04.Apr.2007
MorphOS-News.de (website)
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MorphOS: HyperCannon 0.8f
Kelly Samel's Shoot'em-up game HyperCannon has been updated. Version 0.8f adds on-the-fly overlay mode switching, a custom mp3 playlist feature and two completely new levels to play through. Also there are a few gameplay improvements and new enemies/bosses. (snx)
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04.Apr.2007
Heinz-Raphael Reinke (ANF)
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Development environment: AmiDevCpp 0.9.7
The development environment AmiDevCpp by Heinz-Raphael Reinke is now available in version 0.9.7. With this IDE
programs for MS Windows, AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS/x86 can be generated.
Changes:
- update of the wx-Dev-C++-IDE: It's bugfixed and supports for the first time to assign program templates to a fixed compiler
- Improvement of the cross compiler: it supports C++ for all platforms
- Update of the SDKs (as far as possible)
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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03.Apr.2007
Richard Drummond (E-Mail)
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AmigaOS 4: libjpeg.library inclusive JPEG-Tools
Richard Drummond has published a Shared Library Implementation of libjpeg which is a library that makes the use of JPEG pictures for programmers easier.
The archive contains several JPEG-tools which require this library.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Apr.2007
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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BeOS: Development of Zeta canceled
According to the Zeta project leader Bernd Korz (Blog) the development of the BeOS successor Zeta will be canceled.
Currently Korz checks the release of Zeta sources to make them available to the Haiku-project.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Apr.2007
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MorphOS: CDVDFS 1.0, trackdisk.device 41.2, SearchStar 0.81
CDVDFS 1.0
CDVDFS is a file system for CD and DVD media. ISO-9660, RockRidge Interchange Protocol and Macintosh HFS as well as Microsoft Joliet and special characters.
Link: Download site
Download: CDVDFS.lha (242 KB) (Readme)
trackdisk.device 41.2
trackdisk.device is a driver for the floppy controller of the Pegasos motherboard. With the new version written accesses are supported.
Link: Download site
Download: trackdisk.lha (28 KB) (Readme)
SearchStar 0.81
SearchStar searches the content of the harddrive for certain characters. In version 0.81 a minor bug was fixed.
Link: Homepage
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Apr.2007
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WHDLoad: New packets until 02.04.2007
With WHDLoad you can install games and scene demos on your harddrive which were originally meant only for use with disks. Besides this several incompabilities with newer Amiga models were fixed.
The following installers have been added or updated since our last message:
- 02.04.07 new: Sarcophaser (Rainbow Arts) done by Psygore (Info)
- 26.03.07 new: Shadow Fighter (N.A.P.S Team/Gremlin) done by Psygore (Info)
- 22.03.07 updated: Voyage (Razor 1911) rewritten, faster, delays added, keyboard fixed, new icons and install script (Info,Image)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Apr.2007
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Aminet-Uploads until 02.04.2007
These are the latest uploads to the Aminet:
FLeagues.lha biz/dbase 120K OS3 Football Database For 50 Leagues (3.5c)
StarBase_SCR.lha biz/dbase 118K OS3 Star Trek Style Database (5.2)
FussballBundesliga.lha biz/misc 28K GEN TurboCalc Spreadsheet Football (german)
expsascxx.lha biz/patch 506K OS3 Experimental SAS/C++ (requires SAS/C)
facts.lha comm/tcp 251K OS3 NTP clock time synchroniser AutoDST/GUI
A71Mail.lha comm/www 62K GEN Email Form multilanguage written in php
brandy-mos.lha dev/basic 597K MOS Acorn Basic V interpreter
objectbrowser.lha dev/e 36K VAR Object Browser / System Explorer
gifsicle-1.48-bin-m68k.lha dev/gg 130K OS3 Tool for manipulating GIF images
agletm2.lha dev/m2 2.3M OS4 Aglet Modula-2 Compiler
CommonFuncsPPC.lha dev/src 153K VAR GadTools support object file, incl. src.
Python_Enhancement.lha dev/src 285K OS3 Enhancing Python Code, Classic AMIGAs.
ADFlibMOS.lha disk/misc 315K MOS Implementation of the Amiga filesystem
ADFlib_68k.lha disk/misc 273K OS3 Implementation of the Amiga filesystem
Analogue-Or-Digital.txt docs/misc 3K GEN Analogue Or Digital Poem.
t-zer0_demo.zip game/demo 25M OS3 Demo version of clickBOOM's T-zer0
ULarn.lha game/role 974K OS3 ULarn - Ultra Larn
alienattackHW.lha game/shoot 1.6M VAR SpaceInvaders clone done with Hollywood
gifsicle-bin.lha gfx/misc 276K OS4 Tool for manipulating GIF images
gifsicle-src.lha gfx/misc 286K GEN Tool for manipulating GIF images
SView5.lha gfx/misc 2.9M VAR SView5 Image Viewing/Processing Package
EVBerruguete.lha gfx/show 452K OS3 Shows-play, copy, move, etc. JPEG, GIF,
Ami-CPC.lha misc/emu 263K OS3 Amstrad CPC 6128 emulator with source
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 274K OS3 Arcadia 2001/Interton VC 4000/TVGC emula
AnIdeaOS4plusUAE.lha misc/emu 7K GEN Full software compatibility for OS4/MOS
Handy095.lha misc/emu 308K OS3 Lynx emulator 0.95 for Amiga 68K
HandyPlusPlus.lha misc/emu 396K MOS Atari Lynx emulator
LjngWOS-v0.1.39.lha misc/emu 520K WUP ljng WOS-NES/SNES emulator
NofrendoWOS.lha misc/emu 163K WUP nofrendo WOS-NES emulator
defraq-Headcracker.mp3 mods/mpg 7.8M GEN mp3 by defraq
defraq-midnight.mp3 mods/mpg 6.8M GEN drumNbass mp3 by defraq
defraq-read_my_mind.mp3 mods/mpg 6.1M GEN mp3 by defraq
defraq-roswell.mp3 mods/mpg 6.5M GEN mp3 by defraq
UP-SUSHI.lha mods/uprgh 191K GEN UP ROUGH 'Sushism Eclectro' (MOD) by Qwa
8svx_comp.lha mus/misc 24K OS3 new 8SVX (de)compressor
AHIRecord-68k.lha mus/play 29K OS3 Advanced AHI HD-Recorder V1.15
arosamp_alpha_0.20.tar.gz mus/play 419K ARO AROSAmp Alpha
playOGG.lha mus/play 1.3M OS3 multi format sound player.
SimpleSamples.lha mus/play 46K OS3 Little musical toy for all the AMIGAs
miwb7.png pix/wb 861K GEN nice wb snapshot in my A1200
szip_112b_ppc-morphos.lha util/arc 60K MOS SZIP compression
MemProm.lha util/cdity 11K OS3 Memory promotion commodity
depstrack.lha util/cli 44K VAR lists dependencies of a binary
Koala_DataType_V39_0.lha util/dtype 229K OS3 C64 KoalaPainter DataType
pnm_dt.lha util/dtype 39K OS4 PNM (PPM) portable pixelmap datatype
scr_dt.lha util/dtype 39K OS4 Spectrum SCR/SCREEN$ datatype
vtx_dt.lha util/dtype 67K OS4 CEPT-3/videotex/teletext frame datatype
freetype2_lib.lha util/libs 508K OS3 Shared freetype2.library package
pngalpha_lib.lha util/libs 82K OS3 Load alpha channel from PNG pictures etc
ttengine-7.2-aros-i386.tar.bz2 util/libs 412K ARO TrueType text rendering engine
ttengine-7.2-src.tar.bz2 util/libs 342K GEN TrueType text rendering engine, source
iGame.lha util/misc 138K OS3 WHDLoad frontend
Installer.lha util/misc 179K MOS App installation utility, prerelease
deduuupe.lha util/rexx 92K VAR ARexx + RexxPlus duplicate line removers
depstrack.lha util/shell 51K VAR lists dependencies of a binary
StopMenu_free.lha util/wb 281K OS3 Very nice startbar with many options
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Apr.2007
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 02.04.2007
These are the latest uploads which have been added to os4depot.net:
pnm_dt.lha dat/ima 39kb PNM (PPM) portable pixelmap datatype
scr_dt.lha dat/ima 38kb Spectrum SCR/SCREEN$ datatype
vtx_dt.lha dat/ima 67kb Dtype for CEPT-3/videotex/teletext frame
mpegadt.lha dat/sou 19kb play mpeg audio files (mp3)
fdtrans-idltool-68k.lha dev/cro 416kb fdtrans, idltool devtools for 68k based
fdtrans-idltool-lx86.lha dev/cro 105kb fdtrans, idltool devtools for Linux x86
agletm2.lha dev/lan 2Mb Aglet Modula-2 compiler
commonfuncsppc.lha dev/mis 153kb GadTools support object file. Source in
reactionguide.lha doc/dev 242kb Beginner's Guide to Programming ReAction
dosbox.lha emu/com 2Mb DOSBox - emulate PC, DOS emphasis
ciagent.lha emu/mis 70kb Minimal CIA resources and hardware simul
uqm.lha gam/mis 1Mb Port of Ur-Quan Masters
mpegit.lha gra/con 1Mb Captures frames from MPEG video files
png_editing_suite.lha gra/edi 3Mb A Collection of Tools for Manipulating P
collageblanker.lha gra/scr 4Mb A Collage Picture Blanker
amigascrapbook.lha gra/vie 5Mb A virtual scrapbook with samples (Full A
piechart_gc.lha lib/rea 140kb Gadget class for displaying data distrib
diskdaisy.lha uti/fil 46kb Tool for checking data distribution on a
snoopy.lha uti/fil 67kb A Powerfull new filemonitor like Snoopdo
cornerclock.lha uti/mis 963kb A Corner Clock Tool for Any Screen
maclikedock.lha uti/wor 1Mb A Visually Impressive Program Launcher
switcher3d.lha uti/wor 86kb Window and screen 3D/2D switcher
wet_no_cat.lha uti/wor 4kb Updated Norwegian catalogs for Wet
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03.Apr.2007
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 02.04.2007
These are the latest uploads which have been added to the AROS-Archives:
arosamp_alpha_0.20.tar.gz aud/pla 418kb AROSAmp Alpha
attack.lha gam/act 1Mb SpaceInvaders clone done with Hollywood
oldandnew_wallpapers.zip gra/the 3Mb An old & modern style desktop wallpaper,
roadto10_autumn.zip gra/the 3Mb road to 1.0 autumn wallpaper, different
roadto10_spring.zip gra/the 3Mb road to 1.0 spring wallpaper, different
roadto10_summer.zip gra/the 1Mb road to 1.0 summer wallpaper, different
roadto10_winter.zip gra/the 3Mb road to 1.0 winter wallpaper, different
yafs-1.7.1-aros-i386.zip net/ser 39kb Yet Another FTP Server
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Apr.2007
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Individual Computers: Clone-A presentation, Catweasel drivers, Breakpoint
On saturday, march 31st, Clone-A was successfully presented at Schloss Rahe Business center in Aachen, Germany. Project leader Oliver Achten and owner Jens Schönfeld faced up to the visitor's questions and presented an Amiga where the complete custom chipset was replaced by Clone-A development boards.
In addition to demo programs that we have prepared, lots of programs were shown that visitors have brought. All these programs were executed without any flaws, just one program made the computer crash, where it wasn't clear if it was caused by a read error from the disk or by an incompatibility of the chipset. The visitor was given a voucher for 100,- EUR. In further tests after the demonstration, we could not reproduce the error, so there's no known incompatibility between Clone-A and a "real" Amiga at this time.
A new version of the Catweasel MK4 driver is available from our support site. Version 2.3.0.0 is a public beta version that corrects many known issues and adds new features. The most important change is that the joysticks can now be used as input devices for any Windows program (for example emulators), without the need for adapting these programs first. A new configuration program eases the use of the imagetool, and a few files for developers have been added to the archive, so direct access to disks is possible for other programs. Certain computer configurations now allow the "suspend to disk" function. This lets you put the computer into hibernation mode without having to shut it down completely. Since this function does not work properly on all computers yet, we decided to release this driver version as a beta-version with known issues and continue to work on this part of the driver in the coming weeks.
Like every year at easter time, the Breakpoint party takes place in Bingen, Germany, where more than 1000 visitors are expected. Of course we are sponsoring the event with cash and hardware prizes. The presentation of Clone-A will be repeated during a seminar. Unfortunately, project leader Oliver Achten does not have the time to take part in the Breakpoint party.
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01.Apr.2007
Golem IT-News
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Online articles read better than newspapers
The reading behavior of online articles differs from that of print articles - but in favor of online texts, where the break-off rate lies lower. This is the result of a study by the Poynter Institute on behalf of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Herein, the reading behavior of four print and two online newspapers was tested on 600 people. Read the complete article at Golem IT-News under the title link. (nba) (Translation: cad)
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01.Apr.2007
Spiegel Online
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Intel shrinks computer chips
The chip manufacturer is announcing "the biggest changes since 40 years" for its new introductions this year and promises more performance with distinctly less costs. But the real innovations are not expected until 2008. Read the complete article at Spiegel Online under the title link. (nba) (Translation: cad)
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01.Apr.2007
Amiga.org (Web page)
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Codex Alpe Adria 2007: T-shirts available
The Codex Alpe Adria - an event around alternative computing, which is organized every year by Cloanto's Amiga Forever Team in the Italian city of Udine - takes place in 2007 on the weekend of July 7th.
In the meantime, under the title link, the official T-shirts of this year's Codex Alpe Adria can be purchased, which, at the same time, are also part of the prizes for the competitions there. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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01.Apr.2007
Pegasosforum.de (Forum)
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Event: Report on the presentation of Clone-A
On March 31, the "Clone-A" project was officially presented by individual Computers in Aachen (reported by amiga-news.de). Here, it concerns a reproduction of the Amiga chipset.
'botfixer' has published first photos from the event on a1k.org, while an extensive report by 'NoIntelUser' is found on Pegasosforum.de. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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01.Apr.2007
Martin Merz (ANF)
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New 32 bit icons from masonicons.de
Martin 'Mason' Merz has released several new and reworked icon archives in the new AmigaOS 4 format. The new packages are:
- AmiDiskMI: A full icon and drawer set for AmiDisk with preconfiguered support for AISS toolbar images. (needs AISS Version 3.2)
- Disks&FoldersMI: The collection of disk and folder icons got just a small update
- TritonMI: A prefs icon for OpenTriton
- RDesktopMI: An icon and drawer set for RDesktop. The internal images will follow soon.
- Switcher3DMI: An icon and drawer set for Switcher3D
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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01.Apr.2007
Thorsten Herbert (ANF)
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PPC hardware: Sam440ep available to industrial customers
Press release: ACube Systems Srl is pleased to announce the completion of Sam440ep project.
The board is actually available for selected industrial customers in three different configurations of the AMCC 440ep processor: 400Mhz with 128MB onboard memory, 533Mhz with 256MB onboard memory and 667Mhz with 512MB onboard memory.
On demand it is possible to customize the board with a number of options: cctalk, DiskOnChip, SmartMedia connector, LVDS port, DIMM 100 slot, variable FPGA size from 5.8 KLuts to 19.7 Kluts.
The porting of a number of Operating Systems has already begun.
For further informations please write to info@acube-systems.com.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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30.Mar.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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WHDLoad: Graphical interface iGame 1.1
iGame is an MUI-based interface for starting and managing WHDLoad games. The new version contains several bug fixes.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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30.Mar.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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Emulator: E-UAE 0.8.29 WIP4
Richard Drummond has published a new beta version of his UAE-version E-UAE. Several bugs have been fixed and an experimental OpenGL-renderer added which accelerates the program under Mac OS X. You can find a complete list of all changes here.
Under the title link ports of E-UAE are available for AmigaOS 3/4 as well as Mac OS X and diverse Linux versions. Fabian Coeurjoly made available a MorphOS-version.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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30.Mar.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: Arcade-Emulator MAME 0.113
Fabien Coeurjoly has published an update of the Multi Arcade Machine Emulator which emulates several arcade-machines. Because the MAME-Core has changed a great deal since the last MorphOS-version the MorphOS-port was done nearly completely new and has now an improved graphical user-interface and a lower sound latency. Besides this the video routines were optimated and the "Aspect ratio" is kept better.
Direct download: mame-0.113.lha (18,3 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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29.Mar.2007
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Coldfire turbocard: Status-update for Coldfusion
In a thread at amiga.org Oliver "Oli_hd" Hannaford-Day gave a statement to the status of his Coldfusion project.
The goal is to develop a Coldfire based turbocard for Amiga computers.
The developer told that he keep on working at the project but he does not believe in finishing it. There would be too many problems (connecting the turbocard via the Amiga-bus) therefore the connection with the PCI-bus currently would be the only practicable solution - but which has different problems.
Currently Hannaford-Day spends his time for other, smaller projects. He will not stop his Coldfire-project because he has invested too many resources but he also recommends all interested users to "look for different solutions".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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29.Mar.2007
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Commodore CDTV Information Center again online
After a longer break Oliver Hannaford-Day's "Commodore CDTV Information Center" (cdtv.org.uk) is again online. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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29.Mar.2007
Darren Eveland (ANF)
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Remote Desktop Client 2007-1 for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS
The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) allows network based access to programs which are running at a windows terminal server. Now the latest version of the relevant amiga client is available for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOs.
Contributors are getting the update through contacting Darren Eveland (darrenhd at gmail.com). For all users who want to test the Remote Desktop first, an older version is available for download.
Features of the free (older) version of the Remote Desktop Client:
- Connect to NT/2000 Server/2003 Server/XP Pro
- Window or Full Screen
- Audio re-direction
- Clipboard support
- Full Featured GUI
- Connect to Multiple remote machines
- 16-bit Colour Support
- Faster than VNC!
The actual version 2007-1 which can be received after a donation to the project leader offers the following additional advantages:
- Windows Vista connectivity
- Automatic Stack checking
- Persistant Cache (upto 20 mb)
- Connection Bar
- Mouse Adjustments
- Performance Increases
- Many bug fixes
(cg) (Translation: tz)
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27.Mar.2007
David Brunet / Gunnar von Boehn (ANF)
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Graphician needed for Amiga game project
David Brunet writes: Gunnar von Boehn is looking for one or more GFX artists to create new Amiga 2D games. The games will be in the spirit of great Amiga titles and will be based on the Arcade Construction Kit (ACK) project which started last year.
As the game is based on the ACK engine, it will run on all faster Amiga platforms. This includes AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS and fast AmigaOS 3.x systems like UAE/WinUAE and PowerPC or Coldfire equipped classic Amigas. In addition to this, the game would be able to run on other platforms such as Linux, Windows and Mac OS.
There are 2 game genres possible:
Genre 1:
Classical shoot'em up like "Menace" or "Hybris".
Typical ideas are space shooter, plane, submarine or Rambo style.
Genre 2:
Classical beat'em up in the spirit of "IK+", "Karateka", "Streetfighter", "Samurai Showdown" or "Sword of Sodan".
Basicly everything is possible ranging form Karate, Samurai, Knights, Monsters, Super Heroes, to catfighting Bikini Babes.
The exact look and feel is fully up to taste and abilities of the GFX artist.
A nice option is to start with simple one2one Karate type games. For such a IK+ type game we would only need one background image and one set of sprites. It could later be enhanced with extra story line, extra backgrounds and extra characters.
The GFX artist needs to be able to create all the images for his game. This includes the title screen, the backgrounds and the sprites. The game engine supports all types of resolutions and color models. The game engine imposes nearly no limits on us (i.e. size and number of sprites is nearly unlimited). The targeted resolution is 640x480 in True Color. But other resolutions are possible if wanted.
With a fast GFX artist, it could be possible to create such a game in less than a month.
There is a nice bonus as well. Genesi offered to sponsor this project by donating a free Efika to every GFX artist who helps to create a game for Amiga/MorphOS.
Interested persons can contact us at: Gunnar AT greyhound-data DOT com (snx)
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27.Mar.2007
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WHDLoad: Graphical interface iGame 1.0
iGame is an MUI-based interface to easily start and manage WHDLoad games. You can set categories and filter them. Additionally previews can be shown.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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27.Mar.2007
Chris Hodges (ANF)
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USB stack: Poseidon 3.6
Press release:
The just completed new version V3.6 of Poseidon is now available. It includes several enhancements, fixes and supports more mass storage devices, ethernet adapters and the infamous USB Rocket Launcher.
Download it here or use Trident's built-in online update facility.
News in V3.6
- Mass storage class overhaul. Now supports bigger physical block sizes for automounting of RDB partitions, FAT/NTFS and also CD/DVD drives, also adding a lot of emulation, workaround and new compatibility fixes (also fixes the multi LUN problem reported here multiple times).
- Several fixes and changes regarding USB 2.0 support.
- Reworked Prefs Handling, enhanced Trident.
- Changes, fixes and enhancements in the main library.
- New class supporting ethernet adapters using ASIX Chipsets.
- New shell tool for the use of USB Rocket Launchers (no this is no April's fool joke).
- This release also contains a workaround to the deficiency in Elbox' spider.device that can be activated with the "Compatibility hack" option in Trident.
I really spent a lot of time and effort on this release, polishing a lot of the internals at various places. Mass storage should now work better than ever. The new Asix Ethernet class makes it possible to benefit of 100MBit adapters on USB 2.0 -- as long as the USB board doesn't drain the CPU too much (which unfortunately, is the case with the Spider). But there are things to come.
It should be performing very well on the classic Amigas now. I be will spending the next weeks in making the experience for MorphOS at least equally nice.
Enjoy -- Chris Hodges
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26.Mar.2007
Genesi (E-Mail)
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Genesi: Looked forLaptop-Prototyp on Efika-Platform
Linked to the header, Genesi looked for somebody who builded based, on the Efika-Platform a Laptop. Requiered are and the budget is available for 5-10 Prototypes. If somebody is interessted he can contact Genesi. (snx) (Translation: aj)
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26.Mar.2007
Martin "Mason" Merz (ANF)
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New 32 bit icons at masonicons.de
Martin "Mason" Merz releases 11 new or reworked archives with 32 bit icons (Screenshot):
- DiskMaster2MI: A simple icon and drawer set for Rudolph Riedels DiskMaster2
- Disks&FoldersMI: The archive formerly known as 'Disks' (TAFKAD) features next to several new disk icons some folders (as seen on Linux, OSX or Windows systems).
- DOpus4MI: This icon set for DOpus4 got a complete revision with some extra icons.
- EnvoyMI: A complete icon and drawer set for Envoy.
- FuelGaugeMI: A simple icon and drawer set for FuelGauge.
- MakeCDMI: Just added an icon for CopyCD to the archive.
- MixerMI: Added an icon for the Push4Dock system. Please also have a look at the reworked skin for Mixer.
- Push4MMVolMI: An icon set to control Mixer via the Push4Dock bar based on the idea of Alex Carmonas MMVolume.
- TuneNetMI: The icon set for TuneNet got a complete revision with some extra icons for the Push4Dock bar and menu.
- TurboPrintMI: A complete icon set for TurboPrint.
- WiFiSignalMI: A simple icon and drawer set for WiFiSignal.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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25.Mar.2007
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Hyperion and ACube Systems announce strategic partnership
Press release
Leuven, Belgium and Bassano del Grappa, Italy
25 March, 2007
Hyperion Entertainment VOF and ACube Systems Srl are pleased to announce that they have entered into a strategic partnership following a recent two day meeting of representatives of both companies in Brussels, Belgium.
Within the framework of the partnership ACube will act as a worldwide distributor of Hyperion's Amiga OS 4.0 operating system for a range of PPC hardware platforms including AmigaOne (MicroA1, SE/XE) and Classic Amiga.
More details regarding the companies strategic partnership will be announced shortly.
Amiga OS 4.0 © 2001-2007 Hyperion Entertainment VOF, developed under license from Amiga, Inc. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga, Inc.
Hyperion Entertainment
ACube Systems Srl
Amiga OS 4.0 website (cg) (Translation: cg)
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25.Mar.2007
AROS-Exec (Webseite)
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AROS-Exec : Call for wall-papers
Due to a certain need for new Wanderer backgrounds, everyone is invited to the official "Call for wall-papers" at AROS-Exec.
The wallpapers should be placed in the AROS-Exec gallery and should have a minimal size of 800x600, images in multiple resolutions would be best.
Since there is no resizing of wallpapers supported in Wanderer, the image content might be aligned to the upper left corner, so using a 1024x786 background image in a 800x600 resolution would not cut any logos or sensitive parts.
All images must be released under APL and must not contain any foreign copyrighted materials!
The competition deadline is May 31st, after which a poll will be starting to nominate the winning image. This will be set as the default desktop background in the nightly builds. (snx)
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23.Mar.2007
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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DiscreetFX: Game programming contest
Press release Chicago, Illinois – March 23rd, 2007 -- Visual FX company DiscreetFX LLC Inc., offers $1000 to the developer or team that can create a three level demo of a platform game starring Hottie, in the classic gaming style of Arabian Nights, Shadow of the Beast, Nicky Boom, Zool, etc.
"I have noticed game development for Amiga has seemed to stagnant and want to help change that, stated DiscreetFX's CEO. So begins a fun contest to sharpen your Amiga game creation coding skills. The three level demo you create will need to run on classic Amiga's and WinUAE/E-UAE/PSPUAE. We don't care so much if it is AGA or Amiga 500 specific. We care more of the quality and polish that will go into the demo. The game will need to star Hottie, DiscreetFX's leading virtual character.
Runner up prizes will also be offered and the winner will get a chance to complete the game and release it on AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS, and other gaming systems.
More information will be available at the title link in the next week. For more information about this contest please contact DiscreetFX.
About DiscreetFX:
DiscreetFX has been creating software products for the Amiga, video editing, computer generated graphics (CGI) industry since 1995. The Amiga computer defined and created the video editing, computer graphics market when it went on sale in 1985.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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23.Mar.2007
Amiga Resistance (ANF)
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Amiga-Resistance: New entries in FAQ collection (German)
The Amiga-Resistance-Team tries to collect several FAQs to bundle the knowledge about the Amiga. Each contribution is very welcome.
These FAQ and documentations have been added:
- MakeCD FAQ
- fxscan FAQ
- fxPaint FAQ
- VHI Studio FAQ
- VHI RS232 und Olympus.vhi FAQ
- IOUSB FAQ
- IBrowse FAQ
- IBrowse 2.4 Update FAQ
- AmigaOS FAQ
- Scandoubler/Flickerfixer FAQ
- Monitor/Television FAQ
- Workshop ArtEffect
- Jumper setting Blizzard 1230
- Guide Animate Turbo-Board I & II
- Guide M-Tec 68020
- Guide Blizzard 2040 ERC & 2060
- Guide Mach 2
- Guide Turbo Jet 1230
- Guide T1230 (Viper)
- Guide Blizzard 1230 IV / 1260 SCSI Kit
- Guide Blizzard 1240 ERC & 1260
- Guide Blizzard PPC / 603e & 603e Plus
- Guide Derringer030 & Derringer Platinum
- Guide Professional 020 / 030
- Guide AdSpeed
- Guide E-Matrix 530 (Viper 530)
- Guide Viper 520CD
- Guide Turbo CD
- Guide Hard-Disk Interface AlcompOMTI
- Guide AlfaPower BSC-HD
- Guide AmiQuest OverDrive (SmartStor)
- Guide AmiQuest OverDrive HD (SmartStor Plus)
- Guide AT-Bus 508
- Guide AT-Bus 2008
- Guide Tandem
- Guide Oktagon 500 & 508
- Guide Oktagon 2000 & 2008
- Guide COMBITEC AutoBoot-Karte
- Guide Commodore A570
- Guide Vector Falcon 570
Thus 160 entries are available. The permissions for publishing the guides were given by the authors via email. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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23.Mar.2007
IOSPIRIT GmbH (ANF)
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IOSPIRIT GmbH quits the Amiga market
Press release IOSPIRIT GmbH ends its Amiga business on the 1st of April 2007.
In the future, IOSPIRIT GmbH will be focusing solely on its Mac®
products. In order to better serve the needs of that market and to be
able to process incoming orders faster and more efficiently, a
reimplementation of the shop system is currently being worked on.
The reasons for the decision to no longer operate in the Amiga market
are as follows:
- We want to fully commit to developing Mac® products in the future
- The big additional overhead that would be necessary to integrate (permanent) support for download and package versions of Amiga software into the new concept and the drawbacks that would come with this for the majority of our customers - which today are Mac® users
- The decreasing demand for Amiga products and the the situation of the Amiga market in general
IOSPIRIT's own Amiga titles will no longer be available beyond April,
1st, 2007 - except of course for remaining stock at dealers. The
future distribution as well as development and support of IBrowse will
be handled directly by the IBrowse development team. You can find
their website at ibrowse-dev.net.
Many thanks go to
- All of our customers and users for being loyal for so many years, which has made the development of our Amiga titles possible in the first place;
- All developer and scene buddies for the many interesting, reflective, funny, educational, helpful and amicable moments, anecdotes and experiences;
- All those, who have always been there to help with mental and moral support and an independant, second opinion.
We wish all of you all the best for the future and would be happy to
see you again over in the Mac® market. If you are interested in what
we are currently working on, you can find our Mac® products at
iospirit.com.
Sincerly,
Felix Schwarz (snx)
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23.Mar.2007
Amigaweb.net (Webseite)
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Burning program: Frying Pan 1.2.3
Tomasz 'Error' Wiszkowski has published an update of his CD and DVD burning program Frying Pan. The following problems were fixed:
- 0000064: [Behaviour] Prepared ISO files can not be deleted (Error)
- 0000060: [GUI] Window does not snapshot (Error)
- 0000063: [Data Handling / Plugins] icon files missing/mangled (Error)
- 0000059: [Behaviour] WAV import module loads files forever (Error)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Mar.2007
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Updates for Hollywood 2.5 and Hollywood Designer 2.0
Two new updates for users of Hollywood 2.5 and Hollywood Designer 2.0 are now available in the restricted area for customers on the Airsoft Softwair homepage.
With these two updates it is now possible to use different charsets than ISO 8859-1 with Hollywood as well. This allows you for example to use Eastern European charsets with Hollywood. Furthermore, some bugs have been fixed and it is now possible to quit Hollywood without problems from a CLI using CTRL-C.
These two updates are only for users of the download versions of Hollywood 2.5 and Hollywood Designer 2.0. The versions that come on CD already contain the latest versions of Hollywood 2.5 and Hollywood Designer 2.0. All registered customers can now log onto the Airsoft Softwair homepage with their username and password and download the new versions.
Thanks go to Paul Bloedel, Lazar Zoltan, Rafal Chyla, Marco Fogli and Martin Cornelius for the bug reports. (snx)
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22.Mar.2007
Amiga Future (website)
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Amiga Magazin: Reading Rehearsals of Issues 2/07 and 3/07
From today on reading rehearsals of the issues 2/07 and 3/07 from the "Amiga Magazin" are online.
The released articles are related to the web browser Sputnik, certain PowerPC cpu's, AmigaOS 4 final, Ambient as well as shell- and Unix-commands on the Amiga. (snx) (Translation: tz)
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22.Mar.2007
Amiga Future (website)
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AmigaOS 4: CPUTemp.docky 52.11
The new version 52.11 of the AmigaOS 4 program CPUTemp.docky fixes a bug of its predecessor which caused a crash in the workbench mode. (snx) (Translation: tz)
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22.Mar.2007
Moo Bunny (forum)
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Team AROS: First Alpha-Version of an USB Stack
Within the scheme of the team AROS bounties Michal Schulz has uploaded the first alpha version of an usb stack into the SVN version management of AROS now. Currently only usb mice are supported. (snx) (Translation: tz)
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22.Mar.2007
Kilian Servais (ANF)
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Magazin: Retro #3 published
Since this week the third release of the Retro magazine is available in stores. An item overview is given under the title link. The official press release is listed below:
About Hackers and Heroes
The fascination of computers and the number of those who are using them full of enthusiasm was increasing within the seventies. Small groups came up which were even occupied with the world of computers aside the universities. Every new piece of software was examined, analysed and passed on.
Bill Gate's idea of a software market came to the idealistic hacker's world like a bombshell. It was the opinion that every programmer acquired his knowledge from others and only a free exchange could guarantee a further development.
Bill Gates neither wanted to share his knowledge with others nor he wasn't prepared to allow that his software should be freely copied and changed by others. Being upset, finally he wrote a so called "open letter" to the Homebrew computer club. In it he claimed the ones as thieves who were using and copying his software without any payment.
Retro #3 shows Bill Gate's original letter from the year 1976 and gives impressions from hackers' ethics and crackers' philosophy. Furthermore there are scenes of Wau Holland, being figured as a co founder of the Chaos computer club.
Additional highlights in Retro #3 are a special about soccer manager games and the history of the Amstrad/Schneider CPC.
About Retro:
Exciting, funny and a special sense for retro trends - RETRO
offers everything from the cosmos of digital lifestyle. The magazine reports from video games, hard- and software for retro fans, but even introduces people and stories in the background. With a regular view of events all over the world RETRO informs you of all aspects from the digital retro culture. Even a cd-rom is attached to every issue - full of videos, sounds and games from the retro scene.
RETRO #3 consists of 96 pages and is in stores for 9,95 Euro since March 20, 2007. A cd-rom with 25 video games is part of this issue. (snx) (Translation: tz)
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21.Mar.2007
Amiga Future (website)
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WHDLoad: New pakages since Marc, the 3rd
With WHDLoad it becomes possible to install games and scene demos to harddisk which were originally intended for floppy disk use only. Also several incompatibilties with the younger Amiga models are removed.
The following installers were added, improved or updated since the last report:
- 21.03.07 updated: Real (Complex) rewritten, full caches, keyborad fixed, new installer (Info,Image)
- 20.03.07 improved: Holiday Maker (PM Entertainment/Software 2000) sound/gfx fixed, solution added, new install script (Info)
- 16.03.07 improved: Cybercon 3 (U.S.Gold) SMC fixed to work with caches, protection fixed, speedups, keyboard handling fixed (Info)
- 04.03.07 improved: Faktory (Virtual Dreams/Fairlight) uses less memory, full caches, new icons and install script (Info,Image)
- 04.03.07 improved: Elvira 2 - The Jaws of Cerberus (Horrorsoft/Accolade) supports another version, docs added (Info)
- 04.03.07 new: Pool Of Radiance (SSI) done by Psygore (Info)
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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21.Mar.2007
Amiga Future (website)
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Development environment: Cubic IDE 1.9
The servicepack 9 of the development environment Cubic IDE comes with an internal PNG picture decoder, thus it isn't dependent on datatypes any longer and fixes the problem of possible crashes due to buffer overflow within teh rendering routine. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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21.Mar.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: OpenTTD 0.5.1-RC1
OpenTTD is an open source-clone of the Microprose classic Transport Tycoon Deluxe. The changes since the last version - mostly bugfixing - are listed at the Changelog. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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20.Mar.2007
amigafuture (Webseite)
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WinUAE: AmiKit 1.3.2
AmiKit which is a complete distribution for WinUAE users is now available in version 1.3.2. The update can be installed with the integrated live update function or manually. Have a look at the changes here.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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20.Mar.2007
Moo Bunny (Forum)
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Team AROS: Two bounty projects completed
At weekend two Team AROS bounties were completed: The DOS-paket-support as well as the VIA Rhine II-driver (inclusive arosTCP-update).
For the next weekend the first alpha version of an USB stack for AROS will be expected.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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20.Mar.2007
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmiBroker: Keyfile released
Tomasz Janeczko, the author of AmiBroker which is a stock exchange analyzing program has released a keyfile for his Amiga program. For several years only the Windows version of this program is developed further and sold.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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20.Mar.2007
Darren Eveland (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Remote Desktop 2007-1
Darren Eveland writes: I am very happy to announce a new version of the Remote Desktop client for OS4! The new version includes support for connecting to Windows Vista machines, automatic stack checking and the latest GUI all in one package.
For MorphOS users, an updated version will follow shortly.
For users who have donated, please E-mail darrenhd@gmail.com and I will send you the latest version after verifying your prior (or new) donation.
For OS4 users who have not donated I have put together a special archive with the latest GUI included, but an older version of the client so you can try it out.
The features of the Remote Desktop client are:
- Connect to NT/2000 Server/2003 Server/XP Pro
- Window or Full Screen
- Audio re-direction
- Clipboard support
- Full Featured GUI
- Connect to Multiple remote machines
- 16-bit Colour Support
- Faster than VNC
The full featured version, available to users who have donated, include all of the above features plus:
- Windows Vista connectivity
- Automatic Stack checking
- Persistant Cache (upto 20 mb)
- Connection Bar
- Mouse Adjustments
- Performance Increases
- Many bug fixes
Please visit http://www.hd-zone.com to download.
There is a screenshot of the latest version running on OS4 final here.
Thank you for your continued support! The full-featured and modern client would not have been possible without your continued and generous donations.
New donations are accepted on http://www.hd-zone.com by using the PayPal button. If you do not have access to PayPal please send me an E-mail and we can make alternate arrangements.
Darren Eveland
http://www.hd-zone.com (snx)
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19.Mar.2007
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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DiscreetFX: Winner of the PageStream-lottery are notified
DiscreetFX has notified the winner of the PageStream-lottery today (amiga-news.de reports).
One Lizenz for PageStream 5.0 are won by: Vicente Gimeno
Varthall, Steffan Hallin, John Ryan, Steve Etherington and Korey Miller. (snx) (Translation: aj)
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19.Mar.2007
Moo Bunny (Webseite)
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Veranstaltung: Videos from the Gateway Amiga-Show 2001
On YouTube this month several Videos from the Gateway Amiga-Show 2001 released. A Report of this event was writen at that time by Markus Nerding for amiga-news.de.
There Has Never Been a Better Time for Amiga
AmigaOne Computer Presented at Gateway Amiga 2001 Show
AmigaOS 4.0 Presented at Gateway Amiga 2001 Show
Amiga 2001: Incredible Opportunities and Nice Money (snx) (Translation: aj)
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19.Mar.2007
Paul J. Beel (ANF)
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Interview: VICE-Entwickler Marco van den Heuvel
Paul Beel from "The AROS Show" has interviewed Marco "Blacky Stardust" van den Heuvel, he is involved in the development of the Commodore-Emulators VICE and is also responsible for the several Amiga Operating System Ports of this Project.
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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19.Mar.2007
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Aminet-Uploads until 18.03.2007
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
FussballBundesliga.lha biz/misc 28K GEN TurboCalc Spreadsheet Football (german)
LCR-I.lha comm/misc 82K OS3 LeastCostRouter German Internet Provider
LCR-P.lha comm/misc 44K OS3 LeastCostRouter Print-Tool
LCR-T.lha comm/misc 78K OS3 LeastCostRouter German Telefon Provider
LCR.lha comm/misc 204K OS3 LeastCostRouter Suite
MakeHTMLMap.lha comm/www 1.7M OS3 The Gallery/Onlineshop Creator for Amiga
clockita.lha dev/basic 74K OS3 Italian clock with invisibility option
cc65-morphos.lha dev/cross 4.2M MOS 65(C)02 cross development package.
objectbrowser.lha dev/e 34K OS3 Object Browser / System Explorer
libfreetype2-morphos.lha dev/gg 1.5M MOS Freetype2 for MorphOS
MCC_TheBarSP.lha dev/mui 9K GEN MCC TheBar 21.x spanish catalog v21.3.0
Python_Enhancement.lha dev/src 271K OS3 Enhancing Python Code, Classic AMIGAs.
BlizkickA4000CPPC.lha docs/help 2K GEN How to get Blizkick work with A4000+CPPC
wesnoth.lha game/strat 63M OS4 Battle for Wesnoth (stable version)
jhead-mos.lha gfx/conv 106K MOS manipulate non-image parts of Exif JPEGs
lunapaint-morphos.lha gfx/edit 893K MOS Open source paint and animation program
optipng-bin-m68k.lha gfx/misc 115K OS3 Advanced PNG optimizer(m68k)
optipng-mos.lha gfx/misc 1.5M MOS PNG lossless optimizer (reduces filesize
optipng.lha gfx/misc 162K OS4 Advanced PNG optimizer
SView5.lha gfx/misc 2.9M VAR SView5 Image Viewing/Processing Package
EVSkullflags.lha gfx/show 148K GEN Skullflags for Eye Viewer Velázquez/Goya
tdmplayergui0.8.lha gfx/show 57K MOS GUI interface for MorphOS port of mplaye
ircom.lha hard/drivr 320K VAR V2.11 Infra red driver system
ircomremote.lha hard/drivr 210K VAR Control your computer by using a remote
mmkeyboard.lha hard/drivr 615K VAR V3.24 Multmedia keyboard driver
buildcpr-mos.lha misc/emu 15K MOS Amstrad Binary to CPR converter tool
Handy095.lha misc/emu 308K OS3 Lynx emulator 0.95 for Amiga 68K
SMSplusWOS.lha misc/emu 173K VAR Sega Mastersystem/Game Gear emulator
warpsnes-wos.lha misc/emu 587K WUP SNES Emulator for WarpOS
ZXLive.lha misc/emu 102K OS3 ZX-Spectrum 48/128k/Pentagon128 Emulator
playOGG.lha mus/play 1.3M OS3 multi format sound player.
CygnusEd_5_FR.lha text/edit 16K GEN French catalogs for CygnusEd Pro 5.x.
meridian.lha util/cdity 333K VAR V2.23 PDA like input system
AmigaRFIDControl.lha util/misc 36K OS3 RFID Control PRG for codatex Reader
Aminet-Readme-Creator.lha util/misc 43K OS3 Generates Aminet upload .readme file
aminetreadme.lha util/misc 43K OS4 Aminet .readme creator
datetime_docky.lha util/time 23K OS4 Docky that displays the current time and
Palette.lha util/wb 34K OS3 Change WB-Color(s) in realtime
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 18.03.2007
Uploads on os4depot.net since our last report:
make-bin.lha dev/uti 354kb GNU make including parallel compile
buildcpr.lha emu/uti 17kb An Amstrad Binary to CPR converter tool
wesnoth.lha gam/str 62Mb Battle for Wesnoth (stable version)
glowmaker.lha gra/ico 444kb Easily Add a Glow Effect to Images/.PNG
pngiconscale.lha gra/ico 451kb Resize PNG Icons Quickly
optipng.lha gra/mis 161kb Advanced PNG optimizer
collageblanker.lha gra/scr 4Mb A Collage Picture Blanker
amigascrapbook.lha gra/vie 4Mb A virtual scrapbook with samples (Full A
piechart_gc.lha lib/rea 138kb Gadget class for displaying data distrib
uncps.lha uti/arc 5kb Unpacks .CPS files from many games.
uncpt.lha uti/arc 4kb Unpacks Sinclair QL .CPT files.
datetime_docky.lha uti/doc 23kb Docky that displays the current time and
diskdaisy.lha uti/fil 41kb Tool for checking data distribution on a
ixadump.lha uti/fil 6kb Extracts the files in an iXalance (TBL)
memtester.lzx uti/har 32kb Utility to test for faulty memory subsys
aminetreadme.lha uti/tex 42kb Aminet .readme creator
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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18.Mar.2007
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: Blender animation "Efika - das Mini-Movie"
Carsten Siegner is making available an animation which was produced completely - including cutting and scoring - with the 3D package Blender 2.4.2a and should demonstrate its possibilities under MorphOS.
The video is available in OGM format, so for smooth viewing, at least MPlayer 1.0 rc1 is required.
Download: movie.ogm (25 MB) (cg) (Translation: cad)
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18.Mar.2007
Timo Kloss (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Software sampler Phonolith 0.5
Phonolith is a software instrument for AmigaOS 4 which plays back sampled waveforms. It is usable with Horny and other CAMD-based sequencers or just with a connected MIDI keyboard as well.
New in this version is the "Mixdown" function, with which one's own songs can be saved as AIFF files. But this only works with a keyfile. Since such are not sold yet before version 1.0, one can obtain them only through registering the Horny MIDI sequencer.
Features of version 0.5:
- downmixing to AIFF file (not for lite version)
- receives MIDI notes through camd.library
- mixer unit with volume controls and peak meters
- 16 different instruments at once
- ADSR amp envelope for each instrument
- unlimited number of samples for each instrument, for key and velocity ranges
- supports AIFF (16 bit) sample format
- imports Logic EXS24 instruments (only from Macintosh (PPC?))
- ReAction GUI
Planned features of version 1.0:
- mixer unit with panning controls
- WAVE sample support
- better EXS24 import (Intel format...)
- connection to Horny for automatic project loading
- control mixer with MIDI commands
- non-linear volume levels and ADSR-release
Further information on Phonolith can be found under the title link. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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18.Mar.2007
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Browser: Paihia development facing discontinuation
After three years of work on a new Amiga browser (reported by amiga-news.de), the author is considering to possibly give his project to the hands of another developer, since he himself has no interest in a continuation anymore.
You can obtain an English summary of the development status of Paihia under the title link. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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18.Mar.2007
Amigaworld.net (Web page)
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AmigaOS 4: GNU make 3.81-6
Version 3.81-6 of the GNU make conversion for AmigaOS 4 was compiled with the newest beta SDK and solves the problem of alias losses when using the AmigaShell. Additionally, file paths can be converted via the make functions amigapath and posixpath.
Download: make-bin.lha (355 KB) (snx)
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18.Mar.2007
Amigaworld.net (Web page)
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Development Environment: Cubic IDE 1.8
The most recent update to the development environment Cubic IDE now supports PNG icons und alpha transparency, too, as well as the Amiga Image Storage System (screenshot). (snx) (Translation: cad)
[News message: 18. Mar. 2007, 18:19] [Comments: 0]
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18.Mar.2007
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood Designer 2.0 released
Press release: Airsoft Softwair are very proud to announce that the final version of Hollywood Designer 2.0 is now available for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and for the first time also for WarpOS. Hollywood Designer 2.0 is the ultimate presentation editing software for AmigaOS(tm) and compatible operating systems. Hollywood Designer 2.0 is a high-end software package which allows for a very professional use of your Amiga system. You can create just about everything with Hollywood Designer 2.0: From simple slide presentations accompanying a speech or lectureto complex kiosk applications (e.g. a train ticket vending machine) which react dynamically on user input. It's all possible with Hollywood Designer and it can be done with just a few clicks!
Hollywood Designer 2.0 is the next generation of the famous Hollywood Designer and introduces lots of new features which will establish Hollywood Designer 2.0 as the most sophisticated presentation editing software on the Amiga platform. With Hollywood Designer 2.0 you can save your presentations for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, WarpOS and even AROS. Here are some of the major new features of Hollywood Designer 2.0, but there is a lot more:
- Completely rewritten layout dialog: Everything can be done with the mouse now!
- Anti-aliasing is supported for all objects including text
- Massive palette of auto forms is now available (arrows, stars, bubbles, bangs ...)
- Configure your autoforms easily through draggable hot spots
- Create pie charts very easily
- Create your own forms with the polygon tool
- Free scaling and rotation of objects with the mouse
- MP3s can be embedded in the presentations now
- Support for different form styles: filled, outline, gradient, texture
- Transparent shadow can be added to objects now
- Graphics with alpha channel can be used for an ultra smooth look
- Extremely fast WarpOS native version is now available
- Animations can be scaled now (also with anti-alias)
- Easy duplication of slides now possible
- Undo/redo support for ALL operations
- Much more flexible font interface with on-the-fly text formatting
- Buttons can use pixel-exact collision detection now
- Your presentations can also be saved for AROS now
- 32-bit PNG toolbars and animations in the GUI: Enjoy the 2007 look of Hollywood Designer!
- GUI is fully user-configurable now through the use of MUI
- Ready for MUI 4.0!
- guigfx.library and render.library no longer required
- Lots of other changes, optimizations and bug fixes
Please note that these were only some of the major new features of Hollywood Designer 2.0. The program has received a total overhaul and is now better than ever! As a picture is worth more than a 1000 words, please visit the Airsoft Softwair web page for screenshots of Hollywood Designer 2.0 in action. These screenshots are from the AmigaOS 4 version of Hollywood Designer 2.0 but the program is also available for AmigaOS 3, WarpOS and MorphOS with the same
set of features.
For a detailed description of all the features of Hollywood Designer 2.0, please visit the product page of the program which should contain everything you want to know about this impressive software. Due to the fact
that it is possible to access the complete function set of Hollywood (which contains almost 400 functions) through Hollywood Designer 2.0, the program constitutes such an extremely powerful tool for all conceivable
uses that it does not have to hide itself from comparable products in the PC world.
Hollywood Designer 2.0 comes on a CD-ROM that contains versions for all supported platforms: There are native versions of the program for AmigaOS 3 (m68k), WarpOS (ppc), MorphOS (ppc), and AmigaOS 4 (ppc). A download version is also offered. If you order the download version, you will have to download an ISO image which you need to burn on CD-R then. If you already own Hollywood Designer 1.0, you can buy a discounted upgrade version. Have a look at the order page for special offers.
Please note that Hollywood Designer 2.0 runs on top of the Multimedia Application Layer Hollywood 2.5. Thus, Hollywood 2.5 is strictly required for Hollywood Designer 2.0. Both programs are available in a special bundle which is the ultimate package for every power Amiga user who wants to see what his system can do with Hollywood 2.5 & Hollywood Designer 2.0.
Power up your Amiga system with Hollywood 2.5 & Hollywood Designer 2.0. Order now! (cg) (Translation: cg)
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18.Mar.2007
Amigaworld.net (Web page)
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Emulator: WinUAE 1.4.1 released
The Amiga emulator WinUAE is available in version 1.4.1 since today. In particular, this version corrects a cause of crash when starting, which was first introduced with the previous version.
Other error corrections and improvements:
- Fixed: Yet another bsdsocket crash fix
- Fixed: ASPI detection ignored NeroASPI, also ASPI detection was improved
- Fixed: Some interlaced programs had color stripes or wrong colors in right border
- Fixed: Picasso96 RTG RAM mapping error in non-JIT mode
- New: New input targets added (disk swapper, input configuration 1-4)
- New: Quickstart-mode automatically selects best available CD access mode
- New: Master (Windows main volume) volume control added to input targets
- New: Map "POV Hat"-type joypad control to joystick horizontal and vertical
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17.Mar.2007
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AmigaOS 4: Battle for Wesnoth 1.2.3
Version 1.2.3 of the AmigaOS 4 port of the round based fantasy strategy game Battle for Wesnoth has been published which contains minor changes and improvements.
Direct download: wesnoth.lha (63 MB) (readme)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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16.Mar.2007
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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amigaweb.net announces English print magazine "#amiga guide"
The Amiga portal amigaweb.net has announced a print magazine which is about the Amiga. The product is called #amiga guide which is supposed to have 20 pages and will be published four times a year. Each issue is supposed to have at least four colourful pages.
A magazine will cost 8 Euro and all four issues 25 Euro. First reading samples are available under the title link.
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14.Mar.2007
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MorphOS: Grafikprogramm Lunapaint 0.3.2
Ilkka "itix" Lehtoranta has ported the TVPaint inspired gfx program Lunapaint, whose sources were recently opened, to MorphOS.
The archive contains the MorphOS binary only and requires additional data from the original AROS distribution. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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14.Mar.2007
amigans.net (website)
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WinUAE: AmiKit 1.3.1
AmiKit, a complete distribution for WinUAE users, has been updated to version 1.3.1. It is obtainable either by AmiKit's inbuild live update function or by manual download. All changes are listed at the changelog. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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14.Mar.2007
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: English website available
Andreas Magerl writes: "Some time ago we opened our webservices to English speaking Amiga users which includes online articles, the huge gallery, the link list and last not least the software full versions we are offering.
To make surfing our site even more convenient for our English speaking users we put an English version of the site online. We will also offer English news as well as an Eglish forum now.
The English area is dirctly available at amigafuture.de/indexe.html or by clicking the 'english' button at the navigation bar." (snx) (Translation: ub)
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13.Mar.2007
Amigaharry (ANF)
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MorphOS: SearchStar 0.78
Tom 'Amigaharry' Duin writes about version 0.78 of his search program: "Reading the Amiga Future 65 review about my SearchStar 0.76, the review stated that not all files were found by searching. I was going into the sources and found the bug; a near double match was not detected. For instance, search for TEST, then TTEST, TETEST and TESTEST was not found.
Searching for files, through files and file comments is bugfixed. However, the deletion and renaming of files are improved but not entirely bugfixed. As I am going to holiday, it will take a while to solve the last two bugs." (snx)
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13.Mar.2007
morphzone.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: TD MPlayer GUI 0.8
TD MPlayer GUI is a graphical user-interface for the video player MPlayer. Changes in version 0.8:
- added support for DVD/VCD device:unit
- added postprocessing combo
- added aspect combo
- added seek time (begin of video)
- rewritten tooltypes rountines
- new tooltypes VCD_DEVICEU, DVD_DEVICEU, ASPECTS
- some other improvements and changes
- bug fixes
Direct download: tdmplayergui.lha (58 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Mar.2007
HTMLview.mcc Open Source Team (ANF)
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HTMLview.mcc released under LGPL
Press release The HTMLview.mcc MUI class authors are proud to announce that finally after 10 years of successful development on the AmigaOS platform, the full sources of the HTMLview.mcc MUI custom class are now released under the LGPL license.
In 2000 the sources were kind of lost, because the original author (Allan Odgaard) faced a harddisk crash. However, in early 2005 another try was started to recover the sources from that particular harddisk and luckily the full sources were salvaged from it. Therefore the sources are now released under the LGPL Open source license to a) attract more developers to it and b) to have "the internet" as the future backup server for it.
The sources are now hosted on a sourceforge.net SVN and every interested developer is invited to contribute to the development of the HTMLview.mcc class, especially for the upcoming efforts in AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS development. (snx)
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12.Mar.2007
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: CPUTemp.docky 52.9
CPUTemp.docky written by Jörg Strohmayer shows the current CPU-temperature in the AmigaOS 4-dock.
Direct download: CPUTemp_52.9.lha (29 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Mar.2007
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Aminet-Uploads until 11.03.2007
These are the latest uploads which have been added to the Aminet:
FussballBundesliga.lha biz/misc 27K GEN TurboCalc Spreadsheet Football (german)
LCR-I.lha comm/misc 82K OS3 LeastCostRouter German Internet Provider
LCR.lha comm/misc 204K OS3 LeastCostRouter Suite
aaedt.zip comm/tcp 3K GEN Archives AROS Exec Download Tool
A71Mail.lha comm/www 62K GEN Email Form multilanguage written in php
PurpleCow.lzh comm/www 263K OS3 PurpleCow HTTP Daemon
clockita.lha dev/basic 80K OS3 Italian clock+alarm+source code
Annotate.lha dev/cross 58K OS3 Comments/reformats DASMX 2650 cross-disa
make.i386-aros.zip dev/misc 75K ARO GNU/make for AROS
reggae-devel.lha dev/misc 243K MOS OO Multimedia processing framework
MCC_BetterString-11.9.lha dev/mui 147K VAR BetterString custom class for MUI
MCC_TextEditor-15.21.lha dev/mui 442K VAR Texteditor custom class for MUI
MCC_TheBar-21.3.lha dev/mui 788K VAR TheBar.mcc - The MUI Toolbar custom clas
wesnoth.lha game/strat 63M OS4 Battle for Wesnoth OS4 port
puzzle01mos.lha game/think 452K OS3 Puzzle Written in BlitzBasic
EVSkullflags.lha gfx/show 148K GEN Skullflags for Eye Viewer Velázquez/Goya
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 274K OS3 Arcadia 2001/Interton VC 4000/TVGC emula
VICE-AmigaOS3-1.21.tar.gz misc/emu 4.5M OS3 Emulates c64,c128,pet,cbm2,plus4 + vic20
VICE-AmigaOS4-1.21.tar.gz misc/emu 7.5M OS4 Emulates c64,c128,pet,cbm2,plus4 + vic20
VICE-i686-AROS-1.21.tar.gz misc/emu 5.3M ARO Emulates c64,c128,pet,cbm2,plus4 + vic20
VICE-MorphOS-1.21.tar.gz misc/emu 5.9M MOS Emulates c64,c128,pet,cbm2,plus4 + vic20
VICE-powerpc-AROS-1.21.tar.gz misc/emu 6.9M Emulates c64,c128,pet,cbm2,plus4 + vic20
hivelytracker.lha mus/edit 1.4M OS4 Multichannel chiptune tracker, AHX based
HivelyTracker68k.lha mus/edit 1.1M OS3 Multichannel chiptune tracker, AHX based
RockBEAT2_1.lha mus/edit 1.6M OS4 Create drumming tracks and export as WAV
playOGG.lha mus/play 1.3M OS3 multi format sound player.
kgb_arch-m68kamigaos.lha util/arc 121K OS3 KGB Archiver
kgb_arch.zip util/arc 174K ARO KGB Archiver
reggae-user.lha util/libs 237K MOS OO multimedia processing framework
AmigaListLoader.lha util/misc 43K OS3 List Loader for Digital Satellite Receiv
Aminet-Readme-Creator.lha util/misc 43K OS3 Generates Aminet upload .readme file
RandomWBPatt.lha util/wb 33K OS3 Timer controled random WBPattern change
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12.Mar.2007
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 11.03.2007
These are the latest uploads which have been added to os4depot.net:
hivelytracker.lha aud/edi 1Mb Multichannel chiptune tracker, based on
mp3gain.lha aud/edi 208kb MP3Gain - changes the volume of mp3s
rockbeat.lha aud/tra 1Mb Create drumming tracks and export them a
wesnoth.lha gam/str 62Mb Battle for Wesnoth (stable version)
dmpeggui.lha gra/con 332kb Dump the frames of MPEG files, now with
pngiconscale.lha gra/ico 451kb Resize PNG Icons Quickly
amigo1_bp.lha gra/mis 328kb Comic style busy pointers
collage_blanker.lha gra/scr 3Mb A Collage Picture Blanker
httphandler.lha net/mis 86kb HTTP: device for accessing web-hosted fi
x11-src.lha net/mis 7Mb X11-R6.3 pre3 sources for Cygnix
stream.lha uti/ben 14kb STREAM is a Memory Bandwith Tester
cpuinfo_docky.lha uti/doc 5kb CPU usage meter for OS4 AmiDock
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12.Mar.2007
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 11.03.2007
These are the latest uploads which have been added to the AROS-Archives:
make.i386-aros.zip dev/mis 74kb GNU/make for AROS
vice-i686-aros-1.21.tar.gz emu/com 5Mb Emulator of c64, c128, pet, plus4, cbm2
vice-powerpc-aros-1.21.tar.gz emu/com 6Mb Emulator of c64, c128, pet, plus4, cbm2
xrick.zip gam/pla 1Mb XRick (FOSS Rick Dangerous) - zipped fro
aaedt.zip net/mis 2kb Archives AROS Exec Download Tool
wgetgui.src.i386.tar.gz net/mis 36kb GUI for Wget
kgb_arch.zip uti/arc 174kb KGB Archiver
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11.Mar.2007
Bernd Roesch (ANF)
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AROS for AmigaOS: AfA 3.95
Version 3.95 of AROS for AmigaOS (AfA), a port of individual AROS components, now installs the Iconlib from AROS as well, to be able to display dual PNG icons in 32 bit from AmigaOS 4 on the Workbench and in Directory Opus Magellan.
New here compared to the final beta version is that in AFA_Prefs, the transparency of default icons as well as the transparency of icons when dragging can be adjusted.
Other improvements:
The FAQ was expanded with troubleshooting for the new Iconlib and CyberGraphX, and a Readme file for the new Iconlib was written.
Problems with the Exe datatype as well as the MacSnd datatype and CopyIcons were solved.
Under Picasso 96 and CyberGraphX 2, dragging icons in 32 bit now works under Directory Opus Magellan and Workbench as well. However, under CyberGraphX 3 and 4, only the icon scaled down to four colors is displayed.
In the author's opinion, the latter two versions of CyberGraphX seem to have the problem which cannot be remedied by the Supergels patch. Namely, it is important that the old icon bitmap data was not modified by any patch, because otherwise, the icon recognition in BltMaskBitmap-Rastport does not work, so that no 32 bit alpha image can be blitted, reportedly. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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11.Mar.2007
AROS-Exec (Web page)
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Commodore Emulator: VICE 1.21 for all Amiga systems
Under the title link, the current version 1.21 of the Commodore emulator VICE for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS (Intel/PPC) is available. VICE emulates practically all 8 bit computers from Commodore.
Changes in VICE 1.21:
- General
- Added sound recording support
- Added aiff, iff, mp3 and wav sound dump drivers
- C128 changes
- Added digimax support
- Fixed some minor VDC graphics bugs
- C64 changes
- Added MMC64 support
- Added digimax support
- Added Action Replay III support
- Improved compatibility of TFE emulation
- PET changes
- Added SID cartridge support
- Extended the PET REU emulation to include 512/1024/2048 KB
- PLUS4 changes
- Added SID cartridge support
- Fixed some minor TED graphics bug
- VIC20 changes
- Added SID cartridge support
(snx) (Translation: cad)
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10.Mar.2007
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CD-Writer software: MakeCD available for free
The CD-Writer software MakeCD, written by Patrick Ohly and Angela Schmidt, which has been shareware before, is now available for free.
The authors write: "MakeCD used to be shareware and some shops sold boxed versions with licenses. This worked well in the past and we are thankful to everyone who found MakeCD worth paying for. However, MakeCD sales have long ago stopped being a relevant source of income for us. At the same time it has become harder and harder for interested users to get hold of a MakeCD license as more and more Amiga shops ceased business.
Therefore we decided to draw a line and stop selling MakeCD altogether: now it is available for free. You still need a valid license key for the existing binaries, which can be obtained at the title link.
Thanks again to all users and distributors who paid for MakeCD licenses, your support has been priceless. I hope you understand that making MakeCD available for free is necessary to ensure that users who want to use it can do so. The status of MakeCD does not change because of it: it is considered stable. We will ensure that it keeps working on Amiga compatible systems." (snx)
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09.Mar.2007
Christian Rosentreter (E-Mail)
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Babylon 5: Production observation of "The Lost Tales" (English)
On its website CGSociety.org the Society of Digital Artists observes the production of "Lost Tales" episodes of Babylon 5 which are to be published on DVD and which are about the characters John Sheridan, Elizabeth Lochley and Galen.
On page 2 the father of the serie called Joseph Michael Straczynski remembers the use of an Amiga at the beginning of the serie: "The initial render farm consisted of several Amiga?s linked together with wires that ran through the apartment of the guy who initially did the FX.
The wires also ran through his rabbit cages. Every so often, in the middle of a render, a rabbit would chew through a wire. They would call me to tell me they had a rabbit crash. And now here we are today."
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Mar.2007
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Burning software: Frying Pan 1.2.2
Tomasz 'Error' Wiszkowski has published an update of his CD and DVD burning application Frying Pan. This update fixes few OS4 and Morphos issues:
- Icon launch on MorphOS is fixed
- AmigaOS 4 Final and older drives no longer suffer crashes when disc is ejected
- DOS device pickup has been fixed (AmigaOS 4 Final)
- Freezing when burning files without Read protection bit set
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Mar.2007
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood 2.5 available / Announcement of Hollywood Designer 2.0
Press release Airsoft Softwair are proud to annouce the immediate availability of Hollywood 2.5. This is a major update which brings along many new features and general improvements over Hollywood 2.0. Here is a non-exhaustive list of new features in Hollywood 2.5:
- Hollywood has full ARexx support now
- Create your own ARexx applications with Hollywood!
- Completely new text engine with cool new features
- Support for on-the-fly text formatting like HTML
- Support for new text styles (bordered & shadowed text)
- Scheduler completely rewritten: Now about 15% faster!
- Graphics primitives support anti-aliasing now
- All graphics forms can be drawn with rotation
- New edge and shadow drawing styles
- Support for thick lines and thick shape outlines
- Hollywood can export graphics as PNG with alpha channel now
- Raw alpha channel data can be accessed now
- Support for new sound streaming formats
- Animations with multiple palettes are now supported
- New lightning speed gfx driver for AROS
- Ready for Hollywood Designer 2.0!
- Full control over DOS IO modes
- Cool new example programs
- Standard library set encompasses almost 400 functions now!
- Lots of other changes, optimizations and bug fixes
Hollywood is Airsoft Softwair's ultimate Multimedia experience and a must-have for every Amiga user who wants to use the full power that is in his machine. Hollywood comes on a CD-ROM that contains versions for all Amiga compatible platforms: There are native versions of the program for AmigaOS 3 (m68k), WarpOS (ppc), MorphOS (ppc), AmigaOS 4 (ppc) and even AROS (i386). A download version is also offered. If you order the download version, you will have to download an ISO image which you need to burn on CD-R then. If you already own Hollywood 1.x or Hollywood 2.0, you can buy a discounted upgrade version.
Hollywood is the ultimate bridge between all the different AmigaOS compatible platforms! With Hollywood, you can save programs for all those platforms. You do not have to have AmigaOS 4 or AROS, you can save programs for these platforms also from your AmigaOS 3 installation! Only Hollywood makes it possible. If you want to learn more about Hollywood, please visit the Hollywood product information which also contains a full feature list of Hollywood.
Finally, Hollywood 2.5 is ready for the brand-new Hollywood Designer 2.0, a massive update which will be released in a few days and will take presentation editing software on the Amiga platform to a whole new level. You can already order Hollywood Designer 2.0 now and it will be delivered to you as soon as it is released. In fact, you can save some money if you buy Hollywood 2.5 and Hollywood Designer 2.0 together; just have a look at the order page for available product bundles. Hollywood Designer 2.0 is also available in a download and CD-ROM version.
Join the Multimedia revolution and get your personal copy of Hollywood 2.5 now!
You can get further information on the Airsoft Softwair website under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Mar.2007
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: CPUTemp.docky 52.8
CPUTemp.docky written by Jörg Strohmayer shows the current CPU temperature in the AmigaOS 4-Dock.
Direct download: CPUTemp_52.8.lha (26 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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09.Mar.2007
Amigaharry (ANF)
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MorphOS: SearchStar 0.77 supports Linux partitions
In version 0.77 the search program SearchStar written by Tom "amigaharry" Duin does not abort any longer if it finds Linux partitions. Additionally now it scans directories much faster.
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09.Mar.2007
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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individual Computers at CeBIT / Clone-A presentation on March 31st
Press release Individual Computers is present at the world's biggest computer fair CeBIT twice this year: Viprinet GmbH show the Multichannel VPN Router. Individual Computers was significantly involved in the development of the router, which lets you bundle up to six physical broadband lines into a single virtual dedicated line. This increases bandwidth, but also increases reliability of your internet connection up to 99.99% annual mean availability - better and cheaper than any regular dedicated line could offer. Viprinet has booth number E48 in hall 14.
We're especially happy to support the new company Commodore with rare units from our retro-computer collection. This includes a PET2001 which is 30 years old this year. Commodore International is at booth number B34 in hall 19.
Our project "Clone-A" will be demonstrated on saturday march 31st, 2007 in Aachen, Germany. We will show the prototype of our Amiga-chipset clone at Schloß Rahe Business Center from 12:00 to 4:00pm. Clone-A will ultimately be put into a single low-cost chip, which can be used in a laptop or desktop computer, but also in smaller mobile units and toys. The chip contains the processor, accelerated graphics and sound. To operate the chip, only a small amount of memory is needed. There's a huge number of free and commercial programs and about 5000 games for the Amiga platform. The games can compete with today's consoles in multimedia presentation and gaming fun.
After a demonstration that we have prepared (about 30 minutes), visitors will have the chance to put Clone-A to the test: We're inviting visitors to bring especially critical software, which will demonstrate the compatibility of Clone-A to a real Amiga. Should you bring a program (floppy disk) that works better on an Amiga 500 with 1MB of chipmem and a 68000 processor at 7 MHz, we will honour your efforts with a voucher for 100 Euro for products out of our portfolio.
There is no entrance fee for Schloß Rahe Business Center, and there's free parking for visitors. (snx)
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09.Mar.2007
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PPC-Hardware: Memory-Benchmarks for SAM440EP (Update)
On the website of the Italian producer ACube benchmarks have been published which are supposed to demonstrate the memory-performance of the announced PPC-motherboard SAM440EP. Benchmarks of the reference designs which SAM440EP is based on are also available.
Memory-Benchmarks for SAM440EP (PDF)
Memory-Benchmarks of reference-designs (PDF)
Update: (09.03.2006, 15:00, cg)
On amigans.net Jörg Strohmayer from the AmigaOS 4-team has published the corresponding benchmark results of his AmigaOne.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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08.Mar.2007
Pegasos.org (website)
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Full Efika Systems are listed at Freescale
Full Efika systems in a steel housing can be ordered via the Freescale website now. You have the choice between an "EFIKA Open Client" (board, power supply, housing, graphics card) or the "EFIKA Open Client Plus" with an additional hard disk. (snx) (Translation: tz)
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08.Mar.2007
Amiga.org (website)
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Article of the Bitmap Brothers (English)
In view of the announced Speedball 2 remake for the PC as well as the death of Richard Joseph Chris Jensen is pointing to an article of the softare company Bitmap Brothers which he has released under the title link last month. Videos of some games are implemented into this English report. (snx) (Translation: tz)
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07.Mar.2007
amigafuture.de (website)
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IRC client: Wookiechat 2.6 Beta 5
James Carroll provides a new beta version of his MUI based IRC client Wookiechat for AmigaOS 3/4. Changes in beta 5:
- BETA 1: Made sure all commands in "Connect Scripts" operate in the right tab when connecting to a few servers simultaneously
- BETA 1: Tab memory and objects used to be freed after closing WookieChat, but now I'm starting to clean up memory as soon as a tab is closed. Very handy on machines with small amounts of RAM (like my 6mb A1200!)
- BETA 1: If Wookie is unable to automatically obtain your own address for use in establishing DCC connections, you can now manually specify an address yourself in the prefs. (Main Settings > DCC)
- BETA 2: Slight modification: "Connect scripts" are executed in the root tab
- BETA 2: When you connect, the "001" server message is displayed in full and in the root tab. This message contains your hostname, or what the IRC server thinks is your hostname
- BETA 2: Added sanity checks to the gethostbyname() calls, so that if your address value is invalid for some reason, it wont crash
- BETA 2: Rejiggered the "close tab" code. It was crashing when closing multiple channels in a particular sequence
- BETA 3: Attempted to fix crashes when doing "cursor up/down" quickly in tabs
- BETA 4: New tab system. Optionally, you can display tab names in a listview under the nicklist, instead of using buttons along the bottom of the window. This system is ideal for users with lots of tabs open. Toggle this setting at "Main Settings > General"
- BETA 4: All info from /whois replies are displayed in the right colour and with «Whois» at the start now
- BETA 4: Wallop messages, usually from server admins talking to each other, are now displayed correctly
- BETA 4: You can comment out lines in your Connect Scripts with ; at the beginning of each line
- BETA 4: Bugfix: No longer crashes if you had more than 40 ignores in your list
- BETA 5: The button-style tabs/listview-style tabs toggling wasnt working properly I'm very sorry for this.. it seems to be working well now
Direct download: wookiechat2_6beta5_7thmarch2007.lha (767 KB) (cg) (Translation: ub)
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07.Mar.2007
amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: Drum computer RockBEAT 2.1
James Carrolls has released an update of his software drum-computer RockBEAT (screen shot, example sound). Changes with version 2.1:
- Made adjustments to calculations for WAV file saving, so hopefully the larger WAV's will load better in HDREC, etc.
- Added a "Copy tracks" function. Copy some or all instrument tracks to a new/different bar. Just perfect when you want to keep the same hihat throughout your song, and you dont want to keep clicking it back up again and again!
- Made a number of improvements for adding new bars
- RockBEAT is now freeware! E-mail me if you want a free personalised keyfile with your name in it
Direct download: RockBEAT2_1.lha (1,6 MB) (read me) (cg) (Translation: ub)
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07.Mar.2007
Paul J. Beel (ANF)
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The AROS Show: AROS status update
Paul Beel briefs up the latest from the AROS world in his blog "The AROS show".
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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07.Mar.2007
Janet Spacey PR
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Commodore announces new computers (update)
At theCeBIT 2007 Commodore Gaming announces a new dimension of gaming PCs "with the highest today available technical gaming specifications". This will initialize the come back of the legend brand Commodore to the world of hardware for computer and console games.
Bala Keilman, CEO at Commodore Gaming, says: "25 years ago
Commodore brought the C64 to the market, the world's most sold computer of teh late 20th century, and defined the fun of computr gaming for millions of people worldwide. Now we are proud and eager to bring back Commodore to the gaming community and to take another important step of history for that brand. We are sure to fullfill all demands to warranty an extraordinary gaming experience."
The new line of game optimized PCs will eb presented to the public at the CeBIT 2007 Hanover on march the 15th in Hannover.
Everyone there will have the opportunity to test the maschines with the latest games and get convinced by the famous features of these high performance maschines.
Commodore Gaming will accompany the market introduction with several more press releases March the 15 and promises the unveilling of some exciting details.
Visit Commodore Gaming at the CeBIT 2007 in Halle 21, booth D08. (nba) (Translation: ub)
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07.Mar.2007
Mario Misic (ANF)
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Hardware encyclopedia: BBoAH with new license
Mario Misic writes: After the official hand over of the BBoAH from Ian Chapman to Mario Misic together with the AmigaFuture, Mario Misic decided to put the entire data of the "Big Book of Amiga Hardware" under the license of the "Creative Commons License" immediately and under exclusion of any commercial usage.
This license has been chosen to exclude any commercial usage of the BBoAH material by third parties and to account for the participation of volunteers and to ensure the continuation of the BBoAH's in its known kind.
The Amiga Future as well as ACP&TCP are currently holding the only written permission to license the BBoAH content commercially. For non commercial usage the entire BBoH data material is available according to the chosen CC licenseg which is available at the BBoAH website in 34 different translations.
All breaches of the CC license will be avenged when the required souce citation is not given properly now, this is especially important for ebay auctions. The change of the license mas made only to ensure the continuation of the "Big Book of Amiga Hardware" in its known kind.
We thank all users for the attention and understanding and are looking forward to a promising BBoH future. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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06.Mar.2007
Duke (ANF)
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Magazine index: Amiga Magazine Rack
The goal of "Amiga Magazine Rack" is to catalog all magazines in which Amiga game tests were published. At the beginning 29703 tests and 21166 scans are available.
The website has a cooperation with the game database Hall of Light so you will get from a game directly to an overview with tests and much more.
You are invited to help closing the existing lacks.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Mar.2007
morphzone.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: MLdonkey 2.8.3 (experimental version)
Christian Rosentreter has published an update of the Filesharing program MLDonkey. The new version has been still not tested by the author and is supposed to fix a bug that happened if file names contained special characters which the iconv.library uses.
The author is asking for feedback either in the IRC channel #morphos or in the corresponding thread at morphzone.org.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Mar.2007
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Richard Joseph died
Richard Joseph was responsible for several musics of Amiga games and was one of the first who used "real" voices (Mega Lo Mania). He died on Sunday.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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06.Mar.2007
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Chiptune-Tracker: Hively-Tracker 1.3 for AmigaOS 3/4
HivelyTracker is a tracker based on AHX-format (screenshot). In the 90ies AHX was developed to write music titles which are similar to the typical chip sound of SID (sound-chip of the C64) ähneln. Changes since version 1.3:
- Position editor now has indicators so its clear to which channel
each column relates (suggested by syphus)
- If you used ring modulation effects in the right hand parameter
list of an instrument, but not the left, it would try and save
it as an AHX instrument instead of an HVL instrument. Fixed.
(thanks to syphus)
- Added Zap Song/Instrument/Position options (suggested by m0d)
- Added play time indicator (suggested by someone, sorry forgot who)
- You can now copy and paste arbitary regions in the position editor.
(suggested by a couple of people, and I always intended to do it
anyway :)
- "prefs_bg" and "Settings" in skins are now "prefs_os4" and
"Settings_os4" respectively so that the same skin can be used for
both the OS4 and OS3.x versions
- Added some bounds checking to the replayer to avoid weird crashes
- Fixed a couple of small bugs in the replayer (thanks to pieknyman)
- When changing the position during playback, the current position
plays through to the end before jumping to your selected position
(suggested by syphus)
- Some status information which should have been local to each tab
was global. Oops. Fixed now
- Added Ctrl+Tab to jump to the same column in the next channel, and
Shift+Ctrl+Tab to jump to the same column in the previous channel.
(suggested by syphus)
- Added Alt+A to mute all but the current channel (suggested by
syphus)
- Added Alt+Q to mute all channels
- Right clicking on "New Tab" now makes an identical clone of the
current tab
- Added speed multiplier gadget. This is a feature of both AHX and
HVL tunes that was always implimented, but there was no way to
actually set it in hivelytracker until now (oops :)
- Pressing the right mousebutton in the instruments list of the
instruments editor will copy the current instrument to the slot
where you clicked
- Holding control and pressing the right mousebutton on a slot in
the instrument list in the instrument editor will zap that
instrument
- Changed the default gain values when loading in AHX modules and
using stereo mixing. The values before were calculated by
running lots of tunes through the Autogain calculations and
using the lowest values that came out. Well, it was too high, so
now I actually calculated them using actual maths! (thanks again
to pieknyman for finding a tune that clipped)
- Added some more options to the skin system to enable the cool new
"Vintage" theme
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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05.Mar.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: OpenTTD 0.5.0 (final)
OpenTTD is an Open-Source clone of the Microprose classic Transport Tycoon Deluxe. After some beta versions and "Release Candidates" were published the final version 0.5.0 is now available.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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05.Mar.2007
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Aminet-Uploads until 04.03.2007
These are the latest archives which have been added to the Aminet-Uploads:
MUIbase-2.2.lha biz/dbase 2.8M OS3 Programmable relational database with GU
FussballBundesliga.lha biz/misc 27K GEN TurboCalc Spreadsheet Football (german)
LCR-I.lha comm/misc 81K OS3 LeastCostRouter German Internet Provider
LCR-P.lha comm/misc 44K OS3 LeastCostRouter Print-Tool
LCR-T.lha comm/misc 78K OS3 LeastCostRouter German Telefon Provider
LCR.lha comm/misc 198K OS3 LeastCostRouter Suite
Telefon.lha comm/misc 44K OS3 Dials via Speaker+Modem and Send SMS
bbssalvage.lha comm/thor 11K GEN Recover broken database BBS/conferences
A71Mail.lha comm/www 61K GEN Email Form multilanguage written in php
PurpleCow.lzh comm/www 262K OS3 PurpleCow HTTP Daemon
mp3_dec.lha dev/basic 15K OS3 mpega.library devkit for BB, mp3 decoder
SFinfo.lha dev/basic 23K OS3 "sndfile.library" dev kit for Blitz
MCC_BetterStringFr.lha dev/mui 3K GEN MCC BetterString french catalog.
MCC_TextEditorFr.lha dev/mui 4K GEN MCC TextEditor french catalog.
MCC_TheBar-21.2.lha dev/mui 782K VAR TheBar.mcc - The MUI Toolbar custom clas
MCC_TheBar-de.lha dev/mui 20K GEN German locale for MCC_TheBar
Python_Enhancement.lha dev/src 233K OS3 Enhancing Python Code, Classic AMIGAs
amigadocs.lha docs/misc 5.0M GEN TONS of Amiga programming Docs
wesnoth-devel.lha game/strat 65M OS4 Battle for Wesnoth (development version)
lunapaint_v032.tar.gz gfx/edit 380K ARO Graphics program similar to TVPaint
AMIGA-Project1.lha hard/hack 336K GEN A simple kids project for the AMIGA.
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 256K OS3 Arcadia 2001/Interton VC 4000 emulator
AnIdeaOS4plusUAE.lha misc/emu 7K GEN Full software compatibility for OS4/MOS
8svx_comp.lha mus/misc 23K OS3 new 8SVX (de)compressor
ADPCM_dec.lha mus/misc 18K OS3 Decoder for C. Buchner's ADPCM package
EP_ChipTracker.lha mus/play 13K OS3 EaglePlayer "ChipTracker" ext. replayer
EP_QuartetPSG.lha mus/play 10K OS3 EaglePlayer "Quartet PSG" ext. replayer
BareED.lha text/edit 368K OS3 ASCII/TIS-620 editor/text highlighting
CoverBed.lha text/misc 160K OS3 A sophisticated gui to BareEd
BibVision.lha text/show 247K OS4 Bible text viewer for OS4 V1.9
Bekuna.lha util/boot 670K OS3 Welcome and remember program
akPNG-dt.lha util/dtype 207K VAR akPNG-dt (PNG, 68000-060/MOS)
akSVG-dt.lha util/dtype 72K VAR akSVG-dt (SVG [SView], 68000-060)
Aminet-Readme-Creator.lha util/misc 42K OS3 Generates Aminet upload .readme file
ViewBB.lha util/wb 10K OS3 Simple bootblock viewer
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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05.Mar.2007
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 04.03.2007
These are the latest uploads which have been added to os4depot.net:
sysvipc.lha dev/lib 125kb SystemV IPC implemementation for AmigaOS
stp.lha gam/act 1Mb Save The Penguins - A shooter
wesnoth-devel.lha gam/str 65Mb Battle for Wesnoth (development version)
wesbench.lha gra/ico 901kb Backdrop + icons for a Wesnoth WorkBench
kgb_arch.lha uti/arc 137kb KGB Archiver console version
diskmaster2.lha uti/fil 282kb DiskMaster2 for OS4
prtman.lha uti/pri 257kb PrintManager for OS4 and OS3
flush.lha uti/scr 0kb Flush all memory with OS4 Final
bibvision.lha uti/tex 247kb Bible Viewer for OS4 v1.9
fuelgauge.lha uti/wor 72kb Volume gauges underneath hard drive icon
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05.Mar.2007
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 04.03.2007
These are the latest uploads which have been added to AROS-Archives:
lunapaint_v032.tar.gz gra/edi 379kb Graphics program similar to TVPaint on A
wgetgui.src.i386.tar.gz net/mis 24kb GUI for Wget
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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05.Mar.2007
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP is looking for a translator
Press release For a bigger, longer lasting Amiga-project APC&TCP is looking for a translator German -> English.
Requirements:
- Your mother tongue muste be English
- Very good English orthography
- You have to understand German texts very well
- Basic knowledge concerning Amiga (You should understand what you translate!)
- Fast work (generally the translations must be done very promptly)
You do not have to work for free. But we cannot give you much money.
Interested users please write a mail to Andreas@apc-tcp.de in German language. The response may last for a while. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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04.Mar.2007
Rudolph Riedel (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: DiskMaster 2.7beta11
Rudolph Riedel has made availabe another beta version of his file manager DiskMaster 2.7 in OS4Depot.
Changes since 2.7beta10:
- Despite some corrections for the 68k version, it still does not run perfectly, unfortunately
- The calculation for adjusting the standard window to different screen resolutions was improved
- The string gadget in the command window now displays either the configuration file with which DM2 was launched, or "S:DiskMaster2.prefs"
- Correction: When using volume names like "Sys:" instead of device names like "DH0:", an error in the rename function had caused the renamed entry to be removed from the list.
- Correction: Shortcut resolution did not work
- A couple of chapters in DiskMaster2.guide were updated
Download: diskmaster2.lha (282 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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04.Mar.2007
Amigaworld.net (Web page)
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Magazine: The Crypt - Issue 48
The 48th issue of the English magazine The Crypt includes, among other things, the concluding part of Barry Walker's Amiga hardware project "The Event Detector" as well as a report on the newly-founded Lincolnshire Amiga Group.
Furthermore, in the remaining, non-Amiga-based region of the magazine, Deluxe PocMon is introduced, Edgar Vidgal's port of his Amiga game Deluxe PacMan. He had already brought Deluxe Galaga to the Windows platform before, which can be purchased there under the name of Warblade. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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04.Mar.2007
der_letzte_Amiganer (ANF)
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Live webcam from the Computer&VideoBörse Bremen
der_letzte_Amiganer writes: "We are now online with our webcam. Axel Knabe wanted to pop in today with his Efikas.
Greetings Jörg" (cg) (Translation: cad)
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04.Mar.2007
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Database: MUIbase 2.2
Steffen Gutmann is making available a new version of his relational, programmable database MUIbase. Changes since the last release:
- First official Linux and Windows versions which are fully functional
and compatible to the Amiga version
- GlowIcon set by Pascal Marcelin
- French catalog translation by Alexandre Balaban
- New formats HH:MM:SS, MM:SS, and HH:MM for displaying and entering of
time values
- Support of time values larger than 23:59:59
(cg) (Translation: cad)
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04.Mar.2007
Amigaworld.net (Web page)
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Thor: ARexx script BBSsalvage.br 1.3
BBSsalvage.br is an ARexx script for the offline reader Thor, which attempts to recover damaged databases.
The script was created after an error had occurred at the author, which could not be repaired by ValidateThor, and which led to crash when trying to open a discussion.
Improvements in version 1.3:
- Fix a bug introduced in v1.2 (or was it v1.1 ?)
where a missing "end" instruction in the main
loop made the script unusable
- BBSsalvage.br will now warn you if Thor is
running (Thor must not be running), and if
BBSread was previously used and still loaded
in memory
- BBSsalvage.br will no more verbose that a message
marked as deleted is skipped (this is to save
the size of the output from results which are not
very informative anyway)
- The script will now warn if a text line length
in the body of a message is longer than 32767
characters (Due to a bug in the Visual Options-Messages Links, Thor may crash the system while trying to display a message containing a too long
unwrapped line)
- The BBS list order and the conference list
order are now preserved
- The "read" (or "unread") status of the messages
is now preserved too
(snx) (Translation: cad)
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04.Mar.2007
HelmutH (ANF)
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Amiga-Resistance: FAQ collection expanded
The Amiga-Resistance team is trying to compile a FAQ collection in order to bring together as much of the knowledge about the Amiga as possible, and is calling for participation in this.
To the 41 existing articles of the FAQ collection, which was published for the first time on January 25th, the following 25 are added since our last report:
- ArtEffect FAQ
- Amiga Writer FAQ
- PageStream FAQ
- StormC FAQ
- NetConnect FAQ
- Draw Studio FAQ
- Tornado 3D FAQ
- ImageFX FAQ
- Tableau FAQ
- Genesis FAQ
- STFax Pro FAQ
- VideoFX FAQ
- X-DVE FAQ
- FontMachine FAQ
- OSXL FAQ
- iFusion Installation
- OS3.9 Installation Tips
- OS3.9 FAQ on Compatibility and Patches
- OS3.9 FAQ on Mass Storage
- OS3.9 FAQ on Undocumented Features
- OS3.9 FAQ on Genesis, AmiDock, Datatypes, ...
- OS3.9 FAQ on External Software
- OS3.9 Keyboard Shortcuts
- WarpUP Problem Solutions
- Abbreviations
Permission for publishing on the Amiga-Resistance page was given by the respective authors via E-Mail. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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03.Mar.2007
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Emulation: WinUAE 1.4.0 published
Today version 1.4.0 of the Amiga-Emulator WinUAE has been published. Now a CDTV is also supported.
New features:
- CDTV emulation, including CD controller, internal SRAM and 64KB SRAM expansion memory card support
- More compatible SPTI CD32/CDTV CD support
- Advanced Chipset configuration. Miscellaneous model specific hardware configuration entries like real time clock chip type, CIA-A TOD clock source, RAMSEY, FAT GARY register emulation
- Rewritten harddisk configuration system. No more lost hardfile or virtual directory configuration entries if path was missing
- A3000/A4000 motherboard RAM bank support
- Added Arcadia bios rom type selection
- New Windows Vista-style application icon added
- Small CIA and custom chip emulation updates
Bugs fixed:
- FPU emulation floating point to integer conversion fixed (proper clamping instead of truncating)
- uaeserial.device compatibility improved
- New serial port detection didn't detect all types of serial ports
- Random sound errors after adjusting sound GUI setting on the fly
- Directory filesystem memory leaks fixed and compatibility improved
- It was not possible to disable keyboard layout C after enabling it
- Sound panel settings were not always enabled correctly
- Command line parameter -datapath didn't work
- Disk image drag and drop didn't work
- Quickstart panel disk swapping is properly delayed again
- Some Picasso96 display modes were not available
- bsdsocket freeze fix (Aminetradio)
- Windows driver Catweasel support works again
- "Faster RTG"-mode lockups fixed
- External drive sound selection GUI didn't work if fdrawcmd.sys was not installed
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Mar.2007
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WHDLoad: New archives until 03.03.2007
With WHDLoad you can install games and Scene-demos on your harddrive which were originally meant only for use with disks. Additionally several incompatibilities with newwer Amiga types were fixed.
The following installers have been added or improved:
- 02.03.07 improved: Lotus 2 (Magnetic Fields/Gremlin) supports another version, support for NTSC display added (Info)
- 19.02.07 updated: Killing Game Show (Psygnosis) install was corrupt, corrected (Info)
- 17.02.07 improved: Workbench 3.1 (CBM) install script corrected (Info)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Mar.2007
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Battle for Wesnoth 1.3.1 (developer version)
The round based strategy game Battle for Wesnoth has been published as developer version 1.3.1 for AmigaOS 4, too (changelog).
Please note that the last stable version is still always version 1.2.1.
Download: wesnoth-devel.lha (65 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Mar.2007
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Demoscene: Polka Brothers-Website published
Under the title link the last two members of the demoscene group "Polka Brothers", Colin and Slide, have published a website where you can find productions, a memeber list and party photos.
Besides this they will take part in Breakpoint 2007.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.Mar.2007
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on the Obligement website (French)
During the last two months the following articles have been added to the website of the French AmigaOS- and MorphOS magazine Obligement:
- Amiga and MorphOS news of january/february 2007
- Report: Alchimie 6
- Report: Aachen Show 2002
- Review of Battle for Wesnoth
- Review of The Dig
- Review of Sam and Max
- Review of Stellarium
- Review of Liquid Kids
- Review of Snow Bros
- Review of CD Player 2 (update)
- Hardware: Efika 5200B
- Hardware: Radeon 8500LE
- Article: MorphOS, The Lighning OS
- Tutorial: Installation of Linux Fedora Core 6 on Pegasos II
- Tutorial: Use of PtpDigCam
- Tutorial: Installation and configuration of E-UAE (update)
- Fun: Presentation of Windows 3.11
- The Amiga Quizz of january/february 2007
- Special Quizz about Team 17
Additionally the article about the Flah memory was translated to Italian language. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Mar.2007
AROS-Exec (webseite)
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AROS: Snapshots stopped
From today on the AROS developers have stopped the release of "snapshots", stable versions of the os for people who are interested in testing them.
The main reason for this decision is, that the developers are mainly working on the further extension of AROS as well as the bugfixes and therefore not enough time is left for dealing with the snapshot build. As a consequence the snapshots are far behind the current development status.
Users who are interested in the operating system's development status are encouraged to use the daily automated generated nightly builds. (snx) (Translation: tz)
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01.Mar.2007
amigafuture.de (website)
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Printer-Spooler: Printmanager 39.38
Stephan Rupprecht's Printmanager routes print jobs into a file and prints them in the background then. Now the latest version is working under AmigaOS 4 Final as well.
Direct download: prtman39.lha (260 KB) (Readme) (cg) (Translation: tz)
[News message: 01. Mar. 2007, 17:47] [Comments: 0]
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01.Mar.2007
antibike (ANF)
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Burning Software: Frying Pan 1.2
Tomasz "Error" Wiszkowski has released an update of his cd/dvd burning software "Frying Pan". Changes in version 1.2:
- 0000049: [Behaviour] debug version crashes (Error)
- 0000033: [Behaviour] Halts when loading large .iso (Error)
- 0000048: [Behaviour] Does not update disc usage bar after disc blanking completes (Error)
- 0000047: [GUI] FP crashes when closed or non-writable disc is inserted (Error)
- 0000046: [Behaviour] FP shows assertion requesters instead of information when no mpega.library is found. (Error)
- 0000045: [Behaviour] Search for keys in other locations (Error)
- 0000043: [Behaviour] Wipeout hit in MUI.interface module (Error)
- 0000044: [Behaviour] MorphOS binary lacks __abox__ symbol (Error)
Frying Pan steht für AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS und AROS zur Verfügung. (cg) (Translation: tz)
[News message: 01. Mar. 2007, 17:41] [Comments: 0]
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01.Mar.2007
amigaworld.net (website)
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Networking: Amiga Explorer 2007
Press release: The Amiga Forever team at Cloanto is pleased to announce the release of Amiga Explorer 2007. The new version of the popular Amiga-PC networking software features dedicated support for Windows Vista and for 64-bit systems, for which a separate package is now available for download.
Amiga Explorer makes it possible to access the resources (files, disk images, ROMs) of an Amiga computer from the Windows desktop. It is even possible to download ADF disk images on the PC, and drag-and-drop them to an Amiga floppy drive. Amiga Explorer works over a null-modem serial cable, via a Bluetooth dongle attached to the Amiga serial port, or via Ethernet or any other TCP/IP link. The Amiga side can even be installed over the serial cable and run from RAM or floppy. The only requirement is that the Amiga be bootable into a standard Workbench environment (1.2 or higher, also compatible with AmigaOS 4.0 and MorphOS). Professional users who already have a network in place can use Amiga Explorer in parallel with other tools.
The new version of Amiga Explorer 2007, which carries the "Works with Windows Vista" logo, is part of a constant effort of Cloanto to support the latest platforms. Amiga Forever 2006 was designed with Windows Vista support in mind from the beginning, but Amiga Explorer required some extra work, such as development of the 64-bit namespace extension. The MenuBox launcher, which was also originally developed for use in Amiga Forever, was among the first 100 applications worldwide to pass the "Certified for Windows Vista" test, as published by Microsoft last week.
Amiga Explorer 2007 costs $19.95 and is also included in the Plus and Premium editions of Amiga Forever. Upgrades are free to all existing customers, including Amiga Forever users. The software is free to test from the Amiga Explorer Home Page. (cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 01. Mar. 2007, 16:11] [Comments: 0]
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01.Mar.2007
Heinz-Raphael Reinke (ANF)
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AROS: New WinAROS version
WinAros makes it possible to try the operating system AROS within Windows and check programs, which are developed with e.g. AmiDevCpp (screenshot).
(cg) (Translation: tz)
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28.Feb.2007
Martin (DaFreak) Rebentisch (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #098
The scene group Liquid Skies released today their 98th music pack. This time the pack includes a tune named "Extra Sound" which is electro style and has been composed by the Russian musician Alex West. Cover art work has been done by DaFreak.
More informationen regarding that track which can be downloaded at the title link:
- Title: Extra Sound
- Artist: Alex West
- Style: Electro
- Durtion: 4:46
- Format: mp3 @ 160 kbps
- Size: 5,4 MB (ZIP archive)
(snx) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 28. Feb. 2007, 19:49] [Comments: 0]
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28.Feb.2007
HelmutH (ANF)
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amiga-resistance.info: FAQ collection expanded
The FAQ collection at amiga-resistance.info has been exapnded with some new topics:
- OS4 Final - setting DMA modi using the SI0680
- activation of the OS4 look at new screens
- OS4 - printing issues
- printer settings and memory size are not used
- U-Boot hints
- Firmware - which option for stdin and stdout?
- Filesystem Cache for FFS partitions
- Change filesystem from "read-only" to "read/write"
- DNS doesn't work at the A1 with Debian when MiamiDX is used as firewall/router
- obtaining glibc version
- G-Rex PCI - tested hardware
- G-Rex PCI - supported chipsets
- T-DSL with the Amiga
- A600/A1200 PCMCIA WLAN installationaund configuration
- A600/A1200 PCMCIA network installation and configuration
- MiamiDeluxe configuration - Amiga as router
- YAM 2.3 - configuration help for newbies
- Apache 1.3.20 - installation
(cg) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 28. Feb. 2007, 15:16] [Comments: 0]
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28.Feb.2007
Amigaharry (ANF)
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MorphOS: SearchStar 0.76k
The new version by Tom "AmigaHarry" Duin's search program SearchStar is working much faster now when seeking strings within files. (cg)
[News message: 28. Feb. 2007, 15:11] [Comments: 0]
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28.Feb.2007
Ron van Schaik (ANF)
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Commodore Gebruikers Groep: Pictures of several hardware projects
At the Dutch Commodore Gebruikers Groep's website there are several pictures available from the last club meeting available when the MiniMig, the 1541-II and 1541-Ultimate have been presented.
To the club's website also a report with information about the DC2N, a flash based reproduction ofa Commodore 'Datasette' has been added.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 28. Feb. 2007, 15:09] [Comments: 0]
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