06.Jul.2007
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Event: Codex Alpe Adria update (Update)
Press release Codex Alpe Adria 2007, the friendly alternative computing and digital culture event organized by Cloanto, will take place this week-end in Udine, Italy.
Unlike previous years, the main event on Saturday is to take place on a large tour coach, which will stop at various places of historical interest, while seminars take place on board the bus.
The Codex Alpe Adria attendees will have a chance to explore
this beautiful region between Venice and the Alps, crossing Roman,
Byzantine and Venetian history with icebreakers and tales from Silicon
Valley, and experiencing first hand computing art, history and future.
Along the way, local delicacies and wines will be served, and new
friends will be made.
The event site at http://0xAA.org has been updated with the latest
schedule and conference information, including two new speakers:
Sergio Ruocco, organizer of the IPISA Amiga and alternative computing
conferences in the 1990s, and Takis Tsiricos, author of "One Flew
Over the Pacman's Nest" (a legal analysis of emulation). Sunday morning
we plan to meet again in Tarvisio, in the Alps region north of Udine,
for a walk near the Fusine lakes.
Joining the event is still possible, but online registration before
Friday evening is appreciated in order to confirm the exact number
of attendees. The event hotline is +39-334-731-7663. Great last-minute
light connections from Germany, the UK and most other European countries
are still available at bargain prices to the three airports around
Udine (Trieste = TRS, Venice = VCE, Treviso = TSF).
Update: (22:05, 07.07.07, snx)
Meanwhile, the schedule has been published. Please note that the Demo Competition has been adjourned to Pianeta Amiga (September 22/23). (snx)
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06.Jul.2007
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Porting Guide for Dummies 1.6.4 (English)
Spot's Porting Guide for Dummies is an English porting guide for multi platform programs for AmigaOS 4 and is now available in version 1.6.4.
In this version new chapters have been added to the topics "Compiling SDL/GL apps" and "Converting a Windows makefile into an AmigaOS makefile".
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.Jul.2007
MorphZone (Website)
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MorphOS: Picture Viewer ShowGirls 0.95
ShowGirls is a picture viewer from Michal 'kiero' Wozniak which offers some image editing functions and combines features of "MiniShowPicture", "ShowPPC" and similar programs (Screenshots).
New features of version 0.95:
- Merge factor for Noise Reduction. Allows to preserve more detail
- Curves tool. Allows for selective adjustment of image brightness, saturation and R/G/B intensity
- Displaying of flashlight mode in exif overlay
- Much faster thumbnails generation for JPEG files without embedded exif thumbnail
- Minor speed/size optimizations and tweaks in numerous places
- Threshold filter allowing to convert image into black&white one
- File extension adjustment (changing to .jpg) in batch converter
- Initial version of bordering tool
Bugs squashed in this version:
- History for path and copy/move operations was not working properly
- Loading image without full path was not working properly
- Random crash caused by wrong object tree setup
- Don't crash on thumbnails with with equals to 1 (with 'Save memory' enabled)
- Zoom in factor (when using wheel/keyboard) wasn't equal to zoom out
- Few memory leaks
- Focusing on thumbnails in very tall views
- Correct image dimensions in thumbnail help bubble
- Smarter thumbnails scanning (delayed mode only). Thumbnails of visible pictures are generated on demand
- Smarter minimum zommin factor. Now depends on image dimensions and display area
- And probably more the author forgot about
Download: ShowGirls-0.95.lha (497 KB) (snx) (Translation: tz)
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05.Jul.2007
Kris (ANF)
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AmigaSYS: Announcement of Version 3 Plus / New Website
Kris writes: AmigaSYS is a preinstalled workbench for the Amiga emulator WinUAE with a lot of features and extensions. After the successful installation AmigaSYS offers a workbench providing everything for an initial start - similar to the projects like AIAB (Amiga In A Box) or AmiKit.
The new internet site is available in three languages (Hungarian, English and German), but is currently under work.
The new version of the package "AmigaSYS 3 Plus" will probably be finished within the next two or three weeks and provided for free download. Here are some features of the new and improved version:
- Completely new installer script for the versions 3.0, 3.1, 3.9, AF as well as XL which allows a two or three times faster installation
- Depending on the chosen language not only the os, but possibly all applications are started with the relevant language
- The new version excels with a better German and English translation
- New AmigaSYS-add-on packages have been prepared
- The system is optimized and most of the programs have been replaced with newer versions and heavily tested
- The whole package was shrinked about several MB through optimization measures and therefore meets better the demands of modem users.
The project is guided by the German Amiga Community and the new version will be also available at their website . (snx) (Translation: tz)
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05.Jul.2007
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Ausgabe 67 (German/English) published
Press release: Issue 67 of the Amiga Future (July/August 2007) is out now. This means that all subscriptions, preorders and consignments to dealers have been shipped today.
Amiga Future 67 is available in German and English. Both mags can be ordered directly from the editorial office or Amiga dealers like Alinea, AmigaKit, GGS Data, Guru Meditation and Vesalia.
This time there are over 20 full versions on the cover CD. A more detailed description of contents with German and English excerpts can be found at our website.
If you have any questions feel free to drop an e-mail to Andreas@amigafuture.de using the subject "Amiga". (snx)
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04.Jul.2007
amigafuture.de (website)
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WinUAE: AmiKit 1.3.6
For AmiKit, a complete distribution for WinUAE users, an update to version 1.3.6 is available. It is to obtain by the integrated "live update" function
or by manual installation.
The update contains one hundered more exclusive 24 bit pictograms by Ken "klesterjr" Lester, the other changes are listed at the
Changelog. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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04.Jul.2007
Thomas Krämer (ANF)
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Kick Off 2: German Championchips 2007 in Cologne
Thomas Kraemer writes:
The Kick Off 2 DM 2007 is ready! The competition will be from September the 22nd to 23rd at the famous Cologne youth hostel from the
world championchips 2005.ETh event will be rather a German-Open, we hope to welcome some foreign guests.
The youth hostel providest 2 bed and 4 bed rooms. Unfortunately the 2 bed romes are very limited and as good hosts we will prefer the foreign guests
for these rooms - "die Welt zu Gast bei Freunden". Cancelation of rooms is only possible before July he 22nd (!!!), therefore early
registration will be appreciated very much.
Also we will copy the brilliant idea from England to do a a real soccer match also. I did a playing field arrangemnt at an
indoor soccer ceneter already. We have to get there by car colon, but I guess we'll work it out somehow!
REGISTRATION
If you like to atten just drop me an email or answer att his thread.
The following information is appreciated
- full name
- email
- nationality
- mobile number
- arival and departure time
- preferred room (2 or 4 bed)
- with who do you like o share the room (no informatio = allocation by chance)
Further information is available at the forum of kickoff2.com. (cg)
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02.Jul.2007
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Aminet-Uploads until 01.07.2007
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
megaget.lha comm/net 11K GEN Aminet frontend and/or [http] downloader
samba-3.0.4-morphos.tgz comm/tcp 30M MOS Samba for MorphOS, Alpha version
samba-upd-morphos.gz comm/tcp 1.3M MOS Updated Samba server for MorphOS Samba
memleak_1.0-aros-i386.zip dev/misc 16K ARO Aids discovery of memory leaks in prgs
murks.zip dev/misc 48M ARO An Integrated Development Environment
mADFloppy.lha disk/misc 67K OS3 amiga disk images xferring environment
R200_Ink_Level.lha driver/print 34K OS3 Ink level monitor for Epson R200
xando.lha game/2play 5K GEN XO game for two players
matanza-bin-m68k.lha game/shoot 145K OS3 ascii art shootem up
TotalChaosAGAr6.lha game/strat 77M OS3 2D Magic & Monsters turn-based Strategy
ezaMaze.lha game/wb 33K OS3 Get to the exit of the labyrinth!
ami-dcraw_8_70.lha gfx/conv 432K OS3 CLI converter for camera's RAW files
GSGui.lha gfx/conv 86K GEN GUI for Ghostscript8 in MUI
dudemo.lha misc/sci 10M OS4 Digital Universe Demo
HorrorZombies.lha mods/cust 43K OS3 Custom module from "Horror Zombies..."
M1TankPlatoon.lha mods/cust 44K OS3 Custom modules from "M-1 Tank Platoon"
Pirates.lha mods/cust 143K OS3 Custom module from "Pirates!"
RedStormRising.lha mods/cust 62K OS3 Custom module from "Red Storm Rising"
DG_MIDI_player.lha mus/midi 48K OS3 Simple MIDI Player for OS4 (68k)
EP_TFMXST.lha mus/play 14K OS3 EaglePlayer "TFMX ST" external replayer
mikmod_68k.lha mus/play 159K OS3 Play & convert various mod formats.
playOGG.lha mus/play 1.5M OS3 multi format sound player.
SadCircus.tar.gz pix/anim 83K GEN Sadistic Circus anim
ql_dt.lha util/dtype 19K OS3 Datatype for Sinclair QL pictures
SayToy.lha util/misc 27K GEN Speech Text Translator and Narrator
StartBar-ITA.lha util/misc 139K OS3 StartBar italian version fontsensitive
depstrack.lha util/shell 49K VAR lists dependencies in a binary
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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02.Jul.2007
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 01.07.2007
Uploads on os4depot.net since our last report:
adripper.lha aud/mis 1Mb Audio CD encoder with CDDB support
dg_midi_player.lha aud/pla 47kb Simple MIDI player
tunegme_plug.lha aud/pla 277kb GME plugin for TuneNet
libgme.lha dev/lib 282kb Plays GBS, VGM/VGZ, GYM, SPC and NSF, et
camd.lha dri/mis 82kb Native CAMD library for OS4
shippy1984.lha gam/act 416kb A very good and stylish retro shoot 'em
wesnoth-devel.lha gam/str 78Mb Battle for Wesnoth (development version)
r200_ink_level.lha uti/pri 34kb Epson R200 Ink Level Monitor
dudemo.lha uti/sci 9Mb Digital Universe Demo
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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02.Jul.2007
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AROS-Archives: Uploads until 01.07.2007
Uploads on AROS-Archives since our last report:
murks.zip dev/ide 47Mb Murks! An Integrated Development Environ
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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02.Jul.2007
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Filesharing: AmiGift 2.0 Prerelease
Amigift is a P2P-Filesharingsystem which based on the from the Unix-world ported giFT-Daemon (Gnutella, FastTrack, OpenFT) and will be used over a MUI-based graphical user interface named "GiftMUI" (Screenshot).
This beta-version is in acc. to the Author more stabil then the earlyer version, but there is now a problem by connecting with FastTrack-networks , which generates a high performance load on the CPU. But this pre-realease will by noted as user-friendly.
Who will test AmiGift 2.0, will by highly recommended to read the Changelog, the AmiGift-Readme and the FAQ.
AmiGift 2.0 works under AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS. AmigaOS 4-user are invoked, to report there experience with AmiGift 2.0, to make sure that it works also in Amiga OS 4. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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02.Jul.2007
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WHDLoad: New Package until 02.07.2007
With WHDLoad is it possible to install games and scene-demos, which are only created to work with floppy disks, on a harddisk. Also several incompatibilities with newer Amiga-models will by fixed.
Following Installer are added or updated since our last report:
- 02.07.07 fixed: Lionheart (Thalion) install process corrected (Info)
- 02.07.07 new: Kingmaker - The Quest For The Crown (U.S.Gold) done by JOTD (Info)
- 02.07.07 new: Panic Voices Of Energy (Alcatraz) done by Psygore (Info,Image)
- 30.06.07 new: Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz (Elite) done by Codetapper (Info)
- 30.06.07 new: Tournament Golf (Elite) done by Codetapper (Info)
- 29.06.07 fixed: James Pond 2 - Robocod (Millennium) also works with WHDLoad v16+ (Info)
- 29.06.07 new: Qix (Taito) done by Bored Seal (Info)
- 29.06.07 improved: Exile (Audiogenic) fixed for WHDLoad v16+, savegame handling corrected (Info)
- 25.06.07 new: Universal Monsters (Ocean) done by Bored Seal (Info)
- 25.06.07 fixed: Sly Spy Secret Agent (Ocean) fixed to work with whdload 16.6+, access fault fixed (Info)
- 25.06.07 improved: Dynamo (Code Masters) memory usage reduced, fast mem usage, blitter waits added, other improvements (Info)
- 24.06.07 new: Wanderer 3D (Elite) done by Codetapper (Info)
- 20.06.07 improved: The Secret of Monkey Island (Lucasfilm Games) supports another version, recompiled for new kickstart filesystem (Info)
- 20.06.07 fixed: Total Football (Domark/Acclaim) fix for joystick in port 2 with 1 player mode (Info)
- 20.06.07 improved: Hybris (Discovery Software) blitter waits added, added slowdown for winuae, source included (Info)
- 14.06.07 fixed: Karate Kid 2 (Microdeal) fixed to work with whdload 16.6+ (Info)
- 12.06.07 improved: TrianGO (California Dreams) version 1.0 supported (Info)
- 10.06.07 improved: Mighty Bombjack (Elite) trainer tooltypes added, now compatible with whdload 16.6+, keyboard fixed (Info)
- 09.06.07 fixed: Leisure Suit Larry 3 (Sierra) included Al Lowe's fixes to solve the workout bug and others on fast machines (Info)
- 09.06.07 fixed: Flashback (Delphine Software) fixed cpu delay loop to avoid flickering (Info)
- 09.06.07 updated: Base Jumpers (Rasputin) made 2 separate slaves to reduce memory requirements (Info)
- 08.06.07 improved: Alien Bash 2 (Glen Cumming/Myles Jeffery) extra sounds enabled, no more access faults (Info)
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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02.Jul.2007
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Codex Alpe Adria: Sam440, Minimig and C-One to win
In Udine (Italie) starts "Codex Alpe Adria" next weekend. On the Demo-Competitions is this year several Hardware to win:
- A working Prototyp of the Minimig, donated by Dennis van Weeren
- A Sam440ep-System, donated by ACube Systems srl
- a C-One-Developer-System
More information about this event are linked to the title. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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02.Jul.2007
David Brunet (ANF)
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New Article on the Obligement-Webseite (french)
The Webside of the french AmigaOS- and MorphOS-Magazin Obligement updated by following article:
- Amiga and MorphOS news of may/june 2007
- Review of Warzone 2100
- Review of Abiword
- Interview with Carl Sessenrath
- Tutorial: Print in a network
- Tutorial: Update Debian from Woody to Sarge on AmigaOne
- Emulation: Oldies in honor
- File: History of the Amiga (years 1980 to 1998)
- File: The interactives fictions (update)
- File: The formfactors
- Quizz of may/june 2007
- Special quizz about the Lorraine
Translation:
- Interview with Carl Sassenrath (polish, czech and english)
- Hardware: The Lorraine (czech)
- Hardware: The Walker (czech)
- Tutorial: Installation of MorphOS PowerUP on Amiga Classic PowerPC (czech)
(snx) (Translation: aj)
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01.Jul.2007
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AmigaOS 4: First screenshots of a Blender port
Apparently, Thomas Frieden is working on a port of the 3D package Blender to AmigaOS 4, as proved by two of the screenshots published on amigans.net (1, 2).
Hans-Jörg "Rogue" Frieden comments that although the port is already very stable and complete except for the GameBlender module, some things simply do not work as they should yet. Therefore, some time will go by until the release. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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01.Jul.2007
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IRC Client: WookieChat 2.7 Beta 4
James "jahc" Carroll is making available a new beta version of his MUI-based IRC client Wookiechat. The latest changes can be gathered from the changelog. Wookiechat is available for all Amiga systems. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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30.Jun.2007
Timo Kloss (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Phonolith MIDI-Sampler 0.7
Phonolith is a software instrument for AmigaOS 4 to play sampled wave forms. It can be used with Horny and other CAMD based sequencers or simply with a connected MIDI keyboard. New in version 0.7:
- some tools for easier creation of instruments
- panorama for each mixer channel
- support of application.library
- finally a working "Save" button for settings and window positions
Features of version 0.7:
- downmixing to AIFF file (not for lite version)
- receives MIDI notes through camd.library
- mixer unit with volume/panning controls and peak meters
- 16 different instruments at once
- ADSR amp envelope 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)
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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30.Jun.2007
antibike (ANF)
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Software licence: GPLv3 released
Sixteen years after version 2 did the Free Software Foundation release the final version of the software licence GPLv3 yesterday representing an adaption to the changes that took place since then (e.g. DRM and software patents).
Further information can be found for example on heise open.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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29.Jun.2007
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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RSS reader: miniRSS-Reader 0.1
miniRSS-Reader is a simple RSS reader and works as a commodity. The hbasic2.library is required.
Link: Download page
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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29.Jun.2007
antibike (ANF)
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Bittorrent-Client: Beehive available for AmigaOS
The Bittorrent-client Beehive written by Hannu Komsa is now available for AmigaOS. Exactly Beehive is a MUI interface for the client Enhanced CTorrent written by Dennis Holmes.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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29.Jun.2007
Phobos (ANF)
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Faces of Mars: Further handy pictures by Eric W. Schwartz
For Phobos which is a "portal for alternative mobile content" further handy pictures and cartoons were licensed by Eric W. Schwartz. The first seven ones are available under the title link.
Further contents are supposed to follow. The website should be written in this way that Amigas can access it without problems.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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