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16.Jun.2006
Martin 'DaFreak' Rebentisch (ANF)


Music: Liquid Skies records #093
Yesterday the scene groupe Liquid Skies published its 93th musicpack. It contains a track of the Russian musician Alex East who composes in the kind of instrumental/chillout. DaFreak created the corresponding cover.

Title: Spring Time
Musician: Alex East
Style: Instrumental
Play time: 4:26
Format: MP3, 128 kbps Size: 4,2 MB

The file is zipped and can be downloaded under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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16.Jun.2006
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Burning software: Bugtracker for Frying Pan
The author of the CD-/DVD-burning software Frying Pan has stablished a bugtracker. If you want to report a bug with the help of this system please register before to make the developer possible to ask back. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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16.Jun.2006
Dietmar Eilert (ANF)


C/C++ Update for Cubic IDE
An update of the C/C++-paket has been published for Cubic-users. The current version of vbcc was integrated as well as all MorphOS SDK updates (gcc, binutils, libnix, libgcc). Furthermore the update of the syntax-highlightings and the update of the OS4-SDKs with the latest lua, abc-shell and make.

Installation hint for MorphOS-users:
  • gcc 2.95.4 has been deleted from the paket because version 2.95.3 is more up-to-date (sic)

Installation hint for OS4 developer:
  • You have to put the complete OS4 51.22 SDK [153 MB] to the contribution directory before starting installing. Otherwise the paket will be not installed (OS4) or without Cross-Compilation-possibility (other platforms).
  • This version of the C/C++-paket can not use an installed SDK: It has to be installed by Cubic. Thus you get a better and cleaner installation as before.

Attention: This is a beta version. The AmigaOS-3- and MorphOS-site were tested but the AmigaOS-4-site not.

Link to the C/C++-paket: Download (nba) (Translation: dr)

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15.Jun.2006
Markus Weiss (ANF)


AROS: Snapshot of the PPC version ("Linux hosted")
The team AROS provides a precompiled snapshot of the PPC port. It is a "Linux hosted"-version, so Linux incl. X-Window-System and glibc-2.3.4. is required. Further requirements are available in the documentation.

The distribution must be extracted in any folder and can be started through the shell then. To do so you go to the subdirectory AROS and execute "./aros". (cg) (Translation: tz)

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15.Jun.2006
os4depot.net (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: Sound card driver Envy24HT 5.8
Davy Wentzler has released an update of his sound card driver for models like Terratec Aureon Sky and Space, Phase28, M-Audio Revolution 7.1 and ESI Juli. (cg) (Translation: tz)

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14.Jun.2006
amigafuture.de (website)


Online banking: Status update for proBanking
Sven Dröge gives a brief view of the current state of his online banking tool proBanking: The modules for signation and encryption of messages is virtually finished. The next step - the integartion into proBanking - will last probably two months. (cg) (Translation: ub)

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14.Jun.2006
Michael C. Battilana (E-Mail)


Cloanto: "Amiga Voices" project prolonged
Cloanto's project "Amiga Voices", which gives users the ability to tell their individual Amiga story or anecdote regarding this maschine (amiga-news.de reported), has been prolonged in time and lasts minimum until June the 30th now. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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12.Jun.2006
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


MorphOS: Python 2.4.2
Guillaume "Yomgui" Roguez released a update of his MorphOS-Port of the programing language Python. (cg) (Translation: aj)

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12.Jun.2006
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


MorphOS: Raytracer Blender 2.37a-20060610
Guillaume "Yomgui" Roguez provide a new version of his Raytracing program Blender, Python will be required. (cg) (Translation: aj)

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12.Jun.2006
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Text-Editor: Demoversion of CygnusEd 5
APC&TCP provide the demoversion of his legendary Amiga-Texteditor CygnusEd 5 for the platforms AmigaOS4 and 68k/MorphOS online. (nba) (Translation: aj)

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12.Jun.2006



Aminet-Uploads until 11.06.2006
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
MOSNet-Base.lha        comm/tcp    753K  MOS  TCP/IP stack for MorphOS - core componen
MOSNet-SDK.lha         comm/tcp    874K  MOS  TCP/IP stack for MorphOS - software dev 
MOSNet-Server.lha      comm/tcp    714K  MOS  TCP/IP stack for MorphOS - server compon
MOSNet-src.lha         comm/tcp    2.3M  GEN  TCP/IP stack for MorphOS - sources
vbcc_PosixLib.lha      dev/c       272K  VAR  POSIX compatibility library for vbcc
man2txt-1.00b-bin.lha  dev/gg       63K  MOS  UNIX manual page to plain text converter
man2txt-1.00b-src.lha  dev/gg        2K  GEN  UNIX man page to plain text converter, s
abc-shell.lha          dev/misc    310K  OS4  Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell
spatch.lha             dev/misc      9K  VAR  Clone of SAS Binary File Patcher w/src
Bomber.lha             game/2play   79K  MOS  Don's Bomberman clone
Africa.lha             game/board  195K  OS3  Conversion of 3W boardgame
A2Zee.lha              game/wb      33K  OS3  Put the letters in the right order!
AlphaQuad.lha          game/wb      34K  OS3  Place the letters in the right order!
Bipaire.lha            game/wb      42K  OS3  Find all the pairs of tiles in this game
Building.lha           game/wb      34K  OS3  Turn off all the lights in the building!
Cellz.lha              game/wb      35K  OS3  Get more cells than your opponent!
ColorBarr.lha          game/wb      37K  OS3  Line-up coloured tiles!
PentA.lha              game/wb      37K  OS3  Place all the shapes in a rectangular ar
SkinsArtKanoid.lha     game/wb     281K  GEN  Extra skins for ArTKanoid
EVVelazquez.lha        gfx/show    292K  OS3  Show,play,copy,move, etc. pics + sounds
mijfif.lha             gfx/show     58K  VAR  JFIF,BMP,ILBM,ZX.SCR viewer
AmiArcadia.lha         misc/emu     80K  OS3  Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator
AGReader.tar.bz2       misc/unix    52K  GEN  AmigaGuide reader for 'UNIX' systems.
TDFSB.lha              util/dir    224K  MOS  3D file system browser w/o MPEG
ReportPlus.lha         util/misc   318K  OS3  Multipurpose utility
StartBar-ITA.lha       util/misc    96K  OS3  Italian version of StartBar
GetModeID.lha          util/moni    10K  OS3  Gets screen mode ID in hex and decimal.
idle2_0.lha            util/moni    17K  OS3  A (working) A68K cpu monitor
idlewos.lha            util/moni    13K  WUP  A cpu monitor with WarpOS Support
cpuwatcher.lha         util/wb      13K  OS4  Measures CPU, free memory and network tr
QOpenWB.lha            util/wb       6K  VAR  Open Ambient/WB window from the shell
(cg) (Translation: aj)

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12.Jun.2006



os4depot.net: Uploads until 11.06.2006
Uploads of os4depot.net since our last report:
scriptlauncher.lha  uti/wor   36kb  A very configurable button-based program
subspace.lzx        aud/mis  169kb  Geiss/G-Force like plugin for AmigaAMP
wookiechat.lha      net/cha  592kb  IRC Client (Internet Relay Chat)
memtester.lzx       uti/har   54kb  Utility to test for faulty memory subsys
misscmd.lzx         gam/act   75kb  Missile Command clone (WIP release)
abc-shell.lha       dev/uti  309kb  Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell
(cg) (Translation: aj)

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11.Jun.2006
Amiga.org (Forum)


Minimig: Screenshot of the PCB layout
Dennis van Weeren, developer of the FPGA-based Amiga 500 clone Minimig (reported by amiga-news.de), has released a screenshot of the final PCB layout (Rev. 1.0) under the title link.

The circuit board has two layers and measures merely 120 x 120 mm. After a check of the PS/2 connections, which is still outstanding, a prototype of the board should be produced and tested for its functional capability. (snx) (Translation: cad)

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11.Jun.2006
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


MorphOS: TCP stack Mosnet 1.2
Pavel "Sonic" Fedin has released a new version of his PPC-native TCP stack Mosnet. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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11.Jun.2006
Amiga Future (Web page)


Report+ 6.2
Version 6.2 of Report+ is released. With Report+ from Amigan Software, bug reports, Aminet readme files, autodocs and similar reports can easily be generated.

Compared to version 6.19, "EOL" can optionally be automatically inserted between individual paragraphs from the ASCII converter. In addition, error corrections were undertaken.

Download: ReportPlus.lha (318 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad)

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11.Jun.2006
ANN (Web page)


MorphOS: 3D Update Release 2
The MorphOS Team is making available an update to the official 3D driver package. Changes since the last version:
  • r200, rv250 and rv280 cards (8500, 9000, 9100, 9200, 9250) now work on Pegasos 1
  • Fixed a rare lockup condition on r200 (8500, 9100)
  • Fixed a random crash on starting the first 3D application on Pegasos 1
  • Fixed a scissoring problem on r200, rv250 and rv280 (8500, 9000, 9100, 9200, 9250)
  • Minor speedups and improvements
(cg) (Translation: cad)

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11.Jun.2006



ACK: Status update for various PPC products
In an IRC chat, Adam Kowalczyk from ACK has commented once more on various announced hardware projects. He regrets the delays, but estimates the harm done thereby as apparently not particularly tragic. At the urging of the users, one has now decided, at least, to release some pictures, these should be visible on Tuesday on amigaworld.net.

CPU Modules

The CPU modules work, but in the AmigaOne, they do not achieve the expected performance increase. Unlike the Powervixxen TL (see below), the 60x protocol is being used in the Eyetech computers for the communication between motherboard and CPU module, apparently, there are still problems here.

Powervixxen LT

Prototypes of this A1200 expansion already exist. Rather accidentally, in the process, it has crystallized that the PV LT can be operated with just a Mediator PCI busboard (so without A1200) as well. The adaptation of AmigaOS 4 to the hardware was already started in "a simulated environment," "a good deal of work" has already been invested in the adaptation, reportedly.
  • MPC 5200 @ 400-466MHz
  • 512 MB Ram on-board
  • On-board graphics: Radeon Mobility
  • ATA/IDE interface
  • 100 Mbit ethernet
  • USB 1.1
  • AC97 audio codec (with automatic integration of the Amiga sound chip's sound output)
  • Works in original A1200 desktop case
As price for a Powervixxen LT including AmigaOS 4, 375 USD (without taxes) is being targeted. A "pre-production" model should be introduced in the British event AmiRevival (July 29). Unlike the well-known Phase5 accelerator cards, the Powervixxen LT cannot be deactivated.

Powervixxen TL

"Mostly working" prototypes of this stand-alone motherboard exist. The final specifications look like the following:
  • ATX form factor
  • Northbridge: Tundra TSI109
  • CPU slot compatible to AmigaOne/MicroA1 (supports 133/167/200 Mhz FSB)
  • 2 DDR2 DIMM slots, up to 2 GB RAM
  • 2 x Gigabit-Ethernet on-board
  • 1 x PCIe Graphics (1x)
  • 1 x PCI 66 Mhz
  • 4 x PCI 33/66 Mhz
  • BIOS: UBoot

The board should be available without CPU as well (as upgrade option for AmigaOne owners), for an estimated price of 550-600 USD. The price including CPU will rest with $1000-1200, depending on desired processor.

Carrier Board for Powervixxen LT

This carrier board should allow for a stand-alone operation of the Powervixxen LT, which is normally powered by the A1200 motherboard. The licensing negotiations with Amiga Inc. are not concluded here yet, which is why the other projects are being worked on for the time being. In the hitherto negotiations, Amiga Inc. has reportedly proven to be "very responsive" and has not "presented any stumbling blocks" to Kowalczyk so far. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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10.Jun.2006
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


Multimedia application layer: Hollywood 2.0 updated
For the multimedia application Hollywood 2.0 was a small update made available that removes two bugs in the version for AmigaOS4. As you can create with all Hollywood versions AmigaOS4 programs should users of other Hollywood versions (e.g. MorphOS or AmigaOS 3) install this update. The update can be downloaded from now on from the Airsoft Softwair using the title link. (nba) (Translation: wk)

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10.Jun.2006



ACK: presentation of the AmigaOne cpu module again delayed
As Adam Kowalczyk from ACK Software Controls informed on amigaworld.net was the for today announced presentation of the cpu modules for the AmigaOne again delayed.

According to Kowalczyk arose technical problems using the modules with a MicroA1 as well as with his own TSI109 based motherboard whose analyzis would need more time and ressources than were available until the planned presentation.

Kowalczyk apologizes to all interested and said that today from 20:00h on he would answer to questions on the IRC channel #amigaworld (server: irc.amigaworld.net). (cg) (Translation: wk)

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09.Jun.2006
pegasos.org (Webseite)


MorphOS: Nixskeleton, a Shared Library Skeleton
Sigbjørn 'CISC' Skjære has published an example implementation of a Shared Library called "nixskeleton" in the download section of the "MorphOS Developer Connection". Features of Nixskeleton:
  • Multiple libbases, each opener gets their own private base and global data.
  • A task will always get the same base, thus the library can be indirectly opened elsewhere through the same task and still get the right libbase.
  • However this means callers should avoid sharing libbase across tasks (this is frowned upon anyway), as it'll lead to trouble!
  • You can use libnix I/O and anything requiring constructors etc in the library.
  • Full of comments (hopefully enough) to help you understand the magic involved.
  • The skeleton uses SYSV (with r12base to be able to work its magic) functions, since this is the most likely candidate (it is however possible to adapt it for 68k entries, basically you have to change the global __restore_r13() function).
  • You *can* *not* pass filedescriptors between caller and library, or free() memory allocated by the other etc, doing so will mean certain death, you have been warned! ;)

If there should be any questions please contact the author. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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09.Jun.2006
Jens & Jens & Michael (E-Mail)


2nd Bochumer Retrobörse for classic videogames
Pressemitteilung: 
Hi friends and collectors,

after the great success of the first retrofair in Bochum/Germany we now start the 2nd one:

2. Bochumer Retrobörse for classic videogames
19th August 2006, 11.00h -16.00h
Falkenheim, Akademiestrasse 69, Bochum

Many visitors of the first fair at Eurocon 2005 asked us to do another one, because they liked it very much. Now itZs the time. At the Falkenheim in Bochum (Ruhrvalley, about one hour by car from the dutch border) we found a nice location. We have place for about 40 tables for sellers. Some tables are stil available. A table costs 10 Euro (2 tables are 9 Euro each, 3 and more are 8 Euro each). Table sizes are 1,40m x 0,70m.

So if you want to join the RetroFair as a seller, please contact us at retroboerse@gamereset.de. Comments and wishes are always welcome.

We plan some highlights for the fair-day, which we will announce at our website in the next few weeks. There is a banner on the website as well and we would ask you to put it on your website to support the event.

We hope to see you in August in Bochum as a seller or a visitor. you (cg) (Translation: cg)

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09.Jun.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Native version of MCC_Mailtext
MCC-Mailtext is a MUI-class for displaying electronical messages used by e.g. Jabberwocky. The source code can be now compiled by GCC and the new version 3.2 also contains OS4-native binaries. There are not further changes so if you do not use AmigaOS 4 you can use the old version.

A development of MCC_Mailtext is not planned but if there should be problems or bugs there will be further versions. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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09.Jun.2006
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Print magazine: Amiga Future issues 57 and 58 online
Issues 57 and 58 of the print magazine Amiga Future are available online.

Many older issues can be bought for only 1 Euro in the Onlineshop. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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09.Jun.2006
Andreas Rösner (ANF)


PUG Germany: New chairman
Since 8th of June the Pegasos User Group (PUG) Germany has a new chairman named Andreas Rösner (rbn/m0n0-deZign). (snx) (Translation: dr)

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