21.Sep.2008
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AmigaOS 4: Emulator SimCoupe 1.2
SimCoupe is a SDL-based emulator for the SAM Coupe. The AmigaOS-port was written by Ventzislav 'drHirudo' Tzvetkovs. Changes in version 1.2:
- Resetting when paused now causes it to unpause, to avoid confusion
- Recompiled with SDL 1.2.11 and newlib
- Small speed improvements
- Added version TAG in the emulator executable file
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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21.Sep.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Text viewer: EvenMore 0.65-20.9.08
The latest version of the text viewer EvenMore shows now the name of the directory in the info-window which was opened with Dir2Text. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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21.Sep.2008
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS/x86: Client for the MMORPG Eternal Lands ported
Krzysztof 'Deadwood' Smiechowicz has ported the client of the free MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game) Eternal Lands for AROS/x86 (screenshot).
AROS user mihcaels has created a project pictogram which sets the current directory path, the stack size to 200000 and starts the game.
Download: el-1.7.0-v1-i386-aros.zip (48 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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20.Sep.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Revision control system Git 1.6.0.2
Christian Rosentreter has published the revision control system Git in version 1.6.0.2 for MorphOS. He has still not tested it. So you use it at your own risk.
Download: git-1.6.0.2-morphos.tar.bz2 (6 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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20.Sep.2008
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MorphOS: Vector graphic program MOS-Creator 0.1d (alpha)
MOS-Creator is a vector graphic program implemented with Hollywood by Carsten Siegner (screenshot) with which you can fast and simply create and print PDF documents - similar to Grafikpublisher included in the TurboPrint package.
New in version 0.1d:
- Graphic buttons are now protected against wrong entries
- Bitmap graphic can be rotated. (90°-steps): "r"-Button
- Bitmap graphic can be edited (not much): "c"-Button
- Text export in EPS or PDF with German mutations
- Unit of surface can be changed with button "m".
(cm,inch,points)
Download: mos-creator_0.1d.lha (559 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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20.Sep.2008
Murakami (ANF)
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Magazine: aMiGa=PoWeR, issue 42
The 41st issue of the French print magazine aMiGa=PoWeR offers the following topics:
- News: MorphOS 2.0, NatAmi, AmigaOS 4.1, Sam440ep flex, Indivision AGA...
- Reviews: AmigaOS 4 Classic, OWB (OS4), AmiDVD (OS4), Digital Universe (OS4), VirtualGP 2 HD (MorphOS), VLC (MorphOS), Descent 2 (OS4)...
- Tutorials: Amiga Input, XDCC , HTML programming...
aMiGa=PoWeR has been published since 1998 by AFLE and distributed worldwide.
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19.Sep.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4.1: Another progress report
Ventzislav "drHirudo" Tzvetkov describes his opinion about his first impressions of AmigaOS 4 in a progress report.
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19.Sep.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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ACube: 533-Mhz version of SAM440 sold out
The Italian developer ACube offered the 533-Mhz version of the SAM440-motherboard for 299 Euro.
According to ACube all boards of this type were sold. Therefore the price of the 667-Mhz version was slightly lowed and is now 465 Euro (plus taxes and shipping).
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19.Sep.2008
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Advocate Gravenreuth in prison
The advocate Günter Freiherr von Gravenreuth probably will be sent to jail. He lost a case against a well-known daily newspaper and was adjudged to 14 months prison without probation.
The judgement has still not become final. Gravenreuth obviously will appeal on points of law.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.Sep.2008
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Czech Pegasos User Group with new name and new website
The "Czech Pegasos User Group" is now called "Czech PowerPC User Group". On the occasion of this renaming the websites moved to a new server and were completely reworked.
The MorphOS Software Directory must be accessed under a new URL as well.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.Sep.2008
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Commodore Amiga Unix: Beta 3J "discovered"
Commodore Amiga Unix is a port of Unix System V Release 4 to the Amiga 2000 and 3000 published by Commodore.
16 years after the publishing of the last known version now magnetic tapes were found which are labeled "Beta 3J".
You can find further information about Amiga Unix under amigaunix.com.
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18.Sep.2008
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MorphOS: Homeworld port
Michal 'kiero' Wozniak has ported the real time strategy game Homeworld to MorphOS 2.1. The original game is required which first must be installed and updated on a Windows-PC. Then you can copy the required files.
You can get further information about the limitations of this first beta version (e.g. no network support) in the Readme.
Download: Homeworld-rc1.lha (3,5 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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18.Sep.2008
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AROS-Bounties: Porting to Cygwin
Pavel Fedin has been assigned to port AROS onto Cygwin, a linux-like environment for Windows. If you would like to donate money to encourage Pavel's efforts, you can donate at the title link.
Basic emulation functionality shall consist of WinAPI graphics HIDD, native Windows keyboard and mouse HIDDs. These basic functionalities should be included by the tentative deadline of March 31, 2009. Further goals consisting of networking, sound support, and other functionality will not be required for the completion of this bounty. (snx)
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17.Sep.2008
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OEM-Version of AmigaOS 4.1 for SAM440ep announced
Press release:
Antwerpen, Belgien - 17. September 2008.
Hyperion Entertainment VOF and ACube Systems SRL are pleased to announce that they have entered into an OEM license agreement which will allow ACube to offer its customers an OEM version of Hyperion's AmigaOS 4.1 operating system for their SAM440-motherboards.
Prospective customers wishing to beta-test the near final OEM version of AmigaOS 4.1 for the SAM 440ep will be afforded the opportunity to do so and will subsequently receive the full version. Orders can be placed as of now with ACube.
A first public demonstration of AmigaOS 4.1 for SAM440ep is scheduled for the upcoming exhibition "Pianeta Amiga" in Empoli, Italy on September 27-28, 2008.
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17.Sep.2008
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MorphOS 2.0: Ambient-Gimmick/Transparency demo Elephant 1.4
Elephant written by Christian Rosentreter is an Ambient-Gimmick which demonstrates the transparency function of the user-interface under MorphOS 2.0 (screenshot).
Changes since the last release:
- 1.4: Added french translation by Laurent Zorawski
- 1.4: Added credits section to Aboutbox
- 1.4: Added german documentation
- 1.4: Added hungarian translation by Boros Gergely
- 1.3: Fixed a possible problem in sound initialization
- 1.3: Added 'Always on Top' option for henes
Direct download: elephant-1.4.lha (1,3 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)
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17.Sep.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Instant Messenger: SabreMSN Alpha 30
James "jahc" Carroll has published another update of his Instant Messenger for the MSN-network. The changes are included in the Changelog. There are versions for AmigaOS 3 and 4.
According to the author in a discussion SabreMSN will be released under an OpenSource licence soon. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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17.Sep.2008
Michael Lanser (ANF)
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Synchronizing tool SW-SyncTool
With Michael Lanser's SW-SyncTool you can mirror directories. At each start up only those files are will be added or replaced which have changed in the source directory. On request files will be deleted which are in the destination but not in the source directory.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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17.Sep.2008
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Subversion 1.5.2
Christian Rosentreter has publidhed an update of the MorphOS port of the version management program SVN. The changes are included in the Release Notes on the SVN-homepage.
Please note that a subversion client of version 1.5 will update all projects which are older than version 1.5.x. Thus older client cannot read these projects any longer. This affects only working copies but not repositories.
Furthermore the author points out that he could not test each single function. So you will use the application at your own risk.
Download: subversion-1.5.2-morphos.lha (10 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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17.Sep.2008
PPA (Webseite)
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MorphOS: OpenRedAlert port
Fab1 and SixK have ported OpenRedAlert in version 407 for MorphOS. It is an engine for the strategy game serie Command & Conquer: Red Alert.
You can use the original game file as well as the demo files. Copy the files MAIN.MIX and REDALERT.MIX to the directory data/mix. Menawhile the first part of the Red-Alert serie can be downloaded from the Electronic Arts homepage.
With the MorphOS-version you can play missions and use the Skirmish modus against the computer player. Because of a possible bug in the SDL_Mixer.library of MorphOS the videos were turned off. Furthermore crashes ca happen in the first level of the single player modus as well as finishing it.
Download:
openredalert407.tar.gz (717 KB)
RedAlert1_SovietDisc.rar (502 MB)
RedAlert1_AlliedDisc.rar (500 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)
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17.Sep.2008
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AmigaOS 4: Sample-Editor AmiSoundED 0.5
AmiSoundED written by Fredrik Wikstrom is a sample editor for mono and stereo samples up to 32 Bit (screenshot). The program loads and saves different formats, can record and can be extended via plugins.
Features of AmiSoundED:
- Reaction-GUI
- The programming window includes a "Snapshot" button for saving the window position and size
- Supports mono/stereo sounds with 8, 16, 24 or 32-Bit resolution
- Plays and records sounds with the AHI-device-interface
- Clipboard support (8svx for 8-Bit files, AIFF for all other formats)
- Locale support
- Drag'n drop
AmiSoundED requires AISS.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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17.Sep.2008
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS 2.0: Vector graphic program MOS-Creator 0.1alpha
MOS-Creator written by Carsten Siegner is a vector graphic program (screenshot) with which you can create and print PDF-documents - similar to TurboPrint.
Features of MOS-Creator:
- Multiple page documents (A4,A5,A6,Letter)
- Interactive bookmarks (page links, URL-links, info-links and file-links)
- Creating a content list
- Encoding documents (128 Bit - two keys)
- Compressing documents
- Included fonts
The documentation of MOS-Creator was created by the program itself demonstrating its features.
Download: mos-creator0-1.lha (552 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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16.Sep.2008
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Team 17: Alien Breed remake for NextGen console announced
In 2009 Team 17 will publish a remake of the shoot'emUp classic which will be distributed only digitally. But currently there is only an official logo. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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16.Sep.2008
morphzone.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: OpenTTD 0.6.2
OpenTTD is an Open-Source- clone of the well-known PC strategy game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe" from the 90ies with many extensions - there is a network modus, individual graphic sets and several languages. The list of changes version 0.6.2 is included in the Changelog.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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16.Sep.2008
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: Update for "Quake III: Arena"
Mark "Bigfoot" Olsen has published an update of the MorphOS port of Quake III: Arena.
New features of the MorphOS version:
- bug fixed and activated PowerPC-JIT (Just-In-Time)-Compiler
- optimized sound mix and bigger sound memory
- reworked mouse wheel
System requirements:
- at least 256 MB memory
- TinyGL in version 50.9 or better
- Supported 3D-hardware (Radeon or Voodoo)
- about 500 MB free harddrive memory
- Original "Quake III: Arena" files (e.g. PC-version)
- Internet connection for updating "Quake III: Arena 1.32"
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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15.Sep.2008
Mirko Naumann (ANF)
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Collector's item: C64 of the Gold-Edition auctioned off for 3343,33 Euro
For 3343,33 Euro the C64 of a Gold-Edition was sold by an auction yeaterday.
The Gold-Edition was produced in 1986 on the occasion of the one million sold C64 in Germany. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Sep.2008
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MorphOS: MPlayer 1.0-2008-09-13
Fabien "Fab" Coeurjoly has published a new version of his MorphOS port of the media player MPlayer. Changes sine the last release:
- Updated to 13.09.2008 svn (r27605)
- Blanker is also disabled if MPlayer is used on other public screens
- Mouse Pointer wasn't hidden on a window->fullscreen switch
- DVD playback from hard drive is now possible (use -dvd-device
foo:dvd-directory)
- Added libx264 and libfaac for H264 and AAC encoding support in mencoder
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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15.Sep.2008
pegasosforum.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Update of system-includes
The MorphOS-team has published a new version of the system-includes. The includes are mainly used for the development of MorphOS 2.1 applications but this update is recommended to all programmers because the new includes fixes several bugs and includes improvements- e.g. the latest version of the compiler VBCC is now supported.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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15.Sep.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Text editor: NoWinED 0.75 for all Amiga systems
NoWinED is a MUI-based text editor. There are version for AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS and AROS. NoWinED offers context sensitive popup menus, drag'n drop and with tabs all opened files are shown in one window.
The latest version includes several improvements and bug fixes. There is a detailed changelog in the documenation.
If you use AISS then be sure using the latest version 4.3.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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14.Sep.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Emulator: Hatari 1.3
Today version 1.3 of the Atari emulator Hatari (screenshot) has been published.
Changes:
- Added statusbar
- Added Falcon DSP emulation
- Added automatic frameskip
- Fixed a bug which prevented GEMDOS loading on Amiga
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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14.Sep.2008
ANF
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New DevPak for AmiDevCpp
There is a new DevPak for AmiDevCpp which includes the latest AROS SDK
(Software Development Kit) as well as the current developing documentation. It is installed with the integrated package manager.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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14.Sep.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Web-Browser OWB 2.9
Jörg Strohmayer has published a new version of his port of the Origyn Web Browser for AmigaOS 4. Changes since the last release:
- Changed the way the timer works reducing delays in some cases
- URL and search gadget contents are saved before and restored after (un)iconify
- Updated to SVN revision 486
- Using Cairo instead of SDL for graphics now, requires AmigaOS 4.1
- Enabled SVG support
- Fixed frame bugs
- Marked text is cleared after successfull copy
- Added edit menu
- The 4th and 5th mouse buttons are used for back-/forward now
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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14.Sep.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmiBlitz³: Update of Includes (version 3.1e)
There are updated Includes for the basic developing environment AmiBlitz³. It is an extension of the function libraries.
The remapping of 8-Bit-screens was reworked. Colormaps are now separate objects (cmap.include) and can be loaded and saved separately.
For games you can create hand optimated palettes and can save it as IFF-CMAP or as an example picture (GIF, ILBM, PNG). This was done at AsteroidsTR which now has 256 colours.
Additionally the dithering-algorithm and dbl.include were changed.
The next update will include the monkeyscript.include. Because of legal reasons the function library giga.include could still not be published.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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13.Sep.2008
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmiWest 2008: Room bookings lost
Because of a change of the owner the room booking data of the former Clarion hotel where the AmiWest takes place (now Capitol-City-Hotel) were lost. It is necessary to register again.
The Amiga event of the Sacramento Amiga Computer Club will take place on 17./18. October.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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12.Sep.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Several SDL ports
Johan "Spot" Samuelsson has ported new SDL games or updated them for AmigaOS:
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Sep.2008
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MorphOS: Ambient-Gimmick/3D-Layers-Demo Elephant 1.1
Elephant written by Christian Rosentreter is an Ambient-Gimmick which demonstrates the 3D features of the user-interface under MorphOS 2.0 (screenshot). 3D-layers must be activated.
Update: (13:08, 13.09.08, snx)
Meanwhile, version 1.2 is available at the title link. The update includes further elephants (Marble, Galvanized Iron, Rose Quartz, Jade, Dream of Stars, Glass, Blue, Camouflage, Copper), a cycle mode (morphs through random materials) and the option to disable sound effects. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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11.Sep.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Lucy 2.33
Because version 2.29 of the transparency patch did not fix the bug with the MUI-windows under MorphOS 2.1 Lucy 2.33 will do it now. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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11.Sep.2008
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Minimig: Turbo-Patch
Based on the Minimig-firmware, written by Jakub 'Yaqube' Bednarski, Sascha 'boing4000' Budgenbach has published a turbo patch with which you can switch the processor frequency between 7 and 14 MHz with the help of a jumper.
Download:
minimig_build_2008-09-09.tgz (177 KB)
minimig_source_2008-09-09.tgz (83 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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10.Sep.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Podcast: Amiga Round Table, Episode 30
The "Amiga Round Table" (ART) is an English Podcast created by Rich Lawrence and Mike Blackburn where Amiga users and invited guests discuss the latest events of the Amiga scene.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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10.Sep.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4.1: Further demo for compositing engine
With the cube demo written by Massimo Tantignone (screenshot) there is another little example of an application for the composoting engine.
Download: winalphatest.lha (19 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Sep.2008
André 'Ratte' Pfeiffer (ANF)
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Monitor driver: HighGFX 40.6 - high resolution under ECS/AGA
André Pfeiffer's monitor driver HighGFX provides on ECS-/AGA computers without a graphic board a resolution of 1024x768 at 55 Hz/22,22 kHz (AGA) and 54 Hz/21,81 kHz (ECS). A flickerfixer or a monitor compatible with these frequences are required. There is a compatibility list in the Readme.
Changes in version 40.6:
- Higher frequencies for AGA computers (54 Hz/22,24 kHz -> 55 Hz/22,22 kHz)
- Higher frequences for ECS computers (50 Hz/20,25 kHz -> 54 Hz/21,81 kHz)
- (Hopefully) all known bugs fixed
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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09.Sep.2008
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MorphOS: Screen lens Szoom (Update)
Already one month ago Michal 'kiero' Wozniak has published a screen lens for MorphOS which uses TinyGL and which can be controled with the Control-key combined with the mouse wheel.
This feature should work on all screens with from 16 Bit, is similar to the program "Lens" for AmigaOS 4.1 but is not refreshed in real-time.
Download: szoom.lha (10 KB)
Update: (19:03, 09.09.08, snx)
Meanwhile it has been clarified that szoom is only realtime with conventional layers (not 3d layers) in its current version. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: File manager DrawerBall 0.3d
Tom 'Amigaharry' Duin has published an update of Drawerball which is a very early version of a simple file manager.
You must set the source directory when starting the program - either with the Tooltypes (preconfigured "SYS:") or with the Shell as command ("Drawerball SYS:"). The destination directory can be set under the menu menu "Project/Set destination".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2008
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Instant Messenger: Interested in SabreMSN source codes?
James 'jahc' Carroll has told that his MSN-client SabreMSN has reached a level which supplies all his needs. Besides this during the last time features have been requested which he cannot implement.
If you are interested in developing further the program then please contact Carroll for the handover of the source codes.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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UAE: AmiKit 1.5.0 "Chat Noir"
AmiKit which is a complete distribution for UAE users was updated to the new version 1.5.0. The most important changes are a completely new look (screenshots) and the support of themes with 24 Bit colour depth. Additionally AmiKit 1.5.0 is now compatible with Amiga Forever 2008 and provides two installation routines for Linux users.
A detailed list of all changes you can find in the Changelog. AmiKit requires an AmigaOS 3.1 ROM-image as well as AmigaOS 3.x-distribution.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4.1: Demos for compositing engine
Hans-Jörg "Rogue" Frieden has published two small demo programs which demonstrate some of the possibilities of the compositing engine of AmigaOS 4.1.
"ScreenThumb" shows a thumbnail of the Workbench screens in a small window which is refreshed in real-time (YouTube-Video). "Lens" scales up the screen around the mouse pointer in real-time if you push the button (YouTube-Video).
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07.Sep.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Lucy 2.29
Since MorphOS 2.1 the transparency patch could not be used with MUI-windows. With version 2.29 which is available under the title link it now works again.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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07.Sep.2008
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Minimig compatibility tests: Software, SD-cards, displays
Under the title link 'Darrin' collects test results concerning the compatibility of SD-cards, displays and software applications with Dennis van Weeren's Amiga-500-clone Minimig. Your support is very welcome.
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07.Sep.2008
Grzegorz Kraszewski (ANF)
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Photo report from PowerDev Meeting #5 in Chelm
Grzegorz 'Krashan' Kraszewski writes: The PowerDev Meeting #5 in Chełm has just finished and here, under the title link, is the photo gallery from the event. Movies of conducted presentations will be available soon.
Update: (08:01, 07.09.08, snx)
Further photos are provided by an attendee, Konrad Kostecki. (snx)
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07.Sep.2008
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a1k.org: Test of USB-hardware with the E3B-controller Deneb
The participants of the forum a1k.org have tested different devices on the USB-2.0-controller Deneb developed by E3B.
In the first thread you can find perfectly working USB-hardware as well as a 13-Euro soundcard, in the second one you can find hardware which does not work at all or at least causes some troubles.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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06.Sep.2008
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AmigaOS 4: Web-Browser OWB 2.8
Jörg Strohmayer has published a new version of his port of the Origyn Web Browser for AmigaOS 4. Changes since the last release:
- Fixed WINDOWWIDTH and WINDOWHEIGHT
- Implemented popup menus for <select> with up to 25 entries
- JavaScript can open windows now
- Implemented statusbar text
- Title and URL are updated now
- Built current version of libxml2. It seems most of the OWB crashes were caused by bugs in the old libxml2, for example with the new version OWB doesn't crash on the ACID3 test.
- Implemented JavasCript alert requester
- Added charset support to the clipboard functions. When using cut or copy it writes the UTF-8 CSET chunk now, for pasting it supports US-ASCII, ISO-8859-1 and UTF-8 and replaces unknown chars in all other charsets by '?', if there is no CSET chunk it's treated as ISO-8859-1.
- Added iconify support
- Updated to SVN revision 472
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06.Sep.2008
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MorphOS 2.1 - Public Release
Press release The MorphOS development team is proud to announce the public release of MorphOS 2.1, a free update for users of MorphOS 2.0.
In addition to numerous bug fixes, MorphOS 2.1 includes several new features. Some of the most notable ones are the much anticipated sound driver for EFIKA mainboards, a 2D driver for XGI Volari V3XT graphics cards and a virtual CybergraphX monitor (for operating MorphOS without the use of a graphics card via VNCServer).
For an overview of the included changes and possible limitations of the forementioned features, please read our release notes.
A description of the hardware requirements and installation procedures can be found here. MorphOS 2.1 is available for download in our files section. (snx)
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05.Sep.2008
PPA (Webseite)
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Emulator: WinUAE 1.5.2
In this new version of the Amiga emulator WinUAE several bugs were fixed as well as two new functions implemented: On the one hand relative ROM-paths can be saved in the ini-file and on the other hand there is an experimental support of the OpenAL sound.
Fixed bugs:
- Random crashing if USB mouse or joystick inserted
- Only titlebar was visible if minimized window was restored
- Bottom part of display was not updated in bigger than display RTG modes
- uae-configuration/uaectrl didn't always work
- Bsdsocket emulation was not initialized in some configurations
- Catweasel MK4 joystick/mouse compatibility improved
- uaescsi.device media change didn't update all geometry parameters
- Sound mute on/off inputevent fixed
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.Sep.2008
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4.1: First minor review
The latest update of the operating system AmigaOS 4.1 has got the first users. Under the title link 'Varthall' has published an English minor review. Additionally he has taken some pictures.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.Sep.2008
Martin Merz (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Amiga Image Storage System 4.3
Martin 'Mason' Merz has published version 4.3 of his "Amiga Image Storage System" (AISS). AISS is a system for managing toolbar graphics under AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4.x, AROS and MorphOS.
Features of version 4.3:
- Over 2000 toolbar pictures and animations
- 24-Bit-PNG pictures with 8-Bit alpha channel
- Reworked documentation in PDF format (aiss43.pdf, 1 MB)
- AmiUpdate support
- Real transparency for "ghosted" images
The author points out that the process of installation may take a while and that there is not a window of progress meanwhile.
The AISS version for AmigaOS 4 is available under the title link and the ports of other systems will be available on Aminet soon.
If you want to support Mason's work you can order a present for his son from the Amazon-wish list.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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04.Sep.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 74 (September/October 2008) published
Press release Today issue 74 (September/October 2008) has been published. This means that all subscriptions, preorders and dealer supplies have been brought to the postal office.
In this issue you will find reviews of WinUAE, AmiBlitz, MorphOS 2.0, AMuse, Cave Story and lots of more. A more detailed description of content and excerpts can be found at the title link.
The Amiga Future is available as an English and German print magazine directly from its editorial office and some Amiga dealers. The Amiga Future can be obtained as a single issue or subscription each with or without a cover CD.
As always you will find much PD software and some full versions like Photo Folio, Astral, Battle Space and others on the Amiga Future cover CD. There are only a few magazines left of issues 69 to 73. All previous issues are outsold. Of course the cover CDs are still available.
Amiga Future needs your support: We are looking for editors for the magazine. You should own a classic Amiga or Pegasos and know its workings. Furthermore you should have some experience in writing reviews. As well as that, your native language has to be either German or English which you should be fluent in. Please don't forget: The Amiga Future is a community project.
In addition we are still looking for translators for the magazine. Again your native language should be German or English and you should be fluent in reading/writing both of them. Interested? Please contact us via e-mail at Andreas@amigafuture.de. (snx)
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04.Sep.2008
Amiga.org (website)
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New Minimig cores available
Dennis van Weeren writes: Thanks to the hard work of Jakub Bednarski, updated cores are now available for download at my Minimig site. Jakub's version fixes many long-standing bugs and finally adds floppy write support.
Please note that Jakub's cores behave somewhat differently than the previous cores so please read the provided readme carefully. Again, many thanks to Jakub for this new update! (snx)
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03.Sep.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Music-disc: Planet Hively for AmigaOS 3
"Orta" has ported the music-"disk" Planet Hively to AmigaOS 3. The 68k-version is based on SDL. AHI, a graphic board and a JIT-emulator (a real 68060 is much too slow) are required.
An AGA-version is also planned but it needs some optimations.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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03.Sep.2008
Michael C. Battilana (e-mail)
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Cloanto: Release of Amiga Forever 2008 "RP2" / Announcement of C64 Forever
For a few days already, a free update for Cloanto's emulation package Amiga Forever 2008 is available via the Software Director, including all previous updates and introducing support for the new RP2 file format (amiga-news.de reported). Below you can find the official press release that has been published today.
Cloanto Releases Amiga Forever 2008 "RP2", Announces C64 Forever
Cloanto released this week Amiga Forever 2008 "RP2", the latest version of the award-winning Amiga preservation, emulation and support suite for Windows and other platforms, and a first batch of 10 games in the new RP2 format. Both the RP2 update and the new games are a free download for current users.
Amiga Forever 2008, the most significant release in the Amiga Forever series, already set new references in usability while more than tripling the featured content and providing easy access to a universe of free downloads. The "RP2" update (from RetroPlatform Player, the technology used by Amiga Forever) adds support for the new RP2 file format and content delivery, recognition and configuration framework.
RP2 is a simple and standards-compliant wrapper format, essentially a ZIP archive containing one or more disk image files and an XML manifest. Full information is being shared with download sites and other partners.
Does the emulation world really need a new format? Well, RP2 does not aim to replace the existing disk image files: there will always be ADFs, etc. Cloanto's project involving automatic identification of disk images and automatic configuration of the emulation system also remains ongoing, and will soon flow into RP2.
The new format aims to solve another aspect, i.e. how to easily download, organize and play sets of multiple disks, and treat each game as a single file, just as users do with MP3s. Today, ZIP archives can be downloaded from games sites, but they still won't play automatically. ADFs might do that (with Amiga Forever they already do), but this wouldn't work with games that need more than one disk image.
That's where RP2 aims to deliver, making playback of an .rp2 Amiga game file as simple as playing an .mp3 music file: one file, one game, nothing else to remember or configure. And users will be free to rename or reorganize the files, while existing investment in Amiga disk images will be preserved by means of automated conversion options.
Amiga Forever is still far from perfect, and we know that. Thanks to the precious support of our customers, we keep working on other fronts, which include:
- Merge the current heuristic configuration logic with the autoconfiguration library
- Make it possible to create, edit and share configurations
- Make it easier to add or remove content from the player lists (Games, Demos, etc.)
- Improve online search
- New partnerships
The RetroPlatform player and content framework were designed from the beginning to be modular and platform-neutral. The Amiga alone, while full of memories and passion, remains a risky "niche" for a software house. In order to achieve better stability and growth potential for the project as a whole, we decided to support a second platform which we all love and know well from our past.
This means that Amiga Forever will soon get a little 8-bit brother (or sister), to be named C64 Forever. More information will be released soon at www.c64forever.com.
Your Amiga Forever Team (snx)
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02.Sep.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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UAE: Limited AmiKit-CD-Edition
AmiKit which is a complete distribution for UAE users will be available as limited CD-edition soon. It will include version 1.5.0 of AmiKit for Windows and Linux.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.Sep.2008
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Linux-Handheld: Pandora available for order soon
Pandora is a handheld game console based on a 600-MHz-ARM-processor and the Linux distribution Ubuntu. Emulators are supposed to provide the base of games. From 30. September on you can order this handheld in advance. The first production will have 3000 units. The delivery may start on 13. November.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.Sep.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Adventure-Interpreter: ScummVM 0.12.0 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS
ScummVM is an interpreter with which you can play a lot of older, commercial adventures on newer platforms.
There is a list of changes in version 0.12.0 in the Release Notes of the ScummVM project.
Direct download:
AmigaOS 4: scummvm-0.12.0-amigaos4.lha (6,7 MB)
MorphOS: scummvm-0.12.0.lha (5,2 MB)
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02.Sep.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: HD-racing track Indianapolis 1.1 for VGP 2
Jason Frabotta's project "VGP HD" tries to improve the engine developed by Paolo Cattani of the Formel-1 simulation Virtual Grand Prix 2.
Recently the racing track of Indianapolis was added (screenshot).
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Sep.2008
David brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
In the last two months severaö articles have been added to the website of the French AmigaOS and MorphOS magazine Obligement. Additional to the texts mentioned down below on the website the issues 78-87 of the former French magazine "Amiga News" are available.
- Amiga and MorphOS news of July/August 2008
- Interview with Grzegorz Kraszewski (MorphOS developer)
- Interview with Hans-Joerg Frieden (AmigaOS 4 developer)
- Review of MorphOS 2.0
- Review of Amikit on Linux
- Review of Epistula
- Review of Fightin' Spirit
- Review of Fire And Ice
- Review of Gemini Wing
- Review of Gods
- Review of Golden Axe
- Review of Hybris
- Review of Lethal Xcess
- Review of Lionheart
- Review of Mega Typhoon
- Review of Mercs
- Review of Midnight Resistance
- Review of Nicky Boum
- Review of The Oath
- Review of Ork
- Review of Pang
- Review of P-47 : The Freedom Fighter
- Review of Qwak
- Review of Risky Woods
- Review of Rod Land
- Review of Ruff N Tumble
- Review of Saint Dragon
- Review of Viper
- Hardware: CPTVUSB20-5 USB card
- Tutorial: installation of MorphOS 2.0 on Pegasos I/II and Efika 5200B
- Quizz about Amiga News
- New heading: tips and tricks
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01.Sep.2008
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WHDLoad: New packages until 01.09.2008
With WHDLoad you can install games and scene demos on your harddrive which originally were published on disks. Additionally several incompatibilities with newer Amiga models were fixed.
The following installers have been added, updated or improved since our last message:
- 31.08.2008 new: The Moochies (Breadline) done by Bored Seal (Info)
- 31.08.2008 new: Bruno's MusicBox 2 (Gate) done by StingRay (Info,Image)
- 31.08.2008 new: Bruno's MusicBox 3 (Anarchy) done by StingRay (Info,Image)
- 31.08.2008 new: 20000 Leagues under the Sea (Infogrames/Coktel Vision) done by Puppe (Info)
- 31.08.2008 improved: Damage (Suomi-Peli) trainer added, CD³² joypad support added (Info)
- 29.08.2008 new: Sonical Fantasia (Equinox) done by StingRay (Info,Image)
- 28.08.2008 new: Book of Songs (Complex) done by StingRay (Info)
- 28.08.2008 new: Metal Melissa the Pisser (Animators) done by StingRay (Info)
- 25.08.2008 new: Alien Drug Lords: The Chyropian Connection (Panther Games) done by Psygore (Info)
- 25.08.2008 improved: Melodies (Scoopex) taglist fixed for whd16+, added 68000 quitkey (Info,Image)
- 24.08.2008 improved: The Kristal / Kristal, The (Addictive) access fault fixed, blitwaits inserted, new install script (Info)
- 24.08.2008 new: Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (Imageworks) done by Galahad (Info)
- 24.08.2008 updated: Software (W.F.M.H.) taglist fixed, reduced chipram requirement, 68000 quitkey added (Info,Image)
- 23.08.2008 new: Dawn Patrol (Rowan Software Ltd.) done by Psygore (Info)
- 18.08.2008 improved: Colossus Chess X (CDS) dbf loops fixed, no more errors with working.book file (Info)
- 18.08.2008 new: Super-Twintris (Big Brother Copy) done by Musashi5150 (Info)
- 18.08.2008 updated: Academy: Tau Ceti II (CRL Group/ComTek) mouse cursor enabled, savegame is saved properly now with separated shipdata, new keyboard handler, less memory requirements (Info)
- 13.08.2008 new: Hunt for Red October (Oxford Digital Enterprises) done by Psygore (Info)
- 13.08.2008 improved: Ghost Battle (Thalion) debugged in snoop mode, decruncher moved into FastRAM, added blitter waits and button wait, highscore is saved (Info)
- 13.08.2008 improved: Fire Force (ICE) more trainer options, another delay added, saved rooster loads at startup (Info)
- 11.08.2008 improved: Miami Chase (Code Masters/Team 17) highscores are saved, trainer added, keyboard fixed, button wait added (Info)
- 11.08.2008 fixed: Deep Space (Psygnosis) buttonwait routine corrected (Info)
- 07.08.2008 new: Warlock's Quest (ERE/Infogrames) done by John Girvin (Info)
- 06.08.2008 new: Miracle Sounds 1 (Miracle) done by Dr Cinicus (Info,Image)
- 04.08.2008 improved: Sharkeys Moll (Zeppelin Games) copylock fix improved, keyboard routine fixed (Info,Image)
- 04.08.2008 improved: Hunt for Red October (Grandslam) slave works with any version now (Info)
- 04.08.2008 improved: Campaign 2 (Empire) recompiled with latest KickEmu, version detection improved (Info)
- 04.08.2008 improved: Campaign (Empire) no more load/save limits (Info)
- 04.08.2008 updated: Blob (Core Design) copylock fix improved (Info)
- 03.08.2008 new: Mad Show (Silmarils) done by Psygore (Info)
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01.Sep.2008
amiga.org
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Flash-ROM-Software: Luciferin 4.1
Chris Hodges has published an update of his Flash-ROM software Luciferin for E3B-products Romulus, Algor (Pro) and Deneb. In version 4.1 there is a new option for switching off ("RMBONLY").
The archive now also includes a SDK with which external developers may use the flashrom.resource in their own applications.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Sep.2008
amiga.org (Webseite)
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USB-Stack: Poseidon 4.2 for E3B-products and MorphOS PowerUp
For owners of the E3B-products Subway, Highway, Algor and Deneb as well as for MorphOS PowerUp users there is an update of the USB-stack Poseidon written by Chris Hodges. You can download it via Trident-Online-Update or on the website of the author.
This upgrade to the latest version 4.2 is for free. For users of older versions (3.x, 2.x) as well. But if you want to support the author you can send him a present by ordering a product of his Amazon wish list.
Changes in version 4.2:
- Support for suspend/resume of USB devices for power saving
- Improvements of usbaudio.class, hub.class
- More massstorage.class workarounds for buggy devices
- Major bugfixing for PTP class
- New Ethernet class driver for Davicom DM9601 chipsets
The MorphOS version should be only used for MorphOS installations on a Classic Amiga. You should not use it on a Pegasos or an Efika.
Starting with version 4.0 the USB-stack has not a keyfile but is only licenced for E3B-hardware. There is not an opgrade option for further products (Spider, Thylacine, Amithlon). So please do not inquire for it.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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