16.Oct.2002
ANN
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Video player: Frogger version 2.04
Yesterday version 2.04 of the video player 'Frogger' has been released.
This version contains many bugfixes and optimizations with the video and
audio decoders.
The download for 68k and PPC Amiga systems (WarpUP, PowerUp und MorphOS)
is possible by following the title link frogger.highantdev.de.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Oct.2002
'padrino' im Forum
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Mp3 encoder: Lame version 3.92 for WarpOS
Jarmo Laakkonen has released version 3.92 of the mp3 encoders 'Lame' for WarpOS
including sources.
Download:
lame.lzx (247 KB)
lame_src.lzx (893 KB)
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Oct.2002
Telemar Rosenberger (E-Mail)
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Game: New AMHuhn executable with screenmode requester
As reported yesterday,
Telemar Rosenberger and Franz 'Cj-Stroker' Schlick have developed a
"Moorhuhn" clone with the name "AMHuhn". From comments there was obvious
that some users still have problems with the game, e. g. those who use P96.
Telemar fastly has put a new executable to the site which offers a screenmode requester at the launch of the game.
To test if problems are solved with this, he asked us to offer this new executable for download. This is not the whole archive but only the main program 'AMHuhn'.
Download: AMHuhn_Update_01.lha (26 KB)
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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16.Oct.2002
Bernd Lachner (ANF)
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UAE for Sharp Zaurus
The Amiga emulator UAE has now been ported to the Sharp Zaurus
(see title link). To use UAE at the Zaurus X11 must be installed, because it won't run with the default Qtopia
(framebuffer).
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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15.Oct.2002
RELEC Software&Hardware Amiga (ANF)
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RELEC announces "PEGASOS": the alternative power!
RELEC statement:
RELEC announces "PEGASOS": the alternative power!
A brand new website http://www.pegasos-suisse.com/
is completely dedicated to this new and extraordinary machine.
You will soon discover all the hardware & software distribution
activity for Pegasos and MorphOS, as well as information and news.
Concerning our country, different demonstrations will be organized
in early November. These will be announced, on the Pegasos
dedicated website, and on http://www.relec.ch/relec/
as well as on the different Amiga & Pegasos news websites!
It is already possible to get information on the different proposed
configurations if you write to info@pegasos-suisse.com
(dealers write to dealers@pegasos-suisse.com).
For the moment, the orders concern the "Betatester II" & Morphos v1.0
and are only for the warned users (according to the Thendic
official statement of the 4 of october).
Give a try to the alternative future!!! (ps)
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15.Oct.2002
Grzegorz "Krashan" Kraszewski (ANF)
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TTEngine 4.3 released
Grzegorz "Krashan" Kraszewski writes:
I have released V4.3 of TTEngine. Main new feature is font scaling and
mirroring. Below you can read full list of changes from previous V4.1:
- I've placed an open counter in the LoadedFont structure. It removes problems with many RastPorts using one font.
- TT_SetAttrs() function may be now called before TT_SetFont() and is able to create RastPort context.
- TT_SetFont() returns now BOOL value instead of VOID, because it can fail in low memory condition.
- New demo program MoreFonts shows using many fonts at once in one window.
- Affine transformation support code added. (Particular examples of affine transformations are: scaling, shearing, rotation).
- Font may now be scaled in both the axes independently with TT_ScaleX and TT_ScaleY tags. Scaling range is from 0.01 to 100 (negative too, results in mirroring of the text).
- TT_TextExtent() returned random values in the TextExtent structure, if no font has been set for the RastPort using TT_SetFont(). Now the structure is zeroed in the case.
- New demo program Scaling shows - as its name says - font scaling.
- TT_OpenFont() performed illegal READ-MODIFY-WRITE operation at address $0000003A, if opening of the font file failed. Fixed.
- Header file "ttengine.h" was modified to comply with AmigaOS headers standard.
Download: ttengine-4.3.lha (ps)
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15.Oct.2002
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Status between Betatester I / II
On MorphOS-News.de Thendic-France clarify the difference between
Betatester I and II:
Betatester I
- Purchased from Thendic-France -- 1000 Euros complete; 650 Euros
mainboard with CPU module (both prices less VAT)
- Sign NDA and provide at least a bug report a week
- Participate on the core testing team
- FTP access to latest OS releases and applications
- Testing of peripheral devices
- First to receive upgrade to G4 package
Betatester II
- Purchased from any authorized Distributor or Reseller
- Sign up with Betatester II form found on MorphOS v1.0 CD
- Access to new releases of OS (major releases not daily/weekly
upgrades)
- Opportunity to participate in December Conference
- Opportunity to port or test applications, develop or test
peripherals, create demos or website concepts and win contest prizes of
1000 Euros for each catagory
(ps)
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14.Oct.2002
Rüdiger Engel (ANF)
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thttpd 2.21b2 and Webalizer 2.01-10 for AmigaOS
Rüdiger Engel wrote:
A few days ago there was an Amiga port of the thttpd Webservers in the Aminet
(Homepage: http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/).
The port contains PHP 4.2.3. but no support for MySQL. Therefore I took the sources of the uploader (thanks to LouiSe, homepage: http://louise.amiga.hu) and added the MySQL support in PHP.
thttpd is a very fast and efficient Web server, which reaches distinguished speed values also on a relatively slow 68k-Amiga.
Furthermore I compiled the newest version (2.01-10) of the log-file analyzer Webalizer (homepage: www.webalizer.com) for Amiga OS. Both programs need the ixemul LIBRARY.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Oct.2002
Gregory S. Donner (E-Mail)
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MPEG-Player: RiVA Version 0.47
Stephan Fellner released a Demo version
(0.47) of the MPEG-player RiVA.
Download: RiVA.lha (49 KB)
The demo version has all features enabled, no frame/time limits or annoying
requesters, but colour playback is disabled.
What's new in 0.47:
- Audio sync problems fixed!
- Improved compatibility with some buggy MPEG streams that would not play
- New borderless fullscreen PIP mode! (toggle with Enter key)
- Fixed some minor bugs (asyncio, audio)
- RivaGUI: A new Starter GUI written by Gábor Nagy
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Oct.2002
Amiga Future
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Tool: SRename Version 3.5.0 beta 5
Constantinos Nicolakakis published a new beta version of the tool 'SRename'.
With this tool, which can be used with Amiga OS 3,0+, you can comfortably rename files.
In version 3.5.0 beta 5 the following program sections and bugs were fixed:
- Rewritten many code parts.
- Added "Reuse" capability using parentheses ( ) . This makes it possible for several actions to act on the same unmodified filename.
- Changed the way the "INSERT" action works when appending characters. For appending purposes the user should now use the new "APPEND" secondary argument.
- Improved the way that the number positioning is handled when modifying the basename of a filename sequence.
Bugfixes:
- Fixed bug with not appending characters at the end of a segment using INSERT.
- Fixed "Destination path not found" bug when using ":" in conversion.
- Fixed problem of reading only up to 120 characters of each CLI supplied path/filepattern.
- Fixed one Enforcer hit.
Download: SRename3.5b5.lzx
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Oct.2002
zErec (ANF)
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Microcode Solutions: Power Macintosh(tm) Emulation News (Update)
Power Macintosh(tm) Emulation News!
»Microcode Solutions will be releasing an iMac(tm)
based emulation in both hardware (G3, G4, and dual G4 PCI boards) and
software versions in the near future. Stay tuned for details!«
Update 15.10.2002:
Microcode Solutions has received what we believe will be the final hardware revision of the PCI based PowerPC card being manufactured by a well known PowerPC accelerator company.
The current board is a high speed G3 board. Other models are being prototyped right now, and these are G4 and dual processor configurations.
Microcode Solutions has always been the leader in Macintosh emulation technology, developing the first PowerPC emulation for a non-Macintosh platform. We will continue this tradition by releasing the first Power Macintosh emulation for the PC.
Besides having a PCI based hardware solution, Microcode Solutions will also be releasing a completely software based emulation to the public at an amazingly low price (under $50).
We know that people have waited an extremely long time for Microcode Solutions to release a new product, and we appreciate your patience. Just like our successful product "FUSION-PC", we feel we should wait to release the product until it is perfected. We are nearing that stage right now. (ps)
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14.Oct.2002
Daniel Hartlehnert (ANF)
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Commodore Amiga Unix - AMIX
Daniel Hartlehnert wrote:
Discovered today, no genuine news, but interesting:
Once there was an own UNIX for the Amiga developed by Commodore.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Oct.2002
Richard Kapp (ANF)
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GFX-BASE: Review of Software Tycoon
Today GFX-BASE published an extended review of the brand new business simulation 'Software Tycoon' for Amiga. Beside many screenshots there is also a tutorial in which the authors explain, how you can produce, more or less successfully, your first play.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Oct.2002
AMIGAplus
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Raytracing: Kray Version 1.2
Kray is a Raytracing software with a text interface for 68k and PPC Amigas.
Recently version 1.2 appeared in the Aminet, further information can be found on the product website under title link.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Oct.2002
Pixel-Art
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Tool: Pixload Version 2.2
Version 2.2 of the Amidock like startmenu Pixload is now available. Additionally Rxmui 28.1 or better is needed (see here). In this current version the sound level can be changed and stored.
Download: Pixload-2.2.zip
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Oct.2002
Markus Pflaumbaum (ANF)
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Music: New song published
Bitshifter, perhaps already known from the music project "yel.C. vs. Psyria", published a remix of the song " Messages" by Bjorn Lynne.
This TRACK, which was completly composed on the Amiga using the DigiBoosterPro music software, is my contribution to the current remix-competition on Bjorn Lynnes website.
Further information about the competition and the contributions of the other participants can be found here.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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14.Oct.2002
Bård Olav Olsen, tNA webmaster (ANF)
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Magazine: the NEW AMIGANS magazine - New website
New completely redone website for the magazine up and running.
New Paypal booking system implemented! - Easy and straight forward
to order subscriptions, new issues and backissues....
COME AND VISIT!...:D (ps)
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14.Oct.2002
ANN
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Magazin: Amiga Information Online (AIO) #63
Issue #63 of the English language Amiga on-line magazine 'Amiga information on-line (AIO)' is now available.
This issue contains among other things the article 'YAM vs of AEMail' in the Utils section.
The complete table of content can be inferred from the Readme.
AIO uses its own display program and can be used with Amiga OS V3.0+.
Download: /docs/mags/AIOV63.lha (823K),
Readme
(sd) (Translation: sk)
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13.Oct.2002
Sven Scheele, ACSH (ANF)
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Event: Amiga Meeting Nord in 5 days
From 18th to 20th October 2002, the 3rd Amiga Meeting Nord will take place.
Sven Scheele writes:
"About 25 Amigans have registered already, so computer space is slowly becoming
a rare commodity.
If you still want to register - or just have a look into the participants list,
please visit our home page (www.amigameeting.de)."
Even before the Amiga, Commodore had brought some devices to market. The
Heimcomputersammlung Kiel (www.hcsk.de) will
present a small selection of these in collaboration with the Förderverein
Computermuseum Kiel e.V. (www.computermuseum.fh-kiel.de)
at the Amiga Meeting 2002, like they did already last year.
The announced computer comical movie 'Dünn 2', which will be publicly presented
for the first time at the meeting, now also has a trailer in MPEG format.
Download is possible under the following addresses:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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13.Oct.2002
Martin Kuchinka's Homepage
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Programming language: PowerD V0.20 Alpha 2, PTReplay
On 13th October 2002, Martin Kuchinka has released version 0.20 Alpha 2 of the
programming language 'PowerD' as well as the program 'PTReplay' for playing
Protracker modules.
This verison of 'PowerD' contains many bug fixes as well as some new features.
Compared to the previous version, the following changes have been implemented:
- today my Amiga celebrates it's 9th birthday :)
- removed some enforcer hits
- global fields like DEF a[3,3] are now well allocated
- fixed global variable fields under PowerPC
- it's now possible to call functions without arguments defined as LPROC
- an error message is now generated if a.b is used, and b doesn't exist as an item, but as variable
- fixed floating point constant equation reader under PowerPC
- fixed a,b+=func() where a and b are floats under PowerPC
- added new keyword SELECTED to SELECT statement (see select.html)
- fixed value returning of SELECT statement
- in the SELECT statement from now doesn't matter on odred of CASE/DEFAULT/SELECTED keywords
- small fix of reqtools.m module
- & didn't work for negative numbers
- bugs reported and so made by Michel Bagmeijer
- fixes in docs
- 'Compiling' changed to 'Assembling'
- x2d tool compiles now modules
- dmod tool improved
- fixed the FreeXMsg() in powerpc.m module
- fixed graphics/gfxmacros.m, intuition/imageclass.m module
- NewM() function does now exist
- there can now be spaces/tabs between ':' and type
- removed alignment problem, that was added in one of last releases
- 'yyy.xxx' won't be chenged, if there is 'xxx' macro defined
- updated resources modules
- added scsi/commands.m module
- added PowerPC functions: WriteF(), ReadEStr(), OpenW(), OpenS(), CloseW(), CloseS(),
Plot(), Line(), Box(), Circle(), Ellipse(), SetStdRast(), Colour()
- bugs reported but Karoly Balogh
- dbcc instruction can now be used in internal ASM
- global DEF a=[1,2,3]:type do now work properly
- inlined assembly can contain expressions like: moveq #const/2,d0
- added namespaces support (see with.html) (now supports multiple variables)
- inside the inline assembly You can use arguments like: (obj.item,ax) as
offset usage (see: asmcode.html)
- fixed a<<=9 bug (where the number is higher, than 8)
- bugs reported by Marco Antoniazzi
- global: DEF var=[[1,2]:x,[3]] and so didn't work at all
- fixed InStr() function
- bugs reported by Vladimir Javorski
- DEBUGSYM option do now enable the DEBUG define
The compiler runs from AmigaOS V3.0, CPU 68ec020, 4MB RAM and 3-4 MB free space
on the hard disk. The compiler itself does not require an FPU. The generated
programs, however, require an FPU if they make use of floats.
The PPC binaries run with the powerpc.library.
Apart from the compiler, 'phxass' and 'phxlnk' are required for creating 68k
code, and 'pasm' and 'vlink' for creating PPC code.
These programs can be found on Frank Wille's
home page.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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13.Oct.2002
Amiga Future
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Library: SDL 1.2.5 Beta
On 13th October 2002, Gabriele Greco has released the beta version 1.2.5 of his
Amiga port of the SDL (Simple Direct Media Layer). This library offers
functions for cross platform programming of games and multimedia programs.
This version updates SDL to the latest source tree and fixes some bugs of the
previous version. The most important one is the SixK P96 fix for hicolor modes.
The archive contains:
- GCC 68k static library.
- GCC morphos static library.
- SAS/C static library
- The 68k SHARED SDL.library, works with any language or compiler able to parse an .fd file.
- A few SDL examples with a GCC Makefile to build them.
- Inlines, pragmas and .fd files for the 68k shared library.
- Includes and HTML docs from the original SDL archive.
The library runs from AmigaOS 3.0, AHI and CGX/P96 compatible gfx card (not
tested with CGX AGA). Suggested CPU is a 68040 processor or better.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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