17.Nov.1999
Andreas R. Kleinert
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New akMPEG version 3.03 (68k + PPC)
Download: akMPEG2.lha
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17.Nov.1999
Haage & Partner
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H&P News
STFax 4, NetConnect 3, Tornado3D 3, PageStream 4, ImageFX 4 and PowerStation are now
available. The delivery of pre-orders will be done within the week. Haage & Partner
begs your pardon for small delays.
more ...
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17.Nov.1999
Andre Beer in ANF
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New update for GeoWorld - geography for the Amiga
Today a new update for GeoWorld has been released. The update contains all
missing flags and a new start picture. More information and download under
the title link.
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17.Nov.1999
Jeppe Nielsen in ANF
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HomeLand - new real-time strategy game
Jeppe Nielsen writes:
A new demo called HomeLand, is online. It's a new real-time strategy game, with some
original features. You can create you own customizible units (with some limitations
of course). These units are created from tecnologies that you research. There are
currently only 14 different technologies, but it's due to expand. Any suggestions
and ideas are welcome, so please email me if you think of something cool to be added.
Screenshots and download are available from my homepage.
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17.Nov.1999
Daniel Bindel in ANF
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Lambda site update
The Lambda site has been updated again. Intensive work is being done on the
OpenGL implementation and other interfaces (3D, graphics and steering) are
under development.
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17.Nov.1999
Amigaland in ANF
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AmigaLand show report with pictures
The German show report from the Home Electronics World '99 describes the experience
from the perspective of the AMIGALAND team. Interesting because giving an impression
of the thoughts of an Amiga retailer, Mrs. Vokinger. (German only, however.)
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17.Nov.1999
Steve Crietzman by e-mail
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COSA Progress Update
Read the "Open Letter to the Amiga Community" by COSA, which summarizes all news
about the COSA project:
more ...
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17.Nov.1999
Alexander Lohmann in ANF
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New MAME version for PowerPC
Download: mameppc36b8.lha
- 4.2 MB
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17.Nov.1999
Jens Langner in ANF
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Picasso96 version 2.0 released
After months of development, the Picasso96 team has decided to release the *final*
version 2.0. Many changes and optimizations have been done since the last release
in February 1999, and now the new Picasso96 version has really earned the tilte *final*.
It should be installed on every system with gfx board. One of the new features, among
others, is support for the Draco Altais gfx board. More details at the title link.
Download: Picasso96.lzx
- 493 kB and the PGP signature
Picasso96.lzx.sig.
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17.Nov.1999
Carl Licke
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Upd8 Update Version 1.1
With this program, you can check websites you keep visiting for changes. The program
informs you which pages have changed.
For me, Upd8 is a program I couldn't live without :-). (ps)
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17.Nov.1999
The FMP in d.c.s.a.m
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Karsten Obarski Tribute Project
With Karsten Obarski, a man is standing behind track-based sound programs like
Soundtracker, Fasttracker, Impulsetracker, Screamtracker etc., who wrote the first
program of this kind, Soundtracker, and in the golden era of Amiga provided the
soundtrack for many games. But hardly anybody knows his name.
The Karsten
Obarski Tribute Project has three goals:
- make the name and person Karsten Obarski known for what he did and which
music he created
- collect as many greetings for him as possible
- make contact with him and deliver the greetings
To achieve this, FMP is looking for support. You can place one of three tribute
banners on your homepage, and send information and comments about Karsten Obarski.
A music contest is planned.
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17.Nov.1999
Apex Designs
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Payback Status Report #4
In part due to the soundtrack, in part to make the game as good as possible, the scheduled
release date of Payback has been moved from December '99 to end of February 2000. Because
of this, there will be more extras etc. in the game.
No matter what, development is making constant progress. The code for sound
mixing is now available in assembler, and has no impact on the game's framerate. A special
feature of the sound engine is that it can mix up to 100 sounds together to fit the 12
available channels by playing the loudest ones. This makes it possible to add sounds to
virtually every object (fire, phones, walking people etc.).
The special scripting language has been expanded by commands allowing non-linear
paths of action. Now, all the levels have to be created.
Four additional screenshots
are available.
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17.Nov.1999
Amiga.org
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TWOM2: Ghelae and the Death-Sword
F1 Software announced a new fantasy adventure, TWOM2.
Goal is to save the world (uh, really? ;-) (mb)) by leading Ghelae through the fantastic
world Kawamoon with its orcs, werewolves, dragons and goblins.
The game offers over 30 interactive characters, detailed graphics, numerous
puzzles and more. Scheduled release date is December 5th, 1999.
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17.Nov.1999
Amiga.org
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MMU.library v40.51 released
Version 40.51 of the MMU-library as well as several library-related tools have been released
on Aminet. The library enables ROM-mapping, memory-protecting parts of an application and more.
more ...
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17.Nov.1999
Amiga.org
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The Amiga Volunteer Project
The Amiga Volunteer Project (TAVP) is a non-profit organisation targeted at supporting
software development for the Amiga, so high-quality programs are released faster and
the software situation for the Amiga is improved.
To achieve this, the organisation is currently contacting Amiga developers
to ask them if they need help, and in which areas.
TAVP itself is looking for people interested in working for the organisation
for free. Wanted are programmers, musicians and more.
Additionally, TAVP is contacting several PC developers for porting their
programs to Amiga, and possibly earn some money for the organisation by selling them.
This money would be used for the organisation. The founders are not interested in making
money themselves with the organisation.
Whoever is interested in participating in TAVP, can send an e-mail to
official_tavp@hotmail.com. The e-mail
should state name, country and computer equipment as well as a description of how one
intends to help the project.
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17.Nov.1999
amiga-news.de
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www.irseesoft.de
A supplementary driver disk has been announced for mid December, offering the
following drivers for TurboPrint:
- Canon BJC 1000, 2000, 4400, 6100, 7100
- Epson Stylus Photo 750, 1200
- Epson Stylus Color 460, 660, 760, 860, 900
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17.Nov.1999
Falk Lücke by e-mail
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Eternity News - Tales of Tamar
It's cold outside... but the latest news offer the ultimate possibility to change
your system into a secondary heater, so get it running!
The German Tales of Tamar Demo 1 is ready, and will soon be released
on the AmigaFuture cover CD. Soon after the AmigaFuture release, the demo will be
given to the other magazines, too, not without being fully localized. A little bit
later the demo will be released to the general public, too.
The demo is not fully playable, it offers a first feeling of the world
Tamar. IRC-chat, FTP-download and online games are already functional, however, and
updates are planned, like a build-in Mastermind clone in ToT outfit...
The upcoming second Tales of Tamar demo will be able to play as stand-alone
version in connection with the server, but the round-based game will be time-limited...
As can easily be seen from these words, development has not stopped despite
the long absence of an update to the version number on the homepage http://www.tamar.net;
it is making big progress.
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17.Nov.1999
Steffen Haeuser in fidonet.AMIGA.GER
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Heretic II
Heretic II was presented on the show. One system had problems making Heretic run.
Steffen Haeuser writes about it:
On Saturday it turned out the problem was a bug of my chunkyppc.library (yes, it's
my fault :) I will fix the bug tonight). chunkyppc.library ran correctly when CGX
was installed. When Picasso96 was installed, too. But not if both are running parallel
(on two different gfx boards). And that was the problem with the second system, so
there is no specific problem by Heretic 2.
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17.Nov.1999
Martina Jacobs in ANF
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New 68060.library and FlashUpdate by Phase5
On the Phase5 FTP site, there are
new libs for MC68060 and a new FlashUpdate for PPC boards available.
68060.library version 46.7: Lib ID String corrected, Init for LC/EC060 disabled,
some switches for the utility.library path reenabled.
FlashUpdate: ppc.library version 46.28, new 68060/ppc.library for Blizzard (see
above) and new CDRive file system.
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16.Nov.1999
Stuart Walker by e-mail
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Wipeout 2097 troubles
There is a serious problem when installing the Warp3D archive which is located on the Wipeout2097 CD.
Some libraries don't have a larger version number than the Warp3D libraries of the Warp3D V2 archive,
so that the Warp3D installer doesn't copy the appropriate files. This results into a PPC exception
requester opening after the setup requester is confirmed, and after the screen resp. window becomes
black. This probably only happens, if a Warp3D V2 installation was already present and if the new
archive from the CD was installed afterwards.
more ...
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16.Nov.1999
Jörn Plewka by e-mail
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Twister1200 available again since HEW! High End, Low Cost...
Due to a misunderstanding, some cards have been sold on the show not including
documentation. Be careful during installation, the new card is now installed
head-down towards the keyboard of the A1200! Twister1200 Rev. 2 has been
modified mechanically by DCE. As reasons
cost saving and compatibility to other products is named. Support is still
provided by Katodev, by e-mail, WWW,
Fax and, if need be, phone after 6:00 PM.
more ...
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16.Nov.1999
Marko Seppänen by e-mail
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Image Engineer PlugIn - special offer
Read the press release from Image Engineer, which
offers certain PlugIns for a limited time for very special prices:
more ...
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16.Nov.1999
Robert Kon by e-mail
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Transmeta: Crusoe
January 19th, 2000, is scheduled to see the introduction of the new Crusoe
processor. The source code contains a "secret" message.
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16.Nov.1999
Andreas Magerl by e-mail
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APC & TCP - new products
Since the HEW, four new products for Amiga are available from APC & TCP. The
CD-ROM "The Best of Airsoft Softwair" contains a collection of the FULL versions
of the group that did CD32 Installer, NewInstaller, Rainboot and more.
The Scene Archives 9 is a sequel of the successful scene demo CD-ROM "The Best of
Scene Archives".
A strategy game for Amiga is finally available again: SeaSide. Currently, only the
German version is available. An English version will be released in some weeks. The
game requires AGA, 4 MB RAM and a CD-ROM drive.
With the Info/Beginner CD-ROM, the club offers a CD which is especially
targeted at Amiga newbies and club members. Readily installed tools everyone should
have are included on the CD-ROM as well as all demo versions of APC&TCP, all issues
of NoCover, the complete homepage (which is in itself 300 MByte in size), and various
material by different club members. The CD-ROM is only available directly from APC&TCP,
and is of course continuously expanded and updated.
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16.Nov.1999
Aaron Digulla in ANF
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DNS Server for AROS.ORG down
The DNS server for the AROS.ORG domain is down. The project continues nevertheless!
The FTP server is in the meantime available at ftp://sbb.hepe.com/pub/aros/;
the WWW server not, sadly.
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16.Nov.1999
Michael Lange in ANF
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CyberGraphX v4.2 update
This update, among other small issues, removes the incompabilities with AmigaOS 3.5.
This update requires the original CGX V4 CD. The archive only contains the patches for
cgxsystem.library. Download: cgxsysUpdate42.lha.
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16.Nov.1999
Alexander Kurtz by e-mail
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Update of Aminet GUI
The Aminet GUI now offers a chat. Right now this is sadly unavailable for the current
Amiga browsers! I hope the new versions of the NG browsers fix this shortcomming!
Additionally, there is a guestbook, where everyone is free to leave news, ideas or
criticism for me. For all who like discussing with other users, I added a forum. Here
you can discuss about the Amiga, and you are free for asking for and giving advice
about Amiga problems. Everyone who has a problem can ask, and everyone in the know
can answer. So get to your keyboards... A small change has been applied to the mirror
list. A small flag stands in front of each server, stating the host's country...
Finally, the GUI can now be downloaded as LHA or LZX archive, to make Aminet access
yet faster. The files can be found under Service/Downloads, and are about 880 kByte
in size.
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16.Nov.1999
Stefan Robl by e-mail
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CGXBlanker update
Version 1.20 of CGXBlanker is now configurable with a preferencer, offers some new
features compared to the last version, and a very nice new blanker ("Flower") has been
added. More details at the title link.
PS: In the old archive, I forgot the 020 version of the blanker, only a 040 version was
included... archive 1.21 now contains a 020+ and a 040+ version, and I have added an
Installer script for easy installation.
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15.Nov.1999
Alexander Kurtz by e-mail
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Aminet GUI
The Aminet GUI is available at the new URL www.aminet.de
starting immediately...
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15.Nov.1999
Oliver Wagner by e-mail
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AmigaNCP 2.1
AmigaNCP is an implementation of the Psion link protokoll, which is used in Psion S3/S3a/S3C,
Psion 55 Palmtop ROMs and others. Download: amigancp_21.lzx
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15.Nov.1999
PowerOS
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PowerOS news
Claus Herrmann writes in the news:
The HEW (Home Electronics World) is over now. I want to send a quick thanks to the
users who visited me and asked me all those questions! At the same time, I want to
make an announcement: PowerOS will also be implemented for the AmiJoe by Met@Box!
I cann tell you I am proud (and so far only) owner of an AmiJoe 1200 G3. A big thanks
to Met@Box for this! Details (specs and photos) soon on my homepage on a seperate page.
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15.Nov.1999
diverse
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More pictures from HEW '99
Dennis Pauler writes that there
are commented pictures of the Cologne show
available from Virtual Dimension.
more ...
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15.Nov.1999
Rene Koenig by e-mail
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Amiga Hard Hacks
Amiga Hard Hacks now has an own domain, www.hardhacks.de. On this page,
you find pinouts, hardhacks, and and and... everything about Amiga hardware.
Questions to: webmaster@hardhacks.de.
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15.Nov.1999
Oliver Tacke by e-mail
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GlowIcons CD-ROM
Oliver Tacke writes:
Dear Amiga community, in Cologne we (Heinz Andreolla and myself) have given away
CD-ROMs with numerous GlowIcons. Sadly we now have to say it is very bugged. I did
a bad mistake, so most of the icons are too small - only a little bit, but enough to
make a real clean-up with drawers containing lots of icons impossible.
Another problem is that during the stress during the last days before
the show, several binaries were copied to the CD-ROM. I consider it unfair to blame
Heinz as software pirate for this, like some people did. It was a mistake, really,
and if I hadn't delivered the icons only a few days before the show started, Heinz
would have had enough time to avoid this mistake.
Short: we beg your pardon. Consider the distributed CD-ROM as a demo
version. I will now sit down at my system to correct everything as fast as possible.
Moreover, I will do some improvements and expansions, like correctly adjusting the
drawer colors to OS3.5. Considering the number of icons, I beg your pardon for not
being able to do this in one week. I will hurry, anyways.
A first fixed archive with roughly 250 icons is finished and will be
available shortly. The final version will probably be included in the Aminet CD-ROM
Nr. 35, and, if wanted, on Aminet or the reader's CD of the amigaOS.
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14.Nov.1999
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Pictures from Cologne
Some of the pictures Petra and myself took at the Cologne show:
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14.Nov.1999
Czech Amiga News
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Autodoc Viewer Lite v1.13 - 2.0 beta
The autodoc viewer by Ronny Tennebekk runs with OS3.0+ and a 68020 CPU. The
programm is in development since 1994. The new, reworked version 2.0 is currently
in beta state and implements numerous wishes by users of the program.
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14.Nov.1999
Czech Amiga News
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Gameboy Emulator "GBE" for WarpUp
On the emulator page by AmiDog, the new
Gameboy/Gameboy Color emulator GBE
can be found.
The emulator runs on all PPC Amigas with WarpUP. It supports all Z80 opcodes,
the CD32 pad and more. To correctly support all colors of the Gameboy Color,
the programm offers 15bit support.
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14.Nov.1999
Czech Amiga News
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JST v2.8b
The degrader "JST" has been released in version 2.8b
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14.Nov.1999
Czech Amiga News
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NetInfo-II v2.4 released
Vapor has released version 2.4 of the internet information tool "NetInfo-II". This
version includes an ARexx port, printing functionality and an external TLD/WHOIS-table.
Download: NetInfo-II
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14.Nov.1999
Czech Amiga News
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Amiga no longer on Opera website
At the Project Magic Page of the Opera
web browser, all informations about an Amiga port have been removed. Still listed are
BeOS, EPOC, MacOS, Linux and OS/2.
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14.Nov.1999
AWD [News]
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United Amigans
United Amigans stands for
the idea to make contact with Amiga Inc./Gateway as a group.
On the mission page, Amiga Inc./Gateway is blamed for the current situation,
but on the other hand it is critizised that there was no clear, definite and common
statement of all Amiga users towards Amiga. So, John
Groothof writes that we are ultimately responsible where Amiga will be heading.
United Amigans wants to be a plattform for individuals who want to speak
as one community.
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13.Nov.1999
Amiga.org
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UGN IRC logs
The link above leads to the logs of the IRC conferences organised by the UGN during
the Cologne show. Attendants were:
Aaron Digulla, AROS
Steve Crietzman, COSA
Mick Tinker (BoXeR), Paul Lesurf, Blittersoft
Michael Garlich, Titan Computers
Petro Tyschtschenko, Amiga
KOSH
Phoenix Plattform Consortium
Haage & Partner
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13.Nov.1999
Heinz Andreolla
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New GlowIcons
At the Cologne show, Heinz Andreolla gave us a CD with absolutely new, so far unreleased
GlowIcons, which he created together with Oliver Tacke. He gave us permission to offer
a collection of them for download. Many thanks for this :-).
Download: glow_new.lha - 1.1 MB
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12.Nov.1999
Ralph in ANF
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MakeCD 3.2c and Flashrom 1.2 released
Small bugfixes (like long filenames and file lists), detection of the Ricoh MP7040
fixed. Flashrom is a firmware flasher for Plextor and Yamaha drives.
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12.Nov.1999
Dennis "Hurrican" Pauler in ANF
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"Bombsquare" finished
"Bombsquare", our Minefield clone with one- and two-player modi (and of course
many more features) is ready and available for download on our homepage.
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12.Nov.1999
amiga-news.de
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Preliminary Show Report
A first report by Petra Struck from the Cologne show, written on Friday evening.
I suffered from a raging headache on Friday evening and the better part of Saturday,
please excuse the delays (again) :-( (mb)
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25.Oct.1999
Torsten Dudai
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New Cartoon: Change of policy
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