10.Apr.2006
amigworld.net (Webseite)
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New (public) version of AmigaOS 4 SDK released (Update)
Pressrelease
Leuven, Belgium - 10. April, 2006
Hyperion Entertainment is proud to announce the availability of the Software Development Kit Version 51.22 for the AmigaOS 4.0 Developer Pre-Release.
The new SDK featuresthe new gcc 4.0.2 compiler toolchaing as well as updated header files for AmigaOS 4.0 Pre-Release update 4.
The SDK download is available for all interested parties. The SDK is available in two versions: A 160 MB download that contains everything to get you started, including compiler and contributed libraries, and a cut-down version that contains the compiler and documentation only.
Note from amiga-news.de: This SDK release is freely downloadable by everyone, you don't need to be registered. There are no cross compilers included though, you'd have to get them from another source. The source code for the AmigaOS 4 gcc is available from the adtools project at sourceforge.net.
Update: (11.04.2006, 14:30, cg)
The SDK is now available at ftp://ftp.hyperion-entertainment.biz/AmigaOS4_SDK, to avoid problems with heavy server load.
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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10.Apr.2006
Moobunny (Webseite)
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Record of a IRC-Meeting with Dave Haynie at 1. Mai 1994
Linked to the header is for nostalgic people a modified record of a
IRC-meeting with Dave 'hazy' Haynie from the 1. May 1994 - therefore two
days after the official insolvency of Commodore.
As one of the last 22 employers of Commodore in West Chester, he reported
at that time about the actual situation and the undesirable development
which was responsible for the decline of the computer-manufactor and beside
about the "Deathbed Vigil"-Video which was filmed several days before
by him. (snx) (Translation: aj)
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10.Apr.2006
Costel "Cyborg" Mincea (E-Mail)
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AmigaOne: Centralized order for onboard soundchips
The AC97 soundchip (Sigmatel STAC9752T) installed on the first few batches of AmigaOne motherboards has been removed in later production runs as it seemed that it wouldn't work anyway due to a hardware bug.
But Davy Wentzler and Stephen Brookes proved later on that the problem could be solved in software and released a working audio driver.
Until now, people that wanted to fit the missing chip onto their AmigaOne motherboard were facing the problem that said chip didn't seem to be available anymore. Costel 'Cyborg' Mincea now found a dealer that still has the Sigmatel STAC9752T in stock.
The final price for one single Sigmatel STAC9752T chip depends on the volume of the order, this is why Mincea now asks all interested users to contact him until 17.April via e-mail and tell him the quantity they would be interested in. Mincea stresses the fact that this email is not a real order, he only needs to gauge the actual demand to to get a quotation from the dealer.
On April 18th, Mincea will ask the dealer for the price of an order with the ascertained quantities, end users will then be able to order chips from him.
Warning: The AC97 soundchip is not socketed, it needs to be soldered to the AmigaOne motherboard by the end user. You should be very familiar with that kind of soldering jobs, otherwise you should better ask somebody who is.
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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10.Apr.2006
Darren Eveland (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Update of the Remote Desktop Clients
For AmigaOS 4 is a new update of the Remote Desktop Client available
and for a small donation is it possible to download the archive.
Some of the new features are:
- All fixable bugs have been fixed in the client and GUI
- Move of code base from 1.3.1 to 1.4.1 which has many improvments (see changelog)
- Added "Connection Bar" for full screen mode for easy iconify / disconnect / screen flip (hint: press CTRL L-Amiga and move the mouse - it will move the bar)
- Added "Public Screen" option in GUI
- Various speed optimizations
In addition, the GUI is now available as a separate archive and can be downloaded by anyone at the title link.
Versions for 68k Amigas and MorphOS based on the new 1.4.1 source code are currently in beta and are available immediately to users who have donated.
Thank you to everyone who donates!
The Remote Desktop Team (snx) (Translation: aj)
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10.Apr.2006
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP takes distribution of CygnusEd
APC&TCP is proud to announce that it has taken the distribution of the well known text editor CygnusEd.
CygnusEd will be able to run on the classic Amiga and AmigaOS 4. A version supporting MorphOS is planned.
In only a few weeks the program will be available.
The support homepage for CygnusED will be online in a few days aswell.
About CygnusEd Professional Release 5
The maybe most famous text editor for developers was developed by Bruce Dawson, Colin Fox & Steve LaRocque (CygnusSoft Software) 20 years ago and was originally published by themselves. Already at that time CygnusEd has been known for its speed and solidness. CygnusEd has been developed even further in the following years and was one of the first programs with an ARexx interface and the first Amiga text editor with Undo/Redo functions. Many Amiga developers grew up with CygnusEd and a lot of software for the Amiga was developed using CygnusEd.
The last version 4 of CygnusEd was published in 1997 and was a fully reworked version adapted to AmigaOS 3.1.
The new version 5 of CygnusEd has been enriched with new functions and it is even faster and more solid. The helping tool "Ed" has been rewritten completely from scratch and is supplied with CygnusEd including the complete sources. Many old restrictions and flaws of CygnusEd have been eliminated. Version 5 is also the first version ported completely with all helping tools to the PowerPC processors and one of the first completely adapted commercial products for AmigaOS 4. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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10.Apr.2006
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Aminet-Uploads until 09.04.2006
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
pointriderui.lha biz/misc 33K OS4 User Interface for PointRider PowerPoint
xnet-rss.lha comm/news 1.3M OS4 Native AOS4.0 RSS News Reader
seventhsense.lha comm/www 89K MOS Automated website monitor
JP13.lha demo/mag 3.8M OS3 Jurassic Pack #13
JP14.lha demo/mag 4.6M OS3 Jurassic Pack #14
JP15.lha demo/mag 3.4M OS3 Jurassic Pack #15
reaction_dn.lha dev/c 528K VAR Reaction examples
AmigaPower.lha docs/hyper 71K GEN French Amiga Magazine (8 April update)
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 70K OS3 Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator
arcem_os4.lha misc/emu 788K OS4 Acorn Archimedes A400 emulator
PeriodicTable.lha misc/sci 784K GEN Periodic table of the elements (PageStre
playOGG.lha mus/play 1.0M OS3 Plays OGG, MP3, FLAC, VOB, AC3, RA, mods
ShellPlayer.lha mus/play 9K MOS Simple CLI based module player
AP34Covers.lha pix/misc 283K GEN aMiGa=PoWeR n°34 Cover Recto
AmigaAdAward.lha pix/mpg 2.8M GEN Amiga tv advert
AmigaAdCeleb.lha pix/mpg 2.8M GEN Amiga ad with celebrities
AmigaMtv.lha pix/mpg 155K GEN Amiga ad on MTV
Conspiracy-Deutsch.lha text/misc 72K OS3 Generates conspiracy theories - German!
MemFucker.lha util/boot 9K OS3 version 2 fucks your memory much harder
envtime.lha util/misc 8K OS3 OS4: Set a env variable for use in WB ti
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 318K OS3 Report+ 6.19: Multipurpose utility
rac_aminet.lha util/rexx 6K GEN search(download) aminet within the CONSO
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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10.Apr.2006
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 09.04.2006
os4depot.net uploads since our last report:
envtime.lha uti/mis 8kb Sets a time env variable for use in WB t
cmi8738.lha dri/aud 35kb CMI8738 AHI driver
nickyboum.lha gam/pla 271kb a cross-platform engine for the game Nic
ikir_theme.lha gra/the 1Mb ikir's AmigaOS Theme
arcem.lha emu/com 788kb Acorn Archimedes A400 emulator
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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10.Apr.2006
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 09.04.2006
aros-archives uploads since our last report:
eliza.i386-aros.zip uti/sci 29kb A classic AI therapist
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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09.Apr.2006
Bernd Roesch (ANF)
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AfA: AROS for AmigaOS 3.93
After the beta version 1 (reported by amiga-news.de), Bernd Roesch has now released the final version 3.93 of AfA under the title link. "AROS for AmigaOS" extends the latter with functions of the aforementioned operating system.
Compared to the beta version, the following additional improvements exist:
- Ken Lester has created a Prefs icon for AfA
- The penfree textmode now works correctly with rastports without layers - otherwise, no further problems have occurred with the integration of the penfree mode
- A deadlock was corrected, which occurred in the Listview gadget of the Stormwizard user interface as well as on slow systems with Truetype fonts and anti-aliasing, after the slider was moved very fast continuously for about eight seconds
- The oop.library of AROS, which offers object-oriented functions, has been compiled for Amiga/68k by Michal Schulz and is enclosed
- Errors in the picture_datatype.exe file have been corrected, the version number has been increased to 46 as well, as a V45 had already existed
- When using MagicMenu, the background image will now be shown as well
- By means of an error correction in AROS by Georg Steger, IFF-ILBM pictures with 256 colors or less can now be supported and thus used, for instance, as a background by AmiStart as well, with the dtm_readpixelarray
- The ILBM datatype of AROS has been enclosed, after several users had reported problems and slowdowns when using IFF pictures, particularly under CyberGraphX
Should you have any problems with the AROS-ILBM datatype, please report these to the author and delete the ilbm_datatype.exe file from the SYS:afa_os_libs directory.
Likewise, you are asked to give feedback on possible problems that still exist with the picture datatype. Should you delete the picture_datatype.exe file, you should proceed in the same way with the ilbm_datatype.exe file, as this one does not work without the picture datatype. Otherwise, though it does not crash, corresponding Openlibrary calls to the version 46 of the picture datatype take place. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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08.Apr.2006
ANN (website)
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AmigaOS/MorphOS: update for RDesktop client with costs
The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) enables access to applications being executed on a Windows terminal server via the network. For AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS there are now updates available.
The updates come with costs, people donating via PayPal under the title link a sum of his/her choice (or has already done so) will receive the latest version of RDesktop via email.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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08.Apr.2006
Andreas Kähler (ANF)
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BigRAM 600 new edition finished
The first exemplars tof the new edition of the A600 ChipRAM expansion BigRAM 600 are finished and will be delivered.
Optionally they can be sent as kits but without any warranty (otherwise 6 months).
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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07.Apr.2006
ANN (Webseite)
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WinUAE: Amikit 1.1.1 (Bugfix)
For AmiKit which is a full distribution for WinUAE users there is version 1.1.1
as update or as complete archive. The update fixes two minor bugs.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Apr.2006
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Amiga Inc.: Cooperation with Giesecke & Devrient
Under the title link Amiga Inc. announces a cooperation with the Smart-Card producer
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D). There was an agreement that the technologies
from Amiga should be demonstrated on the GalaxSIM® hHgh Memory SIM Cards
from G&D.
Amiga Inc. obviously is a minor exhibitor at the stand of G&D on the
CTIA Wireless 2006 which ends today. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Apr.2006
Martin 'DaFreak' Rebentisch (ANF)
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Musik: Liquid Skies records #092
The scene group Liquid Skies has published its music pack no. 92 today. At this time it includes the music title "Generosity" of the latest member Bit-X, who has also created the suitable cover for it.
Further informations to this track:
Title: Generosity
Artist: Bit-X
Style: Schranz
Length: 4:10
Format: mp3 (160 kbps)
The zip file with an estimated size of 5 MB is available for free download from the homepage under the title link. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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06.Apr.2006
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New member of the PPC-family: Kilocore 1025
The manufacturer Rapport is showing a cpu at the Embeddded-Systems-meeting in San Jose. Besides a PowerPC core 1024 it includes so called "8-Bit-Processing-Elements", which are meant for parallel operation of e. g. live video streams. (cg) (Translation: ts)
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06.Apr.2006
amigafuture.de (homepage)
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Event: Amiga hardware meeting in Kiel II / 2006
The Amiga club Schleswig-Holstein will hold a hardware meeting for all interested users in the Fachhochschule Kiel at the 22nd of April. It is possible to bring the own computers and to connect them into a network, internet access is also possible.
(cg) (Translation: ts)
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06.Apr.2006
amigafuture.de (homepage)
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AmigaOS 4: Payable update for the RDesktop client
The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) allows access via network to applications, which are executed on a windows terminal server. An update with various bugfixes and optimizations is available now for OS4.
The update isn't free of charge. Everybody who is donating a sum of his choice via PayPal under the title link, will get the latest version of RDesktop via e-mail. (cg) (Translation: ts)
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06.Apr.2006
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Apple: Boot Camp makes Windows XP running on Intel-Macs possible
In the near future Apple allows its customers to run Microsoft's operating system "Windows XP" on new Intel-Macs with the use of the software "Boot Camp". (snx) (Translation: ts)
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05.Apr.2006
quadpol (Forum)
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Elbox: Status update of the Coldfire turboboard Dragon 1200
In a post at the Mediator mailing list Darek Smietana by Elbox gives a brief status update of the Coldfire turboboard Dragon 1200: The boards are not produced yet, they hope to start production by next month (May). A public presentaion of the Dragon is also planned for that month.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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05.Apr.2006
Darius Brewka (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Scalos 41.3 (Alpha)
The Workbench replacement Scalos is now available (alpha version) for AmigaOS 4. The authors remind urgently to mind the notes of the included readme. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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05.Apr.2006
Lemmink (Forum)
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PPC hardware: Status update for PowerVixxen, gnuesstimate of demand
In a posting at amiga.org Adam Kowalczyk by ACK explains the production delay of the Powervixxen: The required ammount of A1200 expansion slot connectors is not available. Whoever might know how to obtain such connectors please contact ACK by mailing to a.kowalczyk@sympatico.ca.
All prospective customers might also contact Kowalczyk by mail to get a coarse guess of the demand for teh fisrt production run. The estimated retail price wil be USD 299 USD (including AmigaOS 4, w/o taxes and p&p). (cg) (Translation: ub)
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04.Apr.2006
VHT-Yahoogroup
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Virus Help Team: AmigaOS 4 users wanted
The Virus Help Team have written the following request on their Yahoo Group: There has been a problem running antivirus programs with the AmigaOS 4. Jan Andersen has been in contact with Georg Horemann (VirusZ and XVS.library programmer), and the problems may be due to XVS. When a fix comes in, it would need to run properly on an OS4 system.
Request: If there are any Amiga OS4 users that are willing to use
the new xvs.library (when available), could you:
- go over to the VHT Forum and sign-up for a member name,
- kindly do a post (i.e. saying you use AmigaOS 4) in the corresponding thread and
- do your settings on the VHT Forum to keep track of that topic, then you will get an automatic e-mail when there is a new posting to the topic.
You could also sign-in and post any problems you already have or maybe a solution you have already found. (snx)
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04.Apr.2006
PPCZone (Forum)
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Genesi: REBOL developers wanted
According to infomation of the managment of Genesi, which can be obtained when clicking at the link above, five part-time REBOL developers are looked for. The first phase of the project is to start in May and to take three months. Developers with a Pegasos are preferred.
REBOL (Relative Expression-Based Object Language) is a cross platform script language, which has been developed by Carl Sassenrath. (snx) (Translation: iw)
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04.Apr.2006
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Amiga Games Hit Parade: poll for March/April 2006
Once again you can vote for the best Amiga games at the "Amiga Games Hit Parade". The result will be announced at the end of April. (cg) (Translation: iw)
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04.Apr.2006
amigaworld.net (webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: ArcEm emulates Acorn Archimedes
Chris Young has ported the emulator ArcEm to AmigaOS , which emluates the Archimedes computers of the British producer Acorn. For using the emulator a ROM image is necessary.
The operating system disc of version 3.10 (not the ROM image) is available for legal download at acorn.riscos.com. (cg) (Translation: iw)
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04.Apr.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Movie-Player Mplayer, "Experimental Version 2"
When clicking on the link above you will find a new beta version of the OS 4 porting of Mplayer. Changes since the last release:
- An AREXX port that is useful with new Daniel's Gui
- Support for WMV (don't need to be repetitive. ok?)
- Many endianess bug fixed on many formats (like MOV and NSV)
- Full internet streaming
- A menu on video screen (only when is in window mode)
- The video driver now scale movies correctly (except for 16:9 one when in fullscreen..)
- Last CSV changes
- Compiled with newlib 4.0.2
- surely other things i forgot now..
According to the author this version is a bit slower than the one before. If the WMV3 videos don't run, it should help to clear the codecs.conf file. (cg) (Translation: iw)
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