03.Apr.2007
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 02.04.2007
These are the latest uploads which have been added to os4depot.net:
pnm_dt.lha dat/ima 39kb PNM (PPM) portable pixelmap datatype
scr_dt.lha dat/ima 38kb Spectrum SCR/SCREEN$ datatype
vtx_dt.lha dat/ima 67kb Dtype for CEPT-3/videotex/teletext frame
mpegadt.lha dat/sou 19kb play mpeg audio files (mp3)
fdtrans-idltool-68k.lha dev/cro 416kb fdtrans, idltool devtools for 68k based
fdtrans-idltool-lx86.lha dev/cro 105kb fdtrans, idltool devtools for Linux x86
agletm2.lha dev/lan 2Mb Aglet Modula-2 compiler
commonfuncsppc.lha dev/mis 153kb GadTools support object file. Source in
reactionguide.lha doc/dev 242kb Beginner's Guide to Programming ReAction
dosbox.lha emu/com 2Mb DOSBox - emulate PC, DOS emphasis
ciagent.lha emu/mis 70kb Minimal CIA resources and hardware simul
uqm.lha gam/mis 1Mb Port of Ur-Quan Masters
mpegit.lha gra/con 1Mb Captures frames from MPEG video files
png_editing_suite.lha gra/edi 3Mb A Collection of Tools for Manipulating P
collageblanker.lha gra/scr 4Mb A Collage Picture Blanker
amigascrapbook.lha gra/vie 5Mb A virtual scrapbook with samples (Full A
piechart_gc.lha lib/rea 140kb Gadget class for displaying data distrib
diskdaisy.lha uti/fil 46kb Tool for checking data distribution on a
snoopy.lha uti/fil 67kb A Powerfull new filemonitor like Snoopdo
cornerclock.lha uti/mis 963kb A Corner Clock Tool for Any Screen
maclikedock.lha uti/wor 1Mb A Visually Impressive Program Launcher
switcher3d.lha uti/wor 86kb Window and screen 3D/2D switcher
wet_no_cat.lha uti/wor 4kb Updated Norwegian catalogs for Wet
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03.Apr.2007
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 02.04.2007
These are the latest uploads which have been added to the AROS-Archives:
arosamp_alpha_0.20.tar.gz aud/pla 418kb AROSAmp Alpha
attack.lha gam/act 1Mb SpaceInvaders clone done with Hollywood
oldandnew_wallpapers.zip gra/the 3Mb An old & modern style desktop wallpaper,
roadto10_autumn.zip gra/the 3Mb road to 1.0 autumn wallpaper, different
roadto10_spring.zip gra/the 3Mb road to 1.0 spring wallpaper, different
roadto10_summer.zip gra/the 1Mb road to 1.0 summer wallpaper, different
roadto10_winter.zip gra/the 3Mb road to 1.0 winter wallpaper, different
yafs-1.7.1-aros-i386.zip net/ser 39kb Yet Another FTP Server
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03.Apr.2007
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Individual Computers: Clone-A presentation, Catweasel drivers, Breakpoint
On saturday, march 31st, Clone-A was successfully presented at Schloss Rahe Business center in Aachen, Germany. Project leader Oliver Achten and owner Jens Schönfeld faced up to the visitor's questions and presented an Amiga where the complete custom chipset was replaced by Clone-A development boards.
In addition to demo programs that we have prepared, lots of programs were shown that visitors have brought. All these programs were executed without any flaws, just one program made the computer crash, where it wasn't clear if it was caused by a read error from the disk or by an incompatibility of the chipset. The visitor was given a voucher for 100,- EUR. In further tests after the demonstration, we could not reproduce the error, so there's no known incompatibility between Clone-A and a "real" Amiga at this time.
A new version of the Catweasel MK4 driver is available from our support site. Version 2.3.0.0 is a public beta version that corrects many known issues and adds new features. The most important change is that the joysticks can now be used as input devices for any Windows program (for example emulators), without the need for adapting these programs first. A new configuration program eases the use of the imagetool, and a few files for developers have been added to the archive, so direct access to disks is possible for other programs. Certain computer configurations now allow the "suspend to disk" function. This lets you put the computer into hibernation mode without having to shut it down completely. Since this function does not work properly on all computers yet, we decided to release this driver version as a beta-version with known issues and continue to work on this part of the driver in the coming weeks.
Like every year at easter time, the Breakpoint party takes place in Bingen, Germany, where more than 1000 visitors are expected. Of course we are sponsoring the event with cash and hardware prizes. The presentation of Clone-A will be repeated during a seminar. Unfortunately, project leader Oliver Achten does not have the time to take part in the Breakpoint party.
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01.Apr.2007
Golem IT-News
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Online articles read better than newspapers
The reading behavior of online articles differs from that of print articles - but in favor of online texts, where the break-off rate lies lower. This is the result of a study by the Poynter Institute on behalf of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Herein, the reading behavior of four print and two online newspapers was tested on 600 people. Read the complete article at Golem IT-News under the title link. (nba) (Translation: cad)
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01.Apr.2007
Spiegel Online
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Intel shrinks computer chips
The chip manufacturer is announcing "the biggest changes since 40 years" for its new introductions this year and promises more performance with distinctly less costs. But the real innovations are not expected until 2008. Read the complete article at Spiegel Online under the title link. (nba) (Translation: cad)
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01.Apr.2007
Amiga.org (Web page)
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Codex Alpe Adria 2007: T-shirts available
The Codex Alpe Adria - an event around alternative computing, which is organized every year by Cloanto's Amiga Forever Team in the Italian city of Udine - takes place in 2007 on the weekend of July 7th.
In the meantime, under the title link, the official T-shirts of this year's Codex Alpe Adria can be purchased, which, at the same time, are also part of the prizes for the competitions there. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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01.Apr.2007
Pegasosforum.de (Forum)
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Event: Report on the presentation of Clone-A
On March 31, the "Clone-A" project was officially presented by individual Computers in Aachen (reported by amiga-news.de). Here, it concerns a reproduction of the Amiga chipset.
'botfixer' has published first photos from the event on a1k.org, while an extensive report by 'NoIntelUser' is found on Pegasosforum.de. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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01.Apr.2007
Martin Merz (ANF)
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New 32 bit icons from masonicons.de
Martin 'Mason' Merz has released several new and reworked icon archives in the new AmigaOS 4 format. The new packages are:
- AmiDiskMI: A full icon and drawer set for AmiDisk with preconfiguered support for AISS toolbar images. (needs AISS Version 3.2)
- Disks&FoldersMI: The collection of disk and folder icons got just a small update
- TritonMI: A prefs icon for OpenTriton
- RDesktopMI: An icon and drawer set for RDesktop. The internal images will follow soon.
- Switcher3DMI: An icon and drawer set for Switcher3D
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01.Apr.2007
Thorsten Herbert (ANF)
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PPC hardware: Sam440ep available to industrial customers
Press release: ACube Systems Srl is pleased to announce the completion of Sam440ep project.
The board is actually available for selected industrial customers in three different configurations of the AMCC 440ep processor: 400Mhz with 128MB onboard memory, 533Mhz with 256MB onboard memory and 667Mhz with 512MB onboard memory.
On demand it is possible to customize the board with a number of options: cctalk, DiskOnChip, SmartMedia connector, LVDS port, DIMM 100 slot, variable FPGA size from 5.8 KLuts to 19.7 Kluts.
The porting of a number of Operating Systems has already begun.
For further informations please write to info@acube-systems.com.
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30.Mar.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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WHDLoad: Graphical interface iGame 1.1
iGame is an MUI-based interface for starting and managing WHDLoad games. The new version contains several bug fixes.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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30.Mar.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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Emulator: E-UAE 0.8.29 WIP4
Richard Drummond has published a new beta version of his UAE-version E-UAE. Several bugs have been fixed and an experimental OpenGL-renderer added which accelerates the program under Mac OS X. You can find a complete list of all changes here.
Under the title link ports of E-UAE are available for AmigaOS 3/4 as well as Mac OS X and diverse Linux versions. Fabian Coeurjoly made available a MorphOS-version.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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30.Mar.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: Arcade-Emulator MAME 0.113
Fabien Coeurjoly has published an update of the Multi Arcade Machine Emulator which emulates several arcade-machines. Because the MAME-Core has changed a great deal since the last MorphOS-version the MorphOS-port was done nearly completely new and has now an improved graphical user-interface and a lower sound latency. Besides this the video routines were optimated and the "Aspect ratio" is kept better.
Direct download: mame-0.113.lha (18,3 MB)
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29.Mar.2007
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Coldfire turbocard: Status-update for Coldfusion
In a thread at amiga.org Oliver "Oli_hd" Hannaford-Day gave a statement to the status of his Coldfusion project.
The goal is to develop a Coldfire based turbocard for Amiga computers.
The developer told that he keep on working at the project but he does not believe in finishing it. There would be too many problems (connecting the turbocard via the Amiga-bus) therefore the connection with the PCI-bus currently would be the only practicable solution - but which has different problems.
Currently Hannaford-Day spends his time for other, smaller projects. He will not stop his Coldfire-project because he has invested too many resources but he also recommends all interested users to "look for different solutions".
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29.Mar.2007
(ANF)
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Commodore CDTV Information Center again online
After a longer break Oliver Hannaford-Day's "Commodore CDTV Information Center" (cdtv.org.uk) is again online. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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29.Mar.2007
Darren Eveland (ANF)
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Remote Desktop Client 2007-1 for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS
The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) allows network based access to programs which are running at a windows terminal server. Now the latest version of the relevant amiga client is available for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOs.
Contributors are getting the update through contacting Darren Eveland (darrenhd at gmail.com). For all users who want to test the Remote Desktop first, an older version is available for download.
Features of the free (older) version of the Remote Desktop Client:
- Connect to NT/2000 Server/2003 Server/XP Pro
- Window or Full Screen
- Audio re-direction
- Clipboard support
- Full Featured GUI
- Connect to Multiple remote machines
- 16-bit Colour Support
- Faster than VNC!
The actual version 2007-1 which can be received after a donation to the project leader offers the following additional advantages:
- Windows Vista connectivity
- Automatic Stack checking
- Persistant Cache (upto 20 mb)
- Connection Bar
- Mouse Adjustments
- Performance Increases
- Many bug fixes
(cg) (Translation: tz)
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27.Mar.2007
David Brunet / Gunnar von Boehn (ANF)
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Graphician needed for Amiga game project
David Brunet writes: Gunnar von Boehn is looking for one or more GFX artists to create new Amiga 2D games. The games will be in the spirit of great Amiga titles and will be based on the Arcade Construction Kit (ACK) project which started last year.
As the game is based on the ACK engine, it will run on all faster Amiga platforms. This includes AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS and fast AmigaOS 3.x systems like UAE/WinUAE and PowerPC or Coldfire equipped classic Amigas. In addition to this, the game would be able to run on other platforms such as Linux, Windows and Mac OS.
There are 2 game genres possible:
Genre 1:
Classical shoot'em up like "Menace" or "Hybris".
Typical ideas are space shooter, plane, submarine or Rambo style.
Genre 2:
Classical beat'em up in the spirit of "IK+", "Karateka", "Streetfighter", "Samurai Showdown" or "Sword of Sodan".
Basicly everything is possible ranging form Karate, Samurai, Knights, Monsters, Super Heroes, to catfighting Bikini Babes.
The exact look and feel is fully up to taste and abilities of the GFX artist.
A nice option is to start with simple one2one Karate type games. For such a IK+ type game we would only need one background image and one set of sprites. It could later be enhanced with extra story line, extra backgrounds and extra characters.
The GFX artist needs to be able to create all the images for his game. This includes the title screen, the backgrounds and the sprites. The game engine supports all types of resolutions and color models. The game engine imposes nearly no limits on us (i.e. size and number of sprites is nearly unlimited). The targeted resolution is 640x480 in True Color. But other resolutions are possible if wanted.
With a fast GFX artist, it could be possible to create such a game in less than a month.
There is a nice bonus as well. Genesi offered to sponsor this project by donating a free Efika to every GFX artist who helps to create a game for Amiga/MorphOS.
Interested persons can contact us at: Gunnar AT greyhound-data DOT com (snx)
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27.Mar.2007
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WHDLoad: Graphical interface iGame 1.0
iGame is an MUI-based interface to easily start and manage WHDLoad games. You can set categories and filter them. Additionally previews can be shown.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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27.Mar.2007
Chris Hodges (ANF)
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USB stack: Poseidon 3.6
Press release:
The just completed new version V3.6 of Poseidon is now available. It includes several enhancements, fixes and supports more mass storage devices, ethernet adapters and the infamous USB Rocket Launcher.
Download it here or use Trident's built-in online update facility.
News in V3.6
- Mass storage class overhaul. Now supports bigger physical block sizes for automounting of RDB partitions, FAT/NTFS and also CD/DVD drives, also adding a lot of emulation, workaround and new compatibility fixes (also fixes the multi LUN problem reported here multiple times).
- Several fixes and changes regarding USB 2.0 support.
- Reworked Prefs Handling, enhanced Trident.
- Changes, fixes and enhancements in the main library.
- New class supporting ethernet adapters using ASIX Chipsets.
- New shell tool for the use of USB Rocket Launchers (no this is no April's fool joke).
- This release also contains a workaround to the deficiency in Elbox' spider.device that can be activated with the "Compatibility hack" option in Trident.
I really spent a lot of time and effort on this release, polishing a lot of the internals at various places. Mass storage should now work better than ever. The new Asix Ethernet class makes it possible to benefit of 100MBit adapters on USB 2.0 -- as long as the USB board doesn't drain the CPU too much (which unfortunately, is the case with the Spider). But there are things to come.
It should be performing very well on the classic Amigas now. I be will spending the next weeks in making the experience for MorphOS at least equally nice.
Enjoy -- Chris Hodges
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26.Mar.2007
Genesi (E-Mail)
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Genesi: Looked forLaptop-Prototyp on Efika-Platform
Linked to the header, Genesi looked for somebody who builded based, on the Efika-Platform a Laptop. Requiered are and the budget is available for 5-10 Prototypes. If somebody is interessted he can contact Genesi. (snx) (Translation: aj)
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26.Mar.2007
Martin "Mason" Merz (ANF)
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New 32 bit icons at masonicons.de
Martin "Mason" Merz releases 11 new or reworked archives with 32 bit icons (Screenshot):
- DiskMaster2MI: A simple icon and drawer set for Rudolph Riedels DiskMaster2
- Disks&FoldersMI: The archive formerly known as 'Disks' (TAFKAD) features next to several new disk icons some folders (as seen on Linux, OSX or Windows systems).
- DOpus4MI: This icon set for DOpus4 got a complete revision with some extra icons.
- EnvoyMI: A complete icon and drawer set for Envoy.
- FuelGaugeMI: A simple icon and drawer set for FuelGauge.
- MakeCDMI: Just added an icon for CopyCD to the archive.
- MixerMI: Added an icon for the Push4Dock system. Please also have a look at the reworked skin for Mixer.
- Push4MMVolMI: An icon set to control Mixer via the Push4Dock bar based on the idea of Alex Carmonas MMVolume.
- TuneNetMI: The icon set for TuneNet got a complete revision with some extra icons for the Push4Dock bar and menu.
- TurboPrintMI: A complete icon set for TurboPrint.
- WiFiSignalMI: A simple icon and drawer set for WiFiSignal.
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25.Mar.2007
(ANF)
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Hyperion and ACube Systems announce strategic partnership
Press release
Leuven, Belgium and Bassano del Grappa, Italy
25 March, 2007
Hyperion Entertainment VOF and ACube Systems Srl are pleased to announce that they have entered into a strategic partnership following a recent two day meeting of representatives of both companies in Brussels, Belgium.
Within the framework of the partnership ACube will act as a worldwide distributor of Hyperion's Amiga OS 4.0 operating system for a range of PPC hardware platforms including AmigaOne (MicroA1, SE/XE) and Classic Amiga.
More details regarding the companies strategic partnership will be announced shortly.
Amiga OS 4.0 © 2001-2007 Hyperion Entertainment VOF, developed under license from Amiga, Inc. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga, Inc.
Hyperion Entertainment
ACube Systems Srl
Amiga OS 4.0 website (cg) (Translation: cg)
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