13.Feb.2006
(ANF)
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AT&T claims the MPEG-4-Patent
The telekommunikationcompanie AT&T claims royalties from several
companies for the AT&T-Patent, which are concerning MPEG-4-Standard.
Interessting is: All involved companies would invoked to claim his demands
during the development of this standard, also know as "DivX" or "Xvid" -
and nobody hear something from AT&T at that time.
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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13.Feb.2006
Jörg Dittmar (ANF)
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Bremer Computer- & Video-Börse, 4. til .5. März
Also this year at the first March weekend, 4. and 5.March, the
Computer- &Video-Börse in Bremen (Germany) starts.
The venue is the "Berliner Freiheit" in the new Vahr this year.
The menbers of the Computer-Club "User der Nordseeküste" (UdN)
are on this party,
beside several Macintosh- and Windows-systems,
a AmigaOne XE (Ralf "Mika" Tönjes) and a
Pegasos 2 (Jörg "der_letzte_Amiganer" Dittmar) will be shown.
Neben den Mitglieder des UdN werden wieder Amiga-User aus Bielefeld und
Braunschweig erwartet, die inzwischen auch zu den Stammgästen zu zählen
sind.
Der Einrittspreis beträgt 4 EUR, erfahrungsgemäß gibt es auf der Börse
ein umfangreiches Angebot an neuer und gebrauchter Hardware.
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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13.Feb.2006
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Pegasos: Mac OS-Loader MOLK 0.6
MOLK, a Mac OS-Loader for the Pegasos, is via
Torrent-Filesharing in Version 0.6 available. MOLK boots
Mac OS X with Mac-on-Linux without a Linux-installation
and is configurable on MorphOS. Tiger, CD/DVD-RW/RO, USB and AC97 are
supported.
Changes:
- Kernel 2.6.15
- Mol-0.9.71_pre8 (Gentoo)
- UDev instead DevFS
- Networksupport error fixed
- AC97-Soundproblems fixed
- OF-choice between Mac OS X and Classic
- CD/DVD-creating fixed
Torrent-Datei: molk.lha.torrent (snx) (Translation: aj)
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13.Feb.2006
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: Update german Ambient-catalogs
Carsten Siegner updated the german catalog for the MorphOS-Desktop Ambient.
Please confirm that the minimum requirement for this catalog is a
ambient-version from 12.February 2006. Now are also the context menues are
lokalised.
Download: ambientlocal1.27.lha (10 KB) (snx) (Translation: aj)
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13.Feb.2006
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Betaversion 0.18 of MOSNet released
The Version 0.18 of the PPC-nativen TCP/IP-Stacks from Pavel Fedin
provided several betterments, beside particular the support of the
MiamiDX-Panels. Here consisting a Problem with the
"Gelbes Panel", but the MUI.MiamiPanel works correctly.
The Author notify that only the configurationeditor is missing.
Also the status of MOSNet is now official changed from a Alpha- to a
Betaversion. (snx) (Translation: aj)
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13.Feb.2006
Heinz-Raphael Reinke (ANF)
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News from AfA OS and AmiDevCpp: Server-relocation, cooperation with AmiKit
The Homepage of the developing environment AmiDevCpp, it is also the host
for the "AROS for AmigaOS"-Project (AfA OS), is due problems with the
Hoster relocated on a new Server and now reachable on amidevcpp.funpic.de
The developer of the Amiga-Distribution AmiKit
notify,
that from the next version AfA OS a part of the Packet is.
The benefits for AmiKit-user is give be the re-imported AROS System-Librarys. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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13.Feb.2006
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Amiga Demoscene Archive: Six new Products added
Since our last report are six new products added to the Amiga Demoscene Archive:
(snx) (Translation: aj)
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13.Feb.2006
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AmigaOS 4: RTG-Patch for Lightwave 3.5+
The Preview-Function of the favorit Raytracers Lightwave needs the
Amiga-Customchips as requirement, so the program did not work on a
AmigaOne. With Stephen Fellners RTG-Patch is this problem gone and
Lightwave works without problems on machines without custom-chips.
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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12.Feb.2006
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Aminet-Uploads til 12.02.2006
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
CManager_OLD_src.tgz comm/misc 1.9M GEN Sources for Contact Manager
serialbridge_os4.lha comm/misc 7K OS4 Bridges between serial devices (with sou
OpenURL-OS4.lha comm/www 116K OS4 OpenURL - Get that URL!
amigbg05_final.lha demo/file 5.7M OS4 A "POC" demo by the Red Devils for AmiGB
hogwagen-mos.lha demo/intro 45K MOS "Lollipop hogwagen" 4kb intro (with sour
C_V44-DT.lha dev/c 15K OS3 How: OS3 V40-44 PicDatatype in 100% C
make-ppc.lha dev/c 190K OS4 GNU make PPC
pmdis-mos.lha dev/cross 39K MOS a disassembler for Pokemon-Mini
feelin060207_68k.lha dev/gui 966K OS3 Powerful Object-oriented System & GUI
feelin060207_OS4.lha dev/gui 762K OS4 Powerful Object-oriented System & GUI
feelin060207_src.lha dev/gui 1.2M GEN Powerful Object-oriented System & GUI
ifftoc.lha dev/misc 86K OS4 IFF picture to C-source
DisKoTutorial.lha dev/src 63K VAR MUI tutorial with progressive examples a
scummvm.lha game/misc 3.4M OS4 Point-and-Click adventure interpreter
armagetron-mos.lha game/race 1.8M MOS OpenGL Tron clone
gltron.lha game/race 2.1M OS4 GLTron
mijfif.lha gfx/show 27K MOS JFIF&BMP24 viewer for CGX MorphOS
asap2wav-mos.lha misc/emu 290K MOS Player/converter of Atari 8-bit music fo
BBC.lha misc/emu 81K MOS BBC micro emulator (text only)
camd.lha mus/midi 70K OS4 Native CAMD library for OS4
camdtools.lha mus/midi 489K OS4 A few tools for camd.library, with sourc
camd_emu10kx.lha mus/midi 14K OS4 CAMD driver for emu10kx (soundblaster) M
ADPCM_dec.lha mus/misc 29K OS3 Decoder for Christian Buchner's ADPCM pa
Lights-1.lha mus/play 510K GEN a robe for Prayer2
Modern.lha mus/play 612K GEN a -modern- robe for Prayer2
toolbarimages.lha pix/icon 82K GEN Toolbar images for Ambient browser
Amiga-Z_BBS_1996.jpg pix/illu 110K GEN Picture of Amiga-Z BBS circa 1996
atlantis_mixer.zip pix/theme 37K GEN Theme for Mixer
novometal_iv.lha pix/theme 33K GEN light, simple & elegant theme
purple.zip pix/theme 163K GEN Purple Theme for AmigaOS 4
Smokealot.lha pix/theme 97K GEN Smokealot Ambient skin
SmokealotGrey.lha pix/theme 90K GEN Smokealot Grey Ambient skin
iconlauncher.jpg pix/wb 262K GEN Snapshot of icon launcher in action
AmiReplace.lha text/edit 146K VAR MUI text replace tool. French but easy.
BareED.lha text/edit 347K OS3 Text editor supporting proportional font
cranu.lha util/arc 40K OS4 GUI for archivers
rainbowblanker.lha util/blank 44K OS4 Rainbow Blanker Module
Iconoclast.lha util/boot 8K OS3 patch for faster icons & color mapping,
popurl.lha util/cli 4K OS4 Small OS4 equivalent of OpenURL shell co
hexview.lha util/wb 42K OS4 A utility to view a file in a hexadecima
Iconlauncher.lha util/wb 3.0M OS3 icon launch bar based on dockies
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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12.Feb.2006
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os4depot.net: Uploads til 12.02.2006
os4depot.net uploads since our last report:
atlantis_mixer.zip aud/mis 36kb Theme for Mixer
lightwave_rtg_patch.lha gra/ray 6kb Patches Lightwave's rendering to work on
novometal_iv.lha gra/the 32kb light, simple & elegant theme
popurl.lha uti/she 3kb Small OS4 equivalent of OpenURL shell co
make-ppc.lha dev/uti 189kb GNU make PPC
openurl.lha net/mis 116kb OpenURL - Get that URL!
cranu.lha uti/arc 40kb GUI for archivers
scummvm.lha gam/adv 3Mb Point-and-Click adventure interpreter
hexview.lha uti/wor 41kb A utility to view a file in a hexadecima
gltron.lha gam/dri 2Mb GLTron
rainbowblanker.lha gra/scr 44kb Rainbow Blanker Module
amigbg05_final.lha dem/mis 5Mb A "POC" demo by the Red Devils for AmiGB
ifftoc.lha dev/uti 86kb IFF picture to C-source
camd.lha dri/mis 70kb Native CAMD library for OS4
camd_emu10kx.lha dri/mis 14kb CAMD driver for emu10kx (soundblaster) M
camdtools.lha dri/mis 489kb A few tools for camd.library, with sourc
python.lha dev/lan 3Mb Python 2.4.1 for AmigaOS4.0
purple.zip gra/the 162kb Purple Theme
serialbridge.lha uti/com 7kb Bridges between serial devices (with sou
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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12.Feb.2006
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AROS-Archives: Uploads til 12.02.2006
aros-archives uploads since our last report:
multipuzzle.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 30kb Sort the bricks with any motive
multipuzzle.src.zip gam/puz 28kb Source code for puzzle game
finder.i386-aros.zip uti/fil 33kb MUI File Search Tool
amimemos.i386-aros.zip uti/wor 34kb A memo utility
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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12.Feb.2006
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PerfectPaint: "Pre-68k-fix-Version" for AmigaOS 4 & MorphOS
Marco 'Blackbird' Möring has linked to the header a "Pre-68k-fix-Version"
of the GFXprogram PerfectPaint released, which makes the running on
AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS possible.
PerfectPaint
was writen from Georges Halvadjian in BlitzBasic.
This uptodate pre-version includes several errors, so the author request
a response in case of bugs. But the basic function are usable.
In the History and the file ItschiWitschi.txt
are more information about all working functions.
nicht. (snx) (Translation: aj)
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11.Feb.2006
Amiga Impact (website)
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MorphOS: Thunder Slash ported
Nicolas 'Henes' Sallin portedthe horizontally scrolling shoot'em up Thunder Slash by Sojiro to MorphOS (screenshot). The game requires a PowerPC G4 and a AGP graphics board.
Please note that the MorphOS archive does not contain all parts of the game - the non platform specific files will be downloaded by the installer afterwards, though.
Download: thunderslash.lha (201 KB)
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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11.Feb.2006
amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: OpenURL 7.2
With OpenURL you can define default tools for HTTP and mailto links that will be run by a double click on such a link. The library is supported by numerous applications.
With version 7.2 is the latest version for the first time available for AmigaOS 4 with installer and documentation available.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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11.Feb.2006
amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: archiver frontend Cranu 0.2
Cranu is virtually the counterpart to Unarc: a graphical user interface to easily create LhA, LZX, Zip, tgz or tar.bz2 archives (screenshot). Using so called "profiles" Cranu can be extended by the user to support further archive formats.
Changes in version 0.2:
- Removed debug accidentally left in 0.1
- If adding a large directory takes longer than 2 seconds, a progress window now appears so you can see the program is working. It also contains an abort button.
- Added the ability to archive files from higher in the directory tree
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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11.Feb.2006
Pegasos.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Daily CVS builds of Ambient
Experienced MorphOS users who would like to give the latest Ambient CVS compiles a try, can now find daily builds at the easier to remember URLs ambient.pegasos.org or ambient-desktop.org, ambient-desktop.net and ambient-desktop.com.
Required are MorphOS 1.4.5 and MUI 4 alpha. Please also note the following warnings:
- Warning: No documentation. Daily builds do not include documentation
- No support: Due to the nature of daily builds, no support can be provided
- No Installer: You must be capable of moving files to their proper locations yourself before attempting to use a daily build
- Changelog: Go over the changes carefully before downloading and installing a new build
- Dynamic Functionality: Function availability is dependent upon build development, and any given function or group of functions may be disabled in a daily build
- Use backups: It is highly suggested that regular backups are performed when using Daily builds
If you feel that anything from the list above is overly complicated, too difficult, or more than you can handle, please consider limiting yourself to the latest officially released version of Ambient. (snx)
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11.Feb.2006
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MorphOS: Interest in DVB-S playback software? (Update)
At the title link, MorphZone published information by Ralph Schmidt about a MorphOS program for DVB-S playback (support for DVB-T and DVB-C could be added by some further work as well). It's been used for prototyping the technology and thus not fully polished yet to be useful for sale.
Therefore there is the question if there is a big enough interest for such a program to justify polishing it to sell it. A few unsharp cam pictures of it with a down-scaled window are available at MorphOS-News.de. A poll for the interest in this software will be added at MorphZone as soon as some technical difficulties will be solved.
Update: (11:18, 11.02.06, snx)
Meanwhile the poll is online at MorphZone and can be found on the left side of the main page. (cg) (Translation: snx)
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11.Feb.2006
amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: instant messenger Epistula - version for plugin developers (update)
The first public version of the modular instant messenger Epistula is available under the title link, together with a preliminary plugin development kit.
As no plugins were released so far, Epistula is for now only inteesting for developers who want to write their own protocol plugins. The first plugin for the MSN protocol will be available as soon as a required library will have been public (probably at the end of the week).
Update: (16:25, 11.02.06, snx)
Under the title link is in the meantime an ICQ plugin by Daniel Allsopp made available. (cg) (Translation: wk)
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10.Feb.2006
Elbox Computer (ANF)
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Elbox: IDE Trade-Up Program
Elbox Computer are offering a "Trade-Up" program for IDE controllers to their EU customers. The program requires a credit card and provides a 30 Euro mail-in rebate for their FastATA controllers in case the customer trades-in his old 4-way IDE interface or Zorro II IDE adapter.
The offer is valid for the purchase of a FastATA 4000 MK-III, FastATA 1200 MK-III or FastATA ZIV. According to Elbox, their FastATA controllers - unlike the aforementioned solutions - do also support PIO-3, PIO-4 and PIO-5 modes. (snx)
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10.Feb.2006
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Amiga Games Hit Parade: Voting for January/February 2006
At "Amiga Games Hit Parade" you can vote for the best Amiga games. The results will be published at the end of February.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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10.Feb.2006
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AmigaOS 4: LibSDL-1.2.9
Richard Drummond has published an update of the AmigaOS 4-port of LibSDL.
SDL is a multimedia library which is to make easier programming of portable applications.
You can find the changes since the last version here.
The newest build requires the Prerelease-Update 4.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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10.Feb.2006
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Adventure-Engine: ScummVM 0.8.2 (AmigaOS 4, MorphOS)
With ScummVM several classic "Point'n Click" adventures
can be played on modern systems, too. The AmigaOS 4-port
of the current version 0.8.2 you can find on os4depot.net,
the MorphOS version under fabportnawak.free.fr/scummvm/.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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10.Feb.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Screen saver modul RainbowBlanker
With RainbowBlanker Alex Carmona published a first blanker modul for the screen saver
which came with Update 4.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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10.Feb.2006
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AmigaOS 4: Video to Prerelease-Update 4
Julien 'Crisot' Cervellera has published another video to AmigaOS 4
which is to demonstrate some of the new features in Update 4.
rapide-test.avi (19 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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10.Feb.2006
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Pictogram line: Iconlauncher beta version 0.1
With Iconlauncher there is a new pictogram line for AmigaOS and MorphOS (screenshot).
The program supports skins, catalog files, text under the pictograms and animated
pictograms as well as playing noise or music.
Download: Iconlauncher.lha (3 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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09.Feb.2006
PPCNUX (ANF)
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IBM introduces Dual-970MP Blades with 2,5GHz and 2,7GHz
No longer Apple but IBM is operating the fastest PPC: The completely renewed JS21 blades are using two 970MP at a time with a little extent- as dual cpu with 2,5 GHz or with a deactivated second core but 2,7 GHz then. Besides an updated I/O infrastructure IBM has also announced own Cell based Blades for the third quarter in 2006. (cg) (Translation: ts)
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09.Feb.2006
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AMIGA-Magazin: New Articles as Readers Samples Online
At the AMIGA magazine's homepage some newer articles were posted online as readers samples.
Issue 2/2006: Emulation: PegXMac
Issue 1/2006: Skript language: KarateFighter
Issue 12/2005: Programming: Libraries under AmigaOS 4
Issue 11/2005: Emulator package "AmigaForever 2005"
Issue 10/2005: Stock exchange software "pro Bonds"
You can find many more interesting articles under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: ts)
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08.Feb.2006
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Emulation: AmigaSYS 3 R2 released
AmigaSYS is a complete preconfigured Amiga environment which requires AmigaOS 3.x and is inteded for usage with WinUAE. The update R2 introduces the following new features:
For AmigaOS 3.9 users:
- AmigaOS 3.9 BoingBag 1 and 2 support , only original AmigaOS 3.9 and AmigaOS XL.
- New Amiga OS 4 Like theme.
- ATE Amiga OS 4 gadgets.
- 3 Windowstyle (Type command or shell "WM" for select other theme)
- New Startbar design.
- New AmigaSYS titlebar logo.
- New Theme engine (sorted , and modified themes) , some features not included.
- New Appmenu prefs.
- New Themes fixes. (LM , Virtual , Gnome , Classic , RetroSYS)
New programs:
- ADDED AKPNG 45.15+ Prefs.
- ADDED AKTIFF 45.30+ Prefs.
- ADDED BareEd 0.9949.
- ADDED LimpidClock 1.16.
- ADDED Picshow 31.301.
- ADDED Some Librarys.
- ADDED TTF Fonts support + 1 BitstreamVera font for OS4-Like.
- ADDED Wizard.library 42.100.
- ADDED WM (Window Manager).
For AmigaOS 3.0/3.1 users:
New Programs :
- ADDED AKPNG 45.15+ Prefs.
- ADDED AKTIFF 45.30+ Prefs.
- ADDED Bareed 0.9949.
- ADDED Picshow 31.301.
- ADDED Some new Librarys.
- ADDED Wizard.library 42.100.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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08.Feb.2006
Hans-Jörg Frieden (ANF)
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AmigaOS4.0 Developer Prerelease Update #4 released
Press release
Leuven, Belgium - 8th February, 2006
Hyperion Entertainment announces the immediate availability of the fourth update of the AmigaOS4.0 Developer Prerelease.
The new features in this pre-release include:
- All-new Warp3D with support for Voodoo 3/4/5 and ATI Radeon models 7000, 7200, 7500, 9000, 9200 and 9250.
- Petunia Just-In-Time 68k emulator.
- All-new Intuition with advanced features like flicker-free window redraw and new screen dragging features (among other things, screens can be dragged freely in any direction and will reveal other screens beneath even if dragged sideways)
- Updated ExecSG kernel
- New Extended Input System allows the use of mouse wheels on both PS/2 and USB mice, and the use of Multimedia keyboards (with keys like volume control, play/pause etc)
- And much much more. Practically ALL components of the system have been updated.
Registered AmigaOS4.0-Owners can download the update in our Download area immediately.
Again, we would like to thank all of our customers for their continued support. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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08.Feb.2006
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AmigaOS 4: Two new articles at intuitionbase.com
At intuitionbase.com two new articles about AmigaOS 4 have been published which were submitted for the article contest. The both winners get a full version of ANotice, granted by Alinea as award.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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08.Feb.2006
amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: Cranu 0.1 beta, graphic frontend for LhA et al.
Cranu is virtually the counterpart to Unarc: A graphic user interface to create LhA-, LZX-, Zip-, tgz- or tar.bz2-archives. With its "Profiles" Cranu is expandable to further archive formats by the user.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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07.Feb.2006
Chaos Computer Club
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CCC: collective statement "data storage in unacceptable"
CCC: »In a collective statement advocats of data protection and consumer protection as well as journalists speak out against the "precautionary telecommunication data storage".
The systematic record and storage of information about the communication, movements and media use of the entire population ("precautionary data storage") without the approval of the people in question is unacceptable. This doesn't bring about a better protection from crime, costs millions of euros, endagers the privacy and security of innocent people, affects confidential communication and levels the way into a mass surveillance of the population, which is further extending.«
Read the complete statement under the link above.
(ps) (Translation: iw)
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07.Feb.2006
Pegasosforum (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Bochs 2.2.5
Version 2.2.5 of the pc emulator Bochs is now also available for MorphOS. The update primarily sorts out some mistakes, but also involves a couple of innovations.
The most important changes:
- added virtual 8086 mode extensions (VME) implementation
- several fixes/improvements in x86-64 emulation, debugger and disassembler
- new serial mode 'socket' connects a network socket
- IDE busmaster DMA feature for harddisks and cdroms completed and enabled
- many improvements in Bochs emulated I/O devices (e.g. floppy, cdrom)
- Updated LGPL'd VGABIOS to version 0.5d
(snx) (Translation: iw)
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07.Feb.2006
Goleml (ANF)
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IBM is planning POWER 6 CPUs with more than 5 GHz / Freescale joins Power.org
Concerning the clock speed IBM power processors had to stand back behind the competition so far. At the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in 2006 IBM now showed that the POWER 6 processors, which are still under way, can absolutely manage more than 5 GHz and a higher clock speed.
Update: (18:10, 07.02.06, snx)
Furthermore, Motorola spin-off Freescale Semiconductor has joined Power.org, an organisation focused on development around IBM’s POWER architecture.
Freescale and IBM plan several key collaborative efforts, including creating a common instruction set architecture, developing innovations to extend the POWER processors to a broader set of customer applications, enabling Linux on the architecture, and expanding the ecosystem through marketing programs.
Recently, also the Pegasos II design has been published at Power.org (amiga-news.de reported). (ps) (Translation: iw)
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07.Feb.2006
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GUI system: Feelin version 060207
Olivier Laviale has published a new version of his GUI system Feelin (Screenshots: 1, 2). Versions for AmigaOS 3 and 4 are available, a MorphOS version will follow in the near future. The most important changes:
- SYSTEM: It's now possible to create meta-classes. This feature was already possible since classes are also objects but now it's really working The EXIT end INIT optionnal code is now deprecated, you must create a meta-class to create/delete private data.
- SYSTEM: The memory system has been improved further more and is now even faster. The F_DisposeP() function is now deprecated since, with the new techniques, F_Dispose() finds the right memory chunk to dispose on the first try (less than 1% of missing). The developer can also tweak the memory system to enable memory walls, memory marking, custom patterns to fill new/allocated/disposed memory...
- XML: Entities support has been added and is widely used. The attributes used to generate objects are now typed. XML parsing has been improved furthermore and FC_Document provides nicer methods.
- EVENTS: Windows are no longer handled by the application they belong to, but a new shared object named "WinServer". This server is also an anchor for various inputs such as window events, mouse buttons and movements, key stroke... but also pophelp, timer, wbdrop... it also add special features which are not available with Intuition such as unactivable windows (usefull with menus and popups).
- DAMAGED RENDERING: A new technique called "damaged rendering" is now used to redraw objects. Only objects which aspect as been modified (state, size, position) are now updated saving a lot of unnecessary renderings. I was already using a similar technique but it was costing a lot and was not as effective.
- PREFERENCES, EDITOR: Preferences are now stored in CSS files instead of an IFF ones. FC_Preference is now a subclass of FC_CSSDocument. The whole preference system has been updated and is more compact and nice.
- ASSOCIATED DATA: A new technique called "associated data" is now used to skip decoding over and over the same preference items. To put this short, a window with 1000 buttons was resolving and decoding 1000 times the "$button-frame" item to setup the frame of the SimpleButton objects. Now a "complex data", which is the decoded stuff of the "$button-frame" contents, is associated with the "$button-frame" item. Thus, the preference item is now resolved and decoded once, saving 999 resolving/decoding. This technique is currently used for frames and backgrounds but will soon be extended to fonts, color schemes... The preference system as been widely rewritten for this purpose.
- The "ModulesList" shared object is now used to keep an eye on classes. It handles various lists and is now used to load classes embending a preference group. The launching of the preference editor is now very fast. This shared objects also maintain a list of the decorators available, which is used to create dynamicaly the "Decorators" preference group.
- ALPHA BLENDING: FC_CorePNG has been created to decode PNG files without using datatypes, saving time and embended alpha information, which is fully supported by FC_BitMap. FC_Render also support alpha-blending but is currently limited to rectangles. Thanks to alpha-blending, you can create even nicer applications.
- COLORS AND IMAGES: Colors are now defined as in CSS e.g. "#FF0000" for full red or "shine" for the FV_Pen_Shine entry of a color scheme. All image specifications are now in XML format, many of them have been extended e.g. gradients can be defined using 2, 3 and even 4 colors (aqua style).
(cg) (Translation: iw)
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