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20.Mar.2016



Aminet-Uploads until 19.03.2016
The following archive has been added to Aminet until March 19th, 2016:
seta1final.lha           driver/oth 9K    OS4 Tweak the AmigaOne SE/XE hard...
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20.Mar.2016



OS4Depot-Uploads until 19.03.2016
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until March 19th, 2016:
seta1.lha                dri/mis 9kb   4.0 Tweak the AmigaOne SE/XE hardware
scummvm.lha              gam/adv 17Mb  4.1 2D Point-and-Click adventure int...
scummvm-src.zip          gam/adv 29Mb  4.1 ScummVM Source
afnews.lha               net/new 1Mb   4.0 Amiga Future Everywhere AmigaOS 4
tierlexikon.lha          off/dat 94Mb  4.1 Simple Animal-Database done with...
scummvm-tools.lha        uti/fil 3Mb   4.1 ScummVM Tools
scummvm-tools-src.zip    uti/fil 1Mb   4.1 ScummVM Tools Source
jack.lha                 uti/wor 4Mb   4.1 A fantastic AppStore for AmigaOS
clipgrab.lha             vid/mis 1Mb   4.1 Qt Download videos from YouTube
smtube.lha               vid/pla 3Mb   4.1 Qt : direct stream + download Yo...
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20.Mar.2016



WHDLoad: New archives until 19.03.2016
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 March 19th, 2016:
  • 2016-03-19 improved: Peace in the Gulf (Animators) Bplcon0 color bit fixes, some blitter waits added (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-19 improved: Music Party 1990 (Cryptoburners) Bplcon0 color bit fix, install script updated (Info)
  • 2016-03-18 improved: Musicland 2 (Brainstorm) Bplcon0 color bit fix (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-18 improved: Musicland (Brainstorm) Bplcon0 color bit fixes, WHDLoad v17+ features used (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-17 updated: The Dogs Cogs (Nerve Axis) patch redone, uses real files, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, decruncher relocated, source included (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-16 improved: Crystal Symphonies 2 (Phenomena) illegal copperlist entries fixed, 68000 quitkey support, source included, new install script (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-16 improved: Crystal Symphonies (Phenomena, Scoopex, Rebels) Bplcon0 color bit fix, 68000 quitkey support, source included, new install script (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-16 improved: Hymn 633 (Damage) some more Bplcon0 color bit fixes (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-15 improved: The Long Dark Teatime Of The Soul (LSD) write to INTREQR fixed, WHDLoad v17+ features used (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-15 improved: The Triple Breasted Whore of Eroticon 6 (LSD) odd address copperlists disabled, WHDLoad v17+ features used (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-15 improved: Total Kaos (LSD) Bplcon0 color bit fix, WHDLoad v17+ features used (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-15 improved: Techno Warrior (LSD) Bplcon0 color bit fix, wrong CIA access fixed, WHDLoad v17+ features used (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-15 improved: Grapevine Megamix (LSD) some more odd address copperlists disabled (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-14 improved: Absolute Swedish (Phew! Productions) WHDLoad v17+ features (config) used (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-14 improved: Animotion (Phenomena) illegal out of bounds blit fixed, a few more blitter waits added (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-14 improved: Sound De Light (Software of Sweden) 2 more byte writes to volume register fixed (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-14 improved: Megademo (Software of Sweden) illegal copperlist entries fixed (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-13 improved: Megademo (Phenomena) byte write to VPOSW fixed, more blitter waits added, more Bplcon0 color bit fixes, out of bounds blit fixed, some wrong blitter wait patches corrected, illegal copperlist entries fixed, some more byte writes to volume register fixed (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-13 improved: Music Compacting 2 (Zylon & Alpha Flight) some more Bplcon0 color bit fixes (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-13 improved: Autumn Nights (Palace) copperlist termination fixed (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-13 improved: Amplifier II (Dimension 4) copperlist problem fixed (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-13 improved: Audio Violation (Defekt) copperlist problems fixed, missing source added (Info, Image)
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19.Mar.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Information website: AskAmiga
On AskAmiga.com questions and answers about the Amiga are collected. You can also search the website for certain solutions. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.Mar.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Neurobiology: Bewegungsdetektor 2.0
"Bewegungsdetektor", written by Ulrich Beckers, "is a software to simulate and learn about the elementary motion detector (EMD) proposed by B. Hassenstein and W. Reichardt (1956)." (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.Mar.2016
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


PDF-Magazine: REV'n'GE 51 (Italian/English)
The PDF-magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.

Download sites:
Italian
English (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.Mar.2016
Amiga.org (Forum)


Ars Technica: A history of the Amiga, part 9
In its nineth issue, Jeremy Reimer wrote about Video Toaster in his series "A history of the Amiga" which since 2007 has been published on Ars Technica. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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16.Mar.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Magazine: Commodore Free, issue 91
"Commodore Free" is a free, English-language magazine about Commodore and Amiga computers, which is available in different formats - among others as HTML-version and as C64-Diskmag. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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15.Mar.2016
AROS-Exec (Forum)


AROS: A week in AROS (from 07.03.2016)
Weekly Krzysztof 'Deadwood' Śmiechowicz summarizes the latest progresses and developments of the AROS-programmers.

Week of March 7th:
  • Moves of MUI Windows are no longer wrongly interpreted as resizes (stegerg)
  • Internal MUI classes in Zune preferences now have a default picture (mazze)
  • Work on switching AROS to GCC 6+ started (Kalamatee)
  • Complete AROS sources are beeing adjusted to work with GCC 6.0 (Kalamatee)
  • Complete Contrib and Ports sources are beeing adjusted to work with GCC 6.0 (Kalamatee)
  • Memory leak in Zune preferences related to icon images fixed (mazze)
  • Blits on AROS Amiga RTG driver in cases of simple copies have been speed up (stegerg)
  • AROS Amiga RTG driver has been extended to handle bitmaps outside of VRAM (stegerg)
  • Autodocs documentation has been updated from source code (mazze)
  • FAT filesystem handler is now fully ROMable (jmcmullan)
  • Definition of TagItem has been corrected to work on AROS x86_64 (Kalamatee)
  • A possible overflow in BltTemplate function of graphics.library has been fixed (stegerg)
  • Value range in AROS Amiga RTG driver in PutTemplate method has been fixed (stegerg)
  • A fix for passing wrong value of Screen in Wanderer has been implemented (Kalamatee)
  • Stability of AROS Amiga RTG driver improved by adding locking (stegerg)
  • Blocker issue causing wrong optimization in intuition.library under GCC 6.0 has been found and fixed (Kalamatee)
  • Register-spill issue for ScalePixelArray function under 68k has been worked around (jmcmullan)
  • Boot delay for USB boot devices now works correctly (Kalamatee)
  • Bug related to write commands in FFS file system and partition.library has been fixed (Kalamatee)
  • Correctly preserve A5 register on 68k when compiling with GCC 6.0 (jmcmullan)
  • FKey commodity can now execute AREXX scripts (mazze)
  • A bug in color mapping has been fixed (stegerg)
  • Next round of x86_64 fixes in FryingPan has been implemented (Kalamatee)
  • A bug has been fixed in LUA MUI library (Kalamatee)
  • Memory trashing bug has been fixed in XAD CAB library (Kalamatee)
  • LZO library has been updated to version 2.09 (Kalamatee)
  • Scout, Wazp3D, BWins class and Scalos has had bugs related to 64-bit compatibility fixed (Kalamatee)
  • ATA driver no longer crashes on 68k under low memory condition (jmcmullan)
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15.Mar.2016
Amiga.org (Forum)


MorphOS: Software collection Chrysalis 3.9.2
Yannick 'Papiosaur' Buchy's Chrysalis is a preconfigured collection of programms, games and emulators (PDF description) and now is available in version 3.9.2 for MorphOS 3.9. An unchanged basic installation of the operating system is required.

Changes:
  • Added AmigaRacer (2.9) - AmigaTec.com
  • Added Aurus skin - Jambalah
  • Added RecenFiles 1.1 - OnyxSoft
  • Added NetFS 1.0 - OffseT
  • Added VintageViewer - Templario
  • Added VintageSongPlayer (anciennement SirenaPlayer) - Templario
  • Added PintorWeb (2.0) - Templario
  • Added nouvaux fonds d'écran - The Bucheron
  • Added new drawer icons (Add-on) - The Bucheron
  • Added PicShow (visualisateur par défaut) - Thomas Rapp
  • Added FPSE plugins - BSzili
  • Added Google Drive Handler (0.4) - Norbert Kett
  • Added a mimetype to compress directly one file to LHA - Beworld
  • Updated LAME (3.99.5) dans CodeAudio/Bin - Harry Sintonen
  • Updated de VAMP (1.40) - Templario
  • Updated AnimWebConverter (2.35) - Templario
  • Updated ACE (1.11) - OffseT
  • Updated AmIRC (3.6.2) - Henes
  • Updated SimpleMail (0.42) - SimpleMail Team and Henes
  • Updated SimpleCat (3.25) - Geit
  • Updated FPSE (0.10.6) - Mathias "AmiDog" Roslund
  • Updated Grunch (2.18) - Geit
  • Updated Toram (0.8.0) - Guillermo 'Deuteros' Amat
  • Updated MUIBase (3.2) - Steffen Gutmann
  • Updated Calimero (2.5) - pegasossigi
  • Updated InstallerGen (1.4) - Daedalus
  • Updated LoView (2.91) - Simone 'Tuxedo' Monsignori
  • Installation script improved - Beworld
  • Correction in Crabum menu - nerumo
  • Twins .catalog files deleted - Beworld
  • AmRSS configuration file updated (new websites) - Beworld
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15.Mar.2016
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Emulator: iUAE 1.1 for iOS
After about two years the implementation of the Amiga emulator UAE for Apple's iOS-devices has been updated. As usual iUAE is available on Cydia. Owners of a Mac-OS-X computer can also install the programm without jailbreak via Sideload to the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch by compiling the source code for themselves.

New features:
  • Support for Multiple Configurations
  • Completely Redesigned OnScreen Joypad (Supports Up To Four Programmable Buttons now)
  • Map Amiga Keyboard Buttons to Physical Joypad or Onscreen Joypad
  • New GUI
  • Configurable Onscreen Buttons to Map Keyboard Buttons (Thanks SimonToens)
  • Support for df2 to df4 (Thanks Simontoens)
  • Roms and Adf files can now be copied using Itunes (Thanks SimonToens)
  • Various Crash fixes. Chaos Engine now runs. Turrican 2 is more stable (Thanks SimonTones)
  • Enabled Sprite To Sprite Collision Detection. Games Like Archon and Gravity Force run now (Thanks Mithendral)
  • Several New Options for Display Settings
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14.Mar.2016
Floppy (Kommentar)


AROS-Distribution: Icaros Desktop 2.1
In version 2.1 of Paolo Besser's AROS-distribution Icaros Desktop several bugs have been fixed and new versions of applications added - e.g. a new version of the web browser Odyssey which now supports HTML-5-videos.

Drivers for NTFS-3G and exFAT partitions have been completed as well. Additionally it is possible to access (read) Google-Drive accounts. Icaros Desktop adds a preference programm written in Lua for configuring it in a more comfortable way (screenshot).

Changes:
  • Writing to a NTFS partition
  • Updated OWB to version 1.25, build from march 2016: Youtube, Vimeo and other similar sites are now supported (HTML5 video)
  • Updated DirectoryOpus 5 "Magellan" to latest release
  • Added a lot of development libraries
  • Added GoogleDrive Handler (allows read only access)
  • Added configuration tool for GoogleDrive handler
  • Added Filesysbox library
  • Added NTFS-3G handler (supports Windows NTFS partitions up to Windows 10/2016)
  • Added EX-FAT handler (for larger, modern VFAT volumes)
  • Improved help pictures for Magellan interface
  • Added SNUG HTTP server to network startup daemons, and you can now access MyWokspace files with a browser
  • Enhanced AmiBridge's "Amiga as a service"
  • Ignition M68K running on x86 desktop
  • Updated PortablE to latest release
  • Updated FPC to latest release
  • Updated ZuneView to latest release
  • Cleaned up GRUB2 boot menu
  • Restored "complete" user manual and updated to version 2.1
  • Applications: updated Amath, EdiSyn, metaDiary, RPNScientific
  • Benchmarks: added Water, updated GLMark
  • New Demoscene folder in Extras with Fract and Timeless
  • Design: fixed GrafX2, updated ThemeEdit
  • Filesystem: updated Scalos, Unarc
  • Games: updated/fixed Ri-Li, added RotateGear, Skunks (OpenGL)
  • Media editors: added FFMPEG, ImageMagick
  • Misc: added meteData, RFT-Riddle
  • Networking: added toram
  • Updated AROS system files to Jan 6th, 2016
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13.Mar.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix provides new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last message the following songs have been added:
  • Captain Planet Ma Ti (Synthwave Mix)
  • Great Courts 2 (You Can Win)
  • Mantronix & Tip's Jazzy Nork - Live Jazz Club Cover
  • Strider Vs Thunderblade
  • Pinball Prelude Medley
  • Stardust Warp Sequence 2
  • Hybris [2016 Remix]
  • Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 Intro
  • Fire & Ice Temple Theme (daXX Remix)
  • Wrath Of The Demon Title (2016 Wremix)
  • Golden Axe - Death Adder Theme (daXX Remix)
  • Arabian Nights (daXX Remix)
  • Return of the Jedi - Hard Wars (Livemix)
  • Return of the Jedi - Hard Wars
  • Some Day
  • Lotus III - Space Rock Ninja Remix Flekador
  • DYLAN DOG - The Murderers Intro
  • Another World Ending
  • Jupiters Masterdrive Level Selection Menu
  • Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
  • Turbo Imploder 4.0
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13.Mar.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Assembler and Linker: vasm 1.7e and vlink 0.15a
Frank Wille has released updates for the assembler vasm and its corresponding linker vlink.

Changes in vasm 1.7e:
  • Ability to print the source line also in output module error messages.
  • Current PC symbol in absolute code regions was erroneously relocated to the section's base address.
  • Make sure that labels from absolute code regions are not relocated.
  • m68k: Fix for a bug introduced in last version: fmovem list,(An) and fmovem list,(d,An) were no longer recognized as valid for M68k FPUs.
  • PPC: Fixed mtvscr instruction, which uses the vB field instead of vD.
  • ARM: Accept the new SVC mnemonic as an alias for SWI.
  • ARM: Fixed macros. Previously only three characters for a macro name were allowed. Qualifiers are not allowed on ARM macros.
  • std-syntax: Permit the '$' as start character and in the middle of a label (note: a terminating '$' still defines a local label!).
  • std-syntax: A missing last macro argument no longer causes an error message, but is replaced by a default value (when defined) or an empty string.
  • std-syntax: .org directive defines the offset from the current section's start address when it appears within a section (GNU-as compatibility).
  • mot-syntax: ORG directive can be used within any normal section to define a block of code relocated to an absolute start address.
  • mot-syntax: Numeric absolute symbol expansion is supported for macro parameters of the form \<symbol> or \<$symbol> (hexadecimal value).
  • madmac-syntax: Removed the -rorg option, which is the default behaviour now.
  • oldstyle-syntax: The special macro argument \@ is replaced by an underscore, followed by a six-digit number again, as before V1.7c.
  • tos-output: Check for overflows in relocation fields.
  • aout-output: Fixed a crash since last version, when embedding absolute code regions in a section.
Changes in vlink 0.15a:
  • New option -mrel instructs the linker to merge all sections with PC-relative references between them. This was done automatically in previous versions, but makes no sense for most targets
  • New option -hunkattr, which assigns memory attributes to an input section name. The memory attributes of all those input sections will be overwritten
  • (elf) Introduced the new target "elf32jag", an unofficial ELF target for the Atari Jaguar RISC CPU
  • (ados/ehf) Read/write extended memory attributes (0xc0000000 in hunk type or size). Extended attributes in object files seem inofficial, but supported by vasm now
  • (ados/ehf) Allow memory flags with HUNK_PPC_CODE in object files
  • (ados/ehf) Support HUNK_RELRELOC32 in executables (since OS3.0)
  • (a.out) Fixed pc-relative relocations in relocatable object file output
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13.Mar.2016
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


Hollywood 6.1 available
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to present Hollywood 6.1. Hollywood 6.1 is a major update with many new features and bug fixes. The most important new feature is that Hollywood 6.1 now comes with GUIs for Mac OS (x86 and PowerPC) and Linux (x86, PowerPC, ARM). Previously Hollywood could only be used from the command line on these systems. Starting with Hollywood 6.1 the Mac OS and Linux versions come with a native GUI which is identical to the GUI used in the Amiga version.

Additionally, Hollywood plugins can now be linked into executables compiled by Hollywood. Speaking of plugins, Hollywood 6.1 contains major extensions to the plugin interface which will be utilized by a soon to be released killer plugin which has been three years in the making. This plugin (codename: Secret Weapon III) will be the most powerful plugin in the history of Hollywood and it will open up a whole new world of programming with Hollywood. And it will be released free of charge for all Hollywood users. So watch this space...

Here is a non-exhaustive list of new features in Hollywood 6.1:
  • Hollywood has a GUI for all supported platforms now
  • New sound channel API makes Hollywood's sound library much more flexible
  • Hollywood plugins can be linked into executables now
  • Support for streaming through sound.datatype on MorphOS
  • Functions to conveniently load and save user preferences
  • Virtual files can also be opened for writing now
  • Fine-tuned control over appicons in the Amiga version
  • Android extensions for the Hollywood APK Compiler
  • New debugging and event functions
  • Several new functions that were requested by users
  • More convenient distribution model: the download version no longer requires you to run custom tools to generate an ISO image first; instead download versions are ready-to-run on all platforms now
  • Lots of other changes, optimizations and bug fixes
  • Ready for the killer plugin
Hollywood 6.1 is the ultimate Multimedia experience and a must-have for all creative people. Hollywood is available on a CD-ROM and as a download version. Both versions include Hollywood for all supported platforms. It is no longer necessary to buy separate licenses for the different platforms. Buying Hollywood gives you a single-user license for all 11 platforms supported by Hollywood. If you already own Hollywood, you can buy a discounted upgrade version. People who bought Hollywood 6.0 in 2016 can request a free upgrade.

Hollywood is the ultimate bridge between all the different AmigaOS compatible platforms and the other three modern desktop systems, Windows, Mac OS, and Linux! Additionally, Hollywood also supports the Android platform. A truly unique feature is the ability to cross-compile native executables for many different platforms including: AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, WarpOS, MorphOS, AROS (x86), Windows, Mac OS X (x86 & PPC), and Linux (x86 & PPC & ARM). You don't even have to own these platforms in order to compile executables for them. It's enough to run Hollywood on one of the supported platforms and then compile programs for all the others! Only Hollywood makes it possible. If you want to learn more about Hollywood, please visit the the official Hollywood portal which also has a forum for all questions concerning Hollywood.

All this makes Hollywood The Cross-Platform Multimedia Application Layer. Join the Multimedia revolution and get your personal copy of Hollywood 6.1 now!

Screenshots (AmigaOS 4, Linux, Mac OS X):
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13.Mar.2016
Amiga.org (Forum)


Amicast: Text interview with Frank Wille
The blog of the English podcast Amicasthas published a text interview with Frank Wille. The developer is well-known for the game Solid Gold and the Amiga ports of Retroguru games like the Sqrxz series (1, 2, 3), Giana's Return, Xump or Fruit'Y, but he is also well-known for the assembler PhxAss and his assistance in developing the compiler vbcc as well as the assembler and its linker vasm and vlink, for his assistance in developing the Amiga and Pegasos version of the operating system NetBSD as well as for the ppclibemu. He also was involved in the beta tests of the Pegasos-II adaption of AmigaOS 4.1. By adapting vasm and vlink, he also supports the Sonnet-Amiga-project. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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13.Mar.2016
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


Board game: Kings of Israel 0.67
With permission of the right holder Funhill Games, the Finnish programmer 'Bugala' has released an update of his Amiga version of the board game Kings of Israel which is still in development (video of an earlier version from April of the last year).

The free game which still has not been finished is available for all Amiga systems in Pascal Papara's indieGO!-Appstore. Under AmigaOS 3.x the Hollywood game requires about 100 MB RAM and a graphic board. Under AmigaOS 4 the game hast to be launched in window mode. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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13.Mar.2016



Aminet-Uploads until 12.03.2016
The following archives have been added to Aminet until March 12th, 2016:
dsm.lha                  comm/net   7.4M  WOS Synology Download Manager MUI
dsm.i386-aros.zip        comm/tcp   1.2M  x86 Synology Download Station Man...
AFnews-68k.lha           comm/www   886K  68k Amiga Future Everywhere 68k
GLExcess.lha             demo/misc  676K  MOS The OpenGL Demo
AGUI.lha                 dev/amos   1.0M      A GUI for AmosPro
NixNext.lha              game/wb    32K   68k Remove neighbouring tiles of ...
LoViewAROS.lha           gfx/show   4.6M  x86 LoView - the Easy Viewer and ...
LoViewMOS.lha            gfx/show   4.3M  MOS LoView - the Easy Viewer and ...
LoViewOS3.lha            gfx/show   3.9M  68k LoView - the Easy Viewer and ...
LoViewOS4.lha            gfx/show   5.2M  OS4 LoView - the Easy Viewer and ...
LoViewWOS.lha            gfx/show   5.0M  WOS LoView - the Easy Viewer and ...
ezhome.lha               misc/misc  430K  68k X-10 Home Control.ECS or AGA ...
fmovecr_dump.lha         misc/misc  13K   68k Reads the FPU ROM. Send me th...
opus-tools-0.19_aros.lha mus/edit   435K  x86 Opus Audio Tools
ezcron4.lha              util/time  995K  68k Start progs/reminders/scripts...
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13.Mar.2016



OS4Depot-Uploads until 12.03.2016
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until March 12th, 2016:
muteoutput.lha           uti/she 5kb   4.0 when you can't use >NIL:
evenmore.lha             uti/tex 407kb 4.0 Freeware Textviewer
wheelrun.lha             uti/wor 2Mb   4.1 another program launcher written...
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13.Mar.2016



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 12.03.2016
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archiven until March 12th, 2016:
glcolumns.i386-aros.zip      gam/puz 1Mb   OpenGL game to match 3 or more f...
dsm.i386-aros.zip            net/ser 1Mb   Synology Download Station Manage...
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13.Mar.2016



WHDLoad: New archives until 12.03.2016
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 March 12th, 2016:
  • 2016-03-12 improved: Demon's Rage (Nerve Axis) illegal Bltcon0/1 values in line drawing routines fixed (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-08 improved: Boundless Void (Nemol) Bplcon0 color bit fixes, blitter wait added, illegal Bplcon2 value fixed, byte write to volume register fixed, read from VPOSW fixed, new install script (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-07 updated: Groovy (Lemon) patch redone, byte writes to Bltcon1 fixed, illegal BltCon0 values fixed, 68000 quitkey support, blitter waits added, works with 512k chip now, new install script (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-06 new: Public Attack (Cult) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-06 new: Greatest Hits (Cult) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
  • 2016-03-06 updated: Test Drive 2 - The Duel (Accolade) converted for newer WHDLoad (Info)
  • 2016-03-06 improved: Prince of Persia (Jordan Mechner/Br?derbund) trainer improved (Info)
  • 2016-03-06 new: Vectordance (Cult) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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AmigaOS 4: Beta version of Cinnamon Writer 0.95
Claus Desler's Cinnamon Writer is a "compact and efficient word processor developed especially with Amiga and Amiga-like systems in mind" which can import RTF and DocX files and offers a spellchecker.

Almost three years after the last release, at least for AmigaOS 4 a new beta version is available which among others supports inserting pictures. The version for MorphOS still has some bugs. Therefore it has not been released yet. A version of the Cinnamon Writer for AROS will be released if the author once is "happy with AOS4 and MorphOS versions."

Furthermore the author asks for your feedback: "If you believe that CW is not displaying your Docx document correctly, I would very much like to have the document sent to bugs@desler.be so I can correct the mistake. However, please be aware that I cannot fix problems with things like textboxes and tables since they are not supported by CW yet. Also remember, that if you havn't got the truetype font used in your word document installed on your amiga, the text will look different, and this is not a bug."

New functionality:
  • Support for images
  • UTF format support
  • Improved spellchecking
  • Optimizations and stability improvement
  • Much, much, more
Known problems:
  • CW chokes with large documents
  • Printing/PDF exporting is still very experimental. I am looking for users who uses ghostscript and printer with their Amiga routinely
  • Cursor problems
  • Screen garbage when starting up. This issue has been reported to me, but I cannot reproduce it. If you see this bug please report which machine you are using and which version of AOS you are running
  • Trying to open a CW Docx format in Word leads to a warning. Just trust the document, and it should load just fine
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