19.Dec.2003
ann.lu (Website)
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Turbo-Patch: New version of SystemPatch
A new version of "Systempatch" has been published which is a patch that patches
diverse system routines to get a better performance on classic Amiga computers.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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19.Dec.2003
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS port of "Njam" released
"Njam" is a full-featured cross-platform pacman-like game written in C++
using SDL library.
Features:
- Single and multiplayer mode (local or network)
- Duel games (players compete against each other to get more points)
- Cooperative games (players cooperate to finish as many levels as they can)
- Great music and sound effects
- Runs on Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, BeOS, MacOS X, MorphOS
- Customizable level skins
- Many different levels
- Integrated level editor
- Open Source (GPL Licence)
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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19.Dec.2003
Norman Walter (ANF)
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HardwareAssistent: New version 0.32 (Update)
Version 0.32 of "HardwareAssistent" has completed.
In the previous version 0.31 of the archive the directory Installed was unfortunately
not packed. Therefore the program HardwareAssistent could not remember which cards
have been already installed. This bug has been cleared.
The launcher was also updated. It now uses the assign HardwareAssistent: to start the
HardwareAssistent.
Please consider that there can be still bugs in this early version. If you find bugs
then please write a mail to walternn@studi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de.
DJBase will take care of the Driver Descriptors. The official support page where you
can download the current Driver Descriptors is http://hwa.amigaworld.de.
Download of HardwareAssistent v0.32 (228 KB).
If you have a card that the list
do not contain please use the program DriverDescriptor Creator
to create a DriverDescriptor for this hardware.
Then please send this file (with .info file) via email to walternn@studi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de.
Update: (19.12.03, 13:25, snx)
Norman Walter wrote the following lines:
I got the messages that the install script would not work. But this is only the case
if you unpack the archive with the bugy version of Unarc which AmigaOS 3.9 contains.
Unarc replaces blank characters by underscores.
Therefore please use a different program or unpack the archive via lha x..
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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19.Dec.2003
amigaworld.net (Website)
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AmigaOne: "EasterEgg" in U-Boot
In a thread on amigaworld.net Thomas and
Hans-Jörg Frieden explained a first "Easteregg" which has been hidden in U-Boot.
Those ones who do not want to know something of PPC, multitasking and graphical user
surfaces can activate the second modus of its AmigaOne by entering the following
command lines in the U-Boot command line:
setenv easteregg 1
saveenv
reset
Deactivate:
setenv x86_mode
setenv vga_fg_color 'n'
setenv vga_bg_color 'n'
'n' stands for standard ANSI colour values where you have to enter e.g. "0" for black
or "7" for white.
The variables "vga_fg_color" and "vga_bg_color" can be used to modify the optical surface
of the BIOS screen.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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18.Dec.2003
amiga.org (Website)
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Emulation: "SheepShaver" Emulates a MacIntosh PPC on x86
"Sheepshaver" is the first Mac emulator for x86 PCs capable of emulating PPC-based Macintoshes. The software currently emulates a 604 CPU, requires a ROM image from a PCI-based "Old World" Macintosh, and works with MacOS up to version 8.6. Sheepshaver is Open Source, and right now only a Linux version is available.
The program's homepage
is currently just a clean building space, with a files section in which you can get the sources for the current version.
On emaculation.com there's a support forum for the emulator. Those interested will find there a few hints for the use of the software, and there are also ready-compiled binaries there for download. (cg) (Translation: dm)
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18.Dec.2003
Heise Newsticker
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Linux Kernel 2.6.0 Officially Released
Linus Torvalds and Andrew Morton have released the final version of the new Linux kernel 2.6.0. Under the title link, near sections on characteristics and improvements, may be viewed the article from the Heise news-ticker. (cs) (Translation: dm)
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18.Dec.2003
ANN (Webseite)
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Amizilla Project: Prize Markedly Raised
As Bill Panagouleas shared on ANN, a previous high-ranking executive of Netscape who wishes to remain unnamed has contributed $2000 to the pot for the Amizilla project.
The executive is a longtime Amiga user, who still makes frequent use of WinUAE and the Video-Toaster-Flyer. Altogether there is now the sum of $6200 as a reward to the person or team who ports Mozilla or Firebird and thereby helps the Amiga with a modern browser. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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18.Dec.2003
ANN (Webseite)
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MorphOS: TranspoClock Released (Update)
Jacek Piszczek released as freeware a transparent digital clock for MorphOS .
Transpoclock (23 KB) makes use of the transparency function of MorphOS' intuition.library.
Update: (7:30 PM, 20th of December 19:30, snx)
Today Version 0.70 (67 KB) was released.
Changes since 0.30:
- Commodity support has been added
- WBStart support has been added
- MUI-Prefs have been added
- Gfxpath support for different graphics sets has been added
- Optimized transparency routine
- Icons and graphics sets from Jobbo have been added
(snx) (Translation: dm)
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18.Dec.2003
Amiga.org (Website)
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MoJoMeter: Analog Indicator for Hard-Drive Activity
MoJoMeter from Joe Torre and Kermit Woodall may now be ordered from Retrosystem.com.
MoJoMeter is an illuminated analog indicator for computer cases which measures the amount of hard-drive activity.
Interested dealers may inquire directly of Kermit Woodall. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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18.Dec.2003
Christian Effenberger (ANF)
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Shareware Package SiteWay Released for Free
Christian Effenberger decided to release freely all his Siteway programs, in order to give the Amiga community a little present before Christmas.
All restrictions have been lifted and there is no longer any requirement that the programs ImageEditor and PicBase be installed in Siteway.
All keyfile resources have been removed from the programs and the opportunity has been taken to offer for download the latest versions of ImageEditor and PicBase.
Effenberger wishes all Amiga users a nice Christmas and a successful new year! (nba) (Translation: dm)
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18.Dec.2003
ANN (Website)
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Show Report: OS4/MorphOS Show in Saragossa (Spain)
There's a report on ann.lu about the OS4/MorphOS convention that took place last weekend in Saragossa.
Update, (ps): Corrected the title link thanks to a tip-off from the comments section.
(cg) (Translation: dm)
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17.Dec.2003
djnick deetronic (ANF)
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New multimedia CD ROM by DJNick/deetronic
Nikola Tomic (DJNick/deetronic) known for example for his soundtrack for the
beat'em'up game "Capital Punishment" has published his first multimedia CD:
"Aural Respiration" includes masses of
music modules, videos, graphics and photos and is optimized for use with
Amiga webbrowser. The CD is purchaseable directly from the author
for EUR 22.22 (incl. pp) following the title link.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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17.Dec.2003
Richard Drummond (ANF)
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New Linux UAE version by Richard Drummond
Richard Drummond has released a new version of his experimental Linux-UAE
which should enable many of the improvements from the latest WinUAE version for
Linux user as well.
The version 0.8.22-20031215 suppoarts now hardfiles up to 2 GB.
Further there were many bugfixes, for the x86 useres the JIT problems were removed
and MacOS x user will be happy to use the mouse properly in full screen mode now.
The sources are available now, compiled versions for several platforms will follow soonly.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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17.Dec.2003
Aminet (Website)
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Aminet uploads until the 17th of December 2003
Here is the list of all recent Aminet uploads since our last report:
StarAm_Plan.lha biz/misc 752K+Spreadsheet, V2.23,OS 3.0+, 68000 CPU
StarAm_Plan881.lha biz/misc 747K+Spreadsheet, V2.23,OS 3.0+, needs FPU
amiycoders.lha comm/mail 29K+V0.6 yEnc Encoder / Decoder for the Amig
DVBFontUpload.lha comm/misc 40K+Font upload for Nokia D-Box via SCSI. 68
gng_SP.lha comm/www 9K+GNetGrabber 1.x spanish catalogs v1.0.0
vbcc_PosixLib.lha dev/c 108K+POSIX compatibility library for vbcc
Amitekst_E.lha dev/e 6K+AREXX scripts for use with AmiTekst Pro
amiycoders_src.lha dev/e 20K+E Source Code to AmiyCoders! V0.6
objectbrowser.lha dev/e 11K+Object Browser / System Debugger 0.8
AmigaTalk.lha dev/lang 1.4M+V2.5 Update of AmigaTalk (Smalltalk GUI)
SFS.lha disk/misc 268K+Smart Filesystem copyrighted by John Hen
ThePolice.lha docs/hyper 52K+The Police: albums, lyrix, singles +more
saku44.lha docs/mags 8.4M+Saku #44 (3/2003). Finnish e-zine.
Labyrinth2Chts.lha game/hint 12K+Cheats for the game Labyrinth 2.
WormWars.lha game/misc 539K+Worm Wars 7.72: Advanced snake game
MicroWorld.lha game/think 6.2M+Simple logical game (CGX Friendly)
kray.lha gfx/3d 830K+Freeware raytracer v1.4
ambot.lha hard/drivr 62K+Cybot/Real Robots programmer w/ C source
PoseidonMain.lha hard/drivr 420K+Poseidon USB Stack Update 2.2
TestGear-Extra.lha hard/hack 223K+A600, A1000, A500(+), A1200 & PC extras.
TheMPegEncGUI.lha mus/misc 358K+GUI 4 Lame,Ogg,BladeEnc,Pegase,Ncode,Mus
MrCarlitoWb-06.jpg pix/icon 314K+First full FREWARE PNG-Icon replacement
Dale_font.lha text/bfont 14K+Fixed topaz rep. in sizes 5,6,8,10,11,12
AddLF.lha text/misc 2K+Add LineFeed to textfile at column ~80
OnyxPrelude.lha util/cdity 34K+Comprehensive mixer for Prelude. MUI.
DegasDT.lha util/dtype 30K+Datatype for Degas pictures
MathLibs881.lha util/libs 12K+Free 68881/2 math-libraries with source,
AObjView.lzh util/misc 31K+Displays the Hunk structure of Amiga Obj
DigiConverter.lha util/misc 13K+Handy dec/hex/bin/float/ASCII-converter
xPackBest.lha util/pack 18K+Pack using XPK, adaptive, recursive
ARxShellV1.2b.lha util/rexx 99K+A shell for ARexx V1.2b
parename.lha util/rexx 11K+AREXX script to rename images within Pho
popsearch.lha util/rexx 15K+Quick searching from IBrowse, AWeb and V
DRemind.lha util/time 308K+Reminds you whenever you want.. v1.67!
VE_SP.lha util/virus 11K+VirusExecutor 2.3x spanish catalog v2.33
windowbar.lha util/wb 272K+Window mimizer and program launcher
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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17.Dec.2003
Sebastian Brylka (E-Mail)
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eTeacher 6.20 distributed by Fun Time World
Fun Time World is pleased to announce that they are doing the distribution of the multimedial course
eTeacher 6.20. This package is unique on for the Amiga. You can learn English or
German with the aid by pictures, little animations and perfect spoken 16 bit output.
With the help of the multimedial exercises and tests the learning will become a real pleasure.
The program fits the demand of both, adults and children. The usage is easy and partly customizeable.
There is support for gfx cards and sound cards.
The program offers the following features:
- More than 200 exercises
- 3 hours 16 bit spoken language output
- 1000 illustrations
- Context sensitive grammar help
- Customizeable
- Support for gfx and sound cards
Information about the program and screen shots is to get from
www.funtime-world.de/eteacher.shtml.
Introducing prices til/from 5th of January 2004:
- Englisch - 29.90 Euro / 35 Euro
- German - 29.90 Euro / 35 Euro
- Both versions - 50 Euro / 59.90 Euro
Order by email (mail@funtime-world.de),
fax (+49 209 - 95 717 865) or telephone (+49 209 - 95 717 884) or directly at the
online shop of Fun Time World.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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17.Dec.2003
Sprocki (ANF)
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Amiga, Inc.: Calling All User Groups!
Community has always been the backbone of the Amiga platform; indeed,
without it, the platform would have folded long ago. With AmigaOS4.0
approaching release, the community has taken a lead once again, with
dedicated individuals and user groups throughout the world working to show
AmigaOS4.0 running on AmigaOnes.
We are now at a stage where we are looking to bring the user groups
together into a more formal forum, providing feedback to Amiga, Inc. on
how best it can support the user groups whilst also allowing the user
groups to be able to bind themselves together in a mutual organization for
self help and support.
This new organization will be a crucial element in the growth of the Amiga
platform as AmigaOS4.0 is released and the community begins to expand. We
are thus making a call to all user groups to submit their details via this
form
so that we can begin the construction of this organisation and get
the resources in place to service it. (nba)
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17.Dec.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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New website about hardware do it yourself projects for Amiga, Amithlon and Pegas
Carsten Siegner has opened a new website with the URL "www.Pegasossoft.de" which covers
information about his all of his hardware projects.
Now there is not only the known analog data capture system for the serial RS 232 port
but also a hardware for the same port for a multi purpose controler device. This hardware is called
"Multiprogrammer" and is a board with three decoded 8 pin
universal ports. These ports can be programmed independently.
Furthermore the board has a data in port which can read serial data directly.
Further information about this project as well as the circuit design is available from the website.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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17.Dec.2003
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Season Greetings from Amiga, Inc.
Amiga, Inc. would like to, on behalf of our staff and associates,
wish the Amiga Commmunity and their families a safe and happy holiday. Be
safe, don't drink and drive! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! (nba)
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16.Dec.2003
Norman Walter (ANF)
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HardwareAssistent-Update
The version 0.31 of the programm
HardwareAssistent, which reconizes and installes new hardware components by starting the system is now finished.
After the last version the install script was processed and the bugs in the DriverDescription were deleted, also the
documentation was extended.
But look in the old version there could be still bugs, if you find a bug please send an e-mail to:
walternn@studi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de.
(snx) (Translation: gf)
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16.Dec.2003
Amiga.org (Website)
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WHDLoad: Version 16.1 published
From WHDLoad, which makes the hard disk install of the not therefore floppy possible
the version 16.1 was published (Download, 1.17 MB).
New games which could now be installed or were updated:
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Hellfire Attack (Martech)
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Twintris (Digital Marketing)
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Waxworks (Accolade)
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History Line 1914-1918 (Blue Byte)
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Super Street Fighter 2 (US Gold)
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Jupiter's Masterdrive (Ubi Soft)
(snx) (Translation: gf)
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16.Dec.2003
amiga.org (Website)
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PDF-Magazine: Amiga Point of View, edition 1
The retro-gaming community of abime.net,
which operate the Amiga gaming database Hall of Light
has puplished the first edition of their retro-gaming.magazine "Amiga Point of View".
The magazine should reincarnate the old spirit of old gaming magazines with test reports, letter
to the editor corner, gaming tips and complete solutions. You can find the first edition (19.5 MB)
under the tiltle link.
Update: (16.12.2003, 15:30, cg)
The contacts of the homepage are not valid. You can find the APoV-Team under following e-mail addresses:
Editor: apov.editor@abime.net
Letter to the editor: apov.letters@abime.net
Competitions: apov.competitions@abime.net
Gaming tips: apov.wham@abime.net
Gaming tests: apov.pdgames@abime.net
(cg) (Translation: gf)
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16.Dec.2003
Stefan Blixth (E-Mail)
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New and updated tools from OnyxSoft
The Swedish shareware-developer-group OnyxSoft released two new and
three updated tools:
AddLF (Version 1.0)
This is a very simple tool that makes text files that has no
linefeeds in them become readable in non-wrapping text-viewers/editors.
It tries to wrap after 80 characters but might go 10 chars longer if
it means not breaking a word. If a word is very long when AddLF wants
to wrap it will cut the word and insert a dash "-".
OnyxPrelude (Version 1.0)
This is a new fresh mixer for the Prelude sound cards! You can
test the mixer even w/o a prelude =) Everything concerning audio
can be controlled by ARexx! Everything concerning audio can be
controlled by userdefinable hotkeys! There are two different mixer
GUIs, pick the one you like! The mixer can popup on hotkey or
ARexx event! The mixer can close again after a userdefinable delay!
A very small, configurable and slick bevel can popup instead of the
mixer on hotkey or ARexx events! It also has all normal features of
a mixer, like the ability to change the display name of a channel,
hide channels you never use, reset the card on startup etc. And it
uses MUI...
DigiConverter (Version 1.1)
Now you can also convert from and to floats. Useful mainly for
handling floats where you only have access to for example hexadicimal
values.
DRemind (Version 1.66)
Now you can make your remind *Bold*, /Italic/, _Underlined_
and/or coloured in the remind list! Fixed a bug which caused Single
reminds to never pop up. (a 2<->4 digits year bug). --BAR--'s couldn't
be moved since they where excluded from the sorting routines in DRPrefs.
Which gadgets to be shown as default was not correct. See Main GUI
Settings/Show'n'Hide for other gadgets.
TheMPegEncGUI (Version 2.31)
Now full CDDB-support is built-in into TheMPegEncGUI! You don't
need to use some other program to get those CD-IDs from the net and
then try to figure out what file it was and load that into The_GUI,
all is now automated. Insert a CD, add files (previously leached off
the CD, or directly from the CD if you have f.ex. AllegroCDFS), then
select Obtain CDDB from the ID3-Tag menu. When drag'n'dropping files
into the file list window some menu options were not enabled. You had
to add a file using the Add-button. There were some dublettes and inconsistencies of hotkeys for the menus. Switching between Lame/Mpega
in Lite didn't work from the menu. The bitrate was not correct in the
full and Lite-versions. (nba)
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16.Dec.2003
Matthes (ANF)
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Magazine: Latest edition 8 of the PDF-Magazine "Lotek64"
The 8th edition of the PDF-Magazine "Lotek64" is published. The magazine is dedicated to old and alternativ
computer systems. The center of gravity is the C64, but also reports of other 8-bit-computers. Old entertainment
systems and Amigas are considered, too. The magazine is published as a PDF-File for free. Interested persons
could also order a printed edition or subscription. The 8th edition contains following aspects:
- Lotek64-Special: Music
- Commodores last trick: Amiga CD32
- O.A.S.E. 03: News of the Amiga OS4 and the C-One-Board
- Hobby + electronics 2003
- Interviews
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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16.Dec.2003
PIK (ANF)
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Smart Filesystem v1.214
SFS is an alternative Filesystem for the Classic AmigaOS, which is famous for the high writing-, reading-
and search speed defiance its Beta-status. After a few test updates the SFS.lha which you can find in a few days on Aminet
(1.214, 273,995 bytes size of the archive) makes no problems in defragmenting.
SFSdefrag was debugged. The old SFS.lha-archives are deleted with update automatically, especially the 1.213 distribution
You can get quick information under: http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminetbin/find.
A tool which could configurate the number of files in .recycled will be available until week3/2004. The tests are running.
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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16.Dec.2003
CD32-Allianz/Thorsten Schölzel (ANF)
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New support of the CD32-Allianz-Homepage
From the 1st January Robert Konrad is supporting the online offer of the CD32. You can get more information under
the title link.
(snx) (Translation: gf)
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16.Dec.2003
Jim Steichen (ANF)
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Programming language: AmigaTalk V2.5 in Aminet
Jim Streichen has uploaded AmiTalk V2.5 to the Aminet under dev/lang.
The new variation of the version 2.5 of Little Smalltalk (V1.0 of Tim Budd) shows a better memory manager. Until now the memory of AmigaTalk wasn't released after ending.
(snx) (Translation: gf)
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16.Dec.2003
McFly (ANF)
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New PNG-Icon-Set
After Christmas (27.12.2003) new PNG-Icon-Set for 68k-Amigas will be published. Screenshots are available at Lorraine Design.
Screenshots: 1, 2, 3, 4
(snx) (Translation: gf)
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15.Dec.2003
Sebastian Brylka (YIM)
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Raytracing: New Kray binaries
Of Kray, a raytracing program with a text interface, there are new binary versions for AmigaOS, Linux and Windows available.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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15.Dec.2003
MorphOS-News.de (Website)
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CygnusED Professional 4.22 PPC released
Version 4.22 of the text editor CygnusED for MorphOS is now available at MorphOS.org.
Download (294 KB)
(snx) (Translation: sk)
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15.Dec.2003
Chris Hodges (E-Mail)
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USB-Stack: Poseidon Update V2.2
Chris Hodges announced the release of version 2.2 of the USB stack 'Poseidon'. Read his announcement:
After my seven months break due to my diploma thesis, I have reworked
the HID class quite a bit. It now supports digital and analogue joypads
via the lowlevel.library. Moreover, the class now supports changing of
HID Output and Feature items (i.e. for keyboard LEDs or Force
Feedback/Rumble joypads). Input values for items can now be scaled and
clipped and flipped. There is support for local and global variables. The
value that is used for the action can now also be redirected to origin
from these variables, timers, click counts, etc, or randomly (e.g.
for auto fire). Actions can now be triggered upon definable condition
codes, making it even more powerful (you want to do a special action
on three clicks with the middle mouse button, or when shift is pressed?,
no problem!). The default keyboard mapping can now also be changed. All
this comes with a price -- the GUI is now a bit more complex. But no
worries -- you don't have to use these features, if you don't like
to. The English version of the manual has been updated a bit to
reflect the changes -- unfortunately, the German translation (done
by Michael Böhmer) has been lost in a crash. I will update the guide
accordingly, but this will take some more time.
Several classes have been updated, such as the massstorage.class. It
now has some new default settings and fall back options.
The poseidon main library now fixes the problems created by broken
Olympus cameras not being bound to the MSD class. It now also tries
to assign better names to devices that don't come with string descriptors.
Trident has been rewritten into subclasses for the MorphOS mprefs and
is now a bit more stable (I hope).
The installer script has been slightly updated and now contains
Spanish strings, kindly translated by Dámaso Domínguez.
The AddUSBHardware command now has an "ALL" option, allowing to take
the stack offline by just issuing an "AddUSBHardware REMOVE ALL" line --
handy for game starting scripts.
Finally, the device driver for the Algor has been optimized a bit, and
also a bug had been fixed.
Now for something completely different. In August, I stopped
taking registrations, because Elbox treated me badly (as a summary) and
I hoped, that they would change their mind. I should have known better.
They kept selling their cards, even though they knew that the users
wouldn't be able to use them. They didn't care at all about the users and
their fate.
As of today, the registration process is open again. Keyfiles can again
be obtained from me directly (cash or bank transfer, no credit cards!).
Please note that the licence fee has been increased a bit to reflect
the new features added. Of course, no new keyfile are required for
current users to use the V2.2 version.
IOSpirit will offer a bundle for ArakAttack users soon, details will
be announced by IOSpirit in a few days (please don't bugger them right
now). ArakAttack currently works on Amithlon and OpenPCI supported PCI
bridge boards for OHCI and UHCI PCI cards (and onboard USB). EHCI
(USB2.0) is being implemented and will be available later.
ArakAttack currently does not work on Mediator boards, but means are
being prepared to get it running on these machines to offer a
high-quality USB driver for any PCI card (including the Spider).
That's it for now. Hope you will enjoy the new Poseidon release and have
a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. Who knows, maybe we will see many
nice things happing during 2004. Such as the AmigaOS4 release or the
Pegasos II.
Stay healthy! There's still much to come.
(nba) (Translation: sk)
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13.Dec.2003
Thilo Köhler (ANF)
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Announcement: new demo version 0.9beta of HD-Rec
There'll be a new beta demo version of HD-Rec available for download before Christmas.
"HD-Rec" is a MIDI and audio sequencer, i.e. audio and MIDI recordings can be arranged in the same window and replayed synchronously.
Particular improvements in V0.9beta:
- Audio mixer with 16+1+1 true stereo channels and 4 Aux ways
- realtime audio effects (reverb, delay, chorus, equalizer...)
- strongly improved softsynth "Sweeper" (resonance filter, samples)
The aim of HD-Rec is to be able to do a whole music production from the composing to the mastering within one application.
Using the softsynth and the audio effects of HD-Rec you'll need no external sound producer or effects devices. The music signal doesn't leave the computer at no time and can be exported directly as WAV or MP3 file. The quality is always excellent and independant from the sound card. Noise, buzzing or whimping are now part of the past.
The whole scenery (mixer settings, effects, sounds, notes) are saved on the computer and are reproduced 1:1 when being reloaded.
The softsynth "Sweeper" offers independant from the computing power always exact sample timing and can be played in realtime via an external master keyboard if needed. Though, for this you need a fast computer with 500 MHz clock or more.
Sweeper has very different synthesis algorithms and supports multisamples. Because of this, a wide sound spectrum is possible, from the old C64 sound across Techno to a realistic piano or string ensemble.
HD-Rec is a system friendly 68K application and doesn't make any use of the custom chips - therefore it runs on the "classic" Amiga as well as under WinUAE and Amithlon. In addition, the program has already successfully been tested under MorphOS.
Screenshots:
http://www.hd-rec.de/index.php?site=screenshots
Demo songs:
http://www.hd-rec.de/index.php?site=download
(Neither have external effects or sound producers been used nor have any samples been included except the drums and the piano solo.)
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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13.Dec.2003
MorphOS-News.de (website)
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Retailer: APS with reworked webshop and separate Pegasos URL
The French Amiga retailer APS has reworked his Webshop and added a PC area. You now can find here prices for complete Pegasos-2 systems, too.
In addition, an own address for Pegasos customers has been prepared under PegasosPPC.fr. There you can find detailed information about the computer and the operating systems that come with the computer.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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13.Dec.2003
David 'Daff' Brunet (email)
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Magazine: Obligement N°42
The issue #42 of the French digital magazine Obligement has been released. Read a report about the Alchimie 3, interviews with Kevin Picone (Underware Design) and with Yannick Bridier (president of the 4A Association), reviews of IBrowse 2.3 and dynAMIte, an article about the DOSBox, a review of the Spider 2 USB and the Mirage 1200 tower, an article about the installation of PegXLin and much more.
Download: Obligement 42
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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12.Dec.2003
Norman Walter (ANF)
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Plug'nPlay: Hardware assistant v0.3 published
The version 0.3 of the Amiga Plug'nPlay system "HardwareAssistent" is now available
under the title link.
Short description of the features:
- Automatic hardware recognition
- Automac selection of the right driver
- Automatic installation of the driver
- Download of the driver from the Internet
- Support of 40 Zorro- and Turbo cards
(amount is increasing)
- Maximum transparency and flexibility
- User friendly
- Fast
Direct download
(209 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Dec.2003
Nova Design (ANF)
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3D-Software: Aladdin4D on CD
The very known 3d animation software "Aladdin 4D" is now available on CD. It contains
the last version of Aladdin (with all updates which have been published later) as well
as the full website of Nova Design, all available tutorials for Aladdin, examples and
the full content of the Nova Design FTP-server.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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12.Dec.2003
IOSPIRIT (ANF)
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New product: IOSPIRIT Graphics Megabundle Pro
As a special gift to its customers, software-developer
IOSPIRIT for the first time
offers a bundle with all inhouse graphics programs at an especially
attractive price of only 99 EUR (you save 40%, more than 60 EUR).
The "IOSPIRIT Graphics Megabundle Pro" contains the respectively latest,
full versions of fxPAINT 2.0, fxSCAN 4.0 and VHI Studio 6.0.
The bundle is only available as 3 CD-set and only as long as stock lasts. (nba)
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12.Dec.2003
Scenia (Website)
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Diskmag: Cows'n'Snakefights #5 published
The Swedish demoscene group has published its fifth issue of the in English written
Amiga Diskmag "Cows'n'Snakefights".
You can read there different party reports, interviews and other articles. You can download
the archive from the website under the title link. (nba) (Translation: dr)
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12.Dec.2003
Apple Insider (ANF)
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CPU-News: PowerPC 750VX of IBM
According to a report of our colleague of the online magazine AppleInsider Big Blue IBM
has completed the new micro processor "PowerPC 750VX".
The chip is supposed to be used in the next generation of the iBooks of Apple. L3 cache
with up to 4 megabyte is to be possible. The Front Side Bus with up to 400 MHz DDR and
Altivec-implemantation like at the PowerPC 970 (G5) are further features.
The processor is supposed to work with 1.8 GHz while the successor of the 750VX, the
planned 750VXe, is supposed to work with 2 GHz. The processor will probably introduced
in the third/fourth quarter of the year 2004.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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12.Dec.2003
Captain HIT (ANF)
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Emulator: A/NES CGX Final Version
Because of the low interest and the missing support today the final version v1.33 of
the NES-emulator A/NES CGX has been
published.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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12.Dec.2003
Kermit Woodall (ANF)
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ImageFX 4.5 Studio available (update)
As Nova Design reported ImageFX 4.5 Studio is now available for AmigaOS and MorphOS.
The MorphOS version contains native PowerStation-modules and 32-Bit-Icons made by
André Siegel.
According to a press release ImageFX 4.5 Studio contains ImageFX 4.0, 4.5, PowerStation
and additional extensions. The CD also contains the complete website and FTP site of
Nova Design. The upgrade price depends on the existing version and reach from 39.95
up to 79.95 US Dollar.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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12.Dec.2003
Thomas Knäbel / bplan (E-Mail)
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Christmas greetings from bplan GmbH
The second production and delivery of the Pegasos II (KW51) is close to be done.
As a "little" apology for the delay bplan presents as a Christmas gift the following
outtakes of up to today never shown pictures on its website.
bplan: "We wish all visitors of our website Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2004."
The pictures are under the copyright of the bplan GmbH and are not allowed to be published
without permission.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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