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Archive 06/2003


21.Jun.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)


Pegasos/MorphOS review by Christophe Decanini
Christophe Decanini, co-founder of the French Amiga retailer APS and co-moderator at ANN, has (in English) created one of the most detailed reviews of the Pegasos and MorphOS 1.3. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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21.Jun.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)


Music: Liquid Skies records #041
The scene group Liquid Skies has yesterday released the 41st music pack in their series. This time it contains a tune in the GoaTrance style called "Out Of Nowhere" by the German musician Angeldust. The cover was done by himself.

Here some more information about the track:
  • Title: Out Of Nowhere
  • Artist: Angeldust
  • Style: GoaTrance
  • Playing time: 5:28
  • Format: mp3
The zip packed file (5.1 MB in size) is available as always for free download on the homepage following the title link. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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21.Jun.2003



amiga-news.de moves today to a new server
To make amiga-news.de once again still faster we move today to a new server. As last time everything is prepared perfectly and we don't reckon with any problems. Should any disturbation arise we'll surely fix them in no time. In the worst case some comments or forums entries will get lost. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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21.Jun.2003
Cyborg (ANF)


Software: AntiSPAM 2 now with 70% hit rate (update)
AntiSPAM 2 is finished: the new version of the spam killer works on a new basis and reaches now a dramatically improved hit rate of measured 70%.

Features of AntiSPAM 2 (excerpt):
  1. It analyses spams by the frequency of words.
  2. It needs no remote filters.
  3. It is much easier to install.
  4. It works parallel with YAM and doesn't block it anymore.
  5. It also works offline or in conjunction with other clients.
  6. It has a white list to prevent unwanted deleting.
  7. A manual finetuning is possible.

Now a thankyou from the developer to all who participated in AntiSpam 1 as this is what AntiSpam 2 just made possible. Thanks for the 3500 spams! :) (nba)

Update:
The download link has been corrected in the meantime and should now work. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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20.Jun.2003
Michael Battilana (E-Mail)


Fair: News to the Amiga Alpe Adria 2003 on 05.07.2003
As we have already reported the fair A3 (Amiga Alpe Adria 2003) will take place on 5th of July 2003 in Udine, Italy. On the website you will find all necessary information such as the program, overnight accomodations, music festivals and concerts. It is described very detailed.

Tomorrow will be the last day where you can book a so called cheap fly. You can find further information on the website.

Here is the orirginal message:
Tomorrow is the last day to take advantage of some great 14-day advance airline tickets. Have a look at the airline information, but also the concerts ("Cultural Events"), the sightseeing and the food. Then we are likely to have an unexpected meeting of demo coders with some new presentations, and lots of people from different countries (even two different registered guests who did not know of each other coming from... Australia!). (ps) (Translation: dr)

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20.Jun.2003
Ron van Schaik (E-Mail)


Event: Saturday, June 28: Amiga Show
The Dutch HCC Commodore User Group organizes an Amiga Show on Saturday June 28 from 10:00 till 16:00 at the Trefpunt, Kerkweg 21, Maarssen, Holland. ComputerCity, Genesi and Attention Software will attending our Amiga Show with their newest products like the AmigaOne, Pegasos, VideoMicroWave, a STB Prototype, MorphOS and a new game. There will be a lot of demonstrations and activities and for all Amigans: This is the opportunity to meet all famous national and international Amiga people!

Description:

  • AmigaOne - Amiga computer with G3 or G4 PowerPC microprocessor, works with LinuxPPC operating system or AmigaOS 4.0
  • Pegasos - PowerPC computer from Genesi, with a G3 or Dual G4 PowerPC processor. Operating system MorphOS or LinuxPPC. Some other operating systems will be developed like some Linux variants, BeOS, OpenBSD etc.
  • VideoMicroWave - Soft- and hardware bundle for video on a Pegasos or other Amiga compatible computers. For our demonstration we will show a Pegasos computer in a microwave.
  • STB prototype - Digital signaldecoder from Genesi, based on the Pegasos and MorphOS technology.
  • MorphOS - AmigaOS compatible operating system for PowerPC processors.
  • Attention Software will demonstrate their new FotoFoto game at some Amiga systems.


More activities and participants can still join our program next week, all other Commodore computers and lovers will also attending at this show. For more news and our new Forum (you can also add your own news) look at our website: http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl/.

Other participants on June 28 are: www.amiga.nl - www.amigaclub.nl - www.amigascene.nl - www.attention-software.com - www.compcity.nl - www.genesi.lu.

For the next great Amiga Event look at: http://www.beneluxamigashow.com/. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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20.Jun.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


Apple: Specifications of the new models with PPC970 CPU
Several news services (such as OSNews) reported that today the official online-shop of Apple has announced the exact specifications of the new computer models of Apple. This might have been a mistake because meanwhile the new models have been deleted from the website.

Here are the exact specifications:
  • 1.6 GHz, 1.8 GHz, or Dual-2 GHz PPC-G5 CPU
  • Upto 1 GHz CPU Bus
  • Maximal 8 GB DDR SDRAM
  • Fast Serial ATA
  • AGP 8x Pro (ATI/Nvidia)
  • 3 USB 2.0 Ports
  • 3 PCI or PCI-X slots
  • One FireWire 800 Port, two FireWire 400 Ports
  • Bluetooth & Airport Extreme ready
  • Optical and analog audio in and out


The new Macintosh-models will be probably introduced by Apple on a conference in San Francisco which will take place on Monday. At the same time this conference will be shown via satellite in Berlin for invited press members. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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20.Jun.2003
Felix Schwarz (ANF)


MorphOS SDK 1.0 pre-release 1 published
The first release of the offcial MorphOS SDK is available for MDC-members (MorphOS Developer Connection) in the files section. It is called "pre-release" because many but not all OS-parts are considered.

This release of the MorphOS SDK contains:
  • MorphED 1.0
  • a complete PPC-native GCC/GG-compiler-environment
  • a complete set of MorphOS-includes
  • Documentation, example code and articles about the many features of MorphOS
  • the current release of Barfly PPC ASM (as contribution)
  • the current OpenPCI SDK (as contribution)
(nba) (Translation: dr)

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20.Jun.2003
Felix Schwarz, Martin Heine (ANF)


MorphOS Developer Connection opens its doors
Today, the MorphOS Developer Connection (MDC) officially opens its doors.

Every developer working on MorphOS-related projects is welcome and encouraged to become a free member of the MorphOS Developer Connection.

What is the MDC?

The MorphOS Developer Connection (MDC) is mainly a communication and support platform that serves as a central interface between general third party developers and Genesi.

It aims at supporting third party projects and developers interested in development or actively developing for MorphOS with information and organizational infrastructure (if needed).

What are the benefits?

If you join the MDC, you have, among others, the following benefits:
  • access to the MorphOS SDK, including documentation, MorphED and a complete GCC-based compiler environment
  • discuss and exchange with other developers
  • establish new business contacts
  • organize your own project in dedicated forums, file groups and using our project tree (only on request)
  • get listed in the developer addressbook & link-directory
  • organize or participate in events
  • everything developer-related in ONE spot

Costs?

The MDC is a free service of Genesi to support the MorphOS developer community. Thus, there are no fees.

Join us!

Join us! A membership is completly free. Click here to sign up. You'll receive an email once your account has been activated. (nba)

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20.Jun.2003
Robert Konrad (ANF)


Emulator: QuarkTex - a Warp3D - OpenGL wrapper for WinUAE
Robert Konrad wrote:
I have devloped QuarkTex within the last two months with the help of Bernd Roeschs. I did it because of a discussion here on amiga-news.de. The program works quite good but please read the documentation. There are limitations.

download page (ps) (Translation: dr)

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20.Jun.2003
(ANF)


Current prototype of Amiga Coldfire-card
Under the title link you can find a current picture of the new platine layout of the Amiga Coldfire-card. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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19.Jun.2003
Creative Development (Website)


Status Report on the Development of UltraBUS
Massimo Mancini, owner of Creative Development, has reported after a long period of radio silence on the status of the development of the UltraBUS.

Because of some hardware damage the Zorro-II-based USB controller received only limited development in the last three months. The development on the project has 100% recommenced after a successful repair of a defective Cyberstorm MK3 card, and it could with a bit of time show clear steps towards trial equipment, port adapters and stack optimizations. In the meantime the hardware itself stands shortly before the serial preparation and is newly improved in certain technical aspects. Related information and a complete update of the entire Creative Development homepage should follow shortly. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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19.Jun.2003



Print Magazine Amitopia Ceases Publication
The Norwegian print magazine Amitopia has been discontinued after seven years on account of insufficient editorial support and successively poorer sales figures. This is according to the editor in charge, Michal Bergseth. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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19.Jun.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)


MorphOS: Possible New Game Project - a Trojan Horse for the Mac?
Genesi came up with an idea of developing a new game. This is considered in a possible cooperation with producer Elie Chouraqui. It might then be possible to use this game as a "Trojan Horse" for the Macintosh version of MorphOS.

Whoever is interested in cooperating in this should send an email to: Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco.

Following are both original statements from Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck on MorphZone:

1)

"Gladiateur"

If you have been in Paris the last few days you would have probably seen THIS! It is being produced and directed by Elie Chouraqui. His last film of international renown was Harrison's Flowers (2000).

Last night we had dinner with Elie (thanks to some very good friends of ours). We discussed his latest projects, including "Gladiateur", which is based on the Roman slave uprising lead by Spartacus.

When Raquel and I heard the story line we started to think we might had found our Morph-Apple "Trojan Horse" game.

We told Elie about MorphOS and the Pegasos, contrasting MorphOS and Genesi with Windows and Microsoft...could the Pegasos be the computer gladiator of the 21st Century?! Could the Pegasos inspire another Revolution?! We said OK, let's figure out whether or not we can do it...

Release date: 1 October 2004
MorphOS/Pegasos and Morph-Apple releases
We will invest for this Project! Here are some basic ideas:

1. Themes: Freedom, personal empowerment, responsibility, leadership, teamwork, good vs. evil, changing the world...

2. When a Gladiator (single player) overcomes the challenges of the arena (the CD itself), they qualify to step into the online world and join forces with others who have overcome the arena to fight on for the Revolution (online via the rebellion portal).

Online players hold roles and work together to overcome specific task oriented challenges. Imagine this... You play the CD or through the settings assume an old score...you connect. Online you meet those that are there... you "chat" and plan to overcome the various tasks and requirements.

For example:

Task: Mount Vesuvius
Requirements: Ten Gladiators
Objective: Overcome a Roman Centuria (100 men lead by a Centurion)

The team has to cooperate to be successful and have a strategy for success. Think of Knights and Merchants...

The game and story scale from there. The historical setting is accurate. The greatest success occurs when the most online players cooperate. Game sequences can be re-lived to analyze and improve group game performance. The game takes a quality of its own based on the teamwork and unique skills and resources of the players...

Post feedback here please! Pegasos! Raquel and Bill

2)

Just spoke with Thomas Steiding (thomas@epic-interactive.com), who would be the Project Manager for the effort if we can pull the right people and agreements together. As some know e.p.i.c. is soon to release Northland that could be tuned for the theme we are discussing. We would have to go from vikings to gladiators, but it is not too much of a stretch if the right engine is there and we can get Andre to do some new artwork...

If you are interested send us or Thomas an email.

This could be fun!

Raquel and Bill (nba) (Translation: dm)

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