08.May.2011
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: AmiUpdate 2.8
AmiUpdate is a simple package manager which informs users about updates of installed applications. The changes of version 2.8 are listed in the Release Notes.
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07.May.2011
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4.1 for PowerUp-Amigas soon available (Update)
According to Hyperion Entertainment under the title link, all components for the version of AmigaOS-4.1 for Amigas with BlizzardPPC or CyberstormPPC accelerator boards have been finished and will be available soon.
Features which are not included in AmigaOS 4.0:
- Intelligent Installer for PCI / Zorro with automatic AGA-Fallback support
- New classic styled Bootlogo and Backdrops
- Improved bootloader with large table MMU support
- Updated kernel offering increased stability in low memory conditions
- Support for virtual memory via harddisk paging
- ZororRAM and DKB 3128 support as memory pagers
- Improved (future proof) Mediator support with Radeon 9200 and 9250 using up to 256MB of video memory (correct voltage graphics card required)
- Support for PCI sound card (ESS SOLO-1 based cards)
- Warp3D hardware acceleration support for Radeon, Voodoo 3/4/5 and Cybervision / Blizzardvision PPC (stable beta version for Permedia2-based cards)
- DDC automatic monitor detection for Radeon and Voodoo 3
- Hardware compositing engine (Radeon only) with software fall-back
- Native FastATA driver support
Update: (17:20, 08.05.11, snx)
According to a message from british dealer AmigaKit, who has been instrumental in funding the PowerUp version of the operating system, they will start advertising the update in their webstore in about nine days. Meanwhile they are inviting further Amiga dealers to order AmigaOS 4.1 for Commodore Amiga computers from AmigaKit. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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06.May.2011
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Snapshoter 1.4.9b
Snapshoter - a Hollywood based programm for all Amiga systems and Windows for recording screen pictures - is available in version 1.4.
Changes:
- Fixed bug in copyclipboard routine
- Added Cecilia FX icons
- Added new powerful image composer
- Gradients, solids, outlines, primitives, text or arrows, easy intuitive and fast environment
- Swap layers up and down, keep ratios, browse layers, auto import to collage mode directly clicking over the snapshoter bar, crop and cut images over the compositions and paste again, gradient paint effect
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[News message: 06. May. 2011, 12:30] [Comments: 0]
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05.May.2011
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Video: Minimig on a Turbo Chameleon 64
Under the title link a video was published which shows the FPGA-Amiga-core of the Minimig on the C64-extension called Chameleon produced by Individual Computers.
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[News message: 05. May. 2011, 09:30] [Comments: 0]
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04.May.2011
MorphZone (Forum)
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Updated overview: Registered Amiga trade marks
On Aminet Christoph Gutjahr has published version 1.1 of a list of all Amiga related trade marks sold in USA and Europe.
Additional to fixes of typing errors, Cloanto which is official owner of the US-trade mark "Amiga Forever" and "Workbench" was added to the list.
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[News message: 04. May. 2011, 10:16] [Comments: 0]
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03.May.2011
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 90
The German and English issue 90 (May/June 2011) of the magazine Amiga Future has been published today. This issue offers among others a interview with Cloanto, tests on iBatch, BetterWB and AmigaAMP as well as an iBatch-workshop.
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03.May.2011
Lorence Lombardo (ANF)
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Audio-Player: playOGG 110502
playOGG plays audio files which are available as Ogg Vorbis.
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03.May.2011
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Amiga Demoscene Archive: Further demos added
During the last month the following demos have been added to the Amiga Demoscene Archive:
- Spitz by Focus Design
- Fourskin by RNO
- Human Traffic by Ghostown & Loonies
- Shake Off The Dust by Elude
- Swansong by Dekadence
- Software Make The Dance Foam Oil by Ephidrena & RNO
- Norwegian Kindness by Spaceballs
- MegaMusicDisk by Zymosis
- In Monaco by Desire
- Blumen Kraft by Bluebox Cinematique GmbH
- Updater 2010 by Moods Plateau
- Rotek by Focus Design & Depth
- Grind by Dekadence & Accession
- Dust by Elude
- Chips don't lie by Ephidrena & Darklite
- Megane Rellu by Da Jormas
- Superoriginal by Supergroup
- Elude step by step by Elude
- Roboty by Tulou
- Prototype 1 by Haujobb
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02.May.2011
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: XSane 0.998 for AmiCygnix
For his X11-environment AmiCygnix Edgar Schwan has published the scanner software XSane 0.998 (screenshot). The Sane-Backends of version 1.0.22 are included. Please note that the current version only supports USB-scanners and those with network interface.
Some features of XSane:
- Shows scanned graphics in a window
- Saves graphics in:
- May be used as Gimp-Plugin
Download: xsane.lha (20 MB)
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[News message: 02. May. 2011, 20:21] [Comments: 0]
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02.May.2011
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AROS: Dragging screens in VESA-mode
Being able to drag screens is a well-known feature of the Amiga abd is now also available for AROS im VESA-mode and thus on all PC graphic boards. Under the title link a video is available. With NVidia graphic boards this feature already has been available.
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[News message: 02. May. 2011, 10:06] [Comments: 0]
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02.May.2011
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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USB-Controller: New Deneb-Firmware V11
An update for the firmware of the USB2-Controller Deneb by E3B was published. With this firmware for the first time a workaround is offered for a bug in buster 11.
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[News message: 02. May. 2011, 09:58] [Comments: 0]
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