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PegXMac: Beta version for the Amiga One finished (19. Jun. 2004)
The Live CD PegXMac by David Bentham (amiga-news.de reported) is now available in an early beta version for the Amiga One, too. Before downloading you have to register at the author. PegXMac allows the start of MacOS via Mac-on-Linux on the Pegasos or Ami...

European GIF-patent ends (18. Jun. 2004)
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. ...

IRC-Client: Beta version of WookieChat published (18. Jun. 2004)
With WookieChat a beta version of a new IRC-client has been published (screenshot). The program (217 KB) has been not fully finished, has therefore still some bugs as well as some missing functions. In opposition to other IRC-clients it can make ...

New firmware for Kickflash OS4 available (18. Jun. 2004)
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 worki...

distributed.net: Pegasos-Team founded (18. Jun. 2004)
In order to advertise for the Pegasos PowerPC system Matthias 'DJBase' Münch has founded a Pegasos-team. ...

Music: Liquid Skies Records #073 (17. Jun. 2004)
The scene group "Liquid Skies" released their 73rd music pack yesterday. This time the release contains "SpacePop" in the "demo scene" style by the Finnish composer Tripper. The cover was pixeled by Angeldust. More information about the track: Tit...

Develop Your Own Game Console (17. Jun. 2004)
Gerd Kautzmann writes: [translated from German] "I found a page on the WWW that concerns itself with a software development project for all manner of game consoles. The prototypes are equipped with Z80, 6502, 68HC12 and ARM7 processors. In my opinion ...

New MiniGL Games: "I, meteor" and "d3GNOP+" (17. Jun. 2004)
Jukka Varsaluoma has released two little MiniGL/Warp3D games here: I, meteor, in which you as a meteor inflict the most damage possible, and d3GNOP+, an improved variant of the Pong clone d3GNOP. You may make a donation in the amount of your choosing for ...

Elbox: New driver software for FastATA 1200 controller (17. Jun. 2004)
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 Allegro...

Publication: IBM PowerPC newsletter #17 released (12. Jun. 2004)
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 Spa...

DTP: Grashopper LLC announce Pagestream 5.0 (12. Jun. 2004)
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 th...

Backup software: Back-it-all-up version 9.6 (11. Jun. 2004)
Colin Wenzel has released version 7.3 of his backup tool 'BACK-IT-ALL-UP'. The program is able to backup complete hard drives, supports up to eight partitions and requires AmigaOS 3.x. Direct download: backitallup96.lha (17 KB) ...

Adventure-Engine: ScummVM 0.6.0 (11. Jun. 2004)
Uwe Ryssel has compiled version 0.6.0 of the adventure engine ScummVM for AmigaOS. As usual, there are versions for 68k and WarpOS. Using ScummVM, classic adventures from LucasArts - like for example Monkey Island 1-3, Day Of The Tentacle, Sam & Ma...

Swedish OS4-Prerelease-Parties (11. Jun. 2004)
Because of the delivery of the AmigaOS4-Prerelease ACG Göteborg which is the Swedish Amiga user group and Syntax-Society have announced the OS4-Prerelease-Parties. One will be take place from June 18th to 20th in Landskrona the other in Stockholm to ano...

MorphOS: CPU Monitor V1.3 Released (10. Jun. 2004)
Christian Rosentreter has released an update to his CPU Monitor for MorphOS (screenshot). Changes since version 1.0: fixed refresh bug (thx. to itix for solution) added vertical grid removed a small memory leak added DONOTACTIVATE tooltype ...

English Pegasos Review by Prof. Peruggi Expanded / Italian Translation (10. Jun. 2004)
The very comprehensive English language review of Pegasos and the MorphOS operating system by Prof. Fulvio Peruggi, From Genesi(s) to Revelation, (amiga-news.de reported has been reworked and expanded. The text is now also in Italian. Inquiries about tran...

PNG icons: AmiCrystal v1.1 (09. Jun. 2004)
Giancarlo Piscitello released a new version of his icon pack 'AmiCrystal' (Screenshot, low resolution / Screenshot, high resolution). Direct download: Ami-Crystal.lha (1.7 MB)...

Barkanoid 2 for MorphOS/AmigaOS? (09. Jun. 2004)
In a joint press release, Magnussoft and e.p.i.c. interactive announce the availability of Barkanoid 2 for Linux and MacOS. Thomas Steiding (e.p.i.c.) asks for feedback regarding a potential MorphOS or AmigaOS version: "e.p.i.c. interactive entertain...

AmigaOS 4: official status update (09. Jun. 2004)
AmigaOS 4.0 status update by Hans-Jörg Frieden, Hyperion Entertainment With the Developer Pre-release finally out, the time is right for a status report on the current state of AmigaOS 4.0. The huge amount of work invested into the project by a lo...

AmigaOne: Beta tester for "PegXMac" port wanted (08. Jun. 2004)
The author of PegXMac is searching for beta testers willing to test the AmigaOne version of his distribution. PegXMac is a 'LiveCD' that uses 'MacOnLinux' to enable booting MacOS X from CD - without the need to install Linux first. If yo...