08.Mar.2015
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood 6.0: SDK available
Press release: Airsoft Softwair is proud to present the immediate availability of the Hollywood 6.0 SDK. This is the first full release of the Hollywood SDK. Whereas previous versions only contained the necessary header files, the full release also contains an extensive documentation covering almost 350 PDF pages.
On top of that, the SDK contains well-commented source codes of example plugins and makefiles for all supported platforms.
With this release Airsoft Softwair completely exposes all interfaces for the very first time to enable interested parties to create their own plugins and make Hollywood even more powerful! A new SDK section devoted to plugin development has also been added to the official Hollywood forums.
Adding the 850 pages of the Hollywood 6.0 manual there are now almost 1200 pages of documentation which make Hollywood one of the biggest Amiga applications ever. Thanks to the Hollywood documentation system all reference manuals are available as AmigaGuide, HTML, CHM and PDF and can also be viewed online.
The SDK is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal. (snx)
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08.Mar.2015
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Aminet-Uploads until 07.03.2015
The following archives have been added to Aminet until March 7th, 2015:
ntimed.i386-aros.lha comm/net 37K x86 Network time synchronization ...
muixml.lha dev/gui 36K MOS Gen. MUI GUI sour cecode from...
sgit.lha dev/misc 1.1M OS4 A simple and incomplete git c...
MUI-Pointers.lha dev/mui 12K MUI B&W pointer set w/ an...
dogma01.lha docs/mags 725K Ukrainian magazine, HTML (28....
dogma02.lha docs/mags 2.4M Ukrainian magazine, HTML (09....
bombic.i386-aros.zip game/2play 9.7M x86 Bomberman clone..
ODAMEX_AGA.lha game/shoot 5.8M 68k Amiga port of Odamex v0.6.4
ODAMEX_RTG.lha game/shoot 5.8M 68k Amiga port of Odamex v0.6.4
fpcmines.i386-aros.lha game/think 1.9M x86 Minesweeper close for AROS
Handy095.lha misc/emu 162K 68k Atari Lynx emulator
uBee512-OS3.lha misc/emu 1.2M ppc Microbee emulator
amath.i386-aros.lha misc/math 171K x86 Simple command line calculator
amath.lha misc/math 996K 68k Simple command line calculator
Calimero_beta_0.10.lha text/dtp 7.3M MOS A DTP Program
russian.hash.lha text/misc 1.3M iSpell Russian Dictionary (Am...
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08.Mar.2015
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 07.03.2015
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until March 7th, 2015:
sirenaplayer.lha aud/pla 3Mb 4.0 An easy mod, mp3, ogg and wav Vi...
hwplayer.lha dev/mis 8Mb 4.0 Run applets created by Hollywood
sgit.lha dev/uti 1Mb 4.0 A simple and incomplete git client
amijackpot.lha gam/boa 2Mb 4.0 A desktop slot machine game
bedgames1.lzx gam/boa 3Mb 4.0 Rock, Paper, Scissors game
bedgames-apower.lha gam/boa 3Mb 4.0 Rock, Paper, Scissors game (Amig...
jackpotcorruption.lzx gam/boa 2Mb 4.0 A funny slot machine
loschinos.lha gam/boa 3Mb 4.0 Chinos game
sashap.lha gam/boa 5Mb 4.0 Los Chinos Version X
the7bandits.lzx gam/boa 2Mb 4.0 An european slot machine
ahiw.lha gra/con 6Mb 4.0 A easy tool to handling pictures...
iconeditor.lha gra/ico 2Mb 4.0 An Editor for 32bit Icons
ahiw-animator.lha gra/mis 2Mb 4.0 A gif and apng animation program
ignition.lha off/spr 3Mb 4.0 A modern spreadsheet
mplayer-gui.lha vid/mis 208kb 4.1 GUI for MPlayer for OS4
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08.Mar.2015
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 07.03.2015
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until March 7th, 2015:
bombic.i386-aros.zip gam 10Mb Bomberman clone..
dessert-stroke.i386-aros.zip gam 835kb 3d dessert-strike clone
abbaye.i386-aros.zip gam/pla 1Mb Retro style platform game.
fpcmines.i386-aros.lha gam/puz 2Mb Minesweeper close for AROS
rotategear.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 14Mb Rotate maze to get all the treats.
amath.i386-aros.lha uti/sci 171kb Simple command line calculator
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08.Mar.2015
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WHDLoad: New packages until 07.03.2015
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 7th, 2015:
- 2015-03-06 new: Pinomania (Mirage Software) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2015-03-05 improved: Goldrunner (Microdeal) support for another version added, interrupts fixed, 68000 quitkey support, trainers added, uses WHDLoad v17+ features (Info)
- 2015-03-05 updated: Venus the Flytrap (Gremlin) patch redone, RawDIC imager, uses real files, black screen problems fixed, trainers added, high-score load/save (Info)
- 2015-03-02 updated: MERCS (U.S.Gold) patch redone, RawDIC imager, disk accesses removed, uses WHDLoad v17+ features, blitter waits skipped on 68000 machines, trainers added (Info)
- 2015-03-02 updated: Microprose Soccer (Microprose) patch redone, supports another version, timing fixed, blitter waits only installed on 68010+ machines, uses WHDLoad v17+ features (Info)
- 2015-03-01 updated: Turbo Outrun (U.S.Gold) patch redone, keyboard problems fixed, timing fixed, high-score load/save, trainers added (Info)
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08.Mar.2015
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Epsilon's Blog: Test of AEROS 3.5 (English)
Under the title link, 'Epsilon' has tested the Linux-based AROS-distribution AEROS (free version 3.5) on his Asus-K52F-laptop. The review has many pictures and among others describes the installation as well as the mixed usage of Linux and AROS applications.
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07.Mar.2015
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Tool collection zTools 1.5
Guillaume 'zzd10h' Boesel has updated his commercially distributed collection of tools, called "zTools". Version 1.5 is exclusively sold in the Amistore and provides updates of FlipPaper and WebReplay as well as bug fixes of SysMon, FastHide and FastView.
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07.Mar.2015
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Magazine: Commodore Free, issue 86
"Commodore Free" is a free, English-language magazine on Commodore and Amiga computers which is available in different formats - among others as HTML-version and C64-Diskmag.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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07.Mar.2015
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Old School Game Blog: Interview with Pascal Papara (English)
Under the title link an English-language interview has been conducted with Pascal Papara. He talked about his projects, e.g. the Linux-based AROS-distribution AEROS, and announced focusing on the ARM-architecture to sell it as a commercial "Premium-Version" together with ExaGear to execute x86-applications like Wine under ARM-Linux.
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07.Mar.2015
AmiBoing (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Swamp Defense 2
Press release: We just have released our new game "Swamp Defense 2"! The sequel features more enemies, more towers (comic heros), more weapons, more levels and an integrated shop system to get an individual game experience.
You can get a more detailed description of the game under the title link.
A CD-version of the game is available at the following stores:
It is a professionally created CD in a DVD-case and with a little manual (picture).
The download version is available in the AmiStore and on amiboing.de. There is also a demo version. Please check it out!
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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06.Mar.2015
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Bugfix for Hollywood 6: Epiphany
For all those customers who downloaded the multimedia development environment Hollywood 6 before February 28th, the author has provided an update in the protected download section which contains a "critical bugfix". Users of the CD-ROM version are not affected.
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06.Mar.2015
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Book: 101 Amiga Games That Influenced The Gaming Industry
Castle distributes the "101 Amiga Games That Influenced The Gaming Industry" as paperback or PDF.
On 212 coloured pages, 101 Amiga-exclusive games or games which first were developed for the Amiga are presented, which according to the authors influenced the gaming industry.
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05.Mar.2015
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 113
The English and German issue 113 (March/April 2015) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed today, and can also be ordered directly from the magazine's editorial office or Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Among other articles, the current issue contains an interview with Cherry Darling, a workshop on the Final Edition of AmigaOS 4.1 as well as a test of WinUAE.
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04.Mar.2015
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Scenario-Editor for Dune 2 (Windows)
With the help of the "Dune 2 Scenario Editor" missions for the realtime strategy game Dune 2 can be created. In 2007 the first version of the Windows programm was released and in January 2015 it was slightly reworked. It also supports the Amiga-port and its file format.
Download: bgafc_de.zip (492 KB)
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03.Mar.2015
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 28 (Italian)
Issue 28 of the Italian PDF-magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") has been translated into English language under the title link.
Update (19:16, 05.03.15, snx):
The PDF file at the title link is the Italian issue. An english translation is not available, yet. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Mar.2015
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Amiga-Emulator Uae4all2 removed from Google Play Store
The maintainer of the Android-port of the Amiga emulator Uae4all2 has been informed by the team of the Android-app-store "Google Play Store" that his application has been removed.
The message:
"This is a notification that your application, Uae4all2, with package ID pandora.uae4all.sdl, has been removed from the Google Play Store.
REASON FOR SUSPENSION: Violation of the intellectual property and impersonation or deceptive behavior provisions of the Content Policy. Please refer to the IP infringement and impersonation policy help article for more information.
- Your app and/or elements of its listing on Google Play, including title, description, logo(s), or promotional screenshots must not include unauthorized usage of protected works belonging to a third party.
- Your app icon and promotional screenshots must not contain images that appear confusingly similar to existing products.
This particular app has been disabled as a policy strike. If your developer account is still in good standing, you may revise and upload a policy compliant version of this application as a new package name.
This notification also serves as notice for other apps in your catalog. You can avoid further app suspensions by immediately ensuring that no other apps in your catalog are in violation of (but not limited to) the above policy. Please also ensure your apps’ compliance with the Developer Distribution Agreement and Content Policy.
All violations are tracked. Serious or repeated violations of any nature will result in the termination of your developer account, and investigation and possible termination of related Google accounts. If your account is terminated, payments will cease and Google may recover the proceeds of any past sales and the cost of any associated fees (such as chargebacks and payment transaction fees) from you.
If you feel we have made this determination in error, you can visit the Google Play Help Center article for additional information regarding this suspension.
The Google Play Team"
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03.Mar.2015
Esbit (ANF)
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NXP will merge with Freescale
"NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) and Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. (NYSE: FSL) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which NXP will merge with Freescale in a transaction which values the combined enterprise at just over $40 billion1. The merger creates a high performance mixed signal semiconductor industry leader, with combined revenue of greater than $10 billion. The merged entity will become the market leader in automotive semiconductor solutions and the market leader in general purpose microcontroller (MCU) products. The combined company will capitalize on the growing opportunities created by the accelerating demand for security, connectivity and processing."
You can read the full press release under the title link. Freescale (formerly Motorola) among others produces PPC-processors which includes the P3041- und P50x0-CPUs used in the announced AmigaOne X5000-computers.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Mar.2015
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Audio-Player: SirenaPlayer 3.00 (AmigaOS 4/MorphOS)
Sirena Player is an audio player written with Hollywood for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS which can play FLAC-, MOD-, MP3-, M4A- and WAV-files. The programm requires certain Hollywood-plugins as well as the mpega.library.
Version 3.00 has been compiled with Hollywood 6 and provides some internal improvements.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Mar.2015
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Online quiz: Amiga Screenshot Quiz
"Games-Coffer" offers a short screenshot quiz in which you have to identify five Amiga games by looking at screenshots.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Mar.2015
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AmigaOS 4: File manager Directory Opus 4.18.41
Jeff 'Xenic' Porter has released an update of the file manager Directory Opus 4 which fixes some minor bugs. Additionally, the programm interprets the "H"-bit just like the operating system predetermines it - until now Directory Opus used it as hidden bit.
Changes in version 4.18.41:
- Added missing arguments check in DopusRT to prevent a crash if DopusRT is started with no arguments
- Fixed access of freed memory when closing an asynchronous Read window. Fixed several potential memory leaks
- Added signal notification to asynchronous Read windows when quitting Dopus4 or returning with changes from ConfigOpus. Previously the asynchronous Read windows could be forcibly closed at users request and leave Read processes running with no window
- Fixed launching of asynchrouous Read processes and added checks for Ctrl-C to shut down those processes
- Fixed reopening of Dopus4 on front screen when returning from ConfigOpus changes if Dopus4 was initially started with "BEHINDWB" TOOLTYPE or "-B" CLI argument
- Eliminated a crash in the Dopus4 ANSIRead command
- Changed the "close foreign windows" requester to open on the Dopus4 screen when quitting Dopus4 from it's own screen
- Fixed copying of directories form archives opened in a lister
- Fixed some failures to unlock public screens after failed memory allocations or file access
- Updated "alien windows" requester text to match previously updated requester actions
- Added Czech catalogs and French catalog. Updated all catalogs. Program catalog definition file and translation files updated
- Changed "Hidden" bit in Protect requester to "Hold" bit for OS4. Eliminated hidden bit setting in ConfigOpus which activated hiding of files with the H bit set. The H bit is actually a hold bit in OS4 and indicates to AmigaDOS that the file should be added to the resident list if the P (pure) bit is also set
- Added popupmenu & xadmaster header files to sources so others can compile Dopus4 without hunting for missing includes
- Updated history files
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03.Mar.2015
os4welt.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Matching game "Quartet" with amiboing.de-access
The goal of the game is to complete roboter faces in the surrounding windows." Nick Sommer has ported the free game from iphone to AmigaOS 4, which uses the features of the Amiboing website of Entwickler X like online highscores.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Mar.2015
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement's website
The articles below have been added to the website of french Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- January/February 2014 news
- Old articles from Amiga News 66 to 68:
- Review of Quarterback 6.0
- Review of Caligari 24
- Fonts on Amiga
- Review of Adibou
- Hardware: MSP 9000
- Review of Aladdin 4D 3.0
- Report: Mayotte, meteo and Amiga
- Hardware: Emplant 3.7
- Interview with Thomas Zighem (developer of Genesia)
- Review of Workbench CANDI (update)
- Review of TwittAmiga 4
- Review of Icaros Desktop 2.0
- Amiga Games List (update)
- Hardware: CDTV SCSI controller
- Report: Loren Eyrich travel with an Amiga
- Report: DevCon Commodore 1992
- Tutorial: Cracking of Turrican 3
- Tutorial: Installation of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition on AmigaOne X1000
- Special quizz about the year 2014
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01.Mar.2015
AROS Development Team (ANF)
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New subversion server for AROS
The subversion repository with the source code of AROS has moved to the server of Neil Cafferkey and Staf Verhaegen. The used URL stayed the same.
Thus the problem should be solved not having access to the repository for several weeks. In the Wiki it is described how to get an account.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Mar.2015
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga-Emulator: FS-UAE 2.5.29dev
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD is based on WinUAE and "includes an easy-to-use graphical configuration program which allows you to enjoy FS-UAE and Amiga emulation without writing configuration files." Since the last stable version released in March (2.4.1), so far only developer versions have been released - excepted a bug fix version for Linux.
Under the title link, you can find a list of changes of version 2.5.29dev and all previoius versions.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Mar.2015
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Aminet-Uploads until 28.02.2015
The following archives have been added to Aminet until February 28th, 2015:
iView.lha comm/misc 2.3M OS4 ABC iView client for AmigaOS
SMBMounter.lha comm/net 128K 68k SMBFS Frontend GUI / Commodity
dogma01.lha docs/mags 725K Ukrainian magazine, HTML (28....
dogma01.zip docs/mags 652K Ukrainian magazine, HTML (28....
dogma11.lha docs/mags 6.7M Ukrainian magazine, HTML (24....
dogma12.zip docs/mags 42M Ukrainian magazine, HTML (28....
colorit.i386-aros.lha game/misc 1.9M x86 Fill the board with the same ...
Laberinto_Ladd.lha game/misc 1.3M ppc Underground cave adventure ga...
ultimate-maze-pack.zip game/shoot 2.0M 68k Ultimate Maze: Wanker's Dream...
Handy095.lha misc/emu 160K 68k Atari Lynx emulator
ibm1130.lha misc/emu 5.3M MOS IBM 1130 simulator, SIMH-based
interstellarish.zip mods/moods 6.5M Interstellarish!
Starships.lha mods/xm 7.1M New mod by Pseudaxos
The_Chinese_Wish.lha mods/xm 6.2M New mod by Pseudaxos
Calimero_beta_0.9.lha text/dtp 7.3M MOS A DTP Program
TurboPrint_DE.lha text/print 1K Unofficial German catalog for TP
RTF-Riddle.lha util/conv 228K MOS Rich Text Format to HTML5 con...
MPlayer-GUI.lha util/misc 208K OS4 GUI for MPlayer for OS4
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01.Mar.2015
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 28.02.2015
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until February 28th, 2015:
quartet.lha gam/puz 2Mb 4.1 A puzzle game, that turns into a...
iconeditor.lha gra/ico 2Mb 4.0 An Editor for 32bit Icons
microbe3d.lha lib/gra 40Mb 4.0 micro .obj 3D engine using Warp3D
iview.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 ABC iView client for AmigaOS
smbmounter.lha net/sam 128kb 4.0 SMBFS Frontend GUI / Commodity
rtf-riddle.lha uti/tex 228kb 4.0 Rich Text Format to HTML5 converter
vamp.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.0 Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
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01.Mar.2015
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 28.02.2015
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until February 28th, 2015:
excido.i386-aros.zip gam/act 4Mb Ship shoots attack drones on Ope...
colorit.i386-aros.lha gam/mis 2Mb Fill the board with the same color.
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01.Mar.2015
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WHDLoad: New packages until 28.02.2015
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 February 28th, 2015:
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01.Mar.2015
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Crowdfunding: Amiga movie "From Bedroom to Billions - The Amiga Years!"
While "Viva Amiga" has not been released yet, under the title link money is collected for another Amiga movie. The initiators already recorded "From Bedroom to Billions" which is a documentation about the British history of video games from 1979 till now. "The Amiga Years!" will be dedicated to the days of glory of this computer lasting 90 minutes.
The movie is supposed to be released in January 2016. For that project, already 14.133 out of 50.000 pounds have been donated.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Mar.2015
Amiga.org (Forum)
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eBay: Processor module prototype of PIOS One
Under the title link, Dave Haynie sells parts of his collection. Additional to books and magazines, the prototype of a Quad-PPC604 processor module for the PIOS One are sold.
The offered plug-in card, developed by Thomas Rudloff, has not been completely equipped.
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01.Mar.2015
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Workbench-Distribution: AmiKit and AmiKitReal 8.3
The Workbench distribution AmiKit, meant for emulators, as well as its version for real Amigas, AmiKitReal, are now available in version 8.3.
Among other changes, MUI and EvenMore have been updated.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Mar.2015
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Workbench enhancement: BetterWB 4.0
Similar to AIAB, AmiKit or AmigaSYS, BetterWB is a collection of Workbench enhancements for AmigaOS 3.1, which are useful but rather simple and therefore require low hardware configuration.
Changes in version 4.0:
- Rebooter has now a fast performing bootable ram option
- LockDevice is a command which between other things, changes the read and write status of a drive
- Icon.library has been updated to 46.4.408
- Fat95 has been updated to 3.18
- Dir now generates a wider and more clear display mode
- ConBuffer gives scrollbars to any CLI (configured by default for Zshell)
- A new commodity, PM, a cpu/process meter
- Datatypes.library 45.4 corrects several bugs and is a little bit faster than its previous counterpart
- DOSDrivers for Jaz and Zip drives are included. If you still have one of those magnetic dinosaurs ;)
- Reduced the memory footprint just another extra bit
- A few more minor fixes and tweaks
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01.Mar.2015
Sakura (ANF)
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Preorder: New external floppy drive
Under the title link, at RetroAmi an external floppy drive developed by Sakura (producer of PCMCIA-SRAM-card for the Amiga 600/1200) can be ordered. The pictures of the drive show the non-painted prototype. The final, black Gehäuse case additionally will have included some minor changes.
The floppy drive is compatible to the external ports of all Amiga models but does not support "looping through". That means if you use other external drives of different producers, you can only use it as last drive.
The preordered model is based on a modified PC-drive but is "fully compatible with 880kB DD Amiga floppy disks". For financial reasons there will be not a HD-drive with modified 1,44-MB-PC mechanics, but the platine has been prepared for it. You can upgrade an Amiga-HD floppy drive for using HD-diskd (1,76 MB) on your own with a jumper.
As preorder, the floppy drive costs about 47 Euro (195 Złoty). Later the product will be more expensive. It will be delivered by the end of April.
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01.Mar.2015
Olaf Schönweiß (ANF)
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AROS: Aminux 3
Aminux is a collection of Olaf Schönweiß' AROS/68k-distribution AROS Vision and the Amiga emulator FS-UAE, which is launched from an USB-stick based on the Linux distribution Mikroknoppix. An installation will be not necessary.
Aminux r3 changelog:
- Updated linux ground
- Updated to latest "stable" FS-UAE
- Updated to latest AROS Vision
- Created a 4 GB FAT32 extra partition (8 GB USB stick is required), so that people can install AmigaOS there or add ADFs
Users of bigger USB-sticks can change the size of the partition using GParted (included). A video (which was not tested by Olaf Schönweiß) shows, how to install Knoppix on harddrive.
Please note that due to download restrictions of DropBox, the archive can only be downloaded ten times a day.
Download: aminux3.img.7z (5 GB)
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