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<html> <head> <title> Andy Broad's Amiga Software </title> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" visited="green" link="orange" alink="red" vlink="purple"> <div align="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> <table width="95%" align="center"> <tr> <td bgcolor="red"> <h2 align="center"><font color="#eeeeee"><b>Andy Broad's Amiga Site</b></font></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p> It was pointed out to me recently that a few of my more prominent projects were missing from this page, and in fact on reviewing the page I had a little chuckle about just how out of date this page is. </p> <p>So I've decided to start an update, as of 2014, some entries clearly haven't been altered since 2002! </p> <p> This section of my web-site is intended to provide information and support for the various AmigaOS related projects I am involved in. For the moment the site will be very terse. A few necessary links, and some brief info on the projects I'm working on. </p> <ul> <li> <u><b>AWeb - The Amiga Web Browser</b></u>.<br>An Open Source web browser originaly written by Yvon Rozijn. I have been heavily involved in the project for <strike>a couple of years now.</strike>. Make that nearly 14 years as of 2014. The project has passed it's peak, and no longer has a dedicated site but the latest AmigaOS 4.1 compatable version can be found at <a href="http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=network/browser/aweb.lha" >os4depot</a>.<br> The most recent update was 3.5.11 and fixed some security concerns with ssl sites. </li> <li> <u><b>Perl for AmigaOS <strike>4.0</strike>. 4.1 Now!</b></u><br> Work on a native port of perl 5.8.5 is <strike>progressing well</strike> finished and superceded by a more upto date port of 5.16.3. Native means that it requires no ixemul (an amiga unix emulation library).<br> The 5.16.3 port is newlib based and uses shared object to provide a far more functional dynamic module support. <a href="http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=development/language/perl_newlib.lha">perl_newlib5.16.3.lha</a><br> The old distribution is still available for backwards compatabilty.<br > <a href="http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=development/language/perl.tar.bz2">perl.tar.bz2</a>. <br> <a href="http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=development/language/perl-src.tar.bz2">perl-src.tar.bz2</a><br> <p> One ot two bugs remain to be fixed, but the port works. </li> <li> <u><b>Perl_Reaction</b></u><br> This is an experimental, but quite functional, wrapper for the Amiga OS4.0 Reaction GUI system. It enables perl scripts with GUI's. The latest version is available for download at os4depot <a href="http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=development/library/perl_reaction.tar.bz2">perl_reaction.tar.bz2</a> THis is still available but should be considered depricated in favour of <a href="./proaction">ProAction</a>. The apod project still uses it for the moment, but will be migrated to ProAction when I have the time. </li> <li> <u><b>id3_edit.pl</b></u><br> Small script for editing mp3 tags, uses perl_Reaction for the gui. The code is intended as an example of how to code for perl_Reaction and contains detailed comments. <a href="http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=audio/edit/id3editor.tar.bz2">id3editor.tar.bz2</a> </li> <li> <u><b>Abc-shell</b></u><br>Amiga Bourne Compatable Shell. A project at source forge to bring a native bourne shell to AmigaOS 4.0. <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/abc-shell">abc-shell</a>.<br>Whilst still officially a contributor I haven't written any! code for this somewhat mature project for some time. </li> <li> <u><b>AnimIcon.</b></u><br>A little tool to display animated icons that launch programs. <a href="archives/AnimIcon.lha">68k Version</a> <a href="docs/AnimIcon.html">Documentation</a><br> Just abit of fun really but one of my first publicaly available Amiga Programs.<br> I actually updated this for Amiga OS4.1 recently improving the functionailty slightly, get it <a href="http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=utility/workbench/animicon.lha">here</a>. </li> <li> <u><b>Aifxjpegload.</b></u><br>This is an OS4 PPC native jpeg loader for ImageFX 4.5 (also works with some earlier versions of imagefx, your mileage may vary). <a href="http://os4depot.net/share/graphics/misc/aifxjpegload.lha">aifxjpegload.lha</a>.<br> As well as being faster than the original provided 68k version, it supports some extra formats, that the original did not. </li> <li> <u><b>Blender.</b></u> I'm <strike>currently working on</strike> maintain and more or less completed AmigaOS4.1 port of <a href="http://www.blender.org">blender</a>. You can read the preliminary documentation of the AmigaOS specific options and extentions <a href="./blender/">here</a>. Recent improvements include support for 32ilbm images. </li> <li>2014 additions below:</li> <li> <u><b>SketchBlock</b></u>. Possibly my most ambitious project, SketchBlock is a powerful High Dynamic Range painting and image processing application for Amiga OS 4.1 and up. You can find detailed info about it <a href="./sketchblock">here</a>. </li> <li> <u><b>Fractals For SketchBlock</b></u>. My first truely commercial project, a power fractal image generator for SketchBlock, details here <a href="./sketchblock/fractals">Fractals For SketchBlock</a>. </li> <li> <u><b>ProAction</b></u>. A powerful interface between any arexx enabled scripting language and the AmigaOS 4 ReAction GUI system. <a href="./proaction">details here</a>. </li> <li> <u><b>PIL - Python Imaging Library</b></u>. A really useful set of function for image handling in python. Currently used for image format conversion in the SketchBlock suit of programs. My port includes the addition of datatypes support. <a href="http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=development/library/misc/pil.lha">on os4depot</a>. </li> <li> <u><b>Perl Amiga::CAMD</b></u>. A useful perl module for the new 5.16.3 port enabling interaction with midi devices via CAMD. <a href="http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=development/library/audio/perl_amiga_camd.lha">on os4depot</a> </li> <li> <u><b>Line 6 Pod Editor</b></u>. Use the above Perl Amiga::CAMD as well as ProAction to provide a GUI for editing sound presets on a line6 amp simulator. <a href="http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=audio/misc/line6pod.lha"> on os4depot</a> </li> <li>In case I missed something here is a complete list of things I <a href="http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=modules/sql/filesbyuploader&submitter=Andy%20Broad">uploaded to os4depot</a>. Hmm more than I thought! Possibly the most important ommision above is the UCLogic USB Tablet driver! </li> </ul> <br> <br> If you wish to encourage me in developement of these projects you can donate via paypal. 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