18.Feb.2002
MorphOS
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MorphOS: T-Shirts (Update)
At the title link you can buy t-shirts with the MorphOS butterfly on them.
Addition:
These t-shirts are not a merchandising article of MorphOS. But nevertheless they are still looking quite good.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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18.Feb.2002
SonicPulse
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Audio: SoundFX - What's finished or being worked on with version 4.2?
Thanks to many post to the mailinglist, I was able to fix lots of bugs and to fulfill wishes. The beta-version 3 will soon be released.
As a new feature I have installed a bug/feature-request/support tracker. Please use this one from now of for such requests.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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18.Feb.2002
Aminet
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System-Monitor: Scout Version 2.15
Thore Böckelmann released version 2.15 of the system-monitor Scout. Information about the included features and changes can be found in the included readme.
Download:
Scout.lha (274 KB) -
Readme
Scout-src.lha (384 KB) -
Readme
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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18.Feb.2002
Bernhard Wörner
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Audio: Amplify Version 1.4a erschienen
Bernhard Woerner has made version 1.4a of his audio program "Amplify" available. A few bugs have been taken care of. It is possible to process audio data with this program.
Amplify runs on minimum Amiga OS 3.0, 68020 processor and 1.5 megs free memory. It requires the mpega.library from Stephane Tavenard. 68K and PPC versions of Amplify are available, just click on the title link to this article and then click on "download."
This will be the last version of Amplify for a while. Bernhard will now begin to implement the following features into version 2.0:
- capability to select multiple source files
- an equalizer
- a player
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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17.Feb.2002
CyberGFX
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PCI: Mediator page with new software
The Elbox Mediator PCI Busboard support page
has been updated. On the sub-page with
3rd party sofware
the following products are new: 'ControlTV', 'BVPPC Fix',
'MemTestin' and the ViRGE Driver. If you notice that existing software
for the Mediator Board is missing, please send a note to the following address:
mediator@vgr.com.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
ANN
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Programming language: PowerD V0.19 alpha 5
On 17 February 2002 Martin Kuchinka released version 0.19 alpha 5
of the programming language 'PowerD'. It comprises several bug fixes,
modules for AmigaOS 3.9, improved binary modules, new functions and more.
This is a very early alpha version. If you find any bugs or if you have
any ideas or just want to share your opinion, just contact
kuchinka@volny.cz.
Download: alpha.lzx (212K),
Readme
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17.Feb.2002
Mirko Engelhardt (ANF)
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Games: 4 new games from Amigaland
Mirko Engelhardt writes:
From today on there're 4 new games ready for download. They're called
'Amiganoid', 'Zzzep', 'Movem' and 'On the Ball - World Cup Edition'.
In addition, there's a code table for Oldtimer (AGA) available.
Once again thanks to Unicorn. There are also two demos from Abyss
available (Wildlife, Extralife).
Amigaland provides original games, authorised by the manufacturer, to
be downloaded. They also provide demos, emu-tools, emulators and
a lot of facts worth knowing about Amiga.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
Kermit Woodall (E-Mail)
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Amiga Expo 2002: Further exhibitors and robots
From 29 - 31 March 2002 the
Amiga Expo 2002 is taking place
in Baltimore, US. Within the last few weeks further exhibitors have been
registered. Amongst others the former Amiga company 'NewTek' will be
represented as well as 'Applied Magic'. The latter will present their
products in the new sub-exhibition 'Video editing' and they will also run
workshops.
The 'Top Secret Robotics' team will present their combat robots, which
already appeared in 'Robotica' and 'Robot Wars' and they will answer all
questions related to their products.
In addition some important news from more than one Amiga company
will be announced at the fair.
Here the original text:
«Over the last few weeks Amiga Expo has added a lot of new exhibitors. We're
now incorporating a whole new video editing show as a subset of Amiga Expo!!
Expect to see the latest video products from NewTek and Applied Magic - both
former Amiga companies taking video to new levels!! There will be classes
and demos of the new products as well.
We've got 'Bots!! Top Secret Robotics - a robot fighting team who have
appeared on Robotica and Robot Wars will be appearing to show off their
robots and give you a talk on everything that goes on behind these scenes on
these shows!
That's not all - we can't give you details now - but there is going to be
some Big News at this show ...and from more than one Amiga company! Check
out the EVENTS schedule that is now up on the Amiga Expo web site.
Advance price discount tickets are still available for the show and banquet.
We've had the hotel extend our room block so if you hurry you can still get
some cheap rooms too!
Visit us now at www.amigaexpo.com.»
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
Robert Williams (ANF)
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Magazine: Total Amiga #10
The 'South Essex Amiga Link (SEAL)' user group has published the
first issue of their English Amiga magazine 'Total Amiga'. It is
the successor of 'Clubbed' and has the issue number 10. It comprises
44 DIN-A4 pages with news, tests and tutorials.
In this issue the following products are tested amongst others:
'Descent: Freespace', 'Mediator 4000', 'ImageFX 4.5 Upgrade',
'Eyetechs EZKey XS' and 'EZTowerZ4'. There's a summary of all news
about AmigaOS 4.
Paul Qureshi introduces his Amiga-based AmiMPC-MP3-player for cars.
Fleecy Moss describes in his first column for the magazine
the latest news about Amiga's strategy.
In the tutorial section there's the first part of a workshop
dealing with the adjustment of the 'Directory Opus Magellan'
to your own desires. In 'Back to Basics' you'll find a tutorial
for beginners that deals with re-routing Videomodi (mode promotion).
You can also find news, comments, tips and further tests.
As well as the name the lay-out of the magazine has changed and its
contents has been further developed. To get a first impression just
look at some photos from the magazine on the home page where you will
also find earlier issues of 'Clubbed' ready for download as PDF data
files.
Next weekend SEAL will be at the ALt.WoA in Huddersfield, Great Britain,
in order to sell the latest issue. Besides, you can subscribe to
the magazine via the title link.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
OSNews
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Microsoft: Sueing federal staates are to be supplied with Windows sources
According to a press report by Reuters Microsoft has to permit the
9 sueing federal states to examine the source code of Windows as ordered
by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in connection with the cartel trial.
This is supposed to give the prosecuting party an opportunity to discover
if Microsoft's statement that it is not possible to create a Windows version
without Internet Explorer is right.
Heise: Microsoft has to permit examination of source code
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17.Feb.2002
Amiga Future
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Event: "Insider Mocca" in Hirsau from 22 - 24 February
From 22 - 24 February 2002 the 'Insider Mocca' takes place in Hirsau at
the establishment for breeding small animals. Further information
is available at Andre89@gmx.de.
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17.Feb.2002
Amiga Future
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Kultpower: Scans of ZakMcKracken and Indiana Jones
In the category 'cult games' packaging scans of 'ZakMcKracken'
and 'Indiana Jones and the last Crusade' were published
on kultpower.de. At the same
time the cult games website was given a thorough clean up.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
Telepolis
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Story: Fighting Nintendo by means of a fly swat
In the middle of the 80s Nintendo had with NES a market share of
90% in the US and in Japan. In the above Telepolis article Konrad
Lischka describes Sega's idea to opt out of Nintendo and create
his own market. By means of Sega Console a new market for adults was established
since also older people without any PC experience could now find easy access
to video games.
When Sega's home console 'Master System' only gained a market share of
10% and the computer manufacturer NEC 1989 didn't have any success with
his home console 'TurboGrafx-16', Rosen said: "A Nintendo culture does
exists and to compete with it is extremely difficult.
The difference between the marketing concepts of both companies
becomes particularly apparent for the Mega Drive if we look at the
fighting game 'Mortal Kombat'.
The version of 'Mortal Kombat' which was released in 1993 for Sega's Mega Drive
did away with any moral considerations: The Sega version allows you to rip
off the enemies' heads and to rip out their hearts. The makers cheered:
"On average Genesis¹ has, compared to Nintendo, customers of a higher age
so that this will be the market with the highest growth for the second
half of the 90s", according to Electronic Arts Manager Bing Gordon in 1993.
The complete article is available via the title link.
Genesis¹: Mega Drive's brand name in the US.
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17.Feb.2002
Amiga Future
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Game: Battlefield survey concerning low participation
From the Battlefield home page:
The end of the graphic competition isn't the end of Battlefield...
Despite low participation things are progressing in the graphic sector.
However, everybody was very disappointed because of the poor result
of the competition.... In order to find out the reasons why hardly
anybody participated, a survey is taking place at the moment.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
amiga.org
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News: amiga.org continues
Wayne Hunt has at last decided to continue the web page
amiga.org since this is what a lot
of Amiga users wished for. In the above mentioned text of 13 February
he describes the status of amiga.org.
(sd) (Translation: sr)
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17.Feb.2002
Virus Help Denmark
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Virus Help Denmark: WatchDog 2.7
On 16 February 2002 Zbigniew Trzcionkowski released version 2.7
of his memory surveillance tool 'WatchDog'. Compared to version 2.5
the following modifications have been made.
- added checking of some BCPL stuff (which is totally harmless since
os37+ anyways).
- CallGVptr - ROM check
- EndGVptr - ROM check
- GlobVecTable - checksumming, that should detect patches of any GV
based viri including imaginary ones like GlobVec144 ;)
Thanks to Thomas Richter and Holger Hippenstiel for information
about GV that helped me a lot...
- added new tooltype 'NoGlobVec' to skip tests described above - it is
already set in the icon as nobody beside me needs these checks!
- added notification of LIBS:xvs.library
- added some additional stuff to tc_launch/tc_switch checker
- changed timing routine
- ToolTypes: NoSwitch and NoLaunch are no longer debug only :P
- kicked bonus stuff due to lack of users' interest
The tool uses the xvs.library in order to check every three seconds
if there're any known viri in the memory. Further features have
been added which you can find in the documentation.
'Watchdog' runs from AmigaOS 2.04 and needs the xvs.library.
Download: WatchDog.lha (19K),
Readme
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17.Feb.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Status and interviews with N. Blachford and D. Westerberg (Update)
Amiga Arena - status report
In his status report
Olaf Köbnik makes a personal statement about the current situation of
Amiga Arena. It seems that he doesn't want to give up his activities
completely, he just wants to cut them down a little.
Amiga Arena - interview with Nicholas Blachford
Recently Amiga Arena has drawn attention to the sources of the sampler
software Aural Illusion.
Its further development has been authorized by the author Nicholas
Blachford. Amiga Arena's interview with the ex-Amiga developer
is by far the most comprehensive interview in the history of Amiga Arena
and full of really interesting statements. At the moment the interview is
available online in
English.
Amiga Arena - interview with Daniel Westerberg
Apart from Stefan Blixth also Daniel Westerberg belongs to
OnyxSoft. Programs such as
MultiRen, Detris or DRemind are very popular. The interview with
Daniel Westerberg is available under
German and
English.
Update 18.02.2002:
The interview with Nicholas Blachford there is now available also in
German.
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16.Feb.2002
Stephan Rupprecht
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Tools: PNGTool v1.1 - CopyIcon v44.4a - SGrab v1.19a
Stephan Rupprecht has updated some of his tools:
- PGNTool for converting every picture format to PNG is now available in
version 1.1. The program needs from this version on the asyncio.library v40
improving the speed by 3%.
Download: PNGTool.lha
- The CopyNewIcon clone for OS 3.5 has been released in version 44.4a.
New is here the Spanish documentation by D. Dominguez.
Download: CopyIcon44.lha
- The screen grabber SGrab is available in version 1.19a. A module problem in
the PPC version has been fixed.
Download: sgrab.lha
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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16.Feb.2002
SPIEGEL
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SPIEGEL: "TRONLAND.NET" - Murdered because of a telephone?
»The Berlin public prosecutor's office has ceased the investigations in the
"death case Tron". But his friends believe less than ever in suicide of the
hacker after having done own investigations.
The file is closed, Tron's CCC friends open it again -
in the web.«
Full (German) article see title link.
As already reported are friends
of Boris just building up a website named Tronland.
Documents, media reports and memories of Tron will be published on this website.
In the view of the friends shall the documents proof that the public prosecutor's office is wrong in
closing the file.
The website shall on the one hand help to bring under circumstances some light
in the dark around the death of the encryption expert and on the other hand give
a portrait of the human behind the hacker. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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16.Feb.2002
Heise [newsticker]
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Heise: illegal copying ruins US games developers
Refering to a report
of the Interactive Digital Software Association
(IDSA) loses the American video industry 1.9 billion US dollars per annual
because of illegal copies.
(German) Heise article see title link.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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16.Feb.2002
Aaron Lewis (ANF)
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Windows: iLOVE for Winamp
How if Amiga visual artist does Windows? The author of AmiganFX plugin
for Winamp has released another plugin called iLOVE. Original styles...
If you have a Windows machine it's worth checking the title link. (ps)
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