21.Dec.2001
Michael Herrmann (ANF)
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AMCLUST: To the AMIGA community
Dear AMIGA community,
in the coming year the AMCLUST (Amiga Club Steinfurt, Germany) celebrates
its 15th year. When I founded the club with two friends in September 1987
I wouldn't have thought that we would still stick with our "old" AMIGA 15
years later. And I am not alone, even if the number of members has decreased
rapidly in the last years. Remaining is the "hard core" for which it's
worth to steer the AMCLUST towards its 20th year.
With Christoph "Chriskay" Kirsch and Marco Wilka we have sadly lost
two very good programmers last year, both have stopped their work on
AMIGA projects (DataM-II, CROSS) and have switched to Linux.
On the other side we still have very active developers with Christian
Effenberger and Guido Mersmann and some optimism is certainly justified.
In any case we will celebrate the 15th year of the AMCLUST, how and when
is not decided yet, but we are already making plans.
Without the AMIGA community the AMCLUST certainly wouldn't be existing
anymore, so a wholehearted thank you to all of you out there. A special
thanks to Petra Struck and her team for the first-class amiga-news.de.
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year, we'll see, read and hear us in the
new year...
- mice -
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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21.Dec.2001
Thomas Nosutta (ANF)
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The ACBB wishes ...
... all Miggys in this world a Christmas without stress and a successful
year 2002. May the next year make the world of the Amiga a bit friendlier
again.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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21.Dec.2001
Andreas Magerl (e-mail)
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Amiga Future: Vote on Amiga 2001
On the Amiga Future homepage has been a vote since some time "How did you like
the Amiga 2001?". Voting will be closed in a couple of days. It would be nice
if some more users would participate.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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21.Dec.2001
Jürgen Lange (ANF)
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BoingBag 3.9-2 with Euro next year
According to a mailing by Martin Steigerwald, Haage & Partner, on the AOS3X
mailing list there will be an AOS 3.9 update in the coming year which will
be released as Boing Bag 3.9 #2. With this update the Euro will be supported
on AOS. (ps) (Translation: rh)
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20.Dec.2001
morphos-news.de Redaktion (ANF)
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morphos-news.de: Problems with MorphOS - we'll help
Did you happen to have problems installing MorphOS,
is your computer on strike again or you cannot launch
programs? No problem, the morphos-news.de editorial team
is there for you with advice and aid in our forum. You
can just try it under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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20.Dec.2001
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Individual Computers: Our .com domains are moving
The domains jschoenfeld.com and siliconsonic.com are moving to a new
registrar, and to a new provider. Should you encounter any problems using
one of those domains during the next 48 hours, please try jschoenfeld.de
and siliconsonic.de.
(ps)
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20.Dec.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)
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TweakPC: CeBIT 2002 without Matrox
Today, the Matrox company announced that they will not attend the CeBIT
2002 show as an exhibitor. As reasons the "uncertainty of how the general economic situation will evolve" an the "worldwide negative trend regarding the amount of visitors and exhibitors of IT shows" were mentioned.
Complete article see title link.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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20.Dec.2001
Harald Frank/VMC (ANF)
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ProStationAudio Amithlon-Benchmarks online
AudioLabs have published the first benchmarks of the new
dspspeed tool running under Amithlon, and still is wanting
more users who would like to participate in creating a
complete table with all Amiga models.
More information can be found under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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20.Dec.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: PuzzleBOBS News
Now the English graphics guide for creating own levels and graphics for
"PuzzleBOBS" is available for download. Who would like to translate this
manual into the German language or has made own levels might contact
Olaf Koebnik.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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20.Dec.2001
Gabriele Greco (E-Mail)
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MorphOS Uploads to Aminet from Gabriele Greco
If someone is interested I've uploaded some MorphOS related files to Aminet
on Sunday and they are finally available:
A nice vertical scroll shooter that runs in true color 640x480 with
parallax scrolling, really nice gfx. Very playable here on MorphOS,
it was almost implayable on 060...
Dowload: gammapatrolmos.lha
Port of ZIP/UNZIP, with crypt support, about 1.5 faster than the powerup
version.
Dowload: ZipMOS.lha
Port of the unix lha. VERY fast, use the unix syntax instead of the
Boberg's lha one.
Dowload: LhA-mos.lha
Version 1.2.3 of SDL, also available in .zip format at http://www.libsdl.org.
Dowload: SDL-Amiga.lha
(ps)
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20.Dec.2001
Dennis Lohr (ANF)
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DigiboosterPro Community HomePage Update & IRC-Meeting
On the DigiboosterPro Community homepage (title link) something's
going on, again. For one a wishlist was published containing the
extensions most often demanded by the participating users. For second
both the German and English forums have been pooled together. So, who
comes to the English mask will automatically be forwarded to the mutual
forum, now.
Furthermore the Digibooster Community invites you to attend the IRC meeting.
On Thursday, 20. December, 2001 at 20:00 CET a DBPro Community channel will
be ready under:
Server: ie.altnet.org
Channel: #digiboosterpro
Port: 6667
We would be happy about great participation. In the case of valuable response
we will keep this channel. (ps) (Translation: mj)
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20.Dec.2001
Unicornis (ANF)
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New Christmas Levels for WormsDC
Since Worms Armageddon for the Amiga appears to take another few years :-),
I've finished two nice Christmas levels for Worms Directors Cut (WormsDC),
just in time. Have much fun playing the levels and Merry Chritsmas!
Download: xmaswrm.lha
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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20.Dec.2001
Amiga-Info.net (ANF)
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Christmas Project at Amiga-Info.net
You can win at Amiga-Inof.net! You just have to look out for a false
headline. If you happened to find this, send an e-mail containing your name
and quoting this false headline to:
xandiy@amiga-info.net.
In the case of more than one proper answer we will choose the winner by lot!
You can win the Aminet 46 CD (on its release). This project will be valid
thru 26. December, 2001 (date of e-mail).
Much luck!
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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20.Dec.2001
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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Zorro II USB Controller: HIGHWAY Beta Testers wanted
HIGHWAY beta testers with busboards wanted.
The initial bigger tests of the new HIGHWAY cards (zorro II USB controller)
turned out that especially non-Commodore busboards behave crucial in connection
with the HIGHWAY card. To prevent our customers from being disappointed, we are
now looking for beta testers having a busboard (A1200 / A4000) and living
in or near Munich.
Interested people might contact
subway-hardware@e3b.de.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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20.Dec.2001
Mirko Engelhardt (ANF)
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Amigaland - News
Amigaland beside of games (legal thanks to permission of the manufacturers)
also offers demos, emu-tools, and emulators for download. The 'Demos' rubric
is accessible again, located on the Tripod server. Furthermore there is a new
game on the homepage. With 'Ports of Call' you will find a real classic game
at Amigaland!
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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19.Dec.2001
Willy Trautsch (ANF)
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1 Million AOL CDs are supposed to be collected
One million AOL-CDs are supposed to be collected to empty then them before the AOL central office. The action is meant against the aggressive advertising campaign of AOL and the waste of valuable resources. Up to now 7,808 CDs have been already collected. You can find more details e.g. to the national collective places which have been established under the title link.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Dec.2001
Aminet (ANF)
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PPClib.emu V0.9 available on Aminet
The PPClibemu is an emulation of the ppc.library and of the PowerUp kernel under WarpOS. The author of this emulation is called Frank Wille.
Changes since the last Aminet-release (v0.8d):
- Three environment variables from ENV:ppclibemu will be recognized:
IgnoreNOCACHEM68K, Debug, NoFreePatch and NoELFPatch (set != 0 to
activate).
- Library init swaps to an own 16K stack, to prevent problems with
limited ramlib stack size.
- Fixed bugs in __floatdidf, __floatdisf, __floatunsdidf and
PPCDivs64/PPCDivs64p/__divdi3.
- PPCGetTaskAttr() supports more tags: PPCTASKTAG_NAME, PRIORITY,
STACKSIZE, INPUTHANDLE, OUTPUTHANDLE, ERRORHANDLE, ELFOBJECT.
- New utility "ppclibemu_install" to load library into memory,
replaces LoadSeg.
- PPCCreateTask() behaves like exec.library's CreateTask() now.
- PPCMsgPort is more similar to a real MsgPort.
- PPC task termination routine will no longer free all memory.
Download: ppclibemu.lha
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Dec.2001
Payback (ANF)
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Payback: Update 6 now available (Update)
Under the title link you can find update 6 of the game ´Payback´. Payback is a game in the style of GTA and supports 68k- and PPC-processors (WarpUP) as well as hardware-3d-rendering (Warp3D).
The following things are new in update 6:
- Vehicles can now be added to custom maps.
- Added high score tables to rampage mode.
- Improved vehicle textures.
- In multiplayer mode, your kills will now go negative if you commit suicide with zero kills.
- Added sparks when two vehicles scrape against each other.
Download: PaybackUpdate6.lha (link corrected).
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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19.Dec.2001
Blick - Schweizer Tageszeitung (ANF)
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Blick Online: Defender of the Crown - Comeback after 18 years
Peter Glauser has found this article on the most important Swiss newspaper 'Blick':
»There is a reason for hope: The classic «Defender of the Crown» will be published as a reworked version already next spring. For all those who do not know this game: In «Defender of the Crown» the C64- or Amiga-player had to win the rule over England.«
Have a look at the title link for the full article.
On autumn the game will be published by Cinemaware for Xbox, PS2 and PC. (ps)
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19.Dec.2001
Virtual Dimension (ANF)
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Video of fair 'Amiga 2001' ready
Virtual Dimension has completed its fair report about the Amiga 2001. The crucial points of the video are AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. Ben Hermans of Hyperion and Gerald Carda of bplan report about the status and visitors of the fair are also asked.
Besides this the video which lasts 25 minutes reports about the newest hard- and software and short report about the Atari-park has also been added.
Additionaly this up to now most extensive fair report will be available in English.
Download:
amiga2001s.mpg
(160x120 pixel, 25:07 min., 39 MB)
amiga2001.mpg
(352x288 pixel, 25:07 min., 139 MB)
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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18.Dec.2001
Timo Kloss (E-Mail)
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Graphics Adventure Engine: Update of 'Inga'
A new udpate of the graphics adventure engine "Inga" is available on the
Inga homepage (title link), from now on. The following has changed:
- The sound plugin now enables voice and sound output via AHI.
- RAM cache system reworked.
- CLI programs can be executed with the "Extern" command.
- Single character animations are only loaded if required.
- Animations now appear as fast as if the engine would run at 20 fps (no frames skipped)
- The scroll text in sequences now also moves with constant speed, independant of the actual
number of fps.
- No more mouse pointer in sequences, anymore.
- Characters can be displayed that far on top of the screen, that e.g. only
the feet are visible (this would have caused graphic erros in the past).
- Running characters will reach their target point accurate on pixel (previously only roughly).
- Animated objects can be displayed as still picture, whereas the single picture to be viewed
can be set using Inga-Skript (see compendium under "Objekt-Standbild").
- Objects "bound" to the mouse pointer are now displayed along with thier animation.
- PlugIn system reworked (safer now).
- PlugIns can be disabled by thier options (tooltypes).
- Miscelleanous little bugs fixed.
So, only audio CD support is still missing, now.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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