03.Dec.2005
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MorphOS: Diavolo Backup 2000 Pro ported
Ilkka Lehtoranta compiled a native MorphOS version of Martin Korndörfer's data backup program Diavolo Backup 2000 Pro. The once commercial software is available for free but donations can be made following the title link.
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MorphOS: fun shooter Thurst (beta)
In a thread on morphzone.org introduces "Jupp3" a first early beta version of his fun shooter Thurst (screenshot). The game's meant to become a clone of the freeware classic "Bratwurst".
Download: thurst.lha (242 KB)
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03.Dec.2005
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WHDLoad: new packages
With WHDLoad you can install games and scene demos, that were programmed only for running from floppy disks, on your hard drive. Next to this are many incompatibility issues with newer Amiga models removed.
The following installers were updated, added, improved or since our last update:
- 02.12.05 new: Burntime (Max Design) done by Psygore (Info)
- 29.11.05 improved: Son Shu-Shi (Expose Software) trainer added, new install script, other fixes (Info,Image)
- 28.11.05 improved: The Humans (Imagitec Design) supports another 2 versions (Info)
- 28.11.05 improved: Premiere (Core Design) reworked install, new icons, uses rawdic (Info)
- 23.11.05 improved: Quest For Glory 2 - Trial By Fire (Sierra) increased chip mem requirement to 1 meg for better music (Info,Image)
- 23.11.05 fixed: Nigel Mansell's World Championship (Gremlin) fixed guru in aga version, adapted for whdload 16 (Info)
- 23.11.05 new: Gem Stone Legend (Loriciel) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 19.11.05 new: The Island Of Lost Hope (Digital Concepts) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 19.11.05 improved: Space Quest Enhanced (Sierra) supports another version, access faults fixed (Info,Image)
- 19.11.05 new: Shadow Sorcerer (TSR/SSI/US Gold) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 19.11.05 fixed: King's Quest 5 (Sierra) access faults fixed (Info,Image)
- 14.11.05 fixed: Kid Chaos (Ocean/Magnetic Fields) fixed the illegal slave error on startup (Info)
- 14.11.05 new: Fury Of The Furries (Kalisto/Atreid software) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 13.11.05 new: Kid Chaos (Ocean/Magnetic Fields) ecs version by DJ Mike (Info)
- 13.11.05 improved: Pinball Fantasies (21st Century) better fonts in aga menu, install script fixed (Info,Image)
- 12.11.05 new: Liquid Kids (Ocean) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 12.11.05 new: Dragon's Kingdom Demo (GENIAS/GOLDEN TEAM) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 06.11.05 new: Tube Warriors (Dynabyte) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 06.11.05 improved: Heart Of The Dragon (Avatar Consulting) supports another version (Info)
- 06.11.05 new: Blue Berry (Infogrames) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 04.11.05 improved: Vroom Multiplayer (Lankhor) supports another version, better speed (Info)
- 04.11.05 improved: Dr. Doom's Revenge (Empire) various changes (Info)
- 31.10.05 new: Superman: The Man Of Steel (TyneSoft/Subway/First star software) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 31.10.05 updated: Wacus The Detective (LK Avalon/Lazy Artists) manual and cheats added (Info)
- 31.10.05 new: Son Shu-Shi (Expose Software) done by Codetapper (Info,Image)
- 31.10.05 new: Sensible World of Moon Soccer Demo (Sensible Software) done by Psygore (Info,Image)
- 31.10.05 new: Awesome Demo (Psygnosis) done by Psygore (Info)
- 24.10.05 new: Smash TV (Ocean) done by Codetapper (Info)
- 24.10.05 new: Magic Lines (Thalion) done by Codetapper (Info)
- 24.10.05 new: Sensible Soccer 92/93 Meets Bulldog Blighty (Sensible Software) done by Codetapper (Info)
- 24.10.05 new: Unsensible Soccer (Sensible Software) done by Codetapper (Info)
- 24.10.05 new: T-Racer (Virtual Dreams) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 24.10.05 new: Donald's Alphabet Chase (Westwood Associates) done by CFOU! (Info)
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03.Dec.2005
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Newsletter: Amiga Update #051130
Brad Webb's newsletter "Amiga Update" contains a summary of the more important Amiga related news of the last four weeks. The November issue has now been released:
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A M I G A G A M E S T H A T W E R E N ' T
T H R E E C O U N T I E S G R O U P I N U K
C O M P A N I E S S T O P S E L L I N G H A R D W A R E
D I G I T A L U N I V E R S E N E W S
A L I N E A C O M P U T E R L A U N C H E D I N G E R M A N Y
A M I K I T F O R P C U S E R S
U P D A T E S F R O M J A H C S O F T
C R O S S F I R E I I P A T C H A N D D E M O
W A R P V I E W A T O S 4 D E P O T . N E T
N E W W E T - F O R W E A T H E R C H E C K E R S
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Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
Unusual things this month. A new website dedicated to games that
weren't, the launch of a new Amiga software company (when's the last
time that happened?) and companies in Germany stopping the selling of
product due to new laws. Strange things, all those.
I'd like to say a few words about the last item, the laws that are
stopping the shipping of some hardware. This is related to the tough,
new European rules regarding toxic waste. Many people don't know it,
but the huge increase in electronic devices, especially computers, has
led to a very serious pollution problem. That is because many
electronic components contain toxic materials, especially lead, which
is a very serious health risk if allowed to get into the environment.
The disposal of these systems is poisoning people when not done
correctly. This has become a huge problem in many countries around the
world. Lead poisoning is especially hard on the young, who may suffer
for their entire lives. Tough new European legislation to track and
manage electronic devices from manufacturing to disposal is intended
to tackle this issue. Because the economy is global, this initiative
is forcing better products world wide.
In our opinion, this is an excellent thing to do and should probably
have been done long ago. Computing is fun but poisoning the
environment and the creatures - including us - who live in it should
not be part of the cost. "Kudos" to EU for having the courage to do
something about this before the problem becomes even worse.
We also strongly hope this is a temporary absence from the hardware
scene. We trust everyone will understand or at least tolerate the
situation (not that we could do much about it anyway) and we certainly
look for the return of these products to the market as soon as the
companies can comply with the new laws.
We hope you enjoy this issue.
Brad Webb,
Editor
Brad Webb,
Editor
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A M I G A G A M E S T H A T W E R E N ' T
30 October, 2005
aGTW is launched (with a simple site). There is only one game so far
but it's a complete and previously unreleased Amiga game that was due
to be a commercial title!
Case 1 - Son Shu Shi
Legend tells of a breed of Amiga games that never crawled out of the
primordial development swamp of their early existence. Games that
never stood blinking in the sunlight of the gaming world. Games that
were never devoured by predators of the Amiga jungle. They are the...
Amiga Games That Weren't.
Some 5,000 Amiga games were released commercially. However, there are
a significant number that were never released. The aim of this site is
to find out what happened to them and (if possible) allow them to be
released. Expect many to be lost forever. It'll be an interesting
journey nonetheless.
Amiga Games That Weren't is a companion site to Frank Gasking's
Games That Weren't 64 and Timo Weirich's PC Games That Weren't
sites. The data on unreleased games is primarily based on information
from the Hall Of Light.
http://www.gtw64.co.uk/
Games That Weren't 64
http://pcgtw.retro-net.de/
PC Games That Weren't
http://www.softpres.org/
The Software Preservation Society
<http://www.whdload.de>
WHDLoad
http://www.winuae.net/
WinUAE
http://hol.abime.net
The Hall Of Light
http://agtw.abime.net/
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T H R E E C O U N T I E S G R O U P I N U K
29 November, 2005
Three Counties Amiga Group
Our first Meeting is This Coming Sunday, 4th of December 2005:
Meeting Time: 11:30am till 3:00pm
Location:Wolloston Road, Westwood, Peterborough
Round the corner from where Big Bash Shows are held
Everyone welcome!
Please visit our website for further information: http://www.3cag.net
Fee: £3.00 Per meeting
Conveniences: WC, Tea Coffee etc, Nearby: Grocers, Cash Till, Chinese,
Chip Shop, etc one minutes walk from Venue.
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C O M P A N I E S S T O P S E L L I N G H A R D W A R E
24 November, 2005
Germany's E3B and individual Computers, which became famous for
innovative and powerful hardware expansions for classic Amiga
computers, are forced to stop selling hardware until further notice
due to changes in German law. No hardware is being shipped within the
EU, not to resellers, nor to direct customers.
According to the national implementation of EU-directive 2002/96/EG
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2003/l_037/l_
03720030213en00240038.pdf into German law *(Bundesgesetzblatt 2005
Teil I Nr. 17)* http://www.stiftung-ear.de/content/e47/e572/e580
e594/050316elektrog_ger.pdf, every vendor in Germany must be
registered with the Stiftung EAR http://www.stiftung-ear.de/. For
vendors from outside Germany, the importer must be registered, in case
the vendor is not registered in Germany. This law applies to all
electronic products that are mentioned in rule EAR 03-011
http://www.stiftung-ear.de/e129/e145/regeln319/Geraeteart_ger.pdf, no
matter what country they come from - within or outside the European
union.
The new law aims at vendors and importers, who need to take
resposibility for the electronic devices if they are discarded at the
end of the product's life. Putting electronic devices into circulation
without being registered (indicated by a trashcan symbol) is against
German law as of today. Violators can be penalized with a monetary
fine of up to 50.000 EUR.
Due to the complicated implementation by German authorities, it's not
easy to estimate the consequences and the new obligations created by
this law. In addition to that, the extremely high administration
effort goes with high fees that must be paid to the Stiftung EAR -
especially smaller companies' existance is endangered by the fees that
are more than one hundred times higher than the recycling cost itself.
individual computers http://ami.ga and E3B
http://www.e3b.de/usb, who have been developing and producing in
Germany for many years, are now evaluating possibilities to comply
with the strict rules in a close cooperation, so customers all over
Europe can continue to buy top quality products from Germany. Both
companies want to act responsible and sustainable in this regard.
Many issues are not yet resolved, therefore both companies cannot
continue to deliver hardware to customers and resellers within the
European union. Customers outside the EU are not affected by this
decision.
We're hoping to proceed with the necessary steps in a timely manner.
Unfortunately, the "Stiftung EAR" cannot cope with the bureaucracy
created by their own rules, so our registration number is not yet
assigned. We are of course interested in continuing to offer
innovative products, and will do everything to keep the shortage as
short as possible. We're asking for your indulgence for any
inconveniences.
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D I G I T A L U N I V E R S E N E W S
The following post about Digital Universe was found this month on the
excellent Amigaworld.net site. Brad
28 November, 2005
*Some more positive news for AmgaOS4.
I did ask from the Digital Universe maintainers about the "promised"
version for PPC amigas, and I got a quick reply. I will not copy the
whole questions/answers list here, but the most important part. Also I
do remind you, that the plans are not a finnished product yet.*
Quote:
news for the Amiga is actually brighter. We have made arrangements
with a third party to continue to update the Amiga to bring it on a
par (or better than) the current Mac release of the software. In
addition to bringing it up to date with the current release of the
Amiga OS, new capabilities (like the Hubble Guide Star catalogue) are
expected to be available in the future.
I did ask the permission to share this information, if I let you also
know that: Quote:
I have no idea of an ETA at this time, but the Amiga release is
actually the only version currently in active development at the
moment.
And finally: Quote:
we have no estimate as to when it might be available.
Esa Haapaniemi
University of Oulu
Finland
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A L I N E A C O M P U T E R L A U N C H E D I N G E R M A N Y
*Wehrheim, Germany, the 14th of november 2005.
Alinea Computer is proud of presenting itself as a new company for
Amiga-Software. We are an enterprise which concentrates it's work
mainly on the development and the distribution of AmigaOS4-
applications and -games. Besides, we offer support services like
CD-production, webdesign and dataprint.
The following Amiga-Software is now available: *
ANotice 2 - a memo programme
ANotice 2 is a memo programme for your workbench. It will help you to
manage your notes, dates, to-do-lists or other important information.
You can easily and fast change the notice and export it into different
text-formats.
ANotice 2 can manage up to 13 notes and each note can be designed
individually with 13 different background and text- colors, 7
textures, different fonts and 4 text attributes.
Besides the large reaction-prefs which can controll all functions,
ANotice 2 includes a network-function with client-server-programme, so
that distributing a to-do-list in an enterprise can easily be done.
ANotice 2 was programmed as a commodity and runs totaly system
friendly. It operates on each Amiga with at least AmigaOS 4.0. You do
not need any other libraries or additional programmes.
ANotice 2 is delivered by E-Mail and costs 5,95 Euro only.
AmiPhoto - a quick and comfortable photo-manager
AmiPhoto is a photo album for your digital photos and pictures. It's
easy handling and attractive GUI will convince you. You can manage up
to half a million pictures in 500 albums at the most. You can show the
photos on the surface or by multiview. Because of a direct support of
the Amiga OS4.0 datatype-system, it is possible to use all
picture-formats which exist as datatype. AmiPhoto can further select
and show the EXIF-dates of your digital photos.
For adapting perfectly on your workbench-skin, AmiPhotos uses it's own
Bitmap-skin-system. The 17 skins you find on your CD will help you to
style your AmiPhoto surface. You can certainly create your own skins.
We would be proud to present your skin on our website.
AmiPhoto is programmed totaly system friendly. It supports the
application library and does not need any additional libraries.
AmiPhoto is delivered an CD and costs just 19,95 Euro.
Freeware
The main ambition of Alinea Computer is to support the Amiga market.
That's the reason why we will continue releasing programmes free of
charge, so that the existing lack of Amiga-Software can be repaired.
We hope you can use our software and we would be happy to hear some
feedback concerning our products.
On our website: http://www.alinea-computer.de you'll find more
information.
You can buy all our products in our Alinea-Shop. As a dealer, please
address yourself via E-Mail.
We would be glad to welcome you as a new customer!
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A M I K I T F O R P C U S E R S
26 November, 2005
*To be brief, AmiKit is all you need if you
want to experience a high-end Classic Amiga system on your PC.
AmiKit turns the default AmigaOS installation into a completely
renewed and fresh environment.
More than 20.000 files are included and pre-configured for immediate
use!
AmiKit is available at *http://amikit.amiga.sk**
Exclusive features:
- Directory Opus Magellan II used a Workbench replacement!!!
- Special versions of AmiStart, GlobalTrash, ReqChange, ShowAmiga96
and FullPalette!
Major features:
- User-friendly interface that helps you to manage all your files in
an easy way!
- Internet browsing, mailing, chatting and downloading using various
programs like AWeb, IBrowse, YAM, SimpleMail, AmIRC, AmiTradeCenter,
AmiGift...
- Reading PDF, M$Word, RTF and other document formats with the help of
APDF, EvenMore, Antiword...
- Manage your time and account with the help of Daywatch and HomeBank.
- Music software, net streaming, MP3 creating and sample editing
software like AmigaAMP, AmiNetRadio, EaglePlayer, SymphoniePlayer,
LAME, TheMPegEncGUI, SampleEditor...
- Displaying (even in thumbnails) and editing pictures with the help
of PicShow, Thumb, MysticView, FroggerNG, PerfectPaint... Or enjoy the
fractal world through ZoneXplorer!
- Easy handling of archives. They are opened like every other drawer.
Or some external programs could be used instead (VooDoo-X, MUIUnArc,
XPKatana)...
- Massive FTP support through OpusFTP module. It has a full GUI for
the Address Book and operational parameters.
- Software for burning and copying the CDs (MakeCD), for mounting
virtual CDs (VirtualCD).
- You can make your AmiKit password protected. Just don't forget your
password
- Pre-configured recognition and processing of many file formats
(through the DOpus filetypes)...
- Various system tools like SysInspector, SnoopDos, Q-Device,
ShowPatches...
- Antivirus software effectively checks the system files, memory and
archives for viruses.
- Emulation software like ASp for retro ZX gaming...
- Great taskbar software: AmiStart (for those who do not like the
taskbars on Amiga, simply remove AmiStart from WBStartup. Easy!)
- Most advanced Amiga "recycle bin" software: GlobalTrash.
- Visual enchancers and system enchancers like VisualPrefs, Birdie,
TitleShadow, BoingBall, MagicMenu, MCP...
- Warp3D compatibility thanks to QuarkTex software...
- Yes, some games are included as well
...and much more!
AmiKit is available at http://amikit.amiga.sk
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U P D A T E S F R O M J A H C S O F T
28 November, 2005 6:06:30
*My various pieces of OS4 software have been updated in the last week
or so..
RockBEAT 1.3.1 - Create drumming tracks and export as WAV files!
WookieChat 1.9.1 - Chat on IRC networks! (Internet Relay Chat).
/Now available for OS3.x again!/
SimplePlay 3.2 - Play OGG, MP3, WAV, MOD, S3M, IT, XM, and MIDI
files!*
Rockbeat
Recent changes:
- Made less crashy on exit. My timers and AHI iorequests are cleaned
up properly now.
- Position LED's light up while playing, and scrolls automatically
- You can now switch between drumkits, and it will remember the last
drumkit you used.
Wookiechat
Recent changes:
- When you're holding down the left mouse button highlighting text,
channel messages etc are paused until you let go.
- "Unknown nick" and "Cannot send to channel" messages are displayed
in their proper tabs again
- Channel lists are no longer sorted alphabetically. It was causing a
huge drain on the CPU when thousands of channels were present. It
sometimes led to a crash.
- No more garbled channel part messages
- "Clear all" button added to the URL Grabber window
- Added code to prevent DCC Transfers window from popping to the front
when you get an incoming file if its already open in the background
somewhere
- 68k WookieChat development has resumed, and it no longer hangs when
recieving incoming DCC sends. A divide by zero bug in the file
transfer stats function has been removed! (thank you wegster for
telling me what was wrong)
- Now works with WebChat and DarkMyst networks (homes of #amiga.org
and #amigazeux). Wookie was doing its connection detection in a
slightly bad way previously.
- Clicking in the main chat display now activates the chat string
gadget
- Outgoing swear word filter. use /filter to toggle on and off
SimplePlay
Recent changes:
- Shuffle and Repeat playing modes added.
- Bugfix: after a playing a song located using Jump Find, it plays the
next song in the list now.
- Song name and Elapsed time is now displayed
- Fixed a playlist bug. It was adding the termination character to
text strings about one character too far. So playlists were able to be
corrupted after loading and saving sometimes.
- Jump find has been improved slightly. Converts _ into spaces
internally when searching for songs. So for example the song
"Christina_Vidal_-_Take_Me_Away.mp3" can be found if you type in the
words "take me away"
- The default icon priority is now higher to help prevent playback
stuttering e.g. when accessing menus and scrolling in aweb.
Grab them from os4depot.net:
RockBEAT
http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=audio/tracker/
rockbeat.lha
WookieChat
http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=network/chat/
wookiechat.lha
SimplePlay
http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=audio/play/
simpleplay.lha
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C R O S S F I R E I I P A T C H A N D D E M O
28 November, 2005
An AmigaOS 4 demo version and an AmigaOS 4 patch for Crossfire II have
been released today.
You can find the patch and the demo on the support pages for Crossfire
II on the APC&TCP homepage.
http://www.apc-tcp.de
We want to thank Steffen Haesser and Alinea Computer for the
conversion of Crossfire II to AmigaOS 4.
http://www.alinea-computer.de
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W A R P V I E W A T O S 4 D E P O T . N E T
14 November, 2005
*A new version of WarpView is available on OS4Depot.Net
http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=graphics/viewer/
warpview.lha
Changes in this version:
- Fixed cancelling the filerequester which made WarpView exit even
when using 'Open' from menu.
- Add .gif to requester file pattern and added tooltype + command line
option for setting the file pattern
- 90 degree rotation is now reset when stepping between files
- Fixed a bug with the Infoline timer that was not retriggered when
stepping between files
- Added drag'n'drop support (can now drag files onto WarpView icon in
AmiDock)
- Added infoline config tooltypes and commandline options (on/off and
timeout)
- Added mouse blanking (with on/off and timeout options)
- Added alphabetical file list sorting
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N E W W E T - F O R W E A T H E R C H E C K E R S
*Description: * Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIcon, Docky
http://www.os4depot.net/share/utility/workbench/wet_lha.readme
*Download: * wet.lha
http://www.os4depot.net/share/utility/workbench/wet.lha
*Version: * 4.11
*Date: * 26 Nov 05
*Author: * Chris Young
*Submitter: * Chris Young
*Email: * chris/unsatisfactorysoftware co uk
*Homepage: * http://www.unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk/wet/
*Requirements: * OS4 pre-release Update 3
*Category: * utility/workbench
http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?function=browse&cat=utility/
workbench
*Replaces: * utility/workbench/wet.lha
*License: * Freeware
*Distribute: * yes
*FileID: * 1349
*Comments: * 23
*Snapshots: * 3
*Downloads: * 112 (For current version, not accumulated)
This program retrieves local meterological data from the Internet, and
saves it in (regulary updating) env-vars to allow you to display it in
the WB titlebar, as an icon on Workbench, AmiDock or in the GUI. It
can show a forecast for up to 24 hours ahead (where available), and is
fully localisable.
New translations for:
English (built-in)
German
Finnish
Italian
Spanish
Basque
Old or partial translations for:
Turkish
Norwegian
Swedish
Czech
Greek
Previous few version changes:
4.11 (26.11.2005)
* Added AUTORUNAREXX tooltype, ARexx commands to get the data\'s date
and time and an example ARexx script which logs the observed
temperatures.
* A certain connection error was causing a recoverable alert. Fixed.
* Rewrote most of the forecast-related routines, as still having
problems with bogus data appearing. Is now greatly simplified and
hopefully more reliable.
* The date of the last update could show the incorrect month in
certain circumstances. Fixed.
* When cloud height not available, it was being reported as -11100ft.
Now shows a slightly more correct 0ft.
4.1 (20.11.2005)
* Added a docky icon. (thanks to Stefan Robl for sending me the SDK)
* Will now work behind a proxy server. (even on a direct link,
specifying a web cache proxy is recommended)
* Now retrieves data with an If-Modified-Since header, which
significantly speeds up updates, especially if new data is not
available.
* Can now set the poll interval in 10 minute increments.
* Warnings now automatically suppressed if another app requests
\"game mode\".
* A saved project icon sometimes resulted in an incorrect ENVPATH
tooltype. Fixed.
* Forecasts generated <1hr from midnight sometimes resulted in
uneventful duplicated times. Fixed.
* Rain and Snow Showers were showing the Showers icon rather than Rain
or Snow.
Fixed.
* Iconified icon (AppIcon disabled) was not disappearing if the window
was reopened using a method other than double-clicking on the icon.
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02.Dec.2005
Ragonsoft.com (ANF)
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Ragonsoft published RagonSnake as Freeware
Ragonsoft published RagonSnake as Freeware and is now available under the title link.
It is a E-Snake-like game for a short break.
RagonSnake is started from the Workbench and is controlled with the joystick.
You have to control a snake which becomes longer and longer and to stay alive as
long as possible.
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02.Dec.2005
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Genesi: MySQL report concerning the Pegasos as server
According to a press release from Genesi under the title link the database
MySQL AB
has published a report
which is about the Pegasos as server.
It is described the increase of performance of Greyhound-Data
with the Altivec optimation on a 1,4 GHz-Pegasos
under Debian. The database has a size of 4 GB.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Dec.2005
RhoSigma, Roland Heyder (ANF)
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Updates of MakeHTMLMap and further RhoSigma Programs
Roland Heyder has revised his programs. Besides MakeHTMLMap and the extra.library even the external preferences editor for MaxonBasic and the line command RandomWBPatt have received an update. Details of the certain innovations can be found under the title link. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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01.Dec.2005
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Genesi: Second ODW accessible at TechOnLine
As Genesi states in a press release under the title link, a second open desktop workstation (ODW) for trial purposes is accessible now via the internet at TechOnLine. The first odw, where Gentoo linux is installed, was the mainly used platform in the virtual lab within the previous half of the year. The new Pegasus runs SUSE-Linux. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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01.Dec.2005
AROS-Exec (homepage)
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AROS: File System SFS ported
Michal Schulz has adapted the file system SFS to AROS and fulfilled the bounty project #36 of the team AROS with it. Additionally the open source amiga clone provides the SFS tools, e. g. one for defragmenting (Screenshot).
You can find additional details in the Forum of AROS-Exec.org. (snx) (Translation: ts)
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30.Nov.2005
Sven Dröge (ANF)
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First demo version of the home banking software proBanking
Today a first demo version of the being under development home banking software "proBanking" has been released. This version 0.40 is a kind of "design study":
It should demonstrate the user how this software will behave in offline mode.
Currently the following actions may be done:
- Assistent aided setup of offline accounts
- Import from transaction data and/or category data from these file formats:
- QIF (Quicken Interchange Format)
- CSV (Exportformat of the German "Sparkasse")
- AmigaKonto (account format of the equally named software)
- Add transactions manually
- Category management
- Receiver list management
- Simple graphic monitor for the account history
- Simple analysis of the transaction data
There is neither a documentation of the avaialble functions available yet, nor are all windows and GUI elements are functionsal.
The software is developed using AmigaOS 3.9.. It should run with the more recent operating systems like MorphOS or AmigaOS 4, but especially with MorphOS there is no warranty of stability.
The author welcomes ideas, proposals, bug reports and feature requests especial since he cannot estimate the demand for a complete online enabled banking software would be.
The implementation of the HBCI interface will be done in a 2nd part of the development, as soon as the software foundation is stable and sufficient. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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30.Nov.2005
Genesi (e-mail)
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Genesi: Sub-laptop 4U2 announced
Genesi has announced a sub-laptop called 4U2. The device will be based on the EFIKA 5K2 reference design and the Freescale MPC5200B processor.
The 4U2 will be produced in Asia and is planned to be available in Q2/2006. The 4U2 board can be deployed in a variety of configurations and uses and includes both a mobile and WLAN capability.
The 4U2 is also mentioned in the current blog of Genesi's General Managers Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck. (snx)
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30.Nov.2005
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Cubic IDE: Service Pack 1 released
Dietmar Eilert has released a service pack for his integrated development environment Cubic IDE (formerly known as GoldED).
it fixes several minor bugs. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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28.Nov.2005
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: SDL-Shooter Bolcataxian / Ambient-Skin eZ
Bolcataxian 1.0
After the GP32-Version is
Bolcataxian
also available for MorphOS
(Screenshot).
The vertical scroll Shoot'em Up-game in a "Oldschool"-Style needs
PowerSDL.
Download: Bolcataxian10_MOS.lha (670 KB)
eZ
The Ambient-Skin eZ is dark and inculdes two
MUI-config-files - one with and one withoutGradienten.
Download (snx) (Translation: aj)
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28.Nov.2005
ANN (Webseite)
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CManager as LGPL released
Alfonso Ranieri released the sourcecode of his Contact Manager
Version 34.4 on Sourceforge.net as LGPL. (snx) (Translation: aj)
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28.Nov.2005
Steffen Nitz (ANF)
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SN-AnlagenArchiv 0.75 / SN-HTMLKompress 1.05
Steffen Nitz released the Version 1.05 of his SN-HTMLKompress already,
which comes with a increased packrate of HTML-files of 10%.
Today he released also the update to version 0.75 of his
SN-AnlagenArchive, which works with the actual quotation and a lot of new
additionals. SN-AnlagenArchiv is a managmentsoftware for Gold, Silver,
Platinum and Palladium, as mintage and bullions.
Changes for SN-AnlagenArchiv 0.75:
- Each of Mintages/bullions are recorded for every entry
- The windowtitle of the Stockwindow shows the exchange rate which is
needed for profit
- Choice-gadget for ordered or buyed mintages/bullions and a field for
the sellers name
- it is possible to show two pictures for every entry
- Two new graphical statisitics for metalvalue and the
Zwei neue grafische Statistiken für Metallwert und Auctionvalue-stock
- The mainstatistic shows collectingareas with numbers of mintakes, metalvalue,
auctionvalue, weight
- Now is a textfile for every record available
- globalnote for every record
- exchange quotation completed til 25.Nov.2005
- Demorecord a updated
- Manual updated
- Errors fixed
(snx) (Translation: aj)
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28.Nov.2005
rüpel (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Crossfire 2-Port is finished (Update)
Alinea Computer notify linked to the header that the
OS4-Port of his Shoot'em up "Crossfire 2" is finished and they send the
final version to his Publisher APC&TCP.
All owners of the three years old classic amiga version get as a priceless
update the PPC-Port.Andreas Magerl of APC&TCP notify, that the release
of the Update and the Demoversion for AmigaOS 4 are estimated til the
end of the week.
Update: (28.11.2005, 15:00, cg)
Patch and PPC-Native Demoversion are available at the support area of
APC&TCP. The Publisher thanks to
Alinea Computer and Steffen Häuser, they maked the OS4-Port possible. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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28.Nov.2005
ABS (ANF)
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Amiga-meeting in Wolfenbüttel are suspended
The organizer of the Amiga-meeting in Wolfenbüttel suspend the next
meeting and notify organizational items and the actual weather situation
as reason (amiga-news
report).The next Amiga-Meeting will be starts at the middle of march
The exact date will be notify at the begin of february 2006. (cg) (Translation: aj)
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28.Nov.2005
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Aminet-Uploads til 27.11.2005
Aminet-Uploads til 27.11.2005:
agenda.lha biz/dbase 801K VAR Nice and easy address & phone book (OS4,
agendafr.lha biz/dbase 0K GEN French Catalog file for AGENDA - (readme
wookiechat.lha comm/irc 369K VAR IRC Client (Internet Relay Chat) - (read
amidyndns.lha comm/tcp 58K OS3 GUI/CLI Client for DynDNS.org services -
libablit.lha dev/c 2.4M OS4 Alpha Channel Blit Library - (readme)
vmwcc-mos.lha dev/c 218K MOS c-subset compiler - (readme)
amilua_a68k-amigaos.lha dev/lang 213K OS3 Lua with Siamiga.lib - (readme)
amilua_src.lha dev/lang 233K GEN Lua with Siamiga.lib - (readme)
AutoDocReader.lha dev/misc 163K OS3 Viewer for autodocs, header C and other
id-utils-3.2.lha dev/misc 685K VAR Language-independent identifier database
sdl_perl.lha dev/misc 2.1M OS4 Simple DirectMedia Library Bindings for
avd_template.lha dev/src 194K OS4 AVD Template Project - Skeleton OS4 appl
AMIthlon_net.lha docs/help 961K GEN How to setup AMIthlon on ADSL or cable.
StarVoyager_OS4.lha game/actio 710K OS4 Startrek themed network game - (readme)
TargetAcquired_OS4.lha game/actio 271K OS4 Yet Another Vertical scrolling shootem u
WOK_OS4.lha game/actio 1.3M OS4 Oddly attractive ball tossing game - (re
ularn_fin.lha game/data 75K GEN Finnish catalog for ULarn - (readme)
linuxlunarlander_OS4.lha game/misc 773K OS4 Land Your Lunar - (readme)
linuxshuttlelander_OS4.lha game/misc 1.2M OS4 Land Your Space Shuttle! - (readme)
Spout_OS4.lha game/misc 189K OS4 An abstract caveflyer, obscure as it can
TowerToppler_OS4.lha game/misc 1.5M OS4 Remake of the old classic Nebulus (Hewso
TuxMath_OS4.lha game/misc 1.9M OS4 Math game, mixed with Missile command -
TuxType_OS4.lha game/misc 5.0M OS4 Learn how to spell / use the keyboard -
NameOfGame_PRV_OS4.lha game/role 4.3M OS4 Preview of a TopDown RPG game - (readme)
SDLroids_OS4.lha game/shoot 579K OS4 Yet Another Asteroids clone - (readme)
TankCommand_OS4.lha game/shoot 3.1M OS4 Fast paced 2D arcade tank game - (readme
Tunnel_OS4.lha game/shoot 1.0M OS4 Weird Tunnel Racer shooter - (readme)
level9_40_amiga.lha game/text 53K OS3 Level9 text adventures interpreter - (re
magnetic22amiga.lha game/text 101K OS3 Magnetic Scrolls text adventures utiliti
magx065amiga.lha game/text 173K OS3 text adventures compiler - (readme)
magx065amiga_ppc.lha game/text 176K WUP text adventures compiler - (readme)
BlockAttack_OS4.lha game/think 5.3M OS4 Tetris Attack Clone (SNES) - (readme)
sdl-toms-mos.lha game/think 162K MOS An SDL "Atoms" clone - (readme)
povraymos.lha gfx/3d 11M MOS Commandline based raytracer - (readme)
GS8gui.lha gfx/conv 42K GEN GUI for Ghostscript8 done with rxMUI - (
MPLEXex.lha gfx/conv 183K VAR Create MPEG system from MPEG video and M
scr2gif-mos.lha gfx/conv 24K MOS Spectrum Screen to GIF converter - (read
scr2gif.lha gfx/conv 12K OS3 Spectrum Screen to GIF converter - (read
zxscredit-mos.lha gfx/edit 105K MOS ZX-Spectrum SCREEN editor - (readme)
save_png.lha gfx/ifx 2K GEN Save files as pngs using AutoFX - (readm
viewilbm_1.11.lha gfx/show 377K OS4 Displays IFF-ILBM pictures, supports col
zxscrview-mos.lha gfx/show 23K MOS ZX-Spectrum SCREEN viewer - (readme)
PAR_READ.lha hard/hack 327K OS3 PAR: as a VOLUME in READ mode only. - (r
mecanos3.lha misc/edu 897K OS3 Demo of a new type writer teacher - (rea
xjdic.lha misc/edu 128K OS3 EDICT dictionary utils - (readme)
bas2tap-mos.lha misc/emu 62K MOS Spectrum Basic file to TAP tape image co
snapconv-mos.lha misc/emu 206K MOS Spectrum snapshot converter - (readme)
z802tzx-mos.lha misc/emu 63K MOS Z80 Snapshot to TZX Tape Converter - (re
z802tzx.lha misc/emu 37K OS3 Z80 Snapshot to TZX Tape Converter - (re
ASense.lha misc/sci 865K OS3 Professional astrology software - (readm
ASenseFPU.lha misc/sci 290K OS3 Professional astrology software - (readm
partyland_techno.mp3 mods/mpg 3.5M GEN Pinball Fantasies Partyland Remix - (rea
rockbeat.lha mus/edit 1.7M OS4 Create drumming tracks and export them a
ADPCM_dec.lha mus/misc 28K OS3 Decoder for Christian Buchner's ADPCM pa
SimpleSamples.lha mus/play 44K OS3 Little musical toy for PAL AMIGAs - (rea
ez.lha pix/theme 88K GEN eZ MorphOS skin - (readme)
morphqs+.lha pix/theme 161K GEN MorphQS+ MorpOS skin - (readme)
morphqs.lha pix/theme 87K GEN MorphQS MorpOS skin - (readme)
ibrowse.jpg pix/wb 187K GEN IBrowse 2.3 - (readme)
mui.jpg pix/wb 45K GEN Zami-based MUI? - (readme)
wb2.jpg pix/wb 179K GEN Helgis Zami MUI Network Shot! - (readme)
anotice_pl.lha text/edit 6K GEN ANotice 2 - polish locale - (readme)
cabextract_OS4.lha util/arc 37K OS4 Extraction tool for Windows CAB files -
Unshield_OS4.lha util/arc 42K OS4 Tool to extract Microsoft Cabinet Files
Tree178.lha util/cli 129K OS3 Lists Directory content tree-like - (rea
au_dt.lha util/dtype 38K OS4 OS4 native Sun/NeXT .au datatype, with s
wave_dt.lha util/dtype 113K OS4 An OS4 native RIFF-WAVE datatype, with s
sed-4.1.4-bin_os4.lha util/gnu 331K OS4 The GNU sed stream editor - (readme)
abc-shell_hnl.tar.bz2 util/misc 432K OS4 Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell - (readme)
headtail13.lha util/shell 45K OS4 Show first/last n lines/chars/blocks of
OrthodoxLent.lha util/time 11K VAR Calculate orthodox lent - (readme)
AmiSnap11.lha util/wb 31K OS4 Iconify any window on your wb with FX -
wbclose.lha util/wb 7K OS4 Close drawers from the shell and scripts
wbopen.lha util/wb 7K OS4 Open drawers and icons from the shell an
wet.lha util/wb 665K OS4 Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIc
(cg)
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os4depot.net: Uploads til 27.11.2005
os4depot.net uploads til 27.11.2005:
wok.lha gam/act 1Mb Oddly attractive ball tossing game
viewilbm.lha gra/vie 376kb Displays IFF-ILBM pictures, supports col
wet.lha uti/wor 665kb Weather conditions on Workbench 4, AppIc
tunnel.lha gam/act 1Mb Weird Tunnel Racer shooter
tuxmath.lha gam/chi 1Mb Math game, mixed with Missile command
tuxtype.lha gam/chi 4Mb Learn how to spell / use the keyboard
towertoppler.lha gam/mis 1Mb Remake of the old classic Nebulous (Hews
blockattack.lha gam/puz 5Mb Tetris Attack Clone (SNES)
aweb_navbuttons.zip net/bro 29kb Aweb custom navigation buttons
amisnap_fx.lha uti/wor 30kb Iconify any window on your wb with FX
ahiusr.lha aud/mis 783kb Retargetable audio User's Archive
rockbeat.lha aud/tra 1Mb Create drumming tracks and export them a
ahidev.lha dev/lib 971kb Retargetable audio, Developer's Archive
linuxlunarlander.lha gam/mis 772kb Land Your Lunar
linuxshuttlelander.lha gam/mis 1Mb Land Your Space Shuttle!
cabextract.lha uti/fil 36kb Extraction tool for Windows CAB files
unshield.lha uti/fil 42kb Tool to extract Microsoft Cabinet Files
anotice_pl.lha uti/tex 5kb ANotice 2 - polish locale
avd_template.lha dev/exa 194kb AVD Template Project - Skeleton OS4 appl
sdl_perl.lha dev/lib 2Mb Simple DirectMedia Library Bindings for
starvoyager.lha gam/act 710kb Startrek themed network game
tankcommand.lha gam/act 3Mb Fast paced 2D arcade tank game
targetacquired.lha gam/act 271kb Yet Another Vertical scrolling shootem u
headtail.lha uti/she 44kb Show first/last n lines/chars/blocks of
wbclose.lha uti/she 6kb Close drawers from the shell and scripts
wbopen.lha uti/she 6kb Open drawers and icons from the shell an
au_dt.lha dat/sou 37kb OS4 native Sun/NeXT .au datatype, with s
wave_dt.lha dat/sou 113kb An OS4 native RIFF-WAVE datatype, with s
sdlroids.lha gam/act 578kb Yet Another Asteroids clone
spout.lha gam/mis 189kb an abstract caveflier , obscure as it ca
libablit.lha dev/lib 2Mb Alpha Channel Blit Library
abc-shell.tar.bz2 dev/uti 431kb Amiga Bourne Compatible Shell
wookiechat.lha net/cha 369kb IRC Client (Internet Relay Chat)
(cg) (Translation: aj)
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Aros-Archives: Uploads til 27.11.2005
aros-archives uploads til 27.11.2005:
i386-aros-gocr039.lha gra/con 1Mb i386-aros-gocr039
cartoonish.zip gra/ico 694kb 64x64 png icons
rubix.i386.lha gam/puz 112kb Port of rubix, a rubik's cube game (w/sr
(cg)
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27.Nov.2005
Bernd Roesch (ANF)
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AFA OS: New beta version for the final 3.91 release
AFA OS ("AROS for AmigaOS") extends AmigaOS 3.x with functions of the open source operating system AROS. With the current beta test, Version 3.91 should be finalized. On this, Bernd Roesch, the initiator of the project, writes:
"Since AFA OS was now tested by some, and all known bugs were fixed, it now comes to the final beta test. If there are no more problems, this will be the final version 3.91.
A problem was noted, where it would be the best solution that all Amiga systems can use TrueType fonts without .otag files. In Aminet, there are, for example, Vera-Fonts, which feature an incompatible .otag file. It would be best if the freetype2.library, which MorphOS and AROS as well as AFA use, goes without the .otag file. Then, you do not have to create it by Fontmanager. Also, under Windows, you can just copy the files to it and it runs. But I am not familiar with TrueType fonts. Fonts that work with AFA have an .otag file, in which "freetype2.library" appears. In the enclosed fonts, you can also check what this should look like. Also it seems as if you must copy the fonts into the SYS:Fonts directory.
Error corrections:
- With the new datatype, pictures with 256 colors were displayed wrongly on 32 bit screens
- Archive is now available in LhA format, since there were problems with the protection bits in the ZIP format
- My E-Mail address was stated wrongly in the Readme file (without <>) - now you can copy and paste it into the E-Mail program
Improvements:
- Installation script by David Eriksson (fx)
- Adjustable anti-alias intensity in 100 gradations, to specify an individual optimum between pixelation and blurring - at lower anti-alias value, the processor load turns out accordingly lower, too
- 39 of the most commonly used AmigaOS functions of the exec.library of AROS are now used by AFA. The AmigaOS exec possesses more than 119 functions. For the rest, it will be more difficult to find out whether they can be used, since I do not even know what they do, to some extent. Therefore, it would be nice if someone could help here, to test the remaining functions as well, or to write a test program.
All commands should be made safe, so that they do not produce memtrash with wrong parameters, or cause the system to crash. At present, the following commands are safe:
- GetMsg
- ReplyMsg
- SendIO
- CheckIO
- DoIO
- WaitIO
- RemHead
If these commands are called with nonsensical values, an Enforcer hit will be produced, if the Enforcer is running (tst.l $0) and the command does nothing. Only one Enforcer hit is known to me. The ReplyMsg command from Fontprefs 3.5 does this, because the message has already received an answer (you detect this in the node type). But it runs without problems anyhow.
If someone has problems with the software, whereat he suspects that it comes from the exec.library, then he may delete the library through a restart, try it once again, and please report which library causes the problem.
In this regard, the AROS source code has several compatibility problems/bugs that are already changed in AFA. Though I reported these, I do not know to what extent it is adopted. Also, it looks as if no interest exists on the part of the AROS developers to make the operating system more crash-safe through this.
Whoever wants to compile exec and meets with crashes, which do not exist with the binary file, may please send an E-Mail, I send the up-to-date files then." (snx) (Translation: cad)
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