26.Oct.2014
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Event: News from AmiWest 2014 (2nd update)
Up to and including today, in Sacramento this year's AmiWest is taking place. We have summarized the news which has been available so far.
Additional to the official announcement of the Sam460cr by ACube Systems (Foto, amiga-news.de reported) and the takeover of Amigaworld.net by A-EON Technology, now it has been officially announced, that at the end of the year AmigaOS 4.1 "Final Edition" (update 8) are supposed to be released (amiga-news.de reported). So far we have not binding statements if the Final Edition, which among others summarizes the previous online updates, requires an existing licence or if it is a full version, despite the fact that the price is only 29 Euro. According to third parties, a serial number of a previously purchased version of AmigaOS 4.1 seems to be required.
Due to the fact that the Final Edition will be delivered on DVD, it is much likely that the announced version 4.2 of the operating system is even further away from a soon release: According to Hyperion's Steven Solie, it is recommended to purchase the Final Edition instead of waiting for version 4.2, because "it is not that close". For AmigaOS 4.2 again Gallium-3D-graphic as well as the support of several processor cores have been announced.
On-site the Cyrus+-boards for the AmigaOne X5000 have been presented which still are in beta test. A photograph shows its new Early-Startup menu with the common appearance of the Amiga. While Linux completely supports the computer - the game SuperTuxKart was demonstrated -, the current level of development of the version of AmigaOS according to Trevor Dickinson reminds to the early versions for the AmigaOne XE.
Currently the first expansion card for the Xorro slot of the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 as another hardware is in development. The "Sentinel X-Logger" is supposed to record Debug output of the serial interface on a built-in SD-card.
Regarding software, it was announced, that A-EON Technology has bought the rights for the further development of the 3D-driver system Warp3D. Besides, a native GDB-debugger for AmigaOS 4 as well as an update of the Radeon driver were announced. The driver will support hardware-accelerated video output in 1080p as well as the latest graphic boards.
Additionally, the Radeon driver will be part of the new software package called Radiance Multimedia Suite. Radiance also includes Workbench Candi for hardware-supported animation of the Workbench background with the compositing-Engine, version 7.3 of Personal Paint (the update includes e.g. new brushes), Sketchblock Lite with the Fraktal-Generator, MPlayer and DvPlayer as well as videos, background pictures and pictogramms.
Further information was available about LibreOffice ( its AmigaOS-4-port currently is debugged) and the Soundtracker Octamed (a licence for a port to AmigaOS 4 was purchased).
Photographs of the event from Friday and Saturday you can find in the "Epsilon's AmigaOne X1000 Blog".
Update: (16:27, 26.10.14, snx)
On our demand, Ben Hermans (Director Legal, Hyperion Entertainment) made it clear, that actually the "Final Edition" does not require a previously purchased version of AmigaOS 4. A press release is being prepared.
2nd update: (16:57, 29.10.14, snx)
Additional photos have been published by Mike Brantley. Furthermore the leader of the AmigaOS 4 development team, Steven Solie, has stated that also owners of an AmigaOne X1000 will have to pay for the Final Edition of AmigaOS 4.1. Originally, at purchase of the computer customers were promised that AmigaOS 4.2 would be included. Besides this, mentioning of PageStream seems to have been by error of the reporter, since Steven Solie is not aware of it. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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25.Oct.2014
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PPC-Hardware: Sam460cr ("cost reduced")
Acube has announced, that it was decided to offer a version of the Sam460, which does not include built-in graphic, sound and SATA chips. Many customers would have used more powerful hardware using PCI(e) plug-in cards. Additionally the PPC-motherboard can be offered cost reduced.
In the ACube-shop the new version still is not available but the external supplier comsytec.eu offers both versions for the following prices:
- SAM460CR 1.10GHz: 622,80 Euro
- SAM460EX 1.15GHz: 719 Euro
According to information of an Amiga user, the price does not include a OS4-licence and the motherboards also are not on hand in the shop.
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25.Oct.2014
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A-EON now owner of amigaworld.net
In June, the hardware supplier A-EON ("AmigaOne X1000") took over the longest-serving Amiga portal amiga.org.
Now we have received information, that during his "Amiwest"-presentation Trevor Dickinson has officially confirmed that A-EON also has taken over amigaworld.net.
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25.Oct.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Video: Petro Tyschtschenko and Michael Battilana at the Saku 2014
Under the title link a video of the Saku 2014 has been released which took place on September 20th in Tampere, Finland. It shows Janne Sirén interviewing both the honoured guests Petro Tyschtschenko and Michael Battilana.
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25.Oct.2014
MorphZone (Webseite)
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digibooster3.library 1.0
After the static library for DigiBooster-3-files (amiga-news.de reported), Grzegorz 'Krashan' Kraszewski now has released a shared library. Programms playing such files gets smaller and does not have to be compiled again if the library was improved.
Download for AmigaOS 4 (260 KB)
Download site for MorphOS
Download for AmigaOS 3.x (140 KB, requires a 68020-processor)
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25.Oct.2014
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Database: SQLMan 0.1
Lázár Zoltán has released an alpha version of SQLMan (screenshot). The Hollywood-programm based on SQLite can create, open and edit databases. Spreadsheet files of the Open-XML-format can be converted. The programm is available for all Amiga systems (under AROS only for x86).
Download: SQLMan.lha (8 MB)
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23.Oct.2014
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Commercial update: AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition available by the end of November
In a excerpt of the upcoming issue of the magazine Amiga Future, for the first time a "AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition" is mentioned. It is a commercial update for AmigaOS 4.1 which is supposed to be available by the end of November.
Currently a detailed list of changes is not available. The excerpt of the article mentioned the following improvements:
- New Shell wit tabs and line buffer
- Workbench context menu with icons (sizes can be changed via tooltypes)
- Workbench with new preview mode (files having not any can be previewed)
- Reworked Workbench menu which can be set up more easily
- New versions of Python and NTFS
The "Final Edition" is supposed to be available for 29,95 Euro and will be delivered in a DVD-box.
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23.Oct.2014
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Magazine: Amiga Future 111 - preview and excerpts online
A preview and some excerpts of the upcoming issue 111 (November/December 2014) of Amiga Future magazine have been released. Highlights of this issue are a preview to "AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition" as well as the AmigaOS 4.1 Poster. Additionally there is an interview with Toni Wilen (WinUAE) and a review to DigiBooster 3.1. On the CD there are PD-software and some full versions as well.
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20.Oct.2014
Grzegorz Kraszewski (ANF)
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Development tool: LibMaker 0.11
Grzegorz Kraszewski's LibMaker is a development tool for shared libraries. The current version generates library skeletons for MorphOS and AmigaOS 3.x (AmigaOS 4 support is on the way).
The generated skeleton is a complete project, which may be compiled out of the box. It also contains include files needed to use the library in applications. LibMaker is open source.
Download site (snx)
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19.Oct.2014
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Aminet-Uploads until 18.10.2014
The following archives have been added to Aminet until October 18h, 2014:
WormWars.lha game/actio 847K 68k Advanced snake game
WormWarsMOS.lha game/actio 678K MOS Advanced snake game
WormWars-OS4.lha game/actio 1.0M OS4 Advanced snake game
f12014carset.lha game/data 9K Car Set for F1GP Ed/Micropros...
Soko4MUI_AROS.lha game/think 2.8M x86 Soko4MUI, Thinking game with ...
Soko4MUI_MorphOS.lha game/think 2.8M MOS Soko4MUI, Thinking game with ...
Soko4MUI_OS3.lha game/think 2.6M 68k Soko4MUI, Thinking game with ...
Soko4MUI_OS4.lha game/think 3.0M OS4 Soko4MUI, Thinking game with ...
tileworld.i386-aros.zip game/think 1.1M x86 Tileworld is a clone of Chip'...
DAPlayer_68k.lha mus/play 541K 68k Digital audio player mp3, cdd...
DAPlayer_mos.lha mus/play 343K MOS Digital audio player mp3, cdd...
DAPlayer_os4.lha mus/play 831K OS4 Digital audio player mp3, cdd...
mui-aylet.i386-aros.lha mus/play 215K x86 a player for Spectrum '.ay' m...
xpkLZ40.lha util/pack 26K OS4 XPK sublib with very fast (de...
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19.Oct.2014
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 18.10.2014
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until October 18h, 2014:
daplayer.lha aud/pla 859kb 4.0 A digital audio player for Amiga
guidemaker.lha dev/uti 2Mb 4.1 AmigaGuide file maintenance util...
wormwars.lha gam/act 1Mb 4.0 Advanced snake game
soko4mui.lha gam/puz 3Mb 4.0 Thinking game with MUI Interface
themeedit.lha gra/the 2Mb 4.1 OS4 Theme Editor v. 0.2 (viewer ...
wazp3d.lha lib/gra 1Mb 4.1 CPU only Warp3D implementation
xpklz40.lha uti/arc 26kb 4.0 XPK sublib with very fast (de)co...
fasthide.lha uti/wor 490kb 4.1 Fast Hide/Unhide all the Workben...
sysmon.lha uti/wor 2Mb 4.1 monitor for Process, Windows (+ ...
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19.Oct.2014
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 18.10.2014
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until October 18h, 2014:
mui-aylet.i386-aros.lha aud/pla 215kb a player for Spectrum '.ay' musi...
zune4beginners3.zip dev/exa 37kb Zune tutorial
soko4mui.i386-aros.lha gam/puz 3Mb Thinking game with MUI Interface
tileworld.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 1Mb Tileworld is a clone of Chip's C...
themeedit.i386-aros.lha gra/vie 1Mb Theme Editor (viewer + painter)
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19.Oct.2014
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 18.10.2014
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Files until October 18h, 2014:
Soko4MUI 1.0 gam/thi 2837 Yet another Sokoban clone, ...
Orange FTPd 1.2 net/fil 35 Lightweight, standalone FTP...
EPub Reader 0.8 off/tex 252 Reader of e-books in EPub f...
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19.Oct.2014
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WHDLoad: New packages until 18.10.2014
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups on your harddisk that were not compatible with anything but floppy disks. The following installers have been added until October 18th, 2014:
- 2014-10-18 new: P.E.N.I.S 2 (Doctor Mabuse Orgasm Crackings) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2014-10-17 new: P.E.N.I.S 1 (Doctor Mabuse Orgasm Crackings) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2014-10-16 new: McDisk 3 (Coma) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2014-10-15 new: McDisk 2 (Coma) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2014-10-15 new: Scene Talk 8 (Mystic) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2014-10-14 new: McDisk 1 (Coma) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2014-10-14 new: Scene Talk 7 (Mystic) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2014-10-13 new: Scene Talk 6 (Mystic) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2014-10-13 new: Upstream 1 (Frogs) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2014-10-12 new: Cracker Journal 22 (Alpha Flight) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
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19.Oct.2014
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Kickstarter project: Commodore Amiga - A visual Compendium
Under the title link a Kickstarter project for a 264-pages book on the Amiga was started which similar to its first book on the C64 put emphasis on the visual aspects. The funding target was met after 12 hours but you can still support the project.
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19.Oct.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Lua-Interpreter with arbitrary-precision arithmetic
Version 5.2.3 of the interpreter for the programming language Lua was copmpiled by 'Thorham' using arbitrary-precision arithmetic-support.
AmigaOS 3.x and a 68020-processor are required. It does not require a FPU or the ixemul.library. Loading dynamic libraries still was not implemented in this version.
The programm can be started using the Workbench or the command line. In the command line you have to add the parameter "-l mapm" in order to use the maths library for the arbitrary-precision arithmetic.
Example code:
mapm.digits(100)
a=mapm.sqrt(12345)
b=mapm.sqrt(54321)
print(a*b)
c=mapm.number(1)
d=mapm.number(3)
e=c/d
print(e*d)
Commands like mapm.sin or mapm.cos also can be used.
Download site
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17.Oct.2014
(ANF)
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68020-compatible CPU: TK68020
The US-American developer Tekmos specialized in "Drop-In Replacements" for older microprocessors. Since lately a clone of Motorola's MC68020-CPU is offered. In a blog entry the company described the development of the processor.
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14.Oct.2014
Amigaworld.net (website)
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Individual Computers: RapidRoad USB starts shipping on October 20
Press release: The new High-speed USB host controller "RapidRoad" by Individual Computers will start shipping on october 20th, 2014.
RapidRoad uses the USB Stack Poseidon, which we have purchased as a source code license back in october 2011. Now we're making use of this license and fill a huge gap in the market of Amiga hardware that has existed for a few years now. RapidRoad is based on a High-speed USB host controller chip that has not been used for the Amiga before.
Although the ISP1763a can be considered the "little brother" of the chip that has been used on the fastest USB controller to date - Deneb by E3B - it can keep up with its performance: If the X-Surf 100 is operated in Z3 mode and a high-end accelerator is used, transfer rates from USB mass storage devices can exceed 7 MBytes per second.
RapidRoad can also be used for the "smaller" Amiga models, which replaces the famous "Subway" controller by E3B. Many older Amiga models are showing timing glitches on the clockport interface when larger amounts of data are transferred, so we had to develop a special interface that can safely deal with these timing glitches. This development has consumed lots of time and money, so we've decided to offer RapidRoad in a cheaper version that has the clockport interface deactivated: This version can only be used on the X-Surf 100 networking card.
Starting today, RapidRoad can be ordered in three different versions with different included cables. Please mind that if you want to pay with PayPal, you may get an error message where no real error has occured. Before you try again, please check your PayPal account: Most of the times, the order went through OK, and only the instant payment notification from PayPal did not reach our server. If the transaction is shown in your PayPal account, everything has worked out right. We're already working on a solution to this problem. (snx)
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13.Oct.2014
fs-uae.net (Webseite)
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Amiga-Emulator: FS-UAE 2.5.19dev
Frode Solheim's FS-UAE for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD is based on WinUAE and can be completely controlled with a joypad. Since the last stable version released in March (2.4.1), so far only developer versions have been released.
If you use FS-UAE for emulating a PPC-Amiga, you should also update the plugin to version 3.3.0qemu2.1.0.
Changes in FS-UAE 2.5.19dev:
- Restore kickstart ROM when CSMK3/CSPPC/BPPC maprom is disabled.
- New PPC lock implemented, fixes occasional PPC lockup.
- Fix crash during PPC reset (missing lock when memory regions were updated).
- Stop PPC CPU before resetting Amiga.
- Floating point fixes for PowerPC hosts.
- New options cpu, fpu, mmu, changes to how CPU is configured.
- Defaults for fpu, mmu, cpu speed, cpu accuracy, blitter mode now automatically depends on specified (or implied) cpu option. Example, cpu = 68040 will automatically enable 68040 FPU (and MMU), set fastest possible mode, less compatible CPU and enable waiting blits.
- A3000/A4000 models now use waiting blits by default (was immediate).
- Fix reset problem while PPC CPU is active.
- Workaround for Hexagons Joystick Adapter (name is a single non-ASCII letter).
- Workaround for SDL 2 XInput Controller names with #x in the name.
- Recognize --version and --help arguments.
- The bitmap fonts are also now loaded from fs-uae.dat.
- Don’t add RTC module on stock A600, A1200 (exp) defaults to MSM6242B.
- Fixed loading CD into drive from CD image list (full path wasn’t resolved).
- Added new boolean option uaenative_library.
- Updated emulation core from WinUAE 2900b19.
- Fixed launcher net play GUI (broken in dev versions since the move to QT).
- FS-UAE Arcade: Fixed bug when using two identical joystick devices.
- FS-UAE Arcade: Fixed bug preventing joystick hats from being usable for navigation.
- FS-UAE Arcade: Added quick workaround for configuration of “XInput Controller #x”.
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13.Oct.2014
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Magazine: Interview with Acube
In its fourth issue, the Greek printed magazine "Retro Planet" includes an interview with the Italian hardware provider ACube. The English-language original of the interview has been also published on the website of the magazine.
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12.Oct.2014
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Trevor's Amiga Blog: Cyrus+-boards, boot screen and heat generation
In his current blog entry Trevor Dickinson (A-EON Technology) wrote about getting the first charge of Cyrus+-boards of Revision 2.1. A second photograph shows the boot screen of the AmigaOne X5000 and a third one documents low heat generation of the board.
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