25.Apr.2005
Maxime Doyen (ANF)
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HomeBank V3.1 released
After several beta versions, Maxime Doyen now released the final version 3.1 of his program HomeBank under the title link. This version fixes a major bug in the Define Payee & Define Category section, which was leading to instability of the system and sometimes crashes (especially on MorphOS and AmigaOS4).
It also fixes any reported/found other minor bugs and suggestions of changes. No new functionality has been added, though. Furthermore, the author would like every user of HomeBank to subscribe to the corresponding mailing list. (snx)
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23.Apr.2005
Amigaworld.net (website)
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New US magazine: NewsTek
With NewsTek is in the USA a new commercial magazine brought to life that follows the tradition of Video Toaster User, Newtekniques and NewtekPro. The Digital Lifestyle Magazine with focus on the NewTek products takes AmigaOS and MorphOS into account, too.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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22.Apr.2005
morphzone.org (website)
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MorphOS: sc68mui plays Amiga-/Atari-Chiptunes
sc68mui is a MorphOS-port of sc68 which is a player of the so called "Chiptunes". The
music tracks must be available in a special format. You can find a big collection
of titles on the official homepage.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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22.Apr.2005
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Software-News: playOGG 2.0 & VorbisTools
playOGG 2.0
The program playOGG written by Lorence Lombardo can play audio files of the formats
OGG Vorbis, MP3, RA and SID. It can be started from the Workbench or from CLI.
Link: Homepage
Download: playOGG.lha (489 KB) (Readme)
VorbisTools WOS
Michel 'DMX' Bagmeijer has compiled the VorbisTools for WarpOS. The VorbisTools are
a collection of tools for en-/decoding and changing of audio files in Ogg Vorbis-format.
Link: download site (cg) (Translation: dr)
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22.Apr.2005
ANN (website)
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MorphOS: Desktop-calendar April
#AmigaZeux has published a desktop calendar for MorphOS called April
(screenshots). You can configure
fonts, colours, background graphics, transparency and the size of the window.
Download: April.lha (149 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Apr.2005
Jens Langner (ANF)
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MUI: BetterString.mcc / HotkeyString.mcc under LGPL published
After having saved the source codes of the known MUI-Custom class BetterString.mcc and HotkeyString.mcc
from the hard drive of the former author Allan Odgaard the complete source code has been
published under the GNU Lesser Public License (LGPL) as Open Source and has been put together
in a seperate project on Sourceforge.net.
Interested developers are encouraged to take contact to the
current main authors (Jens Langner and Ilkka Lehtoranta) if you want to develop further
BetterString.mcc and HotkeyString.mcc.
Probably there will be a new version of BetterString.mcc/HotkeyString.mcc which will
also include native PPC versions for AmigaOS4 and MorphOS.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Apr.2005
David Brunet (ANF)
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Magazine: Obligement #50 available
Issue 50 of the French magazine Obligement is now available. You can read in this issue: latest Amiga news, interview with David Gerber (ex-MorphOS developer), interview with Stéphane Guillard (OS4 French developer), Test: Audio Evolution 4, Test: Amibrixx, Test: Don Ceferino Hazana, Test: Weather, Test: la France par Monts et par Vaux, Test: SNES9x, article about CRT and LCD screens, how to build a demo, installation of a AmigaOne XE motherboard, tutorial about TVPaint and lot more. The magazine (zip archive, 1.4 MB) is freely downloadable at http://obligement.free.fr (title link). (nba)
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21.Apr.2005
m.w. verlag GmbH
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Search for the Best Websites of Germany
Everyone certainly knows about the problems with search engines. When you type in your search words you get a long list of hits, but most of them don't have a thing to do with what you're looking for. However there's an unusual searcher that's been established, one that targets the websites that you're really after. "Turn the page, don't Google it" is the new trick to find your way in the Internet maze. The "Web Address Book" is a reference work in book form.
[this part of long article not translated -DM]
More information may be found on the
www.web-adressbuch.de homepage. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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21.Apr.2005
Amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS4: Native Versions of AHI 6.0rc3 and the Emu10kx Drivers
At OS4 Depot, Davy Wentzler released AmigaOS4-native versions of AHI 6.0rc3 and the emu10kx drivers 6.1 for SB Live, Audigy and Audigy2 sound cards. Please note the accompanying "readme" texts.
CAMD testers are asked to provide detailed debug information once they install this version.
Download:
ahidevice.lha (79 KB)
emu10kx.lha (22 KB) (snx) (Translation: dm)
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20.Apr.2005
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MorphOS: Software news until 20-04-2005
Torrent 0.8.2
Torrent is a small SDL based game where one has to collect as many same coloured tiles as fast as possible (screenshot).
Link: Homepage of the Linux version
Link: Download
Scramble 0.9.5
With Scramble one has to build as many English words from 6 given letters in a given time (screenshot).
Link: Homepage of the Linux version
Link: Download
Add ons to some MorphOS skins
Tristan "TriMa" Mangold has released some Songplayer button graphics for his MorphOS skins "Blue Space Ninja II" and "trima".
Link: Homepage
Trima buttons: trima-songplayer.lha ( KB)
BSN2 buttons: bsnii-songplayer.lha ( KB)
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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20.Apr.2005
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CAD: Full version of "Cycas" released to Aminet
Cycas is a program for architectural drawing in two and three dimensions. Additional to the normal CAD function Cycas offers some special elements and techniques for architecture and construction drawing.
Perspectives, isometries and planar views of a building can be rendered as line graphics and can also be reworked.
3D data can be exported in different exchange formats to programs which can render graphics from the data. That allows a rapid and high quality simulation of buildings.
Further development of the Amiga version is put to halt currently, for that reason the latest full version is now available for free.
For further information about the Windows and Linux versions of Cycas
please visit the official website.
Download:
German version: Cycas178_DE.lha (1.2 MB) (Readme)
English version: Cycas178_EN.lha (1.2 MB) (Readme) (cg) (Translation: ub)
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20.Apr.2005
ANN (website)
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GoldED: envGDE 1.9 available
The AmigaGuide development mode of Dietmar Eilert's editor and C/C++-IDE GoldED has been updated and supports now syntax validation by using Guido Mersmann's GuideCheck.
Check errors are shown within the editor window in an adjustable area below the text (screenshot). By clicking a shown warning the editor jumps to the regading line automatically.
The update to envGDE 1.9 is available at the title link (after validation of the serial). (snx) (Translation: ub)
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19.Apr.2005
Ron van Schaik (ANF)
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Commodore Gebruikersgroep: Photos of the Amiga party in Maarssen
The Commodore Gebruikersgroep have published four pages with photos of their Amiga party which took place on Saturday in Maarssen, the Netherlands, to celebrate 20 years of Amiga.
At the party, besides several Amiga models, among other stuff the latest products by Individual Computers were shown - Catweasel, Retro-Replay, MMC64 card and the C-One - as well as the AmigaOne, an Amiga Porsche and the set-top box Ariana. (snx)
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18.Apr.2005
IOSPIRIT GmbH (ANF)
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IOSPIRIT GmbH: IBrowse and IBrowse update available again
We are happy to announce the immediate availability of IBrowse in our
online shop. The internal restructurizations that have previously
prevented the availability of IBrowse have now been completed.
Our new express shop now accepts and processes orders within minutes.
Furthermore, we now accept American Express in addition to Visa and
Mastercard credit cards for payment. Customers that had trouble
accessing our shop through the firewall of their company before will
be happy to hear, that the secured SSL connection now runs on the
respective standard port. (snx)
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18.Apr.2005
Elbox Computer (ANF)
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Elbox: First photos of the ColdFire-board Dragon 1200
Elbox have published first photos of the Dragon 1200 announced in December (amiga-news.de reported). The product is a ColdFire-based accelerator card combined with a PCI/AGP expansion busboard.
Furthermore, Elbox have announced a special offer for all Mediator PCI busboards for Zorro III-equipped Amigas purchased between 15 April and 14 May 2005 in the Elbox Online Store: In this period, with every Mediator purchase, the end-user can receive an eFlash 4000/2MB Zorro III card for half price. (snx)
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16.Apr.2005
Martin (DaFreak) Rebentisch (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #085
The scene group Liquid Skies releases today their 85th music pack. This time it's a calmer piece of music called "Underwater Sky" composed by Lcr feat. Kuadziw. The cover was created by Kuadziw.
Some more inromation about the track:
- Title: Underwater Sky
- Artist: Lcr feat. Kuadziw
- Style: Ambient
- Running time: 4:00
- Format: mp3 (160kbps)
The zipped file with a size of appr. 4.7 MB is available for download under the title link.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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16.Apr.2005
Amiga Future (website)
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Kultpower.de: covers of "PlayTime" added
Sebastian Eichholz added 17 covers of the print magazine "Playtime" to his website of scanned computer and video games magazines front pages. They are taken from the issues #1-12/93 and #1-5/95.
Additionally, he points out that on this Saturday he's taking part in the Retrogamers 2005 in Ludwigshafen/Germany at booth 21 where old video games magazines from the 1980s and 1990s (among others Powerplay, ASM, Videogames, Amiga Joker) will be for sale.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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16.Apr.2005
BP organization team (e-mail)
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Breakpoint 2005: opinion poll
The organizators of the Breakpoint 2005, a demo party that took place from March, 25th to 28th in Bingen (Germany) asks all visitors to take part in a survey regarding this year's event to give the organizing team some feedback for possible improvements for the Breakpoint 2006.
Furtheron the organization team announces that the video recordings of the seminars are now available on the FTP server (ftp.untergrund.net, directory "after_the_party/seminars").
There are now bug fixed final versions of the following demos respectively intros on the Breakpoint FTP server available:
- Fairlight's PC 64k intro "Death and taxes"
- TBL's Amiga demo "Ocean machine"
- Madwizard's Amiga demo "Glare"
In addition are all video recordings of all Amiga demos on the Breakpoint FTP server available in the directory "amiga/demo/videos".
Please use for the downloads of the offered material the mirrors, too.
In the next time, recordings of the C64 demo compo, videos of the BASS and Ultrasound live performances and press articles will be added.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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16.Apr.2005
Amiga Future (website)
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Amiga Demoscene Archive: 15 more demos
The following 15 demos were added to the Amiga Demoscene Archive since March, 30th:
- Alien/Scoopex
Released at Abduction 1995 in the demo competition
- Elements/Puzzle
Released at The Party 1996
- Energy/Gods
Released at The Gathering 1997 demo competition
- November Light/Sunshine Productions
Released at Halloween 1996 in the demo competition
- Paleo/Floppy
Released at Intel Outside 4 in the intro competition
- Sci-fi/Spaceballs
Released at Deja Vu II
- Syndrome/Balance
Released at The Party 1994 demo competition
- Worlds/Gods
Released at Saturne 3 1996 in the demo competition
- Hetero Sapiens/Traktor
Released at Mekka Symposium 2001 in the demo competition
- Fruit Kitchen/The Silents
Released at Assembly 1995 in the demo competition
- Cyberia/Scoopex and Bomb
Released at Assembly 1996 in the demo competition
- Glare/Madwizards
Released at Breakpoint 2005 in the demo competition
- Evil/IRIS
Released at Breakpoint 2005 in the intro 4k competition
- The human body is a curious contraption/Dr.Doom and Xeron
Released at Breakpoint 2005 in the demo competition
- Totenkreuz/Tulou
Released at Breakpoint 2005 in the intro 4k competition
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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15.Apr.2005
MorphOS-News.de (website)
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System monitor: Update of MorphOS version 3.4 of Scout published
There is an update of the MorphOS version of the system monitor called Scout (amiga-news.de reported).
This is still always version 3.4 because only some bugs have been fixed.
Download: Scout34_mos.lha (899 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Apr.2005
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP: Pegasos mousepads available
From today on the new Pegasos mousepads from APC&TCP can be delivered and can be
ordered in the online shop or via e-mail. Today all preorders have been sent. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Apr.2005
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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Amiga User List: GAUHPIL database reworked
The GAUHPIL (Geographical Amiga Users Home Page Internet List) is a MySQL based database created and moderated by Dietmar Knoll. It contains website addresses of Amiga users, that can be questioned by continent and country.
Additionally, it features a flexible search function.
In the past few weeks, the PHP scripts have been completely reworked and new functions have been added. The former country search links have been replaced by "real" country lists and a few more flags and internal links have been added.
The moderation script now finally allows to add new links, that have been mailed to the moderator. Nevertheless, the preferred way should be that interested users type in their data themselves.
Currently, the GAUHPIL lists 730 users from 39 countries.
The number of users for each country can be found on the page "All Countries". (snx)
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15.Apr.2005
Genesi (e-mail)
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Linux: Gentoo-Live-DVD for the Pegasos
A Live-DVD about the BitTorrent-Network based on the Gentoo-Linux has been published for the Pegasos.
The "Luminocity X-LiveDVD" contains 1.8 GB
and is altivec optimated. It features Luminocity
which is an OpenGL based window manager technology.
Torrent file: ppc-livedvd.torrent (33 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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14.Apr.2005
Amiga Future (website)
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SoundFX: Update to Version 4.3
SoundFX, a modular shareware editor for digitized audio data, has reached version 4.3 and may be downloaded for variuos 68k processors from the corresponding download page.
Stefan Kost writes on his website: [translated quote]"There are a few bugs that I took care of a while ago. One is the crashing that occurred when using drop-down menus under OS4. Beyond that there is a new Show-Tip program in this update."
(snx) (Translation: dm)
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14.Apr.2005
Amigaworld.net (website)
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GoldED: Service Pack 24 Released
Since the 11th of April, Service Pack 24 has been available for owners of the GoldED editor and the C/C++-IDE GoldED Studio as well as for microgolded. This is only a little incremental update. For feedback and questions please use the GoldED Forum. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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14.Apr.2005
Jörg Karisch (ANF)
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Hardware Gathering in Nürnberg on 30th April 2005
The Amiga user group IMAGE invites all active users of the Amiga, its successors, and UAE systems, as well as one else interested to a hardware gathering on 30th April, 2005.
The point of our meeting is to solve hardware and software problems right there, and to discuss the latest (or older) happenings with the Amiga technology.
As a special theme, we plan to inform all about the Pegasos, the installation of WinUAE, and the use of USB devices on Amiga systems. You'll find more information under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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13.Apr.2005
(ANF)
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Amiga Inc. released AmigaAnywhere SDK 1.5
Amiga Inc. announces at the title link the release of a new version of the development kit for AmigaAnywhere. The "AmigaAnywhere SDK 1.5" is available immediately, developers may contact Amiga's development support using this web form.
The changes within SDK 1.5:
- Dynamic Scaling Services
- Matrix transformation service "LinX"
- Descriptive UI engine "PRISM"
- High performance Sprite/animation solution
- Bitmap font engine
- Abstract, device independent state persistence service
- Content extension to support level packs and feature enhancements
- Inverted list database for more complex data requirements
The integrated development environment "Adept" by Omniscience (amiga-news.de reported) is part of the AmigaAnywhere SDK. The online help and the entire documentation were revised also.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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13.Apr.2005
MorphZone (Forum)
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Mac emulator: Basilisk II ported to MorphOS
Ilkka Lehtoranta has ported Basilisk II version 0.9 to MorphOS. The open source program by Christian Bauer emulates a 68k Mac.
The MorphOS version is an early release with only a very basic user interface and - as it seems - a bug with the palette on 8 bit screens.
Ethernet, SCSI and audio output should work, the author doesn't take any responsibility if the program leads to unwanted system damage.
Usage requires a so called "OldWorld" ROM as well as a 68k version of the Mac OS (up to version 8.1). Mac OS 6.0.x, 7.0.x and 7.5.3 may be downloaded for free from Apple.
Download: BasiliskII.lha (390 KB) (snx) (Translation: ub)
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13.Apr.2005
Kultpower.de (ANF)
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Convention: Retrogamers 2005 on 16th April in Ludwigshafen
On 16th April 2005 there was a long Retro-Gamers Night at the Walzmühl Center in Ludwigshafen.
[Rest of article not translated -DM] (snx) (Translation: dm)
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13.Apr.2005
U. Beckers (ANF)
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E-Book: MorphOS im Detail V 2.1 (German)
"MorphOS im Detail" gives an overview about the development of the operating system MorphOS. The German article has been updated to version 2.1 and is now available as PDF file.
Download: mid-German-2.1.pdf (170 KB) (cg) (Translation: ub)
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10.Apr.2005
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Aminet: uploads till April 10, 2005
Here are the new Aminet uploads since our last posting:
AmiGG.lha comm/irc 1.2M Best Polish Communicator Gadu-Gadu Amiga(
DVBFontUpload.lha comm/misc 45K Font upload for Nokia D-Box. 68k+MOS
DVBzap.lha comm/misc 31K Remote control for Nokia D-Box. 68k+MOS
savvyppc.lha comm/net 174K Savvy (as in networker) GUI for smbfs
MiamiSuspended.lha comm/tcp 12K On/Off Plug Arexx Script For Miami TCP/IP
papademo68k.lha demo/euro 521K Demo
papademomos.lha demo/euro 602K Demo
papademoos4.lha demo/euro 518K Demo
Badger.lha demo/intro 2.2M Badger Badger Badger ... snake!
DECH.lha dev/e 46K Deniil's E-Compiler Handler v1.46
mcc_texteditor.lha dev/mui 361K Texteditor custom class for MUI (v15.10)
avd_template.lha dev/src 115K AVD Template Project - Skeleton OS4 appli
WolnyCD.lha disk/cdrom 77K Better read, quiet working. Src,68k,MOS,O
d-fragmenta.lha game/board 221K D-Fragmenta: simple puzzle game
Whirlgif-3.04-morphos.lha gfx/conv 55K Generates Gif Anims
ZXLive.lha misc/emu 97K Sinclair ZX-Spectrum 48/128k Emulator v0.
TheMPegEncGUI.lha mus/misc 369K GUI 4 Lame,Ogg,BladeEnc,Pegase,Ncode,Musi
playOGG.lha mus/play 472K Plays OGG, MP3, VOB, AC3, RA, mods and ma
FractalBoingsBG.lha pix/back 382K Fractal-like boings png backdrop 1280x102
Annotate_src.lha text/edit 165K Text Editor with advanced features (sourc
Annotate_usr.lha text/edit 201K Text Editor with advanced features
DepthMenu_Swe.lha util/cdity 1K Swedish catalog for DepthMenu 2.43
AllKeys.lha util/misc 43K Use ALL mapped rawkeys which includes Mul
MPlayer-GUI.lha util/misc 203K GUI for MPlayer for OS4
MultiRen.lha util/misc 202K Powerful multi-file renaming tool (MUI)
UTF-8.lha util/misc 6K Type UTF-8 anywhere
DRemind.lha util/time 318K Reminds you whenever you want.. v1.68!
sguard_Swe.lha util/time 1K Swedish catalog for SummertimeGuard 1.04
limpidclock.lha util/wb 123K Transparent clock / calendar
os1.3pointers.lha util/wb 84K More os1.3 style mouse pointers for OS4
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10.Apr.2005
David Brunet (ANF)
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Amiga Games Hit Parade: Results of March/April 2005
Here is the Amiga Games Hit Parade of March/April 2005. Next votes (Amiga Games Hit Parade of May/June 2005) will begin in the middle of May.
01. (4) Quake 2 - 107 pts
02. (1) Payback - 100 pts
03. (3) Earth 2140 - 99 pts
04. (7) Knights And Merchants - 85 pts
05. (5) Napalm - 82 pts
06. (2) Slam Tilt - 82 pts
07. (6) Heretic 2 - 75 pts
08. (14) Worms/Worms DC - 62 pts
09. (8) Freespace - 60 pts
10. (9) Crossfire 2 - 59 pts
11. (12) The Settlers - 58 pts
12. (15) Quake - 55 pts
13. (21) WipEout 2097 - 53 pts
14. (11) Dune 2 - 51 pts
15. (10) Sensible World Of Soccer - 49 pts
16. (26) Shogo - 46 pts
17. (17) Xtreme Racing - 43 pts
18. (18) Speedball 2 - 37 pts
19. (28) Cannon Fodder - 35 pts
20. (13) Moonstone - 34 pts (snx)
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09.Apr.2005
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os4depot.net: uploads until 09.04.2005
Here are the new uploads at os4depot.net since our last posting:
printinga1.pdf doc/tut 61kb OS4/A1 Printing guide
mcc_texteditor.lha lib/mui 361kb Texteditor custom class for MUI (v15.10)
savvyppc.lha net/sam 174kb Savvy (as in networker) GUI for smbfs
avd_template.lha dev/exa 115kb AVD Template Project - Skeleton OS4 application
shid_httpd.tar.gz net/ser 36kb Very alpha Amiga-specific HTTP server.
badger.lha dem/int 2Mb Badger Badger Badger ... Snake!
globalglad.lha gam/pla 738kb Global Gladiators for your Workbench
d-fragmenta.lha gam/puz 221kb D-Fragmenta: simple puzzle game
limpidclock.lha uti/wor 123kb transparent clock / calendar
goattracker.lha aud/tra 503kb Quick port of GoatTracker
bme.lha dev/lib 931kb Blasphemous Multimedia Engine
reminiscene_os4.lha gam/adv 541kb REminiscene
scummvm-diff.tar.bz2 gam/adv 13kb ScummVM source code changes
allkeys.lha uti/mis 43kb Use all mapped rawkeys which include some MM-keys
annotate.lha uti/tex 201kb Text Editor with advanced features
annotate_src.lha uti/tex 165kb Text Editor with advanced features (source)
mplayer-gui.lha vid/mis 203kb GUI for MPlayer for OS4
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09.Apr.2005
Jens Langner (ANF)
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TextEditor.mcc: version 15.10 released
After the saving of the source code and releasing the MUI custom class TextEditor.mcc under the open source licence LGPL it is now available for download in the first public version (15.10) on the project homepage of the Texteditor.mcc open source team.
Next to some long awaited error fixes in this class PPC native versions for AmigaOS4 and MorphOS were created that are included in the archive.
As it is the first public open source version and some assembler coded parts had to be ported to C the authors point out that there may occur problems especially when importing and exporting text.
In this case the authors ask you to to fill in a Bugtracker report with a description as it is standard with open source projects on sf.net.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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09.Apr.2005
Pegasosforum (forum)
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MorphOS: Demo version of Pixel32 released
A demo version of the image/photo/animation painting/editing and retouching application Pixel32 has been released also for MorphOS (screenshot). The MorphOS version requires PowerSDL by Ilkka Lehtoranta.
This is an alpha demo version of Pixel32. It may still contain bugs, typos and even unfinished functions. Especially the PowerPC versions are quite new and may be not as stable and usable as the x86 versions. If you find any bug or Pixel32 crashes, please e-mail the .debuglog file from Pixel32 directory to the author with a small description what you were doing.
In the demo version there are two limitations: a visible watermark in images and a small annoying dialog box informing you about using only a demo version.
Download:
pixel_morphos_demo445.lha (7 MB)
powersdl.lha (763 KB) (snx)
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09.Apr.2005
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CD drives: WolnyCD 1.0 sets read-speed
WolnyCD is a tool that allows you to set read-speed of your CD-ROM (CD-R/CD-RW). This should work with most of ATAPI devices and with some of
SCSI ones.
Features:
- Two ways of setting read speed: in kB/s (Speedrate) and in "x" (Speed)
- Manages some of the CD drive functions like Start, Stop, Eject, Load, Prevent and Allow
- Speed and Speedrate options work on most of the drives, other functions should work with all optical drives
- Start and Stop can be used with any drive (for example HDD)
- Controlled from CLI or by Tooltypes
- Locale support
- Versions for Amiga-68k, AmigaOS 4.0 and MorphOS
- Source code included
Download: WolnyCD.lha (77 KB) (snx)
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08.Apr.2005
amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: Webserver "SHID" (Alpha)
With SHID Dave "Wiffy" Pitcher published his first alpha-version of a self developed
webserver. In future the support of PHP and Perl is planned.
Download: shid_httpd_0.1a.tar.gz (36 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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08.Apr.2005
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MorphOS: Software-News until 08.04.2005 (Update)
mfkey 1.4
With "mfkey" Alfonso Ranieri provides a clone of the AmigaOS-commodity Fkey. mfkey currently
supports only "CLI" and "ARexx".
Link: Download site
PolyOrganiser 0.81
PolyOrganiser written by Frederic 'Polymere' Rignault is a so called "PIM-Tool" (Personal Information Management)
with which you can manage dates, contacts and tasks (screenshot).
You can read the changes in the Changelog.
Link: Homepage
Download: PolyOrga_0.81_Update.lha (153 KB)
Download: PolyOrga_0.80.lha
REminiscence 0.1.5
REminiscence is a reimplementation
of the classic Flashback. The DOS-version
of Flashback is required (screenshot).
Link: Homepage
Download: REminiscence.lha (152 KB) (Readme)
Unmask 1.4
Unmask allows you to clean up the front screen with the help of several hotkeys that means
to (de-)iconify certain windows.
New in version 1.4:
- Added 2 more modes to hide the active window and/or the active application
- Added cycle-chains
Link: Homepage
Download: unmask.lha (19 KB)
CLONCK 1.1
CLONCK is a configurable analog clock for the Workbench (screenshots).
News:
- Some (one, 1) users had problems with broken transparency of clonck. Fixed
- The clock itself is now also drawn using antialias under MorphOS 1.4.x
- The background and foreground images are now centered when the window gets sized smaller than the image dimensions
- When a hand was pointing to a quarter hour (15 mins, 30 mins, 45 mins and 60 mins) the last line of an arrow wasn't drawn. Fixed
Link: Homepage
Download: CLONCK.lha (215 KB)
anaLOGuer 1.1
"anaLOGuer" is a little program that can filter and colourfully point out useful
information from the debug-logs of MorphOS (screenshot).
As source Ramdebug, the serial cut and log-files are supported.
You need the file PowerTerm.mcc from the MUICON-packet.
Link: Homepage
Download: analoguer.lha (20 KB)
Download: muicon.lha (291 KB)
Free Pascal Compiler 1.9.9
Karoly 'Chain-Q' Balogh has published an update of his MorphOS-port of "Free Pascal Compiler" (screenshot).
You can read the changes in the readme.
Download: fpc_20050407.lha ( KB)
amifish 1.160
"amifish" is a translator with support of several languages. For the translation
the Internet service babelfish.altavista.com is used.
Link: Homepage
Download: amifish.lha (61 KB)
Update: (08.04.2005, 19:10, cg)
Free Pascal Compiler 1.9.9 and amifish 1.160 are available.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Apr.2005
amigaworld.net (website)
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Programming: Modula-2 Compiler
Under the title link, Thomas Breeden provides a self-developed, non-optimizing compiler for the programming language Modula-2. The program is compiled for 68k processors and excludes the PPC CPU, however it was continuously used and further developed under AmigaOS 4.
A short test under WinUAE ran without problems. A PPC version is planned. (cg) (Translation: dm)
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07.Apr.2005
IOSPIRIT Newsletter (ANF)
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IOSPIRIT: Amiga pages moved, news from the web shop
IOSPIRIT's AMIGA pages, for already some time now, have moved to
amiga.iospirit.de. Since there were no other product pages until now, the company domain has redirected to this subdomain until now. With the release of the IOSPIRIT's Mac software "Picture Arena", the redirection has been changed to picturearena.com. The AMIGA pages will of course stay online. Regarding the company domain, a portal site is planned for the future, that will then also link to the AMIGA pages.
Further news:
The shop system has been reworked from ground up. Orders can now be
made much easier and faster - an accout is no longer required.
Furthermore IOSPIRIT GmbH now accepts American Express credit cards in
addition to Visa and Mastercard. The free bundling of drivers
introduced with the last promotion will be kept. The VHI RS232 and
IOUSB DigiCam driver packages will be bundled with VHI Studio, the
IOUSB Scanner Package will be bundled with fxSCAN respectively. They
come for free at no additional cost, but therefore without support and
functional guarantee.
(cg)
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07.Apr.2005
Amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS4: App Tool AVD Template for Developers Released
AVD Template has been released as freeware by BITbyBIT Software Group LLC. This has to do with the basic structuring of AmigaOS4 programs written in C.
AVD Template makes possible a basic implementation of the following functions:
- Assignation of memory structure
- Opening of necessary libraries
- Use of command line parameters and Tooltypes
- Classification of an application as a Commodity and manipulation of the show/hide hotkeys
- Building of basic menus
- Opening of simple windows by means of ReAction
- Manipulation of the main loop events (Show/Hide/Iconify/Quit, etc.)
- Proper closing and dispensing of all resources upon exit
The necessary makefile is also included, to use with the the project either by means of GCC on the AmigaOne or with one the AmigaOS4 cross-compiler.
Download: avd_template.lha (115 KB) (snx) (Translation: dm)
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07.Apr.2005
PegXMac-ML
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PegXMac: Update to Version 1.4.1 for Pegasos II (G3 + G4)
The Mac-on-Linux live-CD PegXMac by David Bentham for Pegasos II has reached version 1.4.1.
The Molmenu now includes the option "setup ipmasq rules" for the opening of certain ports, enabling Mac OS features such as http, ftp or ssh.
Forgotten auto-start features now work again in version 1.4: to do this you only need to enter the boot parameter Startmacosx or alternately Startmacos9. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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06.Apr.2005
Matthias Kretzler (SelectaNovel^gnumpf) (ANF)
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Event: "Maximum Overdose", April 22nd, Lübeck, Germany
From April the 22nd to the 24th there will be the old school gaming and demo scene party "Maximum Overdose" held in Lübeck (St. Jürgen), Germany.
The following competitions are scheduled:
- 16kb tracked music
- combined graphics
- combined demo
- different game and fun competitions
The chosen room facilities of the students home will be enough for about 100 scener and retro fans plus their hardware.
Most important: Register in time if you like to come with your wired darling (Amiga, C64, Atari... no PeeCees!). There's also the option to stay overnight. Doors open for EUR 8 the entire weekend. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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06.Apr.2005
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AGA/ECS games: BattleCircle, King of Oil and more
Scott Seiler has released some more recent games developed by him as freeware:
"BattleCircle" is a round based RPG/strategy game mix (screenshot),
"King of Oil" is a simple trade simulation (screenshots: 1, 2), "Battle Blocks is a board game similar to reversi (screenshot) and "Knight Games" is a simple arcade game, which, however, reminds a bit of the bonus game of "Grand Monster Slam" (screenshot). (cg) (Translation: ub)
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05.Apr.2005
MorphOS-News.de (website)
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MorphOS: Boot CD guide now also available in English
Thanks to Marcel Unbehaun and Kenny 'KennyR' Richardson, the guide for creating bootable MorphOS CDs by Jürgen Lucas is now also available in English. (snx)
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03.Apr.2005
Obligement (ANF)
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Extensive article for beginners about Pegasos and MorphOS (French)
Obligement and Wikipeg present an extensive French article for beginners about the Pegasos computer and the MorphOS operating system. The article speaks for example about Pegasos I and II, April, Articia, Open Firmware, installation of MorphOS, MUI, Ambient, the preferences, software compatibility, how to develop, how to run a network on it, where to download software and where to buy extensions. (snx)
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02.Apr.2005
Andreas Küssner (ANF)
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MorphOS: native versions of MPEG de-/encoders for Wildfire7
"wf_mpeg2decode" and "wf_mpeg2encode" are the MorphOS versions of the free MPEG video loaders and savers that are part of the Wildfire7 distribution.
The two files have to be copied into the directory "system/tools/" in the Wildfire7 main directory. The already existing files have to be replaced with the new ones - the author recommends to create a backup of the old versions first in case problems with the new version should arise.
It cannot be guaranteed that the programs run on all systems, the modules have been tested on a Pegasos 1 G3@600mhz.
Saving of a test animation as MPEG file with the 68k mpegsaver needs 1 minute and 42 seconds (with JIT) while the PPC native version takes 16 seconds.
If there are any questions please contact Andreas Küssner via e-mail. Our thanks go to Oliver Hummel for compiling and doing various tests.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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02.Apr.2005
(ANF)
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Inofficial G-REX PCI homepage updated
Matthias "DJBase" Münch completely reworked the inofficial homepage for the PCI busboard "G-REX PCI" regarding the content.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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01.Apr.2005
Darren Eveland (ANF)
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Remote Desktop Client survey
Please fill out this short survey so we can better understand who is using the Remote Desktop Client for Amiga OS 3.x, 4.x and MorphOS. Any personal information that you choose to supply will be held in strict confidence not given to any 3rd party company. The only information that will be disclosed is statistical information on the number of users of Remote Desktop and what type of computer systems they are using or plan to use (questions 1-7). (snx)
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01.Apr.2005
Dieter Groppé (ANF)
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New version of MCP (Master Control Program) available
Since 31st March the current version 1.44 of the MasterControlProgram - in short: MCP -
is available. Additional to the complete archive there is also an update for version 1.43.
Besides some new and extended functions many bugs have been fixed.
The MCP and its components now are also running under AmigaOS4 but only emulated.
Details to the changes you can get from the history.guide which is available in the
archive.
The complete archive as well as the update for version 1.43 can be downloaded
under the title link under "Amigaminis".
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Apr.2005
anonym (ANF)
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distributed.net: Pegasos Team in Top 100
The Distributed Pegasos Team is on the
100th place of the Team-Charts at RC5-72-competition.
Thanks to all who computed in the team. The next aim, of course, is the Top 10.
(cr) (Translation: dr)
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01.Apr.2005
Martin Wolf (ANF)
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Tales of Tamar: Not enough prospects for "The Great War of Anarrow"
Dear Amiga community, unfortunately there are not enough prospects for our free
action "The great war of Anarrow" (14 at all, 11 Mosianer and 3 Hombres). Therefore
the war will not take place.
But we give a last space of time of one week. If there should be more than
50 persons on each side the war will take place.
We want to invite all interested players to use the shareware option and
to play the game for a while for free.
Greetings,
Wolfen & the ToT-Team (snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Apr.2005
Rupert Hausberger (ANF)
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MorphOS: SimpleCam 2.0 GPL released
SimpleCam, a program by Rupert Hausberger for downloading photos from a digital camera, has been released for MorphOS in version 2.0.
Changes:
- Totally rewritten from scratch
- New, easier design
- Delete-support added
SimpleCam 2.0, the source code and screenshots can be downloaded from the title link. (snx)
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29.Mar.2005
ANN (website)
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ChocolateCastle: Update to v0.2 / AmigaOS support
ChocolateCastle by Grzegorz 'Krashan' Kraszewski is a source code generator for custom BOOPSI and MUI classes. The update to version 0.2 enables BOOPSI class generation and is also able to generate AmigaOS 3.x compatible code as well as mixed (MorphOS/AmigaOS3) code. (snx)
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