02.Jan.2000
Alex Kazik in ANF
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scene-handler now for MovieShop V5
The new version of scene-handler can now also work on MovieShop V5 data. Currently there is
only a demo, since particion access is not yet available. Additionally, a new AIFF/AIFC bug
has been fixed. The registered version is now able to add new sounds to projects. Try participating
in our survey. Download:
scene-handler.lha.
(Translation: mb)
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02.Jan.2000
Steven Kile by e-mail
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AmigaZone
Steven Kile did send us this advertising for AmigaZone.
I posted this a few days before, but forgot to upload the ad. Sorry.
Greetings Fellow Amiga Users,
I just wanted to let all of you know about an Amiga Web-based bulletin board, The AmigaZone.
The AmigaZone is a fully menued online service you can use with any terminal program or Telnet
client, and it also has a fast and slick web interface you can use with your web browser!
The Zone has dozens of message bases, over 40,000 downloadable files, an Amiga Usenet newsfeed,
Amiga Fidonet echoes feed, "QWK" mail and news downloading, CD ROMs online, fourteen Amiga
mailing lists that feed right into our message bases so you don't have to clog up your mailbox
with them, an online gif/jpg library image thumbnail generator, live chat rooms, a members'
private FTP site and POP3 mail server, and more features than any Amiga-specific service you've
ever seen. Yes, it's a multi- interface, easy to use, fully Amiga-dedicated online service and
we'd love to have YOU as a member!
I particularly like, the free email account (YourAccountName@amigazone.com). I am an Amiga user
and proud of it. This lets everyone know.
The downloadable files are not duplicates of Aminet. These files are found all over the web and
deposited her for our convenience. I don't have time to scour the web for the files I need and
this is an excellent resource.
AmigaZone members can participate in nightly Telnet chats. These chats are a good way to make
friends with other dedicated Amiga users and get their valuable help when we need it. The Sunday
chats include prize giveaways (for more info see www.amigazone.com/pages/contests.html#prizes).
This is probably the best odds you will ever find. On average, 10 or less people make it to the
Sunday chats and Harv is very generous with his prizes. I am not talking about cheap prizes, I
have won a factory sealed OpalVision board, and several texture CDs, and books.
When you join AmigaZone as a paid member, you will be sent a FREE official AmigaZone Logo black
mesh baseball cap as our thank-you gift! No strings. No baloney! Click to see a picture of the
cap www.amigazone.com/images/cap.jpg. The
cap is all black, universal-fit and the AmigaZone logo is in white with the Boing! ball that dots
the "i" in its traditional red and white checks. Upon notification of your signup, you'll get an
email with your login info and your free AmigaZone cap will be mailed to you! These hats are
beautiful. I signed on after they started this program, so I had to buy mine. But even then,
members often buy these items at cost.
To join, use our secure signup page (merchant.calweb.com/amigazone.com/pages/signup.html),
or phone CalWeb at 1-800-509-9322 or 1-916-641-9320, and say "AmigaZone Sent Me!" and the $20
signup fee is waived!
All this and it only costs $12.95 per month. We all need to help keep Amiga resources available.
Without our help, we will all be left to our own devices to keep our machines running.
Thanks, Steve.
(Translation: mb)
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01.Jan.2000
Amiga Flame
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Amiga Flames Top 10 Games 1999
Digital Images made first place with Wipeout 2097. Congratulations!
(Translation: mb)
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01.Jan.2000
AWD [News]
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Amiga Web Directory closing down
On January 1st, the multi-award-winning Amiga Web Directory, which has gone online in May 1994 as
a free service of Champaign-Urbana Computer Users Group
and AdvanceNet, has closed and thanks all members, friends
and supporters.
amiga-news.de owes much to the Amiga Web Directory. Basically, this news service was created from
the idea of offering something like the AWD for the German language. AWD has been by inspiration in
many things. I think it is sad that they close now, since news around the Amiga will not subside
so quickly, especially after the Amino purchase. Therefore I hope the people behind the AWD will
think this over. (ps)
(Translation: mb)
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01.Jan.2000
amiga-news.de
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Software News
(Translation: mb)
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01.Jan.2000
Herbert Markart in ANF
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Austrian Law of Electronic Signatures in force
Since January 1st, the Law of Electronic Signatures (SigG) is in force in Austria. Electronic
signatures by e-mail and Internet are therefore equivalent to hand-written signatures.
(Translation: mb)
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01.Jan.2000
Heise [Newsticker]
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Heise: Gateway sells Amiga
"The legendary multimedia computer Amiga has a new owner, again. Computer manufacturer Gateway
sells the rights on the name and all still existing hardware to the company Amino Development.
Additionally, Amino gets the rights on all Internet domains around the Amiga, and currently
held by Gateway. How much Gateway recieves for the package has so far not been disclosed by the
two companies.
The followers of the Amiga, which enjoys cult status among its fans, have gone through a
rollercoaster of emotions in the years gone by: hope-filled announcements of a revival of the
hardware platform have again and again been followed by cancellations."
(Translation: mb)
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01.Jan.2000
Volker Mohr
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Who has bought Amiga?
Volker Mohr has done this summary for us:
Everybody has heard it: Amino Development has purchased
the rights on the name Amiga, the Internet domain, and most important, on the Amiga technology
developed in the time before Gateway. Not purchased were the rights on the new multimedia
environment, so far been called "AmigaObjects", and the so-called Amiga MCC. These products,
developed during the Gateway era, will be integrated into the Gateway product line without the
name Amiga in the future.
With other words: What we user would call Amiga does now belong to Amino.
But who is Amino? Basically, Amino consists of two persons: Fleecy Moss and Bill McEwen. If
you had an eye on Amiga Inc. and Gateway in the last few years, these names will sound
familiar to you.
Bill McEwen was employed at Amiga, Inc. as "Head of Marketing and Software Evangelism". He
left the company only days before Jim Collas, not all that voluntary himself. Before Bill
worked at Amiga, Inc., he already was employed by several other well-known computer companies,
but had nothing to do with Amiga. Despite this, he was immediately impressed by the capabilities
of the (original) Amiga, and very quickly became a convinced member of the Amiga community and
a supporter of the (by Jeff Schindler) so-called "Amiga Classics". Of course he did not lose
the feeling for the need of new hard- and software developments. So, he was also a supporter of
Collas' plans for the so-called AmigaMCC.
Bill McEwen had to leave Amiga, Inc. a few days before Jim Collas. While Collas was said to
have left the company "for personal reasons", Bill never hid that his contract was not extended.
While Bill is no long-standing Amiga fan, he did not only learn to understand and value the Amiga
and his users, but also was able to win the trust of old Amiga gurus like Dave Haynie and Carl
Sassenrath.
Fleecy Moss is also known to most from his time at Amiga, Inc. Little is known about his time
before that. In an interview with the magazine CU Amiga (which has been closed down in the
meantime), October issue 1998, page 30f., he tells a little bit about himself: "I am British,
and currently work in the USA. I am Project Manager and System Architect, responsible for
introducing new special computer systems. I am Amiga user for 8 years (translator's note:
with the interview being dated 1998), and started with a Commodore Pet and VC 20 at the
age of 11. What I hope to give the Amiga is respect for his philosophy and community ideals,
as well as a good feeling for the future and the digital information revolution." (translator's
note: The above has been re-translated and might differ slightly from the original, to which
I don't have access.)
After Joe Torre, Fleecy Moss was the second important person at Amiga, Inc. whose contract
was not extended. After his departure, Fleecy initiated the KOSH
project. KOSH is intended to be "the hardware equivalent to Linux", a computer platform
honoring user wishes and needs, developed as open source. Fleecy knows of course that such
a goal cannot be achieved in short terms. When Gateway canceled the AmigaMCC plans, Joe Torre
initiated Amino together with Bill McEwen. (translator's note: probably this should read
Fleecy Moss and Bill McEwen, not Joe Torre!?) There have been little information about
this company. The first impression on the public was made by the close connection with
Phoenix, a connection of several Amiga distributors
and developers with the goal of creating a new platform as an alternative to the Amiga. This
common platform was originally intended to be based on PPC systems with QNX as operating
system. Both was not a final decission when Phoenix / Amino was founded, but a basis of
discussion for common plans.
So what does the purchase of Amiga by Amino mean? It is clear that the freshly founded two-man
company does not have the funds to continue AmigaOS development and have new hardware build
in short terms. But that is not required necessarily. To get an impression what can be expected,
I recommend having a close look at the Phoenix pages. The basic difference will probably be that
now there will be no development of an Amiga alternative, but a further development of the Amiga
platform. This means, roughly, that Amiga/Amino will lead the path, but several other companies
will build new Amigas, too. This would bring the Amiga area a similar situation as in the PC area,
where many companies can honor many special wishes of users. This path of action has several
advantages: The necessary investments are distributed among several companies. Additionally,
this gives added security to the user, since a possible bancruptcy of a single company would
not endanger the whole market. This way, the Amiga as a platform will be of interest again
for new users.
If the future systems will run on a modern AmigaOS, QNX or whatever, or if the new systems will
be based on PPC, that's speculation. It's a fact, however, that there has been work on the future
before the purchase, too, so things don't start from zero. Especially how new users are to be
drawn has to be speculated about. For sure there has been thought put in this area, too.
I am convinced that many surprises are to be expected soon.
(Translation: mb)
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01.Jan.2000
Bradd Webb per eMail
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AmigaUpdate newsletter from December 31st, 1999
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/ \\_ | \/ ||_ _||_ \__// / \\_|| (An Occasional e-mail
S P E C I A L I S S U E || Newsmagazine)
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991231
A M I G A S O L D T O A M I N O ! !
Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
Happy New Year everyone! Some of you will see this on the last day of
1999, some on the first of 2000 - either way, you have another reason
to celebrate today! We've been waiting and practically twitching to
get this information to you.
We still don't have a press release directly from Amino, but as the
following information is now available generally on the wire, we owe
it to our readers to get it to you as quickly as possible. If we do
get a press release from Amino/Amiga we'll also get that to you right
away.
Looks to us like both Gateway and the Amiga Community win with this
deal.
Big smiles around here today!
Brad Webb,
Editor
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A M I G A S O L D T O A M I N O ! !
Amino Development Buys Amiga Name, Inventory From Gateway
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 31 -- Amino Development Corp., a privately held
company based in Maple Valley, Washington, has purchased from Gateway
its Amiga trademarks and Amiga computer systems. Terms of the
transaction have not been disclosed.
According to Peter Ashkin, Gateway senior vice president, Gateway
chose to sell the name after deciding to fold Amiga's software
engineering function into Gateway's product development. This merger
of development activities is part of Gateway's overall strategy to
develop and market the coming generation of "Internet appliances".
"Amiga, as a personal computer brand, has a loyal following of fans
around the world," Ashkin said. "Under Gateway's wing, Amiga morphed
into a software development company working on a new Internet
appliance operating environment software. Now that we're bringing that
development work into Gateway product development, it made sense to
find a buyer for Amiga."
"Yee-haw " said Bill McEwen, president and CEO of Amino. "This is a
very exciting day, and now an even more exciting tomorrow. Now we can
finish the job that was started 15 years ago."
The transaction, effective immediately, includes the transfer of all
Internet domain names related to Amiga which Gateway had held. Gateway
retains ownership of all patents acquired when it bought Amiga in
1997.
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Amiga Update on the net:
All back issues available at:
http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/index.html
Stop by and check out our archive!
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Copyright 1999 by Brad Webb. Freely distributable, if not modified.
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31.Dec.1999
Brad Webb by e-mail
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Amiga Update Newsletter by Brad Webb #991231
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/\\ |\ /|| || / ` /\\ || A M I G A U P D A T E
/__\\ | \ / || || || ___ /__\\ || -News and Rumors-
/ \\_ | \/ ||_ _||_ \__// / \\_|| (An Occasional e-mail
S P E C I A L I S S U E || Newsmagazine)
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991231
A M I G A S O L D T O A M I N O ! !
Editor's Thoughts and Introduction:
Happy New Year everyone! Some of you will see this on the last day of
1999, some on the first of 2000 - either way, you have another reason
to celebrate today! We've been waiting and practically twitching to
get this information to you.
We still don't have a press release directly from Amino, but as the
following information is now available generally on the wire, we owe
it to our readers to get it to you as quickly as possible. If we do
get a press release from Amino/Amiga we'll also get that to you right
away.
Looks to us like both Gateway and the Amiga Community win with this
deal.
Big smiles around here today!
Brad Webb,
Editor
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A M I G A S O L D T O A M I N O ! !
Amino Development Buys Amiga Name, Inventory From Gateway
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 31 -- Amino Development Corp., a privately held
company based in Maple Valley, Washington, has purchased from Gateway
its Amiga trademarks and Amiga computer systems. Terms of the
transaction have not been disclosed.
According to Peter Ashkin, Gateway senior vice president, Gateway
chose to sell the name after deciding to fold Amiga's software
engineering function into Gateway's product development. This merger
of development activities is part of Gateway's overall strategy to
develop and market the coming generation of "Internet appliances".
"Amiga, as a personal computer brand, has a loyal following of fans
around the world," Ashkin said. "Under Gateway's wing, Amiga morphed
into a software development company working on a new Internet
appliance operating environment software. Now that we're bringing that
development work into Gateway product development, it made sense to
find a buyer for Amiga."
"Yee-haw " said Bill McEwen, president and CEO of Amino. "This is a
very exciting day, and now an even more exciting tomorrow. Now we can
finish the job that was started 15 years ago."
The transaction, effective immediately, includes the transfer of all
Internet domain names related to Amiga which Gateway had held. Gateway
retains ownership of all patents acquired when it bought Amiga in
1997.
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Amiga Update on the net:
All back issues available at:
http://www.globaldialog.com/~amigaupdate/index.html
Stop by and check out our archive!
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Copyright 1999 by Brad Webb. Freely distributable, if not modified.
======================================================================
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U P D A T E /__\\ | \ / || || || ___ /__\\ U P D A T E
/ \\_ | \/ ||_ _||_ \__// / \\_
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31.Dec.1999
Amiga.org
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A wondeful last message of the year :-)
Amino Development Buys Amiga Name, Inventory from Gateway (Individual.com).
More links:
Fleecy Moss in c.s.a.m: Welcome to tomorrow
CNN: Gateway sells Amiga line
Yahoo: Gateway Sells Rights to Amiga Name
CNet: Gateway unloads Amiga name
The Register: Gateway sells Amiga to ex-Amiga employee
Slashdot: Gateway Sells Rights to Amiga Name
Bill McEwen speaks at Amiga.org:
Happy New Year to all Amigans around the world.
Today Gateway
announced that we have acquired Amiga. This is all true,
and we are going to be making numerous announcements in the next week
about the plans for the future systems, and it is
all going to be very exciting. There is a very bright future for us, and
now we can begin the journey. Welcome 2000! - Bill McEwen
I now recommend one thing: go back and have a look at the last
two caricatures by Torsten Dudai (Once upon a time...). Either all these heads agree on a common goal, and cooperate;
or this Hydra will be going nowhere. If I see things correctly, there are two heads considerably stronger than the rest -
QNX and Amino. If THEY agree on things, the next few days will tell. But the people behind PowerOS, MorphOS, Screens,
and AROS should have a close look at what is going on, and think twice about how they can serve the cause best. (mb)
(Translation: mb)
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31.Dec.1999
Martina Jacobs in ANF
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AmigaOS 3.5 wish list
Martina Jacobs writes:
I just hit a site I think interesting. At the title link, you can
find a user wish list for AmigaOS 3.5 updates. Using the guestbook, you can state your opinion
of what is still needed in AmigaOS.
If H&P knows about this site, I don't know,
but it only makes sense this way. If it isn't the case, they know now. :-)
(Translation: mb)
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31.Dec.1999
Günter Horbach by e-mail
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KDH News
KDH wishes happy new year 2000.
A successful and well year 2000 we wish all AMIGA cutomers
present and future. Due to some internal work (stock counting, removing the last storm damage,
and holidays), our shop will be closed from January 1st to 18th. All Internet orders recieved
during this time will be delivered starting January 18th.
(Translation: mb)
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30.Dec.1999
Bruno Vaccaro by e-mail
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SadJesterIcons Update
Bruno has updated several of his icon sets, and offers them for download on his website:
Besides, a visit to Brunos website is always worth its while, since aside from the icons he also
offers a lot of good material for webworkers, and more.
(Translation: mb)
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30.Dec.1999
pro-linux.de
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LWN: Most important Linux news 1999
LWN (Linux Weekly News) has summarised all news from 1999 important for Linux in a timetable, and
even mentioned the Gateway announcement from September. For all Linux users an interesting view
back to 1999.
(Translation: mb)
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30.Dec.1999
Heise Newsticker
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Report from the Chaos Communication Congress
"The 16th Chaos Communication Congress divided the hacker community into two fractions more
than ever before - one wanting to do a life style party, and the other wanting to stress
political discussions and seminars. Harsh criticism and euphoric words were balanced in the
final discussion on Wednesday after three days "fun at the system". Chasms were across
"Windowsing", "generalism" and "game-centricism" of the hacker meeting. Does the Chaos
Computer Club open itself to the mainstream in a time when Internet is becoming the masses
media, and is the meeting degrading to just another LAN party?"
More links:
Wired: Chaos Reigns in Berlin
(Translation: mb)
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30.Dec.1999
amiga-news.de
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Software News
- StrICQ version 0.1669 - download:
STRICQ.lha - and beta version of the
preferences window - download: ZodiacImages.lha
- Arcadia announces two new archives available
in the download area. For one, there is a patch for all people who did not get a Bubble Hero
demo from the Amiga Format CD to run. Then there is the third public demo of Bubble Heroes.
The fourth and last (AGA) demo will be finished January 2000. Arcadia wishes a happy new year
to everybody. Download: AFBHDemo-patch.lzx
and BHDemo3.lzx
(Translation: mb)
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30.Dec.1999
Andreas R. Kleinert by e-mail
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With New Prices into the Next Millenium (30.12.99)
Taking the high Dollar (or low Euro) into account, PerSuaSiVe SoftWorX again have decided to allow
for cheaper registrations through RegNet.
Additionally, prices have been updated to reflect all
possible, most uptodate bundle discounts as well. For example, the cheapest bundle (#5553) now only
is $14 instead of $18.5 and the most expensive (#5563) only is $65 instead of $77.5. Please see
www.ar-kleinert.de/regnet_e.html for links to
RegNet and their sales conditions.
(Translation: mb)
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30.Dec.1999
Matthias Münch in ANF
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Amiga User Group 99 with new homepage
The AUG99 homepage has been completely redesigned, and the first part is already online.
More areas will follow in the next days.
(Translation: mb)
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30.Dec.1999
Torsten Dudai
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New cartoon: Once Upon a Time, part 2
(ps)
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29.Dec.1999
Sebastian Bauer in ANF
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Latest developer version of Freeciv
Sebastian Bauer writes:
I just uploaded the latest developer version of Freeciv to my homepage.
Additionally, there are new versions of Pic2Icon (v1.1) and SimpleClock (v1.1).
(ps)
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