30.Jun.2001
Sebastian Bauer (ANF)
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Mail program: SimpleMail Alpha 0.7
Version 0.7 of SimpleMail, the new email client for the Amiga, has been released.
Changes since the previous version:
- The attachment icons weren't displayed on OSses with version below 3.5.
- Support of signatures.
- Configurable greetings for a new created email.
- Fonts and colors can be set for the read window.
- Hierarchical folders and folder images.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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29.Jun.2001
Eternity Hard and Software
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Eternity: PC with preinstalled UAE with JIT
For some time, Eternity has offered the EternityOne, which is a PC with AMD
Athlon processor which has the Amiga emulator UAE preinstalled.
From now on, the PC is shipped with only 1.2 GHz and a DVD-ROM. Further,
WinUAE with JIT is installed automatically which results in two to four times faster
speed than an Amiga with 060 processor. With the DVD-ROM and the
very fast processor, you can for example watch DVD movies fullscreen on this
computer.
(ps) (Translation: rh)
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29.Jun.2001
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Aminet Uploads until 29.06.2001
DigiCamGUI.lha comm/misc 4K+TritonRexx based GUI for DigiCam v1.0
UrlBase.lha comm/www 70K+Universal file based Favorit Link List S
vzy-murderer.lha demo/aga 2.5M+Monochrome Demo by Veezya
obligement27.lha demo/mag 651K+Obligement #27 - The Famous FRENCH fanzi
vzy-emb02.lha demo/sound 619K+Embrion #02 Chippack by Veezya
vzy-emb03.lha demo/sound 594K+Embrion #03 Chippack by Veezya
vzy-emb04.lha demo/sound 784K+Embrion #04 Chippack by Veezya
vzy-emb05.lha demo/sound 806K+Embrion #05 Chippack by Veezya
xit-itf.lha demo/sound 324K+Into The Flow by X-It
clockita.lha dev/basic 74K+Italian clock+alarm+source code (bugfix)
Sashimi.lha dev/debug 17K+Enhanced drop-in replacement for Sushi,
Wipeout.lha dev/debug 65K+Traces and munges memory and detects mem
gtlayout.lha dev/gui 408K+GadToools layout toolkit
tsgui.lha disk/misc 44K+Create or write back image files (ADF) f
BRAlltimeleagu.lha game/data 6K+All time greatest teams from Brasil for
JumpingAround.lha game/demo 189K+JumpNRun demo game, working in progress
Mattonite.lha game/demo 475K+BreakOut demo game, working in progress
Diamchal.lha game/misc 367K+Platform: collect diamonds V1.2 !UPDATE!
stefadv.lha game/text 23K+Little italian text adventure
stefadv2.lha game/text 68K+2nd little italian text adventure
Aye_Q.lha game/wb 36K+My version of a peg game...
Hexa_Q.lha game/wb 37K+Surprise!! A new peg game...
Knight.lha game/wb 36K+Move a Knight on a chess board
YambMUI.lha game/wb 49K+Game with dices. (V1.29) *BUGFIX*
DblPal_ME.lha hard/drivr 83K+DBLPAL:825x564 monitor driver for AGA
Euro72_ME.lha hard/drivr 4K+Euro72(79Hz):825x625 monitor driver for
dzy-a_spell_on.lha mods/med 288K+A Spell on you, Trance mod by Dazzy
DZY-Lick.lha mods/med 945K+Lickit - Trance mod by Dazzy of Soundfor
DZY-The_sound.lha mods/med 288K+The Sound, Nu-NRG mod by Dazzy
GameIcons3.lha pix/gicon 3.5M+Great GlowIcons for 232 Amiga games.
fom3p23.jpg pix/henz 452K+Lonely beach on the planet Venus
fom3p24.jpg pix/henz 389K+Lonely beach on the planet Venus
Textloader.lha text/edit 630K+TextEd (V 8.2b) german/english SuperED!!
KillCD0.lha util/boot 6K+Kill CD0 on CDTV, A570 & CD32 & use othe
ToolManager_GR.lha util/boot 1K+Greek locale catalog for ToolManager
ToolsDaemon_GR.lha util/boot 2K+Greek locale catalogs for ToolsDaemon
GhostBusterV2.lha util/cdity 35K+Automatically hides invalid disk icons (as)
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29.Jun.2001
Elbox (e-mail)
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Elbox drivers: MediatorUP2.3
Elbox has updated the drivers for the PCI boards Mediator PCI 1200 and
Mediator PCI ZIV. All Mediator system files and PCI drivers are
now available in a new version.
The update archive MediatorUP2.3.lha contains the following drivers:
pci.library 2.2 (NO_MMU) - pci.library 3.2 (MMU). Both variants are
developed and supported. Here more details:
MMU drivers:
- pci.library ver.3.2 NEW
- Voodoo.card ver.2.3 NEW
- Virge.card ver.1.2 NEW
- MediatorNET.device ver.2.0
NO_MMU drivers:
- pci.library ver.2.2 NEW
- Voodoo.card ver.1.4 NEW
- MediatorNET.device ver.1.2
(ps)
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29.Jun.2001
Merlancia Industries (ANF)
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Merlancia: Open letter to the Amiga Community
Merlancia Press Release #MPR29062K1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
29th June 2001
Merlancia Industries
3516A West Cactus Road
Phoenix, AZ 85029 USA
1-877-53-AMIGA | ++1 602-789-0956
http://www.merlancia.com | merlancia@merlancia.com
Merlancia Open letter to the Amiga Community by Ryan
E. A. Czerwinski, CEO of Merlancia Industries
Greetings to all. We are happy that the Amiga community is taking a
deep and serious interest in our products and what we are working on in
the background! We will be releasing some more critical information to
answer your questions soon, however, we are currently gagged until some
other contracts are completed.
I assure you all that welcomed good news is ahead...in fact, look forward
to a feature article about us in an upcoming issue of Amiga
Active Magazine, where we hope to answer many of your questions. We
are currently looking for those that are interested in developing for our
system(s). (As the Tsunami will only be the *first* system we are releasing.)
To answer some common questions that have been asked:
Re bPlan:
Yes, we are working with bPlan on the Tsunami design. The details of
this partnership are due out soon. Let it be said that we are designing
hardware, not just sitting idle and waiting for others to do our work for
us. We have very talented people on staff, both software and hardware (not
to mention press relations and marketing) and we are spending our $$$ wisely.
Release dates:
The Tsunami system is expected to be released in it's final consumer
form in November to December 2001. We are working very hard to meet this
deadline, though we cannot foresee any problems that may arise. The Pilot
release will most likely be after the AmiWest conference, not at as we
had hoped, as we are currently having a slight fault in the gfx display;
We will have a demonstration system at the show. We plan to have a press
conference as well as other 'events' at AmiWest, and we hope that there
is a large amount of Amigans that think it wise to attend. ;)
We need your talents!:
We are looking for both software and hardware developers. A platform
like this cannot succeed without a full range of software to run on it.
Sure, the current software will run on our system, but we need a full library
of up-to-date software, both multimedia and business applications, to be
able to achieve our place in the market.
We have already received orders for developer systems from some very
impressive firms and individuals. We hope to grab up as much talent as
possible, as it makes sense to have PowerPC software for new PowerPC hardware.
We are looking for both the absurdly simple (tiny games or utilities) to
the fairly complex (graphics packages, office suites) software titles.
An option will be available to have your software included with each unit
sold, or special unit packages.
AmigaOS 4/5:
We are unfortunately unable to release details on this currently, however,
we hope to do so shortly; most likely at the AmiWest conference.
Let it be said currently that our system both meets and exceeds the
Zico specification, as do all of our 'in development' systems.
Our market:
We are designing our Torro systems to be a natural complete system
solution upgrade path for current Amiga users (see examples of how/why
below) but we are not limiting our products to the current Amiga market
or community. We anticipate high sales volumes to the consumer and industrial
multimedia markets; Our systems are designed to be as CHRP resembling as
possible. We are pitting them against the big names like Apple and SGI.
Our partnership with Blittersoft was only the first step in this process -
Working together on the iFusion project will allow us to migrate iFusion
to our systems easily, allowing full Macintosh compatibility on our products,
both under AmigaOS and stand-alone (later). We are also planning on offering
other OS solutions as separate packages including QNX, Linux, Solaris,
BeOS (hopefully), and others. We cannot provide MacOS ourselves, but the
user will have the option of installing it, and we will also be working
on an x86 emulator so that if the user desires he/she can use x86 operating
systems including UNiX, Linux-x86, BeOs-x86, and (gasp!) even MS Windows
(though we won't support it directly).
We are also working on a firmware OS (think what Exec is to Amiga) that
allows not only selection of startup devices via an 'early startup' screen,
but also setting up multiple machine states that can be launched with ease
and switched between instantly. (Thus allowing multiple OSs to be run at
once.) This may not be included with the first launch, but an updater will
be available to patch the firmware, which is flash updateable. Speaking
of which, your machine state setting will be able to be saved, as well
as your other setting, including screen mode and startup volume (individual
to each machine state), thus allowing you to start up with those options
each time you reboot.
Why is it a natural upgrade path?:
Unlike other machines promised in the past, and other projects in the
works, we are working on something that will be completely natural to the
Amiga user of today. Features like the ability to read and write to floppy
discs and other media in native Amiga formats (880k and 1760k on floppy
discs) as well as simple things like the layout of the keyboard and the
look and feel of the design of the system all around all total up to Amiga-like.
We are trying to make a product that is impressive from the inside and
out, not just another ëboxí. Not to say that all offerings that are currently
being made are bad. in fact, I look forward to the EyeTech AmigaOne. I
know I will buy one personally, and our retail division will carry them.
(We have the worldís largest stock of A1200 NTSC systems; other dealers
are now ordering them from us.)
The future and beyond:
What lies in store for us, the Amiga community? I canít say for sure,
but I feel that the future is brighter than ever; due both to the commitment
from Amiga ( a lively bunch of bright and intelligent individuals) as well
as out commitment to you, the Amiga community. As always, you come first
in our thinking and our product design. This product is designed for you;
We wouldnít have bothered if it wasnít.
As always, best wishes to everyone. Thank you for being a customer,
current, or future.
Cheers,
Ryan E. A. Czerwinski
CEO - Merlancia Industries
(ps)
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29.Jun.2001
Merlancia Industries (ANF)
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Merlancia announces strategic alliance with 'individual Computers'
Here the original press release by Merlancia on the strategic alliance with
Individual Computers:
Merlancia - Press Release #MMC29062K1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
29th June 2001
Merlancia Industries
3516A West Cactus Road
Phoenix, AZ 85029 USA
1-877-53-AMIGA | ++1 602-789-0956
http://www.merlancia.com | merlancia@merlancia.com
--
individual Computers -Jens Schönfeld
http://www.jschoenfeld.de |
jens@jschoenfeld.de
Merlancia Industries' Announces Startegic Alliance
with 'individual Computers
Merlancia Industries is pleased to announce a strategic relationship
with 'individual Computers'; to
design a controller device that will be utilised on our Torro series systems.
The device, a custom chip controller, named 'CLeo' will be available
as an add-on kit for the Pilot release systems (to be included with all
systems shipping after it's release, and to be sent to all developer systems
sold before-hand).
The 'CLeo' custom device is based on technology first implemented in
individual Computers' 'CatWeasel' disc controller, and will allow the reading
and writing of Amiga native disc formats (880k and 1760k) on our Tsunami
system as well as future directives. Other formats will be supported as
well including PC-DOS, and Macintosh-HFS.
We expect to have a prototype of this design at AmiWest Conference (28th
to 29th July 2001- Sacramento, CA; USA) as well as our prototype Pilot
system.
(ps)
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29.Jun.2001
Amigan Software
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Tool: Report+ version 4.7
Report+ by Amigan Software allows the easy creation of bug reports, Aminet
readme files, autodocs and similar reports. The program is freeware and
supports the GUI systems ReAction and GadTools.
Download: report.lha - 395 kB
(ps)
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29.Jun.2001
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)
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Individual Computers: strategic alliance with Merlancia Industries
Merlancia Industries (Phoenix, AZ), the creators of the Tsunami System, have licensed
a controller from Individual Computers that was derived from the technology in the
Catweasel and is able to read and write Amiga disks as well as a huge number of other
disk formats.
The device called "CLeo" is an add-on for Tsunami and other Pegasos-based computers.
A prototype of CLeo is expected to be shown at the Amiwest show on 28th and 29th July 2001
in Sacramento, CA. Individual Computers will not attend the show in Sacramento, though. (ps)
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28.Jun.2001
Frank Fenn
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Music: Audiomaster 2000 Version 0.76
Version 0.76 of the sample editor Audiomaster 2000 was released. This program
utilized MUI and supports any AHI device.
This program by Frank 'Fenny' Fenn is shareware; there is no saving possible in
the demo version.
Download: audiomaster.lha - 352 kB
(ps)
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28.Jun.2001
Olaf Koebnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena Full Version
With permission of Michael Taupitz and Andreas Magerl the Amiga Arena
enables the release of "Tautrix", which is a Tetris like puzzle game.
Short description:
Building blocks have to be put down sorted by colour and without gaps. If
a cuboid was created (4x4), this one will vanish and make way. But since only
the cuboid will vanish, it will not be that easy to handle overhanging parts.
(ps)
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28.Jun.2001
Amiga.org / Jorge Pino (ANF)
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Apple to buy PowerPC from Motorola?
It's sill just a rumour; according to The Register Apple will buy
Motorola's PPC branch, next year. Following an extract from the article:
»Apple is set to wrest control of the PowerPC platform away from long-time
partner Motorola through a clause in its agreement with the chip maker
that allows it to buy Motorola's PowerPC assets for $500 million next year.«
Complete article under the title link. (ps)
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28.Jun.2001
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amiga-news.de: of own concern
Now our English pages have the same extended features as the German part, even
commenting/annotating of news messages is possible. On this account we would like to
ask every webmaster of non-German websites, which contain amiga-news.de in their
link lists, to change their link to amiga-news.de to the following:
amiga-news.de/en/
This will bring your readers to the proper version.
Please, change your bookmarks.
(ps)
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28.Jun.2001
Michael Asse (ANF)
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Game: Frontier Elite II Sources? (Update)
Michael Asse wrote:
Again I sent an e-mail to Andrew Gillett of the Eliteclub and got a clear YES as
answer to my question about the release of the sources of the Frontier Elite II Amiga
version on Eliteclub. This would give interested people the opportunity to patch or extend the
game or to learn from the "grown-up".
Editor's note: Michael, please tell us your e-mail address, too. We don't like
to publish anonymous messages and moreover we have no chance to further inquire
without an address given. (E-mail-address updated).
(ps)
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28.Jun.2001
Da SixK Port Page
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Webserver: Apache V1.3.20 + PHP V4.0.6
As already reported an update of the
Amiga webserver 'Apache' was released on the ´SixK Port Page´.
This Apache version still is 1.3.20. The script language module 'PHP' is available in
version 4.0.6 as released on 23. June 2001.
Now the entire debug code was removed and a test.php added for testing purposes.
This version should require less memory and run more stable.
The binary was compiled for the 68040 and for use with the official Amiga Apache archive on
http://amiga-apache.home.pages.de/.
Download: apache1320_php406_040a.lzx
(ps)
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28.Jun.2001
Heise [Newsticker]
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Heise: Another two Top-Level-Domains activated
»The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) addresses
a "historic milestone for the Internet community" in their
statement about the activation of another two
top level domains. This is about the domains .biz for companies and .info for offerers of information sites,
which both are available technically from today, that is. The Department of Commerce, which still reserves to itself the
superintendence of root servers of DNS, agreed with the
adoption and root server entry of these two new domains, according to ICANN.«
Complete article (German) under the title link. (ps)
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27.Jun.2001
Dirk Baeyens (E-Mail)
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Amiga.org online again
Because of some troubles with PHP-Nuke the English speaking news
service Amiga.org had canceled the website to completely rework it.
Because it takes much time to establish a new editing system Amiga.org
is now online again with PHP-Nuke.
(ps)
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27.Jun.2001
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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New timeline for AmigaOne
Under the title link you can find the new timeline for the AmigaOne. According to it the selling start is at the beginning of October.
Probably at the "secret" meeting at the Benelux Amiga Show they reached an agreement on it explained Alan Redhouse (Eyetech) at the AmigaOne mailinglist.
With this delay AmigaOS 4.0 becomes more important. Still in this version there will be the PPC native TCP/IP stack which according to Fleecy Moss (Amiga) was developed by Olaf "Olsen" Barthel and which is being tested with a 68k version.
There will be the new filesystem "AmFS2" and the support of virtuel memory already in 4.0 as well as drivers for SCSI and Ethernet.
Besides this Picasso96 and Warp3D drivers will be delivered for Voodoo3 (PCI/AGP), Matrox G450 (PCI/AGP) and Matrox G550 (AGP).
Contrary to the original plans USB- and soundcard-support (with "Soundblaster Live") will be there already in the BoingBags of OS 4.0 and not on OS 4.2.
(ps)
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27.Jun.2001
Frogger
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MPEG-Player: Frogger 1.65rc7 for PowerPC
There is a new version 1.65rc7 of MPEG-animation-player 'Frogger' for Amiga PowerPC computers.
If the oiriginal Frogger-website (titlelink) is too slow then you can use the following mirrorsite for downloading. The program is shareware and you can directly register at the author Sebastian Jëdruszkiewicz in Poland. (ps)
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27.Jun.2001
Matay
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Matay: New Voodoo3 graphicboard-driver available
In section 'Archives' (titlelink) you can find the new versions of the Voodoo3 2000/3000 graphicboard-driver for the PCI-board Prometheus.
The increase of the speed is the most important difference to the older versions. This is not a final version. This one is announced for Voodoo4 4500 graphicboards including the drivers and for networkcard-drivers for the NE2000 to the next week.
(ps)
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27.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News
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Webserver: Apache V1.3.20 + PHP V4.0.6
On 25th of June in 2001 on the 'SixK Port Page' another update of the webserver 'Apache' has been published for the Amiga. The Apache-version is still 1.3.20. On 23th of June in 2001 the script-language-modul 'PHP' has been published in version 4.0.6.
This version should run more stable and should need less memory.
The binary has been compiled on http://amiga-apache.home.pages.de/ for the 68040 and for the use with the official Amiga-Apache-archive.
Download: apache1320_php406_040.lzx
(sd)
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27.Jun.2001
Czech Amiga News
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AmigaOS: French mirror of AmigaOS 3.9 FAQ
The official AmigaOS 3.9 FAQ which is led by Greg Donner is also accessible in French under http://os39.amedia-software.com/os39faq.html.
The translation has been done by Thillot Lionel. During this week the update v1.5 will be published. Thus the mirror will be up-to-date.
(sd)
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