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Archive 02/2016

`14.Feb.2016`	Aminet-Uploads until 13.02.2016 The following archives have been added to Aminet until February 13th, 2016: AmiVNC4.lha comm/tcp 160K OS4 Experimental VNC server w/ sr... GoogleDrive_handler_O... comm/tcp 1.1M OS4 Google Drive handler for OS4 dkd-twce.lha demo/40k 38K 68k Twice by Dekadence Minimig.lha demo/intro 38K 68k Minimig demo ADE_Embed_C.sh.txt dev/src 1K Embed a C program inside UNIX... Koules.lha game/actio 238K 68k Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game Koules_OS4.lha game/actio 228K OS4 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game KoulesMOS.lha game/actio 235K MOS Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game Chain_Gang.lha game/wb 42K 68k Make some chains! webptools050_a68k.lha gfx/conv 2.8M 68k encode/decode images in WebP ... webptools050_aros.lha gfx/conv 5.3M x86 encode/decode images in WebP ... PCxSP.lha misc/emu 13K PCx Spanish Docs DeliTrackerSP.lha mus/play 31K DeliTracker Spanish Docs Redit.lha text/edit 49K 68k Text editor EvenMore.lha text/show 337K 68k V0.88: Freeware Textviewer EvenMore_MOS.lha text/show 416K MOS V0.88: Freeware Textviewer (M... EvenMore_OS4.lha text/show 415K OS4 V0.88: Freeware Textviewer (OS4) EvenMoreSP.lha text/show 4K EvenMore v0.88 spanish catalog FBlitGuideES.lha util/boot 24K Spanish translation of FBlit.... exutil_68k.lha util/wb 1.2M 68k Batch renames picture files b... exutil_AROS.lha util/wb 1.3M x86 Batch renames picture files b... exutil_MorphOS.lha util/wb 1.2M MOS Batch renames picture files b... exutil_OS4.lha util/wb 1.6M OS4 Batch renames picture files b... (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 14. Feb. 2016, 11:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2016`	OS4Depot-Uploads until 13.02.2016 The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until February 13th, 2016: drawergad.lha dev/lib 176kb 4.0 A gadget to display directories ... picflowgad.lha dev/lib 15kb 4.0 Display picture strips in a GUI radiobuttonxgad.lha dev/lib 78kb 4.0 Radiobutton gadget expanded textfont_ex.lha doc/tut 12kb 4.0 TextFont examples hatari.lha emu/com 2Mb 4.1 Atari ST and STE emulator koules.lha gam/act 228kb 4.0 Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game amigaracer.lha gam/dri 72Mb 4.1 A Lotus Turbo Challenge game alike googledrive_handler.lha net/mis 1Mb 4.0 Google Drive handler for OS4 amivnc4.lha net/ser 160kb 4.0 VNC server for AmigaOS4 exutil.lha uti/mis 2Mb 4.0 An exif based batch renamer showfiles.lha uti/she 37kb 4.0 shows a sorted & text-format... wheelrun.lha uti/wor 2Mb 4.1 another program launcher written... (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 14. Feb. 2016, 11:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2016`	WHDLoad: New packages until 13.02.2016 Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until February 13th, 2016: 2016-02-09 updated: Turrican (Factor 5/Rainbow Arts) overall rework (Info) 2016-02-07 improved: Netherworld (Hewson) fixed for 68000, removed NTSC dependency (Info) 2016-02-07 improved: Bart vs. the World (Virgin) loading optimzed, more blitter waits (Info) 2016-02-07 improved: Ultimate Golf (Gremlin) 68000 quitkey support added (Info) (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 14. Feb. 2016, 11:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2016` Amiga.org (Forum)	Big Book of Amiga Hardware: Further prototypes added After the Amiga 2200, now further prototypes have been added to the Big Book of Amiga Hardware: 68040 processor board for the A3000, which was to show in 1990 when the computer was presented 68040 processor board for the A1000+ 68020/68030 processor board for the A2400/A3400 Kickstart-ROM-switcher (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 14. Feb. 2016, 10:43] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Feb.2016` MorphZone (Forum)	MorphOS: Short guide to Lua The next article in the MorphOS-Library the Finnish member 'jPV' of the demo group RNO has called "Getting Started with Lua". It is a short guide to the programming language Lua and is available under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 14. Feb. 2016, 10:28] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Feb.2016`	Quick review: PDF magazine Amigaville, issue 4 November last year Brian Hedley started publishing his PDF magazine Amigaville, releasing a new issue every month. Having released just three issues, each downloaded "several hundred times" (Hedley), the author decided to switch to commercial distribution: Amigaville #4 needs to be purchased for 2 GBP. We had a closer look at the review copy kindly provided by Hedley. At 36 pages, Amigaville #4 is slightly thicker than the previous issues. The design stayed pretty much the same: a mix of single column (a rather odd choice, given the A4 page size) and three column layouts as well as pages with or without background pictures or patterns. The lack of justification and hyphenation results in a slightly jagged and amateurish appearance, many of the embedded graphics seem to have a low resolution - the full page ads included for nostalgia being the worst offenders - or have clearly visible JPEG artifacts. The design does continue to improve with every issue though. Should the remaining problems get fixed in future releases, the mag's appearance is absolutely adequate given the price asked for it. With regard to contents, Amigaville is still covering all aspects of the Amiga scene. The current issue features news, reviews of old games (Pacmania, Prince of Persia, Heroquest, Deluxe Galaga und Castlevania), an overview over First Person Shooters on the Amiga, an indepth look at Amiga Anywhere's destiny and the cover story "Should Hyperion port OS4 to x86?". The final two features are Hedley's personal history with computers ("My Amiga experience - or lack thereof") - which eats up no less than six pages - and the "Grumpy old Git" column. The quality of the content matches that of your average retro blog: Hedley's texts are entertaining to read and he's offering an interesting mix of topics - while research or fact checking seem to play only a minor role during the writing process. Additionally, the author's lack of Amiga experience is clearly evident in many cases. The Amiga Anywhere article is a good example: While it does provide a decent overview, several technical terms get mixed up and it gets a few historical facts wrong. Plus, its conclusion starts with "for all the good intentions that Bill McEwen and Fleecy Moss had" - nobody who witnessed the whole thing would ever word it like that. Our conclusion: If you prefer having information presented in the style of a magazine, Amigaville is not that bad of a deal: you'll get a fair amount of entertainment for your 2 GBP, even if the switch to commercial distribution came too early and should have been delayed until several minor issues had been fixed. Comparing Amigaville to the competition doesn't do it any favours though: Every other month, you can buy one issue of Amiga Future (6.50 Euro, 50+ pages, professionally printed) or two issues of Amigaville (5.40 Euro, about 70 pages, PDF only) - and all of a sudden, the newcomer's price/performance ratio doesn't look all that good anymore. (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 12. Feb. 2016, 21:55] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Feb.2016`	Aminet needs help: searching for freely distributable Amiga magazines The Aminet team writes: A lot of older freely distributable software is still missing from Aminet. Some of it is preserved nicely on Public Domain disks or CD compilations easily available on the web - but a lot of it is rotting away on private hard disks, old, unmaintained ftp servers or forgotten websites. The Aminet team has been collecting dormant software and quietly adding it to the collection for nearly a decade now. Hunting down software is a rather time consuming process though, and many things can no longer be tracked down easily. Our current focus is freely distributable magazines - diskmags, ASCII newsletters, free PDF documents - you name it, we want it. We have compiled a list of all the titles we have (note that not all of these are available for download yet), as you can see we're still missing a lot of these releases. If any of you collectors out there can provide us with missing information or even supply some of the missing releases, we'd be very glad to hear from you. (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 10. Feb. 2016, 16:52] [Comments: 5 - 16. Feb. 2016, 15:34] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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