16.Feb.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Word Me Up XXL
"Word Me Up XXL" developed by Boing Attitude combines arcade and puzzle elements (screenshot of the PacMan-level). The game is now available for AmigaOS 4 and has 60 levels. It is available in German English, French, Italian, Polish, Russian, Swedish and Spanish.
A version for MorphOS is in progress and a support for AROS is planned. For testing purposes there is a free demo version which is limited to four leverls.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Feb.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Origyn Web Browser 1.10
Jörg Strohmayer has published an update of Origyn Web Browser (screenshot). OWB now includes a simple toolbar. AISS is supported for it. The changes in version 1.10:
- Added tooltypes for the window size (WIDTH and HEIGHT). The sizes are for the web view, not the complete window
- Stop gadget is disabled now after loading a page is completed
- The 4th and 5th mouse buttons are used for back/forward now
- Added tooltip support (displayed in the progress bar as well)
- Changed some font engine parameters, the fonts look better now IMHO
- Added support for a fallback font (tooltype UNICODEFONT, default Bitstream Cyberbit) which is used for missing glyphs in the normal fonts
- Disabled all stdio output if OWB is started from workbench
- Changed the network settings to the normal values again (at most 5 connections instead of the 25 used in previous versions which may be rejected by some sites). On most pages it's fast enough now, but since especially on large pages with lots of images without sizes, for example most forums, the rerendering of the pages after each completed (image) load still slowed it down a *lot* I changed it to only (re)render the pages after everything was loaded, or every 5 seconds. Although it makes loading most pages much faster, it can cause way too long delays on interactive sites loading additional data like http://maps.google.com/ instead. Since that's only the case on a few sites I guess it's better that way, and when/if OWB gets much faster the 5 seconds can be decreased.
- Back/forward gadgets are disabled now while loading, and if there is nothing in the history to go to
- Updated to SVN revision 239 (BMP image decoder added)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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16.Feb.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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RNO Records: 100. Musicdisk
The Finnish Amiga demo group RNO has published the 100. Musicdisk. This can be played on each Amiga with AGA or RTG as well as under AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.
The tracks were composed by the RNO-members DENSHO, RM, ROZ, XNI and ZANY as well as by GOTO80 fom Up Rough asguest star. Additionally the Musicdisk includes one game.
Download:
rno-r100.lha (3,7 MB)
rno-r100_hdf.zip (3,8 MB, WinUAE-Hardfile)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Feb.2008
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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Team AROS: DHCP-Bounty established
Under the title link you can donate for a DHCP-client for AROS.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Feb.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future survey
Press release We want to improve the Amiga Future print magazine with every edition. To do that we need to know what you think about it and what we should change in the magazine to improve it for all.
That's why we started a survey called "What is your interest in the Amiga Future magazine?" at the title link. There's an option to write a comment in the survey such as the reason why you don't read it. Of course the survey is anonymous.
We ask all users to join in and give their views, so we get the best opportunity to improve the magazine. (snx)
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13.Feb.2008
Gonnie (ANF)
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MorphOS: The Goonies 1.0.1
Herbert "HAK" Klackl has ported the SDL-based new edition of the MSX classic The Goonies (which is not the old C64 game) to MorphOS (screenshot).
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.Feb.2008
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PowerPoint-viewer: PointRider 0.50
PointRider is a SDL-based PowerPoint-viewer for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. Changes in ersion 0.50:
- Bilinear interpolation to scale images
- Right fonts are used if available on the system
- Font rendering using paragraph attributes (alignment, color, size,
bold/italic/underline)
- Display of inherited objects from the master slide
- Improved background
support: several shade types
- Splitted the main file to have a independant
graphic engine (only SDL at the moment)
- AmiUpdate support (OS4 only)
- MeltingPoint: Added text support, background, inherited objects, ... and all improvements from the PointRider engine !
- Internal statistic module: number of slides, images, images resized per bpp, total time
- Many memory leaks fixed
- More internal debugging features and a Ruby script to run a whole group of files in debug mode
- graphical launcher in MUI
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Feb.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Tooltype 1.3
"Tooltype" written by Christian Rosentreters is a little program with which you can edit the tooltypes which are included in the pictogram files (#?.info). In version 1.3 now NewIcons are supported, too.
Download: tooltype-1.3-morphos.lha (4,7 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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12.Feb.2008
Ron van Schaik (ANF)
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Event: CGG Commodore Show (Netherlands)
At the next C= Show of the dutch Commodore Gebruikersgroep in Maarssen, February 16, the C64 projects DC2N, 1541 IDE and 1541-Ultimate will be shown.
Also there will be a Commodore and Amiga sales corner and a tinker workshop. (snx)
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12.Feb.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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IRC-client: WookieChat 2.9 beta 10
James "jahc" Carroll has published another beta version of his MUI-based IRC-client WookieChat. You can read the changes in the changelog.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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11.Feb.2008
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AmigaOS 4: Origyn Web Browser 1.9 (Update)
Jörg Strohmayer has published an update of the Origyn Web Browser. From this version on the OWB-window will be not created by the SDL but directly opnend as Intuition-window geöffnet (screenshot). OWB includes a simple toolbar. For these toolbar graphics wird AISS is supported. The changes in detail:
- Implemented the shared timer for AmigaOS4
- Added a workaround for libxml2 depending on the cygnix libiconv, it should no longer need a Cygnix: assign
- Implemented the graphics device for AmigaOS4, it's now using an intuition window instead of a SDL one
- Implemented intuition event handling
- Implemented the mouse pointers for AmigaOS4, added a help pointer
- Forms with target "_blank" are opened the same frame as well now
- Added a simple toolbar (back, forward, stop, url and google search)
Hint: If you want to use OWB on a seperate screen you must create a new screen called "OrigynWebBrowser" under Prefs/Screens.
Update: (22:03, 12.02.08, snx)
Meanwhile, version 1.9 is available already. Changes:
- To open OWB on an own screen you can define a screen in Prefs/Screens with the name "OrigynWebBrowser" (was supported in 1.8 already, I just forgot to mention it in the release notes)
- Fixed return/enter not working in text areas
- Cursor left/right for scrolling in too wide pages works now
- Added progress bar with status bar text
- The window title is changed to the page title now
- URL string gadget is updated when loading a new page
- Added tooltype support, you can configure the home page (HOME) and minimum font size (MINFONTSIZE) now
- Added home gadget
- Search engine is configurable now (SEARCH tooltype)
- With <ALT> pressed you can scroll horizontally with the vertical mouse wheel now
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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11.Feb.2008
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Computer History Museum: Interview mit Jack Tramiel (englisch)
In occasion of the 25th anniversary event of the rollout of the C64 organized by the Computer History Museum was on December10/2007 among others Jack Tramiel interviewed, as founder and Executive Director of Commodore during the time before the Amiga-take over. Linked to the header is a video of this discussion.
A short but writen form of this interview is available by news.com . (snx) (Translation: aj)
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11.Feb.2008
Tomasz Wiszkowski (E-Mail)
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Burnprogram: Frying Pan 1.3
Tomasz Wiszkowski released today his version 1.3 of his CD- and DVD-burn program. Frying Pan is available for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS.
Changes:
- Disc image handling has been added - you can use cue or nrg images
(although certain track formats may still be unsupported due to
'closed format' of NRG structure)
- CD masterizing goes one step ahead with indices (available primarily
with cue only)
- Certain Toshiba, Panasonic and Plextor drives are now supported
- MP3 issue has been resolved on PPC platforms (original includes
still don't feature adequate __attribute__'s)
- Bug fixes
- UI improvements
(snx) (Translation: aj)
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11.Feb.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Ars Technica: A history of the Amiga, part 6
In Part 6 of the Amiga Storie wrotes Jeremy Reimer under the title "Stopping the bleeding" among other about the Commodore-showdown 1985/86, Electronic Arts and the Magazin "Amiga World".
In this articles the author explaines, "what was Amiga, for the developers and users and why - in defiance to his early dead [from the vantage point of the present] - was the influence to the computer industry so big". (snx) (Translation: aj)
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10.Feb.2008
amigafuture.de (Web page)
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AmigaGuide/HTML viewer: strangé 0.18
strangé is a MUI-based AmigaGuide/HTML viewer based on HTMLView.mcc. Changes in version 0.18:
- Changes to options.c to load prefs faster
- Changes to prefs,c to handle prefs faster
- Added a "table detail pen", even if not used atm
- Rewrite the code to use SDI_#? for easy porting, but
rewrote some SDI_#? stuff, because they handle mos in
a very bad way
- With the help of Fulvio Peruggi, I finally found the bug
that made local html pages not be load for many: it was
some htmlview datatype fault. Now strangé should open any
local html file easly
- Again with the help of Fulvio, fixed a bug with some fancy
Amigaguide docs LINK parsing
- Fixed documents color handling
- Added BACKDROP option
- Added FANCY option for MorphOS version only, try it out :P
- MorphOS version iconify is now done in app subclass: the
main window is not closed, but hidden, so that loading
and pics rendering continues even when iconified
- Added AlwaysShowTabs prefs option: tab titles is present
even if just one tab is present
- Revisited local and online docs
- Many other minor bug fixes and changes
strangé is available for MorphOS and AmigaOS 3, meanwhile, both versions offer the same range of functions again. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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10.Feb.2008
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ACube Systems: Minimig available
Press release:
Bassano del Grappa (Italy), February 10, 2008.
ACube Systems is happy to be able to announce the availability of the anxiously awaited Minimig systems.
The Minimig can be ordered directly from ACube Systems and before long, will be purchasable from other dealers as well. Two versions are available:
- Fully populated motherboard with 1 GB SD card for 138 euros
- Fully populated motherboard with 1 GB SD card and compatible power supply for 149 euros
Both versions include a short installation manual in four languages (English, German, Italian and French). The prices do not include shipping costs and taxes.
Please send your orders via E-Mail to info@acube-systems.com. Due to high demand, up to seven workdays may pass between the receipt of the order and the shipment. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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10.Feb.2008
Roland Heyder (ANF)
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MakeHTMLMap 5.100
Roland 'RhoSigma' Heyder's MakeHTMLMap supports web designers in creating online galleries and webshops.
In addition to essential changes concerning used or supported third party software - for example SView5, which made rapid development with almost weekly updates in the past weeks and months - (improvements) as well as some detailed enhancements were carried out in MakeHTMLMap in version 5.100: thus, for example, created layouts can now be saved and loaded separately, and also the Quick-Index function now works a little more sensibly and positions the sought picture at the beginning of the visible browser area.
Download: MakeHTMLMap.lha (1.7 MB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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09.Feb.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Tooltype 1.2
"Tooltype" written by Christian Rosentreter is a little program with you can edit the tooltypes which are included in the pictogram files (#?.info).
Download: tooltype-1.2-morphos.lha (3,8 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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