24.May.2006
geit (Comments)
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Keyboard Driver: MMKeyboard 3.21
Guido Mersmann has released a bugfix update of his keyboard driver
MMKeyboard for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Amithlon. The new version
fixes the bug that the MMKeyboard-hardware was not correctly supported
lately.
MMKeyboard allows the use of all multimedia buttons of the system. For
this purpose, it offers, besides the conventional execution types, macros
as well, which allow, for example, scrolling of windows, browsing through
screens and windows, or ejection of media, too. Of course, in addition to
the multimedia buttons, the normal keys of the system can be assigned to
functions as well, similar to FKey.
Should you enjoy the program, the author asks to consider a small donation. (snx)
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24.May.2006
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Updated FAQ for KHTML.library
Marcin 'Marcik' Kwiatkowski has updated the questions and answers to
his work-in-progress porting of the KHTML-engine to MorphOS.
The underlying sourcecode has been switched to Nokia's S60-webbrowser-project
(amiga-news reported).
By switching to S60 the KHTML.library should be faster, easier to update
and more stable. If nothing unexpected happens then first public version
should appear by the end of summer. Currently the souce code yet compiles
without any problems, and the engine is initialized and working.
The KHTML-porting project is a Bounty-project with
a current amount of over 2000 US$. (snx) (Translation: nba)
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24.May.2006
ANN (Webseite)
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Magazine: Issue 18 of Total Amiga as PDF for downloading
The 18th issue of the English (printed) magazine Total Amiga is sold-out
and can now be downloaded as a PDF-document for free. All details can be
gathered from the Amiga Total website linked to the title. (cg)
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24.May.2006
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New full versions for download
15 new full versions have been collected and put online for free
downloading from the download area on the website of Amiga Future. (cg)
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24.May.2006
Golem IT-News
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Golem: Zetas wild ride - Yellowtab on the ropes, Magnussoft new publisher?
As online-magazine Golem reports, the developer of the BeOS-successor
Zeta is on the ropes: the offices have closed, the business operations are
resting. It is understood that Magnussoft in cooperation with Bernd
Korz, the executive at Yellowtab, will take over the further development
of Zeta. The company yet announced the update to version 1.3. (cg) (Translation: nba)
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24.May.2006
Golem IT-News
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Golem: Nokia releases Symbian-browser-engine as open source
Nokia has now released the souce code of the rendering-engine Web Kit for
the Symbian-smartphones with Series 60 as open source. Last November Nokia
had published the according browser which is based on Apple's Safari Web
Kit and thus on the rendering-engine KHTML by the KDE-project. Read the
complete report on the linked website of Golem IT-News. (nba) (Translation: nba)
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24.May.2006
Detlef Zirpel (ANF)
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distributed.net: PowerPC/AmigaOS now 12th at OGR-25
In the OGR-25 competition PowerPC/AmigaOS today moved up to the 12th place
and left PA-Risc/HP-UX behind.
The next to be overtaken are MIPS/IRIX. With constant gains this is
likely to happen until the end of the year.
Amiga 68k currently is ranked 28th. (nba)
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23.May.2006
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Spiegel Online: mass raid on P2P users
According to Spiegel Online about 130 houses of filesharing users have been searched in the last couple of days. Previously 3500 users of the P2P software eDonkey could be identfied during investigations. (cg) (Translation: iw)
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23.May.2006
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Game data base: News from lemonamiga.com
100 scans from ads of print magazines have been added to the game data base lemonamiga.com.
Many games now have cross references to the data bases CPCZone (Armstrad CPC), KLOV (Arcade-Automaten) and Guardiana (Sege Mega Drive). This makes it possible to compare the Amiga version with the Arcade original or the Sega-/CPC version.
Since our last announcement nearly 200 new games have been added. (cg) (Translation: iw)
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23.May.2006
Ron van Schaik (ANF)
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Event: report on the Dutch "Commodore Show"
According to the organisers, "Commodore Gebruikers Groep", the Commodore Show in Groningen (Holland) was a success. Several daily newspapers were present and in addition two radio stations reported on the meeting. In the meantime pictures from the event as well as a record of one of the two (Dutch) radio broadcasts have been available.
The next event of the Dutch Commodore users is taking place on 17 June 2006 in Maarssen. (cg) (Translation: iw)
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23.May.2006
Ventzislav Tzvetkov (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Z80-Cross-Compiler Z88DK 1.6
z88dk is a c cross compiler including assembler and linker for Z80 based computers. Currently the following target platforms are supported:
- Cambridge Computers z88
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum
- Sinclair ZX81
- CP/M based machines
- Amstrad NC100, VZ200/300
- Sharp MZ series
- TI calculators (TI82, TI83, TI83+, TI85, TI86)
- ABC80
- Jupiter Ace
- Xircom REX 6000
- Sam Coupe
- MSX1
- Spectravideo
- Mattel Aquarius
- Peters Sprinter
- C128 (in z80 mode)
- Sega Master System
The package comes together with the "SPRITE PACK V3.0", which had been considered for the ZX Spectrum and example libraries for the Sega Master system.
(cg) (Translation: iw)
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23.May.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: drumcomputer Rockbeat 1.3.4
The software drumcomputer Rockbeat is now available in version 1.3.4. Changes since the last version:
- Fixed GUI clean up issues that caused instability when quitting and reloading
- Removed a divide by zero bug in two places
(cg) (Translation: iw)
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22.May.2006
Duke (ANF)
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Gamedatabase: New entries by Amiga Games That Weren't
Amiga Games That Weren't, a Webside , which is for "lost" Amiga-Games,
was updated with Reports, Reviews, Screenshots and Downloads for following
Games:
9. April 2006:
21. Mai 2006:
- Denjoy
- Slez
- Pot
- Das Verstecken-Spiel: Die Ostereier-Suche
- Mission Undergound
- ACSYS: Autonomous Cybernetic System
- Hyboria: Conan the Conqueror
(snx) (Translation: aj)
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22.May.2006
Golem (ANF)
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Golem: Magnussoft take over the Distribution of BeOS-follower Zeta
Magnussoft (responsible for the "Amiga Classix"-Suite) take over from
YellowTab the Distribution of the Beos-follower Zeta. YellowTab has since a
short while ago
financial Problems. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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22.May.2006
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ACK: New Date for the presentation of the AmigaOne-CPU-Module
Adam Kowalczyk from ACK notifiy, that the primary for today planed
presentation of the
AmigaOne-CPU-Module
will be done later.
First the have some technical problems and among others the community
desired a puplic presentation.
The demonstration will be start at Saturday 10.June 16:00 Local time at
the "UPS Store" (26-200 Fitch Street) in Welland, ON L3C 4V9
(Canada) now. The parking place and the available room are limited, so a
preregistration via E-Mail is recommend. Food and Drinks are
available.
Timetable:
- 16:00 Uhr - Short Intro
- 16:10 - Overview about the Installation and Konfiguration of the CPU-Module
- 16:30 - Booting of AmigaOS 4 on a testplatform with CPU-Modul
- 16:35 - Benchmark-Tests
- 17:00 - Questions of User
- 17:55 - Final commendation
- 18:00 - End
After 17:00 the will be answer the questions of those present, later
the question via IRC or E-Mail will be answered. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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22.May.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Residual - Grim Fandango for he Amiga (Alpha)
Residual is a Adventure-Engine for the LUA-based Adventures from
LucasArts. This project is in a Alpha-status and at the moment only
Grim Fandango
will be supported.
For the Amiga-port the hardware-rendering and the fullscreen-mode is missing.
Requirements are the data-files of the PC-Version from Grim Fandango. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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22.May.2006
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Installationsguide for WordWorth, PageStream and TurboCalc
Nicola Raffinatore has PDF-Files with a guide to Install
WordWorth 7, PageStream 4.1 and TurboCalc 5 under the
fourth preversion of AmigaOS 4 in france und english
released.
Download: installation.lha (211 KB) (snx) (Translation: aj)
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22.May.2006
Amigathering (ANF)
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Event: Amigathering 7 - Back In Time! (Greece)
Amigathering 7 - Back In Time! Following last summer's highly successful Amigathering 6, this year's Greek Amiga users' gathering will take place in Kypseli, Athens on May 27 and 28.
For a detailed announcement in Greek please visit the title link. Any non-Greek speakers that might happen to be in the area at the time can contact the organizers by e-mail for further details. (snx)
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22.May.2006
Golem IT-News
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Golem: Heinz-Nixdorf-Forum makes a visit inside of a Computer possible
For all interessted people the Heinz-Nixdorf-Forum in Paderborn present
a exibition which makes it possible to visit a computer as from next
sunday.
After five years of development a exibition will be open which shows with
"Augmented Reality-Technik" how to work a Computer.
This is possible by the assignment of modern technic. For a complet
report read the Golem IT-News report which s linked to the header. (nba) (Translation: aj)
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22.May.2006
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Aminet-Uploads until 21.05.2006
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
ncftp_3.1.9_040.lha comm/net 537K OS3 ncFTP
thttpd_2.25b.lha comm/net 186K OS3 thttpd v2.25b
samba-2.2.5-bin-2.3-68k.lha comm/tcp 4.4M OS3 Port of the free SMB client and server
smbcn105.lha comm/tcp 75K OS3 NetBIOS filesystem V1.05
MakeHTMLMap.lha comm/www 1.3M OS3 The Gallery/Onlineshop Creator for Amiga
firehawks-wic.zip demo/mega 797K OS3 Demo "World is crazy" from The Firehawks
PAR_bwBASIC.lha dev/basic 4K OS3 PAR: access using bwBASIC.
iconv-morphos.lha dev/c 5.0M MOS Character set conversion library
PAR_C.lha dev/c 10K OS3 PAR: access using the SIMPLEST of C.
denise4_2aros-src.lha dev/src 788K GEN Sources of Denise for AROS
PAR_ARexx.lha dev/src 5K OS3 PAR: access using the SIMPLEST of ARexx.
PAR_Python.lha dev/src 7K OS3 PAR: access using the SIMPLEST of Python
ext2fs_0.20.lha disk/misc 92K VAR Second Extended FileSystem (EXT2) driver
ntfs_0.5.lha disk/misc 66K VAR New Technology Filesystem (NTFS) driver
unmount-0.1.lha disk/misc 6K VAR Device unmounting tool (with source)
Sparc_Amiga.zip docs/misc 193K GEN PDF: Amiga A1200 Rebuilt inside a Sun Sp
TankWars.lha game/2play 91K OS3 An overhead-viewed game for 2-5 players
Africa.lha game/board 193K OS3 Conversion of 3W boardgame
widelands.lha game/misc 17M OS4 A real time strategy game
ScaleMultiPicImageFX.lha gfx/ifx 2K GEN ImageFX: Rescale all RGB pics in directo
pciutils-src.zip hard/misc 209K GEN PCI hardware manipulation utilities - so
pciutils.zip hard/misc 155K ARO PCI hardware manipulation utilities
Hatari.lha misc/emu 1.5M OS4 Atari ST and STE emulator.
vim-bin.lha text/edit 6.5M OS4 Vim, the editor.
MemOptimizer.lha util/boot 106K OS3 Memory defrag + GUI & optional Patches
akJFIF-dt.lha util/dtype 220K VAR akJFIF-dt V45.50 (JPEG, 68000-060/MOS)
cvs_amiga_bin.lha util/gnu 1.4M VAR CVS version control system 1.11.21
cvs_amiga_src.lha util/gnu 1.1M VAR CVS version control system 1.11.21
MPlayer-GUI.lha util/misc 203K OS4 GUI for MPlayer for OS4
argue.lha util/sys 174K OS3 Create a MUI GUI for *ANY* program.
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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22.May.2006
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 21.05.2006
os4depot.net uploads since our last report:
residual.lha gam/adv 602kb Residual: A LucasArts 3D game interprete
fp_skin.lha gra/mis 218kb Frying Pan Skin
via686b_ahi.lha dri/aud 11kb VIA686B A1 onboard AHI driver
vim-bin.lha uti/tex 6Mb Vim, the editor.
ct2mgm_sf.lha aud/pla 1Mb A soundfont for programs like TiMidity
gus_patches.lha aud/pla 29Mb GravisUltraSound-patches
timidity.lha aud/pla 419kb MIDI file player/converter
kens_icons3.lha gra/ico 3Mb Ken's Icons v3.0 (Preview)
widelands.lha gam/str 16Mb A real time strategy game
(cg)
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22.May.2006
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 21.05.2006
AROS-Archives uploads since our last report:
denise4_2aros-src.lha uti/sci 788kb port Denise, PL:źródła EN:sour
pciutils-src.zip uti/har 208kb PCI hardware manipulation utilities - so
pciutils.zip uti/har 155kb PCI hardware manipulation utilities
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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21.May.2006
Piotr Pawlowski (ANF)
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Event: Photos from the AmiMajówka 2006
On May 21st, 2006, the AmiMajówka 2k6 was held in Krakow, Poland.
Some photos taken at this user meeting can be viewed on the website under
the title link. (nba)
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21.May.2006
Amiga Future (Web page)
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Spectrum Emulator ASp 0.87b
ASp is an emulator for the home computer Sinclair ZX Spectrum for the Amiga, and is programmed in 68k-Assembler.
Version 0.87b corrects the only reported error of its predecessor, minor problems with the appearance and behavior of the menu option "Tape Playing". (snx) (Translation: cad)
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21.May.2006
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Commodore Emulator: New version of VICE, ports for OS3, MOS and AROS
Matthias Roslund and Marco van den Heuvel are making the newest version of the emulator VICE available, which emulates diverse 8-bit computers from Commodore.
In addition to AmigaOS 4, VICE is now available for AmigaOS 3, MorphOS and AROS as well. Since the last release, some errors were corrected, also, numerous further configuration dialogs are now implemented.
(cg) (Translation: cad)
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21.May.2006
amigafuture.de (Web page)
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Jump'n Run: New demo version of Mr.Beanbag (AGA)
The wrights of Mr.Beanbag, a classical Jump'n Run in Sonic-series style, are making a new playable demo version available. The game is now completely written in 68k-ASM, the last AMOS remnants have been removed.
The screen pane now moves a little differently when the game character jumps, so that the player can see where he is jumping to. The developers ask for feedback regarding this particular change. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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21.May.2006
Amiga Future (Web page)
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Keyboard Driver: MMKeyboard 3.20
Guido Mersmann has released an update to his keyboard driver MMKeyboard for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Amithlon. Besides error corrections in both the program and the documentation, the fourth and fifth mouse buttons can now be used under AmigaOS 4.
MMKeyboard allows the use of all multimedia buttons of the system. For this purpose, it offers, besides the conventional execution types, macros as well, which allow, for example, scrolling of windows, browsing through screens and windows, or ejection of media, too. Of course, in addition to the multimedia buttons, the normal keys of the system can be assigned to functions as well, similar to FKey.
Should you enjoy the program, the author asks to consider a small donation. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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20.May.2006
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Boardgame port: Africa 1.0
Africa is a new conversion of the 1977 3W boardgame "Africa" for up to
5 human or computer controlled players. The SAS/C and StormC source code
is included.
In this game each player takes the role of one of the powers
attempting to establish or maintain a sphere of influence in the southern
half of the African continent. By interfering in the economic stability
and political alliance of nations, and by subsidising them, the players
attempt to extend their political control of Africa, while diminishing the
control of their opponents.
There is the opportunity to set up governments in favour of the players, encourage revolutions, start wars between the African nations and even introduce armies of the player-powers into the continent.
Africa requires AmigaOS 3.0+, AGA/RTG and 640x512 or a better screen
resolution.
Download: Africa.lha (193 KB) (snx) (Translation: nba)
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20.May.2006
Amigaharry (ANF)
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MorphOS: SimpleView 1.6 (update)
Tom 'Amigaharry' Duin released his MorphOS image viewer SimpleView in version 1.6 under the title link. SimpleView is completely written in PowerPC assembler code.
New in version 1.6 is a completely rewritten image display routine and an own fast 8bit image pen colour conversion routine.
Update: (20:14, 20.05.06, snx)
With SimpleView 1.6b there's a bugfix version available. As the routine meant for 8bit pictures was executed with 24bit images slowdowns could take place or even a system freeze.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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20.May.2006
morphzone.org (website)
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MorphOS: MOSNet documentation - feedback desired
In a thread on morphzone.org introduces Pavel "Sonic" Fedin a first version of a more comprehensive manual for his PPC native TCP stack MOSNet. Feedback and contributions are very welcome.
Link: MOSNet.guide (AmigaGuide document)
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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20.May.2006
RhoSigma, Roland Heyder (ANF)
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MemOptimizer 1.139
With MemOptimizer 1.139 makes Roland Heyder a new version of his memory optimization tool available. The most important new thing is the memoptimizer.library supporting MemOptimizer in its function and besides this offers some more functions that can directly be used by programmers to make their software more memory friendly.
The library can be used with ARexx (after ADDLIB). The archive contains all needed developers material including the documentation of all functions.
MemOptimizer.lha (108 KB)
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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20.May.2006
Lynne Music
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Music: audio CD "Beneath Another Sky" by Bjřrn Lynne
The Norwegian Bjřrn Lynne, known in Amiga circles from his soundtracks for games like Worms D.C. and Alien Breed 3D and through his sound design for
several productions in the demo scene, released a new audio CD titled "Beneath Another Sky". The CD contains 12 tracks and plays appr. 80 minutes. Lynne remains true to his roots and delivers an electronical, very dynamic and melodic complete works.
Track list:
01: Over Distant Shores (08:46)
02: Starfield (06:48)
03: Astronavigator (06:04)
04: Sun Temple (05:02)
05: Savannah (06:35)
06: Aurora Polaris (08:39)
07: Dreams of Glory (05:32)
08: Ang Kahora (06:06)
09: Beneath Another Sky (04:32)
10: Secret World (06:22)
11: Bonus track: Savannah - African-ambient mix (06:12)
12: Bonus track: Over Distant Shores - Ambient mix (08:35)
The CD is to time eclusively available in the shop
Lynne
Music. Excerpts from the tracks "Starfield" and "Secret
World" can be listened to at the website
ArtistLaunch.com.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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19.May.2006
Alfred Faust (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: TiMidity 0.10.5
TiMidity is a program for playing and converting MIDI-files. It was ported by Alfred Faust for AmigaOS 4.
An user-interface based on ReAction and Gadtools as well as an audio output via AHI were integrated.
The current version is a preversion in order to find out if there is a need for such a programm under AmigaOS 4.
TiMidity uses the GravisUltraSound-Patches (GUS) and/or soundfonts. Those ones you cannot find in the Archiv but on OS4-depot.
Download:
timidity.lha (419 KB)
gus_patches.lha (30 MB)
ct2mgm_sf.lha (2 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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19.May.2006
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IRC-Log with Adam Kowalczyk (ACK Software Controls)
At amigaworld.net there is an IRC-log where Adam Kowalczyk from ACK Software Controls Inc. announces some further details to his hardware plans.
The most important details in short:
The problem of the missing A1200-plug Steckconnection for the Powervixxen LT was solved.
Linux already runs on the hardware. As firmware U-Boot as well as OpenBIOS is tested. Currently Kowalczyk checks if the boards should be equipped with Onboard-Graphic (Radeon Mobility 7500/9000) instead of a mini-PCI-slot.
Kowalczyk also develops a so called "High-End Solution"-motherboard. So far a "Dev-Board" was used. Probably a first prototyp
will be available in 2-3 weeks. The Northbridge-producer is not mentioned. But Kowalczyk praises the good
coopearation with Tundra. The following specifications are mentioned for this board:
- Form-Factor: MicroATX
- CPU: 7448 with up to 1,7 Ghz (CPU-moduls compatible with AmigaOne XE)
- FrontSideBus: 200 Mhz
- RAM: DDR2 @ 2*200 Mhz
- AGP: AGP-Connector in PCI-Modus (66 Mhz)
- 3 PCI-slots (maybe 6 slots, but this would mean a higher price of 100 - 150 USD)
- Onboard-interfaces: 2 * Gigabit-Ethernet, 2 * USB, seriel
It is still too early for a precise price. Kowalczyk guesses the price of a motherboard with 1,7 Ghz CPU with ca. 1000 USD.
Currently the most important thing is to finish the production of the CPU-moduls. There should be an introduction of "several products" on
the British Amiga-event "AmiRevival" (29. June).
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.May.2006
Guido Mersmann (ANF)
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Software-Updates by Guido Mersmann
Guido Mersmann has published some updates of his programs. For the first time all programs are available as an OS4-native version.
The dapation was only possible with the help of AmigaOS 4-users. Therefore it could be that not all functions will work correctly.
For the installation the current V44 installer is required. Unfortunately the AmigaOS 4-installer does not support all the required commands.
MMkeyboard 3.19 (AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS, Amithlon, WinUAE)
MMKeyboard allows the use of all multimedia keys of the system. It offers Makros, too.
Each key can be used for each single program. So the possibilities are almost unlimited.
Meridian 2.21 (AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS)
Meridian offers the same possibilities like MMKeyboard. But now the keyboard is not be used but mouse movements.
R 2.19 (AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS)
R creates a MUI interface for nearly each AmigaDOS program. It is a program for Shell users or those ones who
would rather have a GUI for Shell programs. In a simple way DOS programs can be integratged to DOpus. "r dir" creates an interface for
the DIR-command - that cannot be easier.
Additionally R tries a localization of the arguments of the programs.
Besides this R allows to save the preferences and automatically reset. If you need always the same paths and pptions for a command then
you change it and never have to do it again.
Problems of previous versions of R and the confusing error output were solved.
Finally I want to remind you that if you like or use one of the programs then please give a little donation under the title link.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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18.May.2006
Amiga Future (homepage)
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Vorbistools 1.1.1
The Vorbistools are a collection of programs for coding and decoding as well as the handling of audio files in the Ogg Vorbis-format.
Michel 'DMX' Bagmeijer's port for AmigaOS and WarpOS is compiled as version 1.1.1 with the latest versions of libogg and libvorbis and recognizes the Theora-Format now. (snx) (Translation: ts)
[News message: 18. May. 2006, 18:31] [Comments: 0]
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18.May.2006
amigaworld.net (homepage)
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AmigaOS 4: CPC-Emulator Arnold
Arnold emulates the CPC-computers from Armstrad or Schneider (Screenshot) respectively. The main goal is a very near emulation of the original system, therefore most of the CPC-software should work properly.
The AmigaOS port of Dr.Hirudo still contains some bugs which should be fixed in future releases:
- uses all the cpu resources
- slower in fullscreen mode than in window
- renders graphics only on 32-bit depth
- when emulating some noises - the emulator crashes - represented when playing "Space Harrier"
- double size mode is slow
- when set frameskip, the emulator speeds up instead of working at 100% speed and skipping frames
Download: Arnold.lha (1,4 MB) (Readme) (cg) (Translation: ts)
[News message: 18. May. 2006, 15:53] [Comments: 0]
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