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13.May.2008



Aminet-Uploads until 12.05.2008
These are the latest uploads to Aminet which have been added since our last message:
FussballBundesliga.lha       biz/misc       34K    GEN   TurboCalc Spreadsheet Football (german)
Blitz_PM.lha                 dev/basic      60K    OS3   "popupmenu.library" dev kit for Blitz
Blitz_XAD.lha                dev/basic      31K    OS3   "xadmaster.library" dev kit for Blitz
Blitz_XFD.lha                dev/basic      17K    OS3   "xfdmaster.library" dev kit for Blitz
ecx.lha                      dev/e         603K    VAR   E Compiler ECX
ecxsrc.lha                   dev/e          32K    GEN   ECX sources
PAR_Dev_Board.lha            docs/hard     515K    GEN   Kid Lvl Parallel Port Experimental Board
SCSI4345p.lha                driver/media   13K    OS3   Patch for 43.43 scsi.device (3.9 BB2)
TilesSlide.lha               game/actio     72K    OS3   Align 3 tiles of the same colour
FlagSim1.lha                 gfx/3d        241K    MOS   Texture Mapping and Backface Culling
dcraw.i386-aros.zip          gfx/conv      568K    ARO   CLI converter for camera raw files
GSGui_languages.lha          gfx/conv       26K    GEN   Langage pack for GSGui
scale2x-morphos.lha          gfx/edit      422K    MOS   Scale2x effects
vlt.lha                      gfx/misc      144K    OS3   Very Limited Titler. AGA scroll titler.
mngplay.lha                  gfx/show      475K    OS4   Simple MNG animation player
genplus_mos.lha              misc/emu      603K    MOS   Sega Genesis/MegaDrive emulator
VICEplus-AmigaOS3-v1.1.tgz   misc/emu      5.3M    OS3   Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
VICEplus-AmigaOS4-v1.1.tgz   misc/emu      9.0M    OS4   Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
VICEplus-AROS64-v1.1.tgz     misc/emu      7.3M          Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
VICEplus-i686-AROS-v1.1.tgz  misc/emu      6.4M    ARO   Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
VICEplus-ppc-AROS-v1.1.tgz   misc/emu      8.2M          Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
Home_Run.lha                 mods/house    422K    GEN   Cool Summer 2008 House by Pseudaxos (.xm
Monoscope_1_5.lha            mus/misc       34K    OS3   Oscilloscope for parallel port samplers
guideml.lha                  text/hyper    196K    VAR   AmigaGuide -> HTML converter with GUI
htmldoc-morphos.lha          text/misc     4.6M    MOS   Convert HTML to PDF, PostScript
Rashumon3.zip                text/misc     361K    OS3   Multi Lingual Graphic Word Processor
xsltproc-morphos.lha         text/misc     405K    MOS   XSLT processor, transform XML to XLST
crvectors.lha                util/cli        3K    GEN   clear/reset vectors from shell
CR2_DataType_V39_0.lha       util/dtype     36K    OS3   Canon CR2 RAW DataType
aiss4.2_alt.lha              util/misc     2.0M    GEN   AISS for alternative and classic systems
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13.May.2008



os4depot.net: Uploads until 12.05.2008
These are the latest uploads to os4depot.net which have been added since our last message:
lame-g4.lha        aud/rec    1Mb  Lame MP3 encoder for G4 (AltiVec)
agg2sdk_gpl.lha    dev/lib    9Mb  Anti-Grain Geometry 2D Graphics C++ SDK
glpng.lha          dev/lib  173kb  Load PNG graphics files as an OpenGL tex
cpc.lha            dev/uti    1Mb  Application that Creates Reaction Comman
viceplus.tgz       emu/gam    8Mb  Emulates c64,c64dt,c128,pet,plus4,cbm2 a
ww2.lha            gam/boa    3Mb  World War II strategy war game
aiss.lha           gra/ais    1Mb  AISS - Amiga Image Storage System
aiss.pdf           gra/ais    1Mb  AISS Documentation
aissanimshow.lha   gra/ais   64kb  Show all AISS anims
propercropper.lha  gra/con   34kb  Easily scale/crop images to fit your scr
owb.lha            net/bro    9Mb  Origyn Web Browser
owb_update.lha     net/bro    2Mb  Origyn Web Browser update
openssh-bin.lha    net/mis    1Mb  OpenSSH secure connectivity tools
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13.May.2008



AROS-Archives: Uploads until 12.05.2008
These are the latest uploads to AROS-Archives which have been added since our last message:
aros-pc-i386.iso                dev/ins   69Mb  AROS Stable ISO
viceplus-i686-aros-v1.1.tgz     emu/com    6Mb  Emulator of c64dtv,c64,c128,pet,plus4,cb
viceplus-powerpc-aros-v1.1.tgz  emu/com    8Mb  Emulator of c64dtv,c64,c128,pet,plus4,cb
viceplus-x86_64-aros-v1.1.tgz   emu/com    7Mb  Emulator of c64dtv,c64,c128,pet,plus4,cb
dcraw.i386-aros.zip             gra/con  567kb  CLI converter for camera raw files
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13.May.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Amiga Future: Issue 40 and further articles online
Because issue 40 of the Amiga Future is sold out all articles are available online in our article database. Furthermore over 3000 Amiga articles were added. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.May.2008
morphzone.org (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Jagged Alliance 2-Port in progress
Jagged Alliance 2 is a round based strategy game with role play elements. There is an open-source SDL-port of the game called ja2-stracciatella (screenshots: 1, 2, 3).

In the forum of the ja2-stracciatella-project Hans-Jörg "Alwarren" Frieden told that he is developing a port for AmigaOS 4.0. The port obviously is already playable but the developer tries to write the source code more CPU-independent. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.May.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Ars Technica: A history of the Amiga, part 7
In the seventh part of his English history of the Amiga Jeremy Reimer analyzed games from 1986 until 1991.

According to Reimer on amigaworld.net he is going to publish his serie as a book. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.May.2008



AmigaOS 3.9: scsi.device-patch for LBA48-support (update)
Download: scsi.device.lba48.pch.zip (335 Bytes)

Update: Meanwhile this fix was integrated in Christian Sauer's scsi.device-patch which has been available on Aminet for a while and which fixes another bug.

WinUAE-author Toni Wilen wrote:
"I found something interesting when I was implementing LBA48 support to IDE emulation. OS3.9BB2 scsi.device (v43.43) does have LBA48 support but it has bug that freezes or crashes the Amiga..

I fixed the bug (patch details below) and now (at least in emulation) my A1200 IDE 160G test hard file works perfectly with full capacity.

This may also fix common v43.43 scsi.device boot freeze if drive has LBA48 support. (but older scsi.device versions work). Confirmation needed.

Patch is compatible with all v43.43 scsi.devices (A600/A1200/A4000)

Please test if you have >128G IDE drive and/or you have boot freeze without NOROMUPDATES or SKIPROMUPDATES scsi.device

Patch offsets in OS39BB2 "ROM Updates" file (near "Conner Peripherals 20MB - CP2024" string)
31A2C
358AC
3DACA

Old values:
43FA 000E 3219 B001 66FA E049 3001 4E75
0220 02C4 0430 04C5 02EC 0450 0070 0010
0091 00C6 0040 0090 0000

New values:
43FA 0018 7200 0C11 00FF 6606 5289 1219
6704 B019 66F0 3001 4E75 FF02 C429 2024
ECFF 04C5 3930 3450 FF00

Also spatch-patch file attached if you don't want to do manual patching (patches OS39BB2 "DEVS:AmigaOS ROM Update". Remember backups) WARNING: Patching HD drivers is always dangerous, data loss is always possibility.

Next follows my random notes, no need to understand this

Old code that returns garbage after LBA48 command:
10FEF2A0 43fa 000e LEA.L (PC,$000e) == $10fef2b0,A1
10FEF2A4 3219 MOVE.W (A1)+,D1
10FEF2A6 b001 CMP.B D1,D0
10FEF2A8 66fa BNE.B #$fffffffa == $10FEF2A4
10FEF2AA e049 LSR.W #$00000008,D1
10FEF2AC 3001 MOVE.W D1,D0
10FEF2AE 4e75 RTS.L

10FEF2B0 0220 02C4 0430 04C5 02EC 0450 0070 0010
10FEF2C0 0091 00C6 0040 0090 0000

20 = read sectors
c4 = read multiple
30 = write sectors
c5 = write multiple
ec = identify drive
50 = format
70 = seek
10 = recalibrate
91 = initialize drive parameters
c6 = set multiple mode
40 = read verify sectors
90 = execute drive diagnostics
00 = nop

New code (different because space was really tight..)
43FA 0018 lea data(pc),a1
7200 moveq #0,d1
0C11 00FF l1 cmp.b #$ff,(a1)
6606 bne.s l2
5289 addq.l #1,a1
1219 move.b (a1)+,d1
6704 beq.s l3
B019 l2 cmp.b (a1)+,d0
66F0 bne.s l1
3001 l3 move.w d1,d0
4E75 rts
dat dc.b 0xff,0x02,0xc4,0x29,0x20,0x24,0xec
dc.b 0xff,0x04,0xc5,0x39,0x30,0x34,0x50
dc.b 0xff,0x00

This adds following missing LBA48 commands:
29 = read multiple ext
39 = write multiple ext
24 = read sectors ext
34 = write sectors ext

Meaning of this table is to return 2 (if read command), 4 (if write command) or 0 (no data). Someone simply forgot to add new LBA48 commands to this table when LBA48 support was implemented.." (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.May.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)


MorphOS: GenesisPlus 1.3
GenesisPlus is an emulator of the Sega game console MegaDrive (Genesis) and is now available in version 1.3 for MorphOS.

Changes:
  • Switched to the latest GameCube/Wii version of the Genesis-Plus source code which features better sound, improved CPU cores and SRAM emulation, etc.
  • Enabled full stereo sound output
  • SRAM auto load/save added
  • Save states made operational
  • Iconifies with program icon now
  • Added reset key on F12
  • Commodity info text shortened
  • Added 1 and 2 player joypad configs
  • Added selectable rom path
  • Stability fixes
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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12.May.2008
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Voxel Informatique: New French Amiga-Onlineshop
Voxel Informatique is a new French onlineshop for Amiga products and was opened by J.F. Bachelet. It is still in development

The only product which is available is the USB-card Deneb. Voxel Informatique is one of the official distributors. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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11.May.2008
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: MPlayer 1.0 (svn-2008.05.11)
Fabien Coeurjoly has made available an update to the video playback program MPlayer 1.0 for MorphOS.

The new version merely resolves minor errors of the previous version, and therefore, principally addresses users who were affected by these.

Changes:
  • Usergroup.library (and thus tcp stack) not required at init anymore
  • Fixed an ffmpeg bug in rv10 (.ram files) recognition that would cause a crash
  • Prevent mplayer from using localised float representation (that is "," as decimal for instance). Should fix the bug with a-v delay hotkey and others
Download: MPlayer-1.0-svn-2008.05.11.lha (8 MB) (snx) (Translation: cad)

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11.May.2008
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


SCUI GUI library for Hollywood
At present, Fabio Falcucci is working on a GUI library for Hollywood 3. A video released on Youtube shows first impressions of the library in action: Buttons, progress bars, lists, text fields, scroll bars, and even SCUI windows of one's own are displayed, among other things. By means of the cross-platform functionality of Hollywood 3, this GUI library does not only run under AmigaOS, but also under Windows and Mac OS. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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11.May.2008
amigafuture.de (Web page)


Video Magazine: AmitopiaTV #05
Amitopia TV is an English video magazine about the Amiga. The fifth issue includes the following topics:
  • Amiga News Headlines
  • PowerDev 2008 report + MorphOS 2 on EFIKA
  • Blender PowerDev Xtra
  • Relic Amiga Demo by Nerve Axis
  • Only Amiga Song

Amitopia TV at GoogleVideo
Amitopia10thOfMay2008.avi (cg) (Translation: cad)

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11.May.2008



Pictures and videos from the Powerdev Meeting
Various pictures and videos have now been released from the PowerDev Meeting, which took place from May 1 to 4 in Hörstel and was supported by Genesi.

In addition to numerous pictures of MorphOS 2.0, the developer boards Hellrosa by STx as well as MPC8610HPCD by Freescale can be seen as well. These computers were designated as "Efika 5121e" and "Efika 8610" by the organizer, which should probably be a sign of plans to develop one's own products based on these motherboards, which were already suggested by the Genesi management in various forums and blog entries.

Pictures by PegaYenzi
Amitopia TV with a report from the meeting
Video: Hellrosa STx ("Efika 5121e")
Video: MPC8610HPCD ("Efika 8610") (cg) (Translation: cad)

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11.May.2008
Martin Merz (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: AISS 4.2 - Amiga Image Storage System
Martin Merz is making available version 4.2 of his "Amiga Image Storage System" (AISS). AISS is a system for managing toolbar graphics under AmigaOS 4.

Features in version 4.2:
  • 1885 toolbar images and animations
  • 24-bit PNG images with 8-bit alpha channel
  • Documentation in PDF format
  • AmiUpdate support

The author points out that the installation process can possibly drag on a little and no progress indicator is displayed in the meantime.

AISS conversions for other Amiga systems are already being worked on. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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10.May.2008



Telnet-Mailbox: Amiga Island BBS online again
According to "Syperhawk" on amigaworld.net his mailbox "Amiga Island" is accessible via telnet again. The box can be used by ten users and offers "online games, live-chat, OS3/4-support, Amiga-News and more".

You can access Amiga Island BBS under amigaisland.cnetbbs.net or amigaisland.dyndns.org. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.May.2008
(ANF)


Graphic program: Concept for "Action Paint"
Under the title link Thilo "Der Wanderer" Köhler has published a concept for a new, open source graphic program called "Action Paint" which will be supposed to be developed with AmiBlitz - feedback or support are very welcome. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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09.May.2008
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Sony PSP: Amiga Theme
For users of the portable game console PSP developed by Sony there is an AmigaSYS-4-inspired theme. Content:
  • Extra Theme Backdrops by Dary (Backdrop & Backdrop2) & Effron/BNS (Retroback)
  • Theme backdrop (Original backdrop) by Rolpho of D6 Entertainment
  • AmigaSYS 4 Theme (for SONY PSP V3.80+) by FOL
  • Original DUALPNG icons by Ken Lester
  • Original Real IconZ by Tony Gore
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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08.May.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Development environment: AmiBlitz 3 Final Beta, PED 3.00.42
AmiBlitz 3 which is the successor of the well-known development environment BlitzBasic is available as test version which is called "final beta". Yesterday an update of the integrated editor PED was published. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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07.May.2008
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


Documentation for dvdauthor-GUI DVD-Menu
For his graphical dvdauthor user-interface DVD-menu Carsten Siegner has published a documentation as video-DVD-ISO-file which you can burn with dvdrecord.

Download:
DVD-Menu-guide.lha (1,6 MB)
dvdrecord.lzx (4,5 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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07.May.2008
Michael Böhmer (ANF)


Zorro II/III DMA USB 2.0 controller for all Zorro-Amigas
Press release: E3B (Michael Böhmer) and PCP (Chris Hodges) are pleased to announce a new USB controller for Amiga Classic after a long period of research: the DENEB USB 2 controller supports Zorro III and Zorro II Amigas.

For further details please have a look at the complete press release on the website.

The DENEB is sold by E3B and some other dealers. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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07.May.2008
Paul J. Beel (ANF)


The AROS Show: Eric Schwartz interview
The AROS Show has interviewed the famous Amiga artist, Eric Schwartz. Eric discusses his recent "Still Alive" animation (amiga-news.de reported) and his other projects. (snx)

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06.May.2008
Fab1 (#morphos)


MorphOS: MPlayer 1.0 (svn-2008.05.06)
Fabien Coeurjoly has published an update of the video player MPlayer 1.0 for MorphOS.

In this version mouse control in OSD and in the DVD-menus are supported as well as Freetype rendered subtitles with Codepage support were added.

Download: MPlayer-1.0-svn-2008.05.06.lha (8 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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06.May.2008



Aminet-Uploads until 05.05.2008
These are the latest uploads to Aminet which have been added since our last message:
FussballBundesliga.lha  biz/misc     32K    GEN   TurboCalc Spreadsheet Football (german)
S0S_001.lha             demo/sound  503K    OS3   System Of Sound #1 by An4kiR & cTrix
Blitz_RT.lha            dev/basic    23K    OS3   "reqtools.library" dev kit for Blitz
Blitz_XAD.lha           dev/basic    31K    OS3   "xadmaster.library" dev kit for Blitz
PAR_ARexx.lha           dev/src       6K    OS3   PAR: access using the SIMPLEST of ARexx
TilesSlide.lha          game/actio   71K    OS3   Align 3 tiles of the same colour
FlagSim1.lha            gfx/3d      241K    MOS   Texture Mapping and Backface Culling
GSGui_languages.lha     gfx/conv     26K    GEN   Langage pack for GSGui
551conv_asm.lha         misc/emu     12K    GEN   Source code for 551conv
AmiArcadia.lha          misc/emu    573K    OS3   Arcadia 2001/Interton VC 4000/TVGC emul.
Just_a_try.lha          mods/house  424K    GEN   .xm mod made by Pseudaxos (29/04/2008)
Fusion_Let_s_Rock.lha   mods/xm     421K    GEN   .xm Format
tunemikmod_plug.lha     mus/play    219K    OS4   LibMikMod based plugin for TuneNet
tuneptplay_plug.lha     mus/play     12K    OS4   ptplay.library based TuneNet plugin
guideml.lha             text/hyper  190K    VAR   AmigaGuide -> HTML converter with GUI
f-req.lha               util/batch   12K    OS3   A "RequestFile" like program for 1.x+
molib.lha               util/cli      4K    VAR   load/lock libs so they cant be flushed
scr_dt.lha              util/dtype   83K    OS4   Spectrum/Timex SCR/SCREEN$ datatype
ptplaylib_os4.lha       util/libs    51K    OS4   play/decode protracker modules
MakeCD_MP3-Cover.lha    util/misc    49K    OS3   Creates Covers from .mcd Files/MP3 Dirs
Set68kCPU.lha           util/misc     9K    OS4   Change type of 68k CPU reported by OS4
sysflush-morphos.lha    util/misc     6K    MOS   SysFlush (MorphOS system flush)
ARexxMD5.lha            util/rexx     4K    GEN   All in ARexx MD5 algorithm
DCF-77-mos.lha          util/time    49K    VAR   Radio clock receiver, clock, time signal
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 05.05.2008
These are the latest uploads to os4depot.net which have been added since our last message:
jukebox.lha            aud/mis  124kb  Old jukebox style GUI for external mus/v
tunemikmod_plug.lha    aud/pla  218kb  LibMikMod based plugin for TuneNet
tuneptplay_plug.lha    aud/pla   11kb  ptplay.library based TuneNet plugin
lame.lha               aud/rec    1Mb  Lame MP3 encoder
cpc.lha                dev/uti    1Mb  Application that Creates Reaction Comman
wordmeupxxl_demo.lha   gam/act   16Mb  Word Me Up XXL
ptplaylib.lha          lib/mis   50kb  Shared lib to play/decode protracker mod
np_audio.lha           net/bro  147kb  IBrowse Audio plugin
newscoaster.lha        net/new    1Mb  MUI-based newsreader
virtualdrawer.lha      uti/fil   87kb  Create virtual drawers
amigainputanyware.lha  uti/har   79kb  Control mouse and keyboard with your gam
set68kcpu.lha          uti/mis    9kb  Change the type of the 68k CPU reported 
yetanotherdesk.lha     uti/mis  620kb  Desktop for public screens
fuelgauge.lha          uti/wor  103kb  Volume gauges underneath hard drive icon
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06.May.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Tales of Tamar 0.57 P2
Press release Dear friends of the intense and ludicrous role-play game Tales of Tamar,

the journey continues with the next update of Tales of Tamar. This time it is unfortunately only a small update which is nevertheless less unimportant since a severe registration error occurred at the last Amiga version. Many thanks to our testers for all the help and apologies to all the potential players who tried to register a new empire in the meantime.

With this version one can check for the first time how the dungeons are realized in ToT, for free!

New features:
  • [R7] Workbench screen mode is now preset at the screen mode requester (Amiga only)
  • [R7] Dungeon: one can take gold now (not given to your account yet)
  • [R7] Dungeon: Traps are now covered
  • [R7] Dungeon: Now one can die getting caught in a trap / new graphics implemented
  • [R7] Dungeon: Doors, traps and chests now can be opened and closed
  • [R7] Dungeon: implemented new sound effects
  • [R7] Dungeon: compass rose now moves
  • [R7] Dungeon: implemented movement keys and keys to open and close things
  • [R7] Dungeon: Entrance and exit are now indicated
  • [R5] Dungeon runs on AGA
  • [R5] Fblit now operates with masks from the fast ram (10% more speed)
  • [R4] Dungeon: implemented chest
  • [R4] Dungeon: implemented traps
  • [R4] Dungeon: sound effects implemented
  • [R3] three scouts are now available at the beginning of the game
  • [R2] Dungeons are now accessible
  • [R2] new Spanish catalogs used
Bugfixes:
  • [R5] build screen: 20 mills text deleted from the build screen
  • [R5] memory leak fixed during the start of the game (city structure again)
  • [R5] memory leak fixed while entering the map in high resolution mode
  • [R5] InitScreen: while clicking the mouse during the complex registration it did not check whether the email address should stay like that or a ToT inbox should be used transitionally
  • [R5] InitScreen: Player names with less than 3 digits are not allowed anymore
  • [R5] InitScreen: During the request if a ToT inbox or an own inbox should be used instead, the options were deleted. The result was that the options data was not applied.
  • [R5] CopyDir: problem concerning the dungeon path reworked again.
  • [R3] CopyDir: dungeon path disappeared if one executed New, Save or Load
  • [R3] missing dungeon graphics implemented (Kores/ Amiga only)
  • [R2] Taverna: Crash fixed while writing in the taverna editor
  • [R2] InitImportantThings moved from residence screen to the title screen. The problem is that certain folders have to be created before one can start the registration. These were created in the residence screen before and now are possibly excepted.
  • [R2] graphcs engine: While using a second path-file (BardsTale/Dungeons) some pointers possibly were overwritten to bitmaps. This appeared now in the dungeons and title screen from time to time.
  • [R2] BardsTales: deleted lockup during rebellions
  • [R2] BardsTales: fixed error concerning the diseases
  • [R2] Gadget system: error in the market place fixed where more than 30 gadgets were used
  • [R2] Initscreen: password request now allows all characters.
  • [R2] Graphics engine: wrong graphics were loaded into the cache (Azuriel)
Download:
ToT_Amiga_V0.57_R7.lha (Update, 8 MB)
ToT_Amiga_V0.57_P2.lha (Complete archive, 143 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Print magazine: Amiga Future 72 (May/June 2008)
Press release: Amiga Future 72 (May/June 2008) was released today. This means that all subscriptions, pre-orders and dealer supplies have been shipped. It's now up to the postal service when the Amiga Future gets delivered to you.

In this issue you can read up-to-date reviews on articles like DvPlayer, AmiKit, Word Me Up XXL, Goonies and much much more. Furthermore we have an interview with the makers of Tales of Tamar.

On the cover CD there is a lot of PD software and also some full versions like Nemac IV again. On top of that you will also find on the CD, the MP3 soundtrack for the game Tower Of Souls.

A more detailed list of the contents can be found at our website.

The Amiga Future is available as an English and German print magazine directly from the editorial office and some Amiga dealers (AmigaKit, ASB, GGs Data, Samuli, Vesalia...).

We are still on the lookout, URGENTLY for translators for the English edition of the Amiga Future. If you want to work with us and have a very (!) good knowledge of the English language please contact us at Andreas@amigafuture.de.

amigafuture.de
apc-tcp.de (cg) (Translation: cg)

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04.May.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Cloanto: Amiga Explorer 2008
Amiga Explorer 2008 has been released. It includes new Software Director and support for Amiga Forever 2008. Traditionally, the release of the new Amiga Explorer as included in Amiga Forever precedes by a few days the launch of a new version of Amiga Forever itself. The update is free to all Amiga Explorer users.

The Amiga Explorer networking software makes it possible to access the resources of an Amiga computer from one or more Windows systems. Configuration is extremely simple and by default requires only a few mouse clicks on the Windows side. (snx)

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04.May.2008
Amiga.org (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Update of Word Me Up XXL
For registered users there is an update of "Word Me Up XXL". The AmigaOS-4 game developed by Boing Attitude combines arcade and puzzle elements. The MorphOS version which was announced currently is in beta status.

The new version is available in eleven languages and includes some minor internal improvements. Additionally the demo version includes another level. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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03.May.2008
Martin Merz (ANF)


New Masonicons
Martin Merz released several new and reworked 32-bit icon archives available at the title link.
  • CD & DVD
    • IsoOMaticMI - a complete set with new a background image for ISO-O-Matic
  • DEVELOPMENT
    • DevMI - an update of the basic default icons set for Developers
  • DISK & FILE
    • AMUIDiffMI - an icon and drawer set for AMUIDiff
    • DefIconsMI - a collection of new default icons
    • Disks&FoldersMI - a update of the disks and folders archive
    • FileXMI - an icon and drawer set for FileX
    • MultiRenMI - an icon and drawer set for MultiRen
  • ENVIRONMENTS & GUI
    • YADMI - a complete set for YetAnotherDesktop
  • HARDWARE
    • IDEfixMI - an update of the icons and drawers set for IDEfix
    • PoseidonMI - a full icon and drawer set for Chris Hodges' famous USB stack Poseidon
  • MAIL & MESSAGING
    • AmIRCMI - an icon and drawer set for AmIRC
    • BlackIRCMI - an icon and drawer set for BlackIRC
  • MISC
    • SolitonMI - an icon and drawer set for Soliton
  • PAINTING
    • CycasMI - an icon and drawer set for Cycas
    • PNGerMI - an icon and drawer set for PNGer
  • SOUND
    • AMPMI - an icon and drawer set for AMP
  • TEXT & OFFICE
    • AminetReaMI - an icon and drawer set for AminetReadMeCreator
    • AnotateMI - an icon and drawer set for Anotate
    • AOrganiserMI - an icon and drawer set for AOrganiser
    • ASCIITableMI - an icon and drawer set for ASCIITable
    • GuidemakerMI - an icon and drawer set for Guidemaker
    • VimMI - an icon and drawer set for Vim
  • VIDEO
    • FFmpegGUIMI - an icon and drawer set for FFMpegGUI
  • VIEWER
    • EvenmoreMI - an icon and drawer set for Evenmore
    • WBPreviewMI - an icon and drawer set for WBPreview
  • WEB & NET
    • AmiUpdateMI - an update of the icon set with images for AmiUpdate
    • PassmakerMI - an icon and drawer set for Passmaker
    • SWATMI - an update of images for the Samba tool SWAT
  • WORKBENCH
    • CMEditorMI - an icon and drawer set for CMEditor
    • CopyiconMI - an icon and drawer set for Copyicon
    • ScreenMonitorMI - an icon and drawer set for ScreenMonitor
    • SGrabMI - an update of the icon and drawer set for SGrab
PUSH4DOCK

An updated archive with small startbar icons (24 x 24) is available. Copy the p4d icon to the directory of the program you want to add to AmiDock and then drag and drop the small p4d icon to the Push4Dock bar or add the p4d icon to your Push4Dock startbar and edit your AmiDock Prefs. (snx)

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03.May.2008



Demo-scene: Old issue of "Lamer News"
The "Lamer News" was an ASCII-newsletter of the British Amiga-scene. The whole content was fictive. The interviews and news were all completely fakes.

Some of the old issues are now available at OldSkool UK (part 1, part 2). (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.May.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Origyn Web Browser 1.24
Jörg Strohmayer has published another update of his port of the Origyn Web Browser. Changes in version 1.24:
  • Changed default FONTXDPI to 80
  • Added cut, copy, paste and select all (<amiga><a>) support in editable fields. Text copied to/from the AmigaOS clipboard is/has to be in UTF-8, not the local charset. There are some other problems with it, for example the text selection is often displayed wrong and unselected text not completely unmarked
  • Selecting other texts works as well now, but you can't copy them
  • Disabled the workaround from 1.22 for the gfx errors as it slows down scrolling too much, you can redraw the page by pressing <amiga><r> instead now
  • Reduced the minumim step for scrolling with the scroll bars

OWB 1.24 is an update and requires the previous version 1.21 which is available on Aminet.

Direct download: OWB.lha (2,7 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.May.2008
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


MorphOS: Graphical user-interface for dvdauthor
Carsten Siegner has created a graphical user-interface for the DVD-authoring program dvdauthor-0.6.14. With the program you can create and burn video-DVDs with menu.

There is not a proper documentation but at least you can inform in an English howto.

Download: dvd-menu.lha (21 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Amiga Future: More disks of the PD-serie "Spielekiste"
In the download section of the Amiga Future there are now the disks 701-935 of the PD-games-serie "Spielekiste". If someone have got the missing numbers 725, 726, 743 and 755 the person is asked to contact the Amiga Future Team. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2008
morphzone.org (Webseite)


MorphOS: VLC 0.8.6f beta 2
Rupert Hausberger has published an update of his MorphOS-port of the media player VLC. Changes in VLC 0.8.6f beta 2 (you can get further information here):
  • Got rid of ixemul
  • Got rid of pthreads
  • Wrote and implemented naThreads
  • ahi_dev now make use of naThreads
  • Enabled SDL. (not fully working)
  • Enabled OpenGL. (also)
  • Enabled A52. (also)

Download: vlc-0.8.6f-morphos_beta2.lha (7,6 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.May.2008



WHDLoad: New packages until 01.05.2008
With WHDLoad you can install games and scene demos on your harddrive which were formerly only meant for use with disks. Additionally several incompatibilities with newer Amiga models were fixed.

The following installers have been added, improved or updated since our last message:
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.May.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


MorphOS: Log-Analyzer logtool 2.3
Jacek Piszczek has published an update of his log-analyzer logtool (screenshot). In version 2.3 some bugs were fixed which could cause crashes.

logtool at least requires version 50.70 of the MUI-class Powerterm.mcc which is part of the MUICON-package. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.May.2008
Pegasosforum.de (Forum)


MorphOS: MPlayer 1.0 (svn-2008.04.30)
Fabien Coeurjoly has published a new version of video play program MPlayer 1.0 for MorphOS. It is based on the source code from 28th April and includes now an OSD-menu as well as a DVD-menu-support for testing purposes.

Download: MPlayer-1.0-svn-2008.04.30.lha (7 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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30.Apr.2008
David Brunet (ANF)


New articles on Obligement
The following articles have been added to the website of the french Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months:
  • Amiga and MorphOS news of march/april 2008
  • Old Amiga news of september/october 1999
  • News: Natami, the new Classic Amiga
  • Interview with Andreas Falkenhahn
  • Review of ISO-o-Matic
  • Review of Alinearis 2
  • Review of Doman
  • Review of The Goonies 20th Anniversary Edition
  • Hardware: CDTV-CR
  • Hardware: A570
  • Hardware: Add a reset button on an Amiga 500
  • File: History of the Amiga - year 2002
  • File: History of the Amiga - year 1980-1993 and 1997-2000 (update)
  • File: The Amiga licenses
  • File: Scoopex - part 3 : influence of the froggies in Scoopex
  • Tutorial: Installation of Linux Ubuntu 7.10 "Gusty Gibbon" on Pegasos II
  • Misc: Update of the glossary
  • Quizz about the CDTV-CR
  • Quizz about the Minimig
(snx)

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29.Apr.2008
Guido Mersmann (ANF)


Reminder: PowerDev #2 with Efika 8610 and Efika 5121e
Guido Mersmann wrote: From 1st to 4th of May the PowerDev #2 will take place in Hörstel. The current MorphOS will be demonstrated as well as the first developer boards Efika 8610 und Efika 5121e as German premiere.
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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29.Apr.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Development: clib2 1.203
Under the title link a neew version of clib2 for AmigaOS/68k and AmigaOS 4 was published (changes). It is an ANSI-C-library for the Amiga. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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29.Apr.2008
IntuitionBase (ANF)


IntuitionBase: Interview with Frank Wille from 2006
On IntuitionBase.com an interview with Frank Wille from June 2006 was published. Frank Wille is well-known because he developed togehter with Volker Barthelmann the C-compiler vbcc. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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29.Apr.2008



Aminet-Uploads until 28.04.2008
These are the latest uploads to Aminet which have been added since our last message:
FussballBundesliga.lha    biz/misc       32K    GEN   TurboCalc Spreadsheet Football (german)
IBrowseSP.lha             comm/www       19K    GEN   IBrowse 2.x spanish catalogs
OWB.lha                   comm/www      9.1M    OS4   Origyn Web Browser
AMOSlist-1999-11.lha      dev/amos      104K    GEN   AMOS-list archives for November 1999
AMOSlist-1999-12.lha      dev/amos       68K    GEN   AMOS-list archives for December 1999
Annotate.lha              dev/cross      99K    OS3   Comment/reformat DASMX 2650 cross-disasm
gnutar-mos.lha            dev/gg        967K    MOS   GNU tar archiver
dogma11.lha               docs/mags     6.8M    GEN   Russian magazine,HTML vers. (24.04.2008)
Wazp3D.lha                driver/video  150K    OS3   CPU only Warp3D v4.2 implementation
ColorTrack.lha            game/actio     54K    OS3   Snake action game with puzzles
Koules-os4.lha            game/actio    416K    OS4   Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
Koules.lha                game/actio    227K    OS3   Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
wbsudoku_fr.lha           game/board      3K    GEN   French catalog for WBSudoku v1.5
GSGui_68k.lha             gfx/conv      102K    GEN   GUI for Ghostscript8 in MUI
FlashPlayer_mos.lha       gfx/show      258K    MOS   Flash (SWF) format file player v. 1.4
ami-cpctools-mos.lha      misc/emu       30K    MOS   Ami-CPC tools
AmiArcadia.lha            misc/emu      568K    OS3   Arcadia 2001/Interton VC 4000/TVGC emul.
DgenMOS.lha               misc/emu      331K    MOS   Sega Genesis/Megadrive emulator
StellaMOS.lha             misc/emu      470K    MOS   Atari VCS 2600 emulator
SamplesCreatorDemos.lha   mods/smpl      43K    GEN   Some samples created by SamplesCreator
milkytracker-morphos.lha  mus/edit      1.3M    MOS   An XM/MOD tracker
MilkyTracker.lha          mus/edit      1.7M    OS4   A multiplatform music tracker
SamplesMaster.lha         mus/misc      106K    OS3   Creates IFF and RAW samples (italian)
SymphoniePlayer.zip       mus/play      557K          Symphonie Song Player (Java)
tunead_plug.lha           mus/play      2.1M    OS4   AdPlug based plugin for TuneNet
tunemikmod_plug.lha       mus/play      219K    OS4   LibMikMod based plugin for TuneNet
tuneptplay_plug.lha       mus/play       12K    OS4   ptplay.library based TuneNet plugin
GuideMaker.lha            text/hyper    638K    OS4   AmigaGuide file creation utility
f-req.lha                 util/batch     13K    OS3   A "RequestFile" like program for 1.x+
waitx.i386-aros.zip       util/cli        4K    ARO   Execute a command after/on a given time
waitx.src-aros.zip        util/cli        5K    GEN   Execute a command after/on a given time
ptplaylib_os4.lha         util/libs      51K    OS4   play/decode protracker modules
asciitable.i386-aros.zip  util/misc      10K    ARO   print the ascii-table in different modes
asciitable.src-aros.zip   util/misc       5K    GEN   print ascii-table in diff. modes (src)
LCDMonitorTest.lha        util/misc     154K    OS3   LCD Monitor Test
MakeCD_MP3-Cover.lha      util/misc      49K    OS3   Creates Covers from .mcd Files/MP3 Dirs
ARexxMD5.lha              util/rexx       3K    GEN   All in ARexx MD5 algorithm
DCF77.lha                 util/time     490K    OS3   Radio clock receiver, clock, time signal
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29.Apr.2008



os4depot.net:Uploads until 28.04.2008
These are the latest uploads to os4depot.net which have been added since our last message:
dg_midi_player.lha   aud/pla   69kb  Simple MIDI player
tunead_plug.lha      aud/pla    2Mb  AdPlug based plugin for TuneNet
tunemikmod_plug.lha  aud/pla  218kb  LibMikMod based plugin for TuneNet
tuneptplay_plug.lha  aud/pla   11kb  ptplay.library based TuneNet plugin
milkytracker.lha     aud/tra    1Mb  A multiplatform music tracker
guidemaker.lha       dev/uti  637kb  An AmigaGuide file creation utility.
koules.lha           gam/act  416kb  Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game
gsgui.lha            gra/con  169kb  GUI for Ghostscript8 in MUI
ptplaylib.lha        lib/mis   50kb  Shared lib to play/decode protracker mod
newscoaster.lha      net/new    1Mb  MUI-based newsreader
findmore.lha         uti/fil   82kb  File searching tool
iso-o-matic.lha      uti/fil   64kb  All to ISO disk image converter
ranger.lha           uti/mis  257kb  System diagnostic tool
yad_fr.lha           uti/mis    3kb  YetAnotherDesktop french catalogs
yetanotherdesk.lha   uti/mis  590kb  Desktop for public screens
iffanimplay.rexx     uti/scr    0kb  script arexx for play iff anim with "iff
setdefpubscreen.lha  uti/she   28kb  CLI tool to change default public screen
fuelgauge.lha        uti/wor  103kb  Volume gauges underneath hard drive icon
wbpreview.lha        uti/wor   70kb  Preview feature for Workbench
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29.Apr.2008



AROS-Archives: Uploads until 28.04.2008
These are the latest uploads to AROS-archives which have been added since our last message:
asciitable.i386-aros.zip  uti/mis    9kb  print the ascii-table in different modes
asciitable.src-aros.zip   uti/mis    4kb  print the ascii-table in different modes
waitx.i386-aros.zip       uti/she    4kb  Execute a command after/on a given time
waitx.src-aros.zip        uti/she    4kb  Execute a command after/on a given time
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Apr.2008
amiga.org (Webseite)


Event: Amigathering, Greece (28./29. June)
At the end of June on the isle of Rhodos (Greece) the Amigathering will take place. On 28th people will meet from 10:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. in Nireas Building (Diagoridon Street) and on 29th at the beach of Rhodos the "Beach-Party" will be celebrated.

If you want to take your own computer to this event then please register under info@amigathering.gr.. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Apr.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Instant Messenger SabreMSN, alpha 6
James "jahc" Carroll has published another alpha version of his Instant Messenger for the MSN-network (screenshots: 1, 2).

In this version the preferences menu was added. Additionally the "Connection"-status as well as a dialogue window were added where the user can set several options if he was added to the contact list by another MSN user. Now you can also rename the persons in your contact list. Finally several bugs were fixed.

Porting this program to different Amiga systems is planned but it is supposed to be started if the basic functions were all implemented. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Apr.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Acube: Screenshots of AROS and Linux on a SAM440
According to Acube SAM440 ports of three operating systems will be completed soon. In order to punctuate this to the SAM440 website some screenshots of CruxPPC Linux, Ubuntu Linux and AROS were added. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Apr.2008
MorphZone (Webseite)


LCD Monitor Test 1.0
Ilkka Lehtoranta has published a test program for LCD-monitors for AmigaOS 3.x and MorphOS. CyberGraphX 3.0 and MUI 3.3 are at least required.

It should be also possible to fix "frozen" pixels but it could not be tested by the author himself. You can read about the different monitor tests in the readme file.

Download: LCDMonitorTest.lha (154 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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28.Apr.2008
amigafuture.de (Website)


ACube: New Minimig core files
Press release:
Bassano del Grappa (Italy) 27 April 2008:

ACube Systems is happy to announce the immediate availability of a new Minimig core and PIC firmware.

This update allows all Minimig owners to use new ROMS. Amiga Forever encrypted ROMs are now fully supported and 256KB ROMs ( like in ? ? ? ) can be used too.

Thanks again to Dennis van Weeren for his hard work that will make all retro Amiga users happy.

The updated files are available on the Minimig page. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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28.Apr.2008
Murakami (ANF)


Printmagazin: aMiGa=PoWeR, issue 41
The 41th issue of the french printmagazin aMiGa=PoWeR offers following topics:
  • News: AmigaOS4 Classic Update, NatAmi, Hollywood 3 Evolution, Origyn Web Browser...
  • Reviews: WordMeUp XXL, Bermuda Syndrome, YAM v2.5, CygnusEd Pro 5, Minimig, Tubexx, ProStation Audio...
  • Tutorials : AROS, HTML programming...

aMiGa=PoWeR will be sold worldwide by AFLE since 1998. (cg) (Translation: aj)

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28.Apr.2008



MorphOS: Milkytracker 0.90.80
Milkytracker is a 100% compatible clon of ProTracker or FastTrackerII, but with a better Editor (Screenshot). The MorphOS-Port is from Ilkka Lehtoranta and requires the powersdl.library. (cg) (Translation: aj)

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27.Apr.2008



Preview: New games for classic Amigas
Though things have calmed down around Mr. Beanbag (rumor has it that the programmer lost interest) and Super Pumpkin Brothers, some new projects for OCS and AGA Amigas have recently emerged instead:

Annihilation

Annihilation is a horizontally-scrolling shoot'em up for AGA Amigas (screenshot). The developers Underground Arcade promise "parallax scrolling, intelligent enemy waves, awesome power-ups, huge mid-level and end-of-level guardians, [...]" on their web page. The player should be able to make a choice among three pilots, who possess different spaceships. Annihilation's release is planned for 2008, a two-year-old demo can be found at Aminet.

Halloween Nightmare

Halloween Nightmare, which comes from Underground Arcade as well, is about a platform game where the player can slip into various Halloween costumes (screenshot). The release is planned for this year, too, a playable demo version is available since several months. Halloween Nightmare is being developed with the game construction kit Backbone.

Ambermoon Arcade

"Ambermoon Arcade," which is also being developed with Backbone, should become a Golden Axe-style beat'em up, which is located in the world of the RPG classic Ambermoon (Screenshots: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). A demo version should be released before long. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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27.Apr.2008
german-amiga-community.de (Web page)


AROS Distribution: VmwAROS 0.7.1 (Beta)
VmwAROS is an AROS distribution which already includes a set of pre-installed applications like FryingPan, SimpleMail or an early preview of the web browser Traveller. The package is available in two versions: A distribution based on the emulator VMware, which is launched from Windows, as well as a bootable live CD designated as "VmwAROS LIVE!"

Two days ago, it had become known that the last version of VmwAROS had been downloaded more than 85,000 times. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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26.Apr.2008



WinUAE: Configuration hints for AmiKit on an Eee-PC
Under the title link Ravi Abbott described which configurations you have to set to use the complete distribution AmiKit under WinUAE on the Subnotebook Eee made by Asus. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


PDF-magazine: #Amigaguide, second issue
Last week the printed version of the #Amigaguide was sent to the subscibers. Today the English magazine is available as free PDF-document. Topics of this issue:
  • NAF - 15 years and still booting! Norwegian Amiga Association celebrates 15 years anniversary 1992-2007
  • Codex Alpe Adria: Report from the Italian Amiga fair
  • AROS: Report of AROS from the hands of Michael Blackburn Heltne aka mike^^
  • Test: EFIKA 5200 B: Test of the EFIKA 5200 B from Stian Strøm aka Amigaguy
  • Amiga Players: Sean Fitzgerald of ART writes about Amiga heroes and crooks
  • Amiga Freak XL: Gary D., aka s00p of #amiga, is an Amiga freak of the XL format...

You can only download it if you are a member of the Amiga portal amigaweb.net. If you are not then you first of all have to create an account. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Apr.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Origyn Web Browser 1.23 (Update)
Jörg Strohmayer has published another update of his port of the Origyn Web Browser. Changes in version 1.23/1.22:
  • 1.23: Enabled font kerning. Looks better, but the cursor offset is wrong in text input now
  • 1.23: No longer downloads application/xhtml+xml
  • 1.23: The font implementations are build as shared objects now and you can choose the one you want, currently the AmigaOS4 implementation and the embedded bitmap fonts only since the freetype one doesn't work because of a bug in libexpat.so. To use the embedded bitmap fonts, which might make OWB more usable on classic Amigas although I doubt it helps much, rename libowbfont.so to libowbfontamiga.so and libowbfontembedded.so to libowbfont.so
  • 1.23: Added FONTXDPI and FONTYDPI tooltypes to configure the font rendering in the AmigaOS4 font implementation and changed the defaults from 72/72 to 84/72 DPI
  • 1.23: The bookmark code is in a shared object now, that way George can work on it without having to build the complete OWB himself.
  • 1.22: Improved the speed of the font system a little bit
  • 1.22: Improved font spacing
  • 1.22: Fixed http://crashlog.os4depot.net/cl41
  • 1.22: Updated curl-ca-bundle.crt
  • 1.22: Disabled some gfx and scrolling optimisations as they sometimes cause gfx errors, for example clearing the top of a page without updating it again
  • 1.22: Added bookmarks from George Sokianos' OWB_GUI

OWB 1.23 is an update and requires the previous version 1.21 which is available on Aminet.

Direct download: OWB.lha (2,7 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Apr.2008
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)


MorphOS: Shuffle 1.14 for registered users
For all registered users there is an update of the MorphOS puzzle game "Shuffle" (screenshot). (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Apr.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


AROS: Status-Update of SAM440-port
In his blog Michal Schulz who at the end of the last year started porting AROS to Acube's SAM440-platform told about his last progresses. A photo of the AROS-Workbench called Wanderer demonstrates that he made it to boot AROS on the PPC-Motherboard. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Apr.2008



MorphOS: Bounty-system on pegasosforum.de
Users on pegasosforum.de want to establish a bounty system.

Currently in the new section "Bounty Bay" proposals of different software projects are discussed and written. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Apr.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Milkytracker 0.90.80
Milkytracker is a clone compatible with ProTracker and FastTrackerII. It now includes an improved editor (screenshot).

The most important changes in version 0.90.80:
  • Open up to 32 modules using tabs, allows simultaneous playback of different tabs, copy pattern data/instruments/samples between tabs
  • New resamplers for improved sound quality: Cubic Lagrange, Cubic Spline, Fast Sinc, Precise Sinc, Amiga 500, Amiga 500 LED, Amiga 1200, Amiga 1200 LED
  • Render parts of the song directly into a sample slot (from HD recorder)

You can get more information about the changes at the readme. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Apr.2008
Moobunny (Forum)


Apple bought PowerPC producer P.A. Semi
According to the economic magazine Forbes Apple has bought the processor producer P.A. Semi. It is assumed that the PowerPC-derivate will be used in future models of Apple's iPhone-mobiles. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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