20.Sep.2001
Fr3dY's Amiga Web Page
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Fr3dY's Software: Ixemul Libs V48.2 and more updates
- 20/September/2001: Updated Ixemul Libs to v48.2
- 19/September/2001: Added Anubis v1.0.1
- 19/September/2001: Added /var/tmp to IxEnv (tip by Jean Holzammer)
- 18/September/2001: Updated SoX to v12.17.2
- 13/September/2001: Updated wvWare to v0.6.7
(ps)
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20.Sep.2001
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Radoslav Marusa
Radoslav Marusa, developer from the "Ablaze Entertainment" team and known by
games like "Strangers" (distributor Vulcan Software) and a realtime strategy game
for ClickBOOM as well as the program "ACommander2" for the AmigaDE SDK answered
questions of the Amiga Arena. Ablaze
Entertainment is developing for the AmigaDE SDK only, at the time being. Read the
interview at the title link.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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20.Sep.2001
Thomas Nosutta (ANF)
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ACBB: ComBär pictures online
From now on pictures from the ComBär are available at the web-gallery.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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20.Sep.2001
Anu Seilonen (ANF)
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Saku 2001 Pictures and Fleecy's Greetings Online
Following the tradition of the Finnish Amiga Users Group's Saku events,
Saku 2001 generated a lot of material in the form of pictures, sounds
and text, which is now available online. All material, including Fleecy's
letter to Saku 2001, can be found via the official page of the Saku 2001
event at http://saku.amigafin.org/saku2001.
(ps)
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19.Sep.2001
Mariusz Wloczysiak (email)
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Elbox: Mediator Multimedia CD update 1.04
Elbox Computer has made available the MM CD 1.04
upgrade today for registered Mediator Multimedia CD users.
The update removes a bug, which led to incorrect
settings for the Sound Blaster PCI128 playback frequency.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Sep.2001
Markus Nerding (email)
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H&P: news about AmigaOS XL
Markus Nerding (H&P) wrote:
Discussion forums
19. Sept. 2001: with the beginning of this week we created two discussion forums
at Yahoogroups. First you have to register at Yahoogroups (groups.yahoo.com or groups.yahoo.de) and than subscribe to the
group. The subscribing is only possible via groups.yahoo.com (just enter there
amigaxl or amithlon in the search field) because the national access doesn't know
these groups. A real stupid error of Yahoogroups.
Important hint: we recommend to discuss all questions in the group amigaxl as
most of the people certainly can't know which emulator they'll use. More
comprehensive instructions will follow tomorrow.
The dealing with the questions runs at full speed.
19. Sept. 2001: We are right now dealing with the countless questions that were
asked. Using these we'll create further texts regarding the products
Amithlon/AmigaXL to make the advantages and limitations more apparent. Please
give us 1-2 days time for this ;-)
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Sep.2001
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - new packages (till 18.09.01)
Games that are thought to run only from disks can be installed to hard
disk thanks to WHDLoad. The following packages were added or updated:
- 18.09.01 improved: Control (Oxygene) better performance
- 18.09.01 new: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (LucasFilm Games) done by JOTD
- 18.09.01 new: Demons Are Forever (D.O.C.) done by Psygore (ReadMe,Image)
- 18.09.01 new: Tune Disk 1 (Concept) done by Psygore (ReadMe,Image)
- 18.09.01 new: Hardcore (Anarchy) done by Psygore (ReadMe,Image)
- 18.09.01 new: Super Cauldron (Titus) done by CFOU!
- 18.09.01 new: Quik (Stywos/Titus) done by CFOU!
- 18.09.01 new: Maupiti Island (Lankhor) done by CFOU!
- 18.09.01 new: Kult (Exxos) done by CFOU!
- 18.09.01 new: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (tyne Soft) done by CFOU!
- 17.09.01 improved: Zak Mc Kracken (Lucasfilm) supports another version
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Sep.2001
GoldED / Czech Amiga News
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Discussion forum for GoldED
A discussion forum has been created for visitors of this site to share
comments and opinions with other users of our software. On occasion of
opening the forum, the first week's visitors will get a 50% rabate on
all prices in our shop (while stock lasts). To claim your discount,
log-in to the forum and register your e-mail address during the
process.
(ps)
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19.Sep.2001
AROS
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AROS status: 76,62 % finished and 6,68 % in the works
The development of AROS steadily continues. Right now, already 76,62 % finished
and 6,68 % in the works. This means 16,7 % work still to be done. AROS is an
Open Source reimplementation of the AmigaOS 3.1.
Next to the source code executable versions for Linux/i386, Linux/m68k,
FreeBSD/i386 and the standalone version for IBM compatible PCs have been
released. On the AROS main site you can find
further details regarding this project.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Sep.2001
Mario Cattaneo (ANF)
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MagicMenu searching new home
Mario Cattaneo wrote:
Olaf Barthel, the actual programer of MagicMenu, is leaving. Unfortunately
he hasn't enough time anymore for the project as other works take too much time
(e.g. the programming on AmigaOS 3.9...). For this reason Olaf has sent me all
sources of MM with the request to find a successor. So, everybody with interest
to continue the project may send me his/her application. ;-) This week there'll
be an update to version 2.31. This will probably be the last update done by
Olaf. Further information should follow soon on www.magicmenu.de (title link).
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Sep.2001
ANN
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ANN reactivated
Christian Kemp, the maintainer of Amiga Network News (ANN), is working on
version 3 of the scripts for ANN and had therefore stopped the possibility to post
news at short notice. As the new scripts now do demand more time than supposed
first this function has been reactivated.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Sep.2001
AmiBench
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AmiBench will soon be aged four
AmiBench, the refuge for small advertisments in the Amiga section,
can soon celebrate its fourth birthday. For this reason there'll be a birthday
quiz where among other presents Photogenics, the known image processor for
various platforms, will be raffled.
Besides that, Mark ´tecno´ Wilson, the maintainer of AmiBench,
bannounces that Neil Caunt will support him in the task of managing the site by
doing the daily work.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Sep.2001
ALiENDESiGN
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ALiENDESiGN: CD read errors
Some CDs, that were delivered with the Repulse Gold soundcard, have read errors.
Affected are CDs that were delivered with Repulse Gold soundcards with a serial
number between 51-32-2-0000 and 51-32-2-0069. We will exchange these CDs.
Should you have such a CD then please contact ALiENDESiGN.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Sep.2001
WinUAE Homepage (ANF)
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Emulator: WinUAE 0.8.17 release 1
Since yesterday is in download area of the WinUAE
homepage the WinUAE 0.8.17 release 1 available.
Changes made in version WinUAE 0.8.17 release 1:
- FIXED: Various AGA and chipset-related fixes. (Bernd#1, Toni Wilen)
- FIXED: .GZ support in floppy dialog doesn't cause corruption. (Timothy)
- FIXED: Updated sprite-collision logic which fixes Leander, Archon 1 and 2,
Menace, etc. (Toni)
- FIXED: Updated disk-emulation code, for higher compatability. Also now
supports .fdi and high-density .adf images. (Toni, Adil Temel)
- FIXED: 60Hz support in Dynablaster and BC Kid (Toni Wilen)
- FIXED: BSD-Socket emulation is mostly working, although bugs still exist.
(Bernd#3)
- FIXED: Picasso96 screens smaller than their display-mode would have crap
in their left-hand-border if you grabbed the screen's title-bar and
moved the screen to the right.
- FIXED: Updated copy of rtg.library, including more patches. (Bernd#3)
- FIXED: You can set the WinUAE resolution in full-screen to whatever you
desire. Especially useful so that you set your full-screen size to
match your desktop size, and it will prevent all your desktop icons
from moving around after exitting WinUAE. (me, Georg)
- FIXED: Stupid sound_channels=0 stuff in config-files works properly.
- FIXED: Stupid gfx_center_xxx=yes/no stuff in config-files works properly.
- FIXED: Selecting an item in the Hard Drives page of the GUI and then
moving its position in the list now leaves the item highlighted.
- FIXED: Detect OS version early, and inform the user appropriately instead
of crashing. Windows NT is no longer a supported OS for WinUAE.
- FIXED: Various little off-by-one pixel errors in the GUI.
- FIXED: MIDI in/out lists in the Ports page of GUI were behaving strangely.
- FIXED: Floppy-disc emulation change to allow Shadow of the Beast Trainer
to work. (Toni Wilen)
- FIXED: Small change in MIDI support so that closing MIDI and then
reopening it will work properly. (Bernd Roesch)
- FIXED: Call ahi_install in main.c. No Amiga-side AHI driver yet.
- FIXED: MIDI-input doesn't have the concept of a "default device", unlike
MIDI-output. Changed the GUI and programming accordingly.
- FIXED: MIDI-output now does the right things with the serial-port after
each written byte, which allows some other programs to finally
work (MusicX, Deluxe Music, etc.)
- ADDED: New hook function in uaelib for checking on removable drive state.
- ADDED: Disk-change status is now tracked via WM_DEVICECHANGE notifications
which allows "run >nil: uaediskchange cd0:" in the startup-sequence
to work properly. Eject a CD-ROM, and the Amiga knows about it.
Insert a new CD-ROM, and the Amiga knows about it. Woo-hoo!
NOTE: Probably really buggy.
- ADDED: New collision-modes, fast-copper mode (not save-able with config).
- ADDED: State-save support. (Toni Wilen)
- ADDED: Option in Sound page of GUI to enable/disable synchronized sound.
- ADDED: Printing of DDCAPS info for display-driver, to help diagnostics.
- ADDED: FDI disk-image support (Toni Wilen)
- CHANGED: Tweaked the sound-code yet again, hopefully will get less out of
sync. (Jose Gil, myself)
- CHANGED: Add PC Drives no longer adds the floppy-drives. If you want access
to A:, then you'll have to add it manually in the GUI.
- CHANGED: Added ability to allocate larger amount of ZorroIII memory.
(Bernd#3)
- CHANGED: Added ability to allocate larger amount of RTG (Picasso96) memory.
(Bernd#3)
- CHANGED: Removed Vertical Blank Synchronization (VSync) support in Flip
calls. This should increase synchronization and performance in
full-screen mode, but may introduce some tearing/artifacting.
- CHANGED: Use the system "hand" cursor when pointing at web-links in the
About page (if available). (Oscar Sillani)
- CHANGED: Use Tahoma font in About page of GUI.
- CHANGED: Use up/down icons in the HardDisk page of GUI. (Oscar Sillani)
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Sep.2001
Thomas Steiding (email)
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Strategy game: Knights and Merchants (Mac) shipping
Realtime strategic economy simulation Knights and Merchants is now shipping
for the Mac. Knights and Merchants recreates the era of the Middle Ages. The
player takes on the role of an ordinary captain in the king's Palace guard
who finds himself responsible for the defense of the last loyal province.
You, the player, must win back all those provinces which once belonged to
your king. You have to manufacture different products, making use of
numerous buildings and producer goods of the Middle Ages period. One result
of your productive labor is the manufacturing of weapons and armor. But your
success or failure depends mainly on the structure and organization of your
economy. An efficient organization increases production, while a badly
organized structure will cause non-stop delays.
Features:
- about 25 different types of buildings , including horse stables, farms and
schools
- over a dozen different types of characters such as serfs, miners or
winemakers
- 10 different types of military units including archers, Knights and
pikemen
- realistic landscape display using complex Gouraud Shading techniques
- production processes portrayed in detailed animation (watch your horses
grow)
- rendered cutscenes
- german localisation
- onscreen hints and tutorial mode provide easy guidance to get started
- multiplayer Mode for upto 6 players in LAN
- 20 singleplayer missions
- 10 multiplayer maps
Knights and Merchants comes in fully localised english, french, german and
spanish versions.
The distribution in Germany is done by the company Arktis. More
Information about Knights and Merchants can be found in the project area on our
pages (title link) or under
http://www.knightsandmerchants.de.
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19.Sep.2001
Peter Sander (ANF)
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AS-WebShop online again/ server problem fixed
Peter Sander, manager, wrote:
The SGH-Hildesheim (provider) seems to have solved the server problem.
I could upload the webshop again - inclusive env variables - and run it. All is
(hopefully) in best conditions.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Sep.2001
Amclust "Amiga Club Steinfurt" (ANF)
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Amclust & AC Osnabrück hardware event with (DCE) PCI board presentation
On the next weekend Amclust and the AC Osnabrück meet for a "Amiuser"
weekend in Rheine. The meeting is taking place from 21.09. to 23.09.2001 in
Rheine in the TV-Jahn Haus, Germanenallee 4.
Following are the activities planned:
- Computer check
- Software hints
- Cando programming with Ch. Effenberger (support)
- Discussions with Frank Mariak and Thomas Dellert
- Hardware presentation of the GRex PCI boards in A1200, A4000D/T with Thomas Dellert
- Presentation of CyberGraphX (native) under MorphOS with Frank Mariak
- Hardware presentation of the keyboard adapter for multimedia keyboards
(SuperFeatures).
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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19.Sep.2001
Amiga Future
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Amiga Future: PC monitors and your Amiga
Someday there'll be the day all fear. The monitor stops working! Amiga monitors
aren't built anymore for several years now. And now? Or your monitor is still
working but you're looking enviously at PC and Mac users with their 17 or 21
inch monitors. In both cases this short text, written by a reader of the Amiga
Future, helps.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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18.Sep.2001
Jazzy (ANF)
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Boing-ball on Microsoft's website
I was just looking at some screenshots of Windows XP and found a boing-ball in some
demo step. :-)
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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18.Sep.2001
Henning Thielemann (ANF)
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Sound card: Realtime effects for Delfina
Who's owning a Delfina sound card will receive some nice realtime effects
with "DelfLuxe", such like filters (band-passes, low-passes, flanger, allpas-phaser),
reverberation, distorter, similar to the effects of my sound synthesis program Assampler.
Who additionally has a MIDI interface can access the parameter from MIDI devices, too, e.g.
the claviature, the pitch-bender or the modulation-wheel. Furthermore it is possible to
combine the software modules of the card using "DelfSetPipeMui", which has a MUI interface.
(ps) (Translation: mj)
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18.Sep.2001
Mikey C (ANF)
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World of Amiga Tickets can now be purchased ON-LINE!
We are happy to announce that our show sponsors,
Amiga Active Magazine have set up an
online service for you to buy WOA southeast tickets in advance via their secure server.
Why queue outside in the cold November weather whilst you can waltz straight in with your pre
purchased ticket?
Remember if you purchase 5 or more tickets, you pay the reduced fee of just £3.00 per ticket!
Alternatively, tickets can still be purchased via our exclusive Telephone/Mail order, sales
re-seller, Fore-Matt Home Computing on +44 (0)8700 112234.
Visit our website for ticket purchasing information
http://www.worldofamiga.com
(ps)
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