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Archive 07/2012

`17.Jul.2012` a1k.org/forum (Webseite)	PPC-Hardware: UltimatePPC-team reconsiders processor choice The UltimatePPC team wrote: "As we are nearing the summer holidays it is time for a quick status update from our side. The last few months have been hectic as both Gideon and myself have been extremely busy with personal affairs besides trying to advance the UltimatePPC project. As we have the prototype boards in our hands we have been actively working on booting a basic kernel on the PowerPC core and interfacing the board to the Amiga bus. Parallel we are starting the software development side of things, with WarpOS support being worked on - as well as first contact with Hyperion regarding AmigaOS4 support. We also keep an eye on feedback from the community and are evaluating the choice made for the P1013 CPU.We knew that the FPU in this processor is incompatible with the ones found on older PowerPC boards. Our original plan to fix these incompatibilities in software turns out to have more impact that we had foreseen. For this reason, we will reconsider the choice of PowerPC CPU, while continuing the development work of other important stuff on the current prototype. So what's next? First we'll take a few weeks off for holidays and time with family. Somewhere in August we get together again. Expect a new update end of August! Happy holidays!" Editor's note: The main feature of the UltimatePPC would have been that the used controler (as System on a Chip (SoC)) could have been accessed from "outside" (in this case from the Amiga). If a different CPU would be chosen it is doubtful whether this concept still works. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 17. Jul. 2012, 06:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Jul.2012` Amiga Future (Webseite)	Individual Computers: New products for C64 and Amiga Press release: Due to popular demand, we've put a product for the C64 back into production that was previously only available from selected resellers. The PLA chip replacement SuperPLA will be back in stock starting september of this year. The revised edition will be available for 18,90 EUR from all our retail partners. SuperPLA V3 is meant for repair jobs and can be used in the following computers: Commodore C64 (old model) C16, C116, plus/4 Floppy-Cartridge 1551 Commodore 610 Commodore 710 Commodore PET (socket UE5) The target computer is set by jumpers. The new, much more compact design has the jumpers moved to the back of the board. Our new accelerator for the Amiga 500 has already been discussed in user forums, but will be released with some changes, so customer demand is met in both price and features. The ACA500 is powered by a 14MHz CMOS-68000 processor with 2MBytes RAM and a mass-storage controller for CF-cards and CD drives. Autoboot from CF-card is possible from Kickstart V1.3 and higher. Thanks to our TrueIDE technology, any CF card can be used, even if the card identifies as "removable device". A CD-ROM drive can be connected to the easily reachable IDE port on the side of the A500. The relatively moderate increase in speed is enough to run WHDload. For those who want more CPU power, the ACA500 has a CPU-slot compatible with our accelerators for A1200 computers. This makes even our top model ACA1231 available to the A500 computer. The ACA500 will be available from all resellers for 79,90 EUR. We're currently negotiating about including Kickstart licenses into the ACA500, so the built-in flashrom can be pre-loaded with different Kickstart licenses. Our new ACA1220 is powered by a full 16,67MHz 68020. For the A1200, this card can be considered a 128MByte-RAM expansion, but for the A500 with ACA500, this board is a turbo-tidbit that provides more memory than has ever been offered at this price: The ACA1220 will be available starting from 89,90 EUR. The ACA1220 can be expanded with a realtime clock. In an A500 setup, the RTC is already located on the trapdoor expansion, so it's not required there. If you're going to use the ACA1220 in an A1200, you can add an RTC for 19,90 EUR. Battery is not included. The RTC-module can also be used with other accelerators or even without an accelerator in an A1200. For example, if you own an ACA1230 and haven't yet equipped it with the hard-to-find RTC chip, this module will solve your problem. As a replacement for the sold-out ACA630, we'll have a new budget-accelerator for the A600, available in Q4/2012. It will be powered by a 16.67MHz 68EC020 processor and provides the popular maprom function, just like all our ACA cards do: Maprom allows executing Kickstart ROM from fast 32-bit memory, increasing execution speed considerably. The ACA620 provides 9+1MBytes of RAM (1MByte reserved for maprom-function). The target price is 99,90 EUR. The "big" Amiga models don't have to stand back: We'll have big memory for a small budget soon. The new BigRamPlus offers 256MBytes of memory for A3000(T) and A4000(T). The full-size Zorro-3 card will be available from all Individual Computers resellers at 99,90 EUR. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 16. Jul. 2012, 12:57] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Jul.2012` MorphZone (Forum)	MorphOS 3.1: Amending character length for PFS3 Different than stated in the release notes for MorphOS 3.1, the included filesystem PFS3 does not use 107 characters for file and directory names. This can be amended by the user with the Shell command "PFSSetFileNameSize NameDesPFS3Laufwerks: 107". This issue has been fixed for 3.2 and later MorphOS releases. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 15. Jul. 2012, 19:22] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Jul.2012` ANF	Puzzle-Platform-Game: Me and my Shadow 0.2 "Me and my Shadow" is a platform game. The user has to solve Aufgaben tasks to reach the exit. The SDL-based game requires AmigaOS 3.x. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 15. Jul. 2012, 16:58] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Jul.2012`	Aminet-Uploads until 14.07.2012 The following files have been added until 14.07.2012 to the Aminet: timberwolf.lha comm/www 26M OS4 A Firefox based web browser MIV_OS4.lha demo/slide 2.6M OS4 MIV Plus slideshow ToolTypesEditorPPC_SP... dev/c 2K ToolTypes Editor 2.1 spanish ... abfs.lha docs/misc 100K Amiga Binary File Structure oki_68k.lha game/jump 665K 68k A B&W platform game xsoldier_68k.lha game/shoot 749K 68k A fast silent action shooter AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 3.3M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul... AmiArcadiaSP.lha misc/emu 14K AmiArcadia 18.33 spanish catalog glUAE.lha misc/emu 14K Integrates UAE into AmigaOS AP49Covers.lha pix/misc 520K aMiGa=PoWeR n?49 Cover Recto WarpDTPrefs.lha util/cli 2K 68k switch for audio filter/power... WarpDTPrefs.lha util/dtype 151K 68k WarpDT preferences program V45.6 IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 152K 68k free icon.library in optimize... QuickStarterSP.lha util/wb 3K QuickStarter 1.7 spanish catalog (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 15. Jul. 2012, 10:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Jul.2012`	OS4Depot-Uploads until 14.07.2012 The following files have been added until 14.07.2012 to the OS4Depot: adripper_encoders.lha aud/mis 574kb 4.1 An encoder plugin pack for ADRipper amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator gluae.lha emu/uti 14kb 4.0 Integrates UAE into AmigaOS flare.lha gam/rol 2Mb 4.0 A free action RPG engine freeciv-sdl.lha gam/str 17Mb 4.0 Open source empire-building stra... timberwolf.lha net/bro 26Mb 4.0 Timberwolf, a Firefox based web ... winnet.lha net/ser 2Mb 4.1 Connect AmigaOne500 to ASPIREHOM... homebank.lha off/mis 11Mb 4.1 A personal accounting program fo... homebank-src.lha off/mis 425kb 4.1 Sources of the Homebank package amipad.lha uti/mis 2Mb 4.1 Website App-wrapper assist.lha uti/mis 3Mb 4.1 An assistant for AmigaOS users vamp.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.0 Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 15. Jul. 2012, 10:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Jul.2012`	AROS-Archives-Uploads until 14.07.2012 The following files have been added until 14.07.2012 to the AROS-Archives: duke3dw.src.lha gam/fps 3Mb Duke3dw source (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 15. Jul. 2012, 10:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Jul.2012`	MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 14.07.2012 The following files have been added until 14.07.2012 to the MorphOS-Files: Paint 0.63 gra/edi 1768 Advanced pixel graphics edi... JHead 2.96 gra/mis 120 A shell based tool for JPEG... KwaKwa 0.5a net/cha 159 Instant messenger using Gad... ezxml.library 8.7 sys/lib 55 ezXML is a C library for pa... SCube 1.1 uti/des 160 3D screen switcher. When ac... SZoom 1.1 uti/des 11 Zooms frontmost screen with... (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 15. Jul. 2012, 10:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Jul.2012` MorphZone (Webseite)	MorphOS: Ultimate Pack 3.1 Yannick 'Papiosaur' Buchy's Ultimate Pack is a preconfigured collection of programs, games and emulators. Now an updated version for MorphOS 3.1 has been published. A basic installation of the operating system is required. Three double system files were deleted: sys:classes/MUI/urltext.mcc sys:classes/MUII/urltext.mcp sys:classes/screenbar/drivelamps.sbar Download: ultimate.iso (558 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 15. Jul. 2012, 10:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Jul.2012` PPA (Webseite)	WarpDTPrefs 45.6 The preference program for the Warp-datatypes written by Oliver Roberts was updated. Version 45.6 fixes a bug which prevented reading the correct parameters for pens and dithering. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 15. Jul. 2012, 08:46] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Jul.2012` Amiga Future (Webseite)	plipbox: Internet over the parallel interface With Christian 'lallafa' Vogelgsang's plipbox Amigas which have been not extended can get access to the Internet. The Arduino-based adapter provides a connection to the Ethernet-port of the Arduino board. The magPLIP-protocol is used but the firmware is still in development. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 15. Jul. 2012, 08:37] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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