28.Feb.2003
Gary7 (ANF)
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Emulator: WinUAE 0.8.22r5 published
Today version 0.8.22 release 5 of the Amiga-Emulator 'WinUAE' has been published.
The following things have changed:
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28.Feb.2003
GFX-Base
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Text viewer: EvenMore version 0.61 from 27.02.2003
Chris Perver has published a new version of his text viewer called 'EvenMore'.
In this version now the tabulator again works as good as in the previous versions and you
can use fonts with fixed widths. The function of the word wrap has been improved.
Download: EvenMore.lha - 672 KB
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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28.Feb.2003
GFX-Base
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Start menu: AmiStart version 0.64
Darius Brewka has published version 0.64 of AmiStart. AmiStart is a Windows-like start
menu with quick-launchbar, Drag&Drop-support and a configurable graphical interface
which allows transparency, rounded corners, background textures and much more.
more ...
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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28.Feb.2003
SixK
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eDonkey-client by SixK in development
The French programmer SixK has developed an eDonkey client for the AmigaOS for some weeks
which meanwhile works. For finishing this Peer-2-Peer software talented developer are wanted
who want to help creating the GUI and some parts of the codes. If you are interested in
then please contact SixK@ifrance.com via email.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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28.Feb.2003
Mandrake Linux
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The Definitive Guide to Using Mandrake Linux
You requested it for a long time, now it's available: "The
Definitive Guide to Using Mandrake Linux" is a comprehensive
new book that provides in-depth coverage of the latest version
of the highly regarded Mandrake Linux 9.0 distribution. Learn
more about this 646-page book here, and get your Mandrake
encyclopaedia now at MandrakeShop (Note: Club members get
15% off).
(nba) (Translation: nba)
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28.Feb.2003
amiga.org
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Perl5-script: txt2pdf 6.4
txt2pdf is a flexible PERL5 script which is distributed under a Shareware license.
It allows you converting your old text files to the pdf-format. The script is flexible enough
to work on each platform which supports PERL. The script can be used for its own but also
in connection with other applications. You can find further details and information
under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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28.Feb.2003
Jürgen Lange (ANF)
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Amiga.com-servers move
On Saturday 1st March 2003 all servers of Amiga Inc. will be not accessable for 8 - 12
hours because there will be a move of the servers.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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27.Feb.2003
Golem - IT News
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Golem: EA Defend Themselves Against the C&CG Decision
»Electronic Arts hopes for withdrawal of express decision
Electronic Arts are defending themselves against the danger arising from categorization of their current game "Command & Conquer: Generals." On the 25th of February the National Inspection Bureau For Youth-Endangering Publications (BPjS) categorized this game in an express decision. The result of this is that "Command & Conquer Generals" may not be advertised nor openly sold after the 28th of February.«
View the complete article (in German) under the title link.
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27.Feb.2003
Otto Dette (E-Mail)
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Convention: Computer & Video Swap Meet Bremen - March 1st & 2nd, 2003
On the first and second of March 2003 the Computer and Video Swap Meet will take place in Bürgerzentrum Neue Vahr. On both days the hours of this convention are from 9 am until 5 pm. The gathering is a sales convention for end users; there will be hardware and software from many categories offered. The
Users of the North Sea Coast have two rooms this time. The Atari Computer Club of Bremen organizes the schedule with individual activities.
On the first level:
- Video-processing with the Amiga. DVD on the Amiga, Digital cameras on the Amiga, direct comparison between PPC and 060 (Earth 2140
and other games). The following software will be demonstrated: MediaPoint,
SCALA-MM-400, Digital-Almanac, AmiAtlas-6 and eventually iFusion and naturally TV on Amiga (PixelView in comparison to Picasso IV). Additionally a highly upgraded Amiga 4000D in an Elbox tower with PPC, USB and
PCI (TV, ethernet, sound und graphic cards) will be shown. The innards of this computer are visible through plexiglass casing under blue illumination, and it is just one of several Amigas to be seen
- Video-processing with Amiga, PC and Mac; here's where the newest programs line up to go for it. Old films may be digitally processed and placed on DVD through the use of internal or external expansions, and all this without using a PC or Mac.
- Linux KNOPPIX 3.1 (the CD is from the Federal Bureau for Security and Information Technology) will be demonstrated in an hard-drive installation.
On the second level:
- The Mac display area will be found here, and the following computers shown:
Pictures and Info.
- Many diverse hardware technologies of storage media clear through to viewable opened components will be shown. These systems will mostly be shown running, with explanations and demonstrations of the equipment. They'll be actively shown with the operating systems and software performing functions.
- During this time visitors themselves may do hands-on utilization of the equipment and/or play games.
- Additional some advertising spots from the 70s and 80s will be played.
The company Falkemedia will have free newspapers for Amiga and Mac available. A big thanks to A. Goukassian of Kiel.
Both days we're going to be running a webcam, reachable at the following URLs:
http://www.udnimweb.de/Webcam.html.
Addendum by Otto Dette by email:
We received news from Falcon that we'll be first receiving a preview CD of the video from the Aachen convention, in order to show it.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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27.Feb.2003
AMIGAplus
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Emulator: Status Quo of UAE for Mac OS X
Both the port of the Unix Amiga Emulator for Mac OS X by Marin Saric and the development of Max UAE by Alex Kasic have been on ice for
several weeks. AMIGAplus editor Wolfgang Böhl reports on the status of UAE for Mac OS X:
The current Mac-modified source code version 0.8.22 beta 1 of Max UAE emulator was placed online at the beginning of January. This means
that compilation attempts and continued development by third parties are theoretically possible.
From the assortment of alternatives Wolfgang Böhl took a look at the UNIX sources, compiled them for the Mac OS X kernel, and tried to get
them running with Apple's X11 offering. And look: it works! After the first problems with a high crash tendency the emulator port is fairly
stable. Nevertheless there are problems with mouse emulation and poor performance. Accordingly, a graphical configuration menu is being
prepared right now.
With wideranging programmer experience nothing should stand in the way of a successful port of UAE to Mac OS X. On that
basis we applaud the contributing coders!
Further Leading Links:
Max UAE
Mac UAE
(nba) (Translation: dm)
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27.Feb.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Genesi: More Details about STBs, Pegasos I, and OS4
In two public comments on ANN
Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco made known some more details on, among other things, their STB (set-top box) activities and AmigaOS 4 for the Pegasos.
The previously announced first major contract for DTV/STB has an initial quota of 150,000 units (with the previously mentioned option of over one million units).
Beyond that, in the meantime, there has been a further DTV-STB project, which, it is stated, will insure the company's financial stability. This is to allow them to solidify their contractual obligations with business partners, developers and associates, building a stable foundation for the future.
The Debian team alone encompasses 20 developers, Genesi reports.
Of about 400-450 new Pegasos 1s there are supposedly only around 85 remaining.
Additionally it was once again pointed out that a broad web-based sales and support strategy will be built up. To this end better documentation and more online resources are needed, and a full palette of applications must be programmed or ported. This will require time and talent. And so more people are currently being sought for this mission. Interested parties should make themselves known to bbrv@genesi.lu.
With respect to AmigaOS: BBRV finds it a foregone conclusion that when OS4 is ready, it will find its way to the Pegasos. Not that Genesi will do this nor that it will require Genesi's support, only that somebody is going to do it. In relation to this BBRV intended to contact Ben Hermans (Hyperion) today. It is seen as a likelihood that in the end Hyperion will posess the IP rights to the classic AmigaOS, and then surely they will want to sell OS4 to every user with a PPC computer, and so BBRV is convinced that the Pegasos family of products will be there as the largest target market.
(nba) (Translation: dm)
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27.Feb.2003
clickBOOM
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clickBOOM: S-Files 22 - Cinemaware-Games
clickBOOM publishes details about Cinemaware-games in its latest S-Files 22: "Below you will be able to find more information on the current state of PC/Mac Digital Remasters (Wings, Lords of the Rising Sun, It Came from the Desert and Rocket Ranger) which we have been developing for over a year for Cinemaware, Inc.
more ...
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27.Feb.2003
Heise Newsticker
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heise: IBM PPC 970 Now up to 2.5 GHz
The IBM R&D group wants to show prototypes of the PowerPC "Blades" at the CeBIT convention. In a press release IBM relates that the PowerPC 970 operates "with speeds from 1.8 to 2.5 GHz" and is the "fastest PowerPC to date." A few months ago speeds of only 1.8 GHz were talked about. Read the complete story at heise online under the title link.
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26.Feb.2003
Emerald Imaging
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RPG game: eVe status update
In January 2003 Emerald Imaging, known for the adventure game 'Aqua', announced a new game called 'eVe'.
The game will include hand drawn scenes and selected good music might increase the fun factor, too. Today some first early stage screen shots were published.
more ...
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26.Feb.2003
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AMIGAplus 02/2003 - a wolf in a sheep's robe
The Pegasos has arrived - even currently in small numbers. Within the new AMIGAplus 02/2003
(#133), which is currently on mail delivery, there are the following topics to read about:
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26.Feb.2003
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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individual Computers is the first sponsor of the Breakpoint Party
Since many years, individual Computers supports so-called scene-parties
that offer a forum for demo-programmers. A "demo" is a program that does
not require interaction with the user, as opposed to game demos. It's a
combination of graphics, music and special effects - a presentation of
the hardware capabilities, the programmer's and the artist's skills
(graphics and music).
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26.Feb.2003
Satra Systems
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Data base: SatraDB for AmigaOS 4.x only
The data base management system for Amiga 'SatraDB' is under development for quite a while already. Because it is a hobby project progress was reported only rare. AmigaOne and AmigaOS 4 will arrive soon. Therefore the development team has decided to abandon the version for Classic-Amiga and develop SatraDB for the new system only.
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26.Feb.2003
Erik Johansson / AmiGBG (E-Mail)
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Event: AmiGBG, Gothenburg on 03-29-2003
On March the 29th 2003 the AmiGBG in Gothenburg, Sweden will open its doors for the 2nd time.
AmiGBG is an Amiga fair, organized by Amiga users, it is the only Swedish Amiga show. Read the full press release:
more ...
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25.Feb.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Genesi is looking for games
Genesi needs immediately new and old games with small memory need that can be used in
a Set-Top-Box or a handheld device. It will be used the W@LK KEY. The W@LK Key can
be loaded with several games, traded between gamers, and used as a give-away for
publicity.
more ...
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25.Feb.2003
GameIcons.info
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GameIcons: New Archive with more than 90 Games Icons
A new archive with more than 90 icons for games was released on January, 25th on
GameIcons.info.
more ...
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24.Feb.2003
Ricco Clemens (E-Mail)
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"Capture the Flag" for Descent: Freespace
The MultiplayerPack03 for Descent: Freespace was published today.
It contains five multiplayer missions. Four of them are "Capture the flag" maps
offering further interesting possibilities for the multiplayer game.
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24.Feb.2003
Ein Liker (ANF)
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Turrican 2002 download for PC
The freeware game "Turrican 2002" is now available for PC and can now be
downloaded. You can find further information at the title link.
If there was a cult game for the Amiga, then it was "Turrican". A
game, which set at that time new yardsticks and influenced lastingly a whole
category. The third and last part of the "Turrican" series for Amiga was released in 1993.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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24.Feb.2003
Amiga Interactive Guide
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Amiga Interactive Guide update
The 'Amiga Interactive Guide' was updated within several parts
and/or extended by new systems. You find a detailed list of the
changes in the column "What's new?".
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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24.Feb.2003
Stefan Blixth (E-Mail)
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New and revised Freeware by OnyxSoft
The Swedish developer team OnyxSoft published two new freeware tools
ActivateWindow V1.0 and GummiSurf V1.0.
more ...
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24.Feb.2003
Bruno Ethvignot in fr.comp.sys.amiga
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Game: Technoballz AGA now also available as adf file for emulators
Bruno Ethvignot made an ADF file of the Amiga game Technoballz AGA available for download. Thus the game can be played on UAE and other Amiga
emulators.
Download: TecnoballZ_AA.adf
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24.Feb.2003
A.D.A.
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New in A.D.A. archives: 'Wild/Anadune and near Kolor' and 'Phenomeno
'Amiga Demoscene Archives' now contains the following new demos:
more ...
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24.Feb.2003
Bill Panagouleas (ANF)
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DiscreetFX Releases Spontaneous Combustion Sample Pack
DiscreetFX Releases Spontaneous Combustion Sample Pack For Amiga,
Amiga Video Toaster/Flyer & Video Toaster [2]
A Low Cost Sample Version of a New Real-Time Fire, Smoke & Explosion
Effects Library
more ...
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24.Feb.2003
Leser (ANF)
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wxWindows - portable Open-Source GUI-Toolkit
At the title link you can find information about the portable open
source GUI Toolkit wxWindows. The source code of this graphic user
interface (GUI) is available in the programming language C++, which
permits object-oriented programming. Perhaps someone would like to
port it.
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23.Feb.2003
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Aminet uploads until 23.02.2003
Since our last message there were the following new uploads to the Aminet:
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23.Feb.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Beambender release
In 1997 the first and at the same time last Amiga game by developer team
"Blue Lemon Studio" had been released by their erstwhile publisher "Verkosoft". With permission from the developers, who now call themselves
bluelemon, Amiga Arena
exclusively facilitates the free release of Beambender.
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23.Feb.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Info pages re. Amiga Arena Games Edition 2002 CD-ROM
If you want to know more about the Amiga Arena Games Edition 2002 CD-ROM, you
can now find some information on the new Web site.
more ...
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23.Feb.2003
Aminet
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Magazine: Amiga Information Online (AIO) #68
Issue #68 of the Amiga online magazine 'Amiga Information Online (AIO)' has
been published.
more ...
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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23.Feb.2003
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 23.02.2003)
With WHDLoad it is possible to install games to the hard disk which were
intended for floppy use originally. The following packages were added or
updated:
more ...
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23.Feb.2003
Daniel Hartlehnert (ANF)
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3D graphic artists for Projekt Crashsite wanted
An Amiga graphics artist is wanted who is willing and has the time to create
rendered graphics for the role playing game "Projekt Crashsite" currently in
development.
more ...
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23.Feb.2003
W3C
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W3C presents plans for SVG Print
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has drawn up and published a first working
paper about Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), according to which in the WWW's
future the format is to lay emphasis on meeting the needs for printing. The
working paper describes possible applications, features, basic design
principles and demands for the print specific version of "SVG Print".
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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22.Feb.2003
Chris Beckefeld (email)
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Haage & Partner in print magazine c't
In the current issue of c't (German print magazine) 5/2003, coming next Monday,
is Haage & Partner mentioned in the applications notes (page 41).
It's about the localisation of the products of the graphics software developer XARA, in the beginning the font renderer Xara3D v5 for the German speaking people. But this shows obviously their turning to non Amiga products - facts follow their words...
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22.Feb.2003
GFX-BASE
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Lorraine Design: new GlowIcon set 'Nelta'
Bojan Milovic of Lorrain Design has today released a new icons set in the GlowIcon style. It contains about 300 MacOS and Windows icons that he'd converted to AmigaOS and enhanced with the glow effect.
Download: Nelta-glow.lha (602 KB)
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22.Feb.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Genesi statement about the Pegasos II changes
This is a letter we sent out today to the "inside" group...(sorry no images!)...
22 February 2003
Dear Friends of Genesi,
We wanted to provide some basic communication this weekend to all of you, because
frankly our focus this past week has been the Management meetings here in Paris.
We hope that this letter will assist you in understanding more clearly the
direction of the Company. Please feel free to respond directly to us at
bbrv@genesi.lu with your questions. If you understand and share our vision,
you can adjust your effort to become more relevant to our corporate framework
if you desire.
As we have said before, Genesi stands on the verge of enormous opportunity.
We can provide a completely integrated solution, including hardware, operating
system, and a number of (bundled and unbundled) applications. We can innovate
in ways that involve the complete integrated package, rather than being limited
to new developments within each level by third parties (HP and Microsoft are not
as self-reliant in this way). Genesi and our associates need to leverage this
advantage fully. We are smaller, faster and will be necessarily more adventurous
in our efforts. Do not hesitate to share your most creativity ideas with these
mailing lists. Together, we believe we can create a substantial and long
awaited change to the IT marketplace.
In the first BIG opportunity to our Company, we are required to develop using a
PPC and MorphOS, a terrestrial Digital Television receiver with interactive/computing
and smart card read and write functions (to be referred to as the DTV STB). This
product will not require the use of the Articia and we will be producing significant
quantities in the development phase and a special version of MorphOS (without hurting
the complete version). If we deliver the DTV STB in a satisfactory manner we will
be eligible to receive orders for over one million units. It is a once-in-a-lifetime
professional opportunity for all of us. We need to make the most of it.
Of course, none of this would be possible without the years of dedication required
to bring the Pegasos and MorphOS to where it is today. We are all proud to be
associated with the bplan guys. The difficulties over the last year have nothing
to do with them. It is the Articia from Mai Logic that has caused us months of
delays. It does not perform to the advertised specifications. Thankfully, Gerald
and Thomas tested and mounted the Aritica on the April2. That is right -- the April2.
The first patch that Gerald and Thomas developed works as we know, but there were
still bugs. The new Articia (and Teron) is still very likely to have trouble as
more problems were detected after the Aachen Show and well after the joint work
Gerald did with for the new Articia in October and November with Mai. The April2
brings the Articia fully to the performance levels it claims to achieve. We have
purchased the remaining worldwide supply of the old Articias and will make 400 more
Pegasos main boards with the G3 CPU. Our G3 Pegasos performs better than the G4
Teron with the Articia. This will be common knowledge soon (let the others understand
this on their own our word will stand as testimony to our knowledge and skill). Once
produced, we will stop (we may license production of this version of the Pegasos to
Plexuscom or others). These machines will easily satisfy the Amiga market and give
us the machines we need to seed our developer base while Gerald and Thomas switch out
the old Articia to a much more attractive alternative (details later). This could be
ready by the summer. The RAM speed of the Pegasos will be as high as any offered in the
market and this WILL attract considerable interest. The DTV STB revenue can carry us
until this point (remember this IS a business we hope you Developers begin to remember
this!).
To repeat a few words from an earlier communication?
If our strategic vision is compelling and our execution excellent, we will increasingly
attract skilled developers. What Ralph, Frank and the core MorphOS Development Team have
accomplished to date is exceptional, but now we need to establish a professional
development and management system for MorphOS, formally retain the services of all
key MorphOS developers, and recruit new talent to the project. We have struck on the
Phoenix association to develop a vehicle to do this. All registered Phoenix members
must use a special Phoenix logon and password to have access to the reduced Pegasos
pricing that will be available through www.pegasos-usa.com.
We need to be somewhat selective in insuring that these next boards go to people that
will advance in communion with our effort and our internal developers and Phoenix members
will have priority. We will also develop the User Group program next week and a system
for handling Pegasos sales so our Distributors also benefit.
Our targeted resource/sales markets from the near to medium term are:
1. Amiga/MorphOS
2. DTV STB
3. LinuxPPC and OtherPPC
We will continue to promote to the Amiga/MorphOS market, as we have. Our underlying focus
should be: broadening and stabilizing MorphOS, attracting applications and drivers
(ports/original programs), and establishing a Pegasos toolkit. At the same time,
www.pegasos-usa.com is working
and our online sales support and information site at
www.genesi-support.com
will continue to improve. If we are lucky we will awaken and attract the slumbering
ex-Commodore consumer market, but that will take some time and we are not quite ready
for mass-market attention. The sites will be there and ready. Until we are ready with
the Pegasos II we will not promote the sites as much as we could. Plus, we will
standardize the Pegasos distribution network over the next few months taking a
semi-franchise approach. When we are ready, everything will be in place.
On the hardware side we start where we are: the Pegasos. We have discussed the
features: upgradeable, scalable, modifiable (smaller eclipsis, subsets/modular
Psylent/STB), and open, as in Open Firmware (facilitates scheme for peripheral
association/development IAW the IE1275 standard). We will develop a solid plan
and feature set for each Pegasos envisioned and the corresponding software bundles.
The management review that took place this week was very successful. We have
defined and agreed to our objectives and are now preparing a solid plan for the
future.
NOTE: for 200 Euros and trade-in ALL Pegasos I Users (includes Betatesters) WILL
be able to upgrade to the Pegasos II (just to put an end to that FUD!).
About Linux and the other targets? OS4 too -- ;-)
Linux people usually want something great for nothing, but in the PPC market if
we can get a design win over the Teron the next price point is a Mac. As more
professionals and desktop consumers switch to Linux, the future of commercial
software on Linux is very bright and so is our hardware. Functionality will
become precedent over cost in this market. We need a bootable bundled distro
and Mac-on-Linux. Linux will be a major force in the future. Today, it is still
difficult to install software, drivers, set up firewalls, etc., but because of
the generous licensing environment and the massive corporate support Linux is
gaining (IBM, HP, etc.) as well as government mandates and funding in many
countries, it is set to become the "next big thing". We need to be
part of that trend.
Any PPC OS that is reasonable to port with external resources is interesting to
us. We need a Go/NoGo decision matrix. Again, we are looking for resources and
developer talent. For example, while Linux gets the glory, BSDs are running
some of the biggest sites. We have seen the first screenshots of OpenBSD running
on the Pegasos. Further, there is an increasing amount of interesting open source
projects we could find a way to adapt to our use.
Finally, we are interested in restoring the Demo Scene to the Pegasos. The
traditional and overt message in a demo was technical skill. The visual effects
pushed the supposed limits of the platform's capability and graphics were
skillfully executed. Good demos are the marriage of advanced technical, creative
and artistic abilities. For the future, we need a new generation of Sceners to be
pulling the most from the platform and the OS. This can generate plenty of
positive attention. Besides the nVidia butterfly lady has the wrong color wings!
This is why we decided to sponsor Equinoxe.
All these other things all ultimately bring us back to our key advantage: a
completely integrated solution, including hardware, operating system, and
applications. Management is working hard to turn this vision into a reality.
While the sale of the Pegasos and MorphOS alone could never sustain the Company
we are building, it may one day in the future. We use the Pegasos today to
begin our move to the future, while insuring the development and growth of the
MorphOS. Things could get pretty exciting if we can get that far. Let us not
forget that 30 million STBs sold last year and they were called video game
consoles.
Please feel free to provide any feedback to us.
Sincerely,
Raquel and Bill
P.S. If you are still confused go here --
www.lagardere.com --
and select Lagardère Media présente "Focus sur la Télé" on the left.
This should help explain everything (even if it is in French!)
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22.Feb.2003
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Debian project on Desktop Linux Summit
The Debian project has been invited to an exhibition and conference about free software and GNU/Linux that will take place soon.
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22.Feb.2003
FOREMATT (ANF)
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100% AMIGA #33 with new design
The February issue (#33) of the British CD-ROM magazine 100%
AMIGA has been released today and comes along with a fresh new design.
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22.Feb.2003
heise online
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heise: first details on Napster 2
Still this year shall Napster be restarted as commercial download service. Later on will owner Roxio upgrade peer-to-peer functions, too. Read the full (German) article at heise online following the title link.
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22.Feb.2003
OSNews
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SciTech asks for comments regarding the SNAP-Graphics future
This week announced the AmigaOS 4 developer Hyperion Entertainment to use the SNAP technology by SciTech Software Inc. as graphics cards driver system for AmigaOS 4 (we reported).
Today asks SciTech on OSNews for commments regarding future versions of SNAP-Graphics.
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YAM Website
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Mail program: new YAM developers version dated February, 22nd 2003
Since today there's a new developers version 2.4-dev [020] BETA
of the mailing software YAM that is now Open Source. This is a pure developers version that may still contain bugs and for which the develpers give no support and warranty. Emails regarding the developers versions won't be answered, either. Usage at own risk!
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22.Feb.2003
AmithlonTV Website
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TV cards driver: AmithlonTV beta 285 (update)
Guido Mersmann has released the beta version 285 of the TV cards driver software
AmithlonTV with several smaller updates and improvements.
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heise online
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heise: 580 millions users worldwide online
Market research has shown that 63 percent of the German households are connected to the Internet. Read the full (German) article at heise online following the title link.
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22.Feb.2003
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Artwork from Visualice at GFXZONE
There are quite a few sceners that have been around for a long time,
but few have been as active as Visualice used to be. This guy has worked
on a staggering amount of demoscene productions.
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