06.Dec.2002
Simon Neumann (ANF)
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Amiga Speed with the first Quake2 tests
On the site of Amiga Speed there are finally the first tests of Quake2.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 05.12.2002)
With WHDLoad you can install games on your hard drive which were originally made only for use with disks. The following packets have been added or updated since our last message:
- 05.12.02 new: Dragon's Breath (Palace Software) done by Galahad
- 05.12.02 improved: Zaxxon (Bignonia) supports another version, skip greetings
- 30.11.02 improved: Battle Isle (Blue Byte) supports another version
- 30.11.02 new: Return to Genesis (Firebird) done by Codetapper
- 30.11.02 new: Leatherneck (Microdeal) done by Codetapper
- 28.11.02 new: It Came From The Desert (Cinemaware) done by JOTD
- 27.11.02 new: Mini Golf (Magic Bytes) done by Psygore
(ps)
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06.Dec.2002
AMIGAplus
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AROS: SVGA-driver and mascot Kitty
AMIGAplus wrote:
There is the first beta version of the new SVGA-graphic driver for the operating system AROS which can
be activated over the boot menu. The driver may not work on some computers but nevertheless it shows
what can be graphically possible. The current used 4bit VGA modus is supposed to be substituted by
the 16bit or 32bit SVGA modus.
Besides this Eric W. Schwartz has given the AROS project a mascot: Kitty
should be worth a look.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
Amigan Software
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Game: Saga version 1.23
Version 1.22 of the game Saga has been published. Saga is a port of the board game called Saga: Age of Heroes
which was published in 1981 from TSR. It can be played by up to six players and the players can
be controlled either by the Amiga or by men. You have to defeat monsters, find magic treasures and
support great kingdoms being glorious and heroic.
Currently the game is available in English and German and requires at least AmigaOS 3.0+, AGA/RTG.
The archive also contains the source code.
Download: Saga.lha (290 KB)
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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06.Dec.2002
KDH News (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: AmigaOne boards available on the ARC 2002
Last minute KDH news:
We have just got the AmigaOne boards by UPS Express and thus are available on the stand of KDH Datentechnik.
We hope we will see you all again.
Günter Horbach
KDH Datentechnik
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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05.Dec.2002
Sjoerd de Vries (ANF)
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Pictures from ArticiaS and April Chip
Pictures says more than thousand words...
(ps)
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05.Dec.2002
Amiforce (ANF)
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AMHuhn: Update Available for Download (Update)
Under the title link you'll find in the downloads area a little update for AMHuhn. With this the crosshairs are color red and are seen more
easily. Many users had complained about this.
Offering AMHuhnXE
In a few day Abakus-Design's AMHuhn(X)mas(E)dition will be introduced. The game comes with completely different graphics and sounds.
But much more than the graphics and sounds have been changed.
Introduction of AMHuhnXE
As thanks to all who trusted us with the update, the download will made available early to registered users. This is our Christmas present to
these users. In the next few days accounts for the protected areas will be opened and sent to the users. For security reasons the entry will
be limited, in order to obstruct that the accounts are forwarded to others.
When Christmas time is over the archive will be offered to everybody.
Addition:
Notice:
We could only work through the entered registrations sequentially. As a result the new registrations first come to a close. Thanks for your
understanding. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Guido Mersmann (ANF)
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TV Card Software: AmithlonTV Beta 200
There's a new beta version (200) of AmithlonTV available for download from the AmithlonTV homepage.
AmithlonTV is a really, genuinely modularly built driver system for PCI TV cards. Only the necessary components and resources are loaded.
New cards unknown to AmithlonTV will be automatically detected and may be configured by the user. In order to do this the components of
the card are detected in a setup program.
The advantage of such a system is that a new driver for any specific component will function on any TV card that has the component. Special
modifications by me are generally unnecessary. We won't be involving ourselves with a bunch of supported cards that haven't been tested.
AmithlonTV will run on practically any card. When certain components haven't been added they just haven't been added, but the rest of the
card works.
A further advantage of AmithlonTV is that multiple cards are supported. Two, three, or more are possible. This is easily managed and may
be used in a security system. It is all the same if one wants a picture from each, or a channel list to switch between cards.
The entire system is built so modularly that USB and Firewire may be possible. At this time there is support for the powerpci.library (Amithlon).
The openpci.library support is currently implemented and functioning but is not yet officially available.
What's new:
As is already known through other channels, Amithlon TV has a VHI_Studio driver. Your computer will become a multimedia center, especially
with the new accelerated functions of VHI Studio version 6.0.
The channel seeker has also been greatly accelerated. In contrast to other options (such as Windows software) there is a real channel seeker
here that doesn't just check for channels, but also VCRs and satellite receivers that are found between channels.
There are other small improvements in the works.
Especially noteworthy are the new audio drivers. All MSP cards should work with these.
The new Hauppauge drivers achieve an automatic configuration, whereby the copying of special configuration data occurs.
You'll find a lot more information by clicking on the title link!
Guido Mersmann
Author of:
AmithlonTV, AView, AFind, BoulderDaesh, GuideCheck, GuideFormat, Execute64,
SiedlerBoot, R(equest), DVBControl, MCControl, Simplecat, AvailCPU,
VBRControl, TrackDisplayClock, SnoopRouter, Meridian, MMKeyboard,
ParKeyboard, WheelMouseSupport, ... (ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Vesalia Computer (ANF)
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ARC 2002 News: Hyperion Will Be Guests at Vesalia Computer Stand (Update)
Steffen Häuser and Timothy de Groote of Hyperion will present the Amiga One and various Hyperion games at Vesalia Computer's ARC 2002
stand on Saturday the 7th of December, 2002.
Additionally, as already known, Elbox and Creative Development will also be Vesalia guests and introduce their own respective products.
Update:
Vesalia indicated that the two Hyperion personnel are not closely involved with OS4 and will not be able to speak on questions relating to OS4. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Matthias M. (ANF)
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TV Card Software: Visionary Version 0.15 (Update)
There's a new version of Visionary (v. 0.14) available for download on the Amiga G-Rex homepage. Mainly, a few bugs have been removed.
The Visionary program is a TV service with a modern graphical overlay that allows one to fully utilize the Visual Reality System and modern
TV/Video Cards.
Visionary was designed to be very modular, in order to support a broad range of cards with different chip sets and TV tuners. Support for
documented new cards may be easily implemented.
Update:
Version 0.15 was just made available for download.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Game: Crossfire II Released
The game Crossfire II was released today. At the moment it can only be ordered from APC&TCP. It'll be available from specialty stores in
three to four weeks. In a few days there will be a new demo version as well as more screen-shots. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Dec.2002
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Preview Pictures of SOMS and AF #39 (Update)
Screen-grabs of the game "Secret of My Soul" (SOMS) have been released on the Amiga Future website in the "Articles" section. SOMS
is projected to be published next year by APC&TCP.
Update:
Issue 39 of Amiga Future was released today. It was mailed to all subscribers and single issue orderers. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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04.Dec.2002
Jan Andersen (E-Mail)
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FREE Virus Help Team Maillist
When the Virus Help Denmark web was down due to the changing of Internet
providers, we had to close the VHT-Denmark maillist. Now we want to bring
it back to all of you (a lot of people have been asking for it). But Charlene of
the Canadian Virus Help Team, has a maillist, and we don't want to a have two
maillists that writes the same things. So the Virus Help Team maillist will be up
at Charlene's Canadian VHT maillist.
If you join this maillist, you will receive emails about new updates of all the great
Amiga antivirus programs (ect. VirusZ, VirusExecutor, Mill and xvs.library).
You will also receive an email when a new virus or trojan is found. Notices can
only come from list operators, which is Charlene of VHT-Canada or myself
Jan of VHT-Denmark.
You can also see the maillist on-line at this webaddress:
VHT at Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vht-can/
You can join the maillist at the two Virus Help Team's websites:
VHT Canada : http://vht-can.shadow-realm.org/links.html#world-services
VHT Denmark : http://home4.inet.tele.dk/vht-dk/amiga/maillist.htm
Or you can write an empty email to this email to subscribe to the maillist:
vht-can-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
(ps)
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04.Dec.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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ARC 2002 News: Fun Time World / Amiga Arena presentation
Fun Time World / Amiga Arena setting "AMIGA + Retro Computing 2002" on fire!
The following products and news will be at the stand of Fun Time World
at the "AMIGA + Retro Computing 2002" in Aachen:
- "Aqua" German Version:
It's a "Myst" like adventure game.
You are looking for treasures of a sunk drilling platform.
The Atlantic Ocean is waiting for you!
- NEW Re-release "PuzzleBOBS"
"PuzzleBOBS" is a "bust a move" clone, which stands out from other puzzle games of this kind with it's many features and game modes
"PuzzleBOBS" is sold in a DVD package with all recent updates and a new set of levels.
"PuzzleBOBS" is now optimized for MorphOS also!
- NEW "Amiga Arena - Games Edition 2002"
As a thank you and tribute to all developers and users, who supported me recently, there will be at the "AMIGA + Retro Computing 2002" the "Amiga Arena - Games Edition 2002" be presented for the first time.
With more than 50 games from the commercial and shareware section there are the genres action, adventure, board/mind, manager, platform and strategie and number of classics, the offer is rounded up with several sceenshots, solutions and cheats.
The following games (extract) are by appointment with their developers on that CD:
commercial:
- Acid Software (Roadkill, Seak&Destroy, Kiros Quest, Woodys World and more)
- Applaud Software (Blockehaed I/II, Mobile Warfare and more)
- Austex Software (Uropa2 CD version)
- Blue Lemon Studio (Beambender exclusively)
- Black Legend (Embryo, Wheelspin, Fussball Total, Der Seelenturm, Der Trainer, Fatman and more)
- Mellon Design (Jimmys Fantasic J.)
- Revolution Soft (Lure of the Temptress, Beneath a Steel Sky CD32 Version with spoken language output)
- Sayonara Soft (Hollywood Manager, Flamigo Tours, Samba Partie Series, Samba Partie Worldcup - CD
version/spoken language output and more)
- Scorpius Soft (Burnout, Blade und Hilt II German version exclusively and more)
Shareware:
- Roketz, Sharks, BallMaster, Boulderdäsh, Doktor, HBMonopoly, myLocomotion, Mahjongg,
Tiles, Imperium Terranum II and more.
Bonus:
- Shareware "WHDload" installer special offer!
All games are available in German and English language. The CD is published in a DVD package and will be available firstly at the show.
- Distribution & sale:
Fun Time World c/o Sebastian Brylka - E-Mail - WWW
- Live on stage!!
The game "Aqua" and a "PuzzleBOBS" contest will possibly be shown and held at the stand! The Amiga Arena will be host at the stand of Fun Time World on Saturday.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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04.Dec.2002
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Announcement: Malibu-Plugin for Hollywood
Andreas Falkenhahn:
Airsoft Softwair will soon release the first plugin for Hollywood. The
Malibu plugin extends Hollywood to accept also Scala presentations and
display them. This makes a dream come true for those Amiga users who always
wanted to display their old Scala presentations on Workbench or on an own
Intuition screen in a system friendly way. The Malibu plugin is scheduled
for release in the middle of January 2003 and requires Hollywood 1.0.
Additionally I want to point out that I cannot attend the ARC show in Aachen
unfortunately. Therefore Hollywood is not available for sale there either.
(ps)
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04.Dec.2002
AMIGAplus
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Amiga Award 2002: Reminder
Don't forget: Until Friday the 6th of December, 3 o'clock pm you can vote for he Amiga Award 2002 and the Amiga Award 2002 Extra!
Honour with that together with the AMIGAplus two members of the Amiga community for special efforts during the last 12 months!
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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04.Dec.2002
zErec (ANF)
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Eyetech Reply to BBRV open post
Under the title link you can read the reaction of
Eytech (the developer of the
AmigaOne board) about the Thendic statement
"...April, Mai and teamwork...". Read the complete statement from Alan also
here:
I'm afraid Buck has exceeded even his usual level of bullshit and innuendo
on this one.
My take on this:
Our announcement of the G4 availability and pricing, and of the (solved)
Articia problem at the WoA SE was not what he expected. Since then we have
been innundated for dealership agreements from ex-Amiga dealers who have
(and their customers have) good memories of the Amiga OS and a growing
hatred of Windows. The polls, such as they, are show that the A1-XE G4 is by
far the most popular PPC platform for the Amiga community and this must also
have been a bit of a shock. (Is it also a coincidence that we've been the
recipients of an intense, targeted virus campaign since then, I wonder?)
Meanwhile Hyperions work on PPCBoot and linux has allowed the Teron
reference boards to get to a level where they can be usefully sold in the
Linux Market. As most on this list will know we have the rights to
distribute these boards in Europe and now Terrasoft do in the US. (We also
have distribution rights on the Teron based designs for the Amiga marker
worldwide). This has knackered Thendics plans for world domination of the
PPC Linux market.
Reading between the lines it seems that they are prepared to drop MorphOS
altogether if they can get their hands on OS4 to at least salvage something.
Buck plans to do this by suing Amiga Inc (for what?) and bribing us to
abandon the AmigaOne and Hyperion to port OS4 to the pegasos hardware .
Sorry, thats not on. You can only have sensible business arrangements with
people who are trustworthy and behave with integrity. There are plenty of
instances (which are inappropriate to reveal here) where these principles
have been completely abandoned on his side.
On their so-called relationship with MAI, we/hyperion have done more to help
MAI get the Teron design to the linux market than ever bplan have, alltough
I don't doubt that Gerald Carda made an important contribution to
identifying the Articia bug - I've every respect for him as a hardware
engineer.
As far as Thendic making their own boards is concerned thats a complete
joke. Its a matter of public record that Thendic-France incorporated as a
one-man company with the minimum 7500 euros of capital. Thendic, like us and
MAI do not actually make anything themselves, manufacture is all
subcontracted. In our case its to a Tiawanese specialist, in Thendic's its
to DCE. Based on our past experience of quality assurance and after sales
service from DCE I personally would never buy any DCE manufactured products
for resale again.
Well you did ask
Alan
(ps)
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04.Dec.2002
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck (ANF)
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Statement from Thendic about April, Mai and teamwork in the Amiga market
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck of Thendic France sent us an email to gain the attention for an important comment they both posted at the comments of
amiga.org (see title link). For simplicity we repeat the statement which they gave about the collaboration opportunities within the Amiga market:
OK, last word before Aachen Show....
The is no Mai without April. The Articia does not work as promoted. There. We have said it.
Everything that has been promised for the AmigaOne and the Pegasos will not work without
April -- April is *mostly* a "patch." With April the Articia will work as advertised,
without April the Articia will not. Betatesters of the A1 and the "Betatester (Pegasos)"
know that there are difficulties.
In September and October bplan developed the "patch" with Mai. There is no other patch for
the Articia and there was no other assistance from anyone else in creating it. This is why
the Pegasos, A1 and Teron are not available in quantity and why they will not be until the
patch is mounted on the respective PCBs and shipped.
Check out the estimated shipping dates at the YDL site. Do you think they will get anywhere
else sooner? Where is the biggest market? Is it MorphOS and OS4, or is it LinuxPPC? Where
do you think Mai will focus? Not here (MorphOS/OS4)! Our sales commitments for the first
1000 Pegasos went 817 to Linux and the rest to this community (less two for OpenBSD and
two for OpenBeOS).
Mai does not care about this market. They care about the Linux market. They want to sell
the Articia and their board. They make chips and want to sell them. LinuxPPC is a bigger
market for them. That will be their new focus. We are the poor stepchild now. Please
forget all the delusions about the new Amiga or the Pegasos that will re-conquer the world
when the hardware shows up. If we want success this is going to be hard work and a long
haul.
In the meanwhile, you won't have to worry about MorphOS or OS4 being pirated by someone
here now. There is a whole new world of potential users with an OpenSource/Freeware
mentality that is about to consume this market and make it more irrelevant. This is a
post-Napster world.... and Napster was only the beginning. Individual "freedom" has
replaced respect for others. Something is wrong with this picture and it needs to be
fixed, but it will not happen with dongles.
If this community wants a future it needs to start working together. We are spending
plenty of money to make the Pegasos successful, but it is not our final focus. We are
a niche market -- both OS4 and MorphOS. We need unity if we want to be more than a
lingering historical footnote.
The Mai story is not over yet. The first patch is not enough. We figured this out in
November when Mai was scurrying back to Tiawan to make what they thought would be the
final solution. It is not. There are more problems. We finally solved all this a week
and a half ago. Plus, we have added a couple of other features that are better
accomplished in hardware than software (and don't believe a few lines of code will make
the first patch work). If YDL sets off on their current course, they will "crash and
burn" in a month after they finally introduce the product. The Linux market is
unforgiving when it comes to hardware bugs. With all the success they will seem to
achieve their liability will grow correspondingly.
Before you think this is another marketing stunt, here is something new. We know what
Eyetech pays for the Teron/A1; we know what the A1 distributors pay. We would be
willing to match the prices all around less 5% and provide an immediate solution to
the community. We make the Pegasos. Eyetech does not. We have many of the same
distributors. We can compensate Allan Redhouse through his success (something he is
clearly about to loose with YDL Teron pricing). Hyperion too. Oh yes, you want to
buy a G4 A1? Wake up people! Read the disclaimers on the YDL site. Do you understand
what needs to happen before this will? There is a Pegasos G4 now. The question is not
how fast the processor *can* work, the issue is how fast the processor *does* work!
Let's get better organized. We are about to be crushed.
If we pulled eveyone together on this we might even honor those $50 coupons!
This market and community is in complete confusion. There is no leadership or vision
and we need both fast or we can forget it. This is a public statement in good faith
to Eyetech and Hyperion. Allan and Ben are formidible marketing opponents. We can
forget the past if you can. We need to get into the same boat. Amiga Inc. has lost
its leadership mantel. Selling coupons, promoting unachievable concepts and making
wild claims about the next deal have worn tired and false. Fortunately, all have not
blindly followed this route and Hyperion and Eyetech have a solid agreement in place
that protects them in the event of Amiga Inc bankruptcy. And, before you think this
is a "group hug" thing, we have paid our King County, Washigton legal counsel a
retainer. We will commence legal action against Amiga Inc. this month. This is not
some "get legal" BS. This is business and the Amiga Inc. management do not understand
what business is. They "blew it" and we have had enough of their interference in our
future.
The whole Mai/YDL collaboration has changed the situation dramatically. We hope this
statement helps you understand this better.
We will give Hyperion a board. We will support the A1 Betatesters as we have our own.
We don't have to trade sources or get Ralph having a beer with Ben, but we could all
move ahead this way. Eyetech can certify the Pegasos to meet Amiga specifications --
they are positioned to do this. Hyperion and Eyetech can promote OS4. Great. We might
even develop some collaborative efforts quickly. We should.
Things are moving very fast. We have alot to do. Thanks for reading this post and
please think about it carefully. See you in Aachen!
Sincerely,
Raquel and Bill
(ps)
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04.Dec.2002
www.dreamworlds.de (ANF)
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Game: Crossfire II finished / Will be sold and introduced at the ARC 2002
Crossfire II is finished and will be shown at the show. The demo will be available in some days. Then the Dreamworlds home page will be updated again.
Crossfire II is a 2D shooter. It contains not only a single player mode with an atmosphereic story and complex missions, but also a freestyle mode for entertaining battles for one to four players.
Crossfire II runs on classic Amiga (min. 030, AGA
and 16 MB RAM), AmigaPPC (WarpOS) and Amithlon. Gfx cards
(HiColor), sound cards (AHI), 4 player adapters and much more is supported. A MorphOS support is currently under development.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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04.Dec.2002
Russ Norrby (ANF)
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AmigaOne's available & Amiga Repair
Mr. Hardware Computers is happy to announce that we are selling AmigaOne
Systems and motherboards. We have packages on our site and can configure
any system to your liking. you should atleast order your AmigaOne
motherboard ASAP because there are a limited number of boards. We have a
huge listing of new and used Amiga parts. We even repair your Amiga
Classics. Based out of New York, USA we ship internationally.
Amiga since 1985
http://www.mrhardwarecomputers.com (ps)
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03.Dec.2002
OSNews / Anton Klotz (ANF)
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OSnews: Teron-Boards from Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Anton Klotz:
As OSNews reports will Terra Soft Solutions,
Inc. present an ATX board with PowerPC. It is a Teron board with a 600 MHz G3 PPC
with Articia Northbridge from Mai. The operating system will be Yellow Dog Linux.
As Nicolas Blachford states will MorphOS run on it.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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