24.Apr.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Origyn Web Browser 1.23 (Update)
Jörg Strohmayer has published another update of his port of the Origyn Web Browser. Changes in version 1.23/1.22:
- 1.23: Enabled font kerning. Looks better, but the cursor offset is wrong in text input now
- 1.23: No longer downloads application/xhtml+xml
- 1.23: The font implementations are build as shared objects now and you can choose the one you want, currently the AmigaOS4 implementation and the embedded bitmap fonts only since the freetype one doesn't work because of a bug in libexpat.so. To use the embedded bitmap fonts, which might make OWB more usable on classic Amigas although I doubt it helps much, rename libowbfont.so to libowbfontamiga.so and libowbfontembedded.so to libowbfont.so
- 1.23: Added FONTXDPI and FONTYDPI tooltypes to configure the font rendering in the AmigaOS4 font implementation and changed the defaults from 72/72 to 84/72 DPI
- 1.23: The bookmark code is in a shared object now, that way George can work on it without having to build the complete OWB himself.
- 1.22: Improved the speed of the font system a little bit
- 1.22: Improved font spacing
- 1.22: Fixed http://crashlog.os4depot.net/cl41
- 1.22: Updated curl-ca-bundle.crt
- 1.22: Disabled some gfx and scrolling optimisations as they sometimes cause gfx errors, for example clearing the top of a page without updating it again
- 1.22: Added bookmarks from George Sokianos' OWB_GUI
OWB 1.23 is an update and requires the previous version 1.21 which is available on Aminet.
Direct download: OWB.lha (2,7 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Apr.2008
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: Shuffle 1.14 for registered users
For all registered users there is an update of the MorphOS puzzle game "Shuffle" (screenshot).
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 24. Apr. 2008, 07:58] [Comments: 0]
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23.Apr.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AROS: Status-Update of SAM440-port
In his blog Michal Schulz who at the end of the last year started porting AROS to Acube's SAM440-platform told about his last progresses. A photo of the AROS-Workbench called Wanderer demonstrates that he made it to boot AROS on the PPC-Motherboard.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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23.Apr.2008
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MorphOS: Bounty-system on pegasosforum.de
Users on pegasosforum.de want to establish a bounty system.
Currently in the new section "Bounty Bay" proposals of different software projects are discussed and written.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 23. Apr. 2008, 16:34] [Comments: 0]
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23.Apr.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Milkytracker 0.90.80
Milkytracker is a clone compatible with ProTracker and FastTrackerII. It now includes an improved editor (screenshot).
The most important changes in version 0.90.80:
- Open up to 32 modules using tabs, allows simultaneous playback of different tabs, copy pattern data/instruments/samples between tabs
- New resamplers for improved sound quality: Cubic Lagrange, Cubic Spline, Fast Sinc, Precise Sinc, Amiga 500, Amiga 500 LED, Amiga 1200, Amiga 1200 LED
- Render parts of the song directly into a sample slot (from HD recorder)
You can get more information about the changes at the readme.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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23.Apr.2008
Moobunny (Forum)
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Apple bought PowerPC producer P.A. Semi
According to the economic magazine Forbes Apple has bought the processor producer P.A. Semi. It is assumed that the PowerPC-derivate will be used in future models of Apple's iPhone-mobiles.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 23. Apr. 2008, 12:53] [Comments: 0]
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22.Apr.2008
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Team AROS: New home
According to Randy 'dammy' Vice its initiative Team AROS will get a new home. From June power2PEOPLE will take charge of Team AROS.
Randy 'dammy' Vice said he himself cannot maintain the website and the corresponding mySQL database.
The monthly "Benefactor"-bounties will be finished to the 1st of May but there will not be any other changes.
power2PEOPLE is a non-profit organization led by Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck (Genesi).
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Apr.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: NewsCoaster 1.63
NewsCoaster is a MUI-based newsreader and is now available for AmigaOS 4 in version 1.63.
The source code will be available on SourceForge.net soon. Additionally there you can post bug reports.
Download: newscoaster.lha (1 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Apr. 2008, 21:33] [Comments: 0]
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22.Apr.2008
Bernd Roesch (ANF)
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AROS für AmigaOS: AfA 4.2
Under the title link Bernd Rösch has published AfA 4.2 which is a port of single AROS components for AmigaOS 3.9.
The most important changes:
- Bug fix at the skin routines which did not set the screen structur correctly.
- Improvement of the compatibility of the skin routines for FinalWriter, CyberShow and PhotoAlbum
- Bug fix and extension of morelibspace mada by Thomas Klein.
- Gadtools programse also use the new design of the scroll elements of Zune.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Apr.2008
Martin (DaFreak) Rebentisch (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #103
The scene group Liquid Skies has published its 103th musicpack. This time it includes a rack called "Just Music" which was composed by the Russian musician Alex West. The cover was designed by DaFreak.
Some further information to the track:
- Title: Just Music
- Artist: Alex West
- Style: Drum'n Bass
- Play time: 5:41
- Format: mp3 @ 128 kbps
- Size: 5.2 MB (ZIP-compressed)
You can download the file under the title link. (cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Apr. 2008, 18:35] [Comments: 0]
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22.Apr.2008
Diverse (ANF)
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Windows: Zak McKracken - between time and space
Fans of the Adventure legend Zak McKracken have developed a haben eine sequel of the Lucasfilm classic from the year 1988 (screenshots). After seven years of development the game is now available for free. The download has a size of 1,9 GB.
Download:
BitTorrent-Download
Download page at winfuture.de
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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21.Apr.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Printmagazin: Amiga Future 72 (Mai/Juni 2008), Vorschau
Pressnote: The preview and excerpts for the Amiga Future 72 (May/June 2008) are online now.
In this issue you can find recent reviews of DvPlayer, "AmiKit", Word Me Up XXL, Goonies and lots of more.
Furthermore there is an interview with the makers of Tales of Tamar.
A more detailed description of content and excerpts can be found at: http://www.amigafuture.de/kb.php?mode=article&k=2358
The Amiga Future is available as an English or German printed magazine directly from the editorial office and also some Amiga dealers.
The Amiga Future can be obtained either as a single issue or by subscription each version either with or without a cover CD.
As always you can find lots of PD software and some full versions of software/games such as Nemac IV DC on the Amiga Future cover CD.
We ask all users having an interest in this magazine to order as soon as possible, to avoid disappointment, as some previous copies have already sold out. (cg) (Translation: aj)
[News message: 21. Apr. 2008, 15:56] [Comments: 0]
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20.Apr.2008
Amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: MIDI-Sampler Phonolith 1.0
Phonolith is a software instrument created by Timo Kloss for AmigaOS 4, which plays sampled waveforms. It is usable with Horny and other CAMD based sequencers, or just a connected MIDI keyboard.
Starting with version 1.0, Phonolith is free software under the GNU General Public License (GPL) now. This decision was made because the author won't spend much time on this project anymore. He lost the need for it, because he stopped making music on Amiga. Please contact him if you are interested in the source code. A sourceforge.net project will follow.
Furthermore, the MIDI sequencer Horny is free now (but not open-source). To receive a keyfile, please contact the author.
Features of Phonolith 1.0:
- Downmixing to AIFF file
- Receives MIDI notes through camd.library
- Mixer unit with non-linear volume/panning controls and peak meters
- 16 different instruments at once
- ADSR amp envelope (non-linear decay and release curves) for each instrument
- Unlimited number of samples for each instrument, for key and velocity ranges
- Supports AIFF and WAVE sample format (only 16 bit)
- Imports Logic EXS24 instruments (PPC and Intel format)
- ReAction GUI
- Application.library support (for saving settings and registering Phonolith as application)
- Connection to Horny 1.3 for automatic project loading
- AmiUpdate support
- Locale.library support
(snx)
[News message: 20. Apr. 2008, 17:33] [Comments: 0]
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20.Apr.2008
MorphZone (Web page)
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MorphOS: Sputnik beta version 4
Marcin 'Marcik' Kwiatkowski has released a fourth beta version of his KHTML/Webcore port Sputnik for MorphOS. The specific improvements can be gathered from the changelog.
Sputnik is based on the same HTML engine as Safari (Apple) and Konqueror (KDE), whereby the program is the first browser for MorphOS with support for the formatting language CSS, among other things. (snx) (Translation: cad)
[News message: 20. Apr. 2008, 15:29] [Comments: 0]
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20.Apr.2008
Amigaworld.net (Web page)
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WinUAE: AmigaSYS 4
AmigaSYS is a pre-installed Workbench for the Amiga emulator WinUAE with many enhancements - similar to AIAB (Amiga In A Box) or AmiKit. Additionally required are merely a file with the Kickstart ROM as well as a Workbench disk of version 3.x at least.
With AmigaSYS 4, it is now possible to install AmigaOS 3.9 without 3.0 or 3.1. In addition, the installers for those three operating system versions were heavily upgraded and support five languages. You can find a list of details on the project page under the title link. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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19.Apr.2008
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Commodore International is bankrupt
Commodore is bankrupt again: The Dutch Yeahronimo Media Ventures that owns the brand was declared bankrupt this week. According to a spokesman it will appeal the court order.
Commodore claims its daily operations are not affected by the legal battle. Its branding company has no personnel. The Commodore gaming PCs are sold by Commodore Gaming which is a Joint Venture between Commodore International and The Content Factory.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Apr. 2008, 16:07] [Comments: 0]
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19.Apr.2008
(ANF)
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Cinnamon Projects: Tasks for C++-developer
With the "Cinnamon Projects" the author of the SDL-based text editing software Cinnamon Writer tries to establish a kind of private bounty system: In order to speed up the development of programs he offers low amounts of money for the development of single modules or routines to external developers - currently you can earn 100 Euro if you develop a "Printer class" for Cinnamon.
The Cinnamon Projects are financed with the bounties paid for Cinnamon Writer. The finished moduls are intellectual property of the Cinnamon-author as well as of the external developer. (cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Apr. 2008, 15:22] [Comments: 0]
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19.Apr.2008
(ANF)
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Print magazine: #Amigaguide, second issue
Currently the second issue of the English print magazine #Amigaguide is being sent to the subscibers. The free PDF-version is supposed to be avaiable in about 14 days.
You can find an outline as well as an explanation of the delay of publishing of four months of the magazine under the title link. (cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Apr. 2008, 15:02] [Comments: 0]
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19.Apr.2008
Amiga Future (ANF)
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ComicOn 1.0 downloads Comic-Strips
ComicOn 1.0 is the successor of "Garfield Strips" and downloads and shows comic-strips of different websites. ComiCon is available for AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS and AROS.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Apr. 2008, 14:54] [Comments: 0]
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19.Apr.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Origyn Web Browser 1.21 and 1.3 (Update)
The AmigaOS 4 port of the Origyn Web Browser (OWB) is now available in version 1.21.
Changes:
- Added a workaround for font releated OWB memory leaks in the AmigaOS 4 font implementation
- Fixed crashlog entries cl25 and cl37
- Speed up text rendering
- No longer uses own mouse pointer
Update: (19:18, 19.04.08, snx)
Furthermore, version 1.3 has been released for AmigaOS 3.x.
Changes:
- Ported the memory allocator used in the AmigaOS4 version to AmigaOS 3.x, requires AmigaOS 3.9 BB 2 (exec V45)
- Added more workarounds for bugs in the AmigaOS 3.x SDL library
- Implemented the font system for AmigaOS 3.x. It's currently limited to the 3 outline fonts included in AmigaOS 3.x (CGTimes, CGTriumvirate and LetterGothic)
- Implemented intuition event handling for AmigaOS 3.x, all keys should work now. Of course text input will always be limited to ISO-8859-1 on AmigaOS 3.x since it didn't support different charsets yet
- AmigaOS mouse wheel, 4th and 5th mouse button events are supported as well, but there is probably nothing for AmigaOS 3.x which can generate them
- Implemented the graphics device for AmigaOS 3.x, requires Picasso96
- Implemented a minimal replacement for the missing ICU libraries (UTF-8, ISO-8859-1 -10 and 13-16)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Apr. 2008, 06:22] [Comments: 0]
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18.Apr.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Instant Messenger SabreMSN (alpha)
James "jahc" Carroll has published a first alpha version of the Instant Messenger SabreMSN for the MSN-network (screenshot). The author points out that he has been developing the programfor only one week and therefore currently this is a version for testing purposes. For further information please have a look at the readme.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Apr. 2008, 15:56] [Comments: 0]
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