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Archive 07/2008

`13.Jul.2008` Amigaworld.net (Forum)	MorphOS: OS4Emu 2.0 Ilkka Lehtoranta's wrapper OS4Emu allows running some AmigaOS 4 programs under MorphOS. In version 2.0, the following changes have come about: Whereas 64-bit DOS calls are supported under MorphOS 1.x in principle, but the file size is limited to 2 GB, native 64-bit DOS calls are used now under MorphOS 2.x AltiVec support under MorphOS 2.x Bug fixes in the ELF loader Completion of the Picasso96 emulation by means of the function p96WritePixelArray() (snx) (Translation: cad) [News message: 13. Jul. 2008, 21:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Jul.2008` MorphZone (website)	MorphOS: GammaMeter 1.2 Grzegorz Kraszewski's GammaMeter is a simple tool for measuring the gamma coefficient of display devices. It uses the luminance comparision method and thus does not need any external hardware. GammaMeter uses MUI, is localized and is distributed with source code under BSD license (Screenshot). (snx) [News message: 13. Jul. 2008, 18:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Jul.2008` Amigaworld.net (forum)	Event: Report and photos from the AIConf Under the title link, a first report in English from the AIConf was published, which took place yesterday in Italy and where AmigaOS 4.1 was demonstrated for the first time. In addition, the author, Andrea Maniero, has shot some photos. News compared to the announcement of the operating system update which took place the day before yesterday (reported by amiga-news.de) concern the price as well as the question of a version for PowerUp Amigas. According to the report, which was confirmed by Massimiliano Tretene (Soft3, ACube Systems) to that effect as well, the recommended retail price for AmigaOS 4.1 will amount to 105 euros plus taxes, so in Germany, to around 125 euros. For it, you acquire a physical product in the form of a cardboard box, a CD with serial number as well as a printed installation manual, as with the previous version. A version of AmigaOS 4.1 for PowerUp Amigas is not planned, according to the report. According to ACube Systems, it concerns a final cut; reportedly, only supporting newer computers allows concentrating on new functions. However, in all probability, the owners of AmigaOS 4.0 "Classic" would receive some updates, mainly bug fixes. Regarding ACube Systems' new Flex-ATX board Sam440 Flex, which no longer has a Radeon M9 chip on-board, but three PCI slots instead, it was disclosed that the price is not conclusively fixed yet, but will probably lie between 300 and 350 euros plus VAT. No statements were made on the ability to run AmigaOS 4 on the Sam440 in view of the ongoing lawsuit by Amiga Inc. against Hyperion (reported by amiga-news.de). (snx) (Translation: cad) [News message: 13. Jul. 2008, 18:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Jul.2008` Amiga Future (Webseite)	MorphOS: Hu-Go! 1.3 Hu-Go! emulates the game console TurboGrafX-16 which is also known as PC Engine (screenshot). The MorphOS port by Kelly Samel is now available in version 1.3. Changes: Clones Ambient resolution in full screen + Overlay Audio channels only allocated while emulation is running Added compact mode Added BG pattern toggle Added video sync option Cleaner sound channel termination Shortened the commodity description line Fixed MUI colors to work with most configs Added rompath selector Made gui resizable and fixed spacing Added 1 and 2 player joypad configs Added Scanline mode Several bugs fixed that were causing lock ups A few more premade HCD files added to archive (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 12. Jul. 2008, 17:21] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Jul.2008`	AmigaOS 4.1: First public demonstrations (Update) According to Massimiliano "m3x" Tretene by ACube Systems today the announced Amiga OS 4.1 is supposed to be shown at the AIConf taking place in Papozze (Italy). The first demonstration in UK will be tomorrow on 13. July presented by the user group Amiga North Thames. Update: (16:28, 13.07.08, snx) As Massimiliano Tretene (Soft3, Participator of ACube Systems) confirms, at the show ACube Systems communicated the price for the upcoming AmigaOS 4.1. The suggested retail price is Euro 105 + local VAT or further taxes. The package is similar to the OS4 Classic one and will include a cardboard box, a CD with a serial number and a printed install instruction manual. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 12. Jul. 2008, 02:06] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Jul.2008`	Hyperion announces AmigaOS 4.1 Press release: Antwerp, Belgium - 11 July, 2008. Hyperion Entertainment is very pleased to announce that Amiga OS 4.1 has gone into final testing and is scheduled for release mid-Q3/2008. Building on the solid foundations of Amiga OS 4.0, Amiga OS 4.1 introduces a wealth of substantial new functionality which is a prerequisite for the deployment of industry standard applications on the Amiga platform. State-of-the-art applications such as modern web-browsers, productivity software or digital imaging software typically operate on large datasets with a corresponding memory footprint which rapidly outstrips the physical memory of any computer system. Amiga OS 4.1 offers intelligent memory paging and uses transparent disk based memory - but only when you need it. Sophisticated media content creation packages, multi media applications such as video players and 3D games have sparked a revolution in storage technology with hard-drive capacities now reaching the terabyte range. Amiga OS 4.1 introduces an all new filesystem, JXFS, the fastest and most robust filesystem available for the Amiga platform, with support for drives and partitions of multiple terabytes. Graphics cards too have become increasingly powerful and versatile. Amiga OS 4.1 implements 3D hardware accelerated Porter/Duff image composition which is deeply integrated into the system. The upside is not only that the Amiga OS 4.1 user-interface offers unprecedented functionality and customization options such as transparent windows with arbitrary shapes. The use of a compositing engine also results in totally flicker-free screen-updates. Building on this compositing engine is Amiga OS 4.1's implementation of the "Cairo" device-independent 2D rendering library which has become a de facto industry standard and is used in applications as diverse as Firefox 3, Java/ClassPath's SWING and even Open Office. With these new features, Amiga OS 4.1 paves the way for countless exciting possibilities for the Amiga platform. Indeed, Amiga OS 4.1 is not only the most advanced AmigaOS incarnation to date, it is also the best way to reacquaint yourself with times when computing was fun! A non-exhaustive list of key new functionality of Amiga OS 4.1: Intelligent memory paging Hardware compositing engine (Radeon R1xx and R2xx family) Implementation of the "Cairo" device-independent 2D rendering library Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) support for greater digital camera compatibility JXFS filesystem with the support for drivers and partitions of multiple terabyte size Improved Workbench functionality New and improved DOS functionality (full 64 bit support, universal notification support, automatic expunge and reload of updated disk resources) Improved 3D hardware accelerated screen-dragging Reworked AmiDock with true transparency Reworked Warp3D Radeon drivers with new functionality And much, much more. Required hardware: AmigaOne Required graphics card for hardware compositing: Radeon 1xx or Radeon 2xx Recommend graphics card: Radeon 9250 Amiga OS 4.1 will ship in a cardboard package (box preview) and will be distributed world-wide by Acube Systems Srl. Details on pricing and availability will be forthcoming. Screenshots: Beneath a Steel Sky Transparent windows New Workbench features DvPlayer (cg) (Translation: snx) [News message: 12. Jul. 2008, 01:55] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Jul.2008` MorphZone (Forum)	MorphOS: Freeze 1.1 Christian Rosentreter's Freeze is a small commandline command to freeze (suspend) tasks or processes. A frozen task is still available in the system, but doesn't consume CPU time anymore. Freezing a task can be useful if the task misbehaves (e.g. if the task starts to busyloop and does not let have other tasks a turn frequently enough and hence renders the system unusable). There are similiar tools available already. F.ex. iKill (comes with MorphOS 2.0) can be used for the same purpose. But iKill needs an intution window to find the task, so does not work at all for window-less tasks. Further the well-known system monitor Scout offers in its tasklist window the possibility to freeze and activate tasks, but in case of a busyloop situation Scout can takes ages to load and initialize before it's possible to freeze a misbehaving task. Freeze can be used from commandline and without any mouse interaction. It's very small and does not require any extra dependecies. It should load even in a worst case situation relatively fast. To find a PID of a task or process the tasklist command (also provided by MorphOS 2.0) can be utilized from the commandline easily. Download: freeze-1.1.lha (3 KB) (snx) [News message: 11. Jul. 2008, 20:28] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Jul.2008` MorphZone (Forum)	MorphOS-Team: Homepage reworked The operating system MorphOS version 2.0 was published a week ago and now the homepage was redesigned as well. Now you can find there an introduction of some components and functions, the Help Desk, the Download section and a list of all current and former members of the team. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 11. Jul. 2008, 09:23] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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