01.Feb.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Origyn Web Browser 1.7
Jörg Strohmayer has published a new version of the SDL-browser OWB (screenshot). Changes in version 1.7:
- Implemented the font system for AmigaOS4. Make sure outline fonts you installed yourself have the families set (in the Files tab in TypeManager)
- Reenabled GIF animations, with the much faster fonts they are no longer such a big problem, at least if there are only a few animations on a page
- Updated to SVN revision 236
- Added Andrea's ARexx port (hostname: OWB, commands: OPENURL "url", STOP, GOBACK, GOFORWARD)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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31.Jan.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: SDL 1.2.11 (bugfix)
Richard Drummond has published an update of the multimedia library SDL. SDL is supposed to make it programmers easy to develop portable applications and is used by several Open-Source games.
The latest update includes two minor bug fixes (changelog).
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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31.Jan.2008
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RSS-viewer: amrss 5.57
Alfonso Ranieri has published an update of his RSS-viewer amrss. For AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS amrss is offered as full as well as light version. The MorphOS versions require MUI 4.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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31.Jan.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Linux: Kernel 2.6.16.60 for AmigaOne computers
Under the title link the Linux-Kernel 2.6.16.60 for AmigaOne computers published. The support for the SmartFileSystem was compiled as modul as well.
According to Gerhard Pircher a Mac-on-Linux-Paket (0.9.72) is also available for this kernel. Users of kernel version 2.6.8 can find the same MoL version in the corresponding sub directory under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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31.Jan.2008
Jools "BuZz" Smyth (ANF)
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New, Wiki based version of ExoticA
ExoticA is about "retro": Scans of old games, Amiga and C64 soundtracks, pictograms for WHDLoad-Installs and much more. Exotica currently consists of 8000 sites.
After two years the transfer of the complete site to a so called Wiki has been finished. According to the authors some few sections have little problems but the users are already very welcome to complete the Wiki with further information or to fix bugs in existing entries.
Under old.exotica.org.uk you can still access the old version of the site but it is not supported any longer.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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31.Jan.2008
(ANF)
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AROS: New WinAROS version
With WinAros it is possible to test the operating system AROS under Windows and to check out programs which were developed with AmiDevCpp.
The virtual harddrive contains now two partitions: One 20 MB FFS-partition with the boot files and a second 480 MB SFS-partition with the AROS installation. WinAROS does not include additional applications but a simple AROS Installation - you can install further applications with WinArosStart.
WinAROS is set up with the help of a Windows like installation program. A deinstallation program is also part of the distribution.
Direct download: WinAros012008.exe (38,3 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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30.Jan.2008
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4: First beta version of PFTP 0.1
Peter Gordon's PFTP which is a FTP-client for AmigaOS 4 has changed its alpha status to beta.
Changes since the last alpha version:
- It's no longer alpha (dancing bananas...)
- Cool new about window
- PFTP is now completely localised (.cd file included)
- Added an Amiga version string
- New toolbars at the top of the directory windows
- Now properly searches the system search path for ssh when run from WB (thanks to Fredrik Wikström for the report)
- You can now retry or delete transfers from the
aborted transfer list
- Should now start up a bit faster when you start
it for the first time after a boot (its gone
from ~4 seconds to ~2 seconds here)
- PFTP now works a lot better in smaller modes like
640x480 and 800x600 provided you don't have huge
fonts I guess... (and i remember when 800x600
was huge)
- There is now proper documentation
Download: pftp.lha (699 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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30.Jan.2008
AROS-Exec (Webseite)
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Team AROS: USB-Soundcard bounty
Another Team-AROS-Bounty has been started: You can now donate thus in furture an isochronous USB-transfer will be supported as well as for a driver for USB-soundcards.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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29.Jan.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: eVe, Preview 2
"eVe" is an action/roleplay game written by Kelly Samel (screenshots: 1, 2, 3).
The current update requires the first preview. Some bugs were fixed and besides this the player now starts with two additional "Def Points".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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29.Jan.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP: Current projects in 2008
Press release APC&TCP 2008: This year APC&TCP have plans for many Amiga projects. We would like to offer you a brief outline of our plans:
AmiATLAS
Many people doubted there would be any further development but we want you to know that it is still intended to be released, but in small updates. You should be aware that it is one of the most complex projects for the Amiga. Thousands of files have to be accounted for, updated and maintained. Future versions will require AmigaOS4 and will use a brand new ReAction GUI. Furthermore there will be support for many new file formats making the transfer between different platforms easier.
Amiga Guru Book
The German Amiga Guru Book has been available from us for some time.
That's why many users asked us if we could make the English one available as well.
The English version is going to be completed later in 2008, but due to lack of time, it will be around the middle of the year when it is ready, but it will eventually be finished.
CygnusED
Of course the development of CygnusED is also continuing. A new update is already in the pipeline but it will take some time to complete. We are also on the look-out for a competent developer for the MorphOS version.
DigiBoosterPro
An additional developer has been working on DigiBoosterPro for some time now. This has made development much quicker than was at first anticipated. Currently we think that we can give you a detailed status report in 2-3 months. Maybe even sooner... and if everything goes smoothly, there will be a version of DigiBoosterPro for 68k, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and even AROS.
Desert Racing
Actually a version of Desert Racing for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS has been planned for some time. Unfortunately the developer responsible for the game is very busy at the moment. That's why we are currently looking for a new programmer. Desert Racing has been written in BlitzBasic. Anyone interested in assisting with this development is invited to contact us.
Flyin' High
Currently we are working on an AmigaOS 4 version of Flyin' High. However it's not ceertain whether the port will ever be finished. We can only say that someone is working on it, but there is no promise that it will eventually be released. Many people have asked us if we were going to release a sequel to Flyin' High. The problem is we have no available developers to continue the work at a steady pace, and even less graphic artists. So sorry, at this point there is not likely to be a sequel to Flyin' High.
MED Soundstudio
Here the development has been long and drawn out, mainly due to the lack of time and technical problems, but this year it should finally be completed.
Amiga Future
With issue 70 the Amiga Future has reached 10 years old. That's a tremendous reason for us to celebrate. As well as the 6 issues of the print magazine intended for this year 2008, the Amiga Future homepage is going to be greatly enhanced and will contain lots of new features and content. In fact, we believe that the size of the Amiga Future homepage will double. We hope that the hits will rise like they have done over the past 12 months.
Is there any more news?
Currently we are in negotiations with people regarding various projects which we want to publish for the Amiga. New projects, mergers and aquisitions, ports and others, but nothing is set in stone at this point. However, you can be sure that there will be many new releases from APC&TCP in 2008. (snx)
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29.Jan.2008
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Amiga Inc.: BitByBit Founder to Enhance Development Team
Press release Issaquah, Wash. - January 28, 2008 – Amiga, the pioneer in computer gaming, announced today that it has added Jamie Krueger to its development team. Krueger founded BITbyBIT Software Group LLC in 2004, and will bring his knowledge of the Amiga platform to bear on future product development.
"Amiga has gathered a team of highly skilled and motivated developers, with a focus on writing innovative software, and I am very pleased to be joining their ranks as a full time member", said Mr. Krueger. "I first started my software company three years ago with the goal of getting more developers to write software using Amiga technologies. Now, working for Amiga directly, I am looking forward to helping do just that from the inside."
Amiga has been a recognized player in the computer gaming industry since the 1980s and has recently re-introduced their Classic Games for use with Windows PC hardware., Amiga plans to expand their Classic offerings to include several hundred titles available by the end of this year, and will soon announce new advances with the release of AmigaAnywhere version 2.
"We’re excited to have Jamie join our team", said Bill McEwen, president of Amiga. "We have a lot of great things happening and a lot of new software to ship. Jamie will help us expand product development immensely."
About Amiga
Amiga, Inc., initially founded in 1983 and re-established in 2000, is a computer software company with a rich heritage in game development and a focus on forging a path for multimedia platform development and hardware-independent technologies. For almost two decades Amiga’s software has been a mainstay for motion picture studios, multimedia creators, and digital entertainment enthusiasts around the world. For more information, visit www.amiga.com.
Press Contact
Ann Revell-Pechar
Revell-Pechar, Inc.
C: +1-404-550-0802
O: +1-678-691-0533
ann@revellpechar.com (snx)
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29.Jan.2008
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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7-Zip-XAD-Client 1.4
Chris Young has published an update of his XAD-plugin for extracting most of the 7-Zip-archives which does not only work faster but is now available for AmigaOS 4 as well as for AmigaOS/68k.
Download: xad_7z.lha (75 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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29.Jan.2008
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Youtube: Updates of Tubexx (OS4) and getVideo (update)
After publishing the MorphOS-version of the Youtube tool Tubexx now the OS4-port was updated, too.
The ARexx script getVideo written by Jürgen Lucas was also updated. With getVideo you can save video clips provided by diverse portals - e.g. Youtube - to your harddrive or play them with MPlayer.
Update (30.01.2008, 3 a.m.)
Obviously there are changes at Youtube again. Tubexx was adapted and and the update is available on Aminet.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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29.Jan.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Vector drawing program MindSpace 1.1 (beta)
MindSpace is a drawing program with which you can create spider diagrams, UML-diagrams, Mindmaps or vector picture (screenshot).
For registered users there is a first beta version of Mindspace 1.1 which supports text boxes with several lines (screenshot). Additionally some bugs were fixed concerning the memory.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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28.Jan.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: ffmpegGUI 1.1
ffmpegGUI is a grafical user interface for the Video-Converter ffmpeg (Screenshot). New in Version 1.1:
- Added tab for support of video cropping, padding and pad color commands
- Fixed start offset (-ss) command so it is correctly issued before the input file (-i) option
- Added checkbox to turn on and off gadget help. Off by default
- Adjusted "Output Format:" label spacing
- Modified VCD, SVCD, DVD, predefined setups to use 2 channel (stereo) audio by default
- Modified save and load settings to support the new commands
- Modified load settings to support proper loading of old settings files
- Moved predefined saved setups into a new directory under settings directory
- Added routine to capture ffmpeg output. Thanks to "Ami603" for generic function
- Added code to display formatted ffmpeg output in a list gadget displayed in a new tab (Not activiated yet due to issues with ffmpeg's output)
- Added ability to identify if input file video is mpeg1 (mpeg1video)
- Modified PAD gadgets to disallow setting which will cause ffmpeg to crash when video is mpeg1
- Added 'k' to video and audio bitrate values to make compatable with new and old versions of ffmpeg
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27.Jan.2008
amigaworld.net (Web page)
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AROS: E-Mailer SimpleMail Light 0.32 (Beta)
Michael Grundits is releasing a first beta version of the mail client SimpleMail for AROS (screenshot). The archive only contains the main program, so a complete distribution of SimpleMail is additionally required. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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27.Jan.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Subversion 1.4.2 / 1.4.6
In his "Release Thread" under the title link, Christian 'tokai' Rosentreter discloses the availability of two MorphOS compilations of the version control program SVN.
The problems in the MorphOS edition of version 1.4.2 are ironed out, whereas the port of the current version 1.4.6 is still untested. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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27.Jan.2008
Amigaharry (ANF)
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MorphOS: Gread 1.0i
Tom 'Amigaharry' Duin's textviewer Gread has been bugfixed, since the screen has not been unlocked before. Also an overwrite requester has been added. (snx)
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27.Jan.2008
amigafuture.de (Web page)
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IRC Client: WookieChat 2.9 beta 6
James "jahc" Carroll is making available a new beta version of his MUI-based IRC client WookieChat. Changes can be inferred from the changelog. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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27.Jan.2008
Airsoft Softwair, Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood 3: Evolution released
Press release: Airsoft Softwair are proud to annouce the immediate availability of Hollywood 3: Evolution. This is a major update which brings along many new features and general improvements over Hollywood 2.5. The most important new feature is that Hollywood can now compile native executables for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS. Yes, that's right. You can now save your Hollywood projects as fully stand-alone programs for Windows and Mac OS!
This is made possible by the new HAL (Hollywood Abstraction Layer) introduced in Hollywood 3. And thanks to Hollywood's cross-compiler, you do not even need to have these operating systems running. You can cross-compile Mac OS and Windows binaries from every system that Hollywood runs on. This makes it possible to create full-blown Mac OS or Windows applications from your AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS, or WarpOS installation of Hollywood. The Mac OS and Windows applications created by Hollywood are completely stand-alone and do not need any additional libraries. They use the OS API directly, thus giving you the best speed possible without any overhead. They will work on any system that runs at least Windows 2000 or Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger).
Furthermore, the Mac OS and Windows versions use Hollywood's new ACL (Amiga Compatibility Layer). This means that they can handle many Amiga file formats like IFF ILBM, IFF ANIM, IFF 8SVX, IFF 16SV, Protracker modules and Amiga bitmap fonts. Thus, your scripts will run straight out of the box on Windows and Mac OS because Hollywood can open all these Amiga specific formats.
Besides these huge two new features Hollywood 3 has several other cool new features. Here is a non-exhaustive list of new features in Hollywood 3:
- Hollywood can compile Mac OS X programs now!
- Hollywood can compile Windows programs now!
- Switch between fullscreen and window via hotkey
- Iconify Hollywood scripts to the Workbench
- All Hollywood scripts are commodities now (controllable via Exchange)
- Improved sound library
- Cool new features in the DOS library
- New animation library: animation.datatype no longer necessary
- Direct access to the command line arguments
- More flexible control over Hollywood's appearance
- General code optimization and clean-up
- Support for new sound streaming formats
- Support for HAM6 and HAM8 animations
- Eight new example scripts (over 50 in total)
- Standard library set encompasses over 400 functions now!
- Lots of other changes, optimizations and bug fixes
Hollywood 3: Evolution is Airsoft Softwair's ultimate Multimedia experience and a must-have for every Amiga user who wants to use the full power that is in his machine. Hollywood is available on a CD-ROM and as a download version. If you order the download version, you will have to download an ISO image which you need to burn on CD-R then. If you already own Hollywood, you can buy a discounted upgrade version.
Screenshots of Hollywood 3 in action (on Mac OS X and WinXP, among others) can be found on the Airsoft Softwair Homepage.
Hollywood is the ultimate bridge between all the different AmigaOS compatible platforms and the other two modern desktop systems, Windows and Mac OS! With Hollywood, you can save programs for all those platforms. You do not have to have AmigaOS4 or AROS, you can save programs for these platforms also from your AmigaOS3 installation! You do not need to have Mac OS X, you can still compile your programs for it using your AmigaOS or MorphOS installation. Only Hollywood makes it possible. If you want to learn more about Hollywood, please visit the Hollywood product information which also contains a full feature list of Hollywood.
All this makes Hollywood The Cross-Platform Multimedia Application Layer. Join the Multimedia revolution and get your personal copy of Hollywood 3: Evolution now! (cg) (Translation: cad)
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27.Jan.2008
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MorphOS: Youtube tool Tubexx 26-01-2008
Tubexx is a tool written in ARexx for youtube.com, with whose help the video portal can be searched for specific videos. The results are displayed in a thumbnail browser, videos can be streamed or downloaded.
In the latest version, Tubexx was adapted to changes on the Youtube server, which inhibited the use of the tool in the last few days. In addition, Unicode is now supported, for which the rmh.library and the codesets.library are additionally required. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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26.Jan.2008
David Brunet (ANF)
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Voting: AmigaOS/MorphOS Games Award 2007
David Brunet writes: Each year you can vote for the best AmigaOS/MorphOS game of the previous twelve monthes. Now it's time for the AmigaOS/MorphOS Games Award 2007!
To vote for the best AmigaOS/68k, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS or AROS games, you can rate them at the title link. The results will be published in ten days. (snx)
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26.Jan.2008
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: MarranoFTP 0.65
Stefano Crosara has published an update of the FTP-client MarranoFTP for AROS/x86. Among other things the support of passive transfers was added.
Download: marranoftp.zip (38 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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26.Jan.2008
Elbox (ANF)
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Elbox: Cocolino driver update for AmigaOS 4 users
Press release: ELBOX Computer has released today the new driver for the Cocolino PS/2 mouse interface. The new software is available free of charge for all registered users of the Cocolino interfaces.
The Cocolino archive includes:
- Cocolino.driver ver. 1.2
- CocolinoTest
- FreeWheel ver. 2.2.1
Changes in Cocolino.driver ver. 1.2:
- generating IDCMP messages for OS4 added
- OS4 parameter added for switching from NewMouse to IDCMP format
About Cocolino:
The Cocolino PS/2 Mouse Interface is a microprocessor-based adapter for attaching PS/2 mice, trackballs, glidepoints and radio-controlled mice from the world of PC computers. Cocolino can work with all models of Amiga computers. It simply plugs into the Amiga's mouse port. The Cocolino PS/2 Mouse Interface is a full 'plug and play' device.
No software is required for standard use (mouse movements + two buttons support). The enclosed software allows using two wheels and 3rd, 4th and 5th buttons available in many PS/2 mice and trackballs.
The Cocolino interface starts working simultaneous with the computer's start so mice can be used in the early-startup-menu (unlike the mice connected through the serial port). Cocolino uses linear movement interpolation, which makes mouse movements perfectly smooth with any screen frame rates. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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