11.Apr.2001
Mariusz Wloczysiak via E-Mail
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Elbox: S3 ViRGE Driver for Mediator
Elbox announces of having completed the official driver for S3 ViRGE PCI-cards
which can be used on the Mediator Busboard. According to Elbox the drivers are 100%
compatible to Picasso96 and support the complete 2D-hardware of the cards.
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11.Apr.2001
scenet.de
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Amiga Music Preservation - Major Update
Amiga Music Preservation (AMP) has got a new design and a lot of new information.
AMP which has been founded by Curt Cool and Crown is a powerful collection of modules of
demo scene musicians meanwhile on 16 (!) CDs in all which additionally offers information
to well-known scene musicians as well as over 200 interviews!
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11.Apr.2001
Martin Elsner via E-Mail
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FTPMount Version 1.3
In addition to ClassAction I have uploaded FTPMount on my homepage.
This is an improved version (1.3) of the program which was developed by Evan Scott and Thies Wellpott.
With FTPMount you can handle FTP-sites just like directories on a harddrive.
Download: ftpmount.lha -
137 kB
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11.Apr.2001
Andreas Kuerzinger via E-Mail
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AKTaskiSMS v1.5
On the homepage of Andreas Kürzinger you can download version 1.5 of AKTaskiSMS from now on.
It is a German catalog for TaskiSMS2.5 as well as two alternative toolbars in YAM2-style
(MWB- as well as RomIcons-colours) and an icon in 32-colourful AKIconGold-design.
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11.Apr.2001
No Risc No Fun on ANF
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NRNF: Interview with Oliver Smiles (Abode of Golgotha)
At No Risc No Fun you can find an English interview with Olvier Smiles. He created the great
Abode of Golgotha Saga (H2 AddOn) which we have recently tested for you. The TaskiSMS 2.52
review at our site is also rather new. We have added 120st screenshot to our WB gallery. Come
and find out how you can design your system more beautiful.
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11.Apr.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF
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Chip: First Details to Matrox G550 Graphic Chip
»On the English spoken hardware-website there are specifications and details
to the new graphic chip by Matrox for the first time. The next Matrox-graphic card is
to be called G550 and have the following features:
- Made in 0,18 micrometer-process
- 1x, 2x and 4x AGP
- 360 MHz RAMDAC
- 32 MByte DDR SDRAM
- OpenGL- and DirectX-API-Support
- 256-Bit DualBus-Architecture
- Matrox Extended Dual-Head-Function
- Vibrant Color Quality2 Rendering-Technique
- Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping (EMB)
- Matrox Skinning
- Displacement Mapping
- Ultra Sharp DAC
- Integrated TV-out DAC
- High-quality DVD-Playback
Reactor critical refers to an "unofficial" source, but which is supposed to be very reliable.«
See title link for full article.
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11.Apr.2001
Christoph Meier on ANF
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The Register: PowerPC G5 to hit 2GHz (Update)
»Motorola is pushing ahead with the design of the PowerPC 7500 -
aka G5 - company sources have claimed, according to a report over at
MacOS Rumors.
We're sure they are, but we're not so sure the report's claims are
entirely accurate except in a very broad sense. The report's information
is a little too close to the details displayed on Motorola's last publicly
released roadmap, dating back to September 1999.
According to the report, the G5 will boast speeds of 2GHz and up,
"full-performance backward-compatibility", 512KB of on-die L2 cache a new
memory architecture and a modular design allowing the company to offer
multi-core chips. It will be fabbed at 0.1 micron using silicon-on-insulator
construction.«
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11.Apr.2001
Benjamin Yoris via E-Mail
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Hyperion Entertainment welcomes Amiga`s OS4 Strategy
In the aftermath of the recent announcement by Amiga Inc. that the Classic
Amiga OS would be ported to PPC, many users have asked us to comment on the
technical merit of Amiga's OS 4 strategy and what it would mean for games
and 3D graphics.
Prior to Amiga's announcement, senior software engineers of Hyperion
Entertainment identified the key bottlenecks in the Amiga OS which hampered
the performance of our games: the slow 68K based filesystem, the 68K based
RTG system, the lack of virtual memory and the dual CPU architecture of the
current PPC boards which generates performance-crippling context switches.
Amiga OS 4 will address all these issues and do much more.
We can confidently predict that with Amiga OS 4, users can look forward to
performance levels never before seen on the Amiga.
Hyperion Entertainment has therefore signed on to develop the 3D API for
Amiga OS 4 and provide a fully featured OpenGL(tm) implementation through
Mesa 3.4.
All our current and future game-titles will take full advantage of
everything that OS 4 has to offer.
Unlike some who unashamedly claim that « games don't play an important role
anymore in the current Amiga market », we are committed to once more make
the name « Amiga » synonymous with top-quality entertainment software.
Senior staff-members of Hyperion Entertainment will continue to work with
Amiga Inc. to ensure that Amiga OS 4 will provide everything game-developers
need to accomplish the goal of putting Amiga back at the forefront of gaming
and 3D graphics.
Ben Yoris
Hyperion Entertainment Software
PR Manager
Web: http://www.hyperion-software.com
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10.Apr.2001
Fabian Zaengel on ANF
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New Infos about AmigaOne
You will find new pictures of the AmigaOne in an Amiga- and ATX-towercase and
the latest FAQ and information for dealers at the title link.
At http://www.egroups.com/messages/amigaone
you can find an interesting forum
where Fleecy (Amiga, Inc.), Eyetech, and Hyperion are answering questions about
the AmigaOne and AmigaOS4.x. A homepage for the operating system is planned for
this week.
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10.Apr.2001
VirusHelpDenmark
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New Link Virus Found
A new linkvirus was found. Until now it is not known which archive installs the
virus, but "Safe V15.1" is able to find it. More details at the title link.
Download: Safe.lha
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10.Apr.2001
VirusHelpDenmark
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VirusExecutor v2.11 Released
Version 2.11 of VirusExecutor, the virus killer, is released. This update can
handle the TCP-trojan (we reported). Details:
name: VirusExecutor v2.11
archive: VirusExecutor.lha
archive size: 258.521 bytes
release date: 10. April 2001
coder: Jan Erik Olausen
needed: xvs.library (included), xfdmaster.library, reqtools.library
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10.Apr.2001
Thomas Steiding via E-Mail
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e.p.i.c. ports "The Feeble Files" to MAC and MorphOS
e.p.i.c. interactive entertainment gmbh has signed a license agreement to port
Adventuresoft's cartoon adventure "The Feeble Files" to the MACINTOSH.
The game puts you to play an alien called Feeble who works for the crop circle
division of a dictatorial government but somehow get involved in a rebellion to
overthrow the system. But you will quickly learn that Rebellion really has never
looked so pAtHeTiC.
The MAC version will require a 180 Mhz PPC CPU, MacOS 8.6 or higher and 32 MByte
Ram. The game is scheduled for release in May 2001. You will find more detail on
the game in the projects section of our homepage.
A version for the alternative PPC OS MorphOS is also planned.
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10.Apr.2001
Thorsten Will via E-Mail
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"SECRETLY!"(DemoScene) Looking for GFX Artist
"SECRETLY!" is looking for some gfx artists for future projects (demos and so on).
If you are interested, send some examples of your work and a little bit about
yourself to twill@gmx.de or to
mr.vain@secretly.de.
Some information about the group you will find at the title link.
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09.Apr.2001
Diverse Sources
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Software News
QuickNote V1.5 Beta 1
OnxySoft released version 1.5 (Beta 1)
of the program 'QuickNote' by Stefan Blixth. Download:
quicknote15b0408.lha
Tales of Tamar Amiga Client V0.34r2
There is a new version (V0.35 R2) of the Amiga-client of
Tales of Tamar for registered beta testers available
here.
Shogo:MAD
As already reported Hyperion Software
uploaded a demo of Shogo:MAD to the Aminet. Download:
ShogoDemo.lha or
ShogoDemo.lha
Ghostscript 6.50
Rüdiger Hanke announced that
he released version 6.50. The download is available at his
Homepage.
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09.Apr.2001
Alfred Sturm
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New Aminet Uploads
SKF13Theme.lha biz/dopus 7.1M+Theme for DirectoryOpus5 Magellan 2
ListbrowserPch.lha biz/patch 10K+Fixes AWeb popup problems with OS3.9 BB1
ShogoDemo.lha biz/titan 36M+Shogo: Mobile Armor Division demo versio
fnews10.lha comm/misc 50K+Free configurable News Display Tool for
daytimedemo.lha comm/tcp 9K+Daytime client/server example + source (
smbfs.lha comm/tcp 120K+SMB file system client; complements Samb
TaskiSMS.lha comm/tcp 362K+Sends SMS to GSM phones (MUI).
mbs-oldskool.lha demo/ecs 300K+Oldskool Fools by Mandel Bros.
dln-1st.lha demo/intro 140K+First intro by Deadline SF
dln-dentro.lha demo/intro 102K+Dentro by Deadline SF
dln-mustro.lha demo/intro 146K+Mustro (2nd intro) by Deadline SF
Message.lha demo/intro 88K+An Old-School Demo by HCS 90
upstream1.lha demo/mag 579K+Upstream 1 diskmag by Balance
upstream10.lha demo/mag 436K+Upstream 10 diskmag by Balance
upstream8.lha demo/mag 645K+Upstream 8 diskmag by Balance
dln-notelines.lha demo/sound 803K+Notelines musicdisk by Deadline SF
deepcore.lha demo/track 406K+Deepcore trackmo by Balance
JMildred_ScrMd.lha dev/basic 18K+Example of using Mildred with AGA and RT
devpic.lha dev/cross 95K+PIC16 development package
FD2Pragma.lha dev/misc 144K+V2.124 create pragma, inline, ... files
muimaster020.lha dev/mui 97K+Muimaster.library 020 patch Rel 4
IICopier2.0PL.lha docs/help 9K+Polish Locale for IconImageCopier2.0
jAnimator1.0PL.lha docs/help 10K+Polish Locale for jAnimator1.0
MagellanIIPL.lha docs/help 39K+Polish Locale for MagellanII
Aakt0401GUIDE.lha docs/mags 89K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
Aakt0401HTML.lha docs/mags 267K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
rusfaqs.lha docs/misc 94K+Amiga FAQs, in Russian
SuddenDeath.lha game/actio 50K+4 player tron
F1GP_2001.lha game/data 9K+2001 F1 season data for F1GP-Ed (1 April
obvious.lha game/data 102K+DynAMIte style with obvious colors
MUI_HLed.lha game/misc 71K+Map editor for HistoryLine 1914-1918
PerOneMine1.lha game/misc 249K+AGA/ECS Emerald Mine game with 81 levels
PerOneMine2.lha game/misc 362K+AGA/ECS Emerald Mine game with 81 levels
PerOneMine3.lha game/misc 363K+AGA/ECS Emerald Mine game with 81 levels
PerOneMine4.lha game/misc 345K+AGA/ECS Emerald Mine game with 81 levels
PerOneMine5.lha game/misc 336K+AGA/ECS Emerald Mine game with 81 levels
PerOneMine6.lha game/misc 372K+AGA/ECS Emerald Mine game with 81 levels
gse1.lha game/patch 17K+Editor for Gunship2000 roster files
WHD_JWSnooker.lha game/patch 30K+HD Installer for Jimmy White Snooker
WHD_PDroid90.lha game/patch 17K+HD Installer for Paradroid90
WHD_RAMHamster.lha game/patch 8K+HD Installer for Rockstar Ate My Hamster
WHD_UridiumII.lha game/patch 14K+Uridium II Hard Drive Installer
WHD_Zeewolf.lha game/patch 25K+HD Installer for Zeewolf
WHD_ZeewolfII.lha game/patch 24K+HD Installer for Zeewolf II
eyangband.lha game/role 789K+EyAngband 0.3.0 - Roguelike solo RPG
gumband.lha game/role 953K+Gumband 2.1.3b - Roguelike solo RPG
kangband.lha game/role 843K+Kangband 2.9.2r1 - Roguelike solo RPG
oangband.lha game/role 900K+Oangband 0.5.1 - Roguelike solo RPG
Connect4.lha game/think 64K+Connect 4 game using MUI (with source)
MagicNumbersDt.lha game/think 2K+V1.1, German catalog for MagicNumbers v1
MentalBlokz.lha game/think 405K+Puzzle game that will drive you mental f
Warp3D-4.0.lha gfx/board 980K+Warp3D V4
SoftCinema.lha gfx/show 403K+Ultimate Movie Player (PPC) V0.12
FMdriver.lha hard/drivr 356K+FrameMachine drivers, TV on WB, Videos a
FMdriverVHI.lha hard/drivr 15K+FMdriverVHI - VHI-FrameMachine drivers
ps2m.lha hard/hack 23K+Ultimate Amiga PS/2 WheelMouseController
mathdrill.lha misc/edu 50K+Math Drill Flashcards Program
imdbDiff010330.lha misc/imdb 2.1M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
vdo_whit.lha mods/vdo 802K+Valkoinen [xm 14ch]
DelfMPEG.lha mus/play 161K+MPEG audio player for Delfina DSP
dmdev.lha mus/play 135K+Mpeg.device for Delfina DSP
MASMPegDevice.lha mus/play 129K+CBM compat. device for MAS MP3 Player
AMIGirl.lha pix/misc 321K+Picture of Death - The AMiGA Girl ;) by
BareED.lha text/edit 279K+Simple text editor which supports propor
AutoPDF14.lha text/misc 26K+AutoPDF 1.4 - Convert Postscript to PDF
ltools157_demo.lha text/misc 70K+Dictionary and Document Translator
CheckX.lha util/arc 30K+V1.83 Check for Archives/Packers/Viruses
ilbmdtPPC.lha util/dtype 11K+Ilbmdt for the PPC, running WarpUP (45.3
WarpDTPrefs.lha util/dtype 27K+WarpDT preferences program V44.3
WarpJPEGdt.lha util/dtype 133K+JFIF-JPEG datatype V44.19 (68k,WarpOS,Mo
WarpPNGdt.lha util/dtype 140K+PNG image datatype V44.14 (68k,WarpOS,Mo
cookietool.lha util/misc 67K+Clean up your fortunes database, V2.5
AmiGOD.lha util/moni 498K+V1.44 - WB graphics benchmark
WheelBusMouse.lha util/mouse 12K+Bus Mouse wheel support
ScreenShell.lha util/shell 9K+Opens full size shell on new public scre
VEPatchBrain.lha util/virus 19K+PatchBrain v1.29 for VirusExecutor v2.xx
aafont.lha util/wb 4K+Antialiased fonts on wb (1.1)
choowin.lha util/wb 19K+Start and Window activation utility
classaction.lha util/wb 190K+AmigaOS multipurpose filemanager
CondenseIcon.lha util/wb 6K+Os3.5 tool to make .info files smaller (
mainprefs.lha util/wb 86K+AmigaOS Preferences GUI
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09.Apr.2001
Thomas Würgler on ANF
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Trojan Warning (Update II)
Some sort of trojan (apparently the newly uploaded stackattack.lha on
Aminet) has caused SMTP bombing of haage-partner. The file is this: StackAttack.lha
util/boot 68K 0 V1.2b Kills GURUs (stack problem). It's on the
German Aminet mirror.
Could there be hidden loopholes in MorphOS? Read the link and consider
for yourself.
Frank Niewiedzial informed us that other
files could be affected too.
"Do not download and install safe.lha and fblit.lha. They are fakes and send hatemails to H&P."
Silivio K. told us that the current version of 'BlaceWCP' could be concerned too.
"The current version of BlaceWP, available from the aminet, opens the port 113 (auth) of your
computer and connects to the H&P web- and ftpserver! The program itself is not a product of H&P.
Thats why it could be possible that it is a trojan too.
The following logs were recorded:
tcp 0 0 pD9042BA5.dip.t-.auth haage-partner.co.61797 TIME_WAIT
16:00:46.081940 pD90427BC.dip.t-dialin.net.2865 > haage-partner.com.smtp
16:02:08.530618 pD90427BC.dip.t-dialin.net > 217.5.107.165: icmp: echo request
"
Annotation of editor's:
Haage & Partner confirmed that at the moment 15 e-mails arrive at H&P every minute. Juergen Haage:
"Do not panic. No normal mail will get lost."
The MorphOS-Team has nothing to do with the virus and dissociate from this! "Lowest level, this is
not our way of competition".
Even Georg Steger, the original author of StackAttack dissociates him self in his commentary at
ANN.
Virus Help Denmark and the admin of the aminet Matthias Scheler are informed and they will check the
files and maybe delete them.
At the title link there is a tool available that removes the task from the ram. After reboot it will
be there again and you have to restart the tool.
Annotation: Messsage of the day from Aminet
- TROJAN HORSES FOUND ON AMINET. The following four archives on Aminet were
unfortunately infected: util/boot/StackAttack.lha, util/boot/BlazeWCP.lha,
util/virus/Safe.lha and util/boot/FBlit.lha. They contain faked releases
of the original software linked with a Trojan horse which sends out
abusive e-mails. On infected systems a process called "zakahackandpatch"
will show up. If your system is infected deleted the software listed abover
or replace it with older versions and reboot. As a protest against this
abuse of Aminet we will shut down our services on "us.aminet.net" and
"de.aminet.net" until Friday.
- DE3.AMINET.NET NOW COMPLETE. The mirror in Erlangen, Germany now stores all
Aminet files.
Annotation 10.04.2001:
Following the official message by Virus Help Denmark. They are
offering the old alten Archives at there homepage.
Four new 'TCP' trojans was found today on Aminet. If you installed
one of these archives, please delete the files. We hope to have a
cure for these trojan within the next 24 hours.
The TCP trojan will send an email to 'Haage & Partner', with a very
stupid text.
Here is what we know so far:
Virus Type.... : TCP Trojan
Trojan name....: zakahackandpatch
Archive name.. : Safe.lha Archive size.. : About 20 kb
Archive name.. : Fblit.lha Archive size.. : 142.086 bytes
Archive name.. : BlazeWCP.lha Archive size.. : 32.862 bytes
Archive name.. : stackattack.lha Archive size.. : About 32 kb
Thanx to Frank Niewiedzial, Kev Harrison, Luca Longone and many more
for your information about these archives.....
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09.Apr.2001
Greg Donner
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Update of the Official AmigaOS 3.9 FAQ
Since our last message about the official OS3.9 FAQ by Greg Donner there were many
updates in different parts of the FAQ.
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09.Apr.2001
Olaf Koebnik via E-Mail
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Amiga Arena News
Amiga Arena Prerelease!
We made ArTKnoid by Thilo Koehler (developer of Toadies) available at our side.
The program is a arkanoid-clone.
Amiga Arena TaskiSMS annotation
The registration for the special-price for TaskiSMS is now possible via snail-mail.
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09.Apr.2001
Achim Stegemann on ANF
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Digital Almanac III - News
After a longer brake there are now some new news about Digital Almanac III (DA 3).
The English version is available now! The German update will be available within a few days.
These are the main changes since version 2.0:
- Improved stability
- Corrected times of the rising and setting of the moon.
- PixelCheck-function does not longer crash with CGX-15/16/24Bit-Screens.
- Times of moon eclipses in the calendar are now in local time.
- and much more...
Furthermore there are about 100MB of videos concerning astronomy and science-fiction.
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09.Apr.2001
Markus Fellhauer on ANF
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AmigAIM 0.9412 Beta Released
Betaversion 0.9412 of AmigaAIM by Richard H. Poser is available for download:
AmigAIM_BETA.lha
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09.Apr.2001
Jens Troeger on ANF
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InstallerNG
I released a small update of InstallerNG. I only changed the runtime error handling: you are
able to switch of the error requestors via tooltypes.
There will be version 2 out in some weeks. If you have any wishes for the new version just
send me a mail.
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