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01.Jul.2005
4players.de (Webseite)


Report to the Demoscene on 4Players.de
The online-portal 4Players.de which reports about current games for PC and consoles also contains an article written by Jürgen 'Bobic' Beck (back2roots.org, Amiga Plus) about the Demoscene where the Amiga is mentioned, too. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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01.Jul.2005
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Emulation: First screenshots of AmigaSYS 3
AmigaSYS is a fully preconfigured and for the use under WinUAE intended Amiga enviroment which is based on AmigaOS 3.9. Under the title link you can find some screenshots which are supposed to give a first impression of the next version. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.Jul.2005
ANN (Webseite)


File system: NTFS 0.2 (Beta, AmigaOS 3/MorphOS)
Marek Szyprowski has published a new test version of his NTFS implementation for AmigaOS and MorphOS. The driver allows to read volumes which were formated under Windows XP/NT with the file system NTFS.

Changes in version 0.2:
  • It is mainly a bugfix release.
  • Hopefully all problems with large files are solved.
  • Support for fragmented MTF zone has been added, so disks used under WindowsXP should work.

Download: ntfs_0.2.lha (48 KB) (Readme) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.Jul.2005
Brad Webb (E-Mail)


Newsletter: Amiga Update #050630
Brad Webbs newsletter "Amiga Update" contains a summary of the more important Amiga related news of the last four weeks. The June issue has now been released:

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   L A S T   N O N - C O M M E R C I A L   R E L E A S E   4 . 0 ! 

         A M I G A ,   R I V E R D E E P   A G R E E M E N T 

    A M I G A A N Y W H E R E   R U N S   O N   U 3   D R I V E S 

    N A F   B A R B E Q U E   P A R T Y   I S   S C H E D U L E D 

                A M I W E S T   L A T E S T   N E W S 

           A M I G B G   F O R   F U N   I N   S W E D E N 

            N E W   B O O K   O N   R E X X   I S   O U T 

        A M I G A S Y S   P A R T   2   F O R   W I N   U A E 

       P A P Y R U S   P R E - O R D E R S   N O W   T A K E N 

    A M I P O D D E R   V E R S I O N   1   I S   F R E E W A R E

                   W I N U A E   I S   A T   1 . 0 ! 

 We have significant numbers to celebrate this month. The numbers are
4.0 and 1.0. Well, almost 4.0. What's significant about that number is
that this month sees the last release of Amiga OS 4.0 before the full
commercial release! That's a great step in the history of Amiga OS.
Your patience will still be tested, however, as the story below
mentions "a few months" before the commercial release will be ready.
 The 1.0 number relates to Win UAE. After more version releases than I
can count, the program has finally hit the magic 1.0 designation.
Congratulations are in order.
 While all this is going on, the Amiga community stays as active as
ever. We have several stories this issue on upcoming Amiga events. We
were disappointed to learn the budget for AmiWest will only allow that
venerable show to run for one day, but it looks as though it will be a
very interesting day. Meanwhile, our Nordic Amigan groups have their
own events to talk about. They sound to be just as much fun. Norway is
the land of my ancestors, so I'd love to get to both of those northern
shows. 
 There are many positive items to read in this issue. We hope you
enjoy them all.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

 I am a former Amiga user who still tries to follow the happening in
the Amiga World. Thanks ( And congratulations on your twelfth
anniversary) for your efforts in keeping this alive. I am at least
aware that the Amiga still exists. But.. I am now confused as to what
the Amiga is and what it can do for the average user. Can you
possibly, in very layman's terms, produce an article that explains
what Amiga has to offer? I understand there have been numerous
ownership changes and false promises but somehow an Amiga product
still exists. I would look forward to a in-depth breakdown of what
Amiga offers and possibly where one may purchase these products.

Thanks  Bill 
~~~~~~
Bill,

 Wow. You ask some very pertinent and difficult questions. In truth,
I'm not sure how to answer fully. What I usually do in cases like this
is ask for comments from the readers, who have much more collective
wisdom than I do.
 How about it readers? What can the Amiga do for the average user at
this time in its life? Please send your thoughts to
amigaupdate@globaldialog.com and we'll share them in future issues.
 My personal take is that the Amiga's role is now much reduced from
what it had been. Linux has taken on the mantle of the main
alternative to Windows, even more so than Apple. However, the Amiga
still offers what I've long considered to be the best operating system
available. It's compact, consistent code, with commands and features
that are not available in any other operating systems. As just one
simple example, I've long wished for something like filenotes in every
other operating system I've used.
 Amiga OS is also proprietary without being overpriced or suffering
from monopolistic practices by the company that owns it. If a user is
concerned about the liabilities often talked about for Linux and other
open source code, Amiga OS offers a good alternative. Keep in mind
that the core of Apple OS is now a version of BSD UNIX, so there are
potential liabilities even there. Personally, I think that issue is
considerably overblown, but the fact remains there are no such issues
with Amiga OS.
 Here's a web page where you can find some Amiga dealers:
http://www.eyetech.co.uk/dealers.php
 Regards,
 Brad
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    L A S T   N O N - C O M M E R C I A L   R E L E A S E   4 . 0 ! 

Leuven, Belgium. 13 June, 2005.

 Hyperion Entertainment announces the immediate availability of the
final intermediate update of Amiga OS 4.0 prior to its full commercial
release later this year.

An overview of the added functionality:

 * New Kernel
 
 * New IDE devices
 
 * New Picasso96/Graphics and monitor drivers
 
 * Warp3D V51 (Including support for Voodoo 3, Voodoo 4/5, and Radeon
7x00)
 
 * WarpUp support
 
 * New Shell and updated shell commands
 
 * Update reaction classes and new intuition
 
 * New Roadshow TCP/IP stack and updated eth3com.device
 
 * All new version of the Sirion USB stack and usbprinter.device
 
 * Updated datatypes
 
 * Updated Preferences programs
 
 * Updated Locale
 
 * And much more
 
 Registered users of Amiga OS 4.0 can download update 3 from Hyperion
Entertainment's website.
 
 Hyperion Entertainment and the Amiga OS 4.0 development team wish to
thank you for your continued patience and support which we hope will
be rewarded in a few months time.
 
http://www.hyperion-entertainment.biz/
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        A M I G A ,   R I V E R D E E P   A G R E E M E N T 

June 15, 2005 - San Francisco, CA

 Riverdeep and Amiga, Inc. have announced a development and marketing
distribution agreement making it possible for several of the award
winning Educational Edmark(R) titles to be created for the mobile
market using AmigaAnywhere? technology.
 
 The Riverdeep Edmark titles offer the very best in interactive
education and adventure. These award winning titles will offer
exciting animations, compelling stories, and hours of fun.
 
 Amiga, Inc. developed one of the first computing platforms used in
the education and entertainment markets, and is looking forward to
continuing this role by introducing these titles to a new market and
audience.

 "Amiga is a world recognized brand and a leading technology company,"
said Damian Dale, Riverdeep's Director of Licensing and Business
Development. "By using their AmigaAnywhere? platform, they will be
able to create and offer these Riverdeep Edmark titles to a whole new
audience and introduce children to a new way of learning."
 
 "When Amiga began looking for an education partner to create new
offerings in the mobile space, we immediately thought of Riverdeep and
Edmark," said Bill McEwen, Amiga's Vice President, Product and Market
Development. "Now parents will be able to offer new choices in mobile
entertainment, ensuring that their children not only enjoy what they
are playing, but learn something as well"
 
 Amiga will be bringing the following titles to the AmigaAnywhere?
platform: Mighty Math Astro Algebra, Mighty Math® Cosmic Geometry?,
Mighty Math Calculating Crew, Mighty Math Number Heroes, MindTwister
Math, Strategy Challenge Collection 2 In the Wild, Strategy Challenge
Collection 1 Around the World, Thinkin' Things Collection 1 Toony the
Loons Lagoon, Thinkin' Things Collection 2, Thinkin' Things Collection
3 and Thinkin' Things Sky Island Mysteries. These titles are expected
to ship this year and pricing has not yet been established. In
addition to mobile devices, AmigaAnywhere technology will allow the
applications to be run on Set-top boxes, Personal Media Players, and
other digital devices.

About Riverdeep:

 Riverdeep Inc., A Limited Liability Company, with offices in San
Francisco, California, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dublin (Ireland) and
Manchester (United Kingdom) is a leading publisher of interactive
products focusing on education and personal productivity for the
consumer and school markets. For more information, call toll free
888-242-6747 or visit www.riverdeep.net

http://www.riverdeep.net.
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    A M I G A A N Y W H E R E   R U N S   O N   U 3   D R I V E S 

 June 7, 2005 - U3 Global Developer Summit, San Jose, CA Amiga Inc.
today announced that AmigaAnywhere is compatible with the U3 smart
drive computing platform. Consumers will be able to play graphically
rich, high-performance Amiga content on U3 powered USB smart drives.
AmigaAnywhere is the digital environment that enables and simplifies
access to the same applications from a variety of devices. Amiga lets
consumers enjoy rich-media content featuring extraordinary
audio-visual quality, high-speed interactive gaming, education and
entertainment, all playing on a diverse universe of devices. For the
last four years, Amiga?s proprietary technology has transformed
removable memory cards into virtual drives, seamlessly launching,
running and removing the memory footprint of applications on wired and
wireless devices.
 
 Consumers can now enjoy this same mobility, ease-of-use and security
by running AmigaAnywhere on U3 powered USB smart drives when they ship
this fall. "By supporting the U3 smart drive computing platform, we
take yet another step forward in making it easy for consumers to
instantly and safely run all types of content on their favorite
devices," said Garry Hare, Amiga president and chief executive
officer. "And by supporting the U3 smart drive computing platform we
have instant access to leading USB smart drive manufacturers and tens
of millions of USB smart drive users."
 
 "Amiga is a natural fit for the U3 smart drive computing platform
since many consumers have the desire to mobilize their rich,
graphical, high-performance, premium sound applications" said U3 Chief
Technology Officer Gideon Shaanan. "Amiga adds unique value to the
whole U3 community, by quickly enabling a tremendous catalog of
multimedia titles."
 
 U3 is a trademark of U3 LLC. All other brand and product names are or
may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services
of, their respective owners.
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    N A F   B A R B E Q U E   P A R T Y   I S   S C H E D U L E D 

25 June, 2005

 NAF - Norsk amigaforening (English: Norwegian Amiga Association) - a
Norwegian Amiga user group acknowledged by Amiga Inc. founded in 1992
by me (Tommy R. Strand), is holding its annual NAF Barbeque Party
(since 2003).
 
 Mainly for all members of NAF, but others, especially from the Amiga
platform community are most welcome. For the first time this year, we
have people travelling almost 1000 km to the venue, and at the moment
we have 11 people that have registered. From past experiences, we are
expecting this number to rise to about 20.
 
 Please visit NAF web site at http://naf.as/ for more information
(sorry, Norwegian only). We DO welcome foreigners, especially for
instance those who we are in contact with on the EFnet and
AmigaworldNET IRC networks.
 
 Remember: This is a party with a high level of decency and respect
in the usual manners and is already known to be a positive part of the
existing Amiga IRC community.
 
 Don't forget: Time: Saturday, 2nd of July, 2005. Place: The city of
Mo i Rana, Nordland, Norway (The city beneath the Arctic Circle!)
 
 If you wish, on Sunday we will have a drive by car around in the
community to collect you. Rana is afaik Norway's 4th largest community
in area, and can give you lots of positive experiences of both nature
and friendly people.
 
 YOU are MOST WELCOME!

Read more (sorry, Norwegian only) here:
http://naf.as/index.php?side=pressemeldinger&vis=516

Kind regards

Tommy R. Strand
Marketing Director
Norsk amigaforening
http://naf.as
http://amigaguiden.info


 SPECIAL IMMEDIATE INFORMATION RELEASE for AmiWest 2005, July 23rd,
2005 in Sacramento, California! Our webpage at www.sacc.org/amiwest is
being updated with all the current show information. We encourage you
to visit our site to see the rest of the current information.

Amiga Forever,

Sacramento Amiga Computer Club
AmiWest 2005 Committee
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                A M I W E S T   L A T E S T   N E W S 

29 June, 2005

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RICHARD DRUMMOND TO SPEAK AT AMIWEST 2005 BANQUET!
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 By special arrangement, Amiga OS4 developer Richard Drummond will
present the banquet address at the AmiWest 2005 Saturday evening
banquet! He is our **surprise** speaker this year! Here is a bio of
Richard (courtesy of AmiWest committee member Charles Pickrell) to
help you get better acquainted!
 
 Richard, our guest speaker, is playing a dual role at AmiWest this
year. He is representing himself and the excellent work that he has
contributed to E-UAE (the Amiga emulation system for
Unix/Linux/Mac/Amiga) and to the AmigaOS4 port of SDL (the popular
cross-platform game-programming toolkit), as well as representing
Hyperion Entertainment and the OS4 project. But first we would like to
share a little bit about Richard's background.
 
 The son of a police officer Richard grew up in Scotland and due to
his father's line of work moved often, having lived in many parts of
the country including Dingwall, Ullapool, Orkney and Glasgow (where he
studied Electronics and Software Engineering at the University of
Glasgow).
 
 In 1984 at the age of ten Richard got his first "real" computer, a
Commodore64 and began teaching himself to program in BASIC, and later
in assembly language. He claims he never wrote any C64 software of
significance, but rather used the platform to cut his teeth on
computing in general. Later in 1988 Richard moved up to the Amiga 500
and began programming in earnest on the Amiga OS platform.

 Richard's Amiga interest grew so much that at one point he began
writing for popular Amiga magazines CU Amiga and Amiga Format. When
Amiga Format stopped publishing their magazine Richard fell away from
the Amiga scene having lost interest in a "dying platform." He then
turned to Unix and Linux platforms to fill the computing void left by
Amiga. During this time, Richard met his future wife, an American, in
the UK and they settled down together in England."

 Sorry, but that's all we have time for today. However, more details
about Richard and his OS 4 involvement will be forthcoming. Have you
ordered your AmiWest tickets yet? Just go to
sacc.org/amiwest/press05-3.html, print it out, fill in the form and
send it in. You'll want to be there!

!!!!  

So remember,

 AmiWest 2005 is rolling! The facility is reserved and the vendors are
notified! Keep watching for these releases and tell everyone that you
know - the Amiga and the Amiga community is alive and well!

!!!!

AmiWest 2005 will be at the

Clarion Hotel Cal Expo
2600 Auburn Blvd.
Sacramento California 95821

Reservations Phone 1-800-424-6423 toll-free (local 1-916-487-7600)
and by snail-mail at the above address.

 Please watch our website at www.sacc.org/amiwest for continuing news
and information regarding AmiWest 2005. We are on target for another
improved show! See you there!
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           A M I G B G   F O R   F U N   I N   S W E D E N 

24 Jun, 2005 

 The Swedish Amiga fair AmiGBG is so full it's about to pop! Still we
keep'em comin'. Announcing the popular Showcase
 
http://web.kicker.nu/amigbg/showcase/showcase.asp?lang=uk 

 with applications for Amigans demonstrated by Amigans. And the brand
new Community Section

http://web.kicker.nu/amigbg/community/community.asp?lang=uk

 where the true heroes present thir work. Among the new exhibitors
is the author of Tales of Tamar. And Cloanto is now a proud sponsor of
AmiGBG 2005.

www.amigbg.com 

 In the Community Section of AmiGBG 2005 you will meet the people
who's sweat, blood and tears have kept the Amiga Community together
during rough times. Represented here are sites like the UK based
AmigaWorld, Swedens oldest community site Amigarulez.com, newcomers
like safir.amigaos.se and Many more! We have red sites, blue sites,
clean sites, sweet sites and above all, Amiga sites!

Check out the growing list on our website NOW!

AmiGBG Showcase

http://web.kicker.nu/amigbg/showcase/showcase.asp?lang=uk

 is our attempt of putting the missing pieces together. Here we will
give developers who do not have the opportunity to attend the fair the
chance to show off their products. How about PageStream 5.0,
AudioEvolution4, Frying Pan, Horny, pegXmac and Many more!
 
 Some products will be avalible at special *Fair prices! *Don't miss
this great opportunity to save lots of $$ on great Amiga software!
 
 
Among the new exhibitors is the creator of Tales of Tamar

http://www.tamar.net/ 

- Martin Wolf.

 We would also like to welcome Cloanto as an official sponsor of
AmiGBG 2005!


 At the fair you have the chance to win the BRAND NEW Amiga Forever
2005! http://www.amigaforever.com/

which comes bundeled with TWO DVDs!

AmiGBG - Can You say "Yiiiiippieeee!"
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            N E W   B O O K   O N   R E X X   I S   O U T 

Rexx Programmer's Reference         
by Howard Fosdick

ISBN: 0-7645-7996-7
February 2005
720 pages

US $39.99
    
 * Originally developed for mainframes but highly portable across
platforms-from servers to desktops to handhelds-Rexx is an easy yet
powerful scripting language that's widely used for rapid application
development
 
 * Covers Rexx interpreters for specialized functions-object-oriented,
mainframe, and handheld
 
 * There are 8 different free Rexx interpreters optimized for
different platforms and uses. This book shows how to use them all.
 
 * Shows how to script for GUIs, databases, web servers, XML, and
other interfaces.
 
 * Details how to make the best use of Rexx tools and interfaces, with
examples for both Linux and Windows
 
 * Includes a tutorial with lots of examples to help people get up and
running

http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/productCd-0764579967.html
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         A M I G A S Y S   P A R T   2   F O R   W I N   U A E 

 4 June, 2005 

 After 4 months of working we released now the second part of AmigaSYS
, with many new features and a lot of bugfixes , and this is the first
and only pre installed OS for WinUAE which is based on AmigaOS 3.9!!!
 
 AmigaSYS is a pre-installed full Amiga OS for WinUAE, like AIAB. For
install, you need a valid KickstartROM 3.0/3.1, and the image file of
Workbench and Extras Disk 3.0/3.1.
 
 The new AmigaSYS 2.0 needs KickROM 3.1 and optional a valid OS 3.9 CD
for full features

http://amigasys.fw.hu/
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       P A P Y R U S   P R E - O R D E R S   N O W   T A K E N 

16 June, 2005     

 AmigaOS4 Preorder has started. A minimum of 60 orders and the
promised developer system are necessary to make this port happen. The
porting work starts when these terms are fulfilled, after this
customer will receive Papyrus 68k version which will be replaced
(download) with the native OS4 Version later.

https://ssl.kundenserver.de/order.titan-computer.com/mosshop.html
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     A M I P O D D E R   V E R S I O N   1   I S   F R E E W A R E

11 June, 2005

 AmiPodder version 1.0 has just been released. AmiPodder is a utility
for subscribing to podcasts (a regularly published radio programme,
usually in MP3 format) on your Amiga. AmiPodder will download each
podcast as it is published and then you can listen to the programme on
your Amiga or transfer it to a portable music player.

 Podcasting is a new Internet service that is just starting to take
off. Currently most podcasts are produced by amateurs but large media
organisations including the BBC are beginning to offer some of their
programmes as podcasts too. Recently podcasting got a big credibility
boost when Apple announced that podcast support will be included in
the next version of iTunes. With AmiPodder, Amiga users are able to
take advantage of this new technology right from the start!
 
 AmiPodder is freeware and version 1.0 can be downloaded from:
http://www.seal-amiga.co.uk/robert/amipodder/index.html
 
 I'm continuing to develop AmiPodder to improve the user interface and
to support podcasting standards as they evolve, if you'd like to be
part of making this software better, please join the AmiPodder mailing
list linked on the site.
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                   W I N U A E   I S   A T   1 . 0 ! 

5 June, 2005 

 Tony Wilen has released the latest version of his continuing efforts
with the Classic Amiga emulator - WinUAE (1.0).


Fixes for this release include:

 * Fullscreen resolution reset if selected display mode's height was
larger than width
 
 * Sprite emulation improvements (Battle Squadron missing high score
character and Bubba'n'Stix background mountains)
 
 * Directory filesystem file/directory datestamp modification if
file/directory's protection flags or comment was modified (broke in
0.9.92)
 
 * Picasso96 RAM autoconfig area memory size error (16M or larger was
always marked as 8M)
 
 * proper AmigaForever ROM path autodetection
 
 * AMOS filesystem freeze (workaround only, proper fix unknown)
 
 * Kickstart 1.2 was not autodetected (wrong CRC32)
 
 * improved JIT direct access memory area allocation (fixes JIT direct
mode problems with some Pentium 4 or NForce 3/4 boards)
 
 * In some cases all priority-levels were changed to "Above Normal"
 
 * bsdsocket crash fix
 
 * Fixed swapped audio channels
 
 * Picasso96 compatibility problem with Directory Opus 4.12

 * Random crash fixed while using external drive sounds or while
loading new configuration on the fly
 
 * Emulation fixes (Shinobi, Double Dragon 2.., broke in 0.9.91)

New Features include:

 * Catweasel Windows driver support, MK1/MK3/MK4 supported (MK4 direct
floppy support and Amiga mouse support coming later)
 
 * Nero Burning ROM ASPI is automatically used if Nero is installed
(better compatibility than Adaptec ASPI)
 
 * Arcadia (Amiga 500 based Arcade system) game support
 
 * Disk swapper-panel improved (path edit box and history added)
 
 * bsdsocket emulation does not ask for internet connection if
requested address is localhost
 
 * Emulation improvements (some Digital's demos, demo Tenebra
partially fixed, 3v Demo by Cave, New Year Demo by Phoenix, game
Sci-fi graphics corruption, Battle Squadron highscores, Bubba'n'Stix
background etc...)
 
 * Sound sample ripper
 
 * Improved debugger

You can find this version on the Official WinUAE homepage.
http://www.winuae.net/
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Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Event: fYaNICA #12 on 23. July 2005 (Hungary)
Because of the 20th Amiga anniversary on 23th the 12th Fyanica-Party will take place in Budapest which is the biggest annual Amiga event in Hungary. Different Amiga models will be shown as well as the AmigaOne and the Pegasos. Fans of the Demoscene can enjoy Amiga demos on the large picture screen. A very nostalgic ambiente will be planned. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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01.Jul.2005
shad (ANF)


Amiga emulator: UAE for the Sony PSP
Christophe Thibault has ported the Amiga emulator UAE on the Handheld game console PSP ("PlayStation Portable") from Sony (screenshot). According to our reader 'shad' the speed is still rather low (ca. 70%) but the compatibility seems to be quite high.

In order to use this emulator a firmware of the version 1.00 or 1.50 is required. Please note that the programm pushes up the processor rate to 333 MHz.

Download: pspuae-0.2.zip (1,2 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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01.Jul.2005
Takeo Sato (e-mail)


Codex Alpe Adria 2005: Update
This is a short update on Codex Alpe Adria 2005, which takes place over the week-end in Udine, Italy (just outside Venice). The annual alternative, creative and retrocomputing event is organized by Cloanto's Italian software development group and their friends.

Last-Minute specials:

It is still a great time for taking advantage of last-minute offers. Return flights from the UK and from Germany are shown to be available for under EUR 100.00. Rooms are confirmed available at the event hotel, at the special rate of EUR 44.00 per night.

The weather forecast for the week-end indicates a slightly cloudy but otherwise sunny weather (no rain).

individual Computers and yellowTAB:

Jens Schönfeld (individual Computers) was the first guest to arrive. He will present the C-One, including the latest Schneider CPC, Turbo CPC, VIC-20 and C64 cores. He will also show us the MMC64 and other C64 add-ons (video playback and web browsing on C64, etc.), and the Catweasel MK4 controller (e.g. integration with Amiga Forever 2005).

Furthermore, Christian Celona from yellowTAB will bring the latest updates on Zeta (the successor of BeOS), of which version 1.0 has just been released. (snx)

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01.Jul.2005
AmiATLAS News


APC&TCP: Full distribution of AmiATLAS
AmiATLAS announces that from now on APC&TCP manages the full distribution and support of AmiATLAS. In the Online-Shop of APC&TCP there are now two different versions of AmiATLAS:

Premium Edition
AmiATLAS full version with high-quality colour CD and packaging including free updates via email for one year. As a maximum two free replacement CDs are possible if the old CD is sent. This offer for the dispatch is limited to Germany, other countries on request!

Budget Edition
AmiATLAS full version with normal CD and packaging WITHOUT free updates! These are available over the usual update procedure (sending in the old CD and a payment of (currently) 8,-, have a look at the Online-Shop). No free updates via email (only if there are serious problems!).

From now on you can access the support homepage of AmiATLAS only under http://www.amiatlas.de. All other mirrors will be not updated any longer and canceled soon!

If you are interested in getting news and updates to AmiATLAS in future the subscribe the APC&TCP newsletter with a simple mail to newsletter-subscribe@apc-tcp.de. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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01.Jul.2005
AROS-Exec (forum)


Browser support for AROS (Mosaic)
With a TCP/IP stack existing meanwhile, Adam Olivier now compiled the browser Mosaic with support for AROSTCP, allowing AROS users to access websites online for the first time (screenshot). (snx)

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01.Jul.2005
David Brunet (ANF)


New article on Obligement website (French)
The following articles have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two month:

  • Report: Amiga at NASA
  • Point of view: the power race
  • Hardware: switcher D-Link DKVM-2k
  • Tutorial: use of the mouse (for novices)
  • Quizz of may/june 2005
  • History of the demogroup Profecy
  • Tutorial: use of MorphOS and Pegasos (Update)
  • Misc reviews from the magazine Amigazette in 2002 et 2003:
    • AmCurrency
    • Amiga Base
    • AmiTimidity
    • Bax Player
    • BlitzPass
    • CyberShow
    • ENote
    • MahjonggTiles
    • PlayGUI
    • Rainboot 3
    • Report+
    • Sample Manager
    • Start Menu
    • Start Me Up
    • SysLock
    • TK Player
    • TSGUI
    • Visual Guide
    • Easy Player
    • Image Convert
    • Jano Editor
    • MPImage
    • SID4Amiga
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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30.Jun.2005
Vinnny (ANF)


Demo-Party: DiHALT 2005 in Russia
The demo party DiHALT 2005 takes place August 13/14 in Dzerzhinsk (Oblast Nizhny Novgorod). DiHALT'2005 is an event for programmers, musicians, graphic artists, Web designers and other creative professions. The main platforms are Amiga/Pegasos, ZX-Spectrum and PC. If you have questions, please contact Vinnny. (snx)

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29.Jun.2005
(ANF)


Codex Alpe Adria: New schedule for the show
On July the 2nd 2005 the yearly Codex Alpe Adria show will be held in Udine/Italy. Read in the following the latest schedule for the show or visit Codex Alpe Adria.

  • 10:30 - M. C. Battilana of Cloanto:
    • Welcome
    • Presentation of Codex Alpe Adria 2005
    • Call for Debate on Future Editions
  • 11:30 - Jens Schönfeld of Individual Computers:
    • Presentation of the C-One, including the latest Schneider CPC, Turbo CPC, VIC-20 and C64 cores
    • Presentation of the MMC64 (video playback on C64, etc.)
    • Presentation of the Catweasel MK4 controller (integration with Amiga Forever 2005, etc.)
  • 12:30 - Christian Celona of yellowTab:
    • Presentation of Zeta 1.0 (evolution of BeOS, released on June 9th, 2005)
  • 13:00 - Break
  • 13:30 - Dario Soccoli:
    • Presentation of the latest version of AmigaOS 4.0
  • 14:00 - Max Tretene of Soft3:
  • 14:30 - Andrea Maniero and Mauro Nardotto:
    • Presentation of the latest Pegasos hardware and MorphOS operating system
  • 15:00 - Break
  • 16:00 - Open Microphone
  • 17:00 - Demo Compo Winners Announced
  • 17:30 - M. C. Battilana of Cloanto:
    • Presentation of Amiga Forever 2005
    • Closing Notes
Personal Presentations

All the speakers of the scheduled sessions will be available throughout the day for personal presentations. This especially applies to the case where the language of the session was not what you hoped for, in which case we are at your disposal to repeat, translate and assist as desired.

Additional presentations will be held at the various computing desks located at the venue.
  • Several demo composers will present their creations (list to be published)
  • Enrico Vidale and his Virtual Works staff will show AmigaOne and Pegasos hardware running various operating systems
  • Joachim Thomas of Light Elements Software will present the latest AmigaAnywhere cross-platform software on various PDAs
  • Federico will present his project for a GameCube emulator written in Objective C for Mac OS X
International Audience

As in previous years, visitors and attendees have pre-registered from several neighboring and more distant countries, including Austria, Slovenia, Germany, Denmark, Finland and the UK. We encourage everybody to take this opportunity to build bridges and make new friends. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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29.Jun.2005
Sylvio K. (ANF)


Soms3D AmigaOS4 version available
The "Anime Development for Amiga Team" (ADA) has put the latest OS4 alpha version of their 3D engine Soms3D to the Intuitionbase as well as some screen shots.

The new engine requires AmigaOS4 and update 3 as well as a Warp3D compatible gfx card (Voodoo, Radeon 7000, 7500). A WarpOS version will follow soon. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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29.Jun.2005
MorphOS-News.de (Webseite)


Genesi: Website for the upgrade program for Pegasos I owners online (2nd Update)
For Genesi's announced upgrade from Pegasos I/G3 boards to Pegasos II/G4 for EUR 200 (amiga-news.de reported) one can now apply for at the title link. The program is available only to 1st hand owners of a Pegasos I.

If you don't know how to prove this you may contact Genesi and the isuues wille be worked out together.

Also required is the MAC address of the internal Ethernet port. How to read out that is deocumented in the manual of your regarding driver or network stack of your system.

Please note also that the shipping cost for sending your Pegasos I is on your side. Alternativly you can keep your Pegasos I for an additional fee of EUR 100.

The Pegasos II will be send immediately afer veryfication of your data and receipt of the Pegasos I board

The send back Pegasos I boards must be fully intact and will be endowed to the Debian SkoleLinux project for education facilities. Please take care while packing the board, malfunctioning or otherwise flawed boards will be excluded from the upgrade program.

Update: (18:21, 30.06.05, snx)
Customers without a credit card may send an e-mail to sales@pegasosppc.com, according to a comment by Genesi's management at MorphOS-News.de.

Update 2: (09:39, 01.07.05, snx)
As Genesi announce in a comment at MorphZone, this time-limited upgrade offer will end July 10. All orders received so far would have been shipped already. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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29.Jun.2005
Steffen Nitz (ANF)


SN-EuroArchiv V2.00 / Die Kleine Gilde V0.705
The programs "SN-EuroArchiv" and "Die Kleine Gilde II" by Steffen Nitz have been updated. Input fields were adjusted for MorphOS, there is now no special version of "Die Kleine Gilde II" needed for MorphOS any longer. Additionally some backgrounf graphics have been replaced. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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29.Jun.2005



AROS: Support for Prism2 based WLAN cards
Thanks to Neil Cafferkey AROS supports Prism2 based WLAN cards now. A driver for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS4 and MorphOS by the same author is also vailable (amiga-news.de reported). AROS supports also 3com and NE2000 cards. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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29.Jun.2005
scene news network (ANF)


Demoszene: Breakpoint 2005 party report by the PC scene diskmag Hugi
Following the title link there is a pictured English report by the PC scene diskmag Hugi from the demo scene party Breakpoint 2005 available. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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28.Jun.2005



Cloanto: Amiga Forever 2005 soon available!
Amiga Forever 2005, the leading Windows-based Amiga-emulator, will be announced shortly by Italian developer Cloanto. There will be a Premium Edition on two DVDs including special video material as well as a Plus Edition with bonus stuff. Customers who purchased version 6.0 within a month before the release of the new version will be eligible to receive a free upgrade. (nba)

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28.Jun.2005
IOSPIRIT


IOSPIRIT has moved
IOSPIRITs move to a new building is now almost complete and from now on should only have minor to no effects on their availability and productivity. The developer and publisher is now back to normal. Their new contact data is now available in the imprint of the picturearena.com. The Amiga-pages are be kept online at http://amiga.iospirit.de/. (ps) (Translation: nba)

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28.Jun.2005
padrino (ANF)


MUI: Update of texteditor.mcc to version 15.13
Th eunder open source license published MUI class texteditor.mcc is available in version 15.13 following the tile link. The update fixes some bugs of the predecssor version only.

The archive contains native versionen for MorphOS and AmigaOS 4 also and is mandatory for the latest YAM developer version. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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28.Jun.2005
Anton Reinauer (E-Mail)


Status update: AmiZilla- and GTK-wrapper project
Ok, many people seem to think the AmiZilla project is dead, and with good reason, as there's been no information released in a long time. So I thought I'd put out an update, so people can see things are happening!

Ok, firstly, the NSPR (Netscape Portable Runtime) is basically functionally complete - this is a base Operating System abstraction layer (for things like TCP/IP etc). XPCOM (Cross Platform Component Object Model) seems to be mostly functioning - it allows different components in Mozilla to message each other, and access files on any platform, etc.

A couple of people have had the code compiling with these layers, producing an exe of around 500M in size (with debug info), which ran and exited cleanly, but requires an X11 server as a screen device! At the moment, we have switched from a static huge exe, to a library version (a2ixlibrary), but we haven't been able to do a complete build with this yet.

We're creating some helpful documentation on what files are needed, and how to compile an exe etc, along with some much needed info on how to set up a Cross-Compiling environment on Linux and Windows. This is very important, as unless you have a Dragon accelerator, you can't compile AmiZilla on a 68k-based Amiga, as they physically just don't have enough memory to compile it (you need 256-512M memory at least, and we won't even go into how long it takes to compile 200M of source code, on a 68k...)! It should be possible to compile it on an AmigaOne, or Pegasos though.

But more interesting, a couple of people are working on a GTK->MUI(Zune)/Reaction layer, primarily for the AmiZilla project, but it will be able to be used for other GTK apps too.

It's likely, we will be looking at getting Firefox running first (it's only a simple compiler switch, to compile either Firefox or Mozilla), then maybe the whole Mozilla suite if people want it (probably unnecessary though).

We're looking at getting it running on 68k/MUI first, and hopefully the 68k exe should run on AmigaOS4 and MorphOS as is.

Then we can look at MorphOS/OS4/AROS native ports. With a MorphOS port we may need a compile of the latest version of GCC ie: 3.x, to be able to compile AmiZilla though.

The GTK->MUI/Reaction layer will be done as a separate project, to make it easier to support multiple OSes (Amiga 3.x, OS4, MorphOS and AROS), but the initial target will be to get Firefox running on AmigaOS 3.x.

Also, an AROS bounty has been put up for a GTK->MUI(Zune) layer, so that it can then be easily ported to any other Amiga Operating System (if not already done). Also, the MorphZone bounty program is considering, either starting their own GTK->MUI wrapper bounty, or pointing it towards the AROS one.

The GTK layer will be done as two shared libs - glib.library and gtk.library.

So far, GTK->MUI seems fairly straightforward, as MUI is quite flexible, and fairly similar in structure to GTK- these both use an Object Model (ie: as in using objects like Windows, Buttons etc, not as in C++/Java Object-Orientated programming!), and GTK does not poke directly into it's data structures, but uses functions for object manipulation.

We've put together a basic working example using GTK calls, of initialising GTK (really an MUI call), opening a Window with a Button on it, closing the Window, and shutting the system (MUI) down. We've also compiled the GTK dev-kit examples helloworld and helloworld2, without any modification to their sources.

One minor problem is that MUI gives back a pointer when it's initialised, but GTK doesn't, so we'll have to save that pointer somehow, probably in per-app data, saved within the library structure itself.

At Sourceforge.net already screenshots have been published, showing the GTK-MUI wrapper under AmigaOS 3.1, AROS and MorphOS. Also demo code and compiled exes (68k) can be found there (Download, 33 KB).

GDK is an OS independent video abstraction layer for GTK - GTK makes it's calls to GDK, which then calls the underlying system (in Linux it's X-Windows). We haven't looked into it fully yet, but we shouldn't have to worry about GDK, as only GTK calls it, and Firefox shouldn't make any direct calls to it - and as we're replacing GTK calls with MUI/Reaction ones, GDK won't be called!

More of a challenge will be GLib- we're currently researching how much Firefox uses it, as some of GLib is very simple, and would just take a recompile, but other stuff like events, signals and threads could be more problematic, and may require replacing with Reaction/MUI calls.

More developers are always welcome to join us - the more resources we have, the quicker this will get done! :) To join the AmiZilla list, either send an e-mail or go to the website (but you need to create a Yahoo account to do it this way). Also, donations to help attract more developers, are most welcome too! :)

Anton Reinauer
AmiZilla project (snx)

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26.Jun.2005
AROS-Exec (Forum)


Team AROS: Bounty #32 initiated for an ACPI subsystem component (Phase I)
AROS Bounty #32, an ACPI subsystem component for AROS, has been initiated by Randy Vice. The main objective of Phase I is just to identify availability of ACPI on a system, parse the system ACPI tables and configure AROS's subsystems with the retrieved information.

The actual Power Management is not considered part of this bounty, but will be addressed by Phase II. (snx)

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25.Jun.2005
Thorsten Mampel, 1.Vorsitzender ACH (ANF)


Lan party of the ACH
The public LAN party of the ACH in Hamburg-Berne is going. Right now, there are an estimated 15 persons there.

All systems are represented. OS4 with its latest update v3 fills with enthusiasm with unbelievable fast booting. On PegasosII systems is MacOnLinux deeply tested. UAE runs on the most different PCs and laptops.

Via a Bluetooth access point is UAE installed on PalmOS and PocketPCs.

The party will be going until the late night. Everybody who wants to come is very welcome. Address on our homepage! (ps) (Translation: wk)

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25.Jun.2005
Amiga.org (website)


Event: AmiWest 2005 only one-day
As the Sacramento Amiga Computer Club announces will the AmiWest 2005 because of financial reasons be held for only one day, this being on July, 23rd. The entrance fee will be reduced accordingly. In addition is a special guest announced to appear at the banquet. (snx) (Translation: wk)

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25.Jun.2005



Amiga Developers Network opened
Under the title link has today the new developers portal AmiDevNet opened its doors. The organizers want to expand the portal depending on the needs and are therefore thankful for suggestions or contribution of the visitors.

The website is dedicated to the hardware and software development for the classic Amiga computer. It is meant to be the place to go for users and developers to exchange ideas and to realize new projects. The aim is to support the Amiga with innovative developments. (snx) (Translation: wk)

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25.Jun.2005
Mikey_C (ANF)


Amiga Samba: "Idiot's Guide" now for AmigaOS 3 and Genesis
The English "Amiga Samba Idiots Guide", explaining the setup of the network software Samba under AmigaOS, does now also consider AmigaOS 3 and the TCP/IP stack Genesis. (cg) (Translation: wk)

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24.Jun.2005
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


Papyrus: Example document demonstrates Formel-Editor
Carsten Siegner demonstrates with an example document the Formel-editor which Papyrus contains.

Download: formel.lha (2 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Jun.2005



MorphOS: Bulldog 1.3
Rupert Hausbergers programm BullDog downloads files with the help of its nzb-descriptions from the Usenet. V1.3 fixes some bugs of the previous version.

Download: bulldog-morphos.lha (189 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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