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15.Oct.2004
amigaworld.net (website)


 Glowicon collection: Workbench drawers with 256 colors
Ken Lester has released a complete set of Workbench drawer icons with 256 colors (screenshots: 1, 2). They require AmigaOS 4 or the "Powericons" patch from Elena Novaretti.

Direct Download: Ken's_Icons.lha (346 KB) (cg)

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15.Oct.2004



 AmigaOS 4: New uploads at os4depot.net
New uploads which have been added to os4depot.net recently: 

faad_library.lha  aud/mis   2Mb OS4 port of libfaad. (AAC Decoder)
tunenet.lha       aud/pla  86kb Basic Shoutcast and MP3 Player
powericonsos4.lha uti/mis 713kb 32-bit PNG icons on your Amiga
png2ico.lha       gra/con 198kb png2ico converts .PNG files to Windows .ICO icon
rsambaprefs.lha   net/sam  46kb SambaPrefs
(cg)

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15.Oct.2004



 IBM publishes Object Rexx under Open Source licence
Today the sources of "Object Rexx" which is the successor of the script language "Rexx" (on Amiga known as "ARexx") have been released under the Open Source licence CPL (Common Public License).

The further development of Object Rexx is organized by the Rexx Language Association. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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15.Oct.2004
Amigaworld.net (website)


 AmigaOS4: LMarbles and Abe's Amazing Adventure ported/Shell command Eject
With LMarbles and Abe's Amazing Adventure Richard Drummond has ported another two games for AmigaOS4. Additionally he offers a native Eject command for opening CD drives.

LMarbles is a SDL based mental game which was inspired by the Amiga classic Atomix.

Abe's Amazing Adventure which is also SDL based is a platform game of the old school.

Download:
LMarbles-1.0.7-A1.lha (1.3 MB)
Abe-1_0-A1.lha (3.5 MB)
Eject_51.1.lha (3 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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14.Oct.2004



 Software News Summary

Online CD Databank: FreeDB (Beta)

"FreeDB" is a graphic overlay for the Internet-based CD databank freedb.org.

Link: FreeDB Homepage
Direct download: freedb.lha (551 KB)

Report+ 6.12b

Die Freeware Report+ version 6.12b has been released. The tool is based on ReAction/GadTools, requires AmigaOS 3.9 and offers many different functions. For example you can make Aminet "readme" files with Report+, the Commodore bug reporting tool may be replaced with it, and the byte-count for any designation may be revealed. In the newest version a few mistakes have been taken care of.

Direct download: ReportPlus.lha (300 KB)

Worm Wars 8.21

"Worm Wars" is a Tron clone by James "Amigan" Jacobs (screenshot). Version 8.21 brings several optimizations and bugfixes.

Direct download: WormWars.lha (697 KB)

Hollywood game: SuperSoccer

"SuperSoccer" is a mini-game created with Hollywood.

Direct download: SuperSoccer.lha (970 KB) (cg) (Translation: dm)

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14.Oct.2004
Christian Geier (e-mail)


 Guide: Installation of Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 on the Pegasos I
The Image_Installer team has published on their website under the title link a detailed guide on how to install the current version 4.0 of Yellow Dog Linux from the official Board Support Package for the Pegasos II (amiga-news.de reported) also onto the Pegasos I. (snx)

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14.Oct.2004
Kultpower.de (ANF)


 Kultpower.de: New Game Review Scans from the Year 1990
21 new game reviews from the June 1990 Powerplay have been released, at Kultpower.de:
  • Afterburner (Mega Drive)
  • Antheads (Amiga)
  • Assault City (Master System)
  • Castle Master (Amiga)
  • City Hunter (PC-Engine)
  • Code-Name: Iceman (MS-DOS)
  • Conquests of Camelot (MS-DOS)
  • Cybercore (PC-Engine)
  • Dragon's Lair 2: Escape from Singe's Castle (Amiga)
  • F29 Retaliator (Amiga)
  • Gunboat (MS-DOS)
  • Jumping Jack Son (Amiga)
  • Manchester United (Amiga)
  • Midwinter (Atari ST)
  • Nemesis (Gameboy)
  • Player Manager (Atari ST)
  • Section Z (NES)
  • Skidz (Amiga)
  • Space Invaders (PC-Engine)
  • Tangled Tales (MS-DOS)
  • Tank (MS-DOS)
(snx) (Translation: dm)

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14.Oct.2004
ANN (website)


 Convention: Amiga East Show in May 2004 in New York
Celebrating 20 years supporting Amiga, Mr. Hardware Computers in New York, USA, is going to host the "Amiga East" show on 28 and 29 May, 2005. The newest hardware and software will be shown, with a heavy emphasis on AmigaOS4. Guest speakers and Amiga veterans as well as Amiga, AmigaDE and Linux experts have been announced, seminars and product demos will take place. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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14.Oct.2004
ANN (Webseite)


 WookieChat 1.3 Beta Released
The IRC program WookieChat has now reached version 1.3, this one is also functional under the OS4 update. WookieChat is a 68k program that also runs under AmigaOS4 and MorphOS.

The new version is not as stable as its predecessor, but since the author is going to spend some time out of the country, he wanted to get this out to the users so they could get an idea of the current development. Users of the current AmigaOS4-Version are advised to click "ignore error" when the Grim Reaper window appears.

A few of the changes:
  • Bug elimination: After a /kick the nickname is stricken from the list of those present
  • Use of dos.library for data concepts
  • A server may be contacted with a double click on its name
  • New pop-up menus for the name list
  • Keyboard shortcuts implemented
  • When a nickname changes in the channel it is also changed in private conversation windows
  • The /away command now works right
  • "Assign wookiechat:" is not needed anymore
Download: WookieChat13beta.lha (218 KB) (snx) (Translation: dm)

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14.Oct.2004
SF-Radio.net (ANF)


 SF-Radio: Report about Amiga and C64
In the 23rd offering of the program "Gameboys" on the On-Demand-Internet-Radio station SF-Radio.net, there's a short report on the current developments of Amiga and C64. Among other things you'll hear about AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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13.Oct.2004
OSNews.com (website)


 OSNews: Article about Freescales coming 8641 PowerPC family
At the title link Nicholas Blachford takes a view to Freescales coming PowerPC processor family 8641.

The new processor will be produced in a 90 nm SoI process (Silicon on Insulator) and not only offer two processor cores, a bigger cache (1 MB per core) and two integrated 667 MHz DDR-II memory controllers, but also two PCI Express interfaces, a RapidIO bus (similar to HyperTransport) and 4 Gigabit ethernet MACs with hardware TCP/IP accelaration and some other interfaces. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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13.Oct.2004
GazSP


 G5 Amiga: Project 'Amiga5' website online
'Amiga5' is a project which intends to bring a G5 Amiga motherboard to the Amiga community.

Apparantly, they are planning to modify the design of the G5 Evaluation Platform from Momentum Computers. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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13.Oct.2004
MorphOS-News.de (website)


 Pegasos based ODW offered by Freescale directly now
Genesis Open Desktop Workstation may now be ordered through Freescale directly (item number: PPCG40001). It will be delivered with Debian, Yellow Dog Linux and MorphOS as well as additional software. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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12.Oct.2004
Genesi (e-mail)


 Yellow Dog Linux: Official Board Support Package for Pegasos II
Launched by Motorola, Freescale Semiconductor has embraced the ATX PowerPC Genesi Pegasos II motherboard as an OEM CPU evaluation board. At Freescale's request, Terra Soft completed in October of 2004 the official Board Support Package, offering a simple means of installing Yellow Dog Linux for a variety of code development, desktop, and server functions.

The Yellow Dog Linux Board Support Package is available for free from Terra Soft Solutions and includes:
  • Bootable ISO (CD):
    • Image-based installer
    • Independent rescue disk
  • Guide to Installation
  • 2.6.8 kernel source tree
  • parted w/Amiga fs support source tree
  • Tested Sound, usb, firewire
(snx)

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12.Oct.2004
Elbox Computer (ANF)


 Elbox: New servers
Elbox Computer has changed its servers' location. Till DNS update, you can reach the Elbox websites through their IPs:

The main Elbox Website: 212.85.126.16
The Online Store for customers from the European Union: 62.129.194.250
The Online Store for customers from other countries: 212.85.119.127

Sorry for any inconveniences. (snx)

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11.Oct.2004



 Hardware hack: CD-ROM, HD and disk drive in an A1200 case
Update (26.10.2012, cg): Integrated article into the news item during database migration)

After seeing what Egon Kohlschütter had done to his Amiga 1200, Bob Wicksall decided that there was a way to make an internal CD-ROM blend better with the original A1200 case. Egon goes into better detail on some of the technical aspects of the hack so make sure you have a look at his report aswell. Here's what Bob's version looks like:



The following is a detailed report from Bob, describing how he managed to fit everything (including the disk drive) into the A1200 desktop case. Feel free to email any questions about this hack to rwicksall@rochester.rr.com.

First things first

I was able to find a spare TEAC CD-224E in an old Gateway desktop PC. I've also seen several of them on ebay. Just search for Teac and slimline and you probably find a hit. The next step was to open the case and remove the top half of the RF Shield. After this was done I took my CD-ROM and started to eyeball the new location. I found that I could move the harddrive and place the CD-Rom in the back left corner of the case. All I would have to do is build a mount and cut a hole in the case.

The next thing you need to acquire is an adapter to connect the Mini-IDE connector on the CD-Rom to a standard IDE cable. Again, you can find these on Ebay most of the time. Here is a picture:



Cutting and Mounting

Cutting the hole was a little tricky. Basically I put the top of the case on a table upside down and then placed the CD-ROM snug in the corner so that I could trace the outline. This told me exactly where I wanted the hole to go. I then measured the location and transferred the outline to the outside of the case. I'm never too sure of my measuring ability so I drilled a fine pilot hole in each of the corners. Once I was sure I had the outline as accurate as possible I started cutting the hole with a Dremel. The hole was finished with a nice wide file to straighten out the lines.

Mounting the CD-ROM drive was next. The mount was made up of three pieces that I cut out an old plastic hard drive case. The first piece is Z shaped, about 5 inches long and supports the weight of the drive. This piece runs down the middle of the drive, is attached to the back of the case and the other end rests on the motherboard. The second piece is a leg glued to the upper left of the case to support and level the drive. The third piece is simply a stop on the right of the drive to prevent it from moving when ejecting the disk. When the case is open the drive just floats loose but as soon as you close the case it is held in firmly. Here is what it looks like from behind:



Note: The mounts are supporting the case of the drive. They are not touching the door.
Note2: The Z mount is removable. It is held into place by three scraps of plactic glued to the 1200 case.

Moving the harddrive to its new position

I didn't want to lose the internal floppy and I was lucky enough to recover an old 4GB 2.5" harddrive from an old laptop. The Hardrive mount is made up of two pieces of sheet steel. The first is simple an L bracket bolted to the back of the case with two screw holes for the drive. The second piece is basically a hook with a screw hole. This uses the keyboard tray to support the other side of the drive. This of course means you have to unscrew the drive to remove the keyboard.



Note: The harddrive is just resting on it's mount. I had to remove the screws to remove the keyboard.


And from behind:



IDE Cables and Power

I attacked the power harness first. I had already built a replacement power supply from an ATX power supply so I didn't have to worry about the load. I hacked some connectors from an old PC and built a power harness to fit the location of the drives. The power is pulled from the floppy connector on the motherboard and split off to the floppy and the CD-ROM.

I could have folded the IDE cables but I found they were too bulky and I was already afraid of having heat problems in the case. I ended up splitting the cables by hand. It was actually easier than I could have imagined. I used a sharp knife to cut a small hole between each wire and then I carefully pulled each wire free.

I used an Elbox Fast ATA 1200 IDE adapter to get the extra IDE connections. I bought it new from Software Hut for the project and I couldn't be happier. Just stay away from the IDE splitters that stand virtically from the IDE connector on the motherboard. They don't fit under the drive. As you can see from the picture the CD-ROM comes very close to resting on the IDE adapter. I had to actually bend the pins on the circuit board to make room and then insulate the bottom of the drive with electrical tape.

Closing it all Up

The first thing is to place the keyboard. It slides in without a problem. The harddrive can then be screwed into place:



The case is actually very easy to close. You simply hinge it down from the back:



The finished product:



Further notes

I'm a little concerned about heat but so far I haven't had a problem. I've left it running for several hours with no issues. I don't really like the idea of installing a noisy fan so I'll probably leave things alone for now.

Make sure you give the drive opening plenty of room. If the hole is too small the drive will bind up when you are trying to eject the disk.

I would like to add some additional things like a flicker fixer but my choice of IDE adapters has limited my space. I think with a smaller IDE adapter you could probably fit a PPC card and a Bvision video card. Since I will probably never be able to get my hands on one it's not an issue for me. This IDE connector does give access to the clock port so a future USB adapter is a possibility. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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11.Oct.2004



 AmigaOS 4: New uploads at os4depot.net
New uploads which have been added to os4depot.net recently: 

expat-ppc.lha    dev/lib 380kb Expat C library for parsing XML
stlport.lha      dev/lib 737kb STLport C++ standard library
scummvmos4.lha   gam/adv   2Mb Point-and-Click adventure interpreter
savvy.lha        net/sam  72kb smbfs Helper GUI
bibvision.lha    uti/tex 150kb Bible text viewer for 68k/WOS/OS4 V1.6
nallepuh_os4.lha aud     316kb NallePUH (Paula emulation) for OS4 / AmigaOne
lha.lha          uti/arc 123kb lha 2.8 os4-native
reporttool.lha   uti/mis  55kb A tool to help problem solving in OS4
micollection.lha gra/ico   5Mb masonicons collection 2000-2003
(cg)

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10.Oct.2004
Michael Böhmer (ANF)


 Michael Böhmer and Chris Hodges attend the Amiga meeting in Bad Bramstedt
The developer team of E3B and PCP will attend the Amiga meeting in Bad Bramstedt. Chris Hodges will present a first version of the upcoming USB stack Poseidon V3, both on an Amiga Classic and a Pegasos II.

With some luck, E3B will be able to offer the first freshly produced SUBWAY modules. In any case, the current top product in the USB and flashrom market, the ALGOR PRO and ALGOR will be available.

People interested in USB on Amiga can get a first feeling of the power of Poseidon and E3B hardware on our demonstration Amiga. Both developers will answer questions on their products.

Aside from the current hardware products several prototypes from the development of USB for Amiga Classic will be presented. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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10.Oct.2004
Chris Hodges (ANF)


 Luciferin flashrom software update to version 1.7
Dear customers of the flashrom solutions of E3B,

E3B and Chris Hodges are pleased to announce the availability of a new version of the Luciferin software for the Highway+Romulus, Algor and Algor Pro flashrom equipped hardware. This new release can be downloaded following the link in the title.

It includes the following changes (V1.5 -> V1.7):
  • Luciferin will not ask, if the reset vectors should be cleared after the contents of the flashrom have been updated. This is to avoid having to turn the machine off and on again when using the Permanent boot loader.
  • There is also a menu item for clearing the reset vectors now.
  • The AlgorKick program now also supports uncompressed Kickstart images for users of the 1MB flashrom version Algor PRO.
  • The boot loaders have been updated to detect the AlgorKick module and call it directly, saving one reboot cycle.
The update has been made public, not only for the users that forgot to register their hardware, but also for other potential customers to try the software.

All users are invited to try out Luciferin (which was rated as superior to all other flashrom solutions on the market), even if they do not own the required hardware. Luciferin will operate in Demo mode then -- only the actual flashing operation is blocked for obvious reasons.

Also, the comprehensive manual will give much insight on the flashrom topic, and how it can make your life easier.

There haven't been any user requests in the last months, so we suppose that the software can be assumed to be in a final state. Anyway, we hope that you will enjoy this update as much as you did before. Thanks have to go to the users for their support! (snx)

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09.Oct.2004
Amigaworld.net (website)


 OS4Depot: New versions of SB128 driver and OS4 mixer
The OS4Depot has made available new versions of the SB128 driver by Ross Vumbaca as well as a new version of the OS4 mixer by Davy Wentzler.

The new functions of the SB128 driver v5.21 compared with the version that's part of the OS4 prerelease:
  • Support for the ES1370, so that now all SB128 cards are supported
  • Bugfixing in the cache routines
  • The hardware is now reset during a warm reboot
  • Further small bug fixings
All users of the SB128 driver are recommended to update to this version.

New functions of the mixer v1.11 compared with the driver delivered with the OS4 prerelease:
  • Support for the ES1370
  • The mixer can now be used as a commodity
  • Further small bug fixings
In addition, it is said that the OS4-CMI8738 driver has been successfully tested with the Terratec Aureon Fun sound card.

Download:
sb128ahi.lha (15 KB)
mixer.lha (91 KB) (snx) (Translation: wk)

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09.Oct.2004
Elbox Computer (ANF)


 Elbox: New software for PS/2 mouse interface/promotional bundle (Update)
Elbox Computer is pleased to announce availability of the new software support for the COCOLINO PS/2 mouse interface. The package includes a new version of the FreeWheel software by Alastair M. Robinson and a new version of cocolino.driver.

The new software allows using all features of 5-button, 2-wheel PS/2 mice connected to Amiga through the COCOLINO adapter. Each of the additional mouse buttons may now have any of the following functions assigned:
  • Simulation of clicking the Left Button + Shift held down,
  • Toggle Left Button function
  • Mouse Movement to Scroll conversion
  • Toggle Move/Scroll function
  • Cycle Screens function
  • Depth Arrange Windows
  • Vertical to Horizontal Scroll conversion
  • Swap Axis - Horizontal and Vertical scrolling events exchanging
cocolino.driver ver. 1.1
- added the possibility of adjusting speed of digital-encoded wheels and additional mouse buttons signals transmission to the Amiga Mouse port.

FreeWheel ver. 2.2
- added full support for the 5th mouse button.

FreeWheel 2.2 is available for download at the official FreeWheel page.

About Cocolino:
The COCOLINO PS/2 Mouse Interface is a microprocessor-based adapter for attaching PS/2 mice, trackballs, glidepoints and radio-controlled mice from the world of PC computers. COCOLINO can work with all models of Amiga computers. It simply plugs into the Amiga's mouse port. The COCOLINO PS/2 Mouse Interface is a full 'plug and play' device. No software is required for standard use. The enclosed software allows using two wheels and 3rd, 4th and 5th buttons available in many PS/2 mice and trackballs. The COCOLINO interface starts working simultaneous with the computer's start so mice can be used in the early-startup-menu (unlike the mice connected through the serial port). COCOLINO uses linear movement interpolation, which makes mouse movements perfectly smooth with any screen frame rates.

Info on the current versions is available in the DOWNLOADS | Cocolino section.

Update: (09.10.2004, 17:15, cg)

Until October 24, a special promotion bundle is available, containing the following items:
  • 2 wheel & 5 button 4D Optical Mouse
  • Cocolino PS/2 Mouse Interface
  • Software supporting wheels and additional buttons
  • Original Amiga Boingball mousepad

This special offer can be found in Elbox' online shop. (snx)

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09.Oct.2004
Amigaworld.net (website)


 OS4Depot: New functions/SourceDepot introduced
With the SourceDepot offers the OS4Depot now a central place for source codes that have already been ported to AmigaOS4 or that can be ported to OS4 in the future.

Further enhancements at the OS4Depot:
  • Statistic pages added, showing the monthly download tries (example)
  • Simplier replacing of the older version of an uploaded archive; just click on the according readme page 'Replace' (example)
  • New info page with useful information about the OS4Depot as well as for banners that can be used with own links
Furthermore it is told that since some time it is not possible to do uploads from the OS4Depot to the Aminet or AmigaShare. All files will remain in the upload queue, though, until this works again.

The providers thank all the contributors. Recently the number of 100 files was reached. (snx) (Translation: wk)

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08.Oct.2004
os4depot.net (ANF)


 AmigaOS 4: Atari emulator "Atari800", v2.2
Sebastian Bauer has published version 2.2 of his Atari emulator Atari 800. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.Oct.2004



 Lecture: Programming of a MIDI-/Audio-sequencer in C/C++
Martin Endres has updated his lecture on programming of a MIDI-/Audio-sequencer. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.Oct.2004



 MorphOS: Support mailing list temporarily not available
Because of technical problems the support mailing list for MorphOS users is temporarily not available. If you have questions the IRC channel #morphos on ch1.arcnet.vapor.com is online. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.Oct.2004
amigaworld.net (website)


 AmigaOS 4: Programmer for porting Protracker 5 wanted
The author of Protracker 5 is looking for a programmer who wants to perform porting it to AmigaOS 4. The project is described as "very well portable". It is a C++ application which is based on SDL. The only part which is specific to the platform is the class of the file requester which must be implemented for each operating system completely new. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.Oct.2004
Steffen Nitz (ANF)


 SN-EuroArchiv V1.7 published
From today version 1.7 of the coin management for Euro coins called "SN-EuroArchiv" is available on the homepage of Steffen Nitz. The HTML support and an edition statistic for rate coin sets and special coins have been added.

Picture of main window and the country statistic
Example of generated HTML site of the rate coin sets
Example of generated HTML site of special coins (ps) (Translation: dr)

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08.Oct.2004
PPCNUX (ANF)


 PPCNUX: Detailed report to Freescale SNDF Europe in Frankfurt
Under the title link PPCNUX has published a very detailed and illustrated report of Freescale Semiconductors European Smart Networks Developer Forum which took place at the end of September in Frankfurt. Genesi as Gold Sponsor did also attend. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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08.Oct.2004
Uwe Ryssel (ANF)


 ScummVM: Version 0.6.1b2 available
Uwe Ryssel has published an update of the Amiga port of ScummVM. There are versions for 68k and WarpOS.

Some bugs have been fixed and the support for MPEG2, MP3 and Ogg-Vorbis has been added to the WOS version.

You can get information to ScummVM on the project site. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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07.Oct.2004
Harald Frank (ANF)


 Amiga 1200 and CD32 Service Documents Urgently Required
Harald Frank writes:

"Calling out to all friends of the Amiga,

For a little Amiga project, I urgently need the complete diagrams and service documents for the Amiga 1200 and CD32 models. These documents should be complete and in good condition. I'm also interested in A3000 and A4000 documents if they are originals.

If you or someone you know has these, I'd be reall happy to get an offer at support@vmc.de.

With friendly greetings,

Harald Frank" (cg) (Translation: dm)

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07.Oct.2004
amigaworld.net


 Amigaworld.net: Offline for a Short Time for Maintenance
Amigaworld.net is going to be offline for a short time after 11 PM in order to do maintenance.

Similarly affected are the following hosted servers: MacOnAmiga, os4depot.net and Total Amiga Magazine. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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07.Oct.2004
McFly (ANF)


 Amiga-PPS: New Hollywood Presentations as Well as New URL
McFly updated his website, and while doing so he updated and expanded his collection of Hollywood presentations that were converted from Powerpoint.

Also, his homepage is now under a new URL: http://McFly.de.tf. The old address still works, however it opens an advertisement window. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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07.Oct.2004



 Titan Computer: Delivery of the MorphOS Version of Papyrus Office Has Begun
Today Titan Computer advised their customers that the MorphOS version of Papyrus Office is ready for shipping. Papyrus Office is a word-processing program with integrated spreadsheet calculations and a relational database. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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07.Oct.2004
Pegasosforum (website)


 MorphOS: Software News Summary
The current versions of the following programs have been compiled for MorphOS by Matthias Münch:

Likewise, there's a new port of the current BitlBee version (0.91), also from Matthias Münch. BitlBee unites multiple instant messaging services as well as the IRC protocol, whereby ICQ, AIM, Jabber and Yahoo contacts may be called up from an IRC program. The MorphOS version is at a beta stage, so feedback and bugreports are wanted, especially from MSN and Yahoo users.

Also an update of the Keymap Editor Keymorpher (71 KB) by Vladimir Javorski, has reached version 0.099. Besides bug fixing there's a new simple-dead-key conversion and a hotkey-edit mode as well as the use of NList classes for the keymap lists, which may now be used in hex mode. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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07.Oct.2004
Martin Wollert (ANF)


 YAM: Toolbar NewYAM v.3 Released
Lorraine Design has released NewYAM v.3, an alternative YAM toolbar that is based on the appearance of Thunderbird (screenshot).

Download: NewYAM V3 (138 KB) (snx) (Translation: dm)

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06.Oct.2004
Martin Wollert / Carsten Siegner(ANF)


 MorphOS: New version of the movie player MPlayer
There is a new version of the movie player "Mplayer" with an improved DVD playback available. (cg) (Translation: ub)

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06.Oct.2004
Michael Christoph (ANF)


 Card-game: myKlondike 1.21
A new version of the Solitaire/Klondike clone "myKlondike" has been released. The update contains the following changes and improvements:
  • Free moving of the cards by using the mouse.
  • There is undo and redo now (maximum 400 actions).
  • Up to eight freely choseable samples may be played by datatypes
  • Fallback mode if a card set is not found.
  • The best game result is shown at the information window.
  • Fully localized to English (guide and program).

The program archive may be ordered for free at the website (using a form at the bottom of the site).
(cg) (Translation: ub)

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06.Oct.2004
Genesi (E-Mail)


 Genesi: Photos and a movie from the Freescale Embedded Connectivity Summit
From the Freescale Embedded Connectivity Summit in Austin, USA, which Genesi joined as a "Gold Sponsor" (amiga-news.de reported), there are photos and a movie provided now.

photo gallery
movie ( high quality, 17 MB)
Video (low quality, 4 MB) (snx) (Translation: ub)

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06.Oct.2004
amigaworld.net


 AmigaOS 4: CBM emulator "VICE" (Beta)
Mathias "AmiDog" Roslund provides a first beta version of the CBM 8bit emulator "VICE" by the title link. VICE emulates several Commodore computers:
  • C64
  • C128
  • C16/116/+4
  • PET/CBM x000

Roslund describes that version as "work in progress" which holds several limitations still - e.g. for many gui options there are no functions implemented yet. (cg) (Translation: ub)

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06.Oct.2004
Sylvio.k (ANF)


 More pictures from the "Fun of Computing"
By the title link the "Anime Development for Amiga Team" provides their photos from the "Fun of Computing" show. (cg) (Translation: ub)

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06.Oct.2004
Hyperion Entertainment (ANF)


 New AmigaOne firmware available
Leuven, Belgium - October 6th 2004.

In preparation for the upcoming update of Amiga OS 4.0, Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the much improved U-Boot 1.1.1 for AmigaOne SE and XE motherboards.

New features include:
  • Support for multiple graphics cards. At this time the last graphics card (usually the AGP card) is used for primary display. Later versions will include an option to choose.
  • Support for booting off a Silicon Image 0680 IDE controller. This feature has to be selected manually at the moment, by entering setenv ide sii from the U-Boot shell.
  • New CPU support: IBM PowerPC 750GX is now fully supported. A problem has been fixed that made the U-Boot environment settings unavailable when rebooting from Linux.
  • Support for LBA48 IDE drives, i.e. you can now boot off drives that are bigger than 160 GB.
  • Support for the new Second-Level Bootloader (that can boot Linux besides AmigaOS), to be distributed with the upcoming AmigaOS 4 update.
  • Numerous bug fixes and improvements.

The new U-Boot will be required for the upcoming update of Amiga OS 4.0, to be released shortly to registered AmigaOS 4.0 pre-Release owners.

The download is available in our Downloads section. (cg)

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06.Oct.2004
MorphZone (website)


 MorphOS: Port of the HuC C compiler for the PCEngine/Turbografx
Kelly Samel has made a port to MorphOS of the HuC C compilers for the game console PCEngine/Turbografx. Together with TGEmu this provides an environment to develop freeware ROMs for that emulator.

Download:
huc_mos.lha (506 KB)
tgemu.lha V1.4 (435 KB) (snx) (Translation: ub)

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06.Oct.2004
ANN (website)


 MorphOS: Update of the Arkanoid clone Bolcatoid to version 0.961
The Arkanoid clone Bolcatoid (screenshot) has been updated to version 0.961. The game is freeware and requires the PowerSDL.library.

New with this release are, beside some bug fixes and optimizations, improved graphics, an options screen with multiple settings which are saved together with the high score list, a better window support and a proportional speed to frame rate.

Download:
Bolcatoid V0.961 (567 KB)
PowerSDL.library V8.1 (120 KB) (snx) (Translation: ub)

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06.Oct.2004
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)


 MorphOS: OGG media stream tool collection ogmtools 1.4.1 released
ogmtools allow information about, extraction from, creation or splitting of OGG media streams. OGM is used for "OGG media streams".

The archive contains:

ogmmerge
This program takes the input from several media files and joins their streams (all of them or just a selection) into an OGM.

ogminfo
This program lists information about all streams contained in an OGM including information about the codecs used.

ogmdemux
This program extracts all or only some data streams from an OGM and writes them to separate files.

ogmsplit
This program can be used to easily split an OGM file after a given size. Several OGM files will be created that each start with a keyframe.

ogmcat
This program can be used to concatenate several OGG/OGM files into one big file if they are of the same type. Please note ogmcat is not fully working yet, since it's a work in progress version.

For more information read the included documentation in AmigaGuide or man format. The MorphOS port can be downloaded from the title link. (snx)

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05.Oct.2004
falkemedia


 AMIGAplus 10/2004 (#151) - Amiga anywhere
AMIGAplus 10/2004 (#151) has been published on October 1st, 2004, including the following articles:
  • "Amiga anywhere" (emulation-special with WinUAE, MacUAE, PocketUAE)
  • "Amiga games terminal"
  • Micro-AmigaOne Report
  • G3-CPUs in detail
  • Retouching with PerfectPaint
  • font effects with ArtEffect
  • application.library in OS4 explained
  • Games Convention 2004 report
  • Vienna calling (AMIGAplus on tour)
  • Amiga Status Report
  • IDE-Reader reviewed
  • Best of shareware in September 2004
  • Demoscene party on
  • Douglas Adams' h2g2
  • Amiga-News
  • and much more
You may order this issue for 5 Euro directly from falkemedia (as of Oct. 8th) or subscribe to AMIGAplus. (nba)

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05.Oct.2004
Genesi (e-mail)


 Genesi: Pegasos II Systems enable Internet Cafe at Freescale ECS
Press release Embedded Connectivity Summit, Austin, Texas - Genesi Open Desktop Workstations based on the Pegasos II are featured in the Internet Café (photo) of the Freescale Embedded Connectivity Summit (ECS). The PowerPC® architecture, with the AltiVec SIMD engine, is an excellent alternate architecture for Linux applications. The Genesi Pegasos II system comes equipped with the MPC7447 PowerPC processors from Freescale.

"As a member of our Smart Networks Alliance Program, Genesi is a key enabler of Linux development on the PowerPC architecture. We want to encourage developers and designers to leverage the PowerPC architecture for their Linux and other PowerPC-based operating systems and applications, as this architecture can provide both performance and cost benefits for system designs and designers", said Paul Grimme, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Transportation & Standard Products Group at Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

The machines were provided with a choice of operating systems including Gentoo, Crux, Yellow Dog and Debian GNU/Linux. Also included was MorphOS, a lightweight fully featured non-UNIX based Amiga-compatible operating system.

The Embedded Connectivity Summit is being held at the Hilton Hotel in Austin, Texas from 4-6 October. Genesi is a Gold Sponsor of ECS. (snx)

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04.Oct.2004
IOSPIRIT (ANF)


 IOSPIRIT: Scheduled server downtime
The IOSPIRIT server will temporarily be unavailable due to the move of the data center housing it. The timeframe for this is from 22h (October 4th, 2004) till 6h (October 5th, 2004), GMT+1. E-mails sent during that timeframe may get lost. (snx)

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02.Oct.2004
MorphZone (Forum)


 MorphOS theme for Linux
Under the title link has David Gavilan Ruiz made a MorphOS theme for the Linux windows manager Fluxbox made available (screenshot). (snx) (Translation: wk)

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02.Oct.2004
MorphOS-News.de (Website)


 Genesi to be at Freescale Embedded Connectivity Summit and MySQL ComCon Europe
Genesi will be gold sponsor at the Freescale Embedded Connectivity Summit held from October 4-6, 2004 in Austin, Texas.

From November 8-10, 2004 Genesi will also be exhibitor at the MySQL ComCon Europe 2004. (snx)

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02.Oct.2004
Kristian Eklund (ANF)


 Genesi Scandinavia presents the CrabFire Multi-purpose Firewall
Göteborg, Sweden, 2004-10-01 - Newly formed Genesi Scandinavia presented the CrabFire firewall at Smart Networks Developer Forum (SNDF) in Frankfurt, Germany. The CrabFire is not only a firewall, but also a spam and virusfilter.

The firewall can be configured to filter spam and e-mail virus heading for your corporate mailserver. If your company has several office-locations one CrabFire can be placed in each office and a secure, encrypted tunnel can be opened between them. Your employers will be able to access all computers just as if they were on the same local network.

One other thing you can use your CrabFire for is Packet filtering. With this feature you can stop network users from using any Internet applications you do not want to be used -- such as peer-to-peer file sharing and instant messaging programs. Changing the service ports in these applications will not work - the CrabFire scans within the packets for signatures from these programs and will stop or log them, depending on your configuration.

The CrabFire runs on a 1GHz 7447 PowerPC processor and has 1 Gigabit Ethernet port (LAN) and 1 10/100 Mbit port (WAN). A dual-Gigabit version will be available shortly. The specifications are subject to small changes towards the final release.

Genesi Scandinavia received very positive feedback from both attendees and presenters at SNDF and we are confident that this product will be of great interest to companies all over the world. The CrabFire will be price-competitive towards competitive alternatives. We estimate this firewall will be finalized in three months.

About Genesi Scandinavia
Genesi Scandinavia is a newly formed company in Sweden. We will be producing and selling the CrabFire as well as other Genesi products. Genesi Scandinavia is privately held. The Marketing Director and Manager is Kristian Eklund.

CrabFire Product Information (PDF, 301 KB)
CrabFire Picture

Thank you for your time,
Kristian Eklund, Marketing Director
(kristian.eklund(at)genesi.se) (snx)

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01.Oct.2004



 CAPS Update: Another 24 games stored
The CAPS Team which stores old copy protected Amiga games with the copy protection has converted another 24 ones into the CAPS format. This can be read by newer UAE versions. You can find a list of the added games under the title link. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.Oct.2004
Lorence Lombardo (ANF)


 Tutorial: How to make a bootable Amithlon CD
Lorence Lombardo wrote a tutorial that explains how to create a bootable Amithlon CD. The reason why you would want to update your existing Amithlon CD is that the original kernel may not support your current or future hardware. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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01.Oct.2004
Kai 'GMKai' Stegemann (ANF)


 MorphOS Value Package V1.1: Package extension and German translation
The MorphOS Value Package which is a collection of Free- and Shareware products as well as further information to this operating system (amiga-news.de reported) is now available in version 1.1. Additionally to the German translation the MVP now contains the full version of Jabberwocky and Showgirls.

You need version 1.0 (60 MB) for the complete installation of the updates (867 KB). Thank you to www.pegasos.org for providing it. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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01.Oct.2004
Christian Geier (E-Mail)


 Linux-Info-Day: Image_Installer-Team participates again
As already done a year before the Image_Installer-Team will take part in the Linux-Info-Day 2004 in Dresden on October 30th. With the Image_Installer prepared Linux configuration can be easily installed on an Amiga with PowerUp-card, Pegasos or AmigaOne.

On this day there will be lectures, workshops and on several places a lot of software and its applications will be demonstrated, e.g. OpenOffice.org, KDE, GNOME, LaTeX and GnuPG. There will be no entrance fee. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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30.Sep.2004
ANN (Website)


 Pegasos: Yellow Dog Linux 4.0
Terra Soft have released version 4.0 of their Linux distribution "Yellow Dog Linux." The distribution is based on the Fedora core 2 and offers KDE 3.3 as well as GNOME 2.6.0 for a desktop interface. The installer and the desktop arrangement present themselves as a completely new appearance. The use of OpenOffice 1.1.1, Rhythmbox 0.8.3, Mozilla 1.7 as well as the development tools glibc 2.3.3 and gcc 3.3.3 are included. 2.6.8 is the version of the Linux kernel in use.

Alongside Macintosh computers with G3, G4, and G5 CPUs the Pegasos 2 is also supported, thanks to the "Freescale Board Support Package." (cg) (Translation: dm)

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30.Sep.2004
Golem - IT News


 Golem: Microsoft Loses FAT Patent
»Public Patent Foundation of US Patents and Trademarks successful: The US Patent and Trademark Office has denied Microsoft a patent on the FAT file system because of the efforts of the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT). PUBPAT initiated a review of the patent in April 2004.«

Read the complete Golem article [German language] under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.Sep.2004



 Gathering: More pictures of "Alchimie 4"
Alchimie 4 took place last weekend in l'Hermitage (France). More photos have been released:

http://niffo.free.fr/alchimie_4/
http://www.amiga2.free.fr/
http://membres.lycos.fr/afle/ (ps) (Translation: dm)

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30.Sep.2004
K. Mache - AZT e.V. (ANF)


 News about Fun of Computing 2004
This year's Fun of Computing 2004 begins in just a few days. So it's high time some interesting news was released about it.

In the first place we are pleased to officially announce that the firm yellowTAB is listed on the page of exhibitioners. At yellowTAB's stand there's naturally going to be a presentation of their operating system ZETA. ZETA, based on well-known BeOS, will be offered at a special price during the convention.

[MorphOS and Pegasos will be demonstrated by Axel Knabe. Titan Computing will also be there demonstrating their products like Burn-It Pro and Papyrus Office. -dm]

On the subject of AmigaOS 4 there's going to be a special presentation from Jens Langner in which he'll demonstrate the current stage of development of the OS, and talk a bit about the past and the future of the new Amiga OS. Notice is given that this is Jens' private initiative and not an official demo of the OS4 development team or Hyperion.

The team from Anime Development for Amiga (ADA) will be present on Saturday, presenting the latest version of its 3D engine for the game Secret Of My Soul (SOMS).

On Saturday even Matthias Goldisch of the advertisement agency "aktuell" will be there at Fun of Computing, and along with hardware and software for the themes of retro-computing, C64, Amiga and Pegasos, there'll also be computer-themed merchandise, and periodicals like Amiga Plus, Amiga Future and GO64.

For all those who want to keep playing Amiga games, even after a power failure, we have a workable solution. Thanks to the friendly support of Marcus Werum, the inventor of the original Amiga card game, there's now a limited amount of the cardsets available to be handed out on request, at no charge. Only while supplies last, of course!

From the editors of "Amiga Future" there's now also a limited number of examples of their Amiga newspaper, no charge.

You'll find more information about the convention, as well as important tips for getting there and returning, under the appropriate menu selections at the Internet site for Fun of Computing 2004. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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29.Sep.2004



 Tool: Report+ version 6.12a
The freeware Report+ is released in version 6.12a now. The tool is based on ReAction/GadTools, requires AmigaOS 3.9 with BB1 and offers ten different functions.

Download: ReportPlus.lha - 297 Kb (ps) (Translation: ub)

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29.Sep.2004
Christoph Kimna (E-Mail)


 Game: PairsNG version 2.6
At the PairsNG website there is a new demo version available. The current version is 2.6. PairsNG is a Shanghai similar board game for the Workbench. Required are 8 MB RAM, 68040 processor, a gfx card and AHI. The game is shareware, registration fee is 10 Euro. Current version cleans up several bugs.

Changes:
  • Display error at second level - fixed
  • In version 2.5 the drawer "settings" was missing (required to save preferences) - now fixed
  • Small calculation bug for bonus points - fixed
(ps) (Translation: ub)

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29.Sep.2004
morphzone.org (Website)


 Linux distribution: CruxPPC 2.0 for Macintosh and Pegasos
Today version 2.0 of the LinuxPPC distribution "Crux" has been released. It supports Apples PowerPC computers as well as the Pegasos 2. The distribution uses the Linux kernel 2.6.8.1. (cg) (Translation: ub)

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29.Sep.2004
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


 Intermediaware is looking for programmers for Amiga port
Intermediaware is looking for a talented Amiga programmer who may port the game "Psychoballs" (information by the title link) to AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4 and/or MorphOS. All source code from the original developers will be provided as well as all graphics and sound/music files.

The game is a clone of the Amiga classic Logical by Rainbow Arts. For details please contact amigedev@intermediaware.de, best with a brief summary of the regarding experience. (cg) (Translation: ub)

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27.Sep.2004
n/a (ANF)


 Mac emulation: MacOnAmiga is back to full functionality
MacOnAmiga is dedicated to be the one stop solution to Amiga users for classic Mac emulation. The site was suffering from amigaworld.net's server downtime, but is back to full functionality now. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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27.Sep.2004



 Events: AmigaOS 4 presentation from "Alchimie"
Stéphane Guillard has released the sheets used for the AmigaOS 4 presentation he did at Alchimie 4 last weekend. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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26.Sep.2004
Mario Misic (ANF)


 Aminet: Main server us.aminet.net goes offline.
Due to a broken RAID harddisk controller, the FTP archive wuarchive.wustl.edu is currently offline. Replacement hardware will not be available until the end of October. Amongst other things, wuarchive is hosting the main Aminet server us.aminet.net.

The Washington University, St. Louis, who is responsible for wuarchive, will use this opportunity to evaluate which archives they are going to host in the future. A small note on the front page explains that only sponsored projects might be supported from now on.

Some other Aminet mirrors are currently not available aswell. The following mirrors are still online:

de.aminet.net
it.aminet.net
no.aminet.net
de3.aminet.net
de5.aminet.net (Partial Mirror)
(cg) (Translation: cg)

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25.Sep.2004



 AmigaOS 4: New uploads at os4depot.net
These are the new uploads which have been added since our last mesage: 
guidemlppc.lha          (108kb) AmigaGuide -> HTML converter with GUI for OS4
atari800.lha            (254kb) V2.1 of the Atari800 Emulator (OS4)
amishots.lha            (78kb)  AMIShots for Amiga. An Amiga clone of Webshots
snake.lha               (34kb)  Snake the desktop game for AmigaOS40,
m4-68k.tar.gz           (61kb)  m4 - Unix macro processor - 68k bin
m4-ppc.lha              (165kb) m4 - Unix macro processor - OS4 bin
m4-src.tar.gz           (326kb) m4 - Unix macro processor - src
loccounter.lha          (91kb)  Simple SLOC counter for C/C+
fpse.lha                (889kb) Playstation emulator
os4icons.lha            (89kb)  Some os3.9 style icons with 256 colors for os4
os1.3likepointeros4.lha (406b)  os1.3 style mouse pointer for OS4
pt-player-gui-1-2.lha   (43kb)  ProTracker GUI
sid4amigaos4.lha        (371kb) Sid4Amiga (Sid Player)
nrg2iso.lha             (41kb)  Converts .nrg images to .iso images
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Sep.2004
Mikko Virtanen (#morphos)


 Event: First pictures of the Finnish Saku
Mikko 'Hooligan' Virtanen has published first pictures of the Finnish Saku under the title link.

You can see pictures of MorphOS 1.5 and OS4-PreRelease. (cr) (Translation: dr)

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25.Sep.2004
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)


 E3B and individual Computers join forces
E3B and individual Computers have a long standing friendship reaching back to the year 2001 when E3B was founded.

When the USB-controller "SUBWAY" hit the market, the two companies worked together to ensure optimal cross-vendor functionality for a better customer experience. Resources and materials were shared for the manufacturing process.

Over time the cooperation was extended. Due to the great demand, E3B started another production run of the "SUBWAY". This production brings the two companies even closer together when synergy effects of a joint PCB production are used to keep prices low while improving the quality. It were the good direct contacts of individual Computers to the chip manufacturer Transdimension (USA) that made the continuation of the SUBWAY possible.

Both sides are looking forward to further cooperations and are currently evaluating possibilities for joint developments. (cg)

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24.Sep.2004



 CAPS Update: Another 50 games stored
Das CAPS Team which tries to store old, copy protected Amiga games inclusive of the copy protection has converted a lot of games to its own CAPS format which can be read by newer versions of UAE.

A list of the new stored games you can look at the CAPS homepage. Meanwhile over 2250 games have been stored with such rare ones like "Hacker" or the first games from Electronic Arts.

Some of the new added games use mechanism of copy protection which are not supported by the IPF library so far. An update of the library will follow. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Sep.2004
Golem - IT News


 Golem: New wurm-epidemic caused by JPEG-error in Microsoft products?
»Construction Kit for utilizing of JPEG lack of protection found
On Internet the anti virus specialist by H+BEDV Datentechnik have found a Construction Kit for creating JPEG pictures with integrated Exploit-Code to utilize the hard lack of protection in many Microsoft products. Only if you watch a JPEG file on a website or in an e-mail this could allow to execute program code.«
You can read the complete Golem article in German under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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24.Sep.2004
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 AmigaOS 4.0 Update on Alchimie 4
This weekend Philippe 'Elwood' Ferrucci will perform the new update for the AmigaOS 4-prerelease which will be available soon on the Alchimie 4.

Besides this the current beta version of "Audio Evolution 4" and a new AmigaOne with IDE-UDMA drivers will be performed. Perhaps the new version of Moovid, too. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Sep.2004



 XTeam Software: Diverse Amiga Games as Good as Done
XTeam has made it known that the Amiga versions of Virtual Ball Fighters SE (90% ready), Virtual Games Casino EX. (90%) and Digital Chess XAIBrain (80%) are mostly finished.

Before the products get their last polishing and the CDs go into production, XTeam would like to check the customer demand:
  • Virtual Ball Fighters SE (14.95 euros, incl. DVD case and PC version)
  • Virtual Games Casino EX. (9.95 euros, incl. DVD case and PC version)
  • Digital Chess XAIBrain (19.95 euros)

All of these games require a graphics card (640x480, 16 Bit), a CD-ROM drive, AHI, RTGMaster, at least a 68040 CPU and 8 MB FastRAM.

Whoever's interested in one of the titles, please send an e-mail to shop@xteamsoftware.com. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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23.Sep.2004
ANN (Website)


 Gathering: Finnish Saku Shows Beta-Versions of AmigaOS4 and MorphOS 1.5
New betas of Amiga OS4 as well as MorphOS 1.5 are going to be shown this Saturday at Saku, in order to give visitors an unfiltered comparison. Likewise will the Finnish Amiga dealer Gentle Eye Ky be there. You'll find more information under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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22.Sep.2004



 amiga-news.de belonging to the 6000 most important German websites
In 2001 amiga-news.de has been added to the Internet guide "Das Web-Adressbuch für Deutschland - Die 6.000 wichtigsten deutschen Internet-Adressen" (Web address directory - the 6000 most important German Internet addresses). The editors of the publisher "mw-Verlag" tested around 250,000 web services individually and decided for the 6000 best sites. As before the 2005 issue features amiga-news.de also.

The web directory is an ideal tool for Internet beginners who are not too familiar with the usage of search tools. But also for advanced users it is a rich source of information and useful addresses.

The web directory "Das Web-Adressbuch für Deutschland 2005
Die 6.000 wichtigsten deutschen Internet-Adressen"
published by Mathias Weber
8th revised and extended issue 2004. 896 pages with 600 colour figures, 21 cm. Paper back
Euro 15.90 (D), Euro 18.00 (A), SFr 29.90, ISBN 3-934517-05-6 (ps) (Translation: ub)

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22.Sep.2004
Amiga.org (Forum)


 Amiga emulator UAE for Sega Dreamcast
By the title link there is an alpha version (761 KB) of the Amiga emulator UAE for the game console Sega Dreamcast available. Currently 70 to 90 percent of the Amiga 500 speed is reached, but still without sound. Mouse and joystick emulation are done by the game pads. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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22.Sep.2004
ANN (Website)


 MorphOS: SeventhSense 0.14 released
Grzegorz Kraszewski has released Vversion 0.14 (118 KB) of his scanner for website updates "SeventhSense".

SeventhSense is working in multithreading and thus allows to check many websites in shortest time. It is possible to check about 10 pages/minute with an analog V90 modem. The HTTP header dates are checked, optional more data of any kind may be used for the version check. Thanks to OpenURL support updated pages are to open easily by a double click. An example list for some of the most popular MorphOS and Amiga sites is included.

Changes since V0.13:
  • BUGFIX: [http.stream] Busylooping on some HTTP/1.0 sites
  • BUGFIX: When user selected "Load" from menu and then cancelled the ASL requester, the program still loaded default site list. Bug reported by Audun Evensen
  • FEATURE: Sites can be disabled (from the context menu), disabled sites are not checked and marked with a blue LED. Feature suggested by antibike
  • FEATURE: "Updated" status of a webpage (marked by emboldening its name) can be manually cleared with context menu "Forget update" option, it can be done for all sites with "Forget all" button. Feature suggested by antibike
  • FEATURE: SeventhSense now remembers a path to loaded site list. At the next start this remembered list is loaded. "Save" option in main menu saves to currently loaded list, "Save as default" saves to "PRGODIR:sites.list". Both options make backups by adding ".bak" to the filename. Feature suggested by antibike
  • FEATURE: Path to currently loaded site list is displayed on the window titlebar.
  • FEATURE: Length differencies are now shown properly
(snx) (Translation: ub)

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22.Sep.2004
MorphOS-News.de (Website)


 MorphOS: New website for mailing list registration
By the title link there is a form available to assist new customers of the Pegasos to register for access to the MorphOS mailing lists and support sites.

Please note that all current mailing list participants are switched automatically to the new list - there is no need of a new registration. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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22.Sep.2004
PPCNUX (ANF)


 PPCNUX: Interview regarding the new Pegasos server at Sony
At ppcnux.de there is an English Interview with Gunnar von Boehn who set up the Pegasos webserver at Sony (we reported). (cg) (Translation: ub)

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19.Sep.2004
amiga.org (website)


 Wireless network driver beta version released
A beta version of a new wireless network driver is available for download. It supports PCMCIA cards in the A1200/A600 and PCI cards on the AmigaOne.

For potential compatibility information, see Absolute Value System's directory of wireless chipsets. If a card's chipset is listed there as Orinoco, Agere or Prism (except the SSF version) and its bus type is PCMCIA or PCI, it is likely to work. If the card is listed there but doesn't match these requirements, it will definitely not work. (cg) (Translation: cg)

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18.Sep.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)


 Freeware game: Memo Quick Edition
"Memo QE" written by Simone Bevilacqua is a game based on "Memory" which requires a 68020 CPU, ECS and AmigaOS 2.04 (screenshots).

Direct download: MeMo_QE.lha (85 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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18.Sep.2004
Timo Kloss (ANF)


 Midi-Sequencer Horny: Version 0.51 published
Here comes a new version of the midi-sequencer called Horny. Using the audio mixer you can now control up to six midi-controller (e.g. effect-sends) per channel. Thus the mixer has been completed.

Features in version 0.51:
  • Controlling up to 16 midi-ports via CAMD (lite: 1 port)
  • Up to 128 tracks (lite: 8 tracks)
  • Change of rhythm and time in the song possible
  • Piano-editor: Quantisizing, Velocity-compressor, ...
  • Controller-editor: Compressor, reducing, smoothing, ...
  • Midi-"mixer": VU-Meter, Volume, Pan, 6 further free controller-Potis
  • SysEx-management with lots of free sort groups
  • Sound-choice via names (not only GeneralMidi but for each synthesizer)
  • SMF-import and -export
  • Horny data format is up and down compatible
  • Autoload-project for self made patterns
  • ReAction-GUI for preferences windows
  • On Workbench or seperate screen
  • Window can be used as backdrop
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.Sep.2004
Genesi (E-Mail)


 MySQL user report of Sony International (Europe) mentions Pegasos-Server
An user report (PDF, 518 KB) of Sony International (Europe) which is accessable under the title link and which is about the move of Content Management System Filenet, Microsoft SQL and Active Server Pages to MySQL and PHP also mentions in the section technical environment the Pegasos server. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.Sep.2004
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


 Poseidon: New USB-class for "CarTFT" Touchscreen
Because of an inquiry by Carsten Siegner Chris Hodges has written an USB driver for the touchscreen of an Egalax 7"-Car-TFT-Monitors.

Carsten Siegner has published two beta versions of this driver on his homepage. Because the monitor of the touchscreen of Carsten currently is out of order the driver is not developed further.

Limitations of the beta version: Debug-Output on the serial interface, you can not change the work area of the touchscreen.

Direct Download:

68k-Version: egalaxtouch.class.debug
MorphOS-Version: egalaxtouch.class.elf.debu (cg) (Translation: dr)

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17.Sep.2004
PPCNUX (ANF)


 Price increase on PegasosPPC-Webshop/Genesi certified MySQL-Partner
The webshop of Genesi has increased the price for Pegasos II with G3-processor card: the mainboard now costs 600 US-Dollar instead of 299,- Euro. The G4-system costs with 615 US-Dollar nearly the same as before. The single price of the processor card is 229 (G3/750CXe) and 249 (G4/7447) US-Dollar.

New in the webshop is the Pegasos-server which is delivered with Linux and preconfigured with the Debian-versionen from PHP and Apache as well as the current commercial version of MySQL Pro. The price: 1749 US-Dollar with the G4-version.

MorphOS as well as the account to the superbundle also belong to this offer.

In connection with the popular database-software MySQL yesterday Genesi anounced in a press release that it is now Certified Partner of the Swedish company. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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17.Sep.2004



 Music: "Soothe" from Bjorn Lynne
Björn Lynne (alias "Dr.Awesome") who is responsible for several tracks of Amiga games and demos has published "Soothe" which is his new album.

The eight tracks (70 minutes) are described as "calming, relaxing and melodious music" by the author himself. The album is available in the Webshop of Lynne as audio-CD or as DVD ("Surround Edition", compatible with each available DVD-Player).

The first 200 copies which will be ordered directly from the composer will have an individual serial number and have signed with a golden crayon.

The title track "Sooth" is 30 minutes long and thus the longest one on the CD and can be downloaded under ArtistLaunch in two versions.

Further information under the title link. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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16.Sep.2004
Tom Duin


 Updates of CDDA_SwapMostLeast & SearchStar
Tom "AmigaHarry" Duin has released new versions of his programs "CDDA_SwapMostLeast" and "SearchStar."

CDDA_SwapMostLeast 1.9

CDDA_SwapMostLeast converts CDDA-data to and from CDDA_MostSignificant- (MOTOROLA) into CDDA_LeastSignificant- (INTEL) format.

The new version (1.9) may now be started from the shell or the Workbench. It's been largely rewritten to eliminate known errors and achieve greater velocity.

SearchStar 0.87

"SearchStar" is a multi-function program that searches your hard-drive for a name or results corresponding to specific search criteria. With this you may select either upper or lower case, additionally SearchStar can replace the results with another designation ("Global Search and Replace"). (cg) (Translation: dm)

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16.Sep.2004
Amigaworld.net (Website)


 "Project: Reality" Website Online
Under the title link you'll find the homepage of "Project: Reality", which dedicates itself to the realization of the "Amiga Fantasy" computer case design by Marko Hirv (picture).

The Amiga 1200-style housing should have room to accomodate the following components:
  • Mini-ITX-Board (e.g. µA1)
  • Integrated USB keyboard in the Amiga style
  • PCI riser card, space for a PCI card
  • EIDE hard-drive
  • Slimline slot-loading CDROM/DVDROM/Combo-Drive
  • opening for the compact Flash slot of the µA1-I
  • 60 W fanless netting [I think power supply is meant here, but the word for netting was definitely used -dm]
  • External adapter, 110-240 V switchable
They are trying to build a prototype by sometime in the first half of 2005. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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15.Sep.2004



 AmigaOS 4: New uploads at os4depot.net
These are the uploads added to os4depot.net since our last report: 
vector.lha            (30kb)  Small vector routine with 3 cubes rotating
autodocviewer.lha     (109kb) Autodoc viewer for OS4
xmamegui.lha          (89kb)  GUI for the OS4 xMAME port v0.8
xbill_os4.lha         (197kb) Port of XBill v2.1 for AmigaOS4
vcdgear176.lha        (689kb) MPEG-Video conversion/extraction/repair tool
sambaprefs_1_3.lha    (46kb)  Configurarion tool for samba server
mixer1_9.lha          (76kb)  Mixer
pt-player-gui-1-1.lha (43kb)  ProTrackerPlayerGui
expat-ppc.lha         (380kb) Expat C library for parsing XML
make-ppc.lha          (2Mb)   GNU make PPC
(cg) (Translation: ub)

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15.Sep.2004



 Amiga games museum: amigamemo.com
At amigamemo.com a collector exhibits his collection of Amiga games. For many famous titles there are box scans, detailed information and screen shots available. (cg) (Translation: ub)

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15.Sep.2004
Richad Kapp (ANF)


 Media: derstandard.at reports about PocketUAE
The Austrian online news magazine 'derstandard.at' reports about PocketUAE, the PocketPC version of the Amiga emulator UAE, by the title link (amiga-news.de reported). Screen shots are also shown. Further information regarding this UAE version is available at the PocketUAE web site. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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15.Sep.2004
Pegasosforum (Website)


 MorphOS: Devedie and KeyMorpher updated
At the 'Pegasosforum' there are updates available for the DVD player GUI Devedie for MPlayer as well as for the keymap editor KeyMorpher.

The keymap editor KeyMorpher by Vladimir Javorski offers with version 0.095 a new graphic user interface and a possibility to edit 'dead' keys.

The also by Vladimir Javorski written GUI for DVD playback supports with version 0.5.6 now also version 1.0 of the movie player MPlayer. Additional a menu item, 'PlayFile', has been added and the 'DragBar' menu bug has been removed. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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15.Sep.2004
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)


 MorphOS: OpenTTD 0.3.4 released
OpenTTD is a clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe, a popular game originally written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features.

The new version comes with several smaller and bigger changes.

New Features:
  • Added more translations
  • Add: Generalised A* Algorithm
  • Add: Generalised queues (Fifo, Stack, InsSort, BinaryHeap)
  • "None" as option for number of industries in difficulty settings
  • Add many random industries and towns in scenario editor
  • Added level land button to scenario editor (Chris Huebsch)
  • Added never_expire_vehicles to patches GUI (Chris Huebsch)
  • Added new icons for landscaping toolbar (drawn by sign_de)
  • Align toolbar left/center/right patch (TrueLight)
  • All TTDLX kind of savegames are supported (.SS1, .SV1, .SV2, .SV0, .SS0).
  • Alpha version of a new AI (TrueLight)
  • Autodetect server in LAN via udp (Sign)
  • Build_date of station (viewable with Query tool)
  • Company HQ can now be moved somewhere else (cost 1% of company value). Water floods HQ.
  • Competitors menu under patches
  • Copy/share orders now works from ship depot window for ships and hangar window for aircraft
  • Difficulty settings window has been changed (Darkvater)
  • Enable/disable all buttons in message settings
  • Executable is now openttd(.exe) always
  • Ingame console (sign_de)
  • Invalid (void) orders in schedule are highlighted in red (Celestar)
  • Invisible trees when in transparent mode (patch entry)
  • Option to sort vehicles in vehicle-list window by different criteria.
  • Proper crediting to graphics artists to about box.
  • Removing town roads has been finetuned.
  • Terraforming toolbar (in the plant tree menu)
  • Working multiplayer gui (sign_de)
  • etc.
Fixes:
  • A lot of network fixing (sign_de)
  • A lot of old AI fixed
  • Autosave folder was not created on MorphOS
  • Coast line near edge of map and near oilrigs (Dribbel)
  • Delete canal under bridge wasn't possible
  • Error message for 'game load failed' when no town is in a scenario
  • Game not pausing when saveload dialog is clicked in main menu
  • Load Scenario fix
  • Memory leak in news system (blathijs)
  • Monorail/maglev became available around 1927
  • Move around sort-widgets a bit so it looks more natural
  • Old scenarios have correct colour
  • Placing/editing signs is possible in paused mode
  • Playing new game with scenarios in windows works
  • Problems around exclusive transport rights (Celestar)
  • Railroad crossings on slopes are now possible
  • Random crash when player-face was displayed in error-dialog
  • Rare mousewheel scrolling with scrollbar crash
  • Road vehicles don't get stuck any more at stations (Truelight + Celestar)
  • Savegames are sorted with newest date first by default
  • Scenario editor now asks before it generates a random landscape
  • Slopes graphics fix (dominik)
  • Starting a new game in DesertLandscape crashed the game
  • Stupid bug in company league window if non-player is first
  • Wrong building of road-slopes for a future AI/Town
  • Wrong pathfinding when northern station tile is missing (blathijs)
  • You cannot take ownership of an oilrig by building right next to it
  • [SDL] Performance fix for palette animation and mouse jumping (jirif)
  • [SDL] Same resolution was displayed more than once in game options
  • [SDL] Smoother mouse and performance fix, like in Win32 (jirif)
  • etc.
For a full list of changes, new features and fixes have a look to the Changelog inside the archive.

Before you can run OpenTTD, you need the following files from the original Windows version of Transport Tycoon Deluxe as OpenTTD makes use of the original TTD artwork: sample.cat, trg1r.grf, trgcr.grf, trghr.grf, trgir.grf, trgtr.grf.

The archive for MorphOS and other systems can be downloaded from the title link. (snx)

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14.Sep.2004
Elbox Computer (ANF)


 Elbox: Mediator Multimedia CD update 1.26 supports further TV cards
Elbox Computer is pleased to have completed development of drivers for a series of new TV card models, these drivers being released today. See the Mediator Driver Guide for the current list of PCI TV cards supported in MEDIATOR busboards. The MM CD 1.26 update is free for all registered Mediator Multimedia CD users.

Additionally, the new tv.library ver. 4.0 has added Stereo-NICAM TV sound processing for TV cards fitted with a single-chip Digital TV Sound Demodulator-Decoder TDA9874A by Philips.

The new library has added processing of the new Front End by YMEC: TVision 5V TVF-8533B/DF. These Front Ends are installed in the latest Prolink TV cards, e.g. in the now-supported PixelView PlayTV Pro MPEG (model M4800). New Front Ends are much more sensitive than those fitted in older TV card models. Quality of the broadcast is now excellent, even when the antenna signal is relatively weak.

The new library has added processing of the new radio sets installed in the latest TV cards. These are single-chip, digitally tuned FM stereo radio sets TEA5767 by Philips.

To ensure handling new radio sets, the API of tv.library was expanded. The current developer's documentation (ver. 4.0) is available from the Mediator Multimedia CD 1.26. The new tv.library is compatible backwards with all the previous tv.library functions maintained. As a result, the current versions of TV card control GUI -- like TvR and SuperTV -- work with the new tv.library without any modifications.

The MM CD 1.26 update includes also the new driver for Fast Ethernet 10/100Mbps cards. The FastEthernet.device ver. 1.15 driver has been reworked for AmigaOS4 compatibility.

Info on the current versions is available in the DOWNLOADS | Mediator section. The current list of supported PCI cards is available in the Mediator Driver Guide. The info about Mediator-related sources you will find in the COMMUNITY section. (snx)

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11.Sep.2004
Dirk "Docki" Dockbreyder (ANF)


 Atari: New old game console
Atari will produce the game console 7800 again. But probably only for the US-market. There the console Flashback (picture) will be available for about 45 US-Dollar from November on.

The console will be delivered with two joysticks and cable for connecting it with a television set. 20 games are preinstalled. Additionally to the known ones "Saboteur" is a formerly not published game. Here is a list with the games:
  • Adventure
  • Air Sea Battle
  • Asteroids
  • Battlezone
  • Breakout
  • Canyon Bomber
  • Centipede
  • Crystal Castles
  • Desert Falcon
  • Food Fight
  • Gravitar
  • Haunted House
  • Millipede
  • Planet Smashers
  • Saboteur
  • Sky Diver
  • Solaris
  • Sprintmaster
  • Warlords
  • Yar\s Revenge
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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11.Sep.2004
amiga-fan (ANF)


 Hyperion: Betatesting of the update of OS4-developer preversion started (Update)
According to Ben Hermans on Amigaworld.net yesterday the beta testing of the first update of the developer preversion of AmigaOS4 was started.

The update for registered OS4-users will have about 30 MB. Should this size of the archive for anybody means a problem this can be solved.

Update: (20:04, 11.09.04, snx)
As Hans-Jörg Frieden (Hyperion) notifies us, the betatest that started yesterday night actually already concerns the installation CD. The individual components of the update are being tested a much longer time already. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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11.Sep.2004
ANN (Website)


 MorphOS: Bugfix-release 0.6a of picture viewer Showgirls published
Michal 'kiero' Wozniak has published a minor update which fixes bugs of the version 0.6 of the picture viewer Showgirls (amiga-news.de reported).

Bugs have been fixed in relation with:
  • List/Thumbnails-mark in menu
  • loading of files which are too big for the memory (caused a crash)
  • the tolerance for damaged JPEG-files (was increased)
  • change of the screen in full screen modus when choosing the drive (workaround for the causing bug in MorphOS 1.4 added)
Download: ShowGirls-0.6a.lha (270 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.Sep.2004
Amiforce (ANF)


 AmiBlitz2-Distribution not complete: English PED-version now added
In the distribution there is the German version of PED (programming editor) two times. Because of that Amiblitz use always the German language in each version.

Therefore there is a new version ready for download. All those who have already downloaded the archive can also seperately download the PED in the AmiBlitz section.

Thank you Fulvio Peruggi who noticed the mistake. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.Sep.2004
Christian Geier (E-Mail)


 Image_Installer: First pictures of Mandrake 10.1 on the Pegasos
On the website of the Image_Installer-Team first pictures of Mandrake 10.1 Alpha PPC have been published. Currently this Linux distribution works with kernel 2.6.8, xorg, KDE 3.2.3 and other programs on the Pegasos I from Christian Geier. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.Sep.2004
Steffen Nitz (ANF)


 SN-EuroArchiv V1.65 published/DKG-Highscore-List updated
The version v1.65 of SN-EuroArchiv is available on my homepage. Some features have been added and you can now save the information of the project as a text file or directly send it to the printer.

Besides this a new highscore list for "Die Kleine Gilde II" is available which can everybody take as a standard or a little aim. The list is not half full and it was played only until 1460. In order to enter further figures please send your personal highscore list to Steffen.Nitz@t-online.de.

New campaign: Tomorrow I will celebrate my 28th birthday and because of that I will give keyfiles for "Die Kleine Gilde II" or the SN-archive packet to those persons who will send me the most friendly wishes. The campaign will start on September 11th at 12 o`clock and will last 24 hours. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.Sep.2004
Pegasosforum (Website)


 MorphOS: Updates of Webserver Apache and thttpd
Matthias Münch has compiled updates of the webserver Apache and thttpd for MorphOS.

The last one is a fast and little webserver for simple websites which is now available in version 2.25b. Before you start it you have to adapt the file thttpd.conf.

The current version 1.3.31 of Apache is only the main program. Therefore an existing installation is required. (snx) (Translation: dr)

[News message: 10. Sep. 2004, 07:43] [Comments: 0]
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09.Sep.2004
Silke Block (ANF)


 Amiga Party in Braunschweig Rescheduled for an Hour Later
Silke Block writes: Unfortunately we're getting the meeting space two hours later than previously announced. This means that the party now will begin at 2 pm (instead of 1 pm) on the 25th of September, 2004. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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09.Sep.2004



 Windows: IFF Displayer "IFF Loader"
"IFF Loader" is an IFF picture displayer for Windows. According to its author it can display almost any IFF picture (HAM, HAM8, EHB, 24 Bit etc.). Also you can zoom in in the pictures. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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09.Sep.2004



 Another Producer Recognizes JPEG Patents
Macromedia follows Adobe as the second large software producer to yield to the license of the alleged patent holder Forgent.

Forgent claims to hold a patent that is infringed by the compression methods in JPEG data. A few months ago Forgent accused 31 companies of not making license payments (we reported). Complete article under the title link. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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09.Sep.2004



 Amiga Merchant: KDH Moves
We're moving... After fifteen years we're leaving the Black Forest and settling in the north of Germany, at the shore of the Baltic Sea. You can reach us after the move at the following address and telephone number:

KDH Datentechnik
Ostseering 17 a
23946 Ostseebad Boltenhagen

Tel 038825 26271/26272
Fax 038825 26350

Nothing is changing as regards our e-mail addresses and our product offerings. Our answers to e-mail and telephone messages could take a little longer than usual in the next few days. After the 13th of September 2004 everything should be back to normal. We ask for your understanding, and look forward to greeting you from our new location. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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09.Sep.2004
VCDGear-Website (ANF)


 AmigaOS4 Native Version of VCDGear Released
There's a native AmigaOS4 port of the current CLI version (1.76 build 040415) of VCDGear available under the title link. This is a program for the conversion, repair, and extraction of mpeg video data. (snx) (Translation: dm)

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09.Sep.2004
MorphZone (Website)


 MorphOS: Update of eDonkey Client Bourriquet to Version 0.2.5
Bourriquet, the filesharing client for the eDonkey network from SixK (reverse engineering of the protocols and kernel development) and Rusback (mainly development of the GUI by way of MUI), has reached beta version 0.2.5.

This version is mostly considered for test use (in which debug output is generated) but it also allows one to contact a server, search for data, download small amounts of data, and upload data.

Interested developers may contact either co-author if they would like to take part in this project. There's still a lot to do and we're looking for support, as in the related case of Morgoth, the source of which is available at Castor CVS.

Download: Bourriquet20040907.lha (284 KB) (snx) (Translation: dm)

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09.Sep.2004
#amigazeux (ANF)


 MorphOS: ClockToy Released
UltraGelb released "ClockToy," a digital clock for MorphOS.

Direct download: ClockToy.lha (35 KB) (cg) (Translation: dm)

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09.Sep.2004
naTmeg (#morphos) (ANF)


 MorphOS: URD Universal Raid Device Released
Rupert Hausberger's RAID software solution "URD" is now also available for MorphOS. More information may be found in the online documentation. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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09.Sep.2004



 Directory Opus 4: Status Update
Jacek Rzeuski, until now responsible for the continuing development of the well-known file manager "Directory Opus 4," must shelve his work because of competing demands on his time.

Programmers interested in further developing the program or in compiling it for Amiga OS4 or MorphOS etc. will find more info about this under the title link. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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