17.Apr.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Multi purpose utility: Jack 3.1
Jack is a multi purpose utility. From version 3.1 on AmigaOS/68k and MorphOS also are supported (as untested beta version) as well as AROS ("Release Candidate" with known installation problem: The tool is installed to the current directory).
Additional to basic file operations Jack features image editing, saving screenshots, a music player, AppStore functions, weather forecast, currency conversion and a diary with connection to the Google-diary.
Download: jack.zip (24 MB)
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16.Apr.2012
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Amiga documentation: Pictures of Europe trip of "Viva Amiga"-producer
At the beginning of April Zach Weddington, who is the producer of the Amiga documentation Viva Amiga which is financed by donations, traveled to Europe to do some interviews at the demo party in the Netherlands.
In his blog Weddington now has published some pictures of his trip.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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16.Apr.2012
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Curiosity: Amiga games with anaglyph 3D display (Update 2)
It's a little known fact that even on the Amiga, there were attempts at generating a proper 3D display: there are a few titles that use anaglyph projection - known for the '3D glasses' with different colored filters in front of each eye - to create a stereo display.
The first effort was Tim Kemp's 1986 game 3D Breakout (screenshots: 1, 2). A year later "Forms in Flight" was released in the US: a graphics programm that could display the three dimensional objects in proper 3D (screenshot). In December 1990 Third Dimension from the Cryptoburners was published as the first scene demo in 3D (Youtube video).
Armin Harich's 3D Motorrad was published in an issue of the disk magazine "Amigo!" in 1992. In December that same year, the scene group Spaceballs released their classic demo State of the Art, which features a 3D scene at about half of its running time (Screenshot).
Note: All mentioned titles require red/blue 3D glasses (red filter for the left eye). If you know other games or demos using this technique, we would appreciate if you could let us know.
Update 2: (18.04.2012, 15:00, cg)
Our readers pointed out some more titles using anaglyph projection:
Update: (16.04.2012, 22:30, cg)
Added 'Third Dimension' and '3D Motorrad'. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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16.Apr.2012
Christian Krenner (ANF)
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Event: Vintage Computer Festival Europe (VCFe)
For the 13th times the Vintage Computer Festival Europe (VCFe) will take place in Munich on 28. and 29. April. As usual exhibits from the earliest days of computer technology will be presented.
Details and further information you can find under the title link.
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16.Apr.2012
Chris Hülsbeck (ANF)
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Music: Financing for Turrican-Soundtrack-Anthology by Chris Hülsbeck
Chris Hülsbeck is going to produce a Turrican-Soundtrack-Anthology which will include 3 CDs. The project will be started if until 3. June at least 75.000 US-Dollar will be collected. Currently 24.261 US-Dollar were donated. You can get further information under the title link.
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15.Apr.2012
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: Image_to_odg 1.0
Carsten Siegner's Image_to_odg converts single pictures from the PNG or JPEG format to a OpenDocument graphics file.
Download: image_to_odg_1.0.lha (71 KB)
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15.Apr.2012
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Aminet-Uploads until 14.04.2012
The following archives have been published until 14.04.2012 to the Aminet:
netsurf.lha comm/www 5.9M OS4 Fast CSS capable web browser
thttpd2.21b_working_p... comm/www 8.2M 68k THTTPd with PHP suppport+big ...
GameSupport.lha dev/amos 85K 68k AMOSPro extension needed by A...
mp3_dec.lha dev/basic 19K 68k mpega.library dev kit for Blitz
clr.py.txt dev/src 4K 68k Clear-Screen and Beep for Python
nuclearchess_68k.lha game/board 1.6M 68k A chess variant
Downfall.lha game/jump 220K 68k A platform game where you fal...
BOOM.lha game/shoot 2.8M 68k Amiga port of BOOM v2.02
glquake-sdl.i386-aros... game/shoot 372K x86 SDL-based GLQuake
glquake-sdl-src.lha game/shoot 1.2M SDL-based GLQuake sources
sdlroids_68k.lha game/shoot 216K 68k Asteroids clone with sound
black-box_68k.lha game/think 517K 68k use lasers to find the hidden...
symbolrechnen_os3.lha game/wb 2.1M 68k A mathematic algebraph puzzle
optipng-0.7.1-morphos... gfx/misc 151K MOS Advanced PNG optimizer
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 2.8M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 3.1M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 3.0M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
32toFFP.lha mus/edit 9K 68k Converts 32bit Audio to FFP f...
ADPCM_enc.lha mus/edit 21K 68k ADPCM/FDC/EDC encoder
bonk_tag.lha mus/edit 5K 68k Edit BONK tags.
LLAD_com.lha mus/edit 7K 68k Edit LLADPCM comments.
ma2s.lha mus/edit 13K 68k Converts 8bit MAUD to signed ...
mp3toSV.lha mus/edit 14K 68k Play & Convert MPEG Audio...
ADPCM_dec.lha mus/misc 33K 68k ADPCM/FDC/EDC decoder
lameA68K-3.99.5.lha mus/misc 516K 68k MP3 encoder for A68K
playOGG.lha mus/play 5.1M 68k multi format sound player.
xad_ecm.lha util/arc 43K OS4 XAD (UnArc) client for ECM files
cmdpack_os4.lha util/cli 218K OS4 Neill Corlett's Command-Line ...
zbar.lha util/libs 898K OS4 Barcode scanner library + CLI...
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15.Apr.2012
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 14.04.2012
The following archives have been published until 14.04.2012 to the OS4Depot:
qt-sdk.lha dev/cro 53Mb 4.1 Qt 4.7 SDK for AmigaOS 4 native
qt-user.lha dev/cro 44Mb 4.1 Qt 4.7 user archive for AmigaOS ...
fge_source_code.lha dev/mis 2Mb 4.1 Fighting Game Editor - Hollywood...
sm502_audio.lha dri/aud 16kb 4.1 OS4 SAM460 (SM502) audio driver
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 3Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
sketchblock.lha gra/edi 1Mb 4.1 Digital Sketching For AmigaOS
timberwolf.lha net/bro 26Mb 4.0 Timberwolf, a Firefox based web ...
xad_ecm.lha uti/arc 43kb 4.0 XAD (UnArc) client for ECM files
cmdpack.lha uti/fil 218kb 4.0 Neill Corlett's Command-Line Pack
assist.lha uti/mis 4Mb 4.1 An 'assistant' or helper for Ami...
ipqalc.lha uti/mis 111kb 4.1 a small qtbased tool to help you...
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15.Apr.2012
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 14.04.2012
The following archives have been published until 14.04.2012 to the AROS-Archives:
libmodplug.i386-aros.tar.bz2 dev/lib 151kb MOD playing library
aspireos_update_v.1.85-i3... dev/mis 34Mb AspireOS update 1.85
aspireos_v.1.85-i386.rar dev/mis 142Mb AspireOS Codename "Stardust"
glquake-sdl.i386-aros.lha gam/fps 372kb SDL-based GLQuake
glquake-sdl-src.lha gam/fps 1Mb SDL-based GLQuake sources
odyssey-1.16.1.i386-aros.zip net/bro 20Mb Odyssey Web Browser
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15.Apr.2012
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 14.04.2012
The following archives have been published until 14.04.2012 to the MorphOS-Files:
OptiPNG 0.7.1 gra/mis 151 Yet another PNG images crus...
AbkViewer 0.0.6 gra/vie 88 Viewer for AMOS icon and sp...
Elude - Kakao sce/dem 7860 2-nd place at Revision 2012...
MadWizards - Kioea sce/dem 14594 1-st place at Revision 2012...
HUGI 37 sce/mag 57564 A scene diskmag (covering a...
AmiArcadia 17.61 uti/emu 3108 Emulator of many coin-op ma...
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15.Apr.2012
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Interview with Marcus Johansson
In its interview serie amigapd.com now has published an interview with Marcus Johansson who has written the games Fayoh and Fayoh 2.
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15.Apr.2012
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Event: Retro games and computer day in Maarssen (NL)
Instead of the regular Commodore-Show, the Commodore Gebruikersgroep will organize a retro games and computer day in Maarssen (Netherlands) on 21. April.
Amigas and other Commodore computers as well as MSX, Atari, Sony, Nintendo, Vectrex, Coleco, Sega, Sinclair and others will be presented.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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15.Apr.2012
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOne X1000: Debian-Linux available
In the download section of Hyperion Entertainment registered purchasers of an AmigaOne X1000 can download an adapted Debian-Linux-distribution for their computers. It supports both kernel of the PWRficient-PA6T-processor and is able to use more than 4 GB RAM.
The installation and use of the Linux-distribution on the X1000 requires some knowledge. Therefore an installation tutorial is available. Steven Solie, Hyperion's project manager of the operating system development thanked Varisys for the original Linux-Kernel and A-EON Technology for the adaption of the firmware and all honorary helpers.
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14.Apr.2012
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future Flyer published
Press release: Since today there is the Amiga Future Flyer in English and German language (front, back). We hope that by publishing the flyer we will get some new readers and by that can increase the print run. Maybe we will succeed to increase the number of pages of the Amiga Future.
If you organize Amiga events or are an Amiga trader then please write us an eMail and we will send you some flyers for free. Thank you very much for your support.
The Amiga Future Team
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 14. Apr. 2012, 23:57] [Comments: 0]
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14.Apr.2012
Floppy (Kommentar)
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AROS: HTML5 bounty project established
Now a bounty project was established which is supposed to provide HTML5-support to the AROS-port of the web browser Odyssey which will make it possible to watch videos at Youtube.
The codecs WebM / V8 and Ogg / Theora / Vorbis have to be supported. H.263 and H.264 would be appreciated but are not required. The current amount of money collected is 566 US-Dollar. A later port for AmigaOS 4 has been already announced by Roman 'kas1e' Kargin.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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13.Apr.2012
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Tutorial: Recording and editing LPs with Audio Evolution 4
Kelly "Realstar" Samel has published a detailed and illustrated tutorial which explains the digitalization of old LPs with the help of Audio Evolution 4.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.Apr.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Third beta of Firefox-port Timberwolf
Hans-Jörg and Thomas Frieden have published a new beta version of their Firefox-port "Timberwolf".
This update provides some minor improvements:
- Tab headers now updated correctly (no more missing name)
- Keyboard shortcut keys working
- Menu checkmarks and submenu markers work now
- Windows no longer open as small stamps in the corner of the screen
- Toplevel windows are now correctly positioned and sized, even across
sessions.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.Apr.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Sam460: Update of driver for Onboard-Audio
Ross Vumbaca has published a new version of his driver for the nnboard-audio-chip of the Sam460. The driver is still in beta status but the timing of the audio playback now is more accurate. Additionally the quality was improved - no more crackling. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.Apr.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Magazine: Commodore Free, issue 60
"Commodore Free" is a free, English-language magazine about Commodore and Amiga computers which is available in different formats - among others as HTML-version and as C64-Diskmag.
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12.Apr.2012
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Hungarian PDF-magazine: Amiga Mania #4
"Amiga Mania" is an elaborately designed PDF-magazine from Hungary with 36 pages which is about Amiga. It is likely that soon there also will be an English-language issue of the magazine.
Download: Amiga Mania 04_OnLine.pdf (59 MB)
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[News message: 12. Apr. 2012, 23:19] [Comments: 0]
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12.Apr.2012
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: Odyssey Web Browser 1.16.1
Although the bounty for improving the MUI-clone Zune is still not done, there is another update for the AROS-port of the MUI-based web-browser Odyssey.
Changes:
- enabled JavaScript JIT engine -> from 300% to 1000% score increase in JavaScript benchmarks
- enabled IconDatabase (web site icons presentation)
- fixed transfer animation images and web site icons rendering
- using latest Cairo 1.12.0 for rendering
- enabled SVG image processing filters
Odyssey Web Browser now requires the pixman.library. The update for the distribution Icaros which was published today already includes the latest version of the browser. An update for the distribution AspireOS will follow soon.
Download: odyssey-1.16.1.i386-aros.zip (17 MB)
Source codes: odyssey-1.16.1.src-aros.zip (57 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)
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