollar Bill Panagouleas started an appeal for donation which should provide a Playstation 3 to the developer.

With this action Hans-Jörg Frieden should be pushed along to port AmigaOS-4 to this game console. But from the beginning Hans-Jörg told that there is not any real opportunity of realizing it. So he did not feel comfortable.

Under the title link Hans-Jörg Frieden clarified that he asked DiscreetFX to delete the corresponding bounty site and to pay back the donations because he cannot fullfill the hopes. Up to now he did not get any answer from Bill Panagouleas. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.Oct.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


ARexx script: SpamFryer 6:18
SpamFryer is an ARexx script written by Simon N. Goodwin which recognizes Spam-eMails and then deletes them directly from the POP3-server or put them in a Spam directory of the eMail program YAM.

The new version 6:18 includes 200 rules for the recognation of Spam which you can extend by editing the text file.

Changes:
  • Updated rules, around 200 (see SpamFryer.loseList) - These include a new group for SpamFryer 6, all the old standards from SpamFryer 5 and 4 (some of which you may find are no longer very useful as certain internet fads are currently on the wane) and an extra set we've found to be quite effective in 2008 but which are commented out (safety first!) as a few users might have legitimate interactions involving those patterns which their keepList may not catch. To improve SpamFryer performance, remove the // prefix unless you're worried that you may actually want mails containing these spam-characteristic patterns
  • Option to start SpamFryer in interactive mode - Preview the content of your mailbox, and select the mails you want to keep or delete
  • Option to sort the rules - SpamFryer will re-build the keeplist and loselist so that the most often triggered rules are the first ones used to check the mails. This also gives some stats about spam
  • Standard localisation support and new translation tool - SpamFryer now runs in your (system prefered) language. Currently available language: French. More to come
  • Support for APOP (POP3 protocol) password encryption - If your mail server support it, APOP will be used, for a safer session
  • Support for Thor mailer (customised version of SpamFryer)
  • Folded mail headers are now fully supported to RFC 822 - SpamFryer checks each entire header line even when it is wrapped onto multiple lines
  • Option to fry mails above a specified size, and sanity check on very long lines - Avoid a possible buffer-overflow by setting a limit for text line length (RFC 822 recommends a maximum of 80 characters per line, but not all mailers respect that)
  • TABs handled as SPACEs - When applying the rules, any tabulation character in a mail is seen as a space character when checking for a match
  • No dependency upon external programs or libraries - SpamFryer will use some of them, but will not fail if they are not available
  • Default password requester - If rexxreqtool.library is not installed, SpamFryer will use its own requester
  • Account selection shortcuts (in interactive mode) - If you have fewer than 10 accounts to check, you can quickly select the one to browse by pressing a numeric key
  • Memory checking - If you have a LOT of mails waiting in your mailbox, but have a system with a small amount of RAM, SpamFryer will warn you about any ongoing memory shortage and continue checking as much mail as it can
  • Option to over-write or append to previous logs
  • Early exit (to the next account) if supplied password is null
  • Examples showing how to build a one-button launcher with DOpus Magellan, and AmigaDOS scripts to quickly launch SpamFryer from Workbench
  • More lose rules added, for even more spam frying
  • Plus many other less-visible improvements which help to make SpamFryer even more comfortable to use
Download: SpamFryer.lha (370 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.Oct.2008
Amiga.org (website)


AmigaOS 4.1 Beta for Sam440ep available
Press release Bassano del Grappa, 17 Oct 2008 - ACube Systems Srl is pleased to announce the immediate availability of AmigaOS 4.1 Beta (developed by Hyperion Entertainment VOF) for Sam440ep.

The package, including a pressed CD and a printed Quickstart Guide, will start shipping on Monday 20 October, 2008. All our customers should receive AmigaOS 4.1 Beta for Sam440ep in the following days. Thank you very much for your patience. (snx)

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17.Oct.2008



AmigaOS 4: Directory Opus 4.18.12 (Update)
Joachim "Zerohero" Birging has published an update for Directory Opus 4 which fixes several minor bugs and includes some optimations. So now you can start external modules under AmigaOS 4.1.

Update: (19.10.2008, 17:30, cg)

Briging now has released version 4.18.12:
  • There was one nasty bug that could freeze the system when deleting recursive directories that nested deep
  • "PrintDir" command should work again.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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17.Oct.2008
Sébastien Jeudy (ANF)


SAM440ep bundle: THE RED ONE and Word Me Up XXL
Press release: The Amiga games editor Boing Attitude :o) and the software & hardware distributor RELEC have entered into an agreement to offer you a bargain opportunity. Both are indeed pleased to announce that every new purchaser of the THE RED ONE SAM440ep with AmigaOS 4.1 OEM will get a Word Me Up XXL new game licence!

Word Me Up XXL combines an arcade game with strategic thinking and memory skills. Suitable for all the family, it's a non violent game. It's easy for all ages to play thanks to a steady progression through up to 60 levels. What's more, there are cartoon graphics, funny sound effects and a great selection of background music.

Jérôme Senay, founder of Boing Attitude :o), sums up : "I'm very happy to work with RELEC, who showed since many years their determination to support Amiga. Moreover, they also have capacity for producing novative and novel hardware like "THE RED ONE" unit, the perfect computer to run our game".

Emmanuel Rey, RELEC's representative, concludes : "Innovation begins with such agreements. Since RELEC exists, our philosophy in matter of clientele is based on a "win-win" solution. In this field, we really have to think as a customer to ask ourselves the good questions. For example, with our brand new "THE RED ONE", specifications don't really matter as they are the same with every reseller. What leads our choices is a polished design and a few little plus, like for example its travel case. But with Word Me Up XXL, Boing Attitude :o) offers a significant advantage and we, at RELEC, are really proud of it!" (cg) (Translation: cg)

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17.Oct.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: NetSurf 2.0 (beta version SVN 5187)
NetSurf is a fast browser which was originally developed for RiscOS and which you can already start with 17 MB memory. It supports HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0 and CSS 2.1.

With beta version SVN 5187 Chris Young has published another test version for AmigaOS-4. He expressly pointed out that this version is not stable and does not support e.g. HTTPS. If you find bugs you can enter them to the bugtracker.

Download: netsurf.lha (3 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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16.Oct.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Guide: "Amiga Samba for Idiots" online again
"Amiga Samba for Idiots" is a detailed guide for the installation of Samba under AmigaOS. The English version now is online available under a new URL. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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16.Oct.2008
german-amiga-community.de (Webseite)


Operating system: NetBSD 4.01 for Classic Amiga
NetBSD is a Unix-like operating system which is distributed under the licence of Open Source. Currently 53 different platforms are supported inclusive Amiga/68k (and DraCo).

NetBSD requires a MMU, at least a 68020 CPU and 8 MB FastRAM. You can find a list of the most important changes in version 4.01 in the official announcement. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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15.Oct.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: SDL-based paint program Grafx2
Grafx2 is a paint program similar to Deluxe Paint which was originally published for MS-DOS. Now a SDL version has been published.

Download: grafx2.lha (808 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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15.Oct.2008
amiga.org (Webseite)


AmiWest: Video and audio streaming with UGN
The same procedure as every year: The Amiga User Group Network (UGN) will organize live transmissions from the AmiWest (17./18. October, Sacramento/USA). Additionally to video and audio streams there will be pictures taken of a webcam as well.

This action is sponsored by Intuitionbase.com, Amiga.org, Amigaworld.net and NovaDesign. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Oct.2008
a1k.org (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: New versions of PrBoom, Quake 2 and Quake 3
Under the title link there are new ports of the well-known Ego-Shooter PrBoom (a Doom version), Quake 2 and Quake 3. All three games now support MiniGL and therefore use the 3D-hardware of modern graphic cards. According to users Quake 3 additionally is to become more stable. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Oct.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Podcast: Amiga Round Table, Episode 33
The "Amiga Round Table" (ART) is a Podcast created by Rich Lawrence and Bill Panagouleas where Amiga users and invited guests discuss the latest events of the Amiga scene. Topics of the 33. issue with Eddie Cejvan as guest:
  • Jeremy Reimer Podcast - Knotty Geeks
  • New Amiga Reseller - IMM Luxemburg
  • Instant Bounty
  • Poseidon USB for AROS
  • Open Red Alert - RTS for MorphOS
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Oct.2008
amiga.org (Webseite)


Website: Amiga UK User Group
The "Amiga UK User Group" is an attempt to establish an umbrella organization for the remaining Amiga groups in Great Britain. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Oct.2008
amiga.org (Webseite)


MorphOS: Gallerius 2.3 creates HTML-Galleries
Gallerius written by Pawel 'Stefkos' Stefanski creates HTML thumbnail galleries. Changes in version 2.3:
  • Choice between internal or external picture viewer
  • Colours can be saved and loaded
  • File comments can be changed and used as picture subtitles in the galerie
  • Position of navigation list can be changed (up, down, on both positions)
  • Number of pictures per column and page can be changed

Download: gallerius.lha (98 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.Oct.2008



AmigaOS 4: Web-Browser OWB 2.12 (update)
Jörg Strohmayer has published a new version of his port of the Origyn Web Browser. Please note that AmigaOS 4.1 is required because Cairo is used. The changes since the last release:
  • Split status/tooltip and progress bars, moved them to the bottom and using the Prefs/GUI Gadgets/Small font (RAfallback/8 if not set) for them (bugs.os4depot.net issue #12). Because of these changes in the gui the WIDTH and HEIGH tooltypes for setting the size of the webview aren't supported any more.
  • Added tooltip support and enabled showing URLs in tooltips
  • Toolbar images weren't disposed, fixed
  • Added CONFIRMQUIT tooltype, if enabled a requester is displayed asking if you really want to quit OWB when closing the last window with the close gadget (issue #15)
  • Creates single colour pointers from the true colour ones, they are only used when not running on a Radeon gfx card and SOFTSPRITE isn't enabled on other gfx cards
  • Updated to SVN revision 580 (gif anims, setting the mouse pointer and drawing the inner frame scroll bars currently don't work)

Update: (13.10.2008, 7:30 p.m., cg)

Meanwhile version 2.12 was published which fixes a bug of the mouse pointer. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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