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28.Nov.2005
MorphZone (Webseite)


MorphOS: SDL-Shooter Bolcataxian / Ambient-Skin eZ

Bolcataxian 1.0

After the GP32-Version is Bolcataxian also available for MorphOS (Screenshot). The vertical scroll Shoot'em Up-game in a "Oldschool"-Style needs PowerSDL.

Download: Bolcataxian10_MOS.lha (670 KB)

eZ

The Ambient-Skin eZ is dark and inculdes two MUI-config-files - one with and one withoutGradienten.

Download (snx) (Translation: aj)

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28.Nov.2005
ANN (Webseite)


CManager as LGPL released
Alfonso Ranieri released the sourcecode of his Contact Manager Version 34.4 on Sourceforge.net as LGPL. (snx) (Translation: aj)

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28.Nov.2005
Steffen Nitz (ANF)


SN-AnlagenArchiv 0.75 / SN-HTMLKompress 1.05
Steffen Nitz released the Version 1.05 of his SN-HTMLKompress already, which comes with a increased packrate of HTML-files of 10%.

Today he released also the update to version 0.75 of his SN-AnlagenArchive, which works with the actual quotation and a lot of new additionals. SN-AnlagenArchiv is a managmentsoftware for Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium, as mintage and bullions.

Changes for SN-AnlagenArchiv 0.75:
  • Each of Mintages/bullions are recorded for every entry
  • The windowtitle of the Stockwindow shows the exchange rate which is needed for profit
  • Choice-gadget for ordered or buyed mintages/bullions and a field for the sellers name
  • it is possible to show two pictures for every entry
  • Two new graphical statisitics for metalvalue and the Zwei neue grafische Statistiken für Metallwert und Auctionvalue-stock
  • The mainstatistic shows collectingareas with numbers of mintakes, metalvalue, auctionvalue, weight
  • Now is a textfile for every record available
  • globalnote for every record
  • exchange quotation completed til 25.Nov.2005
  • Demorecord a updated
  • Manual updated
  • Errors fixed
(snx) (Translation: aj)

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28.Nov.2005
rüpel (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: Crossfire 2-Port is finished (Update)
Alinea Computer notify linked to the header that the OS4-Port of his Shoot'em up "Crossfire 2" is finished and they send the final version to his Publisher APC&TCP.

All owners of the three years old classic amiga version get as a priceless update the PPC-Port.Andreas Magerl of APC&TCP notify, that the release of the Update and the Demoversion for AmigaOS 4 are estimated til the end of the week.

Update: (28.11.2005, 15:00, cg)

Patch and PPC-Native Demoversion are available at the support area of APC&TCP. The Publisher thanks to Alinea Computer and Steffen Häuser, they maked the OS4-Port possible. (cg) (Translation: aj)

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28.Nov.2005
ABS (ANF)


Amiga-meeting in Wolfenbüttel are suspended
The organizer of the Amiga-meeting in Wolfenbüttel suspend the next meeting and notify organizational items and the actual weather situation as reason (amiga-news report).The next Amiga-Meeting will be starts at the middle of march

The exact date will be notify at the begin of february 2006. (cg) (Translation: aj)

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28.Nov.2005



Aminet-Uploads til 27.11.2005
Aminet-Uploads til 27.11.2005:
agenda.lha                  biz/dbase   801K  VAR  Nice and easy address & phone book (OS4,
agendafr.lha                biz/dbase     0K  GEN  French Catalog file for AGENDA - (readme
wookiechat.lha              comm/irc    369K  VAR  IRC Client (Internet Relay Chat) - (read
amidyndns.lha               comm/tcp     58K  OS3  GUI/CLI Client for DynDNS.org services -
libablit.lha                dev/c       2.4M  OS4  Alpha Channel Blit Library - (readme)
vmwcc-mos.lha               dev/c       218K  MOS  c-subset compiler - (readme)
amilua_a68k-amigaos.lha     dev/lang    213K  OS3  Lua with Siamiga.lib - (readme)
amilua_src.lha              dev/lang    233K  GEN  Lua with Siamiga.lib - (readme)
AutoDocReader.lha           dev/misc    163K  OS3  Viewer for autodocs, header C and other 
id-utils-3.2.lha            dev/misc    685K  VAR  Language-independent identifier database
sdl_perl.lha                dev/misc    2.1M  OS4  Simple DirectMedia Library Bindings for 
avd_template.lha            dev/src     194K  OS4  AVD Template Project - Skeleton OS4 appl
AMIthlon_net.lha            docs/help   961K  GEN  How to setup AMIthlon on ADSL or cable. 
StarVoyager_OS4.lha         game/actio  710K  OS4  Startrek themed  network game - (readme)
TargetAcquired_OS4.lha      game/actio  271K  OS4  Yet Another Vertical scrolling shootem u
WOK_OS4.lha                 game/actio  1.3M  OS4  Oddly attractive ball tossing game - (re
ularn_fin.lha               game/data    75K  GEN  Finnish catalog for ULarn - (readme)
linuxlunarlander_OS4.lha    game/misc   773K  OS4  Land Your Lunar - (readme)
linuxshuttlelander_OS4.lha  game/misc   1.2M  OS4  Land Your Space Shuttle! - (readme)
Spout_OS4.lha               game/misc   189K  OS4  An abstract caveflyer, obscure as it can
TowerToppler_OS4.lha        game/misc   1.5M  OS4  Remake of the old classic Nebulus (Hewso
TuxMath_OS4.lha             game/misc   1.9M  OS4  Math game, mixed with Missile command - 
TuxType_OS4.lha             game/misc   5.0M  OS4  Learn how to spell / use the keyboard - 
NameOfGame_PRV_OS4.lha      game/role   4.3M  OS4  Preview of a TopDown RPG game - (readme)
SDLroids_OS4.lha            game/shoot  579K  OS4  Yet Another Asteroids clone - (readme)
TankCommand_OS4.lha         game/shoot  3.1M  OS4  Fast paced 2D arcade tank game - (readme
Tunnel_OS4.lha              game/shoot  1.0M  OS4  Weird Tunnel Racer shooter - (readme)
level9_40_amiga.lha         game/text    53K  OS3  Level9 text adventures interpreter - (re
magnetic22amiga.lha         game/text   101K  OS3  Magnetic Scrolls text adventures utiliti
magx065amiga.lha            game/text   173K  OS3  text adventures compiler - (readme)
magx065amiga_ppc.lha        game/text   176K  WUP  text adventures compiler - (readme)
BlockAttack_OS4.lha         game/think  5.3M  OS4  Tetris Attack Clone  (SNES) - (readme)
sdl-toms-mos.lha            game/think  162K  MOS  An SDL "Atoms" clone - (readme)
povraymos.lha               gfx/3d       11M  MOS  Commandline based raytracer - (readme)
GS8gui.lha                  gfx/conv     42K  GEN  GUI for Ghostscript8 done with rxMUI - (
MPLEXex.lha                 gfx/conv    183K  VAR  Create MPEG system from MPEG video and M
scr2gif-mos.lha             gfx/conv     24K  MOS  Spectrum Screen to GIF converter - (read
scr2gif.lha                 gfx/conv     12K  OS3  Spectrum Screen to GIF converter - (read
zxscredit-mos.lha           gfx/edit    105K  MOS  ZX-Spectrum SCREEN editor - (readme)
save_png.lha                gfx/ifx       2K  GEN  Save files as pngs using AutoFX - (readm
viewilbm_1.11.lha           gfx/show    377K  OS4  Displays IFF-ILBM pictures, supports col
zxscrview-mos.lha           gfx/show     23K  MOS  ZX-Spectrum SCREEN viewer - (readme)
PAR_READ.lha                hard/hack   327K  OS3  PAR: as a VOLUME in READ mode only. - (r
mecanos3.lha                misc/edu    897K  OS3  Demo of a new type writer teacher - (rea
xjdic.lha                   misc/edu    128K  OS3  EDICT dictionary utils - (readme)
bas2tap-mos.lha             misc/emu     62K  MOS  Spectrum Basic file to TAP tape image co
snapconv-mos.lha            misc/emu    206K  MOS  Spectrum snapshot converter - (readme)
z802tzx-mos.lha             misc/emu     63K  MOS  Z80 Snapshot to TZX Tape Converter - (re
z802tzx.lha                 misc/emu     37K  OS3  Z80 Snapshot to TZX Tape Converter - (re
ASense.lha                  misc/sci    865K  OS3  Professional astrology software - (readm
ASenseFPU.lha               misc/sci    290K  OS3  Professional astrology software - (readm
partyland_techno.mp3        mods/mpg    3.5M  GEN  Pinball Fantasies Partyland Remix - (rea
rockbeat.lha                mus/edit    1.7M  OS4  Create drumming tracks and export them a
ADPCM_dec.lha               mus/misc     28K  OS3  Decoder for Christian Buchner's ADPCM pa
SimpleSamples.lha           mus/play     44K  OS3  Little musical toy for PAL AMIGAs - (rea
ez.lha                      pix/theme    88K  GEN  eZ MorphOS skin - (readme)
morphqs+.lha                pix/theme   161K  GEN  MorphQS+ MorpOS skin - (readme)
morphqs.lha                 pix/theme    87K  GEN  MorphQS MorpOS skin - (readme)
ibrowse.jpg                 pix/wb      187K  GEN  IBrowse 2.3 - (readme)
mui.jpg                     pix/wb       45K  GEN  Zami-based MUI? - (readme)
wb2.jpg                     pix/wb      179K  GEN  Helgis Zami MUI Network Shot! - (readme)
anotice_pl.lha              text/edit     6K  GEN  ANotice 2 - polish locale - (readme)
cabextract_OS4.lha          util/arc     37K  OS4  Extraction tool for Windows CAB files - 
Unshield_OS4.lha            util/arc     42K  OS4  Tool to extract Microsoft Cabinet Files 
Tree178.lha                 util/cli    129K  OS3  Lists Directory content tree-like - (rea
au_dt.lha                   util/dtype   38K  OS4  OS4 native Sun/NeXT .au datatype, with s
wave_dt.lha                 util/dtype  113K  OS4  An OS4 native RIFF-WAVE datatype, with s
sed-4.1.4-bin_os4.lha       util/gnu    331K  OS4  The GNU sed stream editor - (readme)
abc-shell_hnl.tar.bz2       util/misc   432K  OS4  Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell - (readme)
headtail13.lha              util/shell   45K  OS4  Show first/last n lines/chars/blocks of 
OrthodoxLent.lha            util/time    11K  VAR  Calculate orthodox lent - (readme)
AmiSnap11.lha               util/wb      31K  OS4  Iconify any window on your wb with FX - 
wbclose.lha                 util/wb       7K  OS4  Close drawers from the shell and scripts
wbopen.lha                  util/wb       7K  OS4  Open drawers and icons from the shell an
wet.lha                     util/wb     665K  OS4  Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIc
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28.Nov.2005



os4depot.net: Uploads til 27.11.2005
os4depot.net uploads til 27.11.2005:
wok.lha                 gam/act    1Mb  Oddly attractive ball tossing game
viewilbm.lha            gra/vie  376kb  Displays IFF-ILBM pictures, supports col
wet.lha                 uti/wor  665kb  Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIc
tunnel.lha              gam/act    1Mb  Weird Tunnel Racer shooter
tuxmath.lha             gam/chi    1Mb  Math game, mixed with Missile command
tuxtype.lha             gam/chi    4Mb  Learn how to spell / use the keyboard
towertoppler.lha        gam/mis    1Mb  Remake of the old classic Nebulous (Hews
blockattack.lha         gam/puz    5Mb  Tetris Attack Clone  (SNES)
aweb_navbuttons.zip     net/bro   29kb  Aweb custom navigation buttons
amisnap_fx.lha          uti/wor   30kb  Iconify any window on your wb with FX
ahiusr.lha              aud/mis  783kb  Retargetable audio User's Archive
rockbeat.lha            aud/tra    1Mb  Create drumming tracks and export them a
ahidev.lha              dev/lib  971kb  Retargetable audio, Developer's Archive
linuxlunarlander.lha    gam/mis  772kb  Land Your Lunar
linuxshuttlelander.lha  gam/mis    1Mb  Land Your Space Shuttle!
cabextract.lha          uti/fil   36kb  Extraction tool for Windows CAB files
unshield.lha            uti/fil   42kb  Tool to extract Microsoft Cabinet Files
anotice_pl.lha          uti/tex    5kb  ANotice 2 - polish locale
avd_template.lha        dev/exa  194kb  AVD Template Project - Skeleton OS4 appl
sdl_perl.lha            dev/lib    2Mb  Simple DirectMedia Library Bindings for 
starvoyager.lha         gam/act  710kb  Startrek themed  network game
tankcommand.lha         gam/act    3Mb  Fast paced 2D arcade tank game
targetacquired.lha      gam/act  271kb  Yet Another Vertical scrolling shootem u
headtail.lha            uti/she   44kb  Show first/last n lines/chars/blocks of 
wbclose.lha             uti/she    6kb  Close drawers from the shell and scripts
wbopen.lha              uti/she    6kb  Open drawers and icons from the shell an
au_dt.lha               dat/sou   37kb  OS4 native Sun/NeXT .au datatype, with s
wave_dt.lha             dat/sou  113kb  An OS4 native RIFF-WAVE datatype, with s
sdlroids.lha            gam/act  578kb  Yet Another Asteroids clone
spout.lha               gam/mis  189kb  an abstract caveflier , obscure as it ca
libablit.lha            dev/lib    2Mb  Alpha Channel Blit Library
abc-shell.tar.bz2       dev/uti  431kb  Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell
wookiechat.lha          net/cha  369kb  IRC Client (Internet Relay Chat)
(cg) (Translation: aj)

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28.Nov.2005



Aros-Archives: Uploads til 27.11.2005
aros-archives uploads til 27.11.2005:
i386-aros-gocr039.lha  gra/con    1Mb  i386-aros-gocr039
cartoonish.zip         gra/ico  694kb  64x64 png icons
rubix.i386.lha         gam/puz  112kb  Port of rubix, a rubik's cube game (w/sr
(cg)

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27.Nov.2005
Bernd Roesch (ANF)


AFA OS: New beta version for the final 3.91 release
AFA OS ("AROS for AmigaOS") extends AmigaOS 3.x with functions of the open source operating system AROS. With the current beta test, Version 3.91 should be finalized. On this, Bernd Roesch, the initiator of the project, writes:

"Since AFA OS was now tested by some, and all known bugs were fixed, it now comes to the final beta test. If there are no more problems, this will be the final version 3.91.

A problem was noted, where it would be the best solution that all Amiga systems can use TrueType fonts without .otag files. In Aminet, there are, for example, Vera-Fonts, which feature an incompatible .otag file. It would be best if the freetype2.library, which MorphOS and AROS as well as AFA use, goes without the .otag file. Then, you do not have to create it by Fontmanager. Also, under Windows, you can just copy the files to it and it runs. But I am not familiar with TrueType fonts. Fonts that work with AFA have an .otag file, in which "freetype2.library" appears. In the enclosed fonts, you can also check what this should look like. Also it seems as if you must copy the fonts into the SYS:Fonts directory.

Error corrections:
  • With the new datatype, pictures with 256 colors were displayed wrongly on 32 bit screens
  • Archive is now available in LhA format, since there were problems with the protection bits in the ZIP format
  • My E-Mail address was stated wrongly in the Readme file (without <>) - now you can copy and paste it into the E-Mail program
Improvements:
  • Installation script by David Eriksson (fx)
  • Adjustable anti-alias intensity in 100 gradations, to specify an individual optimum between pixelation and blurring - at lower anti-alias value, the processor load turns out accordingly lower, too
  • 39 of the most commonly used AmigaOS functions of the exec.library of AROS are now used by AFA. The AmigaOS exec possesses more than 119 functions. For the rest, it will be more difficult to find out whether they can be used, since I do not even know what they do, to some extent. Therefore, it would be nice if someone could help here, to test the remaining functions as well, or to write a test program.
All commands should be made safe, so that they do not produce memtrash with wrong parameters, or cause the system to crash. At present, the following commands are safe:
  • GetMsg
  • ReplyMsg
  • SendIO
  • CheckIO
  • DoIO
  • WaitIO
  • RemHead
If these commands are called with nonsensical values, an Enforcer hit will be produced, if the Enforcer is running (tst.l $0) and the command does nothing. Only one Enforcer hit is known to me. The ReplyMsg command from Fontprefs 3.5 does this, because the message has already received an answer (you detect this in the node type). But it runs without problems anyhow.

If someone has problems with the software, whereat he suspects that it comes from the exec.library, then he may delete the library through a restart, try it once again, and please report which library causes the problem.

In this regard, the AROS source code has several compatibility problems/bugs that are already changed in AFA. Though I reported these, I do not know to what extent it is adopted. Also, it looks as if no interest exists on the part of the AROS developers to make the operating system more crash-safe through this.

Whoever wants to compile exec and meets with crashes, which do not exist with the binary file, may please send an E-Mail, I send the up-to-date files then." (snx) (Translation: cad)

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27.Nov.2005
Jan Zahurancik (ANF)


WinUAE: OS-Distribution Amikit, including Opus Magellan 2
Amikit is another complete distribution for WinUAE users, similar to AIAB or AmigaSys. As a highlight, the package includes a completely functional trial version of the well-known file manager Directory Opus Magellan. Windows as well as WinUAE with an existing AmigaOS installation are required.

Note: The trial version of Opus Magellan 2 is not registered, i.e. there is an "annoying requester" to acknowledge when starting, moreover, the program start is delayed for 10 seconds. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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26.Nov.2005
PPCNUX (ANF)


PPCNUX: better gaming under MorphOS - Radeon 9000 vs. 8500
PPCNUX made another test regarding graphics boards installed in the Pegasos II running under MorphOS. This time they compared last time's winner, the Radeon 9000 Pro AIW, with an 8500 LE graphics card. Next to the usual 3D games benchmarks there's an overview of the 2D power of the boards tested the last time. (snx) (Translation: wk)

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26.Nov.2005
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


APC&TCP: information/demo/update CD with all issues of the NoCover
The information/demo/update CD by APC&TCP, availble now, contains next to demo versions and patches all 125 issues of the no longer published online magazine NoCover. (snx) (Translation: wk)

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26.Nov.2005
MaaG^dA (ANF)


AutoDocReader 1.1
Marian Guc has released version 1.1 of his AutoDocReader for AmigaOS and MorphOS. Changes since the previous release:
  • ARexx support
  • New icon (by Thore Sittly)
  • Locale update
  • Bugfixes
  • Bugtracker added
(snx)

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25.Nov.2005
Alinea Computer (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: News from Alinea Computer
Wehrheim, Germany,
24. November 2005.

We want to announce the following news:

AmiWebView :

The Webcam-Viewer AmiWebView has no longer beta status and now supports the HTTP 1.1-protocol. You can find the updated version in our download section.

ANotice 2:

Now for ANotice 2 a Polish catalog is available. You can download it in our download section. We want to thank the translators Szymon Tomzik and Sebastian Rosa.

New product in our shop:

From now on you can order the SDK Browser from BITbyBIT Software Group in our Onlineshop. You can get it for 22,95 Euro and it will be delivered via email.

You can get more information to this product at BitbyBitSoftware. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Nov.2005
amigaworld.net (Website)


AmigaOS 4: KEGS emulates Apple II GS
KEGS emulates an Apple II GS (screenshot). A ROM image in version ROM.01 or ROM.03 is required. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Nov.2005
Ragonsoft.com (ANF)


Ragonsoft published Speedpaint as Freeware
As already announced Ragonsoft published the paint program Speedpaint (screenshot) as Freeware for Classic Amigas. Speedpaint is similar to Deluxe Paint and is meant for pixel graphics but it offers not so many functions.

Like all other programs and games from Ragonsoft for Classic Amigas Speedpaint was completely developed in AMOS Pro,too. You can get further information to SpeedPaint under the title link in the section "Tools, Software, Downloads".

Download: SpeedPaint.zip (75 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Nov.2005
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


No Risc No Fun will be closed
Fabio Trottas "No Risc No Fun" which is a review and article collection to the Amiga will be closed. The contents were integrated to amigafuture.de. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Nov.2005



Aminet: Status update November 2005
October and November have been two quite busy months for us. The following is a short summary of the most important changes - a detailed list can be found at our news section.

A lot of bug hunting and fixing has been going on behind the scenes. The internal scripts and the database got quite a lot of tweaking and finetuning.

The entire Aminet tree needed some cleaning up as well. All archives have a proper architecture field by now, lots of (very) old archives were missing their readmes or readme files were shared between archives (foo.lzh and foo.lha both had foo.readme). We could even resurrect some ancient archives that were accidentally deleted from the indices years ago.

The mailing lists are back - if you want to get daily or weekly e-mails listing the recent uploads, just send a mail to aminet-daily-subscribe@aminet.net or aminet-weekly-subscribe@aminet.net. They do not carry information about a package's architecture yet, but we're working on that.

Aminet mirrors are on the verge to be rolled out properly. A new German mirror hosted by Costel 'Cyborg' Mincea is already online and can be accessed at de4.aminet.net for now. We're still missing a mirror in eastern europe - if you think you can help out, please get in touch with us.

The uploader's e-mail address gets obfuscated now, both in the web interface and in the actual readme. Please note that this field is now strictly required - not specifying an e-mail address may result in your upload getting deleted.

The statistics have been expanded aswell - we have uploader stats now. This month's most active uploader is Tony "I was born for SDL" Aksnes. If you want to compete with him, make sure your uploader field is spelled exactly the same on all your uploads.

The search function now supports Amiga wildcards: You can search for foo?.lha, foo#?.lha or even foo*.lha. Searching readmes should be quite a lot faster now aswell, though the database is still busy indexing all the readme files.

Most of you will have recognised it already: You can now configure Aminet to your liking. Simply go to Setup and select which architectures you want to have displayed. This setting affects all aspects of the web interface (recent uploads, directory browsing, search function).

During the first six months of this year, we did have some problems: Packages didn't get moderated as regularly as we would have wished, we had database problems and the server went down several times. These issues should be solved by now - as far as we can tell everything is running smoothly. But please don't hesitate to drop us a note if you encounter any problems or just want to give some feedback. We're open to suggestions aswell: If you have an idea for improving Aminet, let us know.

Last but not least: October was a new record month for uploads and in November we surpassed the year 2003 in terms of uploads, making 2005 the first year Aminet's upload rate rises since 1997! (cg)

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25.Nov.2005
antibike (ANF)


MorphOS: First public beta of the "Packet Management" system MorphUp
Rupert "naTmeg" Hausberger has published the first beta version of his Paket-Manager MorphUp. MorphUp is supposed to simplify the installation of software by installing required libraries automatically.

According to the status update the client is in early status but the "Generator" already works and so you can get a first impression.

Download: morphup_beta.lha (163 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Nov.2005
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)


E3B and individual Computers stop selling hardware
Jens Schönfeld from individual computers announces that both individual and E3B are going to stop selling hardware for now:

"Both companies, who became famous for innovative and powerful hardware expansions for classic Amiga computers, are forced to stop selling hardware until further notice due to changes in German law. No hardware is being shipped within the EU, neither to resellers, nor to direct customers.

According to the national implementation of EU-directive 2002/96/EG into German law (Bundesgesetzblatt 2005 Teil I Nr. 17), every vendor in Germany must be registered with the Stiftung EAR. For vendors from outside Germany, the importer must be registered, in case the vendor himself is not registered in Germany. This law applies to all electronic products that are mentioned in rule EAR 03-011, no matter what country they come from - within or outside the European union.

The new law aims at vendors and importers, who need to take resposibility for the electronic devices if they are discarded at the end of the product's life. Putting electronic devices into circulation without being registered (indicated by a trashcan symbol) is against German law since today, and can be penalized with a monetary fine of up to 50.000,- EUR.

Due to the complicated implementation by German authorities, it's not easy to estimate the consequences and the new obligations created by this law. In addition to that, the extremely high administration effort goes with high fees that must be paid to the Stiftung EAR - especially smaller companies' existance is endangered by the fees that are more than one hundred times higher than the recycling cost itself. individual computers and E3B, who have been developing and producing in Germany for many years, are now evaluating possibilities to comply with the strict rules in a close cooperation, so customers all over Europe can continue to buy top quality products from Germany. Both companies want to act responsible and sustainable in this regard.

Many issues are not yet resolved, therefore both companies cannot continue to deliver hardware to customers and resellers within the European union. Customers outside the EU are not affected by this decision.

We're hoping to proceed with the necessary steps in a timely manner. Unfortunately, the "Stiftung EAR" cannot cope with the bureaucracy created by their own rules, so our registration number is not yet assigned. We are of course interested in continuing to offer innovative products, and will do everything to keep the shortage as short as possible. We're asking for your indulgence for any inconveniences." (cg) (Translation: cg)

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24.Nov.2005
Ragonsoft (ANF)


"Der Händler" of Ragonsoft published as freeware
Ragonsoft has released the game "Der Händler" for free download. According to the producer the game is very old and was nearly finished even before "Another Commander".

Following Ragonsoft projects of the same time period (1996/97) will be shortly released as freeware:
  • Speedpaint (graphics programm similar to DPaint, but less comfortable)
  • RagonSnake (variant of E-Snake)

All this products were finally developed and compiled within this quarter. (nba) (Translation: ts)

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22.Nov.2005
antibike (ANF)


driver system: AHI 6.0
Martin Blom has published version 6.0 (Final) of his soundcard driver system AHI. Versions for AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS, Amithlon an AROS are available under the link above. (cg)

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22.Nov.2005
Aaron Leitch (ANF)


USB: improved digitiser tablet support in Poseidon
Due to various enquiries from users Chris Hodges decided to improve the support for Wacom digitiser tablets in his USB stack Poseidon.

The following tablets can in the future not only be used in the "relative coordinates mode", but also in the "absolute coordinates mode" - the corresponding beta tests will start shortly:
  • Cintiq 21 UX
  • Cintiq Partner
  • DTF-720
  • Graphire
  • Graphire 2 4x5
  • Graphire 2 5x7
  • Graphire 3
  • Graphire 3 6x8
  • Graphire 4 4x5
  • Graphire 4 6x8
  • Intuos 4x5
  • Intuos 6x8
  • Intuos 9x12
  • Intuos 12x12
  • Intuos 12x18
  • Intuos 2 12x12
  • Intuos 2 12x18
  • Intuos 2 4x5
  • Intuos 2 6x8
  • Intuos 2 6x8
  • Intuos 2 9x12
  • Intuos 3 4x5
  • Intuos 3 6x11
  • Intuos 3 6x8
  • Intuos 3 9x12
  • PenPartner
  • PenPartner 2
  • PenStation 2
  • PL-400
  • PL-500
  • PL-510
  • PL-550
  • PL-600
  • PL-600 SX
  • PL-700
  • PL-710
  • PL-800
  • Volito
  • Volito 2 2x3
  • Volito 2 4x5
(cg)

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22.Nov.2005
PPCZone (Webseite)


Linux: Hardened Gentoo on the Pegasos (englisch)
Chris White started under the link above to give instructions for the installation of Hardened Gentoo on the Pegasos. This project aims at using the Linux distribution Gentoo in surroundings which require especially high safety and stability.

The first part of the intructions deals with the kernel compilation. (snx) (Translation: iw)

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22.Nov.2005
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Issues 20-22 of Amiga Future can be read online
In the article database (link above) of Amiga Future the articles from the issues 20, 21 and 22 are now available and can be read online, among others there are articles about TFX, Wasted Dreams, Nightlong, Heretic 2, WipEout 2097 and AmigaOS 3.5. (nba) (Translation: iw)

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22.Nov.2005
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: new Ambient-Skin MorphQS
The new Ambient-Skin MorphQS from 'Toto' is loosely based on the Mercury-Skin for gnomes (Screenshot). (snx) (Translation: iw)

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22.Nov.2005
Amigaworld.net (website)


AmigaOS 4: Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell 0.0.34
Henning Nielsen Lund provided the Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell for AmigaOS 4 in the version 0.0.34. The update comprises the latest settlement of errors of pdksh from Debian and OpenBSD. In addition SDK:Local/C was added to the standard path. The ABC-Shell is able to ease portings from POSIX systems due to its Bourne/POSIX compatibility.

Download: abc-shell.tar.bz2 (432 KB) (snx) (Translation: iw)

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21.Nov.2005
Ron van Schaik (ANF)


Event: Commodore Gebruikers Groep on the HCC Expo
The "Commodore Gebruikers Groep" (CGG) are also this year on the netherlands HCC Expo. This is a Game and Computerfair, with more than 105.000 Visitors last year.

The CGG is located in Hall 10, stand Number 10F018. The club presents the possiblility to play old Games on the original hardware and a lot of presentations e.g. a introduction how to code a scene-demo on a C64 or Amiga.

The HCC Expo is from 25. til 27. November in Utrecht (Dutch). (cg) (Translation: aj)

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21.Nov.2005
(ANF)


IRC-Klient: Wookiechat 1.9.1 for AmigaOS 3/4
The newest Version 1.9.1 of the MUI-based IRC-Klients Wookiechat (Screenshot) is available in Versionen for AmigaOS 3 and 4 with following changes:
  • When you're holding down the left mouse button highlighting text, channel messages etc are paused until you let go.
  • "Unknown nick" and "Cannot send to channel" messages are displayed in their proper tabs again
  • Channel lists are no longer sorted alphabetically. It was causing a huge drain on the CPU when thousands of channels were present. It sometimes led to a crash.
  • No more garbled channel part messages
  • "Clear all" button added to the URL Grabber window
  • Added code to prevent DCC Transfers window from popping to the front when you get an incoming file if its already open in the background somewhere
  • 68k WookieChat development has resumed, and it longer hangs when recieving incoming DCC sends. A divide by zero bug in the file transfer stats function has been removed! (thank you wegster for telling me what was wrong)
  • Now works with WebChat and DarkMyst networks (homes of #amiga.org and #amigazeux). Wookie was doing its connection detection in a slightly bad way previously.
  • Clicking in the main chat display now activates the chat string gadget
  • Outgoing swear word filter. use /filter to toggle on and off

Download: WookieChat1_9_1.lha (370 KB) (cg) (Translation: aj)

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21.Nov.2005
(ANF)


AmigaOS 4: Drumcomputer Rockbeat 1.3
The Software-Drumcomputer Rockbeat is now in Version 1.3 available. Changes since last version:
  • Position LED's light up while playing, and scrolls automatically
  • You can now switch between drumkits, and it will remember the last drumkit you used.

Download: RockBEAT1_3.lha (1,6 MB) (cg) (Translation: aj)

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21.Nov.2005



Aminet-Uploads since 20.11.2005
Aminet-Uploads since our last news report:
qsilver-ws.lha               comm/www     22K  GEN  HTTP/1.0 compliant webserver in ARexx
Explosions_y2k1y2k5_OS4.lha  demo/file   666K  OS4  Example Code , 2 Sets from 2001 and 2005
lamintvro.lha                demo/mag    258K  OS3  lame warp3d intvro
bintoc.lha                   dev/c        14K  VAR  Binary to C source converter
simplecat.lha                dev/misc    103K  VAR  Powerful CatComp replacement
lyrics.lha                   docs/misc    57K  GEN  Trance/Techno song texts (lyrics)
AirSeaBattle_OS4.lha         game/2play  1.4M  OS4  Shoot down the airplanes with your brand
Apricots_OS4.lha             game/2play  2.1M  OS4  Small mulitplayer Shooter , nice and fas
Foosball_OS4.lha             game/2play  329K  OS4  Board football, The oldschool type!
DeathChase3D_OS4.lha         game/actio  181K  OS4  Fast 3d Starwars game based on Starwars 
Connect4_OS4.lha             game/board  875K  OS4  4 in a row puzzler
dossizola_mos.lha            game/board  932K  MOS  Simple SDL game: block your opponent
Dossizola_OS4.lha            game/board  1.2M  OS4  Block Your opponent!
WoodenBars.lha               game/demo    43K  OS3  Simple bars game for all the PAL AMIGAs
Netrok_OS4.lha               game/jump   825K  OS4  Mario Bros type of game but with new ide
FreeFallinFred_OS4.lha       game/misc   917K  OS4  Remake of the old game Parachute.
Late_OS4.lha                 game/misc   2.0M  OS4  An Qix/Styx/Barrack clone
LinuxLunarLander_OS4.lha     game/misc   801K  OS4  Land Your Lunar
LinuxShuttleLander_OS4.lha   game/misc   1.2M  OS4  Land Your Space Shuttle!
Fanwor_os4.lha               game/role   822K  OS4  Zelda clone , with oldschool gfx and mus
NameOfGame_PRV_OS4.lha       game/role   4.3M  OS4  Preview of a TopDown RPG game
CertainDeathViaSpaceThi.lha  game/shoot  739K  OS4  Fast Vertical Shoot em up with a very st
HeroesOfRoswell_OS4.lha      game/shoot  3.0M  OS4  Vertical ShootEmup with good theme and g
HighMoon_OS4.lha             game/shoot  2.6M  OS4  The First Worms Clone on OS4 , and it's 
KETM_os4.lha                 game/shoot  2.4M  OS4  A Very stylish Shoot Em up
Anagramarama_OS4.lha         game/think  1.3M  OS4  Word puzzler , with nice gfx and blips a
FloboPuyo_OS4.lha            game/think  3.4M  OS4  The best PuyoPuyo clone ever made!
InterLogic_OS4.lha           game/think  3.4M  OS4  Remake of an old Amiga Classic , great g
MatchBall_OS4.lha            game/think  2.0M  OS4  Connect'a puzzler , with gfx themes etc
amiphoto_guis.lha            gfx/misc    572K  GEN  GUIs for AmiPhoto v1
anotice_textures.lha         gfx/misc    1.3M  GEN  Textures for ANotice v2
WarpView.lha                 gfx/show     33K  OS4  A fast Image Viewer using Warp3D
datutil.lha                  misc/emu    118K  OS3  Data file creation/conversion tool
generator_mos.lha            misc/emu    320K  MOS  Sega Genesis/Megadrive Emulator
mamediff.lha                 misc/emu    125K  OS3  Data file comparison tool
ADPCM_dec.lha                mus/misc     26K  OS3  Decoder for Christian Buchner's ADPCM pa
playOGG.lha                  mus/play    1.0M  OS3  Plays OGG, MP3, FLAC, VOB, AC3, RA, mods
katydid.jpg                  pix/fauna   120K  GEN  Green grasshopper (katydid)
scummbubbles2.lha            pix/icon    348K  GEN  Scumm VM Bubbles in png format
systempatch2.lha             util/boot    46K  OS3  Speedup patch for 68020+
r.lha                        util/cli    242K  VAR  Just in time GUIs for nearly any DOS com
sed-4.1.4-bin_os4.lha        util/gnu    325K  OS4  The GNU sed stream editor
sed-4.1.4-diff_os4.lha       util/gnu      1K  GEN  The GNU sed stream editor
sed-4.1.4-src_os4.lha        util/gnu    1.0M  GEN  The GNU sed stream editor
pngalpha_lib.lha             util/libs    61K  OS3  Load alpha channel data from PNG picture
cliexchange15.lha            util/shell   19K  OS4  Shell equivalent to Exchange
echo2debug.lha               util/shell   13K  OS4  Echo a string to the debug output
MultiView.lha                util/sys     55K  OS3  The datatype frontend (AROS backport)
wet.lha                      util/wb     664K  OS4  Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIc
(cg) (Translation: aj)

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os4depot.net: Uploads til 20.11.2005
os4depot.net uploads since our last news report:
highmoon.lha            gam/act    2Mb  The First Worms Clone on OS4 , and it's 
late.lha                gam/mis    1Mb  An Qix/Styx/Barrack clone
linuxlunarlander.lha    gam/mis  801kb  Land Your Lunar
linuxshuttlelander.lha  gam/mis    1Mb  Land Your Space Shuttle!
nameofgame.lha          gam/rol    4Mb  Preview of an TopDown RPG game
matchball.lha           gam/str    2Mb  Connect'a puzzler , with gfx themes etc
wet.lha                 uti/wor  663kb  Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIc
heroesofroswell.lha     gam/act    3Mb  Vertical ShootEmup with good theme and g
ketm.lha                gam/act    2Mb  A Very stylish Shoot Em up
interlogic.lha          gam/puz    3Mb  Remake of an old Amiga Classic , great g
connect4.lha            gam/str  874kb  4 in a row puzzler
dvplayer-amixp.zip      vid/pla   40kb  Skin dvplayer Os4
mixer_blue_skin.lha     aud/mis   12kb  Skin Blue for OS4 Audio mixer
explosions.lha          dem/mis  665kb  Example Code , 2 Sets from 2001 and 2005
noiz2sa.lha             gam/act    9Mb  An abstract shoot'em up game by Kenta Ch
fanwor.lha              gam/adv  822kb  Zelda clone , with oldschool gfx and mus
fred.lha                gam/mis  916kb  Remake of the old game Parachute.
flobopuyo.lha           gam/puz    3Mb  The best PuyoPuyo clone ever made!
foosball.lha            gam/spo  328kb  Board football, The oldschool type!
echo2debug.lha          uti/she   13kb  Echo a string to the debug output
airseabattle.lha        gam/act    1Mb  Shoot down the airplanes with your brand
apricots.lha            gam/act    2Mb  Small mulitplayer Shooter , nice and fas
cdvst.lha               gam/act  739kb  Fast Vertical Shoot em up with a very st
deathchase3d.lha        gam/dri  180kb  Very fast 3d Starwars game based on Star
anagramarama.lha        gam/puz    1Mb  Word puzzler , with nice gfx and blips a
netrok.lha              gam/pla  824kb  Mario Bros type of game but with new ide
processtorrent.lha      uti/scr    3kb  Arexx-Script to handle .torrent files
cliexchange.lha         uti/she   18kb  Shell equivalent to Exchange
dossizola.lha           gam/boa    1Mb  Block Your opponent!.
amiphoto_guis.lha       gra/the  571kb  GUIs for AmiPhoto v1
anotice_textures.lha    gra/the    1Mb  Textures for ANotice v2
warpview.lha            gra/vie   33kb  A fast Image Viewer using Warp3D
(cg) (Translation: aj)

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Aros Archives: Uploads til 20.11.2005
Uploads of aros-archives since our last news report:
i386-aros-cross-gcc-3.3.1-cygwin.zip  dev/cro   38Mb  i386 AROS Cross GCC For Cygwin
soliton.rar                           gam/     114kb  Port of Solitaire-like Amiga Game
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