27.Jul.2005
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmiWest 2005: Official report by the organizers (English)
At the title link there is the official report by the organizers from last weekend's
AmiWest 2005. Like the Sacramento Amiga Computer Club (SACC) announces there will be an AmiWest show next year again. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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27.Jul.2005
MorphOS-News.de (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Updates of the AmiNetRadio player GMEmu, sc68 and STSound
The AmiNetRadio plugins GMEmu, sc68 and STSoundare available in Version 3.0 for MorphOS now.
With these plugins several music file formats from the Atari ST and some consoles by Sega and Nintendo can be replayed.
The GMEmu.player is based onf Blargg's Game Music Emulation library by Shay Green.
The following formats are supported:
- Nintendo NES (.nsf)
- Nintendo Super NES (.spc)
- Nintendo Gameboy (.gbs)
- Sega Master System (.vgm, .vgz)
- Sega Mega Drive (.gym)
These files may applied as gzip and the nsf and gbs files may contain subsongs.
The plugin for the sc68 formats is based on the sc68 library by Benjamin Gérard. Beside the known from the Atari ST and vom Amiga 68 format
(with arond 90 different replay routines and multiple subsongs per file) sndh files (Atari ST) are replayed also.
Selection of subsongs is done with the time position slider.
The STSound.player uses the same called library by Arnaud 'Leonard' Carré to replay
ym file from the Atari ST. The non GPL plugin is approved by the author.
Download:
GMEmu.player.lha (1,4 MB)
sc68.player.lha (901 KB)
STSound.player.lha (86 KB) (snx) (Translation: ub)
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27.Jul.2005
Alfred Faust (ANF)
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BarsnPipes: Tools Joy2Drum and Joystick released
Alfred J. Faust has released two ne tools for BarsnPipes, Joy2Drum and Joystick.
Joy2Drum
Joy2Drum contains two tools which use a joystick for MIDI input. Initially written for the drum track, now "normal" notes input is possible, too.
Usage requires some practise.
Joystick
Joystick emulates an analog joystick like can be found at some modern synthesizers. It is possible to control two realtime events by mouse (e.g. volume and reverb).
Configuration of he tool is free to choose by the user. Like usual with BarsnPipes, the events can be recorded directly to a track.
Download:
Joy2Drum.lha (39 KB)
Joystick.lha (25 KB) (snx) (Translation: ub)
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27.Jul.2005
Pegasosforum (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Update of the videoauf recording software BTR_8x8 to V0.07
BTR_8x8 is now available in version 0.07. The programm allows the recording of video signals by using BT8x8 chipset based tv cards.
News:
- Support of the TV tuner Medion/Lifetex MD/LT9415
- Window may be opened at a public screen
- Output to the video layer (16 Bit)
Download: btr.lha (25 KB) (snx) (Translation: ub)
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27.Jul.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Report and photos from the AmiGBG 2005 (English)
At the title link an English report and photos from the AmiGBG 2005 in Gotemburg by Darren 'Ryu' Glenns is available.
The author guesses the attendants to have been around 200. (snx) (Translation: ub)
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27.Jul.2005
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MorphOS: OS4Emu 1.8 allows the use OS4 libraries with MorphOS
With version 1.8 of the wrapper OS4Emu by Illka Lehtoranta support for OS4 native libaries has been added in that kind that these may be used now just like if
they were libraries for MorphOS.
To use OS4 libraries with OS4Emu it is required to rename them with the extension '.os4' and to copy them to the directory 'SYS:OS4Emu/Libs'.
Then bind them with the commands 'assign LIBS: SYS:OS4Emu/Libs ADD' and 'PatchLoadSegOS4 OPENLIBPATCH'.
Due to their suffix '.os4' the same library may be installed to the system twice, as MorphOS and as OS4 version - is the native version not available
the OS4 version is used instead.
Please note that not all AmigaOS4 libraries can be used with MorphOS. Yet only several cross calls between MorphOS and AmigaOS4 are suported.
The direct objekt interface (DoMethod(), SetAttrs(), etc.) works, but the hook interface (CallHookPkt()) not.
The following AmigaOS4 libraries do therefor not work under MorphOS:
- MUI classes (MUI custom classes, mcc)
- BOOPSI classes (3rd party ReAction classes)
- mpega.library (there is an additional problem also...)
Datatypes may or may not work.
Further improvements in V1.8:
- Bugfix at the calls MatchFirst(), MatchNext(), MatchEnd(), AllocDosObject() and FreeDosObject() from the dos.library, fixes also the
LOCCounter error
- Bugfix and improvement for calling functions from the intuition.library, gadtools.library and exec.library as well as the ReAction emulation classes;
from the GadTools fix the AmigaOS4 version of SGrab benefits, but there is still a problem with the menu.
- Addition of the function EncodeColor() to the P96 wrapper
From the currently 139 tested AmigaOS4 programs 75 are known to work flawless; 19
more seem to work also, but were tested only briefly; the remaining 45 programs do not work yet.
Download: os4emu.lha (106 KB) (snx) (Translation: ub)
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27.Jul.2005
Elbox Computer (ANF)
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Elbox ships D-BOX 1200
Elbox Computer is now shipping D-BOX 1200, the new tower system for Amiga
1200 computers.
Detailed photos of the D-BOX tower system have been published on the Elbox
website (1,
2).
D-BOX 1200 is designed for these Amiga 1200 users who want to upgrade
their computers with the DRAGON 1200, a ColdFire-based accelerator card
combined with the PCI/AGP Expansion busboard. D-BOX 1200 allows also using
other busboards like Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200 LT4, Mediator
PCI 1200 LT2, Mediator PCI 1200 or G-REX 1200.
Pricing and availability: The D-BOX 1200 with PC-Key 1200 is now shipping
at the suggested retail price of EUR 199.95 (VAT included) or US$199.95
(VAT excluded). To locate an authorized distributor in your area visit the
Elbox Computer website at
www.elbox.com/buy.html.
To purchase D-BOX 1200 online visit the
Elbox Online Store
for European Union customers. (nba)
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26.Jul.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Report from the AmiWest 2005 (English)
At the title link there is an English report by Steven Solie from his visit
together with the Amiga Users of Calgary at the AmiWest 2005 at californian Sacramento.
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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26.Jul.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS4: Protracker port and "Dirty Preview 4" of the MPlayer
Protracker
The music program Protracker version 2.3d from 1993
is currently ported to OS4 by Per Johansson together with Ronald Hof and Timm Müller, it is said to be 75% complete.
At the AmiGBG 2005 a betaversion has been released (screen shot).
Alsa a CD was composed which contains additional to the program itself also music modul, demo effects and some more extras.
please note that Protracker must not mirrored elsewhere without the author's permission.
Donations for his work on pograms for AmigaOS4 can be done at his webseite.
Download:
protracker-os4-beta.20050725.lha (280 KB)
pt.iso (684 MB)
MPlayer - "Dirty Preview #4"
From the not yet finished port of video player MPlayer for AmigaOS4
there is another preview version released.
The most important changes:
- Altivec problem with G3 processors solved (feedback welcome)
- GetBusKey bug removed
- Usage of the asyncio.library removed - thanks to Olaf Barthel's clib2 the original MPlayer sourcecode works well
- Use of the MPlayer version 1.0pre7 (and CVS changes ) which results in more features and codec
- WPA video driver removed because it was useless
- Exchange of the video driver vo_overlay and vo_cgx, MPlayer can be used with it's filename onlyn
Download: mplayer.lha (3,6 MB) (snx) (Translation: ub)
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25.Jul.2005
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NewGUI: PowerPC-support
The graphical user interface "NewGUI" which is available in version 1.4.6, now supports the PowerPC at alpha-blending operations (PowerUP/MorphOS).
Download: newgui_1.4.6.lha (964 KB) (snx) (Translation: nba)
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25.Jul.2005
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 25.07.2005
These are the latest uploads to the os4depot.net added since our last update:
annotate_src.lha uti/tex 166kb Text Editor with advanced features (source)
hp11c.lha uti/sci 378kb HP11C calculator including the program mode
annotate.lha uti/tex 208kb Text Editor with advanced features
kens_images.lha gra/ico 54kb Ibrowse & Aweb Toolbars in the "Ken's Icon" style.
sashimippc.lha dev/deb 27kb Enhanced drop-in replacement for Sushi, PPC native
tcpspeed.lha net/mis 33kb Measure the TCP throughput of a TCP channel
pdalink.lha uti/mis 143kb Connect Amiga with Palm PDA
beatsofrage.lha gam/act 288kb Beats of Rage port (updated)
bor-src.lha gam/act 127kb Beats of Rage source code
bor_pngicons.lha gam/act 335kb Beats Of Rage Icon Pack (For All MODS)
make-unix.lha dev/uti 177kb GNU make PPC with UNIX paths
(cg) (Translation: nba)
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25.Jul.2005
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Aminet-Uploads until 25.07.2005
Here are the new Aminet uploads since our last posting:
DatabenchDemo.lha biz/dbase 177K Small Database (german)
bugsquish-mos.lha game/actio 802K MOS Squish bloodthirsty bugs with your fly sw
cannonfodder_nm.lha game/data 161K Set of new levels to Cannon Fodder
JaktarDemo1.lha game/demo 320K Playable Demo from JAKTAR
Kargon.lha game/demo 577K Thrilling dungeon-chase, 1-4 players
Marblelous2.lha game/demo 605K Playable demo of Marblelous 2 (ECS and RTG)
TestamentDemo.lha game/demo 1.3M Playable demo of a new 3D-game
WormWars.lha game/misc 668K OS3 Worm Wars 8.3b: Advanced snake game
bor_pngicons.lha game/wb 335K OS4 Beats Of Rage Icon Pack (For All MODS)
ataripac2pbm-mos.lha gfx/conv 14K MOS Atari ST PAC to PBM converter
splayer_v1.9sebeta.lha mus/play 179K SPlayer 1.9se (Beta)
DiskMaster.lha util/dir 358K VAR DiskMaster2 - 68K & OS4
DiskMasterV37.lha util/dir 246K OS3 DiskMaster2 for Kickstart V37+
pdalink.lha util/libs 131K PDALink for AmigaOS 3 with source
(cg) (Translation: nba)
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25.Jul.2005
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WHDLoad: New archives until 25.07.2005
With WHDLoad you can install games on your hard drive which were
originally meant only for use with disks. Besides this several
incompabilities with newer Amiga models were fixed.
The following installers have been added or updated:
- Optimized: Full Metal Planete (Hi-Tec) - support for another version, documentation and icons included
- Aktualisiert: Starglider 2 (Argonaut Software) - debugging of the PAL-version
- Verbessert: Zeewolf (Binary Asylum) - support for another version, debugged and added changes, new icons
- Verbessert: Stratego (Accolade) - support for another version, debugged, new icons
(snx) (Translation: nba)
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25.Jul.2005
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Kultboy.com: 8 new reviews and 1 interview added
Kultboy.com keeps the goold old amiga days awake by a bulky database for
magazines and reviews as well as letters to the editor.
Currently eight new reviews and one interview with the music group "Die
Toten Hosen" originally published in Power Play 8/93 were added.
The new reviews:
(snx) (Translation: nba)
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25.Jul.2005
Supimajo (Forum)
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Music magazine HousePool reports about the Amiga-anniversary
Under the titlelink Germanys first electronical music magazine - according
to their own statement - reports about the 20th birthday of the Amiga.
HouesPool took their first steps in the AmigaGuide-format before settling
over to the World Wide Web. (snx) (Translation: nba)
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24.Jul.2005
Coyote Flux (ANF)
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Coyote Flux: Update of PPC680x0 / NoClick-module for Kickflash OS4
Coyote Flux released a new version of the sourcecode-converter PPC680x0 and a NoClick-module for the Kickflash OS4-card.
Apart from this amiga-software Coyote Flux has shown screenshots and
of Evolution Advance to be found on their
website. Evolution Advance
is a 3D-game-worlds-renderer for the Gameboy Advance, whose design was
made on Amiga. dessen Design auf dem Amiga entstand.
Download:
PPC68k20.lha (537 KB)
NoClick.lha (1 KB) (snx) (Translation: nba)
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24.Jul.2005
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Meicky Soft: Five new articles about AmigaOS4-developing
Michael Christoph has published five new articles about the AmigaOS4-development, which were originally published in Amiga-Magazin. Topics of these articles to be read under the title link are the utility.library, Gadtools and Reaction, the timer.device, Docky-elements and Docky-applications. (snx) (Translation: nba)
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24.Jul.2005
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: OpenTTD-"Nightly builds"
Interested users can now download the daily updated "Nightly Builds" of
the current SVN-version of OpenTTD for MorphOS and other operating systems.
A full functionality of these automated snapshots is not guaranteed so using
at owner's risk only. (snx) (Translation: nba)
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24.Jul.2005
Stefan Kleinheinrich (ANF)
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SteamDraw 0.5R2 released
SteamDraw is a MUI-based 2D-vector-GFX application with EPS-support. The version 0.5R2 can be downloaded at the title link.
New in version 0.5R2:
- Safety-check at loading, SD will only load its own files
- Direct PNG-export including alpha-channel
- Vertical and horizontal construct-lines
- Papersizes and names can be defined in external file
- Bugfixes
(snx)
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23.Jul.2005
ANN (website)
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Event: first pictures from AmiGBG
Under the title link you can find first pictures from the AmiGBG that took place today in Göteborg.
Update: (11:52, 24.07.05, snx)
Further photographs were made available by Onyxsoft.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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23.Jul.2005
Dave Fisher (email)
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IBrowse 2.4: feature list and screenshots
After showing the newest version of the web browser IBrowse toady at several Amiga events-Veranstaltungen for the first time to the public are an overview of the new functions and some screenshots to be found on the developers' website:
New features:
- Plugin API.
- AmiSSLv3 support.
- context sensitive mouse pointer.
- Background tab loading.
- AmigaOS 4:simple support of characters tables and UTF-8.
Overhauled features:
- Spoofing engine.
- FTP support.
Improvements:
- JavaScript engine.
- HTML engine.
- HTTP engine.
- Cookie support.
- Localization.
- Several GUI elements.
- Internal GIF decoder.
- Table parser.
- Memory management.
More comprehensive descriptions of the changes listed above as well as some screenshots can be found under the title link.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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