01.Jan.2008
Vinnny (ANF)
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MorphOS: Emulatoren Bochs 2.3.6 and FUSE 0.9.0
Under the title link 'Q-Master' has published updated versions of MorphOS ports of the emulators Bochs (x86-PC) and FUSE (Sinclair ZX Spectrum).
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Jan.2008
morphzone.org (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Fragment 1.5, CVS 1.12.11, makedepend 1.0.0
Christian "Tokai" Rosentreter has published new versions of the Unix ports CVS and makedepend. Additionally there is an update of Fragment (Screenshot) which is a tool that shows the fragmentation of the memory.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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01.Jan.2008
Martin Merz (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Further Masonicons
There are several new and reworked 32-bit icon archives available on the Masonicons website and the complete 2007 Masonicons Collection (19 MB) is available on OS4Depot.
- DISK & FILE
- Disks&FoldersMI
- a very small update of the disks and folders archive
- HARDWARE
- DelfinaMI
- an icons and drawer set of the Delfina tools
- IDEfixMI
- a complete icons and drawers set for IDEfix
- MFCMI
- a full set for the Multiface card tools
- PIVToolsMI
- an icons and drawer set for the Picassi IV tools
- VLabMI
- a complete set for VLab
These archives are aimed at the users of AmigaOS 4.0 Classic.
- MAIL & MESSAGING
- SimpleMailMI
- a complete icon set for SimpleMail
- YAMMI
- icons and a drawer for Yam with three image sets, incl. a set with small folder images and a 256 color set reworked by Ken Lester
- SYSTEM
- RangerMI
- a icon and drawer set for Ranger
- TtravelerMI
- a icon and drawer set for Timetraveler
All files are available on the archives section of the Masonicons website.
PUSH4DOCK
An archive with small startbar icons (24 x 24) is available. Add them to your Push4Dock startbar and edit your AmiDock Prefs.
For further information and themes please visit the Push4Dock section of the Masonicons website.
COLLECTIONS
The complete 2007 Masonicons Collection (19 MB) is available on OS4Depot now. It features all icon sets of 2007, Wallpapers, the latest releases of AISS and Push4Dock with all Masonicons themes. (snx)
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01.Jan.2008
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Project Moana: Statement of the developer
In December a CD image was available which was supposed to make it possible using AmigaOS 4 on certain PowerPC models of the Mac mini supplied by Apple. At amigaworld.net the author of this CD, the AmigaOS 4 developer Andrea Vallinotto has warned to use or copy this CD which is based on Moana .
"Regarding the thread about the project Moana files, I'd like to point out some facts that I would like to acknowledge as an AW.net moderator.
First of all, I'm the author of said port, done over an year ago on behalf of ACube, you can contact me directly at email removed .
In the thread I'm referring to, you (and others) are discussing the content of the CD, some even had it running on MacMinis. Such ISO image not only contains parts of OS4 (a commercial product) but also contain modules that are NOT part of either OS4 for A1 nor Classic, and are fully copyrighted by me. I never gave permission to anyone, least this AmigaMac guy, to distribute these files. So owning and using those modules is breaching my intellectual property (IP) and is a clear act of piracy.
So unless Aw.net is a forum which allows and is favorable to piracy, I suggest you post a notice on said thread and stop discussing about it. You can quote this message if you want.
As you probably have seen by the european lawsuit, between me, the two Friedens and against Hyperion and AInc, I'm more than willing to protect my IP from piracy or any other form of unauthorized use.
For the record, that ISO image was obtained from a stolen laptop and there is a police report about that (in the USA). That AmigaMac guy is not some benefactor, he's a criminal.
So far I hadn't written or posted anything because I didn't want to stir up more mess that it was already, and because the (micro) kernel on that ISO image will crash after few minutes of intensive use.
But seeing one of the moderators of Aw.net happily displaying a list of stolen files seems an endorsement of piracy from AW.net. I can't let it pass."
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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30.Dec.2007
Randy Vice (E-Mail)
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Team AROS: SATA driver bounties (update)
In the scope of the Team AROS bounties, you can donate to an AHCI as well as an nForce3/4 SATA driver since today.
Update: (13:27, 31.12.07, snx)
Another bounty project was initiated for the implementation of a Gallium3D-based subsystem. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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30.Dec.2007
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future 70 (January/February 2008): Previews online
Press release: The preview and excerpts of the Amiga Future 70 (January/February 2008) are online now. Of course you'll find a review of AmigaOS4 on ClassicPPC. Additionally, there is a related special showing the differences between AmigaOS 3.x and AmigaOS 4.0.
In this issue we have reviewed the new version of MindSpace and there is also a detailed review of the Amiga Forever 2008 in this edition as well.
You can find a detailed description of contents and excerpts at our website.
The Amiga Future is available as an English and German print magazine directly from the editorial office and some Amiga dealers. The Amiga Future can be obtained as a single issue or subscription each with or without a cover CD.
As always you can find lot of PD software and some full versions on the cover CD. As this is the 10th anniversary edition and as a small extra we include as many full versions as the issue number itself. In short: This time you can find 70 full versions on the Amiga Future cover CD.
We ask all users having interest in the magazine to order as soon as possible. It would also be helpful if subscribers wanting to extend their subscription would do so as soon as possible.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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30.Dec.2007
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Software News: Ken's browser icons, dt2raw 1.2
Ken's browser icons
Ken Lester is making available revised versions of his toolbar icons and transfer animations for the AWeb web browser (screenshot) and IBrowse (screenshot), additionally, there is a set of icons for the alpha version of the OWB browser that was recently released.
Download (AWeb/IBrowse icons): kens_images.lha (372 KB)
Download (OWB icons): owb_icons.lha (27 KB)
Link: Homepage
MorphOS: dt2raw 1.2
dt2raw is a command line tool for converting high/true-color graphics files (with or without alpha channel) to RAW files (32-bit ARGB, 24-bit RGB, etc.). The output image is opened using datatypes.
Direct download: dt2raw-1.2-200712301438.lha (4 KB) (cg) (Translation: cad)
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30.Dec.2007
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AmigaOS 4: Mac OS X dock clone
With the Mac.Docky (Readme), Vicente 'Ami603' Gimeno has created a dock for AmigaOS 4 which mimics its Mac OS X role model to some extent.
Download: macdock.lha (505 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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30.Dec.2007
Sebastian Eichholz (ANF)
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Symphonic Shades - Hülsbeck in Concert on August 23, 2008
The date for the concert "Symphonic Shades - Hülsbeck in Concert" (reported by amiga-news) is now fixed: The concert will take place on August 23, 2008 at 20 o'clock in Funkhaus Wallrafplatz in Cologne, Germany.
Tickets cost between 8 euros and 13.80 euros and are available at ticketonline.com with immediate effect. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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30.Dec.2007
amigaworld.net (Web page)
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ACube announces prices for MiniMig systems
As ACube Systems announces, the advertised MiniMig systems will be available starting from the middle of January for a price of 138 euros (plus taxes and shipping costs).
Since, originally, there was talk of "different configurations," the mentioned price should probably refer to the minimal configuration, but more precise information for this is still pending. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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29.Dec.2007
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: RSS viewer amrss MUI4 5.53
Alfonso Raniere has published an update of his RSS viewer "amrss MUI4". Changes in version 5.53:
- Fixed a bug with feeds containing a "&"
- Fixed a bug with ADDFEED arexx command
- Changed Prefs window
- Now moving the buttons bar is forbidded in certain cases (to avoid freezes)
- Other minor changes
amrss MUI4 requires the current beta versions of the GUI system MUI 4. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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28.Dec.2007
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Blender 2.45 compiled again
Guillaume 'Yomgui' Roguez has compiled version 2.45 of Blender for MorphOS once again. Therefore FFMPEG and OpenEXR support is now available.
Download: blender_2.45-mos_bin-20071227.lha (8 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Dec.2007
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Picture shower: ShowCyber 0.9
The picture shower ShowCyber supports the formats BMP, IFF-ILBM and PPM. You can get further information under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Dec.2007
Moo Bunny (Forum)
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DiscreetFX: Blog and forum for Aladdin 4D
After having bought the raytracing and animation software Aladdin 4D DiscreetFX has now established a blog and a forum for this program.
Für letzteres werden noch ehrenamtliche Moderatoren und Grafiker gesucht.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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28.Dec.2007
Ralf Steines (ANF)
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Back to the Roots: Fallback Server
Ralf Steines writes: Our main server, which runs www.back2roots.org and ftp.back2roots.org and also acts as a proxy frontend server for all hosted projects including winuae.net and chiptune.de, is down for a while.
To not lock your download needs we have set up a temporary access
point where you can access most of our services and all hosted
projects from our secondary server at the title link.
Please note that we have no fallback solution for the FTP server
and the modradio server, these are plain too big for our secondary
server's disks. This will hopefully change in future.
We try to keep the downtime as short as possible. Sorry for the
inconvenience of temporarily having to deal with this slower server. (snx)
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28.Dec.2007
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FlashPlayer 1.4
Mike Steed's FlashPlayer which plays the animation format Flash developed by Adobe is now available in version 1.4.
The support of the formats Flash 1 to Flash 3 has nearly completed but from Flash 4 upwards the support is limited. Please have a look at the Readme file for the latest changes.
Download: FlashPlayer.lha (317 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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26.Dec.2007
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AROS: Review of this year's progress
Paolo Besser compiled some examples of this year's progress in the development of the AROS Research Operating System.
- January: After years of struggling with shell commands and DOpus actions, copying files became easy with Wanderer drag'n'drop
- February: A tap interface has been added to AROS hosted, completing network support
- March: AROS got packet file-systems support, increasing compatibility and coherency with original AmigaOS, and allowing AROS to manage FAT partitions. AROS got also an improved TCP/IP stack, with a new version of AROSTCP, and USB support
- April: Wanderer got a new decoration system, allowing windows to be customized with themes. Support for LUA and ARexx scripts has been improved too
- May: AROS changed its name in 'AROS Research Operating System' and aros.org got an heavy face-lift. Wanderer started showing only icons or all files, and a new community-driven site has born, ArosWorld.org
- June: AROS users decided the official windows and desktop wallpapers in an amusing competition
- September: AROS has been presented to the Amiga community in a conference at Pianeta Amiga. MUIbase and HivelyTracker have been ported too
- October: AROS got a new installer that made installation on hard disk easier. Now AROS can safely live on a disk together with Microsoft Windows
- November: AROS made a huge step ahead with its new 64-bit flavour
- December: Two new AROS distributions have been announced, Velocity and VmwAROS
(snx)
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26.Dec.2007
Amiga.org (website)
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Demoscene: Musicdisk "Fusion"
The amiga demoscene group moodsplateau released a musicdisk called "Fusion" which is dedicated to the Amiga scene as a christmas present.
Musicdisk: "Fusion"
Coding: doc.K.
Music: Climber, Psycreator and d!RT!E
Panel-Gfx: d!RT!E
Gallery-Gfx: baerb/Kakiarts, dael, dafreak
Release date: 25.12.2007
Requirement: AMiGA (030+), HD+some Chip/FastMEM or WinUAE
Details: "A musicdisk and a slideshow in one piece. Merged together, we call it 'Fusion'. Our X-MAS present for the AMiGA-Scene supports gfx-cards, sound-cards and it runs nice on hires-interlaced screen-resolution with sound output via paula. Six multichannel tracks in slow funky tech, 2step and chillout style. Some nice photos and gfx were displayed while playing. Its recommended that you have a 68060 working in your machine but it also works on 68030/50MHZ with lower mixing samplerate!
WinUAE users can start the disk directly by adding the .lha-archive under 'Harddrives'. You just need to have a Kickrom3.0 or 3.1 and set under Quickstart the A1200 model." (snx)
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25.Dec.2007
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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IRC-Client: WookieChat 2.9 beta 2
James 'jahc' Carroll's MUI-based IRC-client WookieChat is availabe in a second beta version of the forthcoming version 2.9. The changes you can read in the changelog.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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25.Dec.2007
Dennis 'Psyria' Lohr (ANF)
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Musik: New MP3 file at the Psyria homepage
Dennis Lohr writes: Again this year, the traditonal free download has been released this christmas. In the download area you can find the new song, produced with an Amiga: "Dream Challenge".
I would like to say thank you to all my fans as well as the Amiga community and I wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Also thanks to all who supported me again this year with my music. (snx)
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24.Dec.2007
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Season's greetings from individual Computers
Press release: 24.12.2007: Season's greetings from individual Computers
Team individual Computers is sending "merry Christmas" to all our customers and business partners! In the past year, we have been working hard on the giant project "Clone-A", we finished the hardwaredesign of the Viprinet multichannel VPN router and we continued the development of drivers for existing products. For 2008, there will be a number of improvements.
First of all, we're happy to announce that Helmut Schöttner will join our team in 2008. He will be in charge of Amiga driver maintenance and software programming of new microcontroller-based products. Welcome to our team!
We are already working on bringing sold-out products back into the shops: Catweasel MK4, Indivision and Kickflash OS4 will experience small changes for the next production runs.
A few months ago, we have bought the "Micromys" design from Marko Herold. We have continued development of the C64 mouse adapter, and we'll release it under the name "Micromys V3" during the first quarter of 2008. High compatibility with PS2 mice will remain, and USB-mice that support PS2 protocol are automatically switched to that mode. The new adapter can be configured for different target systems by DIP switches:
- C64: 1351 proportional mouse emulation with wheel-extension
- C64: Joystick emulation
- Amiga: 3-button mouse without drivers
- Amiga: 3-button wheelmouse with Freewheel-driver
- Atari ST: 2-button mouse
Micromys V3 can of course be used on other retro-systems that use a 9-pin Sub-D connector for game controllers, such as Atari 8-bit machines, Schneider, Amstrad and MSX.
Competition PRO Retro still available
Although the USB-version of this successful joystick is sold out at the moment, the retro-version that we produced together with Speedlink is still in stock. Starting january 1st, 2008, the price will be raised to 14,99 EUR. If you want to secure the old price for your order, please place your order before the end of the year!
New product: MMC Replay
The demand for MMC64 continues to be strong. With the Commodore Scene Award that we got for the Retro Replay, the demand for this product was also boosted. We have to say thank you for the trust in these products, which are completely sold out now. We took the chance to merge the two products into one new, powerful cartridge, the MMC Replay. Many requests for changes and improvements have been collected over the past six years, which have all been implemented in MMC Replay. A complete description of the features would go beyond the scope of this news item, so we're only listing the most important data here:
- 512KB Ram
- 512KB Flash Rom
- clockport for RR-Net
- SD/MMC card Interface (MMC64 compatible)
- Freezer (Retro Replay compatible)
- extended freezer-mode
- support for native C128 cartridge software
- freeze/activity LEDs
Existing software that was written for MMC64, Retro Replay or the combination of the two can be used without changes. The new hardware features are activated by the completely re-written file browser of MMC Replay. You can now create and mount *.d64 archives. Flashing of cartridge software (for example Action Replay, Retro Replay, Nordic Power or Final Replay) is made a lot easier with the built-in flash utility. The extended freezer mode allows memory configurations that make development of new software a lot easier, but also eases adapting existing software (for example FC3) to this hardware.
Many customers reported difficulties with special models of the C64 or the C128. Up to this point, proper function on these special machines was either only possible after a long warmup-time, or it was not possible at all because the C128 is not 100% compatible to the C64. We have made the necessary changes and completed extensive tests with more than 40 variants of the C64 and C128 - even native C128 cartridge software is supported by MMC Replay!
We have already changed the design of RR-Net a few months ago. The new shape might have looked strange to some customers, but with the release of MMC Replay, our plan should become obvious now: You can now fit MMC64, Retro Replay and RR-Net into one standard cartridge case. Cartridge cases are available separately. Holes for buttons, LEDs, SD card and a networking cable must be made by the user.
MMC Replay will be available from our trade partners shortly.
A picture of the MMC Replay can be found here (similar picture; picture shows extra feature "RR-Net" available at additional charge), screenshots of the MMC Replay GUI: startup screen, MMC Replay flash utility, MMC Replay C64 file browser, MMC Replay C128 startup screen.
individual Computers sponsors tUM-Party
"The Ultimate Meeting" - the last scene party of the calendar year enjoys great popularity. The organizers are expecting more than 200 visitors. This year's party theme is derived from a popular western movie: "for a fistful of pixels". Learn more about this digital form of art on the pages of digitale Kultur e.V. (Digital Culture). (cg) (Translation: cg)
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