News

This page holds the very latest up-to-date news regarding Scalos. Come back often to get the low-down on what's happening both inside and outside of the project.



Latest Scalos News

News is listed in date order, latest to oldest.
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10-06-2000
Status

The Glowicons you see on this site are courtesy of Mick. We thank him for the use of these icons and encourage you all to visit his website for some absolutely superb icons!

26-05-2000
Status

Sorry, but the archive for the Scalos-FileTypes_Plugin was corrupt. This has now been fixed. Check out the Downloads page.

23-05-2000
Bugfix

OS3.5 icon code completed. Beta testing to commence on Wednesday. All screenmodes appear to be working during Alpha tests.

21-05-2000
Status

Source code for PPC processor, Titlepens and XTWindows plugins released. The Filetypes plugin is now being hosted on this website. All source code has now been passed to Satanic Dreams Software. Check out the Developers page.

Status

PPC processor plugin for Scalos title bar released. Allows you to display your PPC CPU and clock speed.

09-05-2000
Status

Updated the bug report form. Click here to tell us about any new bugs you may have found.

24-04-2000
Bugfix

Enforcer hits caused by the popupmenu library have been addressed and fixed. Version 9.07 of the library is now available and will also be uploaded to Aminet soon.

07-04-2000
Bugfix

OS3.5 icon support steps forward a bit more. Sorted all the problems with icon datatypes: corrupt images with CGX4, 'black' images when rendering onto a native screen with CGX, wrong rendering of complemented images on deep screens, pen locking problems and the dreaded enforcer hits with OS3.5 and AppIcons.

06-04-2000
Status

Scalos mailing list address has changed slightly due to the eGroups.com & Onelist.com merger. Update your address book to avoid future problems should the existing address cease to forward emails!

05-04-2000
Status

The latest release of the Scalos Developer archive (V2) is now available. This will be updated soon with more 'C' source code examples and fixed/updated autodocs.

04-04-2000
Support

Birdie has finally been updated! Birdie is a patch that allows you to customise your windows. It's small, and it's very visually effective. NOt sure of the enhancments in this version though? - silly 'About' requester.

29-03-2000
Status

Scalos developer archive to be re-released very soon (hopefully).

Status

We are looking for one more full time 68k assembler coder to help comment the huge main Scalos program and also fix bugs. Send your offer to scalos@satanicdreams.com.

28-03-2000
Press

Scalos v1.2b is featured on AmigActive's cover CD as the main program! Now users without internet access can also get a look-in.

10-03-2000
Module

New "Window-Tidy.module" by Simon Hitchen. A very handy module that allows window organising on the desktop from the click of a button/menu option.

06-03-2000
Bugfix

Icon corruption on CGX4 screens can be fixed by downloading the latest V4 pre-release archive from the Cybergraphics web site.

05-03-2000
Press

Amiga Format reports that Scalos V1.2b is FREEWARE. Download it now from the Downloads page.

20-02-2000
Status

Scalos V1.2b is now FREEWARE... Download it now!

18-02-2000
Module

"ExecuteCommand.module" finally updated to V1.1. Get it from the Downloads page now!

Status

Also Chris is to create a proper "official" Scalos web site. Watch this space in the next few weeks.

15-02-2000
Support

A Polish translation for Scalos V1.2a is available on Aminet.

14-02-2000
Status

It's official - Scalos V1.x will now be FREEWARE! We'll try and get a repackaged version released soon (we hope).

07-02-2000
Module

"WBInfo.module" updated to V2.9c - DOWNLOAD

Module

"The Plague" have released a new version of their "WBInfo.module" for Scalos. It now requires OS3.5 and is shareware. See the Downloads page for more info.

27-01-2000
Support

"AmigaIconObject.datatype" has now been fully converted to C and still compiles/works! ;). Finally, the OS3.5 specific bugs can be fixed...

18-01-2000
Module

"The Plague" have updated their "WBInfo.module" to version 2.9c. It's available for download from their website. See the Downloads page for more info.

14-01-2000
Support

OS3.5 icon support can be gained through use of the "NewIcon Emulation Library". See Downloads for a link to the archive. You must use this library with the original amigaiconobject.datatype as found in the standard Scalos distribution archive. Do NOT use the new buggy one! The only bad point is that AppIcons are only shown in original Amiga Icon format (not even NewIcons). However, this is not the final solution for Scalos OS3.5 icon support: the official datatype is still being worked on so that this "emulation" library will not be required. Until then, this is a very good solution!

11-01-2000
Module

New Icon Information Module V2.9b released entitled "WBInfo.module". "The Plague" (authors) say it will be the last release for Scalos and OS3.1 :-/

07-01-2000
Bugfix

New LoadWB.Scalos with some minor fixes (internal release only).

Status

Documentation conversion to HTML. This will be integrated much more into online help for all of Scalos using our own help system rather than Amigaguide or a whole web browser.

Support

A number of AREXX scripts have been created to add additional functionality to the popup menus. These will hopefully be converted into executable modules before the next official release of Scalos.

14-12-1999
Status

The icon datatype system is being converted to C to hopefully remove all remaining OS3.5 icon bugs.

Status

Source code commenting continues. More files split between us to comment.

Module

From Mike: Sorry, the Execute Command module update hasn't been released - it is near enough finished!

Status

Also we have a new email address to contact us (the developers) by scalos@satanicdreams.com - simple!

07-12-1999
Status

Organised bug list into categories ready for attack.

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Commenting of source code is coming along now...

06-12-1999
Module

Coded basic version of "Shutdown.module".

Status

Removed "Reboot" button from "About" box and put into drop-down menus.

02-12-1999
Module

Determined modules to be supported. Includes a "Reboot.module" to notify your applications a reset is wanted so they can prompt you to save edited data.

01-12-1999
Status

OS3.5 AREXX support examined - it's going to be a big addition to do!

Status

Iconobject datatype for OS3.5 bug fixing to begin.

Module

"Systeminfo.module" support implemented into Scalos' "About" requester. It'll give you a better description of your hardware we hope!




Job Requests

We are looking for another 68k assembly programmer to help us with the commenting and bug fixing of the main Scalos executable. It will need a big commitment from yourself. Think you're up to it? E-mail Ash at ash@satanicdreams.com for further details and also enclose some example source for a past project (doesn't have to be complete code!).