20.May.2008
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Hobby project: CompactFlash-adapter for A1000 clone
Georg Braun has developed a CompactFlash adapter for the frontal slot of his exchange mainboards of the Amiga 1000. He provides all essential files as well.
Please note that this adapter cannot be used with original Amigas: Either it is required the GB-A1000-mainboard of the developer or modified Phoenix-board.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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20.May.2008
aros-exec.org (Webseite)
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AROS: First test version of SAM440-port
Michal Schulz has published an early test version of the SAM440-port for AROS.
Currently the kernel works with 512 MB RAM, the change of the screen mode may cause instabilities and only the DVI port was tested.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.May.2008
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AROS: Frontier - Elite 2
Jason Stevens has ported GLFrontier which is a SDL-/OpenGL-based reimplementation of the Space Opera classic Frontier: Elite 2 to AROS and deleted all OpenGL dependence.
The game only uses SDL for the graphics. Currently the game only works with 8 or 24 Bit screens. The keyboard support has still some problems. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.May.2008
german-amiga-community.de (Webseite)
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Jump'nRun: Development of Mr. Beanbag not canceled
The last demo version of "Mr.Beanbag" which is a classical Jump'n'Run game was published over a year ago.
On the website of the project the developers told that Mr. Beanbag will be finished. Meanwhile many details were discussed but the game will be worth the long waiting peroid. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.May.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PDF-Magazine: Amigahellas 6 (Greek)
The sixth issue of the Greek PDF magazine Amigahellas includes the following topics:
- Configuration of DOpus Magellan 5.82
- X11 - Cygnix Review
- MySQL installation procedure for Amiga
- Epson Stylus D88 Review
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.May.2008
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Amithlon: Workbench-environment AmigaSYS
AmigaSYS is a preinstalled Workbench-environment with many extensions - similar to AIAB (Amiga In A Box) or AmiKit. Furthermore a file with the Kickstart-ROM as well as at least one Workbench disks version 3.x are required.
From now on there is a version for the emulator Amithlon as well. You can get further information to the requirements and features of the package under the title link.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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18.May.2008
Brork (ANF)
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AmigaJoker.de: The truly last PC Joker
On AmigaJoker.de, the "truly last" issue 2/2001 of the PC Joker magazine, which has never been published, has been provided as a PDF file under the title link. It comprises 15 pages and consists of the last four game tests, in addition to the cover. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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18.May.2008
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MorphOS: VLC 0.8.6f Beta 3, SearchStar 0.94
VLC 0.8.6f Beta 3
Rupert Hausberger is making available an update to his MorphOS port of the media player VLC. Changes in VLC 0.8.6f Beta 3 (further information can be gathered from the readme):
- Impemented overlay video output
- Overlay output is now enabled by default
- Adjusted thread priorities to better working values
- Added more OSD output
Download: vlc-0.8.6f-morphos_beta3.lha (7.5 MB) (alternative download link)
SearchStar 0.94
Tom "Amigaharry" Duin is making available an update to his search program SearchStar, in which minor errors were fixed and performance was improved.
Link: Download page (cg) (Translation: cad)
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18.May.2008
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Updates for Opus Magellan 5.80 available on Aminet
After the release of the CD version, another two updates had been released for the well-known file manager Opus Magellan II (Directory Opus 5.80), which could be downloaded from the web page of the producer, but were no longer to be found there since some time.
By courtesy of the current holder of rights, GuruMeditation, as well as the support of the amiga-news.de reader "pelztier," the updates are now available on Aminet. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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18.May.2008
amigafuture.de (Web page)
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MorphOS: Adventure interpreter ScummVM 0.11.1
Fabien Coeurjoly is making available the newest version of the adventure interpreter ScummVM for MorphOS. An overview of the changes in v0.11.1 can be gathered from the Release Notes of the ScummVM project.
Direct download: scummvm-0.11.1.lha (4.2 MB) (cg) (Translation: cad)
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17.May.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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ACube Systems: BlizzardPPC reparation service
The Italian company ACube Systems offers now the exchange of damaged 603e-PowerPC processors used in BlizzardPPC turbo cards.
ACube points out that no other components are changed and an upgrade of working processors will be not done. There is no guaratee that each board can be repaired - but about 75 percent.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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17.May.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Instant Messenger Epistula 52.19
The Instant Messenger Epistula, the epistula.library and the corresponding MSN-plugin were updated getting more stability on Amiga systems.
The author recommends to save the configuration files epistula.xml and msn.xml before because they will be replaced by the new versions.
Download: Epistula_Install.lha (2 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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17.May.2008
Elbox (ANF)
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Elbox: Version 3.16 of spider.device
Elbox Computer offers all registerred users a free update for the USB-controller Spider and Spider II. MOst of all this update will optimize Mediator-systems with a graphic card Radeon 9200.
A native USB-2.0-driver for the USB-Stack Sirion of AmigaOS 4 will be the next project.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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17.May.2008
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Cross-site-Scripting: Security breach at PayPal
According to the online magazine "The Register" the Finnish programmer of Amiga software (u.a. BlizKick) and member of the MorphOS development team called Harry 'Piru' Sintonen has dircovered a security breach at the online pay system PayPal.
You can get further information and the complete article under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.May.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Emulator: Preview to WinUAE 1.5.0
As usual the developers of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE give a short preview to the forthcoming version. WinUAE 1.5.0 will be published in June and will be the first version which will require at least Windows 2000/XP/Vista - older versions of Windows will be not supported any longer.
New features and improvements in WinUAE 1.5.0:
- Picasso96 emulation rewrite:
- Major speed increase
- Optimized blitter operations
- Hardware (flicker free) mouse cursor emulated
- Picasso96 <> native switch without screen/window reopening if
old and new size matches (instant mode switching)
- Fullscreen to fullscreen switch without desktop flashing
- Color space conversion, all RTG color depths supported in windowed
mode as long as Windows desktop has same or higher color depth
- Simple scaling support added, fill to whole screen instead of
switching resolution. (Useful with low resolution games and demos in
windowed mode or if host resolutions like 320x200 are not supported)
- Configurable 15/16/24/32 bit color space formats
- Filter update:
- Scaling and centering are now more intuitive (NOTE: old settings
are not compatible)
- "FS" scale multiplier added (fill whole screen)
- "1/2" scale multipler added
- Hq3x and hq4x filters added
- Onscreen leds are not filtered anymore
- Keep aspect ratio option added
- PCMCIA SRAM card emulation, includes real PCMCIA SRAM card support
- ROM scanner byteswapped and even/odd ROM image support
- Multithreaded AVI recording, huge speed increase with 2+ core CPUs
- Right mouse button over image selection buttons opens favorites menu
(can add/remove/edit shortcut paths to disk/rom/harddrive images)
- Sprite emulation updates, sprite doublescan support improved
(for example Fantastic Dizzy CD32 background), yet another missing
undocumented feature implemented
- More compatible with timing changes caused by power saving features
- Missing uaescsi.device CMD_GETGEOMETRY added
- Debugger, GUI debugger improvements
- A600/A1200/A4000 IDE emulation LBA48 (>128G) support
- Input handling is more Windows-like, only release mouse/joystick/keyboard
when WinUAE loses focus (previously when mouse was not captured)
- Added 1.5M Chip RAM and 384M/768/1.5G Z3 RAM (configures two emulated
RAM boards) configurations
Fixed bugs in WinUAE 1.5.0:
- uaenet.device random deadlock fix, NSCMD_DEVICEQUERY works correctly
- Gayle interrupt handling update
- CPU emulation fixes, EXTB.L and CHK.L was 68000 (should be 68020+)
- Sprite emulation fix, Super Skid Marks hires mode cars and Marvin's
Marvellous Adventure score/cloud interference
- Sound emulation fix, fixes Weird Dreams hospital scene sound problem
- More compatible CD32 state restore support
- AGA mode sprite garbage may have appeared in some cases. (1.4.5+)
- DOS formatted HD floppy image crash
- Rare harddrive detection crash
- CD32 compatibility improved (Liberation CD32)
- Display emulation fix, mixed interlaced and non-interlaced modes don't
cause random display errors anymore, same with doublescanned
interlaced modes. (for example hires-mode Pinball Illusions)
- Autoconfig emulation update, Action Replay 3 does not detect
non-existing fast RAM board anymore
- Some lha/lzh archives mounted as a harddrive crashed
- Mousehack (tablet) mode works again
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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15.May.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga Guru Book: Reprint canceled
The more up to date English edition of Ralph Babel's "Amiga Guru Book" will be not printed.
According to the distributor of the older German edition, APC&TCP, the project was canceled because of scanned pirate copies. These have caused a loss of money and time. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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14.May.2008
Matthias "maz" Ziegs (ANF)
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Demo scene: New edition of the book FREAX Volume 1?
"Freax Volume 1" is called a book about the history of the C64 and Amiga demo scene. The book which was published in 2005 is sold out. If there are at least 100 reservations the author would print another edition.
For further information please have a look at the website (content, example chapter, photos and reservation).
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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14.May.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Podcast: Amiga Round Table, Episode 24
The "Amiga Round Table" (ART) is an English Podcast created by Rich Lawrence and Mike Blackburn where Amiga users and invited guests discuss the current events of the Amiga scene. Topics of the 24th issue:
- Zorro II/III DMA USB 2.0 controller for all Zorro capable Amigas!
- Eric Schwartz Interview at AROS Show
- Origyn Web Browser 1.24
- VLC 0.8.6 Media Player
- Frodo the commodore 64 emulator hits the iphone
- Nice Commodore 64 music (third track is really really good!)
- Justwhat justin?
- The wiki/Amiga_OS needs your help (asking people to participate)
- Confessions of A Drunk - Episode 5!
Direct link: ART20080511.mp3
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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14.May.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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New update for Desert Racing available
Press release: A new update for Desert Racing is available today. Optimizations have been made for a better performance. The visibility range has been raised and can now be set directly in the game or by using a tooltype.
The update is available directly from APC&TCP (Andreas@apc-tcp.de subject: Desert Racing) via email without a charge for all owners of the full version.
We need your real name and address for the update. If Desert Racing has been bought from a dealer we need the dealer name aswell.
We are working simultaneously on the update and a port for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.May.2008
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Aminet-Uploads until 12.05.2008
These are the latest uploads to Aminet which have been added since our last message:
FussballBundesliga.lha biz/misc 34K GEN TurboCalc Spreadsheet Football (german)
Blitz_PM.lha dev/basic 60K OS3 "popupmenu.library" dev kit for Blitz
Blitz_XAD.lha dev/basic 31K OS3 "xadmaster.library" dev kit for Blitz
Blitz_XFD.lha dev/basic 17K OS3 "xfdmaster.library" dev kit for Blitz
ecx.lha dev/e 603K VAR E Compiler ECX
ecxsrc.lha dev/e 32K GEN ECX sources
PAR_Dev_Board.lha docs/hard 515K GEN Kid Lvl Parallel Port Experimental Board
SCSI4345p.lha driver/media 13K OS3 Patch for 43.43 scsi.device (3.9 BB2)
TilesSlide.lha game/actio 72K OS3 Align 3 tiles of the same colour
FlagSim1.lha gfx/3d 241K MOS Texture Mapping and Backface Culling
dcraw.i386-aros.zip gfx/conv 568K ARO CLI converter for camera raw files
GSGui_languages.lha gfx/conv 26K GEN Langage pack for GSGui
scale2x-morphos.lha gfx/edit 422K MOS Scale2x effects
vlt.lha gfx/misc 144K OS3 Very Limited Titler. AGA scroll titler.
mngplay.lha gfx/show 475K OS4 Simple MNG animation player
genplus_mos.lha misc/emu 603K MOS Sega Genesis/MegaDrive emulator
VICEplus-AmigaOS3-v1.1.tgz misc/emu 5.3M OS3 Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
VICEplus-AmigaOS4-v1.1.tgz misc/emu 9.0M OS4 Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
VICEplus-AROS64-v1.1.tgz misc/emu 7.3M Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
VICEplus-i686-AROS-v1.1.tgz misc/emu 6.4M ARO Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
VICEplus-ppc-AROS-v1.1.tgz misc/emu 8.2M Emulates c64(dtv),c128,pet,+4,cbm2,vic20
Home_Run.lha mods/house 422K GEN Cool Summer 2008 House by Pseudaxos (.xm
Monoscope_1_5.lha mus/misc 34K OS3 Oscilloscope for parallel port samplers
guideml.lha text/hyper 196K VAR AmigaGuide -> HTML converter with GUI
htmldoc-morphos.lha text/misc 4.6M MOS Convert HTML to PDF, PostScript
Rashumon3.zip text/misc 361K OS3 Multi Lingual Graphic Word Processor
xsltproc-morphos.lha text/misc 405K MOS XSLT processor, transform XML to XLST
crvectors.lha util/cli 3K GEN clear/reset vectors from shell
CR2_DataType_V39_0.lha util/dtype 36K OS3 Canon CR2 RAW DataType
aiss4.2_alt.lha util/misc 2.0M GEN AISS for alternative and classic systems
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.May.2008
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 12.05.2008
These are the latest uploads to os4depot.net which have been added since our last message:
lame-g4.lha aud/rec 1Mb Lame MP3 encoder for G4 (AltiVec)
agg2sdk_gpl.lha dev/lib 9Mb Anti-Grain Geometry 2D Graphics C++ SDK
glpng.lha dev/lib 173kb Load PNG graphics files as an OpenGL tex
cpc.lha dev/uti 1Mb Application that Creates Reaction Comman
viceplus.tgz emu/gam 8Mb Emulates c64,c64dt,c128,pet,plus4,cbm2 a
ww2.lha gam/boa 3Mb World War II strategy war game
aiss.lha gra/ais 1Mb AISS - Amiga Image Storage System
aiss.pdf gra/ais 1Mb AISS Documentation
aissanimshow.lha gra/ais 64kb Show all AISS anims
propercropper.lha gra/con 34kb Easily scale/crop images to fit your scr
owb.lha net/bro 9Mb Origyn Web Browser
owb_update.lha net/bro 2Mb Origyn Web Browser update
openssh-bin.lha net/mis 1Mb OpenSSH secure connectivity tools
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.May.2008
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 12.05.2008
These are the latest uploads to AROS-Archives which have been added since our last message:
aros-pc-i386.iso dev/ins 69Mb AROS Stable ISO
viceplus-i686-aros-v1.1.tgz emu/com 6Mb Emulator of c64dtv,c64,c128,pet,plus4,cb
viceplus-powerpc-aros-v1.1.tgz emu/com 8Mb Emulator of c64dtv,c64,c128,pet,plus4,cb
viceplus-x86_64-aros-v1.1.tgz emu/com 7Mb Emulator of c64dtv,c64,c128,pet,plus4,cb
dcraw.i386-aros.zip gra/con 567kb CLI converter for camera raw files
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13.May.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Issue 40 and further articles online
Because issue 40 of the Amiga Future is sold out all articles are available online in our article database. Furthermore over 3000 Amiga articles were added.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.May.2008
morphzone.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Jagged Alliance 2-Port in progress
Jagged Alliance 2 is a round based strategy game with role play elements. There is an open-source SDL-port of the game called ja2-stracciatella (screenshots: 1, 2, 3).
In the forum of the ja2-stracciatella-project Hans-Jörg "Alwarren" Frieden told that he is developing a port for AmigaOS 4.0. The port obviously is already playable but the developer tries to write the source code more CPU-independent. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.May.2008
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Ars Technica: A history of the Amiga, part 7
In the seventh part of his English history of the Amiga Jeremy Reimer analyzed games from 1986 until 1991.
According to Reimer on amigaworld.net he is going to publish his serie as a book.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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