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D I S C R E E T F X W A N T S T O B U Y A M I G A
B I L L M C E W E N I N T E R V I E W E D
V I N T A G E C O M P U T E R F E S T I V A L S O O N
E N V I Z I O N S A N D A M I G A I N E V O D E A L
N O V A D E S I G N S E L L I N G C I N E M A T T E
T W O A M I K I T U P D A T E S I N O C T O B E R
A O R G A N I S E R D I A R Y P R O G R A M
P A C K A G E S F O R X 1 1 A V A I L A B L E
A M I A T L A S U N D E R G O E S U P G R A D E
O N Y X S O F T R E L E A S E S F I V E U P D A T E S
A U D I O E V O L U T I O N D I S T R I B U T I O N
S C U M M V M U P D A T E ' P A L M O S ' R E V I V E D
B A T T L E F O R W E S N O T H 1 . 1 . 1 1
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Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
I suppose it's rather appropriate that this last issue of "Amiga
Update" sees Amiga Inc., in something of a turmoil. During our entire
12 plus years of publication, one thing the Amiga has never had is
long term stability. The current situation is nothing like the near
fatal circumstances of that weekend after Commodore went bankrupt, the
event that launched "Amiga Update", but it is interesting.
Besides the surprise announcement that DiscreetFX wants to buy Amiga,
we have the revelation this month of legal issues with Gary Hare,
briefly CEO of Amiga and KMOS. The accusations back and forth seem to
center on competence, failure to pay salary, and who was supposed to
do what for whom. You can read more about this at ANN
http://ann.lu/detail.cgi?category=news&file=1161197009.msg where there
is reference to the original article at Amiga-News.de (in German). We
are not in a position to unravel this for you - not sure anyone who
wasn't involved could. But we suggest you check out the articles if
you find this sort of thing interesting. It is unlikely the full story
will every be known by other than the participants. What is or will be
important is how all this affects Amiga Inc., and we'll have to wait
some for that to develop.
Then there's the matter of the interview with the once and current CEO
(I think I have that right) Bill McEwen. We have a quote and a few
thoughts on that below.
As for "Amiga Update", as announced this will be its last issue. Well,
probably. If OS4 actually does make it to production release before
January 1 of 2007, we will send out a special issue celebrating the
event. Regardless of whether that happens or not, be assured the
mailing list will not be given or sold to anyone. The website will
remain up for now so you can rummage through past issues if you wish.
I have no big speaches or fairwells as I really have no idea what I'd
say. I will be around, and keeping a close eye on the community of
which I'm a part just like before. But the time devoted to publishing
this newsletter will be invested in other pursuits. There are many
good sources of Amiga news out there. If you need one place to go to
start looking, head over to www.amigaworld.net and continue on from
there.
Hey, this being the last issue, it might become a collector's item! Be
sure you hang on to your original copy! :-)
Brad Webb,
Editor
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D I S C R E E T F X W A N T S T O B U Y A M I G A
Chicago, Illinois - October 19th, 2006
Visual FX company, DiscreetFX LLC Inc., and their investors sent a
formal proposal to Amiga Inc., requesting formal validation of the
company's value. Currently, DiscreetFX are hard at work completing the
"Super Size Me"-like film about trans fat, entitled "Oil Change." The
plan is to secure funding to purchase Amiga Inc. and all of its IP in
the next year, to take place after completion of the movie, which has
been in pre-production for more than a year.
Such a transaction, however, depends on whether Amiga Inc. agrees to
sell in the next year, and if an agreed-upon price can be negotiated.
DiscreetFX believesthere is tremendous value in the Amiga brand and
though we primarily develop our visual effects software on NewTek
video editing solutions for Windows and Mac OS X," said DiscreetFX CEO
Bill Panagouleas, "the Amiga has always held a special place in my
heart since I developed my first product for the Amiga Video Toaster I
want to help bring the Amiga back to it's former glory in new IT
markets." If an agreement can be reached between Amiga Inc. and
DiscreetFX, the much speculated return of the Amiga brand could spark
a unique, new chapter in the machine's ever fluctuating history.Amiga
OS 4.0. "Even {the original press release just ends at this point.
What you see is what we have. Brad}
Best regards,
DiscreetFX Team
About DiscreetFX
DiscreetFX has been creating software products for the Amiga, video
editing, computer generated graphics (CGI) industry since 1995. The
Amiga computer defined and created the affordable video editing,
computer graphics market with its birth in 1985. DiscreetFX creates
Real-time transitions and effects seen on over 100 television programs
including Blind Date, 5th Wheel, Shipmates and more! You can also see
DiscreetFX software used on the following networks HBO, Showtime,
Discovery Channel, PBS, Fox and more! Video Toaster, VT[5], VT[4]/[3]/
[2], SpeedEDIT are registered trademarks of NewTek. Final Cut Studio
and Mac OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Computer. Amiga is a
registered trademark of Amiga Incorporated.
http://www.discreetfx.com/
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B I L L M C E W E N I N T E R V I E W E D
An interview of Bill McEwen at the "Temple of Technology" site
appreared during the month (October 4). We cannot run the interview
here but can suggest you go read it for yourself.
We can also point out that most of the product questions were ducked,
which isn't too surprising when discussing works in progress. McEwen
does state that OS 5 will be so different that it needs a new name. It
will be better than Mac OS X. Not sure what that means exactly, but it
probably tells us something about what Amiga regards as quality.
We were pleased to find out that Fleecy Moss is still with the
company and still leading development efforts.
The most interesting question and answer from our point of view was
the following;
"In the Amiga.org questions, you ended the session with a personal
note to the Amiga community. It described a lot of events that
explained why things happened as they did after Amiga was bought from
Gateway.
"While it was well received, one thing disappointed me. I had hoped
for a hint of self criticism. While external events played a big role
in the outcome, to me it's obvious that Amiga made a bunch of mistakes
at the time (Amithlon for example), and an admission of those things
would have made me more confident that the new Amiga deserves more
attention and support, and that you've learned from the past.
Comments?
"BM>> Of course we made a great many mistakes, and I take full
responsibility for those mistakes. There are so many differences from
what I was and what I am today, I am hardly the same person. We are a
much more careful company with far more detailed plans, and we are
taking steps that keep us in focus on the target.
"We simply did not have the financial backing to accomplish what we
needed to accomplish. The financial decisions that were made then are
not the decisions that we are making today. The operations run very
differently than they did then, and I am held accountable by a board
of directors and Chairman that I check in daily with. We have a
schedule, plans, goals, and milestones that I and the rest of the team
are held to. The board of directors are international in nature, and
are all highly successful people. They also have a vision for what
Amiga is going to be, and they are directly involved in us getting
there.
"So while I can only say that I am sorry for what has transpired in
the past, the most important item is what we are going to deliver
today and tomorrow."
You can read the entire interview starting at:
http://www.templeoftech.com/viewarticlepage.cka?articleid=62&pageid=1
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V I N T A G E C O M P U T E R F E S T I V A L S O O N
31 October, 2006
Come one, come all to the Vintage Computer Festival 9.0, Nov. 4-5, at
the Computer History Museum in Mountain View (San Jose area),
California.
http://www.vintage.org
Nestled in the heart of the Silicon Valley, the Computer History
Museum is full of analog and digital computers harking back to as
early as the 1940s.
http://www.computerhistory.org
Join the 500 to 700 VCF attendees to listen to the speakers (Steve
Wozniak!), marvel at the exhibits, and buy the vintage computer goods
of your dreams. The Fresno Commodore User Group will have its usual
demonstration/vending table. Come and meet me and FCUG members, Ed
Hart, Clark Murphy, Bill Ward, and Mitch Zollinger. Who knows who else
you will see wandering through the rooms? (Amigan Dale Luck is a
regular VCF attendee.) Come to our table and play with a VIC-20
system, an SX-64 system, NTSC and PAL C64 DTVs and the Hummer DTV, an
Amiga CD-32 (this time with several different discs), and a Vectrex
(hey, what's that doing here?). As usual, we will have C= hardware and
programs for sale - C64s, C128s, 1541s, 1571s, an SX-64, On the
Edge books, and more. As usual, we will have cakes, cookies, and punch
to hand out to anyone who asks. As usual, there will be other vendors
who will have Commodore and Amiga items.
New for this year, Bill Ward will be bringing a video projector and
screen on Sunday so that we can have big-time Commodore/Amiga gaming!
Also for the first time, we will have an exhibit with a very good-to-
excellent condition Commodore PET 2001 with plenty of programs for it
to run. Also, check out the strange and mysterious, outboard "sound
box" for the PET. Larry Anderson and your PET/Flash Attack exhibit,
watch out! For more information go to
http://www.vintage.org/2006/main/exhibit.php
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E N V I Z I O N S A N D A M I G A I N E V O D E A L
ANNISTON, Alabama and Issaquah, Washington , October 10, 2006 -
Envizions Computer Entertainment Corporation today announced that
Amiga multimedia applications will be available with the upcoming
release of EVO, Envizions? next generation multi-media entertainment
system.
EVO users will immediately be able to download and play Amiga?s arcade
quality video games designed to run on EVO, PC, TV, various high end
mobile and hand-held devices and memory storage platforms such as U3,
flash drives and SD cards. EVO customers will gain access to new
multimedia content when released by Amiga; this content may include
video, music, images and tones.
Each time users access the games section of their menu on EVO, they
will be directed to the co-branded website evo.shopamiga.com where
they can easily purchase the latest Amiga applications. Envizions
further plans to also make Amiga content available through its EVO
Connect service.
"Amiga lets users enjoy EVO at home and on their mobile devices ,"
said Derrick Samuels, CEO of Envizions. "The caliber of Amiga's
content and the new official sports-branded games adds great value to
EVO."
?EVO greatly enhances the media center with PC and console features,?
said Greg Sigel, Vice President of Amiga. ?It's a great fit for
Amiga's cross platform applications both from a player and developer
perspective.?
About Envizions Computer Entertainment Corporation:
Envizions Computer Entertainment Corporation was incorporated on
August 10, 2004, and founded by Derrick Samuels. With main
headquarters located at 801-5 Nobel Street, Anniston, Alabama, the
company is involved in electronic devices, media and publishing. The
company's most ambitious project is the highly anticipated EVO: Phase
One media entertainment unit. For more information, visit
www.envizionsinc.com
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N O V A D E S I G N S E L L I N G C I N E M A T T E
9 October, 2006
Cinematte Nova Design is seeking companies interested in adding
Cinematte to their product line or individuals interested in starting
a business based on Cinematte.
There is much information regarding Cinematte on this site. What
ollows is business information regarding the sale of this asset.
Financials
Asking: $45,000
Inventory: $4000 approx. (included in the asking price)
Business Summary
Cinematte was created in 1995 as part of the Amiga (a computer popular
in the late 1980?s and early 1990?s for desktop video) software
package, ImageFX. Cinematte was one of the first true digital
bluescreening software packages for compositing actors, and other
subjects, photographed against a blue (or other compatible solid
color) background into another photograph, film or video. While many
applications on all platforms attempt to provide methods of realistic
compositing, Cinematte is one of the few that can do this easily and
realistically using the same methods pioneered in Hollywood features.
In 1996 Cinematte was recreated as a plugin for Adobe?s popular
Photoshop graphics application. First available under the Windows
platform and later on Macintosh OS X. At this time Cinematte was spun
off as its own package and was marketed under a different company name
to distinguish itself.
Cinematte was a strong seller from the start. Originally thought of as
a software tool for special effects companies, Cinematte grew to find
strong appeal in the then-new digital still photography market,
especially with photographers working with catalog photography and the
novelty photograph market.
The Amiga version of Cinematte was the last to receive significant
updates to its functionality in 2002. These new features were
scheduled for implementation on the Windows/Macintosh version, but
were never completed. Other versions were also planned for additional
markets, which would require relatively less programming effort, but
were also not completed. These markets all still exist, as well as
many new markets have arisen. For ten years Cinematte has been a
strong product, and the market still continues to grow for this
quality compositing package.
Cinematte, under a new vision, could also be sold in partnership with
many other companies in the non-linear editing (NLE) and digital
photography worlds as part of bundling or licensing arrangements.
These could be done as one-time deals or be used to drive sales back
to the full Cinematte package.
Any existing company in the graphics field would find Cinematte to be
an excellent addition to its software catalog. Cinematte would also
make an ideal basis for a business for a programmer looking to start
his or her own company.
Market Outlook
Competition: Only two partially competing products existing. Both are
significantly more expensive and lack significant features present in
our product. User interfaces on competition are more limiting as well.
No attempt by competition to appeal to larger market in the pro-sumer
realm.
Growth/Expansion: Expansion possibilities are huge. Cinematte could be
made available as a plugin product for many other packages and
platforms that would greatly expand its market. Features developed for
Amiga version have never been ported to the existing Photoshop plugin.
Distribution: Currently offered through one catalog reseller who does
a good business and sold online direct without any current promotion.
Demo Reel
The Nova Design, Inc. demo reel, including many sequences bluescreened
with Cinematte, can be seen on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cAf6cgu5N0
About the Sale
Support/Training: Will provide 60 days of part-time consulting service
on non-programming issues. Programming consulting available at hourly
rate.
Trademarks: Cinematte trademark will be transferred to purchaser.
Source Code: All source code will be transferred to purchaser.
Documentation: All documentation for all editions will be transferred
to purchaser.
Reason Selling: Do not have the time to maintain, nor to build.
Contact
Kermit Woodall can be reached at kermit@novadesign.com, by mail at
Nova Design, Inc., PO Box 9441, Richmond, VA 23228
http://www.novadesign.com/exoops/modules/news/article.php?storyid=30
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T W O A M I K I T U P D A T E S I N O C T O B E R
AmiKit is a freeware compilation of more than 300 of the finest Amiga
programs (free/shareware). In short, AmiKit is the way to experience a
high-end Classic AmigaOS on your Windows system (providing you own
legal AmigaOS and ROM file, otherwise see our site).
AmiKit contains many expansions and add-ons (more than 25.000 files
are included!) that turn the default AmigaOS installation into a
completely renewed and fresh environment. This pre-configured package
is designed for immediate use.
AmiKit 1.2.3 Live update (24-Oct-2006):
- ADDED: French catalogs for AmiStart and BoingBall by Eric
Luczyszyn
- UPDATED: AmiKit - ScreenMode AmiKit 1.3
- UPDATED: Meridian 2.22
- UPDATED: MMKeyboard 3.23
- UPDATED: MultiRen 1.63
- UPDATED: PlayOGG 5.6a
- UPDATED: SmartFileSystem 1.263
- UPDATED: TheMPegEncGUI 2.63
- UPDATED: VICE 1.20 (11-Oct-2006)
- REVERTED: Jabberwocky 1.5.2 (the newer v1.6 and v1.7b1 crash on
exit)
AmiKit 1.2.2 Live update (03-Oct-2006):
- ADDED: EaglePlayer replayers (Musicline 4/8V, NoiseTracker,
Protracker, TFMX) by Wanted Team (Don Adan)
- UPDATED: AfA_OS 3.94
- UPDATED: AmiKit - Live Update 1.1 (now waits 3s before rebooting to
ensure the downloaded file has been completely saved)
- UPDATED: AmiKit - ScreenMode AmiKit 1.2 (workaround for possible
incompatibility of 1280x800 screenmode)
- UPDATED: AmigAIM 0.9455
- UPDATED: PlayOGG 5.1
- FIXED: AmigaAMP 68k-Emu engine should work again. It was
overwritten by WarpUp version in previous AmiKit update by
mistake.
http://amikit.amiga.sk/history.htm
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A O R G A N I S E R D I A R Y P R O G R A M
Description: AOrganiser - Diary
Download: aorganiser.lha
Version: 0.5
Date: 13 Oct 06
Author: Andy Broad
Submitter: Andy Broad
Email: andy/broad ology org uk
Homepage: http://www.broad.ology.org.uk/amiga
Category: office/misc
Replaces: office/misc/aorganiser.lha
License: Freeware
Distribute: yes
FileID: 2164
Diary: Version 0.5 (13/10/2006)
Author: Andy Broad <andy()broad.ology.org.uk>
Copyright: Andy Broad 2006
This is a first release of a simple to use Diary program.
It's conceived as an AmigaOS4 replacement for the Digita Organiser
but is not intended to be a direct clone of that program. It has a
GUI styled on a traditional paper diary and also an Arexx interface,
Oh and it's a commodity.
Installation:
Copy the contents of the archive to the location of your choice.
say Work:Organiser.
Usage:
The archive contains two programs Diary and import.
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DIARY is the main program. It can be run from CLI or workbench.
Tooltypes / command line options
FILE - the diary file to be loaded. If not set when starting
from a Project icon the filename will be derived from
the icon.
CX_POPUP/K - set to YES to open window on program start. (defaults
to YES)
CX_POPKEY/K - sets the popup hotkey, defaults to "ctrl alt d"
CX_PRIORITY/K - set the commodity priority
The GUI is fairly simple, click on EDIT / DELETE to toggle modes, in
edit mode clicking on a day gadget will bring up a window to enter a
new event entry. Clicking on an event title will allow editing an
existing event. In delete mode clicking on and event allows to remove
it. (with warning req!)
Before iconification or quiting Diary will ask you to save if the
diary was modified.
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IMPORT is a quick and dirty tool which allows you to convert a Digita
Organiser 1.1
file to the new format. It works by creating a set of Arexx commands
that can be pasted into a script. Run this script to create your new
diary.
eg:
>work:Organiser/Import Ram:olddiaray >ram:new.rexx
Then edit new.rexx adding
/* */
options results
address DIARY
to the beginning of the file.
You may well find you need to edit the arexx commands by hand,
particularly if had mquotes or apostrophes in any of your titles or
notes.
It works quite well for a 1.1 file may not work at all for later
versions. Use with caution, you may lose data.
KNOWN BUGS:
Adding a large number of events to a given day or creating events will
long title will distort the GUI.
TODO:
Improve the GUI.
Extend Localisation
Extend ARexx interface.
Add Alarms function
Add automation functions. (run commands at start and end of events)
Produce proper documentation (probably html)
HISTORY:
0.5 Changing EndTime gadget will now cause the EndDate gadget to be
set to the start date if not allready set. Clearing the End Date
gadget will still clear the EndTime as well.
When the 1st of the month fell on a sunday it the wrong week would
be displayed.
(FIXED)
Added ICONIFY, SHOW, and HIDE, arexx commands.
Arexx and commodity quit options now bring up a save requester if
the diary has been mofified.
A cancel option has been added to this requester
Added NEXT KEY/N ; PREV KEY/N ; GET KEY/N,FIELD/K,STEM/K DELETE
KEY/N/A,FORCE Arexx Comands
Now displays multiple events in a day in chronological order.
Added "calender gadget" the "empty" "eigth" day.
Changed usage of timer.device so that it doesn't matter if the
system time is set backwards.
Added "Actions" on start an end times of events.
Rearranged GUI slightly to improve look / save space/
Added html documentation to the archive.
0.4 First Public release:
0.1. - 0.3 Internal test builds.
LICENSE:
This software is released as FREEWARE, however the author retains the
right to modify this license for later version of the software.
DISCLAIMER:
No responsibility is taken by the author for any lost data, missed
appointments etc.
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/amiga/
http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=office/misc/aorganiser.lha
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P A C K A G E S F O R X 1 1 A V A I L A B L E
10 October, 2006
On OS4-depot are four new packages for the X11 environment. Made
available by Cygnix:
* Cinepaint 0.21.1 (image manipulation program)
* Gimp 1.2.5 (image manipulation program)
* vim 7.0 (text editor)
* Xfce 3.8.16 (desktop manager)
All these packages are alpha versions. This means, that some functions
of the programs are not working or some tools are missing.
The development is stopped for the moment, because I need time for
some other projects. I published these projects in the hope, that it
could be usefull for the community.
Please look at the READMEs for the missing features.
http://os4depot.net/
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A M I A T L A S U N D E R G O E S U P G R A D E
3 October, 2006
At the moment a complete rework/update of the different travel guides
is in progress. Further there is an extension of the information about
parks with better maps for a more precise route calculation. Of course
the emphasis lies on the German map because of the much higher demand.
The network of streets is uptodate including recently opened highway
sections.
If someone wishes his residence to be included (even the smallest
places!) in the map just write a mail with the name of the location,
Geo-coordinates and information on the street connections (description
and the exact distance to other locations).
As always we are searching for helpers for data entering! Lists of
coordinates are always welcome... Alternatively also helpers for the
entering of the data into the maps themself.
There are also possibilities for the view and print od data in various
formats like HTML or PDF instead of AmigaGuide.
http://www.amiatlas.de
http://www.apc-tcp.de
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O N Y X S O F T R E L E A S E S F I V E U P D A T E S
24 October, 2006
OnyxSoft is releasing five software updates! The winter is around the
corner and our application specialist Deniil has recently snowed in
and became hyperactive so he releases a bunch of updates apps for your
satisfaction =)
Updated programs
AllKeys v2.0 - (OS4,MOS) Hotkey program supporting most multimedia-
keys and mousebuttons. It has a GUI now!
Annotate v2.5 - (OS4) A very comprehensive text editor with a lot of
functions. These are the major updates: Fixed the not saved config
bug. Uses application.library. Has AutoUpdate over the net! Uses the
OS4 slab allocator. Fixed editable hotkeys. Plus many many more small
fixes and enhancements...
MultiRen v1.63 - (68k) Powerful multi-file renaming tool using MUI.
Has plugin-support for MP3-renaming and more. Fixed a few minor bugs.
TheMPegEncGUI v2.63 - (68k) Full-featured GUI for MP3-encoders. Fixed
a bug in the ObtainCDDB code. Fixed a few bugs regarding auto rename.
Fixed a few things in the ID3 code.
QuickSketch v1.03 - (68k) A simple sketching tool, like a Post-It. A
few fixes and enhancements including the bug that made it impossible
to draw before the window was resized.
http://www.onyxsoft.se/
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A U D I O E V O L U T I O N D I S T R I B U T I O N
4 October, 2006
As of October 5th 2006, the world-wide distribution and publishing
contract with Computer City has ended. Also, a large price reduction
was required to have a competitive pricing when Audio Evolution 5 is
released early next year on Mac OSX and Windows.
This means that from now on, Audio Evolution 4 can be purchased for
the incredibly low price of 49 euro (a 100 euro price drop!) from the
author directly. Because of this price, the full version will be sent
by email instead of on CD. For users of classic machines on OS3, the
older Audio Evolution 3 is also available for only 25 euro (with l
imited support). For ordering information, please send an email to
order@audio-evolution.com or visit the Audio Evolution homepage.
Although AE5 runs partly on OS4/X11 as well, some technical issues
with wxWidgets on OS4/X11 must be resolved first before AE5 can be
released on OS4. AE5 will feature multi-channel recording and the use
of VST effects and/or Audio Units.
For AE4 users, a small update 4.0.9 can be found in the downloads
section. It fixes an issue preventing it from running on newer
kernels. It also includes copy and paste functionality in the MIDI
remote setup window.
http://www.audio-evolution.com
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S C U M M V M U P D A T E ' P A L M O S ' R E V I V E D
29 October, 2006
ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical
point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data
files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the
executables shipped with the game, allowing you to play them on
systems for which they were never designed!
ScummVM lets you run these adventures: Adventure Soft's Simon the
Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution's Beneath A Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 and
Broken Sword 2; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep's Inherit the
Earth; Coktel Vision's Gobliiins; Westwood Studios' The Legend of
Kyrandia and games based on LucasArts' SCUMM (Script Creation Utility
for Maniac Mansion) system. SCUMM is used for many games,
including Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more.
Compatibility with supported games is continually improving, so check
back often.
Among the systems on which you can play those games are Windows,
Linux, Mac OS X, Dreamcast, PocketPC, PalmOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, OS/2,
PSP, PS2, SymbianOS/EPOC and many more...
Our forum and IRC channel, #scummvm on irc.freenode.net, are open for
comments and suggestions. Please read our FAQ before posting.
Latest Developments
Oct. 29th, 2006: ScummVM 0.9.1 "PalmOS revived" released
We are pleased to announce the 0.9.1 ScummVM bugfix release.
There were lots of important bugfixes and small improvements. We are
also glad that three additional platforms are now officially
supported: Nintendo DS, GP2X and GP32. You can already download
official DS and GP2X binaries, and the GP32 port will be available
soon.
Some of the most significant bugfixes are:
* Many fixes for Humongous Entertainment games and better support
for international versions of the games
* Improved detection of the FM-TOWNS version of Indy3
* Several fixes for The Feeble Files and more non-English versions
are supported now
* Some parts of the Kyrandia engine were rewritten so the game
needs less CPU power now, and thus works better on lower-end
devices
* The PSP, PS2 and WinCE ports were greatly improved
* The PalmOS port is again up-to-date and features separate build
for Tapwave Zodiac
* The WinCE port supports 2002 devices again
http://www.scummvm.org/
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Description: Battle for Wesnoth
Download: wesnoth.lha
Version: 1.1.11
Date: 31 Oct 06
Author: Fredrik Wikstrom (OS4 compile)
Submitter: Fredrik Wikstrom
Email: fredrik/a500 org
Homepage: http://wesnoth.org
Category: game/strategy
License: GPL
Distribute: yes
FileID: 2245
This is an OS4 compile of the latest development version of "Battle
for Wesnoth" on http://wesnoth.org. Thanks to Andrea Palmatè for the
original OS4 port and to the Wesnoth team for including the necessary
changes into their CVS, without which this recompile would probably
have been much harder.
The Battle for Wesnoth is a free, turn-based strategy game with a
fantasy theme, and is now available for Amiga OS4.
Fight to regain the throne of Wesnoth, of which you are the legitimate
heir, or use your dread power over the Undead to dominate the land of
mortals, or lead your glorious Orcish tribe to victory against the
humans who dared despoil your lands. Wesnoth has many different sagas
waiting to be played out. You can create your own custom units, and
write your own scenarios or even full-blown campaigns. You can also
challenge your friends or strangers and fight multi-player epic
fantasy battles.
File Version Size Date Readme
wesnoth_old.lha 1.1.7 76Mb 09 Jul 06 Battle for Wesnoth
http://os4depot.net/
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