10.Mar.2008
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Software news until 10.03.2008
Christian Rosentreter has released updates of some of his AmigaOS/MorphOS tools, aswell as a port of the SDL based board game Atakks. There's also an update of the AmigaGuide/HTML viewer strangé aswell as a converter for HivelyTracker and AHX music modules.
SerialEcho 50.5
SerialEcho works like the AmigaDOS built-in command 'Echo',
but its output is redirected to the serial port instead
(which can be catched with another computer connected to
the serial port or a tool like Sashimi). New in version 50.5:
- fixed enforcer hit when SerialEcho was used w/o arguments
- OS4 port
- AROS port thx to Matthias Rustler (binary archive only available on aros-archives atm.)
Downloads:
serialecho-50.5-morphos.lha (2.6 KB)
serialecho-50.5-amigaos.lha (2.2 kB)
serialecho-50.5-os4.lha (4.0 KB)
serialecho-50.5-source.tar.gz (4.6 KB)
serialecho-50.5-source.tar.bz2 (4.8 KB)
Tooltype 1.4
Tooltype is a commandline tool for manipulation of the tooltype
array wich is contained in icon files (#?.info). Now includes an OS4 port.
Downloads:
tooltype-1.4-morphos.lha (4.8 KB)
tooltype-1.4-os4.lha (9.3 KB)
Atakks 1.0
Atakks is an Othello-like clone for one or two players (Screenshot). The game will start in two player mode, but it's possible to enable the
AI for the blue player by pressing 'i' during the game. Press 'q'
to quit. If manually launched from commandline a french help is
available with '-h' parameter.
Changes compared to orig. version:
- removed extreme CPU usage for no reason
- better 'Quit' handling during play
- nifty iconx start script to catch the standard output in an
acceptable way when game was started from Ambient
- MorphOS icon
- other cosmetics
Downloads:
atakks-1.0-morphos.lha (110 KB)
atakks-1.0-source.tar.gz (58 KB)
atakks-1.0-morphos.diff (31 KB)
MPDControl 0.3 (Release Candidate)
MPDControl is a very basic commandline based client for the
Music Player Daemon (short: MPD). Music Player Daemon allows remote access for playing music (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, Mod and Wave files) and managing playlists. MPD is designed for integrating a computer into a
stereo system that provides control for music playback over
a local network.
With MPDControl it is now possible to control a MPD server
from MorphOS. E.g. have MPD running on an EFIKA with Linux
and manage everything comfortably from a Pegasos with
MorphOS. MPDControl can be used as a MMKeyboard or Toolmanager
hotkey or be launched via some simple project icons and
AmigaDOS scripts from a dedicated Ambient panel. The
possibilities are numerous.
Download: mpdcontrol-0.3-morphos.lha (11 KB)
strangé 0.23
strangé is a MUI-based AmigaGuide-/HTML-viewer implemented using HTMLView.mcc. Changes in version 0.23:
- fixed @Title parsing in Amigaguide
- added @Macro handling in Amigaguide
- now Amigaguide parser uses Asyncio and it is *a lot faster*
- other various little tries to make the whole thing faster
Link: Website
Ling 1.7 MUI4
Ling is a password database which stores passwords after encrypting them with a BlowFish-CBC alorythm.
Link: Webseite
HVL2WAV 1.0
Peter 'Xeron' Gordon's HVL2WAV converts music modules from HivelyTracker or AHX into a WAV file. There are binaries for OS4 and Windows in the archive, and the source is included which should build for most platforms with a little makefile tweaking.
Download: hvl2wav.zip (57 KB) (cg) (Translation: cg)
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09.Mar.2008
Amition.de (ANF)
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Amition.de: CD³² ISO image of Deluxe Pac-Man
Under the title link, a CD³² ISO image of the game "Deluxe Pac-Man" was made available for download today. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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08.Mar.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 71
Press release Issue 71 (March/April 2008) of Amiga Future is out today. This means that all pre-orders and subscriptions have been shipped.
Deliveries for Alinea, AmigaKit, ASB, GGS-Data, Samuli and Vesalia have been shipped as well. If there are any other dealers with an interest in stocking Amiga Future simply send us an e-mail.
The Amiga Future is available as a subscription and also as a single issue in German and English. The excerpts and a detailed description of contents of Amiga Future is available at the title link.
In this latest issue we have lots of reviews. The new version of YAM has been reviewed, as well as OWB and Hollywood 3. Together with the release of Hollywood 3 we have a workshop about Hollywood in this very issue. Of course specials like the Amiga Retrospective are included as well.
This issue we have on the cover CD as well as some other full versions the full version of Monzoom, but unfortunately this version of Monzoom is only available in German.
Translators wanted: We are looking for 2 or 3 translators for the English edition of the Amiga Future. If you have some spare time and want to work with us at the Amiga Future then please write an e-mail to Andreas@amigafuture.de.
Please note: There are only a few copies left of issues 65, 66 and 69! (snx)
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08.Mar.2008
Guido Mersmann (ANF)
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BoulderDäsh 5.25 - Shockwave
Guido Mersmann writes: Rockford is back! There was BoulderDäsh RTX and now there is: BoulderDäsh Shockwave.
Yeah and the name says what you get! If you thought its not possible to make it even better, then this will prove you wrong!
The new BoulderDäsh provides a completely new gaming experience. For the first time it is not only possible to see and hear massive explosions and rocks smashing. Now its possible to feel them!
All you need to get this experience is a Rumble, DualShock, ForceFeedBack controller connected via Poseidon-USB. BoulderDäsh seems to be the first Amiga compatible game using this functionality.
Trust me in this! It makes the game and the game experience more intense. Its now just a new effect, its like playing a new game.
BoulderDäsh Shockwave! Don't play with Rockford! Be Rockford! (snx)
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07.Mar.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Tales of Tamar Enhanced: ToT Amiga 0.57
Press release Dear friends,
after over nine month of hard developing we are pleased to offer you the biggest, best and fastest update to Tales of Tamar.
The most important new features:
Most of the graphics are now reat hand painted 24 Bit-2D-graphics. Seperate quarters show different garphics that means in winter you see requesters e which are covered with snow and much more.
The start environment has been completely reworked to make the beginning of the game still more interesting and easier.
The speed of the card has been improved up to 20-50%. Ther HiRes and Widescreen-modus of the game should now run very fast on each system.
Additionally BardsTale was reworked. There are new stories to herbs and diseases.
We want to give a special thank to Hyperion, namely Robert Dickinson. Because of lending an AmigaOne you can be certain that Tales of Tamar will run on AmigaOS 4 in future.
Furthermore the game can be tested several months for free.
Download: ToT_Amiga_V0.57.lha (ToT Enhanced-Basis-Archive, 137 MB)
ToT_Amiga_V0.57_R1.lha (Update to version 0.57 R1, 72 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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07.Mar.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Origyn Web Browser 1.17
Jörg Strohmayer has published an update of the Origyn Web Browser. Version 1.17 opens the windows of the download progress on the right screen.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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07.Mar.2008
Amiga Future (website)
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ACube Systems: Minimig sold out
Press release Bassano del Grappa (Italy), 7 March 2008 - ACube Systems is pleased to announce that the first production run of the highly acclaimed Minimig is completely sold out!
While we apologize for not being able to satisfy all the orders received, we would like to thank our customers for their loyalty and their support.
As soon as the new batch of Minimigs is ready (approximately by the mid of April) we will notify customers of pending orders and start accepting new orders. (snx)
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07.Mar.2008
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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List of Famous Amiga Uses updated (English)
After over four years today the list of firms and companies have been updated where the Amiga is used. The English list is available in HTML as well as in AmigaGuide format vor.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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04.Mar.2008
Jens Langner (ANF)
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Network File System-Implementation aNFS (formerly known as ch_nfs) now under GPL
Since a few days there is a new open-source project on SourceForge.net: It is the source of the NFS file system (ch_nfs) written by Carsten Heyl which formerly belonged to AmiTCP.
A few years ago he released the sources as GPL and handed it over to Jens Langner. With this new project he is looking for interested developers who help to speed up the development of a NFS-file system for the Amiga sector.
With the new open-source project now called aNFS the programmer team try to get the source files of the old NFS-file system work under the new operating systems like AmigaOS 4, MorphOS or AROS.
Because the project is quite new developers are very welcome. At the moment some parts of the source files do not exist and have to be written again.
Interested developers may contact Jens Langner and can get further information about the status of development.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.Mar.2008
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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YouTube: Video "Space Wars" by Tobias Richter (1992)
YouTube user Kenzoid27 has digitized the animation "Space Wars" from the year 1992 from a VHS cassette, slightly reworked it and made it open to the general public under the title link, in order to bring back memories and to highlight what was already possible on the Amiga at that time.
The video by Tobias J. Richter (Story, Modeling, Animation), Carsten Fuchs (Program) Bjørn A. Lynne (Music) and Frank Brehme (Editor) was generated on two Amiga 2000's and three Amiga 3000's using the programs Reflections 2.0, Videoscape 2.0, Deluxe Paint IV, Scala as well as Music X and was recorded directly. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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02.Mar.2008
Moo Bunny (Forum)
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AROS: WebKit preview (alpha version) for the daring
In order to allow AROS users that are keen on experimenting a test of the current development status of his WebKit port, Robert Norris has released a preview version under the title link (screenshot).
Please note that this early alpha version of the future web browser Traveller is still unusable for the most part and will definitely crash. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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02.Mar.2008
Amiga.org (Web page)
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Magazin: The Crypt - Issue 53
The 53rd issue of the English-language magazine The Crypt includes articles on the tinker project of an Amiga USB joystick controller as well as on hardware access with AmigaBASIC and ARexx, among other things. In addition, the winner of the AmigaOS 4 Classic package will be announced. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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02.Mar.2008
Tomasz Wiszkowski (E-Mail)
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Burning program: Frying Pan 1.3.2
Tomasz Wiszkowski has released version 1.3.2 of his burning program. Frying Pan is available for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS.
The update solves the problems of both previous versions and addresses itself to those users who had problems with strange texts on the cycle buttons, Enforcer hits when ending the program or still incorrectly finalized discs. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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02.Mar.2008
AmigaFreund (ANF)
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YouTube: Inteview with Michael Labiner from 1999
Our reader AmigaFreund has come across an interview with Michael Labiner (Amiga Joker, PC Joker) on YouTube, which was conducted in 1999 within the program Giga.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3 (snx) (Translation: cad)
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02.Mar.2008
Amition.de (ANF)
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Video from the Retrobörse (Retro-Market) 2008 in Bochum
On Amition.de, a good seven minutes of video with impressions from the Retrobörse 2008 in Bochum was made available. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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02.Mar.2008
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on the Obligement website
The following articles have been added to the website of the french Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months:
- Amiga and MorphOS news of january/february 2008
- Old Amiga news of november/december 1999
- News: The death of the HD-DVD
- Interview with Andreas Magerl (editor of Amiga Future)
- Review of YAM 2.5
- Review of Tubexx
- Review of Project-X
- Review of Wings
- Review of Step Five
- Hardware: Minimig
- Point of view: The AmigaOS 4 objective in Amiga history
- File: Messages of developers for crackers
- File: History of the Amiga - year 1995 and 1996 (update)
- Tutorial: Transfer files between two Amigas via serial port or Ethernet port
- Quizz of the year 2007
- Quizz about Project-X
(snx)
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01.Mar.2008
MorphZone (Forum)
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SerialEcho 50.1
Christian Rosentreter's SerialEcho for AmigaOS and MorphOS works like the "echo"-command: But it sends its output to the serial interface.
Changes:
- Uses RawPutChar instead KPrintF
- 68k/SASC changes
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Mar.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Origyn Web Browser 1.15 (Update)
Under the title link Jörg Strohmayer has published an update of Origyn Web Browser. It includes a new memory allocation which is slower and requires more memory - at least 256 MB.
But thus more sites should be correctly displayed without crashing. Additionally scroll bars were implemented.
Update: (18:41, 01.03.08, snx)
Meanwhile, version 1.15 is available; it fixes an error of the previous one. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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