23.Jul.2014
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Multimedia Authoring: Hollywood Player 5.3
Press release: Airsoft Softwair is proud to announce that the Hollywood Player is now also available for all desktop platforms supported by Hollywood (AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS, Windows, Mac OS PPC & x86, Linux PPC & x86).
Although it was originally scheduled for release on June 3, 2006 (and even finished back then) its final publication for desktop systems was postponed again and again limiting the availability of the Hollywood Player to the Android platform for several years.
But now that the Hollywood Player is finally available for desktop platforms as well, software authors can choose to distribute their programs as Hollywood applets instead of stand-alone executables. In contrast to stand-alone executables, Hollywood applets are universally executable which has the advantage that you don't have to compile your programs for as much as almost a dozen of different platforms but just one Hollywood applet is already sufficient. The end-user then simply has to install the Hollywood Player compatible with his platform and can run the Hollywood applet with it.
Another advantage is that applets are much smaller than stand-alone executables compiled by Hollywood. While stand-alone executables often take up as much as 2 MB for only very few lines of code, Hollywood applets are very compact and often consist of only a few kilobytes. A last advantage is that programs distributed as Hollywood applets will automatically profit from improvements and bug fixes in newer versions of the Hollywood Player while programs distributed as stand-alone executables would have to be completely recompiled with each new Hollywood update in order to profit from improvements and bug fixes.
As its very name implies, the Hollywood Player can only be used to run applets compiled by Hollywood. It obviously cannot be used to create your own programs. You will still need the full version of Hollywood to create your own programs, of course.
On all Amiga compatibles, Hollywood Player installs itself to SYS:Utilities to be globally available as a default tool for Hollywood applets. Software authors choosing to distribute their programs as Hollywood applets can then simply set the default tool for their applets to "HollywoodPlayer" and inform the user to install the Hollywood Player before attempting to run the program.
The Hollywood Player is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal for a wide range of architectures and comes with three demo applets to show its capabilities.
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23.Jul.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Writing Amiga disks under Windows: ADTWin 1.0
With the help of a PC disk drive, which is connected with a self-made cable to the parallel port of a PCs, the Windows programm ADTWin writes ADF-images on Amiga disks. It takes approximately 37s per disk. It is not possible to read disks.
If you do not have any PC disk drive you can also use an Amiga-Floppy. In this case, ADTWin offers a special "Connection Mode" called "Amiga Drive".
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23.Jul.2014
klesterjr (comment)
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Linux distribution: AmiPUP 1.1.0
Following public availability for AmiKit (amiga-news.de reported), AmiPUP has been updated to version 1.1.0 and is at the same time available separately from that Amiga distribution now.
AmiPUP is a Linux Live CD of less than 180 MB and based on Slacko Puppy Linux 5.7. It's purpose is to be a portable host for AmiKit, Amiga Forever or any other emulated Amiga/AROS system. (snx)
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23.Jul.2014
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4: ScummVM 1.7.0
Version 1.7.0 ("The Neverrelease") of the adventure interpreter ScummVM has been released for AmigaOS 4 and does support five additional games now: The Neverhood, Mortville Manor, Voyeur, Return to Ringworld, Chivalry is Not Dead.
Details about the changes can be found in the official release notes. (snx)
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22.Jul.2014
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmiKit: AmiPUP available for all users
AmiPUP is the live-boot-version of the Amiga distribution AmiKit, up to now was only available for registered users (amiga-news.de reported) but now for all.
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22.Jul.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Retrospect: The almost forgotten story of the Amiga 2000
Under the title link, yesterday Glen van den Biggelaar published an article about the Amiga 2000, which later also was mentioned on Slashdot.
The focus of his text is on the equippment of the Amiga 2000 as well as on the usage of the computer for film productions using Video Toasters developed by NewTek and the rendering software LightWave.
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21.Jul.2014
amigaimpact.org (Webseite)
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PPC-Hardware: New production run of Sam460-motherboards
On the Facebook-site of the company, ACube announced that new Sam460-motherboards are in production. It is planned to sell the boards in August.
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20.Jul.2014
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Aminet-Uploads until 19.07.2014
The following packages have been added to Aminet until July 19th, 2014:
twittAmiga.lha comm/misc 4.3M MOS Twitter client with map view
Fussball-WM-2014.lha docs/misc 10K TurboCalc Spreadsheet WM-2014...
worldcup.lha docs/misc 559K Statistics of soccer World Cu...
f12014carset.lha game/data 8K 2014 Car Set for F1GP Ed/Micr...
DonkeyDownfall.lha game/jump 882K 68k Donkey Downfall is a platform...
FlappyBirdA500.lha game/jump 882K 68k Flappy Bird is a 2013 mobile ...
DoorMaze.lha game/wb 32K 68k Open doors and get to the exit!
ImageMagick-bin_os4.lha gfx/conv 13M OS4 Image manipulation programs
ImageMagick-src_os4.lha gfx/conv 14M Image manipulation programs -...
PictureAlbum.lha gfx/show 1.2M OS4 A unique picture browser/orga...
genplus_mos.lha misc/emu 1.1M MOS Emulates various classic Sega...
amath.src.lha misc/math 23K Simple command line calculato...
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 337K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
daysleeper-aros.i386.lha util/misc 154K x86 Shutdown/reboot at a selected...
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20.Jul.2014
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 19.07.2014
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until July 19th, 2014:
webcamslist.lha doc/mis 635b 4.1 A list of webcams for BigSister
e-uae.lha emu/com 3Mb 4.0 E-UAE with EasyUAE GUI
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
imagemagick-bin.lha gra/edi 13Mb 4.0 Image manipulation programs
imagemagick-src.lha gra/edi 14Mb 4.0 Source
picturealbum.lha gra/vie 1Mb 4.0 A unique picture browser/organis...
asynergygui.lha net/mis 114kb 4.0 Gui for client Asynergyc
tumblr.lha net/mis 1kb 4.1 download large _1280 tumblr imag...
twittamiga.lha net/mis 4Mb 4.0 Twitter client with map view
findmore.lha uti/fil 101kb 4.0 File searching tool (GUI only)
findmore_german.lha uti/fil 2kb 4.0 German catalog for FindMore
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20.Jul.2014
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 19.07.2014
The following packages have been added to AROS-Archives until July 19th, 2014:
rc2k.i386-aros.zip dem 479kb OpenGL rollercoaster demo with f...
daysleeper.i386-aros.lha uti/mis 154kb Shutdown/reboot at a selected time
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20.Jul.2014
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 19.07.2014
The following package has been added to MorphOS-Files until July 19th, 2014:
GenesisPlus 1.7 uti/emu 1177 Emulator of Sega Genesis an...
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20.Jul.2014
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WHDLoad: New packages until 19.07.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until July 19th, 2014:
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20.Jul.2014
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Platform game: Goatlizard DX
Goatlizard DX is a reworked version of The Incredible Adventures of Moebius Goatlizard which was written in assembler. The update adds music during the game, provides an improved two player mode and a level editor. Besides, more enemies are in the game.
Goatlizard DX should run on most of the Amiga configurations, but the author recommends a 68020-CPU. The game is not compatible to 68010-processors.
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19.Jul.2014
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood / Cubic IDE: hw4cubic 5.3
Andreas Falkenhahn writes: Michael 'Clyde Radcliffe' Jurisch's Hollywood add-on for Cubic IDE has been updated to support the full Hollywood 5.3 command set now. Furthermore, there have been some bug fixes and optimizations.
The hw4cubic plugin allows you to use Cubic IDE as an IDE for Hollywood. The complete Hollywood command set is imported into Cubic IDE so you'll get syntax highlighting, quick command information, hotkey links to the documentation for command under cursor, function list, direct access to the compiler, auto complete and intellisense functionality and much more.
In addition, a Hollywood 5.3 wordfile for the popular Windows text editor UltraEdit is now also available for download on the official Hollywood portal. This wordfile allows you to conveniently edit Hollywood scripts on Windows using UltraEdit. All downloads are available from the official Hollywood portal at the title link. (snx)
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18.Jul.2014
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Game development: "Chaos Guns"-project needs new programmer
Recently a playable demo of the multiplayer coop-shooter "Chaos Guns" was released - now the developers have informed that the only programmer left and a new one is needed.
Chaos Guns is written in PowerD which is a very obscure further development of Amiga E which obciously is very similar to it. Therefore it is necessary to write the engine of the game right from the beginning or to translate the 10.000 lines of the PowerD source code into regular Amiga E and then to work in this language.
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18.Jul.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Apollo-Core: Photograph of Phoenix prototype (Update)
Under the title link the developers of the Apollo-Core, which also is tested in the Vampire-600 accelerator board (amiga-news.de reported), have published a photograph of Rev. A of the Apollo-Phoenix-board.
Probably in the third quarter of this year this extension for existing systems with a 68000-processor will be available. It is put on the mainboard and is supposed to provide a higher speed and complete code-compatibility.
Additional to the Cyclone-V-FPGA, the Phoenix-board has 128 MB (DDR3, 800 MHz). The operating system can be copied into the RAM using the corresponding MapROM-functions. Further features are a SD-card as IDE-harddrive, HDMI video output (Truecolor) and a network port.
In Future an included flickerfixer/scandoubler (to connect an Amiga to a HDMI-TV), a Chip-RAM-extension and an AGA- (and later Super-AGA-) extension as well as Picasso96-drivers will be added.
Update: (18:32, 19.07.14, snx)
The complete extension consists of two cards. The FPGA module is shown on a second photo (below the Amiga 600 mainboard); how it is mounted on the Phoenix board is illustrated by an animation. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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17.Jul.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Emulator: Amiga Forever 2014.0.3.0
This little update for the emulator package Amiga Forever 2014 released in June includes among others minor improvements concerning the "jump lists" introduced in Windows 7.
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16.Jul.2014
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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twittAmiga 4.0
twittAmiga written by Oliver 'ciVic' Urbann is a MUI-client for Twitter. Additional to versions for AmigaOS 3.x and MorphOS, this latest release also is available for AmigaOS 4.
Download: twittAmiga.lha (4 MB)
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16.Jul.2014
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4 / AROS: PictureAlbum r1
After the "preview"-version (amiga-news.de reported), now version 1 of PictureAlbum written by Christopher Handley is available. By fixing a bug in PortablE the memory consumption of the graphic boards was lowered. The included MorphOS version creates buggy thumbnails. The author would be grateful for every hint which could solve the problem.
PictureAlbum can search picture directories which then are presented as thumbnails. By double-clicking the pictures can be viewed (screenshot). The programm saves the position of each opened picture of a directory.
Download: PictureAlbum.lha (1 MB)
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15.Jul.2014
a1k.org/forum (Webseite)
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New games: "Flappy Bird" and "Donkey Downfall"
Last weekend in Norwegian Solskogen, the eleventh scene party took place. In the "Wild"-competition two little games were released:
Flappy Bird is a port of the well-known Smartphone game. In Donkey Downfall (Youtube-video) you have to jump down platforms as fast as possible with a gorilla - a donkey does not appear in the game. The game requires 1 MB Chip-RAM.
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14.Jul.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)
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AROS: 68k-Distribution AROS Vision 2.7
Olaf Schönweiß has released version 2.7 of the AROS/68k-distribution AROS Vision which among others has updated ROM-files.
Changes:
- ROMs updated
- MUI Royale updated
- IBrowse optimized (recommendations for SSL included)
- Simplemail now english by default
- Digibooster Demo added
- Audio software added (new Trackers)
- Filetypes added or improved (f.e. new filetypes for PowerD and Amiga-E sources)
- On AMOS (menu prefs) you can change between Intuition and Game extension (both use same slot)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 14. Jul. 2014, 18:46] [Comments: 0]
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14.Jul.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: GenesisPlus 1.7
GenesisPlus emulates the Sega-consoles Mega Drive, Sega CD, Master System and Game Gear.
Version 1.7 only shows ROM-files with a valid type (.cue|.bin|.smd|.sms|.gg), automatically sets the audio and video timing using the version of the ROM (PAL or NTSC) and offers preview pictures in the startup window as well as in the savestate manager.
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14.Jul.2014
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AppStore: First screenshots of "AMIStore"
In October, the British trader Amigakit announced an "AppStore" called "AMIStore". The address amistore.net now is available, but without any functions. On amiga.org now some screenshots of the AmigaOS application have been published which later will be used for searching and purchasing software in the store.
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13.Jul.2014
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AmigaOS 3: SSL-connection to 1&1, GMX, web.de might fail
According to Jens 'damato' Maus (YAM-Team) in the Amiga-News-forum, currently problems could occur if YAM or SimpleMail are trying to establish a SSL-connection to the mail servers of 1&1, GMX or web.de.
Some weeks ago, the configuration of the mail servers have been changed: The mail programms have only little time (few seconds) to establish a SSL-connection. For computer systems which are buzy or slow - like real Amiga hardware - the time could be not long enough and the connections cannot be established.
According to Jens Maus, an update for AmiSSL is being developed which is supposed to speed up the initialization of SSL-connections.
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13.Jul.2014
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Aminet-Uploads until 12.07.2014
The following packages have been added to Aminet until July 12th, 2014:
BackUp.lha disk/bakup 61K 68k A simple backup tool.. v1.80
Fussball-WM-2014.lha docs/misc 10K TurboCalc Spreadsheet WM-2014...
anotherworld_os4.lha game/actio 329K OS4 Game engine for Another World
MCE.lha game/edit 1.3M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 1.5M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 1.5M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
Xenomorph_1.0.lha gfx/conv 52K MOS A bitmap to vector tracing tool
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 3.5M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 3.8M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
amath.lha misc/math 86K 68k Simple command line calculator.
InstantZip_2.1.3.lha util/arc 180K MOS InstantZip - A easy ZIP archi...
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 337K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
MPlayer-GUI.lha util/misc 206K OS4 GUI for MPlayer for OS4
xoxo.zip util/misc 182K 68k new ripper and monitor with GUI
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13.Jul.2014
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 12.07.2014
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until July 12th, 2014:
libgmp.lha dev/lib 1Mb 4.0 OS4 port of GMP ( GNU Multiple P...
e-uae.lha emu/com 3Mb 4.0 E-UAE with EasyUAE GUI
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
lix.lha gam/puz 6Mb 4.0 Interactive Rodent Simulator (Le...
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
dcraw.lha gra/con 3Mb 4.0 CLI converter for camera raw files
fastview.lha gra/vie 3Mb 4.1 Show, crop & scale pictures ...
evenmore.lha uti/tex 452kb 4.0 Freeware Textviewer
mplayer-gui.lha vid/mis 206kb 4.0 GUI for MPlayer for OS4
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12.Jul.2014
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Xenomorph 1.0
Carsten Siegner's Xenomorph is a MUI-programm based on potrace, which can convert black-and-white pictures into vector graphics. Among others the file formats PNG, JPG, GIF and BMP are supported.
Download: Xenomorph_1.0.lha (52 KB)
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12.Jul.2014
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Project: Graphic board as partly equipped platine for A500 and Zorro-slot
Currently Amiga-user Matthias "Matze" Heinrichs is reworking the design of a clone of a 20 years old graphic board Picasso II+ developed by Georg Braun. The final product is supposed to be working in a Zorro-Slot as well as (after removing a part of the connector block) in the expansion port of an Amiga 500:
In order to to be suitable with different cases, the VGA-port is on a separate platine which is connected with the graphic board by cable. This second platine also also can be connected with the Scandoubler Indivision. An integrated switcher automatically provides the required signal (graphic board or Indivision) to the VGA-port.
Heinrichs is going to sell the board as partly equipped construction kit: RAM-chips, VGA-chip, video switcher and the CPLD have been already soldered up. The other parts (resistors, condensers, wired parts) the user has to assemble by himself.
Currently it is not possible to say when the board will be available. Due to the sale as construction kit, a private sale without a trade intermediary is possible. Currently the CPLD is programmed: Autoconfig is largely implemented, according to Heinrichs programming the memory/IO-statemachine and the monitor switcher is still missing.
For the moment the well-known Picasso driver of the Picasso96 distribution can be used. It is planned to adapt this RTG-system, which currently requires at least a 68020-processor, to the 68000: the planned accelerator board Zeus contains a 50 Mhz 68000 which would be fast enough to supply the graphic board with data.
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09.Jul.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Full version: "Erben der Erde" available for download
The website of the Amiga Future offers the full version of "Erben der Erde" for download. Due to the size of the file, you have to register at amigafuture.de to access the download-link.
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09.Jul.2014
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Installation guide for E-UAE and WHDLoad (English)
Paolo 'Jambalah' Russo has written a detailed English language tutorial about E-UAE-installation under MorphOS and about launching WHDLoad-games out of Ambient. Additional to the PDF-file there is also a Word document giving you the chance to translate the text.
Download sites:
E-UAE_installation_on_MorphOS.pdf
E-UAE_installation_on_MorphOS.docx
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08.Jul.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Software-News: MPlayer-GUI 1.52, BackUp 1.80
Daniel 'Deniil' Westerberg has released updates for two of his tools. MPlayer-GUI 1.52 includes new graphics, support for sb600*-CD/DVD-devices and fixes a bug in the full screen mode of the control panel.
Changes in BackUp 1.80:
- Fixed crash when copying 2GB+ files.
- Added a menu item: "Target is FAT file system". Use this when backing up to a partition with FAT file system to prevent BackUp from copying existing files over and over. The reason is that FAT can only store even seconds (0,2,4,6,..) in the file timestamp so it will not match the Amiga file timestamp.
- Also added auto-detection of FAT file system when doing an incremental backup.
- Added a synchronize mode. When clicking Clean first you will be asked if it should automatically backup when finished. Saves you some time when synchronizing backups.
- BackUp will automatically skip the ".recycled" dir when present in the root of a SFS/2 or JXFS partition. No need to manually put it in the skiplist anymore.
- Fixed size calculation for big files (2-4GB). Files over 4GB will be correctly copied and calculated, except in test mode. The "N bytes extra space was needed" may be wrong with 4GB+ files.
- Made it possible to select files over 2GB for the skiplist
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08.Jul.2014
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New USB-adapters for keyboards, mouse and joystick announced
In Poland, obviously two new adapters are developed, which can connect an USB mouse and joystick (Youtube-Video) or keyboards (Youtube-Video) with an Amiga. The adapters emulate the original hardware, which does not require any kind of software or driver installation.
So far, there is little information about the adapters, only available in Polish (thread at ppa.pl about the keyboard-adapter). The final devices are supposed to be commercially sold.
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08.Jul.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Evenmore 0.81-7.7.14 (AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS)
EvenMore is a text viewer written with ECX in Amiga E and by Chris Perver. Changes in the latest version:
- Ffinally cracked the AmigaWriter fileformat. Colours, text align and most styles are supported.
- WordPerfect plugin will now recognize right and centre aligned text.
- StarWriter5 plugin will now handle strikethrough text.
- Fixed bug in Wordwrap plugin and clipboard, which meant that an extra character was being copied to the clipboard at the end of each line.
- WordWorth, FinalWriter, ProWrite, RTF and Pagestream plugins will now recognize the right and centre aligned text.
- Added a new Escape code. ESC[66m will centre text which follows it.
- Added a new Escape code. ESC[65m will undo right and centre text.
- Updated HTML plugin to recognize right and centre alignment in p and h1-6 and center.
- Fixed bug. Was unnecessarily setting the font soft style of the rastport while parsing lines.
- Sped up line display a bit. Added an extra IF block, thus removing the need for checking all font styles every time a line is displayed.
- Added a new Escape code. ESC[64m will right align text which follows it.
- Updated Dir2Text plugin so that file sizes will be displayed and right aligned using the new escape code.
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08.Jul.2014
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Sample-Collection: DRUMS4Amiga
DRUMS4Amiga is a collection of drum-samples, which can be used with the well-known Amiga-trackers.
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[News message: 08. Jul. 2014, 16:27] [Comments: 0]
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08.Jul.2014
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New Demo: Multiplayer Coop-Shooter "Chaos Guns"
"Chaos Guns" combines the four independently playable charakters from "Hired Guns" with the bird's-eye view from "Alien Breed". Due to the feedback, the second demo version was highly reworked compared to the first preview.
According to the authors the demo now offers a real preview to the game. The first release was called a "Tech-Demo". The most important changes:
- Prefs are improved and integrated to main executable, it offers more transparent settings and testing
- only AHI sound is now supported!
- new graphics, new design of puzzles (it really plays as totally new game on old, but improved map)
- improved design of weapons and enemies
- adjusted difficulty - now you should be able easily beat the demo in one person!
- complete storyboard implementation
- complete gameplay remake
Direct download: ChaosGunsDemoV1_2.lha (5 MB)
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06.Jul.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Magazine: Commodore Free, issue 81
"Commodore Free" is a free, English-language magazine about Commodore and Amiga computers, which is available in different formats - among others as HTML-version and as C64-Diskmag.
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06.Jul.2014
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Aminet-Uploads until 05.07.2014
The following packages have been added to Aminet until July 5th, 2014:
FPSE-SpanishGuide.lha docs/hyper 16K FPSE 0.10.4 Spanish Guide
Fussball-WM-2014.lha docs/misc 10K TurboCalc Spreadsheet WM-2014...
2048.lha game/board 435K MOS "2048" - Logical game (Amiga ...
POWDERDEMO.zip game/demo 296K 68k 1991 demo of a commercial Sho...
Xess.lha game/wb 31K 68k Put some 'X' shapes!
potrace-mos.lha gfx/conv 865K MOS Transform bitmaps into vector...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 3.5M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 3.9M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 3.8M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
HWP_MUIRoyale.lha util/libs 4.1M MOS Hollywood plugin for MUI GUIs
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 334K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
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06.Jul.2014
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 05.07.2014
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until July 5th, 2014:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
anotherworld.lha gam/act 329kb 4.1 Game engine for Another World
potrace.lha gra/con 249kb 4.0 transform bitmaps into vector gr...
hwp_muiroyale.lha lib/hol 4Mb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for MUI GUIs
weather.lha net/mis 4kb 4.1 weather env vars for your titlebar
webdav-handler.lha net/mis 1Mb 4.0 DOS handler for accessing WebDAV...
fastnote.lha uti/tex 268kb 4.1 A little Workbench Post-it like ...
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06.Jul.2014
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 05.07.2014
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until July 5th, 2014:
Xump 1.0 gam/thi 888 In this logic game a player...
SteamDraw 2.5 gra/edi 448 Vector graphics editor. Sup...
Multimeedio 1.2 mul/pla 31 Lua/ARexx script for unifie...
UniScrobbler 1.1 mul/pla 39 A Lua script to send Last.f...
Jukebox Volumizer 1.1 mus/pla 36 A Lua script automatically ...
SoundBankster 1.2 mus/pla 393 Software diskjockey double ...
InstantUnpack 1.0 uti/pac 25 A simple MUI based client f...
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06.Jul.2014
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WHDLoad: New package until 05.07.2014
Using WHDLoad,you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installer has been added until July 5th, 2014:
- 2014-07-03 improved: Lionheart Demo (Thalion) slave rewritten, CD³² joypad buttons supported, trainers added (Info)
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03.Jul.2014
Alinea Computer (ANF)
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Merchandising: AmigaOS beach-Boingball
Press release: We are proud as a licensed distributor to offer you the new exclusive AmigaOS beach-boingball. AmigaOS beach-boingball is a red and white chequered beachball with approximately 28cm diameter. During conception we tried to ensure that the number of segments and the used colours come as close as possible to the original.
The beach-boingballs are made out of durable PVC to ensure a long life even in heavy use.
Features:
- ca. 28cm diameter
- Durable PVC
- 72 red and white checkered segments in total
8,95 Euro price incl. 19% VAT. The AmigaOS beach-boingball is now available at our online shop. If you are interested as a dealer please contact us at E-Mail.
We are looking forward to your order!
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03.Jul.2014
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: MUI Royale 1.2
Press release: Airsoft Softwair is proud to present the immediate availability of MUI Royale 1.2. This is a major update and finally allows you to dynamically create MUI objects at runtime.
In earlier versions it wasn't possible to add new windows or gadgets to an existing GUI at runtime. MUI Royale 1.2 now adds support for dynamic modification of all GUI components which allows you to tap the full potential of MUI, e.g. it'd be possible now to write tools like a WYSIWYG GUI builder which then exports MUI Royale XML code ready to be used in MUI Royale.
Additionally, MUI Royale 1.2 adds support for further new MUI 4.x features like dynamic addition of register pages or register pages with a close gadget. Last but not least the 68000 build of MUI Royale has support for MUI 3.9 now as this is finally available for 68000 systems, too.
MUI Royale requires at least Hollywood 5.2 and is provided free of charge for all users of Hollywood. It is available for AmigaOS 3 (m68k), AmigaOS 4 (PPC), MorphOS (PPC), and AROS (i386).
The package comes with over 20 example scripts, many of which are direct ports from the MUI 3.8 SDK by Stefan Stuntz, but there are also original developments like demonstrations of how to create a video player using the combined power of Hollywood and MUI. On top of that MUI Royale comes with extensive documentation in over 300 PDF pages which are also available in the HTML, AmigaGuide, and CHM formats thanks to the Hollywood documentation system.
All this makes MUI Royale the truly royal MUI experience, carefully crafted for you Kings and Queens of MUI!
Screenshots:
mr_shot1.png,
mr_shot2.png,
mr_shot3.png
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03.Jul.2014
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Magazine: Amiga Future, Issue 108
Today the German and English language issue 109 (July/August 2014) of the magazine Amiga Future was published. The magazine includes among others a review to Retrosoft and Amiga911 Maker as well as a report about the "long night of the computer games".
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03.Jul.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Developer tool: vasm 1.7
Frank Wille has released an update of vasm, which is a portable assemble supporting different CPU-families. You can find a list of changes under the title link.
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01.Jul.2014
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of french Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- May/June 2014 news
- Old articles from Amiga News 53 to 56:
- Review: Deluxe Paint 4.5
- Report: Imagina 1993
- Hardware: Falcon 030
- Report: Amiga at Aéroport de Paris
- Review: ImageFX 1.0
- Hardware: Clarity 16
- Review: AmigaOS 3.0
- Review: F-Basic
- Report: World of Commodore 1992 Francfort
- Hardware: Amiga 3000UX etc.
- Interview with Szilárd Biró (developer for AROS, MorphOS and AmigaOS 4)
- Interview with Dale Luck (old Amiga developer)
- Review of Rubicon
- Review of AmigaOS 2.1
- Hardware: Cortex Floppy Emulator
- Comparative: the first display devices on Amiga
- Report: restauration of the Amiga's drawings at the Andy Warhol Museum
- File: RTC modems (update)
- File: official Amigas and commercialized clones (update)
- File: Amiga prototypes and projects (update)
- Tutorial: Wi-Fi on Amiga 600 (with Prism and Genesis)
- Tutorial: configure YouTube Center
- Book: The Future Was Here
- Special quizz about the Amiga 1200
Articles in english:
- Interview with Szilárd Biró (developer for AROS, MorphOS and AmigaOS 4)
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29.Jun.2014
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Aminet-Uploads until 28.06.2014
The following packages have been added to Aminet until June 28th, 2014:
webdav-handler.lha comm/www 1.2M OS4 DOS handler for accessing Web...
libopenssl.lha dev/lib 10M OS4 The Open Source toolkit for S...
Fussball-WM-2014.lha docs/misc 10K TurboCalc Spreadsheet WM-2014...
f12014carset.lha game/data 7K 2014 Car Set for F1GP Ed/Micr...
MCE.lha game/edit 1.1M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 1.3M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 1.3M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
Blokator.lha game/wb 33K 68k Put together blocks of same t...
Knight.lha game/wb 32K 68k Move a Knight on a chess board
Oslide.lha game/wb 32K 68k Clear all tiles from the board!
Quad_Q.lha game/wb 34K 68k A peg game with 4 board sizes
Thumper.lha game/wb 35K 68k Move shapes to their resp. de...
Try_Angle.lha game/wb 34K 68k Move on some triangles!
MCHAMMER-Rips.zip mods/demo 649K MCHAMMER-Rips
PSI-NOLIMIT-Rips.zip mods/demo 319K PSI-NOLIMIT-Rips
RAF-MEGA-Rips.zip mods/demo 3.3M RAF-MEGA-Rips (100% + Update)
UGLY-BLONDE-Rips.zip mods/demo 652K UGLY-BLONDE-Rips
JukeboxVolumizer.lha mus/play 36K MOS Adjusts volume level in Jukebox
MultiMeedio.lha mus/play 31K Script to control many media ...
UniScrobbler.lha mus/play 39K MOS Last.fm scrobbler script
InstantUnpack_1.0.lha util/arc 25K MOS A easy Archive unpacker
layers.lha util/sys 88K 68k Layers Library V45 for Os 3.9
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 28.06.2014
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until June 28th, 2014:
amigavars.lha dev/lib 47kb 4.1 Python module for read / write a...
libopenssl.lha dev/lib 10Mb 4.0 The Open Source toolkit for SSL/TLS
beer.lha gam/pla 2Mb 4.0 get some beer!
mce.lha gam/uti 1Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
weather.lha net/mis 3kb 4.1 weather env vars for your titlebar
cpudock.lha uti/doc 294kb 4.0 Docky to monitor the CPU workload
littlebrother.lha uti/doc 3Mb 4.1 Docky : Internet Webcams on your...
sysmon.lha uti/wor 2Mb 4.1 monitor for Process, Windows (+ ...
smtube.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.1 Qt : direct stream + download Yo...
webreplay.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.1 Watch videos from various websit...
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29.Jun.2014
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 28.06.2014
The following package has been added to AROS-Archives until June 28th, 2014:
missdriller.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 893kb Mr.Driller clone. Dig deep. Avoi...
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29.Jun.2014
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 28.06.2014
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until June 28th, 2014:
2048 1.0 gam/thi 321 MorphOS clone of well known...
Spreedy 0.9 off/dat 2604 A table editor and spreadsh...
rhLaunch 0.8 uti/emu 108 Launch graphical interface ...
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29.Jun.2014
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WHDLoad: New packages until 28.06.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installer has been added until June 28th, 2014:
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28.Jun.2014
Johannes Genberg (ANF)
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Swedish print magazine: Amiga Forum 9
Press release: Just when the Swedish midsummer holiday has passed there is another reson to celibrate: the latest issue of AMIGA FORUM is here! This issue (#9) is dedicated to the Amiga fair AmiGBG that was at the 3rd of May. But we also write about:
- News from SUGA, SAFIR and the Amiga world
- GG2 card for sale: the cheapest way to get network for Amiga
- FPGA based Amiga clones
- Noisetracker 25 years
- Game review: Putty Squad
This issue is 28 pages (16 in colour) of pure Amiga! You can order your issue at the title link (Swedish only, sorry) for 25 Swedish Kronor plus shipping. Members of Swedish User Group of Amiga (SUGA) get the magazine for free. (snx)
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28.Jun.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: SoundBankster 1.2
Antoine 'tchecko' Dubourg's SoundBankster (screenshot) is an application für DJs, which can be completely controlled with an USB-DJ-Deck. A system with at least 512 MB RAM is recommended.
The programm was written for MorphOS and uses the new HID-sensor-API of MorphOS 3.6. Furthermore Reggae (loading and playing music), AHI (dual sound output with different AHI-units) and TinyGL (rendering of the diagram of the sounds).
Features:
- Support for the new HID Sensors API of MorphOS 3.6
- Waveform rendering with TinyGL
- Reggae support for decoding and rendering audio
- Memory playback for stutterless audio rendering
- 20ms audio buffer for realtime effects
- Beat detection algorithm
- Accurate track pitch
- Filters
- Loops
- Playlist import/export with ranking and BPM databases
- Unlimited recording in WAVE format
- Heavily threaded for non blocking user interface
- Supports dual audio output via AHI units
- MUI interface
- All this in a packed 100KB executable
Download: SoundBankster.lha (393 KB)
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28.Jun.2014
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MorphOS 3.6 released
Press release: The MorphOS development team is proud to announce the immediate availability of MorphOS 3.6. Delivering one of the most requested features, this new version can now utilize the built-in Wi-Fi hardware in all Apple systems that feature Broadcom´s BCM43 chipset. In addition, MorphOS further extends its support of graphics chipsets to include AMD´s R400 series by adding compatibility with Radeon X800 XT / Pro and FireGL X3 cards. Moreover, the latest version of MorphOS now enables laptop owners to define custom screen modes and provides default modes for increasingly common high resolution displays.
Improving interoperability and overall convenience, MorphOS 3.6 adds a new SMBFS filesystem handler with 64-bit I/O support for easy file sharing via network storage devices, a new VNC server to control your MorphOS systems remotely or even without a display, and a Synergy client for sharing a nearby mouse and keyboard with any Linux, MacOS or Windows machine that is part of your local network and acts as a Synergy server.
As usual, MorphOS 3.6 includes many more improvements and bug fixes. For a more complete list of all changes, please read our MorphOS 3.6 release notes.
We strongly urge new users to carefully read our installation and troubleshooting guides before they attempt to install MorphOS for the first time. Existing users can upgrade via the familiar procedure but are encouraged to read the guides as well. MorphOS 3.6 is available for download in our files section.
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27.Jun.2014
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: InstantUnpack 1.0
Carsten Siegner's InstantUnpack is a CLI-command, which can extract archives using an MUI user-interface and the xadmaster.library (screenshot). The programm is meant to be linked with the Ambient file types. Encrypted archives are not supported yet.
Download: InstantUnpack_1.0.lha (25 KB)
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27.Jun.2014
Alinea Computer (ANF)
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Alinea Computer: New website and online shop
Press release: We are proud to present you our new website and as well as our new online shop.
This new web presence comes with a new structure, a new design and and new functions to enhance your overview of our products and services. Additional we want to offer you more service and support online.
The new website and online store are design to fit dynamical to your device. From now on it is regardless of whether you visit our websites with an Amiga, tablet or smartphone, you always will see it in correct resolution and best usability.
Greetings
your Alinea Computer team
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26.Jun.2014
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: ZuneView 0.11
For AROS, Yannick Erb has released version 0.11 of his picture viewer with editing functions called ZuneView.
Changes:
- Embedded exif display in main window
- Added Settings window rather than menu
- Major rework to ease settings savings
- Settings are saved in icon tooltype, can be saved automatically at exit, keeping also last file/directory parsed
- Better magnification handling, separate MUIA_PictDisp_FIT attribute
- ListTree Hooks are in specific file
- Moved some functions to methods of mcc_Pictdisp
- Moved exif list update function to exif.c
- Limited text length for thumbnail name
- Improved (faster) image display (background only displayed when really needed
- Mouse wheel zooms in/out if "fit" isn't selected
- Added gadgets to control picture display from main window
- Added icon with default tooltypes
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