24.Mar.2015
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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Emulation: Legal source of supply for Cyberstorm-ROM-file
If you are going to use AmigaOS 4.1 "Final Edition" with an emulator, that requires this PowerPC operating system, the Kickstart-ROM and the Workbench of AmigaOS 3.1 as well as the accelerator board ROM of the CyberStorm PPC.
If you do not own a Cyberstorm PPC, nevertheless you can use AmigaOS 4 legally in the emulation: In consultation with the rightholder, DCE, the ROM-file can be purchased in the IndieGO!-Appstore for the symbolic price of EUR 1. On request, Pascal Papara will bear the costs for purchasers of the computer AresOne as well as of the distributions AEROS R3 and Aminux (USB-Stick version).
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24.Mar.2015
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Podcast: Retro Asylum - The Amiga Bonanza
The latest issue of Retro Asylum, the self-appointed "UK's number 1 retro gaming podcast", is exclusively about the Commodore Amiga. On the occasion of the forthcoming 30th birthday, the three hosts have talked for almost three hours about the history and the games, "that made the system so special".
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23.Mar.2015
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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GUI-Toolkit for Hollywood: First demo version of cross-platform HGui
HGui is a GUI-system developed with Hollywood, which in contrast to the Amiga-specific MUI Royale would be available for all platforms supported by Hollywood. The development has been almost finished, a first demo now is available (download site).
According to the author Fabio "Allanon" Falcucci, he thinks about a commercial release. Therefore he has released this demo to get some feedback on this question. If he will get sufficient financial support, Falcucci will write tutorials and a "comprehensive developer guide".
Two different releases are planned: As applet and as source code, both versions would include tutorials and developer guide. The current level of development the author has described as "usable and stable". He needs to "complete some planned features and a couple of missing classes".
The features of his GUI-Toolkits:
General features
- Object Oriented Programming
- Flexible and multi-layered skin system
- Easy of use
- Fast
- Scalable (tuning the cache system and the theme)
- Since HGui does not depend on any system specific command/library all developed projects can be compiled for any system supported by Hollywood, your GUIs will be the same on every platform, exactly the same.
Windows system
- Each window you create supports the following events:
- OnClose
- OnMove
- OnActivate
- OnDeactivate
- OnHide
- OnShow
- OnSize
- User definable minimum and maximum sizes
- Automatic control of the window's order
- Methods to control/edit on the fly the created windows
- Various background type supported
- Special windows to build up quickly progress indicator and/or messages for long operations.
- Window's menu (not the ones available with Hollywood but a custom one that allow you to include any gadget type into it.
- Functions to find window objects by name, by Hollywood ID, and to check if a window exists or not.
- Ability to attach hotkeys to any window to execute specific tasks when a keypress occurs.
Gadgets system
- Supported gadget classes
- Box
- Vertical Divider
- Horizontal Divider
- Label
- Group (Generic, Radio, Check)
- Button
- Switch
- Scrollbar (Vertical/Horizontal)
- Slider (Vertical/Horizontal)
- ProgressBar
- Knob
- Text (for user input)
- ListView
- TreeView
- DropDown
- Image
- Virtual Area
- Planned gadget classes
- Ability to switch the cache system on or off
- On: each gadget state will be cached, faster but more memory required
- Off: each gadget state will be rendered directly, slower but with a lower memory footprint.
- Each gadget can be skinned individually
- Each gadget class can be skinned globally
- Support for icons inside gadgets with custom alignment and text adjustment
- Flying tips for some gadgets
- Sounds on some actions (OnOver, OnOut, OnPushed, OnDown)
- Supported actions:
- OnPushed
- OnDown
- OnOver
- OnOut
- OnDrop
- OnDropOut
- Some classes can have additional actions
- Functions to search buttons by their names
- Methods to control and modify on the fly existing gadgets
- Gadgets drag and drop (planned)
- Ability to attach a right-mouse action or a pop up menu (planned)
Layout system
- Gadgets can be arranged using the MUI concept, you define some gadgets that will be grouped inside another gadget, this way your GUI is represented by a tree where the tree root is a special gadget called 'rootGadget' already created for you when a window is created.
- Supported layout are:
- When you define child gadgets you can define the following properties:
- Gadget weights (percentual variable, percentual fixed, pixel variable, pixel fixed)
- Borders (top, bottom, left, right) from the father gadget
- Gap between childs in pixel
What's missing/needs more love
- Some little glitches to be fixed
- Keyboard navigation system
- Gadget's hotkeys
- Gadget's drag & drop
- ListView/TreeView column resize using the mouse
- Tabs class
- Spin class
- Documentation
- Tutorials
- Global theme management functions are not completed
- Support for XML Gui definition
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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22.Mar.2015
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: EdiSyn 0.31 - Text editor with syntax highlighting (Update)
Marcus Sackrow has released a text editor with syntax highlighting for AROS/x86 (screenshot).
Download: EdiSyn_0.31.lha (3 MB)
Update: (06:08, 24.03.15, snx)
Meanwhile version 0.31 is available. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Mar.2015
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Aminet-Uploads until 21.03.2015
The following archives have been added to Aminet until March 21st, 2015:
gTranslator.lha comm/misc 223K MOS A google translator for your ...
ntimed.i386-aros.lha comm/net 47K x86 Network time synchronization ...
ntimed.lha comm/net 53K 68k Network time synchronization ...
ntimed.src.lha comm/net 71K Network time synchronization ...
netsurf.lha comm/www 5.5M OS4 Fast CSS capable web browser
OpenURL-7.16.lha comm/www 514K MOS OpenURL - Get that URL!
c64tools_mos.lha dev/cross 1.1M MOS Covert Bitops C64 Tools
pucrunch.lha dev/cross 178K MOS A (de)cruncher for CBM execut...
openssl68k.lha dev/lib 1.3M 68k OpenSSL crypto and SSL/TLS li...
FlexCat-2.16.lha dev/misc 368K MOS Flexible catalogs (C,Asm,Ober...
sgit.lha dev/misc 1.1M OS4 A simple and incomplete git c...
MCC_BetterString-11.2... dev/mui 310K MOS BetterString custom class for...
MCC_NList-0.120.lha dev/mui 1.9M MOS NList custom classes for MUI,...
MCC_TextEditor-15.46.lha dev/mui 811K MOS TextEditor custom class for M...
MCC_TheBar-26.16.lha dev/mui 1.6M MOS TheBar.mcc - Next Generation ...
super_nibbly_source.lha game/actio 1.3M ASM sources for "Super Nibbly...
f12015carset.lha game/data 21K 2015 Car Set for F1GP Ed/Micr...
AlienBash_src.zip game/shoot 7.6M Assembly sourcecodes for "Ali...
bikerbabe_src.zip game/shoot 635K Sources for "Biker Babe from ...
wmf2x_1.1.lha gfx/conv 766K MOS A windows meta file converter
Tomas_Dahlgren_gfx.zip pix/misc 5.5M (mostly) unreleased gfx by 'U...
aget.lha util/app 5.1M MOS AGet - HTTP Protocol Tester
openssl.lha util/crypt 1.0M 68k OpenSSL command line tool
DrawerBall.lha util/dir 2.6M MOS Directory and files tool
codesets-6.19.lha util/libs 617K MOS Library handling codesets and...
HWP_AIFF.lha util/libs 14K MOS Hollywood plugin for AIFF sounds
HWP_PCX.lha util/libs 18K MOS Hollywood plugin for PCX images
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22.Mar.2015
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 21.03.2015
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until March 21st, 2015:
pucrunch.lha dev/cro 178kb 4.0 A cruncher for C64 executeables
sgit.lha dev/uti 1Mb 4.0 A simple and incomplete git client
ermentruddemo.lha gam/adv 3Mb 4.0 Demo of the adventure game "Erme...
residualvm.lha gam/adv 5Mb 4.1 3D game interpreter
residualvm-src.zip gam/adv 7Mb 4.1 ResidualVM Source
afroggame_demo.lha gam/pla 11Mb 4.0 Catch flies !
santasmonstershootout... gam/pla 35Mb 4.0 A Christmas game
balanceblox_demo.lha gam/puz 6Mb 4.0 Blocks on the balance
tapjewelsdemo.lha gam/puz 11Mb 4.0 Demoversion of Tap Jewels
flare.lha gam/rol 2Mb 4.0 A free action RPG engine
swampdefense_demo.lha gam/str 18Mb 4.0 Demoversion of Swamp Defense
hwp_aiff.lha lib/hol 14kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for AIFF file f...
hwp_pcx.lha lib/hol 18kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for PCX file fo...
netsurf.lha net/bro 6Mb 4.0 Fast CSS capable browser
findmore.lha uti/fil 125kb 4.0 File searching tool (GUI)
aget.lha uti/mis 5Mb 4.0 HTTP Protocol Tester
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22.Mar.2015
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WHDLoad: New packages until 21.03.2015
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until March 21st, 2015:
- 2015-03-17 improved: Army Moves (Imagine/Dinamic) made 68000er compatible, new install script and icons (Info)
- 2015-03-17 improved: Thunder Blade (Sega) imager corrected, manual and icons added, minor slave change (Info)
- 2015-03-16 improved: Kiros Quest (Vision) Level 49 fixed (Info, Image)
- 2015-03-15 improved: Kiros Quest (Vision) Level 34 fixed, trainer added (Info, Image)
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21.Mar.2015
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Printed magazine: Retro Planet, issue 7 (Greek)
The Greek magazine "Retro Planet" has 52 coloured pages and is published quarterly. Issue 7 includes a review of AmigaOS 4.1 FE, a market review on Amiga accelerator boards and an interview with Laurent Zorawski (French Amiga shop Amedia Computer).
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[News message: 21. Mar. 2015, 22:30] [Comments: 0]
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21.Mar.2015
amigaforum.de (Webseite)
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Game engine Antiryad Gx 3.4.04 (AmigaOS3, AROS, MorphOS)
Antiryad Gx is an engine for 2D-/3D-games with integrated editor and available for several platforms. After registering you can use the free version developing commercial games. Changes in version 3.4:
- Enhanced video codec and tools, added new compressions
- Added support of smjpeg video codec
- Added support of Theora video codec
- Added support of Ogg sound codec
- Enhanced fastcol3d
- Optimized and enhanced dsp object
- Enhanced math object
- Enhanced megalib system
- Enhanced geom object
- Optimized OpenGL rendering
- Enhanced obj3d
- Optimized collisions
- Enhanced skin object
- Optimized and enhanced font object
- Added support of ETC1 with alpha channel support in OpenGLES2 driver
- Enhanced executablecompiler
- Added faster software rendering
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20.Mar.2015
Pascal Papara (ANF)
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App Store: Update of indieGO!-client for all systems
The Hollywood-based client for Pascal Papara's App Store "indieGO!" has been updated (screenshot). It is divided into two parts: The App Store-Browser and the download manager. Using the download manager it is possible to pause downloads and continiue them after several days.
The client now works with screen solutions less than 800x600 pixels (z.B. EEEPC701) and much faster as well. According to Papara currently there is much debug output, so this can be still improved. The speed of the download manager was doubled.
The detailed changes:
- Refactoring and optimization of the libServer module
- Submit Bug Report : now reports if there was error submitting the reports
- Change Mail Address : FIXED a bug that was not accepting the user's input
- Many optimization a faster response in many time-critical sections
This option can be disabled with the preference -> speedboost = 0
- Added preference switch
- Added pointer behaviours (busy mouse pointer for long operations)
- Added the possibility to close the category requester with the ESC key
- Font size reduced automatically in app name and app description if needed
to let it fit in its available space. (magorium)
- Now categories and items difference is more evident thanks to an overlay
image on the category icons (see picture). (magorium)
- Now the AppStore recognize if a previous session has not closed properly
and ask to the user if he wish to submit a bug report with the previous
session's log file, no additional informations from the user are required. (magorium)
- Speed up of the app details window opening
- download speed is now twice as fast
Until now developers of commercial applications have had to pay a store fee of ten percent of the selling price. Developers who have registered after March 1st 2015 have to pay twelve percent. The ten most "successful" developers - including developers of Freeware software - monthly will earn a gift coupon of 10 Euro.
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[News message: 20. Mar. 2015, 15:29] [Comments: 0]
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20.Mar.2015
morphzone.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Civilization clone FreeCiv 2.4.4
Szilárd 'BSzili' Biró has ported version 2.4.4 of the turn-based strategy game FreeCiv to MorphOS. Because he is not a passionate strategy player, the game has been not much tested.
Direct download: freeciv2-mos.lha (27 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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20.Mar.2015
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Crowdfunding: US-American celebration for Amiga 30th anniversary via Kickstarter
On the occasion of Amiga 30th anniversary - on July 23rd 1985 it was presented for the first time - in Computer History Museum in Mountain View (California) a big party will take place.
It is planned: a panel discussion with former Amiga developers Dale Luck, RJ Mical, Dave Needle and Carl Sassenrath; a banquet with feature speakers Colin Proudfoot (ex Commodore UK), Mike Battilana (Cloanto) and Trevor Dickinson (A-EON) as well as the presentation of a new, longer trailer of Viva Amiga. Additionally there will be a little exhibition of Amiga-"artefacts", presenting the original Amiga prototype and all the following Amiga models.
In order to finance the event, the organizers are going to collect 20.000 US-Dollar via Kickstarter. If you want to support the project, you can choose between nine different payments: starting with 10 USD (the donator will be mentioned on the website and during the event) and ending with 5.000 USD (complete VIP-programm, diverse merchandising products as well as an AmigaOne X1000).
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[News message: 20. Mar. 2015, 14:55] [Comments: 0]
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19.Mar.2015
viddi (ANF)
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Music: Blue-Metal-Rose-Song with pure C64-sound
On March 27th the album "Farbenfrohe Welt" written by Blue Metal Rose will be released. One song was recorded with C64-sounds and can be found under the title link on YouTube.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Mar. 2015, 19:54] [Comments: 0]
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19.Mar.2015
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New "old" downloads at Amiga Arena and Games-Coffer
Amiga-Arena again has listed "Land of Genesis" and the German version of "Aqua" as downloads. Games-Coffer has added the games "Breakout", "Games Galore #11", "Missiles Over Xerion", "To The Death" and "Two Player Games 1200".
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[News message: 19. Mar. 2015, 18:59] [Comments: 0]
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18.Mar.2015
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AEROS Beta 9 (Raspberry Pi 1 and 2) for registered users
AEROS Beta 9 is available for registered users. Changes in this release:
- updated linux base
- added epiphany webbrower icon to wanderer
- added boot animation
- reduced image size to fit again on 8GB+ cards (the last one worked only on 16+)
- added indieGO!- Appstore and Downloadmanager
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[News message: 18. Mar. 2015, 23:50] [Comments: 0]
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18.Mar.2015
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Event: AmiCamp #3 (21./22. March, Greece)
On the next weekend, in Athens the "AmiCamp" will take place for the third time. All fans of the Amiga or its different follow-up projects are welcome: Amigas and PPC-computers will be presented. There will be also lectures on AmigaOS and MorphOS and you can play different games.
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[News message: 18. Mar. 2015, 02:11] [Comments: 0]
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18.Mar.2015
torrentfreak.com (ANF)
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Universal music hijacks Youtube videos of Bjørn Lynne
The musician Bjørn Lynne, well-known from the demo scene, is in trouble with the Universal Music Group (UMG): The company claimed to Youtube to possess the rights to two songs of Lynne - actually UMG has the rights to an audiobook that uses Lynne's music track "Kingdom of the Persians" as background music.
Universal forced Youtube monetizing the songs: They've hijacked the ads on the original video. In the linked article on TorrentFreak, Lynne desribed how he managed to get back the rights to his music.
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