15.Dec.2005
David Bentham (E-Mail)
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PegXMac: Version 1.4.4 for Pegasos II available
David Bentham's live cd PegXMac for Mac-on-Linux for the Pegasos II as version 1.4.4 is available now.
It is based on MOL version 0.9.70r6 and should additionally fix the 8 GB partition problem with the installation of Mac OS X 10.4 ("Tiger"). Furthermore the kernel messages to the console were prevented. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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15.Dec.2005
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS-Max: Version 0.4.8 released (beta testing)
'Cool Cat' has released version 0.4.8 of the AROS distribution AROS-Max. It is mainly meant for the discovery of still existing bugs and doesn't contain SFS as a standard file system so far. The end of the year is targeted for the next update.
Download: arosmax048.rar (214 MB) (snx) (Translation: ts)
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15.Dec.2005
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The AMIGA Sprite Restoration Project online now
Because of many requests Olli Knagge (Cebulba) has published a website now, where all sprites ripped so far can be hosted.
Actually there isn't much to see yet as the site is under construction. Everybody can register himself and load his ripped sprites up. The site is meant for those having a fan project under development and want to use the original graphics. (ps) (Translation: ts)
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14.Dec.2005
ANN (Webseite)
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MorphOS: PDF manual for Ambient (Swedish)
Gunne Steen has released an inofficial manual for Ambient. His
"Ambient Guide" consists of 65 pages and is currently available in Swedish
only. An English version is however planed already. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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14.Dec.2005
(ANF)
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Audio-Player: AmigaAMP 2.16
Thomas Wentzel has released a new version of the famous MP3 player AmigaAmp. Changes since the last version:
- Better recognition of WAV files
- Decoding engines recompiled from a common codebase
As reported already
a 68k decoder plugin is available now, but since its high CPU demands the benefit is more for the
emulation users.
Download: AmigaAMP.lha (542 KB)
Download: AmigaAMP-External68k.lha (51 KB) (cg) (Translation: ub)
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14.Dec.2005
Amigaworld.net (Website)
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VooDoo-Amiga: Croatic forum added
The news service VooDoo-Amiga has set up a forum for the Croatic speaking Amiga users which is open for all platforms and operating systems. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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13.Dec.2005
MorphOS-News.de (Software-Liste)
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MorphOS: BitTorrent 4.3.2
The MorphOS porting of the filesharing program BitTorrent is now available in the version 4.3.2.
An overview of the improvements or settlement of the mistakes can be seen in the Change-Log
Download: bittorrent-4.3.2-morphos.lha (8 MB) (snx) (Translation: iw)
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13.Dec.2005
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Amiga Forever: review on OSNews.com (englisch)
Thom Holwerda from OSNews.com has written a review of the Premium-Edition of the emulator package Amiga Forever, which can be read under the link above. This package is delivered on CD and two DVD's with all software required, as well as historical videos (amiga-news.de berichtete).
He concludes that Amiga Forever is not only interesting for Amiga fans, but also for people who are enthusiastic about other operating systems, although it is of course rather advisable for those people to buy the cheaper download version without the accompanying videos. (snx) (Translation: iw)
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12.Dec.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Linux: Debian-Kernel 2.6.8-16 for the AmigaOne
Linked to the Title you will find the modified Linux-Kernel in Version
2.6.8-16, which supports Debian on a AmigaOne, but only without a
GX-CPU.
This Kernel based on the DMA-Patch from Gerhard Pircher.
(amiga-news.de reports). (snx) (Translation: aj)
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12.Dec.2005
Redhair (E-Mail)
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Sensible Soccer: Interview with Jon Hare
Linked to the Title you will find a actual interview, that Carsten Rothhaar
from SensibleSoccer.de has done with Jon Haar.
Here he uttered how this game get a Mega-lo-Mania-perspective and what await
PC- and Videogameuser in Sensible Soccer 2006. (snx) (Translation: aj)
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12.Dec.2005
Jan Zahurancik (ANF)
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WinUAE: Update package 1.02 for AmiKit
A v1.0.2 update package is available for AmiKit 1.0 (or 1.01). Besides new and updated software it does also include a configuration for Directory Opus 4. The package does also contain the previous 1.01 update.
Changes:
- ADDED: excellent DirOpus4 configuration created for AmiKit by
Pavel Pok
- ADDED: GMPlay 1.3 + GMPlayMUI 1.2 + gmtones + MidiFiles
- ADDED: XPK packing options to DirOpus5 User Menu
- UPDATED: FlashPlayer 1.2
- UPDATED: MCC_TextEditor 15.17
- UPDATED: MMKeyboard enabled by default. Adjust your PC keyboard to
your needs by
AmiKit:Utilities/EXPANSION/MMKeyboard/MMKeyboard
- UPDATED: AmiKit.exe warns you if the name of your Win partition is
in conflict with AmiKit
- UPDATED: handling of DirOpus5 XPK and XFD filetypes
- FIXED: bad recognizing of DirOpus5 Sound Module filetype
Troubleshooting: It might happen that IPrefs crashes during the
boot process (behind the bootpicture so this picture never
disappears). In that case just reset AmiKit and try to boot again.
Download page (snx)
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12.Dec.2005
Gert Massa (ANF)
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Weitere Workshops on AmigaWorld.de
AmigaWorld.de was updated in the last weeks.
Beside a new Design are a lot of Workshops integrated and a small support-forum
installed.
(snx) (Translation: aj)
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12.Dec.2005
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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individual Computers: 8 Bit Baby is available
The product "8 Bit Baby", that was already announced in forums and with flyers, is finally available! It's an experimenting-board for hobbyists who want to develop hardware on their own. As the name already suggests, the board aims at users of the popular 8-bit computers of the 80s. These computers all have expansion ports that carry all important signals. Unfortunately, most hobbyists do not have the chance to make their own expansions, because experimenting boards normally do not have slot-connectors.
This problem is now solved with the "8 Bit Baby". The board has a special connector for a computer on each of the four sides:
- for C64: 44-pin, raster 2,54mm
- for VIC-20: 44-pin, raster 3,96mm
- for C16/C116/plus-4: 50-pin, raster 2,0mm
- for Apple II: 50-pin, raster 2,54mm
The board is prepared for a programmable logic chip by Altera in order to bring hardware development up-to-date. The EPM3064 can replace many TTL-chips with it's 64 macrocells and up to 34 IO-pins. TTL-chips were used on a regular basis for hardware-expansions in the 80s. The Altera chip can be programmed without expensive programming equipment, you just need a so-called JTAG-cable for the parallel port. The development software "Quartus" can be downloaded at no cost from www.altera.com. If you do not want to solder the JTAG-cable on your own, you can buy the "multivolt" version from us for 12,- EUR each.
Axel Muhr has opened the website www.8BitBaby.de for all interested people. It's the perfect place to discuss the "nuts and bolts" of your hardware projects! We will of course publish example circuits on that site, and hope for your participation!
Prices:
8 Bit Baby board (1 pc.): 7,90 EUR
8 Bit Baby board (4 pcs. and up): 6,90 EUR
(prices include 16% VAT where applicable)
We'll offer a parts kit shortly that includes all necessary parts to build the Altera PLD circuit. It's mostly standard-parts, except for the 3,3V voltage regulator that your local electronics store might not carry. Since this part might be hard to get, it's included with every 8 Bit Baby that's ordered before the end of the year!
Fortunately, this product is not affected by the EU laws and the consequences that we announced on november 24th, because the EU-directive does not apply to single parts. There's more products in our portfolio that are not affected, these can still be sold within the EU:
- Deathbed Vigil DVD, signed by Dave Haynie
- 5,25 inch disks double-sided, single-density
- cartridge cases for C64-cartridges
- double-CD Commodore Billboard and Funet archive
(ps)
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12.Dec.2005
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Aminet-Uploads til 11.12.2005
Aminet-Uploads since out last report:
netclock.lha comm/misc 47K GEN Set Clock from daytime (atomic) servers
MCC_TextEditor-15.17.lha dev/mui 336K VAR Texteditor custom class for MUI
Bomns_OS4.lha game/actio 1.2M OS4 2 player bomb your friend game.
ularn.lha game/actio 501K OS4 Ularn - ultra Larn
Knoga_OS4.lha game/board 1.1M OS4 Knoga yatzee game
sudoku.lha game/board 365K OS4 Sudoku - a number-based puzzle/game
WoodenBars.lha game/demo 43K OS3 Simple bars game for all the PAL AMIGAs
amphetamine_OS4beta.lha game/jump 1.3M OS4 Plattform game with puzzles.
DiskWar_OS4.lha game/misc 205K OS4 Strange tennis type of a game.
RoadFighter_OS4.lha game/race 5.8M OS4 A remake of the great RoadFighter from k
Aklabeth_OS4.lha game/role 368K OS4 Ultima Zero
angband.lha game/role 1.3M OS4 Angband - a modern rogue-like RPG game
ivan-src.lha game/role 907K GEN Sources for IVAN
ivan.lha game/role 2.7M OS4 Iter Vehemens ad Necem: a rogue-like RPG
tome.lha game/role 3.4M OS4 T.o.M.E. - Tales of Middle Earth (Angban
AlienPool_OS4.lha game/shoot 6.2M OS4 Strange asteroids clone with lots of new
Cyclone_OS4.lha game/shoot 1.2M OS4 Smooth scrolling shoot em up.
sdl-toms.lha game/think 381K OS4 An SDL "Atoms" clone
FlashPlayer.lha gfx/show 308K OS3 Flash (SWF) format file player
FlashPlayerSrc.lha gfx/show 195K GEN Source Code for FlashPlayer v. 1.2
shim-src.lha gfx/show 28K MOS C src+binary of shim, a CLI image viewer
prism2.lha hard/drivr 139K VAR Driver for 11Mbps wireless network cards
amines_lh5.lha misc/emu 451K OS4 Nintendo 8-bit emulator (SDL-based)
amines_os4.lha misc/emu 448K OS4 Nintendo 8-bit emulator (SDL-based)
digifilter.lha misc/sci 56K MOS Digital FIR filter design software
protracker23.lha mus/edit 423K OS4 Protracker 2.3d rewritten (beta 2)
os4theme.lha pix/theme 828K GEN AmigaOS4 Theme for Classic Amigas runnin
wb13screen.gif pix/wb 10K GEN workbench 1.3 cli window
dme.lha text/edit 325K OS4 DME - text editor.
Next.lha text/show 146K OS3 Viewer for text/guides/html/datatypes
BEEP.lha util/cli 3K OS3 Baer friendly audio BEEP command.
Mount-AmigaOS.lha util/cli 40K OS3 Unofficial "Mount" command backport for
DiskMaster.lha util/dir 394K VAR DiskMaster2 - 68K & OS4
bahcount-src.lha util/misc 41K MOS Counts down until Bush leaves office
beav.lha util/misc 131K OS4 BEAV - emacs style file editor
joytest_CP.lha util/misc 33K OS3 Tool to test Joysticks/Joypads/CD32 pads
wet.lha util/wb 671K OS4 Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIc
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12.Dec.2005
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os4depot.net: Uploads til 11.12.2005
os4depot.net uploads since our last report:
5inarow.lha gam/boa 272kb 5 in a row tic tac toe
roadfighter.lha gam/dri 5Mb A remake of the great RoadFighter from k
ivan-src.lha gam/rol 906kb Sources for IVAN
ivan.lha gam/rol 2Mb Iter Vehemens ad Necem: a rogue-like RPG
dme.lha uti/tex 325kb DME - text editor.
bomns.lha gam/act 1Mb 2 player bomb your friend game.
amines.lha emu/gam 447kb NES Emulator
angband.lha gam/rol 1Mb Angband - a modern rogue-like RPG game
tome.lha gam/rol 3Mb T.o.M.E. - Tales of Middle Earth (Angban
wet.lha uti/wor 670kb Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIc
protracker23.lha aud/tra 423kb Protracker 2.3d rewritten (beta 2)
cyclone.lha gam/act 1Mb Smooth scrolling shoot em up.
ularn.lha gam/adv 501kb Ularn - ultra Larn
diskwar.lha gam/mis 205kb Strange tennis type of a game.
sdl-toms.lha gam/puz 380kb An SDL "Atoms" clone
sudoku.lha gam/puz 365kb Sudoku - a number-based puzzle/game
rmouse.lzx dri/inp 14kb Bootmouse driver for OS4's USB stack wit
alienpool.lha gam/act 6Mb Strange asteroids clone with lots of new
knoga.lha gam/boa 1Mb Yatzee game for OS4.
amphetamine.lha gam/pla 1Mb Plattform game with puzzles.
aklabeth.lha gam/rol 367kb Ultima Zero
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12.Dec.2005
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AROS-Archives: Uploads til 11.12.2005
aros-archive uploads since our last report:
aircos-0.0.2.i386.zip net/cha 99kb AiRcOS - AROS IRC Client
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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11.Dec.2005
Rudolph Riedel (ANF)
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File Manager: DiskMaster 2.6 released
Since today, the file manager DiskMaster2 is available in version 2.6 for AmigaOS 3.x and AmigaOS 4. Counted among the numerous changes, which you can gather from the enclosed DiskMaster2.guide file in detail, is particularly that Reaction is now made use of extensively.
However, the program is still content with V41 here, wherefore the 68K version of DiskMaster2 still runs under MorphOS, provided that the classes from the ClassAct2Demo archive in Aminet are installed. The 68K version is compiled with SAS-C 6.58, the OS4 version, from the same source code, with GCC 4.0.2 and clib2 1.198. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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11.Dec.2005
Amigaworld.net (Web page)
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Burning Software: MakeCD 3.2d beta version 11
Version 3.2d beta 11 of the CD burning program MakeCD was released as early as November 21. In addition to the files contained in the archive, version 3.2c is required.
With the beta version 11, restrictions in creating ISO images are eliminated, as well as the illegal memory access during the import of .cue files. Newly added is the support for indexes in data tracks as well as following additional burners: Yamaha CRW8824S/CRW8824E, Teac CD-W512SB, Plextor PX-W4012S, PX-320A, PX-W4824E, PX-716A.
The version V3.2d beta 11 contains:
- MakeCD 3.78 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- makecdromfs.module 45.10 (12.05.2003)
- ReadWrite.module 16.1 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- SCSISupport.module 16.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_JVC_Teac.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Panasonic.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Philips_2000.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Philips_2600.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Plextor_Ricoh.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Ricoh_6200.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_SCSI3_ATAPI.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Sony.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CDR_Yamaha_10x.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CD_ATAPI.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CD_NEC.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CD_ROM.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CD_Sony_Plextor.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
- CD_Toshiba.driver 15.0 public beta 11 (Nov 21 2005)
History:
- added recognition of Yamaha CRW8824S/CRW8824E, Teac CD-W512SB, Plextor PX-W4012S, PX-320A, PX-W4824E, PX-716A
- removed restrictions in ISO image creation for all registered users
- fixed invalid memory access when importing .cue file (caused crash under OS4.0)
- allow setting and writing of indices in data tracks:
- needed for some VideoCDs
- only supported by CDR_SCSI_ATAPI.driver
- added scanning of data tracks for indices:
- needed to copy some VideoCDs correctly
- only supported by CD_ATAPI.driver and CDR_SCSI_ATAPI.driver and if the drive itself supports reading sub channel data
Download: MakeCD32d_public_beta_11.lha (493 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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10.Dec.2005
ANN (website)
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AmiPodder 1.4 with video podcast support
Robert Williams' freeware program AmiPodder, for now the only Amiga receiver for so called podcasts, was updated to version 1.4. The ARexx program requires further software to work, this software is listed on the installation page.
The most evident news is the support for video podcasts. The identification of such a podcast triggers a forwarding of it to a video player of your choice (tested ones are Mplayer and Frogger) or if applicable to a portable player.
The program and specifications of what else is new can be found following the title link.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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10.Dec.2005
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Minimig: Amiga 500 as FPGA reimplementation
Under the title link says an amiga.org member that during the last twelve months he has newly implemented the complete chipset of an Amiga 500 into a FPGA (field programmable gate array). He used a Spartan-3 FPGA development board programmed in Verilog. Please consider that there is no further confirmation of the existance of this project apart from the developer's statement and some images (see below).
According to the designer is in the current version of the project codenamed "Minimig" support for sound and keyboard still missing, and the emulation of the flopppy controller is not very accurate (as "floppy discs" are MMC flash cards used with ADF images stored on them). The Workbench as well as some games (New Year Lemmings is named) are allegedly already running on the prototype.
The FPGA contains the complete Amiga chipset (Agnus, Paula, Denise and both CIAs) including ChipRAM but not CPU and FastRAM. The two inmdependent bus systems of a real Amiga were put together to a combined synchronous bus with a 7.09379 Mhz clock and existing only within the FPGA. RAM and CPU are linked via two bridge chips (synchronous-asynchronous conversion) with this internal bus. A real ROM does not exist, instead there's a bootloader loading the Kickstart from a memory card.
Images:
Plasma effect on Minimig, demonstration of a Copper bug
New Year Lemmings on Minimig
The Minimig prototype
The used processor (3,3V version of the MC 68000)
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10.Dec.2005
MorphOS-News.de (website)
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Genesi: developers program for Dual-MP970 and Efika 5k2 boards
According to Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck from Genesi, there'll be a new developers program similar to the previous one for Open Desktop Workstations (amiga-news.de reported), but this time for the Open Server Workstation (Dual-970MP system) and the Efika 5k2 board.
They say: "We are going to be getting this started in Q2 2006. We will be shipping Open Server Workstations (dual 970MP) to Developers in the hundreds over the quarter. We will also be starting a program for the EFIKA 5K2, perhaps a bit sooner.
We will be doing this in the same manner as we have done with the Open Desktop Workstation. If you participated in an earlier program you are still eligible for this one as long as you have done something with the machine you were given and you have documented it."
Developers interested in this program can contact Genesi via email.
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10.Dec.2005
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Disk drive emulation with Flash memory card
Under the title link describes Tim N. Taschpulatow his hobby project of an emulated Amiga disk drive using a SD/MMC memory card.
With this hardware, for example linked as drive DF1:, you can read an ADF diskfile on an Amiga computer like from a real disk. Write access is presently not possible. Photos of this construction can be found in a Russian thread on Amiga.org.ru.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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10.Dec.2005
OS4Depot (website)
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AmigaOS 4: wheather program Wet 4.12 available
The wheather information program Wet is available for AmigaOS 4 in version 4.12. Next to bug fixes and a French translation are the times of sunrise and sunset shown and (again) those parts of the wheather forecast showing a small probability.
Download: wet.lha (671 KB)
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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10.Dec.2005
Amiga Future (website)
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AmigaOS 4: asyncio.library 50.3 released
A new version of the asyncio.library was released for AmigaOS 4 and can be downloaded following the title link.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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10.Dec.2005
PPCZone (website)
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Writing a kernel for the Pegasos
Under the title link released David Holm an English instructuions manual including examples of implementations for writing an own kernel for Pegasos computers.
Next to the loader source code (describing the required minimum for a bootable with the SmartFirmware communicating kernel) is an unfinished micro kernel named CrabOS under a BSD licence available. CrabOS is based mainly on the L4 design.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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09.Dec.2005
amigafuture (Webseite)
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AmigaAMP: Beta version of 68k-based MPEG-decoder
Thomas Wenzel has published a beta version of a external AmigaAmp-MPEG-decoder for
68k-based Amigas. The author calles emulator-users as destination group because a real
Amiga is too slow.
Download: AmigaAMP-External68k-116-BETA.lha (50 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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09.Dec.2005
Anton Reinauer (e-mail)
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Status update: AmiZilla / GTK-MUI-Wrapper
Press release: Right, it' s been awhile since we had an update- as we didn't have much time free, things were quiet there for awhile. But recently it's been quite exciting!
Firstly, oli has finished his GTK->MUI AROS Bounty- though not actually part of the AmiZilla project it will be of great help! To get the GUI working, there may be some extra GTK and GLib functions needed, and GDK will need porting. Some GDK Functions can be ported as is, but many will need porting to Cybergraphics/Picasso96 and possibly MUI. GDK accesses many X11 calls, so these will need to be converted or possibly the code copied from the X11 source.
GTK->MUI Screenshots
GTK->MUI Demo code and compiled exes (68k)
Also, OS4 people have ported the the GTK->MUI emulation layer from AROS to AmigaOS4:
GTK->MUI layer screenshots (OS4)
Max has done some initial work in getting the NSPR (low-level OS abstraction layer) working under AmigaOS4, which looks promising.
But the real exciting bit is Piyush Khengar (Captain Moo Moo on AW), who is a lecturer at King's College London, is getting five of his 3rd year Electronic Engineering students who have covered C/C++ in their 1st two years of study, to help on the AmiZilla project as the practical part of their coursework!
Now, great as this is, just remember that these students aren't that experienced in programming, or familiar with the Amiga OS. They may take awhile to get to grips with such a big project like this, so don't expect too much from them for a few months- they're meant to be spending 5-10 hours a week for 6 months on their projects.
AmiZilla has been split up into individual projects for them- as we have five students, we have added in creating a GTK->Reaction layer to AmigaOS4, and maybe porting AmiZilla to MorphOS and AROS, as well as the AmigaOS 3.1 target:
Project Number: 1
Port the GDK library from Linux to AmigaOS3.1. The GDK library is a medium level video abstraction layer for the GTK Library on Linux.
Project Number: 2
Help with the GTK->Reaction project (AmigaOS3.9 and AmigaOS4).
Project Number: 3
Create a GTK emulation layer for the Reaction GUI on AmigaOS3.9 and AmigaOS4.
Port the GDK emulation layer (Project #1) to Amiga OS3.9 and AmigaOS4.
Project Number: 4
Create a GTK and GLib emulation layer for the Reaction GUI on AmigaOS3.9 and AmigaOS4.
Project Number: 5
Finish off programming the XPCOM, and NSPR layer, and get it all working, and get AmiZilla compiling and running. Also put an Arexx port on AmiZilla.
Project Number: 6
Finish off programming the NSPR, and get it all working, and get AmiZilla compiling and running.
Get an X11 Server running on AmigaOS3.1, and compile the GTK, GLib and GDK sources (Linux ones) directly into libs, and get an AmiZilla Window up.
Port AmiZilla to AROS and MorphOS (using the MUI GUI).
For those interested, the full specs for these projects are here:
Amizilla Project Specifications (LZX)
Amizilla Project Specifications (Text)
And a Resource List has been started here: Amizilla Resource List
Note: some of these may yet be adjusted (especially as there are 6 projects and only 5 programmers- we had a couple of programmers drop out). And I realise that we can't use the C++ lib in Mozilla, and we won't use it in the GTK emulation layers either.
As we have five students, we would appreciate it if some developers could come and help the students! We only have about 3 developers active in AmiZilla, and none of us have much free time, so we're concerned we may not be able to help them enough- especially in the early stages, until they get more experience and can work more on their own. Note: they would only have to provide advice, and help the students if they get stuck- they don't have to actually spend time doing any coding if they don't want to! Note: at the moment the students will only be researching over the holidays, they won't actually be coding until they come back next year.
Also, as we're doing ports to AmigaOS4, MorphOS and AROS, it'd be good if devs from those platforms, could help the students with any OS specific problems they may face on those platforms. :)
And again, remember, there is the AmiZilla bounty, which goes to people who help in the project (when finished of course).
To join the AmiZilla list, either send an email to amizilla-subscribe@yahoogroups.com , or go to the AmiZilla Yahoo Groups website (but you need to create a Yahoo account, to do it this way). Also, donations to help encourage more developers, are most welcome too! :) - AmiZilla- DiscreetFX
- Ants
AmiZilla Team (snx)
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09.Dec.2005
Karoly 'Chain-Q' Balogh
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MorphOS: Free Pascal 2.0.2 released
Free Pascal Compiler version 2.0.2 is now officially released. Supported platforms, as usual, include MorphOS/PowerPC. Version 2.0.2 is mainly a bugfix release for 2.0.0, which was released in May, this year. However, MorphOS version also includes a few new features.
The following extras were added since 2.0.0:
- Added datatypes.library support
- Added OpenGL/TinyGL support. It's not finished yet, but already allows to do things like this, this or this
- Debug mode in the runtime libraries. It sends messages to MorphOS logserver about file and memory management when you want it to do so (release RTL is built w/o this, you need to rebuild RTL to use it)
- Added new eyecandy truecolor icons for directory and documentation. Thanks to Andre 'JoBBo' Siegel for the icons. You can happily browse FPC directory from Ambient now
The release includes the following MorphOS-releated fixes:
- File handling code had some big overhaul, cleanups, and overall it's a lot more stable and robust now
- Hopefully fixed FPU initialization of RTL
- Unix & Amiga path conversion was broken is some cases for linker script generation; fixed
- Lots of other minor fixes
For Free Pascal Compiler 2.0.4, MUI support will be added. First screenshots:
The first PPC native MUI software in Pascal
The first really working stuff
The first simple MUI custom class written in FPC (snx)
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