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08.Jun.2003
Achim Stegemann (Website)


Digital Almanac III v5.2 and AmiChess v2.0 released
Achim Stegemann has released new versions of his reference software titles: The shareware based astronomy application "Digital Almanac III" has managed the jump to version 5.2, the freeware, strong chess simulation AmiChess has been raised to version 2.0. more ... (nba) (Translation: cb)

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08.Jun.2003
Richard H. Poser II (E-Mail)


AmigAIM 0.9445 Beta released
Yesterday the new version 0.9445 of the Instant Messenger "AmigAIM" has been released by developer Richard H. Poser II. The update contains fixes of some shortcomings in the link handler routines which led to problems when the link wasn't initiated with the usual "http://". Therefore the HTML parser was improved. Besides the bookmarks on the mailing list were changed. (nba) (Translation: cb)

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08.Jun.2003
James Daniels (E-Mail)


New maps for Payback
A new (Death Match) and an updated map (God's Island) for the GTA clone Payback have been released, which can be downloaded in the "Payback Extra Maps" area of developer Apex Designs' Web site. (nba) (Translation: cb)

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08.Jun.2003
Kieron Wilkinson (ANF)


Please vote in the CAPS community poll!
Due to the number of requests, the CAPS project's operators are thinking of separating the game disk images from the scans. This basically means that online lags due to the effort of scanning will be avoided. In order to advance the decision about a possible future separation, the community is to be included. As from now there are polls available on the CAPS Web site, participation in which is strongly requested. (nba) (Translation: cb)

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08.Jun.2003



Official screenshots of AmigaOS 4 published
The online magazine AmigaWorld has published four official new screenshots of the future AmigaOS 4.0 which show the standard Intuition look of Workbench and at the same time GUI and MUI preferences, a Workbench magnifying glass, the Web browser IBrowse and the launch bar used. Also interesting is the effective font anti aliasing, e.g. the smoothing of the fonts on the user interface. (nba) (Translation: cb)

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07.Jun.2003
VHT-DK (email)


Virus Help Denmark: VirusZ v0.9e
Georg Hörmann has released version 0.9e of the anti virus software VirusZ that can be downloaded from the website of the Virus Help Team Denmark. more ... (nba) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jun.2003
Lynne Music (website)


Bjorn Lynne: sneak preview for a new audio CD
A brand new Bjorn Lynne track has been released today as mp3: "Under The Bard's Tree". This is a fantasy / celtic / medieval / electronic / acoustic track from Bjorns next CD, "Return to Witchwood", due for release later this summer. Download "Under The Bard's Tree" now from mp3.com. more ... (nba) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jun.2003
Debian (website)


Event: 2. LinuxWochen in Vienna from June, 5th to 7th 2003
The event "2. LinuxWochen", that is dealing with open Free Software and GNU/Linux, will be taking place until tomorrow in Vienna. The Debian project will be there with a booth that is loooked after by Gerfried Fuchs. He is additionally organizing a key signing party and will give a talk about the first steps with Debian after the installation. The Debian team invites all interested people to visit these events, to meet Debian developers and users, to exchange GnuPG finger prints, to discuss different topics regarding Debian and Free Software or to participate in another way in the community. Debian GNU/Linux is also running on the AmigaOne and Pegasos. (nba) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jun.2003
AmFreak (ANF)


Photos of "AmigaOS 4.0 on Tour" in Slowenia
Damir Arh has uploaded on his website under the title link first photos of the todays event "AmigaOS 4.0 on Tour" in Slowenia. They show among other things the place where the show is happening, an AmigaOne mainboard in a towercase and the new design of the AmigaOS 4. (nba) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jun.2003
Olaf Köbnik (email)


Amiga Arena: HD full version of Fatal Heritage
With the permisson by EGO Software makes the Amiga Arena in cooperation with Bernd Gmeineder from AMI Sector One and Bert Jahn from WHDLoad the release of the full version of "Fatal Heritage" available. more ... (nba) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jun.2003
Gerd Frank und Manfred Rohde (email)


Development of AmiATLAS being continued
The development of AmiATLAS will be continued despite the bad market situation announced the main developers Gerd Frank and Manfred Rohde in a circular letter. more ... (nba) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jun.2003
Martin Steigerwald (website)


ImageConvert 2.1 with ImageMagick support
Martin Steigerwald has released the version 2.1 of ImageConvert that comes with support for ImageMagick. more ... (nba) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jun.2003
Bill Panagouleas (ANF)


DiscreetFX hiring artists
Due to an accelerated release schedule and product deadlines for 2003 DiscreetFX is expanding its talent pool of contract Amiga Artists. Are you versed at Amiga 2D Paint & Animation software? Do you make wonderful artwork on your Amiga that many enjoy? Can you draw 2D animate Aliens, Dragons, Space Ships, Battle Axes, Medieval Warriors, Footballs and wondrous creatures and monsters? Then DiscreetFX needs you! more ... (nba) (Translation: wk)

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07.Jun.2003
Jürgen Schober (ANF)


Amiga OS 4.0 on Tour starts
The AmigaOS 4.0 on Tour is about to start. We have the machines ready to go and will reach Ljubljana on Sat. morning for for the first event. more ... (nba)

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07.Jun.2003
Sébastien Jeudy (E-Mail)


New Website: Annuaire Pegasos Francophone
"Annuaire Pegasos Francophone" is the new portal of "Annuaire Amiga Francophone" especially for the Pegasos users. more ... (nba)

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06.Jun.2003
Chris Hodges (Website)


USB-Stack: Poseidon Update V2.1b
Yesterday Chris Hodges published the new version 2.1b of the USB stack called "Poseidon". This allows you to use USB devices on the Amiga if you have an USB controller, too. Version 2.1b contains bug fixes of the subwayusb.device and massstorage.class. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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06.Jun.2003
morphos-news.de


Video about the Pegasos-TV-Report on Hungarian television
The online news magazine reports about the availability of a video of about 20 minutes about the Pegasos board and MorphOS on the Hungarian television "fix tv". The video which has a size of around 170 MB is available in MPEG and DivX format and can be downloaded under the title link. A version with English captions is in work. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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06.Jun.2003
AmiWest (Website)


AmiWest 2003: Participation of Nova Design Inc.
The Amiga show "AmiWest" will be take place this summer in Sacramento, too. On 26th and 27th July 2003 American Amiga users will have the possibility of informing about the newest developments. After Bill McEwen, CEO of Amiga, Inc. already promised his appearing on April and Genesi also showed interest to participate the show now has another exhibitor: more ... (nba) (Translation: dr)

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06.Jun.2003
Amigan Software (Website)


Worm Wars 7.5 published
Today version 7.5 of the snake clon "Worm Wars" by Amigan Software has been published. more ... (nba) (Translation: dr)

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06.Jun.2003
David 'Daff' Brunet (E-Mail)


Amiga Games Hit Parade: Results of May/June 2003
Today the results of the voting to the game of the months May/June 2003 have been published: more ... (nba) (Translation: dr)

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06.Jun.2003



Aminet Uploads until 06.06.2003
Here are the new uploads to the Aminet since our last message: more ... (ps) (Translation: dr)

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05.Jun.2003
VMC Harald Frank (ANF)


Gameport Driver v41.27 with Amiga/Catweasel PCI-Joystick Support
The gameport driver version 41.27 with Amiga/Catweasel PCI support is online! Guido Mersmann has put together a new version of his lowlevel.library gameport driver, which includes the following alterations and fixes:
  • BUGFIX:
    Fixed bug in the QueryKeys() function, unfortunately that was overlooked because it was the only function that wasn't used in the test program. Thanks to Chris S. Handley for the bug report.

  • FEATURE:
    GamePortEnable now supports "VT82C686 Audio Codec 97" game ports on non-PC/Amithlon systems.

  • FEATURE:
    Support for the Amiga game ports has been added as well as for the Catweasel PCI flipper controller with both of its Amiga-compatible joystick connectors. The selection of ports has been more comfortably arranged.
The new version may be downloaded directly from the Amithlon-Homepage. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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05.Jun.2003
Christoph Kimna (ANF)


Game: PairsNG Demo Available
As of today the PairsNG homepage and demo version are online. PairsNG is a Workbench-based computer board game similar to Shanghai. The game is shareware and may be registered for ten euros.

Features:
  • 3D-Look
  • Sound (over AHI)
  • Runs (exclusively) on graphic cards (CGFX/P96)
  • Three different game options/board sizes
  • Load function for additional stone sets
  • Item fields, behind which positive or negative actions are concealed
  • Also runs under UAE
(ps) (Translation: dm)

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05.Jun.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


Eyetech: AmigaOneXE-G3 now available / G4 slightly delayed
Alan Redhouse (Eyetech) has announced on the A1 mailing list the availibility of AmigaOne-XE computers with G3 processor. A few days ago was stated the delivery of G4 Amigas will be slightly delayed because of a too small CPU fan. Customers ordered an AmigaOne-G4 who'd not want to wait any longer can change their order at their local dealer into a G3 (as long as the stock lasts). more ... (ps) (Translation: gf)

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05.Jun.2003
eBay (Website)


EBay Auctions to Get More Expensive after July 1st, 2003
A new European Union (EU) guideline relating to introduction of the value-added tax (VAT) on digital services has led to the fact that Ebay will start levying higher fees and commissions after July 1st, 2003. This VAT is going to apply to all eBay fees and provions, including listing fees, fees for additional options, provisions and fees for further services that are paid by eBay sellers who reside or conduct business in an EU country.
You'll find the complete eBay press release (in German) under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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05.Jun.2003
AudioLabs (Website)


AudioLabs: Preview Webpage for "ValveMaster" Established
AudioLabs is offering a new product by the name of "ValveMaster," and they've established a new website for it, which you may reach by clicking on the title link. The program is concerned with "audio-finalization/assets-management", and is based on the ProStation audio technology. Read further details in the following English-language original announcement.

»ValveMaster web section now open with early info on this new product here. The application is an audio-finalizer/assets-manager based on ProStationAudio technology. Fully realtime design, in the best tradition of AudioLabs products. Integrated audio-database allows to work on unlimited DSP varitions of audio masters without even opening a single file requester, waiting for rendering, nor taking disk-space. Designed for realtime handing of unlimited amounts of 32bit-deep / 2GB-sized audio files. Analog-feel overdrive, works above 0dB with no digital clipping for most flexible DSP processing ever.« (ps) (Translation: dm)

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05.Jun.2003
Markus Holler (Website)


Music: Track List for the Soon-to-Be-Released CD Remix64 Vol. 2
Markus Holler, known to many Amiga users for his music pieces in Tales of Tamar, Operation: Counterstrike and The Holy Trinity, is now working on the soon-to-be-released CD Remix64 Vol. 2. For this CD he has released a comprehensive track list with selections from the remixes (including mixes of Fist 2 and Parallax) and an introduction to the musician. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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05.Jun.2003
Diverse


Software Updates in Brief (5th June, 2003)

New pictograms by GameIcons.info
The game icon collection of GameIcons.info has been suplemented for the 2003 archive.
Download: GameIcons-2003.lha - 1,2 MB

WHDLoad Installer: New Packet
5th June, 2003 improvement: Sensible Golf (Sensible Software) supports another version, install script updated.

(ps) (Translation: dm)

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05.Jun.2003
VIM (Website)


Editor: Vim 6.2 - The Amiga memorial edition
VIM is an editor that is based on the Unix editor "vi" and is available for different systems such as AmigaOS, AtariMiNT, BeOS, DOS, MacOS, MachTen, OS/2, RiscOS, VMS, and Windows (95/98/NT4/NT5/2000). On 1st June 2003 version 6.2 was released. Read this excerpt from the original press release:

»[01 JUN 03] A complete new release of Vim is waiting to be downloaded! This is mostly a bugfix release, only a few new features are available: Arabic support, exception handling, GTK 2 support, PostScript printing for 8-bit encodings and a number of smaller things. Several hundreds of bugs have been fixed. For the full list of changes do ":help version-6.2" in the new Vim. (Bram Moolenaar)« (ps) (Translation: dm)

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04.Jun.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)


Pegasos II: First information about the price scheme
At MorphOS-News.de there is a first information about the soon coming Pegasos II. Regarding to that the Pegasos II board with a G3 processor card starts at 299 Euro, the entry level wit a G4 module (minimun 1 Ghz) starts at 499 Euro (all prices excluding VAT abd/or other local taxes). more ... (ps) (Translation: ub)

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04.Jun.2003
Golem - IT News


Golem: Gentoo now with Live-CDs for PowerPC also
»Live-CDs with KDE 3.1.2 and GNOME 2.2.1 as desktop
By request of some users the Gentoo team has released the bootable Linux Live-CDs for Macintosh. The based on the free Linux distribution Gentoo Live-CDs offering either KDE3 or GNOME2 as Desktop and enable to run macOS X within a window utilizing "Mac on Linux" «
Read the full Golem article by the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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04.Jun.2003
Golem - IT News


Golem: Cornice announces a new generation of mobile mini hard disks
»Cornice Storage Element - 1.5-GByte hard drive with a weight of 14.6 g.
The US start up company Cornice has developed with their "Cornice Storage Element" an extraordinary tiny and cheap hard disk for mobile consumer electronics like MP3 players. The Cornice SE weights 14.6 g only and offers a storage volume of about 1.5 GByte and is said to be produced with a very low price due to its slim design.«
Read the full Golem article by the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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04.Jun.2003
Cloanto (E-Mail)


Emulator: Amiga Forever 5.3 released / invitation to the A3
Cloanto released today version 5.3 of Amiga Forever, the official Amiga emulator for PCs. The update covers some new features and improved emulation compounds as well as a new version of the "Software-Manager". Version 7.1c of the paint programm Personal Paint is included also. The cross platform version of Amiga Forever 5.3 includes an improved support for Amiga emulations running on Mac OS X systems. Read in the following paragraphs the full press release including some information regarding the "Amiga Alpe Adria 2003" show. more ... (ps) (Translation: ub)

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03.Jun.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


New Poll: Will you buy AmigaOS4 for your BlizzardPPC?
We started a new poll to get an impression of the real demand for a BlizzardPPC version of OS4. It can be accessed by following the title link. The poll is geared solely towards owners of a BlizzardPPC accellerator card.

Here you will find the current results of the voting. (ps)

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03.Jun.2003
Diverse


Software Updates until 03.06.2003
 
Amigan Software
Game: Worm Wars Version 7.42b - Download: WormWars.lha
Also a Windows version is available for download.

Installer: WHDLoad - new packets until 03.06.2003
  • 03.06.03 improved: Xenon2 (Bitmap Brothers) minor changes
  • 03.06.03 fixed: Shadow Lands (Domark) version check corrected
  • 03.06.03 updated: North & South (Infogrames) install script changed
  • 01.06.03 improved: Shadow Lands (Domark) install script fixed, manual added
  • 01.06.03 fixed: Zak Mc Kracken (Lucasfilm Games) protection fixed
  • 01.06.03 new: Red Lightning (S.S.I.) done by JOTD
  • 01.06.03 improved: Alien Breed (Team 17) various improvements
  • 01.06.03 new: Traders (Linel) done by Harry
(ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Jun.2003
Michael Battilana (E-Mail)


Fair: News about Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 at 05.07.2003
As reported earlier, the fair A3 (Amiga Alpe Adria 2003) in Udine, Italy takes place on 5th July 2003. The website around the fair was now updated, now all information about program, travel, hotels, and sightseeing and cultural life in this time as a music festival and concerts are described here now. more ... (ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Jun.2003
Cloanto (ANF)


Cloanto Releases Personal Paint 7.1c
Advances in emulation technology made it possible to push the Amiga 68K CPU and Blitter to speeds which were not considered possible a few years ago. In this context, a small bug in Personal Paint emerged whereby Blitter and CPU operations would not always be synchronized properly, e.g. causing some visual "trash" during certain alpha channel operations. Personal Paint 7.1c addresses this issue. This version was released today as a free upgrade to Amiga Forever users, accessible via Software Manager. Users of slower silicon-based Amiga systems are not affected by the issue. (ps)

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03.Jun.2003
Andreas 'A.W.Design' Weyrauch (ANF)


Club Amiga Magazine: Article about FFS from O. Barthel now free
In Issue #4 of the Club Amiga Magazine the article from Olaf Barthel about the FastFileSystem (FFS) of Amiga Inc. now free for release. This article deals with the past, the present, and the future of the FFS. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Jun.2003
ANN


PC/DOS-Emulator: DOSBox Version 0.58 for MorphOS
"DOSBox is a DOS-emulator using SDL for easy portability to different platforms, DOSBox has already been ported to several different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, Mac OS X... DOSBox emulates a 286/386 realmode CPU, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, a SoundBlaster card for excellent sound compatibility with older games... You can "re-live" the good old days with the help of DOSBox, it can run plenty of the old classics that don't run on your new computer!"

DOSBox is an emulator which is, unlike Bochs, aimed at games that's why it has good quality SoundBlaster emulation, joystick support,... and unlike Bochs, DOSBox does NOT require the DOS nor a BIOS to run. Please note that DOSBox still only emulate Real Mode: it basically means that you'll be able to run most games/programs released before 1993-1994 (this includes great RPGs and a lot of 256 colors adventure games which were never released on the Amiga). Almost every games released after 1994 are running in Protected Mode: these games won't work at all in current DOSBox. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Jun.2003



Aminet Uploads until 03.06.2003
The latest Aminet Uploads: more ... (ps) (Translation: gf)

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03.Jun.2003
Mikey C (ANF)


Hyperion OS4 BPPC Survey
Hyperion-Entertainment BPPC Survey
As AmigaOS 4 for AmigaOne and CSPPC based machines nears completion, Hyperion is undertaking a survey to gauage demand for the BPPC version. Therefore if you are an Amiga1200 owner with a Dual Blizzard PPC card and would like to see OS4 ported to this machine, please send an email to: timdg@hyperion-entertainment.com. more ... (ps)

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02.Jun.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)


Music: Liquid Skies records #038
Since yesterday a new music package with a tune by Tripper is available on the homepage of the group. Details: more ... (ps) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jun.2003
Kieron Wilkinson (ANF)


C.A.P.S. Update
C.A.P.S. is dedecated to the rescue of classic Amiga games. Current update: more ... (ps) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jun.2003
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)


individual Computers: New products and new cooperations
New product: Kickflash OS4
Kickflash was announced several years ago, but never released due to licensing problems. With the planning of the new PPC native OS4 for all Amiga computers with PPC CPU, Hyperion and individual Computers started a cooperation more than a year ago (May 2002). The result of this cooperation is "Kickflash OS4", a highly optimized flashrom card for the Zorro slot of classic Amigas. It reduces boot time of OS4 significantly, and comes at a very low price: 29,- EUR. Up-to-date flashrom chips allow up to 100.000 re-programming cycles. Kickflash OS4 will be available to betatesters this summer. Mass production will start in time for the release of OS4, so people will have the choice between tailormade solutions by all cooperation partners (also see ALGOR/ROMulus by E3B).

New product: RR-Net
Especially for the Retro Replay and the C-One there will a networking card for the C64 before the end of this summer. Together with Adam Dunkels, the author of the web-enabled Contiki operating system, the first drivers for this 10MBit-card have been made. Contiki even has web-server functions that can be seen on the Internet: The server http://www.tfe.c64.org is running on a stock C64 with a similar networking card! RR-Net will be available in August 2003 for 50,- EUR.

Transparent C64 cartridge cases
Due to the high demand, cases for the nearly sold-out Retro Replay will be available from June 24th, 2003 on. If there's enough demand, we might also produce other colours in addition to the transparent ones. To find out what colours that could be, the hacker-group Cyberpunx has setup a Voting-page. The price per case will be 4,- EUR, no matter what colour you choose.

Lyra back in stock
The Lyra keyboard adapter that allows using a PC keyboard on Amiga computers will be back in stock on June 24th. We apologize for the shipment delays - we were not prepared for the high demand of this product. A big thank-you goes out to our customers who were obviously so satisfied with their Lyra adapter that they recommended it to all their friends. (ps)

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02.Jun.2003
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)


Online-Magazine: NoCover #111
Issue no. 111 of NoCover is now available and can be found at the title link. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jun.2003
Bill Panagouleas (ANF)


New AmiZilla Marketing Campaign Launched
A new AmiZilla marketing campaign has been launched. Companies and websites that link to and promote the Dream of Netscape/Mozilla on Amiga get listed and promoted. Top Zilla Marketers are the ones that promoted AmiZilla first or come up with a very creative and interesting banner or animation for the project. more ... (ps)

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02.Jun.2003
Michael Böhmer (ANF)


Shipment of ALGOR will start on Monday
The distribution of the new Zorro II USB controller ALGOR by E3B to the dealers begins on today's Monday. Additional information about the product and possible bundles and goodies can be found at the title link. (nba) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jun.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


DiaCD Update
Carsten Siegner released an update for DiaCD. Details about changes an improvements is to be found at the title link. (nba) (Translation: sk)

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02.Jun.2003
Hakan Parting (E-Mail)


AmiComSys 2.4 and HL-Plugin 1.2 released
Hakan Parting released updates for his programs AmiComSys and HL-Plugin. The following changes were made: more ... (nba) (Translation: sk)

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