01.Mar.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AROS: Shell-tutorial 0.8
Paolo Besser has updated the AROS-Shell-tutorial written by Joao Ralha. All commands now are documented which are in the directory SYS:c of AROS.
Download: aros_shell_manual_0.80.pdf (511 KB)
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01.Mar.2013
EAB (Forum)
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Atari operating system: EmuTOS 0.9.0
EmuTOS is a GEMDOS-compatible operating system which can be als used on Amiga computers and emulatora as a Kickstart-replacement. It allows to start Atari programms which do not access to the ST-hardware. Version 0.9.0 fixes several bugs.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Mar.2013
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: MomosIRC 1.2 (beta version)
MomosIRC written by Marian 'MaaG^dA' Guc is a MUI-based IRC-client. Beta version 1.2 still creates debug-output but does now completely meet the RFC2812-standard.
Download: MomosIRC_beta3.lha (175 KB)
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28.Feb.2013
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AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: Sqrxz 3 1.05
Sqrxz 3 is a classic jump'n'run for exercised players (video) which is availalbe for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.
The latest update to version 1.05 by Frank Willes improves the display on screens with solutions higher than 640 x 480 pixels.
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27.Feb.2013
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Web-Browser NetSurf 3.0 (alpha)
Artur "Arti" Jarosik is about to port the latest alpha version of the web browser NetSurf to AmigaOS ("Development Plan" for Netsurf 3.0). He releases test versions in his blog.
Amiga-related changes in this release:
- selectable, copyable text
- scrollbar works in frames
- added caret
- updated:
- libpng 1.5.13
- libsdl_image 1.2.12
- libturbojpeg 1.2.1
- libcurl 7.28
- updated getvideo 0.32
- works on Aros m68k now
- fixed closing of program
- 16 bit work again
On 24bit screens, websites are displayed with false colours but on 16Bit screens the bug was fixed. Besides, the status status line occasionally has some useless characters.
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26.Feb.2013
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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ACube Systems: Audio issue on some Sam460-boards identified
Press release: The problem with the crackling audio on some Sam460ex boards/AmigaOne 500 systems has been identified.
For some reasons, still under investigation, a few boards miss a resistor (R267).
This 0 ohm resistor is responsible for the clock source selection of the AC97 codec, without it the codec runs at a wrong frequency which causes the crackling audio.
If you have a sound quality problem with your Sam460ex board/AmigaOne 500 system, please check if the R267 resistor is in place or not. See this photo from the bottom of the board.
If the resistor is missing, it could be easily fixed just soldering the two open pads together, for such fix we suggest to contact your reseller.
Alternatively the problem may be mitigated with a special sm502.audio driver which minimizes (but not completely removes) the noise. Download and try this alternate driver.
Download: sm502_audio_6.3_alt.lha (20 KB)
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26.Feb.2013
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Emulator: Preview to WinUAE 2.6.0
As usual the developers of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE habe given a preview to the forthcoming version. WinUAE 2.6.0 is supposed to be released in Spring 2013 with the following changes:
New features:
- SCSI and ATAPI (IDE) CD drive emulation.
- Full 68030, 68040 and 68060 MMU emulation. Amix, Linux, NetBSD, Enforcer,
WHDLoad MMU option and more fully working.
- Built-in full CHD CD and HD image support. HD image support is read-only.
- Partial partition hardfile on the fly eject/replacement support, requires
filesystem that has removable drive support.
- Multiple Direct3D shader filters can be enabled simultaneously, optionally
shader can be now run after scaling and filtering.
- Directory filesystem shortcut (.lnk) and symbolic links are mapped to
Amiga soft links.
- Added support for mountlist-like hardfile configuration files.
Updates:
- A590/A2091/A3000 SCSI emulation compatibility improved. (Amix, NetBSD etc..)
- A2065 network adapter compatibility improved. (Early NetBSD versions)
- 68040 MMU emulation compatibility improved.
- Multithreaded IDE and SCSI emulation, slow read or write operations won't
temporarily pause the emulation anymore.
- When CPU double faults, emulated CPU is halted instead of forcing instant
emulated hardware reset.
- Custom chipset emulation improved (Subtle Shades / Nuance).
- Full Amiga file timestamp resolution (1/50s) support on FAT directory
filesystems.
Fixed bugs:
- If display mode switched from RTG to native (or vice versa) and WinUAE window
had no focus: emulation incorrectly started receiving keyboard input.
- 1.5M chip ram option didn't work.
- GamePorts panel Swap Ports button cleared custom mappings.
- 68060 + more compatible checked was unreliable.
- 68040/68060 no FPU/FPU disabled exception stack frame fixed.
- A2024 and Graffiti emulation memory leak fixed.
- FPU rounding mode was reset when using filters.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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26.Feb.2013
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Big Book of Amiga Hardware: Available under new URL
According to Steen 'bitman' Jessen and with the permission of Ian Chapman, he is going to continue the Big Book of Amiga Hardware under the new URL bigbookofamigahardware.com. The original website is still available, but since September 14th, 2006 no longer updated.
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[News message: 26. Feb. 2013, 11:02] [Comments: 0]
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25.Feb.2013
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Amiga-Emulator: FS-UAE 2.1.28 (Beta)
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE for Windows, Mac OS X 10.5+ (i386, PPC) and Linux (i386, AMD64) is based on WinUAE and can be completely controlled with a joypad. Changes in the latest beta version:
- For directory hard drives, save file attributes in .uaem files (permissions, timestamp, file note).
- Fix for directory hard drives so correct case is reported back to the Amiga when the Amiga opens a file with another case than what’s stored.
- Report local time for files in directory hard drive.
- Use re-entrant / thread-safe variants of time functions.
- Reverted the scanline function to its older / simpler behavior, use the shader “scanlines-nonlinear” instead.
- New shaders included: scanlines-classic (same as scanline CPU filter), and scanlines-nonlinear (a scanline filter which varies with pixel intensity and also introduces some pixel blending).
- Text cache texture size is now 2048×2048 (was 1024×1024).
- For automatic directory hard drive volume label, only use the part before an opening parenthesis (if it exists).
- New options to configure what screenshots to save and where to save them.
- A bit more compact naming of screenshots, and reset sub-minute counter for each minute (makes sorted names always cronological even with large number of screenshots).
- Can now bind keys to action_screenshot, notification replaces previous notification (of same type).
- Lua scripts can be used to read/write Amiga memory, position the output video rectangle, change shader (experimental feature).
- Support /dev/tty as the serial output [Jason S. McMullan].
- Patch for Linux CD ioctl support [Jason S. McMullan].
- Removed a some useless stubs printed to stdout, removed several printf statements logging stuff to stdout.
- Updated translations: fi [GoingDown], cs [spajdr].
- (Launcher) Make sure the nickname is a valid IRC nickname (net play).
- (Launcher) Fixed problem where .fs-uae configurations could in some cases disappear from the configuration list when refreshing the online database.
- (Launcher) Fixed a bug where config name was saved in config file if based on a config from online database.
- (Launcher) Automatically set screenshots_output_prefix based on floppy name.
- (Launcher) If A500 kickstart is not found on startup, look for Amiga Forever in default location and add kickstarts to database if found (Windows).
- (Launcher) Add Amiga Forever shared documents directory to search path.
- (Launcher) Index files in .rp9 archives, contained disk images can be used with the online database (when match is found).
- (Launcher) Support file comments for WHDLoad slave files when using the online database, comments are stored in .uaem files. Fixes Embryo.
- (Launcher) Allowing selecting .lha files as hard drives.
- (Launcher) Fixed an issue with selecting Amiga 1000 (2.1.26).
- (Launcher) Updated translations: cs [spajdr].
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25.Feb.2013
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Prototype: Minimig-case in A1000-style
In mid-January, Thomas 'Tommes' Koch had presented his designs for a Minimig-case which is similar to the design of an Amiga 1000. Now Koch has a first prototype produced and presents photos of it (is still not varnished) for the first time:
Koch is satisfied with quality and accuracy of fit but is going to change some minor details. The price has not been yet fixed ("between 110 and 180 Euro"). If a low volume production was started, it might be possible to varnish the case directly at the producer.
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25.Feb.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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ACube Systems: onchipmem.resource for Sam460ex-boards
With the onchipmem.resource, under AmigaOS 4.1 ACube Systems provides developers access to the buffer memory of the APM460Ex-SoC. This is much faster than the main memory, nearly as fast as the level-2-cache of the processor.
The buffer is meant to handle application data or to faster exchange data with the video memory. The archive includes a description as well as example source code.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 25. Feb. 2013, 19:05] [Comments: 0]
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25.Feb.2013
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Digital Universe 1.7 for new customers
After existing customers (amiga-news.de reported), now new customers can purchase the latest version 1.7 of the astronomy programm Digital Universe for AmigaOS 4.1 as well.
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25.Feb.2013
Trevor's Amiga Blog
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Accelerator board: Vampire 600 is stable
Two years ago Igor Majstorovic announced the FPGA-based accelerator board Vampire 600 for the Amiga 600. According to the developer in the VooDoo-Amiga forum this board is stable and is currently tweaked. He then is going to produce (after the revision) 50 boards with 8 MB memory, and then with 64 MB.
Compared with accelerator boards which have a proper 680x0-processor, like the Fúria EC020, currently the Vampire has a lower performance speed (checked by Sysinfo): With a 72 MHz clocked FPGA, 1332 Dhrystone-instructions per second, compared with the Fúria, which features 4846 on its 28 MHz MC68EC020FG25. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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25.Feb.2013
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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A-EON Technology: HD-Audio-driver working
In his blog on the website of A-EON-Technology, Trevor Dickinson told that Lyle Hazlewood recently has started working on the HD-Audio-driver for the AmigaOne X1000. Actually now under AmigaOS 4 sound output is possible over the onboard-chip. Therefore there is no need for a PCI-sound board any more. Currently he is working on the AHI-driver.
Additionally, Lyle Hazlewood together with the USB-stack developer Sebastian Bauer figured that it is possible to record USB-sound over the onboard-ports of the AmigaOne X1000 with the existing stack. But there are some problems with the Sam-boards. They possibly are going to develop an AHI-USB-driver.
Trevor Dickinson has started on a journey to Europe and will meet members of Varisys for talking about hardware and future plans. He is also going to meet other "Amiga" companies and developers.
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25.Feb.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: AttachMail 1.1, FastCompress 1.4, NetDock 50.2, SysMon 2.8
Guillaume 'zzd10h' Boesel has updated four of his AmigaOS-4 programms: AttachMail, FastCompress, NetDock and SysMon.
- AttachMail allows to add attachments to eMails per context menu (YAM and SimpleMail). In version 1.1 among others a Ringhio-notification was integrated
- FastCompress allows to pack files and drawers with two mouse clicks (LHA, LZX, ZIP, 7z). In version 1.4 the Ringhio-notification was added as well as the name of the archive specified by taking the biggest, included file/drawer - if no other name was specified
- NetDock is a docky which displays the network activity and now in version 50.2 can be also to miniaturized. Additionally three ToolTypes as well as AmiUpdate-support were added
- SysMon is MUI-based and allows to identify and remove frozen windows, to change priorities of tasks and processes and to watch drives, assigns and system information. Additional to the Ringhio-notification, in version 2.8 bubble help for different IDETool-gadgets were added
Download:
attachmail.lha (424 KB)
fastcompress.lha (3 MB)
netdock.lha (239 KB)
sysmon.lha (687 KB)
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24.Feb.2013
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: Scriba 1.7.0
Scriba written by Carsten Siegner is a simple text editing software being still work in progress. Version 1.7.0 is now able to import SVG files. Also
a new tool called "Professional PDF" was added which is still in alpha status and can create PDF files.
Download: Scriba_1.7.0.lha (7 MB) (snx) (Translation: dr)
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24.Feb.2013
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Aminet-Uploads until 23.02.2013
The following packages have been added to Aminet until February, 23th:
libharu_2.3.0_RC2.lha dev/lib 2.5M MOS library for generating PDF
librtf-0.0.3.lha dev/lib 440K MOS A free lib to read/write RTF-...
Binary_Write.shell.txt dev/src 2K 68k Write binary files using AMIG...
ngl-MUIMineDZ-Boing.lha game/data 131K Nicely done BoingBall gfx for...
ngl-MUIMineDZ-RMXv1.1... game/data 322K Hand Dithered MUIMine DZ grap...
ngl-MUIMine-WarNPiece... game/data 212K A MUIMine GFX Set for high re...
gigalomania.i386-aros... game/strat 4.5M x86 RTS Mega-Lo-Mania-like god game
gigalomaniasrc.zip game/strat 8.7M Gigalomania Source
AHIW-OS3.lha gfx/edit 6.0M 68k Edit and convert pics
MagicSVG_1.0.lha gfx/show 217K MOS A Scalable Vector Grafics (SV...
MagicSVG_1.1.lha gfx/show 217K MOS A Scalable Vector Grafics (SV...
VAMP-OS3.lha gfx/show 2.3M 68k Play/show videos,animations,m...
faad2.lha mus/edit 1.4M 68k AAC/MP4 audio decoder.
mpg123-morphos.lha mus/misc 506K MOS MP3 Player with Altivec-Support
adplay_68k.lha mus/play 463K 68k play & decode AD lib mod ...
playOGG.lha mus/play 5.7M 68k multi format sound player.
AP50Covers.lha pix/misc 1.2M aMiGa=PoWeR n?50 Cover Recto
To-Do.lha util/misc 139K 68k Simple To-Do list program
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24.Feb.2013
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 23.02.2013
The following packages have been added to OS4Depot until February, 23th:
libcurl.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.0 The multiprotocol file transfer ...
curl.lha net/mis 1Mb 4.0 Command line URL file transfer
assist.lha uti/mis 3Mb 4.1 Get the most out of your AMIGA
vamp.lha vid/pla 2Mb 4.0 Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
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24.Feb.2013
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 23.02.2013
The following packages have been added to MorphOS-Files until February, 23th:
libid3tag 0.15.1b dev/lib 56 ID3 tag parsing library. Su...
libmad 0.15.1b dev/lib 90 High quality MPEG-Audio dec...
libmxml 2.7 dev/lib 355 Mini-XML is small, lightwei...
Gigalomania 0.25 gam/str 3361 A strategy game, where play...
MPO2JPG 1.0 gra/con 151 Converts 3D images done wit...
SteamDraw 2.3 gra/edi 361 Vector graphics editor. Sup...
RDesktop 1.6.1 net/rem 437 Remote Desktop client allow...
HotCorner 1.2 uti/des 36 A commodity sending configu...
Multigame Character E... 8.1 uti/mis 1140 A tool for editing characte...
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24.Feb.2013
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WHDLoad: New packages until 23.02.2013
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 February 23th, 2013:
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[News message: 24. Feb. 2013, 10:06] [Comments: 0]
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23.Feb.2013
Jim Neray (ANF)
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Amiga game launcher: X-bEnCH 0.85 (beta)
X-bEnCH (Youtube-video) is a graphical user-interface with up to 128 colours for starting WHDLoad games (.slave, .exe). For this purpose, it can replace the Workbench and requires low ressources. According to the developer the programm runs on all Amigas with OCS or AGA (68000 to 68060 processors).
Most important changes in version 0.85 beta:
- A new installer will setup X-bEnCH for you.
- Modified files checks on startup.
- Menu Starfield optimised (Faster with 20% more stars on screen).
- Checkerboard loader issue with Indivision/HighGfx fixed.
- "sysinfo" cli command added.
- "help" cli command updated.
- The cli tab is now activated in the setup and you can change the cli colors.
- Many internals checks added.
- Internal changes to be ready for the future Xplorer alpha-testing.
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23.Feb.2013
pegasosforum.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Vector graphic programm SteamDraw 2.3
SteamDraw written by Stefan 'Kronos' Kleinheinrich is an EPS-compatible 2D vector graphic programm. Most important changes in version 2.3:
- Symmetrical polygons
- "Private" tools included in the edit-tool; they were created for polygons and Bezier curves and makes it possible to shift (control)points and (only for polygons) to add or remove poinzs.
- These functions are shown in the context menu.
Download: SteamDraw.lha (361 KB)
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23.Feb.2013
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Dir Me Up 1.12
Dir Me Up written by Jérôme 'Glames' Senays is a commercial file manager for AmigaOS 4.1. Version 1.12 offers a second progress bar for copied files, AISS-support and the possibility to open pictures and source codes with external programms.
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[News message: 23. Feb. 2013, 17:38] [Comments: 0]
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23.Feb.2013
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Remote Desktop 1.6
For MorphOS, version 1.6 of Darren Eveland's Remote Desktop is available. It was ported by Michał Żukowski. The Remote-Desktop-Protocol developed by Microsoft allows the remote access to some Windows operating systems, among others to Vista and Windows 7.
News and improvements:
- UTF support including:
- UTF8 clipboard chunk to RDP (UTF16-LE)
- RDP (UTF16-LE) to UTF8 clipboard chunk
- RDP (UTF16-LE) to ID_CHRS clipboard chunk with conversion to local codepage
- ID_CHRS clipboard chunk to RDP (UTF16-LE) with conversion from local codepage
- Conversion from/to local codepage to UTF16-LE during disk access operations, user name, password etc.
- Version string fix
- Audio (backported from RDesktop 1.5)
- MorphOS directory mounting under Windows (NETDISK option)
- Libnix version compiled with GCC4
- Clone WB mode for automatic fullscreen mode selection
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