12.Jul.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Emulator: Preview to WinUAE 2.7.0
As usual the developers of the well-known Amiga-emulator WinUAE have given a short preview to next version. WinUAE 2.7.0 will be released in fall 2013 and additionally to minor bug fixes will includes the following chabges:
- Cirrus Logic SVGA based hardware graphics board emulation
- Use graphics board in emulated Amix, Linux, NetBSD and others
- Use CyberGraphX and Picasso96 RTG in emulation using native drivers
- Emulates most Cirrus Logic based Zorro II/III RTG boards
- SCSI tape drive emulation
- Both reading and writing supported
- Can install Amix without hacks
- Works with most backup software that supports tape drives
- SLIRP user mode NAT emulation
- A2065 and uaenet.device emulation without need for host side
extra drivers
- Lua scripting
- Modify memory, registers and configuration and more from scripts
- Script can register callback functions that gets executed when
specificed event happens (config changes, memory changes etc..)
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12.Jul.2013
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Huenison available
Huenison is an arcade game with retro look for AmigaOS 4 and Windows which, according to the developers, is "inspired by a variety of classics including Arkanoid, Space Invaders and Tetris".
After the free demo version you can now purchase the full game. The version for Windows is included in the version for AmigaOS-4.
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12.Jul.2013
Michael Rupp (ANF)
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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.22
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a pure Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.x - 4.x for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-browser. Any kind of feedback is very welcome.
You can have a look at the list of changes in version 0.22 after having started TAWS and then going to "System", "TAWS".
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11.Jul.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: AmigaAMP 3.9
Thomas Wenzel has updated his music play progrmm AmigaAMP. Additional to bug fixes, in version 3.9 now files are sorted alphabetically. The handling of WSZ-skins was reworked and a new skin as well as additional pictograms, created by DjNick, TommySammy and Samo79, were added.
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11.Jul.2013
Pegasosforum (Forum)
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MorphOS: OpenXcom 0.9
Paweł 'Stefkos' Stefański has attended to the bounty project and adapted OpenXcom to MorphOS. It is an open-source clone of the Microprose-game UFO: Enemy Unknown based on SDL. The original files of X-COM: UFO Defense are required.
Download: openxcom.lha (7 MB)
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11.Jul.2013
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Windows: Kickstarter-Project for Bone and Sprite Integration System
BASIS, the Bone and Sprite Integration System, is a Windows application for creating sprites for 2D-animations.
Under the title link now a Kickstarter-project was established to accelerate the development of the software. Why it is interesting for Amiga-users? Although the program only is available for Windows and most likely it will be only ported to Linux and Mac OS X, there is a Hollywood-plugin. That means that all created sprites can be also used for Amiga games.
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11.Jul.2013
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Hyperion Entertainment: EntwicklerX joined the operating system team
Via Hyperion's blog, Thomas 'imagodespira' Claus and Frank 'Goos McGuile' Menzel have informed under the title link that they joined the AmigaOS-4-developers. As EntwicklerX they have released several games, among others Swamp Defense and Tap Jewels (amiga-news.de reported).
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11.Jul.2013
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: XSane 0.999 for AmiCygnix
Edgar Schwan has updated the scanner software XSane for his X11-environment AmiCygnix. Version 0.999 of XSane and 1.0.23 of Sane-Backends are included. Please note that currently only scanners with USB-connection or network-interface can be used.
In this latest version now the Genesys-Backend works and thus many Canon-LiDE and other scanners are supported. But also other Backends have been improved.
Features of XSane:
- Display an image in a viewer
- Saves images in these picture formats:
- Convert images into ASCII text using the OCR software "gocr". The program
gocr V0.49 is incuded in this package.
- Do a photocopy - send a scanned image to the printer
- Create multipage documents (PDF, PS, TIFF)
- Send a fax - needs an external command like "sendfax"
- Send a scanned image by e-mail
- Color managemant (CMS)
- Batch processing
- Can be used as a gimp plug-in (Gimp 2.6.11)
You can get further information in the readmy-file and on the XSane homepage.
Download: xsane.lha (22 MB)
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10.Jul.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: AEROS beta version 3 for Raspberry Pi
For registered customers and purchasers via eBay, a third beta version of Pascal Papara's Debian-Linux-hosted AROS-distribution AEROS for Raspberry Pi is available (video). For all other users, the free beta version 1 is available.
According to Pascal Papara, AEROS works with 40 MB RAM: Debian and AROS requires 68 MB, 32 MB are kept free for AROS. But only 4 MB actually are used by AROS in the basic state.
Some new app with Icons and icons for already installed apps as follows have been added:
- Gimp 2.8
- Audaciuos (Winamp like audio player)
- LibreOffice
- Dillo (brower which starts instantly and is ok for Amiga releated websites)
- Netsurf (better compatibility and somewhere between Dillo and Midori in terms of performance)
- Midori
- VLC (don't expect wonders! Remember to buy codecs from the raspberry guys on raspberry.org)
- DOSBOX (feels like on ATOM systems)
- E-UAE (yes but no AROS68k yet - will follow with next version together with PUAE)
- Leafpad (Text Editor, lightweight)
- SCUMMVM + Beneath a stell sky + Flight of the Amazon queen
- TUXPaint - nice painting app for kids with stamps and nice effects
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10.Jul.2013
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: TeX Live 2012
TeX Live is the most extensive TeX-distribution available for MorphOS and now was ported by Oliver Urbann. It can be downloaded under the title link as Torrent-file.
Some parts of the typesetting system are still missing, e.g. some Unicode-tools, Xetex and Luatex, but the most important parts already work like PDFLatex, Bibtex and all TeX/LaTeX-packages.
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08.Jul.2013
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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DigiBoosterPro 2.21 available as download version
After CygnusEd, APC&TCP now also offers a download version of Digibooster, additional to the distribution on CD. It is the version 2.21 which is 14 years old, Digibooster 3 is still in progress. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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08.Jul.2013
murakami@free.fr (ANF)
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Magazine: aMiGa=PoWeR 51
The French magazine aMiGa=PoWer has been published since 1998 by the Association Française du Libre Essai (AFLE). Topics of issue 51 which is completely printed in colour:
- Interview with David Pleasance
- Reviews: Ask Me Up, Frogatto, AOrganiser, Gribouillis, HxC, USB-DB9 Retronic Design Adaptor...
- Tutorials: HTML-programming, installation of Workbench 3.1 on a Minimig...
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08.Jul.2013
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Bill McEwen founded and sold "Amiga Games Inc."
On June 20th, 2013 a company called "Amiga Games Inc." founded by Bill McEwen, was included in the register of companies. The company has its headquarters in Maple Valley, Washington. There is also a website, but so far it only presents a HTML implementation of the BoingBall demo.
In a press release (see below) the "Writer's Group Film Corp." has announced that it acquired the company from McEwen and is going to sell more than 300 classic Amiga games for smartphones and tablets. Amiga Games Inc. was purchased with Writers' Group common stock and cash valued at approximately $500,000. The Writers Group seems to be a publicly traded company. The current price for one of the 923 millions stock options is 0,0006 USD.
Writers' Group Film Corp. Announces Execution of Definitive Term Sheet for New Acquisition of Amiga Games Inc.
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 8, 2013) - Writers' Group Film Corp. (OTCQB: WRIT) a Los Angeles-based content distribution company, announced that it has signed a binding definitive term sheet for the acquisition of Amiga Games Inc. ("AGI"), a company which licenses classic video game libraries and re-publishes the most popular titles for smartphones, modern game consoles, PCs, and tablets. Leveraging the intellectual property of Amiga Inc., AGI builds on the "Amiga" brand and technology to create new revenue from publisher's dormant game libraries. AGI resurrects classic Amiga games and other classic titles, by giving them new life on today's gaming platforms: smartphones, PCs, consoles, and tablets. Older gamers can replay favorites from the past, while a new generation of gamers can experience these excellent titles as fresh content.
The Amiga Games Inc. transaction consists of the acquisition of 100% of the common stock in Amiga Games Inc. in exchange for Writers' Group common stock and cash valued at approximately $500,000. The 300+ gaming titles to be distributed by Amiga Games are available to the company under existing licensing agreements with various intellectual property owners. Writers' Group will be making additional announcements over the next several weeks regarding Amiga Games' new and existing distribution arrangements with the best-selling smartphone, tablet and other device manufacturers.
Eric Mitchell, Chairman and CEO of Writers' Group commented, "We are pleased to be working with this well-managed game developer and distributor, and we are excited that we are participating in their growth story through this acquisition. We believe Amiga Games has an established value proposition that can enhance both revenues and returns to our bottom line."
Companies: WRITERS' GROUP FILM CORP., AMIGA GAMES INC.
Contact Information
Writers' Group Film Corp.
Rebecca Bieker
Phone: 310.461.3737
info@frnetworks.com
Website: www.FRNetworks.com
Amiga Games Inc.
info@amigagamesinc.com
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08.Jul.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Support of Delock-PCI-Express sound card 7.1
According to a user in Hyperion's Blog under the title link, the PCI-Express sound card 7.1 of Delock also works with the recently released Envy24HT-audio driver.
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08.Jul.2013
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IRC-record: Conversation with Steven Solie, team leader AmigaOS 4
This week the team of the English-language IRC-channel "Ashachat" talked to Steven Solie who is the team leader of the AmigaOS 4-team. Solie explained that A-EON hopes to deliver some of the announced Cyrus-motherboard to beta testers until October. Furthermore he said that it is still too early to give detailed information about the content and parts of AmigaOS 4.2. The Netbook-project has to be sidetracked because the producer of the hardware permanently changed its demands and information.
The full record:
(08.07.2013, 00:00 Uhr, #Team*AMIGA auf irc.superhosts.net)
<Kelli217> Okay, welcome to the second in a hopefully two-episode series of Q&As with people of note to the Amiga community.
<Kelli217> With us today is Steven Solie. ssolie, give a little opening spiel, then we'll get to questions.
<ssolie> A speech? ok.. ok...
<Kelli217> nothing big, a paragraph or two
<ssolie> I call myself the AmigaOS Development Team Lead
<ssolie> that means I herd cats.. I mean try to organize all the professionals working on AmigaOS
<ssolie> I usually converse with everyone associated with AmigaOS in one way or another.
<ssolie> My hope is that I can answer some questions which the Amiga community at large have.
<ssolie> so, fire away...
<Kelli217> <CDeth> have you been in contact with the developers of ultimateppc, on getting it to work with os4x?
<ssolie> I remember those guys. They emailed me a while back asking if 4.x would run on their hardware.
<ssolie> We have not really chatted since. Perhaps they are waiting on me or I am waiting on them?
<ssolie> In any case, I haven't seen any hardware yet.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <alef> Hi, Steven. I guess I am off topic; NAF (http://amiga.no/) sent 2 emails to both Amiga Inc. and Hyperion about licensing Amiga name for promo products like this: http://garantert.net/Amiga/promo/AmigaNO-Tshirt.jpg ...but no answer...Can we get an official license? We want to build a promo product series for sale, but want to do it legally
<ssolie> yeah, that can be tricky I know
<ssolie> both Amiga Inc. and Hyperion have lawyers that must approve things and they are a tad shy sometimes
<ssolie> for Amiga Inc, you should use their contact form on their web site... hopefully that is enough to get their attention
<ssolie> for Hyperion you could try emailing me and I'll forward on the request to Ben Hermans
<ssolie> I know Hyperion have granted license but I'm not so sure about Amiga Inc.
<ssolie> licenses that is
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <eliyahu> can you comment on which of the major features mentioned back at amiwest 2010 -- and recently on the hyperion blog -- will make it into AmigaOS 4.2? multi-core support? an openGL stack? the long awaited, A-EON-funded, W3D drivers for radeonHD cards, etc.?
<ssolie> If I knew myself I would tell you. :-)
<ssolie> Basically, we work hard on all the features and at some point Hyperion says "ship it" and we figure out which pieces are high enough quality to include.
<Ken> hold up for a few min guys :-)
<ssolie> So I could take a guess at which ones are going to make it but really it is early.
<ssolie> I was just talking to Timothy (a Hyperion director) and they are getting anxious to ship something so that's good news I suppose
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <broadblues> Do you consider yourself an amiga god or merely a saint?
<Kelli217> ;)
<ssolie> lol... I seem to remember asking this of myself today. :-)
<ssolie> It's a joke guys. Calm down moo bunny crowd. :-)
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <eliyahu> can you comment as to 1) why hyperion has ceased open communication regarding planned features and development milestones reached, and 2) will hyperion reconsider?
<ssolie> There was some discussion about this recently.
<ssolie> Hyperion was posting on AmigaWorld.net about all sorts of things.
<ssolie> As many know, it didn't work out very well... ;-)
<ssolie> So it seems the mode of operation will be shut up until it ships again. Sorry, but that is the current policy.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> The next 423 questions come from eliyahu. Wait just a moment while I try to get them ready.
<Kelli217> <eliyahu> can you comment on if updated printer drivers via gutenprint, CUPS, or the like will be integrated into AOS4 at some point? in the OS4.2 release?
<ssolie> It is certainly on my radar now.
<ssolie> I would like to see some more investment in printing.
<ssolie> However, we don't really have the devs to handle printing at the moment. It is not a job most devs want to be honest.
<ssolie> Once Gutenprint is up to snuff we will of course want to see that included.
<ssolie> I haven't seen much discussion about CUPS recently.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <eliyahu> can you discuss just how far along development of AOS got to support the netbook project before it was cancelled? when and why was it cancelled?
<ssolie> It boots up to Workbench.
<ssolie> The project has not been cancelled to my knowledge.
<ssolie> It is officially "on hold" last time we chatted about it.
<ssolie> I know A-Eon did some work to try and revive that project and that didn't work out.
<ssolie> The main problem seems to be that the manufacturer keeps changing their story (and pricing).
<ssolie> So, if (big if) they come back to Earth we still might see that go forward is my understanding.
<ssolie> It is a real shame the rules were changed after the announcement at AmiWest... I guess that is why Hyperion doesn't like to say things.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <eliyahu> are there any SDK updates planned in the near future? what would be included/updated?
<ssolie> I plan to release an updated SDK before the AmiWest show in October to support the programming classes being offered.
<ssolie> I was going to do the work myself so I can say that.
<ssolie> I just have to finish up a couple of other things first.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <eliyahu> how many developers are still actively contributing to AOS4 development? how many active beta testers do you currently have?
<ssolie> I don't believe I am allowed to divulge figures on anything.
<ssolie> However, I can point out we have had 44 updates since Update 6 and I just added two new developers to the team this week.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <eliyahu> will there be any look-and-feel changes in the GUI for OS4.2? what is planned?
<ssolie> Yes, our artist friends just love to change that look every major release.
<ssolie> I'm not sure myself what they have planned but I'm sure it will look great.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> Okay, wow, those 423 questions went by fast. Next one up is... <alef> who is the correct source to contact regarding Amiga license? Amiga Inc or Hyperion?
<ssolie> That is difficult to answer because it depends on which mark you want to license.
<ssolie> If you are talking the Amiga mark then Amiga Inc. is the place to go shopping.
<ssolie> If you are looking for AmigaOne or the Boing Ball then Hyperion can help you out.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <ddni> do betatesters have warp3d on their x1000?
<ssolie> I suppose that is a sneaky way of asking when A-Eon's Warp3D driver will be ready.
<ssolie> That would be A-Eon's question to answer.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <vapor> Now that AmigaOS has sudo open hardware why aren't more drivers being developed for varoius cards etc..? From this user...The NG hardware is not an A500.
<ssolie> Hmmm... not sure about the question there.
<ssolie> Maybe you mean 3rd party PCI cards and such.
<ssolie> Well, don't depend on Hyperion to do all the work. If there is some PCI card out there you like try posting the forums and see if you can get the attention of 3rd party devs.
<ssolie> What I can do is help the 3rd party devs.
<ssolie> We can provide access to details and even do special fixes if they need them.
<ssolie> I am also working on an updated Amiga device example for the wiki all in C.
<ssolie> This will help out 3rd party devs as well.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <TheKorn> Are you currently using an Amiga for this Q&A session? If so which model?
<ssolie> I'm using an iPad at the moment.
<ssolie> My Amigas are busy compiling OS code and I have one driving another.
<ssolie> I figured if they crashed and burned you would no appreciate the in/out messages.
<ssolie> not
<ssolie> I have an AmigaOne 500 and an AmigaOne X1000 working together at the moment.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <ddni> we all assume 4.2 will come as a package. is this still the case or will auto update deliver it iteratively?
<ssolie> The plan is to deliver 4.2 as a package again (e.g. ISO, instruction booklet, etc.)
<ssolie> I would also like to see a "download only" option to save a few bucks.
<ssolie> I don't know if Hyperion will go for that but I try. :-)
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <Derfs> can you tell us anything about a workbench replacement?
<ssolie> I'm not keen on scrapping code. You lose many man-years of work when you toss code.
<ssolie> I'm hoping we can enhance the current Workbench to the point it is more modern.
<ssolie> There is a bit of disagreement in the dev team on this but such are these things.
<ssolie> At least some work is being done in that direction now.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <^ktadd> I've made good use of the programming modules at AmiWest. Any chance of doing a debug module this year?
<ssolie> That is actually the focus this year at AmiWest.
<ssolie> at http://wiki.amigaos.net in the Tutorials section you'll see a quick synopsis of what is planned
<ssolie> look under the "AmiWest 2013 Programming Conference Synopsis"
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <alef> I guess I am off topic; I put myself on the AmigaOne X1000 order list. Any news about delivery and/or production run?
<ssolie> That is an A-Eon question but I think I can elaborate a little without being shot. :)
<ssolie> The demand for the X1000 continues to be strong.
<ssolie> They will keep making more as long as demand is there... I think you have a good chance of getting one.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <duga> Will you drop support for any of the hardware supported in 4.1 when you release 4.2?
<ssolie> I had the question when I talked to Timothy today...
<ssolie> A decision is still pending on what platforms will still be supported.
<ssolie> The big question is classic.
Sales are still strong so it is difficult to just say "No more platform X" when they give you money. :)
<ssolie> So as of right now, everything is still supported. We certainly didn't branch the code base or anything.
<ssolie> However, management could decide otherwise. The code will be ready either way.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <noXLar> will ahi audio system be updated?
<ssolie> I have heard some rumbling from a certain developer regarding AHI recently myself.
<ssolie> There is no current focus on replacing/repairing AHI but I suspect that could change.
<ssolie> We have been updating the driver recently.
<ssolie> drivers even
<ssolie> The Envy24HT and HDAudio drivers for example.
<ssolie> As long as AHI isn't "in the way" we will keep it as is.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <broadblues> What can you tell us about Cyrus?
<ssolie> He is some Greek architect.
<ssolie> long dead
<ssolie> or do you mean the new boards?
<ssolie> :)
<ssolie> Again, an A-Eon question but I can speak a little to it.
<ssolie> We have a Freescale P5020 on those guys.
<ssolie> The hope is to have beta systems running by AmiWest timeframe.
<ssolie> but you never know with brand new hardware... it takes a little while to hammer out the issues
<ssolie> The cost should be between a Sam460ex and an X1000 I believe but A-Eon needs to confirm that one.
<ssolie> I am really excited about Cyrus myself. that is one great board..
<ssolie> A-Eon will be blogging/new releasing about it soon I expect.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <ddni> any comments on Hollywood being made available for sale again? Is its approach to coding valued by core devs?<ddni> any comments on Hollywood being made available for sale again? Is its approach to coding valued by core devs?
<Kelli217> OOps, double paste...
<ssolie> I just found about Hollywood this morning.
<ssolie> I certainly value Hollywood and I have a copy.
<ssolie> I also know some really hate Hollywood for some reason.
<ssolie> I suppose it is the whole idea of a layer on top of the OS or something.
<ssolie> I'm not sure what the other core developers think about Hollywood but I've never heard anything negative from them.
<ssolie> It is great product overall. Highly recommended.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <ddni> Current support for hyperions game back catalogue is patchy in os4. Will this improve? shogo heretic2 etc
<ssolie> This may be surprising but I don't really speak for Hyperion directly.
<ssolie> So I don't know what they have planned for their catalog really.
<ssolie> I keep focused on AmigaOS as much as possible.
<ssolie> We will keep adding better support for their games of course as necessary.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <Derfs> do you see contribs for AmigaOS 4.2 using Qt? what do you think of alfkil's work?
<ssolie> I fully support the Qt effort.
<ssolie> Hyperion have said as much as well.
<ssolie> It is really great work and I have worked with Alfkil directly to help him out.
<ssolie> Alfkil tends to find bugs in the deepest places in the OS... he's good.
<ssolie> At one point we discussed using Qt as a GUI replacement even.
<ssolie> That may or may not happen but shows you the importance of that effort.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <tekmage> the P5020 is the e5500 core, will the e500MC or e6500 be supported as well?
<ssolie> Hmm... that's a lot of number and letter combinations there.
<ssolie> In other words, I don't really know the details and can't answer at this time.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <vapor> Should the AmigaOS community align itself with any particular Linux distro in a co-operative manner? Your opinion?
<ssolie> I suspect this has something to do with last week's special guest.
<ssolie> I think the AmigaOS community can do whatever it wants to do.
<ssolie> I can only help to try and build the best AmigaOS we can and give the users something to use and enjoy.
<ssolie> If you guys want to go cooperate with the "OS4" Linux distribution that is your business
<ssolie> Personally, I don't have time to be distracted.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> ALL: No more question submissions, please... we want to wrap things up soon.
<Kelli217> <noXLar> will Dockies be updated with the upcoming AOS 4.2?
<ssolie> I haven't looked into Dockies in a while to be honest.
<ssolie> Yes, we should at least fix some more bugs in that area.
<ssolie> Thanks for the reminder. :)
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <ddni> amicygnix. manna from heaven or devil spawn?
<ssolie> I have personally donated to AmiCygnix several times. The value of X-Windows should not be overlooked.
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> <duga> Any news on Spotify support in OS 4.1 (own client or the web player that's relying on Flash support)?
<ssolie> I have not had a status report from the Spotify guys in a while.
<ssolie> I suspect they are busy with other platforms but I don't know.
<ssolie> next questino
<ssolie> question
<Kelli217> Actually, I cleared my question queue a tiny bit early. Any final comments or summaries?
<ssolie> I tried to type fast. :)
<Kelli217> :)
<ssolie> Sorry I don't have all the direct answers...
<Kelli217> Well, instead of answers, any heartfelt pleas for understanding and compassion? ;)
<ssolie> well... could you guys please stop fighting on amigaworld.net ?
<ssolie> it is really getting out of hand... come on.
<Kelli217> Ah, one last question and a thank you
<ssolie> I couldn't believe the amount of bickering in the Silicon Dreams/VCF topic
<JimS> If Amigans didn't fight, they wouldn't be Amigans. ;-D
<Kelli217> <noXLar> would the network stack be updated to modern standard?
<ssolie> Depends what you consider to be modern of course... I assume IPv6
<ssolie> I don't see much point in updating the stack to just support IPv4
<ssolie> I do want to add better wireless support.
<ssolie> beyond that, we need a new IPv6 stack and that project is a ways off
<ssolie> next question
<Kelli217> And finally, this thank you: <alef> I gotta say I think we all appreciate the work of Steven Solie and all the rest of the coders. We wish you all luck in your hard work towards a better future for the NG Amiga.
<ssolie> back to asha chat?
<Kelli217> yep.
<Valiant> Agreed, thank you for taking time from your busy schedule to update us
<ssolie> thanks Kelli217 !!!
<Ken> thanks ssolie :-D
<JimS> Yep, thanks for visiting us
<Kelli217> We now return you to your reagularly scheduled craziness. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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08.Jul.2013
DrB (IRC)
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E-Mail-Client: YAM 2.8p1 for all Amiga systems
The YAM-Open-Source-team has released version 2.8 of the MUI-based mail programm which mainly fixes several bugs. There are archives for all Amiga systems, e.g. AROS x86, x64 and PPC. The most important changes compared with the previous version:
- updated translations for czech, greek, swedish, french, spanish, italian, turkish language.
- fixed an issue related to BetterString.mcc which cause YAM to crash.
- extended the ADDRLOAD command to take a second parameter OPEN/S to immediately open then address book window after the address book file has been loaded successfully.
- added a new option in the hidden section of the configuration. Setting the option "OverrideFromAddress" to "Y" will add a recipient string object below the identity chooser in the write window. The contents default to the chosen identity's address but can be modified freely. This makes it possible to use a different From: address than the one configured in the identity while still using all other settings like the SMTP server.
- renamed the 'Bounce' mail functionality for redirecting emails to alternative recipients to 'Redirect' as that better reflects the purpose of this functionality and should not confuse users anymore. Also adapted the functionality to add all well-known Resent-#? headers to redirected emails. This should adapt YAM to be somehwat more RFC compliant. Furthermore, a Resent-CC and Resent-BCC can now be specified. In addition, YAM will now allow to bounce to multiple emails in one operation. That means, a user can now select more than one mail in the mail listview and when a redirect operation is performed YAM will redirect all of these mails in one run.
- fixed bug where hidden Cc, BCC or Reply-To string gadgets could have ended up at wrong positions when hiding/showing them dynamically in the write window.
- fixed a bug where 'new' mail was never changed to 'unread' status if it was moved to a subfolder. Now the index of all folders carrying 'new' mail will be loaded and the status adapted accordingly.
- fixed a problem where under certain setups the automatically chosen full qualified domain name (FQDN) was unluckily chosen and thus mail sending being rejected when using YAM. Now YAM should use a better mechanism and even let you override the FQDN using a new hidden 'MachineFQDN' option.
- fixed a crash where it could have happened that YAM accessed an invalid memory location when creating a new mail.
- added a new 'WRITEIDENTITY' ARexx command to let a script choose the user identity to be used when composing a new mail via ARexx.
- fixed a bug where the signature settings of a folder got lost when updating from YAM versions <= 2.7 to 2.8
- fixed a crash when entering certain text in the CC string gadget of a write window.
- fixed some problems with the new Drafts folder managment where emails could end up duplicated. In addition, the 'Hold' button has been renamed to 'Save to Drafts' to better differentate between the operations.
- fixed a bug where the number of mails in the outgoing folder was not correctly set when a mail was moved by mail filter operation.
- fixed a bug where the From: address was not properly restored when the hidden "OverrideFromAddress" option had been used.
- fixed a bug where keeping the write window open for a while could suddenly crash YAM.
- fixed some crashes related to virtual email display (e.g. opening .eml attachments).
- fixed a bug in the mail header parsing routines where a header line starting with a newline cause problems.
- fixed a memory trashing problem where toolbar images of different sizes cause some memory leaks within TheButton.mcc.
- fixed a bug where resaving a mail in the drafts folder caused the mail active/inactive state to get messed up.
- modified remote filters to be applied when getting the single message details. This makes it possible to let the filters check all available information but it also requires the user to wait until the details of all new mails have been received. Otherwise it could have happened that some mails were not received although they should be filtered out.
- fixed a crash bug when deleting a folder group.
- fixed some incorrect dimensions of certain theme images.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2013
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood 5.3 released and soon available again
Press release: Airsoft Softwair is happy to announce the immediate availability of Hollywood 5.3. Version 5.3 is a major update which includes several new features as well as important bug fixes.
Most new functionality is introduced in the Android version which comes with a fully native Java-based GUI now, supports many new commands from the desktop versions and has hardware-accelerated scaling now. But also the desktop versions of Hollywood have improved with release 5.3. Here is a brief overview of new features in 5.3:
- major improvements in the Android version: Hollywood uses a native Java-based GUI now and supports many new commands from the desktop version now (new in v5.3 are support for requester functions, clipboard, running programs, etc.)
- intelligent new refresh technology that enhances performance on single-refresh based systems and with autoscaled scripts
- accelerated file I/O in the Amiga version through the use of custom buffered I/O
- Android version offers hardware-supported autoscaling now which leads to a great speed boost if supported by the device (use the Android options menu to enable autoscaling)
- support for multi-touch events and fixed orientation displays on Android
- displays can now be hidden from the taskbar (Win32)
- support for alphachannel copy & paste (Win32)
- functions for querying information about public screens and grabbing them to a brush (Amiga)
- support for 32bit mouse pointers on AROS
- new functions to deal with plugins from the script
- support for new IFF ANIM formats: ANIM7, ANIM8, ANIM16, and ANIM32 (both interlaced and standard IFF ANIM16 and IFF ANIM32 are supported; deinterlacing method can be configured)
- scripts can now be edited directly from the Amiga GUI
- support for subsong handling in plugins
- *.hwa files can be started directly from other apps in Android now (Hollywood acts as a viewer then)
- various other new features and bug fixes
A complete list of changes can be found in the history section of the documentation.
Hollywood 5.3 is a joint release of Hollywood for both desktop and mobile platforms. Users of the Android version can conveniently update to 5.3 via Google Play while users of the Amiga and Windows versions can download update archives (35 to 50 MB in size) free of charge from the official Hollywood portal.
Please note that Hollywood 5.3 is currently only available for existing customers and cannot be purchased at this time but here is some good news for all people planning to buy Hollywood: Both Hollywood and Hollywood Designer will soon be available for purchase from Airsoft Softwair again. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2013
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Aminet-Uploads until 06.07.2013
The following packages have been added to Aminet until July 6th, 2013:
hotot.lha comm/misc 1.2M OS4 QtWebKit based Twitter client
beobachte-ebay.lha comm/www 2K IBrowse Script 4 eBay Germany...
ecx-script.lha dev/e 4K Integrate ecx compiler and Sc...
amiganitzu.lha game/misc 65K 68k Clone of the DOS game Paganitzu
AmiQuake2.lha game/shoot 2.0M 68k Amiga port of Yamagi Quake II...
kulki.lha game/wb 276K 68k Nice game for faster Amigas
extreme.lha gfx/conv 234K OS4 Extreme Image Converter
qdt.lha gfx/misc 82K OS4 Image DataTypes plugin for Qt
ViewModule.lha util/batch 1K A E module viewer for ecx AND...
Foreach_igracki.lha util/cli 6K MOS Execute a command for every a...
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07.Jul.2013
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 06.07.2013
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until July 6th, 2013:
adripper.lha aud/mis 256kb 4.0 Audio CD encoder with CDDB support
easyuae.lha emu/uti 149kb 4.1 E-UAE configuration file editor
age_of_thieves.lha gam/boa 5Mb 4.0 cool family - strategy computer ...
opengoo.lha gam/puz 669kb 4.1 OpenGOO - Tower of Goo for Qt
easypaint.lha gra/edi 362kb 4.1 EasyPaint - easy painting app fo...
pencil.lha gra/mis 732kb 4.1 Pencil - simple animation editor...
photo-blanker.lha gra/scr 248kb 4.1 OS4 native Screen blanker
flasq.lha gra/vec 2Mb 4.1 FlasQ - flash animation editor f...
vacuum.lha uti/com 8Mb 4.1 Vacuum - Jabber chat client for Qt4
screengrab.lha uti/mis 358kb 4.1 Screengrab - simple screengrab a...
juffed.lha uti/tex 3Mb 4.1 JuffEd - advanced text editor fo...
flippaper.lha uti/wor 599kb 4.1 Manages and auto-change your wal...
wally.lha uti/wor 3Mb 4.1 Wally - The one and only wallpap...
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07.Jul.2013
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 06.07.2013
The following packages have been added to AROS-Archives until July 6th, 2013:
muithronome.i386-aros.lha aud 82kb Muithronome - a Mui Ahi Metronome
aspireos_v.1.98_i386.rar dev/mis 150Mb AspireOS codename:Xenon
kapooka.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 980kb KaPooka - Guide blobby to the ma...
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 06.07.2013
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until July 6th, 2013:
Sirena Player 2.20 mus/pla 2 261 Simple audio player written...
SMSPlus 1.4b uti/emu 343 Emulator of Sega Master Sys...
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07.Jul.2013
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WHDLoad: New packages until 06.07.2013
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 July 6th, 2013:
- 2013-07-06 new: Hot Music 3 (Ram Jam) done by Dr Cinicus (Info, Image)
- 2013-07-04 improved: New Zealand Story (Taito/Ocean) 68000-only bug fix, v17 custom options (Info)
- 2013-07-04 improved: Midnight Resistance (Ocean) bug fixes, button code improvement, v17 custom options (Info)
- 2013-07-04 improved: Mega lo Mania (Sensible Software/Mirrorsoft) trainer bug fix, new cd32 controls, level select via pad, v17 custom options (Info, Image)
- 2013-07-04 improved: Bloodwych (Mirrorsoft) new CD32 controls, v17 custom options (Info)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2013
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Event: First reports of Silicon Dreams & Vintage Computer Festival (update)
The Silicon Dreams & Vintage Computer Festival is taking place in Coalville (amiga-news.de reported). AmigaOS-, MorphOS- and AROS-users as well as the British dealer AmigaKit and A-EON Technology are taking part.
Since yesterday A-EON Technology presents pictures of its booth on its Facebook-sites which show two new mainboards (Boards, schema).
Meanwhile the visitor 'Rob' has made available a first explanation. It seems to be a DualCore-PowerPC-SOC of the model P5020, without a SouthBridge and the board is called Cyrus and Cyrus+. The first one is a MicroATX-board and the last one has, similar to the AmigaOne X1000, the ATX-format. The optional use of a P5040 (QuadCore) will be possible later, most likely due to a low PCIe-controller-capacity only for the MicroATX-version.
The price of Cyrus will be between the Sam-boards delivered by ACube Systems and the AmigaOne X1000. But the boards will be not available in ther near future because among others drivers are still missing. The AmigaOne X1000 is still always available.
Update: (19:00, 08.07.13, dr)
Additionally the video of a short interview with Trevor Dickinson (A-EON Technology) has been published. Furthermore it was clarified that it is still not decided if actually two mainboards will be available: The presented MicroATX was the first prototype, the ATX-board the second one. The ATX-board is supposed to be the target format if there will be only one version; new mainboard drivers would be necessary. Therefore again extension boards for sound output and network would be used. The processor would have 2 GHz and use DDR3-RAM; additionally again a Xorro-Slot is planned.
2. Update: (19:18, 10.07.13, snx)
Meanwhile another video has been published, containing an extended interview with Trevor Dickinson as well as one with Matthew Leaman (AmigaKit). (snx) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2013
Lorence Lombardo (ANF)
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2D-Shooter: Exobius 0
Lorence Lombardo has compiled the SDL-game Exobius 0 - a 2D-Shoot'em-up with 13 levels and different scrolling directions - to AmigaOS (Readme-file).
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2013
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AmigaOS 4: Qt 4.7 (0.9.0), several Qt-ports, competition
Alfkil Wennermark has updated his AmigaOS-4-port of the C++-class library Qt. Due to the size of the archive it will be only available on sourceforge.net and not on OS4Depot any longer. Additionally Wennermark has released some ports of Qt-based applications:
- MuseScore is a music notation software which can export the projects as PDF or MIDI files
- The Jabber-client Vacuum-IM
- JuffEd, a powerful text editor with Syntax-Highlighting
- Wally changes desktop background pictures and for that allows the access to Google Images, Photobucket, Picasa and others
- Screengrab creates screenshots
- The simple animation editor Pencil can e.g. create SWF-files
- FlasQ was written by Wennermark himself and is an editor for animations as well
- The simple paint program EasyPaint
- The game OpenGOO
Wennermark challenges other programmers to contest: Those developer who will port the most Qt-applications or develop them until August 30th will get an excellent and amazing prize. The applications have to run on a X1000 as well as on a SAM. For more difficult ports or self-developments additional points will be awarded.
If you have questions about the development under Qt you are welcome to contact Wennermark.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Jul.2013
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Unreleased games: "New" previews of Secret of my Soul
You might remember Soms3D ("Secret of my Soul") which is a Silent Hill-clone and which was started to develop ten years ago to be released on APC&TCP.
But there was a two-dimensional, previous version called Secret of my Soul which was developed first in C++, later in AMOS. Now the developer Sylvio Kurze has released two demo versions of this game. In both versions the character only can run around but not interact with its environment. A screenshot-mockup shows what the next step in the development would have looked like.
The two demos:
DS-Demo-final.zip ( MB)
Last version, written in AMOS. Requires a lowres-screen with 256 colours (graphic boards are supported). On PowerPC-prozessors some PPC-routines are used.
soms_0.6.4.1.zip ( MB)
Older version, written in C++. Completely different graphics, background music. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Jul.2013
Lorence Lombardo (ANF)
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Puzzle game: Kapooka
Lorence Lombardo has compiled the SDL-game Kapooka, which is a mix of Pengo and Sokoban, to AmigaOS (according to the Readme-file a FPU is required).
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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06.Jul.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has released new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last message the following songs gave been added:
- Pushover (Main Titlescreen Loop)
- Stardust Memories Dancemix
- Elysium
- De Die Hards Remix
- Golden Axe *Remix*
- Sidepanther (Childhood memories remix)
- Doodlebug Remix 2010 v3.0
- Cannon Fodder (Fun Remix)
- Utopia
- Cousin's Song (25th Anniversary)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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06.Jul.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: Distribution AspireOS 1.98
Nikolaos Tomatsidis has released version 1.98 of his AROS-distribution AspireOS. Before version 2.0, this one is supposed to provide a full ISO-image. YAM 2.8, a different clock in the menu bar, updated versions of the Guitar Tuner and Wookiechat as well as some additional wallpapers have been added.
AspireOS is meant to be used on an Acer-Netbook Aspire One. The Toshiba-Notebook Satellite Pro A200 is completely supported as well. On any other hardware, this distribution should also work but is not officially supported.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.Jul.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Sirena Player 2.20
Sirena Player is an audio player written with Hollywood which can play MP3-, WAV- and MOD-files and is now also available for MorphOS. Before versions for AmigaOS 4 and Windows have been already released (amiga-news.de reported).
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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