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20.Feb.2006
Genesi (e-mail)


Freescale extends the PowerPC® architecture market with mobileGT™ platform
Opportunities for open source developers to design commercial and industrial applications based on MPC5200B microprocessor

AUSTIN, Texas - February 20th, 2006 - Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL, FSL.B) is supporting Power.org with a mobileGT development platform that taps into a large open source development community, helping drive the PowerPC® architecture into more commercial and industrial applications.

A collaborative effort between Freescale and Genesi USA, Inc., a new mobileGT Alliance member, introduces application opportunities based on the Power Architecture™ to members of Genesi's open source developer communities as well as Power.org member developers. The technology bundle combines Freescale's MPC5200B microprocessor based on the Power Architecture™ and Genesi's EFIKA reference platform with integrated open source software stack.

"This is a great opportunity to open vast new industrial and commercial arenas to the PowerPC architecture," said Anand Ramamoorthy, general manager of Freescale's infotainment, multimedia and telematics business. "Our membership in Power.org and collaboration with Genesi gives us a pipeline to migrate the outstanding capabilities of our mobileGT platform to a much broader range of markets. MobileGT customers will be able to simplify their product development process and add additional features available from the open source community."

The EFIKA is a high performance, small form factor design that features Genesi's Hardware Abstraction Layer and IEEE 1275 compliant Open Firmware (HAL/OF), which gives designers increased flexibility to reduce product development time, speed time-to-market and extend software development from one application based on the Power Architecture™ to another. The platform encourages developers to leverage the PowerPC architecture for their GNU/Linux, OpenSolaris, MorphOS and other operating systems and applications, providing performance and cost benefits for system designs and designers.

"For Power Architecture™ technology to continue its reach into new markets, developers need PowerPC-based platforms supported by open tools, a diversity of operating systems and a collaborative ecosystem," said Nigel Beck, Vice President Technology Marketing, IBM Systems and Technology Group and chairman of Power.org. "It is precisely this kind of collaboration between our members that we seek to foster in Power.org."

Future generations of mobileGT platforms are expected to continue to integrate functionality that supports the open source development community, providing the right balance of high performance, low-cost and low-power consumption for the industrial/commercial space.

About mobileGT
The mobileGT name refers to both an architecture and an alliance of key vendors in the navigation, infotainment and telematics industry. Pooling the talents of processor suppliers, RTOS vendors, software module IP providers, system integrators and hardware add-ons helps to ensure that customers will have off-the-shelf solutions when they need them. mobileGT alliance members support and drive adoption of the MPC5200 reference platforms. Information on the mobileGT alliance can be found at www.freescale.com/files/pr/mgtopensource.html

About Freescale
Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (NYSE:FSL, FSL.B) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500®, is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD). For more information about Freescale, visit www.freescale.com.

About Genesi
Genesi (www.genesippc.com) is a leading provider of PowerPC based computing products. Genesi's Open Firmware (IEEE 1275) compliant designs bring PowerPC technology, flexibility, and efficiency to the desktop, home entertainment, netcom, low-end server and pervasive market segments at an affordable price.

About Power.org
Comprising leaders in the technology field, Power.org develops, enables and promotes Power Architecture technology as the preferred open standard hardware development platform for the electronics industry and administers qualification programs that optimize interoperability and accelerate innovation for a positive user experience. The founder group includes Cadence Design Systems, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Jabil Circuit, Novell, P.A. Semi, Red Hat, Synopsys and Thales Computers. For more information about Power.org, visit www.power.org. (snx)

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20.Feb.2006
Guido Mersmann (ANF)


geit.de temporary offline
Due a change and testing of the server is geit.de (ValiantVision, ArakAttack, Meridian) temporary not available. The webmaster apologize for any inconvenience. (cg) (Translation: aj)

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20.Feb.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Interview with Álmos Rajnai (Petunia-Autor)
On amigarulez.com was a interview with Álmos Rajnai released. Rajnai is Menber of the AmigaOS 4-Teams and responsible for "Petunia", the JIT-CPU-emulation. (cg) (Translation: aj)

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20.Feb.2006



Aminet-Uploads til 19.02.2006
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
rdesktop.lha              comm/tcp    310K  OS4  Remote Desktop client for OS4 Update 4
Planet.lha                demo/misc   5.3M  OS3  Realtime rendered planets using StormMes
CC65.lha                  dev/cross   6.3M  OS4  65(C)02 cross development package.
PortableCode.lha          dev/cross    26K  GEN  Document on how to write portable code (
powersdl_sdk.lha          dev/misc    2.4M  MOS  SDK to SDL audio and video library for M
powersdl_src.lha          dev/misc    2.5M  GEN  Source code to SDL audio and video libra
bd_v1.7.110.lha           game/2play  115K  OS3  The *ULTIMATE* artillery game, V1.7.110 
FloboPuyo_OS4_020RC2.lha  game/2play  3.5M  OS4  The best PuyoPuyo clone ever made!
dumbbell-mos.lha          game/actio   36K  MOS  SDL Remake of Nibbler
juliosalinas.lha          game/actio  952K  OS3  Silly soccer game
ReminiScene_018RC2.lha    game/actio  656K  OS4  FLASHBACK reimplementation
addtraction-mos.lha       game/board   93K  MOS  Numbers-based board game
Arkanos.lha               game/misc   518K  OS3  free break out game like ARKANOID
BFP.lha                   game/misc    90K  OS3  Map editor for Benefactor
scummer-mos.lha           game/misc    61K  MOS  Lucasarts data files graphics viewer
sonicfortress.lha         game/misc   433K  OS3  Classic fortress game remaked
target_acquired-mos.lha   game/shoot  145K  MOS  Old style SDL vertical shooter
mathrace.lha              game/think  3.3M  VAR  mathematical game
lightwave_rtg_patch.lha   gfx/3d        7K  OS4  Patches Lightwave's rendering to work on
zeescape-mos.lha          gfx/3d      215K  MOS  Height Field Rendering Engine
rtgmaster_mos.lha         gfx/board    15K  MOS  MorphOS native rtgmaster.library replace
Supershapes.lha           gfx/misc    209K  OS3  Draws organic shapes
mijfif.lha                gfx/show     29K  MOS  JFIF&BMP24 viewer for CGX MorphOS
AmiArcadia.lha            misc/emu     69K  OS3  Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator
asap2wav-68k.lha          misc/emu    282K  OS3  Player/converter of Atari 8-bit music fo
ADPCM_dec.lha             mus/misc     29K  OS3  Decoder for Christian Buchner's ADPCM pa
playOGG.lha               mus/play    1.0M  OS3  Plays OGG, MP3, FLAC, VOB, AC3, RA, mods
HunoPNGsPack1.zip         pix/icon    952K  GEN  PNG Icons
HunoPNGsPack2.zip         pix/icon    1.2M  GEN  HunoPNG'sPack2
goge.lha                  pix/misc     80K  GEN  cool pictures done in an A500 in 1992 wi
lila-kde-blue.lha         pix/theme    16M  GEN  Lila Icon Theme, AmigaOS 4.0 version
mixer-atlantis.zip        pix/theme    37K  GEN  Theme for Mixer (OS4)
mixer-kiwi.zip            pix/theme    49K  GEN  Kiwi Theme for MIXER (AOS4)
facturami.lha             util/app    743K  OS3  Beta version of a new facturation progra
IconBeFast.lha            util/boot    15K  OS3  patch for faster icons & color mapping, 
flush_os4.lha             util/cli     20K  OS4  Flush unused libraries,devices and fonts
akGIF-dt.lha              util/dtype   40K  VAR  akGIF-dt V45.46 (GIF, 68000-060/MOS)
akJFIF-dt.lha             util/dtype  204K  VAR  akJFIF-dt V45.46 (JPEG, 68000-060/MOS)
akPNG-dt.lha              util/dtype  205K  VAR  akPNG-dt V45.46 (PNG, 68000-060/MOS)
akTIFF-dt.lha             util/dtype  383K  VAR  akTIFF-dt V45.46 (TIFF, 68000-060/MOS)
AmigaGuideDT.lha          util/dtype   90K  MOS  Missing MorphOS datatype
powersdl.lha              util/libs   846K  MOS  SDL audio and video library for MorphOS
amiShuffle.lha            util/misc    24K  OS3  Use your iPod Shuffle with your Amiga
StartBar-ITA.lha          util/misc    94K  OS3  Italian version of StartBar
iconlauncher.lha          util/wb     2.6M  OS3  Program launcher screenblanker MP3 jukeb
ouija.lha                 util/wb     265K  OS3  Simple ouija board simulator
ritathesinger.lha         util/wb     3.2M  OS3  backup devices format audio conversion..
(cg) (Translation: aj)

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20.Feb.2006



os4depot.net: Uploads til 19.02.2006
os4depot.net uploads since our last report:
rundos.lha          emu/uti   54kb  run MS-DOS soft by clicking on the icon
wesnoth_data.lha    gam/str   42Mb  Battle for Wesnoth - Data File
wesnoth_exe.lha     gam/str    4Mb  Battle for Wesnoth
hunopngspack1.zip   gra/ico  952kb  HunoPNG'sPack1
hunopngspack2.zip   gra/ico    1Mb  HunoPNG'sPack2
hunopngspack3.zip   gra/ico  731kb  HunoPNG'sPack1 Fix for Workbench
wookiechat.lha      net/cha  457kb  IRC Client (Internet Relay Chat)
httphandler.lha     net/mis   23kb  HTTP: device for accessing web-hosted fi
mixer-fire.zip      aud/mis   62kb  Brighter Them for Audio-Mixer (A1-AOS4)
mixer-sweet.lha     aud/mis   11kb  Sweet Mixer theme.
amissl-sdk.lha      dev/mis  497kb  AmiSSL SDK
hatari.lha          emu/com    1Mb  Atari ST and STE emulator
ikir_theme.lha      gra/the    1Mb  ikir's AmigaOS Theme
cranu.lha           uti/arc   40kb  GUI for archivers
flush.lha           uti/she   20kb  Flush unused libraries,devices and fonts
reminiscene.lha     gam/adv  656kb  FLASHBACK reimplementation
flobopuyo.lha       gam/puz    3Mb  The best PuyoPuyo clone ever made!
rdesktop.lha        net/mis  310kb  Remote Desktop client for OS4 Update 4
mixer-atlantis.zip  aud/mis   36kb  Theme for Mixer
mixer-kiwi.zip      aud/mis   48kb  Kiwi Theme for MIXER (AOS4)
cc65.lha            dev/cro    6Mb  65(C)02 cross development package.
lila-kde-blue.lha   gra/ico   15Mb  Lila Icon Theme, AmigaOS 4.0 version
(cg) (Translation: aj)

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20.Feb.2006



AROS-Archives: Uploads til 19.02.2006
aros-archives uploads since our last report:
aros-gocr039.i386.zip  gra/con    1Mb  optical character recognition program (f
adv770.zip             gam/adv  864kb  Text adventure Adv770
(cg) (Translation: aj)

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19.Feb.2006
amigaworld.net (Web page)


AmigaOS 4: http-handler, the file system for the WWW
http-handler by Chris Young provides a virtual drive "HTTP:", through which resources on the Internet can be accessed. Features of the program:
  • Allows access to web-hosted files via a virtual HTTP: device.
  • Supports Open(), Read(), Close() and Seek().
  • Implements HTTP redirects (301,302) as soft-links - even works with redirects that point to local files.
  • Optionally supports gzip and deflate content-encoding for faster download times, if z.library is installed.
  • Will work through a (non-authenticating) proxy server.
  • Can connect to HTTP services running on ports other than the default.
(cg) (Translation: cad)

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19.Feb.2006
Tristar - AMI_TRS (ANF)


Tristar: The Lotus Turbo Musik Disk with Amiga remixes
Tristar has undertaken a second release of the Remixes series for all old Amiga fans. This one deals with the game "Lotus Turbo" and contains remixes of all three themes of the Lotus Trilogy.

The members of Tristar have taken the criticism on the last Musik Disk to heart and stored the three songs in an extra folder - that way, users of other operating systems can also play back the melodies now.

Incidentally, Tristar is still looking for other talents, who feel like doing something in the areas of graphics, sound and code. If interested, just write an E-Mail. (snx) (Translation: cad)

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19.Feb.2006
PPA (ANF)


Emulator frontend: RunDOS 1.2.5 (AmigaOS 4/MorphOS)
RunDOS lets You start DOS applications or games in a DOSBox environment by simply double-clicking them. Version 1.2.5 is available for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.

Download: RunDOS.lha (53 KB) (cg) (Translation: cad)

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19.Feb.2006
David Brunet (ANF)


Amiga Games Hit Parade: Results of January / February 2006
Afterwards the results of the Amiga Games Hit Parade for January / February 2006. The next votes will start end of March.

01. (02) Payback - 117 pts
02. (01) Quake 2 - 115 pts
03. (03) Sensible World Of Soccer - 104 pts
04. (06) Slam Tilt - 93 pts
05. (04) Napalm - 91 pts
06. (08) Freespace - 80 pts
07. (07) Cannon Fodder - 72 pts
08. (20) Worms / Worms DC - 64 pts
09. (05) Heretic 2 - 63 pts
10. (12) Super Frog - 61 pts
11. (11) The Settlers - 61 pts
12. (18) Stardust / Super Stardust - 61 pts
13. (09) Quake - 60 pts
14. (10) Quake 3 - 54 pts
15. (13) Xtreme Racing - 50 pts
16. (14) Dune 2 - 49 pts
17. (16) WipEout 2097 - 45 pts
18. (24) Crossfire 2 - 44 pts
19. (17) Kick Off 2 - 44 pts
20. (15) Earth 2140 - 43 pts (snx)

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19.Feb.2006
Amiga.org (Web page)


AmigaOS 4: Archiver GUI cranu 0.3
Cranu is a graphical user interface, with whose help, LhA, LZX, Zip, tgz or tar.bz2 archives can be created very easily (screenshot). Using so-called profiles, support for other archive formats can be supplemented.

In the beta version 0.3, solely error corrections were undertaken. So for instance, in double-clicks in the file overview, a drawer will only then be opened, when really both clicks applied to it.

Download: cranu.lha (41 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad)

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19.Feb.2006
amigaworld.net (Web page)


IRC Client: Wookiechat 2.0
The MUI-based IRC client WookieChat (screenshot) is available for AmigaOS 3/4 in version 2.0 since today.

Changes since the last version:
  • DCC CHAT support added
  • Outgoing DCC SEND works on OS3 now and is compatible with XChat
  • Outgoing DCC SEND is much faster now (by a factor of 2x to 4x)
  • AmIRC/XChat style multi column display added (optional, can be toggled on and off easily) (Screenshot)
  • AmIRC style nick completion added (optional)
  • Quite a few bugfixes.
(cg) (Translation: cad)

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19.Feb.2006
amigaworld.net (Web page)


AmigaOS 4: File system SFS with support for files larger than 4 GB
Jörg Strohmayer has released a special version of the file system SFS, which also supports files larger than two and four gigabytes, respectively. "SFS2" is not compatible with the forerunner SFS, but both versions can be used concurrently. The author specifically points out the beta character of the software.

Since the support for file sizes beyond the two gigabyte limit, introduced with AmigaOS 4, requires the usage of new operating system functions, practically no software is available at present that could handle such large files. But with SFS2, the development of such applications is now possible for the first time. (cg) (Translation: cad)

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18.Feb.2006
Thomas Meigel (E-Mail)


iPod Shuffle on the Amiga: amiShuffle 0.7.0
Thomas Meigel has released an update of his program amiShuffle. New in version 0.7.0 is the possibility to be able to adjust the volume individually for every title saved on the iPod Shuffle. Other changes can be gathered from the accompanying Readme file.

The program amiShuffle makes it possible to use the iPod Shuffle on the Amiga, like every other USB flash-stick with integrated MP3 player. After copying the MP3 files onto the iPod, you must merely start amiShuffle, to fill the database (iTunesSD) with the appropriate information.

Download: amiShuffle_0.7.0.lha (24 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad)

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18.Feb.2006
Volker Mohr (E-Mail)


Minimig: Report on the FPGA-Amiga presentation in Maarssen
Today, in the club meeting of the Commodore Gebruikers Groep in Dutch Maarssen, the FPGA-based Amiga replica 'Minimig' was publicly introduced by its developer, Dennis van Weeren (reported by amiga-news.de).

Volker Mohr has visited the event and composed a short report for amiga-news.de. You can find his photos at the end of this article. In addition, he writes:

"On February 18, the 'Commodore Gebruikers Groep' (CGG) invited to one of their regular meetings in Maarssen near Utrecht again. In the homely setting, this time there were three interesting news at once to gaze at. Two of them were Jiffy DOS for the VC 20 - a highly compatible fast-loader with extended operating system - as well as the 1541-III by Jan Derogee.

The latter is a PIC microcontroller, which uses an MMC/SD as drive via the IEC bus - and can thus be used on the C 64, VC 20 and even the C64-DTV. Thereby, the circuit behaves like a 1541 drive, hence was the name 1541-III chosen. On the FAT-16-formatted MMC/SD card, disk images in the well-known D64 format are located, which are recognized as 5.25" disks.

However, the actual sensation of the day is the Minimig. Club member Dennis reproduced a complete Amiga 500 with OCS in FPGA technology. As can be recognized in the pictures, the prototype, except for puniest errors, already behaves like a real Amiga.

Games were usable with mouse and joystick, a keyboard was yet missing. The laptop on the fringes served merely as floppy substitute, to be able to run disk images on the Minimig. Jens Schönfeld from individual Computers from Aachen was enthused as well and talking shop with Dennis for a long time.

In any case, it is certain that the Amiga clone based on FPGA, mentioned for the first time in December of last year in the forum of Amiga.org, is by no means a matter of hoax, but an amazing marvel of technology.

So let's hope that this device can arouse interest in the industry, because as compact games console like the C64-DTV, it could bring the name Amiga back into the awareness of the public again."


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In addition to Volker Mohr's report, further photos and comments can be found in the already-mentioned forum on Amiga.org. (snx) (Translation: cad)

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