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Workbench February 2008 Issue 247 SeeSee WhatWhat WeWe CanCan Do!Do! AMIGAAMIGA’s’s Everywhere!Everywhere! February 2008 Workbench 1 Editorial Hi there, Amigans. Well, things are still happening on the AMIGA front, as you can Editor see by the front cover. OS4 for “Classic” PPC Amiga’s has finally arrived Barry Woodfield Phone:9917 2967 here and is looking very nice indeed. Maybe one of the lads who’s already Mobile : 0448 915 283 got it, will do a review for Workbench. And I see Amiga Inc. is still [email protected] ibutions ploughing on with their plans for a universal AmigaOS that runs on Contributions can be soft copy (on floppy½ disk) or everything, including the kitchen sink. hard copy. It will be returned Maybe one day they’ll succeed. if requested and accompanied with a self- Que Sera, Sera? addressed envelope. Anyhow it’s time for me to get this The editor of the Amiga Users Group Inc. newsletter issue on it’s way. So I’ll see you later ‘gator. Ciao for now, Workbench retains the right to edit contributions for Barry R. Woodfield. clarity and length. Send contributions to: Amiga Users Group P.O. Box 2097 Seaford Victoria 3198 OR [email protected] rtising Advertising space is free for members to sell private items or services. For information on commercial rates, contact: Tony Mulvihill 0415 161 2721 [email protected] Deadlines Last Months Meeting Workbench is published each month. The deadline for each January 20th 2008 issue is the 1st Tuesday of Another good meeting. (See photo the month of publication. Reprints pages.) All articles in Workbench are Copyright 2008 the Amiga Users Group Inc. unless otherwise indicated. 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Memberships can be paid at AUG meetings. http://www.amigadownunder.org February 2008 Workbench 2 In This Issue Bytes & Pieces Front Cover 1 Editorial 2 Amiga Launches New http://amigaone- Group News 2 Version of linux.sourceforge.net/. Bytes & Pieces 3 AmigaAnywhere FPSE - Free PlayStation Amiga, Inc. is pleased to Emulator AmiNews 4 announce the availability LDChen and AmiDog are Meeting Pics 8 of AmigaAnywhere™ proud to present the latest X 10 version 2 to registered version of FPSE - Free WB Funnies 12 Amiga SDA developers. PlayStation Emulator. Boing.Net 14 AmigaAnywhere 2 is the We hope you will have Anything Amiga 14 next step in the just as much fun playing Dealer Directory 15 development of the new with it as we have had About The Group 16 Amiga Operating System. working on it! AA2 content can run on a http://www.amidog.com/ archive is an update only, variety of different 7-Zip client for and Requires full install platforms, covering XAD/UnArc package AmigaNetCenter devices such as mobile I have released a plug-in alpha: phones, STBs, laptops, for XAD that allows http://os4depot.net/index.p PCs and servers. The latest decrunching of most 7-Zip hp?function=showfile&file version of (7z) archives through =network/samba/amiganet AmigaAnywhere UnArc (there are some that center.lha facilitates media-rich won't be supported yet) AmigaNetCenter version 1 content anytime, This is a turbo-charged update: anywhere.. version, for both 68k and http://os4depot.net/index.p WinUAE 1.4.6 released PPC AmigaOS with hp?function=showfile&file WinUAE is able to xadmaster v12+ If you =network/samba/anc_upda emulate 68k Amiga downloaded the previous te.lha models on your Windows slow test version you can FPSE - Free PlayStation PC. This version is the last update to this one through: Emulator one that runs on Windows http://www.amiupdate.net LDChen and AmiDog are 98/ME. The following / proud to present the latest versions will require http://aminet.net/package version of FPSE - Free Windows 2000 or newer. /util/arc/xad_7z PlayStation Emulator. Download from: AmigaNetCenter We hope you will have just http://www.winuae.net/ Version1 update released as much fun playing with it Kernel 2.6.16.60 for the I just posted to as we have had working on AmigaOne OS4depot.org an archive it! Geri reports in the forum that updates http://www.amidog.com/ that the kernel 2.6.16.60 is AmigaNetCenter alpha to available for download at: AmigaNetCenter v1. The February 2008 Workbench 3 AmiNews APC and TCP 2008 This year APC&TCP have plans for many Amiga projects. We would like to offer you a brief outline of our plans: AmiATLAS Many people doubted there would be any further development but we want you to know that it is still intended to be released, but in small updates. You should be aware that it is one of the most complex projects for the Amiga. Thousands of files have to be accounted for, updated and maintained. Future versions will require AmigaOS4 and will use a brand new ReAction GUI. Furthermore there will be support for many new file formats making the transfer between different platforms easier. Amiga Guru Book The German Amiga Guru Book has been available from us for some time. That's why many users asked us if we could make the English one available as well. The English version is going to be completed later in 2008, but due to lack of time, it will be around the middle of the year when it is ready, but it will eventually be finished :-) CygnusED Of course the development of CygnusED is also continuing. A new update is already in the pipeline but it will take some time to complete. We are also on the look- out for a competent developer for the MorphOS version! DigiBoosterPro An additional developer has been working on DigiBoosterPro for some time now. This has made development much quicker than was at first anticipated. Currently we think that we can give you a detailed status report in 2-3 months. Maybe even sooner... and if everything goes smoothly, there will be a version of DigiBoosterPro for 68k, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and even AROS !!! Desert Racing Actually a version of Desert Racing for AmigaOS4 and MorphOS has been planned for some time. Unfortunately the developer responsible for the game is very busy at the moment. That's why we are currently looking for a new programmer. Desert Racing has been written in BlitzBasic. Anyone interested in assisting with this development is invited to contact us. Flyin' High Currently we are working on an AmigaOS 4 version of Flyin' High. However it's not certain whether the port will ever be finished. We can only say that someone is working on it, but there is no promise that it will eventually be released. Many people have asked us if we were going to release a sequel to Flyin' High. The problem is we have no available developers to continue the work at a steady pace, and even less graphic artists. So sorry, at this point there is not likely to be a sequel to Flyin' High. February 2008 Workbench 4 AmiNews MED Soundstudio Here the development has been long and drawn out, mainly due to the lack of time and technical problems, but this year it should finally be completed. Amiga Future With issue 70 the Amiga Future has reached 10 years old. That's a tremendous reason for us to celebrate. As well as the 6 issues of the print magazine intended for this year 2008, the Amiga Future homepage is going to be greatly enhanced and will contain lots of new features and content. In fact, we believe that the size of the Amiga Future homepage will double. We hope that the hits will rise like they have done over the past 12 months ;-) Is there any more news? Currently we are in negotiations with people regarding various projects which we want to publish for the Amiga. New projects, mergers and aquisitions, ports and others, but nothing is set in stone at this point. However, you can be sure that there will be many new releases from APC&TCP in 2008! http://www.amiatlas.de http://www.digiboosterpro.de http://www.amigafuture.de http://www.apc-tcp.de AmiKit 1.4.4 and new WinUAE add-on The AmiKit turns your Windows (or Linux) machine into high-end Amiga environment. With AmiKit you can surf the web, read emails and documents, listen to or create your own music, burn CD/DVDs, edit images, play games and much more. AmiKit features a powerful file management solution: Directory Opus Magellan II.... We've done all the hard work for you. Once AmiKit is installed, all the basics are in place so that your system will be immediately usable. On a typical computer the installation should take you less than 10 minutes (check the requirements, please). Free download available at http://www.amikit.amiga.sk/ Due to the fact that the default AmiKit installation contains WinUAE 1.4.4, the new WinUAE 1.4.6 Add-on for AmiKit is also available: http://www.amikit.amiga.sk/ add-ons.htm AmiKit is also available on CD.