25.Jan.2009
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Development: Splint 3.1.2
Splint checks C-programs for errors and security breaches. The previous version has been already available for MorphOS and version 3.1.2 additionally is now available for AmigaOS 4 as well.
Download:
splint_3.1.2_mos.lha (1,4 MB)
splint_3.1.2_os4.lha (1,8 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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25.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmiBlitz³: Includes 3.2
For the Basic development environment AmiBlitz³ updated Includes are available. These are extensions of the function libraries written in AmiBlitz.
Changes:
- Added initial alpha version of NTUI
- Added image_Filter to the image_ext.include
- Renamed image_GetTransparancy to image_GetOpacity
- Bugfixes here and there
- Converted arexx.inlcude to use AmigaOS commands only, API has changed a little
- For compatibility, there is still an arexx_blitz.include, that is the old arexx.include
- Added alpha verison of midimod.include
- Improved and bugfixed strptr.include
- Added useful.include (contains useful macros, like !_NULL)
- Added v43+.definitions.bb2 (contains OS3.5+ stuff)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jan.2009
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Poll: How much 68k-compatibility do you expect of a x86-AmigaOS?
Under the title link amiga-news.de hast started a poll which is written in German. Giving you the possibility to take part as well here is the English translation of the poll:
Question: How much 68k-compatibility a Amiga-like operating system at least should have got so you would buy it for 120 to 150 Euro for your x86-computer?
Answers:
- No compatibility at all. The current developments for the Amiga and some ports would be sufficient.
- A simple possibility to start 68k-applications with an emulator (UAE-integration) would be sufficient.
- I need the same 68k-compatibility as it is integrated in AmigaOS4 or MorphOS.
- I would only buy it if it works under WinUAE.
- I would never buy an operating system for x86 which is compatible to Amiga.
Thanks for your participation!
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 24. Jan. 2009, 15:24] [Comments: 2 - 09. Sep. 2009, 08:15]
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24.Jan.2009
amiga.org (Webseite)
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AROS: Instant Messenger SabreMSN 0.41
James "jahc" Carroll has ported his MSN-client SabreMSN to AROS. UTF8-support is still not implemented under AROS but will be added with the next update. Further limitations are the same as in the original AmigaOS-version:
- Sometimes the SSL stuff fails when trying to connect, so the only thing you can do is keep clicking connect after it fails each time
- The list of Online contacts isnt always sent in full when I first connect. I havent found an answer to that problem yet. So it appears like everyones offline, or most of your online contacts are offline. Reconnecting to the server once or twice in a row seems to restore the list properly sometimes.
- Sometimes Sabre reapers. I've only had this happen twice in the last few weeks though. It seems to be dying on the MUI input loop, but maybe I've done something illegal before that call..
- Newly added contacts arent added to the list, you need to reconnect to see them
- Sometimes outgoing file transfers report during mid-transfer: "The file transfer was unsuccessful because your computer is out of disk space. Try deleting some files, and then ask the sender to try the transfer again."
- Sabre uses the older MSN file transfer protocol, so many recent MSN clients fail when trying to send a file to Sabre.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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23.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga-Remix albums: Instant Remedy / Immortal 4
Two Remix-CDs with Amiga-soundtracks were announced for this year: The second album published by Instant Remedy as well as the fourth (and probably the last) part of the Immortal serie.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 23. Jan. 2009, 12:52] [Comments: 0]
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23.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Amitopia TV: Issue 2/09 online
Amitopia TV is an English video magazine about the Amiga. Under the title link the topics of this issue are listed.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 23. Jan. 2009, 12:20] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jan.2009
Amigaweb.net (Webseite)
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OctaMED SoundStudio: Further development started
Last year a developer was searched who could develop further OctaMED SoundStudio. Alfred Faust will do that. OMSS is one of the first 8-channel-tracker. It is available for free.
In a mailinglist the developer who is well-known as programmer of Bars'n'Pipes Seine gave his first impressions of the status of the source code of version 1.03c. If you want to support the project you can give donations and thus can take part in the beta test. Alfred Faust asks to give him a little time because he has to take a closer look at the assembler.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (website)
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Virtual Works: New Webshop online
Press release Virtual Works, one of the biggest and longest running Amiga dealer and distributors in Italy and one of the fouding members of ACube Systems, announces the opening of a new web shop with some really hard to find products in limited quantities. Blizzard PPC boards, BVision PPC boards, Prometheus boards, Mediator boards and many more. Check www.vwshop.it for an initial list of the products available and to place orders. (snx)
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22.Jan.2009
Detlef Zirpel (ANF)
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Amiga Inc.: Pentti Kouri died
According to Finnish newspapers today Pentti Kouri died after a long illnesst at the age of 59 years.
In the Amiga sector Kouri was known as investor and as chairman of the board of Amiga Incorporated. First founded as KMOS and in 2005 renamed the company is the current holder of the law relating to the use of name.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Jan. 2009, 12:58] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: AmiLoudspeaker 1.2
AmiLoudspeaker helps you constructing a loud speaker. Additionally the author recommends the book Loudspeaker_Design_Cookbook or similar books.
Changes:
- Changed printing routine to only print debug on failure
- Removed 10% overvolume from vented box dimensions
- Increased accuracy of driver parameters
- Added Qms and Qes driver parameters
- Added Closed Tuning and Vented Tuning tabs for testing and fine tuning your loudspeakers
- Compiled with GCC 4.2.4
Download: amiloudspeaker.lha (47 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: OpenSSH 5.1p1
OpenSSH is a free version of the SSH-protocol-suite which is to give users more security who work with programs like Telnet, rlogin, FTP and similar clients. This is done by encoding all sent data.
Changes include:
- Ported changes from official 5.1p1 baseline
- Changed pipe buffer limits
- Added break signal check before waitselect() call
- Fixed bug in console window size reading
- Compiled with GCC 4.2.4 and clib2 compiled with GCC 4.2.4
- Now requires AmigaOS 4.1 or higher
Download: openssh-bin.lha (1 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Jan. 2009, 08:58] [Comments: 0]
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21.Jan.2009
PPA (Webseite)
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AROS: REminiscence 0.1.9
REminescence is a rewritten engine for the game Flashback developed by Delphine Software. After versions for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS, now a port for AROS/x86 is available.
Download: reminiscence-i386-aros.zip (537 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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21.Jan.2009
S. Eichholz (ANF)
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Concert: Further details to Symphonic Fantasies
S. Eichholz wrote: Under the title link some further information was published about the concert which will take place on 12th September 2009 and is called "Symphonic Fantasies".
The Finn Jonne Valtonen will rearrange the classics like "Final Fantasy", "Chrono Trigger", "Chrono Cross", "Kingdom Hearts" and "Secret of Mana" and the American Grammy award winner Arnold Roth will take the musical guidance.From now on you can buy tickets for the concert in Cologne.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. Jan. 2009, 08:11] [Comments: 0]
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20.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Podcast: Amiga Round Table, Episode 35
The "Amiga Round Table" (ART) is an English podcast created by Rich Lawrence, Sean Fitzgerald and Bill Panagouleas in which Amiga-users and invited guests discussed the latest events of the Amiga scene. Topics of the 35th issue:
- The Evo(l) Console
- PSPUAE
- Firewire stack for MorphOS
- Sam440flex
- Amiga vs. Hyperion court case
- DNSChanger Exploit
- AltME - Rebol
- OWB - Aros
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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20.Jan.2009
PowerPC Linux Mag (ANF)
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Genesi: Efika 2 without PowerPC-processor
In the forum of powerdeveloper.org Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco ("BBRV") from Genesi mentioned briefly that the next generation of Genesi's Efika motherboards will be not based on PPC-CPU. Currently there are no more detailed information.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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20.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga.SF: Highlight 2.7 and OptiPNG 0.6.2
On amiga.sourceforge.net OptiPNG was published which is a program that can compress different picture formats (PNG, BMP, GIF, PNM and TIFF) to lossless optimated PNG-files.
Highlight was updated as well. With this program you can view source codes as formatted text with syntax highlighting. The changes in version 2.7 are listed in the Changelog.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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20.Jan.2009
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future Issue 46 (German) online
Press release: The german issue 46 of the Amiga Future are out of stock. Because of that you can read the magazines (amongst many other issues) online at our website. For all our readers having a slow internet connection the Amiga Fever issues will be included on the Amiga Future cover CD 77 aswell.
Early January the Amiga Future issue 76 has been published. The German and English print magazine is available directly at the editorial office and some dealers (like AmigaKit, ASB, GGS, Samuli, Vesalia, Voxel...).
(cg)
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20.Jan.2009
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First prices for SAM440ep-flex quoted
The first dealers have quoted prices for the next generation of ACube's PPC-computer SAM440: IMM Informatique will offer a SAM440ep-flex for 489 Euro here, Vesalia will offer it for 449 Euro.
In a thread on amigaworld.net Massimiliano "m3x" Tretene from Acube explained when SAM440ep- and SAM440ep-flex-motherboards will be available. Since 5th January SAM440ep has been delivered to the dealers and during the next 7-10 days some further boards will follow. In 3-4 weeks a fourth charge will be expected at ACube and afterwards it will follow the first SAM440ep-flex motherboards.
According to Tretene the current delay was caused by the CPU-deliveries which require to be happened 16 weeks before. Additionally there has been some communication problems between ACube and some dealers. Because of that the exact number of required boards was not clear.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Jan. 2009, 16:23] [Comments: 0]
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20.Jan.2009
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Amiga Amateur Radio Users Group: CD now online available
The Amateur Radio Users Group called AARUG does not exist any longer but you can download its former CD-ROM as ISO-file.
Under the title link you can find a list of included programs.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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19.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: ffmpegGUI 1.2
ffmpegGUI is a graphical user-interface for the video conversion program ffmpeg (screenshot). Under the title list you can find a list of changes.
Download: ffmpeggui.lha (156 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Jan. 2009, 19:32] [Comments: 0]
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19.Jan.2009
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP: DigiboosterPro Status-Report
APC&TCP informs us about the progress of development of Digibooster Pro.
According to the latest information the development of the new DBPro3 is
slowly, but steadily taking shape.
The first goal of the developers is and was to completely recode the whole
program for a better structure in order to improve and be more efficient.
Furthermore, the handling is the same as in DBPro2.x. The current
development status is the internal version Alpha 17th.
In the next 3 to 4 months, a very detailed status update will be published
as well as a beta-demoversion. No further details will be announced
earlier. (nba)
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19.Jan.2009
Pegasosforum.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Startup Prefs
The MUI-program Startup Prefs written by Kaya 'Shawnbaxe' Dogan lets you easily manage the startup functions of MorphOS. For the installation the installer by Guido Mersmann is required. If you have any suggestions then please contact the author.
Download site with screenshot
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Jan. 2009, 09:12] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jan.2009
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MorphOS: Update of Web-Browser NetSurf / Source code published
NetSurf is a fast browser which was originally developed for entwickelter Browser and which can be used with already 17 MB. NetSurf supports HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0 and CSS 2.1 but it does not Javascript.
The version for MorphOS 2.2 was made by Ilkka 'itix' Lehtoranta and has a MUI user-interface as well as a hotlist compatible with IBrowse. With this new version it is now possible to print and to set DPI for usinf the proper size of the fontsets.
For adapting NetSurf to AmigaOS 3.x by other developers the source code of the MorphOS version is available on Aminet. According to the author the MUI user-interface should be easily adjusted.
Download:
netsurf-morphos.lha (2 MB)
netsurf-morphos-src.lha (2 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Jan. 2009, 21:13] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jan.2009
Orgin (ANF)
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OpenAmiga.org: Status report
Press release There are now 11 projects open for grabs and 15 assigned projects on OpenAmiga.org. 2008 provided a slow start for OpenAmiga, as expected with the number of available developers for our platform. Hopefully 2009 will speed things up a bit with the SAM adding more and more os4 users to the fold. Still we managed to submit the extended mouse pointer types project to Hyperion and quite a bit of source code was submitted to the svn.
Current status:
Fredrik Wikstrom (salass00) has submitted a range of his datatypes to the svn:
- sun .au datatype
- Targa .tga datatype
- PC Paintbrush Exchange .pcx datatype
- Direct Draw Surface .dds datatype
- RIFF-WAVE .wav datatype
- Mac OS icon .icns datatype
- Windows icon .ico datatype
- JPEG 2000 datatype
He also has submitted the code for his amazing Disk image device that lets you mount a large range of different device images. Such as iso, nrg, adf, hdf, bin and many many more.
Fredrik is also assigned to a project for creating an icon plug-in that uses vector based graphics.
Tuomas Hokka (TSK) has created a project for his amidock like utility called Benchbar.
Simon Archer (Rigo) is assigned to two projects, one to create a new clicktab.gadget class and the other to create a proposal for a new complementary version string to amiga binaries.
Centaurz has volunteered for writing a tutorial/guideline for using prefsobjects to store application specific data.
Vicente Gimeno (ami603) submitted his preliminary work on a workbench file lister.
A list of the assigned projects can be found here.
A lot of help is needed, both on the assigned projects as well as those not yet assigned. If you feel that you are able to contribute then please don't hesitate to join in.
Of the assigned projects, the Workbench file lister project is the one that needs the most help. But any of projects can use your help, just contact any moderator/webmaster or the person assigned to a project using the OpenAmiga message system.
About OpenAmiga.org
OpenAmiga.org is an organization in the making that aims at enhancing the AmigaOS4 experience, acting as an Amiga community based research and development department. OpenAmiga.org aims at providing finished enhancements for AmigaOS4 that Hyperion can include in their AmigaOS4 distribution, research advanced topics and act as a developer resource for AmigaOS4 developers. (snx)
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18.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: Further songs added
AmigaRemix makes available remixes of soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Meanwhile the archive has 583 songs. Under the title link you can find a list of the latest titles.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Jan. 2009, 09:33] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Warp3D picture viewer WarpView 1.02
The Shareware picture viewer WarpView uses Warp3D which makes possible fast scaling. On the other hand the application requires more video-RAM than other picture viewer. Datatypes are used for loading pictures. The changes of version 1.02 you can find under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Jan. 2009, 09:28] [Comments: 0]
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17.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: Eternal Lands 1.8.0
The AROS/x86-client for the free MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) Eternal Lands (screenshot) was now updated.
For servers of new versions this client update is required. The source code is also available. So it is possible to port it to other platforms.
Download: el-i386-aros.zip (49 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 17. Jan. 2009, 13:15] [Comments: 0]
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16.Jan.2009
Obligement (ANF)
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Update of the Amiga Games List
The "Amiga Games List", maintained by David Brunet since April 1991, has been updated to its 38th edition. About 850 new entries have been added, the total now reaches 13528 entries distributed as follows:
- 12416 Games
- 953 Data
- 125 Game or Level Editors
- 34 Interpreters
Changes since version 37:
- In the "Div" column (misc hardware), addition of games with EGS display
- In the "License" column, addition of MIT, WTFPL (Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License) and Open Source licenses. The latter is for free games with available source code which don't fit to other license categories
- In the "License" column, the "GPL" mention is renamed to "GPL2"
- In the "Edit" column, addition of the mention "Ext" for editable data
- In the "Language" column, addition of the name of the editor of the editable data
- In the "Language" column, addition of games created with Glulx, Z-Code (zblurb version) The Director, Allegro, ScummC, MegaZeux, NCurses
- Addition of games hidden into others games. These games without name are renammed with the name of the host game + the mention [Subgame]
(snx)
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16.Jan.2009
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AROS: Bounty-Projekt "UAE-Integration" started
Oliver B. has started the bounty for the integration of the emulator UAE in AROS. The aim is to develop an emulator with which you can start 68k-applications without realizing this. The deadline for the project was set to 1st June 2009. If the author succeed he can gain 2350 USD.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 16. Jan. 2009, 14:47] [Comments: 0]
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16.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Instant Messenger: SabreMSN 0.41
James 'jahc' Carroll has published a new update of his Instant Messenger for the MSN-Network for AmigaOS and AmigaOS 4. In version 0.41 a crash bug was fixed.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 16. Jan. 2009, 12:00] [Comments: 0]
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16.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Wall Defence 1.3
Wall Defence is a game in which you must defend your castle by throwing stones (screenshot).
In version 1.3 problems with the fonts and the speed were solved as well as an improved joystick request added.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Web-Browser OWB 3.4
Jörg Strohmayer has published an update of his port of the Origyn Web Browser.
Changes:
- Implemented the context menus for AmigaOS 4.x (middle mouse button). Please note that not everything which in the menus is implemented in the AmigaOS 4.x port of OWB yet, for example copying and saving images and downloading links isn't
- Fixed a problem with the bookmark window messages
- The select popup menus now work correctly instead of only on every 2nd click
- Increased the number of supported select items in the popup menu from 25 to 625 by using submenus for large ones
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Jan.2009
Jean-Francois Richard (E-Mail)
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Demoscene Podcast: Amiga Vibes
Amigavibes is a collection of Amiga music compilations, podcasts, video, history and interview of demomakers and groups. The podcasts are carefully crafted by Anarkhya, Jeffrey and Jegougou.
For the moment, a podcast without comments is published at the title link, called First Step, while a version with comments is in preparation. (snx)
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15.Jan.2009
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Amiga Games That Weren't: 4 new entries
The website Amiga Games That Weren't is about Amiga games which have never been regularly published. The first update 2009 includes information about games developed by Softeyes/Team Hoi:
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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15.Jan.2009
Andreas Hänsch (ANF)
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AROS: Further status update to OWB-port
Stanislaw Szymczyk has completed his report about OWB-port for AROS with another chapter. There he explained that he could compile the latest version of OpenSSL 0.9.8j for AROS. After having made some changes in "libcurl" it is now possible to start URLs with "HTTPS".
Furthermore the author wrote that OWB could login in his Google-account and he added three screenshots taken of Google Maps, Google Mail and Google Docs.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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15.Jan.2009
Ventzislav Tzvetkov (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Apple II GS-Emulator KEGS 0.65
KEGS emulates an Apple II GS. A ROM-image in version ROM.01 or ROM.03 is required. In version 0.65 a faster user-interface, improved sound emulation as well as Joystick support were added.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 15. Jan. 2009, 15:15] [Comments: 0]
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13.Jan.2009
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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MUI-class: MCC_BetterString 11.16
The MUI-class MCC_BetterString is available in version 11.16. The detailed changes are listed in the Changelog.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.Jan.2009
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Arcade game: PanzerZ (Preview)
PanzerZ written by Jens Henschel is an arcade game for up to four players. In this game you must shoot the panzers of your oppononents (screenshots: 1, 2). PanzerZ is developed with AmiBlitz and mainly is meant for Amigas with graphic boards - the game uses 32-Bit-graphics which can be scaled from 320x256 to 1280x1024 pixels.
Now a early alpha version of the game is available. This one should work under AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS as well. A version for Amigas without graphic boards is planned but will not be started until the RTG-version will be finished. You can get further information about the game in the forum of a1k.org.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jan.2009
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MorphOS: Web-Browser Netsurf 2.0dev (beta) (Update)
NetSurf is a browser, originally developed for RiscOS, which can be used with 17 MB memory and e.g. supports HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0 and CSS 2.1. Netsurf still has not any Javascript support.
The version for MorphOS was done by Ilkka "itix" Lehtoranta and includes a MUI user-interfacee and an IBrowse compatible hotlist.
Netsurf at least requires MorphOS 2.2. The current beta version includes several minor limitations (you cannot change the hotlist, you cannot abort downloads...) which will be fixed during the next two weeks.
Update:
If Netsurf does not view any text you have to download the file ttengine.database from the website of the author. Then copy it to the directory ENVARC: After rebooting the system all should work fine.
Download: ttengine.database
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jan.2009
Amigaharry (ANF)
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MorphOS: File manager DrawerBall 0.6j
Tom 'Amigaharry' Duin has published Drawerball 0.6j which is a very early version of a file manager. Changes in this version:
- Preconfigured the first "Volume" usermenu, you can load "Ram Disk" and "Boot disk" into the DrawerBall lister
- The 2nd "Utilities" usermenu holds 3 menuitems using standard MorphOS commands
- Bugfixes.
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12.Jan.2009
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: DVD-Engine 0.3
Carsten Siegner's DVD-Engine is an user-interface for 10 already existing programs which is supposed to make it easier creating video or picture DVDs. News in version 0.3:
- Sound of the GUI finished
- DolbyDigital 5.1 Standard is now supported as well as "extended Stereo".
- GUI can now test the data consistence of the VideoDVD-directory
- DolbyDigital-sound can be calculated as preview
- All sound channles can be played seperately to test them
- The maximum capacity of a self-made VideoDVD is now 3.95 GByte
- Tghe menu and intros of a VideoDVD are kept in stereo modus while all tracks and chapters can be calculated with 6-channel sound
DVD-Engine 0.3 requires further Shell tools such as Playac3, Multiview and mplex.
Download: dvd-engine-0.3.lha (518 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jan.2009
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Amiga Software Database (ASD) beta 2
Few days ago beta version 2 of the Amiga Software Database (ASD) was released. Please have a lokk under the title link for the official press release.
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11.Jan.2009
Pegasosforum.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Ghostscript-Installer 1.11
Guido 'Geit' Mersmann has written an installation program for Ghostscript 8.60. An Internet connection is required for downloading the necassary files.
With Ghostscript you can show, print and convert Postscript and PDF files. If you find any bugs the programmer would be grateful for feedback.
Download: contrib_ghostscript.tar
(550 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Text viewer: EvenMore 0.66
The latest version of the text viewer EvenMore includes the following changes:
- Pressing the tab key will activate the file string gadget at the bottom of the window
- Viewer will centre on text horizontally when searching if text not displayed in the window
- Searching with right to left text enabled caused horizontal scroller to be set wrong
- Normal text search will no longer match against escape code sequences which are not displayed, such as hyperlinks
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Cloanto: First video of a C64-Forever beta version
Under the title link a first video of the emulator package C64 Forever. It shows new functions like the RP2-manager which is to search media for games which will be published for Amiga Forever as well.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jan.2009
Andreas Hänsch (ANF)
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AROS: Interim report about browser port
Andreas Hänsch wrote: "In December Stanislaw Szymczyk officially started the AROS-Bounty 'Port an Open Source Browser to AROS' and now there are already some first results (screenshot).
Based on some parts of the development of Robert Norris the unstable port of the Origyn Web Browser can already view simple websites like Google, aros.org and aros-exec.org without any problems. Originally SDL was used but will be replaced little by little by Intuition.
For further details please have a look under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jan.2009
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Amitopia TV: New issue online
Amitopia TV is an English video agazine about the Amiga. The topics of the latest issue include 3D-games on the Amiga, a review of the MorphOS-version of VLC and the second part of the TVPaint manual.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Jan.2009
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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G-Rex-PCI registrations: First estimate of produced pieces
Matthias Münch has updated the number of registered boards. So far only 21 G-Rex-boards were counted. For further registrations Münch would be very grateful.
By means of the available serial numbers Münch estimated the number of produced boards at 290 pieces.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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08.Jan.2009
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Bug fixed GQView 2.1.5
Edgar Schwan has published an update of GQView 2.1.5 for AmiCygnix. GQView is a picture viewer with which you can easily list a lot of pictures.
Now SVG-graphics are supported. Additionally a bug was fixed which occured if RAW-graphics were loaded.
Download: gqview.lha (6 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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08.Jan.2009
Vinnny (ANF)
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MUI: TextEditor.mcc 15.28
Under the title link the MUI-class TextEditor.mcc is available in version 15.28. This version fixes some minor bugs and includes new functions. For more details please have a look at the Changelog.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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08.Jan.2009
Vinnny (ANF)
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Codeset conversion: codesets.library 6.8
The codesets.library allows applications to access codeset-/charset tables or to convert different character sets.
Version 6.8 fixes some bugs.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jan.2009
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Gimp 2.2.13 alpha and Fontforge for AmiCygnix
For his X11-environment AmiCygnix Edgar Schwan has published ports of the picture editing software Gimp and of the character set editor Fontforge.
Gimp is a free program for editing photos and
creating graphics. The current version for AmiCygnix is an alpha release. Just like in the last version the most important plugins are missing. Without them it is only possible to load and save XCF-graphics.
FontForge is an outline character set editor with which you can create or change own Postscript-, Truetype-, Opentype-, CID-keyed-, Multi-Master-, CFF-, SVG- and Bitmap- (bdf, FON, NFNT) character sets. Additionally Fontforge can convert character sets into different formats.
Downloads:
Gimp download site
Fontforge download site
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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05.Jan.2009
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 76 (January/February 2009)
Press release: The Amiga Future 76 (Januar/Februar 2009) has been released today. This means that all subscriptions, preorders and dealer supplies have been shipped.
In this issue you'll find reviews of the recent versions of AmigaOS 4.1, Netpanzers, AmiCygnix, AISS and much more. Besides that we have an interview with Claus Desler and Gareth Murfin. A more detailed description of contents and some excerpts can be found at our website.
The Amiga Future is available as an English or German print magazine directly from the editorial office and some Amiga dealers. The Amiga Future can be obtained as a single issue and subscription each with or without a cover CD.
We ask all users interested in this magazine to order it as soon as possible.
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04.Jan.2009
Moo Bunny (Forum)
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AROS: USB-Mass-Storage-Bounty project (almost) finished
According to Michal Schulz in his Blog under the title link he almost finished the bounty project "Creating a Mass-Storage-Class for the USB-stack of AROS" (screenshot).
During the next days the source code will be cleaned up and then published. Additionally the author will improve the USB-stack and AROS itself that booting from a USB-stick will become more practicable.
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04.Jan.2009
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: EasyTAG 2.0 and GQView 2.1.5 for AmiCygnix
For his X11-environment AmiCygnix, Edgar Schwan has published ports of the Tag-editor EasyTAG 2.0 and of the picture viewer GQView 2.1.5.
EasyTAG is a tool for viewing and editing Tags in MP3-, MP2-, FLAC-, Ogg Vorbis-, MusePack- and Monkey's audio files. It has an easy to use GTK2-interface.
Features of EasyTAG:
- Viewing, editing and writing of Tags of MP3-, MP2- (ID3-Tag with pictures), FLAC- (FLAC Vorbis Tag), Ogg Vorbis-
(Ogg Vorbis Tag), MusePack- and Monkey's Audio- (APE tag) files
- Supporting of more Tag-fields: Title, artist, album, disc album,
year, track number, genre, comment, composer, original artist / interpreter, copyright, URL and encoder name.
- Automatical Tagging: Searching directories and automatically
setting of Tags
- Opening directories or files with the help of external programs.
e.g. AmigaAMP
- CDDB support (manual or automatical search). Hint: Currently the manual search does not work
because freedb.org/freedb_search.php was
not available. It is not a problem of EasyTag.
- Searching directories and subdirectories
- Recursive tagging, deleting, renaming, saving...
- Reading and viewing file header information (bitrate, time, ...)
- Undo and Redo of the last changes
- Automatically editing Tags and file names
- Creation of playlists
- Simple and clear interface
- Written in C using GTK+ 2.4
GQView is a picture viewer for a high number of pictures. You can watch the pictures in full screen mode or via slideshow. Pictures can be copied, moved, renamed and deleted.
Supported picture formats:
- IFF-ILBM (.ilbm)
- JPEG (.jpeg, .jpe, .jpg)
- PNG (.png)
- PCX (.pcx)
- BMP / WBMP (.bmp, .wbmp)
- GIF (.gif)
- TIFF (.tiff, .tif)
- PNM / PBM / PGM / PPM (.pnm, .pbm, .pgm, .ppm)
- Canon RAW-Format (.crw, .cr2)
- Fujifilm RAW-Format (.raf)
- Nikon RAW-Format (.nef)
- Olympus RAW-Format (.orf)
- Pentax RAW-Format (.pef)
- ANI (.ani)
- Windows icon (.ico, .cur)
- Sun Raster (.ras)
- Targa (.tga, .targa)
- X-Bitmap (.xbm)
- X-Pixmap (.xpm)
Downloads:
Download site for EayTAG
Download site for GQView
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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04.Jan.2009
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Text viewer: EvenMore 0.65-4.1.09
The text viewer Evenmore was published. Please note that the configuration files of previous versions are not compatible to this latest version. You have to delete these files before installing the update. Changes in this version:
- Added a sizing gadget to the window when in borderless mode. This is drawn according to the XEN SysIHack specifications. May design an image for the layering gadget, but this may be more complicated due to the design of the GUI
- Will also try to find a way of resizing the scrollers instead of removing them and adding them again on every refresh?
- First of all, you will need to delete your old config file before running the new version! Unfortunately this is due to a minor change in the borderless GUI, which happens to upset loading the old configuration. I don't feel it's worth the effort to make a work around. I have added a horizontal scroll bar to the borderless GUI setting. Once you delete your config file, you need to shift click a document as you open EvenMore, otherwise it just closes again. Or if you are opening from the shell, specify a file on the command line
- I have also removed several menu items which I felt weren't really needed
- And I have fixed several issues which prevented EvenMore from opening properly when no config file was available. Check the history page for details
- Removed text formatting code from AmigaWriter2Text plugin. Text formatting in this fileformat is too complicated to recreate
- Added fakestack hack code from Aminet so EvenMore will report stack
- Fixed bug in which switching between right and left reading text would not return the text box to the correct position
- Horizontal rule in HTML was not rendered properly when right to left text option was enabled
- Sped up file loading a little by modifying progress bar count code
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04.Jan.2009
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AmigaOS 4: Web-Browser OWB 3.3 (Update)
Jörg Strohmayer has published an update of the port of the Origyn Web Browser. Changes in version 3.2:
- Updated to SVN revision 766
- Enabled experimental SVG parts
- Window title wasn't restored on uniconify, fixed
- Ported the bookmark from OWB Blastoise to Galekid and added support
for multiple windows to it
- When using the back and forward buttons the URL gadget wasn't always
updated, fixed
- Now uses the CookieManager instead of a simple HashMap cookie jar,
should fix most cookie related problems
Update: (05.0.2009, 1:00, cg)
Meanwhile version 3.3 was published:
- Reverted the 3.2 cookie changes as they caused more problems than they
fixed
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04.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Warp3D picture viewer WarpView 1.0
The Shareware picture viewer WarpView uses Warp3D which makes possible fast scaling. But the program requires more video-RAM as different picture viewer. Datatypes are used for loading pictures. You can find the changes in version 1.0 under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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04.Jan.2009
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Individual Computers: Indivision Flash 1.3 / Changes in EU power grid
Press release
Software update for Indivision AGA
The new version 1.3 of the Indivision AGA Flash core now allows separate settings of the sync-polarity for standard- and HighGFX modes. Since some monitors use the polarity to switch between resolutions, this improves user-friendliness a lot, because switching between games and workbanch-based applications does not require any adjustments any more. Games mostly use PAL or NTSC screenmodes, while it's desirable to have the flicker-free high resolutions of HighGFX on the workbench.
Direct download: Indivision_Config_V100.lha
Indivision AGA for the A1200 will be back in the shops shortly. The price remains at 129.- EUR (recommended retail price including German sales tax of 19%). A version for the A4000D computer is planned for march 2009, the price will be identical with the A1200 version.
Changes in EU power grid for 2009
A small detail has been changed for the EU power grid on january 1st, 2009: While the mains nominal voltage remains at 230V, the tolerance has been changed to +/- 10%.
In 1987, Germany has raised the nominal voltage from 220V to 230V. To protect existing devices, the tolerance was set to a lower boundary of -10% and an upper boundary of +6%, resulting in almost the same upper limit of 243V. This was done for a transition period that has ended on january 1st, 2009, so the new upper limit is now over 250V, which can cause more heat generation in older transformer-based power supplies. Modern switchmode-power supplies will presumably not have any problems with the changed tolerance. EU-Countries that have used 240V before (such as England) have lowered their nominal voltage.
Although Commodore was still in business in 1987, power supplies were specified for 220V. We recommend extremely good cooling for this generation of power supplies, and to remove the power plug when the devices are not in use. Protection against over-voltage can be provided by uninterruptable power sources that are independant of the input voltage (VI- and VFI-types). These types are also called "line-interactive" or "Online"-types. "Offline"-types do not offer over-voltage protection.
Increasing the mains voltage can reduce line losses. The relation between transferred energy and line losses gets better with higher voltages, so this can protect the enviroment by reducing CO2 emissions. However, the primary goal of these changes is the EU-wide harmonization of voltages, which has been completed with this final step. (snx)
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04.Jan.2009
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: Application in dental practices
Possibly presentations which were created with Andreas Falkenhahn's Hollywood Designer under AmigaOS 4 will be used in dental practices.
The Norwegian company Ferrule Media has used Hollywood for his commercial product "Dental Kanal" which was introduced on a fair. You can now read a message which was published on the Hollywood-mailing list:
I would like to give you some information about our projects and hopefully inspire other hollywood users. I'm one of the founders of Ferrule Media, a new company that is developing software and information channels to be used in dentistry. We are now in the early process of releasing our software in Norway and Denmark.
I'm a dentist of profession and a former demoscene graphician. Nobody of the Ferrule team has any knowledge about coding. However, Hollywood Designer offered everything we needed in order to make (what we think is) quality software.
Ferrule Media has at the moment finished two projects:
Project 1: Dental Kanal - an information channel to be used in dentists waiting rooms. At the moment we cover 23 topics about dentistry. These topics are displayed to the patients while they wait for their treatment.
Project 2: Dental Info - a program that helps the dentist in the process of informing patients while they get their treatment in the dental-chair. This is done by offering a series of illustrations to cover problems and treatment of different kinds of dental treatment.
On our homepage you will be able to download demos of our programs for Windows and Mac OS. There are also lots of screenshots to show the graphical user-interface and design. Everything is made using AmigaOS 4.1 and Hollywood Designer. The homepage is written in Norwegian and Danish.
We showed Dental Kanal and Dental Info to the public in December 2008 with great success! We believe that 2009 will become an interesting year.
In the end I would like to send some special greetings to Andreas. I'm not sure if all of you are aware of it, but Andreas made some very important additions to Hollywood Designer when he released version 2.1. The ability to import scripts and merge two or more scripts are important if several people are working on the same project. Also, the ability to link all graphics and other files into the main executable is very important to secure the graphics released in our software.
Thanks alot for releasing version 2.1 for free! Also the ability to save executables for both Windows and Mac OS in addition to AmigaOS is amazing. Without these changes and your great support we would not have been able to finish our products. I do hope that more users will buy Hollywood Designer and see what it has to offer.
I would also like to thank PEB for his help and support. He has helped me solving some coding-questions and also made the great tool called text2png (released on OS4Depot). Text2png is a program that allows you to save text into PNG files with alpha-channel. By doing this it is possible to have text displayed on Hollywood PC/Mac executables even if TrueType font support is missing at the moment.
Best regards,
Torgeir Vee
Ferrule Media
Norway
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04.Jan.2009
Christoph Hahn (ANF)
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AROS: VmwAROS 1.0.1
Paolo Besser who is the maintainer of the AROS-distribution VmwAROS has published an update to version 1.0.1. This update requires an installed version.
Furthermore he published a video which shows the VmwAROS.
Changes:
- New AROS-kernel and current system files
- Current SDK
- Correted sdl-config-script
- Update of ATI-Radeon-drivers
- MPlayer with three different start scripts
- Double-clicking a MP3-file opens the MPlayer in GUI-modus
- ArosAmp 0.21, MilkyTracker, VICE, HFinder and SDLcalc added
- Current versions of MuiBase, PortablE and ConfigIP-Prefs
- Some more games and applications
The update is available as 7Zip compressed ISO-file. After having unpacked and burned on a CD or integrated the ISO-images in a Virtual Machine (using the VE-version of VmwAROS) you can start the update by starting the program VmwUpdate in the directory AROS:Tools.
The update can be downloaded either under Filefront or
AmiKit.
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03.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Manual: Debian Installation on the Sam440ep
Under the title link Philippe Ferrucci described how you can install the Linux distribution Debian on a Sam440ep-System using the Bootloaders Parthenope on the same harddrive on which AmigaOS 4 was installed.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PowerUp registrations: Over 650 boards registered
Matthias Münch who is owner of PowerUp hardware (PowerPC boards as well as graphic boards) has asked other users to register their boards. Until today he registered over 650 boards.
He tries to find out how many boards were produced and how many are still in use.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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UAE: AmiKit 1.5.4
AmiKit which is a full distribution for UAE-users is now available in version 1.5.4 and should be updated with the help of the Live-Update if you already have an installed version.
The changes in the new version are listed in the Changelog.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Jan.2009
Pegasosforum.de (Forum)
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MorphOS: Workaround for USB-devices under 2.x that didn't work
Under the title link Mario Kuban, based on hints from Fabien Coeurjoly, described (in German) how you can use some USB-devices which still did work under MorphOS 1.x but under version 2.0 did not any longer.
When starting you have to deactivate the pciusb.device of the USB-stack called Poseidon from the Open Firmware (boot boot.img mf=pciusb.device) and instead to use Nicolas Det's ehciusb.device 50.9 as well as Frank Mariak's uhciusb.device 51.4 in the preferences of MorphOS. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Jan.2009
ACube Systems (ANF)
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ACube: Specifications, price and picture of SAM440ep-flex
On sam440.com the specifications and the price (375 Euro plus taxes and shipping) of the successor of the Sam440ep called Sam440ep-flex were listed. Additionally there is a picture of the motherboard.
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