07.Jan.2009
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Gimp 2.2.13 alpha and Fontforge for AmiCygnix
For his X11-environment AmiCygnix Edgar Schwan has published ports of the picture editing software Gimp and of the character set editor Fontforge.
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(cg) (Translation: dr)
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05.Jan.2009
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 76 (January/February 2009)
Press release: The Amiga Future 76 (Januar/Februar 2009) has been released today. This means that all subscriptions, preorders and dealer supplies have been shipped.
In this issue you'll find reviews of the recent versions of AmigaOS 4.1, Netpanzers, AmiCygnix, AISS and much more. Besides that we have an interview with Claus Desler and Gareth Murfin. A more detailed description of contents and some excerpts can be found at our website.
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04.Jan.2009
Moo Bunny (Forum)
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AROS: USB-Mass-Storage-Bounty project (almost) finished
According to Michal Schulz in his Blog under the title link he almost finished the bounty project "Creating a Mass-Storage-Class for the USB-stack of AROS" (screenshot).
During the next days the source code will be cleaned up and then published. Additionally the author will improve the USB-stack and AROS itself that booting from a USB-stick will become more practicable.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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04.Jan.2009
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: EasyTAG 2.0 and GQView 2.1.5 for AmiCygnix
For his X11-environment AmiCygnix, Edgar Schwan has published ports of the Tag-editor EasyTAG 2.0 and of the picture viewer GQView 2.1.5.
EasyTAG is a tool for viewing and editing Tags in MP3-, MP2-, FLAC-, Ogg Vorbis-, MusePack- and Monkey's audio files. It has an easy to use GTK2-interface.
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(cg) (Translation: dr)
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04.Jan.2009
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Text viewer: EvenMore 0.65-4.1.09
The text viewer Evenmore was published. Please note that the configuration files of previous versions are not compatible to this latest version. You have to delete these files before installing the update. Changes in this version:
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(cg) (Translation: dr)
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04.Jan.2009
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AmigaOS 4: Web-Browser OWB 3.3 (Update)
Jörg Strohmayer has published an update of the port of the Origyn Web Browser. Changes in version 3.2:
- Updated to SVN revision 766
- Enabled experimental SVG parts
- Window title wasn't restored on uniconify, fixed
- Ported the bookmark from OWB Blastoise to Galekid and added support
for multiple windows to it
- When using the back and forward buttons the URL gadget wasn't always
updated, fixed
- Now uses the CookieManager instead of a simple HashMap cookie jar,
should fix most cookie related problems
Update: (05.0.2009, 1:00, cg)
Meanwhile version 3.3 was published:
- Reverted the 3.2 cookie changes as they caused more problems than they
fixed
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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04.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Warp3D picture viewer WarpView 1.0
The Shareware picture viewer WarpView uses Warp3D which makes possible fast scaling. But the program requires more video-RAM as different picture viewer. Datatypes are used for loading pictures. You can find the changes in version 1.0 under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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04.Jan.2009
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Individual Computers: Indivision Flash 1.3 / Changes in EU power grid
Press release
Software update for Indivision AGA
The new version 1.3 of the Indivision AGA Flash core now allows separate settings of the sync-polarity for standard- and HighGFX modes. Since some monitors use the polarity to switch between resolutions, this improves user-friendliness a lot, because switching between games and workbanch-based applications does not require any adjustments any more. Games mostly use PAL or NTSC screenmodes, while it's desirable to have the flicker-free high resolutions of HighGFX on the workbench.
Direct download: Indivision_Config_V100.lha
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(snx)
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04.Jan.2009
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: Application in dental practices
Possibly presentations which were created with Andreas Falkenhahn's Hollywood Designer under AmigaOS 4 will be used in dental practices.
The Norwegian company Ferrule Media has used Hollywood for his commercial product "Dental Kanal" which was introduced on a fair. You can now read a message which was published on the Hollywood-mailing list:
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04.Jan.2009
Christoph Hahn (ANF)
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AROS: VmwAROS 1.0.1
Paolo Besser who is the maintainer of the AROS-distribution VmwAROS has published an update to version 1.0.1. This update requires an installed version.
Furthermore he published a video which shows the VmwAROS.
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(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Manual: Debian Installation on the Sam440ep
Under the title link Philippe Ferrucci described how you can install the Linux distribution Debian on a Sam440ep-System using the Bootloaders Parthenope on the same harddrive on which AmigaOS 4 was installed.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PowerUp registrations: Over 650 boards registered
Matthias Münch who is owner of PowerUp hardware (PowerPC boards as well as graphic boards) has asked other users to register their boards. Until today he registered over 650 boards.
He tries to find out how many boards were produced and how many are still in use.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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UAE: AmiKit 1.5.4
AmiKit which is a full distribution for UAE-users is now available in version 1.5.4 and should be updated with the help of the Live-Update if you already have an installed version.
The changes in the new version are listed in the Changelog.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Jan.2009
Pegasosforum.de (Forum)
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MorphOS: Workaround for USB-devices under 2.x that didn't work
Under the title link Mario Kuban, based on hints from Fabien Coeurjoly, described (in German) how you can use some USB-devices which still did work under MorphOS 1.x but under version 2.0 did not any longer.
When starting you have to deactivate the pciusb.device of the USB-stack called Poseidon from the Open Firmware (boot boot.img mf=pciusb.device) and instead to use Nicolas Det's ehciusb.device 50.9 as well as Frank Mariak's uhciusb.device 51.4 in the preferences of MorphOS.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Jan.2009
ACube Systems (ANF)
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ACube: Specifications, price and picture of SAM440ep-flex
On sam440.com the specifications and the price (375 Euro plus taxes and shipping) of the successor of the Sam440ep called Sam440ep-flex were listed. Additionally there is a picture of the motherboard.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Jan.2009
Amiga Arena (ANF)
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Amiga Arena: Full version PairsNG
Press release The Fire still burns - The motto of the Amiga Arena applies to the year 2009 as well. We are pleased, in cooperation with the developer Christoph Kimna, to make available one of the last Shareware games of the good old times in section "Mix".
PairsNG is a puzzle game similar to "Shanghai". You can get detailed information in the preview to PairsNG in second issue of the PDF-magazine AmigaInsider.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PageStream: New manual video
In Spring of the last year Tim Doty published first manual videos for the DTP-program PageStream. Three days ago another manual was added.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Jan.2009
MorphOS Team (ANF)
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Official update for MorphOS 1.4.x
Press release: As the first release of 2009, we have prepared an update pack for the now out-of-date MorphOS 1.4.x which includes various minor improvements. Most notably, the archive includes several libraries that are required to stay compatible with new software releases, such as future Ambient versions and applications relying on PowerSDL, as many developers continue to migrate to MorphOS 2.x.
The Update Pack for MorphOS 1.4.x is available for download in our files section. To install the update, unpack the archive and copy all files to your system partition. Please take special note that this update is not intented to be installed on MorphOS 2.x and higher.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Jan.2009
(ANF)
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MorphOS 2: Ambient-Gimmick/Transparency-Demo Elephant 1.5
Elephant written by Christian Rosentreter is an Ambient-Gimmick which demonstrates the transparency function of the user-interface of MorphOS 2.0 (screenshot).
In version 1.5 some minor bugs have been fixed and a Spanish catalog has been added.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Jan.2009
Bobic (ANF)
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4Sceners.de chose best demos 2008
The editorial staff of 4Sceners.de has chosen the best demos and intros of the last year. In the position table of the best "Oldskool Demo" three Amiga demos can be found.
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01.Jan.2009
David Brunet (ANF)
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New article on Obligement website
During the last two months some articles have been added to the website of the French AmigaOS and MorphOS magazine called Obligement. Additional to the text mentioned below on the website the issues 92-96 of the former French magazine "Amiga News" are available.
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(cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Jan.2009
Pegasosforum.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Instant-Messenger PolyGlot 0.54
Already four days ago the beta version 0.54 of the Instant-Messenger PolyGlot was published. The MorphOS program written by Frederic 'Polymere' Rignault supports the MSN-Network.
In the latest version you can now add graphical Smilies as well as additional information in the chat window.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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31.Dec.2008
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Amiga Image Storage System: AISS 4.6 (Update)
Martin Merz has published an update of his "Amiga Image Storage System" (AISS) with which you can manage Toolbar graphics under AmigaOS and alternative systems.
Update: (08:57, 01.01.09, snx)
Besides AISS 4.6, which includes a new installation script by Thomas Klein (french translation by Philippe Bovier), Martin 'Mason' Merz did also combine all of his icon sets of the previous year into one single archive.
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31.Dec.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Instant Messenger: SabreMSN 0.40
James "jahc" Carroll has published a new update of his Instant Messenger for the MSN-Network for AmigaOS 3.x and AmigaOS 4 (screenshot). The changes of this version are listed in the changelog.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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31.Dec.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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C-Compiler: vbcc 0.9
vbcc is a C-compiler developed by Volker Barthelmann (compiler-core) and Frank Wille (Amiga specific adaptations). The compiler supports AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS, PowerUp and WarpOS and corresponds to ISO-C in accordance with ISO/IEC 9899:1989 as well as a subset of the newer standards ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (C99). Changes in version 0.9:
- Using vasm 1.3c and vlink 0.12 with many improvements.
- New: vlink 0.12 has experimental support for dynamic linking. The frontend supports a -static option to force static linking.
- New: -unsigned-char allows a char without qualifier to be treated as unsigned char instead of signed char.
- New: Target "MiNT" (m68k-atarimint), which is a multitasking operating system for Atari computers. The linker was extended to support the MiNT-specific embedded a.out-format in a TOS exexutables, called aoutmint.
- Fixed a bug with using bitfields in operations, which occured with -O2 optimization on big-endian hosts.
- A combination of 64-bit shift and arithmetic-and operations generated illegal code on all targets.
- Fixed bug with expressions of the form (pointer_type) (non_ptr +/- non_ptr) on machines that allow shortcutting conversion from int to pointer types.
- Fixed bug with VLA (variable length array, C99) length 0.
- Fixed illegal optimization of constant indexes in VLAs.
- The volatile keyword was ignored in some situations when using -O2 optimization or higher.
- Fixed some problems with incorrect struct-definitions after parse errors.
- Error and warning messages are redirected to stderr.
- Warning 224 must not appear, when a function returns the difference between two auto-variables.
- Exit with a fatal error when an #include-recursion is detected, which means in this case that the nesting-level is > 1023.
- Fixed __AMIGADATE__, which should add parentheses around the date.
- Fixed wrong line number after an #include directive, when the line ends with CR/LF.
- M68k code generator: Shortcut was erroneously used for (int)=(floatvar)/(floatconst)-(floatconst) converting the last floatconst into integer.
- M68k code generator: __interrupt had a discrepancy between the number of saved and restored registers.
- M68k code generator: Link register A5 got overwritten by local variables when used for a VLA.
- M68k code generator: Used an address register as DBRA counter for a struct-push operation at -O1.
- M68k code generator: For compatibility the __stdargs modifier is supported now, but ignored.
- M68k code generator: Wrong adressing Mode An,<ea> for ADD occured sometimes with -O3 optimization.
- PPC code generator: variables with a natural size of 8 (double precision float) have to be aligned to a 64-bit boundary, as not all PPC CPUs support 32-bit alignment.
- PPC code generator: VLAs didn't work inside of a structure.
- PPC code generator: 64-bit arguments were sometimes unnecessarily "extended" from 32 to 64 bits under PowerOpen-ABI (WarpOS).
- i386 code generator: Fixed some 64-bit integer bugs.
- C16x code generator: Better shift code generation.
- C16x code generator: Fixed bug with save_result and r==tp.
- vclib: Made freopen() depend on fopen() to make sure that the destructor which closes all open files is called.
- vclib m68k: Returned sign of modulo operation was wrong in the cases (+)%(-) and (-)%(-).
- vclib PowerUp: Fixed libpowerup.so, which can be generated by vlink now.
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31.Dec.2008
Amiga-Forever-Team (ANF)
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Amiga (Forever) Meetup in Lisbon on Sunday
Press release We are organizing a meetup in Lisbon, Portugal, on Sunday, January 4th, 2009, to meet with Amiga friends in person. If you are interested in joining, or have suggestions, please follow the event link on Facebook, and kindly confirm there, if attending.
A wonderful 2009 to all!
Michael C. Battilana
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