24.Sep.2006
ANN (Web page)
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AROS: Graphics program Lunapaint 0.2.4
Lunapaint is a graphics program for AROS, inspired by DPaint and TVPaint. Improvements in version 0.2.4:
- Fixed: Colorize works correctly (WILL be further perfected later)
- Fixed: Lighten and darken pays notice to the colors they darken and lighten (better)
- Fixed: More BOOPSI compliance internally (IPTR)
- Fixed: Crash on canceling loading of a datatype project
!Regression: No 64-bit exporting due to reprogramming
- NEW: Chosen color is not directly connected to palette
- NEW: Rewritten scroll routine makes fluid scrolling a reality
- NEW: Unerase tool! Recover erased areas [WIP]
- NEW: Export with flattened layers (wasn't implemented before)
- NEW: Animation export, vertical strip for programmers and one image pr. frame for making gif animations etc
(cg) (Translation: cad)
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24.Sep.2006
ANN (Web page)
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Pianeta Amiga: Audio message from Bill McEwen
In the meantime, the audio message from Bill McEwen (Amiga Inc.) can be downloaded on the web page of Pianeta Amiga, which was played back within the scope of the Italian event yesterday.
In his greetings message, Bill McEwen mentioned the acquisition of Ruksun as well as his enthusiasm for the Samantha mainboard.
Moreover, at the AmiWest show next month in Sacramento (USA), the prototype of a motherboard from the high-end desktop sector will reportedly be presented, which is developed by another group, with which they are working together for a long time.
Download: PianetaAmiga.mp3 (4.6 MB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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24.Sep.2006
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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Event: Status report on Amiga-Meeting Nord
With over 40 participant registrations in the meantime, the Amiga-Meeting Nord, which takes place from the 13. up to the 15. of October in Bad Bramstedt, is practically booked up.
However, as Sven Scheele informs, registrations via the website are still accepted and put on the waiting list - for the case that places become available yet on short notice.
Reportedly, a visit is worthwhile especially on Saturday, for day visitors as well, since some interesting presentations are planned. The admission price for day visitors amounts to 5 Euro.
Following developers and dealers are among the participants:
- Guido 'Geit' Mersmann (Valiant Vision, among others)
- Sven Dröge (proBanking, Bonds)
- Axel Dörfler (Spreadsheet Ignition)
- Timo 'Ermentrud' Kloss (Midi sequencer Horny)
- Alinea Computer (Demonstration of the distributed products)
- Matthias Goldisch (Dealer for Amiga & retro computing)
- Axel Knabe (Office & information service, presentation of BurnIt, among others)
(snx) (Translation: cad)
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24.Sep.2006
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Amiga Inc.: Indian subsidiary purchases Ruksun assets
Under the title link, Amiga Inc. discloses that "Amiga Development India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amiga, Inc." had purchased the majority of the assets of Ruksun Software Technologies on August 10 of this year.
The acquisition reportedly includes intellectual property, business and engineering and support staff and all development contracts.
Ruksun was one of the original partners for Amiga's AmigaDE project. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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22.Sep.2006
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AmigaOS 4: SDL games Primate Plunge and Tower Toppler
"Spot" has ported the platform game called Primate Plunge to AmigaOS 4. Besides this there is a new version of the Nebulus clone called Tower Toppler.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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22.Sep.2006
Mirko Engelhardt (ANF)
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4 new games at amigaland.de
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Star Trek three new games have been made available at amigaland.de for free download. These are the Freeware/PD games "Star Trek - The Game of the Future of Mankind" written by
Tobias Richter, "Star Trek - The Game" written by Jimbo Barber and "Star Trek" created by Twistet Images. Additionally there is also a game by Microprose: "Greens" which was formerly known as "Microprose
Golf".
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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21.Sep.2006
AROS-Exec (Website)
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MorphOS: Short Video about the Sputnik Development Status
A short video from the latest development status about the yet unreleased, khtml-based web browser Sputnik shows mouse events, dhtml and javascript.
Download: video.mpg (1,3 MB) (snx) (Translation: tz)
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21.Sep.2006
amigaworld.net (Website)
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AmigaOS 4: FastTrackerII-/Protracker-Klon Milkytracker
Milkytracker is a 100% compatible clone of ProTracker resp. FastTrackerII, but it has a strongly optimized editor (Screenshot). Milkytracker can save the formats MOD and XM and is able to import songs of the formates MOD, XM and DBM.
Besides the main program certain video tutorials, a package with samples as well as some example songs are available. The Amiga port comes from Varthall / Up Rough, Henning Nielsen Lund and Spot / Up Rough. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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21.Sep.2006
Libero Moschella (ANF)
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Pianeta Amiga: Official Announcement of "Project Samantha"
Press release:
Empoli (Florence), Italy, September 15, 2006:
On September 23 and 24 at Palaesposizioni exhibition palace in Empoli, it will take place the 10th edition of Pianeta Amiga Show.
This is nearly an historic appointment for the italian scene of alternative information technology, but not only limited to Italy and not only limited to Amiga computers, because Pianeta Amiga exhibit it is continuously growing and expanding, due to presence of foreign visitors and exhibitors from all Europe.
The Pianeta Amiga event, it represents a place of rendez-vous for all amigans and users of various alternative platforms, and an aggregation point which is exclusive in the italian outline, and it is also a privileged launch pad platform for literally dozens of projects and products which continuously born and grew up in the sparkling world of alternative computing.
The appointment of this year truly represents a milestone for italian information technology, because during the event in Empoli it will take place the official presentation of a new computer, entirely designed, developed and manufactured in Italy.
This new motherboard will be capable to use wide part of Operating Systems created to run for Linux-like PPC based platforms, and it will also capable to run various other alternative Operating Systems that are widely used on the scene of I.T. world.
It was a long time since the moment that technology innovation left italian peninsula.
Now it was born again a new Hi-Tech challenge, and this is due to the efforts in co-operation and synergy lead by three dynamic italian firms: Alternative Holding Group Srl., Soft3 and Virtual Works, which started together a partnership in order to complete the first one of many projects, lots of these still in development and evolving.
The results of their co-operation it is a compact, versatile, and scalable motherboard based on PowerPC processor by IBM, which could be adapted to fit the needings of any niche in the market, and more, the motherboard is enhanced with innovative and decent characteristics.
All the features will be revealed during a conference that will take place on Saturday 23 September 2006 starting at 11:00 during Pianeta Amiga show.
Apart from this main event, during the "two days" exhibit in Empoli, it will be on schedule various conferences dedicated to developers, and it will be presented various other products.
Pianeta Amiga is sure an untipycal appointment, and from a certain point of view it could be considered truly "amazing" if considering the whole panoramic view of italian Information Technology.
It is an event in which to enjoy again the taste for the "genuine" information technology of the origins, a time in which passion, intuition and the genius of young people led I.T. towards unimaginable progress not tied only by the common rules of commerce and simple market logic. This progress completely renewed the idea of free commerce and expanded actual computer market to new frontiers, and it also brought quickly all mankind to enter the world of today and face the world of tomorrow.
About Pianeta Amiga:
Pianeta Amiga was born in 1997 from the intuition of Jasa Communication in Empoli. The P.A. exhibit, during last years grew up to became nowadays a well known appointment in Europe, which can be considered unique if you could compare it with the entire category of exhibitions and annual shows it belongs to.
This year it occurs the tenth anniversary of this event, which deals mainly with alternative technologies and which makes of this technology the "key for its success".
For further infos and contacts you can easily visit its official homepage.
See you in Empoli 23 and 24 September 2006.
Ciao,
Jasa Communication
Bitplane
Alternative Holding Group
Soft3
Virtual Works
(cg) (Translation: tz)
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21.Sep.2006
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MorphOS: SDL-Games Primate Plunge and Shotgun Debugger
Herbert "HAK" Klackl has ported two more SDL-titles for MorphOS: In the platform game Primate Plunge the player is steering a monkey through several environments, whereas Shotgun Debugger is a traditional shooter from the bird's-eye view. (cg) (Translation: tz)
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20.Sep.2006
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Amiga Inc.: Additional notes by Bill McEwen
Because there was some confusion arising followed by the interview with Bill McEwen he now gave brief additional explaining notes at amiga.org.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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20.Sep.2006
ANN (Webseite)
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Pianeta Amiga: Further participants announced
The organizers of the Pianeta Amiga (coming weekend in Empoli, Italy)
announced the participation of
of Andreas Loong by GuruMeditation, Nicolas Mendoza by the Aminet team and
Jan Zahurancik (UAE distribution AmiKit).
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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20.Sep.2006
ANN (website)
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Interview with Stefan Burström (IBrowse, AmigaOS 4)
The producers of amigarulez.com have published an interview with Stefan Burström, who is responsible for the web browser IBrowse and belongs to the OS4 developer team since some years. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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20.Sep.2006
der_letzte_Amiganer, Jörg Dittmar (ANF)
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Computer&Videobörse October the 7th and 6th in Bremen
Jörg Dittmar writes: "On October the 7th and 8th there will be the Computer&VideoBörse Bremen again at the Bürgerzentrum Neue Fahr (Bremen, germany). We, the computer club "User der Nordseeküste", invite all interested ones to visit our fair.
The Amiga and Pegasos part will be represented Ralf Tönjes (Amiga, AmigaOne) and Jörg Dittmar (Pegasos, Pegasos-Laptop). There will be also a lot for Apple Mac and PCs be shown, e.g. video editing with these systems.
And there will be the possibilty to get some real bargains!
Last year`s top offer has been a brand new printer by Canon from a lorry accident for ridiculous EUR 10. (cg) (Translation: ub)
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20.Sep.2006
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Hyperion nimmt zu McEwen-Interview Stellung
In a recent Interview, Bill McEwen from Amiga Inc. raised a few questions regarding the legal status of AmigaOS 4.0. We approached Hyperion's Management and asked for a statement concerning the legal issues mentioned by McEwen. Below you'll find the reply from Evert Carton, Management Partner of Hyperion Entertainment VOF:
Judging from some of the e-mails we received, the recent comments by the
Amiga Inc. management seem to have created confusion with respect to the
development and availability of Amiga OS 4.0.
As managing partner of Hyperion Entertainment VOF, I would like to take
this opportunity to assure our customers that development of Amiga OS
4.0 is entirely in Hyperion's hand alone and that the Amiga OS 4.0
development team is proceeding very well indeed as may become obvious
during the upcoming shows in Italy and Sacramento, U.S.A.
There are no development hold-ups of any kind and we are in fact
anticipating an initial "final release candidate" by the end of 2006
provided suitable hardware is available for sale at that time. You may
recall the fact that Hyperion held back on the official release of Amiga
OS 4.0 in 2005 in order to have it coincide with the availability of
suitable target hardware.
Several third party hardware manufacturers have indicated that they are
working on a wide range of different suitable PPC hardware platforms. We
will leave it to them to communicate about these projects in due time.
This extra time has given the OS 4 development team the opportunity to
not only polish the final product even more but to incorporate very
substantial and modern functionality such as the new, extremely
reliable, modern and powerful memory subsystem in conjunction with new
yet to be revealed functionality.
We will specifically not comment on any legal issues as raised by Amiga
Inc. management as these matters are finally and at our explicit and
repeated request being handled by both parties' respective lawfirms and
we find it highly inappropriate to publically comment on these matters
in the meanwhile. Suffice it to say that some statements by Amiga Inc.
were clearly in contradiction with the views held by Hyperion's
attorneys both on a legal and on a factual level.
We thank you for your patience and the continued support of the Amiga OS
4.0 project which we are dedicated to complete as soon as possible.
Evert Carton
Managing partner (cg) (Translation: cg)
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19.Sep.2006
Dirk Ohms (ANF)
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#amigafun: Problems with IRC-Server
Dirk 'Oehmmes' Ohms wrotes: "Recently there are "Connect"-Problems
on the #amigafun-IRC-Server PhatNet
via the Mainserver irc.phat-net.de.
Therefore i will inform again about our Channel-Homepage, where you can
find the several IRC-Server to connect, e.g. stargate.de.eu.phat-net.de.
Furhermore i will be glad, if i can you welcome on #amigafun.
You will find more tips and informationen on our Channel-Homepage." (snx) (Translation: aj)
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19.Sep.2006
Markus Weiss (ANF)
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FreeAVD: Offertory exceed 3000 USD
The offertory to start the projekt FreeAVD
("Advanced Visual Developer Suite",
amiga-news.de reports)
exceed the minimum bounty of 3000 US-Dollar. But thery find only 26 of
the required 300 monthly Sponsors. (snx) (Translation: aj)
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18.Sep.2006
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Screensaver Commander 1.0
Commander is a versatile screensaver from Alex Carmona for AmigaOS 4,
which can among others during start and stop executing a userdefinied
command,e.g. for a IRC-Chat a away from or present on keyboard
information.
Download: commander.lha (75 KB) (snx) (Translation: aj)
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18.Sep.2006
Ventzislav Tzvetkov (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Acorn BBC Micro-Emulator BeebEm ported
BeebEm, a
Emulator for the Acorn BBC Micro and the Master 128, which was
orignally writen from David Alan Gilbert for Unix, is now, thanks to
Ventzislav 'drHirudo' Tzvetkov, as a Port for AmigaOS 4 available
(Screenshot).
The mostly BBC Micro-Programms, inlcuding Elite, Exile und Revs,
working under BeebEm.
Also the mostly ROM-Software for the BBC Micro works, e.g. Wordwise.
The Sourcecode is inluded, Software-Links are on the official BeebEm-Page.
Download: BeebEm.lha (2,9 MB) (snx) (Translation: aj)
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18.Sep.2006
Uwe Hölzel (ANF)
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Computer-Party: Guru Meditation 2006 in Göda
Like every year the Amiga User Club Bautzen e.V. starts his traditional
Computer-Party "Guru Meditation".
The Event starts on 30 Sept 9.30am and ends expected 16.00pm on the
next Day. Further information are linked to the header. (snx) (Translation: aj)
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18.Sep.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Minimig: Video of the Q&A-Session with Dennis van Weeren (Update)
Oliver Hannaford-Day allocates a video of a discussion with
Dennis van Weeren, the Designer of the Amiga 500-clon
Minimig.
Download: VCLP0017.MP4 (121 MB)
Update: (19.09.06, 16:40, cg)
The Video is also available on
rapidshare.de. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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