10.Sep.2006
Markus Weiss (ANF)
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AROS: Bounty for native Pegasos 2 port
The 44th "bounty" project from Team AROS aims at porting the operating system to Pegasos 2. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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09.Sep.2006
ANN (website)
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AROS: graphics program Lunapaint 0.2.3
Lunapaint is a graphics program inspired by DPaint respectively TVPaint for AROS. New in version 0.2.3:
- Fixed: circles to be more accurate with grid
- Fixed: layer deletion code to delete properly
- Fixed: Layers list out properly when working with several image windows
- Fixed: Adding a layer in an animation doesn't mess up the project
- NEW: Added author field to project info
- NEW: Layers and animation controls in separate windows
- NEW: Load in images through datatypes So get productive and start animating :-)
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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09.Sep.2006
Amigaworld.net (website)
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File archiver 7-zip 4.42 ported
7-Zip, a file archiver with a high compression rate, was now ported to AmigaOS. Please pay attention to the Amiga readme file that is part of the archive before you use the archiver.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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09.Sep.2006
Troika (ANF)
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Troika NG: Soundmax codec chosen for Amy'05
As Troika announced in the following press release they chose the AD1888 by Analog Devices for the announced Amy'05 board that is distributed under the trademark Soundmax.
Press release - Troika NG would like to announce that we have chosen a fine industry standard AC97 codec, the AD1888 manufactured by Analog Devices, marketed under the Soundmax® brand. The sound codec is used in our Project “Prometheus”/ Amy’05.
This fine device brings many features (including AD’s special filters) used in Asus motherboards and Creative products, etc., to the Amiga community.
In our design we use 6 audio connectors to provide a full surround sound system: Front, Left side, Right side, Center, Surround Sound via audio jacks and an SPDIF output through a standard RCA connector. We also include an internal Intel™ HD-Audio standard header for case connections and so much more!
Some technical details: “The AD1888 is a 6 channel (supporting 5.1 surround sound) AC'97 2.3 compatible codec. It features SPDIF output, variable sample rates, 20-bit DACs, and multiple stereo analog inputs along with many cost saving features including: integrated headphone amplifiers, selectable microphone inputs with built-in preamplifiers, jack sensing (with auto-topology switching), hardware channel spreading and downmixing, as well as crystal-free operational modes.” (snx) (Translation: wk)
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09.Sep.2006
(ANF)
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Envy24 v5.3 to support M-Audio-Delta soundcards
The OS4 native driver Envy24 supports in version 5.3 that has just been uploaded to the OS4depot the semi professional soundcards
M-Audio
Delta 44, 66 (untested) and 1010LT as well as the Terratec Phase 88. Right now is the funcionality, among other things the multiple in and outputs, limited by the sound system AHI, but the sound quality is very good, as the developer said who recommends the activating of the HiFi Stereo++ mode.
Direct download: envy24_ahi.lha (14KB, lha)
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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09.Sep.2006
RhoSigma, Roland Heyder (ANF)
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extra.library and MakeHTMLMap updates released
Roland Heyder's MakeHTMLMap was released in version 4.750. The shareware supports web designers in creating galleries and web shops (online documentation). The latest version offers now adjustable options for layout (colours/background) and fixes a bug in the image recognition. Direct download (1500 KB, lha)
Furtheron was the system enhancement extra.library updated to version 4.649. The changes contain mainly bugfixes and smaller optimizations. The extra.library offers a complex dynamic buffer system for an easy file handling in memory, assisting functions for checksum creation in standard Amiga file systems and some plastical surgery, e.g. a colourful "DisplayAlert()" routine. Direkt-Download (322 KB, lha)
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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08.Sep.2006
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Demo scene: Versus 4 published
Finally Issue 4 of Versus was published. The English chart magazine for the demo scene was created by Nukleus and Void. The music was made vby Esau/Traktor and Maze/Moods Plateau and the graphics by Raven/Nuance and Browallia/Nukleus. Versus 4 is available for AmigaOS 3.x and 4.0 and can be downloaded from the Void-Subwebsite for free.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2006
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: 20 new full versions online
20 new full versions have been added to the software section of the Amiga Future homepage. Amiga Future still keeps looking for further full versions for the website or the Amiga Future reader CD.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2006
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PPC-Hardware: "Samantha" with PPC440 and ATI-onboard graphic?
In a thread at amigaworld.net a photo was posted that shows a small part of the PPC motherboard nicknamed "Samantha" that will be introduced at the Italian show Pianeta Amiga (September 23 and 24, Empoli).
The picture shows a part of the PCB that seems to be prepared to host two somewhat bigger chips. The pinout of the right area indicates that a PPC440 CPU might be placed at this position. The PPC440 is a SoC (System on a Chip) CPU available with up to 667 Mhz.
As of yet, it's not known which chip will be put on the mounting area shown on the left part of the picture. Since the CPU used doesn't need a traditionell northbridge, an on-board graphics chip could be placed there. Interesting in this context: On an Italian forum, Massimiliano "m3X" Tretene of Soft3, one of the initiators of the project, identifies himself as an "ATI OEM partner". (cg) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2006
ANN
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Amigan Software with new URL
The website of Amigan Software which is the developer of games like Worm Wars and Saga and of the tools Report+ and AmiArcadia moved to members.optusnet.com.au/jrjacobs76/.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2006
Golem IT-News
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Golem: Unprotected WLAN can become expensive
The regional court of Hamburg determined that operators of WLAN have to make safe their routers otherwise there is offence against their obligation to check. Have a closer look at the full article at Golem IT-News.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2006
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Amiga-clone: Minimig will be presented at "Big Bash 4"
According to the organizers of "Big Bash 4" (16th September, Peterborough, England) Dennis van Weeren will demonstrate his Amiga 500-clone Minimig at this event.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Sep.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Event: Exhibitor|s list for Big Bash 4
To the web site of the British event "Big Bash 4" (Peterborough, September the 16th) a complete exhbitor's list as well as a schedule of planed lectures and attractions has been added.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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06.Sep.2006
amigaharry (ANF)
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MorphOS: SearchStar_MOS 0.73h
SearchStar_MOS, a CLI program by Tom 'Amigaharry' Duin to search for and within files, has been updated to version 0.73h. Previously, a function was called twice in the routine for searching inside of files.
SearchStar_MOS is quite fast because it is written in PowerPC machine code. (snx)
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06.Sep.2006
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WHDLoad: New packages until 05-09-2006
With WHDLoad it is possible to install games and scene demos to harddisk which were originally intended for floppy disk usage. Furthermore some incompatibilities with more recent Amigas are removed.
The following installion packages were added or improved since our last report:
- 30.08.06 improved: Quik & Silva (New Bits on the Ram) supports another version, trainer added (Info)
- 26.08.06 improved: Shinobi (Sega) joystick handling changed, trainer added (Info)
- 26.08.06 new: Extrial (Computer Verlag) done by Bored Seal (Info)
- 23.08.06 improved: Apano Sin (Level One) faster loading, more compatible on faster machines, manual added (Info)
- 23.08.06 new: Dinosaur Detective Agency (Alternative Software) done by DJ Mike (Info)
- 22.08.06 updated: Deluxe Galaga (Edgar M. Vigdal) fixed for WHDLoad v16.6 (Info,Image)
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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06.Sep.2006
amigafuture.de (website)
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AMIGA-Magazin: Preview of issue 9/2006, reading rehearsal
The preview of issue 9/2006 of the print magazine "AMIGA-Magazin" was published. The articles Vorstellung: X11 für AmigaOS 4 and Versionskontrolle mit Subversion 1.1 are available as reading rehearsals. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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06.Sep.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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WinUAE: AmiKit 1.2.0
AmiKit, a complete distribution for WinUAE user, has been updated to version 1.1.2. Changes since the last release:
- AmiKit now supports Live Update feature that ensures your AmiKit is always up to date!
- WinUAE emulation software updated to version 1.3.2
- ADDED: AmiKit - Live Update 1.0 by Daniel 'Deniil' Westerberg (right-mouse -> AmiKit -> Live Update)
- ADDED: AmiKit - Locale AmiKit 1.0 (AmiKit:Prefs/Locale AmiKit). Program helps you to set locale, input and font settings easily.
- ADDED: BlueMars boot picture (full AmiKit archive only)
- ADDED: Czech translation of AmiKit documentation by Prober
- ADDED: Czech and Slovak fonts and locale files (LocaleCS). Use "AmiKit:Prefs/Locale AmiKit" to enable it.
- ADDED: DOpus5 compare.module 1.2 by Leo 'Nudel' Davidson
- ADDED: DOpus5 Ogg Vorbis and FLAC support (doubleclick and right-mouse menu)
- ADDED: DOpus5 SlctComp by Brian Scott (right-mouse -> Buttons -> Load -> YourLanguage/Compare_ButtonBank)
- ADDED: French translation of AmiKit documentation by Eric Luczyszyn
- ADDED: FroGGui 0.3 by Breed (AmiKit:Utilities/FroggerNG/FroGGui/)
- ADDED: German, French, Spanish, Polish and Czech translation of DOpus User&Lister Menu. Use "AmiKit:Prefs/Locale AmiKit" to enable it.
- ADDED: GfxCon 1.8c by Dirk Farin (AmiKit:Tools/GfxCon)
- ADDED: New AmiKit screen bar by Ken Lester. Use MorpheuZ, select the theme and then the screen bar.
- ADDED: MemOptimizer 1.0 (AmiKit version) by RhoSigma, R.Heyder, DaNi. (AmiKit:C/)
- ADDED: PBM DataType 44.5 by Gunther Nikl (required by PerfectPaint to save transparent images)
- ADDED: playOGG 4.7 by Lorence Lombardo (AmiKit:Utilities/playOGG/)
- ADDED: Polish ISO-AmigaPL and TrueType fonts, keymap and catalogs. Use "AmiKit:Prefs/Locale AmiKit" to enable it.
- ADDED: Support for 1280x800 widescreen notebooks. Use "AmiKit:Prefs/ScreenMode AmiKit" to enable it.
- ADDED: VICE 1.20 - Amiga Work In Progress version by Mathias "AmiDog" Roslund and Marco van den Heuvel. (AmiKit:Utilities/VICE/)
- ADDED: VorbisTools 1.1.1 - 68k compilation by DMX (AmiKit:Utilities/playOGG/)
- UPDATED: AfA_OS 3.93.2
- UPDATED: akPNG.datatype 45.50
- UPDATED: Amiga Image Storage System 3 (AISS)
- UPDATED: AmiKit - Install Patches 1.5
- UPDATED: AmiKit - MorpheuZ 1.1
- UPDATED: AmiKit - ScreenMode AmiKit 1.1
- UPDATED: AmiKit - AmiKit.exe 1.2
- UPDATED: AmiKit - RomFind.exe 1.1
- UPDATED: AmiStart 0.66c
- UPDATED: FryingPan 0.41 (plus new skin by Ken Lester)
- UPDATED: LimpidClock 1.17 beta
- UPDATED: MathLibsUAE 45.881 r10
- UPDATED: MCC_BetterString 11.8
- UPDATED: MCC_TextEditor 15.18
- UPDATED: microgolded 8 SP 3
- UPDATED: MMKeyboard 3.22
- UPDATED: R 2.21
- UPDATED: tsgui 2.2
- UPDATED: UnRAR 3.60
- UPDATED: WHDLoad 16.6
- UPDATED: WinUAEHelp file 2.04
- UPDATED: WookieChat 2.3.1
- REVERTED: ixemul.library 48.2 (seems the newer v49.17 library is bugged)
- FIXED: ROM incompatibility with Amiga Forever 2006
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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06.Sep.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmiWest: Exhibitor's list published
The organizers of the "AmiWest" (Sacramento, USA, October the 21st) have published a first list of participating exhibitors. Along with one "surprise guest" there are the following participants announced:
- Pagestream
- Software Hut
- AMUC
- Troika
- Hyperion
- SACC
- Individual Computers
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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06.Sep.2006
amigaworld.net (website)
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Emulator: PSPUAE 0.54
PSPUAE is a port of the well known Amiga emulator E-UAE for Sony's portable game console PSP. New in version 0.54:
- Based on e-uae 0.8.29 WIP3
- Ditched harddrive support to gain speed as I still can't get it to work with WIP3
- Removed support for serial ports to gain speed
- Several optimizations to the e-uae code primarily removing stuff that doesn't make a lot of sense on the PSP
- Added cpu speed option - thanks to FOL
- Added profiling support
- Fixed memory issues - now allows 6MB for PSP V1.50 and 5.5MB for PSP V2.00+
- Should run using kxploit and the eloader (So V1.50 release works with all)
- Switched middle and right mouse button
- Fixed screenshot
- only displays leds for 2 drives as only 2 are enabled (will not accept 4 drives as I have disabled the last 2 for performance reasons)
- disabled debugging support (can be enabled again it doesnt really make a performance hit)
- only possible to select valid memory configurations (up to 2 Mb chip, 1.5 Mb bogo and 2.5Mb fast)
- Fixed keyboard mappings
- when mapping keyboard keys to psp buttons the behaviour is to keep the key down until the psp button is released.
- removed 2 drives from the disk menu
- added msg box for when no kickstart rom is present and also for when changing kickstart roms while using PSPUAE
- added msg box for when PSPUAE runs out of memory instead of crashing (makes it very hard to crash PSPUAE now)
- added KickStart 2.04 & 2.05 to the Rom selection menu
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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06.Sep.2006
Gunnar Bernhardt aka. gunaTM (ANF)
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GAC at rank 51 of German's most powerful SETI teams
Gunnar Bernhardt writes: "Whoever might be motivated to power on his spare computer to peacefully seek for extraterrestrians is invited to join our group. Currently we are on rank #51 of the most powerful German teams due to massive hardware power. Further information is to get from this thread of the "German Amiga Community" forum. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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06.Sep.2006
ANN (Website)
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Print magazine: Total Amiga Archive CD
The "Total Amiga Archive CD" contains the first 20 issues of the British print magazine in two different versions: One pdf optimizes for on screen reading and a second high quality version for print out.
Additionally the CD contains index files for fast access of single articles.
The "Total Amiga Archive CD" will be for sale at the "Big Bash 4". Preorders by email are accepted now, oversea orders start from GBP 5,50. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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06.Sep.2006
Dennis 'Psyria' Lohr (ANF)
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Musik: Psyria HP update, new music track, Psyria said "yes"
Dennis "Psyria" Lohr writes: "And tehn it is nearly over again, teh long awaited summer 2006. But still enough time to celebrate a good summer farewell. The time since the last update on the homepage was used intensively to work on the new the CD. More information about that soon :-)
And because the summer break is over for Psyria, too, there is another free track available at the download area: It is titled "Extreme" (again an excusive studio version) and is a little teaser for teh new long player. Have fun.
Dear Amiga-News readers, even this is not belonging to the regular news, I'd like to give a brief view to teh most beautiful day of my life - Psyria has married and said "yes" :)" (cg) (Translation: ub)
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05.Sep.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Amithlon: Kernel 3.10, new Linux drivers
Gary 'DrBombcrater' Colville provides a new Linux kernel for the Amiga emulator Amithlon. Changes in version 3.10:
- Support for more GeForce FX models (ie, 5700, 5100, etc)
- Support for GeForce PCX PCI-Express cards
- General bugfixes to the GeForce and Radeon drivers
- SATA support (yay!) for VIA 8237 and NVidia NForce 3/4 chipsets
- Gigabit ethernet via the VIA 6120 & 6122 Velocity chips
- Ethernet driver for NForce 3/4 chipsets
- Support for more AC97 audio codecs
In addition there is an archive with additional Linux drivers which includes support for further network interface cards and sound cards. The driver packet requires the Contrib3b update by Bernd Meyer or the Amithlon-Update by Guido Mersmann. (cg) (Translation: iw)
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05.Sep.2006
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 62 (September/October 2006)
press release: Today the 62nd issue (September/October 2006) of Amiga Future was released. That means that all subscriptions have been taken to the post today.
The Amiga Future can be bought in the online shop of APC&TCP directly at the editorial office and at various specialised dealers (for example Alinea, GGS-Data, Vesalia etc.) It is possible to take out a subscription or to buy the issue separately, either with a readers CD or without.
Again there are plenty of test reports in this issue for example MMKeyboard, Rockbeat, X11, Ajax, Amaja and many more. But there is also a report of the Evoke, an interview with The Wyrmkeep Entertainment and Olaf Barthel.
A complete index as well as extracts can be obtained in the articles section of the Amiga Future Homepage.
On the readers CD are once again 10 full versions, for instance Uropa 2 or Labyrinth of Time. Among MP3 compositions by Andreas Stürmer there this time exclusively also the not yet published Amiga game Light Racer on the CD.
Issue 59 has been sold out in the meantime. Few magazines of issue 60 and 61 are still available. Various older issues of Amiga Future are available at the APC&TCP online shop; price starting at 1 euro.
The software area of the Amiga Future homepage, where you can download various full versions is available at software.amigafuture.de. The domain amigasoftware.de will be deactivated in the near future.
Amiga Future is still looking for print editors and online editors. Detailed information can be obtained at amigafuture.de/jobs.php. (cg) (Translation: iw)
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05.Sep.2006
Andreas Rösner (rbn) (ANF)
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Pegasosforum.de is celebrating its 3rd birthday
Today the German Pegasosforum is celebrating its 3rd birthday. Webmaster Matthias "DJBase" Münch says thanks to all active members of the forum and wishes good luck to all persons involved for the coming three years.
Andreas Rösner congratulates on the behalf of the Pegasos User Group Germany and says thanks to the webmaster and all persons involved. Users without a Pegasos were also welcome to visit the forum and to add their articles, he added. (cg) (Translation: iw)
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05.Sep.2006
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AROS: Bounty 42 - porting of the MorphOS-KHTML-Engine
The 42nd "Bounty" project of team AROS aims at porting the version of the KHTML Engine, which is currently being developed for MorphOS, including the corresponding browser. (cg) (Translation: iw)
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04.Sep.2006
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Archiver: UnRAR 3.60
Linked to the header is a new UnRAR Version for AmigaOS3 and WarpOS
available. The Author notify that UnRAR needs for extracting of a
standart RAR-File a big amount of memory, as a rule 30MB.
Changes in Version 3.60:
- the Stack-size will be automaticly increased by 200KB
- the 68k-Version works faster then the pre-version
- the protective bit will be set correctly
- the entered password is not longer visibly
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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04.Sep.2006
ANN (Webseite)
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MorphOS: OS4Emu 1.9
Illka Lehtorantas Wrapper OS4Emu allows executing of
AmigaOS 4-Software under MorphOS. In Version 1.9 are now also the
newlib.library and Warp3D emulated, which makes the compability more
stable. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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04.Sep.2006
Gunar Bernhardt aka. gunatm (ANF)
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Emulator: WinUAE 1.3.2
Toni Wilen released the Version 1.3.2 of his known Amiga-Emulator WinUAE:
WinUAE 1.3.x bugs fixed:
- Debug window won't open automatically anymore
- HRTMon keyboard layout and WHDLoad commands fixed
New features:
- Mouse Up/Down and Left/Right input destinations supported
simultaneously
- CD32 state save support (work in progress)
- A1000 Kickstart disk images can be used as a ROM image
Also is on Webhood.de a offical Download-Mirror available. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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04.Sep.2006
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Aminet: status update September 2006
press release: It's been a while since last time, but that doesn't mean we haven't done anything in the meantime. Following is an update on the newest stuff happening over at Aminet.net.
The Aminet Wiki
Aminet has its own Wiki now: at wiki.aminet.net you'll find manuals, FAQs, information about the team and Aminet's history aswell as our changelogs, todo lists and bug 'database'. The section covering Aminet's usage urgently needs more info added though: if you'd like to help out with creating a nice user manual covering archive formats, the tools required to handle them, various ways of transfering archives from a PC to the Amiga, using an FTP client etc. - get in touch with us, please.
Translating the Wiki into other languages is planned, but our ressources are somewhat limited and there are lots of things to do - so this might take a while.
New directories
Several new directories have been created, amongst them misc/os, which is intended for operating systems and updates. The first uploads to this directory are "Amiga Minix", an open source Unix like operating system for Amiga 500, 2000 and 3000 computers and the final m68k-amiga distribution of OpenBSD. The former was kindly provided by Thomas Unger, while the latter is a mirror of ftp.planetmirror.com and was moved to Aminet because OpenBSD-Amiga is discontinued und slowly gets removed from the official BSD-mirrors.
A complete list of the new directories:
We already started to move files into these directories, if you stumble across further packages that should be moved, don't hesitate to tell us. Thanks a lot to James Jacobs for both suggesting game/edit aswell as providing a complete list of files that should be moved in there.
More mirrors
Three new mirrors have been added (de5.aminet.net, se.aminet.net and dk.aminet.net). For more info about mirrors and who to thank for the various ones, see wiki.aminet.net/Mirrors. Aminet now consists of seven mirrors - with more coming up.
As the question has been brought up several times now: Yes, we do accept big files, a CD ISO shouldn't be a problem. For anything significantly bigger than 80-100 MB we'd appreciate it if you would notify us upfront though.
New filetypes supported
We now accept PDF documents (you don't have to put them into an archive anymore) aswell as music and video files in an Ogg container, the most popular ones being Ogg Vorbis and Ogg Theora. In addition we encourage you to use the open OGG formats rather than the proprietary MPEG (MP3, MPEG1/2) formats which often come with patent and license issues.
As we're still getting DMS uploads occasionally: Please note that Aminet does not support DMS. If you need to upload a disk image, convert it to ADF first. We accept both plain ADF files aswell as zipped ADF (.adz).
A reminder - server abuse
Recently we encountered postings on various forums where people announced they would download the whole Aminet repository, others explained that they already did it or gave instructions how this can be accomplished easily. Apparently, we really need to address this issue.
Downloading the whole Aminet repository is considered abuse. No ifs, buts or whens - end users are not entitled to run personal mirrors. Aminet has a total size of more than 32 GB right now, individual users downloading that much data from our servers just for the sake of having their own local copy are not just acting rather impolite, they are actually eating up resources that somebody has to pay for.
Aminet isn't going away anytime soon. It's going to celebrate its 15th birthday soon, and we do have the resources available to make sure that there are going to be quite a few more birthday parties. We also have a bunch of 100% mirrors up and going, so there are no excuses really.
If you really feel like leeching, go download Google - compared to Aminet, that whole WWW thing is a relative newcomer and might be gone any day now.
As usual, an extensive change log can be found at: wiki.aminet.net/Changelog. If you want to get in touch with us, either drop us a mail at aminet@aminet.net or join our IRC channel #aminet on irc.amigaworld.net. We *love* feedback, feature requests and complaints. Honestly. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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04.Sep.2006
Jörg Schiller (ANF)
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Kurzbericht: Commodore on the Funkausstellung
Jörg Schiller wrotes: "I visit the internation Funkaustellung in Berlin
last friday. In Hall 1 near the South Entrance (Jaffestrasse) to my
surprise: Commodore with a big stand.
There are two older C64 with externale 5,25" Floppydrives and Monitor shown
which are presents the typical blue-in-blue mainscreen.
Otherwise Commodore presenting several electronical Infoterminals and
small Palmtops.
A lot of people stood around the the both working C64, and people between
30 to 40 esteemend his sense of pleasure. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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04.Sep.2006
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Aminet-Uploads until 03.09.2006
Aminet-Uploads since our last report (excluded of the notifed Uploads of Szene-Group "Up Rough"):
curl.lha comm/net 1.0M OS4 Command line url file transfer
MiamiDX_booster.lha comm/net 1K GEN MiamiDX transfer speed-up boost!
AmiDiction.lha comm/tcp 38K OS3 Online Dictionary
A71Mail.lha comm/www 19K GEN Email Form multilanguage written in php
IBrowseSP.lha comm/www 17K GEN IBrowse 2.x spanish catalogs v2.3.1g
AW06invF.lha demo/aga 601K OS3 'ArtWay2006 invitation - Final' by ArtWa
DeathTrialPATCH01.lha demo/aga 57K WUP DeathTrial FixPatch 0.1
eph_bp06.lha demo/aga 8.2M OS3 'Lux aetherna lucia eis' by Ephidrena
fettkrem.lha demo/aga 11M OS3 'Fettkrem' by Spaceballs
fit-ster.lha demo/aga 2.4M OS3 'Stercus Accidit' by FIT
irs-kfix.lha demo/aga 7.5M OS3 'Kilofix' by Iris
Requiem.lha demo/aga 8.1M OS3 'Requiem' by TBL
sedna.lha demo/aga 363K OS3 'Sedna' by Venom
SnZ_BCMN.lha demo/aga 59K OS3 'Brightly Colored Male Niple'
tlu-tdsc.lha demo/aga 1.4M OS3 'Tour de Scene' by Tulou
trk-fd.lha demo/aga 1.8M OS3 'Funk Def' by Traktor
va_tfwd.lha demo/aga 3.4M PUP "The Field Where I died" by Venus Art
wish.lha demo/aga 1.2M OS3 'Wish we Were in Italy'
bits500.lha demo/ecs 6K OS3 'Merry Christmas 2005' by Bits
LP-SUPER.lha demo/ecs 496K OS3 'Superstudio' by La Paz
par-pr31.lha demo/ecs 35K OS3 'Premium is 31' by Paradise
rno-armp.lha demo/ecs 58K OS3 'Armpit' by RNO
rno-frtc.lha demo/ecs 403K OS3 'Fruitcake' by RNO
rno-spac.lha demo/ecs 91K OS3 'Spacekitten' by RNO
rnobzm06.lha demo/ecs 303K OS3 'Boozembly 2006 invitation' by RNO
dose2_morphos.lha demo/euro 5.1M MOS "dose 2: valetta" by mfx
fit-chrysler.lha demo/euro 1.0M MOS "Chrysler" by Fit & Bandwagon, MOS port
mwi-ndf.lha demo/euro 6.1M MOS "New Dawn Fades" by MWI (MOS-Fix)
mwi-till.lha demo/euro 7.2M MOS "Till I Feel You" by MWI (MorphOS-fixed)
stercus_accidit.lha demo/euro 2.4M OS4 Stercus Accidit - a gothic demo
yellow_rose_morphos.lha demo/file 100K MOS "Yellow Rose of Texas" by Fit & Bandwago
3stars.lha demo/intro 1.2M OS3 '3stars' by Ed Sinistar
apt-swap.lha demo/intro 90K OS3 'Swaptro 2006' by Apathy
dft-litt.zip demo/intro 30K OS3 'Little Star' by Drifters
elc-samh.lha demo/intro 215K OS3 'Samhall' by Elcrew
gintroni.zip demo/intro 5K OS3 'Gin Tronic' by Ephidrena and Scarab
LNS-PL.lha demo/intro 9K OS3 'Planet Lonies' a 4k by Loonies
lpstop.lha demo/intro 4K OS3 'LPStop' by Mayhem
mds-mikr.lha demo/intro 63K OS3 'Mikrobi' by Moods Plateau
mds-utl.lha demo/intro 103K OS3 'Uphold the Law' by Moods Plateau
rno-mi06.lha demo/intro 393K OS3 'Motorola Inside 06 Invitation' by RNO
SFL-Q_PA.lha demo/intro 62K OS3 'Q' by Software Failure
SQZ_LOAD.lha demo/intro 80K OS3 'Happy Birthday Psychotic Loady'
UP-SHFGT.lha demo/intro 456K OS3 UP ROUGH "Shadow Fighter", a dentro
UPvsRNO.lha demo/intro 57K OS3 UP ROUGH vs RNO "Tyson" a 64k intro
voidsare.lha demo/intro 19K OS3 'Voids are Back in Town' by Voids
JP16.lha demo/mag 4.0M OS3 Jurassic Pack #16
VOID-Saxonia3.lha demo/mag 228K OS3 Diskmag
Void-Saxonia4.lha demo/mag 313K OS3 'Saxonia #4' by Void
VS3_AMI.lha demo/mag 222K OS3 'Versus #3' a chartmag by Nukleus
236.lha demo/misc 5.4M MOS 236 a MorphOS demo by Team Power Amiga
AWY-STC.lha demo/misc 278K OS3 'Save the Compo' by ArtWay
Fireflies.lha demo/misc 120K MOS FireFlies (MorphOS TinyGL example)
jml-spit.lha demo/misc 3.9M MOS 'Spit' by Jumalauta
out3_fin.lha demo/misc 1.3M OS3 Out of Style III-Storm Studios/The Sands
S-KPill2.lha demo/misc 925K OS3 'Karate Pills 2' by ChitZ0phReNiC
ster_mos.lha demo/misc 2.3M MOS 'Stercus Accidit' by Fit
klx-cbdr.lha demo/slide 190K OS3 'Cyber Dreams' by Klaxx
AmigaBASIC-Info.lha dev/basic 6K OS3 AmigaBASIC on an A600(HD)/A1200(HD).
PcCardDevBas.lha dev/basic 11K GEN Using PcCard library from HBasic
ecx_upd.lha dev/e 127K VAR E Compiler ECX. Update to 1.5.2
fpc-2.0.4.powerpc-mos.lha dev/lang 13M MOS Free Pascal Compiler - MorphOS port
alecos.txt docs/anno 1K GEN Alecos's Home Page has been moved to...
aros_hd_install_eng.pdf docs/help 1.0M GEN Aros HD Installation Manual [English]
AmigaFuture62.lha docs/mags 790K GEN Great german paper mag preview
bloboats-1.0.1-2-mos.lha game/race 7.5M MOS Kikstart clone: Rescue a ship in distres
righteous_aos4.lha game/think 2.5M OS4 A Lumines (PSP) clone! A nice puzzler!
tileworld_aos4.lha game/think 1.2M OS4 A clone/remake of Chips Challenge
cyberstorm.lha gfx/misc 410K GEN New skin for Morph OS
pdf417.lha gfx/misc 813K OS3 pdf417 conversion tool (68k)
Sv5Fix180.lha gfx/misc 184K VAR *Fix* for SView5 V1.80 (30.8.2006)
SView5.lha gfx/misc 2.4M VAR SView5 Image Viewing/Processing Package
devedie_skin_neko.lha gfx/show 49K GEN Skin for Devedie powered by Neko
GLGlobe.lha misc/edu 2.4M MOS GLGlobe
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 180K OS3 Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator
siem_aos4.lha misc/emu 319K OS4 A Space Invaders Arcade Emulator
mi06-mus.lha mods/misc 2.4M GEN All mods from Motorola Inside compo
ANR_modplayer.lha mus/play 117K MOS AmiNetRadio MOD Player
ANR_mpcplayer.lha mus/play 33K MOS AmiNetRadio Musepack MPCPlayer
bsnii-songplayer.lha mus/play 44K GEN Songplayer skin: Blue Space Ninja button
trima-songplayer.lha mus/play 9K GEN Songplayer buttons matching Trima's skin
tuneaac-plug.lha mus/play 56K OS4 AAC m4a plugin for TuneNet (Plays IPod f
up-ms2k1.zip pix/anim 48M GEN UP ROUGH 'Mekka Symposium 2001 report'
AmilordMos01.png pix/back 295K GEN Mos Wallpaper A01
NewAge-Icons.lha pix/gicon 9.0M GEN Realistic, shaded OS3.5/3.9-Icons
UP-FDRAG.lha pix/illu 113K GEN UP ROUGH "Forest Dragon" by Prowler
mi06-gfx.lha pix/misc 283K GEN All graphics from Motorola Inside 2006
UP-PIGNS.lha pix/misc 648K GEN UP ROUGH "Pigeons" by Prowler,
aros-demos-icons.lha pix/picon 158K GEN Aros-Demos Icons
metalslugicon.lha pix/picon 20K GEN A cool Metal Slug icon for MAME (MorphOS
mixed.lha pix/picon 244K GEN Some Ambient icons
basSkin.lha pix/theme 89K GEN [MorphOS] basSkin
bluechrome.lha pix/theme 336K GEN [MorphOS] Another Skin
bsn-ii.lha pix/theme 114K GEN [MorphOS] Blue Space Ninja II Skin
IceMOS.lha pix/theme 10K GEN MorphOS skin
imaz.lha pix/theme 115K GEN MorphOS Skin
nostalgia.lha pix/theme 387K GEN [MorphOS] AOS 1.x Skin
nunexus.lha pix/theme 19K GEN MorphOS skin
sky.lha pix/theme 154K GEN [MorphOS] A skin for Ambient
snowskin1.0.lha pix/theme 250K GEN MorphOS Skin
spacestation.lha pix/theme 755K GEN [MorphOS] A skin for Ambient
trimas_skin.lha pix/theme 662K GEN Skin for MorphOS
guideml.lha text/hyper 146K VAR AmigaGuide -> HTML converter with GUI
ispell-arexx.lha text/misc 3.2M OS4 Spelling checker with ARexx port
DM_con_LL.lha util/dir 10K GEN DiskMaster config and associated scripts
akPNG-dt.lha util/dtype 208K VAR akPNG-dt V45.50 (PNG, 68000-060/MOS)
WarpPNGdt.lha util/dtype 211K VAR PNG image datatype (68k,OS4,MOS,WOS)
MathLibsUAE.lha util/libs 44K OS3 IEEE-libs best for WinUAE +src +bonus r1
acopro.lha util/misc 7K GEN 68881 fpu emulator (source)
WRip_28.lha util/misc 46K OS3 rips various pack-formats from Disk/File
AmberRAM.lha util/sys 59K OS3 Replacement RAM disk
cpuwatcher.lha util/wb 18K OS4 Measures CPU, free mem and net traffic
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 03.09.2006
Uploads on os4depot.net since our last report:
jerry_icons.zip gra/ico 139kb Set of various png icons
ispell-arexx.lha uti/tex 3Mb Spelling checker with ARexx port
righteous.lha gam/puz 2Mb A Lumines (PSP) clone! A nice puzzler!
tileworld.lha gam/adv 1Mb A clone/remake of Chips Challenge
cpuwatcher.lha uti/wor 17kb Measures CPU, free memory and network tr
siemu.lha emu/gam 318kb A Space Invaders Arcade Emulator
stercus_accidit.lha dem/sce 2Mb Stercus Accidit - a gothic demo
guideml.lha uti/tex 138kb AmigaGuide -> HTML converter with GUI fo
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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03.Sep.2006
Raffaele (ANF)
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Pianeta Amiga: Presentation of a new ppc based hardware platform
As the organizers of the Italian Pianeta Amiga (23rd and 24th of September, Empoli) stated at their website, a new ppc based hardware called "Samantha" would be introduced. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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03.Sep.2006
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Commdore-Emulator: VICE 1.20 for all Amiga systems
The latest Version of the Commodore emulator VICE is available for AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS and AROS (Intel/PPC) under the title link. VICE practically emulates all Commodore's 8Bit-systems. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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