• Many core emulation changes and fixes merged from WinUAE 1.1.
• Fixed support for autoscroll screens in the P96 emulation.
• Re-written support for emulator traps (including a new portable method to call host code from 68k code, replacing the old 'stack magic' method).
• Hence, the 'old' bsdsocket emulation has been entirely replaced by the 'new' bsdsocket emulation - which should now work on any Unix-like system.
• Improved translation of OCS/ECS colours to host colours (thanks to Francesco Pretto and Toni Wilen for this).
• Support for hardfiles larger than 2 GB (thanks to Martin Blom).
• JIT support for NX-enabled CPUs (thanks to Martin Blom).
• Emulator snapshots (state saving/loading) supported.
• Fixed expansion of '~' in config file paths (thanks to Martin Steigerwald for reporting this).
• Optimized rendering to 8-bit and 16-bit screens.
• Fixes for building with GCC 4.1.
• SDL: The SDL display driver now tries to use video memory if possible for the Amiga display (the new rendering optimizations make this feasible now). This applies to the X11 DGA SDL display driver, AmigaOS SDL in full-screen mode, etc.
• SDL: Preliminary support for double-buffered output (thanks to fari mueller for keeping up the pressure).
• 'SDL: hide_cursor=<bool>' option now supported (thanks to kadi for the idea).

• 29.04.06 new: Tracker (Mindware/Rainbird) done by CFOU! (Info)
• 29.04.06 fixed: Snow Bros (Ocean) end sequence fixed (Info)
• 29.04.06 fixed: Liquid Kids (Ocean) fixed for 68060, added missing blitter waits (Info)
• 29.04.06 fixed: Eye of the Beholder (Westwood/SSI) install script fixed (Info)
• 29.04.06 updated: Ruff'n'Tumble (Renegade) updated install script (Info)
• 23.04.06 new: Deconstruction (Brain-Logo) done by CFOU! (Info)
• 23.04.06 updated: Castles 2: Siege and Conquest (Interplay) install script corrected (Info)
• 21.04.06 new: Sorefist (Snakesoft) done by CFOU! (Info)
• 21.04.06 new: Limes & Napoleon (EAS) done by CFOU! (Info)
• 20.04.06 updated: Castles 2: Siege and Conquest (Interplay) install script corrected (Info)

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       N E E D   A N   A M I G A O N E   C P U   M O D U L E ?

      N E W   S D K   V E R S I O N   F R O M   H Y P E R I O N

   A M I W E S T   D A T E   I S   S E T   -   F I R S T   I N F O

     A M I R E V I V A L   S H O W   I N   U K ,   I N   J U L Y

        G R O N I N G E N   W I L L   B E   S H O W   S I T E

           A M I G A   I N C . ,   G & D   I N K   D E A L

           C Y G N U S E D   E D   I S   R E H A T C H E D

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            U P D A T E   T O   S C O U T   M O N I T O R  

          W O O K I E C H A T   2 . 1   F I X E S   B U G S 

           N E W   F R Y I N G   P A N   A V A I L A B L E

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Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:

 Maybe it's because April starts with April Fools' Day for some of us 
- a day of bad jokes and strange pranks - but we have some oddities in 
our story set this month. For starters, the author of Frying Pan seems 
to have, ummmm ... jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire (I 
know, but it was just BEGGING to be said). He's included what may be 
the most controversial demo limitation in some time in his shareware 
program. Details are below.
 And for those of you looking for CPU modules for your gear, we have a 
story announcing some that will be available soon. But you'll want to 
check out the prices carefully. Once upon a time, Amiga meant lots of 
power for less money than others could offer. That situation has, 
saddly, reversed itself. It's not the manufacturers' choice, it's a 
matter of market economics. Even so, it is odd to see these high 
prices for Amiga gear, necessary though they may be.
 Finally, shart eyed readers may spot something a bit different in 
this issue. It concerns a change in story placement from our usual 
practices. Maybe I'll just have some fun with this and not mention 
what the change is and see if any reader is interested in figuring out
what the change is. And why. 
 As always, we hope you enjoy this issue.
Brad Webb,
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23 April, 2006

ACK Software Controls, Inc. is pleased to announce the upcoming 
availability of two new AmigaOne XE CPU modules. The first CPU module 
will be equipped with a Freescale MC7448 CPU clocked at 1GHz. The 1GHz 
module will retail for $500.00 US Dollars. The second CPU module will 
be equipped with a Freescale MC7448 clocked at 1.7GHz will retail for 
$850.00 US Dollars. Both CPU modules will be eqipped with a high 
quality heatsink and fan to ensure quiet, reliable operation.

Prototype modules will be demonstrated May 22/2006. The location for 
this demonstration has yet to be determined. Due to the low volume 
nature of these products, emails indicating demand for either of the 
two units is greatly appreciated. Stay tuned for updates.

Estimated Availability June 19/2006

If interested, send mail to:
a.kowalczyk@sympatico.ca
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     N E W   S D K   V E R S I O N   F R O M   H Y P E R I O N 

Leuven, Belgium - 10. April, 2006

Hyperion Entertainment is proud to announce the availability of the 
Software Development Kit Version 51.22 for the AmigaOS 4.0 Developer 
Pre-Release.

The new SDK features the new gcc 4.0.2 compiler toolchain as well as 
updated header files for AmigaOS 4.0 Pre-Release update 4.

The SDK download is available for all interested parties via anon 
access at Hyperions FTP Server:
ftp://ftp.hyperion-entertainment.biz/AmigaOS4_SDK

The SDK is available in two versions: A 160 MB download that contains 
everything to get you started, including compiler and contributed 
libraries, and a cut-down version that contains the compiler and 
documentation only.
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   A M I W E S T   D A T E   I S   S E T   -   F I R S T   I N F O

25 April, 2006

AmiWest 2006 Date Is Reserved!

===The Hotel is Booked

The Clarion Hotel Cal Expo, site of AmiWest 2005, has been reserved 
for October 21, 2006! After some hard negotiations, we were able to 
secure the venue where the inaugural AmiWest '98 show was held.

===Changes In 9 years.

Of course, many changes have occurred in the venue and in Amigadom 
since that time. The hotel has continued their update and we'll have a 
lot more news on that as the official information releases begin. 
We're working behind the scenes to bring another great AmiWest show to 
Amiga enthusiasts throughout the world.

===Mark Your Calendars Now!

Now is the time to mark your calendars for this new date. After 
listening to feedback from our loyal attenders and vendors, the 
October date was set for better weather and better airfares.

===And a Good Time Was Had By All!

That was last year. This year promises to be a good time as well, 
bringing the Amiga community together at the longest-running Amiga 
show in the United States! Come and be a part of it!

===Watch for Official Information Releases!

The AmiWest committee is working even as you read these lines to give 
you good information in plain text information releases to keep you 
informed of our progress. As always, you can go to our web page to 
view the HTML versions as well. Watch sacc.org/amiwest for 
developments and contacts.

===See you there!

Don't miss out! Make plans to attend now!
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     A M I R E V I V A L   S H O W   I N   U K ,   I N   J U L Y 

15 April, 206

The show takes place on Saturday July the 29th

The doors will open to visitors at 11am and close at 5pm
The raffle(s) will be called sometime in the afternoon.

Place

The show will take place at the Kingsway Centre in Scunthorpe - UK.

The Kingsway Centre is a large conferencing centre and is located 
right in the heart of the town next door to the 2 colleges and right 
on the main road through Scunthorpe.

Our goal for this year is to become a much more professional outfit 
and with that in mind we have booked a much bigger, more technology 
orientated venue right in the centre of town. We hope to be able to 
draw some high calibre exhibitors and maybe even one or 2 VIP's. 
Please check out our Exhibitors section on our website to see who have 
already agreed to exhibit, and please check back regularly as we are 
willing to do all in our power to make this show the best we possibly 
can.

Other highlights of the show include a raffle; the prizes have not yet 
been confirmed but one of the prizes could well be an Amiga4000!. 
Also, an Amiga show isn't complete without a Sensible Soccer 
competition. So we will be running one, and possibly a StuntCarRacer 
tournament too, with prizes to be had. We will also be providing a 
free buffet lunch. Of course I'm sure you will all agree one of the 
major highlights of any Amiga show, are the visitors themselves!.

Tickets on the day will cost 6 however if you order them in advance 
they only cost 5 so we strongly suggest you pre-order your tickets.

Tickets will be sent out shortly after you have paid for them and 
online ordering will close at the beginning of July

The Scunthorpe Amiga User Group (from here on in referred to as 
"SCAG") was founded back in the summer of 2004 by Darren Glenn and 
James King. Up until early in 2005, we were only 2 members so didn't 
have much of a web presence.

However in early 2005 we got a few emails from Amiga users wanting to 
know when the next Amiga show was going to be held in the UK so 
decided to hold one. That meant a website needed to go up, and as a 
result our membership grew slightly.

Although this group was founded and based in Scunthorpe it is open to 
anyone throughout the world, we meet online as well as in Scunthorpe. 
We are also open to anyone with even the slightest interest in the 
Amiga, be it the official classic Amiga, the AmigaOne, Pegasos, AROS, 
UAE, etc... You are all welcome.

This is our second year as an active user group and as such we will 
probably be making meetings a much more scheduled thing. We will most 
likely be holding them at the beginning of every other month.

If you'd like to know more about our usergroup why not head on over to 
our usergroup website: www.Scunthorpe-Amiga.webhop.org
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        G R O N I N G E N   W I L L   B E   S H O W   S I T E 

26 April, 2006

On Saturday May 21st, we have organised a C= and Amiga party at 
Stadsboerderij de Wiershoeck, Beijumerweg 20, Groningen, Holland from 
10:00 till 17:00.

We will have presentations and demonstrations with a viewer on a wide 
screen. Some demonstrations: Computer - RSI and Acupuncture, A Micro 
AmigaOne and AmigaOS4. We will show how to work with D64 files, Star 
Commander and Vice. There will be an IT Jobmarket and also opened are 
the teashop and the beautiful garden.

Look for more info at: http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/mei21.htm
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          A M I G A   I N C . ,   G & D   I N K   D E A L

5 April, 2006

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), a leading supplier of smart cards and 
ystem solutions for telecommunications, payment and identification, 
and Amiga, Inc., a provider of cross-platform enabling technology for 
digital multimedia, have agreed to work together to demonstrate the 
use of Amiga's technologies with G&D's GalaxSIM(R) high memory SIM 
cards.

The GalaxSIM(R) is a new series of (U)SIM cards combining the 
established SIM products such as the UniverSIM(R) Callisto family with 
flash memory, designed to meet the demand of wireless multimedia 
services. The cards offer memory capacities ranging between 64 MB and 
512 MB, where the SIM's standard EEPROM memory is supplemented by a 
flash memory device in the module. This means that memory intensive 
applications, such as games, music and video files or telephone 
directories, can be stored directly on the flash memory of the SIM 
card and the relevant security information, such as keys or right 
objects could be securely stored in the SIM card controller. The 
GalaxSIM(R) is designed to support games, entertainment, MP3 music, 
video clips, IMS services and similar applications on mobile phones, 
PCs and other electronic devices. The built-in smart card controller 
supports secure applications and digital rights management 
requirements.

The GalaxSIM(R) employs a standard plug-in SIM form factor where the 
smart card chip is responsible for the popular applications furnished 
by the SIM card, for example network authentication, secure storage 
and SIM toolkit applications. The internal GalaxSIM(R) system 
architecture contains the flash controller, flash memory and the smart 
card chip in a 3- or 2-chip version. Both MMC and USB high speed 
protocols can be used to ensure the swift transfer of data between SIM 
card and mobile phone.

The Amiga technologies are intended to allow G&D customers to provide 
the AmigaAnywhere(TM) application engines and Amiga multimedia 
applications across many devices that support GalaxSIM(R) SIM cards. 
The combined technologies are designed to assist operators in 
deploying quadruple play services by enabling users to play and 
manipulate the same content across devices that support SIM card or 
multimedia card technologies, such as mobile phones, PCs, IPTV and set 
top boxes. The Amiga-enabled GalaxSIM(R) cards have been designed to 
be deployed by carriers on both Linux and Microsoft driven devices and 
to allow consumers to quickly and easily move SIMs and content across 
devices.

Amiga technologies provide an exceptional audio, video and interactive 
experience that is being developed to take advantage of local hardware 
components, including GPS, video and 3D acceleration.

The goal of the demonstration at CTIA is to validate G&D's advanced 
position by running high quality, complex applications across 
GalaxSIMs(R). The GalaxSIM(R) demonstration shows video, entertainment 
and games (including AmigaAnywhere arcade, puzzle and casual games), 
as well as content branded with major league sport marks.

"GalaxSIM(R) is the ideal platform for the subscriber to realize the 
high performance and quality offered by the Amiga gaming environment, 
as well as the unique portability of games and content across home and 
mobile devices," said John O'Malley, Vice President of 
Telecommunications for G&D in North America.

"Integrating Amiga technologies on the GalaxSIM(R) was very simple," 
said Greg Sigel, Amiga's vice president of sales and marketing. "G&D 
has made great strides in bringing the GalaxSIM(R) to market. The CTIA 
demonstration is extremely compelling."

About Giesecke & Devrient:

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is a technology leader in the field of smart 
cards, providing smart card based solutions for telecommunications, 
electronic payment, health care, ID, transportation, and IT security 
(PKI). G&D is also a leading producer of banknotes and security 
documents and is dominant in the field of currency automation. Based 
in Munich, Germany, the G&D group has subsidiaries and joint ventures 
around the world. The group employs over 7,200 people and generates 
revenue over EUR 1.16 billion. For more information, you can visit 
their Web site at www.gdai.com.

About Amiga:

Amiga, Inc. is a premier provider of multimedia enabling technologies. 
For almost two decades its award-winning software has been a mainstay 
for motion picture studios, multimedia creators and digital 
entertainment enthusiasts around the world. Today Amiga builds on this 
legacy, leading the way in multimedia development by providing 
developers with hardware-independent technologies for writing and 
porting applications to new platforms and interactive devices. 
AmigaAnywhere(TM) enables applications to run on a broad range of 
processors, including ARM, StrongARM, Intel X-Scale, OMAP, MIPS, x86 
and Hitachi SH series, and to run hosted on a wide variety of 
operating systems, including Linux, Windows CE .NET, Windows 2000 and 
Windows XP. AmigaAnywhere(TM) applications are available online at 
www.shopamiga.com. For more information visit www.amiga.com.

AmigaAnywhere(TM) is a registered trademark of Amiga, Inc. All other 
company and product names may be trademarks of the respective 
companies with which they are associated.
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           C Y G N U S E D   E D   I S   R E H A T C H E D 

10 April, 2006 

APC&TCP is proud to announce that it has taken the distribution of the 
well known text editor CygnusEd.

CygnusEd will be able to run on the classic Amiga and AmigaOS 4. A 
version supporting MorphOS is planned.

In only a few weeks the program will be available.

The support homepage for CygnusED will be online in a few days aswell.

http://www.apc-tcp.de

About CygnusEd Professional Release 5

The maybe most famous text editor for developers was developed by 
Bruce Dawson, Colin Fox & Steve LaRocque (CygnusSoft Software) 20 
years ago and was originally published by themselves. Already at that 
time CygnusEd has been known for its speed and solidness. CygnusEd has 
been developed even further in the following years and was one of the 
first programs with an ARexx interface and the first Amiga text editor 
with Undo/Redo functions. Many Amiga developers grew up with CygnusEd 
and a lot of software for the Amiga was developed using CygnusEd.
The last version 4 of CygnusEd was published in 1997 and was a fully 
reworked version adapted to AmigaOS 3.1.

The new version 5 of CygnusEd has been enriched with new functions and 
it is even faster and more solid. The helping tool "Ed" has been 
rewritten completely from scratch and is supplied with CygnusEd 
including the complete sources. Many old restrictions and flaws of 
CygnusEd have been eliminated. Version 5 is also the first version 
ported completely with all helping tools to the PowerPC processors and
one of the first completely adapted commercial products for AmigaOS 4.

20 April, 2006

The official Support-Forum for CygnusEd 5 are now online.

http://www.amigafuture.de/forum/viewforum.php?f=25

http://www.apc-tcp.de
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     D V P L A Y E R   N E W   V E R S I O N   A V A I L A B L E 

19 April, 2006

A new version of DvPlayer is now available. Changes since the previous 
release:

    * Added direct DVD support
    * Added automatic detection of CD/DVD drive (no need to specify 
      device name/unit anymore)
    * Added support for the new 64bit DOS functions so that files 
      >2GB are now handled correctly
    * Implemented the I/O plugin system and moved the DVD/VideoCD 
      support to an external plugin
    * Screen Blanker is now not allowed to activate while playing
    * Implemented AppWindow support so files can be dragged onto 
      DvPlayer's window
    * Now the previous filename is remembered in the file requester 
      when opening files
    * Window is now opened on the frontmost screen (if it's public) 
      instead of the Workbench screen so that if it's started from a 
      different screen it will open there.
    * Improved 6-Channel to Stereo audio conversion routines to avoid 
      distortions which appeared with a few DVDs
    * Fixed NOTRIPLEBUFFER option (was broken when subtitle support 
      was added)
    * Fixed sound distortions with interleaved AVI files
    * Now ensures that only complete frames are sent to the video 
      decoder for AVI files. This should fix the problems with 
      partially downloaded AVI files.
    * Fixed a bug in the subtitle code which caused memguard hits
    * Fixed a serious bug in GUI loading (thanks to memguard)
    * Fixed a nasty bug in the exit code which could cause random 
      crashes

 DvPlayer is an ongoing project to bring the ultimate multimedia 
experience to the Amiga computer. It is a unique and Amiga-only 
multimedia player, developed by Amiga enthusiasts, for Amiga 
enthusiasts!

The current version of DvPlayer requires AmigaOS 4.0 and supports the 
following video formats:

    * MPEG-1/2 video streams
    * MPEG-1/2 system streams
    * VideoCD and SVCD
    * DVD Video
    * AVI files

DvPlayer supports many audio and video codecs via avcodec.library, 
including MPEG Video 1/2, DiVX, XVID, MJPG, Cinepak, Indeo Video, PCM, 
MPEG Audio (Layer1-3) and more.

To achieve the fastest possible video playback, DvPlayer uses fast 
direct-rendering algorithms for every possible HiColor and TrueColor 
display mode. There are also separate rendering routines for half 
scale and also for movies with 16:9 aspect ratio so that they are 
correctly displayed on a 1:1 aspect monitor without being stretched.

Support for using the video overlay is also included. Overlay is 
currently only supported by the Voodoo drivers; for Radeon owners it 
will be available in future releases of the Radeon graphics driver.

DvPlayer features an easy-to-use Graphical User Interface.

Keyboard shortcuts are available for quick and easy access to 
functions.

Handling of multiple files is implemented, so the user can easily 
select many video files and step between them either automatically or
by the press of a button.

The GUI is skinnable, allowing everyone to get the look-and-feel they 
want

You can easily switch from window to full screen display and back 
(only for registered users).

DvPlayer can be placed into AmiDock and the user can drag'n'drop 
files onto the DvPlayer icon to make them play instantly. Files can 
also be dragged into DvPlayer's window which adds them to the file 
list.

It is possible to switch between the different audio streams from the 
menu or with keyboard shortcuts, even during playback, for example to 
select a different language.

The popular .srt and .sub subtitle formats are supported. Subtitles 
can be loaded manually or automatically. The position and appearance 
of subtitles can also be configured (font, size, colour).

The new 64-bit DOS interface functions of AmigaOS4 are supported to 
allow files larger than 2GB to be correctly handled.

For DVD and VideoCD playback, the DVD drive where you have a DVD or 
VideoCD inserted will be found automatically. There is no need for the 
user to specify device names and unit numbers.

DvPlayer features an I/O plugin system, which allows external plugins 
to be developed to expand the functionality of the program. For 
example a plugin supporting internet streaming protocols would 
instantly allow DvPlayer to play internet streaming videos.

http://dvplayer.amigarevolution.com/about.html
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           U P D A T E   T O   S C O U T   M O N I T O R 

25 April, 2006

Scout 3.6 has just been released!

Scout is a tool that allows you to monitor your computer system. It 
displays many different things -- like tasks, ports, assigns, 
expansion boards, resident commands, interrupts, etc. -- and you can 
perform some certain actions on them.

Scout comes in 3 builds: OS2.x/3.x, OS4.0 and MorphOS.

It can be downloaded at sourceforge.net, os4depot.net and Aminet
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         W O O K I E C H A T   2 . 1   F I X E S   B U G S 

30 April, 2006 

WookieChat 2.1 - I've fixed a serious bug thats existed for a long 
ime without me realising it. A work buffer wasnt the correct size, and
memory was getting trashed when a lot of traffic was coming in fast 
(like when displaying a large MOTD while connecting to a server) but 
this has now been fixed. Also, other misc crashes have been fixed here 
and there, the number of users in the channel is now displayed in the 
window titlebar, the ZiRC network's new usermodes are supported now, 
and a few other tweaks have been made. (See the changelog.txt in the 
archive for more details)

http://wookiechat.amigarevolution.com/wookiechat/index.html
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          N E W   F R Y I N G   P A N   A V A I L A B L E 

30 April, 2006

The Frying Pan (shareware) is (as the name says ;) a CD / DVD burning 
/ mastering software for alternative platforms (Amiga / Pegasos / A1 / 
Amithlon & UAE / other clones).

Program is based mainly on users' suggestions as well as own 
inventions; I hope You find this program easy to use and suitable for 
Your needs. 

I've released 0.4c FryingPan for all of you who had troubles or ideas 
recently. It fixes a number of problems (I bet it includes new ones as 
well), so - what do we have?

# read & write speeds are set right after the disc is discovered,
    
# Amiga specific rockridge extensions appear to work good - enjoy your 
comments & protection bits :),
    
# Gauge has been updated a bit...,
    
# Contents are now discovered properly on some "incompatible" -ROM 
drives
    
# Writing does not end at 65535% any longer heh,
    
# Filerequesters will show you your .info files,
    
# You can name your drives,
    
# A requester is displayed when you try to write too much data to your 
disc,
    
# No overburning for DVDs allowed,
    
# You can specify system type for your disc (so you can make a 
bootable MOS disc, too ;),
    
# Data is updated after erase operation,
    
# MUI4 problem has been fixed,
    
# You can start FP from an icon (yeeee!! hehe),
    
# Iconifying FP will display its icon instead of default one.

GREAT thanks to HIGHLANDER for his fantastic contribution to the 
project - fantastic skin for 0.4FP and a cool CoFFE icon :D.

DEMO LIMITATION

For users who have not registered the software by now - the only 
limitation implies corrupting recorded data at random positions 
{!!!!! Brad}. No speed or other limits have been introduced.

Registered users of Fryingpan can use it without Problems.

http://tbs-software.com/fp/welcome.phtml
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• Read & write speeds are set right after the disc is discovered
• Amiga specific Rockridge extensions appear to work well - enjoy your comments & protection bits
• Gauge has been updated
• Contents are now discovered properly on some "incompatible" ROM-drives
• Writing does not end at 65535% any longer
• Filerequesters will show you your .info files
• You can name your drives
• A requester is displayed when you try to write too much data to your disc
• No overburning for DVDs allowed
• You can specify system type for your disc (so you can make a bootable MorphOS disc, too
• Data is updated after erase operation,
• MUI4 problem has been fixed
• You can start FP from an icon
• Iconifying FP will display its icon instead of default one

• Unser Programmierer Rene hat sich wieder dran gesetzt und in mühevoller Arbeit das Forum nun fast komplett Amiga-Browser fähig gemacht. Kompatibel, versteht sich, zu allen anderen Browsern auch.
• Unser Chat-System hat auch ein Update bekommen, wurde weiter ausgebaut und von Fehlern bereinigt.
• Es wurde eine Usermap für Mitglieder eingeführt, wo sich unsere Mitglieder eintragen können. Allerdings befindet sich die Karte noch im Betastadium und zeigt momentan nur Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz an.
• Wir freuen uns desweiteren über die Expansion unseres Forums durch zwei neue Unterbereiche! Zum einen für die Amiga-Demoscene, zum anderen für Amiga Spielesammler.
• Und zu guter Letzt gibt es eine Galerie mit 206 Bildern (aus der Sicht eines Amigausers) von der Breakpoint 2006 abrufen.

• Scout_window_detail.c: now displays correctly number of colours for 32bit screens
• Scout_resethandlers.c: the OS4 specific list of reset callbacks is now also scanned for entries, because the list of reset handlers is normally not used anymore
• Scout_fonts.c, scout_fonts_details.c: added tf_Extension field, if a font offers this
• Scout_arexx.c: added the missing remove function for reset handlers. Until now this has never been implemented. Also the last direct poking in the base structure of input.device to obtain the list of input handlers has been replaced by a proper function which acts the same way as does the scanning function in scout_inputhandlers.c
• Scout_tasks.c: added now function which returns the usual name of all known signal bits
• Scout_tasks_details.c: the old Task field tc_TrapAlloc and tc_TrapAble don't exist anymore for OS4. Instead they always represent a pointer called tc_ETask. Hence this one is shown now. Furthermore Scout can now recognize a process' code type by using the new V51 DOS function GetSegListInfo(). Additionally for OS4 the SegList pointers are now obtained via GetProcSegList() instead of hacking through pr_SegList and pr_CLI->cli_Module. If there is a clean way, then USE IT!
• Scout_tasks_details.c: added the extended V50/V51 process fields. These will only appear in the OS4 build
• Scout_window_details.c added the embedded fields ViewPort, RastPort, Bitmap (and all attributes) and LayerInfo of "struct Screen". Therefore the entries "UserPort->SigTask" and "WindowPort->SigTask" of "struct Window" have been dropped since these can be inspected by clicking on the port button
• Scout_mount_details.c: the capacity calculation is now done with native 64bit math for the OS4 and MorphOS builds. Hence i64.c is no longer needed for these, but only for the OS3 build, because SAS/C cannot do 64bit math itself
• Scout_extras.c, tblib/errormsg_ErrorMsg.c: somehow I never realized that exec/RawDoFmt() cannot do parameter sorting by using something like "Hello %2$s %1$s", "second", "first". Hence the function ErrorMsg() got always passed one parameter too less and that completely crashed on OS4. The catalog description has been modified accordingly. The prototype for ErrorMsg() was missing the usual "VARARGS68K" definition anyway. All in all this made Scout crash when it tried to complain about outdated or missing external MUI classes
• Scout_print.c: somehow I deleted a NULL-check before copying one string to another, which caused crashes when trying to print information of a window to a file
• Lots of minor changes

• Graphical user interface for VNC connection as well as for updating VNC options during remote control.
• Handles server pixels format. This functionality allows using directly the server's native display format. This functionality is also very useful for AmiVNC users.
• Scale mode (software or overlay) supported in both window and fullscreen modes and during window resizing.
• Please read TwinVNC history page for the complete list of improvements and new features.

• ADDED: AKCC 6.3 by Andreas R. Kleinert (POSTCARDWARE)
• UPDATED: AfA_OS 3.93.1
• UPDATED: AWeb 3.5.08 beta
• UPDATED: FileX 2.4
• UPDATED: R (The GUI Generator) 2.18
• UPDATED: Sudoku 1.4
• UPDATED: Workbench.library 45.131 (run "Install Patches" to install it)

• 18.04.06 new: Window Wizard (reLINE) done by CFOU! (Info)
• 18.04.06 improved: Snow Bros (Ocean) imager fixed, stack relocated, smc removed, blitter waits added (Info)
• 18.04.06 new: Global Trek / Evil Dawn (ECP) done by CFOU! (Info)
• 18.04.06 updated: Eye of the Beholder (Westwood/SSI) complete rewrite, uses files instead images, docs added (Info)
• 18.04.06 improved: Eskadra (LK Avalon/SUN Production) supports another version (Info)
• 14.04.06 new: Snow Bros (Ocean) done by CFOU! (Info)
• 12.04.06 new: Castles 2: Siege and Conquest (Interplay) done by JOTD (Info)
• 11.04.06 updated: Great Giana Sisters (Timewarp/Rainbow Arts) new imager and icons, sound and compatibility fixed, support for 2nd joystick button (Info)

• Added direct DVD support
• Added automatic detection of CD/DVD drive (no need to specify device name/unit anymore)
• Added support for the new 64bit DOS functions so that files >2GB are now handled correctly
• Implemented the I/O plugin system and moved the DVD/VideoCD support to an external plugin
• Screen Blanker is now not allowed to activate while playing
• Implemented AppWindow support so files can be dragged onto DvPlayer's window
• Now the previous filename is remembered in the file requester when opening files
• Window is now opened on the frontmost screen (if it's public) instead of the Workbench screen so that if it's started from a different screen it will open there.
• Improved 6-Channel to Stereo audio conversion routines to avoid distortions which appeared with a few DVDs
• Fixed NOTRIPLEBUFFER option (was broken when subtitle support was added)
• Fixed sound distortions with interleaved AVI files
• Now ensures that only complete frames are sent to the video decoder for AVI files. This should fix the problems with partially downloaded AVI files.
• Fixed a bug in the subtitle code which caused memguard hits
• Fixed a serious bug in GUI loading (thanks to memguard)
• Fixed a nasty bug in the exit code which could cause random crashes

• Bessere Wiedergabe-Optionen: Simple, X-Fade oder Gapless
• Encoder-Plugin-Unterstützung für die Aufnahme von Streams in verschiedenen Formaten
• Shoutcast Broadcasting - noch relativ einfach, aber funktioniert; benötigt einen passenden Encoder
• Unterstützung für Plugins von Drittentwicklern für verschiedene Tonformate wie XM, S3M, IT, FC, AHX, TFMX - dank Per Johansson sind es inzwischen um die 25 Stück
• Verbesserung der Reaction-Oberfläche
• Dichtere Wiedergabe mit weniger Aussetzern - Tip: passen Sie die Wiedergabe-Priorität an
• Wiederholung der Wiedergabeliste
• Subsong-Unterstützung
• Auto/Manuell-Mischmodus für verbesserte Wiedergabe alter 4-Kanal-Module über Kopfhörer
• OpenURL-Requester

• MorphOS-Version
• Kosmetische Änderungen für die 68040-Version
• Aufräumarbeiten im Quellcode und Anpassungen für GCC (hier ist noch einiges zu tun)
• rx_rx(): free() gibt jetzt die korrekten Ressourcen frei
• Update der Locale-Strings
• Viele weitere kleine Änderungen

• A few PPU bugfixes
• Major cleanup in GUI
• Improvements to installer-script
• Misc code cleanup
• Mapper0 sprite-related code optimized
• Support for improved iNES fileformat (NTSC/PAL detection)
• FDS support (partial)
• Well, on my todo-list in the near future is completing the FDS emulation (not much left to be done). After that I'll check out the (very) old graphics-code

• All fixable bugs have been fixed in the client and GUI
• Move of code base from 1.3.1 to 1.4.1 which has many improvments (see changelog)
• Added "Connection Bar" for full screen mode for easy iconify / disconnect / screen flip (hint: press CTRL L-Amiga and move the mouse - it will move the bar)
• Added "Public Screen" option in GUI
• Various speed optimizations

• Ken Lester hat ein Prefs-Icon für AfA erstellt
• Der Penfree-Textmode arbeitet nun korrekt mit Rastports ohne Layers - ansonsten sind keine weiteren Probleme mit dem Einbau des Penfree-Mode aufgetreten
• Ein Deadlock wurde beseitigt, der beim Listview-Gadget der Stormwizard-Oberfläche sowie langsamen Systemen mit Truetype-Fonts und Antialiasing auftrat, nachdem für etwa acht Sekunden der Schieber durchgehend sehr schnell bewegt wurde
• Die oop.library von AROS, die objektorientierte Funktionen anbietet, wurde von Michal Schulz für Amiga/68k kompiliert und liegt bei
• Fehler in der Datei picture_datatype.exe wurden behoben sowie die Versionsnummer auf 46 erhöht, da eine V45 bereits existent war
• Bei Verwendung von MagicMenu wird jetzt auch das Hintergrundbild angezeigt
• Durch eine Fehlerbehebung bei AROS durch Georg Steger können mit dem dtm_readpixelarray nun auch IFF-ILBM-Bilder mit 256 Farben oder weniger unterstützt und somit beispielsweise von AmiStart als Hintergrund verwendet werden
• Der ILBM-Datatype von AROS wurde beigefügt, nachdem einiger Anwender insbesondere unter CyberGraphX von Probleme und Verlangsamungen bei Verwendung von IFF-Bildern berichtet hatten

• sich im VHT-Forum zu registrieren,
• dort im entsprechenden Thread mit einem Kommentar als Tester zu melden und
• die Benutzereinstellungen im VHT-Forum so zu wählen, dass sie automatisch benachrichtigt werden, wenn in diesem Thread neue Beiträge eingehen.

• An AREXX port that is useful with new Daniel's Gui
• Support for WMV (don't need to be repetitive. ok?)
• Many endianess bug fixed on many formats (like MOV and NSV)
• Full internet streaming
• A menu on video screen (only when is in window mode)
• The video driver now scale movies correctly (except for 16:9 one when in fullscreen..)
• Last CSV changes
• Compiled with newlib 4.0.2
• surely other things i forgot now..

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              H Y P E R I O N   M A K E S   3 D   D E A L 

         S C U N T H O R P E   S H O W   E A R L Y   I N F O

         T H I N K   C O M M O D O R E   -   O N   A   M A C 

    M U I B A S E   G O E S   G N U   P U B L I C   L I C E N S E 

     A M I Z I L L A   C O N T R I B U T I O N   B Y   C L I C K 

      A M I K I T   U P D A T E   1 . 1 . 0   A V A I L A B L E 

    N E W   E P I S T U L A   F O R   Y O U R   M E S S A G I N G 

           U P D A T E   F O R   A P O D   F O R   I P O D 

  D I S T R I B U T O R   F O R   _ A M I G A   G U R U _   B O O K 

               A M I G A S Y S   N E W   V E R S I O N 

         V 0 5   O F   M I N D S P A C E   A V A I L A B L E 

   S C O U T   S Y S T E M   M O N I T O R   -   O S 4   D E P O T

               A M I D I S K   O N   O S 4   D E P O T 

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Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
 Welcome to spring! Well, it's spring here in the northern half of the 
world anyway once March comes. And appropriately enough, there are 
lots of interesting Amiga things popping up and growing. OK, that's 
probably a stretch as analogies go but it is true we have many things 
of interest for you in this issue.
 You also might want to check out this site:
http://www.dietmar-eilert.net/golded/files.htm
 The 2002 version of the great GoldED Studio AIX (SP2) is now 
available free at the author's site. Note that this is not freely 
distributable software but you may download and use it for no fee. 
There's no story below as there was no annoucement of this to the 
press, but you should find all the information you need at the site or 
in the archive.
 So please enjoy the newsletter, enjoy the new and updated software 
that's come along but, if you live in our half of the world, make sure 
you take some time to enjoy the spring as well. Hmmmm. Now's when an 
Amiga laptop would come in really handy.
 Brad Webb,
 Editor
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E-mail to the E-ditor:

28 March, 2006

Dear Sir / Madam,

 I am a Professor in Engineering College in Pune.
 I have purchase AMIGA 2000 MODEL IN 1990 which were having some* 
software related to REAL-TIME VIDEO EFFECTS TOOL*, as per as my 
knowledge it is known as MANDALA.
 Please inform me if it is available as i require for PROJECT WORK, i  
am ready to buy it.
 So, Please inform as soon as possible.
 Can you tell me when Amiga sold a  *first AMIGA computer with Mandala
Software.*
Waiting for your reply it's urgent.
**
Thanks & Regards
Bhushan Joshi
~~~~~~
 You are asking for what is among the most rare of Amiga software
unfortunately. I performed a quick search and was unable to find 
anyone with Mandala software, or a Live! board, for sale (I don't know 
if you need the Live! board but they are used together).
 If any of our readers has information about a copy of Mandala which 
Professor Joshi could purchase, please send it to us in reply to this 
mailing and we will pass the information along quickly. Information 
about a Live! board might be appreciated as well.
 Thanks!
 Brad
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             H Y P E R I O N   M A K E S   3 D   D E A L 

Leuven, Belgium - 21 March 2006

Hyperion Entertainment VOF announces that it has licensed its 3D 
driver technology for ATI Radeontm 9000 chipsets to Smiths Aerospace 
LLC (UK) . Hyperion's 3D driver technology is OpenGLtm ES compatible 
and was originally developed for Amigatm OS 4, Hyperion's multi-media 
centric, small foot-print embedded OS. Smiths Aerospace has adapted 
Hyperion's 3D drivers to comply with DO-178B standards and has i
ncorporated a 2D version into its current display technology. Smiths 
Aerospace has the future capability to incorporate Hyperion's 3D 
driver technology for use in wide area displays intended for use in 
civil and military aircraft.

About Smiths: Smiths Aerospace, a part of Smiths Group, is a leading
transatlantic aerospace systems and equipment company, with more than 
0,000 employees and $2 billion revenues worldwide. The company holds 
key positions in the supply chains of all major military and civil 
aircraft and engine manufacturers and is a world-leader in digital, 
electrical power, mechanical systems, engine components and customer 
services.

About Hyperion VOF: Hyperion Entertainment VOF is a privately held 
elgian-German company founded in February of 1999. The company s
pecialises in 3D graphics and 3D driver development, firmware 
development for embedded systems, IT consulting and the conversion of
high quality entertainment software from Windows to niche platforms 
including Amiga, Linux (x86,PPC) and MacOS. Since November of 2001 
Hyperion Entertainment has been working on AmigaOS 4.0 for PowerPC 
powered devices, the latest incarnation of the multi-media centric, 
small-footprint operating system originally launched by Commodore 
Business Machines (CBM) in 1985.

http://www.hyperion-entertainment.biz:8080/amiga
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       S C U N T H O R P E   S H O W   E A R L Y   I N F O 

29 March, 2006

Finally, we are happy to announce the Scunthorpe Amiga Group show of 
2006, named AmiRevival. The show will take place on Saturday the 29th 
of July 2006 at the Kingsway Centre in Scunthorpe, UK.



A complete website will be going online soon, but rest assured we plan 
to vastly improve upon last year's show. It's time to crank it into 
turbo!

Watch out for updates on our website: www.AmiRevival.com

Anyone who can't wait for the full website to go live but would like 
to help out in any way whatsoever please contact us: 
contact@amirevival.com
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        T H I N K   C O M M O D O R E   -   O N   A   M A C 

27 March, 2006

After one month of development Think Commodore is finally online.

 What is "Think Commodore"?

Think Commodore is a website about emulating old Commodore computers 
such as the C64 and the Amiga on your Macintosh. The website also 
covers subjects such as C64 or Amiga games, demos, music, how to copy 
iles from your Mac back to your trusty old Commodore etc.

I switched from the WinTel world to the Macintosh approx. one and a 
half years ago. I soon came to realize that while there are tons of 
websites covering Commodore emulation, SID music, Protracker modules, 
games, demos etc., information about Commodore emulation on the Mac is 
very scarce. Many websites about Commodore emulation on the Mac are 
old and obsolete, they aren't updated regularly and some websites/
teams completely ignore the Mac even though some nifty programmer has 
done a Mac port of that particular software or project.

That's the reason why I started "Think Commodore".

Hopefully you'll find this site useful and check back here regularly.
Feel free to drop me an email if you have suggestions on how to i
mprove the site.


Cheers,

Søren Ladegaard - Denmark

...oh, in case you were wondering "Think Commodore" is a homage to the 
classic Apple slogan "Think different". But you already knew that, 
didn't you? ;-)


http://www.thinkcommodore.com/
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   M U I B A S E   G O E S   G N U   P U B L I C   L I C E N S E 

4 March, 2006

 MUIbase (Magic data BASE with User Interface) is a relational 
programmable database with user interface.

Begining in March, 2006, MUIbase for Amiga and Amiga-related operating 
systems is now distributed under the Gnu General Public License. The 
source code and binaries for m68kAmigaOS are made available as part of 
a sourceforge project. We hope that developers for the new AmigaOS 4, 
the MorphOS and AROS will also compile versions for these operating 
systems. 
 
At this point, we would like to thank all who supported us in the past 
and all who registered MUIbase. From the new version 2.0 on, no 
keyfile for running all features of MUIbase on Amiga is necessary any 
more. 
 
We still hope for support from the Amiga community. Please write us 
your comment. It will also be possible to make us a donation if you 
feel you want to financially support us. 
 
Happy MUIbase'ing, 
 
Steffen Gutmann 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/muibase
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    A M I Z I L L A   C O N T R I B U T I O N   B Y   C L I C K 

19 March 2006

In an effort to raise even more money for AmiZilla to motivate 
programmers trying to win the contest AmiZilla now supports AdSense 
and adds those dollars to the booty. If you have a few minutes please 
go to http://www.amizilla.net and click on some of our sponsers and 
look at what they are offering. Your pay for click dollars will be 
added to the contest. Donations to AmiZilla now stand @ $10,204.27. 
Bill (tekmage) Borsari got the booty just over $10,000 with his large 
donation so will be able to get any software product from DiscreetFX 
for free. Thanks everyone for your efforts to get FireFox/Mozilla 
running on Amiga OS.

Best regards

DiscreetFX Team
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      A M I K I T   U P D A T E   1 . 1 . 0   A V A I L A B L E 

28 March, 2006 

 "AmiKit is the compilation of the best Amiga (free/shareware) 
programs around. To be brief, AmiKit is all you need if you want to 
experience a high-end Classic Amiga system. It contains many 
expansions and add-ons (more than 20.000 files are included in 
AmiKit!) that turn the default AmigaOS installation into a completely 
renewed and fresh environment. This pre-configured package is designed 
for immediate use. Moreover, it contains an exciting surprise for the 
whole Amiga community, see the features or screenshots!"

 AmiKit now supports antialiased TrueType fonts! 
 Loading speed of icons has been increased!
 Quality of icon rendering has been increased!
 WinUAE emulation software updated to version 1.2.0
 AmiKit now contains the largest collection of AmigaOS3.9 patches.

DESCRIPTION OF NEW SOFTWARE IN THIS UPDATE:

AfA_OS 3.93 by Bernd Roesch
"AROS For Amiga" project ports the AROS sources and make them 
available for classic AmigaOS. Since AROS is more up-to-date, it 
provides a lot of new features and system bugfixes for AmiKit! For 
example, AfA_OS is responsible for icon loading speedup, enchanced 
icon rendering, TrueType font support etc.

AmiStart 0.66b (exclusive AmiKit version) by Darius Brewka
This great taskbar software has been updated for AmiKit. It works in 
detached mode now so it does not steal the active state from other 
tasks and windows anymore!

AISS 2.2 by Martin 'Mason' Merz
"Amiga Image Storage System" is a system to store, access and maintain 
toolbar images under AmigaOS.

AmiSSL 3.6 by Andrija Antonijevic and Stefan Burstroem
AmiSSL is a shared library package, port of OpenSSL which is "a 
collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, full-
featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets 
Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) protocols as 
well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography library".

Ken Lester has painted fresh new toolbar images for DOpus5! These 
images are used as default now. Your old toolbar is stored as 
"DOpus5:Buttons/toolbar_104bak". Rename it to "DOpus5:Buttons/toolbar" 
to have it back.

Meridian 2.20 by Guido Mersmann
You all know PDAs where you can draw lines with a pen on the display 
and the PDA converts these combinations into characters or functions. 
Meridian does exactly this! Meridian is a small commodity to create 
virtual hotkeys by using the mouse. You paint a square and Meridian 
starts the requested action. Since the starting point and the 
direction is also important, there are countless combinations you can 
use. Eg. hold down the middle mouse button and move your mouse to 
upper-right direction and watch the result!

MUIbase 2.0 by Steffen Gutmann
MUIbase is a fast and very flexible database for the Amiga. It is for 
users who want to manage data in a comfortable and easy way. MUIbase 
is able to manage any kind of data, e.g. addresses, CD series, movies, 
or your income and expense. The power of MUIbase lies in its clear and 
powerful graphical user interface and its programming capabilities. 
The latter makes it possible to automatically calculate and maintain 
nearly everything, starting from automatically summing up values, e.g. 
for calculating the total amount of income or the total amount of 
recorded time of a CD, up to automatically creating and printing 
letters for any purpose.

StormMesa libraries 3.1 by Haage&Partner Computer GmbH
These 3D libraries are almost completely OpenGL compatible and 
provides 3D features to Amiga. Try a demo in AmiKit:Utilities/
Expansion/StormMesa/GLProgs drawer or find more on Aminet.

Sudoku 1.3 by Silicon Wizards
A popular game in a computer form. Special thanks to Michael Lanser!

AmiKit now contains the largest collection of unofficial patches for 
AmigaOS3.9:
- Amigaguide.datatype 45.6
- Console.device 44.10
- FastFileSystem 45.14
- Icon.library 45.4
- MultiView 45.10
- RAM-Handler 44.23
- Rexxsyslib.library 44.2
- Shell 45.12
- Workbench.library 45.130
The installation of these patches is optional. Run "Install Patches" 
to install them.

http://amikit.amiga.sk/
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    N E W   E P I S T U L A   F O R   Y O U R   M E S S A G I N G 

10 March, 2006

Epistula is to AmigaOS what GAIM is to Linux and Windows. For people 
not in the know, GAIM is an instant messenger application which can 
handle a variety of IM protocols, for example Microsoft MSN, AOL AIM 
and Yahoo Messenger.

I know JabberWocky can provide a similar service, but that requires 
extra setting up with Jabber ID's etc. This way, you can log straight 
onto your favourite protocol, by-passing any need for yet another IM 
account. One of the main reasons I started to write this client was 
because I couldn't be bothered with Jabber... I can't be the only 
one... can I?

Unlike GAIM, Epistula is written in a modular fashion in that each 
'protocol' is a plugin which can be installed, and updated, seperately 
from the main application and other plugins.

Epistula is initially only in development for AmigaOS 4, but hopefully 
in not-to-distant future, will also be made available for MorphOS, 
AmigaOS 3.1 and AROS.

People looking for individual 68k instant messengers available now 
wouldn't be going far wrong looking at JabberWocky, AmiMSN and 
AmigAIM.
    
Friday, 10th March 2006

I've spent quite a bit of time developing this last week, both 
changing the website and updating the client and MSN plugin. Thanks to 
everyone who sent in numerous crash logs and serial output, they've be 
invaluable in tracking down various bugs.

I'd also like to point out that since Epistula is getting more and 
more stable, that this will be the last update to the demo version. 
All future features will only be available to registered users, 
although plugin updates should also work with the demo.

The following changes have been made to Epistula and the MSN plugin:

    * MSN plugin has now been updated to MSN Protocol 11
    * Group names are now UTF-Decoded/Encoded in the MSN plugin before 
being sent to Epistula
    * Fixed the secure authentication which stopped quite a few people 
logging into MSN. Those unable to login before, but could with GAIM or 
the official client should find this allows them to login with 
Epistula now
    * MSN plugin now respects your initial presence as specified in 
the plugin settings
    * Plugin integration with Epistula has had a massive re-write
    * Epistula will now check for the minimum required MUI custom 
classes before launching
    * General messages window fixed to display the correct message 
when selected from the list
    * Slight cosmetic changes
    * Various memory leaks/bugs fixed

http://www.the-snakepit.co.uk/epistula/
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          U P D A T E   F O R   A P O D   F O R   I P O D 

29 March, 2006

I have just uploaded an update to aPod, my iPod management program.

The new version allows to copy multiple songs across at once and to 
sort the song listview by clicking on the various columns.

apod is an application to mantain and synchronise your mp3 collection 
on your iPod using from a Amiga OS4 computer with usb.

apod is written in perl and utilises the perl_Reaction interface to 
the OS4 reaction gui. The interface with the ipod is maintained using 
the Mac::iPod::GNUpod module.

INSTALLATION:

NOTE: If installing for the first time, apod requires the following 
perl modules to be installed, if updating you only need to copy the 
apod and .apodrc files.


perl_Reaction version .02 available from (os4depot.net)
Mac::iPod::GNUpod (included)
Audio::Wav (included)
MP3::Info (included)
Unicode::String (incuded)
XML::Parser (included)

install any of these you don't yet have by CD ing into their 
directory, starting abc-shell and typing

perl Makefile.PL LINKTYPE=DYNAMIC
make
make install

copy apod and .apodrc to the location of your choice say work:apod/
assign apod: to this directory.

edit the paths in .apodrc to reflect the name of your ipod etc.


PREPARING TOUR IPOD:

You may need to create the directory
<ipodname>:iPod_Control/.gnupod/
otherwise your ipod requires no special initialisation.

Your ipod still requires the apple firmware etc this pogram only 
handles copying of music file to and from the ipod.

USAGE:

perl apod --help

to get usage

or

perldoc apod to get full pod documentation.

HISTORY:

1.1

Added Multiselect to Addsongs.
Song List can now be sorted by Columns

1.0

Initial Public Release



KNOWN BUGS:

The underlying mac::ipod::gnupod module appears to have some problems 
with smartplaylists. If you get a problem with this email me, for a 
workarround.


TODO:

Mac::iPod::GNUpod ofers some sophisticated search options and a 
variation on smartplaylists based on these. adding support for these 
will be done in the not too far distant future.

Send an Feature requests to me by email and I'll see what I can do...


DONATIONS:

This work has been largely been to done to fulfil my own needs and to 
support the amigaos 4 community in general, but it does take a lot of 
time so if you would like to make a donation there is a paypal button 
at http://www.broad.ology.org.uk
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  D I S T R I B U T O R   F O R   _ A M I G A   G U R U _   B O O K 

17 March, 2006 

APC&TCP is proud to announce that it has taken the distribution of the 
"Amiga-Guru-Book".

The over 500 pages thick book in German edition is available now in 
the APC&TCP online shop due to the cooperation with Ralph Babel.

http://www.apc-tcp.de
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              A M I G A S Y S   N E W   V E R S I O N 

21 March, 2006

AmigaSYS 3 R3 for AmigaOS 3.9 users

What is AmigaSYS ?

AmigaSYS is a pre-installed full Amiga OS for WinUAE, like AIAB.
For install, you need a valid KickstartROM 3.0/3.1, and the image file 
of Workbench and Extras Disk 3.0/3.1.

AmigaSYS 2- support Amiga OS 3.9  , needs KickROM 3.1 and optional a 
valid OS 3.9 CD for full features.

AmigaSYS 3 support : H&P AmigaOS 3.9 , Amiga Forever 2005 , and 
AmigaOS XL.
  

New Features :

- New Theme Engine BETA (modified files , extras , new scripts , 
pictures , display mode selecter, faster!).
- New Theme Engine feature, Theme SAVER BETA, SAVE your current theme 
and LOAD anytime!.
- New Theme Engine modified Littlemonster theme.
- New Theme Engine modified Themes ( Picture , display mode etc).

New Programs :

- ADDED AmigaAMP Prefs 1.24.
- ADDED AMISSL v3 for IBROWSE.
- ADDED AKPNG 45.49+ Prefs.
- ADDED AKTIFF 45.49+ Prefs.
- ADDED BareEd 0.9953.
- ADDED JoinSpliter 1.3.
- ADDED LHA 2.12.
- ADDED MMKeyboard 3.16 (WinUAE version , configure your multimedia 
keyboard!).
- ADDED PlayOGG 3.7.
- ADDED Scout 37.285.
- ADDED Some Librarys.
- ADDED TTF Fonts support + 1 BitstreamVera and BitstreamVeraBlondL 
font.


AmigaSYS 3 R3 for AmigaOS 3.0 or 3.1 users

New Features :

- New Modifies FileMaster prefs.
- New Birdie and Wb pattern.
- New Font Prefs.
- New feature BETA , AmigaSYS S, U startup script.
- New Theme Engine BETA (modified files , extras , new scripts , 
pictures , display mode selecter, faster!). 3.9
- New Theme Engine feature, Theme SAVER BETA, SAVE your current theme 
and LOAD anytime!. 3.9
- New Theme Engine modified Littlemonster theme. 3.9
- New Theme Engine modified Themes ( Picture , display mode etc). 3.9

New Programs :

- ADDED AmigaAMP Prefs 1.24.
- ADDED AMISSL v3 for IBROWSE.
- ADDED AKPNG 45.49+ Prefs.
- ADDED AKTIFF 45.49+ Prefs.
- ADDED BareEd 0.9953.
- ADDED JoinSpliter 1.3.
- ADDED LHA 2.12.
- ADDED MMKeyboard 3.16 (WinUAE version , configure your multimedia 
keyboard!).
- ADDED PlayOGG 3.7.
- ADDED Scout 37.285.
- ADDED Some Librarys.
- ADDED TTF Fonts support + 1 BitstreamVera and BitstreamVeraBlondL 
font.


More info and download :

http://amigasys.fw.hu
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        V 0 5   O F   M I N D S P A C E   A V A I L A B L E 

7 March, 2006

MindSpace V05 is now available for download from the MindSpace 
Website.

MindSpace enables the user to produce:
*MindMaps
*Flowcharts
*A range of UML diagrams

In the future, MindSpace will output template code for C/C++ 
structures, functions and classes.


Changes in V05:

*Shadowing - so you can actually see what you are doing!
*Multiple Undo - retrace up to 50 steps
*Menus and keyboard shortcuts

Thanks to all those who voted in the recent poll and for our 
betatesters!

http://www.ast-workshops.co.uk/MindSpace/
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   S C O U T   S Y S T E M   M O N I T O R   -   O S 4   D E P O T

Description:    System monitor (MUI & TCP/IP stack optional)
Download:   scout.lha 
Version:    3.5
Date:   13 Mar 06
Author:     Scout Open Source team
Submitter:  Thore Böckelmann
Email:  tboeckel/gmx de
Homepage:   http://sourceforge.net/projects/scoutos/
Requirements:   AmigaOS 4.0, MUI 3.8
Category:   utility/misc
Replaces:   utility/misc/scout.lha
License:    Other
Distribute:     yes
FileID:     1713

This is the official continuation of the famous (and fabulous :-)
system monitor from Andreas Gelhausen.


What is Scout?
==============

Scout is a tool that allows you to monitor your computer system. It 
displays many different things -- like tasks, ports, assigns, 
expansion boards, resident commands, interrupts, etc. -- and you can 
perform some certain actions on them.

For example you can freeze tasks, close windows and screens, release 
semaphores or remove locks, ports and interrupts.

Through AmiTCP it's also possible to use Scout as a TCP/IP service.

Since version 2.0 of Scout you can use nearly all implemented 
functions through shell parameters. Therefore it's not necessary to 
install MUI for using Scout, but you will need MUI if you want to use 
Scout with its graphical user interface.

BTW: Scout can open 49 different windows! :-)

PS: Along with V3.3 this number is even higher than 49, but I am too 
lazy to count all the different windows :)


Changes from release 3.4 to release 3.5:
========================================

  o This newly created archive also contains the latest NList classes, 
which are also available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/nlist-
classes/.

  o Too many changes to list them all. All in all there were almost 
next to no functional changes, but lots of system specific additions. 
The biggest change however is that Scout now comes in a native OS4 
flavour :) That means we now have three different builds: OS2/3, OS4 
and MorphOS. The OS3 build should run under both, OS4 and MorphOS, but 
cannot really make any real advantage of the new system enhancements. 
The OS4 and the MorphOS builds however will make use of system 
specific enhancements as far as this is possible and gives any 
advantage.

  o all builds may list PCI boards in the expansion window. The OS4 
build uses the PCI interface of expansion.library, while the MOS build 
will use openpci.library to query all the details. OS3 support for 
openpci.library will hopefully come in the next release, together with 
a detail window for PCI boards.


http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=utility/misc/
scout.lha
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             A M I D I S K   O N   O S 4   D E P O T 

Description:    File manager for OS4
Download:   amidisk.lha     
Version:    1.04
Date:   14 Mar 06
Author:     FLORAC Roland
Submitter:  FLORAC Roland
Email:  rflorac/free fr
Requirements:   OS4, PowerPC
Category:   utility/filetool
Replaces:   utility/filetool/amidisk.lha
License:    Freeware
Distribute:     yes
FileID:     1718
    
Handles mouse wheel.
Better vertical proportionnal gadgets handler.
Bug on the Comments handler corrected (didn't work for ALL files)
New prefs button to desactivate bubble help.
String gadget path bug corrected (didn't work when the tab wasn't 
active).


Installation :
    If you are updating from a previous version, just copy the AmiDisk
    executable in place of the old one.
    I suggest you don't copy the prefs file if you want to keep your 
    old preferences. Use the import button to try the new classes.

New installation :
    Just copy the AmiDisk drawer in the SYS:utilities drawer. Then 
    delete the files you don't need (catalogs, icons, guide, logo...)
    You can keep only AmiDisk, AmiDisk.info and AmiDisk.prefs if you
    want.

Perhaps, your old configuration will not be totaly readen, launching 
AmiDisk version 1.04. The state of the double clic button is slowly 
modified in the prefs file, so check it in the prefs menu, and save 
the configuration. Il will work on next run.

http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=utility/
filetool/amidisk.lha
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• 30.03.06 improved: Crystal Dragon (Magnetic Fields) supports german version too, protection removed (Info)
• 30.03.06 fixed: Black Sect (Lankhor) 'Insert disk 3' problem solved (Info)
• 29.03.06 updated: Slam Tilt (Liquid Dezign/21st Century) slave cleanup, reworked install script (Info,Image)
• 29.03.06 improved: Gunship 2000 (Microprose) AGA version fixed (Info)
• 27.03.06 improved: Wrath of the Demon (Ready Soft) supports CDTV version too (Info)
• 27.03.06 new: The Adventures Of Willy Beamish (Dynamix) done by JOTD (Info)
• 27.03.06 new: Fool's Errand (Miles Computing) done by JOTD (Info)
• 27.03.06 improved: Dune (Cryo) fastmem support, better speed, improvements on french version (Info)
• 27.03.06 new: Bez Kompromisu (Mark Soft) done by JOTD (Info)
• 26.03.06 updated: Gods (Bitmap Brothers) install script fixed, icons added (Info)
• 24.03.06 new: Time Runners (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 23.03.06 new: Time Runners 30: The Final Duel (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 23.03.06 new: Time Runners 29: The Last Revelation (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 23.03.06 new: Time Runners 28: Beyond The End (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 23.03.06 new: Time Runners 27: Red Night (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 23.03.06 new: Time Runners 26: The Time Warrior (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 23.03.06 new: Time Runners 25: The lost Planet Earth (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 23.03.06 new: Time Runners 24: Beyond all Dimensions (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 23.03.06 new: Time Runners 23: The Time Monarch (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 23.03.06 new: Time Runners 22: The Eternal Damned (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 23.03.06 improved: Chaos Engine (Bitmap Brothers) reworked and merged with CD³² install version (Info)
• 23.03.06 improved: Another World / Out of this World (Delphine Software) controls extended to avoid keyboard usage (Info)
• 23.03.06 improved: Amnios (Psygnosis) supports NTSC version, fastmem support, highscore saving added, new icons, manual included (Info)
• 20.03.06 new: Time Runners 21: The Black Dragon's Course (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 20.03.06 new: Time Runners 20: The Mountains Of Death (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 20.03.06 new: Time Runners 19: The Nightmare Prince (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 20.03.06 new: Time Runners 18: The Killer Shadow (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 20.03.06 new: Time Runners 17: The Living Labyrinth (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 20.03.06 new: Time Runners 16: The Galaxy Emperor (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 20.03.06 new: Time Runners 15: At The Speed Of Light (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 20.03.06 new: Time Runners 14: Toraxid - War Star (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 20.03.06 new: Time Runners 13: Cyberkiller (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 20.03.06 new: Time Runners 12: A Target For The Cyborg (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 20.03.06 new: Time Runners 11: The Steel City (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 18.03.06 fixed: QBic (Ronald Pieket Weeserik) ingame keyboard now works again (Info,Image)
• 18.03.06 new: Castle Of Dr. Brain (Sierra) done by JOTD (Info)
• 18.03.06 improved: Time Runners 10: The Time Sentry (Simulmondo) solution added (Info,Image)
• 18.03.06 improved: Time Runners 09: The Time Demon (Simulmondo) solution added (Info,Image)
• 18.03.06 improved: Time Runners 08: The Impregnable Fortress (Simulmondo) solution added (Info,Image)
• 18.03.06 improved: Time Runners 07: The Land Of The Invaders (Simulmondo) solution added (Info,Image)
• 18.03.06 improved: Time Runners 06: The Bewitched Forest (Simulmondo) solution added (Info,Image)
• 18.03.06 improved: Time Runners 05: The Black Knight (Simulmondo) solution added (Info,Image)
• 18.03.06 improved: Golden Path (Firebird) savegame support added (Info)
• 16.03.06 new: Time Runners 04: The Castle Of Fear (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 16.03.06 improved: Time Runners 03: The Big Run (Simulmondo) solution added (Info,Image)
• 16.03.06 improved: Time Runners 02: The Space Stone (Simulmondo) solution added (Info,Image)
• 16.03.06 improved: Time Runners 01: Gateways In Time (Simulmondo) solution added (Info,Image)
• 16.03.06 improved: Paperboy 2 (Mindscape/Tengen) reduced memory usage, icon added (Info)
• 14.03.06 improved: Space Pilot 89 (KingSoft) disk access removed, interrupts fixed, highscores handling reworked (Info)
• 13.03.06 new: Cracker Journal 2 (Alpha Flight) done by Wepl (Info,Image)
• 13.03.06 improved: Cracker Journal 1 (Alpha Flight) keyboard handling improved, fastmem support added (Info,Image)
• 12.03.06 improved: Vixen / She-Fox (Martech Games) exit support for 68000 added, joypad use fixed (Info)
• 12.03.06 new: Time Runners 10: The Time Sentry (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 12.03.06 new: Time Runners 09: The Time Demon (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 12.03.06 new: Time Runners 08: The Impregnable Fortress (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 12.03.06 new: Time Runners 07: The Land Of The Invaders (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 12.03.06 new: Time Runners 06: The Bewitched Forest (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 12.03.06 new: Time Runners 05: The Black Knight (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 12.03.06 new: Time Runners 03: The Big Run (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 12.03.06 improved: Golden Axe (Virgin) several improvements, joypad support, trainer, manual and icons added (Info)
• 12.03.06 fixed: Predator 2 (Konami) address error on 68000 removed, manual and icons added (Info)
• 12.03.06 new: Golden Path (Firebird) done by Wepl (Info)
• 12.03.06 new: Time Runners 02: The Space Stone (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 12.03.06 new: Time Runners 01: Gateways In Time (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info,Image)
• 12.03.06 improved: Les Portes Du Temps (Legend) intro screen displayed, works on 68000 too (Info)
• 09.03.06 improved: Super·Hang·On (Sega/Electric Dreams) supports another version, fix for joystick play (Info)
• 07.03.06 improved: Shadow Lands (Domark) supports another version (Info)
• 07.03.06 improved: Time (Empire) supports another version (Info)
• 07.03.06 new: Final Countdown (Demonware/Global Software) done by CFOU! (Info)

• Ein ausgeklügeltes Konfigurationssystem
• Automatisches Senden von Fehlerberichten an Entwickler inkl. Online-Wartung
• Interaktive Benutzerführung
• Maus- und Tastaturunterstützung
• Zeichensatzangepasste Anordnung der Bedienelemente, frei skalierbare Schriften
• Unterstützung für ARexx, Commodities, AmigaGuide
• Ikonifizierung
• Dezimalzahldarstellung
• Neuartiger FileRequester mit DVD-SSW-Kompatibilität
• Trick'n'Trap
• Integriertes E-Mail-Programm mit Tetris
• is zu 16 Millionen Farben gleichzeitig (sofern es die Auflösung hergibt)
• 1000 bewegte Bobs, teilweise bildschirmfüllend
• Copper- und Quadroplayfieldunterstützung
• Portabilität: es kann auf jedem Computer mit installiertem UAE benutzt werden

• Benutzerunterstützung
• Programmiererunterstützung
• Unterstützung von SUB-USB-BUS
• Ultrawire-Doublelink-Host
• Supportunterstützung
• Sprachaus- und Stimmabgabe
• Hypersensitive Userperformance
• Eventgesteuertes Call-on-demand mit ADSR
• Herunterladbarer Download

• Amiga-Premiere in Frankfurt (MOV, 253 MB)
• TV-Spot 1 (MOV, 3,3 MB)
• TV-Spot 2 (folgt)
• TV-Spot 3 (folgt)