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15.Dec.2004



Software news in brief

AirHockey 2004 Beta 1

AirHockey 2004 is an arcade game of classical "Pong" style (Screenshots: 1, 2). The latest version comes with different difficulty grades and extras like the "Invert mode" or the "Wall locker", the calculation of the fight trajectories has also been improved.

Link: Homepage
Download: airhockey.lha (941 KB)

AmiDiction v2.9a

AmiDiction is a frontend for the English online dictionary by dictionary.com.

Link: Homepage
Download: AmiDiction.lha (33 KB)

WeatherCheck

WeatherCheck obtaines the weather forecast from the "Bureau of Meteorology", Australia for different regiones of the fifth continent.

Link: Homepage
Download: WeatherCheck.lha (31 KB)

Update of the codesets.library

The codesets.library supports programmers handling different codepages and converting text files.

Link: Homepage (cg) (Translation: ub)

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15.Dec.2004
Turrican SETA (website)


USB joystick: New production of the "Competition Pro"
The "Competition Pro" may be well known by many Amiga users - now this veteran is available for the universal serial bus (USB). (cg) (Translation: ub)

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15.Dec.2004
Cloanto (ANF)


Pianeta Amiga 2004: Some photos and a video (update)
Cloanto have posted some photos and a video from the "Pianeta Amiga 2004" at the title link.

Update: (15.12.2004, 21:00, cg)

More pictures by Andrea Maniero and "Seiya" are available at amigapage.it. (cg)

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15.Dec.2004
ANN (website)


PegXMac: Update to version 1.3.2
The live CD PegXMac by David Bentham is available in version 1.3.2 now. PegXMac allows to launch Mac OS using Mac on Linux (MOL) on the Pegasos II without the need of a prior Linux installation.
more ... (snx) (Translation: ub)

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14.Dec.2004
Obligement (ANF)


Magazine: Obligement Issue #48
The 48th issue of the French magazine "Obligement" was released today. Topics of this issue:
  • News about AmigaOS 4.0 and the AmigaOne
  • Interviews with Axel Buendia (the developer of the AI engine of Quake 3) and Franck Dutouron (a new AmigaOne merchant)
  • Reviews of UAE for MorphOS, Gallerius, Alien Blaster, LMarbles, Snoopium, Hanged Man 2004
  • Hardware: Trust Wireless Tablet 200, Norwat Ethernet module, IOmega Zip drive
  • Tutorials: Make PNGIcons with TVPaint/PerfectPaint, Install MacOnLinux on Pegasos, MUI configuration
  • Programming: Blitz Basic (making crypt/decrypt tools), Amiga-E (Interfaces)
  • Book: Digital Retro
  • A long article about Björn Lynne and his productions
  • and more...

Direct download: obligement48.zip (1.7 MB) (cg) (Translation: dm)

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11.Dec.2004
GMKai (ANF)


MorphOS Value Package V1.2
The MorphOS Value Package, a collection of useful software, got an update. New in the package are the following programs: Frogger, Bolcatoid, Atari800 emulator and DOSBox. Updates of "Die kleine Gilde II" and Jabberwocky replace older versions.
more ... (snx) (Translation: wk)

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11.Dec.2004
Moobunny (website)


AROS: Bounty #18 (IPC bridge) finished
Team AROS-Bounty #18, an IPC bridge, was finished by Martin Blom and honored with a reward of 200 US dollars.
more ... (snx) (Translation: wk)

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11.Dec.2004
ANN (website)


SystemPatch: version 2.6 released
SystemPatch changes several operating system routines to increase the performance on systems with newer 68k processors. The most can be reached on 060 systems but it can be used on Amigas with 68020+.
more ... (snx) (Translation: wk)

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11.Dec.2004
Steffen Nitz (ANF)


DKG II: author asks for speed tests
Within the game "Die kleine Gilde II" it's in the meantime possible to play MP3 files in the background. But the problem arises that this is apparently reserved to UAE, Amithlon and probably to AmigaOne and Pegasos systems (the latter ones haven't been tested yet). A real Amiga with 060 processor already seems to be to slow for this, there are lags and distortion while playing the MP3 files, the opening of windows may be slowed down.
more ... (snx) (Translation: wk)

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11.Dec.2004
Tristar (ANF)


Demo scene: update of Tristar website
Tristar updated his homepage after a longer break. Among other things you can now find there new logos and wallpapers, the "C-64 Demo Section" was opened, too. On the website there are the first demos created during 1987-1989. Further information you can find following the title link. (snx) (Translation: wk)

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11.Dec.2004
Martin Heine (ANF)


AHT Europe: MIDI interfaces for Amiga, Pegasos and PCs
Birmingham, Dec. 11 2004 - AHT Europe Ltd. are pleased to announce the immediate availability of their first Amiga products: MIDI interfaces for the Commodore Amiga as well as the Pegasos and standard PCs. (PDF version)
more ... (cg)

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11.Dec.2004
ANN (website)


Air Hockey 2004: first beta version released
The game Air Hockey 2004 (screenshot) is available for testing in a first beta version. Further backgrounds as well as enemies, weapons, rewards and sounds will be added.
more ... (snx) (Translation: wk)

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11.Dec.2004
MorphOS-News.de (website)


GCC-Makro: API_MUI 1.4 released
API_MUI is a macro for the compiler GCC to make the developing of MUI programs easier. The macro works with AmigaOS 3.x as well as with MorphOS.
more ... (snx) (Translation: wk)

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10.Dec.2004
amigafuture.de (website)


Games database: Update at amiga-online-games.de
At amiga-online-games.de you can find information about Amiga games which can be played on two or more connected Amigas (TCP/IP, modem, Modem, Parnet).

The follwing games have been just added to the database: Armour Geddon, Demon Wars, F-16 Combat Pilot, Medieval Warriors, TeleWar and White Death. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Dec.2004



NetBSD 2.0 published with NetBSD/amiga
NetBSD is an Unix-like operating system which is being distributed under an Open-Source-licence. NetBSD is to be the most "portable" operating system and currently supports 54 different platforms. more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Dec.2004
ANN (website)


Event: First details to PUSH 2005
The "PUSH" is an event for Pegasos-/MorphOS-users which is organized by the Pegasos User Group Sweden ("PUGS"). But other users (AmigaOne, Apple Mac) are also very welcome. more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Dec.2004
morphzone.org (website)


MorphOS-portal: morphzone.org online again
The MorphOS-portal morphzone.org is online again but with restricted functions.

The spammer attacks (we reported: 1, 2) have localized a security lack in the operating system, more ... (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Dec.2004
MorphOS-News.de (website)


Pianeta Amiga: Perfomance of some components of MorphOS 1.5 and new software
The Italian dealer Pegasos Italia will present some of the components of MorphOS 1.5 as well as new MorphOS software on the Pianeta Amiga which will take place on 12th December.
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.Dec.2004
ANN (website)


Update of Calcheduler (formerly Calendari)
The scheduling software Calendari has got an update as well as it was renamed. It is now called Calcheduler. Some new other options of the program have been added which can be now tested. Calcheduler can be completely equipped with skins.
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.Dec.2004
AROS-Exec (Forum)


AROS-Max 0.2.0 now available as Windows-hosted version
The AROS distribution AROS-Max is now available in Stable-Version 0.2.0 for hosted use under Windows. AROS is put on the QDOS emulator. You only have to start the self extracting archive and then start the file winaros.bat.
more ... (snx) (Translation: dr)

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09.Dec.2004



Amiga Magazine: December 2004 Issue
As the usual sample for prospective readers, two articles from the current issue of AMIGA Magazine have been placed online:

Online as well are the editorial and the preview of the January 2005 issue. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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09.Dec.2004



WHDLoad: New Version, New Packets through 9th December, 2004 (Update)
With WHDLoad, it's possible to intall and play off your hard-drive games that were previously considered floppy-only. A new version of the packet bundle has been released today and is available under the title link, beyond that the following titles have been added, improved, or updated since our last press release:
  • 09.12.04 improved: Power Drift (Activision) several improvements
  • 09.12.04 improved: Hard Drivin' (Domark) complete rework
  • 09.12.04 improved: Great Courts/Pro Tennis Tour (UBI-Soft) supports another version, docs added
  • 08.12.04 improved: Waterloo (PSS/MirrorSoft) supports another version
  • 08.12.04 improved: Manhattan Dealers/Operation Cleanstreets (Silmarils) slave optimized
  • 08.12.04 new: Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold (Disney Software) done by Psygore
  • 08.12.04 improved: Captain Blood (Ere Informatique) supports another version
  • 06.12.04 fixed: Fears (Bomb Software) imager for disk version corrected
  • 05.12.04 improved: Blastar (Core Design) fully rewritten, various improvements (Info, Image, Image)
  • 05.12.04 improved: Manhattan Dealers/Operation Cleanstreets (Silmarils) supports French and US versions
  • 05.12.04 improved: Kick Off (ANCO) supports extra time and data disk
  • 04.12.04 new: Contravention (Reality) done by Codetapper (Info, Image)
  • 04.12.04 new: Eskimo Games (Maitai/Magic Bytes) done by Codetapper
  • 01.12.04 improved: Super Ski/Eddie Edwards Super Ski/Downhill Challenge (Loriciels/Microids) supports the US version
  • 01.12.04 new: Thunder Burner (Loriciel) done by CFOU!
  • 01.12.04 new: Pro Soccer 2190 (Vulture) done by CFOU!
  • 30.11.04 new: Super Ski/Eddie Edwards Super Ski/Downhill Challenge (Loriciels/Microids) done by CFOU!
  • 29.11.04 improved: Kwasimodo (Courbois Software) rewritten, highscores fixed
  • 29.11.04 new: West Phaser (Loriciel) done by CFOU!
  • 29.11.04 improved: Dragon Strike (Westwood/S.S.I) access fault fixed, reworked for WHDLoad v16
  • 25.11.04 fixed: Fears (Bomb Software) correct slave for floppy version added
  • 24.11.04 new: Waterloo (PSS/MirrorSoft) done by CFOU!
  • 24.11.04 improved: Lombard RAC Rally (Red Rat/Mandarin Software) slave optimized, manual added
  • 24.11.04 improved: Crazy Cars (Titus) slave optimized
  • 22.11.04 improved: Thunder Cats (Elite) supports another version, now uses kickstart 1.3
  • 22.11.04 improved: World Class Leaderboard Golf (Access) supports the kixx version, rewritten for whdload 16
  • 22.11.04 new: Vader (Softgang) done by CFOU!
  • 22.11.04 new: Faery Tale Adventure (Microillusions) done by JOTD

Update: (09.12.2004, 23:30, cg)

Pointer to the new WHDLoad archive added (see above). (cg) (Translation: dm)

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09.Dec.2004
amigaworld.net (website)


Hardware Hacking: Tricked-Out Amiga 600
Under the title-link "Mike" introduces his tricked-out Amiga 600 and gives persons who might choose to follow in his footsteps some tips. (cg) (Translation: dm)

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09.Dec.2004



os4depot.net: Uploads Through 9th December, 2004
Here are the uploads at os4depot.net since our last notification:

amitorrent.lha         net/p2p 476kb AMITorrent - An Amiga BitTorrent clone
supermanppc.lha        uti/fil 157kb Show the user a directory of documents
statemachineppc.lha    dev/mis 408kb Generates Finite State Machine source code
ripmime.lha            net/ema 120kb ripMIME tool to decode MIME formatted messages
sambaprefs.lha         net/sam 167kb SambaPrefs
tooltypeseditorppc.lha uti/wor  72kb ToolTypes Editor program
limpidclock.lha        uti/wor  58kb transparent clock / calendar
xmame_old.lha          emu/gam  10Mb xMAME Port - old version,works with prerel. update
wet.lha                uti/wor 222kb Show weather conditions in WB titlebar (OS4)
tunenet.lha            aud/pla  92kb Basic Shoutcast and MP3 Player
blobwars.lha           gam/pla   8Mb SDL platform shoot'em up
blobwars_upd.lha       gam/pla 981kb SDL platform shoot'em up (Update 0.96.2 -> 0.98.1)
(cg) (Translation: dm)

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09.Dec.2004



Software News: amrss 1.4, BACK-IT-ALL-UP 9.9

amrss 1.4 (Beta)

amrss is an RSS-Reader that displays so-called "RSS-Feeds" (news snippets in text format) as are offered for example from amiga-news.de and amiga.org. In the new version several bugs have been eliminated, beyond that an HTML displayer has been integrated.

Link: homepage

BACK-IT-ALL-UP 9.9

With Back-It-All-Up backup copies of a hard-drive may be be made to another hard-drive. The software supports up to eight partitions, as well as hard-drives beyond the four gigabyte limit. It offers a range of features, and may be opened on its own screen or directly on the Workbench screen.

Link: homepage
Download: backitallup99.lha (16 KB) (cg) (Translation: dm)

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08.Dec.2004
MorphOS-News.de (website)


Genesi now AMCC partner
Genesi extends their partnerships of IBM and Freescale with the third PowerPC manufacturer, AMCC. Genesi will contribute system design services for production of board solutions as well as embedded software support for PowerPC processors by AMCC.
more ... (snx) (Translation: ub)

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08.Dec.2004
PPCZone (website)


Linux: Montavista for Pegasos
As PPCZone reports, Genesi and Montavista are partnering now. The embedded systems targeting Montavista Linux will be offered for the Pegasos and the Open Desktop Workstation. (snx) (Translation: ub)

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08.Dec.2004
aPEX (Forum)


Amiga 1000: Common order for newly produced Phoenix boards (Update)
By the title link aPEX reports at the amiga-news.de forum, there is a possibility to place a common order for newly produced Phoenix boards. Shipping may start end of January 2005, the price at a volume of five to ten boards would be 210 AUD without SCSI (about 124 Euro) or 260 AUD with SCSI (about 151 Euo) each.
more ... (snx) (Translation: ub)

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08.Dec.2004
ANN (website)


MorphOS: Free Pascal 1.9.5 (20041207) released
The development snapshot of the Free Pascal compiler 1.9.5 for MorphOS clears several bugs and contains the latest compiler core. Additional some new units were added to support more system libraries.
more ... (snx) (Translation: ub)

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08.Dec.2004
amigascne.org (ANF)


Amiga Demo Scene collection updated
The largest Amiga demo scene collection has been updated and many corrupted files have been removed. The collection is to reach by the title link or directly at ftp://ftp.amigascne.org.
(snx) (Translation: ub)

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04.Dec.2004



Software news

Update for "Rita the Singer"

The software "Rita the Singer" developed using "Hollywood" creates backups of your HD partitions, formats partitions and converts complete CDs or single tracks to the formats AIFF, WAV, 8SVX, MAUD or MP3.

In the latest version have some bugs been removed. In addition, there are now three different skins available.

Link: homepage
Download: complete archive (2.3 MB)
Download: update (1.1 MB)

RSS client: amrss 0.2 (alpha)

"amrss" is an RSS client for AmigaOS 3. It is an alpha version, the author asks for bug reports.

Link: homepage

EvenMore: update of the "Generic Prefs Plugin"

A new version of the "Generic Prefs Plugin", one of the plugins for the text viewer "Evenmore", was released. All "EasyGUI" code was removed, the plugin is now smaller.

Link: homepage
Download: genericprefs.plugin (3 KB) (cg) (Translation: wk)

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04.Dec.2004



Retro computing: LemonAmiga.com goes online
lemonamiga.com is the little sister of the retro portal lemon64.com which is very popular among C64 fans.

At lemonamiga.com you can find a comprehensive games data base with many screenshots and the possibility to compare the data and screenshots of C64 and Amiga versions of a game. Readers can comment on games or write their own reviews and they can rate every game.

The site is completed by a forum and some tutorials respectively articles about the Amiga. (cg) (Translation: wk)

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04.Dec.2004
(ANF)


Power.org: open standards based on the Power processors
Power.org counts 15 companies to work on chips and systems on the basis of the Power architectur. The processor architecture used e.g. by IBM can be found in Apple computers, the Nintendo GameCube and server systems by IBM.

Members of Power.org are among others Bull, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, IBM, Novell, Red Hat and Sony... (full German article under the title link). (cg) (Translation: wk)

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04.Dec.2004
amigaworld.net (website)


Micro AmigaOne: information about jumper settings and connectors
amigaworld.net reader "NeRP" has collected under the title link complete information with pictures about jumper settings and the internal connectors of the MicroA1-C. (cg) (Translation: wk)

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