09.Mar.2000
d.c.s.a.m.
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Metabox AG looking for programmers
As can be seen from the subject, we - Metabox AG - are looking for programmers short- and
long-term for reinforcing our software team. We have several full-time job openings.
The location is Hildesheim, Germany. We would prefer persons that already wrote software
on the Amiga, and know the AmigaOS concepts. Of course you are free to apply even if you
don't meet these criteria, if you meet the following:
- Required:
- Sufficient knowledge of the English language, e.g. you should be able to
communicate both verbal and in writing.
- Good to very good knowledge of the C programming language. Other languages, like Java,
C++, Rexx, PERL etc. should at least been touched. You should be able to work with
makefiles and complex source trees.
- You must be a ble to work in a team, following given style guides and programming
rules, working with a preemptive multitasking OS ;-). (This only briefly touches Linux.)
- Helpful:
- The ability to read and understand documentations of electronic parts and devices
(network, CPUs, graphics and common peripherals), and convert them into functional driver
software.
- Knowledge of the AmigaOS concepts.
- Basic knowledge of the 68k assembly language. It is sufficient to read them.
- Knowledge in HTML, and XML.
- A certain resistance to stress :-)
- Working area:
- Everything ranging from ultimate "low-level" subroutines up to applications,
with personal preferences and abilities of course being taken into account.
If you are not yet scared away and looking for an interesting job, you should apply
by e-mail at the following people:
schlote@metabox.de
finkel@metabox.de
A note from the translator: Since this was posted in a German newsgroup, and Metabox
is a company located in Germany, firm knowledge of the German language
wouldn't be a bad idea either. ;-) (mb)
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09.Mar.2000
AmiDog
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DarcNES update and new Sony Playstation emulator
On the AmiDog website, there is a new DarcNES/Amiga version 000308.
Download: dn9a0305.lha.
New in the emulator bunch is SOPE, a Sony Playstation emulator. Version 000308 is the
first release. A graphics card is required. This version has no sound support yet.
sope301.lha.
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09.Mar.2000
PlayGui
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PlayGui News
At first, there is a new PLone version 1.2b. PLone is an add-on for PlayGui, which creates and
maintains playlists like a database. PlayGui again is an add-on for the module player HippoPlayer
and the sample player Play16. PlayGui gives these two programs an interface which can be
easily customized with other graphics (skins). A number of new skins is available from the
website.
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09.Mar.2000
Richard Körber writes in ANF
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Scout sources available
Since Andreas Gelhausen and myself won't continue development of the system monitor Scout,
we decided to release the sources under the GNU GPL. They are available from my website and Aminet.
Download: Scout-src.lha
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09.Mar.2000
AROS
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AROS Status
Meanwhile more than 2000 games have been ported to AROS, since March 8th
MAME is running with AROS :-). Have a look
at the screenshots yourself.
An AROS Announce Mailinglist has been opened. More
details on the mailinglist.
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08.Mar.2000
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New Flags
Oliver Tacke has send us nice new flags, which lead you to the translations of Amiga News (see top).
The flags are taken from the new GlowIcons series created by Oliver in cooperation with Thomas
Peterseim, Marco Schärfchen and Heinz Andreolla, available from Schatztruhe (GlowIcon Collection).
We were very happy about them, and want to say thank you :-).
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08.Mar.2000
Ray McCarthy in ANF
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Kickstart Amiga Group show is on!
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding our third show on SATURDAY 27 MAY 2000 kindly sponsered by
ANALOGIC COMPUTERS. Please go to our site for details.
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08.Mar.2000
Jan Andersen by e-mail
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VirusZ II v0.94 beta
Name: VirusZ III v0.94 beta
Archive name: VirusZ.lha
Archive size: 172,902 bytes
Release date: 7. March 2000
Programmer: Dirk Stöcker
System: OS 2.0x or better
Download: VirusZ.lha
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08.Mar.2000
Jan Andersen by e-mail
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New update for Xvs.library v33.21
Name: xvs.library v33.21
Archive name: xvslibrary.lha
Archive size: 51,602 bytes
Release date: 8. March 2000
Programmer: Alex van Niel
Download: xvslibrary.lha
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08.Mar.2000
Jan Andersen by e-mail
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Preview of VirusChecker NG released
Name: VirusChecker NG v1.0b7 Beta
Archive name: VirusCheckerNG.lha
Archive size: 292.790 bytes
Release date: 8. March 2000
Programmer: Alex van Niel
System: OS 2,0x or better
More details
Download: VirusCheckerNG.lha
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08.Mar.2000
Aminet Recents
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New Aminet uploads
DOpus412JRbin.lha biz/dopus 321K+Great filemanager from GP Software
DOpus412JRsrc.lha biz/dopus 672K+Great filemanager from GP Software
OpusGIbar.lha biz/dopus 214K++300 "GlowIcons" for your DOpus Toolbar
Bonds_upd.lha biz/misc 403K+Update from 1.61->1.64
StarAm_Plan.lha biz/misc 647K+Spreadsheet, V2.2f,OS 3.0+, 68000 CPU
StarAm_Plan881.lha biz/misc 642K+Spreadsheet, V2.2f,OS 3.0+, needs FPU
DCPatch13d.lha biz/patch 14K+Some Bugfixes and improvements for DosCo
UUdecoderXL.lha comm/fido 56K+FTN-oriented UUdecoder
amirsay.lha comm/irc 25K+Uses 'Say' to speak on AmIRC (extra sett
SoloControl.lha comm/misc 21K+JFIF-JPEG datatype (WarpOS/PPC) V44.10
YGM.lha comm/tcp 131K+Checks POP3 mailboxes for new mail
MassDL.lha comm/www 32K+Less work on WWW Leching. (AWeb) v1.4
Mildred.lha dev/basic 4.4M+Chunkygraphics library v1.51 for Blitz B
MildredLib.lha dev/basic 110K+Just the Mildred.lha v1.51 lib & docs
powerd.lha dev/e 354K+New powerful programming language v0.12
emog.lha dev/src 24K+Converts C header source to E source
DC60_config.lha disk/misc 20K+DosControl6.0 better fileID+menu V0.51
PFS3ud.lha disk/misc 216K+PFS3 undelete
ShopMailb10_03.lha docs/lists 27K+German Shops & Mailbox guide 10.03.2000
Aakt0300HTML.lha docs/mags 271K+AMIGA aktuell - German infotainment maga
ACNews_19.lha docs/mags 36K+E-zine focused on Amiga News: #19-March
3DWorldArc0200.lha docs/misc 156K+Archive of the 3D World ML for 02/0
Bat_sni.lha game/data 3K+Sniper cfg for Quake1TF
GlowMopoly.lha game/data 66K+Gfx (Glowstyle) for HBMonopoly 2+ (germa
DarkSeed-Sol.lha game/hint 3K+DarkSeed Solution (ENGLISH)
HBMonopoly.lha game/wb 524K+V2.2c of the networking Monopoly game
Nostalgia.lha misc/emu 210K+THE Multi-Emulation system, support for
sta-small.lha mods/med 40K+Static Presentz SMALL
mc-202.lha mods/smpl 388K+Roland MC-202 Sample Set (WAV 16-bit)
tr-505.lha mods/smpl 384K+Roland TR-505 Sample Set (16-bit WAV)
tr-606.lha mods/smpl 559K+Roland TR-606 Sample Set (WAV 16-bit)
tr-707.lha mods/smpl 439K+Roland TR-707 Sample Set (16-bit WAV)
tr-727.lha mods/smpl 444K+Roland TR-727 Sample Set (16-bit WAV)
tr-808.lha mods/smpl 7.1M+Roland TR-808 Sample Set (WAV 16-bit)
tr-909.lha mods/smpl 4.1M+Roland TR-909 Sample Set (WAV 16-bit)
bO-008.lha mods/techn 392K+#008 bOhema release by teo
vdo_game.lha mods/techn 461K+The 42nd voodoo release
vdo_phil.lha mods/techn 484K+The 43rd voodoo release
Bill.jpg pix/art 13K+Jpg colage with fxPaint
lch-ScreamWast.lha pix/art 186K+Horror picture (640 x 512 x 256 DblPal)
Petro.jpg pix/art 17K+Jpg colage with fxPaint
roses.jpg pix/art 16K+Jpg colage with fxPaint
RIconsSMALL.lha pix/nicon 71K+SMALL Glowicon Images based on real worl
Trek1.jpg pix/trace 170K+Klingon and Romulaner in Space
PEI-1.jpg pix/views 51K+Canada: Prince Edward Island #1
PEI-2.jpg pix/views 59K+Canada: Prince Edward Island #2
lorys_SS.jpg pix/wb 144K+My grab of shapeshifter on my A1200t Bli
HBasic_Golded.lha text/edit 411K+HiSoft Basic2 environment for Golded v6+
Typeface123.lha text/misc 245K+Bitmap font editor
Canon_lbp.lha text/print 70K+Canon LBP Printer Driver
Epson_400.lha text/print 15K+Epson Stylus 400/440/460 Driver for WB V
Epson_600.lha text/print 16K+Epson Stylus 600/700 Driver for WB V40.1
Voodoo-X.lha util/arc 101K+V1.2, Brand new unarchiving solution (XA
WarpJPEGdt.lha util/dtype 39K+JFIF-JPEG datatype (WarpOS/PPC) V44.10
MetaToolPrefs.lha util/misc 28K+Edits MetaTool config files. Good for M.
SnoopDos32.lha util/moni 128K+SnoopDos 3.2, the well known system moni
SnoopDos32_src.lha util/moni 248K+SnoopDos 3.2 sources for SAS/C
FWCalendar.lha util/rexx 154K+THE calendar creator for FW & Pagestream
vincbeta.lha util/shell 254K+The new console handler, 3.70 beta 3
run44.lha util/sys 12K+Run with detach + more! V44.1
VirusZ.lha util/virus 169K+VirusZ II 1.45 & VirusZ III 0.94
clipper.lha util/wb 45K+VERY Handy Listview tool to set the Clip
Explorer5.lha util/wb 825K+Displays File_ID`s.Converts Archives.Cre
LoonyQNX.lha util/wb 22K+QNX based VisualPrefs bitmap set
wbinfopl.lha util/wb 1K+Polish translation for WBInfo2.9 (Translation: mb)
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08.Mar.2000
ANN
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Open Amiga Foundation Progress Report
Open Amiga Foundation Progress Report.
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08.Mar.2000
AMIGALAND in ANF
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AMIGALAND to celebrate 8th birthday!
On March 8th, AMIGALAND had its 8th birthday! The big party will, as always, be celebrated in the
summer, and all of you are invited to join in. The exact date will be given later.
To survive in the Amiga market for 8 years is a very special achievement in my eyes! Congratulations
from our side :-) (ps)
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08.Mar.2000
Halil Ibrahim Tasova in ANF
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Voodoo-X 1.2 released
Voodoo-X is a fast MUI interface for xadmaster.library. If you miss WinZip or something comparable
for Amiga, you should try it. It is for decompressing only, but very well made. Voodoo-X can be
found on Aminet.
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08.Mar.2000
Stefan Ossowski by e-mail
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Aminet Set 9 CD-ROM released
The AMINET SET 9 offers you all data added since the release of Set 8, as well as full versions
of GoldEd 4.8.0, Marbelous II, AmiAtlas V4 and a special edition of Digital Almanac II. The AMINET
SET 9 (March 2000) contains over 3 gigabyte software in almost 4000 archives, with 420 MB
added since Aminet 35.
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07.Mar.2000
Daniel Orth in ANF
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Interview with Petro Tyschtschenko: "I still have loads of fun"
In an interview with the online mag amiga.topcool.de, Vice President Petro Tyschtschenko talks
about his private live, the OS3.5 sales, two new staff members in Braunschweig, and that he won't
give up (despite dwindling numbers of Amiga users; he estimates there are 80 to 100 thousand
worldwide, and about 20,000 in Germany).
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07.Mar.2000
Thomas Steiding by e-mail
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Graphic card demo of Tales From Heaven released
Epic Marketing offers a graphics card demo of the 3D Jump'n'Run "Tales From Heaven", which
has been rated 90% by German magazines, for download. More informations about the game can
be found under "Products".
Download: TfH_DemoCGX.lha - 639 Kb
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07.Mar.2000
Oliver Weiler by e-mail
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C64 Specialists wanted (repost)
Note from the translator: This is a repost, since I fumbled with the layout
of the original post. Sorry. (mb)
Did the C64 work its charm on you fifteen years ago just like us? Well, probably the Amiga did that...?
The Commodore is out of production. But in the eighties, it was the favourite toy of that generation.
Today, it is catching dust in the basement or is used by a few musicians as strange sound machine. But
perhaps you can help us on our search. Perhaps you know exactly the people we have to ask.
WHO WE ARE?
We are two communications designers from Wiesbaden who grew up with the old C64. We were constantly
blamed for wasting our time with that "thing", instead of doing important things. We now catch up
on this. :-)
WHAT'S THE PLAN?
We want to publish our Thesis by the end of 2000: "Commodore 64 Culture" (working title), researching
this phenomenon. We want to show the culture that grew around the C64, and still exists today: The
8-bit machine as stange sound machine, nostalgic toy, collector's item. Experimental, playful,
multimedia. The accompaining CD-ROM will contain well-known songs as well as C64 emulators for
PC and Mac. A webpage is also planned, elaborating on the multimedia part of the book and linking
to other C64 pages.
WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN
We are interested in the world accompaining the C64: The history, technical details, sales numbers,
press reviews, games, crackers, hackers, first office applications, copy parties, the marketing
drive of Commodore, the demo scene, today's SID-Chip fans, the self build hardware extensions,
banner printing orgies, computer "summer camps", the booming software industry of the 80ies,
waiting for datasettes, sore fingers while typing listings and what is left of that today.
WHAT DO WE WANT FROM YOU?
Of course we have to do research. We need your help with that. We are collecting opinions, details,
background information, documentation from journalists, fans and developers. From the submissions,
we will create the compendium of the C64 culture. We are looking for every detail around the "bread box":
Every contact suggestion, whom to talk to, every website we can look at. And of course your story.
HOW TO START?
If you are interested in the project, contact us. Forefront, we want to know what kind of C64 user
you have been or still are. Please describe in a few sentences what you did back then. Of course we are
curious about any kind of stories. And of course we are looking for the answers to the most important
question: Why, do you think, has the C64 been so successful, and what did it start? Afterwards, we
will contact you, and would be happy if you could answer us a couple of questions. If you know someone
who is as interested in this subject as we are, send him this e-mail. In any case, you can subscribe
to our mailing list, if you want to know about our project's progress.
DEADLINE
Submissions should be send until end of April, since our thesis has a definite deadline. Many thanks
for your attention and help.
Contact:
Oliver Weiller +49-(0)611 / 90 11 822
Matthias Schäfer +49-(0)611 / 81 00 294
c64thecult@hotmail.com
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06.Mar.2000
Pierre Preston in ANF
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X-Surf test report and betatesters for VersCheck wanted
New on the http://Amiga.Ac Amiga search engine:
Test report: XSurf Ethernet card! How good is it?
Beta testers wanted for VersCheck! Participate?
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06.Mar.2000
WHDLoad Support Page
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WHDLoad version 10.6 released
Early March, the harddisk install software WHDLoad has been released as version 10.6.
There are new installers for Bubba'n'Stix, Chambers of Shaolin and Mig-29 Soviet Fighter.
Download: WHDLoad_10.6_usr.lzx
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06.Mar.2000
Ron Görtz
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FWCalendar version 3.82 and FWCAddEvent version 3.76
Ron Görtz has released new versions of his ARexx scripts for FinalWriter.
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