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08.Dec.2005
Bernd Roesch (ANF)


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)


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))


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)


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



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



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)


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)


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



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
(cg) (Translation: aj)

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05.Dec.2005



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
(cg) (Translation: aj)

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04.Dec.2005



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)


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)


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)


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)


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
(ANF)


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)


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



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



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:
(cg) (Translation: wk)

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03.Dec.2005
Brad Webb (email)


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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            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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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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02.Dec.2005
Ragonsoft.com (ANF)


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. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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02.Dec.2005



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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01.Dec.2005
RhoSigma, Roland Heyder (ANF)


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)


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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