20.Aug.2005
Chris Hodges (ANF)
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Aminet: external full text search engine Amifind moved
The Aminet full text search engine "Amifind" searches the more than 73000 readme files of the Aminet (more than 300 MB all together) in a few milli seconds kunden for the key words.
Thanks to a new server with higher meory capabilities can the search engine now be reached under amifind.platon42.de (the homepage of Chris Hodges moved, too).
As the switching of the domain platon42.de happened just yesterday it may happen that the access works for some users in the next days.
(cg) (Translation: wk)
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20.Aug.2005
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Jump'n Run: Preview of "Mr. Beanbag!" (AGA)
Mr. Beanbag! is a classical jump'n'run just like Sega's Sonic-series. Numerous screenshots and a video can be watched under the titlelink, a
playable preview will be published in the future as well.
The author, who presents her project in a thread on amiga.org, wants to publish the game this year.
Preview-video: valley.avi (1,9 MB) (cg) (Translation: nba)
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20.Aug.2005
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E compiler: update for ECX to version 1.4.5
ECX 1.4 is a compiler for the programming language E for AmigaOS and MorphOS. The update of the compiler to version 1.4.5 requires the package of the version before (exc48.lha) and comes with several bug fixes and improvements.
Required is an installation of the Amiga-E-Paketes (amigae33a.lha) respectively at least the assign EMODULES: with the V40 EModules.
The compiler needs at least a 68000 processor, AmigaOS V37+ and 2 MB memory. The compiles require at least a 68020 (+68881 when using floating point) and AmigaOS V37 or a PPC and MorphOS.
Features:
- 680x0 and PowerPC support
- Support for EC binary modules and new binary modules
- Support for the ADOS and the ELF output format
- Support for mixed and pure output binary files
- MorphOS support
Download:
ecx48.lha (537 KB)
ecx_upd.lha (120 KB)
amigae33a.lha (1,6 MB)
(snx) (Translation: wk)
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19.Aug.2005
RhoSigma, Roland Heyder (ANF)
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Creating galleries and online-shops: MakeHTMLMap V4.000
Roland Heyders has updated his Shareware program MakeHTMLMap to version 4.000.
This software can be used to create picture galleries as well as now online-shops, too.
System requirements are AmigaOS 2.04 and 2 MB RAM.
Download: MakeHTMLMap.lha (884 KB)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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19.Aug.2005
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Review: Tower D-Box (English)
Under the title link you can find an English review of the tower "D-Box" from Elbox.
The author thinks that this tower is a good buy. It is well made, looks pretty
good and has enough space for extensions.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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19.Aug.2005
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AmigaOS4: Update der Perl 5.8.5-Portierung (Amiga-Version 0.02)
Andy Broad has released an update of his AmigaOS4-port of Perl v5.8.5.
The programming language Perl ("practical extraction and report language")
originally was developed by Larry Wall and underlies the GPL respectively the Perl Artistic License.
The new Amiga-version 0.02 allows stativ linking; most of the standard
addons are included. Meanwhile just POSIX and Devel:DProf are missing. Additionally the update supports the Fork-emulation.
Download: perl.tar.bz2 (15 MB) (snx) (Translation: nba)
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19.Aug.2005
Neo (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Drum-Computer RockBEAT 1.0
RockBEAT is a simple software drum machine
(Screenshot)
for AmigaOS 4. It is a tool for musicians that allows you to create
drumming tracks. It can create multiple tracks, each one being 4x 4/4
measures with 16th notes. You can save individual tracks as wav files, or
the whole thing as one big song. You can drop in your own 16bit 44100Hz
PCM WAV samples in the drumsamples/ folder if you like. Great for the
bedroom guitarist!
The demo is restricted to 10 minutes. If you like it, you can purchase a
keyfile from the author for $15 USD. (cg) (Translation: nba)
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19.Aug.2005
Pegasos.org (website)
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MorphOS: AmigaOS 3.x skin and icon set
L.A Yliniemi has released an AmigaOS 3.x-design skin for MorphOS, accompanied by a corresponding set of PNG icons. These do also include MIME icons and further Glowicon style system icons.
Download: AmigaOS3.x_Skin.lha (680 KB) (snx)
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19.Aug.2005
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AROS: nforce.device update / Betatesters needed
Michal Schulz, author of the NIC driver for nForce 1-4 chipsets (amiga-news.de reported), is looking for betatesters. For details, please consult his weblog at the title link. Also the latest binary has been published there.
Download: nforce.device (24 KB) (snx)
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19.Aug.2005
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Games database: lemonamiga.com including 699 cheats
Lemon Amiga, a big games database with many screenshots and detailled
information, now offers a total amount of cheats for 699 amiga games. (cg) (Translation: nba)
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19.Aug.2005
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Retro-Gaming: Updates of kultpower.de and kultboy.com
kultpower.de offers nine new scans
of various reviews of console games originally published in the magazine
ASM. kultboy.com has been updated with
several reviews as well: Earthsiege 2 (PP), Emerald Mine (ASM), Hollywood
Poker (ASM), Maupiti Island (AJ), Rambo II (64), Space Invasion (Commando)
(64), Space Quest 3 (ASM). (cg) (Translation: nba)
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18.Aug.2005
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Texteditor: New name wanted for GoldED-distribution
The GoldED package shall get a new name, says programmed Dietmar Eilert.
The name of the editor will remain GoldED but the whole package needs a
different name (one which does not contain "ED" because development has
moved away from pure editor and towards a package for developers). A list
of candidates has been compiled under the titlelink. Further suggestions
for a new name should be sent by email to the programmer or should be
posted into the amiga-news.de forum thread. (cg) (Translation: nba)
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18.Aug.2005
Michael Böhmer (ANF)
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USB-controller: SUBWAY production running again
E3B announces the availability of its famous SUBWAY USB clockport
controller. Due to numerous requests from the Amiga communitiy E3B has
started a last production run of its SUBWAY controller to give interested
Amiga users the chance to order one of these clockport modules to expand
the Amiga 1200 with a regular USB port. (snx) (Translation: nba)
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18.Aug.2005
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Workbench replacement: Scalos 41.1a (Beta)
A new beta-version of the well-known workbench replacement Scalos was
published today. Details about the changes can be seen from the
History.
Download:
AmigaOS 3: ScalosBeta_41.1a_68K.lha (1,7 MB)
MorphOS: ScalosBeta_41.1a_MOS.lha (1,7 MB) (cg)
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18.Aug.2005
Neo (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4.0: MPlayer Dirty Preview #5
A new beta-version of the AmigaOS 4 port of the movie-player
Mplayer
was published today under the titlelink (Screenshot). (cg)
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17.Aug.2005
Uwe Ryssel (ANF)
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ScummVM 0.7.1 (68K and WOS) available
Uwe Ryssel has released ScummVM 0.7.1 for AmigaOS/68K and WarpOS today.
ScummVM is an interpreter for various graphic adventures such as Monkey
Island, Day of the Tentacle, Beneath a Steel Sky, Simon the Sorcerer, Flight
of the Amazon Queen and Broken Sword. (snx) (Translation: nba)
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17.Aug.2005
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Amiga Samba: Small updates of "Idiot's Guide"
The English "Amiga Samba Idiots Guide", which explains the setup of the networking software Samba under Amiga OS, was corrected in several items of its content. Has your installation failed so far, please try it again with the corrected version of this tutorial. (cg) (Translation: ts)
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17.Aug.2005
ANN (Website)
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Podcast-receiver: AmiPodder 1.1 released
Robert Williams' freeware-programme AmiPodder, the only Amiga-receiver
for so called Podcasts, has been updated to versio 1.1. The ARexx-programme
hat ein Update auf Version 1.1 erfahren. External software is needed for
using this ARexx-programme which is listed on the
installation page.
Important updates:
- so called "smart channels" merge podcasts from various feeds
- optimized support for Bittorrent-feeds
- revised user interface with a graphical tool bar and preferences tabs
- new icons for the program and the tool bar by Ken Lester
Download: AmiPodder.lha (343 KB) (snx) (Translation: nba)
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16.Aug.2005
Marc Nause (Usenet)
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Braunschweiger Zeitung: "25 Years Commodore Braunschweig"
Marc Nause has scanned an article about a meeting of 120 former coworkers at Commodore Braunschweig. The article is held in german. (snx) (Translation: is)
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16.Aug.2005
ANN (Webseite)
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Runesoft at the Games Convention
Runesoft Entertainment will be presenting games at this years edition of Games Convention in Leipzig, which will last from 17.8.-21.8. You can find them at the stand of their partner company Magnussoft (Hall 3/Stand B10), where they will be presenting games for different platforms. "Gangland", which has been finished last week for the Mac, will be presented in Leipzig for the first time and you can playtest the game on several Macintosh systems. Linuxgamers can play with "Northland". They will be happy to meet you at the stand. (snx) (Translation: nba)
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16.Aug.2005
AROS-Exec (forum)
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AROS: nForce NIC support (Update)
Michal Schulz has finished a NIC driver for AROS to support the nForce, nForce2, nForce3 and nForce4 chipset. Thus, the Team AROS bounty 27 has been completed. The source code has been commited to SVN.
According to the author, support of even newer chipsets (up to nForce11 or nForce12) is a matter of adding proper DeviceIDs and setting few flags for the specific chipset (mostly which interrupts are provided by the hardware itself). (snx)
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16.Aug.2005
ANN (Webseite)
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Filesystem-Handler: Ext2FS-Betaversion 0.13 allows write-access
Marek Szyprowski has published a public betaversion 0.13 of his Ext2-Filesystem for AmigaOS 3.x and MorphOS. Because of activated debug-ouput, this version is slower than its predecessors
This update gives support for changable media and it also allows write-access to ext2-partitions, but handle with care, it isn't well-tested. Use it on your own risk.
Please send bugreports to the author, who is on vacation until the beginning of September.
Download: ext2fs_0.13.lha (79 KB) (snx) (Translation: is)
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16.Aug.2005
Martin Henke (ANF)
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Windows: bugfix for "Neues"-starter
Because of compatiblity reasons with Windows XP, there has been published an update of the starter program (amiga-news has reported) for the german TV-Show "Neues".
Download:
StartNeues_V1.0.1.zip (35 KB) (bugfixed executable)
StartNeues.zip (2,8 MB) (complete archive) (snx) (Translation: is)
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15.Aug.2005
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Aminet-Uploads until 14.08.2005
Here are the new Aminet uploads since our last posting:
DBF.lha biz/dbase 162K OS3 Xbase manipulation package, update
wookiechat.lha comm/irc 399K OS4 IRC Client (Internet Relay Chat)
BabelDoc.lha comm/tcp 40K OS3 Translate docs or strings from one langu
AOA.SevenSeasA.dms demo/slide 760K OS3 Slideshow from Andromeda. Supports AGA
AOA.SevenSeasB.dms demo/slide 615K OS3 Slideshow from Andromeda. Supports AGA
up-ep009.lha demo/sound 1.6M OS3 UP ROUGH "JR. Francisco Inna Echochamber
scummvm_tools070-mos.lha game/misc 580K MOS SCUMMVM tools for use with SCUMMVM games
relics1.lzh game/role 1.7M OS3 Relics Of Deldroneye 1 FULL GAME
relics1_5.lzh game/role 607K OS3 Relics Of Deldroneye 1.5 FULL GAME
relics2.lzh game/role 3.2M OS3 Relics Of Deldroneye 2 FULL GAME
twom1.lzh game/role 723K OS3 The World of Magic I FULL GAME
twom2.lzh game/role 1.1M OS3 The World of Magic II FULL GAME
gocr040-mos.lha gfx/misc 1.4M MOS Optical character recognition program
UAE-828-AOS68k.lha misc/emu 824K OS3 E-UAE_0.8.28-RC2 for Amiga 68k OS
audreys.lha mods/atmos 252K all Audreys
demoicons.lha pix/icon 276K all PNG Icons Pack For AOD + TheDemoEffectsC
gameiconpack2.lha pix/icon 428K all Game icons *PNG* Collection 2
gameiconpack3.lha pix/icon 557K all Game icons *PNG* Collection 3
PngIconsGamePack.lha pix/icon 716K all Game icons *PNG* Collection 1
trawo4.lha pix/trace 441K OS3 The Polish Raytraced Pack
convertlit12-mos.lha text/misc 187K MOS Decrypts ebooks in LIT format
ppunpack10-mos.lha util/arc 210K MOS Extracts Powerpacked files
unshield05-mos.lha util/arc 793K MOS Extracts or lists InstallShield Cabinet
untarka034-mos.lha util/arc 116K MOS Extracts or lists Tar/Tar.z/Tar.gz/Tar.b
pkcrack122-68k.lha util/crypt 233K OS3 Decrypts password protected ZIP archives
pkcrack122-mos.lha util/crypt 254K MOS Decrypts password protected ZIP archives
AmiDisk_1.lha util/dir 385K OS4 File manager for OS4
DM_con_LL.lha util/dir 8K all My DiskMaster2 configuration and associa
WarpPNGdt.lha util/dtype 207K VAR PNG image datatype V45.7 (68k,OS4,MOS,WO
eflashutil.lha util/misc 26K OS3 GUI for eFlasher (utility for eFlash 400
Snoopium.lha util/moni 102K MOS System monitoring tool for MorphOS
(cg) (Translation: nba)
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15.Aug.2005
Cyborg (ANF)
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GUI-system: NewGui 1.4.7
The update of the graphical user interface NewGUI now allows the
change of themes in realtime. A special menu point was built into the
NewGUI context-menu (CTRL + right mouse button) for a comfortable
change of themes.
At the moment one should only change themes with a similar size as
the gadget-positioning has not been corrected yet. (cg) (Translation: nba)
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15.Aug.2005
Pegasos.org (Website)
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Linux: Fedora Core 4 for the Pegasos
Under the title link you can read an English documentation
(Readme.Pegasos) as well as find the needed files to install
the Linux-variant Fedora Core 4 on the Pegasos. (snx) (Translation: nba)
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15.Aug.2005
Amiga.org (Website)
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Cloanto: Amiga Explorer 2005 available
Amiga Explorer by Cloanto is now available in its version 2005. A demo version is available for free downloading on the Cloanto website with a
transfer limitation of 1 KB per file.
The Amiga Explorer networking software makes it possible to access the
resources of an Amiga computer from one or more Windows systems.
Configuration is extremely simple and by default requires only a few
mouse clicks on the Windows side.
Amiga Explorer is available as a stand-alone package, or as part of
Amiga Forever. All versions of Amiga Forever also include Amiga
Explorer. (snx) (Translation: nba)
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14.Aug.2005
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os4depot.net: Uploads until 14.08.2005
These are the latest uploads to the os4depot.net added since our last update:
sdl_mixer.lha dev/lib 1Mb AOS4 SDK, SDL_mixer
cmi8738.lha dri/aud 10kb CMI8738 AHI driver
limpidclock.lha uti/wor 156kb transparent clock / calendar
demoicons.lha gra/ico 276kb PNG Icons Pack For AOD + TheDemoEffectsCollection
gameiconpack1.lha gra/ico 716kb Game icons *PNG* Collection 1
gameiconpack2.lha gra/ico 428kb Game icons *PNG* Collection 2
gameiconpack3.lha gra/ico 557kb Game icons *PNG* Collection 3
merkel_aquax_theme.lha gra/the 7Mb Gui theme For Amiga OS4 (update)
amidisk.lha uti/fil 385kb File manager for OS4
(cg) (Translation: is)
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14.Aug.2005
amigaworld.net (Website)
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AmigaOS 4: Movie-Player DvPlayer released
The video- und dvd-player "DvPlayer" (Screenshot) has been released today. The shareware-program supports the following
codecs:
- MPEG-1/2 Video-Streams
- MPEG-1/2 System-Streams
- Video-CD
- SVCD
- VOB-Dateien (DVDs)
- AVI-Dateien
With the help of the avcodec.library there is support for numberous
audio- and video-codecs, like MPEG 1/2, DivX, XVID, MJPG, Cinepak,
Indeo Video, PCM, MP2, MP3, AC3 (stereo, 5.1). (cg)
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14.Aug.2005
Oliver Roberts (E-Mail)
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WarpPNG v45.7 released
Oliver Roberts has released the new version 45.7 of his png-datatype
"WarpPNG". The archive includes versions for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4,
MorphOS and WarpOS.
Updates since the last version: Updated with zlib 1.2.3 which includes
various bug and security fixes; MorphOS and WarpOS versions recompiled with
VBCC 0.8i. (nba)
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14.Aug.2005
Harry Sintonen (ANF)
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MorphOS: VNC Server 1.0RC2 released (Update)
VNC Server 1.0RC2 has been released for MorphOS by Harry Sintonen and Jacek Piszczek. This freeware program allows remote access to the computer. The current visible screen is displayed on the connected clients (e.g. MorphVNC), and clients can control the mouse, keyboard and clipboard.
Main features include:
- Upto 63 simultanous clients
- MUI GUI with full keyboard control
- Flexible access control list, with multiple passwords with different settings. You can for example disable mouse, keyboard and clipboard for users who don't know the password for full access. You can allow or deny any IP/Mask
- Realtime Settings: Change setting and the change takes action immediately. Settings are saved automagically when VNC Server is quit
- Extensive security features: By default will prompt local user to accept/reject incoming connections. Also, only LAN connections are allowed by default
- Logical view of connected clients, with possibility to disconnect (Kick) or block and disconnect (Kickban) selected client or all connected clients
- Support for Remote FrameBuffer (RFB) protocol upto version 3.8
- Clipboard support: You can copy text between server and client
- DisplayBeep support: The client 'bell' event it sent when DisplayBeep occurs
- Support for ZLib compression with conforming clients (MorphVNC and TightVNC for example). Using ZLib enabled client is highly recommended
- Support for framebuffer resize extension with conforming clients (RealVNC, TightVNC and probably other modern clients)
- Support for screen swap: All screens are displayed properly (Palette indexed screen support is not fully finished in current version: Palette changes are not promoted to clients, and mouse pointer can appear with weird colours. Clients that don't support framebuffer resize extension will only display left-top part of the larger screens)
- Support for local mouse pointer extension for faster client mouse pointer movement
- No slow full screen polling, but instead implements intelligent routines to detect display changes. There is very little system load when display is idle
- Fully asynchronous design with advanced state engine. There are no blocking operations, so connected clients will continue to run normally even if other clients attempt to connect or if settings are being changed
Update: (11:55, 15.08.05, snx)
Meanwhile, version 1.0RC3 has been released at the title link. The update does fix the bug of not being able to load disabled state of some options. (snx)
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14.Aug.2005
Martin Henke (ANF)
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Windows: updated starter-software for tv-show "Neues"
The starter-software for the german TV-Show "Neues" was updated to
version 1.0. The file "Specials.txt" has experienced a format change
and can't be used anymore with older versions.
New features in this version:
- Specials are shown together with normal shows (no seperate Window)
- The show-title of a Special is shown via "ToolTips", if possible
- An unlimited number if show could be showed (it was limited to 5)
- the server entries for the according show are stored in seperate files; it isn't necessary anymore to get the whole program again, if something changes.
- the data of the shows can be updated seperately from the program
Download: StartNeues.zip (2,8 MB) (snx)
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14.Aug.2005
der_letzte_Amiganer (ANF)
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Event: Computer & Videobörse in Bremen (Germany)
On October 1st to 2nd, 2005, the "Computer- & Videobörse" will take
place in Bremen, Germany, in the "Bürgerzentrum in der neuen Vahr".
Interested people are invited to visit this computer and video market. The
admission price is 4 Euro for adults and 3 Euro for children.
Apart from a "big bazar" for new and used computers and digital cameras with several rarities as well the "User der Nordseeküste" (users of the north sea coast), a computer club based in Bremen, booked two exhibition
rooms where an AmigaOne, a Pegasos 2 and a Mac mini will be demonstrated
and a few classic Amigas will be shown.
The organizers are looking forward to meet people from the Amiga community. (cg) (Translation: nba)
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