01.Feb.2003
sylvio.k@gmx.de (ANF)
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Soms3D voting results new shots and help wanted
The online poll regarding the future of the Soms3D engine has been finished.
The Silent Hill like engine was voted by 51 voters, role playing game got
41 votes and the GtA3 like engine got 31 votes.
So a game like Silent Hill got the most interest through the online and the mail vote.
Because of that we have already put two new screen shots online.
Furtheron we are looking for capable raytracers respectively 3D object creators who are willing to work with us. Pixler are welcome, too.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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01.Feb.2003
Lars Ghandy Sobiraj (ANF)
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Scene party Kindergarden will take place!
The Norwegian scene party Kindergarden, originally planned for last year, is now scheduled for February, 28th to March, 2nd 2003 in Haga near Oslo.
The organizers have recently released a very nice Flash animation, aiming at the classic "State of the Art" by the Norwegian group Spaceballs.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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01.Feb.2003
Golem - IT News
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Golem interview: why and when are computer games placed on the index?
»Interview with lawyer Thorsten Feldmann
Discussions about placing computer games on the index are quite often in the public but do often lack the legal base. To get knowledge when and by whom a computer or video game can be placed on the index and what this means to the distributors, buyers and to people publishing fan sites for such games we talked to the lawyer Thorsten Feldmann.«
Full article can be found following the title link.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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01.Feb.2003
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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AmiChess: bugfixes
There's an update for AmiChess on the home page (title link) that contains some bugfixes.
- Small fixes in the source code.
- The loading of PGN files (game files) and the creating of the openings book is now possible in the PPC mode, too! So there are now limitations of the WarpOS version compared to the 68k version anymore.
- The archive on the Lycos server was unfortunately defective. I have now corrected this and have uploaded an unpackable archive (has been successfully tested). Sorry to all who wanted to download the archive.
My thanks go especially to Georg Steger of the AROS team who has helped me very much. By the way, he has already managed to do an AROS port of AmiChess!
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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01.Feb.2003
AMIGAplus Redaktion (ANF)
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RPG: eVe status update
In January 2003 announced Emerald Imaging, known through the adventure game
'Aqua', a new role playing game (RPG) called 'eVe'. The game will contain hand drawn scenarios and chosen music is said to improve the gaming fun.
Here a current status update:
Well, it's been a month since eVe was announced so it's time for a quick
status update. The programming is coming along great and already the main
play screen and character/collision detection etc. are working. The
graphics work is moving a bit slow right now but Darko Ponos has recently
signed on to help with some great graphics. Quite a bit has been done on
the game design too. Hopefully within another month some screenshots of
a nearly fully working version can be shown and maybe some concept artwork
etc. before then. The game will be targeted at OS4/MorphOS/Amithlon users.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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01.Feb.2003
heise Newsticker (ANF)
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heise: Linux on mobile cell phone
Invair Technologies from Stuttgart releases a Smartphone with Linux (Kernel v2.4.18) as operating system. The mobile cell phone can be used in contrary to other PDAs without a pen and can be controlled completely with one hand.
Full (German) article can be found following the title link.
(ps) (Translation: wk)
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31.Jan.2003
David "Daff" Brunet (E-Mail)
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Amiga Games Hitparade: Amiga Games Awards 2002
The most important vote for Amiga gamers has come.
It's time for the Amiga Games Awards 2002.
Vote for the best Amiga games of the year 2002.
Please go to our website and send us your
vote.
Final results will be published the 10th of February 2003.
(ps)
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31.Jan.2003
heise Newstiscker (ANF)
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heise: Suit against Gateway?
Gateway which is our previous mother company went back to minus in the fourth quarter.
Additionally a suit of the American stock supervision is imminent.
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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31.Jan.2003
Elbox Computer
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Elbox: Mediator AHI drivers for FM801-based sound cards
Elbox Computer is pleased to announce releasing Mediator AHI drivers
for the ForteMedia FM801-based sound cards. The ForteMedia AHI drivers
are prepared for all the currently produced MEDIATOR busboard models.
The Mediator ForteMedia AHI drivers support many various PCI sound
cards based on the ForteMedia FM801 chipset. As an excellent and
cost-effective FM801-based card we recommend the Terratec 512i Digital
sound card. This card has won many worldwide awards for its sound quality.
The comprehensive list of various supported sound cards will be available
in the Mediator Driver Guide.
The Mediator ForteMedia AHI drivers will be available free of charge for
all Mediator Multimedia CD registered users, who have any of the Mediator
busboards listed above.
Please find the complete press release under the title link.
(ps)
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31.Jan.2003
heise Newsticker (ANF)
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heise: Fans are to continue further space shooter
According to the Heise report the game Parsec
is supposed to continue further as open source at the beginning of May. Maybe there will
be a possibility of making an Amiga version?
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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31.Jan.2003
Maja (ANF)
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Network from the socket
At this Cebit the company devolo from Aachen
will introduce its new product "devolo MicroLink LAN" (title link) to the market.
With this device it should be possible to realize a DSL network over the mains supply
of the house - without boring holes or pulling cables. "Simply put it in the socket
and connect it with an Ethernet card on the PC."
According to the documentation a bit rate of up to 14Mbit in a circuit of 200 m
is possible. The data transfer is described as safe. The electric meter is supposed to work
as a firewall and a DES encoding with a 56 bit key will be used.
The device has a driver. All operating systems like Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and all TCP/IP
operating systems will work with it. Maybe the Amiga, too...?
(ps) (Translation: dr)
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30.Jan.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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PowerConverter Update
Carsten Siegner writes:
Today I uploaded an update to PowerConverter.
New:
- Production of stop-motion video
- Support of the variable bitrate (VBR) in ffmpeg
- Snipping (Crop) of videoframes with almost any amount of pixels
There is also an expanded Readme.pdf
on my homepage. All the fine points are there.
Download: Powerkon-2.lzx
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.Jan.2003
IOSPIRIT (ANF)
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IOSPIRIT: fxPAINT 2.0 demo version completed
We are pleased to present you today a demo version of fxPAINT 2.0 -
immediately available through our
download section.
Limitations/specialities of the demo version:
- saving is disabled
- DEMO-text on every image
- the demo version is noticably slower than the full version
- a small refresh bug due to the DEMO-text-effect when zooming is lower than 100 percent. This bug ONLY exists in the demo version
- some features of the full version are missing completly or are disabled
The demo version comes with all native modules for 68K, PPC (WarpUP, PowerUP, MorphOS) and x86 (Amithlon) and gives you - except for the limitations of the demo - an impression and some insight of fxPAINT 2.0.
(ps)
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30.Jan.2003
AMIGAplus Redaktion (ANF)
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AMIGAplus 01/2003 - Comeback 2003
2003 could be the year of the Amiga-comeback. In the new German print magazine
AMIGAplus 01/2003 you can read several reviews of upcoming and current software
and a forecast for 2003, just as Audio Evolution (Preview), fxPAINT 2, Hollywood,
Tales of Tamar, a.s.o. Read on.
Content of AMIGAplus 01/2003 in Detail:
- Preview: Audio Evolution 4
- Review: fxPAINT 2.0
- Review: Hollywood
- Review: Tales of Tamar
- Workshop: Simple DirectMedia Library, part 1
- Looking back on ARC 2002
- Amiga Award 2002: The winners
- Deathbed Vigil DVD - Endzeit-atmosphere on DVD
- New column: Flying visit... at Computer City
- Review: Amiga Arena CD Games Edition
- Amiga Status Report January 2003
- Demoscene anno 2003
- Review: Cherry-Keyboard with Boing-Keys
- News from the world of emulation
- Workshop: Pro Station Audio, part 4
- Workshop: Cooperative software-development, part 2
- and much more
AMIGAplus is available via subscription, single issue shipment and at your local
Amiga dealer for 5 Euro.
(ps)
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30.Jan.2003
Ponos Homepage
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GlowIcons for Beat-Em-Up Games
In the download area of the Ponos homepage you'll find an archive with GlowIcons for the following games:
- Samurai Shodown
- Shadow Fighter
- Real Bout
Simultaneously, different pictograms for the different characters in the games may be found in the archives.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.Jan.2003
gW3S
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WWW-Server: gW3S Version 1.0 Final
Carl Svensson, the author of mp3Play, has released a small WWW-server written in ARexx. The current version 1.0 Final offers the
following functions:
- HTTP/1.0 200 OK
- HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
- Rudimentary request logging
- Built-in directory listing (for dirs without an index document)
- Embedded ARexx command execution
- Embedded Execution of external ARexx scripts (with QueryString as argument)
- Query String/URL unescaper
- Complete parsing of external ARexx CGI scripts (.xgi files)
- Fancy Files (Support for unsafe characters in file names)
- External config file
- Command line admin tool
Download: w3s_10sharp.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.Jan.2003
Andreas Magerl (E-Mail)
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Amiga Future: Workshop Collection Expanded
The workshop collection (title link) and the link list of the Amiga Future homepage
have been updated. If anyone knows of some German-language workshop not already in the list, please write an email to
the editor. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.Jan.2003
Fabio Trotta (E-Mail)
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New Screenshots from Robin Hood : Defender of the Crown
A few days ago, some new screenshots appeared of Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown. This game is a 3-D remake of Defender of
the Crown, which will appear in PC and PS2 versions. In contrast to the recently released remake for PC, few aspects of gameplay
have been altered here. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.Jan.2003
Fabio Trotta (E-Mail)
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C-One Report in Computer Bild Spiele
In the current issue of Computer Bild Spiele 2/2003, a two page article may be found about Jeri Elsworth and her C-One. This report goes a
bit into Jeri's history and the development of the C-One. So there is some information about the C-One and the original C64. Two pictures of
C-64 classics and two funny pictures of a Lara Croft-style Jeri complete the report. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.Jan.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)
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Abyss: Extralife Demo from 1998 released as Mpeg!
The classic demo Extralife, by the mostly German group Abyss, has now been released as an mpeg for all interested fans who don't
have an Amiga.
On the homepage of the group many other different demos can be accessed,
as can a multitude of graphics such as Cyclone, Acryl, Jcs, etc. Abyss played a decisive role in the international demoscene a few years
ago, with their fresh designs and good ideas. Nowadays a few of them are developing for Gameboy Advanced and Gameboy Color.
Download: AYS-Extralife.mpg
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.Jan.2003
VMC Harald Frank (ANF)
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TV-Card Software: AmithlonTV Beta 245
Guido Mersmann has released beta-version 245 of the TV-Card driver software
AmithlonTV.
New in this version:
- WARNING!
Due the latest changes I cleared the libs/tvcard_carddata/ drawer.
If you perform a fresh installation just drag and drop the required tv
card file(s) from the storage_carddata into the tvcard_carddata drawer.
This change was required, because several cards are using the same hardware
ids, but they also need a different setup.
- FEATURE:
Added the missing global setup which is required
for non card specific drivers like audio mixers.
- FEATURE:
Optional Volume_AmiMixer.lib allows to
modify the volume within applications (requires amimixer.library).
- BUGFIX:
TVFakeInterrupt() wasn't working correct in special cases.
- FEATURE:
The missing "Notify" interrupt feature implemented.
"Volume_AmiMixer.lib" enhanced to support this feature.
- BUGFIX:
Removed the ghost card which appeared with the bt8x8 audio
section and the Philips enhancement. Currently the section
will be suppressed by the library. Later this will be handled
by the configuration, but currently this is the best solution.
Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.Jan.2003
Cerpheus (ANF)
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Elite - Darkness Falls - Open Source
The Elite Fan Project "Elite - Darkness Falls" is open source. It looks very interesting, perhaps there is an Amiga programmer who would like to port it. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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30.Jan.2003
Achim Stegemann (ANF)
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AmiChess: Information Pages Established
A promise is a promise.
On the Digital Almanac Homepage (see title link) may be found an information page for AmiChess. All chess fans will find a link there, for a download.
On the information page you'll see offerings about system requirements, features, and a few screenshots that show the new layout of AmiChess.
Have fun playing chess! (ps) (Translation: dm)
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29.Jan.2003
WinUAE
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Emulator: WinUAE V0.8.22 release 5 (update)
On January the 26th 2003 the feature list for version 0.8.22 release 5
of the Amiga emulator 'WinUAE' for Windows has been released. The
emulator itself will be published in February 2003.
Compared to the last version the following has been changed:
Bugs fixed:
- CD32-mode media change detection
- SlowRAM detection fixes (commando and more)
- more compatible
CIA keyboard emulation (Back to the Future 2 and more)
- another
bsdsocket.library emulation update
- another state restore fix
- fixed mouse problems in Space Crusade, Billy the Kid etc.
- writing to custom floppy images was unstable
- primary sound
buffer-checkbox removed and disabled. It is useless and usually only
caused huge slowdown problems. NOTE: Users of R3 or R4: Make sure
primary sound buffer-checkbox is disabled.
New features:
- configurable boot priority and device name for regular (non-RDB) hardfiles
and virtual directory filesystems
- FPU state file support
- more compatible Action Replay 1 support
- "Middle-Mouse-Button -> ALT-TAB" works now in fullscreen mode
- configurable keyboard LEDs (DF0, DF1, DF2, DF3, POWER, HD, CD)
Supplement:
We were told within the comments that "WIP" doesn't mean it would be
published already but still a work in progress. Because of that the
news item has been modified accordingliy. (ps) (Translation: ub)
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29.Jan.2003
Constantinos Nicolakakis
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Tool: SRename version 3.6.0 beta
Constantinos Nicolakakis has released the beta version 3.6.0 of the tool 'SRename'.
With this tool, working with AmigaOS 3.0+, it is possible to rename files comfortably.
Download: SRename360beta.lha
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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29.Jan.2003
21 ST CAP
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Information about 21 ST CAP "The new site for AMIGA"
The new site for AMIGA is come back, 21 ST Century amiga production opening
your site for the Amiga's user, your site is French and your site propose the
information about AMIGA, there are lot of images of 3D realised on AMIGA and
lot of information about the utilisation of 3D in general in the first party
and the two party is for the new encyclopedie for AMIGA, "les chateaux de la
loire en sologne" (CASTLES OF THE LOIRE IN SOLOGNE), 100mo of complete
history of the monuments French, lot of musics and prochainement the
encyclopedie in the WEB the encyclopedy is on the CDROM for the moment, in
the future, lot of projects of new encyclopedy (THE VAR/cote d'azur in FRANCE
and the PYRENNES).
(ps)
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29.Jan.2003
XBaze
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Data base: XBaze version 7.2
Rafal Kaczmarczyk has released version 7.2 of his data base 'XBaze'.
This program offers an easy to use editor for the fields of the data sets and for the layout (drag&drop). It works with AmigaOS V3.0. Further information is to get from the XBaze-7.2.readme.
Bugreports and suggestions might be send to the following address:
rav@nowydwor.wroc.pl.
Download: XBaze-7.2.lha (518 KB) (ps) (Translation: ub)
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29.Jan.2003
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Aminet Uploads until 29th January 2003
Since our last message there have been the following updated on Aminet:
AYS-Extralife.mpg demo/file 53M+ "Extralife" by Abyss
RBGlowIcons.lha pix/gicon 54K+ Real Bout glow icons
(ps)
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29.Jan.2003
IOSPIRIT (ANF)
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IOSPIRIT: IBrowse 2.3 released
We are pleased to unveil that a distribution agreement with Stefan Burström and the IBrowse Team has been signed and we are now the worldwide distributor for IBrowse (support for IBrowse is still done by the IBrowse development team, though).
Furthermore, we are pleased to announce the immediate release of the eagerly awaited update to IBrowse 2.2.
IBrowse 2.3 brings web browsing on AmigaOS to a new level - below is a brief summary of the changes since version 2.2:
- Heavily enhanced JavaScript support, based on JavaScript 1.5 and revision 3 of the ECMAScript specification, allowing access to sites which was not possible before
- Secure connection support is now available via AmiSSL v2, which can be configured extensively in the IBrowse preferences. Importing and exporting of certificates is now also supported.
- Greatly improved general stability and memory leaks plugged
- Improved GUI, including enhanced browser tab functionality (such as drag'n'drop, keyboard support)
- Issues with the ARexx interface have been fixed and new commands added
- Hundreds of other minor and major bug fixes + improvements, and more workarounds added to improve compatibility with broken sites
All these improvements greatly improve the browsing experience, and allow IBrowse to offer compatibility with many more websites than before.
For further information, news and product support, please visit http://www.ibrowse-dev.net/ and our IBrowse-subpages.
(ps)
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28.Jan.2003
Maja (ANF)
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Linux: KDE 3.1 released
The GUI for Linux, KDE, is now available in version 3.1. In the long list of new features are mentioned e.
g. 'Tabbed Browsing', a new download manager, new themes and a theme manager, and
enhancements of the system management.
Its look is orientated on Windows XP and MacOS X as the screenshots show.
Binaries are available for ASP Linux (7.3 Intel i386), Conectiva Linux (8.0 Intel
i386), Debian (Intel i386, IBM PowerPC), Slackware (8.1 Intel i386), Suse Linux (8.1
Intel i386, 8.0 Intel i386, 7.3 Intel i386 und IBM PowerPC, 7.1 Intel i386),
Turbolinux (8.0 Intel i586, 7.0 Intel i586, Yoper (1.0 Intel i686 tgz), and
VECTORLINUX (3.0 Intel i386).
Download: http://www.kde.org/download.html
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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28.Jan.2003
Markus Nerding (ANF)
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H&P: StormC 4 Special Offer
Glashuetten, 28. January 2003: H&P has a special offer for all Amiga developers
- for just 49,95 EUR you can get the complete version of our C/C++ development
system StormC 4. As there has not been much movement in the Amiga software field
during the past two years we want to get find out if there is still interest in
such a development system.
Besides many other features the highlights of StormC 4 are:
network capabilities, distributed Make, CVS, modified GCC compiler with
Amiga hunk format, global full text search, extended editor, debugging of tasks
and shared libraries, and the new StormDOC.
Here you will find more
informatin on StormC. (ps) (Translation: gf)
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28.Jan.2003
Ralf Steines (E-Mail)
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Back to the Roots: Statistics
Each year, when we look at our server statistics we ask ourself
where all these Amiga friends are hidden. The traffic increases
and increases. How comes people still say that the Amiga is dead? ;-)
To see a few facts from our server stats, use the
link.
(ps)
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27.Jan.2003
Dirk Baeyens
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Einde van de Nederlandse / Vlaamse vertaling van amiga-news.de
Our Flemish speaking readers will be surely sad to read the
following message from Dirk Bayens in which he announces that he
stops the translation of amiga-news.de.
Hallo de Amigafans in Nederland en België, ik ben tot mijn besluit gekomen
om te stoppen met de vertalingen van het Amiga Nieuws. Ik had er de laatste
tijd niet veel zin meer in om de vertalingen te doen en daarom heb ik
besloten om er mee te stoppen. Ik heb nu ongeveer 3 ½ jaar het nieuws
vertaald en ik ben zeer tevreden met dit resultaat. Als je maar bedenkt
dat ik eigenlijk bijna geen noot Duits kon en dat ik zeker geen
vertalingslessen gevolgd had. ;)
Mijn eerste en belangrijkste gedachte (nog steeds) was om de nog resterende
Amiga Gemeenschap wat bijeen te houden en te informeren over het Amiga
Gebeuren. In het begin was het wat stilletjes maar nadien waren er vooral
uit Nederland veel Hits te noteren maar laten we zeker die enkelingen uit
Vlaanderen in België niet vergeten! Ook kreeg ik af en toe eens een leuk
emailtje of had ik ergens een leuk gesprekje met iemand wat mij dan terug
oppepte voor enkele maanden. :)
En nu na meer dan 3 jaar zijn we hier nog altijd bezig met onze Classic
Amiga, er zijn er wel al een paar afgevallen maar langs de andere kant
zijn er enkele ex-Amiga Fans teruggekomen of hebben in ieder geval hun
'ouwe doos' terug bovengehaald. :))
Ik denk dat zolang onze oude Machienes het fisiek uithouden dat er nog wel
altijd ergens een Amiga Fan zal opduiken die het wel nog eens wil proberen.
En het doet toch nog altijd goed als we zo iemand kunnen helpen, wat ik
vooral op de AmigaScene en de amig@club mailinglijsten heb meegemaakt,
bedankt jongens en doe zo voort!
Op deze moment werk ik nog altijd op mijn Amiga 1260/603 maar stilletjes aan
ga ik deze vervangen door mijn nieuwe AmigaOne, vanzodra deze volledig in
orde staat natuurlijk, zodat ik dan al mijn huidige Amigasoftware er op kan
draaien. Het is op dit moment een traag maar amusant gebeuren, vooral met
dat linux gedoe enzo, maar geen nood mijn beste vriend Stany zal mij hier
wel bij helpen. :))
Ik heb nog nooit een andere Computer gehad dan een Amiga (en ik heb hier zo
wat vanalles staan) maar deze AmigaOne (of Pegasos, voor wie dat systeem
verkiest) is toch wel een heuse stap in de nieuwe wereld van vandaag. Ik ben
nu bezig met Suse er op te zetten met nadien UAE voor PPC, maar ik zal toch
wel echt blij zijn als ik er terug een snel werkende Workbench op te zien zal
krijgen met AmigaOS 4.0.
Zo, ..., ik heb in ieder geval veel bijgeleerd over de Amiga (en andere
systemen) in de laatste jaren alsook over de Amiga Gemeenschap op zichzelf,
en ik ben blij dat ik er een deel van mag uitmaken. Voor mij gaat in ieder
geval alles gewoon verder op zijn Amiga's en zal de Toekomst moeten uitwijzen
waar we naar toe moeten gaan. Ik denk wel dat we op het goede spoor zitten,
maar we moeten wel zoveel mogelijk elkaar helpen en verdragen (andere systemen).
Ik denk zo dat je het mag vergelijken met dat van de evolutie van de auto's.
Ikzelf heb hier een 17 jaar oude opel staan en hij werkt nog altijd prima,
maar als ik naar het nieuwste model kijk van exact hetzelfde merk en model,
dan is het toch wel heel verleidelijk om niet toe te grijpen. Een nieuwe auto
zit er voor mij helaas niet in, maar een nieuwe Amiga dat kon ik me juist wel
nog permiteren. ;) Ik denk ook dat het in de Toekomst met de computers een
beetje zal worden zoals bij de auto's, namelijk alle merken die sterk op
elkaar lijken, bepaalde stukken die door gespecialiseerde firma's worden
gemaakt, het samenvloeien van bedrijven, enz..
.
Ik denk dat we stilletjes aan de strijdbijl mogen begraven en onze vredespijp
eens mogen opblinken. :) Maar een Amiga Fan blijf ik voor altijd in Hart en
Nieren!
Zo, hier ga ik afsluiten met mijn voorlopig laatste vertaling. Mijn Site blijft
natuurlijk verder online zodat jullie het nog altijd eens kunnen nalezen. Als
er iets verandert ofzo zal ik het hier laten weten. Bedankt iedereen voor de
belangstelling en zeker ook nog een grote bedankt aan het amiga-news.de team
welk op vrijwillige basis nog altijd verder gaat met het brengen van het nieuws
en een heel grote bedankt aan Petra Struck de oprichtster en leidtser van
amiga-news.de.
Als er onder jullie zich moesten geroepen voelen om deze vertalingen van
amiga-news.de verder te zetten mogen jullie me altijd wel een emailtje sturen.
Ik weet dat velen onder jullie het gaan missen maar op de amig@club site vindt
je ook wel 'up to date' Amiga Nieuws in het Nederlands en vergeet vooral het
AmigaScene magazine niet wat toch nog het belangrijkste is wat we hier hebben
in de Benelux. Bedankt allemaal.
De groetjes, Dirk.
Links:
AmigaScene: http://www.amigascene.nl/
AmigaScene magazine: http://www.amigascene.nl/actueel/actueel.htm
amig@club : http://www.amigaclub.nl/
Mailing lists:
amig@club (Dutch)
AmigaScene (Dutch)
BBCC Amiga (Flemish)
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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27.Jan.2003
heise Newsticker (ANF)
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heise: Yamaha closes CD burner production
Yamaha will manufacture no more burners. In the Amiga range Yamaha
burners are far common, since they are well supported in terms of
software.
The complete (German) article can be found at the title link.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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27.Jan.2003
Tim S. Müller / Binary Distillery
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Library: render.library Version 40.6
API-conformant re-implementation of render.library in ANSI C.
This version is a drop-in replacement for render.library,
which was written in 68k assembler (versions prior to v40).
If your software doesn't work with this release, submit problem
reports to tmueller@neoscientists.org.
Download: renderlib.lha - 137 KB
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27.Jan.2003
z5 (ANF)
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A.D.A.: CLASSIC time
Amiga Demoscene Archive was updated with two classics in Amiga demoscene
history and one very promising newcomer!
Productions added are:
Tint/The Black Lotus: no need to introduce this one, is there? Offa and
Equalizer, backed up by a whole bunch of talented graphicians (Rodney,
Louie, Danny and Facet) and Azazel responsible for the music. Tons of
effects, cool graphics and real party atmosphere. Do you smell the
flowers?
Gift/Potion: From the duo who are probably from another planet, Mavey and
Skip, comes this 64Kb intro. Lasting for more than 10 minutes, with very
cool music, effects and design, this is one mindblasting intro!
Trauma/Unique: A very promising newcomer to the Amiga demoscene, pc
demogroup Unique released their first Amiga intro a couple of weeks ago.
Well worth checking out!
(ps)
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27.Jan.2003
Faces of Mars (ANF)
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New freeCD: World Factbook 2002
The CDROM version of the World Factbook 2002 (publisher: CIA)
contains English language information to all countries in the world,
like short history, geography, inhabitants, system of government,
economy, communication, infrastructure, military and more.
Furthermore a map and the flag are included, the latter to each country also with
description. All information is also available in a special formatting for printing purposes.
The whole World Factbook is written in HTML, thus it can be run problem-free on
all computer platforms, including Amiga, Linux, Mac, MorphOS and
Windows and costs 3,- euro.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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27.Jan.2003
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Aminet uploads until 27th January 2003
Since our last message there have been the following updated on Aminet:
gelbesPanel.lha comm/tcp 35K+Another MiamiDx Control Panel
DAmikiss.lha game/misc 337K+Deluxe AmiKiss
AmiBlocks.lha game/wb 146K+A puzzle game for OS 3.x. C sources. V0.
WBTriz_v07c.lha game/wb 538K+The best Tetris for WB!
PfPaint_V291b.lha gfx/edit 2.1M+Paint,Anim from 1 to 24bits
Sv5-IFX.lha gfx/misc 14K+SView5 - ImageFX loader/saver V1.1 (15.1
Sv5-UX.lha gfx/misc 24K+UXFormats 1.0 for SView5 (15.1.2003)
Sv5Add100.lha gfx/misc 90K+*Add-On* for SView5 V1.00 (15.1.2003)
imdbDiff030117.lha misc/imdb 2.5M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
amoon.lha misc/sci 100K+Map of the Moon
WeatherStation.lha misc/sci 209K+Interface to Heath ID-5001 Weather Compu
EP_TomyTracker.lha mus/play 9K+EaglePlayer "Tomy Tracker" external repl
PlaySID.lha mus/play 20K+Playsid.library for Catweasel H/W SID
QuickSketch.lha text/edit 19K+A simple WB-prg to sketch and write in.
Textloader.lha text/edit 632K+TextEd (V 8.2c) german/english SuperED!!
PLConverter.lha text/misc 46K+Text Converter for Polish users only (I
BibVision.lha text/show 99K+Bible text viewer for 68k/WarpOS. V1.5
LzxRepacker.lha util/arc 17K+Repack LHA/ARJ/ZIP/RAR/... to LZX.
UnRAR3-10B1.lha util/arc 270K+UnRAR 3.10 Beta1
LockEye.lha util/boot 425K+Lock Eye
MemTrailer.lha util/boot 4K+Allocates 16 bytes for memory-protection
TxtToHTML.lha util/conv 91K+Converts txt files to HTML Docs (+GUI v1
PPDecrypt.lha util/crypt 16K+Decrypts PowerPacker executables
ChkIndex.lha util/misc 10K+Check aminet indexfile for equal entries
DagensTV.lha util/misc 23K+Viewer for the TV-guide e-mail from Dage
Frogger-GUI.lha util/misc 19K+Reaction GUI for FroggerNG
MultiRen.lha util/misc 194K+Powerful multi-file renaming tool (MUI)
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 305K+Report+ 5.64a: Multipurpose utility
AmiStart_PL.lha util/wb 12K+Polish Locale for AmiStart 0.63.
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27.Jan.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)
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Music: New modules by Moods
The Amiga based music group 'Moods' published some new songs. They are available as OctaMED as well as MP3 files. Furthermore the homepage has been rewritten. Now should be displayable with every common browser currently available for the Amiga. Like before, everyone is invited to comment the songs and by doing this help others to find the music he is looking for.
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27.Jan.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)
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Music: New module by Liquid Skies Record
Also the music group 'Liquid Skies' was not inactive in the meantime.
Lcr published with 'Another drink' psychedelic hip hop song. A new expenditure of the
chippack liquidation is likewise in the preparatory phase.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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26.Jan.2003
Dirk Ohms (E-Mail)
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AmigaFun Homepage News
The AmigaFun homepage is accessible again under the following address:
http://amigafun.amigaworld.de/
The page has been revised in best time by DJBase (Matthias Münch) and has a new
Web space. A new Web chat is in the works and we will keep you informed about
that.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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26.Jan.2003
Mirjam Streit (ANF)
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Survey - Which surfing type are you?
If you want to find out which surfing type you are you should take part in this (German only!) survey. It also serves a study in the area Paid Content and Web Services for a
degree dissertation at the UAS Würzburg-Schweinfurt. We are happy about every
filled-out questionnaire. For the protection of your personal data, the survey
is carried out anonymously. The data are deleted immediately after evaluation.
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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26.Jan.2003
Carsten Siegner (ANF)
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Powerkonverter finished (incl. VideoCD authoring), picture lists, etc.
Carsten Siegner writes:
The full version of Powerkonverter is herewith finished.
I have split the installation archive into three separate archives:
I will do the documentation subsequently. I will start writing soon :)
Please note for picture lists that these are treated automatically, so please
do not enter %04d or similar.
Powerkonverter now allows to write data strictly in accordance with the Codec
directives, so that they are also compatible with Windows computers. I have
tested this initially with ASF and Mpeg on a Windows 2000 system.
ffmpeg, however, is not able to write WMA audio data into the ASF file (only
AC3, mp2 and mp3), so one can only create videos without sound. Then again, the
Mpeg playback doesn't get stuck anymore.
Please note: Of late, Powerkonverter creates a copyright string in the video
file. Thus no Internet videos may be converted which are to be put on one's
home page. Btw, the string can be displayed with the Windows Mediaplayer.
VideoCD authoring
- New: Now 7 instead of the former 5 video tracks are supported.
- Ceased: All ISO strings which used to be important for the old Philips
players (DVD players don't need them).
- Ceased: Only VCD2 mode is supported anymore as the other two are
unimportant (they can't be played back by DVD players).
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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26.Jan.2003
Amiga Lan Party Team (ANF)
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Amiga Lan party in Braunschweig cancelled
The Amiga Lan party in Braunschweig, which had been planned for 8th and 9th
February 2003, has been cancelled due to lack of participation.
At the current number of registrations the operating expenses for a LAN party
don't make sense. We, the organisators, regret having to realise that there
is hardly any interest within the region, and thus cancel the party. Sorry to
all of those who had registered.
If the assessment should change some time during the year, we would be glad to
start a new try.
Cyborg & Maniac (ps) (Translation: cb)
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26.Jan.2003
Andreas Bähren (E-Mail)
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Greenpeace energy: Internet to become nuclear energy free
Press release - Greenpeace energy: Internet to become nuclear energy free
Nationwide provider with clean energy opens portal
"atomstromfreies-internet.de" - Operation of Web sites now possible without
nuclear and coal power.
Please read the English fact sheet (PDF, 108k) for more information.
Hamburg, 26. Januar 2003 - Ohne Atom- und Kohlestrom startet Greenpeace
energy eG in Kooperation mit dem Hamburger Provider NMMN Internet
Services GmbH ab morgen sein Internetportal "Atomstromfreies Internet".
NMMN versorgt alle seine Server mit Strom von Greenpeace energy und
bietet sowohl für Privat- als auch Geschäftskunden Leistungspakete für alle
Bedürfnisse an. Damit setzt die Genossenschaft den dramatisch wachsenden
Stromverbrauch durch die Internetnutzung auf die energiepolitische
Tagesordnung.
Mehr als die Hälfte aller Menschen in Deutschland nutzt bereits das
Internet. Die rasant wachsende Infrastruktur des Netzes (PC, Leitungen,
Anschlüsse, Server, etc.) frisst immer mehr Strom - trotz zunehmendem
Einsatz energiesparender Geräte. Wie das Wuppertal-Institut Klima, Umwelt,
Energie errechnet hat, wuchs der Stromverbrauch für das Internet in
Deutschland in den Jahren 2000 auf 2001 bereits um rund 35% auf 6,8
Milliarden Kilowattstunden. Das entspricht in etwa dem
Jahresstromverbrauch von rund 220.000 Haushalten. Für 2010 erwarten die
Klimaexperten einen Zuwachs um bis zu 460% auf rund 30 Milliarden
Kilowattstunden. Entgegen dem relativ stagnierenden Gesamtstromverbrauch
entwickelt sich der Stromverbrauch durch den Internetbetrieb zu einem
erheblichen Umweltproblem.
Zur Zeit kommen in Deutschland über 80% des Stroms aus Atom- und
Kohlekraftwerken. Ausgehend von dem derzeitigen Strom-Mix trägt das
Internet zu erheblichem Umweltschaden bei. So gehen auf das Konto des Web
in Deutschland fast 5,8 Tonnen hochradioaktiver Atommüll sowie 4 Mio.
Tonnen des klimaschädlichen CO2.
"Sollten die Prognosen zum Stromverbrauch eintreten, so würde das Web
allein in Deutschland in 2010 eine Strommenge fressen, die der
Jahresproduktion von drei großen Atomkraftwerken entspräche", fasst Robert
Werner, Vorstand des Hamburger Stromversorgers, zusammen. "Dagegen möchten
wir mit unserem Portal aktiv werden".
Mit dem Portal "atomstromfreies-internet.de" wollen Greenpeace energy und
der Provider NMMN - New Media Markets & Networks, beide mit Sitz in Hamburg,
dazu beitragen, das Internet auf eine saubere Stromversorgung umzustellen.
Die Strom-Zusammensetzung für die Server kommt zu ca. 70% aus
regenerativen Energiequellen und zu rund 30% aus gasbetriebenen
Kraftwärme-Kopplungsanlagen. Ab Anfang Februar wird das Angebot um ein
kostenloses E-Mail-Postfach für jedermann erweitert.
Kunden von Providern, die mit Greenpeace energy-Strom hosten, können sich
das Label "Atomstromfreie Website" auf die Homepage setzen und damit ihre
umweltfreundlich gehostete Internetseite dokumentieren.
Die unabhängige Genossenschaft Greenpeace energy eG ist einer der
führenden Anbieter von sauberem Strom auf dem liberalisierten Energiemarkt
und versorgt zur Zeit bundesweit über 17.000 Privatkunden sowie rund 400
Geschäftskunden. Mit über 10.200 Mitgliedern ist sie binnen drei Jahren zu
einer der mitgliederstärksten Verbrauchergenossenschaften in Deutschland
gewachsen.
Die NMMN Internet Service GmbH ist Internetdienstleister und Spezialist
für Security-Lösungen. Sie hat sich vor allem im sog. "Open-Source"-Bereich und
der Linux-Szene einen Namen erworben und gehört zu den wenigen in der
IT-Branche, die entgegen dem Branchentrend wachsen.
Please address any queries to:
Andreas Bähren, GREENPEACE energy eG, Norderstraße 99, 20097 Hamburg
andreas.baehren@greenpeace-energy.de;
greenpeace-energy.de (ps) (Translation: cb)
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26.Jan.2003
Christopher (ANF)
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Instant messenger: mICQ Version 0.4.10.1 for Amiga and other systems
Version 0.4.10.1 of mICQ has been released for Amiga and other systems. mICQ is
a very portable ICQ program which runs in text mode - it runs on Linux, BSD,
AIX, HPUX, Windows, AmigaOS and, with restrictions, BeOS. Originally it had
been written by Matthew D. Smith, yet largely rewritten since by Rüdiger
Kuhlmann, in particular the necessary support of version 8 of the
ICQ protocol,
internationalisation, file transfer as well as some code restructuring.
Download: micq-0.4.10.1-AmigaOS.tgz
(ps) (Translation: cb)
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