26.Oct.2007
R-TEAM (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4: Text typeset system LaTeX 3.0 (alpha)
"Jack" has published a first alpha version of a port of the text typeset system LaTeX. A viewer for DVI-files is still not implemented. SDK (Software Development Kit) and a current version of abc-shell are required.
The author asks for feedback of users with LaTeX experiences but he points out that the installation guide still was not completed.
Hint: In the distribution archive there is a damaged version of the file "etex". It is absolutely necessary to download the working version of etex and to copy it over the original version.
Direct download:
Distribution: tetex-3.0_build_alpha1.tar.gz (160 MB)
etex-Fix: tetex-3.0_build_alpha1_etex_only.tar.gz (367 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 26. Oct. 2007, 15:10] [Comments: 0]
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24.Oct.2007
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AmigaOS 4 for PowerUp: Press releases by Hyperion and ACube
As announced at the AmiWest 2007 event, the AmigaOS 4 version for PowerUp-Amigas will be released November 30 (amiga-news.de reported). Meanwhile, both Hyperion Entertainment VOF and ACube Systems Srl. have published official press-releases on their respective website.
AmigaOS 4.0 for Classic Amiga to be released November 30th
Antwerp, Belgium - 23 October, 2007 As announced this weekend in Sacramento, CA during the Amiwest banquet, Amiga OS 4.0 for classic Amiga’s equipped with PowerPC accelerator cards, will start shipping on 30 November 2007.
The version of Amiga OS 4.0 shipping for classic Amiga’s is functionally identical to the version already available for AmigaOne hardware and can co-exist with existing Amiga OS 3.x installations in a dual-boot configuration.
The cardboard packaging will contain a CD, a DD boot-floppy to allow installation without a pre-installed Amiga OS and a printed “Quick Start” manual.
Production and world-wide distribution of Amiga OS 4.0 Classic will be handled by our strategic partners Acube Systems s.r.l.
Due to the wide variety of (often no longer produced) third-party hardware available for the Amiga 1200, Amiga 3000(T) and Amiga 4000 (T), prospective customers are strongly advised to verify whether their hardware is supported by Amiga OS 4.0 Classic before placing their order. A list of supported and unsupported hardware will be going online soon on Acube Systems' website. Depending on overall market-demand for the Amiga OS 4.0 Classic version, additional hardware may be supported in the future.
AmigaOS 4.0 Classic will require at least 64 MB of memory (more is recommended) and at least 200 MB of free hard disk space, as well as a supported PowerPC accelerator (CyberstormPPC or BlizzardPPC).
Hyperion Entertainment once again wishes to thank its loyal customers for their business and support.
Amiga OS 4.0 for PPC equipped Classic Amigas
ACube Systems Srl. is pleased to announce the availability, starting from 30 November 2007, of the much awaited Amiga OS 4.0 for PPC equipped Classic Amigas. The Amiga OS 4.0 package including the installation CD, a DD boot floppy disk and a printed quickstart guide of several pages, will be sold directly by ACube Systems and also through local resellers, A compatibility list will be published in the next days on ACube Systems website.
If you are a reseller please contact us at resellers@acube-systems.com for resellers prices.
We are happy to welcome Classic Amigans in the Amiga OS 4.0 users family. and we would like to thank Hyperion Entertainment for the great job they have done in the past months to bring this new Amiga OS 4.0 version to all Classic owners.
Amiga OS 4.0 for Classic Amigas will be sold at a retail price of 74 EUR + local taxes and shipping costs. (snx)
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23.Oct.2007
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Graphic program: New beta version of PerfectPaint
Under the title link Marco 'Blackbird' Möring has published another "work in progress"-version of the graphic program PerfectPaint.
Changes:
- Toolbar fix for MorphOS
- Further GUI adaptions
- Fix for font preview in text window
- PNG and JPEG are saved with image.include (tools Save and PngTool are not available any longer)
- Menu shortcuts are displayed correctly
- Gamma correction in the functions "setting layer" and "setting RGB-layer" added (user wish)
- Information window added
- Palette window now seperate. Position is saved
- Sharpness filter fixed
- Toolbar is freely movable. Position is saved
- By clicking the name of a picture in the history the picture is immediately opened
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23.Oct.2007
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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DiscreetFX: Giving away 10 PowerUp versions of AmigaOS 4
Celebrating the release of AmigaOS 4 for PowerUp Amigas DiscreetFX gives away ten packages of the operating system. You only have to write an email with the name of a former Amiga developer.
Press release Sacramento, California, October 21st, 2007 - To celebrate the much anticipated release of Amiga OS 4.0 for Classic PowerPC based Amiga's, DiscreetFX will be giving away ten copies on November 30th, 2007.
DiscreetFX appreciates the hard work and fine programming talent that went into the development of this fantastic upgrade of the Amiga operating system. We want to celebrate and give classic users something positive and fun to think about. To be entered in the free giveaway just e-mail DiscreetFX with the name of one of the original Amiga designers. On November 30th ten lucky individuals that answered the question correctly will receive Amiga OS 4.0. Please watch for more DiscreetFX contests and giveaways before Christmas 2007.
Best regards
DiscreetFX Team
About DiscreetFX
DiscreetFX has been creating software products for the Amiga, video editing, computer generated graphics (CGI) industry since 1995. The Amiga computer defined and created the affordable video editing, computer graphics market with its birth in 1985. DiscreetFX creates Real-time transitions and effects seen on over 100 television programs including Blind Date, 5th Wheel, Shipmates and more! You can also see DiscreetFX software used on the following networks HBO, Showtime, Discovery Channel, PBS, Fox and more! Video Toaster, VT[5], VT[4]/[3]/[2], SpeedEDIT are registered trademarks of NewTek. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga Incorporated.
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[News message: 23. Oct. 2007, 05:56] [Comments: 0]
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22.Oct.2007
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Ars Technica: A history of the Amiga, part 4
Under the title link Jeremy Reimer has continued his review about the Amiga history. The fourth part is about the company Commodore as well as about the completion of the Amiga and its presentation.
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[News message: 22. Oct. 2007, 13:23] [Comments: 0]
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22.Oct.2007
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaSYS 3 Plus AGA for Amiga 1200 / 4000
The pre-configured operating system called AmigaSYS - which was originally an AmigaOS distribution for WinUAE - is now available for the Amiga models 1200 and 4000, too.
Required is - additional to the operating system itself - a 68020-processor with 14 MHz, 2 MB Chip- and 2 MB Fast-RAM as well as 60 MB free hard disk memory. Further information about tested hardware configurations you can get under the title link.
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[News message: 22. Oct. 2007, 13:16] [Comments: 0]
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21.Oct.2007
Amigaworld.net (Web page)
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AmiWest 2007: AmigaOS 4 for PowerUp on November 30
In the course of AmiWest in Sacramento, which takes place this weekend, Steven Solie has announced, at the request of AmigaOS 4 developer Hans-Jörg Frieden, that starting from November 30, AmigaOS 4 will be availabe for Amiga computers with PowerUp accelerator cards.
The Amiga models 1200, 3000, 4000 and 4000T are supported, provided that they are equipped with a BlizzardPPC or CyberStormPPC card.
An existing AmigaOS installation is not required, merely a hard disk as well as a floppy disk and a CD drive. When booting from the enclosed floppy disk, the CD-ROM driver will be loaded. Should a system already be installed, the installation can be started directly from the CD as well.
Upon an inquiry on supported expansions, Hans-Jörg 'Rogue' Frieden points out that there will be a hardware compatibility list with all relevant information.
But at the moment, there is a Highway driver for USB, and if he remembers correctly, FastATA and IDEFix as well as similar hardware are supported as well. However, the installation process currently requires that you have
connected either an IDE or a SCSI CD drive to the CyberStormPPC. The SCSI controller of the BlizzardPPC, on the other hand, is not currently supported, so only the IDE port of the Amiga 1200.
Support for other hardware could possibly be added within the scope of an update. With regard to PCI, all Prometheus-esque PCI solutions as well as the Mediator 1200 and 4000 expansions are supported, no "DMA tricks" though. (snx) (Translation: cad)
[News message: 21. Oct. 2007, 15:56] [Comments: 0]
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21.Oct.2007
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Fragment 1.2
Fragment 1.2 by Christian Rosentreter is a program that graphically depicts memory fragmentation. (snx) (Translation: cad)
[News message: 21. Oct. 2007, 07:29] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2007
Timo Kloss (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Phonolith MIDI sample program 0.9
Phonolith is a software instrument for AmigaOS 4 which plays sampled wave forms. You can use it with Horny and other CAMD-based sequencers or just with a connected MIDI-keyboard.
New in version 0.9:
- Improved GUI
- More simple loading of instruments which sample paths have changed
- Preference for number of voices for each instrument
- Connection to Horny 1.3 (will be published in few days) for automatical loading of projects
- Support of AmiUpdate
Features of version 0.9:
- Downmixing to AIFF file (not for lite version)
- Receives MIDI notes through camd.library
- Mixer unit with non-linear volume/panning controls and peak meters
- 16 different instruments at once
- ADSR amp envelope (non-linear decay and release curves) for each instrument
- Unlimited number of samples for each instrument, for key and velocity ranges
- Supports AIFF and WAVE sample format (only 16 bit)
- Imports Logic EXS24 instruments (PPC and Intel format)
- ReAction GUI
- Application.library support (for saving settings and registering Phonolith as application)
- Connection to Horny 1.3 for automatic project loading
- AmiUpdate support
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[News message: 20. Oct. 2007, 19:44] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2007
Power Developer (Forum)
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Linux: Ubuntu 7.10 for Pegasos and Efika
For version 7.10 of the Linux distribution Ubuntu which was published on 15th October Peter Czanik has collected the required files for using the operating system on a Pegasos and an Efika.
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[News message: 20. Oct. 2007, 18:46] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2007
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Jack Tramiel discusses the meaning of C64
According to a statement of "Computer History Museum" (San Jose, California) Jack Tramiel who was the founder and for a long time the director of Commodore will take part in a discussion on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the market launch of the Commodore 64.
Furthermore Steve "Apple" Wozniak, William C. Lowe as well as a former member of the management of the Amiga department of Commodore will take part, too.
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[News message: 20. Oct. 2007, 16:59] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2007
#morphos (ANF)
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MorphOS: SDL games "BeastieWorker" and "Tail tale"
Herbert "Hak" Klackl has published two new MorphOS ports of SDL-based games: BeastieWorker is a 3d-Implementation of the classic Sokoban (screenshot) while Tail Tale is an arcade puzzle with Manga style (screenshot).
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Oct. 2007, 16:18] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2007
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MorphOS: MPlayer 1.0rc2, SimpleView 2.1
MPlayer 1.0rc2
Fabien Coeurjoly has published a new version of video play program MPlayer 1.0rc2 for MorphOS.
Direct download: MPlayer-1.0rc2.lha (6,7 MB)
SimpleView 2.1
SimpleView is a tiny picture viewer written by Tom "AmigaHarry" Duin. In the new version a minor bug was fixed.
Link: Homepage
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Oct. 2007, 16:07] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2007
âmigafuture.de (Webseite)
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IRC-Client: WookieChat 2.7 beta 17
James 'jahc' Carroll has published a new beta version of his MUI-based IRC client WookieChat. You can read the latest changes here. WookieChat is available for all Amiga systems.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Oct. 2007, 16:03] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2007
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Stock exchange program: proBonds 2.42
The market software proBonds (screenshot) written by Sven Dröge is available in version 2.42. Mainly the localisation was completed.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Oct. 2007, 16:01] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2007
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Cinemaware: Search for Amiga games
Already in September under the title link Cinemaware asked his fans to look for original games published by Cinemaware.
The games are needed for a new product. Those ones who can help will get one of this new product for free.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Oct. 2007, 11:18] [Comments: 0]
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19.Oct.2007
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future 68 Preview Online
Press release: The preview and some excerpts of the Amiga Future 69 (November/December 2007) are online now. Starting with issue 67 the Amiga Future is available in German and English.
Besides many articles covering the Amiga there are reviews of Sputnik, AmiUpdate and much more in this issue. A more detailed description of contents is available at our website. The cover CD of the Amiga Future features many full versions besides lots of PD software.
The Amiga Future is available as a single issue or subscription. You are free to choose whether you want it with or without a cover CD.
The Amiga Future is available directly from the editorial office and some Amiga dealers like Alinea, Vesalia, AmigaKit, GGS Data, ASB, Samuli... If dealers are interested in offering the Amiga Future for their customers then simply write us an email.
Also we ask all users especially the ones getting the English edition to extend their subscriptions as soon as possible or letting us know if they aren't interested anymore. This would ease the planning of the next issue of the Amiga Future heavily.
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[News message: 19. Oct. 2007, 15:25] [Comments: 0]
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19.Oct.2007
(ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: ADRipper 1.0b
ADRipper "rips" music tracks from audio cds and converts them into MP3 or OGG format (screenshot). Changes version 1.0b:
- external encoders (plugins) support (MP3 and OGG)
- integrated basic CD player
- rip time estimation
- playlist generation (M3U)
- localization (French catalog included)
Links:
ADRipper
MP3-Plugin
OGG-Plugin
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 19. Oct. 2007, 15:21] [Comments: 0]
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17.Oct.2007
amigaworld.net (website)
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AmigaOS 4: Epistula parially released under LGPL
The Author of the instant messenger Epistula notified that due to job occupation he virtually cannot continue the development of the programme. Because he does not expect a change ofthis situation in the foreseeable future, teh source code for the ICQ and MSN plugins for Epistula will be released under the LGPL.
The source code of the main programme will be withheld for a while, because a final decision regarding that has not been done yet. Beside the option to keep the source code to take up development at a later date, the author also thinks about relasing the source when a a bounty is reached or sell the rights with some auction. (cg) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 17. Oct. 2007, 17:03] [Comments: 0]
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17.Oct.2007
Amigaworld.net (website)
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Mini ITX version of the Minimig
Peter Czidlina introduces at the title link his mini ITX version of Dennis van Weeren's Amiga clone Minimig.
Beside the more case friendly standard format of this made in china circuit board the developer added some more changes which improve the video and audio output and the power input. (snx) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 17. Oct. 2007, 09:13] [Comments: 0]
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17.Oct.2007
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Minimig for the Altera DE2 board
At the title link 'TobiFlex' provides the required files to run Dennis van Weerens' Minimig on the Altera DE2 development board by terasIC.
The Motorola 68000 processor has been, other as with the orinal design, rebuild by Tobiflex inside the FPGA. An adjustment to the cheaper DE1 board is also planned. A bit later the source code will also be provided. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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