07.Sep.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Lucy 2.29
Since MorphOS 2.1 the transparency patch could not be used with MUI-windows. With version 2.29 which is available under the title link it now works again.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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07.Sep.2008
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Minimig compatibility tests: Software, SD-cards, displays
Under the title link 'Darrin' collects test results concerning the compatibility of SD-cards, displays and software applications with Dennis van Weeren's Amiga-500-clone Minimig. Your support is very welcome.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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07.Sep.2008
Grzegorz Kraszewski (ANF)
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Photo report from PowerDev Meeting #5 in Chelm
Grzegorz 'Krashan' Kraszewski writes: The PowerDev Meeting #5 in Chełm has just finished and here, under the title link, is the photo gallery from the event. Movies of conducted presentations will be available soon.
Update: (08:01, 07.09.08, snx)
Further photos are provided by an attendee, Konrad Kostecki. (snx)
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07.Sep.2008
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a1k.org: Test of USB-hardware with the E3B-controller Deneb
The participants of the forum a1k.org have tested different devices on the USB-2.0-controller Deneb developed by E3B.
In the first thread you can find perfectly working USB-hardware as well as a 13-Euro soundcard, in the second one you can find hardware which does not work at all or at least causes some troubles.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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06.Sep.2008
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AmigaOS 4: Web-Browser OWB 2.8
Jörg Strohmayer has published a new version of his port of the Origyn Web Browser for AmigaOS 4. Changes since the last release:
- Fixed WINDOWWIDTH and WINDOWHEIGHT
- Implemented popup menus for <select> with up to 25 entries
- JavaScript can open windows now
- Implemented statusbar text
- Title and URL are updated now
- Built current version of libxml2. It seems most of the OWB crashes were caused by bugs in the old libxml2, for example with the new version OWB doesn't crash on the ACID3 test.
- Implemented JavasCript alert requester
- Added charset support to the clipboard functions. When using cut or copy it writes the UTF-8 CSET chunk now, for pasting it supports US-ASCII, ISO-8859-1 and UTF-8 and replaces unknown chars in all other charsets by '?', if there is no CSET chunk it's treated as ISO-8859-1.
- Added iconify support
- Updated to SVN revision 472
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Sep.2008
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MorphOS 2.1 - Public Release
Press release The MorphOS development team is proud to announce the public release of MorphOS 2.1, a free update for users of MorphOS 2.0.
In addition to numerous bug fixes, MorphOS 2.1 includes several new features. Some of the most notable ones are the much anticipated sound driver for EFIKA mainboards, a 2D driver for XGI Volari V3XT graphics cards and a virtual CybergraphX monitor (for operating MorphOS without the use of a graphics card via VNCServer).
For an overview of the included changes and possible limitations of the forementioned features, please read our release notes.
A description of the hardware requirements and installation procedures can be found here. MorphOS 2.1 is available for download in our files section. (snx)
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05.Sep.2008
PPA (Webseite)
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Emulator: WinUAE 1.5.2
In this new version of the Amiga emulator WinUAE several bugs were fixed as well as two new functions implemented: On the one hand relative ROM-paths can be saved in the ini-file and on the other hand there is an experimental support of the OpenAL sound.
Fixed bugs:
- Random crashing if USB mouse or joystick inserted
- Only titlebar was visible if minimized window was restored
- Bottom part of display was not updated in bigger than display RTG modes
- uae-configuration/uaectrl didn't always work
- Bsdsocket emulation was not initialized in some configurations
- Catweasel MK4 joystick/mouse compatibility improved
- uaescsi.device media change didn't update all geometry parameters
- Sound mute on/off inputevent fixed
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.Sep.2008
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4.1: First minor review
The latest update of the operating system AmigaOS 4.1 has got the first users. Under the title link 'Varthall' has published an English minor review. Additionally he has taken some pictures.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.Sep.2008
Martin Merz (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Amiga Image Storage System 4.3
Martin 'Mason' Merz has published version 4.3 of his "Amiga Image Storage System" (AISS). AISS is a system for managing toolbar graphics under AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4.x, AROS and MorphOS.
Features of version 4.3:
- Over 2000 toolbar pictures and animations
- 24-Bit-PNG pictures with 8-Bit alpha channel
- Reworked documentation in PDF format (aiss43.pdf, 1 MB)
- AmiUpdate support
- Real transparency for "ghosted" images
The author points out that the process of installation may take a while and that there is not a window of progress meanwhile.
The AISS version for AmigaOS 4 is available under the title link and the ports of other systems will be available on Aminet soon.
If you want to support Mason's work you can order a present for his son from the Amazon-wish list.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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04.Sep.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 74 (September/October 2008) published
Press release Today issue 74 (September/October 2008) has been published. This means that all subscriptions, preorders and dealer supplies have been brought to the postal office.
In this issue you will find reviews of WinUAE, AmiBlitz, MorphOS 2.0, AMuse, Cave Story and lots of more. A more detailed description of content and excerpts can be found at the title link.
The Amiga Future is available as an English and German print magazine directly from its editorial office and some Amiga dealers. The Amiga Future can be obtained as a single issue or subscription each with or without a cover CD.
As always you will find much PD software and some full versions like Photo Folio, Astral, Battle Space and others on the Amiga Future cover CD. There are only a few magazines left of issues 69 to 73. All previous issues are outsold. Of course the cover CDs are still available.
Amiga Future needs your support: We are looking for editors for the magazine. You should own a classic Amiga or Pegasos and know its workings. Furthermore you should have some experience in writing reviews. As well as that, your native language has to be either German or English which you should be fluent in. Please don't forget: The Amiga Future is a community project.
In addition we are still looking for translators for the magazine. Again your native language should be German or English and you should be fluent in reading/writing both of them. Interested? Please contact us via e-mail at Andreas@amigafuture.de. (snx)
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04.Sep.2008
Amiga.org (website)
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New Minimig cores available
Dennis van Weeren writes: Thanks to the hard work of Jakub Bednarski, updated cores are now available for download at my Minimig site. Jakub's version fixes many long-standing bugs and finally adds floppy write support.
Please note that Jakub's cores behave somewhat differently than the previous cores so please read the provided readme carefully. Again, many thanks to Jakub for this new update! (snx)
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03.Sep.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Music-disc: Planet Hively for AmigaOS 3
"Orta" has ported the music-"disk" Planet Hively to AmigaOS 3. The 68k-version is based on SDL. AHI, a graphic board and a JIT-emulator (a real 68060 is much too slow) are required.
An AGA-version is also planned but it needs some optimations.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Sep.2008
Michael C. Battilana (e-mail)
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Cloanto: Release of Amiga Forever 2008 "RP2" / Announcement of C64 Forever
For a few days already, a free update for Cloanto's emulation package Amiga Forever 2008 is available via the Software Director, including all previous updates and introducing support for the new RP2 file format (amiga-news.de reported). Below you can find the official press release that has been published today.
Cloanto Releases Amiga Forever 2008 "RP2", Announces C64 Forever
Cloanto released this week Amiga Forever 2008 "RP2", the latest version of the award-winning Amiga preservation, emulation and support suite for Windows and other platforms, and a first batch of 10 games in the new RP2 format. Both the RP2 update and the new games are a free download for current users.
Amiga Forever 2008, the most significant release in the Amiga Forever series, already set new references in usability while more than tripling the featured content and providing easy access to a universe of free downloads. The "RP2" update (from RetroPlatform Player, the technology used by Amiga Forever) adds support for the new RP2 file format and content delivery, recognition and configuration framework.
RP2 is a simple and standards-compliant wrapper format, essentially a ZIP archive containing one or more disk image files and an XML manifest. Full information is being shared with download sites and other partners.
Does the emulation world really need a new format? Well, RP2 does not aim to replace the existing disk image files: there will always be ADFs, etc. Cloanto's project involving automatic identification of disk images and automatic configuration of the emulation system also remains ongoing, and will soon flow into RP2.
The new format aims to solve another aspect, i.e. how to easily download, organize and play sets of multiple disks, and treat each game as a single file, just as users do with MP3s. Today, ZIP archives can be downloaded from games sites, but they still won't play automatically. ADFs might do that (with Amiga Forever they already do), but this wouldn't work with games that need more than one disk image.
That's where RP2 aims to deliver, making playback of an .rp2 Amiga game file as simple as playing an .mp3 music file: one file, one game, nothing else to remember or configure. And users will be free to rename or reorganize the files, while existing investment in Amiga disk images will be preserved by means of automated conversion options.
Amiga Forever is still far from perfect, and we know that. Thanks to the precious support of our customers, we keep working on other fronts, which include:
- Merge the current heuristic configuration logic with the autoconfiguration library
- Make it possible to create, edit and share configurations
- Make it easier to add or remove content from the player lists (Games, Demos, etc.)
- Improve online search
- New partnerships
The RetroPlatform player and content framework were designed from the beginning to be modular and platform-neutral. The Amiga alone, while full of memories and passion, remains a risky "niche" for a software house. In order to achieve better stability and growth potential for the project as a whole, we decided to support a second platform which we all love and know well from our past.
This means that Amiga Forever will soon get a little 8-bit brother (or sister), to be named C64 Forever. More information will be released soon at www.c64forever.com.
Your Amiga Forever Team (snx)
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02.Sep.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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UAE: Limited AmiKit-CD-Edition
AmiKit which is a complete distribution for UAE users will be available as limited CD-edition soon. It will include version 1.5.0 of AmiKit for Windows and Linux.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.Sep.2008
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Linux-Handheld: Pandora available for order soon
Pandora is a handheld game console based on a 600-MHz-ARM-processor and the Linux distribution Ubuntu. Emulators are supposed to provide the base of games. From 30. September on you can order this handheld in advance. The first production will have 3000 units. The delivery may start on 13. November.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.Sep.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Adventure-Interpreter: ScummVM 0.12.0 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS
ScummVM is an interpreter with which you can play a lot of older, commercial adventures on newer platforms.
There is a list of changes in version 0.12.0 in the Release Notes of the ScummVM project.
Direct download:
AmigaOS 4: scummvm-0.12.0-amigaos4.lha (6,7 MB)
MorphOS: scummvm-0.12.0.lha (5,2 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Sep.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: HD-racing track Indianapolis 1.1 for VGP 2
Jason Frabotta's project "VGP HD" tries to improve the engine developed by Paolo Cattani of the Formel-1 simulation Virtual Grand Prix 2.
Recently the racing track of Indianapolis was added (screenshot).
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Sep.2008
David brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
In the last two months severaö articles have been added to the website of the French AmigaOS and MorphOS magazine Obligement. Additional to the texts mentioned down below on the website the issues 78-87 of the former French magazine "Amiga News" are available.
- Amiga and MorphOS news of July/August 2008
- Interview with Grzegorz Kraszewski (MorphOS developer)
- Interview with Hans-Joerg Frieden (AmigaOS 4 developer)
- Review of MorphOS 2.0
- Review of Amikit on Linux
- Review of Epistula
- Review of Fightin' Spirit
- Review of Fire And Ice
- Review of Gemini Wing
- Review of Gods
- Review of Golden Axe
- Review of Hybris
- Review of Lethal Xcess
- Review of Lionheart
- Review of Mega Typhoon
- Review of Mercs
- Review of Midnight Resistance
- Review of Nicky Boum
- Review of The Oath
- Review of Ork
- Review of Pang
- Review of P-47 : The Freedom Fighter
- Review of Qwak
- Review of Risky Woods
- Review of Rod Land
- Review of Ruff N Tumble
- Review of Saint Dragon
- Review of Viper
- Hardware: CPTVUSB20-5 USB card
- Tutorial: installation of MorphOS 2.0 on Pegasos I/II and Efika 5200B
- Quizz about Amiga News
- New heading: tips and tricks
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Sep.2008
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WHDLoad: New packages until 01.09.2008
With WHDLoad you can install games and scene demos on your harddrive which originally were published on disks. Additionally several incompatibilities with newer Amiga models were fixed.
The following installers have been added, updated or improved since our last message:
- 31.08.2008 new: The Moochies (Breadline) done by Bored Seal (Info)
- 31.08.2008 new: Bruno's MusicBox 2 (Gate) done by StingRay (Info,Image)
- 31.08.2008 new: Bruno's MusicBox 3 (Anarchy) done by StingRay (Info,Image)
- 31.08.2008 new: 20000 Leagues under the Sea (Infogrames/Coktel Vision) done by Puppe (Info)
- 31.08.2008 improved: Damage (Suomi-Peli) trainer added, CD³² joypad support added (Info)
- 29.08.2008 new: Sonical Fantasia (Equinox) done by StingRay (Info,Image)
- 28.08.2008 new: Book of Songs (Complex) done by StingRay (Info)
- 28.08.2008 new: Metal Melissa the Pisser (Animators) done by StingRay (Info)
- 25.08.2008 new: Alien Drug Lords: The Chyropian Connection (Panther Games) done by Psygore (Info)
- 25.08.2008 improved: Melodies (Scoopex) taglist fixed for whd16+, added 68000 quitkey (Info,Image)
- 24.08.2008 improved: The Kristal / Kristal, The (Addictive) access fault fixed, blitwaits inserted, new install script (Info)
- 24.08.2008 new: Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (Imageworks) done by Galahad (Info)
- 24.08.2008 updated: Software (W.F.M.H.) taglist fixed, reduced chipram requirement, 68000 quitkey added (Info,Image)
- 23.08.2008 new: Dawn Patrol (Rowan Software Ltd.) done by Psygore (Info)
- 18.08.2008 improved: Colossus Chess X (CDS) dbf loops fixed, no more errors with working.book file (Info)
- 18.08.2008 new: Super-Twintris (Big Brother Copy) done by Musashi5150 (Info)
- 18.08.2008 updated: Academy: Tau Ceti II (CRL Group/ComTek) mouse cursor enabled, savegame is saved properly now with separated shipdata, new keyboard handler, less memory requirements (Info)
- 13.08.2008 new: Hunt for Red October (Oxford Digital Enterprises) done by Psygore (Info)
- 13.08.2008 improved: Ghost Battle (Thalion) debugged in snoop mode, decruncher moved into FastRAM, added blitter waits and button wait, highscore is saved (Info)
- 13.08.2008 improved: Fire Force (ICE) more trainer options, another delay added, saved rooster loads at startup (Info)
- 11.08.2008 improved: Miami Chase (Code Masters/Team 17) highscores are saved, trainer added, keyboard fixed, button wait added (Info)
- 11.08.2008 fixed: Deep Space (Psygnosis) buttonwait routine corrected (Info)
- 07.08.2008 new: Warlock's Quest (ERE/Infogrames) done by John Girvin (Info)
- 06.08.2008 new: Miracle Sounds 1 (Miracle) done by Dr Cinicus (Info,Image)
- 04.08.2008 improved: Sharkeys Moll (Zeppelin Games) copylock fix improved, keyboard routine fixed (Info,Image)
- 04.08.2008 improved: Hunt for Red October (Grandslam) slave works with any version now (Info)
- 04.08.2008 improved: Campaign 2 (Empire) recompiled with latest KickEmu, version detection improved (Info)
- 04.08.2008 improved: Campaign (Empire) no more load/save limits (Info)
- 04.08.2008 updated: Blob (Core Design) copylock fix improved (Info)
- 03.08.2008 new: Mad Show (Silmarils) done by Psygore (Info)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Sep.2008
amiga.org
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Flash-ROM-Software: Luciferin 4.1
Chris Hodges has published an update of his Flash-ROM software Luciferin for E3B-products Romulus, Algor (Pro) and Deneb. In version 4.1 there is a new option for switching off ("RMBONLY").
The archive now also includes a SDK with which external developers may use the flashrom.resource in their own applications.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Sep.2008
amiga.org (Webseite)
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USB-Stack: Poseidon 4.2 for E3B-products and MorphOS PowerUp
For owners of the E3B-products Subway, Highway, Algor and Deneb as well as for MorphOS PowerUp users there is an update of the USB-stack Poseidon written by Chris Hodges. You can download it via Trident-Online-Update or on the website of the author.
This upgrade to the latest version 4.2 is for free. For users of older versions (3.x, 2.x) as well. But if you want to support the author you can send him a present by ordering a product of his Amazon wish list.
Changes in version 4.2:
- Support for suspend/resume of USB devices for power saving
- Improvements of usbaudio.class, hub.class
- More massstorage.class workarounds for buggy devices
- Major bugfixing for PTP class
- New Ethernet class driver for Davicom DM9601 chipsets
The MorphOS version should be only used for MorphOS installations on a Classic Amiga. You should not use it on a Pegasos or an Efika.
Starting with version 4.0 the USB-stack has not a keyfile but is only licenced for E3B-hardware. There is not an opgrade option for further products (Spider, Thylacine, Amithlon). So please do not inquire for it.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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