26.Dec.2010
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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MorphOS: Lua beta version 0.3
Lua (Wikipedia) is a script language for adding new features to apllications. After the MorphOS-port was published by Fabrizio Bartoloni some years ago (Aminet), Grzegorz Kraszewski has started to integrate it to MorphOS.
Now the beta version 0.3 was published which still does not include all standard modules.
Download: luaformorphos-0.3.lha (261 KB)
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26.Dec.2010
Elbox (ANF)
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Elbox: Xmas greetings
Under the title link Elbox has officually announced the new version of the pci.library for the Amiga1200.
Besides, Elbox has pointed out to the trend of prices at the supplier and has wished all Amiga users merry Christmas and a happy new year.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Dec. 2010, 07:22] [Comments: 0]
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26.Dec.2010
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4: Push4Dock 4.0 (beta version)
Push4Dock written by Martin 'Mason' Merz is a start menu for AmigaOS 4.1 (screenshot). With this new beta version 4.0 the author has wished merry Christmas and asked for your feedback.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Dec. 2010, 07:14] [Comments: 0]
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26.Dec.2010
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: MiniGL 2.4
Hans de Ruiter has published an update of the OpenGL compatible 3D-API MiniGL for AmigaOS 4. According to a first feedback there are some problems with LodePaint.
Changes:
- Implemented a faster square-root function using the frsqrte (get faster performance in some cases)
- Implemented a reciprocal square-root using the frsqrte assembly code (another small performance boost)
- A few other optimizations
Download: minigl.lha (3 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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25.Dec.2010
a1k.org (Webseite)
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Action-Adventure: Enemy 2 - Missing in Action (Demo)
"Enemy 2: Missing in Action" is the sequel of the action adventure Enemy - Tempest of Violence which was published in 1997 and is available on Aminet for free.
Enemy 2 uses the same engine anf should therefore run on all Amigas with at least 1 MB RAM and Kickstart 1.2. From Kickstart 2.04 on the game can be also installed on harddrive. Then you have to manually edit the script file "START".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 25. Dec. 2010, 18:02] [Comments: 0]
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25.Dec.2010
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PDF-Magazine: AmigaHellas, Issue 16 (Greek)
The 16th issue of the Greek PDF-magazine AmigaHellas includes the following topics:
- Retro review: Nuclear War
- Interview: Craig Wuest
- Howto: Hard disks on Amiga (A1000)
- Howto: Music on Amiga (Octamed Soundstudio part 2)
- Howto: A600GRL project (keyboard and touchpad for the custom-built A600 laptop)
- The latest news especially prepared from the team of Amigahellas
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25.Dec.2010
Sebastian Bauer (ANF)
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E-Mail: SimpleMail Version 0.36 (AmigaOS 3/4)
It is tradition: On Christmas an update of the eMail program SimpleMail is published. This year it celebrates its 10th anniversary and includes the following changes:
- Improved handling of CC-field when replying
- Faster list of mails
- Improved IMAP-support
- Possibility to display a graphical quotation bar for citations (see Configuration > Reading plain)
- Possibility to disable the automated "deleted" folder cleanup (see Configuration > General)
- The 68k version utilizes and requires AmiSSL 3 now for ssl connections (OS4 version already did since a while)
- Bug fixes as usual
The SimpleMail Team wishes you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year 2011! (cg) (Translation: dr)
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25.Dec.2010
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Amiga-News wishes Merry Christmas!
The team of Amiga-News wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2011! We are glad that there are so many news about the Amiga to be reported on. We hope and are convinced that it will continue in 2011.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Dec.2010
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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ACube Systems: RadeonHD-driver for Sam460ex
Press release Bassano del Grappa, Italy - 23 December, 2010. ACube Systems is very pleased to announce to have reached an agreement with Hans De Ruiter for including a special version of his RadeonHD driver together with the upcoming AmigaOS 4.1 for Sam460ex.
For the first time in Amiga history this driver will allow the use of modern PCI-express graphic cards together with AmigaOS 4.1. The Sam460ex will be the first hardware capable of running AmigaOS to include this feature.
Currently RadeonHD driver supports the following chipsets with full 2D hardware acceleration and DDC:
- R500 (with compositing support) - Radeon X1550, X1650, X1950 and others
- R600 - Radeon HD 2400, HD 3450, HD 3650 and others
- R700 - Radeon HD 4350, HD 4650
Many thanks to Hans for his wonderful job. We would also like to take the opportunity to extend our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our customers.
For more info on RadeonHD drivers please visit Hans de Ruiters home page.
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24.Dec.2010
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Weather program Wet 6.1
The weather program Wet is now available in version 6.1 for AmigaOS 3.9.2 as well as for AmigaOS 4. The plug-in-support as well as new themes were added created by Frank Ruthe. The detailed changes are listed in the Readme-file.
Download: wet.lha (2 MB)
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[News message: 24. Dec. 2010, 07:46] [Comments: 0]
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23.Dec.2010
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Event: Pictures of C= Show (18. December, Holland)
On 18th December in Maarssen (Holland) the monthly "C= Show" of the Commodore Gebruikers Groep (CGG) took place. Now some pictures were published.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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23.Dec.2010
morphzone.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: FTP-Program Transfer 1.0, Realtime strategy game Legion, SMS-Emulator
Pawel "stefkos" Stefanski has published some new projects for MorphOS:
Transfer 1.0
Transfer is a simple FTP-program which supports bigger files (64 Bit), can import AmiTradeCenter configuration files and has the following features:
- Resume, overwrite or skip files
- Drag and drop between Ambient and ftp (for upload)
- MUI GUI
- Support for passive and active transfers
- Localised
- Opening local files and directories
- ATC settings import option (.profiles)
- Host paths history
Download: Transfer.lha (169 KB)
Realtime strategy game Legion
Legion is a realtime strategy game which was published in 1996 for the Amiga and was now ported by Stefanski to MorphOS.
Download: Legion.lha (2,7 MB)
Sega Master System-Emulator SMS
According to the author a "fast and ugly" port of the des Sega Master System emulator SMS.
Download: sms.lha (144 MB)
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[News message: 23. Dec. 2010, 15:54] [Comments: 0]
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22.Dec.2010
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Video: AmigaOS 4.1 for Classic
Beta tester Darren "HammerD" Eveland has published a video of AmigaOS 4.1 "Classic" on his Amiga 4000 on the official AmigaOS 4-Blog (Youtube-Link). His Amiga contains a CyberstormPPC and a Radeon 9250 graphic board.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Dec. 2010, 22:45] [Comments: 0]
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22.Dec.2010
morphzone.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Graphic program Gribouillis2 (beta)
Gribouillis2 (screenshots: 1, 2) written by Guillaume "Yomgui" Roguez is a graphic application which supports layers, has an unlimited (and only limited by the available memory) Undo/Redo and simple picture editing functions.
Gribouillis2 is available as "standalone" version which 13 MB or as "simple" version. The last one requires some additional libraries and interpreters(Python, PyMUI, PyCairo etc.). Both version should be installed on harddrive and not be started from the RAM-Disk.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Dec. 2010, 18:23] [Comments: 0]
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22.Dec.2010
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Pictures of World of Commodore (Toronto, Canada)
On 4th of December in Toronto the "World of Commodore Expo" took place. Meanwhile Fuzz and Dan Kovacs have published some pictures.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Dec. 2010, 18:12] [Comments: 0]
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21.Dec.2010
iConsole (ANF)
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Mac OS X: iConsole with PowerTerm.framework from MorphOS
Jacek Piszczek has converted the PowerTerm.mcc-class from MorphOS to a PowerTerm.framework for Mac OS X, called iConsole.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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21.Dec.2010
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AROS: Hosted version for Mac OS X (PPC/x86) and Cross-Compiler
Under the title link Pavel Fedin's Darwin hosted version of the open source operating system AROS is available as Nightly Builds. Additional to Mac OS X this version is meant formobile devices like Apple's iPhone.
Besides, the developer has published the GCC cross-compiler in AROS-archives as well.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. Dec. 2010, 14:50] [Comments: 0]
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21.Dec.2010
Floppy (ANF)
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AROS: Broadband support of handys
With the latest Nightly Builds AROS is now also available with mobile broadband-support. Additional to the ModemManager, a new entry was added to the preferences (screenshot).
New or updated features:
- C:ModemManager
- Prefs/Network
- DEVS:Networks/ppp.device
- Classes/USB/cdcacm.class
- System/Network/AROSTCP/S/Package-startup
In the preferences for Init4 you have to enter the Access Point Name (APN): AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","insert.your.apn.here". Then the ppp0-interface must be configured and the IP-mode set to.
The ModemManager automatically updates the nameserver (DNS) - but they cannot be used during the first connection because AROSTCP and thus AROS itself must be started again.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. Dec. 2010, 14:33] [Comments: 0]
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21.Dec.2010
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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A-EON spilled the beans about X1000-processor - with a cake (Update)
A-EON announced the X1000 but without naming the used processor. Many users thought over which PowerPC-CPU A-EON will use. The PA6T produced by the company P.A.Semi - which now belongs to Apple - was one of the possibilities. But this processor is not available on the free market thus it was not very likely.
Thom Holwerda who is chief editor of the English-language news site osnews.com was one of those Sceptics. He was completely certain that he said he would eat his socks if A-EON will use PA6T.
Officially A-EON has not announced any news. But yesterday Holwerda got an interesting package: A cake with the socks of Thom Holwerda. Despatcher: "Trevor Dickinson, A-EON Technology"
Update: (12:00, 22.12.10, snx)
Meanwhile A-EON has also officially confirmed that the chosen processor is P.A. Semi's PA6T-1682M:
London 21st December 2010
A-EON Technology is pleased to finally reveal the identity of the mystery CPU powering the AmigaOne X1000. It's none other than the uber cool PWRficient PA6T processor developed by fabless chip designer PA Semi. The PA6T-1682M is a high performance, low power, cool running dual-core, 64-bit, 2GHZ Power CPU specifically designed for embedded industrial and military applications. PA Semi was acquired by Apple in 2008 and all the indications were that they purchased the company for the technology and planned to shut down the PA Semi product line. However, following demand from military and industrial users, Apple agreed to continue supplying chips to pre-existing PA Semi customers for a limited time period. Fortunately Varisys, our hardware partner, had a long-standing relationship with PA-Semi and we were able to secure a supply of PA6T CPUs for the AmigaOne X1000 project, making it the first and most probably the last desktop computer based on the unique PA-Semi CPU technology as Apple have now closed down the PA-Semi product line.
After reading a statement by Thom Holwerda, the Managing Editor of OSNews website announced in an AmigaWorld.net forum, "I can assure you all, with 110% certainty, that the X1000 will NOT carry a processor from PA Semi. If it turns out it does, I will eat my socks and post the video as proof", we decided to give him an exclusive on revealing the identity of the AmigaOne X1000 CPU. Rather than issuing the usual staid press release and forcing Thom to eat his own socks we decided to take pity on him and shipped him a special cake decorated with a pair of edible "Boing Ball" socks with a note saying the cake was a gift from A-EON Technology. Read Holwerda's exclusive report on OSnews.
Special thanks go to premier Amiga developer Davy Wentzler who helped to coordinate the production and delivery of the special "Boing Ball" sock cake.
A-EON Technology CVBA (cg) (Translation: dr)
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20.Dec.2010
RhoSigma (ANF)
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MemOptimizer 4.093 and MakeHTMLMap 5.500
With MemOptimizer 4.093 and MakeHTMLMap 5.500 two applications written by Roland 'RhoSigma' Heyder have been updated. The new version of MemOptimizer includes some optimizations and MakeHTMLMap the following changes:
- No Shareware any longer, but Donationware
- New Link Route preferences
- New Tooltype DEFVIEWER for favoured picture viewer
- New Tooltype DEEPSCAN
- Improved handling of AutoSessions (ToolType)
- Implemented many shift-click-actions
- Catalog/Shop options can be set now for each shop separately
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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20.Dec.2010
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Emulator package: Amiga Forever 2011
Cloanto's emulator package Amiga Forever is now avaialble in version 2011.0.1.0. Users of Amiga Forever 2010 will get this update for free.
The new features include multiple snapshots, faster loading and less use of memory.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Dec. 2010, 11:55] [Comments: 0]
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