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Archive 06/2021

`08.Jun.2021`	AmigaOS 4: FTP-Server ZitaFTP 1.21 Hans de Ruiter has released version 1.21 of his commercial FTP erver 'ZitaFTP'. He wrote: "I'm pleased to announce another ZitaFTP Server update is available now. This is version 1.21, and it's primarily a bug-fix and fault tolerance update. Here's what's new: Multiple bug-fixes: For example, adding/editing/deleting users or directories wouldn't take effect until after a manual restart. This is now fixed, and the UI will ask you if you want to restart to apply new changes when it's needed. Fault tolerance: The server used to spit out an error and shutdown if something went wrong, such as missing TLS security certificates. A rather poor user experience. Version 1.21 will inform you of the problem, and give you the opportunity to fix it. Licensing UI moved to the web-based GUI: While it definitely looks an behaves better, this was done now rather than later in preparation for the Windows version. Windows doesn't allow servers/services to show a GUI directly for security reasons (servers usually run at a higher privilege level, with access to more of the system). So, ZitaFTP Server needs to be split into a pure server, plus a GUI program (on Windows, the AmigaOS version can remain as-is). The Windows version is coming, but there's more work to do. If you're interested in testing the Windows version as soon as it's ready, then contact me to let me know." The new version can be tested for 30 days for free. The author also has published a YouTube video explaining the changes of this verson. (dr) (Translation: dr) [News message: 08. Jun. 2021, 07:15] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Jun.2021` English Amiga Board (Webseite)	Italian print magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 2 The Italian print magazine 'Passione Amiga' is only available as an annual subscription: 16 Euros must be paid for four issues per year. The current, second issue offers the following topics, among others: Numerous news about video games and the programming of the Amiga Tests for Inviyya, Turbo Sprint, Putter, Galactica, Wrong Way Driver, Dodgy Rocks, ArtPazz, Metal Gear und Amiga Forever 9 Interviews: David Pleasance, Fabrizio Farenga, Gunnar Von Boehn AmigaOS 3.2 In addition, readers will receive "a little gift" with this issue. (cg) (Translation: bb) [News message: 07. Jun. 2021, 21:04] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Jun.2021` Amiga Future (Webseite)	GUI toolkit: source code for BGUI published The source code of the BOOPSI-based GUI toolkit BGUI has now been released under a free license. BGUI offers its own GUI builder as well as a preconfiguration program with which end users can adapt the look and feel of the system to their needs. (cg) (Translation: bb) [News message: 07. Jun. 2021, 20:55] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`07.Jun.2021` FS-UAE (Webseite)	First version of FS-UAE for Mac computers with M1 CPU Frode Solheim provides a first version of his Amiga emulator for M1-based Macintosh computers. (cg) (Translation: bb) [News message: 07. Jun. 2021, 20:47] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jun.2021`	A-EON allegedly no longer has an AmigaOS 4 license (Update 2) For months, amiga-news.de has been receiving reports that the licensing agreement between Hyperion and A-EON expired at the turn of the year - and indeed the "X5000" product as well as all versions of AmigaOS have been removed from Amigakit's webstore months ago. But until now, nobody was willing to have his claims published as a news item. Today, Hyperion's former technical director Costel 'Cyborg' Mincea confirmed (German) in a discussion on os4welt.de that the OEM agreement between A-EON and Hyperion has expired: "The OEM contracts for the X5000 and Tabor each ran for 5 years and were negotiated by me in 2015. Now we are in the 6th year ... apparently no new contracts have been negotiated yet. At least the old contracts were not extended. At the end of that period, I was still in management, but A-EON showed zero interest when we approached them." Since Mincea is no longer part of Hyperion manegement, we approached Ben Hermans (Hyperion) and Trevor Dickinson (A-EON), asking for a statement regarding this issue. Ben Hermans declined to comment. Trevor Dickinson tells us he forwarded our inquiry to A-EON's managing directory, Matthew Leaman. Dickinson does confirm though, that (quote) "A-EON holds a worldwide licence to use the AmigaOne and AmigaOS 4.x names in connection with its hardware should it wish to do so". Note from staff: As far as we know, the OEM contracts are seaprate from the trademark license, so Dickinson's statement and Mincea's claims do not contradict each other. Already in summer 2019, somebody started to remove the term "AmigaOne" from AmigaKit's webstore and A-EON's wiki. Back then, Trevor Dickinson had stated several times (1, 2) that the product his company was selling was still called "AmigaOne X5000". Update: (06.06.2021, 23:30, cg) Added statement from Trevor Dickinson. Removed speculation addressed by said statement from the 'note from staff'. Update: (07.06.2021, 18:30, cg) In additional contributions to the discussion on os4welt.de, Mincea specifies and corrects his statements regarding the actual schedule: according to him, the OEM contract for the X5000 already expired in Juli 2019 while the contract for Tabor/A1222 was signed in August 2015 and specified a term of four years. He also gives a more detailed overview what the actual OEM contract regulates. Note from staff: The "July 2019" date Mincea now specifies for the end of the X5000 contract matches the beginning of A-EON's/Amigakit's efforts to remove the "AmigaOne" trademark from their websites. (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 06. Jun. 2021, 22:19] [Comments: 5 - 10. Jun. 2021, 01:07] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jun.2021`	Aminet uploads until 05.06.2021 The following files have been added until 05.06.2021 to Aminet: CloudDav_1.31.lha comm/net 1.7M MOS A WebDav/CardDav/CalDav client COP.lha dev/debug 165K 68k Low Level Debugger BootWB1x.lha disk/misc 17K 68k Minimal boot into Workbench 1... AmigaOS_3.2-FAQ.txt docs/help 153K Frequently Asked Questions fo... anaiis.lha driver/oth 275K 68k ANAIIS USB Stack Release 1.21 anaiis_boot.lha driver/oth 240K 68k ANAIIS USB Boot disk Release ... Sensei.lha driver/oth 34K 68k Displays I2C Sensor informati... MCE.lha game/edit 3.1M 68k Multi-game Character Editor MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.3M MOS Multi-game Character Editor MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 3.6M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor ODAMEX_RTG.lha game/shoot 19M 68k Amiga port of ODAMEX AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.3M 68k Signetics-based machines emul... AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.6M MOS Signetics-based machines emul... AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul... ZXLive.lha misc/emu 110K 68k ZX-Spectrum 48/128k/Pentagon1... SolarSystemCalculator... misc/sci 36K MOS Solar System Calculator Crockettstheme.lha mods/misc 250K Crockett's Theme 4ch by HKvalhe RAChoice.lha util/cli 230K 68k RAChoice, a RequestChoice rep... ViNCEd.lha util/shell 836K 68k ViNCEd, the CON: with ^Z & TA... VP-QuickFix.lha util/wb 513K 68k VisualPrefs quick fix for Ami... (snx) [News message: 06. Jun. 2021, 08:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jun.2021`	OS4Depot uploads until 05.06.2021 The following files have been added until 05.06.2021 to OS4Depot: amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor animwebconverter.lha gra/mis 2Mb 4.0 A web anim tool mediavault.lha net/mis 373kb 4.1 Discover online radio stations (snx) [News message: 06. Jun. 2021, 08:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jun.2021`	AROS Archives uploads until 05.06.2021 The following files have been added until 05.06.2021 to AROS Archives: aninwebconverter.lha gra/con 2Mb Easy web tool to convert your ol... vamp.lha vid/pla 2Mb Multimedia Player (snx) [News message: 06. Jun. 2021, 08:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jun.2021`	MorphOS-Storage uploads until 05.06.2021 The following files have been added until 05.06.2021 to MorphOS-Storage: bePlayer_1.2.lha Audio/Players A simple music player u... Iris_0.118.lha Email New email client suppor... AmiArcadia_27.3.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi... MCE_12.9.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed... SolarSystemCalculator.lha Misc Solar System Calculator CloudDav_1.31.lha Network/Streaming A WebDav client Wayfarer_1.21.lha Network/Web Wayfarer is the latest ... (snx) [News message: 06. Jun. 2021, 08:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jun.2021`	WHDLoad: New installers until 05.06.2021 Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 05.06.2021: 2021-06-03 improved: Another World / Out of this World (Delphine Software) reinstated support for another english version (Info) 2021-05-31 improved: Side Show (Actionware) registration limit removed, uses less chip memory (Info) 2021-05-31 improved: Obitus (Psygnosis) uses less chip memory (Info) 2021-05-31 improved: Creature (Actionware) uses less chip memory (Info) (snx) [News message: 06. Jun. 2021, 08:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jun.2021`	Turn-based space strategy: Imperium Terranum 2.818 The source code of the turn-based space strategy game Imperium Terranum 2 was ported from Pascal to C. 'fook42' continues to update and improve this port. Changes since version 2.816: new: search for traveling ships (in "SPACE") new: shop ship damage indicator in case there is damage fixed bug in intro (allocating TmpRasters) fixed bug in finances - now shows JHADAR tax again replaced all setRGB4 with setRGB32 for better compatibility with RTG systems Sound-length values are now UWORD .. as required code optimizations/smaller binary (~700B) A detailed guide for installing the game you can find on the GitHub site of the project. (dr) (Translation: dr) [News message: 06. Jun. 2021, 07:15] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`06.Jun.2021`	Video: New features of AmigaOS 3.2 'AmigaBill' from the YouTube channel 'The Guru Meditation' has recorded a ten minutes video presenting the 13 most important new features of AmigaOS 3.2. Among others he introduces the special CPU libraries, mouse wheel support, iconifying, ADF support and the enhanced Shell. (dr) (Translation: dr) [News message: 06. Jun. 2021, 06:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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