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01.Apr.2007
Golem IT-News


Online articles read better than newspapers
The reading behavior of online articles differs from that of print articles - but in favor of online texts, where the break-off rate lies lower. This is the result of a study by the Poynter Institute on behalf of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Herein, the reading behavior of four print and two online newspapers was tested on 600 people. Read the complete article at Golem IT-News under the title link. (nba) (Translation: cad)

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01.Apr.2007
Spiegel Online


Intel shrinks computer chips
The chip manufacturer is announcing "the biggest changes since 40 years" for its new introductions this year and promises more performance with distinctly less costs. But the real innovations are not expected until 2008. Read the complete article at Spiegel Online under the title link. (nba) (Translation: cad)

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01.Apr.2007
Amiga.org (Web page)


Codex Alpe Adria 2007: T-shirts available
The Codex Alpe Adria - an event around alternative computing, which is organized every year by Cloanto's Amiga Forever Team in the Italian city of Udine - takes place in 2007 on the weekend of July 7th.

In the meantime, under the title link, the official T-shirts of this year's Codex Alpe Adria can be purchased, which, at the same time, are also part of the prizes for the competitions there. (snx) (Translation: cad)

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01.Apr.2007
Pegasosforum.de (Forum)


Event: Report on the presentation of Clone-A
On March 31, the "Clone-A" project was officially presented by individual Computers in Aachen (reported by amiga-news.de). Here, it concerns a reproduction of the Amiga chipset.

'botfixer' has published first photos from the event on a1k.org, while an extensive report by 'NoIntelUser' is found on Pegasosforum.de. (snx) (Translation: cad)

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01.Apr.2007
Martin Merz (ANF)


New 32 bit icons from masonicons.de
Martin 'Mason' Merz has released several new and reworked icon archives in the new AmigaOS 4 format. The new packages are:
  • AmiDiskMI: A full icon and drawer set for AmiDisk with preconfiguered support for AISS toolbar images. (needs AISS Version 3.2)
  • Disks&FoldersMI: The collection of disk and folder icons got just a small update
  • TritonMI: A prefs icon for OpenTriton
  • RDesktopMI: An icon and drawer set for RDesktop. The internal images will follow soon.
  • Switcher3DMI: An icon and drawer set for Switcher3D
(cg) (Translation: cg)

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01.Apr.2007
Thorsten Herbert (ANF)


PPC hardware: Sam440ep available to industrial customers
Press release: ACube Systems Srl is pleased to announce the completion of Sam440ep project.

The board is actually available for selected industrial customers in three different configurations of the AMCC 440ep processor: 400Mhz with 128MB onboard memory, 533Mhz with 256MB onboard memory and 667Mhz with 512MB onboard memory.

On demand it is possible to customize the board with a number of options: cctalk, DiskOnChip, SmartMedia connector, LVDS port, DIMM 100 slot, variable FPGA size from 5.8 KLuts to 19.7 Kluts.

The porting of a number of Operating Systems has already begun.

For further informations please write to info@acube-systems.com. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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30.Mar.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)


WHDLoad: Graphical interface iGame 1.1
iGame is an MUI-based interface for starting and managing WHDLoad games. The new version contains several bug fixes. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.Mar.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)


Emulator: E-UAE 0.8.29 WIP4
Richard Drummond has published a new beta version of his UAE-version E-UAE. Several bugs have been fixed and an experimental OpenGL-renderer added which accelerates the program under Mac OS X. You can find a complete list of all changes here.

Under the title link ports of E-UAE are available for AmigaOS 3/4 as well as Mac OS X and diverse Linux versions. Fabian Coeurjoly made available a MorphOS-version. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.Mar.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)


MorphOS: Arcade-Emulator MAME 0.113
Fabien Coeurjoly has published an update of the Multi Arcade Machine Emulator which emulates several arcade-machines. Because the MAME-Core has changed a great deal since the last MorphOS-version the MorphOS-port was done nearly completely new and has now an improved graphical user-interface and a lower sound latency. Besides this the video routines were optimated and the "Aspect ratio" is kept better.

Direct download: mame-0.113.lha (18,3 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Mar.2007
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Coldfire turbocard: Status-update for Coldfusion
In a thread at amiga.org Oliver "Oli_hd" Hannaford-Day gave a statement to the status of his Coldfusion project. The goal is to develop a Coldfire based turbocard for Amiga computers.

The developer told that he keep on working at the project but he does not believe in finishing it. There would be too many problems (connecting the turbocard via the Amiga-bus) therefore the connection with the PCI-bus currently would be the only practicable solution - but which has different problems.

Currently Hannaford-Day spends his time for other, smaller projects. He will not stop his Coldfire-project because he has invested too many resources but he also recommends all interested users to "look for different solutions". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Mar.2007
(ANF)


Commodore CDTV Information Center again online
After a longer break Oliver Hannaford-Day's "Commodore CDTV Information Center" (cdtv.org.uk) is again online. (cg) (Translation: tz)

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29.Mar.2007
Darren Eveland (ANF)


Remote Desktop Client 2007-1 for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS
The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) allows network based access to programs which are running at a windows terminal server. Now the latest version of the relevant amiga client is available for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOs.

Contributors are getting the update through contacting Darren Eveland (darrenhd at gmail.com). For all users who want to test the Remote Desktop first, an older version is available for download.

Features of the free (older) version of the Remote Desktop Client:
  • Connect to NT/2000 Server/2003 Server/XP Pro
  • Window or Full Screen
  • Audio re-direction
  • Clipboard support
  • Full Featured GUI
  • Connect to Multiple remote machines
  • 16-bit Colour Support
  • Faster than VNC!

The actual version 2007-1 which can be received after a donation to the project leader offers the following additional advantages:
  • Windows Vista connectivity
  • Automatic Stack checking
  • Persistant Cache (upto 20 mb)
  • Connection Bar
  • Mouse Adjustments
  • Performance Increases
  • Many bug fixes
(cg) (Translation: tz)

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27.Mar.2007
David Brunet / Gunnar von Boehn (ANF)


Graphician needed for Amiga game project
David Brunet writes: Gunnar von Boehn is looking for one or more GFX artists to create new Amiga 2D games. The games will be in the spirit of great Amiga titles and will be based on the Arcade Construction Kit (ACK) project which started last year.

As the game is based on the ACK engine, it will run on all faster Amiga platforms. This includes AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS and fast AmigaOS 3.x systems like UAE/WinUAE and PowerPC or Coldfire equipped classic Amigas. In addition to this, the game would be able to run on other platforms such as Linux, Windows and Mac OS.

There are 2 game genres possible:

Genre 1:
Classical shoot'em up like "Menace" or "Hybris".
Typical ideas are space shooter, plane, submarine or Rambo style.

Genre 2:
Classical beat'em up in the spirit of "IK+", "Karateka", "Streetfighter", "Samurai Showdown" or "Sword of Sodan".
Basicly everything is possible ranging form Karate, Samurai, Knights, Monsters, Super Heroes, to catfighting Bikini Babes.

The exact look and feel is fully up to taste and abilities of the GFX artist.

A nice option is to start with simple one2one Karate type games. For such a IK+ type game we would only need one background image and one set of sprites. It could later be enhanced with extra story line, extra backgrounds and extra characters.

The GFX artist needs to be able to create all the images for his game. This includes the title screen, the backgrounds and the sprites. The game engine supports all types of resolutions and color models. The game engine imposes nearly no limits on us (i.e. size and number of sprites is nearly unlimited). The targeted resolution is 640x480 in True Color. But other resolutions are possible if wanted.

With a fast GFX artist, it could be possible to create such a game in less than a month.

There is a nice bonus as well. Genesi offered to sponsor this project by donating a free Efika to every GFX artist who helps to create a game for Amiga/MorphOS.

Interested persons can contact us at: Gunnar AT greyhound-data DOT com (snx)

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27.Mar.2007



WHDLoad: Graphical interface iGame 1.0
iGame is an MUI-based interface to easily start and manage WHDLoad games. You can set categories and filter them. Additionally previews can be shown. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Mar.2007
Chris Hodges (ANF)


USB stack: Poseidon 3.6
Press release:  The just completed new version V3.6 of Poseidon is now available. It includes several enhancements, fixes and supports more mass storage devices, ethernet adapters and the infamous USB Rocket Launcher.

Download it here or use Trident's built-in online update facility.

News in V3.6
  • Mass storage class overhaul. Now supports bigger physical block sizes for automounting of RDB partitions, FAT/NTFS and also CD/DVD drives, also adding a lot of emulation, workaround and new compatibility fixes (also fixes the multi LUN problem reported here multiple times).
  • Several fixes and changes regarding USB 2.0 support.
  • Reworked Prefs Handling, enhanced Trident.
  • Changes, fixes and enhancements in the main library.
  • New class supporting ethernet adapters using ASIX Chipsets.
  • New shell tool for the use of USB Rocket Launchers (no this is no April's fool joke).
  • This release also contains a workaround to the deficiency in Elbox' spider.device that can be activated with the "Compatibility hack" option in Trident.

I really spent a lot of time and effort on this release, polishing a lot of the internals at various places. Mass storage should now work better than ever. The new Asix Ethernet class makes it possible to benefit of 100MBit adapters on USB 2.0 -- as long as the USB board doesn't drain the CPU too much (which unfortunately, is the case with the Spider). But there are things to come.

It should be performing very well on the classic Amigas now. I be will spending the next weeks in making the experience for MorphOS at least equally nice.

Enjoy -- Chris Hodges (cg) (Translation: cg)

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26.Mar.2007
Genesi (E-Mail)


Genesi: Looked forLaptop-Prototyp on Efika-Platform
Linked to the header, Genesi looked for somebody who builded based, on the Efika-Platform a Laptop. Requiered are and the budget is available for 5-10 Prototypes. If somebody is interessted he can contact Genesi. (snx) (Translation: aj)

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26.Mar.2007
Martin "Mason" Merz (ANF)


New 32 bit icons at masonicons.de
Martin "Mason" Merz releases 11 new or reworked archives with 32 bit icons (Screenshot):
  • DiskMaster2MI: A simple icon and drawer set for Rudolph Riedels DiskMaster2
  • Disks&FoldersMI: The archive formerly known as 'Disks' (TAFKAD) features next to several new disk icons some folders (as seen on Linux, OSX or Windows systems).
  • DOpus4MI: This icon set for DOpus4 got a complete revision with some extra icons.
  • EnvoyMI: A complete icon and drawer set for Envoy.
  • FuelGaugeMI: A simple icon and drawer set for FuelGauge.
  • MakeCDMI: Just added an icon for CopyCD to the archive.
  • MixerMI: Added an icon for the Push4Dock system. Please also have a look at the reworked skin for Mixer.
  • Push4MMVolMI: An icon set to control Mixer via the Push4Dock bar based on the idea of Alex Carmonas MMVolume.
  • TuneNetMI: The icon set for TuneNet got a complete revision with some extra icons for the Push4Dock bar and menu.
  • TurboPrintMI: A complete icon set for TurboPrint.
  • WiFiSignalMI: A simple icon and drawer set for WiFiSignal.
(cg) (Translation: cg)

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25.Mar.2007
(ANF)


Hyperion and ACube Systems announce strategic partnership
Press release
Leuven, Belgium and Bassano del Grappa, Italy
25 March, 2007

Hyperion Entertainment VOF and ACube Systems Srl are pleased to announce that they have entered into a strategic partnership following a recent two day meeting of representatives of both companies in Brussels, Belgium.

Within the framework of the partnership ACube will act as a worldwide distributor of Hyperion's Amiga OS 4.0 operating system for a range of PPC hardware platforms including AmigaOne (MicroA1, SE/XE) and Classic Amiga.

More details regarding the companies strategic partnership will be announced shortly.

Amiga OS 4.0 © 2001-2007 Hyperion Entertainment VOF, developed under license from Amiga, Inc. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga, Inc.

Hyperion Entertainment
ACube Systems Srl
Amiga OS 4.0 website (cg) (Translation: cg)

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25.Mar.2007
AROS-Exec (Webseite)


AROS-Exec : Call for wall-papers
Due to a certain need for new Wanderer backgrounds, everyone is invited to the official "Call for wall-papers" at AROS-Exec.

The wallpapers should be placed in the AROS-Exec gallery and should have a minimal size of 800x600, images in multiple resolutions would be best.

Since there is no resizing of wallpapers supported in Wanderer, the image content might be aligned to the upper left corner, so using a 1024x786 background image in a 800x600 resolution would not cut any logos or sensitive parts.

All images must be released under APL and must not contain any foreign copyrighted materials!

The competition deadline is May 31st, after which a poll will be starting to nominate the winning image. This will be set as the default desktop background in the nightly builds. (snx)

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23.Mar.2007
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


DiscreetFX: Game programming contest
Press release Chicago, Illinois – March 23rd, 2007 -- Visual FX company DiscreetFX LLC Inc., offers $1000 to the developer or team that can create a three level demo of a platform game starring Hottie, in the classic gaming style of Arabian Nights, Shadow of the Beast, Nicky Boom, Zool, etc.

"I have noticed game development for Amiga has seemed to stagnant and want to help change that, stated DiscreetFX's CEO. So begins a fun contest to sharpen your Amiga game creation coding skills. The three level demo you create will need to run on classic Amiga's and WinUAE/E-UAE/PSPUAE. We don't care so much if it is AGA or Amiga 500 specific. We care more of the quality and polish that will go into the demo. The game will need to star Hottie, DiscreetFX's leading virtual character.

Runner up prizes will also be offered and the winner will get a chance to complete the game and release it on AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS, and other gaming systems.

More information will be available at the title link in the next week. For more information about this contest please contact DiscreetFX.

About DiscreetFX:
DiscreetFX has been creating software products for the Amiga, video editing, computer generated graphics (CGI) industry since 1995. The Amiga computer defined and created the video editing, computer graphics market when it went on sale in 1985. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Mar.2007
Amiga Resistance (ANF)


Amiga-Resistance: New entries in FAQ collection (German)
The Amiga-Resistance-Team tries to collect several FAQs to bundle the knowledge about the Amiga. Each contribution is very welcome.

These FAQ and documentations have been added:
  • MakeCD FAQ
  • fxscan FAQ
  • fxPaint FAQ
  • VHI Studio FAQ
  • VHI RS232 und Olympus.vhi FAQ
  • IOUSB FAQ
  • IBrowse FAQ
  • IBrowse 2.4 Update FAQ
  • AmigaOS FAQ
  • Scandoubler/Flickerfixer FAQ
  • Monitor/Television FAQ
  • Workshop ArtEffect
  • Jumper setting Blizzard 1230
  • Guide Animate Turbo-Board I & II
  • Guide M-Tec 68020
  • Guide Blizzard 2040 ERC & 2060
  • Guide Mach 2
  • Guide Turbo Jet 1230
  • Guide T1230 (Viper)
  • Guide Blizzard 1230 IV / 1260 SCSI Kit
  • Guide Blizzard 1240 ERC & 1260
  • Guide Blizzard PPC / 603e & 603e Plus
  • Guide Derringer030 & Derringer Platinum
  • Guide Professional 020 / 030
  • Guide AdSpeed
  • Guide E-Matrix 530 (Viper 530)
  • Guide Viper 520CD
  • Guide Turbo CD
  • Guide Hard-Disk Interface AlcompOMTI
  • Guide AlfaPower BSC-HD
  • Guide AmiQuest OverDrive (SmartStor)
  • Guide AmiQuest OverDrive HD (SmartStor Plus)
  • Guide AT-Bus 508
  • Guide AT-Bus 2008
  • Guide Tandem
  • Guide Oktagon 500 & 508
  • Guide Oktagon 2000 & 2008
  • Guide COMBITEC AutoBoot-Karte
  • Guide Commodore A570
  • Guide Vector Falcon 570
Thus 160 entries are available. The permissions for publishing the guides were given by the authors via email. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Mar.2007
IOSPIRIT GmbH (ANF)


IOSPIRIT GmbH quits the Amiga market
Press release IOSPIRIT GmbH ends its Amiga business on the 1st of April 2007.

In the future, IOSPIRIT GmbH will be focusing solely on its Mac® products. In order to better serve the needs of that market and to be able to process incoming orders faster and more efficiently, a reimplementation of the shop system is currently being worked on.

The reasons for the decision to no longer operate in the Amiga market are as follows:
  • We want to fully commit to developing Mac® products in the future
  • The big additional overhead that would be necessary to integrate (permanent) support for download and package versions of Amiga software into the new concept and the drawbacks that would come with this for the majority of our customers - which today are Mac® users
  • The decreasing demand for Amiga products and the the situation of the Amiga market in general
IOSPIRIT's own Amiga titles will no longer be available beyond April, 1st, 2007 - except of course for remaining stock at dealers. The future distribution as well as development and support of IBrowse will be handled directly by the IBrowse development team. You can find their website at ibrowse-dev.net.

Many thanks go to
  • All of our customers and users for being loyal for so many years, which has made the development of our Amiga titles possible in the first place;
  • All developer and scene buddies for the many interesting, reflective, funny, educational, helpful and amicable moments, anecdotes and experiences;
  • All those, who have always been there to help with mental and moral support and an independant, second opinion.
We wish all of you all the best for the future and would be happy to see you again over in the Mac® market. If you are interested in what we are currently working on, you can find our Mac® products at iospirit.com.

Sincerly,
Felix Schwarz (snx)

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23.Mar.2007
Amigaweb.net (Webseite)


Burning program: Frying Pan 1.2.3
Tomasz 'Error' Wiszkowski has published an update of his CD and DVD burning program Frying Pan. The following problems were fixed:
  • 0000064: [Behaviour] Prepared ISO files can not be deleted (Error)
  • 0000060: [GUI] Window does not snapshot (Error)
  • 0000063: [Data Handling / Plugins] icon files missing/mangled (Error)
  • 0000059: [Behaviour] WAV import module loads files forever (Error)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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