07.May.2002
Amiga Future
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Commodore/Amiga Fanpage celebrates first birthday
Patric Klöter, maintainer of the Commodore/Amiga Fanpage, has written a short retrospect on the occasion of the web site's first birthday, and also speaks out on his plans for the web site's future.
Congratulations! (ps)
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07.May.2002
clickBOOM
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clickBOOM: 666 for PPC-Amiga announced
As announced in the most recent S-File, clickBOOM have today on schedule disclosed details
of the first game. The game is 666, which would
most likely be labelled 3D-Action-Adventure, and is clickBOOM's own development.
Supposedly 666 is to contain many untypical twists, and is planned for release for Power-PC Amiga,
Mac and Windows in the third quarter of 2003. clickBOOM are still looking for games programmers.
Sofia Tsiotsikas, public relations officer at clickBOOM, also addresses the rumours that clickBOOM
was to be bought out by a large video game company, but clickBOOM decided against the takeover to
stay independent.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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06.May.2002
kdh news (ANF)
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USB card HIGHWAY available from 31.05.2002
The USB card HIGHWAY will be general available on May, 31st 2002 and will be distributed by KDH Datentechnik. This is the first time that Amiga users can connect and use modern USB devices in connection with their classic Amigas.
HIGHWAY is a Zorro II USB card and comes with an integrated 4-port-hub. The user has the possibility to connect up to four USB devices without the need for an additional hub. In addition, the HIGHWAY card can be expanded by the new 10Mbit ethernet modul NORWAY
without wasting an additional Zorro slot. A compatibility list for Zorro-boards and Zorro-cards can be found here.
The boards have been developed and manufactured by E3B (Michael Boehmer). The worldwide distribution is done by KDH Datentechnik and your local Amiga dealer will have the cards in stock by end of May.
The scope of delivery includes the USB software stack Poseidon by Chris Hodges. Drivers for USB mice, keyboard and parallel interface (printers) and mass storage devices (SCSI-emulation: e.g. flashcard-reader, ZIP-devices, digicams following the MSD-standard) will be shipped in addition to the HIGHWAY card without any additional cost. More drivers (webcam, digicam and printers) are being developed right now by third party companies.
We do support the development of the Amiga OS4.0 contained USB-stack by providing the USB cards HIGHWAY and SUBWAY.
Both cards serve as a reference-hardware for the software-development and will be directly supported by OS4.0. Alternatively it will be possible to use the provided Poseidon stack.
(ps)
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06.May.2002
RekoNet
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Game: New Klondike-cardsets at RekoNet
There are some new cardsets for Klondike available at RekoNet, a collection of programs, cardsets and links for or dealing with Klondike by Reko-Productions.
Details:
- New - Elfstars cardset by Allan Rasmussen
- New - AnnaK2 and KWitt cardsets by Andreas Sauer
- Update of AS-Solitaire by Andreas Sauer
- New - seven new cardsets by Mogwai
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.May.2002
Bright Light Software
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AC97Mixer Version 1.8 for Amithlon SB 128 sound card
Frank Fenn released version 1.8 of the AC97Mixer for Amithlon SB 128 sound cards. This release supports the ES1370, ES1371 and CT5880 chipsets. The program lets you control the volume and balance of MASTER, AUX, CD, PCM and MUTE.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.May.2002
A.D.A.
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A.D.A.: New Demos from Mekka Symposium 2002 online
"Phew, we're back. Had a bit of problems with hosting and design took longer than
expected. It's still not finished but I decided to update the site anyway. This
time, added 4 productions from Mekka Symposium 2002. We start with the nice demo
from Reason called Mind Matter Electricity, then we have the technically stunning
64k from Loonies called The Castle. We continue with the stunning demo Little
Nell/TBL and we finish with the absolutely fab and rocking hard 64k intro from
Potion called Planet Potion.
Added extra screenshots for the following productions: Choke/Spaceballs (+6),
Electricity/Appendix(+3), Flux/Ephidrena(+3), Hazchemix/Amnesty(+3), Melba/Appendix(+3),
Raybong/Loveboat(+3), Retrospectacular/Contraz(+5), Ride on our enemies/Skarla(+2),
Spellbound/Loveboat(+2) and Wildlife/Abyss(+2).
V A N Q U I S H did 2 banners to put on your website if you want to link us (be sure
to check out the sinusscroller with starfield and coppereffect banner). Check them
out at extras page.
Expect more frequent updates in the future again and more stunning demos from the best
demo archive ever."
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.May.2002
Greg Donner
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Greg Donner: OS 3.9 FAQ - installation tips updated
On May 3rd, 2002 Greg Donner has updated his
OS 3.9 FAQ installation tips.
Gregory S. Donner releases on his private English Amiga website uncountable
interesting information about the Amiga and updates his website regularly.
In the area 'Workbench Nostalgia' for example you can find information
beginning with the first Workbench up to the just released information
regarding AmigaOS 4.0.
Comprehensive FAQs for AmigaOS 3.5 and 3.9 and reviews invite for reading
as well as detailed information about different hardware components.
(ps)
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06.May.2002
Amig@lien (ANF)
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Event: Computerrevolution 2002 Video and first pictures
Amig@lien published a first video and some pictures of the Computerrevolution 2002 convention. More pictures will follow soon.
The Amig@lien-team would like to say thank you to all visitors and all the supporters of this convention.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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06.May.2002
Cerpheus (ANF)
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FOM: The Elite Experience-Workbench Theme
There is a new workbench theme available at the download area of the title
link. This theme contains backgrounds for the WB, windows, MUI and AmiDock.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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05.May.2002
Czech Amiga News
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Instant Messenger: STRICQ-GUI (ReAction) released 4 May
On 4 May 2002 Glenn Hisdal released a new version of ReAction-GUI for the
Instant Messenger
StrICQ V2. This GUI is an alternative
to MUI-GUI of StrICQ. Compared to the previous version the following
modifications were made:
- Added more info to the send/write message windows.
- Preferences are saved on exit.
- Status is read from preference file on startup.
(If you are online when quitting the program, you will be logged on automatically.)
- Fixed some bugs (not that I think it will help those who couldn't get it running.
STRICQ-GUI should run from AmigaOS (it was only tested on AmigaOS V3.9)
and it needs StrICQ V2.8.1. The installation is described in
Readme.
Download: stricq-gui-ra.lha,
Readme
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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05.May.2002
PixelArt (E-Mail)
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Tool: Pixload V1.71.C
Version V1.71.C of 'Pixload' has been published.
Just like Amidock the tool enables you to start programs and scripts via an
icon by means of MUI.
In this version bugs have been fixed. The tool needs
Rxmui V26+.
Further information about the tool can be found at
news from 2 May 2002
Download: Pixload-1.71c.zip
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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05.May.2002
Steffen Schiller (ANF)
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Event: MPEG video about the Computer Revolution 2002
Steffen Schiller writes:
From now on a MPEG video is ready for download (approx. 37 MB) on our
homepage.
The short film was shot at the party 'Computer Revolution 2002', which took
place in Herrenwalde/Zittauer Gebirge last weekend.
We would like to take the opportunity to thank the organizer Amigalien for
this nice user meeting.
AMIGA Oberlausitz
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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05.May.2002
www.amiga-hardware.com (ANF)
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Big Book of Amiga Hardware updated
The 'Big Book of Amiga Hardware' has been updated. Approximately 40 updates
can be found via the title link under 'Recent Updates'.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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05.May.2002
Amiga-Society
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Amiga Society: Various Updates
From the Amiga Society web site:
The hardware page has been updated - unfortunately not yet in German.
But this might change in May.
The software page has been improved and new entries have been added.
But we could really need some help here.
The book page is also progressing slowly...soon you'll certainly find
information about Amiga books on this page.
Any news about Schlachtfeld (Battlefield)? I'm not sure about this.
More and more patterns are being created in order to build a good level.
The latest units are a little weak at the moment but I hope that the
parts will come in soon. Not to mention a new Alpha or even Beta.
Let's hope for the best!
LATEST UPDATES: 04.05.2002 - updates for the Little Book;
16.04.2002 - updates for Ian's Big Book of Amiga Hardware;
04.05.2002 - Several small updates
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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05.May.2002
AnandTech
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3D: 3DLabs' P10 VPU - When a CPU & GPU collide
On 3 May 2002 an English article about P10-VPU (Visual Processing Unit)
by 3DLabs was published at AnandTech.
As a 3D processor this VPU exceeds the previous possibilities of the GPUs
(Vertex, Pixel-Shader) and is supposed to be more easily programmed.
The article describes the basic architecture of P10-VPU and compares
it to GeForce4.
The article doesn't talk about the command setting of VPU. Some information
about this is included in the Heise newsticker news:
'Graphic processor for everything'.
The chip is supposed to contain more than 200 SIMD units and it can support
complex operations such as loops and subroutines, which the current Vertex
and Pixel-Shaders cannot do.
Appendix 05.05.2002:
press release about VPU by 3DLabs from 3 May 2002. (sd) (Translation: sr)
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05.May.2002
Schatztruhe (Announce-ML)
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Aminet Set #12
On 2 May 2002 'Aminet Set #12' was released by
Schatztruhe. This set
contains the Aminet CDs #44 up to #47 as a bundle and completely unchanged.
The set includes 3 gigabyte software in almost 2,750 archives.
It also contains the complete versions of Genetic Species,
Extreme 2.0, Virtual Karting 2 as well as the complete Amiga Future
web site.
Note:
From 16 May until 2 June Schatztruhe / GTI are on holiday. Any orders
or enquiries during this period can only be dealt with after 2 June.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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05.May.2002
ANN
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Game: Maim & Mangle is being developed again
The 3D strategy game
"Maim & Mangle" is being
developed again. Under the title link a new web site has been set up where
you can find information about the game. (sd) (Translation: sr)
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05.May.2002
amiga.org
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Magazine: The Crypt #23
On 3 May 2002 issue 23 'The Dragons Lair' of the English
online magazine 'The Crypt' was published. The issue deals with myths and
legends about dragons from around the world. With regard to Amiga
'The Dragons Lair' focuses on AmigaOS 4 with the latest press releases.
PC-articles, jokes, recipes, puzzles and other contributions are included.
Download: Online23.zip - HTML-Verion
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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04.May.2002
Ricco Clemens (email)
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Event: Computer revolution 2002 web cam
As known takes this weekend the Computer revolution 2002 place.
On the party site (title link) you can watch the party via a web cam.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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04.May.2002
Ricco Clemens (email)
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Game: new Freespace MODs
On the Amiga Freespace homepage have three new missions as well as
a general update been released. Additionally has the FAQ list got an update.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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04.May.2002
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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Astronomy: news about Digital Almanac
Achim Stegemann wrote:
Because of the results of the poll held by me regarding Digital Almanac and OS4
I have taken according measures regarding the code of Digital Almanac.
The following has been removed or tightened:
- Only modern upgraded Amigas will be supported (FPU, graphics board >16 Bit,
at least 32 MB RAM, OS 3.9).
- Program functions that were not of interest for the customers have been
removed (external telescope control, VSOP87 planets theory).
- MPEG animation has been removed as this is too much for the Amiga regarding
its capacity.
This is new:
- Implementation of the Hipparcos stars catalogue as cross index.
- Improved data about stars parallaxes of almost 100,000 stars.
- Improved star ephemerides, Hertzsprung-Russel diagram.
- Improved GUI. Many single functions have been integrated in a page
orientated window and sorted by topics (see MUI prefs, STRICQ etc).
- Automation of some settings that had to be done by hand before.
- Animation size independant of screen size.
- ... and some more things.
About the implementation of an ARexx interface is still not decided. But in case of an
implementation shall the communication not only be done from ARexx in direction of the program but an ARexx script shall also be able to receive
data from the program (via so called STEM variables). But ARexx will only be
implemented if there's an big enough interest by the users existing.
Soon I'll upload the first beta snapshot of the new DA3 version to the net.
Further information as well as screenshots of the most important visual changes
can be taken from the DA3 site (title link). (ps) (Translation: wk)
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