01.Jun.2002
Czech Amiga News
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Event: Extreme Computing Festival 2002 on 9th June
On 9th June 2002 the "Extreme Computing Festival 2002" will be held
in London. This event offers a wide variety of themes from self-constructed
robots over retro video games and Community Wireless Networking up to
Japanese junk food. The Amiga sector will be represented by
CAPS (The Classic Amiga Preservation Society).
CAPS is an organisation which has made it its objective to collect and
preserve Amiga originals, especially games.
CAPS will present itself and hand out a limited number of free copies of
"Abandoned Places 2". Furthermore there will be a couple of Amiga games
for playing on location.
Further information about this event and the list of exhibitors (a.o. also
from the C64 sector) are available through the title link.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Martin Blom (Amithlon-ML)
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Amithlon: Enforcer clone
Martin Blom (AHI) has developed an Enforcer clone for Amithlon.
The tool can generate 680x0 as well as x86 hits. Amongst its
features are:
- 680x0 and x86 hits.
- Reporting of read access to page 0 (with the natural exception of Exec Base address 4).
- Support for SegTracker.
Enforcer is a debugging tool for Amiga computers for recognising illegal or unwanted
memory access.
Download: run_elf-1.6.lha
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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01.Jun.2002
Ruben Monteiro (Amiga Open-ML)
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AmigaDE: Ogg Vorbis decoder "jorbis" (Java)
According to Ruben Monteiro in the Amiga Open mailing list, the Ogg
Vorbis decoder "jorbis",
which has been programmed in Java, runs under AmigaDE.
This decoder decodes the Ogg Vorbis audio stream into a file. For
replay, an additional sound player is needed. Note: The player
on the Jorbis site needs JavaSound and doesn't run under AmigaDE
at the moment.
The Ogg Vorbis format is an
Open Source audio format which is an alternative to MP3.
(sd) (Translation: cb)
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31.May.2002
Mirko Naumann (E-Mail)
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Workshop: Building in Busboard Mediator PCI 3/4000T (shortened)
Author: Mirko Naumann
With the Mediator PCI 3/4000T busboard Elbox offers a very good solution for owners of a A4000-T or A3000-T who wants to extend their Amiga with modern PCI-interfaces. The technical equipment is more than sufficient - the only disadvantage is the lack of an AGP-slot but which has none of the up to now available PCI-extensions.
Building in the board is much more difficult than Elbox writes it in its documentation. First you have to fix the board on the mainboard. For that Elbox delivers ten brass-coloured bolts with thread of which you need five for fixing the board. Unfortunately the gradient of the screws in my A4000-T did not fit with the one of the bolts.
Well, what is to do? I could not find matching screws at the PC-dealers and I did not want to cut the threads. So you have to remove the screws and to fix the bolts with matching nuts on the main board. It is also annoying that the board hides the connection of the clock-battery and of the internal speakers. By bending the contacts it works but thats not a professional solution which you can expect.
Here there are some useful links to this topic:
Remark of the editing stuff:
In this connection please read the paragraph ´Exclusion of liability´ in our Legal Infos.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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31.May.2002
InstallerNG Website
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InstallerNG possibly becomes part of AmigaOS 4 (update)
The installing-tool InstallerNG of Jens Tröger possibly becomes part of AmigaOS 4.
Update: The word "possibly" has been added.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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31.May.2002
Chaos Computer Club
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CCC: EU-parliament said yes to data retention
Despite of many protests the EU-parliament has agreed to loosen the data protection in the EU.
»The passed order "about the processing of personal data and the protection of the private sphere in the electronic communication" enables the memebership states to loosen the regulation of protection for data of connections to "carry out penal persecution and to save the national and public safety. Thus the way is free for the so called data retention.
Data retention means that the data of connections of the participant of the telecommunication are not only individually saved and kept after an official order but for all participants in advance and without a starting suspicion. Because of that the authorities can use also data which are far away in the past. Up to now the data of connections had to be deleted after 80 days after making the calculation.
Data protectors and people of the human rights warn before such a general data saving because thereby they say the fundamental rights for private sphere and freedom of opinion are endangered. Besides this such actions mean a turn away from the assumption of innocence because the data retention above all disadvantage the innocent poeple. Even the committee of the civil rights of the EU voted against it. The 16206 signers of a summons to the parliament refer to it.« (ps) (Translation: dr)
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31.May.2002
Steffen Nitz (ANF)
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Version 1.25 of RunTime uploaded on Aminet
Steffen Nitz wrote:
I have just uploaded a new version of RunTime on Aminet. It could be take
some days until the version will be published.
RunTime is a Computer-runtime-monitor which saves all possible data and
shows them as beam-diagramms.
New in version 1.25:
- Daily calculation of the average runtime of the computer but also of
the annual and complete statistics.
Users who do not want to wait a day until the new version will be
published on Aminet can contact Steffen.Nitz@t-online.de
to get the version via email.
Download: RunTime.lha (can still take some days until the file is available on Aminet).
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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31.May.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Felix Schwarz (IOSPIRIT)
After we have not heard much of the software publisher "Innovative" we
were surprised that on April the chief developer Felix Schwarz has come
back with his newly founded company "IOSPIRIT" and new software-products!
Should this be a first sign of a change at the weakened Amiga market?
In this interview Amiga Arena talks with Felix Schwarz about his reasons
to go on developing for the Amiga market, about his new software products
as well as further new developments.
Felix Schwarz explains how he has found a solution for himself to
simultaneously support AmigaOS, MorphOS and emulators and how he is
able to do something against not permitted copying.
I completely agree with Felix Schwarz when he says: "Negative signs, negative effect - postive thinking and good products, positive feedback. Let's tackle!"
Finally it is in the hands of the users if they want to set a sign by buying Amiga products and thus make further developments possible.
Direct link: Interview in German
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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31.May.2002
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck (E-Mail)
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Thendic-France: First Pegasos Boards Shipped
Thendic-France has shipped within the planned time line the first
Pegasos
PPC computers with Yellow Dog Linux and MorphOS, and they announced a next
version of a Pegasos handheld. Please read the press release:
Thendic-France SARL, a subsidiary of Pretory USA Inc. (OTC: PTRU), an emerging
technology-based leader in security, detection equipment and medical devices,
today announced that is has shipped the first Pegasos PPC computer. The Pegasos
was developed by bplan GmbH of Frankfurt, Germany. Thendic-France SARL has
acquired the rights to organize and manage the worldwide distribution of the
Pegasos.
"We are very excited to be moving ahead with the Pegasos on schedule. We look
forward to both developing a reseller network and a development community for
the Pegasos. The next version of the Pegasos will be a handheld device and this
important step moves us closer to our ultimate objectives," commented Raquel
Velasco, Chairman of the Board.
Internet references can be found as follows:
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31.May.2002
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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AmigaOS XL: Experiences with the H&P Big-Tower 1800+ (Update)
Dietmar Knoll writes:
In my report, I describe the experiences I have made with the Big-Tower.
Version 1.18 of the report finally contains the promised chapters, in which I more closely describe "AmigaXL" and "QNX". Furthermore, I included some links to the "Software" chapter and added the latest "Patches for Amithlon".
Note: The last update was released one month ago. Since the webserver of Compuserve is frozen since the beginning of May, I uploaded this update to Fortunecity, although this server is a bit problematic. In QNX-Voyager popups are generated, in Amiga-Voyager only ads are displayed instead of the images. Therefore, I recommend to use AWeb or Amiga-Voyager (with background images switched off). (ps)
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31.May.2002
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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Astronomy: Second developer-snapshot for Digital Almanac III
You can download the new beta version DA III v4.9beta from the DA-homepage (title link).
All users who want to install the beta version are asked to make a statement to the author about possible problems.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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30.May.2002
Volker Mohr (ANF)
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Event: Classic-Computing 2002
Though it unfortunately fell through last year, the Classic Computing Convention is a go this year. This is made possible through our new host Manfred Schwab (Alias "C64-Doc"), who's going to organize the event. Your comments and enthusiastic assistance are welcome.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.May.2002
kdh news (ANF)
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HIGHWAY USB card for Amiga is shipping now
The USB card HIGHWAY is available now.
KDH Datentechnik
has delivered the HIGHWAY board to customers and Amiga dealers who
did pre-order the HIGHWAY card.
The scope of delivery includes the USB Stack Poseidon. The
currently supported USB devices are listed
here.
KDH offers you at a special bundle price the Memorycard-writer/reader
device HexaMedia Drive
from Lacie. This allows you to read in all pictures from your digital cameras
into your Amiga and to change or print them with your favorite graphic program.
(ps)
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30.May.2002
Sebastian Beloch (ANF)
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Instant-Messenger: StrICQ v2.8.2 Released
On the 29th of May, 2002 Douglas F. McLaughlin released version 2.8.2 of
his Instant-Messenger "StrICQ." A few mistakes were corrected in this version.
New: Offline messages now display properly
Download: STRICQv2.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.May.2002
Dirk Conrad (ANF)
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Amiga MAS-Player 1.3f Update
A software update for the MAS-Player is now available.
MAS-Player is a hardware solution for playing MP3s on less-powerful Amigas.
The MAS-Player Software contains a seldom encountered but serious bug! It happened to me as I was being the DJ at a party. Once or twice an evening the Amiga would bump into a skipping loop for a couple minutes, then come out of it. The problem appears to have been solved :-).
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.May.2002
Golem - IT News
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Golem: Threat of Full Control over the Internet
»Data-Protector: "Strike against the right to have unmonitored communications."
Today the German Upper House of Parliament is debating a measure which would require Internet and telecommunications providers to collect and store data of their customers. According to the Independent National Center for Data Security at Schleswig-Holstein such a law would totally upset the protection of personal data.«
See the title link for the complete article (German). (ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.May.2002
Eyetech Group
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Eyetech Group: AmigaOne Update from 30th May 2002
Press release:
The AmigaOneG3-SE
The first model in our AmigaOne range is the AmigaOneG3-SE. This
is in effect a 600Mhz G3 Amiga accelerator with built in 10/100
ethernet, USB, PCI/AGP interface and memory slots for up to 2GB
of SDRAM. As well as being many times more powerful and at
(UKP350/USD500/Euro600*) around half the price of the previously
most powerful Amiga PPC accelerator (the phase 5 Cyberstorm PPC
604 240MHz).
In fact you can regard the AmigaOneG3-SE as a high performance
accelerator that comes with a free, built in computer! This means
that you no longer need an attached A1200 or special tower case
if you only intend to run retargetable Amiga applications. (For
hardware-hitting applications an interface card to connect an
Amiga 1200 motherboard to the A1G3-SE a PCI card interface will
be available from Escena). The A1G3-SE also comes with a full
range of legacy peripherals, and will run PPC Linux (and PPC UAE)
in addition to running the new PPC-only OS4 natively.
The AmigaOneG3-SE will not be shipped to end users until OS4 is
ready, but boards for OS4 developers and beta testers are already
out in the field.
Amiga Inc, Hyperion and ourselves have also decided to bundle OS4
directly with the boards which we ship to dealers, mainly to reduce
shipping and handling costs - and that has resulted in a small
overall price reduction to end users of the A1G3-SE + OS4 bundle
to ukp 382.94*. There will be equivalent reductions on the dollar
and euro prices of the bundle to usd550* and euro652.50*.
Finally it is important to note that the AmigaOneG3-SE is fully
quality-validated and licensed by Amiga Inc to run OS4, with all
licence fees/royalties paid. AI's licence terms also stipulate that
all boards capable of running OS4 must ship with an OEM version of
OS4 and must have built-in hardware protection to keep OS4 piracy to
a minimum, and this has been built into the AmigaOneG3-SE from the
outset.
A list of dealers who have already ordered demonstration /
familiarisation boards is posted on our web site
(www.eyetech.co.uk/amigaone/dealers.php).
Don't worry if your favourite dealer is not listed - several have
either missed the ordering window or decided to wait until the end
user boards and OS4 is shipping. These dealers will be added to the
list on our website at the time they order end user boards from us.
Although we are advertising the A1G3-SE as an entry-level machine,
have no doubt with OS4 installed it will really fly. The 600Mhz
750CXe cpu that is shipped with it is effectively that fastest G3
cpu generally available and some PPC experts reckon it is likely to
deliver several hundred times the performance of an '030/50 with
many applications.
Planning for the next AmigaOne - the AmigaOne-XE
We have always said that the AmigaOneG3-SE was to be the first, entry
level, board in a range of AmigaOne boards which we have planned to
produce. Many people have asked us to give some outline details of
what we have planned for later boards in the series. So here is a
taster.
The next AmigaOne board we have planned is for an up-market (read more
flexible but more expensive) addition to the range. Further details
will be published here and on the AmigaOne mailing list
at Yahoogroups at the appropriate time (but not before!).
One of the prime requirements is to provide a socketed cpu module so
that user-upgradable performance enhancements can be made as and when
faster and more complex chips - and operating system enhancements that
use them - become available. Our engineers do not believe that the
Intel Slot-1 socket (as planned for the original AmigaOne-1200) is
really suitable because of the need to minimise trace lengths between
cpu and SDRAM memory at higher clock speeds. In addition both the Intel
Slot-1 socket and the Apple ZIF cpu socket are now obsolete and
therefore not a sensible choice for a new product not yet launched.
So for the next version of the AmigaOne, the AmigaOne-XE, we have
borrowed the latest cpu socket technology from Apple in the form of the
purpose-designed ´Megarray´ socket. This means that we can make low
cost, tightly coupled cpu modules using either G3, G4, dual G4, (and
possibly G5 - but information on the G5 is still very sparce) technology
- for use on the same AmigaOne-XE motherboard. Upgrading cpu power
therefore only needs a simple module exchange. The prototype socketed
AmigaOne-XE board and the associated plug-in G3 and G4 modules have
already been built and tested.
But before you rush off and cancel your pending AmigaOneG3-SE orders
to buy the AmigaOne-XE instead, bear in mind that this extra flexibility
will come at a price, and until OS4 supports the G4´s Altivec
coprocessor, without much performance benefit either. And at the moment,
unless you are Apple, G4 cpu´s are on very tight allocation, which means
that it will be several months before they are available to anyone other
than Apple at a reasonable price. At the moment the target price for the
AmigaOne-XE board with the single G4 700MHz cpu module is around
UKP200/USD300/Euro350* more than the AmigaOneG3-SE - and possibly less if
Apple´s demand for these cpu´s drops significantly when the G5 starts
shipping.
So does this mean you should cancel your existing AmigaOne-G3 order and
wait a few more months? Not at all. We anticipate a high private resale
value of used AmigaOneG3-SE boards, but to take the uncertainty out of
the process, we, and the majority of other AmigaOne dealers, will
underwrite a trade-in value of your AmigaOneG3-SE during a period of 6
and 12 months after its purchase against the purchase of a new AmigaOne-XE
with single G4 cpu module. (You are of course still at liberty to sell the
board privately for a higher price!).
This trade-in will be at 75% of the current retail price of an A1G3-SE 6
months after its purchase falling by 1% per month (to 69%) at 12 months
after its purchase. The board must be traded in to the original dealer
where it was purchased, by the original purchaser, be in full working
condition and be used as part payment against an AmigaOne-XE with a single
G4 cpu module. Individual dealers may also opt to have their own trade-up
scheme instead, so please check with them when making your original
purchase. Finally this offer does not apply in conjunction with any other
discount offer, such as that applied to the A1G3-SE developer boards.
If you´ve been sitting on the fence wondering whether to buy an A1G3-SE or
to wait until an upgradable G4 AmigaOne is available, you can now have the
best of both worlds. Order a new, low cost AmigaOneG3-SE now and upgrade
within 12 months. What are you waiting for?
* Prices quoted exclude local taxes and shipping charges.
(ps)
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30.May.2002
VGR
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VGR: Mediator support page updated (PatchInt)
The worlds oldest Mediator support pages
have been updated with PatchInt (and ResetInt) information.
Mr. Matthew Allatt
has released his PatchInt (and ResetInt) to the public.
He writes: "Dear sufferers of the SoundBlaster and FastEthernet lockup problem.
If you have been using ResetInt for the last couple of days to clear these problems,
then you may be getting fed up of having to run that program every time that error
happens. I have now written a version, called PatchInt, which you can put in the
user-startup. You need to run it with the line: "run <nil: >nil: PatchInt".
You can find information on PatchInt and all other Mediator programs on the
3rd Party Mediator Software Page.
If you see a program missing email the information here:
mediator@vgr.com.
(ps)
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30.May.2002
Amigan Software
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Tool: Report+ Version 5.51a
For users of the AmigaOS 3.9 is version 5.51 of Report+ available for
download. With Report+ by Amigan Software can bug reports, Aminet readme
files, autodocs and similar reports be done in an easy way. The program
is freeware and supports the GUI systems ReAction and GadTools. Changes since version 5.51: bugfixes.
Download: ReportPlus.lha (349 KB)
(ps)
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29.May.2002
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New poll: How many hours a day are you using your computer?
This latest poll has its origin in the question how many hours a day our
readers are sitting in front of and using their computers (privatly and for
work). We are curious about the result.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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29.May.2002
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amiga-news.de: There is a new board within our forum - Programming
Several times we were asked to establish a board for programmers within our
forum. Finally Stephen Nitz convinced us to do so.
It is a common board all around programming and not related to any special
language. Likewise beginners and advancers are both welcome to share,
improve or acquire their knowledge.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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