24.Mar.2002
Matthias Acklow (ANF)
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Patch: BlizKick V1.24rc3
On 23 March 2002 Harry 'Piru' Sintonen released version V1.2rc3 of
BlizKick. This version offers improved romfixes for the OS3.9 BoingBag2.
- Fixed V45 exec.library of AmigaOS 3.9 BoingBag2. It uses quite crude
hack to enable it, you'd better have true 32bit memory that doesn't go
away at reset for this to work. Works on my BlizzPPC, Wizor's & SMF^'s
Blizzard 1260, Cyber2th's CSMkII and Zerohero's Blizzard 2060 at
least. YMMV. Note that this hack automatically fixes some buggy programs
that peek $f80000 for version information. Thanks to my impatient
betatesters: Wizor, Jagge, Cyber2th, Zerohero, SMF^ and Lizard.
Special thanks to Lizard for bugging me about this. Also thanks to
everyone who mailed me about the problem.
- Improved romfixes module: No longer fails whole module if some
sub-patch fails. Now it should be possible to use romfixes as the last
module.
- Modified files since 1.24rc2:
BlizKick.readme
BlizKick/BlizKick
BlizKick/BlizKick.ASM
BlizKick/Modules/romfixes
BlizKick/Modules/romfixes.ASM
Download:
BlizKick-1.24rc3.lha (258K),
Readme (sd) (Translation: sr)
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23.Mar.2002
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Poll: What do you think about the AmigaOneG3-SE?
On request by 'Flash' we have started a new poll that you can find following the title link.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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23.Mar.2002
Mario Cattaneo (ANF)
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Update: MagicMenu v2.35
After exactly one month there's another update for MagicMenu. The archive
contains this time additionally (next to the German) further updated catalog
files.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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23.Mar.2002
Spitfire²
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Palm Desktop for Amiga: Spitfire² version 1.9b
Spitfire² by Ralph Torchia is a Palm desktop for AmigaOS that has been released
in version 1.9b. Information about changes can be found in the history.
The shareware software enables a connection to a Palm computer by 3Com or
compatible devices. The program offers among other things HotSync functions
between Amiga and Palm.
All features of the program are listed on the homepage. Next to the main archive
there are for registered users additionally ClockSync plugin and YAMSync plugin
available for download.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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23.Mar.2002
Sid4Amiga
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Music: betatesters for SIDPlayer 'Sid4Amiga' wanted
Paul Heams
is looking for his Sid player 'Sid4Amiga' betatesters. Interested
are asked to contact him.
The announcement of the AmigaOne has motivated him to start again on the
development of his program. The next version of 'Sid4Amiga' will contain the
following enhancements:
- Reverb - 10 presets with variable return levels.
- A new PlaySid emulation library for use with Delitracker,
PlaySid etc..
- An updated GUI for the new reverb settings. (Mixing desk)
- Bug fixes and a reworked library.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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23.Mar.2002
Andreas Magerl (email)
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Amiga Future: draw
As in every issue of the Amiga Future there's also a draw in issue #35 in that
you can also participate online. Deadline is March 31, 2002. Prices are two
full versions of Myst. Further information can be found following the title link.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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23.Mar.2002
Sven Dröge (ANF)
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Manual for the stock exchange software Bonds finished
Sven Dröge:
There's finally a manual for the stock exchange software Bonds available. It
contains around 40 pages and will be available as PDF file. Before it will be
sent to all registered users of the software for free, I need someone to read it
as a check to remove possibly remaining bugs. People who are interested in doing
this task - fast - should contact me.
P.S. Of course only a registered user is acceptable for this!
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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22.Mar.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Halvadjian Georges
Amiga Arena made an interview with Halvadjian Georges, the programer
of the paint program PerfectPaint.
Here you will find the English
version of the interview.
(ps)
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22.Mar.2002
Vesalia
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Vesalia: Pegasos board extra page
Vesalia has already put online an extra page about the Pegasos board by bplan GmbH,
on which preorders are taken. The features are listed as follows:
microATX mainboard, 133 MHz processor slot, 600 MHz G3 PowerPC
up to Dual G4 PowerPC, PC133 memory with two banks,
AGP slot, PCI subsystem with three slots, IEEE1394 (Firewire) with
100/200/400 MBit transmission rate, 10/100 MBit network, USB, AC97 sound
subsystem, IRDA, ATA100 and more.
More information at the title link.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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22.Mar.2002
Thomas Knäbel (e-mail)
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bplan GmbH: website update - Pegasos ART gallery
At the title link you'll find an art gallery with 12 views of our project
Pegasos. More news during the course of the next week.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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22.Mar.2002
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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AmigaOSXL: Experiences with the H&P Big-Tower 1800+ (Update)
Dietmar Knoll:
In my report I describe the experiences I made with the Big-Tower.
These now reach from the delivery until the first experiences in
everyday usage.
The sixth update of my experiences report includes a test of
the network card and a hint to the BoingBag3.9-2.
As the most important news I can communicate the installation
of more software, about which I compiled a software list.
The next things I plan to do is install BoingBag2 and then have a
closer look at AmigaXL. (ps)
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22.Mar.2002
Elvis (untot) (ANF)
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Game: NetHack 3.4.0
The new version 3.4.0 of Nethack is available for download. Versions for
several platforms such as Linux, MS-DOS, Windows3.1, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP,
Macintosh and Amiga exist.
What is NetHack?
NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide
variety of computer systems, with a variety of graphical and text
interfaces all using the same game engine. Unlike many other Dungeons
& Dragons-inspired games, the emphasis in NetHack is on discovering
the detail of the dungeon and not simply killing everything in sight
- in fact, killing everything in sight is a good way to die quickly.
Each game presents a different landscape - the random number generator
provides an essentially unlimited number of variations of the dungeon
and its denizens to be discovered by the player in one of a number of
characters: you can pick your race, your role, and your gender. For
information on running the program see the README that comes with each
copy. (ps) (Translation: rh)
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22.Mar.2002
Darek Dulian (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator Multimedia CD UP 1.14
The MM CD 1.14 update for Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D,
Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator
PCI ZIV users who are registered owners of the Mediator Multimedia CD,
has also been released by ELBOX Computer.
The update includes the latest version of the driver for the Voodoo card
family:
- Voodoo.card ver. 4.14
The new driver includes the workaround to the P96 system to prevent
graphic corruption when graphic card memory overflow occurs. (ps)
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22.Mar.2002
Darek Dulian (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator UP 3.0
The MediatorUP 3.0 update for Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D,
Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator
PCI ZIV users has been made available today.
The update includes the latest version of the driver for the Voodoo card
family:
- Voodoo.card ver. 2.14
The new driver includes the workaround to the P96 system to prevent
graphic corruption when graphic card memory overflow occurs.
The update includes a new version of the S3 ViRGE driver:
- Virge.card ver. 1.6
The blitter function, which is responsible for displaying text, has been
slowed down to prevent lockups in some S3 ViRGE chipsets. (ps)
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22.Mar.2002
MobiliX
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Trademark Trouble: Asterix versus MobiliX
As already reported on 26.01.2002,
Werner Heuser, administrator of the open source project MobiliX - UniX
on Mobile Computers has received a request from the German legal representative of
"Lés Editions Albert René",
owners of the trademark of the name Obelix, in November 2001. Werner Heuser
sent the plaintiffs a 22 page response (PDF).
His arguments were rejected, though, by the legal representative of the trademark owner.
Werner Heuser: "Remarkable in the document are the insults at the end, which don't seem usual
for writings from lawyers. The legal trouble is documented since its beginning at the MobiliX
webpages and is discussed in many mailing lists and news groups. This seems to have impressed
the plaintiffs. They now accuse MobiliX of inventing "a new kind of electronical terror", and
are ready to sentence MobiliX. It will be interesting to know, which sentence the plaintiff will
invent against critical discussion in newsgroups."
Despite the announcements of the plaintiffs, the case goes on:
The court in Munich (Germany) has set the date for the first hearing to June 12th 2002.
At the title link you'll find more interesting details about this trademark trouble. (ps) (Translation: rh)
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22.Mar.2002
Heise [Newsticker]
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Heise: Microsoft put pressure on trading partners with contracts
The above German article deals with the anti trust process against Microsoft.
Peter Ashkin, ex Gateway manager, testified as witness of the charge that
Gateway was taken from Microsoft's "approved vendor" list after the development
of a Linux-based surf terminal.
German Heise article at the title link.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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21.Mar.2002
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Polish Department of amiga-news.de Celebrates 2nd Birthday
For two years now, Piotr Pawlowski has been making amiga-news.de available on his website for Polish readers in their native language.
Tireless, beyond-the-call-of-duty efforts are needed to translate the many daily articles, but this goes without saying. One must be involved often with various issues, and this certainly cuts into one's free time. So at this time we want to give a great "hurrah" and a big, heartfelt "thank you!"
And, not to forget, a "happy second birthday!" :) (ps) (Translation: dm)
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21.Mar.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: "BallMasterAGA" Re-Release and Interview with Michal Rybinski
Amiga Arena - "BallMasterAGA" Re-Release
The puzzle/mindgame BallMasterAGA (registered on "Amiga Arena") from Damir Arh was first offered in the year 2000 and is now available again for download.
Amiga Arena - Interview with Michal Rybinski
With the software "MP3TagEditor" by Michal Rybinski it's possible to easily process the IDs of MP3 music files. Amiga Arena spoke with Michal (in English) about MP3TagEditor and its future.
"The young developer managed to answer each question with no more than a single sentence ;-)" commented Olaf Köbnik. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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21.Mar.2002
Elbox Computer
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Elbox: Mirage 4000 Pro Available
As reported on 11th March 2002, Elbox is offering a new A4000 tower-including Mediator 4000 PCI and 300W power supply. The tower is currently available and drivers may be preordered.
- U.K. - Power Computing
- Germany - Vesalia or KDH Datentechnik
- Sweden - GGS-Data
- Other countries: see Elbox-dealers
You can find detailed information about this system under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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21.Mar.2002
Patric Klöter (ANF)
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Commodore-Amiga.de: Petro Tyschtschenko Interview
Patric Klöter wrote in to say:
Petro Tsychtschenko was kind enough to respond to a few questions about his past with Commodore and Amiga. The time-frame of this interview covers his beginning at C= in 1982 all the way through his final days at Amiga Inc. in 2001. Petro also explains his view of Amiga Inc. and talks about his planned book.
The interview is on my homepage under the heading "User-Ecke." Here is a direct link:
Interview.
I'd like to use this opportunity to thank Petro for devoting his valuable time to answering my questions! Many thanks Petro, and best wishes!
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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21.Mar.2002
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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Amiga Future: Translation of Crypt Interviews with Vulcan Software
Amiga Future translated the
Interview
of The Crypt Magazine
with Vulcan Software into German, and you can find it under the title link.
The original English interview is here. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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