10.Sep.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Image editor: Pintor Web 2.20
Juan Carlos Herran Martin (Morgue Soft) has released version 2.20 of Pintor Web which provides minor improvements and bug fixes. Pintor Web is a little Hollywood program providing simple picture editing functions like rotating, mirroring, inverting, sharpening or adding watermarks.
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09.Sep.2017
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Amiga disks on PC: ADF-Drive supports Amiga filesystems
ADF-Copy is an USB adapter which, connected to a ordinary PC disk drive, can read and write Amiga disks - provided that the disks are not copy-protected. The floppy port is connected to a Teensy 3.2 micro controller by using some jumpers controlled by the firmware of the micro controller.
The latest beta version of the firmware now also supports Amiga filesystems, that means, single files can be read and written. As usual a disks is provided to the Host-PC via Media Transfer Protocol. If the disks has been formated by the Amiga filesystem, additional to the disk drive DF0: - for formating or reading/writing of ADF-Images - another drive is registered with the name of the disk:
So far the following features are offered:
- Reading and writing files
- Creating directories and deleting empty ones
- Formating DF0:
- HD Disks should work, but they are very fragile, writes might fail
Not (yet) working:
- Deleting full directories
- Renaming files and directories
- Time and date of files
- Many operations do not work under Windows XP, it simply is too old. But the separate application ADF-Copy works fine under XP
- When writing an adf image with drag and drop on DF0: the Name of the filesystem drive isnt updating correctly
The author points out, that this software is a beta version. He recommends to enable write protection of the disks or zu work with test disks. And he wrote:"After a write access wait for the drive light to go off and the motor stop before removing the disk, due to avoid excessive disk access i use some methods to cache the track and write modified track only on track change or shortly before stopping the motor."
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09.Sep.2017
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Trademark disputes: yet another party wants to own "Amiga" (Update)
In the US and Germany, the registration for the "Amiga" trademark already expired. It's still a registered mark in the EU until May next year, but nobody really expects the current owner to ever do something with that registration again. As a result, Hyperion Entertainment (AmigaOS 4) and Cloanto (Amiga Forever) started fighting for various Amiga marks earlier this year.
Apparently, another competitor has entered the ring now: on August 30, somebody named Heinz-Alexander Drews applied to have the "Amiga" mark registered in his name at the German patent and trademark office. On the same day, using the same law firm, somebody -the applicant's personal details are not public yet - also filed an application for the same mark with the European Intellectual Property Office.
It's important to note that both the German and the European mark would collide with Amiga, Inc.'s existing EU trademark. In contrast to Cloanto - who only started the process to register the US "Amiga" mark in its name the day after Amiga Inc.'s original registration expired - Drews seems to count on the current owner of the mark not defending his IP - which gives him a head start, compared to other parties interested in inheriting the mark.
It's currently not clear if Heinz-Alexander Drews is connected to any companies or individuals in the Amiga market.
Update: (10.09.2017, 17:40, cg)
Another attempt at gaining control over some Amiga mark has been discovered: Back in march, Amikit-Developer Ján Zahurančík applied to have "Amiga" registered in his name in his home country Slovakia. The new application was published - i.e. approved - in early August. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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09.Sep.2017
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Nintendo emulator A/NES Pro 1.19
Version 1.19 of the Nintendo emulator A/NES Pro has been released. The ECS or AGA chipset and a 68020 processor is required but a faster processor is recommended. Changes:
- Screenmoderequester no longer causes a guru when aborted.
- Switched to AsmOne, Asm-Pro was causing issues with previous version.
- Bugfixed a previous optimization that caused problems (TLOZ)
- Minor cleanup
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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08.Sep.2017
amiga.org (Webseite)
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Workbench history: Why was "Disk doctor" so spectacularly bad at its job?
In an article at auf amiga.org, Olaf 'Olsen' Barthel has explained, why "DiskDoctor" - known from the first generation of the Workbench - worked so bad and could not successfully repair disks. Since the middle of the 90ies Barthel has been working with the source codes of AmigaOS and was involved developing AmigaOS 3.5, 3.9 4.0 and 4.1.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 08. Sep. 2017, 23:51] [Comments: 0]
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08.Sep.2017
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Status update: Web browser Netsurf under AGA (update)
In May it turned out that the current version of Artur Jarosik's SDL-based port of Netsurf could only be used with a graphics board. Daniel Reimann, an editor of amiga-news.de, has contacted Jarosik to find out how the development status is regarding a version supporting AGA - and received a current, AGA-compatible version of the browser.
In this version, which now also is available on the website of the author, about 70% of the starts of the program works fine and Netsurf can be used without any problems. The other 30% percent Netsurf can happen to start extremely slow or the screen stays black sometimes flickering blue and the lamp of the harddrive lights up continuously.
The following pictures show Netsurf with an AGA-scale of 71% (instead of the given 75%). Using this figure, most of the texts can be read without being cut. The third picture shows the MUI-based preferences which currently do not completely work: The options set in the "General" tab are not saved.
This version does not seem to be significantly faster but it is fun to look at the appearance and the typeface of Netsurf. Towards amiga-news.de Jarosik explained, that recently he has focused porting games but obviously also Netsurf is developed further occasionally. The AGA-version includes the same changes which are listed on the website of the author for the RTG-version.
Update: (21.09.2017, 06:20, dr)
Meanwhile Artur Jarosik has released two other beta versions of Netsurf 3.7 which fixes the auto-update bug under AGA as well as the problem that some options of the general preferences have not been saved. All those features now work fine. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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07.Sep.2017
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: Comic archive viewer RNOComics 1.0
Like Comicami for AmigaOS 4, RNOComics is a comic book archive viewer for MorphOS and AmigaOS 4 that can open almost any archive file, or a directory with unarchived images, and display the images in it in a GUI designed to read comics (screenshot).
Features:
- Supports CBR, CBZ, CBT, and any other archiving format XAD supports
- Unarchives images on the fly, no HD space or memory wasted
- Read ahead cache for the next page
- Can continue to the next archive file in a directory with a single command
- Can open directories with unarchived images and work as an image viewer
- MUI GUI with controls as buttons, menu items, and keyboard shortcuts
- Three different layout options: fit width, single page, and double page
- Fullscreen mode option
- Zoom option displays comic's pages at their intended maximum resolution
- Rotate options for portrait mode making viewing/reading easier
- History window with front page thumbnails and page memory
- Backwards reading options for manga comics
- Can save and export images
- Can create thumbnail icons for archives (MorphOS)
- Gamma correction options
- Drag & drop loading
- ARexx support
Download:
RNOComics.lha (MorphOS; 2 MB)
RNOComics_OS4.lha (3 MB) (snx)
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05.Sep.2017
AmigaFun (ANF)
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Emulation of Sam 460 using QEMU in development
According to a mail on the QEMU-PPC mailing list Zoltan Balaton is working on an emulation of a Sam-460 using QEMU. In the first status report (middle of August) he described that AROS as well as MorphOS could boot, but finally failed due to different problems. Balaton could not test AmigaOS, because he does not own a copy of AmigaOS 4.1 besitzt.
The emulator QEMU emulates or virtualizes alot of computers or processors. If the host system has a suitable processor, QEMU does not have to emulate it - so Balaton's project could succeed in emulating Sam 460 operating systems under different PPC hardware - e.g. Apple-Hardware .
On a common Windows-PC, QEMU would have to emulate the PPC-CPU, but would not have to emulate the complex custom chip emulation, which is currently required to run AmigaOS 4 "Classic" under WinUAE.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 05. Sep. 2017, 00:12] [Comments: 0]
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04.Sep.2017
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Zorro 2 extension: IDE controller "IDE4"
THe French online shop Ameedia offers a new IDE-controller for Zorro-2 Amigas: To the "IDE4" up to four IDE/ATA-devices can be connected. Besides, a CompactFlash slot is on the card. The controller is compatible to Gayle, which in an A600 and A1200 controls the IDE-ports. If only one of the two IDE-ports is used, Kickstart 2.05 is required but no additional drivers. IDEfix is required for accessing the second port.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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04.Sep.2017
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Scandoubler: ScanPlus AGA
ScanPlus AGA is a simple scandoubler for AGA computers. The device has a VGA-port and a simple screensaver. The developer has published some pictures in his blog. Currently only Amedia Computer seems to offer the device.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 04. Sep. 2017, 23:43] [Comments: 0]
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04.Sep.2017
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 128
The English and German editions of Amiga Future 128 (September/October 2017) has been released today, it can be ordered from Amiga dealers or directly from the editorial office. This issue's topics include an interview with Marcus Sackrow (MUIMapparium, FreePascal), big specials about Hollywood extensions and the demo scene as well as report about the Devcon 2.
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03.Sep.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 02.09.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until September 2nd, 2017:
OSCopperlist.lha dev/asm 4K 68k Copperlist on intuition screen
Epub_mcc.0.2.lha dev/mui 3.6M MOS A Epub MUI Class
Screech_src.lha game/race 1.5M Blitz Basic source for "Scree...
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 11M 68k Implementation of Tunnels & ...
PPT_dev.lha gfx/conv 72K Develop your own modules for PPT
PPT_dist.lha gfx/conv 945K 68k A Modular Image Processing Pa...
PPT_security.lha gfx/conv 12K 68k Cryptographic modules for PPT
PPT-source.zip gfx/conv 870K C source for image processing...
Apdf_de.lha gfx/show 3K Unofficial German catalog for...
VPDF_de.lha gfx/show 1K Unofficial German catalog for...
rewincy.lha util/cdity 30K 68k Cycle through windows/screens...
zip_lib.lha util/libs 144K OS4 Library for reading/writing z...
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03.Sep.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 02.09.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until September 2nd, 2017:
coreutils.lha dev/uti 1Mb 4.0 GNU core utilities
diffutils.lha dev/uti 586kb 4.0 File comparison tools
sed.lha dev/uti 354kb 4.0 sed (stream editor)
zip_lib.lha lib/mis 144kb 4.1 Library for reading/writing zip ...
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03.Sep.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 02.09.2017
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archives until September 2nd, 2017:
mui_examples.i386-aros.zip dev/exa 449kb MUI coding examples in C
clicolor-1.4-aros.zip uti/she 23kb AROS dos script to switch shell ...
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Sep.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit X 10.3
The Workbench distribution AmiKit is meant for emulators and has more than 390 pre-configured programs. In version 10.3 the Boxx trilogy games of 'Lemming880' and Stephan Rupprecht's replacement of the info-command were added. Besides, a lot of programs have been replaced by updated versions.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Sep.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4 / MorphOS: Ask Me Up XXL 3.3
Jérôme 'Glames' Senay's Ask Me Up is a one to five player quiz game for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Windows featuring 17000 questions in 17 categories. A demo version containing 80 questions is available for free.
In version 3.3 a question was corrected and the Italian translation completed.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 03. Sep. 2017, 05:46] [Comments: 0]
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03.Sep.2017
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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MorphOS: MUI class Epub.mcc 0.2
Carsten Siegner's Epub.mcc is a MUI class vor viewing ebooks of the EPUB format. The archive also includes two demo programs for viewing ebooks and svg files. In version 0.2 the performance was improved and hyperlinks and SVG support added. Additionally, ebooks which were created by Calimero, are fully supported.
Download: Epub_mcc.0.2.lha (4 MB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 03. Sep. 2017, 05:38] [Comments: 0]
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02.Sep.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: File manager Dir Me Up 3.8.3
Jérôme 'Glames' Senays' commercial file manager "Dir Me Up" (video) "is a program to explore and manipulate files, links and drawers of your Amiga." In version 3.8.3 among others an automatic update of the software was added.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 02. Sep. 2017, 08:39] [Comments: 0]
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02.Sep.2017
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Elbox: pci.library 12.0 and beta version 13.0
Under the title link Elbox has released two updates of his pci.library for users of the PCI-busboard Mediator.
"The pci.library ver. 12.0 allows to set the PCI space of Mediators working in the MMU mode as noncachable. It's controlled by Envarc:Mediator/NoCache variable."
Beta version 13.0 "supports additional PCI space for PCI processor cards in Mediator 1200 TX" (amiga-news.de reported).
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.Sep.2017
Michael Rupp (ANF)
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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.28
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey).
Any kind of feedback the author Michael Rupp would very appreciate. He still is searching for support for the French translation. His work can be supported by a little donation from inside TAWS.
Changes of version 0.28:
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Tribute to AmiKit X: New preset "OS 3.9 AmiKitX" incl. boot animation. Accordingly there is a new window layout "3.9 AmiKitX" in "Preferences", a new iconset "AmiKit X", a new cursor "AmiKit X" and the new patterns "AmiKit X Backdrop". Many thanks to Jan Zahurancik (AmiKit) for granting the use of the graphics. Direct call using the url parameter "preset"
- Complete polish localisation - many thanks to 'Piana' Pianka
- Support for browser "SeaMonkey", even with about:config setting "general.useragent.compatmode.firefox" set to "false".
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ListBox:
- new look with the styles "Thin" and "Thin XEN"
- new look in "Amiga Early Startup Control / Boot Options" for OS 4.x
- scrollbar grabber with the OS4-style
- new look of arrow buttons for the "OS 3.9"-layout
- Chrome / Opera: improvement when determining the user language: it's no longer the browser language that is recognized but the actual prefered-by-user language.
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Bugfixes:
- Timberwolf stopped working since v0.25 ("Uncaught Exception" when trying to set the attribute "transform" on a CSS style). Implemented a workaround for that.
- Palette: setting the text color for inactive widows only worked once.
- Window gadgets where set to "active" on a mouse-up event issued by a drag'n'drop operation even when the window itself was inactive.
- Firefox: correction of the text padding to the color boxes in the listbox of the "Palette"
- Chrome / Opera in "Amiga Early Startup Control": correction of the border in "Expansion Board Diagnostic" and the buttons height
- Odyssey Web Browser: the boot image for OS 4.1 FE was not shown.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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02.Sep.2017
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement's website during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- July/August 2017 news
- Old articles from Tilt 100 to 103:
- Report: European Computer Trade Show 1992
- Hardware: Amiga 600
- Review of Addams Family
- Review of Ishar
- Report: CeBIT 1992
- Review of 4D Sports Driving
- Review of Space Ace 2
- Demo: Odyssey
- Review of Guerilla in Bolivia
- Review of Vroom
- Interview with Guillaume Dubail and Fernando Velez
- Review of James Pond 2
- Review of ProWrite 3.2.1
- Interview with Laurent Zorawski (Amedia Computer)
- Interview with Susumu Hirasawa (japanese musician)
- Review: Wazp3D 0.56 (on MorphOS)
- Review: Arabic Console 1.693
- Review: AmiKit X
- DIY: Create an Amstrad disk with an Amiga
- File: Classic Reflections - Whatever happened to Newtek?
- File: Official Amigas and clones (update)
- Hardware: Lorraine (update)
- Tutorial: Installation of Directory Opus Magellan II on MorphOS
- Programming: AMOS - colors management
- Tips and Tricks: solutions for adventure games
- Special quiz about Alien Breed series
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