S. Harvey looks at some news that helps
bring the AmigaOS closer to the mainstream.
S.Harvey has been our Amiga specialist for over 12 years, drawing on his vast computing
knowledge which is itself the result of 21 years of retailing computer and
video games.
Great news from the Frieden HQ: the beta
release of Timberwolf is now available to download from OS Depot.
Timberwolf 4.0.1 is the official name of
the release and this is due to the fact that Timberwolf is the port of Firefox
to the AmigaOS and is based on the Firefox/Mozilla 4+ source code, well at
least the last version that was made available to the open-source community.
Most importantly, however, is that the
Frieden brothers (lead coders at Hyperion Entertainment) developed the port
with the Mozilla core fully intact and thus can lead to further ports such as
Thunderbird and Songbird among others.
Potentially, once the Mozilla side of
things reaches a final release, this should result in many products being
ported over an opens up a whole extra world of software for the AmigaOS.
You can download the beta at OS4Depot at
tinyurl.com/6tql6y9.
Hollywood 5: Infinity
A1200D
PPC booting Amiga OS 4.1 for Classics
The multimedia authoring language that’s
designed to be as easy to use as possible has had a massive update. In the vein
of the great Scala Hollywood, it provides a way to create everything from a
presentation to interactive software suites and the new version is now
available for AmigaOS 4.1 and Windows.
Hollywood is so lightweight that it can run
in just 2MB, making MS PowerPoint look rather bloaty.
The new feature set includes video
playback, a synthesizer so the program can create its own sound, and full integrated
internet/networking support as well as vector graphics and the like.
The language can create programs that can
be run on AROS, 680x0 Amiga OS, Linux, MorphOS, MacOS and WarpOS (although Hollywood
5 is currently only on Amiga OS 4.x PPC and Windows for the moment, the
language itself can be used on those platform to create software for the
others).
Available for $150, you can also make your
lie easier by getting Hollywood Designer, which is WYSIWYG front end for the
language, which retails for $105.
Find out more at www.airsoftwair.com.
Amiga on PlayStation Vita
Super
Stardust Delta – a new Super Stardust for the Vita
You can’t have escaped the release of
Sony’s brilliant new handheld gaming platform, and thanks to the fact that PSP
Minis will work on the new handheld (well, most of them), the good news is that
both Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies work brilliantly on the
machine and still support the screen flip so you can play the tables in
portrait mode! Brilliant! Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies
are available for $5 each from the PlayStation Store and as PSD Minis will work
on PSP, PS Vita and PS3.
There is, of course, a new Super
Stardust for the Vita - Super Stardust Delta, which uses the
touch-screen, touch rear panel, dual analogue stick and six-axis control
methods of the new PlayStation handheld, which is very highly recommended for
the whole $10 it costs (well, the basic game) as a download from the PS Store
for the PS Vita. Super Stardust HD for the PS3 and Super Stardust
Portable for the PSP are also available.
