06.Feb.2003
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amiga-news.de: New Glossary
Under the title link you will find a newly formulated glossary, which is based on the old Internet-ABC. In order to tend the slogan designations better, Sven Drieling has put together a small databank that allows cross-connections to be made.
Whoever has suggestions for further concepts can send them in an email to Petra Struck or enter them here in the commentary function - if at all possible, with an understandable description of the keyword.
The glossary has been reachable for some time through the upper menu in the last row, in the second spot. The link had to be led through to the guestbook, which is also reachable through the footer. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Feb.2003
VMC Harald Frank (ANF)
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TV Card Software: AmithlonTV Beta 252
Guido Mersmann released Beta-Version 251 of the TV card driver software AmithlonTV. New in this version:
What's new:
- BUGFIX:
Again some small MSP audio fixes!
- BUGFIX:
Fixed subvendor setup within the TVCardSetup.
Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lha (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Feb.2003
Manager Magazin
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Manager Magazine: Will UMTS Flop?
»The adventure UMTS costs millions and the new technology won't bring in a profit until 2014. A mistaken investment? Deutsche Telekom, Nokia, Siemens and Nortel Networks still claim to be optimistic that UMTS will be a success.«
Click on the title link for the complete article. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Feb.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Filesharing: DirectConnect Client for AmigaOS
Diego 'DCR8520' Casorran has ported DCTC ("DirectConnect Text Client") to the Amiga (see also today's report).
DCTC is a text-based client for the file-sharing network "Direct
Connect". An early beta version of Amiga-DCTC is ready for download.
Diego needs beta testers to support him in debugging the program.
More information about DC (DirectConnect) may be found on the website of the manufacturer publisher's website for the Windows version. Diego shows how one may get the initial results with DCTC. First you need a list of all usable HUBs:
run: hublist >ram:HubList
Each line of the list looks like this:
[DK]Moviezone©|moviezone.dyndns.dk|Min 60 GB. [MZ-Group]|507|||||
Next you pick out a HUB (in the above example "moviezone.dyndns.dk"),
additionally you must select a pseudonym and put in your IP Address (it should work with these minimal entries):
dctc --nick=YOURNICK -a=YourHost/IP --hubip=moviezone.dyndns.dk
If everything works, you'll now be connected to the HUB and the HUB will show a few bits of information (read it!) and now you may begin to send orders to the hub.
HINT: You might be banned for the HUB, when your combination of "Connection" and "Shared Bytes" is not meeting the standard. In such a case you should use the command "/CNX T3" to set the server to a higher connection speed ("Connection") or "/OFFSET 1234567890" to raise the "Shared Bytes" (the amount of the data you are offering).
Please BE SURE to read the supplementary documentation, and let us know your experiences with it.
Direct download: dctc-0.84.1.lha
[HINT: DCTC was unavailable on the master server (title link). The link for the direct download may in that case be accessed via a mirror]. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Feb.2003
Golem - IT News
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Golem: Hewlett-Packard Decides Against Package Fee on PCs
»HP: "12 Euros Just for the Designation 'VG' - Requirements of the GEMA stand out"
Sharp criticism is directed by Hewlett-Packard at the ruling of the German Patent
and Trademark Office because of the fee on PCs in the amount of 12 Euros for
every purchased machine. The regulatory officials of the Evaluation Society (VG)
placed this fee for carrying the VG designation on the 31st of January. Originally it was to be
30 Euros.«
Click on the title link for the complete article. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Feb.2003
Golem IT-News
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Golem: GNOME 2.2 - New Version of Linux Desktop Appears
"New Features, Better Performance and Increased Stability"
Five months after GNOME 2.0 and so a month earlier than planned, the
GNOME-Team has released version 2.2 of their Unix/Linux Desktops for all of their
development platforms. The new version is expected to have raised performance and higher
stability, as well as numerous new features and tools.
Click on the title link for the complete article.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Feb.2003
Amiga.SourceForge
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DCR8520 Amiga Ports: Updates from 04.02.2003 (Update)
Diego 'DCR8520' Casorran has put some programs up for download on his SourceForge website. The day before yesterday the following programs were updated or added:
04. Feb. 2003 Download dctc v0.84.1
04. Feb. 2003 Download HyperMail v2.1.6
Followup:
January updates resolved, as earlier reported.
If the above links don't function all the time, you may give this download link a try.
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Feb.2003
Kultboy.com
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Kultboy.com: Interview with Richard Löwenstein (PC Joker)
Under the title link you'll find an interview with Richard Löwenstein that was conducted by the fan site of the game magazine 'Kultboy.com.' In this interview Löwenstein talks about the Amiga situation. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Feb.2003
Amiga.org
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OS4 Team seeking Translators
As you can see in the title, translators for German and other languages are being sought for OS4, because the translation service ATO can't help in all areas. Other needed translations include: Bosnian, Croatian, Hungarian, Norwegian, Persian, Portugese and Swedish.
Whoever wants to help must sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement =
silence stipulation) at Amiga Inc. Other requirements are an Amiga with AmigaOS 3.9 and Boing Bag #2 installed, and a PGP key of at least version 2.6.3 (or compatible).
Interested people should send an email to the coordinator,
David Rey. (ps) (Translation: dm)
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06.Feb.2003
Chris Hodges (E-Mail)
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Thomas Richter in c.s.a.p.: Further Developers Needed
Thomas Richter writes in the newsgroup comp.sys.amiga.programmer:
As you may or may not know, my Amiga "died" a few months ago and I decided to shelve all support for my Amiga software, starting with DiskSafe and ending with MuLib Packet. A new Maintainer must also be found, one who is interested in further developing all or part of my software. The terms are that the software must continue to be publicly available on terms simlar to the ones that I've established.
I will NOT agree, to release this stuff under GPL or LGPL.
The skills needed are C (ANSI-C) Programming for one half of the projects and advanced Motorola 68k Assembler for the other.
Additionally needed (naturally) an Amiga and a C-Compiler, possibly SAS/C, because the projects are based on this. And Motorola-Assembler, possibly the DevPac, because I used a lot of notes with the macro-functions. The
PhxAss is not sufficient for most Assembler-based projects.
The "earliest works" (not the MuLib Packet of course) are documented in German (...).
The sources are completely backed up and available and usable, because I was always a bit concerned about backups, and rightly so. Please send inquiries to my normal email address:
thor@math.tu-berlin.de.
So long and see you later!
Cordially,
Thomas
(ps) (Translation: dm)
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05.Feb.2003
Martin Heine (ANF)
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Demo scene: Genesi sponsors Equinoxe
For the Demo-Contest by Equinoxe
Genesi donates Pegasos mainboards as prizes. Furthermore all contributors for Pegasos/MorphOS will get polo shirts with the slogan "MorphOS Demo Team".
At the comments
regarding this news item at MorphOS-News.de
Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco by Genesi explain which meaning they apportion the demo scene and their contribution for making the Amiga that which it is known for. Genesi's goal is to bring the demo scene back along with their creative and technical skills which were characteristically for them.
In the end the remained teams are invited to ask Genesi if they are looking for a sponsor.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Feb.2003
Jabberwocky
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Instant Messenger: Jabberwocky V1.3 - 8. Preview
Tom Parker and
Matthias Münch have
released preview 8 of the Instant Messengers 'JabberWocky' version 1.3 for
Amiga computers. Jabber
is an open XML protocol for the direct exchange of messages.
Connections to other Instant Messengers like AIM, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo is
possible via gateways.
Download: Jabberwocky030205.lha (ps)
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05.Feb.2003
YAM
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Mail program: new YAM developer version dated 05.02.2003
Since today there's a new developer version 2.4-dev [020] BETA of the mail program YAM available which is Open Source for some time now. This version is a pure developer version that may still contain bugs and for that the developers team doesn't give any warranty and support. Request regarding the developer versions via email aren't answered, either. Usage at your own risk!
The made changes can be taken from this list.
Further information can be found on the
Yamos SourceForge page.
Download: YAM24Dev.lzx
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05.Feb.2003
David "Daff" Brunet
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Amiga Games Hit Parade - Results from Jan./Febr. 2003
Because the website of 'Amiga Games Hit Parade' is down actually
David 'Daff' Brunet sent the results of the poll from January/February 2003
via email:
1. (2) Payback - 150 points
2. (3) Quake - 135 points
3. (88) Tales Of Tamar - 114 points
4. (1) Napalm - 109 points
5. (6) Slam Tilt - 99 points
6. (5) The Settlers - 94 points
7. (4) Sensible World Of Soccer - 73 points
8. (16) Foundation - 70 points
9. (7) Earth 2140 - 67 points
10. (14) Heretic 2 - 61 points
11. (23) Wipeout 2097 - 61 points
12. (60) Quake 2 - 57 points
13. (18) Freespace - 55 points
14. (9) Exodus The Last War - 54 points
15. (13) Fields Of Battle - 51 points
16. (11) Colonization - 50 points
17. (8) Civilization - 49 points
18. (10) Worms / Worms DC - 45 points
19. (15) Moonstone - 44 points
20. (21) Nightlong - 43 points
The problems regarding the website will be solved within some days.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Feb.2003
The Amiga RC5 Team effort (ANF)
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Amiga RC5 Team Effort: RC5-72 status
The "Amiga RC5 Team Effort" reached in the meanwhile position 15 of the team charts at RC5-72-Contest. In January the team got position 18/19 avaragely. More participants are allways much appreciated!
Within 64 days only 0,006% of the RC5-72 key space were determined. There is still enough time to show which kind of power is among the Amiga community!
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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05.Feb.2003
Etienne Vogt
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Filesystem: muFS- and FFS-Patch (both V45.14 Beta)
By the title link there is a patch (beta version 45.14) by
Etienne Vogt for the multi user filesystem 'muFS' for AmigaOS 3.5
and better available. Please read the
Readme for more details.
Furtherore the author provides a patch (beta version 45.14) for the
filesystem FFS for OS3.9-BB2. Like above the
Readme will offer more information regarding this release.
Download:
muFS4514p.lha
FFS4514p.lha
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Feb.2003
Christoph Gutjahr (ANF)
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Genesi sues Amiga Inc.
According to a posting
by Bill Buck and Raquel Velasco at ANN
Amiga Inc. has been sued by Genesi already because of breaking a contract. This is to obtain from the following
document,
found at the 'U.S. District Court Western District of Washington'. The
assigned Judge is Robert S. Lasnik.
Details about the actual content of that charge were not given by Bill Buck.
Ben "HyperionMP" Hermans (managing partner of Hyperion) says the
following at the according thread at Amiga.org regarding this issue and tells the charge would be about the AmigaDE license for the
WinCE based handheld "Smartboy". According Hermans Genesi means this license would be valid for the Pegasos as well - therfore the action
Within the comments
of Morphos-News.de Bill Buck says that it might be possible to get a verdict still this week.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Feb.2003
Martin Wollert (ANF)
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the inquirer: Playstation3 architecture revealed
Like from the article above by 'the inquirer' is to hear the
new Playstation3 will be powerd by a PowerPC-CPU.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Feb.2003
GFX-Base
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GFX-Base: Interview with Gregory Donner
The English online magazine has interviewed Gregory Donner known from his huge and helpful website. The detailed and informative interview is available by the title link.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Feb.2003
Michael Asse (ANF)
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Game: Mac version of Payback published
On January the 15th 2003 the Mac version of 'Payback' has been published. You can order it at the
Virtual Programming Website.
With 'Payback' you jump into the role of a young driver who is on escape and tries to become an important gangster boss.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Feb.2003
VMC Harald Frank (ANF)
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TV card software: AmithlonTV Beta 251
Guido Mersmann has released beta version 251 of the TV-Card driver
software AmithlonTV. New in this version:
- BUGFIX:
Many small changes. Nothing realy important.
- FEATURE:
Well, not realy a feature. There is a new debug setup window for the msp sound chip.
You are only able to open it, if your card is using such chip.
The usage is very simple! Start AmithlonTV and select a TV picture. Make sure that
your audio mixer is not muted and the volume is at maximum. Now use the debug menu
and open the msp debug window. There are three cycle gadgets. Start with first one.
Cycle it. If you hear any sound, than report the gadget status and make a TVCardDump.
Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lha
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05.Feb.2003
Sebastian Bauer (ANF)
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Mailer: SimpleMail 0.19 / NListtree 18.6
The new version 0.19 of the mailer 'SimpleMail' is available from today.
The following changes have been made since the last version:
- PGP works again like before the version 0.18 (de- and encode)
- By scrolling through the mails within the read window the status is updated correctly (Bernd Gollesch)
- Secondary sorting mode is implemented correctly now (Bernd Gollesch)
- Signed S/MIME messages are shown in the right manner (AmiSSL is needed)
- The import of the addressbook of newer YAM versions works now
- Some more bugfixes
The new NListtree version is available at
http://home.t-online.de/home/sebauer/
and solves the problems which were reported from the recent version.
(ps) (Translation: ub)
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05.Feb.2003
Brad Webb (E-Mail)
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Centsible buy up should be avoided
Brad Webb asks within an extra edition of the Amiga Update Newsletter for support to avoid the buy up of the US Amiga dealer Centsible by a third party and following clearyfication.
Bill Griffin, chief editor of the print magazine "the NEW AMIGANS", tries to save the business with his own funds and with the help of the Amiga community and so to avoid the sell out of the existing chip warehouse. Interested people who think of support this action with funds or loans are asked for help to get the required amount of 2000 US$. Further information is to obtain from the newsletter available by the title link.
(nba) (Translation: ub)
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04.Feb.2003
Constantinos Nicolakakis (E-Mail)
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Tool: SRename Version 3.6.1 Beta
Constantinos Nicolakakis has released beta version 3.6.1 of the tool 'SRename'.
With this tool (AmigaOS 3.0+) you can comfortably rename files. This version is a
bugfix.
Download: SRename361.lha
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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04.Feb.2003
DeliPlayer (ANF)
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Music: Public-Beta of Deliplayer2 for Windows
A few days ago from the well-known DeliTracker a new public beta version for Windows
was published. This multiformat player for Windows is available as public beta for
download under the name Deliplayer2.
(ps) (Translation: gf)
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04.Feb.2003
Thomas Steiding (E-Mail)
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e.p.i.c. and GTI team up for Pegasos distribution
GTI and e.p.i.c. interactive sign an exclusive distribution agreement for the
upcoming Real Time Strategy game Knights and Merchants for the Pegasos/MorphOS.
Knights and Merchants will be the first commercial game release by e.p.i.c.
interactive that is exclusively available for MorphOS and the Pegasos.
Knights and Merchants is priced at Euro 49,95 and will be shipping from Februray
12th, 2003. More information on Knights
and Merchants can be found at www.epic-interactive.com.
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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04.Feb.2003
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Aminet uploads until 4th February 2003
Since our last message there have been the following updated on Aminet:
SN-KontoArc.lha biz/dbase 93K+V1.10 Accout archives (Germany only)
XBaze-7.2.lha biz/dbase 518K+Very easy2use flexible and fast database
FServ.lha comm/irc 3K+Shell-type file server for AmIRC
amiycoders.lha comm/mail 17K+V0.3beta yEnc Encoder / Decoder for the
gelbesPanel.lha comm/tcp 35K+Another MiamiDx Control Panel
ib2email.lha comm/www 2K+ARexx scripts to pass mailto: links from
ibmht.lha comm/www 5K+Adds support for .mht files to IBrowse v
SegTracker_pch.lha dev/debug 13K+Patches SegTracker V37.74 to V37.75
amigatalk.lha dev/lang 1.3M+V2.3 Update of AmigaTalk (Smalltalk GUI)
ThePolice.1.45.lha docs/hyper 48K+The Police: albums, lyrix, singles +more
NotizieAmiga.lha docs/lists 1.5M+Mailing-list NotizieAmiga 01/2003 (Itali
nocover107.lha docs/mags 1.6M+Great german diskmagazine
AxisAlliesGM.lha game/board 1.2M+World War II strategy wargame
DC2Lvl-EMine3.lha game/data 508K+99 levels for Diamond Caves II
Liga2002-03.lha game/data 25K+Up-date of Liga 2002-03 for SWOS game
Montezuma.lha game/data 233K+Digital map for Montezuma's Revenge (C 6
Mattonite.lha game/demo 671K+Arkanoid demo game, working in progress
Skeleton.lha game/misc 174K+3D Maze game for AtariVCS, translated to
AS-Freecell.lha game/think 156K+The well known game
AS-Memory.lha game/think 209K+Finding Pairs in fewest moves possible
MazezaM.lha game/think 55K+Puzzle game, Sokoban Alike.
Aye_Q.lha game/wb 43K+My version of a peg game...
Hexa_Q.lha game/wb 43K+Surprise!! A peg game... updated!
robotfindskitt.lha game/wb 17K+Robotfindskitten clone for AmigaOS with
JPEG2MOV.lha gfx/conv 30K+Creates a QuickTime-Movie
Sv5-1.lha gfx/misc 557K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 1/8
Sv5-2.lha gfx/misc 155K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 2/8
Sv5-3a.lha gfx/misc 127K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 3a/8
Sv5-3b.lha gfx/misc 326K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 3b/8
Sv5-4.lha gfx/misc 38K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 4/8
Sv5-5.lha gfx/misc 143K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 5/8
Sv5-6.lha gfx/misc 158K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 6/8 (opt
Sv5-7.lha gfx/misc 157K+SView5 V1.10 (31.1.2003) - Part 7/8 (opt
imdbDiff030124.lha misc/imdb 1.5M+Diffs for the Internet MovieDatabase
AmiBiorythme.lha misc/misc 68K+MUI Biorythm tool. Now localised. v1.2
LiFun4speed.lha misc/sci 175K+Ant and flee like simulation. Optimized.
TheMPegEncGUI.lha mus/misc 281K+GUI 4 Lame,OggEnc,BladeEnc,Pegase,Ncode,
EP_MFP.lha mus/play 16K+EaglePlayer "Magnetic Fields Packer" ext
XenoMorph_pk01.lha pix/icon 272K+XenoMorph's Icons PACK I MMX
anl-strip_8.lha pix/misc 51K+[ancor] a normal life
nwo-strip_11.lha pix/misc 49K+[ancor] now way out
sgf-strip_3.lha pix/misc 50K+[ancor] StarGround flashback
sgf-strip_4.lha pix/misc 51K+[ancor] StarGround flashback
HowDif.lha util/cli 9K+File comparison/examination utility
TxtToHTML.lha util/conv 92K+Converts txt files to HTML Docs (+GUI v1
Alkotest.lha util/misc 68K+Calculate how much you`re drunk *PL*
Frogger-GUI.lha util/misc 20K+Reaction GUI for FroggerNG
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 307K+Report+ 5.64b: Multipurpose utility
AmberRAM.lha util/sys 56K+Replacement RAM disk.
AmiMemos.lha util/wb 28K+A memo utility for OS 3.x. C sources. V0
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04.Feb.2003
WHDLoad
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Installer: WHDLoad - New packets (until 03.02.2003)
With WHDLoad you can install games which were formerly only meant for
playing from disk on your hard drive. The following packets have been
updated or completely new added:
- 03.02.03 new: Battle Master (PSS) done by CFOU!
- 02.02.03 improved: Space Harrier (Elite) supports another version, new icons
- 02.02.03 improved: Mortville Manor (Lankhor) supports another version, new install script
- 02.02.03 improved: Iron Lord (UBI-Soft) supports another version
- 02.02.03 new: G.Nius (Lankhor) done by CFOU!
- 31.01.03 updated: Murder (U.S.Gold) supports another version, keyboard fixed
- 31.01.03 new: Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess (Interplay) done by Psygore
- 30.01.03 new: Virtual World (TomSoft) done by Psygore (Info,Image)
- 30.01.03 updated: Puffy's Saga (UBI-Soft) supports hit squad release
- 30.01.03 improved: Combat Air Patrol (Psygnosis) added support for intro
- 27.01.03 improved: Space Crusade (Gremlin) extra files, access fault fixed
- 27.01.03 fixed: Lunar-C (Mindscape) fixed install script, more icons
- 25.01.03 new: Combat Air Patrol (Psygnosis) done by JOTD
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04.Feb.2003
Elbox (E-Mail)
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Elbox: Mediator Multimedia CD UP 1.22
The Mediator Multimedia CD UP 1.21 update for users of Mediator PCI 3/4000T,
Mediator PCI 4000D, Mediator PCI 4000Di, Mediator PCI 4000, Mediator PCI 3000D,
Mediator PCI 1200 SX, Mediator PCI 1200 and Mediator PCI ZIV, who are
registered owners of the Mediator Multimedia CD has been released today.
The update includes a new AHI driver:
This driver handles Fortemedia FM801-based sound cards in all currently
produced Mediator busboards. It allows using all analogue and digital
(S/PDIF and TOS-Link) inputs and outputs provided in the user's
FM801-based sound card model.
The update includes the new versions of:
- sb128.audio
- mixer.library
- tv.library
- FastEthernet.device
Changes were made as follows:
sb128.audio driver ver. 4.8 - support for the Sound Blaster 4.1 Digital
sound card added - supports for the digital S/PDIF output added
mixer.library ver. 1.5 - support for new revisions (rev.3 and 4) of the CT5880 chipset added
tv.library ver. 1.14 - I2C software support added
FastEthernet.device ver. 1.8 - internal changes
Info on the current versions is available in the DOWNLOADS | Mediator section.
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04.Feb.2003
Brad Webb (E-Mail)
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Amiga Update Newsletter from Brad Webb #030131
Under the title link you will find the complete newsletter from Amiga Update (Brad
Webb) for January. His newsletter is a monthly summary of all news around the Amiga.
(nba) (Translation: gf)
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03.Feb.2003
Rudolph Riedel (E-Mail)
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File manager: DiskMaster beta version 2.5RC9
Rudolph Riedel today published the beta version 2.5RC9 of his file
manager. The download is available at the title link. The following
details are changed:
- 2.5RC9 needs new locales as we needed to expand it by one string!
a) Copy the new DM2.catalog for your language.
b) Quit your older DM2 version.
c) Run "avail flush" from a shell to remove DM2.catalog from memory.
d) Start current DM2 version.
- The reason for not just making the new catalog a V2 is that
all 2.5xxx versions are only steps to 2.5 final.
- And some translators haven't answered my request to confirm the changes
Download: DM2beta.zip
(ps)
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03.Feb.2003
T.o.T.
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Game: Tales of Tamar - Amiga Public Update V0.48R1
Dear players,
it is our pleasure to announce the third official update to the Amiga
version.
New features in V0.48 R1:
- rebellion of town added
- new town anims
- executables are now crunched (Bitmap-Brothers- or Team17-Style :-))
- improved memory management in SetPeople, BlitFigur and Motion, flickering
- start anim fixed
- Residencedownload now goes offline immediately after downloading the turn
and before decoding it
- ResidenceUpload shows more progress information
Bugfixes in V0.48 R1:
- hardware check bug with MorphOS/Pegasos fixed
- memory for CloseAllPattern is properly freed now
- bugfix with loading/unloading units
- slider in report screen activated
- training of armies with more than one part didn't create a figure. fixed
- towns at the worlds turning point can have ports now
- if the capital was lost and thus the town with ID 0 disappeared, Bardstale
and diplomacy created a new town with Id 0
- SMTP Auth problem with some servers fixed
- If two or more towns were founded at the same time, names could be messed up
A word about rebellions:
Rebellions are a way of stopping players growing uncontrollably. From a
certain size of a realm onwards you need to have town guards or risk that
town
rebelling against you. A rebelling town can no longer be controlled. You
need to send
a big enough army to restore order. Rebelling towns are also easier to
take
over for other players of course.
Soon, there will be another update that will introduce the option of
taking
vassals. This makes it possible to extend your power even further and
ascend
through the ranks towards emperor. Unfortunately, the test phase of this
feature is not completed yet.
The current version should also please users of a Pegasos and MorphOS.
There
had been a problem with registration but this is now fixed.
What else is going on around Tales of Tamar? Quite a lot, actually...
First and foremost, we would like to thank AmigaFuture [a German Amiga
print
magazine] for the new "Messenger from Tamar" feature. It appears in every
issue and reports the current events on Tamar. Georg Breitsprecher sums up
updates, events, tips and tricks and rank lists. We are very pleased about
this
co-operation with this magazine.
We were also reviewed in the current issue of AmigaPlus [another German
magazine]. In the four page long report, we received 6 out of 6 points. A
very
gratifying result. Thanks to Nico Barbat and the team.
We would also like to thank the Amiga community for the award as Game Of
The
Year 2002, which was also hosted by AmigaPlus. Even if the sales don't
show
it yet, the still active Amiga users show us that it is still worthwhile
to
support the market. We know that there are more active users out there and
we
hope to convince some of you to buy this game as well :-)
Meanwhile the PC version is progressing equally well. We recently received
an offer from Vivendi Universal, which is a real honor for us. Vivendi
Universal is a publisher of high-quality games, the whole line of Blizzard
games,
for example.
Last but not least, we would like to point to another event. On February
28th 2003, the third Tales of Tamar con will take place at castle
Hessenstein.
This time, we will take it slow and just celebrate in a dignified way.
Unfortunately, the event is booked out completely already, but we will
report from
it.
Until the next update, we remain,
with best regards and saying "Amiga forever"
Wolfen & the ToT-Team (ps)
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03.Feb.2003
Maxworld
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Book of budget: HomeBank Version 2.1 (Beta 3)
With the Shareware program called HomeBank you can manage your finances
and e. g. calculate the costs of your car. There is the possibility of
displaying the cost in graphical statistics. The new version 2.1 (beta3)
fixes again some bugs from v2.1 beta 2 and the add of an import/export
into csv format.
Download: HomeBank21beta3.lha - 312 KB
(ps)
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03.Feb.2003
Greg Donner
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Greg Donner: AmigaOS 3.9 FAQ (Miscellaneous section) updated
Greg Donner has added a couple of notes to the bottom of entry 14 in the
Miscellaneous section of the OS3.9 FAQ. (ps)
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03.Feb.2003
GAUHPIL
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GAUHPIL: Many sections updated (02.02.2003)
GAUHPIL (Geographic Amiga User Home Page Internet List) is a list of websites of
Amiga users which has been created by Dietmar Knoll which has been sorted considering
continents and countries. The following sections have been updated:
Furthermore Dietmar Knoll updated the following sections:
(ps)
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03.Feb.2003
AmithlonTV
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TV card software: AmithlonTV Beta 247
Guido Mersmann has released beta-version 247 of the TV-Card driver
software AmithlonTV.
Neu in dieser Version:
- BUGFIX:
Fixed the color setup of the video_bt8x8.lib.
- FEATURE:
Added a volume slider to the former picture quality window, which is now an audio video setup.
- FEATURE:
English online help added.
Download: AmithlonTVBeta.lha
(ps)
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03.Feb.2003
TTEngine
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Font: TTEngine Version 6.1
TTEngine is a text rendering environment basing on TrueType Font for
AmigaOS. Yesterday the author Grzegorz Kraszewski has released TTEngine
version 6.1. Following three bugs are fixed:
- Font requester gadgets now remember their state after window resizing.
- Removed requester layout bug preventing window from opening in some circumstances.
- Font handle returned by TT_OpenFont() can be now shared between different system processes. It allows for using TTEngine in multithreading applications or BOOPSI classes.
Download: ttengine-6.1.lha
(ps)
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03.Feb.2003
Stephan Rupprecht
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Tool: SGrab Version 1.23
Stephan Rupprecht released version 1.23 of his screen grabber SGrab.
With this program you can create screen grabs and save them in different
formats. You can also grab single windows and parts of pictures.
Download: sgrab.lha - 182 KB (ps)
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03.Feb.2003
Lars 'Ghandy' Sobiraj (ANF)
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Demo scene: Scenery 1.41 released
Version 1.41 of the English language scene book Scenery was published today.
This book is an overview of all current and erstwhile groups, which are or has been active in the Amiga and C64 demo scene.
This encyclopedia contains also various reviews and an overview,
which good productions were published in which years. Scenery can be
read on-line or downloaded as text files. Amiga fans with English
knowledge will get a good first glance into the demo scene.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Feb.2003
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Amiga-news.de and Amiga plus announce co-operation
Cologne, Erkrath, Germany, 03 February 2003 -- Amiga news.de, the
internationally visitor-strongest Amiga portal, and Amiga plus, the
world-wide strongest independent Amiga print magazine,
announced on 3 February 2003 their comprehensive co-operation.
The partnership between Amiga news.de, Erkrath, and AMIGAPlus,
Cologne, leads to a bundling of the know-how, to garanty and
expand a daily competent reporting about the Amiga market and the adjacent surrounding field. In
the context of the partner contract laid out on a long-term basis the
team of amiga-news.de, wich is highly recognized in the industry, will be supported by the AMIGAPlus editorship in terms of creating
content and write reports. Furthermore the four exisiting amiga-news.de pages will be incorporated into the AMIGAPlus.
Current short messages are published on-line on Amiga news.de
with the well known authority and regularity, while the AMIGAPLus homepage will concentrate
on deep-going reports and service sides for the print version of the magazine..
"This could be the beginning of a developable partnership." Petra
Struck says, editor-in-chief of amiga-news.de.
"We understand this co-operation also as an encouraging call for a closer
co-operation between the numerous enterprises in the Amiga market."
explains Nico Barbat, editor-in-chief of the AMIGAPlus.
About AMIGAplus
The print magazine AMIGAPlus was published for the first time in
November 1991 by the ICP publishing house. In January 2000 the Amiga
pluses fused with "Amiga OS" and published by the Kieler publishing house Falkemedia from then on.
Today the AMIGAPlus is the strongest independent Amiga specialized magazine world-wide. Parallel the
editorship is active in the on-line range, with the meeting of fairs
and at the organization of the Amiga Awards.
About amiga-news.de
The on-line EMS magazine Amiga news.de was created in August 1998 by
Petra Struck and is today, with 100.000 hits daily, the prominent
german-language web project for Amiga related reporting. The
contentwise emphasis lies on News, which are supplied by different
Backends. Apart from the Web version also by WAP, E-Mail, KDE and PDA.
The subregions of the Website cared for by 17
active volunteers cover the Amiga link directory, the Free Amiga job, a
well visited forum, meeting calendar, search archives and other
interactive elements.
Contact:
AMIGAplus / falkemedia
Dürener Str. 387, D-50935 Köln
Tel: 02 21 - 430 82 933
E-Mail: info@amigaplus.de
www.amigaplus.de
amiga-news.de
Petra Struck
Trills 9, D-40699 Erkrath
Tel: 0 21 04 - 17 16 97
e-Mail: team@amiga-news.de
www.amiga-news.de
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Feb.2003
Alexander Greye (ANF)
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C-One is not delivered yet
Alexander Greye wrote:
Against the statements of some persons the C-One is not delivered yet.
According to Jens Schönefeld the board was not yet sufficiently and completely tested and therefore it will not
be delivered before these tests will be finished. An exact date for the release date
is not certain.
(ps) (Translation: sk)
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03.Feb.2003
Jim Steichen; Author of AmigaTalk (ANF)
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AmigaTalk V2.3 uploaded to Aminet
The latest and greatest version of AmigaTalk (V2.3) has been uploaded to Aminet.
The most significant change is the addition of catalogued language support
to the main program. Please send me any translations that you develop for
inclusion into later versions of the program, thanx, Jim Steichen, author of
AmigaTalk.
For version 2.3 the following enhancements/bug fixes were made:
- Added catalog support for the program (now, send me your
translation files!)
- Added Layers.st to the Intuition/ directory to support
using layers.library (why anyone would want to put themselves
through the torture of using layers is beyond me).
- Fixed some bugs in GadTools.st so that the test files now run
correctly.
- Added ARexx.st to the System/ directory.
- Added MsgPort.st to the System/ directory.
Download: amigatalk.lha
(ps)
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02.Feb.2003
Andreas Weyrauch (ANF)
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Amiga Inc.: First issue of Amiga Club Magazine published
Amiga Inc. have published their first Amiga Club Magazine. This issue is currently only accessible at Amiga Inc. by logging in with a password, i.e. only for club members and developers. (ps) (Translation: cb)
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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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