12.Feb.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Thomas Frieden: More Infos about OS4
Thomas Frieden about the status of OS4:
The informations stated in an earlier update are still valid. No big breakthroughs in the last week (but none are planned, though ;) ).
The Exec Kernel is running in a Simulator (parallel to the normal system). In this time it is ported to the hardware platform.
The rest of the components is in different states of finishing. Some are finished but are waiting for the final converting onto the new kernel (this means just only a recompilation of it).
This is a hint for those who want to start with developing for OS4: Develop for 68k. The sources will be fixed with minor changes to OS4 (it means only one or two lines are added to the sourcecode). You can use the normal Exec API. We will release a beta version for developers that will document the new functions (about 20). It should be a change to PPC at least.
About the computers OS4 will be running on: OS4 needs the Amiga chipsets. Maybe we can change this until release, but that is improbable because some dependencies are placed where you never expect them (e.g. devices). Supported computers are all with Amiga chipsets like CyberstormPPC, AmigaOne, and (maybe) BlizzardPPC (I'm sorry but not all problems with the Blizzard are solved).
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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12.Feb.2002
Matthias M. (ANF)
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AUG99: Homepage Update
The homepage of the german Usergroup AUG99 is updated and there is a poll about the issue "GRex for A4000D in a tower".
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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11.Feb.2002
Amiga.org
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Amiga.org: Is there a future?
Wayne Hunt, maintainer of Amiga.org, is thinking about the future of ww.amiga.org. One of his ideas deals with a forum instead of a news page.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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11.Feb.2002
Falcon (ANF)
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New pictures at Elastic Images...
Everyone who loves 'Monster Inc.' can now download some backgroundimages of the maincaracters. Furthermore there are some more pictures by Pixar and a set of icons.
Falcon
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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10.Feb.2002
David Brunet (E-Mail)
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Magazine: Obligement #31
Issue 31 of the French Amiga online magazine 'Obligement' is
now ready for download.
This issue contains amongst other things the latest Amiga news, interviews
with the Edivision team and Filip Dab-Miroski (head of Matay), tests of
Freespace and ImageFX 4.5, articles about emulation, AmigaDE, MorphOS
and a lot of other things.
This magazine uses its own program, which runs on Amiga with AGA or
graphic card, to show the text.
Download: obligement31.lha (833K),
Readme
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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10.Feb.2002
ANN
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infoSync: Amiga gets into Linux PDAs
Under the title "Amiga gets into Linux PDAs" and the highlighted heading
"When Sharp's Linux-based Zaurus PDA hits the U.S. and Europe,
software developed by old-timer Amiga will provide that old black magic."
some positive news
about AmigaDE on the Zaurus of Sharp was published on the infoSync website.
The announcement briefly describes the value of Amiga during the 80s and
90s and the capabilities of AmigaDE and Zaurus. However, no distinction
was made between AmigaDE and Zaurus.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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10.Feb.2002
Amiga Future
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Tools: PNGTool V1.0a, CopyIcon V44.4
On 9 February 2002 Stephan Rupprecht released version 1.0a of
PNGTool and version 44.4 of CopyIcon.
By using PNGTool all graphic files can be converted to PNG.
The PPC version for WarpUP has been added to version 1.0a.
CopyIcon is a CopyNewIcon clone for AmigaOS V3.5.
The options DEFTOOL, DESTTYPE, CHANGEONLY have been added to version 44.4.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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10.Feb.2002
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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Amiga Future: Result of the Amiga Future Survey
On the Amiga Future Homepage
the result
of the last survey 'What do you envision for the future of Amiga?' has
been published.
692 people took part in the survey. Four choices were offered of which
Pegasos with AmigaOS 4.x received with 37,72% (261 votes) most of the votes.
All results are available via the title link.
Besides a new survey has been started: 'Which software do you find
more important for the future of Amiga?
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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10.Feb.2002
Richard de Rivaz (ANF)
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Home Server: INET DIAL with support for SAMBA and Amithlon
MDR has published version V3.849
of the Home Server INET DIAL (ID). The Server supports SAMBA for
PC based local area networks as well as NETFS for Amiga networks.
ID now also supports AMITHLON.
INET DIAL provides remote connectivity, 'dial-up' and 'dial-in'
connections to and from remote computers, remote rebooting, reading
of e-mail, local and remote control of X-10 devices for electrical
home appliances and much more.
Download: inet_dial.lha
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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10.Feb.2002
Amiga Future
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Audio: Amplify V1.4
On 9 February 2002 Bernhard Wörner released version 1.4 of his
audio tool 'Amplify'. The MP3 import has been added to this version.
Amplify runs on AmigaOS 3.0, 68020 and 1,5 MB free memory.
The tool for various 68k CPUs and PPC is ready for download via
the title link.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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10.Feb.2002
Amiga Flame
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AmigaDE: games and jobs from Kaliko
Kaliko, the makers of 'Last in Line', a puzzle/board game, which came fourth
in the Top Ten AmigaDE Games of 2001, have now announced their line-up of
AmigaDE games for 2002:
- BrainTeaser (March/April)
- Kaliko Minigolf (March/April)
- Pirate's Puzzle (April/June)
"BrainTeaser: the furry edition" is being developed in cooperation with
Quality Team, the makers of
the action adventure 'Sixth Sense Investigations'.
BrainTeaser is a game similar to Tetris in which you have to link three or
more blocks with the same picture so that they will disappear and there
is space for new ones.
The blocks appear from the bottom and you have to move them like a shuffle
game in order to link the same blocks with each other. This makes the
game harder and more different from other games which are similar to Tetris.
Kaliko would like to release further games this year and for this they
need help. They are currently seeking a number of talented individuals
such as Amiga-programmers who have good knowledge of VP assembler,
C or C++ as well as Amiga-programmers (680x0/PPC) who have sound knowledge
of assembler, C or C++. They are also looking for creative game designers
and talented 2D artists. If you want to contact them, just send an e-mail
to info@kaliko.net.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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10.Feb.2002
ANN
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Game: WarpSCUMM V0.1.0b
On 9 February 2002 Adam Waldenberg released version 0.1.0b
of WarpSCUMM, which is an Amiga port of ScummVM used to
play LucasArts adventures such as Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island.
A custom implementation of a SDL library is used called
WarpSDL.library, which supports CyberGfx (P96) and AHI and
runs on 68k computers. A PPC version of and direct support for
the Amiga audio chip 'Paula' is in the process of being developed.
ScummVM is an open source
implementation of the LucasArts S.C.U.M.M. systems, which process
game data files such as Maniac Mansion.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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10.Feb.2002
BTTR-Team (E-Mail)
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Back to the Roots Amiga-News 236
Hewson and 21st Century are companies who released
many real game classics for Amiga computers years
ago. We're very proud to tell you, that both companies
are now supporting "Back to the Roots". For the
beginning Stormlord, Deliverance, Slam Tilt and Zynaps
are online from these companies.
Other new additions to the games section are: Merchant
Colony, Virocop, Impossamole, Darkmere, Fire and Ice,
Katakis, Jaguar XJ220, R-Type II and many more.
As usual lots of new demos, music files and pictures
have been added, too.
(ps)
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09.Feb.2002
Jens Meirich (ANF)
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Amiga-Treffpunkt Oberlausitz gets forum
Jens Meirich wrote:
Since today we have a forum on our homepage. The forum shall be used by all Amiga
users. In this forum you can exchange experiences and of course offer help on
all levels as far as it is related to the Amiga.
Of course there are some rules to respect but there's more to find out about
these on our homepage where we kindly welcome you.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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09.Feb.2002
Chaos Computer Club
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CCC: European council releases additional protocol for cyber crime convention
»32 civil-rights organisations from 17 countries have in a common
letter dated from the beginning of February demanded the release of the draft of an
additional protocol for the cyber crime convention that shall forbid the spreading of
"racist and xenophobic" terms of expression in the net. Similar to the first
drafts of the cyber crime convention was this one kept secret until now. Now
has the European council released the draft.«
More about this see title link. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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09.Feb.2002
Amigart
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Linux/APUS 2.4.17
Following the title link you'll find the new binaries of Linux/Apus v2.4.17
for AmigaPPC.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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09.Feb.2002
Elvis (ANF)
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New Angband ports for Amiga
Hi There...
I've finally got around to finishing off all of my Amiga compiles,
and they've all been uploaded. Details below.
News first!
68000 Support
I've decided to drop 68000 support - I'm going by the assumption that
if a user has enough memory to play some of these variants, then they
will have a better processor than the bog standard one. All variants
will now be targetted for the 68020. Demands from some of the
Zangband-based variants are increasing, and with the addition of Lua
into Angband and Zangband, and inveitably into their offspring, then a
basic unexpanded 68000 system just wouldn't be able to cope.
It's been a while since I've had any feedback from a 68000 user - if
what I'm doing is such a bad move, please do not hesitate to contact
me, and I can put together 68000-targetted executables.
New code
Well, not exactly new code, but all of the variants now use the same
Amiga-specific code. Previously, Zangband and it's variants used the
most up-to-date code, and Angband was still stuck with some old code
that was several years old. Not any more - Angband now benefits from
the new code too. I've altered some bits and pieces, but you probably
won't notice much of a difference. The main difference is that
Angband graphics now work the way they should do, along with masking.
Also, if you use the Adam Bolt tiles, these will now work with all
versions, not just the Zangband-based ones.
Lua
The Lua-based variants all compile and run successfully for the Amiga.
I have compiled all of the Angband alpha releases (2.9.4, 2.9.5,
2.9.6, 2.9.6.alpha2 and 2.9.6alpha3) and all of the Zangband
dev releases (2.7.0 Pre-release 1, 2.7.0 Pre-release 2, 2.7.0
Pre-release 3 and 2.7.0 final). If you're eager to take a look, the
Zangband dev releases are available below, along with the versions
with Shayne Steele's option and branding patches. Angband alphas
remain unreleased.
Uploads
These have no long been done, so you'll have to wait for Robert to
move them all to their respective locations.
Conglomoband 0.0.1 -
conglomoband-001-ami.lha (1437K)
CyAngband 0.3.2 -
cyangband-032-ami.lha (506K)
D11-Angband 1.1.0 -
d11angband-110-ami.lha (580K)
EyAngband 0.4.0d -
eyangband-040d-ami.lha (658K)
Gumband 2.2.0a -
gumband-220a-ami.lha (784K)
Hengband 1.0.9r1
There's a little bit of a problem on the graphics for this variant -
light doesn't seem to bahave the way you'd expect it to. You won't see
the yellow glow around the player, and floors won't light up as you'd
expect. Apart from this, it's OK. All lighting behaves properly in
ASCII mode.
hengband-109r1-ami.lha (1414K)
NTAngband 0.2 -
ntangband-02-ami.lha (1286K)
PernAngband 5.1.1 -
pernangband-511-ami.lha (1612K)
UnAngband 0.4.8g -
unangband-048g-ami.lha (830K)
Zangband 2.6.2 & Option Patch 1.6 & Branding Patch 1.3
Shayne Steele's patches have been included here - for further details
of the patches, check out his site.
zangband-262o16b13-ami.lha (961K)
Zangband 2.7.0 Dev Release
Chance to check out the current stable dev release with Lua scripting.
zangband-270-ami.lha (1184K)
Zangband 2.7.0 Dev Release & Option Patch 1.7 & Branding Patch 1.4
Zangband with the latest versions of Shayne Steele's patches - again,
check out the details of the patches at his site.
zangband-270o17b14-ami.lha (1189K)
Bablos - Angband Variant Site
(ps)
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09.Feb.2002
Michael Asse (ANF)
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AmigaFFE Projekt searches versions of Frontier
Michael Asse wrote:
In the course of the AmigaFFE project I'm looking urgently for Frontier-Elite II
versions in different languages for:
CD32 (other than English)
Disk version (other than German)
It would be great if anybody could help. Just send an email to westpdmkids@yahoo.de. As I'm owner of the
CD32 version (English) and the disk version (German) there are no legal
problems.
Thanks in advance...
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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09.Feb.2002
Virtual Dimension (ANF)
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VD: English translation of the video "On the spot: Amiga 2001" finished
In the meantime has the English version of the video about the "Amiga 2001" by Virtual
Dimension been finished. All presenters, interviews and comments had been
dubbed (of course not Ben Hermans who can be heard in original)
and the questioning of the exhibition visitors had been subtitled.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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09.Feb.2002
Olaf Köbnik (email)
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Amiga Arena: interview with Stefan Blixth and Aural illusion source
Amiga Arena - Interview
Stefan Blixth, known to many people better as "OnyxSoft", has up to now developed
numerous tools for the Amiga. OnyxBase, QuickNote, Graphica are only some where
Graphica is still in the alpha state and not released, yet.
The Amiga Arena talked to Stefan Blixth about his new programs and a very
comprehensive comment by Stefan completes the interview. The interview is
available in German
and English.
PuzzelBOBS news
On the PuzzelBobs support site of the Amiga Arena is the module "Rockers
Galore" by "Up Rough System" available for download!
Matching the puzzle game this module offers a relaxed dub sound!
Just copy it into the directory "Module" of PuzzelBOBS!
Aural illusion V. 3.0 source released
The until now unreleased source code of the unfortunately never published sound
sampler Aural illusion V 3.0 by "Blachford Technology" is now available
for download and for free continuation of development. According to Nicolas
Blachford can this code used without restrictions.
Download at Blachford Techology.
On interest please send an email to nicholas@blachford.info.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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09.Feb.2002
PerfectPaint
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Paint Program: PerfectPaint V2.81
For the paint program PerfectPaint by Georges Halvadjian has an update
to version 2.81 been released. Required is the installation of the version 2.8.
The update contains the following changes:
- Improve text Requester:
More easy to select vectorial font
Font Path can be changed.
- Bug Fix:
Control anim requester
Movie Factory
pp_CheckBox
Processing tool: Linked Freehand
- Increase to 50 the number of gadgets usable in arexx dialog
- New Arexx Command:
pp_ScreenToFront
pp_PlaceGui
pp_Convert2RGB
pp_ScalePicture
pp_GetLocale.
- AdjustLevels and AutoLevels work well now with Stencil
- Improve AppIcon (add the possibilities to load Icon)
- Jpeg size detection is much faster.
- Add a menu to the undo/redo button:
Free Current Undo/Redo
Free All Undo/Redo
- Improve RAW saving, with a requester.
- When PfPaint can't load a picture, it tries to load it as a RAW picture.
In the download area of the PerfectPaint website you can find in addition some
new scripts by Markus Castro.
Download:
PfPaint_281.lzx
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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