01.Aug.2007
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Amiga Inc.: "Amiga Inc. Washington still existing"
In the course of the judical arguement between Amiga Inc. and Hyperion it has been revealed that some trademarks have not been transferred officially to Amiga Inc. (Delaware, AID) yet (amiga-news.de reported). Also in this context activities by Amiga Inc. (Washington, AIW) were mentioned, even the company was closed on September the 30th, 2004.
Meanwhile AID has clarified (PDF, 69 KB) that according to US laws a company closed by authorirties keeps on existing for another five years to remove or fix the issues lead to closure and can be resurrected after fixation of theses issues. Alternatively that time may be used to maintain the liquidation of the company.
According the trademarks AID emphasizes (PDF 1, 651 KB; PDF 2, 443 KB), that their state is meanwhile set to "ready for release" and were now transferred to AID. [editors note: After ("Publication for Opposition") there is a 30 day time frame to appeal against the registration or to apply for a prolongation of the appealing time.]
The aforementioned information is available for everyone online via the Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, cmp. the Amiga entries 78940417, 78940426, 78940434, 78942544 and 78942551. The latest change was on July the 27th. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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01.Aug.2007
amiga.org (website)
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arstechnica.com: A history of the Amiga, Part 1
With a series of articles for arstechnica.com Jeremy Rainer wants to elucidate what the Amiga was, what it meant for its developers and users and why it had - even its early failure and its rather small (from today's point of viw) publicity - so much influence to the computer industry.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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01.Aug.2007
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: new full versions online
Press release: Due to the fact that some issues of the Amiga Future have been sold out in the meantime we have put new full versions for free download on the Amiga Future homepage.
We're searching someone who wants to take care of the downloads section of the Amiga Future homepage: You would have to write down system requirements and small descriptions for each software package in both German and English language.
The issue 67 has been released recently and is available in our online shop. Right now we're working hard on issue 68. No. 67 is the first Amiga Future issue being published in both German and English. You can order the first English Issue of Amiga Future from our online shop.
Andreas Magerl,
amigafuture.de
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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31.Jul.2007
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Demo scene: Cool Ska Cool ranked 2nd at Big Floppy People 2007
With publishing "Cool Ska Cool" which is a demo for AGA/060 computers Up Rough Soundsystem ranked 2nd at the Big Floppy People 2007 in Sweden in "Other Platforms Demo Competition" last weekend.
This and all other productions of the group can be downloaded on the homepage.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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31.Jul.2007
Elbox Computer (ANF)
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Elbox: New 4xEIDE'99 Buffered Interface
Press release LBA-48 support is necessary for handling disks over 128GB, which are currently the most popular hard drives on the market. Up to now, FastATA controllers were the only controllers for classic Amiga supporting EIDE hard drives over 128 GB.
New 4xEIDE'99 buffered interfaces with new software supporting disks over 128 GB are just available in Elbox Online Store and from distributors of Elbox products.
Package contents:
- 4xEIDE'99 buffered interface
- Floppy disk with 4xEIDE.driver ver. 4.0 and AllegroCDFS ver.3.6
New software with LBA-48 support is planned to be made available free of charge for registered users of older 4xEIDE'99 buffered interfaces - it will be announced when is available. (snx)
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31.Jul.2007
(ANF)
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Amiga Inc.: Amiga fails to deliver cash, loses naming rights to Kent arena
According to the Seattle Times Amiga Inc. has lost the naming rights to the Kent arena. For further details please read the complete article under the title link.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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31.Jul.2007
Rupert Hausberger (ANF)
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MorphOS: DIL 1.31
With DIL ("Device Intervention Layer") Rupert Hausberger has published a system for MorphOS with which you can manipulate, encode or control data streams (screenshot). The news in version 1.31 are available in the changelog.
DIL adds new, virtual dirves to the system which are a copy of a real existing drive (or device). If a application tries to access such a virtual device the data streams will be manipulated in the way the user want to and only then they will be taken to the real application or drive.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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29.Jul.2007
Amiga Future (Web page)
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AmigaOS 4: bzip2 1.0.4 and AmiDVD 1.31
For AmigaOS 4, new versions of the file compression program bzip2 as well as the CD/DVD-burning program AmiDVD were released by Jörg Strohmayer.
bzip2 1.0.4
Different from the previous AmigaOS 4 ports of the compression program, this version uses a shared library of AmigaOS instead of a static link library. The July 2007 update of the operating system is required.
AmiDVD 1.31
The current version from July 24 likewise requires the AmigaOS 4 July Update. In addition to an error circumvention for SFS, which should allow the creation of image files > 2 GB again, the directory view was partitioned into two list views for memory capacity reasons. Furthermore, the writing speed can now be determined for drives that do not support the "Get Performance" command as well.
Download:
bzip2.lha (155 KB)
AmiDVD_1.31.lha (47 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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29.Jul.2007
PowerDeveloper (Forum)
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Linux: The Efika Book 1.5
"The Efika Book" by Geoffrey Charra describes the mainboard of the same name from bplan and its usage in English. Besides the firmware, the software part covers solely Linux until the arrival of the announced MorphOS port.
New topics in version 1.5 are the installation of Ubuntu as well as the setup of a 3D desktop under Debian. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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29.Jul.2007
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: REminiscence 0.1.9 (Update)
J.P. Jokela has compiled version 0.1.9 of REminiscence for MorphOS, which largely clears up errors. Here, it is about a newly written engine for the game Flashback by Delphine Software.
PowerSDL and files of the original version for MS-DOS are required as well as, optionally, modules of the Amiga version. Please note that it is not possible to switch between windowed and full-screen modes in REminiscence with the current version of PowerSDL.
Download: REminiscence-0.1.9-morphos.lha (154 KB)
Update: (19:59, 30.07.07, snx)
With the new version 11.13 of PowerSDL, the problem concerning the full-screen mode is solved. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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28.Jul.2007
Dennis 'Psyria' Lohr (ANF)
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Music: second Psyria album / homepage update
Press release After almost two years now time has come. 3H Records is proud to announce the release of the new Psyria album on August, 10th in regular resale shops (e.g. Saturn), Internet shops (e.g. Amazon) and all known download portals (e.g. Musicload).
"The 2. Chapter" offers 14 titles for all Techno, Trance, Dance, Electronial and Retro enthusiasts who like the sound of Psyria.
Furthermore the homepage of Psyria got a huge update. In the download area there are now preview snips of the new CD and all snips as one filed "preview in the mix".
In addition an old-new title is available as free download. "Dream Dimension" is now exclusively as studio mix available in the download area.
Those who do not want to wait for the official release date have already now the possibility to get the new CD directly from the label 3H Records.
I want to mention that the Psyria homepage is still Amiga browser friendly and this won't change (tested with Ibrowse & Voyager). (snx) (Translation: wk)
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28.Jul.2007
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MorphOS: software news till 28.07.2007
Made available under the title link already in March respectively June were the following programs as updated versions for MorphOS:
FAAC 1.24+
With FAAC (Freeware Advanced Audio Coder) you can compress audio data using AAC codec.
ffmpeg 0.4.9 pre1
The program ffmpeg converts different modern animation formats.
kms 2.1.5
KMS (KeyMapSwitcher) is a commodity to switch between several keyboard settings.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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28.Jul.2007
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Amiga Magazin: excerpts of the issues #6 and #7 2007
Made available as free excerpts of the issues #6 and #7 2007 of the (German) Amiga Magazin were an article about the X11 system Cygnix and a workshop about the "wallpaper design with ArtEffect" (follow the title link).
The magazine launched in 1987 is released as insert of the (German) print magazine PCgo since the end of the 1990s when you are subsriber of this PC magazine.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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28.Jul.2007
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Video editing: MainActor ceased
MainConcept announced the discontinuation of development and distribution of MainActor. The business of the company had changed over the years with a complete focus on codec licensing nowadays. Technical questions of users would still be answered over a period of three months.
The video editing software that was last available for Windows and Linux started in 1986 on the Amiga programmed by Markus Mönig, manager and founder of MainConcept.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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28.Jul.2007
Volker Mohr (ANF)
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Classic Computing 2007: exhibitors list fills up
The exhibitors list of the Classic Computing 2007 taking plce on September, 29th and 30th. in the gym and event hall Österfeld in Stuttgart-Vaihingen was updated. Next to private collectors and hobbyists have Vesalia and Alinea Computer registered with Alinea having an own booth.
According to the organisators have further companies evinced interest but without promising an appearance. Several booths, also for companies, are still available.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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28.Jul.2007
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: emulatoren Bochs 2.3 cvs and Fuse 0.8.0.1 cvs 3069
Vladimir 'Q-Master' Berezenko adapted new versions of the emulators Bochs (x86 PC) and Fuse (ZX Spectrum) for MorphOS.
Bochs 2.3 cvs (changelog) was compiled with support for the SDL and AmigaOS interfaces but hasn't been intensively tested yet.
Fuse 0.8.0.1 cvs 3069 (changelog), without ample tests of the MorphOS version either, got libdsk and lib765 support. The fullscreen mode doesn't wor right now.
Download:
bochs_2.3.cvs_morphos.lha (1,5 MB)
fuse_0.8.0.1_cvs3069_morphos.lha (2,3 MB)
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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27.Jul.2007
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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Windows: AFS Util 0.0
AFS Util 0.0 is a Windows program with a graphical user-interface for reading AROS formated OFS/FFS-disks and harddrives.
Version 0.0 is supposed to demonstrate the basic use. It is required a PC with at least Windows 2000 and administrator level. If you have questions, remarks or problems then please use forum of AROS-Exec.
Already tested:
- OFS/FFS-formated disks: DOS/x00, DOS/x03
- Two AROS-formated harddrives (2 GB), connected via IDE or USB
- Hardfile of WinAros (WinArosHD.img) on a local and a net drive
- C-source code, Header files and .info-pictogram files (.PNG) were correctly read
- Windows 2003, Windows 2003 SMP
Download: afs_util_0.0.zip (150 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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27.Jul.2007
Amigaweb.net (Webseite)
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OnyxSoft: Updates of six programs
The developer team OnyxSoft has published updates of six of his programs. They mainly contain bug fixes. Only Annotate has got some new functions.
Please note that the OnyxSoft homepage will be updated only in a few days. Therefore it seems that the files there would be old versions.
- Annotate 2.6 - (OS4) A very comprehensive text editor with a lot of functions. These are the major updates since the public release v2.5:
- Syntax highlighting with current support for C/C++, Amiga-E, AmigaGuide and XML
- Unlimited Undo/Redo: Annotate can remember where in a file you last edited and scroll there when the file is opened
- Double/tripple-click to select word, syntactic phrase, line or bracket contents
- Plus a few bugfixes since v2.5.3
- AllKeys 2.2 - (OS4, MOS) Hotkey program supporting most multimedia-keys and mousebuttons. Fixed a problem with the ARexx command being split between the ARexx command and CLI command fields
- BackUp 1.45 - (68k) Backup program that mirrors a directory structure. Fixed the annoying hit (=Grim Reaper on OS4) when starting the program
- DRemind 1.71 - (68k) Reminder program with Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Yearly/Single/Day- or Time interval reminds which will show as a small window and/or execute a file or Arexx command. Fixed a couple of more bugs regarding the prefs file and other things. You may get a warning if you have made reminds using DRemindPrefs v2.70
- DECH 1.48 - (68k) A small GUI for CLI-only compilers such as ec, gcc, vbcc, make, etc. Now using the system font also for the main GUI. Fixed the annoying hit (=Grim Reaper on OS4) when opening any of the config windows sometimes
- JoinSplitter 1.31 - (68k) Split and join files with a GUI. Fixed the annoying hit (=Grim Reaper on OS4) when starting the program
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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27.Jul.2007
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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IRC-Klient: WookieChat 2.7 beta 5
James "jahc" Carroll has published a new beta version of his MUI-based IRC client Wookiechat. The last changes are available in the Changelog. Wookiechat is available for all Amiga systems.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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26.Jul.2007
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File System: SFS 1.273
The latest Version of the alternative file system SFS includes the following changes:
- 1.273: Fixed a bug in ACTION_WRITE writing to large files
- 1.273: Added workarounds for bugs in MorphOS, the AmigaOS 3.x/m68k version should work on it again
- 1.272: Speed up detection of unreadable CD/DVD
- 1.271: Fixed de_Control check
SFS 1.273 is available for AmigaOS 3/4. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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26.Jul.2007
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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GUI System: Feelin 20070725
Olivier Laviale provides a new version of his open source project "Feelin". Feelin is an object oriented framework for AmigaOS. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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26.Jul.2007
amigafuture.de (website)
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AmigaOS 4: CPUTemp.docky 52.14
Jörg Strohmayer's CPUTemp.docky shows the cpu's present temperature and the cpu load within the AmigaOS 4 dock. Changes in version 52.14:
- If IGNORETASKS isn't used it no longer uses an own method for calculating the CPU usage, requires the July 2007 update of AmigaOS4
- Now prevents adding itself twice to AmiDock
- Added UPDATESPEED tooltype
(cg) (Translation: tz)
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26.Jul.2007
Ron van Schaik (ANF)
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Event: Amiga and C64 music (Maarssen, NL)
Ron van Schaik writes: On our C= Show of saturday august 18th we have as theme: Music. We invite everyone who is interested or can demonstrate music on an Amiga or a C64 computer.
We have already a very nice program, there will be a few guys with a prophet 64. We have an elektron SIDstation, a PC with a HardSID quattro soundcart, a C64 with Roland CMU-800, an Amiga 4000 with AHX and hivelyTracker and an Amiga 1200 with Yamaha PSR-540 keyboard/synthesizer with Midi interface and mixing console.
For those who are interested, we have also a soldeer and tinker Workshop. Entrance is as usual for free! Look for more info about this C= Show on the august 18th page on our website at the title link. (snx)
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25.Jul.2007
ToT-Team (ANF)
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Strategy game: Tales of Tamar homepage in new design
Press release Dear friends of the roleplay game, dear players, friends and supporter of Tales of Tamar,
640 years of history are mighty. 640 years of adventures, explorations,
fights, 640 years of love, death and betrayal, 640 years of heros,
villains, dragons and virgins...
The world of Tales of Tamar starts in the 640th year. That is worth enough to give it a new design and to be ripe for the future...
We are glad and proud to present a reworked homepage of Tales of Tamar which has a completely reworked design, new graphics, clearer impression and some "hidden" surprise like completely new wallpapers.
Enjoy the new designed forum, more lively then ever before...
As eMail game with one round per day we give you the possibility to lead an empire although you have only few minutes a day.
Visit www.tamar.net, be part of the future of the chronicles of Tamar and create the future of a whole world - so in hundred years the world will tell stories of you.
For our Amiga friends: We tried to make compatible our site with the current Amiga browsers. Unfortunataly this will become more and more difficult. If you find special bugs we would be glad if you send a mail with a screenshot or a detailed description to Wolfen@tamar.net. We will try to support the Amiga commuity in future as well.
greetings,
your ToT-team
www.tamar.net
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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25.Jul.2007
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Amiga clone: Minimig source code published
Dennis van Weeren has published the source codes and all descriptions of his FPGA-based Amiga 500 clone Minimig under the GNU Public License (GPL). Van Weeren will keep on developing Minimig but he hopes that there will be more support by the publication. E.g. for debugging of the sprite engine or for the implementation of harddrive or ethernet support.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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25.Jul.2007
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Issues 60 and 61 online
Press release The german issues 60 and 61 of the Amiga Future are out of stock. Because of that you can read the two magazines (amongst many other issues) online at the title link.
The issue 67, which has been the first issue published in German and English, has been released recently and is available at our online shop. Just now we work hard on issue 68. (snx)
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