07.May.2013
PPA (ANF)
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Pencil and paper game: Cropky
Cropky is an Amiga version of Dots - an abstract strategy game played by two people on a sheet of squared paper.
The rules are a bit different from original Dots game - your aim is not to capture enemy dots but to link two dots together with a line drawn in any direction you want as long as you don't cross already existing lines or you have to draw another line (the dot is visible not farther than one square distance - vertically, horizontally or diagonally).
Cropky is a conversion of a game under the same title for Atari XL/XE. The original idea comes from Krzysztof 'Kaz' Ziembik who was persuaded to give permission to create Amiga version by Mariusz 'Ramos' Rozwadowski. With the abilities and knowledge of Adam Stach (programmer), Piotr 'Piesiu' Radecki (graphics) and Piotr 'Pece' Cieślik (music) they created a game running on any Amiga with at least 1 MB of RAM. The game can be downloaded as ADF file or LHA archive. The manual so far is Polish only. (snx)
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07.May.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Network card: x-surf.device 1.4
For the network card "X-Surf" developed by Individual Computers another update of the driver is available. The x-surf.device 1.4 fixes further minor bugs.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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06.May.2013
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Indivision AGA Mk2: Config Tool 1.1, Core 2.6
Individual Computers has released an update for the configuration tool of the scandoubler Indivision AGA Mk2. With this update it is now possible to save complete configurations and to switch back to the last saved configuration with the Undo-function.
Additionally a software update of the "core" of the scandoubler was released which fixes some bugs:
- Counters for upper and lower padding areas have been corrected:
The number of lines on the output side is now correct, even if black
borders need to be added at the top and bottom.
- if the output side has reached the end of pixel data in memory, it
has ended the line prematurely. This lead to an unexpected increase
of output frequencies. These new cores now insert black pixels until
the user-set number of output pixels is reached. In other words: Even
if you enter an insanely large output window that the Amiga does not
output, the frequency that the config tool displays will be met.
- the blue colour component was shifted to the right - fixed in this
core.
- the lower 4 bits of the green colour component was taken from the
neighbouring pixel, which is also fixed in V2.6.
- the critical path of pixel data going into and out of the memory
chip has been shortened: The flickering vertical red line does not
appear any more.
- some power settings of the FPGA were way too high. These have been
reduced to the required minimum, so the FPGA does not crash any more
when higher pixel clocks are being used.
- the two rightmost pixels of the screen were not displayed at all,
which is corrected in V2.6. If you still see a vertical red line at
the right border, then this is an indicator that you are trying to
view a part of the screen that is already way outside the overscan
area. Although the Amiga does not output this line the way that
Indivision dosplays it, we will NOT fix this. Instead, you should
set the output window size to a sane amount of pixels that comes
halfway close to what the Amiga is generating.
Another way of fixing that red line is to use the tool Borderblank:
This will also get rid of the red line.
Direct download: MK2_CFG_V11.lha (2,7 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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05.May.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: Cinnamon Writer 0.90
Claus Desler's Cinnamon Writer is a text processing software whch can import RTF and DocX format files. It also has a spell checking and can restore lost documents. Thanks to a hardware donation of William 'Fraggle' Morris, version 0.90 as beta version is also available for MorphOS for the first time. An AROS-port will follow soon.
The graphical user-interface was rewritten and now is completely based on MUI. "Other improvements include a new memory and indexing system allowing you to work on very big documents on machines with only little memory."
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.May.2013
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Aminet-Uploads until 04.05.2013
The following packages have been added to Aminet until May 4th, 2013:
MomosIRC_v2.1.lha comm/irc 166K MOS MomosIRC - MorphOS IRC client
xmfc-ltp4.adf demo/disk 880K 68k Oldschool compo at LTP4 (incl...
AmiMag_01.pdf docs/mags 10M Belgian Amiga e-zine, issue 1
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 3.1M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 3.4M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Strangers.lha mods/xm 9.0M New mod by Pseudaxos
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 237K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
HyperBench_Greek.lha util/misc 6K OS4 Greek catalog files for Hyper...
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05.May.2013
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 04.05.2013
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until May 4th, 2013:
flexcat.lha dev/mis 323kb 4.0 Flexible catalogs (C, Asm, E, AR...
ipp_dev.lha dri/pri 2Mb 4.0 Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
askmeup_demo.lha gam/mis 8Mb 4.1 A video game about general knowl...
iconsreworked3.lha gra/ico 12Mb 4.1 Icons for 3rd party software
fastview.lha gra/vie 942kb 4.1 Show pictures & thumbnails b...
viivi.lha gra/vie 199kb 4.0 Picture viewer
hwp_apng.lha lib/hol 2Mb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for APNG anims
hwp_flicanim.lha lib/hol 22kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for FLI/FLC anims
hwp_jpeg2000.lha lib/hol 409kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for JPEG2000 im...
hwp_moviesetter.lha lib/hol 54kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for MovieSetter...
hwp_muiroyale.lha lib/hol 4Mb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for MUI GUIs
hwp_oggtheora.lha lib/hol 919kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for Ogg Theora
hwp_oggvorbis.lha lib/hol 704kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for Ogg Vorbis
hwp_sqlite3.lha lib/hol 945kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for SQL databases
hwp_svgimage.lha lib/hol 5Mb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for loading SVG...
hwp_tiff.lha lib/hol 692kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for TIFF images
hwp_vectorgfx.lha lib/hol 2Mb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for vectorgraphics
hwp_xmlparser.lha lib/hol 390kb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for parsing XML...
codesets.lha lib/mis 602kb 4.0 Library for handling codesets an...
mcc_betterstring.lha lib/mui 305kb 4.0 BetterString custom class for MUI
mcc_nlist.lha lib/mui 2Mb 4.0 NList custom classes for MUI
mcc_texteditor.lha lib/mui 793kb 4.0 TextEditor custom class for MUI
mcc_thebar.lha lib/mui 2Mb 4.0 The MUI Toolbar custom class
netsurf.lha net/bro 5Mb 4.0 Fast CSS capable browser
openurl.lha net/mis 466kb 4.0 Get that URL!
ts-wetter.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Stream tagesschau.de's wether fo...
backitallup.lha uti/arc 24kb 4.0 HD to HD Mirror Backup Program
fastcompress.lha uti/arc 3Mb 4.0 Quickly compress into LHA,ZIP,LZ...
netdock.lha uti/doc 247kb 4.0 Docky to monitor your network ac...
hyperbench_greek.lha uti/mis 6kb 4.0 Greek catalog files for Hyperbench
attachmail.lha uti/wor 528kb 4.0 Attach file(s) to YAM or SimpleM...
sysmon.lha uti/wor 745kb 4.1 monitor for Process, Windows (+ ...
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05.May.2013
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 04.05.2013
The following package has been added to AROS-Archives until May 4th, 2013:
lastmission.i386-aros.zip gam/act 217kb Last-Mission - Retro action game.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.May.2013
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 04.05.2013
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until May 4th, 2013:
SteamDraw 2.4 gra/edi 368 Vector graphics editor. Sup...
Flacochlorine 0.3 mus/pro 62 FLAC streams validator and ...
MomosIRC 2.1 net/cha 166 New IRC client for MorphOS....
Scriba 1.7.8 off/tex 6796 A simple WYSIWYG wordproces...
IceDoctor 1.3 sys/too 106 Filesystem repair and data ...
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05.May.2013
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WHDLoad: New packages until 04.05.2013
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 May 4th, 2013:
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05.May.2013
Alinea Computer (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: StormC5-Editor available
Press release: Wehrheim, Germany, May 5th, 2013. - We are glad to present the first component of the StormC5 IDE, StormC5ED. In the tradition of the previous versions, we placed high values in the development of StormC5ED ensuring the popular Amiga look-and-feel. We set high prorities on high speed and modern editor functionalities. Due to the intensive use of operating system functions of AmigaOS 4.1, StormC5ED is available exclusively for the new Amiga operating system and will be further aligned it in the future. We would like to point out that much of the Proceeds of the StormC5 editor will be incorporated in the future development of the StormC5 environment.
Join now, in a new kind of editing on AmigaOS 4.x!
StormC5ED is available via download or CD. The download version costs only 29,95 Euro and the CD version 34,95 Euro. Order at once from our Online-Shop.
The following outstanding capabilities are offered by the new StormC5ED:
Amiga-Look-and-Feel:
All keyboard shortcuts correspond to the AmigaOS specifications, toolbar images are supported, tooltips, etc.
AppWindow/AppIcon support:
Dragging a file icon in an editor window or on the editor appicon will open that file.
Extreme fast syntax highlighing:
Lightning fast syntax highlighting, Recognized words can be highlighted with colour and/or font attributes.
File classes:
The driver for the syntax highlightning are applied as external modules. As a result, the editor is extensible for future tasks.
File classes do currently exist for the following languages:
- C/C++ (minimum requirement SDK 53.20),
- Catalog-Descriptions (for use with CatComp),
- AmigaGuide(R),
- ARexx
Definitionbar:
For recognized words the relevant definition/Quick-Help is displayed.
Bookmarks:
In a document an umlimited number of bookmarks can be set and jumped to with a keyboard shortcut.
Folding parts of a document via definable fold marks:
For example, so in C/C++ files, the method bodies are folded away for clarity and better readability of the code.
MDI- or TDI-Userinterface:
Texts can be displayed either in a separate window for each text (MDI - multiple document interface) or all together in a single window with Tab control (TDI - Tabbed Document Interface).
Automatic indentation (atm. only for C/C++):
On typing of a character that initiates or terminates a block, the editor can react with different variations to increase or reduce the indentation ("keep your source code clean and tidy").
Visualization of tabulators, spaces and linefeeds:
Optional displaying of these characters to find missing tabs in a "makefile", for example.
The GUI of the editor is available in 7 languages:
In the basic package, the StormC5Ed interface has already been translated into 7 languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Danish and Russian are currently available. Other languages will follow.
More information about StormC5ED find you at our product website.
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05.May.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: HD-Audio driver for AmigaOne X1000
One and a half year after the delivery of the first AmigaOne-X1000 computer it is no longer necessary to use a separate soundcard. With AmiUpdate, registered users can download a driver for the HD-Audio-Chip 92HD700 of the Nemo-board which is restricted to the sound output.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.May.2013
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Video: Dave Needle and the Story of the Amiga Computer
At the beginning of this year, an interview with Dave Needle was published on Youtube which obviously Rick Spence in his US-TV-series "New Media News" conducted during the 1990s.
Dave Needle did belong to the first hardware developers of the Amiga.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.May.2013
Marian Guc (ANF)
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MorphOS: MomosIRC 2.1
MomosIRC written by Marian 'MaaG^dA' Guc is a MUI-based IRC-client. Version 2.1 mainly is a bug fix release. A new command called /NickServ was added.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.May.2013
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Opera sues ex-employee for passing secrets to Mozilla
According to H-online under the title link, the "Norwegian browser developer Opera has filed a lawsuit against a former employee for revealing business secrets to competitors. The company has accused 36-year-old designer and musician Trond Werner Hansen of having passed ideas conceived by Opera to the Mozilla Foundation, where they were used during development of a mobile browser."
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.May.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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NetBSD: Support of Thylacine-USB-card
The Amiga-port of NetBSD now also supports the USB-card Thylacine which up to now can only be used with mouse and keyboard.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.May.2013
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Vector graphic programm SteamDraw 2.4
SteamDraw developed by Stefan 'Kronos' Kleinheinrich is an EPS-compatible 2D vector graphic programm. In version 2.4 in particular changing objects with only one mouse click has been introduced.
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02.May.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: AttachMail 1.4/FastCompress 1.7/FastView 1.1/NetDock 50.5/SysMon 3.1
Guillaume 'zzd10h' Boesel has updated five of his AmigaOS-4-programms AttachMail, FastCompress, FastView, NetDock and SysMon.
- With AttachMail you can add files to your favorite mailer by Contextual Menu (RightMouse button), (YAM and SimpleMail). In version 1.4 the the PNG icons were changed to Amiga Icons
- FastCompress includes 4 tools to compress files and drawers with 2 clicks (LHA, LZX, ZIP, 7z). With version 1.7 the PNG-Icon-module is not required any longer as well. Additionally AmigaOS 4.1.3 is not required any longer since the availability of the AboutBox.mcc is checked
- FastView is a MUI program who allows you to show your pictures by selecting files or drawer with right mouse button or by drag'n drop. Additionally to the two changes mentioned above, the speed was improved and a search area was added.
- NetDock is a docky to monitor the network activity which also does not use PNG-Icons any longer
- SysMon is a MUI-based (little) system monitor. The Ragemem benchmark was reworked and a lot of Amiga configurations (for comparison) were added
Download:
attachmail.lha (528 KB)
fastcompress.lha (3 MB)
fastview.lha (942 KB)
netdock.lha (247 KB)
sysmon.lha (745 KB)
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02.May.2013
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Magazine: Amiga Future, issue 102
Today the German and English issue 102 (May/June 2013) of the magazine "Amiga Future" has been published. Main topics of this issue are Pandora (part 2), StormC5-editor, RealAmiKit, Frogatto & Friends. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.May.2013
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
During the last two months the website of the French AmigaOS and MorphOS magazine Obligement has been completed with new articles. If you want to support the website by translating the articles into other languages, then please write to David 'Daff' Brunet.
- March/April 2013 news.
- Old articles from A-News 25 to 28: review of Workbench 1.4 beta, review of Workbench 2.0 (AmigaOS 2.0), file: Zorro III, report: AmiExpo 1990 Chicago, review of Professional Draw 2.0, review of Volumm 4D, hardware: A2024, hardware: Amiga 3000, etc.
- Interview with Petro Tyschtschenko (former président of Amiga Technologies).
- Interview with Larry Kaplan (former developper on Atari 2600, from 2006).
- Hardware: Romy A4000.
- Hardware: CDTV.
- Hardware: create your own ROM 3.9.
- Review of PUAE 2.3.3 on Android.
- Review of OpenBOR 3.0.
- Review of Gravity Force.
- Review of Hook.
- Review of Oh No! More Lemmings.
- File: games with shoot\'em up phases.
- File: Amiga in TV and cinema (update).
- Tutorial: speed up your PowerPC/Warp3D games with FullWin.
- Tutorial: installation of ClassicWB 3.9 on WinUAE.
- Tutorial: installation of the AmigaOS 3.9, with its Boing Bags, on WinUAE.
- Special quizz about the Amiga 3000
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01.May.2013
a1k (ANF)
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Network card: Driver update for X-Surf
According to Individual Computers, the improved performance of the TCP-stack Roadshow exposed bugs in other network components - e.g. in the driver of the network card X-Surf.
Therefore Individual Computers decided to release an update of the driver and to offer support for a limited time.
XSURF_V14.LHA (28 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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30.Apr.2013
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Pictures of "Retro Madrid"
From March 8th until 10th the Retro Madrid took place with 43 exhibitors and, according to the organizers, 6.000 visitors. Amiga Furure has published some pictures of this event.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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30.Apr.2013
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Ars Technica: A history of the Amiga, part 8
In the eighth part of his English-language history of the Amiga, Jeremy Reimer has introduced the demo scene - from the beginning on an Apple 2 until the big demo parties in the last years.
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28.Apr.2013
MAZ Sound Tools (ANF)
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Soundtrack-CD: Paula Agnus Denise - Best of Amiga and CD32 Video Game Music
Press release: Delivered in a neat Super Jewelcase, "Paula Agnus Denise" presents a compilation of remastered and remixed Amiga videogame soundtracks. Translated into todays studio recordings, it celebrates the catchy melodies of legendary games which have been released during 1989-1994.
Numerous classics are waiting to be newly discovered, such as Shadow of the Beast, Pinball Dreams, Turrican 2, Alien Breed, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, Cannon Fodder, Speedball 2, Hired Guns or Battle Squadron. Composers featured on the album include Chris Hülsbeck, Tim Wright, Allister Brimble, David Whittaker, Barry Leitch and many others.
You're welcome to order the CD at a price of 14.95 Euro as of now, it will be released May 6th. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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28.Apr.2013
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Video-tour: Inside Commodore-Amiga
For an Amiga developer conference, Dave Schein made a video 20 years ago which documented a fourty minutes lasting tour through the offices of Commodore.
This video now has been uploaded to Youtube.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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28.Apr.2013
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Interview: Dave Townsend (Bull Run)
The interview serie on amigapd.com was continued with a conversation with Dave Townsend who in 1987 released the strategy game "Bull Run".
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