23.Dec.2001
Georges Halvadjian (ANF)
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Paintprogram: PerfectPaint V2.8
Version 2.8 of the paint and animations program "PerfectPaint" was
released. This program supports colour depths of 1 to 24 bit. The following
has changed since the prior version:
- New catalogs (Russian, Polski, Deutch,latvian, Norsk ...)
- New effects: Relief, Sharpen, Fiber, Stone, Glass.
- New text effect: Stamp, Stamp2 and FlatShade (from Markus Castro)
- New Arexx Box script: CreatePlanete.rx (from Markus Castro)
- New picture effect: Rotate any Angle
- New tools: Correct Picture Rotation
- New 'Movie factory' effect: Blur, Horizontal BLur, Vertical Blur
- Improve some effects: Much faster
- Improve antialiasing: Much faster and better aspect
- Improve Polar Coordinates
- Fix an EnforcetHit with the requester palette and PopupMenu
- Stone, Fiber and Liquid can use now Color Gradient with transparency.
- Fix some bug with animation.
- Improve Control requester: Much Faster, New mode: Maximum, Minimum,
threshold, Multiply, Screen and Exclusion.
- Improve VisualPrefs compatibility (I think I fix the problem, on some configuration,
about garbage in main window when you resize it from a reduced view to
the original size)
- With the help of NewIcon.library, PfPaint can now load standard Icon; load and save NewIcon.
- You can change the amount of transparency of the popupmenu.
- Fix a bug with the TTF font (and the TTFlib).
- Fix a bug with the 'Page size' requester.
- All effects are now stored in an asynchron window, it's much easy to select an effect.
- Brush can be saved in PPM and sculpt format (separate raw alpha,red,green and blue file)
- In Zoom mode, picture is always centered.
- Saving with thumbnail newicon works well now.
- Arexx command to save Icon: pp_SaveIconFor file type.
The program can be downloaded following the title link.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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23.Dec.2001
Martin R. Elsner (E-Mail)
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Tool: MRE - StartMenu, ProcessManager, SystemSettings
Martin R. Elsner finished the initial parts of MRE just in time to
provide a Christmas surprise.
"StartMenu" (previously "Choowin"), "ProcessManager" (new
prozess manager tool as replacement for CLI commands "status"
and "break"),
and "SystemSettings" (previously "MainPrefs") are available for download,
installation and use. These tools can be used either all together or as
single tools.
Some parts are still missing: "Locale-Archive" (will be available as
single archives), and the manual.
You can download the tools by following the title link or at Aminet.
Martin R. Elsner wishes the worldwide Amiga-Community Merry Christmas and
a happy new Year.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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23.Dec.2001
Marcus Neervoort (E-Mail)
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Amigapage.de: Book Disks for Amiga Books
Marcus Neervoort wrote:
A new chapter of Amigapage.de just went online. Now you can download
book disks for Amiga books.
Furthermore I wish all of you Merry Christmas, and a good start into the
new year ...!
So, have much fun until the next update.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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23.Dec.2001
chaos-update-ML
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18. CCC: Freedom Rights in the Data Net
Chaos Computer Club e.V.
23.12.2001
Press information on the 18th Chaos Communication Congress,
27.-29. December, 2001 in Berlin, Germany, Haus am Köllnischen Park
"Hacking is not a crime"
For the 18. year the Chaos Computer Club e.V. is organizing the Chaos
Communication Congress between Chritsmas and new year's day in Berlin, Germany.
This event with the subtitle "the European hackers party" during the last years
became a significant meeting of about 2,500 European net activists, on which beside of
dealing with topical technology developments also the social effects and parameters
of the information community allways play part.
After the serious incidences of this year and numerous laws the congress' motto
"hacking is not a crime" especially indicates dealing with the freedrom rights in
the data nets.
"This year numerous legal arrangements have been done in a time marked by terror
attacks and war propaganda, regardless of the net users and aspects of data security",
Andy Müller-Maguhn, CCC speaker, illustrated the meeting's background. Especially
legalizing almost unresticted rights for intelligent services to access Internet and
phone connections is one of the focal points of the this year's congress.
The international participants of the this year's congress will also deal with
the lack of knowledge of computer security aspects with politicians. With the
Cybercrime-Convetion passed by the European Council - virtual unrecognized in the shadow
of the impacts of September 11th - a law got passed which e.g. punishes the spread of
computer viruses. "Until now, the Chaos Computer Club did not see any computer virus
worrying about laws, in spite of intensive investigations done", Jens Ohlig, club speaker,
commented this law.
"But, an alarming fact is, that already the release of attacking methods and the
spread of tools for testing security arrangements in data nets shall be punished in the
future. This would restrict the free and required dealing with the problems regarding
computer security and hence this would prevent development of solution possibilities",
explained CCC speaker Müller-Maguhn the club's objections.
On the this year's congress beside of the usual lectures about technic developments,
workshops, and podium discussions for specially there will be two strategy workshops, too,
in which European net activits will deal with the question of a better cooperation and
strategies regarding public relations. Especially the desiderative consideration of the
rights of informational self-determination and the public access to information within the
scope of the amendment of copyright laws appear to make this required.
The alignment of the congress' content is rounded by traditional elements such like
the hack center / data freeport, and a laboratory for electronic experiments, public archive, and
several project presentations. In the scope of the presentations there will also be an explaination
of the still open installation Blinkenlights of the Chaos Computer Club, which will can be seen on the "Haus des Lehrers" on the Alexanderplatz, until the end of February.
More information about the congress can be found under
http://www.ccc.de/congress/2001/
Blinkenlights on the "Haus des Lehrers", Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany, or
http://www.blinkenlights.de/
On Wednesday, 26. December 2001 there will be a press conference at 14:00 MET on the
congress in the "Haus am Köllnischen Park". (sd) (Translation: mj)
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23.Dec.2001
ANN
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AmigaDE: AmigaDE-Player for Windows V1.1 - SDK Updates
The new version 1.1 of the AmigaDE Player for Windows was released.
This version is available for download via the own account at the
AmigaDE-Shop.
Installation: Run the AmigaDE-Player installer once to remove the prior version of
the player, then run the installer a second time to install the new version. Press the
help button on the AmigaDE Shop website for additional help.
On amigadev.net some
updates
for the SDK were released.
The website itself now also supports HTTP resume to continue canceled downloads, as
far as the download client supports this (Getright, GoZilla!, Caitoo, Aminet: HTTPResume etc.).
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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23.Dec.2001
Oliver Wagner (vapor-announce-ML)
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Internet: NetInfo II V2.11
Version 2.11 of the Internet information tool "NetInfo II" was
released. This tool unites the functions of TRACEROUT, PING, WHOIS,
and FINGER in one GUI.
Following the changes since version 2.10:
- fixed deadlock problems with multiple PING
responses
- improvements for dealing with the new V3 RIPE
database
- improvements in WHOIS network prefix lookup
tables
NetInfo utilizes MUI 3.8 and the "NList" class by Gilles Masson.
It works with Genesis, Miami, Roadshow (so far unreleased TCP/IP
stack by Olaf Barthel), and AmiTCP.
TCP/IP stacks basing on the "socket.library as for as225r2 are not supported.
Contrary to the whois and finger functions the tracerout function does not work
via SOCKS.
Download:
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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23.Dec.2001
Cj-Stroker (ANF)
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Amiforce: Poll about Blitzbasic/Amiblitz
Amiforce just started a poll about Blitzbasic/Amiblitz asking if there is
interest in an extensive section on this subject.
E.g. a tutorial and many other things are being planned.
With this a media is inteded to be built to enable many Amiga users to
learn this language the Amiga Community lately lost sight of.
Amiforce wish all users Merry Christmas.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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23.Dec.2001
Czech Amiga News
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AROS: Graphics, Palm, OOP
Georg Steger fixed some bugs in the graphics.library.
He is working on the AROS port for Palm Pilots.
Adam Chodorowski fixed other bugs in the Python code and
did impressing work in updating the AROS copyright notes.
Fabio Alemagna is working hard on the new OOP frame work, and
Johan Grip is working on a PCI driver system.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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23.Dec.2001
ANN
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MorphOS: c.s.a.morphos elected at 178:31
The election for the organisation of the usenet group
"comp.sys.amiga.morphos passes" was closed on 20. December 2001 with
a voting result of 178 for yes and 31 for no.
If there will not be no reliable reclamation during the 5 days lasting
discussion term from the election board, this group will be
established by the news.announce.newgroups moderator shortly after
this term expired.
More information including a list of the votes given are to find under
the title link.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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23.Dec.2001
Czech Amiga News
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CD: MakeCD V3.2d Beta 9
Beta version 3.2d beta 9 of the CD burning software "MakeCD" was
released.
The archive now contains the binaries. Version 3.2c is required for
complete installation. Details on the changes can be taken from the
history.
Download: MakeCD32d_public_beta_9.lha
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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23.Dec.2001
Czech Amiga News
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Magazine: The Cryptmas #21
On 22. December 2001 issue #21 of the Englisch disk and online
magazine "The Crypt" was released.
This Christmas issue contains a report about Vision Design who are
working on a new Amiga Classic.
You can read the magazine via the title link and downlaod it, too.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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23.Dec.2001
Daniel Orth (ANF)
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amiga-topcool: Poll about Website
Daniel Orth wrote:
Participate in our
poll.
This is about our website. You don't need to spend much time. Every participant will
receive 100 points as a thank you. Those points then can be exchanged for all kinds of
nice things.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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23.Dec.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: "Blockhead I" Full Version
Olaf Köbnik wrote:
Merry Christmas and Full Version
I wish all of you Merry Christmas and I would like to say thank you to
all users who supported me this year!
"I wish all of us a peaceful Christmas time and hope that there will be
light at the end of the tube for all of us TOGETHER in the future!"
The fire still burns! - Your Olaf
"Blockhead I" Full Version
With permission of "Applaud Software" the Amiga Arena enables the release
of every software title from "Applaud Software".
For Christmas time there is the first part of the puzzle / mind game
"Blockhead I". (sd) (Translation: mj)
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23.Dec.2001
(ANF)
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Video: SoftCinema V0.16 Beta 1
On 22. December 2001 version 0.16 beta 1 of the video player
'SoftCinema' was released.
Following the changes:
- Fixed AGA display for YUV221111 based codecs.
- Fixed display scaling on CGFX for YUV221111 based codecs.
- Added support for MP3 hardware decoders, added MP3HW CLI/tooltype argument.
- Added PUBSCREEN CLI/tooltype argument.
- Fixed 8-bit window display for YUV221111 based codecs.
- DITHER is now default direct color emulation mode for 8-bit display.
- VIDEOCHANNEL and AUDIOCHANNEL CLI/tooltype arguments.
- Some speed improvements in DivX;-) codec.
- Added DEPTH24 CLI/tooltype argument for 24-bit output on fullscreen.
- Few bugfixes in QT parser.
- Fixed crash on last frame on animation.
- Fixed some problems in RainbowRunner codec.
You can download the program via
softcinema.amiga.pl
and highantdev.de/softcinema/.
(sd) (Translation: mj)
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22.Dec.2001
musikmachen.net / Jorge Pino (ANF)
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Musikmachen.net portal reports about demo scene/Amiga
»All began with the Commodore C-64 and the successor Amiga whose popularity
came from the fact that there was an almost unmanageable number of games for
these computers. In addition were their technical characteristics for graphics
and sound far superior to those of a PC of that time - and all this for a
childroom compatible price.«
Complete article see title link. (ps) (Translation: wk)
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22.Dec.2001
Christoph Dietz
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NEO Award on 13.12.2001
The NEO Award, for that amiga-news.de was also nominated, was
awarded on 13.12.2001 in Stuttgart in the Mercedes Forum to several websites.
Christoph Dietz has taken part for amiga-news.de in the awarding and has taken some photos. Read now the summary of his impressions.
The NEO Award was a successful event - even though we as amiga-news.de "only"
made the 12th place in the cathegory ´most popular website´. But with
altogether more than 500,000 registered users and with more than 2.5 million
votes within a period of four weeks this ranking is for us as a news site for a
marginal group a remarkable result.
It's you, the readers, who fully deserve the thanks for this.
In the Stuttgart Mercedes Forum had the people arranging the NEO Award not only
taken care for many people - including of course the nominees in the
different areas - but also for the matching ambiente with food and drinking.
Through the show led Frauke Ludowig, presenter of the RTL programme "Explosiv",
again and again kindly interrupted by the asides of Mirco Nontschew,
entertainer from the "RTL Saturday Night". Numerous musical interludes,
beginning with the ones of "Glashaus", always ensured a good atmosphere in the
hall and were a good frame for the award.
Most of the awarded NEOs were named by a prominent jury, though it does not
neccessarily make a name for itself in the sphere of the Internet.
The Special Award for great contribution to the new media went to Prof.
Karlheinz Brandenburg, deputizing for his team, with which he had created the music
compression standard MPEG3 (short: MP3). This price was presented by Dr.
Christoph-E. Palmer, minister of state of Baden-Württemberg.
The price for the best Online advertising went to the ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG,
commented by them in the speech of thanks with not having expecting to win this
price with RTL and VIVA belonging to the sponsors and jury members. In the
background could the laudator of the Award be seen, the voice of "Robert T-Online".
As best sports site on the net was the one of Formula 1 racing driver Michael
Schuhmacher elected. The price for this was taken by Kai Ebel, presenter of the
Formular 1 broadcast of RTL. The site of the soap "Gute Zeiten,
schlechte Zeiten" ("Good times, bad times") was winner of the award for the best
series site.
The heavy weight "NEO" was presented to three actors of the series who all
reacted indifferent towards the winning of the price and at the same time
announced the (already happened) relaunch of the site.
Both sites are btw. designed and supervised by RTL News Media, as is well known
presented as member of the jury by their manager Dr. Thomas Hesse.
The group Glashaus was for this evening not only engaged as live act but also
won the award in the area "best music site".
Radio on the Internet, the most popular website here is the "Chart Radio".
"Der Schuh des Manituh" is not only one of the most successful films in German
cinemas but also the winner of the NEO for the best film site.
"geizkragen.de" got the public price for the most popular website,
presented by Heidi Klum. Geizkragen.de surprised with the announcement that "much
is to be expected" and meant with this the television.
This made the laudator ask spontaneously whether the "dot.com-Domain is already
reserved".
Electronic postcards can be sent most innovative at "edgar.de"
and for this it gave the second public NEO of the evening.
A flat after-taste remains for exactly these two awards, though, because in the
participation terms under point 17/5, paragraph 5, sentence 3 it is written as
follows:
"The organisator reserves for himself to change the result when the vote results
aren't a good advertisement."
Unfortunately we won't ever experience whether the winning sites made it to the
top because of the participiants or because of effectiveness. We hope for the
former!
A winner for the offered Smart wasn't drawn on this event, we wait impatiently
for the naming of the lucky one.
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22.Dec.2001
Olaf Köbnik (email)
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Amiga Arena: interview with Heinrich Tillack (AStarC)
New PD or shareware games can be found more and more seldom on the Aminet. The
more pleasing it is that with "AStarC" a clone of the Arcade classic "Star
Castle" by Cinematronics released in the year 1980 gives a welcome change! Heinrich
Tillack, the developer, answered the questions of the Amiga Arena.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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22.Dec.2001
Jan Andersen (VHT-ML)
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VHT: The antivirus poll 2001
Hi all...
Okay, the poll for voting for the antivirus programmer who has
done the most for the Amiga antivirus scene in 2001, has only
10 more days to go. Here are the current vote statistics:
Jan Erik Olausen & Georg Hoermann - xvs.library : 254 votes
Jan Erik Olausen - VirusExecutor : 213 votes
Zbigniew Trzcionkowski - Safe : 46 votes
Alex van Niel - VirusChecker II : 19 votes
Dirk Stoecker - VirusZ III : 11 votes
Heiner Schneegold _ VT-Schutz : 8 votes
(total 551 votes)
You can vote here.
Please do us the favour, and place your vote......
Kind regards
Jan Andersen
Virus Help Denmark
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22.Dec.2001
Oliver Wagner (Vapor-ML)
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AmigaNCP 2.2
AmigaNCP is an implementation of the Psion link protocol which is e.g.
built into the Psion S3/S3a/S3C and Psion S5 palmtop's ROM. It's main
purpose is to provide vice-versa nfs-like file access. AmigaNCP features:
- -- the "amigancp.library" providing all the network I/O functions.
- -- the AmigaNCP-FileSystem providing transparent access to Psion files from
the AmigaDOS environment. Includes transparent charset translation feature
and possibility to store icons on the Amiga side for full workbench
integration.
- -- the AmigaNCP-FileServer providing transparent access to Amiga files from
the Psion side with optional on-the-fly character conversion.
- -- a print server allowing to print directly from your Psion to a printer
connected to your Amiga.
- -- full developer documentation and associated material to faciliate NCP
services from within your own applications.
AmigaNCP requires:
- -- AmigaOS 2.04 or better (localization supported).
- -- the IBM-PC version of the 3-Link cable.
Changes from Release 2.1 to 2.2
- -- Amiga to Psion clipboard transfer now working (S5/EPOC32 mode only)
- -- fixed ACTION_SET_DATE and ACTION_SET_PROTECT for S5/EPOC32 mode
New releases will be put on AmiNet. Also, you might directly visit the
support site:
WWW: http://www.vapor.com/
FTP: ftp.vapor.com, /pub/amigancp/
There is also a support mailing list for AmigaNCP. To subscribe, write to
amigancp-request@vapor.com
and put "SUBSCRIBE" in the mail body. Put "HELP" in the mail body to get
full instructions on how to use the list server.
=== Bug reports: ===
Please report any bugs via E-Mail to amigancp-bugs@vapor.com. Please
enclose a detailed description of the bug and the bug generation
procedure, together with a description of both your AmigaOS and Psion
setup.
(ps)
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22.Dec.2001
Andreas R. Kleinert (E-Mail)
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SViewIV PPC 25.4 - Error during upload to Aminet
Unfortunately something went wrong when uploading
the SViewIV PPC modules V25.4 to Aminet - only
a textfile went there. Until the upload-delay
of 10 days is over, I'll provide the archive
for download on my website.
(ps)
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22.Dec.2001
Paul J. Beel (ANF)
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GetBoinged has new Amiga news section!
GetBoinged! has created a small news section called "Weekly Amiga News Round-Up!" where selected news items will appear. This section will feature up to ten news items for each week. So if you only have time to check the news once a week, you only have to go one place.
To check it out point your browser here. A link off the home page will take you to the new section. (ps)
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