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21.Sep.2005



Aminet-Uploads until 20.09.2005
Aminet uploads since our last news item: more ... (cg)

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21.Sep.2005
Darius Brewka (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: Beta testers for the start menu "AmiStart" wanted
Darius Brewka has compiled an AmigaOS4 version of his start menu AmiStart (screen shot) using a cross compiler for AmigaOS 4. Since the program has been tested by only one user yet, the author invites other people to do some beta testing of this application.

Users should ideally be familiar with teh OS3 version may contact Darius Brewka to get the PPC native version. (cg) (Translation: ub)

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21.Sep.2005



os4depot.net: Uploads until 21.09.2005
Uploads at os4depot.net since our last news item: more ... (cg)

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21.Sep.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


E-UAE: Version 0.8.28 of the Amiga emulator released
After two release candidates now the final version 0.8.28 of E-UAE is available. This sibling of the Amiga emulator UAE is done by Richard Drummond for the Amiga itself as well as for it's successors and for Linux (PPC, AMD64, x86), MacOS and BeOS.

The changelog as well as the binaries for the supported platforms are obtainable at the title link. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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21.Sep.2005



WHDLoad: New packets until 20-09-2005
With WHDLoad games a nd demos intended for floppy usage are installable to the harddisk. Additionally some compatibility issues with newer Amiga models are removed.

The following installers were contributed lately: more ... (nba) (Translation: ub)

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21.Sep.2005



Event: Retrot game fair in Bochum
From September the 30th until October the 2nd there will be the EuroCon 2005 in Bochum. Along with this event there will be also the first Bochum retro fair for classic video games at the hotel Kolpinghaus. For this fair about 20 vendors have registered already, the entrance fee is 3 Euro. Further information is available at the both said internet addresses. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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21.Sep.2005



Sensible Soccer: Remake for the Playstation 2 in 2006
Sensible Soccer is alive: After the disappointing sequel for the Playstation 1 anno 1998/1999 the developers at Codemasters seemed to have rediscovered the roots of that soccer classic and are aiming at the vitues of the classic like good game play in bird's view but current gfx and sound effects. The new version is said to be released early 2006 for the Playstation 2, further Details or screen shots are not available yet. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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21.Sep.2005
Brian Bagnall


Book release: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore
The some weeks ago announced book "On the Edge - The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore" is available now. On 548 pages in a hard cover the author Briab Bagnell tells the story about the rise and fall of the former computer giant Commodore. The English book can be ordered using the ISBN 0-9738649-0-7 for $29.95 at every book store. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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20.Sep.2005



GoldED Studio blow-out sale
In about two weeks, the next version of GoldED will be released (Screenshot).
more ... (snx)

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20.Sep.2005
vesalia.de (ANF)


Vesalia: µA1-C-preorder-promotion until September 30th, 2005
Vesalia currently takes preorders for the MicroA1. Several MicroA1 and AmigaOne bundles are listed on the dealer's website under the titlelink. (cg)

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19.Sep.2005
Verein zum Erhalt klassischer Computer e.V.


Event: Classic Computing 2005
The "Classic Computing 2005" opens at 24. and 25. September in Neubulach near Stuttgart. The organizer would be demonstrating classical computers within a due framework, following topics will be shown on Classic Computing: more ... (cg) (Translation: aj)

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19.Sep.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Update of Boost-C++-Bibliotheken to Version 1.33.0
Steven Solie released a Update of his AmigaOS 4-Port of the Boost-C++-libraries. The current Boost-Version is now 1.33.0 and is adapted to Version 51.15 of the AmigaOS 4-SDK.
more ... (snx)

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19.Sep.2005
MorphOS-News.de (Software-News)


MorphOS: Software-News til 19.Sep.2005

Ilkka Lehtoranta transfert following five games to MorphOS: the classical Space strategie game with ASCII-Graphic Conquest 1.2.1, the Ego-Shooter Descent II 1.2 R2, the logical game MadMatrix 1.2, the chessgame UChess 2.89 and the Pokergame VideoPokeri 1.02.
more ... (snx) (Translation: aj)

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19.Sep.2005
AHT International (E-Mail)


AHT International: First Prototyp of a IP-TV-Moduls
AHT International, a company, how designed Settopboxes with Linux and AROS (amiga-news.de reported) , notify a IP-TV-Modul with projectname "Viper".

The Prototyp use a STB-Chip, one SCART- and two RJ45-connectors and make is possible to use IP-TV, Video-on-demand and Internet on a TV-Modul (Photo). (snx) (Translation: aj)

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19.Sep.2005
ANN (Webside)


Soundplayer: PlayOGG 2.9 released
PlayOGG is a Soundplayer for the Formates OGG Vorbis, MP3, MPEG, FLAC, VOB, AC3, RA and SID as well as Modul- and Soundformates.

Changes in Version 2.9 are corrections and enhancements like more CLI and wildcard support and a update of the documentation. (snx)

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18.Sep.2005



AmigaOS 4: PerfectPaint adaptation in the works
Marco "Blackbird" Möring discloses in a comment on amiga-news.de that he is working on an adaptation of the graphics program PerfectPaint to AmigaOS 4.

Georges Halvadjian, the original author of the freeware application written in Blitz Basic, had disclosed the temporary discontinuation of the development some time ago.

Apparently, the sources reside in the ownership of Möring for some weeks now, who wants to eliminate diverse problems in the usage of the program under AmigaOS 4. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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18.Sep.2005
Raffaele (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: Cairo, Libfreetype and Libxml2

Cairo

Cairo is a library for the creation and manipulation of vector graphics, which also supports exporting to Postscript or PDF files, among others.

Link: Download page

libfreetype 2

freetype is all about a font engine for vector fonts. Amiga port by Andrea Palmaté.

Link: Download page

LibXML2

LibXML is an XML/C parser including toolkit of the Gnome project.

Link: Download page (cg) (Translation: cad)

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18.Sep.2005
z5 (ANF)


Demo Scene: Amiga Demoscene Archive with new web design
The web site of the "Amiga Demoscene Archive", which offers more that 500 productions out of the Amiga demo scene for download, was overhauled in general, and now offers some new functions alongside a completely new design. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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18.Sep.2005
(ANF)


RC5-72: "Distributed Amiga" team gains 7th place
The "Distributed Amiga" team eked out the 7th place for itself in the RC5-72 competition. It relegated the "Belgian MoOo Farm" team to 8th place yesterday, and is hot on the heels of the "Japan FreeBSD Users Group" team. More information about the "Distributed Amiga" team is on the team page. Those who want to join the team can do it here. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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18.Sep.2005
pegasosforum.de (Webseite)


MorphOS: TCP stack ezTCP 0.2
A new alpha version of the PPC-native TCP stack ezTCP was released. In case of errors and configuration problems, the author is available in a thread on morphzone.org. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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18.Sep.2005
DJBase (Forum)


Amiga Clone: Development of PowerOS picked up again
PowerOS, a project introduced by Claus Herrmann to the public in 2001, should originally have been a PowerPC-native reproduction of AmigaOS (Screenshot), which was to run on Amiga computers with PowerPC processors (BlizzardPPC, CyberstormPPC as well as the AmiJoe which never materialized). more ... (cg) (Translation: cad)

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17.Sep.2005
amiga.org (Webseite)


Emulation: Lemonade, a WinUAE front-end for retro-gamers (Preview)
With "Lemonade," Robert Gardiner and Kim Lemon introduce a WinUAE front-end that comes with an extensive game database with numerous screenshots. When browsing through the database, individual games can be started with the press of a button - provided that a corresponding ADF file is installed. (Lemonade recognizes ADF files automatically by means of a checksum.)

Some screenshots of the current Lemonade beta can be found under the title link, a target date for the release of the front-end is not stated yet. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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17.Sep.2005
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Linux/Cygwin: Cross-Compiler for Amiga-68k
Jocke "Zerohero" Birging makes all binaries that are necessary for the compilation of 68k applications under Linux or Cygwin (Windows) available under the title link, and delves shortly into the installation of the individual components. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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17.Sep.2005
PPA (ANF)


CD Tool: WolnyCD 1.2
With WolnyCD, the read speed of a CD (CDR/CDRW) drive can be specified. This procedure should work with most ATAPI and some SCSI devices and serves to reduce the noise level of a drive. In most cases, the compatibility of a drive with discs, that are otherwise criticial, is also improved. more ... (cg) (Translation: cad)

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16.Sep.2005
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)


MorphOS: Vectoroids 1.1.0
Vectoroids (screenshot) is a simple vactor based shooter which is similar to the classic "Asteroids".

You can find the MorphOS-compilation under the title link. The PowerSDL.library is required. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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16.Sep.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Update of the avcodec.library
With updating the avcodec.library for AmigaOS 4 a Codec-Plugin-System is introduced. External codecs for these libraries are saved in the directory LIBS:avcodecs. But so far there is only one such codec which is called the a52.library.

Download:
avcodec_lib.lha (665 KB)
a52_lib.lha (92 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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16.Sep.2005
Pegasosforum (Webseite)


MorphOS: SDL-game Formido 1.0 ported
In Formido written by Herbert Klackls you have to defeat a plaque of insects (screenshot). You can find the MorphOS-version under the title link. The PowerSDL.library is required. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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16.Sep.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Software-Updates from OnyxSoft: TheMPegEncGUI 2.60, SnapIt 0.2 and BackUp 1.42

TheMPegEncGUI 2.60 (AmigaOS/68k)

TheMPegEncGUI written by Daniel Westerberg is a graphical user interface for a couple of MPEG-Audio-Encoders.
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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15.Sep.2005
mausle (Kommentar)


AmigaOS 4: PowerPC-Linux added to crosscompiler-instruction manual
PowerPC-Linux was added to Jocke 'Zerohero' Birging's quick instruction manual. It shows the setup of a crosscompiler-environment for the generation of AmigaOS 4-programs. (snx) (Translation: ts)

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15.Sep.2005
MorphZone (download area)


MorphOS: native serial.device for Amiga computers (beta version)
For users of the PowerUp version of MorphOS compiled Pavel 'Sonic' Fedin a device driver for the Amiga'S serial interface based on the source code that's part of the MorphOS SDK. As he doesn't own an Amiga he needs your feedback whether the serial.device that's available under the title link is working. (snx) (Translation: wk)

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15.Sep.2005
ANN (Webseite)


Interactive 3d-model of an Amiga 1200
Under the titlelink you can find an item to an Amiga 1200 at old-computers.com - a website which introduces 925 computer veterans so far.

A 3d-model of the A1200 from Marco Chrappan was added recently, which you can access under the link at the right menu. Unfortunately you need a browser plugin for that, which seems to require the Internet Explorer.
more ... (snx) (Translation: ts)

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15.Sep.2005
Markus Pohlmann (ANF)


Prerelease: new arcade game "BatDefense" under work
Markus Pohlmann works on "BatDefense", a game where you must defend a city against bats (Screenshot). The author writes the following:
more ... (snx) (Translation: ts)

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