09.Jul.2010
os4welt.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Lodepaint Rev. 92
Lodepaint is a 32-bit paint program which works over OpenGL (screenshot). Originally the program was meant for the development of textures and "sprites". Therefore this program is pixel based.
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09.Jul.2010
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: ffmpeg 0.6
The latest version 0.6 of the program ffmpeg is now available as common and Altivec-optimized version (as gpatch-file) for AmigaOS 4.
Sine the last version for AmigaOS 4 the following formats were added: Deluxe-Paint-animationa, CD-graphics, Apple Core Audio, Chinese AVS-video, Adobe film strip, Dolby TrueHD, Sony Wave64, Psygnosis YOP, VP8-Video, WMA 9 Professional, Blu-Ray-Audio, DivX-subtitle, the WebM file format, RTMP-stream support and many more.
According to the author Michael Trebilcock ffmpeg could run under AmigaOS 4.0. But ffplay requires a fast processor as well as probably AmigaOS 4.1 Update 1.
x264 encoding is broken and has bad quality, but has been included anyway. It may work properly on machines with Altivec support. This is yet to be tested..
ffmpeg 0.6 and libx264 revision 100 have incompatible default settings. Due to this, .ffpreset files can be used and are included. libx264 encoding was not available in the previous OS4 port. No functionality has been lost.
Download: ffmpeg.lha (13 MB)
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07.Jul.2010
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Software-News: EvenMore 0.68, Amiga Media Center Preview-Video
Text viewer: EvenMore 0.68 (5.7.10)
Chris Perver's EvenMore is a text viewer written in AmigaE. Changes since our last message:
- Amended EvenMore executable to allow you to pass an extra filename on to the plugins. If you click on a link beginning with a #, EvenMore will pass this link on to the plugins along with the path to the currently opened file. This will allow EvenMore plugins to browse inside archives while still keeping a note of the actual file being accessed.
- Amended Arc2Text.plugin to browse LHA files, although there are still some bugs, the code needs to be optomised and files cannot yet be extracted.
- Fixed bug in filetypes plugin. Was incorrectly using pattern string as the buffer as well for the pattern parsing function.
- Created a basic LHA viewing plugin and preferences. You will need to delete the #?.lha filetype from the filtypes.txt file in order for this plugin to work.
- Hyperlinks to files no longer needs full path to be specified.
EvenMore will append the path of the currently viewed file to any linked files. Also amended Dir2Text plugin so that it does not use full paths any more. This should speed things up.
- Mariusz Danilewicz of the ATO team has kindly updated the Polish catalog.
- Removed patternStringF module and replaced with my own RawDoFmt() code.
Status update for Amiga Media Center
Pascal Papara has published a video at YouTube which demonstrates the latest status of the AMC ("Amiga Media Center").
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07.Jul.2010
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AROS: Icaros Desktop 1.2.3
Paolo Besser has published an update of his AROS-distribution Icaros Desktop. The update includes updated versions of different system files as well as of applications and introduces some improved and new features.
Now YouTube-videos can be played and the support of 3D/2D-graphic of most of the Nvidia-boards was improved. The music editor BigBand or the Vector graphic program AmiFig were added as well as the desktop-grabber Screenrecorder.
Icaros Desktop 1.2.3 is available in two versions: As complete Live!-edition and as update-CD for existing installations of version 1.2.2.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2010
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: lzmaLoader 1.2
Harry 'Piru' Sintonen's packer for executable files called lzmaLoader is now available in version 1.2. This is mainly meant for intros of demos.
This latest version includes an improved shared loader of 390 byte which can be used if MorphOS 2.5 (or newer) will be the destination system.
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04.Jul.2010
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: Game ports Aquaria and Lugaru HD
Additional to the AmigaOS-4-version the commercial game Lugaru HD is now also available for AROS/x86 thanks to Yannick Erb. Lugaru HD is an action adventure.
Yannick Erb also ported the AROS-version of the game Aquaria (amiga-news.de reported).
Download:
lugaru.lha (1 MB)
aquaria_aros.lha (2 MB)
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03.Jul.2010
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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XPro Software: Interested in Amiga-version of texture collections? (Update)
The Italian developer XPro Software is thinking about an Amiga version of his texture libraries about materials, sky, trees and trees from the bird's-eye view if there is sufficient interest.
By request of amiga-news.de, XPro Software told that such a Amiga version would not only include IFF-conversions and a "cover in Amiga style" but would also do not cost so much money in order to promote applications on Amiga systems.
The company tries to find out if there is a demand of professional applications in the sections graphics, construction, architecture and 3D.
If you are interested in such an Amiga version of the texture collection of XPro Software then please use the following contact form.
Update: (19:14, 04.07.10, snx)
As XPro Software told us, in case of sufficient interest in the Amiga market for their products also porting of their applications GeniuX Photo EFX and GeniuX Arch EFX (without DWG support) as well as two further programs currently in development might be possible. 3D GeniuX, however, would be too big to be ported to AmigaOS, MorphOS or AROS currently.
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03.Jul.2010
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Aquaria ported
Additional to the version for AmigaOS 4 the commercial 2d action adventure Aquaria published by Bit Blot is now also available for MorphOS thanks to Fabien 'Fab' Coeurjoly.
Download: aquaria-morphos.lha (3 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Jul.2010
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Vintage Computer Festival: BBC-report mentioned Amiga
The BBC-magazine Click reported on the Vintage Computer Festival under the title link.
In this report you can see Stunt Car Racer on an Amiga 1200 as well as the Workbench of an Amiga 1000 and the board of the AmigaOne X1000 developed by A-EON Technology. Stephen Jones who sells the Imica-complete systems was interviewed. He mentioned AmigaOS and MorphOS while his explanations on AROS were cut out.
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03.Jul.2010
Andreas Wolf (Kommentar)
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Asiarim owns Commodore trade marks since February
Since February the Hong Kong company Asiarim Corporation has bought the last parts of the Commodore trade marks . Thus Asiarim is the only owner of the trade mark "Commodore".
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Jul.2010
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Event: Demo scene party Assembly 2010
Since 1992 in Helsinki the demo scene event has been taking place. This year from 5th to 8th of August. You can find further information under the title link.
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02.Jul.2010
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Workbench background picture: 25 years Amiga
The user Alex has created a background picture in different solutions which celebrates the 25th anniversary of our Amiga.
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02.Jul.2010
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
In the last two months some articles have been added to the website of the French AmigaOS and MorphOS magazine Obligement:
- Amiga/MorphOS news of may/june 2010
- Old news from may/june 1998 and its relatives articles: Details of the future Amiga system by Allan Havemose, Amiga Inc. announce the Amiga of the Y2K, Presentation of the new Amiga generation by Jeff Schindler, Interview with Allan Havemose, etc
- Interview with Trevor Dickinson (director of A-EON Technology)
- Interview with Frédéric Boisdron (director of Robootic)
- Interview with Mariusz Wloczysiak (Elbox, November 2000)
- Review of MorphOS 2.5
- Review of Timberwolf 0.1
- Review of Icaros 1.2.2
- Hardware: Zorro II adapter for A500
- Hardware: GVP 4060DT
- File: MorphOS beginner\'s guide (update)
- File: Amiga models (update)
- File: Amiga prototyps (update)
- Tutorial: installation of MorphOS 2.5
- Tutorial: HTML, logical style elements
- Tutorial: HTML, text forms
- Tutorial: Rival
- Tutorial: MorphVectrex
- Special "early years of the Amiga": The Atari 2600 products of Amiga Inc., Report: Summer CES 1984, Amiga's hitech gamble, Report: Winter CES 1985, How Commodore can survive
- Special quizz about Jay Miner, and the year 1988 and 1989
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01.Jul.2010
TextEditor.mcc OpenSource Team, Jens Langner, Thore Böckelmann (ANF)
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MUI-class: TextEditor.mcc 15.34
An update of the MUI-class TextEditor.mcc was published for AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS and AROS. In version 15.34 several bugs were fixed. Crashes and some problems of the memory managment should be fixed. Besides, an installation script was added.
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01.Jul.2010
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 85
Press release: Issue 85 (July/August 2010) of Amiga Future magazine, printed either in English or German, has now been released and can be ordered directly from the editorial office or selected Amiga dealers.
In this issue you'll find a mega interview with Dave Haynie, reviews of iMica, AmigaOS 4.1 Update 2, Hollywood 4.7, LinCity and lots more really good stuff. (cg)
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30.Jun.2010
Amiga-News Forum (Webseite)
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Full version of video player MaVi on Aminet
With the permission of author Hans Raaf, Gregor Wöginger has published the full version of the video and audio player MaVi 2.0 on Aminet. The disk-image was provided by Frank Ruthe.
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30.Jun.2010
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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AROS-Distribution: Broadway 0.0.2R7
Pascal Papara has published an update of his AROS-distribution Broadway. Some changes in version 0.0.2R7:
- Requester improved
- AMC-Video-Demo ("Buy"-button works now, but there is still nothing to buy!)
- Broadway-Guide works without problems (more guides will follow)
- System works fine (AresOne)
- Wallpaper fits to all solutions up to 1080p
New applications in this update:
- Vice
- Jabberwocky
- DukeNukem3D
- Descent (both Dosbox
- Youtube Downloader
- Screenrecorder
- Amifig (this version can print -> choose PrintPS in the menu)
- HivelyTracker
- Protrekker
- and many more little things...
Hints of the author:
- the JanusUAE-Icon works, the AmigaForever-Icon is only a copy (only starting JanusUAE - will be changed)
- If you want to change the solution in the screenprefs, please close the starter with ctrl-c (strg-c)!
- The online update will follow, ISO for 0.0.2R7 is already available
- if the games should run too slowly in the DOSBox, please increase the frameskip with Strg-F8.
Additionally Pascal Papara points out that the next five buyers of an AresOne will get a licence of the HD-Recording-Software Audio Evolution for free which was recently ported to AROS. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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30.Jun.2010
Thore Böckelmann (ANF)
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FlexCat 2.7: Ports for all Amiga-systems and Linux
FlexCat creates catalog files as well as the source files. Meanwhile FlexCat is open-source and is developed further by the FlexCat Open Source Team.
In version 2.7 several bugs were fixed and a new installation script added. Additionally ports for MorphOS, AROS and Linux were published.
Several translations are included in the archive but only the German and Polish ones are up-to-date. If you are interested in supporting the project by updating a different translation then please write a mail to the team.
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29.Jun.2010
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Emulator: WinUAE 2.2.0
Version 2.2.0 of the Amiga emulator WinUAE was published. You can find a detailed list of changes under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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29.Jun.2010
Frank Wille (ANF)
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Jump and Run: Sqrxz 0.9.9
Sqrxz is a Jump'n'Run puzzle game that requires fast reflexes and is advertized to have a high frustration factor (screenshot). Originally made in 1996 for MS-DOS and Windows 95, the remake is available for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, NetBSD, Symbian OS and Windows.
Features:
- Hardly any game will annoy you more! Frustration deluxe ahead!
- Amiga'ish feeling!
- 16 Levels including a "beginners" level
- 18 Chiptunes
- Classic AND new graphic mode
- Top 10 highscore
- Endless continue mode
- Hidden easter egg
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29.Jun.2010
Frank Wille (ANF)
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Jump'n Run: Giana's Return 0.999 (AmigaOS 4/MorphOS)
Frank Wille has ported the inofficial Giana Sisters sequel "Giana's Return" to AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS (screenshots: 1, 2): The player guides Giana, who has to rescue her kidnapped sister and find the magic ruby to defeat Evil Swampy.
Features of Giana's Return:
- 7 Worlds, with each 8 Levels - followed by a 'big boss'
- Power Ups and Extras
- Oldschool style pixeled sprites and tiles
- Wonderful hand drawn backgrounds
- Illustrated hand drawn storyline
- Over 18 Tracks of finest chip music!
- Multi-Language: German, English, French, Spanish
- Password and/or save game (depending on release platform)
- Hidden Warp Zones and Bonus Caves
- Hidden Trainer
- TOP 10 Highscore
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28.Jun.2010
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AmigaOne X1000 to appear at Amiga-Event 2010 in Essen, Germany
Press release London 27th June 2010 - Following the successful debut of the AmigaOne X1000 at the UK's inaugural Vintage Computer Festival at Bletchley Park last weekend it will make another public appearance running the latest AmigaOS 4 Update at the Amiga-Event 2010 in Essen, Germany to mark the 25th Anniversary of the original Amiga 1000.
A-EON Technology and Hyperion Entertainment will again share a joint stand. Come along and meet A-EON and the Hyperion developers and take the opportunity to get up close and personal with the new AmigaOne computer. It is anticipated that AmigaKit, the lead distributor for the AmigaOne X1000, will have a German version of the AmigaOne "Boing Ball" keyboard available for sale at the Essen show.
What: Amiga-Event 2010
Where: Triple Z, Essen, Germany
When: Saturday 24th July 2010; 10:00 am - 18:00 pm
Website: http://www.amiga-event.de/indexe.html
Trevor Dickinson
Director, A-EON Technology CVBA (cg) (Translation: snx)
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28.Jun.2010
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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OpenSSL 1.0.0a
The OpenSSL-project is a toolkit implementation of the protocols Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1).
The AmigaOS-port is completely native, the ixemul.library is not required.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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28.Jun.2010
Murakami (ANF)
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Print magazine: aMiGa=PoWeR 46
The French print magazine aMiGa=PoWeR has been published since 1998 by the Association Française du Libre Essai (AFLE). Topics of issue 46:
- News: AmigaOS 4.1 Update 2, Sam460ex, Hollywood 4.7...
- Articles: AmigaOne X1000, all OS 4.1-computers, PowerPC-News in 2010...
- Reviews: AmigaOS 4.1 Update 1, RunInUAE, AmiPodder 1.7, a SATA-board in AmigaOne...
- Tutorials: Hieronymus, optimal preferences in OWB, HTML-programming...
- and much more
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27.Jun.2010
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Interview with Trevor Dickinson (A-EON Technology)
At the Vintage Computer Festival Nicholas and Richard Piotrowski have interviewed Trevor Dickinson from A-EON Technology for the Polish Amiga-portal PPA.
Under the title link you can read the complete English interview as well as Polish translation.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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26.Jun.2010
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MorphOS: SCANdal 1.4 (Beta)
MuiScan written by Michal "zukow" Zukowski is a scanner application which supports driver in Betascan-format (screenshot). Changes in version 1.4:
- Autofilter
- Crop
- Load images via Reggae and handling DPI info
- DPI saving in JPEG and TIFF saver
- MUI bubbles
- Ruler added
- Plugins removed from archive - use path in prefs for Sketch plugins from MorphOS >= 2.5
Download: scandal_beta.lha (140 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jun.2010
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Video: Short interviews from Vintage Computer Festival
Last Saturday in Bletchley (Great Britain) the Vintage Computer Festival took place. An user has published a video where different participants and organizers were interviewed.
amigashow2010.avi (107 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jun.2010
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Audio-Tools: Normalize 0.7.7, VorbisTools 1.4.0, mp3gain 1.5.1
Michel "DMX" Bagmeijer has compiled some tools for editing audio files for AmigaOS: mp3gain and Normalize adapt the volume of different files. Vorbistools is a collection of tools for encoding, decoding and editing of Ogg-Vorbis audio files.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jun.2010
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Aquaria ported (beta version)
Aquaria (screenshot) is a commercial 2d-action-adventure published by Bit Blot for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. Andrea Palmatè has ported this game also to AmigaOS 4 which can be downloaded as beta version under the title link.
The archive includes the demo version of the game. The complete version must be bought from Bit Blot.
System requirements:
- An Amiga NG (SAM, micro-A1, A1, Pegasos 2)
- 512 MB of RAM (1 GB reccomended)
- A video card with at least 64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended to play the game correctly)
- Latest SDL library (included in the package)
- OpenAL (the included one does cause an error at exit of the program)
- MiniGL 2.2 (included in the package)
Known problems:
- If you have a system with 512 MB and 64 MB video RAM, it is better to close all programs before running Aquaria. Use also a 16 Bit Workbench screen with compositing effects off to save Video RAM
- You could get trashed textures in the menu (and also during the game). This means that you are out of memory (video and/or system).
The game is still playable but you should free something before continuing to play. A video card with 128 MB of RAM should cure all problems. Otherwise, if this happens you can close the game and restart from a saved location
- When you push escape key during the game the machine could freeze. I don't know why but i have nothing on the serial debug output and I don't know why it does freeze
Download: Aquaria.lha.lzh (200 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jun.2010
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Source code of eaudio.device published
Under the title link Emanuele Cesaroni (Nexus Development) has published the source code of his eaudio.device for MorphOS.
This is an alternative to the audio.device.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jun.2010
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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NTP Commander: Open-source-release
Thanks to the initiative of Jaroslav 'Prober' Kabara, Patrick Sucansky has released his Norton-Commander-clone NTP Commander (screenshot) for free as well as its source code.
Download:
ntp_commander_1.1.dms (317 KB)
ntp_source.zip (514 KB)
dice.zip (2 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jun.2010
Martin Merz (ANF)
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Masonicons: New icons, new website
Three new icon archives are available on the new designed Masonicons website (which is still under construction). The icons of these archives are suggestions from the 3rd Masonicons Wunschkonzert.
- Masonicons Collextion 3/2010
- Disk Icons Collection (Update)
- Drawer Icons Collecton
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23.Jun.2010
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Level-Editor: The Chaos Construct
The Chaos Construct is a level editor for the CD32-version of The Chaos Engine running under Windows. You have to install Chaos Engine manually or with the help of WHDLoad to your harddrive. Then the original level files can be replaced by the self-made ones. The documentation of the editor is included in the distribution but is also available as online guide.
Download: chaosconstruct_setup_2.5.0.2.exe (4,1 MB)
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23.Jun.2010
Stefan Haubenthal (ANF)
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MorphOS: GNU Robbo 0.65.6
GNU Robbo is a SDL-based reimplementation of the game Robbo for Atari XE/XL.
After the AmigaOS-version now a MorphOS-port is available, too.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Jun.2010
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Amiga Future: Issue 68 online
The articles of issue 68 of the Amiga Future are available online.
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22.Jun.2010
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MorphOS: VisualBoy Advance 1.7.2, Plugin-SDK for Sketch/Scandal
VisualBoy Advance
Fabien "Fab" Coeurjoly has compiled the Gameboy-emulator Visualboy Advance 1.7.2 to MorphOS. He did not know that Christian Rosentreter had published this version of the program some years ago. But he supposes that his version might be "much faster".
Plugin-SDK for Sketch and Scandal
With Pawel "stefko's" Stefanski's plugin-SDK you can create effect-plugins for the graphic propgram Sketch as well as for Michal Zukowski's scanner software Scandal.
Download: plugin_sdk.lha (6 KB)
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21.Jun.2010
emumiga.com (ANF)
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AROS: First alpha version of transparent 68k-emulator Emumiga
Magnus Öberg's Emumiga is supposed to make it possible to transparently use AmigaOS 3 applications under AROS without having to use an Amiga emulator. Additionally Emumiga is meant for being an interface between 68k-code and the native AROS system calls (currently supported system calls and structures).
Up to now only the two appliactions "Dir" and "Clock" from the AmigaOS 3-distribution were tested.
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21.Jun.2010
aros.org (ANF)
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AROS: Status-Update June 2010
Under the title link Paolo Besser has summarized the latest developments of the open-source operating system AROS.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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20.Jun.2010
Amigan Software (ANF)
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AmiArcadia 14.09
AmiArcadia emulates different game consoles like Arcadia 2001 or the only German console Interton VC4000 which are based on the Signetics 2650A.
Version 14.09 is available for AmigaOS 3.5, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. A list of the emulated consoles as well as of the features of the Amiga-port is included in the Readme-file under the title link.
Download:
AmiArcadia.lha (1 MB)
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha (2 MB)
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha (3 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Jun. 2010, 18:07] [Comments: 0]
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20.Jun.2010
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Videos and pictures of VCF, AmigaOne X1000 Status
On Saturday in Bletchley (Great Britain) the 25th anniversary of the Amiga was celebrated. Meanwhile some pictures (1, 2, 3, 4) and videos (Youtube: 1, 2, 3, 4) were published which focus on Sam460 and AmigaOne X1000 computers. On both computers AmigaOS 4 was demonstrated.
According to Trevor Dickinson of A-EON during his presentation of the AmigaOne X1000 (Youtube: part 1, part 2), AmigaOS 4 runs on the computers for a while but only as of recently the computer boots from a harddrive. The price of the complete system will be about 1800 Euro.
On pictures and videos it is to be seen that the graphic output is very slow and that PCI-based model is used. According to Stéphane "sg2" Guillard from the AmigaOS 4-team on amigaworld.net this is not a general driver problem: his X1000 has a PCIe-Radeon graphic board and SATA-drives.
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[News message: 20. Jun. 2010, 01:17] [Comments: 0]
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19.Jun.2010
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AmigaOS 4: Origyn Web Browser 3.29
Jörg Strohmayer has published an update of his port of the Origyn Web Browser for AmigaOS 4. You can find the list of bug fixes under the title link.
Download: owb.lha (9 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Jun. 2010, 08:28] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jun.2010
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Amithlon: Kernel 4.0 Final
Today an update of the Amithlon-Kernels 4.0 was published which adds support for several SATA-controllers (the kernel was tested with Intel ICH9/9R).
The kernel supports up to 1 GB RAM (or 2 GB RAM if only one DIMM-bar is used). Currently it is not possible to create LiveCDs with this kernel.
Download Links:
kernel
driver
amithlon linux-2.4.37.9 source patch
amithlon linux-2.4.37.9 kernel tree
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Jun. 2010, 16:30] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jun.2010
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Update 12 of Arcade-Game BOH
Today another update of Simone Bevilacqua's commercial arcade game BOH (AmigaOS 4, AROS and other) was published which fixes some bugs and adds some new missions as well as an additional translation.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Jun. 2010, 13:53] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jun.2010
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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A-EON Technology: Varisys hardware partner
Press release:
A-EON and Varisys announce partnership
London, 17th June 2010 - A-EON Technology CVBA and Varisys Ltd., are pleased to announce their partnership in the development of the AmigaOne X1000 hardware platform for AmigaOS.
Varisys Ltd. were identified as the ideal hardware partner for the ambitious project to create a new, genuinely modern computer system to run AmigaOS 4.x in late 2008, even before the formal creation of A-EON Technology. In early 2009, Varisys Ltd. began work on developing a new PowerPC based motherboard, codenamed Nemo, which would form the heart of the new AmigaOne X1000 computer.
After months of design and testing, Varisys delivered the first Nemo prototypes in late 2009 and have now completed a Revision 2 design, which will be supplied to beta testers under the recently announced Extended Beta Test Program.
A-EON Technology director Trevor Dickinson said: "We are very pleased to reveal Varisys as our AmigaOne X1000 hardware partner. They have a proven track record for delivering high quality products on time and to budget. Their extensive experience with PowerPC and parallel processing solutions makes them our ideal technical partners, and with their help we can revitalise the AmigaOne platform".
Varisys Managing Director Paul Gentle said: "We are equally pleased to be working with A-EON Technology and we believe our previous background and experience will prove vital in helping to make the AmigaOne X1000 a success." Adam Barnes, Varisys co-founder, added: "The Nemo motherboard design introduced some new and interesting technical challenges but we are extremely pleased with the results. Revision 2 of the Nemo board has recently been completed and will form a solid foundation for the A1-X1000 and beyond."
Visitors to the VCF Exhibition at Bletchley Park on Saturday, June the 19th, will be able to meet some of the Varisys team on the joint A-EON Technology / Hyperion Entertainment stand.
About Varisys Ltd.
Varisys is a producer of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) products and provider of bespoke hardware design and manufacturing services for industrial and embedded computing applications. The High Wycombe, UK, based company was founded in 2000 by Paul Gentle and Adam Barnes, and since then has earned a reputation for delivering high-quality products with a specialisation in PowerPC and FPGA hardware. Varisys have customers in a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, military applications and telecommunications, and are perhaps best known for their development of the PowerPC G4 motherboard used in the immensely popular WholeHog III lighting control console. For more information, see the Varisys website.
About A-EON Technology CVBA
A-EON Technology is a technology start-up based in Belgium. Founded in 2009 by Trevor Dickinson, Anthony Moorley and Ben Hermans, A-EON works in very close cooperation with Hyperion Entertainment CVBA, the developers of the AmigaOS Operating System, to produce modern computer systems for AmigaOS.
About the AmigaOne X1000
The AmigaOne X1000 is a new high-end AmigaOS hardware platform scheduled for release during the summer of 2010. By providing the AmigaOS platform with a high power dual-processor CPU, modern interface standards, high-end graphics and Xcore technology, the X1000 will launch a new era of modern Amiga computing. For further information, email contact@a-eon.com.
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[News message: 18. Jun. 2010, 12:55] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jun.2010
Matthias Wilkens (ANF)
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Browser game Mythana: Beta status finished
According to Matthias Wilkens the beta status of the browser game Mythana was finished. Meanwhile the game was officially started.
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[News message: 18. Jun. 2010, 11:10] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jun.2010
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Software Development Kit 2 has no longer beta status
According to the MorphOS developer team under the title link version 2 of the Software Development Kit which was published one week ago is no longer beta.
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[News message: 18. Jun. 2010, 11:03] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jun.2010
Encore Games (ANF)
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MorphOS: 2D-Shooter Fortis (Shareware)
Fortis published by Encore Games is a 2D-Shooter similar to the Amiga classic "Super Stardust". The MorphOS-port is available as Shareware: The full version is available on the official website as free download - but if you want to play the game further after a test period you have to buy the iPhone-/iPod-original or the Apple version.
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[News message: 18. Jun. 2010, 00:52] [Comments: 2 - 19. Jun. 2010, 12:14]
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17.Jun.2010
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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ACube presents Sam460 with AmigaOS 4.1
Press release: We would like to remember all our customers that we will attend the Amiga 25th Anniversary Celebrations at the Vintage Computer Festival 2010. At the show the new Sam460ex will be demoed running AmigaOS 4.
Please note that if you'll try to contact us in the next days, we probably won't be able to answer until Tuesday.
We look forward to meet you all at the show!
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[News message: 17. Jun. 2010, 20:43] [Comments: 0]
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17.Jun.2010
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Audio-Player Sirena-Player 1.02
Sirena Player is an audio player written with Hollywood. It can play MP3-, WAV- and MOD-files. In version 1.02 the buttons have got background sounds. Additionally the volume control was reworked.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 17. Jun. 2010, 20:17] [Comments: 0]
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17.Jun.2010
The organizer (ANF)
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Event: Amiga 25 Years Party (Netherlands)
Press release In a luxurious environment named "Babylon" the 25 Years Amiga Party will be held in Holland. Babylon is located in the place Heerhugowaard and starts at 10:00 am on the 24th July 2010.
Demos, Game Compos (on a huge screen), All Amiga models corner and a History of Amiga video will be presented. Sponsors: AmigaScene.nl, MeLLoW, Desire. (snx)
[News message: 17. Jun. 2010, 13:19] [Comments: 0]
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16.Jun.2010
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: X-Moto 0.5.3
X-Moto is a 2d-motocross skillfulness game which uses the Open Dynamics Engine for a proper physical gameplay (screenshot).
The port requires AmigaOS 4.1 Update 1 (for MiniGL 2.2) as well as between 32 and 64 MB graphic memory.
Download: xmoto.lha (53 MB)
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[News message: 16. Jun. 2010, 21:46] [Comments: 0]
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16.Jun.2010
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future issue 85, preview and excerpts
Press release: The preview and excerpts of the Amiga Future issue 85 (July/August) are online now. Highlights in this issue:
- interview with Dave Haynie
- iMica hardware review
- software reviews of AmigaOS 4.1 Update 2, Hollywood 4.7, AmiCrypt, LinCity...
And of course many things more. On the cover CD there are full versions of PFS3, TURD II, PC-Task, The First Samurai, The Second Tomurai, Hammerfist, Time Machine plus lots of PD software.
How do you like the cover of issue 85? Do you want a poster of it? Then please drop us a email at redaktion@amigafuture.de
(This is not a preorder! We just want to know whether there is demand).
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[News message: 16. Jun. 2010, 16:31] [Comments: 0]
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16.Jun.2010
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Space-Opera Freespace 2 (Beta)
Andrea "afxgroup" Palmatè has ported the space fight simulation Descent Freespace 2 to AmigaOS4. The game still has some minor bugs but can be played on slower OS4-computers.
The game requires AmigaOS 4.1 and the files of the commercial version.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 16. Jun. 2010, 15:14] [Comments: 0]
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16.Jun.2010
PPA (website)
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WolnyCD_CX 0.3
A new version of WolnyCD_CX has been released by Dariusz Gawerski for AmigaOS 3.x and MorphOS. This tool gives you the possibility to set the speed of any CD drive. It should work with most of the ATAPI drives and part of the SCSI drives. It makes the drive to be more silent and in most cases it improves and speeds up CD read.
In version 0.3 there is a new Command option. Using it you can automatically run any other tool. By definition it should help you to handle CD/DVD discs more easier (it works with any drive). Furthermore, option Prefs was fixed as well as execution of the program itself. The archive does also include the source code. (snx)
[News message: 16. Jun. 2010, 06:43] [Comments: 0]
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15.Jun.2010
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Event: Chicago Creative Extreme Expo
In February/March 2011 DiscreetFX is going to organize an event called Chicago Creative Extreme Expo about NewTek-products, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS. Further details will be available on the homepage of DiscreetFX.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 15. Jun. 2010, 12:13] [Comments: 0]
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