12.Jan.2002
Matthias Münch (ANF)
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AUG99: present poll
Because of demand and as counter part to the Kultpower poll we have
started a corresponding new poll. We want to find out here the most popular Amiga
print magazine of the currently existing ones. The poll can be found right
here.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jan.2002
VMC Harald Frank (ANF)
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Telepolis: Buried in New Mexiko
According to an investigation of the Telepolis editor Konrad Lischka
had the company Atari bought the computer producer Amiga. In the third last
paragraph it is written that: "After Tramiel had bought Atari the company
concentrated on the home computer market. To enter into the market for
respectable business clients Atari took over the Computer producer Amiga.
This is not correct.
1984: Amiga, then represented by the chief developer Jay Miner (formerly
chief developer of Atari) had in his financial need already got a private credit
from Jack Tramiel (who was the founder of Commodore Business Machines, but then
parted from the company because of differences, and afterwards bought the
clapped-out game console producer Atari). A takeover of Amiga through Atari had
already been negotiated. This takeover was avoided in the last moment through a better
offer by Commodore (remember: Tramiel had already left Commodore)
what led also to a repayment of Jack Tramiels private investment. The takeover
had cost 27 millions dollars. To be looked up in the
History of the
AMIGA.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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12.Jan.2002
Darek Dulian (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator Multimedia-CD Update 1.12
The MM CD 1.12 update for Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 1200 and
Mediator PCI ZIV users, who are registered owners of the Mediator
Multimedia CD, has been released by ELBOX Computer.
The MM CD UP 1.12 includes the following updates:
VHI Studio now works on
PowerPC and on 68k processors in both MMU and NO MMU pci.library
modes.
An incorrect change in the border colour has been eliminated in
the Voodoo.card driver, which could occur in ver. 4.12 driver
when 8-bit screen was switched to any other colour depth.
(ps)
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11.Jan.2002
LinuxToday
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LinuxToday: Linux in Korea
Linux PR announce in a press release
that the Korean government decided to start to switch to Linux and has ordert the first
packets. The product is "HancomLinux Deluxe 2.0" combining the MS compatible Office Suite
and LinuxOS.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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11.Jan.2002
Bernhard Wörner (ANF)
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Audio processing tool "Amplify" in version 1.0 online
Bernhard Wörner:
Version 1.0 of my audio processing tool "Amplify" is available on my homepage
since today.
You can for example do the following things:
- set recording level to 0dB
- fade in and out
- cut off silence at beginning or end
The program will also appear on Aminet in the next days.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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11.Jan.2002
SOL-Invictus (ANF)
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"Open Letter" from Matay
You can find an "open letter" from Filip Dab-Mirowski (CEO) on the
new Matay homepage. In this letter he announces that there is a
new, free firmware upgrade for the "Prometheus" PCI bridge with which
drivers for e.g. Fast Ethernet, TV cards and soundcards will be
released.
The "Prometheus" boards ordered from now on will be shipped with the
new firmware, further the program "English Teacher 5" is added as
a bonus.
Also, the game Boing'em for AmigaDE is already available.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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11.Jan.2002
Bright Light Software
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SB 128 sound mixer AC97 version 1.3 for Amithlon
Frank Fenn has released version 1.3 of the SB 128 sound mixer for Amithlon.
Currently supported are ES1370, ES1371 and CT5880 chip sets. The program
allows volume and balance control for MASTER, AUX, CD, PCM as well as MUTE.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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11.Jan.2002
Wojtek Kozlowski (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator Driver Guide Update
Elbox Computer website has been updated today.
In the SUPPORT / Mediator Driver Guide section
the current list of PCI cards has been placed which
are supported with drivers for Mediator PCI
busboards for Amiga 1200 and Amiga 4000.
(ps)
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11.Jan.2002
Shaun Bebbington (ANF)
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Magazine: Retro Computing Today
Retro Computing Today - What is the big idea?
There seems to be a growing interest in computers and technology of
yesteryear. With very few publications actually acknowledging this, it
is left to a handful of small magazines to fill the gap, with
profitable publications such as Computer and Video Games dedicating
less than 4 pages to "The Old School". Retro Computing Today aims to
be the one of the first professional publication to cover all topics
regarding this very subject matter, instead of concentrating on one
particular computer or platform, as Commodore Scene does, Retro
Computing Today aims to cover as many topics as there are interests for.
For instance, those people who choose to use a Vic 20 to view web sites
through to the Amiga classic/AmigaOne platform.
Obviously, the more support a particular platform receives, the more of
the magazine will be dedicated to covering it, however, we would hope
to provide some sort of balance, unlike at least 90% of current
publications, whom tend to concentrate on the Windows/XBox platform.
Do you have big ideas yourself?
Details are sketchy at the minute, as the publication is still in early
planning stages. We can confirm the following:
- Launch issue for early May 2002.
- 8 copies a year (1 every 6 weeks). If there is enough demand, we will move
towards 10 copies a year (1 every 5 weeks).
- Website launched soon.
- A sample issue will be available to download.
- Special edition no. 1 will be available to pre-order soon.
So, if you would like to shape this publication, please email me with
your suggestions or comments.
If you would like to write any articles for the launch issue, please forward
them in .txt format, with the subject matter as Submissions 092246. We would
appreciate greatly any help we can get.
Thank you for reading,
Shaun/Retro Computing Today -
retrocomtoday@aol.com.
(ps)
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10.Jan.2002
Amiga Arena (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Grzegorz Tanski (Kray Raytracer)
From the beginning of this year a new freeware "scene" raytraycer is under
development - "Kray".
The Amiga Arena talked to Grzegorz Tanski about why this development was started and
what we may expect for the future. There are other programs and interesting
demo versions of a 3D soccer game on his homepage. As the Amiga Arena came to know,
Grzegorz Tanski really is interested in developing high quality software, if
there is qualified hardware.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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10.Jan.2002
Norman Thiel of Heise [Newsticker] (ANF)
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Heise: Macworld: Two new graphic boards for the Mac
The ATI Radeons now also exist in PCI versions for MACs. If those boards would
also work in AMIGAs, soon?
See title link for the Heise article (German).
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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10.Jan.2002
Fr3dY's Amiga Web Page
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Mailprogramm: Anubis 1.1.0
Anubis an anonymous mail sender
supporting WinGate, encrypted TSL/SSL, anonymous remailing, news posting, and
much more. The program was released in version 1.1.0 and is also available for
downlaod in a MorphOS version:
Download:
anubis.lha -
anubis-mos.lha
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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10.Jan.2002
Dennis Lohr (E-Mail)
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Today: IRC-Meeting of the DigiboosterPro Community
The DigiboosterPro Community invites to attend the second
IRC meeting. On Thursday, 10. January, 2002 starting from 20:00 CET
a DBPro Community channel is available under:
- Server: ie.altnet.org
- Kanal: #digiboosterpro
- Port: 6667
We would be happy about numerous chatters.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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10.Jan.2002
Peter Eriksson (ANF)
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AROS Update
Over at the AROS website, another news update has been made. In summary,
some bugs have been dealt with, AROS for PalmPilots and the PCI hardware
interface are moving along, some fixes for AROS/Native have been made and
AmiTCP is currently being ported. (ps)
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10.Jan.2002
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Individual Computers: First release version of xsurfadsl.device
The first release-version of the PPPoE driver for our networking
card X-Surf, as well as a new version of the appp.device for
Genesis/AmiTCP can be found in the support-area of our website.
The communication between the two devices has been speeded up again.
The installer-script is still in beta-phase. It helps you configuring
a T-DSL broadband internet connection, but other providers are also
supported.
(ps)
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09.Jan.2002
Thomas Unger (E-Mail)
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The Kickstart Archives V1.3
With permission of Alex Lupták, Gregory Donner and Ian Chapman you can now also browse through the newest versions of hardware reference Lex Site (ca. 80 MB), the Workbench Nostalgia and the Big Book of Amiga Hardware (ca. 90 MB) offline.
Changes:
- updated: Workbench Nostalgia of Gregory Donner (07/01/2002)
- updated: The Big Book of Amiga Hardware of Ian Chapman (27/12/2001)
- updated: Lex Site of Alex Lupták (21/11/2001)
- added: Haynie's Garage Sale!
- added: User Guides, Manuals, Service Manuals as PDF-files
- Commodore A590 Service Manual
- Commodore A1060 User's Guide
- Commodore A2088/2286 Manual
- updated: Search index for client offline search engine
Dave Haynie gave the permission using the pictures and texts of his eBay-offer "Haynie's Garage Sale!". These sites contain interesting background information of many products and prototypes of the Commodore's developing department.
Amiga, Inc. (Vince Pfeifer) and MacroSystem Digital Video AG (Ibrahim Tertemiz) gave the permission to publish manuals of their products as PDF-files on the CD. Manuals of XiPaint, Samplitude and MovieShop of MacroSystem are not included. The first manuals are included but more producers and manuals will follow.
The index of the search engine allows you search for headwords of all new sites which were added. For using it you must have a browser with full JavaScript support. This function offers none of the presently available Amiga browsers. Therefore you have to use different operating systems. Of course the link page works fine on each system. Unfortunately under Linux there are some restrictions because at the beginning the use of small/capital letters when creating files has been neglected.
You can look at all PDF-files on Amiga with the help of the current version of Apdf. THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES costs USD/EUR 10,- (without transport costs, Germany EUR 1,50, Europe EUR 3,- and worldwide USD 3,- normal and USD 5,- air mail). You have to pay USD/EUR 5,- (without transport costs) for updating your old version.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.Jan.2002
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New Packets (until 09.01.2002) (Update)
With WHDLoad you can install games on your harddrive which were originally made for use with disks. The following packets have been added or updated:
- 09.01.02 new: War In Middle Earth (Melbourne House/Synergistic) done by CFOU!
- 09.01.02 new: Robin Hood: Legend Quest (Codemasters) done by Bored Seal
- 09.01.02 new: Kwik Snax (Codemasters) done by Bored Seal
- 09.01.02 new: Kwasimodo (Courbois Software) done by CFOU!
- 09.01.02 improved: Invest (Starbyte) supports another version
- 09.01.02 new: Fantastic Dizzy (Codemasters/Purple Haze) done by Bored Seal & Abaddon
- 09.01.02 new: Carnage (Zeppelin Games/Warped Minds) done by Bored Seal
- 08.01.02 new: Transartica (Silmarils) done by CFOU!
- 08.01.02 new: Conan the Cimmerian (Synergistic/Virgin) done by CFOU!
- 08.01.02 new: Bobo (Infogrames) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 07.01.02 new: Wacky Races (PAL Developments/Hi-Tec) done by Codetapper
- 06.01.02 new: Yogi Bear and Friends in The Greed Monster (Hi-Tec) done by Codetapper
- 06.01.02 improved: Pinball Dreams (Digital Illusions) supports two more versions
- 06.01.02 fixed: Horror Zombies from the Crypt access fault removed
- 06.01.02 new: Double Dragon 2 - The Revenge (Virgin) done by Galahad
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.Jan.2002
Patrick Beerhorst (ANF)
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A.D.A. Demoarchive with new design and more functions
During the last days the layout of A.D.A. (Amiga Demo Archive) site has been substantially improved and the database has been changed. Besides this you can now find a search option which e.g. allows you to discover which graphic artist has created demos. Wouter who is the administrator of the database will upload several updates in the next days add reviews and further information to each demo.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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09.Jan.2002
Darek Dulian
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Elbox: Mediator UP2.8
The MediatorUP 2.8 update for Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 1200
and Mediator PCI ZIV users has been made available today. The update
includes the latest versions of the driver for Voodoo card family:
- Voodoo.card ver. 2.11
The new driver release eliminates background graphics errors, which could
appear in certain specific situations with the previous version.
(ps)
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09.Jan.2002
Darek Dulian (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator Multimedia CD 1.11
The MM CD 1.11 update for Mediator PCI 4000, 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 MM CD 1.11 update includes the new VHI Studio software driver:
- tv.vhi
Using the VHI Studio program, Mediator users may now grab and edit snapshots and
video sequences from their TV tuner cards.
The update includes the new versions of the following drivers:
- tv.library ver. 1.6
- Voodoo.card ver. 4.12
The list of 48 TV cards supported by the tv.library has been expanded with support
for 28 more cards.
In practice, it means support for all the PCI-standard TV cards now available
in the market. (ps)
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09.Jan.2002
Sven Ottemann (ANF)
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VideoCD: VCDImager version 0.7.12
Under the title link you can download the newest version 0.7.12 of VCDImager. VCDImager is a program for creating VideoCD-images. There are versions for 68020+ and WarpOS.
Video CD 1.1 and 2.0, Super Video CD 1.0 as well as PBC (playback control) are supported. VCDImage generates .bin/.cue files. Afterwards the image file can be burned with BurnIT or MakeCD.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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