Lecta's Den

Finally! A modern browser released for AmigaOS 4.

The port was done by my friend Andrea Palmatè, a very skilled programmer, author of the AmigaOS 4 port of mPlayer and other nice programs. You can find more details on its webpage.

Ok, it’s only the core engine.

Ok, you must specify the URL at the command line.

Ok, it’s a bit slow (because of the use of SDL, I think).

Ok, It lacks a proper interface… for now.

But it’s a huuuuuge step forward for the Amiga platform. Thanks mate!

I urge anybody who still care about software development (and software developers) on Amiga to donate immediately using the Paypal button on Andrea’s homepage.

Today, for all the Amiga community, is a great day.ACube Systems announced the availability of the AmigaOS 4.0 for every old Amiga equipped with PowerPC expansion cards (Amiga 1200, 3000 e 4000 models). You can read the press release here.More info here and here.Have fun!

David Shannon Morse was one of the co-founder of Hi-Toro, the company behind the Amiga (before Commodore stepped in). Together with Jay Miner, Carl Sassenrath and others, he brought to us one of the most advanced computer of all times.

He passed away at the beginning of this month at the age of 64. He will be missed by all the Amiga community.

Thanks Dave.

Some articles about him:

Italian Wikipedia article (still under construction)

Some words about him from Carl Sassenrath

News about his death on AmigaWorld forum

News from Punto informatico (the photo at the top of this post was taken from this article)

My friend AFXGroup released a new version of his AmigaOS 4 port of MPlayer. This version is capable of playing many more video formats and has a lot of bugfix. Great work Andrea!