21.Feb.2006
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golem.de: negative award for software patent announced
By announcing the "nonsoftwarepatents-award 2006", 1&1, GMX, mySQL, Red Hat and CAS Software want to draw attention to the dangers
entailed with taking out patents for software ("computer implemented inventions"). The announcement is to be the prelude to an information
campaing. (cg) (Translation: iw)
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21.Feb.2006
Steffen Nitz (ANF)
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Strategy game: "Die kleine Gilde II" - image galery updated
The image galery of the realtime management simulation "Die kleine Gilde II" (eng= "The little Guild II")
has been revised and many new images have been added. Additionally, in the section "Sonstige Gebäude" ("Other Buildungs")
a screenshop of the warehouse can be found. Work on the warehouse feature have been completed, an update will not be released
until spying on competitors is also possible.
At the moment, author Steffen Nitz does not have the time for a constant development of DKG II
(cg) (Translation: iw)
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21.Feb.2006
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Emulation: WinUAE 1.2
The WinUAE team publishes version 1.2 of the popular Amiga emulator for Windows. Changes in this version:
- New "lores filter" in GUI, fixes incorrect colors in programs that
use superhires trick (eg. Virtual Karting, demo Rest-2).
- Logitech G15 keyboard LCD support.
- FPU emulation updates and fixes.
- Ability to create 1:1 HDF from Amiga formatted harddisk.
- ProWizard module ripper updated to latest version.
- Display Filter panel updates, added 1x,2x,4x,6x,8x multipliers.
- PNG screenshots.
- Light pen hardware emulated. (but no trigger or cursor emulation yet)
- Manual language selection.
(cg) (Translation: iw)
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21.Feb.2006
Guido Mersmann (ANF)
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MorphOS: TCP-Stack MOSNet 0.19 (Beta)
Version 0.19 of the PPC-native TCP/IP-Stacks by Pavel Fedin brings about some improvements and bugfixes:
- Changed default TCP buffer size to 2048.
- Added support for RC scripts.
- Fixed bug: netmask specified in Interfaces file was actually ignored,
wrong mask was used for the route to the interface.
- Fixed bug: syslog messages with any facility code set were ignored.
- Fixed bug: random value was passed to dhclient as an stdout handler.
- CLI environment: Added "logger" tool.
(cg) (Translation: iw)
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20.Feb.2006
Genesi (e-mail)
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Freescale extends the PowerPC® architecture market with mobileGT™ platform
Opportunities for open source developers to design commercial and industrial applications based on MPC5200B microprocessor
AUSTIN, Texas - February 20th, 2006 - Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL, FSL.B) is supporting Power.org with a mobileGT development platform that taps into a large open source development community, helping drive the PowerPC® architecture into more commercial and industrial applications.
A collaborative effort between Freescale and Genesi USA, Inc., a new mobileGT Alliance member, introduces application opportunities based on the Power Architecture™ to members of Genesi's open source developer communities as well as Power.org member developers. The technology bundle combines Freescale's MPC5200B microprocessor based on the Power Architecture™ and Genesi's EFIKA reference platform with integrated open source software stack.
"This is a great opportunity to open vast new industrial and commercial arenas to the PowerPC architecture," said Anand Ramamoorthy, general manager of Freescale's infotainment, multimedia and telematics business. "Our membership in Power.org and collaboration with Genesi gives us a pipeline to migrate the outstanding capabilities of our mobileGT platform to a much broader range of markets. MobileGT customers will be able to simplify their product development process and add additional features available from the open source community."
The EFIKA is a high performance, small form factor design that features Genesi's Hardware Abstraction Layer and IEEE 1275 compliant Open Firmware (HAL/OF), which gives designers increased flexibility to reduce product development time, speed time-to-market and extend software development from one application based on the Power Architecture™ to another. The platform encourages developers to leverage the PowerPC architecture for their GNU/Linux, OpenSolaris, MorphOS and other operating systems and applications, providing performance and cost benefits for system designs and designers.
"For Power Architecture™ technology to continue its reach into new markets, developers need PowerPC-based platforms supported by open tools, a diversity of operating systems and a collaborative ecosystem," said Nigel Beck, Vice President Technology Marketing, IBM Systems and Technology Group and chairman of Power.org. "It is precisely this kind of collaboration between our members that we seek to foster in Power.org."
Future generations of mobileGT platforms are expected to continue to integrate functionality that supports the open source development community, providing the right balance of high performance, low-cost and low-power consumption for the industrial/commercial space.
About mobileGT
The mobileGT name refers to both an architecture and an alliance of key vendors in the navigation, infotainment and telematics industry. Pooling the talents of processor suppliers, RTOS vendors, software module IP providers, system integrators and hardware add-ons helps to ensure that customers will have off-the-shelf solutions when they need them. mobileGT alliance members support and drive adoption of the MPC5200 reference platforms. Information on the mobileGT alliance can be found at www.freescale.com/files/pr/mgtopensource.html
About Freescale
Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (NYSE:FSL, FSL.B) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500®, is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD). For more information about Freescale, visit www.freescale.com.
About Genesi
Genesi (www.genesippc.com) is a leading provider of PowerPC based computing products. Genesi's Open Firmware (IEEE 1275) compliant designs bring PowerPC technology, flexibility, and efficiency to the desktop, home entertainment, netcom, low-end server and pervasive market segments at an affordable price.
About Power.org
Comprising leaders in the technology field, Power.org develops, enables and promotes Power Architecture technology as the preferred open standard hardware development platform for the electronics industry and administers qualification programs that optimize interoperability and accelerate innovation for a positive user experience. The founder group includes Cadence Design Systems, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Jabil Circuit, Novell, P.A. Semi, Red Hat, Synopsys and Thales Computers. For more information about Power.org, visit www.power.org. (snx)
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20.Feb.2006
Guido Mersmann (ANF)
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geit.de temporary offline
Due a change and testing of the server is geit.de
(ValiantVision, ArakAttack, Meridian) temporary not available.
The webmaster apologize for any inconvenience.
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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20.Feb.2006
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Interview with Álmos Rajnai (Petunia-Autor)
On amigarulez.com was a interview with Álmos Rajnai released.
Rajnai is Menber of the AmigaOS 4-Teams and responsible
for "Petunia", the JIT-CPU-emulation.
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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20.Feb.2006
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Aminet-Uploads til 19.02.2006
Aminet-Uploads since our last report:
rdesktop.lha comm/tcp 310K OS4 Remote Desktop client for OS4 Update 4
Planet.lha demo/misc 5.3M OS3 Realtime rendered planets using StormMes
CC65.lha dev/cross 6.3M OS4 65(C)02 cross development package.
PortableCode.lha dev/cross 26K GEN Document on how to write portable code (
powersdl_sdk.lha dev/misc 2.4M MOS SDK to SDL audio and video library for M
powersdl_src.lha dev/misc 2.5M GEN Source code to SDL audio and video libra
bd_v1.7.110.lha game/2play 115K OS3 The *ULTIMATE* artillery game, V1.7.110
FloboPuyo_OS4_020RC2.lha game/2play 3.5M OS4 The best PuyoPuyo clone ever made!
dumbbell-mos.lha game/actio 36K MOS SDL Remake of Nibbler
juliosalinas.lha game/actio 952K OS3 Silly soccer game
ReminiScene_018RC2.lha game/actio 656K OS4 FLASHBACK reimplementation
addtraction-mos.lha game/board 93K MOS Numbers-based board game
Arkanos.lha game/misc 518K OS3 free break out game like ARKANOID
BFP.lha game/misc 90K OS3 Map editor for Benefactor
scummer-mos.lha game/misc 61K MOS Lucasarts data files graphics viewer
sonicfortress.lha game/misc 433K OS3 Classic fortress game remaked
target_acquired-mos.lha game/shoot 145K MOS Old style SDL vertical shooter
mathrace.lha game/think 3.3M VAR mathematical game
lightwave_rtg_patch.lha gfx/3d 7K OS4 Patches Lightwave's rendering to work on
zeescape-mos.lha gfx/3d 215K MOS Height Field Rendering Engine
rtgmaster_mos.lha gfx/board 15K MOS MorphOS native rtgmaster.library replace
Supershapes.lha gfx/misc 209K OS3 Draws organic shapes
mijfif.lha gfx/show 29K MOS JFIF&BMP24 viewer for CGX MorphOS
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 69K OS3 Emerson Arcadia 2001 emulator
asap2wav-68k.lha misc/emu 282K OS3 Player/converter of Atari 8-bit music fo
ADPCM_dec.lha mus/misc 29K OS3 Decoder for Christian Buchner's ADPCM pa
playOGG.lha mus/play 1.0M OS3 Plays OGG, MP3, FLAC, VOB, AC3, RA, mods
HunoPNGsPack1.zip pix/icon 952K GEN PNG Icons
HunoPNGsPack2.zip pix/icon 1.2M GEN HunoPNG'sPack2
goge.lha pix/misc 80K GEN cool pictures done in an A500 in 1992 wi
lila-kde-blue.lha pix/theme 16M GEN Lila Icon Theme, AmigaOS 4.0 version
mixer-atlantis.zip pix/theme 37K GEN Theme for Mixer (OS4)
mixer-kiwi.zip pix/theme 49K GEN Kiwi Theme for MIXER (AOS4)
facturami.lha util/app 743K OS3 Beta version of a new facturation progra
IconBeFast.lha util/boot 15K OS3 patch for faster icons & color mapping,
flush_os4.lha util/cli 20K OS4 Flush unused libraries,devices and fonts
akGIF-dt.lha util/dtype 40K VAR akGIF-dt V45.46 (GIF, 68000-060/MOS)
akJFIF-dt.lha util/dtype 204K VAR akJFIF-dt V45.46 (JPEG, 68000-060/MOS)
akPNG-dt.lha util/dtype 205K VAR akPNG-dt V45.46 (PNG, 68000-060/MOS)
akTIFF-dt.lha util/dtype 383K VAR akTIFF-dt V45.46 (TIFF, 68000-060/MOS)
AmigaGuideDT.lha util/dtype 90K MOS Missing MorphOS datatype
powersdl.lha util/libs 846K MOS SDL audio and video library for MorphOS
amiShuffle.lha util/misc 24K OS3 Use your iPod Shuffle with your Amiga
StartBar-ITA.lha util/misc 94K OS3 Italian version of StartBar
iconlauncher.lha util/wb 2.6M OS3 Program launcher screenblanker MP3 jukeb
ouija.lha util/wb 265K OS3 Simple ouija board simulator
ritathesinger.lha util/wb 3.2M OS3 backup devices format audio conversion..
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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20.Feb.2006
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os4depot.net: Uploads til 19.02.2006
os4depot.net uploads since our last report:
rundos.lha emu/uti 54kb run MS-DOS soft by clicking on the icon
wesnoth_data.lha gam/str 42Mb Battle for Wesnoth - Data File
wesnoth_exe.lha gam/str 4Mb Battle for Wesnoth
hunopngspack1.zip gra/ico 952kb HunoPNG'sPack1
hunopngspack2.zip gra/ico 1Mb HunoPNG'sPack2
hunopngspack3.zip gra/ico 731kb HunoPNG'sPack1 Fix for Workbench
wookiechat.lha net/cha 457kb IRC Client (Internet Relay Chat)
httphandler.lha net/mis 23kb HTTP: device for accessing web-hosted fi
mixer-fire.zip aud/mis 62kb Brighter Them for Audio-Mixer (A1-AOS4)
mixer-sweet.lha aud/mis 11kb Sweet Mixer theme.
amissl-sdk.lha dev/mis 497kb AmiSSL SDK
hatari.lha emu/com 1Mb Atari ST and STE emulator
ikir_theme.lha gra/the 1Mb ikir's AmigaOS Theme
cranu.lha uti/arc 40kb GUI for archivers
flush.lha uti/she 20kb Flush unused libraries,devices and fonts
reminiscene.lha gam/adv 656kb FLASHBACK reimplementation
flobopuyo.lha gam/puz 3Mb The best PuyoPuyo clone ever made!
rdesktop.lha net/mis 310kb Remote Desktop client for OS4 Update 4
mixer-atlantis.zip aud/mis 36kb Theme for Mixer
mixer-kiwi.zip aud/mis 48kb Kiwi Theme for MIXER (AOS4)
cc65.lha dev/cro 6Mb 65(C)02 cross development package.
lila-kde-blue.lha gra/ico 15Mb Lila Icon Theme, AmigaOS 4.0 version
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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20.Feb.2006
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AROS-Archives: Uploads til 19.02.2006
aros-archives uploads since our last report:
aros-gocr039.i386.zip gra/con 1Mb optical character recognition program (f
adv770.zip gam/adv 864kb Text adventure Adv770
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19.Feb.2006
amigaworld.net (Web page)
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AmigaOS 4: http-handler, the file system for the WWW
http-handler by Chris Young provides a virtual drive "HTTP:", through which resources on the Internet can be accessed. Features of the program:
- Allows access to web-hosted files via a virtual HTTP: device.
- Supports Open(), Read(), Close() and Seek().
- Implements HTTP redirects (301,302) as soft-links - even works with redirects that point to local files.
- Optionally supports gzip and deflate content-encoding for faster download times, if z.library is installed.
- Will work through a (non-authenticating) proxy server.
- Can connect to HTTP services running on ports other than the default.
(cg) (Translation: cad)
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19.Feb.2006
Tristar - AMI_TRS (ANF)
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Tristar: The Lotus Turbo Musik Disk with Amiga remixes
Tristar has undertaken a second release of the Remixes series for all old Amiga fans. This one deals with the game "Lotus Turbo" and contains remixes of all three themes of the Lotus Trilogy.
The members of Tristar have taken the criticism on the last Musik Disk to heart and stored the three songs in an extra folder - that way, users of other operating systems can also play back the melodies now.
Incidentally, Tristar is still looking for other talents, who feel like doing something in the areas of graphics, sound and code. If interested, just write an E-Mail. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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19.Feb.2006
PPA (ANF)
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Emulator frontend: RunDOS 1.2.5 (AmigaOS 4/MorphOS)
RunDOS lets You start DOS applications or games in a DOSBox environment by simply double-clicking them. Version 1.2.5 is available for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.
Download: RunDOS.lha (53 KB) (cg) (Translation: cad)
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19.Feb.2006
David Brunet (ANF)
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Amiga Games Hit Parade: Results of January / February 2006
Afterwards the results of the Amiga Games Hit Parade for January / February 2006. The next votes will start end of March.
01. (02) Payback - 117 pts
02. (01) Quake 2 - 115 pts
03. (03) Sensible World Of Soccer - 104 pts
04. (06) Slam Tilt - 93 pts
05. (04) Napalm - 91 pts
06. (08) Freespace - 80 pts
07. (07) Cannon Fodder - 72 pts
08. (20) Worms / Worms DC - 64 pts
09. (05) Heretic 2 - 63 pts
10. (12) Super Frog - 61 pts
11. (11) The Settlers - 61 pts
12. (18) Stardust / Super Stardust - 61 pts
13. (09) Quake - 60 pts
14. (10) Quake 3 - 54 pts
15. (13) Xtreme Racing - 50 pts
16. (14) Dune 2 - 49 pts
17. (16) WipEout 2097 - 45 pts
18. (24) Crossfire 2 - 44 pts
19. (17) Kick Off 2 - 44 pts
20. (15) Earth 2140 - 43 pts (snx)
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19.Feb.2006
Amiga.org (Web page)
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AmigaOS 4: Archiver GUI cranu 0.3
Cranu is a graphical user interface, with whose help, LhA, LZX, Zip, tgz or tar.bz2 archives can be created very easily (screenshot). Using so-called profiles, support for other archive formats can be supplemented.
In the beta version 0.3, solely error corrections were undertaken. So for instance, in double-clicks in the file overview, a drawer will only then be opened, when really both clicks applied to it.
Download: cranu.lha (41 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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19.Feb.2006
amigaworld.net (Web page)
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IRC Client: Wookiechat 2.0
The MUI-based IRC client WookieChat (screenshot) is available for AmigaOS 3/4 in version 2.0 since today.
Changes since the last version:
- DCC CHAT support added
- Outgoing DCC SEND works on OS3 now and is compatible with XChat
- Outgoing DCC SEND is much faster now (by a factor of 2x to 4x)
- AmIRC/XChat style multi column display added (optional, can be toggled on and off easily) (Screenshot)
- AmIRC style nick completion added (optional)
- Quite a few bugfixes.
(cg) (Translation: cad)
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19.Feb.2006
amigaworld.net (Web page)
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AmigaOS 4: File system SFS with support for files larger than 4 GB
Jörg Strohmayer has released a special version of the file system SFS, which also supports files larger than two and four gigabytes, respectively. "SFS2" is not compatible with the forerunner SFS, but both versions can be used concurrently. The author specifically points out the beta character of the software.
Since the support for file sizes beyond the two gigabyte limit, introduced with AmigaOS 4, requires the usage of new operating system functions, practically no software is available at present that could handle such large files. But with SFS2, the development of such applications is now possible for the first time. (cg) (Translation: cad)
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18.Feb.2006
Thomas Meigel (E-Mail)
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iPod Shuffle on the Amiga: amiShuffle 0.7.0
Thomas Meigel has released an update of his program amiShuffle. New in version 0.7.0 is the possibility to be able to adjust the volume individually for every title saved on the iPod Shuffle. Other changes can be gathered from the accompanying Readme file.
The program amiShuffle makes it possible to use the iPod Shuffle on the Amiga, like every other USB flash-stick with integrated MP3 player. After copying the MP3 files onto the iPod, you must merely start amiShuffle, to fill the database (iTunesSD) with the appropriate information.
Download: amiShuffle_0.7.0.lha (24 KB) (snx) (Translation: cad)
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18.Feb.2006
Volker Mohr (E-Mail)
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Minimig: Report on the FPGA-Amiga presentation in Maarssen
Today, in the club meeting of the Commodore Gebruikers Groep in Dutch Maarssen, the FPGA-based Amiga replica 'Minimig' was publicly introduced by its developer, Dennis van Weeren (reported by amiga-news.de).
Volker Mohr has visited the event and composed a short report for amiga-news.de. You can find his photos at the end of this article. In addition, he writes:
"On February 18, the 'Commodore Gebruikers Groep' (CGG) invited to one of their regular meetings in Maarssen near Utrecht again. In the homely setting, this time there were three interesting news at once to gaze at. Two of them were Jiffy DOS for the VC 20 - a highly compatible fast-loader with extended operating system - as well as the 1541-III by Jan Derogee.
The latter is a PIC microcontroller, which uses an MMC/SD as drive via the IEC bus - and can thus be used on the C 64, VC 20 and even the C64-DTV. Thereby, the circuit behaves like a 1541 drive, hence was the name 1541-III chosen. On the FAT-16-formatted MMC/SD card, disk images in the well-known D64 format are located, which are recognized as 5.25" disks.
However, the actual sensation of the day is the Minimig. Club member Dennis reproduced a complete Amiga 500 with OCS in FPGA technology. As can be recognized in the pictures, the prototype, except for puniest errors, already behaves like a real Amiga.
Games were usable with mouse and joystick, a keyboard was yet missing. The laptop on the fringes served merely as floppy substitute, to be able to run disk images on the Minimig. Jens Schönfeld from individual Computers from Aachen was enthused as well and talking shop with Dennis for a long time.
In any case, it is certain that the Amiga clone based on FPGA, mentioned for the first time in December of last year in the forum of Amiga.org, is by no means a matter of hoax, but an amazing marvel of technology.
So let's hope that this device can arouse interest in the industry, because as compact games console like the C64-DTV, it could bring the name Amiga back into the awareness of the public again."
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In addition to Volker Mohr's report, further photos and comments can be found in the already-mentioned forum on Amiga.org. (snx) (Translation: cad)
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17.Feb.2006
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future 59 (March/April 2006) preview online
Press release Already today the preview of the Amiga Future 59 (March/April 2006)
is online.
We have done it because we still do not know how many magazines we have to print.
Because of that we ask all to order as soon as possible so we can adapt the amount of
the magazines.
The Amiga Future ReaderCD contains the following full versions:
- Defender of the Crown
- Defender of the Crown 2
- Pulsator unpublished material
- Beneath at Steel
- Lure of the Temptress
- Indigio
But the magazine itself contains many interesting articles, too: A test of
the new AmigaOS 4 Update as well as a detailed report about Hollywood 2.
You can get a detailed list of the content on our homepage.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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17.Feb.2006
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: German translation of Ambient now on ambient-desktop.org
The German catalog file for Ambient is available as a new version on ambient-desktop.org.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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