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Archive 02/2009

`08.Feb.2009` Amigaworld.net (Webseite)	Podcast: Amiga Round Table, issues 36 & 37 The "Amiga Round Table" (ART) is an English Podcast in which Amiga users and invited guests discussed the latest events of the Amiga-scene. Hosts of the issues 36 and 37 are Rich Lawrence, Mike Blackburn Mike Leach and Bill Panagouleas. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 08. Feb. 2009, 13:43] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Feb.2009` PPA (Webseite)	MorphOS: Instant-Messenger PolyGlot 0.59 The Instant-Messenger PolyGlot written by Frederic 'Polymere' Rignault supports the MSN-network. Beta version 0.59 of the MorphOS-program includes several bug fixes. Download: PolyGlot_0.59.lha (3,3 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 08. Feb. 2009, 11:56] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Feb.2009` Amigaworld.net (Webseite)	File system: NTFS-driver 0.9 Marek Szyprowski has published an update of his driver for the file system NTFS. Version 0.9 for AmigaOS 3.x and MorphOS has added the so far missing ACTION_CHANGE_MODE-package-support and fixes two bugs. Download: ntfs_0.9.lha (73 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 08. Feb. 2009, 09:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`08.Feb.2009` ANF	Decision against von Gravenreuth legally valid The decision against the lawyer Günter Freiherr von Gravenreuth is legally valid. The court has not given a suspended sentence. Thus the lawyer was sentenced to 14 month's hard time. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 08. Feb. 2009, 09:19] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Feb.2009` Max Mustermann (ANF)	Scandoubler: Pictures of prototype of Indivision AGA 4000D Under the title link Jens Schönfeld (individual Computers) has published pictures of a prototype of the scandoubler Indivision AGA 4000D which also can be used in an Amiga CD³² and can be seen here. Likely in March the scandoubler will be available. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 07. Feb. 2009, 18:39] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Feb.2009` amigafuture.de (Webseite)	MorphOS: Installer 1.20 Installer wriiten by Guido "Geit" Mersmann is a replacement for the installation utility provided by Commodore (screenshot). In version 1.20 some minor bugs on non-MorphOS-systems have been fixed. Additionally a Polish translation was added. Direct download: Installer.lha (519 KB) (Readme) (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 07. Feb. 2009, 15:38] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Feb.2009`	WHDLoad: New Packages until 07.02.2009 With WHDLoad you can install games and demos on your harddrive which originally were only delivered as disk versions. Additionally several incompatibilities with newer Amiga models were fixed. The following installers have been added, improved or updated: 19.01.2009 improved: Rally Championships (Flair) install script fixed, 68000 compatible (ecs slave), misc changes (Info) 11.01.2009 improved: Turbo Trax (Arcane) (Arcane) 68000 compatible, trainers added (Info) 08.01.2009 improved: Might and Magic II - Gates to Another World (New World Computing) made working on 040/060 with caches, fixed keyboard on main menu, manual and icon added (Info) 02.01.2009 new: Might and Magic II - Gates to Another World (New World Computing) done by Vairn (Info) 31.12.2008 new: Rally Championships (Flair) done by Psygore (Info) 31.12.2008 new: Omega (Origin) done by Psygore (Info) 22.12.2008 new: Dungeon Quest (Image Tech) done by Psygore (Info) 14.12.2008 improved: Arena (Psygnosis) whd10+ compatible, buttonwait improved (Info) 10.12.2008 improved: Conflict: Europe (PSS) blitwait routine fixed (Info) 05.12.2008 new: Return To Atlantis (Electronic Arts) done by JOTD (Info) 01.12.2008 new: Conflict: Europe (PSS) done by Psygore (Info) 24.11.2008 new: Fate: Gates Of Dawn (reLINE) done by Psygore (Info) 19.11.2008 new: Warlords (SSG) done by JOTD (Info) 17.11.2008 new: Multi Player Soccer Manager (D & H Games) done by Psygore (Info) 17.11.2008 improved: Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain (Lucasfilm) supports KIXX version, manual included (Info) 16.11.2008 new: War In The Gulf (Empire) done by JOTD (Info) 16.11.2008 improved: F-19 Stealth Fighter (Microprose) fixed for EZ-Mouse, works with caches (Info) 13.11.2008 new: World Tour Golf (Electronic Arts) done by JOTD (Info) 12.11.2008 new: Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain (Lucasfilm) done by Psygore (Info) 11.11.2008 new: TV Sports Basketball (Cinemaware) done by JOTD (Info,Image) 09.11.2008 improved: Castles (Interplay) misc fixes (Info) 09.11.2008 new: Hound Of Shadow (Electronic Arts) done by Psygore (Info) 09.11.2008 new: World Darts (Mastertronic/Arcadia) done by JOTD (Info) 07.11.2008 improved: 688 Attack Sub (Electronic Arts) rewritten for WHDLoad 16 (Info,Image) 06.11.2008 improved: Amiga Karate (Paradox/Eidersoft) rewritten for whdload v16, 68000 compatible (Info) 02.11.2008 new: Heart Of China (Dynamix) done by Psygore (Info) 02.11.2008 improved: The Immortal (Electronic Arts) slave update, music fixed, docs added (Info,Image) 02.11.2008 improved: Frontier (GameTEK/Konami) fully rewritten, supports more versions, docs added (Info) 28.10.2008 new: RoboSport (Ocean - Maxis) done by Psygore (Info) 28.10.2008 new: Ogre (Origin Systems) done by Psygore (Info) 15.10.2008 new: Nathan Never (Genias) done by Dr Cinicus (Info) 13.10.2008 new: Treasures Of The Savage Frontier (SSI) done by Psygore (Info) 08.10.2008 new: Jochen Hippel Sound Demo (Axis) done by Psygore (Info,Image) 07.10.2008 new: Babylonian Twins Demo (Mesopotamia) done by Codetapper (Info) (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 07. Feb. 2009, 15:25] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Feb.2009` amigafuture.de (Webseite)	Retro-Gaming: WHDLoad 16.9 With WHDLoad you can install games and demos on your harddrive which originally were only delivered as disk versions. Additionally several incompatibilities with newer Amiga models were fixed. Changes since the last version: chg: BLITWAIT macro in whdmacros.i adapted for better speed, thanks to John Girvin for research and testing fix: problems with writing to disks with around a multiple of 4 GB free space fixed (Ingo Schmitz) fix: resload_Decrunch/LoadFileDecrunch could corrupt vital memory which could lead to strange WHDLoad errors (e.g. "Function ... requires slave version 1"), reported for game Universe, thanks to KillerGorilla for report and Psygore for diagnostics; the old RNC1 format is now properly supported for overlapping source and destination new: on ChkBltSize/S some basic initialization in blitter line mode are checked too (68060 only) new: option FullChip/S to save/restore the full chip memory instead only the area specified in the Slave new: finnish translation of documentation, thanks to Mikko Heinonen chg: cpu detection routine reworked to correctly detect an 68020 on boards with 'FPU logic error', 68851 and 68040/60 FPU detection improved new: workaround added to make WHDLoad running on the CDTV, the cdtv.device will be disabled to avoid problems with interrupts generated by this, thanks to jtorrance and Toni Wilen new: commands BKPT and BELL added to resload_Patch/Seg to set a breakpoint (enter freezer) and show a visual bell chg: handling of the internal directory cache for resload_Examine/ ExNext changed, so that new created files will not be the the first entry in the directory this fixes problems with programs which do not correctly perform a Examine before each directory scan, e.g. Castles2 (JOTD) chg: some more info output and better lace support with SP (saving picture) chg: check for free stack space on entering WHDLoad via resload/ interrupt/exception made more consistent chg: many changes on WHDLoadGCI, can export Slave/Memory now new: danish translation of documentation, thanks to Nicolai Mortensen new: macro PL_NOPS added to whdload.i (bippym) chg: improved error messages if loading kickstart fails chg: changed CPU detection to avoid problems with weired MMU configuration, no longer uses transparent translation to avoid Enforcer hits (Fabio Cinus) chg: its no longer possible to load files from outside the data directory, that means that file specs containg a ':' or '//' or starting/ending with a '/' are prohibited, these files were anyway never PreLoad-able new: support for multiple data directories added new: options SavePath/K and SaveDir/K added to let WHDLoad redirect all write operations to a different disk location new: WHDLoad now remembers if PreLoad has loaded all files and then doesn't switch when a resload function tries to load a non existing file (e.g. resload_GetFileSize) chg: resload_ListFiles now supports a buffer in ExpMem too (JOTD) chg: autodocs revised, html transformation added Direkter Download: WHDLoad_16.9_usr.lzx (910 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 07. Feb. 2009, 15:20] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Feb.2009` Amigaworld.net (Webseite)	AmigaOS 4: distcc 3.1, Expat 5.1, ffmpegGUI 2.1, SDL_mixer 1.2.7-r3 distcc 3.1 With distcc developers can compile on several computers. Please note that this update requires AmigaOS 4.1. Download: distcc-bin.lha (431 KB) Expat 5.1 Expat is a XML-Parser-library. A 68k-interface is now included, a static Newlib-version and a Shared-objects-version. Download: expat.lha (492 KB) ffmpegGUI 2.1 ffmpegGUI is a graphical user-interface for the video conversion program ffmpeg which was also updated for AmigaOS 4. Several new formats and codecs are supported. Download: ffmpeg.lha (7 MB) ffmpeggui.lha (176 KB) SDL_Mixer 1.2.7-r3 SDL_mixer is an audio mixer for several channels. The update solves the problems with the mp3- and OGG-support. Download: sdl_mixer.lha (413 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 07. Feb. 2009, 09:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Feb.2009` amigaworld.net (Webseite)	AmigaOS 4: "Heroes of Might and Magic 2"-Remake Free Heroes 2 Free Heroes is an open-source remake of the strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic (screenshots: 1, 2). The game files of the commercial original are required. If you want to have background music you should install the GravisUltraSound Soundfont. Free Heroes 2 is still in early alpha status but is steadily developed further. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 06. Feb. 2009, 17:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Feb.2009` (ANF)	PDF-Magazine: Retroaction, Issue 1 The "Retroaction" is a free magazine for retro gamers. Topics of this issue are Speedball 2, the "Sex sells"-sales policy of the developers of Barbarian called Palace, the recently published commercial C64-game Sub Hunter as well as a detailed introduction of the MS-DOS-Emulators DosBox. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 06. Feb. 2009, 15:58] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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