30.Aug.2016
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AmigaOS 4: Enhancer Software 1.1
Press release: A-EON Technology Ltd is pleased to announce a major update to the Enhancer Software for AmigaOS 4.1 systems. The Enhancer Software version 1.1 upgrade demonstrates our ongoing commitment to the AmigaOS platform and is available as a free download from AMIStore for existing registered users. New customers can either purchase a digital download from AMIStore or a buy a boxed CD from selected Amiga dealers.
The original Enhancer Software package was met with positive acclaim when it was released earlier this year. The v1.1 update is the culmination of four months hard work by the dedicated AmigaDeveloper.com team who have added a whole host of new function-ality and features.
Applications & utilities
Apart from significant updates to key software utilities such as MultiViewer v2.6, MultiEdit v1.3, AmiPDF v1.34, X-Dock v0.35 and TuneNet v2.4 there are new additions such as the ‘themeable’ Clock utility (v53.7) with a wide selection of ‘skins’ included.
RadeonHD driver update
The RadeonHD driver has once again been updated. The new versions, v2.18 (Plus Edition) and v1.17 (Standard Edition), includes several maintenance updates and increased compatibility for additional graphics card firmware support.
Warp3D Nova, the Shader based 3D graphics system, has been significantly updated and v1.29 now supports MipMapping, Stencil buffering and many other new functions. It is complemented by the much awaited premiere of the OpenGL ES 2.0 library on AmigaOS.
New datatypes & features
The new Sound Datatype, which includes MOD, MPEGA and WAV, is a significant improvement over earlier versions. It now supports multi channel 16-bit/32-bit/64-bit (floating point) streaming with internal support for up to 19 named channels. Apart from adding full MultiViewer support, we have been working closely with third party application developers to ensure that the new datatypes deliver the added functionality they require for their own software titles. The Ringhio Notifications server has been under continuous development since the last Enhancer Software release. The latest version (53.60) adds the possibility of a ‘Progress Bar’ support inside the notification “bubble” pop-up.
Future proofing
With one eye to the future, the building blocks of applications, ReAction compatible gadgets and classes have been extended and many of the main programs have been converted to use the new gadgets. The new Clock app is based on the new flexible and powerful clock.gadget
The components of the Enhancer Software V1.1 sections are:
1. Datatypes:
- MPEGA Datatype - used by MultiViewer
- MOD Datatype - used by MultiViewer
- SimpleHTML Datatype - used by MultiViewer
- Sound Datatype - used by MultiViewer
- WAV Datatype - used by MultiViewer
2. Gadgets and Classes:
- Clock Gadget Class - used by Clock
- InfoWindow Class - used by ClipViewer, Exchanger, MultiViewer, MultiEdit, X-Dock
- OptionButton Gadget Class
- PieChart Gadget Class - used by Format
- ProgressBar Gadget Class - used by NotificationServer, TuneNet and X-Dock
- Shared Image Class - required by ClipViewer and MultiViewer
- TickBox Gadget Class - required by Clock, Format, Notifications Preferences, TuneNet and X-Dock
3. Utilities:
- AmiDVD
- AmiPDF
- CANDI and CANDI Preferences
- Clock
- InfoWindow
- MultiEdit
- MultiViewer
- PartitionWizard
- TuneNet
- X-Dock
4. Commodities:
5. System:
- Format
- NotificationServer and Notifications Preferences
6. Libraries
- OpenGL ES 2.0
- Warp3D Nova
7. Kickstart:
- Diskcache Library
- RadeonHD v2
- SmartFileSystem 2
8. CLI Commands and Tools:
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29.Aug.2016
MorphZone (Forum)
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Video: controlling a Minimig from MorphOS
As announced at Morph.zone three years ago, Anders Granlund has connected a Minimig to his MorphOS computer that enables him to run Amiga games on the Minimig by double-clicking them on Ambient. Keyboard, mouse and joystick input is also forwarded to the FPGA Amiga. (snx) (Translation: cg)
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29.Aug.2016
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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Puzzle game: G.E.M.Z. 2.1
Fabio Falcucci's G.E.M.Z. is a commercial puzzler for all Amiga systems, where blocks with the same colour have to be positioned next to each other to make them disappear. New in version 2.1 are additional animations and the possibility to modify the game by editing text based configuration files. The sound files are now a separate download, the game will retrieve them when ran for the first time. (snx) (Translation: cg)
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28.Aug.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 27.08.2016
The following packages have been added to the Aminet until August 27th, 2016:
finger-mos.lha comm/tcp 53K MOS UNIX finger for NetStack
CruelSummer2016.lha demo/misc 62K 68k Cool demo with finest oldscho...
chocolatecastle.lha dev/mui 239K MOS Parametrized MUI MCC code gen...
LibMaker.lha dev/mui 148K MOS GUI based code skeleton gener...
Smash_The_Beast.adz game/misc 172K 68k S.M.A.S.H The Beast game
xroar.lha misc/emu 1.1M MOS Dragon and Tandy CoCo emulator
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28.Aug.2016
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 27.08.2016
The following packages have been added to the OS4Depot until August 27th, 2016:
aos-ignitionicons.lha gra/ico 393kb 4.0 Icons and Toolbar Symbols for Ig...
knobgad.lha lib/rea 55kb 4.0 Round knob gadget
dirmeup_demo.lha uti/fil 16Mb 4.1 Amiga Files Explorer
ann-update.lha uti/tex 2Mb 4.0 Minor update to Annotate to impr...
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28.Aug.2016
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 17.08.2016
The following package has been added to the AROS-Archiven until August 27th, 2016:
spades.i386-aros.zip gam/car 43kb Port of an Amiga freeware card g...
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28.Aug.2016
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WHDLoad: New installers until 27.08.2016
Using WHDLoad,you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until August 27th, 2016:
- 2016-08-25 new: Worldcharts 9 (The Silents) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2016-08-24 fixed: Dyter-07 (reLINE) all protections removed, game doesn't crash anymore, trainers added, interrupts fixed, source code included (Info)
- 2016-08-22 new: Art and Go (Impulse) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
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28.Aug.2016
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: File manager Dir Me Up 3.02
Jérôme 'Glames' Senays' commercial file manager "Dir Me Up" among others offers browsing history and preview images or thumbnails. In version 3.02 no longer names of drives are limited to three characters and the Swedish and German translation have been completed.
The update is available for free to all resistered users. All other ones can test an limited demo version.
Download: DirMeUp_Demo.lha (16 MB)
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28.Aug.2016
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Podcast: The Retro Hour talked to Gunnar von Boehn
The latest issue 34 of the British podcast "The Retro Hour" also talked to Gunnar von Boehn (from 9th minute) about the Vampire accelerator board for the Amiga 1200 which is expected to be released at the end of the year. They also talked about other plans and the NatAmi-project.
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25.Aug.2016
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmiCast: Text interview with David Brunet
The seventh text interview of the English-language podcast AmiCast is dedicated to David Brunet, who especially is well-known for the French Amiga portal Obligement. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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24.Aug.2016
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AROS: July 2016 Highlights
Based on his weekly news on the progresses of the operating system AROS, Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz writes monthly summaries as well.
In July several minor bug fixes and improvements provided by different developers (among others Neil Cafferkey, Krzysztof Śmiechowicz, Matthias Rustler and Stefan Haubenthal) were done - e.g. the native GCC now finds the SDK paths.
Additionally, the Apollo team offers Vampire accelerator boards for developers for free, who push AROS/68k forward. New and updated programms and games (e.g. SimpleMail 0.41, EmuLa) as well as another preversion of the AROS-distribution Broadway are provided as well.
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23.Aug.2016
Stefan Egger (ANF)
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Photographs of and information about Amiga 3400 (preproduction series A4000)
Stefan Egger ("computer collection vienna") has bought an "Amiga 3400", which is a preproduction series of a computer, later sold as Amiga 4000. His working computer and the difference to the later preproduction series he presents on his website. Some missing parts (upper part of the case, HDD-mount, mount for the disk drive, joyport sheet) will be soon completed.
The mount of the disk drive is different to the one of the A4000 and have to be made. Additional information Egger would really appreciate. The computer currently only recognizes 1 MB ChipRAM, for that any hints would be helpful as well.
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22.Aug.2016
amiga68k.de (Webseite)
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Preview video: Shooter "AlarCity"
AlarCity is supposed to become a fast shooter scrolling in eight directions. Ports for Amiga (AGA), Windows and MacOS are planned. Already in June a video was released which shows an early version of the engine running on an (emulated) CD32.
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