14.Sep.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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MorphOS: GenesisPlus 1.6
The update version 1.6 of the Sega-Mega-Drive-emulator GenesisPlus fixes three bugs:
- Fixed C button USB gamepad mapping
- Fixed some unfreed signals on exit
- Fixed certain ROMs locking up the system issue
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 14. Sep. 2013, 18:00] [Comments: 0]
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14.Sep.2013
Christian Zigotzky (ANF)
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AmigaOne X1000: Update of the Linux 3.10 kernel
The 3.10 Linux kernel for the AmigaOne X1000 has been updated by Christian Zigotzky. It is a port of the official Ubuntu kernel 3.10.3-6.17.
Changes:
- Ubuntu patches
- Pas_shutdown by DStevens (thanks to Darren)
- Kernel does not need a modules directory anymore
- UVD support
- New firmwares added from Ubuntu (1.1.13)
- Faster boot from CFE
Download: kernel-3.10.3-6.17-2-powerpc-x1000-ubuntu.tar.bz2 (snx)
[News message: 14. Sep. 2013, 17:36] [Comments: 0]
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13.Sep.2013
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Graphics program SketchBlock 2.3
The latest version of Andy Broad's graphics program SketchBlock provides several minor improvements:
- Selection Masks: some optimisation of the selection process, speed up of up to 30%
- Transform Plugin GUIs: added ProAction GUIs for the GradientFill and RadialFill plugins
- Macro Recording: completely reworked macro recording. Can now output Rexx or Python code. Can output Wedge events, can output timestamps as comments in the code, also notes external scripts called in the comments.
- Internal text creation: text creation no longer requires an external helper command,the freetype code has been moved in to the main executable. Resulting in substantial speedups. The maketext.rexx script has been adapted (and much simplified) to take advantage of this.
- Improved anti-aliasing of paths fills: by scanning in both the x and y axes and combining the results smooth anti-aliasing of path fills is now performed, without the need for oversampling. This contributes to further improvements in the rendering of text.
- Splash screen on startup: A splash screen with loading progress bar is displayed at program startup
- Some bug fixes: see the changelog for details
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 13. Sep. 2013, 16:53] [Comments: 0]
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11.Sep.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has uploaded the following new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files since our last message:
- Xenon - The Real ExaBlast (gibs / David Whittaker)
- Turrican II - The Wall (RaKeeMs Extended Remix) (RaKeeM / Chris Hülsbeck)
- Pinball Dreams - Steelchambers2 HQ Remake (Saga Musix / Olof Gustafsson)
- Agony-Intro V1.0 Cinema-Score (Sharrukin / Tim Wright & Franck Sauer)
- Dear Rob (Gigatron / Frederic Hahn)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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11.Sep.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AROS: Audio-Player zOGGPLayer 0.1
zOGGPlayer (screenshot) is a MUI-port of the GTK-based Ogg Vorbis Player which plays audio files of the Vorbis-format. A volume control will be implemented in the next version. Any feedback is very welcome, please send it via email to the author.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 11. Sep. 2013, 15:41] [Comments: 0]
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11.Sep.2013
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New demos
The website pouet.net has uplpaded several new Amiga demos:
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[News message: 11. Sep. 2013, 15:19] [Comments: 0]
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09.Sep.2013
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Book: "Commodore - The Amiga Years" discontinued?
The publication of Brian Bagnall's Commodore: The Amiga Years has been suspended since about a year for several weeks or months. The publication of the first part of the Commodore biography, Commodore - A Company On The Edge was also delayed but there is some indication that problems exist:
The publisher Variant Press has removed the product page from its website and online trader like Amazon or Waterstones has informed customers that the preorders unfortunately must be rejected due to a lack of availability. Currently there is no official statement of the author or his publishing house.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 09. Sep. 2013, 21:44] [Comments: 0]
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08.Sep.2013
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: Game-Engine Antiryad Gx
Antiryad Gx is an engine for 2D-/3D-games with an integrated editor. After a registration with the free version also commercial games can be developed. The AROS-port supports 68k-, x86- and PPC-processors and is available on the website of the developer.
Hint of the editorial staff: Obviously the port for AmigasOS which is announced on the website up to now seems still not available.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 08. Sep. 2013, 22:49] [Comments: 0]
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08.Sep.2013
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Aminet-Uploads until 07.09.2013
The following packages have been added to Aminet until September 7th, 2013:
HollywoodSP.lha biz/misc 337K Hollywood 5.3 spanish catalogs
Blitz_CtrlC.lha dev/basic 16K 68k 4 Ctrl-C checking methods for...
Blitz_Dub.lha dev/basic 13K 68k Experimental doubles for Blitz
Blitz_IEEED.lha dev/basic 2K 68k EZ double float functions for...
Blitz_mem.lha dev/basic 7K 68k Extended memory functions for...
Blitz_Nano.lha dev/basic 12K 68k AmiBlitz syntax parser for Na...
Blitz_thread.lha dev/basic 13K 68k thread lib dev kit for Blitz
num2str.lha dev/basic 31K 68k number to string functions fo...
ValF_NG.lha dev/basic 23K 68k multi base string to val func...
libjpeg9_a68k.lha dev/lib 941K 68k JPEG encoding/decoding library
libjpeg9_aros.lha dev/lib 1.4M x86 JPEG encoding/decoding library
libpng163_a68k.lha dev/lib 1.3M 68k Lib for reading/writing PNG
libpng163_aros.lha dev/lib 1.5M x86 Lib for reading/writing PNG
sdl_image1.2.12_aros.lha dev/lib 940K x86 library to load images of var...
SDL_image-1_2_12-png.lha dev/lib 372K 68k minimalist SDL image build
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 1.0M OS4 Advanced snake game
ronda_68k.lha game/board 1.4M 68k a fishing card game
AssaultCubeReloaded25... game/shoot 59M x86 First-person shooter
exobius0_68k.lha game/shoot 15M 68k amusing space shooter
xgalaga_68k.lha game/shoot 739K 68k excellent galaga like game
hexgem_68k.lha game/think 1.1M 68k action puzzle game
kapooka_68k.lha game/think 720K 68k A silent puzzler to the exit
syasokoban_68k.lha game/think 456K 68k A silent sokoban clone
GridBlock.lha game/wb 34K 68k Unlock all corners!
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 3.7M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
genplus_mos.lha misc/emu 1.1M MOS Emulate various classic Sega ...
afsp_68k.lha mus/edit 1.2M 68k Audio manipulation tools &...
lame_68k.lha mus/edit 1.3M 68k MP3 Audio encoder/decoder
playOGG.lha mus/play 5.8M 68k multi format sound player.
nano_231_68k.lha text/edit 1.5M 68k ncurses based text editor
nano_232_68k.lha text/edit 1.5M 68k ncurses based text editor
shed_68k.lha text/edit 223K 68k ncurses based hex editor
Conspiracy-Deutsch.lha text/misc 135K 68k German gag-program, creates c...
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 425K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 496K MOS Multipurpose utility
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2013
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 07.09.2013
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until September 7th, 2013:
mixer.lha aud/mis 366kb 4.1 Audio mixer
ira.lha dev/mis 231kb 4.0 MC68000/10/20/30/40 reassembler
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0 Advanced snake game
zoomit.lha gra/mis 152kb 4.0 A simple MUI-based magnify/zoom-...
zoomit_ita.lha gra/mis 4kb 4.0 Italian catalog file for ZoomIT
netclipper.lha net/mis 50kb 4.0 Share the Amiga clipboard on the...
winbar_docky_src.zip uti/doc 127kb 4.0 Sources of winbar docky
nemo_led_p31.lha uti/har 18kb 4.0 Control the spare LED header on ...
clipgrab.lha vid/mis 2Mb 4.0 Qt Download videos from YouTube
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08.Sep.2013
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 07.09.2013
The following package has been added to AROS-Archives until September 7th, 2013:
syasokoban.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 480kb Still Yet Another Sokoban clone
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2013
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 07.09.2013
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until September 7th, 2013:
IRA 2.07 dev/too 121 M68k disassembler. Programm...
WormWars 8.83 gam/act 674 Single and multiplayer arca...
CgmRadio 1.0 mus/pla 13 Minimal, shell based shoutc...
AmiArcadia 21.5 uti/emu 3711 Emulator of many coin-op ma...
GenesisPlus 1.5 uti/emu 1152 Emulator of Sega Genesis an...
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2013
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WHDLoad: New packages until 07.09.2013
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 September 7th, 2013:
- 2013-09-07 new: Mini Soundbox 3 (Shadow Light & Level 4) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-07 new: Mini Soundbox 2 (Shadow Light & Level 4) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-07 new: Mini Soundbox 1 (Shadow Light & Level 4) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-06 new: The Simpsons (Decay) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-06 new: Hinch Demo (Decay) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2013-09-06 new: Steve Vizard (Decay) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-06 new: Sound De Light (Software of Sweden) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-05 new: Megademo (Software of Sweden) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-05 new: Demo Disk (Quest) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-05 new: Sound Quest 2 (Quest) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-04 new: Sound Quest 1 (Quest) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-04 new: Sound Disk 2 (Mygon) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-04 new: Sound Disk 1 (Mygon) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-03 new: World's Wave 2 (Subway & Dream Team) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-03 new: World's Wave (Subway) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-03 new: Demo Disk (Subway) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2013-09-01 new: Megademo (Joy, Magnificient Force, The Jungle Command) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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07.Sep.2013
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Amiga-News celebrates 15th anniversary
In late summer of 1998 Petra Struck began to publish news about the Amiga on here private website. The oldest news message is from August 13th - the regular news then started to be published in September.
Right from the beginning a whole team was involved in editing the news: From August 1998 Christoph Dietz has been responsible for the technical issues, the first translator joined the team in February 1999. The member who has been for the longest time part of the team and still active, is Sven Drieling, who in June 1999 started as an editor and for several years has developed the software of Amiga-News as programmer.
There was a time, the access figures of the website could compete with those of other platforms, a seperate server could be financed by the adverts of different Amiga traders placed on the start page. More than 20 persons joined the team - among others a cartoonist, a reader as well as a lot of translators: For a while Amiga-News was available not only in German and English, but also in French, Polish, Japanese or Turkish and Flemish.
10 years ago we all hoped that the Amiga market would recover but it has not - for fifteen years Amiga-News has documented the transformation of an actual market - with companies and its press releases, proper fairs, commercial product as well as differnt developers - to a hobby, which basically is kept alive by fans who support the platform in the spare time.
This transformation also affected Amiga-News: The team now consists of seven persons and for a very long time the maintenance of the website is underfunded. If you want to support us then you are very welcome to make a little donation which is linked on the start page of the website. At the best of times, more than 300 news have been reported per month. Today averagely 70 news per month are published.
But we all still enjoy the Amiga and we are a happy to continue to provide you with the latest news. Therefore we want to thank all our loyal readers so much and wish you a happy reading with Amiga-News during the next fifteen years. ;-)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Sep.2013
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AmigaOS 4: Programming competition for best Qt-ports finished
At the beginning of July, Alfkil Wennermark called for a competition: The programmer who developed or ported the most Qt-applications until 30th August will get an award of him.
Today Wennermark has published the winners:
- zzd10h - Award: a completely equipped Minmig
- spotUP - Competition Pro USB and a "special award"
- Chris Young - Competition Pro USB
- cha05e90 - AmigaOne coffee mug
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07.Sep.2013
a1k.org (Forum)
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Elbox: Announcement of a PCI-board for the Amiga 3000D
According to a post at the a1k.org forum under the title, Elbox has started developing a desktop version of a PCI-extension for the Amiga 3000. Compared with the version for the Amiga 4000, the Mediator-A3000Di-busboard has three PCI-slots instead of four.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 07. Sep. 2013, 06:55] [Comments: 0]
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06.Sep.2013
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MorphOS-Team: 2000 Registrations, hardware statistics
Press release: In order to celebrate the 2000th MorphOS registration, we'd like to thank our users for their support since the introduction of the MorphOS 2.0 in 2008. Since MorphOS 2.4, we've been expanding our hardware base to a variety of Apple PowerPC computers, including their excellent portables. The adoption rate of the Mac mini quickly surpassed the bPlan machines, and the Mini still remains the most popular MorphOS platform.
- 37% - Mac Mini
- 25% - Pegasos 2
- 12% - Powerbooks
- 9% - PowerMac G4
- 8% - Efika
- 4% - Pegasos 1
- 3% - PowerMac G5
- 2% - Others
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Sep.2013
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Sales figures: Entwickler-X satisfied with M.A.C.E. sales
During a discussion on os4welt.de, Thomas 'imagodespira' Claus of Entwickler-X has revealed some sales numbers for the recently released shooter M.A.C.E.: About 50 people purchased the download version which is available from the developers - this is about the same amount of sales they had with earlier projects.
Additionally M.A.C.E. was the first Entwickler-X release distributed on CD, about 130 copies at 10 Euros each were sold to various dealers. Claus can't say how many of these copies have already been sold on to end users, but he mentions "positive feedback from dealers". He describes the sales numbers as "pretty good, considering the size of the Amiga scene". (cg) (Translation: dr)
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