08.Dec.2005
Bernd Roesch (ANF)
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AROS: New Beta Version of AfA OS
A new version of AfA OS ("AROS for AmigaOS") is available under the title link. Thanks to Georg Steger it contains a font manager for the generation of the .otag and .font files necessary for the use of truetype fonts. Furthermore there is a contrast setting for the antialiasing available now under the preferences.
Furthermore 57 of the 119 exec function were replaced with their AROS equivalents. According to the bug fixes and further explanations please note the comments to this item. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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08.Dec.2005
AROS-Exec (Website)
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AROS: Alphaversion of an IRC Client
Nic Andrews has published an early alpha release called AIRcos as a Zune based irc client for AROS.
Download: aircos-0.0.1.zip (97 KB) (snx) (Translation: ts)
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08.Dec.2005
MorphOS-News.de (Software List))
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MUI: Texteditor.mcc 15.17
The mui class texteditor.mcc, published under LGPL, is meanwhile available as version 15.17 for AmigaOS/68k, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. The update corrects an old bug, where parts of a text where erased or overwritten under certain circumstances. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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08.Dec.2005
Heise (website)
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Freescale: Closing Down of the Desktop Business/ Future in Embedded Area
In an interview under the title link with Michel Mayer, CEO of Freescale Semiconductor, the former semiconductor sector of Motorola, he expresses himself of the future of the PowerPC.
Despite the loss of the desktop business through Apple there should be a reason for optimism because of the growing opportunities in the embedded sector- automotive for example. There are already 52 chips of Freescale inside the 5er or 7er range of BMW. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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06.Dec.2005
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WinUAE: Update package AmiKit 1.01 available
For AmiKit, a complete distribution for WinUAE users, an update package to version 1.01 has been released.
Changes:
- ADDED: new Magic bootpicture for 1024x768. Use AmiKit:Prefs/ShowAmiga96_Prefs to enable it
- UPDATED: asyncio.library 40.6
- FIXED: bad replaying of sound modules due to incorrect frequency settings
- FIXED: ASp audio problems with AHI6
- FIXED: AF2005 Online Edition not recognized if Win C: partition has no additional name
(snx)
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05.Dec.2005
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Team AROS: payment by creditcard is now possible
Donations for the Team AROS-Bountyprojecte are now possible by
creditcard.
Please note that the changes of the PayPal-rate charge all donations with
fee of $0.30 + 2.5%.
The rest amount will be rounded down as a integer Dollar amount.
(snx) (Translation: aj)
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05.Dec.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Result of the developer contest
The from Soft3 endowed prize
at the from Philippe 'Elwood' Ferrucci initated
AmigaOS 4-Developercontest
(amiga-news.de reported)
get to James 'Jahc' Carroll for
RockBEAT.
But RockBEAT is the only project finished in time, so the first prize a
AmigaOne-Board is canceled. The for the contest donated money goes to
Webpages of Amigaworld.net, IntuitionBase, UtilityBase and AmiNet. (snx) (Translation: aj)
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05.Dec.2005
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Alphaversion 0.14 of ezTCP released
Pavel 'Sonic' Fedin has the Alphaversion 0.14 of his MorphOS-nativen
TCP/IP-Stacks ezTCP released. DHCP will be with limitations now supported.
Changes:
- miami.library:
- Rewritten MiamiIsOnline() to recognize local interfaces by IFF_LOOPBACK flag instead of "lo" in the beginning of the name
- Added new functions: link_aton() and link_ntoa(), ezTCPResetNetDB()
- Rewritten resolver control functions due to changed internal data interchange
- kernel:
- Changed default mbuf configuration
- Fixed potential crash in Dup2Socket() if destination socket is in use
- Tag (if present) is now printed properly in the syslog
- Now accepts netmasks smaller than default one
- Added support for AF_LINK addresses
- rtm_pid field in route messages is now filled in properly
- Added private tag exposing resolver state structure - for future miami.library functions
- Added support for SIOCGIFMTU and SIOCGIFINDEX ioctl's
- Added private EZTCP_FindKernelVar() function providing support for libkvm used by netstat utility
- Fixed RESET ARexx command
- Added private EZTCP_ResetNetDB() function (provides support for miami.library/ezTCPResetNetDB())
- Syslog viewer:
- Removed redundant "Save as..." operation from the menu
- CLI environment:
- "ifconfig" utility upgraded
- DHCP support:
- First introduced; it doesn't set up DNS servers yet, though, therefore you have to ask IPs from your sysadmin/provider and write them to resolv.conf manually.
Please inform the Author in case of problems between your program and
ezTCP or consult the
Thread
in the MorphZone.
Downloadseite (snx) (Translation: aj)
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05.Dec.2005
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Aminet-Uploads til 04.12.2005
Aminet-Uploads since our last update:
MakeHTMLMap.lha comm/www 891K OS3 The Gallery/Onlineshop Creator for Amiga
MBPrefs.lha dev/basic 24K OS3 External Prefs Editor for MaxonBasic3
ColorPrint.lha dev/misc 57K OS3 Print source texts colored by syntax par
id-utils-3.2.lha dev/misc 694K VAR Language-independent identifier database
Luola_OS4.lha game/2play 4.0M OS4 A clone of Gravity force 2 / RocketZ (Vf
knoga-mos.lha game/board 621K MOS SDL Yahtzee game
MissDriller_OS4.lha game/misc 1.2M OS4 A remake of the classic Namco game MrDr
PengSwim_OS4.lha game/misc 1.3M OS4 Small game where u swim and eat fish (sp
YASFCave_OS4.lha game/misc 378K OS4 obscure CaveFlyer
aklabeth-mos.lha game/role 742K MOS Ultima clone
eraosom.lzh game/role 1.7M OS3 The Eire Raising Adventures of Seamus O'
barrage-mos.lha game/shoot 738K MOS Shoot soldiers and tanks with your canno
tt_os4.lha game/shoot 744K OS4 Simple shooting game
AmiLines_3.00.lha game/think 97K VAR Klines based game
Connect4_PPC.lha game/think 84K MOS Connect 4 game using MUI (with source)
MPLEXex.lha gfx/conv 202K VAR Create MPEG system from MPEG video and M
ViewILBM.lha gfx/show 387K VAR Displays IFF-ILBM pictures, supports col
X10CM11A.lzh hard/drivr 344K OS3 Controls X10 devices via CM11A home auto
UAE-827-AOS68k.lha misc/emu 936K OS3 E-UAE_0.8.27 for Amiga 68k OS
pspsort0.9.lha misc/misc 684K OS3 PSP Sort your homebrew in Sony PSP conso
pspsort0.95.lha misc/misc 574K VAR PSP icon sorter and corrupt data remover
KaraokeSP2.lha mus/edit 43K GEN karaoke and lyrics of famous songs for S
ahirecord.lha mus/play 27K OS3 Advanced AHI HD-Recorder
RemoteRecord.lha mus/play 3K GEN Arexx script for AHIRecord
simpleplay.lha mus/play 591K OS4 Plays MP3 OGG WAV VOC MOD S3M IT XM MIDI
XStreamMP3.lha mus/play 6K GEN Plays mp3 stream from ineternet
FunkyPNGIcons.lha pix/icon 430K GEN Mario funky PNG icons pack 2005
aminet.png pix/misc 11K GEN Screenshot of Aminet's first WWW interfa
anotice_sp.lha util/app 11K GEN Update for the Spanish locale of ANotice
zip_os4.lha util/arc 224K OS4 Zip & UnZip
Loadertune.lha util/boot 69K OS3 Nice boot song, for any flashrom + sourc
replex.lha util/conv 111K MOS Remultiplex TS data taken from a DVB
ExtraLib.lha util/libs 352K OS3 Dynamic buffer system + simple strings
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 317K OS3 Multipurpose utility
limpidclock_fr.lha util/wb 2K GEN French catalog for Limpidclock
mmvolume.lha util/wb 8K GEN Control Mixer's Master Volume from dock
RandomWBPatt.lha util/wb 32K OS3 Timer controled random WBPattern change
WBTitlebar.lha util/wb 18K OS4 Switch the workbench titlebar On/Off
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05.Dec.2005
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os4depot.net: Uploads til 04.12.2005
Uploads os4depot.net since our last update:
tt.lha gam/act 731kb Simple shooting game
yasfcave.lha gam/mis 377kb obscure CaveFlyer
ivan.lha gam/rol 2Mb Iter Vehemens ad Necem: a rogue-like RPG
ivan_src.lha gam/rol 909kb Sources for IVAN
beav.lha uti/tex 130kb BEAV - emacs style file editor
missdriller.lha gam/mis 1Mb A remake of the classic Namco game MrDr
viewilbm.lha gra/vie 386kb Displays IFF-ILBM pictures, supports col
wbtitlebar.lha uti/wor 17kb Switch the workbench titlebar On/Off
mmvolume.lha uti/doc 8kb Control the Mixer's Master Volume from t
limpidclock_fr.lha uti/wor 1kb French catalog for Limpidclock
id-utils.lha dev/uti 693kb Language-independent identifier database
zip.lha uti/arc 223kb Zip & UnZip
gnu-sed-ss.lha uti/she 330kb The GNU sed stream editor
wet_fr_cat.lha uti/wor 1kb French translation catalog for Wet
luola.lha gam/act 3Mb A clone of Gravity force 2 / RocketZ (Vf
pengswim.lha gam/mis 1Mb Small game where u swim and eat fish (sp
simpleplay.lha aud/pla 591kb Plays MP3 OGG WAV VOC MOD S3M IT XM MIDI
anotice_sp.lha uti/tex 11kb Update for the Spanish locale of ANotice
dvplayer-amixp.zip vid/pla 41kb skins for DvPlayer
dvplayer-amixp_2.zip vid/pla 23kb skins for DvPlayer
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04.Dec.2005
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Level-Ripper: LvlRip1.06 (Windows)
LvlRip is a modular level-ripper for Windows, with which you can track down graphics or whole levels in Amiga games and save them to disk, detailed instructions are part of the archive. Changes since the last version:
- lirst time a GUI added
- usage of memory banks...
- optimized scrolling (in my opinion to fast... )
- reload of tiles and leveldata...if dismissed the right ones...
- different tileformats..
- realtime byte MOD (first byte will be modified realtime while pressing a key)
Download: lvlrip1.06.ip (390 KB) (cg) (Translation: cad)
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04.Dec.2005
amigafuture.de (Web page)
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Spectrum Emulator: Patch for Asp under AHI 6.0
Under the title link, the author of the Spectrum emulator Asp illustrates how users, by whom problems occur under the newest version of the sound system AHI, can patch Asp themselves by means of a hex editor, in order to dispose of the problems. A new version of the emulator is already in the works.
(cg) (Translation: cad)
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04.Dec.2005
amigafuture.de (Web page)
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DTP: Pagestream 5.0.2.9
To registered users of the DTP solution Pagestream, the new version 5.0.2.9 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS is available on the vendor's web page. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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04.Dec.2005
Genesi (e-mail)
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Genesi: Home Media & Communication System and EFIKA 5K2 available (Update)
Genesi is pleased to announce the availability of the award-winning
Genesi Home Media and Communication System. There are a number of optional features available on request in the online PegasosPPC Store.
Genesi's Director of Open Source Software, Pieter Van den Abeele commented on the release: "We are selling the customer a box optimized to run MythTV, not a software experience like Mac OS X or Windows Media Center Edition. We are assembling existing open source components into a whole. We think this is something the open source software community will appreciate. We would like to see people with the Genesi Home Media and Communication System build their own versions of the software. We hope to create a cycling effect of innovation and improvement in the software around the hardware. By building a community we build a market that is attractive to VAR, for example we are looking forward to Terra Soft Solutions selling their version of this product soon." For those not interested in developing their own software the Home Media and Communication System comes ready to go with software built over an AltiVec optimized version of
Gentoo Linux.
Also of note, the recently announced EFIKA 5K2 board is available with a minimum order of 50 units. The boards include the Pegasos HAL/OF implementation and run the software currently available on the
Open Desktop Workstation.
Movies: Home Media & Communications System
Movies: EFIKA 5K2
Update: (20:45, 05.12.05, snx)
According to Genesi, the tuner is an analogue one while DVB-S/T/C and HDTV are in the works. Furthermore, "the hard drives are enclosed in a sound-proof casing. The heat of the hard drive is transferred to the outside of the casing using heatpipes. The HD case transfers its heat to the heatsinks on the side of the case. The HD case is specially mounted (suspended) as well to prevent any vibrations from becoming audible. The same goes for the PSU."
Genesi will also be publishing a "How To" manual. Then one can buy a PegasosPPC and just build a Home Media and Communication System himselve. (snx)
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03.Dec.2005
MorphOS-News.de (website)
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Cross compiling for MorphOS under Linux/x86
After the support pages for AmigaOS 3 and 4 as well as AROS did Jocke 'Zerohero' Birging set up with help from bigfoot and CISC now a page for cross compiling under Linux/x86 for MorphOS.
For now, only C but not C++ is supported. Includes and libraries of the MorphOS SDK are part of it though it is recommended to register at the MorphOS Developer Connection to download there the complete SDK and possibly to contact the developers forums there.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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03.Dec.2005
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AmigaOS 4: diagram and drawing program MindSpace 0.3
MindSpace is a drwaing program that is capable of creating among other things UML diagrams (Unified Modeling Language) (screenshot). For the future is the output of source code templates for C/C++ structures, functions and classes planned.
Download: MindSpaceV03.lha (370 KB)
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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03.Dec.2005
ANN (website)
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MorphOS: Diavolo Backup 2000 Pro ported
Ilkka Lehtoranta compiled a native MorphOS version of Martin Korndörfer's data backup program Diavolo Backup 2000 Pro. The once commercial software is available for free but donations can be made following the title link.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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03.Dec.2005
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MorphOS: fun shooter Thurst (beta)
In a thread on morphzone.org introduces "Jupp3" a first early beta version of his fun shooter Thurst (screenshot). The game's meant to become a clone of the freeware classic "Bratwurst".
Download: thurst.lha (242 KB)
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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03.Dec.2005
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WHDLoad: new packages
With WHDLoad you can install games and scene demos, that were programmed only for running from floppy disks, on your hard drive. Next to this are many incompatibility issues with newer Amiga models removed.
The following installers were updated, added, improved or since our last update:
- 02.12.05 new: Burntime (Max Design) done by Psygore (Info)
- 29.11.05 improved: Son Shu-Shi (Expose Software) trainer added, new install script, other fixes (Info,Image)
- 28.11.05 improved: The Humans (Imagitec Design) supports another 2 versions (Info)
- 28.11.05 improved: Premiere (Core Design) reworked install, new icons, uses rawdic (Info)
- 23.11.05 improved: Quest For Glory 2 - Trial By Fire (Sierra) increased chip mem requirement to 1 meg for better music (Info,Image)
- 23.11.05 fixed: Nigel Mansell's World Championship (Gremlin) fixed guru in aga version, adapted for whdload 16 (Info)
- 23.11.05 new: Gem Stone Legend (Loriciel) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 19.11.05 new: The Island Of Lost Hope (Digital Concepts) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 19.11.05 improved: Space Quest Enhanced (Sierra) supports another version, access faults fixed (Info,Image)
- 19.11.05 new: Shadow Sorcerer (TSR/SSI/US Gold) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 19.11.05 fixed: King's Quest 5 (Sierra) access faults fixed (Info,Image)
- 14.11.05 fixed: Kid Chaos (Ocean/Magnetic Fields) fixed the illegal slave error on startup (Info)
- 14.11.05 new: Fury Of The Furries (Kalisto/Atreid software) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 13.11.05 new: Kid Chaos (Ocean/Magnetic Fields) ecs version by DJ Mike (Info)
- 13.11.05 improved: Pinball Fantasies (21st Century) better fonts in aga menu, install script fixed (Info,Image)
- 12.11.05 new: Liquid Kids (Ocean) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 12.11.05 new: Dragon's Kingdom Demo (GENIAS/GOLDEN TEAM) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 06.11.05 new: Tube Warriors (Dynabyte) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 06.11.05 improved: Heart Of The Dragon (Avatar Consulting) supports another version (Info)
- 06.11.05 new: Blue Berry (Infogrames) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 04.11.05 improved: Vroom Multiplayer (Lankhor) supports another version, better speed (Info)
- 04.11.05 improved: Dr. Doom's Revenge (Empire) various changes (Info)
- 31.10.05 new: Superman: The Man Of Steel (TyneSoft/Subway/First star software) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 31.10.05 updated: Wacus The Detective (LK Avalon/Lazy Artists) manual and cheats added (Info)
- 31.10.05 new: Son Shu-Shi (Expose Software) done by Codetapper (Info,Image)
- 31.10.05 new: Sensible World of Moon Soccer Demo (Sensible Software) done by Psygore (Info,Image)
- 31.10.05 new: Awesome Demo (Psygnosis) done by Psygore (Info)
- 24.10.05 new: Smash TV (Ocean) done by Codetapper (Info)
- 24.10.05 new: Magic Lines (Thalion) done by Codetapper (Info)
- 24.10.05 new: Sensible Soccer 92/93 Meets Bulldog Blighty (Sensible Software) done by Codetapper (Info)
- 24.10.05 new: Unsensible Soccer (Sensible Software) done by Codetapper (Info)
- 24.10.05 new: T-Racer (Virtual Dreams) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 24.10.05 new: Donald's Alphabet Chase (Westwood Associates) done by CFOU! (Info)
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03.Dec.2005
Brad Webb (email)
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Newsletter: Amiga Update #051130
Brad Webb's newsletter "Amiga Update" contains a summary of the more important Amiga related news of the last four weeks. The November issue has now been released:
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"SO THE WORLD MAY KNOW"
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AMIGA and the Amiga logo are trademarks of Amiga, Inc.
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A M I G A G A M E S T H A T W E R E N ' T
T H R E E C O U N T I E S G R O U P I N U K
C O M P A N I E S S T O P S E L L I N G H A R D W A R E
D I G I T A L U N I V E R S E N E W S
A L I N E A C O M P U T E R L A U N C H E D I N G E R M A N Y
A M I K I T F O R P C U S E R S
U P D A T E S F R O M J A H C S O F T
C R O S S F I R E I I P A T C H A N D D E M O
W A R P V I E W A T O S 4 D E P O T . N E T
N E W W E T - F O R W E A T H E R C H E C K E R S
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Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
Unusual things this month. A new website dedicated to games that
weren't, the launch of a new Amiga software company (when's the last
time that happened?) and companies in Germany stopping the selling of
product due to new laws. Strange things, all those.
I'd like to say a few words about the last item, the laws that are
stopping the shipping of some hardware. This is related to the tough,
new European rules regarding toxic waste. Many people don't know it,
but the huge increase in electronic devices, especially computers, has
led to a very serious pollution problem. That is because many
electronic components contain toxic materials, especially lead, which
is a very serious health risk if allowed to get into the environment.
The disposal of these systems is poisoning people when not done
correctly. This has become a huge problem in many countries around the
world. Lead poisoning is especially hard on the young, who may suffer
for their entire lives. Tough new European legislation to track and
manage electronic devices from manufacturing to disposal is intended
to tackle this issue. Because the economy is global, this initiative
is forcing better products world wide.
In our opinion, this is an excellent thing to do and should probably
have been done long ago. Computing is fun but poisoning the
environment and the creatures - including us - who live in it should
not be part of the cost. "Kudos" to EU for having the courage to do
something about this before the problem becomes even worse.
We also strongly hope this is a temporary absence from the hardware
scene. We trust everyone will understand or at least tolerate the
situation (not that we could do much about it anyway) and we certainly
look for the return of these products to the market as soon as the
companies can comply with the new laws.
We hope you enjoy this issue.
Brad Webb,
Editor
Brad Webb,
Editor
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A M I G A G A M E S T H A T W E R E N ' T
30 October, 2005
aGTW is launched (with a simple site). There is only one game so far
but it's a complete and previously unreleased Amiga game that was due
to be a commercial title!
Case 1 - Son Shu Shi
Legend tells of a breed of Amiga games that never crawled out of the
primordial development swamp of their early existence. Games that
never stood blinking in the sunlight of the gaming world. Games that
were never devoured by predators of the Amiga jungle. They are the...
Amiga Games That Weren't.
Some 5,000 Amiga games were released commercially. However, there are
a significant number that were never released. The aim of this site is
to find out what happened to them and (if possible) allow them to be
released. Expect many to be lost forever. It'll be an interesting
journey nonetheless.
Amiga Games That Weren't is a companion site to Frank Gasking's
Games That Weren't 64 and Timo Weirich's PC Games That Weren't
sites. The data on unreleased games is primarily based on information
from the Hall Of Light.
http://www.gtw64.co.uk/
Games That Weren't 64
http://pcgtw.retro-net.de/
PC Games That Weren't
http://www.softpres.org/
The Software Preservation Society
<http://www.whdload.de>
WHDLoad
http://www.winuae.net/
WinUAE
http://hol.abime.net
The Hall Of Light
http://agtw.abime.net/
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T H R E E C O U N T I E S G R O U P I N U K
29 November, 2005
Three Counties Amiga Group
Our first Meeting is This Coming Sunday, 4th of December 2005:
Meeting Time: 11:30am till 3:00pm
Location:Wolloston Road, Westwood, Peterborough
Round the corner from where Big Bash Shows are held
Everyone welcome!
Please visit our website for further information: http://www.3cag.net
Fee: £3.00 Per meeting
Conveniences: WC, Tea Coffee etc, Nearby: Grocers, Cash Till, Chinese,
Chip Shop, etc one minutes walk from Venue.
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C O M P A N I E S S T O P S E L L I N G H A R D W A R E
24 November, 2005
Germany's E3B and individual Computers, which became famous for
innovative and powerful hardware expansions for classic Amiga
computers, are forced to stop selling hardware until further notice
due to changes in German law. No hardware is being shipped within the
EU, not to resellers, nor to direct customers.
According to the national implementation of EU-directive 2002/96/EG
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2003/l_037/l_
03720030213en00240038.pdf into German law *(Bundesgesetzblatt 2005
Teil I Nr. 17)* http://www.stiftung-ear.de/content/e47/e572/e580
e594/050316elektrog_ger.pdf, every vendor in Germany must be
registered with the Stiftung EAR http://www.stiftung-ear.de/. For
vendors from outside Germany, the importer must be registered, in case
the vendor is not registered in Germany. This law applies to all
electronic products that are mentioned in rule EAR 03-011
http://www.stiftung-ear.de/e129/e145/regeln319/Geraeteart_ger.pdf, no
matter what country they come from - within or outside the European
union.
The new law aims at vendors and importers, who need to take
resposibility for the electronic devices if they are discarded at the
end of the product's life. Putting electronic devices into circulation
without being registered (indicated by a trashcan symbol) is against
German law as of today. Violators can be penalized with a monetary
fine of up to 50.000 EUR.
Due to the complicated implementation by German authorities, it's not
easy to estimate the consequences and the new obligations created by
this law. In addition to that, the extremely high administration
effort goes with high fees that must be paid to the Stiftung EAR -
especially smaller companies' existance is endangered by the fees that
are more than one hundred times higher than the recycling cost itself.
individual computers http://ami.ga and E3B
http://www.e3b.de/usb, who have been developing and producing in
Germany for many years, are now evaluating possibilities to comply
with the strict rules in a close cooperation, so customers all over
Europe can continue to buy top quality products from Germany. Both
companies want to act responsible and sustainable in this regard.
Many issues are not yet resolved, therefore both companies cannot
continue to deliver hardware to customers and resellers within the
European union. Customers outside the EU are not affected by this
decision.
We're hoping to proceed with the necessary steps in a timely manner.
Unfortunately, the "Stiftung EAR" cannot cope with the bureaucracy
created by their own rules, so our registration number is not yet
assigned. We are of course interested in continuing to offer
innovative products, and will do everything to keep the shortage as
short as possible. We're asking for your indulgence for any
inconveniences.
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D I G I T A L U N I V E R S E N E W S
The following post about Digital Universe was found this month on the
excellent Amigaworld.net site. Brad
28 November, 2005
*Some more positive news for AmgaOS4.
I did ask from the Digital Universe maintainers about the "promised"
version for PPC amigas, and I got a quick reply. I will not copy the
whole questions/answers list here, but the most important part. Also I
do remind you, that the plans are not a finnished product yet.*
Quote:
news for the Amiga is actually brighter. We have made arrangements
with a third party to continue to update the Amiga to bring it on a
par (or better than) the current Mac release of the software. In
addition to bringing it up to date with the current release of the
Amiga OS, new capabilities (like the Hubble Guide Star catalogue) are
expected to be available in the future.
I did ask the permission to share this information, if I let you also
know that: Quote:
I have no idea of an ETA at this time, but the Amiga release is
actually the only version currently in active development at the
moment.
And finally: Quote:
we have no estimate as to when it might be available.
Esa Haapaniemi
University of Oulu
Finland
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A L I N E A C O M P U T E R L A U N C H E D I N G E R M A N Y
*Wehrheim, Germany, the 14th of november 2005.
Alinea Computer is proud of presenting itself as a new company for
Amiga-Software. We are an enterprise which concentrates it's work
mainly on the development and the distribution of AmigaOS4-
applications and -games. Besides, we offer support services like
CD-production, webdesign and dataprint.
The following Amiga-Software is now available: *
ANotice 2 - a memo programme
ANotice 2 is a memo programme for your workbench. It will help you to
manage your notes, dates, to-do-lists or other important information.
You can easily and fast change the notice and export it into different
text-formats.
ANotice 2 can manage up to 13 notes and each note can be designed
individually with 13 different background and text- colors, 7
textures, different fonts and 4 text attributes.
Besides the large reaction-prefs which can controll all functions,
ANotice 2 includes a network-function with client-server-programme, so
that distributing a to-do-list in an enterprise can easily be done.
ANotice 2 was programmed as a commodity and runs totaly system
friendly. It operates on each Amiga with at least AmigaOS 4.0. You do
not need any other libraries or additional programmes.
ANotice 2 is delivered by E-Mail and costs 5,95 Euro only.
AmiPhoto - a quick and comfortable photo-manager
AmiPhoto is a photo album for your digital photos and pictures. It's
easy handling and attractive GUI will convince you. You can manage up
to half a million pictures in 500 albums at the most. You can show the
photos on the surface or by multiview. Because of a direct support of
the Amiga OS4.0 datatype-system, it is possible to use all
picture-formats which exist as datatype. AmiPhoto can further select
and show the EXIF-dates of your digital photos.
For adapting perfectly on your workbench-skin, AmiPhotos uses it's own
Bitmap-skin-system. The 17 skins you find on your CD will help you to
style your AmiPhoto surface. You can certainly create your own skins.
We would be proud to present your skin on our website.
AmiPhoto is programmed totaly system friendly. It supports the
application library and does not need any additional libraries.
AmiPhoto is delivered an CD and costs just 19,95 Euro.
Freeware
The main ambition of Alinea Computer is to support the Amiga market.
That's the reason why we will continue releasing programmes free of
charge, so that the existing lack of Amiga-Software can be repaired.
We hope you can use our software and we would be happy to hear some
feedback concerning our products.
On our website: http://www.alinea-computer.de you'll find more
information.
You can buy all our products in our Alinea-Shop. As a dealer, please
address yourself via E-Mail.
We would be glad to welcome you as a new customer!
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A M I K I T F O R P C U S E R S
26 November, 2005
*To be brief, AmiKit is all you need if you
want to experience a high-end Classic Amiga system on your PC.
AmiKit turns the default AmigaOS installation into a completely
renewed and fresh environment.
More than 20.000 files are included and pre-configured for immediate
use!
AmiKit is available at *http://amikit.amiga.sk**
Exclusive features:
- Directory Opus Magellan II used a Workbench replacement!!!
- Special versions of AmiStart, GlobalTrash, ReqChange, ShowAmiga96
and FullPalette!
Major features:
- User-friendly interface that helps you to manage all your files in
an easy way!
- Internet browsing, mailing, chatting and downloading using various
programs like AWeb, IBrowse, YAM, SimpleMail, AmIRC, AmiTradeCenter,
AmiGift...
- Reading PDF, M$Word, RTF and other document formats with the help of
APDF, EvenMore, Antiword...
- Manage your time and account with the help of Daywatch and HomeBank.
- Music software, net streaming, MP3 creating and sample editing
software like AmigaAMP, AmiNetRadio, EaglePlayer, SymphoniePlayer,
LAME, TheMPegEncGUI, SampleEditor...
- Displaying (even in thumbnails) and editing pictures with the help
of PicShow, Thumb, MysticView, FroggerNG, PerfectPaint... Or enjoy the
fractal world through ZoneXplorer!
- Easy handling of archives. They are opened like every other drawer.
Or some external programs could be used instead (VooDoo-X, MUIUnArc,
XPKatana)...
- Massive FTP support through OpusFTP module. It has a full GUI for
the Address Book and operational parameters.
- Software for burning and copying the CDs (MakeCD), for mounting
virtual CDs (VirtualCD).
- You can make your AmiKit password protected. Just don't forget your
password
- Pre-configured recognition and processing of many file formats
(through the DOpus filetypes)...
- Various system tools like SysInspector, SnoopDos, Q-Device,
ShowPatches...
- Antivirus software effectively checks the system files, memory and
archives for viruses.
- Emulation software like ASp for retro ZX gaming...
- Great taskbar software: AmiStart (for those who do not like the
taskbars on Amiga, simply remove AmiStart from WBStartup. Easy!)
- Most advanced Amiga "recycle bin" software: GlobalTrash.
- Visual enchancers and system enchancers like VisualPrefs, Birdie,
TitleShadow, BoingBall, MagicMenu, MCP...
- Warp3D compatibility thanks to QuarkTex software...
- Yes, some games are included as well
...and much more!
AmiKit is available at http://amikit.amiga.sk
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U P D A T E S F R O M J A H C S O F T
28 November, 2005 6:06:30
*My various pieces of OS4 software have been updated in the last week
or so..
RockBEAT 1.3.1 - Create drumming tracks and export as WAV files!
WookieChat 1.9.1 - Chat on IRC networks! (Internet Relay Chat).
/Now available for OS3.x again!/
SimplePlay 3.2 - Play OGG, MP3, WAV, MOD, S3M, IT, XM, and MIDI
files!*
Rockbeat
Recent changes:
- Made less crashy on exit. My timers and AHI iorequests are cleaned
up properly now.
- Position LED's light up while playing, and scrolls automatically
- You can now switch between drumkits, and it will remember the last
drumkit you used.
Wookiechat
Recent changes:
- When you're holding down the left mouse button highlighting text,
channel messages etc are paused until you let go.
- "Unknown nick" and "Cannot send to channel" messages are displayed
in their proper tabs again
- Channel lists are no longer sorted alphabetically. It was causing a
huge drain on the CPU when thousands of channels were present. It
sometimes led to a crash.
- No more garbled channel part messages
- "Clear all" button added to the URL Grabber window
- Added code to prevent DCC Transfers window from popping to the front
when you get an incoming file if its already open in the background
somewhere
- 68k WookieChat development has resumed, and it no longer hangs when
recieving incoming DCC sends. A divide by zero bug in the file
transfer stats function has been removed! (thank you wegster for
telling me what was wrong)
- Now works with WebChat and DarkMyst networks (homes of #amiga.org
and #amigazeux). Wookie was doing its connection detection in a
slightly bad way previously.
- Clicking in the main chat display now activates the chat string
gadget
- Outgoing swear word filter. use /filter to toggle on and off
SimplePlay
Recent changes:
- Shuffle and Repeat playing modes added.
- Bugfix: after a playing a song located using Jump Find, it plays the
next song in the list now.
- Song name and Elapsed time is now displayed
- Fixed a playlist bug. It was adding the termination character to
text strings about one character too far. So playlists were able to be
corrupted after loading and saving sometimes.
- Jump find has been improved slightly. Converts _ into spaces
internally when searching for songs. So for example the song
"Christina_Vidal_-_Take_Me_Away.mp3" can be found if you type in the
words "take me away"
- The default icon priority is now higher to help prevent playback
stuttering e.g. when accessing menus and scrolling in aweb.
Grab them from os4depot.net:
RockBEAT
http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=audio/tracker/
rockbeat.lha
WookieChat
http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=network/chat/
wookiechat.lha
SimplePlay
http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=audio/play/
simpleplay.lha
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C R O S S F I R E I I P A T C H A N D D E M O
28 November, 2005
An AmigaOS 4 demo version and an AmigaOS 4 patch for Crossfire II have
been released today.
You can find the patch and the demo on the support pages for Crossfire
II on the APC&TCP homepage.
http://www.apc-tcp.de
We want to thank Steffen Haesser and Alinea Computer for the
conversion of Crossfire II to AmigaOS 4.
http://www.alinea-computer.de
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W A R P V I E W A T O S 4 D E P O T . N E T
14 November, 2005
*A new version of WarpView is available on OS4Depot.Net
http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=graphics/viewer/
warpview.lha
Changes in this version:
- Fixed cancelling the filerequester which made WarpView exit even
when using 'Open' from menu.
- Add .gif to requester file pattern and added tooltype + command line
option for setting the file pattern
- 90 degree rotation is now reset when stepping between files
- Fixed a bug with the Infoline timer that was not retriggered when
stepping between files
- Added drag'n'drop support (can now drag files onto WarpView icon in
AmiDock)
- Added infoline config tooltypes and commandline options (on/off and
timeout)
- Added mouse blanking (with on/off and timeout options)
- Added alphabetical file list sorting
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N E W W E T - F O R W E A T H E R C H E C K E R S
*Description: * Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIcon, Docky
http://www.os4depot.net/share/utility/workbench/wet_lha.readme
*Download: * wet.lha
http://www.os4depot.net/share/utility/workbench/wet.lha
*Version: * 4.11
*Date: * 26 Nov 05
*Author: * Chris Young
*Submitter: * Chris Young
*Email: * chris/unsatisfactorysoftware co uk
*Homepage: * http://www.unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk/wet/
*Requirements: * OS4 pre-release Update 3
*Category: * utility/workbench
http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?function=browse&cat=utility/
workbench
*Replaces: * utility/workbench/wet.lha
*License: * Freeware
*Distribute: * yes
*FileID: * 1349
*Comments: * 23
*Snapshots: * 3
*Downloads: * 112 (For current version, not accumulated)
This program retrieves local meterological data from the Internet, and
saves it in (regulary updating) env-vars to allow you to display it in
the WB titlebar, as an icon on Workbench, AmiDock or in the GUI. It
can show a forecast for up to 24 hours ahead (where available), and is
fully localisable.
New translations for:
English (built-in)
German
Finnish
Italian
Spanish
Basque
Old or partial translations for:
Turkish
Norwegian
Swedish
Czech
Greek
Previous few version changes:
4.11 (26.11.2005)
* Added AUTORUNAREXX tooltype, ARexx commands to get the data\'s date
and time and an example ARexx script which logs the observed
temperatures.
* A certain connection error was causing a recoverable alert. Fixed.
* Rewrote most of the forecast-related routines, as still having
problems with bogus data appearing. Is now greatly simplified and
hopefully more reliable.
* The date of the last update could show the incorrect month in
certain circumstances. Fixed.
* When cloud height not available, it was being reported as -11100ft.
Now shows a slightly more correct 0ft.
4.1 (20.11.2005)
* Added a docky icon. (thanks to Stefan Robl for sending me the SDK)
* Will now work behind a proxy server. (even on a direct link,
specifying a web cache proxy is recommended)
* Now retrieves data with an If-Modified-Since header, which
significantly speeds up updates, especially if new data is not
available.
* Can now set the poll interval in 10 minute increments.
* Warnings now automatically suppressed if another app requests
\"game mode\".
* A saved project icon sometimes resulted in an incorrect ENVPATH
tooltype. Fixed.
* Forecasts generated <1hr from midnight sometimes resulted in
uneventful duplicated times. Fixed.
* Rain and Snow Showers were showing the Showers icon rather than Rain
or Snow.
Fixed.
* Iconified icon (AppIcon disabled) was not disappearing if the window
was reopened using a method other than double-clicking on the icon.
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Ragonsoft.com (ANF)
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Ragonsoft published RagonSnake as Freeware
Ragonsoft published RagonSnake as Freeware and is now available under the title link.
It is a E-Snake-like game for a short break.
RagonSnake is started from the Workbench and is controlled with the joystick.
You have to control a snake which becomes longer and longer and to stay alive as
long as possible.
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Genesi: MySQL report concerning the Pegasos as server
According to a press release from Genesi under the title link the database
MySQL AB
has published a report
which is about the Pegasos as server.
It is described the increase of performance of Greyhound-Data
with the Altivec optimation on a 1,4 GHz-Pegasos
under Debian. The database has a size of 4 GB.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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RhoSigma, Roland Heyder (ANF)
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Updates of MakeHTMLMap and further RhoSigma Programs
Roland Heyder has revised his programs. Besides MakeHTMLMap and the extra.library even the external preferences editor for MaxonBasic and the line command RandomWBPatt have received an update. Details of the certain innovations can be found under the title link. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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Genesi: Second ODW accessible at TechOnLine
As Genesi states in a press release under the title link, a second open desktop workstation (ODW) for trial purposes is accessible now via the internet at TechOnLine. The first odw, where Gentoo linux is installed, was the mainly used platform in the virtual lab within the previous half of the year. The new Pegasus runs SUSE-Linux. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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01.Dec.2005
AROS-Exec (homepage)
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AROS: File System SFS ported
Michal Schulz has adapted the file system SFS to AROS and fulfilled the bounty project #36 of the team AROS with it. Additionally the open source amiga clone provides the SFS tools, e. g. one for defragmenting (Screenshot).
You can find additional details in the Forum of AROS-Exec.org. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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