08.Oct.2006
ANN (Web page)
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Filesystem: Ext2FS 0.24 with write support without debug output
With version 0.24, Marek Szyprowski has now released the first public version of his driver Ext2FS, which includes write support without debug information. Ext2FS makes working with the Second Extended FileSystem possible under MorphOS and AmigaOS 3.x.
The write support was tested for more than a year, in which hundreds of gigabytes of data was transferred. Here, the filesystem worked very stable and never led to serious damages to the drive structure. However, please read the disclaimer before you use Ext2FS.
Download: ext2fs_0.24.lha (112 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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08.Oct.2006
amigafuture.de (Web page)
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MorphOS: German catalog file for MiniShowPicture
Hans-Jörg Ottinger is making available a German catalog file for the picture viewer MiniShowPicture. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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08.Oct.2006
Norman Walter (ANF)
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Amiga C Course For Beginners: New lesson on pointers as return values
Norman Walter has added a new lesson on the subject "Pointers as return values" to his Amiga C Course For Beginners in Chapter 4.
Therein, it is shown how one uses pointers as return values from functions. The topic is deepened in a program for vector calculation, among others. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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07.Oct.2006
PPCZone (forum)
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Pegasos Book 2.0.1: Media Center setup under Gentoo Linux (English/French)
Geoffrey Charra's PDF book about the Pegasos platform is now available in version 2.0.1. An article that deals with the setup of a Media Center under Gentoo Linux was added. The chapters concerning the Pegasos itself and MorphOS are unchanged.
Content of the article "Media Center with Linux Gentoo on Pegasos II":
- Objective
- Presentation of Genesi's HMCS
- Necessary hardware
- General information on Gentoo
- Easy install with the "EZPegTV" CD
- Alternative customized install, step by step
- Back-up of the system
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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07.Oct.2006
Jörg Karisch (ANF)
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Event: hardware meeting on November, 18th in Nuremberg (Germany)
The Amiga users group IMAGE from Central Franconia invites once again to the hardware meeting from 9.00h to 21.00h in Nuremberg on November, 18th.
The aim is to solve problems with brought hard- and software or to play a game or another via network
For the first time do the organizers plan to arrange a jumble sale respectively an exchange for Amiga relevant hard- and software.
Amiga interested visitors or even hard- and software producer are very welcome.
Detailed information - e.g. a list of the shown computers - are available under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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07.Oct.2006
ANN (website)
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Temple of Technology: interview with Bill McEwen (Amiga Inc.)
Under the title link did Vidar Langberget interview Bill McEwen who's the manager of Amiga Incorporated (AI) for his website "Temple of Technology".
Hierin teilt dieser unter anderem mit, dass dem Team für das Betriebssystem "OS5" - dessen Name sich noch ändere - derzeit fünf Personen angehörten und diesen in den nächsten Wochen eine weitere Gruppe hinzugefügt würde. Verantwortlich für das AI-Entwicklerteam sei nach wie vor Fleecy Moss.
Regarding the AI affiliate Amiga Development India (ADI, amiga-news.de reported) he said that there would be 52 employees with 48 of them being software developers. In the next 12 months would 60 more developers be hired. In the development of kernel components AI would not be involved, though.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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06.Oct.2006
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Alarm Clock 1.5
Alarm Clock is a full screen clock with several additional functions. The program is available for AmigaOS, WarpOS, AROS, MorphOS and AmigaOS 4.
Features of Alarm Clock 1.5:
- Up to 6 alarms
- Configure custom MP3 file, for each alarm
- Possibility of random MP3 play from a selected directory
- Nuclear Powerplant alarm MP3 file included
- Blanker activation possibility
- Auto-scale blanker pictures
- Use antialiased TTF fonts
- Save or load different alarm configurations
- Set the time between images in slideshow (Blanker)
- Set transparency level between images and alarm clock, to have
a nicer effect
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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06.Oct.2006
Roland 'RhoSigma' Heyder (ANF)
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MakeHTMLMap 4.820
Roland Heyder's MakeHTMLMap supports webdesigner creating galleries and webshops (online documentation). You can read the changes of version 4.820 under the title link.
Download: MakeHTMLMap.lha (1,5 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.Oct.2006
Pegasosforum (Forum)
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MorphOS: German and russian catalogue for Rival (update)
With a catalogue file for Rival Hans-Joerg Ottinger has carried out another German adaption. Rival is a MUI-based MorphOS program for the indexed comparison of two directories.
Download: Rival.lha (catalogue file, 3 KB)
Update: (09:55, 06.10.06, snx)
Also a russian catalog file for Rival has been released: rival_russian.lha (4 KB) (snx) (Translation: tz)
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05.Oct.2006
amigworld.net (Website)
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Flayer makes Flash-Videos usable for Amiga Users
Robert William's ARexx-Skript Flayer makes flash videos, which are offered for example from the popular video hoster youtube.com, usable for users of AmigaOS. The script searches within the indicated website for the url of the video and saves it at the local hard disk, wherefrom it can be watched with MPlayer.
The offered first beta release needs AWeb and MPlayer (experimental preview 3 or newer) and doesn't support streaming yet. Because it is a pure ARexx-script, theoretically Flayer should work under Morphos as well. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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05.Oct.2006
amigafuture.de (Website)
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golem.de: IBM introduces new Versions of its PPC Processors
The latest announcements from IBM about their PPC portfolio are summarized at golem.de. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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05.Oct.2006
Mirko Naumann (ANF)
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More Photos of the Classic Computing 2006
Under the two following links Mirko Naumann has uploaded all images which he has taken at the Classic Computing 2006 in Nordhorn on Saturday.
These are 132 jpeg files with a resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels (. 136 MB in total) for free use: Part 1, part 2. (snx) (Translation: tz)
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04.Oct.2006
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: File system SFS 1.263
Jörg Strohmayer has updated the file system SFS:
- Removable media support was broken in 1.262, fixed
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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04.Oct.2006
amigafuture.de (website)
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Input driver: MMKeyboard 3.23 and Meridian 2.22
Guido Mersmann reeased update of MMKeyboard and Meridian.
MMKeyboard is a keyboard driver which supports all multimedia keys of modern keyboards, while Meridian
provides virtual hotkeys usig so called mouse gestures: Dedicated mouse movements are assigned to user defined actions. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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04.Oct.2006
PPCNUX (website)
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PPCNUX: Detailed Efika report
The online magazine PPCNUX has visited bplan at the special fair 'EBV TechTrends 2006' and presents
a detailed and pictured English report..
The report showsboth sides of the Efika board and mentions a maximim power consumtion of 1,08 watt for the MPC5200B-SoC, a theoretical maximum
1,5 watts for each memory chip ans peak values of below 5 watts for the hard disk. The
IDE traffic speed is rated at 8 MB/s (stable) and the OpenFirmware is iproved with programable power on times and usb media boot boot support.
Further it is said that DVD replay in full resolution is possible at 92% processor load.
Until a mass production starts, which will lead to price as low as 99 US $, the Efika is estimated to be sold at
249 Euro. Orders in the 4 digits magnitude range are confirmed already. 400 pcs are ordered by Freescale alone, the half of those will
go to developers for free.
MorphOS is said to be able to run on any 32 Bit PowerPC system - and since the main developer of MorphOS, Ralph Schmidt, belongs to bplan
the availability of MorphOS for the Efika rather a political decision.
regarding the Pegasos boards further production runs are no problem, all components are available as RoHS compliant parts. Other cpu combinations are possible,
but due to economic reasons not followed yet.
Asked regarding the release of a new SmartFirmware version bplan minded the big number of required tests and the risk that users may risk to render their boards unusable.
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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04.Oct.2006
Verein zum Erhalt klassischer Computer e.V. (ANF)
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more pictures from the Classic Computing 2006
Th eorganizers of the Classic Computing 2006 provide another galley with photos from that meeting.
Additionally there are links to all known photo collections from that event listed at the title link. Those who provide additional pictures and/or movies but are not listed yet,
may please contact the webmaster of Classic-Computing.de. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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03.Oct.2006
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Routeplanner: AmiATLAS status report
Press release: At the moment a complete rework/update of the different travel guides is in progress. Further there is an extension of the information about parks with better maps for a more precise route calculation. Of course the emphasis lies on the German map because of the much higher demand. The network of streets is uptodate including recently opened highway sections.
If someone wishes his residence to be included (even the smallest places!) in the map just write a mail with the name of the location, Geo-coordinates and information on the street connections (description and the exact distance to other locations).
As always we are searching for helpers for data entering! Lists of coordinates are always welcome... Alternatively also helpers for the entering of the data into the maps themself.
There are also possibilities for the view and print of data in various formats like HTML or PDF instead of AmigaGuide.
http://www.amiatlas.de
http://www.apc-tcp.de
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Oct.2006
Lars "Ghandy" Sobiraj (ANF)
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Report of the Classic Computing 2006 in Nordhorn
Stefan Koch who is well-known as dOc.K of the group Moods Plateau (Amiga demo scene) has published a report of the event Classic Computing 2006 under the title link. The pictures were made available by Mirko Naumann. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Oct.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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WinUAE: AmiKit 1.2.2
For AmiKit which is a complete distribution for WinUAE users an update to version 1.2.2 is available. The update has to be installed with the integrated Live Update-function. New in this version:
- ADDED: EaglePlayer replayers (Musicline 4/8V, NoiseTracker, Protracker, TFMX) by Wanted Team (Don Adan)
- UPDATED: AfA_OS 3.94
- UPDATED: AmiKit - Live Update 1.1 (now waits 3s before rebooting to ensure the downloaded file has been completely saved)
- UPDATED: AmiKit - ScreenMode AmiKit 1.2 (workaround for possible incompatibility of 1280x800 screenmode)
- UPDATED: AmigAIM 0.9455
- UPDATED: PlayOGG 5.1
- FIXED: AmigaAMP 68k-Emu engine should work again. It was overwritten by WarpUp version in previous AmiKit update by mistake.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Oct.2006
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IRC-client: WookieChat 2.4 beta 5 (update)
James Carroll has published another beta version of his MUI based IRC client WookieChat for AmigaOS 3/4. Changes since the last version:
- Automatic reconnection when disconnected from a server. Configurable
delay inbetween reconnection attempts, and maximum number of retrys
- Added an ignore function and a nice GUI for it. This ignore function
supports wildcards and can optionally ignore Text/CTCP/DCC
- You can now choose to automatically connect to servers upon startup, and
the server selection window can be hidden since it isnt required
- Channel names displayed in the listview can be joined by double clicking
on them
- Wookie no longer removes leading spaces from outgoing text. This is quite
useful when pasting programming source code in dev channels and you want
to keep the indentation for readability
- When transferring tiny files within 1 second, the entry in the dcc windows
are no longer stuck on "transferring" and are now able to be removed from
the list
- Outgoing DCC RESUME seems to be working better
- Previously, you couldnt copy text to the clipboard when text was being added
to the channel display. I made it pause while selecting text, but internal
functions were preventing text from being copied to the clipboard when you
let go of the mouse button. I have now corrected this. So its now possible
to copy text to the clipboard in a busy channel.
Update: (03.10.2006, 14:15, cg)
Meanwhile beta 5 can be downloaded.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Oct.2006
Helmut (ANF)
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KickOff 2 World Championship 2006 on 28. and 29.10 in London
This year the KickOff 2 World Chanpionship will take place on 28th and 29th October in London. You can find further information under the title link. There you can also book for this event.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Oct.2006
Norman Walter (ANF)
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Amiga C course for beginners: Pointer as function arguments
The Amiga C course for beginners has got a new lection in chapter 4 called "Pointer as function arguments".
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.Oct.2006
Sylvio.k@gmx.de (ANF)
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IRC channel: #Amigafun moved
Because the access to the PhatNet server becomes worse and worse the team of #AmigaFun has to move to a different server. You can find the channel at irc.amigaworld.net as "#amigafun".
Besides this #AmigaFun will interview well-known persons from the Amiga section. The following ones have accept our invitation:
- Alinea Computer (German)
- The programmer of Petunia Almos Rajnai (English)
- The programmer of FryingPan Tomasz Wiszkowski (English)
We will announce the respective dates as soons as possible.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Oct.2006
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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golem.de: GIF patents finally expired
Since the 1st of October 2006 all inportant patent rights of the GIF format expired. Therefore a free use is possible again. The company Unisys uses its patent again and again to call in licence fees. In Europe and in USA the patent has expired for a long time.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Oct.2006
CSW-Verlag (ANF)
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Book: The Commodore story - A biography of the company Commodore
"Die Commodore-Story - Eine Biographie der Firma Commodore" is a book written by Christian Zahn, Rainer Benda and Enno Coners with 160 pages.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.Oct.2006
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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MorphOS: PolyOrganiser 0.90
PolyOrganiser written by Frederic 'Polymere' Rignault is a so called "PIM-Tool" (Personal Information Management) which is meant for managing dates, contacts and tasks (screenshot).
The update archive from version 0.86 to version 0.90 above all fixes some bugs (Changelog).
Download:
PolyOrga_0.86.lha (450 KB)
PolyOrga_0.90_Update.lha (156 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.Oct.2006
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Aminet-Uploads until 01.10.2006
Here are the new Aminet uploads which have been added since our last message:
aorganiser.lha biz/misc 57K OS4 AOrganiser - Diary
libdumb.lha dev/lib 1.0M OS4 convert mod/xm/it/s3m modules to wav/pcm
sfont.lha dev/lib 1.2M OS4 Easy usage of bitmap fonts when using SD
moon-lander_aos4.lha game/actio 1.9M OS4 Moon-Lander game.
Africa.lha game/board 202K OS3 Conversion of 3W boardgame
Saga.lha game/board 350K OS3 Conversion of TSR boardgame
moleinvasion-0.3-mos.lha game/jump 4.3M MOS Simple Jump'n Run game
agil111src.zip game/text 307K GEN AGiliTy - AGT/AGX game interpreter (src)
AGiliTy111Amiga.lha game/text 259K OS3 AGiliTy - AGT/AGX game interpreter
Biniax_AOS4.lha game/think 464K OS4 A puzzle game
zeespace.lha gfx/3d 328K OS4 Play around with heightfields+bumpmappin
DIYrekoIII.lha gfx/ifx 52K GEN Create REKO, Soliton and AS-... cardsets
SView5.lha gfx/misc 2.4M VAR SView5 Image Viewing/Processing Package
PointRider-morphos.lha gfx/show 95K MOS A PowerPoint file viewer, the only one
pointrider.lha gfx/show 646K OS4 A PowerPoint viewer, the only one
cw_trackdisk.lha hard/drivr 229K OS4 Catweasel MK4 (MK3) Device
A1200-Rev-1D4-Mouse.jpg hard/misc 1.6M GEN A1200 1D4 mouse port pinout
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 192K OS3 Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator
EsEmErMED1.lha mods/midi 148K GEN Some mods made for General MIDI instr.
CiemnaStronaMusic.lha mods/misc 1.0M GEN Music from game Ciemna Strona
re-01_secret_flowers.mp3 mods/mpg 941K GEN Electronic Music by Roman Eberle (trance
re-02_view_from_bridge.mp3 mods/mpg 940K GEN Electronic Music by Roman Eberle (trance
re-03_dejazzed.mp3 mods/mpg 941K GEN Electronic Music by Roman Eberle (trance
re-04_winter.mp3 mods/mpg 940K GEN Electronic Music by Roman Eberle (trance
re-05_spaceflight.mp3 mods/mpg 949K GEN Electronic Music by Roman Eberle (trance
re-06_acid_beats.mp3 mods/mpg 481K GEN Electronic Music by Roman Eberle (trance
re-07_straight_ahead.mp3 mods/mpg 943K GEN Electronic Music by Roman Eberle (trance
re-08_softwinds.mp3 mods/mpg 457K GEN Electronic Music by Roman Eberle (trance
re-09_just_say_yes.mp3 mods/mpg 457K GEN Electronic Music by Roman Eberle (trance
re-10_catwalk.mp3 mods/mpg 940K GEN Electronic Music by Roman Eberle (trance
A1000-kicktune.lha mus/misc 12K GEN KickTune played when A1000 is booted
flac.lha mus/misc 1.3M MOS FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec
playOGG.lha mus/play 1.3M OS3 multi format sound player.
ispell-arexx.lha text/misc 3.2M OS4 Spelling checker with ARexx port
IconBeFast.lha util/boot 69K OS3 patch for faster icons & color mapping
dt2iff_os4.lha util/conv 5K OS4 Datatype -> IFF converter
gifanim_dt_os4.lha util/dtype 78K OS4 Datatype for animated gifs
sprite_dt.lha util/dtype 39K OS4 Datatype for RISC OS (Acorn) Sprites
jpeg_lib.lha util/libs 397K OS4 Shared library to load/save jpegs
alarmclock.lha util/misc 5.8M VAR Nice full screen alarm clock
AlarmClock06.lha util/misc 1.8M OS3 Full screen Alarm clock
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Oct.2006
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 01.10.2006
Here are the new os4depot.net uploads which have been added since our last message :
magx.lha gam/mis 865kb A text adventure compiler
wadext.lha gam/mis 47kb dump the lumps of a wad to files
gifanim_dt.lha dat/ani 77kb Datatype for animated gifs
moon-lander.lha gam/act 1Mb Moon-Lander game.
dt2iff.lha uti/she 5kb Datatype -> IFF converter
ispell-arexx.lha uti/tex 3Mb Spelling checker with ARexx port
aorganiser.lha off/mis 56kb AOrganiser - Diary
cw_trackdisk.lha dri/sto 228kb Catweasel MK4 (MK3) Device
biniax.lha gam/puz 464kb A puzzle game
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02.Oct.2006
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Pictures of the Classic Computing 2006
Under the title link the AmigaFuture editorial staff has published some pictures of the "Classic Computing 2006" which took place last weekend.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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