27.Sep.2006
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WinUAE: AmiKit 1.2.1
For AmiKit, a complete distribution for WinUAE users, there is an update to version 1.2.1 available.
The update must be got by the software's integrated "Live Update" function. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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27.Sep.2006
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Amiga Inc.: cooperation with the Seattle Thunderbirds
Amiga Inc. announces their cooperation with the "Seattle Thunderbirds" at the title link: Fans of that ice hockey team
will get access to "many games, puzzles and arcade titles for personal computer, game maschines, mobil phones, set top boxes
and other computer based devices".
The according software is said to be demonstrated and available for purchase at the first home game of the Thunderbirds at the end of the month.
Amiga Inc. will appear as sponsor at several promotion actions of the Thunderbirds, e.g. at the official team poster.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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26.Sep.2006
(ANF)
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Video: EFIKA in action
Press release:
Steinbach, 26th September 2006
On 21th of September the bplan GmbH took part on the EBV Tech Trends Symposium 2006 in Darmstadt and introduced the own development EFIKA to the interested public. At this event a short movie was made which shows the miniature board.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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26.Sep.2006
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Speedball 2 and The Chaos Engine get successors
The Berlin publisher Frogster Interactive announced that the company have bought the worldwide rights of the
Bitmap Brother classics Speedball 2 and The Chaos Engine. PC versions of both games will be available in 2007. The Bitmap Brothers participates on this project, too.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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26.Sep.2006
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Revised version as well as translations of "the lightning OS"
There is a revised version as well as a German, an Italian and a Russian translation of the article "MorphOS: the lightning OS" which was published during a competition of osnews.com.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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26.Sep.2006
Markus Bartolich (ANF)
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Forum: AmigaEmuBoard available under new domain
The German Amiga-Forum AmigaEmuBoard can be now accessed under a regular domain again which is amigaemuboard.net.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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25.Sep.2006
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BeOS: Test-CD from Zeta 1.21 as download for free
From the BeOS-successor Zeta a Test-CD of the coming Version 1.21
is available. But the relase date of the final Zeta Version 1.21 is
furthermore open. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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25.Sep.2006
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Floppy-Driver for Catweasel MK3/4 (Alpha)
Kjetil Hvalstrand released a alpha-version of his Catweasel driver
cw.device. At this moment is a read only access possible, the author was
grateful for support of experienced driver-developers. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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25.Sep.2006
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amiga.org: McEwen-speech in written form
A reader of amiga.org wrote down the
speech of Bill McEwen
last weekend on the Pianeta Amiga. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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25.Sep.2006
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Aminet-Uploads until 24.09.2006
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
FussballBundesliga.lha biz/misc 11K GEN TurboCalc Spreadsheet Football (german)
EmuTools_AOS4.lha dev/cross 106K OS4 Various emulator tools
nec_example.zip dev/cross 23K GEN Example project for NES Basic and NES AS
NESBasic_AOS4.lha dev/cross 218K OS4 NES Basic and NES ASM: develop NES games
nessprtools_aos4.lha dev/cross 500K OS4 Convert BMP images to NES formats
nes_mina_aos4.lha dev/cross 249K OS4 Minachun Disassembler for Famicom (NES)
nes_palette.png dev/cross 11K GEN A NES palette for making NES graphics
ecx_upd.lha dev/e 127K VAR E Compiler ECX. Update from 1.5.x
OS39FinnishNDK.lha dev/misc 133K GEN OS3.9 Finnish Locale NDK
towertoppler.lha game/actio 1.5M OS4 Remake of the old classic Nebulus
universus-demo.lha game/demo 1.8M OS4 demo of a WIP shoot'em up
primateplunge-1.1-mos.lha game/jump 5.0M MOS Small platform game
PrimatePlunge_AOS4.lha game/jump 5.7M OS4 Very beautiful and funny platform game!
gltron-bin.lha game/race 2.0M MOS A 3D lightcycle game using OpenGL
sdb-1.0.2-morphos.lha game/shoot 10M MOS A 2D, top-down action game
lunapaint_v024.tgz gfx/edit 66K ARO Graphics program similar to TVPaint
SView5.lha gfx/misc 2.4M VAR SView5 Image Viewing/Processing Package
PointRider-morphos.lha gfx/show 95K MOS A PowerPoint file viewer, the only one
cwdevice.lha hard/drivr 173K OS4 Catweasel MK4 (MK3) Device
charlie_aos4.lha misc/emu 5K OS4 A NES CHR-ROM Optimizer
CHR2NAM_AOS4.lha misc/emu 8K OS4 A NES Name Table Creator
jabba_aos4.lha misc/emu 5K OS4 Expand snes ROM's.
nes_81_aos4.lha misc/emu 12K OS4 Convert 8-bit samples to NES 1-bit forma
raw2chr_aos4.lha misc/emu 6K OS4 NES CHR-ROM Creator
EsEmErMED1.lha mods/midi 148K GEN Some mods made for General MIDI instr.
razorman.zip mods/sidew 271K GEN Techno/rave/jungle w/ Wile E Coyote samp
DT-42_AOS4.lha mus/edit 374K OS4 A drum machine with Roland TR-808 sounds
milkytracker.lha mus/edit 1.5M OS4 A multiplatform music tracker
snd2mid_aos4.lha mus/misc 52K OS4 Convert NES,GB,MS,GG,SND songs to MIDI
vb2rip-morphos.lha mus/misc 38K MOS Rip music stored in VB2 format (PS1/PS2)
vb2rip_aos4.lha mus/misc 46K OS4 Rip the music from your PSX/PS2 games!
playOGG.lha mus/play 1.1M OS3 multi format sound player.
commander.lha util/blank 75K OS4 A multi-purpose blanker module
SNoti_OS4.lha util/cli 20K OS4 Run command when files/dirs are changed
AlarmClock06.lha util/misc 1.8M OS3 Full screen Alarm clock
Aminet-Readme-Creator.lha util/misc 41K OS3 Generates Aminet upload .readme file
NewHomerPrefs.lha util/misc/ 17K GEN Preferences GUI for NewHomer
ecm_aos4.lha util/pack 69K OS4 Reduces size of CD images
NewHomerExtras.lha util/wb/ 1.6M GEN Data files for NewHomer
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25.Sep.2006
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 24.09.2006
Uploads on os4depot.net since our last report:
zeespace.lha gra/mis 328kb Play around with some heightfields, bump
dt-42.lha aud/tra 373kb DT-42 a drum machine with Roland TR-808
cwdevice.lha dri/sto 173kb Catweasel MK4 (MK3) Device
universus-demo.lha gam/act 1Mb demo of a WIP shoot'em up
towertoppler.lha gam/mis 1Mb Remake of the old classic Nebulous (Hews
revbump.lha dev/uti 40kb A revision bumper with extra fields
primateplunge.lha gam/pla 5Mb A very beautiful and funny platform game
nes_8to1.lha aud/mis 11kb Converts 8-bit samples to NES's 1-bit fo
snd2mid.lha aud/mis 51kb Converts NES, GB, MS, GG .SND songs to M
vb2rip.lha aud/mis 46kb Rip the music from your PSX/PS2 games!
example_music.zip aud/tra 9Mb Milky Tracker Example Music
milkytracker-basic9xx.avi aud/tra 6Mb Milky Tracker Video Tutorial 'Basic 9xx
milkytracker.lha aud/tra 1Mb A multiplatform music tracker
milkytracker.sinecrafting.zip aud/tra 449kb Milky Tracker Video Tutorial 'Sine Craft
milkytutorial.rar aud/tra 27Mb Milky Tracker Video Tutorial 'General Us
strobe_3octaveharmony.zip aud/tra 5Mb Milky Tracker Video Tutorial 'Harmony'
strobe_basicchiptracking.zip aud/tra 13Mb Milky Tracker Video Tutorial 'Basic Chip
strobe_cubearptutorial.zip aud/tra 3Mb Milky Tracker Video Tutorial 'Arpeggio'
strobe_drumdrawtutorial.zip aud/tra 4Mb Milky Tracker Video Tutorial 'Drawing Dr
strobe_resonancetutorial.zip aud/tra 5Mb Milky Tracker Video Tutorial 'Resonance'
strobe_slides_porta.zip aud/tra 10Mb Milky Tracker Video Tutorial 'Leads'
xi_-_instruments.rar aud/tra 15Mb Milky Tracker Starter Sample Pack
emutools.lha dev/cro 105kb Various emulator tools
nes_mina.lha dev/cro 249kb Minachun Disassembler for 6502 Famicom (
raw2chr.lha dev/cro 5kb NES CHR-ROM Creator
charlie.lha emu/uti 4kb A NES CHR-ROM Optimizer
chr2nam.lha emu/uti 8kb A NES Name Table Creator
jabba.lha emu/uti 5kb Expand snes ROM's.
ecm.lha uti/fil 68kb Reduces size of CD images
nes_dev.lha dev/cro 217kb NES Basic and NES ASM, develop your own
nes_example.zip dev/cro 22kb An example project for NES Basic and NES
nes_palette.png dev/cro 10kb A NES palette to use when making NES gra
nes_sprtools.lha dev/cro 500kb Tools to convert BMP images to NES forma
commander.lha gra/scr 75kb Commander - A multi-purpose blanker modu
snoti.lha uti/she 19kb Run command when files/dirs are changed
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25.Sep.2006
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 24.09.2006
Uploads on AROS-Archives since our last report:
lunapaint_v024.tar.gz gra/edi 65kb Graphics program similar to TVPaint on A
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25.Sep.2006
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PowerPoint-viewer: PointRider 0.20 incl Hollywood-Support
PointRider is a powerPoint-viewer for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. The
compatibility of the newest Beta-Version was improved, beside the
archive includes now a converting tool for PowerPoint files to do
a import into the multimedia-tool Hollywood-Designer.
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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24.Sep.2006
ANN (Web page)
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MorphOS: Freespace - The Great War / Update to Freespace 2
Under the title link, Michal 'kiero' Wozniak has released a MorphOS port of "Freespace: The Great War" as well as an update to Freespace 2.
Among other things, the update offers a better video playback as well as an improved high-resolution mode. To activate the latter, you must enter "Videocard=OpenGL (1024x768)" in the .ini file.
The MorphOS version of "Freespace: The Great War" requires MorphOS 1.4.x, 3D drivers and the powersdl.library by Ilkka Lehtoranta. Though 256 MB RAM should suffice in the author's opinion, he cannot guarantee that everything already runs properly with it. A Radeon graphics card is strongly recommended.
Network games are not available in the existing version. Moreover, only the "Silent Threat" mod was tested.
For the installation, you need the 2 CD version of the game (the English and the Polish versions were tested). Afterwards, copy the files of the MorphOS archive to the desired directory and start the installation script.
In principle, the port works with the Amiga version of Freespace as well, however, the films here were converted to another format, so that these are not played back. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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24.Sep.2006
ANN (Web page)
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AROS: Graphics program Lunapaint 0.2.4
Lunapaint is a graphics program for AROS, inspired by DPaint and TVPaint. Improvements in version 0.2.4:
- Fixed: Colorize works correctly (WILL be further perfected later)
- Fixed: Lighten and darken pays notice to the colors they darken and lighten (better)
- Fixed: More BOOPSI compliance internally (IPTR)
- Fixed: Crash on canceling loading of a datatype project
!Regression: No 64-bit exporting due to reprogramming
- NEW: Chosen color is not directly connected to palette
- NEW: Rewritten scroll routine makes fluid scrolling a reality
- NEW: Unerase tool! Recover erased areas [WIP]
- NEW: Export with flattened layers (wasn't implemented before)
- NEW: Animation export, vertical strip for programmers and one image pr. frame for making gif animations etc
(cg) (Translation: cad)
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24.Sep.2006
ANN (Web page)
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Pianeta Amiga: Audio message from Bill McEwen
In the meantime, the audio message from Bill McEwen (Amiga Inc.) can be downloaded on the web page of Pianeta Amiga, which was played back within the scope of the Italian event yesterday.
In his greetings message, Bill McEwen mentioned the acquisition of Ruksun as well as his enthusiasm for the Samantha mainboard.
Moreover, at the AmiWest show next month in Sacramento (USA), the prototype of a motherboard from the high-end desktop sector will reportedly be presented, which is developed by another group, with which they are working together for a long time.
Download: PianetaAmiga.mp3 (4.6 MB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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24.Sep.2006
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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Event: Status report on Amiga-Meeting Nord
With over 40 participant registrations in the meantime, the Amiga-Meeting Nord, which takes place from the 13. up to the 15. of October in Bad Bramstedt, is practically booked up.
However, as Sven Scheele informs, registrations via the website are still accepted and put on the waiting list - for the case that places become available yet on short notice.
Reportedly, a visit is worthwhile especially on Saturday, for day visitors as well, since some interesting presentations are planned. The admission price for day visitors amounts to 5 Euro.
Following developers and dealers are among the participants:
- Guido 'Geit' Mersmann (Valiant Vision, among others)
- Sven Dröge (proBanking, Bonds)
- Axel Dörfler (Spreadsheet Ignition)
- Timo 'Ermentrud' Kloss (Midi sequencer Horny)
- Alinea Computer (Demonstration of the distributed products)
- Matthias Goldisch (Dealer for Amiga & retro computing)
- Axel Knabe (Office & information service, presentation of BurnIt, among others)
(snx) (Translation: cad)
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24.Sep.2006
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Amiga Inc.: Indian subsidiary purchases Ruksun assets
Under the title link, Amiga Inc. discloses that "Amiga Development India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amiga, Inc." had purchased the majority of the assets of Ruksun Software Technologies on August 10 of this year.
The acquisition reportedly includes intellectual property, business and engineering and support staff and all development contracts.
Ruksun was one of the original partners for Amiga's AmigaDE project. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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22.Sep.2006
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AmigaOS 4: SDL games Primate Plunge and Tower Toppler
"Spot" has ported the platform game called Primate Plunge to AmigaOS 4. Besides this there is a new version of the Nebulus clone called Tower Toppler.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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22.Sep.2006
Mirko Engelhardt (ANF)
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4 new games at amigaland.de
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Star Trek three new games have been made available at amigaland.de for free download. These are the Freeware/PD games "Star Trek - The Game of the Future of Mankind" written by
Tobias Richter, "Star Trek - The Game" written by Jimbo Barber and "Star Trek" created by Twistet Images. Additionally there is also a game by Microprose: "Greens" which was formerly known as "Microprose
Golf".
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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21.Sep.2006
AROS-Exec (Website)
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MorphOS: Short Video about the Sputnik Development Status
A short video from the latest development status about the yet unreleased, khtml-based web browser Sputnik shows mouse events, dhtml and javascript.
Download: video.mpg (1,3 MB) (snx) (Translation: tz)
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