01.Feb.2009
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MorphOS: Port of Origyn Web Browser
Fabien "Fab" Coeurjoly has ported the Origyn Web Browser to MorphOS (screenshot). The most important features of the MorphOS-version:
- Based on GaleKid 1.0 OWB Branch (December 2008)
- Javascript, CSS, DOM, SVG, Unicode, SSL, ...
- Antialiased fonts and kerning, font families and support for international charsets
- MUI Interface
- Cairo technology !!1
- Multiple tabs and windows
- Download manager
- Bookmarks (including import for IBrowse bookmarks)
- Fastlinks
- Context menus
- Copy/Cut/Paste
- Rexx port (openurl support)
Coeurjoly recommends MorphOS 2 but the browser works under MorphOS 1.4.x as well - this requires a new (2007) MUI-version. OWB requires at least 35 MB RAM. Efika-owners who would like to have version without SVG-support (which saves much memory) please contact the author.
Starting OWB for the first time it tries to set the index which can take some minutes.
You can get further information about the MorphOS-version of the Origyn Web Browser in the News on morphzone.org.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Feb.2009
Guido Mersmann (ANF)
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Installer 1.19, Meridian 3.10, MMKeyboard 4.10, IRComRemote 3.10
Guido "Geit" Mersmann has published updates of several tools:
MMKeyboard 4.10, Meridian 3.10, IRComRemote 3.10
The multimedia-keyboard-driver MMKeyboard (AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, UAE, Amithlon), the mouse-gestures-commodity Meridian (AmigaOS 3/4 und MorphOS) as well as the infrared driver package IRCom/IRComRemote (AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS) are now optimized and improved and support now the title line plugins of MorphOS 2.x (screenshot). So an optional popup is available on each screen. MorphOS 1.4.x is supported.
Installer 1.19
Installer is a replacement for the original installation utility provided by AmigaOS (screenshot). Please note that this is the first official release of the new installer. It was tested with hundreds of scripts under MorphOS but should work under AmigaOS 3 as well.
The author has supposed that the AmigaOS 4-version does not work correctly because of a MUI-problem. He cannot find the problem and because he has not got OS4-hardware he will stop searching it. Under AmigaOS 4 the AmigaOS 3-version can be installed - if should work this you can try the PPC-version.
If there should be any problems with the installer scripts then please contact Mersmann with a Mail with screenshot.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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31.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: OWB Address Book 3.7
The address book for the AmigaOS-4-port of the Origyn Web Browser is now available in version 3.7. The changes are listed under the title link.
Download: owbaddressbook.lha (1 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 31. Jan. 2009, 20:25] [Comments: 0]
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31.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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ACube Systems: Expansion card for Sam440ep-boards announced
On the website ACube Systems has anounced an expansion card for the Sam440ep-board as well as for its Flex-version. The following ports ware added:
- 1x VGA (HD15)
- 2x S/P-DIF digital (TOSLINK, fiber optic)
- 1x USB 1.1
- 2x USB 2.0
- 5x audio jack 3.5
- 2x S/P-DIF analogic (RCA, coaxial)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 31. Jan. 2009, 19:43] [Comments: 0]
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31.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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SDL-GUI-Toolkit agar-1.3.3
agar-1.3.3 is a cross-platform toolkit for graphical user-interfaces which are implemented in C, C++ or Ada (screenshot).
Download: agar-1.3.3-68k.lha (38 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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31.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4.1 for Pegasos II
Press release Antwerp, Belgium, January 31 2009 - Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce the immediate availability of AmigaOS 4.1 for the Pegasos II PowerPC platform. AmigaOS 4.1 for the Pegasos II is functionally identical to the AmigaOne version.
Worldwide distribution to dealers and production are handled by ACube Systems S.r.l.. Interested customers are invited to contact their local Amiga dealer to place their order. (snx)
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31.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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IRC-Client: WookieChat 2.11
James 'jahc' Carroll has published an update of his MUI-based IRC-client WookieChat. This version includes some bug fixes, a Norwegian catalog as well as automations after absence or boot from a channel with password protection.
Direct download:
WookieChat2.11_OS3.lha (1,1 MB)
WookieChat2.11_OS4.lha (1,7 MB)
WookieChat2.11_MOS.lha (1,4 MB)
WookieChat2.11_AROS.lha (1,0 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 31. Jan. 2009, 14:42] [Comments: 0]
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30.Jan.2009
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AmigaOS 4: Web-Browser OWB 3.5
Jörg Strohmayer has published an update of his port of the Origyn Web Browser. The changes in version 3.5 are listed in the Changelog.
Download: owb.lha (12 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 30. Jan. 2009, 18:35] [Comments: 0]
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30.Jan.2009
Alfred Faust (ANF)
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BarsnPipes New 1.28
Alfred Faust wrote: With one year of delay I finally published a new version of BarsnPipes New which can be downloaded under the title link. The new version includes some bug fixes as well as some improvements which I wrote in the History in detail.
Please note: Because of insuperable problems with the camd.library in the Classic version for AmigaOS 2.x I had to cease the development of this version. Therefore there will be only the 8 and 32-colour versions of BarsnPipes New for AmigaOS 3.x.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 30. Jan. 2009, 18:23] [Comments: 0]
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30.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Interview with Don Daglow (Electronic Arts)
In an English interview with Gamasutra, Don Daglow (Mattel, Electronic Arts, Broderbund) spoke about the development of the never published game console Intellivision IV.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 30. Jan. 2009, 18:17] [Comments: 0]
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30.Jan.2009
Amiga.org (Forum)
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AROS: New Efika-CD solves boot problems
Michal Schulz has published an update of his alpha version of AROS for the Efika board. With it booting the computer is simplified - you can find detailed information under the title link.
Torrent: aros-efika-20090130.iso.bz2.torrent
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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29.Jan.2009
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Clipo 0.1 beta: Clipboard exchange over TCP/IP
Clipo is a program which makes it possible to exchange the content of the Clipboard over a TCP/IP-connection with the hot key (Alt+s) between the following systems:
- AmigaOS 3.x
- AmigaOS 4.x (still not perfect)
- MorphOS
- AROS/i386
- Windows (tested under XP)
- WinUAE, Amithlon, UAE, etc. with the AmigaOS-3.x-file
Download: clipo_v0.1beta.zip (355 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 29. Jan. 2009, 10:09] [Comments: 0]
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28.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Atari-Emulator Hatari 1.2.0
Hatari is a SDL-based Atari-ST-emulator. The changes are listed in the Readme.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 28. Jan. 2009, 17:16] [Comments: 0]
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27.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Weather program Wet 5.4
Version 5.4 of the weather program Wet was published for AmigaOS 4 and AmigaOS 3.9 with BoingBag 2. With this update the weather report works again. Additionally setting the summertime will be done under AmigaOS 4 with the timezone.library.
Download: wet.lha (1 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 27. Jan. 2009, 19:25] [Comments: 0]
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27.Jan.2009
AROS-Exec (Webseite)
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AROS: VmwAROS 1.0.2
Paolo Besser who is maintainer of the AROS-distribution VmwAROS has published version 1.0.2. There are two versions: complete or as update for existing installation.
Changes:
- Added SabreMSN
- Faster Amiga emulation with AmiBridge
- Updated development chain
- Updated ATI™ and Nvidia™ native drivers
- Updated MPlayer
- Updated Eternal Lands MMORPG client
- Updated FTP and HTTP server: they now work with DHCP
- Added USB mass storage support
- Updated VmwAROS preference script
- Updated ConfigIP (won't ask for Yafs anymore)
- Updated VmwUpdate
- AmiStart now shows 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 programs
- Opaque can be disabled in Preferences
- Updated and more compatible ata.device
- Added antialiasing to PoorPDF
- Reintroduced SFSdefrag
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 27. Jan. 2009, 13:07] [Comments: 0]
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27.Jan.2009
Amiga.org (Forum)
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AROS for Efika: First alpha version available
Under the bounty project Michal Schulz has published a first alpha version of his port of the open source operating system AROS to the PowerPC-board Efika.
The ISO-image can be burned on a disc and then be started with a CD or DVD-USB drive connected to the Efika board. For that please enter the commands "setenv boot-device cd" and "boot cd os_image" in the Open Firmware. If the question "Boot? >" appears then enter a "1".
Please note that this early version has several bugs which might cause crashes. Driver for IDE and network still are not available. Furthermore missing files as well as much debug information are reported.
Torrent: AROS-20090126-efika-chrp-ppc.torrent (snx) (Translation: dr)
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27.Jan.2009
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MorphOS: Firewire-Stack Helios 0.1.162
Guillaume "Yomgui" Roguez has published a first version of his recently announced Firewire-Stack for MorphOS. Currently "Helios" has the following limitations:
- Isochrone mode not supported
- Asynchrone mode limitations: Ping request not supported, Lock request/response not supported
- No bus management yet (to support the isochrone mode)
- FWInspect shows only the first PCI OHCI1394 bridge found on the host
- Functions Helios_EnableBus() / Helios_DisableBus() work
but cause system crashes when helios.library is flushed, then reloaded
The archive also includes a SDK for developers. Roguez points out that the API of the helios.library will be changed in this early status.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 27. Jan. 2009, 01:06] [Comments: 0]
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26.Jan.2009
amigaworld.net (web site)
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AmigaOS 4: Hyperion releases new SDK
press release:
Leuven, Belgium - 26. January, 2009
Hyperion Entertainment is proud to announce the availability of the Software Development Kit Version 53.13 for AmigaOS 4.1.
The new SDK features the gcc 4.2.4 compiler, binutils 2.18 (with support for the PowerPC 440ep), as well as updated header files and autodocs for AmigaOS 4.1.
The SDK download is available for all interested parties via anon access at Hyperions FTP Server:
ftp://hyperion-entertainment.biz/SDK
The SDK is available in two versions: A "nocontrib" version that only contains the compiler and tools plus the documentation and header files for AmigaOS 4.1, and a "Lite" version that contains additional contributions.
[Note from the editor: The new SDK can of course be used on AmigaOS 4.0 aswell] (cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 26. Jan. 2009, 17:07] [Comments: 0]
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26.Jan.2009
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: File manager DrawerBall 0.6m
Tom 'Amigaharry' Duin has published an update of his file manager Drawerball.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Jan. 2009, 16:51] [Comments: 0]
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26.Jan.2009
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New full versions for download
Press release:The download area of the Amiga Future website has been updated again. Amongst other stuff, there are new full versions and keyfiles available for download. Additionally, there have been updates to the descriptions and screenshots of some downloads.
We're always looking for contact addresses of programmers and copyright holders to publish more full versions online. If you know someone who knows someone please drop us an email. :)
(cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 26. Jan. 2009, 16:31] [Comments: 0]
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26.Jan.2009
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Several SDL-ports for AmigaOS 3, inclusive AmiKit-installer
Artur Jarosik has ported several SDL-based games to AmigaOS 3 which he has introduced in his Blog with screenshot. For AmiKit-users there is an Add-On which installs all 34 games at one push.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Jan. 2009, 16:25] [Comments: 0]
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26.Jan.2009
David Brunet (ANF)
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Voting: AmigaOS/MorphOS Games Award 2008
On the website of Obligement you can vote the best Amiga game of the last twelve months. The results will be published on 4th February.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Jan. 2009, 15:37] [Comments: 0]
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25.Jan.2009
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Development: Splint 3.1.2
Splint checks C-programs for errors and security breaches. The previous version has been already available for MorphOS and version 3.1.2 additionally is now available for AmigaOS 4 as well.
Download:
splint_3.1.2_mos.lha (1,4 MB)
splint_3.1.2_os4.lha (1,8 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 25. Jan. 2009, 08:49] [Comments: 0]
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25.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmiBlitz³: Includes 3.2
For the Basic development environment AmiBlitz³ updated Includes are available. These are extensions of the function libraries written in AmiBlitz.
Changes:
- Added initial alpha version of NTUI
- Added image_Filter to the image_ext.include
- Renamed image_GetTransparancy to image_GetOpacity
- Bugfixes here and there
- Converted arexx.inlcude to use AmigaOS commands only, API has changed a little
- For compatibility, there is still an arexx_blitz.include, that is the old arexx.include
- Added alpha verison of midimod.include
- Improved and bugfixed strptr.include
- Added useful.include (contains useful macros, like !_NULL)
- Added v43+.definitions.bb2 (contains OS3.5+ stuff)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 25. Jan. 2009, 08:34] [Comments: 0]
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24.Jan.2009
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Poll: How much 68k-compatibility do you expect of a x86-AmigaOS?
Under the title link amiga-news.de hast started a poll which is written in German. Giving you the possibility to take part as well here is the English translation of the poll:
Question: How much 68k-compatibility a Amiga-like operating system at least should have got so you would buy it for 120 to 150 Euro for your x86-computer?
Answers:
- No compatibility at all. The current developments for the Amiga and some ports would be sufficient.
- A simple possibility to start 68k-applications with an emulator (UAE-integration) would be sufficient.
- I need the same 68k-compatibility as it is integrated in AmigaOS4 or MorphOS.
- I would only buy it if it works under WinUAE.
- I would never buy an operating system for x86 which is compatible to Amiga.
Thanks for your participation!
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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24.Jan.2009
amiga.org (Webseite)
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AROS: Instant Messenger SabreMSN 0.41
James "jahc" Carroll has ported his MSN-client SabreMSN to AROS. UTF8-support is still not implemented under AROS but will be added with the next update. Further limitations are the same as in the original AmigaOS-version:
- Sometimes the SSL stuff fails when trying to connect, so the only thing you can do is keep clicking connect after it fails each time
- The list of Online contacts isnt always sent in full when I first connect. I havent found an answer to that problem yet. So it appears like everyones offline, or most of your online contacts are offline. Reconnecting to the server once or twice in a row seems to restore the list properly sometimes.
- Sometimes Sabre reapers. I've only had this happen twice in the last few weeks though. It seems to be dying on the MUI input loop, but maybe I've done something illegal before that call..
- Newly added contacts arent added to the list, you need to reconnect to see them
- Sometimes outgoing file transfers report during mid-transfer: "The file transfer was unsuccessful because your computer is out of disk space. Try deleting some files, and then ask the sender to try the transfer again."
- Sabre uses the older MSN file transfer protocol, so many recent MSN clients fail when trying to send a file to Sabre.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 24. Jan. 2009, 01:55] [Comments: 0]
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23.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga-Remix albums: Instant Remedy / Immortal 4
Two Remix-CDs with Amiga-soundtracks were announced for this year: The second album published by Instant Remedy as well as the fourth (and probably the last) part of the Immortal serie.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 23. Jan. 2009, 12:52] [Comments: 0]
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23.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Amitopia TV: Issue 2/09 online
Amitopia TV is an English video magazine about the Amiga. Under the title link the topics of this issue are listed.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 23. Jan. 2009, 12:20] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jan.2009
Amigaweb.net (Webseite)
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OctaMED SoundStudio: Further development started
Last year a developer was searched who could develop further OctaMED SoundStudio. Alfred Faust will do that. OMSS is one of the first 8-channel-tracker. It is available for free.
In a mailinglist the developer who is well-known as programmer of Bars'n'Pipes Seine gave his first impressions of the status of the source code of version 1.03c. If you want to support the project you can give donations and thus can take part in the beta test. Alfred Faust asks to give him a little time because he has to take a closer look at the assembler.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Jan. 2009, 18:47] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (website)
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Virtual Works: New Webshop online
Press release Virtual Works, one of the biggest and longest running Amiga dealer and distributors in Italy and one of the fouding members of ACube Systems, announces the opening of a new web shop with some really hard to find products in limited quantities. Blizzard PPC boards, BVision PPC boards, Prometheus boards, Mediator boards and many more. Check www.vwshop.it for an initial list of the products available and to place orders. (snx)
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22.Jan.2009
Detlef Zirpel (ANF)
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Amiga Inc.: Pentti Kouri died
According to Finnish newspapers today Pentti Kouri died after a long illnesst at the age of 59 years.
In the Amiga sector Kouri was known as investor and as chairman of the board of Amiga Incorporated. First founded as KMOS and in 2005 renamed the company is the current holder of the law relating to the use of name.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Jan. 2009, 12:58] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: AmiLoudspeaker 1.2
AmiLoudspeaker helps you constructing a loud speaker. Additionally the author recommends the book Loudspeaker_Design_Cookbook or similar books.
Changes:
- Changed printing routine to only print debug on failure
- Removed 10% overvolume from vented box dimensions
- Increased accuracy of driver parameters
- Added Qms and Qes driver parameters
- Added Closed Tuning and Vented Tuning tabs for testing and fine tuning your loudspeakers
- Compiled with GCC 4.2.4
Download: amiloudspeaker.lha (47 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: OpenSSH 5.1p1
OpenSSH is a free version of the SSH-protocol-suite which is to give users more security who work with programs like Telnet, rlogin, FTP and similar clients. This is done by encoding all sent data.
Changes include:
- Ported changes from official 5.1p1 baseline
- Changed pipe buffer limits
- Added break signal check before waitselect() call
- Fixed bug in console window size reading
- Compiled with GCC 4.2.4 and clib2 compiled with GCC 4.2.4
- Now requires AmigaOS 4.1 or higher
Download: openssh-bin.lha (1 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Jan. 2009, 08:58] [Comments: 0]
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21.Jan.2009
PPA (Webseite)
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AROS: REminiscence 0.1.9
REminescence is a rewritten engine for the game Flashback developed by Delphine Software. After versions for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS, now a port for AROS/x86 is available.
Download: reminiscence-i386-aros.zip (537 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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21.Jan.2009
S. Eichholz (ANF)
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Concert: Further details to Symphonic Fantasies
S. Eichholz wrote: Under the title link some further information was published about the concert which will take place on 12th September 2009 and is called "Symphonic Fantasies".
The Finn Jonne Valtonen will rearrange the classics like "Final Fantasy", "Chrono Trigger", "Chrono Cross", "Kingdom Hearts" and "Secret of Mana" and the American Grammy award winner Arnold Roth will take the musical guidance.From now on you can buy tickets for the concert in Cologne.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. Jan. 2009, 08:11] [Comments: 0]
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20.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Podcast: Amiga Round Table, Episode 35
The "Amiga Round Table" (ART) is an English podcast created by Rich Lawrence, Sean Fitzgerald and Bill Panagouleas in which Amiga-users and invited guests discussed the latest events of the Amiga scene. Topics of the 35th issue:
- The Evo(l) Console
- PSPUAE
- Firewire stack for MorphOS
- Sam440flex
- Amiga vs. Hyperion court case
- DNSChanger Exploit
- AltME - Rebol
- OWB - Aros
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Jan. 2009, 16:58] [Comments: 0]
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20.Jan.2009
PowerPC Linux Mag (ANF)
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Genesi: Efika 2 without PowerPC-processor
In the forum of powerdeveloper.org Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco ("BBRV") from Genesi mentioned briefly that the next generation of Genesi's Efika motherboards will be not based on PPC-CPU. Currently there are no more detailed information.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Jan. 2009, 16:47] [Comments: 0]
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20.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga.SF: Highlight 2.7 and OptiPNG 0.6.2
On amiga.sourceforge.net OptiPNG was published which is a program that can compress different picture formats (PNG, BMP, GIF, PNM and TIFF) to lossless optimated PNG-files.
Highlight was updated as well. With this program you can view source codes as formatted text with syntax highlighting. The changes in version 2.7 are listed in the Changelog.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Jan. 2009, 16:46] [Comments: 0]
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20.Jan.2009
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future Issue 46 (German) online
Press release: The german issue 46 of the Amiga Future are out of stock. Because of that you can read the magazines (amongst many other issues) online at our website. For all our readers having a slow internet connection the Amiga Fever issues will be included on the Amiga Future cover CD 77 aswell.
Early January the Amiga Future issue 76 has been published. The German and English print magazine is available directly at the editorial office and some dealers (like AmigaKit, ASB, GGS, Samuli, Vesalia, Voxel...).
(cg)
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20.Jan.2009
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First prices for SAM440ep-flex quoted
The first dealers have quoted prices for the next generation of ACube's PPC-computer SAM440: IMM Informatique will offer a SAM440ep-flex for 489 Euro here, Vesalia will offer it for 449 Euro.
In a thread on amigaworld.net Massimiliano "m3x" Tretene from Acube explained when SAM440ep- and SAM440ep-flex-motherboards will be available. Since 5th January SAM440ep has been delivered to the dealers and during the next 7-10 days some further boards will follow. In 3-4 weeks a fourth charge will be expected at ACube and afterwards it will follow the first SAM440ep-flex motherboards.
According to Tretene the current delay was caused by the CPU-deliveries which require to be happened 16 weeks before. Additionally there has been some communication problems between ACube and some dealers. Because of that the exact number of required boards was not clear.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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20.Jan.2009
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Amiga Amateur Radio Users Group: CD now online available
The Amateur Radio Users Group called AARUG does not exist any longer but you can download its former CD-ROM as ISO-file.
Under the title link you can find a list of included programs.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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19.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: ffmpegGUI 1.2
ffmpegGUI is a graphical user-interface for the video conversion program ffmpeg (screenshot). Under the title list you can find a list of changes.
Download: ffmpeggui.lha (156 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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19.Jan.2009
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP: DigiboosterPro Status-Report
APC&TCP informs us about the progress of development of Digibooster Pro.
According to the latest information the development of the new DBPro3 is
slowly, but steadily taking shape.
The first goal of the developers is and was to completely recode the whole
program for a better structure in order to improve and be more efficient.
Furthermore, the handling is the same as in DBPro2.x. The current
development status is the internal version Alpha 17th.
In the next 3 to 4 months, a very detailed status update will be published
as well as a beta-demoversion. No further details will be announced
earlier. (nba)
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19.Jan.2009
Pegasosforum.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Startup Prefs
The MUI-program Startup Prefs written by Kaya 'Shawnbaxe' Dogan lets you easily manage the startup functions of MorphOS. For the installation the installer by Guido Mersmann is required. If you have any suggestions then please contact the author.
Download site with screenshot
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jan.2009
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MorphOS: Update of Web-Browser NetSurf / Source code published
NetSurf is a fast browser which was originally developed for entwickelter Browser and which can be used with already 17 MB. NetSurf supports HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0 and CSS 2.1 but it does not Javascript.
The version for MorphOS 2.2 was made by Ilkka 'itix' Lehtoranta and has a MUI user-interface as well as a hotlist compatible with IBrowse. With this new version it is now possible to print and to set DPI for usinf the proper size of the fontsets.
For adapting NetSurf to AmigaOS 3.x by other developers the source code of the MorphOS version is available on Aminet. According to the author the MUI user-interface should be easily adjusted.
Download:
netsurf-morphos.lha (2 MB)
netsurf-morphos-src.lha (2 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jan.2009
Orgin (ANF)
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OpenAmiga.org: Status report
Press release There are now 11 projects open for grabs and 15 assigned projects on OpenAmiga.org. 2008 provided a slow start for OpenAmiga, as expected with the number of available developers for our platform. Hopefully 2009 will speed things up a bit with the SAM adding more and more os4 users to the fold. Still we managed to submit the extended mouse pointer types project to Hyperion and quite a bit of source code was submitted to the svn.
Current status:
Fredrik Wikstrom (salass00) has submitted a range of his datatypes to the svn:
- sun .au datatype
- Targa .tga datatype
- PC Paintbrush Exchange .pcx datatype
- Direct Draw Surface .dds datatype
- RIFF-WAVE .wav datatype
- Mac OS icon .icns datatype
- Windows icon .ico datatype
- JPEG 2000 datatype
He also has submitted the code for his amazing Disk image device that lets you mount a large range of different device images. Such as iso, nrg, adf, hdf, bin and many many more.
Fredrik is also assigned to a project for creating an icon plug-in that uses vector based graphics.
Tuomas Hokka (TSK) has created a project for his amidock like utility called Benchbar.
Simon Archer (Rigo) is assigned to two projects, one to create a new clicktab.gadget class and the other to create a proposal for a new complementary version string to amiga binaries.
Centaurz has volunteered for writing a tutorial/guideline for using prefsobjects to store application specific data.
Vicente Gimeno (ami603) submitted his preliminary work on a workbench file lister.
A list of the assigned projects can be found here.
A lot of help is needed, both on the assigned projects as well as those not yet assigned. If you feel that you are able to contribute then please don't hesitate to join in.
Of the assigned projects, the Workbench file lister project is the one that needs the most help. But any of projects can use your help, just contact any moderator/webmaster or the person assigned to a project using the OpenAmiga message system.
About OpenAmiga.org
OpenAmiga.org is an organization in the making that aims at enhancing the AmigaOS4 experience, acting as an Amiga community based research and development department. OpenAmiga.org aims at providing finished enhancements for AmigaOS4 that Hyperion can include in their AmigaOS4 distribution, research advanced topics and act as a developer resource for AmigaOS4 developers. (snx)
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18.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: Further songs added
AmigaRemix makes available remixes of soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Meanwhile the archive has 583 songs. Under the title link you can find a list of the latest titles.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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18.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Warp3D picture viewer WarpView 1.02
The Shareware picture viewer WarpView uses Warp3D which makes possible fast scaling. On the other hand the application requires more video-RAM than other picture viewer. Datatypes are used for loading pictures. The changes of version 1.02 you can find under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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17.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: Eternal Lands 1.8.0
The AROS/x86-client for the free MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) Eternal Lands (screenshot) was now updated.
For servers of new versions this client update is required. The source code is also available. So it is possible to port it to other platforms.
Download: el-i386-aros.zip (49 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Jan.2009
Obligement (ANF)
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Update of the Amiga Games List
The "Amiga Games List", maintained by David Brunet since April 1991, has been updated to its 38th edition. About 850 new entries have been added, the total now reaches 13528 entries distributed as follows:
- 12416 Games
- 953 Data
- 125 Game or Level Editors
- 34 Interpreters
Changes since version 37:
- In the "Div" column (misc hardware), addition of games with EGS display
- In the "License" column, addition of MIT, WTFPL (Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License) and Open Source licenses. The latter is for free games with available source code which don't fit to other license categories
- In the "License" column, the "GPL" mention is renamed to "GPL2"
- In the "Edit" column, addition of the mention "Ext" for editable data
- In the "Language" column, addition of the name of the editor of the editable data
- In the "Language" column, addition of games created with Glulx, Z-Code (zblurb version) The Director, Allegro, ScummC, MegaZeux, NCurses
- Addition of games hidden into others games. These games without name are renammed with the name of the host game + the mention [Subgame]
(snx)
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16.Jan.2009
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AROS: Bounty-Projekt "UAE-Integration" started
Oliver B. has started the bounty for the integration of the emulator UAE in AROS. The aim is to develop an emulator with which you can start 68k-applications without realizing this. The deadline for the project was set to 1st June 2009. If the author succeed he can gain 2350 USD.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 16. Jan. 2009, 14:47] [Comments: 0]
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16.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Instant Messenger: SabreMSN 0.41
James 'jahc' Carroll has published a new update of his Instant Messenger for the MSN-Network for AmigaOS and AmigaOS 4. In version 0.41 a crash bug was fixed.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Wall Defence 1.3
Wall Defence is a game in which you must defend your castle by throwing stones (screenshot).
In version 1.3 problems with the fonts and the speed were solved as well as an improved joystick request added.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Web-Browser OWB 3.4
Jörg Strohmayer has published an update of his port of the Origyn Web Browser.
Changes:
- Implemented the context menus for AmigaOS 4.x (middle mouse button). Please note that not everything which in the menus is implemented in the AmigaOS 4.x port of OWB yet, for example copying and saving images and downloading links isn't
- Fixed a problem with the bookmark window messages
- The select popup menus now work correctly instead of only on every 2nd click
- Increased the number of supported select items in the popup menu from 25 to 625 by using submenus for large ones
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Jan.2009
Jean-Francois Richard (E-Mail)
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Demoscene Podcast: Amiga Vibes
Amigavibes is a collection of Amiga music compilations, podcasts, video, history and interview of demomakers and groups. The podcasts are carefully crafted by Anarkhya, Jeffrey and Jegougou.
For the moment, a podcast without comments is published at the title link, called First Step, while a version with comments is in preparation. (snx)
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15.Jan.2009
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Amiga Games That Weren't: 4 new entries
The website Amiga Games That Weren't is about Amiga games which have never been regularly published. The first update 2009 includes information about games developed by Softeyes/Team Hoi:
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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15.Jan.2009
Andreas Hänsch (ANF)
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AROS: Further status update to OWB-port
Stanislaw Szymczyk has completed his report about OWB-port for AROS with another chapter. There he explained that he could compile the latest version of OpenSSL 0.9.8j for AROS. After having made some changes in "libcurl" it is now possible to start URLs with "HTTPS".
Furthermore the author wrote that OWB could login in his Google-account and he added three screenshots taken of Google Maps, Google Mail and Google Docs.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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15.Jan.2009
Ventzislav Tzvetkov (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Apple II GS-Emulator KEGS 0.65
KEGS emulates an Apple II GS. A ROM-image in version ROM.01 or ROM.03 is required. In version 0.65 a faster user-interface, improved sound emulation as well as Joystick support were added.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.Jan.2009
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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MUI-class: MCC_BetterString 11.16
The MUI-class MCC_BetterString is available in version 11.16. The detailed changes are listed in the Changelog.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.Jan.2009
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Arcade game: PanzerZ (Preview)
PanzerZ written by Jens Henschel is an arcade game for up to four players. In this game you must shoot the panzers of your oppononents (screenshots: 1, 2). PanzerZ is developed with AmiBlitz and mainly is meant for Amigas with graphic boards - the game uses 32-Bit-graphics which can be scaled from 320x256 to 1280x1024 pixels.
Now a early alpha version of the game is available. This one should work under AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS as well. A version for Amigas without graphic boards is planned but will not be started until the RTG-version will be finished. You can get further information about the game in the forum of a1k.org.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jan.2009
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MorphOS: Web-Browser Netsurf 2.0dev (beta) (Update)
NetSurf is a browser, originally developed for RiscOS, which can be used with 17 MB memory and e.g. supports HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0 and CSS 2.1. Netsurf still has not any Javascript support.
The version for MorphOS was done by Ilkka "itix" Lehtoranta and includes a MUI user-interfacee and an IBrowse compatible hotlist.
Netsurf at least requires MorphOS 2.2. The current beta version includes several minor limitations (you cannot change the hotlist, you cannot abort downloads...) which will be fixed during the next two weeks.
Update:
If Netsurf does not view any text you have to download the file ttengine.database from the website of the author. Then copy it to the directory ENVARC: After rebooting the system all should work fine.
Download: ttengine.database
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jan.2009
Amigaharry (ANF)
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MorphOS: File manager DrawerBall 0.6j
Tom 'Amigaharry' Duin has published Drawerball 0.6j which is a very early version of a file manager. Changes in this version:
- Preconfigured the first "Volume" usermenu, you can load "Ram Disk" and "Boot disk" into the DrawerBall lister
- The 2nd "Utilities" usermenu holds 3 menuitems using standard MorphOS commands
- Bugfixes.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jan.2009
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: DVD-Engine 0.3
Carsten Siegner's DVD-Engine is an user-interface for 10 already existing programs which is supposed to make it easier creating video or picture DVDs. News in version 0.3:
- Sound of the GUI finished
- DolbyDigital 5.1 Standard is now supported as well as "extended Stereo".
- GUI can now test the data consistence of the VideoDVD-directory
- DolbyDigital-sound can be calculated as preview
- All sound channles can be played seperately to test them
- The maximum capacity of a self-made VideoDVD is now 3.95 GByte
- Tghe menu and intros of a VideoDVD are kept in stereo modus while all tracks and chapters can be calculated with 6-channel sound
DVD-Engine 0.3 requires further Shell tools such as Playac3, Multiview and mplex.
Download: dvd-engine-0.3.lha (518 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jan.2009
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Amiga Software Database (ASD) beta 2
Few days ago beta version 2 of the Amiga Software Database (ASD) was released. Please have a lokk under the title link for the official press release.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jan.2009
Pegasosforum.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Ghostscript-Installer 1.11
Guido 'Geit' Mersmann has written an installation program for Ghostscript 8.60. An Internet connection is required for downloading the necassary files.
With Ghostscript you can show, print and convert Postscript and PDF files. If you find any bugs the programmer would be grateful for feedback.
Download: contrib_ghostscript.tar
(550 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jan.2009
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Text viewer: EvenMore 0.66
The latest version of the text viewer EvenMore includes the following changes:
- Pressing the tab key will activate the file string gadget at the bottom of the window
- Viewer will centre on text horizontally when searching if text not displayed in the window
- Searching with right to left text enabled caused horizontal scroller to be set wrong
- Normal text search will no longer match against escape code sequences which are not displayed, such as hyperlinks
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jan.2009
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Cloanto: First video of a C64-Forever beta version
Under the title link a first video of the emulator package C64 Forever. It shows new functions like the RP2-manager which is to search media for games which will be published for Amiga Forever as well.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 11. Jan. 2009, 10:53] [Comments: 0]
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11.Jan.2009
Andreas Hänsch (ANF)
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AROS: Interim report about browser port
Andreas Hänsch wrote: "In December Stanislaw Szymczyk officially started the AROS-Bounty 'Port an Open Source Browser to AROS' and now there are already some first results (screenshot).
Based on some parts of the development of Robert Norris the unstable port of the Origyn Web Browser can already view simple websites like Google, aros.org and aros-exec.org without any problems. Originally SDL was used but will be replaced little by little by Intuition.
For further details please have a look under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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