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Archive 08/1999

`27.Aug.1999` Andre Beer	Update GeoWorld After more than half a year of work, today we finally finished the long-awaited update to version 1.1 of GeoWorld. GeoWorld, probably the best geographical software for the Amiga, has been expanded by the following features in version 1.1: adding a new generic search function in the maxi search, enabling for the first time the search for special keywords in the additional databases like economy, history etc. (full text search) complete rework and bugfixes NewLook-Menus for OS 3.0+ (no more changing menu colors) flashing pointer for cities and small countries now working correctly scrolling of the maps pixel by pixel per keyboard sorting speed-up due to presorted databases faster search functions (in Assembler) VisualPrefs now supported nearly completely GeoWorld-Fonts can now stay in the same directory interaction with all requesters now completely by keyboard option to give distances in miles instead of kilometers requester "no information available" now with configurable time-out reworked and expanded prefs window (among others display mode, font, use, save or reset prefs) expansion of the city database for Austria, Switzerland, Brasil and US cities (over 1100 cities with ZUP code, 6119 cities total) expanding the city databases with details about country / state capitals expanding the country databases with details about the Internet abbreviation (e.g. .de, .uk, .us) informations about the databases are now kept in a seperate GeoWorld.data file, so an expansion of the databases does no longer imply a change of the main program expansion of the info requester rewritten and expanded online help reworked and extremly expanded data about the inhabitants of the countries (over 100 kByte text!!) The Update Nr. 9 and a up-to-date demo version are available from our homepage (title link), and should appear on Aminet (misc/edu) in the next few days. Download (Demo): GeoWorld_E.lha (ps) [News message: 27. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.Aug.1999` Amiga.org	Amiga.org: Redesign of the website and database ready Amiga.org is here again full power, the website has a friendlier and cleaner layout now, and it is (as before) possible requesting news sorted by subject from a database, like hardware etc., seperately. I am dreaming of a database like that, too, simply great :-). (ps) (ps) [News message: 27. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.Aug.1999` Haage & Partner	Haage & Partner News Amiga No Piracy campaign The campaign goes on: some more logos and the final one :) Discussion forum will start soon. New 3D World-Logos There have been yet more submissions for the logos. H&P initiated a vote which kind of logo you like best. (ps) [News message: 27. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.Aug.1999` Markus Lunk by eMail	ComputerWoche: Linux-based operating system competing agains WindowsCE ComputerWoche writes: Amiga is not dead, new live as home information device MUNICH (CW) - New details have surfaced about Amiga, the cult of the 80ies. It is intended to be mainly used as Information Appliance in the future. About two years ago, direct PC distributor Gateway purchased the rights of the computing pioneer Amiga and its 47 patents from German Escom AG. Now, the name shall be brought back to life. Aside from PCs for the consumer market, future's Amigas will be mainly used as information appliances in private households. CEO Jim Collas wants to present an operating enviroment until the end of the year, and ship the first machines early 2000. (Full story - German - at the title link) (ps) [News message: 27. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.Aug.1999` Amiga	No more executive updates Amiga writes: For the next several months, the Amiga staff will be focused on implementing our business and product plans. We will not be discussing or commenting on future company directions during this time. (ps) [News message: 27. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.Aug.1999` Compcity by eMail	E4000 Computer City announces the availability of the E4000. The computer is based on a standard A4000 mainboard with an Elbox tower and AmigaOS 3.5 (which will be delivered when available). The processor boards are manufactured by Apollo / DCE. Technical specs: Midi tower with 230W power supply 68040 (40 MHz) or 68060 (50 MHz) 2 MB ChipRAM (on A4000 mainboard) IDE controller (on A4000 mainboard) SCSI2 controller (on the processor board) for hard drives and CD-ROMs 7 Zorro II/III slots 5 ISA slots (non-active) 2 video slots 3,5" floppy drive HD 1.76 MB original A4000 keyboard original Amiga mouse 40speed IDE CD-ROM drive 13.1 GB IDE hard drive AmigaOS 3.5 (ps) [News message: 27. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Aug.1999` Future-Visions by eMail	Info from Met@box about amiJoe PPC boards Andreas Schmidt writes: Today, I recieved some informations from Thomas Rudloff (Met@box) about the announced amiJoe boards, including some price informations, which can be found on our webpage. The title link is the German page, the English pages do not (yet?) carry this information. (ps) [News message: 26. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Aug.1999` Fun Time World	Lame 3.25 Beta Note: The Warp-Up version of this MP3 encoder can still crash at certain circumstances. (ps) [News message: 26. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`26.Aug.1999` Amiga	Pictures from the Downunder '99 Show More pictures can be found at GP Software. (ps) [News message: 26. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`25.Aug.1999` NewsTekniques TekTicker	European Version of NewTek European Version of NewTek. (ps) [News message: 25. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`25.Aug.1999` Andreas Kleinert	New ak-Datatypes Version 44.46 Download: akPNG-dt.lha, akTIFF-dt.lha and akJFIF-dt.lha as well as akNAIL-dt.lha (44.3, from August 10th 1999). (ps) [News message: 25. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`25.Aug.1999` AWD [News]	Amiga Job offering, Amiga 2k announced, Amiga Downunder 99 show report Various news from AWD: Amiga Job Posting Amigan-St. Louis is Proud to Announce Amiga 2K Amiga Downunder '99 Show Report (ps) [News message: 25. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`25.Aug.1999` Iwin	Iwin: product specifications of A510MP and A1010MP online At AmiUpdate, the entry in the Sun Dealer Catalog is considered sufficient proof for the existence of Iwin. Here's the entry. At ANN, there are two more interesting postingsabout the subject: 1. The manufacturer of the tower casings has been found, it is the company Antec. 2. Jeffrey D. Webster explains in a posting to c.s.a.m. why it isn't that hard to get added to the Sun Dealer Catalog. Comment about the technical specification: It reads all too well. You cannot run the bus system with a 68060-50, however. You will never get the speed to the PCI bus to transport the data fast enough for the pixel rates of the gfx card. Not to speak of AGP. I consider that impossible with a 68060 CPU. A company without Amiga experience can never implement this stuff. For this, the subject is far too complicated. And how is all this intended to run without Amiga chipset? Thomas Raukamp writes: About your comment about bus speed - don't forget that the Milan is running gfx cards on the PCI bus with 060, so it is possible. Far less likely is that the emulation of the Custom Chips is possible without modification of the Kick-ROMs. If they modify them, they break the licence since they have none. With this, Iwin would end in court. Slashdot.org: Amiga 510 & 1010 released? (ps) [News message: 25. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`25.Aug.1999`	Bernhard Hembach dead Attorney and bancruptcy manager Bernhard Hembach has died on August 20th at the age of only 55 by heart attack. Our feelings are with his family. Mr. Hembach managed the bancruptcies of Commodore and Escom, and by his casual approach did his part in keeping the Amiga alive. (ps) [News message: 25. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`25.Aug.1999` Jan Andersen by ML	Virus Help Denmark: VirusExecutor Update Version 1.82b Name: VirusExecutor v1.82b Archive name: ve-182b.lha Archive size: 48.337 bytes Date: 24 August 1999 Author: Jan Erik Olausen Changes in this update: - new prefs window added (BETA). VE directly goes to the prefs window when new settings are added. - hopefully fixed 'Error 12000'. - vector check added. Not too well yet, but I'm working on it. - VE can now display tasks, libraries and devices... (ps) [News message: 25. Aug. 1999, 08:00] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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