31.Oct.2005
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MorphOS: Virtual Grand Prix 2 (Update)
Paolo 'the Alien' Cattani and Alassoft ported Virtual Grand Prix 2 to MorphOS. The full MorphOS version is now available for download free of charge for personal use, as a thank you to the whole MorphOS community.
The MorphOS version has been made possible thanks to a free ODW development system from Genesi/Freescale. It requires MorphOS 1.4.5, the 3D Update and a supported gfx board.
Virtual Grand Prix 2 is a modern open-wheeled racecar simulator by Paolo Cattani and his staff at Alas Soft. It is the sequel of the original Virtual Grand Prix developed for the Amiga range of computers.
VGP2 uses industrial standards for the simulation of the mechanical components of the car, thus achieving a very high degree of realism in the handling of the virtual one-seater.
The MorphOS version of Virtual Grand Prix 2 is free for personal use and can be downloaded from the title link. However, if you think that the software deserves it, you can make a small donation for it. According to the authors, you can consider it as a kind of "sequel-ware" - i.e. if they collect some money, they might port any further development of the game or sequels to MorphOS as well.
Update: (19:00, 01.11.05, snx)
Andrea Maniero points out that the MorphOS version is compatible with additional tracks that have been created for the Mac and Win versions (you just need to edit the VGP2/config/circuiti.config file accordingly), and with the update pack that gives names, models and textures from the real 2004 F1 championship.
The additional packs can be found at the official VGP2 website. For further information, you can also check the old threads in the RaceSimCentral VGP2 forum. (snx)
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31.Oct.2005
Duke (ANF)
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Gamedatabase "Amiga Games That Weren't" launched
The Gamedatabase "Amiga Games That Weren't" is now avalaible.
Aim of this page is, similar the older page
Games That Weren't 64
carry informationen and if possible providing downloads of never released
Amiga-games.
The first entry is Son Shu Shi
, a Jump'n'Run like Super Wonderboy. Enabled was this by a friend of the
coder and Software Preservation Society
(Disk Mastering) and Codetapper (WHDLoad-Install). (snx) (Translation: aj)
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31.Oct.2005
Ron van Schaik (ANF)
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Event: Picture of the belgian Commodore-Show
Linked to this header are pictures of the belgian Commodore-Show, happened
on last sunday in Taverne Schettenberg in Affligem.
The local Brussels TV channel Ring TV
and the belgian newspaper "Het Nieuwsblad"
were on site. (snx)
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31.Oct.2005
Golem.de (Webseite)
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Golem.de: Report of ScummVM 0.8.0 mentioned AmigaOS 4
With the header "ScummVM 0.8.0 - Monkey Island for PSP, PS2 and
AmigaOS 4" reports Golem.de about the up to date version of the
Interpreter for LucasArts-Games, which includes a better game support and
a better gui.
(snx) (Translation: aj)
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30.Oct.2005
Pegasos.org (Web page)
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Pegasos: Rescue CD Mupper 1.0 Xtreme Makeover Edition
The rescue CD Mupper for the Pegasos is now available in Version 1.0 as "Xtreme Makeover Edition".
In addition to the supported filesystems FAT, VFAT, ReiserFS, XFS, EXT3 and SFS, the contained programs meanwhile comprise, apart from Parted and Midnight Commander, X.org, Mozilla Firefox, QTParted, GTK2+ toolkits, QT and the complete GCC, too, for instance.
Moreover, the Kudzu Hardware Detection and WiFi support for suitable PCI cards based on Atmel, MadWifi and Prism chips are found on the CD. Mupper is based on the Gentoo-Linux 2.6.13 kernel.
Should you like Mupper, you can grant the author, Mikael Karlsson, a small donation via PayPal.
Download: mupper-v1.0.iso (331 MB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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30.Oct.2005
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Cheats Database revised extensively
The German Amiga Cheats Database was completely revised in structure and visuals, whereby a simpler usability was achieved. Currently, cheats for over 2500 games are found here. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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30.Oct.2005
Holger Kremss (ANF)
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Emulator : German language DLL for WinUAE 1.1.1
Dr. Creep from the "German Amiga Community" Forum has created a German language DLL for WinUAE 1.1.1.
Direct download: WinUAE_German(1.1.1.0).rar (20 KB) (cg) (Translation: cad)
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30.Oct.2005
Alfred Faust (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Work on BarsnPipes port started
Alfred Faust, responsible for further development of the well-known MIDI sequencer BarsnPipes, has been provided a free µA1 motherboard by Hyperion in the meantime.
Meanwhile, work was started on a port of the program, whose progress will be reported at this place. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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30.Oct.2005
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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3D Demo Object for Blender: Gingerbread man with bones (update)
Carsten Siegner has created a demo object for the 3D renderer Blender, which illustrates how bones (so-called fittings) are built into the gingerbread man from the Blender tutorial.
In addition to other diverse platforms, Blender is also available as a port for MorphOS.
Using the bones, you can animate the gingerbread man arbitrarily freely. In the existing demo object, only bones for arms and legs are available, however more - for the movement of the head, for instance - can be added.
The object does not possess textures yet, since it should primarily illustrate the integration of the bones.
Download: Blender-3D-demo.lha (28 KB)
Update: (10:22, 30.10.05, snx)
The related instructions in the original tutorial also exist in German. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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29.Oct.2005
MorphOS-News.de (website)
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File systems: updates of NTFS and Ext2 drivers
Marek Szyprowski released updates to his file system handlers for the New Technology Filesystem (NTFS) and the Second Extended Filesystem (Ext2) for AmigaOS 3.x and MorphOS.
Please read the disclaimers in the readme files - you use these beta versions on your own risk.
New in NTFS driver v0.4:
- updated to latest Ext2FS filesystem skeleton - this adds support for removable
media, handler inhibit and shutdown
- added unicode to local charset translation (read more below)
- minor bug fixes
New in Ext2 driver v0.20:
- added support for software write-protection (ACTION_WRITE_PROTECT packet)
- made cache buffers flush asynchronous - this makes all write operations a
lot faster
- fixed problem with incompatible volume names (like these containing characters
'/' and ':')
- the driver now is able to format disk and create all EXT2 filesystem structures
(ACTION_FORMAT packet)
- by default the filesystem is case insensitive, but you can change this by setting
the control field in the mountlist to "CASESENSITIVE"
Download:
ext2fs_0.20.lha (92 KB)
ntfs_0.5.lha (66 KB)
Update: (08:30, 31.10.05, snx)
Meanwhile the NTFS driver has been updated to version 0.5. The updates fixes a bug which caused crashes during startup on some systems. (snx) (Translation: wk)
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28.Oct.2005
Reth (ANF)
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Hyperion: Official website to AmigaOS 4 online
Under the topic "Remember when computing was fun?" Hyperion has created an
official website to AmigaOS 4 under the title link. With several articles the
operating system is introduced and a short history of the Amiga is given.
Additionally the "Feature Spotlight" appreciate the RAM-Disk as one of the unique
feature of the AmigaOS.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Oct.2005
Ron van Schaik (ANF)
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Event: Local TV will cover Belgian C= and Amiga show
The local TV station Ring TV will make a report of the Belgian Commodore show. The show will be next sunday from 10:00 till 17:00 at the Taverne Schettenberg in Affligem, Belgium (near Brussels). Every Commodore fan is welcome and entrance is for free. (snx)
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28.Oct.2005
Sigbjørn Skjæret (MorphOS-ML)
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MorphOS-SDK: libnix-Update
Under the title link there is an libnix-update for developers for the MorphOS-SDK.
Additional to new functions a major bug was fixed.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Oct.2005
amigamicro (Forum)
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Game database: AmigaMemo celebrates first anniversary
AmigaMemo celebrates first anniversary. Meanwhile the database contains more than
500 games, more than 400 photos, several screenshots and many background
information. Because of the cooperation with "Hall Of Light" in future each
title will be linked to both sites.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Oct.2005
morphos-news.de (Webseite)
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Updates for SimpleCat and R
Guido Mersmann has published version 2.17 of his Catalog-Compiler SimpleCat.
Besides this there is an update of the tool "R" which creates pgraphical
user-interfaces for almost each Shell-command in real-time. Both programs are
available for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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27.Oct.2005
Amiga Future (website)
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amigalon5: Database Fiasco in version 1.2 available as giftware
In the download area of amigalon5.de, a website dedicated to the amiga emulation under windows and linux , the outdated, but as giftware released version 1.2 of the database Fiasco from Nils Bandener, is available (latest shareware version on aminet: 2.2). (snx) (Translation: ts)
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27.Oct.2005
Lorence Lombardo (ANF)
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Problems when using the alternative mpega.library clone
Lorence Lombardo is pointing out a problem of release 7 of the alternative mpega.library clone (mpega_libmad.lha).
The clone library is returning false-positive validity for files which are no MPEG audio files more often than the original one (mpega_library.lha). This is causing programs such as playOGG and mpega to fail. (snx)
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26.Oct.2005
amigaworld.net (website)
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Phase5 support site: Manuals available
In appointment with DCE scans of manuals for several phase5 products are available at the inofficial Phase5 supportsite now. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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26.Oct.2005
Neo (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Movie player DvPlayer V0.49
With the latest version of the movie player DvPlayer a bug within the loading routine for skins has been fixed. Registered users should receive the update via email.If you are registerd user and haven't got an email please contact the author. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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26.Oct.2005
Martin 'DaFreak' Rebentisch (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies records #089
The scene group Liquid Skies released their 89th music package yesterday.
This time there is a slow track named "Ze" by Maxus included.
The regarding cover was done by DaFreak.
Information regarding the track:
- Title: Ze
- Artist: Maxus
- Style: Chillout
- Duration: 5:43
- Format: mp3 (~154 kbps VBR)
The ziped file of 6,5 MB is available for free download at the title link. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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26.Oct.2005
GAC (Website)
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Recorded Amiga Games: (Complete) solutions for Amiga games on video
The aim of "Recorded Amiga Games" is to provide partial or complete solutions for famous Amiga games as video files. Some videos (Quick and Silva, Giana Sisters) are
available for download already. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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26.Oct.2005
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP distributor of MED Soundstudio 2
APC&TCP announcing they will become the worldwide distributor for MED Soundstudio 2.
That AmigaOS 4 announced product is the official successor of OctaMED Soundstudio V1.3c.
Versions for AmigaOS/68k and MorphOS are not excluded. The program is developed by Gerd Frank, the release is planed for early 2006. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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26.Oct.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOne: Driver for the AC97 onboard sound
Davy Wentzler acquaints, he build a working AC-97 driver for the onboard sound of he AmigaOne board with the help of Stephen Brookes.
Mainboards from recent production runs are not equiped with the Sigmatel chip, which resides left to the AGP slot, any more.
The first version of that driver is very basic and offers only replay and a CD in monitor, there is no volume setting or other functions yet, but should be added later on.
If you have an AC97 chip and are going to use the driver, the author would welcome a PayPal donation of 5 Euro.
Download: via686b_ahi.lha (10 KB) (snx) (Translation: ub)
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26.Oct.2005
mikey_c (ANF)
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Print magazine: Total Amiga Magazine #22 including Troika interview
The British print magazine Total Amiga Magazine anounces for the coming issue an exclusive interview with Troika about their planed PowerPC board Amy'05.
Questions among the interview are covering board availability or the possibility to run AmigaOS 4 on the board.
Issue 22 including the interview with some exclusive photos will be published in November and is to order by the title link. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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25.Oct.2005
amigaworld.net (homepage)
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Software news: LAME v3.97 (beta), unrar v3.51, wget v1.10.2
Newer versions of some linux ports released again at amiga.sf:
- LAME an mp3 encoder. New versions are available for AmigaOS 3 and WarpOS, sndfile.library is required.
- Unrar extracts rar archives. New versions are available for AmigaOS 3 and WarpOS.
- Wget downloads files via http-, https- or ftp protocols and offers numerous options e. g. automated backup of complete web appearances onto the local hard disk.
(cg) (Translation: ts)
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