21.Jun.2004
ANN (Website)
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Web browser: AWeb 3.5 APL Lite Beta released
The AWeb open Source Project released a first beta version of 'AWeb 3.5 APL Lite' today.
An overview of the most important changes since AWeb 3.5 (complete ChangeLog):
- HTML: Support for <INS> and <DEL> tags
- Rendering: Double Buffered Rendering - Optional double buffering dramatically reduces the flickering during rendering of long table based pages.
- Background Images no longer force a complete redraw off the
document, resulting in a dramatic speed up of some pages.
- Layout: Fixes and standardisation to the way tables are laid out, and to the way background images in tables are align mean that many more pages
render "correctly".
- Internal image decoder: Fix to the transparency bug in the internal gif decoder.
- Gopher Support: Improved gopher support.
- Character sets: Support for translating character sets enables pages using a different character set to be displayed.
- Splash screen: New more attractive startup screen and about requester.
- AWebplugins: Fixes to a major bug in the image decoder plugins where AWeb would crash with bad memory trashing on repeated iconificataion.
- AWeblibs: The aweblib version numbering has been changed, all version start from 35 as of this release. This avoids some clashes that would other
wise occur with previous version of AWeb. 'awebjs.aweblib' has been renamed 'javascript.aweblib' for the same
reason.
- Javascript: Fundamental support for Regular Expression objects has been
introduced in this version. However, the string methods using regular
expressions have not yet been implemented and as most real world
sites uses these methods few new sites will work, rather this is the
first step on the journey.
- Developer compile: A compile of the developer version of AWeb (AWeb.developer) is included in
the archive. It is not installed by the Install script. It allows developers
and beta testers to generate extended debug info and should only be used for
this purpose. It contains no extra browsing functionality.
(cg)
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21.Jun.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)
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Tutorial: Samba on AmigaOS 4.0
Alan Buxey and Olaf Barthel compiled a short Tutorial explaining how to install and configure Samba on AmigaOS 4.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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19.Jun.2004
amiga.org (Website)
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File sharing: ctorrent for AmigaOS and MorphOS (Update)
ctorrent is a console based client for the BitTorrent file sharing network.
The Amiga version has been compiled on a 68040/40. On that system, file hash checking (neccessary when resuming a download) on a 44 MB file takes about 1.5 minutes. During normal operation the CPU usage is below 50 % though.
ctorrent does not allow limiting the uploads.
Direct download: ctorrent-1.3.2.lha (186 KB)
Update: (12:29, 20.06.04, snx)
Meanwhile, #amigazeux has also prepared a MorphOS version (71 KB). Like the AmigaOS version, this port just offers a common bandwith limitation for up- and downloads. (cg)
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19.Jun.2004
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amiga-news.de: forum structure improved
The structure of the forum at amiga-news.de has been reworked regarding the single categories and their structure.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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19.Jun.2004
Amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS4: Native versions of SGrab and PNGTool
Stephan Rupprecht has released OS4 versions of the programs SGrab (328 KB, creates screenshots) and PNGTool (198 KB, converts various graphics formats to PNG).
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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19.Jun.2004
ANN (website)
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PegXMac: Beta version for the Amiga One finished
The Live CD PegXMac by David Bentham (amiga-news.de reported) is now available in an early beta version for the Amiga One, too. Before downloading you have to register at the author. PegXMac allows the start of MacOS via Mac-on-Linux on the Pegasos or Amiga One without having to install Linux before.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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19.Jun.2004
Michael Garlich (ANF)
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Titan Computer: discussion and help forum set up (update)
The software studio Titan Computer has set up a forum where questions around their Amiga and MorphOS products are answered and help is given.
Update: (12:02, 19.06.04, snx)
According to Michael Garlich in the Titan forum will Papyrus for MorphOS be released probably in six to eight weeks.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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18.Jun.2004
Thomas Unger (ANF)
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Kickstart archives: DVD-Release v3.2
"Kickstart archives" is a collection of documents in German and English language about the
history of the Amiga and Commodore written by many different authors.
Besides this there are many information about well-known people who have a connection
to the Amiga, about the Amiga models and Amiga clones, the AmigaOS and alternative operating
systems as well as about Amiga patents and additional materials.
All these topics were connected with an HTML-based index. All documents have been published on DVD
with permission of the authors or copyright owners. "Kickstart archives" runs on each
platform and can be copied to the hard drive. An integrated search engine has been also
added.
The current issue contains some new entries and some topics have been extended or updated.
For further information please have a look at the homepage.
All problems with case-sensitive file systems should be fixed. Thanks a lot to all who
have reported dead links.
The online service has been also improved: Besides the bridgeboard-tutorial, the
Amiga-troubleshooter and the MINIX-introduction there is now a topic which is dedicated
to the determination of DRAM-chips and SIM-moduls. This might be interesting for those
people who wants to upgrade their memory extensions and SCSI/IDE-adapter cards of acceleration
with RAM-options.
You can take contact or order on the homepage under "Notes/Contact" and "Notes/Order".
Please use the subject "kickstart archives" if you will write e-mails to this topic.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jun.2004
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European GIF-patent ends
After the US-version of the "GIF-Patent" ended half a year ago today the European patent
ends, too. Japan will follow tomorrow and the coresponding Canadian patent will end
on July 7th.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jun.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)
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AmigaOS 4: Further reports of experience (Update)
"Coder" has published a detailed report
of his first impression with the prerelease of AmigaOS 4.
Update: (18.06.2004, 20:00, cg)
At PPA there is a Polish OS 4-report.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jun.2004
ANN (Website)
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IRC-Client: Beta version of WookieChat published
With WookieChat a beta version
of a new IRC-client has been published (screenshot).
The program (217 KB)
has been not fully finished, has therefore still some bugs as well as some missing
functions.
In opposition to other IRC-clients it can make connections to several servers in the same
window. WookieChat runs under AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4.0 and MorphOS.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jun.2004
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: CPU-monitor V1.4 published
Christian Rosentreter has published an update of his CPU-monitors for MorphOS (screenshot).
The tooltype DNETCFILTER is new which can filter the used performance of the processor
with the help of the task "dnetc crunch #1" and therefore the users of the distributed.net-client
will get a more useful value.
Download (28 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jun.2004
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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New firmware for Kickflash OS4 available
A new version of the firmware V1.52 for the Kickflash flashrom-card for Zorro-equipped Amigas is available. This update fixes a bug in the memory allocation that kept certain A3000 models from starting properly. The programmer-team Coyoteflux is now working to implement kickstart remapping for the next update.
Download:
CoyoteFlash.lha (29 KB) (snx)
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18.Jun.2004
ANF
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distributed.net: Pegasos-Team founded
In order to advertise for the Pegasos PowerPC system Matthias 'DJBase' Münch has founded
a Pegasos-team.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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17.Jun.2004
Martin (DaFreak) Rebentisch (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies Records #073
The scene group "Liquid Skies" released their 73rd music pack yesterday. This time the release contains "SpacePop" in the "demo scene" style by the Finnish composer Tripper. The cover was pixeled by Angeldust.
More information about the track:
- Title: SpacePop
- Artist: Tripper
- Style: Spacepop
- Song Length: 4:08
- Format: mp3 (160 kbps)
The zipped data with a size of about 4.8 megs is a free download, under the title link. (cg) (Translation: dm)
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17.Jun.2004
Rupert Hausberger (ANF)
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MorphOS: Relax 2.0 released
'Relax' is a tool to control 8 bit relay cards. Changes for v2.0:
- Implemented ARexx
- Added some misc funcs
- Added own work-process
- Optimized some parts
- Fixed minor GUI bugs
- Drew a new logo
- Updated documention
(cg)
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17.Jun.2004
Eule (ANF)
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Develop Your Own Game Console
Gerd Kautzmann writes: [translated from German] "I found a page on the WWW that concerns itself with a software development project for all manner of game consoles.
The prototypes are equipped with Z80, 6502, 68HC12 and ARM7 processors. In my opinion this is a very interesting page for all those interested in game console programming and build-it-yourself video computers.
Unfortunately there is no 68k computer there, but in this vein you may be inspired by this."
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Jun.2004
Amigaworld.net (Website)
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OS4 Depot with Cross-Upload to Aminet
OS4 Depot now offers a cross-upload of data to Aminet. Your data will be put together with a generated READ ME file on us.aminet.net/pub/aminet/new, as soon as an administrator releases it. This function still is in the test phase. The users are responsible for correctly filling out the Aminet-relevant data themselves. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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17.Jun.2004
ANN (Website)
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AmigaOS 4 Exhibition in Stockholm this Coming Weekend
This weekend from Friday afternoon until Sunday evening there's an exhibition of AmigaOS 4 by the Swedish Amiga user group in Stockholm. You'll find the details (in Swedish) under the title link. At the same time there's a similar exhibition by the Syntax Society and ACG GBG in Landskrona (amiga-news.de reported). (snx) (Translation: dm)
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17.Jun.2004
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Tulip: New Beginning for the Commodore Trademark (Update)
Tulip Computers N.V. made know at a press conference today that a range of entertainment products under the trademark Commodore may be looked forward to.
The prelude is the production of a mini-game-console by the name of C-64 Direct-to-TV that should appear on the market in the second half of the year for about 30 euros. It is projected to have 30 popular C64 games (for example Summer Games, Winter Games, California Games) (amiga-news.de reported).
Additionally the earlier Commodore machines like VIC-20 and PET will be accomodated by USB memory sticks, and transportable music data reproduction equipment will be offered: FPet, Mpet und eVic. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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17.Jun.2004
Amiga.org (Website)
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New MiniGL Games: "I, meteor" and "d3GNOP+"
Jukka Varsaluoma has released two little MiniGL/Warp3D games here: I, meteor, in which you as a meteor inflict the most damage possible, and d3GNOP+, an improved variant of the Pong clone d3GNOP. You may make a donation in the amount of your choosing for these new games, which come in 68k and WarpOS versions. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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17.Jun.2004
Elbox Computer (ANF)
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Elbox: New driver software for FastATA 1200 controller
Elbox has released new driver software for FastATA 1200 (Power Flyer 1200, Winner 1200 High-Speed) controllers. The update is available free of charge for all registered users of FastATA 1200 and includes new versions of ATA3.driver, ATA3Prefs and AllegroCDFS.
Changes:
- ATA3.driver ver.7.0
- compatiblity with the newest big hard drive geometries (support up to 2TB)
- write speed improvement
- ATA3Prefs ver.7.0
- changes in the SPLIT/NOSPLIT detection algoritm
- AllegroCDFS ver.3.4
- improvement in reading CDs with surface defects
Speed tests of the EIDE hard drives connected to the FastATA 1200 MK-II controller have been published in the News | Product Reviews section of the Elbox website.
Tests were done with some of the most popular A1200 turbo cards: Apollo 1240, Blizzard 1230, Blizzard 1260 and BlizzardPPC.
If you own an old version of the FastATA controller, you can upgrade it now with the newest FastATA 1200 MK-II firmware using a DIY Upgrade Pack. (snx)
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16.Jun.2004
ANN (Website)
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intuitionbase.com opens online shop
The AmigaOS 4 information site intuitionbase.com has
opened an online shop. The first available items are
"AmigaOne" stickers for computer cases.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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14.Jun.2004
Andreas R. Kleinert
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SViewIV: PPC modules released
In addition to the key file, Andreas R. Kleinert has also released the PPC modules for SViewIV today by uploading them to Aminet. Previously, these modules were only available for registered PPC users. (snx)
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12.Jun.2004
#amigazeux
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AmiNetRadio: New skins
Following the title link you can find new skins available for NG-Gui of AmiNetRadio, among others "CogWheel" by EmericSH or "Earlgrey" by Cato Hagen.
(cr) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jun.2004
jami (ANF)
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Publication: IBM PowerPC newsletter #17 released
The latest issue #17 of the English PowerPC Processor
News by IBM covers the following topics:
- 64-bit PowerPC technology for high-volume server applications
- Power management techniques in IBM PowerPC microprocessors
- PowerPC 970FX processors in Spain supercluster
- PowerPC 750GX in Momentum's single-board computers
- IBM PowerPC microprocessors in Artesyn's telecom blades
- Optimizing device software development with IBM PowerPC
The reading of the newsletters is possible for free following the title link.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jun.2004
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DTP: Grashopper LLC announce Pagestream 5.0
Grashopper LLC announce on their website the immediate availability of "Pagestream 5.0" for Windows and Linux. Versions for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS are said to follow later this month. The schedule for the AmigaOS 4 version is said to depend on the further development of things due to the OS rights transfer to KMOS.
New in Pagestream 5.0:
- Alpha blending for text and objects
- Picture Transparency
- Text Widow and Orphan Control
- Definable Printer Marks
- More shortcuts
- Path Flatten and Smooth
- Hanging Bullets, DropCaps and Number
- New Duplicate Objects Method
- etc.
New in Pagestream 5.0 Pro:
- Place PDF Objects
- Objects can be exported as bitmap
- Automatically Adjust Text Width Justify
- Gradient/Radial Blend Masks for Pictures/EPS/PDF/Drawings
- Path Math: Union/Add/Unique/Subtract
- etc.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jun.2004
www.masonicons.de (ANF)
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AISS (Amiga Image Storage System) released
AISS (Amiga Image Storage System) is a system to manage toolbar images under AmigaOS. Some default images are already implemented. Further information and a link for downloading AISS can be found on the MasonIcons website following the title link.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jun.2004
Sabrina Online editorial office (e-mail)
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Comic: Sabrina Online.de with strips #221-#225
After a longer break new Sabrina comics were released on the website "Sabrina Online" under the title link:
- 221 Frauengespräche
- 222 Kein Kommentar
- 223 Wiedersehen zum Wiedersehen
- 224 Auf in den Alltag
- 225 TIMMIEH!
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jun.2004
ANN (website)
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distributed.net: "Amiga RC5 effort" team third
Within distributed.net's OGR-25 competition computers that are organized in teams calculate so called "optimal Golomb scales".
The "Amiga RC5 Team Effort", founded years ago to participate in the decryption of RC5 "keys", is on the third place in the OGR competition.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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