Doug Little, the programmer of the well known Falcon graphics application Apex Media, has ported a large portion of the OpenGL 2D/3D graphics libraries for the TOS platform. Some OpenGL demos already work, even though they don’t always do what they are supposed to yet. Only Falcon graphics modes are being supported at the moment, but future versions could support GEM and graphics cards. OpenGL applications ported to TOS will then run on all Ataris and compatibles. A bigger problem for Doug is the port of the GLUT library (used by a large number of GL applications), which includes a lot of platform specific code. If you want to know more and/or want to help Doug out a little, click here for the original message.
After a long beta testing phase version 1.04 of the graphics multi talent Smurf has been released by Therapy Seriouz Software. Since the first version a lot of bugs have been removed and some nice little improvements have been added. E.g. all modules now have a proper preview window with optional (and now fully operational) zoom function, a module to freely scale images (with or without interpolation) has been added and lots more. After my first tests the new version seems to be very stable too. Users of the full version can now easily register their Smurf with an easy to use installation program. If you haven’t got a Smurf living somewhere on your harddisk yet you should try out the demoversion (german language). Download (475,4 kb)(no longer available)
Well, not quite yet but at least there is a decoder available. Based on the sources of the Amiga decoder RAdecode Petr Stehlik has written a TTP that converts 14k4 RA/RAM files to raw audio data (16 bit, signed, 8khz, mono). A first version can be downloaded from his homepage. The sourcecode is included so probably someone tries to make a full Real Audio Player out of it…?
On the homepage of Olivier Booklage you can find a selection of interesting clients for the TCP/IP stack Sting like an alternative overlay for CAB. This overlay allows you to surf the net with the combination of Sting/CAB. Using the latest CAB 2.7 it supports cookies and authentification. If you want to try out an alternative to Dan Ackermann’s overlay then you should pay a visit to Olivier’s homepage.
You are still looking for a suitable program for the forthcoming Milan chat? Then you may try AtarIRC for Stik/Sting. The fully GEM embedded IRC client has just been released in a new version and can be downloaded directly from the author’s homepage.
M_Player is a tool by Guillaume Tello which allows you to play and to create various movie formats like AVI, MOV and MPEG. The new version features a faster greyscale display for MPEG movies:
The august release of Calamus SL 98 (german version) is now available complete with demoversion. A lot of new features have been implemented since the last version. For more detailed information you may download the announcement from the german Mausnet newsgroup Atari.News here (german language).
Digital Lab is a new 32 bit ‘retouche’ software by Eric Da Cunha and Frédéric Bayle. The updated version is now also available in german and english language and can be downloaded directly from Frédéric’s homepage. Digital Lab makes use of the M&E System by Parx (available at the same place) and offers a nicely designed interface as well as a bunch of professional tools to play with. Additionaly you can make use of a couple of effects to give your masterpiece the finishing touches. When it comes to speed Digital Lab still shows itself very well usable on a standard Falcon. Frédéric Bayle’s homepage – Digital Lab
The developers of NVDI Behne and Behne Systemsoftware now have their own homepage. There you will find everything you need to know about the Atari system extension no. 1, small updates like overworked printer drivers for free download and the NVDI 5 FAQ. (german language only at the moment) Get me there!
Popgem is an e-mail utility for Stik/Sting which allows easy access to your e-mail box. You can check for new mails, delete them from the server, download them etc. It is a cleanly written GEM program which supports modern features like AV server and BubbleGEM. Download
The HTML editor Joe has been released in a new version. To download it visit the authors homepage.
Christian Felsch has released a new version of the popular text editor qed as well as Ghostscript for GEM (based on Ghostscript 5.10). For more infos check out his homepage.