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Software : New release of PortablE aimed at beginners
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| Posted by PortablE On 2011/2/7 14:55:29 (729 reads) |
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I am releasing a "full preview" of the next version of the PortablE programming language. It is now aimed at beginners & those new to the E language. Previous releases of PortablE were aimed at existing AmigaE users, and those familiar with AmigaOS programming. But after more than a year of development, PortablE is much easier for beginners to pick-up & play with:
* It now comes with some nice modules for graphics, sound, music & GUIs. These require no knowledge of AmigaOS programming, and were inspired by the simplicity of BASIC languages like AMOS.
* It comes with full documentation for all of these modules, along with smaller & bigger examples. The preview release does not include these examples, but instead I will be show-casing one of these examples every few days. Keep an eye on the new official PortablE forum for them!
* The documentation has been revamped to be more beginner friendly, and the PortablE installer has been made easier to use. If you still get stuck, then let me know, and I will see what I can do 
* In addition to that, I have made available a large collection of my own useful modules (in the CSH folder), which you can use if you want. These are not properly documented yet, but I will look at documenting them where there is interest.
* There are also various other improvements, and a lot of bug fixes.
* As usual it supports Amiga OS4, OS3, AROS, MorphOS & Windows. However (1) the new graphics module does not yet work on Amiga OS3, (2) the new modules do not yet work on Windows, and (3) MorphOS support is still experimental.
You can download it from PortablE's home page. But remember to keep an eye on the official PortablE forum for further info.
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AROS : Icaros Desktop 1.2.6 has been released
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| Posted by 4pLaY On 2011/2/3 18:13:37 (1992 reads) |
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The latest update to the popular AROS distribution Icaros Desktop is now available for download. The new version introduce video cards autodetection for native drivers, screen scrolling and dragging on Intel GMA driver (which can now use also embedded display of laptops and netbooks), some new games and applications and, obviously, many bug fixes and feature enhancements, two of them being the ability to associate thumbnails to image files in Wanderer windows and to run other operating systems on a Bochs virtual machine.
New from Icaros Desktop 1.2.5
- updated AROS system files to january 26th, 2011 build
- pressing lAros+Esc will now call Scout in its own screen
- Icaros now chooses the best graphics driver when possible
- added MESA 7.10, EGL and OpenVG libraries from Deadwood
- added Bochs PC emulator with DLX Linux and FreeDos images
- added ThumbNailGun and dt2thumb to "iconify" images with thumbnails
- added latest release of GMA driver with screen dragging
- added Dega, a Sega Master System and Game Gear emulator
- added WaetherForecast, a Google weather client
- added Txt2Pdf, a text-to-adobe PDF conversion tool
- added dgen, a Genesis/Megadrive emulator
- added Hatari, an Atari ST emulator with free OS
- updated Janus-UAE to version 0.8
- added ability to setup amiga environment to AmiBridge
- updated standard config files for old amiga models in AmiBridge
- updated SimpleMail to v0.36 and made it default mail client
- updated Lunapaint
- updated NASM
- updated PortablE
- updated MAME
- updated FUSE Spectrum emulator
- updated AmiStart configuration files
- updated Nouveau driver
- updated Regina.library
- updated DirectoryOpus configuration
- updated AmiStart configuration files
- added Giana's Return (experimental)
- fixed a issue with drive informations
- fixed icons in Wanderer detailed file view
- fixed bugs from previous version
- incorporated Icaros 1.2.5 patch 01 Zune theme and fixes
for further informations, downloads and screenshots, please go to the project's website, http://www.icarosdesktop.org
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AROS : Vote for the best Amiga game of the year 2010
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| Posted by Anonymous On 2011/2/1 6:22:27 (1156 reads) |
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Each year you can vote for the best Amiga game of the previous twelve months. Now it's time for the Amiga Games Award 2010 !
To vote for the best AmigaOS 68k, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, or AROS games, you can rate them at this page :
http://obligement.free.fr/hitparade/award2010.php
This year there will be no "global" winner, but a winner by systems (AmigaOS 68k, AmigaOS 4.x, MorphOS, and AROS).
The final results will be published February 9, 2011.
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AROS : Mesa 7.10 available for AROS
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| Posted by deadwood On 2011/1/24 18:13:36 (1263 reads) |
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The latests release of Mesa 3D library has been ported to AROS. Together with a new features and fixes in core Mesa, this version brings for the first time to AROS two new APIs support: OpenVG and EGL.
The EGL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGL_(OpenGL)) is a native platform API, allowing standardized creation of rendering contexts and their management.
The OpenVG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVG) is a standardized API for accelerated 2D vector graphics. It will use hardware accelerate on supported nVidia cards.
The new libraries are available in the nightly builds. To update your existing installation, copy the following files:
DEVS:Drivers/gallium.hidd
DEVS:Drivers/softpipe.hidd
DEVS:Drivers/nouveua.hidd
LIBS:mesa.library
LIBS:egl.library
LIBS:vega.library
LIBS:glu.library
LIBS:gallium.library
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Software : AMC v1.22 Released!
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| Posted by Allanon On 2011/1/23 10:16:02 (1901 reads) |
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AMC v1.22 has been finally released!
Quote:
AMC is the ultimate Media Center application for AROS, AmigaOS(tm) and MorphOS, with this tool you will be able to navigate and organize all your media: musics, videos and pictures will be at your fingers tips.
With AMC it's easy to manage your picture albums, it's easy to manage your videos and it's easy to manage all your songs. The controls are optimized for remote controllers but you can easily change the key bindings. AMC integrates searching functions and removable mass-storage device autodetection, it's easy to browse your USB drives and copy its content in your computer.
AMC is a commercial project and a single license is priced only 29.95?, actually available for AROS and AmigaOS4.x, and soon for MorphOS.
Thanks to the Amiga community and the feedback received from many users the software is progressing fast, a special thanks goes to Samo79 that has helped me alot with this new version.
Change Log
[X--] = AROS
[-X-] = AmigaOS4
- [XX-] Fixed a bug that was occurring when browsing the images from an
autodetected device, the thumbnails grid was not hidden correctly when
the user was going back to the previous men? using the BACK menu item.
- [XX-] Removed Flash FX during the intro
- [XX-] Optimized Thumbnail grid animations with SlowCPU flag enabled
- [XX-] Polish catalog by Tomek
- [XX-] Italian catalog revised by Samo79
- [XX-] Doubled tv and radio channels!!
- [XX-] Fixed a bug that was occurring when rotating a picture in the device
browser.
- [XX-] Fixed a bug in the <Install Theme> option
- [XX-] Fixed a bug that was giving wrong device name in removable media
detection routine.
- [XX-] Added basic Arexx control, now you can:
- [X--] Change volume (+Vol/-Vol -> Default keys: +, -)
- [X--] Seek Audio/Video (SeekRW/SeekFW -> Default keys: <, >)
- [X--] Toggle Mute (Mute -> Default key: m)
- [X--] Toggle Pause (Pause -> Default Key: p)
- [X--] Toggle Fullscreen (Fullscreen -> Default key: f)
Actually MPlayer for AmigaOS4 as still some problems with Arexx
commands handling, that's why it's currently disabled.
- [XX-] Expanded the Key binding section to remap the new available keys
- [XX-] Unavailable files will be ignored and not listed anymore instead of
generating errors. Really usefull for removable media and removed
files that has been previously scanned.
- [XX-] Added Menu Item <Database->Edit->Wipe Databases> to clear all databases
in one go. Playlists and favorites will be removed ass well.
- [XX-] Fixed a bug in the refresh routine when editing CD track titles.
- [XX-] Now, when selecting a theme to apply, AMC will check if the theme drawer
selected is valid.
- [XX-] Now, before applying a new theme (and before restarting AMC), your
preferences and your databases will be saved.
- [XX-] Now you can enter the picture section even if the picture database
is empty, this will allow you to browse your devices for images
without making a drawer or a system scan.
- [XX-] Now you can fill the thumbnail grid with your image playlists, just
enter the "Playlists" menu item and select the playlist you want and
the thumbnail grid will be filled with the selected playlist contents.
- [XX-] Now, when the AMC window is moved, video playback will be interrupted
- [XX-] Now, when the AMC window is moved, the auto-focus will be disabled,
will allow you to interact with your workbench/wanderer screen and do
something else. Restoring AMC to its original position (0, 0) will
enable again the auto-focus system.
- [XX-] Now, when you are moving the AMC window back to its position the
auto snap function will help you. The autosnap has a 5 pixels trigger.
Remember that you can automatically restore AMC window's position
by activating the window and clicking the Middle mouse button.
- [XX-] Now you can select a global font that will be used regardless of the
theme settings. This setting can be easily switched on and off.
- [XX-] Replaced some hardcoded "Back" texts with the linked catalog string
- [XX-] Replaced the hardcoded "Preferences not saved in demo!" text with the
linked catalog string
- [XX-] Added command line argument:
-validate 1
Using this switch AMC will ask for an .rgs file and will autopatch
itself avoiding customers/registered users to re-enter their data.
After the process has been completed just restart AMC to have a registered
copy (if the user has a valid matching key).
--- INSTALLER ---
- [XX-] Now the installer will remove old AMC scheduler installations
before adding a new one
- [XX-] Now the installer will launch the scheduler only if it is not already
running
- [XX-] Now the installer will ask the user if he/she want to execute the
Scheduler at startup (with Startup-Sequence modification) or not.
- [XX-] Now the installer is able to INSTALL, UNINSTALL or UPDATE with
authomatic activation for registered users
For AROS users
If you are using and old (before 31/12/2010) AROS installation please update it or at least update the regina.library to have AREXX commands fully supported. You can download the latest Broadway distro from Broadway's download page
LINKS
AMC Home Page
AMC Forums
AMC Contact: info@a-mc.biz
Ares Shop
AROS Broadway
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Fabio Falcucci (Allanon)
&
Pascal Papara (Phoenixkonsole)
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AROS : SimpleMail 0.36 for AROS i386
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| Posted by mazze On 2010/12/30 8:35:56 (1689 reads) |
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Here you can find an AROS port of current SimpleMail:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/simplemail/files/simplemail/simplemail-0.36/
Please, test.
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AROS : Patch fixes installation of Icaros 1.2.5 and adds new features
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| Posted by paolone On 2010/12/9 16:45:22 (1224 reads) |
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A little (22 KB) patch has been released on the Icaros Desktop website. It fixes installation of Icaros Desktop Live! from USB pendrives and add to both versions of the distribution (Light and Live!) two new features: a fancy new Zune theme that enhances the look of most applications, and the ability to create thumbnail icons for image files, which slightly improves handling pictures with Wanderer. This patch needs a working installation of Icaros Desktop 1.2.5. More informations and a screenshot on the Icaros Website:
>http://vmwaros.blogspot.com/2010/12/icaros-desktop-125-patch-01.html
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