26.Apr.2003
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Official release from YAM v2.4
DESCRIPTION
YAM (Yet Another Mailer) lets you send and receive electronic mail
over the Internet and maintain archives of messages in your computer.
The idea came to Marcel Beck in 1995 when he first tried using email:
the programmes available at the time were either powerful but
complicated to configure, or else used a too limiting graphical
interface. The goal, therefore, was to program a cross between
AdMail and AirMail, with a few ideas from Pegasus Mail.
YAM made its first public appearance in early 1996 under the
"mailware" concept. The unexpectedly enthusiastic response
from the public led to a steady development of YAM that reached
its finest hour in version 1.3.5, the last incarnation in the
"classic" series. By then, YAM had turned into one of the most
popular Amiga programmes ever, and won Marcel the appreciation
and several awards from the Amiga community thanks to its
simplicity and ease of use.
Unwilling to stop at that point, Marcel spent almost two years
developing YAM2. In the summer of 1999, a greatly improved YAM
set some of the standards that would be lately imitated by other
popular Internet applications. In November 2000, Marcel finally
gave up out of lack of time and motivation, but was yet kind enough
to release the "final" YAM 2.2 together with its sources under the
GNU General Public License. On this day and age, Marcel Beck is
still fondly remembered by many as one of a selected few who made
a difference on the Amiga.
Today, after YAM 2.3 and 2.3p1 fixed some of the most outstanding
problems in the original sources and almost 18 months of hard work
have been spent, the YAM Open Source team is proud to make the legend
continue with YAM 2.4, the most powerful Amiga mailer to date.
NEW FEATURES
- Hierarchical folder list - folders can now be arranged into
groups, and nested at the user's discretion
- SMTP & POP3 TLS1/SSL3 support for stunnel servers, using
AmiSSL.library
- Email address cache, making it possible to "remember" the last
N used recipients if they don't appear in the address book
- More powerful recipient string gadgets, resolving aliases,
real names and email addresses "on the fly" as they are found
in the address book or the email cache
- Optional pop-up menus in the folder & message lists
- Automatic codepage detection and translation, specially meant
for cyrillic users.
- Reworked status bar
- Automatically finds the suitable mailing list support settings
- Extended support for mailto: links
- Search function in the Write window
- Customizable size format and localized unit display
- Individual appicon stats for folders, with an user-definable label
- New hidden option "JumpToIncoming"
- Deleting a block of text with RAmiga-Del automatically inserts a "[...]" marker
- Built-in mouse wheel support
- New "marked" status
- "application/pdf" is now in the built-in list of MIME types
- Extended documentation
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
- AmigaOS V39+, MC68020+, MUI3.8+ and the latest BetterString,
NList, NListtree, TextEditor & Toolbar classes (included)
AVAILABILITY
DIRECTORY
- /pub/aminet/comm/mail (hopefully soon comm/yam :-)
FILE NAMES
- YAM24.lha - Main archive - basic 020 binary and English guide
- YAM24cpu.lha - Diffs for 040/060 processors and the GPatch utility
- YAM24loc.lha - Foreign language support files: catalogs & guides
- YAM24con.lha - Additional graphics, ARexx scripts, etc.
- YAM24mos.lha - MorphOS binary, includes starter
OTHER
DISTRIBUTABILITY
- Free software, distributed under the General Public License
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Kudos to Brian for bringing c.s.a.a. back to life!
(nba)
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26.Apr.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Genesi wants to attend at AmiWest show
Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco today announced that Genesi wants to attend at
the AmiWest show, held in Sacramento, CA on July 26th and 27th 2003. Genesi
wants to present the new G4 CPU card for the Pegasos1, the new software
bundle and maybe also a prototype of the Pegasos2 motherboard and of course
MorphOS.
Bill and Raquel also confirmed that they have spoken with Amiga Inc's
new CEO Garry Hare a couple of weeks ago.
(nba)
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26.Apr.2003
Pixel Art (E-Mail)
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Pixload v3.5 in preparation
I'am preparing Pixload 3.5
- more options about drag and drop (TIFF, TARGA and DIR recognized)
- links with miamidx (RTC and/or Network) : miamidx control panel included
- optimized code
- another icons (mac os x)
- more interactivity
- etc...
I need beta tester: if you want to try: send an email to
pixelart@wanadoo.Fr
(English language) with object: Pixload 3.5 tester. If German amiga users want
translation, send me few words (English -> German) so that I include in this
version. If you have got any ideas, sent them too, I will try to include too... x
(nba)
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25.Apr.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)
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Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 7
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 7 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-17, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):
1) ikir: Are Elbox working with Amiga Inc/Hyperion for OS4? Or for their SharkPPC compatibility?
Fleecy: We have a 'gentlemens agreement' with Elbox that we will not make any announcements or discuss plans, projects and products until they are ready to make those plans, projects and products public. If you want them to share that information, I would suggest you contact them.
2) sgm: Is the corporate market a possible target (in the light of the surging WebServices fever)? If so, is a high-performance XML parser being considered for OS4.x?
Fleecy: All markets are obviously targets but there is no point in entering them until you have a product, a pitch and a story. The creation of such obviously requires an expenditure of resources and since we are, as with most companies 'watching the pennies', we have to decide which subset from the whole range of opportunities is to be targeted first. If by corporate you mean 'enterprise' then that is not a first stage target but if you mean OEM or embedded then the answer is very much yes.
As for the XML parser, XML has been introduced with AmigaOS4.0 and will continue to spread until it is a system wide service.
3) Jose: It's been said and known that if AmigaOS is to be a server OS it will lose it's hardly earned advantages, and stop being AmigaOS as we know it. Could in the future be various versions of the OS with one being the continuation of the Classic in PPC, like most amiga users that have supported the platform for the past years seem to want?
Fleecy: AG1 was created with a very specific set of configurations in mind - workstation and desktop. Consoles, STBs and servers didn't really exist during its key definition and the idea of Smartphones, PDAs and digital consumer devices were science fiction. Having said that, the CDTV and then the CD32 were moves in the right direction but as anyone familiar with those devices knows, there were really a computer repackaged with extra bits hacked on.
AG2 is designed to accept that hardware is a commodity and that it can be configured and deployed in many different markets. This is part of the reason for the move to a service based architecture, because multiple configurations can then be created from a core set of services with configuration specific services being added or replaced by ones more tuned to the target device profile.
This will allow Amiga to offer a 'toolkit' to OEMs and to create 'distributions' for shrink wrapped markets - a console product, an eFamily product, a SoHo product, a hacker's product etc. Such flexibility gives us a distinctive advantage over having to custom chop a single product for each potential customer.
Rob: 4) Books on programming the Amiga are out of date and very difficult to obtain these days. Have you any plans to get some books published covering modern Amiga programming for the beginner. It is important to get some fresh talent into scene and not just rely on existing developers. Topics covered should include Warp3D, AHI and other more recent developements to AmigaOS.
Fleecy: I couldn't agree more. We intend to expend considerable resources on a full development toolchain, with good documentation and tutorials covering all levels. These will be developed in parallel with the development of the AG2 domains.
5) ssolie: Does Amiga Inc. still plan to take back control of the AmigaOS 4.0 source code (i.e. purchase it back from Hyperion) and produce your own releases beyond AmigaOS 4.0?
Fleecy: Absolutely. The transfer of AmigaOS4 to Hyperion was done for a number of strategic reasons, one being to protect the AmigaOS for the community and prevent it being left in limbo if anything should happen to the parent company as was witnessed after Commodore and Escom went bankrupt. We will reassert ownership when both Hyperion and Amiga judge the time to be right, and there are certain less than obvious benefits to maintaing the current situation.
The location of ownership has nothing to do with the future plans. Amiga Inc is fully committed to the development and expansion of AmigaOS way beyond AmigaOS4.0. Detailed planning and design for AmigaOS4.1 is already underway alongside the parallel path of AG2. AG2 technology will be rolled into the AmigaOS4 release family as and when it is ready but the two will not be dependent on each other - in other words potential delays in one will not affect the other. Contrary to the occasional speculation that Amiga doesn't care or has no plans for the AmigaOS, that product line is and always has been vital to our future success. Back in 1999, it would have been impossible to gain interest and investment in a company offering a desktop competitor to Microsoft and so our public strategy had to be tailored to fit that reality.
It isn't 1999 anymore.
6) DaveP: With the advent of AOS4 and AmigaONE series board are you also investigating the more lucrative possibilities in the heavyweight commercial sector or is it still far too soon to start? ( example: solutions, services and bringing even lightweight transaction processing products onto the fast reliable messaging codebase of ExecSG ?)
Fleecy: The Amiga Development Pipeline (ADP) starts with the Opportunity Analysis stage. Each AG2 domain thus considers every possible opportunity and attempts to identify every potential customer for that domain, both internal and external. This is then feed into the next stage, the Solution Description stage. This ensures that we will design a solution that covers as wide a customer base as possible, even though the actual implementation versioning may chose to spread out that complete design over a set of releases.
So to answer your question, yes we are looking at a huge range of potential markets, open, embedded, horizontal, vertical and total but our ability to exploit them is determined by the short, medium and long term strategic implementation plan.
7) alx: Will there come a point when you stop supporting accelerated "classic" Amigas? If so, when?
Fleecy: Yes there will. As to when, that will be decided by the simple equation of when the cost and effort of developing a version for those accelerated Amigas is more than the revenue that that version brings in. We want people to upgrade to the new hardware and we do recognise that we have to support the existing investment made by Amigans in the short term but ultimately the platform can only advance if people advance with it.
It should be obvious to most people that AmigaOS4 is going to run far more impressively on a new, cleanly designed, higher specified AmigaOne than an accelerated classic Amiga. It should also be obvious that the cost of maintaining and extending an AmigaOne is going to be substantially less than that of maintaining and extending a classic Amiga.
8) donV: Do you know of any plan or project to produce a laptop that will run AmigaOS4?
Fleecy: There are lots of plans for many different product, both from ourselves and from third parties but I do not want to comment on specific products until we have prototypes in front of us since many plans and good intentions often come to nothing. We'd obviously love to have an AmigaOS4.0 powered laptop as well as an AmigaOS4.0 powered STB, games console, PDA and Smartphone.
9) Bodie: In a previous Q&A, you mentioned the development of a highly advanced calculator for AmigaDE. Could you provide any extra details in terms of its functionality?
Fleecy: The calculator was created by a prominent AmigaDE developer in response to a demand from a large customer and I'll see if he is willing to write an article about it, possibly for CAM. It is particularly impressive because of its modular design, essentially a framework for functional units so it can be as simple or as complex as the set of modules that are installed. This means it can be used for a variety of functions - standard maths, computing, physics, chemistry, stock taking and with the ability for third parties to write their own modules.
It also features a variety of graphic and interface modes - static and dynamic graphing (and I know we have a customer interested in volumetric modelling), standard single line, multi-line and plans for a shell like page set.
10) Jose: Can a service based architecture(future AmigaOS) be as much effective as the Classic AmigaOS, comparing the services both provide? I mean to how much extent does a service based architecture would compromise the efficiency and the character of AmigaOS, if it does at all ?
Fleecy: A service based model is very efficient and not that much different at its heart from what the existing Amiga does now, a testament to its advanced original design. Its main extension is that it adds abstraction and management capabilities that open up distributed computing, all the way from simple home networks to parallel matrices. For developers there will be some new things to learn but quite a bit of that has been added to the new library model. The existing user interaction model can stay the same on top of it but it also opens up the option of far more advanced user interaction models, in particular moving from an application centric system to a content centric system - for example bring a set of content together and then being presented with the set of services that can be applied to that content.
(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=8
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (ps) (Translation: dr)
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25.Apr.2003
Rupert Hausberger (ANF)
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Benchmark: AmigaMARK LPA 2003 v0.950 Pre-Final
Rupert Hausberger has published version 0.950 Pre-Final of his benchmark-tool for
AmigaOS and MorphOS. Please read the changes from version 0.930 to version 0.950:
- ADDED Database - now allows direct upload/download from the module-server.
Added new page in "module base". Changed all things to make new system working.
- ADDED TCPIP-support
- ADDED HTTP-support [for downloading]
- ADDED SMPT-support [for uploading]
- ADDED BYTEmark [tm] v2.0 benchmark [experimental - 68k version seemes to slow]
- ADDED NSD-64bit access-mode for device stuff [uncalibrated]
- ADDED "new-logo" system - via 24bit workbench datatype
- ADDED own requester window
- ADDED own popup window
- ADDED "loopsize" and "passes" output to mem-/drv-benchmark windows
- ADDED check whether 'amigamark.def' is valid with current build
- ADDED check whether 'amigamark.cfg' is valid with current build
- ADDED included all neccessary string.h functions - [no libc]
- ADDED new tooltype QUICKSTART [=TRUE/FALSE] [WB only]
- ADDED do "chip ram tests" in "make module"
- ADDED some missing MUIA_Help popups
- CHANGED AvailMem() function to own one
- CHANGED some small things in the GUI
- CHANGED regonization of valid installation [more fast & less memory need]
- CHANDED retuned maximal values
- FIXED some stuff in the GUI
- REMOVED "time-warnings" feature [useless]
- CLEANUP _many_ general optimizions
- UPDATED english-guide to v.950
- COMPILED with gcc 3.2.2 now
- BUMPED revision to .950 [pre-final]
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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25.Apr.2003
Guido Mersmann (ANF)
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AmigaOS-game: BoulderDäsh RTX V5.17
Most important change of the new version (please download it from the title link)
is the screen mode on the Workbench which was desired of many users. Besides this still
several minor improvements have been made which above all concern the automatic
hardware recognition.
Boulderdäsh was tested on an A500, A1200, under Amithlon and on several MorphOS and OS4
computers. If you have questions, suggestions or problems please contact Guideo Mersmann
via email.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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25.Apr.2003
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck (E-Mail)
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Event: BeGeistert - BeOS-meeting with Pegasos-performance
Fans and developers of the operating system BeOS will meet on the "BeGeistert" which will
take place in Düsseldorf tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Nicholas Blachford of Thendic France from Paris will demonstrate a Pegasos for which
an OpenBeOS port is in work.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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25.Apr.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: AlphaBase full version and source codes
In co-operation and with permission of Maik Schmidt Amiga Arena makes the release of the
database "AlphaBase" possible.
AlphaBase is a clear and easy to learn database program. It is possible to enter variously
arranged (e.g. German and American) addresses in one common database.
Adresses can be printed on envelopes and labels. Data which have nothing to do with addresses
can be linked with comments, pictures and sound files.
System requirements: AmigaOS 3.0 Workbench & Librarys as well as 1 MB ChipMem +
2 MB FastMem
Progression?
If there is anyone who is interested to dvelop AlphaBase (BlitzBasic) further please
contact Olaf Köbnik! (nba) (Translation: dr)
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25.Apr.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Blade online again
"Blade" is an action role play by Mark Sheeky in iso-3d-view.
Mark Sheeky is well-known as the developer of the games "Burnout" and "Hilt II".
In 2000 Amiga Arena published the German version for the first time and could offer
Blade as a HD version (AGA/ECS) with permission of Mark Sheeky.
Now "Blade" is online again and you can get further information on the Blade homepage.
You can choose four characters from seven possible ones (warrior, thief, cleric, magician, dwarf,
elf, empath) and you have to defeat the evil! "CU Amiga" rated Blade with 86 percent.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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25.Apr.2003
AROS (Website)
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AROS status-report 04/2003
The alternative operating system AROS is being activly developed further. On the website you
can find a detailed English status report to the project.
- Porting AROS to the Pegasos has been started.
- ide.device and cdrom.handler are now more stable than before, removable medium are supported.
- USB/UHCI-driver are available but still not useable.
- The soundcard driver system AHI was ported to AROS.
- The render.library and guigfx.library are supposed but are integrated in Zune.
- The jpeg.datatype is new and the png.datatype was updated.
- For futher changes please have a look at the AROS status report.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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25.Apr.2003
Jürgen Schober (ANF)
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point.design delivers AmigaOne XE
From now on the first AmigaOne XE boards are available at the Austrian Amiga dealer
point.design. The PowerPC/G4 as well as the G3 version have arrived and will be officially
delivered from April 28th.
Additional to the mainboard a bootable "Debian Linux Install CD" as well as "Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r1 PPC Binary 1"
(basis installation incl. XFree4.0 and KDE) belong to the packet.
The system can be easily installed and extended via the Internet just as the customer wants.
Besides this the packet also contains UAE (Unix Amiga Emulator) incl. AmigaOS 3.1 Kickstart
ROM images and a completely installed AmigaOS 3.1 incl. "Magic Software Packet".
The price of the earlybird system also contains an update to the next generation of the AmigaOS 4
which will run nativly on the hardware and which will be sent to the customers for free.
Additional to the motherboard packet complete systems are also offered.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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25.Apr.2003
heise online (Website)
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Opinion poll of developers concerning Open Source
In the research study "Economic Organization and Viability of Open Source Software"
scientists of the Stanford University ask for the motivation and expectations of Open Source
developers and which tools they use for programming.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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25.Apr.2003
XBaze (Website)
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Database: XBaze Version 7.3 Beta 8
Rafal Kaczmarczyk has published version 7.3 Beta 8 of his database 'XBaze'.
The program offers an easy to use editor. It runs from AmigaOS 3.0 and from now on also
on MorphOS.
Bug reports and proposals can be sent to the following address: rav@nowydwor.wroc.pl.
Download: XB-7.3B8.lzx
Addenda: The server is currently (25.4.2003, 12:30) not available.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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24.Apr.2003
Cales "Doraemon" Bernardez (ANF)
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Pegasos Presentation at CatCon Party 2003
According to the exhibitors a presentation of Pegasos with MorphOS is planned for the CatCon Party, which is to take place on the 3rd and 4th
of May in Calella near Barcelona. Also, a few Amiga companies should be introducing new products. The usual contests will be offered for the
demoscene. There is no charge for international visitors to CatCon, but we ask that you register in advance. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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24.Apr.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Editor: MorphED in Development
According to MorphOS-News.de Dietmar Eilert, the author of GoldED,
has been working on MorphED since the 18th of April, 2003. Up to this point no information has been released as to whether it's a fully new editor, or a MorphOS-native version of GoldED. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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24.Apr.2003
ots / teltarif.de
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Call by Call in Ortsnetz: Information Offering at teltarif.de
On this coming Friday, the 25th of April, the last monopoly in the German telephone market fell: the Ortsnetz. The consumer was not much
able to benefit from the popular Call-by-Call option. With the Call-by-Call option, the caller selects a number sequence, generally 5 characters,
and so directs the call over an alternative provider, instead of Deutsche Telekom.
It's already observable that the consumers will benefit from significant savings, from Friday on. "A short 30 second call to the barber or taxi
company costs just one cent using the sequence 01078 over the provider 3U, instead of the six cents charged by Deutsche Telekom up until
now" per Martin Müller, business leader of the fee-comparing www.teltarif.de. 3U offers local calls in about 1500 local networks, and accounts
for the one second pulse.
Arcor kicks off in about 36 hours, beginning with an offer for local and quasi-local calls. The prices are thereby over those of 3U, but are also
good for conversations to destinations maximally 20 kilometers from the originating point. These conversations are designated quasi-local.
Market experts are still expecting the offers of Tele2 and 01051 Telecom by Friday. Other enterprises have announced they will start in May. (nba) (Translation: dm)
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24.Apr.2003
Thomas Unger (E-Mail)
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The Kickstart Archives Version 2.1
Thomas Unger writes:
The two CD set is now at version 2.1. THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES is entirely HTML-based and thereby viewable on every hardware and
operating system. Many headings have been updated. The publicity and support areas have implemented thorough expansions since
version 2.0.2. Design and Navigation have been refined. On the start page of the Internet presence there are, near the tutorials, also the
icon notes, in which legal matters, notes of appreciation, as well as reviews and ordering possibilities are readable in the German and
English languages.
- updated: Amiga History Guide by Gareth Knight (22/03/2003)
- updated: LexSite by Alex Lupták (06/01/2003)
- updated: AMIGA Troubleshooting and Fixes
- updated: AMIGA Advertising Efforts
- Advertisings by Søren Ladegaard (Commodore Billboard)
- updated: Guides'n'Setups
- ED Sirius Genlock - Handbook (PDF)
- ED Sirius Genlock - Manual (PDF)
- ED Neptun Genlock - Handbook (PDF)
- ED Neptun Genlock - Manual (PDF)
- ED Pluto Genlock - Handbook (PDF)
- ED Pluto Genlock - Manual (PDF)
- Vortex ATonce A500 - Handbook (PDF)
- Commodore A3000 - Schematics (PDF)
- Commodore A2300/01 - Handbook (PDF)
- Commodore A2301 - Circuit (PDF)
- Commodore A2232 - Schematics (PDF)
- Commodore A2065 - Schematics (PDF)
- Commodore A2060 - Schematics (PDF)
- Commodore A1060 - Handbook (PDF)
- Commodore A600 - Schematics (PDF)
- Commodore A500Plus - Service Manual (PDF)
- Commodore CDTV - Service Manual (PDF)
- A500/A2000 - Technical Reference Manual (PDF)
A really special thank you goes to Steffen Kramer of Electronic Design this time, for the documentation that was made available. (nba)
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24.Apr.2003
M. Lueck (ANF)
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Audio: AHI v5.5 (rc1)
Martin Blom, the developer of the soundcard driver system AHI, has released end-user version 5.5 (rc1) for m68k, MorphOS and AROS.
(nba) (Translation: dm)
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24.Apr.2003
Diverse
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Media Reports on the C-One
Cross-regional media are directing attention to the C-One, a new reconfigurable home computer
(we reported). Following are two reports - the
list will be expanded in days to come.
(nba) (Translation: dm)
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23.Apr.2003
Halvadjian Georges (Website)
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PerfectPaint V2.925
Version 2.925 of the paint program PerfectPaint by Halvadjian Georges is now available. In this version the following features were added or changed:
- Improve PPM and PBM format.
- Separate Brush, Picture, palette and anim path for each buffer.
- New color correction tool:
- "Adjust RGB level", "Auto RGB level" and pixel count.
- "Chromatic correction" (usefull for chromatic aberration)
- "Optimize palette" and the arexx command:
Will remove unused color from the palette to reduce
the depth of the picture without lost.
Can also sort the palette with unused color in the end.
- Fix somme little bug with CMAP palette, brush album
- Keyboard F10: Now remove not only toolbox window but all floating window.
- Improve text requester
- Number of font in listview are now unlimited.
- Improve turboprint communication (correct Inch are send, Menu and color works well)
- New arexx command: pp_GetDPI
- Improve template requester, with preview.
- Fix a bug (introduced in the last version) with processing tool
- New powerfull processing tool:
MagicSpray, will spray current brush or severall brushes (Magic Album)
with variation of size, color, rotation, shadow ... in real time.
Include some MagicProject. Other MagicProject are available on PerfectPaint's Page.
- Little bug fixed with keyboard shortcut
- Brush preview is showed with full transparency (album requester)
- Improve Undo
(nba)
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22.Apr.2003
Elbox Computer
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Elbox: MM CD UP 1.23
The MM CD 1.23 update for the users of Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator
PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000i, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI
3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI
ZIV busbords, who are registered owners of the Mediator Multimedia
CD, has been released today.
The update includes new versions of:
- fm801.audio
- sb128.audio
- mixer.library
- FastEthernet.device
- tv.library
Changes:
- fm801.audio ver. 4.4
- digital/optical output (TOSLINK) support added
- quadro mode added
- sb128.audio ver. 4.10
- digital output (SPDIF) support added
- mixer.library ver. 1.7
- digital/analog output switch for SB4.1 added
- support for rear speakers added
- FastEthernet.device ver. 1.12
- detection of the MAC address corrected
- compatibility with the RoadShow DMA support added
- tv.library ver. 3.1
- Bt878 RESET commend corrected
- ReadGPIO function added
The current developer documentations for tv.library and mixer.library
are enclosed in the MM CD 1.23. (nba)
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22.Apr.2003
Elbox Computer
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Elbox: MediatorUP 3.7
The MediatorUP 3.7 update for Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI
4000D, Mediator PCI 4000Di, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI
3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI
ZIV has been made available today.
The update includes new versions of:
- pci.library
- MediatorNET.device
Changes:
- pci.library ver. 5.10
PowerOff function (for controlling ATX PSU) added
- MediatorNET.device ver. 2.7
compatibility with the RoadShow stack added (nba)
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22.Apr.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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Installer: WHDLoad Version 15.2
Since yesterday you can download the new version 15.2 on the WHDLoad site. With WHDLoad you can install games, which were only produced for floppy using, on your hard disk.
Since the last update there were made just more little bugfixes and changes.
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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22.Apr.2003
WHDLoad (Website)
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WHDLoad: New Packets until 20.04.2003
Since yesterday you can download the new version 15.2 on the WHDLoad site. With WHDLoad you can install games, which were only produced for floppy using, on your hard disk.
Since the last update there were made just more little bugfixes and changes.
- 20.04.03 new: Zero Gravity (EAS) done by Agressor
- 20.04.03 improved: Celtic Legends (UBI-Soft) miscellaneous improvements
- 18.04.03 fixed: Midwinter (Rainbird) bug fixed
- 18.04.03 improved: Magicland Dizzy (Codemasters) bad custom accesses fixed, trainer added
- 18.04.03 improved: Hollywood Poker (reLINE) supports another version
- 18.04.03 improved: Galdregons Domain (Pandora) some changes
- 18.04.03 new: Doman (World Software) done by JOTD
- 18.04.03 new: Castle Master 2 - The Crypt (Incentive/Domark) done by Galahad
- 18.04.03 improved: Shadow of the Beast (Psygnosis) blitter waits added, new icons, docs added
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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22.Apr.2003
A.D.A.
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A.D.A.: two new intros of Nature
With "Grid 2" and "Zeon" two new intro-title of the Swedish Group Nature are added zo the demo-online-Collection "Amiga Demoscene Archive"
Grid 2: Nature is one of this group which ist always trying to get the end of the borders. The intro "Grid 2" had been published on the scene arrangement
and gets the first place in his competition. Enjoy the cool flight through large tunnels, which is combined with fantastic music. Recommendation.
Zeon: Zeon is another cool Intro of Nature which was puplished on the Mekka Symposium 2001 and gets the second place. Code from Pipe, Yomat and Pezac.
Graphics from Rex and Yomat. Music from pipe. On more time recommending.
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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22.Apr.2003
AC-Eule / Spiegel Online (ANF)
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"The German Bill Gates": "unrowed "Kimbeln"
The stock boom is over, and the ruins are swept together. Much money of investors has been burned, but facts were really rare.
The results are between creating new conzerns and distribution (AOL-Time-Warner, Amazon, ebay) and total bankruptery with some
criminal numbers (Lets-Buy-it.com or Kim (Kimble) Schmitz). Under the title link you can read an article about Lars Windhorst, who was named
from some people as the new Bill Gates.
It is true he worked in the computer distribution, but in contrast to Bill Gates, he never published own products or programmed products.
His meaning for the German computer industry had to lie anywhere below Manfred Schmitt. The theme is not complete "Off Topic", because it
shows nicely methods, effects and succesions from a few impostor computer and new economy employers. Who still believes that Kim Schmitz
was really rich and succesful should read this story. But also people who played in another league than Kim Schmitz have now problems.
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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22.Apr.2003
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Events: C-One Release-Party at 4.5.2003
A computer legend is coming back: The C-One. The new edition of the most sold computer of the world
(Guinessbook of world records), will publish official at the 4. May 2003 at a release party
The new computer was developed by an American woman: Jeri Ellsworth, 28, started in autumn 2000 with the aim to build
the Commodore 64 new with modern equipment. What started as a hobby project, catched the attention of the still activ
user groups. Since April 2002 the Aachen firm "individual Computers" gives an activ share at this project. Main things had
been changed in narro working together with Jeri Ellsworth, for making the computer more flexible as any computer before.
At the complete new principle "reconfigurable computer" the borders of the austere separation of graphic card,sound card
and processor are coming together. The new computer is so flexible that it is able to adapt itself to the programms, which
should run on it. To the demonstration nearly all programms could be used, which were written for the legendary C-64,
the most sold computer of the world (Guinessbook of world records). The C-One is much more faster and contains about
standard interfaces for communication with the world. Modern equipment could be locked at the C-One, but also the peripherals,
of the lovely called "Breadbox" computer of the 80s is getting a use.
The firm "invidual Computers" and "Radwar Enterprises" are giving a party at the 04.05.2003 for the C-One. Press and specialists
are cordial invited to the cafe Bistro Campus, Markt 25, 52525 Heinsberg. Start is 19:41 o'clock. Entry is free.
Jeri Ellsworth was until 2000 owner of the shops "Computers made easy" on the westcoast of America. She sold the shops for dedicate
herself to new business field, the development of an own computer. Also a robbery of an earlier prototype, couldn`t stop her to get her aim.
2 1/2 years after the begin of the project so far as: The C-One is finished - made in Germany
The Aachen firm "invidual Computers" is known for special hardware, also as own development, as development for other firms. Mainly for
computer accessoir development, whose name we hadn`t heard for a long time: Amiga. But also for the C 64 an PC products are produced.
Jens Schönfeld owner of "invidual Computers" since nine years, sees the C-One as walk in the future and in the past. "With the new technic
we can build computers, whose calculating works could be made bigger when it is needed, for example for graphic or music possibilities.
"Radwar Enterprises" started in the middles of the 80s as so called Cracker-Group. Since 1988 parties were organised, which get scene status.
The crackers from the past become experts today, who see the C-One as legend from tomorrow. So they decided in honour of the C-One to organise
a C-One release party
Continous links:
Official Homepage of C-One
individual Computers
Radwar Enterprises
Cafe Bistro Campus
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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22.Apr.2003
Cloanto/AmigaForever (ANF)
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Bluetooth-Adapter on Amiga (RS232)
On a Bluetooth-enabled PC, Amiga Explorer also works with a Bluetooth serial adapter attached to the Amiga serial port. The PC side must support the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile, which makes it possible to select the Amiga side as a standard COM port in Amiga Explorer. Depending on the adapter, no configuration may be required (the adapter attached to the Amiga serial port automatically runs as a "slave"), or, in some cases, the adapter must first be connected to the PC serial port and configured via the included software. Some adapters have a built-in Web server which allows for remote configuration.
In either case, no Bluetooth software is required on the Amiga. A 9-pin to 25-pin adapter may be required to connect a 9-pin Bluetooth RS-232 adapter to the Amiga DB-25 serial port connector. Such Bluetooth devices can cost as much as $200.00, and include Blue2Space's blue2link, Sphinx Elektronik's PICO Plug, LinTech's Bluetooth RS232 Adapter, Inventel's BlueAirPlug, Laurde's Serial Port Adapter and SMART Modular Technologies' Blue Lapis Serial Port Adaptor (these devices are not endorsed and have not been tested by Cloanto). (ps)
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22.Apr.2003
Oliver Achten (ANF)
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Emulator: A/NES CGFX v1.32 with Picasso 96 support
A/NES CGFX, the fastest NES emulator for Amigas with graphic cards
is now published in the version 1.32. This time finally with Picasso 96 support.
Fetch the new version at http://hem.passagen.se/anescgfx
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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21.Apr.2003
Das NetBSD-Team (ANF)
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NetBSD 1.6.1 released
The NetBSD project is pleased, to announce the availability of version 1.6.1
of the NetBSD operating system.
Further details about this release as well as about the NetBSD operating system can be found at the title link.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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21.Apr.2003
Amig@lien (ANF)
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Descent: Freespace: MultiplayerPack 08 released
The the MultiplayerPack 08 for Decent: Freespace has been released.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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21.Apr.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 21.04.2003
Following the Aminet uploads which were added since our last message:
MicroBase503de.lha biz/dbase 841K+Database supports dBASE, HTML - GERMAN
MicroBase503en.lha biz/dbase 444K+Database supports dBASE, HTML - ENGLISH
Progr_Langs_v8.lha dev/misc 73K+Comparison of progr. langs
AmigaPower.lha docs/hyper 57K+AMiGa=PoWeR French Amiga Magazine (April
amigazette_13.lha docs/mags 1.0M+AMIGAzette 13th issue (09.11.2002) (ital
amigazette_14.lha docs/mags 507K+AMIGAzette 14th issue (20.01.2003) (ital
amigazette_15.lha docs/mags 243K+AMIGAzette 15th issue (13.04.2003) (ital
obligement38.lha docs/mags 1.1M+Obligement #38 - The Famous FRENCH fanzi
boulderdaesh.lha game/jump 909K+V5.15, BoulderDaesh RTX Main Archive
WormWars.lha game/misc 585K+Worm Wars 7.41: Advanced snake game
RebootStartV42.lha game/patch 59K+Degrader & run any game from Workbench
Kulce_HU.lha game/wb 1K+Hungarian catalog for Kulce game
BoingBall.lha gfx/3dobj 74K+LW3D boingball object
SmartScale.lha gfx/conv 32K+A CLI/WB program used for gfx conversion
ZoneXplorer.lha gfx/fract 2.8M+Modular,true color fractal explorer (PPC
ImageFX45txtFR.lha gfx/ifx 62K+ImageFX 4.5 French interface Text
wipes.lha gfx/ifx 7K+Wipe/Transition Arexx Script v0.7 for IF
DCEKeyFix.lha hard/drivr 20K+Working RAMIGA for DCE-Keyboardadapters
imdbDiff030411.lha misc/imdb 9.0M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
l33t_is_sh1t.lha mods/chip 3K+Protracker 1.1 chip music module
rno-r084.mpg mods/mpg 4.8M+Rno-records release #84 by Xhaust(dNb)
AP21Covers.lha pix/misc 219K+AMiGa=PoWeR N 21 Covers Recto & Verso
obligement-38.jpg pix/misc 71K+Obligement's cover n 38
mathlibspatch.lha util/boot 9K+Mathffp, ieeesingtrans libs SpeedUp Patc
TxtToHTML.lha util/conv 92K+Converts txt files to HTML Docs (+GUI v1
IdentifyDev.lha util/libs 84K+Identify hardware and more, OS3.9 (V37.1
IdentifyUsr.lha util/libs 123K+Identify hardware and more, OS3.9 (V37.1
HomerSampleFix.lha util/misc 2.6M+Works with the Latest NewHomer (v1.85)
Scout-src.lha util/moni 564K+V3.1, System monitor - GNU-GPL source co
Scout.lha util/moni 888K+V3.2, System monitor (MUI & AmiTCP optio
arxced41.lha util/rexx 21K+ArexxGuide online help macro for CED 3.5
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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21.Apr.2003
Richard Körber (ANF)
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Tool: Identify 37.1- inoffical release
Richard Körber wrote:
The Identify LIBRARY can be used to identify Zorro boards and supply further
system specifications. I published the project under LGPL on
Sourceforge.
Recently Thore Boeckelmann released an update of the Identify LIBRARY (V37.1)
in the AmiNet. This publication happened without my knowledge.
I do not exactly know either what was changed in the V37.1. According to
the mails of users, whom I received since then, however this release seems to
work incorrectly.
Up to further I recommend to install for safety's sake again the
version released by me last (see URL to the title). I have already contacted Thore and hope
that we can release an official update soon.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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21.Apr.2003
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) (ANF)
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Screenshots of AmigaOneXE and Linux/Mac
On the homepage of pointdesign one can find some screenshots depicting the AmigaONE G4 XE running LinuxPPC and MacOnLinux.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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21.Apr.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)
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Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 6
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 6 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-17, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):
1) realize: How do you intend to get people to develop native OS4 apps? ( This is what will make you sink or swim)
Fleecy: By offering direct support to them, a variety of incentives and most importantly, a succesful new platform that both allows them to do what they can't do on other platforms and which allows them to make money and enjoy themselves.
2) Desmon: Why hasn't Amiga.inc stepped into the Amithlon/Umilator argument and taken on the distribution themselves?
Fleecy: It is a very complicated situation in which multiple parties have taken positions that have made it difficult for any solution that is acceptable to all to develop. We are as interested in seeing a resolution as everyone else but a lot needs to happen to achieve this.
3) Dave_P: Why do you still bother? I am serious. With all the mud that is thrown day in day out, the small Amiga userbase, the innuendo and flack. Why exactly do you bother to get out of bed and not take an IT job in the mainstream industry but continue persist with the Amiga against such odds?
Fleecy: We have a firm view of the future that many people find exciting and, despite the volume of noise, most of it is from a relatively small group of people who have a varied set of reasons for making that noise. That is not to say we don't deserve it - we are the first to admit that mistakes have been made but there have also been other circumstances that have made our progress difficult. Luckily, the majority of Amigans have stayed Amigans because they are committed to having the best digital platform on the market and, as with us, we are in it for that target, not for the sight seeing on the way.
4) ssolie: Amiga Inc. has been accused of spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) do to its past announcements and delays in shipping product. Does Amiga Inc. have a policy regarding FUD and if so, what is that policy?
Fleecy: We have made mistakes in our PR and communications strategies. As I have said previously, we are caught between those who want lots of information and those who only want information about shipping products or what they call 'tangible news'. We have been rightly criticised for saying too much about some developments that have not worked and wrongly criticised for others, as in the case of the Nokia Media Terminal and Sendo, both signed deals that fell apart after announcement not because of us but because the products were then pulled by their parent companies.
Our current policy is to make PRs only about things that can be proved. In this way we hope to win back the trust of those who believe we have misled them, although it will annoy those who want more information.
5) Doobrey: With regards to all the FUD and mud slinging, what is your opinion of the legality of MorphOS ?
Fleecy: As an officer of the company, my opinion is that of Amiga Inc. As CTO I concentrate on technical issues and our legal department concentrates on issues of legality.
6) z5: how many people are working at Amiga Inc?
Fleecy: That is internal information and I don't have exact numbers but we operate with a small group of employees and a larger distributed number of contractors.
7) SlimJim: AInc often refer to "internal developers" when talking about what is being done behind the scenes. In contrast to the people working on AOS4, very little is known about AInc's "own" development muscle. Can you give some more information about these famed "internal developers"?
Fleecy: No. Last time we did that, a few of them got mail bombed.
8) Dandy: I can remember of an official AInc-Announcement of July 14th, 2001, stating that "StormC" of Haage & Partner had been chosen by AInc as official developing environment for the next generation Amiga platform. Is this statement still valid?
Fleecy: No. We haven't heard from H&P for over a year now and the last thing I heard was that they were threatening to give up on Amiga and move to other platforms. We are investigating doing our own development environment.
9) alx: In Week 3 Q4, you mentioned how ExecSG was now capable of running OS3.9. Can you confirm that integration of emulation (the main setback) is now finalised?
Fleecy: The test suites for OS3.9 and OS4.0 on the CSPPC are progressing rapidly and despite a few glitches caused by the CSPPC itself, we have found very few problems. The test suites are not complete yet so I can't say it is finalised but we have been very pleased with the performance, stability and compatability so far.
10) jumpship: Is AmigaINC planning on comissioning a standard case for the AmgiaONE? Maybe not for this release, but for the future?
Fleecy: We have discussed it in terms of a marketing identity but there are no firm plans yet.
(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=7
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (ps) (Translation: sk)
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20.Apr.2003
Gunnar Bernhardt (ANF)
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Emulator: WinUAE Version 0.8.22R6
Yesterday version 0.8.22 Release 6 of the Amiga emulator 'WinUAE'
for Windows by Toni Wilen has been released.
Download:
WinUAE0822R6.exe
WinUAE0822R6.zip
Changes in WinUAE 0.8.22 Release 6 of 19th April 2003 compared to the previous version:
Bugs fixed:
- increased compatibility
- display emulation graphics corruption in some programs
(NOTE: some very old games, for example Eliminator, require OCS Agnus)
- sprites outside display window emulated partially
(Banshee AGA, Alien Breed 3D)
- audio emulation fixes (noise and random popping)
- input configuration fixes
- crash when creating new CD32 NVRAM-file
- compressed disk images can be write-enabled
- more compatible with newer CDTV extended ROMs
(still no CDROM controller emulation)
- disk emulation fixes (writing freeze, drive type, disk eject/insert,
more compatible disk change detection, writing to multiple drives simultaneously)
- stuck middle button when "Middle Mouse-Button -> ALT-TAB" was enabled
- don't crash if zlib.dll is missing
- lost mouse input events when using high refresh rate mouse
New features:
- compressed state files
- rewritten and more compatible serial port emulation,
serial link game support
- more compatible blitter speed in non cycle-exact mode
(Spindizzy Worlds, PP Hammer..)
- turbo-floppy speed enables fast writing
- disable screensaver when WinUAE is active
- improved configurable CPU idle-function
- screenshots saved to ScreenShots-directory
- input configuration joystick port swap and device
disable-button implemented.
A German mirror ist available under
http://www.webwood.de. (ps)
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