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18.Aug.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Network configuration: EasyNet 0.178
With its user-interface, EasyNet simplifies the configuration of a network. AmigaKit encloses the programm for different network hardware just like the X-Surf 100 but it also can be purchased. It is updated by the live-update-function but also is provided on disk.

Changes:
  • Program restructured ready for EasyNet Pro release
  • Added DownloadBuffer tooltype
  • Additional DNS settings user checks and notices added to help users
  • Wireless manager now refreshes when stack is goes online
  • Network Configuration Help window updated
  • GUI bug fixes: Query device and Scan Wireless Networks
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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17.Aug.2014



Aminet-Uploads until 16.08.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until August 16th, 2014:
Sayontsheck.lha          demo/aga   14M   WOS Sayontsheck PPC AGA Demo by L...
MCE.lha                  game/edit  1.3M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  1.5M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  1.5M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
BubbleHeroesUpdate.lha   game/patch 227K  68k Final update for "Bubble Heroes"
Flog.lha                 game/wb    33K   68k Have fun with this card game!
PyramiSol.lha            game/wb    34K   68k Play this pyramidal shaped ca...
SoliTri.lha              game/wb    33K   68k Have fun with this card game!
amath.lha                misc/math  173K  68k Simple command line calculator
WWorth_fincats.lha       text/dtp   27K       Wordworth 3SE,4SE & 7 Fin...
Spreedy_1.0.lha          text/edit  2.6M  MOS Spreedsheet editor
IconLib_46.4.lha         util/libs  354K  68k free icon.library in optimize...
XoXo.zip                 util/misc  217K  68k nice OX-GUI for XFD/XAD/XFR a...
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17.Aug.2014



OS4Depot-Uploads until 16.08.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until August 16th, 2014:
openbor.lha              gam/act 2Mb   4.1 OpenBOR, new Beats of Rage Engine
gemgem.lha               gam/puz 5Mb   4.0 Gemgem is a classic logic puzzle
lgeneral-bin.lha         gam/str 2Mb   4.0 Strategy game influenced by Panz...
mce.lha                  gam/uti 2Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
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17.Aug.2014



MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 16.08.2014
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Files until August 16th, 2014:
Spreedy                  1.0     off/dat   2631 A table editor and spreadsh...
Psamathe Font            1.1     sys/gra     71 MorphOS version of monospac...
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17.Aug.2014



WHDLoad: New archives until 16.08.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installer has been added until August 16th, 2014:
  • 2014-08-12 updated: Copper Master (Angels) reworked, bplcon2 bug (SOGEN bit set) fixed, bplcon0 color bit fixes, 68000 compatible quit option, external replayer removed, source included (Info, Image)
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17.Aug.2014
EAB (Forum)


WinUAE: Proof of concept for PowerPC emulation
By its latest beta version, Toni Wilen enabled the Amiga emulator WinUAE 2.9.0 in principle to also emulate the Amiga PowerPC processor boards by phase 5 and run the "classic" flavor of AmigaOS 4.

This proof of concept has been done intentionally utilizing the processor core of PearPC for a quick check of feasibility. Due to its incompleteness and bugs, the author has to change for QEMU now, though. He writes:

"PearPC CPU emulator is a dead-end. Missing instructions, only partially emulated instructions, no support for integer overflows, division by zero, illegal instruction exceptions and so on... (Which means any buggy or badly behaving program can crash the emulator or hang or crash the emulated operating system.) It did its job, allowed easy and quick PPC emulation test. It would not have happened with any other more complex cores.

It seems most compatible PPC CPU emulation is in QEMU. Dolphin only has experimental MMU support which is not supported in JIT modes. But QEMU is complex, very complex...

What does this mean? It means all PPC CPU related bugs will be ignored until PPC CPU emulator core is replaced (timeframe: unknown); the only exception are bugs that didn't exist in beta version 10."


Download: winuae_2900b11.zip (4 MB) (snx)

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17.Aug.2014
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


MorphOS: Epub-Reader 0.1
Carsten Siegner's Epub-Reader has still alpha status, therefore several fonts are not supported. EPUB is a free and open e-book standard.

Download: Epub-Reader_0.1.lha (1 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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14.Aug.2014



Linux: Kernel 3.13.14 with "Longterm Support" and 3.15.10 for X1000 (Update)
The kernel series 3.13 will be updated until 2016 by Canonical. Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled version 3.13.14 for the X1000, which among others can be used with the Linux Live-DVD.

The version for the AmigaOne does not include support for CPU frequency scaling any longer due to a lack of precise work of the regulator.

Download: kernel-3.13.14-1-x1000-ubuntu-ppc64.tar.bz2 (7,2 MB) (Changelog)

Update: (07:38, 16.08.14, snx)
Now also kernel 3.15.10 is available. This is the last kernel of the 3.15 series (EOL).

New: Removed CPU frequency scaling support. For further changes see official changelogs: ChangeLog-3.15.9, ChangeLog-3.15.10.

Additional kernel modules:
  • KVM_BOOK3S_64_PR
    • Supports running guest kernels in virtual machines on processors without using hypervisor mode in the host, by running the guest in user mode (problem state) and emulating all privileged instructions and registers.
    • This is not as fast as using hypervisor mode, but works on machines where hypervisor mode is not available or not usable, and can emulate processors that are different from the host processor, including emulating 32-bit processors on a 64-bit host.
  • 3dfx Voodoo graphics card support
  • Network support for AROS hosted
  • Support for four serial ports
  • Bluetooth USB dongle support
  • Kernel tracing with ftrace
  • Linux kernel icon for AmigaOS 4.1 by Tommysammy
Download: vmlinux-3.15.10-KVM-PR-FTRACE-AmigaOneX1000.tar.bz2 (7 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.Aug.2014
Amiga Impact


CD32-extensions: Project Hermes, CD32 Expansion Board
In his blog, Ian Stedman logs the development of "Project Hermes", which is an extension for the CD32-console. The hardware will have the following specifications:
  • mainly internal solutions (s.b.)
  • 8 MB SRAM
  • Parallel ATA (IDE) and Compact Flash port
  • Floppy-port for Amiga or PC disk drives or Floppy emulators
  • possibly a real-time clock
  • clock port for connecting additional extensions
  • may be totally disabled
According to Stedman, the price for one new board will be approximately 120 pound sterling (about 150 Euro).

The actual Hermes-platine is in the CD32-case - for that it must be connected to a adapter board developed by "kipper" which also has to be bought and which rotates the extension port of the console by 180 degrees. This "CD32 expansion board" can also be used without Hermes and provides ports for the Amiga-RGB-cable and PS/2-keyboards:



The actual date of completion of both projects are not yet known. There are already prototypes of the "Expansion Board". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.Aug.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Magazine: Commodore Free, issue 82
"Commodore Free" is a free magazine about Commodore and Amiga computers that is available in different editions - among them an HTML version and a C64 diskmag. (snx)

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11.Aug.2014
Floppy (ANF)


AROS: Free Pascal port with FPGUI updated
The AROS/x86 port of the Free Pascal compiler has been updated by Marcus Sackrow (screenshot). Changes can be found at AROS-Exec. (snx)

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11.Aug.2014
MorphZone (Webseite)


MorphOS: Spreedy 1.0
Besides bugfixing, version 1.0 of Carsten Siegner's spreadsheet editor Spreedy allows loading of files containing charts.

Spreedy_1.0.lha (3 MB) (snx)

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10.Aug.2014
amifone^team Dogma (ANF)


HTML magazine: Dogma #13 (russian)
Press release: After a break of two years, finally came the 13th edition of the russian-language magazine Dogma, dedicated to our loved and respected platform Amiga. Design of the magazine is completely new. An archive of previous issues will be available later. People interested in participation for the next edition are invited to join us. Welcome to the latest issue of our magazine! (snx)

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10.Aug.2014



Aminet uploads until 09.08.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until 09.08.2014:
FourPlayerGames_DE.pdf   docs/misc  78K       Games supporting 4 joysticks ...
FourPlayerGames_EN.pdf   docs/misc  76K       List of games supporting four...
iGameUpdatePackTroels... game/misc  17M       Screenshot Update Pack for iGame
spacepower.zip           game/shoot 543K  68k Space War clone for 4 players...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   3.6M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   3.9M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   3.9M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
amath.lha                misc/math  172K  68k Simple command line calculator
amath.src.lha            misc/math  77K       Simple command line calculato...
qpdfview.lha             text/show  11M   OS4 Tabbed PDF/DjVu document viewer
zip_lib.lha              util/libs  94K   OS4 Library for reading/writing z...
XoXo.zip                 util/misc  190K  68k nice OX-GUI for XFD/XAD/XFR a...
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10.Aug.2014



OS4Depot uploads until 09.08.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until 09.08.2014:
libboostygfx.lha         dev/lib 473kb 4.0 BoostyGFX library used with Huno...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
duke3dw.lha              gam/fps 1Mb   4.0 Duke Nukem 3D remake
odamex.lha               gam/fps 5Mb   4.0 Cross-platform Doom engine
frogatto.lha             gam/pla 168Mb 4.1 Frogatto & Friends is an old...
meandmyshadow.lha        gam/pla 19Mb  4.1 Me and My Shadow is a free libre...
colorpicker.lha          gra/mis 163kb 4.0 Qt : Color wheel widget and dialog
qpdfview.lha             gra/vie 11Mb  4.1 Tabbed PDF/DjVu document viewer
zip_lib.lha              lib/mis 94kb  4.1 Library for reading/writing zip ...
tumblr.lha               net/mis 2kb   4.1 download large _1280 tumblr imag...
aorganiser.lha           off/mis 598kb 4.0 Diary
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10.Aug.2014



MorphOS Files uploads until 09.08.2014
The following archives have been added to MorphOS Files until 09.08.2014:
ScummVM                  1.7.0   gam/adv  15999 ScummVM is an engine for pl...
MPlayer                  1.0 201 mul/pla  21067 Port of great movie player ...
E-UAE JIT                0.8.29  uti/emu   1697 UAE (Amiga emulator) for no...
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10.Aug.2014



WHDLoad: Packages added until 09.08.2014
WHDLoad makes it possible to install quite a lot of demos and games to your harddisk that were originally designed to run from floppy disk only. The following installation packages have been added until 09.08.2014:
  • 2014-08-08 improved: Thunderhawk (Core Design) supports another version, new icons (Info)
  • 2014-08-07 fixed: Lionheart (Thalion) slave rewritten, CD?? joypad buttons supported, trainers added and bugs fixed (Info)
  • 2014-08-06 new: Mouse Quest (Micro Value/Tynesoft) done by Codetapper (Info)
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07.Aug.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Music: Dr. Vector - Made In Italy (The Best Of Guillermo Blanco)
Under the title link there is a review (in German) of the album Dr. Vector - Made In Italy which was released in June. The album contains remastered Amiga songs written by Guillermo Blanco. On the website it is possible to listen to excerpts of the songs before purchasing them. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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07.Aug.2014
MorphZone (Webseite)


MorphOS: UAE4All 0.32, Anaglyph 3D 0.1 and Overw8-bits
Pedro Gil Guirado has updated the MorphOS-port of the Amiga emulator UAE4All. Additionally he has released Anaglyph 3D which is a programm for creating stereoscopic pictures for red-blue-glasses as well as Overw8-bits which is 4K-intro for MorphOS.

Changes in UAE4All 0.32 (MorphOS version):
  • Sound sync problem fixed
  • Bug fixed loading ADF disks outside program directory
  • MUI GUI is opened before initializing emulation
  • Fixed several problems in MUI GUI
  • Added vertical screen position in MUI GUI
  • Added a message requester when kick.rom file isn't found
  • Added english and spanish locale catalogs
Download:
uae4all_rc3_032.lha (537 KB)
anaglyph3d.lha (605 KB)
overw8bits.lha (25 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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07.Aug.2014
Markus Marx (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: Aorganiser 1.2
Version 1.2 of Aorganiser has been released which is a personal organizer for AmigaOS 4. With a tooltype or a command line parameter now you can set the start screen.

Download: aorganiser.lha (598 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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07.Aug.2014
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


Event: AmiWest 2014 (24. to 26. October)
This year the AmiWest will take place from October 24th to 26th in the Hotel "Holiday Inn Express" in Sacramento, California. Under the title link among others the exhibitors Hyperion Entertainment and A-EON Technology are listed. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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05.Aug.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)


AROS: 68k-Distribution AROS Vision 2.7.2
Version 2.7.2 of the AROS/68k distribution AROS Vision released by Olaf Schönweiß among others supports copying text files to the Clipboard and launching ARexx.

Changes:
  • PlaySID files directly supported
  • Text files can easily be copied to clipboard
  • AmiBlitz updated to 3.6.1
  • Atari images can be converted to PNG
  • FLX animations supported
  • App Store graphical client included
  • Clock added
  • More demos included
  • Many different modules can be converted to formats like MED, MOD or SFX
  • ARexx can be easily started
  • SimpleMail can be changed between German and English
Download: Aros_Vision.zip (955 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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05.Aug.2014
fs-uae.net (Webseite)


Amiga-Emulator: FS-UAE 2.5.6dev
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD is based on WinUAE and can be completely controlled with a joypad. Since the last stable version released in March (2.4.1), only versions which are still in development have been released. The changes of version 2.5.6dev are listed under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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04.Aug.2014
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


Linux: Kernel 3.15.8 for AmigaOne X1000
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled the Linux-kernel 3.15.8 with virtualization infrastructure for the AmigaOne X1000. This is the PR-version of the virtualization which runs the guest system in user modus. It is less powerful than the HV-version but works on almost all computers.

Download: vmlinux-3.15.8-KVM-PR-FTRACE-AmigaOneX1000.tar.bz2 (7 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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04.Aug.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Obligement: Interview with Franck Sauer (French)
The French magazine Obligement has interviewed the Belgian artist Franck Sauer who is one of the graphic artists of the Amiga games Unreal and Agony.

The interview is available in French but with the help of the Google translation in English as well. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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04.Aug.2014
AmigaHarry (im Forum)


MorphOS: E-UAE 0.8.29-PPCJIT-B04 for G5, MPlayer 1.0-svn-14.07.24, ScummVM 1.7.0
As announced, Fabien 'Fab' Coeurjoly also has compiled beta version 4 of the E-UAE-version with PowerPC-JIT-compiler for G5-computers.

Additionally he has ported the latest SVN-version r37235 of the video player MPlayer 1.0 for MorphOS as well as version 1.7.0 of the adventure interpreter ScummVM.

Download:
E-UAE_0.8.29-PPCJITBETA04_MorphOS.lha (2 MB)
MPlayer-1.0-svn-2014.07.24.lha (21 MB)
scummvm-1.7.0.lha (16 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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03.Aug.2014
Guido Mersmann (ANF)


MorphOS 3.7 released
The MorphOS team has released version 3.7 of the PPC operating system which fixes several minor bugs. Please read the release notes for a detailed list of changes. It is recommended to read the manual of the installation or the faq before installing it. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.Aug.2014



Aminet-Uploads until 02.08.2014
The following packages have been added to Aminet until August 2nd, 2014:
gimmearos.zip            dev/cross  6K    x86 Script to build AROS from the...
FourPlayerGames_DE.pdf   docs/misc  77K       Games supporting 4 joysticks ...
FourPlayerGames_EN.pdf   docs/misc  76K       List of games supporting four...
f12014carset.lha         game/data  8K        2014 Car Set for F1GP Ed/Micr...
gigalomania.i386-aros... game/strat 15M   x86 RTS Mega-Lo-Mania-like god game
gigalomaniasrc.zip       game/strat 14M       Gigalomania Source
Tons_O_Icons.lha         pix/icon   199K      A collection of games icons
EvenMore.lha             text/show  409K  68k V0.81: Freeware textviewer
EvenMore_MOS.lha         text/show  457K  MOS V0.81: Freeware Textviewer (M...
InstantUnpack_1.1.lha    util/arc   25K   MOS A easy Archive unpacker
IconLib_46.4.lha         util/libs  354K  68k free icon.library in optimize...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 02.08.2014
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until August 2nd, 2014:
leslievideojackpot.lha   gam/boa 28Mb  4.0 Video JackPot
loschinos.lha            gam/boa 3Mb   4.0 Another board game
sashap.lha               gam/boa 5Mb   4.0 Los Chinos
blinkensisters.lha       gam/pla 42Mb  4.0 Hunt For The Lost Pixels (Jump '...
blinkensisters-addons... gam/pla 56Mb  4.0 Addons pack
sqrxz4.lha               gam/pla 2Mb   4.0 Cold Cash
fastview.lha             gra/vie 3Mb   4.1 Show, crop & scale pictures ...
fastcompress.lha         uti/arc 4Mb   4.1 Quickly compress into LHA,ZIP,LZ...
datetime_docky.lha       uti/doc 333kb 4.1 Displays the current time/date/w...
littlebrother.lha        uti/doc 2Mb   4.1 Docky : Internet Webcams on your...
findmore.lha             uti/fil 125kb 4.0 File searching tool (GUI)
attachmail.lha           uti/wor 534kb 4.1 Attach file(s) to YAM or SimpleM...
sysmon.lha               uti/wor 2Mb   4.1 monitor for Process, Windows (+ ...
vamp.lha                 vid/pla 2Mb   4.0 Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
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03.Aug.2014



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 02.08.2014
The following packages have been added to AROS-Archives until August 2nd, 2014:
scripts.zip                  dev/cro 6kb   Script for building AROS from th...
koules-src-1.17.tar.bz2      gam/act 157kb Port of Linux+OS/2 arcade game (...
wormwars-src-8.86.tar.bz2    gam/mis 647kb Source Code for AROS port
gigalomania.i386-aros.lha    gam/str 15Mb  RTS Mega-Lo-Mania-like god game
gigalomaniasrc.zip           gam/str 14Mb  Gigalomania Source
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03.Aug.2014



MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 02.08.2014
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until August 2nd, 2014:
Open Jedi Knight - Je... 1.1     gam/act   5569 Port of Jedi Knight: Jedi A...
Open Jedi Knight - Je... 1.2     gam/act   2159 Port of Jedi Knight: Jedi O...
InstantUnpack            1.1     uti/pac     25 A simple MUI based client f...
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03.Aug.2014



WHDLoad: New packages until 02.08.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installer has been added until August 2nd, 2014: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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03.Aug.2014
Pascal Papara (ANF)


AROS: AEROS 3.9.0a for i386-computers available (2nd Update)
In Pascal Papara's indieGO!-store version 3.9.0a of his Linux-hosted AROS-distribution AEROS is available (video).

For a longer time, only ARM-devices are supported but this AEROS-update, based on the Linux distribution Knoppix, again is meant for x86-PCs. Version 3.9.0a does not has to be installed because it is an USB/Flash-image.

Pascal Papara wrote: "For registering please use the 'graphical client'. These are the download links below (on the markteplace or downloads sites).

I hope I have gathered all configurations. Knoppix is booting almost on all computers/platforms but configurating X11 and/or Compiz is a little bit tricky. Common problem: I still did not succeeded in adapting the X11 configuration for the EEEPC701. I am working on it. On all platforms AEROS 3.9 should work.

Changelog:
  • Switched to knoppix (a Debian-based distribution focused on live-mode)
  • Removed old AROS Vision files, no new ones included yet (waiting for the light version)
  • Fixed FS-UAE icon, didn't work before
  • Replaced OpenOffice by LibreOffice
  • Updated GIMP
  • Web browser is now Iceweasel, feel free to install another one
Regressions: A lot icons are dead end because the Linux apps are not all on par with 3.5. If you reinstall the apps using apt-get or synaptic, the icons will work again.

Future versions only will be available on the indieGO!-store. Soon it will be part of the distributions and keep them current. The new version then makes it possible to create an indieGO-ID out of the client (without web browser)."

Update: (15:51, 03.08.14, snx)
As Pascal Papara mentions in our german comments section, the archive is corrupt and will be replaced.

2nd Update: (19:51, 04.08.14, snx)
Meanwhile the file has been replaced. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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31.Jul.2014
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


Documentation of Hollywood Designer 4.0 online available
Recently the documentations of Hollywood 5.3 and MUI Royale 1.2 have been made available online, now the manual of Hollywood Designer 4.0 is available as HTML and PDF version. In comparison with with the AmigaGuide-version of the documentation, the HTML and PDF version includes several screenshots of the application windows to simplify the functions. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Jul.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: Ask Me Up 1.5.1
Now version 1.5.1 of Ask Me Up is available. Additional to the correction of some questions, the Swedish ranslation of the L-edition has been completed.

Jérôme 'Glames' Senay's Ask Me Up is a guessing game for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS (as well as Android, Linux and Windows). You have to answer questions on the general knowledge having four different answers to choose. The L- and XL-edition also have a two player mode. There is a demo version with 80 questions. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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29.Jul.2014
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: Donation collecting for developers of free software
Under the title link Yannick 'Papiosaur' Buchy has started off a donation project which is supposed to provide money to developers of free MorphOS-software. Under the title link there is also a list of developers.

If you want to donate money you can use the PayPal-link on the homepage of the user group WArMUp. Currently 150 Euro have been donated. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Jul.2014



Aminet-Uploads until 26.07.2014
The following packages have been added to Aminet until July 26th, 2014:
Atoms-X.lha              game/wb    1.0M  68k Strategy/Action Board Game fo...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   3.6M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   3.9M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   3.9M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
amath.lha                misc/math  297K  68k Simple command line calculator
amath.src.lha            misc/math  34K       Simple command line calculato...
WAVRepair.lha            mus/edit   87K   68k Fix damaged WAV files
CubicIDE_HW53.lha        text/edit  892K  68k Hollywood add-on for Cubic IDE
xoxo.zip                 util/misc  186K  68k new ripper and monitor with O...
Daysleeper.lha           util/time  73K   MOS Shutdown/reboot at specified ...
envclock.lha             util/time  25K   OS4 Date/time env-var for WB titl...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 26.07.2014
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until July 26th, 2014:
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
scummvm.lha              gam/adv 18Mb  4.1 2D Point-and-Click adventure int...
scummvm-src.zip          gam/adv 27Mb  4.1 ScummVM Source
scummvm-tools.lha        uti/fil 6Mb   4.1 ScummVM Tools
scummvm-tools-src.zip    uti/fil 1Mb   4.1 ScummVM Tools Source
envclock.lha             uti/wor 25kb  4.0 Date/time env-var for WB titlebar
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27.Jul.2014



MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 26.07.2014
The following package has been added to MorphOS-Files until July 26th, 2014:
Psamathe Font            1.0     sys/gra     62 MorphOS version of monospac...
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27.Jul.2014



WHDLoad: New packages until 26.07.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installer has been added until July 26th, 2014:
  • 2014-07-22 improved: Obliterator (Psygnosis) keyboard handling fixed, docs added, new imager (Info)
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26.Jul.2014
Pegasosforum (Forum)


AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS / AROS: OpenJK-Update
Szilárd 'Bszili' Biró has updated his ports of the games Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast. It fixes bugs concerning the multiplayer game. Now you can enter text for communicating with other players. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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26.Jul.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Event: 30th Amiga anniversary in Mountain View (USA)
On July 23rd, 1985, the Amiga was introduced for the first time. For that reason, a celebration will take place in the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, which was Jay Miner's last place of residence. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Jul.2014
MorphZone (Forum)


AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: E-UAE 0.8.29-PPC-JIT beta version 4
Álmos Rajnai's integration of a just-in-time-compiler into the Amiga emulator E-UAE for PowerPC-systems was updated. The fourth beta version fixes further bugs.

The version of the author does not support G5-systems but Fabien 'Fab' Coeurjoly has announced, after beta version 3, to compile a version for MorphOS as soon as possible. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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23.Jul.2014
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


Multimedia Authoring: Hollywood Player 5.3
Press release: Airsoft Softwair is proud to announce that the Hollywood Player is now also available for all desktop platforms supported by Hollywood (AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS, Windows, Mac OS PPC & x86, Linux PPC & x86).

Although it was originally scheduled for release on June 3, 2006 (and even finished back then) its final publication for desktop systems was postponed again and again limiting the availability of the Hollywood Player to the Android platform for several years.

But now that the Hollywood Player is finally available for desktop platforms as well, software authors can choose to distribute their programs as Hollywood applets instead of stand-alone executables. In contrast to stand-alone executables, Hollywood applets are universally executable which has the advantage that you don't have to compile your programs for as much as almost a dozen of different platforms but just one Hollywood applet is already sufficient. The end-user then simply has to install the Hollywood Player compatible with his platform and can run the Hollywood applet with it.

Another advantage is that applets are much smaller than stand-alone executables compiled by Hollywood. While stand-alone executables often take up as much as 2 MB for only very few lines of code, Hollywood applets are very compact and often consist of only a few kilobytes. A last advantage is that programs distributed as Hollywood applets will automatically profit from improvements and bug fixes in newer versions of the Hollywood Player while programs distributed as stand-alone executables would have to be completely recompiled with each new Hollywood update in order to profit from improvements and bug fixes.

As its very name implies, the Hollywood Player can only be used to run applets compiled by Hollywood. It obviously cannot be used to create your own programs. You will still need the full version of Hollywood to create your own programs, of course.

On all Amiga compatibles, Hollywood Player installs itself to SYS:Utilities to be globally available as a default tool for Hollywood applets. Software authors choosing to distribute their programs as Hollywood applets can then simply set the default tool for their applets to "HollywoodPlayer" and inform the user to install the Hollywood Player before attempting to run the program.

The Hollywood Player is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal for a wide range of architectures and comes with three demo applets to show its capabilities. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Jul.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Writing Amiga disks under Windows: ADTWin 1.0
With the help of a PC disk drive, which is connected with a self-made cable to the parallel port of a PCs, the Windows programm ADTWin writes ADF-images on Amiga disks. It takes approximately 37s per disk. It is not possible to read disks.

If you do not have any PC disk drive you can also use an Amiga-Floppy. In this case, ADTWin offers a special "Connection Mode" called "Amiga Drive". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Jul.2014
klesterjr (comment)


Linux distribution: AmiPUP 1.1.0
Following public availability for AmiKit (amiga-news.de reported), AmiPUP has been updated to version 1.1.0 and is at the same time available separately from that Amiga distribution now.

AmiPUP is a Linux Live CD of less than 180 MB and based on Slacko Puppy Linux 5.7. It's purpose is to be a portable host for AmiKit, Amiga Forever or any other emulated Amiga/AROS system. (snx)

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23.Jul.2014
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


AmigaOS 4: ScummVM 1.7.0
Version 1.7.0 ("The Neverrelease") of the adventure interpreter ScummVM has been released for AmigaOS 4 and does support five additional games now: The Neverhood, Mortville Manor, Voyeur, Return to Ringworld, Chivalry is Not Dead.

Details about the changes can be found in the official release notes. (snx)

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22.Jul.2014
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmiKit: AmiPUP available for all users
AmiPUP is the live-boot-version of the Amiga distribution AmiKit, up to now was only available for registered users (amiga-news.de reported) but now for all. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Jul.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)


Retrospect: The almost forgotten story of the Amiga 2000
Under the title link, yesterday Glen van den Biggelaar published an article about the Amiga 2000, which later also was mentioned on Slashdot.

The focus of his text is on the equippment of the Amiga 2000 as well as on the usage of the computer for film productions using Video Toasters developed by NewTek and the rendering software LightWave. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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21.Jul.2014
amigaimpact.org (Webseite)


PPC-Hardware: New production run of Sam460-motherboards
On the Facebook-site of the company, ACube announced that new Sam460-motherboards are in production. It is planned to sell the boards in August. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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20.Jul.2014



Aminet-Uploads until 19.07.2014
The following packages have been added to Aminet until July 19th, 2014:
twittAmiga.lha           comm/misc  4.3M  MOS Twitter client with map view
Fussball-WM-2014.lha     docs/misc  10K       TurboCalc Spreadsheet WM-2014...
worldcup.lha             docs/misc  559K      Statistics of soccer World Cu...
f12014carset.lha         game/data  8K        2014 Car Set for F1GP Ed/Micr...
DonkeyDownfall.lha       game/jump  882K  68k Donkey Downfall is a platform...
FlappyBirdA500.lha       game/jump  882K  68k Flappy Bird is a 2013 mobile ...
DoorMaze.lha             game/wb    32K   68k Open doors and get to the exit!
ImageMagick-bin_os4.lha  gfx/conv   13M   OS4 Image manipulation programs
ImageMagick-src_os4.lha  gfx/conv   14M       Image manipulation programs -...
PictureAlbum.lha         gfx/show   1.2M  OS4 A unique picture browser/orga...
genplus_mos.lha          misc/emu   1.1M  MOS Emulates various classic Sega...
amath.src.lha            misc/math  23K       Simple command line calculato...
IconLib_46.4.lha         util/libs  337K  68k free icon.library in optimize...
daysleeper-aros.i386.lha util/misc  154K  x86 Shutdown/reboot at a selected...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 19.07.2014
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until July 19th, 2014:
webcamslist.lha          doc/mis 635b  4.1 A list of webcams for BigSister
e-uae.lha                emu/com 3Mb   4.0 E-UAE with EasyUAE GUI
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
imagemagick-bin.lha      gra/edi 13Mb  4.0 Image manipulation programs
imagemagick-src.lha      gra/edi 14Mb  4.0 Source
picturealbum.lha         gra/vie 1Mb   4.0 A unique picture browser/organis...
asynergygui.lha          net/mis 114kb 4.0 Gui for client Asynergyc
tumblr.lha               net/mis 1kb   4.1 download large _1280 tumblr imag...
twittamiga.lha           net/mis 4Mb   4.0 Twitter client with map view
findmore.lha             uti/fil 101kb 4.0 File searching tool (GUI only)
findmore_german.lha      uti/fil 2kb   4.0 German catalog for FindMore
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20.Jul.2014



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 19.07.2014
The following packages have been added to AROS-Archives until July 19th, 2014:
rc2k.i386-aros.zip           dem     479kb OpenGL rollercoaster demo with f...
daysleeper.i386-aros.lha     uti/mis 154kb Shutdown/reboot at a selected time
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20.Jul.2014



MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 19.07.2014
The following package has been added to MorphOS-Files until July 19th, 2014:
GenesisPlus              1.7     uti/emu   1177 Emulator of Sega Genesis an...
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20.Jul.2014



WHDLoad: New packages until 19.07.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until July 19th, 2014: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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20.Jul.2014
amiga.org (Webseite)


Platform game: Goatlizard DX
Goatlizard DX is a reworked version of The Incredible Adventures of Moebius Goatlizard which was written in assembler. The update adds music during the game, provides an improved two player mode and a level editor. Besides, more enemies are in the game.

Goatlizard DX should run on most of the Amiga configurations, but the author recommends a 68020-CPU. The game is not compatible to 68010-processors. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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19.Jul.2014
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


Hollywood / Cubic IDE: hw4cubic 5.3
Andreas Falkenhahn writes: Michael 'Clyde Radcliffe' Jurisch's Hollywood add-on for Cubic IDE has been updated to support the full Hollywood 5.3 command set now. Furthermore, there have been some bug fixes and optimizations.

The hw4cubic plugin allows you to use Cubic IDE as an IDE for Hollywood. The complete Hollywood command set is imported into Cubic IDE so you'll get syntax highlighting, quick command information, hotkey links to the documentation for command under cursor, function list, direct access to the compiler, auto complete and intellisense functionality and much more.

In addition, a Hollywood 5.3 wordfile for the popular Windows text editor UltraEdit is now also available for download on the official Hollywood portal. This wordfile allows you to conveniently edit Hollywood scripts on Windows using UltraEdit. All downloads are available from the official Hollywood portal at the title link. (snx)

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18.Jul.2014



Game development: "Chaos Guns"-project needs new programmer
Recently a playable demo of the multiplayer coop-shooter "Chaos Guns" was released - now the developers have informed that the only programmer left and a new one is needed.

Chaos Guns is written in PowerD which is a very obscure further development of Amiga E which obciously is very similar to it. Therefore it is necessary to write the engine of the game right from the beginning or to translate the 10.000 lines of the PowerD source code into regular Amiga E and then to work in this language. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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18.Jul.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)


Apollo-Core: Photograph of Phoenix prototype (Update)
Under the title link the developers of the Apollo-Core, which also is tested in the Vampire-600 accelerator board (amiga-news.de reported), have published a photograph of Rev. A of the Apollo-Phoenix-board.

Probably in the third quarter of this year this extension for existing systems with a 68000-processor will be available. It is put on the mainboard and is supposed to provide a higher speed and complete code-compatibility.

Additional to the Cyclone-V-FPGA, the Phoenix-board has 128 MB (DDR3, 800 MHz). The operating system can be copied into the RAM using the corresponding MapROM-functions. Further features are a SD-card as IDE-harddrive, HDMI video output (Truecolor) and a network port.

In Future an included flickerfixer/scandoubler (to connect an Amiga to a HDMI-TV), a Chip-RAM-extension and an AGA- (and later Super-AGA-) extension as well as Picasso96-drivers will be added.

Update: (18:32, 19.07.14, snx)
The complete extension consists of two cards. The FPGA module is shown on a second photo (below the Amiga 600 mainboard); how it is mounted on the Phoenix board is illustrated by an animation. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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17.Jul.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Emulator: Amiga Forever 2014.0.3.0
This little update for the emulator package Amiga Forever 2014 released in June includes among others minor improvements concerning the "jump lists" introduced in Windows 7. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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16.Jul.2014
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


twittAmiga 4.0
twittAmiga written by Oliver 'ciVic' Urbann is a MUI-client for Twitter. Additional to versions for AmigaOS 3.x and MorphOS, this latest release also is available for AmigaOS 4.

Download: twittAmiga.lha (4 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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16.Jul.2014
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4 / AROS: PictureAlbum r1
After the "preview"-version (amiga-news.de reported), now version 1 of PictureAlbum written by Christopher Handley is available. By fixing a bug in PortablE the memory consumption of the graphic boards was lowered. The included MorphOS version creates buggy thumbnails. The author would be grateful for every hint which could solve the problem.

PictureAlbum can search picture directories which then are presented as thumbnails. By double-clicking the pictures can be viewed (screenshot). The programm saves the position of each opened picture of a directory.

Download: PictureAlbum.lha (1 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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15.Jul.2014
a1k.org/forum (Webseite)


New games: "Flappy Bird" and "Donkey Downfall"
Last weekend in Norwegian Solskogen, the eleventh scene party took place. In the "Wild"-competition two little games were released:

Flappy Bird is a port of the well-known Smartphone game. In Donkey Downfall (Youtube-video) you have to jump down platforms as fast as possible with a gorilla - a donkey does not appear in the game. The game requires 1 MB Chip-RAM. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Jul.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)


AROS: 68k-Distribution AROS Vision 2.7
Olaf Schönweiß has released version 2.7 of the AROS/68k-distribution AROS Vision which among others has updated ROM-files.

Changes:
  • ROMs updated
  • MUI Royale updated
  • IBrowse optimized (recommendations for SSL included)
  • Simplemail now english by default
  • Digibooster Demo added
  • Audio software added (new Trackers)
  • Filetypes added or improved (f.e. new filetypes for PowerD and Amiga-E sources)
  • On AMOS (menu prefs) you can change between Intuition and Game extension (both use same slot)
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14.Jul.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)


MorphOS: GenesisPlus 1.7
GenesisPlus emulates the Sega-consoles Mega Drive, Sega CD, Master System and Game Gear.

Version 1.7 only shows ROM-files with a valid type (.cue|.bin|.smd|.sms|.gg), automatically sets the audio and video timing using the version of the ROM (PAL or NTSC) and offers preview pictures in the startup window as well as in the savestate manager. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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14.Jul.2014



AppStore: First screenshots of "AMIStore"
In October, the British trader Amigakit announced an "AppStore" called "AMIStore". The address amistore.net now is available, but without any functions. On amiga.org now some screenshots of the AmigaOS application have been published which later will be used for searching and purchasing software in the store. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.Jul.2014



AmigaOS 3: SSL-connection to 1&1, GMX, web.de might fail
According to Jens 'damato' Maus (YAM-Team) in the Amiga-News-forum, currently problems could occur if YAM or SimpleMail are trying to establish a SSL-connection to the mail servers of 1&1, GMX or web.de.

Some weeks ago, the configuration of the mail servers have been changed: The mail programms have only little time (few seconds) to establish a SSL-connection. For computer systems which are buzy or slow - like real Amiga hardware - the time could be not long enough and the connections cannot be established.

According to Jens Maus, an update for AmiSSL is being developed which is supposed to speed up the initialization of SSL-connections. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.Jul.2014



Aminet-Uploads until 12.07.2014
The following packages have been added to Aminet until July 12th, 2014:
BackUp.lha               disk/bakup 61K   68k A simple backup tool.. v1.80
Fussball-WM-2014.lha     docs/misc  10K       TurboCalc Spreadsheet WM-2014...
anotherworld_os4.lha     game/actio 329K  OS4 Game engine for Another World
MCE.lha                  game/edit  1.3M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  1.5M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  1.5M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
Xenomorph_1.0.lha        gfx/conv   52K   MOS A bitmap to vector tracing tool
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   3.5M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   3.8M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
amath.lha                misc/math  86K   68k Simple command line calculator.
InstantZip_2.1.3.lha     util/arc   180K  MOS InstantZip - A easy ZIP archi...
IconLib_46.4.lha         util/libs  337K  68k free icon.library in optimize...
MPlayer-GUI.lha          util/misc  206K  OS4 GUI for MPlayer for OS4
xoxo.zip                 util/misc  182K  68k new ripper and monitor with GUI
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13.Jul.2014



OS4Depot-Uploads until 12.07.2014
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until July 12th, 2014:
libgmp.lha               dev/lib 1Mb   4.0 OS4 port of GMP ( GNU Multiple P...
e-uae.lha                emu/com 3Mb   4.0 E-UAE with EasyUAE GUI
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
lix.lha                  gam/puz 6Mb   4.0 Interactive Rodent Simulator (Le...
mce.lha                  gam/uti 2Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
dcraw.lha                gra/con 3Mb   4.0 CLI converter for camera raw files
fastview.lha             gra/vie 3Mb   4.1 Show, crop & scale pictures ...
evenmore.lha             uti/tex 452kb 4.0 Freeware Textviewer
mplayer-gui.lha          vid/mis 206kb 4.0 GUI for MPlayer for OS4
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12.Jul.2014
MorphZone (Webseite)


MorphOS: Xenomorph 1.0
Carsten Siegner's Xenomorph is a MUI-programm based on potrace, which can convert black-and-white pictures into vector graphics. Among others the file formats PNG, JPG, GIF and BMP are supported.

Download: Xenomorph_1.0.lha (52 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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12.Jul.2014
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Project: Graphic board as partly equipped platine for A500 and Zorro-slot
Currently Amiga-user Matthias "Matze" Heinrichs is reworking the design of a clone of a 20 years old graphic board Picasso II+ developed by Georg Braun. The final product is supposed to be working in a Zorro-Slot as well as (after removing a part of the connector block) in the expansion port of an Amiga 500:


In order to to be suitable with different cases, the VGA-port is on a separate platine which is connected with the graphic board by cable. This second platine also also can be connected with the Scandoubler Indivision. An integrated switcher automatically provides the required signal (graphic board or Indivision) to the VGA-port.

Heinrichs is going to sell the board as partly equipped construction kit: RAM-chips, VGA-chip, video switcher and the CPLD have been already soldered up. The other parts (resistors, condensers, wired parts) the user has to assemble by himself.

Currently it is not possible to say when the board will be available. Due to the sale as construction kit, a private sale without a trade intermediary is possible. Currently the CPLD is programmed: Autoconfig is largely implemented, according to Heinrichs programming the memory/IO-statemachine and the monitor switcher is still missing.


For the moment the well-known Picasso driver of the Picasso96 distribution can be used. It is planned to adapt this RTG-system, which currently requires at least a 68020-processor, to the 68000: the planned accelerator board Zeus contains a 50 Mhz 68000 which would be fast enough to supply the graphic board with data. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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09.Jul.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Full version: "Erben der Erde" available for download
The website of the Amiga Future offers the full version of "Erben der Erde" for download. Due to the size of the file, you have to register at amigafuture.de to access the download-link. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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09.Jul.2014
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: Installation guide for E-UAE and WHDLoad (English)
Paolo 'Jambalah' Russo has written a detailed English language tutorial about E-UAE-installation under MorphOS and about launching WHDLoad-games out of Ambient. Additional to the PDF-file there is also a Word document giving you the chance to translate the text.

Download sites:
E-UAE_installation_on_MorphOS.pdf
E-UAE_installation_on_MorphOS.docx (snx) (Translation: dr)

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08.Jul.2014
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Software-News: MPlayer-GUI 1.52, BackUp 1.80
Daniel 'Deniil' Westerberg has released updates for two of his tools. MPlayer-GUI 1.52 includes new graphics, support for sb600*-CD/DVD-devices and fixes a bug in the full screen mode of the control panel.

Changes in BackUp 1.80:
  • Fixed crash when copying 2GB+ files.
  • Added a menu item: "Target is FAT file system". Use this when backing up to a partition with FAT file system to prevent BackUp from copying existing files over and over. The reason is that FAT can only store even seconds (0,2,4,6,..) in the file timestamp so it will not match the Amiga file timestamp.
  • Also added auto-detection of FAT file system when doing an incremental backup.
  • Added a synchronize mode. When clicking Clean first you will be asked if it should automatically backup when finished. Saves you some time when synchronizing backups.
  • BackUp will automatically skip the ".recycled" dir when present in the root of a SFS/2 or JXFS partition. No need to manually put it in the skiplist anymore.
  • Fixed size calculation for big files (2-4GB). Files over 4GB will be correctly copied and calculated, except in test mode. The "N bytes extra space was needed" may be wrong with 4GB+ files.
  • Made it possible to select files over 2GB for the skiplist
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.Jul.2014



New USB-adapters for keyboards, mouse and joystick announced
In Poland, obviously two new adapters are developed, which can connect an USB mouse and joystick (Youtube-Video) or keyboards (Youtube-Video) with an Amiga. The adapters emulate the original hardware, which does not require any kind of software or driver installation.

So far, there is little information about the adapters, only available in Polish (thread at ppa.pl about the keyboard-adapter). The final devices are supposed to be commercially sold. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.Jul.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Evenmore 0.81-7.7.14 (AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS)
EvenMore is a text viewer written with ECX in Amiga E and by Chris Perver. Changes in the latest version:
  • Ffinally cracked the AmigaWriter fileformat. Colours, text align and most styles are supported.
  • WordPerfect plugin will now recognize right and centre aligned text.
  • StarWriter5 plugin will now handle strikethrough text.
  • Fixed bug in Wordwrap plugin and clipboard, which meant that an extra character was being copied to the clipboard at the end of each line.
  • WordWorth, FinalWriter, ProWrite, RTF and Pagestream plugins will now recognize the right and centre aligned text.
  • Added a new Escape code. ESC[66m will centre text which follows it.
  • Added a new Escape code. ESC[65m will undo right and centre text.
  • Updated HTML plugin to recognize right and centre alignment in p and h1-6 and center.
  • Fixed bug. Was unnecessarily setting the font soft style of the rastport while parsing lines.
  • Sped up line display a bit. Added an extra IF block, thus removing the need for checking all font styles every time a line is displayed.
  • Added a new Escape code. ESC[64m will right align text which follows it.
  • Updated Dir2Text plugin so that file sizes will be displayed and right aligned using the new escape code.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.Jul.2014



Sample-Collection: DRUMS4Amiga
DRUMS4Amiga is a collection of drum-samples, which can be used with the well-known Amiga-trackers. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.Jul.2014



New Demo: Multiplayer Coop-Shooter "Chaos Guns"
"Chaos Guns" combines the four independently playable charakters from "Hired Guns" with the bird's-eye view from "Alien Breed". Due to the feedback, the second demo version was highly reworked compared to the first preview.


According to the authors the demo now offers a real preview to the game. The first release was called a "Tech-Demo". The most important changes:
  • Prefs are improved and integrated to main executable, it offers more transparent settings and testing
  • only AHI sound is now supported!
  • new graphics, new design of puzzles (it really plays as totally new game on old, but improved map)
  • improved design of weapons and enemies
  • adjusted difficulty - now you should be able easily beat the demo in one person!
  • complete storyboard implementation
  • complete gameplay remake
Direct download: ChaosGunsDemoV1_2.lha (5 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.Jul.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)


Magazine: Commodore Free, issue 81
"Commodore Free" is a free, English-language magazine about Commodore and Amiga computers, which is available in different formats - among others as HTML-version and as C64-Diskmag. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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06.Jul.2014



Aminet-Uploads until 05.07.2014
The following packages have been added to Aminet until July 5th, 2014:
FPSE-SpanishGuide.lha    docs/hyper 16K       FPSE 0.10.4 Spanish Guide
Fussball-WM-2014.lha     docs/misc  10K       TurboCalc Spreadsheet WM-2014...
2048.lha                 game/board 435K  MOS "2048" - Logical game (Amiga ...
POWDERDEMO.zip           game/demo  296K  68k 1991 demo of a commercial Sho...
Xess.lha                 game/wb    31K   68k Put some 'X' shapes!
potrace-mos.lha          gfx/conv   865K  MOS Transform bitmaps into vector...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   3.5M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   3.9M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   3.8M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
HWP_MUIRoyale.lha        util/libs  4.1M  MOS Hollywood plugin for MUI GUIs
IconLib_46.4.lha         util/libs  334K  68k free icon.library in optimize...
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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06.Jul.2014



OS4Depot-Uploads until 05.07.2014
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until July 5th, 2014:
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
anotherworld.lha         gam/act 329kb 4.1 Game engine for Another World
potrace.lha              gra/con 249kb 4.0 transform bitmaps into vector gr...
hwp_muiroyale.lha        lib/hol 4Mb   4.0 Hollywood plugin for MUI GUIs
weather.lha              net/mis 4kb   4.1 weather env vars for your titlebar
webdav-handler.lha       net/mis 1Mb   4.0 DOS handler for accessing WebDAV...
fastnote.lha             uti/tex 268kb 4.1 A little Workbench Post-it like ...
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06.Jul.2014



MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 05.07.2014
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until July 5th, 2014:
Xump                     1.0     gam/thi    888 In this logic game a player...
SteamDraw                2.5     gra/edi    448 Vector graphics editor. Sup...
Multimeedio              1.2     mul/pla     31 Lua/ARexx script for unifie...
UniScrobbler             1.1     mul/pla     39 A Lua script to send Last.f...
Jukebox Volumizer        1.1     mus/pla     36 A Lua script automatically ...
SoundBankster            1.2     mus/pla    393 Software diskjockey double ...
InstantUnpack            1.0     uti/pac     25 A simple MUI based client f...
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06.Jul.2014



WHDLoad: New package until 05.07.2014
Using WHDLoad,you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installer has been added until July 5th, 2014:
  • 2014-07-03 improved: Lionheart Demo (Thalion) slave rewritten, CD³² joypad buttons supported, trainers added (Info)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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