28.Mar.2012
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Individual Computers: Mouse adapter Micromys 4 available
The mouse adapter Micromys 3 produced by Individual Computers has been reworked and is now available at the Vesalia shop.
With the adapter you can connect PS/2 mouses with Amiga, Atari or C64/128. The new version of the Micromys interface comes without Dip switches for its configuration, the adapter figures out most computer environments automatically.
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28.Mar.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Magazine: Pixel Nation
Pixel Nation is a new English-language game magazine which in its first issue reported about the Amiga 1200.
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28.Mar.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Interview: Two of EA's best decisions were its worst in disguis
In an English interview with the game website Gamasutra, the chief creative director of Electronic Arts, Rich Hilleman, told that two of EA's best decisions were its worst in disguis.
One of this bad choices was EA's support for the Commodore Amiga computer platform. Why? The answer you can find in the interview which is available under the title link. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Mar.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Second beta version of Timberwolf
Hans-Jörg and Thomas Frieden have published a new beta version of their Firefox port "Timberwolf".
This new version improves some features of the first beta, and fixes some of the bugs. In essence, the main improvements are as follows:
- Splash screen when starting up (to show something is happening)
- Crash fixes. For example, clicking the zip box no longer crashes
- Right-click popup menus work now
- Downloads work now
- Timberwolf now uses a native ASL file requester instead of the alien file picker
Timberwolf requires AmigaOS 4.1 Update 4. The authors pointed out that before the program is started, the readme - included in the archive - should be read. There you can find important hints for craeting the font caches.
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27.Mar.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Video-Broadcast: Amitopia TV broadcasts music videos of Susumu Hirasawa
The English-language video magazine Amitopia has got the permission of Susumu Hirasawa to broadcasts his music videos. Hirasawa has set to music several Anime series and composed his music exclusively with the Amiga. He also composed the Boot-Jingle of AmigaOS 4.
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27.Mar.2012
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects founded
A lot of European initiatives for archiving software and computer games, e.g. the Software Preservation Society - originally called "Classic Amiga Preservation Society" (CAPS) - have founded an umbrella association which is called "European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects" (EFGAMP).
Task of the EFGAMP will be supposed to be the improvement of the technical and regulatory framework for archiving interactive digital contents. Those tasks are to be achieved by lobbying as well as networking and exchanging knowledge with other projects.
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25.Mar.2012
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Aminet-Uploads until 24.03.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 24.03.2012 to the Aminet:
MUIbase-2.11.lha biz/dbase 4.8M MOS Programmable relational datab...
twittAmiga.lha comm/misc 1.4M 68k Twitter client
HAMFade.lha dev/amos 392K 68k fading a HAM6 image using the...
ABasiC_patch.lha dev/basic 21K 68k Patch Metacomco's ABasiC to w...
Compatibility5.py.txt dev/src 2K 68k Backwards Compatibility Python.
Companion.lha docs/hyper 67K AmigaGuide frontend for ADCD2...
Wazp3D.lha driver/vid 636K 68k CPU only Warp3D implementation
forget-me-not.lha game/actio 2.8M MOS Little arcade game.
pacifi3d_68k.lha game/actio 221K 68k 3D pac-man emulator
Lunavader_68k.lha game/shoot 1.5M 68k Interesting space invaders clone
siemu_68k.lha game/shoot 270K 68k space invaders emulator
SCRAMBLY_DV.lha game/think 340K OS4 15 slide puzzle with twists
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 2.8M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 3.1M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 3.0M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
adripper.lha mus/misc 251K OS4 Audio CD ripper + encoder, CD...
TLSimgesi.lha text/tfont 18K Font w/ new Turkish Lira Curr...
RPP_v12.lha util/boot 4K 68k New RPP version (v1.2)
libhjw-aros.lha util/libs 2.5M x86 Wrapper Library for joysticks
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 403K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 474K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 508K OS4 Multipurpose utility
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25.Mar.2012
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 24.03.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 24.03.2012 to the OS4Depot:
adripper.lha aud/mis 251kb 4.0 Audio CD encoder with CDDB support
sirenaplayer.lha aud/pla 3Mb 4.0 An easy mod, mp3, ogg and wav Vi...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 3Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
gluae.lha emu/uti 16kb 4.0 Integrates UAE into AmigaOS
sqrxz3.lha gam/pla 2Mb 4.0 Adventure for Love
flowerway.lha gam/puz 424kb 4.0 sensational puzzle based on movi...
scrambly_dv.lha gam/puz 340kb 4.0 15 slide puzzle with twists
sudoq-fr.lha gam/puz 1Mb 4.0 SudoQ (Sudoku puzzles) French
sudoq-us.lha gam/puz 2Mb 4.0 SudoQ (Sudoku puzzles) English
lightningspirit2.lha gam/shm 37Mb 4.0 Colorful french shootemup
dunelegacy.lha gam/str 3Mb 4.0 Dunelegacy the dune II engine
sirenaahiw.lha gra/con 5Mb 4.0 A easy tool to handling pictures.
grafx2.lha gra/edi 2Mb 4.1 Pixel paint program (like DPaint...
mcc_betterstring.lha lib/mui 316kb 4.0 BetterString custom class for MUI
mcc_htmlview.lha lib/mui 698kb 4.0 HTMLView custom class for mui
mcc_nlist.lha lib/mui 2Mb 4.0 NList custom classes for MUI
mcc_texteditor.lha lib/mui 834kb 4.0 TextEditor custom class for MUI
mcc_thebar.lha lib/mui 2Mb 4.0 TheBar.mcc - The MUI Toolbar cus...
muibase-2.11.lha off/dat 5Mb 4.0 Programmable relational database...
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25.Mar.2012
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 24.03.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 24.03.2012 to the AROS-Archives:
libhjw-aros.lha dev/lib 2Mb HunoJoyWrapper is a Wrapper Libr...
abkviewer.i386-aros.zip gra/vie 93kb AMOS sprite and icon bank viewer...
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25.Mar.2012
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 24.03.2012
The following archives have been uploaded until 24.03.2012 to the MorphOS-Files:
SPatch 6.51.4 dev/too 9 Clone of SAS/C binary file ...
MangoQuest 0.6.4 gam/act 8232 To say it short - First per...
Bantumi 2.04 gam/thi 452 Bantumi is an example of ol...
MovieViewer 1.0 mul/pla 2341 A Hollywood script displayi...
MUIBase 2.11 off/dat 4258 Relational, programmable da...
Open Office Viewer 0.0.10 off/tex 2965 Application for viewing Ope...
RAMSpeed 1.42 sys/too 40 Port of popular memory spee...
AmiArcadia 17.51 uti/emu 3049 Emulator of many coin-op ma...
DicPNG 1.1 uti/pac 59 Compresses files into PNG i...
asciitable 1.1 uti/she 53 Prints ASCII table to the c...
crc128 1.0 uti/she 54 Calculates CRC-128 checksum...
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25.Mar.2012
PPA (Webseite)
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ACube Systems: Software package for programming the Sam440ep-FPGA
Press release: Bassano del Grappa (Italy) - 24 March 2012
ACube Systems is happy to release a package to explore and enhance the capabilities of the LatticeXP FPGA available on the Sam440ep mini-itx and flex-atx boards.
With the manual, examples and tools of the package it's possible to implement new functionalities into the FPGA, to further strengthen your AmigaOS experience on your Sam440ep board.
The package contains:
- VHDL source code (released under GPL) of the firmware currently used on Sam440ep boards
- the original bitstream installed at the factory (to restore the original firmware)
- a porting of the VME12 utility which can reprogram, via the JTAG interface, the FPGA on the fly under AmigaOS 4.1 (*)
(*) a simple hardware modification and a cable are required
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24.Mar.2012
a1k.org/forum (Webseite)
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Elbox: "New edition" of FastATA is a bogus claim
Four weeks ago Elbox promoted an alleged new edition of its IDE-controller: With the "FastATA MK-IV CF/SATA" users now could connect modern mass storage like SSD or SATA-harddrives to an Amiga.
In the English product description in the Elbox-shop it is not particularly mentioned that it is a new revision of the hardware or that the CompactFlash and SATA-ports are on the board but the written words legen are rather clear: "The FastATA 4000 MK-IV CF/SATA is designed to simultaneously use up to four devices: one Compact Flash card, one SATA drive and two to four PATA devices".
As things turned out the promoted product is the "old" controller "FastATA MK-IV" which has been unchanged available for years. It is now delivered with two standard adapters for connecting CompactFlash or SATA devices to an IDE-controller. Both adapters have to be connected with standard PATA-cables to the FastATA and separately supplied with power:
Although the PATA-SATA-adapter is a standard device which Elbox has bought from a external distributor, for unknown reasons the labeling of chip was removed in order to um complicate its identifying.
(we would like to thank "Amiga-Aktivist" for his kind permission to publish pictures he has taken)
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22.Mar.2012
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Jump and Run: Sqrxz 3 (v 1.00) for AmigaOS 4, AROS and MorphOS
Sqrxz is a classic Jump'n Run with a fast gameplay (Youtube video). Changes:
- added different death animations
- rewritten frameskip code
- fixed block pushing behavior
- added slight delay for block pushing to avoid unintentional actions
- font modifications for increased readability
- increased oxygen reservoir
- cosmetic enhancements
- modified scrolltext
- normalized sfx
- fixed configuration saving
- added settings to define screensize and antialias (OS depending)
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22.Mar.2012
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Article about AmigaOS4 programming / Book planned
After the release of his article about the Debugger GDB, Roman 'kas1e' Kargin is going to publish the new article "The Hacking Way: Part 1. First Steps". Knowledge in C and Assembler are required.
Kargin would like to publish other articles and then collect them in a book which is about AmigaOS4 internals, kernel internals, disassembling and debugging techniqs, ppc-assembler, utilities and tools which help when you debug programms.
If there is sufficient interest in such a book, the author is trying to find out by making a plea for donations, because he needs to spend money for proof-readers and painters. If more than 200 US-Dollar should be donated, a "porper" bounty project with all details information for the whole book would be started.
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22.Mar.2012
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Video-Broadcast: Amitopia TV seeks Amigans for support
Amitopia TV is an English-language video magazine about the Amiga. In order to offer more service and reports, Michal Bergseth is looking for your support.
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22.Mar.2012
Matthias Wilkens (ANF)
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MorphOS: Pictograms for different directories
Matthias "Aramon" Wilkens has created folder pictograms which according to him are still missing in MorphOS - icons for picture, downloads, films, games, music, Apache and MYSQL directories.
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21.Mar.2012
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Database: MUIbase 2.11
Steffen Gutmann has published an update of his database MUIbase. Changes in version 2.11:
- Export of select-from-where requests as ASCII
- Export of select-from-where requests as PDF (Mac OS X, Linux and MorphOS) or print (Windows, Mac OS X and Linux)
- Several bug fixes
The MUIbase distribution includes ports for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. An AROS port will follow soon.
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21.Mar.2012
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Commodore USA announced "Commodore Amiga Mini" (update)
In a press release licensee Commodore USA has announced the "Commodore Amiga Mini".
The computer will be delivered in a silver or black Mini-ITX case made from Aluminium - it is a HTPC-ITX2 made by Wesena. The AMIGA mini's appearance is enhanced with the inclusion of the classic embedded AMIGA logo engraved in the front. The pictures presented on the website still are Photoshop manipulations and no real ones.
Detailed specifications of the computer:
- Case: Mini-ITX
- Processor: Intel i7-2700k 3.5 Ghz Quad-Core (3.9Ghz Turboboost)
- Chipset: Intel Z68 Express
- Memory: 16Gb RAM DDR3 1333MHz
- Harddrive: 1 TB SATA or (optional) 300 GB SSD
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 430 GPU with 1GB DDR3
- 10/100/1000 Ethernet und 802.11n (300 Mb/s) WiFi
- 1 x PCI Express x4 (open-end), 1 x Mini PCI Express
- 2 fans (40x40x10mm)
- Optical drive: Slot-Load Blu-Ray
- 2 ports for Dual-link DVI, 1 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI, Audio Input, Audio Output
- IR-remote control
The delivery time will be four up to six weeks. The price for a complete system is supposed to be 2500 USD. The Commodore VIC Mini which also is a complete system with less power can be bought for 1000 USD.
Update: (23.03.2012)
Commodore USA chief Barry Altman has announced that "due to an overwhelming outpouring of customer comments, along with those posted on the major tech blogs, the company has listened to the thousands of requests for both lower prices and more choices, and responded today with prices and options that most respondents indicated was in line with other current offerings." They lowered the price by 500 Dollar.
The cheapest configuration now is an i3-2130 (3.4 Ghz) with 4 GB RAM for 1500 USD.
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20.Mar.2012
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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XML-Parser-Plugin for Hollywood
Press release: A new plugin for Hollywood has been released today: The XML Parser plugin allows Hollywood scripts to parse XML files easily and efficiently. This finally allows Hollywood users to make use of this extremely flexible universal markup language that can be used for so many purposes. The plugin needs to be installed into LIBS:Hollywood but the included installer will take care of that automatically. Once the plugin has been installed successfully, a new user library should show up in the plugin.api tab in the Hollywood GUI. This plugin is based on libexpat and luaexpat.
You can download the plugin from the official Hollywood portal under the title link. Thanks to Hollywood 5.0's cross-platform plugin system versions for AmigaOS3 (Classic), AmigaOS3 (FPU), AmigaOS4, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS (Intel), Linux (PowerPC), Linux (Intel), Mac OS (PowerPC), Mac OS (Intel) and Windows are provided.
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[News message: 20. Mar. 2012, 15:32] [Comments: 0]
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20.Mar.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Cubic IDE: Website moved
The website of Dietmar Eilert's text editor Cubic IDE has moved and can be now accessed under softwareandcircuits.com.
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