• Mouse pointer bug with the gfx program Pixel fixed
• Keaboard bug with Freespace 2 removed
• Little endian High color screen added to improve the speed of Robin Hood

• optionfiles with names (name_of_the_disk.options)
• savestates with names (name_of_the_disk.asf)
• auto-save options when saving state (in folder STATE )
• auto-load options when loading state (from folder STATE )
• auto-load options when inserting disk
• assign keys in controls menu with amiga keyboard

• Fixed: Faster flood fill
• NEW: Resizable toolbar
• NEW: Reordered toolbar gui a bit
• NEW: Icons for toolbar buttons
• Fixed: IPTR internal cleanup
• NEW: Nicer about window..
• NEW: Export project to PNG!
• NEW: Brush steps
• NEW: Better do understand clipbrush behaviour

• fixed pattern substitution rules to work correctly when you have patterns like "$(LIBOBJECTS):%.o:%.c importinc" (thanks Thore Böckelmann)
• changed exit code to EXIT_FAILURE on fatal signal
• fixed break processing so the parent signals the child processes now (thanks Colin Wenzel)
• added custom __check_abort() to signal child processes from clib2 function calls
• added extra code to cleanup stray child processes at exit just in case

• New Ethernet adapter class for Pegasus chip sets
• New USB datalink class
• Big fixes and improvements of the HID class
• Automated mounting of CDs, DVDs and NTFS by the mass storage device class - given thefile system is available
• several minor bugfixes

• 01.11.06 updated: War Machine (Players Premier) some bugs fixed, extra options added (Info)
• 28.10.06 improved: Lemmings 2 (Psygnosis) 512k slave works, timers fixed, install script improved (Info)
• 28.10.06 updated: Gravity (Image Works) rewritten install, copylock removed, smc and other fixes, icons added (Info)
• 28.10.06 new: Calephar (Future) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 18.10.06 improved: Xenophobe (Microstyle) trainer added (Info)
• 15.10.06 improved: Alien III (20th Century Fox) enhanced joypad support for CD³² (Info)
• 14.10.06 improved: LED Storm (Capcom/Software Creations) full rewrite, uses kickemu, copylock decrypted properly (Info)
• 12.10.06 improved: Lords of the Rising Sun (Cinemaware) supports another version (Info,Image)
• 12.10.06 fixed: Chuck Rock 2 (Core Design) fixed a game bug revealed by the re-activation of the keyboard interrupt (Info)
• 12.10.06 new: Pinball Prelude (Effigy) done by JOTD (Info)
• 12.10.06 updated: Life & Death (Software Toolworks/Mindscape) blitter waits inserted so fonts are not trashed (Info)

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      D I S C R E E T F X   W A N T S   T O   B U Y   A M I G A 

            B I L L   M C E W E N   I N T E R V I E W E D

     V I N T A G E   C O M P U T E R   F E S T I V A L   S O O N 

    E N V I Z I O N S   A N D   A M I G A   I N   E V O   D E A L

       N O V A D E S I G N   S E L L I N G   C I N E M A T T E 

      T W O   A M I K I T   U P D A T E S   I N   O C T O B E R 

           A O R G A N I S E R   D I A R Y   P R O G R A M 

         P A C K A G E S   F O R   X 1 1   A V A I L A B L E 

         A M I A T L A S   U N D E R G O E S   U P G R A D E

     O N Y X S O F T   R E L E A S E S   F I V E   U P D A T E S

       A U D I O   E V O L U T I O N   D I S T R I B U T I O N 

    S C U M M V M   U P D A T E   ' P A L M O S '   R E V I V E D

          B A T T L E   F O R   W E S N O T H   1 . 1 . 1 1

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Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
I suppose it's rather appropriate that this last issue of "Amiga 
Update" sees Amiga Inc., in something of a turmoil. During our entire 
12 plus years of publication, one thing the Amiga has never had is 
long term stability. The current situation is nothing like the near 
fatal circumstances of that weekend after Commodore went bankrupt, the 
event that launched "Amiga Update", but it is interesting.

Besides the surprise announcement that DiscreetFX wants to buy Amiga, 
we have the revelation this month of legal issues with Gary Hare, 
briefly CEO of Amiga and KMOS. The accusations back and forth seem to 
center on competence, failure to pay salary, and who was supposed to 
do what for whom. You can read more about this at ANN 
http://ann.lu/detail.cgi?category=news&file=1161197009.msg where there 
is reference to the original article at Amiga-News.de (in German). We 
are not in a position to unravel this for you - not sure anyone who 
wasn't involved could. But we suggest you check out the articles if 
you find this sort of thing interesting. It is unlikely the full story 
will every be known by other than the participants. What is or will be 
important is how all this affects Amiga Inc., and we'll have to wait 
some for that to develop.
 
Then there's the matter of the interview with the once and current CEO 
(I think I have that right) Bill McEwen. We have a quote and a few 
thoughts on that below. 

As for "Amiga Update", as announced this will be its last issue. Well, 
probably. If OS4 actually does make it to production release before 
January 1 of 2007, we will send out a special issue celebrating the 
event. Regardless of whether that happens or not, be assured the 
mailing list will not be given or sold to anyone. The website will 
remain up for now so you can rummage through past issues if you wish.

I have no big speaches or fairwells as I really have no idea what I'd 
say. I will be around, and keeping a close eye on the community of 
which I'm a part just like before. But the time devoted to publishing 
this newsletter will be invested in other pursuits. There are many 
good sources of Amiga news out there. If you need one place to go to 
start looking, head over to www.amigaworld.net and continue on from 
there.

Hey, this being the last issue, it might become a collector's item! Be 
sure you hang on to your original copy! :-)

 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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     D I S C R E E T F X   W A N T S   T O   B U Y   A M I G A 

Chicago, Illinois - October 19th, 2006
Visual FX company, DiscreetFX LLC Inc., and their investors sent a
formal proposal to Amiga Inc., requesting formal validation of the
company's value. Currently, DiscreetFX are hard at work completing the
"Super Size Me"-like film about trans fat, entitled "Oil Change." The
plan is to secure funding to purchase Amiga Inc. and all of its IP in
the next year, to take place after completion of the movie, which has
been in pre-production for more than a year.

Such a transaction, however, depends on whether Amiga Inc. agrees to
sell in the next year, and if an agreed-upon price can be negotiated.
DiscreetFX believesthere is tremendous value in the Amiga brand and
though we primarily develop our visual effects software on NewTek
video editing solutions for Windows and Mac OS X," said DiscreetFX CEO
Bill Panagouleas, "the Amiga has always held a special place in my
heart since I developed my first product for the Amiga Video Toaster I
want to help bring the Amiga back to it's former glory in new IT
markets." If an agreement can be reached between Amiga Inc. and
DiscreetFX, the much speculated return of the Amiga brand could spark
a unique, new chapter in the machine's ever fluctuating history.Amiga 
OS 4.0. "Even {the original press release just ends at this point. 
What you see is what we have. Brad}

Best regards,

DiscreetFX Team


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 affordable video editing, 
computer graphics market with its birth in 1985. DiscreetFX creates 
Real-time transitions and effects seen on over 100 television programs 
including Blind Date, 5th Wheel, Shipmates and more! You can also see 
DiscreetFX software used on the following networks HBO, Showtime, 
Discovery Channel, PBS, Fox and more! Video Toaster, VT[5], VT[4]/[3]/
[2], SpeedEDIT are registered trademarks of NewTek. Final Cut Studio 
and Mac OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Computer. Amiga is a 
registered trademark of Amiga Incorporated.

http://www.discreetfx.com/
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           B I L L   M C E W E N   I N T E R V I E W E D

An interview of Bill McEwen at the "Temple of Technology" site 
appreared during the month (October 4). We cannot run the interview 
here but can suggest you go read it for yourself.

We can also point out that most of the product questions were ducked, 
which isn't too surprising when discussing works in progress. McEwen 
does state that OS 5 will be so different that it needs a new name. It 
will be better than Mac OS X. Not sure what that means exactly, but it 
probably tells us something about what Amiga regards as quality.

We were pleased to find out that Fleecy Moss is still with the 
company and still leading development efforts. 

The most interesting question and answer from our point of view was 
the following;

"In the Amiga.org questions, you ended the session with a personal 
note to the Amiga community. It described a lot of events that 
explained why things happened as they did after Amiga was bought from 
Gateway.

"While it was well received, one thing disappointed me. I had hoped 
for a hint of self criticism. While external events played a big role 
in the outcome, to me it's obvious that Amiga made a bunch of mistakes 
at the time (Amithlon for example), and an admission of those things 
would have made me more confident that the new Amiga deserves more 
attention and support, and that you've learned from the past. 
Comments?

"BM>> Of course we made a great many mistakes, and I take full 
responsibility for those mistakes. There are so many differences from 
what I was and what I am today, I am hardly the same person. We are a 
much more careful company with far more detailed plans, and we are 
taking steps that keep us in focus on the target.

"We simply did not have the financial backing to accomplish what we 
needed to accomplish. The financial decisions that were made then are 
not the decisions that we are making today. The operations run very 
differently than they did then, and I am held accountable by a board 
of directors and Chairman that I check in daily with. We have a 
schedule, plans, goals, and milestones that I and the rest of the team 
are held to. The board of directors are international in nature, and 
are all highly successful people. They also have a vision for what 
Amiga is going to be, and they are directly involved in us getting 
there.

"So while I can only say that I am sorry for what has transpired in 
the past, the most important item is what we are going to deliver 
today and tomorrow." 

You can read the entire interview starting at:

http://www.templeoftech.com/viewarticlepage.cka?articleid=62&pageid=1
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    V I N T A G E   C O M P U T E R   F E S T I V A L   S O O N 
 
31 October, 2006

Come one, come all to the Vintage Computer Festival 9.0, Nov. 4-5, at 
the Computer History Museum in Mountain View (San Jose area), 
California.
http://www.vintage.org

Nestled in the heart of the Silicon Valley, the Computer History 
Museum is full of analog and digital computers harking back to as 
early as the 1940s.
http://www.computerhistory.org

Join the 500 to 700 VCF attendees to listen to the speakers (Steve 
Wozniak!), marvel at the exhibits, and buy the vintage computer goods 
of your dreams. The Fresno Commodore User Group will have its usual 
demonstration/vending table. Come and meet me and FCUG members, Ed 
Hart, Clark Murphy, Bill Ward, and Mitch Zollinger. Who knows who else 
you will see wandering through the rooms? (Amigan Dale Luck is a 
regular VCF attendee.) Come to our table and play with a VIC-20 
system, an SX-64 system, NTSC and PAL C64 DTVs and the Hummer DTV, an 
Amiga CD-32 (this time with several different discs), and a Vectrex 
(hey, what's that doing here?). As usual, we will have C= hardware and 
programs for sale - C64s, C128s, 1541s, 1571s, an SX-64, On the 
Edge books, and more. As usual, we will have cakes, cookies, and punch 
to hand out to anyone who asks. As usual, there will be other vendors 
who will have Commodore and Amiga items.

New for this year, Bill Ward will be bringing a video projector and 
screen on Sunday so that we can have big-time Commodore/Amiga gaming! 
Also for the first time, we will have an exhibit with a very good-to- 
excellent condition Commodore PET 2001 with plenty of programs for it 
to run. Also, check out the strange and mysterious, outboard "sound 
box" for the PET. Larry Anderson and your PET/Flash Attack exhibit, 
watch out! For more information go to 
http://www.vintage.org/2006/main/exhibit.php
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    E N V I Z I O N S   A N D   A M I G A   I N   E V O   D E A L

ANNISTON, Alabama and Issaquah, Washington , October 10, 2006 - 
Envizions Computer Entertainment Corporation today announced that 
Amiga multimedia applications will be available with the upcoming 
release of EVO, Envizions? next generation multi-media entertainment 
system.

EVO users will immediately be able to download and play Amiga?s arcade 
quality video games designed to run on EVO, PC, TV, various high end 
mobile and hand-held devices and memory storage platforms such as U3, 
flash drives and SD cards. EVO customers will gain access to new 
multimedia content when released by Amiga; this content may include 
video, music, images and tones.

Each time users access the games section of their menu on EVO, they 
will be directed to the co-branded website evo.shopamiga.com where 
they can easily purchase the latest Amiga applications. Envizions 
further plans to also make Amiga content available through its EVO 
Connect service.

"Amiga lets users enjoy EVO at home and on their mobile devices ," 
said Derrick Samuels, CEO of Envizions. "The caliber of Amiga's 
content and the new official sports-branded games adds great value to 
EVO."

?EVO greatly enhances the media center with PC and console features,? 
said Greg Sigel, Vice President of Amiga. ?It's a great fit for 
Amiga's cross platform applications both from a player and developer 
perspective.?

About Envizions Computer Entertainment Corporation:

Envizions Computer Entertainment Corporation was incorporated on 
August 10, 2004, and founded by Derrick Samuels. With main 
headquarters located at 801-5 Nobel Street, Anniston, Alabama, the 
company is involved in electronic devices, media and publishing. The 
company's most ambitious project is the highly anticipated EVO: Phase 
One media entertainment unit. For more information, visit 
www.envizionsinc.com
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       N O V A D E S I G N   S E L L I N G   C I N E M A T T E 

9 October, 2006

Cinematte Nova Design is seeking companies interested in adding 
Cinematte to their product line or individuals interested in starting 
a business based on Cinematte.

There is much information regarding Cinematte on this site. What 
ollows is business information regarding the sale of this asset.

Financials
Asking: $45,000
Inventory: $4000 approx. (included in the asking price)

Business Summary
Cinematte was created in 1995 as part of the Amiga (a computer popular 
in the late 1980?s and early 1990?s for desktop video) software 
package, ImageFX. Cinematte was one of the first true digital 
bluescreening software packages for compositing actors, and other 
subjects, photographed against a blue (or other compatible solid 
color) background into another photograph, film or video. While many 
applications on all platforms attempt to provide methods of realistic 
compositing, Cinematte is one of the few that can do this easily and 
realistically using the same methods pioneered in Hollywood features.

In 1996 Cinematte was recreated as a plugin for Adobe?s popular 
Photoshop graphics application. First available under the Windows 
platform and later on Macintosh OS X. At this time Cinematte was spun 
off as its own package and was marketed under a different company name 
to distinguish itself.

Cinematte was a strong seller from the start. Originally thought of as 
a software tool for special effects companies, Cinematte grew to find 
strong appeal in the then-new digital still photography market, 
especially with photographers working with catalog photography and the 
novelty photograph market.

The Amiga version of Cinematte was the last to receive significant 
updates to its functionality in 2002. These new features were 
scheduled for implementation on the Windows/Macintosh version, but 
were never completed. Other versions were also planned for additional 
markets, which would require relatively less programming effort, but 
were also not completed. These markets all still exist, as well as 
many new markets have arisen. For ten years Cinematte has been a 
strong product, and the market still continues to grow for this 
quality compositing package.

Cinematte, under a new vision, could also be sold in partnership with 
many other companies in the non-linear editing (NLE) and digital 
photography worlds as part of bundling or licensing arrangements. 
These could be done as one-time deals or be used to drive sales back 
to the full Cinematte package.

Any existing company in the graphics field would find Cinematte to be 
an excellent addition to its software catalog. Cinematte would also 
make an ideal basis for a business for a programmer looking to start 
his or her own company.

Market Outlook
Competition: Only two partially competing products existing. Both are 
significantly more expensive and lack significant features present in 
our product. User interfaces on competition are more limiting as well. 
No attempt by competition to appeal to larger market in the pro-sumer 
realm.

Growth/Expansion: Expansion possibilities are huge. Cinematte could be 
made available as a plugin product for many other packages and 
platforms that would greatly expand its market. Features developed for 
Amiga version have never been ported to the existing Photoshop plugin.

Distribution: Currently offered through one catalog reseller who does 
a good business and sold online direct without any current promotion.

Demo Reel
The Nova Design, Inc. demo reel, including many sequences bluescreened 
with Cinematte, can be seen on YouTube at 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cAf6cgu5N0

About the Sale
Support/Training: Will provide 60 days of part-time consulting service 
on non-programming issues. Programming consulting available at hourly 
rate.
Trademarks: Cinematte trademark will be transferred to purchaser.
Source Code: All source code will be transferred to purchaser.
Documentation: All documentation for all editions will be transferred 
to purchaser.

Reason Selling: Do not have the time to maintain, nor to build.

Contact
Kermit Woodall can be reached at kermit@novadesign.com, by mail at 
Nova Design, Inc., PO Box 9441, Richmond, VA 23228

http://www.novadesign.com/exoops/modules/news/article.php?storyid=30
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      T W O   A M I K I T   U P D A T E S   I N   O C T O B E R 

AmiKit is a freeware compilation of more than 300 of the finest Amiga 
programs (free/shareware). In short, AmiKit is the way to experience a 
high-end Classic AmigaOS on your Windows system (providing you own 
legal AmigaOS and ROM file, otherwise see our site).

AmiKit contains many expansions and add-ons (more than 25.000 files 
are included!) that turn the default AmigaOS installation into a 
completely renewed and fresh environment. This pre-configured package 
is designed for immediate use.

AmiKit 1.2.3 Live update (24-Oct-2006):

- ADDED:     French catalogs for AmiStart and BoingBall by Eric 
             Luczyszyn
- UPDATED:   AmiKit - ScreenMode AmiKit 1.3
- UPDATED:   Meridian 2.22
- UPDATED:   MMKeyboard 3.23
- UPDATED:   MultiRen 1.63
- UPDATED:   PlayOGG 5.6a
- UPDATED:   SmartFileSystem 1.263
- UPDATED:   TheMPegEncGUI 2.63
- UPDATED:   VICE 1.20 (11-Oct-2006)
- REVERTED:  Jabberwocky 1.5.2 (the newer v1.6 and v1.7b1 crash on 
             exit)

 AmiKit 1.2.2 Live update (03-Oct-2006):

- ADDED:    EaglePlayer replayers (Musicline 4/8V, NoiseTracker, 
            Protracker, TFMX) by Wanted Team (Don Adan)
- UPDATED:  AfA_OS 3.94
- UPDATED:  AmiKit - Live Update 1.1 (now waits 3s before rebooting to 
            ensure the downloaded file has been completely saved)
- UPDATED:  AmiKit - ScreenMode AmiKit 1.2 (workaround for possible 
            incompatibility of 1280x800 screenmode)
- UPDATED:  AmigAIM 0.9455
- UPDATED:  PlayOGG 5.1
- FIXED:    AmigaAMP 68k-Emu engine should work again. It was 
            overwritten by WarpUp version in previous AmiKit update by 
            mistake.

http://amikit.amiga.sk/history.htm
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         A O R G A N I S E R   D I A R Y   P R O G R A M 

Description:    AOrganiser - Diary
Download:   aorganiser.lha       
Version:    0.5
Date:           13 Oct 06
Author:     Andy Broad
Submitter:  Andy Broad
Email:          andy/broad ology org uk
Homepage:   http://www.broad.ology.org.uk/amiga
Category:   office/misc
Replaces:   office/misc/aorganiser.lha
License:    Freeware
Distribute:     yes
FileID:     2164

Diary: Version 0.5 (13/10/2006)
Author: Andy Broad <andy()broad.ology.org.uk>
Copyright: Andy Broad 2006

This is a first release of a simple to use Diary program.
It's conceived as an AmigaOS4 replacement for the Digita Organiser
but is not intended to be a direct clone of that program. It has a
GUI styled on a traditional paper diary and also an Arexx interface,
Oh and it's a commodity.

Installation:

Copy the contents of the archive to the location of your choice.
say Work:Organiser.

Usage:

The archive contains two programs Diary and import.

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DIARY is the main program. It can be run from CLI or workbench.

Tooltypes / command line options

FILE          - the diary file to be loaded. If not set when starting 
                from a Project icon the filename will be derived from 
                the icon.
CX_POPUP/K    - set to YES to open window on program start. (defaults 
                to YES)
CX_POPKEY/K   - sets the popup hotkey, defaults to "ctrl alt d"
CX_PRIORITY/K - set the commodity priority

The GUI is fairly simple, click on EDIT / DELETE to toggle modes, in 
edit mode clicking on a day gadget will bring up a window to enter a 
new event entry. Clicking on an event title will allow editing an 
existing event. In delete mode clicking on and event allows to remove 
it. (with warning req!)

Before iconification or quiting Diary will ask you to save if the 
diary was modified.

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IMPORT is a quick and dirty tool which allows you to convert a Digita 
Organiser 1.1
file to the new format. It works by creating a set of Arexx commands 
that can be pasted into a script. Run this script to create your new 
diary.

eg:
>work:Organiser/Import Ram:olddiaray >ram:new.rexx

Then edit new.rexx adding

/* */

options results
address DIARY

to the beginning of the file.

You may well find you need to edit the arexx commands by hand, 
particularly if had mquotes or apostrophes in any of your titles or 
notes.

It works quite well for a 1.1 file may not work at all for later 
versions. Use with caution, you may lose data.


KNOWN BUGS:

Adding a large number of events to a given day or creating events will 
long title will distort the GUI.


TODO:

Improve the GUI.
Extend Localisation
Extend ARexx interface.
Add Alarms function
Add automation functions. (run commands at start and end of events)
Produce proper documentation (probably html)

HISTORY:

0.5 Changing EndTime gadget will now cause the EndDate gadget to be 
set to the start date if not allready set. Clearing the End Date 
gadget will still clear the EndTime as well.

    When the 1st of the month fell on a sunday it the wrong week would 
be displayed.
    (FIXED)

    Added ICONIFY, SHOW, and HIDE, arexx commands.

    Arexx and commodity quit options now bring up a save requester if 
    the diary has been mofified.
    A cancel option has been added to this requester

    Added NEXT KEY/N ; PREV KEY/N ; GET KEY/N,FIELD/K,STEM/K DELETE
KEY/N/A,FORCE Arexx Comands

    Now displays multiple events in a day in chronological order.

    Added "calender gadget" the "empty" "eigth" day.

    Changed usage of timer.device so that it doesn't matter if the 
    system time is set backwards.

    Added "Actions" on start an end  times of events.

    Rearranged GUI slightly to improve look / save space/

    Added html documentation to the archive.

0.4 First Public release:
0.1. - 0.3 Internal test builds.

LICENSE:

This software is released as FREEWARE, however the author retains the 
right to modify this license for later version of the software.

DISCLAIMER:

No responsibility is taken by the author for any lost data, missed 
appointments etc.


DONATIONS:

This work has been largely been to done to fulfil my own needs and to 
support the AmigaOS 4 community in general, but it does take a lot of 
time so if you would like to make a donation there is a PayPal button 
at http://www.broad.ology.org.uk/amiga/

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=office/misc/aorganiser.lha
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         P A C K A G E S   F O R   X 1 1   A V A I L A B L E 

10 October, 2006

On OS4-depot are four new packages for the X11 environment. Made 
available by Cygnix:

* Cinepaint 0.21.1 (image manipulation program)
* Gimp 1.2.5 (image manipulation program)
* vim 7.0 (text editor)
* Xfce 3.8.16 (desktop manager)

All these packages are alpha versions. This means, that some functions 
of the programs are not working or some tools are missing.
The development is stopped for the moment, because I need time for 
some other projects. I published these projects in the hope, that it 
could be usefull for the community.
Please look at the READMEs for the missing features.

http://os4depot.net/
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         A M I A T L A S   U N D E R G O E S   U P G R A D E

3 October, 2006

At the moment a complete rework/update of the different travel guides 
is in progress. Further there is an extension of the information about 
parks with better maps for a more precise route calculation. Of course 
the emphasis lies on the German map because of the much higher demand. 
The network of streets is uptodate including recently opened highway 
sections.

If someone wishes his residence to be included (even the smallest 
places!) in the map just write a mail with the name of the location, 
Geo-coordinates and information on the street connections (description 
and the exact distance to other locations).

As always we are searching for helpers for data entering! Lists of 
coordinates are always welcome... Alternatively also helpers for the 
entering of the data into the maps themself.

There are also possibilities for the view and print od data in various 
formats like HTML or PDF instead of AmigaGuide.

http://www.amiatlas.de
http://www.apc-tcp.de
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    O N Y X S O F T   R E L E A S E S   F I V E   U P D A T E S

24 October, 2006

OnyxSoft is releasing five software updates! The winter is around the 
corner and our application specialist Deniil has recently snowed in 
and became hyperactive so he releases a bunch of updates apps for your 
satisfaction =) 

Updated programs

AllKeys v2.0 - (OS4,MOS) Hotkey program supporting most multimedia-
keys and mousebuttons. It has a GUI now!

Annotate v2.5 - (OS4) A very comprehensive text editor with a lot of 
functions. These are the major updates: Fixed the not saved config 
bug. Uses application.library. Has AutoUpdate over the net! Uses the 
OS4 slab allocator. Fixed editable hotkeys. Plus many many more small 
fixes and enhancements...

MultiRen v1.63 - (68k) Powerful multi-file renaming tool using MUI. 
Has plugin-support for MP3-renaming and more. Fixed a few minor bugs.

TheMPegEncGUI v2.63 - (68k) Full-featured GUI for MP3-encoders. Fixed 
a bug in the ObtainCDDB code. Fixed a few bugs regarding auto rename. 
Fixed a few things in the ID3 code.

QuickSketch v1.03 - (68k) A simple sketching tool, like a Post-It. A 
few fixes and enhancements including the bug that made it impossible 
to draw before the window was resized.

http://www.onyxsoft.se/
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      A U D I O   E V O L U T I O N   D I S T R I B U T I O N 

4 October, 2006 

As of October 5th 2006, the world-wide distribution and publishing 
contract with Computer City has ended. Also, a large price reduction 
was required to have a competitive pricing when Audio Evolution 5 is 
released early next year on Mac OSX and Windows.

This means that from now on, Audio Evolution 4 can be purchased for 
the incredibly low price of 49 euro (a 100 euro price drop!) from the 
author directly. Because of this price, the full version will be sent 
by email instead of on CD. For users of classic machines on OS3, the 
older Audio Evolution 3 is also available for only 25 euro (with l
imited support). For ordering information, please send an email to 
order@audio-evolution.com or visit the Audio Evolution homepage.

Although AE5 runs partly on OS4/X11 as well, some technical issues 
with wxWidgets on OS4/X11 must be resolved first before AE5 can be 
released on OS4. AE5 will feature multi-channel recording and the use 
of VST effects and/or Audio Units.

For AE4 users, a small update 4.0.9 can be found in the downloads 
section. It fixes an issue preventing it from running on newer 
kernels. It also includes copy and paste functionality in the MIDI 
remote setup window.

http://www.audio-evolution.com
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   S C U M M V M   U P D A T E   ' P A L M O S '   R E V I V E D

29 October, 2006

ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical 
point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data 
files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the 
executables shipped with the game, allowing you to play them on 
systems for which they were never designed!

ScummVM lets you run these adventures: Adventure Soft's Simon the 
Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution's Beneath A Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 and 
Broken Sword 2; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep's Inherit the 
Earth; Coktel Vision's Gobliiins; Westwood Studios' The Legend of 
Kyrandia and games based on LucasArts' SCUMM (Script Creation Utility 
for Maniac Mansion) system. SCUMM is used for many games, 
including Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more. 
Compatibility with supported games is continually improving, so check 
back often.

Among the systems on which you can play those games are Windows, 
Linux, Mac OS X, Dreamcast, PocketPC, PalmOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, OS/2, 
PSP, PS2, SymbianOS/EPOC and many more...

Our forum and IRC channel, #scummvm on irc.freenode.net, are open for 
comments and suggestions. Please read our FAQ before posting.
         
    
Latest Developments
     
Oct. 29th, 2006: ScummVM 0.9.1 "PalmOS revived" released

We are pleased to announce the 0.9.1 ScummVM bugfix release.

There were lots of important bugfixes and small improvements. We are 
also glad that three additional platforms are now officially 
supported: Nintendo DS, GP2X and GP32. You can already download 
official DS and GP2X binaries, and the GP32 port will be available 
soon.

Some of the most significant bugfixes are:

    * Many fixes for Humongous Entertainment games and better support 
      for international versions of the games
    * Improved detection of the FM-TOWNS version of Indy3
    * Several fixes for The Feeble Files and more non-English versions 
      are supported now
    * Some parts of the Kyrandia engine were rewritten so the game 
      needs less CPU power now, and thus works better on lower-end 
      devices
    * The PSP, PS2 and WinCE ports were greatly improved
    * The PalmOS port is again up-to-date and features separate build 
      for Tapwave Zodiac
    * The WinCE port supports 2002 devices again

http://www.scummvm.org/
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Description:    Battle for Wesnoth
Download:   wesnoth.lha       
Version:    1.1.11
Date:           31 Oct 06
Author:     Fredrik Wikstrom (OS4 compile)
Submitter:  Fredrik Wikstrom
Email:          fredrik/a500 org
Homepage:   http://wesnoth.org
Category:   game/strategy
License:    GPL
Distribute:     yes
FileID:     2245
 
This is an OS4 compile of the latest development version of "Battle 
for Wesnoth" on http://wesnoth.org. Thanks to Andrea Palmatè for the 
original OS4 port and to the Wesnoth team for including the necessary 
changes into their CVS, without which this recompile would probably 
have been much harder.

The Battle for Wesnoth is a free, turn-based strategy game with a 
fantasy theme, and is now available for Amiga OS4.

Fight to regain the throne of Wesnoth, of which you are the legitimate 
heir, or use your dread power over the Undead to dominate the land of 
mortals, or lead your glorious Orcish tribe to victory against the 
humans who dared despoil your lands. Wesnoth has many different sagas 
waiting to be played out. You can create your own custom units, and 
write your own scenarios or even full-blown campaigns. You can also 
challenge your friends or strangers and fight multi-player epic 
fantasy battles.

File            Version Size    Date       Readme
wesnoth_old.lha 1.1.7   76Mb    09 Jul 06  Battle for Wesnoth

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• Amiga and MorphOS news of september/october 2006
• News about Amiga Inc
• Interview with Bruno Ethvignot
• Review of FreeCNC
• Review of Primate Plunge
• Review of Torcs
• Comparative : Defender Of The Crown VS Defender Of The Crown 2
• Comparative : Ambient VS Scalos
• Article about the Commodore 64
• Article about flash memory cards
• Hardware : passive cooling of the Pegasos CPU card
• Hardware : transform a Pegasos into a Media Center
• Tutorial : wifi with a Pegasos on MorphOS
• Tutorial : create a common partition for several OS on Pegasos
• The Amiga Quizz of september/october 2006
• The Commdore 64 Quizz

• Interview with Martyn Brown
• Interview with Paul Carrington
• Interview with Filip Dab-Mirowski
• Interview with Edivision
• Interview with Ilkka Lehtoranta

• Many fixes for Humongous Entertainment games and better support for international versions of the games
• Improved detection of the FM-TOWNS version of Indy3
• Several fixes for The Feeble Files and more non-English versions are supported now
• Some parts of the Kyrandia engine were rewritten so the game needs less CPU power now, and thus works better on lower-end devices
• The PSP, PS2 and WinCE ports were greatly improved
• The PalmOS port is again up-to-date and features separate build for Tapwave Zodiac
• The WinCE port supports 2002 devices again

• Bugfix in audio.output and update to 51.5. Added missing stream seek to the start after playback is finished at stream end. Makes it consistent with MMM_Stop (which rewinds stream too).
• netpbm.demuxer 51.2 now fully supports NetPBM "P1" subformat (monochrome plain text images). Internal buffering speeds up decoding of ASCII data.
• bitplane decoder 51.2 has internal buffering added as well. These are two first Reggae classes written in C++.

• ADDED: French catalogs for AmiStart and BoingBall by Eric Luczyszyn
• UPDATED: AmiKit - ScreenMode AmiKit 1.3
• UPDATED: Meridian 2.22
• UPDATED: MMKeyboard 3.23
• UPDATED: MultiRen 1.63
• UPDATED: PlayOGG 5.6a
• UPDATED: SmartFileSystem 1.263
• UPDATED: TheMPegEncGUI 2.63
• UPDATED: VICE 1.20 (11-Oct-2006)
• REVERTED: Jabberwocky 1.5.2 (the newer v1.6 and v1.7b1 crash on exit)

• new autoframeskip logic with fps limiting for both PAL and NTSC
• real 4 channel stereo
• Added new Menu User Interface (Menu Graphics by The Chaos Engine (from our forums))
• Immediate Blits (Helps with compatability)
• Blitter Cycle Exact (Helps with compatability)
• High Density...

• News: Huno Party 4, NASS 6, Preview of Scalos (OS4)
• Reviews: Virtual Grand Prix 2 (MOrphOS), WB Super Games (AmigaOS 4), In Shadow Of Time (AGA)...
• Tutorials: Firewalls under OS4, First Steps with fxPaint, AntiWord...
• Several more articles, among others Lemonade, Last.fm, TiMIDIty, Linux on the AmigaOne...

• Title: Change Reality
• Artist: Tripper
• Style: Electro
• Play length: 4:03
• Format: mp3 @ 160 kbps
• Size: 4.7 MB (ZIP-packed)

• Almost completely re-written
• Upgraded to use the current synergy protocol, v1.3
• All mouse and keyboard OS operations now work properly
• Now a commodity
• No need for a reset handler, the server can now detect when a client drops offline
• Mouse pointer blanking is much more system friendly now. No longer loses the pointer image if you switch back to the Amiga mouse when the synergy mouse is offscreen

• Expanded Arexx interface to allow manipulation of event data
• Automatic launching of commands at start and stop of event
• Html documentation
• Improved GUI for easier navigation / look

• Removes AmigaOS4-only memory types from de_BufMemType if not running on OS4, that way partitions configured to use an OS4-only memory type like MEMF_PRIVATE can be mounted on AmigaOS 3.x as well.
• Removable media support was broken in 1.262, fixed.

• 10.10.06 improved: Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (Mirrorsoft/Probe) Joypad support enhancements (Info)
• 10.10.06 new: Super Skidmarks (Acid Software) done by JOTD (Info)
• 10.10.06 improved: Deliverance (21st Century) new disk imager (Info,Image)
• 08.10.06 improved: CaveMania (Atlantis) megadrive/genesis pad support added (Info)
• 08.10.06 improved: Lionheart (Thalion) supports another version (Info)
• 07.10.06 updated: Lionheart (Thalion) overall reworked, converted to kickemu, several issues fixed, icons and manual added (Info)
• 07.10.06 updated: Enchanted Land (Thalion) overall rework, compatibilty for 68000, icons and manual added (Info)
• 07.10.06 updated: Deliverance (21st Century) trap exceptions fixed, manual and icons added, new install script (Info,Image)
• 07.10.06 updated: Chuck Rock 2 (Core Design) quitkey handling improved (Info)
• 06.10.06 fixed: Questron 2 (SSI) fixed problem with repeated keys, installs correct system-configuration file (Info)
• 04.10.06 updated: Ghost Busters 2 (Activision) access fault removed, new install script, docs added (Info)
• 03.10.06 new: Covert Action (Microprose) done by JOTD (Info)
• 02.10.06 fixed: Legend Of Faerghail (reLINE) fixed bug in access fault fix (Info)
• 02.10.06 updated: Chaos Engine (Bitmap Brothers) added check for rnc packed executable, aga supported properly (Info)
• 18.09.06 updated: Simulcra (Graftgold) new imager and install script (Info)
• 14.09.06 improved: Warhead (Glyn Williams) extro fixed, docs added (Info)
• 14.09.06 updated: F-17 Challenge (Team 17) fixed for WHDLoad 16.6, docs and icons added, new imager (Info)
• 10.09.06 improved: Magnatron (BSP Design) music player fix, can skip intro, infinite energy trainer added, new icons (Info)
• 10.09.06 fixed: Classic Arcadia (Alternative Software) fixed access fault on 060 (Info)
• 10.09.06 fixed: P47 Thunderbolt (Firebird) music player fix, new icons (Info)
• 10.09.06 improved: Crazy Sue 2 (Hironymus Jumpshoe) access fault/music player fixed for 060, gameplay enhancements (Info)
• 10.09.06 improved: Crazy Sue (Hironymus Jumpshoe) access fault/music player fixed for 060, gameplay enhancements (Info)
• 10.09.06 updated: Global Gladiators (Virgin) fast memory usage, protection fix, fixed to work with WHDLoad v16.6 (Info)
• 10.09.06 updated: Crossbow (Screen 7/Intelligent Games) fixed to work with WHDLoad v16.6 (Info)
• 10.09.06 updated: Botics (Krisalis) fixed to work with WHDLoad v16.6 (Info)

• Files with the same fileextension will be summarized, which brings a higher compression rate
• Bugfixes
• Progress bar will be more frequent updated.

• Fixed: optimized scrolling
• Fixed: Better centering on zoom in/out
• Fixed: optimized redraw (askminmax)
• Fixed: crash when closing a window
• Fixed: crash when closing the pubscreen
• NEW: Recessed buttons if active tool
• NEW: Dotted line around active color in palette
• NEW: Colorpicker tool (works in Snap to palette mode and 64-bit mode)