http://www.osnews.com/ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams OSNews version 4 donotreply@osnews.com (Adam Scheinberg) donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:00:04 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/26991/A_history_of_the_Amiga_part_8_The_demo_scene/ http://www.osnews.com/story/26991/A_history_of_the_Amiga_part_8_The_demo_scene/ "As computer games became more and more complex in the late 1980s, the days of the individual developer seemed to be waning. For a young teenager sitting alone in his room, the dream of creating the next great game by himself was getting out of reach. Yet out of this dilemma these same kids invented a unique method of self-expression, something that would end up enduring longer than Commodore itself. In fact, it still exists today. This was the demo scene." Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:08:26 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Amiga & AROS 21 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News http://www.osnews.com/story/26667/Icaros_Desktop_1_5_released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/26667/Icaros_Desktop_1_5_released/ Icaros Desktop, the popular distribution of the AROS Research Operating System, has recently released its version 1.5, a new milestone since it finally allows to run classic Amiga software and games on full screen or perfectly integrating them into the host AROS desktop. Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:56:09 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Amiga & AROS 37 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News paolone http://www.osnews.com/story/26587/AmigaOS_4_1_update_6_has_been_released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/26587/AmigaOS_4_1_update_6_has_been_released/ "Update 6 is a rather unique update in that it includes no bug fixes. What Update 6 does include is a new and more efficient way of delivering bug fixes. A new 'Update software...' menu item on Workbench now launches AmiUpdate which will now handle all future AmigaOS software updates." A nice universal operating system update functionality is always nice. Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:01:01 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Amiga & AROS 1 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News http://www.osnews.com/story/26282/AmigaOS_4_1_update_5_released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/26282/AmigaOS_4_1_update_5_released/ AmigaOS 4.1 update 5 has been released. It's a bug-fix release, but does contain new features as well. For instance, Amiga 68K emulation has been improved, and a full Workbench 3.1 installation is now included, as well as several authentic Amiga ROMs and Workbench files. Available for free for eligible platforms, including SAM devices. Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:41:31 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Amiga & AROS 16 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News http://www.osnews.com/story/26233/MorphOS_Amiga_operating_system_meets_PowerPC_Macs/ http://www.osnews.com/story/26233/MorphOS_Amiga_operating_system_meets_PowerPC_Macs/ Low End Mac's Sebastian Patten takes a look at MorphOS 3. "MorphOS is for Amiga users. Period. And it's for those Macintosh users who like to experiment and experience a new operating system on their PowerPC Macs. That's where I see myself, and I had a lot of fun playing around with MorphOS on my eMac. It is not a full OS X replacement, but it can come close to it, depending on your computer needs." Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:52:31 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Amiga & AROS 22 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News Dan Knight http://www.osnews.com/story/26207/New_Icaros_Desktop_supports_old_Amiga_M68K_applications/ http://www.osnews.com/story/26207/New_Icaros_Desktop_supports_old_Amiga_M68K_applications/ The AROS distribution Icaros Desktop has made its next step towards compatibility with legacy Amiga workbench applications, including an entire AROS enviroment compiled for the classic Amiga platform, which is almost binary compatible with the original Amiga OS 3.1 (and its extensions). When the user needs an old program, he or she only has to fire up the AROS M68K environment and run the application. The Amiga virtual machine can optionally be set to run at startup like a system service. Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:21:46 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Amiga & AROS 38 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News paolone http://www.osnews.com/story/26198/Trevor_Dickinson_on_various_Amiga-related_subjects/ http://www.osnews.com/story/26198/Trevor_Dickinson_on_various_Amiga-related_subjects/ I don't really know which part to quote here, but I urge you to read Trevor Dickinson's latest blog entry. Trevor is one of the driving forces behind the AmigaONE X1000, and a major Amiga enthusiast with an extensive collection of machines and loads of experience. His post covers all sorts of various stuff from the Amiga world, and definitely worth a read. He's also the person behind the delicious sock cake. Also, the OSNews title here is terrible. Sorry. Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:37:57 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Amiga & AROS 11 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News http://www.osnews.com/story/26095/How_Icaros_Desktop_brings_the_Amiga_experience_to_x86_PCs/ http://www.osnews.com/story/26095/How_Icaros_Desktop_brings_the_Amiga_experience_to_x86_PCs/ "Icaros Desktop is an effort to build a modern Amiga-compatible operating system for standard x86 hardware. It's a distribution built atop AROS, which is an open source effort to create a system compatible at the API level with the AmigaOS 3.x series. I recently had a chat to the creator of Icaros, Paolo Besser, about the creation of the OS and why Amiga continues to inspire people today." Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:40:17 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Amiga & AROS 60 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News rohan_p http://www.osnews.com/story/26029/Interview_AmigaOS_4_lead_developer_Steven_Solie/ http://www.osnews.com/story/26029/Interview_AmigaOS_4_lead_developer_Steven_Solie/ Good interview with Steven Solie - this bit stood out to me: "Although Hyperion has been using serial numbers for copies of AmigaOS since 4.0, it won't reveal sales numbers. Solie's 'personal guess' is that the system has 2000-5000 users. 'If you include all the various Amiga clones and emulators we would probably be talking about around 10000 users [in] total,' he adds, 'it is really difficult to judge because a majority of the users are rather quiet.'" Fascinating number - lower than I anticipated. Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:21:02 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Amiga & AROS 47 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News rohan_p http://www.osnews.com/story/25709/Icaros_1_4_AspireOS_1_7_released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25709/Icaros_1_4_AspireOS_1_7_released/ Sure, we have AmigaOS and MorphOS, but those cost money and require special hardware. For those of us more interested in running an Amiga-like operating system on regular, x86 hardware, there's AROS. Two AROS distributions, Icaros Desktop and AspireOS both saw new releases recently. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:21:51 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Amiga & AROS 18 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News deadwood http://www.osnews.com/story/25696/Timberwolf_beta_released_for_AmigaOS/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25696/Timberwolf_beta_released_for_AmigaOS/ "The Timberwolf team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the first beta version of Timberwolf 4.0.1. Timberwolf is an AmigaOS web browser based on Firefox/Mozilla technology. This technology is more than just a browser, it is an enabling technology, bringing powerful tools such as html5, WebM, JavaScript, XUL, and more to AmigaOS 4.x. These are the building blocks for other applications as well, such as the email client 'Thunderbird' or the media center 'Songbird'. This first beta release includes almost the full functionality of the browser, allowing style-sheet enabled web browsing, secure connections, use of Firefox add-on and more." Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:04:56 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Amiga & AROS 45 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News Richard Lake http://www.osnews.com/story/25488/AmiKit_1_6_0_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25488/AmiKit_1_6_0_Released/ AmiKit 1.6.0 is available for free download. It's a compilation of more than 300 Amiga programs that turns your Windows, Mac or Linux computer into an Amiga environment. This new version includes full and registered version of Directory Opus Magellan II, as well as a new emulation engine, full video replaying support, etc. For AmiKit to work, you do need Amiga ROMs and the AmigaOS, which can be obtained via AmigaForever, for instance. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:41:30 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Amiga & AROS 2 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News AmiKit http://www.osnews.com/story/25267/Interview_Pavel_Fedin_AROS_Developer/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25267/Interview_Pavel_Fedin_AROS_Developer/ Obligement has an interview with Pavel Fedin (the original French version is also available), a key AROS developer. "Current pace of AROS' development can be perceived on www.ohloh.net/p/aros. Though as can be seen here, the Russian developer Pavel 'Sonic' Fedin is alone responsible for more than 3400 commits in eleven years, while the other four most important AROS contributors are inactive or almost since five years (apart of Georg Steger who was still active one year ago)... One can then see how much Pavel is important in current AROS evolution." Note that the English version is a translation by a non-native speaker. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:46:14 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Amiga & AROS 1 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News http://www.osnews.com/story/25251/AmigaOne_X1000_To_Ship_by_Year_s_End_Amiga_Netbook_Announced/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25251/AmigaOne_X1000_To_Ship_by_Year_s_End_Amiga_Netbook_Announced/ Big news from the Amiga world this weekend. That stubborn bunch are holding AmiWest 2011 this weekend, and it's been one heck of an eventful little, uh, event. Not only will the AmigaOne X1000 start shipping by year's end, Hyperion also announced something many in the Amiga world have been waiting for for a long time: an Amiga laptop. Update: Steven Solie, AmigaOS' team lead, also held a presentation about the past, present, and future of AmigaOS. The team is working on some pretty interesting stuff - protected address space, multicore support, USB3, new printing subsystem, and much more. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:58:17 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Amiga & AROS 62 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News http://www.osnews.com/story/25242/Icaros_Desktop_1_3_2_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25242/Icaros_Desktop_1_3_2_Released/ Version 1.3.2 of the Icaros Desktop is now available. Icaros Desktop is one of the prime AROS distributions, ready to be used on your desktop today - no fancy PowerPC hardware required (like with AmigaOS or MorphOS). If I can get this running, it might be about time we took a closer look at this, don't you think? Thoughts? Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:59:18 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Amiga & AROS 34 http://www.osnews.com/topics/12 News Ola Jensen