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Archive 10/2001

`16.Oct.2001` ANN	Programming: ARexx- and AWNPipe tutorials Bruce Steers has released tutorials for ARexx and AWNPipe on his homepage. The ARexx tutorial introduces you to the basics of ARexx. The AWNPipe tutorial describes how to use 'AWNPipe', with which GUIs and other stuff can be created. What makes AWNPipe special is the possibility to use it with any programming language offering read/write operations. JavaScript is required to dispaly the page. (sd) (Translation: mj) [News message: 16. Oct. 2001, 18:43] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Oct.2001` Jürgen Lange (ANF)	Amithlon/AmigaXL: Compatibility list and release date On 15. October 2001 Haage & Partner Computer GmbH have released a compatibility list for Amithlon and Amiga XL for QNX on thier website. Furthermore it is being announced that the emulator package will start shipping within this week. There will be an official presentation this weekend on the Pianeta 2001 in Italy. (sd) (Translation: mj) [News message: 16. Oct. 2001, 15:59] [Comments: 2 - 18. Oct. 2001, 09:17] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Oct.2001` Mariusz Wloczysiak (ANF)	Elbox: TV as background Elbox Computer is pleased to inform that Amiga with the Mediator busboard is from now on the first hardware, in which displaying the actual and moving at full speed real TV broadcasting picture in the backdrop has become possible. Mediator PCI is now the only PCI busboard for Amiga, whose users may use TV cards. Apart from this fact, Mediator PCI is also a pathfinder for new quality standards in the way PCI TV cards are used in computers. Displaying the full-quality TV picture with absolutely 100% system performance maintained (irrespective whether you use a turbo card with PPC/68060 or with 68030) is now possible with the special method of storing code for the video capturing processor. The fast SDRAM/SGRAM memory of graphic cards, to which the TV card sends the digitalised television picture is used in Mediator PCI also to store program for the TV-card video and audio capture processor. This means that none of the operations related to generating the picture requires any operation outside the PCI bus. Therefore, performance of TV cards is significantly enhanced when compared against other computers with PCI TV cards, in which the video capture processors must take their code from the computer's main memory. Inventing this method of co-operation between TV cards and graphic cards has become possible due to the effort of our in-house team of programmers, who have written drivers for both graphic and TV cards. Software for TV cards for Mediator, which now supports as many as 50 of the most popular PCI TV cards, enables a series of different methods of displaying television image. The basic method is to display the image in the window of the pre-set size from the range of 96x72 to 768x576. Any size of window may be freely scalable at any time. Scaling the TV picture is executed in real time with the PCI graphic card's hardware. When the TV image is displayed as a backdrop, the user may freely define the colour, which will be automatically replaced by the graphic card with the moving television image. The enclosed screenshots show television picture samples in Amiga with Mediator PCI. Software for TV cards in Mediator enables a number of other additional functions, which the TV card may perform. For example: managing the radio tuner integrated with the card or using the TV card as a scandoubler / flickerfixer for displaying the AGA-generated image in the PCI graphic card screen. The software to enable operation of any supported TV card in the backdrop mode will be made available today to all the registered users of the Mediator Multimedia CD package as an update, free of any charge. Mariusz Wloczysiak ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department (sd) [News message: 16. Oct. 2001, 15:59] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Oct.2001` Virus Help Denmark	Virus Help Denmark: VirusExecutor V2.22 There is a new version (2.22) of 'VirusExecutor' available. This version contains the following bugfixes: Fixed bug when renaming VirusExecutor. No more modified error. If you have unknown patches, the patch window pops up twice at startup. Fixed. If you have an unknown patch and then run a program with a known patch, the patch window pops up with the same unknown patches. No need for that. Fixed. Got some complaint about the flashy check box around the clock when checking memory/patches. Fixed. Added "real" name to Shell programs in 'Show tasks'. Thanks to Harry Sintonen for the code. Fixed bug in dos.library LVO-names. Added czech catalog. Thanks to Roman Brychta. Fixed small bug in the install script. Added 'Write to log file'-flag to the preferences. Added an Iconify option to the project menu. See also the preferences if you want to iconify at startup. Fixed Enforcer hit when KickTagPtr was zero. Thanks to Joerg Riemer for finding this hit. Added recog for hidden executable files inside installer scripts. Added hunk structure check of VirusExecutor. Fixed hit in the memory monitor when RAM has no name. Thanks to Harry Sintonen for finding this hit. If the xvs.libray somehow has been disabled, VE will tell you so. Thanks to Zeeball for this tip. System requirements: AmigaOS V2.04+ reqtools.library V38.11+ xvs.library V33.13+ xfdmaster.library V38.6+ Download: VirusExecutor.lha (298K), Readme (sd) (Translation: sk) [News message: 15. Oct. 2001, 21:39] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Oct.2001` Housey (ANF)	Music: New OctaMED- and additional music forums New OctaMED forum at aBSTRaCTaSS as well as many other music production related forums. Please register and give support. We would also like to add more Amiga music related forums if the interest was shown. (sd) (Translation: sk) [News message: 15. Oct. 2001, 21:11] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Oct.2001` Alex Goedert	Draco: Interest in PPC and Grafikkarte? Alex Goedert wrote: Hello! I am currently making some inquiries about how much you out there are interested in a new fast, high-resolution graphic board and/or a faster CPU-addon-card with a UW-SCSI controller for the DRACO-system. A hardware developer must have some strong evidences that his developments will be bought after the release. I think that everyone knows that such a development is expensive and time consuming. I would like to please everyone who is interested in these devices to mail me. Please do not discuss if it is worth it. Furthermore the follwing would be a great help: wiring of the DRACO-tower or DRACO-cube Volunteers that make theire DRACO-systems available for hardware-development People able to give some programming aid Thanks a lot Alex (sd) [News message: 15. Oct. 2001, 18:31] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`15.Oct.2001` Martin Blom (Geekgadgets-ML)	Compiler: gcc-Crosscompiler für AmigaOS und MorphOS (update) Martin Blom has released an initial version of a cross development suite for AmigaOS (68k) and MorphOS (PPC) running on Linux and created under RedHat Linux 7.1, but should also run on other Linux distributions. Beside of the compiler tools like 'fd2inline' and 'textinfo' are also contained. The adapted source codes are said to be released after about one week. The several packets and more information are available by following the title link. Update 18. October 2001 Displaced pior text due to that was not matching the content of the German message. (mj) (sd) (Translation: mj) [News message: 15. Oct. 2001, 16:54] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Oct.2001` Czech Amiga News	Project for a better datatypes system Martin Machiels is planning a project to develop an enhanced datatypes system. Beside of other things the current one misses streaming support. Furthermore other features are missing in the library as well as in Multiview. Beside of the enhancements to the basic system new datatypes (read and write) for currently not supported formats as well as for new formats like MPEG-4 shall be developed, too. The new system should be backwards compatible and run on AmigaOS V3.x, V4.x, MorphOS, AROS, and Amithlon. The datatypes.library of the AROS project might be a starting point. Regarding organization Machiels has a project at Sourceforge in mind. People interested to participate in this project might contact Martin Machiels via e-mail: darklite@beer.com. (sd) (Translation: mj) [News message: 14. Oct. 2001, 20:36] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Oct.2001` Virus Help Denmark:	Virus Help Denmark: xvs.Library V33.35 On 12. October 2001 Jan Erik Olausen has released version 33.35 of the virus checker library 'xvs'. Recognition of the Bobek2 virus installer from the 'CoolBall.lha' archive was added. The xvs.library contains the recognition code to remove viruses previously part of VirusZ. The library was developed by George Hörmann and currently Jan Erik Olausen cares for it. Download: xvslibrary.lha (58K), Readme (sd) (Translation: mj) [News message: 14. Oct. 2001, 20:36] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Oct.2001` AmigaArt	Magazine: Obligement #29 Issue #29 of the French online magazine 'Obligement' is available for download. This issue contains current Amiga news, interviews with Richard Fhager (author of 'BabeAnoid'), and Jean-Jacques Boulet (leader of the 'Amiga Center'), a report about the 'Alchimie Meeting 2001', tests of Photogenics 5 and the Repulse sound card, an article about ADSL, and many other articles more. This magazine utilizes a special program to display the texts which runs on Amigas with AGA or graphics board. Download: obligement29.lha (888K), Readme (sd) (Translation: mj) [News message: 14. Oct. 2001, 20:36] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Oct.2001` Czech Amiga News	ExoticA: SID collection updated and new logo On 13. October 2001 the ExoticA website was updated. This site deals with the musical capabilities and the history of the Amiga. ExoticA's Mirror, the 'High Voltage SID Collection' was updated to version 43. This collection now contains 16.986 pieces of C64-music. Per HTML-Interface these are available for download in a big tar.gzip archive (HVSC.tar.gz). What has changed in this archive can be taken from the announcement text. Detailed information about the changes are part of the update-logs in the DOCUMENTS directory. There is a new logo by Yon Iris on the start page of ExoticA, which strongly differs in style from the previous one. If other artists also would like to see their works on this start page please, contact buzz for further information. (sd) (Translation: mj) [News message: 14. Oct. 2001, 20:36] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Oct.2001` Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)	Amiga Arena: 'MUIVideo' V2.40 full version In cooperation with Christoph Kirsch the Amiga Arena makes possible the full version of MUIVideo v2.40. With MUIVideo you can comfortably manage video collections. MUIVideo offers a database system allowing various entries for each dataset. Beside of movie title, original title, list of characters, etc., it is also possible to rate the movies. MUIVideo has very good printing features and an easy to use GUI. (sd) (Translation: mj) [News message: 14. Oct. 2001, 17:42] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Oct.2001` Richard Kapp (ANF)	NARR Website: New Downloads and G4C-Tutorial Richard Kapp wrote: On my NARR website again some things have happened: Beside of some new sections and an enhanced design the download section also was updated. Among other stuff there you will find a new image-set for Tinymeter, a logo for SimpleFind, an much more. At the wallpaper section now you will find all of the CoolOS (several times part of the Aminet charts and ratings) and other background pictures for your Workbench. Also new is a short (German) review of the easy to learn scripting language Gui4Cli (short: G4C) with which you easily can create nice GUIs and add functions to them. Have fun while browsing and reading! (sd) (Translation: mj) [News message: 14. Oct. 2001, 16:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Oct.2001` Horst Diebel (ANF)	Amiga-Society: New units in Tarnblau (masking blue), graphics competition Again there are new units in Tarnblau (masking blue) at the Schlachtfeld area. The upcoming graphics competition will start on 21. October and last thru the end of this year. There will be detailed information during this week. The software area also was updated. There are some new entries and more to come during this day. (sd) (Translation: mj) [News message: 14. Oct. 2001, 16:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`14.Oct.2001` Inutilis News (E-Mail)	Adventure-Engine: Inga V0.7/3 Now the update of the adventure engine 'Inga' is available for download on the website. This update contains the engine in version 0.7/3 with the following innovations: The menu screen (quit game, save / load game, ....). A plug-in-system for sound and music (no plug-ins available yet). Small bugfixes with graphics output (no more blinking text scraps any more). Inga is an engine for graphic adventures in the style of Monkey Island 3. The developer pack is available from the vendors. (sd) (Translation: mj) [News message: 14. Oct. 2001, 16:32] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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