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NoWinED 0.75 | Shinkuro released version 0.75 of his MUI-based Text Editor NoWinED. This editor can handle multiple files. It can be used with OS3.9, OS4, MorphOS and AROS. In this version there were many bug fixed. Added are a AutoSave function. Visit the web page for all the details.

AmiKit 1.5.0 | There is a new AmiKit available. AmiKit will turn your Windows or Linux PC into high-end Amiga environment. New features are: AmiKit is faster thanks to new WinUAE and AfA_OS software. A fresh new look by Ken Lester (Launcher, Startup Screen, Default Look). Support of new 24bit themes. Support of Amiga Forever 2008. Improved Windows and Amiga installers. Choice of two automatic installers for Linux platforms and much more. AmiKit is free to use but you need a AmigaOS ROM file. Take look at the AmiKit web page for all the details.

OWB 2.8 | Jörg Strohmayer released a new version of the Origyn Web Browser. In version 2.8 there are the following changes: Fixed WINDOWWIDTH and WINDOWHEIGHT. Implemented popup menus. JavaScript can open windows now. Implemented statusbar text. Title and URL are updated now. For all the details visit the web page of Jörg.

FunkPaint 0.39 | Soci from the group Singular released a grafix program for the Commodore 64 called FunkPaint. It can be used to edit Hires, Multicolor and DTV pictures. The program supports a REU for undo and has mouse support.

Aztec C museum | Bill Buckels made a web page that's about the Aztec C compiler. Aztec C is a programming language for a variety of platforms including MS-DOS, Apple II DOS 3.3 and PRoDOS, Commodore 64, Macintosh and Amiga. The purpose of this website is to provide a free internet archive for various versions of the Aztec C Compiler with documentation, source code and samples.

OWB 2.2 | Jörg Strohmayer has updated his Origyn Web Browser. In this new version (2.2) of Origyn Web Browser the following changes: Added zoom support (F3/F4). AmigaOS4 fonts implementation which makes it faster. The Web browser can be downloaded from Jörg's web page.

Cinnamon Writer 0.58 | Claus Deslers has improved his Cinnamon Writer for AmigaOS 4. Cinnamon Writer is a compact and efficient word processor. In this version: Experimental Print function. Experimental PDF-Export. Improved font support without a limit on the number of fonts. The Source code is optimized. The program will run better on Amigas with slower CPUs. Small changes to the user interface. There is also a news-letter and forum available for the Cinnamon Writer. The latest version can be downloaded from the web page of Claus.

MorphOS 2.0 | The MorphOS development released version 2.0 of MorphOS. This Operating system is available for the Pegasos 1/2 and Efika. A few of the new or improved features are: Ambient, NetStack, Poseidon USB stack, MUI 4.0, Sputnik (Web browser with CSS and Javascript), Reggae, Grabber, HDConfig, SFSDoctor and much more. See the web pages for the complete list.

ACID64 2.2 | There is a new version available of the music tool ACID64. Improved response time for HardSID 4U. Improved playback on multi core CPU systems during background playback on ISA/PCI cards. Increased FIFO memory on Catweasel MK4 for better playback of digi tunes. Song length database is now loaded when HVSC location is updated in preferences dialog. Clock is now displayed correctly during HardSID 4U playback. Layout is now Vista compatible.

D64Lister | There is a new version available of the utility program D64Lister. With this program you can examine a D64 image on your Windows computer. A few of the many features are: 40 Tracks Support, PETSCII -> ASCII conversion, ASCII textfile generation, GEOS file support, Show BAM (with diskerrors), BlockViewer in hex or char. The program can be downloaded from the web page.

RockBEAT 3.0 | RockBEAT is a simple software drum machine for AmigaOS4 written by James Carroll. It is a tool for musicians that allows you to create drumming tracks. New in this version: Added volume sliders and mute buttons for the tracks. Changed the graphics to be super skinny for better fit on a 1024x768 screen. A few bugfixing. You can download RockBeat 3.0 from the web page.

SIDTool | SIDTool is a SID Player or SID Emulator Frontend for Windows. A few of the many features are: WinVice, Sidplay2/w, TinySID, Hoxs64 and HardSID support. Easy access to the HVSC. Continuous or Shuffle play. Playlist support. Experimental sid2midi support. Advanced search function for filenames, STIL and SID-Header. You can download this tool from the web page.

MUIBase 2.4 | MUIbase (Magic data BASE with User Interface) is a relational, programmable database with graphical user interface for Amiga, Linux and Windows. Steffen Gutmann has released a new version for the Amiga. Take a look at the web page for all the details.

MilkyTracker | MilkyTracker is an open source, multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2/3 compatibility.

C64 prg Generator | Commodore 64 Program Generator (C64prgGen) allows you to type in a BASIC program using a Windows environment and convert it to a .prg file which you can run on an emulator, or even a real C64. The features are : Sprite editor, character editor, Code snippets, Screen Code Buider, Code formatting and renumbering and a Comprehensive help, including tutorials.

ACID 64 Player | Wilfred Bos released a new version of his ACID 64 Player. It now supports the HardSID 4U USB device and the Catweasel MK4. Added new features and made lots of improvements. Take a look at the web page for detailed information and for downloading the new version.

AROS update | Two AROS distributions have been recently released. VmwAROS LIVE! and a new WinAROS version. Krysztof Smiechowicz and Barry Nelson are working on removing bugs. Nic Andrews and Alain Greppin have implemented grub2 in AROS. Alain also completed the dhclient command. Tomasz Wiszkowski and Michal Schulz are working on the ata.device in order to improve it. You can download AROS from the web page.

SabreMSN | James jahc Carroll started work on a MSN messenger for Amiga OS4. This is still a alpha version but you can try it out.

Cinnamon Writer | Cinnamon Writer is a WYSIWYG writer application designed to be a very modular application that will suit the individual taste of each user. This word processor can be used with Amiga OS4 and can be downloaded. The program is written by Claus Deslers.

BalSys 3.1 | Valentino Zenari released a new version of BalSys. BalSys is a language, and development system package designed for C= Plus/4 (or expanded C= 16). In this release 2 new features and bug fixes. The package is a complete all-in-one tool: Editor / Debugger / Executer.

Murks! | Murks is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Aros. It uses the same Project File Format as AmiDevCpp does, so Data Exchange is possible. Changes: Support C++ projects, Auto save when building, Show if file was edited, Open/create new project without closing Murks! IDE, Remove unit from project, Add existing (on disk) unit to project, Redirect compiler output to separate console, Save project as... option. This IDE can be downloaded from the web page.

ASM-One | The Flame Arrows released a version of the ASM-One assembler. A bug has been fixed. Now the assembler runs without problems on a MC68000. This assembler can be downloaded from the web page of TFA.

AmiKit for Linux | Tom Newsom and Daniel Westerberg made a Linux version of AmiKit. Now you can use the Amiga OS on your Linux system including the Live Update function. With AmiKit you can surf the web, read e-mails and documents, listen to or create your own music, burn CD/DVDs, edit images, play games and much more. You can download the AmiKit from the web page.

OWB v1.17 | Jörg Strohmayer has updated his Origyn Web Browser. New or improved are: The download progress windows are now opened on the correct screen. Fixed wrong download attempts for urls without mime type. Fixed too short filename buffer, downloading to FFS partitions works now. Included a new version of libgcc.so. You can download this Amiga web browser from the web page.

PowerPoint for Amiga | PointRider is a PowerPoint viewer for Amiga. The program is written by Mathias Parnaudeau and it's available for MorphOS and Amiga OS4. In this version: Bilinear interpolation to scale images. Automatic font selection. Font rendering (alignment, color, size, bold / italic / underline). Display of inherited objects from the master slide. Improved background support: several shade types. Also a couple of bug fixes. Look at the web page for more information.

ffmpegGUI | ffmpegGUI is a GUI for the ffmpeg program. It supports some basic options via the GUI and allows the user to add additional. ffmpeg is a command line program which provides the ability to decode and encode a large variety of video, audio, and graphics formats while supporting the changing of various parameters along the way.

Tubexx | Tubexx is an ARexx script that enables you to watch youtube.com contents on your MorphOS machine. Youtube.com is a video storage, where anybody can upload his own videos and share them with every Internet user in the world. Its main interface is web based, but video playback is handled via a Flash applet, thus impossible to enjoy directly with the MorphOS technologies currently available. This is where Tubexx comes in handy, enabling you to search, download, convert and play your favorite videos.

OWB | OWB stands for Origyn Web Browser for AmigaOS4. This is the first (in)complete Modern Web Browser for AmigaOS4 and it supports almost all modern web technologies. This project is in an early state and not everything works 100%. You can download this alpha version to try it out.

WookieChat | New BETA version of WookieChat is available for download. WookieChat allows you to connect to Internet Relay Chat networks (IRC) and chat with other users in a text medium in real-time. Executables are provided for AmigaOS 3.x,4.0, MorphOS and AROS.

Java SID Player | Kenchis released a new version of the Java SID Player. This is a music player to play SID files of the Commodore 64 by emulation. It is also a re-implementation in Java of the sidplay2 project. Because it's written in Java it can be used on many systems.

Tunenet plugins | Tunenet is a multiformat Music Player and Internet Radio Streamer. TuneNet was written from the ground up by Paul Heams. There are several new plugins available for Tunenet. A few examples are: GameCube, SC68, PSF, RealAudio, TTA, WMA and more. The plugins are available from the OS4 depot.

OpenCBM Update | OpenCBM is a software project to connect a serial CBM drive like the 1541 to a modern PC. The software can be used on Linux, Win2K, WinXP, WinNT. For Connecting the drive to the PC's parallel port a XM1541 or XA1541 cable is used. Fast disk copier included.

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