26.Apr.2008
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WinUAE: Configuration hints for AmiKit on an Eee-PC
Under the title link Ravi Abbott described which configurations you have to set to use the complete distribution AmiKit under WinUAE on the Subnotebook Eee made by Asus.
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25.Apr.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PDF-magazine: #Amigaguide, second issue
Last week the printed version of the #Amigaguide was sent to the subscibers. Today the English magazine is available as free PDF-document. Topics of this issue:
- NAF - 15 years and still booting!
Norwegian Amiga Association celebrates 15 years anniversary 1992-2007
- Codex Alpe Adria: Report from the Italian Amiga fair
- AROS: Report of AROS from the hands of Michael Blackburn Heltne aka mike^^
- Test: EFIKA 5200 B: Test of the EFIKA 5200 B from Stian Strøm aka Amigaguy
- Amiga Players: Sean Fitzgerald of ART writes about Amiga heroes and crooks
- Amiga Freak XL: Gary D., aka s00p of #amiga, is an Amiga freak of the XL format...
You can only download it if you are a member of the Amiga portal amigaweb.net. If you are not then you first of all have to create an account.
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24.Apr.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Origyn Web Browser 1.23 (Update)
Jörg Strohmayer has published another update of his port of the Origyn Web Browser. Changes in version 1.23/1.22:
- 1.23: Enabled font kerning. Looks better, but the cursor offset is wrong in text input now
- 1.23: No longer downloads application/xhtml+xml
- 1.23: The font implementations are build as shared objects now and you can choose the one you want, currently the AmigaOS4 implementation and the embedded bitmap fonts only since the freetype one doesn't work because of a bug in libexpat.so. To use the embedded bitmap fonts, which might make OWB more usable on classic Amigas although I doubt it helps much, rename libowbfont.so to libowbfontamiga.so and libowbfontembedded.so to libowbfont.so
- 1.23: Added FONTXDPI and FONTYDPI tooltypes to configure the font rendering in the AmigaOS4 font implementation and changed the defaults from 72/72 to 84/72 DPI
- 1.23: The bookmark code is in a shared object now, that way George can work on it without having to build the complete OWB himself.
- 1.22: Improved the speed of the font system a little bit
- 1.22: Improved font spacing
- 1.22: Fixed http://crashlog.os4depot.net/cl41
- 1.22: Updated curl-ca-bundle.crt
- 1.22: Disabled some gfx and scrolling optimisations as they sometimes cause gfx errors, for example clearing the top of a page without updating it again
- 1.22: Added bookmarks from George Sokianos' OWB_GUI
OWB 1.23 is an update and requires the previous version 1.21 which is available on Aminet.
Direct download: OWB.lha (2,7 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Apr.2008
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: Shuffle 1.14 for registered users
For all registered users there is an update of the MorphOS puzzle game "Shuffle" (screenshot).
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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23.Apr.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AROS: Status-Update of SAM440-port
In his blog Michal Schulz who at the end of the last year started porting AROS to Acube's SAM440-platform told about his last progresses. A photo of the AROS-Workbench called Wanderer demonstrates that he made it to boot AROS on the PPC-Motherboard.
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23.Apr.2008
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MorphOS: Bounty-system on pegasosforum.de
Users on pegasosforum.de want to establish a bounty system.
Currently in the new section "Bounty Bay" proposals of different software projects are discussed and written.
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23.Apr.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Milkytracker 0.90.80
Milkytracker is a clone compatible with ProTracker and FastTrackerII. It now includes an improved editor (screenshot).
The most important changes in version 0.90.80:
- Open up to 32 modules using tabs, allows simultaneous playback of different tabs, copy pattern data/instruments/samples between tabs
- New resamplers for improved sound quality: Cubic Lagrange, Cubic Spline, Fast Sinc, Precise Sinc, Amiga 500, Amiga 500 LED, Amiga 1200, Amiga 1200 LED
- Render parts of the song directly into a sample slot (from HD recorder)
You can get more information about the changes at the readme.
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23.Apr.2008
Moobunny (Forum)
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Apple bought PowerPC producer P.A. Semi
According to the economic magazine Forbes Apple has bought the processor producer P.A. Semi. It is assumed that the PowerPC-derivate will be used in future models of Apple's iPhone-mobiles.
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22.Apr.2008
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Team AROS: New home
According to Randy 'dammy' Vice its initiative Team AROS will get a new home. From June power2PEOPLE will take charge of Team AROS.
Randy 'dammy' Vice said he himself cannot maintain the website and the corresponding mySQL database.
The monthly "Benefactor"-bounties will be finished to the 1st of May but there will not be any other changes.
power2PEOPLE is a non-profit organization led by Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck (Genesi).
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22.Apr.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: NewsCoaster 1.63
NewsCoaster is a MUI-based newsreader and is now available for AmigaOS 4 in version 1.63.
The source code will be available on SourceForge.net soon. Additionally there you can post bug reports.
Download: newscoaster.lha (1 MB)
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22.Apr.2008
Bernd Roesch (ANF)
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AROS für AmigaOS: AfA 4.2
Under the title link Bernd Rösch has published AfA 4.2 which is a port of single AROS components for AmigaOS 3.9.
The most important changes:
- Bug fix at the skin routines which did not set the screen structur correctly.
- Improvement of the compatibility of the skin routines for FinalWriter, CyberShow and PhotoAlbum
- Bug fix and extension of morelibspace mada by Thomas Klein.
- Gadtools programse also use the new design of the scroll elements of Zune.
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22.Apr.2008
Martin (DaFreak) Rebentisch (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #103
The scene group Liquid Skies has published its 103th musicpack. This time it includes a rack called "Just Music" which was composed by the Russian musician Alex West. The cover was designed by DaFreak.
Some further information to the track:
- Title: Just Music
- Artist: Alex West
- Style: Drum'n Bass
- Play time: 5:41
- Format: mp3 @ 128 kbps
- Size: 5.2 MB (ZIP-compressed)
You can download the file under the title link. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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22.Apr.2008
Diverse (ANF)
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Windows: Zak McKracken - between time and space
Fans of the Adventure legend Zak McKracken have developed a haben eine sequel of the Lucasfilm classic from the year 1988 (screenshots). After seven years of development the game is now available for free. The download has a size of 1,9 GB.
Download:
BitTorrent-Download
Download page at winfuture.de
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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21.Apr.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Printmagazin: Amiga Future 72 (Mai/Juni 2008), Vorschau
Pressnote: The preview and excerpts for the Amiga Future 72 (May/June 2008) are online now.
In this issue you can find recent reviews of DvPlayer, "AmiKit", Word Me Up XXL, Goonies and lots of more.
Furthermore there is an interview with the makers of Tales of Tamar.
A more detailed description of content and excerpts can be found at: http://www.amigafuture.de/kb.php?mode=article&k=2358
The Amiga Future is available as an English or German printed magazine directly from the editorial office and also some Amiga dealers.
The Amiga Future can be obtained either as a single issue or by subscription each version either with or without a cover CD.
As always you can find lots of PD software and some full versions of software/games such as Nemac IV DC on the Amiga Future cover CD.
We ask all users having an interest in this magazine to order as soon as possible, to avoid disappointment, as some previous copies have already sold out. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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20.Apr.2008
Amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: MIDI-Sampler Phonolith 1.0
Phonolith is a software instrument created by Timo Kloss for AmigaOS 4, which plays sampled waveforms. It is usable with Horny and other CAMD based sequencers, or just a connected MIDI keyboard.
Starting with version 1.0, Phonolith is free software under the GNU General Public License (GPL) now. This decision was made because the author won't spend much time on this project anymore. He lost the need for it, because he stopped making music on Amiga. Please contact him if you are interested in the source code. A sourceforge.net project will follow.
Furthermore, the MIDI sequencer Horny is free now (but not open-source). To receive a keyfile, please contact the author.
Features of Phonolith 1.0:
- Downmixing to AIFF file
- Receives MIDI notes through camd.library
- Mixer unit with non-linear volume/panning controls and peak meters
- 16 different instruments at once
- ADSR amp envelope (non-linear decay and release curves) for each instrument
- Unlimited number of samples for each instrument, for key and velocity ranges
- Supports AIFF and WAVE sample format (only 16 bit)
- Imports Logic EXS24 instruments (PPC and Intel format)
- ReAction GUI
- Application.library support (for saving settings and registering Phonolith as application)
- Connection to Horny 1.3 for automatic project loading
- AmiUpdate support
- Locale.library support
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20.Apr.2008
MorphZone (Web page)
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MorphOS: Sputnik beta version 4
Marcin 'Marcik' Kwiatkowski has released a fourth beta version of his KHTML/Webcore port Sputnik for MorphOS. The specific improvements can be gathered from the changelog.
Sputnik is based on the same HTML engine as Safari (Apple) and Konqueror (KDE), whereby the program is the first browser for MorphOS with support for the formatting language CSS, among other things. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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20.Apr.2008
Amigaworld.net (Web page)
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WinUAE: AmigaSYS 4
AmigaSYS is a pre-installed Workbench for the Amiga emulator WinUAE with many enhancements - similar to AIAB (Amiga In A Box) or AmiKit. Additionally required are merely a file with the Kickstart ROM as well as a Workbench disk of version 3.x at least.
With AmigaSYS 4, it is now possible to install AmigaOS 3.9 without 3.0 or 3.1. In addition, the installers for those three operating system versions were heavily upgraded and support five languages. You can find a list of details on the project page under the title link. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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19.Apr.2008
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Commodore International is bankrupt
Commodore is bankrupt again: The Dutch Yeahronimo Media Ventures that owns the brand was declared bankrupt this week. According to a spokesman it will appeal the court order.
Commodore claims its daily operations are not affected by the legal battle. Its branding company has no personnel. The Commodore gaming PCs are sold by Commodore Gaming which is a Joint Venture between Commodore International and The Content Factory.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.Apr.2008
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Cinnamon Projects: Tasks for C++-developer
With the "Cinnamon Projects" the author of the SDL-based text editing software Cinnamon Writer tries to establish a kind of private bounty system: In order to speed up the development of programs he offers low amounts of money for the development of single modules or routines to external developers - currently you can earn 100 Euro if you develop a "Printer class" for Cinnamon.
The Cinnamon Projects are financed with the bounties paid for Cinnamon Writer. The finished moduls are intellectual property of the Cinnamon-author as well as of the external developer. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.Apr.2008
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Print magazine: #Amigaguide, second issue
Currently the second issue of the English print magazine #Amigaguide is being sent to the subscibers. The free PDF-version is supposed to be avaiable in about 14 days.
You can find an outline as well as an explanation of the delay of publishing of four months of the magazine under the title link. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.Apr.2008
Amiga Future (ANF)
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ComicOn 1.0 downloads Comic-Strips
ComicOn 1.0 is the successor of "Garfield Strips" and downloads and shows comic-strips of different websites. ComiCon is available for AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS and AROS.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.Apr.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Origyn Web Browser 1.21 and 1.3 (Update)
The AmigaOS 4 port of the Origyn Web Browser (OWB) is now available in version 1.21.
Changes:
- Added a workaround for font releated OWB memory leaks in the AmigaOS 4 font implementation
- Fixed crashlog entries cl25 and cl37
- Speed up text rendering
- No longer uses own mouse pointer
Update: (19:18, 19.04.08, snx)
Furthermore, version 1.3 has been released for AmigaOS 3.x.
Changes:
- Ported the memory allocator used in the AmigaOS4 version to AmigaOS 3.x, requires AmigaOS 3.9 BB 2 (exec V45)
- Added more workarounds for bugs in the AmigaOS 3.x SDL library
- Implemented the font system for AmigaOS 3.x. It's currently limited to the 3 outline fonts included in AmigaOS 3.x (CGTimes, CGTriumvirate and LetterGothic)
- Implemented intuition event handling for AmigaOS 3.x, all keys should work now. Of course text input will always be limited to ISO-8859-1 on AmigaOS 3.x since it didn't support different charsets yet
- AmigaOS mouse wheel, 4th and 5th mouse button events are supported as well, but there is probably nothing for AmigaOS 3.x which can generate them
- Implemented the graphics device for AmigaOS 3.x, requires Picasso96
- Implemented a minimal replacement for the missing ICU libraries (UTF-8, ISO-8859-1 -10 and 13-16)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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18.Apr.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Instant Messenger SabreMSN (alpha)
James "jahc" Carroll has published a first alpha version of the Instant Messenger SabreMSN for the MSN-network (screenshot). The author points out that he has been developing the programfor only one week and therefore currently this is a version for testing purposes. For further information please have a look at the readme.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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17.Apr.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New downloads online
On amigafuture.de disks 251-700 of the PD-game-serie "Spielekiste" are now available, further disks will follow. Disks 725, 726, 743 and 755 still are missing. If you have these ones please contact amigafuture.de.
Additionally some new downloads of full versions and keyfiles were added.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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16.Apr.2008
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Aminet-Uploads until 15.04.2008
These are the latest uploads to Aminet which have been added since our last message:
FussballBundesliga.lha biz/misc 31K GEN TurboCalc Spreadsheet Football (german)
BIG_Demo.lha demo/misc 197K OS3 Conversion of the B.I.G. Demo (Atari STF
AMOSlist-1999-09.lha dev/amos 19K GEN AMOS-list archives for September 1999
AMOSlist-1999-10.lha dev/amos 25K GEN AMOS-list archives for October 1999
usblist.lha dev/c 34K OS3 USB lister 0.05
freegetopt.lha dev/lib 17K OS4 Free Getopt
libaiff.lha dev/lib 116K OS4 Read/write aiff files
libharu.lha dev/lib 6.0M OS4 Free PDF Library
libiffanim.lha dev/lib 501K OS4 IFF-ANIM player (library)
Mandelbrot_1.png dev/src 14K GEN Screenshot from Manelbrot tutorial
Mandelbrot_2.png dev/src 38K GEN Screenshot from Manelbrot tutorial
Mandelbrot_3.png dev/src 32K GEN Screenshot from Manelbrot tutorial
Mandelbrot_tutorial.lha dev/src 126K GEN Simple Mandelbrot fractal generator
AmigaPower.lha docs/hyper 66K GEN aMiGa=PoWeR French Amiga Magazine
BermudaSyndrome-morphos.lha game/actio 112K MOS Bermuda Syndrome/SDL
NickyBoum-morphos.lha game/jump 79K MOS a classic platformer game
dcraw.i386-aros.zip gfx/conv 568K ARO CLI converter for camera raw files
dvdauthor-os3.zip gfx/conv 4.6M OS3 Set of tools for authoring a DVD
vlt.lha gfx/misc 249K OS3 Very Limited Titler. AGA scroll titler.
iffanimplay.lha gfx/show 800K OS4 IFF-ANIM player
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 578K OS3 Arcadia 2001/Interton VC 4000/TVGC emul.
DgenMOS.lha misc/emu 331K MOS Sega Genesis/Megadrive emulator
StellaMOS.lha misc/emu 470K MOS Atari VCS 2600 emulator
SamplesCreatorDemos.lha mods/smpl 43K GEN Some samples created by SamplesCreator
Monoscope_1_41.lha mus/misc 31K OS3 Oscilloscope for parallel port samplers
mdxplay.lha mus/play 770K OS4 Commandline MDX player
sexypsf.lha mus/play 129K OS4 Commandline PSF player
tunead_plug.lha mus/play 2.1M OS4 AdPlug based plugin for TuneNet
tunemdx_plug.lha mus/play 102K OS4 MDX plugin for TuneNet
AP41Covers.lha pix/misc 358K GEN aMiGa=PoWeR n°41 Cover Recto
kens_icons_v4.lha pix/picon 4.9M GEN Ken's DualPNG Icons
Skin2PSP.lha pix/theme 520K GEN Morphos Theme for PSP
opensfv.lha util/misc 40K OS4 Checksum generator/validator
sha256-mos.lha util/misc 30K MOS SHA256 Message Digest Utility
StartBar-ITA.lha util/misc 139K OS3 Italian version of StartBar
CestinoGlobale.lha util/wb 55K OS3 Global trashcan under Blitz development
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16.Apr.2008
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 15.04.2008
These are the latest uploads to os4depot.net which have been added since our last message:
aahr.lha aud/mis 6kb Rips HivelyTracker and AHX tunes
mdxplay.lha aud/pla 770kb Commandline MDX player
sexypsf.lha aud/pla 129kb Commandline PSF/miniPSF player
tunead_plug.lha aud/pla 2Mb AdPlug based plugin for TuneNet
tunemdx_plug.lha aud/pla 102kb MDX plugin for TuneNet
tunenet.lha aud/pla 988kb Music Player (Multiformat)
memtrace.lha dev/deb 186kb memtrace - a memory debugger
freegetopt.lha dev/lib 16kb Parse arguments passed to your program
libaiff.lha dev/lib 115kb Read/write aiff files
libgen.lha dev/lib 2kb C general purpose library
libharu.lha dev/lib 5Mb Free PDF Library
libiffanim.lha dev/lib 500kb IFF-ANIM player (library)
taglib.lha dev/lib 3Mb Audio meta-data reader and editor librar
sudokusolver.lha gam/uti 5kb Sudoku solver with source
mcc_betterstring.lha lib/mui 149kb BetterString custom class for MUI
mcc_nlist.lha lib/mui 978kb NList custom classes for MUI
mcc_texteditor.lha lib/mui 448kb TextEditor custom class for MUI
mcc_thebar.lha lib/mui 1Mb TheBar.mcc - The MUI Toolbar custom clas
ctorrent_gui.lha net/p2p 292kb BitTorrent clone with reaction gui
gnumeric-src.lha off/spr 1Mb Sources of Gnumeric 1.6.3 and related li
gnumeric.lha off/spr 18Mb Gnumeric - a spreadsheet for AmigaOS 4 (
dupfinder.lha uti/fil 9kb Finds even more duplicate files on your
filesplit.lha uti/fil 118kb split files by number of parts, part siz
opensfv.lha uti/fil 39kb Checksum generator/validator
docket.lha uti/mis 44kb Powerful cron-like scheduling commodity
iffanimplay.lha vid/pla 800kb IFF-ANIM player
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16.Apr.2008
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 15.04.2008
These are the latest uploads to AROS-Archives which have been added since our last message:
winarosstart.exe emu/uti 1Mb WinArosStart (fast and comfortable file
dcraw.i386-aros.zip gra/con 567kb CLI converter for camera raw files
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16.Apr.2008
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WHDLoad: New packages until 16.04.2008
With WHDLoad you can install games and scene demos to your harddrive which originally were meant only for use with disks. Additionally several incompatibilities with newer Amiga models were fixed.
The following installers have been added, updated or improved since our last message:
- 13.04.08 improved: Foundation's Waste (Exocet Software) supports another version (Info)
- 13.04.08 improved: Explora / Chrono Quest (Infomedia/Psygnosis) freeze in credit intro removed, icon added (Info)
- 04.04.08 improved: Midnight Resistance (Ocean) made working on uae, icons and docs added (Info)
- 03.04.08 improved: Cybernoid (Hewson) 2nd joystick button support, trainer added (Info)
- 01.04.08 improved: Apidya (Kaiko) fixed some access faults (Info)
- 27.03.08 updated: Spherical (Rainbow Arts) rewritten, supports another version, many changes (Info)
- 27.03.08 new: Advanced Destroyer Simulator (Futura) done by JOTD (Info)
- 26.03.08 new: Swords & Galleons (Idea Software) done by Dr Cinicus (Info)
- 24.03.08 new: Grand Prix Circuit (D.S.I) done by JOTD (Info)
- 24.03.08 improved: Hard Drivin' (Domark) supports racing masters compilation version, new icons (Info)
- 24.03.08 improved: Apidya (Kaiko) can now enter bonus rounds while invulnerable (Info)
- 24.03.08 new: Reunion (Grandslam) done by Psygore (Info)
- 16.03.08 improved: Ruff'n'Tumble (Renegade) supports 2 button joystick, slave rewritten (Info)
- 16.03.08 improved: Hybris (Discovery Software) supports NTSC version again, support for 2nd joystick button (Info)
- 15.03.08 new: Foundation's Waste (Exocet Software) done by Psygore (Info)
- 12.03.08 updated: Unreal (Ordilogic Systems/UBI-Soft) new imager, slave rewritten, misc fixes, new icons and install script (Info,Image)
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15.Apr.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Docket 3.1
Docket written by Steven Solie is a tool which starts processes to a specific time automatically. Mainly it is meant for users whose computers works permanently and which have to start tasks to certain times, e.g. making backups.
Version 3.1 includes now "resistant" reminder messages which "survive" crashes as well.
Download: docket.lha (45 KB)
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15.Apr.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: SearchStar 0.93c, SimpleView 2.1b, Gread 1.0m
Tom "Amigaharry" Duin has published updates of his search program SearchStar as well as of his picture and text viewer Simpleview and Gread.
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15.Apr.2008
amiga.org (Webseite)
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IRC-channel for AmigaE programmers
Because the two compilers for the Amiga programming language E ECX and PortablE are developed further Paul J. "NovaBurst" Beel has decided to establish an IRC-channel for discussions.
You can access the channel under irc.freenode.net and it is called #amigae. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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15.Apr.2008
natmeg.stamey.at/ports/ (ANF)
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MorphOS: VLC 0.9.6f Beta1
Rupert Hausberger has ported the media player VLC to MorphOS. The ixemul.library is required.
Some video codecs (mov, mp4, h264) may have some display errors. In these cases you have to set the required aspect ratio manually. The specific MorphOS parameters "cgx_overlay", "cgx_vmem" and "ahi" are still not included but "cgx_wpa" and "ahi_dev" work yet.
For further information please have a look at the readme.
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15.Apr.2008
Matthias Henze (ANF)
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stormamiga.lib for free
From now on the linker library stormamiga.lib V.45.01 for StormC is available for free. This new version was optimized in contrary to the version
v.45.00 from 21.12.04) and the documenation and the installer script were reworked. Currently the developer Matthias Henze will not supply support or updates but this may come in future. You can download the library from the website of the developer under the title link.
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13.Apr.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AROS: Status-Update April 2008
Under the title link Paolo Besser summarizes the latest developments concerning the open-source operating system AROS. VmwAROS LIVE! and WinAROS as well as the update of the developing environment Murks!IDE are mentioned.
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13.Apr.2008
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Spreadsheet Gnumeric 1.6.3 for Cygnix
Edgar Schwan ported Gnumeric 1.6.3 for his AmigaOS 4 X11 environment Cygnix. That application is a spreadsheet and part of the Gnome Office Suite, just like AbiWord.
Gnumeric features:
- Supported loaders:
- Own format including an experimental SAX-XML version (*.gnumeric)
- MS Excel (tm) (*.xls)
- Open / Star Calc (*.sxc, *.ods)
- Lotus 123 (*.wk1, *.wks, *.123)
- Applix (*.as)
- Data Interchange Format (*.dif)
- Comma or tab separated values (CSV/TSV)
- GNU Oleo (*.oleo)
- HTML (*.html, *.htm)
- Linear- and integer programm format (*.mps)
- Multiplan (SYLK)
- PLN-Format
- Quattro Pro (*.wb1, *.wb2, *.wb3)
- SC/xspread
- Text-import (configurable)
- Xbase (*.dbf)
- Supported savers:
- Own format (*.gnumeric)
- Comma separated values (CSV)
- Data Interchange Format (*.dif)
- HTML (Fragment, HTML 3.2 und HTML 4.0, XHTML) (*.html)
- LaTeX 2e (*.tex)
- MS Excel (tm) (5.0/95, 97/2000/XP)
- OpenOffice (incomplete)
- TROFF (*.me)
- Text-export (configurable)
- All builtin functions of Excel are available. Also the standard add-in
functions and 60 additional functions are included
- Support of objects like circles, lines, buttons, pictures and so on
- Diagrams
- Print function with preview
- And much more...
In addition to this, Gnumeric has some features which are basically new to
Cygnix. This includes Amiga clipboard support and working Alt and Alt+Shift
key combinations. For more details please refer to the included documentation.
Download: gnumeric.lha (19 MB) (snx)
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12.Apr.2008
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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individual Computers: Delfina - The DSP makes the difference!
Press release Soundcards for the Amiga are continuously popular, but only one soundcard has a freely programmable DSP - a specialized audio processor. With this concept, the Delfina strictly follows the old Amiga idea to do as much work as possible with specialized hardware in order to take load off the main processor. We have taken over the Delfina from Petsoff in 2003, but only published a software update once.
After more than four years, we are especially happy that Axel Schneider has taken over the development of the delfina.library in his spare time since October 2007. The original author Teemu Suikki (Finland) has published large parts of the Delfina software under different open-source licenses. For the first time, we are publishing the source code for drivers of a product that you can still buy in the shops and that is actively developed. Although it seems to be quite fashionable to increase prices for classic Amiga hardware, we don't see a reason to follow that trend. The price of the Delfina "flipper edition" of 129.- EUR (*) is still more than 140.- EUR below the price of the predecessors made by Petsoff.
The new library also allows connecting the Delfina to a 26-pin expansion port of our Zorro cards like Buddha and X-Surf (older models). Crashes that occured especially on fast accelerators and under high DSP-load are probably completely eliminated. There are still some issues when playing back web radio streams with a bitrate of 256 kbit or more that we could not trace back to the delfina library. Find out more in the readme file of the archive.
The software support for the older Delfina cards (made 1999 or earlier) is still in the drivers, but it is not maintained or tested anymore. We recommend the use of a new card made by individual Computers.
Download: DelfLib417b1.lha (133 KB)
Picture archive as addendum to the manual: delfina_pictures.zip (421 KB)
* = recommended retail price including 19% VAT. Prices at resellers may differ. Shipping cost added when mail-ordering. (snx)
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11.Apr.2008
Amigaweb.net (Webseite)
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DualPNG: 25 new icons created by Ken Lester
Ken Lester has created 25 new or updated pictograms in 32 Bit-DualPNG-dormat. They are meant to be used for Aladdin 4D, AmigaWriter, ArtEffect, E-UAE, Pagestream, PPaint and Shapeshifter.
Download:
kens_icons_update_april_08.lha (200 KB)
kens_icons_v4.lha (complete package V4 with update, 5 MB)
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11.Apr.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Origyn Web Browser 1.2 and 1.20
The AmigaOS and AmigaOS 4-ports of the Origyn Web Browser (OWB) are available in version 1.2 and 1.20. In version 1.20 the scrolling was improved and in version 1.2 (68k-version) fixes some bugs of the SDL library concerning the keyboard input.
Furthermore the speed was increased and you can now open links with the target "_blank" (in the same frame). GIF-animations cannot be played any longer because it slows down the browser too much. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Apr.2008
Amigaweb.net (Webseite)
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Script: AmiKit-Linux-Installer
AmiKit-1.4.x-nix-Installer is a script which is supposed to make the installation of the complete distribution AmiKit under Linux as easy as it is under Windows.
The Installer downloads AmiKit 1.4.0 as well as E-UAE and configures it.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Apr.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Review: PCI-Board Mediator TX with graphic board Radeon 9200
For the new PCI-board Mediator TX developed by Elbox a first review was published under the title link.
The author is very satisfied concerning delivery components, support as well as functionality. There were only problems with the Radeon graphic board because the model which was chosen by the tester was still not supported by the first driver version. But Elbox published an update of the driver and then it worked. Finally the author had to modificate the Infinitiv tower in order to use the graphic board.
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09.Apr.2008
(ANF)
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AROS: Murks! IDE 0.6.0
Murks! IDE is an integrated devlopment environment for AROS (screenshot). The project files are compatible with AmiDevCpp. Changes in version 0.6.0:
- supports C++ projects!
- Murks!IDE compiles Murks!IDE
- auto save when building
- show if file was edited
- open/create new project without closing Murks!IDE
- remove unit from project
- add existing (on disk) unit to project
- redirect compiler output to separate console
- save project as... option
- Murks!IDE sourcecode added as an example Project
Murks!-IDE 0.6.0 requires one of the "Nightly Builds" of AROS which is older than 29th march 2008. For installing the package you only have to extract the archive to the harddrive.
If you have bug reports or suggestions then please tell it the author on the corresponding project site at sourceforge.net.
Links:
Murks! IDE 0.6.0
Murks! IDE 0.6.0 Lite (ohne C/C++-Compiler)
C/C++ Compiler package (is required by Murks! IDE Lite)
Murks! IDE Sources
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08.Apr.2008
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Aminet-Uploads until 07.04.2008
These are the latest uploads to Aminet which have been added since our last message:
AMOSlist-1999-08.lha dev/amos 82K GEN AMOS-list archives for August 1999
vdappc-mos.lha dev/asm 35K MOS A PowerPC disassembler
ecx_upd.lha dev/e 324K VAR E Compiler ECX. Update from 1.8.0
gcc-3.3.1-v2-i386-aros.zip dev/gcc 16M ARO gcc/g++ 3.3.1 i386 aros
bresenham24.lha dev/src 20K GEN 24Bit Bresenham algorithm: lines+circles
ColorTrack.lha game/actio 54K OS3 Snake action game with puzzles
Saga.lha game/board 360K OS3 Conversion of TSR boardgame
WBSudoku.lha game/board 209K OS3 WBSudoku (German)
SudokuSolver.lha game/think 23K VAR Sudoku solver with source
ico2bmp-mos.lha gfx/conv 16K MOS Extracts BMP files from ICO files
jhead-mos.lha gfx/conv 112K MOS manipulate non-image parts of Exif JPEGs
pnger.lha gfx/edit 238K OS4 Low-level PNG editor (TweakPNG clone)
vlt.lha gfx/misc 405K OS3 Very Limited Titler. AGA scroll titler.
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 561K OS3 Arcadia 2001/Interton VC 4000/TVGC emul.
pspzx81.lha misc/emu 1.1M OS4 ZX80/ZX81/TS1000 emulator based on xz81
zxtext2p.lha misc/emu 59K OS4 Convert ASCII text to ZX81 .P file
aahr-68k.lha mus/edit 8K OS3 AHX and HVL file ripper
asap2wav-68k.lha mus/edit 41K OS3 Play/convert Atari 8-bit music
hvl2wav-68k.lha mus/edit 36K OS3 Converts AHX and HVL mods to WAV
hvl2wav-mos.lha mus/edit 34K MOS Converts AHX and HVL mods to WAV
Monoscope_1_4.lha mus/misc 31K OS3 Oscilloscope for parallel port samplers
SymphonieModuleReader.zip mus/misc 474K Symphonie .SymMod Reader (Java)
yaeval.lha util/cli 19K OS4 Yet Another Eval replacement
KME-UPD.lha util/misc 26K OS3 Update for the KME Keymap-Editor
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 331K OS3 Multipurpose utility
StartBar-ITA.lha util/misc 137K OS3 Italian version of StartBar
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08.Apr.2008
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 07.04.2008
These are the latest uploads to os4depot.net which have been added since our last message:
freesci-src.lha gam/adv 1Mb FreeSCI source
sudokusolver.lha gam/uti 5kb Sudoku solver with source
aissview.lha gra/ais 73kb Viewer for AISS
pnger.lha gra/edi 237kb Low-level PNG editor (TweakPNG clone)
openssh-bin.lha net/mis 1Mb OpenSSH secure connectivity tools
text2png.lha uti/mis 2Mb A program for converting text to a PNG i
yae.lha uti/mis 18kb Yet Another Eval
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08.Apr.2008
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 07.04.2008
These are the latest uploads to AROS-Archives which have been added since our last message:
murks-0.6.0.i386-aros.zip dev/ide 16Mb Murks! An Integrated Development Environ
murks-0.6.0.src.zip dev/ide 221kb Murks!IDE-Source
murks-lite-0.6.0.i386-aros.zip dev/ide 345kb Murks! An Integrated Development Environ
gcc-3.3.1-v2-i386-aros.zip dev/lan 15Mb gcc/g++ 3.3.1 i386 aros
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08.Apr.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Pictures from the Breakpoint
On the website of the Amiga Future there are pictures taken from the scene-party Breakpoint. The snapshots were taken by "aga060".
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08.Apr.2008
amiga.org (Webseite)
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PDF-Magazine: Amigahellas 5 (Greek)
The fifth issue of the Greek PDF-magazine called Amigahellas is about the following topics:
- Beautify your OS 3.9
- Amiga OS3.9 vs Scalos vs Dopus Magellan
- Amiga PSU Remake
- Star Commander
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07.Apr.2008
amiga.org (Webseite)
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VmwAROS 0.7 Beta - now with live-CD
VmwAROS is an AROS-distribution which includes some preinstalled applications like FryingPan, SimpleMail or an early preview of the web browser Traveller. Additionally to the well-knwon version which is based on the emulator VMware there is now also a live CD which is called "VmwAROS LIVE!" with which you can boot AROS directly from CD - without starting a virtual machine.
Direct download:
VmwAROS 0.7 Beta (450 MB): Download site
VmwAROS Live! 0.7 Beta: vmwaros_live_b0_7.zip (202 MB)
VmwAROS Live! (alternativer Download): Download site at MegaUpload (cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Apr.2008
(ANF)
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AROS-Distribution: WinAros 04/2008
With WinAros it is possible to test the operating system AROS under Windows and to check out programs which were developed e.g. with AmiDevCpp (screenshot).
The virtual harddrive of the latest version includes two partitions: A 100 MB FFS-partition with the boot-files and a 480 MB SFS-partition with the AROS installation. The new version of WinAROS includes a C/C++-compiler as well as Murks!-IDE. You can install further apllications with WinArosStart.
WinAROS is setup with a Windows-like installation program. A deinstallation program is also part of the distribution.
Direct download: WinArosDeveloper042008.exe (54 MB)
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06.Apr.2008
Brork (ANF)
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Interviews with former Amiga Joker editors
Press release Today, we are pleased to be able to present to you four new interviews with former editors of the publisher Joker. Among our guests were the following legends this time: Paul Kautz, Dr. Werner Ponikwar, Martin Schnelle and his brother Mick Schnelle.
Every one of them ranks among the doyens of the publisher Joker and held a Q&A session for our numerous questions. At this point, we thank all participants again for their contribution!
Brork
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06.Apr.2008
CD³²-Allianz (ANF)
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Script: Final version of Convert2CDXL
The script Convert2CDXL, in its final version which is available from now on, handles the conversion to PPM images totally automatically with the integration of ffmpeg. In addition, the PPM images can be scaled to half, quarter or eighth of their size.
Further improvements are the manual in AmigaGuide format and an enhancement of the XL start script. An optimization was carried out for processors from 68020 up to 68060. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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06.Apr.2008
Grzegorz Kraszewski (ANF)
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MorphOS: MediaLogger 1.8
Grzegorz Kraszewski's MediaLogger is a basic tool for debugging and tracking applications using Reggae multimedia framework.
New features in version 1.8:
- Selected log messages can be copied to the clipboard
- MediaLogger saves the state of message filter
- "About" and "About MUI" menu items
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06.Apr.2008
Amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: Cinnamon Writer 0.52 (beta)
Press release Cinnamon Writer (CW) is a WYSIWYG writer application under development. The main objective of CW is to be a small efficient word processor with the most often used features seen in other professional word processors (screenshot).
Version 0.5 is much faster than the previous version. It offers most of the basic and most often used functionality expected from a word processor (selectable fonts, font size, text alignment, line space, text color, highlight color, bullets, underline, super/subscript etc).
The documents are saved in RTF format that ensures maximum compatibility with other word processors. At a later stage of development, other save formats will be available.
The icons set used in CW is the work of Martin 'Mason' Merz. (Thank you Martin!)
I am also announcing the coming opening of Cinnamon Projects.
The purpose of Cinnamon Projects is to speed up the development of CW by utilizing some the very gifted coders on the amiga scene.
Since I have come to the realization that writing an application like this single handedly, is near impossible, I have decided to use a larger part of the donations I have received and hopefully will continue to receive, to fund coders who are interested in contributing to the application.
A new section will open on desler.be in the near future where different projects are announced together with the amount of money a coder will receive upon completion of the project.
An example of a project could be a printer class that will handle all the Amiga specific calls required to add printing capability to CW. The prize given upon completion will range from 50-150 euro depending on the scale of the project and of course, the amount of donations I have received.
I haven’t been able to test this software on a classic AOS4 setup, so please let me know if a specific setup is not working. The stability of this version has not been throughout tested and the undo/redo feature is currently not available. Therefore save often and save different versions of your document when using CW!
I really hope that you will find this application useful. Please don’t hesitate to report bugs/crashes/ideas and perhaps give donations/beer on desler.be. Finally... Donate. Scientific case studies have shown that people who donated experienced 33.4% fewer crashes. ;-) (snx)
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05.Apr.2008
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Video: "Still Alive" - Animated Amiga Tribute by Eric Schwartz
Under the title link Eric Schwartz has created a cartoon to the song "Still Alive" which is included in the computer game Portal. In his video now a female Amiga sings this song.
The video was created on a Amiga 4000T with the help of the programs Photon Cel Animator, Lightwave 3D 5, Disney Animation Studio, Anim Workshop, Deluxe Paint 4 and Personal Paint.
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04.Apr.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: TweakPNG-clone PNGer 0.1
PNGer written by Peter Gordon is an editor for AmigaOS 4 with which you can view and edit meta data of a PNG-file.
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04.Apr.2008
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Developer-Tool: RLEpack 1.3
With RLEpack developers can compress/decompress any kind of binary data with the help of the RLE-algorythm (well-known from graphic formats such as BMP). In version 1.3 one bug was fixed. Additionally there is now also a AmigaOS 3-version.
Download:
rlepack-1.3-morphos.lha (3,9 KB)
rlepack-1.3-amigaos.lha (3,0 KB)
rlepack-1.3-source.tar.bz2 (5,5 KB)
rlepack-1.3-source.tar.gz (5,3 KB)
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