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Archive 05/2006

`28.May.2006` Bernd Roesch (ANF)	AFA OS: Prerelease 1 of the MUI clone Zune Bernd Roesch is now making a port of the MUI clone Zune available for AFA OS, his AmigaOS backport of diverse AROS libraries. Zune can be run in parallel with MUI, no files of a MUI installation are deleted or overwritten whatsoever. With the "ZunePromoter", it is configured which MUI applications should use Zune instead of the original MUI libraries. This approach was necessary, since many MUI applications apparently use undocumented MUI functions and, at present, do not work under Zune yet. YAM and SimpleMail were already tested and accord with Zune. Zune still has two restrictions at present: It can't open its own screens yet (only the Workbench screen is supported), and the window coordinates are not saved. For the implementation of functions that are still missing, the author would be thankful for the assistance of other developers. External classes for Zune have the ending .zcc and .zcp and are located in MUI:libs/zune. Therefore, MUI classes can be converted to Zune classes simply with a file editor, even without access to the sources. The classes by Klaus Melchior(kmel) and Alfonso Ranieri were thus adapted to Zune with the authors' consent and accompany the archive. Other classes are copied and adapted during the installation of Zune. Programmers who would like to use Zune directly, simply open the zune.library instead of the muimasterbase.library. Should this action fail, the muimasterbase.library should be opened instead. Thus, both MUI and Zune can be supported with just one binary. Authors, who use undocumented MUI functions, or whose software does not work under Zune for other reasons, are asked to contact Roesch in order to allow for a suitable adaptation or extension of the libraries. (cg) (Translation: cad) [News message: 28. May. 2006, 19:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`28.May.2006`	AmigaOS 4: Motocross with Xmoto (beta) Xmoto is an SDL/GL-based arcade game that is slightly evocative of the 8-bit classic Kikstart (Screenshot). The AmigaOS 4 version still has problems with graphics card initialization, that's why another Warp3D title should be started first (and closed again, of course), before launching Xmoto, additionally, minor errors in the display are yet to be eliminated. xmoto_beta1.lha (6.7 MB) (cg) (Translation: cad) [News message: 28. May. 2006, 19:42] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`28.May.2006` Carsten Siegner (ANF)	MorphOS: TCP stack Mosnet 1.1 Pavel "Sonic" Fedin has released version 1.1 of his PPC-native TCP stack Mosnet. Reportedly, the stack should now be noticeably faster than the forerunner version, additionally, the archive now contains a documentation in Amigaguide format. (cg) (Translation: cad) [News message: 28. May. 2006, 19:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`28.May.2006`	MorphOS: Update to the Commodore emulator VICE Harry "Piru" Sintonen has released an update to the MorphOS version of VICE. Besides the elimination of numerous minor errors (in the file requester, among others), overlay is now supported as well. (cg) (Translation: cad) [News message: 28. May. 2006, 15:37] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`28.May.2006`	MorphOS: Role-playing game ISO-Angband Krzysztof 'Tarnak' Kretus has released a MorphOS port of ISO-Angband. ISO-Angband is a variant of the well-known "Hack'n Slash" role-playing game Angband, where events are presented from an isometric perspective. The powersdl.library is required. (cg) (Translation: cad) [News message: 28. May. 2006, 15:05] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`28.May.2006` Amigaworld.net (Web page)	AmigaOS 4: Lua 5.1-2 Steven Solie has released an update to his programming language Lua, which is ported by him to AmigaOS 4. Version 5.1 still forms the basis of this, but dynamic libraries are now supported as well. So, the programming language can now be extended with, for example, a ReAction toolkit, without having to modify Lua itself. Also, a Lua interface to existing AmigaOS libraries can be added, as it had been realized in some cases with ARexx, too, at that time. The latter is achieved through supplementing the respective library with an exec interface called "lua" as well as the associated program code, which deals with the conversion between the two environments. A corresponding skeletal structure for such a library is contained as an example. Lua is about a lightweight language which is designed for extending applications. Here, it is a fundamental concept to provide, instead of a large number of functions, meta-mechanisms for their implementation. Download: lua.lha (821 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad) [News message: 28. May. 2006, 08:29] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.May.2006` Alfred Faust (ANF)	AmigaOS 4: TiMidity 0.5 TiMidity is a program to render and convert MIDI files. Because of the very positive feedback to the release of a first beta version of his AmigaOS 4 port released Alfred Faust a new version with more control elements added to the ReAction /Gadtools user interface. With version 0.5 it is now possible to reach almost all options of TiMidity via the user interface. All messages are now shown in a special text area of the program window instead of being displayed in a separate window. To be able to use TiMidity you need GUS patches and/or sound fonts that are available in the OS4 depot for download. Download: timidity.lha (426 KB) (snx) (Translation: wk) [News message: 27. May. 2006, 21:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.May.2006` Søren Ladegaard (ANF)	Think Commodore: Forum added Today "Think Commodore" launched a new Commodore forum just for Mac users. Think Commodore is a website for Apple users about the emulation of Commodore computers. (snx) [News message: 27. May. 2006, 16:09] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.May.2006` Codex Alpe Adria Team (e-mail)	Event: Codex Alpe Adria 2006 (Italy) Codex Alpe Adria 2006, the friendly alternative computing event, will take place in five weeks - from June 30 until July 2 - in Udine, which is within a one-hour drive from three airports, as well as from the Alps, beaches, Venice, Trieste, Austria, Slovenia and other beautiful locations. Florence, Milan, Salzburg and other popular tourist destinations, as well as major shopping malls (open on Sunday), are within easy reach, also for day trips from the event. Jens Schönfeld (developer of tools such as the C64 Ethernet interface) and Bernd Schmidt (author of the UAE Amiga emulation software) already confirmed their attendance, while other familiar retrocomputing and demoscene personalities are finalizing their plans. It has become known that several software and hardware developers plan to make important product announcements during Codex Alpe Adria 2006. This is your chance to meet these legends in person. Cloanto's Amiga staff will also be there, as they are behind the event. The new Codex Alpe Adria venue, conveniently located next to the Udine north highway exit, has ample open air space, resident WiFi, and supports sleepovers (rooms are also still available at the official hotel, which is in the city center next to the train station, and is connected by bus to the event). Prizes of the Codex Alpe Adria demo competitions include a rare and very valuable C65 prototype and a C-One development system. Other activities include pizza and pasta at Ciccio's (followed by traditional Codex Alpe Adria absinthe) on Friday, a Friulian banquet on Saturday, a hard disk throwing contest, and numerous excursions. Great flight connections are still available at bargain prices. For example, GBP 1.79 (plus taxes) can buy you a ticket from London Stansted (STN) or Frankfurt Hahn (HHN) directly to Udine/Trieste (TRS) airport. Ryanair also flies to nearby Treviso (TSF) airport from Brussels Charleroi (CRL), Dublin (DUB), Girona/Barcelona (GRO), Liverpool (LPL), Paris Beauvais (BVA) and Shannon (SNN). Other airlines for which it is still very convenient to purchase tickets are listed at the Codex Alpe Adria site. (snx) [News message: 27. May. 2006, 10:02] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.May.2006` Philippe Bourdin (ANF)	Daytime server set up Many users of classic Amigas still work with Genesis (the AmigaOS 3.5/3.9 TCP/IP stack) that offers a builtin function for time synchronization via daytime. To close this gap decided Philippe Bourdin to program a daytime server and to make it available to the public via time.PAB-Software.de (run by: PAB Software & Design). Separate software for time synchronization is not needed anymore, then. The daytime server runs always with the current MEZ/MESZ and can therefore be used in all Central European countries. Manual corrections for summer/winter time become redundant as Genesis synchronizes the time when going online. Faultless functioning and permanent availability can't be guaranteed, though; but the source code is available so anybody may send corrections or run his own daytime server in the own time zone. Download of the AmigaOS version: daytime-amiga.pl Download of the Linux version: daytime.pl daytime-init.sh (snx) (Translation: wk) [News message: 27. May. 2006, 06:27] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.May.2006` dietmar (ANF)	Cubic IDE: Online-Shop opened Dietmar Eilert wrote: Welcome to my new website for Amiga developers: I finally made it to open an online-shop. The main offer is Cubic IDE which is an integrated developing system for AmigaOS and MorphOS. It is a temporary site which will get a seperate domain. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 26. May. 2006, 20:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.May.2006` AmigaSpeed (ANF)	Benchmarks: AmigaSpeed-Update AmigaSpeed which is a website about speed tests of several Amiga system configurationen was updated in the section PowerPC-processors with new MIPS-figures to all G3- and G4-models. Additionally the MPC7448 also was mentioned which is the upper end of the 1,7 GHz serie. Additional to the speed tests a opinion poll was started concerning the future of the PowerPC. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 26. May. 2006, 16:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.May.2006` Amigaworld.net (Webseite)	Troika NG: Another mainboard announced In a status report which is accessable under the title link Troika NG announced to buy a mainboard design. This would be a more powerful system than the own development called Amy'05. With the help of the planned cooperation Troika NG can offer such a system for AmigaOS 4 faster and cheaper. Currently still it is not possible to show some pictures of the whole mainboard but of some details. These show the PowerPC-processor (G4/7448) with Tsi-109-Northbridge (preview 1) as well as the audio-ports (preview 2). Concerning the own development of a low-end-system version 1.4 almost was reached. Therefore some more information will be announced for the next status report. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 26. May. 2006, 07:46] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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