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08.May.2003
Sébastien Jeudy (E-Mail)


 User: Annuaire Amiga Francophone #12
The edition 12 of the "Annuaire Amiga Francophone" has been sent to the subscribers. This is a list of French speaking Amiga users all over the world (France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec,...), which is sent out monthly.

Via the title link you can find further information and you can add your name to the list. (ps)

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08.May.2003
Wolf Zimmer und Cord Hagen (E-Mail)


 Online Magazine "NoCover" Accessible on its Own Homepage
Many Amiga fans already know about it, the time-honored online magazine "NoCover" has finally found its earned place on the Internet. The complete homepage contains clearly over 200 megabytes and was completely newly and currently uploaded on 7th May, 2003. As always, near the current edition of the loved online magazine are the old editions as well, quickly and easily found under the menu option "NoCover Guide," and individual articles may also be quickly found through a comprehensive oversight structure. A visit in the current issue or the back issues is always rewarding.

This mighty big, but long overdue, Internet debut of "NoCover" was made possible through the sponsor www.ConnectWeb.de, who made available server resources and hosting on their servers, and also together with Wolf Zimmer, who is responsible for the complete editorial portion of "NoCover," handled around the updating.

We would also like to take this opportunity to remind you all that we absolutely need active helpers for "NoCover." So we always seek volunteer editors, who have the desire to look after and care for a single area in "NoCover" and to contribute regular articles. We also rejoice over individual articles on any familiar theme. Regular editors have the advantage of getting their own email address with a giant Pop3 email post box (200 megabytes in size), and self-evidently also a secure SMTP server with authentication of the webserver "AS2-Chicago" in order to dispatch their own emails. Besides there is also an individual subdomain that will be established, so that in addition to emails regular editors may also get their own free hom page. We are able to offer this package as a little reward to all volunteer editors who would like to regularly and actively help the magazine.

Of course the online magazine may also be gotten as usual, through an email subscription from Wolf Zimmer, as well as the website APC&TCP and on Aminet.

We ask for your understanding that the new homepage, despite an astounding start, is still not fully complete, and we sincerely invite you to the "NoCover" homepage. Further we would naturally be delighted to be linked from many Internet sites, in order for "NoCover" to become again the biggest Amiga meeting point, as it was in earlier times.

We wish everyone much fun at the homepage of NoCover and rejoice at your visit. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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08.May.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)


 Toolbar for Pegasos (Test version)
Carsten Siegner writes:
"Today I've prepared my MOS-native toolbar for Pegasos in a test version. This puts PNG icons of whatever programs are used on the toolbar, where they may then be clicked.

Right now the gadgets are not yet activated, and the program thread is read from a Box.pref data. This toolbar supports only the new MorphOS icons in PNG format. The whole thing has the advantage that I can easily build FX effects into the gadgets, which look fantastic. To get this toolbar demo to run, you must download the usual libs from my homepage. This toolbar was written with "Hollywood for MorphOS." (nba) (Translation: dm)

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08.May.2003
WHDLoad (Website)


 Installer: WHDLoad - New Packets through 7th May, 2003
With WHDLoad you are able to play games off your hard-drive, games which were previously thought to be floppy-only. The following packets have been introduced or updated since our last announcement:
  • 07.05.03 fixed: Simon The Sorcerer (Adventure Soft) protection cleanup
  • 07.05.03 new: Silent Service (Mircroprose) done by Galahad
  • 04.05.03 improved: Licence to Kill (Domark) supports another version, new icons
(ps) (Translation: dm)

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08.May.2003



 amiga-news.de Survey Script Expanded
Philippe Bourdin has kindly expanded our survey script relating to two functions. For one the entered votes are now also displayed with a percentage near the quantity, and for the other there is now a grand total of the entered votes. Thanks a lot! (ps) (Translation: dm)

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08.May.2003



 amiga-news.de Community T-Shirts (Update)
Since February 2003 we've been discussing in our forum the question of if and in what form we could offer t-shirts with the amiga-news.de logo. Rolf Tingler, our home-and-garden graphic artist, has the opportunity to stain some t-shirts. To those whom "staining" doesn't mean anything: the numbers of soccer t-shirts are usually used up per staining (whoever has had this done knows how expensive it can be).

In his shop Rolf Tingler now offers different T-Shirt-Designs in different colors with the amiga-news.de logo from 17 euros and up. The shirts consist of top quality ring-spun cotton (minimum 180g/qm) with double-seams at the arm and collar. The staining is washable up to 60 degree [Celsius, I think -dm] and the colors of the staining don't fade.

The amiga-news.de logo can be printed according to the wishes of the purchaser: large across the back, small at front right breast, or both. Take a look at the pictures in the online shop, and click, to blow them up.

If you like, a nickname may be placed under the amiga-news.de logo, at no charge. This should be no more than 12 letters if possible.

Update: (14.07.2011, 00:00, cg)

While moving old static content to the database, the following gallery with pictures of the community t-shirts has been added to this news item:

 
(ps) (Translation: dm)

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07.May.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)


 New Genesi/Phoenix-Mailing list for demo coders
At MorphOS-News.de Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco announce the opening of a mailing list for demo scene coders:

The DemoScene@phinixi.com mailing list is open for business / Genesi sponsoring Demo Scene Online Party in Fall 2003.

The Peagsos I is out to about 600 avid users now and things are starting to get whipped up for the introduction of the Pegasos II in September 2003. We have always had respect for true Demo Teams because of the way technical and creative skills are intertwined to produce unique results with a computer. We decided that to truly be a success the Pegasos and MorphOS needed to do their best to support the Scene. The Scene can bring things to the Pegasos that no one else can.

To that end we have decided to lend ten fully configured and loaded Pegasos machines to Demo Teams that have demonstrated past success and a desire to produce a demo with the Pegasos for a Demo Scene online Party to be sponsored by Genesi in the Fall of 2003. The Online DemoScene Gathering will be open for voting by all Pegasos owners only -- one Pegasos, one vote. First prize for the best Demo is 1000 Euros (and keep the Pegasos), second prize 750 Euros (and keep the Pegasos) and third prize 500 Euros (and keep the Pegasos!!!). For all teams that successfully present their demo they can keep their Pegasos ( :-D ). If they agree to produce another demo they will be lent a new G4 card with the same terms (and keep the card if they deliver the demo).

To be selected for the DemoScene special offer each Team must be screened and selected by the Phoenix DemoScene Executive Committee that is being lead by Mikko Virtanen aka Hooligan of Dual Crew-Shining. We will ask "Kiero" of the MadWizards, the winner of the Equinoxe DemoScene Competiton and LoRD, of 4Mankind, the first Pegasos contest winner to also be on the committee.

We will develop a special section on the MorphZone to keep track of these special Demo Teams. All necessary documentation and support will be provided to the DemoSceneTeams.

Sincerely,
Raquel and Bill (ps) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Haage & Partner


 Haage & Partner: New Amiga start page and discussion forum
Haage & Partner have fitted their start page of the Amiga area to the new web design of the company and opend a discussion board also.

Haage & Partner write:
"Because we use HTML 4.1 (transitional) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) now the layout doesn't look good with the Amiga browsers. We tried to add some HTML tags so that the pages will work on the Amiga browsers. The deeper pages are not changed so everything stays the same here. The file size of this page is reduced with this action to 1/3...

After the server move we decided to abandon the mailing lists. But we installed with phpBB one of the best and common discussion boards. For Amiga users there are three exclusive areas and additionally the Pagestream board that is intended for all versions. The main language is German now but English is welcome also, just like it was with the mailing lists. The boards are not moderated, we ask therefore to please accept the usual rules. Abusing entries will be deleted by us without any record. We hope to get interesting discussions. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)


 Music: Liquid Skies Records #034
After a real short while there is a new music track from the Amiga music scene group Liquid Skies with the following features:

Artist: Lcr
Title: "Syberian's Destination Point"
Style: Drum'n'Base
Length: 2.49
Format: MP3 (128kbps)


The track is available for free and is to download by the title link. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
st-computer (Website)


 Infogrames renamed to Atari
Infogrames is dead - long live Atari! The French company Infogrames that bought all rights of the trademark Atari two years ago changed its name today officially and worldwide to that of the former game and computer giant. Until now Infogrames used the label Atari for publishing or licensing of some games only.

65 percent of the business activities of Atari, respective Infogrames, are located to the U.S. in the meanwhile. Due to that 60 percent of the staff in Europe has been reduced during the last year. At the stock exchange the company gained some interest during the last weeks because of a gain of their stock price of 130 percent at the Nasdaq since April the 18th 2003, after Atari announced the completion of the game "Enter The Matrix". That game covers the movie "The Matrix Reloaded". It's expected that it might become one of the most successful computer games ever, which would Atari bring back to be one of the "major players" instantly. At the stock exchange Atari is recorded at the abreviation "ATAR".

Enter The Matrix will be available from May the 15th 2003 for PC, Xbox, Gamecube and Playstation2. By the title link Atari's new website is to reach. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Golem IT-News (Website)


 Golem: Driver sources by 3dfx found at the net
There has been a complete driver source code for the Voodoo gfx cards by 3dfx found at the Internet.

More details regarding that driver are to find at www.NuAngel.net (curently offline) and at the x-3dfx forum. The 3dfx driver source code is included in an about 40 MByte sized RAR archive (to unpack it use e.g. WinRAR) called "3dfx_source_code.rar". Some direct download links are to found within the x-3dfx forum but should also to find by filesharing already. Read the complete article at Golem IT-News by following the title link. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Eule (ANF)


 Commodore ITX-64 with 933.000 MHz
Since some time there are some really small motherboards available within the PC world which almost have everything integrated which a usable PC needs. The company Mini-ITX offers some of these tiny all-in-one-boards. That ought to be nothing special but at their website they present some really weird "do it yourself PCs" which use this motherboard. Among these a PC compatible Commodore 64 with 933.000 MHz clock speed or a Commodore ITX-64.

The PC modeller set themselves to nearly no limits so you can see hifi devices with a integrated PC as DVD/DIVX player even a 5 liter keg or a biker helmet serves as a case. That page could be very inspiring for all AmigaOne and Pegasos customers who are still looking for a fitting case.

The Macintosh community also has some talented modellers, so at Applefritter there are similar case improvements for the Mac to find. Who will be looking intensivly enough will find an "Amiga 1200 laptop" as well. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
chip.de (ANF)


 Chip: Apple: Entry-level Macs faster and cheaper
»Apples educational computers eMac becomes faster and cheaper. The new product palette includes models with up to 1 GHz clocked G4-CPUs.«
Read the full article by the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)


 Amiga Future: Interview with Jens Langner
By the title link there is an interview with Jens Langner which was done by Anton Preinsack for the Amiga Future. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Golem - IT News (ANF)


 Golem: First details of the new PalmOS game handheld
Golem reports that the company Tapwave works on a game handheld which will be powered by PalmOS. The device works with an ARM 9 processor from Motorola and an ATI gfx chip. It will be intended more for the older gamers and could become a rival to the GameBoy and the Nokia nGage.

»Tapwaves Helix should reach the quality of game consoles
Yesterday the 5th of May 2003 Tapwave announced in the U.S the foundation of the company officially which is existing since May 2001. Tapwave want to bring a game handheld, codenamed Helix, based on PalmOS which shall reach a game consoles quality to the market by the end of this year. The rough technical specs are known already.«
Read the full article by the title link. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
SpawnPPC (ANF)


 WarpOS programmer needed for PD project
Dear Amiga users,

I'm Emanuele, from Italy.

I need help from a WarpOS programmer. I have the latest UAE source code version (V. 0.8.22) with all Amiga modifies. I need just to compile it but I'm not a WarpOS programmer. Please, any programmer who would partecipate with me, contact me via e-mail.

Thanx for all and excuse me for my bad english. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
ppcnux.de (ANF)


 ppcnux.de: A1 sales are good
At ppcnux.de the Pegasos and A1 is covered sometimes. »The A1 sales are well. Especially compared to the PegasosPPC. The A1 might be seen as a success in sales.«
Read the full article by the title link.

Also interesting might be the article "PowerPC: Wird es auch andersrum gehen?". »many AmigaOS users from the old days have left for Apple. Some of them are gone to Linux running on a Mac (PPC). But there is a given interest of these people: Will the AmigaOS4 or MorphOS have a chance at the Apples or IBM PPC?« (ps) (Translation: ub)

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07.May.2003
Tom Duin (ANF)


 CDDA_SwapMostLeast released and CLI2WB 1.1 update
CDDA_SwapMostLeast converts CDDA_MostSignificant (MOTOROLA) to CDDA_LeastSignificant (INTEL) CD audio format and reverse. It can convert more files, has an 'advanched' configurable save routine and can be started from Workbench. It's written in 68K machine code. Another program, CLI2WB, is updated to version 1.1 It launches easily Shell (CLI) commandline from Workbench. Configurable in its icons tooltypes. Give ASL requester own title, button, and filematching pattern and more. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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06.May.2003
Pixel Art (E-Mail)


 StartMenu: Preview of Pixload Version 3.5
You will find a preview of the start menu Pixload version 3.5 on the Pixel-Art website. If you have any suggestions and/or improvements you can send a mail to pixelart@wanadoo.fr. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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06.May.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


 'Super Tennis Champs' free for download
The former commercial game "Super Tennis Champs" is now with consent of the author Elton Bird free for download. A HD-Installer for "Super Tennis Champs" is available at the Aminet. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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06.May.2003
GFX-BASE


 GFX-BASE: Review of the Pegasos by Stefan Blixth
On GFX-BASE you will find a review of the Pegasos by Stephan Blixth published here. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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06.May.2003
ELBOX COMPUTER (E-Mail)


 Elbox: Free Shipping with Purchase of Mediator
Elbox Computer, manufacturer of hardware and software for Amiga computers, announces free shipping for all Mediator purchases from the Elbox Online Store between 05 - 20 May 2003. For details, see the Special Offer page under the titlelink. (nba)

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06.May.2003
A.D.A.


 A.D.A.: Breakpoint- and Gathering-Updates
Four new demos and intros from the Breakpoint Party 2003 and The Gathering 2003 were added to the demo-online-collection "Amiga Demoscene Archive":
  • Timur Lenk/Spaceballs and Ephidrena. Another corcker from the famous duo Slummy/Spaceballs and Loaderror/Ephidrena. 1st place at Breakpoint 4k intro competition. As always, stunning music, cool effects, good looking. Nothing more to add, just check it out! Highly recommended!

  • Magia/The Black Lotus. Another TBL demo, another winner at Germany's Easter demo party. Check out the credits behind this demo and you know that it will be good. Notably a return from Desktop/CNCD with fab logos, and Blaizer/The Silents on the music. Recommended.

  • Light 2/Iris. What a surprise this was. Iris seem to have decided to leave the oldskool style finally behind them and they surprise with this amazing demo. Utmost respect must go to Dr.Doom who not only coded the whole thing, but pixelled all the graphics work and did a very fine job on that. Music by Tricktrax is cool too. Again, higly recommended.

  • Fake Electronik Lightshow/Ephidrena. 2nd place at The Gathering 2003 in a joined PC demo compo. Nothing much to say here. Download this and see what demomaking is all about. Phat tune, wicked visuals, synchro, energy, ... Extremely highly recommended ;).
(nba)

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05.May.2003
Martin Rebentisch (DaFreak) (ANF)


 Music: Liquid Skies records #033
The music label "Liquid Skies record" of the Amiga scene published a new music file. This time the release #033 contains a MP3-Tune in the Trance style with the title "Free" by their newest member Ritzu. Made with the Amiga!

!NEWS!
- Ritzu (in the demo scene member of PicSaintLoup & appendix) joins as a musician -
!NEWS! (ps) (Translation: sk)

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05.May.2003
ScummVM Amiga Ports Seite (ANF)


 ScummVM 0.4.0 work in progress & new demo
ScummVM 0.4.0 will be published with in the next weeks. With ScummVM LucasArts Classic Adventures can be played on new systems. So it is now possible to play games like 'Day of the Tentacle' and 'Sam and Max on the road' on the Amiga and other systems, since there ports for many other systems.

The main programmers are currently working on the new version 0.4.0. The following new features are planned:
  • BENEATH A STEEL SKY - Integration (although it does not belong to the LucasArts games, similarly as Simon The Sorcerer 1 & 2)
  • Integration of the old EGA versions of Monkey Iceland, Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken, Loom and Indy3
As soon as the 0.4.0-Port for the Amiga is available, by Adam Waldenberg (WarpScumm), the following will be possible:
  • FULL THROTTLE - VOLLGAS (for the first time completely playable on the Amiga!!)
  • THE DIG (also for the first time completely playable on the Amiga!!)
  • THE CURSE OF MONKEY ISLAND (..for the first time on the Amiga!!)
The original Windows versions of the games are needed for ScummVM. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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05.May.2003
OpenBSD (Website)


 Unix: OpenBSD 3.3
On 1 May 2003 the version 3.3 of the Open Source Unix operating system "OpenBSD" was released. This release contains among other things the following components:
  • XFree86 4.2.1
  • Gcc 2.95.3 (+ patches)
  • Perl 5.8.0 (+ patches)
  • Apache 1.3.27, mod_ssl 2.8.12, DSO support (+ patches)
  • OpenSSL 0.9.7beta3 (+ patches)
  • Groff 1.15
  • Sendmail 8.12.9
  • Bind 9.2.2 (+ patches)
  • Lynx 2.8.2rel.1 with HTTPS support added (+ patches)
  • Sudo 1.6.7
  • Ncurses 5.2
  • Latest KAME IPv6
  • KTH Kerberos 1.1.1
  • Heimdal 0.4e (+ patches)
  • OpenSSH 3.6
OpenBSD supports different systems, among them i386, Mac68k, the Pegasos and 68k-Amigas (in version 3.2).

Further information is available at the title link. Information about the Amiga version (of wich the current release will be the last one) can be found at www.openbsd.org/amiga.html. (nba) (Translation: sk)

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05.May.2003



 Aminet Uploads until 05.05.2003
Here the Aminet Uploads which were added since our last message: 
AmiDiction.lha       comm/tcp    26K+Online Dictionary
BabelDoc.lha         comm/tcp    34K+Translate docs or strings from one langu
ReCatItPro_SP.lha    dev/misc     7K+ReCatIt Pro 1.0 spanish catalog v1.0.0
cfd.lha              disk/misc   73K+Use CompactFlash cards in your PCMCIA sl
fat95.lha            disk/misc  132K+Win95/98 compatible file system
SFS.lha              disk/misc  210K+Smart Filesystem copyrighted by John Hen
nocover110.lha       docs/mags  2.1M+Great german diskmagazine
PegasosReview.txt    docs/rview  10K+A review of the Pegasos PPC computer sys
ZoneXplorer.lha      gfx/fract  2.9M+Modular,true color fractal explorer (PPC
Reko2As.lha          gfx/ifx      2K+Convert Reko cardsets to AS-.....
imdbDiff030425.lha   misc/imdb  2.2M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
FullMetalPlan.lha    mods/misc  189K+Custom module from "Full Metal Planete"
Lotus2.lha           mods/misc    5K+Custom module from "Full Metal Planete"
PurpleSatDay.lha     mods/misc  122K+Custom module from "Purple Saturn Day"
EP_Protracker.lha    mus/play    16K+EaglePlayer "Protracker" external replay
EP_PSA.lha           mus/play     9K+EaglePlayer "Professional Sound Artists"
fraphix_001.lha      pix/anim   249K+Demo of FraphiX's power (27.01.1997)
fraphix_002.lha      pix/anim   307K+Demo of FraphiX's power (11.10.1995)
fraphix_003.lha      pix/anim   209K+Demo of FraphiX's power (23.01.1997)
HTMLstrip.lha        text/hyper  26K+HTML stripper which can also replace HTM
(ps) (Translation: sk)

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04.May.2003
Amig@lien (ANF)


 Descent: Freespace Server
This Sunday Amig@lien are putting a Freespace server on the Web. The IP address as well as possibly necessary information can be obtained in the Amiga Freespace Forum (see title link). Up to four players may connect to the server at any one time. The reason is that unfortunately only one ISDN line is available for this (should the offer prove successful, it might be possible to offer channel bundling on some Sundays). You can play with the patched PC version and of course also with the Amiga version (all versions except demo). (ps) (Translation: cb)

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04.May.2003
AmigaWorld.net (ANF)


 Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 8
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 8 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-17, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):

1) IonMane: Some software is now available for DE, yet I had difficulty finding out info on it, or even where to buy it. How do you plan on marketing it, do you plan to get in on shelves in supermarkets/department stores?

Fleecy: In discussions with potential partners, we have discovered that they are keen to rebadge and sell it themselves, for example the MS PocketPaks using Amiga Anywhere. They want to do this for several reasons, whether it be to use their existing marketing resources and branding or else to build up their own marketing brand, for example we are working with a company that has a rather unique expansion capability and they want to use Amiga Anyware products to show it off. Due to this, we are having to create a multi thread marketing strategy that promotes Amiga Anyware as a whole without damaging any of the particular marketing threads and opportunities.

The power of the underlying AmigaDE technology is that we can create multiple deployment models - cards, players, standalones etc and each one represents a separate marketing domain.

To answer your question, we already have one chain in the US (CompUSA) shipping the cards, Microsoft are pushing these cards to other chains and are investigating expansion opportunities. Other potential partners are at various stages but most seem to want to control the marketing. To bring it all together, we will be revising the Amiga Anyware website so that the different deployment types and different pieces of content will have their own separate resources so you will be able to search through the available content, find out in which products it ships and locate their availability.

2) Doobrey: Are there any plans( or even pipedreams) to have an AmigaOne or derivative as an "all on board" system (ie video, sound etc. all on the motherboard) for STB or embedded use?

Fleecy: We have several hardware vendors ranging from small to huge who are interested in the AmigaOS on a variety of devices that span the digital device market, all the way upto servers and workstations. Most of these devices already exist as either prototypes or reference designs and the companies involved are looking for an advanced multimedia capable operating system. We are keeping them closely informed as to the progress of AmigaOS4.0 and are already including requirements from them into the specification for AmigaOS4.1 and beyond.

3) ShadesOfGrey: For those of us who've already made that decision, and those of us considering this decision. How does Amiga Inc. plan to entice us back to AmigaOS 4 AND 'AmigaOS 5'? To be a bit more precise, once the die-hard community has been satisfied (or perhaps placated) by the release (or is the proper term is launch) of AmigaOnes and/with AmigaOS 4. Does Amiga Inc. have any formative plans for recapturing the dormant Amiga user and developer community?

Fleecy: Obviously we want to sell the AmigaOS into as many markets as possible and I have hinted at how we intend to do this in previous Q&A sessions. I do not want to go into too much detail since competitors are constantly on the lookout for any details of our plans so that they can adopt or stymie them as suits their agenda.

4) Treke: Don't you think that the success of 'mainstream' platforms (I think windoze) is also based on the ease of development (mass development) for them ? Has Amiga plans to make available some RAD tools for Amiga OS 4.x or AmigaOS 5.x ?

Fleecy: It is a fact that the success of a platform is down to the amount of content available for it. Whilst the AmigaOS does have a huge backlog of quality content, we need to create new content that takes advantage of the new features of AmigaOS4.0 (and beyond that of AG2). Having a friendly and easy to use development environment set which appeals to all levels of developer, from hobby to commercial is crucial to the growth of the content portfolio and we have plans to attend to this whilst also pushing the development envelope in terms of technologies.

5) IonMane: Could you tell us about SHEEP?What is it, and where does it fit into Amiga Incs. plan?

Fleecy: This follows on from Q4. We want a single, simple universal language that can be used to 'talk' to the environment, whether that be an extended shell, scripts, querying or shells. Such a language would sit at the heart of our future environment, making it a more social, more interactive experience that graphical manipulation and projection.

6) IonMane: Just how powerful is the DE player?Is it possible, for example, to write a Office suite with the capabilities of MS office/Open Office?

Fleecy: Firstly, the AmigaDE is a technology set for the creation of products. The DE Player was a prototype product that allowed for content portability. Amiga Anyware was our first proper commercial product, allowing for multiple deployment options against a content portfolio. As to how powerful is it? It is as powerful as its host in terms of performance and in terms of capabilities, we are expanding them all the time - enhanced 2D, 3D support, data storage and organisation options. It is more than capable of providing a productivity environment which in reality is a lot less demanding that many of the games being written or already available. We need to add a few more GUI gadgets to make it more productivity friendly but they are in the pipeline.

7) IonMane: If this is possible, is it possible to take this exact program and use it directly on say a Linux, Mac or AmigaOne? (providing the DE player is available for these platforms?

Fleecy: That is the point of the AmigaDE and we have already demonstrated this, with the same content runnning on both Linux, Embedded Linux, Symbian, Windows, PocketPC and across Arm, MIPS, SHn, and x86 processors. We just have to make sure that the DE environment is available for the particular deployment HW/SW.

8) horizone: The Commodore 64 got you right into a BASIC interpreter 2 seconds after powerup and the original Amiga included AmigaBasic. I think DOS included a basic too... WindowsXP at least have Paintbrush and a bunch of small games to start having fun with out of the box. How will the newbie AmigaOne owner get started with creative and fun stuff without spending more money on full games and apps right away?

Fleecy: What we are intending to do is offer a contributions drawer, where third parties can provide freeware, shareware and either full or limited versions of their commercial products. In this way the user has a good selection of powerful applications with which to experiment right out of the box and the third party developers gain maximum access to the potential customer base for their products. We had talked to developers and users about the very problem you describe and this is the solution that they suggested.

9) ssolie: How does Amiga Inc. influence and control the development path of AmigaOS when you do not have direct control over the source code? For example, Hyperion may add/remove/change features that would be counterproductive to your goals.

Fleecy: Far too much has been made of the fact that ownership of the AmigaOS rests with Hyperion at the moment, mostly by those with an interest in encouraging mischief. It was done as a protective measure to ensure that if anything happened to Amiga Inc then the community wouldn't have to put up with another x years of uncertainty. The actual development process itself is already well documented and agreed at the highest levels. I have also mentioned before that AmigaOS4.0 is unique in that it is mostly about moving from old hardware to a new abstract hardware definition whilst the Amiga Generation 2 (AG2) project is about advancing the capabilities of the product as a whole; as such Hyperion, with its expertise in classic hardware, porting and PPC architectures is far more qualified to make that transition than the staff at Amiga Inc.

10) JubalHarshaw: I was wondering what direction the AmigaDE side of things will move in... as far as what markets besides the current one. (forgive me if that's not clear, English isn't my strong point yet :) What I mean is, where is it moving into, and where do you see AmigaDE making the biggest impact?

Fleecy: AmigaDE will continue to flesh out its capabilities in response to the demands made on it by its derivative products and the customers of those products. For example, the enthusiastic response to the Gamecard technology, one of the Amiga Anyware deployments is causing us to extend the Quickstart, Autostart and PIPO (Pop In/Pop Out) feature sets. At its heart though, AmigaDE will always be a portable content solution whilst for dedicated products such as desktops and workstations which require a full environment, the AmigaOS will be enhanced and pushed.

As far as impact, AmigaDE derivatives will have most impact where a product domain has a heterogeneous profile. So, in a market where content solutions are more important than implementations, such as the embedded market, the ability of the DE to offer the same content across those many different product implementations will be valuable whereas in a product domain where one manufacturer and implementation dominates then it will have less of an impact (although even in this case, the high efficiency of the AmigaDE coupled with the quality of the content makes a compelling case all of its own.

Over time, the idea of a multi product matrix will become a very powerful driver for the AmigaDE. A digital home with a mix of devices that ranges from PDAs, Tablets, TVs, Consoles, Laptops, Smartphones, DVD players and even washing machines, air conditioning and automobiles will benefit immensely from something like the AmigaDE, which attempts to create a single, contiguous solution above the various devices.

(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=9
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (ps) (Translation: cb)

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03.May.2003
Klaus Arnold (ANF)


 Tournament: Kick Off 2 WC 2003 in Igersheim on June, 7th 2003
After the great success of the Kick Off 2 World Championship 2002 in Osnabrück, in which 32 contestants participated, it continues on June, 7th 2003. The incumbent world champion organizes the tournament this time in Igersheim, a small town near Würzburg (Germany).

There's only a small number of places free and therefore everybody who wants to participate should hurry and register via an entry into the guestbook.

P.S. Of course it will be played only with the Amiga version! (ps) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003
Rüdiger Engel (ANF)


 Photos of 4. VFCe in Munich
The Vintage Computer Festival Europe, taking place this year for the 4th time and also opening tomorrow, is a real pleasure for fans of old computers from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. I'd had a look at the show today and made some photos that can be found following the title link.

There were many computers to be seen and to be used by yourself in all since the early sixties of the last century, from pure calculating machines via the home computers of the eighties to workstations and mainframes by Control Data and Cray Research. The last mentioned ones can only be seen within an excursion about the Projekt Cray-Cyber which is very recommendable. To see a CDC 960 with NOS on it in action is an absoloute highlight!

People living near Munich with at least a little interest for working old computers shouldn't miss the VCFe - tomorrow the festival is opened till 17.00 o'clock. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003
Michael Böhmer (ANF)


 Update of E3B website
The E3B website has been updated. Among other things has the USB list of supported devices been updated and the photos of ROMulus and ALGOR were replaced by those of the produced cards. (ps) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003
Amiforce (ANF)


 Amiforce: new Amiblitz2.32 distribution
Today was a new full distribution of Amiblitz2.32 uploaded. In the last distribution had unfortunately been some errors included. Besides, there had been no up-to-date German versions of Amiblitz2 (compiler) and PED (editor) in the archive. Because of these in conveniences was this archive completely removed.

The new distribution now contains completely updated German versions, the guide has been enhanced und has been translated completely into German. Furtheron were some errors in the install script fixed.

Amiblitz2.32 brings together with bugfixes the following improvements/enhancements:
  1. Fixed Gadtools.lib that i.e. removes the limitation to four colors in shape gadgets.
  2. MUI is now completely supported thanks to MUI2.res.
  3. AHI is now really supported.
  4. OpenGL is now via StormMesa possible.
Regarding the last point it is important to consider the stack size in the Amiblitz2 icon of at least 300 KB. This must not be lowered in no case if OpenGL shall be used. A GL demo is included in the distribution.

Archives Digger95 and Diamantus corrected:
The game Digger95 seemed to be transferred incompletely during the upload. This has now been fixed. In the Diamantus archive had been two different versions. This has possibly irritated some users. The older version was removed and only the most up-to-date version remains in the archive. The archives were compressed with LHA level6 unfortunately causing some problems while decompressing with the XAD.library and older versions of LHA. In the future this shall not happen again.

In the next days we'll place finally something in the music section again. Had been calm in this area a long time. ;-) (ps) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003



 Aminet uploads till 03.05.2003
Here the new Aminet uploads since our last message: 
FlushHeaders.lha     comm/news   35K+FlushHeaders for Yam2NN_087 V39.20
Labyzarre.lha        game/wb     47K+Find your way to the exit! (Update)
CycloScope1.1.lha    gfx/misc    30K+Useless artistic math-graphic based prog
Alecos-WB-12.jpg     pix/wb     142K+Workbench Screenshot 800x600 16 Bit by A
Alecos-WB-13.jpg     pix/wb     180K+Workbench Screenshot 1024x768 16 Bit by 
Homer_DataFix3.lha   util/misc  2.6M+Latest NewHomer (v1.87) Sample Set
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03.May.2003
WHDLoad (website)


 Installer: WHDLoad - new packages till 02.05.2003
With WHDLoad you can now install games thought to be disk only on your hard drive. The following packages have been added/updated since our last message:
  • 02.05.03 new: Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge (Zeppelin) done by Bored Seal
  • 02.05.03 improved: Another World (Delphine Software)
(nba) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003
APC&TCP (website)


 Disk-Magazine: NoCover 110 released
The NoCover #110 was released a few days ago. You can read the magazine online on the APC&TCP website and download it. (nba) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003
morphos-news.de


 Sequencer: port of Barsnpipes for MorphOS
According to a message on morphos-news.de is the MIDI sequencer Barsnpipes, once commercial software and nowadays developed as freeware by Alfred Faust, being ported to MorphOS. Read here his notes on the port:

"I've just started an attempt to port BarsnPipes to the MorphOS - Pegasos - system. It is near unbelievable how fast this system is. Compiling is done 20 - 30 times faster than on my 68040/40-AMIGA. The loading process of the 500 pics for BarsnPipes at startup is done in 1.5 seconds (!). Because porting to MorphOS is real a hard work, I must terminate the further development on the AMIGA-line for the moment. I don't know if I can port BarsnPipes completely to MorphOS ... but I try it." (nba) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003



 Magazine: The Crypt #29
Issue #29 of the English online magazine "The Crypt" with the title "Ghosts and Ghouls" was released. Read online following the title link or in the offline version (see below) among other things Amiga news, jokes and further reports.

Download: online29.zip (nba) (Translation: wk)

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03.May.2003
#amigascene


 TV cards driver: SuperTV beta version 1.0 for Mediator
Today has Peter Gordon, former employee of Darkage Software, released the version 1.0 of SuperTV (an alternative to the TV software for the PCI busboard Mediator by Elbox). This version fixes some bugs and offers new features.

Features of SuperTV:
  • MUI GUI
  • Channel select gadgets in the TV window border
  • Keyboard control
  • ARexx port
  • Fullscreen borderless mode
  • Pop up menus
  • Easily selectable channel presets
Changes since version 0.8:
  • Localisation. Italian and Suomi catalogs included.
  • Double clicking in the TV window toggles fullscreen
  • Optional custom picture settings for each channel
  • Cancel button now actually reverts to the last saved or used settings
(nba) (Translation: wk)

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02.May.2003
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) (ANF)


 AmigaInput-article by Steffen Häuser at Amiga Inc.
On the page of Amiga Inc. there is an article which was formerly only meant for the club Amiga-section and which can be now read by everybody. This article was written by Steffen Häuser and is about the new AmigaInput which belongs to the new Amiga OS4. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003
Henk Jonas (ANF)


 MetaView goes Freeware
MetaView which is a (not only in the Amiga world) unique convert program for converting cliparts/vector graphics/cad-drawings is now Freeware. On the website of Henk Jonas you can download the program.

Additional to the keyfile the archive also contains the source code (in E) of MetaView and the AMFF-libraries. Therefore you may develop the program further.

Henk Jonas explicitly allows you to use the source codes for Freeware programs as long as the program will be mentioned. If you want to use the source code commercially it can be given a licence.

MetaView supports graphics of the following formats: WMF, HPGL, EPS, AI, DR2D, DSDR, WPG, GEM and CGM.

Henk Jonas, Berlin (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003
Amigalien (ANF)


 Amigalien News Update
Today on Amig@lien News a new opinion poll has been started. Additionally two programs and a CD-collection were voted as the best programs. A list with current interviews has been also updated. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003
Constantinos Nicolakakis (E-Mail)


 Tool: SRename 3.7.0 final version
Constantinos Nicolakakis has published the final version 3.7.0 of the tool 'SRename'. With this tool which works from OS3.0 on you can comfortably rename files. In the new version the following features have been added and bugs fixed:

New features in this version:
  • Automatic renaming when new filename already exists. "Noautoren" (nar) option has been added to deactivate it.
  • "Noautopsep" (nap), "Noautossep" (nas), "Autopsep" (aup), "Autossep" (aus) options added to control the handling of prefix and suffix separators when prefix and suffix is created or deleted.
  • "Addonly" (ao) secondary argument added to "Prefix", "Main" and "Suffix" selectors. When used it prevents existing components from being modified, and components are added if they don't already exist.
Bugfixes:
  • Redirection of filename and comment with "Tofilename" and "Tocomment" can now work in Immediate and Reuse (cached) mode as required by the user, instead of the previous fixed partially cached mode.
  • Several core bugs fixed that prevented proper renaming with certain action and immediate/reuse mode combinations.
  • Parser bug fixed occasionally broke the parsing process if commands with secondary arguments were used.
  • Some memory misallocations fixed.
Other changes:
  • Now the usage text is printed if no arguments are given.
Download: SRename370.lha (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003
Merregnon (Website)


 Music: New website for Merregnon
Finally, Merregnon Studio proudly presents the new website to all of our visitors. Many thanks for the great work go to Roma Nesin, our senior web designer, as well as to Joanna Pilarczyk and Alberto Severeso for the drawings and textures.

Merregnon - learn about the background of the development of such an immense product, or take a look at the universe section to read about the characters of our story. There is much to discover, and we hope you will enjoy your stay!

Last but not least: always feel free to tell us what you think about our work by clicking on "keeping in touch". (nba)

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02.May.2003
Dirk Stoecker (E-Mail)


 Game: New Klondike-card sets on RekoNet
On RekoNet which is a collection of card sets, programs and links for the Klondike game by Reko-Productions new card sets have been added. Thus currently 1127 card sets which are 700 MB in zip-format are available. The news in detail:
  • 4 Carrot-card sets by Allan Rasmussen
  • Cardsets by Foxystoat
  • Dizney- and Buffy-card set by Jennifer Warner
  • 3 card sets by Vegard Krog Petersen
  • further new card sets
(nba) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003
Daniela Lenz (ANF)


 Retro magazine with Amiga-section
For one year the "Retro Magazin" has been published for all fans of consoles of the 80s. Above all the magazine is about 8-bit and 16-bit consoles and about computer games. From issue 06/03 on there is also an Amiga and Atari-ST section. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003



 Opinion poll concerning the screen mode
Today we have started a new opinion poll asking you which screen mode you use on your monitor.

There are the following possibilities to answer:
  • 640 x 480
  • 800 x 600
  • 1024 x 768
  • 1152 x 864
  • 1280 x 768
  • 1280 x 1024
  • 1600 x 900
  • 1600 x 1024
  • 1600 x 1200
  • Other
Because it is not possible to choose several answers please choose this screen mode which you use most times. Have fun! (ps) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2003



 Aminet Updates until 02.05.2003
There are new Aminet uploads: 
BabelDoc.lha         comm/tcp    34K+Translate docs or strings from one langu
NotizieAmiga.lha     docs/lists 1.5M+Mailing-list NotizieAmiga 04/2003 (Itali
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02.May.2003
Sebastian Eichholz (ANF)


 Online opinion poll for Amiga Demo-DVD (MindCandy 2)
After the first issue of the DVD "MindCandy" which contained two DVDs with historical PS-demos (the demo scene is meant here, not game demos) as pure videos currently the second issue is planned. This second issue is supposed to contain the best Amiga demos.

In order to guarantee the best choice an online opinion poll was started. Additional to details of the DVD production it also asked for the best Amiga demos. So if you want to have the demos on your big TV hopefully many people will take part in. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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01.May.2003
Thomas Nosutta (ANF)


 New Amithlon Libraries: powerpci.library and lowlevel.library
Harald Frank and Guido Mersemann have released new software for Amithlon computers. A new "powerpci.library" version 2.11 (urgently needed for the use of the Spider2 USB) and a new "lowlevel.library" version 41.17 (for the use of PC joypads/joysticks on the sound card gameport). (ps) (Translation: dm)

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01.May.2003
Brad Webb (E-Mail)


 Amiga Update Newsletter from Brad Webb #030430
Under the title link you'll find the complete newslette of Amiga Update (Brad Webb) for April 2003. In his English language Newsletter, Brad Webb summarizes each month all the new developments on the theme Amiga. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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01.May.2003
Rafal Kaczmarczyk (E-Mail)


 Database: XBaze Website Moved
The website of the databank 'XBase' by Rafal Kaczmarczyk has moved and is now reachable at the URL http://www.xbaze.prv.pl.

The current version of 'XBaze' is the 7.3 Beta 8. The program offers an easy-to-use editor for the data-fields and layout (Drag&Drop). It runs on AmigaOS V3.0 and now also on MorphOS.

Bugreports and suggestions may be sent to the following address: xbaze@amiga.pl.

Download: XB-7.3B8.lzx (ps) (Translation: dm)

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01.May.2003
Jochen Abitz (ANF)


 Mac-TV Offers Retro Weekend
 

GRAND RETRO WEEKEND
  • This Saturday and Sunday on Mac-TV.de.
  • Great program on Sunday at 9 PM!
  • The boldly cool nerds with their flying cases:
    Apple, Commodore, NeXT, Atari, Amiga, PCs!
(ps) (Translation: dm)

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01.May.2003
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) (ANF)


 Issue 4 of Club Amiga Magazine from Amiga Inc. Appears
The monthly Club Amiga magazine has appeared in its issue #4 (May). There's an article from Olaf Barthel in there about the Amiga Fast File System, and a new status report of AmigaOS 4, and a few other interesting articles. (ps) (Translation: dm)

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01.May.2003



 Aminet Updates through 1st May, 2003
Here are the new Aminet uploads since our last report: 
smoother.lha         game/gag     9K+Small joke program to "smoothen" your mo
ahiusr.lha           mus/misc   352K+Retargetable audio v5.5, User's Archive
SteBaseConv.lha      util/conv   36K+Numeric base converter ITA-ENG + source
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30.Apr.2003
Amiga Future (E-Mail)


 Amiga Future: Interview with Samuel Rydh (Mac-on-Linux)
At the Amiga Future homepage there has been a German interview with Samuel Rydh published at the article area. "Mac-on-Linux" (short "MOL") is discussed hotly within the Amiga community since some months, does it enable the use of MacOS incl. MacOS X at the AmigaOne and the Pegasos. Anton Preinsack has talked to Samuel Rydh, the main developer of MOL. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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30.Apr.2003
Jabberwocky (Website)


 Instant messenger: Jabberwocky V1.4
Tom Parker and Matthias Münch have released the version 1.4 of the instant messenger 'JabberWocky' for Amiga computers. Jabber is an open XML protocol for a direct message exchange.

A connect with other instant messengers like AIM, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo is possible by using gateways.

Download: Jabberwocky030429.lha

Changes within this version:
  • http.c - Added Content-Type and Filesize to Transfer Header and eliminated null character in the Header. File transfers using WEB Browser now work. Apr 5, 2003
  • transfer.c - Eliminated superflous gadgets from File Transfer window to reduce user confusion. Apr 6, 2003
  • userinfo.c - Added seperate update procedure for Transports to avoid double roster entries. Apr 15, 2003 (Bug ID 584725)
  • roster.c - Replaced double contact removal with seperate removals for Users and Transports. Eliminated subscribing to Transports to avoid double roster entries. Transports are supposed to be registered and not subscribed anyway. Apr 16, 2003
  • agents.c - Added line to clear agents list when connecting. Eliminates multiple agents lists when disconnecting and reconnecting. Apr 20, 2003 (Bug ID 550881)
  • presence.c - Eliminated duplicate subscription requests when disconnecting and reconnecting. Eliminated enforcer hit that occurred if the Subscription Window "Accept" or "Reject" buttons were clicked after the last subscription request was removed. Apr 21, 2003 (Bug ID 554328)
  • roster.c - Added functions to close any open user windows before removing a contact. Also added error_pix to the roster dispose function. Apr 24, 2003 (Bug ID 549722)
  • roster.c - Added functions to close all open user windows before disconnecting. Fixes enforcer hits that occur if you disconnect, reconnect and attempt to use windows that remained open. Apr 25, 2003
Note - The changes I made in roster.c and userinfo.c clear up the enforcer hits that are present in the current prerelease of v 1.4. It doesn't fix the source of the problem though. I think the hits are actually originating in the iksemel library when some unexpected or unusual XML is received. Something may have to be changed there eventually. (nba) (Translation: ub)

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30.Apr.2003
Bjorn Lynne (E-Mail)


 Audio track "Call to Ancestors" by Bjorn Lynne online
Bjorn Lynne writes:
"First of all, many many thanks to those of of you who already bought the new CD "Power Liquids", which I released about two weeks ago. This is an album of trance / electronica that I made toghether with my friends in Aural Planet, and it has been extremely well received so far. Thanks again to those of you who have given your support so far, by ordering the CD.

Due to popular demand (!) I have now made one full-length track from the album available to hear online at http://www.mp3.com/bjornlynne. It's the first mp3 track there. This is in addition to the short mp3 clips from ALL the songs on the CD, which you can still hear at: http://www.lynnemusic.com/powerliquids.html

While you are at my mp3 page, please give all my other tracks a play as well, as it may help them to get higher in the mp3.com charts and make more people "discover" my music through the mp3.com site. Thank you!

And for those of you who have still not discovered the new album: "Power Liquids", you can read all about it (or even order it) here: http://www.lynnemusic.com/powerliquids.html. Your order (should you place one!) will be shipped out within 24 hours by me, personally." (nba) (Translation: ub)

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30.Apr.2003
Martin Heine (E-Mail)


 Pegasos: Summary of all the things regarding the Articia
Within a comment at OSNews.com Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck sum up all the mess regarding the Articia chip and confirm the use of the Marvell-Northbridge for the Pegasos II. The support by Marvell and their interest for the Pegasos II is said to be very high.

The Articia-S versions were specified. The northbridges used for the Pegasos I are said to be Articia S #A660BNGP, these were not produced any longer. For testing purpose some of the new Articia S #A660BNGE were purchased.

The specs for the G4 cards (July) and the Pegasos II (September) were confirmed within the comment.

Furthermore links to BeOS pages are listed which cover Genesi's attendance at the BeGeistert show: BeGroovy, BeForever and LeBuzz.

Again the Pegasos II will be offered for a reduced price to the Phoenix members after the demand for the Pegasos I has not been feeded completely.

Finally they tell that Eugenia Loli-Queru, chief editor of OSNews, received a Pegasos so that there will be a report by her soon. (ps) (Translation: ub)

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30.Apr.2003
WHDLoad (Website)


 Installer: WHDLoad - New packages until 04-29-2003
With WHDLoad you can install games to the hard disk which were aimed for floppy disk use only. The following packages were added or improved since the last release:
  • 29.04.03 improved: Defender of the Crown (Cinemaware) memory config changed
  • 29.04.03 improved: Shadow of the Beast (Psygnosis) misc changes
  • 29.04.03 improved: Body Blows Galactic (Team 17) complete rework
  • 29.04.03 improved: Strip Poker 2+ (Anco) supports another version and data disk
  • 29.04.03 new: Simon The Sorcerer (Adventure Soft) done by Psygore
  • 25.04.03 new: Combo Racer (Gremlin) done by Psygore
  • 22.04.03 new: Shock Wave (Lightsource Productions/Digital Magic) done by Galahad
  • 21.04.03 New WHDLoad V15.2, minor fixes and changes
(ps) (Translation: ub)

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30.Apr.2003
AND Software (Website)


 Context menu: ContextSAS V1.72 and ContextPrefs V1.34
The programm ContextSAS by Andre Dörffler provides the possibility to create and use context sensitive menus for AmigaOS3.5+. The DefIcons system is supported. With some additional tools it is possible to iconify Workbench windows and to create system links.

Since yesterday the version 1.72 of ContextSAS and version 1.34 of ContextPrefs is provided for download. This time mostly bugs were wiped out and the look was polished. Some new features wee added:
  • AutoSelect: Selects icons at the WBDesktop automatically.
  • Title: Shows the object name as title.
  • Prefeences: The internal menus can be configured now.
Downloadbereich (ps) (Translation: ub)

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30.Apr.2003



 Bill McEwen, President/CEO of Amiga, Inc., to attend AmiWest 2003
Amiga, Inc. announces that Bill McEwen the CEO of Amiga, Inc. will once again attend AmiWest.

McEwen: "There is a great deal of activity going on at Amiga, and I am looking forward to sharing it all with you. We have kept ourselves focused and stayed the course toward success. I look forward to seeing all of you again in Sacramento." (nba)

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29.Apr.2003
Patrick Henz (E-Mail)


 Digital Album "Brasil" Version 2.6
The Digital Album "Brasil" is a huge collection which shows the most interesting and beautiful places of Brasil. It includes more than 530 photos. It can be used on all computer platforms and beside that on many DVD-Players, which feature the Kodak PictureCD-(JPG)-format.

Content:
Bahia / Bahia ... 009
Bahia / Salvaor ... 051
District Federal / Brasilia ... 057
Minas Gerais / Minas Gerais ... 006
Minas Gerais / Pirenopolis ... 002
Minas Gerais / Sao Joao del Rei ... 021
Minas Gerais / Tiradentes .... 015
Rio de Janeiro / Arraial do Cabo ... 019
Rio de Janeiro / Buzios ... 010
Rio de Janeiro / Cabo Frio ... 005
Rio de Janeiro / Niteroi ... 005
Rio de Janeiro / Petropolis ... 025
Rio de Janeiro / Rio de Janeiro ... 220
Rio de Janeiro / Saquarema ... 024
Rio Grande do Sul / Porto Alegre ... 066


Beside the photo archive the CD-ROM includes Brazilian background themes for Amiga and Windows (with sound), two audio tracks (Samba de Smurfet, Verao), the digital postcard system to send postcards over the Internet and a webpage with interesting links to the different places. Price: 8 Euro. (nba)

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29.Apr.2003
Chris Seward (ANF)


 Magazine: Amiga Information Online to close...
In what will be exactly six years in the making of the long running and popular magazine Amiga Information Online will see it finally cease publication. We would like to thank the Amiga community for their continued support.

Please feel free to email your goodbye commets to goodbye@aioworld.com or use the form on our website www.aioworld.com.

The May 2003 due for release at the end of May will be our last. (ps)

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29.Apr.2003
HSC (Website)


 HTML-Tool: HSC Version 0.930
The HTML preprocessor "HTML Sucks Completly" (HSC) (origin from Thomas Aglassinger) was released in version 0.930 from Matthias Bethke. The source code can be compiled onto all supported platforms; tested are Linux, HP/UX 10.20, and AmigaOS. A documentation in HTML is online available. The download file contains also the latest prefs- and macrofiles. The version 0.930 contains some minor bugfixes. (ps) (Translation: gf)

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29.Apr.2003



 Aminet Uploads until 29.04.2003
Here are the latest uploads for the Aminet: 
TGest2DEMO.lha       biz/demo   475K+V2.2.0 TurboGest (PACHETTO GESTIONALE IT
Babelfish.lha        comm/irc     3K+Use babelfish from AmIRC/Shell
UnrealIRCd-bin.lha   comm/irc   554K+UnrealIRCd 3.1.5.1 ported to AmigaOS
amifish.lha          comm/tcp    27K+Quick And Easy interface for babelfish
OpenURLDevBas.lha    dev/basic   43K+Using OpenURL library from HBasic
EasyACDDA.lha        disk/cdrom 335K+Play&Save CD tracks with Gui - EasyACDDA
CyberGFX4-ITA.lha    gfx/board   10K+Italian Catalog for CyberGraphX 4 (4.3)
imdbDiff030418.lha   misc/imdb  2.6M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
Carta-Go.mpg         mods/mpg   6.0M+Trance-MP3 (6:28 min) by BiT-X
NewHomer.lha         util/misc  112K+Talkin' Homer V1.87 (latest bugs fixed, 
EBGuide.lha          util/rexx    3K+(REACTION GUI) Australian TV Guide progr
Ghosty.lha           util/wb     27K+NEW! Transparent default icons on hi/tru
(ps) (Translation: gf)

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29.Apr.2003
OSNews.com


 Port of NewOS for Pegasos
As stated by Nicholas Blachford, member of Genesi and former BeOS developer, in the online magazine OSNews.com the BeOS based Open Source operating system NewOS will be available for Pegasos. (nba) (Translation: gf)

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28.Apr.2003
Dennis Lohr (E-Mail)


 Music: New amiga-news.de theme by Psyria
On the occasion of the MesseCD by Andreas Laaser of Elastic Images and because of an interview of Petra Struck Dennis 'Psyria' Lohr published a new amiga-news.de theme 2003. The excellent result can be downloaded now:

AmigaNewsTheme2003.mp3

Dennis, thanks a lot for this incredible Song! (ps) (Translation: sk)

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28.Apr.2003
CUCUG (Website)


 CUCUG: Status Register 04/2003
The CUCUG status register of April 2003 published. In the status register the club reports regularly about their own meetings and about Amiga, Linux, Macintosh and PC. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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28.Apr.2003
Ron van Schaik


 Report of the 19th April C= show
Hello C= fans!

You can find some pics of the last show at our website. On this page you see Thomas Margolf with his SIDsyn and Arndt Oevermann who's working at the demo show. On this page you can see the stereo C64 from Dirk Kledtke. This was a great success and the sound of this machine was unbelievable!

Also there's an English report of the show. The next show we will organize is at June 28! This is a change of date because of some accomodation problems. As extra we organize than an Amiga Party! We want every Amiga freak to join us at this party! Look here for more information. Look here for latest news and new at our homepage is a boulderdash page and a Dutch software page where we wanna archive all Dutch C64 software. Both pages are under construction and will be soon 100% active.

Greetings Ron van Schaik (ps)

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28.Apr.2003
IOSPIRIT (ANF)


 IOSPIRIT: Server moves on 29th of April
Our server hardware moves on the 28th of April to another part of the same computer center. Also, we'll get new IP-addresses and thus our website and email may be temporarily unavailable, although we'll of course try to keep the downtime to a minimum. Thanks for your understanding! (nba)

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28.Apr.2003
Amiga XFR (Website)


 Music: eXternal Format Rippers 2.3 available
Who does not know XFD and XAD by Dirk Stoecker and the Exoticripper or Eagleplayer. XFR is a similar system, which combines the best from all for the purpose of finding music pieces and pictures in demos. XFR offers a LIBRARY and many Clients for the individual sound formats. A genius for the Delitracker and the Eagleplayer and a few Shell/WB Tools, with which one knows whole listings and disks scanning in the hand turning, also participate. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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28.Apr.2003
Amifish (Website)


 Translation Tool for Babelfish: Amifish of 25.04.2003
Amifish is a small tool, which helps you to translate texts with Babelfish. Since the some routines of Babelfish were changed, there is a new version of Amifish available. Besides the program the following is needed: amarquee.library V54, MUI 3.8, betterstring.mcc, nlist.mcc and busy.mcc.

Download: amifish.lha (ps) (Translation: sk)

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28.Apr.2003
Lars Ghandy Sobiraj (ANF)


 Demoscene: Jurassic Pack#12
Shortly after the end of the BREAKPOINT 2003 party issue no. 12 of the Amiga demoscene diskmags Jurassic Pack was released. You can find the mag as well as some pictures of the party under the title link. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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28.Apr.2003



 Aminet Uploads until 28.04.2003
Following the Aminet uploads which were added since our last message: 
dvbcontrol.lha       comm/misc  187K+V1.33 D-Box/Mediamaster Settings Editor
facts.lha            comm/tcp   201K+NTP clock time synchroniser AutoDST/GUI
YAM24.lha            comm/yam   944K+MUI Internet mailer V2.4 (Main archive)
YAM24con.lha         comm/yam   648K+MUI Internet mailer V2.4 (Contributions)
YAM24cpu.lha         comm/yam    80K+MUI Internet mailer V2.4 (68040/68060)
YAM24loc.lha         comm/yam   957K+MUI Internet mailer V2.4 (Translations)
YAM24mos.lha         comm/yam   366K+MUI Internet mailer V2.4 (MorphOS)
frsh_strptease.lha   demo/aga   294K+Striptease by Fresh in 1997
tbl-magia.lha        demo/aga   4.9M+"Magia" The winner demo from Break Point
gen4asm.lha          dev/asm    182K+Generation4 Sources Disk
blitzgtfix.lha       dev/basic   89K+Blitz2 fix for many Gadtools problems
IdentifyDevBas.lha   dev/basic   58K+Using Identify library from Basic
insomnia.lha         dev/e       89K+E Source Editor 
WHDLoad_dev.lha      dev/misc   870K+HD-Installer for OS-Killer
WHDLoad_usr.lha      dev/misc   295K+HD-Installer for OS-Killer
check4gb.lha         disk/misc   16K+Check if your HD setup is 4GB-ready
Scalos_PL.lha        docs/help   22K+Polish locale for Scalos 40.27
AIOV70.lha           docs/mags  410K+Amiga Information Online, Issue 70 (Apri
bouldercaves.lha     game/jump  472K+V5.17, BoulderDaesh RTX Caves Archive
boulderdaesh.lha     game/jump  920K+V5.17, BoulderDaesh RTX Main Archive
boulderfull.lha      game/jump  4.5M+V5.17, BoulderDaesh RTX Full Archive
bouldergames.lha     game/jump  2.9M+V5.17, BoulderDaesh RTX Games Archive
bouldergraph.lha     game/jump  196K+V5.17, BoulderDaesh RTX Graphics Archive
bouldersound.lha     game/jump  184K+V5.17, BoulderDaesh RTX Sound Archive
WHDIDemos.lzh        game/patch 3.4M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGames0-9.lzh     game/patch 278K+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesA-B.lzh     game/patch 5.4M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesC-D.lzh     game/patch 5.1M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesE-F.lzh     game/patch 2.8M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesG-I.lzh     game/patch 3.7M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesJ-M.lzh     game/patch 4.7M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesN-R.lzh     game/patch 5.3M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesS-T.lzh     game/patch 6.0M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIGamesU-Z.lzh     game/patch 2.9M+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
WHDIMags.lzh         game/patch 203K+Harddisk Installs using WHDLoad
wipes.lha            gfx/ifx      9K+Wipe/Transition Arexx Script v0.8 for IF
Sv5-1.lha            gfx/misc   557K+SView5 V1.21 (21.4.2003) - Part 1/8
Sv5-2.lha            gfx/misc   155K+SView5 V1.21 (21.4.2003) - Part 2/8
Sv5-3a.lha           gfx/misc   127K+SView5 V1.21 (21.4.2003) - Part 3a/8
Sv5-3b.lha           gfx/misc   326K+SView5 V1.21 (21.4.2003) - Part 3b/8
Sv5-4.lha            gfx/misc    38K+SView5 V1.21 (21.4.2003) - Part 4/8
Sv5-5.lha            gfx/misc   143K+SView5 V1.21 (21.4.2003) - Part 5/8
Sv5-6.lha            gfx/misc   158K+SView5 V1.21 (21.4.2003) - Part 6/8 (opt
Sv5-7.lha            gfx/misc   158K+SView5 V1.21 (21.4.2003) - Part 7/8 (opt
newkernel2.lha       hard/drivr 1.0M+GNU/GPL updated kernel for AMIthlon
Carta-Go.mpg         mods/mpg   6.0M+Trance-MP3 (6:28 min) by BiT-X
dream_of_art.lha     pix/trace  976K+3rd in Raytrace compo at Equinoxe Party
le_chien.lha         pix/trace  515K+1st in Raytrace compo at Equinoxe Party
the_blue_buggy.lha   pix/trace  936K+2nd in Raytrace compo at Equinoxe Party
petcom.lha           text/misc    6K+ASCII <-> PETSCII converter
RemTVModes.lha       util/boot    6K+Remove 15KHz modes from display database
zlib-library.lha     util/libs  145K+Shared library for zlib-(de)compression 
afind.lha            util/misc  175K+V1.63 Fast AminetCD search utility
Frogger-GUI.lha      util/misc   25K+Reaction GUI for FroggerNG
FroggerNG_GUI.lha    util/misc   34K+Control Panel for FroggerNG
NewHomer.lha         util/misc  106K+Talkin' Homer V1.86 (one bug fixed, + a 
WRip_26.lha          util/misc   34K+Rips various pack-formats from Disk/File
backclock.lha        util/time  130K+Transparent clock. You must try this !!!
backclock_src.lha    util/time   15K+Source code from backclock
(ps) (Translation: sk)

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27.Apr.2003
AWeb (Website)


 AWeb 3.4 GPL released in new archive and for MorphOS
AWeb, a cost free Open Source based Web browser, is available in version 3.4 GPL in a new archive: Apart from the executable main program, the package also contains the plug-ins, transfer animations, icon sets and installer. Versions available for 68020, 68030, 68040, 68060 and as from now also for MorphOS. (nba) (Translation: cb)

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27.Apr.2003
Rudolph Riedel (E-Mail)


 File manager: DiskMaster Version 2.5RC10
Rudolph Riedel has released version 2.5RC10 of his file manager and provides it on his home page for downloading. The following details have changed:
  • Made fit for paths longer than 256 characters as will be supported in AmigaOS 4.0 and (allegedly) are already supported in MorphOS
  • Fixed various bugs
  • New command line interpreter from RC3 release integrated again, only this time a little better-adjusted...
  • Configuration format changed slightly and expanded internal configuration to improve accessability for new users
  • Details as usual in the DM2beta.readme...
Download (ps) (Translation: cb)

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27.Apr.2003
CD32-Allianz (ANF)


 Wanted urgently: Web designer for CD32-Allianz
The CD32-Allianz team is urgently looking for a Web designer, who wants to help designing a new layout consisting of 4 frames.

Further information can be obtained from Thorsten Schölzel. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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27.Apr.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)


 Bill McEwen still Amiga CEO?
According to statements by Ray A. Akey of Amiga Inc. and Fleecy Moss, Bill McEwen is still CEO of Amiga Inc.
Yesterday Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco have circulated in a news item at MorphOS-News.de that Gary Hare was CEO of Amiga Inc., with whom talks had already been held (we reported).

Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco stand by their statement, see the following comments at morphos-news.de, ANN and again ANN.

Carsten Schröder paraphrases this nebulous situation to the point:
"The state of the news is becoming more and more nebulous: In the meantime Fleecy Moss and Ray A. Akey, members of AMIGA, Inc.'s management, have denied a change at the top management level. Bill McEwen, however, hasn't piped up yet, while Genesi again confirmed the change and are currently trying to get in touch with Gary Hare.

Conclusion: There have been various bankruptcies and corporate acquisitions of the AMIGA mother company in the past - but I personally can't remember a situation where there was uncertainty about the current principal of the company.

At the moment I'm regarding two scenarios explaining this situation as the most probable ones:

Scenario 1: The shareholders of AMIGA, Inc. have decided to exchange the management but not informed them (or some of them), while the designated CEO has already had talks with Genesi.

Scenario 2: Genesi have been had. I'm regarding a deliberate false report improbable as this would do much damage to the company's reputation."

Here the statement of Amiga Inc's Ray A. Akey:
"Bill McEwen is currently the CEO of Amiga and the fact that there is no PR to the contrary about this on our website means that there is no news. Anyone describing the appointment of a new CEO as "old news" is obviously posting information for their own motives and reasons since "old news" requires it to be "new news" before it can be "old news" and since Amiga Inc hasn't posted such "new news" then the motives of the person describing it as "old news" while simultaneously putting this new news into the world have to be questioned."

Here the statement of Fleecy Moss:
"Has Amiga Inc changed CEO?"
Fleecy Moss: As of this moment Bill McEwen is the CEO of Amiga and if a new CEO was to be brought in, it would be because of Amiga expanding as a company and Bill needing to concentrate on being Chairman and President - currently he is CEO as well and three top jobs in a company that is attracting the attention we are is at least one job too many.

Any CEO to be brought in would be as part of the team and would be totally in sync with the current strategic direction of the company. If someone is posting information to the contrary then it can only be for ulterior motives. (ps) (Translation: cb)

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26.Apr.2003



 Official release from YAM v2.4
DESCRIPTION

YAM (Yet Another Mailer) lets you send and receive electronic mail over the Internet and maintain archives of messages in your computer. The idea came to Marcel Beck in 1995 when he first tried using email: the programmes available at the time were either powerful but complicated to configure, or else used a too limiting graphical interface. The goal, therefore, was to program a cross between AdMail and AirMail, with a few ideas from Pegasus Mail.

YAM made its first public appearance in early 1996 under the "mailware" concept. The unexpectedly enthusiastic response from the public led to a steady development of YAM that reached its finest hour in version 1.3.5, the last incarnation in the "classic" series. By then, YAM had turned into one of the most popular Amiga programmes ever, and won Marcel the appreciation and several awards from the Amiga community thanks to its simplicity and ease of use. Unwilling to stop at that point, Marcel spent almost two years developing YAM2. In the summer of 1999, a greatly improved YAM set some of the standards that would be lately imitated by other popular Internet applications. In November 2000, Marcel finally gave up out of lack of time and motivation, but was yet kind enough to release the "final" YAM 2.2 together with its sources under the GNU General Public License. On this day and age, Marcel Beck is still fondly remembered by many as one of a selected few who made a difference on the Amiga.

Today, after YAM 2.3 and 2.3p1 fixed some of the most outstanding problems in the original sources and almost 18 months of hard work have been spent, the YAM Open Source team is proud to make the legend continue with YAM 2.4, the most powerful Amiga mailer to date.

NEW FEATURES
  • Hierarchical folder list - folders can now be arranged into groups, and nested at the user's discretion
  • SMTP & POP3 TLS1/SSL3 support for stunnel servers, using AmiSSL.library
  • Email address cache, making it possible to "remember" the last N used recipients if they don't appear in the address book
  • More powerful recipient string gadgets, resolving aliases, real names and email addresses "on the fly" as they are found in the address book or the email cache
  • Optional pop-up menus in the folder & message lists
  • Automatic codepage detection and translation, specially meant for cyrillic users.
  • Reworked status bar
  • Automatically finds the suitable mailing list support settings
  • Extended support for mailto: links
  • Search function in the Write window
  • Customizable size format and localized unit display
  • Individual appicon stats for folders, with an user-definable label
  • New hidden option "JumpToIncoming"
  • Deleting a block of text with RAmiga-Del automatically inserts a "[...]" marker
  • Built-in mouse wheel support
  • New "marked" status
  • "application/pdf" is now in the built-in list of MIME types
  • Extended documentation
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
  • AmigaOS V39+, MC68020+, MUI3.8+ and the latest BetterString, NList, NListtree, TextEditor & Toolbar classes (included)
AVAILABILITY DIRECTORY
  • /pub/aminet/comm/mail (hopefully soon comm/yam :-)
FILE NAMES
  • YAM24.lha - Main archive - basic 020 binary and English guide
  • YAM24cpu.lha - Diffs for 040/060 processors and the GPatch utility
  • YAM24loc.lha - Foreign language support files: catalogs & guides
  • YAM24con.lha - Additional graphics, ARexx scripts, etc.
  • YAM24mos.lha - MorphOS binary, includes starter
OTHER DISTRIBUTABILITY
  • Free software, distributed under the General Public License
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • Kudos to Brian for bringing c.s.a.a. back to life!
(nba)

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26.Apr.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)


 Genesi wants to attend at AmiWest show
Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco today announced that Genesi wants to attend at the AmiWest show, held in Sacramento, CA on July 26th and 27th 2003. Genesi wants to present the new G4 CPU card for the Pegasos1, the new software bundle and maybe also a prototype of the Pegasos2 motherboard and of course MorphOS.

Bill and Raquel also confirmed that they have spoken with Amiga Inc's new CEO Garry Hare a couple of weeks ago. (nba)

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26.Apr.2003
Pixel Art (E-Mail)


 Pixload v3.5 in preparation
I'am preparing Pixload 3.5
  • more options about drag and drop (TIFF, TARGA and DIR recognized)
  • links with miamidx (RTC and/or Network) : miamidx control panel included
  • optimized code
  • another icons (mac os x)
  • more interactivity
  • etc...
I need beta tester: if you want to try: send an email to pixelart@wanadoo.Fr (English language) with object: Pixload 3.5 tester. If German amiga users want translation, send me few words (English -> German) so that I include in this version. If you have got any ideas, sent them too, I will try to include too... x (nba)

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25.Apr.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)


 Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 7
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 7 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-17, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):

1) ikir: Are Elbox working with Amiga Inc/Hyperion for OS4? Or for their SharkPPC compatibility?

Fleecy: We have a 'gentlemens agreement' with Elbox that we will not make any announcements or discuss plans, projects and products until they are ready to make those plans, projects and products public. If you want them to share that information, I would suggest you contact them.

2) sgm: Is the corporate market a possible target (in the light of the surging WebServices fever)? If so, is a high-performance XML parser being considered for OS4.x?

Fleecy: All markets are obviously targets but there is no point in entering them until you have a product, a pitch and a story. The creation of such obviously requires an expenditure of resources and since we are, as with most companies 'watching the pennies', we have to decide which subset from the whole range of opportunities is to be targeted first. If by corporate you mean 'enterprise' then that is not a first stage target but if you mean OEM or embedded then the answer is very much yes.

As for the XML parser, XML has been introduced with AmigaOS4.0 and will continue to spread until it is a system wide service.

3) Jose: It's been said and known that if AmigaOS is to be a server OS it will lose it's hardly earned advantages, and stop being AmigaOS as we know it. Could in the future be various versions of the OS with one being the continuation of the Classic in PPC, like most amiga users that have supported the platform for the past years seem to want?

Fleecy: AG1 was created with a very specific set of configurations in mind - workstation and desktop. Consoles, STBs and servers didn't really exist during its key definition and the idea of Smartphones, PDAs and digital consumer devices were science fiction. Having said that, the CDTV and then the CD32 were moves in the right direction but as anyone familiar with those devices knows, there were really a computer repackaged with extra bits hacked on.
AG2 is designed to accept that hardware is a commodity and that it can be configured and deployed in many different markets. This is part of the reason for the move to a service based architecture, because multiple configurations can then be created from a core set of services with configuration specific services being added or replaced by ones more tuned to the target device profile.

This will allow Amiga to offer a 'toolkit' to OEMs and to create 'distributions' for shrink wrapped markets - a console product, an eFamily product, a SoHo product, a hacker's product etc. Such flexibility gives us a distinctive advantage over having to custom chop a single product for each potential customer.

Rob: 4) Books on programming the Amiga are out of date and very difficult to obtain these days. Have you any plans to get some books published covering modern Amiga programming for the beginner. It is important to get some fresh talent into scene and not just rely on existing developers. Topics covered should include Warp3D, AHI and other more recent developements to AmigaOS.

Fleecy: I couldn't agree more. We intend to expend considerable resources on a full development toolchain, with good documentation and tutorials covering all levels. These will be developed in parallel with the development of the AG2 domains.

5) ssolie: Does Amiga Inc. still plan to take back control of the AmigaOS 4.0 source code (i.e. purchase it back from Hyperion) and produce your own releases beyond AmigaOS 4.0?

Fleecy: Absolutely. The transfer of AmigaOS4 to Hyperion was done for a number of strategic reasons, one being to protect the AmigaOS for the community and prevent it being left in limbo if anything should happen to the parent company as was witnessed after Commodore and Escom went bankrupt. We will reassert ownership when both Hyperion and Amiga judge the time to be right, and there are certain less than obvious benefits to maintaing the current situation.

The location of ownership has nothing to do with the future plans. Amiga Inc is fully committed to the development and expansion of AmigaOS way beyond AmigaOS4.0. Detailed planning and design for AmigaOS4.1 is already underway alongside the parallel path of AG2. AG2 technology will be rolled into the AmigaOS4 release family as and when it is ready but the two will not be dependent on each other - in other words potential delays in one will not affect the other. Contrary to the occasional speculation that Amiga doesn't care or has no plans for the AmigaOS, that product line is and always has been vital to our future success. Back in 1999, it would have been impossible to gain interest and investment in a company offering a desktop competitor to Microsoft and so our public strategy had to be tailored to fit that reality.

It isn't 1999 anymore.

6) DaveP: With the advent of AOS4 and AmigaONE series board are you also investigating the more lucrative possibilities in the heavyweight commercial sector or is it still far too soon to start? ( example: solutions, services and bringing even lightweight transaction processing products onto the fast reliable messaging codebase of ExecSG ?)

Fleecy: The Amiga Development Pipeline (ADP) starts with the Opportunity Analysis stage. Each AG2 domain thus considers every possible opportunity and attempts to identify every potential customer for that domain, both internal and external. This is then feed into the next stage, the Solution Description stage. This ensures that we will design a solution that covers as wide a customer base as possible, even though the actual implementation versioning may chose to spread out that complete design over a set of releases.

So to answer your question, yes we are looking at a huge range of potential markets, open, embedded, horizontal, vertical and total but our ability to exploit them is determined by the short, medium and long term strategic implementation plan.

7) alx: Will there come a point when you stop supporting accelerated "classic" Amigas? If so, when?

Fleecy: Yes there will. As to when, that will be decided by the simple equation of when the cost and effort of developing a version for those accelerated Amigas is more than the revenue that that version brings in. We want people to upgrade to the new hardware and we do recognise that we have to support the existing investment made by Amigans in the short term but ultimately the platform can only advance if people advance with it.

It should be obvious to most people that AmigaOS4 is going to run far more impressively on a new, cleanly designed, higher specified AmigaOne than an accelerated classic Amiga. It should also be obvious that the cost of maintaining and extending an AmigaOne is going to be substantially less than that of maintaining and extending a classic Amiga.

8) donV: Do you know of any plan or project to produce a laptop that will run AmigaOS4?

Fleecy: There are lots of plans for many different product, both from ourselves and from third parties but I do not want to comment on specific products until we have prototypes in front of us since many plans and good intentions often come to nothing. We'd obviously love to have an AmigaOS4.0 powered laptop as well as an AmigaOS4.0 powered STB, games console, PDA and Smartphone.

9) Bodie: In a previous Q&A, you mentioned the development of a highly advanced calculator for AmigaDE. Could you provide any extra details in terms of its functionality?

Fleecy: The calculator was created by a prominent AmigaDE developer in response to a demand from a large customer and I'll see if he is willing to write an article about it, possibly for CAM. It is particularly impressive because of its modular design, essentially a framework for functional units so it can be as simple or as complex as the set of modules that are installed. This means it can be used for a variety of functions - standard maths, computing, physics, chemistry, stock taking and with the ability for third parties to write their own modules.

It also features a variety of graphic and interface modes - static and dynamic graphing (and I know we have a customer interested in volumetric modelling), standard single line, multi-line and plans for a shell like page set.

10) Jose: Can a service based architecture(future AmigaOS) be as much effective as the Classic AmigaOS, comparing the services both provide? I mean to how much extent does a service based architecture would compromise the efficiency and the character of AmigaOS, if it does at all ?

Fleecy: A service based model is very efficient and not that much different at its heart from what the existing Amiga does now, a testament to its advanced original design. Its main extension is that it adds abstraction and management capabilities that open up distributed computing, all the way from simple home networks to parallel matrices. For developers there will be some new things to learn but quite a bit of that has been added to the new library model. The existing user interaction model can stay the same on top of it but it also opens up the option of far more advanced user interaction models, in particular moving from an application centric system to a content centric system - for example bring a set of content together and then being presented with the set of services that can be applied to that content.

(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=8
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (ps) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2003
Rupert Hausberger (ANF)


 Benchmark: AmigaMARK LPA 2003 v0.950 Pre-Final
Rupert Hausberger has published version 0.950 Pre-Final of his benchmark-tool for AmigaOS and MorphOS. Please read the changes from version 0.930 to version 0.950:
  • ADDED Database - now allows direct upload/download from the module-server. Added new page in "module base". Changed all things to make new system working.
  • ADDED TCPIP-support
  • ADDED HTTP-support [for downloading]
  • ADDED SMPT-support [for uploading]
  • ADDED BYTEmark [tm] v2.0 benchmark [experimental - 68k version seemes to slow]
  • ADDED NSD-64bit access-mode for device stuff [uncalibrated]
  • ADDED "new-logo" system - via 24bit workbench datatype
  • ADDED own requester window
  • ADDED own popup window
  • ADDED "loopsize" and "passes" output to mem-/drv-benchmark windows
  • ADDED check whether 'amigamark.def' is valid with current build
  • ADDED check whether 'amigamark.cfg' is valid with current build
  • ADDED included all neccessary string.h functions - [no libc]
  • ADDED new tooltype QUICKSTART [=TRUE/FALSE] [WB only]
  • ADDED do "chip ram tests" in "make module"
  • ADDED some missing MUIA_Help popups
  • CHANGED AvailMem() function to own one
  • CHANGED some small things in the GUI
  • CHANGED regonization of valid installation [more fast & less memory need]
  • CHANDED retuned maximal values
  • FIXED some stuff in the GUI
  • REMOVED "time-warnings" feature [useless]
  • CLEANUP _many_ general optimizions
  • UPDATED english-guide to v.950
  • COMPILED with gcc 3.2.2 now
  • BUMPED revision to .950 [pre-final]
(ps) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2003
Guido Mersmann (ANF)


 AmigaOS-game: BoulderDäsh RTX V5.17
Most important change of the new version (please download it from the title link) is the screen mode on the Workbench which was desired of many users. Besides this still several minor improvements have been made which above all concern the automatic hardware recognition.

Boulderdäsh was tested on an A500, A1200, under Amithlon and on several MorphOS and OS4 computers. If you have questions, suggestions or problems please contact Guideo Mersmann via email. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2003
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck (E-Mail)


 Event: BeGeistert - BeOS-meeting with Pegasos-performance
Fans and developers of the operating system BeOS will meet on the "BeGeistert" which will take place in Düsseldorf tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Nicholas Blachford of Thendic France from Paris will demonstrate a Pegasos for which an OpenBeOS port is in work. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


 Amiga Arena: AlphaBase full version and source codes
In co-operation and with permission of Maik Schmidt Amiga Arena makes the release of the database "AlphaBase" possible.

AlphaBase is a clear and easy to learn database program. It is possible to enter variously arranged (e.g. German and American) addresses in one common database. Adresses can be printed on envelopes and labels. Data which have nothing to do with addresses can be linked with comments, pictures and sound files.

System requirements: AmigaOS 3.0 Workbench & Librarys as well as 1 MB ChipMem + 2 MB FastMem

Progression?
If there is anyone who is interested to dvelop AlphaBase (BlitzBasic) further please contact Olaf Köbnik! (nba) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)


 Amiga Arena: Blade online again
"Blade" is an action role play by Mark Sheeky in iso-3d-view. Mark Sheeky is well-known as the developer of the games "Burnout" and "Hilt II". In 2000 Amiga Arena published the German version for the first time and could offer Blade as a HD version (AGA/ECS) with permission of Mark Sheeky. Now "Blade" is online again and you can get further information on the Blade homepage. You can choose four characters from seven possible ones (warrior, thief, cleric, magician, dwarf, elf, empath) and you have to defeat the evil! "CU Amiga" rated Blade with 86 percent. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2003
AROS (Website)


 AROS status-report 04/2003
The alternative operating system AROS is being activly developed further. On the website you can find a detailed English status report to the project.
  • Porting AROS to the Pegasos has been started.
  • ide.device and cdrom.handler are now more stable than before, removable medium are supported.
  • USB/UHCI-driver are available but still not useable.
  • The soundcard driver system AHI was ported to AROS.
  • The render.library and guigfx.library are supposed but are integrated in Zune.
  • The jpeg.datatype is new and the png.datatype was updated.
  • For futher changes please have a look at the AROS status report.
(nba) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2003
Jürgen Schober (ANF)


 point.design delivers AmigaOne XE
From now on the first AmigaOne XE boards are available at the Austrian Amiga dealer point.design. The PowerPC/G4 as well as the G3 version have arrived and will be officially delivered from April 28th.

Additional to the mainboard a bootable "Debian Linux Install CD" as well as "Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r1 PPC Binary 1" (basis installation incl. XFree4.0 and KDE) belong to the packet. The system can be easily installed and extended via the Internet just as the customer wants.

Besides this the packet also contains UAE (Unix Amiga Emulator) incl. AmigaOS 3.1 Kickstart ROM images and a completely installed AmigaOS 3.1 incl. "Magic Software Packet".

The price of the earlybird system also contains an update to the next generation of the AmigaOS 4 which will run nativly on the hardware and which will be sent to the customers for free.

Additional to the motherboard packet complete systems are also offered. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2003
heise online (Website)


 Opinion poll of developers concerning Open Source
In the research study "Economic Organization and Viability of Open Source Software" scientists of the Stanford University ask for the motivation and expectations of Open Source developers and which tools they use for programming. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2003
XBaze (Website)


 Database: XBaze Version 7.3 Beta 8
Rafal Kaczmarczyk has published version 7.3 Beta 8 of his database 'XBaze'. The program offers an easy to use editor. It runs from AmigaOS 3.0 and from now on also on MorphOS.

Bug reports and proposals can be sent to the following address: rav@nowydwor.wroc.pl.

Download: XB-7.3B8.lzx

Addenda: The server is currently (25.4.2003, 12:30) not available. (nba) (Translation: dr)

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24.Apr.2003
Cales "Doraemon" Bernardez (ANF)


 Pegasos Presentation at CatCon Party 2003
According to the exhibitors a presentation of Pegasos with MorphOS is planned for the CatCon Party, which is to take place on the 3rd and 4th of May in Calella near Barcelona. Also, a few Amiga companies should be introducing new products. The usual contests will be offered for the demoscene. There is no charge for international visitors to CatCon, but we ask that you register in advance. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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24.Apr.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)


 Editor: MorphED in Development
According to MorphOS-News.de Dietmar Eilert, the author of GoldED, has been working on MorphED since the 18th of April, 2003. Up to this point no information has been released as to whether it's a fully new editor, or a MorphOS-native version of GoldED. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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24.Apr.2003
ots / teltarif.de


 Call by Call in Ortsnetz: Information Offering at teltarif.de
On this coming Friday, the 25th of April, the last monopoly in the German telephone market fell: the Ortsnetz. The consumer was not much able to benefit from the popular Call-by-Call option. With the Call-by-Call option, the caller selects a number sequence, generally 5 characters, and so directs the call over an alternative provider, instead of Deutsche Telekom.

It's already observable that the consumers will benefit from significant savings, from Friday on. "A short 30 second call to the barber or taxi company costs just one cent using the sequence 01078 over the provider 3U, instead of the six cents charged by Deutsche Telekom up until now" per Martin Müller, business leader of the fee-comparing www.teltarif.de. 3U offers local calls in about 1500 local networks, and accounts for the one second pulse.

Arcor kicks off in about 36 hours, beginning with an offer for local and quasi-local calls. The prices are thereby over those of 3U, but are also good for conversations to destinations maximally 20 kilometers from the originating point. These conversations are designated quasi-local.

Market experts are still expecting the offers of Tele2 and 01051 Telecom by Friday. Other enterprises have announced they will start in May. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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24.Apr.2003
Thomas Unger (E-Mail)


 The Kickstart Archives Version 2.1
Thomas Unger writes: The two CD set is now at version 2.1. THE KICKSTART ARCHIVES is entirely HTML-based and thereby viewable on every hardware and operating system. Many headings have been updated. The publicity and support areas have implemented thorough expansions since version 2.0.2. Design and Navigation have been refined. On the start page of the Internet presence there are, near the tutorials, also the icon notes, in which legal matters, notes of appreciation, as well as reviews and ordering possibilities are readable in the German and English languages.
  • updated: Amiga History Guide by Gareth Knight (22/03/2003)
  • updated: LexSite by Alex Lupták (06/01/2003)
  • updated: AMIGA Troubleshooting and Fixes
  • updated: AMIGA Advertising Efforts
    • Advertisings by Søren Ladegaard (Commodore Billboard)
  • updated: Guides'n'Setups
    • ED Sirius Genlock - Handbook (PDF)
    • ED Sirius Genlock - Manual (PDF)
    • ED Neptun Genlock - Handbook (PDF)
    • ED Neptun Genlock - Manual (PDF)
    • ED Pluto Genlock - Handbook (PDF)
    • ED Pluto Genlock - Manual (PDF)
    • Vortex ATonce A500 - Handbook (PDF)
    • Commodore A3000 - Schematics (PDF)
    • Commodore A2300/01 - Handbook (PDF)
    • Commodore A2301 - Circuit (PDF)
    • Commodore A2232 - Schematics (PDF)
    • Commodore A2065 - Schematics (PDF)
    • Commodore A2060 - Schematics (PDF)
    • Commodore A1060 - Handbook (PDF)
    • Commodore A600 - Schematics (PDF)
    • Commodore A500Plus - Service Manual (PDF)
    • Commodore CDTV - Service Manual (PDF)
    • A500/A2000 - Technical Reference Manual (PDF)
A really special thank you goes to Steffen Kramer of Electronic Design this time, for the documentation that was made available. (nba)

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24.Apr.2003
M. Lueck (ANF)


 Audio: AHI v5.5 (rc1)
Martin Blom, the developer of the soundcard driver system AHI, has released end-user version 5.5 (rc1) for m68k, MorphOS and AROS. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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24.Apr.2003
Diverse


 Media Reports on the C-One
Cross-regional media are directing attention to the C-One, a new reconfigurable home computer (we reported). Following are two reports - the list will be expanded in days to come. (nba) (Translation: dm)

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23.Apr.2003
Halvadjian Georges (Website)


 PerfectPaint V2.925
Version 2.925 of the paint program PerfectPaint by Halvadjian Georges is now available. In this version the following features were added or changed:
  • Improve PPM and PBM format.
  • Separate Brush, Picture, palette and anim path for each buffer.
  • New color correction tool:
    • "Adjust RGB level", "Auto RGB level" and pixel count.
    • "Chromatic correction" (usefull for chromatic aberration)
    • "Optimize palette" and the arexx command:
      Will remove unused color from the palette to reduce the depth of the picture without lost.
      Can also sort the palette with unused color in the end.
  • Fix somme little bug with CMAP palette, brush album
  • Keyboard F10: Now remove not only toolbox window but all floating window.
  • Improve text requester
  • Number of font in listview are now unlimited.
  • Improve turboprint communication (correct Inch are send, Menu and color works well)
  • New arexx command: pp_GetDPI
  • Improve template requester, with preview.
  • Fix a bug (introduced in the last version) with processing tool
  • New powerfull processing tool:
    MagicSpray, will spray current brush or severall brushes (Magic Album) with variation of size, color, rotation, shadow ... in real time. Include some MagicProject. Other MagicProject are available on PerfectPaint's Page.
  • Little bug fixed with keyboard shortcut
  • Brush preview is showed with full transparency (album requester)
  • Improve Undo
(nba)

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22.Apr.2003
Elbox Computer


 Elbox: MM CD UP 1.23
The MM CD 1.23 update for the users of Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000i, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI ZIV busbords, who are registered owners of the Mediator Multimedia CD, has been released today.

The update includes new versions of:
  • fm801.audio
  • sb128.audio
  • mixer.library
  • FastEthernet.device
  • tv.library
Changes:
  • fm801.audio ver. 4.4
    - digital/optical output (TOSLINK) support added
    - quadro mode added
  • sb128.audio ver. 4.10
    - digital output (SPDIF) support added
  • mixer.library ver. 1.7
    - digital/analog output switch for SB4.1 added
    - support for rear speakers added
  • FastEthernet.device ver. 1.12
    - detection of the MAC address corrected
    - compatibility with the RoadShow DMA support added
  • tv.library ver. 3.1
    - Bt878 RESET commend corrected
    - ReadGPIO function added
The current developer documentations for tv.library and mixer.library are enclosed in the MM CD 1.23. (nba)

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22.Apr.2003
Elbox Computer


 Elbox: MediatorUP 3.7
The MediatorUP 3.7 update for Mediator PCI 3/4000T, Mediator PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000Di, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D, Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI ZIV has been made available today.

The update includes new versions of:
  • pci.library
  • MediatorNET.device
Changes:
  • pci.library ver. 5.10
    PowerOff function (for controlling ATX PSU) added
  • MediatorNET.device ver. 2.7
    compatibility with the RoadShow stack added
(nba)

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22.Apr.2003
WHDLoad (Website)


 Installer: WHDLoad Version 15.2
Since yesterday you can download the new version 15.2 on the WHDLoad site. With WHDLoad you can install games, which were only produced for floppy using, on your hard disk. Since the last update there were made just more little bugfixes and changes. (nba) (Translation: gf)

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22.Apr.2003
WHDLoad (Website)


 WHDLoad: New Packets until 20.04.2003
Since yesterday you can download the new version 15.2 on the WHDLoad site. With WHDLoad you can install games, which were only produced for floppy using, on your hard disk. Since the last update there were made just more little bugfixes and changes.
  • 20.04.03 new: Zero Gravity (EAS) done by Agressor
  • 20.04.03 improved: Celtic Legends (UBI-Soft) miscellaneous improvements
  • 18.04.03 fixed: Midwinter (Rainbird) bug fixed
  • 18.04.03 improved: Magicland Dizzy (Codemasters) bad custom accesses fixed, trainer added
  • 18.04.03 improved: Hollywood Poker (reLINE) supports another version
  • 18.04.03 improved: Galdregons Domain (Pandora) some changes
  • 18.04.03 new: Doman (World Software) done by JOTD
  • 18.04.03 new: Castle Master 2 - The Crypt (Incentive/Domark) done by Galahad
  • 18.04.03 improved: Shadow of the Beast (Psygnosis) blitter waits added, new icons, docs added
(nba) (Translation: gf)

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22.Apr.2003
A.D.A.


 A.D.A.: two new intros of Nature
With "Grid 2" and "Zeon" two new intro-title of the Swedish Group Nature are added zo the demo-online-Collection "Amiga Demoscene Archive"

Grid 2: Nature is one of this group which ist always trying to get the end of the borders. The intro "Grid 2" had been published on the scene arrangement and gets the first place in his competition. Enjoy the cool flight through large tunnels, which is combined with fantastic music. Recommendation.

Zeon: Zeon is another cool Intro of Nature which was puplished on the Mekka Symposium 2001 and gets the second place. Code from Pipe, Yomat and Pezac. Graphics from Rex and Yomat. Music from pipe. On more time recommending. (nba) (Translation: gf)

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22.Apr.2003
AC-Eule / Spiegel Online (ANF)


 "The German Bill Gates": "unrowed "Kimbeln"
The stock boom is over, and the ruins are swept together. Much money of investors has been burned, but facts were really rare. The results are between creating new conzerns and distribution (AOL-Time-Warner, Amazon, ebay) and total bankruptery with some criminal numbers (Lets-Buy-it.com or Kim (Kimble) Schmitz). Under the title link you can read an article about Lars Windhorst, who was named from some people as the new Bill Gates.

It is true he worked in the computer distribution, but in contrast to Bill Gates, he never published own products or programmed products. His meaning for the German computer industry had to lie anywhere below Manfred Schmitt. The theme is not complete "Off Topic", because it shows nicely methods, effects and succesions from a few impostor computer and new economy employers. Who still believes that Kim Schmitz was really rich and succesful should read this story. But also people who played in another league than Kim Schmitz have now problems. (nba) (Translation: gf)

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22.Apr.2003
Jens Schönfeld (ANF)


 Events: C-One Release-Party at 4.5.2003
A computer legend is coming back: The C-One. The new edition of the most sold computer of the world (Guinessbook of world records), will publish official at the 4. May 2003 at a release party

The new computer was developed by an American woman: Jeri Ellsworth, 28, started in autumn 2000 with the aim to build the Commodore 64 new with modern equipment. What started as a hobby project, catched the attention of the still activ user groups. Since April 2002 the Aachen firm "individual Computers" gives an activ share at this project. Main things had been changed in narro working together with Jeri Ellsworth, for making the computer more flexible as any computer before.

At the complete new principle "reconfigurable computer" the borders of the austere separation of graphic card,sound card and processor are coming together. The new computer is so flexible that it is able to adapt itself to the programms, which should run on it. To the demonstration nearly all programms could be used, which were written for the legendary C-64, the most sold computer of the world (Guinessbook of world records). The C-One is much more faster and contains about standard interfaces for communication with the world. Modern equipment could be locked at the C-One, but also the peripherals, of the lovely called "Breadbox" computer of the 80s is getting a use.

The firm "invidual Computers" and "Radwar Enterprises" are giving a party at the 04.05.2003 for the C-One. Press and specialists are cordial invited to the cafe Bistro Campus, Markt 25, 52525 Heinsberg. Start is 19:41 o'clock. Entry is free.

Jeri Ellsworth was until 2000 owner of the shops "Computers made easy" on the westcoast of America. She sold the shops for dedicate herself to new business field, the development of an own computer. Also a robbery of an earlier prototype, couldn`t stop her to get her aim. 2 1/2 years after the begin of the project so far as: The C-One is finished - made in Germany

The Aachen firm "invidual Computers" is known for special hardware, also as own development, as development for other firms. Mainly for computer accessoir development, whose name we hadn`t heard for a long time: Amiga. But also for the C 64 an PC products are produced. Jens Schönfeld owner of "invidual Computers" since nine years, sees the C-One as walk in the future and in the past. "With the new technic we can build computers, whose calculating works could be made bigger when it is needed, for example for graphic or music possibilities.

"Radwar Enterprises" started in the middles of the 80s as so called Cracker-Group. Since 1988 parties were organised, which get scene status. The crackers from the past become experts today, who see the C-One as legend from tomorrow. So they decided in honour of the C-One to organise a C-One release party

Continous links:
Official Homepage of C-One
individual Computers
Radwar Enterprises
Cafe Bistro Campus
(nba) (Translation: gf)

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22.Apr.2003
Cloanto/AmigaForever (ANF)


 Bluetooth-Adapter on Amiga (RS232)
On a Bluetooth-enabled PC, Amiga Explorer also works with a Bluetooth serial adapter attached to the Amiga serial port. The PC side must support the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile, which makes it possible to select the Amiga side as a standard COM port in Amiga Explorer. Depending on the adapter, no configuration may be required (the adapter attached to the Amiga serial port automatically runs as a "slave"), or, in some cases, the adapter must first be connected to the PC serial port and configured via the included software. Some adapters have a built-in Web server which allows for remote configuration.

In either case, no Bluetooth software is required on the Amiga. A 9-pin to 25-pin adapter may be required to connect a 9-pin Bluetooth RS-232 adapter to the Amiga DB-25 serial port connector. Such Bluetooth devices can cost as much as $200.00, and include Blue2Space's blue2link, Sphinx Elektronik's PICO Plug, LinTech's Bluetooth RS232 Adapter, Inventel's BlueAirPlug, Laurde's Serial Port Adapter and SMART Modular Technologies' Blue Lapis Serial Port Adaptor (these devices are not endorsed and have not been tested by Cloanto). (ps)

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22.Apr.2003
Oliver Achten (ANF)


 Emulator: A/NES CGFX v1.32 with Picasso 96 support
A/NES CGFX, the fastest NES emulator for Amigas with graphic cards is now published in the version 1.32. This time finally with Picasso 96 support. Fetch the new version at http://hem.passagen.se/anescgfx (ps) (Translation: gf)

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21.Apr.2003
Das NetBSD-Team (ANF)


 NetBSD 1.6.1 released
The NetBSD project is pleased, to announce the availability of version 1.6.1 of the NetBSD operating system.

Further details about this release as well as about the NetBSD operating system can be found at the title link.

(ps) (Translation: sk)

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21.Apr.2003
Amig@lien (ANF)


 Descent: Freespace: MultiplayerPack 08 released
The the MultiplayerPack 08 for Decent: Freespace has been released. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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21.Apr.2003



 Aminet Uploads until 21.04.2003
Following the Aminet uploads which were added since our last message: 
MicroBase503de.lha   biz/dbase  841K+Database supports dBASE, HTML - GERMAN
MicroBase503en.lha   biz/dbase  444K+Database supports dBASE, HTML - ENGLISH
Progr_Langs_v8.lha   dev/misc    73K+Comparison of progr. langs
AmigaPower.lha       docs/hyper  57K+AMiGa=PoWeR French Amiga Magazine (April
amigazette_13.lha    docs/mags  1.0M+AMIGAzette 13th issue (09.11.2002) (ital
amigazette_14.lha    docs/mags  507K+AMIGAzette 14th issue (20.01.2003) (ital
amigazette_15.lha    docs/mags  243K+AMIGAzette 15th issue (13.04.2003) (ital
obligement38.lha     docs/mags  1.1M+Obligement #38 - The Famous FRENCH fanzi
boulderdaesh.lha     game/jump  909K+V5.15, BoulderDaesh RTX Main Archive
WormWars.lha         game/misc  585K+Worm Wars 7.41: Advanced snake game
RebootStartV42.lha   game/patch  59K+Degrader & run any game from Workbench
Kulce_HU.lha         game/wb      1K+Hungarian catalog for Kulce game
BoingBall.lha        gfx/3dobj   74K+LW3D boingball object
SmartScale.lha       gfx/conv    32K+A CLI/WB program used for gfx conversion
ZoneXplorer.lha      gfx/fract  2.8M+Modular,true color fractal explorer (PPC
ImageFX45txtFR.lha   gfx/ifx     62K+ImageFX 4.5 French interface Text
wipes.lha            gfx/ifx      7K+Wipe/Transition Arexx Script v0.7 for IF
DCEKeyFix.lha        hard/drivr  20K+Working RAMIGA for DCE-Keyboardadapters
imdbDiff030411.lha   misc/imdb  9.0M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
l33t_is_sh1t.lha     mods/chip    3K+Protracker 1.1 chip music module
rno-r084.mpg         mods/mpg   4.8M+Rno-records release #84 by Xhaust(dNb)
AP21Covers.lha       pix/misc   219K+AMiGa=PoWeR N 21 Covers Recto & Verso
obligement-38.jpg    pix/misc    71K+Obligement's cover n 38
mathlibspatch.lha    util/boot    9K+Mathffp, ieeesingtrans libs SpeedUp Patc
TxtToHTML.lha        util/conv   92K+Converts txt files to HTML Docs (+GUI v1
IdentifyDev.lha      util/libs   84K+Identify hardware and more, OS3.9 (V37.1
IdentifyUsr.lha      util/libs  123K+Identify hardware and more, OS3.9 (V37.1
HomerSampleFix.lha   util/misc  2.6M+Works with the Latest NewHomer (v1.85)
Scout-src.lha        util/moni  564K+V3.1, System monitor - GNU-GPL source co
Scout.lha            util/moni  888K+V3.2, System monitor (MUI & AmiTCP optio
arxced41.lha         util/rexx   21K+ArexxGuide online help macro for CED 3.5
(ps) (Translation: sk)

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21.Apr.2003
Richard Körber (ANF)


 Tool: Identify 37.1- inoffical release
Richard Körber wrote:
The Identify LIBRARY can be used to identify Zorro boards and supply further system specifications. I published the project under LGPL on Sourceforge.

Recently Thore Boeckelmann released an update of the Identify LIBRARY (V37.1) in the AmiNet. This publication happened without my knowledge. I do not exactly know either what was changed in the V37.1. According to the mails of users, whom I received since then, however this release seems to work incorrectly.

Up to further I recommend to install for safety's sake again the version released by me last (see URL to the title). I have already contacted Thore and hope that we can release an official update soon. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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21.Apr.2003
Andreas Weyrauch (A.W.Design) (ANF)


 Screenshots of AmigaOneXE and Linux/Mac
On the homepage of pointdesign one can find some screenshots depicting the AmigaONE G4 XE running LinuxPPC and MacOnLinux. (ps) (Translation: sk)

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21.Apr.2003
AmigaWorld (ANF)


 Weekly Q&A's with Fleecy Moss - episode 6
The English online magazine AmigaWorld has published episode 6 of the regular questions and answers session with Fleecy Moss, CTO at AMIGA, Inc. (Update 2012-03-17, cg: as the original document is no longer available, the following content was moved into our database):

1) realize: How do you intend to get people to develop native OS4 apps? ( This is what will make you sink or swim)

Fleecy: By offering direct support to them, a variety of incentives and most importantly, a succesful new platform that both allows them to do what they can't do on other platforms and which allows them to make money and enjoy themselves.

2) Desmon: Why hasn't Amiga.inc stepped into the Amithlon/Umilator argument and taken on the distribution themselves?

Fleecy: It is a very complicated situation in which multiple parties have taken positions that have made it difficult for any solution that is acceptable to all to develop. We are as interested in seeing a resolution as everyone else but a lot needs to happen to achieve this.

3) Dave_P: Why do you still bother? I am serious. With all the mud that is thrown day in day out, the small Amiga userbase, the innuendo and flack. Why exactly do you bother to get out of bed and not take an IT job in the mainstream industry but continue persist with the Amiga against such odds?

Fleecy: We have a firm view of the future that many people find exciting and, despite the volume of noise, most of it is from a relatively small group of people who have a varied set of reasons for making that noise. That is not to say we don't deserve it - we are the first to admit that mistakes have been made but there have also been other circumstances that have made our progress difficult. Luckily, the majority of Amigans have stayed Amigans because they are committed to having the best digital platform on the market and, as with us, we are in it for that target, not for the sight seeing on the way.

4) ssolie: Amiga Inc. has been accused of spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) do to its past announcements and delays in shipping product. Does Amiga Inc. have a policy regarding FUD and if so, what is that policy?

Fleecy: We have made mistakes in our PR and communications strategies. As I have said previously, we are caught between those who want lots of information and those who only want information about shipping products or what they call 'tangible news'. We have been rightly criticised for saying too much about some developments that have not worked and wrongly criticised for others, as in the case of the Nokia Media Terminal and Sendo, both signed deals that fell apart after announcement not because of us but because the products were then pulled by their parent companies.

Our current policy is to make PRs only about things that can be proved. In this way we hope to win back the trust of those who believe we have misled them, although it will annoy those who want more information.

5) Doobrey: With regards to all the FUD and mud slinging, what is your opinion of the legality of MorphOS ?

Fleecy: As an officer of the company, my opinion is that of Amiga Inc. As CTO I concentrate on technical issues and our legal department concentrates on issues of legality.

6) z5: how many people are working at Amiga Inc?

Fleecy: That is internal information and I don't have exact numbers but we operate with a small group of employees and a larger distributed number of contractors.

7) SlimJim: AInc often refer to "internal developers" when talking about what is being done behind the scenes. In contrast to the people working on AOS4, very little is known about AInc's "own" development muscle. Can you give some more information about these famed "internal developers"?

Fleecy: No. Last time we did that, a few of them got mail bombed.

8) Dandy: I can remember of an official AInc-Announcement of July 14th, 2001, stating that "StormC" of Haage & Partner had been chosen by AInc as official developing environment for the next generation Amiga platform. Is this statement still valid?

Fleecy: No. We haven't heard from H&P for over a year now and the last thing I heard was that they were threatening to give up on Amiga and move to other platforms. We are investigating doing our own development environment.

9) alx: In Week 3 Q4, you mentioned how ExecSG was now capable of running OS3.9. Can you confirm that integration of emulation (the main setback) is now finalised?

Fleecy: The test suites for OS3.9 and OS4.0 on the CSPPC are progressing rapidly and despite a few glitches caused by the CSPPC itself, we have found very few problems. The test suites are not complete yet so I can't say it is finalised but we have been very pleased with the performance, stability and compatability so far.

10) jumpship: Is AmigaINC planning on comissioning a standard case for the AmgiaONE? Maybe not for this release, but for the future?

Fleecy: We have discussed it in terms of a marketing identity but there are no firm plans yet.

(Copyright © 2003 Amigaworld.net. All rights reserved.
Originally available at http://amigaworld.net/modules/fleecymoss/index.php?cat_id=7
You may freely redistribute this article, providing that a URL is provided to the original source,
and the copyright notices remain intact) (ps) (Translation: sk)

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20.Apr.2003
Gunnar Bernhardt (ANF)


 Emulator: WinUAE Version 0.8.22R6
Yesterday version 0.8.22 Release 6 of the Amiga emulator 'WinUAE' for Windows by Toni Wilen has been released.

Download:
WinUAE0822R6.exe
WinUAE0822R6.zip

Changes in WinUAE 0.8.22 Release 6 of 19th April 2003 compared to the previous version:

Bugs fixed:
  • increased compatibility
  • display emulation graphics corruption in some programs (NOTE: some very old games, for example Eliminator, require OCS Agnus)
  • sprites outside display window emulated partially (Banshee AGA, Alien Breed 3D)
  • audio emulation fixes (noise and random popping)
  • input configuration fixes
  • crash when creating new CD32 NVRAM-file
  • compressed disk images can be write-enabled
  • more compatible with newer CDTV extended ROMs (still no CDROM controller emulation)
  • disk emulation fixes (writing freeze, drive type, disk eject/insert, more compatible disk change detection, writing to multiple drives simultaneously)
  • stuck middle button when "Middle Mouse-Button -> ALT-TAB" was enabled
  • don't crash if zlib.dll is missing
  • lost mouse input events when using high refresh rate mouse
New features:
  • compressed state files
  • rewritten and more compatible serial port emulation, serial link game support
  • more compatible blitter speed in non cycle-exact mode (Spindizzy Worlds, PP Hammer..)
  • turbo-floppy speed enables fast writing
  • disable screensaver when WinUAE is active
  • improved configurable CPU idle-function
  • screenshots saved to ScreenShots-directory
  • input configuration joystick port swap and device disable-button implemented.
A German mirror ist available under http://www.webwood.de. (ps)

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19.Apr.2003
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)


 GAUHPIL: Many areas updated
The GAUHPIL (Geographical Amiga Users Home Page Internet List) is a list created and moderated by Dietmar Knoll about websites of Amiga users that is sorted geographically according to continents and countries. Today the following areas have been updated:
  • Europe
  • New Links List
  • Lost Links List
  • History 2003
(ps)

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19.Apr.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)


 G4 Upgrade card to be released on July 1st, 2003
Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco have announced that the promised G4 CPU Upgrade card for Pegasos1 owners will be available on July 1st, 2003 for 200Euro. Pegasos1 owners can buy it at www.pegasosppc.com when pegasos-usa.com is integrated into the new site. There will also be a new software bundle available then.

Bill and Raquel also confirmed that the CPU cards for the Pegasos II are the same as the CPU cards for the Pegasos I. That way every Pegasos II user, who already got a Pegasos I, can use his old Pegasos I CPU card and Pegasos I users can buy Pegasos II CPU cards.

They also made clear that this offer has no impact on the Pegasos-I-trade-in offer. You can still get a Pegasos II including a G4 processor card for your old Pegasos I machine plus 200 Euro. (ps)

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19.Apr.2003
Diverse


 Short Software News (19.04.2003)
 
Emulator: Mame for MorphOS Version 0.67
- Mame0.67 added (bug fixes and overlay support) see readme.txt for more information.

Tool: MCP Version 1.42
MCP ("MasterControlProgram") from Dieter Groppé version 1.42

Emulator: A/NES CGFX v1.31
The cool feature added here is the autoframerate option that makes miracles (well close to) for your NSF's assuming you usually don't have a fast enough computer to play them back at correct speed. Worth to check out anyway hopefully. You'll find the latest archive in the download section. Be sure to run the installer aswell if your earlier A/NES CGFX version is < v1.30 since the installation procedure now installs more files than previous versions. Anyway, enjoy the release and have a Happy Easter! :-)

Game: Worm Wars Version 7.41
Download: WormWars.lha 585 KB

Game: Payback GBA report Nr. 6

MorphOS.net: New xpkmaster
Update: Mr. Skjæret has released an updated xpkmaster for MorphOS. It needs a previously installed xpkmaster setup: xpkmaster_bin.lha

(ps)

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18.Apr.2003
Hans-Jörg Frieden (ANF)


 IncaGold and Hyperion announce license agreement
 
IncaGold and Hyperion Entertainment enter into comprehensive license agreement

Leuven, Belgien, April 18, 2003

IncaGold GmbH and Hyperion Entertainment VOF announced today that they entered into a comprehensive license agreement which will see many of IncaGold's current and future entertainment software titles converted for the Amiga, Linux and Macintosh platforms.

Hyperion's first target for conversion is 'Midnight Racing' which offers players the excitement of realistic night driving using a state of the art 3D engine.

"We are understandably very pleased with this agreement as signing with IncaGold will allow us to bring IncaGold's outstanding and ever-growing portfolio of games to our target audiences", said Ben Hermans, managing partner of Hyperion Entertainment.

Daniel Aurell, Director at IncaGold, added, "We are pleased to have found such a competent partner in this field to take our PC entertainment products to other home computing platforms. We are looking forward to together with Hyperion bringing many of our titles to the Amiga, Linux and Mac systems in the coming months."

About Hyperion Entertainment VOF
Hyperion Entertainment is a privately held Belgian-German company, founded in March of 1999. The company specialises in 3D graphics and the conversion of top-quality entertainment software from Windows to niche-platforms including Amiga, Linux (x86,PPC) and MacOS (OS 9/X). Hyperion Entertainment has undertaken contract-work in the field of 3D graphics for companies such as Monolith and has developed a mature, fast, small foot-print technology to bring 3D graphics to low power digital devices such as PDA's and STB's. Hyperion is currently working on AmigaOS 4.0, a vastly enhanced PPC native incarnation of the groundbreaking multimedia OS introduced by Commodore in 1985.

ABOUT INCAGOLD
IncaGold is a world-wide leader in the development and publishing of casual gaming entertainment on PC CD-ROM. Founded in 1996, the company operates sales and development offices in Brazil, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. (ps)

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18.Apr.2003
Ron van Herk (ANF)


 Genesi at CeBIT Australia
Genesi would like to invite all visitors to the CeBIT Australia 2003 event to visit our booth. We will be exhibiting in hall 5, booth 561.

The show is from May 6th - 8th in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Center, Darling Harbour, Sydney. For more information please check the official CeBIT Australia 2003 website: www.cebit.com.au. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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18.Apr.2003
Christian Krenner (ANF)


 Extreme Amiga 600 Upgrading Page: Amiga 600 with USB-ports!
There is another update of the "Extreme Amiga 600 Upgrading Page". The site documents the upgrade of an Amiga 600. The current highlight: The Amiga 600 was equipped with USB-ports and therefore should be the only A 600 with which you can use USB devices. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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18.Apr.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)


 Eyetech: AmigaOneXE delivered since Wednesday
Alan Redhouse (Eyetech) gave a statement on AmigaOne mailing list (title link) and explained that the delivery of the AmigaOneXE has started on Wednesday.

First of all other dealers will be delivered, then "developers" which ordered an AmigaOneSE 12 months ago, then customers which ordered a motherboard from Eyetech and finally the buyers of complete systems.

Alan supposes that all orders will be executed until the end of the month. (ps) (Translation: dr)

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