12.Jul.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Hu-Go! 1.3
Hu-Go! emulates the game console TurboGrafX-16 which is also known as PC Engine (screenshot). The MorphOS port by Kelly Samel is now available in version 1.3.
Changes:
- Clones Ambient resolution in full screen + Overlay
- Audio channels only allocated while emulation is running
- Added compact mode
- Added BG pattern toggle
- Added video sync option
- Cleaner sound channel termination
- Shortened the commodity description line
- Fixed MUI colors to work with most configs
- Added rompath selector
- Made gui resizable and fixed spacing
- Added 1 and 2 player joypad configs
- Added Scanline mode
- Several bugs fixed that were causing lock ups
- A few more premade HCD files added to archive
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jul.2008
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AmigaOS 4.1: First public demonstrations (Update)
According to Massimiliano "m3x" Tretene by ACube Systems today the announced Amiga OS 4.1 is supposed to be shown at the AIConf taking place in Papozze (Italy).
The first demonstration in UK will be tomorrow on 13. July presented by the user group Amiga North Thames.
Update: (16:28, 13.07.08, snx)
As Massimiliano Tretene (Soft3, Participator of ACube Systems) confirms, at the show ACube Systems communicated the price for the upcoming AmigaOS 4.1. The suggested retail price is Euro 105 + local VAT or further taxes. The package is similar to the OS4 Classic one and will include a cardboard box, a CD with a serial number and a printed install instruction manual. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jul.2008
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Hyperion announces AmigaOS 4.1
Press release: Antwerp, Belgium - 11 July, 2008. Hyperion Entertainment is very pleased to announce that Amiga OS 4.1 has gone into final testing and is scheduled for release mid-Q3/2008. Building on the solid foundations of Amiga OS 4.0, Amiga OS 4.1 introduces a wealth of substantial new functionality which is a prerequisite for the deployment of industry standard applications on the Amiga platform.
State-of-the-art applications such as modern web-browsers, productivity software or digital imaging software typically operate on large datasets with a corresponding memory footprint which rapidly outstrips the physical memory of any computer system. Amiga OS 4.1 offers intelligent memory paging and uses transparent disk based memory - but only when you need it.
Sophisticated media content creation packages, multi media applications such as video players and 3D games have sparked a revolution in storage technology with hard-drive capacities now reaching the terabyte range. Amiga OS 4.1 introduces an all new filesystem, JXFS, the fastest and most robust filesystem available for the Amiga platform, with support for drives and partitions of multiple terabytes.
Graphics cards too have become increasingly powerful and versatile. Amiga OS 4.1 implements 3D hardware accelerated Porter/Duff image composition which is deeply integrated into the system. The upside is not only that the Amiga OS 4.1 user-interface offers unprecedented functionality and customization options such as transparent windows with arbitrary shapes. The use of a compositing engine also results in totally flicker-free screen-updates.
Building on this compositing engine is Amiga OS 4.1's implementation of the "Cairo" device-independent 2D rendering library which has become a de facto industry standard and is used in applications as diverse as Firefox 3, Java/ClassPath's SWING and even Open Office.
With these new features, Amiga OS 4.1 paves the way for countless exciting possibilities for the Amiga platform. Indeed, Amiga OS 4.1 is not only the most advanced AmigaOS incarnation to date, it is also the best way to reacquaint yourself with times when computing was fun!
A non-exhaustive list of key new functionality of Amiga OS 4.1:
- Intelligent memory paging
- Hardware compositing engine (Radeon R1xx and R2xx family)
- Implementation of the "Cairo" device-independent 2D rendering library
- Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) support for greater digital camera compatibility
- JXFS filesystem with the support for drivers and partitions of multiple terabyte size
- Improved Workbench functionality
- New and improved DOS functionality (full 64 bit support, universal notification support, automatic expunge and reload of updated disk resources)
- Improved 3D hardware accelerated screen-dragging
- Reworked AmiDock with true transparency
- Reworked Warp3D Radeon drivers with new functionality
- And much, much more.
Required hardware: AmigaOne
Required graphics card for hardware compositing: Radeon 1xx or Radeon 2xx
Recommend graphics card: Radeon 9250
Amiga OS 4.1 will ship in a cardboard package (box preview) and will be distributed world-wide by Acube Systems Srl. Details on pricing and availability will be forthcoming.
Screenshots:
Beneath a Steel Sky
Transparent windows
New Workbench features
DvPlayer (cg) (Translation: snx)
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11.Jul.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Freeze 1.1
Christian Rosentreter's Freeze is a small commandline command to freeze (suspend) tasks or processes. A frozen task is still available in the system, but doesn't consume CPU time anymore.
Freezing a task can be useful if the task misbehaves (e.g. if the task starts to busyloop and does not let have other tasks a turn frequently enough and hence renders the system unusable).
There are similiar tools available already. F.ex. iKill (comes with MorphOS 2.0) can be used for the same purpose. But iKill needs an intution window to find the task, so does not work at all for window-less tasks. Further the well-known system monitor Scout offers in its tasklist window the possibility to freeze and activate tasks, but in case of a busyloop situation Scout can takes ages to load and initialize before it's possible to freeze a misbehaving task.
Freeze can be used from commandline and without any mouse interaction. It's very small and does not require any extra dependecies. It should load even in a worst case situation relatively fast.
To find a PID of a task or process the tasklist command (also provided by MorphOS 2.0) can be utilized from the commandline easily.
Download: freeze-1.1.lha (3 KB) (snx)
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11.Jul.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS-Team: Homepage reworked
The operating system MorphOS version 2.0 was published a week ago and now the homepage was redesigned as well.
Now you can find there an introduction of some components and functions, the Help Desk, the Download section and a list of all current and former members of the team.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Jul.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Website of ports "Will This Survive" moved
The website "Will This Survive" has moved to back2roots.org. You can there download the ports for free that means you do not have to write poems for it any longer.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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08.Jul.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Lucy 2.22
With version 2.22 of the transparency patch Lucy for MorphOS 2.0 you can now leave out single windows by theit taks titles. You can also leave out windows without names like AmiNetRadio.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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08.Jul.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Cave Story ported
Cave Story (Doukutsu Monogatari, Wikipedia, trailer, Fan site) is a ein Japanese action adventure by Daisuke 'Pixel' Amaya (Interview) which fans translated into English.
THe SDL-/Linux-port by Peter Mackay and Simon Parzer was now compiled by Peter 'Xeron' Gordon and Johan 'Spot' Samuelsson to AmigaOS 4. Similar to the Linux version the preference program is missing here as well. If you want to run the game in a window then simply rename the file config.dat.
Download: cavestory.lha (916 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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08.Jul.2008
Symphonic Shades-Webseite (ANF)
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Chris Hülsbeck: Symphonic Shades album announced
Press release: It is clear: An Album will be produced with all the tracks of the "Symphonic Shades - Hülsbeck in Concert" event. The concert at WDR on 23. August 2008 will be dedicated to one of the most famous composers of computer and video game music: Chris Hülsbeck.
The album has a play time of 70 minutes and will be published few months after the concerts. The price is 22,00 EUR (RRP). You can order in advance from now on by MAZ Sound Tools GmbH.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2008
scacom.de.vu (ANF)
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Fanzine: English.SCACOM, issue 3
English.SCACOM is an English PDF magazine about computers developed by Commodore. The third issue has 34 pages and offers the following articles:
- Picture of the month
- News
- Gold Quest 4
- Interview with Thorsten Schreck
- SCACOM Disk
- Making of Nyaaaah! 11
- Giana Worlds
- Aztec Challenge
- 1541 Ultimate
- Best C64 Games List
- Baracudas story
- Bill Gates and Commodore
- Interesting things
- Background picture
- Poll / Computerstory / Feedback
- Word search
- Game Show / SCACOM
- Disk-cover for „Nyaaaah! 11"
- 10 reasons / Some final pictures
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2008
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MorphOS: Multimedia keys requests with deluxe 0.9
Deluxe written by Christian Rosentreter is a commodity with which you can test multimedia keys of keyboards. The author said that he could add some additional features if requested.
deluxe-0.9.lha (26 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2008
Martin (DaFreak) Rebentisch (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #104
Yesterday the scene group Liquid Skies published its 104th musicpack. This time it includes a music track called "Sky Angel" composed by Maxus. The cover was created by Angeldust.
Here some further information:
- Title: Sky Angel
- Artist: Maxus
- Stily: Trance
- Play time: 5:57
- Format: mp3 @ 128 kbps
- Size: 5.5 MB (ZIP-packed)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2008
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MorphOS: SMS-/GameGear-Emulator SMSPlus 1.4
SMSPlus emulates Sega's Master System as well as the GameGear-console. Changes in version 1.4:
- Shortened the commodity description line
- Clones Ambient resolution in full screen + Overlay
- Audio channels only allocated while emulation is running
- Added compact mode
- Added BG pattern toggle
- Added video sync option
- Cleaner sound channel termination
- Fixed MUI colors to work with most configs
- Added rompath selector
- Made gui resizable and fixed spacing
- Added 1 and 2 player joypad configs
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Instant Messenger: SabreMSN Alpha 28
James 'jahc' Carroll has published another alpha version of his Instant Messenger for the MSN-network (screenshots: 1, 2, 3, 4). The changes in alpha 28 are included in the readme. SabreMSN is available for Amiga 3/4 and MorphOS.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2008
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MorphOS: MPlayer 1.0 (SVN) with Altivec support
Fabien Coeurjoly has published a new version of his MorphOS port of the media player MPlayer. The port is based on the sources of the current beta version from 30th June. For the first time there is an Altivec support which requires MorphOS 2.0 and which supports the Altivec-units of a G4-processor.
Direkter Download:
MPlayer-1.0-svn-2008.06.30.lha (8,1 MB)
MPlayer-1.0-svn-2008.06.30.altivec.lha (8,4 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Jul.2008
amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmigaSYS: New distribution for E-UAE
AmigaSYS is a preinstalled Workbench for different Amiga emulators. Additionally only a file with the Kickstart-ROM as well as at least a Workbench-disk of version 3.x are required.
Now there is a new version of the emulator (Mac OS X, Linux, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS). Additionally the website of the AmigaSYS-project was reworked.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Jul.2008
Amiga Arena (ANF)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with "pornophonique"
"pornophonique" have nothing to do with the Amiga but in 2007 they published their album "8-bit lagerfeuer" which used sounds from GameBoy and C64 and combined them with guitar and singing.
Titles like "SpaceInvaders", "Lemminge in love" or "Sad Robot" speake for itself.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Jul.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Origyn Web Browser 2.1
Jörg Strohmayer has published a new version of his port of the Origyn Web Browser which is now based on the latest version of OWB called "DoDuo".
DoDuo uses the latest version of the rendering-engine Webkit which has a highly improved XHTML-compatibility. Additionally several bugs were fixed.
The AmigaOS-4-port of DoDuo has been not still adapted to AmigaOS in this way like OWB 1.24 because all Amiga specific changes muste be still implemented.
Changes in OWB 2.1:
- AmigaOS4 SharedTimer implementation
- AmigaOS4 intuition Events implementation
- AmigaOS4 WebViewPrivate implementation
- AmigaOS4 OWBLauncher with ReAction tool bar
- Small changes for AmigaOS4 in various parts
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Jul.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Nintendo emulator FCEU 1.3
Kelly Samel has published a new version of his MorphOS-port of FCE Ultra which is an emulator of the Nintendo Entertainment Systems (NES) (screenshot).
New in version 1.3:
- Fixed MUI colors to work with most configs
- Shortened the commodity description line
- Clones Ambient resolution in full screen + Overlay mode
- Audio channels allocated only while emulation is running
- Added compact gui mode
- Added BG pattern toggle
- Added video sync option
- Borders filled black in fullscreen mode
- Cleaner sound channel termination
- Alternate gfx set by Christophe Delorme added in archive
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Jul.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: GenesisPlus 1.4
GenesisPlus is an emulator of the Sega game console MegaDrive (Genesis) and in version 1.4 it now also runs under MorphOS 2.0.
Changes:
- FullScreen + Overlay mode clones the Ambient resolution
- Fixed MUI colors to work with most configs
- Added video sync option (fix screen tear on some systems)
- Added compact gui mode
- Option to remove background patterns
- Improvements to the spacing and resizing of gui elements
- Audio channels are allocated only while emulation is running
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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06.Jul.2008
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Lucy 2.0
In version 2.0 the transparency patch Lucy can now ignore front and toolbar windows and windows just by their window title.
Additionally the documentation has been reworked and explains now which possibilities Lucy offers under MorphOS 2.0.
Download: Lucy.lha (25 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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06.Jul.2008
Amiga.org (website)
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PCMCIA drivers: prism2.device and etherlink3.device
Beta versions of prism2.device and etherlink3.device (a replacement for 3c589.device) that support PCMCIA cards under AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS have been released by Neil Cafferkey. The author thanks Chris McGonagle for testing several versions of the AmigaOS 4 drivers on a PPC-equipped A1200 as he does not own such hardware himself.
Be sure to install the provided 68k pccard.library in LIBS:. Further information about installation, compatible cards and contact details can be found in the older prism2 and 3c589 archives on Aminet.
Download:
pcmcia_drivers.lha (86 KB) (snx)
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06.Jul.2008
Martin Merz (ANF)
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New Masonicons
Martin "Mason" Merz has published new and reworked icons in AmigaOS 4-format. If you want to support Merz you can send his son Max something from his Amazon wish list.
The new pictograms:
- AmiTransformatorMI - an icon and drawer set for Amitransformator
- CubicIDEMI - an icon and drawer set for CubicIDE
- DevMI (UPDATE) - an update of the basic default icons set for Developers
- SashimiMI - an icon set (on/off) for Sashimi
- DefIconsMI (UPDATE) - a collection of new default icons
- DiavoloMI - an icon and drawer set for Diavolo Backup
- Disks&FoldersMI (UPDATE) - a update of the disks and folders archive
- DrawersMI - a collection of drawer icons
- MegaDMI - an icon and drawer set for MegaD
- MySpellcheckerMI - an icon for MySpellchecker
- ImageFXMI - a full icon and drawer set for ImageFX
- PhotogenicsMI - an icon and drawer set for Photogenics
- ProperCropperMI - a icon and drawer set for ProperCropper
- TVPaintMI - a full icon and drawer set for TVPaint
- EOMI - an icon and drawer set for Everyday Organiser
- MGEdMI - an icon and drawer set for MicroGoldEd
- XBaseMI - an icon and drawer set for XBase
- TubexxMI - a full icon set with images for Tubexx
- MuchMoreMI - an icon and drawer set for MuchMore
- AmiDynDNSMI - an icon and drawer set for AmiDynDNS
- AmRSSMI - a full icon set with images for AmRSS
- WetMI - an icon and drawer set for Wet
Hint: Usually the pictograms partly are not in AmigaOS - but in PNG-format. Therefore it is recommended to install the PNG-plugins. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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05.Jul.2008
Sven Dröge (ANF)
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Programming: AmiBlitz³ 3.1
After a long time of development and tests today the final release of version 3.1 of the Basic developing environment AmiBlitz³ was published. The archive runs out-of-the-box and can be downloaded uner the title link.
Additional to the documentation several source code examples are included. If you have questions or or suggestions you can use the forum under amiforce.de.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.Jul.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Metacompiler: PortablE r2
Christopher Handley's metacompiler PortablE translates the programming language E to other ones. Through this long E-programs are supposed to be converted into forms which can be used by more platforms than before.
Version r2 of the program has been written in E and compiles itself. It works under AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, AROS and MorphOS.
Changes:
- Programs can now be compiled on an OS4 machine, thanks to support for GCC v4 & NewLib
- Programs can now be run from Workbench, and "wbmessage" is supported
- Shell return codes are now support, by returning a value from main()
- Added a Run Time Type Information (RTTI) system for classes
- Fixed several bugs, including an OS4-specific one
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.Jul.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS 2.0: Help Desk, compatibility list, screenshots
Under the title link the MorphOS developing team has established a Help Desk which replies frequently asked questions.
In the forum of MorphZone users started threads to software-compatibilities and further screenshots. The last mentioned one includes also a detailed pictorial documentation published by the MorphOS-team-member Christian 'tokai' Rosentreter.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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