02.Sep.2007
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AmigaOS 4: GuruMeditation looking for beta testers
The Swedish dealer and publisher GuruMeditation is looking for beta testers for an unspecified project. Users who have beta testing experience and have access to at least two hard drives with more than 10 GB of free disk space are wanted. People who have experience with the creation of manuals are also needed.
Interested parties are called upon to get in touch with GuruMeditation via E-Mail. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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02.Sep.2007
amigaworld.net (Web page)
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Magazine: The Crypt - Issue 50
The 50th issue of the English magazine The Crypt, besides numerous articles on the most diverse subjects, also includes a construction manual for a game port adapter for the Amiga 600, a proposal for an A600-based "DJ Companion Project," as well as B.Walker's blog, in which he explains why he still uses an Amiga. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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02.Sep.2007
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MorphOS: otrMUI 0.13, SimpleView 2.0b
otrMUI 0.13
Thomas Igracki is making available a new version of otrMUI (reported by amiga-news), in which the decoded file can be directly transferred to a movie player.
Link: Homepage
Direct download: otrMUI.lha (44 KB) (Readme)
SimpleView 2.0b
SimpleView by Tom "AmigaHarry" Duin is a minimalist picture viewer, which can now be launched from Ambient as well. The program then opens a requester in which multiple pictures can be selected at the same time.
Link: Homepage
(cg) (Translation: cad)
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02.Sep.2007
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Pianeta Amiga: English web page online
Under the title link, an English page for the upcoming "Pianeta Amiga 2007" is also online since today, besides the Italian one. The event is organized in Empoli in Italy like in previous years on September 22 and 23.
Among the exhibitors are, among others, ACube Systems, who, as a company, not only want to demonstrate the PowerPC motherboard SAM440ep, but also sell it in the course of Pianeta Amiga (reported by amiga-news.de). (snx) (Translation: cad)
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01.Sep.2007
4sceners.de (website)
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CD review: Number Nine by Chris Hülsbeck
On 4Sceners.de was a review of the latest album "Number Nine" by Chris Hülsbeck released under the title link. The report was written by Jürgen 'Bobic' Beck who's known from his participation in back2roots.org and from several articles for the Amiga Plus.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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01.Sep.2007
amigaworld.net (website)
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AmiKit wallpaper contest: vote
The next version of AmiKit (an AmigaOS distribution for WinUAE users) will offer something for the eyes: Until yesterday had pixel artists time to send exclusive Workbench background images.
The best posts are now available under the title link and the users may now vote or their favorites until September, 10th. The three most voted backgroung images will be delivered as official wallpapers from the next version of AmiKit on, the artists will be awarded with prices.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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01.Sep.2007
RhoSigma, Roland Heyder (ANF)
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MemOptimizer 3.056
MemOptimizer by Roland Heyder defragments the system memory. Changes since the last version:
- smaller optimisations in the AvailMem() patch that now also correctly supports MEMF_LARGEST for the FreeStack though this has to be seen more theoretically as the biggest block already has to be smaller than 4096 bytes to even have a chance to find a bigger block on the stack. In most cases won't the system run with such a lack of memory :-)
- arithmetic overflow removed in StackUsage()
- MEMF_REVERSE usage adjusted, could be refused even if the calling task was allowed when the memory was taken from the FreeStack (makes no sense here as the blocks on the stack aren't in order). From now on will all allowed REVERSE demands directly forwarded the the system's FreeList to secure that these will really come from the high end of the memory list.
- critical situation in ClearStack() corrected, a pointer was still used after the memory it pointed to was already deallocated
- As several people told me does MemOptimizer run without problems under MorphOS, of course only in the UNPATCHed mode as it wouldn't be a good idea to replace the native PPC code of MorphOS by 68k functions.
Direct download: MemOptimizer.lha (138 KB)
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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01.Sep.2007
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Repair shop: Amiga Center moved (France)
Jean-Jacques Boulet, French retailer of Amiga spare parts and repairs, moved again. The current address and telefone number can be found under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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01.Sep.2007
Matthias Rustler (ANF)
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AROS: MUIbase ported
MUIbase is a relational, programmable data base for AmigaOS ported by Steffen Gutmann for AROS/i386. The necessary changes were entered into the SVN archive of the MUIbase project on Sourceforge so that an adaption for AROS/PPC can be done as well.
Please have in mind that an up-to-date version of AROS is needed as in the course of the porting several bugs in AROS had to be fixed. Besides that you have to create an assign muibase: otherwise it could lead to crashes of some demo sata bases. Should it happen that the focus gets lost and no new data records can be entered you have to press the Tab key.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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01.Sep.2007
(ANF)
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10 years Distributed Amiga
Last month it was the 10th anniversary of the Distributed.net team "Distributed Amiga". Since their founding by some regular IRC users the project counted several thousands of participants. Current statistics can be found on the team homepage under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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01.Sep.2007
Amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: vector paint program MindSpace 0.99a
MindSpace is a paint program to create among other things flowcharts, UML diagrams, mind maps or vector images (screenshot).
For the coming version 1.0 they are still looking for MindSpace diagrams as addendum, the two best ones will be awarded with 25 pounds Sterling each.
Changes for version 0.99a include:
- Import external images (resize and crop)
- Rotate and flip objects
- Choose dimensions of image when exporting .png
- Revamped menus
- Bugfixes
- An attempt at Anti-Aliased Display for registered users
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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31.Aug.2007
Martin Merz (ANF)
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AISS - Amiga Image Storage System 4.0
Martin Merz released version 4.0 of his "Amiga Image Storage System" (AISS). AISS is a system to store, access and maintain toolbar images under AmigaOS and MorphOS.
Features of AISS 4.0:
- 1788 toolbar images and animations
- 24 bit PNG images with 8 bit alpha channel
- printable PDF documentation
Further information about AISS is available on AISS' homepage aswell as the AISS newsletter.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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31.Aug.2007
morphzone.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: OpenTTD 0.5.3 Release Candidate 3
OpenTTD is an open-source clone of the well-known PC strategy game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe" from the 90ies which
has many extensions: A network modus, individual graphic sets and translations to many languages. But files of the
original version are required. You can read the last changes in the
changelog.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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30.Aug.2007
amigafuture.de (website)
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File System: SFS 1.275
The latest version of the alternative file system SFS now supports files larger than four GB under AmigaOS 3 as well. The changes in detail:
- Replaced mutexes by semaphores again
- Built for AmigaOS 3.x/m68k incl. 'SFS/2' support.
To use 'SFS/2' partitions on AmigaOS 3.x you have to install SmartFileSystem into the RDB with DOSType 'SFS/2' (0x53465302), i.e. to use both 'SFS\0' and 'SFS\2' partitions you have to install the same SmartFileSystem binary 2 times into the RDB.
If booting from 'SFS\2' partitions isn't required you can load SmartFileSystem as kickstart module using tools like LoadResident, LoadModule, etc. instead of storing it twice in the RDB.
SFS 1.275 is available for AmigaOS 3/4. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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30.Aug.2007
amigaworld.net (website)
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Instant-Messenging: AIM-/ICQ-Plugin for Epistula
For registered users of the instant messenger Epistula an AIM-/ICQ plugin is again available. Actually a file transfer function is being implemented. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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29.Aug.2007
amigaworld.net (website)
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ImageFX Tutorial: The Amazing Cecilia CD, zweite Auflage
For US$ 25 (incl. shipping to Europe) "The Amazing Cecilia CD" offers many tutorials and example projects for the image processor ImageFX. A table of content of the CD as welle as a list of changes regarding the first issue is available at the title link. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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29.Aug.2007
amigafuture.de (website)
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Point'n Click Adventures: ScummVM 0.10.0r2
Uwe Ryssel provides a new AmigaOS 3 version of ScummVM. ScummVM is an interpreter for several graphic adventures. The most prominent games for this engine are Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Beneath a Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 & 2, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Gobliiins, Erben der Erde, The Feeble Files and The Legend of Kyrandia. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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29.Aug.2007
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File transfer: Hombre 0.5
Hombre is a collection of PD tools which aims at file tranfer especially between lower spec Amigas - for example a vanilla A500 - a Windows PC. The programs support different transfer methods (Floppydisk, RS232 or parallel cable connections).
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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29.Aug.2007
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Amiga Inc.: Fran Dramis joins the advisory board
Amiga Inc. announces the obligation of the former BellSouth manager Fran Dramis to Amiga Inc.'s Advisory Board. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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29.Aug.2007
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Article database update
Press release The article database of the Amiga Future homepage has seen a comprehensive update. By now you can read over 2000 articles online in the article database. Roughly 150 of these are in English language.
The German FAQ has been included in the article database as well. The FAQ contains more than 200 submissions.
We are looking for German and English articles to extend the article database even more. There were so many websites offering reviews and workshops. Lots of them have disappeared. We would like to republish them.
Have you made a page which isn't online anymore or have you written articles yourself? Then please contact the editorial office of the Amiga Future.
In the meanwhile the preview of the Amiga Future issue 68 went online. This issue is going to be released on 5th September as a German and English edition. We ask all users interested to order as soon as possible.
Dealers wanting to offer this mag to their customers should contact the editorial office of the Amiga Future as soon as possible. (snx)
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28.Aug.2007
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Podcast: Amiga Round Table, Episode 8
"Amiga Round Table" (ART) is an English Podcast created by Rich Lawrence and Sean Fitzgerald where Amiga users and guests discuss the current events of the Amiga scene.
These are the topics of the eighth issue which will be broadcasted at 8:00 pm (replay at 10:00 pm) over AmigaWorld Radio:
- OS4 Classic?
- AmiWest Update
- Agnus Brew rears it's head again
- Hivelytracker - OS3.x, OS4 & AROS
- Airwaves - Online Radio Show dedicated to MOD music
- Amiga Future Preview #68 Online
- Sam440 for sle at Planetia Amiga in Italy
- Commodore Music Show
- Gateway Bought by Acer
- Mini-Mig kits - We Voluntold Mike to keep us updated on building his Mini-Mig
- C64 Tape Converter - Mike and Rich talk about emulators and programs
- Rich has a D&D Moment
- JMEC64 - Mobile C64 EMulator
- AMIGA Sighting - Syllable OS Newsletter
- We gang up on Jeremey and ask questions about his Ars Technica
articles. - BWA-HAHAHAHA!!
Guest is the English reporter Jeremy Reiner (arstechnica.com, Micro Mart).
Older issues of ART can be found on Aminet. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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28.Aug.2007
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AmigaOS 4: Package management system AmiUpdate 1.75
AmiUpdate is a simple package management system similar to RPM or dpkg which are known from the Linux world. In contrast to its prototypes AmiUpdate can not handle references. Required components are not automatically installed for a certain package.
On behalf of the users AmiUpdate searches for newer versions of the installed applications (list of supported packages), downloads and automatically installs them (if this option is supported by the package).
AmiUpdate has been available for years but so far was only used by AmigaOS beta testers to keep their beta systems up to date. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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27.Aug.2007
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Retro-Gaming: The Lemmings Story
In "The complete History of Lemmings" told the Ex-"DMA Designs"-developer Mike Dailly the way of the classical game - from the first only for fun created animation of a 8x8 Pixel big Figure within to the finished game. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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27.Aug.2007
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Datei-Manager: NewFilemaster 3.1 Beta 5
Filemaster is a file-manager with a configurable on BGUI based GUI. The program supports until 8 directory windows and use rigorous the multitasking of the amiga system.
The support of this program was stopped by the original author and will be now processed as "NewFilemaster" from Christian Kummerow. A Keyfile for free will be found on the Aminet. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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27.Aug.2007
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: SimpleView 1.9e, SearchStar 0.91
Tom "AmigaHarry" Duin new version of his minimalistic picture viewer SimpleView and his search programs SearchStar is now available. (cg) (Translation: aj)
[News message: 27. Aug. 2007, 16:13] [Comments: 0]
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27.Aug.2007
Ron van Schaik (ANF)
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Event: Picture of the last C= Show, more dates
The"Commodore Gebruikers Groep" provides pictures of his last Commodore Event, which was joined by many people in defiance to the good summer wether.
The next "C= Show" starts on the 22. September in Kerkrade (Netherlands). A larger event is in Maarssen planed for the 30. Oktober, where several Retro-Computer-Clubs and -Museums are exhibit hardware.
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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27.Aug.2007
Gary7 (ANF)
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Acer buys US-Computermanufactor Gateway
The taiwan computer company Acer buys the US PC-manufactor Gateway, which is known for Amiga-user with his small entrance as owner of the Amiga-rights.
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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27.Aug.2007
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Aminet-Uploads until 26.08.2007
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
getvideo.lha comm/www 7K GEN get FLV files from YouTube etc.
seventhsense.lha comm/www 95K MOS Automated website monitor
AMOSlist-1998-06.lha dev/amos 58K GEN AMOS-list archives for June 1998
PureBasic.lha dev/basic 1.2M OS3 Advanced BASIC derivative
exomizer.lha dev/cross 527K MOS A cruncher for 6502 executables
MCC_BetterString-11.12.lha dev/mui 143K VAR BetterString custom class for MUI
trackdisk-src.lha driver/media 51K GEN Pegasos floppy driver for MorphOS (src)
trackdisk.lha driver/media 31K MOS Pegasos floppy driver for MorphOS
TV.lha driver/video 3K MOS Free dummy of Elb*x tv.library
amoebax-0.2.0-morphos.lha game/actio 9.6M MOS One or two player Tetris clone
tomatoes-1.55a-morphos.lha game/actio 9.1M MOS Destroy as much tomatoes as possible
BuildEMC.lha game/patch 2K OS3 Fancier gameplay for classic Dune 2
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 345K OS3 Arcadia 2001/Interton VC 4000/TVGC emul.
Flamingo68k_SRC.lha misc/emu 94K GEN Source code for Flamingo 1.54
ht14_aros1.lha mus/edit 898K ARO Hively Tracker
Fairies.lha util/blank 2.0M VAR Fairies Screen Saver
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27.Aug.2007
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 26.08.2007
HUploads on os4depot.net since our last report:
ht14.lha aud/edi 926kb Multichannel chiptune tracker, based on
amoebax.lha gam/puz 10Mb A great Puyo Puyo clone
png_icon_editor.lha gra/edi 7Mb A Tool for Manipulating PNG Images and I
wookieclassy.lha gra/the 0kb A classy colour theme for WookieChat
wookiecrystal.lha gra/the 152kb Wookiechat Smileys: 'Crystal'
wookieicq5.lha gra/the 30kb Wookiechat 'ICQ5' Smileys
wookiewetw.lha gra/the 170kb Wookiechat Smileys: 'White emoticons tha
mcc_betterstring.lha lib/mui 143kb BetterString custom class for MUI
ib_transanims3.lha net/bro 2Mb IBrowse transfer animation
openssh-bin.lha net/mis 997kb OpenSSH secure connectivity tools
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27.Aug.2007
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 26.08.2007
HUploads on AROS-Archives since our last report:
ht14-i386-aros.lha aud/tra 897kb Hively Tracker
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