14.Sep.2006
amigafuture.de (Homepage)
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MorphOS: Status-Updates for HyperCannon and Aqua
The MorphOS-version of the point'n click-adventure Aqua is soon available for free download. Furthermore a new demo version of the shoot'em ups HyperCannon will be released which will offer three game environments divided into 24 levels.
The author Kelly Samel has established a Paypal account, so you can make a small donation for the further development of these projects. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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14.Sep.2006
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Amiga Inc.: Bill McEwen answers Questions from Users
Bill McEwen has answered the questions sent by the amiga.org-readers community. You can find the whole interview under the title link, a German translation will follow shortly. (cg) (Translation: ts)
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14.Sep.2006
amigaworld.net (website)
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7zUI - Graphical User Interface for 7z-Archives
7zUI is a MUI-based user interface for 7z-archives which don't need external archiving tools. Currently only the archive types "single coder" or "packet stream" are supported.
(cg) (Translation: tz)
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14.Sep.2006
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osnews.com: AROS - The Last Train to Amiga-Neverlandd
Within a competition, where readers can introduce their "favourite" alternative operating system, an article about the open source clone AROS was published at osnews.com. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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13.Sep.2006
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PPC hardware: Troika unveils detailed specifications for the "Amy'05"
Troika announced the detailed specification of the Amy'05 in two press releases at amigaworld.net (1, 2):
The used CPU will be an IBM 750GL(800 MHz, 1 MB L2 cache), which will be soldered directly to the motherboard. The 800 MHz version offers teh best price/performance ratio, but the board might be used with cpus up to GHz. The processor and case fans will be driven temperature dependent.
The Tundra TSI107 will be used as northbridge. One of the twopci slots is clocked at 66 MHz and intened to house teh gfx card. That slot is connected by a bridge chip the TSI107 system bus(33 Mhz).
The Southbridge will be an AMD Geode CS5536, which will be connected by a bridge chip (PLX technology PCI 6150) to the system bus, too. properties of the Geode CS5536:
- AC97 Codec interface
- A single channel IDE port
- An additional 16C550 UART
- Real time Clock and CMOS RAM
- Additional USB 2.0 ports
- PC 82XX legacy timers
The AC97 codec will be, as announced already, an AD1888 by Analog Devices.
Additionally the motherboard will have a so called "Geekport" whichis an 8 bit interface for e.g. custom or Amiga specific expansions. This port will sport the following features:
- memory mapped
- provides a basic I/O port
- can generate interrupts
- provides user defined I/O
A (non working) prototype of that motherboards will be shown coming weekend at the BigBash 4, England. According to the developer minor issues are resolved currently and a first very limited production will be started soon to do intensive hardware tests and to adopt OS4 to the board. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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13.Sep.2006
amigaworld.net (website)
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Emulator: PSP-UAE 0.55
PSP-UAE is a port of the well known Amiga emulator E-UAE for Sony's portable game console PSP. New in version 0.55:
- Added some more Joystick mapping options. You can now use any button to control Amiga joystick 0
- Changed all sceCtrlReadBufferPositive to sceCtrlPeekBufferPositive. This should speed things up a little, because sceCtrlReadBufferPositive always waits for vsync
- Fixed a "bug" that caused the PSP to crash if you tried to exit using the home button
- Added Bilinear filtering when zoom is turned on
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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12.Sep.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: DVD plugin for DvPlayer
Andrea "afxgroup" Palmatè has published a plugin for the movie player DvPlayer, which is based on libdvdcss and therefore can play encrypted DVDs.
The plugin replaces the DVD plugin which comes with the DvPlayer. DVD menues are not yet supported by DvPlayer.
Download: DvPlayerPlugin-LibDVDCSS.lzh ( KB)
(cg) (Translation: iw)
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12.Sep.2006
aros-exec.org (Webseite)
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AROS: Bounty for MorphUp porting
The 45th "Bounty" projetct of Team AROS aims at porting the packet manager MorphUp for AROS. (cg) (Translation: iw)
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12.Sep.2006
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MorphOS: Tron clone gltron 0.70
Stefan Haubenthal has ported the Tron clone GLtron for MorphOS; sound effects and background music are not yet supported in the up-to-date version. (cg) (Translation: iw)
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11.Sep.2006
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MorphOS: SDL-Game C-Dogs 0.3 and X-pired 1.22
Herbert "HAK" Klackl has two SDL-based games for MorphOS ported:
C-Dogs
is a Shoot'em Up, which has beside the single player mode a multi player
mode for two player. X-pired
is a action puzzle where the player must find the way out of a maze. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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11.Sep.2006
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Chip-manufactor Freescale just before a takeover by Investmentcompany
A consortium of investmentcompanies will manifestly takeover the
american chip-manufactor Freescale for roundly 16 billion
US-Dollar.
Motorola's former Chipdivision Freescale is one of the both leading
manufactors of the PowerPC-CPUs. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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11.Sep.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Big Bash 4: IRC-Session with the Frieden-Brothers
The organizer of the english "Big Bash 4" (16. September, Peterborough)
notify, that Hans-Joerg and/or Thomas Frieden will give a IRC-interview
at 3:00pm localtime.
Detailed information about the IRC-channel will be shown shortly on the
related BB4-Webpage
Subpage. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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11.Sep.2006
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Today 14 years ago: AGA-Chipset celebrates premiere
Today 14 years ago, at 11.Sep. 1992, presente Commodore Business Machines
on the World of Commodore in Pasadena, Califonia, the AGA-Chipset.
The US-Hardware-Manufactor refered this as the imported technical
attainment since the start of the Amiga-productionline 1985.
The AGA-Chipset was ready for the market on the following December on a
Amiga 4000. At the same time the AmigaOS 3.0 was presented. (nba) (Translation: aj)
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11.Sep.2006
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Aminet-Uploads until 10.09.2006
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
CTorrent-mos.lha comm/net 109K MOS Small BitTorrent Client with CTCS Suppor
Epistula_German.lha comm/net 3K GEN German catalog file for Epistula
MakeHTMLMap.lha comm/www 1.5M OS3 The Gallery/Onlineshop Creator for Amiga
c64tools_aos4.lha dev/cross 1.4M OS4 Covert Bitops C64 Tools
revbump.lha dev/misc 41K VAR A revision bumper with extra fields.
QuickNet_help.txt docs/help 4K GEN Quicknet network card instructions
DC2Lvl-EMine14.lha game/data 279K GEN 99 levels for Diamond Caves II
Swapper_Newlevels.lha game/think 4K GEN New levels for Swapper
SView5.lha gfx/misc 2.4M VAR SView5 Image Viewing/Processing Package
cnetdevice-1.9beta1.lha hard/drivr 180K OS3 PCMCIA Network Card driver
FMGPUCCRBRR_aos4.lha hard/misc 12K OS4 Make your own Retro Replay ROM
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 181K OS3 Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator
exo20b4_aos4.lha misc/emu 733K OS4 Cruncher for 8bit computers w/ 6502 CPUs
goatninja_aos4.lha mus/misc 21K OS4 Conv. Goat Tracker songs to Ninja Tracke
siddump_aos4.lha mus/misc 42K OS4 Print SID-chip/note data from a .SID-fil
MorphosGirl.png pix/back 594K GEN MorphOS Wallpaper Girl
akPNG-dt.lha util/dtype 209K VAR akPNG-dt V45.52 (PNG, 68000-060/MOS)
pcx_dt_os4.lha util/dtype 20K OS4 PCX picture datatype
ExtraLib.lha util/libs 332K OS3 Dynamic buffer system + simple strings
westwoodtool.lha util/libs 13K OS3 Library to manage CPS/VCN/VMP PC/Amiga
shorten_os4.lha util/pack 866K OS4 Fast, low complexity waveform coder
UnCPS-AGA.lha util/pack 19K OS3 Tools to UNPACK/PACK/VIEW CPS/CMP/VCN/VM
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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11.Sep.2006
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 10.09.2006
Uploads on os4depot.net since our last report:
envy24_ahi.lha dri/aud 14kb Envy24 driver
jsi-tfb.lha uti/mis 291kb The Fart Button
cowsnbubbles.lha dem/mag 3Mb Cows 'n' Bubbles by Nukleus
dev-handler.lha dri/han 19kb Un*x like raw device access handler
shorten.lha aud/mis 866kb fast, low complexity waveform coder (i.e
epistula_german.lha net/cha 3kb German catalog file for Epistula
siddump.lha aud/mis 42kb Output SID-chip & note data out of a .SI
pcx_dt.lha dat/ima 19kb PCX picture datatype
c64tools.lha dev/cro 1Mb Covert Bitops C64 Tools
exo20b4.lha emu/uti 733kb A cruncher for 8-bit computers using 650
goatninja.lha aud/mis 20kb Convert Goat Tracker 1.x songs to Ninja
fmgpuccrbrr.lha uti/har 12kb Make your own Retro Replay ROM
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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11.Sep.2006
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 10.09.2006
Uploads on AROS-Archives since our last report:
lunapaint_v023.tar.bz2 gra/edi 65kb Graphics program similar to TVPaint on A
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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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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