24.Dec.2006
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Amiga-News wishes Merry Christmas!
The entire team of Amiga-News wishes all readers, partners and Amiga fans a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! (cg) (Translation: cad)
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24.Dec.2006
amigafuture.de (Web page)
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WinUAE: AmiKit 1.2.7
For AmiKit, a complete distribution for WinUAE users, an update to version 1.2.7 is available. This can be obtained via the integrated live update function or installed manually.
Among the improvements in this version are the newest versions of Ibrowse and StarAmPlan, among other things. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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24.Dec.2006
amigafuture.de (Web page)
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AmigaOS 4: CPUTemp.docky
CPUTemp.docky displays the current CPU temperature in the AmigaOS 4 dock. The program was successfully tested with 603e, 750FX, 750GX and 7455 processors and apparently works with some 7451 models. Other CPU types (604, 750CXE etc.) were not tested.
CPUTemp.lha (24 KB) (cg) (Translation: cad)
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24.Dec.2006
Sebastian Bauer (ANF)
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E-Mail: SimpleMail 0.30
Version 0.30 of the MUI-based E-Mail client SimpleMail was released today. Since the last release, minor bugs in the HTML display as well as in creating indices were fixed. News that are shown in the preview window are now marked as read.
The new version of SimpleMail is available for AmigaOS 3/4 at present, the MorphOS version will be delivered later.
The SimpleMail team wishes everyone a contemplative Christmas and a happy new year. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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24.Dec.2006
Amiga Future (Web page)
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vbcc: Compiler target for the SmartFirmware
Under the title link, Frank Wille has created a target for PowerPC OpenFirmware (specifically: the SmartFirmware of the Efika board) for the C compiler vbcc.
Through this, plain ANSI-C programs (OpenFirmware-calls and standard I/O) can be launched directly from the firmware, without needing to launch a "proper" operating system first. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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24.Dec.2006
PPA (Web page)
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Mediator: TV tuner control TvR 2.10
The program TvR by Robert Krajcarz (screenshot) is now available in version 2.10. With this software, TV tuner PCI cards used via a Mediator board can be controlled.
The most important changes in this version:
- Fixed routines to get backdrop back after quitting Backdrop mode
- Fixed routines of saving/playing recorded animation
- Changed methods of sleep mode (Music parameter removed)
(snx) (Translation: cad)
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24.Dec.2006
T.Schölzel (ANF)
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Website: CD32-Allianz online again
Press release The team of CD³²-Allianz wishes all readers of our Internet page a merry and contemplative Christmas 2006!
As a thank you for your faithfulness, support and numerous contributions in our forum, there is a Christmas present for free download. Where? Simply stop by at our forum for it.
On time for Christmas, our problems with the server are solved, so that our Internet page is online again. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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24.Dec.2006
amigafuture.de (Web page)
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AmigaOS 4: RSS reader XNet-RSS 52.1
XNet-RSS displays so-called RSS feeds, i.e. brief news in text form, like those offered by amiga-news.de as well, for example.
New in version 52.1 are mouse wheel support as well as improved routines for charset conversion, among other things. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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24.Dec.2006
amigaworld.net (Web page)
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IBrowse: Experimental Flash plugin
The IBrowse team is making available a first experimental Flash plugin for its web browser. The plugin is based on GPLFlash and thus supports only Flash 4 as well as some few features of newer Flash standards. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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24.Dec.2006
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AmigaOS 4: Directory Opus 4.18
Joachim "Zerohero" Birging is releasing version 4.18 of the well-known file manager Directory Opus 4. After the earlier alpha versions, the program is now available for the first time as a PPC-native version for AmigaOS 4, in addition, the update includes numerous minor improvements. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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23.Dec.2006
Dennis 'Psyria' Lohr (ANF)
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Music: Christmas update on Psyria homepage
Psyria wrote on his homepage: "This year there is also (traditionally) special downloads to Christmas!
You can find four well-known songs in the download section:
- Acid Dreams
- Electronic Knights (studio version)
- Heart of the Jungle
- Until Dawn
as well as two so far unpublished titles:
- Out of my life (dance studio version)
- Time of Day (studio version)
as 'Full-Free-Download' - all newly mixed.
I want to wish the fanbase as well as the whole Amiga community Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." (snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Dec.2006
Amigans.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: DvPlayer 0.58 / avcodec.library 51.45
For AmigaOS 4 updates of the video and DVD player DvPlayer as well as of the avcodec.library have been published. The library has got several bug fixes as well as an improvement of speed.
Changes in the release 0.58 of DvPlayer:
- Added support for OpenDML AVI files
- Fixed and improved overlay support with fullscreen overlay mode, improved speed, triplebuffering (requires AOS4.0 final), aspect ratio correction, overlay is now used by default if available
- Fixed problem with MS-ADPCM audio (also requires avcodec.library 51.45)
- Added multiple charset support for subtitles (DvPlayer will use the charset you have configured in your preferences)
- Fixed a bug in window mode which caused a slowdown, now window playback is about 10% faster
- Further improved AVI support and added workarounds for more buggy AVI files
- Disabling Audio Boost now halves the volume instead of saturating to 100%
- Screenblanker is now also allowed while a movie is paused
- Added Mousewheel volume adjustment
- Added DTS audio support for AVI files
- Added Movie Information window (available in the Control menu)
- Added window resize gadget possibility (new gadget ID defined for skin files)
- Added custom pointer when mouse is moved over the window resize gadget
- Bringing up the menu now temporarily pauses movie playback. Also mouse is temporarily turned on in fullscreen when the menu is invoked
- Many more bugfixes and improvements (subtitle bug fixes, I/O plugin support fixes/improvements, etc.)
The author would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Download:
avcodec_lib.lha (776 KB)
DvPlayer-0.58-Demo.lha (527 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Dec.2006
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Webbrowser: IBrowse 2.4 available
Today version 2.4 of the MUI-based Webbrowser IBrowse has been published. The browser can be bought from IOSpirit. Registered users of the previous version 2.x will get the update for free.
Additional to several buf fixes version 2.4 has got some news just like the plugin interface and context sensitive mouse pointer. This is the official press release:
"Lund, Sweden, 22nd December 2006 - Stefan Burstrom and the IBrowse Team
are pleased to announce the immediate release of the much anticipated
update to IBrowse 2.3.
IBrowse 2.4 brings web browsing on AmigaOS to a new level - below is a
very brief summary of the changes since version 2.3:
- New integrated Search Bar, allowing you to easily perform searches of your favourite sites. Search engines can be added manually or automatically via the Mycroft project site
- The Status Bar has been overhauled to optionally provide the status of IBrowse graphically. Due to requiring less space than text, this has allowed us to show additional statuses such as when Javascript is being processed
- Plugin API system for embedded objects based on the v4 NPAPI (Netscape Plugin API) to allow for easier porting of NS compatible plugins, this is used to allow IBrowse to display embedded objects (such as flash animations) within the browser when a suitable plugin is available
- Support for AmiSSLv3 has been added to IBrowse 2.4, allowing the use of the most up to date SSL implementation available for AmigaOS
- Context sensitive mouse pointers have been added, providing different mouse pointers in different areas of IBrowse
- Background tab loading has finally been added to the Browser Tabs. Links can be opened in new browsers which remain inactive, allowing you to continue browsing the original page uninterrupted
- The spoofing engine has been totally re-written for 2.4, and provides a range of pre-defined spoofing options
- The JavaScript engine has been improved yet further providing support for more event handlers, and improved DOM support, along with some significant speed increases in certain areas. It now supports the complete JavaScript 1.6 extension, as found in Firefox 2.0, along with the majority of JavaScript 1.5 and the revision 3 of the ECMAScript (ECMA-262) specification
- HTTP compressed content support has been added, which includes both gzip and deflate algorithms
- On websites which ask for a username and password in a HTML based form, IBrowse can now (optionally) save these details for future visits
- Web Advert Control Language (WACL) is a feature of IBrowse based on a proposal by Stefan Stuntz for a user configurable, flexible scripting language to control the display of adverts on webpages
- Improved general stability and memory leaks plugged
- Hundreds of other minor and major bug fixes + improvements, and increased tolerance of broken sites for better compatibility
All these improvements greatly improve the browsing experience, and allow IBrowse to offer compatibility with many more websites than before.
IBrowse 2.4 is available from IOSPIRIT - to purchase, please visit
http://amiga.iospirit.de (registered users of IBrowse 2.x can upgrade
for free, and there is a special upgrade price available to registered
IBrowse 1.x users)."
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Dec.2006
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: OpenTTD 0.5.0-RC1 published
OpenTTD is an Open-Source clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe" (screenshot).
In this version Unicode/UTF8 support has been added as well as a new landscape generator. For further details please have a look at the Release notes.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Dec.2006
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Previews of issue 64 online
Press release Since today reading samples and the detailed preview for the Amiga Future issue 64 (January/February 2007) are online.
Additional to a detailed preview to the Final Release of AmigaOS 4 and Airline Tycoon as well as a test of Robin Hood there are more test reports to applications, games and hardware in this issue of Amiga Future.
You can find a detailed list of contents as well as reading samples in the forum of the Amiga Future.
As a special Christmas gift this time on the reader-CD there is the complete Eric Schwartz-Archive-CD. Besides this there are many full versions like Anstoss, Anstoss World Cup, Anstoss HDD, Bugbash, Carton Rouge League, Carton Rouge, Cyberpunks, Deluxe Galaga AGA, Deluxe Galaga ECS, DeluxePacman, Der Patrizier, Hanse - The Expedition, Hyboria, Hyboria HDD, On the Ball - The Football, On the Ball League Edition, On the Ball WorldCup Edition, Pure Basic, The Patrician, Visualprefs and many unpublished games.
You can buy many older issues of our magazine in our Onlineshop.
Because of the Holidays the Amiga Future 64 will be published on 15th January 2007.
On our webseite you can download the CD32 full version o Beneath a steel Sky for free, too.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Andreas Magerl
Amiga Future/APC&TCP (snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Dec.2006
MorphZone (website)
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MorphOS-Team: Update of the JIT-compiler Trance
A new version of the Just-In-Time Compiler Trance has been released for MorphOS 1.4.5. The changes since the previous release are:
- Fixed a bug that would make certain IBrowse CPU versions crash (at least IBrowse 2.3 and 2.4)
- Some SAS/C float/double integer calculation fixes (lsd/asd X flag). For example, the integer version of IBrowse's javascript.library
- Addx/Subx with predecrement was fixed. These instructions are very rare, but could be used for some multiprecision math
- Trancestats has been updated to work properly with the latest MUI versions
In order to install Trance v50.12 (09.12.2006) on your MorphOS system, please download the update from the MorphOS download portal or FTP server. Then, follow these steps:
- Copy MorphOS/C/trance to MOSSYS:C/
- Copy MorphOS/Libs/trance.library to MOSSYS:Libs/
- Copy Utilities/Trancestats SYS:Utilities/
- Reboot
The MorphOS Team wishes everyone Happy Holidays and a Great New Year! (snx)
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22.Dec.2006
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Windows/C64: Christmas updates for Catweasel and MMC64 / tUM sponsoring
Press release Just in time for Christmas, we have an update for our Catweasel-customers that fixes two small bugs and adds a lot of new disk formats. The list of formats would go beyond the scope of this news-item, therefore we have chosen a few special formats:
VERSAdos: Dr. Kümmerle of the department for safety and radiation protection of the Research Centre Jülich has sent sample disks of a Motorola VERSAdos computer, because the Research Centre had to comply with laws about archiving measurement data. More than 2000 disks have been archived and copied to up-to-date media using the Catweasel.
MHS Bootdisk: Douglas Tennant has sent a disk to us that is used to start an MHS machine. Since these disks cannot be copied using the original legacy equipment, the Catweasel now ensures that the machines can be operated in the future, using backup copies of the bootdisks.
Casio sampler disk: Casio has used disk drives in their samplers that spin at unusually high speeds. The Catweasel floppy controller has a variable bitrate, so it can read and write these disks in off-the-shelve drives. This is a good example that the topic of data recovery is not limited to computer technology. More floppy disk formats of music instruments will be implemented in future updates of the Catweasel driver software, such as the legendary synthesizer Emulator II.
If you have disks that are not yet supported by the Catweasel, please don't hesitate to contact us!
The new driver version has been reported to be stable since the last update, therefore it has left beta state. It can be downloaded for free from our support site.
Direct download: CWMK42200.zip
Planned formats for the next version of the driver are: Apple IIe, Macintosh 800K and 400K disks, and DEC RX01 and RX02 disks that have been requested by Mr. Axel Thiel of the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation.
MMC64 updates
The new BIOS-version v1.04 and the recovery disk are available for free download from our support site. The MP3-plugin that enebales the MP3@64 module on the MMC64 has been improved: Playback on NTSC machines now works errorfree.
individual Computers sponsors tUM-Party
Once a year, the creative elite of the European demoscene meets at "The ultimate meeting". Find out more about the demoscene on the websites of the digitale Kultur e.V. (Digital Culture).
We're proud to provide financial support once again for a party that has satisfied all expectations that visitors have in a demoparty for several years in a row. tUM takes place from december 27th until december 29th, 2006 in Karlsruhe-Durlach, Germany. Find out more on the official website.
We wish all our customers and partners merry christmas and a happy new year! (snx)
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21.Dec.2006
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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IRC-client: Wookiechat 2.4.1 Beta 4
James Carroll has published a new beta version of his MUI-based IRC-client Wookiechat for AmigaOS 3/4. Changes since the last release:
- Beta 3: You can close the leftmost server tabs now. But it doesnt yet select another tab straight away, you have to click on another one yourself
- Beta 4: You can turn the smaller tab sizes on by running wookiechat with the "smalltabs" switch. i.e. "run wookiebeta_os3 smalltabs". It will default to the regular tab sizes
Direct Download: wookiechat2_4_1beta4_21stDec2006.lha (750 KB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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21.Dec.2006
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PDF-Magazin: a1k.org - The Magazine (preversion)
"a1k.org - The Magazine" is a PDF magazine created by "Hagbard" with topics around the Amiga. There is a first preview which is only a preversion and which is supposed to give you a impression of the content and style of the first issue.
If you want to join the team of a1k-Magazine please contact the publisher. Everybody is welcome who have ideas, can write articles or create cover-designs or can check the texts. You can find further information on a thread at a1k.org (registration is required).
Download: a1kFunMag.zip (4,4 MB)
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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21.Dec.2006
H-J Ottinger (ANF)
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MorphOS: Icon-Dock PolyNetNG 1.42
PolyNetNG is a configurable AmiDock clone which can work with pictograms as well as GIF-animations and which can start programs and handle "Sub-Docks" (screenshot). PolyNetNG requires MUI 4. The current version is no longer distributed as Shareware.
You can read the numerous changes in v1.42 in the Changelog. Hans-Jörg Ottinger has published a German catalog file for the current version of PolyNetNG.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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20.Dec.2006
CD32-Allianz - T.Schölzel (ANF)
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CD32-Alliance: Homepage currently not available
The Internet sites of the CD32 alliance currently are not available. The maintainer of the site think that the problem should be fixed by the provider until Christmas Day.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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