17.Jan.2006
PPCNUX (Webseite)
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Tundra announces new Tsi110-system controller for G3- and G4-processors
Three months after the announcement of the market leader Marvell (amiga-news.de reported)
also Tundra as a second provider of G3/G4 system controllers enters the
PCI express era. Among two PCI-x4-adapters the chip from now on also
offers four gigabit interfaces.
Samples of the new system controllers however are said to be not be
available until the end of 2006. Further information can be obtained
under the link above at PPCNUX. (snx) (Translation: iw)
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17.Jan.2006
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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The oldest official Amiga User Group is breaking up
After more than 20 years the Northwest Amiga Group is breaking up.
Founded by Bill Seymour in June 1985 this user group was registered by
Commodore as the "Commodore User Group #00001" in 1986.
The last volumes of the club magazine Northwest Amiga Journal has been
digitised and are available for download. Some issues date back
to 1988. (snx) (Translation: iw)
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17.Jan.2006
Mac Life
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Apple is doing the Intel-Switch
Now it is done, the Intel-Switch, which Steve Jobs announced in June last year for 2006. It was supposed to become one of the most exciting Keynotes of the past years at the MacWorld in San Francisco this year. Anyhow, the Keynote took nearly two hours, made do completely without popstars this time and nevertheless gave the frontman an applause of one. Read the complete article under the link above. (nba) (Translation: iw)
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17.Jan.2006
Mac Life
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Intel parts with the name "Pentium"
According to TG Daily Intel is slowly going to part completely with the
brand "Pentium" as a name for processors without official statement.
Present Pentium processors will for example be called "Intel D 920" or
"Intel 672" in the future. The complete conversion of the names is
supposed to be done in the near future. Intel was not willing to speak
out on this.
Indeed the separation from an established brand name is chancy, says
analyst Kevin Krewell , but the name Pentium has become obsolete and
partly leads to confusion. Furthermore the single processor is becoming
less and less important in Intel's product range, as the attention will
be increasingly directed on platforms like Centrino. (nba) (Translation: iw)
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16.Jan.2006
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Draft of the third version of GNU General Public License published
Linked to the header the Free Software Foundation published the third
Version of the Open-Source-Licence "GNU General Public License" (GPL). (cg) (Translation: aj)
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16.Jan.2006
morphos-news.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Fireflies and APooler 1.0
Fireflies
Fireflies is a small Demo, which demonstrates the possibilities of TinyGL.
(Screenshot).
Link: Homepage of Linux-Version
Link: Downloadseite
Download: Fireflies.lha (120 KB)
APooler
The point of APooler is to decrease the memory-fragmentation on MorpOS,
which can slow down the system after a longer working time.
Apooler is at this moment not tested, this is the reason why the author
has no information about the efficiency at this moment.
Link: Homepage
Download: apooler-1.0.lha (9 KB) (Readme)
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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16.Jan.2006
Pegasos.org (Webseite)
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Event: PUSH 2006.1 (Sweden)
The Pegasos User Group Sweden (PUGS) will arrange another PUSH event at the same place as before - Wartagården in Gothenburg, Sweden. The event will take place at the weekend from April 28th to May 1st (Friday evening, 20:00 CET, to Monday).
PUSH has been mostly a PowerPC event previously but this time the focus is on all alternative platforms and operating systems. More information will follow. (snx)
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16.Jan.2006
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: PowerTerm-Update
Linked to the header is a recommended update of PowerTerm.mcc 50.60
which fix a potentially critical 'memtrash'-error.
Please note that the version and date not updated, because
Jacek 'jacaDcaps' Piszczek provide only a small patch to save
bandwidth. But the MUI-Custom-class is include, so nobody must patch the
archive oneself.
The Author, how is at the South Pole at this moment, added his
Blog Jaca at
the South Pole with new entries and new pictures. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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16.Jan.2006
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Aminet-Uploads til 15.01.2006
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
WizardLibrary.lha biz/haage 87K OS3 WizardLibrary 42.100 (20.4.2000)
xnet-rss.lha comm/news 1.3M OS4 Native AOS4.0 RSS News Reader
A71Mail.lha comm/www 19K GEN Email Form multilanguage written in php
PAR_C.lha dev/c 9K OS3 PAR: access using the SIMPLEST of C.
f2c.lha dev/gcc 447K OS4 Fortran 77 to C/C++ translator
patch-bin-newlib.lha dev/misc 414K OS4 Apply a diff file to an original (newlib
reggae-devel.lha dev/misc 279K MOS Object oriented multimedia processing fr
PD_Index.lha docs/lists 2.9M GEN PD Index List
A1000_POEM.txt docs/misc 3K GEN Ode to the AMIGA.
A500_POEM.txt docs/misc 4K GEN The newbie A500 user.
WoodenBars.lha game/demo 52K OS3 Simple bars game for all the AMIGAs
animalkeeper.lha game/think 35K OS4 Preview of a Zoo Keeper clone
scr2gif_os4.lha gfx/conv 26K OS4 Convert Spectrum SCRs to GIF format
SView-Info.lha gfx/misc 1K GEN SView Version Information & Overview
SView5.lha gfx/misc 2.1M VAR SView5 Image Viewing/Processing Package
mijfif.lha gfx/show 24K MOS JFIF&BMP24 viewer for CGX MorphOS
digifilter.lha misc/sci 66K MOS Digital FIR filter design software
AmigaRuFFlez.mp3 mods/mpg 4.0M GEN Diezi7 Song - from Alcoholocos LP
WAR_BMF1.mp3 mods/mpg 929K GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 1 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMF2.mp3 mods/mpg 1.1M GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 2 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMF3.mp3 mods/mpg 798K GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 3 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMF4.mp3 mods/mpg 1.2M GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 4 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMF5.mp3 mods/mpg 897K GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 5 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMF6.mp3 mods/mpg 803K GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 6 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMF7.mp3 mods/mpg 997K GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 7 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMF8.mp3 mods/mpg 599K GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 8 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMF9.mp3 mods/mpg 996K GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 9 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMFa.mp3 mods/mpg 996K GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 10 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMFb.mp3 mods/mpg 897K GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 11 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMFc.mp3 mods/mpg 903K GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 12 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMFd.mp3 mods/mpg 810K GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 13 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMFe.mp3 mods/mpg 972K GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 14 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_BMFf.mp3 mods/mpg 473K GEN "Big Mind F--k" Track 15 by AnakiR 2005
WAR_SUK1.mp3 mods/mpg 963K GEN "One Minute Mind" by AnakiR 2005
WAR_SUK2.mp3 mods/mpg 1.2M GEN "One Track Mind" by AnakiR 2005
WAR_SUK3.mp3 mods/mpg 2.8M GEN "HHH4ZYX" by AnakiR 2005
WAR_SUK4.mp3 mods/mpg 4.2M GEN "(uuu uur) Just Like" by AnakiR 2005
WAR_SUK5.mp3 mods/mpg 3.8M GEN "Squeamish" by AnakiR 2005
WAR_SUK6.mp3 mods/mpg 3.0M GEN "Suck on This" by AnakiR 2005
WAR_SUK7.mp3 mods/mpg 7.4M GEN "Suck on This (extended mix)" by AnakiR
WAR_BMF_ART.png pix/art 208K GEN Cover Art for "Big Mind F--k" by AnakiR
WAR_SUK_ART.gif pix/art 14K GEN "Suck on This (extended mix)" by AnakiR
lost.lha pix/gicon 151K GEN Ken's Lost Icons
mixer-blue_x-fi.zip pix/theme 9K GEN Skin Blue X-Fi for OS4 Audio mixer
Alecos-WB-14.png pix/wb 893K GEN Workbench Screenshot 1280x1024 32 Bit by
reggae-user.lha util/libs 154K MOS Object oriented multimedia processing fr
TheMaestrix.lha util/libs 17K OS3 The Maestix: Reloaded! Using AHI.
AslToRT.lha util/misc 31K OS3 Asl/Arp/Req/Intuition/RT requester to RT
c64kopik.lha util/misc 84K OS3 GUI for Easy1541 (transfer data between
StartBar-ITA.lha util/misc 94K OS3 Italian version of StartBar
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16.Jan.2006
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os4depot.net: Uploads til 15.01.2006
os4depot.net uploads since our last report:
mixer-blue_x-fi.zip aud/mis 8kb Skin Blue X-Fi for OS4 Audio mixer
f2c.lha dev/uti 447kb Fortran 77 to C/C++ translator
patch-bin-newlib.lha uti/fil 413kb Apply a diff file to an original (newlib
scr2gif.lha gra/con 25kb Convert Spectrum SCRs to GIF format
animalkeeper.lha gam/puz 35kb Preview of a Zoo Keeper clone
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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16.Jan.2006
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AROS-Archives: Uploads til 15.01.2006
aros-archives uploads since our last report:
ttengine-7.2-aros-i386.tar.bz2 lib/mis 412kb TrueType text rendering engine (v 7.2)
ttengine-7.2-src.tar.bz2 lib/mis 342kb TrueType text rendering engine (v 7.2) s
mpega_libmad.i386.tar.bz2 aud/pla 267kb libmad based mpega.library i386 bin + so
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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15.Jan.2006
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Feelin: Demonstration video of upcoming version 10
Olivier Laviale has released a video of the upcoming version 10 of his graphical user interface Feelin. The installation as well as some setting possibilities are demonstrated.
Download: setup.avi (6.3 MB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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15.Jan.2006
Philippe Bovier (Comments)
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AmiBlitz: New English mailing list established
After technical problems with the original English mailing list for the programming language AmiBlitz, Alan Buxey has set up a respective YahooGroup, analogous to the German counterpart. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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15.Jan.2006
AmigaOne.de
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PicShow 1.31 (V31.301)
Thomas Rapp's PicShow, a picture viewer for directory tools like DirOpus or DOSControl, has undergone an error-correcting update. Before, the screen was not completely filled in some mix effects.
The archive can be downloaded under the title link, and includes versions for AmigaOS (including PowerUp and WarpOS), AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.
(snx) (Translation: cad)
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14.Jan.2006
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Cracktros - made with Hollywood
A user compiled the "cracktros" coming with Hollywood, i.e. intros of the demo scene, for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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14.Jan.2006
amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: Warp3D plugin for Playstation emulator FPSE
As the next update of Mathias Roslund's FPSE port will take some more time the author released a Warp3D plugin for the existing version of the Playstation emulator.
The plugin works very well with some games (Colin McRae and Ridge Racer are mentioned as examples), other games are problematic or run even slower.
Download: gpuw3d.lha (111 KB)
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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14.Jan.2006
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Linux: ColdFire plans for Debian-m68k
As the computer news site Symlink reported exist plans to port the Debian Linux variant for processors of the 680x0 family to the related successor architecture ColdFire to revive this Linux project.
At the time it's not decided wether a common port for both architectures is indeed possible but for now the barriers seem not to be insuperable. In addition Freescale promised for this project five Coldfire boards for testing purposes.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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13.Jan.2006
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Linux: Updated AmigaOne-Kernel (2.4.26, 2.6.8-16)
On 8th January the PegXMac-developer
Entwickler David Bentham published the updated Linux-Kernel for the AmigaOne.
The adapted 2.4.26er Kernel
should now enable DMA for all AmigaOne-boards.
The eleventh version of the Kernel 2.6.8-16
works together with most of the drivers as moduls (z.B. printers, USB) and the
SILImage-nodul can be used again, too.
Besides this there is a new 3D-driver (agpgart) but which is only for tests.
The author asks for sending back the Log-files (dmesg and /var/log/messages) under
the title link.
Furthermore there are still problems to be solved so some Amigas may crash.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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13.Jan.2006
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Self made: Amiga 1200 in DVD-Player-tower
Under the title link 'Fixi' describes how he put an Amiga 1200 with
CD-drive, turbo card, IDE-controller and harddrives into the tower of a
DVD-player.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jan.2006
Jens 'bruZard' Henschel (ANF)
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AmiBlitz2 added to Blitzbasic-Forum
After an opinion poll in the Blitzbasic forum of the Windows-, Linux- and Mac OS-users a new category for AmiBlitz2 was established today. With this action it is tried to build a bridge between the new Blitzbasic variants and the original.
It is the aim that the exchange between users of all four operating systems should create new impulses and the experience of the Amiga Blitzbasic community should be mixed with new ideas of the newer BlitzPlus-/Blitz3D- and BlitzMax-users. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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12.Jan.2006
Golem (ANF)
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Next Cell Generation under Work
The three in the development of the Cell cpu participating companies IBM, Sony and Toshiba are extending their cooperation. Together the three firms want to develop new techniques for the next chip generation with a size in structure of 32 nanometers and less. (ps) (Translation: ts)
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11.Jan.2006
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OpenPegasos: Pegasos 2 Design specification released (Update)
Members of power.org may download the design specifications of
the Pegasos 2 for free. The membership at
power.org is free for "developers".
As Genesi's management mentions in a blog
entry, the current Pegasos 2 design is not yet
fullfilling the EU directive RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous
Substances) which will is mandatory from July this year.
Update: (12.01.2006, 16:00, cg)
At power.org's forums, Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco ("BBRV") explain that the parts of the documentation that are still missing will be made available during the next two months. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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11.Jan.2006
MorphOS-News.de (Software-Liste)
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MorphOS: DigiFilter 2.0
Grzegorz 'Krashan' Kraszewski has released DigiFilter version
2.0 for MorphOS. It is a design tool for digital FIR filters
("finite impulse response".
Different to programs which are limited to typical low pass,
high pass, band pass and band stop frequency answers or are
encompassing a limited set of frequency points, DigiFilter
offers a graphic frequency response editor.
The program uses a window design technique with rectangle,
trirangle, "Blackman" and "Kaiser" windows. Thanks to high
otimization even very long filter (2048 sample points and
more) may be used real ime on G3 computers.
DigiFilter 2.0 requires the media stream library Reggae B by
the same author (amiga-news.de
reported).
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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11.Jan.2006
ANN (Webseite)
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More graphic designers wanted for the Shoot'em Up "Megalospirit"
"Megalospirit", a Shoot'em Up for Windows, Mac OS,
Linux, MorphOS and maybe AmigaOS 4, is under development
since 2003 (screen shots: 1, 2, 3, 4). The
game requires OpenGL and SDL and uses a screen resolution of
800x600 pixels. The engine runs under Windows, Mac OS
and Linux yet.
The current team, Jérôme "Polluxe" Davoine (code), Olivier
"Haploo" Gonneau (music) and Thierry "LorD" Philippe (gfx), is
looking for one or two more gfx dsigners who may design sprite
or (tile
based) landscapes. If you interested, you may contact the developers lord @ lordfpx . com. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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11.Jan.2006
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Heise: Microsoft verifies FAT patents
German it news service Heise report the U.S. patent and trade
department (USPTO) verified two debatably patent belonging to
the FAT file system ("Common name space for long and short
filenames", US patents 5,579,517 and 5,758,352).
The decision was based upon the assumption that these
techniques are not "prior art" but a new invention and is
final.
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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