04.May.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Printed magazine: Amiga Future, issue 120
Today the English and German issue 120 (May/June 2016) of the printed magazine Amiga Future have been published can be ordered directly from the magazine's editorial office or Amiga dealers that stock the magazine. This issue includes an interview with Bert Jahn (WHDLoad) and a review of Icaros Desktop 2.1 and Hollywood 6.1.
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02.May.2016
Amiga Future (website)
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AmigaOS 4: Arcade emulator FinalBurn Alpha 0.2.97.37 R2
FinalBurn Alpha is an arcade emulator supporting several hardware platforms, e.g. Sega Master System and MegaDrive, Colecovision, Capcom CS-1/2/3 and Neo Geo.
The update includes OpenGL, new supported games (8449 in total now), rendering effects, new SkinFX, animated GIFs in the GUI, speed improvements, bug fixes and sample support. (snx)
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02.May.2016
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: A week in AROS (from 25.04.2016)
Weekly Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz summarizes the latest progresses and developments of the AROS-programmers.
Week of April 25th:
- SMB file system has been updated to version 1.102 bringing Windows 7 compatibility (Kalamatee)
- Lodepaint is now part of AROS ports repository (mazze)
- GCC 6.1.0 is now available as cross compiler for AROS (Kalamatee)
- Notification on changing gl.library implementation are now correctly registered (neil)
- ZuneArc application has been updated to version 1.4b (mazze)
- Abcm2ps has been updated to version 8.11.4 and BWBasic has been updated to version 3.0 (mazze)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.May.2016
fs-uae.net (Webseite)
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Emulator: FS-UAE 2.7.13dev
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD and based on WinUAE and "includes an easy-to-use graphical configuration program which allows you to enjoy FS-UAE and Amiga emulation without writing configuration files." Beta version 2.7.13dev fixes some minor bugs.
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02.May.2016
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: "Enhancer Software" updates system files and tools
In a press release A-EON has announced the availability of the software bundle "Enhancer Software". In the late 1980s Commodore did sell OS-updates for AmigaOS 1.x - obviously A-EON tries to avoid using the name "OS-update": Enhancer Software is a collection of tools, commodities, classes, datatypes and library "with the aim of enhancing the AmigaOS experience". Included are:
Drivers and file systems:
- Warp3D Nova: pre-release, inclusive free updates
- RadeonHD-Treiber: Adapted for Nova in version v1 or v2, depending on the desired edition
- SmartFilesystem 2
Tools:
- X-Dock: A new dock
- updated version of AmiDVD
- MultiEdit: New text editor featuring tabs
- MultiViewer 2.2: Among others image thumbnails added
- updated version of the partition wizard
- TuneNet: updated version, the user-interface now supports "4.1 FE features", the new classes InfoWindow and Progressbar (s.b.) are used. Only available as part of the Enhancer Software.
- CANDI: Different versions, depending on the desired edition
- InfoWindow Tool
System:
- Updated version of the notification system Ringhio: Sound and colorwheel support, individual app configuration, several bug fixes
- Format with SFS-support
Commodities:
- ClipViewer: A clipboard manager
- Exchanger: A commodity and application manager which can show, hide (iconify) or quit programms, display the Workbench information requester for the particular program or which can enable and disable commodities
C-commands:
- RequestChooser: Shows a text - e.g. a software licence - "in a scrollable window and obtain a response via standard requester buttons"
Gadgets and classes:
- InfoWindow class
- Optionbutton gadget class
- PieChart gadget class
- ProgressBar gadget class
- SharedImage class
Datatypes:
"Enhancer Software" is available in two editions. The cheaper version is delivered with a limited version of CANDI (four animated Workbench backgrounds and the first generation of the RadeonHD driver). For an additional charge the full versions of CANDI as well as the latest version of the RadeonHD driver can be purchased.
According to an user the standard version can be purchased for 51.35 Euro, the "plus"-edition is available for 62.40 Euro. If you have already purchased single parts of the bundle, you will get a discount on the Appstore. In this regard the shop system still seems to have some technical problems.
Soon Amiga Enhancer is supposed to be sold in a box. A version for AmigaOS 3 also was announced. Further information are available in A-EONs new Wiki under wiki.amiga.org. As you can see there, the logo of amiga.org now is used for commercial products like the Enhancer Software.
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01.May.2016
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Password manager PastePass 1.4
Stefan 'Kronos' Kleinheinrich's PastePass is a password manager for MorphOS "featuring an encrypted database and the abilty to fill in username + password at the stroke of a simple shortcut." A little tool called PassTool for encrypting the password is included as well.
In version 1.4 some bugs were fixed and user defined groups added.
Download: PastePass.lha (107 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.May.2016
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'Amiga' no longer a registered trademark in Germany
All over the world more than 60 Amga related trademarks are still registered with various local trademark offices (overview, PDF). For the vast majority of them, the owner is listed as 'Amiga Inc., New York'. But the registration of a trademark has to be renewed in regular intervalls by its owner - usually every ten years - otherwise the mark gets deleted.
Since Amiga Inc. doesn't take care of that process anymore, Amiga trademark registrations have been deleted for several years already. So far, only superfluous registrations or marks in less relevant markets like Bulgaria had been affected. But from 2016 to 2018, all relevant trademark registrations in the important markets are about to expire, and the German marks are taking the lead: The registration period for the figurative mark 'Amiga' aswell as the word marks 'Amiga' and 'Amiga OS' ended in 2015.
As the German Trademark Office (DPMA, Deutsches Marken- und Patentamt) tells us, the actual expiry of a registration is followed by a grace period of six months, during which the original owner can reregister a trademark. After that, it takes another few weeks until the status of a registration is actually changed to 'expired' in the DPMA database. In fact, the DPMA register lists the figurative mark Amiga as 'deleted' and the word mark Amiga had already been deleted some six months ago. Amiga OS on the other hand will still be considered a registered Mark for a few more months.
Despite that, 'Amiga' isn't up for grabs yet in Germany - the European Intellectual Property Office also has a registration for an 'Amiga' trademark (file number 000815779) that only expires in 2018 and is valid in all countries of the European Union. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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01.May.2016
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Amicast: Interview with Toni Wilen
In the blog of the English podcast Amicast an interview with Toni Wilen has been published. He is well-known for the development of the Amiga emulator WinUAE but has also written file manager FileMaster.
In the interview he mainly talked about the WinUAE and his future plans: Adding missing expansion cards, improving the compatibility, using of several emulated graphic cards simultaneously and emulating the micro controller 4510 (CDTV-CR) which controls the communication with the front-LCD. For the emulation of the controller he asks for ROMs. For further details please have a look at the WinUAE main page.
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01.May.2016
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on the Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of french Amiga / MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- March/April 2016 news
- Old articles from Tilt 60 to 66:
- File: games and flops
- Report: CeBIT 1989
- Review of Space Harrier
- Interview with Steve Bak
- File: joysticks from 1987-1989
- Review of Design 3D
- Report: Winter CES 1989
- Review of Double Dragon
- Interview with Brian Fargo
- Review of Operation Wolf
- Review of Zynaps
- Interview with Benoît Charcosset (musican known as "Maf" on the demoscene)
- Review of Tanks Furry
- Review of Amiga Forever 2016
- Review of Ludexo
- Hardware: A2386SX
- DIY: Mute the ventilation on an AT power supply and a BlizzardPPC
- Tutorial: How to make MorphOS like AmigaOS 4
- Tutorial: How to get Delitracker working on X1000 under AmigaOS 4
- Tutorial: Use of the Nordic Power
- Programming: AMOS - the memory
- Special quiz about Infogrames
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01.May.2016
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Aminet-Uploads until 30.04.2016
The following archives have been added to Aminet until April 30th, 2016:
amirc_362_68000.lha comm/irc 637K 68k 68000 version of AmIRC
NetSurf-m68k.lha comm/www 11M 68k CSS capable web browser
OSCRetroIntro2016.lha demo/intro 85K 68k OldSk00l Crackers Retro Intro...
Retro2016Src.lha demo/intro 29K ASM source for 'Retro 2016' i...
TheWallV11Src.lha demo/mega 1K WHDLoad slave src: Kefrens' "...
RNIOM1.lha demo/sound 502K 68k Retro Noises In Our Minds, Is...
ADF2FMS13Src.lha dev/asm 2K 68k Asm Source for ADF 2 FMS
C64P00-P00C64ConvSrc.lha dev/asm 3K 68k C64 - P00 ^ P00 - C64 Convert...
LP110.lha dev/asm 3K 68k Lamer Protection
PortablE.lha dev/e 9.7M MOS E compiler, r6 beta (26.04.2016)
FlexCat-2.18.lha dev/misc 1.1M MOS Flexible catalogs (C,Asm,Ober...
VMCISDN.lha driver/net 370K 68k VMC-ISDN Software
Oubliette.adf game/actio 880K 68k Find the exit. Kill the dragon.
arBar.lha game/wb 30K 68k Make some connections!
C64P00-P00C64ConvSrc.lha misc/emu 2K 68k C64 - P00 ^ P00 - C64 Convert...
GMAP.lha misc/emu 45M OS4 Game Maker Amiga Player&M...
ClassicWB3.9-MWB.lha pix/mwb 2.7M MWB iconset replacement for C...
Calimero_3.0.lha text/dtp 6.6M MOS A DTP Program
NoFastMemSrc.lha util/boot 1K allocate all available fast RAM
BoardsLib.lha util/libs 74K 68k provides detailed info about ...
WebPButton_1.2.lha util/wb 8.4M MOS A animated Button
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01.May.2016
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 30.04.2016
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until April 30th, 2016:
c_string.lha dev/lan 10kb 4.0 Extended string functions for C
e_string.lha dev/lan 7kb 4.0 Extended string functions for E
portable.lha dev/lan 10Mb 4.1 E compiler, r6 beta (26.04.2016)
olctk.lha dev/lib 124kb 4.1 Simple AOS4 dev toolkit
flexcat.lha dev/mis 1Mb 4.0 Flexible catalogs (C, Asm, E, AR...
tbimageviewer.lha gra/ais 93kb 4.1 AISS image viewer based on AISSView
boingcube.lha uti/ben 3Mb 4.0 A bouncing rotating boing cube.
st_ships.lha uti/mis 29Mb 4.0 Database of ships in Star Trek
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01.May.2016
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 30.04.2016
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until April 30th, 2016:
quad-stalker.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 1Mb Two simple 8-bit inspired clones.
lodepaint_src_svn146.tar.bz2 gra/edi 4Mb Source code of paint application
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01.May.2016
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WHDLoad: New installers until 30.04.2016
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until April 30th, 2016:
- 2016-04-30 updated: Z-Out (Advantec/Rainbow Arts) enabled VBL interrupt during game (Info)
- 2016-04-30 improved: Hybris (Discovery Software) smart bomb can be triggered using second joystick button (Info)
- 2016-04-30 improved: Badlands (Tengen) added second button, quitkey on 68000 machines, re-enabled VBL interrupt (Info)
- 2016-04-30 new: Sounddisk (Possessed) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
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30.Apr.2016
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: Calimero 3.0
According to the author Carsten Siegner, Calimero "is a powerful DTP program" and now is available in version 3.0 for MorphOS including the following changes:
- Texture mask (screenshot)
- Function to insert alpha channel in pictures (screenshot)
- Import picture directories
- Export WebP Anims with alpha channel (if selected)
- Load gif anims (alpha !)
Download: Calimero_3.0.lha (7 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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30.Apr.2016
AlternativeTo.net (ANF)
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Software directory: AlternativeTo.net supports Amiga platforms
AlternativeTo.net helps searching for software alternatives. For instance, when you switch from Windows to Linux, you can check what is a free Microsoft Word alternative for that operating system.
Since yesterday the service also lists programs for AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS. The database depends on third party submissions, thus (after registration) there is a form to add further software. (snx)
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29.Apr.2016
amigaimpact.org (Webseite)
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Emulators: HAPPIGA 1.2 launches ARM computer in Amiga emulation mode
Happiga is a Debian-based Linux distribution for ARM-based, credit card-sized computers like the Raspberry Pi, which directly is booting in the Amiga emulator UAE4ARM. An AGA-Amiga with 68040-processor and sufficient RAM is emulated and Picasso96 is installed. In order to enable excahnging data wth other computers, a Samba-share already is pre-configured.
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29.Apr.2016
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Free hardware: Atari-USB Joystick-Adapter
Stefan 'Develin' Blixth has developed an adapter which connects classic joysticks with the USB-port of modern computers. The adapter does not require any additional drivers, the included firmware can be updated directly over the USB-port.
The open source V-USB is used as firmware. His PCB-layout Blixth also has made available under the GPL. The developer is going to sell assembled adapters but asks you for some patience. All those who are going to buy such a adapter, please contact Blixth via eMail.
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29.Apr.2016
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Meta compiler: PortablE r6-04-26-2016 (beta)
Christopher Handley's meta compiler PortablE is a "recreation of the Amiga E programming language" providing many improvements. It can be used on AmigaOS4, AROS, MorphOS and Windows.
Changes since the last release:
- Built-in procedures can now support unlimited parameters (although only some have been updated to use this ability)
- Improved MUI & ReAction modules to use procedures with unlimited parameters (instead of immedate tag lists). So the C/C++ code generated for GUIs is now human-readable!
- Added the NoListOptim switch, so that the code generated for Immediate Lists can be more human-readable
- AmigaOS4: Added the 'intuition/menuclass' module, aka "AISS menus", and the example program "Examples/Amiga/OS4_ReAction/MenuClass.e"
- When a bug exception was thrown during compilation, it could give the wrong message. Now fixed
- Fixed a few module bugs
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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26.Apr.2016
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: Ask Me Up XXL 2.5.0
Jérôme 'Glames' Senay's Ask Me Up is a trivia game for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS (as well as Windows) in which you have to correctly answer 1700 questions on common knowledge, each with four possible answers. You can play it for yourself or together with up to five other players (four players using a joystick, the other two sharing the keyboard). A demo version including 80 questions is available for free.
In version 2.5.0 mainly some translations have been completed (German, Swedish, Portuguese) or improved (English).
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26.Apr.2016
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: WebPButton 1.2
Using Carsten Siegner's programm WebPButton, you can replace pictograms on the Ambient user-interface by motifs of your own (screenshot). As the name suggests, the format is limited to pictures or animations of the WebP-format.
Download: WebPButton_1.2.lha (8 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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25.Apr.2016
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Record: Panel discussion with former "Amiga Power" editors
Last Thursday the British Guardian has invited former editors of the Amiga magazine "Amiga Power" to a panel discussion (information of the organizer).
Now some photographs of the event were published which despite a fee of 11 pound sterling was well-attended. Besides, there is also an audio record of the discussion.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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25.Apr.2016
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Viva Amiga Interview: The Retro Hour Podcast
The latest issue of the podcast "The Retro Hour" includes an interview with Zach Weddington who is the initiator of the crowd funded Amiga documentation Viva Amiga.
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25.Apr.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4/MorphOS: Cinnamon Writer 0.95 beta 2
Claus Desler's Cinnamon Writer is a "compact and efficient word processor" which can import simple RTF and DocX files, offers a spell check and can restore lost documents.
Now the latest beta version also is available for MorphOS and fixes some bugs:
- Window trashing should be fixed
- Localization should now support other charsets than the generic. Please let me know if the char set of your language is not working satisfactory (but please first see if the problem is caused by limitations of the font used)
- Import of images now works. Feel free to send me images that are not imported correctly
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25.Apr.2016
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: A week in AROS (from 18.04.2016)
Weekly Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz summarizes the latest progresses and developments of the AROS-programmers.
Week of April 18th:
- SMB file system received a 64bit fix (Kalamatee)
- ScummVm has been updated to version 1.8.0 (mazze)
- MilkyTracker has been added to AROS ports repository (mazze)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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