13.Apr.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AROS: Status-Update April 2008
Under the title link Paolo Besser summarizes the latest developments concerning the open-source operating system AROS. VmwAROS LIVE! and WinAROS as well as the update of the developing environment Murks!IDE are mentioned.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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13.Apr.2008
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Spreadsheet Gnumeric 1.6.3 for Cygnix
Edgar Schwan ported Gnumeric 1.6.3 for his AmigaOS 4 X11 environment Cygnix. That application is a spreadsheet and part of the Gnome Office Suite, just like AbiWord.
Gnumeric features:
- Supported loaders:
- Own format including an experimental SAX-XML version (*.gnumeric)
- MS Excel (tm) (*.xls)
- Open / Star Calc (*.sxc, *.ods)
- Lotus 123 (*.wk1, *.wks, *.123)
- Applix (*.as)
- Data Interchange Format (*.dif)
- Comma or tab separated values (CSV/TSV)
- GNU Oleo (*.oleo)
- HTML (*.html, *.htm)
- Linear- and integer programm format (*.mps)
- Multiplan (SYLK)
- PLN-Format
- Quattro Pro (*.wb1, *.wb2, *.wb3)
- SC/xspread
- Text-import (configurable)
- Xbase (*.dbf)
- Supported savers:
- Own format (*.gnumeric)
- Comma separated values (CSV)
- Data Interchange Format (*.dif)
- HTML (Fragment, HTML 3.2 und HTML 4.0, XHTML) (*.html)
- LaTeX 2e (*.tex)
- MS Excel (tm) (5.0/95, 97/2000/XP)
- OpenOffice (incomplete)
- TROFF (*.me)
- Text-export (configurable)
- All builtin functions of Excel are available. Also the standard add-in
functions and 60 additional functions are included
- Support of objects like circles, lines, buttons, pictures and so on
- Diagrams
- Print function with preview
- And much more...
In addition to this, Gnumeric has some features which are basically new to
Cygnix. This includes Amiga clipboard support and working Alt and Alt+Shift
key combinations. For more details please refer to the included documentation.
Download: gnumeric.lha (19 MB) (snx)
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12.Apr.2008
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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individual Computers: Delfina - The DSP makes the difference!
Press release Soundcards for the Amiga are continuously popular, but only one soundcard has a freely programmable DSP - a specialized audio processor. With this concept, the Delfina strictly follows the old Amiga idea to do as much work as possible with specialized hardware in order to take load off the main processor. We have taken over the Delfina from Petsoff in 2003, but only published a software update once.
After more than four years, we are especially happy that Axel Schneider has taken over the development of the delfina.library in his spare time since October 2007. The original author Teemu Suikki (Finland) has published large parts of the Delfina software under different open-source licenses. For the first time, we are publishing the source code for drivers of a product that you can still buy in the shops and that is actively developed. Although it seems to be quite fashionable to increase prices for classic Amiga hardware, we don't see a reason to follow that trend. The price of the Delfina "flipper edition" of 129.- EUR (*) is still more than 140.- EUR below the price of the predecessors made by Petsoff.
The new library also allows connecting the Delfina to a 26-pin expansion port of our Zorro cards like Buddha and X-Surf (older models). Crashes that occured especially on fast accelerators and under high DSP-load are probably completely eliminated. There are still some issues when playing back web radio streams with a bitrate of 256 kbit or more that we could not trace back to the delfina library. Find out more in the readme file of the archive.
The software support for the older Delfina cards (made 1999 or earlier) is still in the drivers, but it is not maintained or tested anymore. We recommend the use of a new card made by individual Computers.
Download: DelfLib417b1.lha (133 KB)
Picture archive as addendum to the manual: delfina_pictures.zip (421 KB)
* = recommended retail price including 19% VAT. Prices at resellers may differ. Shipping cost added when mail-ordering. (snx)
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11.Apr.2008
Amigaweb.net (Webseite)
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DualPNG: 25 new icons created by Ken Lester
Ken Lester has created 25 new or updated pictograms in 32 Bit-DualPNG-dormat. They are meant to be used for Aladdin 4D, AmigaWriter, ArtEffect, E-UAE, Pagestream, PPaint and Shapeshifter.
Download:
kens_icons_update_april_08.lha (200 KB)
kens_icons_v4.lha (complete package V4 with update, 5 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 11. Apr. 2008, 22:49] [Comments: 0]
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11.Apr.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Origyn Web Browser 1.2 and 1.20
The AmigaOS and AmigaOS 4-ports of the Origyn Web Browser (OWB) are available in version 1.2 and 1.20. In version 1.20 the scrolling was improved and in version 1.2 (68k-version) fixes some bugs of the SDL library concerning the keyboard input.
Furthermore the speed was increased and you can now open links with the target "_blank" (in the same frame). GIF-animations cannot be played any longer because it slows down the browser too much. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Apr.2008
Amigaweb.net (Webseite)
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Script: AmiKit-Linux-Installer
AmiKit-1.4.x-nix-Installer is a script which is supposed to make the installation of the complete distribution AmiKit under Linux as easy as it is under Windows.
The Installer downloads AmiKit 1.4.0 as well as E-UAE and configures it.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 09. Apr. 2008, 22:21] [Comments: 0]
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09.Apr.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Review: PCI-Board Mediator TX with graphic board Radeon 9200
For the new PCI-board Mediator TX developed by Elbox a first review was published under the title link.
The author is very satisfied concerning delivery components, support as well as functionality. There were only problems with the Radeon graphic board because the model which was chosen by the tester was still not supported by the first driver version. But Elbox published an update of the driver and then it worked. Finally the author had to modificate the Infinitiv tower in order to use the graphic board.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Apr.2008
(ANF)
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AROS: Murks! IDE 0.6.0
Murks! IDE is an integrated devlopment environment for AROS (screenshot). The project files are compatible with AmiDevCpp. Changes in version 0.6.0:
- supports C++ projects!
- Murks!IDE compiles Murks!IDE
- auto save when building
- show if file was edited
- open/create new project without closing Murks!IDE
- remove unit from project
- add existing (on disk) unit to project
- redirect compiler output to separate console
- save project as... option
- Murks!IDE sourcecode added as an example Project
Murks!-IDE 0.6.0 requires one of the "Nightly Builds" of AROS which is older than 29th march 2008. For installing the package you only have to extract the archive to the harddrive.
If you have bug reports or suggestions then please tell it the author on the corresponding project site at sourceforge.net.
Links:
Murks! IDE 0.6.0
Murks! IDE 0.6.0 Lite (ohne C/C++-Compiler)
C/C++ Compiler package (is required by Murks! IDE Lite)
Murks! IDE Sources
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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08.Apr.2008
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Aminet-Uploads until 07.04.2008
These are the latest uploads to Aminet which have been added since our last message:
AMOSlist-1999-08.lha dev/amos 82K GEN AMOS-list archives for August 1999
vdappc-mos.lha dev/asm 35K MOS A PowerPC disassembler
ecx_upd.lha dev/e 324K VAR E Compiler ECX. Update from 1.8.0
gcc-3.3.1-v2-i386-aros.zip dev/gcc 16M ARO gcc/g++ 3.3.1 i386 aros
bresenham24.lha dev/src 20K GEN 24Bit Bresenham algorithm: lines+circles
ColorTrack.lha game/actio 54K OS3 Snake action game with puzzles
Saga.lha game/board 360K OS3 Conversion of TSR boardgame
WBSudoku.lha game/board 209K OS3 WBSudoku (German)
SudokuSolver.lha game/think 23K VAR Sudoku solver with source
ico2bmp-mos.lha gfx/conv 16K MOS Extracts BMP files from ICO files
jhead-mos.lha gfx/conv 112K MOS manipulate non-image parts of Exif JPEGs
pnger.lha gfx/edit 238K OS4 Low-level PNG editor (TweakPNG clone)
vlt.lha gfx/misc 405K OS3 Very Limited Titler. AGA scroll titler.
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 561K OS3 Arcadia 2001/Interton VC 4000/TVGC emul.
pspzx81.lha misc/emu 1.1M OS4 ZX80/ZX81/TS1000 emulator based on xz81
zxtext2p.lha misc/emu 59K OS4 Convert ASCII text to ZX81 .P file
aahr-68k.lha mus/edit 8K OS3 AHX and HVL file ripper
asap2wav-68k.lha mus/edit 41K OS3 Play/convert Atari 8-bit music
hvl2wav-68k.lha mus/edit 36K OS3 Converts AHX and HVL mods to WAV
hvl2wav-mos.lha mus/edit 34K MOS Converts AHX and HVL mods to WAV
Monoscope_1_4.lha mus/misc 31K OS3 Oscilloscope for parallel port samplers
SymphonieModuleReader.zip mus/misc 474K Symphonie .SymMod Reader (Java)
yaeval.lha util/cli 19K OS4 Yet Another Eval replacement
KME-UPD.lha util/misc 26K OS3 Update for the KME Keymap-Editor
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 331K OS3 Multipurpose utility
StartBar-ITA.lha util/misc 137K OS3 Italian version of StartBar
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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08.Apr.2008
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 07.04.2008
These are the latest uploads to os4depot.net which have been added since our last message:
freesci-src.lha gam/adv 1Mb FreeSCI source
sudokusolver.lha gam/uti 5kb Sudoku solver with source
aissview.lha gra/ais 73kb Viewer for AISS
pnger.lha gra/edi 237kb Low-level PNG editor (TweakPNG clone)
openssh-bin.lha net/mis 1Mb OpenSSH secure connectivity tools
text2png.lha uti/mis 2Mb A program for converting text to a PNG i
yae.lha uti/mis 18kb Yet Another Eval
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08.Apr.2008
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 07.04.2008
These are the latest uploads to AROS-Archives which have been added since our last message:
murks-0.6.0.i386-aros.zip dev/ide 16Mb Murks! An Integrated Development Environ
murks-0.6.0.src.zip dev/ide 221kb Murks!IDE-Source
murks-lite-0.6.0.i386-aros.zip dev/ide 345kb Murks! An Integrated Development Environ
gcc-3.3.1-v2-i386-aros.zip dev/lan 15Mb gcc/g++ 3.3.1 i386 aros
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08.Apr.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Pictures from the Breakpoint
On the website of the Amiga Future there are pictures taken from the scene-party Breakpoint. The snapshots were taken by "aga060".
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[News message: 08. Apr. 2008, 17:44] [Comments: 0]
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08.Apr.2008
amiga.org (Webseite)
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PDF-Magazine: Amigahellas 5 (Greek)
The fifth issue of the Greek PDF-magazine called Amigahellas is about the following topics:
- Beautify your OS 3.9
- Amiga OS3.9 vs Scalos vs Dopus Magellan
- Amiga PSU Remake
- Star Commander
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07.Apr.2008
amiga.org (Webseite)
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VmwAROS 0.7 Beta - now with live-CD
VmwAROS is an AROS-distribution which includes some preinstalled applications like FryingPan, SimpleMail or an early preview of the web browser Traveller. Additionally to the well-knwon version which is based on the emulator VMware there is now also a live CD which is called "VmwAROS LIVE!" with which you can boot AROS directly from CD - without starting a virtual machine.
Direct download:
VmwAROS 0.7 Beta (450 MB): Download site
VmwAROS Live! 0.7 Beta: vmwaros_live_b0_7.zip (202 MB)
VmwAROS Live! (alternativer Download): Download site at MegaUpload (cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Apr.2008
(ANF)
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AROS-Distribution: WinAros 04/2008
With WinAros it is possible to test the operating system AROS under Windows and to check out programs which were developed e.g. with AmiDevCpp (screenshot).
The virtual harddrive of the latest version includes two partitions: A 100 MB FFS-partition with the boot-files and a 480 MB SFS-partition with the AROS installation. The new version of WinAROS includes a C/C++-compiler as well as Murks!-IDE. You can install further apllications with WinArosStart.
WinAROS is setup with a Windows-like installation program. A deinstallation program is also part of the distribution.
Direct download: WinArosDeveloper042008.exe (54 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Apr.2008
Brork (ANF)
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Interviews with former Amiga Joker editors
Press release Today, we are pleased to be able to present to you four new interviews with former editors of the publisher Joker. Among our guests were the following legends this time: Paul Kautz, Dr. Werner Ponikwar, Martin Schnelle and his brother Mick Schnelle.
Every one of them ranks among the doyens of the publisher Joker and held a Q&A session for our numerous questions. At this point, we thank all participants again for their contribution!
Brork
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06.Apr.2008
CD³²-Allianz (ANF)
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Script: Final version of Convert2CDXL
The script Convert2CDXL, in its final version which is available from now on, handles the conversion to PPM images totally automatically with the integration of ffmpeg. In addition, the PPM images can be scaled to half, quarter or eighth of their size.
Further improvements are the manual in AmigaGuide format and an enhancement of the XL start script. An optimization was carried out for processors from 68020 up to 68060. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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06.Apr.2008
Grzegorz Kraszewski (ANF)
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MorphOS: MediaLogger 1.8
Grzegorz Kraszewski's MediaLogger is a basic tool for debugging and tracking applications using Reggae multimedia framework.
New features in version 1.8:
- Selected log messages can be copied to the clipboard
- MediaLogger saves the state of message filter
- "About" and "About MUI" menu items
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06.Apr.2008
Amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: Cinnamon Writer 0.52 (beta)
Press release Cinnamon Writer (CW) is a WYSIWYG writer application under development. The main objective of CW is to be a small efficient word processor with the most often used features seen in other professional word processors (screenshot).
Version 0.5 is much faster than the previous version. It offers most of the basic and most often used functionality expected from a word processor (selectable fonts, font size, text alignment, line space, text color, highlight color, bullets, underline, super/subscript etc).
The documents are saved in RTF format that ensures maximum compatibility with other word processors. At a later stage of development, other save formats will be available.
The icons set used in CW is the work of Martin 'Mason' Merz. (Thank you Martin!)
I am also announcing the coming opening of Cinnamon Projects.
The purpose of Cinnamon Projects is to speed up the development of CW by utilizing some the very gifted coders on the amiga scene.
Since I have come to the realization that writing an application like this single handedly, is near impossible, I have decided to use a larger part of the donations I have received and hopefully will continue to receive, to fund coders who are interested in contributing to the application.
A new section will open on desler.be in the near future where different projects are announced together with the amount of money a coder will receive upon completion of the project.
An example of a project could be a printer class that will handle all the Amiga specific calls required to add printing capability to CW. The prize given upon completion will range from 50-150 euro depending on the scale of the project and of course, the amount of donations I have received.
I haven’t been able to test this software on a classic AOS4 setup, so please let me know if a specific setup is not working. The stability of this version has not been throughout tested and the undo/redo feature is currently not available. Therefore save often and save different versions of your document when using CW!
I really hope that you will find this application useful. Please don’t hesitate to report bugs/crashes/ideas and perhaps give donations/beer on desler.be. Finally... Donate. Scientific case studies have shown that people who donated experienced 33.4% fewer crashes. ;-) (snx)
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