20.Oct.2004
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Updated AmigaOS 4.0 Software Development Kit Available (Update)
Leuven, Belgium - October 20th, 2004
Hot on the heels of the Pre-Release update, Hyperion Entertainment is proud to announce the availability of the updated Software Development Kit (SDK) for AmigaOS 4.0.
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20.Oct.2004
Andreas Loong (Usenet)
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Guru Meditation accquires right of the Amiga version of Directory Opus Magellan
Press release: Gothenburg, Sweden, October 20th, 2004
Guru Meditation and GPSoftware are proud to announce that they have reached agreement on the acquisition of the exclusive, worldwide rights to Directory Opus Magellan for the Amiga platform from GPSoftware. This legendary file manager that started on the Amiga will finally be coming back in a new version in 2005!
Dr Greg Perry of GPSoftware said, "We have been searching for a reliable company to continue the development of Directory Opus Magellan for the Amiga for some years now. After some false starts, we are pleased to have licensed the Amiga product to Guru Meditation, where the ongoing development of the product is now assured. Guru Meditation and partners have some exciting plans. We look forward to seeing their new product and extend to them our wholehearted support for their efforts."
Andreas Loong of Guru Meditation said, "This is an invigorating new venture for us. We are very pleased to acquire the rights to this brilliant program, which for so long has been an essential for any Amiga user. Directory Opus Magellan is a file manager unlike all others. It is the essence, the very spirit of how computers should be used. From the very first release of DOpus in 1995, many Amiga users have seen the raw power provided by DOpus with its unique concept integrating Workbench Replacement Mode, File Management and custom functions in one package. All of these functions have been refined and polished into perfection and now is the time to bring this masterpiece back to the Amiga."
Guru Meditation has entered into a contract with a UK based specialist software firm which will be providing the porting work and implementing new features. Work has already begun to bring the sources up to date for the new AmigaOS 4 operating system.
Guru Meditation & GPSoftware
Guru Meditation was formed late 2003 and started off very modestly as a reseller of Amiga equipment and AmigaOne hardware. In mid 2004 the decision was made to acquire the rights for Directory Opus to bring it back to the Amiga platform as the start of a new program of expansion to help kickstart the Amiga market back into life.
GP Software is an independent Australian company based in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Established in 1984, GP Software develops commercial software packages and provides custom software development services to industry in both Australia and worldwide. GP Software has successfully developed and marketed software packages for a variety of platforms including solutions for Commodore business computers, many products and custom solutions for the Amiga including Directory Opus, GPFax, EasyLedgers and others, plus commercial products for Windows. The company now concentrates on software development and services for Windows, mainly with its flagship product, Directory Opus 8 for Windows.
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17.Oct.2004
David Brunet (ANF)
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Magazine: Obligement #47 out now
Issue 47 of the French magazine Obligement is now available. You can read in this issue:
- Latest Amiga news
- Report of the Alchimie 4 show
- Interview with David Cadenas (coder of the coming game "Destinéa Wars")
- Interview with Michael Boehmer (maker of USB Cards)
- Review of the Cocolino interface
- Article about the customization of the Elbox 1200 Tower
- Amiga E, Blitz Basic, Karate, and lot more
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16.Oct.2004
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AmigaOS4: Uploads at os4depot.net
Here are the new uploads at os4depot.net since our last posting:
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16.Oct.2004
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Software news
Instant messaging: AmigAIM 0.9453 (Beta)
A new beta version of the "AOL Instant Messaging" client AmigaAIM was released today. Changes since the last update:
- Messages transmitted from AIM clients using UniCode would not display or log on AmigAIM. Handling modified so that messages using UniCode will be displayed, but any UniCode characters will be shown as '·' (This problem was originally found when someone was attempting to use the Euro character transmitted from a PC client)
- Added ">" to the Message parsing routine.
Link: Homepage
Download: Complete distribution (240 KB)
Download: New executable & manual (184 KB)
68060 "turbo" patch: SystemPatch 2.4
SystemPatch changes several OS routines to increase the performance on newer 68k CPUs. New in version 2.4:
- Added SetRGB32() patch.
- AllocRaster() allocs to MEMF_ANY instead of MEMF_FAST.
- Finally done a better task exclusion system for AllocRaster().
Link: homepage
Download: SystemPatch2.lha (31 KB)
Online CD data base: FreeDB update
"FreeDB" is a graphical user interface for the Internet based CD data base freedb.org.
Link: homepage
Download: freedb.lha (417 KB)
MUI class: new version of TheBar.mcc
"TheBar" is a MUI class for button banks by Alfonso Ranieri (screenshot).
Link: homepage
Download: MCC_TheBar.lha (320 KB)
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16.Oct.2004
DJBase (ANF)
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MorphOS: software news
Matthias Münch has again ported some tools to MorphOS:
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16.Oct.2004
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AmigaOS 4: Integration of JIT emulators finished
As Almos Rajnai, author of the JIT emulator "Petunia", indicates on his homepage with a huge "dancing banana" was the integration of the JIT emulator into the AmigaOS 4 kernel finished today.
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15.Oct.2004
amigaworld.net (website)
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Glowicon collection: Workbench drawers with 256 colors
Ken Lester has released a complete set of Workbench drawer icons with 256 colors (screenshots: 1, 2). They require AmigaOS 4 or the "Powericons" patch from Elena Novaretti.
Direct Download: Ken's_Icons.lha (346 KB)
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15.Oct.2004
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AmigaOS 4: New uploads at os4depot.net
New uploads which have been added to os4depot.net recently:
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15.Oct.2004
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IBM publishes Object Rexx under Open Source licence
Today the sources of "Object Rexx" which is the successor of the script language "Rexx" (on Amiga
known as "ARexx") have been released under the Open Source licence
CPL
(Common Public License).
The further development of Object Rexx is organized by the
Rexx Language Association.
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15.Oct.2004
Amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS4: LMarbles and Abe's Amazing Adventure ported/Shell command Eject
With LMarbles and Abe's Amazing Adventure Richard Drummond has ported another two
games for AmigaOS4. Additionally he offers a native Eject command for opening
CD drives.
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14.Oct.2004
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Software News Summary
Online CD Databank: FreeDB (Beta)
"FreeDB" is a graphic overlay for the Internet-based CD databank freedb.org.
Link: FreeDB Homepage
Direct download: freedb.lha (551 KB)
Report+ 6.12b
Die Freeware Report+ version 6.12b has been released. The tool is based on ReAction/GadTools, requires AmigaOS 3.9 and offers many different functions. For example you can make Aminet "readme" files with Report+, the Commodore bug reporting tool may be replaced with it, and the byte-count for any designation may be revealed. In the newest version a few mistakes have been taken care of.
Direct download: ReportPlus.lha (300 KB)
Worm Wars 8.21
"Worm Wars" is a Tron clone by James "Amigan" Jacobs (screenshot). Version 8.21 brings several optimizations and bugfixes.
Direct download: WormWars.lha (697 KB)
Hollywood game: SuperSoccer
"SuperSoccer" is a mini-game created with Hollywood.
Direct download: SuperSoccer.lha (970 KB)
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14.Oct.2004
Christian Geier (e-mail)
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Guide: Installation of Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 on the Pegasos I
The Image_Installer team has published on their website under the title link a detailed guide on how to install the current version 4.0 of Yellow Dog Linux from the official Board Support Package for the Pegasos II (amiga-news.de reported) also onto the Pegasos I.
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14.Oct.2004
Kultpower.de (ANF)
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Kultpower.de: New Game Review Scans from the Year 1990
21 new game reviews from the June 1990 Powerplay have been released, at Kultpower.de:
- Afterburner (Mega Drive)
- Antheads (Amiga)
- Assault City (Master System)
- Castle Master (Amiga)
- City Hunter (PC-Engine)
- Code-Name: Iceman (MS-DOS)
- Conquests of Camelot (MS-DOS)
- Cybercore (PC-Engine)
- Dragon's Lair 2: Escape from Singe's Castle (Amiga)
- F29 Retaliator (Amiga)
- Gunboat (MS-DOS)
- Jumping Jack Son (Amiga)
- Manchester United (Amiga)
- Midwinter (Atari ST)
- Nemesis (Gameboy)
- Player Manager (Atari ST)
- Section Z (NES)
- Skidz (Amiga)
- Space Invaders (PC-Engine)
- Tangled Tales (MS-DOS)
- Tank (MS-DOS)
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14.Oct.2004
ANN (website)
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Convention: Amiga East Show in May 2004 in New York
Celebrating 20 years supporting Amiga, Mr. Hardware Computers in New York, USA, is going to host the "Amiga East" show on 28 and 29 May, 2005. The newest hardware and software will be shown, with a heavy emphasis on AmigaOS4. Guest speakers and Amiga veterans as well as Amiga, AmigaDE and Linux experts have been announced, seminars and product demos will take place.
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14.Oct.2004
ANN (Webseite)
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WookieChat 1.3 Beta Released
The IRC program WookieChat has now reached version 1.3, this one is also functional under the OS4 update. WookieChat is a 68k program that also runs under AmigaOS4 and MorphOS.
The new version is not as stable as its predecessor, but since the author is going to spend some time out of the country, he wanted to get this out to the users so they could get an idea of the current development. Users of the current AmigaOS4-Version are advised to click "ignore error" when the Grim Reaper window appears.
A few of the changes:
- Bug elimination: After a /kick the nickname is stricken from the list of those present
- Use of dos.library for data concepts
- A server may be contacted with a double click on its name
- New pop-up menus for the name list
- Keyboard shortcuts implemented
- When a nickname changes in the channel it is also changed in private conversation windows
- The /away command now works right
- "Assign wookiechat:" is not needed anymore
Download: WookieChat13beta.lha (218 KB)
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14.Oct.2004
SF-Radio.net (ANF)
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SF-Radio: Report about Amiga and C64
In the 23rd offering of the program "Gameboys" on the On-Demand-Internet-Radio station SF-Radio.net, there's a short report on the current developments of Amiga and C64. Among other things you'll hear about AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.
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13.Oct.2004
OSNews.com (website)
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OSNews: Article about Freescales coming 8641 PowerPC family
At the title link Nicholas Blachford takes a view to Freescales coming PowerPC processor family 8641.
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13.Oct.2004
GazSP
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G5 Amiga: Project 'Amiga5' website online
'Amiga5' is a project which intends to bring a G5 Amiga motherboard to the Amiga community.
Apparantly, they are planning to modify the design of the G5 Evaluation Platform from Momentum Computers.
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13.Oct.2004
MorphOS-News.de (website)
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Pegasos based ODW offered by Freescale directly now
Genesis Open Desktop Workstation may now be ordered through Freescale directly (item number: PPCG40001). It will be delivered with Debian, Yellow Dog Linux and MorphOS as well as additional software.
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12.Oct.2004
Genesi (e-mail)
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Yellow Dog Linux: Official Board Support Package for Pegasos II
Launched by Motorola, Freescale Semiconductor has embraced the ATX PowerPC Genesi Pegasos II motherboard as an OEM CPU evaluation board. At Freescale's request, Terra Soft completed in October of 2004 the official Board Support Package, offering a simple means of installing Yellow Dog Linux for a variety of code development, desktop, and server functions.
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12.Oct.2004
Elbox Computer (ANF)
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Elbox: New servers
Elbox Computer has changed its servers' location. Till DNS update, you can reach the Elbox websites through their IPs:
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