26.Apr.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Elbox: Mediator1200/4000 and FastATA 4000 available again, driver updates
According to Elbox, about at the end of May the PCI-busboards Mediator 1200TX and 4000Di as well as the IDE-controller FastATA 4000 (inclusive CF-/SATA-adapter) will be available. The announced Turboflyer 530 will be available at the end of June 2014.
Besides, there is an update of the pci.library, which allows Radeon graphic boards with 2x128 MB RAM to use additional Zorro III-boards. Another update was released for the FastATA 1200 driver. CF-cards, which are used in the NO_INT-mode, now are much faster.
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26.Apr.2014
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Arcade game: Timebomb (Final Release)
In Timebomb you have to collect as many bombs as possible before the time runs out. Each field can only be used one time before it vanishes but the player can move a row to the left or to the right.
This update is called "Final Release" because it fixes all known and reported bugs. Additionally, a brief tutorial was added into the game.
Timebomb requires an Amiga with 512 KB vitual memory. Computer with at least one Megabyte virtual memory can show and play additional graphics and sound effects. The game can also be played from harddrive which requires an assign timebomb:.
Download: timebomb.zip (399 KB)
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24.Apr.2014
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Raspberry Pi: 3D-print-case in Amiga style
Owners of a Raspberry Pi, who do not only use AROS, but also want to have a appropriate case for it, can now buy a case printed in 3D with Amiga style.
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24.Apr.2014
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New photographs of AGA-Flickerfixer ScanJuggler XAGA
In Hungary, for some time a Flickerfixer for AGA-Amigas has been developed. Now some new photopgraphs of the hardware have been published. Additionally there are some new information.
The photograph with the "Twisted Pair"-cable with RJ45-plugs were chosen to avoid signal noise. Despite the rather big sockets, according to the developer the Scanjuggler fits in an Amiga 1200-case. Is is also supposed to be used together with a Mediator-busboard inclusive keyboard adapter. The version for the A4000 can be used together with Zorro-boards.
Normally - mere digital or analog video output - only two of the three cables (analog video output, digital video output, DDC/Power) are required. And if you do not want to have a RJ45-plug, then you can order a version with ribbon cable - the RJ45-modules are only pinned into the Flickerfixer.
Additional to the DVI-output, further modules are planned, e.g. VGA and HDMI. The board for HDMI module would require to remove existing RF-modulators.
Recently the developer was having problems with the used video-clock-generator. In new prototypes (which are not pictured so far) the chip was put on a separate module to stop being depending on a certain model.
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24.Apr.2014
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Demoparty: Photographs of Revision 2014
At a1k.org some first photographs of the "Revision 2014" were published which took place at Easter weekend in Saarbrücken.
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24.Apr.2014
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Old Amiga graphic works by Andy Warhol
In 1985 the Pop Art legend Andy Warhol was engaged by Commodore to create a picture of the singer Debbie Harry live on stage with the Amiga (YouTube video). A while back a computer enthusiast and fan of the artist thought that Warhol might have used the Amiga before or after this presentation as well.
Due to his request at the Andy Warhol Museum, which has the Warhol Amigas, the disks were searched for further artworks of the artist and so far in total 28 unknown computer graphic works were found. Apparently the pictures are digital versions of well-known Warhol artworks which were reworked or alienated.
Some pictures have been already published on the Internet. The whole process was recorded and the documentation "Trapped" will be available at nowseethis.org after May 12th.
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20.Apr.2014
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Aminet-Uploads until 19.04.2014
The following packages have been added to Aminet until April 19th, 2014:
yWeather.lha comm/misc 317K MOS Show weather infos in screenbar
YAM29p1-AmigaOS3.lha comm/yam 3.4M 68k YAM 2.9p1 - MUI-based E-mail ...
YAM29p1-AmigaOS4.lha comm/yam 4.0M OS4 YAM 2.9p1 - MUI-based E-mail ...
YAM29p1-AROS-i386.lha comm/yam 3.4M x86 YAM 2.9p1 - MUI-based E-mail ...
YAM29p1-AROS-ppc.lha comm/yam 3.7M ppc YAM 2.9p1 - MUI-based E-mail ...
YAM29p1-AROS-x86_64.lha comm/yam 3.7M ppc YAM 2.9p1 - MUI-based E-mail ...
YAM29p1-MorphOS.lha comm/yam 3.7M MOS YAM 2.9p1 - MUI-based E-mail ...
ACE_print.lha dev/basic 16K 68k 2 print alternatives for ACE
c_mem.lha dev/c 7K 68k Extended memory functions for C
bchunk_1.2.0.lha disk/cdrom 35K MOS CD image conv. from bin/cue t...
ccd2iso_0.3.lha disk/cdrom 192K MOS Convert CCD (CloneCD) files t...
pfs3aio.lha disk/misc 78K 68k PFS3 All-In-One
WormWarsSP.lha game/actio 6K Worm Wars 8.85 spanish catalog
optipng-0.7.5-morphos... gfx/misc 156K MOS Advanced PNG optimizer
pngcrush-aros.lha gfx/misc 193K x86 An optimizer for PNG files
pngcrush-m68k.lha gfx/misc 121K 68k An optimizer for PNG files
AmiArcadiaSP.lha misc/emu 14K AmiArcadia spanish catalog fo...
FLASH-DC-Rips.zip mods/demo 3.9M FLASH-DC-Rips
MADMAN-Rips.zip mods/demo 558K MADMAN-Rips
MULTI-MEGAMIX-Rips.zip mods/demo 1.7M MULTI-MEGAMIX-Rips
THUNDERDOME-Rips.zip mods/demo 1.6M THUNDERDOME-Rips
playOGG.lha mus/play 5.9M 68k multi format sound player.
InstantBz2_1.0.lha util/pack 82K MOS A bz2 packer / unpacker with ...
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20.Apr.2014
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 19.04.2014
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until April 19th, 2014:
2dtunnel_bl.lha gra/scr 17kb 4.1 2D Tunnel blanker
aswarm_bl.lha gra/scr 13kb 4.1 ASwarm blanker + Source from Gar...
mindspace.lha gra/vec 8Mb 4.1 Create MindMaps, UML and quaint ...
bigsister.lha gra/vie 192kb 4.1 A webcam viewer
littlebrother.lha uti/doc 3Mb 4.1 Docky : Internet Webcams on your...
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20.Apr.2014
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 19.04.2014
The following packages have been added to AROS-Archives until April 19th, 2014:
bchunk_1.2.0-i386-aros.lha uti/mis 32kb CD image conv. from bin/cue to i...
ccd2iso-0.3-i386-aros.lha uti/mis 181kb Convert CCD (CloneCD) files to I...
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20.Apr.2014
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 19.04.2014
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until April 19th, 2014:
DT2RawImage 1.2 dev/too 69 Converts any image recogniz...
OptiPNG 0.7.5 gra/mis 156 Yet another PNG images crus...
RadioScript 1.08 mul/pla 176 An ARexx script creating a ...
BChunk 1.2.0 mul/pro 35 Converts CD image in bin/cu...
Odyssey Web Browser, ... 1.24 net/WWW 28297 A modern, full featured web...
Spreedy 0.7 off/dat 586 A table editor. Exports in ...
yWeather 1.9 uti/des 317 A screenbar module displayi...
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20.Apr.2014
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WHDLoad: New packages until 19.04.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until April 19th, 2014:
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20.Apr.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Beta test for AirPort-Extreme driver
Frank 'pega-1' Mariak has written a MorphOS driver for Apple-computers with integrated WLAN-support (screenshot from April 1st), which will be released together with MorphOS 3.6. If you are interested in a beta test, you offer your help.
The Broadcom-based WLAN-chipsets are supported by "AirPort Extreme" and "AirForce One 54g" (they are shown under ShowConfig with the manufacturer information $14E4 and the device numbers $4320 or $4318). According to Andreas Wolf, it is the following Apple-computers, which work under MorphOS:
- eMac: all
- iBook G4: all
- PowerBook G4 Aluminium: all
- Mac mini G4: all
- PowerMac G4: FW800
- PowerMac G5: all
As a kind of Easter gift and as tribute to the registration without working, integrated WLAN-solution, registered users with a compatible chipset can apply for the beta test of this b43-driver. Please use the following eMail address: b43beta@morphos-team.net.
Please note, that it is a softwase to be tested and that the group of participants is limited - so it may happen that your application will be rejected. But by using MorphOS 3.6, you will get the finished driver.
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20.Apr.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)
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A-EON Technology: Hardware of Amiga soundboard finished
The hardware of the Amiga soundboard Prisma produced by A-EON Technology (amiga-news.de reported) has been, according to photographs under the title link, finished. Currently, the drivers for AmigaOS 3.x and AmigaOS 4 are being developed.
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[News message: 20. Apr. 2014, 07:21] [Comments: 0]
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20.Apr.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Game: Marco Gregorio's Adventures to Unusual Places
The Backbone-game "Marco Gregorio's Adventures to Unusual Places" has five levels and was tested on an Amiga 1200 (68030/50 MHz).
Few tips and quirks:
- Because there is a small problem with Backbone when you die over "Danger Area" like water, you will respawn to the beginning of a level and restart. So, you need to finish the level w/o dieing
- I limited fire/throw axe speed, so it's harder to kill enemies, you can't just blast through enemies
- You need to collect all items before advancing to the next level
- In the Mayan level not all gates open
- I used the same fire button to Throw and Open Doors, I found out that assigning keyboard press to open the Door was disrupting the flow of the game. So, you can't shoot next to the door, you need to move away some before shooting
Downloadseite
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19.Apr.2014
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EMail client: YAM 2.9p1 for all Amiga systems
The YAM-Open-Source-Team has released version 2.9p1 of the MUI-based email client, which fixes some bugs of version 2.9 released in December (changelog).
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[News message: 19. Apr. 2014, 15:22] [Comments: 0]
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19.Apr.2014
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Magazine: Amiga Future 108 - preview and excerpts online
The full colour preview and excerpts of the Amiga Future issue 108 (May/June 2014) are now available online. Reviews of "Ace of Hearts" as well as of the ACA 1232 are the highlights of this issue. There is also a special about the X5000/Cyrus.
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[News message: 19. Apr. 2014, 15:17] [Comments: 0]
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18.Apr.2014
angel77 (Forum)
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Demoparty: Live-Stream of Revision 2014
During the whole Easter weekend, in Saarbrücken the "Revision" will take place. If you cannot attend the event, you can watch it via high-resolution livestreams. There also is a timetable.
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[News message: 18. Apr. 2014, 23:09] [Comments: 0]
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18.Apr.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Text viewer: EvenMore 0.80
EvenMore is a text viewer written by Chris Perver with ECX in Amiga E. Changes in version 0.80:
- Optimized RTF2Text plugin a little. Fixed bug where a line break instead of a space between a command and ordinary text would cause the plugin to skip a word. Also patched a bug in the RTF code generated by LibreOffice on Linux. LibreOffice stores pen 1 as 0, but other pen numbers start at 2.
- HTML2Text plugin will now display preformatted text as the system default font.
- A bug in the highlighting caused the system default and screen fonts over several lines to be rendered in all the same font.
- Fixed bug. Shadow text and strikethrough styles would not carry over to the next line.
- Created basic PageStream2Text plugin. Still to implement all of the text styles and colours that it offers.
- Created outline text style. ESC[52m turns on outline text, and ESC[53m turns it off again. For use in the new PageStream plugin.
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18.Apr.2014
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Workbench enhancement: BetterWB 3.6
Similar to AIAB, AmiKit or AmigaSYS, BetterWB is a collection of Workbench enhancements for AmigaOS 3.1, which are useful but rather simple and therefore require low hardware configuration. Changes in version 3.6:
- Full 68040, 68060 and ACA accelerators autodetection and driver support with the new HardWiz
- Rebooter is a new very handy application for restricted memory systems
- EnvHandler will save quite a lot of ram by optimising envarc (Thanks PeterK)
- Easily customize and lock palettes with FullPalette
- Updated icon.library to version 46.4.339 which is faster and less memory hungry
- Updated PFS3 aio to latest build (19-march-2014)
- Updated DMS to version 1.53
- Added a small text with a couple of tips after switching to GlowIcons
- Gzip is back. It is required for ADZ support in TSGUI (Thanks Jost)
- Added missing deficons (tool & project)
- Changed default position of the global trashcan whenever it is activated, so it doesnt get in the way
- For the love of the boing ball: replaced workbench´s glowicon to suit Jarek´s taste ;)
- Replaced the standard trashcan icon with one that looks more elegant
- BetterWB has now its own envarc drawer with wich you can easily check wether BetterWB is installed, which version is it, and the extensions it has enabled (FullPalette, GlowIcons, Rebooter)
- Plus a few more minor fixes and tweaks
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18.Apr.2014
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AmigaOS 4: Vector paint programm MindSpace 1.3
MindSpace is a paint programm which can create spider diagrams and mind maps or vector pictures. In version 1.3, antialiasing has been added again now implemented with the help of the Cairo-library.
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[News message: 18. Apr. 2014, 22:42] [Comments: 0]
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18.Apr.2014
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Punk Rock with the Amiga: PAULA POWERED
If music is made with Amiga, often this is Synth-Popper like Blue Metal Rose or Techno - but the French-British combo PAULA POWERED plays Punk Rock. The self-described trio ("singing, guitar, A1200") calls its Low-Fi sound as "Digital Punk" (Youtube video). The tracker Octamed is used on the Amiga.
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[News message: 18. Apr. 2014, 22:38] [Comments: 0]
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18.Apr.2014
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: bzip2-Packer InstantBz2 1.0
Carsten Siegner's InstantBz2 has a MUI-GUI and can pack or unpack files with the bzip2-algorithm.
InstantBz2_1.0.lha (82 KB)
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[News message: 18. Apr. 2014, 22:31] [Comments: 0]
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18.Apr.2014
a1k.org (Webseite)
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X1000: Linux-Kernel 3.14.1, Lubuntu 14.04 LTS and openSUSE 13.1
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has released version 3.14.1 of the Linux kernel for the AmigaOne X1000. Additionally, there are new versions of the Linux distributions openSUSE (13.1) and Lubuntu (14.04).
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[News message: 18. Apr. 2014, 00:02] [Comments: 0]
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16.Apr.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)
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AROS: AEROS 7 Plus available for free for one day
As part of the test run of his app store (amiga-news.de reported), today Pascal Papara offers his Linux-hosted AROS-distribution AEROS 7 for the Raspberry Pi in the plus-version for free (installation guide). This version includes the lx-command, with which it is possible to launch Linux programms from the AROS-Workbench "Wanderer".
So far the App-Store can only accessed with a text-based client, which requires a registration available under the title link (at the very bottom of the page: "Enter the Matrix"). After donwloading the client, you have to control the menu by entering short commands. Once you have logged in and "purchased" the AEROS Plus (article number 58) for zero Indiecoins, you can download the distribution. From tomorrow on the distribution will cost 700 Indiecoins.
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[News message: 16. Apr. 2014, 19:26] [Comments: 0]
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15.Apr.2014
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Magazine: Commodore Free, issue 79
"Commodore Free" is a free, English-language magazine about Commodore and Amiga computers which is available in different fotmats - among others as HTML-version and as C64-Diskmag.
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[News message: 15. Apr. 2014, 17:54] [Comments: 0]
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15.Apr.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Book: Petro Tyschtschenko's memoirs printed
According to Patric Klöter and Petro Tyschtschenko under the title link, the announced autobiography of the former logistics director of Commodore and executive director of Amiga Technologies will be printed after Easter.
The book will be sold by Power Service GmbH. An English translation will be available later.
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[News message: 15. Apr. 2014, 17:40] [Comments: 0]
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15.Apr.2014
Guido Mersmann (ANF)
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MorphOS: Odyssey Web Browser 1.24
Fabien 'Fab' Coeurjoly has released another update of the WebKit-engine based web browser Odyssey for MorphOS.
Changes:
- Updated to WebKit r161078 (January 2014)
- Updated to OpenSSL 1.0.1g (which improves the SSL test at howsmyssl.com)
- Compiled with GCC 4.7.3, since WebKit now relies strongly on C++11 features
- Fixed an issue with large file support in CURL (fixes mail.one settings validation, for instance)
- Enabled WebP support again, it seems it had been disabled at some point
- Enabled RequestAnimationFrame HTML5 feature
- Added support for HTML5 "download" link attribute
- Convert suggested download filenames to local charset
- Adjusted Expect: 100 header handling (fixes easy-jet flight selection, for instance)
- Fixed CSS animation support (i.e. morphos.net flying powerbook)
Download: owb-morphos-1.24.lha (28 MB)
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