With the near-release of this exciting software package that we have been hinting at for months, AmigaZeux and Stevo hosted an IRC Q&A session. You are previledged enough to read the transcript of this exciting session, presented in such a way that no hard questions were asked. Download is available here!!!
After long series of release candidates, there is TTEngine 7.2 (for MorphOS and AmigaOS 3.x) available. This version contains direct render routines for BGRA32 pixel format. More encodings for font names have been added (fixes problem with Marlett font). Also some bugs have been fixed as usual. What is also interesting, TTEngine is one of the first MorphOS software available as MorphUp packet.
New version of ShowGirls is available. ShowGirls is a powerfull image viewer/browser and processing application. Version 0.8 fixes some bugs and adds new features which probably introduces new problems. Various functions were improved and enchanced. Read more for feature list and list of changes in this version.
Nicolas "henes" Sallin just released his "Lightning Spirit" port for morphOS. "Lightning Spirit" is a SDL shoot'em up game based on the "Ikaruga" gameplay.
Last week, Genesi participated in the first Power.org investor community event. The symposium, held at the Sheraton Hotel in Palo Alto, on December 14, 2005, provided proof points for prospective investors in the Power.org community, as well as discussing the momentum behind Power.org among the VC community.
More information, including commented slides are available through the Official Press Release.
The Pegasos book, is a FREE downloadable document in PDF format (127 pages in english, 148 in french).
It is a compilation of articles and tutorials about the Pegasos PowerPC computers. It is designed to gather information which can be consulted off-line or printed easily. It contains hardware information, also as running operating systems information (MorphOS, Linux, and MacOSX via MacOnLinux...).
Genesi has licensed ODM Technologies Inc. to produce the EFIKA design with the Pegasos HAL/OF. The license agreement includes a provision for a minimum production quantity of 50,000 units. The EFIKA board is to be the foundation for number of ODM products. The centerpiece to the EFIKA is the Freescale MPC5200 SoC (system on a chip).
