13.Jul.2003
Amiforce (ANF)
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Abakus-Design: Screen saver Amiquarium released
As from now the screen saver project Amiga Aquarium, short: Amiquarium, is available
for download on Abakus-Design's Website. The screen saver recreates an aquarium with
fishes. On startup you just choose one of five background pictures and you're up and running.
Currently the screen saver doesn't yet offer timer settings and doesn't automatically save the screenmode and the chosen picture.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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13.Jul.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Scalos: Port to MorphOS in the works
As announced on MorphOS-News.de,
the Workbench replacement Scalos is being ported to MorphOS.
Ambient stays the standard GUI of course - but, as Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco wrote in a corresponding
comment,
variety is the spice of life.
Scalos' feature list comprises
a.o.t. full Multitasking (every window has its own task), icons becoming transparent
when drawn over something they can be applied to with drag&drop, stretching, splitting
and centering of backgrounds, iconification of drawer icons as well as a plugin system
for replacing or adding new features.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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12.Jul.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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AmiWest: Bill Buck banquet-speaker / MorphOS 1.4 / Super bundle from the weekend
On the AmiWest which will take place on
26th and 27th July 2003 in Sacramento (USA) there will be several speakers at the
banquet. One of them will be Bill Buck of Genesi.
Furthermore Kermit Woodall of Nova Design,
Kurt Grach of Mr. Hardware and
Jens Schönfeld of individual Computers will be
present.
In a comment
on MorphOS-News.de Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck confirm that there will be a
new version 1.4 of MorphOS.
Together with it the "superbundle" of several software titles will be available for all
Pegasos owners (inclusive "Phreeboard" owners) on the Genesi FTP server.
On the AmiWest Genesi will be presented by Raquel Velasco, Bill Buck and the whole
Genesi USA-team. The Pegasos I with 1 GHz-G4-processor will be performed as well
as the plans for the Pegasos II and for the superbundle are supposed to be
explained.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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12.Jul.2003
Rombald (ANF)
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Relaunch of Commodore by Tulip Computers N.V. and Ironstone Partners LIM
On 11th July 2003 Tulip Computers NV (Tulip) and Ironstone Partners Ltd. (Ironstone)
have signed an agreement which is supposed to be seen as an important step for the
worldwide relaunch of the name Commodore.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jul.2003
Oliver Roberts (E-Mail)
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Warp Datatypes V45.3 published
Oliver Roberts has published version 45.3 of his WarpDT which contains updates of all
five Warp-datatype. Here the detailed changes:
- Fixed a problem reading the prefs file from disks using FFS.
- Fixed another bug which caused bogus evaluation period warnings.
- Tweaked installer so that it checks for picture.datatype in MOSSYS:
as well as SYS: when run under MorphOS.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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11.Jul.2003
Mariusz Wloczysiak (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Lightweight Busboard: Mediator PCI 1200 LT
Elbox Computer, the leading manufacturer of hardware for Amiga
computers, the company that introduced the PCI standard to Amiga
computers, is proud to announce expansion of the MEDIATOR busboard
product line with the new Mediator model for Amiga 1200 computers:
the Mediator PCI 1200 LT.
This product is dedicated to all Amiga 1200 users, who have not
expanded their computers with a multi-slot PCI busboard as yet.
We know that many of you need only a fast, modern graphic card and
a good sound card. This new, 2-slot model of Mediator is
specifically dedicated to meet these needs.
Mediator PCI 1200 LT opens the possibility of using the best
available graphic cards for Amiga: the Voodoo series;
and the highest-quality Terratec 512i Digital sound card.
The second slot may obviously be used for other purposes. You
can install a Spider USB 2.0 controller, a 10Mbps Ethernet card,
a 100Mbps FastEthernet card or a TV tuner card in it. The choice
is yours.
Moreover:
If at any time you decide that you need additional PCI slots,
you can easily expand the number of active slots in this busboard
up to four. All you will need is acquiring a DIY set:
the LT4 Upgrade Pack.
Mediator is not only a well-designed, reliable hardware. Mediator
also means excellent drivers and professional support. Start
enjoying these benefits yourself.
Mediator PCI 1200 LT features:
- 2 PCI slots (PCI 2.1 compatible)
- 66/33MHz PCI clock (transfer rate up to 264MB/s)
- 32-bit PCI datapatch
- 4GB PCI memory space
- Busmastering/DMA in all slots
- Compatible with 68030/040/060 and PPC turbo cards
- Ready for SharkPPC(+) G3/G4 cards
- Fits in any A1200 in E/BOX (Power, Winner), EZ-Z4 and Infinitiv tower
Included with the Mediator PCI 1200 LT is the Mediator Multimedia
CD with drivers for Sound, TV tuner, Ethernet 10Mbps, Fast Ethernet
100Mbps and Graphic PCI cards. For the list of currently supported
PCI cards see Mediator Driver Guide.
For more info, see the
Mediator PCI 1200 LT website.
Pricing and availability
The Mediator PCI 1200 LT will be on sale beginning with 11 July 2003
at the suggested retail price of EUR139.95 (VAT excl.) only.
To locate an authorized distributor in your area or to purchase the
product online visit the Elbox Computer website.
Why Mediator?
Do you need your Amiga to display crystal-clear image up
to 2048x1536x32@75? Do you want your favourite games to run in
accelerated graphics?
Get hold of a Voodoo-family PCI graphic card and enjoy its 2D and
3D performance!
Care for superb high-quality music?
Just install the highest quality Terratec 512i Digital sound card
and enjoy crystal clear sound all around.
Do you want to use a variety of devices connected via the USB port?
Simply install the Spider USB 2.0 High-Speed PCI card into the
Mediator slot and explore the world of the newest USB devices such
as mice, keyboards, tablets, joysticks, printers, scanners, webcams,
digicams, flash card readers, zip drives, floppy disk drives,
harddisks, memory sticks, ethernet adapters and audio adapters,
GPS location devices or finger print readers!
Want fast network connections to surf the net?
Put a low-cost RTL8139 Fast Ethernet 100Mbps PCI card into the
Mediator slot and connect your computer to the network!
Do you want to watch and capture your favourite TV programmes?
With a TV tuner PCI card you can watch TV; you can also connect
a TV-SAT tuner, a camcorder or a digital camera. Although the
full TV image resolution runs at 30 fps in the PIP window on
your Workbench screen, it does not use the Amiga processor's
time at all!
MEDIATOR - The Best Way to Power-up Your Amiga.
Mariusz Wloczysiak
ELBOX COMPUTER, Press Department
contact: press@elbox.com
(ps)
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11.Jul.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Amiga Inc.: Rumours about the return of Jim Collas denied
The latest issue of UK's print magazine Total Amiga claims that there
are rumours about a new CEO at Amiga Inc. The "Buzz Word" rumour column, where an anonymous insider
reveils that latest "industry" rumours, the following statement can be found (quoted with permission):
"Buzz Word has heard that Amiga are about to get a new CEO but it won't be Garry Hare; apparently the whole
Genesi/ Garry Hare story was a setup designed to produce confusion. The new CEO is a man who will bring many
millions of investment dollars back into the company. The Man's name? Jim Collas."
Asked if this is a joke, Robert Willaims, editor of Total Amiga, assured us that he "honestly
doesn't know whether the rumour about Jim Collas is true or not".
Thus we contacted Bill McEwen, CEO of Amiga Inc. and asked for a short statement. Bill writes:
"It is just a joke, and I agree a good one. I found it to be pretty funny.
I also thought that it was funny that they stated that Garry Hare was
replaced by Jim, when I have not even been replaced yet ;-)
I am still CEO, and still enjoying the ride."
(ps)
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10.Jul.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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DiaCD - Transfer of ARexx to Hollywood 1.5
Carsten Siegner writes:
Today I have created the first alpha version of DiaCD with Hollywood 1.5. With this, I wanted to show just how powerful Hollywood has become.
During the entry of a picture listing in the upper requester
all pictures are at once graphically shown in a picture list. One may then use the slider beneath the
picture list to scroll through all the pictures in realtime. At the same time a larger version of the currently
selected picture is shown separately in a subwindow. When you press the left mouse button and move the
cursor on the picture list, you select the first picture that you're going to work on later. Similarly, you select the final
picture with the right mouse button. These pictures are expressly scrolled through in realtime, when you move the
mouse back and forth. The picture under the cursor then appears in the selection window.
This is just a demo of the further capabilities of the program. I will then compile it for 68k and MorphOS. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.Jul.2003
Bill Buck und Raquel Velasco (E-Mail)
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Event: Pegasos on Linux Tag 2003
All concerned: There will be a Pegasos at the Linuxtag in Karlsruhe this weekend.
Linuxtag is Europe's largest GNU/Linux exhibition. The Linuxtag is at the
Karlsruhe Convention Center from 10-13 July.
Genesi will be represented by Nicholas Blachford, whose "Analysis: x86 Vs
PPC" was featured yesterday on OSNews and Slashdot here:
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3997
http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/03/07/09/1730206.shtml?tid=137
Nicolas will be joined by Genesi's newest team member Sven Luther. Sven is
a developer known to both the MorphOS and Linux development communities.
Sven Luther's LinuxPPC kernel was recently announced on MorphOS-News here:
http://www.morphos-news.de/index.php?lg=en&nid=371&si=1
At Linuxtag, the Genesi Team and the Pegasos will be found in the Debian Booth.
The following weekend (18-20 July 2003) Sven will also be attending the
Debian Developers Conference, Oslo, Norway with the Pegasos. Details about
that conference can be found here:
http://debconf.org/debconf3/
Sven has joined Genesi to manage the LinuxPPC development effort for the
Pegasos. Sven is a PhD candidate at the University of Strausbourg and an
Associate Professor in the Computer Sciences Department. The University of
Strasburg was founded in 1621, with a long tradition of academic excellence.
Louis Pasteur, John Calvin, Marc Bloch and four Nobel Prize winners have
studied or taught there. We can now add Sven to the list...;-) Welcome
Sven! Of course, Nicholas and Sven will be able to demo MorphOS too! (ps)
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10.Jul.2003
carls (ANF)
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Web server: gW3S v2.1 released
The easy-to-use web server gW3S has been updated to version 2.1. The new version includes bug fixes, more in-depth XGI documentation and a new version of the administration tool.
Download it for free at the gW3S web site!
The gW3S team members are proud to announce that the Technic Up site has been running gW3S since a few months back, in conjunction with MUIBase (www.muibase.de) which proves that it is indeed capable of hosting professional sites! (ps)
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10.Jul.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)
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Music: Liquid Skies Records #045
The scene group Liquid Skies has released their 45th music pack today. This time a piece, "Moonlight," in the electro-pop style. The cover was provided by DaFreak.
More information about the track:
- Title: MoonLight
- Artist: Maxus
- Style: Pop
- Song-length: 4:09
- Format: mp3 (160 kbps)
The zipped data has a size of about 4.8 megabytes and is available on the homepage under the title link as a free download. Additionally, the group and their webpage have been chosen as a link tip of the month at
www.leipzig-info.net.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.Jul.2003
Gary7 bei Golem gefunden (ANF)
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Golem: Rambus, Toshiba and Elpida introduce XDR DRAM
»XDR DRAM runs next with 3.2 GHz, later with 6.4 GHz and higher.
Together with Toshiba and Elpida, Rambus has introduced a new generation of memory. XDR DRAM
uses the XDR memory interface (previously Yellowstone) from Rambus and runs at up to 3.2 GHz. Sony has just
licensed the new technology for use with "Cell", the basis for Sony's PlayStation 3, among others.«
Read the complete article under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.Jul.2003
Davy Wentzler (ANF)
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Audio Evolution 4 demo released
After two years of hard work, today we present you the release of the 68k demo
of the audio harddisk recording and editing system, Audio Evolution 4! AE4 is
a major update to AE3 and will be released for OS4/PPC.
Some of the new features:
- Non-linear and non-destructive editing on the time line, including cut, copy,
paste, move, split, trim and crossfade actions
- Unlimited undo
- Many grid options to align regions
- Improved automation editing on the time line
- Record automation events during playback by mouse or MIDI remote
- Track height adjustment and higher quality waveform display
- Metronome with freely adjustable time signature
- Control the mixer and transport controls remotely with external MIDI hardware
- Native OS4 effect plug-ins with realtime parameter control, automation and metering
- New plug-ins, including a new compressor, chorus, ducking delay and sound replacer
- WAV import
- 'Repeat region' functionality with intervals
- Automatic regionize with export of timecode list to BurnIt
- ARexx interface
- Communicate and synchronize with other applications (like B&P) easily through the
Master Control Bus (OS4 only)
- Enhanced look and feel. All imagery can be changed by the user.
- Experimental Dolby Pro Logic encoder
- Brand new manual in HTML and PDF formats
- Many more smaller improvements and bug fixes
Please download and try out the demo from the title link.
Any suggestions, questions and bug reports are welcome.
Davy Wentzler
Audio Evolution (ps)
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10.Jul.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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OSNews: Analysis: x86 vs. PPC (English)
On OSNews.com,
Nicholas Blachford of Genesi has written an in-depth examination of the comparative advantages and
disadvantages of the X86 and PPC processor lines. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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10.Jul.2003
computerhilfen.de (ANF)
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New Help Forum for Amiga Users at Computerhilfen.de
Today the Amiga section has added a help forum as a complement to the Windows, Apple, and Linux help forums at Computerhilfen.de. As occurs in the already existing Computerhilfen.de forums, the new Amiga forum should prove to be a place for friendliness and competence.
amiga.computerhilfen.de (ps) (Translation: dm)
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09.Jul.2003
Mikey_C (ANF)
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Total Amiga Issue 15 starts arriving at doors worldwide
Total Amiga Magazine now has
subscribers in 20 countries around the globe!
We are also proud to welcome Fun Time World
(Germany), to the list
of Amiga retailers stocking Total Amiga Magazine worldwide.
To accompany this issue, we have added a number of supporting downloads
for you to try on the Current Issue page of our website, from Hollywood
tutorial scripts to classic Mac links.
All this plus of course our excellent, News, Guest Columnists, Features,
Reviews and Tutorials, packed into 52 bursting pages of Amiga devotion.
Total Amiga Magazine. Does what it says on the cover!
(ps)
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09.Jul.2003
Golem - IT News
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Golem: Napster founder changes side towards music industries
»Shawn Fanning with a new technology to discover protected music
There are at least only a few people who are made as responsible for the sales breakdown of
the music industry as Shawn Fanning is - the young American practically had initiated the era
of file sharing in a mass market meaning by developing the Napster software.
Now he is back with a new development but this time he covers the interest of the music industry.
«
Read the full article by the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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09.Jul.2003
Benelux Amiga Show (Website)
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Date for Benelux Amiga/Pegasos Show in Rotterdam is fix
This years Benelux Amiga and Pegasos Show will take place on 4th/5th October in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Exhibitors and interested can register and get more information here.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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08.Jul.2003
carls (ANF)
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Web Server: New gW3S Site
The Open Source, ARexx-coded web server gW3S has gotten a new home and a redesigned homepage. The new URL is http://gonzo.1av10.nu/w3s/.
Check it out, and be sure to check back for the forthcoming release of gW3S v2.1! (ps)
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08.Jul.2003
Amiga Future (Website)
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Amiga Future: Interview with Alfred Faust (BarsnPipes)
"BarsnPipes" is not only the most famous Amiga-Midi-programm of glory days,
it is also still used from many users today because of the intuitive simple handling and professional features.
And the best: after the release of the source codes it is developed and improved constantly by Alfred Faust.
In the following interview he answered the questions from Anton Preinsack, especially about the MorphOS-version
of BarsnPipes. Please read the complete interview under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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08.Jul.2003
PerfectPaint (Website)
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Paint program: PerfectPaint Fix for version 2.93
A bug fix for version 2.93 of PerfectPaint from Halvadjian Georges is available. In this version a bug in the main archive has been fixed and the tool
"Border & Edge" has been updated. You had to install following version
2.93 for this fix.
Download: PfPaint_V293fix.lzx
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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