02.Nov.2002
Steffen Häuser (ANF)
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"Magic Engine" port for AmigaOS?
Steffen Häuser wrote:
I had discussed with the author of "Magic Engine", the best PC Engine emulator, an Amiga version. He answered to me that he'd do one "if enough people would ask for one, right now only a dozen of people have done so". His email address is:
dmichel@easynet.fr. People who write to him, please be kind.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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02.Nov.2002
Carsten Stand (ANF)
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Review of Sendo Z100 in magazine "Mobilfunknews"
In issue #6 of the magazine "Mobilfunknews" is a review of the Sendo Z100. All features are introduced (and that are quite a number). The software platform Amiga Anywhere is also named. The result of the editors: "...We are convinced in any case that you can't buy a better Smartphone for the money in Germany (yet)...".
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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02.Nov.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Event: first reports and photos from the WoA-SE 2002
AmigaArt reports that Hyperion demonstrated ExecSG (the kernel of OS4) on an AmigaOne, a
screenshot is available as well.
The computer seems to boot into an "OS4 mini shell".
Ian Stedman has released on his homepage first pictures from the show.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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02.Nov.2002
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)
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New demo by Surprise Productions!
The Dutch programmer Mirrorman by Surprise Productions has today released a new demo with the name "Eine kleine Nachtmusik".
This production is in any case worth being tried even with the archive being very big in size with 10 MB.
Comments regarding this demo can be placed at the following URL:
http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=7978.
Download: EineKleinenachtMusik.lha (ca. 10 MB)
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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02.Nov.2002
Computer City
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Computer City: Amiga keyboards - Cherry Cybo@rd Amiga Edition now available
The Dutch retailer Computer City announces that the Amiga keyboards with Amiga logo can now be delivered after some problems.
The product line is called 'Chrerry Cybo@rd Amiga Edition'. Read the original message now.
more ...
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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02.Nov.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Amiga Inc.: New Executive update
Following the title link you can find the latest Executive update by Bill
McEwen. Some new products are announced, among others several "Game Packs" for Smartphones and PocketPCs. These products will be distributed obviously via big retailer groups in the USA and in England. Furthermore it is explained why the Amiga Inc. bureaus couldn't be reached (they moved to other rooms):
Bill McEwen - November 2, 2002
Greetings One and All:
What a great weekend is in store for Amiga and those attending the World of Amiga, and for those of you not attending I am sure that you will be pleased with the progress that we have made as a company towards shipping new products.
As you may remember from our last update we have broken up the company into two separate units. We have the desktop team focusing their attention on the AmigaOne and OS 4.0, and we have the Mobile Team who is focusing their attention on Amiga Anywhere and the content creation and distribution on the various products and platforms that we support.
These changes and the amazing hard work is now ready to be shown and announced to all of you. Not only are you going to see new products, but we have been able to sign up some pretty heavy hitters with regards to new distribution and new retail availability of these new products.
The Desktop team is focused on new products and services for the Amiga community, and the Mobile team is focused on products and services that are for the extended Amiga community, with our initial offerings targeted at the Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, and the SmartPhone. Our first customer for the SmartPhone was announced with Sendo as our partner for their Z100 phone, and now you will read about our next offering for PocketPC and PocketPC phone edition below.
Now we can begin the transformation from a development company to a company shipping products that you are able to go out and purchase for yourselves.
With the above mentioned, here we go:
- The office is moving and we will have the new address, and contact information up in the next week. So there is no need to worry about what is happening with the office, the change has been good for us. We needed to move into an area that is closer to the services and to the companies that we are working with.
- AmigaOne is ready to fly, and I have attached the news from Eyetech here with this update. So congratulations to all and the community for your new Amiga hardware.
- OS 4.0 is almost complete, and the Hyperion team is working very hard to get everything ready. They were delayed by having to complete some low-level work on the AmigaOne, and with their work completed they are ready to crank out the last remaining bit of work to provide a stellar achievement and package.
- There will be some announcements coming in the next couple of weeks from third parties who are now creating versions of their software for OS 4.0 and I have agreed not to steal their thunder but will have them make their own announcements first and then we will carry them on our site after they have made them.
- Amiga Games Pocket Paks will be available around the Thanksgiving holidays through several resellers in the US and in England, including CompUSA and mmO2 in England. Yes, what you are reading is correct. Amiga Games Pocket Paks volumes one and two will be shipping and ready this year at 29.95 each from several authorized retailers in the US and through mmO2 retail locations in England. These Pocket Paks include 4 game titles each, and we have two more packs following. This is great news as thousands of new customers here and in England are going to be able to experience Amiga Content on their Pocket PC, and Pocket PC Phone Edition devices.
- Amiga is also making available for release before Christmas Amiga SmartPhone Packs. These will be similar to the Pocket Paks, but targeted for the new SmartPhones coming out this year. As you know they will run on the new Sendo Z100, and they will be available for the new phones being offered by Orange also.
There are several more product announcements and partnerships coming in the next few weeks, but as mentioned before until it is real and ready, we will wait. So some very big news with the readiness of the AmigaOne and OS 4.0 within the last 10% of completion, and the availability of Amiga content being sold through National retailers in the US and England, I would have to say that we have been very busy indeed.
So again I thank you for your patience and support, and now the next steps in our development begins. The transformation from development of products to shipment of products, has begun. I am really looking forward to the next grouping of announcements, and product shipments.
Keeping the faith, and keeping it moving forward,
Bill McEwen and the rest of the Amiga Team
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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02.Nov.2002
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Event: small pictures report from AmCluSt hardware meeting
Following the title link you can find my small pictures report from this year's hardware meeting of the AmCluSt that I had visited yesterday.
The meeting is taking place right now in Dreierwalde near Rheine. Details about the meeting can be found here.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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01.Nov.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Workbench-gallery update
Today the Workbench-gallery on Amiga Future Homepage
has been updated. This time more than 20 screenshots have been added.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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01.Nov.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Eyetech: AmigaOneG3-SE and AmigaOne-XE Earlybird Systems now on sale!
Press release: We're there at last. Since the previous update to the AmigaOne section over 6 months ago the AmigaOne boards have been in the hands of our developers, and as a result of their feedback, the original firmware which we were to have shipped with the board (by Softex) has been replaced by specially adopted PPCBoot code. That, and identifying - and fixing a small problem with the Articia northbridge chip - have resulted in us holding back shipments of the consumer version of the AmigaOneG3-SE. That is until now!
During this period work has also continued with the AmigaOne-XE design (which has replaceable cpu modules). This design is now ready to go into production alongside the AmigaOneG3-SE. And perhaps the best news of all is that the G4 cpu is now available in moderate quantities, on acceptable delivery and price terms such that we are now able to offer a G4-based AmigaOne-XE at the same time as our public launch of the AmigaOneG3-SE.
The upshot is that we are taking orders for both the 600MHz G3-based AmigaOneG3-SE, and the 800MHz G4-based AmigaOne-XE, starting at the WoA-SE show on 2nd November 2002 - for delivery before Christmas (and, yes, for the cynics out there, we really do mean Christmas 2002!). A 700MHz G3 (750FX cpu) version of the AmigaOne-XE will be made available - at reduced cost - early in 2003.
But what about OS4 I hear you say - is that now ready? OS4 is now highly advanced, but no, is not currently ready for shipping, largely because Hyperion have had to divert a considerable amount of their time and effort in sorting out the AmigaOne's PPCBoot firmware. Our best estimate is that OS4 for the AmigaOne will ship early in 2003.
So why order an AmigaOne now? Well over the last six months we have had overwhelming demand from both dealers and individuals to ship the AmigaOne hardware - both boards and pre-built systems - now, together with LinuxPPC and UAE, in advance of OS4 being available. In addition this 'Earlybird' offer this also helps us spread the testing, assembly and despatch operations of the AmigaOne boards and systems over a number of weeks, which in turn helps us keep our own costs in check. So, in return, we are offering all users who wish to take up this 'Earlybird' offer a free, registered, copy of OS4 for the AmigaOne as soon as it becomes available. The Earlybird 'free OS4' offer represents a saving of around 12% on an AmigaOneG3-SE motherboard
This of course will not suit everybody, and if you want a switch-on-and-go AmigaOne system then this Earlybird offer is not for you. In this case we're afraid that you have a few more weeks to wait. However if it does suit you then don't delay - this offer is for boards and systems ordered up to and including 31st December 2002 or when OS4 becomes available, whichever comes first. Thereafter OS4 will become a separately chargeable item
As for prices, these have been revised to reflect currency movements since they were originally announced last March, particularly the weakness of the US dollar. Your local dealer will have the local currency prices for the AmigaOne outside the UK and the Eurozone. However the suggested prices in Europe - in UKP and Euro's - are as follows:
| Board |
CPU |
UKP |
Euro |
| AmigaOneG3-SE |
G3 750CXe@600MHz |
360.00 |
580.00 |
| AmigaOne-XE |
G3 750FX@700MHz |
450.00 |
725.00 |
| AmigaOne-XE |
G4 7451@800MHz |
500.00 |
800.00 |
These prices exclude local taxes, shipping and (apart from the Earlybird offer) OS4.
As far as complete systems are concerned, your local dealer will be able to provide
quotations for standard and custom built configurations.
Sample prices and configurations for systems which we ourselves offer in the UK are
here.
Below is a table listing the comparative features of the AmigaOneG3-SE and the
G3 and G4 versions of the AmigaOne-XE.
| Item |
AmigaOneG3-SE |
AmigaOne-XL (G3) |
AmigaOne-XL (G4) |
| CPU |
750CXe |
750FX |
7451 |
| CPU speed |
600MHz |
700MHz |
800MHz |
| CPU upgradable |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| CPU socket |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Max memory |
2GB |
2GB |
2GB |
| Memory type |
DIMM Registered 133 |
DIMM Registered 133 |
DIMM Registered 133 |
| Northbridge |
Articia 'S' with fix |
Articia 'S' with fix |
Articia 'S' with fix |
| Southbridge |
VIA 82C686B |
VIA 82C686B |
VIA 82C686B |
| PCI 33MHz |
3 Slots |
3 Slots |
3 Slots |
| PCI 66MHz |
1 Slot |
1 Slot |
1 Slot |
| AGP speed |
2x |
2x |
2x |
| Ethernet chip |
3COM 820C |
3COM 820C |
3COM 820C |
| USB ports |
2 back plate+2headers |
2 back plate+2headers |
2 back plate+2headers |
| PS2 ports |
Keyboard + mouse |
Keyboard + mouse |
Keyboard + mouse |
| Serial ports |
2 x 16650 equivalent |
2 x 16650 equivalent |
2 x 16650 equivalent |
| Parallel port |
1 x EPP/ECP |
1 x EPP/ECP |
1 x EPP/ECP |
| IRDA port |
On header |
On header |
On header |
| Firmware |
PPCBoot + OS4 enabler |
PPCBoot+OS4 enabler |
PPCBoot+OS4 enabler |
| O/S capability |
LinuxPPC + OS4 |
LinuxPPC + OS4 |
LinuxPPC + OS4 |
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01.Nov.2002
Christian Effenberger (ANF)
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Event: WebCam of AmCluSt meeting
As we have already reported you can watch the AmCluSt hardware meeting of this year via webcam from
today on. From 1st until 3rd November 2002 the following hardware is being shown:
- Pegasos
- Amithlon (version with newest drivers, AmithlonTV)
- G-Rex (e.g. A4000T-Modell 1. serie-model)
- Mediator 4000D
- Prometheus
- MMKeyboard
- Keyboard-adapter
- Mouse-adapter with Wheel-support
- Amiga-museum of Dirk Hase from A1000 to A4000T
You can find the link to the webcam under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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01.Nov.2002
Brad Webb (E-Mail)
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Amiga Update Newsletter by Brad Webb #021031
Below you will find the complete newsletter of Amiga Update (Brad Webb)
for October, 2002.
more ...
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01.Nov.2002
Robin Cloutman (ANF)
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RC-FTPd offer at WOASE
For the duration of WOASE, I'll be offering rc-ftpd registration for the
reduced price of £10, instead of the usual $20 (£13 + commision).
As I'm feeling nice, and am completely broke (petrol and entrance money
only), while I'm at WOASE people will be able to register rc-ftpd in
cash, in pounds, and in person. I'll take their details and give them a
receipt, they'll get the personal keyfile when I get home and email them
out :-)
See my website (above) for how to recognise me.
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31.Oct.2002
Andreas Balke (E-Mail)
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Website Covering Amiga 600 as MP3-Player Renovated
Andreas Balke has completely redone his website covering his use of an A600 in his car as an MP3 player,
and added improved, specialized pictures of the innards, the keyboard, and the side view in the car. In
addition to that, he's taking on another project related to mobile Amigas:
Frank's Suitcase-Amiga.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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31.Oct.2002
z5 (ANF)
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A.D.A. presents Sulaco/Encore and additional screenshots
A.D.A. is proud to present Sulaco, Encore's high end Amiga demo from
Abstract 2002, featuring gorgeous textures and graphics, a cool tune and
nice design.
more ...
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31.Oct.2002
Faces of Mars (ANF)
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Classic Radio Shows on CD-ROM
The Radio Plays CD-ROMs contain original radio shows from the
USA and Great Britain. The programs are from the 30s to the 70s and have
been specially, digitally prepared and converted to MP3 format for inclusion
on these CD-ROMs. They may thereby played on all computer platforms (Amiga,
Linux, Mac, Windows, modern CD-Players, etc) and an autoplayer for Windows
is included. The Radio Plays represent the genres Adventure, Science
Fiction, Mystery, Western and Mixed. Each CD has about 35 to 48 hours of
programs.
The catalog contains among other things Tarzan, Superman, Buck Rogers, Dr.
Who, Lord of the Rings, The Shadow, Sherlock Holmes and The Lone Ranger.
Dealers may order lots of 10 CDs from our dealer price list. With the order of 51
CDs or more there is an additional rebate of 10 percent. With the order of 100 the
shipping and handling charges are eliminated.
Shipping and handling costs are 12 euros for the first 10 CDs, with more than 10
CDs, there is a 1 euro additional charge for each. These CDs come directly from
the USA. Prices per CD are about 12 to 14 euros. You'll find more information by
clicking on the title link.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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31.Oct.2002
AMIGAplus
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AROS: IRC Channel Moves to New Server
The IRC channel of the alternative operating system AROS is now on the
Freenode IRC network. You can make the connection at irc.freenode.net,
or you can find another Freenode server at
www.freenode.net. Long
nicknames, nick registration and many other things are possible with
this. The channel name is still #aros.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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31.Oct.2002
Oliver Hummel (ANF)
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The World's First 32-bit Game Console?
This is not exactly burningly current news, but it is meaningful in an historical
context. On my foraging for exotic game consoles I bumped into a very
interesting Fujitsu product, the FM Towns Marty.
Fujitsu sold a lot of FM Towns PCs in the late 80s. At some point back then,
they decided to develop a game console, and the FM Towns Marty came
from that. The Marty was equipped with a 386 at 16 MHz, later there was a
486 version. It also had 2 megs of RAM. For storage there was a CD-ROM drive and
a 3.5 inch floppy drive. For the graphics there were special custom chips which
made 256 colors from a HiColor palette possible.
But the most interesting thing is: Marty was introduced in 1991! So the CD-32 loses
its title as the first 32-bit console in the world to the Fujitsu Marty. By the way Marty may
also be the second console to come with a CD-ROM drive (after the PC-Engine).
Because of the close compatibility to the FM Towns PCs there were also a lot of
games available, but there were also specialized Marty games, including versions of the
Lucas Arts classics Zak McKraken and
Monkey Island, and I would guess that these were the best versions of these games, what with 256 colors
and not the grisly MIDI music found in the PC version.
Pictures of the FM Towns Marty may be viewed here
and here.
Because Marty was not officially sold outside Japan it's difficult to come by information on it. So I suppose the CD-32
could also claim to be the world's first 32-bit game console.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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31.Oct.2002
RUX - Günther Klug v. Biedermann (ANF)
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TurboCalc Going Open Source?
There's about a fifty percent chance that TurboCalc will go open source.
Motivated by the free release of AWeb and other programs, I wrote TurboCalc author Michael
Friedrich a couple weeks ago, to ask if he might entrust TurboCalc to another programmer or
programming group for further development.
Observation: TurboCalc is a spreadsheet (table calculation) program, such as Lotus 1-2-3 (tm) or Excel (tm)
for PCs, or MaxiPlan (tm) for the Amiga.
I got an answer the day before yesterday (excerpt):
Subject: RE: Open Source TurboCalc
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 08:40:51 +0100
...
the idea of open source sounds good, but I am not so sure if others would enjoy working with
my code:
300,000 lines of sparsely commented assembler code is not going to be easy to read, even I had some
problems with it :-)
....
I'll write you again.
Cordially, Michael
His comments so far. Certainly he will want to confer with Stefan Ossowski of GTI.
To raise some question (and spur discussion):
- What do past, present (and eventually new) TurboCalc users think of using a further developed
TurboCalc? Please don't write a list of requirements of WHAT needs to be improved or added. You'll get a
chance to express these comments!
- Are there programmers who are CAPABLE (this genre is not the simplest)
and who WANT to develop Turbocalc further? I'll do what I can to help and encourage as a Betatester from the start.
I'll be happy to hear sincere comments and discussion.
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30.Oct.2002
RP-Online
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RP-Online: Philips don't want to tolerate problems with copyprotected music CDs
»Some copy protected music CDs don't work with several CD or DVD players. If a note about that is missing at the cover this is a fault. Customers might bring in that case the CD back to the dealer and demand their money back.
The Philips company, the inventor of the CD technique and licenser for "Compact Discs", doesn't want to tolerate this fault anymore.
Philips manager Gijs Wirtz said to "Computerbild": "CDs, which engender problems by replaying them do not fulfill the rule for a Compact
Disc. A real CD should work with every device. Even with CD ROM drives, DVD and car CD players."«
Complete article (German) by the title link.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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30.Oct.2002
derStandard.at
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derStandard.at: Linux ready for commercial use
»Study confirms the full usability of that open source operating system for commercial use as done by small firms or big companies.
There have some details from a big Linux study which will be published in
the middle of November went public already. The market research institute Bloor Research, specialized on technology studies, has published a study, hired by IBM , which declares Linux as a usable operating system for firms independent of their size.«
Complete article (German) available via the title link.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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30.Oct.2002
Free Pascal
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Compiler: Free Pascal V1.0.6 for Amiga in seight
After version 1.0.6 of the compilers Free Pascal has been published officially and a first snapshot (version 1.0.7) for
Linux-m68k is available, you might not wait too long for the Amiga-m68k version.
The latest Amiga version is based on Version 0.99.5.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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30.Oct.2002
(ANF)
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Burnig software: New makecdfs.module V45.7 for MakeCD V3.2b10
By the title link there is a new makecdfs.module v45.7 for MakeCD v3.2b10
provided for download and testing.
P.S.: The archive is packed with -lh7-, I hope XFH is able to decrunch this.
P.P.S.: The archive was exchanged and can be decrunched with Lha.
Note:
If you replace your V11.3 version with the new makecdromfs.module V45.7,
then MakeCD 3.2 beta 10 also allows you to write Joliet and HFS tracks.
This module also supports a better, extended file list format - see the
readme that is included with the new module. It is brought to you by
Heinz Wrobel, who should be contacted regarding all problems with the
makecdromfs.module.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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30.Oct.2002
Falko Splittgerber (ANF)
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Video player: Frogger Version 2.05
Frogger 2.05 (code name: 'never say never')
New Frogger release fixes few bugs, introduces ra
demuxer and fli demuxer (sadly, no fli/flc video decoder
available yet, should be soon). Last, but not least,
there is WMA decoder included. Enjoy.
Alternative download from highantdev.de/frogger/
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30.Oct.2002
Dennis Lohr (ANF)
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Music: New song on Psyria homepage
Yesterday on the homepage of Psyria, a new song was published,
which originally was written by Bjorn Lynne.
You will find "Messages" in the download area of psyria.de.
Bjorn Lynne made for this song a Remix Contest, which ends on 31th October 2002.
Further information you can find on lynnemusic.com.
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30.Oct.2002
Stephan Rupprecht
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Stephan Rupprecht: SGrab V1.22 and PNGTool V1.4
Stephan Rupprecht has made available updates for two of his useful tools. The screen grabber SGrab is now downloadable in version 1.22,
and the PNGTool in version 1.4.
Download:
sgrab.lha
PNGTool.lha
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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30.Oct.2002
Jim Steichen, Author of AmigaTalk (ANF)
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AmigaTalk V2.2 uploaded to Aminet
I had to update V2.1 of AmigaTalk to correct some minor problems,
hence the unplanned uploading of V2.2. (The update isn't arrived yet
on Aminet).
more ...
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30.Oct.2002
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)
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Event: Website for THE PARTY updated
The website of one of the oldest scene parties at all, THE PARTY, was put
online with an new design today. The Party is held, like every year, from
December the 27th to December the 29th in central Denmark at the congress
center in Aars. Unfortunately there is only little left from that scene
spirit of the first years. The Party became more a meeting point for
gamers and those, who only want to fill up their hard drives via network.
Those who are atracted by the prizes (at least EUR 1000 for the 1st prize
at the mixed double demo competition) and the professional organisation
should have a view to the new homepage.
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30.Oct.2002
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)
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Event: Radwar birthday party in early November in Heinsberg
At November the 9th 17 years ago the C64/Amiga group Radwar was foundeed and
for that score the boys from Heinsberg like to go wild and party once again! Mws, Arnd, Crazy & Co. have gained some attention with well organized scene parties during the recent years. This year it is again that you leave your own computers at home because it's a party for the people not for their equipment. It's partytime!
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30.Oct.2002
Mikey C (ANF)
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WOASE - You are not going to believe this 2! - The Sequel!
Ladies and Gentlemen, we are very proud to announce that this year's
World of Amiga Southeast show is not only going to be the finest ever,
but also the most feature packed.
We have patiently waited for the go ahead to announce one more attendee,
subject to confirmation. We are now able to do so, but first we would
like to recap on what is already happening.
more ...
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30.Oct.2002
Golem - IT News
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Golem: Yahoo favorites PHP
»PHP substitutes ASP, Java or XSLT
Yahoo switch for a major part of their webpages to PHP, this was announced by
Michael J. Radwin at the PHP-Con 2002. Yahoo will mainly substitute their proprietary systems by this open source scripting language.«
Complete article see title link.
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30.Oct.2002
Martin Steigerwald
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pro-linux.de: "DIN A4" for the Internet
»1dok.org aims to establish an open and independent standard format for electronic documents based on XML by OpenOffice.org, said the organization.
An essential part of this project is the initiation of a community process with getting attending as most citizens (Internet users), firms, universities and administration departments as possible to dwell the need for establishing a standard document format to the government.
On that score the registered association 1dok.org
was foundet.«
Further information is available via the the title link and at
1dok.org.
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29.Oct.2002
Jürgen Klawitter
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Text viewer: Next Version 3.5
The new version 3.5 of the text viewer Next of Jürgen Klawitter is
released. NEXT is text viewer, but also a replacement for AmigaGuide, a
HTML-Offline-Browser, Datatypes-Viewer, Decruncher, Printutility, and
many more.
Download: Next3.5.lha (153 KB)
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29.Oct.2002
AMIGAplus
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Database: XBaze Version 7.2 Beta 6
Rafal Kaczmarczyk has released version 7.2 beta of his database 'XBaze'. The program
features an easy-to-use editor for the input of data and the layout (Drag&Drop). It
runs under AmigaOS 3.0
Bugreports and suggestions send to rav@nowydwor.wroc.pl.
Download: XB-7.2b6.lha
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29.Oct.2002
AMIGAplus
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Antivirus-Program: VirusExecutor Version 2.26
Jan Erik Olausen has released version 2.26 of VirusExecutor.
Here a few details:
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29.Oct.2002
Halvadjian Georges (ANF)
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Paint program: PerfectPaint V2.83
At least PerfectPaint V2.83 is
available.
What's new:
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28.Oct.2002
ANN
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Event: The Ottawa Amiga Show 2002 - Website update
The website of the Ottawa Amiga Show 2002, which will take place on 09th
November 2002 in Ottawa/Canada, was brought up to date.
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28.Oct.2002
Olivier Fabre
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Two new scripts for AWeb by Olivier Fabre
Olivier Fabre published two small scripts for AWeb. MyNewWindow.awebrx opens a new window, pushes it into the left lower corner and activates the URL field. PicView.awebrx is used, in order to view a picture with an external viewer (PicShow).
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28.Oct.2002
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Amiga port of Gnutella (early beta version) available
SixK made an early beta version of a Gnutella client for AmigaOS available.
Now he is looking for beta testers to try out this program. Further
details are available at the title link.
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28.Oct.2002
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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Chess: AmiChess bugfix
There is a bugfixed version of AmiChess available at the title link.
This update repairs the problem that many users with smaller Workbenches
could not open the play window. At least a resolution of 800x600 pixels
is needed now.
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28.Oct.2002
ANN
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Datatypes: akJFIF/PNG/TIFF Update Version 45.7
Due to a screwed test setup, a buggy akJFIF 45.6 version went to Aminet.
As a result, 45.7 of all three datatypes now is available for download on
my website (www.ar-kleinert.de) This is because Aminet has a 10 day
upload delay for updates - and additionally I might not be able to do any
uploads the first week of November.
more ...
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28.Oct.2002
Virtual Dimension (ANF)
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Videos of LARP Tamar I and LARP Tamar II online
Celebrating the release of the online-game "Tales of Tamar" the video
about the second LARP from the world Tamar can now be downloaded.
Additionally we present to you a few photos from the LARP II.
You can now also download the video about the first LARP again and a
few download-links have been fixed.
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28.Oct.2002
Kieron Wilkinson (ANF)
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C.A.P.S.: Update from 28th October 2002
C.A.P.S. Update: 28th October 2002
New Work-In-Progress update at the Classic Amiga Preservation Society
website:
- New Disk Formats
- Density Detection
- Copylock (Amiga and ST)
- PROTEC
- Analyser Changes
- Saving Support Routines
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28.Oct.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 29.10.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games on your harddrive which were originally
made only for use with disks. The following packets have been added or
updated since our last message:
more ...
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28.Oct.2002
Andreas Kürzinger (ANF)
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Mail program: New Developer version of YAM from 26.10.2002
There is a new developer version 2.4 of the mail program YAM which in the
meantime has become Open Source. This is a version which is still in
progress and which therefore possibly contains bugs. The developer team
offers no support and gives no guarantee! Any requests done by email
will also not be answered. You use it on your own risk!
more ...
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27.Oct.2002
ANN
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Game: dynAMIte V2.2
On 27th October 2002, version 2.2 of the networkable Bomberman/Dynablaster
clone 'dynAMIte' has been released. This version contains a number of smaller
bug fixes and, a.o.t., improved network handling.
All changes can be gathered from the Readme.
more ...
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27.Oct.2002
ANN
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MPEG: SMPEG V0.4.4 - MPEG-1 player library for SDL
An Amiga version of the MPEG-1 player library 'SMPEG' with sound support has
been released, including a simple player program.
more ...
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27.Oct.2002
David Zaroski (gg-announce)
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Geek Gadgets: Status after breakdown on 10th October 2002
On 10th October 2002, the Geek Gadgets project's hardware (gcc,
ixemul.library...) broke down. This affected the power supply as well as two
hard disks, one with the current system backup and another with the complete
system backup (about a year old).
Currently, only the mailing lists are active. Due to the low activities in the
lists, these have been reduced to 'gg-announce' and 'gg'.
The 'gg' list currently has a discussion about the status and the future of
Geek Gadgets.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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27.Oct.2002
Amiga Online Games
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AOG: nettoe
On 27th October, another networkable game for MorphOS computers, 'nettoe', has
been added to Amiga Online Games. This is a Tic Tac Toe like puzzle game.
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27.Oct.2002
Martin Kuchinka's home page
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PowerD: Updated mcc_toolbar and mcc_htmltext archives
On 27th October 2002, updates of the archives mcc_toolbar and mcc_htmltext for
the programming language 'PowerD' have been released. These contain the
respectively necessary files to be able to use above MUI classes with PowerD.
Another example has been added to each. Furthermore, a couple of links have
been added to the Web site.
Download:
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27.Oct.2002
Amiga Flame
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Amiga Flame: 6th anniversary, Go For Goal, Space-Flight simulation
The Amiga online games magazine 'Amiga Flame' celebrates its 6th anniversary,
reports about an ice hockey game for AmigaDE with 'Go For Goal', and about a
Spaceflight simulation which is in the first development stage.
more ...
(sd) (Translation: cb)
[News message: 27. Oct. 2002, 18:08] [Comments: 0]
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27.Oct.2002
Amiga Future
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HTML: HSC macros V1.53
On 25th October 2002, Matthias Bethke has released an update of the macros for
his HTML preprocessor 'HSC'. This update fixes a small bug and improves the
section macros.
Download: macros.hsc.gz (16K)
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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27.Oct.2002
ANN
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Magazine: The Crypt #26
On 26th October 2002, issue #26 of the online magazine 'The Crypt' has been
published. This issue goes by the title of 'Warlocks, Wizards and Witches'.
more ...
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27.Oct.2002
amiga.org
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Amiga.sf: UnRAR V3.10 beta, autotrace V0.30 a. o.
The following ports are newly available for download on the Amiga.sf Web
site:
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27.Oct.2002
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) (ANF)
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Handy: Amiga theme for the Sony/Ericsson T68i mobile phone
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) has created an Amiga theme for the Sony/Ericsson
T68i mobile phone. This can be downloaded through the title link. Additionally,
there are two screenshots of the theme for previewing.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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27.Oct.2002
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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Chess: AmiChess and Crafty
Achim Stegemann writes:
"Although having been announced as soon as the beginning of October, the two
new chess programs AmiChess and Crafty have finally found their way into the
Aminet.
more ...
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27.Oct.2002
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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individual Computers: Catweasel MK3 PCI/Flipper and PCI POST code display
Two new products are listed on individual Computers' Web site. These are
'Catweasel MK3 PCI/Flipper' and 'PCI POST code display' respectively. There are
exact delivery dates for both products. More information can be found under the
title link.
more ...
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27.Oct.2002
Oliver Gerler (rockus.at) (ANF)
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Hardware: Ariadne 2 - purpose of the three I/O connectors
The Ariadne 2 ethernet board by Village Tronic has three additional I/O
connectors which so far hadn't been publicly documented.
Now, this weekend Oliver Gerler has had some time to spare and found out about
these ports' functions by way of reverse engineering. He presents the result of
this reverse engineering on his home page.
As this is no official documentation, the information should be regarded with
due caution.
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[News message: 27. Oct. 2002, 14:23] [Comments: 0]
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27.Oct.2002
Scott A Pistorino (ANF)
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Web catalogue: AmigaSource with 1001 links
The Amiga specific Web catalogue 'AmigaSource'
now contains 1001 links in more than 40 categories. Scott A Pistorino writes:
more ...
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[News message: 27. Oct. 2002, 14:11] [Comments: 0]
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27.Oct.2002
Kultpower.de (ANF)
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Kultpower: Starkiller #8 plus 71 new Mega-Fun covers
Starkiller #8, as well as 71 new Mega-Fun covers have been published on
Kultpower.de.
more ...
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