19.Aug.2008
Sebastian Eichholz (ANF)
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Are you interested in an Ambermoon Soundtrack CD?
Matthias Steinwachs who is the composer of the soundtrack of the RPG-classic Ambermoon is going to publish the soundtrack again. The tracks will sound like the already published song "Ambermoon" on Amiga Immortal 3.
The project will be started if there there are at least 1000 registered persons on a certain website.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Aug. 2008, 15:41] [Comments: 0]
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19.Aug.2008
Amiga Arena (ANF)
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Amiga Arena: Full version "Sixth Sense Investigations" (Update)
Press release: "Sixth Sense Investigations" was started in 1995 but was first published in 1998.
Colourful comic graphics, funny dialogs and a crazy story,
can there be more for a adventure fan?
With permission of the developers Amiga Arena makes this legal download of the disk version of "Sixth Sense Investigations" possible. Currently we only can offer the English version as HDF-file for WinUAE.
Therefore we are looking for further disk versions of Sixth Sense Ivestigations.
Additionally the following games were added in the section "Adventure":
- OnEscapee - Original CD Version
- Beneath A Steel Sky - CD Version with voice output
- Fatal Heritage - WHDLoad Version
Update: (20:41, 20.08.08, snx)
Meanwhile also the german version is available as an HDF file. Still wanted is the floppy disk version. (cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Aug. 2008, 14:55] [Comments: 0]
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18.Aug.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Emulator: Preview to WinUAE 1.5.2
As usual the developers of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE give a preview to the forthcoming version which is supposed to be published in two weeks. WinUAE 1.5.2 includes two major bug fixes.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Aug. 2008, 16:16] [Comments: 0]
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18.Aug.2008
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: OWB 2.3
Jörg Strohmayer has published a new version of his port of the Origyn Web Browser. Changes since the last version:
- Updated to SVN revision 430
- Added support for HOME, SEARCH, WIDTH and HEIGHT tooltypes
- Uses default AmigaOS 4.x colours for the theme now
- Implemented AmigaOS scroll bars for the main frame
OWB_Doduo.lha (4,5 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Aug. 2008, 16:06] [Comments: 0]
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18.Aug.2008
morphzone.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Vector graphic program SteamDraw 1.0
SteamDraw written by Stefan 'Kronos' Kleinheinrich is an EPS-compatible 2d vector graphic program. In version 1.0 the graphical user-interface was reworked and the program now contains a simple text editing tool. Additionally some bugs were fixed.
Download: SteamDraw.lha (897 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 18. Aug. 2008, 15:59] [Comments: 0]
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17.Aug.2008
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Preview of issue 74 (September/October 2008)
Press release: The preview of Amiga Future 74 (September/October 2008) is now online. In this issue there are test reports about the latest versions of WinUAE, AmiBlitz, MorphOS 2.0, AMuse, Cave Story and much more. There is a detailed table of contents on our website.
On the Amiga Future LeserCD there are several PD-programs as well as some full versions such as Photo Folio, Astral, Battle Space.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 17. Aug. 2008, 15:55] [Comments: 0]
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16.Aug.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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WHDLoad: Graphical user-interface iGame 1.5
iGame is a MUI-based user-interface for managing and starting WHDLoad games.
Changes in version 1.5:
- Genres are now in an external file
- Added "--Never Played--"
- Reworked "Show/Hide hidden slaves"
- Filter will now work together with genres
- Added FILTERUSEENTER
- Added indication when writing to disk
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 16. Aug. 2008, 18:28] [Comments: 0]
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16.Aug.2008
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Event: PowerDev-Meeting in Chelm (Poland)
On 6./7. September 2008 a PowerDev-Meeting will take place in Chelm, Poland. MorphOS on Efika will be the main topic of the meeting. (snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 16. Aug. 2008, 11:46] [Comments: 0]
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16.Aug.2008
AROS-Exec (website)
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AROS: Wanderer now saves Window positions
Nick 'Kalamatee' Andrews has successfully added window snapshot option to Wanderer, slightly increasing AROS interface realiability. Now it is possible to save position, size and icon/all files view for any window on writable medias. For read-only ones, like CD and DVD ROMs, default size, position and view will be used. Kalamatee is now working on fixing icons snapshot too. (snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 16. Aug. 2008, 11:45] [Comments: 0]
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16.Aug.2008
Amiga.org (forum)
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Event: Photos of CommVEx V4 / V5 to be held on July 25 + 26, 2009
Under the title link you can find pictures taken from the fourth Commodore Vegas Expo which took place on 26/27 of July in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Next year the CommVEx will take place on July 25/26 at the Plaza Hotel & Casino again. (snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 16. Aug. 2008, 11:26] [Comments: 0]
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16.Aug.2008
Amiga.org (website)
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DiscreetFX: Grasshopper LLC July winner of Seeding the Success Campaign
The winner of the July of the "Seeding the Success Campaign" of DiscreetFX is the company Grasshopper LLC. They got it for their desktop publishing program PageStream. (snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 16. Aug. 2008, 09:09] [Comments: 0]
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16.Aug.2008
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Portrait: Chris Hülsbeck at neues on 3sat TV
The television program 3sat will report in its computer magazine "neues" about the composer Chris Hülsbeck on 17. August 2008 (direct link).
He has written music for a lot of Amiga and C64 games such as Battle Isle, Giana Sisters, R-Type and Turrican I-III. (snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 16. Aug. 2008, 07:23] [Comments: 0]
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15.Aug.2008
amigafuture.de (website)
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Graphic program: PerfectPaint WIPupdate140808 (Beta)
Marco "Blackbird" Möring has published another update of the graphic program PerfectPaint. For the installation of the latest WIP-version ("Work in Progress") the full archive PfP-Usertestarchiv.lha from December 2007 is required.
Download:
PfP-Usertestarchiv.lha (7,6 MB)
PfP-WIPupdate140808.lha (652 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 15. Aug. 2008, 15:50] [Comments: 0]
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15.Aug.2008
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ACube Systems: Summer holidays until August 24
ACube Systems which is responsible for the distribution of AmigaOS 4.1 has taken summer holidays until 24. August. The delivery of the update of the operating system will start subsequent to the holidays. (cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 15. Aug. 2008, 14:59] [Comments: 0]
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14.Aug.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: ctorrent_gui 1.2
Version 1.2 of the graphical user-interface ctorrent_gui includes bug fixes and is based on the filesharing client Enhanced ctorrent dnh 3.3.2 (screenshot).
AmigaOS 4-specific changes:
- Rewritten the handling of the text output,hopefully gives no more DSI
- Fixed a bug so the same text won't appear in the listbrowser several times
- Fixed so you can press the mouse button in the listbrowser. This led to system lockup
- Ctorrent will hopefully not crash if the .torrent file is damaged or an empty one
- Cancelling asl requester would crash ctorrent; has been fixed
- Listbrowser will scroll down when new text is added to show the latest action
Download: ctorrent_gui.lha (285 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 14. Aug. 2008, 06:21] [Comments: 0]
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14.Aug.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: 68k-Mac-Emulator Basilisk II 0.9.3 (version from 11.08.08)
Basilisk II is an open-source emulator of different 68k-Macintosh computer (Mac Classic, Mac-II-serie).
Basilisk II uses the processor emulation of UAE. Users of the "Classic"-version of AmigaOS 4 are supposed to use Shapeshifter or Fusion.
Features:
- RDB support
- Harddisk support with 64bit addressing
- Displays diskimage and partition size (when found!)
- Mouse wheel support (NEW)
- Ethernet support (not tested)
- Supports LUT and ARGB display modes on all screens including Workbench
- Supports CD-ROM
- All PC keyboard keys are supported in emulation
Changes in Basilisk II 0.9.3 (11.08.08):
- Mouse wheel support
- Ethernet fixes, (don't know if they work)
- ASL fileselector for ethernet device
- New "Add bootdisk" button
- Shows partition and diskimage size in GUI
- Added ASL fileselector for ROM and diskimages
Download: basiliskii.lha (5 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 14. Aug. 2008, 06:11] [Comments: 0]
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14.Aug.2008
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Further PNG-Icons by Amiga's Magic Factory
Under the title link you can find packages called Mix, Models and Prohibited for new PNG-icons created by Amiga's Magic Factory. (snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 14. Aug. 2008, 05:56] [Comments: 0]
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14.Aug.2008
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Interview: Andy Finkel and Bil Herd
On the occasion of the Commodore Vegas Expo the former Commodore engineers Bil Herd (e.g. C128) and Andy Finkel (Amiga software) were interviewed.
You can download the 90 minutes lasting telephon interview. It is split up into four MP3-files with about 30 minutes per file.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 14. Aug. 2008, 05:39] [Comments: 0]
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12.Aug.2008
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Emulator: WinUAE 1.5.1
The latest version of the well-known Amiga-emulator WinUAE includes several bug fixes. Additionally there are some improvements at the screen modes:
New features in version 1.5.1:
- Added support for Direct3D pixel shader filters (very fast compared
to software filters, pixel shader 2.0+ compatible display card
required), plain Direct3D filter performance improved.
Latest (August 2008 or later) DirectX required
- In windowed mode all resolution or chipset/RTG mode switches
resize the window instead of window closing and opening
- Aspect ratio setting added to RTG and filter panels
- Window resize enabled in windowed mode (chipset mode)
- Added Picasso96 option "Always scale in windowed mode" which enables
window resizing and disables automatic resize. Keeps aspect ratio
automatically
- Only reset fullscreen mode when resolution or depth changes
- On the fly USB mouse/joystick insert/removal does not modify
currently selected input device(s) in Ports-panel
- Enable ini-mode (registry replacement) if .ini
(without .exe) is found. Previously always used winuae.ini
With version 1.5.0 introduced bugs were fixed:
- Failed to start with some display card/driver combinations
- Regular (non-RDB) OFS formatted hardfiles didn't mount under KS 1.3
- Memory corruption in configuration file handling causing random
crashes when loading or saving configuration files
- Configuration files in subdirectories didn't load if configuration
cache was enabled
- RTG hardware mouse cursor may have been invisible (or had
wrong graphics) in some cases after resolution change
- Switching between non-interlaced and interlaced modes caused random
"scanline" graphics corruption
Further bug fixes:
- Built-in HRTMon crashed in JIT modes
- Interlace modes fixed in "normal" (non-doubled/scanline) modes
- Fixed borderblank graphics corruption in interlaced modes
- Fixed possible crashes when switching Windows desktop resolution or
when using quick user switching
- "Kickstart Replacement" fixed
- PCMCIA SRAM emulation didn't work in memory expansion mode
- Emulation paused if "stop sound while inactive/minimzed" was enabled
- Improved directory filesystem statefile support
- AVI recording crash if only audio recording was enabled
- Native DLL support fixed
- Forced fullscreen refresh rates didn't work in some cases
- Multiple identical (same serial number) USB game controllers do not
confuse input system anymore
- Major blitter slowdown in some AGA modes
- ADF was not updated if disk write was aborted (Cadaver save disk)
- Crash when USB mouse/joystick was removed or inserted before
emulation was started
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 12. Aug. 2008, 18:01] [Comments: 0]
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12.Aug.2008
www.scacom.de.vu (ANF)
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PDF-magazine: SCACOM Aktuell issue 7 (jubilee edition)
SCACOM.aktuell is a free PDF-magazine which is about the computers by Commodore. With issue 7 the magazine celebrates its first anniversary. Therefore additional to the normal magazine with 48 pages a jubilee edition with 22 pages were published. Besides this at SCACOM the C64-game "Gold Quest 4" as well as the corresponding disk-cover are available and at the website of SCACOM two new background pictures were published.
The publisher asks for your feedback or guest book entries on the website and hopes that there will be some further interested people who want to cooporate.
The next eighth issue will include a survey about the patents from Commodore/Amiga and some facts to the topic "Why did home computers vanish?". (cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 12. Aug. 2008, 17:46] [Comments: 0]
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10.Aug.2008
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Instant Messenger: SabreMSN Alpha 29
James 'jahc' Carroll has published another update of his Instant Messenger for the MSN-network. Several bugs were fixed in alphaersion 29. The program is available for AmigaOS and AmigaOS 4.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 10. Aug. 2008, 12:59] [Comments: 0]
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