02.Oct.2004
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS theme for Linux
Under the title link has David Gavilan Ruiz made a MorphOS theme for the Linux windows manager Fluxbox made available (screenshot).
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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02.Oct.2004
MorphOS-News.de (Website)
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Genesi to be at Freescale Embedded Connectivity Summit and MySQL ComCon Europe
Genesi will be gold sponsor at the Freescale Embedded Connectivity Summit held from October 4-6, 2004 in Austin, Texas.
From November 8-10, 2004 Genesi will also be exhibitor at the MySQL ComCon Europe 2004. (snx)
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02.Oct.2004
Kristian Eklund (ANF)
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Genesi Scandinavia presents the CrabFire Multi-purpose Firewall
Göteborg, Sweden, 2004-10-01 - Newly formed Genesi Scandinavia presented the CrabFire firewall at Smart Networks Developer Forum (SNDF) in Frankfurt, Germany. The CrabFire is not only a firewall, but also a spam and virusfilter.
The firewall can be configured to filter spam and e-mail virus heading for your corporate mailserver. If your company has several office-locations one CrabFire can be placed in each office and a secure, encrypted tunnel can be opened between them. Your employers will be able to access all computers just as if they were on the same local network.
One other thing you can use your CrabFire for is Packet filtering. With this feature you can stop network users from using any Internet applications you do not want to be used -- such as peer-to-peer file sharing and instant messaging programs. Changing the service ports in these applications will not work - the CrabFire scans within the packets for signatures from these programs and will stop or log them, depending on your configuration.
The CrabFire runs on a 1GHz 7447 PowerPC processor and has 1 Gigabit Ethernet port (LAN) and 1 10/100 Mbit port (WAN). A dual-Gigabit version will be available shortly. The specifications are subject to small changes towards the final release.
Genesi Scandinavia received very positive feedback from both attendees and presenters at SNDF and we are confident that this product will be of great interest to companies all over the world. The CrabFire will be price-competitive towards competitive alternatives. We estimate this firewall will be finalized in three months.
About Genesi Scandinavia
Genesi Scandinavia is a newly formed company in Sweden. We will be producing and selling the CrabFire as well as other Genesi products. Genesi Scandinavia is privately held. The Marketing Director and Manager is Kristian Eklund.
CrabFire Product Information (PDF, 301 KB)
CrabFire Picture
Thank you for your time,
Kristian Eklund, Marketing Director
(kristian.eklund(at)genesi.se) (snx)
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01.Oct.2004
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CAPS Update: Another 24 games stored
The CAPS Team which stores old copy protected Amiga games with the copy protection has
converted another 24 ones into the CAPS format. This can be read by newer UAE versions.
You can find a list of the added games under the title link.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Oct.2004
Lorence Lombardo (ANF)
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Tutorial: How to make a bootable Amithlon CD
Lorence Lombardo wrote a tutorial that explains how to create a bootable Amithlon CD. The reason why you would want to update your existing Amithlon CD is that the original kernel may not support your current or future
hardware. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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01.Oct.2004
Kai 'GMKai' Stegemann (ANF)
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MorphOS Value Package V1.1: Package extension and German translation
The MorphOS Value Package which is a collection of Free- and Shareware products as well as
further information to this operating system (amiga-news.de reported)
is now available in version 1.1. Additionally to the German translation the MVP now contains
the full version of Jabberwocky and Showgirls.
You need version 1.0 (60 MB)
for the complete installation of the updates (867 KB).
Thank you to www.pegasos.org for providing it. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Oct.2004
Christian Geier (E-Mail)
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Linux-Info-Day: Image_Installer-Team participates again
As already done a year before the Image_Installer-Team
will take part in the Linux-Info-Day 2004 in Dresden on October 30th. With the Image_Installer
prepared Linux configuration can be easily installed on an Amiga with PowerUp-card, Pegasos or
AmigaOne.
On this day there will be lectures, workshops and on several places a lot of software and
its applications will be demonstrated, e.g. OpenOffice.org, KDE, GNOME, LaTeX and GnuPG.
There will be no entrance fee.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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30.Sep.2004
ANN (Website)
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Pegasos: Yellow Dog Linux 4.0
Terra Soft have released version 4.0 of their Linux distribution "Yellow Dog Linux." The distribution is based on the Fedora core 2 and offers KDE 3.3 as well as GNOME 2.6.0 for a desktop interface. The installer and the desktop arrangement present themselves as a completely new appearance. The use of OpenOffice 1.1.1, Rhythmbox 0.8.3, Mozilla 1.7 as well as the development tools glibc 2.3.3 and gcc 3.3.3 are included. 2.6.8 is the version of the Linux kernel in use.
Alongside Macintosh computers with G3, G4, and G5 CPUs the Pegasos 2 is also supported, thanks to the "Freescale Board Support Package." (cg) (Translation: dm)
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30.Sep.2004
Golem - IT News
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Golem: Microsoft Loses FAT Patent
»Public Patent Foundation of US Patents and Trademarks successful: The US Patent and Trademark Office has denied Microsoft a patent on the FAT file system because of the efforts of the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT). PUBPAT initiated a review of the patent in April 2004.«
Read the complete Golem article [German language] under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.Sep.2004
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Gathering: More pictures of "Alchimie 4"
Alchimie 4 took place last weekend in l'Hermitage (France). More photos have been released:
http://niffo.free.fr/alchimie_4/
http://www.amiga2.free.fr/
http://membres.lycos.fr/afle/
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.Sep.2004
K. Mache - AZT e.V. (ANF)
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News about Fun of Computing 2004
This year's Fun of Computing 2004 begins in just a few days. So it's high time some interesting news was released about it.
In the first place we are pleased to officially announce that the firm yellowTAB is listed on the page of exhibitioners. At yellowTAB's stand there's naturally going to be a presentation of their operating system ZETA. ZETA, based on well-known BeOS, will be offered at a special price during the convention.
[MorphOS and Pegasos will be demonstrated by Axel Knabe. Titan Computing will also be there demonstrating their products like Burn-It Pro and Papyrus Office. -dm]
On the subject of AmigaOS 4 there's going to be a special presentation from Jens Langner in which he'll demonstrate the current stage of development of the OS, and talk a bit about the past and the future of the new Amiga OS. Notice is given that this is Jens' private initiative and not an official demo of the OS4 development team or Hyperion.
The team from Anime Development for Amiga (ADA) will be present on Saturday, presenting the latest version of its 3D engine for the game Secret Of My Soul (SOMS).
On Saturday even Matthias Goldisch of the advertisement agency "aktuell" will be there at Fun of Computing, and along with hardware and software for the themes of retro-computing, C64, Amiga and Pegasos, there'll also be computer-themed merchandise, and periodicals like Amiga Plus, Amiga Future and GO64.
For all those who want to keep playing Amiga games, even after a power failure, we have a workable solution. Thanks to the friendly support of Marcus Werum, the inventor of the original Amiga card game, there's now a limited amount of the cardsets available to be handed out on request, at no charge. Only while supplies last, of course!
From the editors of "Amiga Future" there's now also a limited number of examples of their Amiga newspaper, no charge.
You'll find more information about the convention, as well as important tips for getting there and returning, under the appropriate menu selections at the Internet site for Fun of Computing 2004. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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29.Sep.2004
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Tool: Report+ version 6.12a
The freeware Report+ is released in version 6.12a now. The tool is based on ReAction/GadTools, requires AmigaOS 3.9 with BB1 and offers ten different functions.
Download: ReportPlus.lha - 297 Kb (ps) (Translation: ub)
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29.Sep.2004
Christoph Kimna (E-Mail)
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Game: PairsNG version 2.6
At the PairsNG website there is a new demo version available. The current version is 2.6. PairsNG is a Shanghai similar board game for the Workbench. Required are 8 MB RAM, 68040 processor, a gfx card and AHI. The game is
shareware, registration fee is 10 Euro. Current version cleans up several bugs.
Changes:
- Display error at second level - fixed
- In version 2.5 the drawer "settings" was missing (required to save preferences) - now fixed
- Small calculation bug for bonus points - fixed
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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29.Sep.2004
morphzone.org (Website)
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Linux distribution: CruxPPC 2.0 for Macintosh and Pegasos
Today version 2.0 of the LinuxPPC distribution "Crux" has been released. It supports Apples PowerPC computers as well as the Pegasos 2. The distribution uses the Linux kernel 2.6.8.1. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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29.Sep.2004
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Intermediaware is looking for programmers for Amiga port
Intermediaware is looking for a talented Amiga programmer who may port the game "Psychoballs" (information by the title link) to AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4 and/or MorphOS. All source code from the original developers will be provided as well as all graphics and sound/music files.
The game is a clone of the Amiga classic Logical by Rainbow Arts. For details please contact amigedev@intermediaware.de, best with a brief summary of the regarding experience. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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27.Sep.2004
n/a (ANF)
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Mac emulation: MacOnAmiga is back to full functionality
MacOnAmiga is dedicated to be the one stop solution to Amiga users for classic Mac emulation. The site was suffering from amigaworld.net's server downtime, but is back to full functionality now.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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27.Sep.2004
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Events: AmigaOS 4 presentation from "Alchimie"
Stéphane Guillard has released the sheets used for the AmigaOS 4 presentation he did at Alchimie 4 last weekend.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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26.Sep.2004
Mario Misic (ANF)
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Aminet: Main server us.aminet.net goes offline.
Due to a broken RAID harddisk controller, the FTP archive wuarchive.wustl.edu is currently offline. Replacement hardware will not be available until the end of October. Amongst other things, wuarchive is hosting the main Aminet server us.aminet.net.
The Washington University, St. Louis, who is responsible for wuarchive, will use this opportunity to evaluate which archives they are going to host in the future. A small note on the front page explains that only sponsored projects might be supported from now on.
Some other Aminet mirrors are currently not available aswell. The following mirrors are still online:
de.aminet.net
it.aminet.net
no.aminet.net
de3.aminet.net
de5.aminet.net (Partial Mirror)
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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25.Sep.2004
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AmigaOS 4: New uploads at os4depot.net
These are the new uploads which have been added since our last mesage:
guidemlppc.lha (108kb) AmigaGuide -> HTML converter with GUI for OS4
atari800.lha (254kb) V2.1 of the Atari800 Emulator (OS4)
amishots.lha (78kb) AMIShots for Amiga. An Amiga clone of Webshots
snake.lha (34kb) Snake the desktop game for AmigaOS40,
m4-68k.tar.gz (61kb) m4 - Unix macro processor - 68k bin
m4-ppc.lha (165kb) m4 - Unix macro processor - OS4 bin
m4-src.tar.gz (326kb) m4 - Unix macro processor - src
loccounter.lha (91kb) Simple SLOC counter for C/C+
fpse.lha (889kb) Playstation emulator
os4icons.lha (89kb) Some os3.9 style icons with 256 colors for os4
os1.3likepointeros4.lha (406b) os1.3 style mouse pointer for OS4
pt-player-gui-1-2.lha (43kb) ProTracker GUI
sid4amigaos4.lha (371kb) Sid4Amiga (Sid Player)
nrg2iso.lha (41kb) Converts .nrg images to .iso images
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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25.Sep.2004
Mikko Virtanen (#morphos)
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Event: First pictures of the Finnish Saku
Mikko 'Hooligan' Virtanen has published first pictures of the Finnish Saku under the
title link.
You can see pictures of MorphOS 1.5 and OS4-PreRelease.
(cr) (Translation: dr)
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25.Sep.2004
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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E3B and individual Computers join forces
E3B and individual Computers have a long standing friendship reaching back to the year 2001 when E3B was founded.
When the USB-controller "SUBWAY" hit the market, the two companies worked together to ensure optimal cross-vendor functionality for a better customer experience.
Resources and materials were shared for the manufacturing process.
Over time the cooperation was extended. Due to the great demand, E3B started
another production run of the "SUBWAY". This production brings the two companies
even closer together when synergy effects of a joint PCB production are used to keep prices low while improving the quality.
It were the good direct contacts of individual Computers to the chip manufacturer Transdimension (USA) that made the continuation of the SUBWAY possible.
Both sides are looking forward to further cooperations and are currently evaluating possibilities for joint developments. (cg)
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24.Sep.2004
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CAPS Update: Another 50 games stored
Das CAPS Team which tries to store old, copy protected Amiga games inclusive of the
copy protection has converted a lot of games to its own CAPS format which can be read
by newer versions of UAE.
A list of the new stored games you can
look at the CAPS homepage. Meanwhile over 2250 games have been stored with such rare ones
like "Hacker" or the first games from Electronic Arts.
Some of the new added games use mechanism of copy protection which are not supported
by the IPF library so far. An update of the library will follow.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Sep.2004
Golem - IT News
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Golem: New wurm-epidemic caused by JPEG-error in Microsoft products?
»Construction Kit for utilizing of JPEG lack of protection found
On Internet the anti virus specialist by H+BEDV Datentechnik have found a
Construction Kit for creating JPEG pictures with integrated Exploit-Code
to utilize the hard lack of protection in many Microsoft products.
Only if you watch a JPEG file on a website or
in an e-mail this could allow to execute program code.«
You can read the complete Golem article in German under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dr)
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24.Sep.2004
(ANF)
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AmigaOS 4.0 Update on Alchimie 4
This weekend Philippe 'Elwood' Ferrucci will perform the new update for the
AmigaOS 4-prerelease which will be available soon on the
Alchimie 4.
Besides this the current beta version of "Audio Evolution 4" and a new AmigaOne with
IDE-UDMA drivers will be performed. Perhaps the new version of Moovid, too.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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23.Sep.2004
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XTeam Software: Diverse Amiga Games as Good as Done
XTeam has made it known that the Amiga versions of Virtual Ball Fighters SE (90% ready), Virtual Games Casino EX. (90%) and Digital Chess XAIBrain (80%) are mostly finished.
Before the products get their last polishing and the CDs go into production, XTeam would like to check the customer demand:
- Virtual Ball Fighters SE (14.95 euros, incl. DVD case and PC version)
- Virtual Games Casino EX. (9.95 euros, incl. DVD case and PC version)
- Digital Chess XAIBrain (19.95 euros)
All of these games require a graphics card (640x480, 16 Bit), a CD-ROM drive, AHI, RTGMaster, at least a 68040 CPU and 8 MB FastRAM.
Whoever's interested in one of the titles, please send an e-mail to shop@xteamsoftware.com.
(cg) (Translation: dm)
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23.Sep.2004
ANN (Website)
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Gathering: Finnish Saku Shows Beta-Versions of AmigaOS4 and MorphOS 1.5
New betas of Amiga OS4 as well as MorphOS 1.5 are going to be shown this Saturday at Saku, in order to give visitors an unfiltered comparison. Likewise will the Finnish Amiga dealer Gentle Eye Ky be there. You'll find more information under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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22.Sep.2004
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amiga-news.de belonging to the 6000 most important German websites
In 2001 amiga-news.de has been added to the Internet guide "Das Web-Adressbuch für
Deutschland - Die 6.000 wichtigsten deutschen Internet-Adressen" (Web address directory - the 6000 most important German Internet addresses).
The editors of the publisher "mw-Verlag" tested around 250,000 web services individually and decided for the 6000 best sites.
As before the 2005 issue features amiga-news.de also.
The web directory is an ideal tool for Internet beginners who are not too familiar with the usage of search tools. But also for advanced users it is a rich source of information and useful addresses.
The web directory "Das Web-Adressbuch für Deutschland 2005
Die 6.000 wichtigsten deutschen Internet-Adressen"
published by Mathias Weber
8th revised and extended issue 2004. 896 pages with 600 colour figures, 21 cm. Paper back
Euro 15.90 (D), Euro 18.00 (A), SFr 29.90, ISBN 3-934517-05-6
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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22.Sep.2004
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Amiga emulator UAE for Sega Dreamcast
By the title link there is an alpha version (761 KB) of the Amiga emulator UAE for the game console Sega Dreamcast available. Currently 70 to 90 percent of the Amiga 500 speed is reached, but still without sound. Mouse and joystick emulation are done by the game pads. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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22.Sep.2004
ANN (Website)
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MorphOS: SeventhSense 0.14 released
Grzegorz Kraszewski has released Vversion 0.14 (118 KB) of his scanner for website updates "SeventhSense".
SeventhSense is working in multithreading and thus allows to check many websites in shortest time. It is possible to check about 10 pages/minute with an analog V90 modem. The HTTP header dates are checked, optional more data of any kind may be used for the version check. Thanks to OpenURL support updated pages are to open easily by a double click. An example list for some of the most popular MorphOS and Amiga sites is included.
Changes since V0.13:
- BUGFIX: [http.stream] Busylooping on some HTTP/1.0 sites
- BUGFIX: When user selected "Load" from menu and then cancelled the ASL requester, the program still loaded default site list. Bug reported by Audun Evensen
- FEATURE: Sites can be disabled (from the context menu), disabled sites are not checked and marked with a blue LED. Feature suggested by antibike
- FEATURE: "Updated" status of a webpage (marked by emboldening its name) can be manually cleared with context menu "Forget update" option, it can be done for all sites with "Forget all" button. Feature suggested by antibike
- FEATURE: SeventhSense now remembers a path to loaded site list. At the next start this remembered list is loaded. "Save" option in main menu saves to currently loaded list, "Save as default" saves to "PRGODIR:sites.list". Both options make backups by adding ".bak" to the filename. Feature suggested by antibike
- FEATURE: Path to currently loaded site list is displayed on the window titlebar.
- FEATURE: Length differencies are now shown properly
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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22.Sep.2004
MorphOS-News.de (Website)
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MorphOS: New website for mailing list registration
By the title link there is a form available to assist new customers of the Pegasos to register for access to the MorphOS mailing lists and support sites.
Please note that all current mailing list participants are switched automatically to the new list - there is no need of a new registration. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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22.Sep.2004
PPCNUX (ANF)
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PPCNUX: Interview regarding the new Pegasos server at Sony
At ppcnux.de there is an English Interview with Gunnar von Boehn who set up the Pegasos webserver at Sony (we reported). (cg) (Translation: ub)
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19.Sep.2004
amiga.org (website)
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Wireless network driver beta version released
A beta version of a new wireless network driver is available for download. It supports PCMCIA cards in the A1200/A600 and PCI cards on the AmigaOne.
For potential compatibility information, see Absolute Value System's directory of wireless chipsets. If a card's chipset is listed there as Orinoco, Agere or Prism (except the SSF version) and its bus type is PCMCIA or PCI, it is likely to work. If the card is listed there but doesn't match these requirements, it will definitely not work.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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18.Sep.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)
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Freeware game: Memo Quick Edition
"Memo QE" written by Simone Bevilacqua is a game based on "Memory" which
requires a 68020 CPU, ECS and AmigaOS 2.04 (screenshots).
Direct download: MeMo_QE.lha (85 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Sep. 2004, 20:13] [Comments: 0]
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18.Sep.2004
Timo Kloss (ANF)
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Midi-Sequencer Horny: Version 0.51 published
Here comes a new version of the midi-sequencer called Horny. Using the audio mixer you can
now control up to six midi-controller (e.g. effect-sends) per channel. Thus the mixer
has been completed.
Features in version 0.51:
- Controlling up to 16 midi-ports via CAMD (lite: 1 port)
- Up to 128 tracks (lite: 8 tracks)
- Change of rhythm and time in the song possible
- Piano-editor: Quantisizing, Velocity-compressor, ...
- Controller-editor: Compressor, reducing, smoothing, ...
- Midi-"mixer": VU-Meter, Volume, Pan, 6 further free controller-Potis
- SysEx-management with lots of free sort groups
- Sound-choice via names (not only GeneralMidi but for each synthesizer)
- SMF-import and -export
- Horny data format is up and down compatible
- Autoload-project for self made patterns
- ReAction-GUI for preferences windows
- On Workbench or seperate screen
- Window can be used as backdrop
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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18.Sep.2004
Genesi (E-Mail)
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MySQL user report of Sony International (Europe) mentions Pegasos-Server
An user report (PDF, 518 KB)
of Sony International (Europe) which is accessable under the title link and which is about
the move of Content Management System Filenet, Microsoft SQL and Active Server Pages
to MySQL and PHP also mentions in the section technical environment the
Pegasos server.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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18.Sep.2004
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Poseidon: New USB-class for "CarTFT" Touchscreen
Because of an inquiry by Carsten Siegner Chris Hodges has written an USB driver for
the touchscreen of an Egalax 7"-Car-TFT-Monitors.
Carsten Siegner has published two beta versions of this driver on his homepage. Because
the monitor of the touchscreen of Carsten currently is out of order the driver is not
developed further.
Limitations of the beta version: Debug-Output on the serial interface,
you can not change the work area of the touchscreen.
Direct Download:
68k-Version: egalaxtouch.class.debug
MorphOS-Version: egalaxtouch.class.elf.debu
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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17.Sep.2004
PPCNUX (ANF)
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Price increase on PegasosPPC-Webshop/Genesi certified MySQL-Partner
The webshop of Genesi has increased
the price for Pegasos II with G3-processor card: the mainboard now costs 600 US-Dollar
instead of 299,- Euro. The G4-system costs with 615 US-Dollar nearly the same as before.
The single price of the processor card is 229 (G3/750CXe) and 249 (G4/7447) US-Dollar.
New in the webshop is the Pegasos-server which is delivered with Linux and preconfigured
with the Debian-versionen from PHP and Apache as well as the current commercial version
of MySQL Pro. The price: 1749 US-Dollar with the G4-version.
MorphOS as well as the account to the superbundle also belong to this offer.
In connection with the popular database-software MySQL yesterday Genesi anounced
in a press release that it is now
Certified Partner
of the Swedish company.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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17.Sep.2004
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Music: "Soothe" from Bjorn Lynne
Björn Lynne (alias "Dr.Awesome") who is responsible for several tracks of Amiga games and demos
has published "Soothe" which is his new album.
The eight tracks (70 minutes) are described as "calming, relaxing and melodious music" by the
author himself. The album is available in the Webshop
of Lynne as audio-CD or as DVD ("Surround Edition", compatible with each
available DVD-Player).
The first 200 copies which will be ordered directly from the composer will have an
individual serial number and have signed with a golden crayon.
The title track "Sooth" is 30 minutes long and thus the longest one on the CD and
can be downloaded under ArtistLaunch
in two versions.
Further information under the title link.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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16.Sep.2004
Tom Duin
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Updates of CDDA_SwapMostLeast & SearchStar
Tom "AmigaHarry" Duin has released new versions of his programs "CDDA_SwapMostLeast" and "SearchStar."
CDDA_SwapMostLeast 1.9
CDDA_SwapMostLeast converts CDDA-data to and from CDDA_MostSignificant- (MOTOROLA) into CDDA_LeastSignificant- (INTEL) format.
The new version (1.9) may now be started from the shell or the Workbench. It's been largely rewritten to eliminate known errors and achieve greater velocity.
SearchStar 0.87
"SearchStar" is a multi-function program that searches your hard-drive for a name or results corresponding to specific search criteria. With this you may select either upper or lower case, additionally SearchStar can replace the results with another designation ("Global Search and Replace").
(cg) (Translation: dm)
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16.Sep.2004
Amigaworld.net (Website)
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"Project: Reality" Website Online
Under the title link you'll find the homepage of "Project: Reality", which dedicates itself to the realization of the "Amiga Fantasy" computer case design by Marko Hirv (picture).
The Amiga 1200-style housing should have room to accomodate the following components:
- Mini-ITX-Board (e.g. µA1)
- Integrated USB keyboard in the Amiga style
- PCI riser card, space for a PCI card
- EIDE hard-drive
- Slimline slot-loading CDROM/DVDROM/Combo-Drive
- opening for the compact Flash slot of the µA1-I
- 60 W fanless netting [I think power supply is meant here, but the word for netting was definitely used -dm]
- External adapter, 110-240 V switchable
They are trying to build a prototype by sometime in the first half of 2005. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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15.Sep.2004
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AmigaOS 4: New uploads at os4depot.net
These are the uploads added to os4depot.net since our last report:
vector.lha (30kb) Small vector routine with 3 cubes rotating
autodocviewer.lha (109kb) Autodoc viewer for OS4
xmamegui.lha (89kb) GUI for the OS4 xMAME port v0.8
xbill_os4.lha (197kb) Port of XBill v2.1 for AmigaOS4
vcdgear176.lha (689kb) MPEG-Video conversion/extraction/repair tool
sambaprefs_1_3.lha (46kb) Configurarion tool for samba server
mixer1_9.lha (76kb) Mixer
pt-player-gui-1-1.lha (43kb) ProTrackerPlayerGui
expat-ppc.lha (380kb) Expat C library for parsing XML
make-ppc.lha (2Mb) GNU make PPC
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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15.Sep.2004
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Amiga games museum: amigamemo.com
At amigamemo.com a collector exhibits his collection of Amiga games. For many famous titles there are box scans, detailed information and screen shots available.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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15.Sep.2004
Richad Kapp (ANF)
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Media: derstandard.at reports about PocketUAE
The Austrian online news magazine 'derstandard.at' reports about PocketUAE, the PocketPC version of the Amiga emulator UAE, by the title link (amiga-news.de reported). Screen shots are also shown. Further information regarding this UAE version is available at the PocketUAE web site. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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15.Sep.2004
Pegasosforum (Website)
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MorphOS: Devedie and KeyMorpher updated
At the 'Pegasosforum' there are updates available for the DVD player GUI Devedie for MPlayer as well as for the keymap editor KeyMorpher.
The keymap editor KeyMorpher by Vladimir Javorski offers with version 0.095 a new graphic user interface and a possibility to edit 'dead' keys.
The also by Vladimir Javorski written GUI for DVD playback supports with version 0.5.6 now also version 1.0 of the movie player MPlayer. Additional a menu item, 'PlayFile', has been added and the 'DragBar' menu bug has been removed. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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15.Sep.2004
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: OpenTTD 0.3.4 released
OpenTTD is a clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe, a popular game originally
written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely
as possible while extending it with new features.
The new version comes with several smaller and bigger changes.
New Features:
- Added more translations
- Add: Generalised A* Algorithm
- Add: Generalised queues (Fifo, Stack, InsSort, BinaryHeap)
- "None" as option for number of industries in difficulty settings
- Add many random industries and towns in scenario editor
- Added level land button to scenario editor (Chris Huebsch)
- Added never_expire_vehicles to patches GUI (Chris Huebsch)
- Added new icons for landscaping toolbar (drawn by sign_de)
- Align toolbar left/center/right patch (TrueLight)
- All TTDLX kind of savegames are supported (.SS1, .SV1, .SV2, .SV0, .SS0).
- Alpha version of a new AI (TrueLight)
- Autodetect server in LAN via udp (Sign)
- Build_date of station (viewable with Query tool)
- Company HQ can now be moved somewhere else (cost 1% of company value). Water floods HQ.
- Competitors menu under patches
- Copy/share orders now works from ship depot window for ships and hangar window for aircraft
- Difficulty settings window has been changed (Darkvater)
- Enable/disable all buttons in message settings
- Executable is now openttd(.exe) always
- Ingame console (sign_de)
- Invalid (void) orders in schedule are highlighted in red (Celestar)
- Invisible trees when in transparent mode (patch entry)
- Option to sort vehicles in vehicle-list window by different criteria.
- Proper crediting to graphics artists to about box.
- Removing town roads has been finetuned.
- Terraforming toolbar (in the plant tree menu)
- Working multiplayer gui (sign_de)
- etc.
Fixes:
- A lot of network fixing (sign_de)
- A lot of old AI fixed
- Autosave folder was not created on MorphOS
- Coast line near edge of map and near oilrigs (Dribbel)
- Delete canal under bridge wasn't possible
- Error message for 'game load failed' when no town is in a scenario
- Game not pausing when saveload dialog is clicked in main menu
- Load Scenario fix
- Memory leak in news system (blathijs)
- Monorail/maglev became available around 1927
- Move around sort-widgets a bit so it looks more natural
- Old scenarios have correct colour
- Placing/editing signs is possible in paused mode
- Playing new game with scenarios in windows works
- Problems around exclusive transport rights (Celestar)
- Railroad crossings on slopes are now possible
- Random crash when player-face was displayed in error-dialog
- Rare mousewheel scrolling with scrollbar crash
- Road vehicles don't get stuck any more at stations (Truelight + Celestar)
- Savegames are sorted with newest date first by default
- Scenario editor now asks before it generates a random landscape
- Slopes graphics fix (dominik)
- Starting a new game in DesertLandscape crashed the game
- Stupid bug in company league window if non-player is first
- Wrong building of road-slopes for a future AI/Town
- Wrong pathfinding when northern station tile is missing (blathijs)
- You cannot take ownership of an oilrig by building right next to it
- [SDL] Performance fix for palette animation and mouse jumping (jirif)
- [SDL] Same resolution was displayed more than once in game options
- [SDL] Smoother mouse and performance fix, like in Win32 (jirif)
- etc.
For a full list of changes, new features and fixes have a look to the Changelog inside the archive.
Before you can run OpenTTD, you need the following files from the original Windows version of Transport Tycoon Deluxe as OpenTTD makes use of the original TTD artwork: sample.cat, trg1r.grf, trgcr.grf, trghr.grf, trgir.grf, trgtr.grf.
The archive for MorphOS and other systems can be downloaded from the title link. (snx)
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14.Sep.2004
Elbox Computer (ANF)
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Elbox: Mediator Multimedia CD update 1.26 supports further TV cards
Elbox Computer is pleased to have completed development of drivers for a series of new TV card models, these drivers being released today. See the Mediator Driver Guide for the current list of PCI TV cards supported in MEDIATOR busboards. The MM CD 1.26 update is free for all registered Mediator Multimedia CD users.
Additionally, the new tv.library ver. 4.0 has added Stereo-NICAM TV sound processing for TV cards fitted with a single-chip Digital TV Sound Demodulator-Decoder TDA9874A by Philips.
The new library has added processing of the new Front End by YMEC: TVision 5V TVF-8533B/DF. These Front Ends are installed in the latest Prolink TV cards, e.g. in the now-supported PixelView PlayTV Pro MPEG (model M4800). New Front Ends are much more sensitive than those fitted in older TV card models. Quality of the broadcast is now excellent, even when the antenna signal is relatively weak.
The new library has added processing of the new radio sets installed in the latest TV cards. These are single-chip, digitally tuned FM stereo radio sets TEA5767 by Philips.
To ensure handling new radio sets, the API of tv.library was expanded. The current developer's documentation (ver. 4.0) is available from the Mediator Multimedia CD 1.26. The new tv.library is compatible backwards with all the previous tv.library functions maintained. As a result, the current versions of TV card control GUI -- like TvR and SuperTV -- work with the new tv.library without any modifications.
The MM CD 1.26 update includes also the new driver for Fast Ethernet 10/100Mbps cards. The FastEthernet.device ver. 1.15 driver has been reworked for AmigaOS4 compatibility.
Info on the current versions is available in the DOWNLOADS | Mediator section. The current list of supported PCI cards is available in the Mediator Driver Guide. The info about Mediator-related sources you will find in the COMMUNITY section. (snx)
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11.Sep.2004
Dirk "Docki" Dockbreyder (ANF)
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Atari: New old game console
Atari will produce the game console 7800 again. But probably only for the
US-market. There the console
Flashback
(picture)
will be available for about 45 US-Dollar from November on.
The console will be delivered with two joysticks and cable for connecting it with
a television set. 20 games are preinstalled. Additionally to the known ones "Saboteur"
is a formerly not published game. Here is a list with the games:
- Adventure
- Air Sea Battle
- Asteroids
- Battlezone
- Breakout
- Canyon Bomber
- Centipede
- Crystal Castles
- Desert Falcon
- Food Fight
- Gravitar
- Haunted House
- Millipede
- Planet Smashers
- Saboteur
- Sky Diver
- Solaris
- Sprintmaster
- Warlords
- Yar\s Revenge
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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11.Sep.2004
amiga-fan (ANF)
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Hyperion: Betatesting of the update of OS4-developer preversion started (Update)
According to Ben Hermans on Amigaworld.net yesterday the beta testing of the first update
of the developer preversion of AmigaOS4 was started.
The update for registered OS4-users will have about 30 MB. Should this size of the archive for anybody means a problem this can be solved.
Update: (20:04, 11.09.04, snx)
As Hans-Jörg Frieden (Hyperion) notifies us, the betatest that started yesterday night actually already concerns the installation CD. The individual components of the update are being tested a much longer time already. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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11.Sep.2004
ANN (Website)
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MorphOS: Bugfix-release 0.6a of picture viewer Showgirls published
Michal 'kiero' Wozniak has published a minor update which fixes bugs of the
version 0.6 of the picture viewer Showgirls
(amiga-news.de reported).
Bugs have been fixed in relation with:
- List/Thumbnails-mark in menu
- loading of files which are too big for the memory (caused a crash)
- the tolerance for damaged JPEG-files (was increased)
- change of the screen in full screen modus when choosing the drive (workaround for the causing bug in MorphOS 1.4 added)
Download: ShowGirls-0.6a.lha (270 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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10.Sep.2004
Amiforce (ANF)
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AmiBlitz2-Distribution not complete: English PED-version now added
In the distribution there is the German version of PED (programming editor) two times.
Because of that Amiblitz use always the German language in each version.
Therefore there is a new version ready for download. All those who have already downloaded
the archive can also seperately download the PED in the AmiBlitz section.
Thank you Fulvio Peruggi who noticed the mistake.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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10.Sep.2004
Christian Geier (E-Mail)
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Image_Installer: First pictures of Mandrake 10.1 on the Pegasos
On the website of the Image_Installer-Team first pictures of Mandrake 10.1 Alpha
PPC have been published. Currently this Linux distribution works with kernel 2.6.8, xorg,
KDE 3.2.3 and other programs on the Pegasos I from Christian Geier.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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10.Sep.2004
Steffen Nitz (ANF)
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SN-EuroArchiv V1.65 published/DKG-Highscore-List updated
The version v1.65 of SN-EuroArchiv is available on my homepage. Some features have been added
and you can now save the information of the project as a text file or directly send it
to the printer.
Besides this a new highscore list for "Die Kleine Gilde II" is available which can everybody
take as a standard or a little aim. The list is not half full and it was played only
until 1460. In order to enter further figures please send your personal highscore list
to Steffen.Nitz@t-online.de.
New campaign: Tomorrow I will celebrate my 28th birthday and because of that I will
give keyfiles for "Die Kleine Gilde II" or the SN-archive packet to those persons who will
send me the most friendly wishes. The campaign will start on September 11th at 12 o`clock and will
last 24 hours.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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10.Sep.2004
Pegasosforum (Website)
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MorphOS: Updates of Webserver Apache and thttpd
Matthias Münch has compiled updates of the webserver Apache and thttpd
for MorphOS.
The last one is a fast and little webserver for simple websites which is now available
in version 2.25b. Before you start it you have to adapt the file thttpd.conf.
The current version 1.3.31 of Apache is only the main program. Therefore an existing installation
is required.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Sep.2004
Silke Block (ANF)
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Amiga Party in Braunschweig Rescheduled for an Hour Later
Silke Block writes: Unfortunately we're getting the meeting space two hours later than previously announced. This means that the party now will begin at 2 pm (instead of 1 pm) on the 25th of September, 2004. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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09.Sep.2004
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Windows: IFF Displayer "IFF Loader"
"IFF Loader" is an IFF picture displayer for Windows. According to its author it can display almost any IFF picture (HAM, HAM8, EHB, 24 Bit etc.). Also you can zoom in in the pictures.
(cg) (Translation: dm)
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09.Sep.2004
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Another Producer Recognizes JPEG Patents
Macromedia follows Adobe as the second large software producer to yield to the license of the alleged patent holder Forgent.
Forgent claims to hold a patent that is infringed by the compression methods in JPEG data. A few months ago Forgent accused 31 companies of not making license payments (we reported). Complete article under the title link. (cg) (Translation: dm)
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09.Sep.2004
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Amiga Merchant: KDH Moves
We're moving... After fifteen years we're leaving the Black Forest and settling in the north of Germany, at the shore of the Baltic Sea. You can reach us after the move at the following address and telephone number:
KDH Datentechnik
Ostseering 17 a
23946 Ostseebad Boltenhagen
Tel 038825 26271/26272
Fax 038825 26350
Nothing is changing as regards our e-mail addresses and our product offerings. Our answers to e-mail and telephone messages could take a little longer than usual in the next few days. After the 13th of September 2004 everything should be back to normal. We ask for your understanding, and look forward to greeting you from our new location. (cg) (Translation: dm)
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09.Sep.2004
VCDGear-Website (ANF)
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AmigaOS4 Native Version of VCDGear Released
There's a native AmigaOS4 port of the current CLI version (1.76 build 040415) of VCDGear available under the title link. This is a program for the conversion, repair, and extraction of mpeg video data. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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09.Sep.2004
MorphZone (Website)
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MorphOS: Update of eDonkey Client Bourriquet to Version 0.2.5
Bourriquet, the filesharing client for the eDonkey network from SixK (reverse engineering of the protocols and kernel development) and Rusback (mainly development of the GUI by way of MUI), has reached beta version 0.2.5.
This version is mostly considered for test use (in which debug output is generated) but it also allows one to contact a server, search for data, download small amounts of data, and upload data.
Interested developers may contact either co-author if they would like to take part in this project. There's still a lot to do and we're looking for support, as in the related case of Morgoth, the source of which is available at Castor CVS.
Download: Bourriquet20040907.lha (284 KB) (snx) (Translation: dm)
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09.Sep.2004
#amigazeux (ANF)
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MorphOS: ClockToy Released
UltraGelb released "ClockToy," a digital clock for MorphOS.
Direct download: ClockToy.lha (35 KB) (cg) (Translation: dm)
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09.Sep.2004
naTmeg (#morphos) (ANF)
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MorphOS: URD Universal Raid Device Released
Rupert Hausberger's RAID software solution "URD" is now also available for MorphOS. More information may be found in the online documentation.
(cg) (Translation: dm)
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09.Sep.2004
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Directory Opus 4: Status Update
Jacek Rzeuski, until now responsible for the continuing development of the well-known file manager "Directory Opus 4," must shelve his work because of competing demands on his time.
Programmers interested in further developing the program or in compiling it for Amiga OS4 or MorphOS etc. will find more info about this under the title link. (cg) (Translation: dm)
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08.Sep.2004
ANN (Website)
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Demo party: fYaNICA #11, Budapest
Next week the "fYaNICA #11", which is advertised as "Demo party for the C64, Amiga, Pegasos, Mac and others - but not for PC", will be held in Budapest, Hungary. Among the AmigaOne and Pegasos presentations there will be the following competitions:
- Graphics (8 Bit)
- Bit graphics (24 Bit)
- Music (4 Channel)
- Music (multi channel/MP3)
- Amiga 4K intro
- Amiga 64K intro
- Amiga demo
- Pegasos / Macintosh demo
- C64/+4 demo
- "Wild" demo
- Lamer demo (Scala or IFF animation)
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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07.Sep.2004
Genesi (E-Mail)
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Genesi named MySQL Business Partner
MySQL AB has named Genesi a Business Partner and Authorized Reseller. Genesi will be offering MySQL with the new Pegasos Server that will begin to be sold this month online through Freescale DevToolDirect.
The Pegasos Server will be demonstrated by Genesi at the Smart
Networks Developer Forum (SNDF) 2004 Europe, September 27th-30th,
at the Sheraton Towers in Frankfurt. (snx)
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07.Sep.2004
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Minipeg: Germany's smallest Pegasos computer/GPS support included
The Minipeg is a Pegasos I/G3 board built into a custom small case of stable V2A stainless steel. The case measures 34 x 9 x 19 cm, the steel has a thickness of 1 mm. The second component is a 7" TFT monitor which power is supplied by the Minipeg. The monitor has VGA input and a remote control. Keyboard and mouse are wireless. Furthermore, a fanless Radeon 7000 graphics card and a 2.5" hard disk are used.
The Minipeg is powered either by a small power supply, a car battery or some nickel-cadmium accumulator batteries. The power consumption is 24 Watt at 12 Volt. Instead of a normal ATX power supply, a fanless DC/DC converter with an ATX mainboard cable is used. The converter works with 10-30 Volt direct voltage.
Also integrated into the Minipeg is a GPS receiver, for which a custom navigation software has been written. Thus, the Minipeg can be used in a car or possibly even at hiking.
The software currently uses a map of Germany scaled 1:600,000 and operates in two modi: as a viewer for road maps and for GPS navigation. The first modus allows to scroll or zoom the map. In the second modus, the map display is directly linked with the data coming from the GPS receiver. After switching into the GPS modus, the map is centered to the current GPS position once the first data are received from the GPS module.
Alternatively and independent of the chosen modus, it's possible at any time to display the GPS information in a transparent window.
The projection of the reticule of longitude and latitude degrees on the current map unfortunately doesn't deliver an exact positioning. The aberration on this map may be up to 10 km depending on the direction. The work needed for a correct calculation of the position on this map would not be justified by the cost-value ratio. But the inaccuracy gets moderated by using a GNS database.
A GNS database contains coordinates linked to the corresponding places. These GNS databases do exist for all countries and can be downloaded from Internet. The accuracy of this database for Germany is about one square kilometer. These places are displayed also by the software when the map gets centered to the current position of when these data are displayed in a separate window. This way, the user always knows where on the map he's currently located. (snx)
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07.Sep.2004
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E3B: USB controller 'Subway' - another production run? (Update)
E3B are currently gauging the demand for their clockport USB controller Subway. Using this
expansion, even Classic Amigas lacking Zorro- or PCI-slots have access to
USB peripherals. The remaining stock of Subway cards has been sold quite
some time ago - but given sufficient demand, E3B would be willing
to produce another batch.
If you're seriously interested in purchasing a Subway USB controller,
please contact Michael Boehmer. At least 30 orders are required to justify the production costs. The anticipated price for a single unit would be about 89 EUR (incl. VAT).
Update: (07.09.2004, 13:45, cg)
To use the Subway with an Amiga 600, a socalled 'A600 clockport adapter' is required. Jens Schönfeld from Individual Computers tells us that these adapters are in stock right now and ship for 9.90 EUR. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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