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Archive 03/2015

`18.Mar.2015` (ANF)	AEROS Beta 9 (Raspberry Pi 1 and 2) for registered users AEROS Beta 9 is available for registered users. Changes in this release: updated linux base added epiphany webbrower icon to wanderer added boot animation reduced image size to fit again on 8GB+ cards (the last one worked only on 16+) added indieGO!- Appstore and Downloadmanager (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 18. Mar. 2015, 23:50] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Mar.2015` amigaworld.net (Webseite)	Event: AmiCamp #3 (21./22. March, Greece) On the next weekend, in Athens the "AmiCamp" will take place for the third time. All fans of the Amiga or its different follow-up projects are welcome: Amigas and PPC-computers will be presented. There will be also lectures on AmigaOS and MorphOS and you can play different games. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 18. Mar. 2015, 02:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Mar.2015` torrentfreak.com (ANF)	Universal music hijacks Youtube videos of Bjørn Lynne The musician Bjørn Lynne, well-known from the demo scene, is in trouble with the Universal Music Group (UMG): The company claimed to Youtube to possess the rights to two songs of Lynne - actually UMG has the rights to an audiobook that uses Lynne's music track "Kingdom of the Persians" as background music. Universal forced Youtube monetizing the songs: They've hijacked the ads on the original video. In the linked article on TorrentFreak, Lynne desribed how he managed to get back the rights to his music. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 18. Mar. 2015, 02:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Mar.2015` MorphZone (Forum)	File system: exfatfs 1.1 Rupert Hausberger has also released version 1.1 of his MorphOS-port of the exFAT-file system (Wikipedia) for AmigaOS 3.x. The AmigaOS-version requires a 68020-processor and has several limitations which are listed in the readme file. For example partitions which have more than 2 TiB cannot be connected and files which have more than 2 GiB are shown as links without size and rights. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 16. Mar. 2015, 20:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Mar.2015` Amiga.org (Webseite)	AmigaOS 4: Netsurf 3.3 Chris Young has released the latest version of the browser Netsurf for AmigaOS 4 which originally has been developed for RISC OS. The changes are listed in the changelog. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 16. Mar. 2015, 19:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Mar.2015` www.aros-broadway.de (ANF)	AROS Broadway 1.0 preview 1 Pascal Papara has released version "1.0 preview 1" of his AROS-distribution Broadway (Youtube video). Changes of this release: based on latest abi v0 reduced size so it fits also on a cdrw (659MB) streamlined installation (depending on install media it can be done in under a minute) indiego AppStore (alpha) indiego download manager (alpha) amiwallet (alpha) new wip theme Direct download: broadway1pr1.iso.7z (219 MB) According to the developer, it is a "technical preview" which still is not meant for the practical usage. The installation under Virtualbox is demonstrated in the linked Youtube video. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 16. Mar. 2015, 18:41] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Mar.2015` Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)	AIFF and PCX plugins for Hollywood Press release: As many people have already noticed, the recently released Hollywood SDK comes with source codes for several example plugins. Among them are source codes for plugins that enable Hollywood to load PCX images and AIFF sound files. Due to popular demand Airsoft Softwair has now released these two plugins also as binaries for all platforms supported by Hollywood. Thanks to Hollywood's cross-platform plugin system versions for AmigaOS3 (Classic), AmigaOS3 (FPU), AmigaOS4, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS (Intel), Linux (PowerPC), Linux (Intel), Linux (ARM), Mac OS (PowerPC), Mac OS (Intel), Windows and Google's Android platform are provided. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 16. Mar. 2015, 18:35] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Mar.2015` C. Hahn (ANF)	"Guide to Amiga Compatible Programming" as Markdown-/HTML-document The "Amiga Compatible Programming Guide" written by Gianfranco "ShInKurO" Gignina (e.g. NoWinEd) is an introduction to the development of cross-platform Amiga applications focused on the development of graphical user-interfaces with MUI. So far the guide has been available as text files without special formatting and was now converted to Markdown. Therefore it is now possible to read the guide with a Markdown Reader or to convert it to different format, e.g. HTML and PDF. A HTML-version already has been created for free download. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 16. Mar. 2015, 18:31] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Mar.2015` Michael Asse (ANF)	Crowdfunding: Dave Lowe - Double album with classic video game soundtracks Dave 'Uncle Art' Lowe who was responsible for creating soundtracks of several commercial Amiga games and his daughter are going to release a double album containing his old compositions. The first CD will include exclusive versions of his old songs, created with the original source codes of the songs. The second CD will include remakes. The production costs will be 20.000 Pounds financed by crowdfunding. If there there will be enough money, the title tracks from Frontier: Elite II will be recorded with the "Chamber Orchestra of London" in the Abbey Road-Studios. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 16. Mar. 2015, 18:27] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Mar.2015`	Aminet-Uploads until 14.03.2015 The following archives have been added to Aminet until March 14th, 2015: ntimed.lha comm/net 50K 68k Network time synchronization ... AbbayeDesMorts.lha game/actio 502K OS4 Abbaye Des Morts game for Amiga ReadWMF_1.0.lha gfx/misc 71K MOS Shows info of windows meta fi... AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Signetics-based machines emul... AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 4.1M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul... uBee512-MOS.lha misc/emu 1.3M MOS Microbee emulator Sunchine_Rising.lha mods/xm 14M New mod By Pseudaxos SunshineRising_Rework... mods/xm 14M New mod By Pseudaxos Icons-for-AmigaOS.lha pix/picon 5.5M AmigaOS 4.1 Style Icons ... russian45.lha util/sys 35K 68k Russian language driver v45 (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 15. Mar. 2015, 07:31] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Mar.2015`	OS4Depot-Uploads until 14.03.2015 The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until March 14th, 2015: watchdog.lha dri/han 13kb 4.1 A Linux "/dev/watchdog" like Ami... amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator abbayedesmorts.lha gam/act 502kb 4.0 An old school game like Ghost'n ... bedgames1-3d.lha gam/boa 5Mb 4.0 Rock, Paper, Scissors anaglyph game dragonmemory.lha gam/puz 6Mb 4.1 puzzle kind game, opengl swampdefense2_demo.lha gam/str 27Mb 4.1 Demoversion of Swamp Defense 2 icons-for-amigaos.lha gra/ico 6Mb 4.0 AmigaOS 4.1 Style Icons ... fairies.lha gra/scr 2Mb 4.0 Portable And freeware screen sav... redeth.rar net/sam 3Mb 4.0 Graphical interface to manage co... usbrecycle.lha uti/mis 64kb 4.1 'Solve' SAM4x0 USB stall at boot... cleanname.lha uti/scr 1kb 4.0 Python script to clean file and ... cmg.lha uti/scr 3kb 4.1 Create an amigaguide file to pla... cmt.lha uti/scr 3kb 4.0 Python script for creating a TV ... ffmpeggui.lha vid/con 242kb 4.1 A GUI for the ffmpeg video conve... (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 15. Mar. 2015, 07:31] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Mar.2015`	WHDLoad: New archives until 14.03.2015 Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until March 14th, 2015: 2015-03-14 updated: James Pond 2 - Robocod (Millennium) OCS patch redone, RawDIC imager, uses WHDLoad v17+ features, more trainers added, uses real files (Info) 2015-03-08 new: Fast Lane (Artronic) done by StingRay (Info) (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 15. Mar. 2015, 07:31] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Mar.2015` Amigaworld.net (Webseite)	PDF-Magazine: REV'n'GE 29 (Italian/English) Issue 29 of the Italian PDF-magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in the Italian original as well as in English translation. Under the title link you can find an archive containing the translated issues 26 up to 29. The game reviews of the REV'n'GE compare the releases of classic games between different former platforms. (snx) (Translation: dr) [News message: 15. Mar. 2015, 07:26] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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