24.Dec.2004
RMS Communications - Christoph Pölzl (ANF)
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Image editor: Pixel32 for MorphOS announced
Pavel Kanzelsberger, author of Pixel32, announces under the title link a port for MorphOS, to be presented in a few weeks. Pixel32 is an image/photo/animation painting/editing and retouching application usable for all kind of graphicians, but best for web designers (screenshot).
Some of its features:
- multiplatform design with own skinnable GUI, which allows us running Pixel32 in Windows, BeOS and even in DOS
- most of routines written in highly optimized 32-bit assembler decreasing program's size and increasing its speed
- plugin architecture allows adding new effects, import/export plugins but also new dynamic brushes (called BrushFX), layer types etc.
- supporting all popular file formats
- support for layers, channels, masks, selections
- support for animations, image clickmaps, slices, web optimizations and other webtools simplyfing your work
- variety of brushes, including animated and full color brushes
- variety of patterns allowing pattern-painting, texturizing and more
- variety of color/alpha gradients with universal usage
- templates, styles, layouts...
- and much more...
Currently, as a Christmas present, Pixel32 can be purchased for USD 20 until end of the year. If one registers now, all updates until next major release (v2.0) will be free. Furthermore, the registration is platform independent, so that one can use his license also with upcoming ports to other operating systems.
There are demo versions of the current version 1.0 RC2 for Windows, Linux and BeOS/Zeta as well as of version 0.99.8 also for QNX, Solaris and MS-DOS. In these demo versions there are only two limitations: a visible watermark in the images and a small annoying dialog box informing about the usage of a demo version. (snx)
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24.Dec.2004
ANN (website)
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Instant Messenger: Update of AmiMSN to V1.0rc5
AmiMSN which is an in ARexx written, console based IM-client for the MSN-Network
is now available in version 1.0rc5.
Changes and improvements:
- Changed: Everything placed into one main executeable
- Fixed: You now can't initiate a conversation with someone offline
- Fixed: In some cases AmiMSN would try reading a message that wasn't there
- Added: P4-Context header is now parsed. Needed for BOT2K3
- Added: Notification server disconnection messages now parsed
- Added: AmiMSN.cfg now has a version number
Download: AmiMSN-1.0rc5.lha (38 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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24.Dec.2004
Sebastian Bauer (ANF)
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E-mail Client: SimpleMail 0.24 (Update)
Today version 0.24 of the MUI based e-mail client called "SimpleMail" has been published.
Changes:
- Message preview in main window
- Import of Outlook Express message files (.dbx files)
- New address book with seperate group and contact management
- More possibilities of configuring the application icon
- ARexx port improvement: GETMAILSTAT, FOLDERINFO
- Bug fixes and other minor improvements
- First official OS4 version
Currently the OS3 and OS4 version are available. The MorphOS version will probably
follow this day. Please check if you have installed the newest versions of the NList-classes
which have been published few days ago.
The SimpleMail team wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Update: (17:25, 24.12.04, snx)
Now the MorphOS version is also available.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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24.Dec.2004
ANN (website)
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PegXMac V1.3 also finished for AmigaOne
David Bentham has a Christmas surprise for all AmigaOne users: His live-CD PegXMac
is now available in version 1.3 also for this platform. PegXMac allows starting Mac OS
with the help of Mac-on-Linux without installing Linux before.
The AmigaOne version was tested by Sinan Gürkan and Ross Vumbaca and is equivalent to
the Pegasos II version except the use of MOL 0.9.70+.
On the AmigaOne only MOL 0.9.68 runs because it is not an Open
Firmware platform and therefore newer MOL versions need specific adaptations.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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24.Dec.2004
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: OpenTTD 0.3.5
Christian Rosentreter announces that the new version of OpenTTD (which is an Open Source
clone of the well-known strategy game Transport Tycoon Deluxe) has been finished and
with it he wishes all MorphOS- and Amiga-users a Merry Christmas.
Important changes:
- [Network] New network, very stable, a lot of new features
- [Network] Ingame Serverlist (with online game-servers to join
- [Network] Webbased Serverlist: http://servers.openttd.org/
- [Network] Added dedicated server support
- [Network] Cheat protection in MultiPlayer
- [Network] Patch settings are also synced with the server
- [Network] Chat
- Custom currency settings
- Per-station vehicle lists
- More realistically sized catchment areas
- Sticky windows
- Even better support for new grf-files
- Implement improved vehicle loading algorithm
- Even more advanced in-game console (press ^ to open it)
- OpenTTD runs with the grf files of the DOS version
- [Big Endian Systems (MacOS, MorphOS, LinuxPPC)]: are able to load savegames by TTD(Patch)
- new languages: Spanish, Catalan and Icelandic
- And many, many more things....
If you want to know the complete list of changes then have a look at ChangeLog
which the archive contains.
The archive can be downloaded under the title link.
Comments:
- Currently the "Dedicated Server"-support (OpenTTD -D) does not work with Amiga TCP/IP-stacks.
But the game itself can create a normal server. Games between Windows, Linux, MacOS and
MorphOS are possible without any problems.
- The Amiga68k-support in the source code possibly is not working because of the
many changes. Christian Rosentreter (karibu@gmx.net) himself cannot test the new code
under 68k and therefore he asks for feedback and diff-files to be able to fix existing
problems in the new network code.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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23.Dec.2004
Robin (ANF)
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Update of Hollywood Game TriMa'gic
The Hollywood game TriMa'gic has reached version 1.0 for 68k, WarpUp and MorphOS; the wishes of Tristan Mangold (TriMa) have been realized.
New developments are that sounds have been added, one can right-click to turn in the other direction as well, and because someone who preferred it asked for it, the game may be skinned to the darker original version. It comes with both skins. To do this some bugs with the ring-selection were overcome.
Along with the main page (under the title-link) there's a mirror.
The author thanks Tristan Mangold for his game skin, his idea and the suggestions for improvement and wishes everyone a happy celebration and a great New Year. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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23.Dec.2004
morphos-news.de (website)
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MorphOS: New Screenshots of "Rage Hard"
Under the title link you'll find some new screenshots of Titan's tactically-enduring multiplayer 3D-Shooter "Rage Hard."
(cg) (Translation: dm)
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23.Dec.2004
Werner Lange (E-Mail)
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HCS Lange: Auction of Spare Parts after Closing of Workshop
Werner Lange, of the former Commodore and Amiga service HCS Lange (Detmold, Germany), announces that he's auctioning on EBay the remaining spare parts from his workshop as well as other Amiga accessories.
Among the things available are hundreds of ICs, and also computers, disks, a range of brackets, magazines, service manuals, folders and much more. Those interested may find these offers from Werner Lange under the e-mail seller ID "welandt." (snx) (Translation: dm)
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23.Dec.2004
amiga.org (website)
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New PowerPC Products for the Classic Amiga (update)
ACK Software Controls, Inc. is pleased to announce two new products for the Amiga 1200. The first product is a Freescale 8245 based CPU card clocked at 400 MHz.
The card will have a SODIMM slot for memory expansion and also includes a Silicon Images 680 IDE controller and a Radeon Mobility graphics chip. This CPU card will fit in standard A1200 cases, but a towered system is recommended.
The second product is a modular busboard and CPU combination for use with towered A1200 machines. The bus board features an AGP 1X slot and three PCI slots. Additional features of the busboard include two DDR DIMM slots for memory expansion, a Silicon Images 680 IDE controller, onboard USB and ethernet. The CPU card will initially be a 750CXe product, but other CPUs will be available.
Both products will ship with an OEM version of AmigaOS 4 and contain a version of U-Boot as the firmware. Products are presently in prototype form running Linux and will be available in Q1 2005. Additional information will follow in the new year.
Sincerely,
Adam Kowalczyk
ACK Software Controls, Inc.
Update: (24.12.04, 2:30, cg)
In a thread on amiga.org, Adam Kowalczyk states that similar expansions are in the works as well. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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23.Dec.2004
Bernd Roesch (ANF)
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WinUAE 1.0 public beta #3, Remarks on Postscript Printing
With version 0.9.92 the WinUAE Team is possibly releasing the last beta-version before the final release 1.0. Whoever is able to locate bugs is asked to advise the authors.
There is now better online help that explains about printing and the "autoflush" function more clearly.
Changes in WinUAE 0.9.92:
Bug fixes:
- Regular HDF TD_GEOMETRY returned incorrect data (caused some
larger HDF's fail to mount, 0.9.91 only)
- Filesystem bug fix (0.9.90-91), files with Windows
System or Hidden -flag set didn't open properly in all cases
- Stardust starwars-scroller in cycle-exact mode
- SuperStardust AGA tunnel-section and Superfrog intro bee flashing
plus other sprite emulation fixes
- Random disk formatting verify errors when using non-turbo mode
(was broken couple of releases ago)
- Display corruption/crashes if display width was larger than 1024
and display depth was 32bit (only native display mode, Picasso96
was unaffected)
- Windowed mode window close button didn't work if "Use CTRL+F11
to quit" was enabled
- Input-panel autofire yes/no-selection
- AVIOutput video recording bug in interlaced modes
New features:
- Filesystem emulation now uses NTFS named streams to store Amiga
FS protection flags and comment instead of __UAEFSDB.__-files
(non-NTFS drives still use old method)
- Postscript printer emulation using Ghostscript. All Windows
supported printers work now. Amiga-side only needs standard Amiga
Postscript printer driver
- Automatic print job flush after user configurable timeout
- Improved hardfile creation, filesystem selection (OFS/FFS/SFS) etc.
- Disk swapper key shortcuts:
- END+1-0 (not numeric keypad) = insert image from swapper slot 1-10
- END+SHIFT+1-0 = insert image from swapper slot 11-20
- END+CTRL+1-4 = select drive
- GUI drag'n'drop (no more ugly up/down arrows)
- Screenshots are now named _xxx.bmp
- User configurable emulation speed adjustment from 5 to 100 fps
- Rar and 7zip -archive support (using archiveaccess.dll)
- Some custom chipset emulation improvements here and there
- Improved drive click sound emulation
- X-Arcade build-in key mappings
- Onscreen disk and HD leds flash red while writing
- "Always on top"-windowed mode setting
[Rest of long article not translated. It was mostly about printing and Christmas greeting from Bernd Roesch. -DM] (cg) (Translation: dm)
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23.Dec.2004
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distributed.net: PowerPC/AmigaOS Surpasses x86/DOS in the RC5-72 Competition
The PowerPC/AmigaOS platform zipped past x86/DOS sooner than expected, taking 14th place among platform rankings. PowerPC/AmigaOS now finds itself directly behind PowerPC/MorphOS, which is itself coming up quickly behind X86/NetBSD and is projected to catch it on 24th February, 2005. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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23.Dec.2004
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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New Debian Install ISO Image for the Amiga One
Under the title link there's a new Debian installation ISO image for AmigaOne computers ready for download. The only addition since the previous version is the standard use of kernel 2.4.26. (snx) (Translation: dm)
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22.Dec.2004
amigafuture.de (website)
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MorphOS: System patch "Zapper"
"Zapper" modifies the ZipWindow() function of the intuition.library, i.e. the behaviour of the "Zoom" gadget at the top right border of a window. Instead of switching between two different window sizes, it resizes the window to full screen by click now. If the title bar is enabled that will be kept free.
Zapper also may be used in "Smart Resizing" mode which resizes windows only on the not already used screen area and does not hide other windows.
Direct download: zapper_0.9.lha (20 KB) (Readme)
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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22.Dec.2004
Amiforce (ANF)
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Amiforce/Abakus-Design: Seasonig greetings and Snowman (Classic)
With Snowman (Classic) a tiny Christmas game is available at Abakus-Design. Unfortunately an entire new game was due lack of time not possible and the same reason lead to only minor changes to the game:
The game is running in 800x600 with any colour depth. Also on classic Amigas it should run without problems. Some new figures were pixeled which are now on wood plates. Thus, the game comes closer to the C64 original version. The archive is about 10 MB in size.
Last but not least Telemar Rosenberger and Franz Schlick wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2005.
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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22.Dec.2004
Thomas Wenzel (ANF)
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MP3 player: AmigaAMP 2.13
Thomas Wenzel writes:
"Just on time for Christmas there is an update for AmigaAMP. It is nothing world moving; I just fixed some bugs. New features aren't there, but code maintaining is better than nothing, I guess.
For example the old version 2.12 messed badly around with several state messages of the mpega.library which are not used by the original, but are by the libmad version. Directories containing brackets in their name could not be added to the playlist, etc.
All that and some other smaller bugs are now fixed and the program gained further stability.
Enjoy it"
(cg) (Translation: ub)
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22.Dec.2004
Sylvio.k (ANF)
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Soms3d: Xmas edition
The Soms3d team wishes a Merry Christmas and a Hapy New Year to all Amiga users! As a little present there is a special edition of the Soms3d-Engine available (5 MB, requires PPC/Warp3d).
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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22.Dec.2004
Thomas Steiding (ANF)
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Robin Hood coming for MorphOS
"Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood", originally developed by Spellbound Entertainment for the PC, will soon continue his adventures on the Pegasos. The MorphOS version of Robin Hood has just reached "first playable" on the Pegasos. A demo version will be released soon and the game is expected to start shipping in QI/2005 for MorphOS.
About "Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood":
Do not only take on the role of the hero Robin Hood, but also the roles of his faithful vassals and take them to the battle field against the nasty Prince John Lackland. In doing so you are able to enjoy the fabulous English landscape of 1190 as well as the giant castles and funny characters. The thrilling story is introduced by an award-winning introduction and transfers you directly into the hero\s body with the first mission, in which you have to set the captive comrades free. Take up the battle against the oppressors and free the farmers from the Prince\s reign! Be smart, be fast! Be Robin Hood!
Features:
- More than 30 non-linear missions in which, for instance, you have to save Little John and Brother Tuck and prevent a wedding between Marianne and the revolting Guy of Gisbourne or attack the taxation collectors of the Sheriff of Nottingham
- Visit five giant castles on different ways, at day and night times, and at different weather conditions
- Play with up to nine integrated characters being outstanding due to their specific abilities and qualities
- Due to an innovative fighting system you are able to control the hero\s sword in battles by mouse
- Decide yourself which tactic appears to be the right one for you: reach the goal by creeping around the guards or fight bravely using sword and bow
System requirements:
- Pegasos I/II at 600 MHz or better
- 128 MB RAM
- Radeon 7000 or better
- MorphOS 1.4.x
More information on "Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood" can be found at:
www.epic-interactive.com
www.spellbound.de
www.robinhood-game.com (snx)
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22.Dec.2004
ANF
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Community site for the ColdFire board Dragon opened
At http://dragon.amigaworld.de/ DJBase opened the first community website for Elbox announced ColdFire board Dragon for the Amiga 1200.
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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21.Dec.2004
Amiga Information Center (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: MOSEmu runs MorphOS software under OS4
Some people are working on an emulation that runs MorphOS software under AmigaOS 4 (screenshot).
If and when this emulation will be made available to the public is not known yet.
(cg)
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20.Dec.2004
bplan (E-Mail)
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Merry Christmas from bplan: How to build the machine
We like to thank you for the confidence you set in us and our products in the past year. After over 1,000,000 components used in the Pegasos II production we would like to take the opportunity to thank our customers. The video How to build the machine (19 MB) is our Christmas gift to you.
"How to build the machine" is made by the following persons (on the photo in the sequence from right to the left):
- GC Master of PowerPC®
- TD Master of the machines
- TK Mister Component
We wish all our webvisitors a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2005.
These images and movies are under property by bplan GmbH and are allowed only to be published with our agreement. (snx)
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19.Dec.2004
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Non-Linear Video Editing System for MorphOS
The archive "MSchnitt-Mos.lha" contains four programs that together comprise a non-linear video editing system. It's written fully in ARexx and requires the following programs be installed:
- ARexx
- MPlayer (>1.0)
- Mencoder
- ogmtools-1.4.1-morphos (ogmmerge)
- mkvtoolnix-0.9.1-morphos (mkvmerge)
- fxPAINT (2.0+)
Features:
- Video edit
- Add new sound
- Convert video formats
- Sound processing
- Sound edit
- Merging of video clips to create a larger
- Video titling
- FX-effects
- Merging of sound clips to create a larger
- Encoding of single frames
- Decoding of single frames
- Support of multitrack videos in Ogg Mediastream or Matroska Media-Vision
The following link points to a demo video illustrating features of the MSchnitt package: http://pegasossoft.de/Movie.avi (3 MB)
A side effect of MSchnitt is the manipulation of multitrack videos. These are videos with more than one video or audio track. Here's a demo clip: http://pegasossoft.de/Movie_kopergeschuetzt.mkv (3 MB).
These clips can only be played with the newest MPlayer version, because they make use of the Matroska format. Whoever has no knowledge of MPlayer will only see the copy-protected video, and not the other stuff.
Unfortunately I haven't written any instructions, because that too would be a bit much for me. But whoever seriously wants to use the package can send me an e-mail and I'll write back right away.
Download: http://pegasossoft.de/MSchnitt-Mos.lha (357 KB) (snx) (Translation: dm)
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