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`14.Mar.2016` Floppy (Kommentar)	AROS-Distribution: Icaros Desktop 2.1 In version 2.1 of Paolo Besser's AROS-distribution Icaros Desktop several bugs have been fixed and new versions of applications added - e.g. a new version of the web browser Odyssey which now supports HTML-5-videos. Drivers for NTFS-3G and exFAT partitions have been completed as well. Additionally it is possible to access (read) Google-Drive accounts. Icaros Desktop adds a preference programm written in Lua for configuring it in a more comfortable way (screenshot). Changes: Writing to a NTFS partition Updated OWB to version 1.25, build from march 2016: Youtube, Vimeo and other similar sites are now supported (HTML5 video) Updated DirectoryOpus 5 "Magellan" to latest release Added a lot of development libraries Added GoogleDrive Handler (allows read only access) Added configuration tool for GoogleDrive handler Added Filesysbox library Added NTFS-3G handler (supports Windows NTFS partitions up to Windows 10/2016) Added EX-FAT handler (for larger, modern VFAT volumes) Improved help pictures for Magellan interface Added SNUG HTTP server to network startup daemons, and you can now access MyWokspace files with a browser Enhanced AmiBridge's "Amiga as a service" Ignition M68K running on x86 desktop Updated PortablE to latest release Updated FPC to latest release Updated ZuneView to latest release Cleaned up GRUB2 boot menu Restored "complete" user manual and updated to version 2.1 Applications: updated Amath, EdiSyn, metaDiary, RPNScientific Benchmarks: added Water, updated GLMark New Demoscene folder in Extras with Fract and Timeless Design: fixed GrafX2, updated ThemeEdit Filesystem: updated Scalos, Unarc Games: updated/fixed Ri-Li, added RotateGear, Skunks (OpenGL) Media editors: added FFMPEG, ImageMagick Misc: added meteData, RFT-Riddle Networking: added toram Updated AROS system files to Jan 6th, 2016 (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 14. Mar. 2016, 08:02] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Mar.2016` Amiga Future (Webseite)	AmigaRemix: New songs added AmigaRemix provides new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last message the following songs have been added: Captain Planet Ma Ti (Synthwave Mix) Great Courts 2 (You Can Win) Mantronix & Tip's Jazzy Nork - Live Jazz Club Cover Strider Vs Thunderblade Pinball Prelude Medley Stardust Warp Sequence 2 Hybris [2016 Remix] Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 Intro Fire & Ice Temple Theme (daXX Remix) Wrath Of The Demon Title (2016 Wremix) Golden Axe - Death Adder Theme (daXX Remix) Arabian Nights (daXX Remix) Return of the Jedi - Hard Wars (Livemix) Return of the Jedi - Hard Wars Some Day Lotus III - Space Rock Ninja Remix Flekador DYLAN DOG - The Murderers Intro Another World Ending Jupiters Masterdrive Level Selection Menu Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 Turbo Imploder 4.0 (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 13. Mar. 2016, 13:40] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Mar.2016` Amiga Future (Webseite)	Assembler and Linker: vasm 1.7e and vlink 0.15a Frank Wille has released updates for the assembler vasm and its corresponding linker vlink. Changes in vasm 1.7e: Ability to print the source line also in output module error messages. Current PC symbol in absolute code regions was erroneously relocated to the section's base address. Make sure that labels from absolute code regions are not relocated. m68k: Fix for a bug introduced in last version: fmovem list,(An) and fmovem list,(d,An) were no longer recognized as valid for M68k FPUs. PPC: Fixed mtvscr instruction, which uses the vB field instead of vD. ARM: Accept the new SVC mnemonic as an alias for SWI. ARM: Fixed macros. Previously only three characters for a macro name were allowed. Qualifiers are not allowed on ARM macros. std-syntax: Permit the '$' as start character and in the middle of a label (note: a terminating '$' still defines a local label!). std-syntax: A missing last macro argument no longer causes an error message, but is replaced by a default value (when defined) or an empty string. std-syntax: .org directive defines the offset from the current section's start address when it appears within a section (GNU-as compatibility). mot-syntax: ORG directive can be used within any normal section to define a block of code relocated to an absolute start address. mot-syntax: Numeric absolute symbol expansion is supported for macro parameters of the form \<symbol> or \<$symbol> (hexadecimal value). madmac-syntax: Removed the -rorg option, which is the default behaviour now. oldstyle-syntax: The special macro argument \@ is replaced by an underscore, followed by a six-digit number again, as before V1.7c. tos-output: Check for overflows in relocation fields. aout-output: Fixed a crash since last version, when embedding absolute code regions in a section. Changes in vlink 0.15a: New option -mrel instructs the linker to merge all sections with PC-relative references between them. This was done automatically in previous versions, but makes no sense for most targets New option -hunkattr, which assigns memory attributes to an input section name. The memory attributes of all those input sections will be overwritten (elf) Introduced the new target "elf32jag", an unofficial ELF target for the Atari Jaguar RISC CPU (ados/ehf) Read/write extended memory attributes (0xc0000000 in hunk type or size). Extended attributes in object files seem inofficial, but supported by vasm now (ados/ehf) Allow memory flags with HUNK_PPC_CODE in object files (ados/ehf) Support HUNK_RELRELOC32 in executables (since OS3.0) (a.out) Fixed pc-relative relocations in relocatable object file output (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 13. Mar. 2016, 13:34] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Mar.2016` Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)	Hollywood 6.1 available Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to present Hollywood 6.1. Hollywood 6.1 is a major update with many new features and bug fixes. The most important new feature is that Hollywood 6.1 now comes with GUIs for Mac OS (x86 and PowerPC) and Linux (x86, PowerPC, ARM). Previously Hollywood could only be used from the command line on these systems. Starting with Hollywood 6.1 the Mac OS and Linux versions come with a native GUI which is identical to the GUI used in the Amiga version. Additionally, Hollywood plugins can now be linked into executables compiled by Hollywood. Speaking of plugins, Hollywood 6.1 contains major extensions to the plugin interface which will be utilized by a soon to be released killer plugin which has been three years in the making. This plugin (codename: Secret Weapon III) will be the most powerful plugin in the history of Hollywood and it will open up a whole new world of programming with Hollywood. And it will be released free of charge for all Hollywood users. So watch this space... Here is a non-exhaustive list of new features in Hollywood 6.1: Hollywood has a GUI for all supported platforms now New sound channel API makes Hollywood's sound library much more flexible Hollywood plugins can be linked into executables now Support for streaming through sound.datatype on MorphOS Functions to conveniently load and save user preferences Virtual files can also be opened for writing now Fine-tuned control over appicons in the Amiga version Android extensions for the Hollywood APK Compiler New debugging and event functions Several new functions that were requested by users More convenient distribution model: the download version no longer requires you to run custom tools to generate an ISO image first; instead download versions are ready-to-run on all platforms now Lots of other changes, optimizations and bug fixes Ready for the killer plugin Hollywood 6.1 is the ultimate Multimedia experience and a must-have for all creative people. Hollywood is available on a CD-ROM and as a download version. Both versions include Hollywood for all supported platforms. It is no longer necessary to buy separate licenses for the different platforms. Buying Hollywood gives you a single-user license for all 11 platforms supported by Hollywood. If you already own Hollywood, you can buy a discounted upgrade version. People who bought Hollywood 6.0 in 2016 can request a free upgrade. Hollywood is the ultimate bridge between all the different AmigaOS compatible platforms and the other three modern desktop systems, Windows, Mac OS, and Linux! Additionally, Hollywood also supports the Android platform. A truly unique feature is the ability to cross-compile native executables for many different platforms including: AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, WarpOS, MorphOS, AROS (x86), Windows, Mac OS X (x86 & PPC), and Linux (x86 & PPC & ARM). You don't even have to own these platforms in order to compile executables for them. It's enough to run Hollywood on one of the supported platforms and then compile programs for all the others! Only Hollywood makes it possible. If you want to learn more about Hollywood, please visit the the official Hollywood portal which also has a forum for all questions concerning Hollywood. All this makes Hollywood The Cross-Platform Multimedia Application Layer. Join the Multimedia revolution and get your personal copy of Hollywood 6.1 now! Screenshots (AmigaOS 4, Linux, Mac OS X): (snx) [News message: 13. Mar. 2016, 13:16] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Mar.2016` Amiga.org (Forum)	Amicast: Text interview with Frank Wille The blog of the English podcast Amicasthas published a text interview with Frank Wille. The developer is well-known for the game Solid Gold and the Amiga ports of Retroguru games like the Sqrxz series (1, 2, 3), Giana's Return, Xump or Fruit'Y, but he is also well-known for the assembler PhxAss and his assistance in developing the compiler vbcc as well as the assembler and its linker vasm and vlink, for his assistance in developing the Amiga and Pegasos version of the operating system NetBSD as well as for the ppclibemu. He also was involved in the beta tests of the Pegasos-II adaption of AmigaOS 4.1. By adapting vasm and vlink, he also supports the Sonnet-Amiga-project. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 13. Mar. 2016, 07:53] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Mar.2016` Amigaworld.net (Forum)	Board game: Kings of Israel 0.67 With permission of the right holder Funhill Games, the Finnish programmer 'Bugala' has released an update of his Amiga version of the board game Kings of Israel which is still in development (video of an earlier version from April of the last year). The free game which still has not been finished is available for all Amiga systems in Pascal Papara's indieGO!-Appstore. Under AmigaOS 3.x the Hollywood game requires about 100 MB RAM and a graphic board. Under AmigaOS 4 the game hast to be launched in window mode. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 13. Mar. 2016, 07:53] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Mar.2016`	Aminet-Uploads until 12.03.2016 The following archives have been added to Aminet until March 12th, 2016: dsm.lha comm/net 7.4M WOS Synology Download Manager MUI dsm.i386-aros.zip comm/tcp 1.2M x86 Synology Download Station Man... AFnews-68k.lha comm/www 886K 68k Amiga Future Everywhere 68k GLExcess.lha demo/misc 676K MOS The OpenGL Demo AGUI.lha dev/amos 1.0M A GUI for AmosPro NixNext.lha game/wb 32K 68k Remove neighbouring tiles of ... LoViewAROS.lha gfx/show 4.6M x86 LoView - the Easy Viewer and ... LoViewMOS.lha gfx/show 4.3M MOS LoView - the Easy Viewer and ... LoViewOS3.lha gfx/show 3.9M 68k LoView - the Easy Viewer and ... LoViewOS4.lha gfx/show 5.2M OS4 LoView - the Easy Viewer and ... LoViewWOS.lha gfx/show 5.0M WOS LoView - the Easy Viewer and ... ezhome.lha misc/misc 430K 68k X-10 Home Control.ECS or AGA ... fmovecr_dump.lha misc/misc 13K 68k Reads the FPU ROM. Send me th... opus-tools-0.19_aros.lha mus/edit 435K x86 Opus Audio Tools ezcron4.lha util/time 995K 68k Start progs/reminders/scripts... (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 13. Mar. 2016, 07:53] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Mar.2016`	OS4Depot-Uploads until 12.03.2016 The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until March 12th, 2016: muteoutput.lha uti/she 5kb 4.0 when you can't use >NIL: evenmore.lha uti/tex 407kb 4.0 Freeware Textviewer wheelrun.lha uti/wor 2Mb 4.1 another program launcher written... (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 13. Mar. 2016, 07:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Mar.2016`	AROS-Archives-Uploads until 12.03.2016 The following archives have been added to AROS-Archiven until March 12th, 2016: glcolumns.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 1Mb OpenGL game to match 3 or more f... dsm.i386-aros.zip net/ser 1Mb Synology Download Station Manage... (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 13. Mar. 2016, 07:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`13.Mar.2016`	WHDLoad: New archives until 12.03.2016 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 March 12th, 2016: 2016-03-12 improved: Demon's Rage (Nerve Axis) illegal Bltcon0/1 values in line drawing routines fixed (Info, Image) 2016-03-08 improved: Boundless Void (Nemol) Bplcon0 color bit fixes, blitter wait added, illegal Bplcon2 value fixed, byte write to volume register fixed, read from VPOSW fixed, new install script (Info, Image) 2016-03-07 updated: Groovy (Lemon) patch redone, byte writes to Bltcon1 fixed, illegal BltCon0 values fixed, 68000 quitkey support, blitter waits added, works with 512k chip now, new install script (Info, Image) 2016-03-06 new: Public Attack (Cult) done by StingRay (Info, Image) 2016-03-06 new: Greatest Hits (Cult) done by StingRay (Info, Image) 2016-03-06 updated: Test Drive 2 - The Duel (Accolade) converted for newer WHDLoad (Info) 2016-03-06 improved: Prince of Persia (Jordan Mechner/Br?derbund) trainer improved (Info) 2016-03-06 new: Vectordance (Cult) done by StingRay (Info, Image) (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 13. Mar. 2016, 07:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Mar.2016` Amigaworld.net (Forum)	AmigaOS 4: Beta version of Cinnamon Writer 0.95 Claus Desler's Cinnamon Writer is a "compact and efficient word processor developed especially with Amiga and Amiga-like systems in mind" which can import RTF and DocX files and offers a spellchecker. Almost three years after the last release, at least for AmigaOS 4 a new beta version is available which among others supports inserting pictures. The version for MorphOS still has some bugs. Therefore it has not been released yet. A version of the Cinnamon Writer for AROS will be released if the author once is "happy with AOS4 and MorphOS versions." Furthermore the author asks for your feedback: "If you believe that CW is not displaying your Docx document correctly, I would very much like to have the document sent to bugs@desler.be so I can correct the mistake. However, please be aware that I cannot fix problems with things like textboxes and tables since they are not supported by CW yet. Also remember, that if you havn't got the truetype font used in your word document installed on your amiga, the text will look different, and this is not a bug." New functionality: Support for images UTF format support Improved spellchecking Optimizations and stability improvement Much, much, more Known problems: CW chokes with large documents Printing/PDF exporting is still very experimental. I am looking for users who uses ghostscript and printer with their Amiga routinely Cursor problems Screen garbage when starting up. This issue has been reported to me, but I cannot reproduce it. If you see this bug please report which machine you are using and which version of AOS you are running Trying to open a CW Docx format in Word leads to a warning. Just trust the document, and it should load just fine (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 12. Mar. 2016, 17:56] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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