• go over to the VHT Forum and sign-up for a member name,
• kindly do a post (i.e. saying you use AmigaOS 4) in the corresponding thread and
• do your settings on the VHT Forum to keep track of that topic, then you will get an automatic e-mail when there is a new posting to the topic.

• An AREXX port that is useful with new Daniel's Gui
• Support for WMV (don't need to be repetitive. ok?)
• Many endianess bug fixed on many formats (like MOV and NSV)
• Full internet streaming
• A menu on video screen (only when is in window mode)
• The video driver now scale movies correctly (except for 16:9 one when in fullscreen..)
• Last CSV changes
• Compiled with newlib 4.0.2
• surely other things i forgot now..

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              H Y P E R I O N   M A K E S   3 D   D E A L 

         S C U N T H O R P E   S H O W   E A R L Y   I N F O

         T H I N K   C O M M O D O R E   -   O N   A   M A C 

    M U I B A S E   G O E S   G N U   P U B L I C   L I C E N S E 

     A M I Z I L L A   C O N T R I B U T I O N   B Y   C L I C K 

      A M I K I T   U P D A T E   1 . 1 . 0   A V A I L A B L E 

    N E W   E P I S T U L A   F O R   Y O U R   M E S S A G I N G 

           U P D A T E   F O R   A P O D   F O R   I P O D 

  D I S T R I B U T O R   F O R   _ A M I G A   G U R U _   B O O K 

               A M I G A S Y S   N E W   V E R S I O N 

         V 0 5   O F   M I N D S P A C E   A V A I L A B L E 

   S C O U T   S Y S T E M   M O N I T O R   -   O S 4   D E P O T

               A M I D I S K   O N   O S 4   D E P O T 

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Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
 Welcome to spring! Well, it's spring here in the northern half of the 
world anyway once March comes. And appropriately enough, there are 
lots of interesting Amiga things popping up and growing. OK, that's 
probably a stretch as analogies go but it is true we have many things 
of interest for you in this issue.
 You also might want to check out this site:
http://www.dietmar-eilert.net/golded/files.htm
 The 2002 version of the great GoldED Studio AIX (SP2) is now 
available free at the author's site. Note that this is not freely 
distributable software but you may download and use it for no fee. 
There's no story below as there was no annoucement of this to the 
press, but you should find all the information you need at the site or 
in the archive.
 So please enjoy the newsletter, enjoy the new and updated software 
that's come along but, if you live in our half of the world, make sure 
you take some time to enjoy the spring as well. Hmmmm. Now's when an 
Amiga laptop would come in really handy.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

28 March, 2006

Dear Sir / Madam,

 I am a Professor in Engineering College in Pune.
 I have purchase AMIGA 2000 MODEL IN 1990 which were having some* 
software related to REAL-TIME VIDEO EFFECTS TOOL*, as per as my 
knowledge it is known as MANDALA.
 Please inform me if it is available as i require for PROJECT WORK, i  
am ready to buy it.
 So, Please inform as soon as possible.
 Can you tell me when Amiga sold a  *first AMIGA computer with Mandala
Software.*
Waiting for your reply it's urgent.
**
Thanks & Regards
Bhushan Joshi
~~~~~~
 You are asking for what is among the most rare of Amiga software
unfortunately. I performed a quick search and was unable to find 
anyone with Mandala software, or a Live! board, for sale (I don't know 
if you need the Live! board but they are used together).
 If any of our readers has information about a copy of Mandala which 
Professor Joshi could purchase, please send it to us in reply to this 
mailing and we will pass the information along quickly. Information 
about a Live! board might be appreciated as well.
 Thanks!
 Brad
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             H Y P E R I O N   M A K E S   3 D   D E A L 

Leuven, Belgium - 21 March 2006

Hyperion Entertainment VOF announces that it has licensed its 3D 
driver technology for ATI Radeontm 9000 chipsets to Smiths Aerospace 
LLC (UK) . Hyperion's 3D driver technology is OpenGLtm ES compatible 
and was originally developed for Amigatm OS 4, Hyperion's multi-media 
centric, small foot-print embedded OS. Smiths Aerospace has adapted 
Hyperion's 3D drivers to comply with DO-178B standards and has i
ncorporated a 2D version into its current display technology. Smiths 
Aerospace has the future capability to incorporate Hyperion's 3D 
driver technology for use in wide area displays intended for use in 
civil and military aircraft.

About Smiths: Smiths Aerospace, a part of Smiths Group, is a leading
transatlantic aerospace systems and equipment company, with more than 
0,000 employees and $2 billion revenues worldwide. The company holds 
key positions in the supply chains of all major military and civil 
aircraft and engine manufacturers and is a world-leader in digital, 
electrical power, mechanical systems, engine components and customer 
services.

About Hyperion VOF: Hyperion Entertainment VOF is a privately held 
elgian-German company founded in February of 1999. The company s
pecialises in 3D graphics and 3D driver development, firmware 
development for embedded systems, IT consulting and the conversion of
high quality entertainment software from Windows to niche platforms 
including Amiga, Linux (x86,PPC) and MacOS. Since November of 2001 
Hyperion Entertainment has been working on AmigaOS 4.0 for PowerPC 
powered devices, the latest incarnation of the multi-media centric, 
small-footprint operating system originally launched by Commodore 
Business Machines (CBM) in 1985.

http://www.hyperion-entertainment.biz:8080/amiga
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       S C U N T H O R P E   S H O W   E A R L Y   I N F O 

29 March, 2006

Finally, we are happy to announce the Scunthorpe Amiga Group show of 
2006, named AmiRevival. The show will take place on Saturday the 29th 
of July 2006 at the Kingsway Centre in Scunthorpe, UK.



A complete website will be going online soon, but rest assured we plan 
to vastly improve upon last year's show. It's time to crank it into 
turbo!

Watch out for updates on our website: www.AmiRevival.com

Anyone who can't wait for the full website to go live but would like 
to help out in any way whatsoever please contact us: 
contact@amirevival.com
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        T H I N K   C O M M O D O R E   -   O N   A   M A C 

27 March, 2006

After one month of development Think Commodore is finally online.

 What is "Think Commodore"?

Think Commodore is a website about emulating old Commodore computers 
such as the C64 and the Amiga on your Macintosh. The website also 
covers subjects such as C64 or Amiga games, demos, music, how to copy 
iles from your Mac back to your trusty old Commodore etc.

I switched from the WinTel world to the Macintosh approx. one and a 
half years ago. I soon came to realize that while there are tons of 
websites covering Commodore emulation, SID music, Protracker modules, 
games, demos etc., information about Commodore emulation on the Mac is 
very scarce. Many websites about Commodore emulation on the Mac are 
old and obsolete, they aren't updated regularly and some websites/
teams completely ignore the Mac even though some nifty programmer has 
done a Mac port of that particular software or project.

That's the reason why I started "Think Commodore".

Hopefully you'll find this site useful and check back here regularly.
Feel free to drop me an email if you have suggestions on how to i
mprove the site.


Cheers,

Søren Ladegaard - Denmark

...oh, in case you were wondering "Think Commodore" is a homage to the 
classic Apple slogan "Think different". But you already knew that, 
didn't you? ;-)


http://www.thinkcommodore.com/
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   M U I B A S E   G O E S   G N U   P U B L I C   L I C E N S E 

4 March, 2006

 MUIbase (Magic data BASE with User Interface) is a relational 
programmable database with user interface.

Begining in March, 2006, MUIbase for Amiga and Amiga-related operating 
systems is now distributed under the Gnu General Public License. The 
source code and binaries for m68kAmigaOS are made available as part of 
a sourceforge project. We hope that developers for the new AmigaOS 4, 
the MorphOS and AROS will also compile versions for these operating 
systems. 
 
At this point, we would like to thank all who supported us in the past 
and all who registered MUIbase. From the new version 2.0 on, no 
keyfile for running all features of MUIbase on Amiga is necessary any 
more. 
 
We still hope for support from the Amiga community. Please write us 
your comment. It will also be possible to make us a donation if you 
feel you want to financially support us. 
 
Happy MUIbase'ing, 
 
Steffen Gutmann 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/muibase
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    A M I Z I L L A   C O N T R I B U T I O N   B Y   C L I C K 

19 March 2006

In an effort to raise even more money for AmiZilla to motivate 
programmers trying to win the contest AmiZilla now supports AdSense 
and adds those dollars to the booty. If you have a few minutes please 
go to http://www.amizilla.net and click on some of our sponsers and 
look at what they are offering. Your pay for click dollars will be 
added to the contest. Donations to AmiZilla now stand @ $10,204.27. 
Bill (tekmage) Borsari got the booty just over $10,000 with his large 
donation so will be able to get any software product from DiscreetFX 
for free. Thanks everyone for your efforts to get FireFox/Mozilla 
running on Amiga OS.

Best regards

DiscreetFX Team
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      A M I K I T   U P D A T E   1 . 1 . 0   A V A I L A B L E 

28 March, 2006 

 "AmiKit is the compilation of the best Amiga (free/shareware) 
programs around. To be brief, AmiKit is all you need if you want to 
experience a high-end Classic Amiga system. It contains many 
expansions and add-ons (more than 20.000 files are included in 
AmiKit!) that turn the default AmigaOS installation into a completely 
renewed and fresh environment. This pre-configured package is designed 
for immediate use. Moreover, it contains an exciting surprise for the 
whole Amiga community, see the features or screenshots!"

 AmiKit now supports antialiased TrueType fonts! 
 Loading speed of icons has been increased!
 Quality of icon rendering has been increased!
 WinUAE emulation software updated to version 1.2.0
 AmiKit now contains the largest collection of AmigaOS3.9 patches.

DESCRIPTION OF NEW SOFTWARE IN THIS UPDATE:

AfA_OS 3.93 by Bernd Roesch
"AROS For Amiga" project ports the AROS sources and make them 
available for classic AmigaOS. Since AROS is more up-to-date, it 
provides a lot of new features and system bugfixes for AmiKit! For 
example, AfA_OS is responsible for icon loading speedup, enchanced 
icon rendering, TrueType font support etc.

AmiStart 0.66b (exclusive AmiKit version) by Darius Brewka
This great taskbar software has been updated for AmiKit. It works in 
detached mode now so it does not steal the active state from other 
tasks and windows anymore!

AISS 2.2 by Martin 'Mason' Merz
"Amiga Image Storage System" is a system to store, access and maintain 
toolbar images under AmigaOS.

AmiSSL 3.6 by Andrija Antonijevic and Stefan Burstroem
AmiSSL is a shared library package, port of OpenSSL which is "a 
collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, full-
featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets 
Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as 
well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library".

Ken Lester has painted fresh new toolbar images for DOpus5! These 
images are used as default now. Your old toolbar is stored as 
"DOpus5:Buttons/toolbar_104bak". Rename it to "DOpus5:Buttons/toolbar" 
to have it back.

Meridian 2.20 by Guido Mersmann
You all know PDAs where you can draw lines with a pen on the display 
and the PDA converts these combinations into characters or functions. 
Meridian does exactly this! Meridian is a small commodity to create 
virtual hotkeys by using the mouse. You paint a square and Meridian 
starts the requested action. Since the starting point and the 
direction is also important, there are countless combinations you can 
use. Eg. hold down the middle mouse button and move your mouse to 
upper-right direction and watch the result!

MUIbase 2.0 by Steffen Gutmann
MUIbase is a fast and very flexible database for the Amiga. It is for 
users who want to manage data in a comfortable and easy way. MUIbase 
is able to manage any kind of data, e.g. addresses, CD series, movies, 
or your income and expense. The power of MUIbase lies in its clear and 
powerful graphical user interface and its programming capabilities. 
The latter makes it possible to automatically calculate and maintain 
nearly everything, starting from automatically summing up values, e.g. 
for calculating the total amount of income or the total amount of 
recorded time of a CD, up to automatically creating and printing 
letters for any purpose.

StormMesa libraries 3.1 by Haage&Partner Computer GmbH
These 3D libraries are almost completely OpenGL compatible and 
provides 3D features to Amiga. Try a demo in AmiKit:Utilities/
Expansion/StormMesa/GLProgs drawer or find more on Aminet.

Sudoku 1.3 by Silicon Wizards
A popular game in a computer form. Special thanks to Michael Lanser!

AmiKit now contains the largest collection of unofficial patches for 
AmigaOS3.9:
- Amigaguide.datatype 45.6
- Console.device 44.10
- FastFileSystem 45.14
- Icon.library 45.4
- MultiView 45.10
- RAM-Handler 44.23
- Rexxsyslib.library 44.2
- Shell 45.12
- Workbench.library 45.130
The installation of these patches is optional. Run "Install Patches" 
to install them.

http://amikit.amiga.sk/
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    N E W   E P I S T U L A   F O R   Y O U R   M E S S A G I N G 

10 March, 2006

Epistula is to AmigaOS what GAIM is to Linux and Windows. For people 
not in the know, GAIM is an instant messenger application which can 
handle a variety of IM protocols, for example Microsoft MSN, AOL AIM 
and Yahoo Messenger.

I know JabberWocky can provide a similar service, but that requires 
extra setting up with Jabber ID's etc. This way, you can log straight 
onto your favourite protocol, by-passing any need for yet another IM 
account. One of the main reasons I started to write this client was 
because I couldn't be bothered with Jabber... I can't be the only 
one... can I?

Unlike GAIM, Epistula is written in a modular fashion in that each 
'protocol' is a plugin which can be installed, and updated, seperately 
from the main application and other plugins.

Epistula is initially only in development for AmigaOS 4, but hopefully 
in not-to-distant future, will also be made available for MorphOS, 
AmigaOS 3.1 and AROS.

People looking for individual 68k instant messengers available now 
wouldn't be going far wrong looking at JabberWocky, AmiMSN and 
AmigAIM.
    
Friday, 10th March 2006

I've spent quite a bit of time developing this last week, both 
changing the website and updating the client and MSN plugin. Thanks to 
everyone who sent in numerous crash logs and serial output, they've be 
invaluable in tracking down various bugs.

I'd also like to point out that since Epistula is getting more and 
more stable, that this will be the last update to the demo version. 
All future features will only be available to registered users, 
although plugin updates should also work with the demo.

The following changes have been made to Epistula and the MSN plugin:

    * MSN plugin has now been updated to MSN Protocol 11
    * Group names are now UTF-Decoded/Encoded in the MSN plugin before 
being sent to Epistula
    * Fixed the secure authentication which stopped quite a few people 
logging into MSN. Those unable to login before, but could with GAIM or 
the official client should find this allows them to login with 
Epistula now
    * MSN plugin now respects your initial presence as specified in 
the plugin settings
    * Plugin integration with Epistula has had a massive re-write
    * Epistula will now check for the minimum required MUI custom 
classes before launching
    * General messages window fixed to display the correct message 
when selected from the list
    * Slight cosmetic changes
    * Various memory leaks/bugs fixed

http://www.the-snakepit.co.uk/epistula/
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          U P D A T E   F O R   A P O D   F O R   I P O D 

29 March, 2006

I have just uploaded an update to aPod, my iPod management program.

The new version allows to copy multiple songs across at once and to 
sort the song listview by clicking on the various columns.

apod is an application to mantain and synchronise your mp3 collection 
on your iPod using from a Amiga OS4 computer with usb.

apod is written in perl and utilises the perl_Reaction interface to 
the OS4 reaction gui. The interface with the ipod is maintained using 
the Mac::iPod::GNUpod module.

INSTALLATION:

NOTE: If installing for the first time, apod requires the following 
perl modules to be installed, if updating you only need to copy the 
apod and .apodrc files.


perl_Reaction version .02 available from (os4depot.net)
Mac::iPod::GNUpod (included)
Audio::Wav (included)
MP3::Info (included)
Unicode::String (incuded)
XML::Parser (included)

install any of these you don't yet have by CD ing into their 
directory, starting abc-shell and typing

perl Makefile.PL LINKTYPE=DYNAMIC
make
make install

copy apod and .apodrc to the location of your choice say work:apod/
assign apod: to this directory.

edit the paths in .apodrc to reflect the name of your ipod etc.


PREPARING TOUR IPOD:

You may need to create the directory
<ipodname>:iPod_Control/.gnupod/
otherwise your ipod requires no special initialisation.

Your ipod still requires the apple firmware etc this pogram only 
handles copying of music file to and from the ipod.

USAGE:

perl apod --help

to get usage

or

perldoc apod to get full pod documentation.

HISTORY:

1.1

Added Multiselect to Addsongs.
Song List can now be sorted by Columns

1.0

Initial Public Release



KNOWN BUGS:

The underlying mac::ipod::gnupod module appears to have some problems 
with smartplaylists. If you get a problem with this email me, for a 
workarround.


TODO:

Mac::iPod::GNUpod ofers some sophisticated search options and a 
variation on smartplaylists based on these. adding support for these 
will be done in the not too far distant future.

Send an Feature requests to me by email and I'll see what I can do...


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
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  D I S T R I B U T O R   F O R   _ A M I G A   G U R U _   B O O K 

17 March, 2006 

APC&TCP is proud to announce that it has taken the distribution of the 
"Amiga-Guru-Book".

The over 500 pages thick book in German edition is available now in 
the APC&TCP online shop due to the cooperation with Ralph Babel.

http://www.apc-tcp.de
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              A M I G A S Y S   N E W   V E R S I O N 

21 March, 2006

AmigaSYS 3 R3 for AmigaOS 3.9 users

What is AmigaSYS ?

AmigaSYS is a pre-installed full Amiga OS for WinUAE, like AIAB.
For install, you need a valid KickstartROM 3.0/3.1, and the image file 
of Workbench and Extras Disk 3.0/3.1.

AmigaSYS 2- support Amiga OS 3.9  , needs KickROM 3.1 and optional a 
valid OS 3.9 CD for full features.

AmigaSYS 3 support : H&P AmigaOS 3.9 , Amiga Forever 2005 , and 
AmigaOS XL.
  

New Features :

- New Theme Engine BETA (modified files , extras , new scripts , 
pictures , display mode selecter, faster!).
- New Theme Engine feature, Theme SAVER BETA, SAVE your current theme 
and LOAD anytime!.
- New Theme Engine modified Littlemonster theme.
- New Theme Engine modified Themes ( Picture , display mode etc).

New Programs :

- ADDED AmigaAMP Prefs 1.24.
- ADDED AMISSL v3 for IBROWSE.
- ADDED AKPNG 45.49+ Prefs.
- ADDED AKTIFF 45.49+ Prefs.
- ADDED BareEd 0.9953.
- ADDED JoinSpliter 1.3.
- ADDED LHA 2.12.
- ADDED MMKeyboard 3.16 (WinUAE version , configure your multimedia 
keyboard!).
- ADDED PlayOGG 3.7.
- ADDED Scout 37.285.
- ADDED Some Librarys.
- ADDED TTF Fonts support + 1 BitstreamVera and BitstreamVeraBlondL 
font.


AmigaSYS 3 R3 for AmigaOS 3.0 or 3.1 users

New Features :

- New Modifies FileMaster prefs.
- New Birdie and Wb pattern.
- New Font Prefs.
- New feature BETA , AmigaSYS S, U startup script.
- New Theme Engine BETA (modified files , extras , new scripts , 
pictures , display mode selecter, faster!). 3.9
- New Theme Engine feature, Theme SAVER BETA, SAVE your current theme 
and LOAD anytime!. 3.9
- New Theme Engine modified Littlemonster theme. 3.9
- New Theme Engine modified Themes ( Picture , display mode etc). 3.9

New Programs :

- ADDED AmigaAMP Prefs 1.24.
- ADDED AMISSL v3 for IBROWSE.
- ADDED AKPNG 45.49+ Prefs.
- ADDED AKTIFF 45.49+ Prefs.
- ADDED BareEd 0.9953.
- ADDED JoinSpliter 1.3.
- ADDED LHA 2.12.
- ADDED MMKeyboard 3.16 (WinUAE version , configure your multimedia 
keyboard!).
- ADDED PlayOGG 3.7.
- ADDED Scout 37.285.
- ADDED Some Librarys.
- ADDED TTF Fonts support + 1 BitstreamVera and BitstreamVeraBlondL 
font.


More info and download :

http://amigasys.fw.hu
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        V 0 5   O F   M I N D S P A C E   A V A I L A B L E 

7 March, 2006

MindSpace V05 is now available for download from the MindSpace 
Website.

MindSpace enables the user to produce:
*MindMaps
*Flowcharts
*A range of UML diagrams

In the future, MindSpace will output template code for C/C++ 
structures, functions and classes.


Changes in V05:

*Shadowing - so you can actually see what you are doing!
*Multiple Undo - retrace up to 50 steps
*Menus and keyboard shortcuts

Thanks to all those who voted in the recent poll and for our 
betatesters!

http://www.ast-workshops.co.uk/MindSpace/
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   S C O U T   S Y S T E M   M O N I T O R   -   O S 4   D E P O T

Description:    System monitor (MUI & TCP/IP stack optional)
Download:   scout.lha 
Version:    3.5
Date:   13 Mar 06
Author:     Scout Open Source team
Submitter:  Thore Böckelmann
Email:  tboeckel/gmx de
Homepage:   http://sourceforge.net/projects/scoutos/
Requirements:   AmigaOS 4.0, MUI 3.8
Category:   utility/misc
Replaces:   utility/misc/scout.lha
License:    Other
Distribute:     yes
FileID:     1713

This is the official continuation of the famous (and fabulous :-)
system monitor from Andreas Gelhausen.


What is Scout?
==============

Scout is a tool that allows you to monitor your computer system. It 
displays many different things -- like tasks, ports, assigns, 
expansion boards, resident commands, interrupts, etc. -- and you can 
perform some certain actions on them.

For example you can freeze tasks, close windows and screens, release 
semaphores or remove locks, ports and interrupts.

Through AmiTCP it's also possible to use Scout as a TCP/IP service.

Since version 2.0 of Scout you can use nearly all implemented 
functions through shell parameters. Therefore it's not necessary to 
install MUI for using Scout, but you will need MUI if you want to use 
Scout with its graphical user interface.

BTW: Scout can open 49 different windows! :-)

PS: Along with V3.3 this number is even higher than 49, but I am too 
lazy to count all the different windows :)


Changes from release 3.4 to release 3.5:
========================================

  o This newly created archive also contains the latest NList classes, 
which are also available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/nlist-
classes/.

  o Too many changes to list them all. All in all there were almost 
next to no functional changes, but lots of system specific additions. 
The biggest change however is that Scout now comes in a native OS4 
flavour :) That means we now have three different builds: OS2/3, OS4 
and MorphOS. The OS3 build should run under both, OS4 and MorphOS, but 
cannot really make any real advantage of the new system enhancements. 
The OS4 and the MorphOS builds however will make use of system 
specific enhancements as far as this is possible and gives any 
advantage.

  o all builds may list PCI boards in the expansion window. The OS4 
build uses the PCI interface of expansion.library, while the MOS build 
will use openpci.library to query all the details. OS3 support for 
openpci.library will hopefully come in the next release, together with 
a detail window for PCI boards.


http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=utility/misc/
scout.lha
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             A M I D I S K   O N   O S 4   D E P O T 

Description:    File manager for OS4
Download:   amidisk.lha     
Version:    1.04
Date:   14 Mar 06
Author:     FLORAC Roland
Submitter:  FLORAC Roland
Email:  rflorac/free fr
Requirements:   OS4, PowerPC
Category:   utility/filetool
Replaces:   utility/filetool/amidisk.lha
License:    Freeware
Distribute:     yes
FileID:     1718
    
Handles mouse wheel.
Better vertical proportionnal gadgets handler.
Bug on the Comments handler corrected (didn't work for ALL files)
New prefs button to desactivate bubble help.
String gadget path bug corrected (didn't work when the tab wasn't 
active).


Installation :
    If you are updating from a previous version, just copy the AmiDisk
    executable in place of the old one.
    I suggest you don't copy the prefs file if you want to keep your 
    old preferences. Use the import button to try the new classes.

New installation :
    Just copy the AmiDisk drawer in the SYS:utilities drawer. Then 
    delete the files you don't need (catalogs, icons, guide, logo...)
    You can keep only AmiDisk, AmiDisk.info and AmiDisk.prefs if you
    want.

Perhaps, your old configuration will not be totaly readen, launching 
AmiDisk version 1.04. The state of the double clic button is slowly 
modified in the prefs file, so check it in the prefs menu, and save 
the configuration. Il will work on next run.

http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=utility/
filetool/amidisk.lha
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• Amiga premiere in Frankfurt (MOV, 253 MB)
• TV-Spot 1 (MOV, 3,3 MB)
• TV-Spot 2 (follows)
• TV-Spot 3 (follows)

• Icon launch bar
• Customizable
• Skinable (6 skins included)
• 3 included catalog files (catalan, spanish, english)
• Text under icons
• Selectable color text
• Work with Dockies (around 300 images included)
• Sound support on mouse click over icon
• Animated icon on mouse over
• Added one screen blanker - more blankers to follow
• Added jukebox - automatic playback of random mp3-file at start
• Information screen for mp3 files - no id3-read yet, though
• A lot more of new dockies - now in lila style XD
• AROS, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, WarpOS and AmigaOS/68k executables

• AmiKit now supports antialiased TrueType fonts
• Loading speed of icons has been increased
• Quality of icon rendering has been improved
• WinUAE emulation software updated to version 1.2.0
• AmiKit now contains the largest collection of AmigaOS3.9 patches

• added 'Abort' buttons to check, scan and find lost files actions
• added possibility to change disk cache size using tooltypes
• added options to 'Find lost files' and 'Repair disk' modules
• added 'quick scan' mode, usefull for finding deleted files
• fixed ugly bug in 'Find lost files' and 'Repair disk' modules that was introduced in previous version (some 'found' files might be incorectly restored on disk).

• Shadowing - so you can actually see what you are doing
• Multiple Undo - retrace up to 50 steps
• Menus and keyboard shortcuts

• enabled AltiVec blitters for HW and SW surfaces (MorphOS 1.5 needed)
• more fixes to Unicode support
• faster and better colorkey routines (no custom CGX code anymore)
• fixed crash in custom SDL_FreeRW() routine (some games didnt work because of it)
• fixed broken libnix initialization in powersdl_sound.library which could cause random memory trash and other problems
• powersdl.library bumped to version 11.8
• powersdl_sound.library bumped to version 1.1
• included russian locale courtesy of Vinnny
• removed C= installer file since it is obsoleted by MorphUp

• Herman Clement will present his Pegasos PC
• Robert Sprokholt will give a video projector lecture on the Amiga
• Various Amiga types like the A500, A600, A1000, A1200, A4000 or the CDTV are being exhibited.
• Nevertheless it is regular CGG meeting. Thus all the other owners of Commodore PCs like the C64, C128, C16 or Plus/4 will also participate.
• Further Amiga information will be available in the club magazine 'Info Bulletin'

• New Theme Engine BETA (modified files, extras, new scripts, pictures, display mode selecter, faster!)
• New Theme Engine feature, Theme SAVER BETA, SAVE your current theme and LOAD anytime!
• New Theme Engine modified Littlemonster theme
• New Theme Engine modified Themes ( Picture , display mode etc)

• New Modifies FileMaster prefs
• New Birdie and Wb pattern
• New Font Prefs
• New feature BETA , AmigaSYS S, U startup script
• New Theme Engine BETA (modified files, extras, new scripts, pictures, display mode selecter, faster!)
• New Theme Engine feature, Theme SAVER BETA, SAVE your current theme and LOAD anytime!
• New Theme Engine modified Littlemonster theme
• New Theme Engine modified Themes (Picture, display mode etc)

• AmigaAMP Prefs 1.24
• AMISSL v3 for IBROWSE
• AKPNG 45.49+ Prefs
• AKTIFF 45.49+ Prefs
• BareEd 0.9953
• JoinSpliter 1.3
• LHA 2.12
• MMKeyboard 3.16 (WinUAE version , configure your multimedia keyboard!)
• PlayOGG 3.7
• Scout 37.285
• Some Librarys
• TTF Fonts support + 1 BitstreamVera and BitstreamVeraBlondL font

• accelerated line drawing
• rectangles
• filled rectangles
• polygons

• Update 1.1 Object
• Update 1.5 Greetings (authors, translators, donators)
• Update 2.1 Presentation of the Pegasos
• Add 2.1.3 The processor card
• Update 2.2 Pegasos versions
• Add 2.2.2 Specificities of the ODW
• Update 2.3 Hardware compatibility
• Update 2.4 Hardware and software known problems
• Update 2.6 Where to buy a Pegasos ? (ex. 7.1)
• Update 2.7 Websites about the Pegasos (ex. 7.2)
• Update 3.1 Presentation of MorphOS
• Update 3.2 Installation of MorphOS
• Update 3.3 Presentation of the MorphOS tree
• Update 3.6 Ambient
• Changed 3.6.7 Compiling CVS Ambient version splited in 3.6.7 Obtaining the latest Ambient version and 7.2 Compiling Ambient
• Update 3.7 Tips and hints
• Add 3.7.6 Using MorphUP, the packages manager
• Update 3.8 Network setting
• Update 3.8.1 TCP/IP stack install under MorphOS
• Add 3.8.1.2 Installing MOSNet
• Update 3.8.2 ADSL with a Freebox (France only)
• Move 3.8.3 as 3.8.3.4 ADSL on Freebox
• Update 3.8.3 Connection of a Pegasos to a network LAN with DHCP (Internet via ADSL modem)
• Update 3.9 Software development on MorphOS
• Update 3.10 Overview of MorphOS softwares and moved to 7.1
• Update 3.12 Sites about MorphOS (ex. 7.2, 7.3)
• Update 4.3 Linux Ubuntu (mostly KDE)
• Add 4.3.3 Installation of Xfce
• Add 6.3 CDGA
• Add 6.6 Mupper rescue CD
• Add 6.7 Others Live CD

• All reported issues with the GUI have been fixed. We had reports of crashing from users - everything should be fine now.
• A few other bugs and fixes on the GUI, too. The binary is the same as the previous release.

• higher difficulty level
• HTML guide with ten pages of tips to solve the riddles
• Background music a sound effects
• Problems removed when running on WinUAE
• Several smaller bug fixings

• Packages can be grouped by type.
• Theoreticaly unlimited packages per group and unlimited dirs/files per package.
• Can handle file size up to (the DOS limitation of) 2 GB.
• Extraction of files without the need of unpacking the whole package.
• Real directory structures in packages.
• 3 different package types:
  
  • Full packages, to transfer a huge amount of files at once.
  • Single packages, to safe bandwitch if only a few files need to transfered.
  • Link packages, to refer to other archives.
• Full packages automaticly split into parts if they grow too larger while generation.
• Dynamic block compression based on zlib.
• Fully asyncron, any function can be aborted at any time. The task-priority can be set for each asyncron function.
• Differentiation between system and application files.
• Fast installation, uninstallation, extraction and convertion routines.
• Tag-based saving to easy add things later.

• Multithreaded MUI applications, can handle multiple indexes at same time.
• Many editing functions like: add, remove, makedir, add recursive...
• Cut&Paste edit mode, even over different packages.
• Dynamic context menus everywhere, even in list-titels.
• Full locale support.
• Disabling of unwanted indexes, package classes and packages.
• Setable colors, styles and dateformat in all listtrees and lists.
• Controlable through application menus, contextmenus, keyboard.
• Detailed information groups for packages and files.
• Toolbar with replaceable icons.

• Configurable datatype system with MIME-support.
• Configurable data classes system, to avoid hardcoded paths.
• Configurable package classes system, to avoid hardcoded paths.
• Uses XAD system to support many types of archives in link packages.
• Packages can have a picture, any size and type is supported.
• Multilevel log system with possibility to log to disk.
• Small memory usage.

• antialiasing scaling modes
• file selector
• creating additional subpages or files
• color selector changes
• bugs removed

• Added LoadSeg() and NewLoadSeg() patches
• Updated quicklayers.library with three new patches: BeginUpdate(), EndUpdate(), InstallClipRegion()
• C-code now compiled with vbcc V0.8i by Volker Barthelmann
• Now it reports correct loading of FAllocRasterExcludeList

• MSN plugin has now been updated to MSN Protocol 11
• Group names are now UTF-Decoded/Encoded in the MSN plugin before being sent to Epistula
• Fixed the secure authentication which stopped quite a few people logging into MSN. Those unable to login before, but could with GAIM or the official client should find this allows them to login with Epistula now
• MSN plugin now respects your initial presence as specified in the plugin settings
• Plugin integration with Epistula has had a massive re-write
• Epistula will now check for the minimum required MUI custom classes before launching
• General messages window fixed to display the correct message when selected from the list
• Slight cosmetic changes
• Various memory leaks/bugs fixed

• Rate update of daily rates didn't work
• Program crash when the safety question was denied before quitting the program
• Button "Save settings at quit program" was not functional

• Fixed an interrupt handler problem (interrups on port >1 could be missed) with the SATA drivers
• Fixed the "strange pause" problem with sii0680
• Fixed the strange "WB drag & drop copy trashes files" problem observed by very few of you with a1ide
• Fixed a couple of very minor bugs in IDETool

• enhanced datatype system
  
  • added ~150 datatypes
  • added mimetypes-support
  • added support for standard amigados-pattern
• added 'Mimetypes'-column to the lists. if you don't see the column, check listtile-contextmenu

• 05.03.06 new: Time (Empire) done by CFOU! (Info)
• 05.03.06 improved: Supaplex (Digital Integration) supports another version, new install script, other changes (Info,Image)
• 05.03.06 updated: Monty Pythons Flying Circus (Core Design/Virgin) new install script, highscores fixed (Info)
• 02.03.06 fixed: Technocop (Imagexcel) now NTSC tooltype works (Info)
• 02.03.06 improved: Hollywood Poker Pro (Softgold) many fixes, new imager (Info)
• 02.03.06 improved: Alien Breed (Team 17) fixed second button handling, new icons, manual, solution and cheats added (Info)
• 21.02.06 improved: Mean Streets (U.S.Gold) supports german version too (Info)
• 17.02.06 new: Sensible Train Spotter (Sensible Software) done by Galahad (Info,Image)
• 16.02.06 new: QBic (Ronald Pieket Weeserik) done by JOTD (Info,Image)
• 16.02.06 improved: Another World / Out of this World (Delphine Software) adapted to WHDLoad v16 (Info)
• 14.02.06 improved: Waxworks (Accolade) supports french version too (Info)
• 14.02.06 fixed: Stratego (Accolade) icon tooltypes corrected (Info)
• 10.02.06 new: Sensible Soccer (Sensible Software) done by Psygore (Info)
• 10.02.06 new: Moonfall (21st Century Entertainment) done by JOTD (Info)
• 10.02.06 improved: Voodoo Nightmare (Palace Software) supports another version (Info)

• Linux kernel 2.6.15.4 with integrated ASFS-support
• Soundcards available as module
• Selection of the MOL-data/config partition via kernel-commandline
• Integration of awk - so tunconfig should work now
• Addition of mkswap
• Addition of the missing default gateway line in start-misc
• USB2.0 device problem fixed

• Amiga and MorphOS news of january/february 2006.
• Interview with Olivier Adam (AROS developper).
• Review of Quake 3 Arena.
• Review of Sudoku.
• Point of view : wrapper GTK/MUI.
• Point of view : discovered of AROS.
• Article about beginning on MorphOS and Pegasos (update).
• Hardware : SCSI bus of the BlizzardPPC 603e+.
• Tutorial : use of the keyboard.
• Tutorial : use and configuration of CTorrent.
• Tutorial : Perfect Paint - draw a CD.
• Tutorial : installation of Linux Ubuntu on Pegasos II.
• Tutorial : delete a Master Boot Record.
• The Amiga quizz

• Support of further languages, a test version of the English catalogue file is included; the language is automatically adapted to the system language at the program's start and cannot be changed manually in its current condition
• Improved compatibility with MorphOS and AmigaOS 4
• Small changes of the user interface
• Redesign of the import manager