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18.Jun.2004



European GIF-patent ends
After the US-version of the "GIF-Patent" ended half a year ago today the European patent ends, too. Japan will follow tomorrow and the coresponding Canadian patent will end on July 7th. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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18.Jun.2004
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: CPU-monitor V1.4 published
Christian Rosentreter has published an update of his CPU-monitors for MorphOS (screenshot). The tooltype DNETCFILTER is new which can filter the used performance of the processor with the help of the task "dnetc crunch #1" and therefore the users of the distributed.net-client will get a more useful value.

Download (28 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.Jun.2004
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)


New firmware for Kickflash OS4 available
A new version of the firmware V1.52 for the Kickflash flashrom-card for Zorro-equipped Amigas is available. This update fixes a bug in the memory allocation that kept certain A3000 models from starting properly. The programmer-team Coyoteflux is now working to implement kickstart remapping for the next update.

Download: CoyoteFlash.lha (29 KB) (snx)

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17.Jun.2004
Elbox Computer (ANF)


Elbox: New driver software for FastATA 1200 controller
Elbox has released new driver software for FastATA 1200 (Power Flyer 1200, Winner 1200 High-Speed) controllers. The update is available free of charge for all registered users of FastATA 1200 and includes new versions of ATA3.driver, ATA3Prefs and AllegroCDFS.

Changes:
  • ATA3.driver ver.7.0
    • compatiblity with the newest big hard drive geometries (support up to 2TB)
    • write speed improvement
  • ATA3Prefs ver.7.0
    • changes in the SPLIT/NOSPLIT detection algoritm
  • AllegroCDFS ver.3.4
    • improvement in reading CDs with surface defects
Speed tests of the EIDE hard drives connected to the FastATA 1200 MK-II controller have been published in the News | Product Reviews section of the Elbox website.

Tests were done with some of the most popular A1200 turbo cards: Apollo 1240, Blizzard 1230, Blizzard 1260 and BlizzardPPC.

If you own an old version of the FastATA controller, you can upgrade it now with the newest FastATA 1200 MK-II firmware using a DIY Upgrade Pack. (snx)

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12.Jun.2004
#amigazeux


AmiNetRadio: New skins
Following the title link you can find new skins available for NG-Gui of AmiNetRadio, among others "CogWheel" by EmericSH or "Earlgrey" by Cato Hagen. (cr) (Translation: wk)

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12.Jun.2004
jami (ANF)


Publication: IBM PowerPC newsletter #17 released
The latest issue #17 of the English PowerPC Processor News by IBM covers the following topics:
  • 64-bit PowerPC technology for high-volume server applications
  • Power management techniques in IBM PowerPC microprocessors
  • PowerPC 970FX processors in Spain supercluster
  • PowerPC 750GX in Momentum's single-board computers
  • IBM PowerPC microprocessors in Artesyn's telecom blades
  • Optimizing device software development with IBM PowerPC

The reading of the newsletters is possible for free following the title link. (nba) (Translation: wk)

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12.Jun.2004



DTP: Grashopper LLC announce Pagestream 5.0
Grashopper LLC announce on their website the immediate availability of "Pagestream 5.0" for Windows and Linux. Versions for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS are said to follow later this month. The schedule for the AmigaOS 4 version is said to depend on the further development of things due to the OS rights transfer to KMOS.

New in Pagestream 5.0:
  • Alpha blending for text and objects
  • Picture Transparency
  • Text Widow and Orphan Control
  • Definable Printer Marks
  • More shortcuts
  • Path Flatten and Smooth
  • Hanging Bullets, DropCaps and Number
  • New Duplicate Objects Method
  • etc.

New in Pagestream 5.0 Pro:
  • Place PDF Objects
  • Objects can be exported as bitmap
  • Automatically Adjust Text Width Justify
  • Gradient/Radial Blend Masks for Pictures/EPS/PDF/Drawings
  • Path Math: Union/Add/Unique/Subtract
  • etc.
(cg) (Translation: wk)

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12.Jun.2004
ANN (website)


distributed.net: "Amiga RC5 effort" team third
Within distributed.net's OGR-25 competition computers that are organized in teams calculate so called "optimal Golomb scales".

The "Amiga RC5 Team Effort", founded years ago to participate in the decryption of RC5 "keys", is on the third place in the OGR competition. (cg) (Translation: wk)

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