17.Dec.2005
Genesi (e-mail)
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Genesi grants licenses to ODM Technologies
San Antonio, Texas - 16 December 2005 - Genesi has licensed ODM Technologies Inc. to
produce the EFIKA design with the Pegasos HAL/OF. The license agreement includes a
provision for a minimum production quantity of 50,000 units. The EFIKA board is to be the foundation
for number of ODM products. The centerpiece to the EFIKA is the Freescale MPC5200
SoC (system on a chip).
ODM Technologies' CTO Cliff Blodget stated: "We are pleased to have concluded this Agreement with Genesi.
Our objective is to leverage the extensive library of software supported by the Pegasos HAL/OF.
We will develop to the Pegasos HAL/OF and not the hardware directly. The EFIKA is a starting
point for us and we can push ahead immediately with application development using Genesi's
Open Desktop Workstation as we prepare to ramp up for production."
The Pegasos HAL/OF is a flexible and scalable hardware abstraction layer for PowerPC
driven devices and IEEE 1275 compliant Open Firmware implementation. The Pegasos HAL/OF
can support a wide range of devices, ranging from Smart Phones to SMP server blades.
Pegasos HAL/OF-supported base hardware will run all Pegasos HAL/OF-supported
software and activate all Pegasos HAL/OF-supported peripherals.
The Pegasos HAL/OF increases speed to market and provides extensive operating system
and application support based on free open and closed source software.
About ODM Technologies, Inc.
ODM Technologies, Inc. is a California corporation established in 2001 with offices in
Miramar California, Houston Texas, Grand Rapids Michigan and China. ODM's core
business is product development, management of contract manufacturing and R&D of new
technologies. ODM Customers include many top American and Canadian brand names. ODM products
include
a variety of audio, video and multimedia devices for the home and mobile user.
About Genesi:
Genesi is a leading provider of PowerPC based computing products. Genesi's OpenFirmware (IEEE1275) compliant PegasosPPC family is designed to bring PowerPC technology,
flexibility, and efficiency to the desktop, home entertainment, netcom, low-end server and pervasive market segments at an affordable price. (snx)
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17.Dec.2005
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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new product by individual Computers: Keyrah
Keyrah makes keyboards of classic computers available to new computers. The board fits the case of a C64, VIC-20, C128, C-16 or Amiga 1200, and turns the computer into a USB keyboard. Keyrah gives new life to defective computers, or computers that have been moved to a different case, because the mainboard is no longer needed. In addition to that, two digital joysticks can be connected that will act as additional keys (for example cursor keys). The joystick ports show a special strength of Keyrah: The high data transfer speed.
We followed the discussion about a newly produced USB-version of a classic joystick with great interest. Many customers have judged this joystick as unusable, because the reaction to any movement is too inert, thus making games unplayable. For the full gaming fun, Keyrah transfers it's data ten times faster than the USB version of that joystick!
As a special titbit for fans of the C64, we're using a switch that's almost identical to the one of the original computer. The only difference (not noticable to the user) is that it's lead-free, and therefore RoHS-conform. It switches between two keymaps that are either adjusted to the daily use under Windows, or especially for emulators like Vice and Amiga Forever.
Keyrah has been successfully tested with all common operating systems like Linux, Amiga OS, Mac OS and Windows. It works on desktop and laptop computers, but also on the X-Box. Keyrah is a standard USB human interface device, so proper function is also ensured with systems that are not mentioned here.
Keyrah will be available in february 2006, the price will be about 30,- EUR. The exact scope of delivery is not yet decided, we're investigating the possibilty to include a USB cable and tools for this price, so we can deliver a package that our customers are used to: Ready to go without additional equuipment.
Pictures:
Keyrah in a C64-II case
Interior view of C64 case
(cg)
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16.Dec.2005
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WHDLoad: New version 16.5 / Packets until 15.12.2005
With WHDLoad you can install games which were originally meant only for use with disks
on your harddrive. You can find the changes in the History.
Besides this the following installers for games were added or improved:
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Dec.2005
AmigaOs4.0-Fanboy (ANF)
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Amigaworld.net: IRC-chat with Hyperion on 28. December
On Wednesday 28th of December Amigaworld.net organizes an IRC-chat with Hyperion Entertainment on
08:30 p.m. You can get technical help for the participation on a corresponding
sub page of Amigaworld.net.
Server: irc.amigaworld.net
channel: #amigaworld
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Dec.2005
Michael Asse (ANF)
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Poll: Interest in a Music module competition?
After hearing from some people in the Digibooster Pro community that they are interested in a new music module competition, Michael Asse started a poll to find out if there is enough interest in participating in such a contest. You can reach the poll at the title link.
The competition would be about music for the civilization clone Realms of Power. That game is currently in development. (snx)
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15.Dec.2005
David Bentham (E-Mail)
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PegXMac: Version 1.4.4 for Pegasos II available
David Bentham's live cd PegXMac for Mac-on-Linux for the Pegasos II as version 1.4.4 is available now.
It is based on MOL version 0.9.70r6 and should additionally fix the 8 GB partition problem with the installation of Mac OS X 10.4 ("Tiger"). Furthermore the kernel messages to the console were prevented. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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15.Dec.2005
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS-Max: Version 0.4.8 released (beta testing)
'Cool Cat' has released version 0.4.8 of the AROS distribution AROS-Max. It is mainly meant for the discovery of still existing bugs and doesn't contain SFS as a standard file system so far. The end of the year is targeted for the next update.
Download: arosmax048.rar (214 MB) (snx) (Translation: ts)
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15.Dec.2005
(ANF)
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The AMIGA Sprite Restoration Project online now
Because of many requests Olli Knagge (Cebulba) has published a website now, where all sprites ripped so far can be hosted.
Actually there isn't much to see yet as the site is under construction. Everybody can register himself and load his ripped sprites up. The site is meant for those having a fan project under development and want to use the original graphics. (ps) (Translation: ts)
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14.Dec.2005
ANN (Webseite)
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MorphOS: PDF manual for Ambient (Swedish)
Gunne Steen has released an inofficial manual for Ambient. His
"Ambient Guide" consists of 65 pages and is currently available in Swedish
only. An English version is however planed already. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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14.Dec.2005
(ANF)
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Audio-Player: AmigaAMP 2.16
Thomas Wentzel has released a new version of the famous MP3 player AmigaAmp. Changes since the last version:
- Better recognition of WAV files
- Decoding engines recompiled from a common codebase
As reported already
a 68k decoder plugin is available now, but since its high CPU demands the benefit is more for the
emulation users.
Download: AmigaAMP.lha (542 KB)
Download: AmigaAMP-External68k.lha (51 KB) (cg) (Translation: ub)
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14.Dec.2005
Amigaworld.net (Website)
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VooDoo-Amiga: Croatic forum added
The news service VooDoo-Amiga has set up a forum for the Croatic speaking Amiga users which is open for all platforms and operating systems. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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13.Dec.2005
MorphOS-News.de (Software-Liste)
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MorphOS: BitTorrent 4.3.2
The MorphOS porting of the filesharing program BitTorrent is now available in the version 4.3.2.
An overview of the improvements or settlement of the mistakes can be seen in the Change-Log
Download: bittorrent-4.3.2-morphos.lha (8 MB) (snx) (Translation: iw)
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13.Dec.2005
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Amiga Forever: review on OSNews.com (englisch)
Thom Holwerda from OSNews.com has written a review of the Premium-Edition of the emulator package Amiga Forever, which can be read under the link above. This package is delivered on CD and two DVD's with all software required, as well as historical videos (amiga-news.de berichtete).
He concludes that Amiga Forever is not only interesting for Amiga fans, but also for people who are enthusiastic about other operating systems, although it is of course rather advisable for those people to buy the cheaper download version without the accompanying videos. (snx) (Translation: iw)
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12.Dec.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Linux: Debian-Kernel 2.6.8-16 for the AmigaOne
Linked to the Title you will find the modified Linux-Kernel in Version
2.6.8-16, which supports Debian on a AmigaOne, but only without a
GX-CPU.
This Kernel based on the DMA-Patch from Gerhard Pircher.
(amiga-news.de reports). (snx) (Translation: aj)
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12.Dec.2005
Redhair (E-Mail)
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Sensible Soccer: Interview with Jon Hare
Linked to the Title you will find a actual interview, that Carsten Rothhaar
from SensibleSoccer.de has done with Jon Haar.
Here he uttered how this game get a Mega-lo-Mania-perspective and what await
PC- and Videogameuser in Sensible Soccer 2006. (snx) (Translation: aj)
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12.Dec.2005
Jan Zahurancik (ANF)
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WinUAE: Update package 1.02 for AmiKit
A v1.0.2 update package is available for AmiKit 1.0 (or 1.01). Besides new and updated software it does also include a configuration for Directory Opus 4. The package does also contain the previous 1.01 update.
Changes:
- ADDED: excellent DirOpus4 configuration created for AmiKit by
Pavel Pok
- ADDED: GMPlay 1.3 + GMPlayMUI 1.2 + gmtones + MidiFiles
- ADDED: XPK packing options to DirOpus5 User Menu
- UPDATED: FlashPlayer 1.2
- UPDATED: MCC_TextEditor 15.17
- UPDATED: MMKeyboard enabled by default. Adjust your PC keyboard to
your needs by
AmiKit:Utilities/EXPANSION/MMKeyboard/MMKeyboard
- UPDATED: AmiKit.exe warns you if the name of your Win partition is
in conflict with AmiKit
- UPDATED: handling of DirOpus5 XPK and XFD filetypes
- FIXED: bad recognizing of DirOpus5 Sound Module filetype
Troubleshooting: It might happen that IPrefs crashes during the
boot process (behind the bootpicture so this picture never
disappears). In that case just reset AmiKit and try to boot again.
Download page (snx)
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12.Dec.2005
Gert Massa (ANF)
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Weitere Workshops on AmigaWorld.de
AmigaWorld.de was updated in the last weeks.
Beside a new Design are a lot of Workshops integrated and a small support-forum
installed.
(snx) (Translation: aj)
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12.Dec.2005
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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individual Computers: 8 Bit Baby is available
The product "8 Bit Baby", that was already announced in forums and with flyers, is finally available! It's an experimenting-board for hobbyists who want to develop hardware on their own. As the name already suggests, the board aims at users of the popular 8-bit computers of the 80s. These computers all have expansion ports that carry all important signals. Unfortunately, most hobbyists do not have the chance to make their own expansions, because experimenting boards normally do not have slot-connectors.
This problem is now solved with the "8 Bit Baby". The board has a special connector for a computer on each of the four sides:
- for C64: 44-pin, raster 2,54mm
- for VIC-20: 44-pin, raster 3,96mm
- for C16/C116/plus-4: 50-pin, raster 2,0mm
- for Apple II: 50-pin, raster 2,54mm
The board is prepared for a programmable logic chip by Altera in order to bring hardware development up-to-date. The EPM3064 can replace many TTL-chips with it's 64 macrocells and up to 34 IO-pins. TTL-chips were used on a regular basis for hardware-expansions in the 80s. The Altera chip can be programmed without expensive programming equipment, you just need a so-called JTAG-cable for the parallel port. The development software "Quartus" can be downloaded at no cost from www.altera.com. If you do not want to solder the JTAG-cable on your own, you can buy the "multivolt" version from us for 12,- EUR each.
Axel Muhr has opened the website www.8BitBaby.de for all interested people. It's the perfect place to discuss the "nuts and bolts" of your hardware projects! We will of course publish example circuits on that site, and hope for your participation!
Prices:
8 Bit Baby board (1 pc.): 7,90 EUR
8 Bit Baby board (4 pcs. and up): 6,90 EUR
(prices include 16% VAT where applicable)
We'll offer a parts kit shortly that includes all necessary parts to build the Altera PLD circuit. It's mostly standard-parts, except for the 3,3V voltage regulator that your local electronics store might not carry. Since this part might be hard to get, it's included with every 8 Bit Baby that's ordered before the end of the year!
Fortunately, this product is not affected by the EU laws and the consequences that we announced on november 24th, because the EU-directive does not apply to single parts. There's more products in our portfolio that are not affected, these can still be sold within the EU:
- Deathbed Vigil DVD, signed by Dave Haynie
- 5,25 inch disks double-sided, single-density
- cartridge cases for C64-cartridges
- double-CD Commodore Billboard and Funet archive
(ps)
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12.Dec.2005
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Aminet-Uploads til 11.12.2005
Aminet-Uploads since out last report:
netclock.lha comm/misc 47K GEN Set Clock from daytime (atomic) servers
MCC_TextEditor-15.17.lha dev/mui 336K VAR Texteditor custom class for MUI
Bomns_OS4.lha game/actio 1.2M OS4 2 player bomb your friend game.
ularn.lha game/actio 501K OS4 Ularn - ultra Larn
Knoga_OS4.lha game/board 1.1M OS4 Knoga yatzee game
sudoku.lha game/board 365K OS4 Sudoku - a number-based puzzle/game
WoodenBars.lha game/demo 43K OS3 Simple bars game for all the PAL AMIGAs
amphetamine_OS4beta.lha game/jump 1.3M OS4 Plattform game with puzzles.
DiskWar_OS4.lha game/misc 205K OS4 Strange tennis type of a game.
RoadFighter_OS4.lha game/race 5.8M OS4 A remake of the great RoadFighter from k
Aklabeth_OS4.lha game/role 368K OS4 Ultima Zero
angband.lha game/role 1.3M OS4 Angband - a modern rogue-like RPG game
ivan-src.lha game/role 907K GEN Sources for IVAN
ivan.lha game/role 2.7M OS4 Iter Vehemens ad Necem: a rogue-like RPG
tome.lha game/role 3.4M OS4 T.o.M.E. - Tales of Middle Earth (Angban
AlienPool_OS4.lha game/shoot 6.2M OS4 Strange asteroids clone with lots of new
Cyclone_OS4.lha game/shoot 1.2M OS4 Smooth scrolling shoot em up.
sdl-toms.lha game/think 381K OS4 An SDL "Atoms" clone
FlashPlayer.lha gfx/show 308K OS3 Flash (SWF) format file player
FlashPlayerSrc.lha gfx/show 195K GEN Source Code for FlashPlayer v. 1.2
shim-src.lha gfx/show 28K MOS C src+binary of shim, a CLI image viewer
prism2.lha hard/drivr 139K VAR Driver for 11Mbps wireless network cards
amines_lh5.lha misc/emu 451K OS4 Nintendo 8-bit emulator (SDL-based)
amines_os4.lha misc/emu 448K OS4 Nintendo 8-bit emulator (SDL-based)
digifilter.lha misc/sci 56K MOS Digital FIR filter design software
protracker23.lha mus/edit 423K OS4 Protracker 2.3d rewritten (beta 2)
os4theme.lha pix/theme 828K GEN AmigaOS4 Theme for Classic Amigas runnin
wb13screen.gif pix/wb 10K GEN workbench 1.3 cli window
dme.lha text/edit 325K OS4 DME - text editor.
Next.lha text/show 146K OS3 Viewer for text/guides/html/datatypes
BEEP.lha util/cli 3K OS3 Baer friendly audio BEEP command.
Mount-AmigaOS.lha util/cli 40K OS3 Unofficial "Mount" command backport for
DiskMaster.lha util/dir 394K VAR DiskMaster2 - 68K & OS4
bahcount-src.lha util/misc 41K MOS Counts down until Bush leaves office
beav.lha util/misc 131K OS4 BEAV - emacs style file editor
joytest_CP.lha util/misc 33K OS3 Tool to test Joysticks/Joypads/CD32 pads
wet.lha util/wb 671K OS4 Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIc
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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12.Dec.2005
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os4depot.net: Uploads til 11.12.2005
os4depot.net uploads since our last report:
5inarow.lha gam/boa 272kb 5 in a row tic tac toe
roadfighter.lha gam/dri 5Mb A remake of the great RoadFighter from k
ivan-src.lha gam/rol 906kb Sources for IVAN
ivan.lha gam/rol 2Mb Iter Vehemens ad Necem: a rogue-like RPG
dme.lha uti/tex 325kb DME - text editor.
bomns.lha gam/act 1Mb 2 player bomb your friend game.
amines.lha emu/gam 447kb NES Emulator
angband.lha gam/rol 1Mb Angband - a modern rogue-like RPG game
tome.lha gam/rol 3Mb T.o.M.E. - Tales of Middle Earth (Angban
wet.lha uti/wor 670kb Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIc
protracker23.lha aud/tra 423kb Protracker 2.3d rewritten (beta 2)
cyclone.lha gam/act 1Mb Smooth scrolling shoot em up.
ularn.lha gam/adv 501kb Ularn - ultra Larn
diskwar.lha gam/mis 205kb Strange tennis type of a game.
sdl-toms.lha gam/puz 380kb An SDL "Atoms" clone
sudoku.lha gam/puz 365kb Sudoku - a number-based puzzle/game
rmouse.lzx dri/inp 14kb Bootmouse driver for OS4's USB stack wit
alienpool.lha gam/act 6Mb Strange asteroids clone with lots of new
knoga.lha gam/boa 1Mb Yatzee game for OS4.
amphetamine.lha gam/pla 1Mb Plattform game with puzzles.
aklabeth.lha gam/rol 367kb Ultima Zero
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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12.Dec.2005
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AROS-Archives: Uploads til 11.12.2005
aros-archive uploads since our last report:
aircos-0.0.2.i386.zip net/cha 99kb AiRcOS - AROS IRC Client
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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11.Dec.2005
Rudolph Riedel (ANF)
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File Manager: DiskMaster 2.6 released
Since today, the file manager DiskMaster2 is available in version 2.6 for AmigaOS 3.x and AmigaOS 4. Counted among the numerous changes, which you can gather from the enclosed DiskMaster2.guide file in detail, is particularly that Reaction is now made use of extensively.
However, the program is still content with V41 here, wherefore the 68K version of DiskMaster2 still runs under MorphOS, provided that the classes from the ClassAct2Demo archive in Aminet are installed. The 68K version is compiled with SAS-C 6.58, the OS4 version, from the same source code, with GCC 4.0.2 and clib2 1.198. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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11.Dec.2005
Amigaworld.net (Web page)
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Burning Software: MakeCD 3.2d beta version 11
Version 3.2d beta 11 of the CD burning program MakeCD was released as early as November 21. In addition to the files contained in the archive, version 3.2c is required.
With the beta version 11, restrictions in creating ISO images are eliminated, as well as the illegal memory access during the import of .cue files. Newly added is the support for indexes in data tracks as well as following additional burners: Yamaha CRW8824S/CRW8824E, Teac CD-W512SB, Plextor PX-W4012S, PX-320A, PX-W4824E, PX-716A.
The version V3.2d beta 11 contains:
- MakeCD 3.78 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- makecdromfs.module 45.10 (12.05.2003)
- ReadWrite.module 16.1 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- SCSISupport.module 16.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_JVC_Teac.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Panasonic.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Philips_2000.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Philips_2600.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Plextor_Ricoh.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Ricoh_6200.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_SCSI3_ATAPI.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Sony.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Yamaha_10x.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CD_ATAPI.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CD_NEC.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CD_ROM.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CD_Sony_Plextor.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CD_Toshiba.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
History:
- added recognition of Yamaha CRW8824S/CRW8824E, Teac CD-W512SB, Plextor PX-W4012S, PX-320A, PX-W4824E, PX-716A
- removed restrictions in ISO image creation for all registered users
- fixed invalid memory access when importing .cue file (caused crash under OS4.0)
- allow setting and writing of indices in data tracks:
- needed for some VideoCDs
- only supported by CDR_SCSI_ATAPI.driver
- added scanning of data tracks for indices:
- needed to copy some VideoCDs correctly
- only supported by CD_ATAPI.driver and CDR_SCSI_ATAPI.driver and if the drive itself supports reading sub channel data
Download: MakeCD32d_public_beta_11.lha (493 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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