03.Apr.2004
Amclust (ANF)
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Event: First report about the AmCluSt hardware meeting (update)
From the Amiga-Club Steinfurt (AmCluSt) comes a first report about its event that's just happening:
Since yesterday takes in Dreierwalde (near Rheine/Westfalen/Germany) the AmCluSt hardware meeting place. Already on the first day there has been great interest and happenings regarding everything that has to do with the AmigaOS.
Harald Frank presents Amithlon on his laptop and showed because of the great interest already yesterday the possibility of the multimonitoring. Besides that he had brought many hardware with him to upgrade existing Amithlon systems. Among other things he offers many G-Force4 cards priced 15+ Euros.
Axel Knabe demonstrates current software for MorphOS to interested visitors. He also offers useful hardware, not only for the Pegasos.
Guido Mersmann shows the brandnew version 1.00 of the USB driver ArakAttack and the first beta of the IRTrans driver as well as various tools for it. Known programs like BoulderDäsh, MMKeyboard, AmithlonTV are shown there, too.
Everybody who wants to have a look himself/herself has the opportunity to do so until Sunday evening.
Update: (03.04.04, 20:14, cg)
Harald Frank has gathered and commented some pictures of the event.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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03.Apr.2004
Peter Topolnicki (ANF)
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OpenOffice 1.1.1 for Linux-PPC released
OpenOffice is now available in the new version 1.1.1 for PowerPC-Linux, too. Required are the standard packages like glibc 2.3.1, XFree86 4.0, etc. Further information can be found under the title link.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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03.Apr.2004
Wayne Hunt (email)
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Amiga.org: Domain name sale by Wayne Hunt an April-fool trick
As a new advertising banner on Amiga.org now reveals is the alleged sale of the domain from May, 1st to a Mexican Lesbian organization called Corazón de Amiga an April-fool trick.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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03.Apr.2004
ANN (website)
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MorphOS: Port of AROS demos (including screensaver and HTML Tidy)
Ali Akcaagac has compiled AROS demos for MorphOS and made these available for download (1.2 MB) including source codes and makefiles.
There's also the AROS screensaver as well as a new version of the program HTML Tidy included that verifies HTML files for syntax errors, corrects these automatically if wanted and formats the source code for printing.
The author plans to update this archive from time to time. He's aware of the fact that some of the components have already been ported before.
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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03.Apr.2004
Amigaworld.net (website)
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Event: Change of schedule for the live broadcasting from AmigGBG
The schedule for the live broadcasting by AmigaWorld Radio from the Swedish AmiGBG show today with music, interviews and round-ups has been changed.
The broadcasting takes place from 9:50 PM to 16:00 PM UK Time (GMT+1), i.e. 10:50 CEST (New York starts 4:50 AM, Sydney starts 19:50 PM).
Opening speech starts 11:00 UK Time (GMT+1) / 12:00 CEST, the first presentation starts a short while later. The schedule for the presentations is as follows:
1st Universal Space
2nd AROS
3rd Cloanto
4th Individual Computers
5th IBM
6th Eyetech
7th Competition Winners
8th Hyperion
9th Individual Computers (once again)
Additionally, Amigaworld Radio will be hosting Q&A sessions with leading Amiga people, who will be answering questions submitted via their IRC channel, #Amigaworld.
AmigaWorld Radio has the capacity for 300 listeners using two servers:
Server 1: http://server1.amigaworld.net:8000/listen.pls
Server 2: http://server2.amigaworld.net:8000/listen.pls (snx)
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03.Apr.2004
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MorphOS: TGEmu 1.3 released
"TGEmu" emulates the classic NEC games console "TurboGrafx16" (aka "PC Engine"). Many commercial titles are running fast enough and with sound suppport.
The update to version 1.3 includes the following improvements:
- Added command line interface and Nostalgia v2.2 support
- Fixed bottom clipping rectangle to match the viewport size
- Added saving screenshot as a jpeg picture feature
- Fixed "romname" not being freed on exit
- Added close gadget to play window
- Mouse pointer is hidden in fullscreen mode now
- Reduced sound skipping when resizing or saving screenshot
Download: tgemu.lha (433 KB) (nba) (Translation: wk)
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03.Apr.2004
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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Amiga User List: GAUHPIL Database now online
The GAUHPIL (Geographical Amiga Users Home Page Internet List) is a
list created and moderated by Dietmar Knoll containing websites of
Amiga users sorted by continents and countries. Right now, the GAUHPIL
is migrating to a MySQL based database solution.
The GAUHPIL database is now publicly accessible, although there is
still room for improvement and not all pages have been altered
to the new layout scheme yet. On the other hand, the database itself
runs stable and the remaining static HTML pages will be adapted one
after another. (nba)
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03.Apr.2004
Peter Topolnicki (ANF)
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SMSPlus ported to MorphOS
Emerald Imaging, developer of the adventure "Aqua", has ported "SMSPlus",
an emulator for the Sega MasterSystem / Sega GameGear, to MorphOS. The emulator offers a high grade of compatibility and requires MUI as graphical users interface.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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02.Apr.2004
amigaworld.net (Website)
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AmigaOne: UDMA-IDE device for AmigaOS 4
A screenshot on amigaworld.net demonstrates "A1IDE.device" using UDMA100 running 3 "all night" md5sum scripts on a 50 MB file without any data corruption.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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02.Apr.2004
Peter Topolnicki (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4 Theme for Linux published
For the window-manager "IceWM" a theme has been published which tries to perform the
look of AmigaOS 4. Official screenshots have been the pattern and the used fonts
have been copied, too.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Apr.2004
Peter Topolnicki (ANF)
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IBM founded PowerPC Community
IBM tries to create a community around the POWER processor architecture. Everybody gets a
survey over the technical and economical possibilities of the technology and also the
right to take influence on the further development.
For this use IBM provides a lot of information, e.g. the "Power Architecture Pack"
which is used to develop components which are based on the POWER-technology with the
help of a graphical user interface.
Get further information under the title link.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Apr.2004
Peter Topolnicki (ANF)
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Heise: Gateway closes branches
The former Amiga main company Gataway closes 188 branches in order to concentrate on
the direct distribution via telephone and Internet.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Apr.2004
Robin (ANF)
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MUIrdf - Viewer for RSS/RDF-News
Many news-sites offer its news in the form of so called RSS/RDF-Feeds
(e.g. amiga-news.de).
"MUIrdf" is a small ARexx script with which you can take the headlines of those
news sources to the desktop.
"MUIrdf" loads these ones (with the help of wget), shows it as HTML-sites and allows you
to open the news belonging to the headlines in the browser (with OpenURL).
Requirements:
- MUI 3.8
- ARexx
- rxMUI
- RMH Libary
- MUI Custom Class: NList, HTMLview, BWin
- wget
- OpenURL
- PIPE:
If the author uses the program wget 1.9.1 under WinUAE it causes a total break down.
Because of this the next version will use the RxSocket.library if it is possible.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Apr.2004
Peter Topolnicki (ANF)
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Reminder: Amiga Party in the Netherlands on April 17th
At ANN Ron van Schaik reminds again of the upcoming Amiga Party at the Trefpunt, Kerkweg 21, in Maarssen, Netherlands, from 10:00 till 16:00 on Saturday, April 17th (amiga-news.de reported).
He writes: "We're expecting a lot Amiga freaks from all over Europe and there will be a few nice demonstrations. Computer City will be present with a lot of Amiga stuff for sale. Also you can discuss, exchange, buy and sell your Amiga stuff with a lot of other present Amigans.
Also there will be a few Pegasos computers and we will show you the latest version of MorphOS. For the Amiga 500 game freaks we will have hundreds of games available to show and play. Important to know is that all other Commodore freaks and computers are also welcome! When we organize something special it's always extra and not instead of our normal shows! Look at http://commodore-gg.hobby.nl for the latest information!" (snx)
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02.Apr.2004
MorphZone (website)
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MorphOS: Update of the C64 emulator Frodo
The MorphOS port of the C64 emulator Frodo has been enhanced.
New features of the current version (571 KB):
- MUI GUI
- Colour preferences
- Joystick support
- Display scaling
From now on you can use your Catweasel or internal joystick controller with Frodo and play games by joystick. 2nd fire button is supported which is mapped to SPACE on C64 keyboard.
For display scaling MUI GUI can take an advantage of overlay and F12 toggles between full sized and normal sized window. (snx)
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02.Apr.2004
Ventzislav Tzvetkov (ANF)
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Game: BoxWorld Gold version
Ventzislav Tzvetkov has released the Gold version of BoxWorld, a Sokoban clone where you have to replace boxes in order to advance to the next level (screenshot).
New in version 1.1:
- More music.
- Bigger worlds.
- Over 300 more levels.
- Double sized graphics.
- New type of terrain - rough.
- Two new boxtypes - IceBox and InertBox.
- Miscellaneous bugfixes and optimizations.
(snx)
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02.Apr.2004
Aminet (Website)
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Aminet Uploads until 01.04.2004
Here are the newest Aminet-uploads since our last message:
PPaint71_Port.lha biz/cloan 9K+Portuguese locale Catalog for Personal P
SN-EuroArchiv.lha biz/dbase 711K+V1.3 Euro-Coin-DataBase (Germany only)
microgolded.lha biz/demo 528K+Simple but powerful editor (30-day trial
DOpus5661_Port.lha biz/dopus 32K+Portuguese Catalogs and buttons for Dire
ExecuteInShell.lha biz/dopus 19K+(1.2) ExecuteInShell script for Dopus Ma
OpusMPEGAPort.lha biz/dopus 4K+Portuguese locale Catalog for OpusMPEGA
SMRMag2Theme.lha biz/dopus 795K+Collection of data for Magellan II
lohnsteuer.lha biz/misc 153K+Calculate the taxes and social insurance
YAM135_Port.lha comm/mail 9K+Portuguese locale Catalog for YAM v1.3.5
DVBzap.lha comm/misc 28K+Remote control for Nokia D-Box. 68k+MOS
dhcp_amitcp.lha comm/tcp 147K+DHCP client working in Genesis
Miami_Port.lha comm/tcp 35K+Portuguese locale Catalogs for Miami v3.
SambaMountList.lha comm/tcp 104K+SambaMountList Generator
AWeb_Port.lha comm/www 13K+Portuguese locale Catalogs for AWeb v3.4
IBrowse_Port.lha comm/www 18K+Portuguese locale Catalogs for IBrowse v
Karate099.lha demo/aga 993K+Nowadays Demomaker using scripts. (now 3
clockita.lha dev/basic 80K+Italian clock+alarm+source code (bugfix)
IFFtoC.lha dev/c 64K+Converts IFF-pics to C-code (MorphOS)
KronosC.lha dev/c 72K+C compiler for M68020+ under the CLI
AObjView.lha dev/cross 26K+Displays the Hunk structure of Amiga Obj
as80.lha dev/cross 23K+Assembler for the Intel 8080 processor.
tcsh-6.12.00-b.lha dev/gg 151K+Tcsh shell (executable only)
tcsh-6.12.00-s.lha dev/gg 1.9M+Tcsh shell (full source)
amuidiff.lha dev/misc 148K+Displays differences of two text files i
TransCat_Port.lha dev/misc 3K+Portuguese locale Catalog for TransCat v
Blobzsrc1.1.lha dev/src 60K+Blitz 2.1 source code to Blobz (update)
BackMan.lha disk/bakup 320K+The backup system V2.0 (OS3+ MUI3.8+ XPK
ACDPlay16_Port.lha disk/cdrom 4K+Portuguese locale Catalog for ACDPlay v1
GPlayer_Port.lha disk/cdrom 3K+Portuguese locale Catalog for GroovyPlay
MUICD_Port.lha disk/cdrom 6K+Portuguese Catalogs for MUI CD Player v1
PFS3ud.lha disk/misc 136K+PFS3 undelete
Z100_Port.lha disk/misc 4K+Portuguese locale Catalog for Z100 v1.5
AmigaChannel.lha docs/anno 3K+Real Amiga-Mania World IRC Channel in Ga
AmigaWorld.lha docs/anno 3K+Real Amiga-Mania World IRC Channel in Ga
Spanishcoins.lha docs/hyper 21K+History of the Spanish coins
ThePolice.lha docs/hyper 52K+The Police: albums, lyrix, singles +more
Boing-Attack.lha docs/misc 82K+Boing Attack's index
Saga.lha game/board 330K+Saga 1.4: Conversion of TSR boardgame
Blobz1.1.lha game/misc 170K+Update to 50-level overhead-viewed game
SweetKiSS.lha game/misc 37K+KiSS aka Kisekae viewer (MUI, CGX/P96)
TotalChaosAGA.lha game/misc 34M+640x512 256 colors 50fps Magic & Monster
WormWars.lha game/misc 539K+Worm Wars 7.72b: Advanced snake game
MazezaM.lha game/think 309K+Puzzle game, Sokoban alike (DeLuxe versi
Pizza-src.lha gfx/3dobj 4K+'Source' files for pix/imagi/Pizza.jpg
DIYrekoTutor.lha gfx/ifx 22K+Exaple files for DIYreko
Reko2As.lha gfx/ifx 3K+Convert Reko cardsets to AS-.....
Collector_Port.lha gfx/misc 15K+Portuguese locale Catalog for Collector
APDF_Port.lha gfx/show 5K+Portuguese locale Catalog for APDF v2.2+
Frogger_RU.lha gfx/show 11K+Frogger russian documentation v2.07
MooVId_RU.lha gfx/show 27K+MooVId russian documentation v1.6
Visage_Port.lha gfx/show 3K+Portuguese locale Catalog for Visage v39
3c589.lha hard/drivr 54K+Driver for 3Com PCMCIA network cards
ArakAttack.lha hard/drivr 282K+V0.99 USB Driver for Amithlon & OpenPCI
mdisk363.lha hard/drivr 16K+Catweasel MK3 PCI driver using openpci.l
Frodo_Port.lha misc/emu 3K+Portuguese locale Catalog for Frodo v2.4
MagiC64_Port.lha misc/emu 5K+Portuguese locale Catalog for MagiC64 v1
unix2atr.lha misc/emu 23K+Extract files and create a disk image
imdbDiff040305.lha misc/imdb 2.5M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
imdbDiff040312.lha misc/imdb 3.7M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
imdbDiff040319.lha misc/imdb 2.4M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
AmySequencer.lha mus/edit 231K+MIDI sequencer for the AMIGA
GMP-G.lha mus/midi 128K+GUI for GMPlay V1.3(a)
Pegase_Port.lha mus/misc 3K+Portuguese locale Catalog for Pegase v1.
AMPlifier_Port.lha mus/play 3K+Portuguese locale Catalog for AMPlifier
MPEGA35.lha mus/play 39K+MPEG I,II & III audio decoder V3.5 (6802
SongPlayer_Por.lha mus/play 5K+Portuguese locale Catalog for SongPlayer
GEDIcons.lha pix/gicon 10K+Glow icons Toolbar for GoldEd Studio6
Icons.lha pix/gicon 527K+OS3.9 icons
ZIP100-250_GI.lha pix/gicon 145K+By Raul Silva, the Best GlowIcons for Io
ofour.lha pix/icon 340K+OS 4 styled skin for Morph OS
ZIP100-250_NI.lha pix/icon 173K+By Raul Silva, the Best NewIcons for Iom
mangeur-de-cig.jpg pix/illu 45K+Hand drawing picture of a mangeur de cig
wNpSnaps2.lha pix/illu 551K+Snapshots of watchNplay (2nd set)
Pizza.jpg pix/imagi 7K+Pizza on a table. Have a slice!
SkolmanMorphOS.lha pix/wb 64K+Amiga(Morph)OS Workbench snAp AGA Bliz60
BareED.lha text/edit 307K+Text editor supporting proportional font
Wordworth_Port.lha text/edit 13K+Portuguese locale Catalogs for Wordworth
WW4SE_7fin.lha text/edit 19K+Wordworth 4SE & 7 Finnish catalogs
Sherman_Port.lha util/blank 4K+Portuguese locale Catalog for Sherman Bl
ToolsDaemonPor.lha util/boot 4K+Portuguese locale Catalog for ToolsDaemo
MCP132_Port.lha util/cdity 9K+Portuguese Catalog for MCP v1.32 Beta 12
CrossDOS.lha util/conv 1K+Convert data with translation filter
HotFavBook.lha util/conv 76K+Convert Windows favorites to IBrowse-hot
BoardsLib_Port.lha util/libs 2K+Portuguese locale Catalog for Boards.Lib
libidn.lha util/libs 36K+Idn.library converts ISO-8859-1 <-> ACE
ttengine.lha util/libs 532K+TrueType text rendering engine (v 6.5)
froggui.lha util/misc 498K+GUI for FroggerNG
LC2_Amithlon.lha util/misc 82K+Aussie Lotto checker/database, Amithlon
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 307K+Report+ 5.76a: Multipurpose utility
StartBar-ITA.lha util/misc 89K+Italian version of StartBar
Pointers.lha util/mouse 11K+Pointer prefs for os3.1-3.9
FileReq.lha util/shell 13K+OS3.5/3.9 Open Filerequester and launch
StartupScripts.lha util/shell 11K+OS3.5/3.9 Boot log
MrIcon_Port.lha util/wb 2K+Portuguese locale Catalog for MrIcon v1.
Picticon_Port.lha util/wb 3K+Portuguese locale Catalog for Picticon v
SGrab18_Port.lha util/wb 3K+Portuguese locale Catalog for SGrab v1.8
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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02.Apr.2004
WHDLoad (Website)
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WHDLoad: New packets until April 1st, 2004
With WHDLoad you can install games on your hard drive which had been originally written
for use only with disks. The following packets have been added or improved since our
last message:
- 27.03.04 improved: Utopia (Gremlin)
- 27.03.04 new: Under Pressure (Electronic Zoo)
- 27.03.04 improved: Batman the Caped Crusader (Ocean)
- 27.03.04 updated: Advanced Tactical Fighter II (Digital Integration)
- 26.03.04 new: Badlands Pete (ARC)
- 26.03.04 improved: Impossible Mission 2 (Epyx)
- 25.03.04 new: Enemy - Tempest Of Violence (Anachronia)
- 23.03.04 improved: Universe (Core Design)
- 23.03.04 fixed: Thomas the Tank Engine Pinball (Spidersoft)
- 23.03.04 updated: Adrenalynn (Exponentia)
- 22.03.04 updated: Joe & Mac (Caveman Ninja) (Data East)
- 22.03.04 improved: Shadow of the Beast 2 (Psygnosis)
- 21.03.04 updated: Godfather (U.S.Gold)
- 18.03.04 improved: Peter Beardsley's International Football (Teque/Grandslam)
- 18.03.04 updated: 3D Galax (Gremlin)
- 18.03.04 improved: B.A.T. (UBI-Soft)
- 16.03.04 new: Terminator (Status OK)
- 16.03.04 new: No Brain No Pain (Paradise)
- 15.03.04 improved: Space MAX (Starbyte)
- 15.03.04 new: Logo (Starbyte)
- 15.03.04 fixed: King's Quest 2 (Sierra)
- 15.03.04 improved: Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade (Lucasfilm Games)
- 15.03.04 updated: Genesia (Microids)
- 15.03.04 updated: F/A-18 Interceptor (Intellisoft/Electronic Arts)
- 13.03.04 new: Theme Park Mystery (Imageworks/Konami)
- 13.03.04 new: Status Quo (Mad Elks)
- 13.03.04 new: The Best Of Raw vol.1 (Katharsis)
- 13.03.04 new: Techno Trance (Bastards)
- 11.03.04 new: 3D Galax (Gremlin)
- 10.03.04 new: Space MAX (Starbyte)
- 09.03.04 new: Thomas the Tank Engine Pinball (Spidersoft)
- 09.03.04 improved: Shadow of the Beast 2 (Psygnosis)
- 08.03.04 improved: CJ's Elephant Antics (Code Masters)
- 08.03.04 new: Australo Piticus Mechanicus (Hack+Slay Team)
- 08.03.04 improved: Vroom Multiplayer (Lankhor)
- 08.03.04 improved: Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade (Lucasfilm Games)
- 08.03.04 improved: Eliminator (Hewson)
- 05.03.04 improved: Wizball (Ocean)
- 05.03.04 new: Overlord (Rowan) (Rowan/Virgin)
- 05.03.04 improved: Falcon (Spectrum HoloByte)
- 03.03.04 new: Sliders (Microids/Palace)
- 03.03.04 improved: Colorado (Silmarils)
- 02.03.04 improved: Transarctica (Silmarils)
- 29.02.04 new: Jetsons (PAL Developments/Hi-Tec)
- 29.02.04 updated: Prospector in the Mazes of Xor (Hidden Treasures/Logotron)
- 29.02.04 new: The Raiders (Silmarils)
- 29.02.04 new: Super OsWALD (SilverRock)
- 29.02.04 new: Manhattan Dealers (Silmarils)
- 28.02.04 improved: Storm Master (Silmarils)
- 28.02.04 improved: Les Manley - Search For The King (Accolade)
- 28.02.04 fixed: Leisure Suit Larry 5 (Sierra)
- 27.02.04 new: Hugo - På Nye Eventyr 2 (SilverRock)
- 27.02.04 new: Hugo - På Nye Eventyr (SilverRock)
- 27.02.04 improved: Storm Master (Silmarils)
- 27.02.04 improved: Crystals of Arborea (Silmarils)
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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01.Apr.2004
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Issue 121 of the Online Magazine NoCover Appears
No fooling, on 1st April the beloved online magazine NoCover is punctual once again, with the release of issue 121, and has just been sent via email to all subscribers as well as posted on our homepage http://www.nc-mag.de and at http://www.apc-tcp.de. From here on out the magazine is available on Aminet and on Amiga Future CDROMs.
Have fun with the new NoCover, says
Wolf Zimmer
Cord Hagen
Andreas Magerl (snx) (Translation: dm)
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01.Apr.2004
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Multi-ADC (Analog Digital Changer) for Amiga, Pegasos and Amithlon
Here is an electronic diagram and a small test program for my six channel multi analog digital changer (download, 87 KB).
Characteristics of the ADC chip:
- Six measuring channels
- Programmable for unipolar (from 0V to +5V) and bipolar (-5V to +5V) measurements per channel
- Programmable reversal of the measurement polarity (only with bipolar)
- 12 bits resolution per channel
- programmable stand-by mode of the ADC
The following must be installed:
- rexxtricks
- tritonrexx
- triton.library
- rexxserdev
The following ENV variables should be inserted in the "ENVARC:" designation:
- Analog-device = serial device
- Analog-unit = serial unit
- Analog-Volt = maximal voltage reachable at the measurement entrances (normally "5")
Important:
The hardware (MultiADC) is fixed to a data rate of 15000 baud. If this data rate is changed on the computer there won't be any correct transfer of information.
The passive building elements (condensers and resistors) must be built exactly in accordance with the instructions. Deviating values in Ohms or Farad lead to an incorrect function of the MultiADCs.
All building elements are in CMOS technology. So one must wear an anti-static armband so as not to disturb the connection pins. Through this one is able to make it reliable.
With one's own, self-provided program one must pay attention to the programming of the chip LTC1293, since this deviates with the available hardware something from the data in the PDF document from this chip.
Example:
For a logical 1 at the data entrance of the LTC1293 chip one programs in ARexx "call serwrite(ser,'11111111'B,1)" and for a logical 0 it would be "call serwrite(ser,'00000000'B,1)." (snx) (Translation: dm)
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01.Apr.2004
Brad Webb (E-Mail)
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Amiga Update Newsletter from Brad Webb #040331
Under the tite link you'll find the complete newsletter Amiga Update for March, 2004. In this English language newsletter Brad Webb does a monthly summary of all important Amiga news.
Topics in this edition:
- AmigaWorld.net interviews Gary Hare
- AmigaOS 4 Event in Germany
- Amiwest 2004 is coming
- DawnVideoPoker latest rev
- Ghostprint v8.13 now available
(nba) (Translation: dm)
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