09.Mar.2003
Sebastian Bauer (ANF)
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New NList and NListtree versions
Sebastian Bauer writes:
The new MUI classes NList and NListtree versions are now available for download on my homepage. The archives also contain the MorphOS versions (created by Jens Langner). Should there still be any problems with these versions, please tell me so I can fix them in time for the "stable" release. (ps) (Translation: cb)
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09.Mar.2003
Thorsten 'Thorty' Schölzel (ANF)
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Original Amiga logo for uploading to mobile phone released
After the MorphOS logo has been received with cheers by the users, today the original Amiga logo has been released for mobile phones by the makers Nokia and Siemens. (ps) (Translation: cb)
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09.Mar.2003
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Aminet Uploads up to 09th March 2003
Subsequently you'll find the newest Aminet uploads:
SN-MuenzArch.lha biz/dbase 197K+V1.4 Coin-DataBase (Germany only)
Opus6img.lha biz/dopus 1.1M+Toolbar Images For DOpus Magellan
GummiSurf.lha comm/net 14K+Companion tool for Charon (Download mana
ib2email.lha comm/www 2K+ARexx scripts to pass mailto: links from
OpenURL44.lha comm/www 146K+OpenURL - Get that URL!
pvt-cafe2002.lha demo/slide 2.8M+Demoparty Computer Art Festival 2002 Sli
BlitzLstFeb03.lha dev/basic 1.3M+Blitz mailing list archives for February
BlitzLstJan03.lha dev/basic 513K+Blitz mailing list archives for January
CIT.lha dev/gui 165K+A C++ GUI dev system
ASCIImui.lha dev/mui 21K+ASCII character converter (source code i
MCC_Toolbar.lha dev/mui 123K+Toolbar custom class for MUI (v15.8) [OS
muihook_mos.lha dev/mui 17K+Simple MUI source using hooks for GCC-Mo
Apfelberge.lha dev/src 5K+3D fractal example
WolnyCD.lha disk/cdrom 6K+Better read-spead, quiet working CD. v0.
SFS.lha disk/misc 187K+Smart Filesystem copyrighted by John Hen
AmigaPower.lha docs/hyper 93K+AMiGa=PoWeR French Amiga Magazine (Febru
Poczet.lha docs/hyper 162K+Guide ***POLISH ONLY*** about polish mon
NotizieAmiga.lha docs/lists 1.5M+Mailing-list NotizieAmiga 02/2003 (Itali
amigazette_09.lha docs/mags 1.1M+AMIGAzette 9th issue (25.08.2001) (itali
nocover108.lha docs/mags 1.6M+Great german diskmagazine
obligement37.lha docs/mags 1.0M+Obligement #37 - The Famous FRENCH fanzi
saku41.lha docs/mags 1.1M+Saku #41 (3/2002). Finnish e-zine.
RXDraughts.lha game/board 6K+(REACTION GUI) WB Draughts game for Amig
DC2Lvl-EMine1.lha game/data 475K+99 levels for Diamond Caves II
FreeCivExpand.lha game/data 201K+GFX Expansion for the Nativ Amiga-Port o
Mattonite.lha game/demo 672K+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
StefACS.lha game/demo 88K+Adventures creator, working in progress
whirlwind.lha game/demo 267K+Whirlwind demo,racing game inspired in W
zdragonball.lha game/demo 251K+Beat'em up with Dragonball characters
BlaggersAlley.lha game/hint 44K+Simcity 2000 Launch Arco scene - complet
Sepulchre_Wood.lha game/text 327K+Fighting Fantasy-style game (Amigaguide)
Follia_NBA_FE.lha game/think 1.4M+Extremely addictive puzzler; pure fun!
Land_O_Mines.lha game/wb 46K+Try to get out of the mine field!
Tri_Add.lha game/wb 43K+Try to find the correct total!
Anim2gif.lha gfx/conv 150K+Converts and scales an amiga animation t
Sv5-1.lha gfx/misc 557K+SView5 V1.20 (8.3.2003) - Part 1/8
Sv5-2.lha gfx/misc 155K+SView5 V1.20 (8.3.2003) - Part 2/8
Sv5-3a.lha gfx/misc 127K+SView5 V1.20 (8.3.2003) - Part 3a/8
Sv5-3b.lha gfx/misc 326K+SView5 V1.20 (8.3.2003) - Part 3b/8
Sv5-4.lha gfx/misc 38K+SView5 V1.20 (8.3.2003) - Part 4/8
Sv5-5.lha gfx/misc 143K+SView5 V1.20 (8.3.2003) - Part 5/8
Sv5-6.lha gfx/misc 158K+SView5 V1.20 (8.3.2003) - Part 6/8 (opti
Sv5-7.lha gfx/misc 157K+SView5 V1.20 (8.3.2003) - Part 7/8 (opti
swftools-0.4.2.lha gfx/misc 2.8M+Collection of tools for the manipulation
BetaScanSrc.lha hard/drivr 184K+Complete Source for BetaScan.v3 (3.05)
BetaScan_GER.lha hard/drivr 7K+German catalog for BetaScan_v3
BetaScan_v3.lha hard/drivr 128K+BetaScan v.3 with Raction based GUI
cd32-expansion.txt hard/misc 6K+Full description of CD32 expansion slot
psu-problems.txt hard/misc 6K+Diagnosing power supply problems
imdbDiff030221.lha misc/imdb 3.9M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
hc-hexenjagt.lha mods/blkha 64K+Hardcore PT mod by blakkhar
juhuuu.lha mods/blkha 577K+Techno DBP mod by blakkhar
JD-Mindscapes.mpg mods/mpg 3.0M+Mindscapes by JaDe
JD-Overload4.mpg mods/mpg 3.0M+Overloaded IV by JaDe
JD-Soundstate.mpg mods/mpg 3.6M+Sound State by JaDe
Cathedral.lha mus/misc 123K+Reverb. 16-bit,MUI,68k/PPC, non-realtime
flac-1.0.4BETA.lha mus/misc 2.1M+FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec
ringtonetools.lha mus/misc 61K+Mobile tones converter
EP_SoundPlayer.lha mus/play 9K+EaglePlayer "SoundPlayer" external repla
FenrixGIcons.lha pix/gicon 511K+Some glowIcons, mostly drawers
FenrixGIcons2.lha pix/gicon 147K+Some glowIcons, mostly drawers
Nelta-glow.lha pix/gicon 588K+Over the 300 misc glow icons [by cYbo]
SimsGameIcons.lha pix/gicon 32K+GlowIcons for 5 current amiga-games
trodas_icons2.lha pix/gicon 592K+Glow icons made by trodas
anl-strip_9.lha pix/misc 49K+[ancor] a normal life
AP20Covers.lha pix/misc 193K+AMiGa=PoWeR N 20 Covers Recto & Verso
sgf-strip_5.lha pix/misc 50K+[ancor] StarGround flashback
sgf-strip_6.lha pix/misc 48K+[ancor] StarGround flashback
ufstoryv2.lha pix/misc 307K+A Fantasy story with pics this is v2.0
moped18.jpg pix/trace 154K+Motorbike rendered with Cinema4D V4
ChineseIME.lha text/edit 214K+A Chinese IME solution to input Chinese
hypermail2.1.5.lha text/misc 268K+Takes mail msgs and generates HTML docum
ActivateWindow.lha util/cli 7K+CLI-tool to activate, move to front wind
hd.lha util/cli 7K+HD, hexdumper
MUIFind_mos.lha util/misc 46K+Freeware MUI Search tool -MorphOS-
CPUSpd.lha util/moni 6K+68k speed, cycles/scanline, cycles/frame
EBGuide.lha util/rexx 3K+(REACTION GUI) Australian TV Guide progr
Pixload-3.0.lha util/rexx 668K+Pixload 3.0 (a "dock style" in RXMui)
rxmuiguides.lha util/rexx 91K+RxMUI - RxMUI Docs in AmigaGuide format
DRemind.lha util/time 292K+Reminds you whenever you want.. v1.64!
AmiStart.lha util/wb 400K+A Windows like startmenu with drag&drop
BaseConvert.lha util/wb 25K+ReAction GUI base convertor
IconLink.lha util/wb 25K+Create links to icons
Scalos13u_FR.lha util/wb 17K+French Catalogs for Scalos1.3u(40.21)
ScaOPM-Cat_Up.lha util/wb 9K+Update Cat.french(Scalos-OPM)
SortIcons.lha util/wb 12K+Sorts Icons on WB screen - like PC/Mac!
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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09.Mar.2003
Rupert Hausberger (ANF)
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ByteMARK Benchmark V2 for AmigaOS/MorphOS
Rupert Hausberger has ported the current ByteMARK(tm) benchmark to
AmigaOS/MorphOS. It contains the following builds:
bytemark.020.aos - AmigaOS/68020/mathieee.library
bytemark.020.a4.aos - AmigaOS/68020/mathieee.library/a4-relative
bytemark.020.881.aos - AmigaOS/68020/FPU
bytemark.020.881.a4.aos - AmigaOS/68020/FPU/a4-relative
bytemark.040.aos - AmigaOS/68040/mathieee.library
bytemark.040.a4.aos - AmigaOS/68040/mathieee.library/a4-relative
bytemark.040.881.aos - AmigaOS/68040/FPU
bytemark.040.881.a4.aos - AmigaOS/68040/FPU/a4-relative
bytemark.060.aos - AmigaOS/68060/FPU
bytemark.060.aos - AmigaOS/68060/FPU/a4-relative
bytemark.603e.mos - MorphOS/603e/FPU
bytemark.603e.r13.mos - MorphOS/603e/FPU/r13-relative
bytemark.604e.mos - MorphOS/604e/FPU
bytemark.604e.r13.mos - MorphOS/604e/FPU/r13-relative
(nba) (Translation: cb)
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09.Mar.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Voltmeter software completed
I herewith announce that the software for my voltmeter hardware has been
completed. This should be able to run on all A1200s and A4000s. However, it
would have to be adapted for A500 and A600. This is because the software uses
the 32bit width of the address data.
Theoretically the software should run under AmigaOS V2.1 - 3.9, however it has
not been tested under version 2.1. The program archive now also contains the
circuit diagram for self-assembly. This has been integrated in a PDF file which
furthermore contains descriptions of the ARexx programs. Only experienced hobby
electronic technicians should deal with this (chips are susceptible against
static electricity!). You can get all parts at Conrad Electronic or any
well-assorted electronics shop.
Software: The archive now contains several ARexx programs with which you can
read out the data from the voltmeter. Among those are also an oscilloscope
program and a program using the system's Pipe:. Unfortunately I can't write a
program reading out the data from the pipe as fast as they are written into it.
Furthermore there are a bus initialization and a zero correction program.
The most important program is the main program, "Voltmeter". There you can
mainly do voltage metering in realtime. The second important function is the
sampling of voltage data. This means that in 1 second about 280 measurings are
performed. These are displayed immediately afterwards in a lister. Thereby they
are converted into volts with a precision of 3 decimal places.
This list of voltage data can be saved, if you want, to be used in another
program. The same can be done with the metered value of the single measurement.
An important highlight are the four diagram functions in the voltmeter program.
After the listing of the metered values in the lister you can view them again
in one of the four diagram modes in individual windows. These are: dot diagram,
line diagram, P-grid diagram, and L-grid diagram. The L-grid diagram is the
most exact diagram of all as you can read out the voltage down to 0.1 volts and
the time down to a few milliseconds.
It has to be said that point diagram and P-grid diagram show time in samples
whereas the two line grid diagrams show it in seconds. Incidentally there can
be only 1000 samples taken as a maximum. This means about 3.5 - 4 seconds of
measuring.
Download: Voltmeter.lzx
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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08.Mar.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Internet browser: Mozilla for AmigaOS?
In a thread on Amiga.org
explains Dave "DaveP" Pitcher that he had already run a Mozilla port under AmigaOS 3.9 - more than one year ago.
Dave had looked for people who were willing to take over the following work. As nobody registered he had ceased the work. The state of the port is described by Dave like this: "It is slow, contains errors (it's based on an early Mozilla code base) and it needs a lot of finetuning before it will be something I could be proud of".
Dave says that he'll restart the work on the port as soon as his other projects (his part of work on OS4 and his website amigabooks.org) leave him enough time and if he gets enough feedback).
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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08.Mar.2003
Olaf Köbnik (email)
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Amiga Arena: Sayonara Software page online again
Games like Hollywood Manager, Flamingo Tours and
the Samba Partie series may be taken as the most successful titles by "Sayonara Software".
Jo Seitz, the founder and developer of "Sayonara Software",
gave the Amiga Arena last year the permission to offer his games there for free downloading. These games are after the redesign now online again!
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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08.Mar.2003
Alfonso Ranieri (ANF)
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FreeDB 7.3 and CManager 21.8 released
FreeDB 7.3
and CManager 21.8 are available for download. (ps)
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08.Mar.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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New community portal: Amigaworld.net
Though the community portal Amigaworld.net already exits for several months it became a talking-point in the last days as an alternative to Amiga.org.
In contrary to Amiga.org MorphOS and Pegasos aren't accepted as topic on Amigaworld.net, the providers want to concentrate on topics all about AmigaOS and Amiga Inc. In conjunction with very strict moderating they want to avoid the typical warfares also Amiga.org had to suffer from.
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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08.Mar.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Amiga: We were just sleeping
The March issue of the Australian computer magazine "Australian Personal Computer" reports under the title "Amiga: We were just sleeping" about the upcoming launch of the "AmigaOne".
(nba) (Translation: wk)
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08.Mar.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Further AmigaOne/Pegasos benchmarks
On Pekka Nissinen's benchmark site are further benchmarks available: new added are the results of a Pegasos/G3 with 100 MHz FSB as well as of an AmigaOne-SE with 100 MHz FSB.
All benchmarks had been done with the same binary.
To people who speak English and are interested in the topic may be the according thread on ANN recommended. The issue is discussed there on a mainly objective basis. Right now there's the question why the Pegasos does much worse in two tests (assignment and LU decomposition) than the AmigaOne, maybe the L2-cache isn't activated on the Pegasos. (nba)
Update:
Update for Pegasos/AmigaOne benchmarks - In the meanwhile has the site been brought up-to-date. On the Pegasos was indeed the L2-cache deactivated, this error has been fixed and the benchmark results have been updated.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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08.Mar.2003
Bernd Roesch (ANF)
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Speed tests with Monzoom
The raytracing program Monzoom tested:
Amiga version 4.3.78 -Pro
PC version 4.5.55 -Pro
Scene: Caribbic (coming with Monzoom Pro)
800x 600; Ray 4; Antial. 4; shadow -An
A1200 __040/25MHz ___________computing time __59 min 11 sec __(3551 sec)
A4000 __060/50MHz ___________computing time __20 min 01 sec __(1201 sec)
A1200 __PPC603e/150Mhz ______computing time __10 min 39 sec __( 639 sec)
A4000 --PPC604e/200MHz ______computing time __02 min 30 sec __( 150 sec)
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WinUAE AMD/2000+ ____________computing time __01 min 48 sec __( 108 sec)
Amithlon AMD/2000+ (1.6GHz) _computing time __01 min 09 sec __( 69 sec)
Athlon 1700+ ________________computing time __00 min 09 sec --( 09 sec)
Athlon 2000+ ________________computing time __00 min 08 sec __( 08 sec)
Tried updating with Pegasos values but (mk) hadn't got my mail (he posted) and he doesn't have time next week and I don't want to stress him. But to show speed facts this is enough to be posted now.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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07.Mar.2003
Thorty! (ANF)
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Thorty-Online.de: New AMIGA sections opened
On Thorty-online.de two new Amiga sections has been opened.
- Amiga Workshops
- Handy Logos
Amiga Workshops:
You can find here some workshops about the use of WinUAE on the x86 platform. Other ones
will follow.
Handy Logos:
This fresh section will be extended in irregular distances. MorphOS fans may be delighted
because they can download a suitable logo and/or picture message for a handy of Nokia and
Siemens.
The tutorial explains you how you will get the logo and/or the picture message to your
handy.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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07.Mar.2003
Mikey C (ANF)
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Total Amiga Magazine 14 with Quake-2-lottery
Total Amiga Magazine Issue 14 will be available from March 15. But that's not the end of the story, how does the chance of winning a copy of either Amiga QuakeII or Descent: Freespace sound?
To coincide with our comprehensive Amiga Quake II review and thanks to Hyperion-Entertainment, we have a copy of Amiga Quake II/Descent: Freespace* to give away to one lucky winner. To enter, subscribe to Total Amiga Magazine by 17/3/2003 (24:00hrs GMT) and your name will automatically be entered into the prize draw.
Plus! Alan Redhouse, The man who lays it straight, writes exclusively every month for Total Amiga Magazine. In this month Alan's updates include news on the AmigaOne XE and news on a new A1 SE lite...
Plus! We are pleased to announce that Issue 14 sees an increase in content, up from 48 pages to 52. Now there is even more to read and enjoy.
Plus! Fleecy Moss, Buzz Word, Hollywood review, Webdesign on an Amiga, Software Tycoon, Top Tips, Tutorials and more.
To subscribe to Total Amiga Magazine, please visit http://www.totalamiga.org/subscribe.html for more details.
(nba) (Translation: dr)
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07.Mar.2003
Martin K. (ANF)
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GRex-homepage updated
After a short break the inofficial GRex homepage has been updated on 2nd March 2003.
Information concerning OpenPCI have been integrated as well as a little fan shop was opened.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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07.Mar.2003
heise Newsticker (ANF)
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heise: Source code contractually protect
On the current issue 4/2003 iX advices its readers
to think about taking appropriate measures in case of insolvencies of software and other
IT offerers. It may be especially important to protect the source code contractually.
Have a look at the title link for the full article (in German).
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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07.Mar.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Genesi: Further details on STB-strategy
In two comments of Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco (Genesi)
on Amiga.org
you can find further details on their Set-Top-Box-Strategy. It follows an extract from these comments:
[After reflecting about the success of BSkyB in Great Britain:] "Now, do something
inexpensive with a 403 PPC and a DTV tuner with MorphOS (in this case)
and you could have something quite special that can handle anything as
well as everything retailing for 400-500 Euros at less that 25% of the cost.
Sounds like something another BSkyB-like company might take a risk with?
Yes, you bet!"
"Everything we learned before collectively (VisCorp, PhaseV, bplan, Thendic,
etc.) is coming to play today in Genesi for a very large company that wants
to do *exactly* that."
"Speaking of which there is a good article about Murdoch
here.
[...] BTW, This article should also be read by others who may be
underestimating this DTV STB market at the price point we are delivering
hardware to it (contrast that for example with the super STB from Pace at
350 £!)."
"Our customer [...] has a pricing strategy that tells us they understand
the market and their customers."
"As far as we can tell, the BSkyB boxes in the UK are completely non-standard.
They use WAP which may sound off the wall given it's designed for mobile phones
but being designed for low end systems with low bandwidth makes it perfect
for STBs. There's a lot of technology available now that supports WAP
development. We actually will have a WAP stack/Browser ready."
"Remember, we will not integrate the uplink initially to reduce cost (we
will have a WAP portal for people to use mobile phones as an unlink though
and a handy little connector to support that process). We have a phased modular
strategy that adds functionality akin to the base station of a radio/remote
phone designed normally for home use. The receiver chip for the radio signal
will have been already introduced in the STB (as is found in the home handset
associated with the base station that anchors the system in the home with
power and telephone line connection -- incidentally overcoming the no
telephone connection near the TV problem)."
"On the smart card side, we will use them to unscramble parts of the signal
already there. This can be done on a subscriber or pre-paid basis (for
anonymity or one game at a time). The signal itself can *also* be data
driven to individually addressable STBs. Here smart cards can be further
used as recording devices. In our case viewing data can be exchanged for
movie credits... Of course, this flexibility can be promotion/advertising
oriented too..." (ps) (Translation: dr)
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07.Mar.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Amiga Inc.: Amiga Absence at CeBIT 2003 in Hannover
Amiga Absence at CeBIT
Mar 6, 2003 - Late last year, Amiga announced its intention to launch
AmigaOS4.0 at the CeBIT show
in Germany. Since then, the project has
advanced into its final stages but unfortunately not to the point where
we are ready to ship. We have thus decided not to attend the Cebit
Germany show. Instead we are looking at other shows and opportunities
in the near future to provide a suitable platform for the launch of
the new Amiga.
We apologize to the commmunity for waiting until the last possible
moment to make this announcement but despite heroic efforts by all
concerned, even up to the last minute, circumstances have conspired
to push completion beyond the deadline. We have regretfully decided
that making CeBIT Germany the AmigaOS 4 launch platform is not a
realistic option at present.
AmigaOS4.0 is coming. Beta-testing has been going on since last
September, the Club Amiga Magazine is previewing many of the new
features and AmigaOne integration is proceeding well. Amiga,
Hyperion
and Eyetech
are 100% committed to getting the new platform out into
the world and reintroducing the world to the pleasures of home
computing.
-- The Amiga Team
(ps)
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06.Mar.2003
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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Mailbox: jamiga-BBS offline
The Kiel-based Amiga-Mailbox "jamiga" is closed since today. Because this is a short term issue that occured without warning, we are making this announcement in hopes of reaching the remaining users and "connected" mailboxes this way.
On account of a few queries and current personal incidents we hesitatingly decided on this step. We hereby thank all (former) users and the mailboxes supporting us for the partially year long "faith!"
Sven Scheele and Marcel Wintrich (ps)
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06.Mar.2003
Amiga Future
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Amiga Future: Test of 'Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis'
Under the title link you'll find a test of 'Indiana Jones and the FATE
OF ATLANTIS', by Stefan Juhas. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Mar.2003
heise Newsticker (ANF)
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heise: German Language Web Presence of Mozilla Variant Phoenix
For the slender alternative browser Phoenix
the German language web presence of http://www.phoenix-browser.de has been opened. [I have used Phoenix, and find it to be slimmed down and modern. Netscape 4.8 is still a bit more responsive -DM]
Read the complete heise article under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Mar.2003
Samba Website
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Networking: Samba Version 3.0alpha22
The Samba team released version 3.0alpha22 on the 5th of March, 2003. To see what exactly has been changed, have a look
here.
Samba is software that, for example, allows networking between a PC and an Amiga. Information about Samba for Amiga may be found at
amigasamba.org.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Mar.2003
AmithlonTV Website
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TV Card Driver: AmithlonTV Beta 304
Guido Mersmann has released beta version 304 of the TV card driver software AmithlonTV, with several little updates and improvements.
Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Mar.2003
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Warning: Nethands.de Warned About Missing Banner
As already
reported many times,
many homepage makers (it doesn't matter if they are private or commercial) are not aware that the new telecommunications service law (TDG) and/or the intermediate services state regulations (MDStV) include a provision requiring a banner. There are constantly resourceful (or better put, flighty) lawyers who want to earn their bread with warnings.
Flighty therefore, because it could be possible throughout to draw attention to a possible violation through email, and to offer to help out. If this remains unsuccessful first of all, our opinion about a warning is justified. The law is conclusively implemented to protect the surfer, and not to to enrich lawyers through warnings as well.
Read under the title link about how Nethands.de handles the warning, and help them if you have the opportunity. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Mar.2003
heise Newsticker (ANF)
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heise: Microsoft Has Abandoned the OpenGL Consortium
On account of the apparently insufficiently future-oriented development of the 3D interface, Microsoft has abandoned the OpenGL Consortium, and wants concentrate exclusively on their house Direct3D standard.
You'll find the heise article under the title link. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Mar.2003
Andreas Falkenhahn (E-Mail)
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Multimedia authoring system: New plugin for Hollywood
Malibu is a plugin for Hollywood which contains an import filter
for Scala presentations. As soon as Malibu is installed, Hollywood
will suddenly be able to show Scala presentations or compile them.
Many screenshots are now available from the Airsoft Softwair
homepage. The Malibu plugin will of course also be released for
MorphOS and - as soon as available - AmigaOS4.
With Malibu it is now possible for the first time to display Scala presentations on Workbench screen or on your own public screen. Because the whole emulation runs on top of Hollywood's multimedia application layer everything will be first converted to 24-bit and then displayed. In many cases the quality of the pictures that Malibu displays is much better than the original Scala quality because Scala often had to remap many pictures with very different colors to a 8-bit display which resulted in a massive loss of color information.
Malibu emulates nearly the whole Scala command set and supports all Scala versions up to Scala InfoChannel 500 which was the last Amiga version of Scala. Emulation is done by the elCapitan microkernel which tries to achieve the best performance possible on the used system. For example, the next page is already calculated while the current page is on the display. Complex transition effects can also be pre-calculated and then displayed smoothly.
Scala is a program which helped the Amiga to become a real Multimedia wonder. There were no products for a long long time that could beat an Amiga with Scala. Therefore Scala was widely used in all different production fields, from movies and television to big shows. Everyone who has worked with Scala knows what power it has. But this power is only possible because Scala is very hard coded to the Amiga's custom chips which leads to the problem that it does not run on graphics boards and also has some other major problems with today's Amiga systems. For many years all sorts of users complained that there is no Scala that runs RTG compatible. This time is over now. Scala revives with the Malibu plugin: On the Workbench? Of course. In 24-bit? You can bet your life on that. Always RTG conform? Absolutely.
Don't miss Malibu out! Watching Scala presentations on Workbench is a complete new feeling which every Amiga user should experience.
Order Hollywood now to make your system ready for Scala!
Features:
Graphics:
- Impressive Scala transitions (e.g. Superimpose, Roll on, Flow, Push, Diagonal)
- Support for Scala text styles outline, shadow & 3D
- Scala forms: Ellipses, rectangles, lines & polygons
- Emulation of backgrounds with raster type
- Complete brush support (incl. crop & resize)
- Animations are supported
- Transition effects for all Scala objects
- Support for styles like bevel & background
- Runs completely in 24-bit mode
- Color fonts are supported
- Smooth scrolling for Scala fly-ons
- Emulation of all graphics attributes
- Brush transparency is fully supported
- Objects can be removed from screen with transition effects
- All palette settings are respected and correctly converted
Sound:
- Support for sound modules and samples
- Audio output through AHI incl. full mixing
- Sound fades are supported
- Sound implementation is retargetable for use on Pegasos, Amithlon...
Environment:
- All Scala versions up to InfoChannel 500 are supported
- Margin settings and tabulators are respected
- Scala variables can be used
- Buttons and events are emulated
- Almost complete emulation of Scala command set
- Scala presentations can be compiled
- Emulation can be configured in detail
- Complete independent from environment; does not matter if Cgfx, P96, AGA, ECS or OCS is active
- Absolutely system friendly
Requirements:
- Kickstart 3.0 or better
- 68020 processor
- Graphics board recommended
- 16 megabyte memory recommended
(ps)
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05.Mar.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Update: Digital voltmeter for Amiga
Carsten Siegner currently developes a new voltmeter hardware for
the parallel port, which went through several improvements:
To the voltmeter hardware a 100 times highspeed amplifier has been added. Thus it is possible to measure voltages down to field of micro voltages. The amplifier is to chose by a toggle switch (normal resolution / high resolution area). The
voltmeter circuit includes an own power supply controller now to be not influenced by noise signals from the powernet which might distort the measurement.
Thus it becomes posile to use nearly every power supply (not stabilized ones also) which offers 6 to 12 Volt and a maximum of 1 Ampere.
There are several ARexx scripts available to control the voltmeter.
Further more Siegner works on a more complete version with a GUI currently. This will include the following features:
Single measurement (save function included), high speed measurement with an adjustable number of samples (save function included),
view as list for all measurements (high speed measurement), view as diagram (high speed measurement); therefore some similiarities with an oscilloscope.
Additional to the voltmeter program there will be, once it will be finished, the wiring diagram available to built the voltmeter yourself. To do so you should be some kind of an advanced electrician because e.g. the measurement chip is highly delicate regarding electro static charge. All parts might be purchased at Conrad Electronic.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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05.Mar.2003
Lars Ghandy Sobiraj (ANF)
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Scene: Issue #14 of D.I.S.C released
One more scene dinosaur has left our planet! Frode Zerox
Hansen has released some days ago at the Kindergarten Party the last issue of his diskmag D.I.S.C. This issue is a good advice for beginners because it features very intensively the currently active groups and their best demos.
The chances for a continueation of this diskmag seem unfortunately to be very bad. But he will not be lost for the community and continues his work at the
AMIGAplus magazine.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Mar.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Genesi: Announcement concerning the Genesi/Phoenix collaboration
In a joint statement, Raquel Velasco, Bill Buck, and David Greene (GreenBoy)
clarify some outstanding issues about the future of Genesi, the role of Phoenix,
and the DTV set-top-box.
- One to support the task oriented objectives focused on the delivery of the
DTV STB by the end of 2003.
During the month of March Genesi will transition existing consulting/ employment
agreements to the new structure. A list of well known developers in the
"Community" will be joining Genesi. These individuals will be almost exclusively
focused on the DTV STB project.
- The future of the Pegasos and MorphOS, including the release of the Pegasos
II using the Marvell northbridge.
The difficulties with the Articia have delayed the Pegasos long enough. The
Pegasos II development has begun and WILL be completed sooner than expected.
Genesi will operate from offices in
Luxembourg, France, and Germany with a branch office in Switzerland. "Virtual"
offices will also operate in the USA and the UK. An extensive Internet sales and
support infrastructure is being implemented.
Genesi and Phoenix are seeking collaborators in nearly every area. Here is a
full list of Phoenix mailing lists that are now devoted to Genesi development:
These are moderated by greenboy and open to all interested parties who meet Phoenix's expanded
definition of DEVELOPER: coders, web designers and publishers, financiers, beta testers,
translators, arts and media specialists, etc.
Then:
Lists we are considering:
- PhGames@phinixi.com - games for Pegasos on the desktop
- PhREBOL@phinixi.com - should Rebol be part of the platform?
- PhDigAudio@phinixi.com - to ramp up what Nicholas Blachford's MORloud started. Note: Genesi has licensed ProStation Audio for MorphOS from Maurizio Ciccione of AudioLabs. ProStation Audio will be bundled with the OS.
- PhVideo@phinixi.com - from here the videomicrowave will take off. It begins with MediaPoint, and scales into a special IOSPIRIT offering - along with many other goodies being planned and soon to come.
All requests to join Phoenix/Genesi mailing lists are welcome! - just send email with a brief bio/CV to
greenboy@phinixi.com.
(nba)
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05.Mar.2003
GMB (ANF)
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Hardware tuning: Modification of phase5 turboboards
By the title link the reader might get a brief manual to modify the phase5 turboboards
Blizzard 2040 to 2060 and Cyberstorm MK2 68040 to
68060 like the author of that website did it today.
The editors of amiga-news.de and AMIGAplus emphasize that they are not responsible in any kind for external links and damage caused by modifications explained in that manual, there is absolutely no warranty and all modifications are done on your own risk. The explained modification is a strong treatment to the hardware and has not been proved by us.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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05.Mar.2003
sylvio.k@gmx.de (ANF)
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ADA: Teampage update and new Soms3D screen shots
At the "Anime Development for Amiga Teampage" is a new update available.
There were anti PC pictures and Manga wallpapers added. Furthermore
two new screenshots of Soms3D (Secret of my soul) were put online.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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04.Mar.2003
Bjorn Lynne (E-Mail)
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New Audio-Track from Bjorn Lynne
Bjorn Lynne has released his Audio-Track "Back in the Big Time" on mp3.com as free
MP3.
Lynne wrote:
I hope you'll like the track. I did everything myself on it, including the sexy "uh..."
voice :-), the "bap-bap-bap-baaah" singing, the funky wah-wah guitar, etc.
The keyboard solos were deliberately included exactly as they were played on the
first take, without any corrections or re-takes. I wanted to capture them exactly as
they just fell out the first time, with imperfections and everything. :-)
The bass guitar sound is taken from my own instrumental sample-CDROM "Top Production
Samples" ( www.lynnemusic.com/tps1.html ) which contains a lot of instruments and
loops for use in your own music.
I have also entered this track into a contest/review thing at the other
music site, MakeAStar.com. But it hasn't entered the "voting stage" yet. I will write
again if/when this track goes into voting at MakeAStar, and hope for your vote then.
:-)
This is the 6th or 7th track I have created in a kind of "jazzy" mood. I had quite a
good response earlier to the tracks "Lounge Living" and "Understatement". Maybe I'll
make a CD with all my jazzy tracks, just to do something different. :-)
My CD "Wolves of the Gods" is on a 14-days-only special offer during which the CD can be
purchased for $12.99 instead of the normal $18.99, and there is now only 2 days left
of this offer. Furthermore, you can download one track ("Kyrania") from the CD, for
free in full CD quality, also for only 2 more days. So if you want to get in on this
offer, please see http://www.lynnemusic.com/wolves.html today or tomorrow.
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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03.Mar.2003
Up Rough (ANF)
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Music: 'Oh No! More Hits For Kids LP' released
Up Rough Soundsystem released a new music disk called: 'Oh No! More Hits
For Kids LP'. It holds 20 THX/AHX tracks from Varthall, Miaom, Slam &
Ini. Get your copy under the title link. (ps)
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03.Mar.2003
Amiforce (ANF)
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Amiforce: Alternative #Amigafun Webchat and more
Unfortunately some time nothing could happen, due to some hardware
problems. Now it is times again for an update.
Amigafun-Webchat:
Since Webchat for the well-known Amiga Channel in the IRC is currently not available, Amiforce offers now a HTML Chat. This Webchat
should be however only a temporary solution, which can be maintained
if necessary also additionally. The chat was integrated in the
Amiforce forum and is attainable over a button named "#IRC". The chat
is meant exclusively for Amiforce and may not be taken over on
other Web pages. In this way users, which have no IRC client, can now
visit the channel again. Everyone who would like to use the chat, should refer to the individual instructions, since
no graphic elements are used.
Classic-Games Area:
Freeware games will be made available here. They are based on Amos offering high quality and much fun. More games will be added in the future.
Java-Script Games:
A new area will be added with games that can be played directly on our page. A lot of games will be integrated. Since Ibrowse2.3 there are many games that now are realy useable.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Mar.2003
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packages to 02.03.2003
WHDLoad lets you install your floppy based games on to your harddisk. The following packages were added since our last announcement:
- 02.03.03 new: Brian Lara's Cricket '96 (Audiogenic) done by Codetapper
- 02.03.03 new: Graham Gooch World Class Cricket (Audiogenic) done by Codetapper
- 27.02.03 new: Graham Gooch Second Innings (Audiogenic) done by Codetapper
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Mar.2003
Total Amiga
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Print magazine: Total Amiga - contents of issue 14
Issue no. 14 of the English print magazine "Total Amiga" will be published on 14th March 2003. A detailed content description can be found at the title link.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Mar.2003
Amiga Games Hitparade
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Amiga Games Hitparade: Different areas updated
On the English website of Amiga Games Hitparade three areas
were updated. Read in the connection the original message.
General update:
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Mar.2003
AmigaGames.com
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AmigaGames.com: New Website layout
The website of AmigaGames.com was revised completely and presents
themselves since yesterday in a new, clear design.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Mar.2003
Amiga.Sourceforge
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Image Editing: ImageMagick Version 5.5.5
ImageMagick is a robust collection of tools to read, write, and
manipulate an image in many image
formats
(over 87 major formats) including popular formats like TIFF, JPEG,
PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, and GIF. With ImageMagick you can create images
dynamically, making it suitable for Web applications.
You can also resize, rotate, sharpen, color reduce, or add special
effects to an image or image sequence and save your completed work
in the same or differing image format. Image processing operations
are available from the command line, as well as through C, C++,
Perl, or Java programming interfaces (it needs about 40 MB of free
disk, check the
.readme
file).
Download: ImageMagick-5.5.5.lha
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Mar.2003
Samba
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Networking: Samba Version 2.2.8pre2
The Samba Team released version 2.2.8pre2. A detailed changelog can be found here.
Samaba makes a connection between PC and Amiga possible. Detailed information about Samba and Amiga is available at
amigasamba.org.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Mar.2003
Peter's Amia Home Page
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Peter Hutchisons Website moves
The website of Peter Hutchison, on wich you can find much information
about Amiga printer drivers as well as about the Amiga itself, moves. The
Website will be available under the URL http://www.pcguru.plus.com. His new e-mail address:
pjhutch@pcguru.plus.com. (ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Mar.2003
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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Magazine: NoCover 108
Issue 108 of the NoCover is now available and can be read and loaded on
the APC&TCP homepage. This issue will soon be available on Aminet. (ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Mar.2003
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Stefan Burstroem (IBrowse) (Update)
Amiga Arena talked with Stefan Burstroem about the past and the future development of IBrowse. The interview is available
here.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Mar.2003
Thomas Steiding (E-Mail)
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Game: Knights & Merchants Demo for MorphOS available
A 14 MB demo version of RTS Knights & Merchants for MorphOS is now
available from the download area of our homepage. The demo lets you play
around with the in-game tutorial that takes you through the building process
of your town. In addition you can command some troops around the map to see
who is there.
The full version, which comes in 4 different languages (English, German,
French and Spanish) is available now and requires a Pegasos and MorphOS
1.0.
(ps)
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03.Mar.2003
A.D.A.
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Logo gallery in Amiga Demoscene Archive
Do you remember all those lovely
logos that used to be in Amiga productions? A lot of them
were beautiful, showing great skill and talent from pixellers,
pushing so much in so little colors and space. Well, today,
we started something new on A.D.A., a logo gallery of the
best logos ever painted. Just click on "logos" in the menu
and be amazed at the first 18 logos appearing on A.D.A. This
little gallery will be updated a lot in future, together with
a lot of cool demos that we still have to add. If you have any
comments on the new gallery, please mail them or write it in
the guestbook. (nba)
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