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16.May.2003
Cloanto (Website)


Amiga Forever v5.2 is now shipping
Amiga Forever 5.2 is now shipping. It is available in a CD-ROM, CD-ROM Upgrade, Online Edition, Online Upgrade and Cross-Platform Online Edition.

Amiga Forever contains state of the art software to satisfy two major needs of many Amiga users: to use their existing Amiga software and data on non-Amiga hardware, and to share data between Amiga and other systems. Additionally, software, tutorial and reference files which are likely to be of interest to any Amiga enthusiast are included.

Features include:
  • Just-in-time version of emulation software (Bernd Meyer's JIT code), carefully configured and publicly benchmarked by Cloanto to be 30 times faster than in previous versions of Amiga Forever. The Amiga runs in a window or in full screen mode, makes full use of thousands of Windows (or other OS) drivers, can access PC files (even on NTFS partitions, in the Windows version) and does not require a reboot.
  • Software Manager, an advanced content delivery system developed by Cloanto, for easy and privacy-conscious management of all emulation-related components (updates, downloads, news, etc.)
  • Amiga Explorer software, which allows you to connect an Amiga to one or more PCs, and access Amiga files (including virtual ADF and ROM files), directories and volumes directly from the Windows Desktop. Amiga Explorer is easier to install and configure than other networking tools, and includes direct support for serial (null-modem) cable connections, as well as TCP/IP.
  • MenuBox launcher, to boot different Amiga configurations with one mouse click, either from CD-ROM (no installation or reboot required) or after installation
  • New and fully licensed Picasso96 software (not a shareware version), maps Amiga graphics requests directly to fast x86 calls and powerful low-level DirectX functions (Windows version of emulation)
  • Amiga Narrator and Translator speech synthesis components (made available for distribution with the Amiga OS for the first time since 1991)
  • All Amiga ROMs up to version 3.1 (the last ROM that will ever be available for the "Classic Amiga"!)*
  • CDTV and CD³² boot ROMs and extended ROMs (can be used to play CDTV and CD³² games, even booting directly from CD-ROM, requires free upgrade to emulation software)*
  • GlowIcons look (as used in Amiga OS "3.5", "3.9" and "XL", but also compatible with NewIcons and MagicWB)
  • Option to switch entire environment from "new look" (GlowIcons) to "old look" (Classic) and vice versa
  • Emulation includes: Amiga custom chips, RTG graphics, up to 512 MB of Zorro III RAM, virtual memory, TCP/IP, MIDI, native x86 code, built-in support for ADF, ADZ, DMS and FDI disk image files
  • Preinstalled software includes: Personal Paint 7.1b (paint, animation and image processing software, includes GIF/LZW license), DirDiff (file synchronization and replication software), AmiToRTF (to convert texts from Amiga to Windows formats), MailBX (to convert Amiga mail archives to Microsoft Mail, Outlook Express and Exchange Server), drag-and-drop LhA, print spooler (easily print all Amiga documents under Windows, bypassing parallel port emulation), Directory Opus 5.5 (courtesy of GPSoftware), TurboText (exclusive latest version with stack problem fix), KingCON, ToolManager, ReqTools, etc.
  • Latest version of WinUAE and WinFellow tested and supported by Cloanto Disk2FDI software to read Amiga floppy disks on PC (experimental version, requires two floppy drives)
  • Tutorials and FAQs on data sharing, emulation, floppy disks, serial links, TCP/IP, UAE, Fellow and much more.
  • All software tested on Windows XP
  • MPEG-1 videos: The Deathbed Vigil (one hour and 58 minutes, i.e. the full version of this "must have" video) and Jay Miner Speech (49 minutes)*
  • Dozens of other enhancements and add-ons
* = CD-ROM version only (both standard and upgrade). The Online Edition includes 1.3 and 3.1 ROMs (sufficient both for classic games and for the most recent software). CDTV and CD³² ROMs are also included in the downloadable Amiga Forever Plus Pack. The MPEG videos are only included on the CD-ROM (both standard and upgrade). The CD-ROM contains version 5.0, with free online upgrade to version 5.2 using Software Manager (included).

The Amiga emulation software on the Amiga Forever CD-ROM comes preinstalled and preconfigured for Windows. The Amiga ROM and OS files can be used by any implementation of the Amiga emulators, including for example Unix/Linux (UAE comes with source code), Be, PowerMac, etc. These emulators are constantly updated, and can be downloaded from the sites listed in the Home Pages section of the navigation bar.

Pricing:
CD-ROM: 59.95 Euro
CD Upgrade: 34.95 Euro (nba)

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16.May.2003
Boing! International (Website)


USB: HCD-Update for Thylacine
Thylacine is a Zorro-2 based USB adapter for connecting USB devices to the Amiga. On 14th May 2003 a new version of the HCD class for Thylacine was published. You can inform yourself about the available USB controllers for the Amiga on the next issue of the Amigaplus 05/2003. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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14.May.2003



Aminet Uploads until 14.05.2003
Here the latest Aminet uploads which were added since our last message:
SpanienSS.lha        docs/hyper  98K+SpanienSS guide history of some spanish
DIYrekoIII.lha       gfx/ifx     31K+Create REKO, Soliton and AS-... cardsets
Islife.jpg           pix/art     19K+Amiga is live
(ps)

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13.May.2003
Various websites


Several Software Updates until 13.05.2003
Diverse ports (incl. Descent2 test version) by Nagy Lajos


New software:
  • libpng-1.2.5 (png developer lib)
  • SDL_mixer and SDL_gfx (SDL extensions)
  • sed-4.0.7 (gg tool)
  • unace-1.2 (ace file decruncher)
  • htdump (web page downloader)
  • flite (text to speech engine)
  • toppler (Nebulus alike game)
  • 1st Descent2 port to test!
  • Digger (port of old DOS game)


Amigan Software
Worm Wars version 7.42 and Saga version 1.25 have been published.

WHDLoad - New packets until 13.05.2003
  • 13.05.03 improved: Silkworm (Sales Curve) some fixes
  • 12.05.03 new: Microprose Golf (Microprose) done by JOTDx
  • 12.05.03 fixed: Shadow of the Beast (Psygnosis) install script corrected
  • 10.05.03 new: Mission Elevator (Micropartner) done by Asman


(ps) (Translation: dr)

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