24.Dec.2011
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Jump 'n' Run: Mr. Beanbag released (AGA)
Over six years after the first preview, Mr. Beanbag now was (alomst) finished.
Due to some minor problems which still remain it is called a beta version. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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23.Dec.2011
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Hyperion: AmigaOS 4.1, Update 4 released
Pressemitteilung: Brussels, Belgium - December 22, 2011. Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce the immediate availability for download of Update 4 by registered users of AmigaOS 4.1 for all supported platforms.
Hyperion continues its tradition to provide regular free updates of AmigaOS 4.1 and with the festive season just days away, this is a particularly appropriate time for a free update.
Update 4 requires AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3 prior to installation.
The following new functionality and bug fixes are included in Update 4:
- Introducing the new Emulation drawer with official AmigaOS 3.x ROMs and Workbench files. AmigaOS ROMs are provided for all classic Amiga models and the CD32 platform
- Added RunInUAE contribution to utilize the new Emulation drawer
- New scsi.device patch for Classic installations which enables SCSI drives to be used for memory paging (Swap)
- Added NoDriveClick utility for Classic users
- Added DefIcons support for RunInUAE
- Updated TCP/IP stack with much improved DHCP support
- Updated MUI with various fixes
- Various Workbench fixes
- Fixed several USB issues
- Fixed elf.library that could cause programs using shared objects to misbehave when unloading (e.g. Timberwolf)
Hyperion Entertainment wishes to thanks its customers for their continued support in these exciting times for the Amiga platform.
Online support for AmigaOS and Update 4 is provided via Hyperion Entertainment's Support Forum. (snx)
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22.Dec.2011
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 94, preview and excerpts
The full-color preview and excerpts of the Amiga Future issue 94 (January/February 2012) are online now. Highlights in this issue are the AmigaOne 500 and the game Swamp Defense.
A detailed description of content and excerpts can be found at the title link. The Amiga Future is available as an English and German print magazine directly at its editorial office and some Amiga dealers. (snx)
[News message: 22. Dec. 2011, 18:24] [Comments: 0]
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21.Dec.2011
exec.pl (website)
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AmigaOS 4: Icons Reworked 1.0
Thomas 'tommysammy' Blatt has reworked the pictograms of some applications like Term oder MUI-OWB for AmigaOS 4.1 (screenshot).
Download: iconsreworked.lha (2 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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21.Dec.2011
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Mailbox: DayDream BBS 2.50
The Belgian Rudi Timmermans now offers in his Support-BBS the mailbox system DayDream in the new version 2.50.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. Dec. 2011, 20:38] [Comments: 0]
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21.Dec.2011
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF-Mini-Magazine: Monthly Page 19
Monthly Page is an English-language pdf-magazine. The latest issue includes an interview with the developer James 'jahc' Carroll (e.g. WookieChat and SabreMSN) and is about arguments in the command line.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 21. Dec. 2011, 12:57] [Comments: 0]
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21.Dec.2011
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Word Me Up XXL 1.51
The commercial game "Word Me Up XXL" published by Boing Attitude is available in version 1.51 for AmigaOS 4. The demo version was updated as well.
New features:
- The game is 30% faster
- The game is playable with fingers if you have a touch screen
- New launch menu that makes it easy to reach different parts of Word Me Up XXL (e.g. readme, game, website). All of these parts are translated into the 11 languages of the game
- Game is more friendly: help on each screen, for every level, tutorial...
- New transition effects between screens
- New users management: more intuitive, allows upto 12 users to play and save their games (instead of 6 previously)
- Two new characters available: Lisa and Miss Shen
- Four new levels (training), so 64 levels available in full version
- Graphical art enhancements
- In-game animations (e.g. when you loose a life or money)
- You can choose sound effects without music
- Fading when music changes
- 27 avatars included
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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20.Dec.2011
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Poll: What is your expectation from a contemporary amiga company? (Update)
In order to get the current Commodore USA proposition into some shape, or at least see what people in here would like to have as their current amiga system regardless available alternatives, a small poll was started.
Update: (20:18, 21.12.11, snx)
Meanwhile there is also a more detailed poll on this topic. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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19.Dec.2011
AROS-Exec (Forum)
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AROS: New VIA-Rhine network driver (test release)
Neil Cafferkey has published a test release of his new rhine.device for VIA-network chips.
Download: rhine.device (20 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Dec. 2011, 19:50] [Comments: 0]
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18.Dec.2011
Michael Rupp (ANF)
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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.18
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a pure JavaScript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.x - 3.x for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser. Feedback is very welcome.
The changes are listed within TAWS in the folder System/TAWS/History.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Dec. 2011, 22:09] [Comments: 0]
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18.Dec.2011
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: OpenBOR 3.0 / Zelda Solarus DX 1.0
After the version for MorphOS, now OpenBOR also is available for AmigaOS 4.1. This is an open source sequel of Beats of Rage.
Zelda Solarus DX also was compiled for AmigaOS 4 but currently is only available in French . After the demo version, version 1.0 was now completed. Translations into other languages are in progress.
Download:
openbor.lha (2 MB)
zsdx-1.0.lha (14 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Dec. 2011, 20:03] [Comments: 0]
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18.Dec.2011
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MUI-class: NList 0.111
The classes of the NList-package are available in version 0.111 for all Amiga systems. Additional to several optimisations, the preferences and the German and English catalogs were reworked.
Download: MCC_NList-0.111.lha (2 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Dec. 2011, 08:14] [Comments: 0]
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16.Dec.2011
PPA (Webseite)
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Hungarian PDF-magazine: Amiga Mania #3
"Amiga Mania" is a a PDF-magazine created in Hungary which has 36 pages and includes all topics about the Amiga. Translators still are very welcome!
Download: Amiga Mania 03_OnLine.pdf (59 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 16. Dec. 2011, 21:24] [Comments: 0]
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15.Dec.2011
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Loftcat Software: Old Amiga games released
Under the title link Tony Kingsmill has published several of his old games for different platforms - among others games for the Amiga from the years 1992-95.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 15. Dec. 2011, 15:00] [Comments: 0]
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15.Dec.2011
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Spanish news portal reopened
Unter the title link the Spanish news portal AmiSpaTra ("Amiga Spanish Translations") is accessable again.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 15. Dec. 2011, 14:55] [Comments: 0]
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14.Dec.2011
bruZard (Forum)
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Monkey-Target 0.25
Jens Henschel's Amiga-Target (AmigaOS/AROS) for the transpiler Monkey (amiga-news.de reported about it) is now available in version 0.25.
Since our last message among others the Image-class was added so pictures can be shown. You can find further information under the title link in our forum (German).
Download: AmigaTarget.zip (832 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 14. Dec. 2011, 15:36] [Comments: 0]
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14.Dec.2011
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS-Distribution: Icaros Desktop 1.3.3
Paolo Besser has published an update of his AROS-distribution Icaros Desktop. The 3D-hardware support for Intel-chips was added. Changes:
- added support for 3D hardware acceleration to Intel GMA driver
- added three new games: Net Bubble, Beret and Dragon Memory
- removed some older/half-working games
- added flite speech synthesis engine
- added ccd2cue disc format converter
- updated diskimage.device to latest version
- updated PortablE to latest version
- updated DosBox to latest version
- updated FlexCat to latest version
- fix: no more dead shell window when AmiBridge runs unconfigured at startup
- fix: Wanderer drag'n'drop now behaves correctly with multiple file selections
- fix: Wanderer now updates screen when a new wallpaper is chosen
- fix: Wanderer now remembers toolbar settings
- fix: many CLI commands now behave as expected
- fix: file requesters now behave as expected and support drag'n'drop
- fix: palette gadget now uses all available space provided
- fix: keyboard lasso now behaves correctly
- fix: not-working system power-off option has been removed
- fix: clipboard correctly detects very small clips
- fix: menu bar is now correctly decorated
- fix: decoration now works better and faster
- fix: changing pointer doesn't show garbage in VESA modes anymore
- fix: AROS is now installable from twice-partitioned USB pendrives
- fix: CDVDFS doesn't crash anymore when dealing with longer file names
- fix: Scout now handles memory correctly
- updated system files to Dec 12 nightly build
- added new DataTypes
- added Convierteme image resizer/converter
- added PXdrum digital drum with samples
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.Dec.2011
PPA (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Blender 2.58
Guillaume 'Yomgui' Roguez has published an update of his MorphOS-port of the 3D-graphic programm Blender. The changes in version 2.58 are listed on blender.org.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 13. Dec. 2011, 20:07] [Comments: 0]
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12.Dec.2011
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Developer tool: vasm 1.5c
Frank Wille has published an update of vasm. It is a portable assembler which supports several CPU. Under the title link you can find a list of changes. The programm is part of the vbcc-distribution as well.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 12. Dec. 2011, 19:16] [Comments: 0]
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12.Dec.2011
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Event: Commodore-Show in Maarssen, Netherlands (17. December)
On 17. December the Commodore Gebruikersgroep (CGG) will organize its "Commodore Show". Admission is free. As usual there will be a big flea market. Additionally the most innovative hardware and software products of 2010 will be chosen.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 12. Dec. 2011, 19:11] [Comments: 0]
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12.Dec.2011
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Puzzle game HueFlow 0.1 (Donationware)
HueFlow is a port of the well-known puzzle for cell phones: Your goal is to fill the board with a single color. Select a
new
color using buttons or number keys and all the cells adjacent to the selected
color
will be added to your flood area. Start in the top-left and work your way
through the board. (Screenshots: 1, 2).
The game is donationware - Some operation with mouse is restricted unless you donate game, but still you can finish it using keyboard number keys.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 12. Dec. 2011, 19:04] [Comments: 0]
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