18.Sep.2005
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AmigaOS 4: PerfectPaint adaptation in the works
Marco "Blackbird" Möring discloses in a comment on amiga-news.de that he is working on an adaptation of the graphics program PerfectPaint to AmigaOS 4.
Georges Halvadjian, the original author of the freeware application written in Blitz Basic, had disclosed the temporary discontinuation of the development some time ago.
Apparently, the sources reside in the ownership of Möring for some weeks now, who wants to eliminate diverse problems in the usage of the program under AmigaOS 4.
(cg) (Translation: cad)
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18.Sep.2005
Raffaele (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Cairo, Libfreetype and Libxml2
Cairo
Cairo is a library for the creation and manipulation of vector graphics, which also supports exporting to Postscript or PDF files, among others.
Link: Download page
libfreetype 2
freetype is all about a font engine for vector fonts. Amiga port by Andrea Palmaté.
Link: Download page
LibXML2
LibXML is an XML/C parser including toolkit of the Gnome project.
Link: Download page
(cg) (Translation: cad)
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18.Sep.2005
z5 (ANF)
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Demo Scene: Amiga Demoscene Archive with new web design
The web site of the "Amiga Demoscene Archive", which offers more that 500 productions out of the Amiga demo scene for download, was overhauled in general, and now offers some new functions alongside a completely new design. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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18.Sep.2005
(ANF)
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RC5-72: "Distributed Amiga" team gains 7th place
The "Distributed Amiga" team eked out the 7th place for itself in the RC5-72 competition. It relegated the "Belgian MoOo Farm" team to 8th place yesterday, and is hot on the heels of the "Japan FreeBSD Users Group" team. More information about the "Distributed Amiga" team is on the team page. Those who want to join the team can do it here. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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18.Sep.2005
pegasosforum.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: TCP stack ezTCP 0.2
A new alpha version of the PPC-native TCP stack ezTCP was released. In case of errors and configuration problems, the author is available in a thread on morphzone.org. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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18.Sep.2005
DJBase (Forum)
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Amiga Clone: Development of PowerOS picked up again
PowerOS, a project introduced by Claus Herrmann to the public in 2001, should originally have been a PowerPC-native reproduction of AmigaOS (Screenshot), which was to run on Amiga computers with PowerPC processors (BlizzardPPC, CyberstormPPC as well as the AmiJoe which never materialized).
However, already at the start of 2002, the original, commercial orientation was discarded for lack of time, and the sources of the project were released.
On the recently revised homepage, from which all old information was removed, details that the development has been picked up again can be found in the new FAQ now: Reportedly, PowerOS is running only under VMWare at present, since this presents the most comfortable development environment. However, versions that run without a host operating system on a standard PC are also planned later on. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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17.Sep.2005
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Emulation: Lemonade, a WinUAE front-end for retro-gamers (Preview)
With "Lemonade," Robert Gardiner and Kim Lemon introduce a WinUAE front-end that comes with an extensive game database with numerous screenshots. When browsing through the database, individual games can be started with the press of a button - provided that a corresponding ADF file is installed. (Lemonade recognizes ADF files automatically by means of a checksum.)
Some screenshots of the current Lemonade beta can be found under the title link, a target date for the release of the front-end is not stated yet. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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17.Sep.2005
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Linux/Cygwin: Cross-Compiler for Amiga-68k
Jocke "Zerohero" Birging makes all binaries that are necessary for the compilation of 68k applications under Linux or Cygwin (Windows) available under the title link, and delves shortly into the installation of the individual components. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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17.Sep.2005
PPA (ANF)
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CD Tool: WolnyCD 1.2
With WolnyCD, the read speed of a CD (CDR/CDRW) drive can be specified. This procedure should work with most ATAPI and some SCSI devices and serves to reduce the noise level of a drive. In most cases, the compatibility of a drive with discs, that are otherwise criticial, is also improved.
New in version 1.2:
- option of recognising by volume or device name
- italian catalog
The archive contains versions for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.
Download: WolnyCD.lha (90 KB) (cg) (Translation: cad)
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16.Sep.2005
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: Vectoroids 1.1.0
Vectoroids (screenshot)
is a simple vactor based shooter which is similar to the classic "Asteroids".
You can find the MorphOS-compilation under the title link. The PowerSDL.library is
required. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Sep.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Update of the avcodec.library
With updating the avcodec.library for AmigaOS 4 a Codec-Plugin-System is
introduced. External codecs for these libraries are saved in the directory LIBS:avcodecs.
But so far there is only one such codec which is called the a52.library.
Download:
avcodec_lib.lha (665 KB)
a52_lib.lha (92 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Sep.2005
Pegasosforum (Webseite)
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MorphOS: SDL-game Formido 1.0 ported
In Formido written by
Herbert Klackls you have to defeat a plaque of insects (screenshot).
You can find the MorphOS-version under the title link. The PowerSDL.library is required.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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16.Sep.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Software-Updates from OnyxSoft: TheMPegEncGUI 2.60, SnapIt 0.2 and BackUp 1.42
TheMPegEncGUI 2.60 (AmigaOS/68k)
TheMPegEncGUI written by Daniel Westerberg
is a graphical user interface for a couple of MPEG-Audio-Encoders.
News of version 2.60: Automatic renaming of files with the help of ID3-Tags, automatic
downloading and installing of LAME and CDDB, automatic updates of programs.
System requirements: AmigaOS 2.04 and MUI
SnapIt 0.2 (MorphOS)
The screengrabber SnapIt written by Stefan Blixth
is a native MorphOS-program with several options as well as a comfortable MUI-based
user interface.
New in version 0.2 is the possibility of choosing only one single window for a
screenshot as well as the possibility of grabbing non-public screens. Additionally
there is a Spanish version of the documentation written by Victor Gutiérrez.
System requirements: MorphOS 1.x
BackUp 1.42 (AmigaOS/68k)
Daniel Westerbergs BackUp is a
simple program for saving data.
New in version 1.42 is the possibility of stopping or pausing during the saving of
a big file. Additionally some further functions were added or changed.
System requirements: AmigaOS 2.04
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Sep.2005
mausle (Kommentar)
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AmigaOS 4: PowerPC-Linux added to crosscompiler-instruction manual
PowerPC-Linux was added to Jocke 'Zerohero' Birging's quick instruction manual. It shows the setup of a crosscompiler-environment for the generation of AmigaOS 4-programs. (snx) (Translation: ts)
[News message: 15. Sep. 2005, 13:41] [Comments: 0]
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15.Sep.2005
MorphZone (download area)
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MorphOS: native serial.device for Amiga computers (beta version)
For users of the PowerUp version of MorphOS compiled Pavel 'Sonic' Fedin a device driver for the Amiga'S serial interface based on the source code that's part of the MorphOS SDK. As he doesn't own an Amiga he needs your feedback whether the serial.device that's available under the title link is working. (snx) (Translation: wk)
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15.Sep.2005
ANN (Webseite)
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Interactive 3d-model of an Amiga 1200
Under the titlelink you can find an item to an Amiga 1200 at old-computers.com - a website which introduces 925 computer veterans so far.
A 3d-model of the A1200 from Marco Chrappan was added recently, which you can access under the link at the right menu. Unfortunately you need a browser plugin for that, which seems to require the Internet Explorer.
But if you have handled this problem, then you cannot only turn and increase the computer, but you can remove the trap door also. Unfortunately the pcb wasn't modelled in detail. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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15.Sep.2005
Markus Pohlmann (ANF)
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Prerelease: new arcade game "BatDefense" under work
Markus Pohlmann works on "BatDefense", a game where you must defend a city against bats (Screenshot). The author writes the following:
"From now you can find an lha-archive of a prerelease of the game "BatDefense", version 0.4, at the website www.pohlsoft.de. The archive's size is about 3 MB. The game is based on an old arcade game's idea, where you have to defend a city with a plane against the attack of huge bats.
You must have a graphics card with a screen mode of 640x480 in 16 bit and ca. 10 MB of free memory. The game was developed and tested with a graphics card under Picasso and on a 68060; CGFX should work also.
I am eager to know which computer and configuration can run the game and if its speed is acceptable, because I can test it only on an evaluation pc.
The graphic routines as well as the sound routines of this program will be implemented into the "Project Crashsite" (yes, the project is still alive). BatDefense is some sort of a "test driver" for these routines. Therefore the bug reports are heavenly important for me!
Have fun with the game and don't forget your feedback (with configuration), please!" (snx) (Translation: ts)
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13.Sep.2005
Martin 'GMB' Bertelsmann (ANF)
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CNet.device 1.9b1 released
An update has been released for cnet.device, the PCMCIA network card driver for the A1200 and A600 Amiga models.
Since Harry 'Piru' Sintonen stopped working on it, the maintainer has
changed to Rolf Anders. A major enhancement of the new version is the support for some 100 MBit network cards. Furthermore, in most cases the cardreset tool is not needed any more.
At the title link you can find the new official homepage and download the device. (snx)
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13.Sep.2005
Pegasosforum (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Chromium 0.9 transfered
Nicolas Sallin had the game
Chromium
transfered to MorphOS. It is a vertical scrolled 2D-Shoot'm up like Katakis.
Download: chromium.lha (2,1 MB) (snx) (Translation: aj)
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13.Sep.2005
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4: New Betaversion from UHexen and Heretic
Remco Komduur released a new betaversion from UHexen and Heretic for
testing with AmigaOS 4.
The UHexen version
based on a SDL version of the original Hexen-Engine.
The sourcecode of Heretic and Hexen are released for publicfrom
Raven Software in 1999.
Changes of Heretic-Betaversion:
- Higher Sound output
- Date and time will be added by saved games
Changes of Hexen-Betaversion:
- Support of higher resolutions
- Date and time will be added by saved games
For both games are now following CLI-parameter available.
-window for playing inside of a window.
-mode 800 600 change the screeb resolution (standard is 640x480)
Attention: Hexen use the Save-directory correctly now, so all saved games
will be loose.
Download:
heretic.lha (397 KB)
uhexen.lha (791 KB) (snx) (Translation: aj)
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13.Sep.2005
Pegasos.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: "Eat the Whistle" V3.2 transfered / Updates from Blender and Python
Eat the Whistle
Mikael 'lisardman' Karlsson transfered Version 3.2 of the GPL-soccer
Eat the Whistle to
MorphOS. Original the game was developed from Hurricane
Studios and traded by e.p.i.c. interactive in 1998.
Download: etw.lha (8,3 MB)
Blender 2.37a / Python 2.4
Guillaume 'Yomgui' Roguez released Updates of the
3D-Modelling-Software Blender 2.37a and the coding language Python 2.4
for MorphOS
at sunday.
Download:
python-2.4-mos_5d-20050911.lha (4,3 MB)
blender_2.37a-mos_bin-20050911.lha (3,7 MB)
test237a.zip (Demo of Blender, 4,2 MB) (snx) (Translation: aj)
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13.Sep.2005
Rupert Hausberger (ANF)
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MorphOS: Updates for SimpleCam and CanonToolBox
The newest version of Rupert Hausbergers Digicam-Tools SimpleCam and
CanonToolBox using now the version 1.1.0 of libptp, this will be result
in a better compatibility with was problematic cameras.
For more hints read the original libptp documentation..
Builds for AmigaOS 3 will be not released, because the Amiga of
the Author didn't work at thgis moment. But it is possible to compile a
AmigaOS 3 version. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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13.Sep.2005
Mikey C (ANF)
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Event: PPC-mainboard "Prometheus" will be shown on "Big Bash 3"
The organizer of the Big Bash (24.September, Peterborough, GB) notifies, that the PPC-mainboard "Prometheus (amiga-news.de reported) will be first shown to the public.
Troika, manufacturer of the board, says thanks in a thread on amigaworld.net for the big interest and advises that one Prometheus-prototype will be shown on the event .
Furthermore there will be a flea market for used Amiga-Hard- and Software, two Amiga 1200 T with PPC-card, several A1200 and A500 als well as numberous expansions, games and applications will be sold.
(cg) (Translation: is)
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13.Sep.2005
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MorphOS: Neverball and Neverputt (Update)
Michal "kiero" Wozniak has ported two Games called Neverball and Neverputt to MorphOS. The aim of Neverball is to control a ball by canting the platform (Screenshots: 1, 2), Neverputt is a multiplayer minigolf-game, whichs uses the graphics and gameengine of Neverball.
The MorphOS-Port requires 3D-Support and the powersdl.library, a fast CPU is recommend. The Archiv contains both games.
Download: Neverball.lha (15 MB)
Update: (17:07, 13.09.05, snx)
There is an updated version based on Version 1.4.0, whichs contains 2 additional levels for Neverputt, a bugfix referring the configuration saveroutine, and several optimizations. (cg) (Translation: is)
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12.Sep.2005
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Elbox: Delivery of Dragon estimed at end of October
Elbox notify that deliverydate of the Coldfire based turboboard
Dragon 1200 estimed to end of october.
The Vendor of CPU estimed the 27.September as delivery date. If this
will be happen, the A1200-extension is available at the end of october. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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12.Sep.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Update of AVD Template to V1.1.0.0
The AVD Template is now in Version 1.1.0.0 available.
The Program is a mainframe for AmigaOS4 writen in C.
The feature of this update are a better kompatibility with the SDK for AmigaOS4
(V51.15) and the native cross-compiler GCC 3.4.4 and 4.0.1.
(snx)
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12.Sep.2005
MorphOS-News.de (Webseite)
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Genesi: Video with definition of Efika 5200-Board published
Genesi puplished a half year ago produced video linked to the title.
Gerald Carda shows (bplan)
the development-board
Efika 5200
and a alternative scope of application. (snx) (Translation: aj)
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10.Sep.2005
AROS (website)
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AROS: guides for HDD respectively Linux hosted installation (Englisch)
Under the title link released Mark Carter English guides for AROS installations on HDD and hosted under Linux.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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10.Sep.2005
AROS-Exec (forum)
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AROS-Max: Work-in-progress version 0.4.6 of distribution released
The distribution AROS-Max administered by 'Coolcat' is now available in a new work-in-progress version. V0.4.6 can be seen as a beta version still including bugs that is making its way to version 0.5.0. The ISO file contains among other things the AROS-TCP/IP stack as well as the AROS port of the browser Mosaic. Feedback regarding discovered bugs is welcome.
Download: Development.rar (129 MB)
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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10.Sep.2005
ANN (website)
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MorphOS: status update for KHTML port
Marcin 'Marcik' Kwiatkowski works on a port of the KHTML engine for MorphOS, namely the GTK+ WebCore. On the official homepage of the project you can find now another screenshot and a short video clip meant to documentate the progress done since the last posting. In addition were the FAQ updated.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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