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):
more ...
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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.
more ...
(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).
more ...
(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.
more ...
(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.
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(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:
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(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.
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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:
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(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.
more ...
(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:
more ...
(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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11.Jun.2004
amigafuture.de
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Backup software: Back-it-all-up version 9.6
Colin Wenzel has released version 7.3 of his backup tool 'BACK-IT-ALL-UP'. The program is able to backup complete hard drives, supports up to eight partitions and requires AmigaOS 3.x.
Direct download: backitallup96.lha (17 KB)
(cg)
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11.Jun.2004
Raziel (ANF)
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Adventure-Engine: ScummVM 0.6.0
Uwe Ryssel has compiled version 0.6.0 of the adventure engine ScummVM for AmigaOS. As usual, there are versions for 68k and WarpOS.
Using ScummVM, classic adventures from LucasArts - like for example Monkey Island 1-3, Day Of The Tentacle, Sam & Max, The Dig or Full Throttle - can be played on modern Amiga systems.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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11.Jun.2004
Simon Neumann (ANF)
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amiga-news.com online again
Simon Neumann wrote:
"Amiga-news.com which formerly was Amigaliennews is now online again and will be still
more up-to-date because of additional editors and improved web technology.
more ...
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jun.2004
Amiga Games Hit Parade (ANF)
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Amiga games hit parade: Results May/June 2004
Under the title link
you can find the results of the Amiga games hit parade for May/June of this year.
The first place has not changed with Quake 2 followed by Earth 2140 and Payback.
The vote for July/August will be started in July.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jun.2004
Amigaworld.net (Website)
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Swedish OS4-Prerelease-Parties
Because of the delivery of the AmigaOS4-Prerelease ACG Göteborg which is the Swedish
Amiga user group and Syntax-Society have announced the OS4-Prerelease-Parties.
One will be take place from June 18th to 20th in Landskrona the other in Stockholm to another date.
more ...
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jun.2004
MorphZone (Website)
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Linux: PPCZone opens
On June 10th PPCZone which is the PPC
Linux-counter-part to MorphZone has opened.
Webmaster is Dave 'Targhan' Crawford, too.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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10.Jun.2004
MorphOS-News.de (Website)
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Genesi: Photos from the Freescale International FAE Conference Tech Fair
Under the title link you'll find photos from the Freescale International FAE Conference Tech Fair in Austin, Texas (USA), in which Genesi currently is presenting the Pegasos and associated products such as Open Desktop Workstation. Also Pegasos training of the Freescale colleagues (photo) has occurred here (as amiga-news.de reported).
(snx) (Translation: dm)
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10.Jun.2004
Norman Walter (ANF)
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Amiga C Course for Beginners Newly Expanded
The Amiga C course for beginners has been expanded with a few exercises that are (hopefully) appropriate for beginners. These exercises are found in the current archive of the course.
(snx) (Translation: dm)
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10.Jun.2004
ANN (Website)
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MorphOS: CPU Monitor V1.3 Released
Christian Rosentreter has released an update to his CPU Monitor for MorphOS (screenshot).
Changes since version 1.0:
- fixed refresh bug (thx. to itix for solution)
- added vertical grid
- removed a small memory leak
- added DONOTACTIVATE tooltype
- added NOSIZEGADGET tooltype
- added BORDERLESS tooltype + additional required functionality
- internal cleanups and improvements
(snx) (Translation: dm)
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10.Jun.2004
ANN (Website)
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English Pegasos Review by Prof. Peruggi Expanded / Italian Translation
The very comprehensive English language review of Pegasos and the MorphOS operating system by Prof. Fulvio Peruggi, From Genesi(s) to Revelation, (amiga-news.de reported has been reworked and expanded. The text is now also in Italian. Inquiries about translations into other languages are welcome, if anyone with the "soul of a martyr" feels up to it.
(snx) (Translation: dm)
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10.Jun.2004
Maxime Doyen (ANF)
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HomeBank: German Language Catalog Data Available
For the a-while-ago-released-as-freeware program HomeBank from Maxime Doyen there is now also german language catalog data (6 KB) available. The author is thankful to Andreas Mayer-Gürr for this translation.
(snx) (Translation: dm)
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10.Jun.2004
Amigaworld.net (Website)
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DvPlayer: Screenshot of an Upcoming Movie-Player for OS4 (Update)
RiVA author Stephen Fellner is now working on a movie output program for OS4 by the name of DvPlayer (screenshot). More information should follow shortly.
Update: (16:08, 10.06.04, snx)
As the author stated in a comment on Amigaworld.net, DvPlayer is not based on RiVA but is, on the other hand, a completely new project. MPEG1/2, Video-CD, SVCD and DVD are envisioned as output formats, but other formats will possibly be supported.
(snx) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jun.2004
Amiforce (ANF)
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Abakus-Design: New screenshots of Port Royal
There are new screenshots from the the currently being developed adventure game Port
Royal available at
Abakus-Design's
website.
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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09.Jun.2004
Giancarlo Piscitello (ANF)
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PNG icons: AmiCrystal v1.1
Giancarlo Piscitello released a new version of his icon pack 'AmiCrystal' (Screenshot, low resolution / Screenshot, high resolution).
Direct download: Ami-Crystal.lha (1.7 MB)
(cg)
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09.Jun.2004
Thomas Steiding (ANF)
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Barkanoid 2 for MorphOS/AmigaOS?
In a joint press release, Magnussoft and e.p.i.c. interactive announce the availability of Barkanoid 2 for Linux and MacOS. Thomas Steiding (e.p.i.c.) asks for feedback regarding a potential MorphOS or AmigaOS version:
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(cg)
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09.Jun.2004
ANN (website)
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SWAUG: Mounting an Amiga 1200 into a standard tower case
Under the title link
the South Wales Amiga User Group describes the mounting of an Amiga 1200 into a normal PC tower case.
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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09.Jun.2004
Hans-Jörg Frieden (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: official status update
AmigaOS 4.0 status update
by Hans-Jörg Frieden, Hyperion Entertainment
With the Developer Pre-release finally out, the time is right for a status report on the current state of AmigaOS 4.0. The huge amount of work invested into the project by a lot of dedicated developers means that there has already been substantial progress since the pre-release.
Some of the 68k components of the pre-release have in the meantime been ported to PowerPC code. The most prominent of these are Picasso96 and MUI. While Picasso96 is still in alpha test among the developers, the PPC version of MUI is being beta-tested right now, and is expected to be stabilized soon.
The kernel has also seen some updates. Among other things, it now supports a special resource called the performance monitor. The performance monitor is a hardware profiler within the CPU that allows the programmer extremely fine-tuned profiling of code, even including counting cache hits and misses, instruction timing, pipeline stalls, number of instructions patched, instruction throughput, and a lot of other factors. The performance monitor is controlled via performancemonitor.resource, which offers an easy-to-use API that wraps all this functionality into a few functions.
Further improvements of the kernel include support for the Altivec unit. The Altivec unit is a SIMD vector processing unit. SIMD stands for "single instruction multiple data", meaning that a series of instructions is executed in parallel on multiple streams of data items. Altivec has a lot of uses, most prominently in 3D graphics, but also in image processing, signal processing, compression/decompression, and all general computing applications that inherently work by executing the same instructions on large datasets. Altivec support in the kernel isn't 100% stable yet, but is expected to be fully functional very soon.
Moovid, the well-known media player, has now also been ported to PowerPC, and the results are quite spectacular. An Altivec-enabled version is also in the works. Moovid plays a wide range of movie codecs, including DivX.
A lot of progress has also been made on the shared C library, newlib, and the static C library, clib2.
Subsequently, there is now a new gcc compiler suite that runs up to six times faster than the compiler included in the SDK. Furthermore, since the final release of GNU C 3.4.0 has emerged, it has also been successfully ported to AmigaOS 4.0, and is now used for most components and programs. GCC 3.4.0 features a much better code generator than previous versions, much better support for ANSI C++, and implements the Motorola 'vector' extension for Altivec (meaning you can use types like 'vector unsigned char x' in your program to signify a vector for Altivec).
One program that has seen a tremendous speed boost is AmiPDF. The new PowerPC version of AmiPDF is, depending on input, up to 60 times faster than the original version on the prerelease.
Furthermore we expect a working serial device and floppy support soon.
The USB stack is shaping up as well. It now supports HID devices like keyboards and mice as well as HID joysticks and steering wheels, and USB mass storage devices like USB sticks, flash card readers, 7-in-1 card readers and cameras.
The A1 IDE device now has working UDMA support. Also, interrupts are no longer polled but delivered properly. This means that the device does not require any CPU time for transfers.
Currently, work concentrates on performance optimization. Results look quite good already, and stress tests have shown the device to be 100% reliable - no data corruption occurs.
This material will in due course be released for download to registered users of the Developer Pre-release on our web site at:
http://www.hyperion-entertainment.biz
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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08.Jun.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)
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Download archive: os4depot.net
Björn Hagström & Amigaworld.net present OS4Depot.net. This is a File Depot portal dedicated to providing and hosting AmigaOS 4 files and related resources.
(cg)
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08.Jun.2004
ANN (Website)
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AmigaOne: Beta tester for "PegXMac" port wanted
The author of PegXMac is searching for beta testers willing to test the AmigaOne version of his distribution.
PegXMac is a 'LiveCD' that uses 'MacOnLinux' to enable booting MacOS X from CD - without the need to install Linux first.
more ...
(cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 08. Jun. 2004, 22:41] [Comments: 0]
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08.Jun.2004
ANN (Website)
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MorphOS: IRC bouncer "Miau"
"Miau" is a small but powerful IRC bouncer for MorphOS.
A bouncer can be used to keep the connection to the IRC server after exiting your IRC client. This way your nickname will be protected against abuse from other users.
IRC bouncers can also hide your real IP address - though this requires running the bouncer on a remote computer.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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08.Jun.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)
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AmigaOS 4: Status of missing bits
H.-J. Frieden is giving on amigaworld.net
a short overview of the missing bits of the prerelease.
more ...
(cg) (Translation: gf)
[News message: 08. Jun. 2004, 21:42] [Comments: 0]
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08.Jun.2004
ANN (Website)
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MiniShowPicture: NewIcons and Italian local file
For the picture viewer MiniShowPicture now NewIcons
and an Italian local
file are available.
(snx) (Translation: gf)
[News message: 08. Jun. 2004, 13:45] [Comments: 0]
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06.Jun.2004
Genesi (e-mail)
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Genesi: Status report / First Open Desktop Workstations assembled in Las Vegas
Today, Genesi published a press release and a status report (Watts Happening!) which we are quoting below:
more ...
(snx)
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06.Jun.2004
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AmigaOS 4: First impressions
In the 'AmigaOne' section of his homepage, Sascha 'SieGeL' Pfalz describes his first impressions of the AmigaOS 4 pre-release.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 06. Jun. 2004, 21:33] [Comments: 0]
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05.Jun.2004
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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Short article about the ACSH users meeting in Kiel (Germany)
Sven Scheele wrote:
"To deliver some impressions from the ACSH users meeting in Kiel we have released some pictures.
8 computers are installed, among those probably the only AmigaOne with water cooling, and a Pegasos II, too. Right now appr. 20 visitors were counted..."
(cg) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 05. Jun. 2004, 19:14] [Comments: 0]
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05.Jun.2004
Hans-Jörg Frieden (ANF)
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Hyperion Entertainment opens new web presence
Leuven, Belgium - June 5th, 2004
Hyperion Entertainment is proud to announce that our new web site is now online. The new site can be reached at www.hyperion-entertainment.biz.
The new site features an all-new dynamic content system that allows registered users to login on the front page. Logging in will give users access to otherwise restricted areas of the web site, including more download options.
New features will be added to the web site in the future.
(cg)
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05.Jun.2004
Norman Walter (ANF)
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Amiga-C course for beginners with new lesson
The Amiga-C course for beginners has been enhanced with a lession about graphics primitives.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 05. Jun. 2004, 15:06] [Comments: 0]
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04.Jun.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)
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AmigaOS 4: Diverse Emulators
Steffen Häuser ported several emulators to AmigaOS 4. You can download
"Stella", "xMame", "xMess", "xCPMame" and "xNEOMame" from amigashare.com.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 04. Jun. 2004, 20:29] [Comments: 0]
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04.Jun.2004
Computer City (e-mail)
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Computer City: Nova Design products available / Retro show / CD³² with SX-32
Computer City would like to announce that all Nova Design products are now in
stock and available for immediate delivery to both end-users and
resellers (amiga-news.de reported). An overview of the products can be found here.
more ...
(snx)
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04.Jun.2004
Martin Merz (ANF)
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MasonIcons: OS4 Classic Toolbar Images available
The default OS4 Classic Toolbar Images (for developers) are available (76 KB) at MasonIcons.de.
more ...
(snx)
[News message: 04. Jun. 2004, 18:45] [Comments: 0]
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04.Jun.2004
JAmiga (Website)
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Amiga-Java: Jamiga alpha 0.0.3
Alpha-Version 0.0.3 has been published of the Java implemention "JAmiga" for the
68k-AmigaOS. JAmiga can be now compiled with GCC which increases the chances for a
further support of other (Amiga compatible) platforms. Besides this the new version
contains the button as first GUI element and a test class for buttons, too. The developer
ask you for your feedback via e-mail or via the web formular.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 04. Jun. 2004, 14:27] [Comments: 0]
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04.Jun.2004
Peer Richter (ANF)
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New possibility of downloading Ghostscript v8.13 (Update)
Peer Richter has adapted the installation script for Ghostscript 8.13 and has uploaded
the new archive. Richter asks for e-mail if you find bugs.
Update: (03.06.2004, 22:50, cg)
Unfortunately there has been a little bug when putting together the archive. From now on
there is a bug fixed version available.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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04.Jun.2004
PPCNUX (ANF)
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PPCNUX: Report about OS4-Event in Essen
The Online-Linux-Magazin PPCNUX has published an English report about the OS4 event in
Essen (Germany).
(nba) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 04. Jun. 2004, 14:18] [Comments: 0]
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04.Jun.2004
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Editorship of NoCover temporary not available
Wolf Zimmer who is the editor of the online magazine NoCover
is not available because of a damage of his computer.
more ...
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Jun.2004
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Software News Summary
MiniShowPicture 1.62
Version 1.62 of the picture shower MiniShowPicture was released today. It's a simple picture displayer that's based on MUI and uses datatypes. The functions include drag&drop, scaling, as well as keyboard support. The archive includes versions for MorphOS and AmigaOS 3.
Direct download: MiniShowPicture.lha (284 KB)
MorphOS: New version of "Alphatools"
"Alphatools" is a collection of little graphical tools: tifftopng, PNG and TIFF modules (at this time 32-Bit) for ImageFX as well as a few scripts for TVPaint.
Direct download: alphatools.lha (648 KB)
MorphOS: New version of "Ripper"
"Ripper" is an MUI-based CDDA ripper and sound converter.
Direct download: ripper.lha (489 KB)
AmigaOS 4: two small grapic demos
Peter Gordon provides these PPC-native graphic demos "Lights" and "Tunnel."
(cg) (Translation: dm)
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03.Jun.2004
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Icon Patch: PowerIcons 1.06
A new version of the icon patch "PowerIcons", which makes possible the use of 32Bit icons under AmigaOS, was released today. The changes may be found in the readme document.
Direct download: PowerIcons.lha (755 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dm)
[News message: 03. Jun. 2004, 20:26] [Comments: 0]
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03.Jun.2004
MorphZone (Website)
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Convention: Photos from Meeting of Hungarian Pegasos Users
Under the title link you'll find photos of a meeting of an Hungarian Pegasos user group.
The event took place this past Sunday and was open to visitors. The main topics of discussion were problems with the installation of Linux and MacOnLinux, but MorphOS-specific points like the creation of a network under that OS were also addressed.
(snx) (Translation: dm)
[News message: 03. Jun. 2004, 13:59] [Comments: 0]
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03.Jun.2004
Jan Andersen / VHT-DK (E-Mail)
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Virus Help Denmark: VirusZ v1.01 and Request for Feedback
Georg Hörmann has released version 1.01 of anti-virus software VirusZ, which may be downloaded from the website of Virus Help Team Denmark.
more ...
(nba) (Translation: dm)
[News message: 03. Jun. 2004, 10:34] [Comments: 0]
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02.Jun.2004
Andreas Kleinert (E-Mail)
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Free keyfiles for SView 5, SView 4 and akDatatypes
Free keyfiles for SView 5, SView IV and the "akDatatypes" have been uploaded to Aminet recently. Due to problems with the uploads, the keyfiles are available at http://www.ar-kleinert.de for now.
(cg)
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02.Jun.2004
Aminet (Website)
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Aminet uploads until 2004-06-02
Here, the list of the latest Aminet uploads since our last report:
more ...
(nba) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 02. Jun. 2004, 12:51] [Comments: 0]
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02.Jun.2004
Vesalia Computer (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4.0: Pre release shipping to customers
Today Vesalia starts with shipping the pre release of AmigaOS 4.0 to the customers who expect the delivery within the next few days.
more ...
(snx) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 02. Jun. 2004, 10:22] [Comments: 0]
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02.Jun.2004
MorphZone (website)
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Demo scene: Several Mad Wizard demos adapted for MorphOS
Kiero made some changes to several of the Mad Wizards' releases, so now you can enjoy these demos under MorphOS. You can find them in the MorphZone. Required is a video card with 3D supported drivers.
(snx)
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02.Jun.2004
ANN (website)
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MorphOS: C64 emulator Frodo now with Catweasel SID support
The MorphOS version of the C64 emulator Frodo has been updated and does now support the original soundchip of the C64, known as SID (Sound Interface Device).
more ...
(snx)
[News message: 02. Jun. 2004, 07:35] [Comments: 0]
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01.Jun.2004
Dietmar Eilert (ANF)
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Updates for GoldED AIX and microgolded
A new version of GoldED AIX has just been released. Information about the new features and the latest files are available here.
more ...
(snx) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 01. Jun. 2004, 21:27] [Comments: 0]
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01.Jun.2004
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Online magazine: NoCover issue 123
On May, 1st issue #123 of the German online magazine NoCover has been released and it has already been sent to all subscribers via e-mail.
The magazine is also available from nc-mag.de as well as apc-tcp.de. It will be on Aminet soon and is distributed on Amiga Future CDROMs.
(snx) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 01. Jun. 2004, 20:55] [Comments: 0]
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01.Jun.2004
MorphZone (Website)
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MorphOS: New skin "OneFive"
"OneFive" is another MorphOS skin from Oliver 'Bladerunner' Hummel (Screenshot).
The skin is designed for higher resolutions and large fonts and includes a skin installer.
Direct download: onefive.lha (440 KB)
(snx) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 01. Jun. 2004, 19:19] [Comments: 0]
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01.Jun.2004
Amigaworld.net (Website)
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AmigaOne/AmigaOS4 tutorials updated (UBoot, OS installation)
At IntuitionBase.com the UBoot tutorial
has been updated and a pre-release installation FAQ
is available now.
The official OS4 installer guide has been updated aswell, please visit
www.os4.co.uk for more info.
(snx) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 01. Jun. 2004, 13:57] [Comments: 0]
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01.Jun.2004
whoosh (ANF)
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AFPL-Ghostscript 8.13 ported for i686-AROS
Ghostscript is for viewing + converting + printing PS & PDF files. This port is a recompile of my 68k port of AFPL Ghostscript 8.13 to a new host: i686-AROS.
more ...
(snx)
[News message: 01. Jun. 2004, 13:48] [Comments: 0]
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01.Jun.2004
Amigaworld.net (Website)
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MPEG player: RiVA V0.50 released
Stephen Fellner released v0.50 of "RIVA", a shareware mpeg player for 68k based Amiga systems. New in this version:
more ...
(snx) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 01. Jun. 2004, 13:21] [Comments: 0]
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01.Jun.2004
Brad Webb (E-Mail)
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Amiga Update Newsletter von Brad Webb #040531
The May 2004 issue of Brad Webb's "Amiga Update" is available now. In his monthly newsletter Brad covers all important Amiga news.
more ...
(nba) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 01. Jun. 2004, 13:05] [Comments: 0]
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31.May.2004
Elbox Computer (ANF)
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Elbox: Cross upgrade offer for PCI busboards
Until June 14th, Elbox do offer a cross upgrade for owners of PCI busboards by other manufacturers: in return for their current PCI busboard they can get the Mediator PCI at a special upgrade price.
more ...
(snx)
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29.May.2004
Amiga Arena (ANF)
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Strategy game: "Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe" updated
Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe is an
open source clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe", that
"enhances the game experience dramatically".
Frank W. has now updated his Amiga port of OpenTTD. Amongst other things,
the "FastRAM problem" of the 68k version has been fixed, the keyboard is
supported now and the language files have been updated.
To play OpenTTD in fullscreen mode, either press <Alt>-<Return>
while the game is running or change the "fullscreen" value in the file
"openttd.cfg" to "true".
(cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 29. May. 2004, 21:53] [Comments: 0]
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29.May.2004
Amiga Arena (ANF)
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Strategy game: LGeneral for AmigaOS
Frank W. has compiled the "Panzer General" clone LGeneral for AmigaOS (68k and WarpOS).
The Amiga version is available from the author's homepage, the required data files can be obtained from the official LGeneral homepage.
If you want to play LGeneral in fullscreen mode, change the "fullscreen" value in the file "lgeneral.conf" to 1.
(cg)
[News message: 29. May. 2004, 21:47] [Comments: 0]
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29.May.2004
ANN (website)
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SystemPatch: version 2.3 released
Sante Nocciolino's SystemPatch that patches several system routines to gain some system performance on Amiga computers (68020+) is now available in version 2.3.
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(snx) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 29. May. 2004, 16:57] [Comments: 0]
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28.May.2004
Charlene/VHT (E-Mail)
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New versions of "Anti-Virus Boot Disks"
The Virus Help Team has published new versions of its "Anti-Virus Boot Disks".
These are bootable disks that can be used to search for virus on a PC.
more ...
(nba) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 28. May. 2004, 16:29] [Comments: 0]
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28.May.2004
Richard H. Poser II (E-Mail)
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Instant Messaging: AmigAIM Beta 0.9448 published
The new beta version 0.9448 of AmigaAIM which is an AOL Instant Messenger chat tool for
the Amiga has been published on May 27th, 2004.
A bug has been fixed and a new feature added where the chat partner sees that the other one
just writes a message.
more ...
(nba) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 28. May. 2004, 16:24] [Comments: 0]
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28.May.2004
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: Version control system Subversion 1.0.4 (Clients) ported
Subversion is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files and directories (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like CVS, RCS or SCCS.
more ...
(snx)
[News message: 28. May. 2004, 07:22] [Comments: 0]
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27.May.2004
MorphZone (Website)
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MorphOS: Status Report for the Browser "Atlantis"
At MorphZone there's a status report on the progress of the MorphOS version of Atlantis, which is the Gnome Linux web-browser by Ali 'Galaxy' Akcaagac.
The author stresses that he is unwilling and unable to predict a completion date. He shows two screenshots (1, 2) and an accompanying status report to show that he is keeping his word and the promised port is proceeding slowly but steadily.
Currently the GUI is beginning to take rough shape and the character system is almost complete. The URL string particularly is missing, as is the expected HTML class.
(snx) (Translation: dm)
[News message: 27. May. 2004, 20:56] [Comments: 0]
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27.May.2004
Matthias Bertram
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A600 accellerator: Current number of preorders for the "Apollo 630"
Matthias Bertram informs us that he received 48 pre-orders for a potential new production run of the "Apollo 630" until now (we reported). 18 people contacted him but did not place a final order yet.
more ...
(cg)
[News message: 27. May. 2004, 16:11] [Comments: 0]
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26.May.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)
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Report and Photos from the "Webbit 2004"
At Ikir
Sector there is an Italian report including some photos from the
"Webbit 2004", which happend from May the 6th to May the 8th in
Padova (Italy), available.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 26. May. 2004, 20:13] [Comments: 0]
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26.May.2004
amiga.org (Website)
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"Pong" in 3D: d3GNOP
"d3GNOP" is a 3D "Pong" clone by Jukka Varsaluoma. The game requires Warp3D and AHI, some screenshots are available on the author's homepage
- Stunning 3D gfx (Warp3D/MiniGL)
- 16bit stereo sound with speech (AHI)
- Versions for 68k and WarpOS
- 1 or 2 player game
- 10 different bonuses (multiple balls, obstacles etc.)
- 100 levels
- 10 different 3D backgrounds
- Automatic savegame
- Selectable detail of gfx
- Joystick support
- Freeware
(cg)
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26.May.2004
ANN (Website)
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Game: Update of Horror House - Timing problems with MorphOS solved
Horror
House (2.9 MB) - a little Hollywood game where monsters
appearing at different windows have to shot with the mouse is
available in it's fourth release.
more ...
(snx) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 26. May. 2004, 16:27] [Comments: 0]
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26.May.2004
Amigaworld.net (Website)
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Instant Messaging: Further preview of version 1.5 of Jabberwocky
There is another preview of version 1.5 of the instant
messaging client Jabberwocky
available.
more ...
(snx) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 26. May. 2004, 16:16] [Comments: 0]
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26.May.2004
Elbox Computer (ANF)
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Elbox: eFlasher v1.6 released
As Elbox Computer announce, version 1.6 of the eFlasher program and version 1.6 of the eFlashConfig script have been released today for registered users of eFlash 4000 cards.
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(snx)
[News message: 26. May. 2004, 15:54] [Comments: 0]
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26.May.2004
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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ACSH: Amiga meeting in Kiel on June the 5th
The Amiga Club Schleswig-Holstein likes to remind their next
hardware meeting.
It will happen on Saturday the 5th of June at 2 pm at the
Fachhochschule at the Kiel east side.
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(snx) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 26. May. 2004, 15:33] [Comments: 0]
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26.May.2004
Christian Geier (E-Mail)
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Image_Installer-Team is looking for betatesters with an AmigaOne
The Image_Installer
team is looking for some betatesters for the
AmigaOne version of the Image_InstallerV2.
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(snx) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 26. May. 2004, 10:44] [Comments: 0]
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24.May.2004
ANN (Website)
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Poll: Would you buy an Amiga 2000 PCI solution?
Jim "redrumloa" Farley from Anachronism Industries started a poll to gauge the interest in a PCI solution for the Amiga 2000.
Anachronism Industries recently acquired all rights and remaining stock of the PCI busboard "Prometheus
(cg)
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23.May.2004
ANN (Website)
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Game: Horror House Released (Update)
Horror House (1 MB) is a little Hollywood game in which monsters appear in the windows of a house viewed from the front and must be shot by means of manipulating your mouse.
All required libraries are in the archive. Under UAE the sound option must be activated. If you have any ideas to improve the game, you can reach the author at this email.
Update: (6:57 AM, 24th May, 2004, snx)
Since this report was first released there's a new version that, along with bug-fixing and implementing a high score list, also includes a WarpOS variant that runs on the devloper's Pegasos.
(snx) (Translation: dm)
[News message: 23. May. 2004, 13:44] [Comments: 0]
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22.May.2004
Matthias (ANF)
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Apollo 630 might get produced again
Individual Computers are willing to produce another batch of ACT's Amiga 600 expansion board Apollo 630.
A small batch of the accellerator board (68030@40 MHz, SIMM socket for up to 32MB RAM, socket for 68882 FPU) will get produced if at least 50 people order a board. A single board would cost 130 EUR (incl. VAT).
If you're interested, please contact Matthias Bertram through e-mail. Until now, Matthias has collected three orders.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 22. May. 2004, 19:56] [Comments: 0]
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22.May.2004
Otto Dette from the U.d.N. (ANF), ANN (website)
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Event photos: more pictures from Essen, Lodz and Lomza
More photos from the OS4 event in Essen has Ralf 'Mika' Toenjes made available. Photos taken at the Pegasos presentation at the Linux conference on May, 12th in Lomza as well as additional shots from the Amiga meeting 2004 in Lodz makes Pawel 'Stefkos' Stefanski available.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 22. May. 2004, 15:01] [Comments: 0]
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22.May.2004
Marcin Kurek
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BootCreator now with Pegasos1 support
Marcin 'morgoth' Kurek has released a new version of the BootCreator.
more ...
(cr) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 22. May. 2004, 13:40] [Comments: 0]
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22.May.2004
Michal Wozniak
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MorphOS: ShowGirls 0.5 released (update)
Michal 'kiero' Wozniak has released a new version of his picture viewer that has been renamed to "ShowGirls". ShowGirls uses MUI and offers many image editing functions (scale, crop, rotate, flip) and a PNG icon thumbnail generator.
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(cr) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 22. May. 2004, 13:17] [Comments: 0]
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22.May.2004
Amigaworld.net (website)
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Mai Logic: New Articia-P specifications / mini-ITX Teron available
The Mini-ITX version "Teron mini" of the PowerPC board family by Mai Logic is in the meanwhile listed as available on their website.
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(snx) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 22. May. 2004, 08:54] [Comments: 0]
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22.May.2004
ANN (website)
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Text viewer: EvenMore v0.62
The text viewer EvenMore by Chris Perver is now available in version 0.62. Mainly the plugins for RTF, HTML and AmigaGuide have been updated.
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(snx) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 22. May. 2004, 08:32] [Comments: 0]
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22.May.2004
Wolfman (ANF)
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PC Praxis special edition with Amiga Forever special edition
Wolfman wrote: The new special edition Windows Intern of the German print magazine PC Praxis, mainly covering the tuning of WinXP and similar things, contains an additional part about emulators where Amiga Forever is mentioned, too. In addition to this, there's a special edition of Amiga Forever together with Kickstart 1.3 and Workbench on the magazine CD.
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(snx) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 22. May. 2004, 08:07] [Comments: 0]
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21.May.2004
MorphZone (Forum)
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PNG-Icon-Set: ScummVM-Bubbles
With ScummVM-Bubbles
Oliver Hummel has created an Icon-set for diverse ScummVM-games (screenshot).
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(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. May. 2004, 22:50] [Comments: 0]
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21.May.2004
MorphOS-BT2-ML
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PUSH 2004: First pictures of event in Göteborg
You can look at some first pictures of the PUSH 2004,
which will take place until tomorrow in Swedish Göteborg.
You can find them here.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. May. 2004, 20:31] [Comments: 0]
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21.May.2004
MorphZone (Forum)
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Secret Decoder Ring: Mass-Decoder for Binary-Newsgroups
With Secret Decoder Ring
you can convert UU-coded files from Binary-Newsgroups.
Required are UUDecode, yDecode, Newscoaster and ARexx.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. May. 2004, 19:07] [Comments: 0]
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21.May.2004
ANN (Website)
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Report of Amiga-Meeting 2004 in Polish Lodz
Under the title link
you can find an English translation of the richly pictured report of the Amiga-Meeting 2004
in Lodz (Poland).
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(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. May. 2004, 18:40] [Comments: 0]
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20.May.2004
ANN (Website)
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MorphOS: Strategy game "LGeneral"
Pawel Stefanski ported the turn-based strategy game LGeneral to MorphOS. The required data files need to be downloaded from the LGeneral homepage, the sources of Pawel's port can be found on his homepage.
Direct download: lgeneral.lha (MorphOS binary)
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[News message: 20. May. 2004, 22:49] [Comments: 0]
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20.May.2004
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Software News in Summary
PTplay for AmigaOS 4
The Protracker player "PTplay" by Timm Mueller, Ronald Hof and Per Johansson is now also available for AmigaOS 4 (versions for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS already existed). The complete package should be downloadable shortly from the program homepage.
Direct download:
ptplay.lha
ptplay_os4 (OS 4 Binary)
Software updates from Tom Duin
Tom "AmigaHarry" Duin has released new versions of some of his tools. Mostly little bugs have been taken care of.
- CLI2WB: Starts shell commands from Workbench
- Tasksettler: changes the priority of tasks, terminates tasks
- GoScreen: opens a new screen on which the program may open its window that would otherwise not use its own screen
- CDDA_SwapMostLeast: converts CD audio tracks from Intel to Motorola format and back.
(cg) (Translation: dm)
[News message: 20. May. 2004, 22:43] [Comments: 0]
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20.May.2004
Michael_Mann (ANF)
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PowerPC Emulator: PearPC Boots MacOS X
"PearPC" is another PowerPC emulator in development, one that emulates a complete PPC platform and, according to the website, "runs most PowerPC operating systems."
PearPC exists in an interpretative CPU emulation version that's about 500 times slower than the host computer, as well as in a JIT-Version that's 40 times slower.
As these screenshots on the emulator website show, Linux as well as MacOS X are running already on the emulator.
(cg) (Translation: dm)
[News message: 20. May. 2004, 19:56] [Comments: 0]
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20.May.2004
whoosh (ANF)
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Cross-Compiler: gcc 3.3.1 for AmigaOS 3 creates AROS-Binaries
"whoosh" combined the sources of gcc-3.3.1-aros and gcc-3.3.3-amigaos to create a gcc version that runs under AmigaOS 3 and compiles binaries for AROS-x86. He also ported binutils-2.14.
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(cg)
[News message: 20. May. 2004, 19:18] [Comments: 0]
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20.May.2004
Thomas Wenzel (ANF)
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AmigaAMP 2.12 released
Thomas Wenzel released a new Version of his audio-player "AmigaAmp". Thomas writes:
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(cg)
[News message: 20. May. 2004, 19:04] [Comments: 0]
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20.May.2004
Michael Rellstab (ANF)
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Hardware Project: Playstation Gamepads on Amiga
Michael Rellstab has invented an interface with which Playstation gamepads may be used on Amiga. Michael writes:
"The project consists of three variations, of which one (TwoPSXtoAmiga) is conceived for the direct use of an Amiga joystick port. The other variations are differentiated only by the functions of the buttons and are conceived for "other than Amiga" purposes.
The ZIP archive contains detailed documentation, as well as the assembler source for the PIC micro-controller that is required.
Also, many thanks to Carsten Siegner: he has offered to host the project. But whoever wants to ask questions about this interface should write me and not bother Carsten! :)"
Download the documentation and development data:
PSXtoTTL.zip (705 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dm)
[News message: 20. May. 2004, 00:29] [Comments: 0]
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19.May.2004
Nicholas Blachford (E-Mail)
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"Walker" website updated
Nicholas Blachford managed to boot his Amiga prototype "Walker". He added a few screenshots from the machine to his website.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 19. May. 2004, 22:27] [Comments: 0]
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19.May.2004
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Puzzle game: "Virtual Ball Fighters SE" announced
XTeam Software announce on their homepage that Virtual Ball Fighters SE will be ported to "AmigaOS 68k/PPC".
Virtual Ball Fighters SE is the successor of Virtual Ball Fighters, a Tetris clone which is already available for AGA and RTG Amigas.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 19. May. 2004, 19:52] [Comments: 0]
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19.May.2004
morphos-news.de (Website)
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PUSH 2004 starting tomorrow - MorphOS 1.5 to be shown
Tomorrow PUSH 2004 will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden. Everyone will have the chance to win a Pegasos 1 with 128MB RAM (+MorphOS, Linux Installer) as first price.
Of course also the latest version of MorphOS 1.5 will be shown, including a TCP/IP stack, Radeon 3D drivers and Altivec support. According to recent rumours a PPC implementation of ARexx will be demonstrated as well.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 19. May. 2004, 18:23] [Comments: 0]
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19.May.2004
morphzone.org (Website)
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Strategy game: Transport Tycoon Deluxe (Update)
Open Transport Tycoon is an open source clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe", that "enhances the game experience dramatically".
Christian Rosentreter and "Goos" compiled the game for MorphOS and AmigaOS (68k and WarpOS) (MorphOS screenshot). Open Transport Tycoon requires the data files from the original Windows version of "Transport Tycoon Deluxe".
Direct download:
MorphOS (1 MB)
WarpOS
(418 KB)
68k
(374 KB)
(cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 19. May. 2004, 17:44] [Comments: 0]
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18.May.2004
IOSPIRIT (ANF)
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Sunny prices at IOSPIRIT
Felix Schwarz writes: It's sunny and warm - it is the time where people are refuelling their energy... And it's the time where IOSPIRIT is again lowering the prices.
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(snx)
[News message: 18. May. 2004, 21:12] [Comments: 0]
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15.May.2004
Amigaworld.net (website)
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First reports and photos from the OS4 event in Essen/Germany (update 2)
In the forum of Amigaworld.net gives Amon_Re a first overview about the OS4 event that took place today in Essen.
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(snx) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 15. May. 2004, 20:21] [Comments: 0]
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15.May.2004
Elbox (ANF)
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Elbox: Cocolino Mouse Interface available
Elbox Computer is pleased to announce release of the Cocolino Mouse Interface. Cocolino is a PS/2 mouse interface, with the
unique capability of supporting two scroll wheels and 3rd, 4th
and 5th buttons available in many PS/2 mice nowadays.
The Cocolino interface simply plugs into the Amiga's mouse port.
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(snx)
[News message: 15. May. 2004, 17:45] [Comments: 0]
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15.May.2004
Amiga.org (website)
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Icon-Set: GlowRevolution v2 released
As announced has Lorraine Design released the icon set GlowRevolution v2.
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(snx) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 15. May. 2004, 10:13] [Comments: 0]
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15.May.2004
MorphZone (website)
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MorphOS: AmiAtlas 5 SE part of superbundle
Gerd Frank has made version 5 SE of the route organizer AmiAtlas available for the MorphOS superbundle.
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(snx) (Translation: wk)
[News message: 15. May. 2004, 09:57] [Comments: 0]
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14.May.2004
http://www.amigaplus.de/
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AMIGAplus 05/2004 - Amiga Forever 6.0
AMIGAplus 05/2004 (#147) has been published including the following reports:
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[News message: 14. May. 2004, 14:26] [Comments: 0]
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