23.Jun.2001
Merlancia Industries (ANF)
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Merlancia announces Tsunami Designs
Merlancia Industries has released some concept images of the Tsunami setup, showing a complete "Merlancia MMC Tsunami Setup", the "Merlancia Touchsmart Keyboard" and the "Merlancia Tsunami Tower":
Please see also http://www.gotboing.com and
MISEL Engineering-TORRO/MCC
for further information.
Update: (14.01.2017, 21:00, cg)
Pictures added to the news item. (ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Matay
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Matay news
Warp3D Treiber for Voodoo3
Matay informs that the promised Warp3D drivers for Voodoo3 graphics cards on the
PCI board Prometheus are in the works and has put some screenshots online.
PPC for Prometheus
As many people ask about CPU boards for the PCI board Prometheus, Matay
gives the following statement:
- Matay is not going to produce the PPC card by itself. We will choose
among the CPU solutions available at the market (not necessarily
"Amiga native" only). It would take too much time and concern to
produce such a card, time we can spend providing you with other
Amiga-specifict products. Why to invent wheel again?
- The only problem to solve is software support to make the hardware
cooperate with our PCI bridge. However, with the help of AmigaOS4
developers from Amiga Inc. it is not a problem at all. We will
cooperate with them to make Prometheus+CPU card combo 100% compatible
with the upcoming AmigaOS.
- We are not limiting our support to one CPU card only. You should view
a CPU card expansion the same as - for example - a graphics card expansion.
More than one solution is possible.
- The details will be announced after we finish talks with the CPU cards
manufacturers. As we always state - no promises, only facts, so please
be patient. In meanwhile, you can use Prometheus boards with the
existing Amiga CPU cards. The software, i.e. AmigaOS4, will arrive later
this year, so will our hardware to run it on.
Vacation time
Because of vacation time, the phone number +48 609394778 and the e-mail address
fei@matay.pl won't be available from June 22nd to July 9th, 2001 and from July 21st
to September 6th, 2001. Contact Matay during these times at +48 603785100
and info@matay.pl instead.
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Olaf Köbnik
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Amiga Arena news
Amiga Arena full version: Offensive COLOURS
With permission of Carsten Magerkurth and Andreas Magerl, Amiga Arena
makes the release of Offensive COLOURS possible! Offensive COLOURS
is the exciting synthesis of Tetris and breakout.
You steer a spaceship in the center of the screen; colored blocks grow out of
the screen borders towards you. To stop them, you are armed with a colored
disc with which you can shoot at the blocks.
Should the color of the disc match that of the shot block, your score increases
and the block vanishes. If not, the disc will be thrown back to you and the
colors of block and disc will be exchanged. The new color of the disc then maybe
allows the elimination of another block.
If your disc hits a row of blocks that have the same color, the entire row vanishes.
The first block scores the usual points, any further two times the usual points.
The game ends when the blocks have reached you.
Amiga Arena download: Renegarde
With permission of Wayne Ashworth, the action game "Renegarde" is available for
download. It is a freeware game. "Renegarde" is an "Alien Breed" clone for two
players, fun and the inspired design speak for themselves. (ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Solar (BAUD) (ANF)
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Java on handheld devices - in vogue
Should somebody still question whether it makes any sense to work in the embedded
market with Java - SaveJe brings Java2SE to the ARM/XScale processor.
Planned release of version 1.0 is in september.
This means that who's interested in programming for handheld devices should take
Java into consideration. It also means that Amiga Inc. has to hurry. (Solar)
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Marvin Droogsma (e-mail)
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Event: Amiga Benelux Show - phone service
Tomorrow the Amiga Benelux Show opens its gates at 10 o'clock. The organizers
have set up a phone service through which you can get information on the way to
the event and the like; for example if you should have become lost.
You can reach the phone service on Saturday at the following numbers:
06-20189215 - (International: +31-6-20189215)
oder
06-15407476 - (International: +31-6-15407476)
Address:
Dansschool Wuyster
Hammerstraat 15
Rotterdam-Nord
City map
Route planner
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Sinan Gürkan (e-mail)
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AmigArt with new URL
Please use http://65.108.77.227 for reaching Amigart pages until
www.amigart.com is directed to our new host. Currently www.amigart.com
redirects to another website that has nothing to do with Amiga...
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Andreas Falkenhahn (e-mail)
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CD32 Install Kit for Windows
As some emulation sites already posted this news, here's the official announcement
for the Windows version of my CD32 Games Install Kit: It will work in connection with
WinUAE and it will be available quite soon.
The compatibility is very high because every game uses custom patches
(just like in the Amiga version). Additionally you
won't have to install the game, you can run it right from the CD although in some
cases some files have to be copied (which need to be patched). CD audio support is
not supported yet but will be added for sure later. The first version of the CD32
Games Install Kit 4.5 (Win32 1.0) can be expected in one week. But currently it will
be only available for owners of the The Best Of Airsoft Softwair Gold Edition CD-ROM.
There are some screenshots of the Windows version available at the Airsoft Softwair homepage.
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)
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Chip: Amiga: New computer and software
»With AmigaOS 4.0 and the computer AmigaOne PPC 1200, a myth will be brought
back to life within the next weeks. This was announced by Bill McEwen, CEO of Amiga,
on Thursday. The owner of the Amiga trademark warned in a press release of an
abuse of the name of the once popular home computer. According to information from
McEwen there's besides the American company headquarter only one more office in Braunschweig.«
Full German article at the titlelink. (ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Thomas Steiding (e-mail)
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e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment: status update
Add-on CD Earth2140 Mission Pack with 80+ new single player missions, 6 new
units, 2 new buildings and 1 new terrain will be available for Mac and Amiga
by the end of July. For Amigaplayers the Mission Pack will bring multiplayer
support to this RTS via LAN.
The MAC version of our cartoon adventure THE FEEBLE FILES is in late beta
stages and will propably go into production next week. You can find some
screenshots taken from the Mac version in the news section of our homepage.
The game will come on 3 CDs and comes in english, french, spanish, german
and italian versions. You will find more information on this game and how
pathetic rebellions really can get in the projects section of our homepage.
Empire builder Knights and Merchants is now in early beta testing on the
Mac. We expect a demoversion to become available by mid July.
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Frank Fenn (ANF)
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Instructions: Amiga & Mac printer sharing
As questions about printer sharing between Mac and Amiga arise ever now and then,
I have attempted to write some instructions on the topic. Required are
the software packages TCP stack, Samba, Turboprint and Ghostscript, as
well as DAVE on the Mac side. (ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Amiga.org
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Amiga.org: problems with PHP-Nuke
Eight months ago, Amiga.org has changed the entire site to PHP-Nuke, an
all-in-one portal package. The portal offers all required functions,
including news, forums and comments.
According to Amiga.org, PHP-Nuke got instable under heavy load which
lead to frequent breakdowns. Wayne Hunt will now rebuild the entire
website and asks for comments or suggestions to
wayne@amiga.org. Especially the
news have highest priority.
(ps)
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22.Jun.2001
Ray A. Akey (e-mail)
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AMIGA Inc.: News from CEO Bill McEwen (Executive Update)
Greetings To The Amiga Family:
There have been some recent mis-representations that I have recently
received about Amiga, Inc., and our office locations. Amiga is doing very
well, and we are excited about the future of Amiga. The Amiga Family
continues to grow with new partners, new products, and the very near release
of AmigaDE 1.0.
However with all of this activity there have been some out there who have
recently sent out false information about Amiga, and I need to clarify this
now.
Amiga Incorporated is headquartered in Snoqualmie, Washington USA.
Amiga Deutschland is still in business. We have only closed the Langen
office. There are going to be some new additions, and a new office location
announced in the next couple of weeks, but know now that Amiga International
was a Gateway company, and was not and has not been associated with Amiga,
Inc. since 1999. The dealer in Germany that is making claims that they are
Amiga International is completely false, and Amiga Incorporated the parent
company of Amiga Deutschland is going to take legal action against those who
make these false claims.
There is another dealer in India who has started claiming that they are
Amiga in India. This again is also false. Amiga does NOT have any official
representation in India outside of the Amiga dealers who are there. Amiga
Incorporated is currently evaluating an office in India, and other countries
where we do business.
To those of you who continue to try and tear Amiga apart, it is time to
stop. Amiga is moving forward, there are great things ahead, and for the
first time in many years, the Amiga family will have new products, and
choices.
I look forward to a great year.
Kindest regards,
Bill McEwen
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22.Jun.2001
Soren Ladegaard (ANF)
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de Volkskrant: "Tulip" reviving the Commodore brand?
It's been reported in a Dutch national newspaper that computer company
Tulip intend to bring the Commodore
brand back to life in some capacity. Tulip spokesman J. van den Berg
claims the company is simply responding to customer calls for Commodore.
Whether this means some real Commodore hardware is on its way or all it
is is simply a line of PCs with the Commodore logo slapped on the outside
is still unclear, but Dutch readers will no doubt find
this article
very interesting...!
(ps)
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21.Jun.2001
Martin Merz (ANF)
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Icons: MI News - QuadraMI 4 and new archive available
QuadraMI 4 is available for download.
A new image archive by the name of QuadraMI 4 is available on Mason.Home and
Aminet. QuadraMI 4 is an extended collection of icons for toolbars and start menus
for applications like Workbench 2000, Toolmanager, Directory Opus Magellan, and many
more. The images are of IFF format and available as ColorIcons. Those were created
in the popular GlowIcons design with a standard colour depth of 32 and a basic size
of 24x24 pixles, but without the glow effect.
Other projects.
Some new and reworked archives are available for download in addition:
- CManMI - new toolbar for CManager by VaporWare
- IBrowseMI - navigation bar for IBrowse with additional images by Kristóph Gruber
- mFTPMI - AppMI basing toolbar set for mFTP-II
- NRogMI - image set for NewsRog with GlowIcons design
Please, visit the "Projects" page of Mason.Home for more information. (ps)
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21.Jun.2001
Andrew Bell
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Unpacking-Frontend: Voodoo-X version 1.5 beta 9
Voodoo-X is a MUI basing interface for the archive unpacking system
XADmaster.library by Dirk Stöcker.
Using Voodoo-X you can handily view the content of archive (single files, too).
This beta version might contain crash causing bugs. More details under the title link.
Download: VX1.5.BETA9.lha - 120 kB (ps)
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21.Jun.2001
ASM-One
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Assembler: ASM-One version 1.47
Today, Boushh released version 1.47 of the assembler packet 'ASM-One'.
This version runs on Amigas with the original chip set and on Amigas equipped with
graphic boards (RTG). New is the PPC assembling which enables you to mix 68k/PPC code.
Download: asmonev147.lha - 294 kB
(ps)
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21.Jun.2001
Marvin Droogsma (E-Mail)
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Event: Benelux Amiga Show News
Only two days left until the Benelux Amiga Show in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but still new and
interesting details are arriving:
Radio-Special
A Dutch radio station announced to create an Amiga special on the Show.
VPRO-TV - Amiga Special
The editor board of the TV station VPRO-TV took the task to create an Amiga
special. To make that reality they even will travel to the U.S.A. and also the European
users shall be reviewed. In cooperation with the Dutch print magazine
AmigaScene it will be discussed what is to
report about AMIGA on the Benelux Amiga Show, and first shots will be taken.
Matay will attend, too.
The Polish hardware developer Matay,
at this time well known by the PCI board ´Prometheus´, shortly decided
to attend the show and they sure will have some boards with them.
(ps)
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21.Jun.2001
GP-Software / Thomas Wölflick (ANF)
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File manager: Directory Opus 6 released
As already reported, yesterday, in the article
File manager: DirOpus V4.15m Beta
the PC version Directory Opus 6 was released at
GP Software.
While rummaging in the Aminet uploads I stumbled upon the following text inside the
DOpus6 readme file (title link):
"ALL REGISTERED USERS OF DIRECTORY OPUS 5 FOR THE AMIGA ARE ENTITLED TO A
25% CROSSGRADE DISCOUNT ON THE PURCHASE PRICE."
This is interesting for Amiga users using a PC, too, and not wanting to miss
their favourite file manager. The 30-days-PC-test-version is available e.g.
here (DOpusInstall.exe).
(ps)
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21.Jun.2001
Christoph Meier (ANF)
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Golem: Transmeta sales decreasing drastically
»Orders from Japan decreasing
The still fresh processor developer Transmeta now also warns of intelligibly lower
sales in 2Q01. For a reason they mention the bad economical situation which now
spreads to Japan, too - Japan is Transmeta's biggest market place.
Though additional manufacturers to produce their own chips could have been
gained, orders from Japanese Notebook manufacturers are significant low.
Therefore Transmeta adjust their sales expectancy to 40% - 45% below sales
in 1Q01 (18.6 millions USD).«
Complete article (German) under the title link. (ps)
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21.Jun.2001
Computerwoche (ANF)
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HP brings stereos and TV-sets to the Web
»The IT company Hewlett-Packard (HP) from California, U.S.A.,
is about to present a system to connect stereos and TV-sets to the internet, next week in New York.
The "HP Digital Entertainment Center", to be plugged into stereo or TV-set casings, can download,
save and play music videos and digital sound from the Web. The appliance has enough memory to save
up to 750 audio CD's. It is connected to the Internet by simply pressing a button without to
be forced to boot-up a computer.«
Complete article (German) under the title link. (ps)
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21.Jun.2001
Thomas Steidung (E-Mail)
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Games: Amiga Classix 3 released
The game compilation CD Amiga Classix 3 was released at e.p.i.c. interactive,
today. On this CD available for Mac, Amiga, and Windows are to find more than
100 complete and many of them formally commercial games.
Among the commercial highlights on this CD are Der Seelenturm,
XTreme Racing, Obsession Pinball, Fatman, Beneath the Steel Sky, Lure of
the Temptress, Vroom, Wheelspin, Trainer, Ziriax, Sixth Sense Investigation,
Blade, Tactical Manager, Risk, Black Sect, Tanglewood, and Ziriax.
This CD is available from e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment.
(ps)
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