27.Jul.2012
Amigans.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Timberwolf 4.0.1.0213 - RC2 (Update)
Today "Release Candidate 2" of the Firefox-port Timberwolf has been published for AmigaOS 4.
For the further development the aim is to achieve the current status of the Firefox. This has not been possible to realize as part of the finished bounty project because it would be a fast-moving goal. After the release of AmigaOS 4.2 as an absolute necessity for it, OpenGL and WebGL support will be added and thus Timberwolf will be completely hardware accelerated.
The update fixes the following bugs:
- The UI font size now adapts correctly to the system's default font
- Downloaded files can now be directly opened with user-selectable programs, for example, you can use UnArc to open a newly downloaded archive
- Should now work without RANDOM mounted, it will fall back to using pseudo-random numbers (i.e. rand in newlib). RANDOM is an entropy collector, and thus generates much more reliable random numbers. If you can, use RANDOM:
- Should be slightly faster now (html5 benchmark said between 0 and 20 % faster) due to new Cairo build (latest version). Don't expect miracles, though
- The bookmark database is now using a new scheme that should make concurrent access possible. This was necessary to make sure that the user interface is correctly enabled when the browser is launched with a web page (home page/command line). The upside is that it might now work on JXFS (please try). The downside is that this has to be tested and might make it necessary to have an rc3
Download: timberwolf.lha (25 MB)
According to first tests of users, version RC2 seems to cause more considerable problems compared to the previous version. At the moment therefore we cannot recommend to install this version.
Update: (06:50, 28.07.12, snx)
It is possible to use version RC2 in a stable way if you use the files libcairo.so and libsqlite3.so from RC1 instead of the new ones. Additionally delete the directory CurrentUserProfile before you start Timberwolf. (snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 27. Jul. 2012, 20:19] [Comments: 0]
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27.Jul.2012
Amiga.org (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4: Wallpaper by djnick
At the title link 'djnick' presents his wallpapers for AmigaOS 4, for which, among other tasks, a Sam460 board including operating system was donated to him. (snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 27. Jul. 2012, 19:33] [Comments: 0]
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26.Jul.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Event: Meeting of Belgian Amiga Club
This Saturday evening the Belgian Amiga-Club will meet in the Mouterij in Zwijndrecht in John Tulpinckstraat 15. Users if all Amiga systems are welcome.
Several Amigas will be presented as well as MorphOS 3.1 on an Apple Powerbook. Joseph Duchâtelet will present Gui4Cli, Laurent by Amedia Computer Lux S.A. the FPGA-Arcade- / Replay-Board and Bert Jahn his WHDLoad which can be registered there for 10 Euro.
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[News message: 26. Jul. 2012, 06:29] [Comments: 0]
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25.Jul.2012
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Bounty: Requirements of "Timberwolf" met
The team of amigabounty wrote: "With Release candidate 1 available for download we feel that the requirements of the bounty has been met. As of yesterday (23.07.12) money has been transferred to the Friedens for their great work on this project. We hope to see many more improvements and updates over time."
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 25. Jul. 2012, 16:17] [Comments: 0]
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24.Jul.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Workbench replacement: X-bEnCH 0.5 (beta version)
X-bEnCH is a graphical user-interface with 128 colours which replaces the Workbench for starting WHDLoad games (.slave, .exe).
According to the developer the program runs on all Amigas (OCS to AGA as well as 68000 to 68060 processor) and requires little virtual memory. This is the first public beta release after 4 public alpha releases. Changes:
- Very First cLi implementation (Just as test for the moment)
- Fixed Display failure on NTSC Machine.
- FIxed a bug that was craching non AGA Amiga on startup.
- Fixed the color palette bug on exit to your wbench.
- Fixed a slowing bug when going to left/right in the launcher.
- Credits added fastly in the menu some minutes before releasing.
- Fixed a display bug in the Setup that made the list type display to don't change after that a list have been updated.
- Corrected the "invalid object" bug in your listings. But you must update all buggeds lists to correct this issue.
- Fixed the Flashing sound/screen bug in some Whdload games/demos with the Preload Option by default.
- Better progression indicator when you update a list.
- Fixed many display bugs
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[News message: 24. Jul. 2012, 20:26] [Comments: 0]
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23.Jul.2012
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AmigaOS 4: PDFToolkit 1.0
Lazar Zoltan's PDFToolkit - it is not to be confused with pdftk from the Linux-world - can merge PDF-documents or split them into single documents. Additionally it can combine two or three PDF files by stamping over or add header/footer/page numbering to existed documents keeping the contents intact.
PDFToolkit was written in Python. Therefore the user-interface (screenshot) could not be realized with Reaction. The program requires the basic Python installation as well as the pyPDF-module written by Mathieu Fenniak.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 23. Jul. 2012, 17:48] [Comments: 0]
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23.Jul.2012
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New level for "Worms - Directors Cut": Kirby Conversion Set
A fan of the classic Worms: The Director's Cut has created some levels which are inspired by Nintendo's DS-game Kirby Mass Attack (screenshots).
Download: kirbyconversionset.zip (537 KB)
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[News message: 23. Jul. 2012, 17:34] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jul.2012
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Aminet-Uploads until 21.07.2012
The following files have been uploaded until 21.07.2012 to the Aminet:
BitchX-11.lha comm/irc 3.8M 68k BitchX IRC client
CongstarCFG.lha comm/net 50K 68k Configure the Congstar Komple...
timberwolf.lha comm/www 26M OS4 A Firefox based web browser
IFF-RGFX.zip dev/misc 9K IFF-RGFX graphics file format
eurochamp.lha docs/misc 173K Statistics of soccer Euro Cha...
IFF-metadata.zip docs/misc 3K IFF-EXIF/IPTC/XMP/ICCP Extens...
quickcamexpress_vhi.lha driver/vid 8K 68k VHI driver for Logitech Quick...
Abbo.lha game/misc 1.1M 68k Fixed Boulderdash Clone (+ Am...
ACE-MorphOS.lha misc/emu 482K MOS Amstrad CPC Emulator
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 3.1M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha misc/emu 3.4M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 3.3M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
mp3toSV.lha mus/edit 16K 68k Play & Convert MPEG Audio...
getbestmode.lha util/batch 9K 68k get best screen ID for a give...
AFSwitch.lha util/cli 2K 68k AFS - switch for audio filter...
Lower.lha util/cli 2K 68k Rename Files to Lowercase (+ ...
PVS_33.lha util/libs 22K 68k PVS version with Voodoo &...
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 404K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 476K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 510K OS4 Multipurpose utility
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[News message: 22. Jul. 2012, 09:23] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jul.2012
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 21.07.2012
The following files have been uploaded until 21.07.2012 to the OS4Depot:
jackcharts.lha aud/pla 4Mb 4.1 iTunes Chart Commodity for your ...
basilisk2_src.lha emu/com 2Mb 4.0 Basilisk2 68k MAC emulator with ...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
videothumbnailer.lha gra/ico 3Mb 4.1 A Hollywood Programm to create t...
snoopy.lha uti/fil 86kb 4.1 SnoopDos like utility for OS4
assist.lha uti/mis 3Mb 4.1 An assistant for AmigaOS users
reportplus.lha uti/mis 532kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
icontypechange.lha uti/she 3kb 4.0 A CLI command to change the type...
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[News message: 22. Jul. 2012, 09:23] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jul.2012
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MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 21.07.2012
The following files have been uploaded until 21.07.2012 to the MorphOS-Files:
AmIRC 3.6.1 net/cha 804 Simply the best IRC client ...
ACE 1.4 uti/emu 486 Amstrad CPC family computer...
AmiArcadia 18.4 uti/emu 3339 Emulator of many coin-op ma...
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[News message: 22. Jul. 2012, 09:23] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jul.2012
PPA (Webseite)
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AROS: Quake II ported
According to the developers the Yamagi-version of the Quake-II-client includes more than thousand bug fixes and is completely compatible to modern 64-bit-processors. Now it was ported to AROS. The original files are required.
Download: quake2.lha (4 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Jul. 2012, 08:56] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jul.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Sirena AHIW 1.20
According to the developers Sirena AHIW is "an easy program to handle your pictures to use on your web pages" and is available for AmigaOS 3.5/3.9, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Windows (screenshot).
The updated version 1.20 includes bug fixes and now the possibility to drop files into the application window.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Jul. 2012, 08:37] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jul.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AROS: AEROS-Distribution R3 and AresOne 2012
Pascal Papara's AROS-distribution AEROSis available in version R3 (screenshot, video).
His complete PC-system AresOne also was updated which can be ordered at Vesalia. The basic model now already includes a Nvidia-8400 graphic board in order to be able using 3D-acceleration.
New features of the AEROS-version R3:
- PowerOff, reboot from Quickstarter (AROS side)
- ScummVM games
- New Jabberwocky
- JanusUAE 1.2 incl. AROS Vision 68k Distro from Olaf Schönweiß (Video)
- Removed non-working stuff
- Fixed 1941Extreme causing a hard crash of Quickstarter
- Added removable_media device to access "removable media"
- K3B has been replaced by Xfburn (lightweight burning tool)
- Added gparted (easy partitioning)
- Changed Installer to a graphical one which calls gparted and allows now also to choose locales before installing
- Added gmrun (linux quicklauncher)
- Added Transmission (for downloading future releases of AEROS)
- Added Terminator as main Terminal (allows to run multiple terminal sessions in one window)
- Added Hurrican (use grandr - also newly added - to change resolution to 640x480 to get fullscreen)
- Added two games to ScummVM (AROS): Beneath a steel sky and Drascula
As live-DVD AEROS R3 starts with best available screen solution. After the installation on harddrive a graphic board driver and then also a different screen solution can be chosen.
Download: AEROS_r3.iso (2 GB)
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[News message: 22. Jul. 2012, 01:21] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jul.2012
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: Text processing software Scriba 0.1.1
With version 0.1.1 Carsten Siegner has given another impression to the development of his still very early text processing software Scriba (screenshot).
Now graphics can be added, single lines centered and different fonts with different sizes used. Scriba requires MorphOS 3.1.
Download: Scriba_0.1.1.lha (8 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 22. Jul. 2012, 00:14] [Comments: 0]
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20.Jul.2012
amiga.org (Webseite)
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List of Amiga-extensions of independent developers updated
The list of Amiga hardware devices developed by independent hardware developers and which are not available through standart retail channels was updated. Additional to replaced pictures and updated pricing the following projects have been added:
- A600 4MB
- Accelerator+IDE+RAM for A500/2000/CDTV/other
- Unassembled 2MB non autoconfig fastmem for A500/A1000/A2000/CDTV
- A600 mouse/joystick extender
- Indivision MkII custom length cable
- External CF adapter
- Indivision Mk2 HDMI adapter
- Indivision ECS VGA adapter for A600
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Jul. 2012, 06:30] [Comments: 0]
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19.Jul.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Workbench replacement: X-bEnCH 0.4 (alpha version)
X-bEnCH is a graphical user-interace with now 128 colours which replaces the Workbench for starting WHDLoad games (.slave, .exe) and requires few ressources.
According to the developer the program runs on all Amigas (OCS to AGA as well as 68000 to 68060 processor). The changes in alpha version 0.4 are listed under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Jul. 2012, 20:04] [Comments: 0]
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19.Jul.2012
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AROS: Icaros Desktop 1.4.5
Paolo Besser's AROS-distribution Icaros Desktop version 1.4.5 includes an improved support of Amiga software, the game Hurrican as well as applications like Cinnamon Writer and Ignition. AMOS Professional and XAMOS also are part of the distribution.
"The new extension to AmiBridge already allow running most classic desktop applications for the Amiga computer without the need of its boot ROMs and original OS anymore. Classic software is handled by AROS itself, compiled for the Motorola 68000 processor, running in coherency mode under Janus-UAE with JIT."
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Jul. 2012, 18:52] [Comments: 0]
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18.Jul.2012
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood and Hollywood Designer: Online store to close on July 31th, 2012
Andreas Falkenhahn wrote: "Due to personal reasons the Airsoft Softwair online store has to close at the end of July 2012. This means that no more orders can be processed after 31th July, 2012. Thus, everybody who doesn't own Hollywood or Hollywood Designer yet (or still needs the upgrade to the latest versions) should take the opportunity to secure himself a personal copy of this amazing multimedia software NOW because the store will go down on July 31th, 2012. The download versions are delivered instantly via email/WWW download and the CD versions of Hollywood and Hollywood Designer come in a nice digipak. Thank you for your continued support over the last 15 years!"
Upon request of amiga-news.de Falkenhahn explained that there will be support for his products. Updates and new plugins will be published in future as well.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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17.Jul.2012
a1k.org/forum (Webseite)
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PPC-Hardware: UltimatePPC-team reconsiders processor choice
The UltimatePPC team wrote: "As we are nearing the summer holidays it is time for a quick status update from our side. The last few months have been hectic as both Gideon and myself have been extremely busy with personal affairs besides trying to advance the UltimatePPC project. As we have the prototype boards in our hands we have been actively working on booting a basic kernel on the PowerPC core and interfacing the board to the Amiga bus. Parallel we are starting the software development side of things, with WarpOS support being worked on - as well as first contact with Hyperion regarding AmigaOS4 support.
We also keep an eye on feedback from the community and are evaluating the choice made for the P1013 CPU.We knew that the FPU in this processor is incompatible with the ones found on older PowerPC boards. Our original plan to fix these incompatibilities in software turns out to have more impact that we had foreseen. For this reason, we will reconsider the choice of PowerPC CPU, while continuing the development work of other important stuff on the current prototype.
So what's next? First we'll take a few weeks off for holidays and time with family. Somewhere in August we get together again. Expect a new update end of August! Happy holidays!"
Editor's note: The main feature of the UltimatePPC would have been that the used controler (as System on a Chip (SoC)) could have been accessed from "outside" (in this case from the Amiga). If a different CPU would be chosen it is doubtful whether this concept still works.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 17. Jul. 2012, 06:51] [Comments: 0]
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16.Jul.2012
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Individual Computers: New products for C64 and Amiga
Press release: Due to popular demand, we've put a product for the C64 back into production that was previously only available from selected resellers. The PLA chip replacement SuperPLA will be back in stock starting september of this year. The revised edition will be available for 18,90 EUR from all our retail partners.
SuperPLA V3 is meant for repair jobs and can be used in the following computers:
- Commodore C64 (old model)
- C16, C116, plus/4
- Floppy-Cartridge 1551
- Commodore 610
- Commodore 710
- Commodore PET (socket UE5)
The target computer is set by jumpers. The new, much more compact design has the jumpers moved to the back of the board.
Our new accelerator for the Amiga 500 has already been discussed in user forums, but will be released with some changes, so customer demand is met in both price and features. The ACA500 is powered by a 14MHz CMOS-68000 processor with 2MBytes RAM and a mass-storage controller for CF-cards and CD drives. Autoboot from CF-card is possible from Kickstart V1.3 and higher. Thanks to our TrueIDE technology, any CF card can be used, even if the card identifies as "removable device". A CD-ROM drive can be connected to the easily reachable IDE port on the side of the A500.
The relatively moderate increase in speed is enough to run WHDload. For those who want more CPU power, the ACA500 has a CPU-slot compatible with our accelerators for A1200 computers. This makes even our top model ACA1231 available to the A500 computer. The ACA500 will be available from all resellers for 79,90 EUR. We're currently negotiating about including Kickstart licenses into the ACA500, so the built-in flashrom can be pre-loaded with different Kickstart licenses.
Our new ACA1220 is powered by a full 16,67MHz 68020. For the A1200, this card can be considered a 128MByte-RAM expansion, but for the A500 with ACA500, this board is a turbo-tidbit that provides more memory than has ever been offered at this price: The ACA1220 will be available starting from 89,90 EUR.
The ACA1220 can be expanded with a realtime clock. In an A500 setup, the RTC is already located on the trapdoor expansion, so it's not required there. If you're going to use the ACA1220 in an A1200, you can add an RTC for 19,90 EUR. Battery is not included.
The RTC-module can also be used with other accelerators or even without an accelerator in an A1200. For example, if you own an ACA1230 and haven't yet equipped it with the hard-to-find RTC chip, this module will solve your problem.
As a replacement for the sold-out ACA630, we'll have a new budget-accelerator for the A600, available in Q4/2012. It will be powered by a 16.67MHz 68EC020 processor and provides the popular maprom function, just like all our ACA cards do: Maprom allows executing Kickstart ROM from fast 32-bit memory, increasing execution speed considerably. The ACA620 provides 9+1MBytes of RAM (1MByte reserved for maprom-function). The target price is 99,90 EUR.
The "big" Amiga models don't have to stand back: We'll have big memory for a small budget soon. The new BigRamPlus offers 256MBytes of memory for A3000(T) and A4000(T). The full-size Zorro-3 card will be available from all Individual Computers resellers at 99,90 EUR.
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15.Jul.2012
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS 3.1: Amending character length for PFS3
Different than stated in the release notes for MorphOS 3.1, the included filesystem PFS3 does not use 107 characters for file and directory names.
This can be amended by the user with the Shell command "PFSSetFileNameSize NameDesPFS3Laufwerks: 107". This issue has been fixed for 3.2 and later MorphOS releases.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 15. Jul. 2012, 19:22] [Comments: 0]
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